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RESPONDING TO TRAGEDY Hatzalah Members Recall the Harrowing Events of September 11

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CONTENTS >>Letters to the Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 >>Community Readers’ Poll. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Community Happenings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

>> News Global . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 National. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Odd-but-True Stories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

>> Israel Israel News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

>> People 200 Years after the Creation of the Star Spangled Banner

by Avi Heiligman. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 Cover Story: Responding to Tragedy: Hatzalah Members Recall the Harrowing Events of September 11 by Rena Zingmond. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

>>Parsha Rabbi Wein on the Parsha . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Dear Readers, Ever since I remember, when visiting my cousins, my uncle, Dr. Mordechai Soroka, always had his Hatzalah radio on in the background. The low static and the steady voice of the dispatcher would interrupt the conversations we had around the table. I remember him dashing out in middle of a meal, running out on a nearby Hatzalah call. In my mind, my uncle epitomized the classic Hatzalah volunteer—ready to assist at any time, even when it’s not the most convenient, because of his deep-rooted desire to help.

While most of us huddled in our homes with our families on the infamous day of September 11 thirteen years ago, Hatzalah volunteers ran to the scene. Their profound need to help others propelled them to journey to the site of tragedy and horror.

This week, TJH spoke with three volunteers who were at the World Trade Center site on 9/11 and all three of them echoed the sadness that all of America felt that day. Although they were waiting to care for the wounded, unfortunately, there were barely any survivors for them to help.

2,977 people died on that day, the longest day in New York’s history. The lack of survivors emphasized the emptiness felt in our nation’s core on September 11.

The Hatzalah volunteers described the eeriness of the city, the feeling of it being surreal.

They were moving in a cloud, unable to see and unable to breathe. Everything was blanketed in ash and covered in soot. Manhattan became buried in rubble.

I found the volunteers’ stories to be extremely moving. Their accounts show a different side of September 11. Their willingness to help and their selflessness are in stark contrast with the evil of those who perpetrated the attacks. There is a lot of good in this world, and we hope to always be able to see goodness and kindness prevail.

Wishing you a wonderful week, Shoshana

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>> Jewish Thought Phoning it In by Rabbi Jonathan Gewirtz . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

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by Deb Hirschhorn, PhD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

Feel the Rhythm by Motti Shanet, LCSW . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 Sensory Cravers in School by Devorah Gerber Schmeltz, OT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

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Hey Bus-ter by Rivki Rosenwald, Esq., CLC, . . . . . . . . . . 118

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UJA-Federation of New York is proud to announce the launch of the Day School Challenge Fund, in collaboration with The Avi ChAi Foundation, the Jim Joseph Foundation, and individual philanthropists.

Through a one-to-three match, the Fund will award day schools across the area with $50 million to incentivize them to grow and expand their endowment efforts. So schools can become sustainable and flourish over the long term.

When complete, $200 million in new endowments will be secured, and schools will be able to receive payments in perpetuity. This means new revenue streams for day schools, which will in turn make them stronger and more affordable to more families.

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Dear Editor, I thoroughly enjoyed reading Rafi Sackville’s musings on life in Israel (“Of Happiness and Fish in the Holy Land,” September 4). As he pointed out, Israelis have been ranked 11th in happiness in the world. Although it seems that Rafi is amazed by that statistic, it only cements what I already knew: a person is happy not because of their surroundings but because of an innate sense of contentment and purpose found within.

Israelis are constantly living in tense conditions. These past few months highlighted the precarious conditions in the Holy Land. But fighting and rockets don’t make a person more or less happy. They may make them scared, they may make them anxious.

But happiness? That’s something different. And that’s something I think Israelis do possess. Although they are always wanting to improve, they are content with their lot in life. They don’t bemoan their situation. They say, OK, yalla, let’s deal with what we have and move on.

That feeling of not being stuck in a depressing state is what bolsters a truly happy society.

Chana Piekarski

Dear Editor, I loved reading Alex Idov’s article this week on being “almost famous.”

It was written with such pride; I only wish that all children will feel that way about their fathers.

A Reader Dear Editor, Susan Schwamm made a number of good points in her article this past week on the ceasefire in the Middle East.

There is one thing I’d like to point out.

She wrote about the “misunderstanding” between the United States and Israel at the beginning of the fighting in which Israel felt that the U.S. let them down. She writes that that may have damaged the U.S.-Israel relationship.

Let it be known that the United States and Israel have had that relationship for years. There have been many times when Israel felt that the U.S. let them down. We have often been misunderstood, slighted, and hurt by our friends. Sometimes, it’s been hard to recognize that they are our allies.

But America needs to understand that although they may not always agree with what Israel does, Israel is the one true democracy in the region.

It’s the one country that is actively

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the Editor fighting terrorism. It’s the one place where “freedom fighters” are hunted and destroyed. Remember that, America, when you want to turn your back on us.

President Obama seems to be reluctant to join in any fighting or wars overseas. If that’s the case, he needs to keep Israel on his side, as they are the ones doing the fighting for him against evil forces who are threatening to take over the world.

Keren Gross Woodmere, NY Dear Editor, I have often peeked into the large

window of The Studio while parking in Cedarhurst, but I never ventured inside.

I found the feature this week on the designer to be interesting—I am amazed what one can do with great vision! It’s also good to know that I can drop by to see what’s new on the market.

I am looking forward to seeing more home design articles in The Jewish Home.

J. R.

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Last week, Otto Thaning broke a record. The 73-year-old became the oldest person to swim the English Channel.

This is not the first time Thaning swam the 21-mile waterway between France and England. He also accomplished this feat in 1994 and wanted to show the world what older people are capable of if they keep themselves fit and in shape.

The healthy heart surgeon said his biggest concern was the water temperature. “The biggest problem is to maintain one’s core temperature because the water is cold,” he said. “We averaged 18° C (64° F) and that was particularly helpful to me because that is reasonably warm for the Channel. The Channel is usually a bit colder at this time of year.”

The previous record for world’s oldest person to swim across the Channel was held by Cyril Baldock, a 70-year-old Australian, who swam the 21-mile the waterway between France and England just last month.

A Young Girl’s Escape from ISIS

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In News Syrian border and presented as a “gift” to fighters on the frontlines. She was to be converted to Islam and forcibly married to one of them. After Adeba and her kidnappers arrived at a house in Raabia, Iraq, one of her captors received a phone call. A few moments later, all five men in the apartment picked up their guns and stormed out.

Shaker, a 14-year-old girl from the Yazidi ethnic minority, heard trucks leaving the property and then silence. For the first time in 20 days, she and another girl being held with her were alone with no guards, and the door was unlocked.

“When [the militants] left us, I panicked; I didn’t know what to do. I saw a bag full of cell phones and I called my brother,” Shaker told the media.

On the phone, her brother Samir told her to go to a nearby house and ask for help and directions to reach the border where fighters from the Kurdistan State Workers Party (PKK) were battling Islamic State militants. He said the PKK would help her reach safety. “This was a gamble as I didn’t know who was a friend and who was an enemy,” she recalled. Shaker and her companion decided to try their luck. They snuck out of the house and knocked on a neighbor’s door.

“We explained the situation to them and they showed us the way to the border. We never looked back.”

Adeba Shaker is one of the few Yazidis to have escaped the Islamic State militants who have taken over large swathes of Iraq and Syria in recent months.

Tens of thousands of Yazidis fled their ancient homeland of Sinjar and other villages to escape a dramatic push by the Sunni militants, who regard them as devil worshippers who must embrace the Islamic State’s radical version of Islam or die. In addition to Shaker, militants abducted at least 73 women and children from her village and trafficked them across northern Iraq. Women and girls are auctioned off for as little as $10.

Others, like Shaker, were to be married off to militants.

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A 14-year-old girl has escaped her ISIS captors in Iraq and is now telling her story to the press. Adeba Shaker had been trafficked from her village in the northeast Iraq region of Sinjar to the

The identity of Jack the Ripper has stumped police and investigators for years and spawned dozens of short stories, books, and films. Now, over a century later, an amateur has solved one of the greatest murder mysteries of all time.

And the way he did it is so elementary.

In Whitechapel in East London

during the autumn of 1888, Jack the Ripper committed at least five grisly murders. The police had six suspects but were never able to definitively prove who the serial killer was. Now, DNA evidence has shown beyond reasonable doubt which one of six key suspects commonly cited in connection with the Ripper’s reign of terror was the actual killer.

A remarkably never-washed shawl found by the body of Catherine Eddowes, one of the Ripper’s victims, had been analyzed and was found to contain DNA from her blood as well as DNA from the killer. The landmark discovery was made after businessman Russell Edwards, 48, bought the shawl at auction and enlisted the help of Dr. Jari Louhelainen, a world-renowned expert in analyzing genetic evidence from historical crime scenes.

Using cutting-edge techniques, Dr. Louhelainen was able to extract 126-year-old DNA from the material and compare it to DNA from descendants of Eddowes and the suspect, with both proving a perfect match. Now, over a century later, a DNA match has shown that the true identity of Jack the Ripper is Polish immigrant Aaron Kosminski.

Kosminski was always one of the top contenders in the search for identity of Jack the Ripper but it has never been proven until now.

The revelation puts an end to the fevered speculation over the Ripper’s identity, which has lasted since his murderous rampage in the most impoverished and dangerous streets of London. In the past century, a Jack the Ripper industry has grown, prompting an impressive array of more than 100 suspects, including Queen Victoria’s grandson – Prince Albert Victor, the Duke of Clarence – the post-Impressionist painter Walter Sickert, and the former Liberal Prime Minister William Gladstone.

Now, his identity is a mystery no more.

American to Go on Trial in N. Korea

A trial date has been set in North Korea for Matthew Miller, one of three detained Americans by the Communist dictatorship. The short announcement by the North Korean government did not elaborate any further on what charges the U.S. citizen faces.

Miller, of Bakersfield, California, will go to trial in North Korea on September 14. The 26-year old was arrested in April for tearing up his visa upon his arrival in the isolated country, state media said at the time. The recent statement did not mention fellow U.S. citizen Jeffrey Fowle, 56, who was arrested in May after he left a Bible in the bathroom of a club in the town of Chongjin.

U.S. missionary Kenneth Bae has been held by the isolated country since December 2012 and is currently serving a sentence of 15 years hard labor for crimes North Korea said amounted to a plot to overthrow the state.

North Korea, which is under heavy UN sanctions related to its nuclear and missile programs, is widely believed to be using the detained U.S. citizens to extract a high-profile visit from Washington, with whom it has no formal diplomatic relations. Earlier this month, international media was granted rare access to the detained Americans, who in separate interviews all called on the United States to secure their early release.Â

In News ISIS Flag Challenge,� a spin-off of the hugely popular ALS Ice Bucket Challenge, went viral on Lebanese social media.

Thousands took to their personal social media accounts last week to post a video of themselves lighting up the black-and-white banner along with the #Burn ISIS Flag Challenge or #Burn ISIS hashtags, and have nominated “the whole world� to follow suit.

But the online campaign drew fire from lawmakers, who have condemned the practice due to the Islamic declaration of faith emblazoned on the flag. The campaign began after several protesters burned the ISIS flags in Sassine Square in a protest that sparked an outcry from Justice Minister Ashraf Rifi, who called on the activists to be prosecuted for desecrating the sacred slogan. “This morning, some people burnt the flag of ISIS in Sassine Square and their symbol reads: ‘No G-d but Allah and Mohammad the prophet of Allah,’ which is the cornerstone of Islam,� he told a Lebanese reporter. “This symbol has nothing to do with ISIS and its terrorist approach.� Rifi turned to state prosecutor Samir Hammoud to try the

perpetrators, who subsequently opened an investigation. The justice minister further argued that the practice was liable to cause sectarian tensions.

However, another Lebanese lawmaker defended the campaign, saying the protesters “only burned the ISIS flag without the intention of insulting Islam.â€? Â

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Now, children of the Holocaust are to receive monetary compensation from the German government for their pain and suffering. The Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany announced last week that it had secured approximately $250 million from the German government for reparations.

Around 75,000 survivors will be paid a one-time lump sum of about $3,280. The money is intended to be restitutions for the physiological pain and suffering that they endured during the war.

Anyone born between January 1, 1928 and the end of the war in August 1945, and who was put into a camp or ghetto, went into hiding, or had to live under a false identity for at least six months will be eligible for the payment.

Stuart Eizenstat, the conference’s special negotiator for these sessions and the former US ambassador to the EU, sat down with the German politicians to negotiate in late August. “Given the advanced age of survivors, if we were going to do it, it had to be done now,” he said. “We’re losing them at a rate of

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“No one is saying Germany hasn’t paid very large sums of money, they have. No amount of money can make up for the suffering, but these are the final years. Any acknowledgment has to be done soon.”

French Mom Reunited with Child Kidnapped in Syria

Meriam Rhaiem, 25, is a young French mother who has been living a real life nightmare the past several months.

Her beloved two-year-old daughter, Assia, was smuggled out of France by her father and reportedly taken to jihadist

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centers in Syria. Back in March, Rhaiem appealed to French authorities to recognize her baby as “the youngest French hostage.”

Assia’s father failed to bring her home and took her to Turkey instead.

Her parents are currently in the divorce process. He called his wife regularly and begged her to come and join them, telling her that he planned to cross into Syria with their daughter to join the Al-Nusra Front, which is Al-Qaeda’s official Syrian affiliate. Two weeks ago, the father was arrested in Turkey; he is still being held there, according to a French interior ministry source said.

After several months of separation, the mother and daughter were finally reunited on Wednesday.

“It’s a moment of great emotion with the arrival of Meriam Rhaiem and her daughter, Assia, after months of waiting,” said Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve, who met them as they arrived at Villacoublay air base outside of Paris.

He noted “the trials this young woman has endured, fighting hard for the return of her daughter who was kidnapped in circumstances which aren’t clear” and paid tribute to “a brave mother [who] decided to get her child back.”

According to Rhaiem’s lawyer, Gabriel Versini-Bullara, her husband had become radicalized after visiting Mecca, asking her to wear the Islamic veil, criticizing her for working, and banning her from playing music to Assia.

According to official estimates, around 800 French residents have travelled to Syria, returned from the conflict-ridden country, or have plans to go there. France unveiled a bill in July aimed at stopping aspiring jihadists from travelling to Syria, a hotbed of radicals and militants. It includes a ban on foreign travel of up to six months for individuals suspected of radicalization and gives authorities the power to temporarily confiscate and invalidate their passports.

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rea’s nuclear weapons arsenal if a fullblown conflict ever broke out.

The mechanized unit led by a U.S. major general will be set up in the first half of next year, the South’s defense ministry said, as part of elaborate preparations for any future war between the two Koreas. “It will be the first combined field combat unit to carry out wartime operations,” a defense ministry spokesman said without elaborating on its mission.

The ministry said the contingent would have a joint office of U.S. and South Korean staff in Uijeongbu, north of Seoul, where the U.S. 2nd Infantry Division guards a strategically important area as a deterrent to an invasion by North Korea. In the event of an all-out conflict, a mechanized South Korean brigade would join forces with the U.S. division, which is armed with helicopters and other advanced weapons, it said.

“This would be a symbol of a strengthened military alliance between the allies,” a military official said.

Because the Korean conflict ended in an armistice instead of a peace treaty, the two Koreas are still technically at war.

Nearly 30,000 U.S. troops are stationed in the South under a bilateral military accord. If fresh hostilities broke out, the U.S. commander in South Korea would assume control of the South’s 640,000 troops.

A transfer of command in a wartime setting was set for 2015, which would allow South Korea control of its own troops, but Seoul wants a postponement citing the increased threat from North Korea’s nuclear and missile development.

South Korea and the United States held an annual military drill in August despite condemnation by North Korea which had threatened a “merciless” retaliatory strike. The drill simulated the response to a nuclear attack threat for the first time, according to the South’s defense ministry. The U.S. nuclear umbrella protects South Korea, and in wartime, American soldiers in the South would be reinforced by military contingents from the continental United States and its presence in East Asia.

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South Korea announced last week that it would create a joint military unit with the United States. The outfit’s main objective would be to target North Ko-

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The Week some of them used as suicide bombers by the Islamic State militant group.

The Islamic State group, which now controls a large swath of Iraq and Syria, has become a brutal violator of children’s rights, though not the only one, said Leila Zerrougui, the secretary-general’s special representative for children and armed conflict.

Some children have been killed in “summary executions,” Zerrougui told the Security Council. She said the Islam-

ic State group has ordered boys as young as 13 years old to carry weapons, guard strategic locations or arrest civilians, and has used other children as suicide bombers.

Zerrougui said her office has also received reports of militias allied to the Iraqi government using children in the fight against the Islamic State extremists. She added that the whereabouts of numerous children jailed on security charges by the Iraqi government remain

In News unknown since militias stormed the facilities where they were held in July.

Thankfully, there has been progress around the world in protecting children in armed conflict, including Chad ending recruitment of child soldiers and Yemen’s signing a plan with the U.N. to prevent recruitment of children in its armed forces. But those gains are being overshadowed by violence against children in new crises, Zerrougui said, pointing to the Boko Haram insurgen-

cy in Nigeria and the conflicts in Gaza, Libya, Afghanistan, the Central African Republic, Mali and South Sudan.

U.N. peacekeeping chief Herve Ladsous said boys and girls have been among the primary victims of armed conflict this year. In the Central African Republic, he said more than 8,000 children are in the hands of armed groups from all sides, including the Lord’s Resistance Army which is active in the country’s southeast. In South Sudan, he said, all parties are recruiting children.

Oscar-winning actor Forest Whitaker, who is UNESCO’s special envoy for peace and reconciliation, told the Security Council he returned on Sunday from South Sudan, where his foundation is training young people to build peace.

He said he saw the hair of some boys and girls in a camp in Bentiu turning red from malnutrition, hundreds of empty schools, and “perhaps worst of all, walking through the cities, I saw child soldiers wearing military uniforms and carrying guns.”

Whitaker, who has worked with child soldiers for 10 years, said supporting governments to end recruitment of child soldiers is “a paramount first step.” But he said helping child soldiers re-enter society through education, job training and other efforts is just as key.

“It is impossible for us to comprehend the magnitude of a child soldier’s pain: how deep his wounds, how heavy her burden,” Whitaker said. “Unless we are there to meet them with open arms, open homes, and open schools, their wars will never end.”

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The same cleric claims that support for IS will grow as soon as more people recognize the phenomenon as a sovereign country. “Many Muslims are not aware that it is a stable country with a clear policy. It believes in the Quran and in the Prophet Muhammad,” he said.

“Unfortunately, the media makes many mistakes in reporting about the Islamic State and publishes false information,” he said. “Therefore, you do not see many people who support it. Those who know the true meaning of the state must support it. I’m not just talking about Muslims, Jews must also understand that they are actually the primary victims of Zionism and they should support the Islamic State and even convert to Islam,” he added.

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Netanyahu: Steven Sotloff was Seen as Symbol for the West

Last week, the world was shaken by the gruesome video released by ISIS of the murder of reporter Steven Sotloff.

Sotloff was a Jew who held dual American-Israeli citizenship. He made Aliyah in 2005. Sotloff kept his faith to himself during his capture but tried his best to follow Jewish practices, including fasting on Yom Kippur.

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condolences to Sotloff’s family and said that the young journalist was killed by members of the extremist group Islamic State because he was seen as a symbol of the West.

Netanyahu spoke about the brutal and graphic murder to an international delegation of SWAT officers who had arrived in Israel for a ceremony honoring Israel’s elite police unit Yamam, before thanking the Israeli officers for their dedication and service. “Steven was killed because he was seen by these murderous terrorists as a symbol of the West, the same culture that extremist Islam wishes to annihilate,” he said.

The prime minister added that extremist Islam sees the Jewish state, the United States, and the free world as “partners in liberal democracy, values that it wishes would disappear from the world.”

Most of the world now understands, much better than in the past, that “threats to Israel are the same threats” facing other countries, and “those who don’t nip these threats in the bud will find them at the end of the day in their homes,” Netanyahu said. “We are fighting the same war,” the prime minister reiterated.

Surprise: Abbas and Hamas Not Getting Along

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The dispute erupted just over two weeks after the Hamas-Israeli conflict ended in a ceasefire.

Abbas is looking to regain a foothold in Gaza, which suffered heavy losses during Operation Protective Edge, and expects to play a leading role in interna-

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His comments, which also included harsh criticism of Hamas’ conduct in the war, appeared to be part of a brewing power struggle over who will control post-war Gaza.

Hamas has controlled Gaza since overrunning Abbas’ forces in 2007. Facing international isolation and a deep financial crisis, the Islamic militant group agreed to the formation of a new unity government with Abbas’ Fatah movement in June, in which it would restore governing power to Abbas in the territory. But making a deal with the devil usually does not turn out as expected.

Hamas has yet to yield power — even after the devastating war against Israel, which killed more than 2,100 Palestinians and caused billions of dollars of damage.

“We will not accept having a partnership if their status in Gaza remains this way,” Abbas said. “Unity has terms. This situation does not represent any kind of unity,” Abbas said. “If Hamas does not want one authority, one law, one weapon, we will not accept a partnership with it.” Abbas said that as long as Hamas remains in control of Gaza, “The gov-

ernment of national unity can do nothing on the ground.” The comments set the stage for what are expected to be difficult negotiations with Hamas in the coming days. With his criticism, Abbas appears to be putting pressure on Hamas to make concessions in the talks.

Hamas, meanwhile, remains in firm control of Gaza, with a depleted, but still significant, arsenal of rockets and thousands of armed fighters. Abbas heaped fierce criticism of the group’s handling of the war, accusing it of making unrealistic demands for a full lifting of Israel’s blockade of Gaza and dragging out ceasefire talks. “With every passing day, more blood was shed,” he said, criticizing the heavy death toll and damage. “Is this the victory they talk about? Regrettably, I can only say the results are tragic,” he said.

In the coming weeks, Israel and Hamas are expected to start a new round of indirect, Egyptian-mediated talks for an extended ceasefire. Hamas is demanding a full lifting of an Israeli-Egyptian blockade of Gaza, including the reopening of a sea and airport. Israel has said the blockade will remain in effect as long as Hamas controls Gaza.

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Israel’s Hotels among World’s Most Expensive

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For the first half of 2014, before the start of the Gaza conflict, Israel had the fourth priciest hotels in the world, ac-

cording to Hotels.com. According to the figures, the average price of a hotel room in Israel in the first six months of 2014 was 5% higher than the average price of a hotel room in Israel in the first half of 2013, while many other countries presented a moderate increase or even a drop in prices. Israel went up to the fourth place on the index from the sixth place in the first half of 2013.

The Hotel Price Index (HPI) is a regular report on hotel prices in major destinations across the world, based on bookings made on the Hotels.com site. Prices shown are those actually paid by customers per room per night, including taxes and fees, rather than advertised rates. According to the report, the most expensive country in terms of hotel stays is Monaco with an average of $370 a night and a 21% increase compared to the first half of 2013. Oman came in second ($304 a night), followed by Mauritius ($256) with a 7% drop compared to 2013.

Israel ranked fourth with an average price of $240 a night, and Switzerland came in sixth ($222). The United States ranked 13th ($191), followed by Norway ($187). Italy came in 18th ($178), France 23rd ($167), Canada 25th ($164), Ja-

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Details Released About Teen Murder Plot

The Shin Bet has released new intelligence surrounding the abduction and murders of Gil-ad Shaar, Naftali Fraenkel, and Eyal Yifrach hy”d. The Israeli agency is the equivalent of the FBI and has been conducting the investigation since the teens’ disappearance in June.

New reports include the transfer of money from Gaza to Hebron to fund

the triple murder and the failed escape to Jordan of Hussam Kawasme, who allegedly helped bury the three teens on his land and was indicted in a military court last week. Kawasme, 40, was arrested on July 11. He later admitted to his role in the attack and fingered other family members and acquaintances.

The disappearance of the three boys triggered a massive search operation and crackdown on Hamas in the West Bank, with hundreds of members being arrested. The two men suspected of carrying out the murders, Marwan Kawasme and Amer Abu-Ayshe, are still at large.

“They’ll make their mistake and we’ll get to them, too,” a senior Shin Bet officer confidently stated in a briefing.

The officer revealed that the terror attack is believed to have been a local initiative rather than a directive from above, and that, according to Hussam Kawasme’s confession, Marwan Kawasme arrived at his house at one in the morning on the night of the attack and said: “We wanted to kidnap one, we kidnapped three. We got tangled up. We killed them.”

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Obesity Study Results Are In

Warning: reading this article may make you want to skip the French fries the next time you pick up food.

Americans are getting fatter. Much fatter. The adult obesity rates increased in six states last year. They fell in zero states. And in twenty states, at least 30 percent of adults are considered obese.

These new findings were just released by Trust for America’s Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and were based on federal government data.

From 2011 to 2012, by comparison, the rate of obesity increased in only one state. The 2013 adult obesity rate exceeds 20 percent in every state, while 42 have rates above 25 percent. For the first time, two states, Mississippi and West Virginia, rose above 35 percent. The year before, 13 states were above 30 percent and 41 had rates of at least 25 percent.

Adult obesity rates increased last year in Alaska, Delaware, Idaho, New Jersey, Tennessee and Wyoming.

These alarming increases are in spite of the many programs that are out there to educate the public about calorie counting and weight watching. First Lady Michelle Obama has especially taken up the cause, although she obviously has not had much success.

Obesity is defined as a body mass index (BMI) of 30 or more, where BMI is calculated by dividing weight (in kilograms) by height (in meters) squared.

Overweight is defined as a BMI of 25 to 29.9. Nationally, rates of obesity remained at about one-third of the adult

population, according to The State of Obesity: Better Policies for a Healthier America, while just over two-thirds are overweight or worse.

There is some good news: at least the rates of childhood obesity have leveled off. In 2012, about one in three 2- to 19-year-olds are overweight or obese, which is comparable to rates over the last decade. Continuing a years-long trend, nine of the 10 states with the highest rates of obesity are in the South. The West and Northeast had the healthiest BMIs, with Colorado boasting the lowest adult obesity rate in the nation—21.3 percent.

Obesity also tracked demographics, with higher rates correlating with poverty, which is associated with lower availability of healthy foods and fewer safe neighborhoods where people can walk and children can play outside for exercise. More than 75 percent of African-Americans are overweight or obese as compared to 67.2 percent of whites.

The socioeconomic pattern affects children, too. In 2012, just over 8 percent of African-American children ages 2 to 19 were severely obese, with a BMI above 40, compared with 3.9 percent of white children. About 38 percent of African-American children live below the poverty line, while 12 percent of white children do.

Get out those sneakers, America, and start walking!

Soldier Buried 70 Years Later

The family of a long lost fallen WWII soldier will finally see him buried with full military honors in Arlington National Cemetery this month. A Japanese nonprofit that searches for fallen soldiers excavated the remains of Army Pfc. Bernard Gavrin, who was from Brooklyn.

Last year, the group turned over their findings to the American government for DNA testing, and Garvin was found among them, using a relative’s DNA sample to match.

Garvin was 29 when he was report-

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His regiment had been in Saipan in the Northern Mariana Islands of the western Pacific Ocean and came under heavy attack, suffering many casualties. The soldier was declared dead in July 1945, and his remains were deemed non-recoverable in 1948.

His 82-year-old nephew David Rogers, of Delray Beach, Florida, said he was planning to be at the burial on September 12. He said it was “absolutely incredible and unbelievable to all of us” that Gavrin would be laid to rest in “the most honorable place you could be buried in this country.”

Rogers, whose mother was Gavrin’s sister, said Gavrin was the youngest of three children and had enlisted in 1940.

He said the last time he saw his uncle was when he was 8 years old and his uncle came to visit. Gavrin’s loss was shattering, Rogers said. When the telegram with the news of his passing came and Gavrin’s mother, Rogers’ grandmother, opened it, “She let out a scream that lives with me to this day,” he said.

Finally, this brave soldier will be laid to rest.

10% of CA’s Workforce are Immigrants

Ever wondered what California’s estimated 2.6 million immigrants are up to? USC researchers in California have released a new report that finds that illegal immigrants compose nearly 10% of California’s workforce and contribute $130 billion annually to its gross domestic product.

Here are a bunch of interesting facts that were found in the study. Immigrants who are in California illegally make up 38% of the agriculture industry and 14% of the construction industry statewide. Half of the immigrants who are in the state illegally have been there for at least 10 years. Roughly 58% do not have

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USC sociology professor Manuel Pastor, who worked on the report, said it shows how integrated immigrants are into daily life in California. “It’s a population deeply embedded in the labor market, neighborhoods and social fabric of the state,” said Pastor, who is a co-director of USC’s Center for the Study of Immigrant Integration.

Advocates for more inclusive immigration policy say the economic contributions of immigrants are another reason they should be allowed to stay. “Every one of California’s immigrants helps shape our state’s economic and civic vitality,” said Reshma Shamasunder, Director of the California Immigrant Policy Center.

America’s Economy Ranked Third

The American economy is doing a lot better these days than just a couple of years ago. According to the World Economic Forum’s annual competitiveness rankings, the United States is number three in the world. That’s not as good as the No.1 spot we held back in 2008, but it’s much better than being No. 7 like we were in 2012. This year, our economy falls only behind Switzerland and Singapore. Completing the top ten are Finland, Germany, Japan, Hong Kong, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and Sweden.

The WEF rankings are based on surveys of business leaders, so they’re weighted toward factors that might be more important to businesses than to ordinary people. Still, they tend to reflect important trends that matter to people on the street. The WEF breaks down its rankings into more than 100 indicators that provide insightful detail on each country’s economic performance.

Here’s what America is doing right.

Innovation and technology adoption are close to the best in the world. Investor protections are strong. America still attracts and retains top talent from everywhere. U.S. businesses are sophisticated,

with highly efficient logistics and distribution.

But there are three big problems with the U.S. economy that have been showing up in the WEF rankings for several years: government, healthcare and education. It is very difficult for business leaders to understand political maneuverings such as threatening to default on U.S. debt and shutting down the government. The biggest gripes about Washington involve a convoluted tax system, a thicket of regulations (including state and local rules layered upon those at the federal level), and bureaucratic inefficiency that can make things like permits and licensing nearly impossible.

But business leaders seem to think the U.S. government is a bit less terrible than it used to be. An improvement in America’s fiscal standing is the reason the United States rose from fifth in last year’s WEF rankings to third this year.

That’s mainly because the U.S. budget deficit has been improving, although the national debt—the aggregation of all budget deficits—has continued to swell and is now around a staggering $18 trillion.

Healthcare is a problem because it’s expensive in the United States, and access is far spottier than in nearly every other developed country. The Affordable Care Act that’s now been in effect for nearly a year was supposed to fix that, yet the United States still has a complex system that puts a huge burden on employers. Business leaders rank the United States 49th for health and education, combined.

America’s university system ranks No. 3 in the world, but the overall quality of U.S. education, at all levels, ranks 27th. And secondary education, aka high school, ranks 59th. That’s on account of dismal high-school dropout rates and poor student performance on math and science, as compared with other countries.

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Meet Thurmond Alford, a man from Richmond, Virginia, who is the ultimate dad. “It’s all about family,” said Alford.

“If you don’t have family what are you going to do?” But 12 years ago, Alford was offered the perfect job. It paid three times what he was making at the time.

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And so began one of the longest daily commutes in America. His day starts at 4am. Alford drives 80 miles to a parking lot outside Fredericksburg, Virginia.

There he shares a ride with someone else.

An hour later, he’s at another parking lot in Arlington and then he take two trains to downtown Washington, D.C., where he is a program manager at the Department of Justice. Alford finally gets to work at 7:30am.

After passing through three major cities and traversing 220 miles, Alford can finally start his day.

“Every two weeks I was changing oil,” said Alford. “The guy at Jiffy Lube ... he knew my first name. He knew my football team. He says, ‘You’re here every two weeks.’ It’s like I’m getting a haircut with him – he was changing the oil in my car.”

“It could be sunny in Richmond and it could be snowing in D.C.,” Alford jokes.

It’s like he’s crossing the country on his commute. But he wouldn’t change anything for the world. His family is where his home is at. “I have a support system here. So I have a happy home.”

San Fran Snobbiest of All

Plenty of people make the trip to sightsee at our nation’s capital each year. But all of that publicity and fame seems to have gotten to its inhabitants’ heads. The District of Columbia has been ranked second on the list of “The 10 Snobbiest Cities in America,” according to rankings from Movoto. Only San Francisco prevented Washington from claiming the title of the U.S.’s snobbiest city. And don’t worry, despite what they say about New Yorkers, the Big Apple didn’t even make it to the top ten.

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D.C.’s second-place ranking can be credited mostly to its high number of college graduates, as well as its abundance of cultural activities. “With theaters like Ford’s Theatre and the JFK Center for the Performing Arts, plus countless galleries and museums, D.C. ranked 10th and 12th for its number of performing arts centers and art galleries, respectively,” according to the list.

So where do residents turn their noses up at visitors the most in our nation? Atlanta, GA; Madison, WI; Honolulu, HI; Irvine, CA; and Portland, OR, came in at the top ten snootiest on the list. Oakland, CA; Scottsdale, AZ; Seattle, WA; Washington, D.C.; and San Francisco, CA, rounded out the top five.

SEAL Shirt on Display in 9/11 Memorial Museum Visitors this week to the 9/11 Memorial Museum were emotional when they saw the new display of a shirt worn by a member of SEAL Team Six during the raid that killed Osama Bin Laden. The showcase of the brown shirt boasting a black U.S. flag designed for the nighttime mission was “awe-inspiring,” said Roy McDonald, 58, as he held back tears.

“Seeing that shirt brought me back to the joy and elation I had that day when it was announced that Bin Laden was killed,” added the hotel worker from Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.

An anonymous donor gave the shirt to the museum. The donor requested that it be displayed in the National September 11 Memorial & Museum in honor of the entire Navy Special Forces unit that took out Bin Laden during a May 2, 2011 raid on his Abbottadbad, Pakistan, hideout.

The shirt will be displayed with other items recovered during the raid that prompted spontaneous celebrations throughout the country. It’s a symbol of America’s resilience and strength in the face of evil.

Williams is Champ Again

Serena Williams is good at tennis. Seriously good. This week, the 33-year-old athlete ended the Grand Slam season by winning her third consecutive U.S. Open.

The win counts as her 18th major title overall. The 75-minute championship match between Williams and Caroline Wozniacki came to a close with Serena winning two sets 6-3 and 6-3.

Williams matched Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova with 18 Grand Slam singles titles, the fourth-most in history.

Williams also matched Evert’s total of six championships at the U.S. Open and became the first woman to win three in a row since Evert’s four-title run from 1975-78. Not only did Williams, ranked and seeded No. 1, win all 14 sets she played in the tournament, she never even dropped more than three games in any of them.

When the final ended, Williams dropped to her back behind the baseline, covering her hands with her face.

Her first major trophy also came in New York, in 1999, when she was 17.

“It is a pleasure for me to win my first Grand Slam here and then this No. 18,” Williams said, her voice choking. “So I’m really emotional. I couldn’t ask to do it at a better place.”

Williams earned $4 million, a record in tennis – $3 million for the title, plus a $1 million bonus for having had the best results during the North American summer hard-court circuit. Evert and Navratilova joined her on court during the trophy and check ceremony.

Comedian Joan Rivers Dies at 81

On Thursday, Joan Rivers, the comedian and queen of “snark,” died of complications from a minor throat surgery.

She was 81.

Her daughter, Melissa, who was always at her side, said, “My mother’s greatest joy in life was to make people laugh. Although that is difficult to do right now, I know her final wish would be that we return to laughing soon.”

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“The trouble with me is, I make jokes too often,” she told The Associated Press in 2013. “That’s how I get through life.

Life is so difficult — everybody’s been through something! But you laugh at it, it becomes smaller.” Whatever came her way, she made sure to push past it and rise above it.

Joan was born Joan Alexandra Molinsky in Brooklyn, NY, on June 8, 1933, to Russian Jewish immigrants. Her more than 50 years in the entertainment industry was studded with ups and down. She endeared herself to fans with her famous “Can we talk?” catchphrase and later used the question “Who are you wearing?” to celebrities preening on the red carpet. And she was unafraid to reinvent herself. Rivers was constantly changing and never felt that any gig was beneath her.

Her regular reference to her myriad plastic surgeries never got old. “I’ve had so much plastic surgery, when I die they will donate my body to Tupperware,” she quipped. Another time she joked, “I wish I had a twin, so I could know what I’d look like without plastic surgery.”

Rivers essentially started her career on Johnny Carson’s Tonight Show in 1965. She frequented as a guest and then as a permanent guest host. But then, in 1986, when Rivers launched her own late show, she lost a friend, as Carson vowed to cut her out of his life and show. She never once went on the Tonight Show again during his reign. “I kept saying, ‘I don’t understand, why is he mad?’” Rivers wrote in 2012. “He was not angry at anybody else.”

Two year after hosting her show, it was cancelled, and just three weeks later, her husband and manager, Edgar Rosenberg, took his own life. It seemed as if Rivers’ career and life was floundering.

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The Week Army: Friendly Fire Incident was Avoidable A military investigation report has been made public revealing that a “miscommunication” was responsible for a “friendly fire” incident in Afghanistan that killed five U.S. soldiers and one Afghan in June. The accident was one of the deadliest same-side attacks in the war, which began almost 13 years ago.

While many of the details were blacked out, the report did cite a collective failure by soldiers, commanders and aircrew members to execute the fundamentals of the mission. As a result, the five Americans and one Afghan were mistaken for the enemy and were attacked with two laser-guided bombs from a B-1 bomber.

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Detroit’s Expensive Bankruptcy Filing for bankruptcy is supposed to save money. But not with this price tag.

The law firm guiding Detroit through the biggest-ever municipal bankruptcy has charged the city just over $26 million, according to Robert Fishman, a court-appointed fee examiner. The firm’s fees bring the total price tag for all of Detroit’s professional services in the historic case reported so far by the fee examiner to about $55 million.

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The Motor City’s state-appointed emergency manager, Kevyn Orr, has said he hopes the final cost will not reach the hundreds of millions of dollars. Jefferson County, Alabama, which was the largest municipal bankruptcy before Detroit filed for protection in July 2013, spent only about $25 million on its twoyear case.

Fishman’s subsequent quarterly reports will likely show ballooning costs, reflecting work by the city’s lawyers and consultants ahead of a key confirmation hearing and their participation in the hearing, which started on September 2 and is scheduled to last through October 17. Judge Steven Rhodes will use the hearing to determine if the city’s plan to adjust $18 billion of debt is fair and feasible.

Drug Drop Off Program Expands

Attorney General Eric Holder has announced that there will soon be more options for safe places to dispose of prescription drugs. Drug addiction and abuse have been on the rise in the U.S. and the new disposal centers are aimed at helping to stem the tide. Holder said in a statement that the new DEA policy would let prescription drugs be dropped off at hospitals, pharmacies, clinics and other authorized drop-off sites.

Long-term care facilities will also be able to collect controlled substances turned in by residents. Prescription drug users can mail unused medications to collectors using pre-paid packages, the statement said. “I am committed to ending the national epidemic that has already stolen too many lives and torn apart too many families,” Holder said.

Alarmingly, a 2013 survey showed that about 6.5 million Americans 12

and older were non-medical users of prescription drugs. In 2011, more than half of the 41,300 unintentional U.S. drug overdose deaths involved prescription drugs. Opioid pain relievers caused about 17,000 of those deaths.

Drop off centers and programs will hopefully halt future drug abuse. During a nationwide take-back event in April, Americans turned in 390 tons of prescription drugs at almost 6,100 sites coordinated by the DEA and police.

Additionally, more than 2,100 tons of prescription pills have been turned in over the last four years.

The next prescription drug disposal day will be on September 27.

Best Places for Working Families Nowadays, it is getting harder and harder to find married households in which one of the parents does not work.

In fact, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, nearly 60 percent of “married couple families with children” now include two working parents. So who’s home watching the kids? In that vein, personal finance website NerdWallet partnered with Business Insider magazine to find the best places to live for working parents.

In ranking each city, NerdWallet took four factors into account: cost of living in that city, the percentage of households with children, cost of child care, and quality of available education. In considering cost of living, analysts looked at median household incomes and factors including mortgage and real estate expenses, insurance, and utilities. Childcare costs came from 2013 report from ChildCare Aware of America. Data that compares standardized test scores from public and private schools to state averages was used to determine education quality.

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Two Men on Death Row Set Free After sitting on death row for three decades, two North Carolinian men are being freed.

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In 1983, Sabrina Buie was tragically murdered at a young age and half-brothers, Henry McCollum, 50, and Leon Brown, 46, were charged with the crime.

They both faced the death penalty until now, when new evidence was discovered.

Another man’s DNA was found on a cigarette butt left near the girl’s body.

Superior Court Judge Douglas Sasser said the new DNA results contradicted the case prosecutors put forward, and he overturned the convictions of McCollum

and Brown.

“We waited years and years,” James McCollum, Henry McCollum’s father, said after the decision was announced.

“We kept the faith.”

Defense attorneys say the case was based on intimidated confessions from two petrified teenagers with low IQs. There was never any physical evidence connecting them to the crime scene. Defense lawyers petitioned for their release after a recent analysis pointed to another man who lived near the soybean field where Buie’s body was found in Robeson County. That guilty man is currently serving a life sentence for a similar crime that occurred about a month after the Buie incident.

Despite the judge overturning the verdict, the two brothers went back to prison after the announcement. Keith Acree, spokesman for the state prison system, said that it would take several days to complete the paperwork until the two men will be able to walk away freely.

“The evidence you heard today in my opinion negates the evidence presented at trial,” Johnson Britt, the Robeson County district attorney, said during a closing statement before the judge announced his decision. Britt was not the original prosecutor of the men.

That’s Odd Sick of Chores

Have you ever pretended to be sick to get out of having to take out the garbage or sweep the floor? Well, in South Korea, they’ve taken chore-related maladies to a whole new level.

Fake casts have been selling like hotcakes the few days before the annual Chuseok festival. It seems that South Koreans would give their right (or left)

arm not to have to work in preparation for the festivities.

“We have been selling this for 10 years now, but sales increased drastically starting last week,” said a sales manager at an online vendor who declined to be identified. Both men and women have been buying the bogus casts.

It’s hard to blame the women for wanting to shirk their household duties.

During Chuseok, a three-day thanksgiving holiday, women traditionally do most of the work in preparing and cooking elaborate ceremonial dishes while the men of the family chat, drink and watch television. Only 4.9 percent of people say that both men and women share the holiday chores. For everyone else, it’s only the females working. I wonder why men would buy the fake casts; maybe it’s too hard to lift their own drinks?

The holiday gender divide is so entrenched that it has spawned the term “daughter-in-law holiday syndrome,” with many young women suffering post-holiday stress and fatigue.

Even though many have been buying the casts, they may have a hard time convincing their families that they’re really incapacitated. The media has been highlighting this trend and the fake casts are no longer a secret.

In an unrelated story, many bochurim were seen with casts on their arms as they landed in JFK two weeks before Pesach this year. Miraculously, their arms were healed and the casts were taken off the night of the seder.

These Kids Have all the Answers Students in Austria are know-italls—at least they were for a minute or two.

144 students taking the entrance exams to University of Salzburg were handed out tests on Tuesday with all the answers filled in. No, it was not an April Fools’ Day prank (do they even have April Fools’ Day there?). The professors mistakenly handed out the completed tests that were meant for grading.

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Luckily, the mistake was caught and the students are going to be retested next month.

Sounds like the teachers may need to go back to school.

$50 Fine Paid— 50 Years Later

You know what your mother says— it’s never too late to correct a wrong.

Well, Robert Atherton must agree with this axiom. The Phoenix native was fined 1,000 lire—approximately 70 cents—for illegally parking his Vespa in an Italian village while on vacation in 1964.

Now, 50 years later, Atherton has sent a letter of apology—along with $50 to pay the penalty and extra to cover its 50-year inflation—to the mayor of Lerici, a town in northern Italy. He told authorities in the northern region of Liguria that he was “deeply sorry” for having previously failed to cough up the cash.

Apparently, Atherton simply forgot about the fine. But now, when stumbled across the ticket, he decided to “make up for his forgetfulness” by sending the note and the extra money.

The American’s scrupulousness impressed Mayor Marco Caluri, who said Atherton’s gesture was “exemplary.”

“I thank Mr. Atherton on my own behalf and on behalf of the town and I will not forget to write back to him, to thank him personally for his honesty,” he told Il Gazzettino. “It is a really admirable gesture that I hope will serve as an example.”

Does he want us all to pay our tickets 50 years later?

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socks laid out one by one on a table and submitted the dog’s X-ray to an annual vet magazine contest called, “They Ate WHAT?” and ended up winning a $500 third place prize late last month. First place went to an exotic frog that ate 30 ornamental rocks in Texas, requiring surgery. Second place went to a Florida dog that swallowed a shish kabob skewer.

All my dog ever eats is my homework.

Sky High Vows Want to know where all those missing socks went? Well, it seems the dog ate it.

Before you start laughing, this really is true. When a 3-year-old Great Dane suffered from a painful stomachache, an astonishing X-ray revealed “a large quantity of foreign material.” With no other way to get the clump of matter out of the pooch, the dog went under the knife and surgeons pulled out 43 and a half socks one at a time.

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Think you can say “I do” way up in the sky?

A couple exchanged marriage vows atop a Miami hotel before rappelling down the high-rise building along with hundreds of others for a charity fundraiser.

The new couple, Melissa Lopez and Chris Cruz, won a contest to rappel down the JW Marriott Marquis. Before the couple said “I do” on Friday, dozens of others rappelled down the building to raise money for a Miami charity.

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Scared your child will break something if he throws a tantrum? Take out “naughty child insurance.” Don’t want your team to be knocked out of the World Cup? Afraid you’ll burn your tongue slurping hot and sour soup?

There’s an insurance for you.

“It’s consumer acquisition, a way to engage new customers,” said Joseph Ngai, who heads the Greater China financial institutions practice at McKinsey in Hong Kong. “It’s primarily marketing.”

Some policies are aimed at married couples and others are for families with children.

For young children, there’s now insurance for recalled infant milk formula, and for little ones who get out of hand, People’s Insurance Group of China Co Ltd (PICC) offers a policy against “mischievous and destructive” habits. The policy’s tagline reads: “Why not let us pay for the child’s fault?” It’s a steal, considering how rambunctious your child is. It costs 44 yuan ($7.16) and provides cover up to 100,000 yuan for 12 months.

Chongqing-based Ancheng sells a similar policy in three different versions, with parents of the naughtiest children paying 116 yuan for a 5,000 yuan payout. Wonder when it’s coming to America.

World During the recent soccer Cup in Brazil, Ancheng and ZhongAn insurance companies offered policies allowing Chinese customers to pay for protection against over-drinking, being attacked by hooligans and a “Heartbreak” policy for when their favorite team was eliminated. Uptake wasn’t huge, but the policies succeeded in winning plenty of media coverage, although industry regulators were concerned that insurers were skirting too close to the Chinese love of gambling.

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And, of course, in a country smothered by smog, insurers are hoping to cash in on the weather. Other Ping An and PICC policies – which were quickly shut down by the China Insurance Regulatory Commission – paid out if city smog levels topped a certain level for a specified period, if customers were hospitalized due to smog, or if tourists spent at least two days in a smoggy city.

Wonder if I can take out an insurance policy on those Chinese toys I just bought. They seem to keep on breaking…

SheTaxis Say No to Guys

Ever been waiting for a cab in New York City only to have a guy grab it ahead of you? Well, women, that won’t be happening to you any longer.

New York is about to get a new taxi app service—and this one is for women, by women.

Serving New York City, suburban Westchester and Long Island, the latest Uber-like taxi app will be available through an Apple application for smartphones as of September 16, with an Android app to follow. It will be called SheTaxis in the suburbs and SheRides in New YorkCity, due to regulations barring the use of “taxi” in the name.

The driver will be riding in style.

Women who summon the service will be met by a female driver wearing a hot pink pashmina scarf.

The female-only transport was started by those who are leery of climbing into a car with an unknown male. A woman driver will make occupants feel safer, especially at night.

New York won’t be the first to put out women-only cabs on the streets. India has its own women-driven fleet of taxis – also called SheTaxi – as does New Zealand. Japan has had women-only train carriages on and off for more than

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Stella Mateo, a mother of two daughters, started the new female-only taxi app. She hope that it will allow more females to enter the taxi and limousine industry, a field that has long been dominated by men. Only 1 percent of New York City’s nearly 52,000 drivers of cruising yellow cabs are women, and only 5 percent of the city’s nearly 60,000 drivers of for-hire limousines and luxury sedans are female.

Now we can say with pride that our cabbie “drives like a girl.”

3,143 Counties and Counting Looking for a great road trip? Forget about visiting all 50 states. How about visiting all 3,143 counties in the United States?

Members of the Extra Milers Club go, well, the extra mile. The 34 people in the club’s 31-year history have all

reached 100 percent—meaning they’ve visited every county or equivalent jurisdiction in the United States. Marge Brown was the most recent finisher who completed the arduous quest on her 76th birthday last year.

County collecting is a strange hobby, but it’s one that keeps you on the move. Reid Williamson (final jurisdiction: Aleutians East Borough, Alaska) has been interested in counties for more than 50 years. “When I was about 10 years old, my father used an atlas to show me where my uncle was living in Arizona,” the self-described “list keeper” says. “The map was the kind from 1940s that had very vividly marked county lines. When I was 14, my aunt

In News gave me another atlas that I promptly started desecrating by marking the counties that I had been to.”

He joined the Extra Milers in 1991 after a chance meeting with one of the co-founders in the parking lot at the Grand Canyon. The two knew of each other from the License Plate Collectors club, to which they both belonged.

Williamson completed his journey at Dutch Harbor in Alaska in 2007. He is now 74 percent of the way through his quest to become the first person to visit all 3,143 counties twice.

Itching to join these dedicated members? It’s pretty cheap considering how accomplished these guys and gals are.

Membership to the Extra Milers (motto: “Because the shortest distance between two points is no fun!”) costs $12 per person per year or $15 for an entire family for the year. Nearly 50 out of the 290 members attended the recent annual meet-up. The next one is scheduled for July 18, 2015, in Rogers, Arkansas. Attend and you’ll have only 3,142 to go.

Some of the U.S. counties are really hard to get to. Take, for instance, Kalawao, Hawaii. The county is on the northern side of Molokai island,

and the local population of less than 100 battles Hansen’s disease (leprosy), meaning visitors need a special permit from the county to visit. Visitors take a flight from Honolulu to the Kalaupapa Airport. There’s also a long, steep mule trail from a more central part of the remote island.

Nantucket, Massachusetts, is also considered tough to get to for the Extra Milers since there’s no road to get there.

Aleutians East Borough, Alaska, is the westernmost point on the Alaskan Peninsula. If you’re looking to head there, it’s best to go in the summer months.

Door, Wisconsin, is, according to Williamson, “the tiny thumb of Wisconsin” which “won’t be on your route because it’s a dead end.” It’s only an hour from Green Bay but according to the county’s website, you won’t be bored. There’s so much for the “outdoor enthusiast, art lover, theatre goer, boutique shopper, history buff, adventure seeker or rest and relaxer.” Wow! And Extra Milers also have found that good, ol’ Suffolk, New York, is tough to get to just because of the terrible Long Island traffic—can’t say I don’t agree!

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Aaron’s Way Camp Middos Award Program Shines Brightly This Summer

By Liba Lieberman The precious neshama of Aaron ShaThe Aaron’s Way Camp Middos Morgenstern adds. “Each week focused lom Tepfer, a”h, who was niftar at the Award program was adopted from a exclusively on one middah. The chilend of last summer after completing fifth middos program devised five years ago dren were eager to pick up their mission cards and begin fulfilling the grade, continued to watch middah of the day, and were over Klal Yisroel with the given specific missions how implementation of a middos to practice that middah. The program in Aaron Shalom’s boys were not only taught memory, taking place in daily a better approach to ten boys’ camps throughout middos, but they were guidthe northeast this summer. ed how to implement real The program was under the changes in how they act in auspices of Aaron’s Way, their daily lives. There was a movement developed by even a ‘wild card’ that boys Aaron’s parents, Tuli and could do ‘anything’ as a Rachel Tepfer, to help chilzechus for Aaron Shalom. dren emulate Aaron’s exThey were thrilled to do it.” traordinary middos. The sole Aaron’s Way Camp Midpurpose of Aaron’s Way is to Pinny Munk,Yosef Wortlosky, Dovid Messner,Yehoshua Ottensoser, dos Award Program is geared provide boys with opportuniRabbi Dovid Morgenstern for children in elementary ties to do chessed, designed to perpetuate the acts of kindness which by Rabbi Asher Dicker of Camp Achim, school, in second through eighth grades.

Aaron performed and perfected at such a sixth grade rebbe at Yeshiva Orchos Rabbi Morgenstern shares the following a young age. Wherever he went, Aar- Chaim in Lakewood, who created a sys- story. “Mr. Tepfer told me that someone on brought goodness and kindness to tem for his campers that helped boys got a call from his son, who had called to those who needed his love and support. work on their middos. Rabbi Dicker’s thank his father for sending him to camp The middos program was a transforma- modus operendi was “help yourself by this summer. The man further explained tive opportunity that, like its namesake, becoming a better mensch.” Rabbi Dick- that his son’s card had told him he should worked to bring out the best in children er recalls, “It came to me that when you call home and thank his parents. It’s an by setting good examples. Those exam- look at young children, there is a need exciting and easy to do program.”

For each participating camp, the list ples were specific middos directives with for improvement. It is almost impossible beautifully designed middos mission to address those needs on an individual of middos in the program were hakores cards given each week to boys partici- basis. The beauty of the program is that it hatov, savlanus, zerizus, vatranus (being pating in the program, guided by enthu- doesn’t need a shmuess from a mechan- mavater), kavod habriyos, and chessed. siastic rebbeim responsible for directing ech. It is something children instinctive- Each middah was further broken down the middos program in each camp. All ly understand. They were just never giv- to encompass the six days of the week.

Each camp varied in how the reward participating camps worked on the same en this kind of focus.” middah each week, creating a network of As coordinator of a program that system worked. For Rabbi Eliezer Feuer, achdus among all the campers working was run in multiple camps, however, Learning Director at Camp Agudah, the together to improve the same middos. Rabbi Morgenstern realized the program program involved hundreds of kids who At the end of the summer, a grand raffle needed a new level of organization. He daily undertook a new mission from was held in each camp. By all accounts, reached out to many people to do this cards given to them by their rebbeim. boys’ summer camps were shining with right, asked many mechanchim, and act- There were daily discussions guided by hakoras hatov phone calls to parents and ed on every suggestion. The program is rebbeim of that week’s topic, giving real good morning greetings to kitchen help. now something that anyone can pick up life examples of people who embody that specific attribute. Once a mission “The program is a system of com- and run with.

“The program is very unique,” Rabbi was completed, a boy’s card, with his mon knowledge with a focus on middos,” explains Rabbi Dovid Morgenstern, coordinator of the program, Menahel at Yeshiva Darchei Torah and Learning Director at Camp Munk. “It was palpable. Parents and staff commented on it. The children were rooting for each other as they collectively grew in their avodas Hashem, specifically in the area of middos. It is a most befitting tribute to the legacy of Aaron Shalom. The children were inspired from stories of his incredible middos.”

L-R: At Camp Morris: Rabbi Binyamin Sussman with talmidim writing a letter to the Frankel family

name and bunk number on it, was placed in a weekly raffle. By all accounts, the boys responded beautifully.

How simple were the missions? They included holding a door for chessed, saying thank you for hakoras hatov, or giving up your place on line for being mevater. At Camp Morris, where Rabbi Yehudah Brecher, Menahel of the Cheder, was, the unfolding of the program had been simply amazing. “Mission cards were given out every day at breakfast, although I carried cards on me throughout the day. The raffles were held randomly, sometimes two to three times a day. By the end of first half, a larger raffle took

At Camp Morris

place where one boy received Shas. The numbers of boys participating were just tremendous. After the first few weeks alone, over a thousand mission cards had been given over to the office. After introducing each mission with a story at the beginning of each week, the middah was reinforced with more stories and examples from the rebbeim during lunch.

During the recent war in Eretz Yisroel, we discussed how the brave soldier who jumped on a grenade to save his comrades was an example of being mevater.

On a less dramatic level, we explained, giving up your place on line was another example of being mevater.”

The benefits far exceed the effort, as Rabbi Morgenstern points out. “The program is very unique. There was such achdus among the campers.

They were all working together. In one camp, a boy wanted to change his bunk. The camp acquiesced and the boy was thrilled. But he soon realized that if he left his bunk for a new one, he would mess up someone else’s summer plans in the new bunk This boy went to

the camp director and asked to be left in his originally assigned bunk. This was an example of vatranus, giving of oneself. On visiting day, boys from different camps were pulling out their mission cards, discussing the same middah they were focused on for that week. It was

Learning Director Rabbi Avraham Bender at Camp Bonim notes the high percentage of involvement. “Different counselors were telling me that campers were noticeably nicer,” Rabbi Bender points out. “For example, not making as much noise as night or thanking

L-R: At Camp Agudah: Dovi, Shmuli and Tuli Tepfer, Rabbi Eliezer Feuer, and raffle winner

amazing.”

Another benefit of the program took place among the counselors and rebbeim who were teaching the program to the children. As they shared divrei Torah and stories with each other, an exciting achdus occurred. “The collaboration was beautiful,” Rabbi Morgenstern notes. As one of the originators of the program, Rabbi Yehudah Deutch, Program Director in Camp Rayim and Aaron Shalom’s third grade rebbe at Yeshiva Darchei Torah, allowed boys to seek out staff members for mission cards at any time of day.

And in this camp, there was tremendous interest among ninth graders as well as younger boys. Even staff members were participating, asking if they could use the program as a paradigm to work on themselves. Raffles were held at the end of each middah, offering a set of seforim and a prize. As an example of the program’s great success, Rabbi Deutch cites the chessed of a young camper to a worker on the grounds. “We were adding more amps in bunk houses to install air conditioners. One of the campers came back from canteen with a slush for one of the workers. He explained that the man must be hot. When the worker found out that the camper had paid for the slush with his own money, he bought one for the camper in return. The boy didn’t want to accept the gift, explaining that he had bought the slush because he appreciated that the worker was making the boy’s bunk a better place. We had been speaking about hakores hatov in the program and obviously this boy made a connection. Kids are definitely learning the lessons being imparted by Aaron’s Way.”

waiters. We believe they will follow through when the school year starts.”

Rabbi Bender worked with Rabbi Chaim Dovid Lapidus to introduce each new middah of the week, both carrying middos mission cards. Each Friday, five different raffles were held. “It was like a Chinese Auction,” Rabbi Bender shares.

Campers were more and more excited as the summer continued, especially since understood they were following in the footsteps of Aaron Shalom himself. “At one point, we read a letter that Aaron Shalom wrote at the end of fourth grade to his rebbe,” Rabbi Bender remembers, “thanking him for teaching him that particular school year. It made an impression.”

Camp Romimu was another participating camp, where the program was headed by Rabbi Shlomo Dovid Pfeiffer, the camp’s Learning Director. At Camp Romimu, the middah of the week was presented on Shabbos, and counselors gave out mission cards to campers. As with the other camps, each filled out card was entered in a raffle, although in Camp Romimu boys were given the choice of entering smaller raffles or waiting to put all six cards at the end of each week into a raffle for a bigger prize. “Something as simple as filling a nagel vaser cup for the next boy to use was a sign of chessed,” Rabbi Pfeiffer explains. “Middos are small steps, not jumps. I told them that small acts of patience can help a person become a more patient person.” Rabbi Pfeiffer referred to the Sefer Middos by Rav Yecheskel Levenstein while participating in the program.

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Camp in Far Rockaway on the Yeshiva Darchei Torah campus. Everyone here felt a strong connection to Aaron Shalom because he was a student in Yeshiva Darchei Torah and a camper in this day camp. “I was very close to him,” begins Rabbi Aron Rosenberg, Learning Director of the camp. “The fact that we were able to do this means a lot to us.”

Since Simcha Day Camp is a day camp, and not a sleep away camp, certain changes were made to the program.

The program ran during the Three Week and included the whole camp, with boys going into grades second through seventh working together on each middah.

The counselors kept the cards on them, and looked for boys performing certain middos. Hundreds of boys channeled their energies on one middah at the same time. Because the program was of a more limited nature, each card itself was considered a prize for doing a middah.

The cards became part of a raffle which took place after Tisha B’Av. Rabbi Rosenberg concludes that

At Camp Rayim

when he spoke with each bunk during the program, he talked about Aaron and how his middos were so exceptional. “We need to strive to be like him, to make Aaron’s way a part of us.” Indeed, it seems Klal Yisroel has done just that.

For more information on Aaron’s Way programs, contact aaronsway.org.

This article was originally printed in the Yated Ne’eman.

Goldfeder Joins Wavecrest Bayswater Senior Center at First Annual Health Fair Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder joined hundreds who attended the Wavecrest and Bayswater Senior Center First Annual Health Fair at the Young Israel of Wavecrest and Bayswater on Sunday.

The event offered free health screenings, promoted healthy living and provided residents the opportunity to speak with a variety healthcare and wellness professionals.

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Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder speaks with Hillel Adelman, President of the Young Israel of Wavecrest and Bayswater (YIWB)

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HAFTR sends a record number of graduates—14—to Yeshivat Reishit Yerushalayim

Rav Shmuel Kaminetzky shlita Addresses the Hanhala and Moros of Bnos Bais Yaakov Teachers have been putting up bulletin boards, decorating the walls of their classrooms, and putting the finishing touches on their first week’s lesson plans. Teachers not only take care of technicalities, they need inspiration – to transmit the warmth of Yiddishkeit and to connect to her students in a real and meaningful way. That inspiration was provided magnificently by Rav Shmuel Kaminetsky, shlita. Rav Shmuel addressed the hanhala and teachers on Tuesday, September 2, stressing the importance of chinuch habanos. As the Rosh HaYeshiva stated, when you educate a boy, you raise a man; when you educate a girl, you raise a family. He then went on to describe the ways in which a Jewish home is infused with light, love, and warmth by the mother.

Rav Shmuel expressed his amazement at the size of the audience he was addressing. The Rosh HaYeshiva was under the impression that the huge crowd was comprised of teachers and parents.

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A tremendous organization of chesed exists right here in New York City and for those who have the unfortunate experience of needing a hospital, these individuals supply hot food daily to anyone who might be at these hospitals in Manhattan. Women bake and cook fresh, hot meals daily in their spotless homes in Williamsburg as well as perWhen he was told that the sonally deliver the food to those in need. room was full of just staff Besides that, the Satmar Bikur Cholim and that between BBY and TMM close to 1,000 girls are being educated, Rav Shmuel was astounded.

Rav Shmuel had been at the school’s groundbreaking ceremony and then The levaya of Aaron Sholom Tepfer, at the chanukas habayis. a 10-year old talmid of Yeshiva Darchei The growth since that has Torah who was suddenly niftar last year been explosive. The Rosh HaYeshiva mere days before the start of the school was impressed by the size of the school, year, was a heartrending event. Speaker the beauty of the building, and the ruach after speaker described the remarkable of the staff. maturity and concern for others that In appreciation of those factors and Aaron Sholom possessed. Grown men simply because he is a Gadol B’Yisroel, cried uninhibitedly as the Yeshiva and Rav Shmuel stayed after his words of community absorbed this difficult blow. chizuk to give brachos to any staff memIn the days, weeks and months folber who wished to meet with him. His lowing his passing, relatives, rabbeim, concern and ahavas Yisroel were abunfriends and even total strangers have dantly clear to all, and his presence and transformed their grief into inspiration, sentiments gave the staff just the right undertaking a variety of initiatives in dose of chizuk and inspiration to start off Aaron Sholom’s memory that serve as the school year with geshmak. an aliyah for his neshama as well as imWe wish the Rosh HaYeshiva many petuses for personal improvement. One more years of gezunt and inspired leadof these projects is about to reach its culership of Klal Yisroel. mination.

Yitzy Berko, now a seventh grader, was a classmate of Aaron Sholom.

One day he came up with an idea: What better way to perpetuate the memory and legacy of his friend, who loved to learn Torah, than with a Sefer Torah?

The Torah would be written as a zchus for Aaron Sholom and when completed would be housed in the Aron Kodesh of the Junior High School, where it would be used by the boys in their minyan for many years to come.

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provides other services as well, all by volunteers who do this l’shem Shamayim and seek nothing in return.

Reuven and Esther Guttman of the Lawrence Chapter of the Satmar Bikur Cholim invite the community to an evening of prayer and song on the first night of Selichos, Motzei Shabbos, September 20 at 9:30pm which will take place at the home of Suzi and Dov Klein, 235 Broadway in Lawrence, NY.

Sefer Torah in Memory of Aaron Tepfer a”h to Be Dedicated this Sunday In an emotional appeal to his fellow talmidim, Yitzy Berko explained: “Fifty years from now, in this beis medrash, a boy is going to ask his rebbi, ‘When was this Sefer Torah given?’ The rebbi is going to say, ‘The whole entire Junior High School decided to raise [funds] for a Sefer Torah in Aaron Sholom’s zchus.’”

Doing some quick math, Yitzy realized that to reach his goal of raising $54,000, all he needed was for 1,000 families to contribute an average of 54 dollars! The campaign, spearheaded by Sgan Menahel Rav Avrohom Bender is nearly complete; the Sefer Torah was written in Eretz Yisrael; and a Hachnasas Sefer Torah is planned for this coming Sunday, September 14th.

The events will begin at the Tepfer home, 376 Rugby Road, Cedarhurst, NY, from 12:00 noon until 3:00 with the inscription of the final letters of the Sefer Torah. At 3:40, the festivities will resume at 12-14 Heyson Road, Far Rockaway, NY, for the Hachnasas Sefer Torah procession to the Yeshiva.

For more information, or to contribute, please contact Rabbi Avrohom Bender at 347.254.0155 or abender@ darchei.org.

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Is it the End of Amex’s Domination?

By Eli Schreiber For many years, American Express (Amex) has dominated the credit card industry due to their customer service, security features and consumer protection policies. In addition, Amex cards earn Membership Rewards (MR) points, the most used and sought after point programs for frequent flyers due to their redemption flexibility and the ease with which card-

holders could transfer them into a multitude of airline and hotel programs.

Recent partnerships by CITI and Chase Bank have cut into Amex’s domination of the point redemption industry.

In 2011, Chase announced a new partnership with United Airlines, which allowed Chase Sapphire Preferred and Ink Bold cardholders to use UltimateRewards

points for flights offered by United or any other Star Alliance member. And in July, CitiBank announced that Citi Thank You Points would now be transferable into eight airlines and hotel programs.

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and even into airline accounts not associated with cardholders. Amex’s terms and conditions had always stated that you can only transfer MR points into frequent flyer accounts in your own name. And although cardholders earned these points by virtue of their personal spending, Amex’s terms and conditions state quite clearly: “Points are not your property. You can’t transfer points to any other person or program account.”

It looks like American Express has finally started enforcing the rules, and MR points can now only be transferred to frequent flyer accounts with your name on it (or at least your last name).

We certainly can’t blame American Express for enforcing the rules they’ve long published, especially since Amex claims that it is no longer allowing this feature as a security measure, to protect points from being transferred into another’s frequent flyer account without permission.

There is still a way for Amex users to transfer Rewards points by adding a primary cardholder or an authorized user.

So, if you plan to transfer Amex points to someone other than yourself or a family member with the same last name as you, adding an authorized user is the only way you can now do so.

With these new changes and the increased competition by other credit card companies, it looks like we may be experiencing the end of the Amex domination era, and the end of a great convenience that’s existed for many years. However, the credit card redemption industry is constantly changing and in a state of perpetual motion.

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Bais Yaakov of Queens’ Staff Inspired by Warm Message In anticipation of the new year, Bais Yaakov of Queens administration coordinated two days of invigorating preparation for their teaching staff. Mrs. Leah Goldstein, the Positive Intervention team coordinator, and Dr. Howard Muscott, director of the NH Center for Effective Behavioral Interventions and Supports at SERESC, met with Bais Yaakov’s dedi-

cated leadership team to continue coaching the Positive Behavior Intervention Support called HEART. The team met to discuss the re-teaching of last year’s expected behaviors while planning to move forward with new ones.

On the second day, Mrs. Nechama Jurkowitz, the new Limudei Kodesh principal, addressed her staff with her ef-

fusive warmth. She described the role of teacher as a “reflection of Yehoshua bin Nun’s paradigm of tuning in to the individuality of each person.” She noted that each student has a “ruach,” a uniqueness, that with a teacher’s insight and love, can be nurtured to its potential. Mrs. Jurkowitz applauded her Bais Yaakov of Queens staff as having this special ability.

Mrs. Sarah Bergman, general studies principal, along with Mrs. Karen Reisbaum, assistant principal, welcomed their staff. Mrs. Bergman’s encouraging theme of reflection of educational practices and meeting the challenge of educating children for the 21st century was enthusiastically received by the staff. She stressed, “We teach children, not subjects, and so we will collaborate and include our children in the planning.

We need clear communication to define, articulate and teach our expectations for mastery.” She concluded her message with, “And remember to celebrate their success with warmth, and nurture them to create motivation within each student, to learn and grow.”

Rabbi Mordechai Gewirtz, dean of Bais Yaakov, then warmly welcomed the entire staff. Rabbi Gewirtz stressed, “Our number one priority is the safety, security and well-being of our children, and we have to care and be concerned about the whole child. This includes the social, emotional, psychological, and of course, spiritual components of every student in BYQ.” He added, “Students are to be recognized as people, with the same feelings, sensitivities, and needs as adults, therefore, it is incumbent upon us to treat our talmidos with respect and dignity at all times, and to strive to make their school experience a happy one!”

These beautiful ideological beliefs were further enhanced as the day closed with Mrs. Chani Juravel inspiring the entire staff with tangible ideas to create meaningful relationships with students and spark the girls’ interest in learning.

The Bais Yaakov family, students, teachers and parents are sure to have a wonderful year filled with nurturing, learning and love!

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One Israel Fund Sees Outpouring of Support for Israeli Communities

by Adam Kessler Operation Protective Edge seems to have woken up Jews around the world. Whether connected personally to a loved one fighting in the IDF or running for shelter, or virtually through the constant stream of social media, the Jewish people are empathizing more than ever with their brethren in Israel. Acting on the urge to “do something,” individuals and groups have found meaningful ways to help. One organization, the One Israel Fund, has seen an outpouring of support for the work it does.

One Israel Fund’s reputation for successfully providing aid where it is most needed has broadened the organization’s visibility and value. Its latest mission is called Operation: No More Jewish Victims, and the goal is to prevent terror attacks before they occur. This summer, when the Gaza border communities reached out for help, One Israel Fund sprang into action, and Jewish American support followed suit.

Whereas most organizations were focused on comfort items for the soldiers of the IDF, One Israel Fund was the primary organization working to get lifesaving equipment and supplies into the “14” Jewish communities along the Gaza border directly affected by the most recent violence in Israel. These aforementioned communities get their name based upon the fact that they exist in 1 to 4 kilometers from the border with Gaza – and some reside a mere few hundred feet. As the terrorists’ tunnels come in past the armies and directly inside the communities, it is vital for the community security patrol to have the tools and resources to defend themselves when necessary.

Originally established in 1994 to support the families living in YESHA (the Hebrew acronym for the communities of Judea, Samaria and those formerly in Gaza), the organization is committed to ensuring the welfare and safety of the over 150 thriving communities in the region. It expanded its efforts in 2005 after the expulsion of residents from Gush Katif, and continues to rebuild the lives and new communities of those uprooted from their homes as well as those southern communities which have borne the brunt of attacks since the Disengagement.

This summer, One Israel Fund saw new donors and previous donors alike turn their concern for the safety of all residents of Israel into wildly successful fundraisers. From backyard barbecues to bake sales, grassroots cam-

At the Five Towns BBQ (l to r) OIF Executive VP, Scott M. Feltman; Ambassador John Bolton; Congressional Candidate Bruce Blakeman and OIF trustee, Jay Kestenbaum

paigns raised a total over $300,000 to help the organization continue its work.

A desire to help expressed one Monday night over dinner manifested into a full blown event by Thursday of that same week. Six friends from the Five Towns celebrated a gala siyum at the home of Gabriel and Rebeka Boxer, with over 150 people in attendance. Their enthusiasm was so contagious that every single item and service was donated by close to 20 different local vendors, and the event raised nearly $20,000.

Shoshie Manela, Devorah Rosner and Jackie Erlichman, also of the Five Towns, put their creativity and culinary skills together and ran a bake sale that raised another $10,000. Alan and Sharon Shulman of West Hempstead hosted a barbecue at their home courtesy of Alan’s company, Mauzone, and then Mauzone went on to match the contributions 1:1 for a total of $50,000.

Long Island communities were not the only ones to mobilize. The Syrian communities of Brooklyn and Deal, New Jersey, participated in a paintball tournament headed by Jack Cattan. There was a rally and concert organized in Brooklyn and “Bowl for A Cause” was a grassroots event put together by Eve Stieglitz and Ryan Shemen and was held at and partially sponsored by Bowlmor in New York City.

Some individuals took it upon themselves and launched campaigns for much needed items. Albert Maslaton ran a drive for security vests, and Jessica Goldsmith raised money through RootFunding.com for specialized water canteens called shlukers for the IDF. Longtime supporters also renewed their commitment to One Israel Fund this summer. Board Member Suzie Schwartzstein, along with Deena Segal, Breezy Schwartz and the ladies of Beaver Lake Estates in Monticello, ran a ”package party” resulting in

a fun evening which provided security equipment to the border community of Alumim where Suzie’s extended family resides. The Beaver Lake Synagogue ran a successful appeal as well.

Fayge Feder, co-owner of Cedarhurst boutique Kiss and Makeup, has routinely coordinated with One Israel Fund and sent donations of makeup and cosmetics to female IDF soldiers throughout the years. This summer, the store also encouraged their customers to donate as well by offering discounts on all products purchased for donation.

Appeals were held at the White Shul and Khal Machzikei Torah, Agudath Israel of West Lawrence, all of Far Rockaway, and Congregation Or Torah of Skokie, Illinois. Online campaigns were coordinated by Jonathan Kestenbaum of Israel, Dov Gelman of My Brother’s Keeper International, and Michael Gerbitz of United with Israel.

The fundraising continued past Labor Day weekend with a lavish barbecue and Israeli wine tasting event, generously hosted by Lynn and Joel Mael of Lawrence. Several upcoming events are currently being planned in other communities as well, including Boca Raton, Florida.

One Israel Fund is very grateful for its support at all times. As supporters turned their compassion into contributions, One Israel Fund turns the donations into supplies within a matter of days. Unlike the larger American Jewish organizations, One Israel Fund is able to evaluate the needs quickly and efficiently.

Executive Vice President Scott Feltman works with Director of Security Projects Marc Provisor to pinpoint the immediate and the long-term needs of each community. Provisor, a former head of security in Shilo credited with responding to over 100 attacks there during the Intifada years, is the “security man

on the ground” in Israel and personally visits the communities. In coordination with residents, government officials and the IDF, Feltman, Provisor and the One Israel Fund staff work to fill the gaps insecurity and essential medical services. They also look to address social, recreational and educational needs as well.

Working not only during times of crisis but dedicated to supporting the more vulnerable populations at all times, One Israel Fund’s projects address a wide range of needs, from armored vans to refurbishing of armored ambulances to high-tech thermal surveillance cameras. Communal projects include playgrounds, youth and senior centers, schools, synagogues, mikvaot, libraries and health clinics. It funds schools for at-risk youth in some communities and special needs schools in others.

One Israel Fund also helps provide specific items to the IDF, including working with the IDF Chief Rabbinate’s Office in supplying religious items like IDF olive green tzitzit and portable containers containing synagogue supplies for use in the field.

This summer, the focus was on security for the Gaza border communities. Working with the Ravshatzim, the community security chiefs and civilian liaisons to the IDF, One Israel Fund assisted in setting up and upgrading perimeter surveillance camera and emergency lighting systems, and communication gear.

Many of the supplies like Quikclot combat gauze, head lamps and cloth stretchers, are low cost and easily obtainable. Other specialized items, such as the TacSight camera, are ordered immediately when funds are available and sent over as soon they are ready for delivery. The TacSight is a portable thermal imaging camera to help the security teams patrol their borders at night. This same technology was utilized to see terrorists emerging from the underground tunnels. This new security equipment has already prevented several potential attacks.

Even the jaded residents that are somewhat accustomed to the unrest in the region are now living under extreme stress. Communities being pummeled by mortars have been sending out the women and children to relocate as the situation becomes unbearable.

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Around the Continued from page 57 and mayors have all expressed appreciation to One Israel Fund and their donors for bringing in exactly what they have been asking for to properly secure their towns. Provisor will often take donors out to visit these communities to get a glimpse of the strained conditions. The residents are aware that most other organizations are willing or able to help them and grateful community members are at times brought to tears by the show of support.

“The ripple effect of crossing the Green Line to help is creating achdut that is beyond the politics and baloney,” says Provisor.

“I find it equally ironic and rewarding that One Israel Fund, an organization created to build and fortify the ‘settlements of YESHA’ is now crossing over the socalled Green Line to help those communities which have traditionally opposed the communities of YESHA, many of which were established in the early days of the State,” says Feltman. “But that is changing in a very big way. They see,

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very clearly, that we are the organization coming to their aid, the one organization that they would never have identified with in the past. And it’s making a real and meaningful difference. This point is clearly not lost on them.”

With the abundance of Jewish organizations focusing on different worthwhile causes and various needs, One Israel Fund remains intent on standing out and making its mission known. The recent confusion with The New Israel Fund, a group committed to “social justice” with a goal of dismantling settlements, giving support for the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) Movement and funding organizations which seek to undermine the IDF, was unfortunate and disturbing. The unwavering commitment of One Israel Fund and its donor base is vital to the lives of all Israelis living under constant threats.

One Israel Fund also works to anticipate need before crisis hits. Plans for the upgrading of security had been mapped out for the community of Itamar, but funds were hard to raise be-

St. John’s Episcopal Hospital Hosts Community Health Fair This Weekend St. John’s Episcopal Hospital advocates health awareness with a back to school community health fair.

It is that time of year again! In between the school shopping, getting back into the school routine, and the beginning of fall, being sure to maintain a healthy lifestyle may fall to the wayside. It is important for every parent to take the time to ask themselves several important questions: • Did my child have his or her annual checkup yet?

• Did my child get his or her immunization shots yet?

• Does the school have all the necessary medical information on file?

• What important current medical concerns should I be aware of?

• What are good, easy, healthy recipes can I use to provide my child with a whole lunch or snack?

St. John’s recognizes the importance of educating parents and children alike on current healthcare issues. Therefore, St. John has organized a back to school community health fair. This will provide parents the opportunity to have access to current and relevant medical information that may pertain to them and their children. There will be healthy cooking demonstrations and free health screenings. There were also be entertainment and games for the kids.

The health fair will take place from 11 am to 3 pm at the Hospital campus, located at 327 Beach 19th Street, Far Rockaway, NY 11691. Kosher food will be sold

by Traditions, Kosher World Pizza, and Congo Juice. A DJ will be provided by Isaac Chalouh Entertainment.

“Here at St. John’s, we understand the worry and fear parents may feel about their children’s health. We have organized a back to school community fair to help parents stay apprised of current healthcare information. It is a great family fun event! There will be games and giveaways. Be sure to arrive early to take advantage of all the educational and recreational opportunities!” says Richard Brown, CEO. St. John’s is a faith-based institution and the cornerstone of Episcopal Health Services. A vital part of their mission is to provide quality health care in a compassionate and caring environment, which has been incorporated as the Hospital’s Core Values and Service Standards. According to recent publicly reported data, the quality of care measures for heart attack, heart failure, and pneumonia exceed state averages.

For more information on St. Johns Episcopal Hospital, you may visit them at 327 Beach 19th Street, Far Rockaway, NY, reach them by phone at (718) 869-7750, or visit their website at www.ehs.org.

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fore the tragic and brutal murder of the Fogel family occurred.

The existing security cameras had gaps in coverage and left the residents of Itamar vulnerable. Provisor remembers being told by potential donors at the time that the equipment was not necessary. “It’s quiet there,” he was told. Of course, after the murders, it was easy to raise funds. Provisor wishes that mindset would change since, oftentimes, One Israel Fund, through the security apparatus in existence, knows of impending attacks before they occur and have the knowledge to prevent them.

As the fighting in Syria escalates, the communities up north in the Golan have been inquiring about assistance from One Israel Fund so they too can be better prepared to protect their residents.

Rocket attacks in the north and south also continue to pummel the fledgling communities that are comprised of many of the families evacuated from Gush Katif in the summer of 2005. With the first stage almost complete in the southern communities, Pro-

visor says he is now concerned with getting back to focusing on the Judea and Samaria region to ensure that the communities are properly prepared against inevitable attacks from the Arabs in his own backyard.

While war and other threats to Israel’s security create a heightened awareness of these needs and boost donor support, stable reliable support is clearly needed in the “quieter” times as well. While awareness and contributions rise during war time, weaker financial climates have severely impacted the organization. Even with a ceasefire, there is no guarantee of true quiet. One Israel Fund is determined to continue and expand its work and donor support is imperative.

Says Provisor, “We must keep the support flowing. We have to have the common sense to be proactive and prevent future victims. We have the knowhow, we just need the funds.”

To donate or learn more about One Israel Fund visit www.oneisraelfund.org.

Shulamith Students’ First Day Delights with Doughnuts and Drinks The excitement was palpable on Thursday, September 7th, as students and faculty arrived for the first day of classes at the Shulamith School for Girls Middle Division. Mrs. Rookie Billet, Principal, Dr. Evelyn Gross, Assistant Principal, and Morah Chana Schwartz, Director of Student Activities, were on hand to welcome each student back to school. It was heartwarming to watch students bask in the warm hugs of their teachers and friends!

After a communal tefillah, the girls enjoyed a brief opening day assembly.

Mrs. Rachel Steiner, Director of Student Activities, introduced eighth graders Ariella Lax, Abby Lieber, and Aliza Pfeffer, heads of this year’s Tech Committee. Students laughed, cheered, and applauded as they watched a slideshow of last year’s extra-curricular highlights.

When the show ended, Mrs. Steiner announced this year’s G.O. theme, “Going Places,” and G.O. 2015 took to the stage.

Dressed as Parisian artists, complete with berets and smocks, Presidents Sela Pollack and Rachelli Wasser and Vice Presidents Tamar Davies and Eliana Eichler performed their G.O. song, composed to the tune of “It’s a Small World.” Students then received their schedules, and, to cap

off the morning’s festivities, everyone was treated to a doughnut and a drink from the “Shulamith Café.”

For the students of Shulamith, a year of adventure and exploration awaits. We look forward to sharing our journey with you, as we travel “Around the World in 180 Days!”

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Around the Community Rabbi Paysach Krohn Spends Shabbos at Bais Tefila of Inwood Parshas Ki Teitzei was a momentous Shabbos for the Inwood community for multiple reasons. In memory of the three boys who were murdered in Eretz Yisrael, the shul took on a community-wide project to learn the entire Shas Mishnayos. In honor of being mesayem (completing) the entire Shisha Sidrei Mishna, the community was honored to host Rabbi Paysach Krohn and his Rebbetzin for Shabbos.

Rabbi Krohn, in his ever-riveting and powerful style, spoke twice for the shul, once on Shabbos morning and once at Shalosh Seudas, and spoke a third time for the women on Shabbos afternoon. Rabbi Krohn’s shiurim, stressing the need to strengthen our-

selves in our commitment to davening and making ourselves a “Kos Shel Bracha,” were indelible and certainly will be remembered as a most special Shabbos for the kehilla.

HANC Welcomes Students Back to School The students and faculty at HANC Samuel & Elizabeth Bass Golding Elementary School were excited to head back to school! Students and faculty all had big smiles on their faces as they kicked off the school year! Students were happy to see old friends who they hadn’t seen all summer and were eager to meet new friends who just joined the HANC family this year. Teachers reconnected with former students and warmly welcomed their new students.

School got off to a wonderful start and we can’t wait for the upcoming year of learning and adventures to unfold!

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Prayer: Bringing Blessing to Fruition There are three areas we are advised to work on during the days of Elul. They are repentance, prayer and charity. This week, we will discuss the importance of prayer and the role it plays in our lives.

R’ Shimshon Pincus relates the following story. A doctor was on call in a hospital over the weekend. What was supposed to be a quiet night turned into a very busy evening as more and more patients

were admitted to the ward. The doctor was dashing back and forth trying to meet all the needs of the numerous patients on the floor.

By the end of the night, there had been a number of emergencies and even with the dedicated help of the nurses, unfortunately, one elderly lady did not make it.

Her family decided to sue, and they took the doctor to court. The doctor defended

himself, explaining how busy the ward had been and how many patients he had been attending to, as well as mentioning how there was no proof to pin the blame on him, as the nurses had been on the scene, the woman’s heart had stopped, and with an elderly person such a scenario is not uncommon.

The judge sided with the family of the deceased, however, stating that such

an excuse is not valid because the doctor should have called for backup if he saw he was too overwhelmed, and had he been properly freed up to devote the requisite attention to the lady, he quite possibly could have saved her. Although he was the only doctor physically on call, there were a number of doctors available as backup and he simply could have picked up the phone, and one quick call could have made all the difference.

R’ Pincus explains that this is how we should view prayer. One quick call can make all the difference when we feel overwhelmed, and when we feel that it is too much for us to handle a situation on our own. That feeling is designed as a push for us to turn to Hashem and daven, because we were never meant to do it all; we are just required to ask Hashem for help.

When Adam was created, the world had already been created before him, yet our sages teach that there was no grass growing. The grass needed the prayer of Adam to go from seedlings to full grown shoots. When we pray, we bring out the potential of what is around us and allow it to enter a stage of being and become a reality. Hashem waits for our prayers to allow events to unfold. He wants to hear from us before He goes ahead and fulfills all our needs. The best way to channel emotions therefore, is to turn them into prayer, as prayer is one of the more constructive things we can do. If we feel worried, sad, nervous, anxious, or even happy and excited, the most powerful thing we can do with our emotions is turn them heavenward and make them into a prayer.

We should merit to utilize the tool of prayer fully and properly. We should merit to have all our prayers answered for the good, in a way that feels good too. We wish “shana tova u’mesukah,” a year that is both good and sweet, because sometimes we can know something is good but it may not feel pleasant or comfortable, so we ask that the coming year be a sweet and happy one. We should use the powerful tool of prayer to pray on behalf of our loved ones; our spouse, family and friends that they merit to be written in the book of life for a year of health and happiness.

May this year be the year that we see all our prayers, hopes and dreams become a reality.

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, 9:30-11p.m. For the hotline or more information, call 516-430-5280 or email dsgarry@msn.com.

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Keren hashviis would like to publicly recognize the enthusiastic support of the Cedarhurst and Woodmere communities for proudly embracing the call of the Giborei Chayil.

A special note of appreciation to the community visionaries who so graciously opened their homes and hearts for the cause of Keren Hashviis.

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May the openhanded munificence of this distinguished Kehilah allow us to uphold the manifestation of hashem’s desire for his land to rest during the Shmittah year - and usher in the bountiful rewards promised by the torah: V’tzivisi es Birchasi.

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The mission of Keren Hashviis is to act as the champions of Mitzvas Shmittah. We strive to ensure that shmittah is upheld

by every Jewish landowner in Eretz Yisrael who is a maamin b’Hashem and adheres to His mitzvos. To that end, Keren Hashviis serves as a central hub providing farmers with financial resources, halachic guidance, and moral support — before, during and after shmittah.

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Shevach High School Begins New Year with Inspirational Speaker and Innovative English Curriculum The new academic year of 5775, 2014/2015, at Shevach High School, under the leadership of Rebbetzin Rochelle Hirtz, was launched in an inspirational way with the privilege of having Rabbi Paysach Krohn address the students.

He spoke of encouraging the students to look into themselves and reach upward.

He recommended small steps at first, leading to greater heights. His words were well-received by the attentive student body.

Shevach High School was also proud to announce the implementation of a new four year English program that is fresh and forward-thinking. The experienced staff of the English department, Mrs. Carol Neuman, Mrs. Yael Rosenberg, and Mrs. Shari Weiss, worked throughout the summer with Mrs. Nechama Mirsky, Associate Principal for General Studies, to create a new curriculum that incorporates several recommendations from the Common Core in a smart and practical way.

Berlin Travels to SKA For the past four years, the Stella K. Abraham High School for Girls, in partnership with NCSY and under the inspiring leadership of SKA Chesed coordinator, Mrs. Leah Pariser Falik, has sent a number of sophomores and juniors to the Lauder Yeshurun Midrasha in Berlin, Germany, to celebrate Purim with Orthodox community and the students there in a program called JEWL. On Sunday, August 22, the roles were reversed! A group of JEWL girls from Berlin came to America as part of an outreach program and spent the day at SKA. The program started with a delicious brunch and all the girls had the opportunity to spend time together and get to know each other. For some SKAers who had been to Berlin, it was a delightful reunion! Chavruta learning on the topic of “You Get What You Get and You Don’t Get Upset” was further explored in an engaging shiur by Rabbi Aryeh Lightstone, former head of the Long Island region of NCSY who had been closely involved with the program.

The SKA and JEWL students were then assorted into groups and went to Central Avenue in Cedarhurst to buy supplies for an important chessed project, creating packages of supplies for children living in southern Israel. During Operation Protective Edge, these families were unable to leave their homes to purchase items like coloring books or puzzles; the packages showed our support during those dangerous days.

This inspiring event was such a success! Girls from both the Midrasha and SKA commented on how much appreciation they gained from each other and how similar they all really were even though they seemed so different at first. Thanks

go to Mrs. Avital Braun and Mrs. Leah Pariser Falik for planning this wonderful day of kiruv and chessed.

Through a well-thought out and series of engaging English courses, the students are being prepared for success in all disciplines in high school, college, and beyond. A tracked system for English was also initiated, acknowledging a more in-

dividualized approach to education. Shevach is pleased to welcome Mrs. Regina Fischbein and Mrs. Chevy Gewirtz to the English department this year to help facilitate this innovative program.

Welcome to Shalhevet Midreshet Shalhevet is so excited to welcome the class of 2018!

The students started the year off with an exciting orientation where they met their teachers, got acquainted with the administration, and partook in an Owl Ceramics activity. They bonded with their senior class “big sisters” on a trip to Adventure Park in Long Island. There the girls participated in numerous obstacle and ropes courses with varying degrees of elevation and difficulty. The “sisters” connected as they swung from ladder to ladder and walked across thin ropes. Some of the seniors encouraged the freshmen to participate, while some of the ninth graders had to push the seniors to climb the ropes. A few of the students even managed to complete the extreme black course. Dassa Bitterman and Daniella Azose, who both completed the intense course, said it was tough

and exhausting but well worth it. They felt accomplished once they reached the end. Senior Devora Chait shared how nice it was to get to know her “little sister” and was excited about becoming friends with many of the new students.

The seniors and freshmen bonded tremendously and it was an excellent start to what promises to be a great school year!

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Welcoming Assembly at Yeshiva Har Torah

Yeshiva Har Torah welcomed back its students for the start of its 26th year. Over 600 students gathered in the school parking lot for a welcoming assembly. Tehillim, the anthems and a tefillah for Israel were said collectively by

the students. Soon after, the students excitedly made their way to classes, greeting their teachers and friends. YHT looks forward to another successful year, embodying their motto, “Building the Jewish Future, One Child at a Time.”

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Yeshiva Tiferes Moshe Gears up for a Great Year In preparation for the new school year, Yeshiva Tiferes Moshe conducted a Professional Development day for the limudei kodesh and general studies staff.

On Tuesday, September 2, the Yeshiva was graced with the presence and Torah of Rav Sholom Spitz, Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshiva Shaar Hatorah – Grodno. The rabbeim’s day started with divrei psicha from Rav Spitz, who shared with the rabbeim the privilege of being a mechanech and provided insight into tapping the abilities of each child.

After the divrei psicha, the rabbeim of Grades 1-3 were presented with a workshop on “Developing Executive Skills in our Students.” The workshop included ideas to prepare our children to manage time, assist in organization, and implementing set goals. The presentation was made by Rabbi Elimelech Gottlieb, Director of Gott

Learning and a Master Educator.

The rabbeim of Grades 4-8 were presented with a workshop on “Reaching the Whole Class: Practical Tools for Teaching Mishnayos and Gemara.” The workshop was presented by Rabbi Menachem Schiff, Developer of Keys to Gemara Program and Director, Speech and Learning Center of Lakewood, New Jersey.

On Wednesday, September 3, the general studies staff was presented with Rabbi Gottlieb’s workshop on “Developing Executive Skills in our Students.” The workshops were well-received and the skills presented will enable the rabbeim and teachers to share these tools with their students.

The Yeshiva’s faculty and talmidim thank the Parents Association who sponsored these workshops, which will impact all of the students.

Two Rambam Graduates Participate in Bar Ilan’s Summer Science Research Internship Program Thirty seven select undergraduate science majors from the US and Canada participated in the fourth annual Summer Science Research Internship Program, a joint Bar-Ilan University/Yeshiva University initiative that enables students to gain hands-on experience in emerging scientific fields while being mentored by some of Israel’s leading scientists. This year’s participants, half female, half male, and over two thirds of them from Yeshiva College and Stern College for Women, also hailed from Cornell University, Queen’s College, UCLA, the University of Toronto and The Cooper Union.

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“Our goal is to expose these students to serious Israeli science and to the idea that they can pursue graduate study and establish careers in Israel,” says Dr. Ari Zivotofsky, of the Gonda Brain Center, who is directing this year’s program, adding that several previous participants in the program have subsequently returned to Israel to continue their studies.

While focusing primarily on lab work, the Summer Internship Program, the brain-

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child of Prof. Chaim Sukenik, who ran it for its first three years, also includes lunch meetings with Bar-Ilan faculty members, lectures on a variety of topics, and trips to scientific and industrial sites around the country. Participants have already received tours at Teva Pharmaceuticals, Tel Hashomer Hospital, the Volcani Agricultural Research Center, Israel Aircraft Industries, among others.

Outside of their research activities, participants in the program organize social activities of their own such as bonfires, movie nights, sushi making and joint study sessions.

Similar to Israelis, this year’s participants have also endured the effects of this summer’s security concerns as they shuttle between their summer home at YU’s Gruss Dormitories in Jerusalem and their labs at Bar-Ilan. Coincidentally, the moment Dani Edelman finished telling fellow participants that a siren went off while he was wired to sophisticated EEG equipment measuring his brain activity at the University’s Gonda (Goldschmied) Multidisciplinary Brain Research Center, another siren blared, forcing them to seek shelter in a nearby safety room.

A native of West Hempstead, New York, Dani Edelman, a graduate of Rambam, is a pre-med biology major going into his junior year. Working in the animal behavior and ecology lab of Dr. Lee Koren, at the Institute of Nanotechnology and

Advanced Materials, he had the opportunity to spend several days tracking hyraxes at the Dead Sea. He and a PhD student from the lab caught the furry creatures, extracted hair and DNA samples, and tracked them in order to learn more about their social behavior. Back at the lab, Dani helps to extract hormones from hair and nail samples to determine, for instance, whether hormone levels at the time of human conception can affect a baby’s gender.

Josh Herzberg of Lawrence, New York, also a graduate of Rambam, is a junior at The Cooper Union studying electrical engineering with a focus on computer engineering. He’s spending the summer working on methods of advancing file compression (saving files without utilizing too much computer memory) in the lab of computer scientist Prof. Shmuel (Tomi) Klein. In his spare time, using his computer science skills, Josh launched TorahSummary.com, a website providing short summaries of biblical passages and of the Talmud. He takes pride in the audience he’s developed among group members interested in hearing his occasional shiur.

“The people on the Program are so Zionistic and so motivated to learn. There is a constant exchange of ideas of an interdisciplinary nature among us. Likewise, the many diverse lecturers with whom we’ve been networking are enabling us to learn about careers and opportunities in Israel,” he says.

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RESPONDING TO TRAGEDY Hatzalah Members Recall the Harrowing Events of September 11

BY RENA ZINGMOND

Everyone remembers exactly what they are doing at the time tragedy strikes. The eerie slowing of time seems to freeze the moment of mind-numbing confusion in our memories as we struggle to make sense of what our senses perceive. Each person has a unique reaction to the unfathomable collision of the norm with the unearthly, the routine with the unimaginable. All the more so in an event of national catastrophe as were the horrors of September 11, 2001.

Chevra Hatzalah, as the largest emergency response

service in the United States comprised solely of volunteers, was one of the first responders on the scene of the calamity. Over the course of those harrowing hours, over 100 Hatzalah EMTs from around the New York area arrived to help treat patients and shuttle them to nearby hospitals. Their efficiency and promise to help any and all in need have earned them great respect from their counterparts in emergency service. Below are the individual accounts of three Hatzalah members as they experienced September 11, thirteen years ago.

horrors they had witnessed that day. “We unfortunately reminisced about all the tragic events of the day,” Fragin recalls.

Adding to the dissonance of past and current realities was Fragin’s own presence in the Towers only weeks before; he was visiting a former professor, who ultimately also survived. “I myself had actually been in the offices of Cantor Fitzgerald. I remember the top floors very well.”

He adds that for families of Hatzalah members, the fear that day was palpable. “There was no communication – no way to call anybody. You had to hope that they knew that everything was OK.” Which, understandably, was not everyone’s first assumption.

Although he undoubtedly aided many in need,

“I, ALONG WITH EVERYONE ELSE, RAN FOR MY LIFE.” Fragin still feels a nagging regret at the impossibility of the situation. “We were not prepared for the magnitude of the situation…for what resembled a warzone.”

Who could have been? » » « « On the B train from Flatbush to his workplace at 42nd Street, Dr. Mordechai Soroka got his first glimpses of the Towers on fire from the Manhattan Bridge. He stared along with the gaping passengers through the subway window while rumors circulated that the building in distress was NYU’s Medical Center. Arriving at 42nd Street, the situation had been clarified but the subways were shut down, making it impossible to get back until later in the day.

Once back in Brooklyn, Dr. Soroka, a member

of Hatzalah for 35 years, wanted to head back to Manhattan to help those who may be in need. He made his way to the Hatzalah garage where members were loading ambulances in preparation to head to the World Trade Center site. He went as well, stationing himself near the Brooklyn Bridge.

Once there, they encountered hundreds of other emergency responders who, like Fragin, were waiting for survivors.

After lingering for about an hour, the team decided to drive closer to the actual site and walk, carrying their equipment.

Upon approaching, Dr. Soroka asked a nearby fireman, “Where’s the plane? I don’t see any plane!” There was nothing left to see; “everything had been pulverized,” as Dr. Soroka describes it. Exposed steel beams protruded from walls as ash and debris rained down incessantly. Between caring for firemen and other first responders, people were mainly occupied in endeavoring to rinse their eyes from the incredible amounts of soot that was just unbearable.

Dr. Soroka eventually returned home at five o’clock in the morning, his clothes a mass of smoke and ash. The following day, Dr. Soroka collected a number of goggles from his eye clinic and brought them over to emergency personnel who were still working at the site.

“It was traumatic; it was surreal,” Dr. Soroka recalls. “Walking through the debris, walking through the World Trade Center site, some of it which was still on fire – people were dazed.” The city was permeated with an air of depression and hopelessness. » » « « Shamai Goldstein’s detailed account has been published online for the purpose of expressing his hakaras hatov to the One Above and to inspire others to appreciate the gift they receive every day – the gift of life.

Goldstein and his team were originally dispatched to the Twin Towers following a report of fire. Not fully understanding the enormity of the situation, they rode in the ambulance to Manhattan in the direction of the Battery Tunnel. From the ambulance windows, the responders could clearly see the upper portion of the Towers engulfed in flames.

Exiting the tunnel and turning on to West St., Goldstein beheld the same scene of disaster that Fragin described as a “war zone.” “I saw body parts all over the street,” he recalls. “I saw a part of the airplane, it looked like a[n] engine behind a burned car.”

As they neared the site, the Hatzalah team was instructed to park close by; to Goldstein it seemed to be right behind the Towers. They remained parked and awaited directions from the Command Center, which was in the process of being set up in the lobby of the Towers. During the wait, Hatzalah members gathered near the ambulances just watching the massive buildings burn. They began to see people jumping out of windows to their deaths. “It was a sight I don’t think I will ever forget,” mourns Goldstein. “We just started to say Tehillim.” The responders were overwhelmed with a feeling of

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tion and clarity as to the nature of the emergency, many people who re-entered the buildings were not so fortunate as to make it out a second time.

This man had decided against returning to his office and left, a decision that ultimately saved his life. A couple of years later, Fragin actually met with the man and gave him back his business card.

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Michael Fragin remembers the day dawning clear, blue and beautiful. Travelling from Lawrence to his Philadelphia-based workplace, Fragin was on the Verrazano Bridge when the first plane hit. Though not having witnessed the initial explosion, he could clearly see the belching clouds of smoke contrasting starkly with the powder blue sky. Most people were at a loss as to what had occurred. Fragin, tuning into the transmission on his radio, sized up the situation and quickly turned his car around, heading in the direction of Manhattan. As a member of Hatzalah for 17 years, he perceived that emergency response teams would need all the manpower they could get.

Fragin planned to meet up with an ambulance on the Lower East Side but was halted upon finding the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel closed to all traffic following the second plane’s strike. After explaining his intention to the officers stationed there and awaiting their instructions, Fragin was allowed through, though nothing could have prepared him for what lay in store on the other side. With the tunnel’s exit only four or five blocks from the World Trade Center site, emerging from the passage was instant penetration into the heart of the destruction.

“It was already chaos down there,” Fragin recalls. Debris was flying everywhere and from where he was parked, Fragin could see people tragically jumping from the buildings in an effort to escape the intense flames. “It was horrific.

That’s probably the worst thing you can see and that’s after 17 years of working for Hatzalah.”

Fragin had made his way to the Hatzalah command post and began treating the first wave of patients, most of them suffering from injuries resulting from falling wreckage. Once the first tower collapsed, however, the air became filled with thick, black smoke, making it virtually impossible to see or breathe, and Fragin was not equipped with breathing apparatus. Eventually, the smoke cleared enough for Hatzalah responders to aid in evacuating people by boat to New Jersey, including their own team of injured members. “Baruch Hashem I wasn’t injured, so I stayed,” Fragin says.

He spent the most part of his day riding around in an ambulance in anticipation of receiving patients as they exited surrounding buildings; unfortunately, his wait was mostly in vain. “Hospitals were set up, we were set up with a triage/trauma station in Foley Square, but there weren’t many survivors of the collapse of the Towers.”

Fragin ended his day by returning home at 2:30am. Driving in a car caked with debris and ash, he encountered what he describes as a surreal experience: a highway completely devoid of traffic. “There were no other cars on the road. Nothing.”

What he did find, however, led to an unexpected connection. The morning after the attacks, Fragin found a business card caught in his windshield wiper. It turned out it belonged to a man who had an office in the World Trade Center. Fragin called the number.

“He survived – it was a pretty amazing story,” says Fragin. “He was one of those people who had started to evacuate who was given the all-clear to return.” Unfortunately, due to the lack of informa-

helplessness, knowing that there was nothing they could do besides watch them fall.

All that separated the team from the burning

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structures was a single building. Suddenly, a loud rumble was heard. “I looked up and saw one of the towers starting to come straight down on itself,” Goldstein recounts. “I, along with everyone else, ran for my life.”

About half a block down, they became enveloped by a tremendous cloud of smoke, dust and debris. It became so dark that they couldn’t see an inch in front of them. Goldstein likens it to the makkah of choshech. The thick smoke and residue made it difficult to breathe and his eyes were burning from the mix of pollutants in the air. He began to get short of breath.

Goldstein paused in his attempt at escape only to help a fellow Hatzalah member who had tripped while running. In all of the tumult, he probably would have been trampled. At the same time, Goldstein noticed a two-way radio on the floor, and for some reason, he picked it up. He began to realize that their only chance of survival would be to find shelter. He considered hiding under a fire truck, but it was getting hard to breathe. The combination of polluted air and heavy running was making it nearly impossible.

Ducking into an alleyway, Goldstein forced himself to stop running and catch his breath. “I sat myself down and thought to myself that this was probably going to be the end.”

He was still unable to see a thing.

“It was so quiet, there was not a sound.

Some big guy tripped on me while I was sitting trying to calm down. He asked if I [was] a person. I told him to hold on to me and together we would survive.”

Figuring that there must be a building nearby, Goldstein steeled himself to stay calm and looked for a window to break and climb through. He and the man held onto each other until they felt their way to a wall of a building. They discerned a large window and groped around for a door.

The door they found was locked. Searching unsuccessfully for his Hatzalah radio with which to break the window (which had been lost), Goldstein’s hand closed around the radio he found on the street which “happened to be” a Hatzalah radio as well. He began banging on the glass, hoping to shatter it. It wouldn’t yield. Instead, the ra-

dio’s larger size produced a sound loud enough for someone to hear, and they were let inside.

The lobby of this building provided welcome accouterments: light and water. They remained there for a short time until the second tower collapsed. “Thank G-d I had picked up the radio, and I was able to communicate to let the other Hatzalah members know which building I was in and that I was alive,” Goldstein relates. He describes the agony of listening to fellow Hatzalah members calling for help on the radio, uncertain of where they were or if they would survive.

“One member was yelling and crying that he was trapped and surrounded by fire all around and he didn’t know where he was.”

At that point, they decided to leave the building for fear of collapse.

Someone handed out dust masks while Goldstein formed a makeshift one out of a wetted shirt, half of which he handed to a fireman there. Everyone ran back out into the chaos, wondering which was safer: exposing themselves to the constant fall of debris or the projected building collapse.

Spotting a Hatzalah ambulance, Goldstein

ment to help. There was a fireman who couldn’t see from all the debris in his eyes. A woman from the Chief Medical Examiners had a broken leg.

The Chief Medical Examiner suffered from lacerations on his hand. Someone was having an asthma attack. Goldstein tried his best to assist with the wounded with his limited resources.

Liberty Park on the New Jersey side was equipped with a huge tent organized to triage the patients coming off the boats. After helping where he could, Goldstein realized his own health required attention, what with the toll the conditions had taken on his body. He was taken to Bayonne Hospital where he was treated by a caring and incredulous staff. They couldn’t believe he and others in his position had survived. “One Jewish doctor walked into the room and looked at me and said, ‘Baruch Hashem!’”

Other Hatzalah members had made their way to the hospital were more than happy to see each other alive. Two of them had been on the way into one of the buildings when it collapsed. After undergoing some blood tests and a chest x-ray, Goldstein was discharged around 4:00pm. Grateful to be alive, he headed back to his family in Brooklyn. » » « «

“IT WAS TRAUMATIC; IT WAS SURREAL.” leapt into it, sharing the crowded space with the members already inside. Everyone’s first priority was oxygen. The number of people and quantity of oxygen necessitated sharing the masks. “We took turns; each wanted the other one to have it, saying, ‘You need it more than I [do].’ Mi k’amcho Yisroel!”

The ambulance had reached the waterfront and was prevented from going further. Boats were commissioned to ferry people off of the island to Liberty Park in New Jersey. Goldstein headed straight for the boats, breathing with difficulty.

Women and children ascended first. Informing the authorities of his paramedic training, Goldstein was allowed to board the boat. Again he was enveloped with a feeling of helplessness as he stood among the injured and ailing without any equip-

Hatzalah, always careful to do its utmost to protect its constituents, has since redoubled its efforts in promoting member safety. Handing out helmets is one example. Another is the institution of a more effective accountability system for dispatching responders. No one may voluntarily patrol or take his own initiative in responding to a call. Members, identified by their Hatzalah numbers, must be clear on who is accepting the job and where they are located.

“The first rule of any emergency responder is to ensure your own safety first,” says Fragin.

And, he continues, they focus on what every selfrespecting response organization emphasizes – drills. “We spend a lot of time preparing for things that most likely won’t happen,” he says. As unlikely as such emergencies may seem, the success of each procedure is affected by the degree to which its execution becomes second-nature. As everyone around the world has witnessed, even the most unbelievable scenario can become reality.

The tragedy of September 11 is not merely a page in history; its scars remain a rooted shadow hanging over the present. Fragin looks back on the events of that day through subdued eyes. “It’s still a surreal thing; it’s incredibly depressing,” he bemoans. “You can never get over it.”

As Goldstein writes in his essay, amidst the indescribable terror and destruction was evidence of Hashem’s unwavering protection. The fact that not one Hatzalah member was killed or seriously injured was an unquestionable miracle.

For Goldstein, the ordeal changed his perspective on life. “When I got up this morning and said “Modeh Ani” it had a whole different meaning.

Prayer took a lot longer than usual. I wasn’t in a rush to leave synagogue this morning. Life is too TJH short and precious.” 

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Parshas Ki Savo

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n this week’s parsha, all of Jewish history is reflected in the two relatively short scenarios that the Torah describes for us. There is the opening section of the parsha – the promise that the Jewish people will come into the Land of Israel, settle there, develop the country, build the Temple and express their gratitude to G-d for the blessings that He has bestowed upon them. They will harvest bountiful crops and commemorate these achievements by bringing the first fruits of their labor as a thanksgiving offering to the Temple and the priests of the time. They will then recite a short statement of Jewish history, a synopsis of the events that have occurred to them from the time of the patriarchs until their own time.

The Torah promises blessings and serenity to the people of Israel but the Torah does not minimize the toil and travail that led to the moment of these offerings in the Temple. However, it does convey a sense of satisfaction, achieve-

ment, gratitude and appreciation for the accomplishments of the Jewish people, individually and nationally, regarding the Land of Israel and its bounty.

It is a spirit of wondrous gratitude

The second situation is a much more somber and even frightening one.

It describes the events, travail and persecution that will visit the Jewish people over the long millennia of its exile

IT DOES CONVEY A SENSE OF SATISFACTION, ACHIEVEMENT, GRATITUDE AND APPRECIATION FOR THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE.

that marks the accomplishments of the individual farmer and of the people generally in settling and developing the Land of Israel. There is little room for hubris and self-aggrandizement in the text of this offering in the Temple. Rather, it highlights the relationship between G-d, the Land and people of Israel. That is one scenario that is outlined for us in this week’s parsha.

from its land. In vivid detail, the Torah describes the horrors, defeats and destruction that the Exile will visit upon the Jewish people.

In our generation, this portion of the Torah reading can actually be seen on film and in museums. We are witness to the fact that not one word of the Torah’s description of dark future events is an exaggeration or hyperbole. This period

of trouble and exile has lasted far longer than the offering of the first fruits in the Temple. Unfortunately, the residue of this second scenario is still with us and within us as we live in a very anti-Jewish world society.

Yet we are to be heartened by the concluding words of this section of the Torah that promises us that it will be the first scenario that will eventually prevail. Even though so much of the negative is still present in our current state of affairs, we should nevertheless be grateful for our restoration to sovereignty and dominion in our own homeland and for the bounty of the land that we currently enjoy.

All of this is a symbol of the beginning of the resurrection of the first scenario and the diminishing effects of the second outlined in this week’s parsha.

May we all be wise enough to realize this and adjust our attitudes and actions accordingly.

Shabbat shalom.

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Three fans were talking about the sad state of their football teams.

The first fan said, “I blame the manager; if we could sign better players, we’d be a great club.”

The second fan said, “I blame the players; if they played better we’d score some touchdowns!”

The third fan said, “I blame my parents; if I had been born in a different town, I’d be supporting a decent team!”

Football Words of Wisdom “Nobody in football should be called a genius.

A genius is a guy like Norman Einstein.”- Joe Theismann

“I’ve been big ever since I was little.”- William “Refrigerator” Perry

“A good coach needs a patient wife, a loyal dog and a great quarterback, but not necessarily in that order.” – Bud Grant

“I want to rush for 1,000 or 1,500 yards, whichever comes first”George Rogers

“I feel like I’m the best, but you’re not going to get me to say that.”- Jerry Rice

“People say I’ll be drafted in the first round, maybe even higher.”-Craig “Ironhead” Heyward

“You guys line up alphabetically by height.”Bill Peterson

“Baseball players are smarter than football players.

How often do you see a baseball team penalized for too many men on the field?”- Jim Bouton

“Opening games make me nervous; to tell the truth, I’d rather open with our second game.”- John McKay

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1. What Pittsburgh Steeler quarterback won four Super Bowls? a. Ben Roethlisberger b. Bobby Layne c. Terry Bradshaw d. Terry Hanratty 2. Who is the leading rusher in NFL history? a. Emmitt Smith b. Walter Payton c. LaDainian Tomlinson d. Adrian Peterson 3. Which of these teams has never played in a Super Bowl? a. Cincinnati Bengals b. Detroit Lions c. Arizona Cardinals d. Kansas City Chiefs 4. What Jersey number did Jets legend Joe Namath wear? a. 6 b. 12 c. 33 d. 42 5. What Cardinals rookie of 2003 caught a pass in his first 32 games? a. Anquan Boldin b. Larry Fitzgerald c. Bryant Johnson d. Freddie Jones 6. In 1992, the Packers dealt a First Round pick to acquire Brett Favre from what team? a. Rams b. Jets c. Seahawks d. Falcons 7. Which two teams played in the 1981 AFC Championship Game known as the “Freezer Bowl”? a. Pittsburgh-Cleveland b. New England-Miami c. Houston-Green Bay d. Cincinnati-San Diego

8. Which 49ers quarterback threw a late game-winning touchdown in the 1981 NFC Championship Game known as “The Catch”? a. Steve Young b. Joe Montana c. Jim Plunkett d. Steve DeBerg 9. Who scored the winning touchdown in the Giants 2007 Super Bowl victory? a. Mario Manningham b. David Tyree c. Plaxico Burress d. Steve Smith 10. Which team defeated the New York Jets in the 1999 AFC Championship? a. Titans b. Broncos c. Dolphins d. Patriots Answers: 1. C 2. A 3. B 4. B 5. A 6. D 7. D 8. B 9. C 10. B Scorecard: 8-10 correct: We have the next John Madden here! (Just work on the belly) 4-7 correct: Not bad, but you are no John Madden (even though you may have the belly).

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R’ Ben Tzion Shafier

Parshas Ki Savo

The Mitzvah to be Happy “Because you did not serve Hashem, your G-d, amid gladness and goodness of heart when everything was abundant.” — Devarim 28:47 The Destiny of the Jews At the end of a long prophecy of what will befall us if we don’t follow the ways of Hashem, the Torah seems to lay the blame on one issue: because you did not serve Hashem, your G-d, amid gladness and goodness of heart when everything was abundant. It seems the pivotal point of these two extremes is based on simcha, implying that serving Hashem with happiness is critical to our success as a nation.

Rabbeinu Bachya explains that this is because the mitzvos must be done with joy and complete devotion. When the mitzvos are done without joyfulness, they are lacking in their effect, and this can be part of the spiral downward.

He then gives an example of a mitzvah that wasn’t done with complete motivation. The Medrash tells us that when Reuvain attempted to save Yosef from his brothers, he said, “Let us put him in the pit.” His intention was to buy some time to eventually save him.

However, had he realized that he would be recorded in history as the one who saved Yosef, he would have put him on his shoulders and carried him home to his father. From here we see the importance of doing a mitzvah with complete dedication and commitment.

The Power of Simcha This Rabbeinu Bachaya is difficult to understand on two levels. First, how can the Torah command me to be happy? Being happy isn’t an emotion that we can turn on and off like a light switch. And second, how can we compare the effect of doing a mitzvah joyfully to the case of Reuvain? We

are well aware that honor is one of the most powerful driving forces in the human condition. Granted Reuvain was a tzaddik, but the fact that he would have been titled the savior of Yosef for eternity is something that would propel a man to extremes. How can that be compared to something as minor as joy in the performance of a mitzvah?

The answer to these questions can best be understood through a different perspective.

If I Were a Rich Man Sheldon Adelson is the owner of Las Vegas Sands Corp. In 2003, his net worth was ranked at $1.4 billion. While that is an impressive sum, it didn’t put him anywhere near the richest people in the world. However, when he took his company public, a rather interesting thing happened. His personal wealth increased by 750%. By 2004, his personal worth had increased to over $20 billion, making him the fifth richest man in the world. Forbes magazine estimates that over those two years, Adelson’s fortune had been growing by $1 million every hour.

Imagine for a moment what it must feel like to know that your wealth is increasing at that rate. You sit down to a leisurely lunch and walk away a million dollars richer. Open a Gemara for the daf HaYomi – there’s another $750,000. Lie down for a Shabbos nap, wake up three million dollars wealthier. What it’s like to be alive! Every moment I live, I become richer, and richer… I can’t wait…

I Have No Plans of Dying The single most difficult concept that we human beings deal with is our mortality. While we are cognitively aware of it, emotionally we just don’t feel it will happen. With that emotional blindness comes blindness to the value of our actions. Since in our operating reality, I will never die, then what I do

or don’t do really doesn’t matter.

If, for a flashing moment, I were to see what the World to Come will be like for me, I would effectively lose free will. The extraordinary accomplishment of one mitzvah would so overwhelm me that I would be completely and radically different — not different physically, not smarter, but much more driven to accomplish my purpose in life. When Chazal tell us over and over again that mitzvos are worth far more than the greatest treasures in this world, it is because they had that clarity. They understood what it will be like for each of us as we regale in our great wealth. In that World, we will look back at every chance we had to grow as the greatest opportunity ever given to man. We will look back at our mitzvos, and they will bring us far more joy than earning than a million dollars an hour.

This seems to be the answer to Rabbenu Bachya. One of the greatest motivators in the human is enthusiasm.

That enthusiasm is based on a value system. If I value money, I will be driven to pursue it, and the acquisition of it will bring me great joy. If I gain a deeper perspective on life, then I experience elation, knowing that my net worth in the World to Come is growing at an incredible rate. My investments are paying back in spades. That excitement is one of the most powerful motivating forces — equal even to kavod. With it, a person can reach great heights. Without it, a person’s avodas Hashem can become stale and lose its potency, thus beginning a downward spiral.

Ultimately, joy is a great force that both allows a person to enjoy his short stay in this world and propels him to achieve the greatness for which he was created.

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Star Spangled Banner SEPTEMBER 14, 1814

By Avi Heiligman The British also wanted Baltimore because they thought that many raiders who were attacking their ships were based out of that port.

British Major General Robert Ross first led 5,000 soldiers against roughly 11,000 American defenders who were spread out throughout the city. The Americans were mainly militia troops and were led by Major General Samuel Smith. Smith sent 3,000 men under General John Stricker to meet Ross who landed 14 miles north of Fort McHenry at North Point. This force was to delay the British while the main defenses of the city were being prepared.

On September 12, 1814, Ross attacked but suffered heavily in the first part of the battle. General Ross was shot in the chest by an unknown sharpshooter of the 5th Maryland Regiment and died soon afterwards. The British, now under Colonel Arthur Brooke, reorganized and outflanked the defenders, forcing them to fall back.

Some American soldiers fired as they retreated and inflicted enough casualties on the British that they held up for the night. This allowed the American troops to retreat, and they bolstered their existing defenses in Baltimore. Brooke was not as experienced as Ross and this showed in the subsequent fighting.

The day before the battle, British ships had moved into the harbor and on September 13, they began shelling the defenses. The ships were too far away for shore cannon to reach them.

“…And the rockets’ red glare, the bombs bursting in the air. Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there…”

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American knows the Star Spangled Banner as the national anthem written by a captive, Francis Scott Key, as he was watching from the hold of a British ship. The words were Key’s way of expressing relief over the victory at the Battle of Fort McHenry in Baltimore. The song has stood the test of time, and the story behind the song will explain just how this song became famous.

It was during the War of 1812, and the British were on the attack. Earlier in the year of 1814, they had marched into Washington, D.C., burned many buildings including the White House, the Capitol and the Library of Congress, and forced most of the government including President James Madison to flee. Now the British were looking to capture Baltimore and sent a huge fleet into its port. The Americans were centered at Fort McHenry and needed to hold onto it to save the city.

The Brits rained down mortars and rockets on the fort, expecting the Americans to surrender in a matter of hours. The British sent in troops even though the fort was still in American hands.

The invading troops had not anticipated the strong defensive rings around Baltimore. Many “irregulars” had joined the ranks to defend their city. 12,000 American troops were in the city, and Brooke’s British troops were unable to find a weakness in the line.

They fought with so much ferocity that the British were forced to board on their transport ships after minor gains. Even though the frontal assault was called off, the bombardment continued.

Nineteen British ships launched a huge bombardment that lasted 25 hours but it did little damage to Fort McHenry, the last in the lines of defense. The fortifications held up and the defenders were wellentrenched waiting for the British assault. After the failure of the daylight attack, the British tried landing 1,200 men in the darkness and fired signal flares.

This gave away their position to the Americans who inflicted heavy casualties from the safety of two other forts.

The British retreated to their ships in defeat, and on the morning of September 14, the fort was safely in American hands.

The British troops rejoined the fleet and soon left the harbor to prepare for one last fight against the U.S. The Battle of New Orleans took place in early 1815 and with the victory, ended the British invasion of America. In all, the British losses were The original document 300 killed, wounded on which the song was written and captured for the

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tionally recognized melody.

On the shore dimly seen through the mists of the In 1889, the song was made deep, the official tune of the navy and Where the foe’s haughty host in dread silence soon was being played at sportreposes, ing events. In 1931, Congress ofstory of the What is that which the breeze, o’er the towering ficially made the song the national Battle of Balsteep, anthem. By World War II, the timore is not As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses?

Star Spangled Banner was being complete without the story of Now it catches the gleam of the morning’s first played at every baseball game. the Star Spangled Banner. Evbeam, Over the years, several fans have ery morning at reveille, a huge In full glory reflected now shines in the stream: added emphasis on certain words American flag was raised over Tis the star-spangled banner, Oh! long may it in the song. The best example of Fort McHenry, and on the mornwave this is at Baltimore Orioles games, ing of September 14, an AmeriO’er the land of the free and the home of the the word Oh in “Oh say does that can in British hands saw it flybrave. star spangled banner yet wave” ing high. Local seamstress Mary is yelled out by all the fans as Oh Pickersgill had sewn the 15 And where is that band who so vauntingly swore is the shortened nickname for the That the havoc of war and the battle’s confusion, star and 15 stripe flag with her team.

The original flag on display A home and a country, should leave us no more?

13-year-old daughter to be seen The original flag, which is Their blood has washed out their foul footsteps’ across the harbor.

30-by-42-feet, has been restored and is on display at A respected and elderly doctor named William the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, D.C. The pollution.

Beanes was arrested by the British for allegedly aid- original document is on display at the Maryland HisNo refuge could save the hireling and slave From the terror of flight, or the gloom of the ing in the arrest of British troops. On September 7, torical Society in Baltimore. The 200th anniversary of grave: before the commencement of the fighting, 35-year-old the Star Spangled Banner is officially on September And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth Francis Scott Key and John Skinner boarded the Brit- 14. The Battle of Baltimore forced the British to rewave, ish flagship with orders from President Madison to re- treat and it is fitting that national anthem was written lease their friend. They met with General Ross and the about the glorifying features of O’er the land of the free and the admiral-in-command of the fleet Alexander Cochrane. the flag and the intensity of the home of the brave.

After convincing the officers with letters from British battle. soldiers stating that Beanes was indeed helping the Oh thus be it ever, when freemen soldiers, he was released. However, Key and Skinner shall stand Here is our nation’s anthem, heard the plans for the upcoming battle, and they were The Star Spangled Banner, in its Between their loved home and to be held until after the fighting ended. entirety: the war’s desolation.

Key and Skinner were allowed to return to their Oh say can you see by the Blest with vict’ry and peace, boat but they weren’t allowed close to the shore. As dawn’s early light, may the Heav’n rescued land they watch the battle unfurl eight miles way, they What so proudly we hailed at Praise the Power that hath made couldn’t tell who was winning. On the morning of the twilight’s last gleamand preserved us a nation!

September 14, the smoke began to clear and “at the ing, Then conquer we must, when Whose broad stripes and dawn’s early light…our flag was still there.” Key put our cause it is just, bright stars through the his thoughts down on the back of a letter, and the rest And this be our motto: “In G-d perilous fight, is history. His brother-in-law, who was an officer in is our trust.”

O’er the ramparts we the fort, called it the “Defense of Fort M’Henry.” A And the star-spangled banner in watched, were so gallantly local newspaper, the Baltimore Patriot, picked it up triumph shall wave streaming? and soon it spread throughout the country under its O’er the land of the free and the Artist’s rendition of what Key saw on the morning of September 14 that inspired him TJH And the rockets’ red glare, new name, “The Star Spangled Banner. home of the brave  to write the Star Spangled Banner the bombs bursting in air, Originally, the song was four stanzas long and set Gave proof through the night that our flag was to a popular tune called the Anacreontic Song. Over a still there; century later, President Woodrow Wilson enlisted the Oh say does that star-spangled banner yet wave, Avi Heiligman is a weekly contributor to The Jewish Home. help of five famous musicians and composers includHe welcomes your comments and suggestions.for future colO’er the land of the free and the home of the ing John Phillip Sousa to pick out the official tune. umns and can be reached at aviheiligman@gmail.com. brave?

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A Fulfilled Life

Rabbi Naphtali Hoff

Keep the Excitement Going 8 Ways to Get the Most out of the School Year

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hroughout the Jewish world, tens of thousands of children and young adults recently returned to the classroom for another year of schooling.

The excitement was palpable. Children and parents were busy purchasing and labeling school supplies, clothing, lunchboxes and other related items. Teachers worked diligently to ready their classrooms, organize materials and foster an engaging, productive learning environment. Administrators toiled throughout the summer to have everything in place for day one, including back-to-school programming for students and professional development for teachers.

The first day finally arrived. With great eagerness, children rose early for school, ready to reconnect with friends and meet their new teachers. They excitedly learned new routines, began to understand expectations, and set off on a new journey ripe with opportunity.

While some children and adults are able to sustain their enthusiasm well into the year, for many, their initial interest quickly dissipates, sometimes within but a few days. We start to think of school less in terms of growth potential and achievement and more about the daily grind, an endless process of work, discipline, assignments and the like that for too many converts opportunity and passion into burden and indifference (if not outright contempt or despair). What can we do to make this school year the one that fulfills all of its promise? How can we make this year the best one ever?

While there is no formula that will work for all of us, there are some strategies that, if followed carefully and consistently, can help our children and ourselves gain the most from the upcoming school year.

1. Adjust your mental paradigm – Too often, we think of tasks and processes as sprints. Our goal is to get off to a quick, strong start and we don’t anticipate having to sustain our effort for all that long. To succeed at school requires a different approach. Children as well as the adults who teach and support them need to take a long term view of things. This may include general persistence and strong study habits. It also refers to a mindset that we are in it for the long haul, with much to do before we can say that we’re finished (at least with this year’s work).

2. Clue them into the goals – Too often, children and parents don’t really know what the year’s goals and objectives are. Most would probably say “to finish __ grade.” As a former teacher, I would submit that

teachers also (particularly newer ones) may enter the year with a nebulous sense of what needs to happen in order for the year to be considered a success. Teachers can help themselves and their charges by offering a list of objectives (“by the end of third grade, you will have learned … and be able to…”) Even if certain individual students are unable to achieve those goals as they are presented (more about that in a bit), they give the class and the year a sense of direction and purpose.

3. Get to know children’s learning styles – Most instruction, particularly in elementary school and higher, tend to be auditory and visual (verbal). This means that teachers rely heavily on their ability to articulate concepts, instructions, etc. and have students learn and process by listening. We do our children a great service by helping them understand how they learn best. They may be kinesthetic learners, who learn better when they can move as they learn. Perhaps they have strong interpersonal intelligence, and need to talk things through in order to achieve clarity. Maybe they are musical, and would be well-served by being able to listen to music or put information to song as a way of deepening their learning. Quizzes are available online that can help determine a child’s learning preferences.

4. Communicate early and often – It is crucial for parents and teachers to develop strong lines of communication. This is true on the high school level,

What can we do to make this school year the one that fulfills all of its promise?

and all the more so in primary grades. Of course, such communication should be two-way and proactive.

However, I suggest that parents in particular take the initiative, and not wait for conferences or for things to go sideways. I can personally attest from my experience as a teacher as well as a principal that involved parents are usually great advocates for their children.

This is not to say that parents should overdo it. Rather, arrive at an early understanding as to when would be a good time to catch up and endeavor to stay consistent throughout the year, even when things appear to

be going well. This will minimally result in the child receiving more positive feedback and may even allow for the adults to identify an issue and troubleshoot it before it becomes something bigger.

5. Same does not mean equal – To that end, children need to know that different (as in different objectives and treatment) is not unfair. If anything, we create an imbalanced playing field by asking all students, regardless of abilities, supports, etc. to perform the same way. Let students know that personal approaches are designed to meet individual needs and then help him identify and celebrate his successes.

6. Develop a routine – Establishing a proper daily routine can be very healthy. Routines ensure that children and their parents remain focused and organized, and don’t let things get past them. Almost nothing causes greater stress in the morning than a child or two who overslept, can’t find what they need, realizes that they didn’t do an assignment, etc. Moreover, when a child goes to sleep knowing that she is ready for the next day, she is more at peace and more relaxed. The goal is to keep the stress level down while also minimizing the association between school and stress.

7. Tell them the benefits – Take the time to help children see the value in what they are learning. If the material falls within general studies, let them know what they will be able to do with their learning, in terms of employment or as informed citizens. Mitzvos, as well as general hashkafa, also must be presented in the right context. Sure, our children need to know that we learn because that is the way through which to understand and practice d’var Hashem. But they should also be told what they stand to gain, such as reward for the actions, as well as a deep sense of personal fulfillment. This will help motivate them to learn and do more.

8. Daven – We all want for our children to be happy and successful. Certainly none of us want for them to experience a poor year, particularly with all of that money that we pay in tuition. Daven regularly that they should succeed.

Of course, the above list represents but a handful of suggestions that can help to ensure a successful year from beginning to end. May all of our tefillos be answered and may we shep much nachas from our children throughout the most amazing and successful year that is now upon us.

Rabbi Naphtali Hoff is an executive coach and president of Impactful Coaching and Consulting (ImpactfulCoaching. com). He can be reached at 212.470.6139 or at president@ impactfulcoaching.com.

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Compiled by Nate Davis

“Say What?”

Texas Senator Ted Cruz has invited President Obama to play golf on the U.S.-Mexico border. Cruz thought it was a funny way to point out problems the president hasn’t fixed yet. While Obama said, “So are we playing or not?”

- Jimmy Fallon

I had a relaxing Labor Day weekend. It was a big weekend at the barbecue grill. I made Italian sausage with peppers and onions.

And I ate and I ate. The object of Labor Day is to eat so much that I feel like I’m going into labor.

– Jimmy Kimmel

There’s another hacking scandal.

Home Depot is now investigating the hack of its customers’ credit card information.

They would have targeted Home Depot employees too, but the hackers couldn’t find any.

- Jimmy Fallon

Reports say that several of the world’s leading kale farms are running out of seeds after the recent increase in demand for the vegetable. I guess they can’t grow it as fast as we can throw it in the garbage.

– Seth Myers It’s kinda hard to believe that 20 seasons has gone by so quickly. You guys have all watched me grow up over the last 20 years. I’ve watched you, too, some of you guys getting old, too… I want to thank you for helping me feel like a kid for the last 20 years. In my opinion, I’ve had the greatest job in the world.

I got a chance to be the shortstop of the New York Yankees.

- Derek Jeter addressing fans on Derek Jeter Tribute Day I’m one of the fans who got old with him. It’s been humbling to be able to get old with Derek Jeter. When he got started, he was 21 and I was 21.

– Humbled Yankees fan Tom Tomae to the New York Post Over the weekend, the White House chef married an MSNBC news anchor.

Or as Fox News reported it, “Person who serves the president marries person who serves the president.”

- Conan O’Brien

Amazon has announced that its chief financial officer will retire after 12 years on the job. But the moment Amazon’s chief retires, he’ll recommend another CFO that Amazon might also like.

The drug store CVS announced that the corporation is changing itself to CVS Health, and they’re no longer selling cigarettes…

It is part of their customer health focus… If CVS really wants to demonstrate a commitment to health and wellness, get rid of the automatic doors. If you can’t push a door open, you are not allowed to buy a two-liter bottle of Mountain Dew. - Jimmy Kimmel

- Conan O’Brien The NFL season kicked off officially tonight. It’s that magical time of the year when millions of Americans transition from checking Facebook all day at work to checking their fantasy football lineups all day at work.

– Jimmy Kimmel

Love and respect each other.

Don’t fight over nonsense.

Hug each other every day.

Eat dinner together. Live your lives to the fullest.

Stay positive and patient.

G-d rewards those who are patient.

– A portion of a letter written by Steven Sotloff sometime before he was killed by ISIS

Knocked that off the bucket list!

- President Obama upon making an unscheduled stop at Stonehenge on his way back from a NATO summit

President Obama will be at a NATO summit, where he will discuss the recent actions of Vladimir Putin, who wasn’t invited. Then Putin said, “Has that ever stopped me before?”

- Jimmy Fallon

Climate change is the most consequential, urgent, sweeping collection of challenges we face.

- Hillary Clinton at a Las Vegas Energy Conference A woman in Mexico claims that she turned 127 years old over the weekend. She says she’s still pretty happy, but worried that she’s still single and almost in her 130s.

- Jimmy Fallon

- Conan O’Brien Happy Birthday to New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, who turns 52 years old tomorrow. The star of TLC’s show “Cake Boss” is actually making the cake for Chris Christie’s birthday party. In fact, I hear he’s even making the cake in the shape of Christie’s favorite thing: cake.

– Jimmy Fallon

You don’t look at the people who are for [the name]. You look at the people who have been damaged by it… In a domestic violence situation you don’t ask the perpetrator how he’s doing, how he’s feeling, he or she—whoever it is. You ask the victim, “How are you doing? How can I help you? How can I make this a safer place for you?”

- The lead plaintiff in the suit to get the Redskins to change their name, on ESPN, comparing those offended by the Redskins name to victims of domestic violence

Yesterday, John Kerry joined five previous secretaries of state at a groundbreaking ceremony for a new diplomacy museum...While the diplomacy museum is just a pile of dirt now, pretty soon it’ll be even LESS interesting.

– Jimmy Fallon

Republicans have a video game for the kids. You have an elephant on your video game and it tries to accumulate seats in the Senate. It’s not the first.

Remember George W. Bush had a video game back in 2000? Grand Theft Election.

– David Letterman

Israel bugged John Kerry’s phone last year while he mediated Middle East peace talks. They listened in on John Kerry’s phone calls. It’s the rare case where the crime is the punishment.

– Seth Meyers

I should’ve anticipated the optics. Part of this job is also the theater of it. It’s not something that always comes naturally to me.

But it matters.

- President Obama on “Meet the Press” responding to criticism of his golf outing six minutes after condemning Jim Foley’s beheading Some presidents might have garnered a bit of sympathy and understanding with claims that the ‘theater’ of the office doesn’t come naturally to them. … But Barack Obama? This is the Obama who as a candidate spoke before 200,000 at Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate? … The same candidate who gave his acceptance speech outdoors in Denver surrounded by columns, mocked for their resemblance to ancient Greek temples, which is, ironically enough, where the Greeks performed the new art form of dramatic theater.

- Stuart Stevens, The Daily Beast

Los Angeles is considering a new plan to boost the city’s minimum wage to $13.25 an hour. It’s getting huge support across the entire country — of Mexico.

– Jimmy Fallon

Happy birthday to Los Angeles. The city was founded on this day in 1781.

The land was first discovered by an old prospector who said, “There’s Botox in them, their hills! And kale!”

- Craig Ferguson

A glitch in the John Madden NFL game has accidentally created a player who is 1 foot tall. Another glitch accidentally created an NFL player with no criminal record.

– Conan O’Brien

Apple is sprucing up the iPhone.

Tomorrow you can get the new iPhone 6. The iPhone 6 is a lot like President Obama’s hair. Every year it’s lighter and thinner.

A couple of weeks ago, Peter asked you a question and you said that the president was not referring to ISIS when he dismissed the terrorists in the New Yorker magazine as the “JV squad.”

The Washington Post gave you “four Pinocchios” for that. The president yesterday went ahead and doubled down on it and said “I was not referring to ISIL.” Why do you and the president continue to say something that is proven to be false?

- Fox News White House Correspondent Ed Henry to White House spokesman Josh Earnest

– David Letterman

We are looking for an insane number of bodies to help, starting on Thursday, 9/4. I know that school also starts on the same day, but just remember that this is the last week of this campaign… I will gladly write an absence letter to excuse you from your academic duties.

- Queens State Senate candidate S.J. Jung in an email to local high schoolers, trying to convince them to take off from school on Primary Day to help his campaign

No question about that, in my mind.

– Mitt Romney, when asked on Fox News whether he would be a better president than Hillary Clinton Starbucks has a new business plan. Starbucks is planning to open about 100 new upscale coffee shops with more expensive coffee. It’s for customers who feel that the regular Starbucks prices are too reasonable, I guess.

- Jimmy Kimmel It’s good to see Starbucks sticking with doing what they do best, which is opening more Starbucks.

- Ibid.

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Five geckos sent into space as part of an experiment have all died. On the bright side, they were able to save 15 percent on their car insurance.

According to a report from the United Nations, the damage from global warming could be irreversible.

It’s clear we need to do something. We need to give the Earth the ice bucket challenge.

– Jimmy Kimmel

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The Observant Jew

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ave you heard the expression “phoning it in”? It means to do something half-heartedly and unconvincingly. I believe it may have its origins in the world of acting. Imagine watching a play and the main character is nowhere to be found! Instead, you hear a voice going through the script, not acting anything out, and definitely not bringing you into the moment.

By not being there in person, just simply “saying the lines” via telephone, for example, the performer has watered down the experience for everyone involved. If someone is there in person, goes through all the motions of his part and says the words he is supposed to, but is disinterested and emotionally detached, the audience will feel the same as if the fellow had simply “phoned it in.”

I recently had an experience much like that. I wrote to a business suggesting a possible joint endeavor. I explained what I wanted to do and included my name and phone number.

I received an e-mail back from the office person stating that I would need to call the office and speak to the boss, Mr. So-and-so. I immediately e-mailed back and asked if he was in the office that day.

I’m still waiting for a response.

So, this employee asked me to “phone it in,” but is it possible that that’s exactly what he or she was doing?

Let’s see what she was hired for. (I only assume it was a woman because when I had been there in person that’s who I’d seen working there.) She was presumably the secretary, expected to respond to customers, assist with questions, answer phone calls and e-mails, and basically handle things so the boss could focus his attention elsewhere. He felt he had her “minding the store” on his behalf, acting as an extension of himself.

But she is phoning it in.

Why? Let’s look at what happened.

I contacted them via e-mail, clearly expecting to reach the business owner.

Had he read my letter, what would he have done? Would he have said, “You will have to call me at such-and-such number to speak to me”? Of course not!

I’d already explained what I wanted. All he had to do was tell me if he had any interest in the proposition I’d made. He

Rabbi Jonathan Gewirtz

Phoning It In could have done so by replying to the e-mail or calling me.

The secretary didn’t have that option.

She didn’t know if the boss was interested and she was right that it was his decision to make. So why do I suggest that she’s “phoning it in,” not really playing her part? To answer that, let’s look at her options. What could she have done?

to fulfill her most basic obligations and be ‘blameless.’ She did what she was hired to do: answer e-mails and respond to inquiries. But she didn’t do what the boss hired her to do, be an extension of him. She didn’t feel the same passion or interest in his success as he would were he to be the one answering the e-mail.

She was just phoning it in.

HE WANTS US TO BE PARTNERS IN HIS BUSINESS WITH A VESTED INTEREST IN ITS SUCCESS. She could only let me know that I had to speak to the boss, right? Wrong.

If she was truly concerned about the boss’s welfare, which would impact, in turn, her own job, she could have shown the e-mail to her boss and asked how to respond. She could have given him a message as if I’d called and had him call me back.

She could have been more specific in her response to say, “Call us, please, at ‘X’ o’clock when my boss will be in.” But she didn’t.

Instead, she did what she had to do

Our Boss has given us jobs too. Not because He can’t handle everything Himself, but because He wants us to be partners in His business with a vested interest in its success. He gave us mitzvos, Torah, and all sorts of tasks to achieve that give us the opportunity to show our true motivation.

Are we just biding our time until 120 o’clock, doing the minimum to fulfill our job specifications, or are we interested in the Boss having a successful operation?

If we are concerned with Hashem, and what He wants from us, then we approach things much differently.

I saw a fellow in shul who I knew usually headed out to work much earli-

er. A few days later, I noticed him again.

I could have minded my own business, but the Boss wants us to mind His! I went over to find out if the man was alright, or if perhaps he was in-between jobs. Not because I have a job to give him, or because I’m nosy, but because if someone needs help, our Boss wants us to be as proactive as possible.

We’re here not to mark time, but to make moments matter. The way to do that is by focusing on the Boss, getting down to business and making the right calls.

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.

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

Sign up for the Migdal Ohr, his weekly PDF Dvar Torah in English. E-mail info@ JewishSpeechWriter.com and put Subscribe in the subject. © 2014 by Jonathan Gewirtz. All rights reserved.

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In the Kitchen Naomi Nachman

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any years ago, my mother visited me in New York for the Yamim Noraim and we were busy cooking together in my kitchen. The two of us were testing out new recipes for a fish cooking class that I was scheduled to give for Ossie’s Fish in the Gourmet Glatt supermarket. We came up with an idea for a sauce that used some of the simanim from Rosh Hashana. After extensive testing and tweaking, we finally came up with a great balance, and I introduced the recipe at that class. It was an instant hit. Since then, Siman Fish has been one of my favorites and has been one of the most popular of my recipes.

NOTE: This recipe easily doubles, freezes well, and the sauce can also be used to spruce up leftover corned beef or chicken cutlets.

Here are some of the meanings for the Simanim: leek (kartei in Aramaic)—y’hi ratzon she-yikhritu soneinu...that our enemies be cut off. fish—y’hi ratzon she-nifre v’narbe kadagim…that we will be fruitful and multiply like fish.

Carrot (gezer in Hebrew)—y’hi ratzon she-yikra gezer dineinu…that the decree of our due judgment be torn up.

Olive (oil) (Zayit in Hebrew)—Let it be Your will, O’ L-rd our G-d, G-d of our ancestors, that we all live in harmony.

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In the same pan, add the leeks and sauté until soft. Add the garlic and carrots and sauté for 2 more minutes. Add ketchup, pinch cinnamon, brown sugar, can of pineapple chunks with the liquid, and ½ the water. Bring to boil and simmer for 3 minutes.

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Pour sauce over the fish in the pan and bake for 15 minutes at 350° covered.

Naomi Nachman, the owner of The Aussie Gourmet, caters weekly and Shabbat/ Yom Tov meals for families and individuals within The Five Towns and neighboring communities, with a specialty in Pesach catering. Naomi is a contributing editor to this paper and also produces and hosts her own weekly radio show on the Nachum Segal Network stream called “A Table for Two with Naomi Nachman.” Naomi gives cooking presentations for organizations and private groups throughout the New York/New Jersey Metropolitan area. In addition, Naomi has been a guest host on the QVC TV network and has been featured in cookbooks, magazines as well as other media covering topics related to cuisine preparation and personal chefs. To obtain additional recipes, join The Aussie Gourmet on Facebook or visit Naomi’s blog. Naomi can be reached through her website,www.theaussiegourmet.com or at (516) 295-9669.

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Illustrations for Children’s Books Part II

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here is a famous slogan used by art directors all over the globe, “Who would sell the passer by, first must plan to catch the eye” (Rice, 1996, p. 61). This saying must never be forgotten when planning your book and deciding on the type of illustrations.

It’s interesting to note that the word “illustration” means to “light up,” which comes from the Latin verb to “illuminate.”

Points to consider when planning illustrations for children’s books from A-Z: A well planned book Book dummy prepared in advance Characteristics in a picture book Decide on a picture book or story

book Excellent style Figure drawing Great composition Hours spent thinking of ideas Illuminate the idea Joint techniques Kinds of materials Loads of small details Many tools Nice physical structure Objects drawn Printing Quality pictures References

Sequence of pictures The size, shape and scale Unusually beautiful book Visual content Wonderful storyboard X-ray vision while developing a theme.

Yearning for perfection Zero in on the messages to be delivered in your story Consider the following quotes while continuing on with your creative journey in illustrations: “Illustration does not prevent waste of time or mistakes; and mistakes themselves are often the best teachers of all” -James Anthony Froude “He who overdoes anything, spoils it” -Lao-tzu “I mix them with my brains, sir” -John Opie, when asked how he mixed his colors “Chance will not do the work” -Sir Walter Scott The old Chinese saying, “A picture truly is worth a thousand words” (Rice, 1996, p.61) is so true. Always keep in mind that if you want to make a difference, the people who read your books need to understand what you are trying to express. Let the storyline unfold slowly so that the ideas expressed can be understood and grasped. This is the cause and effect which must occur in a good story. Keep your goals for the story in mind at all times and then your message will remain clear. The repetition method together with rhythm is a satisfying and pleasurable technique which should be continuously embellished.

To be continued…

Rebbetzin Naomi N. Herzberg is a professional art educator, artist and designer.

Among her known artwork is a floral sculpture presented to Tipper Gore, Blair House, Washington, D.C. Presently she is the Director of Operations at Shulamith School for Girls. Please feel free to email nherzberg@ optonline.net with questions and suggestions for future columns.

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y dissertation took forever.

Being slightly – only slightly, mind you – OCD, I had to do the most thorough job of research ever.

It actually was about 8 years. Well, I had little kids; sue me. Anyway, when I was all done, I had this stack of transcripts in my hand from the interviews I had with the people who volunteered to tell me their stories. It was time for me to pick a title.

I poured over all the transcripts, flipping from one to another. And then this cold shiver ran down my spine. I couldn’t believe what my eyes saw. I double and triple checked and there it was. Somewhere in each conversation, every person I had interviewed said nearly the same thing using nearly the same words: “I was never good enough.”

That became the title of my dissertation.

I wonder how many people feel that way. If you do, you shouldn’t. But if you do, then it probably affects how you view the Yomim Norayim (Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur). See, I can remember not looking forward to them. I mean, who wants to examine your sins anyway? It really doesn’t sound so pleasant.

Somewhere along the line, I realized there was a connection between the first story and the second. Maybe it was when I was in college that I had that “Aha!” moment. Many of us grew up with that “not good enough” message.

And when we hear that message in varying ways over long periods of time, it unfortunately seeps into our souls. We believe the message. That’s not a good thing.

When we feel that in some profound way, we are “not good enough,” we sure don’t want to look too closely at ourselves.

This presents a paradox. If the only way to “fix” ourselves – if we really aren’t so good after all – is to look inside so we can tinker around and see what

needs fixing, but the very act of looking is too painful because we’re “not good enough,” then how do we begin?

This problem chases all the value – all the joy, all the benefit – out of Yom Kippur. Oh, you didn’t think there was joy? Well then, maybe you should join

HaKadosh Baruch Hu from a place of feeling defective. On the one hand, it is absolutely true that we were not created perfect. We were, in fact, created imperfect so we could improve ourselves.

On the other hand, G-d thought that we were “good” when He created us.

HOW CAN WE BE IMPERFECT YET GOOD? the club of the “not good enoughs.”

There’s a way out and it’s something I work very, very hard with my clients on whether the Yomim Norayim are approaching or not. The truth is that we all are good and we all are good enough.

The message we got from our parents was a mistake.

I am not saying there aren’t evil people in the world. There are.

The founder of ISIS comes to mind. I’m saying you’re not one of them. Most people don’t fit into that category. How do I know?

(After all, I don’t really know you.)

It’s like this: If you are put off by Yom Kippur because you don’t want to examine yourself, then you are definitely not evil.

People who “know” that they need self-examination and are afraid of what they will find show by that very fear that they are good people. You see, being concerned is a good thing and proves that you are not evil. Evil people give themselves a very quick rubber stamp of approval. They don’t think they need to look inside because they are not worried about their behavior. Of course, they are the ones who should and they are the ones who won’t. Concern is the step just preceding keeping an eye on yourself, and by golly, that is self-examination!

But there is another piece to this, a disturbing piece: It is wrong to think we are not good or not good enough in the first place. We should not approach

How can this be? How can we be imperfect yet good?

We are not supposed to be complacent with our imperfection; on the contrary, we must work on it (Avos 3:21).

But here is the key thing: Because we were and are “good,” we should approach the job with joy. There should not be clouds hanging over us like they hang over Eeyore. Just as too much praise should not “go to our heads,” neither should our imperfections.

We should be able to examine ourselves from a position of knowing we are basically good (to paraphrase Anne Frank) and then see how we can be better. We can accept ourselves and yet strive to be better. In fact, it is ironically only when we do accept ourselves as we are that we can work on improving ourselves.

When we accept who we are, it gives us the strength to look inside ourselves to do the examining that is required during Elul, on the Yomim Nor-

ayim, and all year long.

So the real question is: How do we overcome that nagging feeling inside of us that we are no good, defective, lessthan? How do we accept our imperfections while wanting more for ourselves?

I think the answer is simple yet profound: G-d loves us. He created us with love. He also created us imperfect so that we could reap the satisfaction that comes with overcoming challenges, the biggest challenge, of course, being overcoming our old habits and ways of thinking. As we read through the davening, notice that message throughout.

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uring my years of helping at-risk youth through psychotherapy and at Project Extreme, I have had the opportunity to talk with some deeply insightful teenagers. I realized that they often turned to dangerous and harmful behavior because they never learned how to handle feelings of hurt and anger. What many children and teens share is the need for a voice, a safe platform in which they can channel their feelings and cope with them in a meaningful and structured style. I tapped into my experience as a professional drummer and found that music reached the youths I worked with at an unprecedented level. Through therapeutic drumming, they were able to feel safe and whole. I was not surprised to find many sources for this unique phenomenon—both in psychological research and anthropological study.

The Story Behind the Music “Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and that which cannot remain silent.” This insight by famous author Victor Hugo explains why music has long been a favored vehicle of expression for those whom the spoken word has failed. Music helps breach verbal barriers, enriching the meaning behind intended messages at emotional, psychological and cognitive levels.

However, communication through music is not a privilege restricted to composers and musicians alone. In fact, there has been a growing amount of research documenting the therapeutic benefits that music, and particularly drumming, offers.

In recent years, researchers at UCLA conducted a study that showed that when drumming is used to teach life skills, it is effective in producing significant improvement in the following areas: attention deficit/ hyperactivity, inattention, oppositional defiance, aggression, anxiety, and depression. Other studies have demonstrated that drumming led to improvement in immune functions, decreased stress levels, physical and aerobic health, scores in school/work and role performance, improved IQ, negative self-evaluation, and instrumental anger. Overall, intent-focused drumming

is recognized as a holistic approach to emotional health and wellness, affecting mind, body and heart.

The History Drums have been used for thousands of years, across many cultures, as a way of building communities, celebrating together, and healing. Because the first sound that babies hear in utero is the steady beat of their mothers’ hearts, rhythm has always been an innate part of life. In ancient African civilizations, messages about survival were transmitted by individuals standing on neighboring mountaintops and tapping out a beat on handmade bongo drums. In Jewish history, when the Jews left Egypt, Miriam took the drum in her hand and all the women followed her with drums and song. Miriam used drums as a symbol of hope to create community and express her sense of gratitude, joy and personal freedom. King David, the master of song and emotion, famously sang, “Praise G-d with drum and dance.” And for centuries, Jews have been doing exactly that.

Guided drumming combines ancient wisdom with the latest modern understanding of human development and evidence-based practices. Rhythm is an extraordinarily powerful tool for helping youth to unlock their inner potential. In my drum circles with children, I have witnessed astounding things happen.

Children learned to regulate their intense feelings and calm themselves down.

They learned to trust and communicate with their friends. They learned that making mistakes is normal. Most of all, they learned to reach a place of inner peace and happiness.

How it Works Ten-year-old Baruch appeared charming and friendly. His family, however, knew the truth. When Baruch got frustrated, he exploded. He shouted, threw things and even became aggressive with his siblings. He seemed like a completely different person, a person who was trapped in a self-destructive cycle. No matter how many times his parents told him that his behavior was unacceptable, they were unable to get

through to their child when he was overtaken by anger. What pained them most was watching their child feel guilty, miserable, and begin to lose his confidence.

Baruch learned some practical skills in the drum circle. First, he learned to become aware of his anger by learning to recognize how his heartbeat accelerated each time his temper flared up. He used drums to communicate how the rapid beat of his heart felt. Then, he learned how to use breathing and self-talk to regulate the intensity of his emotion and tone it down a few “octaves.” He learned how to “sweat off” some of the intensity of the emotion without hurting himself or others. Baruch still gets angry today but he has learned how to stop himself before the anger gets out of control, and how to bring his heart rate back to a calm rhythm.

It is completely natural for parents to resign themselves to the hopes that their child is simply experiencing a phase that he/she will soon “‘grow out of.” For those parents who do seek guid-

ance to help their child communicate their feelings, they may find their efforts hindered by other issues that arise. A shy child very often is reluctant to open-up and share their most intimate feelings with a stranger. Other children may have confused emotions and lack the language necessary to properly express themselves, fueling their frustrations further. However, we know that addressing problems when children are young can save so much heartache later. Research has demonstrated that music is one of few empowering and exciting ways to give children the skills they will need to manage life.

Motti Shanet, LCSW, is a seasoned clinician who treats children, families, and individuals at the Five Towns Wellness Center in Cedarhurst, NY. The relationships he develops with his clients strategically place him in a position to teach them the latest, most effective, evidence-based techniques in the field. For information about Motti’s groundbreaking groups for boys, please see www.5twc.com or follow the Five Towns Wellness Center on Facebook.

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Sensory Cravers in School I have a six-year-old son who is what I call Mr. Active. He absolutely loves all and any type of movement; he is constantly on the go. The summer is the best time of year for him.

He spends every daylight hour outdoors biking, running and climbing.

Now that the school year has begun, I’m desperate to make the year go by without a deluge of calls from his teachers that he is acting out and can’t sit still. We already had a psychological evaluation for him at the urging of his school and ADHD was ruled out. But he has been evaluated by an OT who indicated that he has sensory issues. Unfortunately, the district did not grant him OT service.

Can you provide me with some tips to make his day at school more successful?

The Therapist Responds: Thank you for your letter. I want to first commend you for sharing your concerns and seeking advice for your son. The transition from summer to the school year can be difficult for many children and especially challenging for the sensory child. Your son no longer has the opportunity to freely engage in his sensory seeking behaviors throughout the day. Now that he is in school, he has less control of his time and environment. Despite this, there are strategies that can provide him with the movement he craves and help make his day at school successful and productive for learning.

1. Provide Purposeful Movement Activities Contrary to what you might think, endless jumping, spinning and running are actually counterproductive to a sensory craving child. These activities will only overarouse the child since in essence a child with sensory craving can never get enough input. Movement activities that are purposeful are therapeutic for these children. Examples of such activities are duck, duck goose, relay races and obstacle courses. These games involve movement that is goal oriented.

2. Provide Interrupted Movement Activities Movement activities, which incorporate a “stop and go” help develop

Red light, green light is a great game to play

inhibition. Games such as red light, green light and musical chairs are classic examples.

3. Heavy work activities For a child with sensory craving, heavy work activities help organize and self-regulate. Heavy work refers to activities that involve pushing, schlepping and pulling. In-class activities include wiping the dry erase board, collecting textbooks and helping to move chairs or desks.

Before and after school, activities that are fun, goal-directed and short are best. Examples include pushing a shopping cart in the supermarket, stripping linen off a bed and performing pull ups from a push up bar.

4. Environmental Modifications Alternative seating such as chair moves (e.g. sitting straddled to the chair) and the use of seat cushions (see picture) allow the child to wiggle around while sitting. These modifications allow the sensory craving child to sit in class while still getting the movement they need.

Wishing your son much hatzlacha in the new school year!

Devorah (Gerber) Schmeltz, MS OTR/L is a 2003 alumnus of Downstate Medical Center’s OT Program. She worked as a senior occupational therapist at United Cerebral Palsy’s Brooklyn Children’s Program for 9 years. Currently, Devorah runs a private practice, Bumble & Tumble Occupational Therapy P.C in Far Rockaway. Your questions and comments are welcome. She can be reached at BumbleTumbleTherapy@ gmail.com or 917-971-5327.

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akisha McGee works (at least for now) as a Section Manager for the IRS Office of Professional Responsibility, where their mission is to “interpret and apply the standards of practice for tax professionals in a fair and equitable manner.” Among her other duties, she travels around the country teaching IRS officials and tax preparers how to behave themselves. She gives lectures with titles like “When Your License To Practice Before the IRS Is On The Line.” You would think someone like that would watch her own back pretty carefully. But sadly, that’s not the case, at least as far as McGee herself is concerned.

This week’s story starts back in 2007, when McGee helped her future husband’s Aunt Rue collect $8,900 after an auto accident. At the time, McGee was two years out of law school, working on employee benefit issues at the Department of Labor, and had never handled a personal injury case before.

On July 21, 2008, the insurance company sent McGee a settlement check for $8,900. McGee kept $1,000 for herself and deposited the remaining $7,900 in her little “firm’s” trust account. Two weeks later, McGee gave her client $4,500, $4,700, or $4,900 (depending on whose affidavit you believe). McGee understood that she was also supposed to pay her client’s medical bills, which totaled $2,682.46. She withdrew $1,800 more in cash from the trust account, but none of it found its way to the doctors.

Apparently, that was when McGee decided she wasn’t cut out for a life of chasing ambulances, because that’s when she started her job helping supervise the IRS ethics cops. She also started not answering her email and even disconnected her cell phone and fax machine “to reduce stress.” (Don’t you wish you could do that?)

With all that stress reduction going on, Aunt Rue eventually filed a complaint with the District of Columbia Bar Association. McGee defended herself with several inconsistent stories about paying the medical bills, but the

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ington Times that it keeps her awake at night. “As it relates to my job, may I possibly lose it? Yes, I face that each and every day.” She says that she notified the IRS about the pending disbarment when she started working there, but an IRS spokesman said the Service was unlikely to comment. (Privacy issues…)

The 18th-century Frenchman Jean Baptiste Colbert, who worked as King Louis XIV’s Minister of Finance, once said,“The art of taxation consists in so plucking the goose as to obtain the largest possible amount of feathers with the smallest possible amount of hissing.” The IRS employs almost 90,000 people in that pursuit.

Most of them work hard at a thankless job. They don’t get a lot of love, and they don’t make a lot of money. So it’s probably fair to cut them at least a little slack for honest mistakes, even as we hiss at being plucked. But some people just don’t belong where they are, and McGee sure sounds like one of them.

Meanwhile, the other 89,000 people who work at the IRS are still on the job — and so are we. Remember, tax season is just around the corner…and Uncle Sam already has his hand out.

Allan J Rolnick is a CPA who has been in practice for over 30 years in Queens, NY. He welcomes your comments and can be reached at 718-896-8715 or at allanjrcpa@aol.com.

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The Intricacies of Joint Ownership I am recently married and would like to join my wife’s and my bank accounts. What are my options?

The Attorney Responds: A significant portion of the assets we own are held jointly with another person. Almost anything, including real property, bank accounts, and investment accounts, can be, and often is, owned jointly. Therefore, it is of utmost importance to understand the various joint tenancies and their consequences.

This article will deal with the three joint ownership structures in New York and discuss their basic characteristics. As always, no planning should be undertaken without consulting a New York estate planning attorney.

Joint Tenants with Rights of Survivorship (JTWROS) If you are married and look at your bank or investment account statements, the chances are that you and your spouse are both named owners. This simple, yet common and useful ownership structure, is known as joint tenancy with rights of survivorship (JTWROS). The reason that JTWROS is so popular is that, upon the death of one owner, their rights in the property automatically pass to the remaining owner(s). That means that jointly owned assets do not need to be probated when one party passes away and there are remaining owners.

When there is only one owner living, the property will pass to the beneficiaries or distributees of the final owner.

Each joint tenant has equal and undivided ownership in the property, which means all of the owners have an equal percentage. Each joint tenant can gift or sell their share of the property to a third party without the consent of the remaining joint owners. When that happens, the joint tenancy stops and becomes a tenancy in common (see below). Unlike tenancy by the entirety, described below, there is no creditor protection. Consequently, the creditor of one owner can place a lien on that owner’s portion of the property and foreclose on it, affecting all the remaining owners. The creation of JTWROS can cause significant tax and liability issues and is best done after a consultation with an attorney.

Tenancy by the Entirety (TBE) The second form of ownership, ten-

ancy by the entirety (TBE), is very common when a married couple owns real estate, such as their primary residence.

If you were married when you bought your home, it is highly likely that you own it as TBE with your spouse. In New York, tenants by the entirety (TBE) can

allows owners to plan for the distribution of the asset in accordance with their will and to potentially maximize their estate tax savings in some instances. A big drawback of TIC ownership is that when one owner passes, the assets held as tenants in common will require pro-

While this overview may appear straightforward, the practical application is fraught with significant tax, estate, liability, and long term care implications. Before purchasing new property or transferring existing property into joint names, it is best to consult with an attorney to understand the potential pitfalls which may affect you and your loved ones.

No column is a substitute for competent legal advice. Any additional or different facts could change or affect any legal analysis. Please consult with your legal professional of choice regarding any legal question you may have.

only be to real property (and co-ops if purchased after 1996) and can only be used by a married couple. In fact, if a married couple takes ownership of real property, they automatically own it as TBE, unless the deed indicates otherwise. Just like a JTWROS, when one spouse passes away, the property automatically passes to the other spouse without probate. Each spouse owns an undivided 100% interest in the property which, unlike the other two forms, can’t be sold or given away without the other spouse’s permission. The main advantage of a TBE over a JTWROS is that, as long as the couple is married, a creditor of one spouse cannot place a lien on the real property while the non-debtor spouse is alive. If the spouse who incurred the judgment and lien passes away, the property passes automatically to the surviving spouse, and the lien is extinguished. However, if the non-debtor spouse passes away first, the creditor can place on lien on the property.

Tenancy in Common (TIC) With a tenancy in common (TIC), each owner owns an undivided percentage in the property. Unlike the other two structures, one owner can own a greater percentage than the other(s) – one owning 99% and one owning 1%, for example. Like a joint tenancy, any owner can use the property whenever they wish, and any owner can sell their portion without the consent of the other(s). The major distinction between TIC and the other two forms is that, after the death of an owner, his share goes to his heirs, and NOT to the remaining owners. This

bate or estate administration, which may delay the transfer of the property until the court process is complete. Additionally, unlike a TBE, there is no creditor protection for the owners.

Roman Aminov, Esq. is an estate planning, probate, and elder law attorney with an office in Kew Garden Hills. He can be reached at (347)766-2685 and at www.AminovLaw. com.

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nice looking young man stood alone on a street corner with purpose in his posture. He was dressed casually, with a few strands of tzitzit hanging out. It was around 8:45 AM. A partner and I were walking our miles before launching into our day. What was he doing hanging out on the corner of Broadway and something?

Was he worth giving the third degree to, seeing if we could help him find his life’s mate?

Make no mistake—at the hours between 6:30am and 10:00am, early in September, anyone standing on a corner with a clear look of purpose in their eyes has a kid! They are there to deal with one thing only— the battle of the bus!

Each year there is the possibility of a new corner or a new driver, new stops added, new routes fashioned. No one can even think of leaving for work till the exact time and place where their precious bundle will be scooped up is squared away. Is this the permanent driver? Is this the permanent time they’ll be coming?

Is this the same spot they’ll be stopping every day? Assurances must be gotten to start dealing with other aspects of life.

The yellow brigade is out in full force. Waze needs to adjust all E.T.A.’s for arriving at people’s work locations by considering those stop signs that pop out torturously slowly off the side of any stopped school bus picking up a child.

Every parent is truly ecstatic they exist for the safety of their children, but each person dreads being the victim stuck behind one of these buses.

Sometimes we stumble into the misfortune of lumbering behind one of these buses for blocks at a time. I’ve rarely witnessed an emotion more easy to identify with than the elated relief of a car driver when this “stop every corner bus” suddenly puts on his turn signal. The desire to rev up one’s engine and fly out of there is palpable! But, if the buses turn suddenly reveals a string of busses ahead of that one, it’s clearly time to stop at the nearest Dunkin Donuts and sit and “latte” at the deluge.

Oh, and what about those little bitesize buses? Just when you think the roads are free and clear, the whole preschool population needs to be whisked off for their day. These mini cabooses may not

take up as much room on the road, but when their doors are unleashed, the same dreaded red octagons pop out and keep your car firmly in its place.

My advice is to leave to work at 5:00am or take the train. You can even try walking to work; you’ll probably get there sooner!

These school buses own the morning streets.

Ninety of them pass by my home every morning, but my daughter has perfected knowing which one is hers from over a block away and still out of view. There must be engine sounds or carburetor emission, unique to each bus that begin to speak to their passengers. To me, they are all yellow school buses. But to her, one is clearly her daily chariot, complete with fun friends or frustrating characters and all.

This is all part of the school day. Kids are adjusted to and content with circling the neighborhood for 45 minutes before heading off to school! Could you imagine getting your child to sit patiently in the car that way while you did what you had to for 45 minutes before reaching a destination?! Those bus drivers have them trained. I’m thinking of buying a yellow bus for trips, then maybe the first question when we get into the car won’t be “Are we there yet?”

So you may still be wondering what that dad was doing on the corner of Broadway and something at 8:45am, waiting for a bus, without a child in tow.

It seems he was not yet at peace. He was double-checking the bus route as it came back, the other way, with his child already on board. That’s how devoted and focused we get when the bus route begins in September.

Yes, as September rolls around, the buses do rule the roads. You see them gathered and settled in groups at night, blatant in their color, but silent, behaved, and well out of the way.

However, with the morning light, they are the masters of the neighborhood.

They are carrying precious cargo, and we know it. So plan your route accordingly, but don’t get that upset with them.

Because remember, if they weren’t doing this job each day—you would be!

And honestly, carpooling to afterschool activities is tough enough!

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Glicks

Honey 2lb

$

2.99

Glicks

Honey Bear

Juice Box Drinks 4pk

$

.59

$

Glicks

1.99

Gefen

Flour

Tomato Sauce

5lb

$

.99

Soft Wipe

Baby Wipes 72ct

15oz

6oz

$

1.29

Liebers

Instant Soup Cup

$

1.99

Liebers

Ice Cream Cups 48ct

2 /$1

$

Liebers

Taaman

Honey 5lb

$

13.99

$

2.99

Glicks

Apple Sauce

2/$5

$

Gefen

Pert Plus

Gefen

8oz

40oz

$

2.99

Mushrooms

2.99

Gefen

Chunk Light Tuna

2 /$3

$

2.49Lb

Shabbos Meat

7.49Lb

$

Boneless Flanken

6.99Lb

$

$

4.99

$

Liebers

.89

Snapple 64oz

11.3oz

Eggplant

Produce

$

1.99

Kirbies

.59Lb

Beef Stew

$

5.99Lb

1.99

2/$4

Fruits & Veg.

Snackers

Meat Dept.

Whole Chicken In 1/4s

Cucumbers In Brine

$

19oz

6oz

2/$3

.99

#7-9

In Water

.89

Shampoo

50oz

$

Pasta – Fussily Penne & Elbow $

5.99

.79Lb

Grape Tomatoes

.99ea

$

$

$

3lb

Red Grapes

Golden Delicious

Yellow Onions

1.49ea

1.49Lb

$

$

Apples

.99Lb

$

Bakery Beigels

Mini Cupcakes

Cholent of Kugel & a piece of your choice

10oz

3.99

$5.00

$

Thursdays Only

While Supplies Last

Beigels

Black & White Cookies 11oz

$

3.99

please call us for more details

Sale valid 9/11/14-9/17/14. Cash & Carry only. We reserve the right to limit quanitities on sale items. Not responsible for typographical errors. While supplies last. No rain checks.

ORDERS CAN BE EMAILED, FAXED, OR CALLED IN 1913 Cornaga Ave. • Far Rockaway • T. 718.471.7555 • F. 718.471.9102 • E. Kosherworldorders@yahoo.com

FREE PARKING • FREE DELIVERY • FRIENDLY SERVICE • CURB SIDE SERVICE Store hours: Sun 8-8 • Mon. - Tue. 7-8 • Wed. 7-10 • Thu. 7-12 • Fri. 7-1 1/2 Hours Before Shabbos

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Tablecloth Liners Silver and Gold All Sizes Starting at

onSale

$17. 99

7 Styles

T

UPSCALE CLOSEOUTS

516.218.2211

Back in Stock!

Dinnerware

Back in Stock!

Vintage Tablecloth

20 Piece Set Service for 4 Gold or Silver Border

UPSCALE

C

THE LOSEOU CONNECTION CC

All Sizes 72” thru 198” White and Cream

Reg. $50.00

$14. 99

STORE HOURS:

Silver Plated With Spoon

Next door to CVS, in the Gourmet Glatt parking lot

Starting at

$29. 99

Honey Dish

134 Washington Ave. CEDARHUST, NY 11516

M.-W. 10:00-8:00 Th. 10:00-9:00 F. 10:00-4:00 S. 10:00-7:00

Reg $25.00

$9. 99

Sale Price on

Party Goods Square Clear Hammered 6”, 7”, 9” Plates, 10” Bowls 10 Pack

Visit us at our other locations 4518 13th Ave. Brooklyn, NY 718.854.2595

Designer Napkins All New Designs

Reg. $5.00

$2. 99

50 Court St. Brooklyn, NY 718.625.6677 1091 River Ave. Lakewood, NJ 732.364.8822

$2. 99$4. 99 Quantities may vary according to store location • No rainchecks • Not responsible for typographical errors

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Come Meet Us To Find Out How Representatives of Merom Yerushalayim Will be in The Five Towns for private appointments September 14th-17th Merom Yerushalayim is being built on the Schneller compound, an estate that for one hundred and fifty years has been lending a majestic air and a dash of European panache to the streets of Yerushalayim. Vast expanses of flourishing greenery and rare architectural beauties lie behind its stately stone walls.

Now you can experience life in a haven of peace and nature, secluded from the tumult of the city, yet in the center of it all; Yerushalayim shel maala.

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