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THE WORLD’S BIGGEST THREAT How ISIS Came About and Why They Must Be Defeated

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CONTENTS >>Letters to the Editor

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OpEd: See No Evil, Hear No Evil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13

>>Community Readers’ Poll . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10 Community Happenings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46

>> News Global . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15 National . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27 Odd-but-True Stories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40 Cover Story: The World’s Biggest Threat: How ISIS Came About and Why They Must Be Defeated . . . . . . . . . . . . . .68 Cover Story: Common Core Crazy: Is this Education’s Cure or Just Plain Chaos? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .78

>> Israel Israel News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18

>> People An Inside Look into Camp Matov: TJH Speaks with Rabbi Aaron Brafman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62 An Inside Look into Orah Day Camp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64 Sherman’s March to the Sea by Avi Heiligman . . . . . . . . .86

>>Parsha Rabbi Wein on the Parsha . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71

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Letters to Dear Editor, I would like to respond to the letter writer last week who wrote in in response to my article that was featured in the August 14th issue of TJH. The pain and suffering of the child who is left out is terrible. It is for that reason that it is so important to discover and utilize the best methods to empower and support the child as much as possible. This is not a matter of who deserves more empathy, it is a matter of the facts on the ground. When kids are forced to include others, there is a strong risk that the children will become resentful (which is normal for school-aged children) and the left out child will be the one to suffer for it. There is a reason that the child is struggling to make friends in the first place. That must be addressed – which is the main point I was making in the article. There are times and places to create situations where the left out child will be included in an inconspicuous way and that should be taken full advantage of as mentioned in my article. When the engineered inclusion risks becoming apparent, however, it can easily cause more harm than good. What happens when the child is with those kids without the teacher/parent engineering

his inclusion? What if those kids leave him out like they did before? The poor child is left feeling confused and more insecure. The focus, time, money and energy must be put towards helping the isolated child overcome whatever it is internally that is preventing him or her from being able to make friends. Giving a person tzedaka is a commandment and a chessed but teaching a person how to become self-sufficient is the highest form of chessed that there is – and that was the point of the article. Best of luck, Rachel Rosenholtz, LCSW

Dear Editor, I was surprised to see your article on Assemblyman Weisenberg, touting his “caring for the community” for 37 years. I have to admit that for many years of living in the Five Towns, I did not know that he was our assemblyman. His office was in Long Beach, he lived in Long Beach, and I feel that his allegiance was to the Long Beach community. I cannot remember a time when I saw him at a local event; when he came, it was to take a photo or two, hobnob with some other officials, and then scoot

Readers Poll Around how much do you think you will spend on school supplies per child this year? Less than $20: 23% $20-$50: 31% $50-$100: 35% More than $100: 11% (According to an annual survey conducted by Huntington Bank, parents will spend around $312 per child in middle school.)

the Editor out to take his runs on the Long Beach Boardwalk. Even during Hurricane Sandy, when most officials realized that it was time to step up to the plate, he was mostly absent from our area. True, Long Beach was hit hard, but the Five Towns were hit as well, and we needed our officials then to help us in our situation. I hope that our community will elect someone in November who will feel allegiance to the entire district. Simon Lewis

Dear Editor, As a resident of Cedarhurst, I was heartened to read your article on the wonderful Mayor Andrew J. Parise. It is

clear that Mr. Parise loves his town. He is seen at every event, smiling and welcoming residents. And when you meet him, he’s always gracious and reminds you to reach out to him should you need anything. I also never knew that the mayor was witness to the horrors of the Holocaust firsthand. I’m truly honored to have an American hero leading the village where I reside. I know that it is because of people like Mayor Parise that people love living in the Five Towns. The “small town” vibe—where we know our local politicians personally—makes you feel right at home. Sincerely, Chana S.

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ne of the baffling questions about the Holocaust is how did people around the world, who were not Nazi sympathizers, remain silent while the evil was taking place. In a sense, their silence made them complicit in the most horrible genocide the world had ever known. And their justification rings hollow in our ears: “We didn’t know.” But there was ample information about the horrors that were taking place. It’s not that they didn’t know; it’s that they didn’t want to know. We must ask, are we doing the same thing to the millions of people suffering under the brutal rule of radical Islam in the Middle East and Africa? Just like we can’t accept the wedidn’t-know excuse, we can’t use it now. That reasoning is even less plausible nowadays, when information is instantly broadcast globally via the internet and social media. In fact, whereas the Nazis tried to disguise what they were doing, radical Islamists publicize what they are doing. They want you to see the evil they are perpetuating, but they want you to look the other way, paralyzed with fear. I once asked one of the editors of this magazine why they left out some of the gruesome details when they wrote a story about a brutal terrorist attack. The editor responded that on a previous occasion they printed details of a similar attack, and they received many complaints from parents who were trying to shelter their children from such evils. I don’t blame parents for wanting to shelter their children from such horrible atrocities, but I could only imagine any number of the (anti-Semitic) newspapers which failed to report on the Holocaust in the 1940s, excusing their actions by saying that they didn’t want to traumatize little Tommy in Peoria. My fear is that while this global cancer metastasizes, not only are we sheltering our children, but we are sheltering ourselves as well. The only difference is we shelter ourselves in a somewhat less mature fashion than we shelter our children. We do it by burying ourselves in pop culture, our favorite sports team, and, of course, for those who are privileged enough—the “one percenters”— golf on Martha’s Vineyard. The horrible beheading of James Foley certainly caused most of us to stop in our tracks and take notice, but that image will quickly fade and we will all go back into our cocoons. (Sadly, this is not the first time Islamic terrorists have released

a video of an American being beheaded.) The biggest indictment of our society is the fact that President Obama was on the golf course six minutes after his speech condemning the killing of Jim Foley. Make no mistake about it, the Obama administration has its finger on the pulse of society; they are the foremost experts—as is every White House—on knowing the mood of the nation and knowing what image the White House should project at a given moment.

(Don’t let low poll numbers fool you into thinking that they forgot how to read the societal mood.) The only reason the president played golf six minutes after his address is because he knew that Americans would be cool with that. They knew that aside for a few “Obama-badgers” no one would care. That is an indictment of us. Yes, Foley’s death may have given us a quick punch in the gut, but then it’s right back to “see no evil, hear no evil.” What about the thousands of Christian women and children who are being killed in Africa and the Middle East because they are not Muslims? If there

were Jews in those places, they would likely be the first victims. What are we doing about it? “Pass the remote...I don’t want to watch this...It gets me upset.” Is that our only reaction? The German peasant may have turned her child’s attention away from the passing cattle cars; the American worker may have put down the newspaper article about a place called Auschwitz; and we may turn our attention to the golf course. If history is our teacher, someday the finger will be pointed at us and people will wonder: what were they thinking? ●

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Iran is once again not granting access to its nuclear research facilities. The countryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Defense Minister Hossein Dehgan said this week that UN inspectors will not be given clearance to inspect a military base outside of Tehran. The base has been of interest since 2005, when the U.N. was last granted access. This is especially poor timing to lock out inspectors, as the deadline for Iran to give its response to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) over allegations of a military aspect to its nuclear research is only a few days away. Suspiciously, Dehgan told reporters, â&#x20AC;&#x153;The agency carried out several visits to Parchin [before 2005], took samples and found nothing untoward. There is therefore no reason for new access to Parchin as nothing new has come up since the last inspections.â&#x20AC;? Dehgan also admitted that his country refuses to give the agency information on its scientists in the defense industry. IAEA inspectors have been given access to a string of declared nuclear sites as part of an interim nuclear deal reached with the major powers last November. Access to Parchin was not agreed under the terms of that accord but the IAEA has been seeking to visit the base as part of its mission to answer all concerns about Iranâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s nuclear program, past and present. Addressing the allegations, long denied by Tehran, would be an important element in the comprehensive deal on Iranâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s nuclear program that world powers are seeking to reach by November 24. IAEA director Yukiya Amano, who visited Tehran earlier this month, said in June that access to Parchin was essential for the watchdog group to be able to certify Iranâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s nuclear program as peaceful. The base lies at the center of allegations of past Iranian research into sophisticated explosives that can be used to detonate a nuclear warhead.

In his June report, Amano said satellite photographs suggested there had been fresh activity at the base this year.

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N. Korea Disses Kerry

North Korea sure has an interesting foreign policy these days. Most of the countryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s descriptions of foreign leaders have been insulting and degrading. In its latest personal attack on a prominent official from a rival country, on Wednesday, North Korea called U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry a wolf with a â&#x20AC;&#x153;hideous lantern jaw.â&#x20AC;? This newest insult comes after calling South Korean President Park Geun-hye insulting names and calling President Barack Obama a monkey. Wednesdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s slur against Kerry appeared only in a Korean-language dispatch, suggesting it was meant to rally anti-U.S. sentiment and burnish the leadershipâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s image domestically at a time when Washington and Seoul are conducting annual military drills that Pyongyang calls an invasion rehearsal. An unidentified policy department spokesman at the North Korean defense commission, led by leader Kim Jong Un, described Kerry as a â&#x20AC;&#x153;wolf donning the mask of sheep.â&#x20AC;? The spokesman criticized Kerry for recently saying Washington wants to see peace on the Korean Peninsula, even though the U.S. and South Korea then went ahead with their summertime drills that North Korea has demanded be scrapped. The U.S. and South Korea say the drills are defensive in nature. The North Korean spokesman also criticized Kerryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s comments on North Koreaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s human rights record and weapons programs. â&#x20AC;&#x153;His behavior fully revealed once again the U.S. inveterate nature as a hypocrite who has deceived and mocked mankind with all sorts of gimmicks,â&#x20AC;? the spokesman said in a statement. Tension on the Korean Peninsula remains high, as North Korea has conducted an unusually large number of missile and artillery test firings this year.

Not only is the top suspect in the brutal murder of American journalist James Foley a British Muslim, now an English woman is vowing to become the first female jihadist from the United Kingdom to kill a Western captive. Khadijah Dare is a 22-year-old Muslim convert originally from London. Dare discusses her terror ambitions freely on social media sites. On her Twitter account, the terrorist recently revealed her murderous intentions. Her account has since been removed, but not until she openly posted about wanting to â&#x20AC;&#x153;b da 1st UK woman 2 kill a UK or US terrorist.â&#x20AC;? Dare is married to a Swedish Is-

lamic State fighter named Abu Bakr. The couple moved to Syria in 2012 and currently lives alongside the extremist militant group with their son. Dare converted to Islam as a teenager. When the mosque she attended was asked to condemn Dareâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tweet, they responded that the request was â&#x20AC;&#x153;loaded with an islamophobic assumption that Muslims by default condone such brutality.â&#x20AC;? Last July, Dare was featured in a documentary about British women joining Islamist militants in Syria. In the film, she referred to herself as â&#x20AC;&#x153;Maryamâ&#x20AC;? and told cameras that she doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t consider herself a fighter, but would instead like to become a martyr.

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American Journalist Released after 2 Years in Captivity

Much to the surprise and joy of his friends and family, an American journalist who was kidnapped and held hostage for nearly two years by an al Qaeda-linked group in Syria was released this week. The freed American, 45-year-old Peter Theo Curtis of Massachusetts, wrote under the penname Theo Padnos. Curtis was captured in Syria in 2012. Secretary of State John Kerry said Curtis was held by Jabhat al-Nusra, an al Qaeda-linked militant group fight-

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In News ing the government of Syrian President Bashar Assad. His freedom was facilitated by the energy-rich Gulf nation of Qatar, which is a leading supporter of the Syrian rebels fighting to oust President Bashar Assad and has been involved in mediating past hostage releases. Curtis was not believed to be among the hostages held by the Islamic State group that executed journalist James Foley last week. The Islamic State was formally disavowed by al Qaeda earlier this year after being deemed too brutal. Curtis’ relatives said they were not aware of the specific terms of his release but said Qatari representatives assured them that they negotiated Curtis’ release without a ransom payment. President Barack Obama, who was wrapping up a vacation in Massachusetts, was briefed on Curtis’ release. “The president shares in the joy and relief that we all feel now that Theo is out of Syria and safe,” said White House spokesman Eric Schultz. “But we continue to hold in our thoughts and prayers the Americans who remain in captivity in Syria, and we will continue to use all of the tools at our disposal to see that the remaining American hostages are freed.”

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response to recent airstrikes launched by Egypt and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) against Islamists in Libya twice over the past week. The EU governments and the U.S. “strongly condemn the escalation of fighting and violence in and around Tripoli, Benghazi, and across Libya, especially against residential areas, public facilities, and critical infrastructure, by both land attack and airstrikes,” the statement said. Libya is experiencing its worst violence since the fall of Moammar Gadhafi in 2011, with various militias fighting one another and the central government unable to control the situation. Observers fear that without effective control over the entire country, Libya could degenerate into a failed state, or an all-out civil war could begin. Earlier this week, Libya’s former Islamist-dominated parliament reconvened and voted to disband the country’s current interim government, which was elected in June. Local media said members of the old General National Congress had agreed to reconvene at the behest of Islamist militias who seized control of Tripoli’s airport from rival fighters. The Islamist militias have attempted to tighten their grip on power in the capital after claiming the airport and forcing rivals to withdraw. The fighting began after the June elections, in which Islamist candidates lost the parliament, and renegade general Khalifa Hifter began a military campaign against Islamist-allied militias in Libya’s second-largest city of Benghazi.

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In a united front with its European allies, the U.S. has issued a warning against outsiders meddling in events in Libya against the recent uptick in violence in the country. The group of nations called for an immediate ceasefire. The statement, signed by the governments of France, Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom, and the United States, warned that outside interference in Libya would worsen divisions and slow down any hope of a democratic transition in the country. The joint statement seems to be in

On Monday, it was announced that a Liberian doctor who received one of the last known doses of an experimental Ebola drug has died. The drug, known as ZMapp, has only been used by six people. Health experts have cautioned that it is still unknown if the

“The physical exhaustion and emotional fatigue that come with caring for patients infected with Ebola may further increase the chance of an inadvertent exposure to bodily fluids on the outside of the” personal protective equipment, wrote Dr. William A. Fisher II of the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, along with Drs. Trish Perl and Noreen Hynes of Johns Hopkins University. “In addition, the impulse to wipe away sweat in the ever-present hot, humid environment” after taking off some gear and before washing up, could be enough to contract the virus, they added.

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Shabbos & Weekday Pants & Leggings gg gs In a desperate attempt to prevent the world’s deadliest outbreak of Ebola from crossing its borders, Ivory Coast has shut land borders with neighboring Guinea and Liberia. The government said its decision was based on the rapid spread of the virus in their territory, in Western Africa. Ivory Coast is one of West Africa’s largest economies. “Faced with new outbreak sites and the reactivation of old sites...the Ivorian government decides to close its land borders with sister republics Guinea and Liberia,” said a statement read on stateowned television late on Friday. Because of the epidemic, the World Health Organization (WHO) has enacted restrictions on travel to and from the countries where Ebola has appeared, which include Sierra Leone and Nigeria. Last week, the Philippines commanded their 115 troops to return home from peacekeeping operations in Liberia due to the outbreak. According to Moses Massaquoi, the head of Ebola case management at Liberia’s health ministry, 65 cases including 25 confirmed patients have now been reported there. Ebola has killed 1,427 people out of 2,615 known cases identified since the West Africa outbreak was first identified in Guinea in March.

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The Week At Least 500 Britons Fighting for ISIS

After the murder of American journalist James Foley in the ISIS video was discovered to be a native Brit, Britain said it plans to now put tougher measures into place to combat British Islamist militants. British Muslims and politicians have expressed shock, horror, and disbelief that the incident involves a Briton. This highlights a rising concern about the number of Islamist militants from Britain joining conflicts overseas and then returning home radicalized. Authorities are working tirelessly to capture the man who has been dubbed “Jihadi John,” who is suspected to have

beheaded James Foley; there is speculation that he belonged to a group nicknamed the “Beatles” who guarded hostages in Raqqa, the Islamic State stronghold in eastern Syria. Britain’s Home Secretary Theresa May said she was preparing new laws to block Islamist militants at home and to prevent them from going abroad to fight, adding that Britain faces a long struggle against a “deadly extremist ideology.” “We will be engaged in this struggle for many years, probably decades. We must give ourselves all the legal powers we need to prevail,” May wrote in the Daily Telegraph newspaper. According to May, at least 500 British citizens have travelled to fight in Syria and Iraq, where ISIS has seized large swathes of territory. Some of the fighters are as young as 16.

186 Malaysia Airlines Workers Resign

In News Citing fears for the safety, nearly 200 cabin crew have resigned from the airline. Prior to this year, the carrier had a good safety record, but following the disappearance of flight MH370 and the shooting down of flight MH17 on July 17 over eastern Ukraine, many have deferred from flying the airline. 537 people, including 27 crew members, were killed in those tragedies. 186 crewmembers have left the carrier in the first seven months of the year—many blaming family pressure prompted by safety concerns. “Following the MH17 incident, there was a spike in crew resignations but the number has now decreased to acceptable and routinely expected levels,” Malaysia Airline said in a statement. “Many cited ‘family pressure’ as the reason for their resignation due to the MH17 and MH370 tragedies.”

This year has been disastrous for Malaysia Airlines, as two of their airliners were struck by tragic circumstances.

Abdul Malek Ariff, secretary-general of the employees union, said some “are now are afraid to fly.” He also said crew shortages were forcing staff to work up to 12 hours a day. The ailing airline is in the midst of being taken private by sovereign wealth fund Khazanah Nasional as part of an expected major overhaul. Khazanah is expected this week to announce a series of restructuring measures including job cuts and axing of unprofitable international routes.

Israel College Programs Closed During Conflict Seven U.S. colleges and universities have suspended their foreign study programs in Israel. The conflict in Gaza has been the reason provided by all these institutions for shutting the programs down, even though they are not located near the immediate battle regions. Yehuda Lukacs, director of the Center for Global Education at George Ma-

son University in Virginia, argued, “On the one hand, we want to introduce students to the dimensions of conflict. But this was too much because their safety and security were challenged.” In addition to George Mason University, Claremont McKenna College in California, UMass Amherst, the University of Iowa, UMass Amherst, New York University, Trinity College in Hartford, Michigan State and Penn State have also suspended their Israel programs.

The schools’ officials in Israel have told reporters that they were not concerned about the war even after Israel had begun its ground assault on Gaza. What changed everything was the Federal Aviation Administration’s July 22 temporary ban on U.S. airlines landing in Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv after a rocket exploded nearby. “With an airport closed for more than 24 hours, we don’t want students stuck,” said Lisa Sapolis, director of Trinity’s Office of Study Away. During the temporary ban, the airport still remained open and flights from non-American airlines still continued. Jonathan Sarna, president of the Association for Jewish Studies, thinks the universities may have overreacted, seeing as Israel defended itself nicely against Hamas rockets with its Iron Dome defense system. “There are huge gaps between perceptions of safety and reality,” said Sarna, also a professor at Brandeis University near Boston, which did not suspend its summer program in Israel.

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Even so, Mashaal admitted that Hamas has a â&#x20AC;&#x153;problemâ&#x20AC;? directing its strikes at military targets only. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We do not have sophisticated weapons. We do not have the weapons available to our enemy â&#x20AC;Ś so aiming is difficult â&#x20AC;Ś We promise that if we get more precise weapons, we will only target military targets,â&#x20AC;? he said. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been quick to point out the similarities between the tactics and objectives of the two organizations, recently stating, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hamas is like ISIS, ISIS is like Hamas.â&#x20AC;? Israel launched Operation Protective Edge on July 8 to stop indiscriminate rocket fire by Gaza terror groups on Israeli cities and to destroy a network of tunnels that infiltrated into Israel, which have been used in deadly terror attacks. More than 2,000 people have been killed in Gaza since last month. Israel says 750-1,000 of the dead are Hamas and other gunmen. Hamas is blamed for all civilian fatalities, since Hamas sets up its rocket-launchers and tunnel openings in Gaza neighborhoods and uses Gazans as â&#x20AC;&#x153;human shields,â&#x20AC;? preferring to have its citizens killed to help garner sympathy from the media. Israel has lost 64 soldiers and four civilians in the fighting. Hamas has fired over 3,500 rockets at Israel, including some 600 from close to schools, mosques and other civilian facilities, the Israeli army says.

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The Week in an airstrike likely guided by collaborators. In one incident, a very public firing squad killed seven masked people in front of a popular mosque. A note on the wall said they had leaked information about the location of tunnels, homes of fighters, and rockets that were later struck by Israeli fire. The conflict’s most recent escalation came three days after Israel-Hamas truce talks collapsed in Cairo. At the talks, Hamas had rejected an Egyptian proposal under which Israel would gradually ease its border blockade of Gaza in exchange for a period of extended quiet. But Hamas said Israel offered nothing specific, and says it will only halt fire if Israel and Egypt agree to open Gaza’s borders to trade and travel. The border blockade was imposed in 2007, after the violent Hamas takeover of Gaza. Israel has said it cannot lift the closure unless Hamas stops trying to smuggle or manufacture weapons and agrees to disarm, a demand the Islamic militants have rejected. Mahmoud Zahar, a Hamas leader in Gaza, said that Hamas would also reject any U.N. Security Council resolution that seeks to disarm the group. Britain, Germany and France are working on a cease-fire resolution that calls for opening Gaza’s borders in exchange for restoring the rule of Western-backed President Mahmoud Abbas’ Palestinian Authority in Gaza. Abbas lost control of Gaza in the Hamas takeover. Even after Israel’s withdrawal from Gaza in 2005, Israel’s Shin Bet security service continued to run a network of informers. Hamas media said the executions this week signaled the start of a new crackdown, under the rallying cry of “choking the necks of the collaborators.” It was the largest number of suspected informers killed in a single day under Hamas rule. It has been made known in Gaza that suspects would now be dealt with “in the field” rather than in the courts in order to create deterrence. Even so, Hamas said it would not release the names of those killed because it wanted to protect the reputation of their families. Hamas media reported that after the public killings, several suspected collaborators “surrendered to the resistance and declared that they repented.” No other details were provided. These killings marked the third time since the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war six weeks ago that Hamas announced the murders of alleged collaborators.

In News 4-Year-Old Daniel Tregerman Killed by Rocket Fire

Daniel Tregerman, who was only four-years-old, is the first Israeli child to be killed since the beginning of Operation Protective Edge. Daniel was struck by mortar fired from Gaza in his kibbutz in the Sha’ar HaNegev Regional Council on Friday. The Tregermans had left their home in the south due to constant rocket fire from Gaza. But they had returned just a few days before the attack, partly on the promise of security officials who announced that residents in the south would be safe. On Friday, the whole family was home when the mortar attack occurred. The parents had been making plans about leaving the kibbutz later in the day as the children were playing nearby. But then, the siren sounded, and the Gila and Doron leapt into action, grabbing their two youngest children to the safety of the shelter. Daniel was still outside, and the mortar critically wounded him. Gila, Daniel’s mother, spoke at the levaya and poignantly related, “Daniel, my sweetheart, I cannot believe I am here now, saying goodbye. We were the happiest family in the world, and I just cannot come to grips with it. We wanted to say thanks, you taught us how to love and you gave us some much joy.” The mother cried, “I find solace in the fact that you were a loved and happy child until your last minute. We wanted to protect you but even the code red siren failed to save you. You would always run first and call your little brother [to the shelter] and then in a second, it ended.” “We don’t want to say goodbye. You are the love of my life, the perfect child, every parent’s dream: Smart, sensitive, ahead of his age group and beautiful, so beautiful,” the distraught mother sobbed. President Reuven Rivlin also attended the ceremony, and said, “We dread-

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ed the moment more than anything. We saw preschools suffer hits and abandon bikes and we knew the terrorists have no regard for the blood of their children would not spare our own. He was too young to cross the street by himself because it was dangerous, but old enough to know what the Code Red siren means because that too is dangerous; he was still learning the alphabet but knew the difference between a shelter and mortar, between an interception and a hit, between birds chirping and the rockets shrieking.” Rivlin continued, “I think of a flower growing here, with its stem being cut. Cut by an evil hand, cutting a life and smile that will never be seen again. I think of a mother and father, and brother and sister who lost their sibling, their son. They lost you, Daniel, the most precious of things in the world.” “We are with you in deep mourning,” said Alon Shuster, head of the Sha’ar Hanegev Regional Council at the funeral. “Here in this painful place, we are waiting for another day, a day where children can play in their yard and bomb shelters can be just another room. So many children made it to the bomb shelter and Daniel didn’t make it; we will do all that we can so that life will go on.”

Iran Claims it Downed Israeli Drone

On Monday, Iranian state TV showed a crash scene that it says is the site of a wrecked Israeli drone that the country shot down near an Iranian nuclear site. The photo prompts questions about how a plane with limited range could have penetrated so deeply and whether it is indeed what Tehran says it is. The brief video showed what the channel described as parts of the battleship-gray drone scattered in an unidentified desert area. The channel identified the unmanned vehicle as a Hermes 450, a known Israeli model. There were no visible Israeli markings on the aircraft in

the footage and Israel has not commented on the matter. The claim comes as Iran negotiates with world powers over its contested nuclear program and Iranian hard-liners press moderate President Hassan Rouhani to demand more concessions before limiting the country’s atomic capabilities. The West suspects Iran’s nuclear program is geared towards building a nuclear weapon. Iran denies the charge, saying its nuclear activities are for peaceful purposes only, such as power generation and medical research. Israel has been outspoken on the matter and has not ruled out taking unilateral military action against Iran’s nuclear facilities. Gen. Amir Ali Hajizadeh, head of the Guard’s airspace division, said, “The operational range of the drone indicates it did not start its flight in Israel but departed from a country in the region,” he said. He added cryptically: “We have some clues.” Iranian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Marzieh Afkham condemned the drone’s presence as a violation of Iranian territorial integrity and said “pursuing the case in legal and international bodies is our right,” the semi-official Fars news agency reported. Hajizadeh said the drone’s range was about 800 kilometers (500 miles) and that it had two front and side cameras capable of providing high-resolution panoramic imaging. Interestingly, the manufacturer of the Hermes 450, Israel-based Elbit Systems, lists its base range as only 300 kilometers (200 miles). It would be hard for Israel to send this drone into Iran. Israel is about 1,000 kilometers (620 miles) away from Iran’s westernmost boundary and Natanz,, where the drone was downed, is about 600 kilometers (370 miles) inland from the closest border point in Iran. Other countries also operate Hermes 450 drones, including Britain, the United States and Azerbaijan, Iran’s neighbor to the north.

National American Journalist James Foley Murdered by ISIS It’s been over a week since ISIS released the gruesome video of James Fo-

In News ley, an American journalist, being murdered in cold blood, and the grisly film has shocked Americans from their usual genial state. In the video, the terrorists address U.S. President Barack Obama and threaten to continue to hurt the American people unless Obama ends military operations in Iraq. Foley is seen on his knees dressed in orange with a man dressed in black from head-to-toe looming beside him. In the start of the video, Foley reads a message obviously penned by his captors. He says that America is the “real killer.” He continues, “I wish I had more time. I wish I could have the hope for freedom to see my family once again.” Foley disappeared on November 22, 2012 in northwest Syria near Turkey’s border. He was forced into a vehicle by gunmen and whisked away. At the time, he was employed by GlobalPost, an online news outlet. Oddly enough, this wasn’t the first time Foley had been kidnapped. In April 2011, he was taken captive in Libya along with three other journalists but was released unharmed six weeks later. After that incident, he

said that what saddened him the most was knowing that he was causing his family to worry.

Following the release of the video, there was much focus on the killer’s British accent and UK officials claim they have identified him. On Tuesday, Diane Foley, James’ mother, took to social media with an emotional statement to praise and mourn her son. “We have never been prouder of our son Jim. He gave his life trying to expose the world to the suffering of the Syrian people,” she said in a post on the Free James Foley Facebook page.

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The Week “We implore the kidnappers to spare the lives of the remaining hostages. Like Jim, they are innocents. They have no control over American government policy in Iraq, Syria or anywhere in the world. We thank Jim for all the joy he gave us. He was an extraordinary son, brother, journalist and person. Please respect our privacy in the days ahead as we mourn and cherish Jim.” The Committee to Protect Journalists estimates there are about 20 journalists missing in Syria, many of them held by ISIS. The ultimate goal of ISIS, which refers to itself as the Islamic State, is to establish an Islamic caliphate that stretches from Syria into Iraq.

ravaged plants, forcing farmers to cut back crop production resulting in fewer places for honeybees to forage. This is the third year of drought in California which has affected many industries and consumers.

Where’s the Honey?

Since the historic drought began, California’s honey crop has fallen sharply from 27.5 million pounds in 2010 to 10.9 million pounds last year, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. “Our honey crop is severely impacted by the drought, and it does impact our bottom line as a business,” said Gene Brandi, a beekeeper in Los Banos, a farming town in California’s Central Valley. More than 80 percent of the state

Honey-lovers are all abuzz about a recent drought in California that is affecting the supply of their sweet condiment. California is usually one of the country’s largest honey producers, with plentiful crops and wildflowers that provide the nectar that bees turn into honey. But unfortunately, the recent lack of rain has

In News is under “extreme” or “exceptional” drought, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor. Governor Jerry Brown has declared a drought emergency, and residents now face fines of up to $500 a day for wasting water. Amelia Barad-Humphries, who owns a restaurant and floral business in Napa Valley, said she’s concerned about the drought’s impact on bees and honey supplies. She said she eats a teaspoon of local honey every day to keep her allergies in check and she relies on bees to pollinate her backyard garden. “We need honeybees for everything,” she said. “People should be paying attention.” In recent years, bee populations worldwide have been decimated by pesticides, parasites and colony collapse disorder, a mysterious phenomenon in which worker bees suddenly disappear. The worldwide shortage of honey has caused honey prices to surge to an alltime high. Over the past eight years, the average retail price for honey has increased 65% from $3.83 to $6.32 per pound, according to the National Honey Board.

MA Residents Open their Wallets Real Wide

We know that Americans like to spend—on food, clothing, the newest gadgets and the latest cars. But where in the U.S. are those who empty their wallets the fastest? Recently, the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) conducted a study to determine which states in the U.S. are home to the biggest spenders. Turns out that we’re all over the map. If you live in Mississippi, you like to hold onto your cash. Residents of Mississippi spend an average of $27,406 per capita—the lowest in the country. But if your address is in Massachusetts, your husband is right—you do spend too much. Massachusetts reported the highest expenditure, at $47,308 per capita in 2012. As might be expected, income is a huge factor in spending power. With the exception of Hawaii and Utah, median

household incomes in all of the lowest-spending states were well below the national median of $51,371. Households in the highest-spending states were all among the highest incomes. Another obvious factor in spending is housing expenses, including rent or mortgage payments. In the high-spending states, residents paid an average of $44,824 on their mortgages in 2012. By contrast, residents in the 10 lowest-spending states paid just over $16,000 for housing. Perhaps less obvious is the relationship between people’s spending habits and their level of education. Six of the states that spent the least also had the lowest percentage of residents with at least a bachelor’s degree. Among the states that spent the most, seven had the highest educational attainment rates in the country. After Massachusetts, residents in Connecticut, North Dakota, and New Jersey spent most freely in the nation. New York came in number five on the list of biggest spenders, with $42,043 of spending per capita. Residents of Arkansas, Nevada, Alabama and Hawaii all spent the most frugally in the nation after those living in Mississippi.

Is ISIS Too Close to Home?

Amid fresh airstrikes against the Islamic State group that has killed thousands and injured countless others, the United States has been trying to leave no stone unturned in searching for local sympathizers of the extremist group. Federal and New Police York Department officials have estimated that at least 100 Americans could be fighting with the Sunni extremists who have seized territory in northern and western Iraq. In April, a Colorado woman and convert to Islam was arrested before she

could travel to Syria to marry a fighter she had met online. More recently, a Texas man who was arrested trying to board a flight to Turkey pleaded guilty to terror charges alleging he wanted to join the group. In a Pentagon news conference, Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey called the Islamic State an “immediate threat,” in part because of the number of Europeans and other foreigners who have traveled to the region to join the group. “And those folks can go home at some point,” he said. An FBI and Homeland Security Department intelligence bulletin issued on Friday said there were no credible or specific threats from the Islamic State against the U.S. homeland. However, it cautioned, “violent extremists who support [the group] have demonstrated the capability to attempt attacks on U.S. targets overseas with little-to-no warning.” NYPD counterterrorism officials, long wary of another al Qaeda strike since the September 11 attacks, have increasingly turned their attention to the Islamic State threat and its efforts to recruit supporters through social media. The group used hash tags like #Be-

wareAmerica and #CalamityWillBefallUS to make threats against the United States, NYPD analyst Rebecca Weiner said at a recent briefing for private security officials. “What we’ve seen in these hashtag campaigns is a lot of pictures of U.S. cities, including New York,” she ominously pointed out.

Infamous Hermit Re-enters Society

Christopher Knight was a loner, a true hermit. For close to thirty years he lived in the woods of Maine, avoiding society and barely having contact with humans. He became known as a legend; some believed he didn’t even exist. He survived brutal winters and long summers and admitted to stealing food from

In News homes and camps in order to survive. David Proulx lives in North Pond, Maine, and over the years, Knight broke into his home 46 times. He would slit the screens of his windows and help himself to packets of chicken, burgers and steak; jars of peanut butter; tanks of propane; and all the batteries he could find. He was picky. He left the tuna. In beer, his taste ran to Budweiser; he skipped the Coors Light. Last fall, after serving seven months in jail for over 1,000 burglaries, Knight, known as the North Pond Hermit, was admitted into a special court program that provides treatment and counseling. He is expected to graduate within the next several months, according to Kennebec County District Attorney Maeghan Maloney. She also said that Knight has a steady job, although she declined to give any more information on that or on where Knight is currently living. “He has been working hard to understand what it takes to become part of society again,” Maloney said Knight told GQ magazine that he does not appreciate the society he is being forced to re-enter. “I don’t think I’m going to fit in,” he said. “It’s too loud.

Too colorful. The lack of aesthetics. The crudeness. The inanities. The trivia.” Knight couldn’t really explain how he ended up in the woods in 1986. He said that it remains a mystery to him but he says he felt “free” during the many years he lived cut off from society. He confessed to more than 1,000 robberies while he lived as a recluse.

Docs: School Should Start Later

Here’s some news for you, kids. On Monday, the American Academy of Pediatrics released a statement recommending that middle and high schools delay the start of classes until after 8:30 a.m.

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one hour later are similar to the increasing grades we see when kids’ parents have more education,” researcher Finley Edwards said in 2012. “When you delay school start times, all these factors improve: less self-reported depression, fewer driving accidents, better grades, better test scores, better attendance,” Owens said. Despite the recommendations, it’s highly improbable that schools will be making the switch. Later start times means later dismissals, and no one wants younger children out later in the day, when it’s dark in the winter season. Perhaps the doctors should have recommended less homework—that’s something kids can cheer about!

Lack of Lotion Causes Commotion Even though the summer is nearly over, this article is an important one. A new report shows that the number of U.S. teenagers using sunscreen has dropped nearly 12 percent in the last decade. During that same time period,

In News the number of teens using indoor tanning beds barely decreased. Both indoor tanning and failure to use sunscreen increase the risk of skin cancers, including deadly melanomas, the researchers noted.

“Unfortunately, we found a decrease in the overall percentage of teens who reported wearing sunscreen, from 67.7 percent in 2001 to 56.1 percent in 2011,” said lead researcher Corey Basch, an associate professor in the department of public health at William Paterson University in Wayne, N.J. “Using sun-protective behaviors like applying sunscreen and avoiding intentional exposure to tanning devices will be key [to lowering cancer risk],” she added. Dr. Jeanine Daly, a dermatologist at North Shore-LIJ, said she was surprised at the drop in sunscreen use despite all the warnings about UV exposure leading to skin cancer. “It’s still in vogue to have that suntanned color,” she pointed out. Daly thinks that the message that sun exposure can lead to skin cancer is still not getting through, especially to young girls. “No matter how hard we’ve been trying to get that message out, we need to keep at it and work harder,” she said. “The bottom line is that skin cancer is largely preventable.” The best sunscreens are those that protect against both UVA and UVB rays. “Both are involved in skin cancer,” Daly said. An effective sunscreen should contain a physical sunscreen such as zinc or titanium dioxide and a chemical sunscreen. “The best sunscreen is one that contains zinc, because it covers both UVA and UVB rays,” Daly said. “The most important thing to remember about sunscreen is that it doesn’t last very long,” she added. Sunscreen needs to be applied every two hours. In addition, it takes a lot of sunscreen to be fully protected, Daly explained. “The average tube of sunscreen is usually only four to six ounces – that should last maybe a day at the beach, but for a lot of people it lasts the entire season. We are just not using enough,” she added.

American Ebola Survivors Go Home

After nearly three weeks of treatment, the two American aid workers who were infected with the deadly Ebola virus in Africa have been discharged from an Atlanta hospital. Their release poses no public health risk, Dr. Bruce Ribner of Emory University Hospital stressed. Dr. Kent Brantly, 33, and Nancy Writebol, 59, show no evidence of Ebola, and generally patients do not relapse and are not contagious once they’ve recovered, said Ribner, director of the hospital’s infectious disease unit. At a news conference, Brantly, who held hands with his wife, said, “Today is a miraculous day.” Nancy Writebol, 59, who was also released, said in a statement that she was free of the virus but in a weakened condition and was recuperating at an undisclosed location. Both were infected while working at a missionary clinic outside Liberia’s capital. Brantly said he and his family first got word of the outbreak in March and “began preparing for the worst.” He said the hospital where he was working got its first Ebola patient in June, and then the number of patients increased steadily. Health workers took precautions, Brantly said, but on July 23, “I woke up feeling under the weather, and then my life took an unexpected turn as I was diagnosed with Ebola virus disease.” He had taken his wife and children to the airport three days earlier. Meanwhile, he said, he got sicker and weaker by the day. Brantly was flown out of Liberia on August 2, and Writebol followed August 5. At the news conference, Brantly choked up several times while thanking his aid group, North Carolina-based Samaritan’s Purse, and the Emory medical team. He and his wife hugged the medical staff and joked with them. Several blinked back tears, then cheered and applauded as the couple made their way from the room. Brantly said he and his family would be going away as he continues to recover. Brantly and Nancy Writebol reContinued on page 34

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The justice system is run by humans, leaving room for error. Unfortunately, there are thousands of criminals running free and there are many innocent people sitting in prison for crimes they didn’t commit. At the young age of 21, Jabbar Collins was accused of murdering Abraham Pollack, an Orthodox rabbi who had been collecting rent at a Brooklyn building. He was sent to prison in March 1995 for the February 1994 murder after witnesses claim they saw Collins fleeing the scene. While in prison, Collins studied law, and learned that one of the witnesses retracted his testimony before the trial, but his defense lawyer was never notified. Police authorities noted that the witness said he signed under duress to avoid being charged in another case. Collins also discovered other inconsistencies, so he appealed his case. In 2010, he was exonerated at the age of 38. Just last week, Collins “settled his lawsuit against the City of New York for $10 million,” his attorney, Joel Rubin, said in a statement. Previously, Collins

In News had settled an unjust conviction lawsuit with the State of New York for $3 million. Both the city and the state agreed to a settlement to avoid a trial. US District Judge Dora Irizarry vacated his conviction due to pervasive misconduct by the office of District Attorney Charles Hynes, which she termed “shameful.” Since leaving prison, Collins has worked as a paralegal at his lawyer’s office, “but now has plans to take a lengthy leave of absence and then to enter the ministry,” Rubin’s statement said. “He plans to continue his work in wrongful conviction cases.”

Airlines May Say No to Nuts About 15 million Americans have some sort of food allergy, and somewhere between 150 and 200 individuals die each year in the U.S. specifically from an allergic reactions to nuts. Victims have just a few minutes to get medical attention before a reaction can become fatal. If an individual develops an allergic reaction at 30,000 feet in the air, it can be life-threatening. Recently, two young girls had severe anaphylactic reactions to nuts mid-air in two separate incidents, sparking a debate on banning nuts on all flights. While many airlines no longer serve peanuts, they do allow passengers to eat nuts inflight. But they are willing to make special arrangements for passengers with allergies, if possible. Still, “there are no federal guidelines for airlines” when it comes to accommodating the safety of passengers with nut allergies, says Lianne Mandelbaum, the mother of a child with a nut allergy and founder of the website, NoNutTraveler. com. Therefore, each airline has the liberty to enforce their own policies. Mandelbaum is working to get federal guidelines in place.

“We are asking for the ability to preboard and wipe down the seat,” explains Mandelbaum. “We also want it to be standard that once they are informed of

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board—she simply wants fair and sensitive policies in place across all commercial airlines. She began her mission after a traumatic experience with her 9-yearold son last summer. “We were waiting in the airport to fly home from vacation on United, so I asked to pre-board so I could wipe down my son’s seat, and I asked them to make an announcement about his allergy,” says Mandelbaum. She says her

In News requests are usually respected and met with people eager to help out but instead the airline manager said — in front of her young child — “If you think he’s going to die, don’t get on the plane.” Rahsaan Johnson, a spokesperson for United Airlines, denies that the incident took place, “Flight attendants, whose primary role is customer safety, are happy to mention to customers that there is a fellow traveler onboard with

a peanut allergy. Because no airline can guarantee that an aircraft will be free of particular allergens, we urge any customer with a severe allergy to discuss options and alternatives with a medical professional.” Flight attendants are forbidden from using the epinephrine (Epi-pen) without a doctor onboard. Mandelbaum’s suggestion to parents of children with allergies: “Make an informed decision before you purchase that plane ticket. Forewarned is forearmed.”

Al Qaeda Lists Las Vegas as Prime Target

The intention of terrorists is to evoke terror. In a chilling new revelation, Metro police have confirmed that al Qaeda leaders are encouraging lone jihadists to target Las Vegas for terror attacks. The information is based on a recent publication, Palestine, which names the city as a top spot to strike. “It’s just a suggestive rhetoric to those who subscribe to violent jihadists ideologies,” said Lt. Nichole Splinter with the Southern Nevada Counter-Terrorism Unit, in an effort to calm readers. He said it’s not uncommon for these types of publications to suggest names of target cities. “It does not, however, interpret there is any planning or operational phases that have been identified,” Splinter pointed out. “We have thousands of trained personnel in our community and staff on the Strip that remain vigilant,” Splinter added. Doron Benbenisty, the owner of Counter Terrorism Training School, said, “The population [of Las Vegas] is very dense. The Strip is the lifeline of the city, they know. What’s the purpose of terrorists, besides killing people? It’s disrupting our way of life.” “Preparing, being proactive, that’s the key role that needs to be played to prevent that,” Benbenisty said. If you find yourself in the City of Lights, make sure to say something if you see something suspicious. Continued on page 36

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Early Sunday morning, at 3:20am, many Northern Californians got a huge jolt—literally. A 6.0 magnitude earthquake struck the San Francisco Bay Area causing lots of damage, igniting fires, knocking down tens of thousands of people’s power lines, and critically injuring six. This was the largest earthquake in the region in the last 25 years. The earthquake hit about 6 miles from the city of Napa. Water mains were ruptured as well as gas lines, which seriously injured two adults and one child. The quake was felt widely throughout the region. People reported feeling it more than 200 miles south of Napa and as far east as the Nevada border. The depth of the earthquake was just less than 7 miles, and numerous small aftershocks have occurred, the USGS said. “A quake of that size in a populated area is of course widely felt throughout that region,” said Randy Baldwin, a geophysicist with the U.S. Geological Survey in Golden, Colorado. One witness described screaming out for her two children in the dark as her home shook violently. She spoke to the media in flip-flops that showed off her bloodied feet, saying, “It was shaking and I was crawling on my hands and knees in the dark, looking for them.” At an afternoon press conference, officials at Napa’s Queen of the Valley hospital said that 120 individuals had been treated, with six patients injured critically. Pacific Gas and Electric spokesman J.D. Guidi said close to 30,000 lost power right after the quake hit. Crews were working to make repairs, but it was unclear when electricity would be restored. California Governor Jerry Brown declared a state of emergency for southern Napa County, directing state agencies to respond with equipment

and personnel. Napa Fire Department Operations Chief John Callanan said the city has exhausted its own resources trying to extinguish six fires, some in places with broken water mains; transporting injured residents; searching homes for anyone who might be trapped; and answering calls about gas leaks and downed power lines.

In News The last time the region was struck with such a strong earthquake was in 1989 when a 6.9 Loma Prieta quake struck the area on October 17 during a World Series game between the San Francisco Giants and the Oakland Athletics. During that disaster, the Bay Bridge roadway collapsed, killing more than 60 people.

Another Brooklyn Bridge Climber On Sunday, a New York City man decided to see New York from a different stance. He climbed to the top of the Brooklyn Bridge, snapped photos with

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lice said. Sunday’s climb comes weeks after another high-profile stunt on the bridge, when someone swapped out two American flags with white flags on top of the bridge. Two German artists have claimed to have carried out that stunt. Seems like the Brooklyn Bridge is on everyone’s summer bucket list.

In News ly to center their [summer beauty routines] around lightening and brightening,” as explained in the CR Fashion Book editorial, preserving a porcelain skin tone. “A tan does not signify a chic trip to Capri, but it could mean hours of hard labor spent out in the harsh sun” where overexposed skin bears wrinkles and sunspots.

That’s Odd Yaroslav Kolchin, 24, faces charges including criminal trespass and reckless endangerment for the afternoon stunt that occurred as the iconic bridge linking Brooklyn and Manhattan was packed with tourists. He ascended a support beam connected to the tower on the Brooklyn side of the bridge, which stands about 276 feet (84 meters) above water, the New York City Police Department said. The incident prompted a response from police teams on the ground as well as from the harbor and aviation unit. The suspect reached the top of the tower where he walked back and forth and “took photos with his iPhone,” po-

Fashion’s Newest Accessory: the Facekini Want to be part of the hottest trend in beachwear? Try on the new facekini. Believe it or not, Chinese beachgoers are donning this nylon head mask that protects the face from the harmful rays of the sun. Only the eyes, nose and mouth are visible from beneath the fullface mask. The facekini is just one of the many sun-protecting trends born in the East, where “beauty-seekers are more like-

Even in America, women have become more concerned about possible skin cancers and melanoma due to overexposure to the sun. 80 percent of skin aging is a result of UV rays. Melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer, has seen a 200 percent increase in cases since 1973. Despite the risk to the sun’s rays, most Americans are shunning the facekini and instead layering sunscreen and donning sunhats to prevent sun exposure. I, for one, will keep applying that SPF 50—and keep my facekini in the back of my drawer—until it’s time for Purim.

Paying it Forward 378 Times

Want free coffee? Well, you can have it, if you pay for your friend’s coffee instead. At approximately 7am on Wednesday of last week, a woman in her mid60’s ordered an iced coffee from a Starbucks drive-thru in St. Petersburg, Fl. She was the start of a trend that kept giving almost 400 times when she offered to pay for the caramel macchiato ordered by the person behind her in line. For the next 11 hours, 378 customers followed suit, “paying it forward” for the people behind them. “It was a pleasant surprise,” Melissa

Garrand told Bay News 9. “Everybody likes their coffee paid for. So, it was nice.” When customers pulled up to the window to pick up their orders, they were surprised to hear that their drinks were already paid for and asked if they would return the favor. 378 consecutive customers did, shattering the store’s previous record of 141. According to the Times, the chain was broken shortly after 6 p.m., when “customer No. 379 — a woman in a white Jeep Commander — pulled into the drive-through and ordered a regular coffee.” When she was asked if she wanted to participate, she declined, “saying she just wanted to pay for her $2.25 drink and not someone else’s.” What a stick in the mud. According to the barista, “It appeared the woman didn’t understand the concept of paying it forward.” While impressive, the Florida store’s pay-it-forward streak is nothing compared to the one that started last year at the Starbucks on the Berlin Turnpike in Newington, Connecticut, on December 24. In that “giving” event, 1,468 customers “paid it forward” during a run that lasted more than four days. I’ll pay it forward but just make sure you don’t order the most expensive drink on the menu.

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Steve Jobs may have died 3 years ago, but his words live on in every Mac ever made. It turns out that there’s a small piece of the late Apple co-founder in every Mac computer. Many have said that Jobs’ most influential and amazing speech was the commencement speech he gave in 2005 at Stanford University — and as it turns out, you just need to turn on your computer to read his powerful words. Simply press Command + Shift + G while in Finder to open the Go To Folder box, and then paste the following path: /Applications/Pages.app/Contents/Resourc-

es/. In this folder you’ll see a file called Apple.txt. Open it and you’ll see Jobs’ speech. “I am honored to be with you today at your commencement from one of the finest universities in the world. I never graduated from college. Truth be told, this is the closest I’ve ever gotten to a college graduation. Today I want to tell you three stories from my life. That’s it. No big deal. Just three stories” is how the speech commenced. He ended off with the words: “Stay hungry. Stay foolish. And I have always wished that for myself. And now, as you graduate to begin anew, I wish that for you. Stay hungry. Stay foolish. Thank you all very much.”

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Those heading to Pebble Beach’s Car Week, may be surprised to see some of the worst cars in America just down the road. The Concours d’LeMons has been billed as “an ugly oil stain on Pebble Beach Car Week,” and it provides a necessary antidote to the wealth and pomposity elsewhere, featuring cars that no one wants but their owners — and even their owners don’t want them that much. Walking around LeMons is fun— well, as much fun as you can have staring at really bad cars. Want to see an Edsel station wagon? A 1973 Acoma Mini Comtesse? This is the place to be to see the worse the car industry has to offer. “It’s always good to have a car in the family that nobody else is willing to drive,” declared Monterey resident Arthur Simons as he sat next to his 1982 Volvo station wagon, painted orange, yellow, green and blue with a full human skeleton in the passenger seat. “I bought this one about 13 years ago for $900 at Curly’s Barbecue Stand in Seaside, and it’s the second-fastest car I’ve ever owned. The only one that was faster was an Oldsmobile with a 455 four-barrel. It got seven miles per gal-

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For years, Barack Obama has been hanging out on Tiffany Bruce’s porch. He’s chilling—with his legs crossed and his arm draped over the back of the bench. The Bear Creek, Pennsylvania, resident bought this life-sized statue of the president for just $1,249 and he’s been gracing her home—and her neighborhood—until a few days ago, when the commander-in-chief decided to take a walk. “I peeked my head out the door and Obama’s gone and I kind of went into a panic. I couldn’t breathe, and I had to go to the hospital,” Tiffany related. Thankfully, it seems that those who stole the president took him to another location where they thought he’d have a bit more fun. The occupant of the White House was found at the Francis E. Walter Dam—with a six-pack of Twisted Tea and some cigarettes. When she heard that her Obama was safe and sound—and maybe even more relaxed—Tiffany admitted she was re-

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Think Manhattan prices are expensive? Think again. Sun Hung Kai Properties is offering a super-deluxe house on The Peak for HK$175,735 per square foot. If it fetches that amount, it will be the world’s most expensive home in terms of price per square foot. The house is one of 12 that was listed—the priciest is going for HK$819.1 million. For that kind of money, there’s a

lot that the future owner will enjoy. The house has a saleable area of 4,661 sq. ft., a 4,478 sq. ft. garden, a private pool, a 273 s.q ft. terrace, a 813 sq ft rooftop and 917 sq. ft. of car parking space. It also comes with a 220 sq. ft. air-conditioning plant room. That is not far short of the HK$880 million billionaire Cecil Chao Sze-tung was asking for his office headquarters building, the 32-storey Cheuk Nang Plaza at 250 Hennessy Road in Wan Chai, when he put it up for sale earlier this week. The most expensive home in the city is House 10 at Skyhigh on Pollock’s Path, which measures 5,989 sq ft and fetched HK$800 million, or HK$133,578 per saleable square foot, in June 2011. The second-priciest home is a 5,145 sq. ft. house at 3 Gough Hill Road, which was sold in February of this year for HK$650 million, or HK$126,336 per sq. ft.

Haute Hot Dog Generally, a hot dog with the works at a ballgame may run you a few bucks, but if you’re downing a hot dog from the food truck Tokyo Dog in Seattle, you’ll have to shell out lots of cash. The 12-inch smoked cheese

In News bratwurst is topped with butter-teriyaki grilled onions, maitake mushrooms, wagyu beef, foie gras, shaved black truffles, caviar and Japanese mayo on a brioche bun. Yum! What does this fancy frank cost the inspired eater? A whopping $169.

“It’s savory. It has fabulous flavors. It’s an amazing hot dog,” Tokyo Dog co-owner Eugene Woo praises. “Our buyers loved it. They think it’s the best hot dog they’ve ever had.” It better be—at that price it’s the world’s priciest hot dog. Alan Chang of California was the first person of five to officially buy the hot dog. At $169, that’s a grand total of $1,014 that Woo said went entirely

to the Red Cross. Future buyers of the hot dog can get in on the good cause as long as they provide two weeks’ notice to the food truck. You mean people in Seattle don’t eat this every day?! “The previous [Guinness World] record was $145.49 – sold by a hot dog manager in California – and we thought it would be fun to break that record and bring it home,” Woo said. “It’s also for fundraising. We gave away every single penny to the Red Cross.” Fast food is quickly becoming fancy. This hot dog joins the ranks of other foods that hold titles in their own categories, like the world’s most expensive pizza in London at Maze restaurant, which, at $178, is a thin-crust, wood fire-baked pizza topped with onion puree, white truffle paste, fontina cheese, baby mozzarella, pancetta, cep mushrooms, wild mizuna lettuce and rare Italian white truffle shavings. That pizza may hold Guinness’ official title, but it doesn’t mean it’s actually the world’s most expensive. (It can take around a year and lots of paperwork for a restaurant to apply and receive the title from Guinness.) Steveston Pizza in Canada tops their pricey pie – at $720 plus tax – with lobster, smoked black Alaskan Cod, smoked British Columbia steelhead salmon, creme fraiche, Russian caviar and white truffle carpaccio. “I think records are meant to be broken. For us, it’s the experience [of] going through and getting this Guinness World Record award,” Woo said. “Eventually, someone is going to break it again.”

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This Monday, Labor Day, Annual Ner Israel Breakfast to be Held at Bobker Home The entire community is invited to Hayeshiva, Rabbi Yaakov Yitzchok the annual Breakfast for the Ner Israel Ruderman, continues to grow. PresentRabbinical College on Monday, Labor ly, there are 270 yungeleit in the Kollel. Day, September 1 at the The yeshiva at 360 home of Joe and Miriand the Israel Henry am Bobker, 189 WildaBeren High School at cre in Lawrence. This is 255 are at capacity as the second year that the every dormitory room is Bobker family has hostfull. A unique feature of ed this annual event. The Ner Israel is that all unBobkers’ sons, Eli, Avi, married students live on Benny, and Dovi, are campus and this contriball alumni of the yeshiutes greatly to the impact va and have maintained of the yeshiva on their strong ties over the lives. years, as have many othSpeaking at the Rabbi Sheftel Neuberger er talmidim who live in breakfast will be Rabbi the Five Towns. SchedSheftel Neuberger and uled to begin at 9:30, the Bobkers look Rabbi Tzvi Berkowitz. Rabbi Sheftel forward to greeting you personally. Neuberger, as president of the yeshiThis past week was the first week va, carries the full financial responsiof the new zman semester. Ner Israel’s bility for the yeshiva. He shares, “As three divisions are comprised of al- our campus ages gracefully, we have most 900 students. The Kollel Avodath continued our program to renovate and Levi, in memory of the founding Rosh upgrade our physical facilities. This

is a multi-year undertaking. At the Neuberger, whose vision led to the start of this new school year, we have growth and expansion of Ner Israel for completely renovated and refurbished close to 50 years. The annual operating the Ezras Nashim and budget of Ner Israel is it is being dedicated as $12,000,000. the Sharabi Beit HameThe guest speaker at drash through the genthis Monday’s Breakerous support of Elliot fast will be Rabbi Tzvi Sharabi. The 12th grade Berkowitz. Rav Tzvi, as dormitory has also been he is known, is the secompletely redone. This nior maggid shiur in the follows the renovation yeshiva. He maintains of the ninth grade dorm extensive relationships last year and leaves two with present and former other wings for future talmidim. Many of his improvement. The kitchstudents live in the Five Rabbi Tzvi Berkowitz en and dining facilities Towns and look forward were designed for an for this opportunity to enrollment far smaller than the current speak with their rebbe. one and, in the future, will be upgraded The yeshiva greatly appreciates to accommodate the needs of today’s the many friends and supporters in the students.” community who enable us to meet the Rabbi Sheftel Neuberger carries on challenge. the legacy of his legendary father, Rabbi Herman N.

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Young Israel of Kew Gardens Hills Melavah Malka to Benefit Community of Eli in the Shomron The Young Israel of Kew Gardens Hills, under the leadership of Rabbi Yoel Schonfeld, will host a Melavah Malka on Motzaei Shabbos, September 13, at 9:30pm to benefit the community of Eli in the Shomron. Eli was established on September

11, 1984. It is located in the Binyamin region 40 minutes from Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, a neighboring settlement to Shilo. The residents of Eli and Shilo are motivated by their fervent devotion to reestablishing Jewish life in the area where the Mishkan stood for 369 years

after the Jews entered Eretz Yisroel. Eli consists of nine neighborhoods located among breathtaking hilltops, housing 1,000 families. Funds raised will go towards the construction of “Olamot” Center, the new community center in Eli dedicated to the memory of five residents of Eli who fell courageously defending Israel. A video will be shown and Miriam Peretz will speak. A resident of Eli, Miriam lost her two sons who were officers in “Sayeret Golani” - Lieutenant Uriel Peretz obm who was killed in battle in Lebanon in 1998 and Major Eliraz Peretz obm who was a married father of four when he was killed shortly before Pesach in 2010, while heading into combat against terrorists in the Gaza Strip. Miriam, a national supervisor for the Ministry of Education, is an exceptional woman who was chosen to light the torch this year at Israel’s Independence Day ceremony at Mt. Herzl. She has written a best-selling book, Shirat Mir-

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Massive Press Conference Highlights Concerns over Missing American Student in Israel Amid growing concerns over the fate of Aaron Sofer, an American citizen who went missing in Israel on Friday afternoon, a press conference was held in Aaron’s hometown, Lakewood, NJ. Aaron Sofer, 23, is studying in a yeshiva in Israel. While walking with a friend on Friday in the Jerusalem Forest, the two lost contact with each other and Aaron never emerged from the forest. A massive search has been underway since then, yielding no results. Tuesday marks the fourth day since his disappearance, with the prospects of his safe return growing slimmer with passing time. The conference took place on the steps of Lakewood’s Town Hall and was attended by dozens of members of the media and of the Sofer family and addressed by numerous state and local elected officials. With the world-famous Lakewood Yeshivah on its final day of summer break, hundreds of students and community members attended the conference as well to show their support and solidarity for Aaron and the Sofer family. As the crowds swelled and the heat intensified, a number of young yeshivah men circulated among the reporters, handing out water bottles.

Lakewood Mayor Menashe Miller spoke first, apprising the audience of the circumstances surrounding Aaron’s disappearance. He expressed solidarity with the missing boy and thanked the agencies involved in the search. Lakewood Township Committeeman and Emergency Services Liaison Meir Lichtenstein read aloud a prepared statement from the parents of Aaron, Rabbi and Mrs. Moshe Tzvi and Chulda Sofer, who flew to Israel as soon as they were able, to be on the front lines of the search for their missing son. “We would like to thank everyone for the united effort expended for Aaron’s return,” read the statement. Some of the agencies and organizations the Sofers thanked included: The US Ambassadors, consulate general, Members of Knesset, Zaka, United Hatzalah and especially the Israeli police who are coordinating and expending countless hours on the search. In terms of U.S. officials involved, the Sofers thanked Senators Menen-

dez and Booker, Congressman Smith and staff, the US State Department, the FBI, the Israeli consulate and more. The prepared statement concluded with an appeal for the United States government to throw the full weight of their support and resources behind the search and asked for the community’s continued support and prayer. New Jersey Congressman Chris Smith spoke poignantly of the suffering Aaron’s parents and extended family are currently undergoing and expressed the possible concern that the boy may have been abducted. Smith mentioned the letter he had written to Secretary of State John Kerry exhorting him to take every measure necessary to find the missing American citizen. The congressman also mentioned the thousands of volunteers in Israel who farmed out in search of Aaron. State Senator Robert Singer, representative of the 31st legislative district of which Lakewood is a part, took to the podium and assured the family that no stone will be left unturned in the search for their beloved Aaron. Ocean County Freeholder Gerry Little said, “We are united with the Lakewood community to lend our prayers and support to Aaron and his family and to continue to urge the United States officials and the Israeli officials to do everything they can to find Aaron.” He was followed by Freeholder Director Joseph Vicari, who declared his support for the family as he proclaimed, “The message must be loud and clear: never ever should this happen again. This is no time for excuses; we need a strong commitment from our government that this will stop and will

never ever happen again.” New York Assemblyman Dov Hikind traveled in from Brooklyn and passionately expressed his pain for the family and his message to the Israeli government to “treat Aaron as if he is an Israeli soldier missing!” “As a father and grandfather, I can only imagine what it is like for the Sofer family as their brother has disappeared. It’s been four days already and we are very, very concerned. Time is of the essence and every hour that goes by is reason for greater concern.” A representative and close friend of the family, Rabbi Yisroel Tzvi Serebrowski, a rabbi in Cherry Hill, NJ, spoke on behalf of the Sofers, describing the pain and anguish they are currently enduring. He finished by appealing to the members of the media to tell this story and to tell it well, with a compassionate human touch as dealing with a real person and a real and suffering family. Though the family members present were reluctant to speak to the media, two brothers and a brother-in-law did deliver brief remarks, pleading with anyone who had the wherewithal to “bring back our brother!” As the conference concluded, Mayor Miller thanked all in attendance for their support and announced the launching of a website dedicated to raising funds for the urgent search: www.searchforsofer.com. Tens of thousands of dollars are poured into the search every day, as the government, the family and the many, many volunteers spare no effort to ensure the safe return of Aaron Sofer. Organizers are hoping for a generous outpouring of donations to help them move forward in the search and to set up a reward for information that will lead to Aaron’s return. Please continue to daven for the safe recovery of Aharon ben Chulda.

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Young Israel of West Hempstead to Host Shemita Program Shemita is coming; are you ready? On Sunday morning, September 7, a breakfast symposium on the halachic and historical perspectives of shemita will be held at the Young Israel of West Hempstead beginning at 9:00AM. Speakers will include Rabbi Yosef Efrati, a preeminent authority on agriculture in Eretz Yisroel, Rabbi Chaim Schorr, a renowned maggid shiur and Rabbi Dr. Ari Bergman who among other accom-

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Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder Hosts Lt. Governor Candidate Kathy Hochul for Dinner in the Five Towns Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder was joined by community leaders from Far Rockaway and the Five Towns for dinner at Traditions Restaurant with former Congresswoman and Lt. Governor candidate Kathy Hochul. Important community issues such as Hurricane Sandy recovery, evacuation routes and community safety were discussed with Hochul, who is running together with Governor Andrew Cuomo in the November general election.

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plishments is a professor of Talmud at Columbia University. There is no charge to attend the breakfast and symposium. For further details, please contact Michael Levine at 516-297-1071, mlevine@mcmflaw.com, or Naomi Greenberg at 516-483-8581, solutionize@gmail.com.

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Dirshu’s Bachurim Daf HaYomi B’Halacha Program Takes Camps by Storm By Chaim Gold “It’s a revolution!” exclaimed Rabbi Eliezer Feuer, a learning director and rebbi at Camp Agudah. “When I see young bachurim asking the rebbi a shailah on hilchos Yom Kippur in the middle of a major trip, I realize how effective and powerful being part of Dirshu is for these young talmidim.” Rabbi Menachem Schmelczer, learning director and rebbi at Camp Toras Chaim Tashbar, relates, “I can’t believe the impact Dirshu’s Daf HaYomi B’Halacha Program for Bachurim is making on these kids. After we finish learning that day’s daf, I am surrounded by 13, 14 and 15 year old bachurim asking, kvetching over every word in the Mishna Berurah. Throughout the day, I have been fielding questions on the Daf HaYomi B’Halacha material learned!” Rabbi Schmelczer continued, “Recently, we went on a trip. While watching the boys board the bus, I noticed how the participants in the program invariably brought their Mishna Berurahs along! They are chazering for the test en route to an outing. I had to pinch myself and ask, ‘Is this camp?’” Rabbi Feuer’s and Rabbi Schmelczer’s enthusiasm for Dirshu’s newest program, the Daf HaYomi B’Halacha Camp Program, is contagious. Veteran mechanchim and rabbeim in camps admit that they had not anticipated the tremendous success and colossal impact that being part of a Dirshu program would have on the young, impressionable bachurim. Rav Hofstedter’s Visit Indeed, a glimpse into the deep hakoras hatov that both the leadership of the camps and the bachurim have to Rav Dovid was seen last week when Rav Dovid visited both Camp Agudah and Camp Toras Chaim Tashbar. It was inspiring to watch many bachurim in both camps taking the initiative to go over and thank him for so enriching their ruchniyus throughout the summer. At Camp Toras Chaim over 170 bachurim from the mesivta division gathered in the Bais Medrash where Rav Hofstedter imparted words of chizuk. He said, “The same kol that was heard at Har Sinai exists today, we just have to open our ears. If we want

to do the ratzon Hashem and know what He wants, the Torah is readily available for all of us!” The Appeal That Engendered Success! What is behind the success of this year’s Daf HaYomi B’Halacha Summer Camp Program? According to Dirshu US Director Rabbi Ahron Gobioff, “The Daf HaYomi B’Halacha daily Mishna Berurah program is now in the middle of Chelek Vav that delves into the halachos of Yom Tov. The inception of the summer coincided with the program schedule of learning hilchos Rosh Hashanah. Over the course of the summer, Rosh Hashanah was completed, followed by the halachos of Yom Kippur and most recently, the program embarked on the halachos of Sukkos. The hanhala of Dirshu felt that a steady seder in such relevant, imminent halachos would be a tremendous to’eles for young bachurim aged 14-17. Dirshu’s trademark accountability that enables chazarah and requires testing, seemed the ideal undertaking for a camp limud that could add structure and immeasurably enrich the upcoming Yom Tov for the bachurim, increasing their yedios in halacha and fluency in the sefer Mishna Berurah. “The program began this year with five camps: Camp Agudah, Camp Toras Chaim-Tashbar, Camp Degel HaTorah, Camp Rayim Mesivta and Camp Rayim Junior Staff. The response,” explains Rabbi Gobioff, “has been nothing short of amazing.” An Enriching Experience Dirshu published a special booklet with all of the required learning material and distributed it to the hundreds of bachurim in the program. In addition, Dirshu gives the bachurim weekly chazarah questions with multiple choice answers to assist in their chazarah. The bachurim have enthusiastically taken to the fairly demanding program despite the requisite commitment to learn approximately one page of Mishna Berurah daily, five days a week, with the other two days set aside for chazarah. Rabbi Feuer explains, “The younger

bachurim are given a daily shiur by very talented, engaging maggidei shiur, while the older bachurim learn themselves as chavrusas. It has become a ruchniyusdige status symbol in camp to be part of Dirshu. Dirshu boys are committed to their learning, every day, regardless of what is going on in camp. Their commitment is visible for all to see. The bachurim actually feel very good about the fact that they are part of a worldwide organization that facilitates Torah learning. It is truly wonderful to see how even at difficult times such as Shabbos morning after a quick kiddush and before the seudah, the bachurim flock to learn. The sight of these bachurim coming together following a full day trip after 11:00 PM for the shiur – together with some hot kugel – shows that no matter how tired, they know that just as Dirshu never stops, neither can they!” The Three Prong Benefits of Participation Rabbi Schmelczer, who oversees the Dirshu program in Camp Toras Chaim-Tashbar led by Rabbi Alexander Dembitzer, relates, “I can’t tell you how much and in how many ways the bachurim have been enriched by the Daf HaYomi B’Halacha program in our camp. In our camp we have three different shiurim, one for bachurim entering 9th grade, the second for those entering 10th and another for those entering into 11th.” “Firstly, the bachurim are getting yedios that they would not get otherwise. They really are learning the complex halachos of the Yomim Tovim without skipping, without shortcuts, but rather in a systematic way. That itself gives them a deep sense of accomplishment. The yedios from present day poskim in the Biurim U’musafim, part of the Dirshu Mishna Berurah, brings the Yom Tov into the realm of l’maaseh in a particularly

engaging fashion. As a mechanech, I see another important aspect of this program. The fact that they are learning a considerable amount of Mishna Berurah every day and chazering has really improved their skills in learning classical seforim in Lashon Kodesh. They have become very accustomed to the style of the Mishna Berurah and to learning and understanding Lashon Kodesh. I can’t even describe how this important skill will help them when they return to yeshiva after the summer. “In addition, they are gaining a tremendous amount of general yedios from the program. Some examples are: How does the concept of rov-majority work? What is the concept of ein mevatlin issur l’chatchila – you can’t nullify a prohibition l’chatchila?” Amazingly, all of the participants took the test and the overwhelming majority scored more than 80 points! The Follow-Up: A Sukkos Bein Hazemanim Program! In light of the tremendous success of Dirshu’s camp program, Dirshu will be sponsoring a special program for bachurim this coming Sukkos bein hazemanim. The program will feature the learning of hilchos yeshivas (sitting in a) Sukkah. Shiurim with prominent maggidei shiur will be held in the larger communities. The program will run for three weeks, beginning the day following Yom Kippur until the end of bein hazemanim. The exciting program with incentives will be tailor-made for bachurim who, even more than wanting to learn the halachos of Sukkah, want to know them! If the accomplishments of the summer program is any indication, the new Sukkos bein hazemanim Daf HaYomi B’Halacha Program for Bachurim promises to be a smashing success! Bachurim wishing to join should contact Dirshu at 1-888-5Dirshu.

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5th Annual Cross River Bank Golf & Tennis Outing to Benefit Madraigos On Monday, August 18th, Cross River Bank held its Fifth Annual Golf and Tennis Outing to benefit Madraigos at Trump National Golf Club of Westchester. Known for its challenging course, spectacular grounds, and majestic waterfall on the 13th green, it proved to be the perfect backdrop for a beautiful day of golf, tennis, and networking. For the fourth consecutive year, the event was sold-out for golf and tennis a month before the event. Madraigos was thrilled to be selected once again by Gilles Gade and the Board of Directors of Cross River Bank to be the sole beneficiary of this most successful outing. Madraigos owes a sincere debt of gratitude to Cross River Bank for their extreme generosity and genuine vote of confidence. Madraigos also has profound thanks to those who very generously participated in the outing. Major event sponsors include Harborview Capital Partners, Infinity Land Services, Omni Health, Wachtel Missry, Beechwood Capi-

tal Group, Sunspire Health, Riverside Abstract, Saxony Title, Madison Title, Greensky, and SBA Loan Group. Guests began arriving well before 9 AM, as many people were eager to use the grounds, tour the clubhouse, and enjoy the generous giveaways that Madraigos presented to each registered golfer and tennis player. The Premium Giveaway, the JBL Shadow Charge Speaker, sponsored by Infinity Land Services, was a huge hit with everyone. The golf umbrella, Hawke active wear, and Weatherproof jacket were huge hits as well. The participants were given a gym bag filled with a host of other sponsored items valued at well over $500. The players were delighted when they were also presented with a gift from Trump Golf Club: a gift certificate for the Pro Shop. Vpar live golf scoring, a cutting edge feature, enhanced the experience throughout the day. It enhanced the event with action photos and live stats throughout the day while ensuring ac-

curacy in scoring. Golfers enjoyed the handheld devices and seeing their foursome photos on the large TV leader boards in the clubhouse and on the BBQ. After a delicious breakfast, as the foursomes began to prepare for a competitive day of golf, Bobby Bradley settled in at the 2nd hole, ready to take on anyone who wished to challenge him in a long drive contest. As the ReMax Long Drive Champion, Bradley gladly stepped up to the green to compete with those who wanted to take on the pro. Many tried, but none succeeded, as Bradley capably, and with authority, beat many highly talented golfers. It proved to be quite the excitement for many in attendance. The BBQ lunch, sponsored by Sunspire Health, was underway outside as the shotgun start began on the spacious patio next to the putting green, halfway through the 18-hole course. The golfers drove their golf carts right up to the seating area, and enjoyed the plentiful meats that were grilled to perfection. The aroma was enticing, and the cold drinks and icy refreshments hit the spot. Although the golf and tennis spots were completely sold out, many individuals came to the golf course to enjoy the wonderful day, and to be a part of this spectacular event. Over 100 people arrived solely for cocktails and dinner, where elegant tables were set to accommodate the 250 people who had come together to show their support for Madraigos. Food at the outing was expertly catered by Seasons of Westchester. The dinner, sponsored by Harborview Capital Partners, was plentiful and succulent, stepping it up another notch this year to feature gourmet lamb chops and Peking duck. At the short dinner program, golf awards were presented, trophies were accepted, and the raffles were drawn. Over fifty thousand dollars in donated gifts including electronics, jewelry, trips, and premium sports tickets were given away. Special prizes included an Andrew Lock custom suit, shirt, and tie, and a gift certificate for a foursomes at the Trump National Golf Club in Westchester. David Jasse of DMJ Photo & Video, who sponsored photography for the event, worked hard with his team to get great action shots and capture the magnificent scenery. With DMJ’s creativity and unique style, the outing video will

definitely be a winner. As the day came to a close, golfers, tennis players, and all the guests were already anticipating next year’s outing, with the confidence that it will once again be the most highly anticipated golf event of the season. Rabbi Dov Silver, Founder and Executive Vice President of Madraigos, was grateful. “We are so thankful to Gilles Gade and Cross River Bank who understand and appreciate the need to help empower our youth and give them the skills they need to become the leaders of tomorrow.” Gilles Gade, President and CEO of Cross River Bank, was equally pleased with the event. “It is an honor for Cross River Bank to host this outing to benefit such a worthwhile organization as Madraigos. My business associates, colleagues, and friends were proud to support Madraigos while enjoying a fantastic day of golf, tennis and business networking. It was a very rewarding experience.” “This golf outing exceeded everyone’s expectations, and raised even more than we anticipated,” said Rabbi Josh Zern, Executive Director at Madraigos. “It is important now more than ever, as we look to balance our growing budget to accommodate the expanded list of services and programs that Madraigos offers. We appreciate the generous sponsors and the volunteers who went above and beyond the call of duty, and everyone who came here today in support of Madraigos. We could not provide our life-saving work were it not for each and every person here today. We are very thankful to Gilles Gade and his Board of Directors at Cross River Bank for picking us once again to be the beneficiaries of their event.” Funds raised at the event will assist Madraigos in providing valuable services to our community, including a 24-hour Support Line, Community Education, Crisis Intervention, Case Management, Educational Enhancement Program, The Lounge, Assessments and Referrals, School-Based Services, Shabbatonim, Job Placement Program, Support Groups, and Yom Tov Retreats, including this year’s inspirational Rosh Hashana program which will take place at Hudson Valley Resort in the Catskills. For more information about Madraigos, please visit www.madraigos.org.

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Mr. & Mrs. Abe Belsky and Yoeli Steinberg of Gourmet Glatt hosted a Sunday morning breakfast for Chedvat Ne’urim, an organization that provides education, housing and support for Israeli youth in Yerushalayim. Rabbi Moshe Luz, director, was in attendance. Rabbi Elisha Horowitz gave divrei bracha.

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TO REFER YOUR CHILD TO THE EARLY INTERVENTION PROGRAM CALL 311. This Early Intervention Program (EIP) is a public program for children under the age of three who are either suspected of having or at risk for developmental delays or disabilities. EIP is funded by NYS and NYC. All EIP services are provided at no cost to parents. Health insurance may be used for approved services. A child’s eligibility for the program can be determined only by state-approved evaluators under contract, and all services must be authorized by the NYC Early Intervention Program.

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Karen Spitalnick of Great Neck, NY, will officially be installed as EMUNAH of America National President on Monday, September 15th during a Celebratory Evening to be held at Temple Torah in Little Neck. The evening will also serve as an opportunity to pay tribute to Fran Hirmes, now Chairman of the Board, for her years of service and dynamic leadership as National President of this leading religious Zionist organization. Keynote Speaker during the Dinner will be Brooke Goldstein, Director of The Lawfare Project. Karen heralds from a family deeply entrenched in EMUNAH. Her parents, Gisela and Jonas z”l Steigman, have been actively committed to EMUNAH for the past five decades. “I’m very enthused about my new role as leader of this outstanding organization and excited to be working with a talented team who share such dedication to the welfare of the Jewish people,” comments Karen. “I feel lucky to have Fran Hirmes as my mentor, and together with all our volunteers and supporters I know we can bring awareness of EMUNAH’s work in Israel to so many more people.” A graduate of Brooklyn College with a BS, Karen then earned her MBA from Baruch College. She works together with her husband, Robert Spitalnick, in their real estate firm, Birch-

wood Properties, LLC, which they established in 1985. Karen and Robert live in Great Neck, NY, and are the parents of three daughters, and the proud grandparents of four. Keynote speaker, Brooke Goldstein, is a successful author and a regular commentator on FOX News and has been featured in several media, including CNN, The New York Sun, Swindle Magazine, Defense Technology International, and on WABC News Talk Radio. Brooke’s first book, Lawfare: The War Against Free Speech: A First Amendment Guide For Reporting in an Age of Islamist Lawfare, gives practical guidance to journalists who wish to speak truthfully about the national security threats faced by liberal democracies. Her award-winning documentary film, The Making of a Martyr, uncovers the illegal, state-sponsored indoctrination and recruitment of Palestinian children for suicide-homicide attacks. Installation Event Chairmen are Elizabeth Gindea, Renee Greenspan and Miriam Yunis. The event will start at 7:00 pm, preceded by cocktails at 6:00 p.m. For more information or for reservations, please contact EMUNAH AT 212-564-9045 ex. 306 or make reservations online at https://www.emunah. org/installation

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Miriam, her sister, her daughter, and her son are playing volleyball. Miriam’s sister is directly across the net from her son. Miriam’s daughter is diagonally across the net from the best player’s sibling. The best player and the worst player are on the same side of the net. Who is the worst player? Answer on next page

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Kidding!

A ferry is sinking and Yankel and his wife Yentl find themselves in the same life raft. Unfortunately, this life raft has been damaged during the panic to throw it overboard, and it is also sinking very slowly. And to make matters worse, the water around them is ice cold; there are sharks all around them; they have no food or drink; nor is there any kind of weapon or emergency flare on board. After a few minutes of silence, Yankel turns to his wife and says, “I suppose we shouldn’t be too ungrateful, Yentl. Things could have been much worse.” “What on earth do you mean, things could have been much worse?” replies Yentl. “Are you meshuggah or something? How could it be any worse?” “Well,” replies Yankel, “we could have bought return tickets!”

Stuck in Camp Mode?

If you exhibit four or more of the following signs, you are stuck in camp mode and are having a hard time integrating yourself back into society at large.

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You bring your own jar of pickles to the Shabbos table.

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When your father brings out the ices, you attack him

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When your father says it’s time to bench, you jump up on the chair (that your mother just reupholstered).

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Right when you wake up in the morning you immediately run to see if the day’s activities are posted on the fridge.

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When you want a cup of ice, you tell your mother that you think you sprained your finger.

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You sleep with a flyswatter.

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When your mother tells you to make your bed, you ask, “Why? Is tomorrow visiting day?”

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You eat 3 hot pretzels for supper (which is the only meal of the day).

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When it’s raining outside, you take soap and shampoo and shower outdoors (because you are so funny).

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You take Laffy Taffys from the family’s nosh cabinet and store them under your bed.

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When your mother asks you why you insist on wearing a blue shirt every day, you respond, “Blue rocks, red stinks!”

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When you see someone replacing the garbage bag, you say, “Hey, I didn’t know those things are replaceable!”

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Earthquake Trivia 1. How long does a typical earthquake last? a. Less than 30 seconds b. Less than 60 seconds c. 2 ½ minutes d. As long as it takes you to sit down in your chair 2. Which state has the most earthquakes? a. Alaska b. California c. Nevada d. New Jersey 3. Are there earthquakes on the moon? a. Yes b. No 4. What is a “fault line”? a. When you tell your wife you were delayed because of traffic but you were really delayed because you stopped into Delicious Dishes for chulent b. It is the place where two tectonic plates meet 5. How often is there an earthquake somewhere in the world? a. At least once a month b. At least once a day c. At least once a year d. Approximately every 30 seconds 6. What has come to be known as the “earthquake series”? a. A series of four earthquakes that took place in California between 1890 and 1917 b. The sequence of tremors being followed by an actual earthquake, which is followed by a tsunami c. The 1989 World Series between the Oakland A’s and the San Francisco Giants, during which the Loma Prieta earthquake occurred before Game 3 began, causing a 10-day disruption in play d. A series done by Discovery, which included never before footage from 10 thousand feet underground

Answers 1. B-A typical earthquake lasts under 60 seconds. 2. A-Alaska has the most earthquakes of any states in the US. It has a magnitude 7 quake almost every year. 3. A-Well, obviously there are no earthquakes but there are at least four different kinds of moonquakes: (1) deep moonquakes about 700 km below the surface, probably caused by tides; (2) vibrations from the impact of meteorites; (3) thermal quakes caused by the expansion of the frigid crust when first illuminated by the morning sun after two weeks of deep-freeze lunar night; and (4) shallow moonquakes only 20 or 30 kilometers below the surface. 4. B 5. D-It is estimated that there are 500,000 detectable earthquakes in the world each year. 100,000 of those can be felt, and 100 of them cause damage. 6. C Richter Scale 4-6 correct: You took this earthquake too seriously or you are from the West Coast. So, you either need to get a life or “duuuude, really cuuz you’re from like Cali, huh?” 2-3 correct: Not bad, but your intelligence isn’t shifting any tectonic plates. 0-1 correct: Your intelligence level is a perfect 0 on the Richter scale.

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Answer to riddle: The worst player is Miriam’s sister. Draw a diagram, putting Miriam’s sister and son directly across the net from each other. It doesn’t matter whether they’re on the left or the right side of the diagram. Now, try putting Miriam’s daughter on the same side as the sister. The daughter will be diagonally across from the son (the best player’s sibling), meaning that the best player is the daughter. Since the daughter (the best player) is on the same side as the sister, the sister must be the worst player. If you put Miriam’s daughter next to the son then Miriam will be the best player, but the sister will still be the worst.

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An Inside Look into Camp Matov

TJH Speaks with Rabbi Aaron Brafman, Founder and Director of Camp Matov BY TAMAR SULLIVAN ek we Every we inging r will be b inside n a you one of look into unity’s our commps. cam

TS: Can you share a bit about Camp Matov’s history? RAB: For many years, there were only day camps with very limited learning programs for boys in the area, so 27 years ago I started Camp Matov. It was a new concept for our locals: a community camp with a full morning of learning. The rebbeim were and are all professional and experienced locals, and Baruch Hashem, even with very limited advertising, Camp Matov grew and continues to grow through word-of-mouth and happy parents. This year, we had approximately 150 campers. What is the overall daily program? Our program, based in Yeshiva of

Far Rockaway, is for kindergarteners through 9th graders. We have an assistant director, three division heads, a head counselor, bunk counselors, and CITs, and rebbeim who give ageappropriate shiurim every morning. It was only a few years ago that some other camps began to follow suit with increased learning and a full morning shiur. Until then, Camp Matov was the only one. Led by head counselor Rabbi Moshe Shonek, the staff members run competitive leagues, games, sports, swimming, and trips in the afternoons. Some trips include fishing, batting cages, air tram, zoo, museums, ice skating, and bowling.

Since other camps have followed suit regarding learning, what makes Camp Matov unique nowadays? Camp Matov is very structured but low-key. We are the most affordable camp in the neighborhood. We also have a beautiful cross-section of kids attending our camp. We have campers from Yeshiva Ketana of Long Island, Darchei, Siach Yitzchak, South Shore, and even some travelling in from Queens. That is why it is appropriate that I named the camp “Matov” – hinei matov u’manayim shevet achim gam yachad. Because of its small size, Camp Matov is very relaxed, and the campers become very close friends, oftentimes for life. We also have a very

thorough morning learning program. We hire older bachurim to pull out kids struggling with kriah in order to tutor them. In fact, some parents are thrilled to tell me that their sons learned more in the summer than they learned all year. Sometimes, the camp atmosphere can bring learning to life for certain kids. Furthermore, we allow kids to come for a week or more at a time, instead of an entire trip, which makes

What have you learned from being camp director for so many years? I have learned a lot about children. Twice every summer, I speak seriously

know what they can become. I share stories of gedolim who were typical American boys who later became gedolei Yisroel, like Rav Nosson Tzvi

The achdus and warmth of camp are transformative for children. to the 5th through 9th graders about seeing themselves as having unlimited potential. I tell them that every single person is significant and they never

Finkel zt”l. I have also learned a lot about families. There are many suffering children from struggling families in our neighborhood. A lot is needed

to help these children thrive. We try to be a home away from home for children who need one. Can you share a story about how Camp Matov was a “home away from home” for a camper? Whenever I can pinpoint what a particular children needs, we go the extra mile to make it happen. A few summers ago, a ninth grade boy was struggling personally in many ways. I made him a counselor’s assistant even though he was on the younger side. He came alive, and his parents say that Camp Matov literally saved him. And sometimes just the achdus and warmth of camp are transformative for these children. It’s a good place. What is the hardest part about being director? Collecting the money! What keeps you going summer after summer? Every summer, as I grow older, I ask myself the same question. But when I see the kids come to camp every morning so enthusiastic about learning, it gives me chizuk. I’m there every single day. My children grew up going to Camp Matov, and now my TJH grandchildren are attending. 

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us the ideal camp for families and visitors from out of town. This year, we even had a few campers from Eretz Yisroel who were visiting the area for a few weeks. As the menahel of Yeshiva of Far Rockaway high school and post high school during the year, what is the biggest challenge of directing a camp for elementary-aged children? Each year, it takes a little bit of time for me to remember how to talk to little kids. They get so excited by small incentives. I go into the classes, get to know the children, speak to them, sing with them. In many ways, it’s also easier with younger kids.

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An Inside Look into Orah Day Camp TJH Chats with the Head Staff of Orah Day Camp ek we Every we inging r will be b inside n a you one of look into unity’s our commps. cam

TS: Can you share a little about Camp Orah’s history? Malka Fishman, Director: Camp Orah has been around for over 25 years. At that time, the only day camps around were co-ed and there was a growing community need for a girls’ day camp. It started out on Hartman Lane in Bayswater, where Tapeinu, a girls’ school at the time, was located.

Nechama Sittner, Head Programmer: Camp Orah now resides in the beautiful Bnos Bais Yaakov campus on Beach 9th Street. The facilities are fantastic – we have multiple outdoor playing fields, basketball courts, zip lines, two separate playgrounds, and an indoor play area and gym. Camp Orah’s preschool/lower division is a camp within a camp. How long have you been director and what makes it unique? Miriam Furman of the Preschool/Lower Division: This is my ninth summer in this position overseeing the nursery through 2nd grade division. Most of the morahs are talented preschool teachers during the year, and we have over 20 age-appropriate specialties for the girls. From sports to baking to art to creative movement, our specialty teachers are particularly skilled at programming for these age groups so that they get the most out of each activity. Coupled with our own lower division playground and our own instructional swim and free swim, our kids gain a lot over the course of the summer. To what do the preschool/lower division kids look forward the most?

Miriam Furman: Ruach in the lunchroom! Even when it isn’t lunchtime, the girls are always singing the camp songs and cheers. I can hear them whenever I walk up and down the hallways. They also love the trips to local attractions, like Funstation, Long Island Children’s Museum, and Fitwize. Tell me about this year’s theme. Nechama Strauss of the Upper Division/Programming: Nechama Sittner and I decide on a theme for the summer, which we try to bring out through all our activities, decorations, foods, and projects. The camp theme really invigorates the camp program and brings it to life in a different way summer after summer. This year’s theme was “Opposites.” So we had Av and Adar week, which included a Purim dress-up day that all the campers loved. We had Fire and Ice week, which included a fire juggler. We had Eretz Yisroel and Chutz L’Aretz week and served Israeli salad and other Israeli food. We did Kodesh and Chol and came in our Shabbos robes and served Shabbos dinner for lunch. We have a really good time with the theme, the staff gets really into it, and the excitement spills over onto the campers. Even our specialty teachers try to fit their activities into the theme. What is unique about the camp’s programming overall? Nechama Sittner: I am responsible for all the major programming. Some activities include action-packed overnight trips for the older girls, a women’s-only water park, bubble blowing on the boardwalk, and various other scavenger hunts, baking projects, games, entertainers, and crafts. I work hands-on with the kids often, which is really the best part of my job, since I get to know them that way. Part of our uniqueness lies in our specialty options and our staff members, who are really second to none. We have an incredible staff, daily sports, instructional and free swim, and over 20 fantastic specialties – the kids don’t lack anything in terms of fun. What would you say the kids’ favorite activities are? Malka Fishman: We have something for everyone, but I think everyone loves swimming. We have a fantastic swim staff headed by Mrs. Leah Mandel who is an

EMT and a teacher par excellence. She certifies lifeguards and is a teacher’s teacher; she teaches lifeguards how to teach, a very advanced level of certification. Our campers have instructional swim and free swim everyday, and we are always happy to hear from the many parents who are shocked that their kids learn how to swim so quickly. Orah Day Camp families also have access to our pools during non-camp hours. With so many specialty staff members in addition to your regular staff, how do you manage to keep the day running smoothly? Malka Fishman: Our secret ingredient is our ability to work as a team. Our jobs are not strictly divided – they overlap. We all work together all the time and always for the benefit, the safety, and the well-being of our campers. I interview and hire the staff, and I go to great lengths to ensure that our staff is really top-notch. Because we work so well together, we are always organized and the summer is fun and positive. It’s obvious that our staff members love working here, and they come back year after year. My favorite part of each day is greeting excited kids in the morning and seeing them off in the afternoon with their hands filled with projects, crafts, and baked goods they made themselves! There’s a palpable sense of accomplishment for us and for them.

What did you do when the weather conflicted with your plan for the day? Nechama Sittner: We always have contingency plans in place. We have a fully stocked game room, indoor play area, a room filled with inflatables, tons of games. The kids love the game “Step it Up” which lets them be super-active even when it is raining outside. What is the hardest part of your job? Nechama Strauss: Saying no to the apple turnovers the baking teachers send our way! Everything they make always smells good. If you come in on a Friday, you’d smell the heavenly smell of their challahs baking – with dough freshly made on-site no less! When does planning for next summer begin? Nechama Strauss: We already have the theme! Planning is underway. It’s a year-round job. Nechama Sittner: We are always learning from previous trips and activities, and we are constantly evaluating and reevaluating to improve our summers.

The energy was unbelievable, everyone was dancing, and the entire scene is unforgettable.

What was one of the most memorable events at Orah Day Camp this

Why is camp important? Nechama Sittner: It’s important to have something fun and safe for kids to do in the summertime. I see the difference in the kids during the year and during the summer. In the summer, the kids feel freer and they physically move much, much more than during the year. It makes them happier people. They also get to know girls who are not in the same school as they are, so that broadens their world. Even the relationships between staff members and campers are significant for the campers. This summer, one of the morahs invited her bunk to her wedding, and the girls worked hard on making the arches for the dancing! I hope the fun continues until the very last day. Thanks for speaking with us. Enjoy with the rest of your summer!

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summer? Malka Fishman: We had a concert with Ari Goldwag for the entire camp. It was an incredibly uplifting, inspiring, high-energy event with close to 700 staff members and campers. The energy was unbelievable, everyone was dancing, and the entire scene is unforgettable.

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he Islamic State is one of the most dangerous jihadist groups in the world. In fact, it is so fanatic and so cruel that even al Qaeda has disavowed itself from the terrorist organization. The group, formerly known as the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL or ISIS), was formed in April 2013, growing out of al Qaeda in Iraq. The precise number of militants in the organization is unclear—although it’s growing, with many foreign jihadists rapidly joining—and its members are dedicated to the cause. Amazingly, it seems that American interference may have helped found ISIS. In 2006, al Qaeda in Iraq—under the ruthless Abu Musab al-Zarqawi—embarked on a holy war as it tried to ignite sectarian conflict against the majority Shia community. With the bombing of the Al-Askariya Mosque, a Shia shrine, the group came close

to succeeding. Eventually, on June 7, American forces killed al-Zarqawi and some thought that the group was nearly destroyed. But looks can be deceiving, and when U.S. forces left Iraq, they took much of their intelligence-gathering expertise with them. Iraqi officials began to murmur about a “third generation” of al Qaeda in Iraq, but they weren’t capable of quashing the growing militants. Their lack of professional soldiers, divisions within military units, and want of proper equipment handicapped them from truly taking a stand. In this vacuum, the new al Qaeda strengthened, and in 2006, it rebranded itself as the Islamic State in Iraq (ISI). “Syria” would be added later to its name. Many conflicts in the Middle East stem from religious differences. The fighting between the Sunnis and the Shia—as evidenced by the war in Syr-

ia—is not just a fight for ideals. It is a conflict where followers are willing to kill and be killed in the name of religion. In Iraq, the conflict between the Sunnis and Shia helped strengthen the ISI. At the time, many Sunnis in Iraq felt persecuted by the Shia-dominated government led by Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki. The arrest of senior Sunni political figures and suppression of dissent by the group only helped ISI gain favoritism from Sunnis in Iraq. The group gained influence and power there as the Shia government tried to control the roiling environment in the country. America was slow to react to Prime Minister al-Maliki’s sectarianism. It was only in recent months that America severed ties with him, leading to the election of a new prime minister in Iraq. When violence exploded in Syria in 2011, Syrian President Bashar alAssad—who is a member of the Shia sect—lost control over large parts of

the north and the long border with Iraq. That area became a welcome nest for ISIS—and as early as the fall of 2011, militants began moving to the region. At that point, the group added the word “al Sham,” for Syria, at the end of its name. Swiftly, ISIS took control of the Syrian province of Raqqa, aided by alAssad’s regime’s focus on the fighting in Homs and Aleppo. Essentially, borders between countries are negligible to ISIS. It sees Syria and Iraq as one battlefield, one area to control. The Islamic State is now run by Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, also known as Abu Dua. Although little is known about the terrorist leader, it is believed that he was born in Samarra in Iraq in 1971 and joined the insurgency that erupted in Iraq soon after the 2003-led invasion. He spent four years in a U.S. prison camp for insurgents in southern Iraq—a time when he most certainly developed his network of terrorist con-

tacts. He was released in 2009. Eventually, Baghdadi climbed the ranks in the organization, and in 2010, at the age of 39, he emerged as the leader of ISI. Baghdadi is a brilliant commander and tactician—a draw for young jihadists who are attracted to Islamic State over al Qaeda, which is run by Ayman alZawahiri, an Islamic theologian. Distinguishing Itself What makes Islamic State so different from other rebel groups in Syria today is that the group is working towards a cause—an Islamic emirate that straddles Syria and Iraq. It wishes to establish a Muslim caliphate—or state— stretching across the region. Sharia law has been imposed in the towns it controls: boys and girls are separated in schools; women must wear the niqab— a full body veil—in public; music is banned; the Ramadan fast is enforced; and brutal justice is dispensed by religious courts. Amazingly, despite the Sharia law it imposes, Islamic State “looks after” the citizens in the towns it controls. It tries to win favor—and deter rebellion—by distributing food and fuel, setting up clinics and creating programs for the children. All this comes at a price: Sharia law, which it strictly enforces, and an ultimate allegiance to the group. Of course, it’s not as if members of captured cities have a choice in accepting Islamic State rule. It’s either acceptance or a ready bullet for those who dare protest. The group systemically kills all who work for the government—including sanitation workers. Christians and nonMuslims are crucified, beheaded and even buried alive. Propaganda videos publicize the horrific slaughtering of citizens and show the militants forcing families with sons in the Iraqi army to dig their own graves before they are shot. The message—that is evident—is that their enemies can expect no mercy. Unbelievably, the group has seen considerable military success. In March of 2013, Islamic State took control of the Syrian city of Raqqa—the first provincial capital to fall under rebel control. Eventually, the well-organized and well-funded group marched on, and in January of this year, it capitalized on growing tensions between Iraq’s Sunni minority and Shia-led government by taking control of the predominantly Sunni city of Fallujah—a major coup. Large sections of Ramadi and other towns near the Turkish and Syrian borders have fallen to the militant group, and in June, the city of Mosul was captured by the terrorists. The fall of Iraq’s second biggest city poses a threat to the

entire region. But even more than that, the fall of Mosul has made Islamic State the most cash-rich militant group in the world. Militants Making Millions When ISIS was first formed, the group relied on donations from wealthy individuals—particularly in Kuwait and Saudi Arabia—who supported their cause in fighting against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. The group also relied on extortions, demanding money from truck drivers, and robbing banks. They were the gangsters and thugs of the region—with a ready knife and gun in one hand as they demanded monies in the other. The cash helped fund their never-ending thirst for suicide attacks and assassinations and for the recruitment of additional fighters. It’s also believed that the militants made money by selling looted antiquities from historical sites and from the hundreds of millions of dollars it stole from Mosul’s branch of Iraq’s central bank. But now, those donations and loot are mere pennies to what the group is raking in off the oil fields it controls in eastern Syria and Iraq. Before the capture of Mosul, Islamic State had assets worth approximately $900 million. With the capture of the major city in Iraq, their value skyrocket-

ed to $2 billion. Officials say the group can make about $3 million a day by selling discounted oil from fields in Iraq that are now under its control—that’s over $900 million a year, far enough to sustain the terrorist group. This news is debilitating, as the United States has been working with governments in the region to help quell donations from private individuals. But it seems that even if those funds do stop coming, Islamic State is more than well-funded. Once the terrorist group smuggles crude oil to buyers, some refined oil is sold back to them for selling locally—in Syria and Iraq. They also use their own oil in their warfare. Many smuggling routes in the region are now under Islamic State control, and as of now, their only buyers are in the black market. As of Wednesday, the militant group was still trying to capture the city of Baiji, a city where a major refinery is located. But local Iraqi forces have been able to stave off their attacks. If Islamic State should manage to gain control of Baiji, the refinery located there would be very difficult to operate without capable staff. Additionally, Islamic State is not yet in the south of Iraq, where the country’s true oil bounty lies. The area is dominated by Shia, which makes it hard for the Sunni terrorist group to gain a stronghold.

What’s the Secret of Its Success? What makes the Islamic State such a threat is its combination of fanaticism and organization. It has developed an ability to conduct operations – from suicide bombings and attacks on the security forces to wresting control of towns – in several regions at once, keeping the demoralized Iraqi army off balance. And with each success, the terrorist group learns new tricks. In raids on Samarra, for example, Islamic State fighters used bulldozers to remove barriers that had been in place since the U.S. occupation. They use drones to gather overhead intel on targets and effectively commandeer captured military vehicles – including American Humvees – for their advancement. Some experts say that the rapid expansion of the terrorist organization may lead to its weakening. But others point out that we cannot be complacent when the group is still gaining significant ground and support. With Sunnis steeping in their hatred for the Shia government—both in Iraq and Syria— the Islamic State has many people who would welcome a Sunni group to town. Additionally, the Islamic State’s fighters are ruthless and determined. According to Soufan Group, a political risk consultancy, “ISIS has become indisputably the most effective and ruthless terrorist organization in the world. It now challenges the authority of two of the largest states in the Middle East, and has attracted significant numbers of fighters, not just from Iraq and Syria, but also from Saudi Arabia and other Arab states including Jordan,” it pointed out. Additionally, the terrorist group is not a ragtag band of fighters. According to a U.S. official, the fighters are “very professional, well-trained, motivated and equipped. They operate like a state with a military. These aren’t the same guys we fought in OIF [Operation Iraqi Freedom] who would just scatter when you dropped a bomb near them.” Islamic State has a defined goal and it won’t stop until it achieves its objective. In June, ISIS spokesman al-Adnani urged fighters on Twitter: “Roll up your sleeves of seriousness. Do not give up one span of land that you have liberated, and do not let the Rawafid [Shia] step upon it except over your body parts. March to Baghdad al-Rashid, the Baghdad of the Caliphate. We have a score to settle, for there is an old balance with it and we must make it even.” On June 29, ISIS declared the territories under its control in Iraq and Syria to be a caliphate and demanded that all Muslims pledge allegiance to its leader, Baghdadi, whom they refer to as Caliph

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70 100 Ibrahim. On July 4, Baghdadi appeared in a mosque in Mosul dressed in long, black robes, and declared that he is the emir of the faithful in the Islamic State. A New Caliphate The word “caliphate” comes from the word “caliph,” meaning successor, referring to the Prophet Mohammad’s successor. To truly understand why some are willing to kill and be killed to establish a caliphate, one has to travel back in time to 620CE, when Mohammad was alive. At the time, Mohammad and his followers were unified under a self-governing political system that included all Muslims. Islam, essentially, was a religion and a governing body. But a caliphate wasn’t established until after Mohammad’s death—in 632CE. At that time, Abu Bakr took over leadership, and within the community he was known as khalifah—Arabic for the word “successor.” When Abu Bakr, the khalifah, took over the Islamic mini-state, the region became known as a caliphate. Eventually, that small state grew rapidly and was ruled by four successive caliphs, who also possessed military prowess, and they conquered land from two major empires—the Byzan-

“ISIS has become indisputably the most effective and ruthless terrorist organization in the world.” tine Empire and the Persian Empire, both weak and militarily exhausted. That first caliphate—which ended in 661CE—was not just a military empire; it encompassed the whole Muslim community and was almost synonymous with the Muslim faith. As the caliphate grew, it carried with it the spread of Islam, killing all infidels in its path. In 661CE, the second caliphate began and lasted until 750CE. This was the largest and most successful caliphate—the height of the Islamic state. Its capital was in Damascus—the capital of Syria today. The third—and last real caliphate—took place from 750CE to 1258CE. It’s the last time there was a truly unified community of Muslims. There were other caliphates, but they were not “true” unified communities for Muslims. When speaking of the “caliphates,” one really refers to the imperial states that continued Mohammad’s vision of a unified Muslim community.

Back to the present day, when Baghdadi declares himself a caliph and the area his group controls to be a caliphate, he is announcing that he believes that he is fighting on behalf of Muslims (in his mind, only Sunnis) worldwide and that he is G-d’s representative on Earth. In theory, he is pronouncing his desire to continue the Islamic State’s advance until he has conquered all Muslim-majority lands. The stated goal is that once they reach that objective they will easily be able to fulfill the other tenet of their version of Islam—to kill all infidels (i.e. anyone who is not Muslim) throughout the world. The caliphate established by the Islamic State is one built on murder, mayhem and persecution. America Attacks In recent days, ISIS has been making “tactical withdrawals” in the face of U.S. airstrikes in northern Iraq and around Mosul. Their withdrawal comes systematically—just like their advancement. The United States knows that this group is a force to be reckoned with. U.S. special operations forces have been keeping close tabs on the group in anticipation of possibly fighting with them. And if America does have to get involved, the fight may prove to be tough. On Friday, Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel said ISIS has shown that it is “as sophisticated and well-funded as any group that we have seen.” He pointed out that “they’re beyond just a terrorist group. They marry ideology, a sophistication of strategic and tactical military prowess.” This is a far cry from what President Obama stated several months ago when he dismissed ISIS, by saying, “The analogy we use around here sometimes, and I think is accurate, is if a jayvee team puts on Lakers uniforms that doesn’t make them Kobe Bryant.” It’s not necessarily that the president was naïve; it’s that ISIS has operated brilliantly, at times stealthily in its advance for power. For now, even though we now recognize the threat for what it is, President Obama is reluctant to get involved. Ac-

cording to Ben Rhodes, the president’s Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic Communications, Obama is currently focused on protecting American lives by “containing” ISIS where they are and supporting advances by Iraqi and Kurdish forces. “Our military objectives in Iraq right now are limited to protecting our personnel and facilities and address the humanitarian crisis,” Rhodes said. The “ultimate goal,” Rhodes said however, was to “defeat” ISIS. “We have to be clear that this is a deeply-rooted organization… It is going to take time, a long time, to fully evict them from the communities where they operate,” he said. “In the long term, we’ll be working with our partners to defeat this organization.” There are many, though, who are itching at stopping the Islamic State from the ground. “ISIS and their kind must be destroyed,” a senior counterterrorism official said after seeing the chilling beheading of James Foley. And there are others who are rightly concerned that the Islamic State won’t be complacent with their strongholds in Syria and Iraq, and fear for an attack on American soil. “ISIS is a very powerful local organization, and probably a reasonably powerful regional terrorist organization,” former CIA chief Michael Hayden told CNN on Sunday. “But it’s one that has global ambitions – and it has the tools.” Senator Lindsey Graham, a consistent advocate for increased U.S. mili-

tary might, opined, “It’s about time now to assume the worst about these guys, rather than to be underestimating them.” Because we’ve seen their evil, we know what they’re capable of—and we know they won’t stop with the death of just a few American infidels. They thirst for the blood of those who defy them and they’ll keep killing until the streets run red and they can finally declare the world to be a “true” caliphate. Hopefully, the world leaders recognize this danger for what it is and will take the necessary action of stamping them out the evil force that permeates the reTJH gion and threatens the world. 

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Torah Thought Rabbi Berel Wein

Parshas Shoftim

aw and order are the hallmarks of a functioning democratic society. The concept that one can receive fair redress for damages and hurts through an equitable system of established justice is central to the concept of a free society that provides individual rights to its citizens. However, dictatorships also provide law and order for those and the unlettered, the well-connected who live under their rule – a little too and the unknown, all are to be equal much law and order. And therein lay before the eyes of judges and the the eternal contest between an ordered law. The Torah defines true justice as and properly functioning society and being the pursuit of righteousness and an individual’s inherent freedoms and fairness by just and righteous means. rights. No unjust means can be condoned even There is a great deal of space in the pursuit of apparently just and and latitude between anarchy and righteous causes. dictatorial rule. The Torah speaks to The Torah abhors corruption and all this issue but allows for a great deal of of its forms and methods. The premise human and national of the Torah is choice in the matter. that corruption is The general tenor a natural state of of Jewish tradition being for humans. TRUE AND ABSOLUTE is to be wary of We are all somehow big and powerful corrupted by our JUSTICE MAY government. Pirkei past experiences BE UNATTAINABLE Avot teaches us and our preset not to be known to worldviews. It is IN THIS WORLD. government and interesting to note that the nature of that, for example, government is to the results of many demand, albeit cases and issues apparently lovingly, much from the brought before the United States individual when it is for its own benefit Supreme Court are almost always but to be unavailable to help the predictable because of the previous individual when one is hard pressed strongly held views of the individual and in need of outside help. justices. They are certainly not corrupt Yet Pirkei Avot also stresses the in the criminal sense of the word, but in necessity for government and the the world of the Torah they are certainly requirement to pray for its success and not freed from the taint of corruption. welfare, for otherwise society would be The Torah demands an open mind, a unlivable. As in all matters of human listening ear, flexibility of thought and existence, the Torah here demands an understanding of human nature and from us a good sense of proportion, of the ways of the world from those wisdom and sophistication in dealing who would serve as judges of other with government and society. The humans. Torah does not deal with us in absolute These qualities are not found in specific terms but rather establishes abundance but they are to be searched general parameters of righteous judicial for and treasured and respected in systems and equitable standards of law Jewish life and law. True and absolute enforcement. justice may be unattainable in this The Torah is clear in its world. But the concept itself of true condemnation of corruption and bias, justice must always be present in all especially in judicial and legal matters. matters of Jewish law and society. The poor and the wealthy, the scholar Shabbat shalom.

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The Shmuz

R’ Ben Tzion Shafier

Parshas Shoftim

The Religion of Evolution - Just Keep the Faith “You shall not pervert judgment, you shall not respect someone’s presence, and you shall not accept a bribe, for the bribe will blind the eyes of the wise and make just words crooked.” – Devarim 16:19 The Mitzvah of Appointing Judges The Jewish nation as a totality was given the mitzvah of appointing judges. These judges were commanded to mediate with righteousness according to the Torah’s laws. One of the rules of a judge is that he may not accept a bribe because a “bribe will blind the eyes of the wise.” Rashi is bothered by a question: the Torah already commanded the judges to rule honestly with the expression, “Do not pervert justice.” There is no need for a second prohibition against accepting bribery. The purpose of a bribe is to

cause the judge to ignore the truth and change the verdict. That is certainly included in the requirement of not perverting justice. So why does the Torah write a second prohibition specifically warning judges not to accept bribes? Rashi answers that the prohibition of not accepting bribery refers even to cases in which the judge fully intends to rule fairly. If a shofet plans to accept a bribe but not to allow it to influence his decision, the Torah forbids him from doing this. The nature of bribery is to pull his heart, and it is impossible to remain unbiased once he has received a bribe.

The Torah is teaching us that even if he wants to judge honestly, it will be impossible for him to do so because once he accepts a bribe, against his will he will favor the one who bribed him. This Rashi is difficult to understand. Assuming we are dealing with an experienced, skilled judge who is well-versed in law and the proceedings, why can’t he accept a bribe and still judge honestly? The facts are the facts. Either the man is guilty or innocent. Either he owes the money or he doesn’t. Why can’t a judge make up his mind that the money is the money, but I will not allow this to affect my ruling in this case? The Wind Made It The answer to this question can best be understood with a mashal. Imagine that you find yourself in a junkyard in the backwoods of Tennessee. You look around and see piles and piles scrap: old refrigerators, a rusted-out stove top, entire cars demolished. Everything is all strewn about without any order. Then suddenly you see something out of place: a brand new Dell laptop computer — red color, no less. You pick it up and you see that it is unscratched and in perfect working order. You turn to the owner of the junkyard, a rather primitive fellow, and innocently ask, “Where did this come from?” “Oh,” he responds. “I don’t know if you’all heard, but we had us some fierce winds here last night.” “Fierce winds?” “Yeah, some real gusters. I come this morning and things ar’ all blown about. Then I sees that there computer. I rightly figure that them winds just blew the pieces together.” You look at the fellow incredulously and ask, “The wind blew the pieces together? “Sir, I don’t mean to be rude, but there is a monitor and a fully functioning mouse. I turn it on, and the fan kicks in. And the keyboard! How do you explain the keyboard? Look at it— QWERTY, in perfect order!”

This is a very apt parable. We will have conversations with intelligent, well-educated people who will tell you that the world evolved. Everything that you see, from the flower to the bee, from the oceans to the mountains, rivers, planets, the sun, the moon, and the stars, all just sort of happened. No designer. No Creator. It just began with a Big Bang and all of the wonder of this infinitely complex world came into being. The uniformity, the complexity, the harmonious systems, the universal laws of physics, just happened. Just a lucky roll of the cosmic dice and a hundred billion galaxies, each one containing a hundred billion stars – just occurred. These same people who tout evolution as a religion are also aware that life has exact rules. The simplest amoeba is far more complex than any machine ever devised by man, and a human baby is infinitely complex than an amoeba. The trillions and trillions of cells of the body are all specific, all organized into organs and systems with each one perfectly in place, each one playing its part. Every cell in the human body is directed by the DNA coding. The question is how can any thinking person possibly think that this just evolved? Who wrote the code? The answer is that Hashem created man with free will, free will to believe or not to believe, to accept or not to accept. With the capacity called free will was included this most amazing ability to accept the most far-fetched, ludicrous positions as long as it fits into my agenda. This seems to be the answer for Rashi. The Torah is teaching us that the human may be brilliant and wise, but he has a weakness. His pure judgment can be easily influenced. If a man accepts a bribe, it will color his vision. He will lose his detached sense of judgment and will no longer be able to rule objectively. He may think that he won’t be influenced, but it is human nature to be pulled, and he will no longer be capable of objective clarity. He will be blinded.

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Rabbi Jonathan Gewirtz

Troubleshooting Tips

y first real job was in a computer company and I owe a debt of gratitude to them, especially my supervisor Joe, for teaching me the basics of troubleshooting. For those who don’t know, troubleshooting is a way of identifying the root causes of a problem, enabling you to find the solution. In the computer business, the first thing we would ask is “What is happening (that shouldn’t) or what is not happening (that should)?” We try to get the most defined details possible. By identifying the specific problem without assigning a cause to it, we get a more objective picture of the issue and keep our options open in dealing with it. Next, we’d ask when it started. By matching a timeframe to any other things that might be going on, we can see if there is any cause and effect link between them. Then we identify which things might cause the result and one by one eliminate them as possibilities. For example, recently I got an e-mail at work saying that some people couldn’t log into a particular software program. Now that’s a very vague statement. It’s internet-based so could they on to any other sites? If not, it’s not a software problem. OK, they can get on the actual website, but they can’t log in. No problem, we’ll reset the passwords. I tell them to MAKE SURE THE CAPS LOCK IS OFF because if they try to enter a password with a capital letter where there shouldn’t be one, they will not get in. I reset the passwords and it works for one user, but another person still has problems. I ask them to text me the usernames of the people who are having trouble. When they do, I see the problem with user number 2. It’s PICNIC (Problem in Chair, Not in Computer.) You see, he was misspelling his username. I clarified what his actual assigned username was and voila! he was able to log in. I then noticed that User number 3 had the same issue. The text had the wrong username. Problem solved, right? Wrong! I called and told the woman who had initially contacted me to tell user number three that the username was wrong. He insisted he had it right. I showed her where to check and she confirmed I was right. We then had a conference call. It

wasn’t really a conference call, but she put her cellphone on speaker and stood in front of the user’s desk. That way, when I asked a question, I enjoyed a response that sounded like someone gargling the ABC’s in a wind tunnel. The woman repeated the answers and the user insisted he was having the same

having issues, both in terms of what we experience in our lives and how we treat others. Did something set a chain of events in motion? If so, what caused that event and can it be addressed? When we have problems, do we think that perhaps, like my friend with the wrong username, the issue is that

THE PROBLEMS WE HAVE JUST MAY BE CAUSED BY A DIFFERENT SOURCE THAN WE THINK.

problem. As it turns out, I managed to overhear in between gurgles, he had been able to log in the whole time. The problem was that the system was asking for a new password and the one he submitted was not being accepted. I pointed him to the small text beneath the spot asking him for his password which identified that the new password must have letters, a number, and a special character (such as $!*#% — which are quite appropriate for how I was feeling at the moment). Each time he tried putting in a password without following the rules, it wouldn’t accept it and he thought it was a problem with the computer. Again, this is a pilot error, with the user placing blame where it doesn’t belong. It’s Elul. It’s a time for looking at ourselves and doing self-assessments. If we want to figure out what is wrong, the first thing we need to do is keep an open mind and not be quick to place blame. The problems we have just may be caused by a different source than we think. We need to see when we started

we expect our lives or roles in the world to be different than they are supposed to be? Do we refuse to read the fine print and then, when the new password we enter doesn’t work, do we blame the software (read: Torah) and not ourselves? The Torah and mitzvos are set up so that the world functions optimally and 

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we get the maximum productivity out of it. If we choose to operate on our own terms, then we have no one else to blame when things don’t work. In fact, they actually are working perfectly, just as the Programmer intended. It’s just that our expectations and desires may be incompatible with this operating system. So, take it from someone with experience and be a little more methodical in troubleshooting yourself. When you understand that the errors most often lie in the user’s control, you can skip the finger-pointing and simply correct the problem. Then everything will start working as it should and we’ll all be coded for a sweet new year.

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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DrDeb

Deb Hirschhorn, Ph.D.

TJH Staff

Depression and Rachamim

am watched as his wife, Miri, cried. He felt nothing. He was not angry but he was not touched. He was, maybe, tired. He went to the computer and started watching the news. Miri was heartbroken. How did Sam get to be so seemingly heartless? Turning off feelings is a coping mechanism for people who want to avoid feeling badly. As a child, Sam was put down a lot. He learned to tune out the words and eventually, he could shut off the pain as well. He told himself that he was just a normal guy and anyone who actually had feelings was too sensitive. Dvora could not get out of bed in the morning. Although the sun poured into her window, the world looked bleak. She expected another agonizing day, a day of slogging through her routine, feeling the raincloud over her head. She got up with great difficulty, dressed, had her coffee and noticed that she did not even taste the Danish that was reputed to be so delectable. Dvora did not have a radically different experience than Sam, but being a woman and being more attuned to her own feelings by nature, she could not do what Sam did. She felt way too much pain. She took in the bad words as truth and hated herself because of them. What do Sam and Dvora have in common? One answer seems to be that there is a lack of emotion. But let’s go deeper. In both cases, if you were to ask the people involved, they would say that they can’t help the way they feel. Perhaps they would wish it to be different, but from each person’s perspective, the emptiness they experience is out of their control and they don’t know how to get it back. We find a case in Torah which is strikingly similar. Yaakov Aveinu could not be consoled for his loss of Yosef. As a result of his unending mourning of 22 years, the Shechina left him and he could no longer prophesize. According to Rashi and Rambam, Hashem only visits with people who are b’simcha. How do we understand this? If Hashem is literally always with us, what does this mean, anyway? How could He really leave? And furthermore, why would that be

so? Why wouldn’t He want to be with someone who is suffering? You could even make an argument that if someone is suffering, that would be precisely when HaKodosh Baruch Hu would be with them, to console them. In spite of the departure of that inner

So what am I saying about Yaakov Aveinu that applies to Sam and Dvora? In all three cases, it seems as though circumstances have conspired to spin out of control of the person. No wonder they are sad or emotionless. However, Yaakov recognized that his feelings

THE EMPTINESS THEY EXPERIENCE IS OUT OF THEIR CONTROL AND THEY DON’T KNOW HOW TO GET IT BACK.

knowledge of Hashem’s world, Yaakov somehow, at some level, knew that Yosef was not dead and therefore could not complete his mourning and move on. This seems contradictory. If the Shechina had departed, where did this knowledge come from that Yosef was not dead? Finally, if Yaakov sensed that Yosef was not dead, shouldn’t he have been happy instead of depressed? It turns out that one explanation answers all these questions. Hashem is most definitely with us. He doesn’t detach from us—ever. The proof is that He said He would be with us in Mitzrayim and He was. And another, even better, proof is that He is not merely with us but within us. A spark of Him lives in our neshama. But we have the option of detaching from Him. When Yaakov learned that his son was killed, possibly by a wild animal, the Torah says that he “refused to be comforted.” Hashem surely was there all along, willing and waiting to comfort Yaakov in his suffering. The Rambam says that Yaakov believed himself to be at fault for sending his son on a dangerous mission and that is why he could not take even a grain of comfort in the possibility that Yosef was still alive.

were his choice: He refused to be comforted. I am sure that Sam and Dvora do not feel as though they have a choice. He feels empty and she feels as though she can’t go on. In spite of their low state of affairs, there is hope for both Sam and Dvora. Sam can have feelings once again and Dvora can engage life in a positive, happy way. There are three steps: Recognize that the state of being empty of rachamim or being depressed is not as Hashem wants us to be. That is, they are nisoyonos, challenges, that we must conquer. Next, thoughts must be governed so that our heads are not full of unhelpful ones. Finally, actions must be taken to support better thoughts These three steps are not easy. They require a different perspective, different thoughts and a different approach to handling life. Yet, we have within us the capability of making these changes. How do I know that? Because Hashem presented us a picture of what He wants from us and He provided us the tools to get there. The struggles of Avraham Aveinu show us that nisoyonos are part of life. Many other examples are given. Yet we are also told to serve G-d with joy. Somehow we are to turn the challenges

into an opportunity to grow – and to be glad for that end result as much as we didn’t want to go through the process. Regarding the second step, I heard a fascinating shiur on Elul and Yom Kippur from Rebbetzin Shira Smiles. Why does the Kohen Gadol (High Priest) say, “One, one and one, one and two…”? One answer is that the first sprinkle is upward, signifying not only the One Above, but the One inside of each of us, which is located in our brain. The downward sprinkles, seven times, refer to the parts of our bodies through which our senses operate. Our brain is to control them. Therefore, when we are about to look at something, we can use our brain to ask ourselves, “Is this appropriate?” This shows that we are supposed to let our brain take control over our attitudes and actions. Therefore, negative thoughts must be challenged. Thoughts of blaming others, feeling as if one were treated badly, being disappointed, all need to be challenged: Do I need to see it this way? Science tells us that when we challenge our thoughts, it actually changes the wiring and chemistry of our brains. The third step reinforces all this. We need to take actions that support the positive thoughts. While none of this is easy, we get Elul every year to work on it – and hopefully, we continue the work throughout the year. May we all be zoche to move away from emptiness and pain to joy in the coming year. All the stories in Dr. Deb’s articles are fictional.

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Aliza Beer, MS, RD

Childhood Obesity: An American Epidemic

hildhood obesity in this country has more than tripled in the past 30 years. Currently, 17% of American kids ages 2 – 19 are obese. One out of three kids are overweight. An obese teenager has over 70% great-

er risk of becoming an obese adult. These statistics are alarming to say the least. In the past few years, I have seen an increase of overweight children ages 9 – 19 in my practice. They are wonderful, bright, creative kids who have fallen prey to the American

high-fat, high-salt, fast food diet. The good news is that we have the ability to control or alter these trends. Success is realistic and attainable, but only with strong family support. The family as a whole must be willing to make some sacrifices and changes that will improve the health of all members of the family—both skinny and overweight. The following are some healthy habits every family could benefit from: 1. Dine Together: Children who eat dinner together with their parents at least five times a week tend to weigh less and have healthier habits. 2. Plate your Children’s Food: Growing up my mother never served dinner family style. She always plated our food—even the salad—and it never occurred to us to ask for seconds! Plate everyone’s food so the overweight child will not feel different. 3. Portion Control when Eating Out: Most restaurant portions are more than one person needs at one meal. Have your children share a meal. Avoid pastas, but encourage fish, chicken, or lean meat, with veggies on the side instead of fries. 4. Out of Sight, Out of Mind: If you don’t have access to it, you cannot eat it. Minimize the junk food in the house, and “hide” the junk you deem necessary. Never display candies, cookies, nuts, etc., in bowls or canisters on the counter. 5. Healthy Snacks: The bulk of

the snacks you send to school with your kids should consist of fruits and veggies. Pretzels, popcorn, or cereal can be used as the lone “junky” snack. 6. Create a Healthy School: Pressure your children’s schools to ban snack vending machines and high sugar drinks. Get involved and help revamp the hot lunch menus to include fresh fruits, vegetables, and whole grains. 7. Get Enough Sleep: The more you sleep, the less you will eat. Research has linked less sleep to an increase in weight in both children and adults worldwide. A tired child is also less physically active, therefore burning fewer calories. Children who don’t get enough sleep have higher levels of cortisol, which evidence shows stimulates appetite. 10 hours of sleep a night are recommended for kids ages 4 - pre-teen, and 8 hours for teens. In today’s times, obesity is a major concern and can lead to a host of medical issues and illnesses. It creates many unnecessary health risks that could be minimized if people ate right. Obese children and adults have a much higher risk of heart disease, the number one killer in America. Diabetes is another example of a disease both prevalent and preventable, to some extent. Don’t view this eating plan as a “diet,” but as a change in your lifestyle. If you follow a healthy eating plan and positively alter your lifestyle, you will achieve success.

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feeling at the end of a loooong year of test prep and adjustment to a new Common Core-compliant curriculum? What are principals saying behind closed office doors? What are therapists saying about their littlest clients? We set out to get the answers to those hard questions. And we got answers—including some eyebrowraising insight to the billionaires behind this business and the people becoming billionaires off of it. But first a bit of background about the Common Core.

COMMON CORE CRAZY

Is this Education’s Cure or Just Plain Chaos? BY BRENDY J. SIEV

t’s back to school time, time to get back in the classroom and back to the books. But before our kids refocus and recalibrate from a summer of R&R to a school year of those classic three Rs, let’s review our children’s curriculum. The Common Core, that new country-wide curriculum that has kids learning in a

whole new way, has been met with a lot of feedback and pushback from parents throughout the country. The new curriculum and “standards” that all kids should know comes coupled with a cadre of difficult tests meant to assess whether students have actually learned the material or not. So before another year of new textbooks, let’s take a look at this curriculum, see if it has merits, and who’s actually profiting from this all. UNCOMMON COMMON CORE Right, left, and center: they’re angry. K, 8, and 12: they’re anxious. Novice, Experienced, and Veteran: they’re frustrated. It’s that Common Core. Last April, 1.2 million New York students took their first Common Core-compliant tests, exams assessing what kids know after a year of the new and improved math and reading program. How did the students do? Are our scores any

higher? Are American students ready to compete in that tough global market? Nope. The United States did not score any better this year on the international math and science exam. Americans didn’t even score as well as Asians on a creative thinking exam! And, while New York claims students did better than they did last year (when 70 percent failed), the state simply lowered the passing grade so that more kids passed. And that’s just about the test. How are kids doing in general? How are teachers

THE COMMON CORE: WHAT IT IS AND WHO DREAMED IT UP Years ago, after decades of low test scores, the Bush administration passed the No Child Left Behind Act. This law aims for all students to excel and read well by the end of high school. The method of assessing that all children are on the bus? Testing. First graders, from their first week in school, “bubble in” answers to their homework. It’s not enough to figure out that “2 apples and 3 apples make 5 apples.” Now, a chunk of their homework asks them to select “a,” “b,” “c,” or “d.” So it’s not about 1 + 1 =2; it’s all about No. 2. Pencils. DID ALL THIS TESTING HELP? The problem with testing was that kids were still learning different material in different states. Because education is really under state control, initially, under No Child Left Behind, each state still taught the same curriculum and created its own tests to show the students knew that curriculum. The states made up the tests and the states were allowed to set their own passing grades. That meant that if too many kids in a particular state scored, say, a 40 percent on the state reading test, the state government just changed the passing grade to 40 percent. Eventually, though, local governments were stuck with a new problem. Johnny couldn’t really read. Johnny wasn’t ready for college. Forty percent of college students needed remedial help when they joined the ivory tower. Make that 80 percent in a state like Kentucky. So the Kentucky education commissioner, Gene Wilhoit, recognized he had a big problem on his hands. He teamed up with David Coleman, who currently runs the College Board. (Yes, the College Board makes the SAT.) The two scheduled a high level meeting with Bill and Melinda Gates and convinced the Gateses that the future of America is with a Common Core, a basic group of standards and skills that every school in every state teaches. This, they believed, would ensure that Americans would score as high as other students globally on math and reading. How could Bill and Melinda help? In general, as much as Americans seem to score relatively poorly on international tests, the truth is that states’ scores vary widely. Massachusetts, for one, scores on par with Germany, while Florida falls close to Czechoslovakia. Because education is statecontrolled, the Gateses could use their clout and their money to bypass federal involvement. Bill and Me-

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COMMON CORE COMPLIANT CURRICULUM: THE NEW GOMATH! TEXTBOOK AND THE LITTLEST LEARNERS It’s September 2013. The students are still humming “Dip the apple in the honey,” and the teacher is

EAVESDROPPING IN THE TEACHERS’ ROOM Two-thirds of New York teachers said that they were not asked about implementing the Core or what they thought about it. Seven out of ten say the transition just isn’t working.

Teachers, not particularly confident or comfortable with the methods, do not feel the full support of administrators. Most feel powerless as they watch children struggling with concepts that any new or veteran teacher can tell you are developmentally wrong and confusing. One frustrated teacher and parent writes, “But the standards are not appropriate, particularly in the younger grades, so why torture children expecting them to do things that 1) detract from how they should develop (i.e. play-based) and 2) will label them as inadequate because they assume children can do things like articulate abstract concepts while living in a concrete period of development?” Not only are the standards inappropriate developmentally, but the teacher continues to predict, “These standards will be tragic, not only for what they do

When students show failure, so will their teachers, and ultimately, everyone loses – in a big way.

not include, but for the … expectations placed in the wrong spot…And when students show failure, so will their teachers, and ultimately, everyone loses – in a big way. I’m not just a parent living these, but also a teacher.” Jane W., a Westchester 7th grade English teacher, tried to implement the new skills into her curriculum. But she and her students felt deflated and “demoralized” by the test. Jane claims that “this year, I incorporated numerous informational texts to link to the novels my class was reading. Many of these in-

cluded New York Times articles of high interest levels for my 7th graders. It was gratifying to help students to deconstruct the articles…so that they could interact directly with well-crafted writing. It was exciting to see students work to make sense of difficult vocabulary and to share their interpretations in lively discussions. …Wow. Was I ever asking the wrong questions! The ELA exam wiped my students and me out… During the three days of testing, my students struggled to finish textbook informational texts that didn’t resemble any authentic newspaper or magazine articles we had studied earlier in class.”

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linda would create national education standards. Why not level the playing field by saying all American kids need to learn the same skills? Bill and Melinda listened. Since that meeting, Bill Gates has given more than $200 million to create the standards and persuade the states, teachers, politicians, and even the US Chamber of Commerce to adopt the standards in their state’s school system. Two years into this, the Obama administration bolstered the movement. Encouraged by former Gates’ staffers now working in the White House, Obama offered stimulus money to those states that took on the standards. So within two years of this meeting, 45 states and D.C. as well as the Catholic school system took on Bill Gates’s Common Core. What did the philanthropist’s team come up with? The Common Core involves more than 1,300 math and English standards that all Americans should master between kindergarten and high school. They sound perfectly reasonable at first glance: learn different ways to solve problems, explain your answers, and use evidence to back up the arguments in essays. The problem is who developed the Core. Believe it or not, most of the 27 people on the Common Core committee are not educators. A close look at the standards finds that the standards for kindergarten, first, and second grades are just not developmentally right for kids that age. And now, under this new system, all education materials in the classroom must be Common Corecompliant. That means that textbook companies are making a fortune—to the tune of billions of tax dollars—creating new materials that haven’t even been proven to work and have not even been tested in the classroom. Take a closer look.

starting them on basic addition from the new GoMath! Common Core-compliant textbook. Sounds good. Sounds right. Except adding is different now. Students need to learn “math terms.” This means that students spend hours identifying “addends” and “sums.” It’s not just 1 and 1 is 2. It’s addend and addend equals sum. By October, first graders are doing “math situations” (“word problems” are so 2010) involving basic algebra. They need to read the problem and solve it. The real-life problem: most of the first graders are still working on sounding out “cat-bat-hat.” The kids can’t really read the math problems. So the teachers read them to the students. Here’s a sample situation the students hear and need to solve: 7 birds are flying in the sky. Some more join them. Now there are 10. How many birds joined them? I know—you just reread the problem to solve it. But the kids can’t read it—so they can’t reread it. And they just heard the word “some”—or was it “sum”? And now, in their heads, they have to visualize and figure out 7 + X = 10. Really. By October, the first graders are still working on addition. In order to comply with the Common Core mandate to learn different ways to approach math problems, they learn that 3 + 4, or 4 + 5, or 7 + 8 are really not about plain old adding or counting. These basic “math sentences” are about “doubles plus one” or “doubles minus one.” The children are told to recognize 3 + 4 as 3 + 3 (which the students have presumably memorized as 6) + 1. Practically, most students are thoroughly confused and stressed out. Their parents can barely help them with their homework. One Brooklyn boys’ yeshiva sent home instruction sheets last year so parents can help their children with this new addition. The instructions—er, instrucciones—were written in Spanish. ¿Qué? An official letter went out to the parents within the month, asking for parents to bear with the administration as everyone learns the new math together. Apparently, we’re all confused.

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And teachers couldn’t even use test results to help them plan for this year: they only received them this month. SO, DOES IT WORK? With all this, the question becomes: does it work? Perhaps this is one of those beginnings that’s simply hard. The answer, unfortunately, is a resounding no. One yeshiva teacher reports—off the record, of course—that half of her classes consistently fail the math tests. Next year, word around the Keurig is that teachers will quietly have to reteach so much basic information. In fact, former Harvard professor and education expert Tom Loveless says that the Common Core is “built on a shaky theory.” High standards have never been connected with high scores or learning. In other words, there is no correlation between quality standards and higher achievement. Loveless claims,

“Everyone who developed standards in the past has had a theory that standards will raise achievement, and that’s not happened.” Some consider it a wasted year. Diane Ravitch, former undersecretary of education and education historian, talks about how this generation of students, introduced to developmentally inappropriate math, hates it. Children’s closest allies and advocates, their parents, cannot even help them. The Common Core is not even being continually revised to reflect learnings about its failure! In popular culture, comedian Stephen Colbert lampooned the Core on his late night show, saying, “Common Core testing is preparing students for what they’ll face as adults — pointless stress and confusion.” He continued with an actual question from a Common Core math textbook: “Jack used the number line below to solve 427 – 316. Find his error. Then write a letter to Jack telling him what he did right, and what he should do to fix his mistake. “That’s a great question teaching two important workplace skills: math and passive-aggressive note writing,” the comedian opined. POINTLESS STRESS AND CONFUSION At Nova Southeastern University, Dr. Taylor

Thompson voiced a problem that therapists and psychologists face as well. Children are being referred to the clinic for testing for learning disabilities and for behavior issues. But this year, psychological test data will not be fully valid. Students don’t truly understand math, so their low math scores may not represent a disability (a discrepancy between achievement and ability) but will represent a lack of knowledge and poor teaching. Their math anxiety and classroom stress create behavior issues. While schools are quick

It’s not about 1 + 1 =2; it’s all about No. 2.

to label inattention as ADHD, “inattention can be a symptom of 20 different causes, including anxiety.” As comedian Louis CK, whose daughters attend a New York City public school, tweeted in April, “My kids used to love math. Now it makes them cry. Thanks standardized testing and Common Core!” It’s not simply about failing the end-of-the year test. It’s about feeling like a failure and the demoralization of our littlest children. And it gets worse. Louis CK joked that if the students don’t do well “they [will] burn the school down,” and his words

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are not so far from the truth. These tests lead to firings—of teachers and principals—and to school closings. They deplete funding from poor public schools that often educate the most economically stressed and learning challenged students. The funding goes to charter schools that are often moneymakers (one charter school network is owned by Vice President Joe Biden’s brother, Patrick) for corporate enterprises. Eventually, the scores will impact student promotion. A NATION DIVIDED: WIDENING THE CLASS DIVIDE Despite all the age-inappropriate math stress for young students, the Common Core still doesn’t prepare students for middle-school algebra and students are not prepared for calculus. Today, more than 15 percent of high school students take calculus in high school. But if schools follow a Common Core curriculum, students will not be prepared for that rigor and vigor of college math, and American students will actually fall behind. The Common Core actually says that it hopes to instill “college and career readiness” in every American student. At this point, because of this college focus, many students opt not to graduate. Almost a quarter of American students don’t finish high school. In Nevada, 42 percent of students never graduate. To ensure that the entirety of our country is college ready, we have divided the nation even more. With

A SAMPLE STANDARD FOR FIRST GRADE Add and subtract within 20, demonstrating fluency for addition and subtraction within 10. Use strategies such as counting on; making ten (e.g., 8 + 6 = 8 + 2 + 4 = 10 + 4 = 14); decomposing a number leading to a ten (e.g., 13 – 4 = 13 – 3 – 1 = 10 – 1 = 9); using the relationship between addition and subtraction (e.g., knowing that 8 + 4 = 12, one knows 12 – 8 = 4); and creating equivalent but easier or known sums (e.g., adding 6 + 7 by creating the known equivalent 6 + 6 + 1 = 12 + 1 = 13). A SAMPLE QUESTION FOR FIRST GRADE Roberto ate 10 crackers. Carrie ate 5 crackers. How many more crackers did Roberto eat than Carrie? a. 10 + 5 =15 b. 15 – 5 = 10 c. 10 – 5 =5 d. 5 + 5 = 10 HOW TO ADD IN FIRST GRADE 62 + 26 = 88 now 60 + 2 + 20 + 6 = 80 + 8 = 88

the Common Core, those numbers will probably just get worse. But most government education leaders don’t really see that. They spin it as “College and career skills are the same,” as Ken Wagner, New York State’s associate commissioner of education for curriculum, assessment and educational technology, told the New York Times. Really? Does y=mx+b help a bus driver or chef succeed? LEFT, RIGHT, AND CENTER Colbert, Louis CK, and Diane Ravitch are liberals. Many liberals question Gates’s involvement and motives. They have dubbed the Common Core “market-based education reform” and a June 26 protest was held outside of the Gates Foundation headquarters in Seattle. As former George H.W. Bush Assistant Education Secretary Checker Finn likes to say, “Conservatives hate anything with the word ‘national’ in it, and liberals hate anything with the word ‘test.’” It seems that both sides of the aisle are balking at the new standards. Some Red States are returning federal bonus money and tossing the Core. Blue states are considering that as well. So, who are the people behind the Common Core? The Common Core has its own website, but the site lists no phone number, no postal address, no board of directors or public office. It’s even difficult to find a list of those who created the Core. Of the 27 people who did, few are educators, and some are tied to industry. Gates claims that “these are not political things. These are where people are trying to apply expertise to say, ‘Is this a way of making education better?’” But Rabbi Eli Kutoff, former principal of Yeshiva Elementary School, commented on his basic issue with the Common Core. The issue is not with the concept, per se. He agrees on this with Diane Ravitch: if this was a field-tested, educator-driven, revised and refined common curriculum, then it would have merit. But the issue, Rabbi Kutoff says, is with the “commercialization of education.” The federal, state, and local governments now need to shell out tremendous amounts of money to fund the new tests and the new Common Core-aligned curricula. Here’s what that means in dollars and cents: In order to create the tests, the federal government funded two multistate consortia, PARCC and Smartder Balanced, for a total of $350 million. The tests must be administered on computers in order to adapt to the student’s apparent strengths and weaknesses and enable answers beyond multiple choice. However, some schools don’t have the necessary bandwidth for all students to log onto the Internet at the same time. Others don’t have the nec-

essary computers. Schools need to pay steeply for these upgrades. In 2012, $20 billion was spent on instructional materials for kids in K – 12, money pocketed in large part by the textbook company, Pearson. Now, 68 percent of school districts plan to purchase new Common Core-aligned materials. That’s billions more. The transition to Common Core coincides with the ongoing transition to digital educational materials like apps and e-books. The textbook companies aren’t the only ones lining up to create materials. Big technology firms like Apple and Amplify are competing for school district investments in tablets for classroom use. Teachers also need professional development to prepare them to teach the standards. Students need extra tutoring and test prep to help them learn and pass the new, harder tests. (Parents already spend an estimated $11 billion on tutoring, test prep and counseling services.) And how does Bill Gates ultimately benefit? This February, Microsoft announced that it will join with Pearson to load Common Core materials and tests onto the Microsoft Surface, an iPad competitor.

ltimately, who really is winning with the new Common Core? Based on last year’s scores, our children are more confused than ever. A curriculum that was constructed by those who aren’t even educators has made them more anxious, making them—and their parents—dread math. And schools, many of which are struggling financially, are forced to reeducate their teachers and provide new textbooks and materials for the new curriculum. So who really is succeeding? Well, it may just be a bunch of billionaires who will end up making more money off of our children’s backs. As of July, three states – Indiana, Oklahoma and South Carolina – voted to repeal the standards that were initially adopted by 44 states and the District of Columbia. Other states have pending legislation to repeal the standards, and still others are debating delaying them or changing the implementation. In New York, the fight against Common Core was highlighted when Westchester County executive Rob Astorino, who is challenging Democratic Governor Andrew Cuomo in November’s election, created the “Stop the Common Core” party, which he will be running under in the upcoming election. Clearly, parents and educators are frustrated with the new system. But how frustrated do they have to be to have the country revamp the curriculum for our TJH children’s benefit? 

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Massachusetts’ students score on par with Germany, while Florida’s fall close to Czechoslovakia.

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Handwriting Back-to-School Basics

elcome back to school! The school year brings on the jitters in some children along with a growing anticipation by parents and teachers alike. Occupational therapists play a critical role within the school environment and there is a strong chance there is an OT serving students in your Picture A child’s school. OTs consult with teachers and help adapt environments for children who need greater accessibility. They address sensory processing difficulties that affect a child’s ability to learn and play. OTs help students develop fine motor skills, which includes handwriting.

The following are a few pointers for both parents and teachers on the two most popular areas school-age students are referred for occupational therapy: handwriting and sensory processing skills. Handwriting 1. Grasp. Now is the perfect time to correct a poor grasp pattern. The ideal grasp on a writing utensil for ages 4 and over is the tripod grasp. The bottom shaft of the pencil is secured between the pad of the thumb and index finger with the pencil resting on the middle finger’s knuckle and remaining fingers resting in the palm of the hand. (see picture A) 2. Capital letters. Remind children that all capital letters begin at the top. 3. Accountability. Provide students with a check off list (see picture B) when they complete a writing assignment to check for neatness

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Sensory Processing Skills It is very difficult for children, especially those with sensory processing difficulties, to adjust to the new routines of school and the demands to sit at a desk for hours. I encourage teachers to build movement-based activities into the day’s schedule. These do not take much time and the benefits are immediate. Some examples are as follows: 1. Toss a ball. When calling on a student, have them catch a ball. Use a small beach ball or a koosh ball if you

are concerned about a potential mishap. 2. Transition. Transition between activities/subjects with a 1 minute exercise (e.g. jogging in place, jumping jacks or stretching arms to ceiling while on tiptoes). 3. Outdoor time. Provide your child with time to play outdoors after school; take advantage of the daylight hours we still have! Wishing all our dear children and esteemed teachers a very happy first day of school! Best of luck on 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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Health & Fitness

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Notable

Quotes

Compiled by Nate Davis

“Say What?” It’s so much [garbage] it’s incredible. We’re going to let the liberals of the world run this world…This is so stupid it’s appalling, and I hope that owner keeps fighting for it and never changes it, because the Redskins are part of an American football history, and it should never be anything but the Washington Redskins. That’s the way it is. - Former Bears head coach Mike Ditka on the recent push for the Redskins to change their name because it is offensive to Native Americans

Yankee Stadium says it will start adding metal detectors as a way to beef up security. And then they went back to selling beer and baseball bats to New Yorkers. – Jimmy Fallon Summer is nearly over and it’s back-to-school time. If you can, send your kids to college so they get a degree and at least then they will know what kind of work they’re out of. – David Letterman

The NFL wants singing groups to pay the league to perform at halftime of the Super Bowl. Isn’t that crazy? … I remember last year at the Super Bowl, a group barely played — oh, that was the Broncos. – David Letterman Analysts say that President Obama has been ignoring Hillary Clinton’s advice for years —which is why we’ve yet to see him in a pantsuit. – Conan O’Brien

Yesterday the Clippers’ new owner, former Microsoft executive Steve Ballmer, promised fans that the team will win an NBA championship. He says he has a great strategy for rebuilding the team — Control-Alt-Delete. – Jimmy Fallon

You can now buy booze at Starbucks...A couple of hours ago I was in Starbucks. I had a vodkacchino. – David Letterman

As I sit here constantly hearing and watching you execute innocent men, women and children in the Middle East, I chuckle. Why do I chuckle, you may ask? Well, let me explain something to you, you cowardice fools who think you are so tough behind all your propaganda videos. You are scaring a population that doesn’t know how to fight, you’re bullying the weak….Keep in mind, what did Saddam’s troops do when we came rolling into town? They surrendered, twice… So all your empty threats of coming to America and raising your flag over the White House amuse me more than any of you sick, sadistic [thugs] could ever imagine or comprehend…If my memory serves me correctly, I’m pretty sure we plowed through Fallujah in 4 days. Better yet, it took us about a month to control your entire country. At this point, with 13+ years of war under our belts, how long do you think it would take us to do it all over again? I’ll let you draw your own conclusions on that one….Remember we are armed to the teeth in the US and I can promise you this: the Geneva Conventions will not apply to you. You attack us and there will be no mercy. We will bring the righteous hand of G-d down upon you and crush you. – Portion of an open letter to ISIS by a U.S. military veteran

Whole Foods has started selling rabbit meat. They’re killing them humanely. They’re using only rabbits that died of shock after seeing the prices at Whole Foods. – Conan O’Brien

A man in Massachusetts was arrested this week for breaking into a family’s house after a night of drinking and passing out in their living room. Or as most people in Boston call that, “Uncle Mike’s here.” - Jimmy Fallon

The man who created the first Internet pop-up ad now says he’s sorry. The man also says that a 15-minute call to Geico could save you 15 percent on car insurance. - Conan O’Brien Today is a miraculous day. G-d saved my life. A direct answer to thousands and thousands of prayers. - Dr. Kent Brantly, who contracted Ebola while on a mission in Africa, upon recovering from the illness and being discharged from the hospital

I will say that generally I think that sports and leisure activities are a good way for release and clearing of the mind for a lot of us. - White House Deputy Press Secretary Eric Schultz responding to questions about President Obama’s decision to go golfing a mere six minutes after he delivered a speech reacting to the news of ISIL terrorists beheading American journalist James Foley We used to pillory George Bush for going to his ranch and we were wrong. The demands and pressures of the presidency are relentless, and we ought to want our presidents to get small breaks to relax, even in — and maybe especially in — the midst of crisis. I guarantee you, that wherever he goes, the president is accompanied by the memory of Jim Foley and every American who has died on his watch. You can’t escape it. - David Axelrod

Yesterday Egypt’s foreign ministry called on the United States to show respect for the rights of protesters in Ferguson, Missouri. Yeah, Egypt said that. Man, talk about living in glass pyramids. - Jimmy Fallon

Hillary Clinton is returning to Iowa next month for the first time since her failed presidential run in 2008. Hillary denies just being there for politics. She said, “I love Iowa for their . . . OK, I’m running for president.” – Jimmy Fallon

“Meet the Press” has fired host David Gregory and hired another guy, Chuck Todd, to host. To me, if your name is Chuck Todd, it might as well be David Gregory. Todd Chuck, Gregory David, it makes no difference. They’re all interchangeable. – David Letterman

Off the coast of Russia, a 200-yearold bottle of booze was found in a shipwreck and it is still drinkable. Isn’t that amazing? Of course in Russia everything is still drinkable — antifreeze, you name it.

Disney’s stock just reached a new high this week of $90.37 a share. That’s when you know tickets to Disney World are too expensive — when it’s actually cheaper to own part of the company. – Jimmy Fallon

- Conan O’Brien

I thought I heard that Bruce [Springsteen] asked that none of his music was played at your events because he didn’t believe in your politics. - A question posed to New Jersey Governor Chris Christie at a town hall meeting No. Never did that. Nah, you’re wrong about that. Bruce has never asked me to do that. I saw Bruce about a week and a half ago. And he had every opportunity to tell me not to. He didn’t and he never has….I know him and you’re wrong. I understand you’re now expressing your politics. You’re now expressing your politics and your objection, and that’s fine. Don’t put it in Mr. Springsteen’s mouth. Put it in yours. Don’t put it in Bruce’s mouth. I know Bruce. I’ve spoken to Bruce. And you’re wrong. Speak your mind. Be angry or not. It doesn’t matter to me…Hey guys, when I leave, just so we can have this lady be a little calmer, let’s play Bon Jovi on the way out - Governor Christie in response

One problem that I’ve had today is keeping my Wongs straight. - Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid while speaking to the Las Vegas Asian Chamber of Commerce My comments were in extremely poor taste, and I apologize. Sometimes I say the wrong thing. - Ibid., after the comments drew criticism

I did it for fun. - A Russian tourist explaining to police, upon being apprehended, why he climbed the Brooklyn Bridge Let me help you out Mr. President. This is how you send a message to cockroaches like these. Here’s what you should have done at that press conference: Step up to the podium, take the microphone, clear your throat and say something like this: “Hey ISIS, you just brought a knife to a drone fight.” Drop the mic and then go golf. Message sent. My guess, message received. - Fox News host Eric Bolling

Missouri Governor Jay Nixon apparently sent the National Guard to Ferguson without letting the White House know first. When he heard he was left out of such an important decision, Obama said, “[Wow!] I’ve been Bidened!” - Jimmy Fallon In response to criticism of its treatment of killer whales, SeaWorld said it will build them a larger habitat. When asked for comment, a killer whale said, “Hey, you know what’s a larger habitat? The ocean!” - Conan O’Brien

A new study found that it costs $245,000 to raise a child until age 18. Or about $600 if you just give them an iPad. – Jimmy Fallon

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The Golf Address: FORE! Score? And seven trillion rounds ago, our forecaddies brought forth on this continent a new playground, conceived by Robert Trent Jones, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal when it comes to spending as much time on the links as possible — even when it seems totally inappropriate, like moments after making a solemn statement condemning the grisly murder of a 40-year-old American journalist beheaded by ISIL. – Maureen Dowd, The New York Times

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Forgotten Heroes

Avi Heiligman

Sherman’s March to the Sea

he American was given to SherCivil War was man. This included a four year Thomas’s command fight comprised of of the Army of the many battles and Cumberland (the campaigns. Frearmies in the Union quently, a battle in were named after one area coincided rivers near where with another camthey originated), paign hundreds of James McPherson miles away. This commanding the was the case with Army of the Tennesthe Union Army in see, and the Army 1864 led by Genof the Ohio under eral Ulysses SimpJohn Schofield. The View of some of the destruction son Grant. While Union Army with after Sherman’s troops passed through Atlanta in 1864 he was with his 98,000 men would eastern army, putbe invading Georgia ting pressure on the southern capital of against half of their number under ConRichmond, he sent General William Te- federate General Joseph Johnston. cumseh Sherman in the western theater to capture the vital city of Atlanta. This herman’s advance on Savannah resulted in one of the most controversial and the coast was actually two campaigns of the war and is now known campaigns: the Atlanta campaign as Sherman’s March to the Sea. The issues that the Union Army and the March to the Sea after Atlanta had with commanding generals for the was captured on September 2. The camfirst half of the war was solved when paign started after the Battle of ChattaGrant was appointed to the head of all nooga in November 1863 when Grant Union forces in March 1864. Grant ran told Sherman to capture Atlanta and successful campaigns in the Midwest press deeper into Confederate territory. and had served with several worthy Sherman waited until spring and began generals. When he was appointed to his advance in May. Another one of his lead the campaign against Confederate objectives was to defeat the army of his General Robert E. Lee, He gave greater antagonist, Johnston. The ensuing conresponsibilities to the generals that he flicts were a series of flanking maneupreviously served with. Two of these vers that led to the Confederates movgenerals were Sherman and George ing south to prevent Sherman from takThomas, who had been roommates at ing Atlanta. Several battles took place West Point. Grant’s previous command, with each side losing valuable men and the military Division of the Mississip- resources. Southern railroads were not pi, and the entire western command, as plentiful as they were in the north

and could not be relied on to adequately supply the army. Atlanta was a vital city because it was rail hub, and the north wanted it to ease supply demands for its armies. Several times, Southern troops stopped Sherman’s advance but Johnston did not press on the attack. Ultimately, Sherman was able to flank the Map of Sherman’s Savannah Campaign enemy and set up a new battle located increasingly closer to At- on living on the land while his troops lanta. Confederate President Jefferson were able to move quickly. Hood tried Davis (not to be confused with General to divert the main Union force by going Jefferson C. Davis, who was on Sher- into Tennessee, but Sherman would not man’s staff) was worried that Johnston be enticed and sent General Thomas to was being too cautious, and on July 17, deal with the reckless general. Sherman still had to deal with the 13,000 men under Lt. Gen. William Hardee who planned on garrisoning Savannah. On November 15, the day after Lincoln was reelected, Sherman left Atlanta and headed towards the sea. The reason that Sherman had to wait that long to continue his campaign was that President Lincoln didn’t want Union troops to move that far into enemy territory right before the election. If they lost, it could have had disastrous effects on the morale in the North. Sherman divided his 60,000 men into two groups that traveled General Sherman and his staff outside of Atlanta about 40 miles apart but all were heading towards Savannah. Orders replaced him with the aggressive Gen- went out to the troops with regulations eral John Bell Hood. Sherman was a about foraging for food. However, these mere three miles from Atlanta. orders were mainly ignored and the Immediately, Hood attacked but Union troops left a path of destruction was beaten at Peachtree Creek. Sher- in their wake. These troops became man had divided his forces into three columns, and Hood could not keep up with the simultaneous attacks from multiple directions. The Confederates fell back on Atlanta and were besieged by Union troops. Hood tried to break out but was unsuccessful as Sherman managed to cut the rail lines, with their vital supplies, that led into Atlanta. Hood realized that Atlanta was lost and retired to the south. Sherman came into the city on September 2. Before he left, Hood set fire to anything of military value but the fire quickly burnt many other buildings. Sherman was criticized for not following the orders to destroy the Army Sherman’s troops removing ammunition of Tennessee. He did not take many from Fort McAllister in wheelbarrows, supplies with him as he was planning near Savannah, GA, December 1864

holiday gift. Sherman then turned his troops north into the Carolinas on another successful campaign. On April 26, 1865, he accepted Johnston’s (who was reinstated) surrender. Meanwhile, back west, Confederate General Hood attacked General Thomas at the Battle of Franklin. In the unnecessary battle, Hood lost badly as he kept “feeding” troops into well-placed Union defenses. Thomas fell back on Nashville and Hood laid siege for nine days while Thomas prepared for a breakout. On December 15, Thomas broke out and completely decimated Hood’s command. Sherman’s troops destroy a railway track in Atlanta Many Confederates were taken shambles after the war. Many Southern prisoners while the others fled. Sherman’s March to the Sea was sympathizers had no heart for the war celebrated by the North as it brought after Sherman came through Georgia the war effort at home to an end. Henry even though it would take years to reClay Work even composed a song enti- build. The March to the Sea achieved its tled, “March to the Sea.” But Sherman purpose and preserved the Union as the hated the song and banned it from be- war ended a few months after Sherman ing played in his presence. He didn’t reached Savannah. want to be reminded of the horrors of war that he had to inflict on the South. For many years, no one played the song Avi Heiligman is a weekly contributor to The within his earshot but it was, ironically, Jewish Home. He welcomes your comments and suggestions.for future columns and can played at his funeral. The South had suffered $100 mil- be reached at aviheiligman@gmail.com. lion in damages and its railroads were in

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known as “bummers” and were feared avenue by which the people and garriby farmers and homeowners on their son of Savannah can be supplied, and intended path. Sherman also instated a I am therefore justified in demanding scorched earth policy and anything of the surrender of the city of Savannah, military value as well as a lot of per- and its dependent forts, and shall wait sonal property was destroyed. He didn’t a reasonable time for your answer, bewant the South to have anything to at- fore opening with heavy ordnance. tack Union troops with and create an Should you entertain the proposition, I uprising after the war. am prepared to grant liberal terms to the The South wasn’t without defenders inhabitants and garrison; but should I be as about 8,000 cavalry under General forced to resort to assault, or the slowWheeler tried stoper and surer process ping Sherman. There of starvation, I shall were two battles then feel justified in along the way and resorting to the harshthe North easily won est measures, and both. Fort McAllister shall make little effort was south of Savanto restrain my army— nah, and on Decemburning to avenge the ber 13, a Union dinational wrong which vision captured it in they attach to Savanfifteen minutes, sufnah and other large fering minimal casucities which have alties. Many of these been so prominent in injuries were caused dragging our country by crude land mines into civil war. General William Tecumseh Sherman then called torpedoes. Hardee didn’t reFour days later, Sherspond and instead esman sent an ultimatum to Hardee who caped with his men. On December 20, was defending Savannah: Sherman entered the city and encounI have already received guns that tered no resistance. The citizens had can cast heavy and destructive shot as asked for respect for their property and far as the heart of your city; also, I have in return, they would not resist. Sherfor some days held and controlled every man offered the city to the president as a

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In the Classroom

Susan Schwamm

he first day of school heralds excitement for most students (and parents) return-

ing to the classroom after a long and wonderful summer.

True,

some of us still feel that summer has just begun, but as we flip the calendar to September, the reality of the ebbing of a carefree season hits us. No longer can we leisurely get up at 9am and eat breakfast barefoot on the porch. As our children enter the shining hallways of their schools next week, it’s up to us, their parents, to help them make the entry to a new school year as seamless as possible. We can all empathize with the desire to hit the snooze button one more time on the alarm clock and the urge to play just a few more rounds of basketball after a long day at school. So what can we do to help our children start off their school year on the right foot?

THE FIRST STEP: PREP

The key to a good start is preparation. It’s important to ease children back into a school year routine gradually. During the summer, when the days are long and the obligations are almost nil, our kids tend to stay out later and hit the sack at a later time than during the school year. For a week or two before school starts, start inching their bedtime up earlier. Keep in mind that children between 5- and 12-years-old need 10 to 11 hours of sleep. Eventually, a few days before school starts, they should be going to sleep and waking up at the time that they would during the school year. But preparation shouldn’t end there. Even when they do wake up at the regular schoolyear time, help children with their morning routine so when the bus comes on the first day, they won’t be left heading out to school hungry. Make a list of things that need to be done every morning—get dressed, brush teeth, eat breakfast, grab lunch—and do a practice run the day or two before school starts. Take a walk with them to the bus stop to remind them how long it takes to get there. Write down what time they need to be out of the house and show them where the clock is. Keep that list on the fridge and have your child check things off as they go about their morning routine. This will keep them grounded and help them pace themselves in the morning. There’s nothing worse than sending off your little ones that first day harried and without the proper sustenance that they really need for the long day at school. Throughout the school year, it helps to spend a few extra minutes in the evening to help ease the morning rush. Have your children place their homework in their knapsacks right after they do them. Knapsacks should be placed in their proper spots, preferably near the front door. As parents, think about what you can do to help with the morning dash for the bus. Any notes or signatures that your children need for school should be placed in their knapsacks before you go to sleep. Lay out their clothes—including their shoes—the night before. Prepare their snacks, drinks and lunches (along with a note saying “I love you”) and put them in the fridge in a spot that won’t go unnoticed. You can even set the table for breakfast—bowls, spoons, cups, and cereals can all be put out in the evening.

89 93 Even before school starts, it can be overwhelming trying to figure out each child’s schedules. Make sure to use one master calendar to help centralize everyone’s schedules. It may take time, but once everyone’s days off, after-school activities and obligations are penciled in, it makes things simpler. If you’re using a paper calendar, write each person’s schedules in a different color—don’t forget mom!—to organize things even more. This system also works well when shopping for school supplies. Every child comes home with a list of all the supplies they need for the year and combined it can be overwhelming—15 glue sticks, anyone? Before shopping, right down everything that you need for all your children. Keep a separate list at home of each child’s needs separately. This way, when you shop, you have one master list that you can use when perusing the aisles. Make sure to scan the circulars before heading out the door. During this season, stores have great sales on school supplies, and it’s worth it in the long haul to head to one for notebooks for 17¢ and paper for less than a dollar in another. Between Staples, OfficeMax, CVS, Target, Walmart, Amazing Savings and other local stores, you’ll end up capitalizing on great deals. Being a smart shopper is not just about school supplies. August is the second-biggest sales month for clothing retailers—they’re begging you to buy their items! But before pressing the “buy it” button online, take a few minutes to go through each child’s drawers for what they may need this upcoming year. Have them try on their pants and skirts. Perhaps they can still wear a few things in the fall. Empty drawers and closets of outgrown or worn-out clothing so you can start with a fresh slate.

HOMEWORK HABITS

After running around the whole summer, it’s hard to sit down and do loads of homework every day. Help your child by giving them a routine during the summer season. The week or two before school, have them sit with you and do puzzles, read or play quiet games. Giving them quiet time will help them get used to the learning process they’ll be exposed to in school. Designate a homework spot in the house. Children need a consistent place where they can do their work and study uninterrupted. This may be in their room, or for younger children, it may be in a place where you can sit with your child in case he or she may need you for encouragement or to ask questions. It’s important that there’s limited distractions in this area. Have sharpened pencils, erasers, paper, books and other items that they may need for homework in their homework area. Make a designated spot for important papers or references they may need to look up. Remind children to put their homework and papers back into their backpacks immediately after completing their assignments.

THE FIRST WEEK

Even with all the preparations prior to the first day of school, it’s always a challenge to get back into routine the first week back. Try to clear your schedule to make sure you’re there for your children— physically and emotionally. If you can, try to be home for your child that first week as they step off the bus. Encourage them to talk about their teachers, their new classmates, and their new subjects. Freeze a few easy dinners to keep you available for a chat after school. Some children are more talkative than others, but if they know you’re available and encouraging of their new situation, they will talk about it with more enthusiasm. Greeting your child after school with a special snack, a warm smile, and a bright “welcome home!” will help them ease back into school and start the year on the TJH right foot. 

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In the Kitchen Naomi Nachman

Ingredients 1/8 cup Ossie’s pesto sauce 1/8 cup mayonnaise 1 cup shelled salted pistachios, crushed ½ cup brown sugar 2 TBS fresh lemon 2 lbs baby salmon fillet (one whole side of a salmon) or 6 to 8 - 6oz slices regular salmon Preparation Mix the pesto and mayonnaise together in a small bowl. Place the salmon on a large baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Spread the pesto mixture over the fish and set aside. In a food processor, crush the nuts until they are coarsely ground but not too fine, then add the lemon and brown sugar. Pat nut mixture on top of salmon and bake for 25 minutes at 350°.

Yukon gold are my favorite potato to use Ingredients 3 TBS extra-virgin olive oil 1 cup diced shallots 8 Yukon Gold potatoes, peeled and cut into a medium to large dice 2 cups chicken stock (I use Trader Joe’s brand) Salt and pepper ¼ cup chopped flat-leaf parsley Preparation Heat the oil in a heavy 5-quart saucepan over medium heat. Add the shallots and sauté, stirring for about 4 minutes, until soft and translucent, but not colored. Stir in the potatoes and continue cooking several minutes longer, stirring to ensure that the potatoes are coated well with the olive oil and shallots. Add the stock, bring to a simmer, and season to taste with salt and pepper. To complete: Reduce the heat to low, cover, and cook for about 20 minutes. The potatoes should be tender and should have absorbed most of the stock. Fold in the parsley and serve immediately.

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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Back to School

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Brown Bag-It the Right Way! BY SHARI KLEIN The school day is long and our children spend a lot of time in their classrooms, learning and listening to their teachers. Lunchtime is a great time for them to relax and an opportunity for mom to fill their bellies with something healthy and nutritious. Here are some delicious and fun ideas of foods to send with your child for school lunch this year. Remember to include a note that says “I love you!”

Bento Boxes

Snacks

I remember that lunch in school wasn’t complete without a light snack after the main. Choose healthy snacks when packing a lunch so your child can make wiser food choices. • Pita chips • Applesauce • Air-popped popcorn • Rice cakes • 90 calorie snack bags • Whole wheat crackers • String cheese • Cut up grapes • Colorful pepper strips • Apple slices • Banana

The idea of a bento box originated in Japan where it traditionally includes rice, meat or fish, and a pickled vegetable. This concept is great for school lunches. Choose a theme or an idea and serve it in a closed, boxed container with different compartments. • “Israeli”: pita, olives, hummus, carrot sticks, tomatoes, tabbouleh salad, falafel balls • Wrap of egg salad, grape tomatoes, red grapes, cheese slices • Cut up turkey with salad, carrot sticks with dip, crackers • Yogurt “parfait”: yogurt, granola, raisins, cut up fruit • Pizza Party: cut up pizza or mini pizza bagels, string cheese, broccoli spears • Cottage cheese, cut up fruit, corn thins, cucumber slices

Pasta

I love serving pasta to my children for lunch. It’s so easy to make the night before and stays fresh all day. • Spaghetti and ketchup • Pasta salad • Rotini with store-bought pesto

Sandwiches

The sandwich is the perfect lunch. It’s easy to make and slides into a knapsack with the flick of wrist. Be creative—cut the sandwich into fourths or use cookie cutters to make fun shapes. • Bagels with cream cheese • Cream cheese and tomato on white bread • Avocado, tomato, and light mayo on whole wheat bread • Turkey, lettuce, and mustard on rye bread • Hamburger, ketchup, and tomato in a hamburger bun • Tuna, lettuce, and tomato in a spinach wrap

“Kabobs”

Kids love fun foods. Something on a skewer is way more fun to eat! Make sure to include a dip of ketchup or dressing. • Rolled up cold cuts and pickles • Chunks of cucumbers, tomatoes, red peppers and string cheese • Chunks of fruit: pineapple, peaches, strawberries • Squares of cheese and cut up grapes and pears

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Food Poisoning Claims & Hygiene Practices at Food Establishments I have a local eatery & take-out. Two days after a recent hungry customer ordered all of the best items on my menu, the Nassau County Department of Health came in. I was told the guy was rushed to the hospital within 1½ hours after he finished eating. They guessed that one of my workers may have contaminated the food with germs or a virus. The customer’s friend then also came in and joked that I better let my insurance company know or his friend’s lawyer will take my business. I do not think he got sick in my place, but I am concerned. How concerned should I be? The Attorney Responds: Although your customer’s friend may have laughed, it is no joke that you must put your insurer on notice as soon as reasonably possible. Any unnecessary delay could result in grounds for a denial of your coverage. After your insurer is informed, should you be concerned about losing your business? Based on the facts you provided, I would say, “Definitely, no.” In this regard, I assume your insurer wants to oppose the claim as much as you do. Most people are surprised to learn that the legal analysis in a case of food poisoning usually questions whether the injured customer has a valid claim for products liability. The analysis is not unlike whether GM is liable for putting unsafe cars on the road or whether Toys R Us is responsible for selling another company’s toy which is a choking hazard. The question to ask is what is the likelihood that the product will cause injury and did the provider of the product exercise reasonable care and prudence with respect to the fitness of the product?1 I am sure that you already know that local minimal hygiene policies are established by the Nassau County (or New York City) Department of Health and New York State Sanitary Code. Establishments providing food run the risk of liability for tolerating or permitting employees who are dirty, sick, or infected to handle food, preparation areas, service areas, plates, knives or forks, etc.

Accordingly, for the sake of avoiding the nausea of readers of this column, and with nothing other than apparent speculation to the contrary, I will assume that you have appropriate and strict hygiene

more bitter than usual,” and she was hospitalized two hours later. Yet, her claims were dismissed due significantly to her own doctor’s notes! Her doctor wrote that her stomach illness “is unlikely to

supported by her doctor. Still, the Court dismissed her claim, finding that no evidence supported that Ms. Williams actually ingested that particular pathogen and no scientific evidence was offered in support of her theory.4 Of course, there are cases that have favored people who claimed they were victims of food poisoning. Many of them were then compensated for their injuries. Be that as it may, rest assured, from the perspective of the business owner, there are indeed times when it is worthwhile to defend against such claims. 1 See Denny v. Ford Motor Co., 87 NY2d 2448; Singer v. Zabelin 24 NYS2d 962. 2 Patricia v. TGI Fridays, 2011 NY Misc. Lexis 1465; See Singer, supra. 3 Id. 4 Williams v. White Castle, 4 AD3rd 161.

practices at your establishment and that was not the source of your customer’s problem. In any event, to support a cause of action for food poisoning, your customer’s lawyer will not just have to prove that the food was contaminated, but that the customer ate the contaminated food and that the contaminated food caused the alleged illness.2 A friend of mine who is knowledgeable about the industry tells me that when the lawyers get involved, inevitable results are simply delayed. To tell you the truth, sometimes that is true, but certainly not always. Of course, it depends on the circumstances. In cases where the cost of litigation may be prohibitive, an early settlement is advisable. Nevertheless, from the perspective of the restaurant owner, there could be multiple other considerations that weigh in favor for or against a quick settlement. Those considerations could include, but not be limited to, the amount of time required for litigation, opening the “floodgates” to frivolous claims, and the likelihood of an adverse result in litigation or at trial. With this is mind, plenty of eateries have fought the litigation battle and reaped the benefits. In one case involving TGIF in Massapequa, Ms. Patricia finished her meal although it was “a bit

have been caused by Enterohemorrhagic E. Coli. The reason is that initiation of symptoms occurred almost immediately after ingestion. In addition, the duration of her gastrointestinal symptoms lasted at most 48 hours,” which was inconsistent with her claim. The doctor further noted that her condition could have been caused by an unrelated bacteria or virus, among other possible causes.3 In another case involving White Castle, Ms. Williams alleged that she ate contaminated food which caused her to contract a blood disorder caused by foodborne pathogens. Her claim was

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.

Sol Z. Sokel, Esq. (a/k/a Shlomo) is associated with the AV rated law firm, Kelly, Rode & Kelly, LLP based out of Mineola and Riverhead. He lives in Cedarhurst with his wife and their five children. He can be reached at szsokel@krklaw.com and at (516) 739-0400.

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From My Private Art Collection Rebbetzin Naomi N. Herzberg

Finger Painting for Children and Adults hen most people think about finger painting, their thoughts are on nursery,

them within a creative environment. This artistic journey does not need to be limited to young children. Adults can receive great pleasure and at the same time produce unusual pieces of artwork with the use of finger paints. Call it laziness, as artists who like to work with their fingers instead of with a brush claim that they do not like to take time out to wash out their brushes. Finger painting produces abstract expressionist paintings. In mental health venues, finger painting can be used to help communicate repressed feelings of anxiety or depression. It is easy to

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limit. Before beginning plan out your designs with a quick sketch in your head or on paper. Learning specialists and art therapists claim that finger painting is therapeutic for people of all ages. Kerry Greasley explains, “Finger painting has existed for centuries, but was established in its modern form in the 1930s by Ruth Faison Shaw. She was one of the first to recognize its therapeutic potential and was hailed as “a pioneer in progressive education”. At a time when many thought

children should be seen and not heard, she saw finger painting as an important way for children to communicate their unexpressed words and feelings. The instinctive nature of finger painting, she said, “aids the imagination and gives a delight in creating things

subconsciously – things that one may not even have seen or dreamed of before” (retrieved from nourishingourchildren.wordpress.com, 2013). We learn an enormous amount about colors while doing the mixing of the finger paints, as the colors do change as they flow in to one another. We make use of many of our senses, which in itself is stimulating. Balance and large muscles are improved, hand muscles are strengthened, fine motor development is improved and hand-eye coordination is developed through finger painting.

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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merica’s biggest companies fight like tigers for surprisingly tiny advantages. Grabbing as little as a single extra percent of market share can mean millions in new revenue, especially in popular categories like soft drinks or laundry detergent. The same is true when it comes to taxes. A chief financial officer who cuts his company’s tax rate by a percent or two

is a hero — and while his name may not make headlines, his paycheck will show it. The Fortune 500 compete for tax planning talent like baseball teams compete for starting pitchers. General Electric is a great example — from 2002 through 2011, it earned billions in profit and paid an average tax rate of just 1.8%. No wonder its tax department has been called “the world’s best tax law firm.” Right now, the coolest kids in cor-

RABBI BARUCH GOTTESMAN, MBA, HEAD OF SCHOOL RABBI NAPHTALI SUDWERTS, MS, ADMINISTRATOR/ ASST. PRINCIPAL: DYNAMIC REBBE AND EXPERIENCED PROGRAM DIRECTOR

porate America’s tax departments are all talking about “tax inversions.” The strategy involves buying a foreign company headquartered somewhere with lower taxes, then moving their “tax domicile” to the new country while leaving their core business here. Nine U.S. companies have taken the plunge in 2014, and a dozen more are currently weighing it. Take Medtronic, for example. The Minnesota-based pacemaker manufacturer was

Allan J. Rolnick CPA groaning under a combined 39.1% federal and state tax rate. That’s enough to give any CFO a stroke. So what do the tax doctors prescribe? Merge with Covidien—in Ireland. Take advantage of the Emerald Isle’s 12.5% rate, and party like it’s 1999. The move could save as much as $4.2 billion in U.S. taxes. If you think this sounds like the sort of move that would upset our friends at the IRS, you’re right. (Google “tax inversion + weasel” and you’ll get 4,450,000 results.) Last month, President Obama condemned it as “gaming the system,” and urged Congress to slam the doors shut, saying, “Stopping companies from renouncing their citizenship just to get out of paying their fair share of taxes is something that cannot wait.” Of course, inversions have their champions, too. Defenders point out they’re perfectly legal under Internal Revenue Code Section 7874. They argue that the tax savings created by inversions flow through to customers, employees, and shareholders in the form of lower prices, higher wages, and higher profits. And they assert that the deals will help American companies compete against rivals in lower-taxed jurisdictions, protecting jobs and wages. But not everyone is jumping on the tax inversion bandwagon. This summer, Walgreens announced they would be completing their acquisition of Alliance Boots, Europe’s largest pharmacy. Walgreens had contemplated using the deal to move their tax headquarters to Switzerland, but ultimately decided to pass. Since then, the company’s stock has dropped 15%. So…a mistake? Well, moving could have saved a bundle — as much as $4 billion over the next five years. But it also could have backfired—big time. Executives worried it could spark a decade-long fight with the IRS, chase customers away, and even jeopardize the millions of dollars in federal revenue that Walgreens rakes in from Medicare and Medicaid. Senator Dick Durbin reported he was thrilled that “the corner of happy and healthy” would stay “right here in Illinois.” What do you think? Are the folks who take advantage of tax inversions really “gaming the system,” as President Obama has said? Or are they just playing the hand they’re dealt, protecting themselves as best they can against the aces up everyone else’s sleeves? Whichever you think, remember that we’re here to help you play the cards you’re dealt. Let us help you pay the least tax you can! Allan J Rolnick is a CPA who has been in practice for over 30 years in Queens, NY. He welcomes your comments and can be reached at 718-896-8715 or at allanjrcpa@aol.com.

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Life Coach

Rivki D. Rosenwald Esq., CLC, SDS

The Back to School Issue

his week’s issue is the back to school issue. Well, guess what? We’re having the exact same issue in our house—the back to school one! We’re spending the week trying to decipher and relearn long forgotten math. We’re stalking the libraries for copies of summer reading. Fat chance of finding a copy of the book…unless we hang out at the beach club. There, every kid over 10 is confined to their beach chair for life until they complete their summer reading. At the very same time, we’ve got the older students revisiting their schedules, trying to figure out what they can still drop and pick up. And once again, exploring “rate my professor” in the hopes of finding a winner they overlooked the last 20 times they looked at the site. The dilemma presents itself: do

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NORMAL PARENTS AND KIDS BEGIN CIRCLING ONE ANOTHER LIKE WRESTLERS IN A RING, READY TO LUNGE AT A MOMENT’S NOTICE.

a difficult one, a great grader, who hardly shows up, but has asphyxiating body odor when he does. Rumor has it some professors are checking out their ratings and changing things up just for fun. It almost makes you want to play it safe and take the tough grader! At least then

school supplies alone can bankrupt you. It’s a good thing we do our summer vacations before this outing because no one would have a dollar left for anything if they did this purchasing before. And honestly, why do they bother sending out those school lists anyway? They have absolutely nothing to do with what our kids wind up needing for the year. OfficeMax and Variety Connection must have an arrangement with the schools. Nothing else makes sense. After we buy and check off everything on the supply list, then the first day of school rolls around and we’re back at the stores to buy the real things the kids need for the school year. Oh, and don’t you love the size of the textbooks? Last year, a third grader put on her backpack after their first day of class and wound up flat on her back. Hello—the name is backpack, not flat back! Kids are reading less and less but the textbooks are getting fatter and fatter. And truthfully, who remembers which explorers discovered which places and when. Seriously, are we sure it really matters? Maybe to Sir Francis Drake’s descendants! On the subject of discoverers, I’d prefer the bus driver discovered my house instead of some random corner nearby—then I’d certainly be motivated to memorize his name! And of course, once school gets into full gear then homework rears its ugly head. Normal parents and

kids begin circling one another like wrestlers in a ring, ready to lunge at a moment’s notice. Each is tired from a long day and the last thing anyone wants to be doing is monitoring that homework gets done or actually doing it. Two completely rational and normal human beings may be reduced to pursuer and prey as the hour gets later and the homework is pushed off longer! My kids leave the house at 7:15 am and returns at 5:30 pm. If the school couldn’t shtup some information into them in those 10 hours when they were wide awake and fresh, why do they think that I can make it happen in the next few hours, when they’re de-

pleted? Back to school after all might not be the tough part; back to home may be the problem! Look, I’m all for education but I’m not so sure I want it to be mine – again! So as back to school issues arise. My only real advice to everyone is to try to keep the relationship between you and your children uppermost in your mind. Some people are made to be solid students. Others are destined for different heights and successes. Yet, they are all entrusted to us for safekeeping. So let’s try and keep the tension to a minimum and the attention flowing. Then back to school will be less of an issue and more of an event. Good luck and have a great school year! Rivki Rosenwald is a certified relationship counselor, and career and life coach. She can be contacted at 917-705-2004 or rivki@rosenwalds.com

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