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Dear Readers, Last week, my husband and I went sailing around Manhattan. The schooner that we went on sails nightly around the city, when the view is most majestic. In the darkness, the lights of New York’s buildings are dramatic and the island truly looks beautiful.

One of my favorite parts of the sail was when we floated near the Statue of Liberty. It was then when there was a hush over the sailboat, as everyone onboard marveled at this symbol of American freedoms. As a grandchild of immigrants, I tried to picture my grandparents’ faces and tried to imagine the feelings that coursed through them when they glimpsed Lady Liberty years ago. One of my grandmothers, my father’s mother, came to America on her own at the age of 10. She traveled from Vienna on the Queen Mary, never knowing if she would ever see her parents again.

My husband and I sat near a man who came on the sail to celebrate his birthday—his 99th birthday, to be exact. He came with his daughter, and he delighted in telling us about himself. I was in awe of this man, Mr. David Biberman. He was in perfect health and seemed to enjoy life. In fact, he told us that he was in the navy and even stormed the beaches of Normandy during World War II. When we asked him about his experience there, he answered, “Normandy? It was great! We were shooting at them, they were shooting at us; it was great!”

There was no need to ask Mr. Biberman for his secret to longevity. His great spirits and optimistic attitude have propelled him through the century.

Speaking to him, I felt as if I was holding hands with the past. He was born in 1915 and his daughter pointed out that the Empire State Building, standing so majestically with its bright lights, wasn’t even built when her father was born in New York 99 years ago. I wanted to speak with him about everything he’s lived through—all the past 100 years’ events—but the two hour sail was just too short.

On a more somber note, I am sure that I share the same feelings of all of klal Yisroel when I say that I am hesitant to read the news every morning. I peek at the headlines with trepidation, hoping and praying that today we will only be successful in Eretz Yisroel and that all of our soldiers and brothers and sisters will be safe from harm. Israel has been forced to advance with this initiative, and I hope that Hashem will hear our prayers and end this battle quickly with no more deaths or injuries.

May Hashem watch over all of us and may He protect our brothers and sisters in our Holy Land.

Wishing you a wonderful week, Shoshana

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Letters to Dear Editor, Your profile of Elan Koarnblum, who publishes the magazine Great Kosher Restaurants (July 17 issue), incidentally brings to mind a significant halachic issue: does one have the right to criticize a restaurant?

The article states: “One bad internet review can help destroy a restaurant’s business.” To mitigate potential damage, before posting a grievance on the Great Kosher Restaurants website, comments are “sent to the said restaurant’s managers so they can have a chance to rectify the issues before it affects their business.”

The implication is that it is okay to post a negative review once the restau-

rant has had the chance to comment. I doubt that it is halachically acceptable to post negative comments even if the website allows the restaurant to respond. Lashon hara does not become permitted just because the affected party is given the option to defend itself. I would go further: even to share one’s negative assessment of a restaurant within a close circle of friends seems problematic. All the more so must we be careful in the Wild West that the internet has become.

Perhaps an exception to this would exist if the restaurant in question agrees in advance that all comments, positive or negative, may be posted.

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the Editor Dear Editor, I loved reading about the kosher restaurant scene! We have gone quite a long way from the classic pastrami on rye with a pickle on the side. Our tastes and presentation have become more sophisticated—whether we are eating at home or in a restaurant. Even our classic Shabbos food includes different colored knedlach, 20 different types of dips, challah with sweet toppings, and myriad kugels.

I am happy that our community likes to experiment and bring joy to our Shabbos meals. There is one caveat—and I am sure that nutritionists who have read the article agree. We must be careful with what we place into our mouths. Sure, we can love to cook and serve our families yummy meals, but keep in mind that our bodies are not meant to eat a huge smorgasbord every week. I love to serve my family new, fun foods and I love to experiment in the kitchen. So when I try a new dish, I keep portion sizes small and send a portion over to my neighbors as well.

They love (at least I hope they do) tasting my new dishes and this way my

family doesn’t go overboard with the food.

Wishing your readers a delicious, healthy summer, Chani K. Dear Editor, Every week you showcase a poll of your readers. Last week you asked how many readers wear sunscreen during the summer. 73% answered positively. What are the other 27% thinking? We all know that we spend way too much time in the sun. During the summer, even when driving, the sun can be damaging to our skin. I have heard too many horror stories from those—young and old—who experienced a scare. Please, please take the extra three minutes every morning to put on sunscreen—especially during the summer months. Making sure to keep covered and staying out of the sun when the sun’s rays are the strongest (between 12noon and 2pm) are also good ideas to have in mind.

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Global Bosnia’s Largest Mass Grave

On Sunday, the remains of 284 victims of the Bosnian war were finally laid to rest after being unearthed from what is believed to be the largest mass grave of Europe’s worst conflict since World War Two. Thousands of mourners from Bosnia and across Europe gathered together in grief, thankful to finally give their loved ones peace. They chanted an Islamic prayer for the mainly Muslim Bosniak victims, including 21 members of the same family, on a soccer field in the northwestern town of Kozarac.

“I think we will be at peace tomorrow, when all this is over,” said Amela Kadiric, who came from the Netherlands to bury her father and three uncles, killed in a wave of Serb ethnic cleansing during Bosnia’s 1992-95 war. Around 100,000 people died in the conflict, which scattered Bosnians across the globe. Asked how many members of her extended family had been killed, Kadiric replied: “Nobody knows.”

The remains of more than 430 people have been found so far in the Tomasica grave near the town of Prijedor.

The grave was deep, and the soil mostly clay, meaning there was relatively little decomposition among many of the bodies. Some say that around 1,000 people were flung into the gruesome death pit but many were later dug up and reburied elsewhere in an effort to cover up the extent of the atrocities.

The Prijedor region was a stronghold of ultra-nationalist Serb forces who killed more than 3,000 Muslim Bosniaks and Catholic Croats there and drove tens of thousands from their homes. Some were tortured and killed in notorious Serb-run detention camps, while others died in their homes, crimes for which 16 Bosnian Serbs have been sentenced by a special U.N. war crimes tribunal to a total of 230 years in prison.

It’s almost twenty years since the war has ended yet Bosnia remains deeply divided, split into two autonomous regions joined by a weak central government.

Feuding along ethnic lines continues to thwart the country’s ambitions of joining the European mainstream. Bosnia’s autonomous Federation, made up of mainly Bosniaks and Croats, declared Sunday an official day of mourning. The Serb Republic did not.

Suad Tatarevic buried six brothers and his father along with five other relatives found in the grave. “We have lived in hope for 22 years, and now have to face that they are gone,” Tatarevic said.

“At least, we’ll be able to visit their graves. This is our land, we were born here, here we’ll be buried.”

Sudan Newspaper Editor Beaten for Pro-Israel Comment

On Saturday evening, the offices of a Sudanese newspaper were raided and the chief editor was severely beaten for calling for a normalization of ties with Israel. Although reporters regularly complain of censorship by the National Intelligence and Security Service in Sudan, the violence against Osman Mirghani, chief editor of the Al-Tayar daily, was an unusual physical attack against a journalist in the country.

Mirghani was admitted to Al-Zaytouna Hospital in downtown Khartoum after “they just started beating him in his head, in his leg, using the guns and the sticks,” Faisal Mohamed Salih, an award-winning Sudanese journalist and press freedom advocate, told AFP. Ibrahim Ghandour, top assistant to President Omar al-Bashir, visited Mirghani and told journalists that the editor was unconscious, Salih said.

According to Salih, about seven gunmen drove up to the newspaper’s office just before the evening iftar meal when Muslims break their fast during the month of Ramadan. “They ordered the journalists to lay down. They collected

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They cut all the computer connections” before turning on Mirghani in his office, said Salih, who won the 2013 Peter Mackler Award for Courageous and Ethical Journalism. “The way they behaved, they were very organized.”

The attack occurred just a few days after Mirghani called for Islamist Sudan to normalize relations with Israel on local television. His comments were made during an Israeli military assault on the Islamist Hamas movement in the Gaza Strip.

Israeli officials have long accused Sudan of serving as a base of support for Hamas militants. In fact, earlier this month, Bashir met in the Gulf nation of Qatar with Khaled Mashaal, the exiled Hamas chief.

Salih said the attack against Mirghani, though unusual, is “a real threat to media freedom and journalists in general. And also it is an indicator that maybe no one can guarantee the security of the journalists anymore.” That seems to be an understatement, considering that Sudan ranked near the bottom—170 out of 179—in the Reporters Without Borders (RSF) 2013 World Press Freedom Index.

Germany Honors Those Who Attempted to Kill Hitler

70 years ago, a group of men bravely tried to assassinate the evil Adolf Hitler ym”sh. Unfortunately, they were not successful, but on Sunday, Germany honored the group of Nazi-era officers who attempted to kill the mastermind behind the Holocaust.

Despite their lack of success, the group’s bravery is remembered even today. Films have portrayed their courage—most recently, a movie released in 2008 called “Valkyrie” reenacted their story. Additionally, German soldiers today are encouraged to defy orders if they

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In a somber ceremony, President Joachim Gauck called the July 20, 1944 bombing of Hitler’s Wolf’s Lair headquarters in Eastern Prussia a “significant day in German history” for showing the world that there were Germans who opposed the Nazi regime. “It was from this legacy that the newly founded Federal Republic, once it belatedly recognized the significance of the military resistance, was able to draw legitimacy,” Gauck said.

Unfortunately, Hitler survived the bombing and was able to continue his military campaign to conquer Europe and eradicate the continent’s Jewish population for another year.

Four officers including Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg were executed without trial within hours of the failed assassination. Some 200 supporters were killed later or driven to suicide.

While the July 20 conspirators were among the most prominent examples of German resistance against the Nazis, in recent years historians have sought to highlight other, lesser-known men and women who opposed the regime.

“Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg has become a symbol of the resistance. The broader public hardly knows the names of the many others,” said Linda von Keyserlingk, a historian at Germany’s Military History Museum in Dresden, which recently opened a new exhibition about the July 20 plot.

Earlier this month, Germany’s Foreign Ministry honored Ilse Stoebe, who worked at the ministry during the war and tried to warn the Soviet Union of Hitler’s plans to attack it. She was executed in 1942.

Checkpoint Attack Kills 21 in Egypt

Militants at an Egyptian border checkpoint and ammunition depot killed

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Militants have stepped up attacks on the security forces since Islamist President Mohamed Morsi was toppled in July 2013 as the army struggles to suppress an Islamist insurgency that has killed scores of soldiers and police, mainly in the Sinai Peninsula bordering the Gaza Strip.

The attack followed repeated warnings by officials of a possible spillover of violence from across the border with Libya, where relentless bloodshed over the past few months has sparked fears of all-out civil war. Libya has been flooded with weapons and gripped by unrest since the NATO-backed uprising that toppled dictator Muammar Gaddafi in 2011, with rival militias who ousted him vying for control. Egypt’s border with Libya is more than 620 miles long and is far from being airtight.

Since the army removed Morsi, a police crackdown on his supporters has

left more than 1,400 people dead in street clashes, upwards of 15,000 jailed, and some 200 sentenced to death. Morsi himself and several senior leaders of his Muslim Brotherhood movement have been put on trial.

Snowden’s Future Plans

NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden has some plans for his future—assuming he is not in a U.S. prison. During a discussion at the Hackers on Planet Earth Conference (HOPE) in which Snowden participated via Google Hangouts, the whistleblower said he wants to work on tools that will help Continued on page 14

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“I think we the people—you the people, you in this room right now—have both the means and the capability to help build a better future by encoding our rights into the programs and protocols upon which we rely every day,” Snowden said. “And that’s what a lot of my future work is going to be involved

in, and I hope you’ll join me.”

Snowden didn’t specify what shape his work would take: whether he would be involved with producing code for new encryption and privacy-protecting technologies, or whether he would focus on promoting tools already under development for the average user. Nevertheless, he had some definite ideas about what

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“Generally, when I talk about this, I say encryption. I say, encryption, encryption, encryption,” Snowden said.

“Because it’s an important first step that denies the government access to anything more typically than a suspicion.”

Snowden has some very clear ideas

of the tools that are needed, and would be a strong spokesperson for getting people onboard with user-friendly privacy tools. However, with Snowden’s extended asylum request in Russia still pending, his chance to help create a more privacy-friendly future is far from certain.

67 Minutes for Mandela

Last week, South Africans celebrated the birthday of legendary leader Nelson Mandela with random acts of compassion. The leader died last December at the age of 95.

The United Nations has declared July 18 to be Nelson Mandela International Day. In celebration, people picked up litter, cooked at homes for the elderly, and donated food, blankets and other basic necessities to the poor.

Organizers had urged people to perform acts of charity for 67 minutes, symbolizing the anti-apartheid leader’s 67 years of public service fighting for justice for his people. Graca Machel, Mandela’s widow, joined volunteers who packed food parcels at a convention center in Johannesburg.

Mandela was jailed for 27 years under white minority rule and led a difficult transition to democracy, becoming president in the first all-race elections in 1994.

He served one five-year term, evolving into a global statesman and pursuing charitable causes.

Nigeria Kidnapping Tragedy Compounded Three months ago, the terrorist group Boko Haram kidnapped over 200 schoolgirls in Nigeria. The world cried out in horror but the terrorists have yet to release their captives. Now, it has come to light that even when those poor girls are released—and we hope it will be soon—some of them will never see their parents again.

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“One father of two of the girls kidnapped just went into a kind of coma and kept repeating the names of his daughters, until life left him,” Bitrus sadly said.

On Tuesday, President Goodluck Jonathan met with many parents of the 219 kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirls and some classmates who managed to escape from Islamic extremists. The meeting has been a little too long in coming.

For months, the parents have been asking to see the president and he finally agreed last week to a request from Pakistani girls-education activist Malala Yousafzai.

Chibok, the town where the girls were kidnapped, is cut off because of frequent attacks on the roads that are

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studded with burned out vehicles. Commercial flights no longer go into the troubled area and the government has halted charter flights. More danger is on the horizon for this small town. Chibok and nearby villages are targets because they are enclaves of staunch Christians in predominantly Muslim north Nigeria. Boko Haram is closing in on the village—attacking nearby villages on their way.

Villagers from those nearby villages are swarming into Chibok, swelling its population and stretching its already limited resources. Food shortages, along with money and fuel shortages, are looming.

Despite the dark clouds overhead, there is something for villagers to smile about. Some of the young women who escaped their captives are recovering.

They are now talking about their experience, and are partaking in therapeutic singing and drawing — a few drew homes, some painted flowers and one young woman drew a picture of a soldier with a gun last week. Some are even considering going back to school.

They are all deeply concerned about their friends who they left behind. 219 girls are still being held captive. The terrorist group has threatened to sell

them into slavery or as child brides. Videos filmed by Boko Haram show some girls describing their “conversion” from Christianity to Islam.

At least two have died of snakebites, a mediator who was liaising with Boko Haram told AP two months ago. At that time he said at least 20 of the girls were ill — not surprising given that they are probably being held in an area infested with malarial mosquitoes, poisonous snakes and spiders, and relying on unclean water from rivers.

Most of the schoolgirls are still believed to be held in the Sambisa Forest — a wildlife reserve that includes almost impenetrably thick jungle as well as more open savannah. The forest borders on sand dunes marking the edge of the Sahara Desert. Sightings of the girls

and their captors have been reported in neighboring Cameroon and Chad.

Residents in Chibok and in nearby villages feel so abandoned that they appealed this month for the United Nations to send troops to protect them. The U.N. has repeatedly urged Nigeria’s government to live up to its international responsibility to protect its citizens.

President Goodluck Jonathan insists his government and military are doing everything possible to ensure the girls’ release. In a new video released this week, Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau repeated his demands that Jonathan release detained extremists in exchange for the girls — an offer Jonathan has so far refused.

After three months, few Chibok residents believe all the schoolgirls will ever return home.

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In two incredibly rare aviation tragedies, passengers on another Malaysia Airline flight were tragically killed after the aircraft was shot down by a missile as it flew over Ukraine.

As the plane passed over the war zone in the eastern part of Ukraine, it was brought down by a missile. The region has seen severe fighting between Ukrainian forces and pro-Russia separatists in recent months. As the details continue to unfold it is clear that the aircraft was targeted inadvertently.

Just over five months ago on March 8, another jetliner from Malaysia Airlines went missing after about an hour in-flight. The struggling airline will face another round of grief, accusations, international scrutiny, and no doubt a decline in travelers.

“Either one of these events has an unbelievably low probability,” said John Cox, president and CEO of Safety Operating Systems and a former airline pilot and accident investigator. “To have two in a just a few months of each other is certainly unprecedented.”

Cox said that if the plane was shot down by a missile, the pilot probably did not even know it. “A missile like this typically closes in from behind, there is no reason for him to have seen it,” he said.

The Boeing 777-200ER, was traveling from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur with 280 passengers and 15 crew members; there were no survivors. Officials said the plane was shot down at an altitude of 10,000 meters (33,000 feet.)

Obama No Longer Talks Turkey This week, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced that he has stopped talking to U.S. President Barack Obama on the phone, amid growing strains between Ankara and Washington over Syria and the Gaza conflict.

Despite his announcement, this is no big

loss. Turkey, a fierce opponent of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and an open supporter of armed rebel fighters, felt betrayed when the United States backed away from military action against Damascus in September.

“In the past, I was calling him [Obama] directly. Because I can’t get the expected results on Syria, our foreign ministers are now talking to each other,” Erdogan said in a live interview on pro-government ATV channel.

“And I have talked to [US Vice President Joe] Biden. He calls me and I call him. I expect justice in this process. I couldn’t imagine something like this from those who are championing justice,” Erdogan added without elaborating, in an apparent jibe at Washington.

The last phone conversation between the two leaders took place on February 20 after which the White House released a statement accusing Erdogan of misrepresenting the content of the conversation.

A staunch advocate of the Palestinian cause, Erdogan has recently been at loggerheads with Washington over Israel’s offensive in the besieged Gaza Strip that has killed more than 580 Palestinians in two weeks. Erdogan accused the Jewish state of carrying out “state terrorism” and a “genocide” of Palestinians and criticized the United States for defending Israel’s “disproportionate” tactics.

The U.S. State Department branded his comments on Israel “offensive and wrong” but the prime minister hit back by saying the United States needed to engage in “self-criticism.”

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Last year, on July 25, 2013, the Bulgarian Interior Ministry released photographs of two Hezbollah operatives suspected in the bombing, Australian citizen Malid Farah (also known as “Hussein Hussein”), and Canadian citizen Hassan al-Hajj Hassan. As the second anniversary of the terror attack passed, a third suspect was identified as Mohamad Hassan El Husseini, a dual citizen of Lebanon and France who used a fake driver’s license under the name of Jacque Felipe Martin. El Husseini is believed to be the bus driver who carried out the attack; his identity was confirmed by DNA tests.

El Husseini was born in Lebanon in 1989. According to a report from Bulgaria’s State Agency for National Security, friends and relatives of El Husseini praised him as a “martyr” on social media.

Bulgaria has accused Hezbollah of being behind the attack. Last year, the

How “Good” is Your Country?

How “good” is America? Turns out we’re not too bad. But want to know who’s the “goodest” in the world? Turns out it’s the Irish.

According to a new index developed by independent policy advisor Simon Anholt, the “goodness” of a country can be ranked and measured. The goodness that Anholt is referring to is “not really

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A wide variety of factors were weighed and evaluated, factoring in a country’s GDP in correlation to its giving.

Who comes out on top in terms of least selfish – or more “good’? Ireland.

It’s followed by eight other European countries in the top 10 (including Finland, Switzerland, and the Netherlands) plus New Zealand, the only non-European nation in that group.

Which countries are really “not good”? Well, out of the 125 countries evaluated, Libya came in at rock bottom.

Vietnam, Iraq, Azerbaijan and Angola rounded out the five least good countries in the world.

Where, oh where, did the U.S. fall out? It seems that we’re good—but not great. The United States came in at a respectable ranking of 21. It “caused a certain amount of unhappiness amongst a certain number of Americans who naturally believe the United States is the

greatest benefactor to humanity,” says Anholt. But the results don’t imply that the U.S. isn’t a major factor for good in the world. Since the rankings are corrected for GDP, it gives smaller countries equal footing with larger ones. “The United States does a great deal more than the 21st position suggests,” Annholt clarifies.

The biggest surprise in the index?

Kenya. It ranked in the top 30 despite being one of the poorest nations on the list.

For Anholt, the results were “a real high point…[showing] this isn’t about money. It is not just a situation of the richest countries having sufficient money and time and leisure to be able to think about the rest of the planet because if that’s the way we think, we’re doomed.”

Body of South Korean Ferry Owner Identified On Tuesday, South Korean police announced that a badly-decomposed body found last month had been identified as that of the fugitive tycoon whose family owned the ferry which sank in April with

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to 294 from the disaster; 10 people are still unaccounted for. This was the first body discovered in nearly four weeks.

Dive teams are still performing dangerous missions to search for the missing bodies. Hopefully relatives will be able to receive some sort of closure when they are able to bury their loved ones.

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When the body was found, it was in an advanced state of decomposition and police needed to use DNA testing to determine who it was. “We do not know yet whether it was a homicide or a suicide,” Suncheon police chief Woo Hyung-Ho said.

The police had been widely criticized for failing to capture Yoo, and Woo acknowledged that investigators had also been slow in connecting the body with the fugitive businessman. It was found just a few kilometers from a villa Yoo was known to have used, and next to the corpse was a bag containing an autobiography Yoo wrote in prison in the 1990s.

“We admit that ... the investigations on his belongings were imperfect,” Woo said. “We could have identified him far earlier if we had worked more actively,” he added.

Woo’s frankness was apparently not appreciated by his superiors and shortly after the press briefing it was announced that he had been removed from his post as police chief.

Yoo was the patriarch of the family behind Chonghaejin Marine Co., which owned and operated the Sewol ferry that sank on April 16 with 476 people onboard, including 325 schoolchildren.

The disaster stunned South Korea, knocking the entire country off its stride and triggering public outrage as it emerged that incompetence, corruption and greed had all contributed to the scale of the disaster. Immediately after the disaster, a summons was issued for Yoo, but he refused to surrender and ultimately fled. Many of Yoo’s family members have been arrested, including his wife and his brother. A daughter is fighting an extradition bid from Paris. Earlier this month, South Korean prosecutors filed embezzlement charges against his 71-year-old wife, Kwon Yun-Ja. Last week, another body was found, bringing the confirmed number of dead

What most of us take for granted is a luxury in South Africa.

Recently, three infants died from drinking contaminated tap water in South Africa. The country’s drinking water is contaminated by sewage. As thousands of people migrate into cities that were designed under apartheid to serve small, white minority communities, the basic infrastructure is inadequate.

As in all developing countries, the poor population is suffering the brunt of water scarcity since they cannot afford bottled water or the electricity to boil water for decontamination.

The three babies, the youngest aged five months, died last month after E. coli bacteria contaminated the drinking water in Bloemhof, a small town southwest of Johannesburg. Town authorities blamed the contamination on a spillage of raw sewage into a dam that supplies the water, resulting in more than 100 people having to be treated for symptoms.

“Everybody recognizes that our infrastructure is old. As a small municipality we are also facing financial difficulties,” town council spokesman Oatile Letebele acknowledged. “It’s a problem that we are grappling with.”

The Department of Water Affairs said “rapid urbanization” made it difficult to achieve targets for service delivery but that it was “in the process of revamping the old infrastructure at a huge cost.”

The proportion of South Africa’s population of 52 million people living in urban areas increased from 52% in 1990 to 62% in 2011, according to a survey by the South African Institute of Race Relations (SAIRR) last year.

Israel Another Kerry Hot Mic Episode

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“But war is tough, and I’ve said that publicly and I’ve said it again. We defend Israel’s right to do what it is doing in order to get at those tunnels,” Kerry said.

Kerry then urged Hamas to “step up and be reasonable and understand that [if] you accept the cease-fire, you save lives.”

Kerry traveled to Cairo early on Monday for crisis talks on Gaza, following President Barack Obama’s call for an “immediate ceasefire” between Israelis and Palestinians in the conflict.

Hamas: We are Leading our People to Death U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is a smart person so one wonders how many times he can be caught with his foot in his mouth. On Sunday, Kerry appeared to criticize Israel in candid remarks caught on an open microphone between television interviews.

The statesman was heard talking about Israeli soldiers killed in Gaza to a State Department official identified as Jonathan Finer just before appearing on the “Fox News Sunday” political talk show. “I hope they don’t think that’s an invitation to go do more,” Kerry says.

“That better be the warning to them.”

A frustrated Kerry then says: “It’s a [heck] of a pinpoint operation, it’s a [heck] of a pinpoint operation,” in apparent frustration over the civilian toll in the Israeli operation.

“We’ve got to get over there,” Kerry is heard saying on the Sunday recording.

“I think, Jon, we ought to go tonight. I think it’s crazy to be sitting around. Let’s go.”

When confronted over the remarks

by Fox host Chris Wallace, Kerry reiterated Israel’s right to self-defense. “I think it’s very, very difficult in these situations, obviously very difficult,” Kerry said.

“You have people who’ve come out of tunnels. You have a right to go in and take out those tunnels. We completely support that. And we support Israel’s right to defend itself against rockets that are continuing to come in. Hamas has started this process of rocketing, after Israel was trying to find the people who killed three young – you know, one American kid, three young Israeli citizens. It’s disgraceful,” Kerry reiterated.

“It’s tough to have this kind of operation. I reacted obviously in a way that ... anybody does with respect to young

Last week, a senior Hamas official boasted of using Gaza’s civilian population as a human shield, and confirmed that his movement is “leading our people to death.”

“The resistance [Hamas] is truly glorifying our people and our nation,” Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri told Al Aqsa TV last Monday. He went on to belittle those Palestinians who complain about the death toll in Gaza: “We are paying a price, but we remember our brothers in Algeria… In 1945, in a single day in Algeria, 45,000 Algerians died. In a single day. It wasn’t described in Algeria’s history as forsaking the blood of the Algerians, as some defeatists are describing today the number of martyrs [in Gaza] as ‘trading with Palestinian blood and forsaking Palestinian blood.’”

In conclusion, Abu Zuhri made what some described as a Freudian slip, stating, “We are not leading our people to execution as we stand by and look on.

No. We are leading them to death – I mean, to confrontation.”

In another interview, Abu Zuhri again boasted about how effective the use of human shields had been in Gaza.

Anti-Israel Riots and Violence in France On Wednesday, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius called for an imme-

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“In Israel and in Gaza, the situation is very hard,” Fabius said as he arrived for a meeting of European Union foreign ministers. “Nothing justifies continued attacks and massacres which do nothing but only claim more victims and stoke

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tensions, hatred,” he said. “France will act forcefully to demand an immediate ceasefire,” he added.

Fabius met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over the weekend to discuss the situation in Gaza.

On Monday, French President Francois Hollande said that everything should be done to bring a halt to the fighting, now entering the third week.

World powers have urged Hamas to accept an Egyptian-brokered ceasefire and stop raining rockets into Israel from the Gaza Strip, demands it has so far resisted.

Over the weekend, Jewish-owned businesses and a synagogue were targeted in the suburb of Sarcelles, just outside Paris. Shops were looted and 18 people were arrested as youths went on the rampage during Sunday’s anti-Israel protest, which had been banned by authorities.

The mayor of Sarcelles said the Jewish community was in fear. This is the first time the suburb has seen such violence. Roger Cukierman, head of the umbrella group Crif that represents French Jewish organizations, said Jews were not just afraid, they were anguished.

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days is terrible. They’re shouting ‘Death to the Jews’ and attacking synagogues.

It’s completely out of control,” he said.

French Prime Minister Manuel Valls has condemned the anti-Semitic violence that broke out. “What’s happened in Sarcelles is intolerable: attacking a synagogue or a kosher grocery is quite simply anti-Semitism, racism,” the prime minister said.

But France is not the only place where anti-Israel rallies and violence has been seen. Pro-Palestinian rallies also took place over the weekend in London, Vienna and Berlin, where an Israeli tourist was attacked by demonstrators.

Anti-Semitic slogans were chanted by some protesters in the German capital. Jewish community leaders have spoken of their shock at the “explosion of evil and violent hatred towards Jews.”

In Boston, Pro-Palestinians staged a “die-in,” where protesters fell to the ground as names of Palestinians killed were called.

A week before the violence in Sarcelles, protesters had tried to storm two Paris synagogues, prompting the government to impose a ban on demonstrations in Paris linked to Israel’s ground operations in the Gaza Strip. The violence in Sarcelles came after thousands of people in Paris defied the ban on protests on Saturday, with some throwing stones and bottles at riot police, who responded with tear gas.

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After a home near Ben Gurion Airport was hit by shrapnel from a rocket, the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration suspended all flights to Israel on Tuesday for 24 hours due to security concerns.

The announcement came after Delta announced that it would be suspending flights indefinitely due to the dangerous situation. US Airways made a similar announcement about suspending its flights—but only until Thursday.

In response to Delta’s and US Airways’ announcements, Transportation Minister Yisrael Katz urged them to reconsider their decision to suspend flights.

“Ben Gurion Airport is safe — takeoffs and landings — and there is absolutely no need to be concerned about the security of planes and passengers,” he says. “There’s absolutely no reason why American airlines in particular should stop their flights and thus hand a prize to terrorism.” His statement came before the FAA made their decision later in the day.

The suspension was for American airlines only – airlines like El Al were still arriving and departing from Tel Aviv. In fact, on Tuesday, former Mayor NYC Michael Bloomberg flew to Israel from JFK, saying, “Israel has a right to defend its people and they’re doing exactly what they should be doing.”

Hamas Millionaires Abound

Ever wonder where all that Hamas funding ends up? Turns out they are turning out more and more millionaires every year. In 2006, Hamas gained a lot of traction among the Palestinian people as reformers who will not be obsessed with money like the Palestinian Authority is rumored to be. Now, after years of war profiteering, it seems Hamas itself has become the premier Palestinian millionaires’ club.

Very soon after seizing control of the Gaza Strip in 2007, Hamas and its allies began escalating rocket fire against the Jewish state. Given the severity of the Israeli response, that wouldn’t seem very good for business. But, in fact, it is. Over the past seven years, Hamas’ leadership has pulled in outrageous sums of money thanks to the Israeli blockade of Gaza.

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Hamas profits are threatened by the enormous quantities of humanitarian aid and other goods that Israel and the international community pump into Gaza every month, which is why numerous reports suggest Hamas blocks those funds from ever reaching local residents. Hamas leaders have also proved to be wildly successful fundraisers in their travels abroad.

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Turkish Jews Face the Backlash of Operation Protective Edge

As the war in Israel rages on, Jews around the world are facing heavy anti-Semitism.

A Turkish daily newspaper affiliated with Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called on the country’s Jewish community to apologize for the Palestinian casualties of the Israeli operation in Gaza.

“You came here after being banished from Spain,” Yeni Akit correspondent Faruk Köse wrote on Wednesday in an open letter to Hakham Bashi, the chief rabbi of Turkey’s Jewish community. “You have lived comfortably among us for 500 years and gotten rich at our expense. Is this your gratitude – killing Muslims? Erdogan, demand that the community leader apologize!”

In News In the right-wing newspaper’s editorial, Ali Karahasanoğlu wrote: “After the barrage of missiles which hit the capital city of Tel Aviv, Israel has been pushed into a corner and is crying out for a ceasefire, which at the moment only serves Israel and the United States. The IDF is using forbidden weapons, intentionally killing children and murdering Muslims for the sake of murdering Muslims. Hamas is unprepared to accept dictations from Israel and the U.S., and will only lay down its weapon after its understandings are accepted. While all this is happening, the journal of the Jewish community in Turkey, ‘Shalom,’ is referring to the murder of children in Gaza as ‘taking care of terrorists.’”

Last week, Ergodan compared Knesset Member Ayelet Shaked of the Bayit Yehudi party to Nazi leader Adolf Hitler. “There is a Knesset member who says repeatedly, ‘The Palestinians are our enemies,’” Erdogan said of Shaked, adding that this mentality was no different from that of Hitler. “If these words were said by a Palestinian, the entire world would condemn it.”

Interestingly, Zaman, one of the leading newspapers in Turkey which has an Islamic political alignment, accused Erdogan himself of acquiescence to Israel’s policy in the operation. “Behind the aggressive rhetoric, the regime is fully cooperating with Israel at the Palestinians’ expense,” wrote Ali Bulaç. “Don’t let the prime minister’s words fool you – the economic cooperation between Israel and Turkey has never been better. And who is paying the price? The poor Palestinians.”

Amid all of this rhetoric, there has been a strong movement to boycott Israeli goods and Jewish-owned businesses in Turkey. The hashtag #zulmesessizkalamam (“I will not keep quiet in light of the persecution”) has been popping up all over social media.

Turkey’s residents are being encouraged to boycott products such as Coca-Cola (as one of its owners, Warren Buffett, supports Israel by investing in companies like Iscar) and are provided with explanations on how to spot Israeli products in local supermarkets.

“I have never felt as threatened as I have in the past year,” says Linet, a Jewish textile importer. “The government is inflaming the hatred and anti-Semitism and we are simply living in fear. Many of those who have not left yet – and the vast majority of Jews immigrated to Europe and Israel a long time ago – are weighing their options.”

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PA Official: Israel is in the Right

As Arab leaders around the world condemn Israel and directly or indirectly support Palestinians, one Palestinian acknowledged the crimes of the Palestinians and Hamas.

“The missiles that are now being launched against Israel, each and every missile constitutes a crime against humanity, whether it hits or misses, because it is directed at civilian targets,” Ibrahim Khraishi, the Palestinian ambassador to the UN Human Rights Council, told Palestinian Authority TV last week.

He went so far as to add that Israel had very clearly adhered to international rules of engagement, so even if the Palestinian death toll is higher, legally Israel is still in the right.

“Many of our people in Gaza appeared on TV and said that the Israelis warned them to evacuate their homes before the bombardment. In such a case, if someone is killed, the law considers it a mistake rather than an intentional killing because [the Israelis] followed the legal procedures,” he explained.

Khraishi is hardly a friend of Israel. He also labeled the “[Jewish] settlements, the Judaization [of Jerusalem], the checkpoints,” as war crimes, however he acknowledges that the current rocket attacks are illegitimate.

National Happy and Healthy at 65

Retirement may be a far-off dream as medical expenses continue to expand.

Experts say that the cost of a 30-year-retirement is about $2.5 million.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), adults 65 and older spend almost twice as much on healthcare each year as 45- to 64-year-olds. Unfortunately, nearly 80% of seniors have been diagnosed with at least one chronic condition, while about 50% suffer from at least two diseases, incurring tremendous medical expens-

In News es. More than one quarter of seniors are obese which often causes diabetes and heart disease.

On a more positive note, today’s seniors are becoming more active. The United Health Foundation reported that physical inactivity among older Americans declined from 30.3% to 28.7% over the last year.

But despite this information, where you decide to hang your hat after you

reach that golden 65 can help determine how healthy you really are. Minnesota—for the second year in a row—is the healthiest state in the nation for retirees.

Why? Well, the state ranked first for all health determinants combined, including placing in the top five for a high rate of dental visits, a high percentage of volunteerism, a high percentage of quality nursing home beds, a low percentage of marginal food insecurity, a high percent-

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In a wave of violence in the city of Chicago, at least 40 people were shot and four were killed over the weekend.

An 11-year-old girl was shot in the head in her bedroom during a slumber party after someone fired a gun outside the house. Shamiya Adams, who died the next day, had been sitting on the floor during a sleep-over at her best friend’s home, the Chicago Tribune reported.

On Sunday, the Chicago Police Department had not released an official tally of the weekend violence. But reports of another outbreak of gunfire came as the city has been grappling with a wave of summer violence. Over the July 4th holiday weekend, 17 were left dead and 53 people were shot after violence swept through the city. Despite the high numbers, authorities said at the time that shooting deaths in Chicago were down for the year.

Boston Bombing Friend Convicted

Azamat Tazhayakov, a college friend of Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, was convicted on Monday of impeding the investigation into the bombing. He was charged with obstruction of justice and conspiracy, with prosecutors saying he agreed with a friend’s plan to remove Tsarnaev’s backpack containing altered fireworks from his dorm room a few days after the 2013 bombing.

Tazhayakov’s trial was the first of those stemming from the bombing which killed three and injured more than 260 near the marathon’s finish line. He faces a maximum 20-year prison sentence for obstruction and a five-year maximum for conspiracy but likely will get a lot less under sentencing guidelines. Sentencing is scheduled for October 16.

Tazhayakov’s lawyers argued that it was the other friend, Dias Kadyrbayev, who removed the items from the University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth dorm room and then threw them away. But prosecutors told the jury that both men shared the decision to remove the items and get rid of them to protect Tsarnaev.

Kadyrbayev faces a separate trial in September. A third friend, Robel Phillipos, is charged with lying to investigators.

During Tazhayakov’s trial, FBI agents testified that Tazhayakov told them he and Kadyrbayev decided to take the backpack, fireworks and Tsarnaev’s laptop computer hours after Kadyrbayev received a text message from Tsarnaev that said he could go to his dorm room and “take what’s there.” The items were removed hours after the FBI released photos and video of Tsarnaev and his brother, Tamerlan, and identified them as suspects in the bombing.

The backpack and fireworks were later recovered in a New Bedford landfill. Prosecutors said the fireworks had been emptied of their explosive powder, an ingredient that can be used to make bombs.

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has pleaded not guilty in the bombing and is scheduled to stand trial in November. He faces the possibility of the death penalty if convicted.

Terrorists Eye the US Open According to Al Qaeda’s magazine, Inspire, there are many wonderful targets for those who are wishing to cause harm.

Recently, it was revealed that one of the targets suggested is the US Open Tennis Championship.

In a briefing for New York City’s private security community, Rebecca Weiner, the NYPD’s director of intelligence analysis, warned that Inspire magazine is instructing would-be terrorists on how to make bombs and where to set them off. The magazine lists targets in Washington, D.C., Virginia, and New York — including the US Open, which begins on August 25 in Flushing Meadows, Queens.

Weiner stressed that police are not aware of any specific threats against the tournament. “We will ensure that the suggestions in this magazine remain hypothetical,” she said. “Nonetheless, we would be remiss not to take note of it as this event comes up.”

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Residents are urged to report any suspicious activity to the NYPD.

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“It’s time to shift our focus from how long Americans are living, to how well we’re living,” Reed Tuckson, M.D., senior medical advisor to United Health Foundation, pointed out. “We want this report to encourage seniors and the people in their lives to be more active, to talk about end-of-life plans and to live the best lives we all can.” The nation’s senior population is expected to double in size in the next 25 years.

Looking to retire but still want to enjoy a healthy lifestyle? Take out your walking shoes! The top five healthiest states in nation are: Minnesota, Hawaii, New Hampshire, Vermont, and Massachusetts.

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Last year, Florida’s highest court re-approved that decision, making it easier for smokers who are ill or their survivors to pursue legal action against tobacco companies without having to prove to the court again that Big Tobacco companies knowingly sold dangerous products and concealed the hazards of cigarette smoking.

In the latest case, the nation’s number two cigarette maker, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., is faced with $23.6 billion in punitive damages in a lawsuit filed in a Florida court by Cynthia Robinson, the widow of Michael Johnson Sr., a longtime smoker who died of lung cancer in 1996.

“The jury wanted to send a statement that tobacco cannot continue to lie to the American people and the American government about the addictiveness of and the deadly chemicals in their cigarettes,” said one of the woman’s attorneys, Christopher Chestnut.

Willie Gary, another attorney representing Robinson, claims that the suit’s ultimate goal is to stop tobacco compa-

nies from attracting children and young adults with their advertising. “If we don’t get a dime, that’s OK, if we can make a difference and save some lives,” Gary said.

Reynolds’ vice president and assistant general counsel, J. Jeffery Raborn, called the damages in Robinson’s case “grossly excessive and impermissible under state and constitutional law.”

“This verdict goes far beyond the realm of reasonableness and fairness, and is completely inconsistent with the evidence presented,” Raborn said in a statement. “We plan to file post-trial motions with the trial court promptly, and are confident that the court will follow the law and not allow this runaway verdict to stand.”

Earlier this week, Reynolds American Inc., which owns R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, announced it was purchasing Lorillard Tobacco Co., the country’s No. 3 cigarette maker, in a $25 billion deal. That would create a tobacco company second only in the U.S. to Marlboro maker Altria Group Inc., which owns Philip Morris USA Inc. and is based in Richmond, Virginia.

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Talk about a prison break! The roof of a 518-bed prison in Texas collapsed this week injuring 19 inmates and trapping dozens more. One of the inmates needed to be airlifted to Memorial Hermann Hospital in Houston for emergency surgery, while the rest of the injuries were less serious.

Diboll Correctional Center is about 100 miles northeast of Houston.

In a statement, a prison spokesman said the other inmates suffered cuts and bruises when wallboard fell from the ceiling of a housing area at the prison about 11:30 a.m. Spokesman Issa Arnita said 86 inmates were in the area when the ceiling material fell. He said officials are trying to determine the cause.

Billionaire Attempts to Break Up California

of Californians,” said Roger Salazar, a spokesman for the campaign. “The idea ... is to create six states with responsive local governments – states that are more representative and accountable to their constituents.”

Salazar said last week that the campaign had gathered more than the roughly 808,000 signatures needed to place the measure on the November 2016 ballot.

Draper and other supporters plan to file the signatures with California Secretary of State Debra Bowen on Tuesday.

Understandably, not everyone is gung-ho about Draper’s bold plan. “This is a colossal and divisive waste of time, energy, and money that will hurt the California brand,” said Steven Maviglio, a Democratic political strategist who has formed the group OneCalifornia with GOP strategist Joe Rodota to fight Draper’s plan. “It has zero chance of passage.

But what it does is it scares investment away...at a time when the governor is leading us to an economic comeback.”

It will be a while before you see California A-F popping up on your maps; if it gains voter approval (which is unlikely) it still needs to be passed by Congress (even more unlikely).

Even so, Draper’s plan is detailed and gave names for the six states and even proposed borders. One state, to be called Silicon Valley, would include the tech hub along with the San Francisco Bay Area. The state capital of Sacramento would be in North California, while South California would be made up of San Diego and the eastern suburbs of Los Angeles. L.A. itself would be part of a state called West California.

The idea behind the proposal is to help create a more business-friendly environment, solve the state’s water issues, and ease traffic congestion.

That’s Odd Think we can squeeze in another five stars onto the American flag?

Billionaire venture capitalist Timothy Draper, founder of a Silicon Valley firm, has proposed a plan to break up the the Golden State into six separate lucrative states. It seems that California is just way too large. Draper claims to have gathered enough signatures to place the proposal to break California into six on the ballot in two years.

“It’s important because it will help us create a more responsive, more innovative and more local government, and that ultimately will end up being better for all

A Double Miracle A Dutch cyclist escaped death twice—by switching his tickets last minute after he was scheduled to fly on both Malaysia Airlines’ doomed flights, MH370 on March 8 and MH17 last Thursday. He tweeted about his fortunate change of plans and since then has been inundated with media requests to speak about his double miracle.

Maarten de Jonge, a 29-year-old rider for the Terengganu team in Malaysia, said, “I’m frankly overwhelmed by

the number of requests,” de Jonge said.

“What has happened is terrible, so many victims, that’s a horrible thing. From reverence for the victims and their families, I do not think it [is] appropriate to tell my story.”

Officials say 298 people — 189 of them Dutch citizens — were killed when Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 was struck by a surface-to-air missile along the Russia-Ukraine border.

While de Jonge said he is “happy” he decided not to take the flight at “the last moment,” his story “is ultimately nothing compared to the misery so many people are [experiencing]. Attention should be paid to the victims and survivors.

Wishing everyone affected by this disaster a lot of strength.”

The cyclist was planning to travel back to Kuala Lumpur on Flight MH17 on July 17 after competing in last month’s National Championship Road Race in the Netherlands, but he decided to save money by flying through Frankfurt instead. He was also scheduled to take the March 8 MH370 flight from Kuala Lumpur but switched his ticket to avoid a stopover. The flight disappeared from radar and has yet to be found.

“I could have taken that one just as easily,” de Jonge pointed out. “It’s inconceivable. I am very sorry for the passengers and their families, yet I am very pleased I’m unharmed.”

According to his website, de Jonge, who finished 35th at the Dutch cycling event, was still planning to fly to Malaysia via Frankfurt on Sunday.

Ever the optimist, the biker said, “I have been lucky twice. You should try not to worry too much because then you won’t get anywhere.”

Skiing Cross Continent in Antarctica Getting across a continent by yourself is never easy. Doing it in bad weather is even worse. Doing it in severe snow-

storms in the continent of Antarctica is really almost impossible. But British explorer Felicity Aston was determined to do all by herself—and boy, did she pull it off!

Aston got off a plane with only a pair of Nordic skis, a satellite phone, and two heavy sledges filled with food and supplies. In her bid to become the first solo skier to cross Antarctica using only her own muscle power, Aston had to face unrelenting blizzards, fierce windstorms, and her own fears. She made it safely to the other side in just two months.

Aston is a pioneer for female athletes and explorers, but facing an unforgiving landscape and extreme isolation also transformed her personally.

Aston recently described how the expedition made her reevaluate her confidence. She recalled, “The experience gave me so much more confidence; this whole idea that if you just keep going in life, everything will be OK. If you really believe that you can handle whatever life throws at you, and you will find your way through, it makes you much more confident.”

Pass the Present Around

Hey, it’s my birthday; I’m gonna party, it’s my birthday…And I’m going to be giving out presents.

You heard that right. A patron in a diner left a present for his waiter because it was his birthday. The gift? A whopping $1,000 tip—on a bill that was just $113! On the receipt, the birthday boy wrote: “Pay it forward. My birthday present to me!” after leaving with his wife in a limousine.

The waiter, Michael Shafts, had inquired about a special bottle of wine the birthday couple ordered. “He told me it was a 47-year-old bottle of Amarone and

In News that he was celebrating his 47th birthday,” he said. “I wished him a happy birthday, then it was back to business as usual and I went to chat with a regular outside,” the lucky server recalled.

Later, manager Julie Byron noticed the couple leaving in a limousine and bid them farewell. Upon returning inside, she was greeted by a wide-eyed Shafts, who presented his open billfold to her with the $1,000 tip written out. “I did a double-take,” she said. “Everybody was very excited. It’s thrilling and it’s especially unusual for something like that to happen in the capital district” of Albany.

Because of the “pay it forward” message inscribed on the receipt, Byron and Shafts spoke at length about how he would use the money afterward. But his colleagues didn’t have to wait too long to find out.

“When he returned to work on Saturday night, he had envelopes of money for all of the staff, both front-of-house and back-of-house that had been working with him on Wednesday night,” Byron said. “When all was said and done, he divvied up more than half.”

Byron also noted that returning the good deed wasn’t out of character for her

employee.

“He’s a very hardworking young man,” she said of Shafts, who works full time at Sunmark Federal Credit Union, pulls three part-time shifts a week at The Ginger Man restaurant and has a side business repairing iPhones, according to Byron.

“I always tell him that he’s my favorite. He’s honestly a great guy and it couldn’t have happened to a better person,” she said.

It’s never too early—or late—to celebrate a birthday!

Selfie Seals Suspect’s Fate This new trend of posting countless selfies at all hours of the day is getting to be a little irritating and for some, incriminating as well.

Police had been investigating the theft of clothing and jewelry from Mortie’s Boutique, a southern Illinois boutique. But they hadn’t found the culprit until she showed herself wearing the

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Danielle Saxton, 27, was arrested after she posted photos of herself wearing an unusual dress that matched the description of the stolen items. She was arrested on misdemeanor theft charges.

Authorities confirmed that the distinctive leopard-print dress was among the items stolen on July 11 from the shop.

The store’s co-owner, Kert Williams, posted news of the stolen items on Facebook in the hopes of tracking down the items. Saxton captioned her incriminating photo “Love my dress,” but she should have captioned it “Love my stolen dress” because followers who saw Williams’ posting and those of Saxton quickly made the connection and tipped off police.

The dress ended up being a giveaway for the getaway thief.

Ball Girl Blunder Ball girls don’t usually get that much attention unless their reactions are so priceless that it becomes newsworthy.

The ball girl stationed in the right field of Fenway Park in Boston on Friday night got to be part of the action for a split-second, until she realized that… she ruined the action! Kansas City Royals’ slugger Eric Hosmer hit a ground ball that was fair by the skin of its teeth and then bounced into foul territory. As millions of people watched, the ball girl

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fielded the ball without realizing that it had crossed over first base in fair territory, interfering with a live play.

didn’t really change the outcome of the game since the next two batters followed with singles allowing the two runners to score.

Truth be told, it was almost impossible not to feel sorry for the young girl whose 15 seconds of fame quickly went viral. Her endearingly honest reaction is sure to become a favorite in the Hall of Fame for most awkward moments.

Perhaps she would be better off selling peanuts and Cracker Jacks than fielding balls.

Big mess up! The kind that makes you want to run away and lock yourself in your room for a few days until the repercussions blow over. But instead, this girl innocently dropped the ball and calmly moved away from the evidence hoping that none of the players, umpires, or 37,743 fans noticed. Of course, that didn’t slide and the girl gave a “I-can’t-believe-that-just-happenedon-national-TV, this-is-so-embarrassing, I’m-going-to-need-to-dye-my-hair-andwear-sunglasses-that-cover-half-myface-for-the-rest-of-my-life” kind of look.

As a result of the blunder, Hosmer was awarded a ground-rule double and Omar Infante, who was running from first base on the play, was only awarded third base, although the umpires had the option of giving him home as well if they felt he could have rounded the bases.

Lucky for the ball girl, this small slip-up

Police Pizza Prank

When’s the worst time to play a prank on police officers? When they already have you locked behind bars. But a Kentucky man forgot that police may have heard of caller ID and is now paying the price for his practical joke. Already in police custody for shoplifting and public intoxication, Michael Harp, 29, thought it would be a good idea to place a prank phone call on his arresting officer.

After being collared, Harp asked

for permission to use his cellphone, a request that was granted. Shortly after Harp made a call, a Domino’s delivery worker arrived at the precinct with five pepperoni pizzas that had been supposedly ordered by Captain Coy Wilson, the cop who had arrested Harp earlier. Since Wilson was on the phone when the order arrived, patrolman Jeff Hill (who was unaware of the prank) went ahead and paid $40 for the pizzas, according to a criminal citation.

But soon the pizza prank was uncovered and officers were not amused.

They quickly linked the pizza order to Harp’s phone. A Domino’s worker told cops that after receiving the order, they placed a confirmation call to the number and Harp “answered as Captain Wilson” when he spoke to the Domino’s employee.

The Kentuckian, who had originally faced only misdemeanor counts, was hit with additional charges, including felony identity theft and impersonating a police officer.

I’m sure officers will be serving up a slice of justice for Michael.

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Unbelievably, for the past 17 years, hundreds of Lego pieces have been washing up on the shores of Cornwall, England, to the delight of mystified beachgoers. Interestingly, this is not a new global warming phenomenon.

There is a rhyme and reason behind the playthings’ landing on the beach.

On Feb. 13, 1997, a shipping container filled with nearly 5 million Lego pieces was thrown into the sea when the ship carrying them, the New Yorkbound Tokio Express, was struck by a huge wave. In all, 62 containers were lost overboard some 20 miles offshore, the BBC reports.

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“These days the holy grail is an octopus or a dragon,” Williams told the BBC. “I only know of three octopuses being found — and one was by me — in a cave in Challaborough, Devon. It’s quite competitive. If you heard that your neighbor had found a green dragon, you’d want to go out and find one yourself.”

Williams, who founded a local beach-cleaning group, says shipwrecked Lego bits wash up daily. And her Facebook page is littered with Lego findings.

On Monday in Perranporth, a Lego scuba tank washed ashore.

According to the cargo manifest, there were 97,500 of them in the container that fell off the Tokio Express. Of the 4.8 million Lego pieces lost overboard, an estimated 3.2 million of them were light enough to have floated to the surface.

While confirmed findings from the Lego container have been limited to the U.K. to date, Facebook users around the world have been reporting possible discoveries. Last week, a woman from Australia sent Williams a photo of a Lego

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flipper found washed ashore in Melbourne “sometime in the last five years.”

Dr. Curtis Ebbesmeyer, an oceanographer who’s studied the Tokio Express case, wrote, “It’s possible that after 17 years, a Lego flipper could have made it to Australia.”

And while the daily Lego discoveries may be a dream for some beachcombers, they’re a nightmare for environmentalists. “If you look at the washed-up Lego, it looks perfect, like it’s just come out of the box,” Claire Wallerstein, head of a Cornwall beach care group, said. “Plastic in the sea is not going to just decompose and go away.”

Wonder if some Lego pieces will be coming to a shore near you.

World’s Worst Exterminator Sets House on Fire There are a few smart ways to get rid of a spider: a shoe. A rolled up newspaper. A flyswatter. A blowtorch. Wait

a minute—that last one doesn’t sound quite right. But it did to a Seattle man with a can of spray paint and a lighter.

The spray paint and the lighter were used as a makeshift blowtorch to kill the eight-legged intruder in his laundry room. The results: a blaze that caused $60,000 worth of damage, Seattle fire officials said.

“There are safer, more effective ways to kill spiders than using fire,” Moore said. “Fire is not the method to use to kill a spider,” he sagely pointed out.

As for the spider, Moore said, “I’m pretty sure the spider did not survive this fire. The whole wall went.”

Wonder if Little Miss Muffet is going to try this next time.

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Thankfully, the man and his mother got out of the house, and no injuries were reported, although there’s no word on the fate of the spider. “I don’t want to encourage people to do this, but that’s what he did,” Kyle Moore, a spokesman for the Seattle Fire Department, said.

“The spider tried to get into the wall. He sprayed flames on the wall, lit the wall on fire, and that extended up to the ceiling.”

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Months of practice for Agnes seemed to pay off, as her throw managed to reach catcher Rene Rivera. She held onto her walker as she made the pitch and delighted in her successful throw. Believe it or not, this centenarian is better at ball than most people half her age. Not everyone who’s bestowed the honor of throwing out a first pitch can throw a decent ball.

Play ball! (Even when you’re over 100!)

Taking Manners for a Ride

Ever had a rude cabbie? Well, the Emerald City may be the place to set things right. Some Seattle-area taxi drivers are trying charm school as a way to improve their customer service and fight off competition from other ride services.

About 130 drivers from Yellow Cab sat in a classroom this week to listen to hospitality management instructors from South Seattle College. The fourhour program focused on connecting with customers, leaving a good impression, and dealing with complaints productively.

One of the region’s major cab companies, Yellow Cab, asked the college to design the class in response to competition from smartphone app ride services like Uber and Lyft. Cabbie Paul Cheema says he and his fellow drivers want to show customers they’re trying to make a change in the industry.

The class costs $60. Plus tip…

World’s Furriest Fan Sorry baseball fans. You are not truly a fan unless your beard says you are.

Eric Brooks, a Washington Nationals fan, made his allegiance as plain as the hair on his face when he shaped his lengthy beard into the Nats logo. He describes himself as an “avid beardsman”

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In an Instagram shot of the hairy logo, Brooks wrote that he’s attending Wednesday’s game and that this was a practice attempt at a beard to wear to the game. “It’s sloppy because I did it very quick,” he added. Looks OK to me.

This is not the first time Brooks turned his facial hair into art. He sported a beard in tribute to Alex Ovechkin at a Capitals-Avalanche game in Denver last season.

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Shiny Donation Found in Thrift Shop

This is what I call a diamond in the rough.

Goodwill is a national thrift store chain that deals mostly with donated secondhand clothes and shoes. Employees at the Goodwill store in Annandale, Virginia, were shocked to discover what one anonymous donor left among the piles of old clothes.

The workers discovered a 3-carat diamond ring that was auctioned off this week for more than $11,000. The ring was carefully placed in a Ziploc bag along with some other jewelry. It was a round cut stone on a gold band.

The donation was auctioned on Goodwill’s website. Bidding started at $1,499 and by midday was sold for $11,601.

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The youngest person to have flown solo around the world is a cool title to have. And it may just belong to a U.S. teen after he touched down in California this week. Matt Guthmiller, 19, completed the more than 29,000-mile journey in a single-engine airplane.

Guthmiller made about two dozen stops in 14 countries during the journey, according to his mother, Shirley, who greeted her son after his 16-hour final leg flight from Hawaii. “Of course he looked tired,” Shirley Guthmiller said. “I’m very relieved he is home, but I wasn’t worried.” The Massachusetts Institute of Technology engineering student was sleeping late the next day, she said.

Matt Guthmiller took an early interest in aviation and was 16 when got his pilot’s license. “As a little kid, he was afraid to go down to the basement,” said his father, Allen Guthmiller. “It’s amazing how kids change. Now he’s not afraid of anything.”

Guthmiller’s parents said he’s sending documentation to Guinness World Records, which must confirm that he broke the record. Jamie Antoniou, the senior public relations manager at Guinness, said Guthmiller was approved to try and break the record before he left.

The previous record holder is Jack Wiegand, who was 21 years old when he circumnavigated the globe in about two months in 2013.

“I’m proud of him and I really wasn’t worried,” his father said. “He had a good plane and a good plan.” And for all you worried parents out there, fear not; Matt kept in daily contact with his parents by satellite telephone. He also routinely posted updates on social media.

Oldest Person Alive After receiving a birth certificate showing that he turned 126 last week, Jose Aguinelo dos Santos may just be the oldest person alive. The Brazilian man was born on July 7, 1888, just two months after slavery was abolished in Brazil – the last country in the Western

Hemisphere to outlaw the trade.

Jose—known simply as Ze—has never married or had children, still walks without a cane, eats four meals a day and has no health problems – despite smoking a packet of cigarettes a day for the last 50 years.

If the birth certificate is genuine, Ze was apparently 26 when the First World War broke out, and was already a pensioner at 65 when Queen Elizabeth II ascended the British throne. He would have been 52 when Brazil football legend Pele was born – and 62 when Brazil first hosted the World Cup, in 1950.

One of five children, Jose was born in a slave compound in the town of Pedra Branca in the state of Ceara, northeast Brazil. He was among hundreds of slave families who continued to live there, even after being granted their freedom. He later travelled south to the state of Sao Paulo, where he spent most of his life working on a coffee plantation in the town of Bauru. Now a resident of an old people’s home in the same town, Jose

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Interestingly, despite his many years, Jose has no secret for a long life. “The truth is that you just keep getting older.

You take each stage at a time. If I got to this age it’s because I’ve lived a lot, that’s all.”

Mariana Silva, a psychologist at the Vila Vicentina home, said Jose has no health problems and is so lucid he still amuses other residents by cracking one-liners. “When he’s on his own he likes to sing. None of us know the songs he sings. They’re from a time no one else remembers.”

She also said that Jose has a stubborn streak. “He doesn’t like to take a bath every day and it’s sometimes impossible to get him to the shower. When he puts his foot down, that’s it. No one can get him in there.”

Interestingly, Jose only received his birth certificate last month after a team of experts researched his past. The old people’s home now hopes to provide conclusive evidence that he is the world’s oldest man through “Carbon-14” dating.

Jose Roberto Pires, the president of the retirement home, said, “We believe the world’s oldest ever person is living here with us, and this is the only way we can really prove it.”

Books About Town

A good bench and a good book are a classic combo so these new London reading spots are sure to be a hit.

50 open book-shaped benches decorated by prominent artists and illustrators in the style of some of Britain’s most enduring literary characters can be found spread about the city. James Bond, Paddington Bear, Sherlock Holmes, Pip, Peter Pan, and Jeeves are just a few examples of the character-inspired seats.

London has been a literary city since Shakespeare took out his quill. The National Literacy Trust and Wild in Art dreamed up the new project, dubbed “Books about Town,” in an effort to encourage more reading. The benches can be found in four different trails through Bloomsbury, Greenwich, Riverside, and City districts, all areas deeply associated with writers and writing.

Take out your books—or Nooks— and head over to those benches before it’s too late. They’re going to be auctioned off mid-September.

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Fun Up, Down and All Around at Orah Day Camp What happens when you look up and down? You will see Orah Day Campers have a wonderful time. And do you know what happens when you look behind you and in front of you?

The same exact thing; Orah Day Camp-

ers coming and going and having fun.

In fact, it’s black and white, that we’ve had zebras, penguins and cows (oh my!) We had a black and white dress up day and delectable chocolate and vanilla ice cream.

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Our days and our nights are packed with fun just like the names of our COLOR WAR teams! Team Yom – the yellow team – and Team Layla – the blue team – did an outstanding job creating beautiful banners, superb theme songs and cute badges for every team member to wear. Yasher koach to our 7th and 8th grades who worked hard but made it look easy leading the teams to victory and for putting on a stomp performance that was, in a word, stompendous! The display of achdus and sportsmanship made sure that everyone won because they all had fun. Do the kids have all the fun or are the grown-ups allowed to have some too? The campers were challenged to match the grown administrator to her baby picture and it was funny to see how many campers were up to the challenge and didn’t let us down.

It may seem as if we’ve only just begun, but believe it or not the first half of camp is coming to an end! There is still so much more in store—more trips, games and, of course, surprises that we can’t tell you about (yet). We say goodbye to those who are only staying first half and a warm hello to those who are joining us. A high five to the many girls who decided to extend their camp experience because they know the lowdown on how much fun we are having because here at Orah Day Camp, there is no opposite of fun.

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Yehuda, who learned in the Mirrer Yeshiva in Israel and in kollel in the US, received semicha from Rabbi Zalman Nechemia Goldberg in Jerusalem. In the fall, he will be attending the University of Maryland Dental School in Baltimore, ranked among the top in the US. Rabbi Peretz Steinberg reciting Tehillim Yehuda’s three sisters and his wife are also graduates of Touro’s Lander On Motzei Shabbos, July 19, the College in Flatbush.

Queens community gathered once again to recite Tehillim on behalf of Israel at Congregation Nachlas Yitzchock (Rabbi Noach Isaac Oelbaum’s shul). The event was co-sponsored by the Chazaq organization and Chickens for Shabbos.

The event included words of inspiration from Rabbi Herschel Welcher who is the Rabbi of Congregation Ahavas Yisroel.

Rabbi Welcher quoted from the haftorah of this week’s portion where G-d states, “I remember how you followed me with emunah (faith) in the desert. Adversaries will destroy the Temple but G-d has not rejected Israel. I will not forgive those enemies.”

Rabbi Welcher taught that in TehilMango, Luscious Lemon, Strawberry lim 130, “G-d loves us even when we Goodness, Rich Raspberry, Chocolate are unworthy.

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Six New Sweet Flavors Burst into Klein’s Country

Just when you thought Klein’s Country was settling into the summer 2014 routine, along comes some yummy revelations that are anything but routine!

A brand new burst of flavor and fun is about to explode all across Klein’s Country and this eruption of fun is going to stack up nicely and sweetly and have children and adults of all ages jumping for joy.

The Klein’s ice cream people have outdone themselves once again (not that it really surprises anyone anymore when they outdo themselves, as they have consistently been doing so for over half a century) and produced the most refreshingly amazing line of six brand new flavors of sorbet to enhance your Shabbos table (or Sunday BBQ or Monday dinner or Tuesday dessert or Wednesday brunch or Thursday midnight snack or Friday snack time or any other time you can think of) This enchanted line of yummy sorbet is like nothing you have ever experienced before. With flavors like Magical

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no one in the world is concerned that millions of Jews are under threat of thousands of missiles. We stand only with G-d, not with the world. G-d says, “Don’t be afraid.” G-d stands ready to accept our prayers and unity.

Robbie Newman of Chickens for Shabbos spoke next. He urged everyone to be careful with shemiros halashon.

He reminded everyone of the monthly plan to gather for Tehillim gatherings on erev Rosh Chodesh and he declared that each Tehillim gathering will be dedicated to a different Torah institution in our community. The evening’s gathering was dedicated to Yeshiva Tifereth Moshe and everyone was asked to contribute. He stated, “Let G-d see we love our Torah institutions. Without them we are powerless.”

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DineNMeet Makes an Encore Visit to Woodmere Following a successful DineNMeet event last year in Woodmere that culminated in a shidduch made by a host between a guest and her friend, DineNMeet returned to Woodmere last Shabbos, bringing 80 guests. Young Israel of Woodmere, which is active in promoting singles events and initiatives, partnered with YUConnects and DineNMeet to make the Shabbos uniquely productive and comfortable for all participants. “This was one of the best and most relaxed events I’ve ever been to,” emailed one attendee afterward. “The people were high quality and I now have lots of new suggestions.”

The concept is simple and successful. On Friday night after Mincha, the guests dispersed across 10 hosts’ homes for a delicious meal together. Equally divided between men and women, approximately eight guests were placed in each home based on compatibility and commonalities. Conversation took

off and many meals lasted well past midnight.

On Shabbos day, participants all joined together at an annex of the Young Israel of Woodmere for an afternoon dessert reception in which everyone got a chance to meet everyone else, and – again—the schmoozing went on for hours even after the program ended. The group reconnected for a gala shalosh seudos in a lovely local home where the conversation picked up right where it left off. Many local matchmakers and facilitators assisted throughout, by mingling and getting to know most of the participants. Following a singing havdalah, guests headed out together to individual dates and group bowling. So far, 80% of participants expressed interest in at least one other guest.

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Horses and Happiness at Ruach Day Camp Holistic Healing with Horses, a new equine facilitated learning program in Syosset, welcomed close to forty counselors-in-training from Ruach Day Camp. For many of these teen-

agers, this was their first exposure to such a large and majestic animal. Some initially admitted to being apprehensive and nervous, yet curious and excited. But by the end of their hour and

a half experience, mostly everyone left wanting more; more of everything they learned during their brief visit.

The boys and girls were taught how to stay safe at all times around

the horse. They learned how to groom, tack and lead a horse around an obstacle course and finally for those brave enough to try, were given their first riding lesson. Sounds easy? Well, if you know what you are doing maybe it is. But what many of these first time equestrians learned was the importance of staying in the moment, staying grounded in their bodies, focused and very attentive to the task at hand. Yes, that’s right; no cell phones, cameras or other multi-tasking was allowed.

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The calm and tranquility that came over the ranch was palpable. The horses, Mickey, Blue, Romeo, Harrison, Moose and Annie, were quite pleased with their job, as were all the teenagers who touch them, stroked them, braided their mane and tail, lead them over cavallettis and rode them around the arena. One 14-year-old teenager said it best leaving the ranch, “Boy, this was better than even Dorney Park.”

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The fun never stops at Camp Areivim!

Five Towns Marriage Initiative Sharing in Our Nation’s Joys and Sorrows There are those who continue learning Pirkei Avos throughout the summer months until Rosh Hashana, and this week the second chapter is learned.

The fourth mishnah teaches not to separate from the tzibbur, the Jewish nation. Rabbeinu Yona explains this mishnah to say that when the nation is involved in a mitzvah, a person should join along with them. If the people are joining together to do wrong then not only should a person not join up with them, but in this kind of scenario Yirmiyahu said that if only he had a hotel in the desert he would abandon the nation and run there so as to totally remove himself from any misdemeanor on a public scale.

Rashi emphasizes another aspect of being there for each other, explaining that it is so important to join up with our nation for the happy times and sad times equally. For some, it is easier to go to a wedding and for others, it is easier to make it out to a shiva call. There are those who don’t have time to go to either, but they will push themselves to make it out to pay a shiva call because they feel obligated to go. In truth, it’s important to be there for other’s occasions, both for the good times and the bad times. Additionally, when the entire nation is in a state of sadness or in a state of joy, one must join along with the nation and rejoice or mourn. Rashi uses harsh words to describe a person

who does not care for the nation and does not make an effort to be a part during times of need. He says that such a person won’t see the salvation of the nation and won’t see any “siman bracha l’olam,” sign of blessing forever.

When we see how strong the backlash is for not being there for each other, we realize how imperative and crucial this is. We can accomplish this attachment to our people through prayer, through truly feeling joy or sadness, joining in when a community-wide mitzvah is taking place, being present when our presence is called for, and trying to take note of the needs of those around us. This starts in our homes, being there for our spouse and immediate

family members, and it branches out to the entire Jewish nation. May we merit placing our lot amongst those who see the ultimate salvation and are constantly showered with “siman bracha l’olam,” signs of blessing forever.

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

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As Operation Protective Edge is ongoing in Gaza, an email was sent out on the Ramat Eshkol N’shei list asking if any of the kollel wives in the neighborhood would be interested in baking cakes and cookies for IDF soldiers on the frontlines. The lady who sent out the email had a neighbor who had been called up to the reserves and was willing to take down a box of treats with him to Gaza. However, by the end of the night, over 200 families had sent over bags stuffed with over a thousand care packages and letters!

Yeshiva Nishmas Hatorah’s Evening of Inspiration On Wednesday, July 9, Yeshiva Nishmas Hatorah, led by Rabbi Yissachar Blinder and Rabbi Pinchus Weinberger, held its third annual event in support of the yeshiva. It was graciously hosted by Yanki Mueller and Shalom Vegh in Cedarhurst at the Mueller residence. It was a beautiful show of support and chizuk from the community for the yeshiva. Those in attendance enjoyed a delectable barbecue catered by Yanky Potasch, beer-tasting, and live music supplied by Nafshenu Orchestra.

A common refrain heard many times over the evening was, “Why wasn’t there a yeshiva like this when I was in Bais Medrash?” What is it that parents, businessmen, and young people alike see that is so refreshing and unique about Yeshiva Nishmas Hatorah?

In their speeches, Rabbis Blinder and Weinberger gave the audience a glimpse into the hashkafa and goal of the yeshiva. Rabbi Blinder spoke so eloquently about each individual’s responsibility to be a great husband, a great father, and most of all, a great Yid. It’s easy to point fingers and shift blame, but ultimately the onus is on each individual to make himself into who he would like to be. He emphasized that although the yeshiva is a bastion of Torah and there is much emphasis placed on each bochur’s progress in learning, Yeshiva Nishmas Hatorah’s main goal is to prepare each bochur for life and the challenges that come along the way.

Rabbi Weinberger spoke next and continued along the same theme.

He explained a common misconcep-

tion people have that impedes their growth. People generally feel that that the responsibility of affecting positive change in this world is relegated to a few Torah leaders and askanim, and the rest of the “common folk” can’t possibly produce change. However, one can see clearly from that week’s parsha that Pinchas was the one who stood up for emes, and he was the one who received the ultimate reward. This was not despite the fact that he wasn’t a leader, but because he wasn’t a leader, he was one of the klal. Rabbi Weinberger then explained that in today’s times we need the “regular people” to step up to the plate. This is the message that is constantly being inculcated into the yeshiva bochurim, and the Roshei Yeshiva empower the boys to take initiative and get involved in the klal.

With this chinuch, packaged with a high level of learning and exceptionally devoted and caring rebbeim, it is no wonder that a bochur from Yeshiva Nishmas Hatorah internalizes these messages and strives to be “a better

husband, a better father, and a better Yid.” The yes h i v a ’ s well-rounded curriculum includes three sedorim a day, prioritizing serious learning with an emphasis on retention. There is a focus on halacha, understanding tefilla, and business ethics. The yeshiva regularly invites successful businessmen to discuss their challenges in their workplaces and how they deal with such issues, as well guest speakers who offer words that inspire. The yeshiva also employs a dayan who travels in once a week to give a shiur on the various halachos that pertain to a variety of businesses.

The yeshiva has hosted a number of Shalom Task Force workshops as well.

The high-spirited learning is enhanced by many extra-curricular activities and devoted rebbeim. The yeshiva

is further enriched by its menahel, Rabbi Abi Goldenberg, whose signature warmth and keen perception is showered upon the bochurim on a personal level. Bais Medresh Heichal Dovid in Lawrence hosts the yeshiva.

With all the above factors combined, it is no wonder that the yeshiva’s goal of preparing its boys not simply to survive life’s challenges, but rather to thrive, has boruch Hashem merited much success. The yeshiva should be blessed with hatzlacha as it continues the great kiddush Hashem it has begun.

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TOVA’s First Ever Charity Softball Game Hits it Out of the Park

Pinky Friedman, president of TOVA; Avi Fertig, Republican-Conservative candidate for State Assembly; and Rabbi Richard Altabe, executive director of TOVA. Alhough Avi didn’t take the field, he did win the raffle for 2 box seats to a Yankees game.

The night of July 22, TOVA and Croton Leagues held its first ever Charity Softball Game at North Woodmere Park.

The game pitted the all-stars of NYC vs. the all-stars of the Five Towns. Players bid for the honor of playing in this exciting game.

After a hard-fought game with the lead going back and forth between the two teams, NYC all-stars won by a score of 19-12. The go ahead runs were driven in by game MVP and NYC pitcher Mark Cohen from Brooklyn. Evan Blachman, commissioner of the Croton League, was the MVP for his Five Towns team.

After the game, TOVA Executive Director Richard Altabe raffled off free tickets to both Yankees and Mets games as well as a gift certificate to Delicious Dishes. GOP Assembly candidate Avi

Game MVP Marc Cohen of Brooklyn with Evan Blachman of Croton Leagues

Eddie Antar of Crawfords getting a hit for NYC

Rabbi Fogel leading tehillim on behalf of the soldiers and citizens of Israel before the game with Richard Altabe

Fertig won the Yankee Tickets, TOVA administrative assistant Tzippy Kaluszyner won the Mets Tickets, and Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder won the free meal at Delicious Dishes.

An amazing dinner was catered by

Brach’s and several establishments sponsored the evening; TOVA thanks The Jewish Home, Seasons, Gourmet Glatt, Brach’s, Triple Net Group, Meridian Capital, Golden Nursing Home, I Know a Guy, Regis-

ter Abstract, Carlos and Gabby’s, Cross River Bank, Lobos, and Croton Watches as well as its partner, the Croton Softball League and its commissioner, Evan Blachman, for a wonderful evening of fun for everyone.

230 Olim From North America, Including 100 Children, Landed in Israel on Tuesday on a Nefesh B’nefesh Charter Flight PHOTO CREDIT: SHAHAR AZRAN Despite the tense security situation in Israel, 228 new olim from the United States and Canada arrived at Tel Aviv’s Ben-Gurion Airport today as new citizens on a Nefesh B’Nefesh Aliyah charter flight, in collaboration with the Ministry of Aliyah and Immigrant Absorption, the Jewish Agency for Israel, Keren Kayemeth LeIsrael and JNFUSA. The children included 39 girls and 61 boys. Altogether, 29 families and 54 singles joined the landmark flight, which included olim planning to live in Israel’s south and north, as part of a joint project to settle olim in the Negev and the Galilee. Those who are planning to live in the south also received special briefings about the security situation, such as information about trauma counseling and support from English-speaking olim living in the area.

A number of Israeli dignitaries greeted the new olim as they touched down in Israel as new citizens, among them Minister of Aliyah and Immigrant Absorption, Sofa Landver; MK Rabbi Dov Lipman; Chair of the Jewish Agency for Israel, Natan Sharansky; Chief Rabbi of Tel Aviv, Yisrael Meir Lau; and Founders of Nefesh B’Nefesh, Tony Gelbart and Rabbi Yehoshua Fass who escorted the flight.

“The decision to make Aliyah is not a simple one, especially in the current situation it is a courageous and important one,” said Minister of Aliyah and Immigrant Absorption MK Sofa Landver. “The continuing massive Aliyah of families and children, especially in these times of crisis, strengthens the resolve of our nation and serves as a proof that Israel is the one and only home of the Jewish nation.”

Chair of The Jewish Agency for Israel, Natan Sharansky, added: “That so many Jews from the West are joining us of their own free will is the best answer to those who still try to destroy us. This flight is yet another step in the ingathering of the exiles, and we look forward to welcoming these new Israelis home.”

“Today’s Aliyah flight demonstrates the great resilience of the Jewish people and its determination to build the State of Israel,” said Nefesh B’Nefesh Co-Founder and Executive Director Rabbi Yehoshua Fass. “These olim, who are choosing to move to Israel in these difficult times are instilling hope, optimism and strength throughout Israel and the Jewish nation. The outpouring number of requests we received to join the flight out of solidarity for the citizens of Israel is inspiring.”

Ilana Barta, 23, from Teaneck, NJ, came to Israel to marry her fiancée there (the wedding is scheduled for August 17). Her finance is an officer in the Paratrooper unit who is currently on active duty in Gaza. In the photo, Ilana just got off the plane with the wedding dress she had brought from the United States. She has not heard from her fiancée since the ground operation began.

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Camp Areivim Freshies The theme this year at the Camp Areivim Freshies Division is the “sheishes yimei Bereishis.” Each week we plan activities to tie into that day of creation. This past week was the third day of creation and we explored the earth, grass, trees and flowers. We planted grass heads which have already sprouted! We made flowers out of Fruit by the Foots! We decorated esrog boxes! We made Rice Krispy treats that looked like real globes!

We played tons of sports on the plush green grass of Camp Areivim! We even had time to sneak the kindergarten bunks away on a surprise trip to Chuck E. Cheese. The fun just kept on growing!

Rabbi Chanina Herzberg, menahel of Yeshiva of South Shore, visiting his talmidim at Camp Dora Golding this week

Assemblyman Goldfeder and Councilman Richards Get Green Light In response to Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder (D-Far Rockaway) and Councilman Donovan Richards’ (D-Far Rockaway) request for traffic calming devices on Beach 9th Street and Roosevelt Court, which at times becomes a dangerous speedway, the New York City Department of Transportation (DOT) has agreed to install additional traffic signals by September 30th.

“I am proud to announce the Department of Transportation has listened to the concerns of our community and decided to take the necessary corrective actions,” said Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder. “Installing traffic control devices at this intersection will deter drivers from using this stretch of road as a personal speedway, and allow for easier crossing for student walking to

Bnos Bais Yaakov.”

“The behavior of motorists at the intersection at Beach 9th and Roosevelt Court continues to pose great danger to pedestrians,” said Councilman Donovan Richards. “I applaud the Department of Transportation’s effort to install new lights and promote safety for drivers and those traveling on foot.”

For several years, residents have filed complaints with the DOT and 311 regarding the absence of traffic calming measures to slow down speeding vehicles at Beach 9th Street and Roosevelt Court. The lack of traffic devices made the location a neighborhood hazard for local students and drivers, noted Goldfeder and Richards.

Queens Borough Commissioner Dalila Hall responded to the elected officials’ request in a letter stating that

DOT has completed their study regarding the need for additional traffic controls at the intersection on Beach 9th Street and Roosevelt Court and a traffic signal has been approved at this location. Installation will be performed by contract and the work is tentatively scheduled to be completed by September 30th, added Hall.

“This has been a dangerous location for years,” said Jonathan Gaska, District Manager of Community Board 14.

“We are pleased that it has finally been addressed.”

“Installing additional traffic devices is a much needed protective measure for our community,” concluded Goldfeder and Richards. “I am positive this is the right measure to slow down drivers and improve residents’ safety.”

Levi Yitzchak Library Men’s Night Out On Wednesday, July 30th, Gimmel b’Av, Levi Yitzchak Library will be hosting a men’s night out.

Join us an evening of remembrance, reflection and inspiration at a special siyum in support of the Levi Yitzchak Library. The event will be held at Prime Bistro – 305 Central Avenue in Lawrence, NY. Rabbi Zalman Wolowik, Rabbi of the Chabad of the Five Towns, will making the siyum.

There will be a special tribute to Naftali Fraenkel, Eyal Yifrach and GilAd Shaar hy”d by Rabbi Herschel Billet, Rabbi of the Young Israel of Woodmere.

Mincha will take place at 7:30pm.

Admission is $180.

For sponsorship and dedication opportunities, please visit our website: www.LYlibrary.org/donate.

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TJH Chats with Mrs. Sora Kamenetzky, Director of Camp Toras Chaim

TJH: Thanks so much for speaking with us. We are so excited for the summer! Can you tell us a little bit about Camp Toras Chaim?

MSK: Camp Toras Chaim is a warm, hands-on, preschool camp for children aged 2 1/2 to 5 years old. The morahs are caring and experienced preschool teachers, and our ratio is at least one morah to every four or five children. We’re extremely organized and have a fantastic program.

It’s one of the best preschool programs you can find in this area.

I am the founder and director of Camp Toras Chaim. I live in Woodmere with my husband and children. I have been a teacher for more than thirty years, and presently, I teach fourth grade at Siach Yitzchak.

When and how did your camp start?

I started it in the summer of 1990 when I had to figure out how to occupy my two pre-school children. I rented a few rooms at South Shore, and six other children joined. The next year, we doubled in size, then we tripled, and so on.

Twelve years ago, the camp got too big for those few rooms, and I started renting South Shore’s preschool building. We’re now in our 24th year with 100 children enrolled and over twenty staff members.

Can you tell me about the program?

We pride ourselves on an organized, engaging, sensory-rich program. I work with my remarkable head counselor, Elisheva Segelman, to create an extraordinary calendar – one day is better than the next.

Our daily schedule varies but normally includes swim, art, playground, outside play, gym, and a special thematic activity. The four- and fiveyear-old groups have daily swimming lessons with the lifeguard in our two aboveground pools. Outside play includes a creative sports program that ranges from playing rattlesnake to freeze dancing to running obstacle courses. We also have a weekly music instructor that comes with instruments for the kids.

What makes your camp different from other preschool programs?

One reason our camp is unique is because it is specifically and only a preschool camp. I don’t have to oversee or share resources with older divisions. Also, we are very organized and put time and energy into planning our programs. The kids don’t even realize they’re learning. I approach my camp like it’s a sleep-away camp for preschoolers, complete

with weekly themes and breakouts and stimulating activities that connect to one another and create excitement.

Can you give me some examples of some creative programs the kids loved?

For the past twenty years, each year had a different theme, an idea that has been replicated by many camps. These included “A Ball of Fun,” “A Season of Fun,” “Loads of Fun,” “A Symphony of Fun,” and “A Taste of Fun.” During the millennium year 2000, our theme was a “Century of Fun!” Our theme this summer is “Imagine the Fun” so every week we imagine something new and play it out as far as we can take it. One week, I got 40 pairs of shoes from a friend’s shoe store, and the kids imagined they were visiting a shoe store. They took each other’s measurements, they tried on a bunch of different shoes, and they decided which pairs to “buy.” They had a great time with it.

Another day, we imagined that we were visiting a toy store. I brought in new toys and cash registers, and we created a real toy store. Each child brought in two dollars and took turns shopping, paying, and ringing up their friends’ orders. They loved it.

This week, we are imagining that we are travelling to different countries, and each day of the week is a new destination. We’re packing suitcases, making passports – the kids get so into it. We put a lot of thought into each day.

Do you take the preschoolers on field trips?

Yes. All our trips are local. We usually choose two or three different destinations each summer, such as BounceU in Oceanside, Funstation, and Woodmere Lanes. Woodmere Lanes is most of the kids’ first experience bowling, and they absolutely love it.

What is your first thought when it begins pouring rain outside?

Luckily, we have a fantastic facility that is used as a preschool yearround. Because we are so busy with our program, the kids rarely have a chance to just explore the toys in the classroom. Rainy days allow for some relaxed indoor play with some great new toys. We also have a basement and indoor gym and play area that we use for bikes, basketball, and other active games.

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weather or a simple mistake?

Not really. We are too organized!

It can’t be easy working with preschoolers day after day in the hot sun.

How do you keep your staff energized and motivated?

I make sure that our program is not just fun for our kids. It’s also fun for the counselors! That has always been important to me. Sometimes, for example, the campers watch the counselors play a friendly game against one another.

We also bring in amazing shows that no other pre-school camp has. Uncle Moishy, the Twins from France, Steve Max and the Simon Sez Shows, Daredevil Motor Bikers, Goowins Balloowins, and Musical IQ are just some of them.

Also, we don’t have the same routines everyday. We have a lot of opportunities for the counselors to get involved in their own creative ways, like in the pretend shoe store. They enjoy the creativity and are excited about coming. Once they develop a kesher with the kids, they love them. Furthermore, I have a very high staff to camper ratio, so no one feels overburdened. And lastly, at the end of each week, we choose a counselor of the week who gets an award and a gift.

Can you share a memorable event or incident for our readers?

One year we did a balloon send-off with notes attached to the balloons.

A month later, we got a letter back from someone – I think it was from Virginia. He had found our addressed letter attached to a string in his lake, and he wrote back. That was very exciting for all of us. it?

What was your biggest programming flop, and how did you deal with

Years and years ago, I organized a trip to the fire station. When we got there, the Fire Department didn’t have anything on the calendar, and they didn’t want to accommodate us. I had parents chaperoning that trip, so it was extremely embarrassing. We were standing in the lobby of the fire station, and I tried to make the best of it by showing the kids the trucks through windows and explaining as much as I could. I don’t know if the kids realized, but I was really embarrassed.

Do the campers have a relationship with you? How would they describe you?

I do all the planning and behind-the-scenes work, so I am not their main morah, but they see me when I make announcements…and I give out the ices! So, I think they would describe me as warm and nice.

Did you go to day camp or sleep-away camp when you were younger?

No. I grew up in Monsey, and I did not attend camp. There were only a few very expensive camps around in those days. That’s one of the reasons I started the camp. I wanted my children to have that experience. When they were young, they came to my camp. When they were older, I was able to afford to send them to other camps with the money I made from my camp.

Did all of your children attend your camp?

Nine of them did.

How did you juggle being a director and mother, especially when your kids were young?

I guess I am a very hard worker and juggle what is important to me.

I am a big believer in being independent and deliberate in my actions. I always brought mother’s helpers with me to help me when my kids were babies.

Do any of your children want to follow in your footsteps? Do any of them work for you now?

All of my girls worked for me from 8th grade through the time they went to seminary. Many were counselors, some lifeguarded, one of my daughters is a sports counselor this summer, and my post-seminary daughter is currently videoing for me. One summer, I had a married daughter come work for me writing the newsletters, putting together collages. But once my kids have their own kids, they get a little too busy for the camp – and rightfully so! On the other hand, they don’t let go so easily. My kids grew up with the camp – it was part of their upbringing. Around Sukkos time every year, we all start coming up with a theme for the coming summer.

It becomes a whole family discussion. My married kids call in with their opinions, too.

What is your favorite part about being a camp director?

It’s very heartwarming for me that I’ve serviced hundreds of our local students. I often run into 18 or 19-year-olds who, when they see me, begin singing the camp song from their summer. I get to watch everyone grow up.

It’s also nice to hear so often from happy parents that tell me that their child likely learned more in seven weeks in our camp than in an entire preschool year.

What have you learned about yourself or others while being a camp director?

I’ve learned a lot about teenagers. I’ve learned how to work with people. I don’t have a degree in social work, but I feel like I can be a social worker. A lot of psychology goes into keeping employees happy and returning year after year. There were girls who were having some difficulties in life, as many teens do. The responsibility and guidance they received and friendships they made with older moros who acted as mentors to them helped turn these girls around in amazing ways.

Lastly, why is camp important for children?

It gives young kids the opportunity to be with other children their age in a very organized and structured environment where they are able to be creative. Camp expands their horizons, helps them develop social skills, and allows them to become creative thinkers.

Thank you so much for taking the time out of your busy schedule! It sounds like your campers and counselors are truly enjoying a wonderful summer!

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The Downing of Flight MH17 and its Global Consequences

BY SUSAN SCHWAMM

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Thursday, disaster struck once again as passengers on a Malaysia Airlines passenger plane, flight MH17, were

the victims of tragedy.

298 people on the jet

were killed over eastern Ukraine as it flew over the region that is controlled by pro-Russia rebels.

Initially, the death toll was set at 295. Later it was learned that three infants were on the plane as well. 189 passengers were from the Netherlands. 44 were from Malaysia and 27 were from Australia. The 298 victims were from 10 different nations.

WHO SHOT DOWN THE PLANE? When news of the tragedy broke, Russian President Vladimir Putin accused Ukraine of the attack and said Ukraine “bears responsibility” for the crash because the plane was brought down in the country.

“This tragedy would not have happened, if there had been peace on that land or in any case if military operations in southeastern Ukraine had not been renewed,” Putin charged.

But Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko called the downing an act of terrorism and called for an international investigation into the crash. He insisted that his forces did not shoot down the plane. The government of Ukraine said in a statement on Thursday afternoon that it has evidence that the Russian military was involved in the crash.

On Sunday, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry announced that the United States also believes that Rus-

sia is involved. “We have a video showing a launcher moving back through a particular area there, out into Russia, with at least one missing missile on it,” he said on CNN’s State of the Union.

Ultimately, it seems that although Russia didn’t actually fire the missile that brought down the twinjet, it certainly is behind the attack. Most evidence points to the Russia-backed separatist rebels in Donetsk province as being behind the attack using a Russian-made Buk ground-to-air missile system. The Donetsk People’s Republic has denied their involvement, although recent events make it hard to believe they were not behind the attack.

Rebels have shot down multiple planes in the region in the past month. Airlines were warned not to fly over the region because of the conflict. As of last month, separatists in Donetsk received a set of the Buk system, making it possible to shoot down higher-

flying aircraft.

When Flight 17 left Amsterdam for Kuala Lumpur, it flew over eastern Ukraine, a common route for international carriers. Because of the conflict in the region, Eurocontrol, the agency responsible for coordinating European airspace, said Ukrainian authorities had closed airspace in the region below 32,000 feet, but it was open at the altitude Flight 17 was flying—33,000 feet.

After Flight MH17 was shot down, social media posts by pro-Russian insurgents show them reveling in the attack, thinking that they shot down a Ukrainian military plane. The VK social networking page of Igor Strelkov, “defense minister” of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic, first announced: “We just downed an An-26 near [the town of] Torez.”

The An-26 is the aircraft used by the Ukrainian army.

The post continued, “And here is a video confirming

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that a ‘bird fell.’”

Once the rebels realized that their missile shot down a passenger jet, their Twitter and social media messages were hastily taken down. But they weren’t taken down fast enough. Screenshots of their excited messages were disseminated across the internet.

Additionally, the Ukrainska Pravda news site later posted an audio recording of what it claimed were field communications between rebels and a Russian agent. “We just downed a plane,” the rebel purportedly said.

Alexander Yurevich Borodai, the self-proclaimed prime minister of Donetsk People’s Republic, is now denying any involvement in the downing of the plane.

In an interview with CNN on Monday, Borodai told the reporter, “All information that comes from the internet are all lies” when asked about the deleted tweets and blogs. He also insisted, “We can only crash low flying targets” and refused to acknowledge a relationship with Mother Russia, telling the reporter to talk to the Kremlin regarding their relationship.

WHO IS ALEXANDER BORODAI? With the downing of the plane, the Donetsk People’s Republic has been thrust into the international spotlight. Borodai is the face of the pro-Russian separatists who have been fighting for independence from Ukraine in Donetsk, which is located in eastern Ukraine.

Borodai has a degree in philosophy from Moscow State University and was appointed to the post by the republic’s Supreme Council on May 16. Not too long ago, he was working as a consultant for an investment fund in Moscow. Now, according to Borodai, he commands hundreds of fighters from Russia. He says he came to Ukraine out of a surge of patriotism and a desire to help Russian-speaking individuals protect their rights in Ukraine. Even so, the 42-year-old insists he is not a government worker. “I’m an ordinary citizen of Russia,” he professes. “A lot of people from Russia are coming to help these people. I am one of them,” he was quoted as saying.

When asked by NBC News whether he was in con-

tact with Russian authorities, Borodai replied, “Officially, no.” Unofficially? “No comment,” he said.

According to the New York Times, in Russia, Borodai is a known quantity. He comes from a group of ultranationalists who were part of the far-right Zavtra newspaper in the 1990s. Their pan-Slavic ideas, aiming for the unity of Slavic peoples, were considered marginal at the time. But they have now moved into the mainstream, helping formulate the worldview of today’s Kremlin, said Oleg Kashin, a Russian investigative journalist who has written extensively about Borodai.

“He’s the Karl Rove of Russian imperialism,” said Irena Chalupa, a fellow at the Atlantic Council.

“HUMANITY” The wreckage of Flight MH17 spans several miles, indicative of an in-air explosion. As of Sunday, international workers had not yet been to the site—which is controlled by the rebels—although Borodai insisted that they will be given full access once they come to the site.

The leader says that he located the plane’s black boxes but declined to disclose their color on Monday—they’re usually bright orange for easy detection.

He said he will hand them over to the International Civil Aviation Organization once they arrive at the region. Ostensibly, Borodai is wary about handing them over to the Ukrainians. “We don’t trust them, as they may tamper with the devices, swap them and prevent investigation.”

In the early hours of Tuesday, Borodai eventually handed over two black boxes to Malaysian experts.

“Here they are, the black boxes,” Borodai told a room packed with journalists at the headquarters of his selfproclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic as an armed rebel placed the boxes on a desk.

Both sides then signed a document, which Borodai said was a protocol to finalize the procedure after lengthy talks with the Malaysians.

“I can see that the black boxes are intact, although a bit damaged…in good condition,” Colonel Mohamed Sakri of the Malaysian National Security

Council said in extending his thanks to “His Excellency Mr. Borodai” for passing on the recorders.

Besides the black boxes, the rebels also removed the bodies that were found at the crash site. According to Borodai, they did this to be “humane.” But some wonder if humanity is really on the rebels’ minds.

There have been reports of rebels stealing bank cards and going through possessions of the deceased. The bodies were left in the sun, and loved ones of those who were killed are wracked with pain as they know that their relatives’ corpses are being stacked in refrigerated train cars. Borodai denied forcing emergency workers by gunpoint to hand over the bodies that were recovered.

“We have already refused to wait for the experts and had to start clearing the bodies from the scene of the event, because waiting longer was contradictory to what it means to be humane,” he said.

Borodai has said that he wants to hand over the remains to relatives after “experts” examine them. And relatives are anxious to bury their loved ones with the respect they deserve. “I want the bodies,” Selena Fredriksz sobbed at a memorial at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport on Sunday. Her son, 23-year-old Bryce, was one of the passengers on the plane. “They can have anything, but the bodies have to come back. Take their iPhones, take their money, take everything,” she implored.

Despite being unable to give their loved ones proper burials, relatives of those who perished in the crash were shocked when a Sky News reporter was shown on-air rummaging through an open suitcase lying among debris at the crash site. Realizing his faux pas, correspondent Colin Brazier said, “We shouldn’t really be doing this, I suppose.” But despite his halfhearted attempt at an apology for his callousness, the damage had already been done. A barrage of messages on social media highlighted Brazier’s segment as “sickening” and “disrespectful.”

Early Tuesday, Borodai said a train carrying the remains of the victims had reached Donetsk. It was on its way to Kharkiv, some 300 kilometers northwest.

The Malaysian experts and a Dutch delegation also on

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site in Donetsk will travel along with it, he said.

Later on Tuesday, the train finally reached its destination at Kharkiv. Despite assurances from Malaysian officials and Ukrainian separatist leaders that 282 bodies and the parts of 16 others were placed onboard the train, a Dutch forensics official in Kharkiv, Jain Tuinder, was quoted by the BBC as saying that only 200 bodies were on the train and that another search for more remains would be required. “We will not leave until every remain has left this country so we will have to go on and bargain again with the people over there,” he was quoted as saying.

Ester Naber, a Dutch police spokeswoman, said that the victims’ bodies would be placed in new body bags and then into wooden coffins and will be flown to the Netherlands starting on Wednesday. Once they have been identified, the bodies will be returned to their awaiting relatives, a process that Naber says “could take weeks or even months depending on the state of the bodies.”

THE INVESTIGATION When will international investigators gain access to the site? That remains up in the air. On Monday morning, a U.N. Security Council meeting ended with Australia introducing a resolution that called for a swift international investigation. “There’s no doubt that at the moment the site is under the control of the Russian-backed rebels. And given the almost certain culpability of the Russian-backed rebels in the downing of the aircraft, having those people in control of the site is a little like leaving criminals in control of a crime scene,” Australia’s Prime Minister Tony Abbott said. Russia, which has veto power as a permanent member of the council, wanted a modified resolution to the investigation—conveniently leaving out Ukraine from any investigation.

Eventually, the U.N. Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution demanding international access to the site of the plane downed over eastern Ukraine and an end to military activities around the area following intense pressure on a reluctant Russia to support the measure.

The resolution calls for a “full, thorough and independent international investigation” into the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17. It calls for pro-Russia separatists to allow access to the site of the crash. And it demands that armed groups who control the crash site do not disturb debris, belongings or victims’ remains. In an effort to assuage Russia’s concerns about Ukrainian involvement, the International Civil Aviation Organization will take the lead in the investigation.

“I hope that Russia will now feel its responsibility, act on its responsibility. If it doesn’t, it’s going to have an increasingly isolated position in the international world,” said Dutch Foreign Minister Frans Timmermans, who traveled to New York for the Security Council meeting.

On Tuesday, CBC’s Susan Ormiston reported seeing three investigators from Malaysia Airlines combing through the wreckage. “We sometimes forget this is their plane, and this is their accident investigation,” Ormiston said.

More aviation experts are expected to arrive in the coming days. There have been major concerns that the site has been comprised, with those saying that rebels have moved or taken pieces of debris. According to Ormiston, who has been reporting from the crash site, many large pieces of debris, including the cockpit, appear to have been cut apart so bits could be removed.

“This is a real laboratory of clues and evidence,” she said. But “this is not the crash scene it was last Thursday.”

Despite concerns of tampering, experts say that it would take true sophistication on behalf of the rebels to create a scene that would hamper the investigation. “Once you found some evidence like big holes in the side of an airplane, which indicates a rocket has gone off near it, you’re not that interested in finding the timing mechanism of the rocket,” Phil Giles, who worked in Britain’s Air Accidents Investigation Branch and was part of the Lockerbie bombing investigation team, said. Experts hope that by the time they visit the site, enough evidence will be there to piece together the whole story.

THE FUTURE OF MALAYSIAN AIRLINES Flight 17 was shot down just four months after Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 vanished in the Indian Ocean with 239 passengers onboard. The aircraft is still missing; most have given up hope for the retrieval of the plane and those who lost their lives.

So what will be of Malaysia Airlines? Some don’t think that the airline will be able to survive the tragedies. “The outlook is very dire,” says Mohshin Aziz, an aviation analyst at Kuala Lumpur-based Maybank.

The airline, he fears, “won’t be able to survive beyond the year in its current form.”

The next months could prove humbling for an airline that had grand ambitions. The Malaysian government had high hopes that its national carrier would be able to compete with the region’s best, and invested much money and emotion into building it. But despite all that was invested in the airline, Malaysia Airlines got badly squeezed in the fiercely contested Asian airline industry. It wasn’t able to compete with budget carrier AirAsia and premier airlines like Singapore Airlines and Hong Kong’s Cathay Pacific. As a result, the company has been bleeding for years. Management has tried cutting costs and improving service to turn around the airline’s fortune, but such efforts were making only minimal progress.

The obvious concern is that passengers will be scared to fly the doomed airline and that management will have to discount tickets to lure flyers—either way, the airline will be losing revenue. That could push the airline’s fragile finances to the breaking point, causing “the ticking time bomb to explode,” says Daniel Tsang, founder of consultancy Aspire Aviation in Hong Kong.

There are options for the airline to take to stay solvent, but all are equally unsavory. Mohshin believes that Malaysia Airlines will have to greatly shrink its business, perhaps eradicating most of the international routes it flies, to focus on the more profitable parts of the operations. “It will never get back to the large size it was before,” he says. “The sooner they accept that fact, the better off they will be.” Additionally, Tsang says that bankruptcy proceeding would be a “pretty good option” for Malaysia Airlines.

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What happens next ultimately depends on the Malaysian government. A state-controlled investment fund owns a majority of the shares in the carrier’s parent company, and that makes the future of Malaysia Airlines a political issue. If Malaysia Airlines manages to streamline its operations, it may live to fly another day. “The restructuring will be painful for a lot of people,” Tsang points out. “But a phoenix can rise from ashes.”

THE FACES OF FLIGHT 17 298 people lost their lives caught in a conflict between two neighboring countries. Each person onboard the flight that fateful day last week was a member of a family and had a mother, a father, cousins and relatives. They each had their own hopes and dreams, their future ahead of them.

189 victims were Dutch citizens. 44 were from Malaysia—including 15 members of the crew and 2 infants. 27 were from Australia; 12 were from Indonesia; 10 were from the United Kingdom, including one dual UK/South African citizen; four were from Germany; four were from Belgium, three were from the Philippines; one was from Canada; and one was from New Zealand. Included in the Dutch toll was the lone American who had dual Dutch-U.S. citizenship.

Sanjid Singh Sandu was a flight attendant onboard the flight who switched his flight at the last minute so he could get home early. Sadly, he never made it home.

In an ironic twist, Sandu’s wife, Beegeok Tan, also a flight attendant, switched flights and escaped death by not flying on the doomed MH370 flight four months ago. “Fate has played a very unfair hand against us,” Sandu’s father said.

Many onboard were on their way to an International AIDS Conference in Australia. Included in that group was Joep Lange who was a pioneer in HIV research and a former president of the International AIDS Society, which organizes the conference. “He was a real hard-core scientist, but on the other hand, he really had the heart of an activist,” said Albert Wu, professor at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

Lange “was one of the first people to advocate

spreading HIV medications to Africa,” Wu said. At the time, the medication wasn’t being delivered because of refrigeration problems. “He said, ‘If Coca-Cola can deliver cold beverages to Africa, why can’t we deliver HIV medication?’ And he helped make it happen,” Wu recalled.

Aside for the many individuals who were either flying solo or with a companion, whole families were wiped out as well. The Wals family of the Netherlands was on their way to a summer vacation in Kuala Lumpur but they never made it there. Parents Jeroen and Nicole and their four children, 17-year-old Brett, 15-year-old Jinte, 13-year-old Amel, and 9-year old Solenn, all perished in the attack.

Nick Norris and his three grandchildren, Mo, Evie and Otis Maslin, died together on Thursday. “The fact that he was with his grandchildren right to the end, caring for his family, is perhaps a way of looking at the strength that he brought to things,” said his nephew, Matt Jones.

Jones said his uncle, who was taking the children to their parents, was a family man, former army officer and owner of a consulting firm. “Nick himself was an inspirational hero to so many people, a storyteller and natural leader,” he said. But the loss of his three grandchildren – Mo, 12, Evie, 10, and Otis, 8 – “is the real heart of this tragedy, a stealing of such innocent life,” Jones said.

Cor Schilder and Neeltje Tol were flying together on Flight 17. Ironically, before takeoff, Schilder posted a picture of the plane on his Facebook page with the words: “In case it goes missing, this is what the plane looks like,” referencing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370. Sadly, those words were prophetic as they both perished in the blast.

Bryce Fredriks and Daisy Oehlers were using their vacation as a means to escape and relax. A few months ago, Daisy’s mother passed away. “I paid their tickets to give them four weeks holiday to find their happiness again,” Bryce’s mother, Silena Fredriks, said.

She implored the rebels to return their bodies to their native Netherlands. “I want to put my son … and Daisy together again here,” she said. “They have to be

buried together. They died together…They have to be together forever.”

“They can have everything, but the bodies have to come back,” the broken mother cried.

WHAT WILL BE? Now that the U.N. Security Council has demanded access to the crash site, an investigation into what took place that fateful Thursday will commence. If investigators determine that the plane was shot down by rebels using a Russian-supplied missile – or by the Russians themselves – President Vladimir Putin will have two choices. Neither one is pretty.

If Putin rejects the conclusions by investigators and stands by the rebels, he risks becoming a pariah on the international stage. 298 people from 10 different nations lost their lives in this vicious attack. The West might also hit Russia with even tougher economic sanctions, enough to cripple its economy and send it into a recession, says Professor Daniel Treisman.

On the other hand, Putin can sever ties with the rebels but that too can present problems for the Russian leader—albeit on a national level.

“A relentless barrage of propaganda has convinced many Russians that their co-ethnics in Donetsk and Luhansk are being massacred by troops commanded by a fascist regime in Kiev,” said Treisman, who teaches political science at the University of California and who authored the book, The Return: Russia’s Journey from Gorbachev to Medvedev.

“For Putin to bow to international pressure and abandon his former charges would look like cowardice.”

As someone whose every move appears to be for the purpose of looking tough, Putin may not have the reaction that a more humble spirit would have in this situation. In his eyes, the loss of 298 individuals is likely petty collateral damage in his grand scheme of aggrandizing Russia by annexing portions (or all of) the Ukraine. If history is our teacher, many more lives will be lost in the region for the purpose of manufacturing Russian pride, yet the result will undoubtedly be TJH Russian ruin. 

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here is a trend amongst all biblical commentators in the Jewish world to view the biblical description of past events that occurred to our ancestors from the time of Abraham through the beginning of Second Temple times as being not only a description of past events but to also subtly indicate the course of all events that would befall the Jewish people.

This type of idea perhaps helps us to understand why the Torah goes into such detail in the naming all of the way stops of the Jewish people during their forty year sojourn in the Sinai Desert. The Torah indicates to us that the Jewish people were and are a wandering and traveling group.

Even though the commentators point out to us that the L-rd favored Israel by allowing it to remain in place at one oasis for thirty-eight years and that all of the many other way station stops listed in this week’s Torah reading took place only over a relatively short period of time of approximately two years, the list

Parshas Maasei THIS PATTERN OF MOVEMENT, STOPS AND STARTS, CONTINUING TRAVEL AND SOCIAL INSTABILITY RECORDED FOR US IN THIS WEEK’S TORAH READING IS REALLY AN ONGOING PATTERN IN ALL OF JEWISH HISTORY. of stops and starts is impressive if not even astounding.

Since most of these locations are unknown to us today and have limited meaning to later generations, the broader message encompassed in this travelogue is to be considered and studied. All of the commentators to the Bible have advanced insights and explanations to enlighten us as to the reasons for this detailed accounting of the travels of Israel in the desert of Sinai.

Rashi sees it as a type of recollected history of the events, failings and triumphs of the Jewish people on the road from Egyptian slavery to the settling of the Land of Israel. The Torah, in its usual

cryptic style, only records the names of the places and we are to fill in the missing event that should be part of our memory bank. But that requires a certain amount of knowledge, sophistication and national memory. These items are always in short supply in every generation.

If one views Jewish history as a whole, then one realizes that this pattern of movement, stops and starts, continuing travel and social instability recorded for us in this week’s Torah reading, is really an ongoing pattern in all of Jewish history. The Jewish people, again as a whole or in its many subdivisions, have literally seen the entire world in their wanderings.

Already in First Temple times the prophet describes Jewish mercantile activity in faraway places of the ancient world. In the long exile and in the farflung diaspora of the Jews, there is no place on our globe that has not seen Jewish settlement or activity.

Many commentators saw this phenomenon as a positive thing – the spreading the ideas of monotheism and of Torah values to a pagan and uncaring world. Others have seen it as the source of the angst and punishment of Israel for its betrayal of those very same values and beliefs. Perhaps both approaches are correct and have meaning for us.

Nevertheless, we now live in a shrinking Jewish world. Entire ancient Jewish communities no longer exist and the Jewish people are concentrated in a relatively small number of national enclaves, basically in the Western world and the Land of Israel. One would hope that both our travels and travails will soon come to an end.

Shabbat shalom.

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You Gotta be

Riddle!

Kidding!

The following task involves several steps, but they are out of order.

Arrange them so that a person who follows the steps exactly can perform the task.

A procedure is needed to change all the red traffic lights in a small town to green, and vice versa. (Luckily there are no yellow lights in this town and also no lights that don’t work). Assume that you have a street map that shows the locations of all the lights. a) If all lights on your map are marked “done,” skip the next six statements. b) If the light is red, skip the next two statements. c) Turn the light red. d) Turn the light green. e) On your map, mark the light you just changed as “done” and go back to the first statement. f ) Find a light that is not marked “done” on your map, and check whether it is red or green. g) Skip the next statement. h) End. Answer on next page

Two tourists were driving through Wisconsin. As they were approaching the town of Oconomowoc, they started arguing about the pronunciation of the town’s name. They argued back and forth until they stopped for lunch.

As they stood at the counter, one tourist asked Jimbo, who was proudly standing behind the counter. “Before we order, could you please settle an argument for us? Would you please pronounce where we are...very slowly?

Jimbo leaned over the counter and answered, “Burrrrrrgerrrrrr Kiiiing.”

What They Really Do Accountant - Someone who knows the cost of everything and the value of nothing.

Auditor - Someone who arrives after the battle and bayonets all the wounded.

Banker - A fellow who lends you his umbrella when the sun is shining and wants it back the minute it begins to rain.

Economist - An expert who will know tomorrow why the things he predicted yesterday didn’t happen today.

Statistician - Someone who is good with numbers but lacks the personality to be an accountant. (What personality?)

Programmer - Someone who solves a problem you didn’t know you had in a way you don’t understand.

Lawyer - A person who writes a 10,000 word document and calls it a “brief.”

Professor - One who talks in someone else’s sleep.

Consultant - Someone who takes the watch off your wrist and tells you the time.

Used Car Salesman - Someone who tells you why you should get the LX model but drives to work in his ‘97 Camry...and thinks that he could wear the same green tie from 1987 every day. It’s a classic!

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Down 1. Big lights 3. “One small step for man…”

4. First popularly elected president in Russia’s thousand-year history 5. Painted “The Night Watch” 7. Explorer Edmund Hillary was first to climb this mountain 9. Name of the experimental atom bomb set off in 1945 in the New Mexico desert 12. Confection celebrated all month long 14. “What’s up, Doc?” Across 2. Roman emperor who July is named for 6. Second president to be assassinated 8. Most hated government agency; established by President Lincoln.

10. Headed the “26th of July” Movement 11. July’s birthstone 13. The airport from which Israel miraculously rescued its hijacked citizens in July 1976 15. Unincorporated territory of the U.S. 16. Country that celebrates its creation on July 1st Down 1. Fireworks 3. Neil Armstrong 4. Boris Yeltsin 5. Rembrandt 7. Mount Everest 9. Fat Boy 12. Ice Cream 14. Bugs Bunny

Across 2. Julius Caesar 6. James Garfield 8. IRS 10 Fidel Castro 11 Ruby 13. Entebbe 15. Puerto Rico 16. Canada Answer to riddle:

c) Turn the light red.

a) If all lights on your map are marked “done,” skip the next six statements.

g) Skip the next statement.

f ) Find a light that is not marked “done” on your map, and check whether it is red or green.

e) On your map, mark the light you just changed as “done” and go back to the first statement.

b) If the light is red, skip the next two statements.

h) End.

d) Turn the light green.

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ost of us have heard some gematrios at one point or another.

Gematria is a type of numerology in which the numerical values of the letters in a Hebrew word are combined and contrasted with the value of other words, and a meaning or lesson is derived.

For example, Eisav, the son of Yitzchak, has a gematria, or numerical value, of 376. That’s the gematria of shalom, peace, indicating that Eisav wanted to live a tranquil, enjoyable life without mitzvos.

Each letter in the Aleph-Bais has a value, and even the final letters have values. So, Aleph, the first letter, has a value of one, Tof, the last letter has a value of 400 (they skip, sort of like exits that don’t match to mile markers), the Kof Sofis, the final Kof, has a value of 500, and so on.

There are different ways of calculating gematrios, and in Pirkei Avos (3:23) we are told that gematrios are “appetizers” of wisdom. They are the fun, tasty

It All Adds Up morsels that make us hungry for the real wisdom of Torah. Many commentaries use gematrios, most notably the Baal HaTurim, R’ Yaakov, son of Rabbeinu Asher, the Rosh.

my perspective on gematrios. The chosson’s brother, Eli, had gone through the de rigeur numbers for bayis ne’eman (a stable home), chosson and kallah (bride and groom) and all the names that cor-

IT WAS SO WITTY AND SMART AND MADE ALL THE PIECES FIT TOGETHER. My real introduction to the joy of gematrios, however, was a speech given at a sheva brachos in Telshe Yeshiva.

The common practice was for a bochur to speak first, then a rosh yeshiva. Perhaps so as not to show disrespect to the real Torah of the rosh yeshiva, the boys usually stuck to gematrios, an appetizer for the “real” speech if you will.

Just as we enjoy the tasty snacks at the beginning of a meal, we looked forward to those gematrios because they were so entertaining. This one, however, stole the show and forever changed

responded to them. His compared count was good, but it was off by four. Even those who say you can be off by one because you include the word itself don’t give you a dispensation for four. But Eli was prepared.

“Of course, after their wedding, the chosson and kallah will be living in the kollel apartments on Tremaine Drive… which is about a FOUR minute drive from Yeshiva.” The place went wild!

It was so witty and smart and made all the pieces fit together without taking the speech so seriously that it would be an affront to make a leap like that.

I know of a fellow who was using gematrios and ended with the number 737, which he used to refer to the plane he had flown in on to attend the wedding. Since that first speech, I’ve used this artistic license approach to comic effect many times, but sometimes you find these humorous bits that work out exactly and it seems like G-d, Himself, is making little jokes.

Most recently, I was listening to a CD from R’ Moshe Meir Weiss of Staten Island who is known to enjoy gematrios. He was talking about a “nirgan,” a complainer, and how awful it is to complain (See Shaarei Teshuva 631). He made an offhanded remark that the root was reish, nun, gimel, or “Rogaine,” and jokingly compared it to the medication used for baldness.

I thought that was hysterical – not because of the similarity in sound to the baldness cream, but because I had done some gematria of my own as he was speaking. HaNirgan – literally “the complainer,” is the gematria of 308, the same as Korach, the prototypical complainer in the Torah.

Why is that funny? Because the name Korach means “bald” as Chazal say he caused a “bald spot” in klal Yisrael by leading a large patch of people to destruction. To me, the fact that Rabbi Weiss mentioned Rogaine in a situation that I realized also referred to someone

who had caused baldness was too great a coincidence to be a coincidence.

While I don’t think it reveals any great and lofty Kabbalistic secrets, I think it sheds light on something we would all do well to remember, and is a reason we enjoy gematrios so much.

Such little “jokes” like these, wherein everything adds up perfectly, are (in my opinion) Hashem’s way of reminding us that He has it all covered. He’s running the show with such precision that even such mundane and far-out calculations as these work out to a T. We like to see poetic justice, where the perpetrator of a crime or mean act gets caught in his own web, because we have a certain innate sense of balance.

That balance is created by Hashem, Who, since Creation has been making “pairs,” and keeping things on keel.

So the next time you hear a gematria, even if it seems a little forced, smile and remind yourself that Hashem Himself likes these appetizing little treats because they remind us that it all works out in the end. And if it didn’t work out? Then it’s not the end.

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.

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THE SOUND OF SIRENS How Those in Israel are Living Under Rocket Fire

W “Everywhere you look, everywhere you go, everyone is concerned: do the soldiers have enough?”

ith Hamas rocket fire in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, and even Haifa, those living in Israel are living life under fire. This latest ground war can be measured in rockets fired, soldiers deployed, lives lost, and civilians injured. After all, troop movements can be mapped and drone activity can be tracked. But war is also about those who fight and those whose lives are being fought for.

We spoke with those living under fire to hear about their reactions to the terror. The bottom line: while Hamas keeps attempting to make “something big” happen, the feeling in Israel is “a bit surreal,” a mix between deep sadness and tension and positivity.

Of course, each person is firm about one thing: the yad Hashem is manifest.

More than 1,000 rockets have been fired, and Hamas is sending in commandos and drones. But Am Yisrael lives b’chasdei Hashem.

“We used to feel nervous for others living under fire, but we thought ‘that’s over there—not here,’” says Rena Siev, a seminary mechaneches and writer from Ramat Beit Shemesh. “We had a

mirage that no one will do anything to us. Now, that image is shattered.”

These days, when she hears the sirens, Rena takes her children out of bed and seals the door of the mamad, the sealed room of her home. She has 60 seconds between hearing the sirens and moving her children to safety. Each day, before her elementary school children go off to school, she reminds them: what do you do in case a siren goes off on your way home from school?

“It’s heartbreaking to have to teach three- and four-year-olds about rockets and people trying to hurt us, because they don’t want us to live here,” says Shira Schechwter, a former Navi teacher at Frisch in New Jersey, now living in Israel.

David Olivestone, former communications director of the Orthodox Union (OU), writes about his experience, “In Jerusalem, since it is not so close to Gaza, we have 90 seconds from when the siren sounds to when we are supposed to be in the mamad or shelter.

They tell you to remain there for ten minutes before coming out. We have had only three alarms here, and luckily we were home for all of them. Our son Elisha and his family, who now live in Even Shmuel near Kiryat Gat, have had it harder. Since they are in a rental apartment while they are hoping to build a house, they do not have a mamad room, and have to take their three kids down to their landlord’s apartment downstairs. They are within 40 kilometers of Gaza and are supposed to find shelter within only 30 seconds—fairly impossible under the circumstances.

They also hear a lot of booms of Iron Dome interceptions in the distance, which is very unsettling for the boys.”

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n school, the children learn a lot about the rocket fire. They have missile drills, so they are prepared about

what they need to do and how to do it.

Because of this, most children in central Israel are relatively calm when they hear the sirens and feel empowered by the information. This, in turn, shapes the family culture and approach to the sirens.

“My children say, it’s not scary, because we know what to do,” says Rena Siev. “They then stay calm, because we stay calm.”

Of course, not all children are calm in the face of the rockets. Some worry about sleeping through the sirens. But Israelis recognize that Hamas wants to disrupt people’s daily routines and their sense of security. Because of this, most people approach the sirens and rocket fire with strength. They go to the parks (although they make sure to be close to bomb shelters). They stand up to Hamas by continuing to live.

This overall attitude that we must go on, that we cannot allow the tension to impact daily living, helps parents guide their children through.

The Show Must Go On

Raphael Poch, director of the JTown Playhouse in Jerusalem, tells the story of the second siren that went off in Jerusalem. He remembers it well, because it happened right in the middle of a performance—moments after they called intermission. The theater does not have a bomb shelter: in the event of emergency, theatergoers must move to the stairwell of the first floor.

And so, when the siren sounded, the director came onstage and announced, “Ladies and gentlemen, a siren has gone off. We will now lead you all downstairs.”

The cast took the lead and brought the audience down to safety. Some children began to cry. But the actors, in costume and makeup, entertained them and kept them calm. When the

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all-clear was finally heard, the cast and audience returned to stage and seats.

The play continued; not one audience member left.

Yad Hashem

“The Iron Dome, boruch Hashem,” relates Rena Siev, “is incredible. It is total hashgacha, and more successful than they believed that it should be. It is out of a nevuah, as if Hashem is putting a protective shield over am Yisrael.”

Shira Schechter speaks of the Iron Dome as “miraculous. At 2 a.m. on Wednesday night, the siren went off.

We heard the boom of the Iron Dome intercepting the rocket. And I really felt as if Hashem was protecting us.”

David Olivestone furthers this.

“Simply put, the Iron Dome system is a nes min hashamayim. It is able to identify which rockets are headed for inhabited areas, and which will fall in open spaces. It deals only with those headed for built-up areas, and has had a 90 percent success ….” He continued, “Simply put, this is the reason that people … go about their daily business….

“My brother, who lives in Rechovot and who has lived through all the previous attacks from Gaza, told me how the sirens used to instill real fear in everyone, whereas this time Iron Dome makes it an altogether different experience,” David points out.

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ack in June, the extent of the achdus—no matter what communal or religious affiliation—during the heart wrenching and inspiring search for the three kidnapped boys was truly moving. For eighteen days, hundreds and thousands came to rally on the boys’ behalf.

But they davened together and yet those three boys didn’t come back home. “One wonders,” said Rav Menashe Siev, RA”M in Yeshiva Lev

Shira Schechter says the boom of the Iron Dome makes her feel as if Hashem is literally protecting us

HaTorah and an editor of the new Koren Talmud, “if we davened a tefilas shav. But tefilah always makes a difference. One wonders if the fact that, boruch Hashem, Hamas has not been successful is because of those tefillos.”

children, he says, do feel prepared. The fact that they have a “warning time”—a minute and a half to get to a shelter— he says, creates a sense of control that those in the south may not have.

Dealing with the Anxiety

Unlike the rest of the country, Sderot, located right near Gaza, looks like a ghost town. People continue living there, but no one is on the streets. Over the past years, the government has ensured that each apartment has a mamad room. Communal shelters are ubiquitous. Even the playgrounds include integrated shelters.

And so life has continued. The communal shelters are now camps. People have not left their homes.

But living under rocket fire for all these years takes its toll. Fourteenyear-olds have been living their whole lives under the threat of fire. Raphael Poch describes the Sderot website that includes a webpage dedicated to the Therapeutic Theater of Sderot, a theater for teenagers and children to express their trauma. Preschoolers learn specific songs that put the process of whatto-do-during-rocket-fire to a nurserylike melody. Children learn to express their anxiety through song and drama.

This is new to the rest of the country.

Dr. Jonathan Huppert, professor and director of the Laboratory for the Study and Treatment of Anxiety at Hebrew University, made aliyah from Philadelphia several years ago. In the United States, Dr. Huppert was a professor at the Center for the Treatment and Study of Anxiety at the University of Pennsylvania under Dr. Edna Foa, one of the foremost experts on anxiety and PTSD treatment in the world.

Dr. Huppert speaks about the “mix of equanimity” in Israel “because the Iron Dome is working well” and the tension that you “never know when it won’t work.” The overall stress is “more existential than immediate.”

“Many people are very torn,” Huppert explains. “They feel little sense of hope about a solution. They acknowledge that a ground war is necessary.

But it still leads to a loss of innocent life. This is a very painful, never-ending cycle.”

Interestingly, he says, most people are not seeking intervention with therapists now for their stress. “After the storm, if the calm that they expect to come doesn’t come to them, then they will seek help.”

On the other hand, Dr. Huppert is involved with people manning the hotlines. The phones, he says, “are ringing off the hook.” There are people who are having panic attacks and feel insecure and hopeless about the situation.

While one of his daughters, after experiencing her first siren, needed calming throughout the night, his other has not changed her routine. Most

The Other Side of the Story

The New Normal

Miriam1 from Gush Etzion, a native of Canada, has one son on active duty and one grandson in basic training.

Her son, Avi, acts as a liaison between the army and communities. He ensures that bomb shelters are open, clean, functional, and well supplied. In case of rocket damage to a building, he has been trained to secure the area and help the people living there.

Her grandson, while not on active duty, continues performing maneuvers

“We heard the boom of the Iron Dome intercepting the rocket. And I really felt as if Hashem was protecting us.”

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As men are being called up for duty, communities offer chessed and appreciation to them and their families

in areas far from shelters, but close to rocket fire.

Miriam quoted Chani Wolf Feldman, a fellow Canadian living in Israel, who describes the feeling of parents in Israel as the “new normal.” Each day, instead of a summer vacation at the beach or on tiyulim, parents need to think about getting through a day with sirens and staying close to bomb shelters. This is the New Reality.

Chessed & Achdus

They stand up to Hamas by continuing to live.

However, Miriam sees this through a positive lens. This new reality comes with tremendous displays of chessed.

The army normally provides its soldiers with everything—but with 48,000 men now on active duty, supplies are a bit tight. And so, the entire country has rallied to help the soldiers and bring them support they need.

“Everywhere you look, everywhere you go, everyone is concerned: do the soldiers have enough?” says Miriam.

Every morning, for example, on the yishuv Neve Daniel in Alon Shvut, people go down to the army base with extra supplies. Those going post notices for the community to bring supplies to their homes for transport to the base.

One man takes a trailer with a special cellphone charging station, so soldiers’ phones can be charged, and they can communicate with their families.

However, the stress is particularly high for families with brothers, sons, and husbands now on active reserve duty. The community, though, is there for them as well. Those living in Neve Daniel (where 25 fathers are now on duty and away from home) started a Google doc matching families’ needs and volunteers to help with babysitting, suppers, and assistance.

“Everyone,” says Miriam, “from Haifa to Eilat is sending things to the army and the soldiers. The whole en-

Rocket fire has unfortunately become the new reality

tire country is involved in this amazing chessed.”

Dudu Fischer, for one, went to an army base to sing “Am Yisrael Chai”; soldiers joined him and danced. Miriam watched a group cheering on soldiers on the highway to keep their spirits up and show the people’s solidarity with them.

“This is the caliber of the people here,” she says. “We’re stoic. We won’t knuckle under.”

A call over the Dapei Katom (the Orange Pages, a website specifically set up to help Israel during this time) for pizza for soldiers raised money within four days. These 1,500 pies came from pizzerias in the Negev, from stores that, during these trying times, do not have active customer traffic.

Carmei Chessed, a Chareidi organization based in Beitar, has adopted military units with soldiers from lowincome families. The organization is providing food, furniture, and funding to their families.

Sadly, twenty-seven soldiers have been killed, one has been possibly taken by Hamas, and many have been injured. Two of those killed were Americans or lone soldiers. In true chessed shel emes, the Haifa soccer team posted a note to its fans and network asking everyone to attend these soldiers’ funerals because most of the lone soldiers’ friends and family live in the United States.

Bonds vs. Bombs: K’Ish Echad, B’Lev Echad

One of the world’s most powerful forces is achdus. Now, in bomb shelters, neighbors from different walks of life are meeting and becoming closer.

These bonds create further achdus within the Jewish community, bonds that will hopefully remain in times of peace.

Of course, the reality of the war is sobering and daunting. The Hamas tunnel network is sophisticated and troubling, with exits close to yishuvim in the Negev. Video footage shows children in Gaza sitting and singing alongside a rocket launcher as it sends a rocket into Israel. And Hamas tells its people—who are forewarned by the Israeli army about bombings (imagine an army telling people to leave so they and their families will be safe!)—to stay in the line of fire in order to influence world public relations.

Americans and Anxiety: Putting Things in Perspective

Those of us in the United States feel deeply about the war in Israel. The distance and the minute-by-minute news stream, coupled with the news from Iran and Russia, can provoke anxiety and uncertainty.

But, counsels Dr. Huppert, “it’s never helpful to be anxious.”

We need to put things in perspective for ourselves and our children.

“Yes, times like these seem like there are changes all around the world. At the same time, there are always ways of looking for optimism.”

The present is full of unknowns.

But the best thing people can do is figure out what they would tell their children to calm them. These words, says Dr. Huppert, can help adults calm themselves as well.

And so, life in Israel continues k’ragil—with this new normal—because of Yad Hashem, Whose Hand guides all these missiles away from the people.

“It’s nisim v’niflaot,” concludes Miriam. “Hashem is watching over us.

May Hashem continue to watch over us TJH and our soldiers.”  1 Last name withheld for security purposes.

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Antisémitisme en France

Living Under Attack in France

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rance, the country with the third largest Jewish population in the world, is home to some 480,000 Jews and 5 million Muslims. Now, with the war in Israel, tensions are running high, and Palestinian demonstrations are turning violent.

Most recently, masked Muslims attacked shuls, a Jewish-owned pharmacy, and a grocery store in the Paris suburb of Sarcelles, known as “Little Jerusalem,” over the weekend.

How are the French Jews feeling?

Georges Lippe survived World War II. At the end of a Palestinian demonstration last week near his home in Paris, two shuls were attacked. But he says, “I survived the War. I made it up to now, and so I am not scared. I am concerned.”

A decade ago, however, his niece, Natalie Melka, chose to move to America with her husband and children. More recently, Natalie told TJH that one of her cousins was stabbed in the French

Anti-Israel riots have made the Jewish community in France skittish

to the Jewish one.

In light of these attacks, the French government has been banning pro-Palestinian marches, but protesters ignore the bans. They smash cars, rampage through business centers, and even throw makeshift bombs at police.

More than 75,000 French Jews were sent to concentration camps during World War II, and one man told the Times of London that today’s protests remind him of 1938. “They were shouting: ‘Death to Jews,’ and ‘Slit Jews’ throats,’” he said.

With this, French aliyah has gone up: around 400 French Jews arrived in Israel last week, despite Gaza rocket fire. In fact, many will be moving to cities in the Negev, including Ashkelon and Ashdod.

Despite an ancient Jewish presence (the community harkens back to the year 39 CE), since January, 2,600 French Jews arrived in Israel. A total of 5,000 will have immigrated by Despite a government ban, pro-Palestinian rioters the end of the year. These record burned and damaged stores and shuls over the weekend numbers are directly due to the subway, because he was wearing a yar- rising anti-Semitism in France. French mulke. Her in-laws live in Toulouse in Jews say they feel more secure in Israel, southern France. Their rabbi was killed even when under attack. with his three children in 2012.

Ruthie Bier, whose mother is Natalie’s sister says, “This is source French, told TJH that she has no more of stress for us. But it’s hard to leave to relatives living in France. “All of them a new country.” have made aliyah. There is no one left,” Any tensions in Israel lead to ten- she said. sions in France.

This is a trend for the Jewish com“If you don’t show signs of Judaism, munity in France. “If aliyah predictions you’re okay,” Natalie told TJH. “But if for 2014 are met, one percent of French you affirm your Jewish identity, you’re Jews will have moved to Israel this attacked.” year,” Natan Sharansky, chairman of the Though attacks don’t usually occur Jewish Agency for Israel, said. “Within daily, when they do happen they are dra- a single year, and for the first time in matic and upsetting. Shuls have added history, a Jewish community in the West security systems. Men cannot walk in is sending a full percent of its Jews to the streets with yarmulkes. And the build their lives in the State of Israel. We TJH Arab neighborhood in Paris is adjacent await you in Israel with open arms.” 

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Perfect Portion Sizes

ortion control and knowing what a portion or serving size looks like is essential for losing weight and maintaining your weight. Over the past few decades, American portion sizes have increased with a direct correlation to our expanding waistlines.

Many times we think we are eating sensibly, but our intake of even healthy foods could be double or triple the appropriate serving size.

The following is a list of foods and their appropriate serving size with some realistic everyday tips to help you identify them.

• 3 oz of cooked chicken, meat, fish = a deck of cards • 1 cup of cooked vegetables = size of one baseball • ½ cup cooked brown rice or pasta = size of an ice cream scoop or a regular light bulb • 1 medium apple = size of a baseball • 2 TBS of peanut butter = size of ping pong ball • 1 pancake or waffle = size of a CD • 1 cup of cereal = size of a baseball • 3 oz of cooked fish = size of a checkbook • 2 TBS of hummus = size of a golf ball • 3 oz of tofu = size of a cassette tape • ½ cup of grapes = about 16 small grapes • ¼ cup of dried fruit or nuts = size of golf ball or large egg • 1 cup of berries = about 12 small strawberries or size of a baseball • 1 TBS of butter or salad dressing = 1 poker chip • ½ cup of ice cream or frozen yogurt = size of 1 regular light bulb or tennis ball • 1 ½ oz of cheese = six dice When eating a meal it’s important to make a portion plate. Half of your plate should consist of vegetables; one quarter of the plate should be protein (like chicken or fish); and one quarter of the plate should include a whole grain

 Half a cup of frozen yogurt or ice cream is around the size of a tennis ball  a half a cup of grapes is around 16 small grapes  3 oz of cooked chicken is around the same size as a deck of cards

carb (like brown rice, whole wheat pasta or quinoa). Most restaurants serve more food than one person needs at one meal. Ask the wait person for a “to go” box and wrap up half your meal as soon as its brought to the table, or split an entrée with your dinner companion.

Pizza, movie popcorn, burgers, and bagels are just some of the everyday foods that have literally doubled in size/calories in the past 20 years. It behooves everyone—the person who is dieting and the one that is not—to study the above table and learn the appropriate portion sizes and how to eyeball them. If you find these portions to be too restrictive, then wean yourself down gradually. Every day decrease your portions a little bit more until you are at the ideal size. Eventually, you will feel satisfied with the smaller portions, and it will take less food to banish your pains of hunger. Follow these perfect portions and you might even shed a few extra pounds without trying too hard!

Aliza Beer is a registered dietician with a Master’s degree in nutrition. She has a private practice in Cedarhurst, NY. Patients’ success has been featured on the Dr. Oz Show. Aliza’s new line of prepared, healthy meals-to-go are available at Gourmet Glatt.

Aliza can be reached at alizabeer@gmail. com.

Deb Hirschhorn, Ph.D.

TJH Staff

Entitlements

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o, I’m not talking about food stamps and Social Security. I’m talking about guarantees from Hakadosh Baruch Hu. There are none.

Well, let me clarify that. Hakadosh Baruch Hu did say that if we walk in His ways and do His commands we would have goodness in our lives.

But that isn’t saying that the goodness would hit each and every one of us in exactly the same way or at the same time. The goodness could come in Olam Haba. Or it might come in our lifetimes.

But whatever He decides is what will happen and as far as we are concerned, we aren’t entitled to anything, no matter how good we are ourselves.

That’s hard for most of us to swallow.

I’m thinking about a woman, Miri, who is deeply hurt. (All stories are made up.) She did her job: she raised her kids – and she raised them well. In fact, she did a spectacular job under the worst of conditions. You could compare her situation to that of someone at war raising kids in a trench.

Not only was this nice lady herself at war through most of her marriage, but her husband sucked the children into the wars as well. Now, they are raised and married. She is a savta. Is she entitled to peace, finally?

No. No one is entitled to anything. Or at least, we are not the ones to declare that we are. Only Hashem can determine that. The implications of this point are huge and they have come home to me more forcefully with every day that passes during this time of our people’s distress.

Implication #1: We Never Have a Right to Be Angry Miri’s husband, Mel, is in decline.

Physically, emotionally, and otherwise.

Miri can no longer have a normal conversation with him. He says unexpected, illogical, and trying things. He has started strange battles in the family. He is inconsiderate and out of touch. Miri is more than exasperated. When Mel picks on their son in conversation with Miri, it sends her to the moon. She is furious.

She has no right to be. And neither do you. Yes, I know your brother is a

nerd. Your father is out of touch. Your wife is a shrew. It doesn’t matter.

If the events of the last few weeks have given us any message at all it is simply that G-d in His Infinite Wisdom runs the world. He decides. We don’t.

If Gil-Ad, Naftali, and Eyal were not “entitled” to live another day then who are we to make demands? Who are we to say we are entitled to anything?

If they were not meant to live then surely, surely we cannot possibly be

But they can and the proof of it is that they are.

If they can somehow carry their pekalach, then they are halfway there.

The other half is acceptance. Just as the angry people must accept His rule, those who are down must accept it as well. Because, you see, when you accept Hakadosh Baruch Hu’s decisions, there is nothing to be angry – or sad – about.

Let me make an important distinc-

YES, I KNOW YOUR BROTHER IS A NERD. YOUR FATHER IS OUT OF TOUCH. YOUR WIFE IS A SHREW. IT DOESN’T MATTER.

entitled to anger. No matter how irritating, aggravating – even abusive – another person is, we are not entitled to act out against that person. Why not?

The reason we must seek alternatives to anger is that G-d sent that person into our lives for His reasons. In fact, as I see the stories around me unfold, I suspect that He sent those people specifically so that we can overcome our anger. Maybe He is holding out to see whether we can do that.

Refraining from anger is acknowledging that we live by G-d’s Plan, not ours. Moreover, there is a deep bracha hidden in our turmoil: G-d wants us to learn better how to cope. When we cope correctly, we are serving Him correctly.

tion here, the distinction between depression and grief. We are supposed to grieve; that is normal and natural.

It represents the sadness at the loss of a tie to someone we loved or a future we expected. We cried at the loss of the Beis Hamikdash. And we cry for every lost precious life. But that is not depression.

Depression is endless. Depression is the failure to carve out a tomorrow. Depression is not having energy to get the day going. That, we are not allowed to do. G-d declared that we should always strive to do our job in this world. As it says in Pirkei Avos: “You are not required to complete the task, yet you are not free to withdraw from it” (2:21).

Implication #2: We are Not Entitled to Be Depressed There are those among us who do not lose their tempers. They are evenkeeled tzaddikim who recognize Hashem’s Kingship. They don’t rebel at His decisions; they just don’t like them.

They think they cannot cope with the burdens He has given them.

Implication #3: Focus on Yourself The question that logically follows from all this is: How? How are we supposed to not be angry or sad? What should we feel? How should we cope?

How, exactly, is Miri supposed to feel? She is angry at Mel and she is very down at the situation. Angry and down. Isn’t that normal? It certainly is.

Hashem placed within us the capacity to experience all kinds of feelings. But that doesn’t make all of them good or right.

The biggest implication of all this is that if Miri must accept Hashem’s putting Mel in her life, then, as I said above, there is a hidden bracha in it: When she figures out a healthy way to handle the situation, she will have learned something important, something beneficial.

So what should she do? How is she supposed to focus on herself? There are two interrelated steps to this: (1) Physiological control of her emotions.

Miri should learn to breathe slowly and deeply and focus on her breath so as to clear her head. For some people this simple exercise works like a charm to get calm. For others, there is more needed. The idea is to clear one’s thoughts and regulate one’s emotions through bringing autonomic nervous system responses under control.

(2) Attitude shift.

It will be important for Miri to focus on the bracha that is inherent in her situation. While quietly breathing, she could think about her appreciation to Hakadosh Baruch Hu for the goodness in her life. She can then take pride in herself for having calm responses.

We all have something to learn here in our journey on Earth. Certainly one of them is to be makir tov for the good Hashem bestows and the other is that we are His servants and not the other way around. Anger and depression are not ways of serving G-d.

Dr. Deb Hirschhorn, a Marriage & Family Therapist and best-selling author of The Healing Is Mutual: Marriage Empowerment Tools to Rebuild Trust and Respect—Together, is proud to announce that readers of The Jewish Home will receive a $50 discount on every visit to her Woodmere office. Listen to her new show called “Kids and Parents” on Chazaq Radio live from 3-4 on Thursdays.

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Quotes

Compiled by Nate Davis

“Say What?”

This week Donald Sterling told a Los Angeles judge that to keep control of the Clippers, he will sue the NBA until the day he dies. And by the looks of him, that day was four years ago.

- Seth Myers Congrats to LeBron James who just announced that he and his wife are expecting their third child. When asked if he wants a boy or a girl, LeBron said he was currently reviewing his options and would let the media know when he made a decision.

- Jimmy Fallon

The truth is that you just keep getting older. You take each stage at a time. If I got to this age it’s because I’ve lived a lot, that’s all.

- Jose Aguinelo dos Santos of Brazil who experts believe is 126-years-old based on his recently discovered birth certificate

Today, Lay’s announced that cappuccino is one of the finalists for their new chip flavor contest. And if you think that sounds bad, wait until you try Starbucks’ new Sour Cream and Onion Latte.

- Seth Myers

Officially, no.

Unofficially? No comment.

- The head of the Ukrainian rebels when asked by NBC News whether he was in contact with Russian authorities According to a new study, one in four Americans admits to not exercising at all. As a result, one in four Americans is actually TWO in four Americans.

- Seth Myers To avoid being spied on by the NSA, Germany is considering using typewriters now to communicate so we can’t spy on them. Germany says they may even go further back and start using AOL accounts.

– Conan O’Brien

Hamas attacks Israel: Not surprising. The New York Times attacks Israel: Also not surprising. Stop skewing facts. Stop the key omissions.

Stop the anti-Israeli bias.

- Text of a billboard put up opposite the New York Times building

Over the weekend, firefighters in Minnesota rescued a woman who had been stuck in quicksand for over 14 hours. So, not the quickest sand.

- Seth Myers

Speaking of Obama, yesterday Congressman Raul Labrador said that impeaching President Obama isn’t a good idea, because, quote, “No one wants President Joe Biden.”

And that’s when Biden realized why Obama picked him as a running mate.

- Jimmy Fallon

Guns are welcome on premises. Please keep all weapons holstered unless need arises. In such cases, judicious marksmanship is appreciated.

– A new sign posted on a Tennessee restaurant which owners say has caused business to spike She hasn’t asked me yet.

- Bill Clinton when asked by CNN if Hillary is going to run for president

The fact is that in every fundamental issue of conflict today, the United States is in the center, leading, and trying to find an effort to make peace where peace is very difficult.

– Secretary of State John Kerry on Meet the Press

It looks like it may be a terrible tragedy.

- President Obama speaking at a fundraiser in Delaware a few hours after Malaysia Airline Flight MH17 was shot out of the sky New Jersey Governor Chris Christie is in Iowa campaigning at a big cookout because this is what you do if you want to be president. He’s out there all day telling people the hot dog line is closed for a traffic study.

- David Letterman If you are attending this campaign cookout in Iowa, please, this is sort of like the running of the bulls in Pamplona. Do not get between the governor and the potato salad.

- Ibid

There are reports that Amazon is coming out with a new service for the Kindle that will be like a Netflix for books. You can look at a bunch of different books but you don’t have to buy them.

Or, as Barnes & Noble calls that, “our business model.”

- Jimmy Fallon

I had an interpreter, and when he was showing me his office, I said, “It’s amazing what capitalism will do, won’t it? A magnificent office!”

And he laughed…I said, “Mr. Prime Minister, I’m looking into your eyes, and I don’t think you have a soul.”…And he looked back at me, and he smiled, and he said, “We understand one another.”

This is who this guy is.

– Joe Biden in an interview with the New Yorker discussing a visit with Russian President Vladimir Putin

I think Joe would be a superb president.

– President Obama discussing Joe Biden in an interview with the New Yorker President Obama was giving an interview recently, and— get this—he said he thought that Joe Biden would be a good president. When asked why, he was like, “Because he’d make me look amazing.”

- Jimmy Fallon

Today is the 30th anniversary of the National Minimum Drinking Age Act, which raised the drinking age to 21. Also turning 30 today: a 16-year-old boy, according to his fake ID. - Seth Myers

President Kennedy said let’s put a man on the moon, and by G-d, 10 years later, we put a man on the moon.

Yesterday was the 45th anniversary. Nowadays, a big deal for us is that we combined the croissant and the doughnut to get a cronut.

– David Letterman

A federal judge ruled yesterday that California’s version of the death penalty is unconstitutional.

Apparently the difference is California’s version has avocado on it.

- Seth Myers

I heard that Rob Ford’s nephew is planning to run for a seat on the Toronto City Council. He has an interesting campaign slogan: “I’m adopted!”

- Jimmy Fallon

The missiles that are now being launched against Israel, each and every missile constitutes a crime against humanity, whether it hits or misses, because it is directed at civilian targets.

- Ibrahim Khraishi, the Palestinian ambassador to the UN Human Rights Council, explaining in a Palestinian Authority TV interview last week why dragging Israel before the International Criminal Court on accusations of war crimes would not work

President Obama said that his strategy for foreign policy is to be patient and determined. Which is also his strategy when it comes to Biden’s bedtime.

- Jimmy Fallon

Great piece by former colleague Alyssa Mastromonaco who defines smart, savvy and fashionable http://wapo.st/Wlx9sE via @ washingtonpost.

- Tweet by State Department Spokeswoman Jen Psaki about a fashion article, sent out hours after Flight MH17 was shot down

The Chicago Cubs have filed a lawsuit against a man who got into a bar fight while unofficially dressed as the team’s mascot. They could tell he wasn’t affiliated with the Cubs because he won.

- Seth Myers

Pay it forward. My birthday present to me!

– What a man wrote on his receipt after leaving a $1,000 tip for his waiter when celebrating his birthday with his wife in a restaurant in Albany

Abrupt changes to his schedule can have the unintended consequence of unduly alarming the American people or creating a false sense of crisis.

- White House Communications Director Jennifer Palmieri explaining why President Obama went forward with a series of fundraisers this week while there are numerous foreign policy crises he should be dealing with

This week Dick Cheney called President Obama “the worst president of my lifetime.” Oh, come on, Obama may not be perfect, but there’s no way he’s worse than John Quincy Adams.

- Seth Myers

It’s a [heck] of a pinpoint operation, it’s a [heck] of a pinpoint operation. We’ve got to get over there. Thank you John. I think, John, we ought to go tonight. I think it’s crazy to be sitting around.

- Secretary of State John Kerry “accidentally” caught on an open mic in Fox’s studio while waiting to go on the air, criticizing Israel in a “private” phone conversation with a deputy

This week, our pal Rob Ford faced off against his four challengers in a debate for Toronto mayor.

His opponents were, of course, pretty critical of his performance, but Ford said, “Hey, my record slurs for itself.”

- Jimmy Fallon

When this story broke I ran back into the newsroom and saw how we were covering it already and I just knew I had to go… It was the total disregard to the facts.

I didn’t want to watch a story like that where people have lost loved ones and we’re handling it like that. I couldn’t do it anymore; we’re lying every single day. Every single day we’re lying and finding [more creative] ways to do it.

- A Russian TV anchor explaining why she quit in the aftermath of the Malaysia Airline crash of Flight MH17 I just saw that minor league baseball players have filed a class-action lawsuit to demand better pay — as opposed to the OTHER way they could get better pay: being better at baseball.

- Jimmy Fallon

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Yesterday, Iran asked the U.S. for an extension on disabling their nuclear program. When asked how much time they needed, they said, “10, 9, 8...”

- Seth Myers

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Forgotten Heroes

Avi Heiligman

The Israeli Navy’s Bold Beginnings

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ny country with a significant new country needed fighting ships. coastline has to have a navy to Four ships were rusting away in protect its harbors and ports. This the Haifa Harbor and were known as is vitally important for nations that as the Shadow Fleet. The A-16 Eilat was soon as independence is declared are a former American icebreaker; the in the midst of a war. The Israeli navy K-20 Haganah was Canadian warship in 1948 was nothing compared to what that was used in Aliyah Bet as was the they have today. The K-18 Wedgewood. entire navy back The most interesting then was comprised boat was the K-24 of five second-hand Moaz. She was built ships but these sailin Germany and ors performed well was sold privately under the circumto an American. At stances. They were the outset of WWII, commanded by an she was transferred American officer to the U.S. Coast and at a least a third Guard to be used as of these sailors were a coastal patrol gun veterans of WWII boat. They were reand weren’t Israeli furbished, and in at all.

October 1948, a fifth Before Israel deship, the K-26 Noga, Paul Shulman, first commander of the clared statehood in joined the navy. The Israeli Navy, with David Ben-Gurion, 1948, there was a Noga was a former Israel's first prime minister military infrastrucAmerican patrol ture. Several factions existed with the boat known as the Yucatan. main one being the Palmach. They had There were about 2,000 sailors in around 30,000 members, and they most- the navy during the war and they came ly trained for in-ground operations. A from a variety of backgrounds. The sailsmall seaborne platoon of the Palmach ors on these ships were former merchant grew into a small but formidable unit mariners, Israelis who managed to serve called the Palyam. It was set up in 1945 in the British Navy during WWII, Alibut by early 1948 was all Israel had be- ya Bet crewmen and volunteers from fore the war started. The Palyam spe- abroad. These volunteers, called Machcialized in escorting tens of thousands al, had a lot of experience during WWII of survivors out of the remains of Chur- and were headlined by Annapolis gradban Europe as well as bringing in vital uate (U.S. Naval Academy) Paul Shularms for the rest of the Palmach. They man. He resigned from his position in also trained in underwater sabotage and the American Navy in 1947 to join the these members went on to form the seamen helping Aliyah Bet immigrants.

Shayetet 13 commando unit. Still, the At the request of Ben Gurion, he came

to Israel to organize Israel’s navy. He by the malfunction of some of the Iswas 26-years-old, and in October 1948, raeli guns which were antiquated, and it ended with both sides retreating. Little he was appointed Navy Commander.

Shulman wasn’t the only Annapolis damage had been done except for the graduate. Jonathan Leff, who served as downing of an Egyptian Spitfire fighter the naval gunnery officer, also went to plane. Other methods of sinking enemy the Naval Academy. Another American ships were needed.

Yochai Bin-Nun commanded the officer, Ben De Roy, was an expert radar and communications specialist. Even naval sabotage unit and had acquired though Israel had no submarines for small boats that could be outfitted with several years an American submariner, explosives. These one man boats could Sender Pinard found employment in the be aimed at a target while the operator operations section. After the K-24 came leaped into the water to be picked up to Israel, more Machal volunteers came by a recue craft (these were not suicide to assist the navy. However, there was missions like the ones that the Japafriction between the Machalniks and nese implemented during WWII against Palyam veterans that eventually caused American ships). On October 22, the some volunteers to leave the navy. Still, Emir Farouk and an escorting minethey left an indelible impression in the sweeper were spotted off the coast of young navy that won some hard-fought Gaza and the go-ahead for the mission battles during the War of Independence. was given. It was right before the ceaseIn August, the Haganah and the fire and the Egyptian sailors onboard Wedgewood seized thousands of rifles were relaxed.

The Moaz was the main Israeli ship intended for the Arabs and gave them to involved and released the five small the IDF. It was the result of a spectacuboats.

Two of the boats were to head lar Mossad operation where two Israelis straight to the convinced an target and BinItalian ship’s Nun would captain to give stand by if a reup control and serve boat was they rendezneeded. Yaavoused with kov Vardi was the two Israeli to attack the ships. minesweeper At the bebut in the conginning of fusion attacked the war, the the Emir FaEgyptian navy rouk instead. had complete The explosive speedboats With the two control of the explosive boats Mediterranean coastline. Their flagship was the cruiser hitting the Emir Farouk, she sank within Emir Farouk. After the hard efforts of five minutes. Bin-Nun saw the mistake Shulman and other agencies, the Israeli and he attacked the minesweeper which fleet had grown but still the Wedgewood sustained significant damage. The misand the Haganah were the only ones sion was a success and the Israeli navy fit for a major battle. Operation Yoav finally had its first victory.

Some of the Machalniks stayed after commenced on October 15 with the main objective being to disrupt enemy the war to train Israeli sailors for new supply lines. The first days of the opera- ships. The navy scored some victories tion saw many failures including the en- but even more importantly had set the gine dying on one of the troop-carrying stage for a navy that was to set preceships. The landing craft was carrying 31 dence in the Middle East. soldiers and was supposed to attack an Egyptian artillery battery. The operaAvi Heiligman is a weekly contributor to tion was never fully executed.

The Battle off Majdal took place on The Jewish Home. He welcomes your comOctober 21. The Wedgewood and the ments and suggestions.for future columns Haganah were trying to stop an Egyp- and can be reached at aviheiligman@ tian corvette that was unloading troops gmail.com. and cargo. The battle itself was marred

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In the Kitchen

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Light Lemon Squares Ingredients 1 cup flour ½ cup margarine, softened ¼ cup confectioners’ sugar

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Ingredients 1 cup margarine or butter ¾ cup sugar ¾ cup brown sugar

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Ingredients ½ cup unsweetened cocoa powder 1 cup flour ½ teaspoon baking powder

1 cup sugar 2 teaspoons grated lemon peel 2 tablespoons lemon juice ½ teaspoon baking powder ¼ teaspoon salt 2 eggs Preparation Preheat oven to 350ºF. Mix flour, butter and confectioners’ sugar. Press into ungreased square pan, building up

2 eggs 1 tablespoon hot water 1 ½ cup flour 1 teaspoon baking soda 1 teaspoon salt 2 cups oatmeal 12 oz. chocolate chips 1 teaspoon vanilla ½-1 cup chopped nuts, optional Preparation Cream butter or margarine with

1 cup sugar ½ cup margarine, melted 2 eggs beaten 1 teaspoon vanilla 1/4 cup chopped walnuts (optional) Preparation Preheat your oven to 325°F. Coat the bottom of a 9 x 13 pan with cooking spray.

In a medium bowl, mix together the

½-inch edges. Bake crust for 20 minutes.

Beat granulated sugar, lemon peel, lemon juice, baking powder, salt and eggs with electric mixer on high speed about 3 minutes or until light and fluffy.

Pour over hot crust.

Bake 25 to 30 minutes or until no indentation remains when touched lightly in center. Cool; dust with powdered sugar. Cut into about 1 ½-inch squares.

Makes 25 squares.

sugar. Add eggs and hot water and mix together. Add flour, baking soda and salt. Slowly mix in oatmeal, chocolate chips, vanilla and nuts. Mix well.

Grease a 9x11-inch pan and spread batter into pan. Bake at 350° for 2025 minutes. Reserve ½ cup of chocolate chips. While the bars are still hot, put the chocolate chips on top. Once they are melted, spread them evenly over the bars. Cool before eating.

cocoa powder, flour, and baking powder. Add in the sugar. Stir in the margarine. Add the eggs and vanilla. Beat with an electric mixer until smooth. Stir the walnuts in by hand (if desired).

Spread the batter into the pan, and bake for about 25 minutes (knife inserted into center should come out clean).

Cool on wire rack, and then cut into squares.

Makes 24 squares.

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Ten Really Dumb Mistakes that Smart Couples Make Mistake #5: It’s Not Your Job to Change Your Spouse

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hen they were dating, it was so exhilarating. He was always filled with energy, always moving. It filled her with a sense of excitement. Now, after three years of marriage, she finds his ADHD behavior vexing. He’s always late. He’s always forgetting things. He’s constantly bouncing checks. So she spends the next twenty years trying to change him.

When they were going out, he often felt gallant. She would get nervous, and he would step in to smooth things over and calm her down. He felt like a knight in shining armor rescuing the damsel in distress. Now they’re married for awhile and every erev Shabbos is high drama. When her parents come, the intensity of emotion goes into overdrive, and it seems that she’s just never calm.

So he spends the next twenty years try- there are certainly coping strategies that ing to change her. people can use to manage more effiThere is a recurring theme in most ciently, there are many core tendencies marriages where that just arboth he and she en’t going to spend an inorchange. dinate amount O d d l y enough, we of time and energy attemptall understand ing to change this…until it the other. And comes to our it never works. spouses. Then we feel a moral Most of the time imperative to it’s because correct them, these traits can’t to straighten be changed.

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ll artists reveal started painting with their thoughts house paint, and the and tell stories rest is history. Grandthrough their artwork. ma Moses painted The thoughts that are many pictures which revealed through artdepicted her simplistic ist’s work are shared the view of how a beautisame way as thoughts ful and positive life can and stories are shared be lived. Her famous by a writer. Just as a painting, “Beautiful poet expresses feelWorld,” is reminiscent ings and emotions with of just that feeling. The words which inspire Grandma Moses started painting colors and compoat the age of 70 the reader of the sition depict tranpoem, the artist quility. Her artinspires with the work fits into the use of pen and category of “folk ink in the form art” or “primitive of a picture. The art” as she was conception and never trained composition of the professionally. picture helps define “What a and communicate Farm Wife the message. This is Painted” was an what contributes to exhibit which Her art showcased making the artist’s made her quite the beauty of a simple life rendering unique famous. Her nuand outstanding. merous works Let’s look at of art tell stories Anna Mary Robin picture form, ertson Moses, also with a conception known as Grandand communicama Moses. tion of happy and About the joyful uplifting Artist messages on how Born in to live a pure and 1860, Grandma simple honest life.

Moses was an Grandma Moses died Farm living was what American folk she loved and what she painted in 1961at age 101 artist who started and will always be painting at a very old age. She was born remembered for her beautiful renditions into an extremely poor and simple large and displays of how she lived life in a family and raised on a farm. At the age positive and honest way. People were of twelve, she went to work on a farm in charmed by her honesty and simpliciorder to earn money, and it was there on ty…and she was well-known for stating, the farm that she met her future husband. “If people want to make a fuss over me, I After marriage at the age of twen- let ’em, but I was the same person before ty, she and her husband spent numer- as I am now.” ous years taking care of a rented house and later their own purchased farm. She Rebbetzin Naomi N. Herzberg is a profesraised her family on the farm. Anna Mary sional art educator, artist and designer. always lived a simplistic farm life which Among her known artwork is a floral sculpshe loved. At that time of life she was ture presented to Tipper Gore, Blair House, referred to as “Mother Moses.” During Washington, D.C. Presently she is the Directhis time, she was busy doing extensive tor of Operations at Shulamith School for embroidery work until she could not any Girls. Please feel free to email nherzberg@ optonline.net with questions and suggestions more due to arthritis.

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Zehava Schechter, Esq.

When a Will is Not for Everyone Involved My wife wants us both to prepare and execute our wills and has scheduled an appointment with an estate planning attorney.

I agree that I should have a will; however, I have a problem. I own a savings account with a significant amount of money of which my wife is unaware. I have named a beneficiary on the account and do not want to tell my wife about this account. May I tell the attorney privately about this account without my wife knowing?

with the attorney without the spouse present. An attorney is not a policeman and does not have an obligation (in fact is not allowed) to discuss a client’s matter with anyone else – including a The Attorney Responds: spouse.

The short answer to your question I do have a suggestion for you is that when you and your wife meet which may eliminate this controversial with the attorney, both of you become account. As you stated in your quesclients of the attorney. As a result, any- tion, you named a beneficiary (and, thing your wife tells the attorney, the hopefully, contingent beneficiary) on attorney may share this account. If so, with you and vice upon your passing versa. When I meet the account balance with a couple, I tell passes directly to the WHEN I MEET WITH the husband and wife named beneficiary. upfront that there are Therefore, this acA COUPLE, I TELL no secrets among count does not necthe three of us. I am essarily have to beTHE HUSBAND AND clear that after our come known to your WIFE UPFRONT meeting, one spouse wife. I am not adcannot call me to tell vocating secrecy or THAT THERE ARE NO me he/she wants to telling lies; however, SECRETS AMONG change the terms of this is one easy way the will without tellto possibly prevent THE THREE OF US. ing the other spouse. hurt feelings on your This would cause wife’s part if you a conflict of interpredecease. Please est for the attorney make sure to keep which would subject the attorney to the beneficiary designations updated. disciplinary measures. If one spouse has misgivings, it is advised that each No column is a substitute for compespouse consult with a different attorney. tent legal advice. Any additional or difHow you are going to explain this to ferent facts could change or affect any your spouse I cannot advise. legal analysis. Please consult with your Recently, I met with a client who legal professional of choice regarding came alone to meet me. She did not any legal question you may have. want her spouse to know she was meeting with me because of a similar situation to the one you present. While I generally advocate that spouses meet W. Zehava Schechter, Esq. specializes in jointly with the estate planning attorney real estate law, estate planning and adminto maximize the effectiveness of their istration, and business law on Long Island, planning, here was a situation where New York. Please send your comments to it was best for the client to meet alone SchechterLaw@gmail.com.

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leveland, Ohio, has historically been one of America’s most populous and productive cities, peaking as the fifth-largest back in 1920.

Today, “C-town” is a shadow of its former glory, another Rust Belt factory town, best known for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. But last week, Clevelanders had reason to celebrate once more. Are we talking about the Republican National Committee’s decision to host their 2016 nominating convention in the city dubbed “the Mistake on the Lake”? Of course not! We’re talking about basketball superstar LeBron James’s decision to leave the Miami Heat and return to the city where he spent the first seven years of his career.

On the face of it, James’s decision seems curious. Few athletes with any choice in the matter would happily trade Miami’s bright lights, sunny pastels, and Caribbean vibe for Cleveland’s cold winters, gray skies, and flammable river. But LeBron, who grew up in nearby Akron, believes in home — and for him, the move is a slam dunk. “My presence can make a difference in Miami, but I think it can mean more where I’m from,” he told Sports Illustrated. “I want kids in Northeast Ohio . . . to realize that there’s no better place to grow up. Maybe some of them will come home after college and start a family or open a business . . . Our community, which has struggled so much, needs all the talent it can get.”

Cleveland fans aren’t the only ones who will applaud LeBron’s move. You can be sure that basketball fans at the IRS will cheer, too. LeBron will make a reported $20.7 million per year in Cleveland — $1.6 million more than the $19.1 million he earned last season in Miami. He’ll pay the top income tax rate of 39.6% on that difference, along with an extra 3.8% Medicare tax — and that, in turn, will mean about $694,000 more for Uncle Sam. (His total Medicare tax on his playing salary will reach almost $785,000, or nearly enough to pay for a heart transplant.)

But the biggest winner here may be the Ohio Department of Taxation.

Last season, LeBron played his home games at Miami’s American Airlines Arena, where he enjoyed Florida’s

lack of personal income tax. When he returns to Cleveland’s Quicken Loans Arena, he’ll pay Ohio’s top rate of 5.421%. That’s no mere technical foul — state taxes on the half of his games that he’ll play at home will run more than half a million dollars per year!

Fortunately for LeBron, he makes his real money off the court. In 2013, he collected a whopping $50 million in endorsements from Nike, Coca Cola,

Cadbury Schweppes, Juice Batteries, Upper Deck, Cub Cadet, McDonald’s, Microsoft, and State Farm — among others. He was an early investor in Beats by Dre, and reportedly parlayed that stake into $30 million when Apple acquired the headphone maker.

But LeBron will keep his residence in Florida, which should shelter the bulk of his financial three-pointers. No less a business authority than Warren Buffett has said of LeBron, “He’s savvy.

He’s smart about financial matters. It’s amazing to me the maturity he exhibits.”

When it comes time to pay all those taxes, you can be sure that LeBron James doesn’t just drop off a shoebox full of receipts with his accountant on April 15. He’s got a plan to “defend his net” as vigorously as the law allows.

Now, you probably can’t fill LeBron’s size 16 sneakers. But you can take advantage of the same sort of proactive planning that superstar athletes use to save millions. And you don’t even have to wait for free agency! You just have to pick up the phone and call your accountant. So, what are you waiting for?

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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Arrowhead Mills

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Puffed Rice

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Sour Sticks

12.25oz

Assorted

6oz

6oz

Honey Nut Cheerios

Snack N’ Fries

Box Drinks 4pk

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2\$3

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$

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Gefen

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Tofutti

Glicks

Gefen

Mustard

26oz

8oz

Assorted

16oz

22oz

$

Salt

Yellow

1.99

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Ungers

Devash

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Pint Juices

.99

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3.99

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Black & Whites

In 1/4s

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Apple Sauce

.79

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Ketchup

Cherry And Lemon

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1.99

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.79

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Red Peppers

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Bananas

$

1.29Lb Watermelon

11 OZ

$

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$

3.99

$

1.29Ea

.59Lb

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