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Dear Readers, Last week, we were wearing short sleeves. This week, we are bundled up in sweatshirts and jackets. The leaves are slowly filling our yards, and the days are quickly becoming shorter. Fall is certainly here. When the cool weather comes, the coziness of the home beckons. No longer are the children biking outside past their bedtime and no longer are we taking long walks on the boardwalk. Nights are spent as a family indoors playing games, reading books and eating dinner together. I can’t say I am ready for the winter yet, with its frigid temperatures and slippery sidewalks. But I am looking forward to fall. A new season brings new excitement. And with it brings new things to do. This week, in our recipe section, we bring you some delicious soup ideas to warm your family on cool, autumn evenings. Naomi Nachman introduces you to two of fall’s squashes and great ways to serve them this season. Besides for fall produce, the season offers wonderful way to enjoy the outdoors and the cool, crisp temperatures. On Monday, klal Yisroel was saddened to hear of the passing of Rav Ovadia Yosef zt”l. The Maran was known for his hasmada and his brilliance but even more than that, he was truly devoted to his followers. He brought glory back to the Sefard community and gave the community back its splendor. His lifted them up and gave them a reason to shine. Although R’ Ovadia was truly a gadol, he understood that the frum community needed a voice in Israel’s government. And he was not afraid to take a stand against the stubborn secular majority when it came to advocating for his people. Appropriately, his levaya was the largest in Israel’s history—close to 800,000 came to mourn the loss of this great man. May he be a meilitz yosher for all of klal Yisroel. Wishing you a wonderful week,

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Dear Editor, For a week now, our government has been shut down. Truthfully, it doesn’t affect me too much—my mail is still

being delivered and being that I work in the private sector, my paycheck is still being cashed. But I wonder: why can’t these people just get along? Why can’t they come to some sort of compromise to get our government shutdown out of the headlines and put government workers back in their jobs? There’s a lot of finger pointing going around. The Democrats are blaming the Republicans, the Republicans are blaming the more right-wing Republicans, and the president is blaming the Speaker of the House. But if you analyze the situation, the person who is truly to blame is the president. When he was running, Barack Obama spun tales of how he would be the Great Negotiator. He would be the one who would unify both parties. After all, the man with the silver tongue could beguile middle class Americans across the country; who is better qualified to lull opposing parties into singing “Kumbaya” around the campfire than the Great Peacemaker. But alas, less than a year after he was sworn into his second term under the theme of “Faith in America’s Future,” this Great Peacemaker is so adamant that he is right that he refuses to even speak with his adversaries. And when he does, it’s only to drive his message home that he is refusing to negotiate and unwilling to bend. Well, I’ll tell you a secret, Mr. President. Don’t use that message with Michelle when she asks you to do something and you don’t want to do it. It won’t win you any brownie points, except maybe a visit to the doghouse. True, we elect our leaders because we hold them to be people who will work for us and take care of our needs. All elected officials in Congress have a burden of responsibility to the American people. But the person who is the most responsible is our president. He is the one who should be saying, “The buck stops here”; I am responsible for this mess and I will work and bend and negotiate so I can get this country back up and running. It’s up to you Mr. Obama to do your job. Chaim Holland, PhD

Dear Editor, If federal civil servants are now furloughed, so too should White House employees, members of Congress and their staff. “Government Shutdown What does it Really Mean?” (Susan Schwamm) & “Government Shuts Down” (The Week In News, National – October 3). Everyone should have been allowed to use yearly earned annual leave against any payless furlough days. Remember, they have already gone three years without any salary increase. Payless furlough days are essentially a salary cut. Both the president and Congress should have worked together over the past year. They should have put our fiscal house in order to end future threats of both sequestering and furloughs. They should have returned to the time when Congress held budget hearings for each department during the summer instead of taking a five week vacation. They should have developed a budget agency by agency to be adopted during an open process. Members of Congress, federal employees, the public, watchdog groups and media should have been afforded sufficient time to understand the full contents prior to adoption. Our FY 2014 full federal budget should have been adopted on time prior to the start of the new Federal Fiscal year on October 1. Hard working civil servants pay taxes just like everyone else. The White House and Congress should be held accountable for their actions or in this case inactions, just as employees are at end of the year personnel evaluations Both the President, members of Congress and their respective employees should be docked one full day’s pay for each day the Federal Fiscal Year 2014 budget is not adopted. They need to perform this most basic requirement of their jobs, which is passing a budget on time, just like federal civil servants do on a daily basis. Sincerely, Larry Penner

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Last October, Malala Yousafzai, a 16-year-old Pakistani girl, was shot in the head by Taliban gunmen. Fortunately, the brave teenager was not killed, but the terrorist organization has announced that they will continue their “all out” efforts to try to assassinate the young girl in retaliation for her relationship with the west. “Everyone should understand that we didn’t want to shoot her for promoting female education and thousands of girls are still going to schools as we are not against female education,” a spokesman said. “The reason we decided to kill her was her anti-Islam and anti-Mujadeen campaign on media.” He continued to say that it “will be a pride for the Taliban if she is silenced.” Malala now lives in the UK with her family. On Monday, she told the BBC, “I’m a campaigner of education, I am a children’s rights activist and I’m a women’s rights activist ... We know that terrorists are afraid of the power of education.” Last week, Malala was honored at Harvard University and spoke in front of a large crowd. She is a contender to win the Nobel Peace Prize this week and on Tuesday, her memoir, I Am Malala, was published worldwide.

North Korea Building Lavish Ski Resort North Korean citizens seem to have it all. They have a leader who they adore and revere, and they say their country lacks for nothing. But leader Kim Jong Un has found that there is one thing missing in his empire: a lavish ski resort. For the past 10 months, workers

In News have been working feverishly to build the country’s latest megaproject: the Masik Pass ski resort. The complex of ski runs, resort chalets and sleigh rides will formally open Thursday, although the hotels in the resorts appeared to be empty shells earlier this month and potholes filled access roads just a few weeks ago. But this extravagance will not be enjoyed by all. Surely, Kim Jong Un will hit the slopes here; reportedly, he loved skiing while studying in Switzerland as a teen. Ski official Kim Tae Yong says there are only about 5,500 North Korean skiers in the country—a nation of 24 million—so only about 0.02 percent of the population would even qualify to hit the snowy mountains. So it will essentially be a playground for the elite, although it is said that workers may be awarded ski passes for good labor.

The roads to the resort wind through the rugged mountains. Propaganda posters and barracks for the resort’s workers are built close by. Hundreds of soldier-builders work tirelessly, carrying blocks of concrete and pounding at the stones with hammers. Patriotic music fills the air. When a reporter visited the complex, the ski runs were still just filled with dirt and rocks, and the ski lifts were not yet working. South Korea is set to host the 2018 Winter Olympics and it’s no doubt that North Korea feels the need to “measure up” to its neighbor. In fact, Kim Jong Un has vowed that Masik will be a training center for the upcoming Olympics and will produce winners in the Games. Some say that North Korea is focused on making itself a more “civilized” nation, with a higher standard of living. Sports are now revered in the land; North Korea’s slogan spinners have been repeating, “The hot wind of sports blowing through Korea.” Perhaps that’s why Kim Jong Un has been cozying up to NBA star Dennis Rodman, and sports parks and basketball courts have been popping up in Pyongyang.

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Although the majority of Turkish citizens are Muslims, the country is officially and constitutionally secular. On Tuesday, the country lifted a ban on women wearing the Islamic headscarf in state institutions. The decades-old restriction is part of reforms meant to bolster democracy. Because of the ban,

many women were unable to join the public workforce. “A regulation that formally intervened in freedom of clothing and lifestyle – a source of inequality, discrimination and injustice among our people – has become history,” Deputy Prime Minister Bekir Bozdag said. The debate around the headscarf goes to the heart of tensions between religious and secular elites, a major fault line in Turkish public life. Some see Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan’s party as seeking to erode the secular foundation the republic was founded on in 1923. But supporters say the leader is simply restoring freedom of religious expression to a Muslim majority. Other parts of the “democratization package” that was unveiled last week include changes to the electoral system, the broadening of language rights, and permission for villages to use their original Kurdish names. An end to state primary school children reciting the oath of national allegiance at the start of each week, a deeply nationalistic vow, also took effect on Tuesday.

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Rafael Correa, Ecuador’s president, is not a fan of the United States. Recently, in an interview, he said that American exceptionalism is reminiscent of Nazism “before and during World War II.” “Does not this remind you of the Nazis’ rhetoric before and during World War II? They considered themselves the chosen race, the superior race, etc. Such words and ideas pose extreme danger,” Correa told RT Spanish. The Ecuadoran leader was referring to President Obama’s statement that “America is exceptional” because it stands up for

international interests and not just its own. But, Correa insists that by doing so, America has been violating international law. “What Plato wrote in his [Socratic] dialogues more than 2,000 years ago is true. Justice is nothing other than the advantage of the stronger. They are strong, that’s why they will continue lying, violating other states’ sovereignty, and breaching international law. But one day this unjust world will have to change,” Correa said, adding that the United Nation’s headquarters should eventually be moved from New York City. “The headquarters of the organization is in the U.S. and they finance their activities,” Correa said. “This is outrageous and an example of a relationship the US established with developing countries in the form of subordination.” Correa is not a model citizen. He has been criticized by international groups of cruelly silencing reporters and critics of his administration. He has also supported former Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and has been actively strengthening his relationship with Iran and Syria.

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future, these terrorists will have an impact on Turkey. Turkey will pay very dearly for its contribution,” Assad said. In the interview, Assad also criticized Ergodan, calling him a “liar” who “supports terrorists.”

Assad Maintains Innocence

This week, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip announced that he no longer considers Syrian President Bashar Assad a political leader; instead, he says that the Syrian leader is a terrorist. “I don’t regard Bashar Assad as a politician any more. He is a terrorist carrying out state terrorism,” Erdogan said. “A person who killed 110,000 of his people is a terrorist.” These words came in response to comments made by Assad when he warned that Turkey would “pay dearly” for supporting those who are trying to overthrow Assad’s regime. “In the near

Syria’s President Bashar Assad has a lot to answer for. His authoritarian rule prompted the people of his country to protest, and the bloody civil war that has ensued has left over 100,000 people dead. In an interview this week, Assad has admitted to making mistakes and says no side in his country’s civil war is entirely free of blame. “We all make mistakes. Even a president makes mistakes,” a German magazine quoted him as saying. Assad reportedly added that there were “gray tones” as far as the question of blame was concerned. He is quoted as saying he does not believe in a negotiated peace with the rebels trying to remove him from office. “According to my definition, a

In News political opposition isn’t armed,” he was quoted as saying. Assad restated his denial of using chemical weapons on his own citizens and blames the Western media for painting him as a mass murderer. While western officials say that there is little doubt that Assad was behind the attacks near Damascus, the ruler maintains that he is not involved. Assad told the reporter that he was eager to hold elections in August but he is unsure whether he will run or not.

ing the national debt figure to the international community. “It is an erratum,” an economy ministry spokeswoman said.

Small Typo, Big Mistake Sometimes a small typographical error slips by our editing staff here at TJH. Something should have been capitalized or a comma may be out of place. But rarely do our typos add billions to the national debt, as happened in Spain this week. The Spanish government admitted this week that a typo boosted Spain’s 2014 public debt forecast by 10 billion euros ($13.6 billion). The error was not corrected until four days after announc-

It turns out that Spain’s public debt in 2014 is expected to be the equivalent of 98.9 percent of total economic output, not the 99.8 percent figure that was originally published. The error was not due to a problem in mathematical computations, the spokeswoman said. Rather, the person who typed the number just mixed up the last two digits. The difference may seem minimal, but when dealing with an economy the

size of Spain’s, which is the fourth biggest in the euro zone, it is equivalent to about 10 billion euros. The very troubling news is that even after trimming the excess 10 billion euros from the forecast, economists still say Spain’s debt is rising at a worrying speed as it struggles to emerge from a double-dip recession triggered when a property bubble imploded in 2008. Spain’s public debt soared from 68.5 percent of total economic output in 2011 to 85.9 percent at the end of 2012 and 92.2 percent mid-way through this year.

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In News the arm. Weeks later, while still recovering in his apartment, police arrested him and several others. According to the letter, Soltan was accused of crimes including funding and membership in a terrorist organization, disturbing the peace, falsifying and spreading rumors, and killing protesters. “None of [the charges] had any basis in reality,” he wrote in his letter. Soltan wrote that his gunshot wound was splitting open while in custody, but that he was unable to treat it. He said guards, inciting each other by claiming Soltan and his fellow inmates had killed police officers, would beat the prisoners with rocks and sticks. The government has recently cracked down very heavily on the Muslim Brotherhood, arresting its leadership and most outspoken members, and forcing many of its members into hiding. A Cairo court has also ordered the state to confiscate all of the Brotherhood’s assets and has banned the organization, its members and affiliates from activity in the country.

A new inside look at the Egyptian prison system has come to light this week. An American citizen being held without charge has managed to smuggle a letter out of prison describing his detainment. The letter details Mohamed Soltan’s unimaginable and unlawful conditions while in prison. Soltan claims that he has been beaten, denied basic medical care and forced to stay in a room dubbed “The Fridge,” because of its lack of windows, light or places to sit, in one of Egypt’s most notorious prisons. Soltan is a 25-year-old Egyptian-American and graduate of the Ohio State University. He is also an activist with the “Anti-Coup Coalition,” an organization led mainly by the Islamist supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi. He worked in the organization’s media center during the summer sit-in protest at Cairo’s Al Raba’a Square where Islamists gathered to demonstrate against what they considered to be a military coup that ousted Morsi. On August 14, Egyptian police, backed by the military, moved in to break up the protest. During the security operation on protesters, which reportedly killed hundreds, Soltan was shot in

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Al Qaeda Leader Captured in Raid by U.S.

Both Libya and Somalia saw raids from American forces following the deadly attack on a Nairobi shopping mall last month. The Libyan raid resulted in the capture of Anas al Liby. Liby is a top al Qaeda figure wanted for the 1998 U.S. embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania, a U.S. official said. Liby, believed to be 49, had been indicted in the United States for his alleged role in the East Africa embassy bombings that killed 224 people. The U.S. government had offered a $5 million reward for information leading to his capture, under the State Department’s Rewards for Justice program. A senior U.S. official told a reporter that a U.S. Navy SEAL team was believed to have killed a senior leader of al Shabaab in a raid on his seaside villa in Somalia but was forced to withdraw before that could be confirmed. A spokesman for al Shabaab has said that one of its fighters had been killed in an exchange of gunfire but that the group had beaten back the assault.

Another Fukushima Setback The seemingly never-ending cleanup at Fukushima has seen another setback this week. Radioactive water has once again been found leaking from the broken nuclear power station. Tokyo Electric Power said highly polluted water spilled out of a storage tank as it was being filled and may have

In News made its way out to the Pacific Ocean. TEPCO, whose efforts to fix the mess at Fukushima have been criticized as sloppy, said 110 gallons with a radioactive load of up to 580,000 Becquerels per liter, had leaked from one of the 450-ton tanks because of recent typhoon-brought heavy rainfall. The tank holds water filtered to remove cesium but still containing strontium, an element that accumulates in bones and can cause cancer if consumed.

This leak is the latest in a series of problems with the cleanup. Many in both the Japanese and international communities feel that the company is not fully up to the large task. Ever since a huge earthquake and a tsunami in 2011 shut down the plant, TEPCO has found increasing difficulty in dealing with wastewater. The company poured thousands of tons of water onto runaway reactors to tame them and continues to douse them to keep them cool. Thousands of tons of radioactive water are being stored in temporary tanks at Fukushima. “Workers were storing water very close to tanks’ capacity because of the volume of typhoon rainfall,” a spokesman said. “As a result, the water overflowed and leaked outside the gutter.”

Swiss Vote on $2,800 Monthly Minimum Salary for Citizens

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non-controversial such as a referendum that would maintain the country’s conscription policy, which requires all men in the country aged 18-34 to complete a period of public service. Other votes have caused more of a stir such as the November 24th vote on a measure that would limit executive pay to the same amount paid to a company’s lowest paid staff member.

Nobel Prize Announced

Two Americans Jews and a German were awarded the Nobel Prize for medicine in Stockholm this week. James Rothman, Randy Schekman and German-born researcher Thomas Suedhof won the prize for discoveries on how

In News hormones, enzymes and other key substances are transported within cells. This traffic control system keeps activities inside cells from descending into chaos and has helped researchers gain a better understanding of a range of diseases including diabetes and disorders affecting the immune system, the committee said. Working in the 1970s, ‘80s and ‘90s, the three researchers made groundbreaking discoveries about how tiny bubbles called vesicles act as cargo carriers inside cells. Above all, their work helps explain “how this cargo is delivered to the right place at the right time,” the committee said. The discoveries have helped doctors diagnose a severe form of epilepsy and immune deficiency diseases in children, Hansson said. In the future, scientists hope the research could lead to medicines against more common types of epilepsy, diabetes and other metabolism deficiencies. Rothman, 62, is a professor at Yale University, while Schekman, 64, is at the University of California, Berkeley. Suedhof, 57, joined Stanford University

in 2008. In the 1970s, Schekman discovered a set of genes that were required for vesicle transport, while Rothman revealed in the 1980s and 1990s how vesicles delivered their cargo to the right places. Also in the ‘90s, Suedhof identified the machinery that controls when vesicles release chemical messengers from one brain cell that let it communicate with another. “This is not an overnight thing. Most of it has been accomplished and developed over many years, if not decades,” Rothman told reporters. Rothman said he lost grant money for the work recognized by the Nobel committee, but he will now reapply, hoping the Nobel Prize will make a difference in receiving funding. Established by Swedish industrialist Alfred Nobel, the Nobel Prizes have been handed out by award committees in Stockholm and Oslo since 1901. The winners always receive their awards on Dec. 10, the anniversary of Nobel’s death in 1896. Along with prestige, it also comes with $1.2 million in prize money.

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An innocent nine-year-old girl was injured in a terror attack in the West Bank settlement of Psagot on Saturday night. She was immediately rushed to Sha’are Zedek Medical Center for treatment. As the IDF investigated the incident,

they discovered a hole in the fence of the settlement that they believe was used as an escape route for the assailant. They also discovered what they originally believed to be the gun used in the attack, but a police investigation later revealed that the “weapon” found was a toy and not related to the incident. They are still searching for the heartless terrorist. West Bank police said the girl was playing in the yard of her house when she was hit by a shot to the upper body. The father of the injured child, Israel Glick, described the traumatic event in an interview with Army Radio. “We went outside and found Noam standing and she told me, ‘Father, there’s an Arab here.’ I realized that this was a security incident and a nightmare; this is the scariest thing that could happen to a family, that a terrorist wants to break inside our home. Then I pulled Noam into the house. Noam surprised the terrorist and actually scared him so that instead of entering our house – he shot her.” Thankfully, the girl’s injuries were mild. Shlomo Petroburg, who heads Magen David Adom’s Jerusalem District, lives in Psagot and arrived together with an ambulance at the scene of the

In News shooting. Petroberg said he realized his neighbor had been shot, and scrambled out of his home with medical equipment, finding the girl in her living room. “I sat her down and began providing her with medical attention. She was fully conscious and I could communicate with her. Within a short period of time a Magen David Adom ambulance crew arrived and evacuated her,” Petroberg said. A second paramedic that was on the scene, Yoni Hacohen, said the girl was terrified and obviously in pain. “She spoke to us on the way the whole time. She was a real hero and we told her so,” he said. Immediately after the attack, the IDF’s Binyamin Division arrived at the scene to search for the suspect. An emergency siren was sounded in the settlement to alert residents of the danger and signal a lockdown. Deputy Defense Minister Danny Danon on Saturday urged Israeli peace negotiators to rethink current talks with their Palestinian counterparts, following this incident. He then vowed to catch the alleged Palestinian shooter, saying, “If a person shoots a nine-year-old girl, their blood is on their own head.” He added, “We must put an end to hypocrisy of the Palestinian leadership.” Meanwhile, the official Fatah Facebook page praised the terrorist shooter. The chilling post read: “The sniper of Palestine was here. He saluted Hebron, and rested in El-Bireh. He left the signature of [real] men in different parts of the homeland. He saluted and left, and moved on to a different place, with a new signature, as he tells the stories of those who love the homeland.” (El-Bireh refers to the shooting of the girl.)

Hamas Hangs Murderer in Gaza Hani Mohamed Alayan, a resident of Khan Yunis in the Gaza Strip, was hanged by Hamas after being convicted of murdering two people. Ehab Ghissin, spokesman for the Hamas Ministry of Interior, said that the man had been convicted of murdering Mu’men Abu Alayan in 2000 and Hazem Barham in 2007. The execution was carried out in a Hamas security installation in the presence of representatives of various Palestinian factions and religious leaders, Ghissin said. When Alayan committed the first

murder he was still a minor and was then sentenced to life in prison. But later he was found guilty of murdering his second victim, Barham, and was sentenced to death by hanging.

Technion Receives $130M Pledge from Hong Kong Mogul

Hong Kong magnate Li Ka-shing has pledged $130 million to the Technion in Haifa. His generous donation will help establish a joint academic venture with Shantou University, in China’s Guangdong Province. This will be the largest contribution to an Israeli university in history. Li has donated a reported $750 million to Shantou University over 30 years. The university successfully built a technology institute and innovation center. The Guangdong Province and Shantou Municipal Government will set aside approximately $147 million to fund construction and initial operations of the new campus, to be located next to Shantou University. “If many universities in Guangdong and China do the same as Technion has been doing in Israel, an innovation-based economy will emerge,” said Shantou University Provost Gu Peihua at a ceremony in Tel Aviv on Sunday, according to a press release. Back in 2011, Technion together with Cornell University won a tender to build a research institute in New York City. “This is one more step in turning the Technion into a university with a global presence: one in the West in New York and one in the East with Guangdong in China,’’ said Boaz Golani, Technion’s vice president of external relations and resource development. Li is known for supporting educa-

tional institutions in the U.S., Britain, and Canada and has a long history of investing in Israel. He invested in Waze, a traffic-mapping start-up app that was recently purchased by Google for $1.1 billion.

Israel Considered Nuclear Weapons During Yom Kippur War Israel’s Yediot Ahronot reported on Thursday that newly declassified documents claim that Israel almost used nuclear weapons during the Yom Kippur War in 1973. On the second day of the war, as Syrian and Egyptian forces were closing in on the few and shocked Israeli defenders, Defense Minister Moshe Dayan proposed the idea of using nuclear weapons during a secretive meeting with then-Prime Minister Golda Meir. Experts say this move would have put on a “display of power” and was not necessarily intended to attack the Arabs with nuclear warheads. It would have grabbed the U.S.’s attention who until that point had done nothing concrete about putting an end to the Arab attack. It could have also potentially scared the Russians who were backing the Arab offensive and of course it would have been intended to scare the Arabs themselves who believed that they were very close to “pushing the Jews into the sea.” Of course this is all speculation because after brief consideration, Meir rejected the proposal. And as history dictates, Israel went on to win the war by conventional means.

seized power of Gaza and began firing missiles at southern Israel, Israel imposed a strict blockade, limiting imports into Gaza. The tunnels became a major industry in both Gaza and Egypt, employing many local Palestinians and funding Hamas and Egyptian security officials who allowed themselves to be bribed. Earlier this summer, the Egyptian military began a campaign to close down most of the tunnels fearing that the tunnels could be potentially used by Hamas terrorists to support the Muslim Brotherhood in its fight against the Egyptian military. Of course, this resulted in rising tensions between Hamas and the new Egyptian government. Now the once active tunnels are mostly empty. Where there used to be a steady stream of weapons and other goods being transported there are only a few workers napping on flimsy cots. And local Gazans are livid. “For us there is no alternative. We must work in these tunnels,” said laborer Hossam Rashwan. Another, Asaad Najar, barked, “Egypt is treating us like an enemy.”

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Poorest Americans Live in the South According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the median household income in the U.S. was $51,371 last year. Interestingly, nine of the ten lowest median

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Many things were done to mark the second anniversary of the Occupy Wall Street movement. There were protests in Zuccotti Park, marches and rallies. A more surprising and well-organized “Occupy” endeavor also popped up on the movement’s anniversary—an Occupy credit card. The idea, led by a group that includes a Cornell law professor, a former director of Deutsche Bank and a former British diplomat, is meant to serve people who do not have bank accounts, and it also aims to make Occupy a recognized financial services brand. On September 17, the day of the anniversary, the group, known as the Oc-

cupy Money Cooperative, began raising money to pay for initial operating expenses. The group’s website invites visitors to “join the revolution,” suggesting that using the card might represent a “protest with every purchase.” That language evokes the spirit of the sprawling encampment of tents and tarps that briefly took over Zuccotti Park in 2011, and several people who were familiar figures there have endorsed the mission of the card which its founders have described as “low-cost, transparent, high-quality financial services to the 99 percent.” But not everyone associated with the Occupy movement likes the idea; the notion of the Occupy name emblazoned on a financial product, even one made by people with some connection to the movement, has prompted questions about who controls the name and message. “Too much blood, sweat and tears have been going into Occupy to have that turned into a piece of plastic,” said Bill Dobbs, a longtime Occupy participant. “This is a very odd fit, and for the project’s sake and Occupy’s sake, they ought to go on separate paths.” The idea for a debit card sprouted more than a year ago, said Carne Ross, a

In News cooperative member who resigned from the British Foreign Service in 2004 to protest the Iraq war. Mr. Ross was also a member of the alternative banking working group established by Occupy’s General Assembly. “There is no profit here,” said Mr. Ross, adding that once the cooperative raised about $900,000, it would make the cards available to anyone who signed up on the group’s Web site. “The only revenue we want is to make the thing sustainable and eventually expand our range of services. “There will be no upfront cost for the card, Mr. Ross said, but there will be fees, including $1.95 for A.T.M. withdrawals and 99 cents for balance inquiries. Eventually, Mr. Ross said, the cooperative hopes to offer loans and other services that would benefit millions of people who do not use traditional banks often because they cannot afford the fees.

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creating the modern-day thriller, and was one of the most visionary storytellers of our time,” Penguin executive David Shanks said in the statement. “I will miss him dearly and he will be missed by tens of millions of readers worldwide.”

Famous American Author Dies

Clancy was born in Baltimore in 1947. He rose to become a very popular author when, while working as an insurance salesmen, he wrote the Soviet-era novel, The Hunt for Red October. The Naval Institute Press bought the rights to the book from him for only $5,000 but after President Reagan publicly expressed his admiration for the novel, Clancy’s career took off and he became one of America’s most popular novelists. His fast-paced thrillers showed

American author of military thrillers, Tom Clancy, has died at the age of 66 in Baltimore, Md. Clancy penned many popular titles including The Hunt for Red October and Clear and Present Danger. “I’m deeply saddened by Tom’s passing. He was a consummate author,

In News Clancy’s knowledge of the technical intricacies of Soviet weaponry and were mainly concerned with espionage and military tactics employed during and in the wake of the Cold War. An avid reader, Clancy harbored an enduring interest in the military throughout his childhood, but was barred from participating in it because of nearsightedness. The author penned 17 No. 1 bestselling novels throughout his career. Jack Ryan, a patriotic CIA agent, was the star of 12 of those books, and his fictional career reflected many of the changes in American foreign policy during the last three decades. Clancy appreciated the mass appeal of his books. “Literature means a hundred years after you’re dead they make kids read you in high school,’’ he told The New York Times in 1988. “I’m in the entertainment business, like John D. MacDonald, Jack Higgins and Freddie Forsyth. Our mission is to take people away from driving trucks or fixing toilets or whatever they do, away from their drudgery. That’s a good enough purpose for any man.” His latest book, the techno-thriller Command Authority is due to hit bookshelves on December 3.

Curtains Close on NYC Opera

cess.” For many who appreciate the arts, this is sad news. The Opera served as a fixture in the metropolitan cultural scene for over 70 years. Many blame a series of decisions by the board for the fall. Some decisions that are regarded as major mistakes was the board’s decision to go dark for the 2008-09 season while its auditorium at Lincoln Center was reconstructed; hiring Gerard Mortier as artistic director only to have him back out before starting; and leaving Lincoln Center after the 2010-11 season and playing at various venues throughout the city under general manager George Steel. “City Opera’s demise is the fault of people with a lot of money but no common sense, from Susan Baker’s absurd flirtation with Gerard Mortier to (board chairman) Charles Wall’s foolish support of George Steel when the singers and orchestra unanimously had no confidence in Steel’s artistic vision,” said Alan Gordon, national executive director for the American Guild of Musical Artists that represents the chorus, stage directors and principal singers. Many were hoping for New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg to step in and save the day but he declined to intervene. “The business model doesn’t seem to be working,” he told reporters on Monday.

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It’s been a long time coming… The New York City Opera announced on Tuesday that it will be closing and filing for bankruptcy protection. The company announced back in September that it needed to raise $7 million by the end of the month in order to maintain its production. Spokeswoman Risa Heller said about $2 million had been raised, plus another $301,019 was pledged from 2,108 donors in an online campaign. “New York City Opera did not achieve the goal of its emergency appeal,” Heller said on Tuesday. “Today, the board and management will begin the necessary financial and operational steps to wind down the company, including initiating the Chapter 11 pro-

While many Americans struggle to John Malone is the a tophome landowner the country simply purchase forintheir family, there are a few individual landowners out there who own more than 30 million acres of American soil—that’s 2% of America’s territory. America’s 100 largest individual landowners added 700,000 acres to their landholdings last year, according to the Land Report 100, put out by the Land Report and Fay Ranches. Recently, ranches and farmland have become a popular investment for the rich as they seek more stable investments. Many of

the largest landowners also generate income from their land, from sustainable timber and agriculture. “Significant properties are a finite commodity and have repeatedly shown over time to be resistant to our most challenging economic times,” said Greg Fay of Fay Ranches, the ranch brokerage firm. The top 10 landowners in America are: 1. John Malone, 2.2 million acres 2. Ted Turner, 2 million acres 3. The Emmerson family, 1.86 million acres 4. Brad Kelley, 1.5 million acres 5. The Irving Family, 1.25 million acres 6. The Singleton Family, 1.1 million acres 7. The heirs of King Ranch, 911,000 acres 8. Stan Kroenke, 848,571 acres 9. The heirs of Pingree lumber and wood-products company, 830,000 acres 10. The Reed family, 730,000 acres

of about 22 million barrels a day of oil, natural gas and related fuels in July, according to figures from the EIA and the International Energy Agency. Neither agency has data for Russia’s gas output this year, but Moscow’s forecast for 2013 oil-and-gas production works out to about 21.8 million barrels a day. As a result, imports of natural gas have fallen 32% and crude oil fell 15% in the last five years. Unfortunately, that didn’t affect gas prices which still remain high. The hottest plays in the U.S. are the Bakken oil field in North Dakota and the Eagle Ford shale formation in South Texas. Saudi Arabia remains the world’s largest supplier of crude oil and related liquids. As of July, Saudi Arabia was pumping 11.7 million barrels a day, according to the IEA. Russia was second, at 10.8 million barrels, while the U.S. was third, at 10.3 million. Each of the three pumps more than twice the daily output of such major producers as Canada, Venezuela and Nigeria.

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Watertown Man Who Found Boston Bomber Gets a New Boat David Henneberry is just an ordinary man affected by a radical teenager on a violent mission. The Massachusetts man’s beloved

Here’s another reason for Putin to hate the U.S… According to The Wall Street Journal, the U.S. is outdoing Russia as the world’s largest producer of oil and natural gas. U.S. energy output has been flourishing in recent years, while Russia continues to struggle to maintain its energy output. A Wall Street Journal analysis of global data shows that the U.S. is on track to pass Russia as the world’s largest producer of oil and gas combined this year. “This is a remarkable turn of events,” said Adam Sieminski, head of the U.S. Energy Information Administration. “This is a new era of thinking about market conditions, and opportunities created by these conditions, that you wouldn’t in a million years have dreamed about.” The U.S. produced the equivalent

In News boat was chosen by Dzhokhar Tsarnaev as a hideout during his chase with police in the small Boston suburb of Watertown. Now, five months later, the public has generously donated a brand new boat to Henneberry.

“We just recently, two weeks ago, got a used boat,” Henneberry told ABCNews.com. “We did accept [the $50,000 raised] and we did also request that anything over that went to the One Fund. It just seemed right to do.” The One Fund is the organization created to help victims of the Boston Marathon bombing. The $50,000 was donated by perfect strangers who felt that Henneberry deserved to be reimbursed for the unfortunate event and rewarded for his heroic actions on April 19. He discovered the suspect and quickly notified authorities. In a final standoff, his boat was peppered with bullet holes. Within days, online campaigns to purchase a new boat for Henneberry surfaced online. Campaigns on Facebook and Crowdtilt combined forces in a fundraising effort called, “Let’s Fix David Henneberry’s Boat (That Got Ruined in the Boston Bomber’s Standoff)!” The effort raised $50,597.50 by April 30. “You just want to ramble on you

feel so grateful,” Henneberry said. “After such a bad thing happened to us and the people of Boston, it was wonderful to see that. It was humbling. It restores your faith in people. They don’t know me.” Henneberry named his new 24-foot boat Beth Said Yes for his wife, Beth. The previous boat’s name was Slip Away. “That’s fitting, isn’t it?” Henneberry said with a laugh. “We decided we’re just going to let Slip Away slip away. It was actually taken by the FBI, but that’s another thing.” He said that in the week’s following the backyard capture, about 150 postcards, letters and packages poured in with well-wishes and thanks. “One that really touched us was a package we got during this from Pound Middle School in Lincoln, Nebraska,” Henneberry said. “I think every kid in the school wrote a letter. It’s awesome. Nobody has looked at this without a tear in their eye.” “If there’s one thing that sums up buying the boat and everything is the bad guy didn’t win,” he said. “That’s the way we’re looking at it. He didn’t take our passion.”

Oldest Recipient of Medal of Honor Passes A modest, quiet hero passed away on Friday night at Englewood Hospital

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army master sergeant who served during World War II. He received the Medal of Honor from President Harry Truman on Oct. 30, 1945 for singlehandedly taking out two machine gun bunkers during the Battle of the Bulge despite being wounded. According to the U.S. Department of Defense website as of November 2012, Oresko was the oldest living Medal of Honor recipient. The Medal of Honor is the most prestigious award bestowed

upon members of the Armed Services of the United States. The Army veteran had been hospitalized after injuring himself in a fall at an assisted living center in Cresskill, according to The Associated Press. He died of complications from surgery for a broken right femur. A friend of Oresko posted on Facebook that the elderly ill man had no immediate family still living, prompting several fellow veterans and young mili-

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tary members to visit him and stay with him during his final days. “It was humbling to see the outpouring of appreciation and gratitude for his service and genuine affection for him by so many visitors in his last days,” said Warren Geller, president and CEO of Englewood Hospital and Medical Center, said.

States with Highest Income Tax State tax varies from state to state. Therefore many Americans factor this in when considering where to settle down. Florida is a popular state for the wealthy since it’s notorious for not taxing individual income (and the weather is not too bad either). Alaska, Nevada, South Dakota, Texas, Washington and Wyoming also do not have income tax. State income tax rates also vary by your income bracket and circumstances but there are a few states you may want to avoid if you want to hold onto your hard earned paycheck. The states with the highest top income tax rates and the highest rates for the middle class, according to studies by the Tax Foundation and the Heritage Foundation are: 1. California (Top tax rate: 13.3 percent) and Oregon (Middle class tax rate: 9 percent) 2. Hawaii (Top tax rate: 11 percent) and Maine (Middle class tax rate: 8.5 percent) 3. Oregon (Top tax rate: 9.9 percent) and Idaho (Middle class tax rate: 7.8 percent) 4. Iowa (Top tax rate: 8.98 percent) and Hawaii (Middle class tax rate: 7.6 percent) 5. New Jersey (Top tax rate: 8.97 percent) and Minnesota (Middle class tax rate: 7.1 percent)

That’s Odd Death Watch People will buy anything these days. And the more gullible ones are actually heading to stores to buy the Tikker, a literal death watch. After entering information about one’s medical history, wearers get their death score. The watch then predicts when they will die and begins the countdown to their final day. Swedish inventor Fredrik Colting is apparent-

ly well-versed in marketing. He has been calling it the “Happiness Watch,” claiming that it’s designed to help people make the most of their life. “Imagine someone told you that you only had one year left to live. How would that change your life? For all of us life comes with a best-before date,” said Colting.

“While death is non-negotiable, life isn’t. All we have to do is learn how to cherish the time and the life that we have been given; seize the day and follow our hearts,” the investor says. He came up with the idea when his grandfather passed away. The top row of the watch’s digital display shows years, months and days, while the second row counts down hours, minutes and seconds. The bottom row shows the local time. “From years to seconds it presents time ever moving, never standing still, and our lives dwindling towards the final rest,” said Cotling. “The occurrence of death is no surprise to anyone, but in our modern society we rarely talk about it. I think that if we were more aware of our own expiration I’m sure we’d make better choices while we are alive.” Believe it or not, this wonderful timepiece that can predict the future only costs $59. Do you think you get your money back if you live too long?

Flying Solo

to Las Vegas without adult accompaniment. The young boy was screened at security during the initial leg of his trip, said airport spokesman Patrick Hogan. Security camera tapes showed that the child then managed to board a Delta flight undetected, Hogan said. The TSA allows special leniencies for travelling children, but Delta requires that minors flying alone must be accompanied to the departure gate by an adult, who must remain until the flight has taken off, according to their website. “If the unaccompanied minor arrives at the counter alone, the Delta agent will not be permitted to complete check-in,” Delta’s website says. Hogan said security footage showed the 9-year-old “waited until the person who was at the gate was busy, and that’s when he got on the plane.” The TSA released a statement that said, “The child was screened along with all other passengers to ensure that he was not a threat to the aircraft.” Apparently, the boy told a flight attendant that his parents were sitting in the back of the plane, but Hogan said the flight crew became suspicious at some point during the flight when they realized the boy “wasn’t on the roster” of children travelling alone. When the plane landed, Hogan said, “The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police and Child Protective Services there took the child into custody and were arranging his return to Minneapolis.” The boy’s mother said she thought he was at a friend’s house and reported him missing. Hogan said he was not listed as a runaway until after he had managed to travel to a different state. Thirty-three million people travel through the Minneapolis-St. Paul airport each year, according to Hogan, who has worked there for 13 years. “I’ve never seen a case like this before,” he said. It’s 8pm. Do you know where your children are?

Caught by a Cucumber

Going through security at the airport takes a very long time these days and can be very annoying. But apparently it’s so easy that a 9-year-old boy can do it all by himself and even sneak onto a flight! All without a boarding pass. This week, a child flew from Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport

Crime doesn’t pay ‘cause you’re going to get caught. And hunger doesn’t pay ‘cause being overweight is unhealthy. But this is the first time that

In News crime didn’t pay ‘cause someone got hungry. Billy Joe Donnelly, 22, was tracked down and caught thanks to him taking a big bite out of a cucumber at the scene of the crime. In August, Donnelly burglarized a greenhouse in Preston, England. After DNA sampling was done, he was arrested and has now pleaded guilty. “He was caught by a cucumber,” Judge Michael Mettyear said during Donnelly’s court hearing. Donnelly also burglarized the home next to the greenhouse. His actions left the homeowners so distraught, they told police they’d have to move. Donnelly, who has previous burglary and theft convictions, was sentenced to two and-a-half years behind bars. Maybe the hungry Donnelly can take some comfort in knowing that alleged burglars have left far more interesting items behind. Last month, an alleged thief in Portland, Oregon, was all set to make off with cash from a Wells Fargo bank when he realized he left the keys to his getaway vehicle in the bank. And in June, Zachary Tentoni was accused in June of leaving his own birth certificate at the scene of the crime!

Da Vinci Painting Found

It’s time for me to clean out my Swiss bank account and see what I turn up with. An unnamed Italian family has discovered a painting by Leonardo da Vinci in their bank vault and has ended a 500-yearold debate on whether the painting existed at all. The painting depicts Isabella d’Este, a Renaissance noblewoman. It appears to be a completed, painted version of a pencil sketch drawn by Leonardo da Vinci in Mantua in the Lombardy region of northern Italy in 1499. The sketch, the apparent inspiration for the newly found work, hangs in the Louvre Museum in Paris. For centuries it had been debated whether da Vinci actually had the time or inclination to develop the sketch into a painted portrait. After seeing the drawing he produced, d’Este wrote to the artist, im-

ploring him to produce a full-blown painting. But shortly afterwards, he embarked on one of his largest works, The Battle of Anghiari which hung on the walls of Florence’s town hall, and then, in 1503, he started working on the Mona Lisa. Art historians had long believed he simply ran out of time — or lost interest — in completing the commission for Isabella d’Este. Now it appears that he did in fact manage to finish the project — perhaps when he encountered the aristocrat, one of the most influential female figures of her day, in Rome in 1514. Scientific tests suggest that the oil portrait is indeed the work of da Vinci, according to Carlo Pedretti, a professor emeritus of art history and an expert in Leonardo studies at the University of California, Los Angeles. “There are no doubts that the portrait is the work of Leonardo,” said Prof Pedretti, a recognized expert in authenticating disputed works by da Vinci. “I can immediately recognize da Vinci’s handiwork, particularly in the woman’s face.”

Odd Thing to Go Missing

How do you manage to steal a seventy-foot long mobile home? That is the question that police in the rural upstate New York town of Hampton are trying to answer. The Washington County sheriff’s office reported that the mobile home had been placed on a trailer that was parked at a diner in the town of Hampton awaiting delivery to neighboring Vermont. Investigators say the owner had to schedule an emergency surgery and when he came back to Hampton a few weeks later, the trailer was gone. It has been valued at over $50,000, including the partial furnishings. Police say someone apparently hitched a truck to the trailer and towed it away late on the afternoon of September 23, when a witness reported seeing it headed toward Vermont. Home and away.

Middle-Schooler Sent Home for Gun Keychain A seventh-grader in Rhode Island has been suspended for three days from

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$52M Car Sold As reported here in TJH, back in February 2012, a 1964 Ferrari 250 GTO became the most expensive car ever sold, going for an astounding $32 million. Then, just a few months later, a 1962 GTO, built for the legendary Sir Stirling Moss, eclipsed that record selling for $35 million. The buyers both remained unidentified. There are only thirty-nine 250 GTOs

in existence. Making the ownership of such a vehicle a status symbol and a seal that defines a true collection. Well, the most recent sale makes those previous

sales look like a bargain. According to Bloomberg, a 1963 Ferrari 250 GTO has just sold for $52 million, taking the crown of world’s “most expensive car ever sold.” If past patterns are any indication, then the luxury car probably won’t hold onto the title for too long.

Tip of a Lifetime Aurora Kephart is a popular waitress at Conway’s Restaurant and Lounge in

In News Springfield, Oregon. It is not unusual for her regulars to tip her with Keno tickets from the Oregon Lottery. On Tuesday evening, a usual costumer who wishes to remain anonymous asked Kephart to choose two tickets. When Kephart checked the numbers, the first ticket won $5 and the second won a staggering $17,500. “The look on his face was incredible,” Kephart, 25, told The Register-Guard newspaper. “I automatically handed it back to him; it was his ticket.” But the man refused to take the ticket back, turning her tip for the day into a $17,500 gratuity. In addition, the man convinced Kephart to sign the ticket so she would be the only one able to collect the prize. “The reaction was crazy,” Kephart said. “Everyone was so amped up.” After the exciting exchange, Kephart went right back to work to serve her waiting customers; she admits that her brain was “scrambled” thinking of her lucky win. She estimates that about 80% of her customers are regulars.

She claimed her big prize at the Oregon Lottery office in Salem the next day. After receiving the money, Kephart said she gave the man a percentage of her winnings. “I just couldn’t not give him some of it,” she said. Kephart plans to purchase a new couch and save the rest of the money.

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Bais Tefila of Inwood Hosts Community-Wide Hachnosas Sefer Torah By: Adam Mayer

(L to R) Yehuda Zachter, Mr. Mel Zachter, Rabbi Yaakov Bender, Rabbi Pinchas Weinberger, Rav of Bais Tefila of Inwood

With over 400 men, women and children in attendance and over 125 unique users live-streaming the event coverage, Bais Tefila of Inwood welcomed a new sefer Torah to their growing kehilla this past Sunday, October 6, 2013. The sefer Torah originates from pre-Holocaust Europe and has fortuitously made its way over to the United States in an incredibly symbolic way. The simcha of bringing a sefer Torah out from the ashes of churban Europe and into a young, burgeoning shul of b’nei Torah and b’nei aliyah is truly a cause for joy. Commencing at the Fischler residence on Morris Avenue in Inwood, the entire gathering marched along a major portion of Doughty Blvd (closed off to all vehicular traffic) with a parade float, live music and police escort until they reached Yeshiva Ketana of Long Island. Once the new sefer Torah arrived at Yeshiva Ketana, kehilla members brought out the existing sifrei Torah of both

the yeshiva and the shul and the crowd danced around them with fervor and exultation. The crowd then joyously accompanied all the sifrei Torah back to the aron kodesh in the Yeshiva Ketana beis medrash. The dancing and celebration was then followed by a beautifully catered seudas mitzvah. Amongst many wonderful matters pertaining to the day was the incredible achdus displayed amongst the Inwood kehilla and the entire community at large. Present at the Hachnosas Sefer Torah were many leading Rabbonim and Roshei yeshiva representing the entire gamut of the Far Rockaway/Five Towns Jewish community; it was a true source of chizuk to see so many come together to celebrate. In fact, achdus continues to be the enduring hallmark of Bais Tefila of Inwood – in both joyous and challenging times. The shul continues to grow in membership increasing its influence on

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the surrounding communities. Currently home to over 50 families with additional families scheduled to move in imminently, the community continues to attract young (L to R) Pinny Ackerman, President of Bais Tefila of Inwood; Rabbi Pinchas families seekWeinberger; Yehuda Zachter; Mr. Mel Zachter; Yossi Fischler, host ing a shul ditionally, the Inwood community has with a strong sense of achdus and Torah hashkafos. purchased a property to build a brand What had started off less than 5 years new mikvah for the benefit of the entire ago in someone’s basement – a group Five Towns community. of individuals struggling for a minyan For more information about the reevery Shabbos – has with siyata dishmayah expanded into a prominent shul maining sefer Torah dedeications or the with youth programming, daily minya- shul, please visit www.inwoodshul.com nim, and regular weekly shiurim. Ad- or email info@inwoodshul.com.

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Third Double Siyum Celebrated at Yeshiva of Far Rockaway This Year In the typical Yeshiva of Far Rockaway understated manner, a piece of paper goes up on the doors of the Bais Medrash saying: “There will be a siyum after the 10:00 pm Maariv” and over fifty bochurim come down and with some rugelach, chips & soda, and a siyum is

celebrated. But this is the third double siyum celebrated this year. Nechemya Bornstein made a siyum for the third time on Mesechta Kesubos (last year’s mesechta), and the tenth time on Mesechta Kiddushin (mesechta

from two year ago). This siyum is inspired by Rabbi Kalish’s practice and mantra that “Chazara is the ikar.” To make this siyum, Nechemya put in many extra hours into his chazara, outside of the regular sedorim, where the bochurim learn this year’s mesechta.

This week another two siyumim were made by Asher Engle and Eliyahu Eisenberg on Mesechta Kesubos and Yisroel Teitelbaum on Mesechta Shabbos. May they all continue to learn until they will all be mesayeim all of Shas.

Bnos Bais Yaakov Great Beginnings The first of Bnos Bais Yaakov’s inspirational and sensational Rosh Chodesh assemblies was held on Friday, October 4th. With valuable input from our new Menaheles (grades 5-8), Mrs. Esther Kuessous, and Mrs. Penina Neuberg, our Menaheles (grades 1-4), and Morah Shulamis Feldberger, our gifted Extracurricular Coordinator, put together a beautiful program. Our assembly kicked off with our traditional BBY kumzitz. A powerful start to any event, the combined voices of the BBY girls singing songs relevant to the chodesh as well as the poignant BBY theme song, raises the emotional quotient significantly. To help the girls understand this year’s theme “Anachnu Ma’aminim Bnai Ma’aminim,” famed author, Rabbi Binyamin Pruzansky, visited our school and spoke about Hashgacha Pratis and its practical application to our lives. Much like the riveting stories in his anthologies, Rabbi Pruzanky’s presentation made a strong and emotional impression on his audience. To further the impact, the four G.O. heads created a slide show on the topic of Hashgacha Pratis in which they inserted themselves as life-sized puppets. As always, the initial impact made by the Rosh Chodesh assemblies is solidified by the follow up work done in the classrooms. Lessons are announced twice a week over the loudspeaker, in which all the classes participate. Whether by taking notes or joining contests or just following along as their moros reiterate the monthly thematic subtopic – each girl takes away a real and usable lesson each month.

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Around the Community Rambam Connects with Kulanu On Rosh Chodesh, Mar Cheshvan, the month was made a little bit sweeter when two local institutions committed to education and Torah values connected for a meeting of the heart. Rambam Mesivta was honored to visit Kulanu and usher in the new month with a special Shacharis minyan and breakfast program. Members of Rambam’s 10th grade gemara Iyun shiur, under the guidance of their rebbe, Assistant Principal, Rabbi Avi Haar, davened, danced, sang, and interacted with the Kulanu students. Aryeh Kahn davened Shacharis, Cameron Broder led an inspiring Hallel, Elly Marcus rounded out the morning with

a meaningful Musaf and Moshe Abdurachmanov shared a dvar Torah. Food, fun, and dancing ensued! This event marks a continuing relationship between Rambam and Kulanu. Past events have included Melava Malkas, chaggigot, and the continued and weekly participation of Kulanu students in Rambam’s unique Club Hour every Wednesday. This way, Kulanu students can experience Rambam Clubs ranging from sports and karate, to safrus and EMT training. It is the hope of both institutions that the bonds formed on this past Rosh Chodesh are strengthened in the months to come and that the kesher keeps growing.

Bais Yaakov Ateres Miriam Triples Enrollment for the ’13-’14 School Year Bais Yaakov Ateres Miriam has fed off its tremendously successful first year, starting its second year with nearly 100 girls in attendance servicing grades Nursery through First Grade. Under the tutelage of Rabbi Nosson Neuman and Mrs. Leah Zytman, the Bais Yaakov has delivered on their promise of fostering an environment of genuine warmth and support coupled with academic excellence, all the time. It is impossible to deny the school’s resounding success when observing the girls brimming smiles as they leave school every day. “What we are trying to do here is build upon the proven vision of Sarah Schenirer with classic Bais Yaakov hashkafos but accentuated with our own brand of individualized attention and the special warmth of our school,” says Rabbi Nosson Neuman, menahel of the Bais Yaakov. After the first day of school Rabbi Neuman remarked in an email to parents, “From meeting the kinderlach at the Nursery and Kindergarten orientation, to the wonderful Pre 1-A half day, to our very big and eager first graders (in uniform!), it was a day for me to give thanks to the Ribbono Shel Olam for giving us the zechus to be mechanech these precious neshomos. There were a few times when tears came to my eyes watching the happy smiles on our girls’ faces. Thank you for entrusting all of us with your daughters.

It is precisely that genuine warmth and academic excellence that has contributed to the school more than tripling its registration in just its second year of existence. Mrs. Leah Zytman, the pre-school director and general studies principal, continues to draw upon her extensive career in chinuch habanos to strike the right balance between the girls’ natural drive to learn through play and curiosity with structure and age appropriate curriculum. Mrs. Zytman explained the schools approach to learning in the following way. “Bais Yaakov Ateres Miriam offers a rich learning environment using the developmental approach to learning. Our curriculum is a challenging one that coincides with the capacities and needs of children at various stages of growth. We connect teaching and learning meaningfully so the children can remember, apply and enjoy what they learn.” The Far Rockaway/Five Towns/ Bayswater communities have continued to grow by leaps and bounds, thus necessitating a school of such high caliber. The community has demonstrated that need by warmly welcoming this new, burgeoning Bais Yaakov and entrusting nearly 100 girls in just their second year. For more information about Bais Yaakov Ateres Miriam or to schedule an interview for registration, please call the office at 718-868-3232.

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Rambam Book Club Meets Author and NBA Legend Elie Wiesel. Malcolm Gladwell. Dan Senor. Mike Piazza. Nelson DeMille. Michael Lewis. These are just some of the writers the Rambam Meet the Author Book Club has met over the last few years. Now, NBA legend and

bestselling author Kareem Abdul-Jabbar joins their ranks. Kareem holds the NBA record for most points scored and during the course of his career was a 19-time AllStar, 6-time League MVP, and innova-

tor. Where would the game be without his “Skyhook”? His off the court life, however, is as fascinating as his NBA career and is what brought him to the attention of the Rambam Meet the Author Book Club.

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Flatbush is Changing On Shabbos Parshas Noach, Brooklyn Jewish Xperience (BJX) had a mini-Shabbaton. It began with their weekly Friday night Carlebach davening. Since so many people attended the Shabbaton it was standing room-only. Shloime Dachs led the heartfelt Carlebach davening. The energy from the tefillos was almost tangible. After Rabbi Fingerer, Rav and Rosh Kollel of BJX, welcomed everyone to BJX and shared empowering words of Divrei Torah from Rav Yechezkel of Kuzmir and the Zohar, Shloime Dachs surprised everyone when he asked for special permission to speak. Shloime spoke from his heart and said that he had to publicly thank Rabbi Fingerer for everything that he is doing for the Flatbush community. He recalled how he hosted students from BJX in his home almost two years ago and told everyone how he impressed he was with the new BJX Kiruv and Chizuk Center. Dr. Faygie Zakheim hosted a magnificent Shabbos seudah and oneg in her home with the participation of her sons. Students who dined with the Waldman family joined the rest of the students at the Zakheim residence for the oneg. Throughout the meal, the students expressed the impact that BJX has had on their lives and how much they have grown in their Jewish observance. Dr. Faygie Zakheim felt that hosting BJX students was the most fitting tribute to her beloved husband Shomo, zt”l, who had a special place in his heart for BJX. Faygie said, “There are no words to describe how amazing our Friday night was.” So what exactly has been going on in Flatbush for people who either left Yiddishkeit or don’t even know what Yiddishkeit is all about? BJX, Brooklyn’s Kiruv and Chizuk Center, borrowed sifrei Torah from Mr. Leon Goldenberg and hosted another year of explanatory davening for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. What made the davening particularly unique wasn’t just the wide variety of college students and professionals who filled up BJX but that all the davening was hosted for the first time in their own Kiruv shul and Kollel located at 2915 Ave. K. As one mentor observed, “Over Yom Kippur we were joined by the Marines and the Air Force. Another one of our students is employed by the FBI. BJX’s students are very eclectic. In fact we also had an entire table of former Satmar Chasidim as well. At all of our programs in addi-

tion to local secular young professionals, we have individuals formerly from Satmar, Bobov, Munkatch, Lubavitch, etc. who are regulars at our classes. They had all abandoned ship; now they are benefiting tremendously from our programs”. BJX had shiurim each day—even on Yom Kippur night. Those who davened at BJX were surrounded by Torah learning, heartfelt tefilah and inspiration. Yom Kippur ended with spirited dancing and a delicious meal. At the conclusion of each Yom Tov tefilah was a delicious hot kiddush sponsored by a BJX student who owns a catering business in NYC. BJX built a magnificent sukkah and filled it to capacity for a Simchas Beis Hoshevah. The students from frum homes and secular homes were treated to a kumzits arranged by Chairman Reb Moishe Caller, delicious food and super inspiring words of divrei Torah by their beloved Rav Yitzchok Fingerer. The Torah learning and shiurim continued on Simchas Torah at BJX. Many were enthralled to see the love of Torah exhibited by enthusiastic dancing and singing. If you thought BJX Kiruv and Chizuk Center would be satisfied with running daily programs throughout the week, a kiruv minyan and Carlebach davening every Friday night and Shabbos morning and explanatory services throughout the Yomim Noraim and Yomim Tovim, then you don’t understand the purpose of BJX. History was made in Flatbush this week with the launch of a new morning kollel dedicated to inspiring young working men, baalei batim, and students ready to take the next step. BJX Chairman Reb Moishe Caller realized that many men from our community start their day without the opportunity to learn Torah and enter the work day without much needed ruchniyus. He and the Rav planned a special morning program that would be enjoyed by young men and baalei batim and give them a real geshmak in learning. Each day, Monday through Friday, davening begins at 7:15am. At 8am a delicious breakfast is served consisting of bagels and cream cheese, cereals, fruit, Danishes and coffee. During breakfast, Rav Fingerer gives a brief and inspiring dvar halacha then everyone breaks up into small groups led by especially se-

lected yungeleit who serve as Maggidei Shiurim to tackle the sugyos in Gemara. The morning seder ends at 8:45am to enable everyone to get to work but there are many people who stay later as they can’t bring themselves to leave from the joy of learning. On the first day of the zman, Reb Moishe Caller gave a powerful schmooze about the importance of learning every morning. He stressed that Torah learning can make a huge difference in one’s personal and professional life. He attested to the fact that he personal-

ly has seen incredible siyata dishmaya in different inyanim and guaranteed the entire crowd that they too will gain considerably from their attachment to learning. He then conducted a well attended chaburah. BJX is increasing harbatz h’Torah in a grand way. Whether it’s the inspiring Shabbos davening, the morning kollel (coffee club), the night kollel, or any of its many classes throughout the week, BJX is impacting many lives and returning Jews back to their roots. BJX offer kiruv and chizuk classes and programs for all types of Jews ages 19-34. To sponsor the kollel, or an event, or to learn more about BJX visit www.BrooklynKiruv.com or call 646397-1544

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Yeshiva Darchei Torah’s preschoolers greet furry and feathery visitors in honor of parshas Noach

HANC Kindergarten Back to School BBQ! Kindergarten students and families at the HANC Samuel & Elizabeth Bass Golding Elementary School in West Hempstead kicked off the school year with a rockin’ Back to School BBQ! Students, parents, teachers and administrators, got together for a fantastic evening of food fun. The barbeque was a wonderful opportunity to get together as

a school community and for “old” families and “new” families to meet each other and spend time together. Everyone had a blast as they played basketball, climbed on the playground, ate hot dogs and hamburgers, and schmoozed. A special “thank you” to I&D for the delicious feast and to Bageltown for the scrumptious desserts.

It’s a Jungle in Here at Bnos Malka

Our first full week of school got off to a great start. Boy, was it a jungle in here! Real animals found a home in our gym thanks to a special school-wide educational program in anticipation of last week’s parsha, Parshas Noach. Animal adventurer “Nature Nick” brought a number of animals that we don’t get to see on a regular basis here in Queens. We saw a squirrel monkey, a hedgehog, a legless lizard (which is different from a snake and yes, he had some of those

too), an alligator and perhaps the most exciting animal of the day – a baby kangaroo! Nature Nick told the students about each animal, what it eats, where it comes from and any unique characteristics that each animal has. The students in all of the grades enjoyed the chance to see these animals up close. We are grateful to the Parents’ Association for sponsoring this interactive and exciting program.

Noach Comes to Life at HAFTR What would learning parshat Noach be without a visit from some animals? This year, the HAFTR Early Childhood Center received a special visit from Bob and his friends at Petland Discounts. The animals didn’t necessarily come in two by two, but the children were fascinated as they were exposed to this wonderful lesson in zoology. They also got a firsthand experience on what Noach must have gone through. Thanks to our friends at Petland, we had a rabbit, a macaw, a hedgehog, a baby and mama boa constrictor, a baby and mama iguana, a bearded dragon, and a sugar glider all the way from Australia. In addition, Bob from Petland talked to the children about the differences between birds and

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HANC Parshat Noach Petting Zoo

mammals. Of course, we decided to make a human rainbow out of Hashem’s

best gift of all – our children. All of the children were assigned a special color to wear and then we all stood together by color and formed an arc. On a gorgeous, sunny Wednesday, a rainbow appeared right in our own playground.

In honor of parshat Noach, students at the HANC Samuel & Elizabeth Bass Golding Early Childhood Center learned all about Noach and the teyva. The students learned that Noach listened to Hashem and built the teyva to keep his family and all the animals safe during the flood. The students also learned that the rainbow is a sign of Hashem’s promise never to bring about another flood. After learning the story of Noach, the students were treated to a petting zoo! They had a won-

Real Live Excitement at TAG Our smallest talmidos were treated to some really big excitement in honor of Rosh Chodesh Cheshvan this past week at Torah Academy for Girls’ preschool in Far Rockaway. Anthony from “The Nature Company” brought in three animals for us to learn about in a handson presentation that really brought parshas Noach alive! The girls were eager to explore and touch the lizard, snake and bunny that came along with Anthony, who excitedly drew them in to the interactive lesson about their natural habitats. Each preschooler went home with an animal visor. There’s lots more excitement in store for our preschoolers.

In just a few weeks we’ll be treated to a fantastic bubble show in honor of Rosh Chodesh Kislev. Stay tuned!

derful time petting and feeding the same kinds of animals that were with Noach on the teyva!

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Hundreds of Bachurim from Yeshivos Ponovezh and Orchos Torah Participate in Dirshu Bava Kama Siyum By Chaim Gold Hundreds of bachurim of Yeshivos Ponovezh and Orchos Torah gathered at the Ponovezh Yeshiva on Sunday, 25 Tishrei/September 29 for a siyum on completing the entire Bava Kama. The climax of an exciting evening was unquestionably the arrival of HaGaon HaRav Chaim Kanievsky, shlita, who rarely leaves his home to attend public events but troubled himself to come show his admiration and pleasure at the accomplishments of hundreds of bachurim, and to Dirshu for facilitating their completing and being tested on the entire Masechta. Marking a Milestone The siyum culminated Dirshu’s special yeshiva programs enabling bachurim to finish and attain true kinyan in the masechta their yeshiva learns. The siyum was graced by gedolei Yisrael: HaGaon HaRav Baruch Dov (Berel) Povarsky, shlita, Rosh Yeshiva at the Ponovezh Yeshiva; Rav Isamar Gerboz, shlita, Rosh Yeshiva Yeshiva Orchos Torah; HaGaon Harav Eliezer Kahaneman, shlita, Nasi of the Ponovezh Yeshiva; HaGaon HaRav Dov Diskin, shlita, Rosh Yeshiva, Yeshiva Orchos Torah; HaGaon HaRav Chaim Peretz Berman, shlita, R”M at the Ponovezh Yeshiva and HaGaon HaRav Chizkiyahu Yosef Mishkovsky, shlita, Mashgiach, Yeshiva Orchos Torah. The venerated senior Ponovezh, Rosh Yeshiva HaGaon HaRav Gershon Edelstein, shlita, was unable to attend due to illness. Rabbi Avigdor Berenstein, a senior Dirshu hanhalah member, said, “Besides the mesaymim’s remarkable accomplishments, an inspiring component was the tangible achdus. Bachurim from different yeshivos unite in that which joins all G-d-fearing Jews: limud haTorah.” “We

learn the same Masechta Bava Kama wherever we are,” said one bachur. HaGaon HaRav Berel Povarsky, Shlita: “Not All Siyumim Are Equal!” HaGaon HaRav Berel Povarsky, shlita, Rav Povarsky expressed his special simcha. “It is like a continuation of Simchas Torah when Klal Yisrael completes the Torah. We see so many wonderful bachurim who merited dveikus in Torah – the ultimate simcha – through learning, reviewing, and completing the large, important masechta of Bava Kama.” “Not all siyumim are equal. The gemara teaches that when one of Abaye’s talmidim finished a masechta, he made a seudah for all the talmidim. Rashi adds that finishing the masechta means learning and reviewing it. We see that one can finish a masechta without properly learning and reviewing it. This too is an accomplishment, but it cannot compare to truly learning and reviewing a masechta from cover to cover. This siyum is therefore such a profound sSimcha, not of one ben Torah completing a masechta this way, but of 250! This certainly engenders tremendous simcha in the celestial worlds, all in the zechus of Dirshu!” HaGaon HaRav Eliezer Kahaneman, Shlita: “Rejoicing When Someone else Finishes a Masechta is Real Ahavas HaTorah!” HaGaon HaRav Eliezer Kahaneman, shlita, Nasi of the Ponovezh Yeshiva, told stories and divrei Torah from his illustrious grandfather, the Ponovezher Rov, HaGaon HaRav Yosef Shlomo Kahaneman, zt”l. “Why did Abaye make a seudah when talmidim made a siyum? My grandfather heard from the Chofetz Chaim that a person who makes a siyum, doesn’t fully indicate love of Torah.

Real ahavas Torah is when you are so overjoyed that someone else finished a masechta that you want to celebrate his accomplishments. Here 250 bachurim made a siyum, and it is Rav Dovid Hofstedter and Dirshu that are making the siyum. This is deep ahavas haTorah.” “Once, the chief priest of the city of Ponovezh asked my zeideh to show him the famed Talmud Bavli, about which he heard so much. He showed him his large Vilna Shas. Shocked, the priest exclaimed, ‘That is the whole thing?! 20 volumes?! This is the Book of Jewish wisdom everyone so talks about?!’ “Retelling this, the Ponovezher Rav thundered, “He was right! Shas is not that big! It is possible to know the entire Shas – if you persevere systematically!” “May it be Hashem’s will that you continue to complete and truly acquire the entire Shas!” Thousands Participate in Dirshu Programs for Bnei Yeshiva Dirshu’s bnei Yeshiva programs are hailed by leading Roshei Yeshiva. Bachurim in Ponovezh, Chevron, or tens of other yeshivos joining the Dirshu family, across Eretz Yisrael and in chutz la’aretz, learn entire masechtos, truly acquire them. Rav Dovid Hofstedter, Nasi of Dirshu, contrasted three times in Tanach when Hashem decided to destroy a society: Noach’s generation, the people of Sedom, and Ninveh. “The mabul generation was guilty of gross immorality and idolatry. Why did stealing seal their fate? We find that while the people of Ninveh were also guilty of stealing, Hashem sent Yonah to warn them to do in teshuvah, which preventing their destruction. Why did Noach not daven for for his generation or give similar rebuke?” Rav Dovid cited the Ramban: if a person descends to such immorality that he ceases to understand something as simple as that stealing is wrong, it is a sign his neshamah has become so depraved it does not deserve to be invested with life from Hashem. The mabul generation was so far-removed from acting as human beings they were not capable of hearing rebuke. “We see that if a culture can’t understand a moral code that even a child understands- they and their culture forfeit existence. To our distress, we live in a

world wherein things always considered abominable, are accepted. There can be no reasoning with people who have lost their elementary humanness.” “That is why the responsibility weighs so heavily to engage in Torah, to understand what the Torah wants from us -and to finish masechtos. We must ensure that the world continues to exist.” HaGaon HaRav Aharon Kotler and HaGaon HaRav Shach on Finishing the Masechta Rav Dovid said, “When I was a bachur, my Rosh Yeshiva, HaGaon HaRav Berel Schwartzman, zt”l, one of his generation’s deepest minds demanded that we complete the entire masechta. He himself tested me. He told us HaGaon Harav Aharon Kotler, zt”l, would berate talmidim who didn’t complete the masechta. With his gaonus and depth, he still demanded completing the masechta. “HaGaon HaRav Shach, zt”l, would rail at those who not finish a masechta. It is thus, Baruch Hashem, such a simcha when bachurim learn and finish masechtos, thereby upholding the entire world!” HaGaon HaRav Isamar Gerboz, shlita: “When You Make a Siyum…You Can Eat for Seven Days Straight!” HaGaon HaRav Isamar Gerboz, shlita, Rosh Yeshiva, Yeshiva Orchos Torah, told how his father-in-law, a firstborn, mistakenly thought as a bachur that on Erev Pesach one must make a siyum in the morning before eating and must make another to eat in the afternoon. The Chazon Ish told him, “When you make a siyum in the morning, you can eat for seven days straight! So great is the simcha of a siyum!” Many poskim rule that we do not say tachanun the week after Simchas Torah, when we are still in the week of rejoicing. “This siyum, within the week of Simchas Torah, truly continues that, our own Simchas Torah that we can celebrate for a week!” One bachur, still holding his gemara, told a member of Dirshu’s hanhala, “I always knew my Torah learning was important, but when I see how Rav Chaim Kanievsky, shlita, and the other gedolim participate and address us, it brought home what they teach us – how important it is to learn and finish masechtos!”

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Five Towns Residents Meet with County Executive Ed Mangano in Support of the Upcoming Elections Nearly 65 Five Towns residents came out this past Sunday evening to the home of Rabbi Yitzie and Raizy Ross in Lawrence to spend over an hour talking oneon-one with County Executive Ed Mangano, discussing and asking questions about his accomplishments as County Executive, his experiences as the highest elected official in Nassau County, and his goals and priorities as he looks to his second term. The evening was the first in a series of Voter Education and Outreach events to be held across the Five Towns in the coming weeks.

Stella K. Abraham High School for Girls Open House An exciting and outstanding high school experience is awaiting your eighth grade daughter at the Stella K. Abraham High School for Girls of the Hebrew Academy of Long Beach, accredited by the N. Y. State Board of Regents and the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools. A school committed to Torah growth, academic excellence, and medinat Yisrael. A school devoted to a warm and friendly atmosphere, where each student is an individual, and where focus on midot and chesed is a priority. A school proud of our 1,209 graduates accepted to the finest colleges and seminaries. A school with an expert, passionate and nurturing faculty dedicated to the success of each and every student. A school housed in a historic man-

sion on a magnificent nine acre campus with a student population of more than 350 students. A school with the voice of experience…this is our 21st year! There are so many facets to SKA! Our rich Jewish studies curriculum, offering comprehensive study of Tanach, Torah sheBeal Peh, halacha, Jewish history and Hebrew language is designed to challenge diverse learners and critical thinkers, while inspiring the next generation of Jewish women. The very popular four year art academy, the wide range of AP courses, electives such as STEM, biomedical technology, sign language, forensics and creative writing and research programs in science and social Science empower our students to pursue their interests beyond our core curriculum. Our extremely successful chesed program is such an integral part

of the school and enables the girls to contribute to the larger community in a meaningful way. SKA offers its students opportunities for personal development and spiritual growth. As Mrs. Helen Spirn, head of school, observes, “Throughout the year, each SKA student is able to develop her sense of self while enjoying the experience of working with a group and getting close to girls in all grades. This is especially true at our annual SKA Production, a venue for our girls to develop and display the talents that Hashem has blessed them with, using drama, comedy, music and sign language.” Our award-winning Torah bowl, debate and mock trial teams are offered alongside many sports programs. SKA has the resources of a large school with a broad range of academic and extra-curricular activities and the

warmth and individualization of a small school where everyone is cared for and valued. It is our pleasure to invite prospective parents and students to attend this year’s Open House, October 20, 9 A.M – 12 P.M. We look forward to welcoming the Class of 2018!

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Bais Yaakov of Queens Celebrates Students Creative Writing Workshop! Is there a better way to spark students’ creative writing? BYQ’s very own creative writing mentor is Mrs. Susie Garber, noted author and creative writing curriculum consultant. Mrs. Garber taught at Bais Yaakov for many years and was co-creator with Mrs. Sarah Bergman, general studies principal at BYQ, of the LIFE program, an educational experience in creative writing for day school teachers and principals. She continues to mentor BYQ’s creative writing program, and this year, with the publication of her new book, Befriend, she started with a book talk for the girls. Last year’s middle school students yearned for more creative writing opportunities outside of the classroom. Mrs. Bergman and Mrs. Reisbaum, general studies assistant principal, invited the students to a Writers’ Lunch Club.

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During their lunchtime, these students brought their lunch and developed the most amazing pieces of creative writing! At the end of the year, they celebrated together, sharing their writing and creative pieces. Some of the pieces were published in the school newspaper. One student’s work was published in Bina Magazine! There have only been a few days of school, and the BYQ creative writers have asked to continue the lunch workshop. Can you imagine such devoted students? “We thought we had a few students who were interested in taking advantage of this program, but Susie helps nurture their creative spirits here when they are young writers. The group was packed when they heard of it. Mrs. Reisbaum and I knew we had to start immediately so everyone would get the chance to share in the opportunity.”

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Walking in the Path of Abraham: A College Student’s Brit Milah By Hanna Schlager

“Welcome to the tribe,” a guest said as he shook Alex’s hand and asked for a bracha at the seudat mitzvah. For a level-headed, contemplative, and unassuming Russian-American young man of twenty, Alex Basevich had just made a colossal, life-altering decision; as the eve of Yom Kippur drew near, Alex decided that he was going to get a brit milah. Just three years ago, as a senior at James Madison High School in Brooklyn, Alex began his journey toward Judaism with a slice of kosher pizza in his Jewish Student Union club, a program of NCSY for public high school students. Nechama Kamelhar, New York NCSY’s South District director, ran the club and immediately noticed Alex’s genuine interest in Jewish rituals. “I saw that his curiosity was sparked,” said Nechama. “His thoughtful questions intrigued and fascinated others.”

It was not long before Alex beto publicly demoncame one of Nechama’s “regulars” strate his dedication. and as the spring semester came to “I had to make a real a close, Alex decided that he was commitment.” Shyly going to become bar mitzvah at chuckling, Alex addNew York NCSY’s 2011 Spring ed, “Plus, after learnRegional Convention. “By then, I ing about the frighthad met Rabbi Moshe Zucker (diening things that rector of outreach) who gave me happen to those who real, applicable answers to all of don’t have a brit, I my complex Jewish questions,” felt like I’d be realrecalled Alex. “It was so refreshly sorry if I didn’t!” ing and rewarding that I felt the With the support of most natural next step was having his rebbeim, includa bar mitzvah.” ing Rabbi Zucker From left: Rabbi Moshe Zucker, educational director of New York NCSY; Rabbi Netanel Wiederblank, teacher of chumash and hashkafa at Yeshiva University’s Alex’s upbringing in an unand Rabbi Benjamin Mechinah program; Alex Basevich; Rabbi Yehuda Willig, Alex’s current shiur der-affiliated Russian-Jewish famYudin, representing rebbe at Yeshiva University’s Bet Medresh program; Kevin Rhine, Alex’s friend and mentor; Rabbi Melvin Burg of Congregation Pri Etz Chaim of Brooklyn, ily contributed little to his knowlYeshiva University’s whose shul Alex attended when he was beginning his NCSY involvement. edge of Judaism. In fact, having Mechinah (Bridge) no connection to the religion and Program, Alex arany real support or encouragement to high school graduation in order to re- ranged to have a brit milah. “I hope cultivate a connection, his sights were ceive college aid upon completing his and pray that his mesirat nefesh will be set on joining the military shortly after army service. “He’s an exceptional stu- a kapara for all of klal Yisrael for this dent,” Rabbi Zucker noted. “His scores New Year,” shared Rabbi Zucker. and resume alone could have landed With butterflies and sweating palms, him in a top university, but the exorbi- Alex chose to join in the sacred covetant costs were another story. I asked nant that has bound the Jewish people him to consider applying to Yeshiva for thousands of years, going back to University, where I thought he would Abraham. The intense physical pain have the chance to earn merit scholar- and emotional strain did not prevent ships, instead of enlisting right away.” Alex from expressing his gratitude to After attending July in Jerusalem, those who guided him throughout his Yeshiva University’s summer program, transformation. “I wanted to emulate Alex decided to learn in Israel for the Avraham Aveinu and immediately reyear at Shapell’s Darche Noam. With ceive guests at a seudat mitzvah after a new set of tefillin and a small starter my brit,” explained Alex. The intimate collection of seforim, which he received gathering of rebbeim, teachers, menat his bar mitzvah, Alex embarked on tors, and friends, listened intently as he an exploratory year of Jewish learning chillingly revealed that he had been just and growth. After returning from Israel, one signature away from agreeing to be he considered making the final commit- shipped off to Afghanistan almost three ment as a ba’al teshuva. years ago. “Alex came to my home for a ShabWith a poised demeanor and modest bat meal after yeshiva,” explained disposition, Alex evoked true feelings Nechama Kamelhar. “Tons of Jew- of amazement among his guests. Carol ish topics were discussed, including Rhine, New York NCSY’s chief operatthe Israeli political scene and specific ing officer, said, “It was not only Alex halachot pertaining to Shabbat, and who learned and benefitted from being a Alex had an opinion on everything.” part of NCSY, but rather, it was us who She continued, “His vast understanding were fortunate enough to be inspired of Judaism surpassed anything I would and strengthened by him.” The NCSY have thought was possible. It was clear family is proud to introduce a true, comto me that as soon as he was immersed mitted ben-Torah. Welcome to the tribe, in Torah and Israeli culture, he was able Alex; we can’t wait to see what you acto use his innate intellectual capacity to complish next! quickly absorb all that he was interested in.” With his newfound faith and acquired knowledge, Alex was prepared

Republican Mayoral Candidate Joe Lhota Visits Yeshiva University

Joe Lhota toured Yeshiva University and met with President Richard Joel

On Tuesday, October 1, 2013, New York City Republican mayoral candidate

Lhota addresses YU students in President Joel’s Leadership in the Non-Profit World class

Joe Lhota paid a visit to Yeshiva University’s Israel Henry Beren Campus, where he was greeted by YU President Richard M. Joel and Andrew Lauer, vice president for legal affairs, secretary and general counsel. After touring the campus, Lhota spoke to students in President Joel’s Leadership in the Non-Profit World class about his experiences as a leader in both the public and private sectors. “It was a privilege hosting Joe Lhota at Yeshiva,” said President Joel. “I am grateful that Mr. Lhota had the oppor-

tunity to share his experiences and provide key insights about the importance of leadership in all areas of life with our students.” Bill de Blasio, New York City’s Democratic candidate for mayor, had previously visited Yeshiva University on November 29, 2012. Founded in 1886, Yeshiva University brings together the ancient traditions of Jewish law and life and the heritage of Western civilization. More than 7,600 undergraduate and graduate students study at YU’s four New York City campuses: the Wilf Campus, Israel Henry Beren Campus, Brookdale Center, and Jack and Pearl Resnick Campus. YU’s three undergraduate schools – Yeshiva College, Stern College for Women, and Sy Syms School of Business – offer a unique dual program comprised of Jewish studies and liberal arts courses. Its graduate and affiliate schools include Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Wurzweiler School of Social Work, Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology, Azrieli Graduate School of Jewish Education and Administration, Bernard Revel Graduate School of Jewish Studies, and Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary. YU is ranked among the nation’s leading academic research institutions. Visit the YU Web site at www.yu.edu.

Yosef Karduner to Inspire and Sing in Queens On Sunday night, October 20th, the Chazaq organization will present a very special evening of spirituality through music with one of Israel’s most acclaimed singers and songwriters, Yosef Karduner.

The program will start at 7:30pm with a suggested donation of $10. Young Israel of Kew Gardens Hills; 7011 150th Street; Flushing, NY 11367. For more information, call or text 917-617-3636.

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By: Moshe Harary A woman in a hot air balloon realized she was lost. She lowered altitude and spotted a man in a boat below. She shouted to him, “Excuse me, can you help me? How is it possible that if you have 30 and then I promised a friend I would meet him an hour ago, but I don’t know where I am.” take away 30 you are left with 60? The man consulted his portable GPS and replied, “You’re in a hot air balloon approximately 30 feet above a ground elevation of 2,346 feet above sea level. You Hint: Think Hebrew are 31 degrees, 14.97 minutes north latitude and 100 degrees, 49.09 minutes west longitude.” Answer below She rolled her eyes and said, “You must be a Republican.” “I am,” replied the man. “How did you know?” “Well,” answered the balloonist, “everything you told me is technically correct, but I have no idea what to make of your information, and I’m still lost. Frankly, you’ve not been much help to me.” The man smiled and responded, “You must be a Democrat.” “I am,” replied the balloonist. “But how did you know?” “Well,” said the man, “You don’t know where you are or where you’re going. You’ve risen to where you are due to a large quantity of hot air. You’ve made a promise that you have no idea how to keep, and now you expect me to solve your problem. You’re in exactly the same position you were in before we met, but somehow, now, it’s my fault.”

Words of Wisdom Match the quote with the person who said it.

1. If voting made any difference they wouldn’t let us do it.

6. You want a friend in Washington? Get a dog.

2. The duty of a patriot is to protect his country from its government.

7. Being president is like running a cemetery: you’ve got a lot of people under you and nobody’s listening.

3. If you put the federal government in charge of the Sahara Desert, in five years there’d be a shortage of sand. 4. Washington is a city of Southern efficiency and Northern charm. 5. I bet after seeing us George Washington would sue us for calling him “father.”

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8. I have wondered at times what the Ten Commandments would have looked like if Moses had run them through the US Congress.

C. Mark Twain D. Will Rogers E. Ronald Reagan

9. You can lead a man to Congress, but you can’t make him think.

F. Thomas Paine

10. The marvel of all history is the patience with which men and women submit to burdens unnecessarily laid upon them by their governments.

H. Milton Friedman

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Answer to riddle: 30 in Hebrew is miyly and if you take out the lamed which is the numerical value of 30 then you are left with miyy which is 60.

Think you know about shutdown history, national parks and federal workers? Take this quiz to see how much you really know about your government and your country. 1. Which of the following was the first national park, established by Act of Congress in 1872? a. Yosemite b. Yellowstone c. Mount Rainier d. Sequoia 2. What is the tallest mountain in North America, which happens to be located in a national park? a. Mount McKinley b. Mount Whitney c. Mount Washington d. Mount Rushmore 3. Since 1976 there have been 18 government shutdowns. During whose presidency was there the most shutdowns? a. Bill Clinton b. Jimmy Carter c. Ronald Reagan d. George W. Bush 4. According to recent date, the average private sector salary is $51,986. What is the average federal employee’s salary? a. $36,732 b. $45,388 c. $49,921 d. $83,679 5. A federal employee, let’s call him Michael, is furloughed because of this shutdown. Since he is off from work, he books a flight and goes to the Bahamas. He spends 10 days drinking martinis and having a blast. It happens to be that on his generous federal vacation package he just got back from a 2 week trip in Aruba. But, since he can’t go into work, he might as well enjoy the sun a little more in a nice tropical climate. Plus, this trip won’t cost him any vacation days because he is “furloughed.” Is he being paid for the time spent in the Bahamas?

a. Yes, but it will count towards his vacation days b. Yes, but he will have to pay for his own martinis c. No, of course he is not being paid! Even though it’s not his fault that the government shut down, why in the world should taxpayers have to pay him for sipping martinis in Bermuda?! 6. Mount Rushmore National Memorial features sculptures of which four of the following presidents? a. George Washington b. Thomas Jefferson c. John Adams d. James Madison e. Abraham Lincoln f. Theodore Roosevelt g. Franklin D. Roosevelt h. John F. Kennedy i. Jimmy Carter (ha…ha...ha) 7. One of the tragedies of the government shutdown is that federal museums are closed. Want to guess how many times I went to the National Air and Space Museum as a child? a. Every trip to Washington, D.C. as a child consisted of gawking at the White House and running around in circles at the Air & Space Museum. So I would say at least 10+ times. b. A is the only option to this question. Sorry...sometimes even the Centerfold Commissioner needs to vent. (Phew, I feel free right now!) ANSWERS 1. B 2. A- Alaska’s Denali National Park & Preserve features North America’s highest mountain, the 20,320-foot Mount McKinley. (Just because every car from Lakewood says “This car climbed Mt. Washington” doesn’t make it the tallest mountain in the U.S.) 3. C- The first-ever government shutdown took place in 1976, during the Ford administration. There were six shutdowns

during Jimmy Carter’s four years; eight during Ronald Reagan’s eight years; one for George H.W. Bush; and two for Bill Clinton. And one for Barack Obama (so far). 4. D-According to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, the average federal salary is $83,679. That’s right, these poor civil servants give up the private sector perk of making over $30,000 less a year to go work for the federal government. (Read that sentence again if you don’t get it.) 5. B- Sorry Michael that we can’t pay for your martinis. Despite their inability to agree on much, Republicans, Democrats and President Obama all agreed to legislation that all furloughed federal employees will be paid for their time out of work. 6. A, B, E, F-Mount Rushmore features 60-foot sculptures of the heads of four United States presidents: George Washington (1732–1799), Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826), Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919) and Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865). 7. By the way, the bathroom toilet flushers are pedals (to mimic airplanes, I guess). I think all I did all day in the museum was run to the bathroom so I could push the pedal all day. WISDOM KEy 6-7 correct: If you are a private sector employee, you are probably are expecting me to say “Congratulations, nice work.” To you, I say that. If you are a federal employee, you are probably expecting a massive bonus. Sorry, the government is shut down, I can’t submit the bonus form. 3-5 correct: You are not bad, but you definitely don’t have a future on Mount Rushmore. 0-2 correct: Sometimes the loser is the winner—some things you are better off not knowing about.

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At DRS, the administration is always looking for new and fresh ways to improve the way they educate their talmidim. In partnership with Yeshiva University, DRS has hired four young and energetic rabbinic interns for the upcoming school year. Rabbis Burry Klein, Rafi Glickman, Ari Mirzoff, and Steven Genachowski will not only infuse the school’s programs with a vibrant sense of spirit and youth, but will

also meet one-on-one with students outside the classroom in order to provide enrichment and support when needed. The interns will join several of the gemara classes, gaining valuable teaching experiences by not only observing the school’s experienced rabbeim, but also getting the opportunity to teach twice a week and build relationships with the students. DRS is very excited to have them on board!

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Parshas Lech Lecha Gedolim were Human

And Hashem said to Avram, “Go for yourself from your land, from your birth place, and from your father’s house to the land that I will show you.” – Bereishis 12:1 The Making of a Gadol With these words begins one of the ten great tests of Avrohom. The Ramban explains that these were trials by fire, designed to bring the Avrohom’s greatness to the surface, taking it from the potential to the actual. They helped form him into the singular tzaddik that he became. Rashi notes that in this test, Hashem is very expressive about the place where Avram is leaving from, but fails to mention where he is to go to. “Leave your land, your birthplace, your father’s house, and go. . .” Rashi explains that this was all part of the test, and added to the reward he would receive when he passed. Each description of where he was leaving from increased his longing and attachment to it, making it more difficult. Not telling him where he was going to made it even more difficult because now he had to blindly listen to Hashem. Rashi continues that this is similar to the akeidah when Hashem challenged Avrohom: “Take your son, your only son, the son that you love.” Each phrase further increased the test because it highlighted and stirred up the love Avrohom felt for his son. So too here: “your birth place, your homeland…” When we focus on who Avrohom was, this Rashi is difficult to understand. The Avos were spiritual giants, men whose feet may have been on the ground, but who lived up in the heavens. What difference did it make to Avram where he was leaving from? He didn’t really exist there; he lived in a world of spirituality, barely cognizant of his physical surroundings. And what makes this question even more pointed is that it is hard to imagine that Avram was particularly attached to either his birthland or his father’s house. The Home of Terach There is a well-known medrash that at a tender young age, Avram recognized the folly of idol worship. He set

out to teach the people of his town the error of their ways, but they were less than accepting of his teachings. His father, Terach, in particular, was dead-set against them, as he owned a store that sold idols. One day, his father asked him to watch the idols, and when he came back, he found that all the idols

ues, it is a great accomplishment and necessary to remaining an exalted nation. However, there is a small fly in the ointment. It seems that the gedolim written about in the popular books today are presented as malachim – as if they never failed, never suffered any

THE TRUE DISTINCTION BETWEEN THOSE PEOPLE WHO BECAME WORLD CLASS GEDOLIM AND THOSE WHO DIDN’T IS HOW MUCH THEY WERE WILLING TO PAY THE PRICE, HOW COMMITTED THEY WERE TO SERVING HASHEM.

were smashed. He turned to Avram and asked, “What happened?” Avram answered, “Someone brought in food for the idols. One of the smaller ones took it, the bigger idol got jealous, and they had a fight – punching, kicking, and smashing. This is what is left.” Terach was not impressed with the cleverness of his son. In fact, he was so unimpressed that he took him to Nimrod the king, who pronounced him an enemy of the state and attempted to execute him. That resulted in another of the tests of Avram: the fire of Ur Kasdim. This being the case, it is hard to imagine that Avram felt any great attachment and connection to his homeland and his father’s house. So what does Rashi mean that each expression made it harder for him to leave? The answer to this question can best be understood with a perspective. Gedolim Stories Despite this being a very long and difficult exile, we have we have succeeded in creating our own Torah culture. We have our own manner of dress and speech; we have our own goals and priorities. We even have our own newspapers, music, and books. We now even enjoy a vast body of Torah literature. Whether stories of our gedolim or fictional novels that convey Torah val-

setbacks, and never went through nisayonos. The average gadol started learning Mishnayos at age two, mastered Shas Bavli at age 10, polished off Yerushalmi for his bar mitzvah, and then spent the rest of his life reviewing! Never fell. Never questioned himself. Never felt lost or confused. He just knew from a tender young age that he was destined to greatness and followed that path unerringly throughout a lifetime of growth and accomplishment. The reality is quite different. Every gadol has suffered. Every great person goes through tests and tribulations. Each of the Avos and Imahos had periods of darkness and difficulties, and on some level, they all failed. The true distinction between those people who became world class gedolim and those who didn’t is how much they were willing to pay the price, how committed they were to serving Hashem, how many times they were willing to get knocked down and get back up again. If you find a gadol story that doesn’t include dark times, you are reading pure fiction. In the world that Hashem created, fighting fights is integral to growth, and fighting means that sometimes you win, and sometimes you lose. The Mesillos Yesharim explains that man was put on the planet to learn, to serve Hashem, and fight the fights of life. There is no fighter in existence

who hasn’t gotten knocked down. No fighter ever entered the ring without being ready to get hit. That is just part of life. It seems that in an attempt to portray gedolim as great, we have made them non-human – angels just barely wearing human form. While this may stem from a noble motivation, it is false, and it brings with it a real danger. If a gadol is barely human, I can’t learn from him. After all, I am very human. I have ups and downs, moments of great inspiration, and times of doubt and questions. I fall down and need to pick myself back up. If gadolim were such perfect angels, what connection do they have to me? How can I learn from them? This seems to be the answer to the question on Rashi. Avram was a human being. Granted he was on a remarkable level of spirituality, but he was still a human with real feelings, real attachments, and real emotions. For him to leave his birthplace and his homeland was difficult. He grew up there. He had memories and connections there from most of his life. It was home. Was there a question in his mind about listening to Hashem? Certainly not. But each expression was an added dimension to the test because it made it somewhat more difficult, thereby increasing his reward. Understanding that the Avos were genuine people with real feelings, goals, and aspirations allows us to understand that while they may have functioned on a different level than we do, they were people much like us. They suffered setbacks and had difficult moments, yet they became who they were because of their powerful commitments. This allows us to use them as guideposts for our own growth, allows us to look up to them for inspiration and motivation, recognizing that their lives were much like our own. We then see them as shining stars by which we can set our own path in life.

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Death of a Tzaddik

by Joe Bobker

“A tent cannot be kept up without pegs and cords, and Israel cannot stand without scholars.” - Seder Eliyahu Rabbah

he Jewish nation can be proud that the largest funeral in Israel’s history was not of a politician or military hero or scientist or populist entertainer but of a Torah sage from a poverty-stricken home in North Africa who now joins the list of a long line of illustrious Sefard teachers and leaders of the Jewish people. Perhaps no scholar or sage since the establishment of the Jewish State sixty-five years ago gave more weight to the “pegs and cords” described in the above late tenth century C.E. Midrash as did Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, zt”l, who passed away on October 7, 2013, at the age of 93. Yes, he was the undisputed leader of an orthodox political party (Shas) and yes, he was a universally respected talmud chocham but he was much, much more. The boy known as Abdullah Youssef, born in Baghdad, Iraq, on September 24, 1920, emerged from the Bukharim Quarter of Jerusalem, son of R’ Yaakov and Gorgia, impoverished grocers, and single-handedly reassembled his ancestors’ rich heritage and birthright back to its original grandeur and to the heart of the common folk. Incredibly, he declared this life-long mission while still a teenager studying diligently at Rabbi Ezra Attiya’s Porat Yosef (derived from the Biblical verse in Bereishis, “Joseph is a fruitful tree”), a Jerusalem-based yeshiva during the British occupation of Palestine. So aware was this young boy of the needs of his lost generation that he published his first book even before his bar mitzva. He was blessed with a phenomenal memory. But his passion to share his Torah and wisdom with others came from a reservoir of goodwill from within. Even at that young age, Rav Yosef was clearly different. It was not just his brilliance and multi-faceted abilities but he was already rebellious, chafing under what he considered the rigidity of his East-

ern European Ashkenaz teachers. Convinced that Sefard mesora need not take a back seat to anybody, Rav Yosef kick-started a spiritual and cultural awakening among a significant portion of Israelis in his dogged pursuit to “restore the crown of the divine attributes to its ancient completeness” (Yoma 69b). And he did, spectacularly and humbly serving as such a forceful conduit for the Oral Torah for more than two generations that even such die-hard secularists as Shimon Peres, president of Israel, took note. (Peres compared Rav Yosef to the “two giants, Rabbi Yohanan ben Zakai and Rabbi Yehudah Hanasi, who had arisen immediately after the Second Temple was destroyed, and decreed that if the Jewish people were to survive, the [Joshua] command of ‘meditate on it [Torah] day and night’ must be followed.”) Rav Yosef was not just another admired noble rabbi; he was the rabbi of the nation, the teacher of other rabbis, the kind and merciful Maor Yisrael and “Maran” to the marginalized, hard-working Mizrahi Jews from Arab lands who found themselves lost adrift in an Ashkenaz-European dominated society. As though carried by R’ Abaye’s advice (“Speak gently, control your temper, promote peace even with a stranger in the street”), he lifted their spirits with his charm and optimism. Years before kiruv became popular he was transforming secular Israelis into proud Jews. He would burst into tears at the news of Jews’ suffering and cry tears of joy when he saw the needy and downtrodden being helped. He was concerned about bread prices. He loved pickled eggplants and Arabic music, especially Egyptian where he served as deputy chief in Cairo for two years. In his trademark colorful regal robes, he would mischievously slap the face of Jews he met; the greater he loved them, the more he slapped them. “I was privileged,” recalls Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, “to receive some of his famous pats on the cheek, through which he showed his affection and I have always known

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Cover Story that his heart was full of love for the cyclopedic knowledge of halacha, he Palestine, wherein land was sold to a peers had to accept his position as the people of Israel, a love the likes of developed the courage and self-con- non-Jew during the shmitta year; eased spiritual mentor of a large portion of which is rare.” fidence to be lenient (kocha dehetera the conversion of thousands, especially the Jews of Israel and, at the urging of But more than anything he loved adif), an approach that came to national Israeli soldiers; ruled that brain death Rav Shach, the Litvisher rosh yeshiva Eretz Yisrael and often cried with attention straight after the Yom Kippur was the standard of a halachic death, of Ponevezh in Bnei Brak, offered him pride when he met Jewish soldiers in War in 1973. despite the opposition of Rabbis Yosef membership in the Moetzes Gedolah uniform. When he was accused of beRav Yosef had just become the chief Shalom Elyashiv, Elazar Shach, Shlo- Hatorah of Agudas Yisroel (since the ing too cozy with Zionists, Rav Yosef rabbi when Brigadier General Rabbi mo Zalman Auerbach, and Moshe Fein- proceedings were conducted in Yidreplied proudly in the affirmative, “I Mordechai Piron informed him there stein, who all respected him because of dish, a language Rav Yosef didn’t unserved for ten years [1973-1984] as a were 1,000 married Jewish soldiers his astonishing scholarship and incred- derstand, he attended but kept his head Chief Rabbi – a key public position in MIA. The rav ruled that all wives could ible yiras Shamayim. buried in a sefer throughout). the State of Israel. We pray for Zion, for remarry and not be stuck in the status The Ashkenaz have “From Moshe Rav Yosef sought unity but not at Jerusalem and its inhabitants, for Israel of an aguna. the expense of what he saw as legiti- to Moshe” (Rambam to Reb Moshe). and the Rabbis and their students. A In response to criticism from some mate Sefard tradition. This put him on The Sefard now have “From Yosef to Zionist is a person who loves Zion and of his colleagues, Rav Yosef, in the in- a collision course with the Ashkenaz Yosef”: For the first time since Rabbi practices the commandment of settling troduction to his massive responsa se- rabbinic hierarchy. Yosef Karo of Shulchan Aruch fame, the land.” ries (Yabia Omer) written a year after In 1950, as a young dayan on the there is now a body of work that is To stress the point, Shas became the the war, chided them for their rigidity beis din of Petach Tikva, he boldly con- uniquely Sefard. first (and only) chareidi member in the and reminded all that anybody can pro- tradicted a ruling from the Ashkenaz The hundreds of thousands of SeWorld Zionist Organization (WZO). fard siddurim that are now in use in He defined Israel’s wars as legitimate the home and synagogue are based on milchemet mitzvas. He recited the Mi his halacha, replacing the ones used in sheberech for soldiers of the IDF whenSefard Jewish communities for generaever the Ark opened. One of his sons, tions. He paved the way for Sefard Jews R’ Avraham, served in the IDF as a to reach the highest levels of politics military Rav. and business in Israel. From day one of the establishment He was the country’s greatest ethof Israel, Rav Yosef threw himself into nic unifier. matters of the klal. As the grief-stricken crowds deInstead of staying in the comfort scended the cemetery in Sanhedria, “A tent cannot be kept up without pegs and cords, and Israel cannot stand without scholars.” - SederonEliyahu Rabbah zone of the beis medrash and his bethe Jewish people said farewell to a loved library of seforim, Rav Yosef priceless gift given to this generation. became more influential in the social, he Jewish nation can be proud that the larg- ern European Ashkenaz teachers. But while we mourn over the man, he economic, and political life of ordinary est funeral in Israel’s history was not of has bequeathed the nation ananyexConvinced that Sefard mesora need not take a back with seat to Themilitary young Yosef family Egypt: Ravor Ovadia, Israelis through his minion’s control of a politician or hero orinscientist body, Rav Yosef kick-started traordinary a spiritual body and of cultural responsaawakening including Margait, with two (of eleven) children, Adina and Yaakov Housing, Interior, Industry, and Compopulist entertainer but of a Torah sage from among a significant portion hundreds of Israelisof in erudite his dogged articles pursuit andtoover “remunications Ministry’s than elected a poverty-stricken home in North Africa store the crown of the divinefifty attributes books toincluding its ancientten completeness” jam-packed prime ministers who came and went. who now joins the list of a long line of il- (Yoma 69b). 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The Observant Jew Rabbi Jonathan Gewirtz

Maximum Security

ne day, as I stopped by a bank, I saw a rather humorous sight. It was an armored car—the type that look like Humvees on steroids and are used to transport money to banks, stores, dictators of small foreign countries, etc. What struck me about this one, though, was the wording on the side. While it still had the company logo on it, it read: “Training vehicle. No money is being transported.” I thought it so incongruous that a vehicle designed to be nearly impenetrable would have to take the precaution of trying to dissuade potential thieves from targeting it. I found it funny that a veritable tank would resort to the same sort of defensive tactics used on buses, taxis, and in my local 7-Eleven. But even they have at least $30 on hand after dark. It got me to thinking about the nature of security. When you look at a prison where the worst criminals are kept, they have barbed wire, electrified fences, steel doors, and armed guards. Would that make you feel comfortable casually strolling past? Or having a picnic in the grassy field outside the prison? Not likely. The reason is that no matter what precautions you take, when there is something to fear, you rarely feel confident that the measures are foolproof. Your mind thinks of the worst-case sce-

nario, and you realize that it is wiser to avoid the area entirely. That’s probably why more people would choose to be a security guard at a pet store than a guard riding in the back of the armored car, even if the pay is higher. By writing “Training Vehicle” on the truck, they remove a level of temptation for people to attack, thus making it safer for their staff. (Of course, I couldn’t help wondering why, if this helps, they don’t write it on more vehicles, even when they ARE carrying cash. Then I realized – who says they don’t?)

Bottom line, no matter how many barriers and protective devices people have to prevent others from harming them, there’s no way to gain complete peace of mind from them. There’s always the chance that someone can work around the system and do what they want. Unless, of course, you have Jewish security. The Hebrew word used for security services is bitachon. However, this term is borrowed. It has been used for millennia, well before machine guns and bulletproof vests. Jewish bitachon

that reads, “Carrying cash but no means of self-defense.” That would simply be crazy. Hashem does not want us to place ourselves in danger, even though He could save us, like He saved Avraham from the fiery furnace and Daniel from a group of hungry lions. Rather, when one is doing something normal, such as flying on an airplane, he should feel confident that he is being kept aloft not by the wing stabilizers, but by the Hand of Hashem, Who put into effect the laws of nature and aerodynamics and Who constantly cares for us.

One who has this bitachon is not calm because he has a bodyguard, but because he knows that Hashem Himself provides 24-hour surveillance and protection. is more than simply creating safeguards to stop people from harming others. Jewish bitachon refers not to the measures taken to protect oneself, but to the feeling of confidence and serenity he has that he will remain safe. One who has this bitachon is not calm because he has a bodyguard, but because he knows that Hashem Himself provides 24-hour surveillance and protection. Probably the most famous manual for acquiring this security is the Shaar HaBitachon, the Portal to Security, found in the sefer Chovos HaLevavos, Duties of the Heart, by R’ Bachya ibn Pakuda. In it, he clarifies that the most powerful tool for success in life is being able to completely trust that Hashem is protecting you. It frees you from worry, enables you to stand up to bullies, corrupt people, and your own fears, and helps you to serve Hashem with a clear mind. It also increases Hashem’s protection of you, since you have “hired” Him to do so. Now, this is not to say that a person should announce, “I completely trust in G-d,” and then walk through a bad neighborhood with a blinking neon sign

When he is faced with a moral dilemma at work, he should remind himself that his livelihood comes from G-d, not from his boss. While he must remain respectful and appreciative of his employer, he must also remember that his employer is simply the messenger of G-d to give him money. If his boss asks him to do something illegal or unethical, he can only have the strength to object if he has bitachon. Besides, if the boss is willing to do something wrong, would he stand by the employee if there were backlash just because he carried out orders? So how can we get this confidence? It’s a simple process, though not so simple to wrap our brains around at first.

The way to do it is by studying things like Shaar HaBitachon and by constantly reminding ourselves that everything comes from Hashem and that He is wholly dedicated to caring for us, His creations. The Chazon Ish said that when a person needs new shoes he should pray, “Gd, see how my old shoes are worn out. Please give me the money to buy new ones so that I might continue to serve You.” He can add, “Please help me find a pair that is comfortable, reasonably-priced, and help me to find it without too much trouble.” By doing so, you will turn your conceptual knowledge of Hashem into a concrete one. So, if you want Maximum Security, you know what to do. Study, pray, and who knows? The next time you ask Hashem for a good parking spot, it just might be at the bank, right next to the armored car service’s training vehicle – and you’ll be the one who is more secure. Jonathan Gewirtz is a freelance writer 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. Follow him on Twitter @ObservantFellow. For more information, or to sign up for the Migdal Ohr, his weekly PDF Dvar Torah in English, e-mail info@JewishSpeechWriter. com and put Publication Sponsorship or Subscribe in the subject. © 2013 by Jonathan Gewirtz. All rights reserved.

Rabbi Dani Staum

Parshas Lech Lecha waited a few minutes for the rest of my dry-socked family to rejoin me. The event reminded me of a classic quote I once saw. “G-d please grant me patience and give it to me NOW!” In our rapid-paced, technological-

Those who would accept the Torah and subsequently enter and conquer the Holy Land had to master the attribute of patience.

ly-stimulating society we have little patience to learn the virtue of patience. I often think about this when I am sit-

ting in traffic or standing on a long line in a store. As annoying as traffic/lines are, it is an opportunity to work on developing one’s patience. (And if you have your children with you while you are waiting, you get to work on having a lot of patience…) When the young Jewish nation departed from Egypt at the time of the Exodus, the Torah states that G-d purposely did not lead them through the land of the Philistines “because it was close” (Shemos 13:17). The factor of convenience was itself sufficient reason not to traverse the land of the Philistines. Those who would accept the Torah, and subsequently enter and conquer the Holy Land, had to master

the attribute of patience. The glory of the Jewish people only comes with patience. One cannot become proficient in Torah, maintain Eretz Yisroel, and most importantly master one’s self, unless he has sufficient patience with others, as well as himself. Getting back to my story, my parents met us at the fair. At one point my mother whisked away her grandchildren and my wife was talking to a friend. That gave my father and I a few minutes to talk. As we were conversing, my father mentioned that he felt a bit uncomfortable. I asked him what was wrong. He looked down at his dirty shoes, and then he replied, “My socks are all wet.” Well, at least I know where I get it from.

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very year, the county hosts its annual “Please vote for Christopher St. Lawrence” autumn fair. Held in Viola Park, the fair features hayrides, various blow-up rides/slides, cotton candy, and some refreshments. One year, there was an outdoor “Lipa Schmeltzer concert” as well. As we’ve done the last few years, the Staum family set out for the fair. Being that the fair is always well attended, we had to park on the road past the park. When we arrived at the field there was a bit of a ravine where the water from the previous night’s rain had collected. Either we would have to walk all the way to the end of the field and come back around, or we could try to cut across the streaming puddle. I opted for the latter. As can be imagined, my efforts proved futile, as my Olympic jump landed me ankle deep in mucky, muddy water. I felt pretty ridiculous slopping around in my wet socks and filthy shoes, as I

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“Say What?” The other thing that apparently was so important for the Republicans to keep open was the World War II Memorial in Washington. That was closed, so a bunch of the World War II vets knocked down the barriers and stormed it. And then I loved this, they posed for pictures with Michele Bachmann who showed up. Michele Bachmann, one of the people most responsible for shutting the...thing down. They’re the greatest generation – nobody said they were the brightest generation. - Bill Maher mocking a group of World War II vets who refused to be turned away from the World War II Memorial during a trip that had been planned for over a year

We are winning... It doesn’t really matter to us [how long the shutdown lasts] because what matters is the end result. - A senior Obama administration official to the Wall Street Journal Scientists in Stockholm say hundreds of jellyfish have shut down a nuclear reactor. Hey, that’s nothing. In this country, a bunch of spineless jellyfish have shut down the entire government. - Jay Leno

Almost a million nonessential government employees were let go. Well, isn’t that the problem, that there’s that many nonessential employees? - David Letterman

Russian President Vladimir Putin has been named a candidate for this year’s Nobel Peace Prize. His chances of winning are good because his strategy is to have the other nominees killed. - Conan O’Brien

No, I am not homeless. I am not hungry. Can I give you a dollar? - Sign held up by Riley and Hermi Combs as they handed out cash last weekend at an intersection in Wyoming, Michigan [They] do it for fun to get to know people. - The couple’s daughter, explaining her parents’ odd activity People are saying now that before the government shutdown congressmen went out and got drunk — celebrating that they had shut down the government. This is the kind of thing that could damage their 10 percent approval rating. - David Letterman No one knows when the government will be back up and running. So if you’ve ever wanted to cut the tag off your mattress, do it now. - Jimmy Fallon

This shutdown is hurting everyone. Today Michelle Obama told fat kids: “You’re on your own. Eat a Happy Meal. I don’t care.” - Jay Leno

This is most closed, control-freak administration I’ve ever covered. - Leonard Downie, former executive editor of the Washington Post, in his report to the Committee to Protect Journalists The new “Grand Theft Auto” video game has already made more money than every book sold in the last year. That explains why today J.K. Rowling announced a new book, “Harry Potter Hanging onto a Car Hood.” - Conan O’Brien You can show up and love — and pass back. It’s a great experience. - Former President George W. Bush, who just became a grandfather explaining how being a grandparent is different than parenthood The New York Giants are 0-4, a lousy start to the season. Eli Manning is a great quarterback. Nobody is more frustrated than Eli Manning. After the last game he was so angry he threw his helmet — and it was intercepted. - David Letterman

A man in Montana says the U.S. Treasury has reimbursed him after his dog ate $500 dollars in cash. That explains why today the Treasury got a call from another guy who said, “Uh, my dog Bo just ate $14 trillion.” - Jimmy Fallon

It’s Nobel Prize week. Today’s prize was for medicine. Winning the Nobel Prize immediately transforms you from being an unknown scientist into a household name. Isn’t that right, 2012 winners John Gurdon and Shinya Yamanaka? - Craig Ferguson

A new survey found that only 46 percent of Americans have actually read a book in the past year. Which gets even worse when you hear it was just the instruction manual for Grand Theft Auto 5. - Jimmy Fallon

Help us reach our Goal of 200 arrestees!!! - From an email by organizers of the October 8th “civil disobedient” pro-immigration rally on Washington Joe Biden had to cancel his appearance at a Democratic fundraiser tonight because of the government shutdown. And it got awkward when they announced that Biden wasn’t coming and raised twice as much money. - Jimmy Fallon

If someone in the classroom or the workplace tells you that something is offensive, and you say, like [Redskins owner] Dan Snyder said, in capital letters, “We will not change the name,” that’s textbook harassment. - Psychologist Michael Friedman at a Washington, D.C. symposium about changing the Redskins’ name

Discussion between Senator Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and Senator Rand Paul (RKY) caught on a hot mic:

SEN. PAUL: I just did CNN and I just go over and over again, “We’re willing to compromise. We’re willing to negotiate.” I don’t think they poll tested “we won’t negotiate.” I think it’s awful for them to say that over and over again. SEN. McCONNELL: Yeah, I do too and I — and I just came back from that two hour meeting with them and that, and that was basically the same view privately as it was publicly. SEN. PAUL: I think if we keep saying, “We wanted to defund it (Obamacare),” we fought for that and that we’re willing to compromise on this, I think… We’re gonna win this, I think.

He’ll negotiate with terrorists overseas, but he won’t negotiate with Speaker Boehner. - Congressman Joe Barton (R-TX) on MSNBC, talking about President Obama’s refusal to negotiate with the GOP

A new survey found that 9 percent of Americans have considered giving up their U.S. citizenship because of the constant arguing in Washington. Today, even Obama was like, “Are you SURE I wasn’t born in Kenya?” - Jimmy Fallon I started getting inundated with phone calls, texts and emails from supporters from all over Brooklyn urging me to run. I kept hearing that former Brooklyn Democratic Party chairman Clarence Norman — whom I successfully prosecuted for corruption involving selling judgeships — had run the ground operation of the Ken Thompson campaign. - Brooklyn DA Joe Hynes, who lost the Democratic primary to Ken Thompson, explaining why he decided to run as a Republican in the general election We look forward to a clear contrast between Democrat Ken Thompson and Republican Joe Hynes, who has lied to the public so that he can run with Joe Lhota and the Tea Party forces in the Republican Party who have shut down the government. - Ken Thompson’s spokesman Yes, I worry about how many times I get cursed every day. - Susan Bennett, who is the voice of iPhone’s Siri, in an interview with CNN

Exchange between Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D., Nev.) and CNN reporter Dana Bash

DANA BASH: You all talked about children with cancer unable to go to clinical trials. The House is presumably going to pass a bill that funds at least the National Institute of Health. Given what you’ve said, will you at least pass that? And if not, aren’t you playing the same political games that Republicans are? HARRY REID: Listen, Senator Durbin explained that very well, and he did it here, did it on the floor earlier, as did Senator Schumer. What right did they have to pick and choose what part of government is going to be funded? It’s obvious what’s going on here. You talk about reckless and irresponsible. Wow. What this is all about is Obamacare. They are obsessed. I don’t know what other word I can use. They’re obsessed with this Obamacare. It’s working now and it will continue to work and people will love it more than they do now by far. So they have no right to pick and choose. BASH: But if you can help one child who has cancer, why wouldn’t you do it? REID: Why would we want to do that? I have 1,100 people at Nellis Air Force base that are sitting home. They have a few problems of their own. This is — to have someone of your intelligence to suggest such a thing maybe means you’re irresponsible and reckless – BASH: I’m just asking a question. We can’t let it get out there that this [meeting] is for [Boehner] and [Reid] to ask the president to carve us out of the requirement of Obamacare. I am even OK if it is the president hauling us down to talk about the next steps on immigration. I really don’t care what it is about [,] it just can’t be about what we know it is about! - Portion of a leaked July 17th email by Republican House Speaker John Boehner’s chief of staff to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s chief of staff, showing that they worked together to protect members of Congress and their staff from Obamacare Fiscal crisis: Reports of shooter outside Capital. - Tweet by The New York Times when deranged Miriam Carey was shot outside of the Capitol on October 3rd

You’re looking at me as though I’m weird. - Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia to New York Magazine writer Jennifer Senior, after he told her during a candid interview that he believes in the afterlife

We’ve got the government shutdown, but the beginning of Obamacare. You know what that means? You can now complain to your doctor about the government making you sick. - Jay Leno We’re not hiding any bodies. - Dallas, TX, police chief David Brown, to skeptics about the city’s low crime statistics

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Stop the Chaos: Keep it Shut

es, the government shutdown has its inconveniences. Those poor Chinese tourists who norimally spend their days in Washington snapping pictures of the Lincoln Memorial will have to go through the cumbersome exercise of labeling their photos “Lincoln Memorial...during a government shutdown.” When President Obama goes to play golf at his favorite golf course on Andrews Air Force base (which coincidentally remains open) he won’t be able to go to the base’s grocery store—where troops shop—to buy organic Brussels sprouts (because it was not coincidentally kept open). Another major inconvenience is that federal employees—who make on average $30,000 more than private sector employees—are on furlough, which means they are on a forced paid vacation. Even though that doesn’t sound like an inconvenience, it is if you are used to sitting in a cubicle in Washington and controlling other people’s lives; it’s not easy losing your identity. But, despite all of these inconveniences, I hope the government remains shut. No, it’s not because I hate government. Nor because big government stinks. Nor because Benjamin Franklin said, “Those that give up freedom for security end up having neither” (no relevance, but you always have to throw that quote in). It’s simply because there has been a cosmic shift in this country over the past several years and we have at lightning speed became an entitlement society where people expect the government to freely dole out food, shelter and “Obama phones.”

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The sages have taught us that unbridled kindness leads to immoraldity. One of the philosophical reasons for this truth is that when there are no boundaries, anything goes. Giving to others is wonderful, but when it is done without any sense of accountability on the part of the giver and/or the taker, it leads to chaos. (Perhaps that is what Reagan meant when he said, “Without G-d, democracy will not and cannot long endure.”) Obamacare is the crown jewel of this chaotic entitlement society. There-

percentage of the population. Even if the intentions are good. It simply cannot work. Even supporters of Obamacare now concede that premiums will skyrocket under Obamacare. The only defense for Obamacare is that people with preexisting conditions and poor people will now finally be able to get healthcare. That is very noble, but most of the country is not very poor (yet) and most don’t have a pre-existing condition (unless you consider liberalism a pre-existing condition). There are other

OBAMACARE DOESN’T NEED TO MAKE SENSE IN A SOCIETY IN WHICH THE RUSE OF COMPASSION TRUMPS BASIC MATHEMATICS. fore, it must be stopped even if it exacts a deep cost. Assuming, for a moment, that Obamacare is not merely the liberal’s backhanded way of taking control of a sixth of the economy (a big assumption) and assuming it is not part of their vision for a utopian socialist society (big assumptions), it is still unbridled kindness. The type that will lead to chaos. I am not talking about the chaos that will come from there being less doctors, insurance options and longer wait lines (which is certainly “coming to a medical center near you”), I am referring to the ultimate chaos of an everdecreasing percentage of the population footing the bill for an ever-increasing

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ways to take care of the small minority of people with pre-existing conditions. In fact, Obamacare is such a disaster that even the pre-existing condition provision makes no sense for the following reason. The way Obamacare works is that its “individual mandate” requires an individual to purchase health insurance or pay a fine. Paying the fine is cheaper than purchasing an insurance policy. Now, why should a young, healthy person purchase insurance rather than pay a small fine if they know that as soon as they get sick they will be able to purchase insurance under the pre-existing condition provision? (One solution to that problem would be to charge higher premiums for those with pre-existing conditions, but Obamacare doesn’t do that. In fact, premiums for those with pre-existing conditions are often less than the cost of premiums for healthy people.)This is just one example of how this 2,000-plus page bill makes no sense. Obamacare is such a disaster that James P. Hoffa, President of the Teamsters union, and Joseph Hansen, Presi-

dent of the UFCW, recently wrote in a letter to Congress that Obamacare will “destroy the foundation of the 40 hour work week that is the backbone of the American middle class,” and that Obamacare has “perverse incentives [which] are already creating nightmare scenarios.” These two unions were originally Obamacare’s biggest supporters, but they see that the bill is a debacle which makes no sense. But Obamacare doesn’t need to make sense in a society in which the ruse of compassion trumps basic mathematics. This leaves the Republicans with no choice but to take stand. What’s the endgame? Force the president to delay Obamacare for a year and let the 2014 election be a clean referendum on Obamacare. Now, obviously there are portions of the government that need to function (remember we don’t hate all government), so the Republicans should continue to pass bills to fund integral parts of the government, such as the bill that they passed to fund the military (which the Democrats agreed with) and the bill that they passed to fund cancer treatment for children (which the Democrats refused to pass).

Yes, President Obama may scream that a government shutdown is the apocalypse. He said the same thing about the sequester and that has been in effect for four months already. At this point most people just think that sequester is some nerdy board game. The same thing will happen with the government. Eventually people won’t even realize that portions of it are closed. We all know what Mount Rushmore looks like and nobody will miss going to the Smithsonian—we really don’t care what dress Amy Carter wore to her daddy’s inauguration.

Israel’s Victory against the Egyptian Navy during Israel’s War of Independence

any navies of belligerent nations during WWII used specially trained commandos and boats to perform missions that were considered too dangerous or risky for conventional forces to undertake. Britain sent small canoe-like boats to sink Japanese shipping in the Dutch East Indies. American frogmen, the precursors to today’s SEALs, deployed off of France and several Pacific islands to clear obstacles and detonate mines. Japan used suicide mini-submarines to sink American shipping. The king naval special op-

and usually won using unconventional tactics. The Israeli version of the Navy SEALs is the Shayetet 13, and they were led by Yochai Ben-Nun during the War of Independence. Born in Israel to parents of the first Aliyah, Ben-Nun joined the Pal-Yam, the Palmach’s naval branch, and started the commando unit at the beginning of the war. He was to head the four explosive boats that were to be launched from the INS Moaz. The crews were experts in cold water activities and were perfect for the mission which would take place on the cold night of October 22, 1948. An Italian expert on the use of the boats was brought in to train the Israeli crews. Three boats were laden with explosives, and the fourth was to be used as a retrieval vessel to rescue the crews that had jumped in the water. The crews were Rear Admiral McGeogh and Admiral Ben Nun trained, and the Moaz was during a ceremony in 1965 in position scouting the erations were the Italians. They created a Emir Farouk and the minesweeper that boat packed with explosives that would was acting as her escort ship. The probnear a target ship. The operator would lem was that there was a U.N. ceasefire jump off at the last second and the boat in effect. Shulman was under orders not would slam into the ship. It was these to launch unless Israeli “interests” were boats that the Israelis acquired in 1948 under attack. The three Israeli ships, and launched the biggest naval special which had brought refugees from Euoperation of the rope and were Israeli War of hastily convertIndependence. ed into warships, As in many approached the of Israel’s early Egyptian ships wars, the 1948 warning them War of Indeto move away pendence was from Israeli fought on multerritory. They tiple fronts. In obliged. As addition to the they were movEgyptians ating towards the the explosive speedboats tacking from Egyptian port in the south, they also had a menacing Gaza, shore batteries there fired on the fleet that could bombard Israel from Israelis. That was all the provocation the west. The pride of this fleet was the that Shulman needed to launch the miscruiser Emir Farouk. The ship was usu- sion. After being denied once from his ally seen with escort ships and would be superiors, he went to the top of the chain hard to take down with the conventional and asked the prime minister for permissurface forces available to the Israelis. sion to proceed. Ben-Gurion told to him However, the Israelis, led by 26-year- that if they could sink the ships then by old U.S. Naval Academy Paul Shulman, all means they should go ahead. The boats launched from the were used to fighting lopsided battles

Moaz at 11PM and took an hour to reach the targets. Believing that the ceasefire was in effect, the Egyptians had turned on their lights and were easy to spot. The first exploding boat, piloted by Zalman Abramov, armed the charges and ejected well before the boat slammed into the Emir Farouk. The second boat, manned by Yaakov Vardi, was supposed to hit the minesweeper while BenNun in the third exploding boat was to act as a reserve. However, Vardi confused the ships because they were moving and headed towards the cruiser. His boat also exploded against the ship and the Emir Farouk sank in less than five minutes. Ben-Nun noticed Vardi’s mistake and headed towards the minesweeper himself. However, at 100 meters away from the target, the Egyptian sailors began shooting wildly in the hopes of hitting Ben-Nun. Their aim was off but Ben-Nun was having problems of his own. The ejection seat was stuck and he was headed full speed towards the minesweeper in a boat full of explosives. Finally, he was able to snap off the handle and jump into the water at a mere 40 meters from the target. The boat exploded against the minesweeper and damaged it so badly that the Egyptians never repaired it. The three Israeli commandos were picked up by the rescue boat and headed back to the Moaz. The sinking the Egyptian flagship was a major victory for the Israelis but it wouldn’t be until after war that the

public found out about the incident. Israel didn’t want the world to know that they theoretically had broken the ceasefire, and the Egyptians didn’t want their people to know of the major loss their

Egypt's flaship, the Emir Farouk

navy had sustained. 500 sailors were killed and word of the disaster leaked to the public. For the next year, the Egyptian navy had a tough time recruiting sailors. The Israeli citizens who found out about the mission were elated by the victory, which turned out to be the biggest naval victory of the war. Ben-Nun wenton to an illustrious career and became Israel’s sixth commander of the navy. The Egyptians complained to the U.S. who in turn demanded that Shulman resign from the U.S. Navy reserve. Men like Ben-Nun and Shulman were the reason that Israel with siyata dishmaya was able to defeat the Arabs at such overwhelming odds. Avi Heiligman is a weekly contributor to The Jewish Home. He welcomes your comments and suggestions.for future columns and can be reached at aviheiligman@gmail.com.

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HOW NATHAN KRASNOVSKY WENT FROM BEING A RECIPIENT OF THE JCCRP’S KINDNESS TO LEADING THE FAR ROCKAWAY ORGANIZATION

athan Krasnovsky, the executive director of the Jewish Community Council of the JCCRP, this time being on the giving end of its services. the Rockaway Peninsula, may just be the most uniquely qualified individual Since that time, Krasnovsky has been hard at work furthering the reach of the to head up the 41-year-old social services agency. The son of a single Russian JCCRP, nearly doubling the operating budget, establishing close relationships with immigrant mother, the Far Rockaway father of three is actually one of the JCCRP’s elected officials and community leaders, expanding services and updating the facility. success stories. Krasnovsky feels that being the son of a former JCCRP client gives him a unique per“My mother was assisted by the JCCRP when she came to America,” recalls Kras- spective in understanding how to treat every person with a sense of respect and he sees novsky. “They helped her get government benefits and got me into Jewish schools and the agency’s goal as making the community a better place to live. The facility provides camps. It is interesting how things come full circle.” an extensive array of programs designed to improve residents’ lives. The 31-year-old Krasnovsky, who grew up in the projects on Beach 32nd Street, The JCCRP’s food pantry, the only kosher food pantry in the Rockaways, helps credits the JCCRP for shining the light of Yiddishkeit into his life. residents combat rising food costs in an attractive setting that makes visiting the facility “My mother and I were among a small handful of Jewish families where we lived a positive experience. and we were completely unaffiliated,” recalls Krasnovsky. “The JCCRP got her con“The first floor of the building has been completely renovated and is now a client nected with the Hebrew Academy of the Five Towns and Rockaway, and I went there choice pantry,” explained Krasnovsky. “Instead of people being handed a bag of food from kindergarten through my senior year.” items, they can shop for themselves, allowing them to maintain their dignity.” During his time at HAFTR, Krasnovsky developed an exceptionally warm relaWith Hurricane Sandy causing financial hardship for so many area residents, the tionship with four faculty members: Rabfood pantry has proven to be particularly bi Lewis Wienerkur, Rabbi Tzvi Bajnon, helpful and now serves almost 2,000 cliMrs. Naomi Levenbrown and Mrs. Audrey ents monthly. The JCCRP also runs two KRASNOVSKY FEELS THAT BEING THE SON OF Wagner. While he was not privy to the acseparate food stamp programs, giving low tual arrangements, the group sponsored income families access to resources that A FORMER JCCRP CLIENT GIVES HIM A UNIQUE his post-high school year in Jerusalem’s help them maintain proper nutrition. A PERSPECTIVE IN UNDERSTANDING HOW TO TREAT Yeshiva Ner Yaakov. Devoting the next medical insurance enroller helps clients several years of his life to his education, navigate the health care maze by helping EVERY PERSON WITH A SENSE OF RESPECT. Krasnovsky completed a Bachelor of Arts them submit both new applications and rein Political Science at Queens College and certifications for Medicaid, Child Health graduated Alpha Sigma Lambda in 2004. Plus, and Family Health Plus. He also spent several years in Yeshiva Sh’or Yoshuv, where he earned both his rabbiniThe Disaster Case Management, Recovery Planning and Crisis Intervention teams cal ordination and a Master’s in Talmudic Law, in addition to studying at the Mirrer all proved to be invaluable in the months following Hurricane Sandy, supplying fiYeshiva in Jerusalem. Krasnovsky enrolled in Fordham Law School’s Evening Divi- nancial assistance, including cash grants and gift cards, providing counseling, offering sion in 2009, and he hopes to complete his degree this spring. assistance in FEMA-related matters, dealing with housing emergencies and providing Even during his formative years, Krasnovsky felt a burning desire to return to the much needed referrals in order to facilitate the rebuilding process. Additionally, Met institutions he attended in his youth in order help others, much as he himself had been Council’s handyman service, Metropair, was put into service in the area, performing aided by other caring individuals. In an effort to pay it forward, Krasnovsky served as crucial repairs to drywall, insulation, doors and door frames as well as plastering and a mentor both at HAFTR and at TOVA and worked as a dorm counselor in Ner Yaa- painting and other minor repairs. The JCCRP also offers legal and financial assistance, kov. Krasnovsky landed his first job in social services with the Metropolitan Council career counseling and housing and landlord/tenant mediation. on Jewish Poverty, where he worked as a case manager in the Family Violence DeFor Krasnovsky, the opportunity to be at the helm of the JCCRP is the opportunity partment before being promoted to a legal liaison. Two years later, Krasnovsky was of a lifetime. promoted to director of the Midwood Single Stop office which he described as a “mini “It feels very rewarding to come full circle, to have the ability to grow the organiJCC in the heart of Flatbush,” working there until Hurricane Sandy unleashed her fury zation and expand its services in order to keep helping people in exactly the way my on the Rockaway Peninsula. mother was assisted. In fact, it seems appropriate to recognize our recently retired “The JCCRP was looking for help in Far Rockaway so as a local resident and with social services coordinator Shelly Twersky, who was instrumental in aiding Russian my history providing social services, they asked Met Council to loan me to them for immigrants like my mother and provided outstanding service to the community for two weeks, just to get them through the immediate aftermath of the storm,” recalls years.” Krasnovsky, who officially took the helm of the JCCRP at the end of December 2012. While it was a devastating superstorm that brought him to the JCCRP, Krasnovsky Krasnovsky admitted that he had big shoes to fill, following in the footsteps of pre- is quick to point out that along with its unprecedented storm surges, Sandy also brought vious directors Yitz Klein and Harvey Gordon as well those of Kathy Rosenberg who something else to the Rockaway Peninsula. served as acting director for the agency but relished the opportunity to be involved with “It is unfortunate that we had to go through a hurricane but it was beautiful to see

after Hurricane Sandy, and they were instrumental in coordinating the Sh’or Yoshuv distribution center. • Hatzolah – As Sandy hammered relentlessly at the Rockaway Peninsula, as well as in the days that followed, emergency situations cropped up at an alarming rate. Yet Hatzolah continued responding to calls with strength and energy that were nothing short of super-human. • Nivneh – Created by Ettie and Asher Schoor in response to the unprecedented Honorees Include: crisis situation, Nivneh stepped in and provided assistance in a myriad of ways: help• Yanky Brach – Community Builder Award – In addition to being one of the big- ing people fill out applications for assistance, providing toys for Chanukah and pairing gest supporters of the JCCRP Food Pantry, Yanky Brach donated countless quantities hurricane victims up with partners to help guide them through their most difficult days. of food to feed hurricane victims in the days following Sandy. • OHEL – From the very first day, OHEL representatives were on hand at the • Peter Brest, Chief Operating Officer, Met Council – Chessed Award – As a di- White Shul command center, providing counseling and guidance to those who were rect conduit of the UJA Federation of New York, Brest was instrumental in awarding struggling, with staff members still remaining at the JCC to provide on-site counseling. financial assistance to the area, ensuring that soup kitchens were operational, hiring • RCSP – A fledgling organization just one year ago, the Rockaway Citizens Safea private security firm to patrol the area ty Patrol seemed heaven-sent in the postduring the weeks’ long power outage and Sandy days when chaos seemed poised to funding close to $1 million in emergency overtake the area, giving residents a sense cash assistance to clients. of security that continues today on a daily “IT FEELS VERY REWARDING TO COME FULL CIRCLE, • Roberta Leiner, Senior Vice Presibasis. TO HAVE THE ABILITY TO GROW THE ORGANIZATION dent, Agency Relations, UJA Federation • American Red Cross – In adof New York – Hakaras Hatov Award – dition to sending innumerable boxes of IN ORDER TO KEEP HELPING PEOPLE IN EXACTLY Having dispensed millions of dollars to foods to aid in disaster relief, they providTHE WAY MY MOTHER WAS ASSISTED.” the Rockaways since Sandy, the UJA has ed funding and donations with CEO Josh issued numerous grants in order to hire Lockwood giving generously of his time, social workers, fix the eruv, and provide sharing his expertise and resources. tuition assistance to those who were floun• Sanitation Department – With dering financially as well as educator grants to yeshiva teachers impacted by the storm. residents working feverishly around the clock to remove waterlogged drywall, carpet• Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder – State Legislative Leadership Award – An out- ing, furniture and possessions from their homes, the sanitation department toiled tirespoken advocate for the local Jewish community as well as the JCCRP on the state lessly to keep up with the never-ending mountains of debris, much to the appreciation level, Goldfeder’s voice resonates continuously on behalf of his constituents. of the entire community. • Deputy Inspector Kevin Maloney, Commanding Officer of the 101st Precinct • Yeshiva Sh’or Yoshuv – With their unique location allowing them to serve both – Humanitarian Award – Since taking office, Deputy Inspector Maloney has made sig- sides of 878, Sh’or Yoshuv worked closely with Achiezer to become one of the main nificant strides in ensuring the safety of all community members and proving himself area relief centers, providing clothing, food, toiletries and even laundry pickups and to be a valued friend to the Jewish community. drop offs. • Pesach Osina, Councilman Aide at New York City Council – Public Service • The White Shul – With our own facility hit hard by Sandy, the JCCRP moved its Award – A staunch ally of the Jewish community who has devoted years to local affairs, offices into the White Shul, creating a temporary command center. Both Rabbi Eytan Osina continually advocates on behalf of our community within the City Council and Feiner and President Chaim Leibtag went the extra mile to serve community members, served as a LIPA liaison during Hurricane Sandy. setting up charging stations for phones and laptops as well as providing hot meals to • Councilman Donovan Richards – City Legislative Leadership Award – His un- area residents. precedented skill at uniting all segments of Rockaway Community as well as his ability • Young Israel of Wavecrest and Bayswater – Opening themselves up to the entire to embrace each of his constituents no matter what their affiliations have earned Dono- community and transforming their facility into a disaster relief site, a women’s shelter van Richards the respect and affection of everyone in his district. as well as the command center for the RCSP, the Young Israel of Wavecrest and Bayswater, under the leadership of Rabbi Eliezer Feuer and with the assistance of Brett Also being honored are eleven “Hurricane Heroes”: Gordon, provided food, shelter and essential supplies to local residents. • Achiezer, COJO of Flatbush – With both agencies spared the worst of Sandy’s For more information on the upcoming Legislative Breakfast, to place an ad in the wrath, they stepped up to the plate with unwavering generosity and graciousness, pro- online journal or to make reservations, contact the JCCRP at 718-327-7755 x 6115, viding both desperately needed funding and invaluable services. Achiezer’s commu- by fax at 718-327-4903, by email at breakfast@jccrp.org or visit them online at www. nity-wide notifications and email blasts were a lifeline to many in the days and weeks jccrp.org/breakfast.

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everyone coming together to help each other,” explained Krasnovsky. With Sandy’s one year anniversary drawing near, the JCCRP is hosting a Legislative Breakfast on Sunday, October 27th, in order to pay tribute to the community and government leaders who went all out in the lengthy rebuilding period that followed Hurricane Sandy. The event, which will take place at The White Shul at 9:30 AM, will honor seven unique individuals:

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arcie was all dressed up. She knew she looked good because mirrors don’t lie. She’d just bought the dress she was wearing and only wore it once before – when she’d gotten lots of compliments. Her hair was nicely blown; thank G-d it wasn’t a bad hair day. Just a touch of makeup brought out her eyes; everyone said she had beautiful eyes. This would be her third date with Phil and she was really excited. He was tall, good-looking, smart, and friendly. What more could a girl want? He was punctual, too. He arrived just on time. Phil was also well-mannered. He held doors for her the old-fashioned way and asked if the car temperature was about right. But tonight’s date was not as electric for Marcie as the last time. Something about it just lacked – what was the word she was looking for? – heft, maybe. Yes, it lacked something that would have sent her over the top, something that would have told her for sure that this was the one. But what was it? What was it that Marcie was looking for? Marcie got out of the car at the end of the evening and said “Good night” with a bright smile – she didn’t want to close any options. She went into her house in a pensive mood, mentally reviewing her recent dating history. She had gone out a lot. She had been a very good student in college and now, in her Masters, was still a hard worker. She was nice looking, too, so it wasn’t hard to find dates for her. She noticed a pattern: She would get excited about a boy who was smart

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Commitment Phobia and attractive and then her enthusiasm would subside. Either the boy wasn’t as much fun as she thought was needed or he was smitten with her too quickly, or his sharp mind didn’t seem to manifest itself on their dates. There was always something and the “something” didn’t seem to her worried mother like it was big enough to terminate a potential relationship. Yes, Marcie’s mother, Lynn, played

may still feel “not good enough” or “not pretty enough” or lacking in some other way. Even when we “know” that these messages aren’t accurate pictures of who we are, we’re affected by them; we have trouble shaking them. It appears that this is what happened to Marcie. Her mother loved her and she knew that. But in her worry about her daughter’s future, the message she conveyed to her was that Marcie had

COULD THERE BE A CONNECTION BETWEEN HER FUSSINESS WITH HER DATES AND THE TAKEAWAY MESSAGE FROM HER MOTHER? a role. Marcie was already 25 and that number unnerved Lynn. The more Marcie backed off, the more Lynn pushed. Arguments were not infrequent. “What’s the matter with you?” Lynn asked once with a rising inflection. “You’re getting old! Do you want to be an old maid?” Marcie had had arguments with her mother a good deal of her life. The topic would change but the message somehow came out the same: Marcie was in the wrong about something. Could there be a connection between her fussiness with her dates and the take-away message from her mother? Research shows that the messages we get starting in childhood feel real even when objective evidence refutes them. It is for that reason that successful adults, respected in their professions,

somehow done something to maintain her singlehood. As you can see, Lynn is correct: Marcie hasn’t been able to commit to any one boy. What Lynn doesn’t see is that Marcie’s behavior is a direct result of Lynn’s message. Rather than fixing the problem, the message is exacerbating it. Remember, Lynn has been a worrier for a long time. And that worry has been conveying itself to Marcie in the form of frequent arguments in which Marcie feels that she must be doing something wrong. But Marcie doesn’t know what else to do and she never did. The only conclusion she can possibly come to is, “I’m a screw-up.” Note that the message of failure has been given way too many times for her to merely think, “I mess things up from time to time.” No, the frequency of it means it’s her, not her behavior. When a person doesn’t feel good enough within, they come to feel empty. No matter how well they do externally – and remember, Marcie is a good student, even in graduate school, and she’s pretty, too – it doesn’t outweigh the inner conviction that they are sorely lacking. In the dating scene, if a person has healthy self-esteem, she knows who she is. That is, her internal assessment of her strengths and weaknesses will be about the same as that of other people. Also, she’ll be attracted to someone who complements her: He will have strengths that she lacks and vise-verse.

But what happens when a person is quite sure she’s empty inside? Three things: She will hate to face that emptiness; it’s very painful. To avoid facing her “many” lacks, she may put a great deal of attention into externals because they are easier to fix. Her list of requirements in a suitable shidduch will be unreasonable because he has to have everything. After all, if he is to complement her and she has nothing, then he must have everything. Marcie can’t figure all this out. She’s miserable; she can’t seem to decide on a boy; and all her accomplishments mean naught. In short, she has commitment phobia. What’s the solution? Marcie must learn how to give appropriate weight to the positive messages of her friends, teachers, and others in her life who do not see her as a person who does everything wrong. This will shift her self-evaluation to line up better with what others see. Marcie must come to recognize her mother as simply a worrier and not take her worries too seriously. Based on the above two items, Marcie must spend some time defining who she is. Before you can possibly know what sort of person might make you happy, you need to know who you are. If there are things about herself that she doesn’t care for which are true weaknesses, she should work on herself to overcome them – and be appropriately proud of herself for doing so. When Marcie feels happier with who she is, it will be easier for her to make a decision about a boy who complements her. All this is hard work and often needs some outside help, but it is doable! When those who have commitment phobia take these steps, with Gd’s help, we will see more shidduchim.

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potatoes, and gravy. You can’t stick to an exercise program. You wonder why you can’t lose weight quickly or not at all, and if you do lose weight, you can’t keep it off. In fact, the instant you go off the latest, most popular diet, the weight comes back and with a vengeance. Look at the word “CAN’T” a little differently. It could stand for Could’ve And Never Tried. Throughout our lives, most of us have told ourselves hundreds of times that we “can’t” do something. I can’t dress myself. I can’t tie my shoes. I can’t go to school by myself. I can’t ride a two-wheeler. I can’t read those words. I can’t understand that number problem. I can’t make the team. I can’t get an “A.” I can’t find new friends. I can’t get the job. I can’t get into college. I can’t cook. I can’t buy a home. I can’t make this relationship work. I can’t understand this child. I can’t get everything done. I can’t handle this stress. But how often in your lifetime did those “can’ts” magically transform into “cans?” Surely, almost every time. And why did this happen? Just

because you TRIED. You tried often enough and hard enough until the “t” dropped off the word “can’t.” Wheth-

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Now is the perfect time to take the steps that will magically transform that “I can’t” into “I can, I will, and I am!”

er you are aware of it or not, you have proven to yourself thousands of times over your lifetime that you in fact CAN—if you try often enough and hard enough. So when you start that familiar cry that you can’t exercise for one hour, or you can’t lose weight, or you can’t change your eating habits, or you can’t live without certain, favorite foods like meat, cheese, chocolate, sweets, junk foods or refined bread, or you can’t adopt an eating plan that is loaded with life-supporting and

enough. Seek out the truth. Discover which foods feed you and which foods deplete you. Fill up on those foods that feed your body—whole, fresh fruits and vegetables, and whole grains and beans. These foods are nutrient-dense but calorie light, which translates into health and permanent weight loss. If you fill up on the good foods first, you naturally gravitate away from those foods, loaded with fat, cholesterol, chemicals and calories, which compromise your body and your health— meat, dairy products, white sugar and white flour products, junk foods, salty foods, fast foods, and processed, manmade, and refined foods. These are

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Soup-er Delicious Ideas for Cool Fall Nights Roasted Tomato Basil Soup Ingredients 2 1/2 pounds Roma tomatoes, cut in half lengthwise 4 tablespoons olive oil, divided Salt and pepper, to taste 1 medium onion, chopped 4 cloves of garlic, minced Dash of red pepper flakes 1 cup freshly chopped basil 1 (15 ounce) can diced tomatoes 4 cups vegetable broth Salt and pepper, to taste Preparation Preheat oven to 400°F. Spread the tomatoes on a baking sheet and drizzle with 2 tablespoons of olive oil. Season with salt and pepper and roast for about 45 minutes. In a large stockpot, heat the other 2 tablespoons of olive oil over medium heat. Add the onion and cook until tender, about 2-3 minutes. Stir in the garlic and red pepper flakes. Cook for another 2-3 minutes. Add the canned tomatoes, fresh basil, and vegetable broth. Stir in the oven-roasted tomatoes. Cook for about 30 minutes over medium-low heat. Use an immersion blender to puree the soup in the pot and leave such tomato chunks whole. Season with salt and pepper, to taste, and serve warm.

Chinese Egg Drop Soup Ingredients 6 shiitake mushrooms, thinly sliced 6 cups chicken or vegetable stock 1 tablespoon dry sherry 1 teaspoon grated fresh ginger ½ teaspoon salt, to taste ¼ teaspoon ground white pepper, to taste 1 tablespoon cornstarch, dissolved in 3 tablespoons water 1 large egg Handful thinly sliced scallions Preparation In a medium saucepan over high heat, add the mushrooms, chicken stock, rice wine and ginger and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat to a simmer and stir in the salt and pepper. Add the cornstarch mixture to the simmering soup and stir until the soup has slightly thickened. In a small bowl, whisk the egg lightly with a fork. Slowly pour the egg into the soup in a steady stream while continuously stirring with a ladle. The egg should cook immediately. Turn off the heat to prevent from overcooking the egg. Sprinkle scallions on top before serving.

Split Pea Soup

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pieces Ingredients Ingredients 2 cups vegetable broth medium leeks, white white and and light-green light-green parts parts halved halved lengthwise, lengthwise, washed, washed, and and 44 medium leeks, 2 cups water sliced thin (about 4 cups), dark green parts halved, washed, and cut into 2-inch sliced thin (about 4 cups), dark green parts halved, washed, and cut into 2-inch 4 tablespoons unsalted butter or margarine pieces 1 cup chopped onion pieces 1 teaspoon salt broth cups vegetable broth 22 cups vegetable 1 small russet potato (about 6 ounces), peeled, and cut into 1/4-inch slices cups water 22 cups water 1 bay leaf unsalted 44 tablespoons tablespoons unsalted butter butter or or margarine margarine 1 (4-inch) sprig fresh thyme or tarragon 11 cup chopped onion cup chopped onion 1 large slice white sandwich bread, lightly toasted and torn into 1/2-inch pieces 11 teaspoon teaspoon salt salt Ground black pepper

11 small small russet russet potato potato (about (about 66 ounces), ounces), peeled, peeled, and and cut cut into into 1/4-inch 1/4-inch slices slices 11 bay leaf bay leaf Preparation 11 (4-inch) fresh or (4-inch) sprig fresh thyme thyme or tarragon tarragon Bringsprig dark-green leek pieces, broth, and water to boil in large saucepan over 11 large slice white sandwich bread, lightly toasted and torn 1/2-inch high heat to low, cover, and simmer Strain brothpieces through largeheat. sliceReduce white sandwich bread, lightly toasted 20 andminutes. torn into into 1/2-inch pieces Ground blackstrainer pepperinto medium bowl, pressing on solids to extract as much liquid fine-mesh

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Split Pea Soup Ingredients 2 tablespoons butter or margarine 1 medium onion, diced 3 stalks celery, chopped 3 carrots, sliced 2 bay leaves 1 tablespoon fresh thyme Salt and pepper to taste 2 cups dried split peas 6 cups vegetable broth Preparation In a large, heavy pot melt the butter or margarine and add the vegetables, and cook until the onions are soft. Add the bay leaves, thyme, and salt & pepper and stir. Add the split peas and stir to coat with the spices and the butter, then add the broth. Turn heat down to low, cover, and simmer for an hour. Soup should be creamy and soft, but not too thick. If it’s getting too thick, add a little more broth. The soup is ready when the peas are soft, about an hour to a hour and a half.

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love the fall not only because I love the “turning of the leaves” but also because I love the great produce that is available. I love going squash picking early in the fall and whipping up some delicious recipes with them. The concept of “farm to fork” freshness is not wasted on me. Here are some pointers about the benefits from eating squash, choosing and storing squash. (www.cookinglight.com/food/in-season/in-season-winter-squash) CHOOSING: Winter squash should have a hard rind and feel heavy. The stem and rind should be undamaged.

Curried Butternut Squash with Goat Cheese and Spiced Nuts Ingredients 1 medium butternut squash, peeled and cubed 2 TBS olive oil 1 tsp curry powder (optional) 1 tsp cumin (optional) Salt and pepper to taste 1 10oz. log goat cheese 1/8 cup balsamic vinegar 1 TBS honey 1 cup spiced nuts Preparation Preheat oven to 450°. Toss together the butternut squash, olive oil, curry powder, cumin, salt and pepper on a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper. Roast until fork tender and edges are tinged brown. Crumble the goat cheese into a salad bowl and add nuts. Once the butternut is ready, add it to the salad bowl with the goat cheese and nuts. Toss gently and drizzle with the balsamic vinegar and honey. Serve it slightly warm. Tip: To peel butternut squash which has a thick waxy skin, buy a Swiss “Y” peeler. They come in many colors and makes peeling a breeze.

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

STORING: The ideal storage place would be one that is not as cold as a refrigerator, but not as warm as a heated house. A cool pantry or cabinet or an unheated garage or basement that stays in the 50s is ideal. BENEFITS: Generally, most varieties are rich in vitamins C and A (in the form of beta-carotene), two antioxidants that help prevent cancer, heart disease, and some eye problems. That’s why color is important—the darker the squash, the more beta-carotene and other nutrients it contains. Winter squash is also a good source of iron and riboflavin.

Here is a great tip I found on the website www.about.com to prepare a spaghetti squash. I serve it with saucy meatballs as an alternative to pasta. It’s a great alternative for people who are gluten-free. Spaghetti squash is a good alternative to pasta, potatoes, or rice. The cooked squash flesh shreds into threads like thin spaghetti or vermicelli, hence its name. On average, spaghetti squash measures about 12 inches in length and about 6 inches in diameter. The squash should be an even light yellow color and firm with no bruises. Store whole at room temperature up to 3 weeks. Spaghetti squash is available yearround with peak season in the fall. Spaghetti squash has a very mild flavor, thus it is usually served with a sauce of some sort. It may also be enjoyed simply with salt and a bit of butter. Cooking the squash is very simple.

Spaghetti Squash with Pomodoro Sauce Ingredients 1 medium spaghetti squash 2 cloves garlic, peeled and minced 1 small onion, finely chopped 2 tsp olive oil 1 can (28 oz) diced plum tomatoes 3 TBS tomato paste 1 tsp white wine vinegar 1 tsp dried oregano 1 tsp dried basil ½ tsp red pepper flakes Fresh basil Shredded mozzarella cheese, to taste Preparation Preheat oven to 375°F. Halve squash lengthwise and scoop out seeds. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper; lay halves, flesh side down, on sheet. Bake 35 minutes or until you can easily pierce shell. While squash bakes, sauté garlic and onion in oil over medium heat for five minutes. Add remaining ingredients except fresh basil and cook, stirring occasionally, for 30 minutes. Lower heat if sauce begins to boil. Remove squash from oven. Scrape crosswise to pull strands from shell. (It will look like you are pulling spaghetti from the shell.) Place in nonmetal serving bowl. Pour sauce over squash, sprinkle on desired amount of cheese and garnish with basil.

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Sales Tax Audits My friend, a business owner, was recently audited by New York State in regards to his sales tax collections. Since I also have a business, I wanted to better understand the sales tax collection and reporting requirements, what triggers an audit, and what can be done if one is audited. The Attorney Responds: People or businesses (“vendors”) making sales in New York State that are subject to sales tax must register with the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance (“Tax Department”) and obtain a Certificate of Authority. This registration often happens at the time people start their business before offering anything for sale. The Certificate of Authority obligates these vendors to collect sales tax on their taxable sales and allows them to accept most New York State sales tax exemption certificates. The obligation to collect sales tax applies to New York State vendors that maintain a place of business in the state such as a store, office, or warehouse that sells taxable, tangible personal property to New York residents or businesses, as well as to non-New York State vendors who solicit business in the state through employees, independent contractors, agents, or other representatives, and through these persons, sell taxable items. It also applies in other instances where non-New York businesses sell to New York residents, most notably in the case of the online retailer amazon.com. The obligation to collect sales tax also applies if one provides certain services in the state such as vehicle or computer repair, plumbing, or gardening. It is important to note that those selling items out of their home are considered to be maintaining a place of business that would require the collection of sales tax. Reporting Requirement Those registered for sales and use tax purposes in New York State must file a sales and use tax return. The frequency of filing varies based on various factors, and can be quarterly, monthly, or in some instances, just annually. When required to file, one must file even when having no sales tax remittance obligation. The return is essentially a summary of one’s business activity. It includes

gross sales, sales subject to tax, purchases or uses on which one is required to pay use tax (a tax in lieu of a sales tax, which is beyond the scope of this article), the total amount of credits one is claiming on the return, the sales tax, use tax, and any special taxes they collected or were required to collect; and the amount of sales and use tax they must pay with the return. The Audit Individuals or companies registered as sales tax vendors are often prone to sales tax audits, if for no other reason than the fact that by virtue of their constant and consistent reporting they are the easiest taxpayers to locate. Although the largest 1,200 or so registered vendors are perpetually under audit, from time to time, there is a special focus on industry targets or groups, such as doctors or cash businesses. The audits of registered vendors often cover a period of three years. Unregistered vendors are also subject to audit and are often discovered by auditors when conducting an audit of a registered vendor. An audit usually begins with the receipt of a letter from a sales tax auditor requesting copies of sales tax returns and federal income tax returns for the audit period that will be reviewed. The auditor will also request an extensive list of records and required documentation that could literally take months, if not years, to assemble. As such, the best approach is to have one’s attorney sit down with the auditor to discuss and help determine what really is needed in order to streamline the audit process and save everyone lots of time and effort. This also helps prevent the auditor from going on too much of a fishing expedition, trying to find extraneous matters for which to assess additional taxes. However, before detailing the areas which the Tax Department may review, I feel compelled to stress that when audited, it is important that one obtain adequate representation, preferably by an experienced tax attorney with whom discussions are subject to attorney-client

privilege before responding to the audit notification. This is crucial since any additional sales tax assessments arising from the sales tax audit often leads to additional income tax assessments and/ or audits, including penalties, interest, and in rare occasions, criminal prosecution. In many instances, these may be minimized through the careful work and explanatory drafting of an experienced attorney. Once an audit begins, auditors will generally focus their review on four areas: the tax reconciliation, the review of sales, the review of recurring expenses, and the review of fixed assets. The first area, that of the tax reconciliation, is fairly straightforward. It is intended to verify that all sales tax collected by the vendor was actually remitted to the Tax Department with the returns. As such it can be resolved by comparing the vendor’s records of sales tax collected with the sales tax return submitted. The review of sales is more complex, and it is the area of review that often ensnares many small businesses. The review is intended to ensure the vendor is reporting all taxable sales made during the period and to confirm that the tax is being correctly calculated on those sales. The Tax Department claims its regulations require documentary proof of every single transaction engaged in between the vendor and its customers for every single day during the audit period. However, in order to do that, the vendor must maintain “adequate records.” If the records are adequate, the vendor is entitled to have auditors rely on those records when completing their audit. However, when the records are not adequate, auditors may determine the tax due based on “such information as may be available.” As such, they need only adopt an audit method that is reasonably calculated to determine the amount of tax due. The method does not have to be exact and may rely on external indexes if necessary. At this point, the burden shifts to the taxpayer to demonstrate by clear and convincing evidence that the audit method em-

ployed was unreasonable. This can be a nightmare, although taxpayers on occasion have been able to show that methods used by auditors are unreasonable and incorrect. Audits usually entail the selection of a sample test period for which to review, and extrapolating the results from that review and applying it to the entire period under audit. However, the period that is chosen and the method of extrapolating are critical to determining the overall tax liability. As such, great care should be taken to ensure the methods chosen and agreed upon with the auditors are truly reflective of what occurred. This care in ensuring proper extrapolation similarly applies when the auditor reviews recurring expenses. The review of recurring expenses is intended to ensure that the vendor paid tax on purchases of materials, supplies, and services that recur throughout the audit period. However, when the extrapolation occurs, it is important to ensure that the vendor is credited for any payments of sales tax on nontaxable or exempt items that were made. Finally, the auditors will review every purchase of capital items or fixed assets that were made during the three year audit period to determine if the correct amount of tax was paid on those items. The reason every item is reviewed is because these are not of a recurring nature. As I’ve only touched the surface of what may be audited and issues that may be faced, I’d be glad to speak with you or your friend in more detail if you have any further questions. No column is a substitute for competent legal advice. Please consult with the attorney of your choice concerning specific legal questions you may have. This article is published for informational purposes only. It is not intended or written to be used, and cannot be used, for the purpose of (i) avoiding penalties under the Internal Revenue Code or (ii) promoting, marketing or recommending to another party any transaction or matter addressed herein. Shlomo Steiman, a former Justice Department Auditor, is a Queens attorney with an office in Manhattan. His practice focuses on taxation, businesses and non-profit organizations. He can be reached by phone at 917-838-5923 or by email at ssteiman@ steimanlaw.com.

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t the front of the cellar were two beautiful young sisters who had survived the war. They were now alone and clinging to each other. I spoke to them briefly. They too were Jews, surviving with false papers. One was 18 and the other 20; they were more frightened than we were. I tried to tell them that the plague of war was almost over and to just hold onto each other and to have faith. They were polite but not reassured by what I said. As the night progressed, I understood why they found no solace in my words. Russian soldiers returned to the basement quite drunk and saying obscene things. They grabbed at the girls and started to take them away. I screamed to the Russians to leave them alone. “Then, you come upstairs with us instead,” one of them barked at me. The girls were already being dragged to their fate – one cried out for her mother. “Mama, Mama.” It broke our hearts. Their Mama was undoubtedly lost to them forever and now they would endure the abuse of the liberators. They were returned to the cellar before daybreak, weeping and distraught. I did not approach them and neither did the other women. We could not help them and they needed their privacy. At least they still had one another. It was one of the most hideous events I observed, because the Russians supposedly had been on the side of the good. In the morning, more Russian soldiers came into the basement. They were sober, at least, and fairly well behaved. “Who speaks Russian?” one asked of us. Mechel was not about to let me be endangered as the young sisters

were, he spoke loudly, “We do.” “Then, both of you come with us.” They told us to get into a truck. We had no idea what was going to happen to us; perhaps we were going to be questioned…or worse? The truck was falling to bits from overuse and lurched forward on the ruined streets, attempt-

starvation and brutality, Lola and her husband held onto their faith and values. It was Mechel’s words of encouragement, “There will be a world after this,” that helped them cling to the hope that there will be a life of light and joy waiting for them at the end. This is the story of Lola’s life—from her grandparents’ “enchanted garden” to meeting Eichmann ym”sh to making the Pesach seder for the Bobover Rebbe during the war—her words will take you back to a different world. able mess of Budapest and disgusted by these Russians. Mechel tried to pull me back, for he was still wary of them, but I boldly asked, “May we please leave now that you have found the bar?” One of them looked at us, and motioned that we were free to go and we left quickly before they changed their minds.

We learned about the meaning of being Jewish under Soviet rule. It meant not being Jewish if you wanted to survive. ing to swerve around the corpses. One of the Russians asked Mechel, “Find out where the banks are located.” They wanted to loot banks, not shoot us. We were with would-be bank robbers in war-ravaged Budapest. They wanted someone who spoke Hungarian who could translate back to them in Russian. We found some people who told us a few bank addresses. “We will share the money with you,” one of them said and offered us candy and those disgusting Russian cigarettes. We arrived at the first bank. They smashed into the building, found the safe, and shot at it but nothing happened. One of them took a grenade and blew up the safe. It was completely empty. We moved from bank to bank, and in each case the money had been cleared out of the safes. They came away empty. They didn’t seem that bothered. “Well, let’s get some vodka instead.” Now Mechel and I had to obtain the addresses of bars and restaurants. At the first location, we found a full bar. The place had been bombed, but the owners had boarded up the windows before the attack, and so the Russians pried the boards away and went inside to get their vodka. I was utterly sick of the whole miser-

It was the middle of the winter, 1945. We were free, but we had no destination – no home. I told Mechel that the best thing to do was to make our way to my relatives on Andraszy Utca. By now their street had been cleared and cleaned. The Soviet forces controlled the entire area. We found their house in shambles but it was still standing and they were alive and safe. They had been through a great deal and had much more knowledge than we did. They became our news source. Budapest was still in the throes of a blood-soaked struggle whose outcome was uncertain. Some thought the German retreat was a trick or a clever tactic and the Germans would be back. Others thought the Soviets would take over and the Germans had lost the war. If the Germans came back, all the remaining Jews would be killed, but if the Soviets controlled the region, the Jews would suffer anyway. Mechel and I were confused. Then we learned about the meaning of being Jewish under Soviet rule. It meant not being Jewish if you wanted to survive. Mechel was disbelieving at first. “But they were our Allies against the Reich,” he said. “Yes, but…” Nandor bacsi, Uncle Nandor said, using his hands to gesture that it still spelled danger for us. “We all

need to get out of Budapest as soon as possible. The city is surrounded. We are going east.” Their goal was truly east, because they wanted to live in Palestine, so for them, heading into Romania meant a possible route to Eretz Yisroel. Mechel and I did not want to go to Palestine, but we surely wanted to get out of Budapest. If there had been a chance of rebuilding a Jewish community in Budapest we would have considered risking it, but it was clearly an impossible fantasy. Furthermore, Budapest was not yet fully liberated. In January 1945 the Soviets and Hungary reached an armistice, but it was for the Pest section of the city. It was not until February that the Buda section was freed. And it would be early spring (April) before the last Nazis and their collaborators, the Arrow Cross, had been driven out or slaughtered. Hungary did not hold much appeal for Mechel, even without the bloodshed and political intrigue. He was not Hungarian and did not speak the language. He was a proud Polish Jew. We were unaware of the total obliteration of Polish Jewish life at that point. We knew the death toll had to be enormous, but it would be much later that we learned the numbers. We stayed on with my relatives and I tried to figure out how to survive until we decided what to do and until they left for Palestine. There were a few produce markets beginning to open and I frequented them, for food was very scarce. At one of the stalls I ran into an acquaintance who told me about a safer place in a nearby suburb. The woman informed me that the Rebbetzins Chumche Stempel, with her two children, and Rivche Halberstam, and two other sisters of the Bobover Rebbe were living in that suburb. We immediately sought them out, and they welcomed us again and asked us to live with them. They were Continued on page 88

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Lola Lieber Schwartz is a world-renowned artist whose paintings have been exhibited in art galleries throughout the United States and are part of the Yad Vashem archives in Jerusalem. Most importantly, Lola is a mother, grandmother and great-grandmother to many. She has myriad friends and sees life in all its vibrancy and vitality. But life was not always easy. Lola was only sixteen-yearsold when Hitler ym”sh invaded Poland, and Lola was forced into hiding and spent years on the run with her husband, Mechel. Through six years of trying times, near

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in a relatively calm neighborhood and had more food and provisions than we had seen in five years. We met other survivors and their families. Many of them had escaped Bochnia with forged papers and made the border runs as we had. The older women were very kind to me, but I did not connect to them as friends. Mechel established a small network of acquaintances, but still he felt as lonely as I. One night he said to me, “I have an idea, Lola. Let’s go back to Debrecen.” Why on earth would he come up with that notion? It made no sense to me, but I saw that he meant it, and I was worried about the reason. “What about Mammiko and Tattiko? They will never look for us in Debrecen. Look at the survivors we have met recently. And we have survived, and so perhaps have they, and my brothers too and maybe our family and friends from Munkach.” Mechel knew better. He knew what had happened to everyone, but he kept his own counsel. I knew better too, and had for a long time, but I would not let go of that thread of hope that our family would be reunited. “We can’t go back to Poland yet, Lola. We need to give it more time. Things are not normal yet.” Although Mechel was far more informed than I was about living condi-

tions for Jews in what remained of Europe, I listened but wasn’t persuaded. It was true that the Arrow Cross was finished, but their virulent anti-Semitism had fueled the engines of a hatred that was still present in ordinary people.

(but not to him) that he had a point. And I was starting to relent a bit when I remembered that Rosie’s father-in-law, my uncle, was still there, so we had some family connections. Mechel won. I agreed on condi-

While there was so very much to grieve for that we could not yet comprehend the magnitude of our losses, this was a blessing to take in with full appreciation and joy. Mechel reminded me that the Bobover Rebbe himself was living in Bucharest and did not intend to go back to Poland to try to find his family because it was still too dangerous. It was still so hazardous to look Jewish that even the Rebbe had not regrown his beard. If life was this risky in Hungary and Romania, Poland was sure to be even worse. We were arguing for the first time in our marriage. As far as Mechel was concerned Debrecen had been a friendly town to us. I asked him how he could talk like that when that was where he had been arrested on Pesach night. He said that if he had not been arrested we would have stayed there. I had to admit

tion that we not make it our permanent home. I did not understand that he already knew we would never go back to live in Poland. We were packing up our few things and getting ready to go to Debrecen. I wasn’t happy, but it was not a time to persist in petty domestic squabbles, above all when we had been so blessed to survive. We were all ready to leave and were about to make our grateful farewell to our hosts, when a letter arrived for us. I saw it was in Yiddish and I gave it to Mechel. His face brightened. “You won’t believe this, Lola. It’s from the Bobover Rav. He has asked us to come to Bucharest immediately and to celebrate

Pesach with him, and to help him with the Seders.” Winter was really over. Spring had at long last broken through. We were so happy to accept the Rebbe’s request and change our plans. On second thought, Mechel and I looked at each other and understood the deeper meaning of the letter. It meant that the Bobover Rav was alone for Pesach, and that perhaps we were the closest acquaintances of his who had survived. We acknowledged the loss and the sorrow, but we also thanked Hashem that this would be a Pesach we would enjoy without an arrest and with our Rebbe. While there was so very much to grieve for that we could not yet comprehend the magnitude of our losses, this was a blessing to take in with full appreciation and joy. We headed to Bucharest, to the Bobover Rebbe, and to a Pesach without the constant fear of extinction. It was, after all, the beginning of spring and our new world together. Continued next week

Lola wrote this book with the help of Alida Brill. A World After This was published in 2010 by Devora Publishing.

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very artist has a different quality and emphasis in his/her work. This is an expression of their individual vision. Looking at a painting and dissecting it is a very complex and visual experience. By using the visual elements of point, line, tone and color, the artists produce a result of which they can be proud. Rhythm, balance, movement and pattern also play a large part in the composition of the painting. Each artist uses different variables which create the fine results. Sometimes

Child in a Straw Hat, by Mary Cassatt

pean art at a very young age. She studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and then at the age of 17 went to Paris, and stayed there most of her life. The French Impressionists influenced her. Her artworks were painted truly in an Impressionist style, which placed an emphasis on light, color and composition. Mary did not marry and loved painting children. Many of her family members posed with their children. She is famous for her scenes of mothers and children. Her later works were influenced by Japanese art, which had a strong emphasis on color and patterns. She painted many of her artworks at a chateau, bought just for creating, and did not rely on her art for a living. Even though she was a foreigner, she received a Legion of Honor from the French government for her amazing talents and works. Many of her works were exhibited at the Pennsylvania The Boating Party, by Mary Cassatt Academy of Fine Arts in 1876,

there are common ingredients and sometimes not. By studying the artist’s life and what influenced them, we can further understand the kind of artwork that a particular artist produced. Mary Cassatt was born in 1844 and lived until 1926. Cassatt was American and came from an upper middle class family. Her mother and father were not interested in art, even though she loved to paint from a very young age. People from her social standing took trips around Europe; therefore, she became familiar with Euro-

Children Playing on the Beach, by Mary Cassatt

1878, and 1879. She also exhibited at the National Academy of Design in New York. Mary Cassatt was considered one of the best women painters of all times. The emancipation of women and women artists increased tremendously during the 19th century, as did their recognition. She was a tremendous influence on American taste at the time. Mary Cassett worked diligently to have her paintings reflect parts of contemporary life and so her themes were taken from the happenings of the day, her reality, everyday life. An example of this would be her famous painting known as “The Boating Party.” To be continued… Rebbetzin Naomi N. Herzberg is a professional art educator, artist and designer. Among her known artwork is a floral sculpture presented to Tipper Gore, Blair House, Washington, D.C. Presently she is the Director of Operations at Shulamith School for Girls. Please feel free to email nherzberg@optonline.net with questions and suggestions for future columns.

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f you’re planning a trip to Vermont, now is the perfect time to go. The fall foliage in the state is breathtaking. Taking a drive through the rolling hills filled with the golden and vibrant colors of autumn is the perfect family trip; there are numerous small towns, quaint villages, and B&Bs to stop in along the way. The local-grown fruits and vegetables and sweet maple syrup are just a few of the products you can buy on your trip. While in the Green Mountain State, watch out for the wildlife that call Vermont their home. Bear, elk, moose and deer dot the landscape. Fishing is a popular sport, especially in the winter, when Vermonters and flatlanders (those from out-of-state) enjoy ice fishing. Speaking of wildlife, it’s interesting to note that in ratio of cows to people, Vermont has the greatest number of dairy cows in the country. That must be why the great Ben and Jerry chose to house their ice cream factory in this state. While you’re there, make sure to take the grand tour of Ben & Jerry’s—you never know what the flavor of the day will be! Things You Won’t Want to Miss The Best of Nature The Appalachian Trail that runs from Georgia to Maine has some of its most spectacular scenery in northern New England. Take in the breathtaking views that wind through the southern Green Mountains in Vermont. Lake Champlain, located on “New England’s West Coast,” shimmers as it separates Vermont and its neighbor, New York. When enjoying your cruise, take time to gaze at the Adirondacks in the west and the Green Mountains rolling in the east. The Connecticut River also forms a boundary between Vermont and one of its neighbors, New Hampshire. On the river, you’ll find wonderful vistas, quaint villages, and a rich history. The Small Towns and Villages The quaint parishes in Vermont add to its local charm. Make sure to drop by and get to know the friendly locals. Grafton is a picturesque town; Woodstock has a stunning village green, 19th century homes, and thick woodlands. Explore it by foot or bike—or just watch the summer unfold on a swinging hammock. Montpelier, the state capital, is (believe it or not) slow-paced and

home to many small shops and artisans. Don’t be surprised if you run into the governor while buying eggs and milk at the local grocery. The Great Outdoors When the weather is nice, there’s no better way to explore a town than by foot or by bike. Vermont’s rolling roads and hills and winding streams provide a veritable biker’s paradise. Of course, the cold winter months offer skiers and snowmobilers the perfect opportunity to enjoy Vermont’s mountains. . During the winter months, visitors pack the state with the skiing and snowmobiling gear. In fact, Vermont is New England’s ski capital—with the cozy friendliness of Bolton Valley to the sprawling Killington Delving into the Past The history of Vermont is rich—and Vermonters are proud of their independent streak. In Plymouth, one can check out President Calvin Coolidge’s hometown. He was born there and the state has kept his hometown village preserved. The Shelburne Museum hosts the usual exhibits of quilts and early glass along with an actual lighthouse, railroad station and stagecoach inn. There’s the odd assortment of items—so much so, that some have referred to the museum as New England’s attic!

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tention anymore. A speaker once said that to be a good wife make sure to hang up the phone when your husband walks through the door. I’m glad to do that, but first I need to use my phone to call him to hang up his phone so that he notices I hung up my phone! Where is all this busy-ness getting us? Kids spend more hours in school, yet it doesn’t diminish the workload they take home. People spend more hours at work, yet it does diminish the money they take home. People are getting more done, yet it doesn’t diminish how overwhelmed they feel. So nothing balances out anyway. So, see if you can balance the idea of getting it all done with increasing the quality of your life. I think the best way to fight the “Competing Forces” is “force” yourself to stop letting everything “compete.” Prioritize. Sure we want to be everywhere, accomplish everything, respond to everyone. And that would seem to be a success, right? But it is possible something, or someone, suffers. It could be that you are not giving enough time and attention to those in your life who need it or it could be you who needs more personal attention. Sometimes something or someone needs to be the exclusive force in your life. Slow down and tune in! Or you might realize while you thought you were getting it all done, you were actually missing out on most of it all! And I bet you’ll be a stronger “tour de force!”

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Young Israel of West Hempstead Rabbi Yehuda Kelemer Agudas Achim Rabbi Elisha Horowitz Yeshiva of South Shore Rabbi Binyomin Kamenetzky Rabbi Mordecai Kamenetzky

Young Israel of Lawrence Cedarhurst Rabbi Moshe Teitelbaum Young Israel of Long Beach Rabbi Chaim Wakslak

Congregation Bais Ephraim Yitzchok Rabbi Zvi Ralbag

K’hal Chesed V’emes Rabbi Shmaryahu Weinberg

Agudath Israel of Long Island Rabbi Yaakov Reisman

Congregation Shaaray Tefilah Rabbi Dovid Weinberger

Sephardic Beit Medrash of Bayswater Rabbi Yigal Reuven

Congregation Aish Kodesh Rabbi Moshe Weinberger

Congregation Bais Tefilah Rabbi Shaya Richmond Congregation Ohab Zedek Rabbi Tsvi Selengut

Congregation Shomrei Shabbos Rabbi Shimshon Katz

This event is being coordinated by

Young Israel of Oceanside Rabbi Jonathan Muskat

Young Israel of North Woodmere Rabbi Yehuda Septimus Chabad Lubavitch of Far Rockaway Rabbi Pesach Schmerling Kehillas Ahavas Yisroel Rabbi Dov Silver Congregation Shaarei Emunah Rabbi Yitzhak Simantov Bais Medrash of Cedarhurst Rabbi Dovid Spiegel

Bais Tefila of Inwood Rabbi Pinchas Weinberger Woodsburgh Minyan Rabbi Lewis Wienerkur K’hal Bnei HaYeshivos Rabbi Shmuel Witkin Chabad of the Five Towns Rabbi Zalman Wolowik Kehilla Ateres Yaakov Rabbi Mordechai Yaffe Beis Medrash Heichal Dovid Lawrence

with the endorsement and direct guidance of our local Rabbonim.

N ONE YEAR SINCE HURRICANE SANDY One year ago we were all struck with an unprecedented crisis. The devastation was terrifying and our community has been through a most difficult year; and for many that struggle continues. But even amidst the destruction, we have hearts filled with gratitude to Hakadosh Baruch Hu as our community was spared any loss of life. Just as our community rose together as one to rebuild, let us all gather now together as one community, with one voice, and express our gratitude to Hashem. The children of our community will all complete Sefer Tehillim culminating with a massive siyum where yet again, we will all join together as one.

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2013 2:00 PM AT: YESHIVA SHâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;OR YOSHUV 1 CEDARLAWN AVE, LAWRENCE, NY

Special seating arrangements will be in place to accommodate the overflow crowds.

FEATURED GUEST SPEAKER

SIYUM ON SEFER TEHILLIM

SPECIAL MUSICAL PRESENTATION BY:

EITAN KATZ & BORUCH LEVINE

For more information please call: 516-791-4444 Ext. 110 The Rabbonim and Principals of our community strongly urge all parents to join with their children at this event.

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