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A Freilechen Purim

IN THIS ISSUE:

Esther’s Hidden Strength by Rebbetzin Tziporah Heller ...... S4 Combating the Haman of Today by Rabbi Naphtali Hoff .... S8 Mishloach Manos Ideas ..................................................................... S10 Hamantashen Recipe Roundup ..................................................... S14 The Emperor’s New Throne by Mordechai Schmutter ........ S34

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Dear Readers,

ith two Adars this year, we’ve been talking about Purim for a while. But it’s finally here. I know it’s here because the hamantashen that we’ve baked are now finished – and that was the second batch that we made. It’s time to bake some more and my kids have been requesting more chocolate and raspberry filled ones. I’m the only one in the family eating the poppy seed hamantashen. So much for tradition. Although Purim is one day, the anticipation lasts for quite a few weeks. I’ve been trying to hold the kids off from putting together their mishloach manos for days. Tomorrow, though, we decided will be MM-Day, Mishloach Manos Day, when they’ll be able to stuff their bags with nosh for their friends. Isn’t it funny how exciting it is for children to pack mishloach manos? I think they’re inhaling the nosh vicariously as they try to stuff as many Laffy Taffys into the bags as they can. They’re imagining all the candy that they’ll be getting on Purim day and the mood is euphoric. Nowadays there is so much candy floating around on Purim, it can be overwhelming. The day becomes a nosh-fest; who can deny the kids their treats when that’s all they’ve seen all day? The car becomes littered with wrappers and crumbs – and that’s after I vacuum it out before Purim.

I’ve noticed that every child handles their nosh a different way. Perhaps it can be an indicator of their personality: do they eat everything all at once; do they hoard their nosh; do they eat some and then save some; do they trade and share with their siblings? I remember when I was younger putting together the food that I received from my friends on Purim in one big bag. I would put the candy bag in our pantry in our basement after Purim and slowly over the next few weeks eat a little at a time. When my father would be closing up the pantries before Pesach, he would always wonder what this bag was. “Don’t throw it out – it’s my nosh from Purim!” I would tell him. He couldn’t believe that four weeks later I still had candy left over. As of now, I don’t see that any of my children have inherited my nosh-saving gene. Perhaps it’s time to train them. The dentist will be pleased. Besides for the food, the excitement, and the enjoyment we feel on Purim, Purim is an auspicious time for davening. Over the course of the busy day, if you can spend a few minutes with a Tehillim or davening with a little more kavana, we can elevate the day and ourselves during this happy time. Wishing you a freilechen Purim, Shoshana

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Contents LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

COMMUNITY Readers’ Poll

Community Happenings

NEWS

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Global

National

Odd-but-True Stories

ISRAEL Israel News

Home Invader by Rafi Sackville

PEOPLE Flying Fast by Avi Heiligman

PARSHA 88

Rabbi Wein JEWISH THOUGHT No Accounting for Brains by Rabbi Jonathan Gewirtz

Loose Lips Sink (Friend)Ships by Eytan Kobre

JEWISH HISTORY Amulets, Accusations & Controversy: The Devastating Polemic Between Rabbi Yaakov Emden and Rabbi Yonason Eybeschutz, Part VIII by Rabbi Pini Dunner 96 SPECIAL PURIM SUPPLEMENT Esther’s Hidden Strength by Rebbetzin Tziporah Heller

Combating the Haman of Today by Rabbi Naphtali HofF

Mmmm…Mishloach Manos by Bryna Garbacz

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S10

The Aussie Gourmet: Noshin’ on Hamantashen S14 TJH Purim News Section

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Rocky’s Rant: The Night Before Purim S28 A Purim Poem by Aliza Beer, MS RD S32 The Emperor’s New Throne by Mordechai Schmutter

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HEALTH & FITNESS To Hide or Not to Hide by Deb Hirschhorn, PhD

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“Unmasking” Our Teens by Mindi Werblowsky Saketkhou, LMSW

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Dear Editor, I appreciated Rabbi YY Rubinstein’s article on Shtick in this week’s issue. Nowadays, people need to be wowed in order to feel that they should be giving to organizations or causes. No longer can we offer bagels, cream cheese and lox at fundraising breakfasts. There has to be a clincher to get people to join and contribute. It’s like the mitzvah itself is no longer exciting, chas v’shalom; we want to feel the rush from other things. I think this is true with our generation with other things as well. Take a look at our entertainment nowadays or even our cuisine. We’ve become a fast-paced society. There are new restaurants opening every day – sports bars, special smokehouses, upscale dining. We need to get the newest in fashion and in amusement. But are we happier people? Or are we just distracted by the glitz and glamour that beckons with its allure? Look at what happened in the time of the megillah. The Jews were dazzled by Achashveirosh and his extravagant party. Any dish or wine you desired; gold, silver and gems adorning the tables. But the salvation came from those who didn’t partake in the excess. It came through those who quietly led their lives modestly, without fanfare. Would Esther be who she was if she wore the glitziest gowns? She certainly would have been deserving of it. But she knew that wasn’t her role. Let’s learn from years past and

try to emulate those who Hashem placed His trust in. This Purim, let’s strive to be those who appreciate our mitzvos for the sake of the mitzvah, without the need to be cajoled or entertained or dazzled. Wishing Klal Yisroel a freilechen Purim, Rena L. Dear Editor, Just when you thought you’d seen the worst of those ubiquitous Cedarhurst parking tickets, the Village has now outdone itself with new fancy meters. Welcome to the new era of “Hi-Tech Ticketing!” Hmmm...five cameras on every meter with night vision...but they claim that they are not taking pictures of our license plates. We’ll see how long that lasts! Let’s ask the Village trustees to be transparent about the meters and release the contract that they arranged with the “third party provider.” Let’s see how much increased revenue they expect to generate from these monster meters. This is scandalous and over the top. Everyone should speak up against them. Sincerely, Yisroel Armon Dear Editor, Mayor Ben Weinstock raises some valid points about the new meters but one huge question remains: With so many options available, why Continued on page 12

FOOD & LEISURE A Culinary Tour of the Holy Land

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LIFESTYLES Dating Dialogue, Moderated by Jennifer Mann, LCSW

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Your Money

132

Enjoy the Moment by Rivki Rosenwald, Esq., CLC

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HUMOR Centerfold Uncle Moishy Fun Page

86 125

POLITICAL CROSSFIRE Notable Quotes

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The Demagogue that America’s Founders Feared by Michael Gerson 118 The Holocaust and the Jewish Identity by Charles Krauthammer CLASSIFIEDS

120 126

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did the town choose a meter system that is so obtrusive to its residents? Unfortunately, I think I know the an$wer. I. A. Dear Editor, In consonance with his Marxist ideology, Bernie Sanders incessantly reiterates his position that healthcare is a “right” of the people. This is quite confounding, since the Framers of the Constitution did not incorporate such a right into the Bill of Rights, neither the right to education, nor to a job, nor to a living wage. Private property rights are the quintessential criteria for a free society, both politically and economically. It undergirds the constitutional framework of our government, imposing on it particular limits to ensure that it protects the unalienable rights of its citizens. It is neither legally nor constitutionally sanctioned to appropriate our property for some enigmatic purpose, whether to correct alleged injustices or to combat economic “inequality”. It is the province of government to protect our private property rights and uphold the rule of law, by punishing violators via a fair and democratic justice system. Now, political scientists denominate the rights enumerated in the Bill of Rights as “negative”—such rights restrain governments or persons from limiting the actions of the rights holder; they are merely passive in nature. For instance, the right to free speech entails persons not to encroach on another’s speech. However, “positive” rights necessitate action, and economically, it obliges one to provide certain goods and services to others, such as healthcare and medical services, jobs, wages, and so on. They essentially provide the right holder with a claim against another person’s property. Thus, declaring healthcare a “right” clearly violates the private property rights of doctors and nurses, coercing them to provide goods and services without their consent. What constitutes the free market as the fairest economic system cur-

rently in operation is voluntary cooperation and exchange: two parties voluntarily consent to enter into a particular transaction, such as buying and selling goods and services. Put bluntly, one person voluntarily relinquishes a commodity—money—and another person voluntarily relinquishes a service—a physical exam at the doctor’s office—and they willingly conduct the exchange. Any situation that impels any party to sacrifice their property without their imprimatur is a violation of economic freedom and private property rights, the bedrock of our political and economic systems. Government has exceeded its constitutional authority where it compels individuals to surrender their property to others; and it was never accredited the constitutional authority to determine which people receive which goods and services and to what extent in the first instance. So why are the rights of doctors and nurses readily neglected? Why is anyone entitled to the fruits of someone’s labor considering having never toiled for it even one moment? In moral jargon, it is theft, or if done by government—as dubbed by the famed philosopher and economist Fredric Bastiat—legal plunder. This is why a right to healthcare, like so many of its counterparts espoused by the political Left, is antithetical to our liberty and constitutional order—it contravenes on others’ rights, and illegally usurps their property. Sincerely, Rafi Metz

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The Week In News

Singapore Most Expensive in the World

While your zip code may feel like the most expensive in the nation, fortunately the Economist Intelligence Unit has proof that other people’s wallets have it at least a little bit worse. According to the report released by the research and analysis group associated with The Economist magazine, Singapore is the most expensive city in the world to live in. The “worldwide cost of living survey” sums up the costs of living in cities around the world as of September 2015, then compares them both to other cities and each city’s cost of living one, five and 10 years ago. Where should you avoid living if you want to keep some extra change in your wallet? Zurich and Hong Kong both tied for the number two spot, with Geneva and Paris ranking fourth and fifth, respectively. Surprisingly, with the exception of New York City and Hong Kong, all of the world’s ten most expensive cities had a lower cost of living in 2015 than they did five years earlier. This is the first time in 14 years that the Big Apple has been listed in top ten. Must be all that free Pre-K courtesy of Mr. de Blasio. Tokyo’s costs also dropped significantly from 2010, when it was the world’s most expensive city. It now ranks 11th – far from “affordable,” yet still a better bargain than London, Los Angeles, Seoul and Copenhagen. The world’s ten most expensive cities are: 1. Singapore 2. Zurich (tied for 2nd) 3. Hong Kong (tied for 2nd) 4. Geneva

5. Paris 6. London 7. New York 8. Copenhagen (tied for 8th) 9. Seoul (tied for 8th) 10. Los Angeles (tied for 8th) Following New York and LA, here are the next ten most costly cities in the U.S., along with their global ranking: 21. Chicago 24. Minneapolis 26. Washington, D.C. 31. Houston 34. San Francisco 42. Seattle 46. Honolulu 46. Pittsburgh 49. Miami 56. Boston

ISIS Member Doc Leaked

In a large blow to the Islamic State terror network, Zaman AlWasl, a Qatari-based Syrian news website, has published internal ISIS “personnel” information. The stolen files detail the names, addresses, phone numbers and skill sets of hundreds of ISIS recruits. While many of the names may be duplicates, over 22,000 are listed on the official looking documents. Germany’s interior minister has said the stolen files can be assumed to be genuine. Two of those listed, Kerim Marc B and Abdelkarim B, are currently on trial separately in Germany, while another two Germans on the list, Farid Saal and Yassin Oussaifi, have appeared in ISIS videos. “The German Federal Bureau of Investigation acts on the assumption that the documents are authentic,” the German Minister of Interior said. “We can also improve our understanding of the structures of this terror organization,” he added. “And possibly, it will discourage young, radicalized people, who believe they are doing something good if they become a member of a criminal organization.” Sixteen British recruits are listed,

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including two people who were killed in airstrikes in Syria, Junaid Hussain and Reyaad Khan. One file refers to a German recruit who used to be “in sales” and now “wants to be a suicide bomber,” while another would-be suicide bomber formerly worked as a “tobacconist in a restaurant.” The documents seem to have come from a man called Abu Hamed, an ISIS fighter who said he had become disillusioned with the group’s leadership and stole a memory stick from the head of the ISIS internal security force before handing it over in Turkey.

STRAIGHT TALK

Jewish Man Murdered in Uruguay

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In 2012, the National Jewish Committee of Uruguay expressed concern over neo-Nazi groups in the country. Seven years previously, local police exposed two neo-Nazi groups composed of active duty military servicemen. The Anti-Defamation League expressed “horror” over the murder of Fremd and called on Uruguayan President Tabaré Vázquez to condemn the attack and make sure the suspect is prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. “President Vázquez must ensure the security and well-being of the Jewish community of Uruguay, as many may feel highly vulnerable in the wake of such a horror,” ADL’s CEO Jonathan A. Greenblatt said in a statement. “We express strong solidarity with the Uruguayan Jewish community in the aftermath of this horrific attack.”

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A suspect is in custody this week after 54-year-old merchant David Fremd, a Jewish man in Uruguay, was killed with a knife in the town of Paysandu. Reportedly, he was crossing the street with his son when he was stabbed in the back. His son was also stabbed, though his wounds are thankfully not considered serious. While the police would only say that anti-Semitism is suspected as a motive in the attack, the Israeli Central Committee of Uruguay issued a strong condemnation, describing the incident as anti-Semitic. Approximately 20,000 Jews live in Uruguay, mostly concentrated in Montevideo, the capital, according to the World Jewish Congress. According to an ADL poll conducted in 2014 in 100 different countries, 33 percent of those surveyed in Uruguay – some 810,000 people –harbor anti-Semitic attitudes. Nearly half of respondents agreed that Jews are more loyal to Israel than Uruguay, and 64 percent asserted that Jews have too much power in the business world.

After South Korea imposed new sanctions on their northern neighbors, North Korea responded by firing short-range ballistic missiles into the sea. Included along with the show of defiance came a vow to “liquidate” all remaining South Korean assets at former cooperative projects in the North. This back and forth is the latest in an escalating standoff between the Koreas that began in January when North Korea detonated what it said was an “H-bomb of justice,” its fourth nuclear test. Since then, the North has launched a long-range rocket and the South has shuttered a jointly run factory park, slapped sanctions on the North, and began large-scale war games with the United States. North Korea responded by threatening nuclear strikes on South Korea and the U.S. mainland. North Korea also said it will impose “lethal” military, political and economic blows on the South Korean government to accelerate

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its “pitiable demise.” South Korea’s government called the North Korean statement a “provocative act” and warned the North not to damage any South Korean assets. The assets that will be liquidated include buildings, a spa, golf course manufacturing equipment and finished products worth $1.2 billion in total.

The missiles fired by North Korea last week flew about 500 kilometers (310 miles) before falling into the ocean off the country’s east coast, Seoul’s Defense Ministry said. They were believed to be Scud-type missiles. Such missile firings by the North are not uncommon when animosity rises. North Korea bristles at

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Calling all dolphins. Must have perfect teeth, average length (8 feet), and willingness to “display motor activity.” Russia’s military advertised this casting call online last week and according to a defense ministry official, anyone who brokers a deal will earn $24,000. The government is searching for three male and two female bottlenose dolphins for the purpose of servicing the Russian state. The notice was quickly taken down but it already sparked growing suspicion that the Russian navy is attempting to revive the combat dolphin units that served as Soviet spies, investigators, and rescuers during the Cold War. Those dolphins were based in Sevastopol, on the Crimean peninsula, during the Soviet era. They were absorbed by Ukraine after the collapse of the Soviet Union, and in 2000, the BBC reported that the animals, which had been moved to a “private dolphinarium to perform for tourists,” were being sold to Iran because its handler could no longer feed them. In 2012, Ukraine resurrected the dolphin military training program, according to the Guardian. But after Russia annexed Crimea in 2014, it also took control of the military aquarium and the dolphins, despite Ukrainian objections. That same year, an anonymous source told the state news agency RIA Novosti that the Russian military was again training flippered fighters, which the defense ministry denied. A Ukrainian military spokesman tried to hush suspicions at the time, telling The Washington Post that “dolphins are not a military asset.” Dolphins are famous for their superior sonar skill, or echolocation, which makes them exceptional at detecting mines and sea vessels, lo-

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pleted INS Rahav submarine from the Kiel shipyard to Haifa. Hamburg media reported that the trouble started when they came across a locked fence that was labeled “no entry” in the town of Quanbeck. The agents picked the lock and drove through the gate, but quickly became stuck in mud and were unable to free their SUV. Media outlets in Germany reported that an elderly woman saw them and called the town mayor to report the suspicious activity. “The woman asked the two men what they were doing,” said Mayor Klaus Langer. “They told her that they came to survey the area since a sailing competition is supposed to take place in the passage this summer.” Langer summoned the police, who found two handguns in the car. With no choice, the Israelis handed over their documentation and explained that they were foreign agents with diplomatic immunity and permission to be armed. Eventually a team of firefighters and a farmer were able to extricate the car, along with a forklift that had also become stuck during a rescue attempt. Langer was not happy about the incident. “People in our community are concerned,” he explained. “The residents are asking themselves how young men can roam freely here as part of secret intelligence activities, especially armed with pistols.” He refused to pay the cost for freeing the car and has sent a bill for $1,392.28 to the Israeli Embassy in Berlin. Officials at the embassy say that they only received the letter a few days after the story reached the media and angrily told Langer that he should have talked to them first, instead of the press.

Chassid: I Won’t Let Terrorist Hurt More People Yonatan Azriaev is a strong, brave – and very cool – Breslover chassid. After being stabbed in the neck by a Palestinian terrorist last week, Azriaev grabbed the terrorist’s arms and threw him against a wall. He then pulled the knife out of his neck and killed the murderer before he could injure anyone else. A burly man with a calm, bearded

face, Azriaev, 35, has spent the past 16 years learning and teaching. He lives with his wife and five children in Yavniel, a 4,000-person agricultural village in northern Israel. He served in a non-combat position in the Israeli army and doesn’t exercise.

Azriaev had been handing out Breslov pamphlets in Petach Tikvah when he stepped inside a shop hoping to give one to the cashier. Then he felt sharp blows to his back and shoulders. Feeling like he was punched, Azriaev said he figured he was being attacked by someone who hated religious people. But then the shop owner started yelling, “It’s a terrorist! It’s a terrorist!” Realizing he had been stabbed, Azriaev said he followed his instincts. He swiveled around, grabbed the attacker by the arms, and threw him against the wall. The attacker fell to the floor and Azriaev realized he was bleeding from the neck. “I thought that was it, I wouldn’t live,” Azriaev recalled. “I saw he was fighting with someone else. When I saw that, I said, ‘I won’t live.’ So, I said, he shouldn’t kill more people.” While still bleeding from his wound, he pulled the knife from his own neck and stabbed his attacker, who died a few minutes later. Azriaev’s story was one of the few silver linings in a day marred by tragedy. Two stabbing attacks and one shooting in three Israeli cities left 11 injured and one American tourist, Taylor Force, dead. Upon returning home, Azriaev said he plans to resume his mission in life: distributing the pamphlets. “I thought, if there was one thing that could save me, it would just be that I would keep handing out these pamphlets,” he said. “That’s why G-d would save me. I thank G-d for the miracle he did for me,” Azriaev said. “As much as someone takes care of himself, it’s not enough. What can save us is just a short prayer to G-d.”

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Mr. Kristal worked in the family confectionary factory but was sent under Nazi occupation to the infamous Nazi death camp Auschwitz-Birkenau. His wife died but he survived, weighing just 81 pounds at the end of the war. The oldest living woman, at 116-years-old, is Susannah Mushatt Jones of the United States, who was born on July 6, 1899.

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Survivor is World’s Oldest Man According to Guinness World Records, the world’s oldest man is

Yisrael Kristal, a 112-year-old Israeli Holocaust survivor. Yisrael Kristal was born before the first airplane took flight on September 15, 1903 in what is now called Poland. He lived in the country through the First World War and until the Nazi occupation in World War II, when he was eventually sent to the Auschwitz con-

centration camp. “Mr. Kristal’s achievement is remarkable – he can teach us all an important lesson about the value of life and how to stretch the limits of human longevity,” Marco Frigatti, Head of Records for Guinness, said. Reacting to the news, Mr. Kristal said in a statement, “I don’t know

A poll has come out that details some differences between West Bank Palestinians and their counterparts in Gaza. In the West Bank, 52 percent oppose continuing the violent uprising against Israel, while 76 percent of those living in Gaza are in favor of continued violence. In a separate question, 80% of Gazans expressed support for continuing the current round of knife attacks, while 54% of West Bank residents opposed it. Since September, there have been 202 stabbings and attempted stabbings, according to Israel’s Foreign Ministry, as well as 82 shootings

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Hamas Hacks with Hate For three and a half minutes last week, the Hamas terror group hacked into Israeli TVs and aired messages of hate. While only homes with private satellite dishes were affected, the warnings of fresh terror attacks were very real as a volley of rockets was launched at southern Israel from Hamas-ruled Gaza immediately following the broadcast. “Learn from history,” declared the Hamas message in Hebrew and Arabic. “Flee for your lives and get out of our country.” The text was displayed against a backdrop of images of past terror attacks and of security forces bringing down terrorists. The hackers also aired images from funerals for soldiers and victims of terror attacks, with the message: “So wait for our pressure, the pressure will be fierce.” One day before the broadcast, Israeli security forces had seized the West Bank offices of a Palestinian TV and radio station linked to the Islamic Jihad terrorist group on the grounds that it was broadcasting incitement. The crackdown came after a string of Palestinian terror attacks in Jerusalem, Jaffa and Petach Tikva, which killed an American tourist and wounded more than a dozen people.

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and 41 car rammings, with 34 people killed. 180 Palestinians have also been killed – about two thirds while carrying out or attempting to carry out attacks, and the rest in clashes with the IDF. The Jerusalem Media and Communication Center published the poll which shows a sharp drop in support

for Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas (down from 52.4% in August to 45.3% this month) and for PA Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah (down from 25.5% a year ago to 22.2%). Seven in 10 Palestinians still back a two-state solution that would give them an independent state in

the West Bank and Gaza, with just a quarter of those questioned supporting a binational state with equal rights for Arabs and Jews. 52.7 % of those polled favor continuing security cooperation between Israel and the Palestinians if halting it would spell the suspension of permits in areas such as medical referrals to Israel.

This week, Jerusalem Magistrate’s Court sentenced Sheikh Khaled Mughrabi to eleven months in prison and to an additional suspended sentence of six months. He was convicted on three counts of incitement to racism, and routinely delivered religious speeches at the

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al-Aqsa Mosque, filmed them, and uploaded some of them to YouTube. On one occasion the Muslim leader said that the Holocaust was a result of the Jews’ corruption and took place because they prepared “special bread” for the Passover holiday by kidnapping children, placing them in a barrel full of needles, and using their blood to make the bread. Israeli legal aid organization Honenu claims that YouTube has refused to remove Mughrabi’s inciting videos from its website despite numerous requests to delete them. The charges referred to three speeches delivered between May and July of 2015. The indictment stated that the speeches included content and ideas that were “clearly racist and anti-Semitic.” “Reading the transcripts of the speeches leaves a grim impression due to the series of lies stated by the defendant who poisoned the minds of his listeners with hateful statements,” wrote Judge Ohad Gordon in his decision. “He brought up blood libels used by Jew-haters throughout history in order to harm Jews. The defendant even broadcasted his speeches to internet users worldwide under a username representing the Al-Aqsa

Mosque.” Judge Gordon added that the importance of the denunciation of Mughrabi’s incitement is “underlined by the current reality where we are witnessing the realization of the hateful potential of incitement. It starts with messages against Jews as a whole, including distorted accusations regarding intentions to ‘take over’ the Al-Aqsa Mosque, and results in the killing and wounding of innocent civilians just because of their religious or national affiliation.” “In these times, when terrorists openly say that incitement on social media and in mosques plays a significant role in motivating the attacks, it is important to punish and deter those who abuse freedom of speech in order to spew unbridled incitement,” said an official at the Jerusalem district branch of the State Attorney’s Office.

New Drones for the IDF Unmanned drones are arguably the most essential and popular piece

of equipment in a modern and advanced military’s arsenal. The IDF has announced that Israel’s air force plans to double the number of Heron TP unmanned aerial vehicles it has by the end of the year.

Israel has lately been looking to expand and strengthen its military capabilities, recently requesting billions of dollars in boosted aid from the United States. Missions using the unmanned, long-endurance technology are set to grow at “an unprecedented rate,” said a spokesman in an Israeli magazine interview. The 4.5-ton, medium-altitude aircraft is produced by Israel Aerospace Industries and has the capacity to operate in all weather conditions. Technology advancements are expected to continue. “In the last year, we started to absorb new capabilities

and additional intelligence missions, and in the coming year we will further expand,” Lt. Col. Ofir, White Eagle squadron commander, told the magazine. “We’re only at the beginning of a revolution.” By 2020, the squadron should at least triple in size. While the Israeli army is among the most advanced in the world, Israel routinely upgrades its technology in an effort to maintain military superiority in its region. With boosted spending among Arab states on defense and a looming possibility that Iran could start procuring new weapons, Israel has stressed its need to keep ahead. Last year, Israel requested $5 billion in a new annual aid package from the U.S. but has since lowered that number to $4 billion to $4.5 billion. U.S. officials have offered a lower figure, around $3.7, possibly intensifying tensions between the two allies. Israel faces a challenges on many fronts in the region, including threats from Iranian leaders, a strengthening anti-Israel Shiite militia Hezbollah in Lebanon and continued control of the Gaza Strip by Hamas.

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Work Here? Bring Your Gun

The owner of a small insurance company in Georgia is requiring his employees to carry a firearm in the office. Lance Toland has three offices based at small airports in the state. Although he hasn’t had problems with crime, “anyone can slip in these

days if they want to. I don’t have a social agenda here. I have a safety agenda.” His new initiative has some people shaking their heads in agreement; others are concerned with bringing guns to the workplace. Will a firearm make you safer or less safe at work? When a longtime employee, a National Rifle Association-certified instructor who’s been the company’s unofficial security officer, announced her retirement, Toland wanted to ensure the remaining employees were safe. He now requires each of them to get a concealed-carry permit, footing the $65 bill, and to undergo training. He issues a Taurus revolver known as “The Judge” to each of them. The firearm holds five rounds, .410 shells that cast a spray of pellets like a shotgun. “It is a weapon, and it is a lethal weapon,” said Toland, whose company specializes in aviation insurance. “When a perpetrator comes into the home or the office, they have started a fire. And this is a fire extinguisher.” Every one of his employees signed on to his proposal. “They all embraced it 100 percent, and they said, you know, I’m tired of being afraid,” Toland said.

More than 400 people on average are killed in the workplace each year, according to the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics. About half of U.S. states have laws allowing people to keep firearms in their cars at work. There are companies that allow employees to bring firearms to the office. But it’s rare to hear of an employer making it a requirement. Kevin Michalowski, executive editor of Concealed Carry Magazine, said he hasn’t heard of any companies issuing a mandate, but he’s increasingly hearing from companies, churches and schools seeking training so they’re prepared to deal with a workplace shooting. He said while workplace shootings don’t happen every day, when they do happen, people should have the ability to protect themselves — particularly before police are able to respond. “The gun-free-zone sign isn’t going to stop anyone. In fact, it makes people more vulnerable,” said Michalowski, who is a part-time officer in Wisconsin for a county sheriff’s department and a rural police department. “The good people who could stop things are disarmed.” A case in point: Early Sunday morning, a masked man entered a

7-Eleven store in Seattle with a hatchet and sliced the clerk. A customer who buys his coffee there every day pulled out a concealed gun and fatally shot the attacker. The 60-year-old hero has a valid license to carry and is being hailed as a Good Samaritan and hero for saving the clerk’s and other people in the store’s life. Some, though, don’t believe that guns and work should mix. Attorney Charles G. Ehrlich was working for the Pettit & Martin law firm in California on July 1, 1993, when Gian Luigi Ferri, a failed entrepreneur and former client of the firm, arrived at the high-rise office building with multiple weapons, killing eight people and injuring six before killing himself. “It’s not like it is on TV or at the movies where the good guy just shoots the bad guy,” said Ehrlich, the former president of the Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence. “It’s very difficult to shoot a gun accurately, even when you’re not under pressure.” Ehrlich also worries about the pressure cooker that exists in many workplaces — and that arming more employees might actually lead to more workplace shootings.

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ficials believe that they struck Omar al-Shishani, also known as Omar the Chechen, along with 12 additional ISIS fighters. These two updates are regarded as Washington’s first major successes since it implemented a more aggressive policy of pursuing jihadists on the ground in December. The Obama administration deployed a commando force to Iraq specifically to capture and kill ISIS leaders in clandestine operations, as well as generating intelligence leading to more raids.

Success in Fight Against ISIS

Although it’s been relatively quiet the last several weeks, U.S. troops continue to combat ISIS in Iraq. Last month in a raid near the northern Iraqi town of Tal Afar, the Delta Force team captured the head of the Islamic State terror group’s unit, Sleiman Daoud al-Afari, trying to develop chemical weapons. Although the operative was supposedly captured several weeks ago, the U.S. only officially confirmed the news last week as they questioned the suspected terrorist. The operative told U.S. interrogators that ISIS had converted banned mustard gas into powdered form to launch in artillery shells. Iraqi officials said al-Afari worked for Saddam Hussein’s now-dissolved Military Industrialization Authority where he specialized in chemical and biological weapons. They said al-Afari, who is about 50 years old, heads the Islamic State group’s recently established branch for the research and development of chemical weapons. Last Tuesday, defense officials said U.S. warplanes in Syria targeted and likely killed another ISIS leader who served essentially as the terror group’s secretary of defense. Of-

NYPD Not Too Happy

Research has proven that contentment in the workplace is key to any employer’s success. Some of the nation’s largest companies like Facebook and Google receive extremely high ratings from their employees. Contentment stems from feeling appreciated both monetarily and with respect. But apparently Police Commissioner Bill Bratton and NYC Mayor de Blasio have some amendments to make as employers. A recent survey revealed that the majority of NYPD officers hate their jobs. The survey, run by the city’s police union, also revealed that most NYPD officers believe they were a lot safer before de Blasio and Bratton took office. More than 6,000 of

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24,000 of NYPD’s finest were polled, with an average rating morale of just 2.49 on a scale from 1 to 10 – 10 being very content. “The results of this survey prove what we’ve been hearing time and time again from members over the past two years — the job is more difficult than ever, the dangers are greater, and morale is extremely low,” said Patrick Lynch, president of the Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association. In a frightening revelation, 87% of cops say the Big Apple has become “less safe” since the new administration took over at the beginning of 2014, with 55 percent of those respondents describing New York City as “a lot less safe.” Another disclosure based on the survey reveals that 96% of cops say that relations between themselves and the communities they patrol has gotten more hostile, despite Bratton vowing to focus on repairing those relationships during his tenure. In order to highlight just how unhappy NYPD officers are, they were asked if they would quit their job if they were offered a higher-paying job in their field and 89 percent answered yes. 86 percent said they would not recommend the job to family members. Many are blaming this feeling of dispirit on the fact that police officers do not feel that they have the support and respect of the communities they work for. “Morale is terrible. It’s always been bad, but this is the worst [it has been],” said an officer who works in Manhattan. “Even though Bratton stands up there and tells you, ‘We’re not about numbers, we’re not about summonses.’” In defense of the revealing survey, a high-ranking NYPD official said that the survey simply highlights areas that are in desperate need for improvement and the rev-

elations are far from conclusive and were likely answered by “people on the extremes.” City Hall spokeswoman Monica Klein dismissed the survey, calling its findings “highly suspicious.” She added, “We are experiencing historic lows in criminal activity. Murders and shootings are at their lowest in modern history. [The] NYPD is the most effective police force in the country thanks to our officers’ dedication and commitment to their job.”

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It’s been confirmed and reconfirmed by research that Americans don’t have great eating habits. Now researchers are claiming to know exactly what is wrong with our diets: ultra-processed foods. For many of us, that’s probably a large percentage of what we ate today and what is in our pantries. Frozen pizza, cereal, and soda are all classified as ultra-processed foods. On a typical day, the calories consumed by an average American are 58% from processed foods, according to a study published recently in BMJ Open medical journal. Government health experts rec-

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Wasteful Spending at Wounded Warrior Project? The Wounded Warrior Project is one of the largest veteran support organizations in the country. Since the September 11th attacks, they have

offered a variety of programs, services, and events for wounded veterans of the military.

Last week the board fired its chief executive officer and chief operating officer after the nonprofit was involved in a scandal. The two top executives, CEO Steven Nardizzi and COO Al Giordano, are being held responsible for the organization’s wasteful spending. According to Wounded Warrior Project tax forms obtained by a CBS News investigation, the organization spent $26 million on conferences and meetings in 2014, up from $1.7 million in 2014. Many former employees also accused the organization of making money off their injuries in a CBS report. One former employee told CBS News that how Wounded Warrior Project spends its money is the equivalent of “what the military calls fraud, waste and abuse.” According to the charity watchdog, Charity Navigator, Wounded Warrior Project only spends 60 percent of its budget on veterans. The Marine Corps Law Enforcement Foundation, on the other hand, provides more than 98 percent to veterans. Charity Navigator also assessed that Wounded Warrior’s total revenue for 2014 was well over $340 million. In response to these accusations, the Wounded Warrior Project issued a statement claiming that the information is false and accusing CBS of not contacting the chair of the Wounded Warrior Project’s audit committee prior to running their story. The organization also took to social media, responding to numerous concerns and attacks on its Facebook page. However, the recent firings do not look like a plea of innocence. According to CBS, Nardizzi’s and Giordano’s removal was due in part to the preliminary results of a financial audit following the reports accusing Wounded Warrior Project of improper spending.

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endorsement surprised many as the two previously had an icey relationship after Trump mocked Carson and Carson called Trump out on his aggressiveness by debates. But Trump said the two have now “buried the hatchet.”

Carson, though, did not deny that the current presidential race has divided the nation and caused Democrats and Republicans to “hate each other.” He also warned that the GOP establishment should be careful not to uproot Trump’s nomination, saying that doing so would be “extremely dangerous” if political parties seek to “thwart the will of the people” and must let the “voice of the people be heard.” As many wondered whether Carson has ulterior motives with this statement, Trump announced during a Republican presidential debate that aired on CNN on Thursday night that Carson will a “big, big part” in the campaign, but gave no specifics on possible roles. He said he appreciates Carson’s ideas on education and other topics. “We spoke for over an hour on education. And he has such a great handle on it,” Trump said. “I’m going to have Ben very involved with education, something that’s an expertise of his.”

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Carson Hearts Trump As the race for the presidential race heats up, former Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson endorsed his competitor Donald Trump. The former brain surgeon praised the

billionaire frontrunner for balancing being the aggressive campaign persona in front of cameras and a “very cerebral” approach in private, a quality many believe can make a strong leader. Carson said there are “two Donald Trumps” — including a measured side of someone who “considers things carefully.”

Carson suspended his deteriorating campaign last week and quickly commended Trump. Carson is a high-profile endorsement for Trump and it seems the strategy is to coerce his former supporters to go with the Donald. A few weeks ago we saw a similar nod from New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, although Carson’s

Scientists believe that people who live active lifestyles tend to have longer life expectancies, but being fit isn’t simply about clocking in at the gym. It involves a combination of healthy diet and lifestyle. Fitness varies across the nation, as a city’s infrastructure takes a major toll on how active its residents are. For example, cities with a warmer climate allow for a broader range

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of outdoor activities all-year round. Residents of Hawaii can participate in water sports, such as surfing, diving and paddleboarding, all year. On the other side of the nation, cities with mountainous ranges such as Colorado allow for winter sports like skiing, snowboarding and snowshoeing. So where do the fittest Americans live? New Yorkers only rank at 24th fittest in the nation. Those living in Baltimore can do a little jig; they come in at number 19. Despite the warm weather and surf, living in Miami doesn’t guarantee a fit life. Miami residents only come in at number 30. Los Angelinos, though, rank 23. Keep rollerblading through Rodeo Drive. According to the CDC, more than one-third of U.S. adults are obese; related conditions include heart disease, stroke and type 2 diabetes. Membership at gym, though, (and that doesn’t mean that you’re hitting the treadmill) is at its peak. “In 2014, U.S. fitness centers had a total membership of more than 54 million. The U.S. fitness centers market consists of about 34,000 membership-based exercise facilities.” Perhaps you should attend a class or two instead of sticking the membership card in your wallet. Sadly, our children are not living

fit lifestyles. About 50% of people ages 12-21 are not vigorously active on a daily basis. Additionally, there is a huge outbreak of obesity amongst kids – more than 30% of children ages 6 to 11 are overweight and over 15% are obese – and nutritionists are blaming lack of physical activity as one of the key contributors to the epidemic. Aside from a long life, fitness has many other benefits. A daily dose of exercise can help people feel happier and more energized because physical activity releases endorphins into the blood that positively affect mood. Exercise also can help relieve stress. Additionally, each pound of muscle earned causes the body to burn an extra 50 calories every day. Get fit, America! Here are the top ten fittest cities in the nation: 1. Washington, D.C. 2. Minneapolis, MN 3. San Diego, CA 4. San Francisco, CA 5. Sacramento, CA 6. Denver, CO 7. Portland, OR 8. Seattle, WA 9. Boston, MA 10. San Jose, CA

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Milk and Cookies

It’s the perfect afterschool snack: chocolate chip cookies dipped in milk. But why does it taste so good? Turns out, milk and cookies really do taste great – it’s scientifically proven that they’re the perfect pairing. Matthew Hartings, a professor of chemistry at American University, related that it’s partially due to the chemical compounds interacting on our tongues. Here’s the science behind it: Chocolate is a combination of cocoa butter (pure fat) and cocoa powder, which wouldn’t ordinarily mix. But, choc-

olate also contains chemicals called phospholipids, which act as emulsifiers and allow foods with a lot of fat (like oil and cocoa butter) to mix with substances without fat (like water and cocoa powder). Milk is also full of emulsifiers. Without them, Hartings explained, the fat in milk would “pool at the top” – similar to the way oils do in all-natural nut butters. Chocolate chip cookies have a lot of fat in them. When they hit your tongue, the emulsifiers in milk “help to smooth out the chocolate as you’re eating it,” Hartings said. Though your tongue can pick up the full-bodied taste of the cookie eventually, the milk quickens this process, and makes sure your tongue receives an even cookie coating. Without it, the cookie may be a little more gritty. Milk also helps to mellow the sweetness of the chocolate chip cookie. Want to know what else goes well with cookies? Turns out that tea may work just as well. NPR reports that cookies feature a chemical called methylbutanol, which contributes to the toasty flavor we associate with cookies and other baked goods. Dipping cookies into hot beverages re-

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leases this flavor more quickly into your mouth. Seems that the English may have something there with their scones and tea at teatime. But despite the science, culture plays an even bigger component in the way we understand and enjoy food. “We’re just culturally biased to prefer different flavor pairings over others,” Hartings said. “Culture does a better job of explaining ‘like’ and ‘preference’ than chemistry does.” Matzah and charoses, anyone?

A Taste of their Own Raw Law

West Virginia politicians say it’s just a coincidence, but others are milking it for all its worth. Recently, state lawmakers passed a bill allowing people to drink raw milk. Once the bill was passed, they chugged some raw milk in celebration – but then some legislators became sick. Was it due to the raw milk they consumed or were they sick from an unrelated stomach bug? Delegate Scott Cadle, who stayed home sick on Monday, said the culprit is actually an unrelated stomach virus circulating the Capitol. Symptoms include fever, vomiting and a loose stomach. “There’s nobody up there that got sick off that milk,” Cadle insisted. “It’s just bad timing, I guess.” Indeed, some who became ill did not taste the raw milk. “With that many people around and that close quarters and in that air and environment, I just call it a big germ,” Cadle told the Gazette-Mail. “All that Capitol is a big germ.” Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin signed a bill on Thursday allowing people to share milk-producing animals and drink raw milk if they sign a document admitting the health risks, and if the animals have passed health tests within the last year. The law goes into effect in May. Dangerous bacteria that can live in raw milk include Campylobacter, Listeria, Salmonella and E. Coli.

“A lot of people haven’t tasted raw milk ... and they find out it’s got a little better flavor than store-bought milk,” Cadle related. “Most of the people just tasted it. That’s all they did.” He says he drinks raw milk “all the time” and never gets sick. You know what they say: there’s no use crying over sp[o]iled milk.

Let’s Make America Crate Again

At five-feet, actor Danny DeVito may not be the tallest person around, but he’s urging Americans to vote with their feet – long or short – and feel the Bern. While stumping for Sanders at a rally in St. Louis, Missouri, this week, DeVito stood atop a wooden box so he could reach the mike and shouted, “I love you guys. I love you because you’re here for Bernie,” he said. “And I’m here because you’re here, and because I feel…” The crowd then answered, “the Bern!” Yes, he is looking to make America crate again and he feels that Sanders is the one who can do it. “I am very, very excited tonight to introduce to you the next president of the United States,” said DeVito, who then compared the candidate to Star Wars character Obi-Wan Kenobi. “We need you, Obi-Wan,” said 71-year-old DeVito, “Bernie Sanders!” Earlier, DeVito didn’t have positive things to say about Mr. Trump. In an interview with MSNBC, he opined, “In terms of the Republican party, I mean, I feel like unfortunately, they have — it’s almost like they had a really nice big car and they loaned it to the crazy brother-in-law who has taken it for a joy ride, and

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that’s where Donald is. He’s got a lot of people who are riled up, he’s dividing people up.” DeVito didn’t mince words in January when he called Americans “a bunch of racists” when speaking about this year’s Oscars ceremony. “It’s unfortunate that the entire country is a racist country…But just generally speaking, we’re a bunch of racists.” DeVito is currently starring on a sitcom, which has aired for 11 seasons, as the financier of a morally bankrupt group of deviant opportunists, in which every major character is white. DeVito portrays a satirical conservative businessman and gun enthusiast on the show.

A Border Runs Through It It’s a library divided – between two nations, that is. The United States is flanked by wonderful neighbors. We have the nation of Mexico to our south, and Canada graces our northern border.

But visit the Haskell Free Library and Opera House and you can be in two countries at once. The library literally lies on the border of Quebec and northern Vermont.

The location has been a tourist attraction in Stanstead, Quebec, and Derby Line, Vermont, since its completion in 1904. Martha Stewart Haskell and her son, Colonel Horace Stewart Haskell, both Canadians, built the building as a tribute to Mrs. Haskell’s late husband, Carlos. The

family hoped that citizens from both countries would use it as a “center for learning and cultural enrichment,” according to the official Haskell Free Library website. The Haskell is divided between the two countries. The library’s official entrance is on the U.S. side of the building, while most the books are on the Canadian side. The opera house is similarly split, with most of its seats in the U.S. and its stage in Canada. In an interesting twist: the Haskell is the only library in the United States without any books and the only opera house in the country without a stage. So do you need a passport to take out your favorite tome to read? Fortunately, passports are not required but the border inside the “building is real and it is enforced,” according to the website. Visitors are expected to return to their side of the border after a visit; if they don’t, they risk possible detention and fines. “We’re just trying to be the best library we can, and our community is made up of people from two different countries,” Library Director Nancy Rumery said. “We don’t think of it in that big symbolic way that I think a lot of people do. These are all our neighbors and we do our very best to help them on their life-long learning journey.” As long as their journey doesn’t go across country lines.

Hiring Shoplifters

When he stole $7 worth of groceries, he was desperate. He recently quit his job and his wife was in a coma after giving birth. He had three young children to feed. The 31-year-old man in a small Malaysian town was caught shoplifting from a supermarket and knew that he would be handed over to police. But the supermarket didn’t offer him time in the slammer; instead, they offered him a job and a second chance. “The man’s situation really

touched our hearts,” said store manager Radzuan Ma’asan, who interrogated the would-be shoplifter. “He was not a regular thief. When we questioned him, he immediately confessed, saying that he stole the fruits and drinks because his son was hungry.” The manager also gave the man some cash to help him take care of his three children, ages 2 to 7. Give a man a fish, feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish – or give him a job – and feed him and his family for a lifetime.

Cash in the Chimney

It was like a “bad American movie,” he said. Vemund Thorkildsen, a 27-yearold real estate broker, was showing his new apartment off to his friends. They were admiring his brand new digs in Norway when they found something that took their breath away. “To begin with, I broke out into a cold sweat. After that, we hopped around screaming,” Thorkildsen related. Thorkildsen was speculating whether a fireplace could be moved to another room, when he lifted up one of the stone slabs. When something caught his eye, he climbed into the duct and found four envelopes stuffed full of cash. The total sum? Nearly 350,000 kroner, or $38,000. “I thought this was only something that happened in bad American movies,” Thorkildsen told Norwegian paper Verdens Gang. After celebrating with his friends, though, Thorkildsen thought, “This is not my money.” The elderly couple that lived in the apartment before him had donated their estates to a Norwegian cancer foundation called Kreftforeningen, so Thorkildsen decided to keep their generosity going and give the cash to the nonprofit (he had purchased the apartment from Kreftforeningen). Plus, it “felt nice to give it to some-

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thing good like the cancer foundation,” he added. Norway is the third most generous nation is the world. Seems like Thorkildsen is one of its most generous citizens.

The Solution to the Shidduch Crisis?

You know what they say, honesty is the best policy. But sometimes being too honest may not be too helpful. Take David Wheeler, for instance. He launched a dating site back in

2014 to help people find their perfect match. But his site is different from the others. “We’re trying to build a community of honesty, so people can be themselves,” Wheeler, 31, said. The dating site encourages people to post both flattering and unflattering photos of themselves and to list their flaws along with their positive attributes. Understandly, not everyone is gung-ho about dating those with too many flaws. “To be completely blunt and honest, we’re still at about 5,000 members,” Wheeler admitted. “In the dating space, that’s still so small. What we’re hearing from a lot of people is they love the concept.” Wheeler, for example, is balding. He used to post profile photos in which his bald spot was hidden, until it occurred to him that he was contributing to the less-than-honest facade that bothered him about the whole industry. “I started uploading pictures of myself balding and where I didn’t look the best,” he said. “But I knew my competition wasn’t. Their pictures were all after they just did bicep curls and flexed.” So he and his business partner,

Jacob Thompson, launched their site. Their tagline? “Imperfection is Beautiful.” The honesty doesn’t end with photos. Users are encouraged to list their “imperfections” alongside their “perfections” in their profiles. “I have endless amounts of cons,” Wheeler said. “I drive a Dodge Stratus with duct tape on the bumper. Some girls look at that as horrible, and some look at it as, ‘I like that he’s frugal and spends money on his house and not his car.’”

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Community The Chazaq Board of Directors discussing communal issues with the Comptroller of NYC Scott Stringer. Also in attendance were Assemblyman Michael Simanowitz, Councilmember Rory Lancman and Chazaq Director Rabbi Ilan Meirov.

Hempstead Town Supervisor Anthony J. Santino (left) and Councilman Anthony D’Esposito (right) recently attended Congregation Aish Kodesh’s 23rd Annual Melaveh Malka. The Supervisor and Councilman presented citations to event honorees Atara and Elliot Blumenthal of Woodmere and Lisa and Avi Hirsh of Woodmere. Pictured (L-R) are: Supervisor Santino, Avi and Lisa Hirsh, Atara and Elliot Blumenthal and Councilman D’Esposito.

The Gantze Megillah At NSHA: 15 Years, 250 Students PHOTO CREDIT: NSHA PHOTO FILE

milestone at the North Shore Hebrew Academy (NSHA) Middle School, in Great Neck, will be reached when 19 students, both Ashkenazic and Sephardic, will chant Megillas Esther for their schoolmates, faculty and families on Purim Day. Over the past 15 years, more than 250 students at the Academy have been instructed by Dr. Paul Brody, a dermatologist by profession, (back row, 3rd from left, holding Megillah case). This unique program, part of NSHA’s curriculum, enables students to read the Megillah at various synagogues, hospitals, nursing homes and private homes for those unable to attend public readings. Middle School Principal, Rabbi Adam Acobas, and Head of School, Rabbi Jeffrey Kobrin (back row, at far right), facilitate

the students’ hectic schedules to enable adequate review time with Dr. Brody. The students have attained a distinctive accomplishment, joining

a small, qualified group who possess the knowledge to publicly chant the Megillah. Dr. Brody, who has read the Megillah for over 40 years, once

chanted it at the Great Synagogue in Leningrad in 1985, despite great peril, where the “gabbaim” were actually members of the KGB!

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The YOSS Legacy Continues

t was a bittersweet evening as hundreds of community members across the spectrum of age, neighborhood and affiliations filled the ballroom of the Sands Atlantic Beach in Celebration of Yeshiva of South Shore’s 59 Years of Jewish Education on Sunday, March 13. It was a fitting tribute to Rebbetzin Tzirel Kamenetzky, of blessed memory, who for more than half a century led the growth of the Five Towns Jewish community as the aishes chayil of her husband, Rav Binyamin, who founded the yeshiva of South Shore and all of its off shoots and many other Torah institutions in the community. The powerful program, chaired by Dinner Chairmen Kenneth Schuckman and Joseph Zelefsky, included an address by Rabbi Mordechai Kamenetzky, who spoke of about his mother, Rebbetzin Tzirel, who, together with his father Rav Binyamin Kamenetzky, shlit”a, emulated Moshe raising the beams of the Mishkan even though they were too heavy for any human to carry. He paralleled their efforts to that of the upcoming yom tov of Purim as well with Mordechai and Esther achieving the unimaginable. He wove them with the common theme – all they had to do was try. Rabbi Kamenetzky announced the establishment of a yearly Schol-

arship in memory of his mother and with the gracious pledge of a donor and the UJA, the establishment of an endowment fund that will help furnish this Scholarship in perpetuity. A special appearance by the New York State Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan graced the evening. He addressed the huge audience with a powerful assurance that under his tenure he and his party will do all they can to help Yeshiva parents and ease the burden of tuition by passing an Education Tax Credit and push as hard as he can for increase in security funding for yeshivas. The Yeshiva then paid homage to the dinner honorees. The feeling of warmth, care and concern emanated from the honorees as well as the hanhala. The Guests of Honor were Dovid and Faygie Meisels. Dr. Dovid and Batsheva Friedman were presented with The Parents of the Year Award. The memories of Joe and Faye Tannenbaum and Joseph and Rosalyn Jaspan were memorialized through video tributes of their children and grandchildren, Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Jaspan and Mr. and Mrs. Yaakov Kaplan, honoring the legacy of their parents. The highlight of the evening was a moving video tribute to the life of the Rebbetzin Tzirel Kamenetzky and the Legacy Award presented to her 3 daughters, Rebbetzin Surrie

L-r: Rebbetzin Shani Lefkowitz, Rabbi Binyamin Kamenetzky, Rebbetzin Esther Wilhelm & Rebbetzin Yurrie Knobel

Knobel, Rebbetzin Esther Wilhelm and Rebbetzin Shani Lefkowitz, each who personify her legacy as leaders in their respective communities. The evening was capped off with a unique video presentation presented by the teachers and Rabbeim of the Yeshiva with a delightful spin of seeing the Yeshiva through a teacher’s eyes. The joyful interaction between student and teacher left the crowd quite enthused and vibrant, only to

be buoyed by a delicious Viennese dessert and an amazing celebration of song and dance produced and directed by Rabbi Shlomo Drebin and the YOSS fourth grade. It seems that the hundreds of attendees all agreed with the thoughts of a veteran dinner-goer, who proclaimed, “I have been at many dinners in my life, but I have never enjoyed myself and have never been as inspired as tonight’s YOSS Dinner.”

HANC Mishloach Manot Cards for Chayalim

Second graders at HANC with their Purim cards, along with their teacher Morah Wasser and Principal Rabbi Yaakov Sadigh

he Hebrew Academy of Nassau County is thrilled to have made Purim cards for chayalim, which the International Young Israel Movement and the

Zionist Organization of America Brooklyn Region will be delivering to chayalim stationed throughout Israel as part of their Mishloach Manot packages. HANC is proud to

The fourth grade boys with their Purim cards

have partnered with the IYIM and the ZOA Brooklyn and we thank them for giving us the opportunity to participate in such a wonderful mitzvah.

HANC gives a huge “thank you” to all our brave chayalim for their service and we wish them a Purim sameach!

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Historical Artifacts from the Second Temple Era Discovered During Construction at the Schneller Compound By M. Sharp

he Legendary Schneller compound, located in the heart of Jerusalem, provokes nostalgia among residents of Geulah and Meah Shearim due to its rich history. It has housed, among other things, the famed Schneller Orphanage and a longstanding I.D.F. base. Six years ago, the Rother-Highgates group acquired this historic location with the

intent of turning the Schneller compound into a neighborhood of luxury residences for the Charedi community – Merom Yerushalayim. The Schneller complex’s fascinating history stretches back to Jerusalem’s earliest recorded days. In 1860, the Schneller orphanage was established, one of the first structures to be built outside the old city walls. The orphanage catered to children of a various nationalities and it employed

mostly German teachers. With the advent of World War II, the British Mandate deported the German teachers, closed down the orphanage and turned the compound into a massive military camp. In 1948 the British withdrew from the camp, abandoning it to the Etzioni brigade of the Hagana. The camp eventually served as a base for the Israeli Defense Forces until 2008, when the historic army base was disbanded. But apparently the Scheller Compound’s history begins much earlier than the 19th century. As construction of the Merom Yerushalayim project advanced, reaching 600 residential units, the Israeli antiquities authority conducted archeological excavations at the site – discovering astonishing artifacts from more than 1,600 years ago. During the archaeological digs in this area, numerous and varied pieces of Jerusalem’s past were discovered, most notably a large and impressive winepress from the Roman or Byzantine eras. Archaeologists believe that the presses served the residents of large manor houses whose inhabitants made their living, in part, from wine production. Near the winepresses, evidence of ancient bathhouses was unearthed, in the form of ceramic pipes used for heating water, and clay bricks – some of which bear a stamp with the name of the tenth Roman legion. This legion was one of four Roman legions that participated in the conquest of Jewish Jerusalem. Its units remained in the city until roughly 300 AD. One of this Roman legion’s main manufacturing centers of pottery and bricks was located in the area where Binyanei Hauma currently stands. The present-day excavation at the Schneller compound is a mere 800

meters from Binyanei Hauma, lending further authenticity to the finds. The recent archeological dig is actually a continuation of “rescue excavations” which were conducted at the site six months ago, when evidence of Jewish settlement during the Second Temple era was discovered. According to Alex Wigman, appointed director of the excavation by the Israel antiquities authority, “Turn over any stone in Jerusalem and you will find ancient relics related to its glorious past.” Says Wigman, “The archaeological finds paint a picture of a vibrant, active Jerusalem, from ancient times through modern times.” According to the words of Jerusalem district archaeologist Amit Reem, “This is an excellent example of the cooperation and the deep, close ties that the (archaeological community) has with the charedi community. The public is used to hearing about the struggles between archaeologists and charedim around the issue of [the desecration of] graves. They’re not aware of the daily interactions we have [with charedim], or the interest expressed by the charedi sector regarding this topic.” Of course, the Merom Yerushalayim complex, being built atop this area, aims to preserve the historic character of the site. According to the developers, the significance of the land being developed adds flavor and meaning to this momentous project.

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MAY Ushers in Adar II

n Rosh Chodesh Adar II, Mesivta Ateres Yaakov hosted two inspirational speakers. On Thursday, the talmidim were enthralled by the inspiring story delivered by Rabbi Yitzy Haber. Rabbi Haber provided guidance on emunah and simcha, all while entertaining all those in attendance. Rabbi Haber serves as the youth director at Aish Kodesh and is a member of the kollel at Yeshiva Gedolah of the Five Towns. On Friday, the yeshiva was visited

by HaRav Nissan Kaplan, a revered maggid shiur in the Mir Yeshiva Yerushalayim. Rav Meir Braunstein, Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshiva Gedolah Ateres Yaakov, introduced his Rebbe, Harav Kaplan. HaRav Kaplan spoke enthusiastically about the different challenges life sends to everyone and the opportunity of growth that those opportunities present. After the divrei chizuk, the talmidim and rabbeim lined up to greet and receive brachos from the venerated maggid shiur.

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Bnos Malka Celebrate Bas Mitzvah with Medical Clowning

he 7th grade at Bnos Malka Academy is marking the culmination of the Bas Mitzvah of all the students in their class. To celebrate their ascension to adulthood the students participated in Medical Clowning training through Areyvut. The girls were educated in the art of clowning and balloon art.

They then began the transformation by applying clown makeup and dressing in costumes. Armed with their new skills, they visited the Boulevard Alp where they brought plenty of smiles and joy. Students returned from the trip invigorated and inspired to spread warmth to others in need.

Israeli Wines Sweep International Competition

srael once again proved it can produce world-class wines, with Israeli wineries winning four gold medals and five silver at the international Mundus Vini Competition held this week in Dusseldorf, Germany. More than 5,000 wines from all major winemaking regions compete at the Mundus Vini competition in multiple categories, making it one of the most significant competitions in the wine making world. Prestigious Grand Gold medal was awarded to Galil Mountain Alon 2012. Gold medals went to: Yarden Cabernet Sauvignon 2011, Gamla Cabernet Sauvignon 2012, and Galil Mountain Yiron 2012. Silver Medals were awarded to: Yarden Chardonnay Oden 2013, Yarden Pinot Noir 2011, Galil Pinot Noir 2014, Galil Ela 2013, and Galil Sauvignon Blanc 2013. Golan Heights Winery, Israel’s premier winery, has been bringing the best of Israeli wine to the global market for twenty-three years. With grapes grown in the green pastures

in the shadow of Mt Hermon, GHW produces award-winning wines under a number of labels, including Yarden, Gamla, and Hermon. Galil Mountain winery was established in 2000 as a joint venture with GHW. Galil has quickly garnered a reputation for producing high quality wines at affordable prices. Galil Mountain winery won in five categories including a prestigious Grand Gold medal, which was only awarded to 39 wines through the competition. All these award-winning wines can be sampled at the Israeli stand at the ProWein fair in Dusseldorf, where the Mundus Vini competition takes place. Golan Heights Winery is proud to be part of the Israeli delegation, which brings the best to Israeli wines to the world stage. Other participating wineries include the Galil, Teperberg, Gvaot, Yaffo, Recanti, Trio, and Vitkin wineries. For more information about the Israeli delegation, please contact Rachel Gross on pr1@impmedia.co.il.

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During a recent mission to Israel, to discuss the current situation in Israel: L-R: Rabbi Jonah Gewirtz, chairman, The CCJH, The Coordinating Council for the Jewish Homeland, former Chairman, National Council of Young Israel; Rabbi Pesach Lerner, executive Vice President emeritus, National Council of Young Israel, co-chair, The CCJH, The Coordinating Council for the Jewish Homeland; MK Tzipi Hotovely, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Government of Israel; Judge Shlomo Mostofsky, co-chair, The CCJH, The Coordinating Council for the Jewish Homeland; past president, National Council of Young Israel; Ruth Lieberman, The Yes! Israel Project; Aharon Pulver, executive director, Israel Independence Fund

A Nation of Immigrants

s a closing to a unit on industrialization, urbanization and immigration, eighth grade students at the Hebrew Academy of Long Beach (HALB) traveled to New York City. On March 10, the eighth grade boys began their trip at the Lower East Side Tenement Museum. While at the Tenement Museum, the boys examined the living and working conditions of immigrants during the late 1800s and early 1900s. They walked through a tenement and heard stories of families that lived in the building where the Museum is currently located. On March 14, the eighth grade girls began their trip at the Museum of the City of New York. While at the Museum, the students viewed the original photographs taken by Jacob Riis and published in How the Other Half Lives. In class, the students had read excerpts from the book. This helped them have a more meaningful experience. These primary source documents helped the students see firsthand the living conditions of families in New York during the late 1800s and early 1900s. In the afternoon, on both days, the students traveled to Battery Park where they boarded a ferry to Ellis Island. While at Ellis Island, the students discovered how events unfolded as immigrants arrived to Ellis Island.

Hempstead Town Councilman Bruce Blakeman (right) recently attended Young Israel of Lawrence Cedarhurst’s (YILC) 35th Annual Dinner which was held at Congregation Beth Sholom in Lawrence. YILC works to facilitate spiritual growth, stimulating learning and exciting and fun programming for the whole family. The organization is committed to the values of the Torah while participating in and contributing to general society. Joining Councilman Blakeman at the event are community leader Christopher McGrath and Rabbi Moshe Teitelbaum of Congregation Beth Sholom.

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Technology Sharing Conference @HALB - Uniting Jewish Day Schools

here is a mistaken notion that in the competitive universe of day school education, schools do not collaborate on best practices and new initiatives. Yet last week, HALB attempted to disabuse people of that notion, as HALB was privileged to host and lead the second annual Technology Sharing Conference. While there are many important national and regional educational technology conferences, the participating schools realized the value in creating an intimate and interactive Jewish educational technology conference. Focusing on the unique needs of Jewish schools throughout the tristate area, HALB and the edtech staff from each school came together, knowing that working together will help each school and our entire community. We all aim to synthesize the timelessness of our heritage with the boundlessness of the future, with the educational skills and tools needed in the modern classroom. On Wednesday, March 9, 45 edtech leaders from 35 different schools gathered together to share their knowledge, experiences and expertise in the field of education technology, regarding both Judaic and general studies. The HALB edtech team of Aaron Fleksher, Estee Lightstone, Ruthi Seidenfeld and Rivky Watman organized and led this conference. Estee Lightstone, Director of Educational Technology at HALB Elementary, welcomed the crowd by addressing the group with our goal of the day, “Today, is one of the few days in the school year that we get to pause, re-light the light, and re-focus on our educational aspirational goals.” The engaging keynote presentation was given by Dr Danny Aviv, a biophysicist leading the engineering

department at Solomon Schechter of Westchester. Dr. Aviv created the first MakerSpace for a Jewish day school. A MakerSpace is a re-invented classroom where students create, design and explore items related to science and engineering. His advice rings true to all students in the 21st century, “I want my students to recognize that they can figure out anything. The path might be difficult and fraught with challenges, but with the right resources and persistence, they can accomplish any task.” The rest of the day proved to be an opportunity for edtech leaders to discuss “what’s next” in edtech and contemplate our challenges and successes in our various schools. The participants circulated five different presentations including 3D Printing, Coding, Engineering, STEM Clubs and Project Based Learning. After a lunch break, all the edtech leaders presented common challenges and successes in implementing technology. It was an invaluable learning experience in sharing resources and provided every participant with the

TJH congratulates Cedarhurst Trustees Ron Lanzilotta and Myrna Zisman on their win in this week’s elections.

ability to implement ideas and best practices in both Judaic and general studies. Reflecting on the conference, the best parts of the day were the connections made between the various schools, resources shared and the community of collaboration. With our hectic schedules, we rarely are able to sit with like-minded educators, to discuss how to implement best practices in the classroom. In this conference, we were able to connect the tradition of our heritage with the 21st Century skills and tools that our students demand. The schools that participated included: Barkai Yeshivah Bi Cultural Day School CIJE: Center for Initiatives in Jewish Education Central -YUHSG DRS Frisch

HAFTR HALB HANC Joseph Kushner Hebrew Academy Ma’ayanot Yeshiva High School Magen David High School Magen David Yeshivah Manhattan Day School MTA: YUHSB North Shore Hebrew Academy Ramaz RYNJ SAR Academy SAR High School SKA Solomon Schechter of Manhattan Solomon Schechter of Queens Solomon Schechter of Westchester The Jewish Education Project Yavneh Academy Yeshiva Har Torah Yeshiva of Central Queens (YCQ) Yeshivah of Flatbush Yeshivat Noam

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MAY 10th Grade Substance Abuse Awareness Seminar

ast Wednesday evening, the sophomore class at Mesivta Ateres Yaakov and their parents attended an educational evening seminar on substance abuse awareness. They participated in informative lectures regarding the epidemic of substance abuse and the importance of communication between parents and children.

The program was organized and emceed by MAY’s school social worker and Tova Mentoring Program Director, Mr. Yehuda Klinkowitz, L.M.S.W. The program included presentations from Mr. Klinkowitz, Menahel Rabbi Mordechai Yaffe, Ph.D., and from the keynote speaker, Dr. Alexander Rand, a community social worker and clinical director of Evolve Treatment

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Agudath Israel Mission to Albany With the new New York State budget slated to be finalized by the end of the month, some 50 delegates from all parts of the state converged upon Albany under the banner of Agudath Israel of America to advocate for increased funding for yeshivas, as well as for a number of other issues of paramount concern to our community.

Kollel Chatzos Prepares for Purim; Announces “A Week of Yeshuos!”

t Kollel Chatzos International, nearly 100 outstanding talmidei chachomim are eagerly anticipating the week of Purim, a week that bears a special segulah as a source of brachos and yeshuos for Klal Yisroel. It is a rare merit to support lofty bnei Torah who spend their nights immersed in the sweet, pure waters of Torah and to share in the yeshuos this study brings. If this is true the whole year round, how much more so during the week of Purim. The gaon and tzadik Rabbi Wolf Nachum Bornstein, author of Agudas Eizov, pressed himself on Purim night to follow

his usual habit of rising at midnight to learn. No one else was occupied with Torah learning at that time, and it was decreed in Heaven that he merit a son who would light up the world with Torah. That son was none other than the Avnei Nezer of Sochatchov, whose brilliant Torah novella are studied to this day. Likewise, the holy Maor VoShomesh notes that the miracle of Purim began at midnight. He writes that even today one can bring about miraculous yeshuos by using this time properly. The Chasam Sofer writes that it is a tremendous segulah to learn Torah on the night of Purim “from

Megilah to Megilah”—between the reading of the Megilah at night and its recitation in the morning. He guarantees that anyone who does see will live through the year peacefully and will merit Olam Haba. Now you have the opportunity to enjoy this segulah by partnering with the scholars of Kollel Chatzos. You will merit the same brachos as those scholars who stay up at night to learn “from Megilah to Megilah!” With the evening beginning at 6 PM at the kollel on the kever of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai in Meron and finishing here in New York at 6 AM, you have the merit of 12 consecutive hours of Torah learning on the night

of Purim—truly “from Megilah to Megilah!” In honor of Purim, Kollel Chatzos announced a special Sefer Yeshuos in which everyone can have their name, or that of their family and close friends, transcribed for whatever yeshuah they are waiting for. This a great way to make the most of the powers of the Purim day by supporting Torah study on the very night that Klal Yisroel rededicated themselves to the Torah. For more information or to join, you can contact the central office of Kollel Chatzos directly at: 1-855242-8967.

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Torah Live!

very parent and teacher aspires to bring the Torah to life for their charges, and the Living Torah Museum in Brooklyn provides an opportunity to do just that! On Wednesday, March 9, eighth graders at Shulamith visited the museum accompanied by their Tanach teachers Morah Bracha Cook and Morah Chani Pollak. The museum’s founder and chief curator, Rabbi Shaul Shimon Deutsch, showed the girls the type of jewelry worn by the people of the ancient world, including a signet ring reminiscent of the one that Achashveirosh gave to Haman. They marveled at a video clip of Mordechai’s and Esther’s kevarim in Iran. To help the students understand aspects of Pesach and yetziat Mitzrayim, Rabbi Deutsch showed them artifacts from ancient Egypt, including a gold crown belonging to Pharoah’s wife, black eyeliner, and a curling hair utensil similar to one which Yosef Hatzaddik likely used! He explained to them what a gladiator was and showed them what kind of swords and shields the fearsome fighters used. The tour ended downstairs in the taxidermy room where the girls saw

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real animals on display, enabling them to visualize the kosher animals listed in the Torah. Rabbi Deutsch showed them exactly which animal could be used for Korban Pesach – and that it was so small because each person only needed to eat a k’zayit. The wonder of The Living Torah Museum is that visitors are allowed to touch, hold, and pass around many items, which makes everything in the museum come alive! The girls agreed that the trip provided a unique and fun way to know and understand and appreciate the Tanach they’ve learned in school.

Norman’s Dairy: Taking Their Yogurt To The People

he people have spoken! Famous for their delicious yogurts, Norman’s Dairy is in the midst of a campaign for the month of Adar to emphasis the vast array of products they have to offer. There is literally something for everyone: young and old, girls and boys, women and men. From Greek yogurt to Taste, Creamy Blends to 80 Lite, and everywhere in between – Norman’s has you covered! “The People’s Yogurt” advertisements have caused quite a stir in the yogurt-eating community and beyond. “We realized that using real people in our advertisements was the key to depicting how much the community loves and supports the Norman’s brand,” says a spokesman for Norman’s. “The month of Adar was the perfect time to roll out a campaign with bright, vibrant graphics and a great unifying message. It is a time for laughter and excitement,

and I think it’s safe to say that our advertisements have achieved just that.” There are many reasons for Norman’s underlying success in the dairy industry. In addition to creating yogurts that are all natural without artificial flavoring and colors, all Norman’s yogurts are products in their very own state-of-the-art Cholov Yisroel factory, fostering great innovation and allowing for vigilant quality control and the highest kashrus standards. Don’t miss Norman’s delightful award-winning yogurt lines including Greek Original, Light, Creamy Blends, Pro, and Kids, as well as Low-Fat, 80 Lite, Poppers, and Kiddies all in an extensive range of delectable flavors. For further details about all Norman’s products and delicious recipes, check out www.normansdairy.com.

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OHEL Children’s Home & Family Services Named an Official Charity Partner in the 2016 TCS New York City Marathon

HEL is thrilled to once again partner with the TCS New York City Marathon as an official charity partner. Meital Cafri of OHEL adds that “the TCS New York City Marathon provides a great participatory platform for our dedicated Team OHEL charity runners to raise significant funds for the children and adults we serve at OHEL every day.” We are looking forward to supporting and celebrating our committed and dedicated runners and are very appreciative of their fundraising efforts that benefit children and adults with disabilities, foster children, and children in domestic violence shelters. The TCS New York City Marathon is the premier event held annually on the first Sunday of November. The race features 50,000 and is the largest marathon in the world. OHEL has participated in the 2016 TCS New York City Marathon since 2009 and is also participating in the 2016 United Airlines NYC Half for the first time on

March 20, 2016. Our runners come from all over, New Jersey, New York, Long Island, and Canada. Team OHEL runners all have personal stories for participating in this run, whether it is for health, social, or charitable reasons. David Sutton of Team OHEL and a participant of the 2016 United Airlines NYC Half lost an uncle to Type 2 Diabetes when he was very young, and was himself diagnosed. As a father of five children, he knew he had to be there for his children. The day he was diagnosed was the day he started exercising. “It’s truly amazing how one diagnosis can change a person’s life for the better,” Sutton explains. “I saw firsthand how my blood sugar level would be 220 before I worked out, and after my run it could be as low as 80.” He also transformed his diet. “Sticking to foods that grow naturally, like fresh fruit and veggies, is what would help me.” By making these changes, he was able to come off the

two types of medications he was taking for his diabetes, as well as meds for high blood pressure, ADHD, antibiotics for constant skin infections, and also anti-depressants. “I’ve realized that the only thing that can help people manage their health is what is on the edge of their fork.” Sutton is running the 2016 United Airlines NYC Half Marathon to make a statement. “If there’s one life I can help, it’s all worth it!” Dave Balassiano of Team OHEL, who shares a similar story, will also be running the 2016 TCS NYC Marathon. Six years ago, he weighed over 275 pounds, suffered from high blood pressure and had bad cholesterol. At the age of 21, he had lost his father to poor health. He knew he had to turn his life around for the sake of his family. He began changing his diet, walking, and jogging outdoors. In just about one year, he had lost 75 pounds and enrolled in his first 5K. “At the finish line everybody cheered for me, and I will never forget that moment. It was like I won the race,” Balassiano said. “I didn’t realize I was one of the last people, but I felt great.” Balassiano will be running the 2016 United Airlines NYC Half with Team OHEL for his family. After all, they were the driving force behind his improved health. Bruce Prince, of Englewood, NJ, will also be running the 2016 United

Airlines NYC Half for Team OHEL in memory of Chana Poupko, z”l, who was a brave little girl who passed away of cancer. Bruce explains, “Since we were inspired by Chana Poupko z”l and the battle she fought, we’d like to help bless her memory again this year. Remembering her battle helps us help others.” Over the last several years, Bruce has run in memory of his brother who he lost mental illness. Prince has been a key player of Team OHEL and was honored at the 2015 OHEL Annual Gala as an “Everyday Superhero.” Gifts of all sizes are welcomed and appreciated to support the Team and raise the funds to support our Simcha Fund. This fund covers the cost of lifecycle events of hundreds of OHEL children and adults – from a bris, to a bat mitzvah to a graduation. Runners who have already secured a place in the 2016 TCS NYC Marathon are welcome to become part of Team OHEL and support the Teams sponsorship goals. The larger community, who decides not to run, can still stay in the race – by sponsoring a Team OHEL member or making a contribution! For more information on how you can secure a Charity slot for Team OHE, contact Meital Cafri at 718686-3217 or meital_cafri@ohelfamily.org.

M’shenichnat Adar Marbim B’Simcha!

he Annual Purim Carnival at Shulamith School for Girls was bigger, brighter, and bouncier than ever before! Sponsored by the Shulamith Women’s Organization, and organized by eighth graders under the guidance of Mrs. Rachel Steiner, Director of Student Activities, the carnival afforded each Shulamith student the opportunity to greet Chodesh Adar with great simcha. Hashem graced us with beautiful weather this year and a great big yard in which to enjoy a giant obstacle course and combo ride with bounce house. The eighth graders, who were dressed as Superheroes, ran booths that included the ever-popular Fluff ‘n’ Chips, Pickle Race, Ring Toss,

and more. As we watched each cheerful student nosh on cotton candy and popcorn, it was clear that a fun time was had by all.

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The boys in Rabbi Yaroslawitz’s eighth grade class in Yeshiva Ketana of Long Island “clowning” around on Rosh Chodesh Adar Beis.

The Yeshiva of South Shore 8th grade class of Rabbi Shonek has a special Mishmar program in their Rebbi’s house. This past week, they had the special zechus of hearing from R’ Chaim Schwartzblatt as he described his incredible escape from the Nazis and all the hashgacha pratis and nissim involved. The talmidim were very moved and inspired by his story. A special yasher koach to Mordechai Miller for arranging for his great-grandfather to speak.

A Shabbos of Halacha and Inspiration

n the wake of last year’s highly successful Five Towns Shabbaton sponsored by Yeshivas Iyun Halacha, this past Shabbos again saw Rav Dovid Ostroff, shlita, beloved maggid shiur of the Hilchos Shabbos curriculum, as well as other members of the Yeshiva’s hanhala, spearheading the second annual Shabbaton in the Five Towns. The Shabbos festivities dovetailed neatly with the Yeshiva’s inaugural “Rishon “L’iyun” event which took place on Sunday. Friday night found Rav Ostroff speaking to a capacity crowd at the Yeshiva Gedolah of the Five Towns. Rav Ostroff began by elucidating a complicated sugya in Shabbos involving the implications of baking after cooking. He continued into a detailed explanation behind the circumstances by which it is permissible to combine leniencies. The overflow crowd was spellbound as he deftly wove his way through the various sources with extraordinary clarity and depth. Even after he was done speaking, the crowd followed him into the lobby where a spirited halachic exchange took place between the Rav, the Rosh Yeshiva, the Mashgiach and HaRav Mordechai Kamenetsky, all to the delight of the throngs of students who clamored to drink in every word. A rousing Oneg Shabbos and “tisch” was hosted by Rabbi and Mrs. David Aidelson where the non-stop divrei Torah and refreshments were punctuated by soulful zemiros and niggunim with the delightful assis-

tance of several local teenagers who exhibited a deep love for the Shabbos melodies. Shabbos morning, Rabbi Shmuel Simenowitz, the Dean of the Yeshiva, spoke at Beis Medrash Ishei Yisroel, Rabbi Naftali Weitz’s shteeble. In the tradition of the great maggids of yesteryear, Rabbi Simenowitz told the amusing story of how he was able to rescue a horse trapped in a hallway in Ramat Beit Shemesh one Purim evening. He related the event to the seminal teaching of the Baal Shem Tov that just as the leaf which blows in the wind may have been sent to provide shelter for an insect burning in the sun, every event in our lives is similarly part of a divine plan. He concluded humorously by pointing out that sometimes you have to recognize when you are the insect and when you are the leaf. But the money quote went to Rabbi Weitz who asked his oilam, “Rabbosai, perhaps we have to ask ourselves why he [Rabbi Simenowitz] was sent here this Shabbos!” Ishei Yisroel also hosted a deluxe shalosh seudos in honor of Rav Ostroff who use the opportunity to speak lovingly of his Rebbe, the Gaon Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach, zt”l. It was apparent to all those who attended that Rav Ostroff himself radiated the “varmkeit” gleaned from his years with Rav Shlomo Zalman and his family (he still maintains a weekly learning seder with Rav Shlomo Zalman’s son, Rav Ezriel Auerbach). A Melava Malka and kumsitz was

held at the home of Rabbi and Mrs. Shalom Jakubowitz. Yet again, words of Torah and refreshments flowed freely and all those who attended were invariably caught up in the nonstop ruach and singing. Sunday morning saw the entire group gathering at the Beis Medrash of Woodmere where Rav Ostroff was joined by Iyun Halacha founder and maggid shiur of Issur V’Heter, Rav Aharon Schenkolewski. The walls of the Beis Medrash reverberated in a veritable cacophony of kedusha with the sounds of simultaneous shiurim in both Shabbos and Issur V’Heter. Indeed, it was high octane Torah learning at its finest moments. After the shiurim, a gala banquet and award ceremony was held at Traditions. Rav Aharon, as he is referred to, opened with an inspiring and timely insight into the weekly parsha. He explained that Betzalel was accompanied in his sacred work by Oholiav who hailed from the tribe of Dan. He pointed out that the tribe of Dan was known for “bringing up the rear” and gathering in all who needed help or required assistance. He noted that this was a fitting representation of the goal of Yeshivas Iyun Halacha, namely to cast a broad net and reach a wide portion of the Torah world. At the banquet, Rabbi and Mrs. Josh Haft were recognized for their sponsorship of the shiurim in Hilchos Aveilus in memory of Josh’s late father. ”He was a big baal chesed and would have appreciated the fact that

people are learning in his memory,” Rabbi Haft said in an emotion-laden address. A similar presentation was made to Rabbi and Mrs. Mat Hoffman for sponsoring the shiurim in Hilchos Dayanim. Hoffman, himself an attorney and internationally renowned speaker as well, used the opportunity to recognize the Yeshiva and speak of the work that he and his wife Brachie do with numerous couples facing marital challenges. Finally, a special presentation of the “Ner L’echad, Ner L’meah” award was made to one of the weekend’s hosts, Rabbi Shalom Jakubowitz, for his tireless work in promoting and organizing the Yeshiva’s Five Towns chabura. As a grace note, Rav Ostroff participated in a Monday night “Hilchos Shabbos Press Conference” in Teaneck, New Jersey, at the home of longtime talmid and friend of the yeshiva, Rabbi David Sheffey. Rav Aharon is already winging his way across the country, taking Chicago and LA by storm. All in all, the events were yet another set of perfect opportunities to make new friends and to renew acquaintances with old ones – to bring the talmidim of the yeshiva together with those who are “not yet talmidim,” demonstrating that while Yeshivas Iyun Halacha may make its home in cyberspace, the warm and enduring relationships between the rebbeim and talmidim and the chevra to each other thrive in a space which is very much up close and personal.

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Rambam’s Epic Adar II Chagiga!

mon; the guitars of junior David Zedner and sophomore Natan Alon; the voice of Josh Geliebter who led a hallway kumzitz; and the whole school, outside, in beautiful weather, singing and dancing with glee and abandon, as they marched forward to Purim! Special thank you to Rabbi Noam Singer for bringing the ruach and Mr. Gary Wallin for his musical talents!

hanks to a spirited davening led Rabbi Singer and the Harmonides, Rosh Chodesh Adar II was a gala affair that left everyone inspired and breathless! There were Carvel Flying Saucers; a surprise return from Rambam alum and former Rambam Rebbe and Maccabeat Rabbi David Block; divrei chizuk from Rabbi Eliach and senior Ezra Cina-

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The boys of Yeshiva Ketana of Long Island were privileged to hear from Rabbi Elisha Sandler, Rebbi at Mesivta Ateres Yaakov and Rav of Kehillas Bais Yisroel, on Rosh Chodesh Adar Beis. The boys listened as Rabbi Sandler told them a fascinating medrash from Shir HaShirim. Rabbi Sandler encouraged the boys to go beyond their own expectations of themselves and to set limits for growth in all areas of learning Torah.

HANC Middle School Participates in LISEF By Elan Moskowitz and Rafi Silbiger

his year HANC Middle School participated in LISEF (Long Island Science and Engineering Fair). LISEF is part of the INTEL International Science and Engineering fair. Each student presents their science experiment to three judges. The top 20 projects are nominated to apply to compete in the National Science Fair. Over the past few months, ten HANC students, Rebecca Cohen, Tiferet Weissman, Max Aaron, Eyal Laurence, Adam Speiser, Josh Brafman, Rafi Silbiger, Eli Appel, Jacob Hecht, and Elan Moskowitz, performed eight extraordinary experiments that they and their group designed. The experiments that they presented included Caffeinated Plants, Extending the Life of a Battery, Pick-up Truck Efficiency, Cognitive Gazing, The Blame Game,

Materials that Withstand stabbing, and Improving Insecticides. They presented their experiments at the LISEF Science Fair at Crest Hollow Country Club. LISEF was an amazing experience that taught us a lot. We learned how to research and design an experiment, how to perform an experiment and how to present an experiment. It helped us develop skills that can be used in science and math professions. LISEF is also very mentally challenging and fun. Congratulations to Elan Moskowitz for winning second place (Improving Insecticides) and being nominated to apply to the National Science Fair. Thank you to Ms. McDougal and Josh Vilkas (HANC high school, class of 2019) for mentoring us with our experiments. Thank you to Rabbi Hecht and Mrs. Schneider for giving us the opportunity to attend LISEF.

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JCCRP Legislative Breakfast: A Dignified One Stop Shop for the Community

Senator Addabbo

David Greenbaum

s the annual legislative breakfast for the Jewish Community Council of Rockaway Peninsula (JCCRP) approaches, the JCCRP would like to make the community aware of the important individuals who are crucial to the JCCRP’s wellbeing. The JCCRP works very hard to ensure the Rockaways & Five Towns community has a trusted and safe place to come for any and all of their needs. This cannot be done without the monumental efforts of a few select leaders being recognized at the legislative breakfast. The breakfast will be taking place at the White Shul, 728 Empire Avenue in Far Rockaway on this Sunday, March 20, 2016 at 9:30AM. The State Legislative Leadership Award will be presented to Senator Joseph P. Addabbo for his superb efforts on the behalf of the JCCRP and the entire Queens community. Senator Addabbo consistently works closely with the JCCRP. Most recently, he has been instrumental in assisting the JCCRP to spearhead and coordinate the partnership between numerous Queens agencies to form the Queens Jewish Poverty Coalition. This effort assists all agencies in better serving the broader borough of Queens. Senator Addabbo has always made constituent services a top priority, and he excels in doing just that. The Senator and his staff have assisted constituents with problems involving housing, health, transportation, taxes, education, military, public safety and more, including efforts as a member of the Senate Bipartisan Task Force on Hurricane Sandy, to aid those affected by the superstorm. The Senator’s legislative record includes bills that reflect on his commitment to fair elections, fighting for local youth, the elderly, families, consumers, veterans and employees’ rights. He has devoted himself to protecting the environment, creating jobs and economic opportuni-

Officer Holder

ties, providing tax relief and improving transparency and accountability in New York State’s government. The JCCRP is pleased to present the Hakaras Hatov Award to StaffPro, accepted by managing director David Greenbaum for outstanding service to the JCCRP and the entire community. Mr. Greenbaum brought StaffPro services to the JCCRP in 2014. The JCCRP was going through a trying transition after a restructuring with their human resources provider. While struggling to provide their usual services, StaffPro, headed up by David Greenbaum, stepped in and offered an amazing solution. He went above and beyond the call of duty; he met with the JCCRP and went to great lengths to help them out. As a result, the JCCRP not only provides the same services and employee benefits that they always have, but they are now able to provide everything on a much larger scale, to everyone’s benefit. A few months ago, this community was shaken as it learned of the death of an exemplary police officer, Randolph Holder Jr. He was killed in the line of duty, and while the community mourns for him, the JCCRP would also like to present him posthumously with the Humanitarian Award, which will be accepted by his father, Randolph Holder Sr. In the words of Police Commissioner William Bratton, Officer Holder “lived as a guardian, watching over the good, and died like a warrior, fighting against the bad.” As a native of Guyana and with a family heritage of police service, “the job was certainly his calling.” All he wanted to do was to make a difference in his community and to become a role model. He achieved that in his short span as police officer, and Police Commissioner Bratton promoted him posthumously to detective. Detective Holder, the JCCRP and the community are forever indebted for your service. The JCCRP sends heartfelt thoughts

Betty Leon, Esq.

Jeffrey Leb

and prayers out to his family. The City Legislative Leadership Award will be presented to New York City Councilwoman Karen Koslowitz for her devoted efforts on behalf of the JCCRP. She has been a lifelong and tireless advocate in helping seniors, women, and families improve their standard of living and quality of life. Her service in the council today is a continuation of nearly 30 years of public service, having first served in the City Council from 1991-2001. Councilwoman Koslowitz’s role as a member of the City Council includes being Chair of the Queens Delegation. Since her appointment to the committee, the JCCRP has benefitted tremendously from her support. Funding for the JCCRP and the community has increased enormously, all due to Councilwoman Koslowitz’s tireless efforts. The JCCRP’s Chessed Award will be awarded to Jeffrey S. Leb, Managing Director for Government and External Relations for UJA-Federation of New York. Previously, Mr. Leb served as New York State Political Director of the Orthodox Union. He has also served as Executive Director and Policy Director, Sephardic Community Federation, as well as Chief of Staff/ Legislative Director for New York City Councilman Jim Gennaro and an analyst for the New York City Mayor’s Office of Management and Budget. Since his new position as managing director, Mr. Leb has assumed overall professional leadership in developing and implementing the government and external relations strategy for UJA, JCCRP’s biggest supporter, including efforts to maximize government and foundation funding for programs like the JCCRP. Over the years, UJA-Federation’s government relations department has successfully helped leverage and secure hundreds of millions of dollars in funding for network agencies, in-

Councilwoman Koslowitz

cluding for educational programming, children at risk, people with disabilities and the elderly. The JCCRP is deeply appreciative of all the work Mr. Leb and UJA continue to do on their behalf. Betty Leon, Esq. will be presented with this year’s Public Service Award. Ms. Leon is an extremely active member of the community. She is a member of Community Board 14, Chair of Peninsula Preparatory Academy, Chair of the Addabbo Family Health Center, member of New York Rising Community Reconstruction Program planning committee (NYRCR), and Ms. Leon serves as the executive committee chairwoman of the Rockaway Development and Revitalization Corporation (RDRC). The NYRCR advises the governor’s office on constructive use of Hurricane Sandy funding. With Ms. Leon on the committee, it was assured that the funding was properly spent to enable real assistance, and no one was left lacking what they needed. The JCCRP is forever indebted to Ms. Leon for expanding our medical insurance assistance program by facilitating our partnership with the Addabbo Family Health Center. Finally, the JCCRP would like to express their sincere thanks to all their sponsors: Apple Bank, Bluejay Management, Cross River Bank, Five Towns Jewish Times, Joseph P. Addabbo Family Health Center, Lodestone Capital Group, Met Council, New Horizon Counseling Center, Prism Consultants, Sage Healthcare Partners, Schuckman Realty, StaffPro, St. John’s Episcopal Hospital, The Jewish Home, The Jewish Star, Traditions, and The UJA-Federation of New York. We look forward to greeting each of you Sunday morning at the breakfast. To RSVP or for more information, email breakfast@jccrp.org, visit www.jccrp.org/breakfast, or call 718.327.7755 Ext. 6113.

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Esther’s Hidden Strength by Rebbetzin Tziporah Heller

The holiday of Purim represents the best of times. It emerged, however, from the worst of times.

e were never closer to obliteration, both spiritually and physically. The hedonism of the prevailing Persian culture was part of the air that we breathed. It dulled our senses to the point that when King Achashverosh appeared in the garments of the High Priest of Jerusalem, presenting the treasure that had been robbed from the Holy Temple with the detachment of a museum curator, there was no protest. We too had reached the point of being able to say, “How beautiful, how fascinating,” when we once said, “If I forget you, O Jerusalem, may my right hand be forgotten.” We were desensitized to ourselves and to G-d. G-d is the hidden character of the Book of Esther. His name is never mentioned. As the events were played out in real time, few were able to see His hidden presence. One of the few was Esther. Somehow she had escaped the desensitization.

FROM LONELINESS TO STRENGTH

Let us look at Esther in order to find the place within ourselves that can help us always see – like she did – beyond the exterior facade that

calls itself “reality.” Her father had died while her mother was still pregnant with Esther; her mother died at her birth. Thus, she came into this world with the gaping wound of belonging to no one. Her uncle Mordechai, who later became her spiritual guide and ultimately her husband, took her in. The Maharal of Prague (16th century) tells us that the circumstances of her birth were no coincidence. Alienation and loneliness are tools like any others and are given to us to enable us to become who we can be. It was from that place of emptiness that Esther’s profound attachment to G-d blossomed. The root of the Hebrew word ester is saiter, meaning “concealment.” Her name articulated her very essence – the ability to pierce the walls of concealment and find G-d where others could not. We often are deceived by the opaque nature of our interactions with G-d. He seemingly does not react when we go off the path. We are not stricken down by lightning when we make bad choices. Similarly, we do not find ourselves suddenly richer or necessarily in better physical health when we choose to open our

vistas to what is profound and eternal within ourselves. The wicked seem to prosper and the righteous seems to exist with the same constraints as all the rest. This is how it seems, of course, if we don’t commit ourselves to penetrating the surface. Esther was a master at breaking through the walls that surround us. This was her weapon that she had taught herself in her years of solitude and yearning. Esther had learned to see G-d wherever she looked. She saw Him as her only parent and she let His presence be her guide. We all have our empty places. Rather than allowing them to lead us towards embitterment, let us use them as a ladder.

LIKE A MYRTLE

Esther had an additional name –o Hadassah. The Hebrew word hadassah means “myrtle,” and it is one of the four species that we use on Succot. The etrog (citron) is shaped like and symbolizes the heart, the lulav (palm branch), the spine, the aravah (willow), the lips, and the hadassah are the eyes. Esther’s eyes could see inner reality as clearly as our eyes see external reality. Her name was not random, but

rather it was the ultimate description of her strongest quality. Let us look into the nature of the hadassah more closely to gain insight into Esther’s nature and ultimately into our own. The leaves of the myrtle are uniform and green. If I were to name a child after a plant (which is highly unlikely), I would gravitate more to Rose, Lily – or at worst Daisy – long before I would call anyone Myrtle or Hadassah. It is almost a command to aspire to inconspicuous mediocrity! But the Maharal points out that her modest image embodied an internal strength. The image that Esther projected was one in which the superficial separations that polarize us played no part. The greater our focus on the uniqueness of our external identities (age, appearance, culture) the more separate we are from the unity and commonality of our internal identities (the need to love, the yearning for meaning and genuine achievement, fear of rejection and inner chaos). We become the children of one Father when we let ourselves see beyond the façade of superficial identity. It is our quiet commonality that bonds our hearts and minds.

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The Talmud gives us a concrete example: Esther was given seven maidservants, as was the court-custom. In order to remember when it was Shabbat she named them after the days of the week. In a society as stratified as ancient Persia, she could have easily dehumanized them by calling them Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, etc. Nothing could be a greater insult to their human value.

Her name articulated her very essence – the ability to pierce the walls of concealment and find G-d where others could not.

So, instead, she named them after G-d’s order of creation. One was Light, the other Transcendence, etc. They all ultimately converted to Judaism, even though that was far from Esther’s intent. By becoming more aware of whom they really were, they were able to set their sights towards who they wanted to be. She succeeded in bringing them to a genuine awareness of their inner essence.

COOLNESS AND WARMTH

The Talmud rather cryptically tells us that Esther, like the Hadassah was “green.” This does not mean that one would mistake her for Robin Hood or Lyle the Crocodile. Rather, her essence was symbolized by the color green. Green is a color that is made up of two primary components – blue and yellow. Blue symbolizes coolness and yellow symbolizes warmth. Esther’s inner light was a composite of two forces as well – fiery sun-like passion and the cooling nurture of water. Because she had developed her own spiritual nature so completely, she could reach out to anyone and find within her the capacity to connect. Her “greenness” was the spiritual symbol of humility,

responsiveness and sensitivity. When we are able to peel away the layers of nonsense and glitz that are today’s remnants of Achashverosh’s

palace, we will find the part of us that – like Esther – can pierce through any armor, even our own. And then we will see G-d where

we never believed He could be found – in our hearts, in those of others, in the day to day events that form the tapestry of our lives.

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Combatting the Haman of Today By Rabbi Naphtali Hoff

he holiday of Purim celebrates a triumphant end to a harrowing saga, when Haman the Amalekite presented his

Final Solution to Achashveirosh. Haman did not question G-d’s existence, but rather His willingness to intervene on behalf of a nation that

“rebelled against its G-d (during the first commonwealth) and still have not changed their wicked ways.” (Esther Rabbah 7:13) Haman sensed a weakness in the bond between G-d and His chosen nation when he observed its frivolous conduct at the royal feast in Shushan and seized on the opportunity to permanently break that sacred link. Only through the efforts of Mordechai and Esther to focus their nation on the importance of reconnecting with its Maker (through fasting, prayer and repentance) were the Jews able to overcome the terrible decree of annihilation and emerge victorious over their archrival. Of course, it was this same assault on the spiritual connection between the Jews and their G-d that inspired the Nazis, the modern day Amalekites, to attempt to achieve their goals. Despite Hitler’s stated objective to combat attacks on German nationalism and racial purity, ideals that the Jews, in particular, had allegedly defiled through their corrupt modernistic and leftist leanings, the Nazis focused primarily on the Jewish religion, and aimed to completely debase the possessors of that special heritage. As Emil L. Fackenheim expressed it in What is Judaism, “The whole purpose of the [Nazi] pro-

gram was to reduce Israel to excrement. That program included the G-d of Israel.” Historian Lucy Dawidowicz concurred: The refinements of cruelty were reserved for pious Jews and rabbis, whose traditional Jewish garb and whose beard and side locks identified them as quintessentially Jewish. The Germans deliberately chose observant Jews to force them to desecrate and destroy the sacred articles of Judaism, even to set fire to synagogues. In some places the Germans piled the Torah scrolls in the marketplace, compelling the Jews to set fire to the pile, and dance around it. Another German pleasure was “feeding” pork to pious Jews, usually in the presence of an invited audience. [The War Against the Jews, pp. 201-202] So focused were the Nazis on annihilating any last vestiges of the Jewish people and their religion that they willingly sabotaged their own war effort by diverting desperately needed personnel and equipment away from the front lines in order to expedite the murder of additional Jews. Not surprisingly, countless thousands of Jews understood the deeper nature of the Nazis’ threat and rose up in silent protest to solidify

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the eternal bond that linked them with their G-d. Despite the severe danger associated with public prayer, “Jews prayed in thousands of secret minayim. They prayed in cellars, at-

Every generation has its Amalek. Today’s version is Iran (whom Rav Ovadiah Yosef, zt”l, once branded as “a new Haman in Persia, threatening us with (their) nukes.”) The Iranian leadership vehemently

Our war against Amalek is an enduring struggle of godliness versus cynicism

tics, back rooms, behind drawn blinds, with men on guard.” (Dawidowicz, p. 248) Countless other acts of spiritual heroism throughout these years have also been duly recorded. Undoubtedly, in our attempt to remember the atrocities of the Holocaust, we must focus on the core facts, the technical information detailing the Nazis’ heinous quest to annihilate all of European Jewry. We must also honor the victims’ legacies by recounting their countless personal struggles and acts of heroism in the face of unimaginable suffering and despair. But if we are to gain true historical insight into the Nazis’ plan for total extermination, we must understand the Holocaust as the latest attempt of Amalek to destroy the special bond that we enjoy with G-d and the moral responsibilities that accompany it. Our war against Amalek is an enduring struggle of godliness versus cynicism, a battle between the holiness that emerges from a deep sense of spiritual connection and a defamatory nihilism that seeks to uproot the very essence of spirituality in this world. It is for this reason that we are charged to completely eradicate any vestiges of such skepticism as a prerequisite for the building of the final Beis HaMikdash and the restoration, if you will, of G-d’s name and throne (see Tanchuma, Ki Seitzei 11).

hates the Jewish state, and their open denial of the Holocaust and oft-stated desire to eradicate the Jewish people make them a clear enemy of us all. However, we cannot accept assertions that “the only guarantee for the protection of our people is the State of Israel and its army, the IDF,” a statement made by Benjamin Netanyahu at last year’s address to Congress. Nor can we rest with any real assurance following Netanyahu’s promise at the International Holocaust Remembrance Day five years ago, that, “never again will we allow the hand of evil to sever the life of our people and our state.” To make such assertions is to fall directly in Amalek’s trap, by removing G-d from the equation and placing the security of our future squarely on the shoulders of human frailty. The true Protector of our nation has been and always will be the G-d of Israel. The question is whether we can recapture the requisite degree of faith necessary to usher in an era of true, everlasting peace, in which the memory of Amalek will be fully vanquished for all eternity.

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

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Mmmm… Mishloach Manos By Bryna Garbacz

Toffee Chocolate Explosion Biting into homemade toffee bars is a luscious symphony of flavors. These are so easy to make yet look elegant on a tray with a single bottle of liqueur. Chocolate and liqueur? A sweet, freilechen Purim.

What you’ll need: Liqueur of your choice Tray (or wooden basket) Cookie sheet

Ingredients 1 ½ packs graham crackers 2 sticks (1 cup) margarine or butter 1 cup brown sugar Toppings 3 (3.5 oz.) bars chopped milk chocolate 3 bars chopped white chocolate Peanut butter cups Caramel turtles Slivered almonds Craisins

Sandwich cookies Chocolate covered pretzels Preparation Preheat oven to 350°F. Line cookie sheet with parchment paper. Arrange the graham crackers touching side by side in a single layer. Set aside. In a medium saucepan, heat the butter over medium heat until melted. Add brown sugar and stir to combine. Continue cooking until the

mixture reaches a boil, stirring constantly. Let the mixture boil for about 2 minutes, then remove from heat and pour over graham crackers. Use a spatula to spread the mixture evenly over the graham crackers. Bake for 6-7 minutes or until the mixture is bubbly. (Make sure not to burn.) Remove pan and immediately sprinkle evenly half the pan with milk chocolate and the other half with white.

(Make sure your chocolate is chopped small enough so that it will melt.) Let it sit for a few minutes until the chocolate is melted, then use a spoon to spread the chocolate around in an even layer. Sprinkle your desired toppings on top of the melted chocolate. Let it sit for a couple of hours until all the chocolate is hardened. When all the chocolate is dry, cut into squares and put into the packaging of your choice. Continued on page S12

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‫‪...‬פתחו‬ ‫לבכם לרחם עליהם‬ ‫בימי עניים ומרודיהם‪,‬‬

‫והושיטו שני ידיכם במתנות‬ ‫הגונות שיש בהם ממש ובכך‬ ‫תהיו נמנים לדבר מצוה‪...‬‬

‫כ"ק אדמו"ר‬ ‫מסקולען שליט"א‬

‫‪...‬כל מקרה‬ ‫ומקרה בפני עצמו זועק‬ ‫ומשווע עד לרקיע‪ ,‬וחלילה‬ ‫לנו להתעלם מהם‪ ...‬לא‬

‫מה רבו‬ ‫ונפלאו מעשי החסד של‬ ‫קרן החסד‪ ...‬ופעולתם אמת‬ ‫שעוזרים עניים נכבדים ותלמידי‬ ‫חכמים‪...‬לכן נכון שעסקנים‬ ‫יתקבלו בסבר פנים יפות‪,‬‬ ‫ביד פתוחה וברוח נדיבה‪.‬‬

‫הרב משה וואלפסאן‬ ‫שליט"א‬

‫תעמוד על דם רעיך!‬

‫‪Matanos‬‬ ‫‪L’evyonim‬‬ ‫בהמלצת גדולי ומאורי הדור שליט"א‬

‫‪EZRAS YISROEL‬‬

‫מקיימים מצות מתנות‬ ‫לאביונים בהידור רב‪...‬‬

‫הרב שמואל‬ ‫קמנצקי שליט"א‬

‫של כל אחד הנוטל חלק‬ ‫במפעל כביר זו‪...‬ולקיים‬ ‫בזה מצות מתנות לאביונים‪..‬‬

‫המפעל‬ ‫הנשגב עזרת ישראל‪...‬‬

‫הרב אפרים פישל‬ ‫הערשקאוויטש‬ ‫שליט"א‬

‫‪...‬והתיצבו‬ ‫לימין העסקנים המסורים‪...‬‬ ‫כי עיניהם של עניים נשואות‬ ‫לתרומות הללו‪ ,‬וחלילה‬

‫להתעלם מקול זעקתם‬ ‫הבוקע מתוך לבבם‬ ‫הנשבר‪...‬‬

‫‪Your Matanos L'evyonim will help‬‬

‫!‪from utter despair‬‬

‫!‪Join Us In Helping Them‬‬

‫צדקה נפלא‬ ‫וכביר בשם עזרת ישראל‪...‬‬ ‫לזאת אליכם אישים אקרא‬

‫להיות שותף וליטול‬ ‫חלק נכבד עבור אותם‬ ‫משפחות‪ ...‬ונא להרים‬ ‫תרומות הגונות‪...‬‬

‫הרב ארי' מלכיאל‬ ‫קוטלר שליט"א‬

‫‪bring Happiness to Thousands of‬‬ ‫‪People and will save their families‬‬

‫כ"ק אדמו"ר‬ ‫מנאוואמינסק שליט"א‬

‫מסייעים ותומכים‬ ‫למשפחות נצרכים‪,‬‬ ‫חולים גלמודים עניים‬ ‫ואביונים‪...‬‬

‫‪will help you fulfill your obligation to give‬‬

‫מתנות לאביונים‬ ‫לעניי עירך בו ביום!‬

‫‪...‬אין ערוך‬ ‫למצוה רבה זו וחשיבות קרן‬ ‫הצדקה הנ"ל‪ ...‬אשרי חלקו‬

‫הרב יחזקאל ראטה‬ ‫שליט"א‬

‫‪...‬ויכולים‬ ‫לקיים בזה מצות מתנות‬ ‫לאביונים כהלכתו‪ ...‬באתי‬

‫לבקש לקיים מצות פתוח‬ ‫תפתח את ידך וגו' ולתרום‬ ‫ביד נדיבה סכומים חשובים‬ ‫ולחוס ולרחם על הנצרכים‪...‬‬

‫‪...‬חובה‬ ‫גדולה לעמוד לימינם‪..‬‬

‫הרב אברהם יהושע העשיל‬ ‫ביק שליט"א‬

‫להיות להם לעזר ואחיסמך‬ ‫בעושה ובמעשה‪...‬שכן‬ ‫מפעלם מפעל אדיר הוא‪,‬‬

‫והרבה נפשות מישראל‬ ‫צריכים להם‪...‬‬

‫הרב מתתי' סאלאמאן‬ ‫שליט"א‬

‫!‪The More You Give - The More We Can Help‬‬

‫‪...‬כי‬ ‫המקרים נוגעים בפיקוח‬ ‫נפש והצלת נפשות רבות‬ ‫מישראל‪ ,‬ומצוה גדולה הוא‬

‫עד מאוד‪ ,‬להיות שותפים‬

‫במפעל קדוש ונשגב זה‪...‬‬

‫‪All donations received by 5:30pm on Purim day will be distributed on Purim‬‬

‫"‪Tax-deductible contributions payable to "EZRAS YISROEL‬‬

‫כ"ק אבדק"ק וויען‬ ‫שליט"א‬

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Get Your Hot Pretzels Here! Chewy hot pretzels in a variety of flavors – sweet, spicy, savory – is a welcome treat on a busy Purim day. Cinnamon & sugar, mozzarella & basil, or classic kosher salt will appeal to all tastes. Add some mustard and dipping sauces – they’ll be gone before you can say, “Happy Purim!”

What you’ll need: Tray or basket Dipping sauces or mustard Beer of your choice

Ingredients 1 ¼ cup warm water 1 tablespoon active dry yeast ¼ cup brown sugar 2 cups bread flour 2 cups self-rising flour** 1 teaspoon vegetable or canola oil ½ cup baking soda 3 cups hot water 1 egg (for glazing pretzels) (**make self-rising flour by whisking together 2 cups of pastry or cake flour with 3 teaspoons of baking powder and 1/2 teaspoon salt. Make sure to re-measure the 2 cups for this recipe after you’ve made the self-rising flour)

Toppings Cheddar cheese/jalapeno rings Cinnamon/sugar Olives/onions Mozzarella/basil Kosher salt Preparation Preheat oven to 450°F. In a mixing bowl, mix yeast and warm water. Let sit for 2 minutes until mixture is bubbly. Add brown sugar, bread flour, self-rising flour and vegetable oil to the yeast, and mix to combine completely. Knead for a few minutes until dough comes together. (Don’t over-knead

the dough; it will cause the dough to become tough and chewy.) Place dough in a greased bowl and cover with a cloth. Let it rise for about 45 minutes to an hour. To form the pretzels, divide the dough into 8 equal parts. Roll each section into a long rope about 18 inches long. Make a U-shape with the dough, then lift the two ends and twist them around each other twice. Boil up water and then add baking soda. Drop the formed pretzel into the solution for 5 seconds and then place on a greased cookie sheet. Brush pretzels with

egg and bake for 8- 10 minutes until the pretzels are golden brown. These pretzels are best served fresh but they can be frozen and reheated at 325°F for a couple of minutes. They can be made with a variety of flavors and toppings. The ones featured in this mishloach manos are jalapeno cheddar, almond cinnamon sugar, plain with kosher salt, sweet cheese with streusel, onion and olive, and mozzarella basil. You can sprinkle the toppings on top or knead it into the dough prior to rolling out and then sprinkle on the cheese or toppings before baking.

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Noshin’ on Hamantashen By Naomi Nachman

I love to eat hamentashen. I have made many assorted kinds and varieties of hamentashen over the last several years, ranging from savory to sweet. Because I am not an avid baker, I will usually use my blogger friends’ recipes when I want to make

Reuben Hamantaschen by Alex Idov

really unusual and funky hamentashen. These four food bloggers (all close friends of mine) have developed these outrageous hamentashen. They are so exciting that I had to share them with you in this round up.

taschen, I bring you another New York Jewish deli themed hamantash: The Reuben. Rye dough stuffed with corned beef, sauerkraut, faux Swiss cheese, and a creamy Thousand Island dressing. Yes, please. I’ll take two (or more). Yields 10 hamantashen

INGREDIENTS Rye Dough 3 cups unbleached all-purpose flour 1 cup rye flour 1 ½ tsp. garlic powder 1 ½ tsp. onion powder 2 tsp. instant yeast 1 tsp. baking powder 1 ½ tsp. salt 2 TBS olive oil 1 ½ cups beer (at room temperature) ¼ cup caraway seeds

Another one?! Yep...when you’re in hamantaschen baking mode, it’s hard to stop. Following on the heels of my “Pastrami on Rye” haman-

Filling ¾ lb. thinly-sliced corned beef 1 14. oz. can shredded sauerkraut 1 7.8 oz. package Daiya non-dairy Swiss slices ½ cup mayonnaise 2 TBS. pickle relish 1 ½ tsp. Worcestershire sauce 1 ½ tsp. white distilled vinegar

1 tsp. white sugar 1 tsp. ketchup Pinch of ground cloves

PREPARATION Mix and knead together all of the dough ingredients – by hand or with a mixer – until the dough is smooth, firm, and comes away from the side of the mixing bowl. Cover the dough with plastic wrap and a clean kitchen towel and let rise for 30 minutes (you can also allow the dough to rise at a slower pace/overnight in the fridge. (Note: I think the dough taste better when aged overnight.) Prepare the filling: Tear or cut the corned beef and Daiya “cheese” into small pieces and place into a large bowl. Add the sauerkraut, mayonnaise, pickle relish, Worcestershire sauce, vinegar, sugar, ketchup, and cloves and toss/mix until well combined. Set aside. Preheat oven 400°F. Roll the rye dough into a long, thick rope (approximately 15 inches) and divide into 10 equal pieces. Roll the pieces into balls about the size of a tennis ball and flatten each ball with the palm of your hand into 1/8” thickness. Place a heaping spoonful of the corned beef filling mixture on the center of the dough and fold the dough into a triangle around the filling, pinching Continued on page S16

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

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the corners tightly to ensure the filling is well enclosed. If you feel there is too much filling in any of the hamantaschen, be sure to remove some so as not to force the hamantaschen open in the baking process. Mix one egg together will a few tablespoons of water to create an egg wash. Generously paint the hamantaschen with the egg wash and bake for 1820 minutes, or until the sides and bottom of the hamantaschen are firm. Serve hot/warm. Alex Idov (AKA) the Kosherologist is a food blogger at the award-winning “thekosherologist.com” and freelance food writer. He is currently studying for his Bachelor of Science degree in Culinary Sustainability and Hospitality at the Kennesaw State University Michael A. Leven School of Culinary Sustainability and Hospitality.

Peanut Butter Chocolate Pretzel Hamantashen by Melinda Strauss

This hamantashen recipe is dairy free but you can use butter and heavy cream in place of the margarine and coconut milk to make it dairy. Yields 2-3 dozen

INGREDIENTS Crunchy Peanut Butter Dough 2 sticks (1 cup) margarine ½ cup brown sugar ¼ cup white sugar ½ cup canned coconut milk (or whipped topping) 1 tsp vanilla extract

½ cup crunchy peanut butter 3¼ cup all-purpose flour 2 tsp cream of tartar Chocolate Ganache Filling ½ cup chocolate chips ¼ cup canned coconut milk (or whipped topping) Pretzel Topping 1 cup salted bite-size pretzels Chocolate Peanut Butter Drizzle ½ cup chocolate chips 3-4 tsp creamy peanut butter 1 TBS margarine or vegetable shortening

PREPARATION To prepare the dough: Beat together the margarine, brown sugar and white sugar, then add the coconut milk and vanilla extract. Once everything is combined, add the crunchy peanut butter and blend. Then slowly add the flour and cream of tartar until the mixture is completely combined. Wrap the dough in plastic wrap and freeze for 10 minutes. You can also place in the fridge for up to 3 days before using. To make the Chocolate Ganache Filling: In a microwave safe bowl, combine the chocolate and coconut milk and microwave for 30 seconds. Stir until the chocolate melts then place the ganache filling in the fridge to set for 30 minutes. Baking the Hamantashen: Preheat the oven to 375°F and line two baking sheets with parchment paper. Take the dough out of the fridge and let it sit on the counter for a few minutes, just to warm it up a bit. It’s much easier to roll out at room temperature. Lightly flour the counter and roll out the dough. Don’t make the dough too thin or it won’t hold together while it bakes. Cut out rounds of dough using a 3-4 inch cookie cutter. You can pretty much use whatever size cookie cutter you want based on the size of the hamantaschen you are looking for! Move the dough rounds to a parchment lined cookie sheet, brush the edges with water then add a half teaspoon of the chocolate ganache and pinch the edges together to create a triangle. Brush the tops of the hamantashen with water and gently press a pretzel into the top. The water will keep the pretzel from separating from the cookie after baked. Bake for 12-14 minutes, until lightly golden brown on top. Move the baked hamantaschen to a cooling rack set inside a parchment lined baking sheet to cool completely. To make the Chocolate Peanut Butter Drizzle: Combine the chocolate chips, peanut butter and margarine in a microwave safe bowl and micro-

wave for 30 seconds. Stir until smooth. Pour the drizzle into a sandwich bag, close the bag then cut off a small piece of one of the corners. Drizzle the chocolate over the pretzel-topped hamantashen and allow to set for 10 minutes. Note: these hamantashen are amazing right out of the freezer, otherwise the pretzels tend to get stale after a few days. Melinda Strauss is a food blogger, food photographer and recipe developer. Her blog, Kitchen-Tested. com, with its easy to follow step by step photos and recipes, has made a name for itself in the kosher food industry. Melinda also hosts the only Kosher Food Bloggers Conference, which attracts kosher bloggers, chefs, cookbook authors and food industry professionals from around the world.

French Macaron Hamentashen by Jonathon Margolin

The Jewish holiday of Purim is coming up. To get into the festive spirit, I made hamantashen that were fun, colorful and enjoyable. Most people enjoy a great French Macaron and hamantashen and I thought why not bring them together. This is a very easy recipe to make at home, you just need a bit of patience to get the perfect cookie.

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INGREDIENTS 3 ½ cups confectioners’ sugar 2 cups almond flour 6 large egg whites, room temperature ½ tsp cream of tartar ½ cup superfine sugar 2-3 drops food coloring 1 tsp vanilla extract Pinch salt ½ filling of your choice, I used strawberry rhubarb jelly

PREPARATION Preheat your oven to 300°F, it is best if you have a convection setting. Using parchment paper, trace out a triangle shapes with a black sharpie. Then take the parchment paper and place it on the baking sheet place. Then line the baking sheet with a silicon mat. You should see the triangles through the pad. You should line 3 baking sheets like this. Measure the confectioners’ sugar and almond flour by spooning them into measuring cups and leveling with a knife. Transfer to a bowl and combine. Sift the dry ingredients and flour into a large bowl, pressing with a spatula to pass through as much as possible. It will take some time, and you will end up with 2 tablespoons of coarse almond flour left which can then be put into the mixture. Make sure your egg whites are at room temperature. Then beat the egg whites, cream of tartar and salt with a mixer on medium speed until frothy. Increase the speed to medium high then slowly add the superfine sugar and beat until stiff and shiny. Then add the food coloring and extract. Continue folding and turning the bowl, until the batter is smooth. The batter should fall off the spatula in a flat ribbon consistency. Transfer the batter to a pastry bag or plastic bag. You can cut a hole in the plastic bag and use the bag to pipe or use a 1/8 inch round tip. Holding the bag vertically and close to the baking sheet, pipe the outline of the triangle and then pipe in the middle. Firmly bang the baking sheets a few times against the counter to release any air bubbles. You should be able to pipe 6 - 8 cookies per sheet. Let the cookies sit at room temperature until the tops are no longer sticky to the touch, 15 minutes to 1 hour. Place another unlined baking sheet under the first batch, which will protect the cookies from the heat. Bake the first batch until the cookies are shiny and rise 1/8 inch about 20 minutes. Transfer to a rack to cool completely. Repeat, using a double sheet for each batch. Peel the cookies off the mats and sandwich with a thin layer of filling. Note: I used strawberry rhubarb jelly in my hamentaschen. You can be very creative with your

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cookies, from mint chocolate to blueberry cheesecake the sky is the limit. I hope you enjoy. “Your Kosher Food Doctor” helps you with all your cooking ailments. Jonathan Margolin (Toque & Scalpel) is a doctor by day and a chef, recipe developer, cooking instructor, brand ambassador, food photographer and a food writer/blogger at night. You can find more of his creative recipes on his site, www.toqueandscalpel.com.

Baklava Hamantashen By Chanie Apfelbaum

INGREDIENTS 1 pkg filo dough, thawed ½ cup melted butter or margarine 2 cups chopped walnuts 1 cup loosely packed light brown sugar 1 tsp cinnamon ½ tsp salt ½ cup apricot jam ½ cup water

PREPARATION Grease an 8″x 8″ baking dish with melted butter and set aside. Add the chopped nuts, brown sugar, cinnamon and salt to a food processor or blender. Pulse the mixture until the nuts are chopped more finely (but not ground) and the mixture is combined. Remove filo from packaging and cut sheets so that you have 18 squares the size of the baking dish (a little smaller than 8″ x 8″ so it fits well). Separate the filo into 3 parts with 6 square layers in each. Cover the layers with a damp cloth as they tend to dry out quickly. Starting with the first set

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of 6 layers, brush melted butter in between each layer, placing them in the baking dish on top of each other. Spread half of the nut filling over the first stack of filo dough in the baking dish. Repeat with the second stack of filo dough, brushing butter in between each layer, stacking it in the baking dish, and topping it with the 2nd half of the nut filling. Take the third stack of filo dough and brush butter in between each layer, but DO NOT layer it in the baking dish. Instead, set the buttered stack on your work surface. Using a triangular-shaped cookie cutter, gently press your knife down on the filo dough to form triangular-shaped guides that will show you where to cut the filo later. Make sure not to cut through the layers of filo dough. This is only meant as a guide to show you where to cut the baklava later, when all the layers are stacked. Once you have drawn your guide, take a smaller triangular cookie cutter and cut through the layers of filo to remove their centers, resembling hamantaschen. Take your final stack of filo dough, with the triangular guides and hollowed out centers, and place it in the baking dish over the previously set layers. Now you can take your knife and following the guide, cut the triangular shapes all the way through the layers. Brush the top layer of filo with butter and bake the baklava at 350°F for 25-30 minutes, until golden. While the baklava is baking, add apricot jam and water to a pot and heat the jam until it begins to melt into a syrup. Use a whisk or spoon to break up the jam, and continue to cook until a thin syrup forms. Remove from the heat and pour into a small jug or pitcher. Remove the baklava from the oven and pour apricot syrup over it, brushing with a pastry brush, if needed. Note: For a healthier version, you may spray each layer of filo dough with butter flavored PAM instead of using real butter. Variation: You may use other kinds of nuts such as pistachios or almonds, or use a combination. Tip: If you do not have triangular shaped cookie cutters, you can prepare your own template using heavy cardstock to serve as your guide. Born and raised in Brooklyn, Chanie Apfelbaum runs the popular kosher cooking blog BusyinBrooklyn. When she’s not busy caring for her little ones, Chanie blogs about her cooking, crafting and coping adventures. She combines her love of writing, photography and design to bring you original dishes and crafts that your whole family will enjoy. With step-by-step photography, clear instructions and friendly guidance, the BusyinBrooklyn blog makes everything look easy!

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Purim The Week In News

Local Trump Stumps in the Five Towns As the primaries makes its way towards New York, the frontrunner, who continues to make head waves – literally – has started stumping in the Five Towns. At a rally held on the 878 last week, Donald Trump declared that he would win bigly in the Five Towns. “I will build a wall. I promise. It’s going to be a big and beautiful wall...running along the 878.”

The bold initiative by Mr. Trump is meant to win over Five Towns voters. “We need to stop Brooklyn people from coming to the Five Towns. They are taking our parking spots. They are taking our tables at restaurants. They are driving up housing prices, school prices, they talk like New Yorkers. Folks, it’s not good. That’s it. We are building a wall. And, it’s going to be beautiful. Bigly.” Mr. Trump, who is self-funding his

campaign, has promised to put a lot of resources into getting out the Five Towns vote. His new BFF, Gov. Chris Christie, was named the chairman of Trump’s Five Towns effort. “Where’s Chris? Oh, you’re behind me. How did I miss you bigly?” Trump said at the rally, before declaring, “Chris is going to pull out every vote in the Five Towns. He is going to look for voters in Bistro, Traditions, Coffee Bar, Sushi Tokyo, Mauzone

Take Out, Seasons appetizing counter, and, of course, Seasons Express, Sunflower Cafe, Cho-Sen Island, Jerusalem Pizza, Upper Crust, Cravingz, Toddies, Crawford’s, Pizzal’e, Hapina, Carlos & Gabby’s, Pizza Pious, Graze, Amsterdam Burger, Cork and Slice, the Fish Plate, Pizza Time, Wok Tov, Berrylicious, Off the Wall, Chimichurri, Dunkin Donuts, Giant Bagel, Five Towns Bagel, and of course Dunkin Continued on page S 21

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Making a Sheva brachos and need hi-Quality cutlery or something for guests to munchon? Call the Chinese Noodle Gemach.

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We also take soy sauce packets, napkins (with or without soy sauce stains) and fortune cookies (if intact and paper not surgically

removed by you because you ran out of things to talk about at dinner and went with the classic, “Nu, what does the fortune cookie say?”)

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Finally, they did it!

The politicians have gotten the Rockaway Turnpike traffic issues fixed.

No longer will you be stuck in an hour of traffic every time you come back into town. No longer will you wonder whether you are going to have to abandon your car once the eighteen minute z’man comes. No longer will you long for the sighting of Kas Carpet (is that carpet leaning against the outside wall really going to end up in someone’s den or is that the designated outside carpet?)

Wait! It didn’t happen and it ain’t gonna happen. (POLITICIAN: “You don’t understand…it’s a state road, I mean a city road, wait maybe a Nassau County road…actually the middle lane is a federal road, the right lane is a state road and the left lane is a combination...yadda, yadda, yadda…please don’t vote me out of office…”)

But now you can chopper into town. Drop your car off at Choppers-R-Us (we share a lot with the DMV, which has ample parking for 12 cars) and we will chopper you into town. Feel the breeze in your hair as you glide above the honking horns and enormous potholes.

Choppers-R-Us: We chop your commute in half.

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Ben’s Sleep Apnea Center of The Five Towns

"It won’t take Brain Surgery to Bring Sleep Back to America!" Start sleeping instantly! We offer a unique and comprehensive form of sleep apnea treatment that will effectively cure your sleep apnea in one session. Each visitor is greeted by our sleep-talking medical director Dr. Ben Carson for a one-on-one introduction. Two minutes into your conversation with Dr. Carson, you will find yourself dozing off and in a deep state of peace. After five minutes you will be in a REM sleep. You will never fully wake up again in your life, but, don’t worry, you will be somewhat alert and will be able to run for president someday.

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2016 Purim CERTIFIED Donuts. It’s going to be bigly.” A Republican debate will be held in the basement of the Peninsula Library on Thursday, March 24 at 5 PM. It is expected that there will be

an overflow crowd as based on the amount of members that Peninsula Library has, there are well over 2,000,000 residents of the Five Towns. Along with their admission

ticket, those attending the debate are being asked to bring along a utility bill and car registration. The librarians will be the moderators. Trump promised that he would nominate a Five Towns judge to the Supreme Court. “We are looking at several of the local village court judges to see which one has a record of having the best suntan,” he said. Trump pointed to his long ties to the Five Towns community. “We built the Regency on Central Ave-

nue, a lovely building. We, of course, have the Trump Jewish Home...great newspaper, we love our TTJH. So we have been doing great things in the Five Towns for a long, long time.” When a reporter questioned whether Trump actually had any ownerships in the aforementioned businesses, he poignantly replied, “You’re ugly.” Say what you want about Trump, his presence in the Five Towns has been a boon to the restaurant business…for some reason.

De Blasio Administration Brings Uniformity to Eastern Queens, AKA Far Rockaway Now comfortably into his second year in office, Mayor Bill de Blasio has released a plan to create more uniformity amongst the five boroughs and within each borough. “It makes no sense that in one part of Queens there’s one system for the ninety-nine percent and in another part of Queens there’s a system for the one-percenters,” said the mayor. Although the plan is broad, its largest effects will be in Far Rockaway, which is called by some residents West Lawrence, but is referred to as Eastern Queens by de Blasio administration officials. “We need to move towards uniform street naming conventions throughout Queens so people driving their Priuses don’t feel confused when they drive through Far Rockaway,” said a de Blasio administration official, who didn’t want to disclose his/her name, identity or gender because of equality issues. He/she just wanted to be respected for what his/her Communist positions are. He/she said that many people get lost while driving in Far Rockaway. According to the leaked plans, Reads Lane will retain its name, but everything else will change. Sage Street will become Reads Road; Empire will become Reads Boulevard; Hicksville will become Reads Ct.; Elvira will become Reads Place; Jarvis will become

Reads Circle; Caffrey will become Reads Way; Cornaga will become Reads Street; Cedar Hill will become Reads Avenue; and Frisco will become Reads Drive. To add to the uniformity, every street address will now have a dash in it. So, “1014 Reads Road” will now be “10-14” or 1-014” or “101-4,” depending on the compass position of the house. This change, according to de Blasio officials, will not only create equity in street naming conventions, but will also make Far Rockaway as easy to

figure out as central Queens. “I used to have such a hard time giving directions in Far Rockaway but now it’s so simple: I can just say, ‘Take Reads Lane to Reads Court, make a right on Reads Drive, a left on Reads Avenue and the house address is 1-945, two houses past 194-5 and one house before 1945!’” said one enthusiastic supporter of the plan. In addition, the de Blasio administration will be implementing an alternate side parking program. According to the plan, there will be parking only on the right side of the street every

Monday and Thursday – if the month started on a Tuesday or Friday. If the month started on a Sunday or Wednesday then there will be no parking on the left side of the street on alternating Tuesdays and Fridays, between 6Am and 10AM or 5PM and 8PM, depending on whether the month has thirty days or thirty one days. “The beauty of this plan is its simplicity,” said de Blasio, who capitalizes the second part of his last name but not the first part and who is married to Chirlane McCray, who doesn’t share his last name.

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2016 Purim CERTIFIED The Great Parking Meter Debate Artificial intelligence has arrived in the Five Towns in the form of parking meters. The new meters know who you are, whether you need a manicure, a haircut, or to “shed some excess poundage.” Although residents are outraged, the local government officials, otherwise known as “big brother watching,” think this is a great development in “tikkun haolam.” Village officials are promising an app that will go along with the meters. “When you are eyeing a muffin in Coffee Bar, the app will remind you that the meter you just parked at ‘really doesn’t think you need that muffin!’” Officials argue that these messages are not intrusive because they just say what other people are thinking anyways. Besides, it’s not like the meters are too good looking themselves. Also, they argue, “What do you think, the meter should just give you the news and nothing else?” Opponents say that this is the first step towards a nanny state. Soon they won’t let you park your

cars on the street at night, they will require you to get a permit to put up a treehouse in your background, and will place a moratorium on new restaurants in town.

Pom-Pom Mania Hits the Five Towns A new level of tzinius has come to the Five Towns as many women have taken upon themselves to not only use one covering for their hair but to use two. The secondary covering, which goes on top of a hat or beanie, is a pom-pom. According to halachic authorities, pompoms have to be at least one tefach, which is the size of, well, a palm. Some are even so zealous about this stringency that they have even added pom-poms to their keychains. As one lecturer recently said, “This is a mitzvah that we can hold in the palm of our hands.” It has also become a frequently asked topic when a shidduch is discussed: “Will she cover with a pom-

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pom? What size pom-pom will she wear? Will she wear only a gray pom-pom or colorful pompoms? Will she wear a pompom even in the summer?” Many people who have experienced a heightened sense of spirituality by wearing pompoms are now even pushing this chumra on their babies and even their husbands. Suit Central has started selling black hats with pom-poms on top of them. “I don’t mean to be pom-pous,” said one man who walked out of Suit Central with a brand new pom-pom fitted black hat, “but you should see me saying Psalms when I wear my poms.”

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2016 Purim CERTIFIED Gourmet Glatt Expanding Internationally After President Vladimir Putin suggested several months ago that European Jews return to Russia, Gourmet Glatt has decided to open up shop in the heart of Moscow. The new state-of-the-art supermarket is like nothing the residents of Moscow have ever seen. The selections have them overwhelmed. As Veyacheslav Gor-

gov said, “Chai ken get plain wodke, orenge wodke, mango wodke, chocolate wodke, raspberry wodke, passion fruit wodke...zees is everyting chai ever dreamed of.” The icono-plastic Gourmet Glatt bags are now becoming a status symbol throughout Russia and Putin was even seen holding one recently on a

hunting trip. Gourmet Glatt’s Cuba store opened to great fanfare as President Obama presided over the ribbon cutting ceremony. The store features a large array of Cuban cigars, coffee and mangoes. The emporium in Havana will also feature a large selection of life vests and waterproof meals for those

beginning the swim to Miami. At the ceremony, the U.S. National Anthem was followed by the singing of the Cuban National Anthem, “Row, row, row your boat.” Gourmet has plans of opening in Puerto Rico and Mexico as well, although the Mexican edition may be put on hold if Trump’s wall is too high.

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a considerable amount of time in the Five Towns during the period after he escaped from jail through an underground tunnel. According to sources, he was seen riding his bike on Central Avenue on several occasions, hanging out at the Inwood LIRR train station, and was even spotted buying some scratch-off tickets at a local deli. It is believed that he was planning on opening a Mexican salad bar, aptly called “El Chapo’s.” A tunnel was discovered from his apartment directly to the basement of his new restaurant. El Chapo earned his chops – literally – as the head of the Sinaloa cartel, but wanted to go into a more profitable business and discovered that there is nothing more profitable than selling salad in the Five Towns. Granted the first four ingredients are

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2016 Purim CERTIFIED Elderly Nursing Home Patient Goes Missing

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A local nursing home had a major scare when one of its patients recently went missing. The patient was an elderly Jewish man originally from Brooklyn. He was described as having a lot of hair...coming out of his ears. And not so much hair coming from his head. He drools excessively and tends to flail his arms dangerously. After many days of searching, the man miraculously turned up – on national TV! When nursing home officials tried apprehending him, he began screaming about a wall. At first officials were concerned that this poor old man may have gotten caught up in Trump mania, but when they inquired further, he stomped and shouted, “No,

Wall Street…W-A-L-L Street...,” as he made the motions of various karate chips at eye level. The man refused to return to the nursing home, saying that he has to “beat the lady.” After a while officials determined that the best course of action is not to force this very fragile and upset person back to the home, but to allow him to come back on his own, when he is ready. It is expected that after a few more primaries, when he realizes that he can’t win the elections, he will return to the nursing home on his own. Everyone at the nursing home can’t wait to get their friend Bernie Sanders back. Mahjong will be waiting.

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‫‪The Not So OK Team Negotiators‬‬

‫?‪Going into a high-stakes negotiation and need to make sure you fold like a cheap suit‬‬ ‫?‪Want to give away everything and get nothing in return‬‬ ‫?‪Want to make sure your adversary runs circles around you‬‬

‫‪HIRE THE NOT SO OK TEAM‬‬ ‫‪Team leaders Barack H.‬‬ ‫‪Obama and John F. Kerry will‬‬ ‫‪bring their zero experience in‬‬ ‫‪the private sector and‬‬ ‫‪abysmal record in the public‬‬ ‫‪sector to the bargaining table‬‬ ‫‪on your behalf. They will‬‬ ‫‪create clear red lines and‬‬ ‫‪abandon them so that you are‬‬ ‫‪exposed as having no spine‬‬ ‫‪whatsoever. They will assure‬‬ ‫‪that by the time of the final‬‬ ‫‪handshake, you were totally‬‬ ‫‪fleeced by your adversary.‬‬ ‫‪And, of course, they are willing‬‬ ‫‪to break a leg for you.‬‬

‫و قادة الفرق باراك حسين أوباما و جون كيري جلب‬ ‫خبرتهم صفر في القطاع الخاص‪ ،‬و سجل السيئ في‬ ‫القطاع العام إلى طاول ة المفاوضات نيابة عنك ‪ .‬فإنها‬ ‫ستخلق خطوط حمراء واضحة و التخلي عنها بحيث‬ ‫عة الحال ة المفاوضات نيابة عنك ‪ .‬فإنها ستخلق‬ ‫خطوط حمراء واضحة و التخلي عنها بحيث عة ‪ ،‬هم‬ ‫‪.‬على استعداد لكسر في ساقه لك‬

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‫‪Ayatollah Khomeini‬‬ ‫‪Vladimir Putin‬‬ ‫‪Bashar al-Assad‬‬ ‫‪Raúl and Fidel Castro‬‬ ‫‪and others….‬‬

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‫‪Past performance is an absolute guarantee of future results. Rest assured that we will try‬‬ ‫‪to mess up for you as we did for our other 350 million clients – otherwise known as the‬‬ ‫‪citizens of the United States.‬‬ ‫خبرتهم صفر في القطاع الخاص‪ ،‬و سجل السيئ في القطاع العام إلى طاول ة مراء واضحة و التخلي عنها بحيث عة الحال ة المفاوضات نيابة مراء واضحة و التخلي عنها بحيث عة الحال ة المفاوضات نيابة مراء واضحة و التخلي عنها ‪.‬‬ ‫بحيث عة الحال ة المفاوضات نيابة مراء واضحة و التخلي عنها بحيث عة الحال ة المفاوضات نيابة بحيث عة الحال ة المفاوضات نيابة مراء واضحة و التخلي عنها بحيث عة الحال ة المفاوضات نيابة بحيث عة الحال ة المفاوضات نيابة مراء‬ ‫واضحة و التخلي عنها بحيث عة الحال ة المفاوضات نيابة بحيث عة الحال ة المفاوضات نيابة مراء واضحة و التخلي عنها بحيث عة الحال ة المفاوضات نيابة بحيث عة الحال ة المفاوضات نيابة مراء واضحة و التخلي عنها بحيث عة الحال‬ ‫ة المفاوضات نيابة بحيث عة الحال ة المفاوضات نيابة مراء واضحة و التخلي عنها بحيث عة الحال ة المفاوضات نيابة بحيث عة الحال ة المفاوضات نيابة مراء واضحة و التخلي عنها بحيث عة الحال ة المفاوضات نيابة بحيث عة الحال ة‬ ‫المفاوضات نيابة مراء واضحة و التخلي عنها بحيث عة الحال ة المفاوضات نيابة بحيث عة الحال ة المفاوضات نيابة مراء واضحة و التخلي عنها بحيث عة الحال ة المفاوضات نيابة بحيث عة الحال ة المفاوضات نيابة مراء واضحة و التخلي‬ ‫عنها بحيث عة الحال ة المفاوضات نيابة‬ ‫المفاوضات نيابة عنك ‪ .‬فإنها ستخلق خطوط حمراء واضحة و التخلي عنها بحيث عة الحال ة المفاوضات نيابة عنك ‪ .‬فإنها ستخلق خطوط حمراء‬

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2016 Purim CERTIFIED WhatsApp Anonymous Clinic Opens A new WhatsApp Anonymous Clinic has opened in the Five Towns to deal with the multitude of issues that arise from the highly addictive WhatsApp smartphone application. According to the clinic’s founder, Dr. Bing (pronounced “Beeeeeeennnnng”), some patients at the clinic are there because they are so caught up in their various WhatsApp chats that they neglect every other area of life. “I had an insatiable need to be part of as many chat groups as possible and watching all of the videos simply took up my entire day,” admits one patient. The clinic teaches its patrons to realize that nothing will happen if they don’t see the silly video placed on WhatsApp by people who have nothing better to do at work than surf the internet for

funny videos to share on their various group chats. One of the hardest tasks for some patients is deciding to leave a WhatsApp chat group. “What will they say about me once I leave?” “I am rejecting like 30 people at once; that will for sure come back to bite me.” “What if after I leave the chat I miss something important?” One patient who recently was treated at the clinic had an entirely different problem. He was trying to figure out how to generate more “LOLs” or “that’s hilarious!” responses to his postings. “The clinic is teaching me to get over my ‘stage fright’ and post comments on WhatsApp chats without the fear of ‘hearing crickets.’” Others have come to the clinic for

Lawrence Lights Hotel Opens

Finally, Lawrence has a world class hotel, located at the corner of Central Avenue and Rockaway Turnpike. The hotel, called Long Lights Hotel, will feature five star amenities which patrons can use while they wait for the light at the intersection outside of the hotel to change. “The idea came to me after I spent an entire afternoon waiting for different arrows at that intersection,” says the hotel’s curator. Well, now you don’t have to worry about being stuck at that light anymore; you can just check into the hotel, get a good meal at Bistro or Traditions, take a nap, and when the light changes you can finally be

on your way. One passerby, who welcomed the idea, pointed out that Central and Rockaway Turnpike is stuck in time – nothing at that intersection moves, not even the time on the standing clocks on the corner. The hotel concierge offers numerous relaxing wake-up call options. You can be woken by the horn of a screeching LIRR train, or, if you like, the cow-like bellow from the nearby fire station, or loud Spanish music emanating from a souped-up low-riding Honda Civic. Lawrence’s Long Lights Hotel promises that “we’ll keep the light red for you.”

the stress related to figuring out how to greet someone when you don’t know them personally but know that you are both on the same WhatsApp chat group. “Do I walk by and nod?” wondered one patient at the clinic. “Or should I confidently walk up to the person and say, ‘Whaaaaz-

zuuuup?’” One patient who claims to have overcome his WhatsApp addiction said that now that he is free, he has more time to focus on real relationships through his Facebook page, Instagram account, Twitter feed and LinkedIn endorsements.

Seasons Express Buys Out 7-Eleven

After a flurry of negotiations, Seasons Express has bought out 7-Eleven. Now, all 52,000-plus 7-Eleven stores nationwide will become Seasons Expresses. One top executive at Seasons Express says that they made the rather large acquisition after patrons complained that their Icees addiction prevented them from leaving the Five Towns area. “I have four Icees a day,” says Super Large Blueberry Cherry Swirl, who used to be known as Yanky Cohen, “and when I have to leave the Five Towns area,

I get anxiety.” Now, he won’t have to worry anymore. The head of 7-Eleven, Puntal Pitel Priyansh Pare Prihl, said, “Ve are veddy excited to become family vit Seasons Express.” Seasons Express management has promised to bring Thursday night chulent and kishka to all locations. “It’s time for America to clog their arteries on Thursday night like we do in our community with this lip-smacking treat,” declared a Seasons Express executive.

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The Night Before Purim A Cautionary Tale (with apologies to Clement Clarke Moore) By Rocky Zweig

’was the night before Purim, and all through the town, Lots of bochurim were drinking, just chugging it down.

They’d hired a limo, to drive them around, In the back there was booze, beer and wine to be found. But Yossi, the youngest, said he wouldn’t be drinking, He told all his buddies, “I know what you’re thinking. I know that you’ll pressure me, bug me, and say, ‘C’mon, kid, don’t worry, please, don’t be that way. We’re just having fun, come on, be a trooper, We’ve gone out to party, we don’t need a pooper!’” “But right before leaving, I promised my folks, That I wouldn’t drink or share any smokes, I told ‘em I’d laugh and I’d dance and I’d sing, So just leave me be, and do your own thing!” But soon as they got in their thirty-foot Hummer, Naftali said, “Yossi, you’re being a bummer. I think you should stay home with mom and with dad, If you think that drinking is so very bad.” The evening began with the best of intentions,

They’d get lots of checks, while acting like menschen. Of course there’d be drinking, but not in excess, They’d dance and get paid and would not leave a mess. But soon there was beer, and then there was scotch, All Yossi could do was just sit there and watch, He’d given his word, that he would refuse, If anyone tried to offer him booze. The guys were all drinking and horsing around, While Yossi just sat there, not making a sound. And as he sat sulking while watching his peers, He thought, “Well, I’m sure I could handle one beer. I promised I wouldn’t drink whiskey or wine, But I think one bottle of beer would be fine. At that Shalom Zachor a few weeks ago, My dad saw me drink one, and didn’t say no.” And so it began, one bottle of beer, And then the car stopped and the guys yelled, “We’re here!” They all tumbled out, and knocked on the door, Of Mr. Kaplinsky, who sure wasn’t poor! The house was a mansion, with bedrooms galore, Continued on page S30

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A living room, dining room, study and more, A huge indoor pool, a beautiful deck, They knew their yeshiva would get a fat check! The boys started dancing and getting quite busy, But Yossi was feeling a little bit dizzy, So he asked Naftali, “Hey, what should I do?” He answered, “I think you need beer number two!” So Yossi gave in and drank down another, And started forgetting his father and mother, And after the third, he wanted to stop, But good ol’ Naftali would not let it drop. So he said to Yossi, “Here, try something new,” He gave him some bourbon, and then vodka, too. And Yossi was laughing and dancing and singing, But he had a headache, his ears were both ringing.

And Mr. Kaplinsky was just tickled pink… …But then Dov and Yanky threw up in his sink. Then Mayer got sick on the second floor landing, And Benzy and Yitzy were just barely standing. Then Mr. Kaplinsky suddenly turneed mean, And said, “You’re the worst bunch of kids that I’ve seen, I want you to go, and leave me in peace, Get out of here now, or I’ll call the police!” They just barely managed to walk to the car, They started to drive, but hadn’t gone far, When Yanky said, “Guys, I hate to be fussy, But when we departed…I think we left Yossi!”

Then straight to Mount Sinai with sirens and lights, They pumped out his stomach, he stayed overnight. His parents came running, and stood by his bed, His mother was crying, his father’s face red. He promised them it wouldn’t happen again, His dad said, “You better believe it, my friend.” He could tell that his father was still quite enraged, When his dad said, “You’re grounded until you’re engaged. You’ll stay in your room except during meals, This ruling is final, there are no appeals. “Do you understand how much mommy cried? Do you understand that you could have died? We gave you our trust, all you did was abuse it, I love you my son, but I can’t excuse it!” And so now we come to the end of our fable, Where Yossi was rescued from under a table. We hope that this story will teach you to think, Before you reach out for that very first drink. For soon there’s a second, and then there’s a third, ‘Cause nobody wants to feel like a nerd. Remember on Purim, go out and collect, But please be a mensch and have some respect. You won’t have to go around asking mechila, For the damage you did while drinking tequila. If you just remain sober, don’t make a l’chaim, Next year may we see Purim in Yerushalayim.

Rocky Zweig has been writing since he was sixteen and was the Editor-in-Chief of the late and decidedly unlamented Modieinu, the mimeographed (remember mim-

Poor Yossi lay under the dining room table, With vodka and brandy and a glass of Black Label. Kaplinsky was yelling, “This place is a churban! The carpet and drapes and the walls reek of bourbon!”

eographs?) newspaper of the Tenth Avenue Pirchei of Boro Park, where he wrote

The maid took the vacuum and started to use it, While Mr. Kaplinsky was spraying Renuzit, She did all the carpets and rugs she was able, And then started vacuuming under the table.

matrimonial bliss. He lives in his Fortress of Solitude in Flatbush with a small me-

“DIOS MIO!” she cried, “I hit someone’s head, Please, Señor Kaplinsky, he looks like he’s dead!”

(rather than face the unpleasant task of flushing these unfortunate piscine creatures

And Mr. Kaplinsky, while secretly seething, Got down on his knees and saw Yossi was breathing. Then he called Hatzalah, they came in a minute, In a new ambulance, and they put Yossi in it.

everything from stories to news articles to hashkafa articles to...yes (now it can be told!)...letters to the editor. Rocky was sixteen a very long time ago. He is the proud father of three marginally neurotic children. He has been married three — count ‘em — three times and has finally determined that he’s probably not very good at nagerie: Clarice, a European Starling; Rabbi Horatio LeZard, a Bearded Dragon; an aquarium filled with Lake Malawi African Cichlids; and a ten gallon tank that functions as a Home for Unwanted Goldfish, or H.U.G., collected over the years by his grandkids and great nieces and nephews at myriad street fairs and carnivals when they are eventually, inevitably ignored by their own obnoxious progeny, the parents simply call Uncle Rocky who then feeds them and cares for them until their ultimate natural demise three or four or even ten years down the pike). So apparently Rocky seems to get along better with animals than with his fellow homo sapiens. Or sapienses. Or whatever. Rocky’s column will be appearing every other week in The Jewish Home. Rocky can be reached at anidaati@aol.com.

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Health & F tness

A Purim Poem By Aliza Beer

t’s that time of the year again Girls are princesses and boys dangerous men. To masquerade oneself is the theme Limitless hamantashen and alcohol is our dream.

Like all good things, the day does come to an end. Disguises are removed and we must try to mend It’s feasible to gain five pounds in that one meal Subsequently, diet and exercise will help you deal It took only hours to gain those pounds But on the treadmill, you will do many rounds. So how do we survive the day without being a fress? I will tell you the secret to your success.

Painting by Yaeli Vogel

Treat Purim like an anniversary, celebration, or birthday, Have a couple of treats, but don’t completely stray Making choices in life is what we do, Eating to oblivion is not being a good Jew Eat breakfast just like on any typical day Fruit will be snacks, up your blood sugar will stay You will sit down to the seudah not very hungry at all Mission accomplished, you are the smartest one of all! During the meal be sure to treat yourself to something yummy I don’t advise you totally deprive your tummy (that would be crummy!) Pretend it’s a Shabbos meal, not a food fest Ultimately, you will achieve enormous success! However, if you succumb and ignore my advice Don’t despair, diet and exercise once or twice The damage is done, and is not irreversible If you need extra help, I’m always available! To my wonderful readers and patients, wishing you a happy Purim!

Yaeli Vogel is an artist based out of Far Rockaway, NY. Yaeli has a passion to paint Judaic impressionism. To check out more of her works, visit yaelifineart.com or email yaelifineart@gmail.com.

Aliza Beer is a registered dietician with a master’s degree in nutrition. She has a private practice in Cedarhurst, NY. Patients’ success has been featured on the Dr. Oz show. Aliza can be reached at alizabeer@gmail.com.

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The Emperor’s New Throne By Mordechai Schmutter

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hrone Together, how can I help you?” “Yeah, hi. I ordered a chair a while back, and it hasn’t come yet… This is the king.” “And your name, please?” “Xerxes.” “I’m sorry?” “Xerxes.” “Can you spell that?” “I can try. Okay, that’s X as in… I don’t know anything that starts with X. Xylophone?” “What on earth kind of name is Xerxes?” “It’s Persian.” “No it’s not. What’s your real name?” “Achashveirosh.” “Oh. There. Was that so hard?” “I was afraid you wouldn’t be able to pronounce it.” “Seriously? There are guys here named Ahmadinejad. You think Achashveirosh is such a big deal? Xerxes, on the other hand,

is ridiculous… And what’s your order number?” “I’m the king. I need an order number?” “I can probably just use your name. Please hold.” “Hold? I’m the king!” “Sir? Your order doesn’t seem to be coming up.” “Are you serious? I’d like to speak to your manager.” “Sir, if I let everyone with a problem speak to my manager…” “Wait a minute. Am I talking to India?” “Yes sir.” “Good. I’m sorry, I’m just very frustrated here. If something doesn’t happen, I’m going to have to start beheading people.” “Sir, I’m trying my best to help you here.” “Okay, listen. I called you guys three years ago. I said, ‘I just became king, I have a party coming up in three years, and I need

a chair.’ That was almost three years ago. I still don’t have a chair. I need it for business!” “I understand, sir.” “It’s a chair, right? What is taking so long?” “Sir, we have other customers.” “What other customers? You call your company ‘Throne Together’; I can’t imagine you have a lot of other customers, considering I rule pretty much the whole world, and I’ve only ever ordered this one chair!” “We also make other kinds of chairs.” “Okay. So your contractor comes in three years ago, he takes measurements, he breaks down a wall – I don’t even know why. He’s building a chair here. And then he disappears. I’ve had this hole in the wall for almost three years now. I’ve got big tarp hanging behind me.” “That’s unfortunate, sir.”

“And now we have animals coming in through the hole. One morning I come in, there’s a raccoon. I had to chase him out of here with my scepter.” “Why isn’t your order coming up? My system is frozen.” “I can’t believe I can get a phone in ancient Persia, but I can’t get someone to build me a chair.” “Sir, we’re talking into tin cans here. Look, it says here there are some complications with your order. We’ve had a lot of customer dissatisfaction with this model. Have you considered changing your order? Maybe a nice recliner?” “I had a recliner. I fell asleep in it like eight times a day. Snoring. Did you know that when the king falls asleep, no one wakes him up? That first year just flew by.” “Oh.” “I sit all day; I’ve been wearing Continued on page S36

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out chairs like there’s no tomorrow. All different kinds.” “I see.” “For a while, I had one of those ‘captain’s chairs.’ It was nice. Those things have two cup holders! Is that really what ship captains use? How do they keep them from blowing overboard?”

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“You know, you’d think that as a king, everyone’s in charge of making you presentable. But no one ever tells me, ‘Hey, Achash, you smell like fish.’ Except my wife. Through a messenger.” “Come to mention it, sir, I think I do smell fish. Either that, or it’s the can.”

“Then I had one chair that squeaked – every time I moved. I spent all day saying, ‘That wasn’t me. That was the chair.’”

“I don’t know, sir.” “Then I had one chair that squeaked – every time I moved. I spent all day saying, ‘That wasn’t me. That was the chair.’” “I don’t know what to say, sir.” “Neither did anyone else. And for one day there, I had a folding chair. That was embarrassing. It said like ‘N’shei Something’ on the back.” “What about swivel chairs, sir?” “I tried those for a while. But after a certain amount of time, the mechanism breaks, and the chairs start sinking. I’m sitting there, passing judgment on others, and while they’re talking, I’m slowly getting shorter. You know how many people I beheaded for laughing at me? I need to swivel? Everything’s in front of me. I swivel, I’m facing the back wall. Or actually, the hole.” “I see.” “And you know what else keeps getting in through the hole? The royal seal. That thing is annoying. It keeps leaving trails of water all over the palace, the whole place stinks like fish…” “The seal, sir?” “Yeah, I’m new at this king thing, but I heard you’re supposed to have a royal seal.” “I think that’s like a ring that you seal envelopes with.” “Really? I’ve been having my seal lick them for me.” “That’s one way to do it.”

“And my advisors are no help. They don’t tell me anything. I tried hiring two advisors, I figured that two heads is better than one, right? But they’re not. Bigson and Seresh, they’re called. They’re never around when I need them. They’re always off in a corner talking to each other in hushed tones. I can’t even understand what they’re saying. I want to listen in, but I don’t want to get up, you know?” “Maybe a chair with wheels.” “Maybe. Knowing me I’ll probably roll down the stairs by accident. I should behead them, no? Two beheadings is better than one.” “Sir, I just sell chairs.” “Right… Seriously, I don’t need to keep this seal? I think I’m going to get rid of him, then. I’m more of a dog person. That seal left trails of water everywhere. The other day I slipped and landed wrong, couldn’t sit for a week.” “I understand, sir.” “So listen, I got a big party coming up. Like a year long. I need my chair done by then. Where am I gonna sit?” “Aren’t you gonna rent chairs? There should be like a Gemach or something. Who’s coming over?” “Everybody. Seriously everybody.” “You’re going to invite everybody to your palace? Have you met everybody?” “I’m at an age where what I want most of all is a nice chair.

When people hear of the king, I want them to think, ‘Oh, he must have somewhere nice to sit.’” “No one’s going to come all the way to a party just to look at a chair.” “They will if I serve alcohol.” “Yeah, but a whole year to look at a chair?” “Well, we probably won’t spend the entire year looking at the chair. Maybe my wife will have some ideas. But you know who’s not going to be invited to this party, after making me wait three years for a chair? You guys. You need food? You need drinks? Everything will be closed for a year, buddy. Maybe three! Unless something major and unforeseen derails the party.” “Don’t you already have something you can use? What kind of chair did the guy before you have?” “Yeah, he took it with him.” “Can I interest you in a nice lawn chair, maybe? Those are very comfortable.” “Yeah, but where would the lions go?” “The lions?” “I need lions. On all the stairs. The lions have to roar when someone’s not being honest with me.” “How are the lions going to know Persian?” “They’re not real lions.” “Then how are they going to roar?” “Look, I don’t understand why this is so difficult. I just want a simple chair made of ivory covered in gold and gems, with six steps leading up to it. And on the steps, I need 13 lions, an ox, a wolf and lamb, a leopard, a kid, a deer, a bear, an eagle, two doves and a hawk, and they all have to be made of gold but operate as if they were real! Why is this so difficult?” “Sir?” “Wait… Not a leopard and a kid. A tiger and a giraffe. Hang on… You know, there are different midrashim here.” “Sir?” “Oh, and a menorah on top of the throne that has 14 branches, with biblical names carved into them. You know – Abraham, Isaac, Job,

Moses, Eldad and Meidad…” “Sir, are you Jewish?” “I don’t know. Look, I hired you to build a throne.” “With Jewish names carved on it?” “There could be non-Jewish names. Nimrod, Esau, Pharaoh the Lame, Pharaoh the Short…” “Well, with all those animals, at least you won’t fall asleep.” “And at the base of the menorah, there needs to be a jug with the seal of the Jewish high priest.” “You know that there aren’t any Jewish high priests right now, right? There’s no Temple.” “Yeah, but what about the last guy? What happened to his seal? Did it just go back to live in the ocean?” “Different kind of seal, sir.” “Oh, seal. Now I get it. And on the top, above the menorah, I need a dove holding a hawk in its claws, symbolizing the dominion of Israel over the gen… You know what? Maybe no dove.” “Well, the kid we can do. We can just hire a kid.” “No, it has to be a kid goat.” “Oh. So everything has to be difficult.” “And the animals have to each lift me up to the next step.” “Why?” “I don’t want to have to do steps.” “So don’t have steps!” “Then where will the animals sit?”

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“Okay. So what if we put one of those chairs on the side that goes up and down the steps?” “No, the animals have to lift me.” “The dove is going to lift you? You’re just going to step on it? Boy, you’re gonna go through doves.” “They’re not real doves!” “Sir, don’t you have servants who can lift you?” “So I just have like 24 servants crouching on the stairs?” “You can put them in animal costumes.” “Where am I going to buy costumes this time of year?” “Look, my manager says we tried your animal thing, and our biggest success was when one of our guys got bitten. It wasn’t even covered by workers’ comp – ‘Bitten by a Throne’… How about we take real live animals and cover them in gold?” “Real animals? What happens when the lions get hungry?” “Isn’t that what the goat is for?” “NO!” “Then can we at least put blinders on the lions, so they don’t see the other animals? This is gonna be a bloodbath.” “No, I don’t think so.” “What about statues? Can we go with just statues of the animals?” “Well, will they move?” “No, they won’t move.” “Well, they need to move. And they need to attack strangers who come near the throne, but be nice to me.” “And you want this to be the centerpiece of your party.” “Yes.” “That everyone in your kingdom is going to be invited to.” “Yes.” “With food. And these lions are just gonna sit there. At a party featuring meat and drunk people.” “They’re not real lions!” “What if we just make it seem like they moved? Like we can smash all the statues, and then we can put the scepter in the hands of the biggest lion...” “No one’s going to fall for that. But that reminds me, I need a little holder for my scepter. And maybe some magazines. It should also have like a mini fridge in the arm-

rest.” “Sir, I don’t know if three years is enough.” “Look, I know this is possible. I’m basing this on another guy’s throne.” “It doesn’t really sound comfortable.” “No, this other guy had it. It was the coolest thing. Have you ever heard of someone named Solomon?” “No.” “Shlomo.” “Oh, him. He made that chair himself. That wasn’t us. Look, maybe you can just find his throne. Buy it used somewhere.” “I have it. I got it from my wife’s grandfather. Nebucadnezar. Ever heard of him?” “No.” “That’s weird. It’s all she ever talks about: ‘My grandfather was the best king,’ and ‘My grandfather could hold so much alcohol.’ Hang on, my messenger just heard that. [Yeah, don’t tell my wife I said that. Hey, where are you going?] Anyway, the guy breaks his hip trying to get onto the throne. ‘Oh, the lion hit me,’ he says. Yeah, right. Probably holding too much alcohol, if you ask me.” “Sir…” “And you know Pharaoh the Lame?” “Yeah, he was pretty lame.” “I know! Do you know how he got that way?” “Yeah, he had some policies

that weren’t very popular.” “No, he was attacked by the lions. And then he fell down the stairs.” “Oh. So you want to rethink the stairs? I mean, this thing is going to be huge. How are we gonna get it in through your door?” “Well, I have this hole.” “I see.” “But it’s a custom chair. The guy took my measurements for it three years ago. You know what I’ve been doing in those three years? Sitting. Sitting and ruling. And eating. If you’re a king, no one makes you get up. And you know what I haven’t been doing? Exercising. Pharaoh the Short used to jog down to the Nile every morning, I don’t even get to do that. You think I’m still gonna fit into this custom chair?” “We can make a sofa.” “I had a sofa once. I kept losing my change behind the cushions.” “That’s not a big deal, sir.” “You know how much change I have? I’m the king. And our entire currency is coins. I lost billions.” “Oh.” “Yeah. I only kept it around because it turned into a bed.” “I see.” “But I get no exercise. It’s like I was saying to my wife the other day. I was like, ‘Messengers? Tell Vashti that I need to start working out.’ And my messengers said, ‘Vashti said that her grandfather never needed to work out.’ But

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seriously, I need to get more exercise.” “What about your ceilings, sir? This is a pretty tall order, if you don’t mind me saying. You know, because of the steps.” “Yeah, my ceilings are tall enough. I got this guy to come in, he punches a hole in my ceiling… Don’t even get me started on him. Two years. Whenever it rained, we had to put out buckets. He finally put in a taller ceiling, and now there’s an echo in there. But I’m all paid up with you guys, right?” “Well, there’s also shipping.” “Yeah, I see that on the bill now. Wow. So much for shipping?” “Yes. We use actual ships. We drag them over the sand.” “Well, can I get it expedited?” “Maybe. That’s ground shipping. We can also get you air. Same day.” “How does that work?” “Well, we have this catapult. You give us your coordinates…” “I don’t think so.” “Really? We’ve never been off by more than like five miles.” “This is ridiculous, you know. If your guy hadn’t already made a hole in my wall, I would call someone else.” “I know, sir. That’s why he does it.” “Because there are other companies I can call. I can call ‘Cheers!’ I can call ‘Beis Hakeesei’… But definitely, next time I’m taking my business elsewhere.” “I thought this is the only throne you’ll ever need to build, sir.” “Yeah, but I might have wanted you to make me a bed. The one I have right now is horrible. Some nights I can’t even sleep.” “Really?” “Yeah. By the time I wake up, it’s like three hours into the day.” “Very well, sir. You have a nice day. Please stay on for a customer service survey. Anything else I can do for you before I hang up?” “Yeah. Do you know anyone named Choor?” “No.” “Oh. Because I’m planning this party, and my wife made me a shopping list. I need choor, karpas and techeiles. I got the blue wool, I got the karpas vegetables…”

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Tips and Tools for Turbulent Times

n March 9, Tips and Tools for Turbulent Times, a Five Towns and Queens community-wide event, was held at the White Shul. Well over 200 men and women came out to listen to spiritually and psychologically uplifting addresses by two keynote speakers, Rabbi Ephraim Eliyahu Shapiro, noted lecturer and Rav in North Miami Beach, Florida, and Mr. Yitzi Horowitz, LCSW, psychotherapist in the Five Towns and Brooklyn. In response to distressing losses and serious crises in the community, Chanie Delman, LCSW, Clinical Director of Madraigos, led a committee of diverse local Jewish organizations and community advocates who collaborated to run a program of chizuk. The aim was to provide the tools to cope and grow from difficulties as well as guidance in how to support fellow Jews in their times of need.

The following agencies participated as sponsors of this event: Achiezer, Amudim, Bikur Cholim of Far Rockaway & The Five Towns, Chai Lifeline, Hatzalah, Madraigos, Magen New York, MASK, New Horizon Counseling Center, Ohel Children’s Home and Family Services, Project Extreme, and TOVA. Additional sponsors included Gourmet Glatt, Mr. Bruce Blakeman and CHAZAQ for who generously supported the event. The organizers express sincere gratitude to the White Shul for offering its beautiful sanctuary to provide a spacious and dignified venue for the event.

The program opened with Rabbi Eytan Feiner, Rav of the White Shul, who introduced the evening with divrei bracha, noting the wonderful display of achdus between twelve non-profit agencies that deliver vital family supportive services for the community. Rabbi Feiner illustrated historically, especially from the Purim story, how Hashem brings salvation to the Jewish people once they become “as a single person, with a single heart.” Mrs. Chanie Delman welcomed the attendees and thanked all the event organizers and sponsors. She explained that the purpose of the event was to empower the attendees to take action based on spiritual and therapeutic lessons from the well-respected speakers. Mr. Yitzi Horowitz discussed important strategies for dealing with pain in one’s life and explained that a common reason people become stuck in pain and unable to move past it is that they are overwhelmed with shame, feeling that if Hashem saw fit to inflict pain on them they must be undeserving and not “good enough.” He shared another helpful perspective. He stressed that if a person recognizes that Hashem gave him/her pain for a beneficial reason, without feeling self-recrimination or seeing it as a barometer on his/her self-worth, it is easier to be optimistic and believe that given sufficient time, he/she will be able to deal with the difficult time. Rabbi Boruch Ber Bender, Founder and President of Achiezer, thanked Mrs. Chanie Delman of

Madraigos for helping organize the event and gave a heartfelt welcome to Rabbi Shapiro. Rabbi Bender urged attendees to implement improvements in their own lives in response to the many difficulties within our community, He commented that even if we do not see immediate results “we must do ours and Hashem does His.” Rabbi Shapiro began his remarks by passionately declaring that the Five Towns /Far Rockaway community “gets it.” He discussed that often communities fail to respond to crises, shrugging them off as “someone else’s issue.” However, he noted that the response of the Five Towns/ Queens community to organize, support and come out to the event demonstrates the community’s spirit of unity and sharing in the pain of others. Rabbi Shapiro mentioned that the Telshe Rosh Yeshiva, Rav Mordechai Gifter, zt”l, explained that the essence of a person is defined by how he/she responds to pressure. With this in mind, he urged the community to respond to a neighbor’s

time of distress as if it were his own by changing his actions for the better. Rabbi Shapiro also stressed the importance of respecting each other, including those who are perceived as different from themselves. Lastly, to bolster our belief in the resiliency of the Jewish people, Rabbi Shapiro advised the community to remember that they are “still here” even after millennia of persecution. He told the poignant story of Rav Eliyahu Meir Bloch, zt”l who upon learning of the tragic murder of his family along with the entire Telshe Yeshiva in Lithuania, completed writing the Torah thoughts he had been immersed in before allowing himself to cry. Rav Bloch felt it was necessary to demonstrate that through Torah we will have the inexplicable resiliency to always rebound and rise up again. Rabbi’s Shapiro’s words were inspiring and moving. More importantly, the Rav offered a “call for action,” helping to give clarity to a complex topic in Yiddishkeit and clear direction for a real response on an individual level.

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SKA Students Travel with Write On For Israel ing a meaningful relationship with the country that the students will be defending. Aliza Isaacs, Kayla Leifer, Leora Spitz, and I all grew tremendously from this opportunity and each of us have a different insight into what we’ve gained. Aliza Isaacs said, “I enjoyed getting to know the participants on the program. Even though we all came from different backgrounds, we were united in our goal of advocating for Israel.” Both Leora Spitz and I appreciated the seminar given by Lieutenant Colonel David Benjamin. As a former lawyer on international law for the state of Israel he relayed concrete, concise answers to tough questions about the actions of the Israeli government. The legality of the settlements, war crimes, and the UN are various things he gave deep insights to, breaking them down and making them understandable to the average person. Kayla Leifer felt that although she has visited Israel many times for holidays with family and close friends, the Write On Trip gave her a new and en-

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State Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan and Chris McGrath visit the new Hatzolah Garage in Woodmere Pictured R-L: Hatzolah member Meir Krengel; Hatzolah coordinator Rabbi Elozer Kanner; Senate Candidate Chris McGrath; Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan; Town Councilman Bruce Blakeman; and Lawrence Trustee Michael Fragin

A “ZUMBA”lievable Week at the Levi Yitzchak Library

ith Purim coming up, the Levi Yitzchak Library hosted boys and girls for a special Rosh Chodesh Adar Birthday Bash. With endless energy and Jewish music, Zumba instructor Lauren Balsam gave the kids the most “ZUMBA”lievable birthday bash! The

kids did not stop for a moment, constantly dancing with true Purim joy. The LY Library thanks Lauren for volunteering her time and sharing her amazing talents with the members of the Five Towns community at the library. It is not too late to join our Purim

contest! Design and create the funniest looking Purim hat, mask or gragger. Writers can send in their funniest story or joke which may be publicized on our social media! The winning project will be displayed in our Mitzvah Express Train showcase. Projects are due by Tuesday, March 21.

When fulfilling the mitzvah of matanos l’evyonim on Purim, please have the Levi Yitzchak Library in mind. Contributions can be made at www.LYLibrary.org or at 516374-2665. The Levi Yitzchak Library wishes all of their supporters, members and visitors a joyous Purim!

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Bais Medresh Ateres Yisroel (Rabbi Blumenkrantz’s Shul) held their Gala Dinner on Sunday night at Machon Basya Rochel in Lawrence. It was an evening of achdus, celebration and commemoration. Rabbi Yisroel Meir Blumenkrantz, Mara D’asra, made a siyum on the Gemara Makkos in commemoration of the ninth yahrzeit of his father, Harav Abraham Blumenkrantz zt”l. The guest speaker was Rabbi Yosef Eisen, Rabbinic Administrator of the Vaad Hakashrus of the Five Towns and Far Rockaway and Rav of Kollel Bnai Torah. Pictured here are Rabbi Yisroel Meir Blumenkrantz, Rabbi Yosef Eisen and some of the Blumenkrantz brothers and brothers-in-law.

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he room held over 100 women, but the silence was palpable. Women sat mesmerized, fearful to miss even one word from the speaker on the screen in front of them. She spoke of emunah, simcha and our call to arms as the akeres habayis, words heard many times over in different venues through different organizations. But this afternoon, the woman who brought many of the Five Towns N’shei Chayil out in the pouring rain was not only speaking from another country, her deep message made those present feel like she was speaking from a different realm. The orator in question was none other than Mrs. Tammy Karmel. Tammy’s name is not new to the speaking circuit. For the past ten year, this British native, now living in Yerushalayim, has given shiurim throughout Eretz Yisroel on topics

such as emunah, parenting, shalom bayis, human relationships, and the yamim tovim. About 3 years ago, Tammy was diagnosed with ALS, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease or motor neuron disease. It’s a progressive neurological disease that causes the neurons that control voluntary muscles (motor neurons) to degenerate. Those who suffer from ALS eventually lose all use of their muscles which leads to their inability to even breathe on their own. There is no cure. As Tammy saw that her disease was progressing she had the foresight to have her shiurim video recorded. In this way she would be able to continue spreading her Torah even though she physically would no longer be able to do it. She also wanted the proceeds from her shiurim to be used to continue supporting her family, as she has done for so many years. Mrs. Baila Friedman introduced

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Tammy’s story to the audience. She began by explaining that after her daughter introduced her to the shiurim, Baila pledged to do whatever was in her power to bring Tammy’s message to the public. “To this day,” Baila quips, “I describe myself as the ‘pre-Tammy woman versus the post-Tammy woman.’ Her shiurim have transformed my life in so little time.” With the help of Rebbetzin Shlomtzy Weisz, Mrs. Devoiry Paneth and a solid group of women, the Tammy Karmel Project (TKP) was born. 50 groups of women yielding over 1,000 participants meet each week to hear Tammy’s words by watching the videos she recorded. How did the Five Towns and Far Rockaway learn about this amazing program? Like all great results, March 14’s gathering began as an idea. Mrs. Miriam Taub learned about Tammy’s plight from her daughter’s teacher, Mrs. Nechie Simantov. Nechie’s father suffers from ALS. Her familiarity with the disease and her drive to help others suffering from it encouraged her to spread awareness about TKP. Miriam spearheaded an initial meeting to raise more awareness for the project. From there the idea to host a brunch was conceived. “The few short videos of Tammy are proof of what a pure neshama she is,” ponders Miriam. “She uplifts and inspires us to be better people. If someone with such physical con-

straints and suffering can be thankful for opportunities of growth, so can we, who B”H bli ayin hora do not.” Words lead to swift action and less than two weeks later over 20 women, coordinated by Mrs. Sarah Rosenberg and with donations from both Seasons and Central Perk, put together a beautiful brunch in the home of Mrs. Chani Scharf, Miriam Taub’s sister. Over 100 women came to learn more about the Tammy Project and commit to attending Tammy’s video shiurim. While Mrs. Devora Yitty Spiegel has thus far coordinated the TKP shiurim in our neighborhood, Mrs. Tova Fuchs (not surprisingly, Miriam and Chani’s sister) announced that she would host the first group in her home in Lawrence to begin Wednesday mornings, starting after Purim. Word of the event has spread and many are hoping to sign up. Different shiur options are available: Monday mornings at 10:30 at the home of Ciri Safran, 293 Roselle in Cedarhurst; Monday evenings at 8:45 and Wednesday evenings at 8:45 (specifically for high school girls) at the home of Devora Yitty Spiegel, 425 Cedarhurst Avenue; Sunday night at the home of Malky Nathan, 421 Rugby Road. To sign up for a class, or start your own class , or to donate to TKP, please contact Devora Yitty Spiegel at 516-569-1860 or 347-956-1022.

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The Marvelous Magic Al Entertains the HALB Preschool

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DRS Takes Home the Gold at Adelphi Press Day

tudent journalists from DRS attended Adelphi University’s Press Day, taking home a First Place Quill Award, one of the most prestigious awards in Long Island high school journalism. Editors of The Star, the yeshiva’s student newspaper, attended the event, where they heard from leading professional journalists and also had the opportunity to network with fellow student journalists to further develop their reporting skills. DRS junior Justin Weiss took home the First Place Quill Award in the “Best Freelance Work” category, as he was recognized

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Teaming With Gesher Parents On Topsy Turvy Day, Rosh Chodesh Adar, Eliyahu Gothartd’s mother reinforced another aspect of the Gesher experience by dressing up and still continuing her daily routine.

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adeleine the Magician visited Bais Yaakov Ateres Miriam’s Preschool in honor of Rosh Chodesh Adar II. The girls were enthralled and entertained with her funny jokes and magic tricks! First, she showed them how she puts on her clown makeup. The girls were laughing as she applied all her

makeup and then, wow, she had a clown face! She did some amazing tricks that the girls could not get enough of. Balls came out of girls’ ears, coins fell out of their elbows, and when the girls called out “Happy Purim!” a bird flew out of a balloon! What a great way to bring in the happy chodesh of Adar!

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An Evening of Connection at the Adelphia Yeshiva 45th Annual Awards Dinner

L-R: Rabbi Eli Fishman and his sons, Mr. Akiva Fishman, Rabbi Yossi Fishman, Rabbi Yechiel Fishman, being presented with the Rabbinical Founders Award by Rabbi Yeruchim Shain and Rabbi Moshe Shain

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his year’s 45th Annual Awards Dinner of Adelphia Yeshiva, which took place Sunday, March 6 at Woodlake Country Club in Lakewood, NJ, had an extra special flavor. While all the Yeshiva dinners resemble a family reunion, as talmidim, friends and supporters of the yeshiva gather annually to meet and greet friends and Rebbeim, this year’s dinner provided something special in its warmth and significance. The emotional highlight of the Dinner was the Rabbinical Founders Award presented to Rabbi Eli Fishman and his family. A special painting of Rabbi Fishman and others learning Torah upon liberation from the death camps still in concentration camp uniforms was presented to Rabbi Fishman. A longtime friend of the yeshiva from his days as rabbi of Freehold, NJ, Rabbi Fishman’s three sons all learned in the yeshiva and have maintained their kesher with the yeshiva and with Rav Yeruchim Shain, the

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Fishman’s Daf Yomi Kollel) to show their support for the honorees. In his remarks, Rav Yeruchim Shain proudly expressed the Adelphia credo of “once a talmid, always a talmid,” how the Yeshiva proudly looks after each and every bochur that is privileged to enter the yeshiva. Each bochur is dealt with as an individual, as the yeshiva provides him with the personal tools to grow and succeed in this most ever fastpaced and rapidly-changing world. Thus, wherever he goes, and whichever path of life his hashgacha takes, he always knows what’s demanded of him at that time and continues to grow as he forges ahead in life.

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Rambam: Aiming for AIPAC

eaningful Israel Activism is part and parcel of Rambam Mesivta’s educational mis-

sion. Rabbi Yotav Eliach, Rambam’s principal, is renowned as one of this country’s most knowledgeable, passionate dynamic educators of religious Zionism. He lectures frequently around the country and hardly a day goes by where he is not teaching and educating students about the history and challenges that Israel faces today. He has served as the lead educator for the Write On for Israel program, providing them with selections from the course material he shares with his Rambam students every day in his college accredited course in Zionism. Frequent assemblies and special speakers from Israel provide students with a consistent message of pro-Israel advocacy and round-out the Zionist curriculum. Last week five members of the Israel’s elite Duvdevan Unit came to speak to Rambam students about their counter-terrorist activities and mission of saving fellow Jews from terrorist attacks. Letter-writ-

ing campaigns, lobbying members of Congress, and rallies are other opportunities that students are exposed to promote political activism. Joining in organized political action activities such as those provided by AIPAC further enhances the experience. This year, as in years past, Rambam will be sending a cadre of students to the AIPAC policy conference in Washington, DC. They will be accompanied by Rosh Mesivta, Rabbi Zev Meir Friedman, and Rambam alumnus, Jeremy Kugelman, who fought in the Golani Brigade after attending Yeshivat Hakotel in Eretz Yisrael. Continuing a tradition which was established last year, the boys will be dedicating their participation to the memory of Mr. Joel Shiff, a well-known local activist who dedicated his life to the welfare of the Jewish community. In addition to Rambam’s annual AIPAC delegation, Mr. Shiff’s memory is perpetuated by the beautiful Bais Medresh named after him in Congregation Beth Sholom, and serves as a true makom Torah and tefila on a daily basis.

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Remarkable Partnership Opportunity for Matanos L’evyonim and Mishloach Manos By Meyer Silver

orah-true Jews have no greater desire than performing all mitzvos with hiddur. But some mitzvos have multiple prerequisites: for matanos l’evyonim the recipient must be a true evyon, and the funds must be delivered on Purim day and used to actually feed him. As for mishloach manos, it is ideal as readyto-eat foods, namely for the Purim seudah. Thankfully, according to the psak of HaGaonim HaGedolim Harav Elyashiv zt”l and Harav Wosner zt”l, the best way to fulfill your matanos le’evyonim and mishloach manos obligations is by providing edible food for the poor and needy on the day of Purim. And that’s just what Jerusalem Open House-Linas HaChesed has been doing for the past decade and a

half. Established in the late 1980s by HaTzadik Rabbi Chaim Cohen shlita, it operates as a soup kitchen for the needy in the heart of Jerusalem. Its doors are open seven days a week, and two warm meals are served every day of the year. Hundreds of Yerushalayim’s destitute Jews find their way to these inviting doors. The nourishing hot meals are a lifeline for so many poor almonos, yesomim, elderly and infirm, who cannot even rub two shekalim together to buy some bread. Hundreds of innocent, hungry children stop by every morning on their way to cheder, reviving their bodies and souls so they can pull through another day of learning. Even those who are too weak or too proud to walk into a soup kitchen are tended to, with meals discreetly delivered to them b’derech kavod.

This is not a periodical “food drive”; Jerusalem Open House-Linas HaChesed runs seven days a week, providing food for the needy throughout the year, including Shabbosim, yomim tovim, and all other days. On Purim, the Jerusalem Open House-Linas HaChesed soup kitchen serves thousands of festive Purim meals to poor, hungry Jews throughout Eretz Yisroel, in Jerusalem, Haifa and Emmanuel. This year for the first time, the organization’s volunteers will also hand deliver personal mishloach manos to hundreds of innocent little orphans. With the global economy still weak, Jews in Eretz Yisroel must make do with next to nothing. Jerusalem Open House-Linas Hachesed is now the emergency support system for hundreds of additional Jewish families in these trying times.

They now turn to acheinu b’nei Yisroel with an urgent request and worthwhile exchange: Help us and we will help you. Join us. Feed at least two evyonim, as required by halacha, for just $36. Feed more evyonim for an even greater mitzvah. For $540 and up, the meals will bear your name to mark your generosity at the time and location of its distribution. A gift to the poor. An opportunity for you. With your donation of $36 and up, Linas Hachesed will hand over your kvital with your personal request to the hands of Reb Chaim Kanievski on the day of Purim. To donate and have your names and bakashos recited during these auspicious days please call 1-800216-8905.

Mock Trial and Debates at Shalhevet

t’s been an exciting, busy week at Midreshet Shalhevet! The mock trial team competed in two rounds over the past week. First, they played defense with lawyers Bella Weiss (12th grade), Avigail Lev (11th grade), and Avigail Borah (11th grade), and witnesses Nechama Hersh (12th grade), Yael Eiferman (12th grade), and Nechama Schneider (10th grade) beat Herrick High School and advanced into the Sweet Sixteen. Then playing defense again, the team’s loss to Syosset High School ended their season. Final place among the top 16 out of the 44 teams that participate in the competition in Nassau County really shows the countless hours after school and on Sundays that the

team put in with their coaches Mrs. Melanie Marmer, Esq., Ms. Sharon Petrash, and Ms. Atara Blumenthal. Congratulations to all! Debate team members sophomores Leah Feder, Hadassah Fertig, Adi Weinberg, and Ariella Kutoff attended a novice debate at YUHSG and finished strong, winning 2 of the 4 debates, and received high scores from the judges! The Model Congress team, seniors Dina Farkas, Tzippi Gluck, and Becky Marks, attended the much anticipated HAFTR Yeshiva League Model Congress, and Tzippi Gluck won best delegate! Thank you to faculty advisor of both teams, Mr. Ira J. Schildkraut, for all his guidance and help.

Midreshet Shalhevet’s Varsity and JV teams joined 6 other schools from the New York area to participate in Rambam Mesivta’s 6th annual College Bowl. Both teams did a great

job and captains Yael Eiferman (12th grade) and Sarit Perl (11th grade) were awarded trophies for their commitment to the college bowl teams.

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Around the Community

What’s Cooking?

his week at the Learn & Live Program the boys got to see what is cooking as R’ Dovid Frischman presented the melacha of cooking. R’ Frischman blindfolded some boys to taste test them to see if they can tell the difference between

something cooked (soft) and something not cooked (hard). There was race between two boys to see who can write an “L” for L&L out of melted wax first (both boys won). After that we had some fun cooking all different types of food in R’ Frischman’s make-

shift oven and “hot” soup plus one of the boys, Yosef Meir Horowitz, fried an egg on the front of a car (which had on the back the L&L magnet, of course). We had our very own Rambam and Rashba come and present their very own opinions. It ended

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Jimbo and Billy Bob were flying from Texas to Georgia. Fifteen minutes into the flight, the captain announced, “One of the engines has failed and the flight will be an hour longer. But don’t worry, we have three engines left.” Thirty minutes later, the captain announced, “One more engine has failed and the flight will be two hours longer. But don’t worry, we have two engines left.” An hour later the captain announced, “One more engine has failed and the flight will be three hours longer. But don’t worry we have one engine left.” In a panic, Jimbo looked at Billy Bob and said, “If we lose one more engine, we’ll be up here all day.”

Answers to Purim Scramble: 1. Mordechai; 2. Esther; 3. Achashveirosh; 4. Haman; 5. Hamantash; 6. Manos; 7. Vinahapach; 8. Wine; 9. Purim; 10. Bigson; 11. Sheresh; 12. Vashti; 13. Charvonah; 14. Presidors; 15. Costume; 16. Fish; 17. Gragger; 18. Shushan; 19. Tzedakah; 20. Enjoy!

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Torah Thought

Purim By Rabbi Berel Wein

he Purim story is a collection of unlikely events and almost irrational decisions by all parties involved in this drama. There is ample evidence of the mercurial instability of Achashveirosh and of the diabolical wickedness of Haman. What is however the most perplexing, of all of the behavior of the major participants in the story, is that of Mordechai. What impels him to publicly disobey Haman’s orders and provoke and insult him? And did he have halachic and moral justification to so endanger the Jewish community by his behavior? There is opinion in the

Talmud that showing homage to Haman was not necessarily forbidden by Jewish law. And Mordechai had other practical options such as hiding and not appearing publicly when Haman appeared. Yet Mordechai emerges in Jewish history and tradition as a hero and an exemplary role model for his courageous defiance of Haman. He is viewed as being the one whose behavior saved the Jewish people and not as one whose behavior was an endangerment. Rarely do we find potentially foolhardy and bravado behavior universally judged as being heroic, necessary and most praise-

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worthy. We do find him being mildly criticized by some of his colleagues on the Sanhedrin for deserting them to enter public governmental life. Yet on the main issue – the central theme of the story of Purim itself – Mordechai is essentially the hero of Purim. The Torah in all of its books gives no one a free pass. Everyone’s faults and mistakes are referred to and commented upon. Yet Mordechai, in the Book of Esther, appears to us to be without blemish or error. Perhaps the main, practical reason for this is that ultimate success and triumph are sufficient to erase all doubts as to the wisdom of past decisions and behavior. Mordechai’s persistence, fortitude and stubbornness eventually topple Haman (actually hangs him high) and destroys him. Mordechai’s actions strengthen and enhance the status and position of the Jewish people as a minority in the polyglot Persian Empire. Success always brings its own rewards. Heaven has a vote in all human activities, even if unseen and unrecognized. And there is no doubt that Heaven, so to speak, sided with Mordechai in his public stance against Haman and the idolatry and tyranny that he represented. That is the only possible explanation for the otherwise unbelievable series of events that make up the Purim story. The traditional view of Purim is that it was a miraculous event, even though the miracles were hidden, incremental and cumulative and not of the purely supernatural kind, as those of the Exodus from Egypt. And, Mordechai’s behavior is part of this hidden miraculous story. Heaven apparently responds favorably to sincere acts of courage and loyalty. And those were the qualities that Mordechai exhibited throughout the Purim story. Mordechai’s behavior was per-

haps inscrutable and not understandable to the average onlooker. But, so was, and apparently is, Heaven’s reaction and behavior to his actions. There is an interesting and highly volatile concept in Jewish tradition that countenances behavior which somehow contradicts accepted halachic practice. Based upon the verse that appears in Psalms: “It is a time to take action for the sake of G-d; they have violated Your Torah,” the Talmud allowed for a reinterpretation of the verse to state: “When it is time to act for the sake of G-d and save the Torah and Israel then in such extreme circumstances, the Torah itself can apparently be violated.” This rare exception to traditional norms was invoked by Matisyahu in rebelling against the Syrian Greek oppressors and their Jewish Hellenist allies. Based on this principle, the great Rabbi Yehuda HaNasi allowed the Oral Law to be written down and disseminated as a book though the Torah itself counseled that the Oral Law should forever remain in its oral state. However, this concept is very dangerous in its application, as all of Jewish history has shown us. Those who consistently violate or ignore halacha and tradition doom themselves to eventual assimilation and extinction. In all instances in Jewish history there have been very few times when this principle has actually been used. Only rare and holy people have successfully behaved in such circumstances and I believe that Mordechai must be counted in that group. Mordechai saw that it was a time to do something for G-d, to save the Jewish people and to alter the course of history. As pointed out above, Heaven agreed with his decision and hence our joy in commemorating the Purim holiday. Shabbat shalom.

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The Observant Jew

No Accounting for Brains By Rabbi Jonathan Gewirtz

here’s an old expression that says, “There’s no accounting for brains.” In other words, you can’t assume people will be smart enough to understand what you want them to understand. There will be people in the world who are not so smart and there’s nothing you can do about it. Now, strictly speaking, it wouldn’t be mean to say someone isn’t smart because it’s not in his control. As the Gemara famously tells us: before a child is born, an angel takes it before Hashem’s throne and asks, “What should be the nature of this child? Will he be wise or a fool? Will he be rich or poor?” The Gemara continues by saying that it doesn’t ask whether the child will be righteous or wicked because that’s up to us. I guess if the Gemara were written today the conversation would be portrayed a bit different. “Will this child be intelligent or will he be smart in unconventional ways? Will he be comfortably provided for, or will he need some assistance in financial affairs but still be a valuable member of society?” I don’t know if the angels are really politically correct but I would doubt it since being PC is a way of bending the truth and that’s not what Hashem is generally about. Since the fact that someone is poor is decreed by Hashem and therefore out of his control, it can’t

be looked at negatively. The same goes for being a fool. It’s not his fault he’s not smart, so if not for the fact that other people interpret it badly or it can cause harm to the individual, it wouldn’t even be lashon hara to say so. (But it is, so don’t try it.) However, what’s amazing is that people who aren’t smart usually don’t realize it. They actually think they’re clever and they, too, are frustrated by idiots. They also find themselves shaking their heads at someone who just doesn’t get it. Some people do recognize it. Former professional golfer Lee Trevino knew he wasn’t smart. He told people, “I have the approximate IQ of a potted plant.” Being able to joke like that makes me doubt it was as bad as he said it was, but he is an exception to the rule that unintelligent people simply don’t know that they’re not so smart. In that case, why did Hashem make them that way, if not to annoy – I mean teach – the rest of us? We all have to interact with people like this at one point or another in our lives so how are we supposed to do it? Well, the first thing is to realize that this is who Hashem made them and it’s not a reason to feel superior to them. If you’re taller than someone else it’s not a reason to gloat because you didn’t make yourself tall any more than he made himself short. You’re each given a set of cir-

cumstances to work with and there’s no basis for comparison. I recall having a conversation with a friend once. He had received a tzedaka letter and it said on the postage-paid envelope, “Your stamp here is an extra gift to us.” If I put postage on, they wouldn’t be charged, so they’d be saving money in addition to whatever I put in the envelope. My friend read that aloud to me and asked, “Hmmm, so should we maybe give them TWO stamps?!” I was shocked that he didn’t understand the message on the envelope and said something to the effect of, “Naahh, one’s enough.” I had pity on him and didn’t make fun of his dumb mistake. I just played dumb myself. It wasn’t until much later that it hit me. Maybe he knew what it meant and had been making a joke, as if pretending that he didn’t understand it when he really did. But, when I didn’t get that he was making a joke, it was his turn to have pity on me, and he didn’t make me feel bad about not understanding it. Instead, he just went along as if he really hadn’t understood the comment about the stamp being an extra gift and left it at that not to make me feel bad. Which brings me to my next point: If people who aren’t smart think they’re smart, you have to realize that maybe, just maybe, if he thinks he’s smart but you know he isn’t,

it’s possible that you think you’re smart but someone else would know the truth! Maybe part of the reason Hashem makes people think they’re smart but still be able to witness the phenomenon of others thinking the same when it isn’t true is to teach us that we may not have all the answers. It could very well be that we think we’ve examined topics and questions with a penetrating eye yet we’re so far off the mark because we don’t realize just how clueless we are. We may think we’ve exhausted all the possibilities but we haven’t because there are some we’re not smart enough to consider. At this point, we can now come to the conclusion and understand that the reason Hashem makes some people less than brilliant is to remind us that we’re all human, we can all make mistakes, and we all don’t know everything. But then again – maybe not. Jonathan Gewirtz is an inspirational writer and speaker whose work has appeared in publications around the world. You can find him at www.facebook.com/RabbiGewirtz and follow him on Twitter @RabbiJGewirtz. He also operates JewishSpeechWriter.com, where you can order a custom-made speech for your next special occasion. Sign up for the Migdal Ohr, his weekly PDF Dvar Torah in English. E-mail info@Jewish SpeechWriter.com and put Subscribe in the subject.

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Between the Lines

Loose Lips Sink (Friend)Ships By Eytan Kobre

Three may keep a secret, if two of them are dead. -Benjamin Franklin

hree friends were sitting and talking, when one suggested that they each admit something they had never admitted to anyone else. “Okay,” says Yossi, “I’ve never told this to anyone but…I’ve cheated on my taxes.” Shmuli confesses, “I’ve lied to my wife.” Then it was Moishe’s turn. “Guys, I don’t know how to tell you this…” “It’s okay,” Yossi and Shmuli say in unison. “Don’t be shy.” “Well,” says Moishe, “I’ve never been able to keep a secret.” There’s little more disheartening than sharing information with one who cannot keep secrets, and little more reassuring than sharing information with one who can. Before defeating Napoleon at Waterloo in 1815, the Duke of Wellington served in India, where he was in charge of the territory negotiations following the Battle

of Assaye. The emissary of the Indian ruler, anxious to know what lands would be ceded to his master, tried to wrest the information from Wellington, but to no avail. Finally, he offered Wellington a large sum of money. “Can you keep a secret?” asked Wellington. “Oh, yes. Most certainly,” said the emissary eagerly, believing the information to be at hand. Wellington smiled. “Well, so can I.” While many professions regard confidentiality as inviolable and are regulated to preserve it, our ordinary ethical standards impose confidentiality requirements upon each and every one of us. These requirements derive from G-d’s speaking to Moshe and then separately commanding him to relate His teachings to the Jewish people (Vayikra 1:1). Inasmuch as G-d went out of His way, so to speak, specifically to authorize Moshe to relate His teachings to the Jewish people, the implication is that, absent such permission, the information conveyed privately should not have been shared (Yoma 4b). We are duty-bound not

to reveal the confidences of others, no matter how seemingly-inconsequential the information (see Orchos Chaim 41). This is because our obligation to maintain confidences stems not from the sensitive nature of the information – in Hillary-jargon, not because it is marked “confidential” – but from the sanctity of our interpersonal relationships, which warrants the utmost care in how we treat one another’s private information (Pele Yo’etz, “Sod”). Guarding confidences strengthens the bonds that unite us. Indeed, it is well known that the Jewish people were redeemed from Egypt in the merit of three things – they maintained their Jewish names, their Jewish more of dress, and their Jewish speech. But in another formulation, we are told of a fourth merit: they maintained one another’s confidences (Bamidbar Rabba 20:22). This hardly is surprising. Just as their shared speech, names, and dress bound the Jewish people together in Egypt, so too did their mutual respect for privacy. Conversely, divulging the confidential information of others destroys that shared

bond. So R’ Ami expelled from the study hall one of his students who had revealed a 22-year-old secret, dubbing him “a revealer of secrets,” because one who cannot keep a secret pulls apart the very threads that make up a cohesive society (Sanhedrin 31a). Without the ability to maintain confidences, we cannot trust one another (Mishlei 11:13). And without the ability to trust one another, we lose our identity as a united people. In addition to being one of the foremost scholars of his time, R’ Yitzchak Elchonon Spektor, the Kovno Rov, was deeply involved in collecting money for worthy causes and individuals in need. R’ Yitzchak Elchonon once undertook to raise money for a well-known member of the community who had fallen on hard times. When R’ Yitzchak Elchonon came to the home of a wealthy, prominent local man who was sure to donate generously to the cause, the wealthy man was unusually curious about the intended beneficiary. “I’ll donate 25 rubles if you reveal the identity of the man for whom you collect.” Although twenty-five rubles was an immense sum, R’

Yitzchak Elchonon declined. “Okay,” the wealthy man replied. “I’ll give 50 rubles for the identity of the man.” Still, R’ Yitzchak Elchonon turned down the offer. Now the wealthy man could hardly contain himself. “I promise I will not reveal the name to anyone, under any circumstances. I’ll donate 100 rubles if you tell me the name!” But R’ Yitzchak Elchonon remained steadfast. “Even if you give me all your money, I will not reveal the identity of the person for whom I am collecting.” Hearing R’ Yitzchak Elchonon’s staunch refusal, the wealthy man became visibly relieved. He explained that he too was in dire financial straits, and he had been debating whether to ask for financial assistance himself, but he had resisted doing so for fear the community might discover his sorry state of affairs. Only now that he saw the great lengths to which R’ Yitzchak Elchonon would go to protect the identities of those for whom he collected did the wealthy man reveal his situation. So vital is maintaining confidences that some authorities even regard it a biblical commandment

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(Sefer Mitzvos Gadol, Prohibition No. 9; Torah Temima, Vayikra 1:1; but see B’tzel HaChochma 4:83-85 [it is merely proper conduct]). To be sure, there are exceptions. Perhaps only informa-

would expose the public to health risks (Yechaveh Da’as 5:60; Tzitz Eliezer 15:81:2) or result in extreme financial loss (Rambam, Sefer HaMitzvos, Prohibition 297). But these are only narrow excep-

master, for he lives in fear that it will become known to others” (Menoras HaMaor 2:4; see Orchos Tzaddikim, Chapter 21). Inevitably, “even [one who] commands another, and says not to reveal it,

As Abraham Lincoln quipped, “It’s not me who can’t keep a secret. It’s the people I tell who can’t.”

tion conveyed one-to-one (as opposed to information conveyed between three or more people) must be kept confidential (B’tzel HaChochma 4:83-85; but see Hagahos Maimonios, De’os 7:7). And, under appropriate circumstances, one may reveal confidences where not doing so

tions to the overarching rule. We are advised to reveal secrets to no more than one person out of every thousand (Yevamos 63b) – but even that may be one too many. “Before someone reveals a secret, he is the secret’s master; once a person reveals his secret, the secret is his

his fellow will do as he has done, and reveal it to someone else on condition that he not reveal it, and so on, until ultimately everyone hears it” (Pele Yo’etz, “Sod”). As Abraham Lincoln quipped, “It’s not me who can’t keep a secret. It’s the people I tell who can’t.” The only surefire way

to guarantee your secrets stay that way is to not reveal them to others. As Purim approaches, we would do well to remember the need to maintain confidences –especially since when “wine enters, secrets emerge” (Eruvin 65a). After all, Esther’s decision to keep confidential her nationality (Esther 2:20) was an integral part of G-d’s master plan to save the Jewish people (Esther 7:3-6). * * * During World War II, the War Advertising Council advised servicemen and citizens to avoid careless talk of information that might be of use to the enemy. To underscore the importance of maintaining confidentiality, the WAC coined the phrase, “Loose Lips Sink Ships.” The idea was that careless

chatter could result in the enemy’s interception and destruction of United States naval ships. These days, with the advent of social media, microblogging, texting, and instant messaging, it has become harder than ever to refrain from divulging what has been told to us in private. We’ve become a divulge-first, contemplate-later society. So while loose lips aren’t likely to sink ships nowadays, they are liable to torpedo friendships. And that might be just as devastating.

Eytan Kobre is a writer, speaker, mediator, and attorney living in Kew Gardens Hills. Questions? Comments? Suggestions? E-mail eakobre@outlook.com.

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Israel Today

Home Invader By Rafi Sackville

wo weeks before our Aliyah we made a decision that still pains me today. We could not see our way clear to take our almost 1,000 books with us. There simply wasn’t enough room in the small cottage we would be renting. It took me days to sift through the titles and tie into bundles those we wouldn’t be taking. Stacked outside the front door they looked like abandoned waifs, the condemned awaiting the tumbrils come to take them away. Within two hours of our posting them online a man in his forties pulled up outside the house in a beat-up Nissan and began loading the books into the back of his car. He had a long ponytail and many colored tattoos whose green and black arrows abseiled down both arms as if in readiness for battle. He was wearing shorts and sandals and wouldn’t have looked out of place at a truck stop somewhere in the Midwest. No words were exchanged between us as he stuffed the books into every available space in his car. As he was finishing I noticed two books of sifrei kodesh at the top of one of the last stacks. I felt awkward asking for the books. I explained how they were holy and needed to be given due respect. Without blinking an eyelid the gentleman answered me in the Hebrew of a native Israeli.

“Al tidag. Ani asim otam bageniza, [don’t worry. I’ll put them in geniza],” he said. The story is instructive. We are the people of the book. As such it is hard to imagine a Jewish home without books, be they kadosh or secular. Over the course of the last three months I have paid nine home visits to students in my homeroom class. Some of them come under the category of “youth at risk.” Having fallen through the cracks in the system our school has designed a special program for them that, regular studies aside, includes an intense ODT (outdoor training) program with a youth leader. We also provide them with a program that teaches them how to become cellphone technicians. The programs are run through the auspices of the western Galil educational and welfare service. They seem to working because since September we’ve managed a small miracle of sorts, for there is little, if any truancy. The home visits serve several purposes. If it is obvious a family is in financial stress – I’ve been to one home that had little furniture and even less in their fridge – the school can waive certain school fees. It is important to get a feel of the home environment, to see where the student studies (or at least should study),

and make a personal acquaintance with the family. These personal relationships can make a huge difference in the life of a youngster. If the homeroom teacher shows empathy and care, the chances are better for his or her success. There was a television in every room of one house. This particular student had a beautiful room with a magnificent desk. When I asked him if that was where he did his homework, he quite frankly answered that he didn’t do homework, nor would he ever consider it. Another student lived in a tiny apartment. His room was a closet off the kitchen. He was proud of his space and kept it very tidy. There being no room for a desk he did his schoolwork on the small kitchen table. The air in one apartment was so thick with cigarette smoke I felt as if I was choking. My student comes from a wonderfully supportive family who would give their all to her. They’ve even given her their bad habits. Not three days later she was suspended for smoking on the school grounds. A young girl recently joined our class. I went over the same day to meet her parents. There didn’t seem to be much in the apartment, although the flat screen television took up most of one wall. One delightful family of

ten live in a ninety square meter apartment. The parents’ bedroom is in the hallway. Their grandfather, who is an invalid, lives with them. The kitchen is smaller than our bathroom. When I asked them how they managed to seat everyone at the table, the father shrugged. He explained how they pull the table away from the wall and use plastic chairs. Even then he admitted that there were occasions when some of the family had to eat while standing. I felt sick to my stomach when I had to hand over a bill for outstanding fees the school had asked me to give the father. It was no more than $300 but, as he explained, it’s not the only bill he has to pay. We discussed the local welfare department and which social worker he was in contact with at the local council. At least they’re in the system. Hopefully, they will find some relief. At each stop on the way into my students’ homes I looked, I searched, I almost fell to scavenging for the signs of any reading material. And nary a book did I find. That’s not to suggest

these families are all ignorant. They aren’t. Some of the families I met are intelligent, have a strong school and college background, and can wax eloquent. I’m not even suggesting there is a correlation between the lack of books, socio-economic conditions and how these students have found themselves on the edge of the educational abyss. My heart was filled full of hope by the love these parents have for their children, but broken for some of the conditions these families have found themselves in. When I think of the hundreds of books I gave away, of the large container that contained our chattels, of the comfortable house we currently rent, of our ability to pay our bills, when I think of these things, I consider myself fortunate, and I double my effort to do all within my powers to ameliorate the lives of my other children, my homeroom students.

Rafi Sackville, formerly of Cedarhurst, teaches in Ort Maalot in Western Galil.

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Jewish History

Amulets, Accusations and Controversy The Devastating Polemic Between Rabbi Yaakov Emdenand Rabbi Yonason Eybeschutz By Rabbi Pini Dunner

PART VIII THE STORY SO FAR: Despite the conversion to Islam of false messiah Shabbetai Tzvi in 1666 and his death in 1676, secret societies of Sabbatians who still believed in his messianic mission thrived in communities across Europe and continued to be active well into the eighteenth century. One prominent rabbi who fell under suspicion was R’ Yonason Eybeschutz, whose name emerged during a campaign to root out Sabbatians in 1725. Although he successfully dismissed the allegations, when he was appointed Chief Rabbi of the illustrious triplecommunity twenty-five years later the accusations resurfaced. Kabbalistic amulets he had given pregnant women for their protection were opened up, and R’ Yaakov Emden claimed to have discovered references to Shabbetai Tzvi. Although his opinion was given on condition it would remain a secret, his verdict quickly came to the attention of the community leaders who called him to an emergency meeting on Tuesday, February 2, 1751. The following day R’ Yaakov heard alarming news – that supporters of R’ Yonason were preparing to have him harmed, possibly killed. His response was to publicly challenge R’ Yonason to prove the amulets were not Sabbatian, so that the matter could be put to rest.

ithin hours the entire triple-community had heard about the announcement, and so had R’ Yonason. A supporter of his who had been present when R’ Yaakov spoke reported back to the Chief Rabbi. R’ Yonason didn’t waste a second; he immediately called the community’s lay leaders to his home and informed them that R’ Yaakov had spoken out publicly about the amulets and accused him of being a Sabbatian. Without attempting to hear what R’ Yaakov had to say about the matter, the community board decided they could not allow anyone, and particularly someone of R’ Yaakov’s stature, to undermine the community in this way. R’ Yaakov was informed by messenger that his second meeting with the executive board later that day had been cancelled and going forward he would no longer be permitted to hold daily prayer services at his home, as he had been doing for the past eighteen years. He was also placed under house arrest, forbidden to leave his home until further notice. The following morning an announcement was made in the Great Synagogue that R’ Yaakov had been put into “cherem” (halachic excommunication), and no member of the community was permitted to interact with him, or they themselves would be excommunicated. This same pronouncement was read to R’ Yaakov at his home later in the day. His response was simple and blunt: “Those who have excommunicated me are

themselves excommunicated, as they have not followed halachic protocol before putting me into cherem. They have acted outside Torah law and made a mockery of Judaism.” This defiant reaction only made the community leaders angrier, and they responded by arranging to have R’ Yaakov’s rights of residence in Altona withdrawn by the local gentile authorities. On the following Sunday he was ordered to leave Altona before six months was up, and never to return. By Monday guards had been posted outside R’ Yaakov’s home preventing him from leaving and anyone else from entering. R’ Yonason’s faction appeared to have won the day, with R’ Yaakov completely neutralized and the threat to the Chief Rabbi’s authority and community peace essentially over. But had anyone reached this conclusion over that cold February weekend, they would have been utterly mistaken. R’ Yaakov Emden was not a man to be trifled with. As far as he was concerned, the ferocity of the reaction to his Thursday announcement simply confirmed what he had suspected all along: R’ Yonason Eybeschutz was a secret Sabbatian who could not possibly survive any form of objective investigation into his amulets, and he knew it. And so, despite the incredible forces mounted against R’ Yaakov – and probably because of them – his utter conviction that he was right spurred him on, as did his belief that the truth

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would ultimately prevail. With no one local willing to defend him or to take up his cause for fear of excommunication, R’ Yaakov decided to reach out to three rabbinic colleagues with a plea for help. In detailed letters he carefully described the recent events and explained how his initially reluctant involvement had ultimately result-

strong for our people and for G-d! We must publicize this abomination far and wide, so that the disease will not spread! And if we do, I am certain G-d Himself will repay us for this pious deed.” The letters were secretly dispatched and slowly wound their way across Europe. Meanwhile, R’ Yaakov

Weaving together an array sources and ideas, all enhanced with the oratorical skill for which he was so famous, R’ Yonason projected a vivid picture that depicted him as the suffering King David of his generation ed in the draconian measures being implemented against him. The three addressees were R’ Shmuel Hilman – R’ Yonason Eybeschutz’s replacement as Chief Rabbi of Metz; R’ Arye Leib of Amsterdam, married to R’ Yaakov’s sister; and R’ Yaakov Yehoshua Falk – Chief Rabbi of Frankfurt, acclaimed author of ‘Pnei Yehoshua’ on Talmud, and without any doubt the most revered rabbi in Germany, and possibly all of Europe. R’ Yaakov did not mince his words. Referring to his predicament as a “holy war,” he accused R’ Yonason – whom he referred to disdainfully as “Eybeschutz” – of “scandalous conduct” and “G-dless convictions.” R’ Yaakov asserted he had long known of R’ Yonason’s Sabbatian leanings, although he conceded he had not objected to R’ Yonason’s appointment as Chief Rabbi so as to avoid the inevitable communal strife this would have generated. His tolerance for R’ Yonason had changed dramatically once the Sabbatian amulets had emerged, and particularly because R’ Yonason had been unable or unwilling to come up with any kind of convincing explanation to exonerate himself. The three letters all ended with the same unequivocal summary that explained why R’ Yaakov was calling on his colleagues to act immediately and decisively: “If, G-d forbid, we remain silent, how will we answer future generations when they ask, ‘Why did you allow this stumbling block to remain, and neglect your duty to excise it?’ We must be courageous! We must be

languished under house arrest with local police posted at his door to prevent any contact with the outside world. Initially it seemed that the plan to isolate R’ Yaakov and his supporters, and to impose the will of the lay leadership on the community-at-large, had been successful. As time passed, however, it became evident that there was still an outstanding issue. Although the actions against R’ Yaakov had shut down the opposition, it had done nothing to address the fact that R’ Yonason had been openly accused of heresy by a distinguished and respected colleague and had done absolutely nothing to dispel the accusations. Even within the lay leadership there were those who felt that the speculation needed to end, and there was only one person who could end it – R’ Yonason himself. A delegation of community notables met with R’ Yonason and requested that he address a public meeting as soon as possible. He would have to unequivocally rebut R’ Yaakov’s accusations and also explain to the community how R’ Yaakov could possibly have reached such a devastating conclusion. But most importantly R’ Yonason would have to use his appearance to publicly renounce Shabbetai Tzvi and Sabbatians and to repudiate Sabbatianism. So far R’ Yonason had been reluctant to respond in public to the accusations, believing it would be below the dignity of his position, but after hearing from friends and colleagues how important it was to draw a line under the affair he agreed to

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give the speech on Sunday, February 21, 1751. Signs announcing the speech went up all over the city. The evening arrived and the synagogue was packed to the last seat. The Chief Rabbi sat at the front of the synagogue flanked by the city’s dayanim and the executive of the board. After Mincha prayers were over, R’ Yonason slowly made his way to the pulpit. Wherever he looked there were expectant faces. Even the women’s balcony was full, and outside, in the lobby of the synagogue, hundreds more people gathered hoping to hear, however faintly, what R’ Yonason was going to say. The speech was outstanding. R’ Yonason always spoke well, but on this occasion he pulled out all the stops and gave the speech of his life. He began with remarks about King David and his rebel son Avshalom, who in ancient Jewish history had tried to replace his father as king of the Jews – even though his father was the man designated by G-d to lead the nation. Weaving together an array sources and ideas, all enhanced with the oratorical

skill for which he was so famous, R’ Yonason projected a vivid picture that depicted him as the suffering King David of his generation subjected to a vicious attack by a ruthless Avshalom. Having planted this powerful symmetry firmly into the minds of his audience R’ Yonason now turned to the central theme of his speech, and for the first time in more than twenty-five years directly addressed the disturbing topic of his rumored association with Sabbatianism.

NEXT TIME: R’ Yonason addresses the packed synagogue with a fiery, inspiring sermon. But alas, his words don’t calm the swirling waters of debate and the controversy comes to a head as supporters of either side take matters into their own hands. Rabbi Pini Dunner is the Rav of Young Israel North Beverly Hills in California.

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Forgotten Her es

Flying Fast By Avi Heiligman

Wilbur and Orville Wright

The age of modern flight began on December 17, 1903 when Orville Wright flew the Wright Flyer 120 feet at a whopping 6 miles per hour. In the 113 years since the first successful airplane, the air record has been broken many times. The current record for a manned vehicle is the Space Shuttle Columbia which recorded a speed of 17,500 MPH in 1981. In this article we will go into some of the history of fast planes in the first 40 years of flight.

n the three years prior to their historic flight the Wrights had been experimenting with differ-

Jules Vedrines in 1914

ent gliders and planes before hitting the jackpot. On that fateful day in 1903 the brothers took turns flying the plane and made four airborne flights. The last one was made by Wilbur that went a distance of 852 feet. Unfortunately the plane was damaged in the landing and never flew again. Two years later, in the Flyer III, Wilbur flew for 39 minutes at a speed of 37 MPH. After the brothers proved that an airplane was actually possible, many other innovators came up with their own designs and plans for a faster plane. A pioneer of the aircraft industry was Glenn Curtiss. He started out making motorcycles and was dubbed “the fastest man in the world” when one of his bikes reached a land record of 136 MPH. Curtiss’s fame for building engines reached the ears of the inventor of the telephone. Alexander Graham Bell hired Curtiss to work on an engine for a heavier-than-air machine. In addition to building the planes, Curtiss became the test pilot and flew one of them a record speed of 68 MPH. A fun fact to Curtiss’s

Glenn Curtiss in his aircraft

flying career was that he was issued the first ever pilot’s license and the Wrights were given license numbers 4 and 5. There were many who speculated that the company giving out the licenses, Aero Club of America, was upset at the brothers for some reason but in reality they were given out alphabetically by last name. Until the start of WWI in 1914, the speed record in a plane was broken several times. Jules Vedrines was a noted French aviator who was the first to fly a plane faster than 100 MPH. Before he broke the barrier on February 22, 1912 he was a daredevil pilot. Vedrines had won an aerial race and entertained a procession by dropping flowers on the partygoers. As WWI came upon Europe, many of the belligerents went to the drawing board to come up with the fastest and highest flying plane. It was the British who succeeded in 1914 in obtaining the new speed record when South African-born Norman Spratt flew a Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.4 at a speed of 135 MPH. Spratt crashed his S.E.

4 a year later and survived. Spratt achieved another first when he won one of the world’s first aerial dogfights against a German two-seater while unarmed. Before he died in 1944 he held the distinction of fighting in both World Wars. During the interwar period an American held a record for a few months but it what he did to the military’s aviation units that made him famous. Billy Mitchell had commanded all of the American planes fighting in France at the end of WWI. In 1922 he briefly held the record by flying a Curtiss R-6 224 MPH, beating the record that he obtained just five days earlier. Mitchell knew that there would be a WWII and felt that the U.S. military should spend the resources to build bombers capable of sinking battleships. In 1925 he was court-martialed for insubordination after telling off the navy brass when they wouldn’t listen to the logic he proposed to build aircraft carriers instead of battleships. He was found guilty of insubordination and left the military a year later. Mitchell’s departure

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from the military left the navy brass without a dissenting opinion and Mitchellâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s warning came to fruition on December 7, 1941. Planes from seven Japanese carriers attacked and almost destroyed the American battleship fleet at Pearl Harbor. The B-25 Mitchell medium bomber was named for him and it was sixteen of these land-based planes that took off from a carrier to surprise Tokyo with an unopposed bombing mission. Another Mitchell was the aeronautical engineer to develop fast planes that broke the speed record. R.J. Mitchell was a British designer for the company Supermarine. He is best remembered for his frontline fighter the Spitfire. However, it was the Supermarine S. 6 seaplane that broke the record in 1931 when it reached 407 MPH. Seaplanes were mainly used as racing planes until WWII when they were pressed into service because they could take off and land from most bodies of water.

Court martial of Billy Mitchell

Supermarine and her competitor Gloster, who built the Hawker Hurricane which was another frontline WWII fighter, were two British companies taking part in competitions to build faster planes. It was these planes that were the forerunners to the designs which won the Battle of Britain for England. Between the two World Wars the record was broken several times un-

til 1939. German Fritz Wendel flew a Me209 469 MPH a few months before his country invaded Poland. Wendel held the record for a piston-powered plane until 1969. These were the piston engine planes that brought the idea of human flight from concept to actuality to speeds that were once thought impossible to reach. Manufacturers and inventors knew that it would

take a special kind of engine to break the 500 MPH mark. Two types of planes were researched during WWII, mainly by the Germans, which would have major impacts in the years to come. Jet and rocket-propelled planes were the future of flight and we will discuss them and the speed records in part II of this article. Flying way past the speed of sound, jets and rockets brought the age of airplanes into a whole new level of the stratosphere (literally). Just as a teaser, the current record for a manned jet aircraft is a SR-71 Blackbird which recorded the blazing speed of 2,193 MPH.

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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A Culinary Tour of the Holy Land

In pursuit of presenting fresh, informative, and trendy food topics to the kosher consumer, the Joy of Kosher editorial team embarked on a seven-day food journey through Israel to discover the best of what Israel has to offer. The just-released mid-winter issue is a compilation of this trip and provides a feast for the senses, functioning as both a food guide of Israel and as a way of bringing the flavors of Israel into your kitchen.

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aging through the magazine is a virtual tour through the shuk of Machane Yehuda, the streets of Tel Aviv, the hills of the Shiloh winery and beyond, making this a useful guide for future trips to the Holy Land. “This was a daunting trip to plan,” shares Shifra Klein, editor-in-chief of JOK. “We spent 14-16

hours each day food touring Israel, and we left with a book of stories, recipes, and rich, heartwarming tales from the many food personalities we met. Condensing our trip into one issue was a challenge that resulted in an issue jam-packed with lots to read and over 45 Israel-inspired recipes.” The recipes featured in this

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issue include a mix of classics — like falafel, hummus, and pita— and modern Israeli cuisine, like Druze-inspired toast and red-beet mostarda pasta. This magazine truly is a tasty adventure, complemented with beautiful images from across Israel. Filled with tips, tricks, and ideas, it’s a great gift idea for the kosher cook in your life.

Chaba-Style Amba Gnocchi Serves 4 Adding the amba to this classic Italian dish adds a level of spice and exoticness which makes this dish unique and almost curry-like.

Ingredients 2 tablespoons butter ½ cup sliced onion ½ cup sliced tomato 1 package gnocchi 2 cups heavy cream 1 tablespoon amba 1 teaspoon salt Pinch of black pepper Parmesan cheese, to serve

Preparation Cook gnocchi according to package directions. In a sauté pan on medium heat, heat butter until it melts. Add onions and sauté until translucent, about ten minutes. Add tomatoes and cook for three minutes. Add gnocchi, salt, and pepper and sauté for two minutes. Add heavy cream and amba and cook until cream reduces and thickens, about five minutes. Serve with Parmesan cheese and basil microgreens (or chopped basil).

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Dating Dialogue

What Would You Do If… Moderated by Jennifer Mann, LCSW of The Navidaters

Dear Navidaters,

Please help me. A while back a young newly married woman wrote in about her husband who had suddenly changed a few months into their marriage. He began to forbid her from reading certain books and made changes without her input. Certain panel members and of course The Navidaters, I believe, were right on the mark when they picked up on the potential abuse. My own daughter’s story is similar except she doesn’t see it.

When Tammy met Natan, she was thrilled and in love. My husband enjoyed his company and everyone was excited to welcome Natan into the family. I had an intuition that something was off with this young man. It was nothing that was detectable to anyone else. I voiced my concern to my husband. He told me I was being anxious and probably these feelings were due to my own neurosis, having my first child leave the nest. And so I ignored the “flags,” as you would say. They were little things. Tammy gave up her colorful clothing because Natan liked black and grey and navy on women. OK, I thought. He likes dark colors and she is in love and wants to make herself attractive to him. Another example: when he would join us for a Shabbos lunch, here and there, Tammy would ask her father to keep on his tie and jacket because Natan’s family wears a tie and jacket to the Shabbos table. OK, I thought. I’m certainly not going to let her lose the shidduch over a tie and jacket. Natan would compliment my meals and behave like a perfect gentleman, but always throw in a comment like, “I like chulent with onion soup mix like my mom makes. Can you put that in next time?” OK, I thought. Creepy! Something was always creepy about him but he made my Tammy happy. I never said a word and I kick myself every day of my life since their wedding. They are married several years and when I see what is going on I am sick. It takes me time to recover after every conversation I have with Tammy. First of all, they had an arrangement that he would learn for the first year of marriage and she would support them. He would then pursue his career. Years in and he is still learning. They have several children now and my daughter kills herself working and taking care of those kids, while at night he is “hanging out” at yeshiva. The little time he is at home, he is critical of everything Tammy does. He has a comment for everything. From her food, to her makeup, to the way she cares for her children, he has to open his mouth. I hate him with every ounce of myself and I want my daughter out of this relationship. There is no violence, he isn’t demanding that she never speak to us and he doesn’t keep her from her friends. In other words, to the untrained eye, this doesn’t rise to the level of abuse. At least I don’t think it does. As you can see, I am very emotional and very confused. Recently, the dam burst and I told Tammy she can come home whenever she wants, with the kids. Tammy was horrified and told me she is happy. I think she is brainwashed. Her life is so cultish to me. I respect learning, I respect all lifestyles. As a matter of fact, just to give you some perspective, my own husband learned for a long time and I was the breadwinner. But there is something so unhealthy here. This is my baby. Do you think I should keep pursuing the issue with Tammy? My fear is when the kids get a little older, he is going to start pulling his shtick with them. He is the type of parent to say, “Oh, you got a 98? And where are the other two points?” I’ve stopped having them in my home for Shabbos because he makes me sick and yet I want to see my daughter and precious grandchildren. Help!

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The feedback from our readers has been remarkable. In order to facilitate further discussion, you can now continue the conversation anonymously on our website. Every Sunday, we will upload the weekend’s most recent edition of What Would You Do If to the dating forum at thenavidaters.com. Join The Navidaters and your fellow TJH readers in a comprehensive dialogue with regard to dating, relationships and marriage. The forum will be moderated daily for everyone’s comfort and safety. See you there! Disclaimer: This column is not intended to diagnose or otherwise offer resolutions to any questions. Our intention is not to offer any definitive conclusions to any particular question, but to offer areas of exploration for the author and reader. Due to the nature of the column receiving only a short snapshot of an issue, without the benefit of an actual discussion, the panel’s role is to offer a range of possibilities. We hope to open up meaningful dialogue and individual exploration.

The Panel The Rebbetzin Rebbetzin Faigie Horowitz, M.S.

ou are right to ask for help because you need it. You don’t like the lifestyle your daughter is leading. You see cultism and shtick in it. At the same time, you see unhealthiness, red flags and constant criticism by your son-in-law that gives you serious concern. Don’t confuse the two. You are on target about yourself. You are both very emotional as well as probably seeing some real problems. Get professional help to sort out these two sets of feelings. You also need to discuss how to maintain a relationship with your daughter and her family while at the same time, handle your feelings of concern. You have a lot of work to do. Therapy is going to take time and meanwhile you need to be careful with what you say to Tammy. While you get the support and help you need to be a mother and grandmother, daven for yourself and for the couple.

The Mother Sarah Schwartz Schreiber, P.A.

here is a fundamental difference between the newlywed writing about her controlling husband and you, the concerned mother, detailing your angst over your daughter’s apparently abusive husband. The newlywed was a victim; you, shvigger, are an interloper.

Clearly, you don’t like Natan (the “creepy” guy who “hangs out in yeshiva”); you berate yourself for allowing Tammy to marry him (as if she would have listened to you from her blissful kallah trance); you get sick in his presence. However, when you tried to intervene, Tammy told you she is in love and happy. Sorry, Mom, Tammy’s marriage is not about you or your comfort level around Natan. Whether or not she’s having marital problems, she’s not ready to share with you. She has enough on her plate without the added pressure of her mother scrutinizing her relationship. Instead, go into that phone booth, don your SuperMom cape and be the best – loving, generous, smiling, kissing, cheerful, cooking, shopping, babysitting – Mom and Bubby the world has ever known. Whether Tammy’s marriage survives or flounders, it is imperative that she perceives you as a wellspring of positivity and support.

The Dating Mentor Rochel Chafetz, Educator/Mentor

s a mother of four married children, b”h, I have to say that the hardest part of mothering is the transition from having all of your children home to the first one getting married, thereby leaving home, because it means we have to shift gears and learn that this is a different stage of parenting. It may not be easy, but it is the fact – and the faster you ac-

She has her own neshama, which is on its own personal mission. This is her life – not yours.

cept that and relearn and re-shift, the less problems you will experience and with less confusion. Tammy is not your baby anymore and she is definitely not an extension of you. You brought her into this world and gave her the tools she needs. She has her own neshama, which is on its own personal mission. This is her life – not yours. You say that you hate Natan, that you are sick of him, that you can’t stand him and that you don’t want them for Shabbos anymore. You, you, you! That is definitely a problem because it’s not about you. You gave an example of his comment about the chulent. I actually found that comment kind of cute – it showed how relaxed he was around you. You say you are respectful of all lifestyles, but you call her life “cultish,” including her clothing. You say she’s killing herself while he’s “hanging out in yeshiva.” Well, that doesn’t sounds respectful at all and I’m wondering why the kids have not picked up on your negativity and why they would even still want to come to you for Shabbos. I also wonder if you would say the same thing if Natan was hanging out in law school till 11 every night.

This is the life she chose. Maybe if you stepped back, away from your own emotions, fears and confusion, and took a clearer look, you would see something very different from what you think you are seeing. If you made that comment to Tammy and she didn’t respond with a tear or a gulp or a hesitation, then I’d say, let it go. Stand behind her. Help her if you think she’s killing herself. Take the kids. And yes – I agree that they should not come for Shabbos. Your emotions are too toxic right now. If you want to see the kids, drop in, pick them up, Facetime, etc. But for now, I think you need to speak to someone to help you navigate this stage. You need help understanding the different type of parenting required of a mom to a married child. You should be proud of her and also let her know that she’s not your baby anymore. It’s time to let go of the strings and deal with your own anxiety. There are skills that you need to master. In the meantime, you need to step back, zip up and embrace. And just by the way, are you telling me your mom loved everything about your husband? No way, can’t be. No one is perfect and the other half always comes from a different background, so there is bound to be clashes and you won’t always like what you see. But you have to ask yourself, “Is this bothering her? Is she depressed, nonfunctioning?” I do not see any red flags here, except in your behavior. So welcome to the next stage of parenting and tread carefully. Love, respect and embrace.

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ammy needs to see things for herself, while you and your husband need to be there for her if and when she does need you. My recommendation is for you to stay quiet, because the more you speak to Tammy about what you see and dislike about her life and her husband (aka being critical), the more she will shut

you out of her and the grandchildren’s lives. You can suggest that she see a therapist because she “seems stressed,” and perhaps the therapist could help her with stress management techniques, aid her in recognizing unhealthy relationship behaviors, encourage her to speak up for herself and vocalize her needs. Perhaps she can also make some suggestions on how to balance everything in her life.

By having a therapist in the picture for her to confide in, you will sleep better knowing that there is someone on the inside who is objective and who is looking after Tammy’s best interests. The therapist will not be perceived as being critical, but rather as being helpful. Try and keep your relationship with Tammy as stressfree as possible, so that you don’t become part of the problem. She and the grandchildren need that from you right now.

When we think our child is in danger we become Mama Bears and will go to any length to secure the safety and well-being of our child.

acknowledges she has a problem, she will not change. Tammy either doesn’t think she has a problem or isn’t telling you she has a problem. You will not be the catalyst for change here. My fear for you is that the only thing changing will be your relationships with your daughter and grandchildren. Unfortunately, there is much in this situation that is beyond your control. What is in your control are the three choices you have. You can have a relationship with Tammy, Natan and the kids. Option A allows you to have your family for holidays, allows you to pop in after school. It grants you the most access to Tammy and the kids. With Option A, Tammy will probably be happiest; she doesn’t feel judged or criticized but rather completely accepted and validated. Your second choice, Option B, is that you get to be in control of how you interact with Tammy and the kids and you exclude Natan. You can invite Tammy and the kids to your house, take Tammy and the kids out to eat, for manicures, shopping and special trips. Option B grants you limited access to Tammy and the kids on the assumption that she will be on board at all. And your third choice, Option C, is the notion that you are prepared to lose them should she not feel good about Option B. I think you should invest some time in therapy right now to orga-

nize your thoughts in a safe and non-judgmental environment. If you need to scream, you can scream. You can role play all the horrible things you would say to Natan if you could. (You must have a fantasy or two.) You can say anything in therapy. You will also gain some insight and practical tools to help you cope with your struggle and figure out how you want to proceed with Tammy. You sound like a wonderful and caring mother to me. I wish I could give you a magic wand and you could lift the car off Tammy. But for now, the only heavy lifting you can do is on yourself. Sincerely, Jennifer

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here is no greater love than the love a mother has for her child. The lengths we will go to when our child is suffering is nothing short of superhuman. When I read your e-mail (again and again) something moved me to Google “mother lifts car off child.” There have been countless children who for various reasons have been stuck under cars and their mothers were granted superhuman strength to literally lift the car off the child. We nurture, we care, we guide, we coach, we lose it every so often and we protect. When we think our child is in danger we become Mama Bears and will go to any length to secure the safety and well-being of our child. There is nothing more instinctual or natural. I understand that you are in agony right now, watching your daughter who you believe is suffering at the hands of her husband, while your hands are tied. You see her, trapped beneath this “car” and would like to lift him off of her and out of her life. You tried to do the heavy lifting, so to speak, but it seems as though Tammy is content right where she is… she does not want to leave Natan. At least on the surface and from what she lets on, she is perfectly content being asked to add onion

soup mix to her chulent, wearing grey, black and navy, and carrying the burden of the children and the finances while Natan learns. Seemingly, the deal they made before the marriage is off the table and Tammy approves. I am so sorry that you are in so much pain. Of course this hurts! Like you said… this is your baby. With that being said, the stakes are high. If you continue down your path of shining a light in areas that Tammy would like to remain concealed, the very possible worst case scenario that threatens you is that she will cut you out of her life. No Tammy. No grandchildren. I want you to take a moment right now, before you continue reading, to think about what I just wrote. As the grown woman she is, Tammy can decide to have nothing to do with you anymore. It is quite possible Tammy is perfectly happy in her marriage and yet the possibility exists that she is miserable at the hands of this monster you perceive Natan to be. You don’t know what is really going on, and that is understandably eating you up from the inside out. However, it behooves you to recognize that until a person

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To Hide or Not to Hide By Deb Hirschhorn, Ph.D.

he Shalosh Regalim and Chanukah are fun holidays with full-blown nissim. Hashem chose, on the other hand, to hide Himself on Purim and worked His miracles under the cloak of teva (nature). Now, as far as I understand it, we are supposed to imitate G-d. So, theoretically, we are not supposed to hide who we are since G-d did not do that on the major chagim that we celebrate. On the other hand, oddly enough, b’yamim HaMoshiach, the only holiday that will be left for us to observe is Purim – the one in which G-d was hidden. So, paradoxically, at the very time when Hashem’s Glory will be revealed to the world, that is when the only holiday left for us to observe is the one in which He was not revealed. As a therapist trying to help people, this poses a problem for me: What am I supposed to tell people to do when it comes to being who you are: to hide or not to hide behind an emotional mask? This is particularly relevant when it comes to

marital conflicts. All marital conflicts can be broken down into one of two forms (which are two sides of the identical coin): Someone is hurt because their needs are not met so they either • Keep an emotional distance, or • Get angry They are two sides of the same coin because in both cases the person is hiding his or her true feelings. The true feelings of being hurt are covered up either with coldness and distance in which no information is given about those feelings, or they are covered up with anger. Ironically, both of these courses of action lead to the exact opposite result that the person wanted. He or she was hurt because of non-attention/non-validation/non-support and as a result of pulling away or being aggressive in response, the spouse will surely not be giving the missing attention, validation, or support anytime soon. As a response to either one of the above actions, the other spouse may also pull away, strike back, or

break down and cry. The other spouse may run after the pulled away partner in ways which are all about his hurt feelings and have nothing to do with the partner’s original hurt feelings. As I said, neither approach gets the results that the person wants and needs. So hiding his wants and needs behind the masks of coldness or anger is a great example of shooting himself in the foot. Research shows that while distance and anger started out as protective measures when they were first learned in childhood, they backfire in marital relationships.

HOW WE LEARN DISTANCING

Mr. and Mrs. Goldberg were not happy with each other and their three children knew it. Eventually came the divorce and the children were awarded to the Mrs., not because she was a warmer, kinder person but simply because that is how judges did it back then. Suri, the oldest child, learned early on not to ex-

press her needs or wants to her mother. Her mother was preoccupied with her own pain and would seem to be looking right through Suri when she asked for anything. That look would feel really weird to Suri and eventually she stopped asking. I used to wonder what great feats of parenting got kids to never complain or cry. Until I met Suri. (All stories are made up.) Then I realized that Suri had simply adapted to a situation in which she got the message that expressing any needs or wants – or anything, for that matter – was a terrible, horrible, selfish thing to do. (That’s not a great feat of parenting; that’s bad parenting, but that’s for another article.) So when things went wrong in Suri’s marriage, not only couldn’t she express what she wanted, she didn’t even know what she wanted. It was easier growing up to simply disown her own feelings. That way, she couldn’t be disappointed. She pulled away from her husband because that was the familiar, go-to, safe

place to be when things went bad although she couldn’t explain why.

HOW WE LEARN AGGRESSION

Jack’s father, Mr. Frifeld, was, shall we say, emotional. When things didn’t go his way, he would blow up. The rest of the time, he could be very nice. And he was also the ba’al tefilah at their shul. He was a wonderful person. Except of course for those times when he wasn’t. Little kids don’t analyze things. Jack simply saw that his father was a wonderful person. And when things went wrong, he was “expressive.” In fact, when Mrs. Frifeld finally dragged her husband to therapy because of his “anger issues,” Mr. Frifeld was genuinely confused and complained, “Can’t I express my feelings?” If he didn’t know what was an expression of feelings and what was a cover-up for those feelings, how was Jack to know? To Jack, all he saw was a good father who aired his feelings in ways that, in the privacy

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of his heart, he had to admit were scary. He tried really hard to be good enough to not provoke his father’s ire. And he succeeded for the most part. He didn’t know about the therapy; his parents

scared him.

WHAT IF THEY DIDN’T HIDE THEIR FEELINGS?

Boruch Hashem it is a new era and people recognize the value of therapy.

showing her feelings. She wasn’t even sure what they were and needed a whole bunch of help learning to identify them. That was not easy because being “out there” with real feelings not only was painful in itself

Since all will be revealed, the Purim masks will represent just how foolish it is to hide.

wouldn’t dream of telling him. So, for all he knew, his father’s behavior was perfectly normal. But he knew that his mother was not happy and he knew that when his father blew up, it

Suri married Jack. When things went wrong, Suri withdrew and Jack exploded. But they made the wise decision of entering therapy for it. Suri was terrified of

but brought back traumatic memories of her invisible childhood. Jack thought he was expressing his feelings. He never even realized that hiding behind the mask of

his anger was hurt from being ignored and distanced by his wife. He was actually in a state of grief, thinking that he had done no better than his parents when not making their mistakes was the thing in the world he wanted most. So, like Suri, Jack had to first learn what his feelings were and then how to express them rather than to blow up. The result of this – which can take couples as long as two years, but is well worth it – is da’as: Jack and Suri could eventually truly and deeply know each other. They would not have to hide behind masks of distance or anger. Perhaps the masks on the Purim of the Future

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when all will be revealed make perfect sense: since all will be revealed, the Purim masks will represent just how foolish it is to hide. It will be an “inside” joke. And perhaps in that day, we will look back at life before the Moshiach shaking our heads at how mistaken we were to hide our true feelings in daily life. Well, until we find out, I’m going to keep rooting for true intimacy – helping people to discard their masks.

Dr. Deb Hirschhorn is a Marriage and Family Therapist. She can be reached at 646-54-DRDEB or by writing drdeb@drdeb.com.

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Notable Quotes “Say What?!”

A reporter claims she was pushed down by one of Donald Trump’s campaign advisers. Isn’t that crazy? Donald Trump has a campaign adviser. - Conan O’Brien

If you get indicted, will you drop out? - Univision/CNN debate moderator Jorge Ramos to Hillary Clinton at the last Democratic debate

Oh, for goodness ... It’s not going to happen. I’m not even answering that question. - Clinton’s response

In last night’s Democratic debate, Hillary Clinton said that several times a day she speaks to G-d. But never for under $100,000. - Conan O’Brien

If they weren’t able to make the meeting they should have just told us before they told the reporter. I think it’s just good manners.

At a rally over the weekend, Donald Trump was surrounded by Secret Service agents after a man tried to rush the stage. The Secret Service said the man was dangerous and disturbed, but they had to protect him anyway. - Jimmy Fallon

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Facebook has reportedly patented software that recognizes new slang words when they’re posted. The software stores the words in what they call a social glossary while they’re current, then removes the words once they’re no longer popular. I wish Facebook would spend less time with stuff like cataloging new slang and more time trying to stop the monsters who keep inviting me to like their homemade jewelry page. - Jimmy Kimmel

Hours don’t matter with me. I don’t get tired. I keep going. - Anthony Mancinelli, who just turned 105, telling ABC News why he still works as a barber

When endorsing Donald Trump for president last week, Dr. Ben Carson said that there are two different Trumps. I don’t know, Ben. That might just be a side effect of the NyQuil. - Seth Myers

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If Trump were ever elected, we’d have to build a wall around California to defend ourselves from the rest of this country. - California Governor Jerry Brown

I am the modern-day Robin Hood. I am not stealing, I am serving the ones in need. I take from the rich and give to the poor. - William Powell, 27, who was arrested for handing out $3,000 in food and drinks at a Downtown Brooklyn IHOP where he worked

How is it that my air bag knows exactly when I’m going to get into an accident, but my car can’t figure out how to go forward an hour for Daylight Savings Time? - Jimmy Kimmel

Every appliance with a clock should have a Daylight Savings button to push. You’d only use it twice a year, but that’s more than I use the “potato” button on my microwave. - Ibid

Parliament is not a place for foxes, donkeys and women.

A top official in Saudi Arabia said today that a Trump presidency would “set the world back centuries.” The Saudi added, “Which is why Trump has our full support.” - Conan O’Brien

Trump has been saying a hundred times, at every debate and on the street corners, every place you go and every time you say hello to him, he tells you how much he loves Israel. Israel is his favorite thing. His daughter married a Jew. She even converted to Judaism, and he himself is miserable that he isn’t Jewish. He spends all of his life worshiping Judaism. He forgot he was a gentile thirty years ago. - Comedian Jackie Mason on the “Aaron Klein Investigative Radio” program

- A recent declaration by an Iranian parliament member

Almost 40 percent of people who voted for John Kasich said they did so because they don’t like the other guys. Which explains his new campaign slogan: “John Kasich: The Lesser of Four Evils.” - Conan O’Brien

I thank Hashem for the miracle he did for me. As much as someone takes care of himself, it’s not enough. What can save us is just a short prayer to Hashem. - Yonatan Azriaev, who was distributing Breslov pamphlets entitled, “You will succeed” last week in Israel when he was knifed multiple times by a Palestinian terrorist. He pulled the blade out of his own neck and killed the terrorist with it

To celebrate International Women’s Day, Air India flew the longest all-women-operated flight from Delhi to San Francisco…The flight went off without a hitch, and I’m so glad. Because if that plane had crashed, it would have set women back years. - James Corden

Donald Trump said, “There’s nobody that’s done so much for equality as I have.” That’s right, he said: “In some states, I’m hated equally by blacks and Hispanics.” - Conan O’Brien

Donald Trump said in a new interview that there’s nobody that’s done so much for equality as he has. Well, he does appear to be doing everything in his power to make sure America has its first female president. - Seth Myers

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The Democrats aren’t doing so great in the merchandise department either. Hillary Clinton gets the “Mom’s trying too hard to be cool in front of her daughter’s friends” award for the “Yaaas Hillary” shirt. - Ibid.

I prayed about it a lot, and I got a lot of indications, people calling me that I haven’t talked to for a long time saying, I had this dream about you and Donald Trump — I mean, just amazing things. - Ben Carson telling reporters about what led him to endorse Donald Trump

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on the scene. A new and unexpected development in American politics has managed to confirm everything people already believed, suggesting that not much learning is taking place. Whoever else might be implicated, it is necessary to say that Trump is to blame for Trump. The fact that he is appealing to understandable concerns does not make him a valid or responsible voice. In the aftermath of the 11/9 attacks, for example, President George W. Bush could have chosen to blame Islam and stir up prejudice. He didn’t. In the aftermath of the Paris and San Bernardino attacks, Trump did, picking on a religious minority for self-serving political reasons. In a dangerous world, fear is natural. Cynically exploiting fear is an art. And Trump is a Rembrandt of demagoguery. But this does not release citizens from all responsibility. The theory that voters, like customers, are always right has little to do with the American form of government. The founders had little patience for “pure democracy,” which they found particularly vulnerable to demagogues. “Men of factious tempers, of local prejudices, or of sinister designs,” says Federalist 10, “may by intrigue, by corruption, or by other means, first obtain the suffrages, and then betray the interests, of the people.” A representative government is designed to frustrate sinister majorities (or

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committed pluralities), by mediating public views through “a chosen body of citizens, whose wisdom may best discern the true interest of their country.” Trump is the guy your Founding Fathers warned you about. “The question is not ‘Why Trump now?’” argues constitutional scholar Matthew Franck, “but rather ‘Why not a Trump before now?’ Perhaps some residual self-respect on the part of primary voters has driven them, up to now, to seek experience, knowledge of public policy, charac-

In a dangerous world, fear is natural. Cynically exploiting fear is an art. And Trump is a Rembrandt of demagoguery.

ter, and responsibility in their candidates. The Trump phenomenon suggests that in a significant proportion of the (nominally) Republican electorate, this self-respect has decayed considerably.” With the theory of a presidential nominee as wrecking ball, we have reached the culmination of the founders’ fears: Democracy is producing a genuine threat to the American form of self-government. Trump imagines leadership as pure act, freed from reflection and restraint. He has expressed disdain for religious and ethnic minorities. He has proposed restrictions on press freedom and threatened political enemies with retribution. He offers himself as the embodiment of the national will, driven by an intuitive vision of greatness. None of this is hidden. The founders may not have imagined political parties as a check on public passions, but that is the role the GOP must now play – as important as any in its long history. It is late, but not too late. With

losses in Ohio and Florida on March 15, Trump may well be held below a majority of delegates at the Cleveland convention. And then this cho-

sen body of citizens should play its perfectly legitimate role and give its nomination to a constructive and responsible leader.

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The Holocaust and the Jewish Identity By Charles Krauthammer

ernie Sanders is the most successful Jewish candidate for the presidency ever. It’s a rare sign of the health of our republic that no one seems to much care or even notice. Least of all, Sanders himself. Which prompted Anderson Cooper in a recent Democratic debate to ask Sanders whether he was intentionally keeping his Judaism under wraps. “No,” answered Sanders: “I am very proud to be Jewish.” He then explained that the Holocaust had wiped out his father’s family. And that he remembered as a child seeing neighbors with concentration camp numbers tattooed on their arms. Being Jewish, he declared, “is an essential part of who I am as a human being.” A fascinating answer, irrelevant to presidential politics but quite revealing about the state of Jewish identity in contemporary America. Think about it. There are several alternate ways American Jews commonly explain the role Judaism plays in their lives. (1) Practice: Judaism as embedded in their life through religious practice or the transmission of Jewish culture by way of teaching or scholarship. Think Joe Lieberman or the neighborhood rabbi. (2) Tikkun: Seeing Ju-

daism as an expression of the prophetic ideal of social justice. Love thy neighbor, clothe the naked, walk with God, beat swords into plowshares. As ritual and practice have fallen away over the generations, this has become the core identity of liberal Judaism. Its central mission is nothing less than to repair the world (“Tikkun olam”). Which, incidentally, is the answer to the perennial question, “Why is it that Jews vote overwhelmingly Democratic?” Because, for the majority of Jews, the social ideals of liberalism are the most tangible expressions of their prophetic Jewish faith. When Sanders was asked about his Jewish identity, I was sure his answer would be some variation of Tikkun. On the stump, he plays the Old Testament prophet railing against the powerful and denouncing their treatment of the widow and the orphan. Yet Sanders gave an entirely different answer. (3) The Holocaust. What a strange reply – yet it doesn’t seem so to us because it has become increasingly common for American Jews to locate their identity in the Holocaust. For example, it’s become a growing emphasis in Jewish pedagogy from the Sunday schools to Holocaust studies programs in the var-

ious universities. Additionally, Jewish organizations organize visits for young people to the concentration camps of Europe. The memories created are indelible. And deeply valuable. Indeed, though my own family was largely spared, the Holocaust forms an ineradicable element of my own Jewish consciousness. But I worry about the balance. As Jewish practice, learning and knowledge diminish over time, my concern is that Holocaust memory is emerging as the dominant feature of Jewishness in America. I worry that a people with a 3,000-year history of creative genius, enriched by intimate relations with every culture from Paris to Patagonia, should be placing such weight on martyrdom – and indeed, for this generation, martyrdom once removed. I’m not criticizing Sanders. I credit him with sincerity and authenticity. But it is precisely that sincerity and authenticity – and the implications for future generations – that so concern me. Sanders is 74, but I suspect a growing number of young Jews would give an answer similar to his. We must of course remain dedicated to keeping alive the memory and the truth of the Holocaust, particularly when they are un-

der assault from so many quarters. Which is why, though I initially opposed having a Holocaust museum as the sole representation of the Jewish experience in the center of Washington, I came to see the virtue of having so sacred yet vulnerable a legacy placed at the monumental core of – and thus entrust-

sovereignty, the revival of Hebrew (a cultural resurrection unique in human history), the flowering of a new Hebraic culture radiating throughout the Jewish world. Memory is sacred, but victimhood cannot be the foundation stone of Jewish identity. Traditional Juda-

Nonetheless, there must be balance. It would be a tragedy for American Jews to make the Holocaust the principal legacy bequeathed to their children.

ed to the protection of – the most tolerant and open nation on earth. Nonetheless, there must be balance. It would be a tragedy for American Jews to make the Holocaust the principal legacy bequeathed to their children. After all, the Jewish people are living through a miraculous age: the rebirth of Jewish

ism has 613 commandments. The philosopher Emil Fackenheim famously said that the 614th is to deny Hitler any posthumous victories. The reduction of Jewish identity to victimhood would be one such victory. It must not be permitted. (c) 2016, The Washington Post Writers Group

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“Unmasking” Our Teens By Mindi Werblowsky Saketkhou, LMSW

here seems to be a dichotomy on Purim. On one hand we dress up in various costumes, disguising who we really are and “becoming” someone else. On the other hand, men drink at the seudah and the essence of wine is to reveal who someone truly is. “Nichnas yayin yatzah sod,” When wine goes in, secrets are revealed. On most days we do not dress as other people but neither do we reveal our deepest cores. We do not share every negative and sarcastic thought, and rightly so there are parts of our innermost selves that we tuck away. But on this unique holiday of Purim, we spend most of the day hiding who we are and then sit by the seudah and bare our very essence. Why both extremes on one day? If we look at the Purim story we see that Hashem hid Himself for most of the story. But in the end His glory was revealed through the miraculous salvation brought about by Mordechai and Esther. Hashem too hid Himself until the right time and then revealed Himself as the ultimate true savior of Am Yisrael. Mordechai and Esther too hid who they really were until the appropriate time at which point their true loyalties and intentions were revealed. We mimic this idea by wearing disguises during the day and then “revealing” ourselves at the climax of the day, during the seudah. Although I have heard this dvar Torah before, as a social worker working with adolescents this idea struck a chord with me this particular year. It is well-known that Purim is a holiday which many teenagers enjoy. This article will not discuss teens’ use of alcohol but everyone is aware of what I am referring to. But beyond the obvious, it is interesting to me why teenagers, even many who are not frum, seem to enjoy celebrating Purim. As the Director of Adolescent Programming at Madraigos, one of my responsibilities is to oversee the Lounge programs. The Lounge program provides a safe and trusting environ-

ment for all teenagers who are facing personal and religious struggles. And even among the at-risk girls I work with, I observed that they all plan to dress up and celebrate Purim. I have been giving this a lot of thought trying to understand what it is about Purim that they find so appealing. And in reflecting on the concept written above, it dawned on me that for these girls the essence of Purim is something that hits home to them at their very core. A typical teenager these days wears a “disguise” every day. For few, the disguise

“safe space” from the façade and no escape from the constant pressure of appearances. And with the majority of teenagers I work with, their parents do not know how much they struggle. Whether it is due to the breakdown of intimate family relationships, or from wanting to shield their parents from pain, many teenagers are not confiding in their parents what they are truly dealing with on a regular basis. School is fine; friends are great; extra-curricular activities are enjoyable. And parents have no idea that behind the short

A typical teenager these days wears a “disguise” every day. they wear is that of a typical frum girl while in reality they are no longer shomer Shabbos and often eating non-kosher when out of their homes. And for others, although still frum, their disguise is in pretending that they are always happy and well-adjusted while in actuality they are facing extremely difficult challenges on a daily basis. It is this second group of teenagers that I would like to discuss further. Although originally founded to work with at-risk teenagers, in recent years, Madraigos has expanded their prevention programs. Madraigos recognized the need to reach out and educate adolescents prior to beginning a possible downward spiral and engaging in risky behaviors. Teenagers today are facing tremendous challenges in every area. They are pushed to their limits academically while also dealing with emotional struggles of adolescence and extremely difficult social situations. The pressure of fitting in has only increased as technology has expanded. Whereas a decade ago a teen could compartmentalize school life from home life, in today’s world of social media, those boundaries have been broken down. There is no

answers is a child struggling with a friend’s eating disorder, an episode of cyber-bullying, a clique they will never be a part of and the feeling when they look in the mirror that they will never be good enough. Their struggles, their pain, their challenges are hidden behind a mask. They are convinced that no one can understand what they are facing and in the future they pay the price when years of secrets and difficulties take their toll. The staff at Madraigos has seen this time and time again. And to that end we have developed programs to step in and intercede before the burdens become too difficult to bear. One of the programs developed is GNOGirls/Guys Night Out. In addition to our Lounge programs for the at-risk community, one weeknight a week (separate for boys and girls) mainstream yeshiva high school teens are invited to our Lounge to participate in activities and programs. This night gives teenagers a healthy outlet and a safe space for them to come and relax. The programs are both overseen by Madraigos staff members and attendees are encouraged to develop a healthy relationship with staff mem-

bers who can play the role of a mentor in navigating life’s challenges. Typical teenage struggles are addressed in a group discussion at the end of the night. Madraigos has now gone one step further and developed a range of workshops to bring prevention into every community school. The clinical staff has developed these prevention workshops that range from topics such as substance abuse to body image to bullying. The workshops are interactive and can be tailored to fit a school’s specifications. These workshops are available to every school free of charge and are presented by a social worker from Madraigos. These workshops allow us to bring the messages of prevention to the teenagers, rather than waiting for the teenagers to come to us. There is always time for students to ask questions publicly and privately from the Madraigos staff member. No topic is off limits and their struggles are discussed in an open, honest and safe manner. In September of 2011, Child Trends, a nonprofit nonpartisan research center, conducted a study discussing seven strategies of how to prevent risky behaviors among adolescents. Three of the strategies listed are to increase connections between students and their schools, to promote the development of sustained relationships with caring adults, and to provide children with high quality education. Through the GNO programs and our school workshops, Madraigos is providing these three strategies to every school, family and adolescent in our community. At Madraigos we are doing our part to “unmask” our youths and provide them with a safe place to reveal their essence. For more information about the Madraigos Lounge programming and/or to schedule a workshop in your school please contact Mindi Werblowsky, Director of Adolescent Programming at Madraigos, at mwerblowsky@madraigos.org or at 516-371-3250 ext. 113.

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he actress Sally Field has appeared in dozens of television and movie roles since first appearing as “Gidget.” But she’s perhaps best known for a 45-second acceptance speech at the 57th Academy Awards, when she accepted the Oscar for Best Actress and told the audience “you like me … you really like me!” Late last month, that same group of the world’s most narcissistic people gathered to congratulate themselves once again. They heard comedian Chris Rock skewer the Hollywood establishment for their “sorority racism.” They saw the winners take the stage to spread the word on pet political causes. And a select group of presenters and nominees walked out with something extra: a big IRS bill. Back in the 1970s, the Academy decided to thank actors for participating in the ceremony with a “swag bag” of modest gifts. But over time, that bag has grown as lavish and extravagant as a Beverly Hills mansion. This year’s participants could choose from gifts totaling up to an almost-obscene $230,000. Here’s just part of the haul:

• A VIP all-access trip to Israel ($55,000) • Three nights at the famed Golden Door spa in San Marco, California ($4,800)

up at a hotel suite to pick out what they’ll really use, so they don’t wind up paying tax on a lifetime supply of Lizora Pu-Erh Nourishing Cream and Tea Cleansing Bar ($31,200)

“The organizations and merchants who participate in giving the gift bags do not do so solely out of affection, respect, or similar impulses for the recipients of the gift bags.”

• Three nights at the Grand Hotel Tremezzo on Italy’s Lake Como ($5,000) • A plastic surgery package from 740 Park Associates ($5,530) • Three sessions with celebrity fitness trainer Jay Cardiello ($1,400) The bag even included a couple of items that are just too inappropriate for us to mention here. The haul is so rich that it doesn’t fit into an actual “bag.” Instead, recipients show

that they just wind up giving to the maid. As for the tax bill, back in the old days, when the value of the gifts didn’t exceed the annual income of 99% of the country, they were taxfree! But by 2006, the IRS had had enough. Time to collect some taxes, they decided. But how can they collect taxes on gifts? Well, take a look at how they answer that question in their IRS Gift Bag Q&A press re-

lease: “Q: If these are gifts, why do they have to be treated as income? A: These gift bags are not gifts for federal income tax purposes because the organizations and merchants who participate in giving the gift bags do not do so solely out of affection, respect, or similar impulses for the recipients of the gift bags.” Sorry, Sally Field, when it comes to the swag bag, the IRS says the sponsors who “donate” the goodies don’t really like you. (But the hotel in Italy sounds lovely!) Here’s the lesson for the week. It’s not always obvious what’s income and what’s not, what’s deductible and what’s not. If you really want to keep as much as the law allows, you need a plan to wade through the confusion. Make sure you have a red-carpet plan of your own!

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

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Enjoy the Moment By Rivki D. Rosenwald Esq., CLC, SDS

’ve got Pesach on my mind! You’ve heard the statement, be in the moment. Well, I am so not! I see matzahs floating before my eyes. When I buy a loaf of bread I think, self sabotage! My brain is a month and a half away. Why? It’s all that cooking and cleaning and packing.

But, before that comes I need to fill my house with all those Purim treats. Everyone thinks the secret of Purim is that G-d turned things over. I think that is actually the secret of Pesach! We are totally inundated with chometz on Purim and we need to turn things over. What

a feat! Yet, would anyone ever give up Purim? Best time ever! We get to have fun! Be happy. Be silly! It’s a warm, friendly time. Don’t lose sight of that and get caught up with anything else! Sure my mind jumps 10 steps ahead but I bring it right back where it should be. Right here, right now. When Adar comes in we have the capacity for greater joy. Don’t miss that easy handout! Suck it in! Get your mind out of the Pesach closet and put it in Purim mode. Buy a costume! Think who you’d like to be. Or at least think of it this way: you get to not be you, for a while. So you can drop all your regular worries. We mask ourselves and emulate G-d Who operates behind the scenes. We give to our fellow man, as G-d gives to us. We may seem silly on Purim but we are actually functioning on a very high plane. Think of it this way: “Hey man”! Get the “big” things “Done” early. Get yourself a “Shoe Shine” so you feel – and look good. “Vash” for bread, grab a cup of “tea” (the Purim kind). “Ess” a bissel then “tear” down the separation between neighbors. The “more” you “do” the more you “chai!” What’s the big “rush?” “Zerush” and “terush!” The whole day is just a bunch of hidden life messages. It’s all there for us. We just don’t always get to see it! But you’ll certainly miss it if your head’s a hundred miles away.

So party hearty on Purim. Leave your Passover concerns where they need to be somewhere off in the distance. Let the mess flow. Let the

At least think of it this way: you get to not be you, for a while. So you can drop all your regular worries.

dancing commence. Let the snacks attack. Just as you need to turn lemons into lemonade; turn your pre-matzah thoughts into a prematzah ball! The secret is to enjoy the moment. P.S. Please enhance your Purim by stopping by 220 Juniper Circle South, Lawrence for a great bake and food sale. This Tuesday from 1pm-9pm and Wednesday 9am4pm. Everything you need and want for Purim, break-the-fast, the seudah, shaloch manos or Shabbos. And all for tzedaka!

Rivki Rosenwald is a certified relationship counselor, and career and life coach. She can be contacted at 917-7052004 or rivki@rosenwalds.com

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