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Dear Readers, Yitzy Halpern PUBLISHER

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hen I think about Aunt Susie, the first three words that come to mind is strength, determination, and warmth.

My great-aunt, Aunt Susie, who passed away on Wednesday at the age of 98, was someone whom I looked up to all my life.

Aunt Susie was active in youth groups when she lived in Vienna, and her energy didn’t wane when she came to America on her own in her teens. She embraced any challenge that was presented to her and was brave in the face of hardship.

More than just her drive to move forward, Aunt Susie was someone who loved people.

When she would walk on the boardwalk in Florida during the winter months, she would inevitably be stopped every few minutes by people who wanted to chat. Over the past few decades, she spent her days at the Midwood Jewish Center, where she and my grandmother served the coffee together. There wasn’t a person at the center who didn’t know Aunt Susie. She would schmooze and listen and reminisce and give advice.

Perhaps it was her positive outlook on life that drew people to her. I know that every conversation I had with Aunt Susie was filled with lessons she learned along the way.

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the ubiquitous “I’ll tell you something,” and we knew that she had something important to say.

The advice she dispensed came in different forms – her stories, her conversations about her parents, and her wise words about life. But it was always said in a way that uplifted you, that made you want to continue the conversation and bottle her guidance for future reference.

I learned from Aunt Susie how to be a good sibling. Over the past few years, my grandmother and Aunt Susie spoke almost every day. She surrounded herself with her cousins and made sure to be in touch with them consistently. She taught me by example the importance of family, how friends are nice but family should be the most important people in the world.

Aunt Susie’s children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren are continuing her legacy of impassioned frumkeit and communal responsibility. They are known for their open homes, their warmth, and their enthusiasm to do for others.

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Contents LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

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COMMUNITY Readers’ Poll

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Community Happenings

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NEWS

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Global

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National

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That’s Odd

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ISRAEL Israel News

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My Israel Home

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JEWISH THOUGHT Rabbi Wein on the Parsha

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Remembering the Future by Rav Moshe Weinberger

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Flood of the Unknown by Rabbi Shmuel Kamenetzky

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Living with the Original Ideals of Creation by Shmuel Reichman

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PEOPLE TJH Speaks with Mayor Ben Weinstock of Cedarhurst

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Paratroopers in World War II by Avi Heiligman

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HEALTH & FITNESS Israel in Weird Times by Dr. Deb Hirschhorn

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Your Weight and Covid-19 by Aliza Beer, MS RD CDN

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FOOD & LEISURE The Aussie Gourmet: Lime and Thyme Spatchcocked Chicken

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LIFESTYLES Dating Dialogue, Moderated by Jennifer Mann, LCSW

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Parenting Pearls

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Mind Your Business

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Your Money

Dear Editor, With elections coming up, it’s important that we remember why we go to vote.

We vote because we need to send the right representatives to Congress or the Senate or the White House. The decisions that those people make affect us in very real ways. They affect our wallets and our safety. They help to sway funding and form alliances.

If you are upset by being told that your children can’t go to school or by being told that you can’t go to shul regardless of all safety precautions being taken or by the criminals being let out of jail without any slaps on the wrist, do your research. Find out which of your officials voted for those laws or are condoning those plans.

If your elected official sponsored the bail reform law, send them a message at the ballot box. If your elected official voted to raise your taxes, send them a message at the ballot box. If your elected official aligns him or herself with those who condone anti-Semitic behavior, send a message at the ballot box.

If you don’t vote, then you don’t have a voice.

Vote.

It takes a few minutes and sends a message loud and clear.

Sincerely, S. Mirman

Dear Editor, M. Fried brought up a very good point in this week’s issue.

We need to all work on our dan l’chaf zechus. It may not be easy but it would be a big zechus for us all if we’re united and love each other.

Masks should not separate us.

They shouldn’t be a barrier between us. Whether you wear masks all the time or whether you wear them only in stores; whether you believe children should be in school or not; whether you believe people should go to minyanim or not, do not make these issues something that will divide us as a community.

Our strength and beauty are in our unity.

Let’s remain strong and beautiful.

Rivka Hertz Dear Editor, Kudos to the woman in your paper who had a baby in the midst of taking the bar exam.

Even so, mothers – you don’t need to do something like this to earn the title of supermom. Even if you are barely managing with laundry, supper, carpools, and Zoom school, you are doing a great job!

As your kids/husband/family, we know that you are the best!

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More Billionaires in China

shot into the top 10 at number four.

Meanwhile, Wang Xing, the founder of food delivery app Meituan, is 13th on this year’s China Rich List. The 41-year-old quadrupled his wealth to $25 billion during the pandemic.

According to the Hurun Report, the average age of this year’s rich list, which had a wealth cut-off at just under $300 million, was 55, with 256 people under 40 making the list.

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The number of billionaires in China grew by nearly 30 percent this year, as the country’s super-rich thrived during the coronavirus pandemic.

There are now 878 billionaires in the Communist country, up 257 from 2019. The U.S. has nearly 700 individuals who qualify for the distinction.

Alibaba co-founder Jack Ma retains the top spot in China for the third year, ahead of Pony Ma and Zhang Shanshan.

The China Rich List 2020, put out by the Hurun Research Institute and its founder Rupert Hoogewerf, shows a wealth increase of $1.5 trillion, far exceeding expectations.

“The world has never seen this much wealth created in just one year,” Hoogewerf noted in the report.

“China’s entrepreneurs have done much better than expected. Despite COVID-19 they have risen to record levels.”

Jack Ma’s upcoming Ant Group IPO and a strong reliance on e-commerce platform Alibaba during the COVID-19 lockdown have seen the 56-year-old’s value shoot up 45 percent to $58.8 billion.

Pony Ma, who owns Tencent and ubiquitous Chinese app WeChat, increased his wealth to $57.4 billion, up 50 percent.

Among the 257 new billionaires this year is Shanshan, of Nongfu bottled water fame, who is now valued at $53.7 billion and is the third-richest person in the world’s second-largest economy.

Wang Wei, whose SF Express is known as the “FedEx of China,” doubled his wealth to $35.3 billion and

The United Nations’ embargo on arms sales to Iran expired on Sunday, paving the way for Tehran to purchase advanced armaments.

“As of today, all restrictions on the transfer of arms, related activities and financial services to and from the Islamic Republic of Iran… are all automatically terminated,” Iran’s Foreign Ministry announced.

Passed in 2015 as part of the Iran nuclear deal, the embargo banned UN member states from selling weapons to the Islamic Republic.

The United States had launched an intense yet futile effort to extend the ban indefinitely despite opposition from Russia and China.

In August, the U.S. suffered a setback after its attempt to pass a resolution to the embargo at the UN Security Council was torpedoed by Beijing and Moscow. Noting Washington’s inability to prevent the embargo from expiring, Tehran hailed the U.S. failure as “a momentous day for the international community” in which the world supported Tehran “in defiance of the U.S. regime’s efforts.”

With the embargo expiring, Iran is now expected to go on a spending spree to snap up the most advanced weaponry available, including missiles, attack helicopters, and fighter jets, to replace its aging fleet of F-14 Tomcats. Tehran has already expressed its desire to purchase stateof-the-art Chinese J-10 fighter jets and the Russian S-400 air defense

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support in at least 50 years,” Ardern said. “And I can promise you: we will be a party that governs for every New Zealander.”

Propelling Ardern to her lopsided victory was her widely-acclaimed handling of the coronavirus pandemic. A remote Island nation next to Australia, New Zealand has the world’s lowest infection rate and recently marked 102 days without a single new case.

Operating under the motto “Go hard and go early,” Ardern shut her country’s borders after recording only 100 cases. After a small virus cluster popped up in August, Ardern imposed sweeping lockdowns again until it was traced to a group of returning travelers.

In the weeks leading up to the election, Ardern’s rallies were mobbed, with leading pundits comparing the 40-year-old mom to a rock star. The election had originally been slated to take place in September but was postponed for a month due to concerns about in-person voting amidst the worldwide pandemic “This has not been an ordinary election, and it’s not an ordinary time,” Ardern admitted. “It’s been full of uncertainty and anxiety, and we set out to be an antidote to that.”

Shaking Hands Affects Citizenship

system, widely viewed as the world’s most powerful.

“Iran can now procure any necessary arms and equipment from any source without any legal restrictions, and solely based on its defensive needs,” exulted Tehran on Sunday.

However, it made sure to add that “unconventional arms, weapons of mass destruction. and a buying spree of conventional arms have no place in Iran’s defense doctrine.”

NZ’s Ardern’s Landslide Victory New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s Labour party emerged victorious with a landslide victory in her country’s general election over the weekend.

With the majority of the votes tallied, the Labour Party earned 49% of

the total vote and 64 out of the 120 total seats in parliament. The astonishing finish is the most any party has won since New Zealand reverted to a parliamentary system in 1993.

Ardern celebrated her historic win in a raucous victory speech on Sunday evening, thanking supporters for granting her a second term in office.

“Tonight, New Zealand has shown the Labour Party its greatest

A Muslim man’s refusal to shake a woman’s hand cost him his bid to receive German citizenship.

A trained doctor, the 40-year-old Beirut native had waited 13 years to become a citizen of Germany. He had aced his naturalization exam and was known to provide free medical services to poor Berlin residents.

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A the naturalization ceremony in 2015, the aspiring German refused to shake the hand of the woman handing him his certificate. Citing his Islamic faith, he said that he had promised his wife that he would never shake another woman’s hand.

The official then refused to give him the long-awaited certificate, setting in motion a winding legal battle culminating in this week’s ruling by the Administrative Court of Baden-Württemberg (VGH). In the ruling, the judges upheld the decision taking away his bid to become a German citizen, finding that his actions constitute an egregious rejection of the country’s values.

The court also rejected his arguments that he wouldn’t shake hands with men anymore, writing that refusing to shake hands with women violated his professed respect for the German constitution.

“If the applicant refuses to shake hands for gender-specific reasons which are incompatible with the constitution, there is no integration into German living conditions,” wrote the decision.

“This applies in particular if the refusal to shake hands with the opposite sex – as in this case – serves

to further a Salafist conviction about the relationship between men and women,” continued the judges.

“Handshakes are common greeting and farewell rituals that take place regardless of the social status, gender, or other personal characteristics of the people involved and go back centuries.”

The judges allowed the man to appeal the case to Germany’s federal court. A slew of religious organizations had lobbied the bench to rule in favor of the defendant, arguing that foiling his 13-year wait to become a citizen discriminated against him on the basis of faith.

Monaco’s Jewish Population Growing Monaco is known for many things. A famous tax haven, the tiny island nation off the coast of France boasts more millionaires per capita than any other country.

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One thing Monaco is not famous for is its Jewish community. However, a new survey conducted by the island’s two rabbis found that fully 5% of its total population is comprised of Jews, the highest ratio of Jewish inhabitants of any country in the world.

The unexpected findings are testament to the small country’s rapidly growing Jewish population. While the island had only a minuscule number of Jews in the past, its population has skyrocketed upwards to surpass 2,000 members of the faith in 2017.

The community’s makeup is diverse. Not all are Orthodox. While some are retirees taking advantage of its picturesque views of the Mediter-

ranean, others are Russian-Jewish billionaires enjoying Monaco’s loose tax laws. Others simply work as money managers or as a staff at the island’s many casinos and attractions.

Recently, two new synagogues have opened to serve the island’s Jewish clientele, something its rabbis say is attracting even more Jews. The Edmond Safra Synagogue, sponsored by the family of the billionaire banker killed on the island in 1999, cost $10 million to build and is shaped like a Torah scroll.

First inaugurated in 2017, the building has no windows despite being situated opposite the shimmering Mediterranean Sea. Inside, its ample artificial light is so potent that it sustains the array of flowerpots hanging near the sanctuary; it has room for 400 congregants who sit in pews built in seven expanding circles.

According to Safra Synagogue Rabbi Daniel Torgmant, the attractive building “has quite simply been an engine for communal growth” since its opening. Its beauty and unique architecture “allows us to attract a lot of people passing through Monaco, or Jewish people whose connection to Judaism is still in its infancy,” he said.

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“Having facilities like this really helps bring people in,” Rabbi Torgmant noted.

Another synagogue servicing the locals is headed by Rabbi Tanhoum Matusof, a Chabad emissary who founded the Jewish Cultural center of Monaco.

“The Jews who live here don’t come to us for material reasons, they tend to be well-off,” he said. “They need us for spirituality and a sense of community, which is something you don’t need a beautiful building to give.”

Eighteen other high-ranking military officials and civilians who were close to Buyoya received the same sentence. Another three people were sentenced to 20 years in jail for “complicity” in the crimes. A former prime minister, Antoine Nduwayo, was acquitted.

Life for Burundi Ex-Pres

Buyoya is currently the African Union’s representative in Mali and a respected figure on the continent as well as overseas.

After independence from Belgium in 1962, tensions between the majority Hutu group and minority Tutsis has boiled over repeatedly in Burundi, with a history of massacres.

Buyoya, a Tutsi, came to power in 1987 in a coup d’état. He stepped down in 1993 in the country’s first democratic elections, after which Ndadaye, a Hutu, beat him in a resounding victory.

Burundi’s former president Pierre Buyoya has been sentenced to life in prison in absentia over the assassination of his successor in 1993.

On Monday, Buyoya was convicted for “an attack against the head of state” over his role in the killing of the first democratically elected president, Melchior Ndadaye, during a coup d’état which plunged the country into civil war.

Ndadaye was killed just four months later in an attempted coup by hardline Tutsi soldiers. The murder led to years of civil war between the two ethnic groups, in which an estimated 300,000 people died by the time it ended in 2006.

Buyoya became president again after the coup d’état, ruling between 1996 and 2003.

In November 2018, Burundi issued an international arrest warrant against Buyoya, which he denounced as “another diversionary move aimed at burying painful, unresolved questions” on a political crisis gripping the country after a disputed 2015 election.

Hitler Speeches Being Sold

A Munich auction house is set to sell several of Adolf Hitler’s ym”sh handwritten speech notes. The sale has raised the ire of many, including Rabbi Menachem Margolin, the head of the Brussels-based European Jewish Association. Rabbi Margolin says that the upcoming sale of the manuscripts is particularly worrisome amid recent figures showing rising anti-Semitism in Germany and could encourage neo-Nazis.

“I cannot get my head around the sheer irresponsibility and insensitivity, in such a febrile climate, of selling items such as the ramblings of the world’s biggest killer of Jews to the highest bidder,” he said in a statement. “What auctions like this do help legitimize Hitler enthusiasts who thrive on this sort of stuff.”

The speech notes being offered, all dated before World War II, are directed to Nazi-party organizations and contributors at various functions, and make reference to preparing Germany for war and the “Jewish problem,” said Bernhard Pacher, the managing director of the Hermann Historica auction house where they go on sale Friday.

He defended the sale, saying the papers belong in a museum or in the

hands of researchers as historical documents.

“These are handwritten notes from Adolf Hitler, where if you analyze what he wrote…you can prove he was publicly speaking about going to war, about ‘resolving the Jewish problem,’” Pacher said.

“If we destroy these things and they do not go into a museum for experts to work on them, you will leave the interpretation of what was happening to the right-wing Nazi apologists, who will say Hitler never said that. The man was preparing the Germans that there would be a war and those who didn’t want to see that must have been totally blind — it’s in there.”

The auction house has come under fire in the past for its sale of Nazi-era items, and maintains it goes to great lengths to ensure that they are not being sold to neo-Nazis and says that they are usually bought by museums and research facilities.

In 2016, it auctioned off one of Hitler’s uniforms for 275,000 euros and previously sold a typewriter and dozens of other items owned by Hitler, among other things.

Perhaps most famously, last year a Lebanese-born Swiss real estate mogul purchased Hitler’s top hat, a silver-plated edition of “Mein Kampf” and other items the auction house offered in order to keep them out of the hands of neo-Nazis and then donated them to a Jewish group.

Starting prices for the speech notes range between 2,500 euros and 7,500 euros, which Pacher maintains is a deterrent in and of itself to them being purchased by right-wing extremists.

“For neo-Nazi purposes, you don’t spend 10,000 on these things. You get yourself a copy,” he said.

Beheading in France

A French teacher was brutally beheaded after showing caricatures of the Islamic prophet Mohammed to his students.

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The victim was identified as Samuel Paty, a 47-year-old high school teacher at the College Du Bois d’Aulne near Paris. He was beheaded outside his school in front of horrified pupils at about 5 p.m. on Friday afternoon after classes ended.

French police later identified the terrorist as Abdoulakh A., an 18-yearold Islamic immigrant from Chechnya. Abdoulakh waited outside the school and asked students to identify the teacher before savagely stabbing him and then beheading him.

After murdering Paty, Abdoulakh fired on police with an air rifle. Officers returned fire, killing him instantly. A number of the terrorist’s relatives were arrested by anti-terror police immediately after the attack and remain in custody over suspicions that they knew about the attack in advance and condoned the savage act.

Paty had angered Abdoulakh for showing students caricatures mocking Islam’s prophet Mohammed during a lesson about the 2015 shooting at the offices belonging to the Charlie Hebdo newspaper. The attack had killed 15 journalists after the satirical magazine published cartoons lampooning Mohammed and Islam.

During the lesson, Paty told his

Muslim pupils “to turn around” if the material offended them. The class infuriated the father of one of the students, who demanded that Paty be fired and attempted to organize a protest at the school.

President Emmanuel Macron denounced the beheading as an “Islamist terrorist attack” that targeted a beloved teacher simply because he “taught freedom of expression.”

Prime Minister Jean Castex said that a national tribute for Paty would be held on Sunday, adding that “secularism, the backbone of the French Republic, was targeted in this vile act.”

Socialists Return to Bolivia Bolivia’s Socialist Party returned to power this week only a year after the ouster of its previous leader, President Eva Morales.

Preliminary election results on Sunday evening showed that Luis Arce, the candidate for Morales’s Movement Towards Socialism (MAS) party, won handily with an estimated 52% of the vote in last week’s elec-

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The lopsided total means that Arce will avoid a runoff, capping off a stunning comeback for the party that millions of citizens had forced from power only a year ago. Arce, who served as finance minister in Morales’ government, promised “to govern on behalf of all Bolivians” in a victory rally on Sunday evening.

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“We have reclaimed democracy and above all we have reclaimed hope,” said Arce. “We will govern for all Bolivians…. We will bring unity to our country.”

A visibly disappointed Mesa conceded defeat and called on his supporters to respect the results of the elections. “The result is overwhelming and clear and the difference is wide,” said Mesa. “It is up to us, those who believe in democracy, to recognize the result,” he said.

Morales, Bolivia’s long-running president, had been forced out by millions of angry citizens in late 2019, raising hopes that the South American country would shed its socialist image. Yet the instability of the past 11 months along with the unpopularity of the right-wing policies of interim leader Jeanine Anez led the Socialists back into power.

ArmenianAzeri Ceasefire Collapse

Both Armenia and Azerbaijan accused the other of launching fresh attacks on Saturday as a fragile oneweek old ceasefire between them col-

lapsed.

Thirteen civilians were killed in Ganja, Azerbaijan’s second largest city, after it was struck by a barrage of Armenian missiles. At least 100 people were wounded, and 20 residential buildings were destroyed by the blast.

“Azerbaijan remains committed to the humanitarian ceasefire, however, Azerbaijan reserves its right to take countermeasures to protect its civilians and positions,” said the Azeri Defense Ministry.

Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev vowed that his country would harshly retaliate for the missile attack, promising on Saturday to “take revenge on the battlefield.” Armenia denied the charges and accused Baku of targeting civilians in the Nagorno-Karabakh region.

The fighting came only a week after Russia hammered out a ceasefire between the warring parties.

However, the lull in the fighting was not expected to last long, with both Armenia and Azerbaijan trading accusations only 24 hours after it went into effect.

Hundreds of people have been killed since fighting between the two adversaries flared up on September 27. The conflict revolves around the disputed Nagorno Karabakh region, which is located inside Azerbaijan despite being populated almost entirely by ethnic Armenians.

While the mountainous territory is nominally controlled by Azerbaijan, it enjoys de-facto independence and is seen as a protectorate of Armenia. Azerbaijan and Armenia previously fought a bloody war over the region that left 30,000 people dead before agreeing to a ceasefire in 1994.

The current wave of violence is the bloodiest since 2016 and threatens to suck in competing regional superpowers such as Iran, Turkey, and Russia.

No Probe in Sub Case Attorney-General Avichai Mandelblit said that he will not probe allegations that Prime Minister Ben-

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icant benefits,” Mandeblit said that the statute of limitations had long passed to bring charges.

“Given the passage of time, there is a difficulty in collecting a comprehensive evidentiary basis that will allow findings about the existence and scope of benefits,” he added.

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jamin Netanyahu improperly benefited from Israel’s purchase of nuclear-powered submarines.

Netanyahu was suspected of earning an estimated $4 million after purchasing shares of SeaDrift Coke, a steel company owned by his cousin Natan Milikowsky. Israel later signed a $12 billion contract with German shipbuilding conglomerate ThyssenKrupp to buy advanced Dolphin class submarines.

As a producer of the electrodes used by ThyssenKrupp for its submarines, SeaDrift Coke’s stock rose 700% percent after the deal was announced. Bibi later sold his interests in the company, turning the $700,000 he invested into $4.3 million and leading investigators to suspect that he improperly benefited from the submarine case.

Over the past 18 months, police have been looking into Netanyahu’s

business dealings regarding the submarine purchases. But in a short statement on Thursday evening, Mandelblit maintained that there was not enough evidence to prove that the stock sales were fraudulent.

While noting that the timeline of events “raises the possibility that Netanyahu bought the shares from the Milikowsky family for a price drastically lower than its true value, and thus received much more signif-

“Under these circumstances, I accepted, as stated, the recommendation of the Israel Police and State Attorney’s Office that the evidentiary basis on the issue does not justify an investigation.”

The allegations that Netanyahu had improperly benefited from national security matters has been a recurring theme among his political opponents, with the weekly demonstrations outside his residence featuring a large replica of a Dolphin-class submarine. Earlier this year, hundreds of retired national security officials, including two former IDF chief of staffs, signed a petition calling on the Supreme Court to force Mandelblit to press charges.

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Decorated Israeli Spy Chief Dies Yitzchak Ilan, a decorated Israeli spy chief and lawmaker, died on Friday after fighting a losing battle with the coronavirus. He was 64.

First infected two weeks ago with the deadly disease, Ilan’s condition deteriorated rapidly over his final two days. He was laid to rest in Ash-

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dod in a small ceremony attended only by his immediate family.

Born in a small town in central Georgia, Ilan immigrated to Israel in 1973 and grew up in Jerusalem.

In 1976, he enlisted in the IDF and served as an officer in an air defense battalion.

After finishing his military service, Ilan joined the Shin Bet internal security service to begin what would become a long and distinguished career that would see him rise to become the organization’s deputy commander. Due to his fluent Russian, Ilan was tasked with uncovering spies from the Soviet Union, a daunting task in those days in light of the KGB’s superb espionage tradecraft.

Over the next two decades, Ilan broke up dozens of Russian spy rings, unmasking spies in the highest levels of government. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Ilan was shifted to the Shin Bet’s Arabic Affairs division, where he used the same skills perfected against the KGB to dismantle terror cells in the West Bank and Gaza.

When the Second Intifada broke out in 2001, Ilan was the Shin Bet’s commander of the Samaria district, which was then a hotbed of terrorism.

Over the next two years, he waged an uncompromising fight against Palestinian terrorism, overseeing dozens of assassinations and preventing hundreds of Israeli deaths.

His operational mastery led him to become the deputy head of the Shin Bet, and he was expected to succeed Yuval Diskin as the organization’s leader when he stepped down in 2012.

He was passed over for the prestigious position, however, due to a personal falling-out he had with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

In 2018, Ilan joined Defense Minister Benny Gantz’s Kahol Lavan party and was elected to the Knesset but quit after being demoted to an unre-

alistic position on the Knesset slate prior to the third round of elections.

Noting his strained relationship with Ilan, Gantz wrote on Facebook that Gantz “apologized for the way I made the decision” to demote the spy chief and eulogized Ilan “as a brilliant investigator who saved countless lives.”

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Israel’s Transportation Ministry recently inked an agreement with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) that will see 28 weekly flights between Ben Gurion Airport and Abu Dhabi.

The agreement also allows for 10 cargo planes a week to traverse the Tel Aviv-Abu Dhabi route, while charter flights between Eilat’s Ramon Airport will be unlimited. The arrangement was signed during a meeting with a UAE delegation in Jerusalem on Tuesday and will take effect immediately.

“The aviation agreement will enable tourism, trade, and business between the countries and is one of the first, important fruits of the peace agreement,” said the Transportation Ministry. While no definitive date was given, the direct flights are slated to begin within the next month.

The companies that are expected to operate flights include Emirates Airways and Etihad Airlines, the UAE’s two flagship carriers. Israir and Arkia, two Israeli airliners, also intend to launch flights of their own, while low-cost options such as Play Dubai and Wizz Air are exploring the issue.

In preparation for operating in Israel, Etihad launched a new Hebrew-language website last Friday.

Customers entering the site are greeted by UAE and Israeli flags and a large banner reading, “Welcome from Abu Dhabi.”

Meanwhile, Etihad Airlines announced last month that it would offer kosher food on all of its flights, a major change for the company which, until recently, didn’t show

Following a de-facto settlement freeze lasting almost a year, Israel has approved the construction of more than 2,000 new homes in Judea and Samaria.

The IDF’s Supreme Planning Council, which is responsible for reviewing building plans in the disputed territory, gave the final go-ahead last Thursday for 2,166 new units.

The majority of the approvals were for homes located in far-flung villages known as “isolated settlements,” which may stand to be evacuated in the case of an eventual peace deal with the Palestinians.

The plans include 629 new homes in Eli, 354 in nearby Nili, and 356 in Adam, a hamlet located a few kilometers north of Jerusalem. In the Shomron region, 286 units were approved in Har Bracha, 211 in Yitzhar, and 178 in Einav.

A slew of communal structures also received the final approval, such as soccer fields, bus stations, shopping centers, and schools. Netanyahu also gave the go-ahead for building thousands of units in E-1, a small corridor linking Maale Adumim to Jerusalem, that would end the Palestinians’ territorial continuity.

This was the second day of approvals, coming on the heels of the previous day’s commitment to an initial 2,688 homes throughout Judea and Samaria. Following this two-day session, around 5,000 new homes are slated for construction.

The large number of approvals handed out in such a short time is virtually unprecedented, and comes after Netanyahu froze construction for almost a year as part of President Donald Trump’s peace plan known as the “Deal of the Century.”

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The last time the Supreme Planning Council met to approve new building was last February, and pressure had been mounting on Netanyahu from within the Likud party to end the de-facto freeze.

The recent approvals are also the first time Israel allowed building in Judea and Samaria since the announcement in August that it would ink a peace deal with the United Arab Emirates (UAE). In return for full normalization, Netanyahu committed to suspending plans to annex the disputed territory until further notice.

At the time, right-wing leaders had lambasted Netanyahu for giving up on what they said was a oncein-a-lifetime opportunity to apply sovereignty to the West Bank. But following last week’s building announcements, they had nothing but praise for Netanyahu after the largest wave of approvals in recent memory.

“We are happy that our efforts have borne fruit and that building plans have been advanced. Construction in the [settlements] must not be used as a bargaining chip in peace agreements,” said the Judea and Samaria Regional Council.

Pressuring the Sbarro Bomber

Jordan has reportedly deported Nizar Tamimi, a convicted terrorist and husband of Sbarro attack mastermind Ahlam Tamimi.

The Jordanian Interior Ministry refused to renew Nizar’s residency permit, forcing him to decamp for Qatar.

“Security authorities asked me to leave Jordan immediately, and [said] their decision is final and irrevocable under any circumstances,” Nizar announced on his Facebook page.

“We were surprised by their position. It wasn’t expected at all,” added his brother, Mahmoud al-Tamimi.

The failure to approve the normally-routine request raised speculation in Jordan that Amman was

deporting Nizar in order to pressure his wife, Ahlam Tamimi, to leave the country.

The mastermind of the infamous 2001 suicide bombing at Jerusalem’s Sbarro pizza joint that killed 15, Ahlam has been living in Jordan since being released in a 2011 prisoner exchange. She has since married Nizar, a convicted terrorist who spent time behind bars for murdering two Bet El residents in 1993.

The United States has been putting increasing pressure on Jordan to hand over Ahlam for prosecution.

Ahlam was charged in 2017 by a U.S. federal court for killing 15-year-old American Malki Roth in the bombing. The U.S. government has posted a $5 million bounty for information leading to Ahlam’s capture.

Amman has refused to extradite Ahlam to face prosecution in the U.S., despite threats by Washington to reduce the billions in annual aid it grants Jordan if it fails to do so. In June, a Jordanian court blocked the government from handing over the terror mastermind, and Ahlam enjoys widespread popularity amongst Jordanians.

Unlike Ahlam, Nizar is not a Jordanian citizen and his forced deportation to Qatar, which does not have an extradition treaty with the U.S., is likely a means to pressure Ahlam to leave with her husband.

“Jordan doesn’t want problems with America but arresting Ahlam would cause riots,” wrote journalist Mahmoud Shoukri in Amman’s AlRai daily. “Pressuring Nizar solves the problem.”

Saeb Erekat “Critical” in Israeli Hospital

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Erekat had been infected by the deadly virus 10 days earlier and was recovering at his Ramallah home until he began to suddenly experience breathing problems over the weekend. He was rushed to Hadassah Ein Karem, and his family was whisked to the hospital to say their final goodbyes.

A lifetime smoker who recently received a lung transplant, Erekat’s slew of background diseases poses special challenges to his recovery.

While doctors said that they hope for the best, senior security sources were quoted in the Israeli press as saying that he is not expected to survive.

“Due to respiratory distress, he was put on a ventilator and placed in a medically induced coma,” said Hadassah, admitting that treating him was a “huge challenge” due to his “weakened immune system and bacterial infection, in addition to coronavirus.”

With Erekat leading the BDS fight against Israeli around the world, the government’s decision to

allow him to receive treatment at an Israeli hospital proved controversial. In Facebook posts and press statements, a slew of right-wing lawmakers said that it was “absurd” to treat “one of our worst enemies” at a time when wards are overflowing.

Blue and White MK Michal Cotler-Wunsh said that Erekat should be offered a place in Hadassah “but only if Israel received concessions from the Palestinians.” According to Yemina MK and former Transportation Minister Bezalel Smotrich, the move was akin to “providing humanitarian aid to our enemy” and considered “neither moral nor logical.”

Erekat currently serves as the PA’s chief negotiator and is a lifetime member of the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO).

Israel-Bahrain Peace Deal Inked Israel and the Kingdom of Bahrain officially inked a peace agreement on Sunday at a ceremony in the

capital of Manama.

“We’re here in the land of Abraham to take the next step on the Abraham Accords,” said U.S. Ambassador David Friedman at the signing ceremony. “Those nations were rivals but as we all know from the Book of Genesis, they reconciled some 3,500 years ago.

“Today, we’re bringing the Bible back to life. The children of Isaac and the children of Ishmael are reconciling once again, in this holy land and in Bahrain and in the United Arab Emirates as well.”

The joint Israeli-American delegation landed earlier in Manama in what was the first direct flight between the two countries in history. A small island adjoining Saudi Arabia, Bahrain had refused to recognize Israel’s right to exist until announcing

last month that it would normalize relations, and thus was never permitted trade or aviation ties with the Jewish State.

The delegation departed on El Al Flight 973, which is Bahrain’s international dialing code. Heading the Israeli team was National Security Advisor Meir Ben Shabbat, along with Foreign Ministry Director-General Alon Ushpiz and other government officials. The American delegation, meanwhile, was led by Avi Berkowitz and included Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin.

Other than making the peace agreement official, the delegation aimed to hammer out a slew of agreements in areas such as business, aviation, and trade. The entire visit lasted only seven hours, after which Berkowitz and Mnuchin headed to Abu Dhabi.

Bahrain had announced on September 13 that it would normalize its ties with Israel, including opening embassies and exchanging ambassadors. The breakthrough followed decades of covert relations between Israel and the Gulf State in which the two frequently coordinated in their fight against Iran.

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On Tuesday, the IDF announced that it had uncovered a “terror tunnel” dug from the Gaza Strip that ran dozens of meters into Israeli territory.

Military engineers located the concrete-lined tunnel near the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis.

“The route [of the tunnel] was located as part of the ongoing efforts to find and neutralize tunnels and thanks to the technological and [intelligence] collection capabilities of the barrier,” the IDF said in a statement.

The tunnel did not cross the underground barrier and did not pose a threat to communities in the area.

“The IDF is determined to defend Israel’s sovereignty and the security of its citizens and will continue to act against terror – above and below B”H IN OUR ST SEASON! ground – in every area where it may be required,” the military said.

Defense Minister Benny Gantz said, “Even on days when the south appears to be quiet, beneath the surface, terrorist organizations continue their efforts to harm Israeli citizens and our sovereignty.”

The IDF has placed responsibility on the terror tunnels on the Hamas terror group that rules the Gaza Strip.

“The discovery of the tunnel is evidence of the IDF’s intelligence and technological abilities, which will continue to act against threats and undermine terrorist organizations at the time and place that we decide, Gantz added.”

Last week, Channel 12 reported that Israel and Hamas had reached a truce agreement mediated by Qatar that will see quiet on the southern border for a period of six months.

As part of the agreement, Qatar will transfer $100 million to Hamas in a deal coordinated with Doha by Mossad head Yossi Cohen, alongside the Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT), according to the report.

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The high court split 4-4 on a motion from the top Republicans in the Pennsylvania Senate to halt a ruling from the state’s top court. Amid mail delivery delays, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court had ruled in September that the late ballots would be accepted so long as they don’t have a postmark clearly showing they were mailed after Election Day. Pennsylvania Democrats had repeatedly asked local courts for a ballot extension; Republicans have consistently resisted any extension. Pennsylvania Secretary of State Kathy Boockvar, a Democrat, initially opposed litigation seeking an extension, but changed her mind after she received a letter from USPS in June that warned the state’s deadlines were out of sync with the Postal Service’s delivery times.

All four conservative Supreme Court justices approved of the state GOP request, but Chief Justice John Roberts sided with the three liberal justices in opposition, resulting in a tied vote. This meant the lower court’s ruling stood.

In Pennsylvania’s June primary, Governor Tom Wolf, a Democrat, issued an executive order allowing a half dozen counties to count ballots

received up to a week after Election Day if they were postmarked by that day. A local court granted a similar extension to a seventh county.

In all, Pennsylvania received 100,000 mail-in ballots after the state’s primary election, about 90% of which were counted due to the governor’s order. That’s over twice the 44,000-vote margin President Donald Trump won the state in 2016.

Those late votes are likely to skew Democratic, considering that 64% of the state’s mail ballot requests have come from Democrats and only 25% have come from Republicans.

In a similar case in Wisconsin, a federal appeals court has blocked a six-day extension granted by a lower federal judge. With this case, too, Democrats have appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court.

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protect against challenges from rival drug trafficking organizations, fight for territory, and silence those who would cooperate with law enforcement,” said court documents.

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Zepeda faces charges of drug trafficking and money laundering for accepting bribes from Mexico’s H-2 Cartel in exchange for tip-offs regarding U.S. drug raids. He also acted on behalf of the cartel while serving under President Enrique Pena Nieto by ensuring that raids on traffickers

by Mexico’s military spared H-2 and targeted its chief rivals.

According to court documents unsealed on Friday, Zepeda played a key part in letting the cartel smuggle “thousands of kilograms of cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine and marijuana” into the United States. Messages intercepted from his personal smartphone portrayed a deeply corrupt military man who serviced the country’s most violent drug gangs while outwardly vowing uncompromising enforcement.

“The defendant abused that public position to help the H-2 Cartel, an extremely violent Mexican drug trafficking organization, traffic thousands of kilograms of cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine and marijuana into the United States, including New York City,” federal prosecutors wrote.

“In exchange for bribe payments, he permitted the H-2 Cartel – a cartel that routinely engaged in wholesale violence, including torture and murder – to operate with impunity in Mexico.”

Nicknamed by cartel leaders “El Padrino” or “The Godfather,” the former defense chief provided sensitive information on informants working with U.S. authorities, leading to the death of at least one of them.

Zepeda is responsible for “countless acts of horrific violence, including torture and murder, in order to

Decades after it was seized by the Nazi Party in 1933, a rare painting has been returned to its original Jewish owners.

“Winter,” a painting of two ice skaters by Impressionist Gari Melchers, was presented to the Mosse family in a ceremony at the FBI’s New York headquarters.

“The Mosse family lost nearly everything because they were Jews, but they did not lose hope,” said Acting U.S. Attorney Antoinette T. Bacon.

“While this certainly does not take away the pain that the Mosses endured, I hope it provides the family with some measure of justice.”

The painting, which is estimated to be worth millions, had originally been owned by Felicia Lachmann-Mosse and her husband Hans Lachmann-Mosse. However, the wealthy couple’s extensive art collection was seized by Nazi stormtroopers after the Party was criticized in a newspaper owned by the family.

“Winter” then changed hands numerous times before being sold to the Arkell Museum in Canajoharie, New York. After realizing that it was stolen Nazi art, the museum handed the painting over to the FBI, which tracked down the Mosse family for repatriation.

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At least 350,000 ballots were cast in Florida during the first day of early voting there on Monday, shattering the state’s in-person opening day record, according to Politico.

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The blazes started with the Cameron Peak fire and wildfires that broke out in Fort Collins. It has since torched 200,000 acres and is now the largest fire in Colorado State history. By Monday morning, firefighters managed to bring the blaze to 62% containment but it dropped to 51% following strong winds on Monday evening.

The cause of the Cameron Peak fire remains unknown, with residents reporting seeing smoke before the forest went up in flames.

“It just exploded,” said Boulder Country Sheriff Mike Wagner. “We do believe multiple homes were probably lost. It’s still too dynamic to get in and begin to assess.”

Another blaze, the Calwood Fire, forced an additional 3,000 people to flee their homes after igniting on Saturday morning. The fire has since burned 9,100 acres and was only 17% contained by Tuesday morning.

Hampering the rescue efforts are poor visibility and dry conditions, which make it difficult to deploy aerial firefighting crews. The dual wildfires also add challenges, as state officials must decide which blaze gets priority.

The latest wildfires add to what is turning into a record year for blazes across western United States. Since the beginning of 2020, neighboring California has been hit by six out of the seven of the largest wildfires in state history, while August’s Complex Fire torched an area larger than Rhode Island.

Trump Removes Sudan Sanctions

This week, President Donald Trump announced that he will re-

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move Sudan from the state sponsors of terrorism list, in a historic move that marks a new chapter in relations between the two nations.

It’s been over a year since protests removed Sudan strongman Omar al Bashir. Trump’s announcement heralds a possibility of a broader deal that could bring debt relief, international financial assistance, and humanitarian aid to the African country.

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normalizing relations with Israel, something that Trump has lobbied hard for as he brings the normalization of ties between Israel and other Muslim states.

Sudan is expected to transfer the $335 million to the U.S. soon as part of a negotiated settlement with the victims of the 1998 U.S. Embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania.

Bashir’s regime provided safe haven to the al-Qaeda operatives responsible for the attacks that killed 224,

for the Darfur genocide.

Lifting the designation will allow international financial assistance to finally flow to Sudan – not just from the U.S., but also from global institutions like the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund.

Sudan has been overwhelmed by high inflation and food and fuel shortages, challenges that have been exacerbated by COVID-19 and recent flooding.

“Thank you so much, President Trump! We very much look forward to your official notification to Congress rescinding the designation of Sudan as a state-sponsor of terrorism, which has cost Sudan too much,” tweeted Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok on Monday. “As we’re about to get rid of the heaviest legacy of Sudan’s previous, defunct regime, I should reiterate that we are peace-loving people and have never supported terrorism.”

including 12 Americans and injured over 4,000.

Trump has not yet formally notified Congress that he is lifting the designation, and lawmakers would have the ability to block it.

Sudan was first designated a state sponsor of terrorism in 1993 for Bashir’s support of Hezbollah and other Islamist extremist groups.

The dictator, now in detention in the capital Khartoum, also faces charges at the International Criminal Court

Attack on San Diego Rabbi A San Diego rabbi was attacked by a gang of teenagers outside his synagogue last week.

Rabbi Yonatan Halevi, who heads the city’s Shiviti congregation, had been accompanying his elderly father to Shabbat prayers on October 10 when he was set upon by an expletive-chanting teen. He forced him off the sidewalk by riding his bike directly at him and then slammed his fist “as hard as he could” on Rabbi Halevi’s hand.

The bicycle-riding teen then punched Rabbi Halevi in the face before riding off while chanting about “white power.” Rabbi Halevi called the police and was forced to wait 45 minutes for them to arrive while loitering teens continued to shout expletives.

“An officer told me that I shouldn’t bother calling unless they hurt us again or do something worse, because they have other priorities to deal with in San Diego,” Rabbi Halevi said. “Many people were scared to come to services the next day, and the synagogue was pretty much an empty house.”

The rabbi was left shocked at the attack, telling police that it was not the first time something of the sort had occurred. “He…yelled something about ‘white power,’ and ran

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It’s been more than two years since Khashoggi, 59, walked into the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul, Turkey, and never returned.

‫כולל ערב עטרת מרדכי‬ ‫שע"י בית המדרש‬ ‫קהלת יעקב סוליצא‬

,‫ נשגר בזה כוס של ברכה‬,‫ברגשי הודאה והערכה‬ ‫ קדם ידידינו הרבני‬,‫בברכת מזל טוב בשיר ושבחה‬ ‫ לטובת‬,‫ עושה מעשה צדקה וחסד‬,‫הנגיד הנכבד‬ ‫ ולא ישבות למעינו‬,‫כוללנו משליך עצמו מנגד‬ ‫ ראש‬,‫ האדם היקר באנשים‬,‫בכל עת ותמיד‬ ,‫ נודע לשם ולתהלה‬,‫וראשון לכל דבר שבקדושה‬ ‫נחמד למטה ואהוב למעלה‬

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‫לרגל השמחה השרויה בביתו‬ '‫באריסת בתו שתחי‬ ‫למזל טוב ובשעה טובה ומצלחת‬ ‫זכות מעשיכם הכבירים לטובת הכולל‬ ,‫תעמוד לכם לראות דורות ישרים ונאמנים‬ ,‫ לאורך כל ימי חייכם‬,‫מכל יוצאי חלציכם‬ ‫ומשמחה זו יושפע לכם רב ברכות ושובע‬ ‫ ותזכו להמשיך בפעליכם הישרים‬,‫שמחות‬ .‫מתוך הרחבת הדעת‬

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back to his friends laughing,” Halevy said. “I’m just grateful he didn’t hit my father.”

The rabbi had spoken with the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), imploring them to intervene with authorities before the Jew hatred got out-of-hand.

“We don’t want to be dismissive and say it was just kids,” the ADL’s Tammy Gillies said. “We have to take hate and any hate incident very seriously.”

“It doesn’t just impact the target, but it’s a message to the whole community that says, ‘We don’t want you here,’” Gillies noted. “That is the double impact of the hate crime.”

Police arrested a 14-year-old teen the following Friday for his role in the attack. However, he was released on bail a few hours later and will likely not face charges.

Khashoggi’s Widow Sues This week, the widow of assassinated journalist Jamal Khashoggi filed a lawsuit in U.S. federal court against Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) and others who conspired to commit the “brutal,” “brazen,” and “ruthless torture and murder.”

“The ruthless torture and murder of Mr. Khashoggi shocked the conscience of people throughout the world. The objective of the murder was clear – to halt Mr. Khashoggi’s advocacy in the United States, principally as the Executive Director of Plaintiff DAWN [Democracy for the Arab World Now], for democratic reform in the Arab world,” the lawsuit reads. “The murder was carried out pursuant to a directive of Defendant Mohammed bin Salman, the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia. Defendants saw Mr. Khashoggi’s actions in the United States as an existential threat to their pecuniary and other interests and, accordingly, conspired to commit the heinous acts that are the subject of this suit.”

The civil lawsuit alleges seven counts against at least 29 individuals, including MBS. Cengiz has mostly been identified in news reports as Khashoggi’s fiancée, but in the lawsuit a distinction was made when identifying her as a plaintiff: Cengiz is the “widow of Jamal Khashoggi. Plaintiff Cengiz and Mr. Khashoggi were married in an Islamic ceremony on September 16, 2018. At the time of his murder, they were seeking to civilly confirm their marriage.” In other words, they were not legally married at the time of the murder.

MBS has neither admitted to ordering the Khashoggi murder nor to having advance knowledge of it. He did say, however, that “it happened under my watch and that “I get all the responsibility because it happened under my watch.”

In December 2019, Saudi Arabia sentenced five men to death for the murder, but the prosecution claimed the “the killing was not premeditated […] the decision was taken at the spur of the moment.” In September 2020, the death sentences were commuted.

Khashoggi’s remains have never been found.

The plaintiffs seek a jury trial and damages in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

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Although many of us are not traveling now, there are some things we don’t miss about air travel. Take the long lines at the restroom, for one. Or the close proximity to our seatmates on a ten-hour flight. Or even the dry air that does wonders for our skin.

But one thing we definitely don’t miss is the food. There aren’t many people who are pining for dry hamburgers, dehydrated pickles, and limp lettuce.

Even so, Finnair is now offering you a piece of your airline experience.

In a new business venture, the Finnish airline has started selling ready-made meals inspired by its Business Class offerings in a grocery store in the city of Vantaa, Finland.

Looking for something different for dinner? Head to K-Citymarket in Vantaa’s Tammisto neighborhood over the coming weeks, and you can purchase pre-packaged reindeer meatballs, smoked char, and chanterelle risotto, and other Finnair meals.

The airline is bringing back these meals for those who miss the delicious fare at 30,000 feet – and to bring back some of its staff who had been laid off since the pandemic hit.

At first, Finnair sold the airline food to its staff. When staff proved enthusiastic after eating the compact meals, the airline brought it to grocery shelves.

Because its specialty food options – contemporary Nordic offerings infused with a Japanese flair – could have an international appeal, the airline may start offering its food around the world. That, though, may be a bit too premature a venture, as it’s uncertain how many airline meals consumers are willing to eat while their feet stay firmly on the ground.

For now, there are two main course options available to buy daily – and each weekend there will be an appetizer on offer too. The menu will

People are getting pretty creative when it comes to covering their mouths and noses lately. But Hormel Foods has gone even farther than other companies when it comes to masks.

The food company is offering a bacon aroma along with their masks.

The fragrant face-wear, dubbed Hormel Black Label Breathable Bacon face masks, features “the latest in pork-scented technology with twoply multi-fiber cloth to keep the delicious smell of bacon always wrapped around your nose,” according to a statement by the company.

The mask has depictions of strips of bacon adorning it.

For those who need to “wake up and smell the bacon,” the company is offering them a chance to win these masks on its website.

One caveat – this mask certainly doesn’t seem too kosher to me.

Store Sanctuary It was an ordinary day in Matthew Hammar’s life. He descended from the rafters of the grocery store, pilfered a few food items, and then scurried back up to his hideaway in the roof to eat his meals.

But then, things went wrong.

On the morning of September 30, Hammar’s foot splintered through the ceiling of the store he was hiding in to the surprise of store employees.

The scared workers notified police, who came and found Hammar’s hideaway. Talk about starting your day off on the wrong foot.

“From my understanding, he did have a couple of tools and he did have a little spread because he had been pretty much living up there,” said Johnny Smith, captain of patrol at the sheriff’s office in Lyon County in Nevada. “He had a few items to where he made himself at home.”

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There was no cat like Mr. Tufts, “I had never had such a wonderful creature. It was harder losing him than any other cat I’ve ever had,” his owner said.

And so, when Mr. Tufts passed away, the Iowan woman cloned her cute cat so she wouldn’t be missing him for too long.

Living tissue samples were collected from Mr. Tufts. They were sent to a firm that clones dogs, cats, and horses. After Mr. Tufts passed away, they cloned him.

Now, Mr. Tufts Jr. is nine months old. He came to live with his owner when he was 2 months old.

“The only physical difference, as far as I can see, is in health and body condition. The original T had been found on a forest trail and had a very bad respiratory illness,” she noted.

She has noted additional differences.

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Shakespeare is making headlines, centuries after the Bard wrote his last play.

Last Wednesday, a rare copy of Shakespeare’s First Folio sold for almost $10 million, becoming the most expensive work of literature ever to appear at auction, according to Christie’s.

The collection of 36 plays, published shortly after the playwright’s death, is one of only five complete copies still in private hands, the auction house said.

The First Folio is considered among the most important collections of literature in the English language. It contains 18 works that had not previously appeared in print that would otherwise have been lost to history, including “Macbeth” and “Twelfth Night.”

Published in 1623 by the actors John Heminge and Henry Condell, friends of the English playwright, the book is formally titled “Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies,” based on the three genres the pair used to categorize the plays.

What was sold last week was the first complete copy to appear at auction since one went for $6.1 million in 2001. It was put up for sale by Mills College in Oakland, California, which had kept the item in its collection since 1977.

It took only six minutes amid a battle between three buyers before it was sold to book dealer and antiquarian Stephan Loewentheil for $9.98 million.

Loewentheil described Shakespeare’s original folios as the “holy grail of books.”

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“(The First Folio) is the greatest work in the English language, certainly the greatest work of theater, so it’s something that anyone who loves intellectualism has to consider a divine object,” Loewentheil, who owns stores specializing in rare books and photography in New York and Maryland, said.

Although around 750 copies of the First Folio were produced, just 235 are known to have survived to the present day. Of these, only 56 are considered to be complete, with almost all of them now held by institutions in the U.S. and UK, according to Christie’s, whose sale catalog said the item’s “extraordinary rarity ... cannot be overstated.”

Believing that the copies in private hands might “never to come to market again,” Loewentheil said that there may not be “too many more chances left” to obtain a copy.

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Community Chazaq and local Queens organizations distributed free masks at a communal giveaway last week in front of Holy Schnitzel on Main Street in Kew Gardens Hills

YOSS Mechina breaks into song celebrating the new zman

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Around the Community Newly appointed Trustee Jeff Landy was recently inducted into his new position at last week’s Village of Lawrence Board of Trustees meeting. Landy takes over the seat vacated

by Daniel Goldstein, who resigned from the board after the recent elections.

Trustee Landy is seen with Deputy Mayor Michael Fragin, Mayor Edelman, Trustee Paris Popack and Trustee Eli Kutner.

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n honor of Parshat Bereishit, the programming team at Central organized a “back to the beginning” grade vs. grade activity called “Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?” Representatives from each grade were invited to compete and show off their knowledge of material taught in 1st-5th grades, including English grammar, animals, and brachot! It was a really fun way to get into the spirit of the parsha and to have some good old fun. Thank you to Mrs. Rebecca Teper for planning.

As an introduction to the second perek in Sefer Shemot, sophomore students in Ms. Leah Moskovich’s

Chumash class were introduced to a concept taught by Dr. Yael Ziegler: identifying and understanding “typescenes” in Tanach. A type-scene is a story that repeats itself multiple times in Tanach and is meant to highlight significant details of certain characters. The significance comes from the stories and details that deviate from the biblical storyline. After identifying two type-scenes, Moshe’s “Birth-Story” and “Meeting a Spouse at a Well-Story,” the class discussed how they compare to other similar scenes in Tanach and what the typescenes teach about Moshe and his mission in leadership.

Shalom Task Force Launches the Purple Fellowship

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halom Task Force is excited to announce the launch of The Purple Fellowship. The Purple Fellowship is a new national program for high school students, led by Shalom Task Force staff members Rocky Salomon, Hotline Service Specialist, and Jeffrey Younger, Marketing and Outreach Coordinator. Juniors and seniors were selected for the fellowship to gain important leadership skills while deepening students’ understanding of domestic abuse in the Jewish community.

“One of the major feedback requests we receive from high school students who we teach our work-

shops to each year is that they wish they had more than 90 minutes to discuss the topics of our workshops.

Through this fellowship, we are giving students the opportunity to expound upon these topics and to have these important conversations with students from across the country,” said Avital Levin, Director of Education, Shalom Task Force. In addition, Shalom Task Force is partnering with Project S.A.R.A.H. to bring the Purple Fellowship to New Jersey High Schools.

For the first cohort, 26 students from 12 yeshiva high schools across six states were accepted from a high-

ly competitive group of applicants to participate in an 8-week training taught by Shalom Task Force’s committed staff and exciting guest lecturers. Topics for the trainings include healthy relationships, red flags, supporting a friend, and barriers to coming forward. The fellowship will commence with fellows planning Go Purple Day for their schools, a day for schools to wear purple to stand up against domestic abuse and to stand up for healthy relationships, which we are holding this year in February.

“The goal is for the students involved with the Fellowship to not only gain a true understanding of Shalom

Task Force’s mission, but that it will also encourage students to continue to take on leadership roles in Jewish communal work,” said Dr. Shoshannah Frydman, Executive Director of Shalom Task Force.

If you or your loved one has questions or concerns about relationships, or are currently in an unhealthy or abusive relationship – we are here for you. Please call, text, or WhatsApp the confidential Shalom Task Force Hotline at 888-883-2323 or chat with a live advocate at shalomtaskforce.org.

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ctober is American Pharmacists Month, a celebration in support of pharmacists around the country. In honor of this health observance, Touro College of Pharmacy alum Penina Segal shares information on the career options available in this exciting field, necessary skills and interests, work/life balance and salary range. Segal is currently Director of Pharmacy Management at Centers Plan for Healthy Living.

Do most pharmacists work behind the counter in a retail pharmacy? Are there other settings where pharmacists work and can you describe?

The classic idea most people have when they think of pharmacists is those that work in retail pharmacies, but there are actually so many other options for pharmacists. For example, I currently work for a health insurance company in an office environment where I review pharmacy

claims and resolve any issues for our members. Compounding pharmacists work in a specialized pharmacy mixing medications that are not available in specific concentrations, for topical medications, medications for pediatric patients and other specialized conditions. Drug rep pharmacists work for drug companies where they educate doctors and pharmacists about medications the company is manufacturing. Hospital pharmacists work in a hospital and they review and prepare all pharmacy orders for patients of the hospital. Those are just a few of the career options for pharmacists.

You graduated pharmacy school six years ago. Can you share the roles you’ve had since and what you did at each?

In my last year of pharmacy school, I started working at Rite Aid as an intern. After I graduated, I continued working in Rite Aid as a pharmacist, then a pharmacy manager. Most people think a pharmacist who works

in a pharmacy just counts pills, but there is a lot more to the job than that.

Pharmacists check each prescription, making sure the dosage is correct and that it doesn’t interfere with any other medications or conditions the patient has, among other things. Pharmacists also counsel patients on their medications, give vaccinations, and speak with doctors and health insurance companies to make sure the patient gets the medication they need.

When I was ready for a change, I got a job as a pharmacist for a health insurance plan. A pharmacist in a plan reviews claims daily to ensure members are getting the medications they need, that there are no drug interactions, and that members are adhering to their medications. The Pharmacy Department of the plan works to make sure our members get quality care, speaking to doctors to facilitate appointments and refills and speaking with members to review the medications they are taking.

In my current role as director of the Pharmacy Department, I work with our pharmacy benefit manager to oversee their management of the plan’s formulary and claims and to resolve any issues we find in our daily reviews.

What type of skill set and interests are needed to succeed as a pharmacist?

I think one of the most important skills a pharmacist needs, no matter what setting, is the ability to multitask. Especially when working as a retail pharmacist, there are multiple patients and prescriptions that need to be reviewed and dealt with at the same time.

While it is very important to remember medications and interactions, I think the ability to communicate effectively and empathize with patients is most important. This will enable the pharmacist to serve the patients’ needs while fostering positive relationships with patients, doctors and coworkers. Caring about the patients and being committed to ensuring they get the best care will lead the pharmacist to do all he or she can so the patients receive the medication they need, no matter how many times they need to get on the phone or try different means.

When did you know you wanted to pursue this career path and why?

I always knew that I wanted to pursue a career in healthcare because I loved science and medicine and wanted to have patient interaction.

While I thought about medicine and dentistry, what led me to pharmacy was the fact that, as a Jewish mother, I wanted to be available for my family as much as possible. As a pharmacist, I am completely involved in my job when I am working, but when I get home (at a decent hour), I am able to be there fully for my children.

Can you provide a salary range for pharmacists?

It depends what setting and location you work in, but in New York I would say the range is $125K-$200K.

What is the work/life balance a pharmacist can expect to achieve?

In retail pharmacy, most pharmacists work during store hours, which can be long. I worked Sunday 10-5, and Monday through Wednesday 9-8.

While some people like shift work, it was extremely hard for me not to see my family for so many hours. I switched settings to work for a health insurance company, working 9-5, and I love it. While there are times I need to answer emails after work hours, for the most part, when I am home I am able to separate from work and spend time focusing on my family. There are so many different settings where a pharmacist can work with a variety of hours and job pressures. I can confidently say that this career offers a range of options that can fit with multiple needs for work/life balance.

To learn more about how to get started contact the Touro College of Pharmacy at www.tcop.touro.edu

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Gesher celebrated Rosh Chodesh Cheshvan with a spectacular animal show. The children enjoyed seeing and learning about the animals’ habitats and features

Bright colors for Parshas Noach at HANC ECC West Hempstead

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he first days back from the post-Sukkos break saw another action-packed week of learning and fun at Rambam Mesivta.

Early Morning Learning resumed with Rabbi Friedman, Rabbi Ziskind, Rabbi Rosensweig and Rabbi Haar learning with the talmidim before shiur. The new Lego Builders Club, under the leadership of Yosef Smith, Ariel Fried, and Sig-

gy Orenbuch, shared some of their builds and are sponsoring an October Contest of the Month: “Futuristic Vehicle Build.”

Mr. Goldman met with the Classic Film Club on the topic of “Sound and Cinema” with a behind-thescenes look at the role sound plays in creating emotions and dramatic tension. Rambam Sports Talk Live also convened this week to talk the NBA

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Election Day is on Tuesday because, back in the 1800s, Congress wanted to give farmers time to get back home in time for market, which started on Wednesday

Finals and NHL free agency. Reuban Azose, Sam Korman, Charlie Mann, and Judah Orlanski, the co-captains of the chat, are working on getting guests like last year’s powerhouse line-up of Tim Hardaway, Sr., Mike Lupica, Mike Eruzione and more.

Shlomo Braverman and Menachem Weiss led the charge with Videogame Chat talking the latest in Minecraft and Smash Bros.

The new Create Your Own Comic Book Club, started by freshman David Miller, is well on its way to writing, illustrating, and producing their own comic. Masmidim Night and Lunch Learning all continued this week, thanks to the plug from Yoni Bench and the Mesivta News Network. Yechiel Amar, resident Rambam weatherman on the Mesivta News Network, used his screen-time to promote the 501 Book Challenge

Chesed Initiative which launched this week. The Mesivta News Network also introduced a new feature with a debate between presidential surrogates Donny Guttman and Dani Jakubowitz. Ariel Schanke moderated the “civil” and lively debate.

The Contest of the Month Winner for the “Boardgame Recall” Challenge was declared: sophomore Yosef Shedlo took home the plaque and glory, with Ariel Schanke winning the runner up slot. This month’s Contest of the Month: “Eitan Markovitz Kahoot” run by Eitan Markovitz, which saw a come-frombehind victory by junior Ilan Kinsberg, just edging out seniors Moshe Chernigoff (2nd place) and Ezra Klein (3rd place). Eitan will be back with more Kahoots next week and more extracurriculars will be with us too!

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Greater By Grade Challenge

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hulamith High School is known for finding ways to keep the energy up and the environment positive even during these difficult times.

Last Thursday, grade cohorts gathered in different locations for the “Greater by Grade” event. Each grade was issued the same four challenges and divided amongst themselves to work on the competition that spoke to their passions and strengths.

“Conquer the Cake” asked students to represent the quote, “No one can whistle a symphony. It takes a whole orchestra to play it” using two plain sheet cakes and dozens of edible decorating materials. From musical notes to the 11th grade cake-sheetof-music, the cakes looked right out of a TLC baking show. Others hurried to the STEM challenge, which asked students to create a 3D object that could be easily transported. The STEM creation had to represent, “Alone we can do so little, but together we can do so much.” Students were hard at work shaping tiny clay people with care and diligence. To stay on

topic, art supplies were spread on a table for students to participate in “Mask Attack.” Here, students were asked to create a line of masks – masks worthy enough for students to be willing to wear on Central Ave. Sophomores thought outside the box, using neon Sharpies to color spirals and spraying with water giving it a trendy tie dye look. The masks had to convey the message, “Teamwork makes the dream work.” Finally, in the “Swag-Off” groups, students designed sweatshirts, blankets, and hair ties that represented the saying, “Individually we are one drop, together we are an ocean.” The winner of the Swag-Off will have the design featured during the next ShulaMerch sale.

With music playing and faculty encouraging students, the joy was palpable. SHS is grateful to Dean of Students Mrs. Ricky Gaerman and Director of Student Activities Ms. Esty Munk for creating this awesome brain break and to faculty for helping to facilitate and helping grade cohorts unite!

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s members of the Jewish community, HALB believes in instilling the importance of social responsibility and respect in their students. The HALB Lower School launched the PBIS (Positive Behavior Interventions and Support) program with several interactive assemblies on Friday, October 16.

PBIS is a proactive approach to establishing the social culture needed for all students to achieve social, emotional, and academic success in school. After two successful years of participating in PBIS at HALB, the students were excited to begin the school-wide program, which promotes positive expectations, routines and behaviors.

The assemblies featured several short films that students created earlier in the week with Mrs. Gail Rusgo, HALB Lower School Director of General Studies. The films demonstrate positive behaviors that are encouraged and recognized at HALB, relating to safety, responsibility and

respect. PBIS cards were distributed to teachers and faculty to be given to students in recognition of positive behaviors, such as holding the door for someone, helping out a friend, and any other act of kindness or respect. In addition to individual rewards, whole classes are recognized for collaborative displays of responsibility and safety, such as cleaning up the yard or walking quietly and safely in the hallways. Weekly raffles and announcements of PBIS winners promote high quality behavior and school pride and support a safe and positive school climate and culture at HALB. The skills and behaviors reinforced will stay with the children and guide them through life, both inside and outside the classroom.

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own of Hempstead Supervisor Don Clavin, in partnership with Senior Councilwoman Dorothy Goosby, Councilman Bruce Blakeman, Councilman Anthony D’Esposito, Councilman Dennis Dunne, Sr., Councilman Thomas Muscarella and Councilman Chris Carini, is calling on residents to help protect the environment from toxic materials by recycling their electronic waste at Hempstead Town’s E-Cycling Programs being held October 25 and November 21.

“We frequently upgrade our electronic devices to take advantage of new technology,” said Supervisor Clavin. “As a result, people are always looking to get rid of their old products, and Hempstead Town’s E-Cycle event is the solution to dispose of those products in a responsible, eco-friendly way.”

Hempstead Town’s E-Cycle Program is being held on Sunday, October 25 at Town Park at Malibu in Lido Beach from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. and Saturday, November 21 at Town Park

Point Lookout from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Items to e-cycle include televisions, computers, computer components, monitors, tablets, e-readers, electronic keyboards, fax machines, scanners, printers, VCRs, DVRs, DVD players, digital converter boxes, cable or satellite receivers, electronic and video game consoles and portable digital music players. Cell phones are NOT accepted.

At both e-cycle programs, residents may bring their personal papers and confidential documents to be shredded. Shredding services are free and open to Town residents only; no shredding from commercial or home businesses will be accepted. Materials to be shredded should be brought in paper bags or cardboard boxes.

Residents should place electronic waste and/or documents in their trunks and remain in their vehicles. A crew member will remove the items to ensure a safe, contactless process.

For questions about e-cycling, please call (516) 378-4210.

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Tracking Hate

Magic and Mentalists at HANC

NYPD Chief Chaplain Rabbi Dr. Alvin Kass with Eastern Director of the Simon Wiesenthal Center Michael Cohen

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imon Wiesenthal Center’s Eastern Director Michael Cohen met this week with NYPD Chief Chaplain Rabbi Dr. Alvin Kass to demonstrate support, solidarity, and appreciation for his continued leadership after Rabbi Dr. Kass was assaulted during an attempted mugging on Manhattan’s Upper West Side. The meeting was held at Rabbi Kass’ offices at the NYPD PSA #4 building in lower Manhattan and was arranged by NYPD Chaplain and recent SWC Hero for Tolerance Honoree David Heskiel.

During the meeting, Mr. Cohen and Rabbi Kass discussed the concerning rise of anti-Semitic attacks and hate crimes over the past two years in New York City and the need for NYPD and SWC to contin-

ue to coordinate in helping combat such activities. Mr. Cohen detailed to Rabbi Kass the efforts of SWC’s Digital Hate/ Digital Terror program and how the institution continues to make every effort to track online hate and report it to appropriate authorities those posts, groups or individuals who potentially pose a threat to our community’s safety.

SWC thanks Rabbi Kass for meeting with SWC and for all of his efforts to ensure hate crimes in New York City are taken seriously. SWC also thanks David Heskiel for his efforts in organizing this important meeting and providing SWC the opportunity to both check in on Rabbi Kasss welfare after the attack and to promote the relationships necessary to push back against hate in our region.

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he new month of Cheshvan was ushered in with laughter and amazement in HANC’s Samuel and Elizabeth Bass Golding Elementary School in West Hempstead. Thanks to the magnificent October weather, the kindergarten through second grade students enjoyed watching an outdoor magic show performed by David Funn. Despite the fact that the children could not physically participate in the magic tricks, Mr. Funn was an engaging entertainer and had the children actively involved even though they had to remain in their seats. Throughout the course of his magic show, the children helped him find disappearing boxes, a pizza that kept hiding in a box with hidden compartments, a rubber chicken that kept showing up in all sorts of unexpected places, and even made a live rabbit appear in a box where a picture of a rabbit had been displayed just a few minutes beforehand. It was a delightful program and added a lot of happiness to the children’s day.

Later in the day, the third through

sixth grade students were mesmerized as they watched the performance of the mentalist named Alan Hudson. Performing live on Zoom, the children watched from their classrooms and were completely enthralled by his incredible talents. After performing several card tricks, he chose a student to watch him make different colored thimbles appear on and disappear from various fingertips. In the end, he was able to identify the color that the student was thinking about at the end of the trick.

The stunt that left everyone speechless was when he asked a student to choose an article from thousands of entries on Wikipedia. The student chose a word from a random entry, and just by giving the first and last letter of the word, Mr. Hudson was able to identify the exact word that the student chose. It was truly remarkable.

The children truly enjoyed both programs, and it was a fun beginning for the month of Cheshvan. HANC wishes to thank the PTA for sponsoring these programs.

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I’ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I’ve been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.- Michael Jordan

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The scout got him a try-out with a big-league team. Up at bat, the horse slammed the ball into deep left field and stood at the plate, watching it go.

“Run!” the manager screamed, “Run!” “Are you kidding?” answered the horse. “If I could run, I’d be in the Kentucky Derby.”

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World Series Trivia 1. The Tampa Bay Rays have advanced to the World Series for just the second time in franchise history. How many MLB teams never won the World Series? a. 2 b. 4 c. 6 d. 9 2. When were the Dodgers last in the World Series? a. 2006 b. 2018 c. 1988 d. 1964 3. Who is the only player to play in 75 World Series games? a. Yogi Berra b. Mickey Mantle c. Joe DiMaggio d. Phil Rizzuto 4. Which team appeared in the World Series the most in the 1990s? a. Indians b. Tigers c. Yankees d. Braves 5. Who was clearly not the MVP of

the 1986 World Series? a. Ron Darling b. Bill Buckner c. Roger Clemens d. Bob Stanley 6. In the 1996 World Series, this pitcher had four saves for the Yankees, earning him the MVP award: a. Enter Sandman...Mariano Rivera b. Jeff Nelson c. John Wetteland d. Doc Gooden 7. Which pitcher threw a four-hit shutout to defeat the Giants in Game 7 of the 1962 World Series? a. Whitey Ford b. Bill Stafford c. Ralph Terry d. Jim Bouton 8. Which one of these players never hit three home runs in a World Series game? a. Babe Ruth b. Derek Jeter c. Albert Pujols d. Reggie Jackson

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Answers: 1. C 2. B 3. A 4. D 5. B- In game 6 with the game tied, Mookie Wilson hit a dribbler up the 1st base line which should have been a routine play to end the inning and put the Red Sox up to bat, but Bill Buckner had a Little League moment and the ball went right between his legs into the outfield.

The Mets scored and won the game and went on to win the Series in the 7th game.

6. C- Mo was the set-up man in 1996.

7. C 8. B Scoreboard 6-8 correct: You are a baseball MVP! 4-5 correct: Not bad. You can use some pitch tipping. Call the Astros – they will teach you exactly how to do it.

0-3 correct: You get the Bill Buckner award!

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Parshas Noach

By Rabbi Berel Wein

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he concluding portion of this week’s Torah reading deals with the society that built the great Tower of Babel and the beginning of the lifetime and accomplishments of our father Abraham. To me, there is a relevancy and immediacy to this theme as it appears in this week’s Torah reading.

What is described in the Torah is the creation of a totalitarian society, ruled by dictatorship, fear, and imposed thought and speech control.

The Torah text itself sums up the entire situation in its prophetically profound, concise description – “and the society itself spoke only one language and the few same words.” Here you have a description of the destruction of minority opinion, freedom of speech and the right to be different and individualistic. In short, you have the description of North Korea, communist China, Cuba, Venezuela, Nazi Germany, and the former Soviet Union. You have George Orwell’s

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Faith itself is based upon freedom of choice and the worth of the individual. When the state or the government controls the speech, language, and culture of the society that it governs, then there is very little room for the advancement of faith and for societal growth generally.

One need only look at the wreckage wrought by the forces of thought and speech control that promised the utopian future of the 20th century. This only brought misery to well over 100 million people, without

The main problem that the Jewish people have faced over their long history is that they are basically different – in speech, dress, outlook, belief, and worldview. Even within the Jewish people, there are forces that wish to stifle the faithful minority and to eliminate them from political and social influence and power.

It is interesting to me to note that those who shout the most loudly about individual rights and freedoms rarely are willing to extend them to others who may differ from them in ideology, and social customs.

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achieving any hint of that utopia being actualized.

The words that the Torah uses to describe the society of the Tower of Babel are striking in their simplicity and accuracy – “one language and the same few words.” It reflects the inability to tolerate other opinions and different words. It is the reason that Abraham is thrown into the “furnace of fire” simply because he dares to be different and to expound the idea of monotheism in a society of enforced paganism.

The forces that ruled at that time could not tolerate even one voice of dissent and difference.

alone even against the so-called majority of the current Jewish world.

This world has unfortunately lost its way in the name of false gods and bankrupt ideals. It has become totalitarian in its attitudes and behavior towards religion and the Orthodox Jewish world.

But just as our father Abraham persevered and overcame the society of the Tower of Babel, I am confident that this will be the future result in our Jewish world regarding our current situation – of political correctness, cancel culture and coercive behavior.

Shabbat shalom.

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From the Fire

Parshas Noach Remembering the Future

By Rav Moshe Weinberger Adapted for publication by Binyomin Wolf

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ashem (Bereishis 6:16) told Noach, “Make a tzohar for the Ark.” What was this tzohar? Rashi explains that some say it was a window and others say that it was a precious stone which gave them light. The Gemara (Sanhedrin 108b) teaches us that Rav Yochanan is the one who explains that the tzohar was a precious stone and that the word tzohar is connected to the word for afternoon – tzaharaim – as if to tell Noach to take “precious stones and diamonds in order that they should give you light like the afternoon.” Particularly in light of the fact that we see the Ark had a window (Bereishis 8:6), what forced Rav Yochanan to explain that the tzohar was a precious stone rather than a window?

Ever since Rosh Hashana, I have been thinking about the words from the Mussaf davening, “And You also recalled Noach with love and remembered him for salvation and mercy when You brought the waters of the flood to destroy all flesh because of the evil of their deeds.

Therefore, may his remembrance come before You, Hashem our G-d, to multiply his seed like the dust of the earth and his descendants like the sand of the sea.”

What does the word “therefore” mean here? It almost sounds like the flood and the evil of the deeds of the generation caused the memory of Noach to go up before Hashem.

Perhaps we can understand this better if we look at the words right before this in the davening: “Everything is revealed and known before

You, who looks and gazes until the end of the generations…” In other words, one normally looks into his past or at Avraham, Yitzchak, and Yaakov to find some source of merit.

But once we point out that Hashem “looks and gazes until the end of the generations,” we see that Hashem also remembers future generations in order to save their ancestors!

I later found that the Midrash (Bamidbar Raba 29:5) makes the same point: “‘And Noach found favor in G-d’s eyes’; Rav Simon says: We find that Hashem does kindness with the later generations in the merit of the earlier generations.

How do we know that Hashem does kindness with the earlier generations in the merit of the later generations? ‘And Noach found favor in G-d’s eyes.’ In what merit? In the merit of [‘these are the generations

of Noach,] his descendants.’” In other words, when the Torah says that Noach found favor in Hashem’s eyes, we would expect the next pasuk to tell us what Noach had done to merit finding favor in G-d’s eyes. But instead, the next pasuk says, “These are the generations of Noach.” Remarkably, Rav Simon explains that this means Noach was saved in the merit of his descendants. Hashem saved Noach because He remembered Noach’s future and the generations which would come from him.

Rav Yochanan explained (Sanhedrin 108a) that Noach was not worthy of being saved. He was only considered a tzaddik relative to his own degraded generation and was only saved in the merit of his descendants, the future generations.

Perhaps that is the meaning of the word “therefore” in the Rosh Ha-

shana Mussaf. Noach’s merit rises before Hashem because of “his seed [who were] like the dust of the earth and his descendants like the sand of the sea.” He was saved because “everything is revealed and known before You, who looks and gazes until the end of the generations…”

It is no coincidence that Rav Yochanan, who explains that Noach was not deserving of redemption on his own, rejected the explanation that the tzohar was a window. This is similar to why the angels (Bereishis 19:17) told Lot, Avraham’s nephew, as he fled from Sedom, “Do not look behind you.” Rashi explains the reason: “You are saved in Avraham’s merit. You do not deserve to see their punishment while you are being saved.” Perhaps, according to Rav Yochanan, because Noach was being saved in the merit of his descendants and not in his own merit, he did not deserve to look out at the world being destroyed though a window. He was therefore forced to explain that the tzohar must have been some source of light other than a window. The Ark did, however, have a window, so that after the destruction was complete, Noach was able to open the window and look out and see the new world.

I read that one of the baalei mussar was walking around the Kinneret in Eretz Yisroel with a guide and saw some remarkable trees. The branches of these trees seemed to go back into the ground and other trees seemed to grow from those roots. It was impossible to tell the difference between the trees’ branches and

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their roots. He asked the guide to explain the phenomenon. The guide explained that the roots get their nourishment and ability to grow from the tree. “And where,” the rav asked, “do the roots get their nourishment?” The guide explained that they draw their sustenance from the tree! The baal mussar saw a deep lesson in this, saying, “Where do children come from? From their parents. And what do the parents look forward to? What do they pin their hopes on? Their children! The parents give birth to the children and, if the parents merit, the children provide merit to the parents. The tree does not simply produce seeds which grow into other, separate trees. It produces branches, which turn into roots from which the tree, in turn, receives nourishment!”

This is our hope in life. We want to lay down roots, children, who will grow into bnei and bnos Torah who will spiritually nourish us as well. We daven on Rosh Hasha-

na that Hashem remembers us for the good in the merit of our future generations because Hashem “looks and gazes until the end of the generations.” We daven that Hashem will save us from the flood of impurity in this world for the sake of our

they no longer do. Hebrew has so many words for happiness as we see listed in the sheva brachos blessings. But in everyday life, it seems that Jewish people lack real joy, and only look toward joy and happiness in the future. We say (Tehilim 126:2)

The parents give birth to the children and, if the parents merit, the children provide merit to the parents.

children so that we will merit to see the building of a new and wondrous world.

I read that a professor made a profound observation. He pointed out that Jews must have once experienced a lot of joy, but that it seems

“Then our mouths will be filled with joy” and (Shmos 15:1) “Then Moshe will sing.” Even at our celebrations, we look forward to the future rather than purely enjoy the moment. At a bris, we daven, “This child will be a great man one day.” At a boy’s bar

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mitzvah, we daven that he will one day grow up to be a talmid chacham, a Torah scholar. And when he finally gets married, rather than enjoying the moment, we daven that he and his wife merit “to build a faithful Jewish house.” And then the couple has children, and it starts all over again.

Just like Hashem remembers our future and in that merit, grants us salvation now, we also look toward the future for the fulfillment of our hopes and dreams, to that time when all the joy will converge into the moment, into the present.

May we finally merit to see the future world Hashem has always remembered with the coming of Moshiach!

Rav Moshe Weinberger, shlita, is the founding Morah d’Asrah of Congregation Aish Kodesh in Woodmere, NY, and serves as leader of the new mechina Emek HaMelech.

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Parsha Ponderings

Parshas Noach Flood of the Unknown

By Rabbi Shmuel Kamenetzky

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arshas Noach tell the story of the Mabul, the flood which Hashem brought on the world.

Hashem brought rain for 40 days and nights, and the waters continued to strengthen for 150 days. The floodwaters, under the command of Hashem, became a death trap not only for the people but for every living organism on the face of the Earth.

When the time came for the waters to subside, the pasuk says, “And Hashem caused a spirit to pass over the earth and the waters subsided.”

Seemingly, if Hashem wanted the flood waters to be strong for 150 days, why did He need to pass over the earth with a spirit in order to calm the waters? Once the mission of the water was fulfilled, the water should have automatically ceased strengthening, and thereby, automatically subsided.

Rabbi Raphael Pelcovitz, zt”l, the longt ime rav of Congregat ion Knesseth Israel, the White Shul, in Far Rockaway, NY, was a talmid of Rav Shlomo Heiman and Rav Shraga Feivel Mendlowitz from his days in Yeshiva Torah Vodaas. All his life, Rav Pelcovitz followed their ideals, values and hashkafos unwaveringly.

After the petirah of his sister, Rabbi Pelcovitz, who was otherwise clean-shaven, grew a beard during the period of mourning. A grandson later remarked that Rabbi Pelcovitz appeared so stately in a beard. Why hadn’t he grown a beard during all his years as a rav? As a son of a rav and as a respected rabbi himself, certainly he’d consider having a beard.

“The reason I haven’t grown a

beard all these years,” Rabbi Pelcovitz explained, “is because when I first entered the rabbinate, my rebbi, Rav Shraga Feivel Mendlowitz, told me that I’d be able to influence

Rabbi Pelcovitz’s response was enlightening. “You’re right,” he said.

“Times have changed. But that was the direction that I received from my rebbi, and my rebbi is no longer

We should not make our own calculations and distort the true will of Hashem.

a more diverse number of people if I did not have a beard, so I followed his directive.”

“But Saba,” asked the grandson, “it is now so many years later. Times have changed. Surely now you can grow a beard and it wouldn’t impact your ability to be mashpiah on others.”

here to tell me otherwise. I am therefore bound by his guidance.”

My grandfather, Rav Binyamin Kamenetzky, zt”l, would quote the Ohr Hachayim who offers a fascinating explanation. When Hashem gives a command, one must listen and follow. The waters followed their command, and did not make calcu-

lations as to the purpose and the extent of their mission. Even though the waters knew that their mission – to destroy every living organism on the planet – had already been fulfilled, they kept strengthening, exactly as Hashem told them to do, some 150 days earlier. The only way they would cease strengthening is with another command by their Creator to stop.

Among our confessions this past Yom Kippur, we mentioned, “Al cheit shechatanu lefanecha b’yod’im u’velo yod’im, We have sinned before You with knowledge and without knowledge.” Perhaps we can understand this al cheit in a new light. We have sinned with knowledge, because we thought we understood what Hashem wants from us, and we have made excess calculations which minimized our accomplishments and caused us to fall short on our duties.

As Hashem’s servants, we should not make our own calculations and distort the true will of Hashem.

For sometimes, we are flooded with ideas and calculations but we are better off in the unknown.

Rabbi Shmuel Kamenetzky is the Director of Advancement at Yeshiva of South Shore – Yeshiva Toras Chaim Beis Binyamin. He is currently compiling the Torah thoughts from his grandfather, Rav Binyamin Kamenetzky, zt”l, into print, in Hebrew and English. If you have any stories or divrei Torah to share from his grandfather, or to subscribe to receive a weekly dvar Torah from Rav Binyamin Kamenetzky’s teachings, you can email him at skamenetzky@yoss.org.

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Think, Feel, Grow

Living with the Original Ideals of Creation

By Shmuel Reichman

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ammy lived in a strange world.

From the moment one entered adulthood, the government placed a special belt on them, one that was impossible to remove. This belt served to keep everyone in order.

If someone defied a law, or misbehaved, the belt immediately administered an electric shock. The worse the offense, the stronger the shock.

Everyone’s private lives were monitored closely, so there was no escaping punishment.

Sammy, though, was bright and creative. And most of all, he was tired of living in such fear and submissiveness. He finally decided that he was going to do something about it. But he had one problem: there was no way to dismantle the belt without triggering an alarm that would notify the police. So for months, Sammy tried to think of different ways to circumvent the belt’s alarm. But one day, the miraculous occurred. Sammy’s belt malfunctioned. He couldn’t believe it! Maybe the battery ran out too soon, or maybe the government had lost control of him, but Sammy didn’t care; he was finally free!

At first, Sammy felt inclined to break the law. “Anarchy and chaos, here I come!” he happily thought to himself. Every time he broke the law, he relished the freedom he now had.

But after a week of this, he began feeling bad about himself and started giving it some thought. He realized that deep down he really did want to be a good person, he wanted to do the right thing. The government had decided that the belts were necessary because society had gotten so out of hand there was no other way to keep peace and order. Only by limiting people’s free will could they ensure everyone’s safety. But Sammy

realized that even without the belt, he still wanted to do the right thing, through his own choice.

Weeks went by, and Sammy’s life went on as usual. One day, as he was walking home, a police car stopped right next to him and an officer opened the door. “Hi Sammy, can you please come with me?” Startled and confused, Sammy nervously went with the officer, who took him straight to the police headquarters.

“Oh no,” Sammy thought. “They must know that my belt is broken! What if they decide to make an example of me; what if they lock me up? My life is over!”

The officer walked Sammy to a strange room filled with thousands of monitors. In the center stood the chief of police. “Hi Sammy, it’s great to finally meet you,” he said. “I know you’re probably scared and confused.

Please don’t be; you have nothing to worry about. I want to show you something.” On the monitor, Sammy saw a video of…himself. It was the day his belt malfunctioned.

“For the past few weeks, your belt has been out of service. But this wasn’t a mistake. In fact, it was the opposite. You see, the belts are not

ideal, they are only a means to an end. Years ago, they were a necessity.

Free will had to be taken away for the greater good. But I believe that we are getting closer to the point where the people themselves can be trusted to make their own decisions, where their lives and choices are once more determined by their own free will. So we decided to use you as our prototype, to see what would happen if we deactivated your belt. And you know the rest of the story. Sammy, thank you for giving me hope in humanity.”

Adam’s Creation Story There is a strange recurring phenomenon throughout Parshas Bereishis: the Torah first describes one model of Creation and then proceeds to depict a completely different, even contradictory, picture of the same Creation. For example: • The first perek of Bereishis (Bereishis 1:27) describes Adam as a being that was created b’tzelem Elokim (in the image of G-d), an inspiring and divine portrayal of Man and his role in the world.

• However, the very next chapter (Bereishis 2:7) describes Man as

a physical being, formed from nothing more than the dirt of the earth, a description almost identical to the creation of animals.

What happened to the g-dly, inspiring image of man?

The key to answering these questions lies in one of the most fundamental concepts in Judaism. The Arizal, Ramchal, Vilna Gaon, and many other Jewish thinkers explain that every process contains three stages: • The first stage is the high, the inspiration, an experience of perfection and clarity.

• Next comes the second stage: a complete fall, a loss of everything that was experienced during the first stage.

• Then there is the third stage, a return to the perfection of the first stage. However, this third stage is fundamentally different from the first. It is the same perfection, the same clarity, but this time it’s a perfection and clarity that you have earned. The first time it was given to you, now you have worked to build it for yourself.

The first stage is a gift, a spiritual high. It’s there to help you experience the goal, the destination. It’s a taste of what you can and hopefully will ultimately accomplish, but it’s not real.

It’s given as a gift and is therefore an illusion. It serves only as a guiding force, but cannot compare to the genuine accomplishment of building something yourself. It is therefore taken away to allow for the second and most important stage: building it yourself, undergoing the work required to attain this growth in actuality, to work for the perfection that you were shown.

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A gift isn’t real; something chosen and earned is. We’re in this world to choose, to assert our free will, and to create ourselves. Now that we’ve tasted the first stage, we know what we’re meant to choose, what we’re meant to build.

The third stage is the recreation of the first stage. While it appears the same, it’s fundamentally different.

It’s real, it’s earned, it’s yours. The first stage was a gift, an illusion; the third is the product born of the effort and time you invested.

The Ideal Adam There are many explanations for the contradictory descriptions of Adam in the first and second chapters of Bereishis but it can be explained clearly and beautifully according to the principle we just established. The ideal and goal of man is to become g-dly, to become perfect, all-knowing, all-good, all-kind, to have complete self-control. However, this is the goal, not the starting point.

We begin as animalistic beings, with limited intellectual abilities and undeveloped character traits. A baby is selfish, the center of its own world, the only person who exists. This is the exact opposite of g-dliness. The goal of life is to become g-dly, to go through the process of actualizing our potential, and in doing so, we become a true tzelem Elokim.

As we’ve explained in the past, the fetus learns kol ha’Torah kulah in the womb and then loses it upon being born into this world. We are born imperfect so that we can journey through this world with the mission of becoming perfect, recreating and earning what we once received as a gift. Adam was created first as a perfect being, the model of who we each strive to become, before being reduced to the lowly and animalistic being that we begin our lives as.

Creating the World with Din This principle – an ideal followed by the starting point – sheds light onto another enigmatic midrash (Rashi, Bereishis 1:1). Chazal explain that, originally, Hashem created the world with strict din (justice). In such a world, one would get exactly what they deserved; if they sinned, they would be punished instanta-

neously. However, Hashem saw that the world could not be sustained with strict justice, so He added rachamim (mercy), enabling people to do teshuva. This account seems extremely odd.

How can it be that Hashem made a mistake, that He originally wanted to create the world with din, but then changed His mind? One only changes their mind when they receive new information. (For example, you would change your mind if you originally decided not to go to the store on Monday because you thought it was closed on Mondays but then later found out that the store was, in fact, open on Mondays.) Is it possible that

and because we have free will, we are likely to sin. [The very existence of free will allows for the possibility (and likelihood) of sin.] And if we were punished with full force the moment we sinned, no one would survive. As a result, humanity needs the ability to do teshuva, without getting punished right away.

On the flip side, if we were punished the moment we sinned, our free will itself would be diminished.

If people knew that the moment they sinned, Hashem would punish them, they would be much less likely to make mistakes. Imagine getting struck by lightning the moment we sinned. We would be a lot less like-

The purpose of this world is to earn our perfection and build our connection with Hashem, creating our share in Olam Habah.

Hashem did not already know that the world could not survive without rachamim?

The Maharal (Gur Aryeh, Bereishis 1:1) explains this midrash according to the principle we have developed throughout this chapter. In an ideal world, man would be judged according to absolute truth, absolute din and emes. In such a world, we would receive immediate punishment for any sins, and we would experience a world of clear causeand-effect.

However, the purpose of this world is to earn our perfection and build our connection with Hashem, creating our share in Olam Habah.

This is built on the concept of din: Justice means that you get what you deserve. Just as we receive our share in Olam Habah because we earned and deserve it, we should also receive full and immediate punishment for our sins because we earned and deserve it.

However, in such a world, humanity could not survive. This is due to the fact that we need free will in order to earn our share in Olam Habah,

ly to make mistakes. But this would also seriously weaken our free will.

As a result, Hashem mixed rachamim with strict din.

However, this is not so simple.

How can Hashem mix rachamim with din if din appears to be “absolute,” all or nothing?

With din: • We get exactly what we deserve • We receive it right away • There is no way of avoiding the consequences Rachamim, however, requires non-exactness; it therefore completely contradicts din. You either get exactly what you deserve, or you don’t, there can’t be a middle ground!

But the Ramchal (Mesilas Yesharim, Chapter 4) provides an incredible explanation. The beauty of rachamim is that it doesn’t reject din, it creates a harmony (tiferes) which allows for 100% din and 100% rachamim.

With rachamim: • We get exactly what we deserve but not all at once (gradation).

This enables us to handle the consequences and keep moving forward. (For example, instead

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of receiving the brute force of a giant boulder, the “boulder” can be broken up into many smaller pebbles and a small child can throw them at him one at a time.)

• We receive the punishment following the sin, but only if we don’t take advantage of the opportunity for teshuva.

• We receive the consequences, but if we do teshuva, then retroactively, there are no consequences to receive, as teshuva undoes the damage itself. Once a person does teshuva, they become a different person, and the punishment is no longer necessary or applicable.

This is the unique balance between din and rachamim. When the midrash says that Hashem originally intended to create the world with pure din, that was the ideal, the goal.

Hashem then created a world which also contains rachamim, to enable that original vision to come to fruition. It is only through rachamim that we are able to utilize the middah of din and earn our share in Olam Habah. Once Hashem added rachamim to the world, the world itself became our “rechem” (womb).

We are all individual fetuses developing in Hashem’s womb.

This is the process of life. The ideal is revealed, taken away, and then remains as our goal as we journey through life, trying to recreate that ideal. The key is to be inspired by the goal, not discouraged by the struggle.

We must understand that our goal is to become godly, fully reflect our higher selves, create oneness, and enjoy every single step of the process!

Shmuel Reichman is an inspirational speaker, writer, and coach who has lectured internationally at shuls, conferences, and Jewish communities on topics of Jewish thought and Jewish medical ethics. He is the founder and CEO of Self-Mastery Academy (ShmuelReichman.com), the transformative online course that is revolutionizing how we engage in self-development.

You can find more inspirational lectures, videos, and articles from Shmuel on his website, ShmuelReichman.com.

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My Israel Home

In Honor of the Presidential Elections: Linc-o-lin

By Gedaliah Borvick

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love the streets of Jerusalem whose inspiring names bring thousands of years of Jewish history to life. And yet, one of my favorite streets in central Jerusalem is named after Abraham Lincoln. Many years ago, while taking a taxi to a meeting on that block, I could not contain my smile when the cabdriver pronounced the street name “Linc-o-lin” (his pronunciation was actually quite understandable because, in Hebrew, the second to last letter is a “lamed”).

Humorous Hebrew pronunciation aside, what did Lincoln do for the Jewish people to merit having a street named after him?

Arguably America’s greatest and most morally virtuous president, Abraham Lincoln is most famous for abolishing slavery and granting legal equality to black Americans.

Lesser known is the fact that Lincoln championed and defended the rights of Jewish Americans during a time period when it was difficult and unfashionable to do so. To Lincoln, eradicating persecution against blacks and Jews was synonymous, as one of his core principles, as articulated in many of his speeches but immortalized in his monumental “Gettysburg Address,” was that “all men are created equal.”

Abraham Lincoln grew up in a religious household, and his parents were members of the Calvinist Baptist Church, which – unlike most other churches during that time period – strongly opposed missionizing Jews.

The anti-proselytizing environment of his youth left an indelible mark on Lincoln, helping foster his deep love of humanity and empowering him to include Jews in his diverse social network. Indeed, Lincoln’s

valued friend, philosophical brother and trusted confidant was a proud Jew named Abraham Jonas, which probably helped sensitize him to the repugnance of ethnic and religious prejudice.

sands of Jews fighting for the Union.

However, his most famous public action was reversing a wartime order by the Union’s most successful general, Ulysses S. Grant, expelling Jews from areas under his control. The day after

knew “of no distinction between Jews and Gentile.” Rebuking Grant, whose mistrust of the Jews unfortunately reflected the general feelings of society towards the immigrant population which had ballooned from 3,000 in the early 1800s to more than 150,000 by 1865, Lincoln didn’t mince words in stating that “to condemn a class is, to say the least, to wrong the good with the bad. I do not like to hear a class or nationality condemned on account of a few sinners.”

Abraham Lincoln mentioned to his wife on the afternoon before he was tragically assassinated that, after completion of his second term in office, they should travel to Europe and Palestine, and ironically expressed a desire to see Jerusalem before he died. Perhaps naming a street in Jerusalem fulfills Abraham Lincoln’s unrealized wish. Or perhaps it merely reflects American Jewry’s tremendous gratitude to Lincoln who, as Jonathan Sarna in Lincoln and the Jews eloquently wrote, “promoted the inclusion of Jews into the fabric of American life and helped to transform Jews from outsiders in America to insiders.”

Lincoln’s valued friend, philosophical brother and trusted confidant was a proud Jew named Abraham Jonas

[Jonathan D. Sarna and Benjamin Shapell’s groundbreaking historical book, Lincoln and the Jews, was the primary resource for this article.]

the order was revoked, a delegation of Jewish leaders traveled to Washington, D.C., to thank the President.

According to Isaac Mayer Wise, editor of The American Israelite newspaper, Lincoln assured his visitors that he

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During the Civil War, President Lincoln commissioned Jews to a broad variety of military and civilian leadership roles. For example, he appointed the army’s first Jewish military chaplains to serve the thou-

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Corona, Crime, and a Sense of Community

TJH Speaks with Cedarhurst Mayor Ben Weinstock

BY SUSAN SCHWAMM Mayor Weinstock, how many years have you been mayor of the Village of Cedarhurst?

I have been involved with the Village of Cedarhurst for many decades. It began when I served as Deputy Village Attorney from 1989 through 1994.

Then I became a Trustee in 1994 and was promoted to Deputy Mayor in 2003. When Mayor Parise passed away in February 2015, I became acting Mayor, and then was elected Mayor in 2015, and re-elected in 2019. All in all, I have been involved with our Village government for more than 30 years.

Over three decades. How many residents are there in Cedarhurst?

About 7,000.

You’re an attorney. What type of law do you practice?

Primarily, real estate law.

How has your experience with real estate law helped you in your role in the Village?

I’ve been very involved with the Village’s zoning, land use and development concepts. There is a very much-needed type of housing that doesn’t presently exist in the Village. Many of our homeowners are middle-aged couples whose elderly parents live in Brooklyn, or in Queens, or in the Bronx. Every time Mom has a pain or Dad’s not feeling well, the children run back home to take care of things.

We would like to develop some housing in the Village that will accommodate these seniors so that they can downsize and be closer to their children and grandchildren. This is better for the parents and better for the as well .

Single family homes are being built and re-built all over Cedarhurst. But if you look up and down Cedarhurst Avenue or Washington Avenue, it’s full of apartment houses. While we have many rental apartments and coops, there is a need for two types of housing that we don’t presently have.

We need high-quality, concierge-type facilities like the Regency, where we can accommodate senior

citizens who no longer need a five-bedroom home.

Additionally, I would love to see new two-bedroom rental apartments for young couples just starting out, so they can get comfortable in the community and then move into a larger home when they outgrow the apartment. We’re looking into developing transit-oriented residences near the train station, making sure that we have plenty of on-site parking so we don’t create an additional parking problem.

What is the Village doing to alleviate the traffic problems in Cedarhurst?

The population of the Village has exploded. Ten years ago, our population was estimated at 6,200 people. After the census, we’ll see how many people have moved in since then, but it’s a lot. The volume of cars contributes to the traffic problem, but it’s not the only cause. Oftentimes, the behavior of the drivers exacerbates the problem. I once heard Ben Brafman speaking and he quipped, “You know, I represent a lot of really scary people, but they don’t scare me. You

know what scares me? Driving on Central Avenue on Thursday afternoon.” He said, “You see these young mothers in their big SUVs talking on the phone, making a U-turn, and giving the baby in the backseat a bottle at the same time.” Obviously, this is an exaggeration, but the painful truth is that inconsiderate drivers, double parking, illegal left turns and the “I have the right of way” attitude of too many drivers intensifies the problem.

Some people are discourteous. They don’t have a sense of spatial awareness of where they are, or they simply don’t care. Instead of moving their car up half a block to an open parking spot, they’ll stop in middle of even a major street with a hundred cars behind them just because they need to get something from a certain store.

I was on Washington Avenue on a Thursday in September planning the repaving project. The aggressiveness of many drivers and the disregard for traffic rules was astonishing. The number of cars making illegal left turns exiting the parking lot onto

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Washington Avenue exceeded the number of those making legal right turns. I saw at least three cars make a mad dash across the railroad tracks nearly being hit by the closing gates. One idiot actually zig-zagged around the gates that were fully closed, outrunning a coming train by 10 seconds. Finally, the incessant horn-honking only adds more stress to the situation and does nothing to calm traffic.

Two years ago, we turned Grove Avenue into a one-way street despite significant objection. It was absolutely the right thing to do and it solved a huge congestion problem.

employees and customers wear masks and social distance. Regardless of one’s personal opinion about such matters, the State is getting tough and will issue fines and even shut down individual businesses that do not comply.

The Village has taken a very large economic hit as well. We lost a large part of our annual parking revenue since March. In addition, our operating expenses have increased sharply to cover the costs of PPE, extra cleaning, and making the physical changes needed to comply with the CDC and New York State guidelines.

What about traffic safety? There have been numerous traffic accidents on Broadway and Peninsula on other major roads.

We do what we can, but our powers limited. We constantly get complaints that drivers speed through the residential areas of the Village. The New York State Vehicle and Traffic Law says that the speed limit on all Village roads is 30 miles per hour. We, as a village, can’t drop it any lower, except in a school zone.

Also, the New York State Highway Department takes the position that if we put up too many stop signs, we are actually reducing the speed limit by forcing people to drive more slowly, which is contrary to what the State Vehicle and Traffic Law allows the Village to do.

We put as many stop signs as we can, to promote traffic safety. But all too often we see drivers flying through stop signs, without even slowing down. So putting up more stop signs is not necessarily the answer. What works for short periods is an intensification of traffic enforcement by the Fourth Precinct.

We request that when we identify specific problem areas, and the Precinct complies. We also communicate with the County whenever we believe that a traffic light or other traffic control device is needed.

Finally, Peninsula Boulevard, West Broadway and Broadway are Nassau County roads, and we have no jurisdiction to regulate them. As a matter of fact, there are parts of Peninsula Boulevard closer to Hempstead where the speed limit is 50. But Peninsula in our area is 30 miles per hour.

Are you concerned about a second wave that will be coming this season?

I am not worried that a second wave is coming; I am concerned that it is already here. The number of positive cases is increasing at a rate that is higher than the New York State average. This means that we have more infections, illness, and spread of the disease in our community compared to some other communities. This hurts our residents and businesses. It has also becoming a disingenuously polite cover for invidious treatment of the Orthodox Jewish population under the guise of “dealing in a non-discriminatory way with a health crisis.”

How has the Village fared financially over the past six months during the coronavirus pandemic?

The lockdowns caused economic hardships for everyone. For many of our residents, the problems range from moderate to severe. Economic problems have a bigger effect than paying the rent/mortgage or putting food on the table. They are a major cause of marital strife, divorce, and contribute to physical and mental illness.

Our business community, principally comprised of small, family-owned stores, was hit very hard. I was excited to see that they did not give up, and almost all of the stores reopened in June. They are struggling, and I encourage everyone to shop locally and support our businesses. The stores have made many changes to facilitate online shopping, home delivery, and curbside pickup.

I want all of our local businesses to stay open and play by the rules. They must make sure that all

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With Town of Hempstead Supervisor Dan Clavin distributing PPE to local stores

“I want all of our local businesses to stay open and play by the rules.”

Schools in the County are currently open.

Schools must stay open safely for many reasons.

Parents need to work, children need to learn, and life must go on. The claim that shutting schools will prevent the spread of the disease is completely wrong. Shutting schools will do exactly the opposite. The State’s Health Commissioner acknowledged that schools are doing a fantastic, “nearly perfect” job protecting children by enforcing all of the necessary precautions. When kids stay home, they are not careful about social distancing or wearing proper PPE correctly.

Keeping students in school protects them for a major part of the day. Closing schools makes our children more vulnerable, not just to Covid, but to all other forms of personally destructive and dangerous behavior.

the woman on the subway who was terrorizing Jews.

She was taken in, arrested, let out – that happened three times – and she continued to shout anti-Semitic epithets. There are no adverse consequences, so criminals just continue committing crimes.

On the other hand, the concept was potentially good – some social good could be achieved from it.

For example, you take a fellow who is a first-time criminal. He hasn’t done anything before. And he decides he’s going to shoplift at the supermarket or in Target. He steals a $50 sweater. If he has no money, he is going to end up in Rikers waiting for a trial for three, four, five months. That could turn him into a hardened criminal. Optimistically, the bail reform law might prevent a situation like this. But that is not what we have seen. The rollout and the implementation of the law was lousy.

So true! Let’s talk crime. Has bail reform affected the Village?

We don’t know how bail reform will affect crime in the post-Covid environment. I think that, even if the intention behind bail reform law was good, its implementation was terrible. The law, as I understand it, doesn’t clearly delineate between different crimes – those that are non-violent crimes or those that are violent and truly should require bail. Just a few months ago, pre-corona, you certainly remember

It’s very disconcerting when money or items are taken from cars at night. What can be done about that?

No one wants to blame the victim but the police department insists that if people were more conscientious about locking their car doors, that would deter thieves. Don’t leave your pocketbook in the car.

Don’t leave your briefcase or laptop in the car. Lock the doors. These are crimes of opportunity. These are not people who are casing the joint and looking

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for something. They know that a lot of “rich people” are leaving stuff in their cars because they have three kids and a dozen shopping bags that they have to get into the house.

If something like that happens, though, you must report it. You need to call 911. People are always reluctant to be an annoyance to the police. The truth is that you have to call, otherwise, it doesn’t become a statistic. Don’t call the precinct; call 911 and tell them it’s not an emergency. If you call 911, the event becomes part of a crime statistic that drives the entire enforcement budget and helps the Fourth Precinct allocate resources to preventing more occurrences.

The meters in Cedarhurst can help reduce crime in the neighborhood. We were the first community in New York and the second in the United States to have these sophisticated meters. We were their beta site. The cameras in the meter photograph the streetscape and read your license plate. So, if your car was stolen and your plate has been reported stolen, when your car pulls into meter, the meter reads your plate and interrogates a database which can help recover your stolen car.

We had an episode one time one night when a kitchen employee of a local restaurant went to his car.

As he sat in his car reading his messages, a couple of fellows on bicycles came over and robbed him at gunpoint. The police were called. The thugs didn’t realize that their pictures were being taken by the meters. So the police, just a few hours later, were able to arrest them.

Describe some things that you have been working on as mayor.

One of the Village’s toughest problems is its vulnerability to flooding and storm damage because we are surrounded by Jamaica Bay and its tributaries. Our storm drains discharge into Jamaica Bay. Whenever we have a high tide during a rainstorm, the discharge outlets are blocked and the water can’t get out. This causes water to pond on roads, sometimes to the point where homes flood. Before the onset of Covid, this was one of the leading challenges we faced.

This is a problem that only State and Federal funds can solve. It is too large for the Village to handle alone. In March 2015, I met with County and State representatives about using FEMA funding under the New York Rising program that launched after Superstorm Sandy. The solution to our flooding problem should have been obvious to the engineers present in the meeting, but they seem to have missed it. So I said, “Why don’t we simply pump the accumulated surface water into the bay? If you do that, the streets aren’t going to flood.” Judging by the looks on their faces, it was an “Emperor Has No Clothes” moment. Once I pointed it out, they agreed that it was a great idea and agreed to move forward.

Unfortunately, big governments take too long to get things done, especially when measured by the private sector time clock that I am used to. We believed the project would move quickly because the State of New York received federal money for resiliency after Hurricane Sandy that needed to be spent

With local officials and law enforcement in front of the Fourth Precinct

“When you live in the Five Towns, you live in a community.” by the end of 2015. It didn’t turn out that way. The design stage of the project is nearly complete – after five and a half years of my persistent nagging. My best guess is that the pump station will be operational in late 2022.

In addition to the pump station, we’ve spent a great deal of money and time giving lots of attention to our storm drains. We are inspecting, cleaning and repairing them, which will help reduce flooding in the Village.

At the same time, we repaved all of Central Avenue and many other streets in the business district and residential areas. We have much more work we will do as soon as funding permits.

Do you feel that it’s hard to advocate for your Village because you’re up against bigger communities or even against New York City?

What you’re asking is very insightful. It’s a real problem. For example, when FEMA funds became available to be used for storm-hardening projects after Hurricane Sandy, there were literally billions of dollars being doled out. The entire western portion of the South Shore of Long Island was given approximately $28 million, compared to New York City, which received billions of dollars. If you look at it on a per capita basis, we got a nickel for every $50 that went to the City.

In addition to suffering from the disproportionate funding allocation, we are treated as step-children, despite the fact that the Village delivers more bang for the buck. Taxpayers get much better value

here for less money. For example, the Army Corps of Engineers completed a study to see what they could do to stop flooding in Jamaica Bay and its tributaries. They came up with a plan to build a movable barrier across the entire entrance to Jamaica Bay to protect Kennedy Airport from flooding. There is a barrier like that in Boston. They literally proposed constructing a massive sea-wall that opens and closes in the event of a major storm.

The cost was estimated to be billions – and it would take at least a day to close the wall. The wall would be useless unless they managed to get it closed at least a day before the arrival of a storm. The idea was even more ridiculous when you add in maintenance, repair and operating costs. The environmental opposition alone would delay the project at least 15 years.

Finally, the Army Corps realized the folly of the plan so they set out to find smaller projects to prevent flooding. They looked at all the different South Shore villages, and they came to the conclusion that they would rank the projects based on a “cost-benefit ratio.” In other words, for every dollar the Feds spend, how much damage is averted? A simple storm water pumping station at the corner of Peninsula Boulevard and Rockaway Turnpike had the highest cost-benefit ratio score of all of the proposed projects. Our Village is so dense and so vulnerable to storm damage, that we topped the list with an 8:1 ratio. In our case, for every $1 spent, they would save $8 of damage payments on FEMA claims. The Army Corps estimated that the project would cost more than $10 million, and wanted the Village to

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pick up a large part of the cost. The project fizzled.

The similar pump station we are close to building has a total projected construction cost of $2 million.

You’ve been mayor for more than five years now. What are some of your biggest achievements?

One of the biggest achievements during my tenure as mayor is the closing of our sewer treatment plant and the transfer of our sewage processing into the Nassau County system. We were treating a million gallons a day of our own sewage next door to Lawrence High School. Because of the age of the treatment plant, it wasn’t as functional and environmentally effective as bigger plants like the County has in Bay Park. We negotiated an agreement with the County, and we are now pumping sewage to the County’s treatment plant in Bay Park.

What is going to happen with the land where the sewage plant used to be in Cedarhurst?

We are working through some zoning and other issues at the moment to try to find a use that doesn’t burden the community and that is compatible with the area.

What’s the most gratifying part of being mayor of the Village of Cedarhurst?

Helping people.

When people have problems that don’t seem to

get resolved one way or the other, I find that, if I intercede, very often, I can be helpful. And it goes from very specific problems such as “I have a problem with my water. I don’t have enough pressure” or “the cable company wouldn’t come to my house…” to more general matters, such as “my street has potholes.” You’d be surprised what people ask for, but I love helping them.

There are three things I’d like to point out. First, I grew up in Brooklyn, like you. And sometimes in Brooklyn, you can wait an hour for a response after you call the police. Here, if you call 911, the police respond immediately and a car is there in minutes.

After living in Cedarhurst for one year, years ago, I said to my wife, “You know, I really don’t mind paying these taxes. They pick up my garbage. The police come. The streets are lit. The snow is plowed.

Wow, this is unbelievable!”

Second, I learned is that there’s a difference between a neighborhood and a community. When you live in Brooklyn, you live in a neighborhood. But when you live in the Five Towns, you live in a community. What’s the difference? A neighborhood is a place where people just happen to live and walk past each other without a second glance. Eye contact is discouraged. A community is different. It’s more than just living in the same place. We share a connection with each other and with our Village. Here, you can’t walk down the street and not say, “hello” or “Good Shabbos” to everyone you pass.

Third, I learned is that Village government is the

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government closest to its constituents. So if somebody wants a tree, they don’t have to call a faceless agency somewhere and get on a waiting list for many years. They pick up the phone or send an email, and generally we respond very quickly. It doesn’t have to be complicated.

That’s what gives me the most joy – being there for people, connecting with people, and helping them in any way I can.

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Dating Dialogue

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

Dear Navidaters,

I recently heard of the engagement of one of my previous students – let’s call her Shani. She is a sweet girl and comes from a sweet, innocent family. I was very happy to hear about the news but became deeply concerned when I heard about who she is engaged to. Her chosson is the brother of another student of mine – let’s call that other student Adina. Because I also have other positions in the school, I know about problems that arose with Adina. She had been abused by a family member and had developed issues that had to be dealt with. I did not report this to the authorities being that the parents were aware of the abuse and was told that they were handling it.

When I heard that Shani was engaged to Adina’s brother, I immediately became concerned. My concerns were multi-faceted.

First of all, Shani’s parents are very sweet and are not the types to have done deep research for her with regards to shidduchim.

Secondly, I don’t know if Adina was hurt by this brother (the one who is engaged to Shani) or by another brother.

Thirdly, if the chosson is not the abuser, I don’t know if Shani’s parents are aware of this and if they are aware that there is a sibling who is hurting another sibling and may be around when grandchildren are in the picture.

As you can see, there are many prongs to this question. Any insight would be helpful. *Toby

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The Panel The Rebbetzin Rebbetzin Faigie Horowitz, M.S. oby, since you are a teacher, you know that you need to handle this with others of authority, sensitivity, and influence. In other words, enlist your principal first of all. S/he surely knows about Adina’s background and what the facts are.

If s/he doesn’t, s/he can reach the appropriate rabbi/mentor who was involved with Adina’s situation and determine what went on. Then, s/ he needs to take responsibility and decide what to do next with regard to Shani and her parents. Her family rav must be involved even if it was the other brother who was the perpetrator. There will have to be extensive counseling, of course for Shani’s parents and for Shani, at the very least. The principal will also have to be in touch with the chosson’s mentor and therapist (with permission).

In other words, this is a grave situation with many prongs as you correctly noted. Someone with power and influence who is seasoned, knows halacha, and can work with several players needs to be brought in to help the situation with wisdom and sensitivity. Higher level poskim and therapists will have to be brought in. This is the job of someone with broad shoulders and experience. It is your role to bring it to the attention of the principal who can take it further. It is not your role to handle this yourself, in my opinion.

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his is an extremely serious issue that must not be taken lightly.

As a teacher, you are in a particularly difficult bind. For the purpose

of my answer, I will assume that, as a mandated reporter, you did what was legally needed in order to protect the health and safety of your student and the rest of her family.

You know things about Adina, the chosson’s sister, which will make or break the shidduch. On the one hand, you feel morally responsible to say something to Shani. On the other hand, your information about this boy could be information unrelated to this boy and only connected to his brother. Additionally, there are situations I have heard of where siblings are diagnosed with personality disorders which can include pathological lying and other malicious attention-seeking behaviors. I am not making any judgments about your situation; I just would like to put all the issues on the table. As a shadchan, I have seen it all.

You describe Shani as sweet and innocent, with unassuming parents. Could it be they know nothing about this piece of history and their daughter has made a huge mistake?

Or could they be aware, have looked into it, and found information stating this is safe for their daughter after all? My advice to you is to put in a call to Shani’s parents rav and explain the circumstance. It is very likely that, if they were aware of the situation, their rav would have been consulted. Discuss the situation with him at length and come up with a course of action prioritizing the safety of everybody involved.

To our readership reading this: parents in the shidduch world must do their due diligence to make sure the singles their children are dating are healthy, worked through people.

I cannot overstate the importance of looking into middos and emotional health. So many times, references’ questions are purely materialistic.

“What kind of car does the father drive?” “Does the boy wear blue shirts or only white?” “Does he wear a hat to shul during the week? Or only Shabbos?” “Are they well off?

How long can they support?” “Does

she wear heels during the week or only on Shabbos?” “Is the family baalebatish?” “Do they cover their tablecloth with a plastic?” “Does he wear designer clothing? He must fit in to our circles.” “Where do they go for Pesach?” And the list goes on and on.

None of these outer trappings will matter if your daughter marries a boy who is picture perfect on the outside but broken or emotionally disturbed on the inside. Do your research; ask the right questions from the right people who actually know the boy currently.

May you have much hatzlacha and clarity in this difficult conundrum!

To not report suspected abuse is to knowingly feed a child to alligators.

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ou are guilty of criminal misconduct.

You know, or should know, that

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teachers and guidance counselors are mandated reporters of child abuse. Along with physicians, dentists, psychologists, nurses, and social workers, educators who fail to report suspicions of child abuse can be charged with a crime in New York State.

In your misguided attempt to protect the family from embarrassment, you enabled a predator to possibly abuse other young women and children. Why is it that you are only

lives, and the church’s reputation has been ruined.

Now, of course, whether personally or anonymously, you must immediately inform Shani’s family.

(Note to readers: If you suspect a case of child abuse, please call the Administration for Child Services (ACS) 800-342-3720.

Your call, by law, remains anonymous and confidential.

My good friend, Rabbi Yakov Horowitz, principa l of t he Darchei Noam Yeshiva in Monsey, has been a leading advocate in the fight aga i nst ch i ld abuse in the Orthodox commuTherapists nity. All parents

now alarmed, when you realize that one of your own precious students and her children might be at risk?

What about the rest of our community?

Witness what has happened in the Catholic Church. For many years, clergymen and lay officials knew about abuses but attempted to sweep these reports under the rug and avoid scandal. As a result, thousands of victims now live shattered

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Pulling It All Together The Navidaters Dating and Relationship Coaches and

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’d like to take this opportunity that Toby’s letter has afforded us to share the following. While our communities have made tremendous strides to address and stop child abuse, we still have a ways to go. Children must not only be protected from adult predators, they must be protected from minor predators as well. A minor predator may be a friend, a group leader in shul, a mentor or a sibling. Acts perpetrated by minors require as much protection as acts perpetrated by adult predators. All adults, whether mandated reporters or not, have a responsibility to know the signs and symptoms of physical and sexual abuse and take action. Please familiarize yourself with signs and symptoms and if suspicious of abuse, call your local child protection hotline and ask an anonymous question. Here is one helpful website which will allow you to familiarize yourself with the signs of abuse. https://www.enoughabuse.org/gtf/ possible-signs-in-children.html

While we should not live in fear that anyone we meet may be a predator, we also cannot stick our heads in the sand and assume every situation we expose our children to is safe. Tell your children when they are very young about the privacy of their bodies and who is and who is not allowed to touch them. The next message to impart to our children is that they can always come talk to us...no matter what a grownup or other child tells them. They will never, ever, ever be in trouble for doing so! And anyone who may tell them that is lying to them!

Toby, I am really sorry that you are in this situation and my heart goes out to you. As a matter of fact, these situations are so painful, complicated, and delicate that I feel for all parties involved. Your role right now is to alert Shani’s family and share with them what you know.

If you cannot do this immediately because of fear or anxiety (which

many people in your shoes experience), I urge you to get Shani’s family’s rav involved to create a safe and smart game plan for all involved to move forward. If Shani’s chosson was not Adina’s abuser, this is wonderful news, but unfortunately, he may have been abused by his brother as well. Past the point of sharing what you know, you are not responsible for what happens.

I do hope that Adina’s family has dealt with their perpetrator son as well as the other siblings and that they have all received help and that the perpetrator has not violated other minors in the years before and since the offense.

Many times, well-meaning individuals do not make the report to the Child Protective Services because they are worried about hurting the entire family – parnassah is impacted, chances for shidduchim are decreased, and the family does indeed suffer embarrassment and shame. To not report suspected

and educators should familiarize their children with his book, “Let’s Stay Safe,” published by ArtScroll.)

abuse is to knowingly feed a child to alligators. Children are helpless, and the grownups in their lives are obligated to protect them from danger. There is no greater devastation than the destruction of a child’s neshama at the hand of a predator.

They are often sworn to secrecy, told it is their fault; their boundaries are deeply violated and they often have tremendous difficulty trusting well into their adult lives. Sexual abuse destroys lives.

Shani’s family may be well aware of the situation. They may be grateful to you or turn on you. They may be enraged with you for “sticking your nose where it doesn’t belong.”

Regardless, you will sleep well at night knowing that you have done the right thing not only for Shani and her family, but for the children who may be being abused by this man right now.

Sincerely, Jennifer Mann LCSW

Jennifer Mann, LCSW is a licensed psychotherapist and dating and relationship coach working with individuals, couples, and families in private practice at 123 Maple Avenue in Cedarhurst, NY. She also teaches a psychology course at Touro College. To set up a consultation or to ask questions, please call 516-224-7779, ext. 2. Visit www.thenavidaters.com for more information. If you would like to submit a dating or relationship question to the panel anonymously, please email thenavidaters@gmail.com. You can follow The Navidaters on FB and Instagram for dating and relationship advice.

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jewish women of wisdom

Up from Upkeep

By Rebbetzin Faigie Horowitz, MS

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he joy of maintenance is an intermittent one.

Or shall I say the appreciation of maintenance? Joy has become an important word, especially in terms of required chores. Even if Marie Kondo left the word out of her first groundbreaking book on minimalist housekeeping, the presence of joy in an experience has become a contemporary criterion. If an item doesn’t give you joy, she says, get rid of it. Spark Joy is her second one.

If a job doesn’t give you joy and you don’t feel passionate about it, the current wisdom says pivot, to use an even more up-to-the-minute word.

Change things that don’t give you joy is the message.

I disagree with the importance of joy. Joy is not a value in my book.

It’s a bonus. It’s like the misplaced worship of self-care. Both are means to an end. They are not goals unto themselves. They have value when they help us accomplish. Joy is a natural outcome of sustained, focused effort. Americans may have the right to pursuit of happiness but I don’t think this is the mark of a thinking adult, let alone a believing Jew.

Ho m e m a i nt e n a n c e and self-maintenance are repetitive and regular. You are never finished with them once and for all. They do not bear omission. If we don’t clean, do laundry, empty the trash, organize, pay taxes, water our lawns, etc. there are consequences to our comfort as well as appearance. The same is true of skin, teeth, clothing, physical health and hair. They all require regular attention.

When we were younger, maintenance tasks stood in the way of what we really want to do with our time.

There was so much we wanted to do and needed to accomplish. We want to move ahead in our careers, spend relaxing time with our families, devote time to interests, and experience new things.

The duties of upkeep are definitely annoying because we don’t enjoy them. They are adult chores that we do. A lot of today’s so-called hacks are things we figured out in our effort to streamline the unpleasant stuff and get to the stuff we liked.

You can’t hack them all, we learned.

Some can’t be delegated. You just have to go through them. You can-

not get around responsibilities for maintenance.

As family life slowed down when the kids left home, we got on with things. There was quiet and fewer demands on our time and pocketbooks.

There was more time to think about them. Some chores that got neglected during the busy years got more attention. For some, we established new routines that met our changed lives. We outsourced some, upscaled others. We figured out what and how things worked best for us and didn’t kvetch. We developed routines to do dry cleaning drop-offs, when to schedule annual medical checkups, handle invitations and correspondence, and deal with grooming, shopping, and exercise systemically.

That’s what adults do.

In the New York Times bestselling book Make Your Bed, retired Admiral William H. McRaven talks about the values he acquired in his military career. He starts off with the importance of this eponymous chore. He says if you want to change the world, start off by making your bed. Navy SEAL discipline required perfect hospital corners with a

blanket pulled so tautly that a coin bounced on it. This routine not only taught him self mastery and orderliness, but became a source of comfort and control when he was injured or depressed. An accomplishment be it as minor as making one’s bed can motivate you. A structured regular activity in the morning signals that you can accomplish something and be proud even when you cannot accomplish your big goal such as winning the battle during the day.

McRaven does acknowledge the support of faith for soldiers in combat and people in crisis, but he tells us to value the simple acts of disciplined maintenance.

Rebbetzin Rochel Sorotzkin’s legendary example is one that is closer to home even if it is further back in time. It happened in 1940, just after she and her new husband, Harav Boruch Sorotzkin, zt”l, fled their native Telshe to Siberia when the German invasion of Lithuania occurred.

Her father, the Telsher Rav and Rosh yeshiva Harav Avrohom Yitzchok Bloch, who later perished, together with all the townspeople and his yeshiva students after instructing the

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town’s Jewish populace about how die al kiddush Hashem, similarly prepared her for the journey.

Act normal, he told the kallah who left home during sheva brachos.

Establish routines, he instructed her during their final goodbyes. And so, she did. She served her husband their meager food on a nice tablecloth with cutlery on the trans-Siberian railroad, day after day. Despite her fear and the jeering comments by the fellow refugees, she kept it up in between her husband’s learning sessions. This lesson of structure during uncertainty served her well throughout their war years in Kobe and Shanghai and the rebuilding years that followed in Cleveland.

During our COVID quarantines, without structure and away from the pressures of outside performance, we all struggled with fear, uncertainty, and lack of motivation. For many of us midlifers, keeping to our routines became a source of joy. We all did a

lot of housekeeping and a lot more physical work for months before we let our help back in the house. We had the luxury of letting go in certain areas because we were confined. But most of us took pleasure, and yes,

ties: a lot of organizing, decluttering, and closet editing. The discipline of maintenance helped us through the crisis.

I can’t say that I love doing these tasks, even now after so many de-

Americans may have the right to pursuit of happiness but I don’t think this is the mark of a thinking adult, let alone a believing Jew.

joy, in accomplishing the maintenance routines. We took care of our wigs, handled our paperwork, and whatever we could do under the circumstances. And we did even more maintenance than the regular du-

cades of adulthood. But accomplishing them gave me sense of motivation and mastery of the situation. I can do it, as the Sesame Street book reinforced the toddlers’ sense of skill. I can keep to my maintenance routines

even when I can get away without doing many of them.

The young mothers got the gold stars during corona. They homeschooled. They worked. They kept house. They cooked and entertained antsy young ones in constricted quarters.

We midlifers can also take pride in our accomplishments during this stressful season. We managed uncertainty, stuck to our confinement months after our adult children, and upped our tech skills. We persevered at our maintenance routines and took joy from our resilience. We made our beds.

Take that, Marie Kondo! It’s not magical. It’s work and you gotta earn that magic. And we did it!

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Dr. Deb

Israel in Weird Times

By Deb Hirschhorn, Ph.D.

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woke up on Yom Kippur with vertigo. I had vertigo nine years ago. I remember because my Kew Gardens Hill bar mitzvah bochur was a toddler when my daughter came to pay a bikur cholim call on me then. The vertigo was very bad.

I could not stand up straight or walk without guidance. I could not hold down my food.

But this time, it was relatively mild. My daughter-in-law, a nurse, explained that elevation can cause it, so that was a good enough explanation for me as to why I got it now.

But maybe it’s better than getting COVID. In any case, I got through Yom Kippur very well, considering still being in bidud [quarantine].

In a way, that was a good part, too, because I got to really daven. You know? I had nothing else to do but daven!

I had been afraid of Yom Kippur; I was quite afraid of the fast because those that take care of my body and soul seemed to give me the message

that I was pretty sick, but I really wasn’t. I was fine. So much for that.

But meanwhile, I missed tashlich.

And I basically forgot about making it up until a lovely day on chol hamoed when my son texted me from across the street that they were going to tashlich at that moment. Unfortunately, when I got that message, I was feeling wobbly from the vertigo that had not left me. I decided to eat first, then daven, and then go to the nahal (brook) which was dried up but had a trickle of water for tashlich.

He texted me back not to do it because it was very hot. But who listens? I’ve never been one to be kept back by such things. After all, here I am! Against all my children’s warnings. So I texted him not to worry, and I kept on davening. In the middle of my davening, I heard the phone go off with another notification but when I later checked, it had been deleted. I imagine my son was going to insist I wait because it was really, really hot, but then desist-

ed from arguing with his stubborn mother.

Eventually, I set out. He’d given directions: Go to the traffic circle and make a left, going into the development. Keep going, and you’ll see it.

Sounded good enough. The walk was beautiful. It was about lunchtime, and many families could be heard talking from their sukkahs. Interestingly, I’d say half of them were English speakers.

I found the traffic circle and turned in. Came to the construction.

Speaking of which, there’s been a lot of growth since I was here two years ago. Now there’s something beyond aleph, bet, gimel. There’s mem-shalosh, too. And this gorgeous, long, very long, park. I should find my dried-up nahal around here.

I kept walking. I wasn’t sure if I had the right place so I called my son. He asked me to take a picture of it to send him. Meanwhile, I felt the part of my legs peeking out of my long-ish skirt starting to burn. I had

only been sitting on the bench about 5 minutes. Luckily, I’d brought water.

Then I proceeded to look in my machzor for tashlich. Uh-oh.

I couldn’t find it. And that was because I’d borrowed his for Rosh Hashana and then returned it, and the only one I brought with me was the one for Sukkos. Ooops. Well, I think it’s good to get mixed up and make mistakes. It proves we are all only human. So back to my apartment I trekked with an “experience” but no tashlich. But man, was it hot!

The next day, I went very early in the morning to avoid the blazing rays of sun, this time taking a route I could see from my children’s window and got there chick-chok, as they say. What I found was not at all a brook. Rather, as I stepped onto the grass, my feet started sinking and my ears heard a squishing. My first thought was, “Oh, no, I’m going to ruin my shoes!” Luckily, I didn’t, and I walked a few more paces in the squishy grass, moistened by the

underground and un-contained flow of water. I said tashlich, took a swig of water, and proceeded back up to my children’s place to return their machzor.

Simchas Torah was a true treat.

Unlike New York, the lockdown in Israel permits 20 people in a minyan rather than 10. And if you’re outside, the shul can have two of them at opposite sides of the building.

Good enough. My grandson was to lein next week Parshas Bereshis, so someone, maybe my son, maybe the shul, had the idea for him to lein for the yom tov. He was Chatan Bereishis.

Not only did he do a beautiful job but it was probably the first time since last Chanukah that I davened Hallel with a minyan. And I had the joy of standing up and proclaiming Chazak! Chazak! V’nitchazeik with the minyan as well. What’s more, I loved the singing for Hallel. It was only later on that I learned from my son that someone objected to the

singing because singing spreads coronavirus faster. Oy. Their Simchas Torah was my Shemini Atzeres, and so the next day, when it would be my yom tov, amid my family on their phones and

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are we so rooted to where we are?

Okay, change is hard. Do we need the world to turn into the same anti-Semitic mess that it was in before World War II in order to follow our hearts?

“Why not just make aliyah?” he wanted to know.

doing laundry, I had to go back into my imagination to bring up the lovely memory of the day before in order to feel a bit of the chag.

And that’s when my son got to work on me.

“Why not just make aliyah?” he wanted to know. “You said you believe we belong here, right?”

A hard question.

What’s keeping any of us? Why

One answer I have comes in response to my original question, the one I raised a week or two before I left: How do I feel about Israel now that there’s a lockdown and things are crazy because of COVID? And the answer is: Israel? What Israel? I was in an apartment which was located across the street from my family. I carried my passport every day and was afraid of being

asked where I was going. I took very short walks but didn’t want to accidentally exceed the kilometer limit.

So I did not see Israel. I saw a couple lovely streets in Israel, but no panoramic view for me. I did not see my old friends who had moved here or the few new friends I’d made on my various trips. Other than the glorious morning of their Simchas Torah, I did not experience shul. I didn’t even go to the merkaz (town center) to shop.

The weather has been lovely, and I got rid of the gecko and opened the single window standing between me and the outdoors. But that is about it. I can’t make my decision amid this weirdness. And I hope and pray this weirdness does not become the norm.

Dr. Deb Hirschhorn is a Marriage and Family Therapist. If you want help with your marriage, begin by signing up to watch her Masterclass at https://drdeb. com/myw-masterclass.

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Health & F tness

Your Weight and Covid-19

By Aliza Beer MS, RD, CDN

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he Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently issued a warning: being somewhat overweight (not only being considered obese) will increase the risk of a severe form of Covid-19.

At the start of this pandemic, it was clear that obesity played a significant role in the mortality rates of this disease, but new research has shown that even a moderate amount of excess weight will increase the likelihood of a severe disease. Currently, about 40% of the U.S. adult population is obese, and another 32% are considered overweight. This means that almost three-quarters of the American population is at an increased risk of severe Covid-19 if they were to get infected. Extra weight has been proven to increase risk of other diseases such as heart disease, diabetes, and many cancers but now we have an additional and very pressing concern.

The CDC issued its warning after reviewing multiple studies carried out in the United Kingdom and in Downstate Health Sciences University in Brooklyn, New York. After the researchers adjusted for age, diabetes and other factors, they found that Covid-19 patients who were overweight or obese were at an increased risk of requiring mechanical assistance with breathing and had higher mortality rates. In these studies, the overweight patients surprisingly fared even worse than the obese patients. Overweight patients were 40 percent more likely to die than healthy weight patients, but obese patients were 30 percent more likely when compared to healthy weight patients. These percentages are sig-

nificant and alarming.

So what is a healthy weight? A healthy weight is calculated using a person’s Body Mass Index, which is an estimate of how much body fat a person has and is based on height and weight. BMI can easily be googled and a calculator located online can help you determine your BMI number. People with a BMI of less than 18.5 are underweight; a range of 18.5 and 24.9 is considered to be of healthy weight. A BMI of 25-29.9 is considered to be in the overweight range, and a BMI of 30 or more is obese. The downside to using BMI as a tool to determine healthy weight is that it is a universal calculation and does not differentiate between gender and age. The issue with that is women usually have more fat than men, and

a woman that is 5’5” should have a range of 112.5-137.5 pounds. Similarly, a man at 5 feet should be 106 pounds and for every inch above that add 6 pounds, plus and minus 10 percent for his range. So a man whose height is 5’ 10” should weigh between 150-182. These calculations are not taking into account a person who is very muscular and exercises often.

Muscle weighs more than fat and will inflate the number on the scale. Additionally, there are some people that have a larger and heavier frame than others. So don’t panic if your BMI indicates that you are overweight, but rather take it as a sign that it’s time to

Although BMI is not an exact science, it can give us an overall idea if a person is within a healthy range.

older people generally have more fat than younger people. Athletes tend to have less fat than non-athletes.

Although BMI is not an exact science, it can give us an overall idea if a person is within a healthy range.

Another trick I learned when I was a student was that a woman of 5 feet should be 100 pounds, and every inch above that add 5 pounds, take that number and add and subtract 10 percent and that will be the person’s healthy weight range. For example,

see your physician to get an accurate assessment as to how much you as an individual should weigh.

It’s not just the weight that is important but how the body stores the weight. I once had a patient who had a healthy BMI but stored all of his fat in his abdomen. He had heart disease and his cardiologist referred him to me to help him achieve weight loss.

Abdominal obesity can increase the risk of heart attacks and may also cause compression of the diaphragm,

lungs, and chest cavity. This may lead to compromised breathing, which is an issue for someone with Covid-19, pneumonia, or other respiratory illness. Additionally, excess adipose tissue, which is the fat accumulated by the body, can cause chronic low-grade inflammation in the body. This will compromise our immunity, which needs strengthening not weakening in our current health climate.

If you gained those extra pounds due to quarantine, or had them even before the pandemic, now is the time to reassess and prioritize what’s really important. It behooves all of us to eat healthier and smarter than we ever have before. Don’t focus on the ideal weight if the number feels too far out of reach. Make small goals for yourself, then the larger goal will be easier to attain and maintain. Even a 7-10% weight loss can make a huge impact on your metabolism. Once you reach that goal, go for the next 10% and so on.

Don’t give up on yourself! As we have all learned, there are many things in life that are out of our control. What you eat, however, is completely within your control – you just have to decide to seize control.

Aliza Beer is a registered dietitian 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, and you can follow her on Instagram at @alizabeer.

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Parenting Pearls

Keeping Them Active

By Sara Rayvych, MSEd

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ach season brings with it some changes and adjustments. Now that it’s fall and we’re getting into the colder months, our family has had discussions and has started to make plans for increased physical fitness. I thought it was worth sharing some of the reasons why.

Why now?

During the summer, the kids are naturally more active. With warmer weather and more daylight hours, the kids are out and about running and playing. Whether they’re in camp or at home, they’re active and moving.

Once fall sets in, the weather starts to become too cold to go out for long and the early nightfall leaves little time for outdoor play. This year, the issue is even more pronounced. Usually, kids have plenty of time to move during recess and physical education classes in school. With COVID restrictions in place, the kids are less able to get in that extra movement their bodies need.

Why is exercise important?

I don’t even know if this question needs to be asked. I think it’s pretty well established by medical and mental health professionals that exercise plays a vital role in both physical and mental health. Countless articles are written on this topic by various professionals. I won’t go into the details you’ve already seen elsewhere.

You already know that it’s great for your health and helps to maintain a healthy weight and positive mood.

You may also realize that your children gain the same benefits. Littler bodies are meant to move – a lot.

I don’t think people realize to what extent they benefit emotionally from exercise. We always need good emotional health but even more so when

we’re in a time of increased stress, such as what we’re currently experiencing. Your kids need that extra burst of endorphins just like you do.

I certainly don’t think enough is said about the educational benefits to kids who move and exercise. Kids who are active learn better. There, I’ve said it. Some kids even need to move during or in between educational activities. There are many teachers who incorporate movement into the classroom for this very reason. One of my children was given a protocol of physical activity to do by an OT to help that child learn better.

I am not a doctor, physical therapist, nor a social worker. What I am is a mom (and educator) who can give you some ways our family has kept active.

How? There are many ways to get your children moving. Older kids will naturally enjoy different ways to be active than the younger set. I can give some ideas but you know your children best and what interests them.

Movement should be fun and not torturous. Making time for physical movement can be such fun that your child will look forward to it each day.

Find an activity they like or look online for suggestions. There are ways to move and exercise that you’ve never even heard of before!

There are both formal classes and informal ways to get your children moving. There are pros and cons to both approaches, and parents need to decide what works best for each child.

Some children will do better with structured activities, while many children won’t require or benefit from that at all.

Young children are naturally on the move and happy to roll and play.

We have less furniture and more open space in some areas to allow more room for tumbling and activity. The younger kids usually don’t need much to get them active, and they don’t require special equipment.

Pillows or mats are a great place to roll, and kids can jump and move. We have small riding toys for indoor use, and our little guys are happy to zoom around the main floor with them. It was rather remarkable seeing how our toddler improved his coordination through riding around. You can also hand them a very soft ball to play with in a room that doesn’t have much to break. If your youngster needs extra encouragement, you or a sibling can join them and they will love the special time together.

Any time they can get outdoors they’re happy to take advantage of it and they’re often the easiest ones to accommodate. For families that prefer more structure at home, there are exercise-themed CDs from Morah Music that encourage children to move and dance along to the music.

Elementary-aged kids are also naturally very active in their play. If they’re given the opportunity, they will play in parks, run with their friends, or play active games. They enjoy tag and similar games so they often need only minimal encouragement. You can suggest activities/ games or give them basic equipment such as mats, jump ropes, balls or music to move to. There are videos online and formal classes for this age, and some children will not only benefit from them physically but will also gain a new skill or learn a new sport.

Many kids won’t need the videos or classes but it is an option for those who need them or will enjoy. Make sure that you approve any videos before showing them to your children.

Middle and high school kids are often past the informal movement of the younger crew. They really enjoy group sports but that’s often not an option during the winter or a pandemic. They can be encouraged to do sports individually, with a parent or with their siblings. They are old enough that they can pick a sport or activity and really get into it.

Ask them what they like, offer some suggestions, and work with their interests. Your teen might really enjoy learning a new skill or sport and finding a new athletic passion. We have invested in a chin-up bar, resistance bands, and other basic equipment to encourage activity. We don’t have a large house, a fact I appreciate every Pesach, but I still try to maximize the open space in my house to give even our big boys some room for activity and gentle sport playing. It’s amazing how much they can do with some open space and creativity.

Movement as bonding Many people may not appreciate how much exercise can become a way to bond with your child. Doing an enjoyable activity together can become a way to bond and enjoy each other’s company. I used to walk and workout while wearing my baby in a baby carrier. I recently did a push up challenge with one of my teens. We had a great time together while getting stronger.

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My friend is doing a dance class with her daughter.

There are so many ways you can turn physical activity into an enjoyable experience with your child. Your child will be more motivated and you may be shocked by how much fun you have together.

but I think it matters who teaches the class. The instructor helps maintain the proper tone in the class and ensures children don’t get injured. You want a class that is both encouraging and avoids unhealthy levels of competition between children. You also

a physical therapist, I trusted that he would avoid doing anything that could cause injury or pain. I also saw how he worked with my child and knew he would maintain the proper social environment in the class. I was happy to see that my boys came

Words of caution Any activity kids engage in should be done safely. Speak to their pediatrician first regarding any health concerns. Make sure the child knows how to do the activity correctly.

While much play can be done without training, some exercises or sports can cause injury if they’re not done correctly, especially if they require special equipment. Proper warming up prior and stretching afterwards is important to prevent injury or soreness.

Formal classes can offer a lot to children, and we have many options locally. It is just my opinion (and perhaps based on some experience, too)

There are so many ways you can turn physical activity into an enjoyable experience with your child

want a class where the children are shown how to do each activity properly and not injure or stress their still-developing bodies.

As an example, a few years ago, our boys took a class with Jason Bernstein, who was also our child’s physical therapist. Because he was

home from class each time excited and sharing their experiences and not upset if they had lost a race. It’s important that when kids compete, it’s done in a way that each child is built and not destroyed.

The importance of the instructor was further strengthened for me two

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months ago when, based upon my health provider’s suggestion, I started a women’s fitness class at Warren Levi Karate. I started experiencing intense back pain outside of class. After telling my instructor what was happening, she asked me for the details, consulted with a physical therapist, and gave me clear directions on how to modify exercises. All exercises in class were modified for me, and I healed within days from what could’ve become a terrible back injury.

Keeping physically active is important for everyone, and especially for our children now. Set them up now for a winter of fun and healthy movement. Consider joining with them and making it a winter you won’t soon forget.

Sara Rayvych, MSEd, has her master’s in general and special education. She has been homeschooling for over 10 years in Far Rockaway. She can be contacted at RayvychHomeschool@gmail.com.

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In The K

tchen

Lime and Thyme Spatchcocked Chicken

By Naomi Nachman

Growing up, my mum always made a whole chicken for Shabbat dinner. To this day, I can still

remember the juices as they ran off the chicken

as she carved it. Each week, I looked forward to the aroma of that chicken. Fast forward to my kitchen in my own home � I have learned how to cook a whole chicken, but I prefer to use the

spatchcocked method. That means cutting out

the backbone of the chicken with cooking shears, knife or scissors, then flattening the chicken,

and tucking in the wings. This produces a moist and flavorful chicken.

Yields 4 servings

Ingredients

Preparation

b1 (4-pound) Empire Kosher whole chicken, spatchcocked b¼ cup extra virgin olive oil b6 sprigs thyme b2 limes, sliced b6 cloves garlic bKosher salt bFreshly ground black pepper

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Preheat oven to 425°F.

2. Place lime slices, thyme and garlic cloves in a large roasting pan or a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.

3. Place the chicken, breast side up, on top of limes; generously season with salt and pepper and drizzle with olive oil.

4.

Bake for about 45-60 minutes, until cooked through. The internal temperature of the chicken should reach 165°F

5. To serve, cut up the chicken into quarters or eighths, spoon pan juices over chicken, and garnish with fresh lime and thyme sprigs.

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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A RAMBAM MAN Never leaves a supermarket wagon in the parking lot. ♦ Recognizes the “Don’t” in “Don’t cut the line.” ♦ He is the one who offers the “first sip” through which he gives more than a soda. ♦ The first 10 in minyan. ♦ A Rambam Man is the one campaigning, not complaining. ♦ He doesn’t ask, “Is that everything?” he is the one asking, “What else can I help you with?” ♦ He is an idea which leads the chabura, davens for the amud, and gives shiur. ♦ He is the “r” that protects the word “Friend.” ♦ Recognizes the “Don’t” in ”Don’t forget the milk.” ♦ He is the one who wears a scarf to make his mother happy. ♦ Knows that you never take the last cookie. ♦ A Rambam Man celebrates a victory by shaking the other player’s hand first. ♦ He doesn’t ask, “Where’s the exit?” he knows where the fire extinguisher is. ♦ He is the husband who is present when he is there. ♦ Recognizes that you don’t just love Israel, you represent it. ♦ He is the space between “nowhere” and “now here.” ♦ Helps clean up after the simcha is over. ♦ A Rambam Man is first to be asked and the last to demand. ♦ He cheers for the other team too. ♦ The one calling at 12:00AM to wish you a happy birthday. ♦ Recognizes that you look for the pass before the shot. ♦ He helped pump out the basement regardless of whether the house had a mezuzah. ♦ A Rambam Man doesn’t ask, “Can I do it later?” he asks, “How about right now?” ♦ The one who reads the word “untied” as “united.” ♦ He calls his friend when he sees he isn’t in school... and photocopies his notes for him. ♦ The one who is always standing on the subway because he always gives up his seat. ♦ He is the idea that you put your siddur and chumash back after davening. ♦ He is the husband who turns around to check on you. ♦ The one doing the “don’t” favor. ♦ The one who carried the bags but refused the tip. ♦ A Rambam Man never leaves shiur without thanking the Rebbe. ♦ A Rambam Man never leaves class without thanking the teacher. ♦ He is an idea which makes partner, starts a company, heads a practice, and chairs a committee.

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Mind Y

ur Business

The Economy, Covid, and Cash Flow

By Yitzchok Saftlas

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very Sunday evening since July 2015, Yitzchok Saftlas, CEO of Bottom Line Marketing Group, hosts 77WABC’s “Mind Your Business” show on America’s leading talk radio station. The show features Fortune 500 CEOs, CMOs, and top business leaders where they share their business knowledge and strategic insights on how to get ahead in today’s corporate world. Since Q2 2017, the 77WABC “Mind Your Business” show has remained in the coveted Nielsen “Top 10” in New York’s highly competitive AM Talk Radio market. Guests have included John Sculley, former CEO of Apple and Pepsi; Dick Schulze, founder and Chairman Emeritus of Best Buy; Beth Comstock, former vice chair of GE; and Captain Sully Sullenberger, among nearly 200 senior-level executives and business celebrities.

TJH will be featuring leading questions and takeaways from Yitzchok’s popular radio show on a bi-monthly basis.

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n a recent 77WABC “Mind Your Business” broadcast, Yitzchok Saftlas (YS) spoke with guests Michael MacIntyre (MM), Investors Bank Head of Business Banking; Joe Orefice (JO), Investors Bank Executive Vice President and Head of Commercial Real Estate; Mark Baran (MB), Principal in the Tax Department at Marks Paneth LLP; and Angela Sadang (AS), Principal in the Advisory Services Group at Marks Paneth LLP.

Yitzchok: Angela, can you explain the term valuation?

AS: It’s really an analytical process. It’s a methodology for determining the monetary worth or the price of an asset, liability, business, company or even a person. It’s conducted by professionals such as myself – it’s neither strictly an art nor a science, but it’s a hybrid of both.

It’s not an exact science in the sense that no precise outcome or number

Joseph Orefice

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exists to measure value. It is a science in the sense that it involves math, statistics and economics, and involves logical and analytical reasoning. It’s also an art because it requires skills, knowledge, and experience to apply subjective judgment on the facts. Ultimately, it’s the market that determines the value of a business or an asset. And my role is to reasonably and logically estimate that value.

We’re really starting to see that kind of activity. Financings come up, maturities come up, things need to be done.

We’ve been trying to work with people during this time to move forward and do new business.

I think activity is starting to pick up, and we are starting to see some real movement for people to get projects going and get new things going.

MB: I am seeing quite a bit of activity right now. I can’t say that it’s a particular trend or a pattern or an exact answer, but no doubt there’s activity. There’s a tightening of finances and gloom and doom because people are seeing certain industries that are no doubt having difficulties. But there is also a pattern of creativity, there’s demand, and there’s interest. And that, quite frankly, is surprising. I’ve always told people that in this world of transactions, particularly small and midsized businesses, if you’re not familiar with it, expect the unexpected. This is an area where we’re in uncharted

territory. And Covid has changed the marketplace from my perspective.

YS: What kind of activity are you seeing in the market today?

JO: It’s been a wild ride and it’s been a very interesting time for us.

We spent a large part of our year working with our existing customers to get them through this interesting time of shutdowns and Covid and all those things. It’s obviously still going on. We’ve spent a big chunk of our time working with our customers to really help them as best we could position for the future. But at the same time, we try to do some new business, too.

YS: Mark, what are you seeing in terms of trends in the M&A market, particularly the small to middle markets?

MB: First, we need to understand where you are in the life cycle. So, if you had a deal pending before Covid hit, there’s a different trend. And interestingly, in that type of trend, people are now showing their hands. For example, we were in the middle of a deal when Covid hit, and we thought that this could fall apart. It turned out they wanted to do the deal even more and sweetened the pot. They were worried, and we had no idea. People are showing their hand, which is interesting.

If you’re contemplating a sale or a purchase, that’s a different story. Now we’re looking at trends where people are spending more attention to terms that they otherwise would not have focused on too much. They are look-

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ing at diligence much more carefully, and they’re assessing risk in different ways and looking at creative incentives. Callbacks are coming back now.

There’s a lot of that going on. It creates delays, logistical issues. But these are trends that I think are going to be here for a while.

A lot of these issues have always been around. Now they’re just more important than they were before.

YS: Michael, for small businesses, how are banks changing their credit appetite in today’s market?

MM: If you look back over the last five, six months, we’ve essentially been doing nothing but PPP loans and pointing customers to the SBA for all the disaster loans that are available to small businesses. Right now, we have a gap. PPP’s expired and we’re still waiting for guidance from Congress for future phases of PPP. We’re open for lending. We are at a point, though, where we are much more reliant on real time data from the customer as opposed to historically relying upon legacy results or previous results for a small business. We have less certainty in the future about the cash flows of a small business. But if someone wants to buy a truck today, we’re happy to look at that deal and look to finance it.

If someone’s looking for a line of credit to help them get through the cash flow cycles that they’re dealing with right now, we’re open to doing that.

The change that we’ve seen though, in the last several months, is being much more aware that customers have been severely impacted, severely harmed by this crisis. And we need much more real time data in order to advise a proper credit decision.

YS: Mark, as it applies to M&A, what’s your take on how the upcoming elections will affect that?

MB: The elections are going to be very interesting in terms of how this is going to relate, at least from my perspective and seeing the plans that are out there from both parties. But if there’s a change of administration, there’s clearly going to be a landscape where there’s going to be more regulation and more taxes. I’m not saying that negatively. But it is going to affect decisions. It’s going to affect financing.

It’s going to affect the bottom-line figure that a seller will receive post-tax, for example.

So that will have an impact. If the administration stays the same, I still think you’re going to see some tweaks because, with all the stimulus legislation, at some point it needs to be paid for. How that’s going to be done is going to be the subject of debate. But it’s definitely going to impact the M&A transaction environment.

YS: Angela, what opportunities have you been advising your clients in light of Covid-19?

AS: Lower values create a unique planning opportunity. It allows businessowners to transfer a greater portion of their business assets and reduce

dealing with closely held businesses or fractional interests in the business.

YS: Mark, are there any tips or resources that you would recommend in terms of businesses that accepted PPP funds and are looking to maximize their loan forgiveness?

MB: The tips I have is to make sure you document your reasons for the loan and how you use the loans. I can’t stress that enough – document, document, document. You don’t have to submit all your documentation when you apply for forgiveness. But if you’re audited or something changes, have a record because as time goes on, you’ll forget it. Be patient, too. A lot of people are understandably eager to get

“History proves to us that we’re pretty resilient and things will bounce back pretty well.”

their taxable estate. There’s a lot of opportunities in the gift and estate planning arena. The recent decline in market valuations is an opportunity to get those lower values, potentially allowing businessowners to gift assets using a lifetime exemption that would have otherwise resulted in a taxable event before the pandemic. Also, there’s this additional uncertainty surrounding the U.S. presidential election and what might happen to estate and gift tax exemption levels, so now may be the best time to do some gifting. With proper planning, the post transfer growth in the assets can potentially escape estate gift and generation skipping transfer taxes. Another economic development also makes transfer tax planning especially beneficial. In the current scenario, interest rates are currently very low, in part because of the government’s efforts to support the economy. I’ve seen a lot of intrafamily transfers, loans to family members. That’s become very popular in the past three months.

I approach each assumption with care. And, you know, one of the keys to many of these strategies is to obtain a supportable valuation, especially when

this out of the way and forgiven. (There might be a second round of PPP loans, with Congress discussing things and then expect more). I always tell people, expect the unexpected, expect more. This has been described to me like building an airplane by flying. So, we have a situation here where there’s resources the SBA has on their side, but there’s also resources with your professional advisors and others and even the banks. Everybody has really been helpful and sharing as much as they can.

YS: Are there any specific takeaways you want to share with us?

AS: You know, Covid-19 grabs all the headlines, but it’s not the only major development that will have potential impacts on valuation. The Fed, for instance, is buying up corporate bonds. There’s the upcoming election and low interest rates. And it’s always fascinating to look for opportunities behind the bad news.

MB: Just remember, everything is interrelated. There’s very little we do in transactions that doesn’t involve An-

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gela in our firm. So to the extent that you’re using a creative transaction, maybe a merger of some sort that’s tax-free, a divestiture or something like that, everything depends on valuation. We can’t test a tax-free deal unless we have the right valuation.

The interrelationship between everything that we discussed today is going to become more pronounced; it’s there now. It’s going to affect decisions going forward. And I think it remains to be seen how things will turn out in the future. We look forward to working with our clients.

JO: I find myself cautiously optimistic. I know there’s a lot of things in flux, elections and valuations and cash flows and Covid and all these things.

I think history proves to us that we’re pretty resilient and things will bounce back pretty well. So, I always approach the day pretty optimistically, and I’m optimistic going forward. I think it’s one of those moments that investors and bankers are great at, which is building relationships and seeing those relationships through the thick and thin that the economy brings to us.

MM: From my perspective, covering small businesses, we remain available to provide advice and counsel. It’s not about a transaction or a product or service. I speak to dozens of customers a week that have questions and are looking for advice and looking for some guidance. You really need to have a good trusted financial adviser, an accountant, or a lawyer who you should be consulting with on a regular basis.

You should be evaluating the risks that we are facing or the valuation of your company right now. In talking to your banker and talking to the team that I lead here, our selling point is really just to provide, reliable counsel, reliable advice, and recognizing that we’ve just come through a very traumatizing five months. Businesses have reinvented themselves over the last five or six months. And we are there to help them.

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Notable Quotes “Say What?!”

I said, “You’re not having my money!” I couldn’t find the panic button, so I got my stick and I really belted him with it.

- An 83-year-old shopkeeper in England who repeatedly wacked a 28-year-old robber with the cane she used after breaking her hip three years earlier, recalling the incident after winning a bravery award

I think he was quite shocked. He wasn’t expecting that. I bet he thought, “She’s getting on a bit.”

- Ibid.

Can someone explain why it appears a Lincoln statue was toppled in Portland? Asking for a friend.

- Tweet by Sean Lennon, son of the late John Lennon

The Pyramids of Giza were made under coercion from evil Pharaohs who were not very woke. I think we can all agree the Pyramids should be torn down immediately.

- Ibid.

I grew up receiving plenty lickings and I’m doing real good right now. So don’t come to judge me and judge my family. I’m sick of it.

It is disrespectful.

- Brooklyn Assemblywoman Diana Richardson in a Facebook rant after a media outlet called her out for beating her teenage child with a broomstick

I think for Putin, why he’s using this chemical weapon is to both kill me and, you know, terrify others. It’s something really scary, where the people just drop dead without… There are no guns. There are no shots, and in a couple of hours, you’ll be dead and without any traces on your body. It’s something terrifying. And Putin is enjoying it.

- Alexey Navalny, leader of the opposition in Russia who recently survived an assassination attempt by poisoning, on “60 Minutes”

Dr. Tony Fauci says we don’t allow him to do television, and yet I saw him last night on @60Minutes, and he seems to get more airtime than anybody since the late, great, Bob Hope. All I ask of Tony is that he make better decisions. He said “no masks & let China in.” Also, Bad arm!

- Tweet by Pres. Trump

I’m Caribbean! We discipline our children.

- Ibid.

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We urgently need your advice on how you could use your influence to convey a message / signal, etc. to stop what we consider to be politically motivated actions.

- A recently disclosed May 2014 email by corrupt Ukrainian energy company Burisma board adviser Vadym Pozharskyi to Hunter Biden, who was paid $50,000 per month to advise the company and who claims that his role had nothing to do with peddling access to his father

Dear Hunter, thank you for inviting me to DC and giving an opportunity to meet your father and spent [sic] some time together.

It’s realty [sic] an honor and pleasure.

- Another recently disclosed email, showing that Pozharskyi met Joe Biden, even though Joe Biden has repeatedly denied ever meeting with him

I love all of you. But I don’t receive any respect but that’s fine, I guess— works for you apparently. I hope you all can do what I did and pay for everything for this entire family [for] 30 years. It’s really hard. But don’t worry. Unlike Pop, I won’t make you give me half your salary.

–Text message sent by Hunter Biden to a family member, disclosed by Rudy Giuliani who reviewed Hunter’s hard drive which was left at a Delaware computer repair shop

There are three reasons I’m going to vote for Donald Trump in 2020 when I didn’t four years ago. First, I was simply wrong about Donald Trump on policy. Second, I wasn’t really wrong about Donald Trump on character, but whatever damage he was going to do, he’s already done, and it’s not going to help if I don’t vote for him this time. And third, most importantly, the Democrats have lost their…minds.

- Ben Shapiro, explaining why he is voting for Pres. Trump in 2020

I did have a glass of wine. I will tell you that I needed that at the end of the day.

- Judge Amy Coney Barrett, when a senator commented to her on the second day of her confirmation hearing that he hoped she rested up after the first day of hearings

Today the New York Times ran an oped about the Million Man March and Louis Farrakhan. If you read the oped and knew nothing about Farrakhan, you would think he was a gentleman…. Farrakhan: “I think Hillary Rodham Clinton is a part of, if you trace her lineage, she go right back to the Rothschilds. Her daughter is about to marry a Jewish young man. This is no accident.”…. There are hundreds more like this. When The Times ran the infamous anti-Semitic cartoon, the issue was not that editors were hardened anti-Semites.

It’s that they didn’t even *notice* it. This shouldn’t surprise. It’s part of a worldview in which Jew hate does not count.

- Series of tweets by Bari Weiss, who recently quit writing for the New York Times because of its hypocrisy and condoning hatred of all things not woke

[People] who have become white should not be lecturing Black people about oppression.

- Tweet by the New York Times writer responding to criticism of her article, arguing that Jews are now considered “white” because of success

Abraham Lincoln Franklin Roosevelt Theodore Roosevelt Thomas Jefferson Paul Revere George Washington Several of the 44 names on San Francisco schools that the San Francisco school Names Advisory Committee is considering changing because the names are “offensive” or “racist”

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If we’re actually going to be an antiracist school district, we have to confront practices like this that have gone on for years and years.

- The San Diego School District’s Superintendent explaining why the school district will no longer require students to hand in work on time, will no longer give an average grade for the year, and will not take attendance into account for grading purposes

Donald Trump threatens the existence of human life, of all life on this planet.

- Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), while campaigning for Joe Biden

The same people who said the fake Steele Dossier was real are now saying the real Biden laptop is fake. Interesting how that works.

- Rep. Jim Jordan (D-OH)

He has not dodged the question. What he has said is he’s not going to answer the question, and I think that that is a difference.

- Biden campaign National Co-Chair Rep. Cedric Richmond (D-LA) arguing on CNN that Joe Biden is not avoiding answering whether or not he plans on adding more seats to the U.S. Supreme Court if elected The Jewish Home | OCTOBER 29, 2015

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I know a lot of you out there are going through your own challenges, whether it’s cancer or another medical illness or some other life challenge. Maybe even in the hospital right now. Someone told me — I think this is good advice, may be helpful — the only thing that any of us are certain of is right now, today. That’s why I thank G-d every morning when I wake up. I thank G-d that I did. I try to make it the best day I can no matter what. I don’t look too far ahead. I certainly don’t look too far back. I try to remain committed to the idea what’s supposed to happen, will happen when it’s meant to.

– Radio host Rush Limbaugh while announcing on air that his cancer has progressed but he remains hopeful

Mr. Biden, Mr. Biden, what flavor milkshake did you get?

– A reporter frantically screaming out a question to Joe Biden as he exited a restaurant on the campaign trail, during his first appearance since it was disclosed that his son Hunter Biden took tens of millions of dollars from Ukraine, China and other countries in return for providing access to then-Vice Pres. Joe Biden and that there is evidence that some of the money went directly to Joe Biden

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Political Crossfire

Trump Needs to Stop Talking About Hunter Biden

By Marc A. Thiessen

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onservatives are rightly outraged by Twitter’s efforts to suppress the New York Post story about Hunter Biden’s emails and the mainstream media’s failure to take the story seriously. Republicans in Congress are right to investigate. And the Republican National Committee is right to file a complaint against Twitter with the Federal Election Commission for censoring the story.

But here is what President Donald Trump needs to understand: This election is not going to turn on Hunter Biden.

While the story might energize the president’s base, it won’t help him win over voters who are not already supporting his reelection. Americans already know that Hunter Biden was flying around the world cashing in on his father’s name and public office and that Joe Biden allowed him to do so. How they feel about that is already baked into their votes. Right now, in the midst of a pandemic-induced recession, they care more about their own families than Joe Biden’s family.

Unfortunately, the president is talking nonstop about the Biden family, calling it a “criminal enterprise.”

That is not the closing argument Trump needs to make before Election Day. His closing argument should be: I will restore the strong economy you loved before the pandemic hit and Biden will ruin it with massive tax increases and socialist spending.

Trump should be using his last debate, and his final days on the campaign trail, to win over reluctant voters who approve of his policies but not of him. Gallup reports that 56% of Americans say they are better off now than they were four years ago – a stunning number considering we are

in the middle of a pandemic and an economic crisis. Not only that, but a 49% plurality of Americans agree with Trump over Biden on the issues.

And yet, in the RealClearPolitics polling average, less than 43% say

coming home. He needs to encourage them, not drive them away. Biden is wooing those voters by stealing Trump’s economic nationalist message in an effort to convince voters that they can have the Trump econ-

Right now, in the midst of a pandemicinduced recession, they care more about their own families than Joe Biden’s family.

they are voting to give him a second term. Why? Because while they like Trump’s economic stewardship, they don’t like the chaos of the past four years – and so they are reluctant to give him four more.

Trump’s job is to change their minds. If he can moderate his behavior for just two weeks, that is an achievable goal. The polls in swing states are tightening. Some reluctant Trump voters are slowly, grudgingly

omy without Trump. The president needs to counter that argument by painting a picture of what America will look like if he wins the election – and what a disaster it will be if Biden does.

Railing about Hunter Biden does nothing to advance that message. Neither does telling a reporter that Biden “is a criminal…and you know who’s a criminal here? You’re a criminal for not reporting it.” Quite the opposite:

It helps Biden by showcasing everything these voters dislike about the president. If that is Trump’s tone and message during Thursday’s debate, it will be a disaster.

The best evidence that Trump’s strategy of focusing on Hunter Biden is backfiring? On Monday, Joe Biden called a lid on his campaign until Thursday’s debate. That’s right: With just two weeks to go before Election Day, Biden is leaving the campaign trail for almost four days – ceding the stage to Trump. He clearly believes the president will use that stage to Biden’s advantage.

Instead, Trump should use it to address reluctant voters’ concerns.

During his 2004 reelection, President George W. Bush delivered a message targeted at reluctant Bush voters. “In the last four years, you and I have come to know each other. Even when we don’t agree, at least you know what I believe and where I stand,” he said.

“You may have noticed I have a few flaws, too.... Some folks look at me and see a certain swagger, which in Texas is called ‘walking.’ Now and then I come across as a little too blunt – and for that we can all thank the white-haired lady sitting right up there,” pointing to Barbara Bush.

The message was: I know I rub some of you the wrong way. I get it.

But here is why you should vote for me anyway. That self-awareness gave reluctant Bush voters permission to vote for him, despite his perceived flaws. Trump has not sent a similar message to his reluctant voters. It’s not too late to do so. But he needs to stop wasting his closing argument talking about Biden’s family and focus on these voters’ families. (c) 2020, Washington Post Writers Group

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Political Crossfire

An Interview with President Trump

By Marc A. Thiessen

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hree weeks before Election Day, President Donald Trump is trailing in the polls but he remains confident of victory.

“We have tremendous enthusiasm,” he says in an interview. “They only have negative enthusiasm….

Negative enthusiasm doesn’t win races. Positive enthusiasm, meaning they like somebody” is how elections are won.

Speaking with me and my American Enterprise Institute colleague Danielle Pletka for our podcast, he cites a Fox News poll showing that 49% of Americans think their neighbors are supporting him (“These people know their neighbors,” he says) and a Hill-HarrisX poll that many Americans think others lie to pollsters when asked about their voting preferences, as evidence that the polls are wrong.

Trump has just returned to the campaign trail after contracting covid-19. I asked how getting covid-19 affected him and his outlook on the novel coronavirus.

“You know, I’ve lost five friends,” he says, “some very close to me, and

they were gone very quickly. And now, when I think of what I went through, I think that we would have saved those people. You know, we’ve had a tremendous increase in really great drugs. And whether it’s Regeneron or the Eli Lily version of a similar drug, the antibody drugs.

So, we’ve done a lot of great work in a short period of time and FDA has been terrific.”

Trump has promised that every American will have free access to the same drugs and therapeutics he got.

Trump has been criticized for pushing too hard to end the lockdowns and reopen the economy.

But just this week, David Nabarro, a doctor and special envoy on covid-19 for the World Health Organization, stated that “we in the World Health Organization do not advocate lockdowns as the primary means of control of this virus.” Nabarro noted the devastation lockdowns have wreaked around the world, especially for the poor: “It seems that we may well have a doubling of world poverty by next year. We may well have at least a doubling of child malnutrition.”

The president was way ahead on the dangers of lockdowns, so he would be right to feel vindicated.

“But you look at depression, you look at drugs, you look at alcoholism, you look at all horrible things that were taking place with these – people are just locked in their homes, their apartments, they couldn’t leave. And it’s a terrible thing. And I came up – I think it was me – the cure can’t be worse than the problem itself.”

We discussed the new Gallup poll that finds 56% of Americans say they are better off now than they were four years ago – a stunning number considering that we are in the midst of the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression, triggered by the worst pandemic since 1918 and followed by the worst racial unrest since the 1960s. In 2012, when Barack Obama won reelection, only 45% of Americans said they were better off; in 2004, when George W. Bush won a second term, only 47% said they were better off; even during the 1984 reelection campaign of Ronald Reagan – the man who coined the phrase “Are you better off now than

you were four years ago?” – only 44% answered yes.

So, with 56% saying they are better off, Trump should be cruising to reelection. Yet, according to the RealClearPolitics average, only 42.2% of voters say they plan to vote for the president. I asked him why so many voters approve of his policies but not of him and what he can do to win them over in the next three weeks. “Look, all I can do is create the greatest economy ever and we’re doing that,” he says. “We’re doing it at a level that people are shocked.

Because, again, I say we’re rounding the turn…. I think people are going to want law and order. I think they’re going to want a great economy.”

Yes, they do. But swing voters also want their president to be presidential – and that is not what many of them felt they saw in the first debate. A New York Times/Siena College survey of voters in Florida and Pennsylvania found that 65% disapproved of the president’s debate performance – including one-third of his supporters. The president needs to turn those impressions around.

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He needs to spend the next three weeks explaining to Americans who approve of his policies but not of him why they should vote in their own self-interest and give him a second term.

Biden is making a play for those voters. He’s been using Trump’s language on the economy, talking about buying and building American, and portraying himself as a moderate who is pushing back on the radical elements of his party. His argument is: You can have all that you like about Trump without all that you dislike.

Trump needs to remind them: If you are better off now than you were four year ago, don’t forget who was in office four years ago. It was the Obama-Biden administration. Do you want to keep that recovery going or risk it all on the guy who helped preside over the slowest recovery in American history?

The president believes the economic recovery will help persuade these voters.

“Look, I built the economy once and now I’m building it a second time,” he says. “It’s going to be even better than it was last year…. We’re

before the election…. I think you’re going to have numbers are going to be record setting numbers.”

Americans already trust him over

I asked him why so many voters approve of his policies but not of him and what he can do to win them over in the next three weeks.

going to set new records, we’re setting new jobs records. 11.4 million in the last four and a half months. We’re setting new economic record, retail sales, housing. Take a look at what’s going on. It’s amazing. And the good news, I guess, I hope, is that your third quarter numbers are going to be released about two or three days

Biden on the economy. What Trump needs to do is convince them that the next four years will be different than the last – that he can end the rancor and unite the country.

“If we didn’t have covid come along, we would have a unified country right now. Because success was bringing it together,” he says. Before

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the pandemic, “I was getting calls from Democrats and people that normally I wouldn’t be talking to too much. They wanted to get together, they wanted to work things out.

There were tremendous discussions going, and then we got hit with covid and that superseded everything.”

He says that if he wins reelection, his opponents will finally have to accept his presidency and begin working with him.

“I really believe that they will say it’s time, it’s time,” he says. “Success will bring our country together….

We’re going [to] make the economy stronger than ever before. The best year we’ve ever had was last year. The best year we will ever have is going to be next year and that’s going to bring people together.”

Right now, that message is not getting through. The president has just under three weeks to change that. (c) 2020, Washington Post Writers Group

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Forgotten Her es

U.S. Paratroopers in World War II

By Avi Heiligman

General Dwight D. Eisenhower talks with members of the 101st Airborne Division as they prepare to parachute into France on D-Day

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hroughout history, armies have always looked for a way to have an advantage on the battlefield. One strategy has been to place soldiers behind enemy lines and create a two-front battle. Soon after the invention of the airplane during World War I, the concept of airborne troops dropping behind the lines to synchronize an attack with the infantry was brought to the table. However, the notion of dropping soldiers from an airplane was a very radical idea that many officers thought was impossible to implement. It wasn’t until World War II that large formations of paratroopers were trained and dropped behind enemy lines.

American airborne units made several combat drops in both the European and Pacific theaters of war.

Some, like the drops in Normandy, are famous while others, like ones by the 509th Airborne Infantry Regiment, aren’t as well-known.

As the United States entered the war in December 1941, they were well behind other countries in creating

large airborne divisions. A test platoon under William Ryder had been activated the year prior, and under General Bill Lee the first parachute school was opened at Fort Benning, Georgia. Some parachute regiments were activated in the months prior to Pearl Harbor and soon larger groups of paratroopers in the form of divisions were formed. In August 1942, Lee became the first commanding general of the newly formed 101st Airborne Division which soon received the nickname the Screaming Eagles.

That same month, the 82nd “All American” Airborne Division was activated under Major General Ridgeway.

Both of these divisions would see a lot of action during the war, but it was the independent 509th Airborne Infantry Regiment that would make the first American combat jump of World War II. They were also the first paratroopers sent overseas when they reached Scotland in preparation for Operation Torch. In November 1942, the 2 nd Battalion of the regiment boarded 37 transport planes and

dropped near Oran in North Africa.

The drops were scattered, and 28 planes didn’t even drop their troops.

Instead, they landed on a dry lake bed and the paratroopers marched to their objectives. Needless to say, their role in the battle was negligible but many lessons were learned.

Scouts from the 509 th were dropped on a small Italian island in September 1943 and tricked the German commander into surrendering to their numerically smaller force.

A few days later, the 509th made a combat jump to spearhead the Italian mainland invasion. After being relieved in Italy, the battalion was sent into France as part of Operation Dragoon. They helped stop the German attack in December 1944 during the Battle of the Bulge. Most of the original 900 paratroopers had been injured by early 1945, and the rest were absorbed into the 82nd Airborne Division.

At 12:15 a.m. on June 6, 1944, paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne, the 101st Airborne and the British 6th

Airborne Division began to land behind the lines in France. Coming in on C-47 Skytrains and motor-less gliders, the troops were badly scattered across the countryside. Several groups of small men gathered and went to secure their objectives. One group in particular gathered about 100 men and fought to open a causeway that opened up to Utah Beach.

The Germans kept on sending back messages that there were many more paratroopers than had actually landed. Thus, the scattered drops had an unexpected effect of making the Germans think that the main landings were elsewhere.

The 82nd Division was to parachute in at 2:30 a.m. and capture two key bridges over the Merderet River. However, their landings were more widespread than the 101st, and many men drowned in swamps that the Germans created from opening dykes. One of the bridges was captured, but the Germans took it back as the troopers had few reinforcements and even less ammunition. On

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D-Day + 1 (June 7), only one-third of the paratroopers from both divisions had been accounted for, and it would take a week or more for everyone to reach American lines.

The first part of Operation Market Garden in the fall of 1944 was the airborne assault called Market and the ground assault codenamed Garden.

The British 1 st Parachute Division, the American 82nd Airborne Division, the American 101st Airborne Division and the Polish 1st Parachute Independent Brigade dropped in The Netherlands near Eindhoven, Arnhem, and Nijmegen on September 17 and had a successful jump with few mishaps. This was in contrast to previous drops, which were scattered and had many casualties. Soon enough, American paratroopers ran into stiff German resistance and could not capture key bridges. In the northern sector, the U.S. 101st Airborne Division had secured most of its objectives, but failed to stop the Germans destroying the crucial bridge

over the Wilhelmina Canal at Son. On September 18, the 101st entered Eindhoven to the joyous celebration of civilians who were finally free of Nazi rule. The 82nd had secured their positions but faced determined German counterattacks. German engineers had placed explosives and had

togne. They marched over snow-covered terrain to the front and were not dropped. After holding out for several days, they were finally resupplied in Bastogne by airdrops. The 82nd was called up to stop German General Gerd Von Rundstedt’s force before it reached the Meuse River. They were

Along with two other American soldiers, they went up to the house and began interrogating the artist.

blown up canal bridges in the area.

The operation failed as the most important bridges could not be taken, and the American paratroopers were sent to refit and rest.

The 101st famously was surrounded by several German divisions during the Battle of the Bulge at Bas-

sent to the Liege area, where they put up a successful defense fighting off attack after attack for a week before they were able to advance.

During the final weeks of the European war, the western Allies made one last major airborne operation that involved 16,000 paratroopers.

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This time, it was the 17 th Airborne Division (nicknamed the Golden Talons) that got the call. Operation Varsity took place on March 24, 1945 and was a success as the Rhine bridges were taken quickly as well as several key positions crucial for the Allied advance.

Originally, the 13th Airborne Division was slated to participate in Operation Varsity but due to a lack of experience they were dropped from the plans. They were the only American airborne division to not see action during the war. The fifth airborne division, the 11th, was sent to the Pacific and participated in several operations. In an upcoming article we’ll delve into the paratroop drops in the Pacific Theater of Operation.

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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WOODMERE COMMERCIAL RE INWOOD OFFICE SPACE LOWEST PRICES IN TOWN! 500-7000 Square feet gorgeous office space with WATERVIEW in Inwood!

Lots of options. Tons of parking.

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EAST ROCKAWAY: Retail Stores WOODMERE on Busy Corner, 1000SF& Up Available, Great High Visibility Location, For Lease… Call for More Details Broker (516) 792-6698

APT FOR RENT SH Tudor colonial with INWOOD 4 brs & 2 baths on the 2nd floor, finished basement, beautiful yard, award winning SD 14. $849K BrandCAC, new bright and airy basement

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Brick SH col. on great block in heart of Cedarhurst. 4BRs & Brick SH col. on great block in heart of Cedarhurst. 4BRs & 2bths on 2nd floor, walk upWOODMERE attic, extremely low taxes. Tamar 5BR, 3.5bath center col. on oversized on very WOODMERE desirable 2bths on 2nd floor,WOODMERE walk uphall attic, extremely low prop. taxes.BAYSWATER Tamar BAYSWATER (917)902-0613 $899K block near Cedarhurst Park. Moshe(516)455-5364 $1.19M (917)902-0613 $899K WOODMERE WOODMERE WOODMERE

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Spacious colonial, huge eat-in kitchen, finished attic, finished Spacious colonial, Classic huge side hall eat-in col.side kitchen, w/ 4BR finished & col.

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3 fullw/ baths. attic, finished All&brs on the 2nd colonial, Classic huge side hall eat-in col.side kitchen, w/ 4BR finished & col.

3 fullw/ baths. attic, finished All&brs the 2ndClassic side hall col.side w/ 4BR 3 fullw/ baths.

All&brs the 2nd Classic hall 4BR 3Spacious full Classic hall 4BR 3Spacious full Classic hall 4BR 3 on full Classic hall& col.

4BR 3 on full basement, on a deep property. Malka( 516)967-1967 $679Kbasement, on floor, a deep fin. basement. property. Malka( Beautiful 516)967-1967 yard. Miri (646)515-8813 $679Kbasement, $799K on floor, a deep fin. basement. property. Malka( Beautiful 516)967-1967 yard. Miri (646)515-8813 $679Kbasement, $799K on floor, a deep fin. basement. property. Malka( Beautiful 516)967-1967 yard. Miri (646)515-8813 $679K $799K floor, fin. basement. Beautiful yard. Miri (646)515-8813 $799K baths. All brs on the 2ndfloor, fin. baths. All brs on the 2ndfloor, fin. baths. All brs on the 2ndfloor, fin. baths. All brs on the 2ndfloor, fin. basement. Beautiful yard. basement. Beautiful yard. basement.

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OPEN HOUSE 814 Oliver 10.25.20 11-12:30pm Miri (646) 515-8813 Miri (646) 515-8813 Miri (646) 515-8813 Miri (646) 515-8813 $799K $799K $799K Spectacular sun-drenched split with 4 br$799K colonial with finished

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basement, large eat in kitchen, over 7,000 sq ft lot. Won’t last!

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Chana 516-449-9692 BAYSWATER WOODMERE WOODMERE $814K

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Adorable 3br colonial in mint condition. Great yard, low taxes, Adorable 3br colonial in mint Greatw/ yard, low taxes, Adorable colonial in mint Greatw/ yard, low taxes, Adorable colonial in mint Greatw/ yard, low taxes, Airy & spacious exp.condition. split level home mother-daughter unit3br Airy & spacious exp.condition. split level home mother-daughter unit3br Airy & spacious exp.condition. split level home mother-daughter unit Airy & spacious exp. split level home w/ mother-daughter unit perfect starter home. Call malka (516) 967-1967 $649k perfect starter home.

Call malka (516) perfect starter home.

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Spacious colonial, huge eat-in kitchen, finished attic, finished Spacious colonial, Classic huge side hall eat-in col.side kitchen, w/ 4BR finished & col.

3 fullw/ baths. attic, finished All&brs on the 2nd colonial, Classic huge side hall eat-in col.side kitchen, w/ 4BR finished & col.

3 fullw/ baths. attic, finished All&brs on the 2nd colonial, Classic huge side hall eat-in col.side kitchen, w/ 4BR finished & col.

3 fullw/ baths. attic, finished All&brs the 2ndClassic side hall col.side w/ 4BR 3 fullw/ baths.

All&brs the 2nd Classic hall 4BR 3Spacious full Classic hall 4BR 3Spacious full Classic hall 4BR 3 on full Classic hall& col.

4BR 3 on full basement, on a deep property. Malka( 516)967-1967 $679Kbasement, on floor, a deep fin. basement. property. Malka( Beautiful 516)967-1967 yard. Miri (646)515-8813 $679Kbasement, $799K on floor, a deep fin. basement. property. Malka( Beautiful 516)967-1967 yard. Miri (646)515-8813 $679Kbasement, $799K on floor, a deep fin. basement. property. Malka( Beautiful 516)967-1967 yard. Miri (646)515-8813 $679K $799K floor, fin. basement. Beautiful yard. Miri (646)515-8813 $799K baths. All brs on the 2ndfloor, fin. baths. All brs on the 2ndfloor, fin. baths. All brs on the 2ndfloor, fin. baths. All brs on the 2ndfloor, fin. basement. Beautiful yard. basement. Beautiful yard. basement. Beautiful yard. basement. Beautiful yard.

Unique 5 br, 3.5 bath splanch on ColonialMiri in prime Academy area. 4br Miri (646) 515-8813 (646) 515-8813 Miri (646) 515-8813 Miri (646) 515-8813 quiet cul-de-sac in $799K prestigious on one level,$799K huge den. Pool and $799K $799K

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much more Call Raizie

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SD 14. Beautiful above ground

saltwater pool with treks Beautiful exp 5br 4bth high ranch w/ 3 lvls of living space, Beautiful exp SH Tudor 5br 4bth colonial high ranch with 4w/ brs 3 lvls & 2 baths of living on space, the 2ndBeautiful floor, finished exp SH Tudor 5br 4bth colonial high ranch with 4(917) w/ brs 3 lvls & 2 903-1778 baths of living on space, the 2ndBeautiful floor, finished exp SH Tudor 5br 4bth colonial high ranch with 4w/ brs 3 lvls & 2 baths of living on space, the 2nd floor, finished SH Tudor colonial with 4 brs & 2 baths on the 2nd floor, finished many updates throughout. Sarah (347)524-9147 $999K many updates basement, throughout.

CAC, beautiful Sarah (347)524-9147 yard, award winning $999K SD many 14. $849K updates basement, throughout.

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CAC, beautiful Sarah (347)524-9147 yard, award winning $999K SD 14. $849K basement, CAC,spacious beautiful yard, award winning SD 14. $849K deck, yard, $1.09M

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Bryna WOODMERE (516)322-4831 CEDARHURST $1.049M

Adorable 3br colonial in mint condition. Great yard, low taxes, Adorable 3br Airy colonial & spacious in mint exp.condition. split level home Greatw/ yard, mother-daughter low taxes, Adorable unit3br Airy colonial & spacious in mint exp.condition. split level home Greatw/ yard, mother-daughter low taxes, Adorable unit3br Airy colonial & spacious in mint exp.condition. split level home Greatw/ yard, mother-daughter low taxes, unit Airy & spacious exp. split level home w/ mother-daughter unit perfect starter home. Call malka (516) 967-1967 $649k perfect starter (legal home. w/ proper Call malka permits), (516) SD967-1967 #14 Chana$649k (516)449-9692 perfect $649K starter (legal home. w/ proper Call malka permits), (516) SD967-1967 #14 Chana$649k (516)449-9692 perfect $649K starter (legal home. w/ proper Call malka permits), (516) SD967-1967 #14 Chana$649k (516)449-9692 $649K (legal w/ proper permits), SD #14 Chana (516)449-9692 $649K

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Classic huge side hall col.side w/ 4BR & col.

3 fullw/ baths.

All&brs on the 2nd Classic huge side hall col.side w/ 4BR & col.

3 fullw/ baths.

All&brs on the 2nd Classic huge side hall col.side w/ 4BR & col.

3 fullw/ baths.

All&brs the 2ndClassic side hall col.side w/ 4BR 3 fullw/ baths.

All&brs the 2nd Spacious colonial, huge eat-in kitchen, finished attic, finished Spacious colonial, eat-in kitchen, finished attic, finished colonial, eat-in kitchen, finished attic, finished colonial, eat-in kitchen, finished attic, finished Classic hall 4BR 3Spacious full Classic hall 4BR 3Spacious full Classic hall 4BR 3 on full Classic hall& col.

4BR 3 on full SH on great block 516)967-1967 in heart Cedarhurst.

4BRs$799K & Brick SH on great block 516)967-1967 in heart Cedarhurst.

4BRs$799K & Brick SH on great block 516)967-1967 in heart Cedarhurst. & Brick on greatBeautiful block in heart Cedarhurst.

4BRs$799K & floor, fin.col. basement.

Beautiful yard.of Miri (646)515-8813 floor, fin.col. basement.

Beautiful yard.of Miri (646)515-8813 floor, fin.col. basement.

Beautiful yard.of Miri (646)515-8813 floor,SH fin.col. basement. yard.of Miri (646)515-8813 basement, on a deep property. Malka( 516)967-1967 $679Kbasement, Brick on a deep property.

Malka( $679Kbasement, on a deep property.

Malka( $679Kbasement, on a deep property.

Malka( $679K 4BRs$799K baths. brs on the 2ndfloor, fin. 3.5bath baths. brs on the 2ndfloor, fin. 3.5bath baths. brs on the 2ndfloor, fin. Tamar baths. on the 2ndfloor, fin. Tamar 2bths on hall 2nd floor, walk up attic, extremely low taxes.

Tamar 2bths on hall 2nd floor, walk up attic, extremely low taxes.

Tamar 2bths on hall 2nd floor, walk up attic, extremely low taxes.

2bths on 2nd floor, All walkbrs up attic, extremely low taxes.

5BR, 3.5bath center hall col. on oversized prop. on very desirable 5BR, 3.5bath center col. onAll oversized prop. on very desirable 5BR, center col. onAll oversized prop. on very desirable 5BR, center col. onAll oversized prop. on very desirable (917)902-0613 $899K (917)902-0613 $899K (917)902-0613 $899K (917)902-0613 basement. $899K block near Cedarhurst Park. Moshe(516)455-5364 $1.19M block near Cedarhurst Park.

Moshe(516)455-5364 $1.19M block near Cedarhurst Park.basement.

Moshe(516)455-5364 $1.19M Park.basement.

Moshe(516)455-5364 $1.19M Move rightBeautiful into this one-of-a-kind Charming 3 br, 2 bath cape in the basement. yard.

Beautiful yard. block near Cedarhurst Beautiful yard.

Beautiful yard. house in Back Lawrence on over heart of SD 15.

Main br and br on 515-8813 Miri (646) 515-8813 Miri (646) 515-8813 Miri (646) 515-8813 1Miri acre(646) property.

8BRs, 6bths, the 1st floor with 2 br and a $799K $799K $799K $799K

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Beautiful exp 5br 4bth high ranch w/ 3 lvls of living space, many updates throughout. Sarah (347)524-9147 $999K

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WOODMERE carriage house, water views, bathroom upstairs.

STREAM you name it!

Avigail Rear den.

Beautiful exp SH Tudor 5br 4bth colonial high ranch with 4w/ brs 3 lvls & 2 baths of living on space, the 2ndBeautiful floor, finished exp SH Tudor 5br 4bth colonial high ranch with 4w/ brs 3 lvls & 2 baths of living on space, the 2ndBeautiful floor, finished exp SH Tudor 5br 4bth colonial high ranch with 4w/ brs 3 lvls & 2 baths of living on space, the 2nd floor, finished SH Tudor colonial with 4 brs & 2 baths on the 2nd floor, finished (516)316-3452 $659K many updates basement, throughout.

CAC, beautiful Sarah (347)524-9147 yard, award winning $999K SD many 14. $849K updates basement, throughout.

CAC, beautiful Sarah (347)524-9147 yard, award winning $999K SD many 14. $849K updates basement, throughout.

CAC, beautiful Sarah (347)524-9147 yard, award winning $999K SD 14. $849K basement, CAC, beautiful yard, award winning SD 14. $849K $2.99M BAYSWATER WOODMERE BAYSWATER WOODMERE BAYSWATER WOODMERE WOODMERE WOODMERE CEDARHURST CEDARHURST

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Adorable 3br colonial in mint condition. Great yard, low taxes, Adorable 3br Airy colonial & spacious in mint exp.condition. split level home Greatw/ yard, mother-daughter low taxes, Adorable unit3br Airy colonial & spacious in mint exp.condition. split level home Greatw/ yard, mother-daughter low taxes, Adorable unit3br Airy colonial & spacious in mint exp.condition. split level home Greatw/ yard, mother-daughter low taxes, unit Airy & spacious exp. split level home w/ mother-daughter unit perfect starter home. Call malka (516) 967-1967 $649k perfect starter (legal home. w/ proper Call malka permits), (516) SD967-1967 #14 Chana$649k (516)449-9692 perfect $649K starter (legal home. w/ proper Call malka permits), (516) SD967-1967 #14 Chana$649k (516)449-9692 perfect $649K starter (legal home. w/ proper Call malka permits), (516) SD967-1967 #14 Chana$649k (516)449-9692 $649K (legal w/ proper permits), SD #14 Chana (516)449-9692 $649K

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Spacious colonial, huge eat-in kitchen, finished attic, finished Spacious colonial, Classic huge side hall eat-in col.side kitchen, w/ 4BR finished & col.

3 fullw/ baths. attic, finished All&brs on the 2nd colonial, Classic huge side hall eat-in col.side kitchen, w/ 4BR finished & col.

3 full baths. attic, finished All&brs on thew/ 2nd colonial, Classic huge side hall eat-in col.side kitchen, w/ 4BR finished & col.

3 fullw/ baths. attic, finished All&brs the 2ndClassic side hall col.side w/ 4BR 3 fullw/ baths.

All the 2nd Classic hall 4BR 3Spacious full Classic hall w/ 4BR 3Spacious full Classic hall 4BR 3 on full Classic hall& col.

4BR &brs 3 on full Woodmere800 feet of Totally gut-ren. office building SH on great block 516)967-1967 in heart Cedarhurst.

4BRs$799K & Brick SH on great block 516)967-1967 in heart Cedarhurst.

4BRs & Brick SH on great block 516)967-1967 in heart Cedarhurst. & Brick on great blocksquare in heart Cedarhurst.

4BRs$799K & basement, on a deep property. Malka( 516)967-1967 $679Kbasement, Brick on floor, a deep fin.col. basement. property.

Malka( Beautiful yard.of Miri (646)515-8813 $679Kbasement, on floor, a deep fin.col. basement. property.

Malka( Beautiful yard.of Miri (646)515-8813 $679Kbasement, $799K on floor, a deep fin.col. basement. property.

Malka( Beautiful yard.of Miri (646)515-8813 $679K 4BRs$799K floor,SH fin.col. basement.

Beautiful yard.of Miri (646)515-8813 baths. brs on the 2ndfloor, fin. 3.5bath baths. brs on the 2ndfloor, fin. 3.5bath baths. brs on the 2ndfloor, fin. Tamar baths. brs on 2the 2ndfloor, fin. Tamar office space.

Layout: offices, 1 taxes. new state-of-the-art office 2bths on hall 2nd floor, walk up attic, extremely low taxes.

Tamar 2bths on hall 2nd floor, walk up attic, extremely low taxes.

Tamar 2bths on hall 2nd floor, walk up attic, extremely low taxes.

2bths on 2nd floor, All walk up attic, extremely low 5BR, 3.5bath center hall col. on oversized prop. on very desirable 5BR, 3.5bath center col. onAll oversized prop. on very desirable 5BR, center col. onAll oversized prop. on very desirable 5BR, center col. onAll oversized prop. on very desirable (917)902-0613 $899K (917)902-0613 $899K (917)902-0613 $899K (917)902-0613 $899K block near Cedarhurst Park. Moshe(516)455-5364 $1.19M block near Cedarhurst Park.basement.

Moshe(516)455-5364 $1.19M block near Cedarhurst Park.

Moshe(516)455-5364 $1.19M block near Cedarhurst Park.

Moshe(516)455-5364 $1.19M bathroom.basement.

Tenant pays electric suites!

Must see!

Right yard. next to LIRR Beautiful yard. basement.

Beautiful basement. Beautiful yard.

Beautiful yard.

Valley Stream station! $1800/month Miri (646) 515-8813 Miri (646) 515-8813 Miri (646) 515-8813 Miri (646) 515-8813 Sarah $799K (347)524-9147 $799K $799K $799K

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Beautiful exp 5br 4bth high ranch w/ 3 lvls of living space, Beautiful exp SH Tudor 5br 4bth colonial high ranch with 4w/ brs 3 lvls & 2 baths of living on space, the 2ndBeautiful floor, finished exp SH Tudor 5br 4bth colonial high ranch with 4w/ brs 3 lvls & 2 baths of living on space, the 2ndBeautiful floor, finished exp SH Tudor 5br 4bth colonial high ranch with 4w/ brs 3 lvls & 2 baths of living on space, the 2nd floor, finished SH Tudor colonial with 4 brs & 2 baths on the 2nd floor, finished many updates throughout. Sarah (347)524-9147 $999K many updates basement, throughout.

CAC, beautiful Sarah (347)524-9147 yard, award winning $999K SD many 14. $849K updates basement, throughout.

CAC, beautiful Sarah (347)524-9147 yard, award winning $999K SD many 14. $849K updates basement, throughout.

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Adorable 3br colonial in mint condition. Great yard, low taxes, Adorable 3br colonial in mint Greatw/ yard, low taxes, Adorable colonial in mint Greatw/ yard, low taxes, Adorable colonial in mint Greatw/ yard, low taxes, Airy & spacious exp.condition. split level home mother-daughter unit3br Airy & spacious exp.condition. split level home mother-daughter unit3br Airy & spacious exp.condition. split level home mother-daughter unit Airy & spacious exp. split level home w/ mother-daughter unit perfect starter home. Call malka (516) 967-1967 $649k perfect starter (legal home. w/ proper Call malka permits), (516) SD967-1967 #14 Chana$649k (516)449-9692 perfect $649K starter (legal home. w/ proper Call malka permits), (516) SD967-1967 #14 Chana$649k (516)449-9692 perfect $649K starter (legal home. w/ proper Call malka permits), (516) SD967-1967 #14 Chana$649k (516)449-9692 $649K (legal w/ proper permits), SD #14 Chana (516)449-9692 $649K

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WOODMERE: BEST BUY Spacious 2BR Apartment, Washer/Dryer In Bldg, Elevator Bldg, Open Floor Plan, 1st Floor, Close To All...$199K Call Carol Braunstein (516) 295-3000

CAHAL is seeking a Permanent Substitute, afternoons, MondayThursday. If interested, please send resume to shira@cahal.org

SHEVACH HIGH SCHOOL is seeking a Global Studies teacher, Algebra teacher.

Please email resume to Office@shevachhs.org

CAHAL is seeking MORNING ASSISTANT TEACHERS for our special ed classes in local Yeshivas.

Openings are in our class in West Hempstead and in a boys’ yeshiva in 5-Towns.

If interested, please send your resume and contact Naomi Nadata at nnadata@gmail.com or call 516-295-3666 for more information

VACATION RENTALS VACATION IN JERUSALEM: Beautiful Short-term rentals in Jerusalem (Sharei Chesed, Romema, Hanevi'im – City Center) Contact today for great service: Shisha Realty 718-408-8070 vacation@shisharealty.com VACATION IN JERUSALEM: Beautiful 3 bedroom apartment with porch and view available for short term in the Kaduri – Jerusalem Heights project on the 8th floor.

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HELP WANTED Looking to hire sales people to train as NY & NJ Public Adjusters.

No experience necessary, flexible hours. Call 973-951-1534

ASSISTANTS NEEDED FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, AFTERNOON SESSION. Email: fivetownseducators@gmail.com The IVDU School of Long Island, a special education school in North Woodmere, has an opening for a Special Ed Teacher- Maternity Leave coverage.

MS SpEd and solid special ed classroom experience required certification not required.

Additional opportunities avail to join our list of talented substitute teachers.

Enjoy a competitive salary, professional development, and an excellent work environment.

Email resume to seplowitzs@ou.org

SHULAMITH EARLY CHILDHOOD is looking to hire a full time teacher assistant for the current school year.

Please email resume to earlychildhood@shulamith.org SPECIAL ED DIRECTOR Responsibility: Curriculum Designer Individual curriculum as needed Staff training Innovative, visionary Requirement: Masters Special Ed and Education Administration or SLP Backgroup Email Resume: specialedresume2018@gmail.com

5 TOWNS BOYS YESHIVA SEEKING ELEM GEN ED TEACHERS Excellent working environment and pay. Only lic/exp need apply.

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BAIS YAAKOV IN FAR ROCKAWAY seeking permanent substitute for Preschool and Elementary school.

Please call 718-868-3232 ext 211

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Woodmere bright and sunny 4 br, 4 fbth brick colonial on an 82 x 120 prop. in woodmere’s sought after “tree streets” - xl eik, mstr w/ new fbth, king-size fdr, full, fin. base with ose. updated boiler, hw heater & roof, plenty of room to expand.

mint 5 br 4.5 bth split level on 11,500 sqft lot on cul de sac. updated eik, fam rm, master suite w/ sitting rm & spa bath, xl yard w/ ig pool, outdoor kitchen, basketball court

$1,200,000

$924,000 $899,000

Sold W. Hempstead 3 bedroom, 2.5 bath colonial in the heart of west hempstead. move in ready with master suite and hardwood floors throughout. huge formal dinning room and eat-in kitchen. 60 x 100 property $625,000

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HELP WANTED CATAPULT LEARNING Teachers, Title I Boro Park, Williamsburg and Flatbush Schools *College/Yeshiva Degree *Teaching experience required *Strong desire to help children learn *Small group instruction *Excellent organization skills Competitive salary. Send resume to: Fax: (212) 480-3691 ~ Email: nyteachers@catapultlearning.com “NEW FIVE TOWNS RESTAURANT IS LOOKING TO HIRE THE FOLLOWING POSITIONS: Experienced grill man Laffa maker, Dishwasher, Delivery guy Please email Ronazohar@hotmail.com

HELP WANTED Seeking full time OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST for Special Education school located in Brooklyn. Experienced preferred.

Competitive salary. Room for growth. resumes@yadyisroelschool.org

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By Allan Rolnick, CPA

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riting a weekly tax column probably looks like effortless fun. But it’s not always easy mining comedy gold from the Internal Revenue Code.

Believe it or not, sometimes, taxes just aren’t funny. When you see us trying to jam a tax angle into something like, say, National Feta Cheese Day, you’ll know it was a slow week in Taxland and we had to scrounge through our “Weird Holidays” calendar to find something to cover.

Sometimes, though, the tax gods offer up a story that practically writes itself — like this week’s tale from the always-popular “Rich People Behaving Badly” genre.

At first glance, John McAfee looks like your basic Silicon Valley entrepreneur. His McAfee anti-virus software, the first commercial anti-virus program, earned him a $100 million fortune. But he got bored and left the company in 1994, and the Great Recession wiped out nearly all of his riches. He’s spent the last 20 years carpet-bombing the market with a series of cryptocurrencyand cybersecurity-themed ventures.

Like many of his fellow tech bros, he identifies politically as a libertarian, and he ran for the Libertarian party’s 2016 and 2020 presidential

nominations.

As brilliant as McAfee may be in business, though, when it comes to the rest of his life, he is, for want of a more decorous term, bonkers. He lived for several years with a group on an island compound off the coast of Belize, which he was forced to flee after his neighbor was found shot, execution-style. (Nothing good ever happens in a “compound.”) He’s

have no intention of doing so – come and find me.’” Well, as your mom told you, be careful what you ask for. In June, the IRS indicted him for hiding millions in income from promoting cybercurrency, consulting, speaking, and selling his life story for a documentary. And just last week, they arrested him in Spain, where he’s now behind bars awaiting extradition.

“The prison yard is full of murderers but mostly nice people”

racked up an enviable collection of arrests for immigration, drug, and gun charges in Belize, Guatemala, the Dominican Republic, and Tennessee. Clearly, he’s a man who chafes at being told what to do.

Something else McAfee doesn’t like to do is paying his taxes. Last year, he bragged on Twitter: “I have not paid taxes for eight years. I have not filed returns. Every year I tell the IRS, ‘I am not filing a return. I

Spanish prison seems surprisingly chill for a guy who once could have wallpapered his house with money. As he told his followers: “I am having a fascinating time. Spanish prison is not that bad. We can wear whatever clothes we want.

We can smoke and socialize. It’s like the Hilton without turn-down service. My cellmate is an ambassador’s drug dealer. I wish I would have known him before. The prison

yard is full of murderers but mostly nice people. I spend most of my time with my back to the wall.”

Now McAfee says money is a curse. He’s facing 30 years in a place with no ocean breezes and no friends. What’s more, the SEC is suing him for failing to disclose that he was paid millions to hawk cybercurrencies on Twitter. He’s had a good run — but at age 75, it looks like he’ll spend the rest of his life fighting the law.

We know you don’t like paying taxes either. But you don’t have to risk life on the lam to avoid them. So we’ve programmed our computers with a sophisticated algorithm of court-tested, IRS-approved strategies for paying less legally.

We’re sure you’ll appreciate enjoying them from the comfort of your own home. So call us now while there’s still time to save for 2020!

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

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The Jewish Home | OCTOBER 22, 2020

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Life C ach

It’s Your Choice!

By Rivki D. Rosenwald Esq., MFT, CLC

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o, there we are waiting and waiting – what will it be?

The husband’s pacing. The wife is too anxious to move around.

What will it be like going home with it?

How will it change our lives?

Will she be up around and cooking meals? Or will he be busy running the house?

Will she stay busy in her room nursing the new addition to our lives or will she be up and about?

Yes, waiting for the results of Mom’s corona test can really add crazy tension to our lives.

If Mom tests negative, then the household returns to normal. But if she tests positive, suddenly the whole house is topsy-turvy.

is that kid one of ours?” last time the kid from next door was here doing homework.

Maybe I’m being a little hard on Dad here. But, it’s really just part of making a point: that the same way bringing home a new addition can keep Mom occupied in her room and also throw things off a lot, so too a corona-positive diagnosis can do the same. And you don’t even get a new sibling with the latter!

But is there something we can get out of it?

Well let’s think: -Maybe, a greater appreciation for Mom, even before Mother’s Day arrives!

-Perhaps we gain a realization that Moms are carrying a lot of the weight

I think I heard him mumbling, “Wait, is that kid one of ours?” last time the kid from next door was here doing homework.

Dad could suddenly be forced to learn where the kitchen is! Or, do I mean where “anything” is in the kitchen? Sure, he’s been to that room a lot before, but does he really know where we keep most of the stuff in it?!

Does he actually recognize that most of those cabinets open and are not merely facades?

Does Dad know how to get everyone on Zoom? Does he even know who everyone is in the family? Like, I think I heard him mumbling, “Wait,

of running the household.

-How about a familiarity with where things are kept around the house, so everyone can be a little more helpful?

Sure, moms are awesome. And great at multitasking. But how about all of us trying to make their job a little easier, wherever and whenever we can?!

After all, let me let you in on a little secret, an often-ignored reality… moms are really only human!

Just thought it would be good to let this information go viral – before Mom does!

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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