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Dear Readers,

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ost years, summer flies by. This year, it’s flying by so fast, it’s almost as if it never happened.

We’re all starting to feel the buzz of summer winding down. True, the calendar is only on the first week of August, but looking at the days ahead and seeing that camps are ending and that schools are sending out their school supply lists, we’re feeling the urge to squeeze the rest of summer into our days.

When I was younger, summer meant going upstate to the bungalow colony with the family. Those were carefree, idyllic times, when we left our bungalows in the early morning and spent the days with our friends, venturing back to the bungalow only when we needed to change into our swimsuits or grab a snack.

But most families in the Five Towns don’t go upstate. I, for one, don’t feel the need to leave during the summer.

Our community boasts wonderful day camps, where our children are able to swim, soak in the sun on the baseball fields, and enjoy exciting trips. And then, as they get older, they head to sleepaway camps upstate, where they bond with friends and spend their days and nights cheering their hearts out and singing around the campfire. We can feel their summer euphoria when they come back

and unpack, their pants forever soiled with grass stains and their shirts dyed with ketchup.

There is no better way for a child to recharge his or her batteries than with an invigorating summer experience. But parents also need to recharge after a long school year. And summer brings with it ample opportunity for a refresh.

I met someone on the boardwalk today. She told me that she went upstate for the first half of the summer with her family and is home now for the rest of the summer.

“Why do I need to go upstate when I have this?” she said, pointing at the boardwalk and the waves pummeling the sand.

She’s right. Living here, we are so lucky that we can truly feel the summer.

With the ocean just minutes away, we can pack up our bags and be “on vacation” almost every day. I personally love the outdoor dining that has proliferated in town. Sipping a cold drink and spending time with friends and family is the perfect summer treat.

And so, for the next week or two, I plan on making the most of my summer.

I hope you do, too!

Wishing you a wonderful week, Shoshana

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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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This Week We’re Talking to…Camp Machaneh Yisrael

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This Week We’re Talking to…

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Global

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National

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Odd-but-True Stories

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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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Search Required by Rav Moshe Weinberger

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Delving into the Daf

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PEOPLE The Wandering Jew

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Moving To Monticello by Malky Lowinger

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You Sunk My Battleship by Avi Heiligman

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HEALTH & FITNESS Why Do Twice as Many Women Seek Therapy by Dr. Deb Hirschhorn 78 The Juice on Juicing by Cindy Weinberger, MS, RD, CDN

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Parenting Pearls

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FOOD & LEISURE The Aussie Gourmet: Potato Wedges

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LIFESTYLES

Dear Editor, A couple of comments for the upcoming High Holy Days.

When Curtis Sliwa makes Nazi-like comments do not ignore them. He is our enemy.

Pulpit rabbis should use the packed houses on Rosh Hashana to encourage growth in the Jewish community.

Encourage all congregants to invite 1 unaffiliated Jew to come to shul this year. If that Jew joins your shul, your congregation will double.

Encourage all congregants to be shadchanim. Make it a goal to find a spouse for every single in the community.

Encourage congregants to be fruitful and multiply. This commandment was given to us and it seems we are having only 2 or 3 kids per family while other groups have many more kids than we have.

Encourage every congregant to register to vote and then to vote. Our community has a low voter registration and turnout. Some think if you register to vote you will be called for jury duty. This is not true. The government uses other lists for jury duty…AND it is a mitzvah to serve on a jury when a Jew is on trial.

Don’t waste time fighting with two deranged hippies and their disgusting ice cream company. Is it buy Ben and Jerrys or bye Ben and Jerrys?

Encourage all homes to have

working smoke detectors, carbon monoxide detectors, and a working fire extinguisher.

Sincerely, Motti Cohen Haifa, Israel Dear Editor, For the past 18 months, I have been happy to write “The Zaidy” column for the Navidater section of the newspaper. I receive no financial compensation for doing so. (Actually, I do receive a free copy of the paper every week, but, come to think of it, so do all of our readers.)

The July 29th edition contained a Letter to the Editor that was, frankly, insulting. I do not blame the person who wrote the letter. Every society, unfortunately, includes some folks who have silly things to say and write. I do, however, blame the editor.

You have the responsibility to judge which letters to print and which letters to throw away; and, if you do choose to print a particular letter, may I suggest that you edit the content and remove offensive material.

Divergent viewpoints and criticisms that are intelligent and respectful are appropriate, stimulate reader interest, and are healthy for the publication. There is no place, however, for offensive material.

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Dating Dialogue, Moderated by Jennifer Mann, LCSW 75 JWOW! 84

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Diving the Underwater Grottoes of Rosh Hanikra by Dr. Jeffrey Galler 92 Your Money

It’s a Hairy Situation by Rivki D. Rosenwald Esq., CLC, SDS

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HUMOR Centerfold 58 POLITICAL CROSSFIRE Notable Quotes

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Democrats Want Police Protection for Themselves

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A Saudi Official’s Harrowing Account of Torture by David Ignatius

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It might be prudent to heed the advice of a famous Chassidic Rebbe: “Not every thought should be expressed verbally. Not everything that is said should be written. Not everything that is written should be published.”

Further, a note to The Jewish Home editors and publishers: It may not be a prudent business model to insult writers who, without compensation, attempt to provide interesting content for the publication.

Yours, Jeffrey Galler Dear Editor, I am writing to commend you on your note to readers this week.

I understand that Olympic athletes are under tremendous pressure. I understand that they deal with many issues in their lives. But I take issue with the media – and the world – throwing the word “hero” around.

According to the dictionary, a hero is “a person who is admired or idealized for courage, outstanding achievements, or noble qualities.”

We used to use the term “hero” for veterans, those who risked their lives to save others. We used to use the word “hero” for those braving the elements and putting themselves in peril to help others. Now, heroes are people who take a knee. They’re people who refuse to stand when the

national anthem of their country is played.

Getting back to Simone Biles, she is an amazing athlete. The amount of training that she has to be committed to is outstanding. But to call her a hero because of her withdrawal is flawed.

Call her a hero for getting to the Olympics, call her a hero for winning the gold, but don’t call her a hero because she had to drop out. That is what “regular” people do, not heroes – at least in my dictionary.

Respectfully, Stacey Lerman Dear Editor, I am writing in regards to your article that appeared on pg. 6 of The Jewish Home that addressed Simone Biles dropping out of the Olympics. I believe it portrays a flawed perspective.

Biles dropped out due to mental health reasons. Your article seems to imply that these mental health issues arose out of her subpar performance earlier in the Olympic games.

I believe this is backwards.

It seems plausible, if not likely, that the mental health issues pre-dated these games entirely. She powered through them and competed. (After all, who is going to drop out of the Olympics due to a depressive bout?) Her performance in the first section of the Olympics made it clear that ignoring her mental health challenges wouldn’t work. At the end

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of the day, she decided to not compete rather than allow herself to underperform and hurt the team.

I think it takes either incredible guts or incredible ignorance to ascribe to the greatest gymnast of all time “cowardice and lack of concern for her teammates.” I hope in this case it is the former.

Beyond the paradoxical problems that come with her level of fame, Simon Biles has been through sexual abuse. Having a number of friends who went through similar abuse, I am always amazed by how well-adjusted they are despite their trauma.

I have nothing but empathy for those in their positions.

I trust the greatest gymnast of all-time to make her own decisions in how she runs her professional career. It has worked for her thus far.

I hope you have the same empathy and understanding towards Simone that you would want if you were in her shoes. I believe Rabbi Akiva had something to say on the matter.

All the best, Jewish Home reader, Steven H. Dear Editor, I usually enjoy the Five Towns Jewish Home every week. I find it has interesting articles and educational content that are not found in most of the other Jewish weekly publications that circulate our neighborhoods. (I find it a bit too political as well, but that’s unfortunately not unique to your publication, and an entirely different letter.)

I was quite disappointed and dismayed last week to read your opening editorial column (July 29 issue) excoriating Olympic gymnast Simone Biles for withdrawing from competition, citing mental health issues. (She has since announced she will compete in certain specific events as I write this letter.) You call her a “coward”, “pathetic”, and flatout deny that she should be a role model, because the issues that she is grappling with don’t seem “major” enough to you.

Let’s put aside for the moment that Ms. Biles has been training since age 6 or 7. Grueling, daily training. Let’s also remind you that she was raised by her grandparents because her mother was an addict who couldn’t care for her. And I could list all her accomplishments, all the “firsts” she’s achieved in gymnastics as a woman and an African-American, all the competitions, medals, and titles she’s won, but then

this letter would go on for pages.

Who are you to judge someone’s mental health? Have you forgotten that she, along with so many others, suffered unspeakable abuse at the hands of former USA Gymnastics physician Larry Nassar, a monster who has caused immeasurable mental health issues with so many young girls? Can you imagine the terrible things he did to her young body?

Apart from the kind of abuse perpetrated by Nassar, are you aware of the terrible other abuse that gymnasts at USA Gymnastics were subjected to during training, being forced to play through injuries like fractures, upsetting their hormonal balance, destroying their young bodies, because their coaches mentally abused them into believing they had to?

Did you know that Ms. Biles is the only remaining female athlete affected by Nassar’s abuse who is still competing? How much courage does that take? And how much courage does it take to actually recognize that you may not be at your competitive best, and withdraw for the sake of the team?

And you have the chutzpah to call her a pathetic coward? We are supposed to be rachmanim bnei rachmanim. Where is your understanding?

When Chicago Cubs player Ben Zobrist, a World Series MVP, decided to take a leave of absence in 2019, citing marital issues, no one gave him any grief. And yet you call Ms. Biles a pathetic coward?

Ms. Biles is indeed a role model for all that she has achieved, and achieved against great hardship.

Someone said this week: there are people who are judging Simone Biles who can’t even touch their toes. Remember the words of the Mishna in Avot (2:4), not to judge someone until you have stood where they do.

Dr. Simon Joseph West Hempstead Dear Editor, Although I don’t have a child in any local camps, I truly enjoy reading your camp interviews each week.

They give me a glimpse into what goes on in the local camps, and it gives me great joy to know that our community’s youngsters are enjoying such a refreshing, rejuvenating summer!

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Findings from an FBI investigation show that the ammonium nitrate which exploded last year at Beirut’s port totaled just one-fifth of the original shipment.

The original shipment had included 2,754 tons of ammonium nitrate, but just 552 tons were in the storehouse at the time of the explosion.

The FBI probe did not cite a reason for the discrepancy.

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A senior Lebanese official confirmed the FBI’s finding with regards to the quantity of chemicals in the storehouse at the time of the 2020 explosion, which killed over 200 people and injured thousands of others.

According to Reuters, many Lebanese officials believe a large amount of ammonium nitrate was stolen. The site noted that another theory posits that not all of the chemicals detonated during the blast.

Hassan Nasrallah, leader of the Hezbollah terror group which operates out of Lebanon, has insisted that Hezbollah did not store weapons or ammunition at Beirut’s port.

HK Nat’l Security Law is “Political Weapon” Hong Kong sentenced Tong Yingkit, 24, to nine years in prison on Friday. Tong, a pro-democracy protester, was convicted of inciting secession

and terrorism after he drove his motorcycle into a group of police officers during a rally in July 2020, while carrying a flag which read, “Liberate Hong Kong, revolution of our times.”

Tong’s prosecution was the first under Hong Kong’s national security law, which has seen over 100 people arrested. Though he faced a maximum of a life sentence, the prosecution requested he remain behind bars for just three years.

Tong’s sentence includes eight years for incitement to secession and 6.5 years for terrorism, but some of the time will be served concurrently, for a total of nine years in prison. In their ruling, the judges said that carrying the flag is an act of incitement to secession.

In a statement, Amnesty International’s Asia-Pacific regional director Yamini Mishra criticized Tong’s sentence as a “hammer blow to free

speech” and said it proves the new national security law “lacks any exemption for legitimate expression or protest” and is “a tool to instill terror” in those critical of the government.

“The judgment at no point considered Tong’s rights to freedom of expression and protest,” he added.

In a statement, the U.S. government slammed the “unjust outcome” of the trial and claimed that the new security law is being used “as a political weapon to silence dissenting voices.” The statement added that China is undermining Hong Kong’s basic laws and called on Beijing to “stop targeting individuals exercising their rights and freedoms.”

Russian Module Shakes ISS Russia’s newly-docked Nauka space module on Thursday caused the International Space Station to lose control for a brief period.

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Nauka was launched last week by Russia’s Roscosmos space agency.

NASA and Roscosmos are now conducting a joint investigation of the incident.

Though the incident delayed the launch of the Boeing Starliner test flight to the station, NASA emphasized that the move allows the “International Space Station team time to continue working checkouts of the newly arrived Roscosmos’ Nauka module and to ensure the station will be ready for Starliner’s arrival.”

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A spokesperson for CNPD, the Luxembourg data authority, declined to comment, since the proceedings are ongoing.

Amazon emphasized that customer information had not been exposed or leaked, adding, “Maintaining the security of our customers’ information and their trust are top priorities.

There has been no data breach, and no customer data has been exposed to any third party. These facts are undisputed.”

Belarusian Dissident Dead in Ukraine

Amazon to Pay $887M for EU Privacy Law

European Union (EU) regulators have slapped Amazon with a record-breaking $887 million fine after the e-commerce giant violated EU data privacy laws.

The law, known as GDPR, was violated in an advertising-related decision by Amazon. The fine – the largest since the law was implemented – was imposed on July 16 and was disclosed this past Friday in a financial filing.

According to regulators, Amazon’s processing of personal data did not comply with GDPR requirements, though the company said it has been ordered to change its business practices.

Amazon, for its part, said the de-

Vitaly Shishov, the head of the Kiev-based Belarusian House in Ukraine (BDU) organization, was found dead in a park in Kiev, Ukraine, on Tuesday. He had been reported missing on Monday after going for a run.

The BDU helps fleeing and exiled Belarusians find accommodations, jobs, and legal advice in Ukraine.

In a statement on Tuesday, the BDU said Shishov had been “under surveillance” and that they had received warnings about possible threats prior to his death.

Belarus has been in political and social turmoil since last year, when a disputed election led to mass protests and a violent crackdown by President Alexander Lukashenko that was condemned by the international community and sparked an exodus of dissidents from the country.

Shishov’s death comes as Belarus faces increasing international scrutiny after a Belarusian Olympic sprinter alleged that she was forcibly removed from the Tokyo Games and

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told to return home against her will, where she fears arrest.

Ukraine, Poland, and Lithuania have become safe havens for Belarusians since the unrest began in Belarus last year. Many have since fled the repression of Lukashenko’s regime, sometimes swimming through rivers and crawling through mud to illegally cross the border into Ukraine.

Afghanistan: Taliban Poised to Take Over

airport itself is still in government hands.

According to the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), there have been 5,183 civilian casualties (1,659 killed and 3,524 injured) since the beginning of 2021, representing a 47% increase compared with the same period last year.

In a statement, the United Nations warned that “without a significant de-escalation in violence, Afghanistan is on course for 2021 to witness the highest ever number of documented civilian casualties in a single year since UNAMA records began.”

Military Ruler Declares Himself PM in Myanmar The Taliban now controls several districts of Lashkar Gah, the capital city of Afghanistan’s Helmand province.

On Sunday, one journalist in the city told CNN that government forces only controlled one district and that fighting continues in several others.

According to a tweet from the army’s 215 Corps, the Afghan military on Saturday reinforced its presence in Lashkar Gah, including bringing in special forces. The army also conducted air strikes against the Taliban.

The Taliban has not controlled any part of Lashkar Gah since it was overthrown in 2001. If the city falls to the Taliban, it would be the first Afghanistan provincial capital to do so.

Meanwhile, the terror group already controls several major highways across the country and surrounds several other provincial capitals.

According to the Afghan military, 51 Taliban members were killed and 40 others were wounded on the outskirts of Lashkar Gah last week. A Defense Military bulletin reported fighting in 13 of the country’s provinces.

In the Herat province in northwest Afghanistan, the Taliban now controls 13 of the province’s 16 districts.

A local journalist noted that the Taliban controls much of the road connecting Herat’s capital with its airport, as well as much of the district near the airport. However, the

Myanmar military ruler Min Aung Hlaing recently took the role of prime minister in his newly-formed caretaker government, state media reported on Sunday.

The move comes six months after the military ripped control from a civilian government, following elections which the military claimed were fraudulent. Since the coup, the State Administration Council chaired by Min Aung Hlaing has run the country; now, the caretaker government will take over.

In his speech, Min Aung Hlaing promised to hold elections by 2023 and expressed willingness to work with any regional envoy appointed

by Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). He also extended the country’s state of emergency until at least August 2023.

“We will accomplish the provisions of the state of emergency by August 2023,” he said. “I guarantee the establishment of a union based on democracy and federalism.”

He added, “At present, the whole country is stable except for some terrorist attacks.”

When the junta initially took power, it declared a one-year state-of-emergency period after

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which a “free and fair multiparty general election” would be held.

According to the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners, Myanmar’s military has killed 939 people and arrested at least 6,990 others in its efforts to suppress dissent.

The military, however, claims the number of people killed is far lower and noted that members of the country’s armed forces have also died in the conflicts. The military also said its response is in line with international standards.

The military seized power on February 1 from Myanmar’s civilian party, alleging election fraud after the National League of Democracy (NLD) won the general election last November. In his address on Sunday, Min Aung Hlaing referred to the NLD as “terrorists.”

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Residents of Tehran, Iran, have reported earthquake-like rumbling which leads to the ground sinking in places, the Los Angeles Times reported.

Iranian officials and outside experts believe the phenomenon is connected to an over-extraction of groundwater, which causes the water levels to fall and the soil to shift and settle, both in residential neighborhoods and at the airport.

In June, Mohsen Tabatabei, an official with the Ministry of Roads and Urban Development, told local reporters, “The disaster is rooted in the fact that 4 billion cubic meters of water are annually extracted from 50,000 wells, a third of which are illegal.”

Mostafa Fadaeifard, who heads flood assessment operations at the Iranian National Committee on Large Dams, said in an interview that “we’re seeing it [subsidence] in 30 out of the 31 provinces. Most major plains, let’s say 450 of 609, are in critical condition.”

He added, “We’ve lost 30% of renewable water resources over the last four decades, meaning 35 to 40 billion cubic meters.

“This phenomenon will swallow

people’s houses, lands and the country’s infrastructure,” he predicted.

According to Alireza Shahidi, director of Iran’s Geographical Survey and Mineral Exploration, the problem is severe both in Tehran and its environs.

“In some countries, one inch of subsidence is considered a catastrophe,” Shahidi told the staterun Iranian Students News Agency.

“Unfortunately, we have recorded ...

14 inches in the Greater Tehran region.”

To solve the problem, thousands of Iranians have moved to areas in the country’s north or have emigrated to Turkey.

Meanwhile, in Iran, the problem is expected to worsen, as experts predict that the temperatures will continue to rise while precipitation falls.

Japan Naming Quarantine Flouters

In an effort to encourage people to comply with quarantine rules, Japan is publicly naming those who break them.

The country’s public health ministry on Monday released the names of three people who it said broke the rules after returning from abroad on July 21.

The list included two Japanese nationals in their 20s who arrived from South Korea, and one person in their 30s who arrived from Hawaii.

All three tested negative for coronavirus upon arrival but did not respond to subsequent follow-up calls from health authorities, the document said.

The health ministry said they deliberately tried to avoid contact with health authorities after returning to Japan.

Japanese officials had said in May that people who don’t properly answer to authorities after returning from abroad could have their names disclosed to the public. This is the first time that Japan followed through with that threat.

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Grandfatherly Giraffes

Giraffes make great grandparents. According to a new study, female giraffes stop having children early so they can help take care of their grandchildren.

According to the authors, certain females spend up to 30 percent of their lives in a “post-reproductive state” to help raise successive generations of offspring in later life and ensure the preservation of their genes.

This evolutionary trait is known as the “grandmother hypothesis” and has been used to explain why

humans live such a comparatively long time after reproduction.

In comparison, other species also follow this trend. Elephants spend 23 percent of their lives in a post-reproductive state; killer whales spend 35 percent of their lives in the “grandparent” stage.

The grandmother hypothesis, put forward by evolutionary biologist William Hamilton in a 1966 paper, has been applied to humans and other animals. In the theory, Hamilton posits that the older generation helps to take care of the grandchildren so the mothers have more time and energy to have more children.

Spread from north to south Africa, there are four distinct species of giraffe: Northern giraffe, Reticulated giraffe, Masai giraffe and Southern giraffe.

Belarusian Olympian Seeks Asylum Belarusian sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya on Monday requested asylum from the Polish Embassy

in Tokyo after refusing to board a flight home.

Tsimanouskaya’s request followed an attempt by members of her Olympic team to remove her from Tokyo, Japan, after she publicly criticized her coaches.

In a video posted on social media, Tsimanouskaya said, “They are trying to get me out of the country without my permission. I ask the IOC [International Olympic Committee] to intervene.”

She also sought help from Tokyo police.

According to the report, Tsimanouskaya had criticized her coaches for assigning her to an additional Olympic event on short notice, after teammates were not eligible to compete.

The IOC said that Tsimanouskaya is “safe and secure.” A Polish Foreign Ministry official said she had been offered a humanitarian visa.

According to the Belarusian Olympic Committee, Tsimanouskaya was removed from the games due to her “emotional and psychological state.”

Tsimanouskaya is expected to fly to Poland later this week; her supporters claim her life would be in danger if she were to be flown back to Belarus.

Tsimanouskaya is “afraid of repression on her family in Belarus.

This is the main concern for her right now,” Anatol Kotau, a member of the Belarusian Sport Solidarity Foundation, said.

Another of Russia’s new nuclear submarines, the Yasen-class, is able to evade detection by the U.S. military.

Also featured in the parade were surface vessels such as the Kasatonov, which was designed to carry 3M22 Tsirkon hypersonic anti-ship cruise missiles.

According to Russian President Vladimir Putin, Russia’s new vessels “can detect underwater, surface, or aerial enemies and target them if a lethal strike is necessary.”

Though the U.S. also has nuclear weapons, it is estimated that dozens of Russia’s weapons have already been deployed and that Russia is revamping its entire nuclear arsenal.

According to the Washington Examiner, Russia “is also strengthening its force disposition on its Western border.” The superpower plans to conduct joint military exercises with Belarus in September, in response to NATO activity over the past year.

“By the end of the year, about 20 formations and military units will be formed in the Western Military District,” Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoygu said.

Second Gold for Israel – Ever

Russia’s Nuclear Naval Modernization Russia has unveiled a Borei-class nuclear ballistic missile submarine at a recent military show. Six associated strike weapons are in development. The unveiling of the weapons occurred just weeks after a British warship neared the coast of Crimea, which Russia has occupied since 2014.

Israeli gymnast Artem Dolgopyat, 24, took home the gold in floor gymnastics and is already planning

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for the 2024 Olympics.

Dolgopyat’s medal is Israel’s second-ever gold at the Olympics.

Speaking at a Monday press conference, Dolgopyat said, “We’re not going to stop; we’re going to move forward with our focus on Paris and get ready for that and bring honor to the country. We need to start thinking of a new routine and check all the new rules, and we’ll start working and see what scores we get.”

Sergey Weissburg, Dolgopyat’s longtime coach, added, “We’ll take a week, or a month, and then we’ll start working again. We have a plan to continue to the next Olympics — the whole gymnastics team as well as Artem.”

Dolgopyat himself is unassuming and uninterested in his newfound fame, and when he returns to Israel he wants to continue to focus on his sport.

“I don’t know what it will be like when I go back to Israel — until now, I definitely wasn’t well-known or recognized. I want to continue to be modest the way I am, and not think about the things around me and just do my work,” he said.

“I don’t really want all that other stuff,” he added. “I think it will only put more pressure on me. I think bringing honor to the country and getting medals … is much more important than everything else.”

Though he said his parents believed in him from his first day, Dolgopyat said, “When I think about it now, I want to cry. I didn’t totally believe it would happen … but all the people around me supported me, and I’m so happy that I’m surrounded by them and they always pushed me further and believed in me.”

About the prize, he added, “My dream was to get the medal, not how much money I’ll make. Everything else is just a bonus.”

Dolgopyat is not Jewish, although his father is Jewish. In Israel, he is not able to marry a Jew. The media has taken Dolgopyat and made his situation a cause célèbre for taking marriage in the Jewish state away from the rabbinate.

Dolgopyat notes that his marriage plans should not be nabbing headlines and swaying public opinion.

“It’s my personal life and I think it’s not so appropriate to talk about in front of the whole country,” he said, when asked about it. “These are things that are in my heart and my own personal issues so I’d rather not answer that.”

More Quarantine for Travelers

Those coming to Israel from certain countries will be required to undergo stricter quarantine protocols starting next week, said the Knesset on Tuesday.

The coronavirus cabinet is slated to convene at the Knesset on Tuesday afternoon, amid a sharp rise in new COVID-19 cases. On Monday, 3,818 new cases of COVID-19 were confirmed in Israel, with a test positivity rate of 3.79 percent. There are currently 22,375 active cases in the country, with 420 of them hospitalized; 221 patients are in serious condition with 46 of them on ventilators.

In an effort to thwart another far-reaching pandemic, the Knesset Labor, Health and Welfare Committee approved the Health Ministry’s request to add 18 more countries to the list of destinations from which returnees, including those vaccinated, will require a seven-day home quarantine after two negative tests.

The new additions include: the United States, Germany, France, Greece, Egypt (including Sinai Peninsula), Ukraine, Italy, Iceland, Eswatini (formerly Swaziland), Botswana, Bulgaria, the Netherlands, Tanzania, Malawi, the Czech Republic, Cuba, Rwanda and Tunisia.

Countries already on the list are: the UAE, Myanmar, Guatemala, Honduras, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Colombia, Fiji, Mongolia and Cambodia.

Costa Rica, Seychelles, Zambia, Paraguay, Uganda, Liberia, Panama and Kenya will be removed from the list as of Sunday; those 18 new countries listed above will enter the list officially next Wednesday.

The same quarantine rules apply for Israelis who return home from the countries that Israelis are banned from visiting: Spain, Argentina, Brazil, South Africa, India, Mexico, Russia, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Cyprus, Turkey, Georgia and the UK. Returnees who left Israel after the ban went into effect are also expected to pay a fine of NIS 5,000 ($1,500).

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Overall, 42 countries are on the list of those from which returnees must quarantine for seven days with two negative PCR tests – or 14 days without.

According to Health Ministry figures presented at the Knesset committee hearing, 141 people with COVID returned from the U.S. in the month of July, 27 from Italy, 43 from Germany, 292 from Greece, and 42 from France.

“The central threat to Israel’s achievements in controlling the pandemic is the danger of allowing entry to mutant coronavirus variants that can be more aggressive or have a greater rate of infection, and harm the non-vaccinated population,” the Health Ministry told the committee in a statement. “There is an increased risk that those who travel to these countries will return and bring with them variants that will spread quickly in the community and not be identified until it is too late.”

Ahead of a meeting of the coronavirus cabinet on Tuesday, Prime Minister Naftali Bennett was said to have warned his coalition partners that if serious measures are not taken now, a new lockdown could be instated over the Jewish holidays in September.

“We need more restrictions in order to prevent extreme steps in the future,” the prime minister asserted.

Conviction for Guetta’s Murderer

On Tuesday, a military court convicted a Palestinian man with U.S. citizenship of murder for killing Yehuda Guetta, 19, a Jewish student in a yeshiva in Itamar.

The court “convicted the terrorist Muntasir Shalabi, based on his confession, of the crime of intentional manslaughter – equivalent to the offense of murder,” the Israel Defense Forces said.

In addition, Shalabi was convicted of “several counts of attempted intentional manslaughter, and possession of a weapon and obstruction

of justice,” according to a military statement.

Shalabi, 44, was arrested by Israeli forces in May after he opened fire on passengers waiting at a bus stop at Tapuah Junction, south of Nablus, in the northern West Bank.

The terrorist killed Yehuda and wounded two of his friends.

Last month, the IDF demolished Shalabi’s house in Turmus Ayya, a village northeast of the West Bank city of Ramallah. The move was denounced by the United States, which said such demolitions “exacerbate tensions and undercut efforts to advance a negotiated two-state solution.”

Guetta’s family last month slammed the Biden administration over its criticism of the house demolition, and said it would file lawsuits in Israel and in the U.S. demanding that Shalabi’s assets be seized, including the land where his home had stood.

“This will be an unprecedented process that will teach terrorists and their handlers that there is no corner of the world where we won’t reach them, and that terror victims will continue pursuing them forever,” said Nitsana Darshan-Leitner of the Shurat HaDin legal aid group, representing the family.

Guetta’s father, Elisha, said the

family was “shocked that the U.S. is condemning the demolition of [the home of] my son’s murderer and is supporting a terrorist who arrived from the U.S. to carry out a vicious shooting terror attack against innocent Jewish students.

“It would be expected that the U.S., which has often been the victim of terrorism, would stand with terror victims rather than with their murderers,” he added.

Israel Has a State Budget – First in 3 Years

The Israeli government on Monday morning passed a state budget, for the first time since the government broke apart in late 2018. The vote followed a series of marathon talks overnight, which ended with an

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agreement early Monday morning.

The bill now goes to the Knesset for approval. If it is not approved by the full Knesset prior to November 4, the Knesset will automatically dissolve and Israel will hold new elections.

Finance Ministry Director General Ram Belinkov said, “Overall, all of the disagreements on the budget have been settled and we’ve reached an agreement.”

The new budget includes an extra two billion shekel ($619,717,000) for the Health Ministry, as well as plans for reducing the deficit created largely by the coronavirus pandemic.

The new budget also increases the defense budget by seven billion shekel ($2.15 billion) to 58 billion shekel ($17.8 billion).

proval, given the State of Israel’s Delta outbreak.

“We already have enough vaccines and the arrival of more doses is expected in the coming weeks in order to effectively implement this third dose vaccination drive,” he said.

“The vaccine is our solution to make it out of the pandemic, so it is important that everyone who can goes and gets vaccinated,” Ash added, emphasizing that “we do not force people to get vaccinated, but it is important to make the vaccines accessible so that those who are able to.”

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Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett on Thursday announced that Israelis over the age of 60 are eligible to receive a third dose of the coronavirus vaccine, provided their second dose was given over five months ago.

On Friday, Bennett told the country’s HMOs that their goal should be to vaccinate 1.5 million Israelis over the coming eight days, promising to provide additional manpower and funding.

Sigal Rosenberg, CEO of the Meuhedet HMO, noted, “This is not a long operation; it will be fast and furious. We will open dedicated vaccination distribution complexes, proactively inviting the relevant populations while expanding the manpower as needed.”

Israeli President Yitzhak Herzog and his wife Michal, as well as former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara, received the third vaccines on Friday. Bennett and his wife are both under 60 and ineligible for a third dose at this time, but Health Ministry Director General Nachman Ash did receive it.

A third dose has not yet been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, but according to Ash, “it would have been impossible to wait a few more months” for ap-

Israel’s Foreign Ministry on Sunday released a statement regarding Foreign Minister Yair Lapid’s (Yesh Atid) conversation with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, discussing an Iranian attack on a Japanese-owned, Israeli-managed ship.

At the time of the Friday attack, the ship had been off the coast of Oman. Two people, a British citizen and a Romanian citizen, were killed in the attack.

Zodiac Maritime, the Israeli company that manages the ship attacked off the coast of Oman, confirmed earlier on Friday that two individuals on board had died due to the attack.

“Two crew members, one a Romanian citizen and the other a British citizen, died from their wounds shortly after the attack,” the company stated. “From preliminary reports, the attack was carried out by an unmanned aircraft.”

“Foreign Minister Yair Lapid spoke tonight with U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken about the attack on the ship in the Gulf of Oman, joint activity against Iranian terrorism, and the formulation of a real and effective international response to the incident,” the Ministry statement read.

“During the weekend, Minister Lapid also spoke with his counterparts in Britain and Romania, to whom he expressed his condolences and discussed the threat posed by an Iran that repeatedly harms innocent

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civilians. Foreign Ministry staff are working in a long list of the world’s capitals to urge condemnation of the incident and arrange an international response.”

The statement stressed, “Iran has now murdered two British and Romanian civilians. It repeatedly underestimates Israel’s determination and commitment to defending itself and its interests.”

On Friday, Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz (Blue and White) and IDF Chief of Staff Aviv Kochavi held a security consultation following the attack.

Also on Friday, a senior Israeli official noted, “Iran is sowing violence and destruction in every corner of the region. Out of eagerness to attack an Israeli target, they have complicated and incriminated themselves by killing foreign civilians. The masks are coming off and it is impossible to pretend that the nature of the Iranian regime is unknown.

“Iran is not just a problem of Israel, it is a global problem, and its behavior endangers global shipping and trade. Our campaign against them will continue.”

“We Became the Story”

Three Israeli filmmakers arrested last month in Nigeria while filming a documentary on the Jewish Igbo communities finally came home last week.

Rudy Rochman, Andrew Noam Leibman, and David Benaym were arrested on July 9 in southeast Nigeria while filming “We Were Never Lost,” which focuses on Jewish communities in African countries.

Speaking to The Times of Israel on Sunday, Rochman said, “The goal of the documentary is to tell the stories, the struggles, and aspirations of unknown communities of Jews around the world.”

The Igbo, who live in southeastern Nigeria, number around 30 million. It is a multi-ethnic group, members of which for hundreds of years have claimed Jewish descent. At the

same time, the separatist Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) movement, founded in 2012, seeks an independent Igbo state and is classed by Nigeria as a terrorist organization.

Nnamni Kanu, IPOB’s founder, has said that he credits Israel with his survival. He was arrested by Interpol in the Czech Republic, in June 2021.

Rochman explained, “We were only in touch with the fully Jewish, practicing communities. We were very aware that historically there was a movement in the 1960s of the Igbos who tried to separate, and that there was still a desire for separation amongst some communities, but when we’re talking about the Igbos, we’re talking about 50 million people.”

When the filmmakers were arrested, they were given an “invitation” for a “quick conversation” with the police commander and were told they would be returned to the synagogue where the police had met them.

According to Rochman, “They didn’t want to officially arrest us because then they would have to provide us with certain rights, like a phone call and a lawyer.”

After the police confiscated each person’s phone and passport, each of the three was forced into a separate van. Still, the police chief said they would be sent back to the synagogue following the conversation.

The next morning, however, the three were brought to Abuja, told that they would meet Israeli diplomats, and receive their passports back. Instead, they were made to give up their belts, shoes, and jewelry and were forced into a small room.

“You could go maybe three or four steps in each direction,” Rochman recounted. “It has bars, it’s completely dark. There are bottles of urine from previous inmates. Bugs all over, it’s dark, it smells, no AC so you’re sweating, you’re sleeping on the floor.

There’s writing on the wall from people who clearly spent months there.

People who were writing messages as if they knew the next day they’d be executed.”

It took approximately a week of inhumane conditions before the three were able to meet Israeli and U.S. envoys and receive kosher food, which they shared with a Jewish Igbo woman also being held by the authorities.

After being incarcerated for 20 days, the trio was handed over to U.S. custody on Tuesday and spent the

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evening at the local Chabad center before taking off for Turkey the next morning.

“They wanted to try us with treason and missionary work,” Rochman said. “They were clearly trying to silence this project and send a message that no one should be documenting the Igbos.”

He observed, “We came out there to tell a story, and unfortunately we became the story. This is just a fraction and a taste of what Igbos go through daily.”

Holocaust Expert Appointed U.S. Anti-Semitism Envoy The White House on Friday announced its appointment of Holocaust historian Deborah Lipstadt as U.S. Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism.

Lipstadt, 74, has authored several books, including, Beyond Belief: The American Press and the Coming of the Holocaust 1933-1945; History on Trial: My Day in Court with a Holocaust Denier; The Eichmann Trial; Holocaust: An American Understanding and Antisemitism: Here and Now.

Lipstadt is the Dorot Professor of Modern Jewish History and Holocaust Studies at Emory University in Atlanta, where she was the founding director of the Institute for Jewish Studies.

Lipstadt is fluent in Hebrew. She received her BA from New York’s City College, and a MA and PhD from Brandeis University. She also fought a libel suit brought by Holocaust denier David Irving.

Previously, she served in several roles at the United States Holocaust

Memorial Museum and represented the U.S. at the 60th anniversary of Auschwitz’s liberation, the White House added.

Lipstadt is the fifth to be appointed to the post as envoy, but the first who requires confirmation by the U.S. Senate after Congress moved the position to ambassador level last year.

Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. Gilad Erdan praised the nomination, saying that “Lipstadt has dedicated her life to fighting anti-Semitism and preserving the memory of the Holocaust.”

The Zionist Organization of America was displeased with the appointment, noting that Lipstadt shows “partisan left-wing bias” and that “Lipstadt obscenely and falsely likened President Trump to Nazi murderers and propagandists; helped promote a video that wrongly did the same.”

Vaccination Proof in NYC

De Blasio has been pushing vaccinations on New Yorkers. City workers are required to be vaccinated or face weekly testing.

About 66 percent of adults in the city are fully vaccinated, according to city data, although pockets of the city have lower rates.

For now, New York City is not requiring masks indoors, although de Blasio is encouraging New Yorkers to do so.

As part of the new program, New York City will create a health pass called the “Key to NYC Pass” to provide proof of vaccination required for workers and customers at indoor dining, gyms, entertainment and performances.

New Yorkers will be able to continue to dine outdoors without showing proof of vaccination. To enter indoor venues, they must use the city’s new digital app, the state’s Excelsior app, or a paper card to show proof of vaccination.

“If you want to participate in our society fully, you’ve got to get vaccinated,” de Blasio said. “It’s time.”

Suni Lee Nabs the Gold

If you’re going to be dining or heading to the gym in New York City, make sure you have your vaccination card handy.

New York City will become the first U.S. city to require proof of vaccination for a variety of activities for workers and customers – indoor dining, gyms and performances — to put pressure on people to get vaccinated, said Mayor Bill de Blasio on Tuesday.

The program, similar to mandates issued in France and Italy last month, will start later this month, and after a transition period, enforcement will begin in mid-September.

“It’s time for people to see vaccination as literally necessary to living a good and full and healthy life,” de Blasio said at a news conference.

“Not everyone is going to agree with this, I understand that,” he said.

“But for so many people, this is going to be a lifesaving act, that we are putting a mandate in place that is going to guarantee a much higher level of vaccination in this city. And that is the key to protecting people, and the key to our recovery.”

U.S. Olympic gymnast Suni Lee, 18, won the gold medal in gymnastics last week, earning the title of the women’s gymnastics all-around champion.

She is the first Hmong American to compete in the U.S. games.

In a statement after receiving her medal, Lee said, “This is such a surreal moment. I just feel like I could have never been here ever. It doesn’t even feel like real life.

“There was a point in time where I wanted to quit, and I just didn’t think I would ever get here. So there’s definitely a lot of emotions. But I’m super proud of myself for sticking with it and believing in myself because this medal would not be possible without my coaches, the medical team, my parents. It’s just so surreal, and I haven’t even let it sink in yet.”

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Texas’ Abbott Targets Covid and Illegals Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed an executive order last week targeting the transportation of migrants released from custody. The order is positioned as a public health measure to keep the numbers of COVID-19 cases low. Despite that, it has prompted the threat of a lawsuit from U.S. Attorney General Merrick

Garland.

Under the Texas order, state troopers would be able to stop any vehicle if there is “reasonable suspicion” that illegal migrants released from U.S. Customs and Border Protection are in the vehicle. If migrants are found in the vehicle, it will be turned back to its point of origin.

The order would also allow state troopers to impound the vehicles used for providing illegal migrants with transportation.

According to Abbott, the order is connected to a “dramatic rise in unlawful border crossings,” which he believes has led to a rise in the number of coronavirus cases in the state.

If the order is implemented, only federal, state, or local authorities would be allowed to transport the migrants.

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He emphasized that the U.S. has engaged in “multiple conversations and negotiations in Vienna” and that “the Iranians have refused to talk directly, but with our European partners with Russia and China.”

He added, “Iran that has decisions to make, fundamental decisions to make, about whether it too wants to return to compliance, and there is no amount of deflection that can change that, that basic fact, the ball remains in Iran’s court. We will see if they are prepared to make the decisions necessary to come back into compliance.”

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negotiations with Iran regarding the renewal of the JCPOA, or “nuclear deal,” cannot continue forever.

At a press conference in Kuwait, Blinken emphasized, “We are committed to diplomacy, but this process cannot go on indefinitely.

“At some point, the gains achieved by the JCPOA cannot be fully recovered by a return to the JCPOA if Iran continues the activities that it’s undertaken with regard to its nuclear program activities, that, of course, are breaking ... through the constraints imposed by the JCPOA.” The sixth round of talks adjourned in June.

On Wednesday, Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei told Iranian state TV that Iran will not give in to the U.S.’s “stubborn” demands, claiming that “the Americans acted completely cowardly and maliciously.

“They once violated the nuclear deal at no cost by exiting it. Now they explicitly say that they cannot give guarantees that it would not happen again.”

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In a statement, the Department of Public Safety said, “The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) is committed to securing our border under the direction of Governor Greg Abbott and through the Executive Orders applicable to DPS. While the department does not discuss operational specifics, we will continue to monitor the situation at the border to make real-time decisions and adjust operations as necessary.”

Trump’s Title 42 Law Extended

Title 42 allows Customs and Border Protection officials to expel undocumented migrants to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in holding facilities. Enacted by the Trump administration last year, the current ad-

ministration announced on Monday that it will be extending the policy.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in a statement that Title 42 “shall remain in effect until the CDC Director determines that the danger of further introduction of COVID-19 into the United States from covered noncitizens has ceased to be a serious danger to the public health, and the Order is no longer necessary to protect the public health.”

Children and some families are exempt from the policy.

The Department of Homeland Security added that “Title 42 is not an immigration authority, but a public health authority, and its continued use is dictated by CDC and governed by the CDC’s analysis of public health factors.”

On Monday, before the Biden’s administration’s announcement to extend the law, the American Civil Liberties Union and other immigrant rights organizations resumed a lawsuit challenging Title 42. The lawsuit came after months of negotiations to end the policy “reached an impasse,” according to the lawsuit filed with the U.S. District Court in D.C.

As record levels of migrant children, families and adults continue to flow to the U.S.-Mexico border, the Biden Administration has used Title 42 to turn away the majority of migrants. In June, CBP encountered a yearly high of migrants at 188,829.

Although some families cannot be expelled under Title 42, the Department of Homeland Security last week reinstated a policy that allows immigration authorities to remove migrant families without a hearing.

The families who have gone through the expedited removal process could not be expelled under Title 42 but “do not have a legal basis to stay in the United States.” The first flights deporting those certain families began on Friday.

Lowest Vaccination Rate in Alabama

pen in my state, no matter how many times the media ask me.”

Trailing Alabama at the bottom of the vaccination rate chart are, in descending order, Louisiana, Arkansas, Wyoming and Mississippi. All but Wyoming are located in the southern U.S. According to the national health agency’s data, the list of states with the most COVID-19 cases per 100,000 residents are, in descending order, Alabama, Missouri, Florida, Arkansas and Louisiana.

According to Johns Hopkins University, Florida’s fully vaccinated rate is a little ahead of the nationwide average of 50 percent. Still, the state’s higher population has made it the leader in overall COVID-19 cases even as it is well ahead of other Southern states in vaccinations. Florida has had over 85,000 new cases in the past week, far surpassing any other state.

Pushing a $1T Infrastructure Bill Although many have received their vaccinations protecting them against the coronavirus, there are states in which Americans are lagging behind in getting their jabs.

According to data from Johns Hopkins University, vaccine hesitancy continues to be much more prevalent in some states, particularly in the South.

Alabama has the lowest vaccination rate in the country, as it has for a while, at only around 34 percent fully vaccinated. Governor Kay Ivey of Alabama has been urging her constituents to get the vaccine.

“The new cases of COVID are because of unvaccinated folks,” Ivey said. “Almost 100 percent of the new hospitalizations are with unvaccinated folks. And the deaths are certainly occurring with the unvaccinated folks. These folks are choosing a horrible lifestyle of self-inflicted pain.”

Despite encouraging people to get vaccinated, Ivey is not requiring her constituents to do so, allowing them to make their own decisions.

“There are those who believe that government should mandate the vaccine or that we should bribe people to take it,” Ivey wrote in The Washington Post. “That’s not going to hap-

U.S. Senators on Sunday introduced a bipartisan infrastructure bill to the tune of $1 trillion. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is pushing to rush the bill through before the summer recess begins on August 9, urging the 100 senators to agree to start the amendment process and warning that “the longer it takes to finish the bill, the longer we’ll be here.”

“Given how bipartisan the bill is, and how much work has already been put in to get the details right, I believe the Senate can quickly process relevant amendments and pass this bill in a matter of days,” Schumer said on Sunday. “Then, I will move the Senate along the second track of our infrastructure effort and take up the budget resolution.”

Meanwhile, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is in no rush to push it through. “Our full consideration of this bill must not be choked off by any artificial timetable that our Democratic colleagues may have penciled out for political pur-

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poses,” he said.

In a Sunday statement, the Republican and Democrat senators who helped formulate the infrastructure bill said, “Over the last four days we have worked day and night to finalize historic legislation that will invest in our nation’s hard infrastructure and create good-paying jobs for working Americans in communities across the country without raising taxes.”

They added that they are looking forward to “moving this bill through the Senate and delivering for the American people.”

The bipartisan bill seems likely to make it through the Senate, but the House will be on break until September 20.

The package includes approximately $550 billion for roads, waterways, broadband, water systems, bridges, airports, and a new power grid.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has promised not to support the infrastructure bill unless a budget measure passes at the same time.

In D.C., Murders More than Corona Deaths

July 2021 saw 21 homicides in Washington, D.C., compared to eight deaths from coronavirus, FOX5 DC reported on Monday.

Ward 8 Councilman Trayon White said, “We’ve put a lot of resources and time into the COVID pandemic. We’re in a pandemic right now when it comes to crime in

this community, and we got to start acting it.”

By July 10, Washington, D.C., had hit 100 homicides for the year.

According to the D.C. Police Union, the city usually hits the triple digits around October, though according to WTOP News, in 2018 and 2019 the city reached that mark in August.

Data from the Metropolitan Police Department showed that as of July 30, there were 113 homicides in Washington, D.C., this year, compared to 108 last year.

Big Mouth

She’s a big mouth – and she’s proud of it.

Samantha Ramsdell used to feel uncomfortable about her unusually large mouth. This week, though, her mouth was something to talk about.

The Connecticut woman nabbed the Guinness World Record for the world’s largest mouth gape of a female.

Ramsdell’s mouth, capable of holding an entire large order of fries, measures 6.52 cm or about 2.5 inches wide.

“I never thought it would be possible to be this famous off my mouth, but it’s incredible,” she told Guinness.

The 31-year-old has amassed 1.7 million followers on TikTok after posting videos of stuffing three doughnuts in her mouth at one

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time and other feats requested by users.

According to Ramsdell, “the children of TikTok” convinced her to seek the world record.

She claimed the Guinness title after visiting a dentist with an official adjudicator present.

“You know getting a Guinness World Records title, it’s finally being almost able to show some of the bullies or people who doubted me or tormented me that hey – I have a big mouth, but at least I have the biggest one in the world!” Ramsdell said.

Ramsdell advised others with large body parts or different talents to not be afraid of their “biggest asset” and recognize it as a “superpower.”

“It is the thing that makes you special and different from everyone else walking around,” she said.

Now she’s the talk of the town.

A Homeless Hermit?

River Dave has been living on his own in the woods of New Hampshire for almost three decades.

David Lidstone built himself a small cabin near the Merrimack River. He grows his own food and cuts his own firewood. Now, though, the 81-year-old happy hermit may find himself homeless.

who are working with him to get him out of jail and back to his place in the woods.

“He’s just a really, really, big caring guy, and just chooses to live off the grid,” Jodie Gedeon, a kayaker who befriended Lidstone 20 years ago, said. “It really is about humanity, it really is about compassion, empathy ... he’s not hurting anybody.”

Merrimack County Superior Court Judge Andrew Schulman agrees but he notes that the law is on the property owner’s side.

“You’re doing your own thing in the ‘Live Free or Die’ state, so there’s a lot of sympathy to you for that,” he said. “But there’s a lot of weight on the other side of the balance sheet, and not just about what the (landowner) wants to do with the land, but the weight I feel to uphold the judgment of the court and the rule of law.”

Currently, Lidstone can be released if one of three things happen: he agrees to leave, the cabin is demolished by Giles, or 30 days have passed since he was jailed.

Lidstone’s decision to live in the woods is “exactly the lifestyle he wants,” said his brother, Vincent Lidstone, 77.

“What they’re doing to him isn’t right for anybody, whether he’s my brother or anybody’s brother,” Vincent said. “He’s 81 years old. Leave him alone.”

Live and let live.

Diamond Heist

Lidstone has been camping on Leonard Giles’ land. Now, Giles seeks to tear down Lidstone’s cabin.

Since July 15, Lidstone has been in jail on a civil contempt sanction.

“You came with your guns, you arrested me, brought me in here, you’ve got all my possessions. You keep ‘em,” he told a judge at a hearing this week. “I’ll sit here with your uniform on until I rot, sir.”

River Dave has many supporters

Lulu Lakatos was convicted this week of a daring diamond heist.

The 60-year-old French woman posed as a diamond expert inspecting gems at a luxury London jeweler for a wealthy Russian investor back in March 2016. While looking at a bag of diamonds, staff noticed that she put the sack into her bag. When they pointed that out, Lakatos, pretending not to speak English, pulled out the bag of diamonds and gave it back to staff.

It was only after she left the store

that the employees realized that she replaced the seven diamonds worth $5.8 million with a bag of pebbles.

Lakatos’ genius plan was brilliant – except that she and her associates got caught.

This week, Lakatos was found guilty of conspiracy to steal.

London’s jewelry quarter is a frequent target of planned heists – most notably a 2015 raid in which a group of men stole more than $20 million worth valuables from a vault.

“This was an audacious theft, carried out in plain view of experienced and professional staff at a renowned jewelers,” acting detective sergeant William Man of the Metropolitan Police’s Flying Squad said in a statement. “The meticulous planning and execution of this theft reveals to me that those involved were highly skilled criminals.”

Now, Lakatos is going to be spending a lot of time stuck between a rock and a hard place.

Seeing Triple

A New Jersey couple is going to have a hard time telling their kids apart. Mark Bodrog and Gabriela Mosquera were shocked when they found out a few months ago that they were expecting identical girl triplets.

“I kind of walked in circles for about 20 minutes. I mean, what do you do when you hear ‘triplets?’”

Bodrog said.

The fact that they’re identical makes it a highly unusual situation.

“It’s so rare,” Bodrog said. “There are hardly any case studies on it.”

The odds of having identical triplets have been said by medical experts to be between one in 60,000 and one in 200 million.

The three cuties were born on July 8 at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania at 34 weeks and 5 days. Each baby weighed a bit over 5 pounds.

Now, Anastasia, Olivia, and Nadia are home with their parents and their two older siblings.

Three cheers for this adorable family.

Sapphires in the Backyard

Most people find worms or rocks in their backyard if they do a little digging. A man in Sri Lanka, known by his last name Gamage, found something a little more sparkly on his property last year.

When workers toiled in his backyard to dig a well, they unearthed the world’s largest star sapphire cluster. Luckily, Gamage knew what to do with the giant gem; he is a gem trader.

The fabulous find has a pale blue color and an estimated value of up to $100 million in the international market.

The cluster weighs around 510 kilograms or 2.5 million carats and has been named the “Serendipity Sapphire.”

“The person who was digging the well alerted us about some rare stones. Later we stumbled upon this huge specimen,” Gamage said. The area where he lives in known to be filled with many gems, although none as big as this one.

It took more than a year to clean the stone of mud and other impurities before authorities could analyze and certify it.

During the cleaning process, Gamage said that some stones fell out of the cluster, and they were found to be high quality star sapphires.

Gamage lives in Ratnapura, which means city of gems in Sinhalese and is known as the gem capital of the South Asian country. Other valuable stones have been found there in the past.

Sri Lanka is a leading exporter of sapphires and other precious gems. Last year, the country earned around half a billion dollars through the export of gems, cut diamonds and jewelry.

Sounds like a gem of a find.

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Rabbi Pesach Lerner, chairman of the Eretz Hakodesh party in the World Zionist organization and board member of the Jewish Agency for Israel, met with Sam Grundwerg, chairman, Keren Hayesod, and Yaakov Hagoel, chairman World Zionist Organization and acting chairman of Jewish Agency, this week to discuss the needs and activities of the Eretz Hakodesh constituency Rabbi Lerner also met with members of Knesset and other influencers of Israeli activism on his recent trip to Israel and other countries.

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This year’s event will focus on the practice of medicine in a postCOVID world. Topics include vaccine hesitancy, mental health awareness during the pandemic, and how COVID-19 changed clinical practice.

The keynote speaker will be Rochelle P. Walensky, MD, MPH, Director of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), who will be discussing the science behind complications of COVID-19. Other topics this year include immunotherapy and special breakout sessions for premedical and medical students regarding the application processes for

medical school and residency.

This year’s symposium will be held virtually and is open to all healthcare professionals, male and female, from all medical disciplines and backgrounds. Students are welcome. Continuing medical education (CME) will be available through Yale School of Medicine. Register at www. jowma.org/symposium2021.

The symposium will be followed by an in-person Physician Networking Dinner at Bourbon & Bison. A portion of the proceeds will go toward the JOWMA Medical Student Scholarship Fund, which is launching in Fall 2021. Thank you to event sponsors Greystone & Co. LLC, Mobile Vascular Physicians, Sherman Abrams Labs, Takeda, Wealth Advisory Group, LLC, Premium Health and Refuah Health.

To register for the dinner, please visit www.jowma.org.

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John Mirzoeff from Jamaica Estates and Abie Feld from Hillcrest present Mr. Aron Beidner with his annual birthday cake on his 104th birthday last week.

The community hopes to celebrate Mr. Beidner’s birthday with him next year, IYH, in good health.

Avnet Girls Visit Club Getaway

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dventurous campers at HALB’s Avnet Country Day School enjoyed round-theclock fun as they embarked on a visit to Club Getaway in Kent Connecticut. The Agamim and Naharot girls experienced one night and two days of outdoor escapades. They were put to the test with physical challenges like ziplining, a climbing wall, bungy jumping and a ropes course. Night activity featured a game show followed by a nature hike and a bonfire with s’mores.

“We were happy to give Avnet’s older campers an amazing overnight trip, while following all COVID-related safety precautions,” said Daniel Stroock, camp director. “Trips

like this are not only exciting, but they also build confidence and allow campers to learn to separate from their parents in a manageable way.

We can’t wait for the G’Vaot and Harim boys to get their turn next week!”

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record crowd of over 200 people came out on Tuesday night, July 27 in support of One Israel Fund’s tenth Annual Summer BBQ and Fine Israeli Wine Tasting, nearly half of whom were the younger generation in this bustling community of West Hempstead.

The Summer BBQ is held annually at the home of Alan & Sharon Shulman. When asked what he attributed to the record crowd, Alan said, “COVID! “I think the combination of everyone itching to come out and see friends again was a huge factor but there was something else going on as well. A lot of the new faces were either directly or indirectly a result of the minyan which took place in my own backyard throughout the pandemic.

It brought together people who didn’t necessarily socialize beforehand, and in some cases, didn’t even know each other.

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Don’t get me wrong, COVID has been terrible but you always need to seek out that silver lining.”

Of course, Israel is always on people’s minds but the recent attacks from Gaza back in May, coupled with the escalation of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) Movement with the announcement a little more than a week ago that Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream would be boycotting the very communities directly supported by One Israel Fund, also played a role in the overwhelming success of the evening.

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Main Event-Mauzone has been the official caterer of One Israel Fund’s annual gala dinners since its inception back in 1994. Whenever Alan hosts an event in his own backyard, you know the food is going to be incredible, and he and his team never disappoint. In addition, an outstanding array of Israeli wines were presented by Adam Neustadter of Spruce D’Vine in Cedarhurst and great music was spun by DJ Avi Bohorodzaner.

The program featured some moving videos including one about the recent completion of a new playground and soccer field in the community of Bnei Adam, made possible through a grant from the Young Israel of West Hempstead’s Combined Israel Appeal (CIA). Making the evening even more impressive was a special appearance

by Councilman Bruce Blakeman who presented Alan and Sharon as well as Main Event-Mauzone with proclamations from the Town of Hempstead for their outstanding and dedicated efforts on behalf of their own community and Israel.

Additionally, One Israel Fund’s outstanding director of security projects, Marc Provisor, was in attendance all the way from his home in Shilo, Israel. Marc spoke passionately about the work he oversees in the realm of securing and protecting the communities throughout Judea and Samaria.

“We save lives, period,” Marc explained to the crowd. “The work we do in One Israel Fund in the security realm is not to be believed and if you partner with [us], you will stand ten

feet tall and prouder than you could ever imagine. Knowing you played a real role in saving a life is the best feeling anyone can have,” Marc went on to explain.

As the event coincided with Alan’s birthday, a beautifully inscribed bottle of wine from the Shiloh Winery was presented to both Alan and Sharon as a token of appreciation from Amichai Lourie, winemaker at the Shiloh Winery and One Israel Fund. In addition, a giant cake was brought out and everyone joined in the simcha.

As one long-time participant expressed, “It’s amazing to see the young people outnumbering the older crowd. It gives me great comfort for the future of Israel and that’s the most important thing to come out of tonight.”

Those, at One Israel Fund, undoubtedly agree.

Since its inception in 1994, One Israel Fund has remained committed to the safety and wellbeing of the nearly 500,000 residents of Judea and Samaria – our Biblical Heartland. As the premier organization supporting these regions, One Israel Fund works tirelessly to facilitate, on average, over 200 unique projects annually, filling gaps in medical, educational, recreational, preventative security and all other forms of communal and social welfare. By working in tandem with community and regional leadership as well as government officials, One Israel Fund enables Jewish life to flourish in all areas of our Biblical Heartland.

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he fun and excitement continue to build here at Simcha Day Camp as yet another pumping week of non-stop action flew by! The seniors had their epic overnight trip to Camelbeach water park resort.

Our campers spent hours slipping and sliding on the wildest water rides on the East Coast. After an amazing night’s sleep at Yeshiva Spring Valley’s beautiful campus, it was off to Dave & Busters in the Palisades Mall for hours of unlimited arcades, ticket games and prizes! Stuffed animals, sandwich makers, blenders and mini fridges joined our excited campers on the way back to camp for a delectable, mouth-watering BBQ dinner.

The Mids took advantage of the empty campus by psyching up Orange Day, wacky scavenger hunts,

and intense league games! The adrenaline-throbbing week culminated with a massive surprise Yoni Z concert that rocked the house but not before he disappeared in time for Color War breakout.

Yes! It’s Color War here at SDC! Who’s gonna win this Color War? Green or red?

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Gerer Community in America Prepares for Rebbe’s Journey of Chizuk and Uplift

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he news of the historic visit had spread like wildfire throughout the Gerer community in the United States, and beyond; the visit of the Gerer Rebbe, shlit”a, to these shores, during the months of Av and Elul will forever be inscribed in the annals of the history of Gerer Chassidus, and of the chassidic world in general.

The primary purpose of this visit by the Gerer Rebbe is to strengthen the many initiatives in Torah and chassidus which have already been implemented through his guidance, and reaching new vistas atop the foundations of the past.

Compounding the historic nature of this visit is the unprecedented holding of the wedding of the Rebbe’s granddaughter in America – an event that usually brings out tens of thousands of Gerer chassidim from throughout the Holy Land to Yerushalayim’s Rechov Yirmiyahu.

This week’s Hatzalah vs. NYPD softball game brought out some heavy hitters – Democratic mayoral nominee Eric Adams, NYPD Commissioner Dermot Shea, NYPD Community Affairs Chief Jeffrey Maddrey, NYPD Deputy Commissioner Bob Ganley, Brooklyn South Chief Michael Kemper, NYPD Deputy Inspector Richie Taylor, NYPD Lt Ira Jablonsky, NYPD Clergy Liaison David Heskiel, FJCC Chairman Josh Mehlman, Hatzolah Coordinators Moshe Wulliger & Yehiel Kalish, Shomrim Coordinators Bob Moskovitz & Tzvi Weill and hundreds of fans!

This time, it is the turn of American chassidim, whose deep yearning to be in the presence of the Rebbe has been squelched for close to two years, as the borders have been shut –precluding any of the legendary “nesiyos” to the holy court where their hearts are tethered.

Prior to the official beginning of the visit, the Rebbe is spending about one week at the Monsey home of his loyal chassid – a pillar of the Gerer chassidus, famed philanthropist, and chairman of Agudath Israel of America, Reb Shloime Werdiger, with his family.

The chassidim are now awaiting the imminent arrival of the Rebbe, shlit”a, whose primary purpose in this visit is to strengthen the hundreds of Gerer families in America.

The duration of the visit will be utilized by the Rebbe, shlit”a, to meet with the machanchim of the mosdos in America, and to bolster

the numerous successful initiatives that the Rebbe has pioneered – building the future upon the successes of the past.

Some of examples of this are in the unique derech halimud that has been introduced in recent years, in which, beginning in the cheder years, talmidim master large amounts of dapim of Gemara, with a great number of reviews. This system has gained fame throughout the world, as Gerer bachurim are tested, ba’al peh, on hundreds of dapim, and in some instances all of Shas.

The Rebbe will likewise continue initiatives for vigilance in the arena of technology – a battle in which he has been at the forefront for decades.

In keeping with the desire to ensure that the simcha is focused on the American chassidim, only the chassidim from Eretz Yisroel aged thirty-five and above have been per-

mitted to make the trip to join in this simcha.

The anticipation of the great simcha is likewise greatly felt. Parashas Shoftim will mark the aufruf of the chosson, in the presence of thousands of chassidim, followed by the chasunah, and the week of sheva brachos – all of which promise to infuse and incredible spirit of kedusha and chizuk into the Gerer community in America who are overjoyed at this incredible historic visit.

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Around the Community

Tehillim on Klaf

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onday, August 9 will mark the day in history that Klal Yisroel will unite to celebrate the completion of a hand-written Sefer Tehillim on Klaf written by a sofer mumcha. The Tehillim on Klaf will be the first of its kind outside Israel and will also serve as a source of tefillah globally.

The Tehillim will be stationed in the heart of Boro Park, close to Maimonides Hospital. Tehillim on Klaf Tefillah will recite Tehillim from the authentic handwritten scroll, as was the practice in biblical times in the days of Dovid Hamelech. All Tehillim will be read from a Klaf, led by talmidei chachomim and guest rabbanim. The Tehillim will be joined in person or through live-stream daily, chapter by chapter starting August 10, 2nd of Elul.

The Tehillim on Klaf will be the first of such Tehillim on Klaf outside Israel; the first live-streamed, open-participation Tehillim recital; and the first to unite Klal Yisroel

with tefillah daily out of a handwritten Klaf.

The Hachnosas Sefer Tehillim celebration will take place Monday,

August 9, Rosh Chodesh Elul. The event will start with the Kesivas Haosiyos 5:45pm at 1254 51 Street in Brooklyn, in which the final letters

at the end of the Tehillim scroll are inked in by leading rabbanim and community leaders followed by live music at 7pm.

The live daily Tehillim will start on Tuesday, the 2nd day Elul, and will serve as a source where Yidden from across the globe will engage in the tefillah with extra kavana.

The Steipler Gaon, zt”l, writes in Karyana d’’iggarta, that Tehillim handwritten on Klaf with a special kedusha has a unique power in its prayers, “retzuya u’mekubeles beyoser” on a higher level and meriting “greater acceptance” above.

The Tehillim on Klaf can be found at 1254 51 Street and will be streamed live on www.tehillimonklaftefilah.org on Sunday - Thursday at 1:00PM (EST). You can also submit names of individuals in need to be mentioned at the tefillah.

May the tefillas be accepted as it were recited by the holy Dovid Hamelech himself.

Touro College Masters Program in Jewish Ed & Special Ed Celebrates First Graduating Class

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one-of-a-kind program at Touro College celebrated its first graduating class. The Jewish Education & Special Education master’s program was created in 2019 to give rebbeim and moros who teach children with special needs the cutting-edge professional skills needed to provide their students with a proper Jewish education. The inaugural graduates were Freidi Hyman of the Idea School in Tenafly, New Jersey; Sarah Katz of Bais Yaakov of Los Angeles; Murray Mizrahi of Barkai Yeshivah in Brooklyn, New York; and Chayim Zylbernagel of United Lubavitcher Yeshiva, also in Brooklyn.

“We are so proud of our first graduates. They represent the breadth of Jewish education across the spectrum and they will now bring the depth of pedagogic skills that they have acquired from our program into their classrooms to benefit their students. These men and women represent the best of Jewish Education and their love and enthusiasm for work-

ing with children, combined with their professional training, will enhance and transform the field of Jewish Education,” said Dr. Jeffrey Lichtman, Professor and Lucille Weidman Director of the graduate program in Jewish Education and Special Education at Touro.

Program graduates are prepared to serve and educate typical children as well as those with special needs in a variety of settings, including mainstream and special education yeshivos.

“I learned so many strategies to help me become a better and more effective teacher,” said new alum Freidi Hyman. “Creating lesson plans that motivate students, promoting higher order thinking and making learning

meaningful and engaging are a few of the highlights. Additionally, I was given the skills to promote classroom

management while simultaneously creating a positive learning atmosphere. Dr. Lichtman’s program at Touro has so much to offer, and I am so grateful to have been part of it.”

For more information on the master’s program in Jewish Education and Special Education visit gse. touro.edu or contact Dr. Lichtman at Jeff.lichtman@touro.edu.

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Summer learning and summer fun at Camp Matov

Harvey’s DEC at JEP

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ast Thursday, Camp Nageela hosted a dedication event featuring bar mitzvah celebrations for Nageela Boys’ campers and a live concert by former Nageela staff, Nachi (“Naches”) Baldinger. The dedication was in honor of the new building on campus named “Harvey’s DEC.” “We felt it was befitting to memorialize Harvey Kaylie, a”h, a man who, with his wife Gloria Kaylie, help Jewish children all over the world become educated about their Jewish roots and heritage,” said Rabbi Dovid Shenker, founding director of Camp Nageela and JEP-LI. “The DEC is an acronym for three of our camp’s core values, Discovery, Exploration, and Community, which we have already put into practice in our new building this summer. We appreciate the Kaylies and other

supporters for providing our future generations with a new venue to be Joyfully Jewish.”

In addition to memorializing Harvey Kaylie, the following Nageela families were recognized for dedicating rooms in the complex: Mr. and Mrs. Michael Schick; Dr. and Mrs. Wendy Turetsky; Rabbi and Mrs. Elchanan Shoff; Mr. and Mrs. Joe Freud; Mr. and Mrs. Melly Lifshitz; Nageela alumni campers, Nageela alumni staff, Mr. Moshe Stern, and more! The new activities center is an addition to the Nageela main building, which is the Dovid and Suri Schwartz Jewish Experience Center dedicated by Isaac and Tova Schwartz.

Please join us in touring the new building virtually by visiting campnageela.org/harveysdec.

To find out more about how to support Jew-

Harvey Kaylie during his visit to Camp Nageela in 2017, speaking with a camper as Rabbi Dovid Shenker looks on

ish education with JEP/Nageela,contact 917-7152415 or jenr@jepli.org.

Rep. Rice Announces $3.5 M in Security Grant Funding for Jewish Nonprofits

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his week, U.S. Representative Kathleen Rice (NY-04) announced that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has awarded $3.5 million for security enhancements to 20 Jewish nonprofit organizations in New York’s Fourth Congressional District. The funding was awarded through DHS’s FY 2021 Nonprofit Security Grant Program (NSGP), which supports target hardening and physical security enhancements at nonprofit organizations that are at a higher risk of a terrorist attack.

“No Long Islander should ever feel threatened or endangered because of their religious identity,” said Rep. Kathleen Rice. “But with anti-Semitism on the rise in this country, it is clear we must

act to protect potential targets in our communities. This new federal funding will provide several synagogues, Jewish day schools and other nonprofit organizations with the ability to enhance their security and emergency response capabilities. I was proud to help secure these grants, and I will continue to fight in Congress for the resources and federal support needed to keep our communities safe.”

“We are grateful to Congresswoman Rice for our being the recipients of the FEMA 2021 Security Grant which will help us improve security at our synagogue, and allow the community to worship with peace of mind,” said Eli Chaikin, Head of Security at the Young Israel of North Wood-

mere, which received a $150,000 grant. “We thank Congresswoman Rice and her staff for their assistance during this process.”

In total, 20 organizations in NY-04 received grants through the FY21 NSGP. This is the sixth consecutive year in which Rice helped secure funding for faith-based nonprofit organizations in New York’s Fourth Congressional District. NY-04 was awarded: • FY 2020: $1.3 million to fourteen organizations • FY 2019: $1.7 million for seventeen organizations • FY 2018: $1.2 million for eight organizations • FY 2017: $450,000 for six organizations • FY 2016: $575,000 for eight organizations

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THIS WEEK, WE’RE TALKING TO…

Camp Machaneh Yisrael

BY SUSAN SCHWAMM

1, 2, 3…8 weeks of amazing summer fun! For the last few weeks, our children have been basking in the sun, swimming, singing, and soaking up the fun every day. How are they spending their time away from their desks? In this series, we speak with camp directors and head counselors to learn more about our community’s amazing, spectacular, incredible, marvelous, unbelievable (you get the point!) camps.

CAMP MACHANEH YISRAEL, LOCATED ON THE YESHIVA OF SOUTH SHORE CAMPUS, WAS STARTED OVER TWO DECADES AGO. THE FUN NEVER STOPS FOR THE LUCKY CAMPERS FROM ALL OVER THE COMMUNITY WHO SPEND THEIR SUMMER DAYS AT CMY. THIS WEEK, WE WERE ABLE TO SPEND SOME TIME WITH RABBI YITZY HABER AND RABBI ZEZY FULD, WHO TOOK A FEW MINUTES OUT OF THEIR BUSY DAY TO TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE CRAZY FUN THAT GOES DOWN AT CAMP MACHANEH YISRAEL EVERY DAY.

Rabbi Haber, Rabbi Fuld, we are sure that you have many new and exciting things to share. Each year, we are really amazed by your new and innovative initiatives. You have truly changed what people think of when they hear the words “day camp.” From your out of this world Dynanite program, which people know is the premiere after-camp experience, to your MAXX program for children who just don’t like

sports but love being creative and putting their skills to work, every year you come up with amazing new and innovative ideas to keep children really excited about CMY and the CMY experience.

Rabbi Haber (RYH): True. And we really try not to let anyone down so we spend months brainstorming on how to make this year even better than the year before. Not just with our great sports but with our special e v e n t s and the love and warmth that we bring to camp.

I get it. You love to “up your game” each year. I, myself, have seen a few of your weekly camp videos and, honestly, if I were a boy of the right age, yours is the camp I would want to go to. We’ve heard of the very innovative and special Father-Son Tisha B’Av program that you have initiated. Can you tell us more about that?

Rabbi Zezy Fuld (RZF): Our Tisha B’Av program is already in the 5th year, so many fathers and sons come in every year and hear our rebbeim speak to them on their own level. They and we had a real understanding of the meaning of Tisha B’Av, about what it is that we are actually mourning. It was very mean-

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ingful, and all those who attended felt they had gotten so much out of it.

The truth is that the reason we wanted this interview is because our readers would like to know what’s new in CMY this summer, and so would we. We are always so impressed with what you’ve done in the past, how you’ve changed the whole concept of a “city day camp”.

So, please tell us what you have going on this summer and maybe include some secrets that you haven’t told anyone before.

It’s always great to have an “exclusive.”

RYH: Well, in customary CMY fashion, we intend to “blow you away” once more. We didn’t want this year’s interview to be the same as every other year. So this year you get to hear about the camp from the campers themselves. Would you care to interview some of our campers?

Wow! That was unexpected!

We would really enjoy hearing from your campers. Let’s hear what they have to tell us about CMY 2021.

RYH: Come on in Mish and Mush, Moishy Shikufitsky, and Labels for Laibel (obviously all names were changed for the privacy of the campers).

Seems like you really came prepared.

RYH: We really wanted you and your readers to get a better understanding of what it is that we are so excited about.

Well, hello camper. What’s your name and how old are you?

Labels for Laibel: I’m Label and I’m 8 and a half years old.

How many years have you been going to CMY? Laibel: Two years.

Tell me why you picked CMY and what your favorite part of camp is.

Laibel: Well, I chose it because I was hearing really great things about it from my friends. Besides, I knew

Rabbi Haber and Rabbi Zezy from before. I figured if they were running this camp, it had to be awesome. My favorite parts are the wacky lunch games that Rabbi Haber and Rabbi Zezy play with us during lunchtime.

That way, even if lunch isn’t so great (it almost always is), we have an amazing time. Just last week a camper got to throw chocolate chips at my friend’s face after he put marshmallow fluff all over it to see how many would stick. He won!!!! He had 28 chips stick to his face!!!

Sounds like a lot of fun. Are there any other sort of wild things you want to share?

Laibel: Well, I know this sounds a little weird but the camp is all about “pickles!” And we do a lot with pickles. Rabbi Picker of the Amazing Maxx program got a

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pickle to light up! It was crazy! We also have a “Pickle Song” that we sing all the time as we eat tons and tons of pickles. You have to see it!

Let’s call in another camper. I understand that you are part of the Amazing Maxx program.

What’s your name and how do you like your program?

Moishy: My name is Moishy Shikufitsky, and I really love the Maxx program. It’s very different from other camps, and we do some really great stuff – not only lighting up pickles even though that was pretty cool.

You sound very enthusiastic.

Why don’t you tell us more about the Amazing Maxx program?

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tell you everything but let me give you a few examples. We have been learning about flint and steel, practicing using a Vacuum Chamber, using dry ice to do all types of cool activities, but the coolest thing about this year is the TRAILER!!

Camp bought a rundown old trailer and we are rebuilding the whole thing. It is almost as if we are building a new house from scratch.

We are putting in new wiring, we got the air conditioning working again, we put up dry wall, we are spackling, painting and framing – it’s amazing!

I would say that is the part of camp I look most forward to every single day!

That’s sounds great! Anything else your learned that you can use later.

Moishy: I guess one of the best things is that we learn how to work together in teams. We’ve done some team building, and

as cool as it is to do something yourself, it’s sometimes more fun to do it together with other guys.

I would say that the Amazing MAXX program truly is amazing. I also understand that the

for what AJ and Rabbi Borenstein will come up with next. We have overnights and some wacky and crazy trips. We have gone kayaking, gone on all types of different trips and even rented a cruise line and cruised on the boat with just our friends there

“ONE THING I CAN TELL YOU: CMY IS NEVER, EVER BORING! THERE’S SOMETHING HAPPENING ALL THE TIME.” Dynanite program is really lots of fun. What sort of things do you do?

Moishy: You got it. Rabbi AJ Jacobs and Rabbi Borenstein make sure that the night programs really rock!

We have great trips of all kinds, and we really can’t wait

and nobody else. One thing I can tell you: CMY is never, ever boring!

There’s something happening all the time.

You guys certainly sound like you’re having

fun. How about you two? Are there other activities that you would like to mention?

Mish and Mush: There sure are!

We have Monday madness, overnights, and we go on great trips all the time. We’ve done Dave and Busters, water parks, and … we can’t even remember all the stuff! We agree that it’s never boring!

Moishy: We’ve also had a capture the monster game, and trips to parks with BBQ’s and even did a great JELLY BALL game (no, we never heard of it before this either)! We even have our in-house Shabbaton, which is an amazing weekend for our older boys!! But don’t think it’s all about entertainment. Our bunks also have a prize box for middos where you can get tickets for good middos and get prizes daily. And that’s a lot of fun, too.

My head is swimming f rom all this action!

Rabbi Haber and Rabbi Zezy, these campers really do seem to be having an amazing experience with lots of fun, but I know that there’s also an educational aspect to your camp. How does that work?

RYH: Well, besides the pr ize

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box for middos, we had a penny competition between the bunks to raise money for tzedakah. That is in the middle of happening right now, but last time we did it we raised over a thousand dollars for tzedakah!

We are also having our 2 nd Siyum Hashas Mishnayos this summer. Now, that is an exclusive! The campers and their fathers have been learning Mishnayos. Towards the end of camp, we will be having a special siyum for fathers and sons.

It will be a very impressive program. The last time we did it, we had hundreds of people there a gorgeous siyum with lots of great food, divrei Torah and dancing! It was a huge kiddush Hashem!

This sounds wonderful. I get the feeling, though, that we haven’t heard even half of what’s been going on this s u m m e r.

And, I’m sure you still have a lot up your sleeves.

RZF: Very true.

We have to have a few surprises left, after all. But I would like to tell you what is NOT a surprise, and that is what makes this camp so special. It is not just the exciting

and innovative programming – it’s the staff of counselors, rebbeim, and all the rest of our workers. Everyone at CMY loves working here. Really!

And each of our staff members is

only plays with the younger campers during their sports periods, he also helps them learn how to play. He teaches them how to physically play the games and also teaches them the

“JUST LAST WEEK A CAMPER GOT TO THROW CHOCOLATE CHIPS AT MY FRIEND’S FACE AFTER HE PUT MARSHMALLOW FLUFF ALL OVER IT TO SEE HOW MANY WOULD STICK. HE WON!” professional and dedicated and gives 100-plus percent all the time.

RYH: That is so true. Let me give you an example. Rabbi Gewirtz not

rules of the games through a very innovative trivia game he’s developed.

So the campers not only have loads of fun, but they are much better players by the end of camp.

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He is definitely not alone in his dedication. The entire staff works together beautifully for the benefit of each and every camper.

I have to say that you two have really “blown me away” today.

I want to thank both of you and the campers for sharing all that you can about CMY. Any last thoughts?

RZF: First of all, thanks for giving us the opportunity to share the CMY experience with you and your readers. I know I speak for both of us and all the CMY staff when I say that uppermost in our goals is to give every single camper an exhilarating and rich camp experience with lots of Torah content. We want every CMY camper to have the camp experience of a lifetime!

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Hillel Day Camp

BY SUSAN SCHWAMM

1, 2, 3…8 weeks of amazing summer fun! For the last few weeks, our children have been basking in the sun, swimming, singing, and soaking up the fun every day. How are they spending their time away from their desks? In this series, we speak with camp directors and head counselors to learn more about our community’s amazing, spectacular, incredible, marvelous, unbelievable (you get the point!) camps.

HUNDREDS OF CAMPERS CALL HILLEL DAY CAMP THEIR HOME-AWAY-FROMHOME FOR EIGHT AMAZING WEEKS. THIS WEEK, WE SPOKE WITH EVAN LEIBOWITZ, THE CAMP DIRECTOR OF HILLEL DAY CAMP. WITH EXPERIENCE WORKING IN A CAMP SETTING FOR OVER 20 YEARS, EVAN BRINGS HIS EXTENSIVE CAMP KNOWLEDGE TO HILLEL DAY CAMP, HAVING WORKED THERE FOR THE PAST NINE YEARS. HE TOOK A FEW MINUTES OUT OF HIS BUSY SCHEDULE TO TELL US MORE ABOUT THE EXCITEMENT THAT PERMEATES THE HILLEL CAMPUS.

Evan, what makes Hillel Day Camp unique?

Hillel is a special place because of the people. Our staff put their heart and soul into their positions each and every day. Taking campers from many different communities and schools and creating a symbiotic relationship in a group could be a difficult task but our dedicated morot, counselors, and specialty staff make it happen! They view each activity and day as something special and an opportunity

to make an impact on their camper’s summer. Whether playing freeze dance on the field, learning about bein adam l’chaveiro, or posing in yoga, our staff are completely dedicated to their craft.

When someone hears about Hillel Day Camp, what do you want them to think about?

I want parents to know that Hillel Day Camp is a professional organization, dedicated

to creating the best summer experience for all our campers. Our staff constantly anticipates what will come next and plans for each and every day to run smoother than the next. We pride ourselves on being organized, communicating well, and being responsive to all our families.

Tell us about your swim program.

Our swim program floats in a class of

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its own! Our longtime aquatics director Ms. Sima Fish is a consummate professional who has been in the industry for more years than she wishes to disclose. She supervises a team of lifeguards that have been with us for so many years that they can each lead other pools themselves but love the camaraderie and the working environment at Hillel Day Camp.

Our campers swim twice daily.

They are learning to swim and advancing their skills. At Hillel Day Camp, not a day goes by that we don’t gain another deep water swimmer or a camper mastering another swimming skill.

Tell us about your team.

Team – that’s the key. It’s about the team. We are a team of educators that “live 12 for 2.” We eat, breathe, and sleep camp. We each have years of camp experience, many of us in Hillel Day Camp. Each and every person on our team brings something substantial to the table. For us, the whole is absolutely greater than the parts. When an oil tanker recently closed most of the town and some buses weren’t able to get to camp to bring our campers home, our team stayed at camp until 7:30

pm entertaining our campers and keeping them calm – no questions asked!

While there isn’t enough space on

memories and memorable moments.

We understand that campers may not remember the everyday activities a few months from now, but they will

THEY’RE DANCING TO THE MUSIC AS THEY EXIT THE BUSES IN THE MORNING AND THEY’RE WALKING DOWN THE HALLS SINGING OUR CAMP SONG. these pages to name and celebrate each of our head staff, morot, nurses, office staff, and counselors, I would like to acknowledge our Assistant Director Shana Pollack who works tirelessly on behalf of our camp, Head Counselor Penina Ginsberg, who brings her everlasting energy daily, and Director of Programming Ilona Diamond, who is constantly planning exciting new memory making moments for our campers.

When you set your goals for planning a summer, what do you focus on?

We focus on making

remember the meaningful Tisha B’Av program, that special Friday Oneg, or those Disney characters for Disney Day. We also focus on balancing on and off campus entertainment with our daily activities and special events.

We know that there is a fine line between establishing routines for campers by providing a set schedule of daily activities such as chocolate making,

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arts and crafts, and music, and special events such as Hillel’s Got Talent, pony rides, and off campus trips.

How does the location of Hillel Day Camp help in providing the campers with an exciting summer experience?

LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION! We are located on Central Avenue in the heart of Lawrence. We are so close to many of our local partners.

Our campers are able to walk to and partake in exciting off

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campus activities including Warren Levy Martial Arts, Lollibop’s Play Space, Grace’s Gymnastics, Lawrence Country Club for Tennis and Golf, and Fitwize 4 Kids. We also have established relationships with many other local businesses that have taken residence on our campus during the summer such as Make It Too!, Ofra Jewels, Girl Talk, and Pakua. These partnerships allow our campers to experience a variety of activities while supporting local community businesses.

Our campus has THREE inground pools, TWO indoor gyms, TWO large fields, as well as use of all the HAFTR facilities when needed. vHow has the reaction been

from the parents and campers this summer?

The feedback we’ve been getting so far has been incredible! Our staff and campers are so happy to be back in camp playing sports, being with friends, and learning new things.

The kids are happy! They’re dancing to the music as they exit the buses in the morning and they’re walking down the halls singing our camp song. We are getting daily messages of gratitude and thanks from our parents and families. They are seeing what we are seeing! Happy, smiling faces!

When you walk around camp, what is something that you think about as you see the won-

derful things that Hillel Day Camp has to offer?

A few years ago, someone mentioned that Hillel is like a smorgasbord, where the offerings match whatever you are in the mood for. You can take as much or as little as you would like, and you can hang out and shmooze before the chuppah. I think about that every time I walk around camp. Hillel Day Camp offers so many activities on a daily basis including chess, cooking, STEM, nature, and a huge variety of sports, that there is truly something for everyone. We also adapt our schedule to our campers as we learn their likes and dislikes and adjust the schedules to the needs of each group.

We can’t wait to welcome back our Hillel Day Camp families in the Summer of 2022 and to welcome all the new families and campers as well!

By the Numbers...

1,000+ campers and

staff in our “mini city”

20 Nassau County and Red Cross Certified lifeguards

1 Professional European League Basketball player on our sports staff

40 bunks 400 activity slots per day

2,000 activities

happening per week

24 busses 1,000,000+ smiles per week at Hillel Day Camp

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Never walk without a document – People with documents look like hardworking employees headed to important meetings. People with nothing in their hands look like they’re headed for the cafeteria.

Above all, make sure you carry loads of stuff home with you at night, thus generating the false impression that you work longer hours than you really do.

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Use computers to look busy – Any time you use a computer, it looks like “work” to the casual observer. You can send and receive personal e-mail, chat and have a blast without doing anything remotely related to work. When you get caught by your boss – and you will get caught – your best defense is to claim you’re teaching yourself to use new software, thus saving valuable training dollars.

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Messy desk – Only top management can get away with a clean desk. For the rest of us, it looks like we’re not working hard enough. Build huge piles of documents around your workspace. To the observer, last year’s work looks the same as today’s work; it’s volume that counts. Pile them high and wide. If you know somebody is coming to your cubicle, bury the document you’ll need halfway down in an existing stack and rummage for it when he/she arrives.

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Voicemail – Never answer your phone if you have voicemail. People don’t call you just because they want to give you something for nothing – they call because they want YOU to do work for THEM. That’s no way to live. Screen all your calls through voicemail. If somebody leaves a message for you and it sounds like impending work, respond during lunch hour when you know they’re not there – it looks like you’re hardworking and conscientious.

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Look impatient and annoyed – One should also always try to look impatient and annoyed to

give off the impression that they’re always busy.

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Leave the office late – Always leave the office late, especially when the boss is still around. You could read magazines and storybooks that you always wanted to read. Make sure you walk past the boss’s room on your way out. Send important e-mails at unearthly hours (i.e., 11:35 p.m., 3:05 a.m., etc.) and during public holidays.

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Shmooze before leaving—After you shut down your office, talk to your colleagues about nothing for a few minutes before leaving. This way they will think that you actually like them and have a true interest in talking to them. After all, you are all ready to go home after a long day, but you still are standing around schmoozing with them! But of course, build this into work time – so if you plan on leaving at 7:00 p.m., shut it down at 6:50 p.m. and then find that office-hanger who loves to sit around until midnight and schmooze with him for a few minutes. Also, end the conversation very casually like, “Alright, maybe I’ll get going… Okey, dokey, I guess I’ll see you tomorrow.” Only once you are out of his sight should you start running for the train.

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Creative sighing for effect – Sigh loudly when there are many people around, giving the impression that you are under extreme pressure.

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Stacking strategy – It is not enough to pile lots of documents on the table. Put lots of books on the floor, etc. (thick computer manuals are the best) all around your office. Lots of books means that you’ve been doing a lot of research, which you’ve been doing, right?

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10. Something many of us do on Sundays in August 12. Nixon’s middle name 13. A proclamation announcing freedom for slaves Across 3. President born in Honolulu, Hawaii on August 4 6. Francis Scott Key wrote this ever-popular song 9. The first atomic bomb was dropped over the center of this city 11. Games played in August every several years 14. Ends in August leaving many with nothing to do for weeks on end 15. Official flower of August 16. This pitcher was so good, an award was even named after him 17. This president signed into law the first federal income tax, a 3 percent tax on incomes over $800, as an emergency wartime measure

Answers to Crossword: DOWN 1. Dream; 2. Houdini; 4. Polio; 5. Backtoschool; 7. Shaysrebellion; 8. Elevator; 10. Barbeques; 12. Milhouse; 13. Emancipation ACROSS 3. BarackObama; 6. StarSpangledBanner; 9. Hiroshima; 11. Olympics; 14. Camp; 15. Gladiolus; 16. CyYoung; 17. AbrahamLincoln

Riddle me This Richard disobeyed the king and was sentenced to death. The king’s henchmen told Richard that he had three choices: he could be thrown into a room filled with assassins with loaded guns, or he could enter a room filled with fire, or he could enter a room filled with lions that have not eaten in three years.

When Richard heard this, he breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that he will live. Why?

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Answer to Riddle: Richard chooses the room filled with lions that have not eaten in three years. They are obviously all dead.

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Torah Thought

Parshas Re’eh

By Rabbi Berel Wein

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tripping away all the details that oftentimes clutter our lives, we can agree that the type of life that we live is pretty much dependent upon the choices that we make throughout our lifetimes. Often, these choices were made when we were yet young and immature. Nevertheless, we are forced to live by those choices and decisions, that we may now, with greater life experience under our belts, regret.

Personal choices, professional and career choices, and lifestyle choices all

combine to make up our individual life stories. This week’s Torah reading highlights the importance and consequences of choices that we make.

Many times, we make serious choices when we are not in a serious mood.

Many important choices are made flippantly, on the spur of the moment, or under the influence of others. Peer pressure is a fact of life, especially for the young, and often, when we allow others to make choices for us, at the end they are very detrimental to our well-being.

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It is simply peer pressure that causes young people to take on unhealthy life habits – smoking is a prime example of this – and once the habit is engrained within us, it is very difficult to break and escape from its consequences.

Life inflicts upon us, on a daily basis, the necessity of making decisions.

What choices we do make become the expression of the gift of free will that the L-rd has endowed us with. Choices are, therefore, the highest form of

to dissuade us from choosing life. The Torah, therefore, encourages us and even warns us to choose life.

We acknowledge in our daily prayers that the L-rd implanted within us an eternal soul which can sustain eternal life within us. We should not fritter away this most precious of gifts. Therefore, when we consider choices that exist before us regarding our behavior and attitudes, we should always judge the matter through the prism of a life and death choice. This

Choices are, therefore, the highest form of human opportunity.

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human opportunity, as well as being the most dangerous and perilous of all the human traits.

The Torah, in this week’s reading, presents us with the most basic choice that we can make – the stark choice between eternal life and death itself.

At first glance, this choice is a relatively simple one to make. The life instinct within us, as human beings, is always present. However, we are witness to the fact that many times human beings make choices that are anti-life.

There are many distractions that exist in this world, many illusory ideas and false prophets that somehow combine

makes even the most simple and apparent decisions that we make in life of great consequence and lasting importance.

In effect, there are no small choices, for they all have consequences and later effects that are unknown to us when we make the choice. Seeing these decisions that way may grant us life. It will enable us to choose wisely and carefully, and to allow our good instincts and fundamental human intelligence to control our emotions and desires and help us make correct life choices.

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From the Fire Parshas Re’eh

Search Required

By Rav Moshe Weinberger Adapted for publication by Binyomin Wolf

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he search for the Beis Hamikdash is one of the central points in this week’s parsha.

Without specifically identifying its location, the pasuk (Devarim 12:5) says, “… the place Hashem your G-d will choose from all of your tribes to affix His name there, you shall seek Him there at His dwelling and come there.” The Torah is telling us that an integral part of the building of the Beis Hamikdash is that we must “seek Him there…”

The Beis Hamikdash Instead of specifying the place where the Beis Hamikdash would be built, the Torah repeatedly says that the Beis Hamikdash shall be in “the place Hashem your G-d will choose.”

This phrase is used no less than sixteen times in this week’s parsha alone. According to our Sages, this is why the Beis Hamikdash is called

Beis Ha’bechira, The House of Choice.

But why is the location of the Beis Hamikdash treated by the Torah as such a mystery? Why must the Torah repeatedly say that it is in “the place Hashem your G-d will choose”? It is clear from Chazal that Hashem designated the future location of the Beis Hamikdash from the beginning of time, even carving out the site of the altar and canals for the wine libations at the time of the six days of creation (Sukkah 49a). The Rambam (Beis Habechira 2:2) teaches that: There is a tradition maintained by everyone that the place where Dovid and Shlomo built the altar is the same place where Avraham built an altar and bound Yitzchak, the same place where Noach built [an altar] when he left the ark. It is the [location of] the altar on which Kayin and Hevel offered sacrifices, and on which Adam sacrificed an offering when he was

created, and Adam was created from that place. The sages say, “Man was formed from the place of his atonement.”

It is clear that we have known from the time of creation that the Beis Hamikdash would be built on a certain mountain in Yerushalayim. According to the Midrash (Pirkei D’Rebbe Eliezer 28), Avraham circumcised himself at the future location of the Beis Hamikdash, and his blood flowed into the earth that would eventually fill the altar. If this was known long before Hashem gave us the Torah, why does He conceal the location?

Rav Shlomo Hakohein Rabinowicz of Radomsk, zt”l, the “Tiferes Shlomo,” expressed the question clearly: Why did the pasuk not explicitly say, “the place that Hashem will choose, the holy mountain in Yerushalayim”? It would have been much clearer. Why the mystery?

The answer to our question lies in the very same pasuk we started with.

In order to find the location of the Beis Hamikdash, “you shall seek Him there at His dwelling.” We must seek it out.

As the Midrash (Sifri) says, commenting on the pasuk, “Seek and you shall find it. And afterward, the prophet will tell you [that it is the correct spot].”

Expanding on the Ramban, zt”l, on the same pasuk, the Malbim, zt”l, says: “This teaches them that Hashem will not reveal the chosen place through His prophets until they make an effort and seek it out. Then, [Hashem] will pour a spirit from above upon them after the appropriate preparation…”

Along these lines, the Chasam Sofer, zt”l (Resp. Yoreh Deah 234), teaches that the location of the Beis Hamikdash was “hidden until [Hashem] illuminated their eyes in the days of Dovid Hamelech.”

In other words, Hashem is telling

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us that it is not enough that He chose the location of the Beis Hamikdash.

We must choose it, seek it out, long for it, and do everything we can to find it. And who finally revealed Hashem’s choice as the actual location of the Beis Hamikdash? The man who felt more “unchosen” than anyone else in the world: Dovid Hamelech.

Dovid wrote about himself (Tehillim 118:22), “The stone despised by the builders became the cornerstone.” It became the very foundation of the entire Beis Hamikdash. Even after Shmuel Hanavi told Yishai that one of his sons would be the next anointed king and excluded all of Dovid’s other brothers, it still never even occurred to his father and brothers that Dovid could possibly be the anointed one (Shmuel I 16:611). Yet Dovid, the “stone despised by the builders,” became the cornerstone, the beginning of a new dynasty to which Moshiach himself would eventually trace his lineage.

Dovid said (Tehillim 42:8), “All of Your breakers and waves passed over me.” He went through so much suffering. Chazal even discuss (see Yevamos 77a-b) whether Dovid was allowed to marry into the Jewish people! Dovid certainly knew what it meant to feel “unchosen” and what it meant to seek, work, long, pray, and toil until he found his place in the Jewish people. Hashem therefore chose him to clearly reveal the location of the Beis Hamikdash and build its foundation.

Dovid Hamelech represented the pinnacle of choice, the highest fulfillment of our obligation to “seek Him there at His dwelling and come there.”

In verses that Chazal say refer to Dovid, Shlomo Hamelech described this attribute of his father as follows (Shir Hashirim 3:1-2): “In my bed at night I sought that which my soul loves; I sought but I did not find. I will arise and walk around the city, in the marketplaces and city squares.

I will seek that which my soul loves. I sought but I did not find.” What was it that he sought out so deeply? What was it that robbed him of sleep? Dovid wrote in Tehillim (132:1, 3-5), “A song of ascents: Remember, Hashem, Dovid, all of his affliction [in his toil to find a place for Hashem’s presence to rest – Rashi]… I shall not come into the tent of my house, I shall not go

upon the bed that was prepared for me. Nor shall I give sleep to my eyes or slumber to my pupils until I find a place for Hashem, dwelling-places for the Mighty One of Yaakov.”

All Dovid Hamelech sought was the place where Hashem’s presence could be felt on a permanent basis in this world. He conducted his investigation by indefatigably searching through the streets and markets of Yerushalayim, looking for clues, comparing each location to maps and pesukim, trying to find the exact location of the altar and the Holy of Holies. That is why Hashem answered his prayers and rewarded his search with success. Hashem chose the place where we chose Him (ibid. at 13-14), “For Hashem has chosen Zion, He desired it for a dwelling-place. This is My resting place forever, here I shall dwell, for I desired it.”

It is the same now. We may know the location of the Beis Hamikdash but strangers defile it every single day and we cannot rebuild. Vile terrorists fire rockets at Yerushalayim and Jews all over Eretz Yisroel. So we continue to daven for the Beis Hamikdash, to seek it out. As the Tiferes Shlomo says, “Even if we know this place, that it is in Yerushalayim, and that no other place will be chosen, nevertheless, it is still impossible to build [the Beis Hamikdash] there until Hashem chooses our prayers and desires ‘from all of your tribes,’ that they are worthy that it should be built for them and that Hashem should cause His presence to dwell among them.”

We may know where the Beis Hamikdash will be rebuilt, but there is so much impurity standing in the way and the right time has not yet arrived.

In fulfillment of the pasuk, “you shall seek Him there at His dwelling,” we must daven and hope for the rebuilding of the Beis Hamikdash constantly.

Finding Your Spouse Just like one must seek out Hashem, the One without Whom we are incomplete, we also seek out a marriage partner, the one with whom we will build a home that serves as a microcosm of the Beis Hamikdash.

Why is there so much searching involved in finding one’s mate? We know Chazal say (Sota 2a), “Forty days before a fetus is formed, a Heav-

enly Voice goes out and says, ‘The daughter of so-and-so to so-and-so!’”

If the right person is predetermined, why is it so hard to find one’s destined soul-mate?

First, one cannot find his mate without first feeling a profound sense of loneliness. One must feel he is missing an essential part of himself, that “it is not good for man to be alone.” Bereishis 2:18. One must first experience that existential loneliness before he is reunited with his other half and can say (ibid. at 23), “This time it is bone of my bone and flesh of my flesh.”

The pasuk which personifies the connection between marriage and our loving relationship with Hashem is (Shir Hashirim 6:3), “Ani l’dodi v’dodi li, I am my beloved’s and my beloved is mine.” We know that Chazal teach that the first letters of those words spell Elul, the month in the Hebrew calendar that marks the beginning of the teshuva process.

This pasuk shows that we must first seek out our beloved. Only when “I am my beloved’s,” when I search out the one I love, will I merit to attain the level called “and my beloved is mine.”

Anyone in a successful relationship knows this to be true. It is so sad to have a wife and to give up searching for her, to have a child and to no longer seek him out.

This two-stage process is also reflected in the double meaning of the Hebrew word for “betrothed, mekudeshes.” The chosson says to his bride, “Harei at mekudeshes li, Behold you are betrothed to me.” On one hand, the word implies that she is forbidden to every other man in the world. Betrothed here is a word signifying exclusion. This meaning of the word is related to the word “hekdesh, sanctified to the Beis Hamikdash,” i.e., forbidden to everyone such that no one may use the sanctified object for anything other than its designated purpose. So, too, the bride and groom agree, through their betrothal, not to look anywhere else in the world. But the word “betrothed, mekudeshes,” also means that the two are dedicated to one another. This usage implies inclusion, a positive, proactive dedication to one another. They are saying that they

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only have eyes for one another.

These two aspects of the relationship between a husband and wife are also apparent in our relationship with Hashem, as hinted at in the pasuk (Tehillim 100:3), “He made us and we are His.” The word for “His,” however, is read one way and written another way. It is written as if says “lo, no/ not,” with an aleph. According to this reading, the pasuk says, “He made us and not us,” i.e., we did not make ourselves. We must know that our relationship with Hashem must exclude the perception that we take credit for any aspect of attainments, skills, or accomplishments. It is a word of exclusion. But the word is also read as if it says “Lo, His,” with a vav. According to this reading, the pasuk says, “He made us and we are His.” It is not enough to look to Hashem alone and not give ourselves credit for anything we have. We must also realize that we are His, we have a unique and special relationship with Him. In fact, if we put the two ways of reading that word together, it contains the same letters as the month of Elul.

Whether it is an intimate human relationship, our relationship with Hashem, or meriting the fulfillment of Hashem’s dwelling place on earth, where the intimacy of the relationship between the Jewish nation and G-d is most revealed, there is always a dual nature. On one hand, there is the exclusion of all else which is personified by searching and longing. And there is the dedication to one another, the intimacy personified by Hashem’s revelation of the location of the Beis Hamikdash after our search and by the way a husband and wife find each other.

May Hashem put all of our difficulties behind us, may He reveal the way forward toward the rebuilding of the Beis Hamikdash soon in our days, and may every husband and wife merit finding one another and never looking at anyone else but their beloved.

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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A Sukkah Made Out of Elephants

By Rabbi Avrohom Sebrow

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ommercial sukkos used to be generic and “one size fits all.” Sukkah manufacturers have come a long way. You can now purchase ready-to-assemble designer sukkos. However, none are as exotic as the one suggested by the Gemara.

The Gemara discusses using a live elephant in place of one of the sukkah walls. Even if theoretically one were permitted by law to purchase an elephant, it would be quite expensive.

Further, the Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee estimates that it costs around $1,000 a month to care for an elephant properly. So this idea would really be a white elephant.

It is an accepted halachah that sukkah walls must start within three tefachim (between 9 and 12 inches) of the ground. This could be a problem if the elephant is standing up.

Only the elephant’s legs would count as walls, and not its upper body. You could possibly use straw and rope to connect the fore and hind legs together to fill up the gap. Someone witnessing such a crazy contrivance would think they were seeing pink elephants. An alternative solution would be to have the elephant lie down. Some believe that elephants cannot lie down. However, the Elephant Sanctuary reports that this is not true. “[For elephants,] lying down is normal,” it says, “but staying on their side for prolonged periods can put pressure on their internal organs, causing labored breathing and reducing circulation throughout the body.”

Still, the discussion above ignores the elephant in the sukkah. What happens if the elephant just walks away? The Gemara discusses this point and suggests that one could tie up the elephant. Alternatively, one could train the elephant not to move when a rope is wound around its leg.

Still, one point the Gemara does

not discuss is the appropriateness of using a non-kosher animal for one’s sukkah wall. What could the problem possibly be?

The Shulchan Aruch rules that one should initially use a ram’s horn for the mitzvah of shofar on Rosh Hashanah. Still, the horns of other

structed of materials that may enter into your mouth – in other words, something that is kosher.

The Magen Avraham explains that the Rema reasons that this particular requirement in not limited to tefillin. All mitzvos that can be sourced from kosher animals

Someone witnessing such a crazy contrivance would think they were seeing pink elephants.

animals are also valid, with some exceptions. Nevertheless, the Rema writes that the horns of non-kosher animals are definitely not acceptable for the mitzvah of shofar. What is his source? The Gemara says that tefillin must be constructed of hides from kosher animals. This is derived from the verse: “In order that the words of Torah be in your mouth.” The Talmud understands that this verse is teaching us that tefillin must be con-

must indeed be obtained from them.

Therefore, since we can fashion a shofar from a kosher animal horn, a non-kosher animal’s horn may not be used.

The Shut Torah Lishmah suggests that, according to the Magen Avraham, perhaps one should not wear silk tzitzis or a silk tallis. There are those who are careful to wear only wool tzitzis. However, may someone who generally wears cotton tzitzis

wear silk tzitzis instead? Silk is produced by insect larvae and is not kosher. Since tzitzis can be sourced from kosher materials such as cotton or wool, perhaps one should not use a fabric produced by a non-kosher creature.

A similar point can be raised about the permissibility of using non-kosher substances to light the Chanukah menorah. Olive oil is the preferred fuel source for Chanukah lights. If someone is in any case not using olive oil, may he use whale oil?

Perhaps not, according to the Magen Avraham.

The Shut Torah Lishmah concludes that according to the letter of the law, we do not need to be concerned about the Magen Avraham’s novel ruling. The Gemara only stated that tefillin have to be constructed from kosher animals. We don’t apply this ruling elsewhere. Admittedly, the Rema clearly rules that a shofar may not be fashioned from a non-kosher animal. However, perhaps the mitzvah of shofar is unique because it serves to recall our merit on Rosh Hashanah. Maybe for that specific reason, a shofar sourced from a non-kosher animal is inappropriate.

For other mitzvos such as sukkah or tzitzis, one may use components derived from non-kosher animals. Still, the Shut Torah Lishmah suggests that, where possible, one try to use only derivatives of kosher animals.

Therefore, one should only use an elephant for a sukkah wall if he has no alternative, especially since it will be a mammoth undertaking.

Rabbi Avrohom Sebrow is a rebbe at Yeshiva Ateres Shimon in Far Rockaway. In addition, Rabbi Sebrow leads a daf yomi chaburah at Eitz Chayim of Dogwood Park in West Hempstead, NY. He can be contacted at ASebrow@gmail.com.

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Lodz

By Hershel Lieber

With the Mitelman family

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ho did not hear of Lodz? I mean, who among European Jews did not know about the city with the second-largest Jewish community in the continent? Over a quarter of a million Jews populated Poland’s second largest city on the eve of World War II. Jews from every stripe and shape.

From the completely assimilated to the Yiddishist, from the neo-Orthodox to the tens of thousands Gerrer and Aleksander Chassidim. The political spectrum was equally diverse, ranging from those identifying with the Polish national parties to the ultra-Orthodox Agudas Yisroel and every movement in between, including socialists, Communists, Bundists, and Zionists. Economically, Jews were either laborers or peddlers but there was a class of Jews that were multi-millionaire tycoons who brought manufacturing to Poland, especially in the textile trade. There is no way that I can even begin to tackle the complex and varied history of this city and its significant Jew-

Pesi with Alex Hershkowitz at the cemetery in Lodz

ish community. I urge my readers to research the wealth of reading material that is available on this subject.

I visited Lodz the first time in 1979 and connected with the Mitelman family. The family was trying to leave Poland and apply for asylum in

low asylum but which would give the family a legal doorway to enter and stay in the States. Unfortunately, for a number of reasons, they decided to stay on in Poland.

I visited Lodz a few more times in the ‘80s and ‘90s by myself on

We stood at the train station and peered into the empty cattle cars that carried away our people to their certain torture and death

the United States. Accompanied by Rabbi Chaskel Besser, z”l, I went to Washington to meet some congressmen who would advocate on their behalf. With assistance of Nat Lewin, we were able to get them Humanitarian Parole visas, which was a step be-

different missions on behalf of Polish Jews. One journey, though, was sort of a business trip, when I was looking into importing merchandise from the Lodz factories to the Unites States. My quest was to explore what type of goods could turn a profit for

me. Suffice it to say, I returned home empty-handed, and my business dreams ended forever.

In October of 2005, while in Warsaw, where I was the shaliach tzibbur for the Yomim Noroim, I made a day trip with Pesi to this important city. Simcha Keller, who was at the time the leader of the Jewish community and functioned as the rabbi of the synagogue, picked us at the train station and took us to the Kehilla complex. This beautiful campus consisted of a shul, a mikveh, a hotel and restaurant, and a café, all within a landscaped garden. This property belonged to the Jewish community before the war, and Simcha was instrumental in having it returned and renovated for the existing Jewish population.

While we were there, we met Yankel Mitelman, his daughter Anya, and her husband. Simcha also hooked us up with Alex Hershkowitz, whose grandfather Yankele was a famous Yiddish troubadour. Alex gave us a three-hour guided tour

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After Havdalah in 2008 (to my right Simcha Keller, to my left Baruch Ciecelski)

The kever of Rav Eliyahu Chaim Meisel

covering Jewish Lodz. His detailed tour included the remnants of Jewish community’s buildings and shuls from the pre-war period, the textile mills of the famous magnate Izrael Poznanski, the largest Jewish cemetery in Europe, and the infamous ghetto.

Our visit to the bais olam was overwhelming. We stood at the foot of the gravestone of the legendary

Chief Rabbi Eliyahu Chaim Meisel.

Although his background was the Yeshiva of Volozhin, he was chosen to lead a city with countless chassidim as well as assimilated merchants.

He helped organize and built many communal institutions that catered to impoverished Jews, such as hospitals and schools. He was influential with the city’s wealthy magnates to contribute to these projects. He was politically active as a spokesman on behalf of Jewish interests to the Tsarist authorities. At the same time, he was a scholar, and his opinions were highly valued. There are so many stories that I heard about him spanning the nearly forty years of his leadership. Being at his kever was truly an awesome occasion.

Alex was at his best when he walked us through the Ghetto area.

Although the neighborhood has been basically gentrified, there remain many buildings that have not changed over the sixty-five years since the War started. We were able to imagine the squalor and hunger that prevailed at the time. We were

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“Manufaktura” the former textile mill of Izrael Poznanski in Lodz

able to understand the fear and panic that our brothers and sisters went through daily. We were able to comprehend the uncertainty that they faced at any given moment. We stood at the train station and peered into the empty cattle cars that carried away our people to their certain torture and death. We, fortunately, were able to walk away from this horror and go on with our lives. We also boarded a train in Lodz, but it took us back to our luxury suite at the Radisson Hotel in Warsaw.

The last time we visited Lodz was the Shabbos after Yom Kippur of 2008. Simcha Keller picked us up for the two-hour car ride from Warsaw.

We arrived at his Jewish community campus and were served a delicious fleishig lunch. After immersing in the sparkling clear waters of the state-ofthe-art mikveh, I accompanied Pesi for hadlakas neiros and joined thirty guests for kabbalas Shabbos. There were eleven men there, and the rest were women and some children.

We welcomed the angels as we sang Shalom Aleichem in unison.

Our seuda was accentuated by singing of zemiros, words of Torah, and great conversation. The entire Mitelman family joined us, as well as other people whom we knew from our years at the Lauder Summer Retreats. Baruch and Dorota Ciecelski, who organized and ran the Retreats, were also with us at the seuda.

After eating, we took a walk on the famed Ulica Piotrkowska, the

longest avenue in Poland, which once accommodated the many Jewish shopkeepers that sold merchandise in the stores lining this street.

Presently, the street is still a shopping venue, but on Friday nights, the streets spill over with young people eating at the many restaurants and entertaining themselves at the bars and clubs. We cut our walk short as the atmosphere was not conducive to Shabbos Kodesh.

On Shabbos morning, we had a nice minyan. Simcha davened Shachris and leined Parshas Haazinu, while I davened Mussaf. Our seuda was joyous, complemented by singing and divrei Torah. Instead of taking a nap after the meal, we took a walk. We passed another small former shul building and sat awhile in a park. Then we walked over to the giant complex, which was once the textile mill of Izrael Poznanski, the richest tycoon of Lodz. After standing empty for countless years, the whole compound became a shopping mall combined with an entertainment center called Manufaktura. Besides being a commercial success, it became a tourist destination. At the corner of this huge complex stands the Poznanski Palace, the restored mansion which serves as a museum to this industrialist and his era. We entered the building and then realized that there was a required entrance fee. I told the cashier that I was sorry but I did not have money with me because of my Shabbos tradition. She called the director who

Poznanski Palace

graciously welcomed us and gave us a complete tour of the Poznanski mansion and a lecture about the family’s history. It was noteworthy to view the family photos and see how Izrael’s ancestors carried Jewish names and wore traditional Jewish clothing while the succeeding generations assimilated with Polish names and modern dress. Later generations even intermarried.

The director told me an interesting anecdote about Poznanski.

Izrael’s mills bought their cotton from Russia. The amount of cotton he used in his textile production created great profits for Czarist Empire. As a result, he became quite close to Czar Alexander II who was a reform-minded ruler. The Czar promoted industrialization, freed the serfs, and gave more privileges to Jews, although not equal rights.

Although they were friends, there was a constant competition between Alexander and Izrael over who was wealthier. The story is told that Izrael embedded the entire hallway floor of his mansion with gold rubles that featured the image of Alexander II. This was done as both a sign of reverence to the Czar, as well as to show off his wealth. When the Czar was told of this, he accused Izrael of desecrating his image by having people walk on his face. Izrael immediately informed Alexander II that the coins were not put down flat, but rather on their side to protect the honor of the Ruler. At the same time, there was a subtle message informing the Czar

how much more rubles he was able to use to decorate his corridor in this manner.

After returning to shul, I gave a lecture about the upcoming Sukkos holiday. We davened Mincha and ate Shalosh Seudos. Havdalah is very ceremonious in many communities where people are starting their journey to Yiddishkeit. Lodz was not an exception. Following a goodbye party where we wished each other gmar tov and chag sameach, we returned to Warsaw, where we would board a plane the next morning to return home. In addition to our luggage, we were taking back a treasure trove of memories of our Shabbos in Lodz.

Hershel Lieber has been involved in kiruv activities for over 30 years. As a founding member of the Vaad L’Hatzolas Nidchei Yisroel he has traveled with his wife, Pesi, to the Soviet Union during the harsh years of the Communist regimes to advance Yiddishkeit. He has spearheaded a yeshiva in the city of Kishinev that had 12 successful years with many students making Torah their way of life. In Poland, he lectured in the summers at the Ronald S. Lauder Foundation camp for nearly 30 years. He still travels to Warsaw every year – since 1979 – to be the chazzan for Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur for the Jews there. Together with Pesi, he organized and led trips to Europe on behalf of Gateways and Aish Hatorah for college students finding their paths to Jewish identity. His passion for travel has taken them to many interesting places and afforded them unique experiences. Their open home gave them opportunities to meet and develop relationships with a variety of people. Hershel’s column will appear in The Jewish Home on a bi-weekly basis.

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Hatikvah: The Bohemian’s Rhapsody

By Gedaliah Borvick

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y friend recently texted me from Tel Aviv: “What are the chances that I would be on Imber Street in the morning and at the Hatikvah Market on Hatikvah Street in the afternoon? Unbelievable!”

After I pleaded ignorance, my friend helped me connect the dots and gain an appreciation of this obscure man who wrote a poem that would one day become Israel’s national anthem.

Over two dozen streets across Israel have been named for Naftali Herz Imber and his songs which brought hope to Jews worldwide during some of the darkest days of our history, and yet he paradoxically lived much of his life in a state of hopelessness.

Naphtali Herz Imber was born in 1856 in Galicia and lived only 52 years. He was a writer, a poet, and a bohemian – a brilliant nonconformist who lived a nomadic life and tragically never found his niche in society.

At the tender age of ten, Imber was considered an ilui – or Talmudic prodigy – but his greatest pleasure was reading German and Yiddish poetry and writing Hebrew poems.

At the age of twelve, Imber received an award from the Austro-Hungarian Emperor Franz Joseph for a patriotic poem he wrote in Hebrew celebrating the centennial of Bukovina’s annexation to the Austrian Empire. Soon after, Imber decided to travel, and he spent the next fifteen years traipsing across Europe, journeying from Brody and Lvov, the cultural centers of Galicia, to Vienna. Then, when most people were going west, Imber – ever the iconoclast – traveled east through Hungary, Serbia and Romania.

Throughout this period, Imber wrote articles for the Hebrew peri-

Imber’s handwritten text of Tikvateinu

odicals, and during his free time he composed Hebrew poetry. In an act of defiance against pogroms and other overt acts of anti-Semitism across Europe, Imber penned Tikvateinu – Our Hope.

A few years later, the Oliphants moved to Haifa with Imber in tow. In addition to attending to Oliphant’s correspondence, Imber continued writing poems and articles. When Laurence’s wife Alice, whom Imber

At the age of twelve, Imber received an award from the Austro-Hungarian Emperor Franz Joseph for a patriotic poem he wrote in Hebrew.

Imber ended up in Constantinople where, in 1882, he met Englishman, former parliamentarian and Christian Zionist Laurence Oliphant. Oliphant came to Constantinople for exploratory talks with Turkish officials about resettling Jewish refugees in Palestine. Imber immediately became part of the Oliphant entourage, serving as his correspondent in Hebrew, German and Romanian.

cherished, died suddenly in 1886, a distraught Imber left the Oliphant household.

Imber finally embraced the west, visiting Paris, Berlin, London and then New York. Only after arriving on the Lower East Side in 1892 did he realize that a number of his poems had been set to music and became national treasures. His most famous poem was Tikvateinu, whose name was

changed to Hatikvah, or The Hope, and became the Zionist anthem.

Imber could not hold down a job, and his poverty and misery unfortunately led him down the path of alcoholism. He moved around the country, with stops in practically every city where there were Jews, and continued writing articles for regional papers, all the while churning out new poems. In Chicago, at the age of forty-four, he married Amanda Katie Davidson, whom he soon thereafter divorced. That episode was a microcosm of his life: undertaking exciting new pursuits, and soon thereafter discarding them and moving on.

Naftali Herz Imber died penniless from complications related to chronic alcoholism. After the funeral service, the streets were packed with an estimated ten thousand people, who intoned the Hatikvah during the slow procession. Aptly, the text of Hatikvah was etched on Imber’s gravestone.

How ironic – and exceedingly sad – that the man who wrote the timeless anthem of optimism about the Jewish nation’s return to its homeland died a disheartened and hopeless vagabond. In 1953, Imber’s remains were re-interred in Jerusalem’s Har Hamenuchot Cemetery. The nomad who gave hope to the Jewish nation finally came home.

Gedaliah Borvick is the founder of My Israel Home, a real estate agency focused on helping people from abroad buy and sell homes in Israel. To sign up for his monthly market updates, contact him at gborvick@gmail.com. Please visit his blog at www.myisraelhome.com.

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Moving To Monticello An Inside Peek into a New Upstate Year-Round Community

BY MALKY LOWINGER

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magine being a young Chassidic couple with two or three kids living in a high-rise building somewhere in Williamsburg. You know it’s time to move out of your cramped 2-bedroom apartment with the laundry room in the basement and the elevator out of service much of the time. So you start to look for housing only to discover that there’s barely anything available and that the prices are sky high, not just in Williamsburg but also in Boro Park, Monsey, and Monroe.

You’re basically stuck in this little hovel staring out the window at the asphalt and the crowded sidewalks.

Unless you are willing to consider moving to Monticello.

Yes, Monticello. Located in the center of Sullivan County on 4.1 square miles of land, the village of Monticello boasts a population of close to 7,000 as well as a county jail, a local radio station, and the Monticello Raceway. In its heyday, Monticello

was the center of the Borscht Belt entertainment district with trendy shops and boutiques lining its main street, Broadway. But those days are long gone, and much of Broadway has become derelict and abandoned over the past few decades.

Today, there’s a thriving summer-focused community in the area with tens of thousands of Orthodox Jews spending the summer (and increasingly the spring and fall) in the various bungalow colonies, developments, resorts, camps, and hotels in the area around Monticello and beyond.

It’s a thriving, pulsating bed of activity from June through September, and the construction never seems to end.

But you knew all that already.

What you may not know is that an increasing number of mostly Chassidic young families are deciding to make the town of Monticello their yearround home. And the trend is catching on, quietly but steadily.

WHEN the Chassidic community recognizes an opportunity, they do what they have to do to make it work. And with the housing market in traditional areas all but maxed out, they look for alternative solutions. So began the renaissance of the Monticello Jewish community. By now, an estimated 80-100 families have moved in.

Year-round Orthodox communities in the Catskills are not a new concept. A small yeshiva community is based near the South Fallsburg Yeshiva and is comprised mostly of kollel yungeleit.

An established Vizhnitz community is located in Kiamesha on the site of the old Gibber’s Hotel. A Breslov community currently exists in Liberty.

And pockets of frum Jews live in the towns of Woodridge, Mountaindale, and beyond.

A coordinator for Catskills Hatzolah comments on the growing year-round population in Sullivan County. “Just five years ago,” he said, “we had one Hatzolah ambulance stationed upstate for emergency situations. Today, we have four, plus a full-time paramedic who is stationed all year in the Raleigh Hotel.”

He estimates that there are about 500 families living in the area year-round, with an increasing number of shops and stores open all year to accommodate them.

I visited the Chassidic community in Monticello, located off Broadway, behind Fialkoff’s Pizza. Cruising around the area, I saw groups of young Chassidic girls playing jump rope and boys riding their bikes while a non-Jewish neighbor looked on from his own porch across the street.

The houses are modest but there’s a front lawn and a backyard and gently sloping tree-lined streets. Compared to the asphalt sidewalks of Williamsburg in Brooklyn, it’s a slice of Heaven.

The community was born four or five years ago when ten brave young Chassidic families decided to move upstate mostly because it was easier to obtain social services there than back in the city. These families rented their homes, and, to be honest, most of them eventually moved back to Monsey and Williamsburg. Winters were hard, chinuch was complicated, and family was a hundred miles away.

But one family decided to stay. They liked the peace and quiet, the front lawn and the backyard and the crisp clean air. And of course, they were thrilled with the cost of housing.

Rabbi Yakov Mandelovics lives in the burgeoning Monticello community, and he says the average home in the area is being sold for $160$180K. No, that’s not a typo. He says his neighbor purchased a home on a two-acre property for $234K. And another neighbor spent $129K on a beautiful brick house.

As the demand for homes steadily grew, developers and investors began looking seriously at construction opportunities in the area. With a limited number of homes on the market, the community split into two neighborhoods, about twenty minutes walking distance from each other. There are already three shuls serving the

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community, as well as Monticello’s renowned Landfield Avenue Synagogue.

Rabbi Mandelovics, who is also the administrator for the mossad, acknowledges the community’s amazing growth, but he insists it’s not just about the price.

“Like me, a lot of people came here from Monsey, Williamsburg, and Boro Park,” he shares.

“We saw an opportunity to be a part of something new. We come from big kehillos where we’re surrounded by family and friends, but at the end of the day, we were just another number. We never felt choshuv.

“Here, it’s totally different. We matter. We are like one big family. We come to shul and we learn and we daven and we shmooze, all with the same people. It’s not so much about the price. It’s also the lifestyle.”

It’s a self-made kehilla, and it’s also a study in achdus. Families from Satmar, Skver, Klausenberg, and Rachmanstrivka all live together in harmony.

“All these kids learn together in cheder,” Rabbi Mandelovics says. “The fathers daven and learn together. And everyone gets along.”

Chaya, who lives on Nelshore, says that the families may be members of different kehilos but the community is actually quite homogeneous, sharing the same language, the same dress code, and the same Torah values.

The biggest issue, notes Rabbi Mandelovics, is chinuch. At first, the community sent their young children to the Vizhnitz Cheder in Kiamesha. But eventually they grew too big, and busing became a huge headache so they decided to open their own

mosdos. A cheder with just ten children and a girl’s preschool with nine little girls were started.

Two buildings were recently purchased to house the mosdos, and the community just celebrated a new milestone – their very first Chumash seudah.

What about the older children?

“We don’t have our parents or in-laws here, so we depend on one another. It’s like one big, happy family.”

“Most of the original families left,” Chaya says.

“Anyone with older girls had to move out. There’s no local high school for them and that means they had to travel to Monsey or Monroe.”

But as younger families move in, the infrastructure is already being set up for them. The small class sizes, compared to the big city, is an attractive bonus to many newcomers. At the end of the day, it’s the mosdos ha’chinuch that give a

community a sense of permanence and stability.

I ask Chaya about the cold winters upstate, and she acknowledges that “yes, it does snow. A lot.”

She expects her kids to be home several times during the winter for snow days, although she admits that this past winter was especially hard.

But the snowy weather is expected, and Monticello roads are promptly and properly cleaned as soon as the snow stops falling.

Shopping can be a challenge, especially in a community where the women don’t drive and are accustomed to finding everything they need just down the block on Lee Avenue or 13th Avenue.

But the women figured out creative solutions, and they make it work. A year-round grocery in Kiamesha provides van service for the women of the community to do their shopping. And a supermarket in Monroe arranges deliveries on a regular basis.

As the community grows, the entrepreneurial spirit thrives. One community member opened a children’s shoe store; another one opened a Shabbos take-out store. There’s also a dry good store, and a women’s wear shop operating out of people’s homes. When all else fails, there are car services available to take the women to their destinations.

This summer, a new mall opened in Monticello within walking distance to the community. It’s a study in contrasts. Honda Odyssey minivans are parked alongside pick-up trucks in the mall’s spacious parking lot. An Aldi and a Dollar Tree sit on one end of the mall, and a Schreiber’s kosher market is on the other end. Shoppers can visit Chezky’s Pizza, Merkaz Judaica, and the Shabbos

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Depot, as well as Rialto Wines, a hair salon, and, for those who are not part of the community, a non-kosher Chinese restaurant.

Rabbi Mandelovics notes that some members of the community have found parnassah in the construction industry.

“We have an electrician and two plumbers who live and work here, as well as a few guys in real estate management. That’s besides the seforim store, the Shabbos Depot, a computer kiosk, and a shoe store that are owned by members of our community,” he says.

Living far from extended family can be diffi-

cult, especially in a community where it’s customary to walk to the shvigger on Shabbos afternoons and attend vach nachts and sholom zachors on a regular basis. But those who live here have made peace with the fact that they won’t be attending every family simcha back in Brooklyn.

On the other hand, living far from family is what makes this community so cohesive and united.

“We need each other,” Chaya explains. “We don’t have our parents or in-laws here, so we depend on one another. It’s like one big, happy family.”

Will the “big, happy family” continue to grow and to live happily ever after?

No one can predict the future. But Rabbi Benzion Chanowitz, the rav of Monticello’s Landfield Synagogue for twenty-six years, is not surprised that this unique Jewish community seems to be setting up roots. He says there’s always been a steady and faithful frum community in the town, and the shul has consistently had a minyan over the years.

He seems pretty confident when he says, “There’s no question that this community is here to stay. And it’s certainly growing.”

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Dating Dialogue

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

Dear Navidaters,

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am dating a guy who absolutely loves to BBQ. I know on the outside this might not sound like

a problem, but I really think it might be.

I come from a family of doctors, all of whom are educated regarding health and wellness. When he eats at our house for Shabbos meals, he doesn’t eat anything. He is very polite and compliments the food, etc. but I know he really doesn’t like it. Eating deli, hot dogs, hamburgers, meats, and other unhealthy foods is really how he grew up, so I can’t blame him. I just can’t see myself being that kind of “Sunday BBQ Wife.” Not only am I very passionate about healthy eating but I also can’t stand the taste of barbecued foods. I know how silly this sounds, but do you think this is a make-it-or-break-it for us?

--Shira*

Disclaimer: This column is not intended to diagnose or otherwise conclude resolutions to any questions. Our intention is not to offer any definitive conclusions to any particular question, rather offer areas of exploration for the author and reader. Due to the nature of the column receiving only a short snapshot of an issue, without the benefit of an actual discussion, the panel’s role is to offer a range of possibilities. We hope to open up meaningful dialogue and individual exploration.

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The Panel

The Rebbetzin Rebbetzin Faigie Horowitz, M.S. hira, talk this out with the young man you are dating. It seems like the differences between you may be more than a healthy lifestyle. Gender roles may play a role as well. You seem to imply that there are other socio-economic differences between the two of you.

Get to know him better to determine whether you care enough about him to adapt. Every marriage requires adaptation for the sake of the spouse for whom you care. It’s not just about BBQ and food choices. Look at the relationship and look into the mirror to determine whether you can respect and adjust to someone who seems to have tastes and interests that don’t match your educated ones.

S

The Shadchan

grocery store who is clipping 13 coupons for a box of cereal and call him crazy. Little do you know that he grew up with parents who were Holocaust survivors and learned to scrimp and save every penny.

Anyone you marry will come from a different family, with different experiences to shape who he is. Part of your maturity for marriage will be embracing differences and creating a home where both of your cultures are appreciated and respected. To you, this might look like BBQing hubby a nice steak, while making yourself a salad. Or even better, perhaps your hubby will do some of the cooking in your house.

This does not have to be a “break it” situation at all, but you have to learn to respect people with different backgrounds and experiences than you. Only then will you be in a healthy enough place to marry someone different than you.

The Single

Michelle Mond

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hear your dilemma. It is hard to get used to new things and understand new people. I would love to know where the guy you are dating grew up, because many people from certain places (particularly South Africa) are culturally connected to the way of cooking and eating which you describe. It’s a culture and a way of life.

If he grew up with BBQ as the main cooking method in his family home and as a way his family connected, can you really blame him for enjoying it? I mean, he embraces you despite being served tofu and veggie burgers with a side of kale (just kidding). But really, keep that in mind, too. In order to understand someone, you must not just look at their decisions here and now, but take into consideration the full picture of their lives. For example, you might look at someone at the

Rivka Weinberg

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eople often confuse the words “compatible” and “same” in regards to shidduchim, which leads to questions like this one. Shira, you should not align exactly with the person you are going to marry, rather you should share similar values. It sounds to me like you will make some BBQed food, and some not.

Crisis averted.

Much hatzlacha.

The Zaidy Dr. Jeffrey Galler

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rankly, I relish responding to your well-done letter.

Before “steaking” my reputation on my answer, let’s divide your problem into three separate issues.

First, can a relationship succeed between a health-food advocate and a barbecue enthusiast? How about an Ashkenazi and a Sephardi? A Chassid and a Litvak? A Republican and a Democrat? A vegan and a meat-eater?

(Please do not simply answer that “opposites attract.” For dating purposes, being male and female are sufficiently opposite.)

I looked up an online site frequented by vegans and vegetarians and discovered a forum that discussed a vegan having a successful relationship with a meat-eater.

Every marriage requires adaptation for the sake of the spouse for whom you care.

There, the consensus of advice seems equally applicable to your situation: *Don’t try to convert them. * Don’t be judgmental. * Choose your battles carefully

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and navigate your differences gently.

Second, are barbecues actually unhealthy and harmful?

The answer is probably “yes.”

The smoke that is produced when fat from the cooked meat drips onto the hot coals contains carcinogens called polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH). And, other carcinogens called heterocyclic amines (HCA) form on the charred surfaces of the meat.

Further, red meat and processed meat can raise the risk of type 2 diabetes, coronary heart disease, stroke, and certain cancers.

Third, and most importantly, is there anything that you can do to minimize the health risks associated with your boyfriend’s eating habits?

Once again, the answer is “yes.”

Please explore the following options: *Lean cuts of meat are healthier, and when barbecued, produced less of the PAH-producing smoke. *Marinating the meat before grilling reduces the formation of the carcinogenic HCAs by over 90%, according to the American Institute

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for Cancer Research. *Rather than grilling red meats, it’s healthier to grill and eat chicken, fish, fruits, and vegetables. *Pre-cooking the meat, or using smaller portions, is healthier because that reduces the heat required, and the amount of time required, to cook on the grill. *Buy meats that do not contain nitrates. *Do a good job cleaning and removing residual bits of charred food from the barbecue grate and grill, because that helps reduce secondary smoke and FCAs. * F i n a l l y, I learned something new: While barbecuing, it’s healthier

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to use a spatula rather than a fork.

A fork pierces the meat and releases juices that drip and smoke, contributing to FCA production.

Good luck with this hot relationship, and thanks for sending such a meaty question.

By the way: Do you know why the man at the cookout was so happy?

It’s because he met the grill of his dreams.

Pulling It All Together The Navidaters Dating and Relationship Coaches and Therapists

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ear Shira, There is no such thing as a silly question. I believe this may speak to a broader issue about your health and concerns that you and the guy you are dating may be incompatible when it comes to nutrition and health. If you are feeling repulsion and/or do not respect him as a human being because of his inattention to his health and/or his hankering for BBQ, then this may be your intuition simply guiding you away and in the right direction. If, however, you really like this person and feel some sort of chemistry and intuition that he is “the one” and the only thing holding you back is his love of BBQ and lack of exposure

to different kinds of food, then I don’t believe you will be able to easily walk away.

Something I often ask my clients when they are in similar situations to yours is the following: If you woke up tomorrow and were told you will never see him again ... would you miss him? If the answer to that simple question is no, then there really isn’t much to talk about.

I am asking you the same question.

If you miss this man in between dates, and look forward to seeing him, and enjoy him and respect him, then I think a good conversation about your concerns and differ-

ences is in order.

Sometimes people forget that the whole point of dating is to get to know each other through conversation and self-expression. It is not to ignore our feelings and/or work them out ourselves and by ourselves. Try bringing this concern up gently using ”I messages.” Instead of “You eat barbecue and I like healthier food, and your way of eating and food preparation concerns me,” try something along the lines of “I really enjoy eating healthy. It’s important to me to have a healthy home. (Or, insert whatever is important to you here.) I see that you love BBQ. I’d love to talk about how we see our future home operating in terms of food and health.”

There is no such thing as a per-

fect person. There is no such thing as someone who will fulfill our every need. Great relationships take great compromise. But they seem to only work well when there is a deep respect and admiration and acceptance for and of the other. Respect, admiration, and acceptance need to be part of the foundation in order to have two parties who are happy to compromise and do not grow to resent each other.

And yes, if you do move forward because your intuition tells you you need to be with this man, then please happily throw regular BBQs... and he in turn will hopefully happily support you in your nutritious choices.

All the best!

Jennifer

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 718-908-0512. Visit www.thenavidaters.com for more information. If you would like to submit a dating or relationship question to the panel anonymously, please email JenniferMannLCSW@gmail.com. You can follow The Navidaters on FB and Instagram for dating and relationship advice.

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Dr. Deb

Why Do Twice as Many Women Seek Therapy As Men?

By Deb Hirschhorn, Ph.D.

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ccording to the CDC (Centers For Disease Control), about a quarter of the American population of women will seek therapy services in a given year and only half that percent of men will do so.

Why is that?

Is there something innate in women that drives them to get help?

Or are women more “sick” than men?

Or is there something else?

I’ve mentioned here Dr. Richard Schwartz, the creator of Internal Family Systems. He co-authored a book in 2002 called The Mosaic Mind. In that book, he applied his IFS model to a woman who had had severe childhood abuse.

Although he focused on one particular person who was the victim of a specific type of abuse, my own focus in my professional life on emotional abuse makes me think that his findings are applicable to any abuse.

Furthermore, let’s get away from thinking that “abuse” only means physical abuse or severe emotional maltreatment.

Moreover, when a person is abused, it is traumatic and their trauma reactions will prevail for their whole lives. Many people seem to overcome these reactions due to their resilience. Nevertheless, there are scars that remain hidden – but the scarred person will have unexpected “reactions” to normal life

which give away the fact that there has been trauma.

Bessel van der Kolk said that mistreatment on a daily, low-level basis – such as a parent not being home when the young child gets there, or a parent dismissing the child having been bullied – may be more traumatic in the long run than, say, being in a car accident. That’s abuse. And that’s trauma.

The daily grind of coming home from school to a home where one parent is mentally ill, living with the shades always drawn and never smiling, is abusive too, whether the parent intends it or not. Similarly, fighting between parents is also traumatic.

In our society, this is brushed off as “normal” and children going through it should “get over it.”

Well, they do.

They move on, of course. They grow up, hold responsible positions in the external world, get married, have kids, and all the while, there’s something sore and painful deep inside.

Now, here’s where the men and women split off.

Twice as many women as men acknowledge that pain inside and seek help for it.

Men in our society are not allowed to feel pain. As Terry Real says in How Can I Get Through to You? Closing the Intimacy Gap Between Men and Women: I have come to believe that vio-

lence is boyhood socialization.

The way we “turn boys into men” is through injury. We sever them from their mothers, research tells us, far too early. We pull them away from their own expressiveness, from their feelings, from sensitivity to others. The very phrase, “Be a man” means suck it up and keep going. Disconnection is not fallout from traditional masculinity. Disconnection is masculinity. (p. 78) In Schwartz’s terms, their “managers” – those parts of them that try to help keep them going on with ordinary life so they don’t have to experience their pain – devise all kinds of ways to stop them from exploring the causes of this disconnection. That is why they don’t show up in therapy.

They, literally, can’t. The internal cost – from the way their managers see it – would be too high. They, themselves, remain unaware of the internal battle.

So that sounds good, right? It protects them, and they don’t even realize what’s going on.

Wrong.

They will tell you they feel “fine.”

But what they don’t feel is • Compassion for those they hurt because, half numb, they don’t know they’re hurting someone • Joy (because they’re quite numb emotionally) • Connection to themselves, so they’re unaware of why they have reactions that seem strange to others But the men are willing to live with this state of being. They’re will-

ing to be partially numb, have partial joy, lack compassion when their explosions hurt others, and dedicate their energies instead to distractions like work or worse. Their managers prefer this state to revealing to them the truth of their histories.

That is why so many, many men will say, “I don’t remember my childhood” or “My childhood was happy” when it wasn’t, and their sister or wife will remind them otherwise.

Yes, women can and will do the same things, but men more so. For instance, according to the volume he co-authored with Regina A Goulding, back in 2002, The Mosaic Mind: Empowering the Tormented Selves of Child Abuse Survivors, they may do the following (see p. 117): • Rationalizing by saying things like, “Dad couldn’t help himself; he was an anxious person.”

• Minimizing by saying, “This type of thing happens all the time – it’s no big deal.”

• Joking inappropriately • Spacing out and then saying, “I knew mom was talking to me on the phone yesterday but I kept staring out the window and forgetting who I was talking to” • Denying the problem, “I’ve pretty much resolved my abuse-related problems myself” • Forgetting by saying, “My sister tells me she saw it but I just don’t remember anything.”

• Blatantly ignoring results by saying, “So I have a few extra drinks at the kiddush. I am not drunk!”

I’d just finished reading the above

and put down the book to start working. I had a client couple call and I asked the husband, “How are you and your wife doing with things that used to trigger you?”

We’ll call him Charlie. Charlie said, “Fine.”

Me: What do you mean by “fine”?

Can you be more specific?

Charlie: Well, in situations that she would trigger me, she doesn’t anymore.

Me: Like, give me an example.

Charlie: I can’t remember specifics.

Almost as if he’d read the page of this book, right? I was so impressed with how much he sounded like the book, that I read that page to him.

Naturally, he laughed.

See, when managers (who come into being when we are children) learn to not attend to pain and forget it quickly when it happens, that learning process doesn’t go away when the person grows up.

But I gave Charlie the homework

– and this wasn’t the first time – to write down the words that would go back and forth in the interactions with his wife and then write them down.

As if on cue, he argued with me that he wouldn’t necessarily carry his notebook around with him – anoth-

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whenever something emotional came up. Before I was working with this couple, they’d fight. They no longer do. That’s excellent. There’s work done and more work to be done, however.

I give Charlie full credit, though.

He shows up. He wants the marriage

He’s one of the 12% of men that listen to their wives and head to counseling when things get rough.

er way to avoid the entire subject of pain. I reminded him that he could take notes in his phone using email or Google docs.

Charlie had had a severe upbringing, and I won’t go into details here.

But his “managers” became masters at directing his attention elsewhere

to work. He plumbs the depths from time to time. Bottom line: He wants to correct things. Good for him. He’s one of the 12% of men that listen to their wives and head to counseling when things get rough.

I have a Facebook group which is kind of like getting my articles three

times a week of which one time is live.

It’s called Love Yourself Love Your Marriage for Couples Committed To Connecting. The interesting thing is that out of about 750 people in it, I think there are fewer than 10 men.

Yet, many men have approached me for help. The unfortunate part is that they do so after their wife has made up her mind to divorce. The horses are then out of the stable. It’s very sad. That’s when they put effort into working on themselves, so they’ve started to connect with their – and other people’s – feelings just in time for the next wife.

Which men out there will do what it takes to fix the marriage – and get to know themselves better in the process?

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

The Juice on Juicing

By Cindy Weinberger MS, RD, CDN

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often get asked, “What’s your take on juicing?” Juicing can be nutritionally beneficial when done properly. However, these days many revert to a quick fix to weight loss: a juice cleanse. The burning question remains: does a juice cleanse actually eliminate toxins from the body?

Juice cleansing generally consists of a diet with little or no chewable food. Consuming only juice will likely cause you to consume fewer calories than necessary for weight maintenance, resulting in weight loss. Dr. Linda Lee, the director of the Johns Hopkins Integrative Medicine and Digestive Center, explains that after a few days, caloric restriction will likely result in dehydration, and a person will not be at optimal health.

You can also become nutrient deficient, she says. The products in these juice cleanses can’t be absorbed and therefore pass to the large intestines, where the bacteria ferments it. This gives people the “empty” feeling often described after a juice cleanse. For the same reason, patients are given laxatives, also known as a “colonoscopy prep,” ahead of a colonoscopy, not a “colon cleansing.” There is no evidence to suggest that empting the colon is nutritionally beneficial. Furthermore, Dr. Lee says no scientific studies have

proven that juice cleansing removes toxins from the body. Additionally, such a restrictive diet will cause you to be more likely to rebel against dietary restrictions.

So, if juice cleansing is not recommended, what is the proper way to juice? Juices and health shakes can be beneficial when used as a meal replacement – only once daily! Skipping

RD, of Wilmington, DE. However, eating whole fruits and vegetables is optimal since juicing doesn’t provide the whole fiber that’s found in whole fruits and vegetables. Juicing machines extract the juice and leave behind the pulp, which has the fiber. So don’t rely on solely juices completely to get your fruits and veggie servings.

Now that we know when and

Health shakes make a great choice for breakfast since many tend to skip breakfast anyway.

more than one meal a day can lead to nutrient deficiency.

Health shakes make a great choice for breakfast since many tend to skip breakfast anyway. Health shakes and juices can be taken on the go and offer a lot of variety since just about anything goes in a shake. Health shakes and juices can also make a great snack.

“If you’re not big into fruits and vegetables, it’s a good way to get them in,” notes nutritionist Jennifer Barr,

how often to juice, how do we do it?

You may not need an actual juicing machine to make juice. You can use a blender for most whole fruits or vegetables. Add water if it becomes too thick.

A Magic Bullet works great, and it’s as easy as 1, 2, 3. You simply add the contents of the juice to the cup, screw on the cover, flip it over and blend.

When it’s blended to desired consistency, flip it back over, unscrew the cover and drink directly from the cup.

You can put just about anything into a juice or health shake – any fruit, vegetable, liquid base, even nuts. Just be careful, you could be adding a lot of fruits, and then the calories start adding up. If you use vegetables instead of fruits, the calories are a lot less.

Try using mainly vegetables, and add one or two fruits for flavor. You can also make your juice more balanced by adding protein. Some good sources are almond milk, skim milk, orange juice, low-fat, plain yogurt, flaxseed, and peanut butter.

Pick your favorite combinations of fruits and vegetables and try a new juice. Just remember, an all-juice diet can cause more harm than good. Stick to a healthy, balanced diet with a juice here and there!

Cindy Weinberger MS, RD, CDN, is a Master’s level Registered Dietitian and Certified Dietitian-Nutritionist. She graduated CUNY Brooklyn College receiving a Bachelor’s in Science and Master’s degree in Nutrition and Food Sciences. She is currently a dietitian at Boro Park Center and a private nutrition consultant. She can be reached at CindyWeinberger1@gmail.com. Follow us on Instagram @EatBetterandFeelBetter.

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Parenting Pearls

Ignore This Article

By Sara Rayvych, MSEd

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guess that title risked losing some readers. For those of you who stayed, the title was actually partially serious. Allow me to explain.

We all know that from the moment a pregnancy is obvious, many people see that as an invitation to offer unsolicited parenting advice. That unrequested invitation seems to continue on straight through the years as you raise your children. It seems like nearly everyone has something to say, something to offer, and knows what’s best for you and your family. To be honest, some will have something worthwhile to offer and it’s worth listening to. On the other hand, not everything spoken is worth hearing.

Often, someone will insist that they have “the answer” to whatever problem you are (or aren’t) facing. I’ve seen this advice come in all forms – from how to prepare for yom tov, organize my homeschool, treat a medical condition, or raise my child. What works for someone else won’t necessarily work for you. It’s important to filter what you hear before deciding what does and does not work in your personal circumstances.

Use what is helpful and ignore what isn’t. Don’t feel guilty ignoring unhelpful advice. But don’t be too proud to implement a great idea.

What is someone else’s miracle could

be a mess for you to try. This applies to anyone’s advice or article, even my own.

The title to this article is only partially in jest. In any given article, I hope my suggestions are helpful but I know that some of what I say won’t be helpful for every family. No matter the source, you want to use the good and push aside the bad. Honestly, some advice I’ve received was so terrible that the advice in question shouldn’t have just been pushed aside but burned with the chametz and then still sold.

Have rachmanus on the gentile that has to buy that advice!

They Don’t Have Your Child Your child is unique and what works well for one child could, chas v’shalom, be disastrous to another child. Sadly, some people act like children are one-size-fits-all. It doesn’t work for clothing and it doesn’t work for children. Just like no two children are the same (not even twins), no two children can be parented identically.

As an example, some children are more sensitive than others. While it may work well for one child if you are firm and he/she may thrive on the extra structure, it can be devastating for another, more sensitive child. An example of this is that it’s standard advice to give a firm “no” to a nursling

when they bite. For most babies it’s enough to deter them from repeating the negative behavior. A friend’s child was so sensitive that when his mother followed this well-respected advice, the little guy refused to ever nurse again.

Alternatively, some kids need that extra firm tone and a wishy-washysounding parent doesn’t get through.

Please note that you can sound firm without sounding mean or aggressive. A trick for this last one is dropping your pitch at the end. Often, we instinctively raise our pitch which makes us sound like we’re whining or asking; when we drop the pitch at the end it sounds firm. I heard this from a friend who said she heard it from a show about parenting.

You’re Not That Parent Not only is your child unique but so are you. We easily forget that we need to respect our own unique needs and temperaments. I can’t be the parent you are, and you can’t be the parent I am. If we pretend to be who we’re not, it usually doesn’t turn out well.

An example of this idea is that some parents are more organized than others and some are more strict than others. Organization tips that work wonderfully for one parent could drive another parent insane. I’ve seen some

parents that are naturally so strictly regimented that it makes the military appear lax. While that works for some, it doesn’t work for others.

Some parents naturally need to keep a very organized home, and others prefer a more “lived in” look. The parents that need to have everything organized at all times will feel out of sorts in a disorganized environment, while more relaxed-feeling parents would feel overwhelmed continuously trying to put everything in the right place.

Telling a laid-back parent they need to be firmer with their child can cause a naturally calm parent to feel the need to discipline unnaturally and the poor child may get screamed at all day. But if you encourage a mother or father to parent within their natural temperament, you’ll find a better balance.

Now, some parents may need a stricter or more laid-back parenting approach at times but it can often still be done in a way that fits the parent.

I’m not saying that everyone is always doing everything correctly, although that would be nice. There certainly are times we need to tweak things but those changes should be made while respecting who we are so they can be implemented successfully. Change needs to be gradual and done thought-

fully for it to ultimately succeed.

Life Changes Not only are your needs different but our needs change as our circumstances evolve. I know that at some point in my life one solution worked great, but at a later time, as our family’s circumstances changed, so did what worked for us. I remember a friend insisted she had the homeschooling organizational method for us. Honestly, it didn’t work at that time, and I tried to nod politely as she pushed it on me, knowing it wasn’t a good fit. It worked well for her but it wasn’t going to meet my family’s needs. A few years later, that method actually did fit and I used it. The fit only lasted for a year or two before I stopped but it’s now in my toolbox of organizational tips. I may come back to it again this year for one of my kids. We will see in September if the fit is right.

Make sure the timing and life circumstances fit with the advice to have a successful adjustment.

Pick and Choose When you are given advice, it helps to evaluate it first. Obviously, an article can never cover everything to take into consideration but here are some ideas.

A question that may be helpful is seeing who the advice is coming from.

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ality better than a person whom you meet randomly on the line of the supermarket.

What experience or credentials does this person have? I actually received excellent advice from an occupational therapist I met in a waiting

Just like no two children are the same (not even twins), no two children can be parented identically.

A long-time parent with wonderfully raised children may be more reputable than someone who has no child-based experience.

How well does this person know you or your child? You may find you get more helpful advice from a person that knows your situation or person-

room. I didn’t know her well, but she was a professional that had experience with our exact situation. Her advice was just what our son needed, and it really helped. Alternatively, the random woman on the street that yelled at me to beat my child as a discipline method didn’t seem to have any cre-

dentials at all (sadly, it’s a true story, too). Obviously, I followed the occupational therapist’s advice and not the angry, cursing woman’s advice.

What is the advice being given?

Good advice can come from unexpected sources while wonderful resources can give unexpectedly poor advice.

Take the time to think over what you’ve been offered and see if it’s worth implementing now, saving for later, or burning with the chametz.

Think of advice like a good pair of shoes; your child grows into them and out of them. Shoes that are a great fit for one individual at one period of time may be a terrible fit for another or at a different time.

As always, daven; it’s advice that always fits.

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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Journeys

By Miriam Liebermann

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t was a pivotal moment in my life.

It was a foreshadowing of major changes in my life – thank G-d, all positive changes.

It was a Sunday, late afternoon.

We had spent a beautiful Shabbos with our children in Lawrence. And now we were anticipating the climax of this extraordinary weekend.

Within several hours, we would be celebrating the vort of our youngest child. Quite monumental.

Playing the role of a baalat simcha demands quite a bit of emotional and physical energy. I am not feeling 100% and decide to be proactive. I head upstairs to lay down and relax a bit before the fun would begin!

I barely put my head to the pillow when I hear the planes above. One after the other…they’re zooming right over my head. OK. I’m getting used to that. Then, I hear the rumbling of the Long Island RR which is adjacent to our children’s home. As I identify the rumbling, I take note also of the clamor of the cars racing by on the 878, quite audible from our bedroom window.

There must be a message here for me! Right? Of course, right! I’m obviously on a journey of sorts! Aha! Aren’t we all on a journey?

Life is never static. There are turns on the road, there are detours.

There may even be bumps along the road. We have to be mindful, be conscious and just keep carefully driving along, eyes up ahead, whilst simultaneously enjoying the scenery as we whiz by!

Marrying off our youngest was a huge milestone. May everyone be so blessed! It was a major episode in my life’s journey…and then our move

kallah’s home in Cedarhurst (pre-corona days!). Warmest greetings and many thanks to our fabulous machatanim, Menashe and Mimi Oratz and family! And although we had not yet moved here, and at that point, had no plans of moving in the near future, we celebrated Naftali’s aufruf in Lawrence in the former seminary building. In fact, when I walk down Central Ave, I’m still reminded of the joy I experienced when I, too, accompanied

We ourselves are constantly evolving.

Growing. Learning. Improving.

to Lawrence during this corona era… who would have envisioned this just a year earlier? Another super significant turning point for us. A new chapter. A major turn off the main highway!

My association with Lawrence is very much tied in with that significant family simcha. We celebrated the mini l’chaim and vort in our lovely

Naftali to shul that fabulous Shabbos morning, walking down those blocks, with the men – including my dear husband, sons and grandsons – all singing the traditional melody with such gusto. The Shabbos sheva brachos was also celebrated in the Lawrence/Cedarhurst area. What a phenomenal association! What a blessing!

There’s more to add to this discussion. Let’s take this analogy a step further. We ourselves are constantly evolving. Growing. Learning. Improving. Expanding our minds. Thus, expanding our roles. Enhancing our journeys. And this leads to my long overdue disclaimer. I’ve been sharing with you details of my role as a Savta.

I have an ideal image in my mind of what the “perfect” Savta looks like, if such an entity really does exist. Sad to say, I’m not quite there yet. But I’m very mindful of this role. I’m still journeying on…it’s a very personal journey. I’m still very much a work in progress in all areas.

We never know where this road will take us. But we certainly hope and pray that we will all soon land up in Yerushalayim Habenuya, our ultimate destination.

May we soon see those eagles soaring up above, may we hear the vibrations as they flap their mighty wings, ready to fly us off to our beloved Eretz Yisrael. Hold tight. Ladies, get your tambourines! We’re almost there!

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Mustard Potato Wedges

By Naomi Nachman

Whether you need this for a Sunday BBQ,

weeknight side dish, or a Friday night dinner,

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Ingredients

b 8 Yukon Gold potatoes, peeled and cut into wedges b ¼ cup olive oil b 2 teaspoons kosher salt b 2 teaspoons dried minced onion b 1 teaspoon paprika b 1 teaspoon garlic powder b 1 tablespoon seeded mustard b 1 tablespoon tomato paste

Preparation 1.

Preheat oven to 425°F. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper; set aside.

2. In a large bowl, toss together potato wedges, oil, spices, and mustard until combined.

3. Divide potatoes between prepared baking sheets. Roast for 40 minutes, or until brown.

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.

Ingredients

b 8 Yukon Gold potatoes, peeled and cut into wedges b ¼ cup olive oil b 2 teaspoons kosher salt b 2 teaspoons dried minced onion b 1 teaspoon paprika b 1 teaspoon garlic powder b 1 tablespoon seeded mustard b 1 tablespoon tomato paste

Preparation 1.

Preheat oven to 425°F. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper; set aside.

2. In a large bowl, toss together potato wedges, oil, spices, and mustard until combined.

3. Divide potatoes between prepared baking sheets. Roast for 40 minutes, or until brown.

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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Notable Quotes “Say What?!”

To those saying it’s fine that Hunter Biden shows his generic decorative zombieabstraction art at a commercial gallery & sells it: Imagine if Donald Trump Jr (coke addict) made little watercolors like these & sold them at an iffy commercial gallery for upwards of $150,000.

- Tweet by New York Magazine’s senior art critic Jerry Saltz

I used to drive an 18-wheeler, man.

- Pres. Biden while at a Mack Truck facility in Pennsylvania last week, raising eyebrows for claiming to have been a truck driver even though there is no evidence of that at all and that it is the first time anyone ever heard of Biden, who was elected to the Senate at 29, having been a truck driver

I mean, if you’ve got a kid in kindergarten, they just said today they want the kid muzzled with a mask, even though COVID’s not any risk to the kid. If you have a loved one overseas, they may not let them come and fly, just normal travel. Because of COVID, they’ll claim. But yet, if you want to just come straight across that border and have thousands of people pouring in, they don’t [care about] about COVID at that point. They’re letting them right in.

- Governor Ron DeSantis (R-FL) on the Mark Levin radio show

In Florida, there will be no lockdowns, there will be no school closures, there will be no restrictions and no mandates in the state of Florida.

- Ibid., at a press conference

There’s two things that pressure can do. Pressure could either break, or it could make diamonds. Pressure could either bust pipes or it can create and make diamonds. You choose what to do for it, or what to do with it – remember that.

- Former UFC champion Henry Cejudo addressing Simon Biles quitting in the middle of the Olympics last week

Sir, there is something on your chin.

- The message written on a card that was passed to Pres.

Biden during a virtual meeting last week that he had with governors

I said “when a woman is pregnant,” which implies that only women can get pregnant and I most sincerely apologize to all of you.

I don’t want you to think that I am in any way trying to imply anything, and if you can summon some generosity to forgive me, I would really appreciate it. Again, I’m very sorry for that. It was certainly not my intention to offend anyone. The worst thing that I can do as a human being is be offensive.

– An apology issued by a physician teaching a course at University of California medical school

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I think that the White House should be honest with the American public and say that there is no going back to normal, and that taking off the mask was just a ruse.

There will probably be lockdowns, and again, Americans who want to live, as I said yesterday, this is literally going to become a state by state issue, and if you don’t want to live under masking and you don’t want to live under these mandates, unfortunately, you’re probably going to have to move to a state where they’re not going to do it — like in Arizona.

- Meghan McCain, “The View”

Quite frankly, I have a higher likelihood of getting shot leaving this building than I do of getting Covid. From July 14th to the 28th, there were four Covid deaths and 11 homicides in Washington, D.C. - Ibid.

He’s such a moron.

- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi when asked about Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy’s contention that her decision to make everyone wear masks in the House chambers is because liberals want everyone to continue to live in a perpetual pandemic state

The creative director of the entire shebang of the whole Olympics got … canned because he once made a fat joke in a private conversation. This is called a purge. It’s a mentality that belongs in Stalin’s Russia. How bad does this atmosphere we are living in have to get before the people who say, “cancel culture is overblown,” admit that is, in fact, an insanity that is swallowing up the world.

- Bill Maher, HBO

Well, if she’s so brilliant, can she tell me where the science in the building changes between the House and the Senate? Can she explain to me when the CDC says only vaccinated people need to wear a mask in hot spots?

- Minority Leader McCarthy in response, pointing out that no masks are required in the Senate and that Washington, D.C., is not officially a Covid hot spot

I still get dizzy at the thought that I carelessly carried almost 33 million euros around in my purse for several weeks.

- A 45-year old German woman who won a $39 million lotto but didn’t realize it for several weeks

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We ain’t perfect… but your party believes men can be pregnant and “real socialism hasn’t been tried.”

- Tweet by Rep Dan Crenshaw (R-TX) responding to Rep Adam Schiff’s (D-CA) claim that the Republican party is in disarray

I ride a bicycle all over New York City. I’m sort of known for that. I’m not a spandex guy, I’m not going at 40 miles an hour, I go slow, I take things in.

- Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, at a climate press conference last week

There was a point in time where I wanted to quit, and I just didn’t think I would ever get here. So there’s definitely a lot of emotions.

But I’m super proud of myself for sticking with it and believing in myself.

- Gymnast Suni Lee, who won gold at the Olympics

In honor of this administration flip-flopping, I thought it would be best if I would wear flip-flops, to remind everybody of how this administration could not be consistent if their life depended on it.

- Rep. Lisa McClain, a Michigan Republican, in a video posted to Twitter, explaining why she was wearing flip-flops last Wednesday

I didn’t expect to go that fast. I wanted to just relax for the first round. But I saw my heat this afternoon, I was like, OK, I’m going to have to run a little bit, got an American in there, had a couple of other nine-second guys in there. So I was like, I might have to run a little bit.

- Canadian sprinter Andre De Grasse, after running fastest in the men’s 100-meter heats with a season-best time of 9.91 seconds at the Olympics this week

The origin of our abuses is us. If there were fewer of us, we would have less impact. We must consume less, and more importantly, we must breed fewer consuming humans.

- President Biden’s choice to lead the Bureau of Land Management, Tracy Stone-Manning, in her master’s thesis

The boycott against Israel is a new type of terror, economic terror, a terror that tries to harm Israeli citizens and Israel’s economy.

– Israel’s President Isaac Herzog

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Political Crossfire

Democrats Want Police Protection for Themselves, Not For the Rest of Us

By Marc A. Thiessen

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ep. Cori Bush, D-Mo., is an outspoken advocate for defunding the police, who has called America “racist” and declared that modern-day policing is “another system of bondage” through which “slavery quite literally lives on today.” So, it was ironic to say the least when news broke that Bush paid nearly $70,000 over the past three months for private police protection.

In truth, Bush isn’t paying for personal security; her campaign donors are paying for her personal security. Her police protection accounted for more than a third of her campaign expenditures during the second quarter. So, the very individuals and organizations that were so excited by her calls to defund the police that they contributed to her campaign are actually funding police to protect Cori Bush.

The problem is her constituents don’t have rich supporters willing to pay tens of thousands of dollars to protect them. They have the police.

And the city of St. Louis, which Bush represents in Congress, recently cut $4 million from its police budget and eliminated 98 officer positions.

Where is the money going? About $1.5 million will go for affordable housing, another million will go to assist the homeless population, and another million will be diverted to crime-victim support services – including funeral expenses for crime victims.

Maybe if St. Louis had a hundred more cops on the streets, there would be fewer funerals. Last year,

the city had 262 homicides, the most per 100,000 people since 1970. Yet despite the explosion of murders in her city, Bush praised the decision to take almost 100 police officers off the streets of St. Louis as “historic.”

We are seeing a similar spike in violent crime across the country.

The New York Times reports that last year was the worst year for killings since the mid-1990s. Homicide rates in large cities were up 30% on average last year and are already up 24% for the beginning of this year.

Sixty-three of the 66 largest police jurisdictions saw increases in homicide, rape, robbery or aggravated assault in 2020, according to the Major Cities Chiefs Association.

What do many of these cities have in common? They are run by Democrats who have defunded the police. Minneapolis cut $8 million from the police budget. Oakland, Calif., cut $14.6 million. Portland, Ore., cut $15 million. Philadelphia cut police funding by $33 million.

New York cut a whopping $1 billion.

Not only has police funding been cut, police morale has plunged over the past year, leading to soaring retirements and resignations. NPR reports that a June survey of nearly 200 departments found a 45% increase in police retirements and a nearly 20% increase in resignations.

Meanwhile, new police hiring has dropped 5% nationwide.

Many cities are using these vacancies as a back-channel way to cut police funding. Seattle (which has had 232 shootings so far this year, up from 164 at the same time last year) reduced its police budget by $7.7 million in part by pocketing $5 million salary savings from the roughly 270 police officers who have left the force in recent months. Chicago (which saw 70 shootings just last weekend, including 12 fatalities) quietly eliminated 400 police officers positions in 2020, while Los Angeles cut its force by 200 officer positions. In other words, many

cities don’t need to defund the police; they can just sit back and wait for the police to defund themselves through resignations and retirements.

The problem will only get worse if Democrats in Washington get their way. Congress missed the May deadline President Joe Biden set to approve police reform legislation, despite broad bipartisan agreement on most elements of a bill. The sticking point? Democrats want to strip away qualified immunity from police officers so they can be sued in civil court. Officers have no immunity from criminal prosecution, and victims can sue the city in the civil court for damages stemming from misconduct. But for Democrats that is not good enough – they want to see officers sued personally. This will lead to a flood of frivolous lawsuits, as well as even more retirements and resignations, as officers decide that protecting the community is no longer worth the risk to their families and futures.

This is not what Americans want. A USA Today/Ipsos poll finds only 18% support defunding the police, including only 28% of Black Americans and 34% of Democrats.

In crime-ravaged Detroit, residents say they want more police on the street, not less, by an overwhelming 9-to-1 margin.

Because unlike Cori Bush, these Americans can’t afford private security.

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A Saudi Official’s Harrowing Account of Torture Reveals the Regime’s Brutality

By David Ignatius

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eld captive by Saudi agents, Salem Almuzaini, once an official of the regime, was beaten repeatedly on the soles of his feet, his back and [in other areas], according to a harrowing account of his torture and captivity filed in a Canadian court. He says he was whipped, starved, battered with iron bars and electrocuted; he also describes being ordered to crawl on all fours and bark like a dog. Accompanying his report are graphic photos of Almuzaini’s extensive scars from injuries he said were inflicted by operatives of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.

As set out in the court papers, Almuzaini was first seized in Dubai on September 26, 2017, by United Arab Emirates security officials and sent to the kingdom; he vanished on August 24, 2020, after visiting a senior Saudi state security official and has not been seen since. His description of his treatment in the intervening years – at two Saudi prisons, and at Riyadh’s Ritz-Carlton hotel, where suspected opponents of the regime were detained in 2017 – offers a horrifying view of the lengths to which the regime under the crown prince, known as MBS, has gone to punish its perceived enemies.

His narrative, translated from Arabic and filed in June in an Ontario court, was sent via text message to the cellphone of his wife, Hissah, in September 2019, according to her family, with instructions that she release it if he were to disappear again.

The chilling description, reminiscent of memoirs of suffering by political

prisoners in Iran, Chile, South Africa and the Soviet Union, offers the most extensive personal account to date of the alleged brutal conduct of the Saudi regime.

“The days passed, and I continued to fear hearing the keys and the door opening,” Almuzaini writes at one point. “I didn’t know what was in store for me, whether torture or elimination.” He describes how one interrogator ordered him to kiss his shoe, then struck his head. “The sad irony is that there was no other agency I had helped more than the Mabahith and Special Affairs, and now I was under their arrest and subject to their torture,” Almuzaini writes of the Saudi secret police.

The degree of psychological torture and attempted dehumanization that Almuzaini describes is as horrifying as the physical abuse. At one point, his interrogator told him to reach into a box and choose a whip for his next beating; when he hesitated, the interrogator chose one and used it to lash Almuzaini while urinating. Almuzaini was instructed not to say his name and

instead refer to himself as “9.” At another point, he was ordered to eat his dinner off the floor, like a dog.

“I was beset with worry on all sides,” Almuzaini recounts. “I worried for my mother, wife, children, sisters, uncle, companies, employees, my future, the pain in my body, the humiliation, and the fear. In reality, feelings cannot describe it. All I’ll say is that the injustice and repression of mankind were intense. I felt weak and powerless.”

The Saudi Embassy in Washington, informed about the allegations of torture by Almuzaini and his wife, declined to comment, as did the embassy of the UAE. Almuzaini, a graduate of the Saudi police academy, joined the Interior Ministry and supervised airline projects for Mohammed bin Nayef, who was then in charge of the ministry’s counterterrorism projects and later interior minister and crown prince.

According to Almuzaini’s account, when MBN decided to create a private airline company called Alpha Star Aviation Services, he asked Almuzaini to

run it. Later, when MBN formed his own commercial private airline company, Sky Prime Aviation, he asked Almuzaini to oversee it in Dubai.

Lawyers for Saad Aljabri, a former Saudi intelligence official, have argued in legal documents that these air operations were initially created to shield Saudi and U.S. covert intelligence operations against terrorist groups.

Almuzaini’s alleged crime, judging from the questions he says he was asked by his torturers, was that he aided in a plot to skim money from the two airlines – something he says he denied throughout the torture sessions. Aljabri has similarly denied any involvement in misusing funds. Companies controlled by the Saudi government have sued Aljabri in Canada, where he now lives, to recover money they claim he stole.

But Almuzaini’s real offense, as outlined in the court documents, may have been that he married Hissah, the daughter of Aljabri. MBS, a rival of MBN, has been pursuing Aljabri since 2017, when he deposed MBN as crown prince and Aljabri fled the kingdom.

MBS has been trying to force him to return to the kingdom since then.

Almuzaini’s wife described one gruesome moment that her husband had confided. “He said that once, before he was struck a hundred times without pause, he was told ‘this is on behalf of Saad Aljabri,’ and ‘this is what you get for marrying his daughter,’” she wrote. “Sometimes, the interrogators told Salem while beating him that ‘we are adding extra lashes and beatings because your father-in-law is not here, so you can take his portion.’”

The Almuzaini affidavit was filed to support Aljabri’s claim that, as his lawyers argue in a recent court filing, MBS has “sought to consolidate his power by persecuting his perceived rivals under the guise of an ‘anti-corruption’ campaign” and that payments to Aljabri “were fully authorized and approved” by MBN and other Saudi authorities.

The alleged treatment of Almuzaini is just one example of MBS’ seeming obsession with Aljabri’s family. The crown prince blocked two of Aljabri’s then-teenage children, Omar and Sarah, from leaving the country in 2017, when he began his internal putsch to consolidate power and has used them as seeming hostages to try to force their father to return to the kingdom. Omar and Sarah are now imprisoned. I described their plight in The Post in June 2020, and it was featured in a recent report by Human Rights Watch. Aljabri’s friends, relatives and business associates have also been detained.

After Jamal Khashoggi was murdered in Istanbul in October 2018 on what the CIA says were the orders of MBS, Almuzaini had a flash of recognition. He told his wife that the people who were interrogating him included Maher Mutreb, publicly identified as the leader of the Istanbul hit team, and

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zaini helped run for MBN, were used to transport to Istanbul the hit team that killed Khashoggi, after MBS had appropriated the company, according to court documents filed by Aljabri’s lawyers.

When Almuzaini was held at the Ritz-Carlton for about six weeks start-

“All I’ll say is that the injustice and repression of mankind were intense.

I felt weak and powerless.”

seven of its other members, according to his wife’s affidavit. Among those present during his torture was MBS’ close assistant, Saud al-Qahtani, the affidavit alleges.

In a bizarre irony, two planes owned by Sky Prime, the airline Almu-

ing in late 2017, the torture stopped, according to his wife’s affidavit. The shakedown was now about getting money – as was the case with about 400 other prominent Saudis, including princes and global financiers, who were rounded up at the Ritz-Carlton

in November 2017 and forced by MBS’ operatives to hand over assets.

“We’re going to take all of your money,” Almuzaini writes that he was told at the Ritz-Carlton. “We don’t recognize the contracts or any of your nonsense. We’re going to return the money to the state.” He eventually agreed to sign over 400 million Saudi riyals, about $106 million at current exchange rates.

Almuzaini wrote to his wife: “It wasn’t enough for them to torture and imprison me, but they had to take my money, too. Why was all of this happening? Why all the injustice? I didn’t do anything wrong or commit any sin…. I had offered my services and accomplished many things for the nation. I had helped keep it safe.”

Concluding his searing narrative, Almuzaini says of his captors, “In all honesty, the only words I have to describe them were hypocrites who corrupted the earth.” (c) 2021, Washington Post Writers Group

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Travel

Diving the Underwater Grottoes of Rosh Hanikra

by Dr. Jeffrey Galler

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hile writing about Mediterranean diving for a well-known SCUBA magazine, I had been looking forward to exploring the underwater caves of Rosh Hanikra, on Israel’s northwest coast. There, a diver can swim through underwater grottoes, caves, and rock formations seen in no other part of the world. But, my dive became much more interesting than originally planned.

Mention cave diving to most SCUBA enthusiasts, and they’ll politely say, “No thanks – too dangerous.”

It is true that cave diving can be extremely dangerous: with tight spaces, dark tunnels, and massive amounts of silt, divers can easily become disoriented, lost, and run out of air. However, diving Rosh Hanikra’s underwater caves can be a very safe and relaxing adventure. Safe that is, if you don’t make the blunder we committed during our dive.

a ship, and, of course, purchase souvenirs.

These same tunnels and caverns, formed by wind and sea action against the relatively soft chalk, are even more dramatic below the surface, where ten spectacular underwater grottoes are interconnected along a large, 600-foot long underwater tunnel.

Our guide, Gideon, explained that the water temperature, almost 70 degrees Fahrenheit, was fairly comfortable while wearing proper wet suits but that water conditions could sometimes be rough.

“When strong winds blow in from the southwest,” he warned, “dive conditions can sometimes be unsuitable. You’re in luck, because today looks perfect.”

He led our little group into the water, and we found ourselves in very rough water, with a sloped and rocky bottom.

Making a Splash

The sunlight reflected off the white face of the mountains made the water sparkle like thousands of whitehot diamonds. I wondered if SCUBA manufacturers produced masks with sunglasses.

We turned right, faced the massive cliff, and descended to a rocky floor.

There, the water was very calm, and we enjoyed a leisurely swim through clear, light green water toward the grottoes.

Appearing as a dramatic, steep, 210-foot white pillar at the water’s edge, the cliffs of Rosh Hanikra are one of Israel’s top tourist attractions.

On land, cable cars take up to 15 passengers to the top of the mountain. There, tourists can hike along a 1,200-foot long pathway through dramatic caverns, enjoy a panoramic view of the cliff and surrounding sea, dine in a restaurant shaped like

What a Dive!

A diver is silhoutted against the large, sunlit cave opening

Following Gideon’s signal, we descended through the shimmering, cool water to the mouth of a large tunnel entrance.

We entered the tunnel and were delighted to discover that in this and all the other tunnels and caves that we would be exploring several factors made the diving very pleasant and non-stressful.

First, all the tunnels and grottoes were very large. The ceilings were very high, and there walls were very far apart, so no claustrophobia here.

Second, none of the areas we visited were dark. All had large, clearly visible, wide-open entrances and exits, abundant sunlight streaming in

from both ends.

Third, with the constant wave action flushing the tunnels and caves, there were no massive deposits of silt or debris on the floor. Therefore, our swim fins did not cause any silt to rise off the bottom and cloud the water or mar our view. Visibility was excellent throughout the dive.

Gideon signaled an ascent, and we found ourselves floating comfortably on the surface, breathing fresh air, inside a huge cave, a large sunlit entrance yards away. We enjoyed viewing the cave’s ceiling and walls, where water and wind had carved the chalk and dolomite into fantastic shapes.

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enjoyed a spectacular view of our cave opening framing the green water around us and the sea beyond.

Ups and Downs Gideon explained that this was the preferred method of exploring the Rosh Hanikra grottoes: swim through a tunnel, ascend to the surface inside a cave, enjoy the view, breathe fresh air while conserving the air in our tanks, relax, and plan the next dive segment.

We visited five of the ten caves, and often witnessed a recurring scene: we could see our underwater

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up to prevent invasion by the Lebanese army.

At our final cave surface interval, we were able to see tourists walking through the tunnels above us. Swimming south toward our beach exit, the water around us, so green before, was now definitely blue. Gideon later explained that on clear days the water is green in the morning, blue in the afternoon, and then darker blue later in the day.

Time to Go Home Kicking lazily back to shore, we noticed details that we had missed

Armed soldiers were very interested in the divers emerging from the water

On clear days, the water is green in the morning, blue in the afternoon, and then darker blue later in the day.

photographer and our underwater model to our rear, silhouetted against the large, sunlit opening behind us, while we swam in twilight toward the brightly lit exit in front of us.

Turning north, we were able to see remnants of the 700-foot-long railway that had been built through the mountain by the British army in World War I. During Israel’s War for Independence in 1948, it was blown

on our way to the grottoes. Colorful fish nibbled on the green grass, and small groupers kept their distance from us, hoping to some day become large groupers.

Spiny urchin hid under many rocky nooks and crannies, as did small, spaghetti-like, multi-colored anemone.

Toward the end of the dive, we were surprised by the sudden ap-

The cliffs of Rosh Hanikra are part of a chain of chalk mountains on the northwest border of Israel

pearance of a sad-looking loggerhead turtle who quickly passed in and out of our field of vision. I learned, later, that Israel’s Nature and Parks Authority has undertaken a conservation program to protect these reptiles.

Early every summer, large numbers of turtles dig bottle-shaped pits on shore and lay their eggs there. Several weeks later, guided by the light of a full moon, hundreds of little, baby turtles dig their way out of their pits, and scurry off to the open sea.

Not According to Plan

Israel tries to protect its loggerhead turtles

Finally, exiting onto the beach, we received a rather frightening, not-sopleasant surprise. On the road above were two Israeli army jeeps, with nervous-looking, armed soldiers, rifles pointing directly at us. Apparently, our little group had inadvertently swum into Lebanese territory, evoking some understandable degree

of interest on the part of the border guards. I tried to smile innocuously and appear non-threatening.

Fortunately, that morning, the Ministry of Tourism had let the army know that a dive magazine journalist will be present in the area. When the soldiers realized who we were, they were all smiles as they laughed and joked with us. One soldier asked us to send a copy of SKIN DIVER magazine, with his picture, to a relative in New York.

I can only hope that Homeland Security will not look askance at someone caught sneaking underwater across an international border and place me on their No Fly list.

Dr. Jeffrey Galler is certified as a Master Diver and Rescue Diver by the Professional Association of Dive Instructors.

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Hit! You Sunk My Battleship

By Avi Heiligman

The crew of the HMS Hood.

Only four survived after it was sunk

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ome of the largest capital (the most important to a navy at any given time) warships to set sail and participate in battles

The German battleship Tirpitz

during the two World Wars were battleships. Their importance to a fleet was soon overshadowed by aircraft carriers, but battleships still

played an important role. Their size and firepower made them a fierce opponent. However, this also made them large targets that opposing navies spent considerable amount of resources trying to neutralize.

Many battleships on both sides of conflict were sunk, and each sinking deserves its own story.

During the Russo-Japanese War (1904-1905), several Russian pre-dreadnought battleships were sunk, including six during the Battle of Tsushima Strait in May 1905.

The crucial battle was the first naval battle fought by steel battleships and proved that the larger the ship and the bigger guns it carried would be a decisive factor in future battleship warfare. A decade later, during World War I, it was the British Navy that suffered heavy battleship losses with three lost to German U-boats, one to a destroyer and one to a naval mine. At the start of World War II, it was again a British battleship that was the first of its class sunk during the war. The HMS Royal Oak was sunk by a U-boat while anchored at Scapa Flow, Scotland. Both the Japanese and German navies had formidable battleships during World War II and sinking them became a priority for the allies.

Naval treaties after World War I limited the amount and size of warships that nations could build, but these were ignored as it became

increasing clear that Nazi Germany was gearing up for another war.

During the interwar years, the Nazis built several large ships, including two that would be the center of enormous efforts to sink by the British.

The Bismarck, commissioned in 1940, was the lead ship in her class of two battleships, while the Tirpitz, the only other ship in the class, was completed in 1941. The Bismarck set off in May 1941 with the goal to raid Allied shipping. Accompanying her was a cruiser, and together their mission was to attack convoys in the Atlantic Ocean. Allied intelligence gained valuable information from the Swedish envoy to Berlin, and he revealed to the British some of the Bismarck’s characteristics.

Her movements and timetable were provided to the British fleet by code breakers at Bletchley Park. A British fleet consisting of the newly commissioned HMS Prince of Whales and the battlecruiser HMS Hood set off looking for the Bismarck.

Early on the morning of May 24, 1941, the Bismarck and the Hood traded salvos 14 miles apart in the Denmark Strait. At 6 a.m., an armor-piercing shell ripped through the Hood and exploded the ammunition magazine. A huge explosion erupted, and the Hood broke in two as it sank in less than a minute.

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the over-1,400 crewmembers onboard. The Bismarck sustained heavy damage during the battle.

The British were now bent on avenging the loss of the Hood and sent all available warships in pursuit before the Bismarck could make it to a port. The sinking had hit home and Prime Minister Winston Churchill issued the order: “Sink the Bismarck!”

Three hits during the Battle of the Denmark Strait had hurt the Bismarck, and she was now on her own. On May 26, the Bismarck was spotted by a flying boat. The two ships in the area that could stop her were the aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal and the battlecruiser HMS Renown. A flight of antiquated Fairy Swordfish torpedo biplane bombers were sent off the Ark Royal and scored two hits on the German ship.

Pilot John Moffat was credited with hitting the Bismarck with his torpedo that badly damaged her port rudder. This caused it to lose steering, and soon the Bismarck was sunk by other ships of the Royal Navy.

The Tirpitz posed a grave threat to Allied merchant shipping as well as smaller warships since her commissioning in 1941. Even though the Tirpitz never sunk an Allied merchant ship, the threat that she posed was enough for the British inventor Sir Barnes Wallis to develop a 12,000-pound bomb named the Tallboy just to penetrate the armor of the Tirpitz.

In September 1944, 38 Lancaster heavy bombers took off from a base in northern Russia to attack the massive battleship in the waters off

of Norway. One Tallboy struck the Tirpitz and exploded deep in the hull. The damage was so extensive that the Germans decided not to make her seaworthy again. The British didn’t know this fact and were determined to sink her once and for all. On November 12, two Tallboys from Lancaster bombers hit the Tirpitz in her magazine storage. A large explosion followed, and the largest ship in the German Navy capsized.

Sinking large ships like the big

The 50,000-ton Bismarck

the Battle of Leyte Gulf in October 1944. The Japanese battle plan was complex, and they were to be part of task force sent to bombard the beaches in the Philippines where American troops had landed. Scout planes discovered this force in the Sibuyan Sea and sent the message to the American fleet. Several waves of American Helldivers, Hellcat fighters and Avenger torpedo bombers from the carriers USS Lexington and the USS Essex were sent in and

A huge explosion erupted, and the Hood broke in two as it sank in less than a minute.

German battleships took the efforts of large fleets. In the Pacific, the Americans used submarines and aircraft to do the job of sinking the two largest warships ever built.

There were supposed to be five battleships in the Japanese Yamato class of battleships but two were cancelled and one was converted into an aircraft carrier. The two that were built were the Yamato and Musashi. These weighed in at over 70,000 tons and had 18.1-inch guns that could fire a shell a distance of 26 miles.

As with the large Nazi warships, these battleships were heavily targeted by the Allies. The Americans finally got a crack at them during

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attacked the Center Force. Many hits were scored – the Musashi was on the receiving end of 19 torpedoes and 17 bombs. Her captain tried to save the ship but efforts proved fruitless as the mighty battleship capsized and sank.

The Yamato was the flagship of the Combined Fleet, and she was present at the Battle of Midway as well as at other engagements. The mighty battleship had been the target of two American submarine attacks, one of which a torpedo from the USS Skate caused significant damage. During the opening stages of the Battle of Leyte Gulf, she received damage in the attack that sank the Musashi. The Yamato was

able to continue on and fired her batteries on small American warships during the final stages of the complex battle. The American commander thought that the battleships were sunk and went after Japanese carriers. However, it was a ruse by the Japanese commander, and the mighty battleship, along with several cruisers and destroyers, almost attacked the landing beaches. A small group of escort carriers, destroyers and destroyer escorts with the call sign Taffy 3 fought back ferociously and had the Japanese commander convinced that they were facing the might of the American fleet.

On April 7, 1945 the Yamato was sighted and sunk by bombers and torpedo bombers that had been launched by aircraft carriers.

The role of battleships greatly diminished after the war, and currently there are none in service.

During the first half of the 20th century, battleships were feared by all navies for their size, speed, and firepower. Colossal efforts to sink these behemoth warships did not always prove successful. Several American battleships still remain as museum ships and are a testament to the brave men who served gallantly on the biggest warships in history.

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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Desperate Times Call for Desperate Measures

By Allan Rolnick, CPA

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n 1986, President Ronald Reagan quipped that the government’s view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases, including, “If it moves, tax it.” Well, Uncle Sam is already chasing income, payrolls, corporations, gifts, estates, imports, and gasoline and alcohol sales. Yet we’re still almost $29 trillion in the hole. So if we’re ever going to eliminate that pesky national debt (spoiler alert: LOL), we’re going to need some new gravy pipelines.

(Cut spending? Bless your heart.)

Washington is already looking at carbon taxes, financial transaction taxes, and wealth taxes to fill the void.

But none of those proposals are going anywhere. So we thought we’d take the next couple of weeks to look at some very real and sometimes weird taxes that different governments have used, in the past and around the world, to help fill their coffers. How well do you see these ideas helping to cover our trillion-dollar deficits?

• Windows: In 1696, Britain’s Parliament levied a tax originally consisting of two shillings for a house with up to 10 windows, plus four shillings for each window over 10 and eight shillings over 20. It was a great

back-door way of taxing richer people, who naturally had more windows, without requiring them to report their income. Over the next 155 years, the specific formula changed – but it was always easy to enforce because the tax man could just stand outside your house and count. (As usual, Cal-

wore beards to express their faith.

Today, 60% of American men wear a beard at least part of the time, and they do it to look hip. (Expect a lot of furious lobbying from lumberjacks and Brooklyn bartenders!)

• Wig Powder: Here’s another back-door income tax on the rich,

So if we’re ever going to eliminate that pesky national debt (spoiler alert: LOL), we’re going to need some new gravy pipelines.

ifornians would pay more for all those windows grabbing all that sun.)

• Beards: In 1698, Peter the Great levied a tax on Russians with beards: 100 rubles for the wealthiest merchants, 60 for military and government personnel and other merchants, 30 for ordinary Muscovites, and 2 half-kopeks for peasants entering the city. Back then, Russian men

who presumably owned more wigs.

In 1795, Parliament passed a new tax on wig powder: £100 for an annual license with discounts and exemptions for royals, clergy, soldiers, and sailors. Fathers with more than two unmarried daughters could pay double for the hair powder equivalent of a Spotify Family Plan. The Act raised £200,000 in the first year but chased

citizens into cutting their hair or going without powder – by the time it was repealed in 1869, it was yielding just £1,000/year.

• Baby Names. In Sweden, tax dollars make it cheap free for citizens to give birth. But then you have to submit your baby’s name to the Swedish Tax Agency for approval or pay a fine of 5,000 kronor (roughly $580). Sweden first passed the rule in 1901 to stop lowly commoners from giving their children noble names and continues it today to protect children from offensive or unsuitable monikers. The tax agency shot down “Allah” and “Ikea” but gave thumbs up to “Google” and “Lego.” (Elon Musk’s son X Æ X-12 was unavailable for comment.)

There doesn’t seem to be any end to what clever (or desperate) governments can tax. Coming next week: Lawyers, toilets, laundromats, and the south-facing end of a north-facing bull!

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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It’s a Hairy Situation

By Rivki D. Rosenwald Esq., LMFT, CLC, SDS

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etting your hair dealt with.

Man or woman – it grows.

There’s no refuting that. So what’s your hair management technique?

Some guys are absolutely pragmatic. They go out and find that one Russian barber and they are good. This is identified as time management and financial planning all rolled up into one.

Give that barber about ten seconds along with your buzz number and you’re done. No stress on your wallet or your schedule. You’re practically out before you even walk in.

Then there are the guys who opt for a hair stylist, and that’s a whole different experience. But, that’s nothing like what a woman goes through.

Women are truly in it for the long haul. There’s no escaping it. The only shortcut I’ve ever witnessed is when they hand their heads in.

One can actually accomplish “almost” double the amount in life when they use a wig. Your hair goes to the stylist and you can go to the gym!

Notice that I’m qualifying the “accomplishing double the amount” with the word “almost,” though. Here’s the reality. There are times when a person wants to accompany their wig to the hairdresser. This is in order to see how it actually looks with the rest of them!

And therefore, they may really commit to some valuable amount of time in the stylist’s chair after all.

Women and hairdressers…. It’s probably one of the oldest stories. They have these longstanding relationships.

After all, there’s not much one can do that’s constructive when someone has you captive by the scalp. And so, the relationship develops.

You chat and chat and chat till they know practically your whole life.

more than just an intimate relationship; it’s almost a hostage situation.

But luckily they don’t want to keep you around for too long. Because thankfully, if they are good at what they do, they have a bevy of others waiting to have their true beauty revitalized too.

Now let’s not forget how the whole wig thing adds another confounding factor. I did say it often gives you some independence, however, the sheer

Your hair goes to the stylist and you can go to the gym!

And here’s the thing: hair keeps growing, so you need to keep going back! It needs to look good, so you go back! Sometimes you want a style change, so you go back. Sometimes it even changes colors, so you go back!

And every once in a while, you’ve got an event, and so you’re back! Or you just don’t want to deal with it … and you’re back!

When you are spending that much time with someone and depending on them for how good you look, this is

number of wigs you often possess keeps you coming and going to your hair person quite a bit.

After all, you’ve got your casual wig, your dress wig, and your oncedark-that’s-now-oxidized-and-potentially-saved-you-loads-of-money-onhighlighting-it wig. Everyone says they love you in the lighter hair! Except, of course, you! So it’s back to the colorist.

Wait! We’re not finished yet.

You’ve got your short, easy wig and your longer wig that’s got too

much hair to wear every day. And finally, you have that one new wig you just haven’t gotten around to cutting quite right yet. It’s kind of on hold till you get a spare hair minute or someone special is getting married – whichever comes first.

So we are reminded that for a woman dealing with hair, on or off your head, it’s just no quick and easy matter.

Therefore, the next time a guy says, “I buzzed it all off because I just didn’t want to deal with it.” Or he says, “I just wasn’t watching, that’s why it looks like this.” Take a deep breath. And tell him he’s fired. He’s lost the job of finding his own hairdresser to cut his tresses. You’re on the case now!

He’ll probably opt for one more chance to get it right. And trust me, he won’t fall asleep on the job next time. He’ll be on his game. He’ll hopefully even show up looking a lot better. And at a minimum, he’ll get a tiny taste of what woman go through just to look good when they wake up in the morning.

Rivki Rosenwald is a certified relationship counselor, and career and life coach.

She can be contacted at 917-705-2004 or rivki@rosenwalds.com.

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ASSISTANT TEACHERS Full day or half day AM or PM Classes located in Far Rockaway and the Five Towns **Complete hours for college degree**

SUBSTI TUTES AM or PM Hebrew and English classes And to cover maternity leaves Located in Yeshivas in the Five Towns and Far Rockaway

CAHAL IS THE COMMUNITY EDUCATION PROGRAM SUCCESSFULLY TURNING LEARNING DIFFERENCES INTO ACHIEVEMENTS FOR OVER 29 YEARS

TO SCHEDULE AN INTERVIEW, SEND RESUME TO: SHIRA@CAHAL.ORG OR CALL: (516) 295-3666

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AUGUST 5, 2021 | The Jewish Home

MARGARET TIETZ Nursing & Rehabilitation Center

Short-Term Care | Long-Term Care | Hospice Care

Back Feet on your

Quick recoveries - from a pandemic to your rehab - is where we excel.

In our newly established Synagogue, renovated and expanded gym, recreation center and cafe, you’ll rehab in a beautifully modern, traditionally Kosher setting. And our bright rehabilitation gym, cutting-edge equipment, and focused one-on-one staff will help you recover quickly with optimal results.

New modern look.

Same tradition of care.

85% Private Rooms

State of the art Meat and all Cholov Yisroel Dairy Kitchens (VHQ) Full time Rabbi On-Staff Special Shabbos & Holiday Meals Beautiful Outdoor Gardens Shabbos Elevator Community Eruv To resume as guidelines are revised: Daily & Shabbos Minyanim Full High Holiday Schedule Shabbos Hospitality Apartment

Call our friendly admissions team to discover how we are well-prepared to get you back on your feet and back home quickly.

q718-298-7806

P 164-11 Chapin Parkway, Jamaica Hills, NY 11432

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