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y week started off in a fun way. I spent part of my Monday in camp – and I almost wished I could be a camper once again.

Over the weekend, Rabbi Pesach Lerner reached out to me with an interesting proposal. A chiloni Israeli reporter who works at UVDA, an investigative television program in Israel, was curious about the Orthodox community in the United States. She was amazed when Rabbi Lerner told her that the frum community is growing and vibrant, as opposed to that of the Reform movement. Reform in Israel is a powerful force and she thought it was the same in the United States. “Come see for yourself,” he offered her.

And that’s where I came in.

There are so many wonderful camps in our neighborhood, each one with a different flavor, catering to a different clientele of youngsters. And each camp has a special connection to TJH, as we feature the different camps in our paper weekly in different ways.

Rabbi Lerner wanted to bring Sarit to local camps to show her the thousands of youngsters in our community and the amazing programs that the camps run for their campers. Sarit was not coming as a reporter; she was coming as a Jew, curious about what life was like for her Orthodox brothers and sisters, and he wanted to show her how Orthodox Jewish children enjoy their summers in the U.S. I reached out to quite a few camps over the weekend. Every single camp was enthusiastic about showing Sarit their program and giving her a taste of the vibrancy that Orthodox Jewish children enjoy throughout the summer. Our time was limited, and we had to cut our “camp tour” short on Monday.

But even so, we were able to visit three camps in the morning, and Sarit – and I – came out amazed by what our community has to offer.

I drove to Machaneh Hakayitz right after carpool.

Rabbi Selengut and Rabbi Ament were greeting Sarit and Rabbi Lerner at the gate of camp. I knew, right away, that she would be treated to an amazing experience when they explained to her how the concept of summer camps started in the U.S. We peeked into the bunks, where the children were davening and learning. The sweet sounds of a young boy saying Birkas Kohanim as chazzan for the bunk brought

back memories for Sarit as she murmured the words along with the boys. She was amazed at how well the boys were behaving – and how enthusiastic the rebbeim were when teaching them Torah. Sarit said that she always thought that in Israel the charedim don’t do sports. But here, we showed her boys who were charedi, were learning Torah, and then were heading for the baseball fields and the pools in the afternoon.

She was incredulous at how in the United States our children are able to balance the two.

Our stop at Orah Day Camp started off with a bang when we were greeted by Leeba Brisk and Suri Weingot in the lobby with a gaggle of girls wearing numerous hats. “This is a happy place!” Sarit exclaimed.

She kept up the enthusiasm as we went room to room and then finally headed to the huge pool. Sarit saw girls doing yoga, baking, swimming, playing basketball, and doing arts ‘n’ crafts. Yes, we’re charedi, but we know how to have fun!

Our final stop was at Camp Avnet. There we were greeted by security guards, which probably made Sarit feel at home with their professionalism as they took our IDs before we entered the camp. Daniel Stroock and his staff spent so much time giving us a tour of the huge campus – and we still only got to see a fraction of what the thousand-or-so campers experience each day. The energy was vibrating in the halls and the campers were constantly on the move!

My heart fell when I realized that I had to head back to the office instead of heading to the next activity.

It made me want to go back to camp and enjoy funfilled, carefree summer days.

In an email later that day, Sarit wrote to me, “It was an inspiring and teaching morning. I couldn’t imagine such a vibrating community, with so much enthusiasm and warmth.” I know that now she will be going back to Israel with a new appreciation and admiration for the charedi community. And you know what? I came back to the office with a renewed admiration for the amazing camps in our neighborhood. Here’s to all those who work hard to give our children an unbelievable, unforgettable summer! We cannot thank you enough.

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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 Machane Yisroel

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NEWS 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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World Builders

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Traffic, Trains and Tuition: TJH Speaks with State Senator Todd Kaminsky 70 Arieh Atzmoni by Avi Heiligman

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Growing Up by Rav Moshe Weinberger

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JEWISH THOUGHT Sweat the Small Stuff by Eytan Kobre

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HEALTH & FITNESS Are You Co-Dependent? by Dr. Deb Hirschhorn 76

Dear Editor, I appreciated your article on nightshades this week, written by nutritionist Aliza Beer. I first heard of nightshades in connection to quarterback Tom Brady, who is on a very strict diet. He does not eat nightshades because they’re not anti-inflammatory, according to his personal chef. Occasionally he is allowed to eat tomatoes every now and then.

The truth is, if staying away from nightshades will put me in the same shape as Tom Brady, perhaps it’s worth a try.

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Dear Editor, Yael Harmon wrote into your “Readers Write” column last week with a suggestion that you start a column that highlights the nice things in our community in which readers can write in with things that they felt inspired them that week.

I think that Yael has the right idea. There is so much good we can see in our community – if we look for it! And as we train ourselves to look for it, we’ll see it more and more.

Just this past week, I was shopping in a store and a woman came over to me to tell me that the tag was sticking out of the back of my shirt. Yes, perhaps this is a small thing, but she was a stranger to me. And this stranger took the few minutes to come over to me and to realize that I perhaps would be embarrassed to know that my tag was sticking out and helped to correct it so I wouldn’t be further embarrassed. A small thing, but it showed me that she cared about another Yid. If we can all reach out to each other to help with the small things then we’ll be telling one another that we care for them in a big way.

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Dear Editor, I’m sorry, George Will. New Jersey will not be sending a Republican to the Senate, regardless of how corrupt the Democrats are. When corruption runs so deep in government, change comes very slowly – if at all. So we’ll definitely be seeing Mr. Menendez for a very long time.

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Dear Editor, This week a reader suggested that you start a column that focuses on good things in our community.

This was the perfect week to suggest that. In the same issue you published a comprehensive article on Rabbi Aaron Brafman, zt”l. When reading the article one could feel the love he had for fellow Jews. No detail was overlooked by him when it came to caring for another person.

There is so much we can learn from him, first and foremost how to truly care for others.

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Dear Editor, We’re constantly hearing about how we have to limit screen time for our children and about the dangers of social media for our children. We can never hear it enough. But sometimes we need to take the messages to heart – to our own hearts.

A report just came out this week that catalogues that American adults over the age of 18 spend more than eleven hours per day (!) watching, reading or interacting with social media. Considering that there are 24 hours in a day and that we need to sleep and take showers at some point, we are spending a ginormous amount time immersed in social media. That is frightening! Even more frightening is that this is just the beginning. As social media becomes more immersed in society we will become more attached and may just become stuck in the muck. Forget about seeing this as a horror for us as religious Jews; social media does not make us into better, more functioning human beings. How can we be focused, sympathetic, empathetic, happier people when we’re constantly on Facebook and Instagram and not interacting with people in a real way?

It’s time for us adults in the room to take a step back and remove ourselves from this time- and energy-waster. We want to become better people, not better robots. And it’s up to us to do it.

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The Week In News

New PM for Pakistan

It took a few days but Imran Khan, a cricketer-turned-politician, has finally been accepted as Pakistan’s prime minister. The victory did not come easy, as many contested the results. But Khan’s party garnered a whopping 16.86 million votes and trounced the party of jailed former premier Nawaz Sharif, which finished second at the polls with 12.89 million votes.

The 116 seats that Khan’s lawmakers won is still not enough to give him majority rule in the 272seat National Assembly without coalition partners. Even so, Khan has ruled out both of the two other major parties, calling them corrupt. Officials from Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), or Pakistan Movement for Justice, party said they were in talks with independents and at least one other political party to form a coalition government. ​P TI leaders who have won more than one seat will have to give up additional seats as the law allows an individual to retain only one. And so, the party will have to rely on independents as well as parties like the PML-Q, Balochistan Awami Party (BAP) and Grand Democratic Alliance (GDA) in addition to its natural ally, Sheikh Rashid, to be able to form the next government.

Khan has been in the public eye for decades – for more than 20 years as an aspiring prime minister, and before that as the charismatic captain of Pakistan’s cricket team. What changes he will bring to Pakistan – and if those changes will be beneficial to the country – still remains to be seen.

Khan is expected to take the oath of prime minister around August 14, Pakistan’s independence day.

Former Brazil Prez Vows to End Privatization

Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has pledged to block or undo privatizations if he is returned to the office he once held.

Though he will likely be barred from running for the presidency by the electoral court, his claims are being seen as the agenda of his far left-leaning Workers Party.

In an article published in a national newspaper, da Silva said he would reverse the current privatization process of state-run energy company Electrobras. Current President Michel Temer has pushed the plan to sell the giant electric company and many in his administration believe that the government oil company Petrobras should be privatized as well.

Despite his corruption and money laundering conviction, da Silva leads the polls in Brazil. If he is barred from running, he still has the option to appeal the electoral court’s decision.

“I have the historical obligation, no matter what my personal circumstances now, of conducting our country to a reencounter with democracy and sovereignty, with a clear commitment to revoke through a popular referendum every measure that damages our independence,” da Silva wrote.

Brazil’s presidential election will take place on October 7.

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Flight MH370 Report Leaves Many Questions

Four years after Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 went missing, a new report has revealed some more details about what happened to the mysterious flight. Still, despite new information, there’s a lot that re-

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The report makes clear that it is not definitive as the plane has not been found. Malaysia’s government has said that they will reopen the investigation if any more evidence is presented.

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The Boeing 777 left Kuala Lumpur and headed to Beijing on March 8, 2014. There were 239 people on board and it is presumed to have crashed somewhere in the Indian Ocean. The report is not able to conclude as to what exactly happened to the plane. The head of the investigation said that the black box would need to be found to add more insight as to why the plane crashed.

The report was unable to say whether the plane broke up in the air or once it hit the water. Chief investigator Kok Soo Chon said during a media briefing there was no evidence of abnormal behavior or stress among the two pilots – Capt.

Zaharie Ahmad Shah and co-pilot, Fariq Abdul Hamid – that would lead them to hijack the plane. All the passengers were also cleared by police and had no pilot training, the investigator said.

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Over the past three years, Sombra has become “the torment of

Otoniel, seizing 9 tons of cocaine,” anti-narcotics police said in a tweet.

Dairo Antonio Úsuga, alias “Otoniel,” is the head of the Urabeños, one of Colombia’s most powerful criminal groups and one of the country’s most wanted men.

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language course. Ten eastern Europen migrants – six of them Jews from the former Soviet Union – were wounded in the blast. A 26-year-old Ukrainian pregnant woman lost her unborn child after the blast ripped off one of her feet. Her husband, who was 28 at the time, suffered critical wounds over his entire body when metal fragments ripped through him.

This week, almost two decades after the blast, Spies, 52, a neo-Nazi, was acquitted by a German court. He was cleared of 12 counts of attempted murder with a “racist” motive and a charge of causing an explosion in the attack in the western city of Duesseldorf on July 27, 2000. The regional court in the city found him not guilty, after having released him from custody in May “for lack of sufficiently reliable witness testimony.”

Spies was known to police as a right-wing extremist at the time and ran a military surplus store near the scene of the crime, which shocked Germany and drew international condemnation. Investigators say the former soldier has a swastika and a well-known Nazi fortress tattooed on his body.

The investigation into the explosion was resurrected in 2011 after a series of 10 murders by a band of neo-Nazis. Known as the NSU, short for National Socialist Underground, the cell consisted of a trio of far-right militants who shot dead eight men with Turkish roots, a Greek migrant and a German policewoman between 2000 and 2007. While no link was established between the NSU’s killings and the Duesseldorf bombing, they spurred investigators to take the extremist threat more seriously.

The NSU’s sole surviving member, Beate Zschaepe, was sentenced to life in prison earlier this month by a court in Munich.

tling urban center now lays dormant, only five years after Egypt began its campaign to clear the area of people.

There is now a perimeter of threeand-a-half kilometers along the entire border of Egypt and Gaza that is empty of inhabitants.

Though many question the tactics, it is hard to argue with Egypt’s results. After years of war and bloodshed, casualties among Egyptian troops and civilians have decreased drastically, as has the number of security-related incidents in the Sinai per week. Less than a year ago, ISIS set a new record of horror in their Sinai attacks. More than 300 people were killed in the Al-Rawda mosque, in the worst attack in Egypt’s history.

The horrific attack prompted Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi and his army’s senior commanders to go on the offensive.

“Comprehensive Operation — Sinai 2018” was launched and many villages were cleansed of ISIS fighters. Villages were relocated in order to limit the exposure of Egyptian civilians to ISIS extremists.

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Egypt is taking extreme measures to ensure that goods are not smuggled into the Gaza Strip. Entire cities have had their inhabitants removed and relocated because they were on the border of Gaza.

The large city of Rafah is one of many that were relocated in order to prevent smuggling. The once-bus-

French Jews are facing increasing harassment and anti-Semitic attacks in areas with growing Muslim populations. Many Jews throughout Paris and its suburbs have moved their families to the 17th Arrondissement

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European Jewish population and the anti-Semitism there is very apparent, this problem exists throughout the continent. Gunther Jikeli , a German historian at Indiana University who conducted a meticulous study of Muslim anti-Semitism in Europe, found that in 16 surveys conducted over the last 12 years in Europe, “anti-Semitism is significantly higher among Muslims than among non-Muslims.”

“There is a kind of norm of anti-Semitism, of viewing Jews negatively,” he explained about the Muslim society.

More than 50,000 Jews have made aliyah since the year 2000.

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in Paris, a small area in the northwestern part of the city, to protect themselves from danger.

Joanna Galilli, a 28-year-old who used to live in a Parisian suburb, recently told reporters that she moved out of her old neighborhood where “anti-Semitism is pretty high and you feel it enormously.” When she wore a Star of David around her neck where she used to live, “they spit when I walked in the street,” she said.

France has a very long history

of anti-Semitism, but this “new anti-Semitism,” as many are calling it, is very different in kind. Jewish groups and researchers are tracing a huge wave of anti-Jewish crime as France’s Muslim population grows.

Almost 40 percent of France’s racially or religiously motivated violent attacks in 2017 were committed against Jews, who make up less than 1 percent of the country’s population.

These acts increased by 20 percent since 2016, an uptick that the Interior

Ministry called “preoccupying.”

Though the government stopped categorizing those that commit anti-Semitic acts in 2011, there is a large increase whenever tensions rise in the Middle East. Before 2011, Muslims had been the largest group identified as perpetrators and as the numbers of Muslims in France grows to outnumber Jews 12 to 1, the antiSemitic crime rate has soared to an all-time high.

While France has the largest

In a first of its kind, Zimbabweans lined up on Monday to vote for president – the first election without Robert Mugabe on the ballot. Around 5.5 million people were registered to vote in the South African nation anxious for change after decades of economic and political paralysis under Mugabe’s rule.

On Tuesday the results from the election were still not clear. Zimbabwe’s opposition said that their candidate, Nelson Chamisa, won the election. The MDC Alliance asserted that the ruling Zanu-PF party was attempting to rig the vote to allow President Emmerson Mnangagwa to win and that the delay in releasing official results was unacceptable. In its defense, the election commission said there was no cheating – it just needed time to collate the votes.

Around seventy percent of those registered came out to vote in the elections. For the first time in 16 years international observers were able to oversee the elections to ensure that they were free and fair.

The country has until Saturday to announce the official results of the election, although an announcement is sure to come earlier than that time.

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Observers say the race between Emmerson Mnangagwa’s Zanu-PF party and Nelson Chamisa’s MDC Alliance is extremely tight. Both men are among 23 candidates running for president.

Mnangagwa is known as the “crocodile” because of his political shrewdness. His party faction is known as “Lacoste.” He has been accused of masterminding attacks on opposition supporters after the 2008 election. The 75-year-old has survived several assassination attempts.

Chamisa became a Member of Parliament at the age of 25 and then was a cabinet minister at 31.

If he wins, he’ll become the youngest president at the age of 40. He is also a qualified pastor and used the hashtag #G-dIsInIt for his campaign. He has promised to rebuild the country’s devastated economy, but has been criticized for making extravagant promises – such as the introduction of a high-speed bullet train and bringing the Olympics to Zimbabwe.

A presidential candidate needs more than 50% of the vote to win outright. Otherwise, a run-off election will be held in September.

Millions May End Up Stateless in India

India has a controversial citizenship list that is designed to slow the flood of illegal immigrants from neighboring Bangladesh. It is now estimated that 4 million people live in the border area of India, the majority of which are illegal Muslims from Bangladesh and Bhutan.

Assam is a largely agrarian state in India that has 33 million people and has seen a flood of illegal immigrants over the past decade. A final draft of the National Register of Citizens for Assam has been published by Indian authorities to say who exactly is considered legal in India. The list is based on the Supreme Court-mandated update of Assam’s citizen rolls since 2015.

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Officials are stressing that the list is only a final draft and that residents have time to appeal their citizen decision. Those whose names are not on the list are not to be immediately deported or placed in temporary camps but security in the area has been increased in expectation of illegal protests and violence. “No genuine Indian citizens should have any fear or panic,” assured Sarbananda Sonowal, the state’s chief minister.

The drafted list raises the problem of what to do with the millions of those who do not appear on it. Bangladesh’s government does not acknowledge them as citizens. Amnesty International India issued a statement of concern that the process could render a “significant number” of people stateless.

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It was a miracle that took place on Tuesday in Mexico when an Aeromexico flight carrying 103 people crashed just after takeoff. All the passengers and the crew were able to escape via emergency slides before the plane went up in flames. Although dozens were injured, no one died.

Investigators say that as of now it is thought that a strong wind brought down Flight 2431.

The plane was en route from Durango to Mexico City when it rapidly descended after takeoff, airline and state officials said. The left wing of the twin-engine jet initially touched the ground, causing the plane to lose both engines. The plane then skidded off the runway at General Guadalupe Victoria International Airport, stopping about 300 meters away.

Ninety-nine passengers, including nine children and two infants, and four crew members were on board, the airline said. Forty-nine people were hospitalized, including the pilot and a passenger who are in critical but stable condition.

Images from the scene show flames and a column of smoke rising

While eulogizing Yotam Ovadia, a 31-year-old father of two who was killed by a Palestinian teenage terrorist, two Israeli lawmakers were careful to lay the blame for the attack on the Palestinian Authority.

Deputy Defense Minister Eli Ben Dahan criticized the PA for making payments to terrorists and their families. “To those who think that the Palestinian Authority is part of the solution, it is not! It is the problem!”

Dahan shouted. Tourism Minister Yariv Levin said that the “responsibility lies with the Palestinian Authority. Those who teach hatred will pay a price.” He went on to say that the “lowly terrorist will not achieve his goal. We will continue building on our land.”

Yotam was killed by 17-year-old Mohammad Tareq Yousef when he was heading home to prepare a Tu B’Av meal for his wife. “You were murdered in the midst of a gesture of love,” said Dahan. “This beautiful act attests to your character and the love that will continue to prevail in your home.”

Yousef climbed over the security fence of Geva Binyamin, also known as Adam, and walked deeper into the settlement until he encountered Ovadia. He then stabbed him and a second 58-year-old resident before another 41-year-old resident heard the commotion and shot the terror-

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ist. The young murderer got up from the gunshot wound and was hit and killed by a driver who had witnessed the attack and ran Yousef over with his car. A children’s park is just down the road from where the men were attacked.

After the attack, authorities went door to door along the edge of the settlement to make sure that no one else had infiltrated the community of over 5,000. Israeli authorities are investigating multiple reports that the terrorist posted his intentions on Facebook before the attack. He had gone online and condemned Israel’s actions in Gaza declaring that the “time has come for a great revolt.�

Shin Bet is investigating the murder and determining if the teen had any help planning the vicious attack.

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The Palestinians gave a warm hero’s welcome to 17-year-old Ahed Tamimi when she was released from prison this week. The teen was sentenced to seven months in jail for kicking and slapping an Israeli soldier. She has been well-known to Israeli authorities for a long time for the viral Youtube videos in which she has been confronting Israeli soldiers for the past seven years. Many Israelis have nicknamed Tamimi “Shirley Temper� because of her curly hair.

She may look cute but the anger and vitriol she spews against Israelis are far from sweet.

The Tamimis have a long history of terror and violence. Ahed’s father was arrested for the suspected murder of two Bet El residents in 1993 and was released when it was discovered that his cousin, Nezar Tamimi, was actually responsible.

Ahed’s aunt, Ahlam Tamimi, is the mastermind behind the horrific attack on Sbarros in 2001 that killed 15 innocent people in Yerushalayim.

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While she was in jail, Ahed was given classes and graduated high school on time.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan called her upon her release to congratulate her.

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Fatwa Against Elections A fatwa has been issued by the Islamic religious authority that will affect the upcoming elections. The religious decree officially bans Arab residents of Jerusalem from participating in the Jerusalem Municipal elections that are to take place in November. The Supreme Council of

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Fatwa, based out of East Jerusalem, does not allow any Arab residents to vote or run in the election.

The reasoning provided by the council is that since 1967 Israel has been trying to force Arab residents to recognize Israel’s sovereignty over the entire city of Jerusalem. It claims that Israel has been trying to tempt Arabs into agreeing that Israel has sovereignty over the city by allowing them to participate in the elections.

Israel also has been “blackmailing them by decreasing municipal services and demolishing [illegally-constructed] houses” in Arab neighborhoods, according to the council.

“The council sees that participation in the municipal election, either by voting or presenting candidacy, is religiously forbidden. The disad-

vantages of participating in the election are bigger and greater than any other gained interests,” the council’s statement said. Participation in the election would also help Israel to “Judaize” Jerusalem and “change its historical and religious features. The occupied city of Jerusalem is an Arab and Islamic city.”

The fatwa was announced after Ramadan Dabash, an Arab community leader from Sur Baher, a village south of the city, made known his plans to run in the upcoming election. Dabash has said that he rejects the fatwa and will still run in November. “Our participation in the election has nothing to do with politics or religion,” he said. “This so-called fatwa does injustice to the Arab residents of Jerusalem, who are seeking better services and want to improve their living conditions.”

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Ebru Ozkan was arrested while touring Israel last month and was indicted in security court for having ties to Hamas, the Palestinian Islamist terror group. A week later she was deported back to Turkey. Israel has not officially said that the prisoner was released because of President Trump’s request, though an anonymous source did confirm that such a request was made.

The U.S. Embassy has not made any comment on the release. The Washington Post reported that Trump asked Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to release Ozkan in exchange for the release of Andrew Brunson, a U.S. pastor who has spent 21 months in Turkish detention.

When she arrived back in Turkey, Ozkan said that Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan had been “kind enough to be very interested in my case.” Her lawyer released a statement saying that the charges against his client were weak and that he was “unaware of any diplomatic deal that led to her release.”

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Police Enter Temple Mount Mosque after Attack Israeli police entered the Al-Aqsa Mosque during clashes with Muslim worshipers on the Temple Mount last week. The fighting began when a gang of young Muslims wearing masks attacked police near the mosque and took refuge inside Al-Aqsa. The police followed them inside – after breaking through their barricade – and arrested 24 people.

The Temple Mount, which is the third holiest site in Islam, was closed off for four hours following the riots and worshipers flooded the mosque after the gates were reopened. Tensions were running very high in the aftermath. “The police intend to act with a strong and uncompromising hand against the suspects who were arrested and others involved,” a police spokesperson said in a statement, after the reopening.

The police were attacked with fireworks and rocks during a parade celebrating the anniversary of the removal of metal detectors at the mosque. The detectors, along with other security measures, were implemented for a couple of weeks last summer and then removed on July 27, 2017. The security measures were put into place after three Palestinians murdered two Israeli policemen with weapons that had been hidden in the mosque.

Jordan, the custodian of religious sites in Jerusalem, criticized the Israeli police for entering the mosque. In a statement, a government spokesman condemned the “ongoing violations and provocations against the holy Al-Aqsa mosque, especially the Israeli police storming the mosque today and its aggression against the worshipers.”

Of course, Jordan is only in charge of the administrative duties at the site, leaving Israel responsible for all security at Al-Aqsa.

Lebanese Officer Arrested for Collaboration with Israel According to the Lebanese newspaper, Al-Akhbar, Lebanon’s military police have arrested a senior Lebanese military officer on sus-

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picion of collaborating with Israel.

The officer was suspected of releasing Lebanese detainees in exchange for large sums of money. Additional officers were also arrested on suspicion of membership in the officer’s cell, Hezbollah-affiliated media reported. The officer is being held in Lebanon’s Rihanyah prison.

Lebanese military intelligence first investigated the officer as part of a corruption case, according to the report. Once the investigation file was opened, it became clear that the officer, referred to by his initials “A.D.,” released detainees and even deleted the names of persons wanted for interrogation because of their alleged cooperation with Israel.

It was further reported that the officer was first interrogated and then released in order to follow his

movements and gather additional evidence.

During the course of the investigation, a woman and four men, all of whom had ties with A.D., were also arrested. During interrogation, three of the detainees, who were all related, were released. However, A.D. and the two remaining detainees — a man and a woman — remain in custody.

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Over the years, federal air marshals have been monitoring U.S. air passengers for any suspicious behaviors. This practice was piloted in 2010 in a program that the Transportation Security Administration called “Quiet Skies.” It analyzes passengers’ demeanor in flight, travel histories, or other suspicious activity based on their travel records or other identification. The marshals are trained to record specific behaviors: Did the individual sleep during the flight? Did they use a cellphone? Look around erratically?

TSA spokesman James O. Gregory has explained the program saying, “We are no different than the cop on the corner who is placed there because there is an increased possibility that something might happen.

When you’re in a tube at 30,000 feet…it makes sense to put someone there.”

The TSA does not reveal exactly what characteristics or patterns prompt more surveillance. Gregory added that the program does not single out passengers based on race or religion and that they never listen in on passengers’ calls or follow flagged individuals outside airports. He declined to say whether the program has resulted in arrests or disruption of any criminal plots.

The TSA was conceived shortly after the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks and screens on average more than 2 million passengers a day. The no-fly list that bans people from flying grew from about 16 people in September 2001 to 64,000 in 2014.

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Ron Dellums, the former congressman from California, died at the age of 82 this week. Dellums first entered politics as an anti-Vietnam War candidate in 1970. The former

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Obama Funneled Money to Terrorist Group

According to a report by Sam Westrop of the Middle East Forum published in the National Review, the Obama administration approved a $200,000 grant to a group in Sudan with links to al-Qaeda. The group had been labeled a terrorist-financing organization by the U.S. years earlier and a former agency official has revealed that the then-president continued to allow taxpayer money to reach the group after discovering its designation.

The 2014 grant under the U.S. Agency of International Development (USAID) was received by the Islamic Relief Agency. In 2004, the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control designated the Islamic Relief Agency, a terror-financing organization in Khartoum, a terror-financing organization because of links to Osama bin Laden. Nevertheless, 10 years later, in March 2014, $723,405 ended up in the hands of a charity called World Vision Inc., with $200,000 of those funds being earmarked for the Islamic Relief Agency. The funds were intended “to help provide humanitarian aid, including emergency food, water, sanitation, and hy-

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Since then the USAID claimed to have reviewed its policies and claimed that in November 2014 USAID learned that the ISRA could be on the Treasury Department’s Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons, or SDN, list.

“USAID directed World Vision to suspend all activities with ISRA,

and not to engage in further transactions with the organization,” the official said. Yet just several months later, in May 2015, the Treasury Department authorized “a one-time transfer” to ISRA “for humanitarian assistance work already performed.”

“Obama-administration officials knowingly approved the transfer of taxpayer dollars to an al-Qaeda affiliate, and not an obscure one but an enormous international network

that was often in the headlines,” Westrop wrote.

Now, with the money long gone, the USAID admits that the pledges should never have been made. The USAID has assured that they have since conducted a review of policies on the screening of awardees.

“USAID has also updated trainings for our agreement officers to improve our screening of prime and sub-awardees,” the official said.

Gyorgy Levay suffered through the amputation of all four extremities as a result of a severe case of meningitis. At that point he switched his career path from electricity to biomedical engineering and promised himself to make the best of it. Levay continued to feel sensations from the hands he no longer possessed but his prostheses had no sense of touch. This made him the perfect candidate for a study at Johns Hopkins University.

Levay was the primary focus of a two-year study that tested an artificial limb with the capacity to feel pressure and pain.

The team of scientists, led by Luke Osborn and Nitish Thakor, developed a form of “electronic skin” that registers touch. Levay wore the “skin,” a fabric-and-rubber sheath laced with sensors that the team called e-dermis, on the fingertips of his prosthetic left hand. With the artificial skin, he was able to feel several small, rounded objects and feel pressure. He was also able to hold pointed objects and experience pain.

This is the first time it has been recorded that an amputee felt a range of benign physical pressure through a prosthetic device.

“Normally my ‘hand’ feels a bit like a hollow shell,” he said. “When these electronic stimulations started happening, it felt a bit like filling a glove with water, almost as though it were filling up with life.”

“For the first time, a prosthesis can provide a range of perceptions, from fine touch to noxious touch, to an amputee, and this makes it much more like a human hand,” said Thakor, the co-founder of Infinite Biomedical Technologies, a small Baltimore-based company that supplied the prosthetic hardware for the study. The full study was published

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Air Base in South Korea.

The remains were received by various nations represented in South Korea under the United Nations Command (UNC). A group of whitegloved troops in different uniforms descended the ramp of the US Air Force C-17, carefully holding cases wrapped in the UN flag. Then the cases were somberly transferred to silver minivans waiting on the runway.

in the journal Science Robotics recently.

The science behind the invention is that it mimics the body’s sensory receptors. In humans, cells are situated at various levels, with those responsible for painful sensations (nociceptors) primarily near the surface of the skin and those responsible for sensing pressure (mechanoreceptors) set deeper. The scientists

replicated the system by designing e-dermis with sensory apparatus to mimic the process of the human body.

“We knew what an electrical pulse for pain looks like, as well as pulses that convey information of pressure, texture and so forth,” Thakor explained. “We created similar pulses and matched them against what the subjects actually perceive.”

N. Korea Transfers U.S. Remains On Friday morning a U.S. Air Force plane carrying what are believed to be the remains of American troops killed during the Korean War almost 65 years ago arrived at Osan

The South Koreans welcomed the transfer of the remains from North Korea as a “humanitarian measure that can help heal the pain of the Korean War veterans who were not able to return home for more than half a century and their bereaved families.”

Before being transferred to U.S. soil each case will be analyzed by U.S. forensics specialists. They will examine any military uniform, identification tags or documentation at Osan Air Base, which can take days.

President Donald Trump said on Friday that Vice President Mike Pence will greet the remains of U.S. service members returning to the U.S. “These incredible American heroes will soon lay at rest on sacred American soil,” Trump said.

The transfer was made on the anniversary of the signing of the armistice that concluded the Korean War, which had many casualties.

Thousands of Americans, more than 600,000 Chinese, 600,000 Korean soldiers and more than a million Korean civilians were killed.

The 55 cases were the first set of what the U.S. expects North Korea to hand over. It will take months of DNA analysis to determine identity of the American service members.

In a tweet, Trump described the return of the remains as a “great moment for so many families” and thanked North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. The State Department confirmed that the United States did not transfer any funds to North Korea in exchange for the return of the remains.

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President to return the remains of our fallen American service members,” State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert said. “This is a tangible step toward the realization of President Trump’s and Chairman Kim’s agreement in Singapore.”

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According to an upcoming paper by a professor who studies time management, when leisure activities are planned, as opposed to spontaneous, we end up enjoying them less. It seems that our brains lump all planned activities – dentist appointments, deadlines, carpools, or dinner with a friend – together, whether they are for fun or for work.

“It becomes a part of our to-do list,” wrote Selin A. Malkoc, one of the study’s authors, in an email to The Washington Post. “As an outcome, they become less enjoyable.”

The paper, to be published in the journal Current Opinion in Psychology, is written by Malkoc, an associate professor of marketing at Ohio State University, and Gabriela Tonietto, an assistant professor at Rutgers Business School. It notes that there are many things grabbing at our free time.

We schedule activities back-toback for fear of not accomplishing them all. Malkoc – who has an expertise in how people perceive and consume their time – links the over-scheduling of free time to the value that we place on achievement over contentment. “The focus on productivity is so widespread that people even strive to make leisure productive and brag about being busy,” reads the paper.

We end up doing more – but we enjoy it less.

“When scheduled, leisure tasks feel less free-flowing and more forced, which is what robs them of their utility,” Malkoc explained.

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Even so, on Tuesday, the fire had consumed 103,772 acres – scorching an area bigger than the size of Denver.

Since the fire ignited last week, on July 23, six lives were lost and more than 950 homes and buildings have been destroyed. Two firefighters and an elderly woman with her two great-grandchildren were amongst the victims as the fire swept through their home in Redding, California.

The sixth victim, who was not identified, did not evacuate despite receiving a warning, authorities said.

The Carr fire is burning so large and intensely that it created its own localized weather system, making it difficult for experts to predict which way the blaze will spread. Wildfires like this can get so hot they make pyrocumulus clouds, formations that look like mushroom clouds and can be seen for miles.

Over 3,600 firefighters are battling the blaze from the ground and the air. Officials have deployed 17 helicopters, 334 fire engines, 68 bulldozers and 65 water tenders.

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two days in advance and to add it to their calendar. The rest were told they bumped into a friend and ended up going on a spontaneous yogurt run. Then they were asked how they felt about it.

“Those who scheduled getting frozen yogurt construed it more like work,” according to the paper.

Researchers suggest that instead of planning leisure activities for a certain time we schedule a window of time for the fun to happen.

“Rough scheduling” is giving yourself an approximate time to get fun done – perhaps after work or during lunch – but not a specific time to add into your calendar.

“As trivial as the change might seem, it has an important effect on human psychology: It reintroduces the flexibility to the leisure tasks,” Malkoc notes.

In one scenario, they told students who were studying that they were able to enjoy coffee and cookies during their break. Half of them were assigned a specific time to take the break; others were given a twohour window. Those who weren’t told a specific time enjoyed their snack more than the others.

Say No to 3D Guns

There are a lot of things you can print on a 3D printer, but guns are not one of them.

This week, a federal judge ruled that it is illegal to post blueprints for 3D-printable guns online. Before his ruling came out, though, hundreds of designs were reportedly downloaded, which means the designs are out there – whether they’re legal or not.

Judge Robert Lasnik, siding with states that argued that posting the blueprints online could help criminals and terrorists manufacture such weapons, temporarily blocked a settlement that would have allowed Defense Distributed, a Texas-based gun rights organization, to legally post blueprints for 3D-printable guns.

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The issue will go back to court on August 10, when the sides will discuss whether a preliminary injunction is needed.

Defense Distributed founder Cody Wilson said he has effectively shut down his site for now as a result of Lasnik’s decision.

Tuesday’s decision is the latest chapter is a years-long struggle between Defense United and gun control advocates who argue that such weapons would be without serial numbers and therefore untraceable; that they could be in some cases undetectable by metal detectors; and that they would enable more people to get guns without submitting to background checks.

Wilson had been in a multiyear legal battle with the federal government since 2013, when he posted

designs for a 3D-printed handgun he called the Liberator in 2013. The single-shot pistol was made almost entirely out of ABS plastic – the same material Lego blocks are made from – and could be made on a 3D printer.

In 2013, the U.S. government made Defense Distributed take the blueprints down, saying they would violate International Traffic in Arms Regulations, potentially allowing someone in a country to which the U.S. doesn’t sell weapons to download the plans to make their own guns. Wilson sued the federal government in 2015, and the Trump administration had settled the case in June.

Skydiving – At 100 He turned 100 and his head is in the clouds.

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Williamson explained that it’s important he stays physically fit to qualify to do these dives. For that, Williamson, who lives in a retirement home, follows a strict regimen of 45 minutes in the gym at least three times a week to make sure his back and heart are strong.

In addition, Williamson said his secret to longevity includes a “wee nip of single malt whiskey at night” and a good sense of humor.

“Try to develop a sense of humor. If you don’t already have one, it may be tough,” he joked. “There’s no question humor plays a big factor in your ability in your fading years.”

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plane. The Seattle resident took his second skydive in honor of the special day – and plans another breathtaking antic next year in the hopes of snatching the title of the world’s oldest skydiver by fellow centenarian Bryson William Verdun Hayes, who jumped last year at the age of 101 years and 38 days old.

“If I live another [year] and two months, I’ll bump him out of his place,” Willliamson vowed. “I’ll have a reason to live.”

Williamson went on his first skydive on his 99th birthday, so perhaps it’s not much of a leap to think he’ll do it again in one year’s time.

“It’s never been an overwhelming desire of mine to jump out of an airplane, but I have always liked roller coaster rides and risk type things, and I just thought, well, I’d like to do it,” he explained. “I wouldn’t call it fun, but it’s a sensation I would never experience anywhere else.”

The brave birthday boy said he

had second thoughts before jumping out of the plane, but when he finally jumped, he called the dive “a thing of exhilaration.”

“The experience is somewhat similar to being in a hurricane, except there isn’t a palm tree to hold on to,” Williamson quipped. “You’re just in the air, totally vulnerable.

You can see the mountains and both sides over here; we have the Rockies on one side and [Mount] Olympus on the other. It was a gorgeous day, and

Sure, cops like doughnuts. I also enjoy a custard sufganiya now and then. But that doesn’t mean I’m going to break you out of jail for one.

Last week, Matthew Tyler Rosenburg told cops who were arresting him that he worked at Krispy Kreme and would give them free doughnuts if they let him go.

When the first few cops didn’t take the bait, Rosenburg, persistent as he was, continued his sweet offer on numerous other officers.

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him go free.”

Rosenburg and another man were spotted by officers looking into vehicles for something valuable to steal.

When officers told them to stop, Rosenburg turned away and then a struggle ensued. Officers found an air pistol on Rosenburg during the arrest.

Rosenburg faces charges including attempting to bribe a public employee and resisting arrest.

Dollars to doughnuts he’s going to end up in jail – and there’s no Donut Delight there.

Presidential Prize Know those old books in your basement? Don’t throw them out.

They may have belonged to a president a long, long time ago.

Max Brown knows that for a fact.

A few years ago, in December 2014, Brown was picking through a dumpster for a community service project when he noticed a collection of 1980s cassettes. At the same time he found a pile of worn books – and then it started raining.

Brown quickly grabbed what he could and left, avoiding the snowstorm that eventually blanketed the area – and destroyed the books left behind.

said. But then, months later, Brown was watching “Pawn Stars” on TV and saw a book that looked very similar to his own that was a legitimate possession of the president. Eventually, Brown discovered records suggesting that Jefferson had purchased copies of two of his dumpster-found books in 1818 and had rebound them with a new cover.

Jefferson had a distinctive pattern of initialing the pages of his personal books, and sometimes inserted the first page of a text into the middle of the book while rebinding it.

Both idiosyncrasies were present in Brown’s books.

Unfortunately, Brown had sold some of the books before he got the confirmation of Jefferson’s ownership. Even so, he kept on digging, wanting to know how the books came into his possession.

Brown managed to find out that the books had been incorporated into the collection of the well-to-do Kellogg family. The Kellogg collection remained in the family for generations, and Brown traced Jefferson’s books up to 1976, when a Kellogg descendent named Violet Cherry last registered them in her collection. After Cherry’s passing, the trail went cold, Brown said.

On July 17, Brown reunited some of the books he hadn’t auctioned or sold on eBay with one of Cherry’s living relatives, who recognized members of her family in the photo albums Brown had found. She and her family were completely unaware the albums had existed, Brown said, and were grateful to have them back.

Begging for Work Six months after finding the books Brown noticed that the inside cover of the book had the words “from the library of Thomas Jefferson” scrawled on it. And thus began his search.

For three years Brown attempted to ascertain the true origin of his finds. Were these books really from the third President of the United States’ library?

According to an appraisal expert, the handwriting was not Jefferson’s.

The books were fakes, the expert

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THE SATMAR REBBE’S GRAV

A Place For Yeshuos A baby is born, in the merit of the Satmar Rebbe One wintry Friday morning, a year and a half ago, a childless couple was on their way to the Catskills for Shabbos.

As they passed Kiryas Yoel in Monroe, the husband turned to his wife with a suggestion. Perhaps they should make a stop at the gravesite of the Satmar Rebbe? They were not Satmar Chassidim, but they had heard enough about the Rebbe zt”l to know that he had dedicated his life to helping Jews from all walks of life. Perhaps this was where their yeshua was meant to come from, in the merit of the tzaddik?

The couple drove up to the cemetery and walked up to the Rebbe’s ohel, their hearts full of hope and prayer.

He stood on the men’s side, while she entered the women’s area. As it happened, and we know that nothing happens by coincidence, they arrived during the morning hours, when the Tehillim Kollel, consisting of a minyan of serious bnei Torah, gathers to recite sefer Tehillim from beginning to end, in fervent concentration, on a daily basis.

Husband and wife sensed that this must be a time of special divine mercy, that the gates of heaven were now open to receiving their pleas for a child of their own. They joined the Tehillim Kollel in

recitation of the entire tehillim, over the course of two incredibly inspiring hours.

Later, as they made their way back to the car, exhausted but elevated, the wife wondered aloud whether this was a day with special meaning in the Satmar Chassidus, considering that a group of chashuve bnei Torah had just appeared for such an intense prayer session. Her husband, who had already made the acquaintance of the dedicated members of the minyan, smiled as he informed her that this was a daily occurrence.

Hashem had led them to the right place at the right time, and the next step was obvious to both of them. They contacted the Tehillim Kollel offices to sign up as members, to have their names recited in fervent supplication during the daily tehillim minyan at the tzion. Indeed, their “coincidental” stop on that Friday morning proved to be the seeds from which sprouted their salvation. The Tehillim Kollel continued to daven for them every day, and within a year, husband and wife became the proud, immensely grateful parents of a beautiful baby boy.

The Satmar Rebbe’s gravesite is a place where many come to pray for yeshuos. Tehillim Kollel has a regular minyan of Bnei Torah reciting the entire sefer Tehillim at the tzion on a daily basis. This year, on the upcoming Yartzeit, you too can reap the benefits of prayers recited on your behalf, in the merit of the tzaddik.

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“Take a Resume.” Instead of asking for change in the form of currency, Casarez was asking motorists for a change in his employment. And they came through for him.

Since he started his job campaign, one woman shared a photo of Casarez with his sign online.

“He came to Silicon Valley with a

dream to be successful in tech and has a lot to offer the community. He’s sleeping in parks and still trying to get freelance work, interviews, and applications in,” Jasmine Scofield wrote on Twitter.

After the posting, social media has jumped in with offers of employment for the 20-something-yearold.

Cairo’s Nasr City district has a great zoo. It has so many animals – and when it can’t find the right ones, it finds a way to get them.

Take, for instance, the zebra exhibit. When student Mahmoud Sarhan visited the zoo he became suspicious when he passed the zebras. It seemed that the zebras were not really zebras at all – they were donkeys painted to look like their striped cousins.

“When we approached the zebra we realized that the lines were clearly painted, the paint was smudgy, and his hair was nothing like that of a zebra,” Sarhan said. “It was a normal Egyptian donkey that you see everywhere.”

Sarhan posted his striped find on Facebook. “Stupidity in our country has reached a level that they are now painting over a donkey to make it look like a zebra,” he wrote. “They are so stupid they forgot to paint another layer and so it smudged on the donkey’s face.”

The zoo has denied its zebra is anything but authentic. But experts have agreed the animal bears little resemblance to its African cousin.

And an official with Egypt’s Central Administration for Zoos told ABC News that the animal was very definitely fake.

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This baby bounced into the world – and is going to keep on bouncing.

This week, when Crusita visited Hurricane Harbor waterpark in Georgia with her daughter she came home with something special. No, it wasn’t a jumbo stuffed animal.

Crusita took home a beautiful baby after enjoying the day with her family.

Her son, Mathew, was born at the park. Emergency responders helped deliver the baby.

The park decided to gift Mathew with the best present ever: Dia-

mond Elite Memberships for mom and baby, which allows them free entry to any Six Flags park for the rest of their lives.

“All of us at Six Flags Over Georgia wish Crusita, Mathew and their entire family a lifetime of happiness, health and many thrilling roller coaster rides together,” a Six Flags spokesperson said.

Mathew is the second baby to be born at the Austell theme park since it opened in 1967.

His life is sure to be filled with many ups and downs.

Shark Stroller What do you use to steal a shark from its home? Why, a stroller, of course!

A small gray horn shark was stolen from its happy waters at the San Antonio Aquarium by a couple and their child this week. The sticky-fingered family snatched the baby shark out of its tank, wrapped it in a blanket and put it in their stroller before heading out of the aquarium on Saturday.

The incident was caught on camera and the man confessed to stealing the young horn shark, named Helen. The 38-year-old faces charges of theft of between $750 to $2,500. He told police he had had

a horn shark of his own, but it died.

Police said that when they visited his home he had an aquarium set up with other types of marine life. “(He) very much knew what he was doing and kept that animal alive, and was able to continue seeing that animal thrive, which was pretty shocking,” police said.

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An Ode to orah trips: frumie greenfield We don't have enough space, cuz our trips are insane In Orah Land this year, there is nothing that's plain IT Adventures Ropes Course “zipped” our breath away Adventurers and Puppetworks were the highlights of our day We were soaked at the “Beast” and thrown for a loop As we “Bounced” our way up and got the NYC scoop The Jewish Museum was awesome to tour And the blast at Artistic Stitch had us begging for more We don't just do the biggies, every day is full of action Ice Cream, Slurpees, sand at the beach, are really just a fraction Pottery painting, bowling, Spring gymnastics every week Check out our awesome calendar, it's really worth a peek

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Community Former and Current Camp Simcha Campers and Staff Celebrate Alumni Day

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ore than 500 former Camp Simcha campers, counselors and staff, along with their families, celebrated Alumni Day on Sunday, July 29 at Camp Simcha’s Glen Spey, New York campus. Participants enjoyed an array of interactive activities and programming with current campers and staff, as well as the opportunity to catch up with old friends and familiar faces.

The circus-themed activities featured alumni-led entertainment by the Shnitzel Guys, Yitzy Haber and Donny Weinraub, as well as the Braun family professional unicycling show. Alumni also enjoyed tours of the campus and a camp-wide barbecue dinner.

“Camp Simcha has touched the lives of thousands of children and

families over the years,” said Miriam Tennenbaum, Chai Lifeline director of alumni relations. “Alumni Day is an opportunity for former campers and staff to connect the past with the present and experience the joy of Camp Simcha once again. It is also a celebration of those who have given so much to making Camp Simcha the special place it is.”

The day included the dedication of a technology room in memory of former camper Jon Hecht, with funds raised by several alumni through Team Lifeline.

In addition, alumni made a siyum, completing the entire Chumash and Mishnayos, in memory of Shachar Weissberg, a longtime Camp Simcha camper and counselor. Mordy Roth-

berg, Chai Lifeline presidium member and a Camp Simcha alumnus, shared a few words of Torah. Rabbi Simcha Scholar, executive vice president of Chai Lifeline, spoke about Shachar’s years at camp and the powerful relationship alumni have with Camp Simcha.

“We are grateful for the special and vital role our alumni play in everything we do,” said Rabbi Scholar.

“Their support and involvement over the years have helped us grow Chai Lifeline into an organization that positively impacts more than 5,400 families each year.”

Ari Dembitzer, Camp Simcha boys head counselor, talked about the positive impact Shachar had on so many people during his short life and end-

ed with words of chizuk and nechama to inspire the alumni to continue Shachar’s legacy.

Each summer, close to 500 seriously ill children are treated to unforgettable, medically supervised camp experiences at Camp Simcha, for children battling cancer and other hematological illnesses, and Camp Simcha Special, for children with debilitating chronic conditions. Camp Simcha and Camp Simcha Special are projects of Chai Lifeline, the international children’s health support network which provides emotional, social, and financial support to children with life-threatening or lifelong illnesses and their families.

To learn more about Chai Lifeline, please visit www.chailifeline.org.

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Around the Community Tuesday, yud tes Av, was the first yahrtzeit of Rabbi Aaron Brafman, zt”l. On Monday night, an overflow crowd joined together at Yeshiva of Far Rockaway for hespedim and a siyum haShas l’ilui nishmaso.

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An Inspiring Encounter

By Rabbi David Shenker, Director, JEP-LI and Camp Nageela

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oing “up” to the mountains has taken a new meaning in the Fallsburg/Woodbourne region these days. Many people have an “aliyah” in their ruchniyus during the summer. The open spaces and fresh air opens people’s minds to get closer to Hashem.

This past Thursday night, two shining examples of this phenomenon came together in Woodbourne.

The teen campers of JEP’s Camp Nageela, a camp in Fallsburg for boys from non-observant backgrounds staffed by bnei yeshiva, went into Woodbourne and visited the Woodbourne shul. The shul is a place where all types of Jews are welcomed warmly by the Nikolsburg rebbe. The rebbe welcomed the boys and danced with them outside the shul.

The boys were amazed at the

hundreds of people coming to daven, and by the hospitality of the rebbe. One boy was debating whether to enter the shul or not. He wanted to get some of the refreshments given out in the shul, but was hesitant about going into the crowd of “daveners.” Finally, the food won out and he quickly entered to get some

food. As he snatched the food and turned to run out, he bumped right into the rebbe, who gave him a warm embrace. The boy was beaming, and planted in his heart was the knowledge that Jews of all types love each other.

The Camp Nageela boys went back to camp that night knowing

that their struggles to discover Judaism are respected by those to whom Jewish observance is second nature.

For more information and to support JEP/Nageela’s efforts, contact Jennifer S. Zwiebel, 516-374-1528, ext. 240 or jenz@jepli.org. Visit jepli. org, campnageela.org, and jepli. org/donate.

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Bais Tefila of Inwood Signs Contract on New Building

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ne step closer to moving into our new building. This past week, Bais Tefila of Inwood

finalized and signed the contract on their new building, the VFW Post on Doughty Blvd.Â

OIF BBQ and Wine Tasting

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n Wednesday, July 25, under a gloomy sky, over 200 guests gathered at the home of Rony & Elana Oved in Lawrence for a spectacular BBQ and Fine Israeli Wine Tasting. The Oveds are long-time friends and supporters of One Israel Fund and have always gone out of their way to help. Opening their home and encouraging their numerous friends to come and learn about One Israel Fund is but one example of their incredible acts of tzedakah and chessed. Graze Catering of Cedarhurst did an outstanding job and everyone enjoyed the fabulous BBQ fare! The event was enhanced

by a wine tasting presented by Tzvi Lauren from Heart of Israel Wines featuring a dazzling display of wines from all over Judea and Samaria.

We would like to thank New York Fun Factory for donating all of the table and chair rentals for the evening and Mosquito Seekers for making it a comfortable night for all.

We’d also like to thank the vendors who made the BBQ possible, including BiG Productions Video, Lighting

by ANCO Group, A/V and Photography by Real to Reel, Kaufmann Bros.

Printing, and music by our Young Leadership Committee Member Avi Bohorodzaner.

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n recognition of its unwavering dedication to quality martial arts instruction and community involvement, Warren Levi Martial Arts & Fitness was recognized with the Mark of Excellence Award from Century Martial Arts, a highly regarded industry organization.

Warren Levi Martial Arts & Fitness was among a select few schools to receive the distinguished Mark of Excellence Award in 2018. This award is one of the highest honors bestowed by Century Martial Arts. It attests to Warren Levi and Warren Levi Martial Arts and Fitness’s outstanding service to the community as a whole and the positive impact it has had on individual students, in both their martial arts development and their everyday lives.

“At Century, our core belief is that the martial arts have the ability to profoundly change lives,” said Century founder and CEO Michael

Dillard. “That is exactly what our Mark of Excellence winners are doing – changing lives for the better in their communities.”

Mr. Warren Levi accepted the Mark of Excellence Award on behalf of Warren Levi Martial Arts & Fitness on Friday, July 7, at the Gold Event, part of the 2018 Martial Arts SuperShow. The event was held at the Hakkasan Ling Ling Club in the MGM Grand Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas.

The Martial Arts SuperShow is the world’s largest martial art industry trade show and educational event, hosted annually by the Martial Arts Industry Association (MAIA). As a leader in the community and a school on the forefront of martial arts teaching and development trends, Warren Levi Martial Arts & Fitness has been a regular presence at the SuperShow for some years.

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Learning Comes Alive at Camp Kaylie at OHEL

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ports and chinuch are staples of summer camp, but at Camp Kaylie, the one-of-a-kind inclusive summer camp of OHEL Children’s Home and Family Services, Torah learning isn’t just another period on the schedule – it’s an activity that every single camper looks forward to every day with enthusiasm.

From an array of chinuch shiurim, to mishmar and Cocoa Club, to a Masmidim program, learning is an exciting and integral part of the packed schedule at Camp Kaylie.

Campers look forward to their two daily chinuch shiurim, as they delve into Gemara, Mishnah, parsha, mussar and halacha, while being inspired by experienced and dynamic rebbeim, under the leadership of Rabbi Shalom Rosner. Shiurim are given at different levels to cater to the individual strengths of each camper and maximize their potential. Thanks to a grant from the Gruss Foundation, some campers with disabilities are invited into a virtual classroom which enables the use of technology to enhance learn-

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ing, while other campers with disabilities are given learning opportunities at their own level in a more typical classroom setting.

In addition to chinuch, an array of optional learning activities further complement the learning at Kaylie.

The younger divisions in camp enthusiastically run to Cocoa Club every morning after wakeup to learn Pirkei

Avot with Rabbi Yossi Ungar, enhanced by inspiring stories. A weekly Thursday night mishmar program for the Teen campers has been packed each week, as has nightly shiurim for staff. At Camp Kaylie, it isn’t uncommon to see a counselor learning with his campers, as the boys are taught the importance of being a ben Torah at all times during the day.

This summer Camp Kaylie was thrilled to reveal The Sol Englander Z”L Beis Medrash, dedicated by Yael and Ben Englander and family. This new Beis Medrash had a kol Torah that permeated throughout the entire day. The new sanctuary, which sits in the heart of the campus, was a perfect addition for Camp Kaylie and what it stands for. The Masmidim program, which is based in the Beis Medrash, is led by Rabbi Aryeh Lebowitz, who not only inspires his masmidim, but imbues a tangible spirit of kedushah and Torah throughout the camp. In addition, the Masmidim lead several exciting learning programs for campers while also enjoying many shiurim. Guest rabbonim included Rav Mordechai Finkelman, Rav Yonasan Sacks, Rav Menachem Penner, Rav Baruch Simon, Rav Eliakim Koenigsberg, Rav Josh Blass, Rav Yoni Levin, Rav Reuven Taragin, Rav Moshe Taragin, Rav Aharon Bina, Rav Judah Mischel, Rav Ari Zahtz, and Rav Nosson Englard (The Radziner Rebbe).

For the first time, Camp Kaylie is proud have its Post-Kaylie Kollel. The Young Israel of Woodmere Post-Kaylie Kollel provides structured learning for members of the Five Towns community during the summer weeks after boys’ month. Nearly 40 young men between the ages of 18-21 learn morning seder and night seder with Rav Yosef Nusbacher and hear from other guest rabbonim. Kollel coordinator Meir Avracen shares that “this program provides Kaylie Masmidim and staff with an excellent second month opportunity in addition to enhancing the limud HaTorah within our community.” The learning at Camp Kaylie never stops.

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Avnet’s Summer Splash

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n a picture perfect day, over a thousand Avnet campers and staff enjoyed their second carnival of the summer season. Avnet’s fields were dominated by a water extravaganza as children splashed on water slides, soared to new heights on bounce houses, and even had the chance to dunk their favorite counselors in a water tank.

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Camp Al Haderech held a pre-Tisha B’av program at North Shore University Hospital. The boys’ travel division made 1,500 besamim bags for hospital patients and 100 Rosh Hashanah cards. This activity brought meaning to the boys’ Tisha B’av as they experienced giving of their time to others.

Save a Life

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n a concerted effort to build on the impact and momentum created by the highly attended community wide drug abuse awareness program that took place at Congregation Beth Sholom on July 16, and in response to our community’s many heartfelt requests, the Marion and Aaron Gural JCC and Achiezer, along with partnering agencies and community leaders, will be hosting our first NARCAN training session this month.

Working closely with the office of Town Councilman, Anthony Esposi-

to, we will offer NARCAN training to the first 75 community members to sign up at Helpfivet@gmail.com.

This life-saving training, provided by the expert team from the Nassau County Department of Human Resources, will take place on Monday evening August 13, 7:30-9:00 pm at the Gural JCC - 207 Grove Avenue in Cedarhurst. Each registered attendee will receive his/her own NARCAN kit at no charge.

This initiative is the follow up to the groundbreaking and unified event

that took place on July 16 titled, Our Kids Know About Drugs, Do We? It was a relevant program revealing the risks, signs and dangers of drug abuse as it pertains to our youth. This powerful panel discussion was an eye-opening and very well-received gathering and has served to open the doors to communication and the much needed help for our struggling youth.

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1, 2, 3…8 weeks of amazing summer fun! For two months of the year our children bask in the sun, swimming, singing, and soaking up the fun every day. How are they spending their time away from their desks? In this feature 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

By Susan Schwamm

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 the all new Camp Director Rabbi Yitzy Haber of the Shnitzel Guys and Aish Kodesh Youth Director Extraordinaire, who took a few minutes out of his busy day to tell us a little bit about Camp Machaneh Yisrael.

Summer 2018 is just underway and hundreds of campers are spending their summer at Camp Machaneh Yisrael. Can you tel l us how you got involved with Camp Machaneh Yisrael?

Well, it actually began about 38 years ago in a rather interesting way. One June day, my mother said, “What do you want to do with your life? Get out of the house already and do something with yourself!” To which I vaguely remember saying, “Gagagggoogogooo!” (I was just a few months old, after all!)

Seriously, I have been working in many camps for years, and always wanted to have my own camp so I could put my own spin on what a day camp should look like.

So, what was your first impression of the camp?

At first it was weird to see so many girls in a boys’ camp and then I received a phone call from Rabbi Jacobi asking me where I was. I said “I’m

here.” He was pretty sure I was in the wrong place. Apparently, I was in Camp Orah.

I had taken a few wrong turns. So, I retraced my route and found myself at Camp Machaneh Yisrael. I saw a sign on the grounds saying, “Welcome to Machaneh Yisrael,” boys playing sports, and staff all around smiling and ready to help. I knew I was in the right place. It was love at first sight. I just knew I had to be a part of the magic that was going on in CMY, Camp Machaneh Yisrael.

We’re happy you finally found the right place. You know that’s what Waze is for….

Where do Machaneh Yisrael campers come from?

They come from all over

the Five Tow ns, F a r R o c kaw ay a n d W e s t Hempstead, and now, f rom Queens as well.

How do you manage to make the youngest campers feel comfortabl e in such a l arge camp?

We work particularly hard to ensure that our youngest campers feel part of camp and become a real part of the camping experience.

Our morning learning program for them is geared towards helping them retain what they learned in the past year. In fact, we often receive

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great feedback from rebbeim t hat t he children retain w h a t t h e y have

learned the prev i o u s year. Rabbi Mordechai Jacobs, who runs a lot of what goes on in our fields, doesn’t merely play games with the children, but he works on helping them develop their sports skills and teaching them the techniques and rules of various sports as well as placing a huge emphasis on good sportsmanship. In addition, we are in our second year of our amazing middos program which is called Ushpizin. The boys get excited about being recognized for their middos tovos and acts of chessed.

What about sports and “fun”?

We’re totally covered in those areas, too. Rabbi Mordechai Jacobs sees to it that our boys have opportunities for wonderful competitive sports after a morning of sitting in learning. He also helps the boys hone in on their athletic abilities on an individual basis.

I n a d d i tion, “AJ” (Av r umi Jacobs) and Rabbi Shlomo

Reisman run our exciting Dynanite program which has become known “world-wide.”

Tel l us more about Dynanite! We understand that boys are cl amoring to be part of this amazing program.

Dynanite was developed years ago to give young campers a taste of sleepaway camping. Although it would be impossible to tell you all the things on our schedule (besides, it’s “top-secret”!) I can tell you that, just in the past few weeks, we have gone on a private cruise, rented out a fantastic trampoline park, and gone on a full-day trip of water-tubing!

Obviously, our campers look forward to these trips and can’t wait for the next upcoming one.

What about your brand-new MAXX program? We hear it’s awesome!

You’ve h e a r d r ig ht!

We instituted the program, which we initiated this year, for boys grades 5-8. It’s an out-of-the-box program, for boys that are super interested in creativity, design and building. It’s a hands-on program that includes building rockets, designing hover boards, woodworking and much more. This year we had to close registration early, as we filled up quickly, but we hope to increase our capacity for the coming year. As crazy as it sounds, we are already getting calls for next summer.

We’ve heard that you had a unique Tisha B’Av program this year.

Yes. In fact, this is the second year that we teamed with the Yeshiva of South Shore for a special father-son Tisha B’Av program. As we did last year, community children and their fathers were invited to join us for Kinos and hear from rebbeim

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from YOSS as well as those from Camp Machaneh Yisrael. It was truly inspirational just to see the number of fathers and sons who joined us for the program that was geared specifically for them to

BY THE NUMBERS 300,000: 3.14159: 10:

The number that comes after 299,999

The amount of pies we eat in camp in a minute on PI-zza day.

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The number of weekend days that we have to wait through in order to get back to Amazing Monday Madness. (Although, of course, Shabbos is Amazing as well!)

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4,556: 40,000: 576:

The number on the scale after the amazing lunches in camp.

Over Minutes of fun since Machaneh Yisrael began this year.

The number of smiles Rabbi Haber sees before 10AM on a camp day. Trust me, he actually holds a counter and clicks for every smile.

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understand and feel a connection to what Kinos really means.

This year added a new element. During the first weeks of camp we were visited by Rabbi Oppen, a local sofer, who was commissioned to write a Megillas Eicha. He demonstrated his safrus to the campers, and our rebbeim taught about safrus. Each c a mper, then, had an opportunity to write a letter in the megilla! It was very meaningful to the campers, especially as we read from that megilla on Tisha B’Av night, in our own Machaneh Yisrael minyan.

With all these wonderful programs, I am sure it takes a top-notch staff to get it al l done. Can you tel l us about the head staff at camp?

We have an amazing staff! I almost don’t know where to begin!

Let’s start with our office manager: Rabbi Yisroel Shuter is the one who handles our day-to-day operations with efficiency and helps make everything run smoothly. Rabbi Shlomo Drebin, our learning director, is involved in each class’s limud Torah and is responsible for decisions about the curriculum

for each group. Rabbi Zezy Fuld, our head counselor, is both organized and crazy and all over the place at the same time. AJ and Rabbi Shlomo Reisman run the Dynanite program which – yes, I will say it again – is AMAZING! It would also be wrong not to mention our rebbeim, who although don’t have the title of head staff, really

Are you joking? Who has time to dream up slogans when you’re busy having so much fun? do so much for our children and their chinuch that they are just as important as our head staff. It would be wrong of me not to mention Rabbi Jacobi. We can only add such amazing things like the Tisha Ba’av program, Camp MAXX, and much more, if there is a foundation to build upon, and what a foundation, did Rabbi Jacobi build. I have so much

gratitude for his leadership and this amazing camp.

Your staff sounds so dedicated and enthusiastic! Describe a “regular” day at Machaneh Yisrael.

Well, actually, there are no “regular” days at camp.

Each day brings some new crazy games that Zezy and I have come up with. Just yesterday, there was a boy who had margarine rubbed all over his face, and a counselor who had shaving cream all over his body. Campers never know what crazy games may go on at lunch.

In fact, don’t tell them, we have a few more new and crazy ones coming up this week!!

Do you have a camp slo gan?

Are you joking? Who has time to dream up slogans when you’re busy having so much fun?

It seems like you, your staff and the campers are real l y busy soaking up the summer fun. Enjoy the rest of the amazing day. Oh, and watch out for that water bal loon!

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Johnny goes to the doctor and is amazed when the doctor says to him, “Good afternoon. Did you come to see me with an eye problem?”

“I didn’t even tell you what the problem is yet,” says Jonny. “How did you know I came for an eye problem?”

The doctor replies, “Well, you came in through the window instead of the door.”

Riddle me this?

A man is traveling towards the center of a field. He knows that when he gets there he is going to be badly injured. How does he know this?

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Torah Thought

Parshas Eikev

By Rabbi Berel Wein

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here is a subdued sense of frustration and even disappointment in the words of Moshe as he speaks to the Jewish people throughout this entire book of Devarim. This sense of frustration is akin to that of a parent speaking to a recalcitrant teenage child who simply does not understand the ramifications of his/her behavior and the reality of the ways of the world.

Since perhaps many, if not most of us, have been in such a situation in our lifetime, we, as parents, can all empathize and sympathize with Moshe. His main complaint to the Jewish people, if it can be summed up in a vernacular phrase, is that they just don’t get it. By now, after all the miracles that G-d has wrought for them – the granting of the Torah and making them a special people with an exalted purpose – they still

seem to cherish being ordinary and not in any way special or unique.

This attitude of theirs will later be summed up in the books of prophecy of Israel in the statement “…that the House of Israel is just the same as all of the other nations of the world.” It is this inability of the Jewish people to appreciate its true role and to understand its G-dly mission of eternity that gnaws at Moshe and is reflected, even subliminally, in his words. He feels personally dissatisfied that this central message of Jewish life did not completely register with a large portion of the Jewish community. To him, the message is so clear that it is beyond debate. Nevertheless, he senses that as far as a large portion of the

self-identity and self-worth, then eventually all the forces of assimilation will overwhelm them.

There was a time when Jews could rely ruefully on the hatred and discrimination of the nations of the world to keep them Jewish, so to speak. Although this hatred and discrimination has not disappeared completely, it has abated in much of the Western world. It can no longer be relied upon to keep Jews Jewish.

In our time one must want to be Jewish and be willing to make binding commitments to remain part of the Jewish people. There is no doubt in my mind that even in the eternity of the truth of the words of Moshe, he glimpses the problems in the situation of the Jewish people in our

His main complaint to the Jewish people, if it can be summed up in a vernacular phrase, is that they just don’t get it.

Jewish people is concerned, this is certainly not the case.

This problem has dogged the Jewish community throughout its long and difficult history. In our generation it has pretty much achieved an acute if not even mortal status. If Jews do not feel special, if they do not maintain their internal

time. I hope that we will somehow be able to alleviate his sense of frustration and disappointment and that he will see within us a generation, especially a younger generation, of Jews who are dedicated and loyal and who in their essence really get it.

Shabbat shalom.

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From the Fire

Parshas Eikev Growing Up

By Rav Moshe Weinberger Adapted for publication by Binyomin Wolf

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hat is the nature of the transition of a young man or woman from a child, who is exempt from the mitzvos and punishments of beis din, to bar or bas mitzvah, when he or she is obligated to observe the mitzvos and is subject to the punishments of beis din (Chulin 12a, Sanhedrin 68b; Chagigah 2a; etc.)? Teshuvos HaRashba (Yi’ud Rishonim) explains that a child under bar or bas mitzvah is halachically not considered a bar daas, possessing mature intellect. No one should be offended by this. Even a genius like the Vilna Gaon was exempt from mitzvos as a child. The Rashba explains that the fact that a child is not a bar daas is a halacha l’Moshe miSinai, a direct transmission from Sinai.

Let us look at this more closely.

What is the precise nature of this change in intellectual maturity between childhood and adulthood?

The Navi Yeshayahu, who offers us so much consolation regarding the upcoming redemption in the haftarahs we read in the seven weeks after Tisha B’Av, also describes eighteen serious challenges the Jewish people will face at different times in history.

The Gemara (Chagigah 14a) explains, based on psukim in Yeshayahu, the nature of the malady of our generation, the last one before Moshiach at the end of time. Our generation is also hinted at in the name

of our parsha, Eikev, which means “heel,” the last and least part of the body. But it is also a hint at the fact that our generation is the generation of ikvisa d’Meshicha, the footsteps of Moshiach. What is the main issue plaguing us? “The youth will elevate himself over the elder and the lightweight over the honored one” (Yeshayahu 3:5). The Gemara explains that this means that for the youth and the lightweight, “serious things appear to him as insignificant.” Regardless of a child’s intellectual acumen, the key sign of intellectual maturity is the ability to recognize the true importance of important things and not ascribe undue significance to trivial matters. As the Yerushalmi (Brachos 5:2) says, “Without intellectual maturity, how can one make distinctions?”

Rav Yerucham Levovitz, the Mirrer Mashgiach, zt”l, writes that one of the most fundamental principles of Yiddishkeit is to properly understand the importance of things. The pasuk at the beginning of our parsha (Devarim 7:12) says, “And it will be, because you will heed these laws...”

Rashi explains that this refers to the mitzvos one tends to take lightly. The Torah is telling us we must listen to these mitzvos just like we listen to the other laws. We must recognize their importance despite the fact that people usually take them lightly. And the Mishnah in Avos (2:1) says, “Be as

careful with a ‘light’ mitzvah as with a ‘heavy’ one, for you do not know the reward of mitzvos.” The evil inclination’s main goal in this generation is to cause people, both adults and children, to shrug off profound matters as insignificant and give great deference and respect to trivial things.

Many adults today fail to recognize what is and is not important. A frum Jew will scoff at a man studying in kollel for twenty years, calling him a bench-warmer. But a moment later he will discuss A-Rod’s retirement with the greatest admiration and respect. While there is nothing wrong with appreciating a human being’s ability to hit a ball, the inability to understand what is important in life and what is insignificant is profoundly disappointing.

The Gemara (Sotah 49b) says that “at the time of the footsteps of Moshiach, chutzpah will increase... and [people will perceive that] the wisdom of the scholars becomes putrid.” The chutzpah we see in both children (and adults who think like children) today is a function of the lack of daas, intellectual and spiritual maturity.

Being an adult means knowing that major spiritual potential exists in every encounter one has with others.

Every single conversation with another person is an opportunity to give a kind word, offer encouragement, or spread positivity and light.

Simply consider Rivka Imeinu.

She offered a drink to Eliezer, as well as his camels. The Torah spends pasuk after pasuk relating the details of this ostensibly insignificant act of kindness. Hashem obviously wanted us to understand that we would not be who we are and that our people would not be complete without this act of kindness, which ultimately was the sign by which Eliezer made the match between Rikva and Yitzchak.

This couple then formed the foundation of the Jewish people, who are the building blocks of a long process ultimately culminating in the redemption at the end of time. The Torah wants us to understand the deep significance in every act of kindness.

Contemplate the kindness of Shifra and Puah, also known as Yocheved and Miriam. They took care of and comforted suffering Jewish babies during Pharaoh’s mass slaughter of Jewish children. All they did was what comes naturally to any mother.

They cooed and comforted crying children. Yet their quiet acts of kindness formed the basis for the birth of Moshe Rebbeinu, our redemption from Egypt, and the Jewish people’s acceptance of the Torah shortly afterward, all of which are the precursor of the ultimate redemption. Hashem wants us to understand that the details in life are not so minor. Profound significance is hidden within

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them if only we recognize their true importance and seize the subtle opportunities for greatness hidden in day-to-day life.

It is a sign of childish immaturity to only appreciate things that seem “big” and important. But truly “big” people recognize the importance of the things that seem small to others.

For example, the individuals who currently or have previously served as president of our shul over the years are important people in their respective professions. Yet they involve themselves in the countless myriad of details that are an inherent part of maintaining the daily operation of the shul. That is true greatness.

Rav Yerucham, who lived at the beginning of the twentieth century, recounts how, in his time, using microscopes, scientists were just discovering entire ecosystems, whole worlds, in objects and organisms smaller than a grain of sand. He saw in this a tremendous lesson. If so much exists in mere physical objects, how much more greatness must be hidden in the thoughts, words, and actions of a Jew. He explains, “This is the work of mussar, to magnify things. Because of the weakness of our vision and the frailty of our hearts, we do not see the greatness of things. But mussar is the ‘magnifying glass’ allowing us to gaze deeply into the inner essence of things... to draw out from everything the greatness hidden within every detail.”

Consider the mitzvah of bringing one’s first fruits to Yerushalayim.

There is no defined minimum amount one must bring. Therefore, one may technically fulfill his Torah obligation by bringing even one seed from one of his fruits, thereby fulfilling his obligation for an expansive field.

One tiny seed could justify a person using the prayer found in the Torah (Devarim 26:15), “Look down from Your holy dwelling, from Heaven, and bless Your nation Israel and the land that You gave us, just as You swore to our fathers...” And the Gemara (Sotah 39a-b) explains that, when a Jew fulfills the mitzvah to bring first fruits, the Kohanim would offer the prayer, “Master of the World! We have done what you have decreed of us. Now do with us what you promised us!”

How can all of this be? It is pos-

sible that while everyone else comes to Yerushalyim bringing baskets and baskets of luscious fruits to the Bais HaMikdash, one particular Jew

thereafter he wrote Kotlarsky a warm letter thanking him, and asked him “to tell the Rebbe that a small Jew from Curaçao felt that

The evil inclination’s main goal in this generation is to cause people, both adults and children, to shrug off profound matters as insignificant and give great deference and respect to trivial things.

brings just one tiny seed to fulfill his obligation and this justifies such profound prayers? The fact that it can is a lesson to us that we cannot judge the importance of an object or act by looking at how big or small it is. We must look deeply to see what significance the Torah places on it.

Rabbi Joseph Telushkin’s book released on the twentieth yahrtzeit of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, zy”a (p. 204), he recounts the following story that illustrates this beautifully: In 1982, Rabbi Moshe Kotlarsky, who today directs development for the global network of shluchim, was asked by Rabbi Chaim Hodakov, the Rebbe’s chief of staff, to visit the small Jewish community on the Caribbean island of Curaçao and deliver a speech about Judaism there. One of those who attended Kotlarsky’s talk was a man named Chaim Yosef Groisman, who seemed startled that a representative of Chabad had come to his hometown. Decades earlier, Groisman’s grandmother had told him that if he ever encountered a difficult, seemingly insurmountable problem, the person to whom he should turn was the Lubavitcher Rebbe. Now, indeed, Groisman had a problem, and a representative of the Rebbe had come to Curaçao. Groisman consulted with Rabbi Kotlarsky, who was able to assist him. Shortly

the Rebbe . . . touched my soul.”

Rabbi Kotlarsky sent a copy of the letter to the Rebbe, who was moved by Groisman’s heartfelt thanks, though distressed by one aspect of the man’s warm regards:

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“I must take exception to your referring to yourself as ‘a small Jew from Curaçao,’” he wrote to Groisman. “Every Jew, man or woman, has a soul which is part of G-dliness above, as explained in the Tanya. Thus, there is no such thing as ‘a small Jew,’ and a Jew must never underestimate his or her tremendous potential.”

Every Jew, every detail, has such potential packed within it.

May we merit being big people and may we merit spiritual, intellectual, and emotional maturity, thereby finally earning the complete fulfillment of that which we say in kedushah in Mussaf on Shabbos: “Indeed I will redeem you, the last ones like the first ones, to be to you G-d, I am Hashem your G-d.”

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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Between the Lines

Sweat the Small Stuff

By Eytan Kobre

Sometimes when I consider what tremendous consequences come from little things, I am tempted to think there are no little things.

-Bruce Barton

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n old man went to the beach early one morning to do a bit of soul-searching. There had been a storm the previous night, and the beach was littered with starfish as far as the eye could see.

In the distance, he spotted a boy approaching but pausing periodically to pick up objects and toss them into the ocean.

“Good morning there!” the old man called out as the boy drew closer. “May I ask what you’re doing?”

The boy looked up. “Throwing starfish into the ocean. The tide washed them onto the beach and they can’t get back by themselves. When the sun rises, they’ll die unless they get back to water.”

“But there must be tens of thousands of starfish on this beach,” the old man chided. “I’m afraid you won’t make much of a difference.”

The boy bent down defiantly, clutched another starfish, and chucked

it as far as he could into the ocean.

“Made a difference to that one!”

Society tends to highlight and overemphasize flashy feats and significant achievements, without giving due weight to the countless little nuanced acts that comprise the overwhelming majority of life. But changing the world doesn’t necessarily require superhuman feats or sweeping social movements; all it takes sometimes is one small act (Alei Shur, Vol. II, pgs. 18990). Indeed, “G-d is not in the wind…

G-d is not in the noise…G-d is not in the fire…[but in] a still, small voice” (I Melachim 19:11-12). You won’t find G-d only in the seismic events; sometimes you will find Him in that still, small voice.

And that still, small voice can change the world – one starfish at a time.

That is the reason we are promised exceptional reward for obeying the seemingly-small commandments (Rashi, Devarim 7:12; Tanchuma, Eikev 1) and warned harshly about “little” transgressions (Avoda Zara 18a) – because greatness is found not only in extraordinary acts but also in the “ordinary” ones. It is in mastering a challenging piece of Gemara. It is in the internal struggle to resist an impulse when no one is looking. It is in keeping quiet when we have so much to say. It is in a quiet prayer, an unpublicized charity, an unheralded visit, a warm and encouraging smile – and the countless little acts that comprise

most of life.

Before being executed by the Romans for teaching Torah publicly, R’ Chanina ben Teradyon asked R’ Yosi ben Kisma whether he could expect a place in the World to Come. His merit? He once commingled charity funds with his personal monies, and, in an overabundance of caution, he simply assigned all the money to charity. “If so,” answered R’ Yosi, “from your portion should be my portion, and from your lot should be my lot” (Avoda Zara 18a). R’ Chanina had devoted his life to teaching and spreading G-d’s word; in the end, he even sacrificed his life for that cause. But his major stake to greatness was the one time he was a bit cautious with a few charitable coins.

That small act was the true measure of his greatness.

It is our small acts that define us (Mishnas R’ Aharon, Vol. I, pgs. 11617; Michtav M’Eliyahu, Vol. III, pgs.

107-110). It is through G-d’s seemingly picayune directives that we express our love for Him most acutely (Tiferes Shimshon, Devarim 7:12).

Indeed, “G-d does not grant greatness to someone until tested with small things” (Shemos Rabba 2:3). Moshe and Dovid, for example, were chosen to lead the Jewish people not because of great revelations or extraordinary feats but because they cared for little runaway sheep. Because great people find greatness in the small things.

It is said that Michelangelo was sculpting a statue when some of his

friends chanced by and admired his emerging work. When they returned a month later, Michelangelo was still working on the same statue.

“Still?” they teased. “What have you done in the past month? It looks just the same.”

“Not so,” Michelangelo explained.

“I’ve smoothed a line here, polished the arm there, and taken a few flakes of marble from the forehead.”

His friends were incredulous. “But those are mere trifles!”

“They are indeed trifles. But trifles make perfection. And perfection is no trifle.”

Relationships are not built by ostentatious or extravagant displays of affection; they are built upon the gentle word, the kind gesture, and the common courtesy. Just as any married couple will tell you, a happy marriage is found not in exotic vacations or pricey gifts (though no one complains about those), but in the “please” and “thank you” and other kind words. Because it’s the little things that count most.

R’ Yitzchak, a disciple of R’ Shimon bar Yochai, once encountered a starving beggar. Although sympathetic to the beggar’s plight, R’ Yitzchak too lacked money even for himself, let alone to help others. Still, he rummaged through his pockets and found a half-coin – the smallest denomination of currency – which he handed to the beggar.

“Bless you, bless you,” said the poor man. And, thinking nothing of it, R’

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Yitzchak moved on.

That night, R’ Yitzchak dreamed that he was cast into the sea by a band of thugs. Just as he was about to drown, he saw his teacher, the great R’ Shimon bar Yochai, and he was filled with hope. R’ Shimon stretched out his arms, but, no matter how hard he tried, he could not reach R’ Yitzchak.

Just as R’ Yitzchak was about to give up hope, the beggar appeared suddenly and pulled R’ Yitzchak from the water.

R’ Yitzchak awoke in a panic, only now appreciating how monumental his “insignificant” charity had been. Even where the great R’ Shimon bar Yochai could not help him, his pittance of a donation could (Zohar Chadash 2:61).

Collecting money for his yeshiva, R’ Elya Lopian once visited one of England’s wealthiest Jews, a man known to contribute to every yeshiva and every rabbi who asked. Ironically, however, the wealthy man was totally not observant and lacked any connection to Judaism other than his generous donations. Even more than a donation, R’

Elya was interested in an explanation.

The wealthy man obliged. “My parents were deeply religious, but I was rebellious. They very much wanted me to attend the Chofetz Chaim’s yeshiva, so I agreed to take the entrance exam-

not be there even for one night. ‘But,’ the Chofetz Chaim continued, ‘that doesn’t mean he cannot stay in my home.’

“And that’s what happened. The Chofetz Chaim took me into his home

“They are indeed trifles. But trifles make perfection. And perfection is no trifle.”

ination just to placate them, and, unsurprisingly, I failed miserably. By the time the examination concluded, it was late at night and I asked to sleep in the dormitory for just that night.

“The Chofetz Chaim explained to me that a boy who would not stay in the dormitory for the entire year can-

and fed me as if I were a distinguished guest. In the middle of the night, the door to my room creaked open and I heard the rabbi muttering, ‘Oy, it’s too cold in here.’ And then he took off his jacket and placed it gently upon me.

“It may not have been the most momentous thing he ever did,” the

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wealthy man finished, “but this much I tell you: whenever I see a rabbi, I still feel the warmth of that jacket.”

Certain commandments are termed “light” or “easy” (Chullin 142a [dispatching a mother bird before taking her child]; Menachos 44a [Tzitzis]; Avoda Zara 3a [Sukkah]), we don’t truly know what deeds are “small” and what deeds are not (Avos 2:1). We all have different notions about that.

What seems insignificant to some may be of monumental importance to others.

So I can’t tell you what the “small stuff” is – that’s for you to figure out.

But whatever you do, buck conventional wisdom.

Sweat the small stuff.

Because, in the end, there is no small stuff.

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

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World

Builders

Avi Amar Utilizing Teamwork to Ensure Personal Safety

By Raphael Poch

Avi checking on those who were injured in the car

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vi Amar is United Hatzalah volunteer EMT who lives in Ashdod. He has been working in emergency services his entire adult life. From the time he finished his mandatory military service, he has worked with the police ensuring that the streets of his hometown of Ashdod and the surrounding area are safe. In addition to the responsibilities of his professional life, he has also taken upon himself the extra responsibility of being a volunteer EMT first responder and the Ashdod Chapter’s media spokesperson.

“There is a certain amount of responsibility I feel knowing that I have the ability to help others,” said Amar, who is one of the most active volunteers in the area and rides a Kawasaki Versus 1000 cc ambucycle to the scenes of emergencies. As a veteran motorcycle rider, Amar

often responds to emergency calls on highways and thus was given the high-speed emergency-response vehicle by United Hatzalah in order to provide the fastest response possible.

Amar recounted a recent emergency that he responded to that was especially significant for him as it involved a first responder getting injured while responding to an emergency with Amar.

“While I was driving home on the 16th of July, United Hatzalah’s national dispatch and command center notified me to a two-car collision that took place on Highway 4 just outside of Rishon LeZion, Israel’s fourth largest city,” he said. “I happened to be nearby at the time, and dispatch identified me as one of the closest responders. I flipped on the lights and sirens on my ambucycle

His ambucycle at the scene

and rushed over to the scene of the motor vehicle accident. I arrived in less than three minutes and by the time I got there, another ambucycle driver from the organization had already arrived. I saw that one of the cars was upside-down on its roof and that between the two vehicles, six people were injured. Each one had suffered a different injury and most were moderately to lightly injured.

The second driver miraculously escaped injury completely.

“Since a number of people were trapped inside the upside-down car, the fire department was also called.

While waiting for them to arrive, I assessed the status of the patients inside the vehicle and began treating what I could from outside the vehicle without touching it or causing it to tilt. The other volunteer treated the patient who was outside of the two

vehicles. The fire department arrived and we worked together to extricate the trapped patients. While one of the firefighters was taking a preliminary look at the two vehicles, another oncoming car whose driver didn’t see the firefighter on the highway struck the firefighter who sustained a serious head injury and was in moderate condition.”

Amar stopped what he was doing, and rushed to help the firefighter. “I recall the sudden screech of brakes and an awful shriek as the car tried in vain to slow down to avoid hitting my fellow rescue team member. While the braking likely saved the man’s life, it didn’t prevent him from getting hit completely. I rapidly switched focus and began treating the injured firefighter as his injuries were far more pressing than those of the people trapped in the car. Po-

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lice, EMS personnel and firefighters worked in tandem making every effort to ensure the scene was safe to treat the firefighter. Police stopped all traffic and blocked off the entire roadway. They kept the scene sterile until all seven people had been treated, stabilized and evacuated by ambulance.”

The scenario made an impression Amar who has been on many sides of securing traffic accidents both as a police officer and as an EMT. “It was a bit traumatic for everyone at the scene. We all knew that it could have been any of us who were hit that night,” he said soberly. “The driver was coming at a high speed and was looking to avoid the accident without thinking about those assisting in the incident,” Amar said. “A fellow firefighter began to hyperventilate after seeing what happened to his friend.

I treated him as well. The whole incident left its mark on me and the other responders at the scene.

“I am happy to have been able to

have been there and to have treated both firefighters and the original six patients,” he added. “That is what I and the other EMS responders are trained to do and that is what we did.

Thankfully, everyone is expected to recover. Some will have long roads of rehabilitation, but no lives were

In addition to responding to emergencies, Amar helps coordinate United Hatzalah’s activities and media relations as the local spokesperson for Ashdod and Lachish. “We want to be welcoming to our entire community and to the communities that we serve. People

"I recall the sudden screech of brakes and an awful shriek as the car tried in vain to slow down to avoid hitting my fellow rescue team member."

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us. That is an important message in any society, but especially in Israel, which can be very polarizing on issues such as religion and politics.

In United Hatzalah, we believe that if a person values the importance of saving lives, then that is an idea that we can all relate to. No matter what else we believe, that ideal can unify us, and it does.”

Amar said that the entire chapter of volunteers works together to help save lives and, when needed, to help each other. “There is a camaraderie that is felt here, both when we are at an emergency in the field, as well as in our regular dayto-day lives. The volunteers often become close friends and this just makes our team work better when we respond to emergencies together. The better we know one another, the better we can assist one another when the time comes, and it does, often. I am proud to be part of such a brotherhood of lifesavers,” Amar concluded.

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BEHIND THE

LENS

TJH Speaks with Paula Eiselt, Producer of 93Queen

By Tammy Mark

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ne wouldn’t expect a tale of traditional Hasidic women from Brooklyn to successfully portray both sacred Jewish values and burgeoning female empowerment – but when the story is about the pioneering female paramedics of Ezras Nashim and the storyteller is a young Orthodox Jewish mother, female empowerment is indeed

a pervasive theme. 93Queen depicts the New York story of this exceptional and capable group of Hasidic women who joined together to form an all-female volunteer EMT crew, despite the opposition they faced along the way.

Literally translated as “women’s help” and as a play on words on the Hebrew phrase for the women’s

section in an Orthodox synagogue, the name Ezras Nashim says it all.

While Hasidic women surely play important roles in their community, those roles are traditionally in the home or behind the scenes.

Adhering to a strict ideal of modesty, Hasidic women are rarely found serving in the public eye and many don’t even drive. So while it may

seem contradictory to have women operating in a very public role out on ambulance calls, it is actually the value of modesty that the women of Ezras Nashim are concerned about preserving; they believe they can help their fellow Orthodox women by offering a choice to those who would feel more comfortable being treated by another woman, whether

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Paula with her husband, David, and their children

during labor or another emergency.

Directed by Paula Eiselt, 93Queen follows the ups and downs of creating the volunteer organization against incredible odds and with resistance on many fronts, as well as the personal struggles of the women involved to “have it all” as wives and mothers. Though they are all part of the Borough Park’s Hasidic community, each of the main characters has their own journey within the groundbreaking endeavor and strive to balance their faith with their newfound unique version of feminism. 93Queen is the crew’s official FDNY dispatch name.

Filmmaker Paula Eiselt is a graduate of Hebrew Academy of the Five Towns and Rockaway, a young married mom of three and a very determined storyteller who operated as a one-woman crew over four years of filming. Eiselt came upon the story by accident six years ago while scrolling online and happening upon the Jewish news site Vos Iz Neias.

“It was kind of a ‘eureka’ moment that I had. I saw a little blurb about a group of women led by Ruchie Freier – I had no idea who she was – who were starting this all female ambulance service because Hatzalah ‘banned’ women,” recalls Eiselt.

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Paula with her parents

“Two things immediately struck me – it never occurred to me that Hatzalah actually banned women – I grew up with Hatzalah. Second, I had never seen Hasidic women not take no for an answer. They said they were going to do their own thing – and I thought that was very

thodox Jewish lifestyle, devoted to raising her family, and serves as a judge during the 9-5 hours during the day.

Eiselt felt compelled to tell the story of the women who star in Ezras Nashim. She realized that the Hasidic world was a topic that was

"I wanted to have it all go to film school and be a filmmaker, but I also wanted to be a good Jewish wife and mom."

unique and there was something very special here.”

Freier is the first Hasidic woman to be elected as a civil court judge in New York and the central figure in the Ezras Nashim organization. She is a tenacious woman who is completely committed to an ultra-Or-

underexplored in the film industry and, although in the past couple of years it’s come into the landscape, at that moment she felt like this was a unique opportunity, open for exploration. Hatzalah, the existing volunteer ambulance service, is a long established organization with

a strong and reliable presence in the Jewish community. While Eiselt maintains the utmost respect and awe for Hatzalah and the work they do, she also believed there was room for a healthy conversation about the exclusion of these women from the field.

Since 93Queen is intended for general audiences, Eiselt specifically wanted to present the Jewish community from the inside. “I knew right off the bat it was intended for wide audiences because they are underrepresented – you don’t turn on TV or go to a movie and see real Hasidic women unless they’re oppressed or leaving. You don’t see the actual women living in the community,” she notes. Misguided stereotypes of the Hasidic community exist and linger, explains Eiselt.

“Since they don’t let media in, the media tells their own stories.”

Though not Hasidic, Eiselt felt that as an Orthodox Jewish woman she could relate well to the women and would be able to tell the story from their point of view, rather than as an outsider doing an anthropological story. “At the same time I wasn’t going to glorify the community or sanitize it. I really wanted a nuanced approach; they are human beings with flaws, and the commu-

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nity has flaws – but there’s a lot more complexity to it.”

Telling a complex story about the Hasidic community in the documentary world is not easy, explains Eiselt. It took several years to get people to sign on to the project. “It was difficult to get people to see that this is about change from within and that this is about women’s empowerment in the community,” she says.

Eiselt’s team had at first approached a women’s organization and they were told that they didn’t want to hear from ‘these women’ and wanted nothing to do with the project.

“Once PBS came on board they were a game changer because everyone came on board,” she says. “Sundance came on board, then Tribeca came on board, then IDA International Documentary Association … all of the players in the film funding world came on,” explains Eiselt. “It was really validating to have all this support.”

Though feedback on the film so far has been positive and the story is now being recognized as inspirational and empowering, Eiselt did experience some pushback along the way. “I got a few calls and I had to deal with some stuff, but it thankfully resolved itself. I have a tremendous responsibility and a lot of pressure obviously,” she admits.

Straddling the line of storytelling proved very difficult. “I’m saying ‘let’s show the world who you are’ – and that feels like I’m very responsible to these women to do right by them,” she muses. “So having that responsibility, which I’m proud to have, and also staying as objective as any storyteller can stay – although there’s really no such thing – and at the same time I know what the secular world is going to react to, so I also have to also package the film in a way that will allow people to hear it and see it. There’s a nuance there of how to get the secular world engaged, which maybe the Hasidic world doesn’t like -- but I have to do it if we wanted the chance to actually tell the story.”

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iselt wasn’t searching for a story when she discovered Ezras Nashim and at the time was working on another story that hit

Paula with Judge Ruchie Freier at the showing

even closer to home. Following Baruch is a story about Eiselt’s Hasidic uncle and his journey through mental illness, addiction and recovery.

“I tried at first to do both at the same time but eventually had to pivot to 93Queen,” she says, “because that’s where I was getting the funding and support. That was a really hard decision – to say I’m putting this on the back burner for right now – because this film will ultimately help me make this film and other films.” While she has definite plans to finish Following Baruch, she doesn’t have a timeline. “I may need a little bit of a break from focusing on the Hasidic community and do something different to cleanse the palate. I came into filmmaking as a storyteller – not only as a Jewish storyteller – so I may switch it up a little bit.”

Pursuing a career in filmmaking presented certain challenges along the way for Eiselt as a young Orthodox woman.

Eiselt was a yeshiva high school student when she decided that she wanted to be a storyteller, specifically a filmmaker. Since at the time HAFTR didn’t have any film classes to offer, Eiselt started a film club in 10th grade before graduating in 2003.

Growing up in the Five Towns of Long Island, Eiselt is grateful to have always had the support of parents, Sheila and Mel Finkelstein, in her endeavors, as well as their help along the way. Her mother had connected the teenager with an acquaintance in the theater industry and Eiselt got her first taste of the art there. Eiselt continued her film education outside of her regular ye-

shiva school day, studying the work of film director Darren Aronofsky whose film had initially inspired her to become a filmmaker. Eiselt subsequently interned for Aronofsky for two summers, basically creating her own “school” in order to gain experience in film production. She then decided to apply to New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts.

Eiselt recalls the moment she received her acceptance to Tisch, after feeling doubtful at times. “There are kids who go to Tisch who go to film camp every summer and have cut their own films – and I’m from the Five Towns, a Jewish girl who doesn’t know anything, so why would they take me?” she had wondered. Word came while on her senior trip. “I remember it; it was such good moment. We were on senior trip in Montreal and my mom called and she told me on the phone that I got in. My friends and the entire grade starting screaming – It was such an amazing moment. It was incredible.”

Once Eiselt arrived at NYU she found a steep learning curve in order to catch up with her peers. Since most of the film productions shoot over Shabbat, it was even more of a challenge. “I really couldn’t join full crews because everyone shoots over the weekend and I couldn’t, so I had to shoot on Mondays and get people to be on my crew,” she recalls. “It was really navigating that that was difficult, but a great experience.”

Like Freier and the women of 93Queen, Eiselt worked hard to fulfill many roles. “It definitely wasn’t easy, and then I also got married.

I wanted to have it all – go to film school and be a filmmaker, but I also wanted to be a good Jewish wife and mom. I started dating while I was shooting my films and I ended up meeting my husband and we got married after my junior year at NYU. Some of my film friends came to my wedding – they must have thought I was a really strange person – I’m 21 and I’m getting married! I definitely felt a little out of the loop. But nevertheless I still made really great friends, although it kind of mattered but it didn’t. Then having kids – I’m birthing children while I’m birthing my films…” Ei-

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selt relates. “Making the film was harder than having kids, hands down – and I had a very traumatic pregnancy!”

Eiselt admits that hers is not an easy path and believes it’s not realistic to actually ‘do it all’ and achieve work-life balance. She suggests that women who are doing more high stress jobs have to make it work in their own way. In her case she credits her husband, David, who grew up in Austria, with a wide worldview and appreciation for feminism and who fortunately has a level of flexibility in his job.

“We do it 50/50 – I have his full support,” she says. “This year has been insane; this time right now is insane. He does dinner – I can’t even think about those things, which makes me feel very guilty but there’s really no other way to do it. If he wasn’t fully supportive there’s no way I could be a mom and do this.

It’s already almost impossible, but it would literally be impossible if it weren’t for him.”

With three young children, ages 9, 7 and 2 ½, Eiselt feels the challenge of being a working mom regularly, and especially now as the movie is making the rounds. 93Queen premiered in New York City on July 25 before it moved to PBS’s POV documentary series. The film made its world premiere in May at the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival in Toronto.

“My older son came to the premiere in Toronto so he got to see it. My younger son didn’t care…” she chuckles. “So far so good…but I think with most moms you have the mommy guilt that whatever you’re doing is not right,” says Eiselt, echoing the complexity of womanhood that Freier expresses in the film.

Eiselt appreciates the positive reactions towards her career choice by those around her. “I have amazing friends who are supportive and unique and they all think it’s great.

A few of my friends are confused by it, it’s not a conventional job, but overall they think it’s the coolest thing.”

Eiselt also draws tremendous inspiration from the women of Ezras Nashim who star in the film 93Queen.

“I learned to never give up and never take no for an answer,” she says. “I think the making of the film really mirrors the making of Ezras Nashim. Ezras Nashim is ‘the

election she was assigned to serve in Criminal Court.

Both Eiselt and Freier are forging distinctive paths while working within the framework of their reli-

"Making the film was harder than having kids, hands down - and I had a very traumatic pregnancy!"

little engine that could’ – Ruchie and the women did not give up. The same thing with the film – it took five years with so many ups and downs. I’m inspired by Ruchie’s perseverance to go on despite all of the obstacles she has encountered in her community. She just keeps her head up high and just charges on.

So if Ruchie, who has six kids and is a Hasidic woman, can accomplish this, it’s really inspiring. I still don’t know how she does it -- it’s incomprehensible – but it does inspire you to never give up.”

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udge Freier is not new to media attention. A mother of six who married a Bobover Hasid at the age of 19, Freier worked as a legal secretary and then a paralegal.

In her 20s she decided to attend college, eventually pursuing her law degree at age 30. She went on to work as a real estate attorney and served as a volunteer court lawyer in the New York City Family Court, juggling to keep all systems running smoothly on both the home and work fronts, while also involved in communal causes.

It was during the journey of Ezras Nashim that Freier set her sights on running for Civil Court judge in Kings County. In 2016, she was elected, becoming the first Hasidic Jewish woman to be elected as judge in New York State and the first Hasidic woman to hold public office in United States history. After her

gious beliefs and values. “I think that’s what the big message is,” Paula says. “You don’t have to sacrifice your identity or your culture to make change, you can have change from within. The theme of change from within is really the soul of the

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film. It’s how communities change from the bottom up from people who are actively living there who realize there’s something lacking and they’re the ones who are going to make it happen – it’s not going to be from outsiders coming and saying ‘you’re archaic’ and dismissing your beliefs.”

She adds, “I think female-led change is really, really special – I think women uniquely can get stuff done. We see that Ruchie is probably one of, if not the most, progressive person in the Hasidic community who has actually made something happen – she made this ambulance corps and became a judge. She’s the one who did it.

“That’s the film; all through it is her trajectory – starting with women’s empowerment and then empowering herself.”

And throughout it all is the Orthodox Jewish woman behind the lens throwing a powerful spotlight on the wonderful women in our community.

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Traffic, Trains and Tuition

TJH Speaks with State Senator Todd Kaminsky

By Susan Schwamm

Tell us about some things that you’ve been working on in Albany over the past few months.

A lot of it has been pushing for reform of the LIRR – that continues to be a major issue for people.

The quality of the Railroad has just been very poor; people can’t rely on it, when the train does come on time, it’s packed, and going home is just a mess. And it’s really draining the quality of life here. Almost everyone has family in the Five Towns that use the trains, so it’s really an important issue. We’re trying to get them to

spend money the right way and make it a priority. You know, some things don’t require resources at all. They just require a sense of urgency and a sense of mission on the part of the bureaucracy there, and we’ve got to make it happen.

What I noticed was, as things got bad at the Railroad, other officials got quiet and I saw there was a vacuum of leadership. Other politicians would tell you privately that there was nothing to be done but I thought that was a cop-out. I believe there needs to be leadership; I believe you can make

change. I’m not saying I’m the man who’s going to make the trains run on time – I’m one senator in the state – but I do believe that fighting for your constituents will bring results, and on this train issue there’s no way I’m letting up. It’s very important.

So people should contact your office if they have complaints regarding the LIRR. Definitely. There’s so few resources, so if they add a train here, they may take it away from the Far Rockaway line, so it’s obviously very im-

portant that people are in touch with me so we don’t get short-shrift.

Tell us about the work that’s going to be taking place on the 878 at the end of the summer.

They’re going to be adding turning lanes at three major intersections: the Costco intersection, the Burnside intersection, and the one between the two, where you could turn over on Peninsula Bay Lane at the shopping mall. They’re also adding a biking lane so you can get from the bridge to Costco in a pro-

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tected lane. And they’re raising the road four feet so it won’t be flooded anymore. They’re going to sync the traffic lights from the middle of the Applebee’s mall through the Costco turn so that you’re not waiting light by light. It’s actually more complicated than you think because one traffic light is New York City, the other is Nassau County, and the other is under another jurisdiction, so we have to figure all that out, but I believe the changes will help.

The changes won’t be from the airport all the way to the bridge – it’s three intersections – but I believe getting cars in and out that much quicker is going to really help the traffic overall. Hopefully the lights will help too, and the flooding makes the Five Towns look like a third world community when it rains for 2 hours and you have to drive a mile an hour through a gigantic puddle. So we’re going to take care of it all.

How long will all that take?

It will take until the end of 2019, so that’s about a year and a half.

D ur ing the con st r uct ion should be people be using Rockaway Turnpike instead?

They said they’re going to keep two lanes of traffic open both ways on the 878 the whole time during construction and we’ll have to hold them to that.

What about eliminating the traffic buildup by the airport?

That’s a lot harder, because you’re dealing with the city DOT. It’s a lot about the lights, the size of the road, and the amount of traffic in congested areas but I think these changes will help that area as well.

The November elections are coming up.

Yes, I’ll be running again for this seat. I hope to be in the majority and the senior position next year where I’ll be able to do a lot more for the community and have a greater leadership role.

What do you think about Cynthia Nixon? Does she have a chance at becoming governor?

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or something.

Interesting, and people really liked Bloomberg.

Exactly, so at some point this is kind of an energy difference but I still think, especially in our area, the governor will come out strong in the elections.

What do you think about what happened with Attorney General Eric Schneiderman back in May? I think it’s awful and sad. That story came out at around 4 in the afternoon, and he resigned by around 7, so it wasn’t a question.

Did you have any dealings with him personally?

Just professionally.

I think in the suburbs the governor, Andrew Cuomo, is popular. He comes from outer Queens so he kind of has a suburban mentality; he understands what makes us go. We’re not New York City, and it’s important to understand that distinction, so he is pretty popular here and I think he’s done a lot. He came here recently because we worked together on the security initiative and that was tremendous.

Give him credit for putting aside money for yeshiva security and

serves it because of his record.

What’s the allure of Cynthia Nixon besides for the fact that she’s an actress?

Look, eight years is the most we see for any president. A third term is just hard.

There’s no term limits for the governor. Three is really the most we’ve seen in modern history but, look, I think just like in any organization when you’re there a long time eventually people want to rise up,

“I believe there needs to be leadership; I believe you can make change.”

community center security and shul security. It was my job to make clear what the institutions were locally that deserved this and which ones, in fact, needed it. YOSS got money for security. HAFTR, HALB, JCC… it was very good. Take him on that; take him on putting $100 million on the 878. And then also there’s his really strong stance on Israel, so I think he’s going to do very well in the Five Towns, and I think he de-

other people want to see something different. So having a third term takes a lot of guts, and you have to have some reason why you want 12 years. Bloomberg did it and different people will do it but it’s hard.

As good as Mike Bloomberg was, he almost lost that third term.

Who was he running against?

He was running against Bill Thompson and he won by, like, 2%

Is there an election for his seat now?

There is an election for his seat.

There are a lot of people in the Five Towns who are very excited about a candidate, Latisha James. She’s the city public advocate, and a lot of people know her but it’s going to be a competitive race.

Who do you think will be the best person to fill that seat?

I don’t know a lot of the other candidates. I know Tish James. She’s from Brooklyn and she’s the NYC public advocate, which is a city-wide position. If you think about it, in the primary in New York, the city makes up 60% of the Democratic primary and she’s already been elected citywide twice so her name recognition is off the charts. She’s made it clear to me that she cares about the suburbs and she obviously has a lot of control over business. They could decide like Spitzer did that they’re going to go after business and it can change things, so she seems to be fighting for the people but also wanting to have an open mind about things. She’s come out here a bunch so I’ve been very encouraged by her.

In regards to working on eliminating corruption in government, I think people in government have outside jobs and then you don’t know in their dealings if they’re acting on their own behalf or on behalf of the public. So

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it’s important to fix that.

I’ll give you an example. Let’s say – which I do not do – politician X works at a law firm and their job is to bring in some business. After all, they can’t be in court all the time if they’re actually a senator needing to be in Albany or something like that. So someone says that they’d like to hire their law firm to do a legal case for them, which is great. But the next day that person says to them that their husband or wife is on the board of an important charity and that they’d love to talk to them about getting an important grant. What does the politician say to this person who’s helping to feed their family? No thanks, there are other important organizations that are more deserving?

So what are they basing that decision on: what’s best for the public or what’s best for them? Of course they can make some argument that it’s a deserving charity and that they would give it to them anyway but who really knows. Why should we even

have to ask that question? So people are conflicted – are they working for themselves or working for the public?

And the problem is by Democrats and Republicans.

So how do we solve this?

No one asks this about Congress.

No one wonders if Kathleen Rice, our congresswoman, is going to walk off Capitol Hill to do a closing at a law firm. We expect her to do this fulltime; we take Congress seriously and they make a decent salary. In New York, senators make $79K and we’re expected to do something else, but I think that if we change that dynamic and made it a full-time job that would help. The state budget is $160 billion so there’s a lot to do. We should be up there more, we should be working more, it should be more of a full-time job.

Do you think that would actually change? I mean, the old guard has been there for years and

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they’re so used to being home six months a year.

Yeah, look, these are important elections. I think just one or two seats can make a difference in terms of wanting an anti-corruption agenda in there. I take every election very seriously. I don’t think it will be the flashpoint it was when I was the only race in April of 2016 where it was a special election and all eyes were on one race, but the frum community is really going to be at the center of a lot of this because there are competitive races in Kiryas Joel and in Great Neck… And a lot of the issues are important to the community, especially when it comes to BDS and yeshiva funding.

Talking about yeshiva funding, we worked for STEM funding for yeshivas a lot this year. That’s really important.

I think people need to take yeshivas seriously as academic powerhouses and as schools that produce scholars and doctors and future lawyers and future engineers. We need to change perceptions and with a change of per-

ception will come a change in funding and we’ll continue to work on that.

There’s an old stereotype about yeshivas like, hey, we’ll pretend to read English for an hour a day and the rest will be religious studies, but I think that’s clearly wrong. When you see students achieving in traditional academic areas and you see how good those programs are and how well they’re succeeding, I think it’s a tremendous pathway for funding. It’s going to be a great corroborative thing. I give the OU a lot of credit for pushing for funding and next year we’ll go further with it.

What do you do to relax a bit in the summer?

Well, now that I have a 2-week-old it’s a past tense question. But I try to run 20 miles a week so I try to be on the boardwalk a lot.

That’s right! Mazal tov on Rory.

I’m sure the lack of sleep is really worth it!

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Dating Dialogue

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

Dear Navidaters,

I’ve been divorced for 6 years now and am in my 40s and very lonely. I desperately want to remarry and started dating a couple of years ago, not often because there doesn’t seem to be too many eligible men to go out with. But whenever anyone shows up with a possible person for me to go out with, I go, even if the person doesn’t sound great. I just don’t want to go on this way for the rest of my life. I’m tired and want to share my life with someone I can love.

Recently I was set up with a very nice man, who’s been divorced for about 10 years. I find him very sweet and gentle, exactly what I’m looking for in a husband. Of course, we’re also in sync in other ways as well. He’s comfortable to be around and I’m feeling good about him.

The problem is that when he got divorced years ago, he and his daughter moved in with his parents. And they have been living with his parents ever since. He’s close to 50 and it sounds to me to be an unusual arrangement. I know he’s very close to his family, which I respect, but I just worry that something might be wrong with this situation and whether it reflects some deeper issue going on.

I haven’t built up the courage to straight-out ask him why he is still living with his parents. I don’t know if there are financial reasons for this arrangement or some other reasons I can’t even predict. My mother is so anxious for me to remarry that she says I shouldn’t worry about it and keep dating him and see where it goes. My two close friends, who are also single, tell me it’s very strange and that I shouldn’t be dating him any longer.

What do you think?

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. ou are a mature woman and you have identified a flag. Don’t let your neediness and the paltry selection of available men to date cloud your judgment. Put the matter on the table. He is probably waiting for you to ask. You will probably get an honest answer.

Depending on the answer, explore the topic with care at other opportunities and see what you can learn about the man, his values, his finances, his relationship and his family members.

Check out the truth of his answers with people whom you trust who live in his community. Verify what he says. Don’t be naïve; be

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fair to yourself and to him. Financial reasons, sale of a home, parents’ willingness to help, and other factors may play a role in the decision to move in with his parents. Maybe he helps his parents too and contributes to the finances and the home maintenance. He may be a caregiver to an ailing parent.

Get the answers and take it from here.

The Mother Sarah Schwartz Schreiber, P.A. esperation alert! The sweet and gentle soul you are dating has a two-ton, rainbow-colored unicorn in his living room. No dark secret here; you knew about the unicorn

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before you dated him. He makes reference to it all the time. You never questioned why he lives with it because “you desperately want to remarry.”

I’m referring, of course, to the fact that said beau got divorced and headed straight home to Mommy’s house (with daughter in tow) where he has been living for the past ten years. Now, there may be some perfectly valid explanations for this domiciliary arrangement. A sampling: At the time of the divorce, his working hours made it impossible for him to get his daughter to and from school. Grandma was a perfect stand-in. (You don’t mention the age of his child.)

He works erratic hours. If he is an ER doc or a caterer, to name a few occupations with unconventional hours, he needs 24-hour reliable child care. (You don’t mention his profession.)

His daughter has special needs (medical or other) that necessitate a family member’s dedicated presence. (Are there any special circumstances regarding the care of his daughter?)

He is domestically clueless.

(Never figured out the microwave; stores dirty socks in the fruit bin; could live on chips and salsa.)

Living with Mother started out as a convenient, temporary arrangement; daughter became so attached to Bubby it would cause her undue psychological trauma if she moved away. (What happens when Daddy marries?)

You get my drift. There are a host of legitimate and possibly less savory reasons Mr. Sweet is still sleeping in his boyhood bunk.

Whatever the explanation, you must confront the unicorn in the living room. Sit him down for a crucial conversation in which you probe in as sensitive manner as possible why he’s still living with Mama. Explore whether his mother will encourage his moving on. Ask him how his daughter feels about welcom-

There are a host of legitimate and possibly less savory reasons Mr. Sweet is still sleeping in his boyhood bunk.

ing a new mom. Talk it out; talk it through. Do not proceed in this relationship unless you feel confident that you are not trading your current single status (albeit desperately lonely) for a complicated, discordant marriage involving an infantilized husband, a meddlesome MIL, and a spoiled, resentful stepchild.

The Shadchan Michelle Mond n the years I’ve been making shidduchim, I have seen this issue come up constantly and consistently. I see so many potential relationships which are blemished by others, with no personal knowledge of the person or situation, who suddenly decide to act as mavens with a crystal ball about their friends’ relationships. Many well-meaning friends then insert in their perfectly unnecessary and often harmful two cents regarding their friend’s shidduch prospects. Since this behavior is human nature and cannot be avoided, I would strongly advise women to avoid using their friends (single or married!) as sounding boards, but rather having an experienced mentor or professional with whom to turn. After all, you don’t ask your lay friends for financial or medical advice either (I hope).

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man, nor do they know the scope of his situation or why he lives at home with his parents. Therefore, they have no grounds to fault this situation. There are many reasons he may live at home, you just have to broach the topic of conversation: You mention he is nearing 50; his parents, then, might be nearing 80.

For all you know, the son is supporting, caring and looking after his parents, rather than the other way around!

Communication is key to a successful relationship. Use this opportunity to discuss it with him.

Do not write off a wonderful man whom you describe as “exactly what I am looking for” based on this information.

The Single Tova Wein t seems that the backstory for most of this situation is still unknown to you. What is known is that this wonderful man has custody of his daughter, which already tells you a lot about him. Clearly, he is a devoted father and has stepped up to care for his daughter after his divorce.

It takes a lot for a single man to raise a daughter singlehandedly.

Perhaps, when he got divorced, his daughter was an infant or a young baby. And it probably made most sense for him to enlist the help

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of his parents full-time so that his daughter got the proper care she needed. As we all know, it often takes a village. If you can’t find a village, parents are the next best thing!

We can come up with many admirable scenarios that might explain his living situation. And very likely, when the arrangement started off, it worked so well for everyone that no one felt it was necessary to change anything up.

But rather than speculate, why not simply ask him about the arrangement, what he feels are the pros and cons, does he ever see himself moving out on his own, (while still single) and any other questions that could shed light on his story?

Regarding your “sing le” f r iend s, I don’t want to sound cynical, but

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Rather than speculate, why not simply ask him about the arrangement?

sometimes such women are not the most objective when it comes to giving their approval about a man that could lead to marriage and ultimately you exiting their “single’s club” – certainly not always, and probably less often than not, but it’s still something to consider.

In the meantime, it’s incumbent upon you to hear the whole story before passing any kind of judgment.

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

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ave you thought about or do you know the reason why speaking with him about his living arrangement is making you uncomfortable? Is it that…

• You don’t want to make him uncomfortable?

If so, please keep in mind that his living arrangement is not a secret. He isn’t trying to keep it a secret from you. He is a grown man who has made a decision, that currently you know nothing about, and it is up for conversation. He may feel more uncomfortable not talking about it. He may be waiting for the right moment to bring it up. It is your right to ask about it. If he becomes uncomfortable or defensive, that might be a warning sign that you would take into consideration should the situation arise.

• Is that you lack the courage (as you wrote) only in this specific circumstance, or is this a part of a pattern of avoiding “confrontation”?

If it is a part of a pattern of avoidance, then understand that you have some anxiety surrounding potential conflict and/or some kind of unhealthy relationship with your own needs. This is something you may want to work on because it will improve the overall quality of your relationships in general. If this is not part of a pattern, and is a “one time thing,” then ask yourself, “What is it about this situation that feels so hard?” See what comes up for you.

• Is it all the comments from the peanut gallery?

Until you know why he and his daughter live with his parents, you should stop speaking to the peanut gallery. By speaking with them before speaking with him, you are turning them into the peanut gallery. Once you have information, the peanut gallery will become wise counsel from trusted mother and friends. We can guess until the cows come home about why he lives with his parents and whether or not this is a red flag.

You’ll only know for sure once you ask him.

On your next date, I encourage you to bring it up. Start a casual conversation. When did you move in with your parents? A natural, organic conversation should follow in which he is fairly forthcoming with information. If he is hemming and hawing, if he tries to change the

conversation, if he leaves out gaping holes in his story – these are signs that he either doesn’t want to share with you or is uncomfortable with his past, present or self. If he is honest, you will then decide if you want to move forward. You’ve got this!

Sincerely, Jennifer

Esther Mann, LCSW and Jennifer Mann, LCSW are licensed psychotherapists and dating and relationship coaches working with individuals, couples and families in private practice in Hewlett, NY. To set up a consultation or to ask questions, please call 516.224.7779.

Press 1 for Esther, 2 for Jennifer. Visit www.thenavidaters.com for more information. If you would like to submit a dating or relationship question to the panel anonymously, please email thenavidaters@gmail.com. You can follow The Navidaters on FB and Instagram for dating and relationship advice.

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Dr. Deb

Are You Co-Dependent?

By Deb Hirschhorn, Ph.D.

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ust asking that question in that way – are you co-dependent?

– makes me think of a doctor with a short beard and a pipe jutting out of his mouth at the appropriate angle, listening to your question and gently stroking that beard.

That’s what I don’t like about la-

bels. They have to have one person who is wiser than the other that gets the privilege of slapping a label on that not-so-wise person. It’s what my late husband used to refer to as the “Herr Doktor” position. It’s the position of being superior and – this is crucial – out of the game. The

“doktor” could never have a problem himself. He is so superior that he not only labels others, but he does not suffer himself from any of the labels. How could he? If he did, then he would not be in a justifiable positon to pin labels on others.

This is a bit of a longwinded introduction to answering the question about “co-dependency.” I don’t like the question because it is disrespectful for me to pin a label on you. Not only that, it automatically exempts me from suffering with that label myself. Otherwise, who am I to label you?

The reality is that therapists and doctors do have problems – who doesn’t? They feel better to put labels on others; it’s a way of avoiding the reality of their own pain. But it gives a false impression that they somehow have risen above it.

I feel a need to address this because I was recently on a panel to identify co-dependency and come up with solutions for it. Naturally, because it was solution-oriented, I accepted the invitation.

Let’s begin by making some distinctions. If you love someone who can be abusive, that doesn’t make you co-dependent. The same thing is true for loving someone with an addiction. It is possible and normal to be attached to someone who may not be “healthy” for you just because that person is a good soul in spite of the bad behavior.

As I said in my talk (which I’ll be posting after August 15 in my new

Facebook group), there are many sweet stories of people in their eighties or nineties who’ve been married for decades dying just weeks or even days apart from one another because they simply were too attached, after all that time, to live without the other. Being really, deeply attached is not co-dependent either and there’s nothing wrong with it. On the contrary, that level of spiritual connection is exactly what a good marriage should be all about.

The real issue of co-dependency is how much you love and respect yourself: Are you a Self without your significant other telling you what to think? Are you so afraid to be alone with the Self that you do not know and do not value that you’d rather stay with someone who mistreats you? If the answers to these questions is first, “No,” and then “Yes,” then there’s something that needs to be worked on.

Much as I don’t like labels, if this is the situation now, then perhaps that means you need to work on knowing, valuing, and loving yourself. This is a slow process but must be worked on every day. If not, then you get into the rut of your routine and lose yourself once again.

Another unfortunate thing I will say here about labels is that they tend to get a person fixed on the present moment without hope for the future.

When you say “I am co-dependent,” it sounds like this is engraved in stone. And it isn’t. So that’s another problem with labels. The reality is

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that self-love can be nurtured in your heart. This is because our brains are “plastic”; they are capable of change.

What if you do know who you are, like who you are, value who you are, but are simply afraid to let go of a long-standing relationship? That is not co-dependency. That’s called “loyalty” and it’s a fine quality to have. To have become connected to and attached to someone else, especially if you’ve had children is normal and good. Nothing wrong there.

What’s wrong, though, is that if this relationship is more like a roller coaster with downs that are painful and ups that are lovely, then not doing anything about the downs is unfair to yourself. That has to stop and it’s up to both you and your partner to take the right steps to stop it.

Which brings me to another point: courage. It takes courage to not only know what you feel and what you want, but to state it to your loved one.

And it takes grace to do it in a way

that doesn’t sound like blame and criticism – or it will be tuned out, or worse. Assertiveness with grace and kindness is not an easy balance.

Whether you believe you do have self-love or you’re honest and admit you’re in need of it, the first step in fixing the problem is not to blame

you get up in the morning? Tomorrow, say it with feeling and sincerity.

Recognize that it means that Hashem created you initially and restores your neshama every day because He believes in you; He wants to see you fulfill your purpose here. And of course, the first purpose you serve

Are you a Self without your significant other telling you what to think?

yourself for being co-dependent or your spouse for having “issues.” We all have those issues to one degree or another. The first step is a program of self-love.

Do you say “Modeh ani” when

is to recognize and respect His judgment that you were worth creating!

That’s a good way to begin your day but keep up with pesukim or affirmations throughout the day to continue reminding yourself of this

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basic truth. It will take a lot of repetition because your negative thoughts about yourself got used to running along their same neural pathways for so long and now they need to be unlearned. But they can be.

There is a lot of research on this rewiring process. I recommend Richard Davidson of The University of Wisconsin’s film, “Free The Mind.”

If I urged you to watch it before, I’m sorry for the repetition, but it is actually life-altering information. There, he discusses trauma, but the plasticity of the brain is the issue whether the problem is trauma or something else.

A bottom line is instead of worrying what your label “is,” start implementing solutions. Hashem provided the refuah before the makka.

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

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Health & F tness

Vegging Out

By Cindy Weinberger MS, RD, CDN

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t’s no secret that our diet is one of the main contributing factors to the diabetes epidemic. Diet and exercise is key to diabetes management.

But when you hear the word diet, you panic. Nobody likes to be on a diet. So how about instead of focusing on what you shouldn’t be eating, or can’t have, focus on what you can have. By focusing on adding the right foods into your daily routines, you will be so full and satisfied you won’t even miss the foods you “can’t” have.

What should a diabetic – or a potential diabetic – be eating?

There is no one diet for a diabetic. Each person is an individual and should have an individualized diet.

However, as a general rule, the best guidance for diabetics would be to eat fruits and vegetables with most meals and snacks. Enjoy beans, legumes, and lentils a few times a week. Eat salads often. Include fish a couple of times a week. This might sound awfully familiar to you. These are recommendations of the Mediterranean Diet. Research has linked Mediterranean-style diets to lower risks of developing Type 2 diabetes. A large study in Spain, called the PREDIMED study, found that after four years, those participants assigned to follow a Mediterranean-style eating pattern were 52% less likely to develop Type 2 diabetes than those assigned to a low-fat diet. Like I said, don’t think of it as a diet. Focus on the foods you should be eating rather than on what you should be avoiding.

Similar to the idea of the Mediterranean Diet, research shows that in general, eating a plant-based diet is linked

to lower mortality. You don’t have to follow a specific diet. Just try to eat as much plant-based foods as possible.

By including fruits and vegetables into your routine, you won’t have room for the other foods which you should be avoiding. Many individuals follow a plant-based diet. Whether the motivation is health, ethical, or religious reasons, plant-based diets have become increasingly popular. Being that it’s become so popular, there are so many options available.

A plant-based diet means your main source of food intake should be fruits and vegetables, legumes, and beans. But don’t be scared of enjoy-

Frozen falafel balls are also a relatively healthy vegetarian version. Cook with heart-healthy fats such as canola and olive oil, which are rich in monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fats.

Include plant sources of fat, such as avocado, nuts and seeds, to salads and other dishes. Experiment with soybased foods such as tofu and tempeh.

Try marinating, sautéing, baking and even grilling them. Use fresh and dried herbs and spices for extra flavor. Mustard, vinegar, hot sauce, hummus and fresh salsa are flavorful condiments.

Hummus is a nutrient-dense food made from a blend of chickpeas, olive oil, tahini, lemon juice and spices.

By including fruits and vegetables into your routine, you won’t have room for the other foods which you should be avoiding.

ing eggs, fish, low fat dairy, and lean meat a few times a week too – in moderation! A good way to include vegetables, for example, is to add them to the foods you already enjoy, such as pasta or rice dishes. Plant-based, meat-free products offer the opportunity to get the taste and flavor of meat without consuming the real thing. Check your grocery’s freezer section for vegetarian versions of hamburgers and sausages.

It offers calcium, magnesium, folate, and other vitamins and minerals. This blend of nutrients can also stabilize blood sugar and help prevent heart disease, says Los Angeles-based registered dietitian Lindsey Pine. Hummus also contains what she calls the “trifecta of macronutrients” –healthy fat, protein and fiber – that keep you full and satisfied, which is key to maintaining a healthy weight and managing diabetes.

Just like beans, lentils, peas and other legumes, chickpeas are a good source of protein and fiber compared to other plants. A two-tablespoon serving of hummus contains two grams of protein and one gram of fiber. This is great for a snack, but not enough for a full meal, and definitely not enough for a whole day. So don’t rely on hummus alone as your protein source. The daily recommendation is about 50 grams of protein per day for an average adult. Furthermore, chickpeas are not a complete source of protein, meaning they don’t have all of the essential amino acids that meat, fish, dairy and eggs do. However, watch out how what you eat your hummus with. Eating humus with pita bread, challah, or crackers can derail a healthy meal or snack. Instead, dip raw crunchy vegetables, such as bell peppers, broccoli, celery and carrots, into hummus. You can even make hummus at home for optimum health.

As you see, there is a variety of plant-based options out there that offers an array of nutrients. I’m not saying you should become a vegetarian, but a diet that consists of mainly plantbased foods is definitely a healthier lifestyle for all, especially diabetics.

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.

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Health & F tness

Plastics and Additives, Oh No! Oh My!

By Hylton I. Lightman, MD, DCH (SA), FAAP

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n the 1967 classic film The Graduate, the aimless, recent college graduate Benjamin Braddock (played by the inimitable Dustin Hoffman) is advised by a friend of his parents to pursue a career in plastics.

Plastics are, according to the friend, the future.

Fifty years later, the debate rages whether plastics is a harmless or harmful thing for the human body.

Plastics are certainly ubiquitous. I bet you grabbed a Tupperware or some other plastic container to store the leftover chicken from Shabbos or the lasagna from last night’s dinner.

Most likely, there’s a Poland Spring sports cap water bottle in your hand or a plastic cup of java on your desk.

I’m leaving the environmental issues to the environmentalists and others whose knowledge far exceeds mine. Rather, this is about plastics and the human body.

Plastic containers release small chemicals into stored foods and liquids. Research shows this chemical migration is most likely unavoidable.

While the amounts are small, there’s debate about what amounts are harmful and when we should be concerned.

Here’s the rundown on some of the

more widely used chemicals.

Bisphenol A (BPA), a chemical regularly used to harden clear plastic bottles and food containers including baby bottles, and to line metal cans, can migrate from these objects into the liquid and then enter a person’s blood stream. BPA can act like estrogen in the body and potentially change the timing of puberty, decrease fertility, increase body fat, and affect the nervous and immune systems. Also, increased BPA levels in the urine are associated with prostate cancer.

BPA is now banned in baby cups and sippy cups. Canada was the first country to do so in 2008.

The flexible plastic and vinyl tubes used in industrial food production contain phthalates in order to make the product flexible yet harder to break. This chemical may affect male genital development, increase childhood obesity, and contribute to cardiovascular disease. In 2017, the Consumer Product Safety Commission thankfully banned the use of some phthalates in child-care products such as teething rings.

Yet when food is wrapped in BPA, phthalates may leak into the foods, especially if it’s in contact with fatty

foods like red meat or cheese.

Perfluoroalkyl chemicals (PFCs) are used in grease-proof paper and cardboard packaging. Research has shown they may reduce immunity, birth weight and fertility. Also, PFCs may affect the thyroid system, which is the key to digestion, muscle control, brain development and bone strength.

Similarly, perchlorate, which is added to some dry food packaging to control static electricity, is known to disrupt thyroid function and early life brain development and growth.

Let’s make things more complicated by discussing food additives.

According to a statement issued last week by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), some currently allowed chemicals are best avoided, especially for children. This statement is based on growing evidence that some chemicals found in food colorings, preservatives and packaging materials may harm children’s health. This same AAP statement calls for reforms to the U.S. food additive regulatory process.

Like plastics, the studies backing up the AAP statement suggest that some food additives can interfere with a child’s hormones, growth and devel-

opment. Some may also increase the risk of obesity.

Presently, the United States allows the use of more than 10,000 additives to preserve, package or modify the taste, appearance, texture or nutrients in foods. Interestingly, many were grandfathered in for approval in the 1950s – before longitudinal studies were conducted. Roughly 1,000 additives are used under “Generally recognized as Safe” designation process that does not require U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval.

According to Dr. Leonardo Trasande, MD, MPP, FAAP, a member of the AAP’s Council on Environmental Health and lead author of the policy statement, “There are critical weaknesses in the current food additives regulatory process…(Not enough has been done to) ensure all chemicals added to foods are safe enough to be part of a family’s diet.” Dr. Trasande continues, “As pediatricians, we’re especially concerned about significant gaps in data about the health effects of many of these chemicals on infants and children.”

One group of concern is the artificial food colors, which are common in children’s products and may be associ-

ated with worsened attention-deficit/ hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) symptoms. Some studies have shown a significant number of children who cut synthetic food colorings from their diets show decreased ADHD symptoms.

Another group is nitrates/nitrites.

These are used to preserve food and to enhance color, especially in cured and processed meats. These chemicals can interfere with the thyroid hormone production and the blood’s ability to deliver oxygen to the body. They have also been linked with gastrointestinal and nervous system cancer.

Pediatricians are concerned about the potentially harmful effects of food additives. Children are more sensitive to chemical exposures because they eat and drink more, relative to their body weight, than adults do, and are still growing and developing.

“Chemicals that affect the endocrine system, for example, can have lasting effects since hormones coordinate complex functions throughout the body,” Dr. Trasande explains.

“Even small disruptions at key moments during development can have lifelong consequences.”

What are Mom and Dad supposed to do with this information? Here are some simple steps you can take the limit your family’s exposure to the

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cially during pregnancy.

• Avoid microwaving food and beverages in plastic containers since heat can cause BPA and phthalates to look into food. Also, try to avoid putting plastics into the dishwasher.

• In place of plastic, use glass or

“As pediatricians, we're especially concerned about significant gaps in data about the health effects of many of these chemicals on infants and children.”

chemicals of greatest concern.

• Eat fresh or frozen fruits and vegetables. They are delicious and G-d’s gift to us.

• Eat fewer processed meats, espe-

stainless steel.

• Avoid plastics with recycling codes 3 (phthalates), 6 (styrene) and & (bisphenols) unless they are labeled as “biobased” or greenware.”

• Wash hand thoroughly before and after touching food. Clean all fruits and vegetables that cannot be peeled.

• Eating takeout? Remove food from the takeout containers and store them in your own BPA-free or polycarbonate-free containers.

Regardless of the type of container they come in, don’t leave your leftovers on the counter too long. Leaving food out at an unsafe temperature is one of the main reasons of foodborne illness. Cooked food should never be left at room temperature for more than an hour or two because it will quickly grow bacteria.

If you have questions, please speak with your pediatrician.

As always, daven.

Dr. Hylton I. Lightman is a pediatrician and Medical Director of Total Family Care of the 5 Towns and Rockaway PC. He can be reached at drlightman@totalfamilycaremd.com, on Instagram at Dr.Lightman_ or visit him on Facebook.

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In The K

tchen

Mango Lassi

By Naomi Nachman

We love to eat at Indian restaurants – there are several kosher ones across the country – from Seattle, to St. Louis to Connecticut (and I’ve eaten at all of them!). The first thing my family orders when we arrive an Indian restaurant is a round of Mango Lassi. It is a cool, refreshing yogurt fruit shake. It’s perfect to drink during the hot summer months and makes a great breakfast shake for the kids too. I am going to be making these on my upcoming tour with Miriam Schreiber’s Kosher Legacy tours this month in India. This recipe yields 6.

Ingredients 2 ½ cups yogurt, full-fat 3 cup chopped mangoes ½ cup whole milk 1/3 cup sugar Chopped pistachios (garnish)

Preparation Blend yogurt until creamy. Add the rest of the ingredients and blend until well combined. If it seems too thick, add more milk. Adjust sugar to taste.

Add chopped pistachios as a garnish before serving.

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

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The president sees that his numbers are waning. He cannot be this dictator that he’s trying to be at this moment.

- White House correspondent for American Urban Radio Networks and CNN contributor April Ryan

The company that makes Ritz crackers has recalled 16 products, including Ritz cheese cracker sandwiches, over concerns of salmonella. There’s definitely a moment when you’re feeling sick and you’re wondering, “Is this because I consumed salmonella or because I consumed an entire box of Ritz cheese cracker sandwiches?”

- James Corden

President Trump has a very personal style— he likes to appear chaotic, but the last thing he is is chaotic. I think he’s a very intelligent man.

- Mexico’s chief trade negotiator for the incoming administration, Jesus Seade

It’s by now a familiar pattern: Trump prods his reluctant negotiating partners with initial extreme demands, then moves to get a compromise favorable to the U.S. That’s what appears to have happened with the EU.

What [in the world] are you picking on me for saying he was an honest honorable man when I didn’t know he tape recorded conversations with his clients, he was shaking people down for money, he was lying about things on a tape, he was manipulating or doctoring tapes. I didn’t know any of that when I said it. George Washington didn’t know that Benedict Arnold was a traitor.

- Rudy Giuliani when asked on CNN about his prior praise of lawyer Michael Cohen, who turned on the president

- Editorial, Investor’s Business Daily

A Massachusetts man was arrested this weekend for stripping naked and doing yoga poses in a Planet Fitness gym. That story again, a man in Massachusetts has become the first person ever to successfully cancel his gym membership.

– Seth Myers

This fall, Hillary Clinton is going to guest star on an episode of “Madam Secretary.” If she becomes a big enough TV star, she might have a chance of becoming president.

—Jimmy Fallon

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When we had the 9/11 incident and the commission was formed — and they made their recommendations — they made recommendations to protect America, but the Republicans would never take them up.

- House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), using quite the politically correct term for the worst ever radical Islamic terrorist attack on U.S. soil, while arguing that it is the Republicans who are actually weak on national security

President Trump’s star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame was destroyed today by a man with a pickaxe. And not, as I had assumed, by a woman in a pantsuit.

- Seth Myers

I think I did, like, a real good act… I feel proud of myself.

– Austin Clay, who smashed President Donald Trump’s Hollywood Walk of Fame star, in an interview with TMZ

Robert De Niro left me a voice message.

- Ibid., talking about emotional support he has received from Hollywood celebrities for his “ heroic” actions

Baruch Hashem and thanks to a lot of people who work very hard and daven very hard, there is Israel, the Jewish State of Israel, for young people like our daughter, son-in-law, to decide they want by choice to go to. Thank G-d it’s there for people who don’t have the choice, who are running away from somewhere. But we’re really a blessed generation, baruch Hashem. And I’m proud that this is the decision they’ve made.

- Former U.S. Senator Joe Lieberman speaking to Arutz Sheva about his daughter who just made aliyah

IKEA has announced plans to test out small-scale stores that could fit more easily into city environments – just as soon as builders can figure out the instructions.

– Seth Myers

The globalist Koch Brothers, who have become a total joke in real Republican circles, are against Strong Borders and Powerful Trade. I never sought their support because I don’t need their money or bad ideas. They love my Tax & Regulation Cuts, Judicial picks & more. I made...them richer. Their network is highly overrated, I have beaten them at every turn. They want to protect their companies outside the U.S. from being taxed, I’m for America First & the American Worker – a puppet for no one. Two nice guys with bad ideas. Make America Great Again!

- Tweet by Pres. Trump in response to an announcement by the billionaire Koch brothers’ political organization, which never supported Trump but has long supported Republicans, that it may support some Democrats in the mid-term elections

I can be more presidential than any president in history except for possibly Abe Lincoln with the big hat. I don’t know—Abe looked pretty presidential, am I right? What do you think? He’s tough. He’s tough. I admit it, Abe Lincoln is tough! But we love Abe Lincoln.

- Trump joking around at a rally in Florida

I’m now 85. My senior colleague, Justice John Paul Stevens, he stepped down when he was 90, so think I have about at least five more years.

- Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

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A combination of the tax scam and the tariffs will undermine all that has been done in the economy that was started by Obama.

– Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) on MSNBC, promising to reverse the Trump tax cuts if the Democrats take back Congress in November

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You know, for me, as one of the leaders of America or one of the leaders of my community, it’s my responsibility to kind of stay as positive as I can and continue to let people know that we can go further up and not down even though sometimes we do feel like we’re going backwards and even though we feel like we are going back to places of some kind of slavery or Jim Crow and things of that nature, you don’t—you just want to kind of continue to move forward and I think it is very important for all of us.

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Political Crossfire

Trump Is Using Tariffs to Advance a Radical FreeTrade Agenda

By Marc A. Thiessen

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ive President Trump credit.

When he chastised NATO allies over their failure to spend adequately on our common defense, his critics said he was endangering the Atlantic alliance. Instead, his tough stance persuaded allies to spend billions more on defense, strengthening NATO instead.

Now, Trump is doing the same on trade. At the Group of Seven summit in Quebec, Trump was roundly criticized for publicly berating allies over their trade practices and provoking a needless trade war. Well, once again, it appears Trump is being proved right. On Wednesday, he and European Commission President JeanClaude Juncker announced a ceasefire in their trade war and promised to seek the complete elimination of most trade barriers between the United States and the European Union. “We agreed today ... to work together toward zero tariffs, zero non-tariff barriers, and zero subsidies on non-auto industrial goods,” declared the two leaders in a joint statement.

Zero tariffs. Wednesday’s breakthrough with the European Union shows that, contrary to what his

critics allege, Trump is not a protectionist; rather, he is using tariffs as a tool to advance a radical free-trade agenda.

In a little-noticed interview with Fox News’s Maria Bartiromo earlier this month, Trump revealed that during the G-7 summit he made a sweeping proposal. “I said, ‘I have an idea, everybody. I’ll guarantee you we’ll do it immediately. Nobody pay any more tax, everybody take down your barriers. No barriers, no tax.

Everybody, are you all set?’ ... You know what happened? Everybody said, ‘Uh, can we get onto another subject?’” Trump offered to eliminate all trade barriers – and his supposedly pro-free-trade allies passed. Right before his meeting with Juncker this week, he repeated the offer, tweeting, “The European Union is coming to Washington tomorrow to negotiate a deal on Trade. I have an idea for them. Both the U.S. and the E.U. drop all Tariffs, Barriers and Subsidies!”

Trump knows that most of our trading partners don’t really want free trade; they want managed trade, where they can get access to U.S. markets while protecting cer-

tain industries from U.S. competition. Trump’s strategy to get them to drop these protectionist barriers is to impose crushing tariffs. At a rally earlier this week, Trump explained his strategy for getting to zero tariffs.

“You know, other countries have tariffs on us. So, when I say, ‘Well, I’m going to put tariffs on them,’ they all start screaming, ‘He’s using tariffs,’” Trump said. “I said [to the European Union], ‘You have to change.’ They didn’t want to change. I said, ‘Okay.

Good. We’re going to tariff your cars.’ ... They said, ‘When can we show up?

When can we be there?’ [Laughter.]

‘Would tomorrow be okay?’ Oh, folks, stick with us. Stick with us.”

Now Trump’s hardline trade strategy is being vindicated. Not only is the E.U. negotiating zero tariffs, but also it agreed to immediately buy more American soybeans – which helps Trump in his trade battle with China. After Trump imposed tariffs on $34 billion worth of Chinese goods, China responded with retaliatory tariffs on U.S. products, including soybeans. Beijing knows that China is the single largest importer of U.S. soybeans, and that about 96 percent of U.S. soybeans are grown in

18 states – all but two of which voted for Trump in 2016. Their tariffs left soybean farmers none too happy with Trump and gave a political boost to vulnerable Senate Democrats in soy-producing farm states such as Heidi Heitkamp, N.D., Joe Donnelly, Ind., and Claire McCaskill, Mo. Now, Trump has enlisted the European Union to help U.S. soybean farmers to counteract the repercussions of Chinese tariffs, in addition to the $12 billion in aid he has promised for U.S. farmers. That’s three-dimensional trade chess.

Earlier this week, Trump tweeted, “Tariffs are the greatest! Either a country which has treated the United States unfairly on Trade negotiates a fair deal, or it gets hit with Tariffs.

It’s as simple as that.” Well, maybe it is and maybe it isn’t. Trump is a long way from a final deal. And in trade, nothing is agreed to until everything is agreed to. But this is a surprisingly positive first step. If Trump succeeds in using trade wars to bring down European and Chinese trade barriers, he may end up being one of the greatest free-trade presidents in history. (c) 2018, Washington Post Writers Group

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Political Crossfire

This is Not Your Grandfather’s KGB

By David Ignatius Left to right: Mikhail Fradkov, director of the SVR, President Vladimir Putin, and Alexander Bortnikov, director of the FSB

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ooking at Russia’s competing spy services, their overlapping operations against the U.S. and their sometimes careless tradecraft, some CIA veterans are wondering if the Russian spooks actually want to get caught.

The truth is, President Vladimir Putin probably doesn’t mind that his intelligence activities are so blatant that they’re a subject of daily public debate. His goal isn’t to steal secrets but to destabilize America’s political system. The more people obsess about the swarms of Russian spies, the better, from Putin’s perspective.

“Russian intelligence activities over the past several years have become not only more energetic, but more eclectic,” explains former CIA Director John Brennan in an email.

“It’s a diverse, entrepreneurial and frequently competitive ecosystem. ... Some of their work is really, really good, showing exquisite tradecraft.

Other stuff, not so much.”

Rolf Mowatt-Larssen, a former CIA Russia specialist, sees a generational change in Russian intelligence.

“The price of the shift to a faster, quick-kill approach is an increase in sloppiness. Ill-advised decisions are common. There’s less oversight by older, more experienced cadre.”

The new freewheeling, anything-goes style is evident in Russia’s 2016 assault on the U.S. political system. The Kremlin attacked from three directions: GRU military intelligence, the FSB security service, and a social-media troll farm known as the Internet Research Agency, managed

by one of Putin’s oligarch pals.

The Russians floated their covert-action propaganda through Facebook, Twitter, WikiLeaks and other social-media outlets. Who knows whether there was “collusion,” but Russian officials maintained contact in 2016 with a string of Donald Trump associates, high and low, in ways the FBI couldn’t miss. It was the opposite of a subtle campaign of manipulation. “Operation Chaos” might be a good name.

Moscow monitored public speeches, not dead drops. According to the

ken into two pieces starting in 1991: the SVR, which inherited the foreign spying mission Putin had served, and the FSB, which took over domestic security.

The FSB has become increasingly involved in foreign operations and may now overshadow its twin, said Michael Sulick, a Russia expert and former CIA operations chief, in an interview. The FSB probably ran the “Cozy Bear” hack of the Democratic National Committee in 2015, and was indicted last year by the Justice Department for hacking 500 million

“Operation Chaos” might be a good name.

Justice Department’s July 13 indictment of 12 GRU operatives, the Russian conspirators began hacking Hillary Clinton’s personal emails “after hours” on July 27, 2016. Earlier that day, Trump had proclaimed: “Russia, if you’re listening, I hope you’re able to find the 30,000 emails that are missing.”

Putin was shaped by the KGB’s rigid bureaucracy and tight secrecy. But as Russia’s president, he has embraced a different operating model – looser, more fragmented, with different services competing for the leader’s favor. The old KGB was bro-

Yahoo emails.

“To put it crudely, the FSB does the kinds of things everyone else thinks about doing but doesn’t because they’re too risky, too politically inflammatory, or too likely to backfire,” wrote Mark Galeotti, an expert on Russian intelligence, last year in The Atlantic.

The GRU, traditionally the most adventurous wing of Russian intelligence, now appears to be resurgent after costly mistakes in the 2008 Georgia war. Ukraine has been “the perfect showcase” for the GRU’s covert insurgency tactics, wrote Galeot-

ti this month. He sees the GRU’s hand in the 2014 annexation of Crimea and shootdown of a Malaysia Airlines jetliner; the 2016 intervention in U.S. politics; and the attempted assassination this March in Britain of Russian defector Sergei Skripal.

The Skripal poisoning illustrates Russia’s willingness to take risks, and its lack of concern about getting caught. The Novichok nerve agent allegedly used could easily be traced to Russia.

An intriguing example of Russia’s new generation of spycraft is the case of Maria Butina, who was indicted by the Justice Department this month for plotting a covert influence campaign that partly targeted the National Rifle Association. The indictment alleges that she was run secretly by a Russian official who had served in parliament and the Central Bank, and was bankrolled by a second Russian who was a billionaire oligarch.

When Butina was photographed near the U.S. Capitol on Inauguration Day, her alleged Russian handler messaged approvingly: “You’re a daredevil girl,” according to court papers. Three months later, when Butina’s American contacts were outed in the media, her alleged handler wrote: “How are you faring there in the rays of the new fame? Are your admirers asking for your autographs yet?”

This is not your grandfather’s KGB. Putin is running a multiplatform spy service for the internet era – as quick, disposable and potentially devastating as a Snapchat image. (c) 2018, Washington Post Writers Group

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Redoubtable Rugelach

By Jon Kranz

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any Italians enjoy rigatoni, ravioli, ricotta and risotto while many French enjoy rratatouille, many Japanese enjoy ramen and many Scandinavians enjoy rhubarb. Jews also enjoy many types of food that begin with the letter “r” including ribs and roast beef on rye, but one could argue (or, in this case, “r”gue) that in the Jewish food scene the letter “r” is mostly commonly linked with the reliable, robust and righteous rugelach.

Rugelach, like an eventful and unpredictable story, are full of twists.

In fact, the term “rugelach” is a Yiddish word that literally means “little twists.” (Yes, the term “little twists” also could fairly describe a group of kindergartners dancing to Chubby Checker’s 1960 hit song.)

The Talmud does not specifically mention rugelach but it does mention a few items arguably in the same family of baked goods including “sponge breads, and honey breads, and cookies, and pan loaf” (Challah 1:4) and “sponge-like cakes, honey cakes, spiced cakes, pan-fried bread” (Pesaechim 37a). The Talmud even explains how certain of these items are baked: “What is pan-fried bread? Rabbi Yehoshua ben Levi said: ‘This is boiled bread baked by ordinary homeowners in a deep frying pan’” (Pesachim 37a).

Many rugelach also are baked by the ordinary but most rugelach are nevertheless extraordinary. Creating quality rugelach is both art and science but the former is where the magic comes from. While chocolate and cinnamon are standard flavors, rugelach often are offered in a number of other

varieties including raspberry, apricot, raisin and poppy seed. That said, you will rarely find mint, garlic or paprika rugelach or zucchini, horseradish or ghost pepper rugelach.

When discussing rugelach (a/k/a the Jewish croissant), one would be remiss in not also mentioning its big brother, the indomitable and unapologetic babka. It is not a cake, pie or strudel but the babka also is not bread or challah. The babka really is its own entity, straddling the line where bread ends and dessert begins. Together, the babka and rugelach make a formidable

different. Their relationship is not unlike that of other types of food wherein one is the miniature version of the other. Examples include the (i) hamburger and slider, (ii) hotdog and frank in a blanket, (iii) donut and munchkin and (iv) cake and cupcake. Other things in life also come in big and small sizes like a ventriloquist and his twin dummy.

If a synagogue kiddush features babka and rugelach, nothing else needs be served other than beverages and napkins. Even during the week, some Jews will travel miles out of their

The babka really is its own entity, straddling the line where bread ends and dessert begins.

combination of deliciousness. These treats are not just baked goods, they’re baked greats. If a museum of Jewish food were erected, babka and rugelach would be unanimous first-ballot inductees in the dessert category and would likely be served at the post-induction reception and in every museum vending machine. (Yes, such a museum would be named the MONA, i.e., the Museum of Noshing Addicts, and would be run by an organization called the NOSH, i.e., the National Office of Second Helpings.)

One could argue that the babka and rugelach are more similar than

way, ignoring Waze and any other traffic warnings, just to feast on epic babka and/or rugelach. A perfect rugelach can reduce a grownup to tears and can convince the most unruly youth to behave. Perfect rugelach or babka also can be used as a bargaining chip in the heated and contested negotiations. For example, one could easily imagine a: 1. Hollywood studio executive exclaiming: “If your A-list client agrees to do this film, I promise that her trailer will be stocked with rugelach”; 2. Real estate agent exclaiming: “My seller insists on the full asking

price but is willing to thrown in her grandmother’s secret rugelach recipe”; or 3. French queen exclaiming: “Let them eat cake…or babka.”

One could argue that there are many famous statements in American history that still might make sense even if certain key terms were replaced with rugelach or babka. For example: 1. “Give me rugelach or give me death.” -Patrick Henry (1775) 2. “The babkas are coming, the babkas are coming!!!” -Paul Revere (1775) 3. “Happiness and rugelach are inseparably connected.” -George Washington (1789) 4. “A babka divided against itself cannot stand.” -Abraham Lincoln (1858) 5. “Four score and seven babkas ago.” -Abraham Lincoln (1863) 6. “Speak softly and carry a big babka; you will go far.” -Theodore Roosevelt (1900) 7. “America was not built on fear.

America was built on courage, on rugelach and an unbeatable determination to do the job at hand.” -Harry Truman (1947) 8. “I am not a babka.” -Richard Nixon (1973) Final thought: Always address problems openly and immediately and never sweep things under the rugelach.

Jon Kranz is an attorney living in Englewood, New Jersey. Send any comments, questions or insults to jkranz285@gmail. com.

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Arieh Atzmoni An Unknown Hero

By Avi Heiligman

Arieh Atzmoni, center, before receiving his Hero of Israel decoration

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he intense fighting during the Israeli War of Independence in 1948 brought together Jews from many different backgrounds fighting for the same cause.

Jews who had escaped the atrocities of Churban Europa still had to contend first with the British and then the Arabs while trying to settle in Eretz Yisrael. However, some were allowed to join the British Army as an independent unit. During World War II this unit was called the Jewish Brigade. Their exploits were full of daring and courage and, more importantly, these soldiers provided the backbone for the IDF in 1948. One of these soldiers fought with Yugoslavian partisans and the Jewish Brigade during World War II and became a decorated soldier in the Israeli War of Independence.

Leib Markowitz was born in Czechoslovakia (now his birth-

place is in the Ukraine) in 1926 and changed his name to Arieh Atzmoni when he got to what was then known as Palestine. In 1938, his hometown was annexed by Hungary which aligned itself with Nazi Germany. He was just 13 at the time but Arieh felt the anti-Semitic decrees would be catastrophic for the Jews in his area and he left for Budapest. However, he was captured and sent to a labor camp working in copper mines. Tito’s Yugoslavian partisans rescued him and he joined their forces to fight the Nazis. By the time Arieh left to Eretz Yisrael in 1944, Tito’s band had grown to over 650,000 and was more than a nuisance for the Nazis. That year, Germany invaded Hungary, and many Jews perished in the Holocaust during the last year of World War II. Arieh managed to immigrate to Eretz Yisrael while the rest of his

His Medal of Valor award

Driving a cab in Israel. On his shirt he is wearing his Hero of Israel award

family remained in Europe. When Arieh arrived in Eretz Yisrael he was caught by the British and sent to the Atlit Detention Camp. He declared himself to be twenty years old, two years more than his actual age, and he was able to join the Jewish Brigade.

Arieh completed basic training in western Egypt and served with the brigade in Italy. Towards the end of his service with British Army he joined a group called Hanokmim, the Avengers. All members of the group were part of the Jewish Brigade under Chaim Laskov, among others, and they went after SS officers who tried to escape the Allies. Dozens of Nazi officers who had been directly involved in the Holocaust were killed by this group.

After arriving back in Eretz Yisrael from his service in Europe Arieh joined the Jewish Settlement

Police and was sent to the Jordanian border at Naharayim. The Arab Legion attacked his position, and Arieh moved back to the base of the Golani Brigade near Ashdot Yaakov.

The 12 th Battalion of the brigade was surprised to see Jewish Settlement Police with six machine guns, a couple of Tommy Guns and a lot of ammunition. The Golani officers extended an offer to the police to join their ranks. Arieh joined the brigade and during the Israeli War of Independence became a company sergeant.

In September 1948, Arieh neutralized an ammunition box hat was creating problems for the Israelis.

For his effort he received a commendation from the brigade commander. He later received the award of Hero of Israel for his actions on November 4, 1948. The citation reads as follows:

On January 4, 1949, in the battle for the cemetery in Rafah, our artillery car was stopped in the field and the entire sector was concealed in front of our cannon position. The enemy, which attacked tanks and armored vehicles accompanied by infantry, rained fire on the outpost and prevented any action to remove the car from the area…

Arieh Atzmoni, whose job was to bring ammunition and digging equipment to the outpost, jumped at the car, managed to start it, and drove it from the front to the rear, enabling our anti-tank cannon to launch an operation that resulted in the use of nine tanks and other enemy vehicles.

Arieh remained in the IDF reserves for many years and served in the Artillery Corps during the War of Attrition. While in the artillery corps he became a drill sergeant at the request of Moshe Dayan. During

the Six Day War he served in the Golan Heights and Ramallah and was stationed in Egypt for the Yom Kippur War. In 1973 all twelve recipients of the Hero of Israel, including

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car rental company. Arieh was a kind-hearted man and gave jobs to those in dire need of income, even though he didn’t need the additional manpower.

“The enemy, which attacked tanks and armored vehicles accompanied by infantry, rained fire on the outpost and prevented any action to remove the car from the area...”

Arieh, were automatically awarded the Medal of Valor.

In the 1960s Arieh became the manager at the Hertz branch in Haifa and later started his own

During World War II, Arieh’s family was sent to Auschwitz and he didn’t know if any of his family survived the war. The day before his wedding to Leah, Arieh learned of a man named Shalom Markowitz

was looking for his son Leib. Arieh quickly made the connection and at his wedding in Tiveria he reconnected with his father. It was the first time they had seen each other since before the war. Sometime later, Arieh was walking in Tel Aviv and was approached by a familiar looking face. It was his brother Yaakov. A sister of his had also survived the war.

Arieh Atzmoni died in 2005 and was buried with full military honors in the Haifa Military Cemetery.

Arieh left behind a legacy of a soldier who always answered the call for assistance. Even though he was fairly unknown outside IDF circles his dedication to Israel and his back story of how he escaped the Nazis makes him a forgotten hero.

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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arlier this month, archaeologists digging in Egypt unearthed a 2,000-year-old black granite sarcophagus 16 feet below the surface. Pretty cool, right? But then they announced they were going to open it.

What a terrible idea! Have they never seen The Mummy? When the lid came off, they found three skeletons rotting in some dirty water that had probably leaked in from a nearby sewage trench.

But that doesn’t necessarily mean an ancient stench didn’t manage to escape, too. It’s not like they could actually see it!

Egyptologists aren’t the only ones facing an ancient conundrum that refuses to die. The tax world has one, too, though not as evil. We’re talking about the eternal promise of the tax you can file on a postcard. (Yes, we know, this is a really lame transition to a tax column.

Hey, you try finding topics to make taxes entertaining 52 weeks a year!)

Back in 1972, the IRS released a Form 1040A that would fit on both sides of a postcard. There were 27 lines, plus the usual spaces for names, addresses, social security numbers, and signatures. Unfortunately, you couldn’t use it if you ran your own business, or made more than $200 in interest or

dividends, or itemized deductions.

On the bright side, you could take a credit of $12.50 for political contributions ($25 for joint filers), which seems downright quaint in today’s era of seven-figure gifts and dark money PACs. Politicians since then have paid lip service to the idea of a postcard-sized form, even as they’ve made the actual preparation harder. Last year’s Tax

pages, so it could theoretically fit on a postcard (if you didn’t need room for a stamp). But calling it a “return” may be fake news. If you have more than two kids, you’ll need to add another page to list them. If you report income from a business or real estate, you’ll need to attach Schedule 1. If you itemize, you’ll need to attach Schedule A. If you owe “other taxes” like AMT, you’ll need to

Pretty soon that so-called postcard starts to look a bit like a phone book!

Cuts and Jobs Act added several new twists for business owners. But these days, everything has to be sold as “simplification.” So IRS officials gamely pledged to play along. And last month, they trotted out a draft of a single form designed to replace the current 1040EZ (14 lines), 1040A (51 lines) and 1040 (79 lines).

The new form is two half-sized

attach Schedule 4. Pretty soon that socalled postcard starts to look a bit like a phone book!

While we’re at it, let’s add another dose of cold reality to the whole “postcard” plan. Who wants their mailman gossiping about how much they make?

How do you attach a check to the postcard if you owe? And hasn’t the whole idea of “electronic filing” rendered the

size of the paper form pretty much irrelevant?

The push for postcard taxes, along with the push for a so-called “flat tax,” are steps towards a bigger goal to eliminate the IRS entirely. But here’s some more uncomfortable reality. Even if we did have a postcard-sized flattax form we’d still need someone in Washington to administer it. We’d still need collections officers to chase down the people who don’t pay it. And we’d still need tax cops to catch the people who cheat on it. Much as we love to hate the IRS, it’s not going anywhere soon.

Here’s something even scarier than unleashing an ancient mummy’s curse: wasting money on taxes you don’t have to pay! Fortunately, you don’t need to dig 16 feet down to discover the solution. All you need is a plan. Make sure you have one before Tax Day rolls around – or it will turn out to be scarier than you thought.

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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