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>>Parsha The Shmuz. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Rabbi Wein on the Parsha . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

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Dear Readers, My children and I like to read a book called Here Comes Shabbos written by Ilana Keilson, who lives in the area. It’s an interactive, exciting book about preparing for Shabbos, and as the mother in the book lights the candles after a busy Friday, the book ends with the words, “Everything is peaceful now. Hush…hush…hushhh.” Lighting candles ushers in a special tranquility into a Jewish home.

Usually, when we celebrate Shabbos, our nation connects with G-d and with one another in a low-key way. We don’t publicize our actions on Shabbos to the other nations; we keep Hashem’s present to ourselves. This week, though, Shabbos will be celebrated on a grand scale—and will make headlines worldwide—as thousands will celebrate Shabbos together by joining in the Shabbos Project. Many Jews who never ate a Shabbos seudah and some who used to keep Shabbos but unfortunately don’t do so now will be inspired to join in the Shabbos festivities.

There were many times when I spent Shabbos meals as a guest—either when I was learning in Israel or on trips abroad. It could be awkward to sit at someone else’s table and eat their food and share in their conversation. But despite the different lives that we live during the week and even though we may have different ways of celebrating the special day, we are all connected through the holy Shabbos.

One Shabbos I found myself on a kibbutz in Israel sleeping on a water bed in a trailer. During the meal, the host went around the table and we all had to chant, “Shoshana, shifchat Hashem, b’chayl Hashem,” or “Boruch, eved Hashem, b’chayl Hashem.” We were eating only whole grains and had to say that we were eating it because it’s “baari” and not because it’s “ta’im.” I truly felt really far away from my Brooklyn home during that meal. But despite the strangeness to me, that family had their own way of making Shabbos special. And they made sure to share that specialness with me.

This week, as we celebrate Shabbos together in a grand fashion with Jews around the world, let’s try to show our guests just how special this day is to us—and give them something beautiful to remember.

Wishing you and your family a wonderful Shabbos, Shoshana

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To the Editor, I’d like to share with your readership a most amazing occurrence from this past Yom Kippur that brings to mind the Gemara Rosh Hashana 17B on the posuk “noseh avone v’over al pesha” (Micha 7:18).

The usual pre-Kol Nidrei selling of aliyos in our shul had proceeded uneventfully until we got to the last kibbud – p’sicha l’Ne’ila. A few men began bidding, and slowly dropped out as the numbers began to increase. It soon became clear that two baale’batim were vying for this kibbud and neither was prepared to back down. “Reuven” is relatively new to our kehilla, so that this was his first-ever real interaction with “Shimon.” The proceedings continued with mounting drama-even tension—as the bidding became an all out war. The numbers began climbing to figures we’ve never before seen in our shul. It was clear that both men were determined to acquire this kibbud and were willing to take this as far as they needed.

Finally, Shimon called out quite a high sum. After a moment, to the shock of the entire shul, Reuven outbid him by $200.

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Then it was silent. Shimon stopped and the bidding came to an end with the gabbai’s announcement, “Zocheh lo!” Reuven now possessed the kibbud for p’sicha l’Neilah. End of story — or not.

On Yom Kippur afternoon, Reuven approached his bidding “opponent,” Shimon. “I’m the person who outbid you last night,” he said. “Do it together with me.” Then, for the second time in 24 hours, the men began to negotiate. Shimon would only agree to the offer if he could pay half. This time, Shimon won, and the two approached the gabbai, who sent them to speak with me to iron out the details. (The halachic ramifications of this agreement are a separate discussion.) Until right now, with the exception of a few members of the kehilla, no one knows this story.

I have had the zechus to be in rabbanus for close to four decades. I cannot remember a time I was as overcome with emotion as I was at that moment as I watched these two men, virtual strangers until that moment, approach the aron kodesh together and open the aron kodesh together. The selflessness of Reuven, who obviously wanted that pesicha so badly and rightfully earned the kibbud “fair and square,” is just mind-boggling; he had no chiyuv whatsoever to be mevatter in any way. At the eis ne’ilas shaar, as we stood trembling, begging for one last chance for that z’chus that

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the Editor would bring true kappara for ourselves, our kehillah, our community and K’lal Yisrael; at that moment I was exhilarated with the thought that these two men standing before the aron kodesh were, without doubt, causing all sorts of commotion in shamayim. It was awe-inspiring. Only in shomayim do they really know what impact it had, but without a doubt it had to be powerful.

What made this all the more inspiring was Reuven’s reaction when I spoke to him about it after Maariv. While I found this so stirring, to him it was matter of fact. Mi k’amcha Yisrael!

I write this with the intent to magnify the z’chuyos so that we can all learn from this to aspire to think and feel as Reuven does. Surely we all encounter moments where we can apply such a lesson and garner z’chuyos. Even if not with an expensive kibbud, but surely elsewhere in our daily lives; a parking space, perhaps?

Our place in line to a person who looks rushed or harried? The sky is the limit, but we must be looking for the opportunities, as they are surely there, waiting for us to grab them.

Wishing us all a g’mar tov and a year of geulos vy’shuos.

Rabbi Yitzchok D. Frankel Agudath Israel of the Five Towns Cedarhurst, NY Dear Editor, I was thoroughly impressed with your jam-packed issue this Sukkos. So much of what was written held my interest during the holiday. I truly felt that there was something in it for everyone.

The article that was written on the growers of lulavim and esrogim in the United States was very interesting. Although these farmers are growing these devarim she’b’kedusha as a livelihood for themselves, I am sure that they are earning s’char for being osek in something connected to a mitzvah.

Andrew L. Green Dear Editor, In the issue that was in stores before Rosh Hashana, there was an article written about a Five Towns resident who fought in the Yom Kippur War. I was in awe of Yubi’s desire to assist his brethren in their time of need. Indeed, it’s hard

for people now to relate to the idealism that was so strong in those times. For Yubi, it was not a question whether or not to go back to Israel to fight for his country. And when he was there, instead of shying away from the frontlines, he and his friends couldn’t wait to get to battle despite the danger.

Nowadays, we all say we love Israel, but how many of us jumped at the opportunity to assist in the fighting when Israel was at battle during the summer months?

Most of us clucked at the news reports and then went on with our day—shopping, texting, chatting, working. Did it really affect us that our brothers were in a state of war? Did we really alter our existence to feel their pain?

There are around 2,500 Lone Soldiers currently serving in the Israeli army—and only 750 are Americans. For all of our support for the Jewish State, sadly our idealism doesn’t translate into action—as it did for Yubi in 1973.

All the best, Sara Kahan Dear Editor, I truly appreciated your article on Rabbi Binyomin Kamenetzky. I had all my children read the article over Sukkos because I felt that his words were from a different era—when our community was just starting and just barely a blip on the frum map. Who would have imagined the explosive growth we have seen in just a few short years? And it is due mainly to our community leaders who have helped our community feel comfortable enough to grow and expand.

We are truly grateful to the vision of a select few who pioneered the growth of our community.

I was also inspired to read his words on his youth. The mesiras nefesh by his parents and family is something not seen in our generation. “My mother tried to make sure there was always bread, salt and potatoes for us.” Who could imagine something like that in our days when we walk into any grocery and are assaulted by the choices that are offered?

Baruch Hashem we are zocheh to live in a land of plenty. Even so, we must be aware of our fortune and be grateful and appreciative for what we have.

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The Week Global Pistorius Sentenced to 5 Years On Tuesday, Oscar Pistorius was sentenced to five years imprisonment for

shooting and killing Reeva Steenkamp on February 15. The Olympic athlete, dubbed the Blade Runner because of his prosthetics, has to spend at least onesixth of his sentence behind bars before he becomes eligible for a sentence conversion, requesting to be placed under house arrest in 10 months. If eligible for house arrest in ten months, it is assumed Pistorius will live in his uncle’s

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“A noncustodial sentence would send the wrong message to the community. But a long sentence would also not be appropriate, because it would lack mercy,” Judge Thokozile Masipa said.

Masipa rejected the defense’s arguments that the disabled athlete’s vulnerability made him unsuitable for prison, saying he has demonstrated his ability to cope throughout his life. “I heard witness after witness over-emphasizing the accused’s vulnerability,” she said, adding, “Yes, the accused is vulnerable, but he also has excellent coping skills.

He really saw himself as disabled [but] worked hard, and became respected worldwide.”

The defense has already indicated that it would not appeal the sentence or conviction.

Dozens of Trekkers Killed in Himalayan Storm

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Officials also fear that many more bodies may be buried under the heavy snow and ice. The focus has now shifted from rescue to the grim prospect of retrieving more bodies feared to be lying on the popular trekking route, which goes as high as 17,769 feet. Nepalese army choppers circled the upper reaches of the popular trekking region to locate bodies on Saturday, while officials arranged to fly in a team of experts from Kathmandu to assist with the operation.

Four days after the blizzard hit, all known, stranded surviving trekkers are now believed to be safe, officials said, with 385 people rescued after frantic calls for help. “We have not received any further calls for rescue or for information about stranded people,” said Binay Acharya of Trekking Agencies’ Association of Nepal. “We understand all remaining trekkers in the region are safe.”

The dead include at least 26 hikers, guides and porters on the trekking circuit, three yak herders, and five people who were climbing a nearby mountain.

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N Korea Admits to Labor Camps

A North Korean official has publicly acknowledged to the international community the existence of his country’s “reform through labor” camps. This acknowledgement appeared to come in response to a highly critical U.N. human rights report earlier this year. Diplomats for the reclusive, impoverished country also told reporters that a top North Ko-

rea official has visited the headquarters of the European Union and expressed interest in dialogue, with discussions on human rights expected next year.

North Korea’s deputy U.N. ambassador Ri Tong Il said the secretary of his country’s ruling Workers’ Party had visited the EU, and that “we are expecting end of this year to open political dialogue between the two sides.” The human rights dialogue would follow.

In Brussels, an EU official confirmed a recent North Korea meeting with the EU’s top human rights official, Stavros Lambrinidis, but said any dialogue currently planned is limited to human rights issues.

Choe Myong Nam, a North Korean foreign ministry official in charge of U.N. affairs and human rights issues, said at a briefing with reporters that his country has no prison camps and, in practice, “no prison, things like that.”

But he briefly discussed the “reform through labor” camps. “Both in law and practice, we do have reform through labor detention camps — no, detention centers — where people are improved through their mentality and look on their wrongdoings,” he said. Such “re-educa-

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While he called the acknowledgement of the reform through labor camps “a modest step in the right direction,” he stressed that this wasn’t an admission

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Turkey Allows Anti-ISIS Fighters Through

Turkey has announced that it will allow Iraqi Kurdish fighters to reinforce fellow Kurds in the Syrian town of Kobani on Turkey’s border. The U.S. Air Force has already air-dropped arms to help the Kurds there resist an Islamic State assault.

Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said Turkey was facilitating the passage

of Iraqi Kurdish forces fighting Islamic State in Iraq. He stopped short of saying whether Turkey backed the U.S. air-drop of weapons. Turkey’s refusal to intervene in the fight with Islamic State has frustrated the United States and sparked lethal riots in southeastern Turkey. Many Kurds are furious at Ankara’s failure to help Kobani or at least open a land corridor for volunteer fighters and reinforcements to go there.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said Washington had asked Ankara to help “get the peshmerga or other groups� into Kobani so they could help defend the town, adding he hoped the Kurds would “take this fight on.� The European Union also urged Turkey to open its border to allow supplies to get through to residents of Kobani. If the reinforcements come through, it may mark a turning point in the battle for Kobani, a town where Syrian Kurds have struggled for weeks against better-armed Islamic State fighters trying to reshape the Middle East.

Kerry said both he and President Barack Obama had spoken to Turkish authorities before the air drops “to make it very, very clear this is not a shift of

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Iraqi Kurdish official Hemin Hawrami wrote on his Twitter feed that 21 tons of weapons and ammunition supplied by the Iraqi Kurds had been dropped so far. U.S. Central Command said U.S. Air Force C-130 aircraft had dropped weapons, ammunition and medical supplies to allow the Kurdish fighters to keep up their resistance in the town.

Japanese Minister Resigns Amid Scandal

(hundreds of thousands of dollars) over several years, which opponents have painted as â&#x20AC;&#x153;vote-buyingâ&#x20AC;? but others are claiming is very socially accepted in Japanese society. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Companies and organizations give gifts to people concerned as they engage in economic activities,â&#x20AC;? Obuchi told reporters. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It is part of a politicianâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s job to socialize with various people and expand their network while engaging in political activities. I believe these costs should be approved as expenses for political activities,â&#x20AC;? she defended.

Maintaining her innocent intentions, she acknowledged there were questions over her actions and promised a full investigation of the matter under the auspices of an independent lawyer.

French Oil Mogul Killed in Crash

Yuko Obuchi, 40, served as the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry in Japan. She was a rarity in the world of Japanese politics dominated by older men. Last week, the official resigned from her position in a rather unflattering light. She admitted to misusing political funds to buy cosmetics and votes.

Obuchi said at a press conference that parliamentary business had been stalled because of questions over her use of money. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It is not permissible for me as Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry to have economy and energy policies stalled because of my own problems,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I will resign and focus on probing what has been called into question,â&#x20AC;? the mother of two told reporters.

This is a huge blow for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe who has proposed a gender reform drive. Obuchi was the first ministerial casualty of Abeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tenure, which began in December 2012 and has been remarkable for its stability.

Her advancement to the cabinet, which was announced in September along with four other women, was seen as part of Abeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s attempt to boost the role of women in society.

The allegations that led to her resignation were based on Obuchiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s gift giving. She supposedly gave presents to supporters, including cosmetics and theater trips worth tens of millions of yen

On Tuesday, Russian and French experts were investigating a plane crash at a Moscow airport that killed the CEO of French oil giant Total, Christophe de Margerie, whose private jet struck a snow plough on takeoff.

Russian investigators said the driver of the snow-clearing machine was drunk and that his actions, along with â&#x20AC;&#x153;an error by air traffic controllers,â&#x20AC;? appeared to have led to the crash â&#x20AC;&#x201C; a claim disputed by the driverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lawyer. They also blamed senior airport officials for causing the accident through â&#x20AC;&#x153;criminal negligence,â&#x20AC;? and said several executives would be suspended.

De Margerie, 63, was affectionately known as the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Big Moustacheâ&#x20AC;? because of his distinctive facial hair. His company, Total, is one of the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s biggest oil companies. While respected by the industry for expanding Totalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s activities around the world, De Margerie was also often mired in controversy as he helmed the group when it was embroiled in judicial woes including the UN â&#x20AC;&#x153;oil-forfoodâ&#x20AC;? scandal.

Just hours before the crash, De Margerie had met with Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev at his country residence outside Moscow to discuss

foreign investment in Russia, Vedomosti business daily reported, despite Western sanctions over Moscow’s role in the Ukraine conflict. The late oil boss had been vocal with his criticism against sanctions against Russia. In his last public remarks in Moscow, De Margerie said Total’s strategy “remains absolutely unchanged. We are engaged with Russia.”

De Margerie had been chief executive of Total, Europe’s third largest oil company after Shell and BP, since 2007 and spent his entire 40-year career there.

A descendant of a family of diplomats and business leaders, he was the grandson of Pierre Taittinger, founder of the eponymous champagne and the luxury goods dynasty.

He was married with three children and known for his good humor.

Ebola Corpse Cover Up

Ebola is the new frightening word in the world. Now there is a new reason officials are having a hard time containing the deadly virus. Health officials in Liberia are reporting that there is corruption involved in collecting dead bodies.

Reports are being released that retrieval teams are accepting bribes from families of Ebola victims to issue death certificates that say their loved ones died of other causes, allowing them to keep their bodies for a traditional burial. “The family says the person is not an Ebola patient, and [the retrieval team] pull them away from the other people,” Vincent Chounse, a community outreach worker, reported. “Then they say, ‘We can give you a certificate from the Ministry of Health that it wasn’t Ebola.’ Sometimes it is $40. Sometimes it is $50.”

Government Information Minister Lewis Brown told reporters that his office has received reports of health workers issuing fake death certificates, but he added that no burial team has “a capacity to go and issue certificates.” The grim task of removing bodies infected with Ebola is critical, health officials say, because the dead are a major source of contagion. Part of the drive to cover up a cause of death is that many peo-

ple in the region believe that if a family member had the virus, the entire family is infected. Therefore, the entire family is then shunned.

According to the World Health Organization, more than 4,000 Ebola cases have been reported in Liberia, resulting in 2,316 deaths since the outbreak began. But local health officials say the numbers are not adding up. “We are not receiving the amount of community calls that we should be,” said Agnes “Cokie” van der Velde, who oversees body collection teams for Doctors Without Borders.

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The UN refugee agency estimates that more than 60,000 people have fled across Nigeria’s northeastern borders trying to escape the sadistic Boko Haram group.

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A Deal with the Devil: Negotiating Peace with Abbas Tightens Penalty Boko Haram for Arabs Selling Property to Israelis According to the official Palestinian Wafa news agency, on Monday, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas announced tougher penalties for those selling propery to Israelis. He imDespite an alleged ceasefire by Boko Haram, the violence continues in the northeast of Nigeria. The Borno Elders Forum, made up of retired senior civilian and military officials from the state, said attacks in recent days indicated that not all Boko Haram fighters were aware of the peaceful deal announced on Friday.

“If they are aware and they are in agreement that there is a ceasefire, I don’t think they would continue attacking innocent people and taking over places,” said the elders’ spokesman Bulama Mali Gubio. “It is either [that] those the federal government is negotiating with are not the Boko Haram but the usual 419ers... or it is just some kind of mockery,” he told reporters in Maiduguri on Sunday evening.

The term 419 refers to the section of the Nigerian penal code that deals with fraud and which has become a euphemism for con artists.

There were recent attacks in Borno and Adamawa states, including one on Sunday evening in Damboa, southwest of Maiduguri, where soldiers fought the militants. A senior military source revealed that troops killed at least 35 insurgents as they tried unsuccessfully to vandalize the town. Rocket-propelled grenades, machine guns, and explosives were recovered after the clash.

posed a sentence of hard labor for life on “anyone diverting, renting or selling land to an enemy state or one of its subjects.”

Jordan’s penal code number 16 article 114, applicable in the Palestinian territories, previously subscribed “temporary hard labor” to perpetrators of the crime.

Palestinian government and civil society reacted angrily to the recent acquisition of 26 apartments in the Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan by Elad, an Israeli foundation dedicated to the settlement of Jews in the historic City of David.

On Sunday night, Jews entered 10 apartments in two buildings bought by another Israeli nonprofit, Ateret Kohanim, in a different part of the neighborhood. The Palestinian Ma’an news

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In the closing statement of a conference on Monday night, Fatah’s Revolutionary Council accused Palestinians who sold their Jerusalem Palestinian properties of “high treason,” calling on the government and legal system to “take the necessary steps to deter them.”

The movement also called on the public to “boycott and humiliate them on all popular levels.” Abbas’s decision was issued immediately afterward.

“Those whose sick souls allowed them to sell their land or homes, or enable such sales to the enemies of the Palestinian people, are a gang of traitors to their nation and religion,” said Fatah spokesman Osama al-Qawasmi in a statement published by Wafa. “They have brought shame and scorn upon themselves in this world and in the afterlife.”

“One would rather die than sell his honor and betray the most sacred land in the world, saturated with the blood of prophets and martyrs throughout history,” he added. “Those traitors are des-

tined to die a humiliating death.”

Officially, the PLO’s Revolutionary Penal Code (1979) applies the death penalty both to traitors and to those accused of “transferring positions to the enemy.” Since the late 1990s, Palestinian courts have been dealing out death sentences to convicted land dealers, though Abbas has not authorized the implementation of executions since his election in 2004.

While Palestinian law does not apply in East Jerusalem, Bassem Eid, a Jerusalem-based Palestinian civil rights activist, says he has followed cases of Jerusalemites kidnapped in the city and tortured to death in Ramallah by the Palestinian Authority’s Preventive Security Agency.

In 1997, Farid Bashiti, an Israeli citizen, was enticed to Ramallah and murdered for his involvement in property sales. An Israeli court recognized Bashiti as a terror victim in February 2000.

Another person, once a resident of the Shuafat refugee camp in Jerusalem, Eid recalled, was abducted from Damascus Gate in the Old City and died of torture in a Ramallah prison.

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In News Billions Donated to Gaza $2.7 billion has been donated to rebuild Gaza at an international conference. All of the key contributors said that without a lasting peace between Israel and the Palestinians, the money would be better spent elsewhere.

U.S.-mediated talks broke down this summer before the 50-day war between Hamas and Israel began — the third since 2008 — and it remains unclear how peace can come about. Norwegian Foreign Minister Borge Brende, who co-chaired the one-day meeting, said pledges of $5.4 billion have been made, but that only half of that money would be “dedicated” to the reconstruction of the strip.

Qatar offered the biggest donation of $1 billion — once again using its vast wealth to reinforce its role as a regional player. The United Arab Emirates — a Gulf Arab rival of Qatar — promised $200 million. The pledges followed U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry’s announcement of immediate American assistance of $212 million to Gaza. The European Union pledged $568 million, while Turkey, which has been playing a growing regional role, said it was donating $200 million.

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Israeli backpackers who survived the disaster in Nepal reported that the situation on the ground is “chaotic” and that the Nepalese airlines are refusing to let Israelis stuck in Nepal fly back sooner. “We feel that it’s all disorganized, there’s a lot of chaos,” Maya Orah said.

“Even those of us who weren’t physically injured were emotionally hurt. No one has sent us any of us psychological help.”

The head of Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem’s trauma and emergency medicine department, Dr. Avi Rivkind, and Dr. Julius Golender will fly to Nepal to treat and help fly other injured Israelis back home. At least 40 Israeli tourists in Nepal remain unaccounted for, including one backpacker — Michal Cherkasky, 36, from the Tel Aviv suburb of Givatayim — who was in the area of the blizzard.

Three Israelis died and seven more were injured in the recent trekking disaster in the Himalayas. A private plane donated by an Israeli businessman flew all seven survivors from Katmandu to Ben-Gurion International Airport. “We received the injured fully conscious, most suffering from various levels of frostbite on different parts of their bodies,” said Magen David Adom official Lior Altman. “We transferred them in ambulances for continuing treatment in Hadassah-Ein Kerem and Tel Hashomer hospitals…We can see that they went through a difficult incident there, both mentally and physically.”

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We all know that Israel has delicious cuisine. And we are not insecure enough that we need any international recognition for the county’s culinary delights.

But it doesn’t hurt.

Food and wine magazine Saveur has issued its annual culinary travel awards, and though Israel did not win any first place prizes, it did receive several very respectable mentions in various categories. Tel Aviv was noted as an “outstanding” culinary destination in the Small International category (cities with a population of less than 800,000) alongside Florence, Italy and Lyon, France.

The vibrant city also received an “outstanding” citation in the Best Markets and Shops, International category, alongside Paris and Barcelona and just behind Tokyo. Jerusalem was also featured in this category, winning a more humble rank of “notable” alongside cities such as London, Madrid, Bangkok and Istanbul.

Finally, El Al Israel Airlines won an “outstanding” mark in the Best In-Flight Wine Program, though its dining menus

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Saveur, founded in 1994, is a magazine that specializes in culinary traditions around the world, focusing on authentic cuisine. According to its website, it “emphasizes heritage and tradition, home cooking and real food, evoking flavors from around the world.”

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Ismail Haniyeh’s daughter stayed in a Tel Aviv hospital for a week. Haniyeh, who has 13 children, is the leader of the Islamist group in Gaza and one of its most senior figures overall, serving as a deputy to Khaled Meshaal, who lives in exile. Sources have not released which daughter of his needed the emergency stay out of respect for her privacy. Like many Hamas officials, Haniyeh spent the recent seven-week-long war largely in hiding. His home in the northern part of the Gaza Strip was destroyed by an Israeli airstrike.

An Israeli official said he could not discuss specific medical admissions from Gaza, although he said that in most cases a request by a Palestinian doctor to allow a patient across the border for urgent treatment was sufficient – indicating Haniyeh may not have been personally involved in his daughter’s appli-

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During the war and since it ended in late August, dozens of patients from Gaza have been brought to hospitals in Israel. Israeli media has reported that one of Haniyeh’s granddaughters was treated in an Israeli hospital last November, while his mother-in-law sought treatment in a Jerusalem hospital in June.

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Haifa has Highest Cancer Rate

The Ministry of Health has released new data showing that Haifa has the highest cancer rate among major Israeli cities. The rate of cancer among men in Haifa from 2006 to 2011 was 15% higher than the average in Israel, the second highest rating after Acre with 16%. The rate of cancer there among women is also higher than the Israeli average at 15%; this marks Haifa women having the highest cancer rating in the country.

At a press conference held by the Israel Cancer Association and the Ministry of Health, cancer data was presented for the years 2001 to 2005 and 2006 to 2011. Haifa is the only district in Israel to have the highest occurrences of cancer among men and women during the whole period examined.

“It could be the factories in the Haifa Bay and it could be the way of life or different behavior of residents.

More studies regarding the matter must be conducted in order to determine the cause,” said Dr. Lital Keinan Boker, the Deputy Director of the National Cancer Registry at the Ministry of Health. Boker emphasized that the data is descriptive and cannot be used to determine the relation between the prevalence of the disease and pollution. Such research should be conducted in order to determine whether the prevalence of the disease is due to air pollution or other contributing factors.

Other data released at the press conference shows that Israel is ranked 6th in the world at cancer survival. The results come from studies conducted at Yale

It’s the newest trend: blaming the rise of ISIS on Israel. The Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO), the terror organization behind the Palestinian Authority (PA), has called for a comprehensive strategy against Islamic extremism by blaming Israel for rising radicalization. This announcement followed US Secretary of State John Kerry’s statement in which he insisted that the failure of peace talks between Israel and the PA was the culprit for the rise of the Islamic State group.

The comments sparked outrage from Israeli officials. PLO secretary general Yasser Abed Rabbo agreed with Kerry’s assertion, telling a reporter that “linking the fight against terrorism and the end of the Israeli occupation is a strategic position that we support.” Rabbo then took it one step further, claiming that Israelis and Jews offended by the comments are supporting ISIS by default. “Those who criticize Kerry want the terrorism of the Islamic State organization to continue to use it as an excuse to obstruct a political solution and end to the occupation,” he accused.

Kerry’s statements sparked fury from Israeli politicians. Economy Minister Naftali Bennett said, “Even when a British Muslim beheads a British Christian there will always be someone who Jews.” Communications blames the Minister Gilad Erdan also responded, firing that the remark proved a “lack of understanding” of both the regional situation in general and of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in particular.

State Department officials scrambled to mollify the outrage. State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf insisted that Kerry “did not make any linkage between Israel and the growth

of ISIL, period.” Instead, Harf insisted that Kerry had meant merely to emphasize the importance of stabilizing regional conflict in general. “If we could achieve peace between the Israelis and Palestinians, that would create a more stable region writ large,” she said.

This is not the first time Kerry’s inflammatory remarks have soured US-Israel relations, nor the first time the State Department was forced to backtrack in the face of backlash. In February, Kerry made a series of comments indicating threats to boycott Israel if peace talks failed. The resulting backlash put a major dampener on US-Israel relations for several weeks, and prompted a flat-out denial of the remarks from State Department officials.

for saying it would recognize Palestine. As the debate was initiated by a backbencher, the government was not bound to act on its results.

The Palestinian Authority estimates that 134 countries have recognized Palestine as a state, although the number is disputed and several recognitions by what are now European Union member states date to the Soviet era. Britain abstained in 2012 from a vote in the United Nations on giving the Palestinians the rank of observer state, which was granted over the objections of the United States and Israel.

or eating food touched by someone who is infected. The disease has killed more than 4,000 people, mostly in Western Africa, and has also infected a handful of people in the United States and Spain.

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UK Pols Vote Palestine a State

The Israeli embassy in London reacted harshly to last week’s non-binding vote in the House of Commons urging “the government to recognize the State of Palestine alongside the State of Israel.”

“The route to Palestinian statehood runs through the negotiation room,” read the embassy’s statement.

“Premature international recognition sends a troubling message to the Palestinian leadership that they can evade the tough choices that both sides have to make, and actually undermines the chances to reach a real peace. Recognition of a Palestinian state should be the result of a successful conclusion of direct peace talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority.”

The motion, unlikely to change government policy, was passed by 274 in favor to 12 votes against, and was advocated as a “contribution to securing a negotiated two-state solution.”

PLO Executive Committee member Hanan Ashrawi celebrated the decision and said the vote was “both a principled decision and a significant step towards justice and peace.”

The House of Commons debate was watched around the world after Sweden drew anger from Israel this month

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Ban Ki-moon visited the Gaza border last week and even toured the inside of a terror tunnel. The U.N. secretary general said he was “astounded by the underground tunnel” used by terrorists to infiltrate Israel. Ban said he has repeatedly condemned Hamas’ attacks from above and below, using rockets Israel is taking the recent incidences of Ebola very seriously. This week, an exercise was conducted at Ben-Gurion Airport to practice identifying travelers arriving from countries at-risk with the Ebola virus. The drill included an entire simulated screening process.

Visitors were questioned when getting off airplanes. Evacuation and hospital treatment procedures were also practiced.

According to Health Ministry guidelines, authorities are instructed to evacuate travelers who have visited a country where the strain is prevalent and have a fever of 100.4 degrees Fahrenheit. They are to be brought to an isolated hospital for treatment. Israel will specifically begin monitoring travelers arriving at the airport from Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone.

The drill took place following talks held by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in recent weeks to discuss the spread of the virus. “Israel is prepared to stop, as much as is possible, the entry of Ebola patients into our borders, as part of our general efforts to defend our borders from illegal infiltrators and terror,” Netanyahu said during the meeting.

Ebola is spread through direct contact with bodily fluids such as blood, vomit, urine, and stools of an infected person, but not by coughing, sneezing

and tunnels. He emphasized that civilians should not have to live under threat and in fear of rockets and tunnels.

During his tour of Israel, Ban met with the family of Daniel Tragerman, the 4-year-old child who was killed by a mortar attack. But Daniel’s grandfather, Marcelo, criticized the visit by the top UN official. “My expectations are not nil, they’re negative. It is a courtesy call that will not have any utility. He does not control the people in the Gaza Strip.”

Four days before the end of Operation Protective Edge, a mortar shell was fired on Nahal Oz. Four-year-old Daniel was killed while trying to reach the fortified shelter. His parents, Gila and Doron, sent a letter to the UN secretary general protesting the launch of an investigatory committee to examine claims of Israeli war crimes.

Daniel’s grandfather said he was angry that Ban never responded to Daniel’s parents. “It did not help that he never responded in any manner. I did not want to come here, but my wife insisted.” Marcelo Tragerman also expressed his disagreement with the creation of Continued on page 22

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After meeting the UN secretary general, Paulina Tragerman, Daniel’s grandmother, said she believed Ban understood what they had suffered and

that she knew there was not much he could do. “I wanted to ask him if he can return [Daniel] to me, but that’s impossible; in a moment they ruined our family,” said Paulina. She repeated that Ban had yet to respond to the letter from Daniel’s parents. “Today he received it again and I hope this time Gila and Doron will get the proper

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The UN secretary general spoke to the press after his meeting with the relatives. “What has he done wrong? Why did he have to die, without a chance to grow up? This is very sad. I conveyed

my deepest condolences to the family.

But I only hope that my words of condolences can help heal the wound; that may not be enough,” the secretary general said.

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It all came crashing down in 1989 when it was revealed that Denzinger was a Nazi. The U.S. government prepared to strip him of his citizenship but before they got the chance, Denziger fled to Germany and settled in a pleasant town on the Drava River. Denziger, 90, still resides there, living comfortably off of your tax dollars. The accused Nazi collects a Social Security payment of about $1,500 each month.

A two-year Associated Press investigation found that Denzinger is just one of many suspected war criminals who were chased out of the U.S. but still benefit from Social Security payments.

According to interviews and internal government records, a legal loophole gave the U.S. Justice Department the authority to coax Nazi suspects to leave the country if they agreed to leave or flee before deportation. As part of the agreement, the Nazis were promised their Social Security. Like Denzinger, many lied about their Nazi pasts to get into the U.S. following World War II and eventually became American citizens.

According to the report, others who benefited from this legal loophole include armed SS troops who guarded concentration camps, an SS guard who took part in the brutal liquidation of the Warsaw ghetto in Nazi-occupied Poland that killed as many as 13,000 Jews, a

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The Justice Department denied using Social Security payments as an instrument in chasing out Nazi suspects. But records show the U.S. State Department and the Social Security Administration voiced severe concerns over the methods used by the Justice Department’s Nazi-hunting unit, the Office of Special Investigations. State officials derogatorily called the practice “Nazi dumping” and claimed the OSI was negotiating with suspects so they would leave voluntarily and be spared the trouble of a lengthy prosecution.

In newly released Social Security Administration records, the AP found that by March 1999, 28 suspected Nazi criminals had collected $1.5 million in Social Security payments after their removal from the U.S. Since then, the AP estimates the amount paid out has

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reached into the millions. The Social Security Administration refused the AP’s request for the total number of Nazi suspects who received benefits and the dollar amounts of those payments.

Spokesman William “BJ” Jarrett said the agency does not track data specific to Nazi cases. A further barrier, Jarrett said, is that there is no exception in the U.S. privacy law that “allows us to disclose information because the individual is a Nazi war criminal or an accused Nazi war criminal.”

According to the Urban Institute, a nonprofit public policy group in Washington, a single male who earned an average wage of $44,800 a year and turned 65 in 1990 (the year after Denzinger did) would receive nearly $15,000 annually in Social Security benefits – that’s $375,000 over 25 years of your tax dollars going to a Nazi criminal.

Recently, President Obama related that his credit card was declined last month when dining with the First Lady in New York. The commander in chief was in the Big Apple for the United Nations General Assembly and took Michelle out for supper when he wasn’t able to pay his bill. Thankfully, Michelle was able to pull out her plastic and pay for the meal.

Obama’s Credit Card Declined

“Turns out I guess I don’t use it enough, so they thought there was some fraud going on,” Obama said in off-thecuff remarks on Friday, while signing an executive order creating new protections for people’s financial and personal accounts.

Think money is tight? Even the president is feeling it nowadays.

“Fortunately Michelle had hers,” he added, to laughs from the raucous crowd at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. “But I was trying to explain to the waitress: ‘You know, I really think that I’ve been paying my bills.’”

The economy can’t be too good if the resident of the Oval Office admits, “Even I’m affected by it.”

So, whatcha gonna do about it?

Highest Court Supports ID’ing Voters

Texas’ controversial voter identification law has received Supreme Court approval and will be in place for this coming November election. A majority of the justices rejected an emergency request from the Justice Department and

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summer’s FINA World Championships in Russia, the preparatory meet for the 2016 Olympics. This is also Phelps’ second suspension, following a threemonth suspension in 2009 when he was found taking recreational drugs.

“Membership in USA Swimming, and particularly at the National Team level, includes a clear obligation to adhere to our Code of Conduct,” USA Swimming Executive Director Chuck Wieglus said in a statement. “Should an infraction occur, it is our responsibility to take appropriate action based on the individual case. Michael’s conduct was serious and required significant consequences,” the official continued. “Michael has publicly acknowledged the impact of his decisions, his accountability especially due to his stature in the sport and the steps necessary for self-improvement. We endorse and are here to fully support his personal development actions.”

“The past few days have been extremely difficult,” Phelps wrote on Twitter. “I recognize that this is not my first lapse in judgment, and I am extremely disappointed with myself. I’m going to take some time away to attend a program that will provide the help I need to better understand myself. Swimming is a major part of my life, but right now I need to focus my attention on me as an individual, and do the necessary work to learn from this experience and make better decisions in the future.”

Phelps, who first began competing in the Olympics in 2000 and would go on to become the most decorated Olympian in history, had returned to training, and may possibly attempt to qualify for the Rio Olympics in 2016.

A Reason for the Season Swimming sensation Michael Phelps has been suspended from USA Swimming following a DUI arrest last week. The world-record holding swimmer was suspended for violations of USA Swimming’s code of conduct. The Olympian will be eligible to swim again in sanctioned competition on March 6, 2015.

This was Phelps’ second arrest for driving while intoxicated, the first coming in 2004. Phelps announced over the weekend that he would be entering a six-week treatment program. In addition, he will not compete at next

to seek new, intense experiences more than those born in other months. Another study suggests that people born in the winter may be less agreeable. Seasons don’t only determine personality. According to some, spring and summer babies tend to go to sleep later as they get older.

According to the Hungarian study, birthdays in certain seasons can determine your mood as you age. For example, those born in the spring or summer tend to be excessively positive. Totally! People born in the summer are also more likely to experience rapid, frequent swings between feeling sad and cheerful, as compared to folks born in the winter.

Bah humbug! Winter babies grow up to be more irritable adults than people born in any other season. But people born in the fall are less prone to bouts of the blues than people who arrived in the winter.

Ultimately, though, whenever your birthday falls out on the calendar, it’s up to you to determine your mood. So despite the weather, jump out of bed, stretch and smile as you head to your car. It’s a beautiful day!

ic, for color and light,” he told the New York Times.

At 18, he left for Spain to study at the Academy of San Fernando in Madrid. For a time, he dabbled in abstract art. But fashion was his passion, he soon discovered. After the wife of the U.S. Ambassador to Spain saw some of his dress sketches, she commissioned him to design a gown for her daughter. After that success, de la Renta switched his focus to fashion, eventually making his way to Paris to work at the reputed fashion house, Lanvin.

Two years later, he moved to New York and became a designer for Elizabeth Arden. In 1965, he launched his eponymous brand, seeking to dress “successful working women.” From there, he branched into fragrance, then into a home line, then into furniture.

“I’m a very restless person. I’m always doing something. The creative process never stops,” he once said.

Admired by contemporaries, adored by consumers, de la Renta had a long, successful run. He was the winner of numerous Cody awards, the fashion equivalent of the Oscars. His creations were a fixture on the red carpet and in the Oval Office.

In recent years, he made headlines for admonishing Michelle Obama for her fashion choice to meet the Queen of England in a J. Crew cardigan. “You don’t go to Buckingham Palace in a sweater,” he said.

“Being well dressed hasn’t much to do with having good clothes,” the designer once said. “It’s a question of starts goodSale balance and good common sense.”

According to a new study presented at the European College of CNP Congress in Berlin, being born in the summer and winter months may actually affect your moods later on in life.

The study revealed that young and middle-aged adults born in the winter—from October to March—tended

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civil rights groups to prohibit the state from requiring voters to produce certain forms of photo identification in order to cast ballots.

A federal judge struck down the law last week, but a federal appeals court had put that ruling on hold. The judge found that roughly 600,000 voters, many of them black or Latino, could be turned away at the polls because they lack acceptable identification. Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan dissented, saying they would have left the district court decision in place.

“The greatest threat to public confidence in elections in this case is the prospect of enforcing a purposefully discriminatory law, one that likely imposes an unconstitutional poll tax and risks denying the right to vote to hundreds of thousands of eligible voters,” Ginsburg wrote in dissent to the Court’s ruling.

Texas’ law allows seven forms of approved ID — a list that includes concealed handgun licenses but not college student IDs, which are accepted in other states with similar measures. Republican lawmakers in Texas and elsewhere say voter ID laws are needed to reduce voter fraud. Democrats contend that such cases are extremely rare and that voter ID measures are thinly veiled attempts to keep eligible voters, many of them minorities supportive of Democrats, away from the polls.

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Many beautiful Shabbos outfits, separates, shells and robes Legendary fashion designer Oscar de la Renta, who spent half a century putting high society in haute couture, has died. He was 82. De la Renta was often described as the “sultan of suave” and dressed every first lady since Jacqueline Kennedy.

“The only realities in life are that you are born, and that you die,” he told an audience at New York’s 92Y “Fashion Talks” series in June 2013. “We always think we are going to live forever.

The dying aspect we will never accept.

The one thing about having this kind of warning is how you appreciate every single day of life.”

Born July 22, 1932 in the Dominican Republic, de la Renta was the only son of seven children. His birthplace helped shape his affinity for color. “From my island side comes my love for the exot-

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A very popular topic of conversation has always been the local cost of living.

Based on a “breadbasket” of basic expenses, here is a list of the top ten most expensive states to live in. The average cost of a gallon of milk and a gallon of gasoline goes a long way in determining how much your monthly bills will be.

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The 10th most expensive state in the nation is Maryland, followed by Rhode Island, New Hampshire and New Jersey.

Massachusetts, Alaska and California are sixth, fifth and fourth in line. Connecticut is third and Hawaii is second.

The most expensive state to live in should come as no surprise to you. New York tops the list with extremely high housing rates and dry goods costing way more than the national average.

Some of the staggering averages in this great state of ours are: a half-gallon of milk is $2.23. A pound of ground beef costs $4.39. The average energy bill is $246.55 per month. And the average doctor’s visit costs $103.25.

Despite the high prices, New Yorkers still love living in the Big Apple.

the Soviet Union and who served 10 years in prison for his participation in the most explosive atomic spying case of the Cold War, died at the age of 92.

The traitor provided testimony that sent his brother-in-law and sister, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, to the electric chair in 1953. Decades later, Greenglass admitted that he lied on the stand about his own sister in order to protect himself and his wife.

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David and Ruth Greenglass, like the Rosenbergs, were active Communist sympathizers, having joined the Young Communist League in 1943. Both couples believed that the Soviet Union should have the bomb if the United States did.

Recently, it was revealed that David Greenglass, who was an atomic spy for

In News The Rosenbergs were convicted in 1951 of conspiring to steal secrets about the atomic bomb for the Soviet Union and were executed at New York’s Sing Sing prison, insisting to the very end that they were innocent. Greenglass, indicted as a co-conspirator, testified for the government that he had given the Rosenbergs research data obtained through his wartime job as an Army machinist at the Los Alamos, New Mexico, headquarters of the top-secret Manhattan Project to build the atomic bomb.

He told of seeing his older sister transcribing the information on a portable typewriter at the Rosenbergs’ New York apartment in 1945. That testimony was a critical piece of evidence in convicting Ethel and her husband.

In 2001, Greenglass was quoted in the book, “The Brother,” by New York Times reporter Sam Roberts as saying he had not actually seen Ethel typing with his own eyes. His testimony was based on what his wife Ruth had seen. However, as Roberts writes, for the prosecution, the typewriter “was as good as a smoking gun in Ethel Rosenberg’s hands.”

Following the book release in a CBS

interview, Greenglass dismissed any notion of a betrayal. He explained that he told the lie in order to assure leniency for himself and his wife.

“I sleep well,” Greenglass said in the interview; he felt that the Rosenbergs’ own “stupidity” of pleading innocent had kept them from possibly saving themselves.

Greenglass said he did not feel responsible for the Rosenbergs’ deaths and rationalized that he had not known their fate at the time when he told the little white lie. He added that in any case, his own family came first.

Greenberg served close to ten years in prison and after his release from prison in 1960, he resided in Queens, New York, living under an assumed name, hoping to be forgotten for his shameful actions.

According to the Rosenbergs’ sons, Michael and Robert Meeropol, David Greenglass died at the age of 92 on July 1 in New York City.

In a statement on Tuesday, the Rosenbergs’ sons said that David and Ruth Greenglass were the ones who passed atomic secrets onto the Soviets, then “pinned what they did on our

parents — a calculated ploy to save themselves by fingering our parents as the scapegoats the government demanded.”

Unsurprisingly, Greenglass remained estranged for the rest of his life from his nephews. Supposedly, Greenglass said of his nephews: “Their whole life has been involved with this kind of stupidity, to actually think they [the Rosenbergs] were innocent.” The Rosenberg boys were 10 and 6 when their parents were executed.

Where Life is Good

America has become the destination for immigrants in search of a better life.

But not every state offers the same level of quality of life for its citizens.

The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) recently released a study, “How’s Life in Your Region?: Measuring Regional and Local Well-being for Policy Making,” which analyzed the quality of life across the U.S. In order to provide the most accurate results, the OECD used only objective data in its report, rather than survey data.

For example, health scores were based on the mortality rate and life expectancy in each region, rather than on asking the population if they feel healthy.

Likewise, safety was measured by the homicide rate instead of responses as to whether people feel safe in their region.

Nine key factors that affect quality of life were analyzed: education, jobs, income, safety, health, environment, civic engagement, accessibility to services, and housing.

So which states in the U.S. offer the best quality of life?

10. Wisconsin Employment rate: 74.8% (9th highest) Household disposable income per capita: $29,536 (23rd highest) 15th lowest homicide rate 9. Washington Employment rate: 67.8% (21st lowest) Household disposable income per capita: $31,307 (16th highest) 11th lowest homicide rate

8. Maine Employment rate: 72.7% (11th highest) Household disposable income per capita: $28,333 (22nd lowest) 8th lowest homicide rate 7. Massachusetts Employment rate: 71.3% (14th highest) Household disposable income per capita: $38,620 (2nd highest) 12th lowest homicide rate 6. Colorado Employment rate: 71.2% (15th highest) Household disposable income per capita: $30,999 (18th highest) 17th lowest homicide rate 5. North Dakota Employment rate: 81.8% (the highest) Household disposable income per capita: $31,844 (12th highest) 18th lowest homicide rate 4. Iowa Employment rate: 78.1% (5th highest) Household disposable income per capita: $30,164 (20th highest) 2nd lowest homicide rate 3. Vermont Employment rate: 79.0% (3rd highest) Household disposable income per capita: $30,102 (21st highest) 3rd lowest homicide rate 2. Minnesota Employment rate: 77.3% (6th highest) Household disposable income per capita: $32,256 (9th highest) 4th lowest homicide rate 1. New Hampshire Employment rate: 77.0% (7th highest) Household disposable income per capita: $34,208 (7th highest) Lowest homicide rate in the nation

Apple Unveils New Products If you are already bored with your iPhone 6, don’t fret; a new Apple product is about to hit the market. Last Thursday, the tech company unveiled a thinner iPad that is embellished with a faster processor and an improved camera.

The goal of the new iPad Air 2 is to generate excitement for tablets since trends seem to be showing a declining demand. The device is just a quarter of an inch thin—a measly 6.1 millimeters. While previous models boasted a 5 megapixel camera, the Air 2 camera has an 8 megapixel camera to create sharp images and videos. This new device is pretty much as a light as a banana in the palm of your hand but about two thousand times the price, starting at $499.

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A new iMac model, Retina 5K, was also introduced with a 27 inch high-resolution screen. It is perfect for those who watch a lot of television on their computers.

Along with the reveal of latest and hottest products, the company also released an update to its Mac operating system. The new operating system, Yosemite, became available for free download starting on Thursday.

The focus of Thursday’s product-launch event was on how compatible Apple’s devices are since the company makes both its hardware and software. “They’re designed to be incredible products individually but they’re also designed to work together seamlessly,” CEO Tim Cook said.

“This is our vision of personal technology, and we are just getting started.”

Drinking Soda Causes Harm to Cells

Can’t afford Botox? Stop drinking soda!

By now we all know that soda isn’t great for you—it’s always better to just drink water, but a recent study by researchers in the University of California reveals that soda may actually harm your cells.

Dr. Elissa Epel, who worked on the study with her colleagues for five years, she said, “We think we can get away with drinking lots of soda as long as we are not gaining weight, but this suggests that there is an invisible path-

way that leads to accelerated aging, regardless of weight.”

Epel’s team found that in people who drank more sugar-sweetened beverages, the ends of their chromosomes, known as telomeres, were shorter. The shorter the telomere, the less a cell can regenerate, thus aging the body and raising the risk of disease and early death. Researchers used a sample of 5,300 healthy adults for their experiment.

“This finding is alarming because it suggests that soda may be aging us in ways we are not even aware of,” Dr. Epel pointed out.

Interestingly, researchers found no link in cell aging when drinking diet sodas and fruit juices.

Jewish Community of Miami Booming Miami gets throngs of Jewish vacationers each winter but according to the new Miami Jewish population study released on Monday by the Greater Miami Jewish Federation, the Jewish population is more than just tourists in the sunny city; for the first time in four decades, the Jewish population of citizens in Miami is growing rapidly.

The Jewish population of Miami-Dade County increased 9 percent over the last decade, to 123,000 from 113,000 in 2004, according to the survey.

The findings confirm trends long suggested by anecdotal evidence, as Miami has become a magnet in recent years for many Jews from Latin America, including Venezuela, Argentina, Colombia, Mexico, Brazil and Peru, who have migrated to Miami recently.

Generally, they are in pursuit of better economic opportunities or political security, and Miami palm-tree lined streets and sky-blue oceans are the perfect backdrop for them.

Miami has a higher proportion of foreign-born Jewish adults than any other American Jewish community, at 33%, according to the study; 51% of all of Miami’s 2.6 million residents are foreign-born. Researchers also found a 57% increase over the last decade in Hispanic Jewish adults in Miami.

About 3,700 Miami Jews were born in Cuba; 2,854 in Argentina; 2,643 in Venezuela; 2,537 in Colombia; and 2,220 in Canada.

Of Miami’s foreign-born Jews, the largest group by far is Israelis. Some 5,180 Miami Jews were born in Israel,

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and approximately 9,000 adults consider themselves Israeli.

“In the past decade, we have seen a flow of new Jewish residents, as well as an increase in the length of residency in Miami,” Michelle Labgold, the federation’s chief planning officer, said.

“This is significant news because Miami’s Jewish community experienced a steady decline in population between 1975 and 2004.”

Miami remains the smallest of the three highly Jewish South Florida counties — Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach. A 2005 survey counted 256,000 Jews in Palm Beach County, and a 2008 study found 186,500 Jews in Broward.

Together, the three counties’ 550,000 or so Jews make up the third-largest Jewish metro area in the nation, behind New York and Los Angeles.

Orthodox Jewry has increased from 9% in 2004 to 11% there. Miami has about 47,000 Jews under age 35; 43,000 Jews aged 35-64; and 40,000 age 65 and older. The largest growth since 2004 was in the 18-34 age range and the 65-74 range, which both grew by 26% in the last decade.

Taking Shopping to an Extreme

Think the lines at the supermarket are a test to your mettle? That’s nothing compared to some shopping experiences around the world.

Take the North Face pop-up store in South Korea. Shopping here is an extreme sport. The floor suddenly disappears under shoppers who are forced to grab onto walls—which have rock-climbing holds. As the intrepid

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Don’t like rock climbing while purchasing your newest jacket? How about skiing? In the Mall of the Emirates in Dubai, there’s an indoor ski resort that includes the world’s first indoor black run—a hardcore diversion that has turned the shopping center into more than just a place to buy luxury goods.

Prefer to sweat instead of freeze? The British fitness wear chain Sweaty Betty hosts weekly exercises class like kickboxing and yoga in their shops. I always knew that shopping burned calories.

B. Joseph Pine II, co-author with James H. Gilmore of The Experience Economy, points out that these fun-filled experiences can be good decisions for the brands. “Experience means to spend time and, increasingly, to spend money,” he said. “If retailers just provide a completely mundane experience, people won’t come.”

Not all extreme shopping experiences attract loyal customers. In 2005, Vans, a Los Angeles-based sneaker retailer, closed its 11 mall-based skate parks, including a massive 60,000-square-foot one that featured an off-road bike track at the Ontario Mills Mall in California.

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when Willis walked into the Waterstone’s bookstore and went to the second floor to use the free Internet. After about 15 minutes, he went downstairs to find the store deserted and dark.

After his initial attempt to escape, the store’s alarm went off and a phone rang.

“It was a security guard and I talked to him and I thought, you know, I’ll be out of here in a few minutes.” But that didn’t work. “A little more and a little more time went by,” he said.

At last, the clever tourist turned to modern technology to help free him. It was Twitter to the rescue.

“This is me locked inside a waterstones bookstore in London. I was upstairs for 15 minutes and came down to all the lights out and door locked. Been here over an hour now. Supposedly someone is on their way. #nofilter #london,” he tweeted, along with an Instagramed photo of the darkened bookstore — shutters and doors closed.

Shortly after, Willis tweeted the bookstore: “Hi @Waterstones I’ve been locked inside of your Trafalgar Square bookstore for 2 hours now. Please let me out.”

More than 12,000 people retweeted that message and it seemed to do the trick. Willis was free not long after.

Scotland Yard acknowledged that a man “claiming to be locked inside a shop,” called them around 9:35 p.m.

London time and he was freed shortly after 11 p.m. — about two hours later.

For his trouble, Waterstones offered something slightly useful: a reading list for being stuck in a bookstore.

Do you Smell That?

Help! Can you get me out of here?!

When David Willis, a tourist from Dallas, found himself locked in a London bookstore, he tried everything to free himself from book-land. He worked for an hour trying to get out—setting off an alarm, calling a security guard, and talking to police.

“Right when I came downstairs I saw I had been locked in and I went to the door, tried to open it, the alarm went off.

The alarm sounded in Trafalgar Square for probably 20 or 25 minutes,” Willis related.

It all started shortly before 9 p.m.,

Eww! The smell of money.

Yes, you read that right. Sometimes the rich just stink—well, if they’re carrying a Hermès bag, they may just smell.

Customers have been returning the coveted Hermès bags, the Birkin, the Kelly and the Elan clutch, to Hermès boutiques after they started to smell like skunks. It seems that despite the over-the-top price tags—between $5,000 and $20,000— Continued on page 34

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Customers who purchased the bags between 2013 and 2014 were told that they will be returned to the Paris headquarters to have them rebuilt.

One owner of a Hermès Kelly bag

blogged, “After riding in the car with her for about 30 minutes, I smelled what I thought was a dead skunk. Another 30 minutes later I could still smell the dead skunk, and I thought it was odd, but never imagined it could be my bag. I keep [it] in an armoire… When I opened the cabinet door this morning, the smell hit

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Another wrote a Yelp review of the Hermès store in Palm Beach, Fla., to complain that a recently bought Birkin stank. “We own 6 Birkin bags and they all smell great,” the review said, “so I think we know what it should smell like

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and skunk is not it.”

Despite the recent smell and the prohibitive price tag, Birkin bags have become so collectible because you can’t just walk into a store and buy one. “You have to be a long-time customer and they have to offer it you,” Max Brownawell, consignment director for the luxury accessories department at Heritage Auctions, says, explaining that the gettingto-know-you period usually lasts a year or two. “Most people don’t want to wait years and spend $50,000 before being able to buy one, so they pay a premium to get it on the secondhand market.”

Heritage Auctions’ most recent six-figure Hermès Birkin sale— $185,000— was of a 30-centimeter, crocodile skin bag with diamond-encrusted hardware. (It was only slightly cheaper than the record sale of a similar purse a few years ago for $203,000.)

More average secondhand Birkin prices are between $15,000 to $18,000.

Smells, I mean sounds, like a bargain.

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Want to really stand out? Forget the new iPhone. Consider the Bentley of smartphones—only available to 2,000 lucky individuals at a mere $17,100 a pop.

The over-the-top phone is built by Vertu—with a 4.7 inch sapphire screen, Android-powered Snapdragon chipset, 64 Gb of memory, and a 13-megapixel camera. And that’s not all. (We should hope so—just look at the price!) With the Bentley phone, users will be speaking on the epitome of luxury, from the diamond-stitched calfskin leather exterior to the knurled titanium and ceramic “ear pillow” meant to evoke the knobs and handles inside the Bentley.

And Vertu — which has built phones for Ferrari — knows enough about luxury to understand it’s a service more than a good. For the price, it wouldn’t be sufficient to know that the ringtones in your pocket were performed on spec by the London Symphony, or that Hasselblad tuned the camera, so the phone also comes with subscriptions to concierge

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Most of these 2,000 devices will find a home in the Middle East or China, although Vertu does have stores in New York and Las Vegas. Stop by after you hit that jackpot.

A Whopper of a Glamburger Want to plunk down loads of dough for your next meal on the run? Look no further than the Glamburger, a hamburger sold in London that costs £1,100 ($1,770). According to ABC, it’s the “most expensive serving of meat on a bun.”

But this burger is not just a hunk of ground beef. Chef Chris Large of the restaurant Honky Tonk made the burger with Kobe Wagyu beef and New Zealand venison to create a 280 gram patty seasoned with smoked Himalayan salt.

In the middle is black truffle brie which melts when cooked.

Lobster poached in Iranian saffron and maple syrup coated streaky bacon also feature in the bun alongside Beluga caviar and hickory smoked duck egg covered in gold leaf. The bun is also coated in gold leaf and seasoned with Japanese matcha and cream mayonnaise. As if the burger couldn’t get any richer, Large added a mango and champagne jus and grated white truffle.

The Glamburger is the world’s most expensive burger, according to Record Setters’ accounts. But not everyone will be privileged to consume this luxurious culinary delight. Honky Tonk has partnered with Groupon to create this delicacy in celebration of the coupon site selling its five millionth food and drink voucher. One person will be able to eat the royal Glamburger for free, although with 2,618 calories we hope that they’ll share the burger with a friend or two.

Amazingly, while our jaw drops at the price tag of this whopper, Guinness World Records has an entry that trumps it. In 2000, Oregon-based Juicys Food set the most expensive burger world re-

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Luxurious Lodgings Love that chocolate on your pillow?

Luxuriate in the down comforters on your cozy bed? We all love getting the five-star treatment when we vacation in hotels, but these perks at hotels around the world take the cake.

In Zighy Bay in Oman guests arrive by paraglide to the Six Senses Hideaway. There, they literally drop in from a hill overlooking the nearby bay before starting their vacation. Sure beats having to valet your vehicle.

In Hotel 1000 in Seattle, hotel staff know exactly when guests are in the room—and they know not to disturb.

Heating sensors alert the staff when the room is occupied so guests don’t have to bother with those annoying “Do Not Disturb” signs.

For those of you traveling with pets, here’s a great way for Fido to find out his future: a pet psychic. Guests and their pets at the pet-friendly Hotel Monaco in Portland, Oregon, enjoy a session with the hotel’s pet psychic. I see a dog biscuit and a long walk in your very near future.

Some people take their tans very seriously—and at the Club Hotel and Spa in Channel Islands, the staff does too. The hotel employs a sunshine butler whose sole job is making sure that you’re getting the perfect amount of soleil—helping you with your sunscreen, keeping you hydrated and even polishing your sunglasses.

Love music? Well, the folks at the Hard Rock Hotel in Chicago know that you do. There are free, in-room use of Fender guitars during your stay. The package also includes an amp—and most importantly for those who need to sleep around you, a pair of headphones.

Rock on!

Guests at the Four Seasons in Beverly Hills sure love cars. When they’re not enjoying the hotel’s grounds, those who rent one of the hotel’s 36 newly renovated suites have access to some really nice rides—perhaps you’d like to

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Hmm, I just can’t decide.

Brother Shares it All Eric Hale is a really good big brother. Quinn, his younger brother, certainly

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agrees. Because after many years, Eric has made good on a childhood promise that he made years ago.

When they were young, Eric recalled that he liked to “dream big.” “When I was a kid, I promised my brother that if I ever won the lottery, I would split it with him. He was my first call when I realized I won,” the 45-year-old said in a statement issued by the lottery.

Eric, of Bend, Oregon, called Quinn, 43, after he won the $1 million lotto.

Understandably, Quinn couldn’t believe that Eric remembered and made good on his word. “I still am in shock even though we have the checks,” the younger brother said. “This is beyond cool. I never believed he would actually do it.”

The brothers beamed as they held onto the prize check they collected on

October 9 at Oregon Lottery headquarters in Salem.

According to the lottery, Eric’s winning ticket was from a Powerball drawing on September 24. The top prize was $228 million, and, playing the same numbers as he has for the past 20 years, the older Hale bought a ticket that had five jackpot numbers but not the Powerball number.

Each brother will take home about $335,000 after taxes.

How will they enjoy their new fortune? Eric will use some of his winnings to get his master’s degree in clinical counseling. He’ll also invest and go on a trip to China. Quinn, 43, will pay off student loans from his doctoral studies and pay down on a motor home.

Eric acknowledged he could have made good use of the $1 million. “Sure, I could have headed for Costa Rica, but I kept my promise,” Eric said. And his word is solid gold.

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A Bubbly Burglar French thieves are just more sophisticated than those around the world.

Owners of a home in Provins, southeast of Paris, called police when they noticed that their shutters were drawn when they came home. Upon investigation, police found a very tipsy robber “in front of the television with an open bottle of champagne.” Apparently, he couldn’t wait to celebrate his loot in style.

The thief was subsequently arrested with his stash, which included money and a passport.

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Rally for Major Upgrades to Evacuation Route on 878 New York State Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder and Nassau County Legislator Howard Kopel combined their efforts and hosted a rally on Sunday,

October 5 to pressure the NYS Department of Transportation to invest in our community and build the planned bypass to Rockaway Turnpike in the Five Towns and Rockaways to help alleviate massive traffic congestion and ensure that the road will work properly as a coastal evacuation route. The traffic congestion on Rockaway Turnpike (a.k.a. Route 878 and Rockaway Boulevard) has been the subject of NYS traffic studies since the 1960’s, yet, no work has been done.

“We urge Governor Cuomo to fund the immediate construction of the entire length of this road as originally planned. This is demonstrably the only way to alleviate the continual intolerable and dangerous traffic congestion and delays on Rockaway Turnpike,” said Legislator Kopel. “More importantly, Rockaway Turnpike now serves as the only major coastal evacuation route for hundreds of thousands of people. It could never bear the traffic burden if a full evacuation is called,” stated Kopel.

“In Far Rockaway, we have had two full evacuations in three years, both on short notice,” said Assemblyman Goldfeder. “These roadways can’t han-

dle rush hour traffic, let alone a massive evacuation. Waiting for another disaster like Superstorm Sandy to address our vital roadway infrastructure needs will only make the repairs more expensive and potentially put our families at risk during future emergencies.”

In addition to Kopel and Goldfeder, over 100 residents joined the elected officials which also included, NYC Councilman Donovan Richards, Nassau County Legislators Carrie Solages and Fran Becker, Cedarhurst Mayor Andrew Parise and a representatives for Legislator Denise Ford. Also speaking out were representatives for Hatzalah Volunteer Ambulance Corp, the Rock-

rent inadequate roadway. This Infrastructure investment would not only alleviate the daily traffic congestion on Rockaway Turnpike, but would finally enable a safe and efficient evacuation route for many thousands of south shore and Queens families.

All residents are urged to continue

to remind Governor Cuomo of the importance of this road as a life-saving evacuation route and a daily thoroughfare by sending more letters through Legislator Kopel’s and Assemblyman Goldfeder’s websites at: www.

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Goldfeder, Meeks and Other Elected Officials Fight Placement of Homeless Shelter in Far Rockaway

away Citizens Safety Patrol, Achiezer, and multiple Volunteer Fire Departments from Breezy Point to Meadowmere.

Legislator Kopel and Assemblyman Goldfeder have been fighting for appropriate investment and additional roadwork for years. Recently, they launched a resident-driven campaign to petition Governor Andrew Cuomo to follow through with the proposed construction. Over 3,000 south shore and Rockaway residents have sent letters to Governor Cuomo asking for the construction of the highway. The residents of the Five Towns, Rockaways endure grueling rush hours on the cur-

In response to a proposal by the NYC Department of Homeless Services (DHS) to place a new homeless shelter for up to 120 single adult males on Beach 8th Street in Far Rockaway, Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder (D- Far Rockaway) worked closely with Congressman Gregory Meeks (D-Rockaway) and other colleagues in government including Senator Joseph Addabbo (D-Rockaway) and Councilman Donovan Richards (D-Rockaway) to immediately halt current plans.

“A homeless shelter at this site is absolutely misguided, unacceptable and I will not stand for it,” said Assemblyman Goldfeder. “It is wrong for the homeless and wrong for the community and I will do whatever it takes to prevent it from becoming a reality.”

As a result of numerous conversations the elected officials had togeth-

er with the Department of Homeless Services and Goldfeder’s immediate follow up with officials at City Hall, DHS has agreed to delay the planned opening of the new homeless shelter until further review and considerations are made. Included among many of the expressed concerns from the local community, the proposed location was in close proximity to local schools and thousands of children, as well as placing a new vulnerable population in a Sandy-devastated flood zone.

“I commend City Hall for listening to our concerns, but this is only a temporary victory,” said Assemblyman Goldfeder. “We will stay vigilant and continue to do everything we can to protect our families, keep our community strong and allow our neighborhood to recover from Sandy and grow even stronger.”

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Five Towns Marriage Initiative Knowing What to Say There is a popular misconception that if something is true it can’t be loshon hara. The Chofetz Chaim says the opposite very clearly in his sefer of the same name, that even an absolute truth can be complete and total loshon hara.

Chazal tell us that a lot of people stumble when it comes to stealing, but with loshon hara nearly everyone stumbles to some extent because the laws are so intricate and it can come about in so many situations.

There is a story brought in the sefer Aleinu Lishabeiach about two girls who sat on a bus, speaking loshon hara about their friend who was a kallah. After five minutes, a lady in front of them turned around to thank them. She said that the chosson was her son and she was happy to hear this information before it was too late to turn back the clock. The girls were horrified and tried to convince the mother that they had just been exaggerating but she told them that she recognized the truth when she heard it. The way they had spoken left no room for doubt. The girls were mortified and felt terrible for the harm they had caused their friend. As the lady got off the bus she turned to the girls and said, “You

are lucky because I am really not the mother of the boy, but what if I was?”

When we speak loshon hara we have an additional tendency to feel that when it’s a spouse that we are talking to anything goes. Just because you might share everything with a spouse does not mean that loshon hara can also be shared. Why would you want to cause harm to your spouse by making him or her listen to loshon hara?

We should merit knowing when to speak the truth and when to keep silent.

We should successfully refrain from speaking loshon hara and it should be a zechus for our marriage to flourish and blossom.

Five Towns Marriage Initiative provides educational programs, workshops and referrals to top marriage therapists. FTMI will help offset counseling costs when necessary and also runs an anonymous shalom bayis hotline for the entire community Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday evenings, 9:30-11p.m. For the hotline or more information, call 516-430-5280 or email dsgarry@msn. com.

Rabbi Mendy Edelstein Joins Yeshiva Gedolah Ateres Yaakov Faculty There is tremendous excitement in the air. The kol Torah emanating from the Yeshiva Gedolah bachurim is palpable, and reverberates throughout the entire Ateres Yaakov building. It is with great excitement that Yeshiva Gedolah Ateres Yaakov welcomes a new Maggid Shiur, Rabbi Mendy Edelstein shlita to its staff of chashuva rabbeim. As a close talmid of Rav Asher Arielli shlita of the Mir, Rabbi Edelstein brings with him over a decade of hasmada and shteiging in limud haTorah. Rabbi Edelstein has extensive experience teaching talmidim in several other local Yeshiva Gedolah programs, and also heads the masimidim program at Camp Munk. Rabbi Edelstein was recruited to meet the needs of rapidly expanding enrollment while continuing the high rebbe-talmid ratio the Yeshiva maintains.

“Baruch Hashem, we are so excited to have Rabbi Edelstein join our Yeshiva.

Rabbi Edelstein has a warm personality and tremendous clarity in learning,” said Rabbi Meir Braunstein shlita, rosh yeshiva of the Yeshiva Gedolah.

With this great addition to the Yeshiva staff, Rabbi Yisroel Gold shlita, one of the Yeshiva’s veteran maggidei shiur, can focus on the new first year Bais Medrash program. Rabbi Gold will continue to develop a close relationship with his talmidim, a key component of Ateres Yaakov’s chinuch methodology.

Ateres Yaakov is also proud to host a thriving Kollel, with Rabbi Akiva Willig shlita as the Kollel’s Magid Shiur. The Kollel is starting to learn baser bichalav this coming zman iy”H, and we are looking forward to another zman of growth in Torah and yiras Shamayim.

To schedule a faher or for more information, please call the Ateres Yaakov office at 516-374-6465.

Rabbi Hershel Schachter, Rosh Yeshiva at Yeshiva University-affiliated Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary (RIETS), completed the last daf in Seder Moed as part of a communitywide Daf Yomi Siyum on Sunday, October 5. More than 125 students, roshei yeshiva, faculty, as well as maggidei shiur and daf yomi groups from across the tri-state area filled YU’s Glueck Beit Midrash, with an additional 150 participating online, to celebrate the siyum. Rabbi Aryeh Lebowitz, YUTorah maggid shiur and rabbi of Beis HaKnesses of North Woodmere, delivered the hadran, and Rabbi Daniel Feldman, RIETS Rosh Yeshiva and rabbi of Ohr Saadya of Teaneck, NJ, delivered the introduction to Seder Nashim.

Managing Transitions Late in Life: A Special Symposium at Margaret Tietz for Providers & Caregivers Margaret Tietz Center, in conjunction with Samuel Field Y, Queensboro Council for Social Welfare and Psych Associates, is pleased to present “Managing Transitions Late in Life” – a vital symposium for providers and caregivers of individuals dealing with end of life care, including making decisions, having difficult conversations, understanding advanced directives and most importantly, the impact on the family. This event will take place on Wednesday, November 5th at Margaret Tietz Nursing and Rehabilitation Center at 164-11 Chapin Parkway, Jamaica Hills, NY. Doors open at 11:00 am with registration and brunch. Keynote speakers are scheduled from 11:30 am to 1:00 pm.

Dr. Atul Guwand’s article in the New York Times on October 6, 2014 brought to light the difficulties for the medical profession and for families to talk to loved ones about end of life transitions.

He wrote, “Medicine has forgotten how vital such matters are to people as they approach life’s end. People want to share memories, pass on wisdoms and keepsakes, connect with loved ones, and make some last contributions to the world. These moments are among life’s

most important, for both the dying and those left behind.” A difficult topic, but something all of us confront. This symposium will begin to address some of these issues, and delineate how to start those conversations by opening up discussion among families and providers.

The symposium will feature a distinguished roster of presenters including Dr. Gary Kennedy, MD, Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Director, Division of Geriatric Psychiatry and the Leslie and Roslyn Goldstein Geriatric Fellowship Training Program, Montefiore Medical Center; Jane C. Bardavid, LCSW, Director, CAPE (Community Advisory Program for Elderly), Samuel Field YM & YWHA; Jeanne Devine, PhD, Director of Clinical Training, PsychAssociates; Barabara Gluckin, PsyD, Supervising Psychologist, PsychAssociates; and Joan Serrano Laufer, Executive Director of the Queensboro Council on Social Welfare.

If you are interested in attending, please RSVP to Linda Spiegel at 718298-7838. For your convenience, valet parking will be available.

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joins with the entire community in mourning the passing of

Mr. Ronald Krigsman aâ&#x20AC;?h a loyal friend and pillar of the community

We extend our birchos tanchumin to his dear wife, and his illustrious son, Rabb Tzvi Krigsman

Menahel of Yeshiva Ketana of Long Island along with his other children.

May his legacy live on through his wonderful family and may his memory be a blessing.

Yeshiva Derech Ayson of Far Rockaway Rabbi Yechiel Yitzchok Perr Rosh Yeshiva

Rabbi Aaron Mordechai Brafman Menahel

Rabbi Shayeh Kohn Executive Director

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JCCRP Legislative Breakfast This Sunday B”H our Far Rockaway community Police Sergeant Keith Gallaghis a thriving hub of Yeshivas and shuls er of our local 101st Precinct lost his with streets on Shabbos filled with home during Hurricane Sandy. That people young and old. Approximate- same year, his wife had a baby and ly 5,000 children attend our commu- his mother unfortunately passed away. nity’s amazing schools, and our many Yet, Officer Gallagher was there for shuls and minyanim us. Working closely with are filled with young both the RCSP patrol and families. Our bucolic the JCC, he responded to existence in this outour needs even when he ermost corner of New was off duty. He is comYork City is made posmitted to maintaining the sible through the dedsafety and security of our icated work of elected community. officials, members of Queens Borough city agencies and comPresident Melinda Katz munity askanim. This is a passionate supporter Sunday, October 26th, of the JCC and its food you have the opporpantry. Since becoming tunity to thank these Borough President last Sergeant Gallagher dedicated individuals year, she has made it her by attending the annual JCCRP legis- legislative priority to insure that our lative breakfast. pantry continues to grow in its capacity This year the JCCRP is honoring to serve all those in need. In addition, six worthy individuals who tirelessly she has been a strong advocate for our JCC and the Queens JCC and is paswork on our behalf each day.

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Legitlator Kopel at the recent 878 rally

sionate about the importance of the role out of the JCC offices, he has assisted JCC’s play in the Jewish community. over 200 hundred individuals.

Though Howard Kopel is a Nassau Pathways to Parnassa teaches every County elected official, we are thank- client the most important survival skill ful that he has made the completion of of our times: how to find and keep a job. the 50 year 878 project his legislative Regardless of one’s age or background, priority. 878 / Rockaway Turnpike whether entering the workforce for the is the only link we have to reach the first time, finding a new opportunity, or rest of Long Island a new career, there are speand NYC by car cific skills that make the difand it is woefully ference between success and over-utilized. We despair. Our community, in appreciate his abilwhich so many are aware of ity to work with the pain that comes from beAssemblyman Phil ing unemployed or underemGoldfeder to beployed, now has a resource come our bipartiwhich enables each client to san dream team to identify the right job, to take fight for improving the right steps to get hired, to the traffic on our develop professionally, and roadways. to make a change when the Rabbi Mordechai Kruger Rabbi Mortime is right. And it is availdechai Kruger is able to all rewell-known for his efforts in gardless of their raising funds to support famability to pay. ilies in our community who David Lobl are in need. The Bayswater is the Jewish Neighbors Fund has come liaison to Govto the aid of many, helping ernor Andrew make ends meet during these Cuomo. He has made sure past few trying years of fithat our Govnancial decline and post-hurernor is aware ricane. Not satisfied with distributing funds, he created of the issues Pathways to Parnassa, an orwe care about; David Lobl, Jewish liaison to ganization dedicated to helpwhether it was Governor Andrew Cuomo ing people in our community coordinating the find work. In the past year that he has Governor’s recent trip to Israel during volunteered weekly to run this program Operation Cast Lead or making sure our

local agencies received grant monies after Hurricane Sandy to help rebuild and provide support to homeowners trying to recover their losses. David was named one of city and state’s Rising 40 Under 40 in 2012 and is making a Kiddush Hashem each day as our community’s man in the Governor’s office. Honoring David is our way of honoring our Governor who has done so much to aid our community’s recovery from Hurricane Sandy.

Congressman Gregory Meeks has been a strong advocate for Israel throughout his tenure in Congress.

However, this past summer, he stood up

Congressman Meeks visiting the terror tunnels on his recent trip to Israel

for Israel and its right to defend itself from Hamas terror. While others criticized Israel for its military response to Hamas, Congressman Meeks traveled to Israel in the middle of the war so that the world could see through his

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Bnot Yaakov Decorates their Sukkot with “Sukkot Stories”

Governor Cuomo at the Kotel

eyes the horrific terror tunnels Hamas built. Our congressman has always been a strong supporter of our community and our JCC. Our honorees are there for us all year working to better our community.

Your attendance this Sunday morning for a couple of hours at Congregation Knesseth Israel from 9:30am is a small way to show our Hakaras HaTov for those who are Osek B’tzorchei Tzibbur.

It is also a way to show support for the great work that the employees at the JCCRP do each day, under the expert direction of our Executive Director Nathan Krasnovsky, to help serve the social service needs of our community.

The JCCRP is a proud member network agency of the UJA-Federation of NY and is also proud to be an affiliate of the Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty. We look forward to greeting each of you this Sunday morning at the breakfast. To RSVP or for more information, email breakfast@jccrp.org, visit www.jccrp.org/breakfast, or call 718 327 7755 Ext. 6113.

Melinda Katz at the Celebrate Israel Day Parade

Bnot Yaakov of Great Neck students brought home beautifully illustrated Sukkot Stories with which to decorate their Sukkot this yom tov. Some classes produced personal “Sukkot” narratives, others focused on descriptive writing and some even chose to write Sukkot memoirs. Each student “author” personalized her writing with an attached a photo of herself and the entire work was laminated so it could safely hang in the sukkah throughout the chag. The youngest Pre-1A students utilized the

writing project to create their very first “sentences” while the older students experimented with memoir writing as they recalled their favorite memories from Sukkot past. The girls enjoyed having their writing displayed in the Sukkah for everyone to read and enjoy.

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Eastern Union Funding Launches Israel Office One of the largest commercial real estate mortgage brokerages in the United States, Eastern Union Funding, has cut the ribbon on a new office in Jerusalem, Israel. The office will be led by Tom Eisenman, managing director and an Israeli Defense Force veteran.

Eastern Union Funding spent a year assembling its team in Israel, a country whose population is buying American real estate at a pace rivaling China and other overseas-investing heavyweights.

“Before this stampede of Israeli real estate players picked up, it didn’t make a difference whether our office was one mile away or 6,000 miles away. Now it does,” said Ira Zlotowitz, president of Eastern Union. “We have a client base in Israel, actively buying commercial real estate s on U.S. soil, and now we have a team right in their capital which knows both markets and economical climates.”

Clients include Uri Frisch, co-founder of CITYR Group. Owner

of several thousand apartment units throughout the country, Frisch maintains a global presence with offices in Tel Aviv, Israel, New Jersey and London.

“It’s rare to work with a mortgage brokerage shop that’s so well-rounded,” Frisch said. “Eastern Union has a team groomed and seasoned in the U.S. and Israel, and as an investor on foreign soil that level of insight is not easy to come by.”

The idea for the office was planted last summer as an effort to boost production and provide jobs in Israel. With this idea driving him, Zlotowitz gave a course on commercial real estate, open to the public. From the 600 attendees, he selected several for internships, and ultimately recruited ten to pioneer the new office.

Last month, he signed a lease in Jerusalem’s industrial and tech epicenter.

That location is a finishing touch to the development of Eastern Union’s Portal technology, an online platform geared

for the mortgage industry which, upon launch, already had 5,000 registered users.

The new office also takes advantage of time zone differences and can process New York City loans when it is night in the boroughs and day in Israel.

“This move makes sense for the company on every level,” Eisenman said. “We’re the fastest growing real estate firm in the U.S., so why not fly that growth over the Atlantic? We’re excited to be up and running.”

About Eastern Union Funding: Founded in 2001, Eastern Union Funding is one of the country’s largest private commercial real estate mortgage brokerage companies serving the national commercial real estate sector.

Eastern Union’s brokers, acting as trusted advisors, operate on the simple premise of putting the clients’ needs first. It has an arsenal of lending sources for financing complex, multi-state, multi-site portfolios as well as loans for smaller, single-property transac-

tions which allow for consistent placement averaging a quarter of a billion in new loans every month. Eastern Union, which operates nationwide, is headquartered in New York, with offices in New Jersey and Maryland.

For more information, please visit: http://www.easternuc.com/.

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Around the Community On a Rainy Day, a Reminder of the Teivah PHOTOS BY MOSHE BENOLIEL

In honor of Parshas Noach, which describes the rescue of all animal species in the teivah, the boys of the Yeshiva Darchei Torah preschool were visited by a petting zoo.

The children were able to pet, feed and, in some cases, even hold the animals!

Legislator Howard Kopel Endorses Fertig for Assembly This week, Nassau Legislator Howard J. Kopel, the Majority Whip of the County Legislature, endorsed Avi Fertig for New York State Assembly. Fertig is the Republican-Conservative-Tax Revolt nominee for the open 20th Assembly District seat. This seat, long held by retiring Assemblyman Harvey Weisenberg, overlaps significantly with Kopel’s legislative district.

Legislator Kopel’s endorsement is the third high-profile endorsement of Fertig in the past few weeks. The first came from Senator Dean Skelos. The second came several days ago from Hempstead Town Supervisor Kate Murray.

Kopel and Fertig recently campaign together at the Five Towns Community Chest Fair.

“I am happy to endorse Avi Fertig to be our next NY State Assemblyman,” said Kopel about his former staffer. Fertig previously served as a community aide to Legislator Kopel. “As my Director of Community Affairs, Avi Fertig was a valuable link between my office and the constituents in the areas of Long Island that I’m privileged to represent.”

Echoing sentiments expressed by Senator Skelos and Supervisor Murray, Legislator Kopel referenced retiring Assemblyman Weisenberg’s considerable accomplishments in office and expressed his view that Fertig is suited to continue that record of success.

“Avi Fertig will serve every member of our community well, and will be a strong advocate for our residents. I support his fight for lower taxes, and job creation. Avi has shown more commonsense

than most, and this has only benefited our neighbors.”

Legislator Kopel also made reference to Fertig’s crucial role in Kopel’s present fight to construct a bypass around Rockaway Turnpike/878. “While in my office, Avi thoroughly embraced and helped promote the issue, keenly recognizing the importance of that vital emergency evacuation route for the community.”

Expressing gratitude for Kopel’s backing, Fertig referred to Legislator Kopel as an inspiring figure in local government, and one of his personal mentors. ”Legislator Kopel is all about constituent service; he has little to no patience for bureaucratic obstacles and will never back down from a fight. He actively keeps his promise that, at least in his office, it is not business as usual,” says Fertig.

“I appreciate Legislator Kopel’s support of my campaign to become our Assembly District’s newest representative.”

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DRS Students Receive Prestigious Honor The Davis Renov Stahler (DRS) High School for Boys would like to wish a tremendous mazel tov to seven students who have been designated as National Merit Scholarship Semi-Finalists and Commendees.

This year, three seniors, Yehuda Inslicht, Daniel Aharon, and Yoni Goldberg have qualified as National Merit Scholarship Semi-Finalists, while seniors Matthew Haller, Eli Golberg,

Yaakov Kaminetsky, and Jacob Naiman have been named NMS Commendees. This is an extremely prestigious honor, and it reflects the high level of education that DRS strives to deliver to their students, as well as the level of commitment and work they expect from them.

This year marks the third year in a row at DRS in which at least two seniors were selected as Semi-Finalists.

Pictured L-R: DRS General Studies Principal, Dr. Gerald Kirshenbaum; Yaakov Kaminetsky; Eli Goldberg; Yehuda Inslicht; Yoni Goldberg; Matthew Haller; Jacob Naiman; Daniel Aharon; DRS Menahel, Rabbi Yisroel Kaminetsky

Rambam Mesivta Masmidim Program Packs Bais Medrash

Over 60 Rambam talmidim looking for additional learning opportunities are currently participating in the school’s optional learning program: the Rambam Mesivta’s Masmidim Program.

The program features Night Learning, which consists of an hour of “open learning” in the Bais Medrash, in addition to Assistant Principal, Rabbi Avi Haar, leading a special Gemara Bekiut shiur to prep for the YU Bekuit Program.

Following delicious snacks and assorted chips, and either Carlos and Gabby’s, Traditions or BOGO dinner, Rabbi Yitzy Werblowsky on Monday nights, or Rabbi Yaacov Wiesenberg on Tuesday nights, gives a 45 minute shiur on

relevant topics.

Optional Lunch Learning continues throughout the week with Rabbi David Block discussing hashkafa on Monday; Rabbi Yosef Ziskind’s halacha shiur on Tuesday; Rabbi Ari Boiangiu’s parsha shiur on Wednesdays; and Rabbi Haar’s Mishnayot shiur ending the week on Thursday.

Last year’s program had over 40 talmidim participate and this year already looks to be even bigger. The Rambam Mesivta Masmidim program highlights the school values of learning Torah, a sense of community, chevra and kesher with the rebbeim and the desire to put learning and middos into action.

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Hundreds Rejoice With the Torah at CHAZAQ’s Simchat Torah Celebration In classic CHAZAQ style, this past week’s Simchas Torah Celebration held on Motzai Shabbos, October 18, was an incredible event from beginning to end.

The celebration took place at Young Israel of Forest Hills, with every detail taken care of, from valet parking to goodie bags for the kids. People may think that after a three day Yom Tov no one would want to venture out at night once it was over, but every seat in the room was taken and people continued to stream into the hall throughout the night; over 500 people came together to celebrate.

Those attending were able to sit down to a delicious hot catered meal, with everything from soup to nuts. A Sefer Torah was brought out, and hakafot were held. Joyous music was played, and the crowd stood up from their chairs in order to join in. The dancing and singing that took place shook the room and was

an incredible inspiration to watch. People from all different backgrounds came to continue the celebration of the Torah together, and it was a beautiful sight to see. The unity in the room was an incredible way to give nachas to Hashem while we celebrate his holy Torah. The many children in attendance were given flags to wave and goodie bags filled with candy, and the smiles on their faces were enough to show how much they were enjoying themselves.

Through this momentous event, CHAZAQ is continuing is its vital work of inspiring the community and bringing people closer to Yiddishkeit.

Whether it’s through CHAZAQ’s numerous programs and high school clubs or through community events that bring about love of Torah and achdus, CHAZAQ continues to help build a stronger future.

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Thousands of Bachurim across North America Complete Dirshu Daf HaYomi B’Halacha L’Bachurim Program

By Chaim Gold “The excitement before the shiur was tangible. It felt like the beginning of the zman in yeshiva… and then after the shiur ended, tens of bachurim sat down and learned for a few hours!”

This was how Reb Shimon Moskowitz described the Dirshu Daf HaYomi B’Halacha L’Bachurim pesicha shiur in Montreal delivered the day following Yom Kippur. The shiur, given by the well-known Skverer Rov and Dayan HaGaon HaRav Yochanan Wosner, shlita, was just one of fifteen pesicha shiurim given by prominent roshei yeshiva, rabbonim and poskim in cities across North America.

“A Testimony to the Sheifus HaTorah of Today’s Yeshiva Bachurim!”

The pesicha shiurim showed just how thrilled bachurim, their parents and roshei yeshiva were at the opportu-

nity to engage in structured limud program during bein hazemanim.

Indeed, HaGaon HaRav Yaakov Bender, Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshiva Darchei Torah of Far Rockaway, who gave the pesicha shiur for the Five Towns and Far Rockaway neighborhoods at the Agudas Yisrael of West Lawrence was deeply moved. After the event he expressed the following thought: “I was very impressed that on the first day of bein hazemanim some sixty-seventy yeshivaleit came to hear a shiur on Hilchos Yeshivas Sukkah. It is a testimony to the sheifus haTorah of today’s yeshiva bachurim! It was also very impressive how Dirshu anticipated every detail to make sure everything clicked 100%.”

The idea behind the program is bril-

liant in its simplicity. Bein hazemanim, especially after the grueling and uplifting Elul and Yamim Noraim zman, presents a welcome change of pace for bachurim.

Nevertheless, many roshei yeshiva and parents have expressed frustration over the fact that so much of what the bachurim gained during the previous zman is in danger of being lost during an unstructured bein hazemanim.

In fact, the Rosh Yeshiva of Lakewood, HaGaon HaRav Aryeh Malkiel Kotler, shlita, who gave the Dirshu Daf HaYomi B’Halacha L’Bachurim pesicha shiur in Lakewood, related that one aspect of the program’s beauty is that “Dirshu has provided an opportunity for bachurim to learn practical halacha. The Gemara tells us, ‘Everyone who learns daily halacha is assured a place in Olam Habah.’” The Rosh Yeshiva expounded, “When a person learns halacha each day, his every step throughout the day is done in accordance with the Torah. This assures him of Olam Habah.”

Shiurim in Lakewood, Brooklyn and the Five Towns In Lakewood, a large crowd came to Khal Shearis Adas Yisroel (Rav Forchheimer’s shul) to hear the pesicha shiur from the Rosh Yeshiva of Beth Medrash Govoha, HaGaon HaRav Malkiel Kotler. Rav Kotler gave an in-depth, lomdishe shiur on the unique halachos of eating on the first night of Sukkos: How much one must eat, a kezayis or a k’beitza along with an explanation of the nature of the famed “hekesh”

wherein Chazal compares the mitzvah of eating matzah on the first night of Pesach to the mitzvah of eating in the sukkah on the first night of Sukkos.

As he concluded, he lovingly eyed the assemblage and praised them for engaging in learning halacha together with inyana d’yoma.

In Flatbush, participants came to hear the shiur given by HaGaon HaRav Yisroel Reisman, shlita, a Rosh Yeshiva at Yeshiva Torah Vodaas and Rav of the Agudas Yisroel of Madison. “It was an amazing presentation that kept the crowd riveted throughout the hour-long shiur,” commented a father who attended with two of his Mesivta-aged children. Rav Reisman’s shiur – devoted to discussing the parameters of the mitzvah of yeshivas Sukkah – was packed with practical halacha and fascinating practical scenarios.

In Boro Park, approximately 150 bachurim came to hear the shiur by HaGaon HaRav Yitzchok Zalman Gips, shlita, Rav of Beis Medrash Birchas Avrohom and Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshiva Nehardaah.

In the Five Towns, HaRav Yaakov Bender, shlita, Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshiva Darchei Torah, spoke about the obligation to sleep in the sukkah and under what conditions one is absolved. He told fascinating stories from his youth growing up in Williamsburg when the sukkahs were built on street level for large apartment buildings. There was an informal, spirited atmosphere of give and take where bachurim posed questions throughout the shiur.

Shiurim across the Country The shiur in Baltimore was delivered by HaGaon HaRav Yosef Berger, shlita; in Chicago, it was delivered by

the Mashgiach of the Telshe Yeshiva, HaGaon HaRav Avrohom Lipschutz, shlita; in Cleveland it was given by HaGaon HaRav Boruch Hirschfeld, shlita, Rav Kehillas Ahavas Yisroel and Rosh Kollel Ateres Boruch; HaGaon HaRav Aharon Sorscher, shlita, R”M at Mesivta Yagdil Torah, delivered the shiur at the Kollel Institute in Detroit; and HaGaon HaRav Nachum Sauer, shlita, Rosh Kollel of YULA, gave the shiur in Los Angeles.

In Monsey, the shiur was given

by HaGaon HaRav Yosef Veiner at his shul, Kehal Sha’ar HaShamayim; the shiur in Toronto was delivered

by HaGaon HaRav Chaim Mendel Brodsky, shlita, Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshiva Gedolah Zichron Shmayahu; and in Williamsburg, the Tzhelemer Dayan, HaGaon HaRav Aharon Zilberstein, shlita, gave the shiur at the Vienner Beis Medrash.

Structure, Halacha l’maaseh, Achrayus and Accountability The prevailing sentiment in each of the locations was one of excitement and purpose. After the shiur at one of the sites one father was overheard saying, “I am going to get each one of my four boys involved in this program. It enriches their learning, enables them to become familiar with practical halacha and learning Mishnah Berurah. It gives structure to their learning during bein hazemanim and teaches them achrayus and accountability. That is the bracha of Dirshu. I am so happy my bachurim are being exposed to it!”

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Fathers and sons learning together at the Pirchei on Chol Hamoed at the Agudath Yisroel of Long Island

Five Towns Women Rise to the Great Challah Bake Challenge Local Orthodox women will roll up their sleeves and extend a hand to religiously unaffiliated colleagues, neighbors and friends for the Great Challah Bake of the Five Towns. The event, to be held on Thursday evening, October 23 at the Sands Atlantic Beach at 7:30 pm, will kick off the Shabbos Project, a global celebration of Shabbat by Jews in all corners of the world, to be held the weekend of October 24-25.

More than 700 women are expected to participate in the Great Challah Bake of the Five Towns. Newbies, novices and those who bake every week will join forces to continue the tradition of the Jewish matriarchs and women throughout the ages as they view a challah baking demonstration, try their hand at kneading the dough and learn about the spiritual meaning of this important mitzvah.

“We are challenging every Orthodox woman who participates to bring a friend who is not religious. Our goal is to promote Jewish unity by sharing the beauty of Shabbat with those who have never experienced it. We seek to embrace Jews of every type and bring them into our community by joining hands to do a mitzvah,” said Mrs. Adi-

na Fischlewitz, co-coordinator of the Five Towns Great Challah Bake.

Each participant will receive an individual bowl containing two and a half pounds of flour and pre-measured ingredients. Women will knead and braid the dough while watching a live demonstration and hearing insights into the spiritual meaning of the mitzvah of challah. When the dough is ready, the women will pair up to say the special blessing on the challah, and each participant will leave with the braided dough and bake it in her own home. While the women knead and braid, singer Eitan Katz will provide musical entertainment.

“Challah is a taste of olam haba-the World to Come. Through this event, we hope to bring that taste to unaffiliated Jews and increase the connection between all of us as we work together to enhance our commitment to G-d and the mitzvot,” said Mrs. Sima Gefen, co-coordinator of the Five Towns Great Challah Bake.

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Have you ever had an experience that you just knew could not be conveyed with mere words; that you just knew, trying to describe or explain it just wouldn’t do it justice? This, itself, is the only fitting description for the evening of inspiration that was held on Thursday night, Erev Yom Kippur, in Mesivta Ateres Yaakov.

Throughout the prior week, fliers were posted around the Mesivta encouraging boys to sign up for one of seven optional shiurim, all on inyanei Yom Kippur, to be offered on Thursday night after mishmar. It was optional. The brainchild of a number of the Mesivta rebbeim, for the third year running, close to 100 boys signed up to participate.

Following poignant, introductory words delivered by the Menahel, Rabbi Mordechai Yaffe, the chaburos divided and filed into their assigned locations.

The dozens of talmidim filed into the respective shiur locations, anxiously awaiting the divrei hisor’irus to come.

From the Bais Medrash itself, to the student lounge, to the teacher’s lounge – there was Torah being disseminated in every corner of the building. It was truly overwhelming.

After a 45 minute interactive shiur, boys relocated to the lunchroom for cholent, kugel and drinks from Delicious Dishes as they related to one another the highlights of their shiur choice. The atmosphere was one of

growth, inspiration and camaraderie.

And yet, the highlight of the evening was still yet to come. Following the refreshments, boys were ushered into the atrium where chairs were set up in a concentric circle surrounding candles flickering brightly on the floor. With the lights out and only the light of the candles and the glow of the talmidim’s faces illuminating the large, imposing room, a heart-melting kumzits began.

Interspersed with divrei chizuk and uplifting ma’asim from Rabbi Yaffe, the atmosphere was exhilarating. Staring up 40 feet at the room’s skylights into the night sky, it almost felt as if the music, the passion was piercing the heavens. Words cannot adequately describe the feelings of emotion, of connection, of inspiration that were almost tangible in that room that night.

“When we first ran this program 3 years ago, we never thought it would be so successful that 3 years later it would still be inspiring and preparing our talimidim for Yom Kippur,” commented Rabbi Yossi Bennett, Assistant Menahel. “Rabbi Tsvi Greenfield, our new Student Acitivities Coordinator, really went above and beyond in preparing this event. It’s a very special z’chus.”

Talmidim and rebbeim alike left that evening close to 10:00 PM prepared and enthusiastic to approach Yom Kippur with the serious, yet optimistic perspective appropriate for the awesome day.

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SKA Senior Named Semi-Finalist in Siemans 2014 Science Competition Congratulations to Adina Singer, a 12th grader at the Stella K. Abraham High School for Girls, who has been named a Semi-Finalist in the Siemans Science Competition for her work in DNA Sequencing in which an efficient protocol for cutting on large-scale samples was developed. Adina did her research this past summer at the Garcia Center at Stony Brook University and has also been named a Semi-Finalist in the National Merit Scholarship Competition.

“Doing research at Stony Brook was a great experience,” Adina says. “I

spent long hours in the lab but the work was so exciting that it didn’t feel like work. I am grateful to my research mentor, Dr. Jonathan Socolov, for his guidance and support.”

As previously noted, Adina was associate editor of The Looking Glass, SKA’s school newspaper, is captain of the SKA College Bowl Team and is a member of the Debate Team and Science Olympiad. She also organized a fundraising Walk-aThon for the Alzheimer’s Association in memory of her grandfather, z”l. We wish Adina mazel tov on her impressive accomplishments!

Touro Advertising Director Dennis Weinstein Honored Dennis Weinstein, director of advertising at Touro College in New York City, was honored at the 2014 Kings of Queens dinner and awards ceremony sponsored by The Queens Courier at Terrace on the Park in Flushing Meadows on September 18.

Weinstein is among 29 businessmen who were honored for demonstrating effective leadership in a variety of public sectors including education, religion, healthcare, finance, and not-for-profit community service. Around 750 guests attended the event.

Weinstein was pleased to receive the award, saying it would raise awareness about the educational opportunities that Touro College provides to students who live in and around Queens. “Being recognized as a king is quite noble,” he said with a nod to the event’s moniker. “I embrace the daily tasks I face at Touro with the best of my ability, enjoy working with my esteemed colleagues, and look forward to gathering the most effective solutions with my media contacts that will strengthen Touro’s name recogni-

tion,” he said.

Dr. Nadja Graff, vice president of the Division of Graduate Studies, who attended the event with Weinstein, said, “It is a pleasure and a privilege working creatively with Dennis in presenting the best of Touro College to the public. I am thrilled that his dedication and service to the College have been recognized in such a distinguished forum.”

Prior to entering academia, Weinstein held marketing positions in the print, fashion, and telecommunications industries. His career has taken him to the global arena, conducting business in China, Israel and the Caribbean.

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Camp S’dei Chemed International Proudly Congratulates This Year’s Middos Awardees Since its inception over 45 years ago, under the leadership of Rabbi Eli Teitelbaum zt”l, Camp S’dei Chemed has put great emphasis on good middos and character development. We were very fortunate to have had a wonderful group of campers this summer.

Our campers come from diverse backgrounds and learn from one another with mutual respect and love.

Our winners in our middos contest this summer displayed extraordinary amounts of kindness and sensitivity to others. We salute them for their exemplary middos, unsurpassed derech eretz, and the great kiddush Hashem they made wherever we traveled. May they be role models for all others to follow.

Boys Program: Yehuda Davis from Passaic, NJ Yeshiva R. S. R. Hirsch Mordy Liebman from Monsey, NY Mesivta of Eatontown Yonatan Gazal from Queens, NY HANC Alex Gross from Jamaica, NY HANC Daniel Guttman from Woodmere, NY Mesivta Ateres Yaakov Yitzy Wolnerman from Cedarhurst, NY Rambam Girls Program: Morielle Tolchin from Brooklyn, NY Manhattan High School for Girls Atara Weiss from Brooklyn, NY Prospect Park Yeshiva

Richard Allen, Queens Assemblyman David Weprin, former Mayor Rudy Giuliani, Dr. Paul Brody, and Ronald Lauder, president of the World Jewish Congress.

Several thousand protestors demonstrated against the pro-terrorist, anti-Semitic “Death of Klinghoffer” opera which opened at the Metropolitan Opera at Lincoln Center on Monday, October 20. The opera humanizes the terrorists who murdered Leon K l i n g h o ff e r, a 69 year old, wheelchair-bound American Jew celebrating his 36th wedding anniversary with his wife Marilyn, aboard the Achille Lau-

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ro cruise ship in 1985. He was brutally shot in the forehead and chest by Palestine Liberation Front (PLF) terrorists

and shoved into the sea with his wheelchair. The protest rally featured people sitting in 100 wheelchairs, covered with a blanket, displaying signs proclaiming, “I am Leon Klinghoffer.”

The rally was proceeded by a press conference emceed by Jeff Wiesenfeld (not shown). From left to right, at the press conference, expressing their rage that the Met would stage such a performance are Mayor Rudy Giuliani, who had Yasser Arafat ousted from Lincoln Center in 1995; Queens Borough President Melinda Katz; Dr. Paul Brody, one of the key organizers of the Stop the Terrorist Opera; Former U.S. District Attorney Michael Mukasey; and Ronald Lauder, president of the World Jewish Congress.

Sightseeing on the Hudson On Wednesday, October 2, the students of the Shulamith Middle Division set out on their first outing of the year, to the Circle Line in Manhattan.

Immediately after tefillah, the six buses departed, and students enjoyed laughing, singing, and connecting with each other during the ride to Pier 42. Though the skies were gray and it rained a bit, everyone enjoyed the boat ride on the Hudson, reveling in the opportunity to spend time together outside of the classroom. As they chatted, walked around the boat, and ate lunch, the girls also took in the sights of the city skyline, including the Freedom Tower and the Statue of Liberty.

The trip was planned to coincide with the Aseret Yemei Teshuva, giving everyone a chance to say Tashlich if they hadn’t already done so on Rosh Hashana. Those who wished to learn more about Tashlich were able to read a

brief handout about the minhagim associated with the mitzvah.

The over-200 students and almost-20 teacher chaperones agreed that the trip was a great success. In fact, the two most common questions heard after the trip were, “Why’d it have to be so short?” and “Can we go again?”

Rabbi Yankelewitz’s first grade class at Yeshiva Darchei Torah at their sukkah party on Chol Hamoed

Rambam Rallies Against Opera…Again

For the second time in a month, students from Rambam Mesivta expressed their outrage over the decision of the Metropolitan Opera to host the show entitled “The Death of Klinghoffer.”

Last month, Rambam, as one of the organizers of the rally which drew the support of former Gov. Pataki, Atty.

Gen. Mukasey, and other dignitaries, brought its entire student population to protest the decision of Peter Gelb, director of the Metropolitan Opera, to air the notorious Opera. The entire student body of Shalhevet High School for Girls joined as well in what was a combined show of force of 300 students. As such, Rambam and Shalhevet were the largest group present.

On October 20, the night that the infamous Opera had its debut, Rambam students were again outside the Lincoln Center, voicing their protests to Metropolitan Opera officials and the opera-goers for allowing an anti-Semitic performance to take place in the “Cul-

tural Center” of New York City. Former Mayor Giuliani was on hand, as were other notables, expressing his disgust over what is taking place inside Lincoln Center. Many speakers called for a cessation of public funding to Lincoln Center because of their decision to “let the show go on.”

The rallies received extensive media coverage and were the subject of many editorials in local and national newspapers, according to Rambam Rosh Mesivta, Rabbi Zev Meir Friedman, one of the rally’s organizers. “It’s extremely important to teach our students to be leaders on behalf of the Jewish people and to speak out against any form of anti-Semitism,” he exclaimed, “especially those dangerous expressions which masquerade as art. We are proud that our students rose to the occasion, were involved in helping plan and strategize the events, and truly understood the inner workings of what needs to be done to speak out on behalf of klal Yisrael.”

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Hillcrest Softball League Champions Pictured: (L-R) Aronie Slansky, Aaron Statfeld, Yehuda Feit, Goldson, Shmuel Rada, Spiegel, Yoel Wagschal, Moshe Taubenfeld, Adam Offman, Gershon Kopel, and Dovid S. Friedman

Bais Yaakov of Queens’ First Grade Students Study Autumn and Learn Science

All of the first graders gathered to examine the changes autumn brings to our city. Mrs. Ginian, one of the first grade teachers, actually picked the pumpkin they used when she visited a pumpkin patch in Lakewood, New Jersey. Before the classroom activity, few girls had actually seen a whole pumpkin.

The little scientists learned about the pumpkin cycle, and then compared it to the apple cycle, which, according to Mrs. Cohen, another first grade teacher, they already knew about from their exploration before Rosh Hashana, when apples adorn tables for a sweet new year.

Probing the children for responses, Mrs.

Schonfeld and Miss Zakutinsky, integral partners of the fantastic first grade team at Bais Yaakov of Queens, were able to elicit wonderful responses from the children’s scientific observations. The apple and pumpkin cycles are the same: seed to blossom to flower to fruit. Using a Venn diagram, the children identified many similarities with few differences including size, color and place of growth, ground versus tree. Using the scientific method, the girls hypothesized that the pumpkin’s interior was like a cantaloupe. Their faces were filled with amazement throughout the lesson, as you can see!

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Who Really Owns Your Credit Card Miles & Points?

By Eli Schreiber As we mentioned in one of our previous columns, one of the great perks about using credit cards is the ability to earn miles and points whenever they are used for purchases. This earning potential is so significant that there are actually many forums, blogs, groups and even a “university” dedicated to helping consumers understand the myriad benefits and rewards programs available to them by the credit card companies and how to maximize on these opportunities. Many consumers have taken advantage of these options and turned their spending habits into significant side income earning ventures.

An additional way to earn value is through frequent flyer programs that reward travelers by giving them miles and points based either upon the length of miles traveled or the price of the ticket purchased.

But the ability to earn miles and points comes with a significant catch, namely, the fact that the miles and points one accrues from purchases and traveling doesn’t really belong to the individual and in fact, really never

belonged to them in the first place. And if this dynamic sounds strange, unfair, and perhaps even illegal to you, well, you are not alone.

In a widely publicized case that occurred in 2013, a rabbi sued Southwest Airlines claiming the airline dealt unfairly with him when they forfeited his frequent flyer status and hundreds of thousands of miles he accrued.

The case was fought in court at various levels, and finally heard by the Supreme Court which rendered a decision against the rabbi.

To provide some background to the case, in 1978, the Airline Deregulation Act was passed which limits the types of lawsuits flyers may file against airlines as well as the laws states may pass relating to airlines’ operations.

The rabbi argued that the airline did not act in good faith in the way its frequent flyer programs were structured and thus was subject to state contract laws governing good faith business practices.

In its defense, the airline stated the rabbi complained

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24 times in a 7-month period, and that before it forfeited his account and kicked him out of the program, it awarded him $1,925 in travel credit vouchers, 78,500 bonus miles, a voucher for his son, and $491 in cash reimbursements With a unanimous vote, the Supreme Court ruled the rabbi could not pursue his claims against the airline because the federal Airline Deregulation Act barred his lawsuit. In its decision, the court didn’t address the rabbi’s claim that the restrictions placed on his mileage account violated good faith business practices, but rather ruled that Southwest’s frequent flyer program was included in the price, route or service the airlines provide which the regulation laws were intended to protect and thus his lawsuit could not go forward.

Although the Supreme Court ultimately ruled the lawsuit could not go forward, it seems that the prior decision by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals allowing the “good faith” portion of the suit to go forward opens the door to a lawsuit against credit card companies whose practices aren’t relevant to and have no impact on the airline regulation law.

If you think about it, restricting the rights to miles and points one earns through purchasing and credit card usage doesn’t seem to be a good faith business practice.

If one was to open a bank account which offered an interest rate, the interest money earned doesn’t belong to the bank, it belongs to account holder. And with credit cards that offer cash back rewards, once the cash is earned, the credit card company cannot restrict the way you use the cash and claim it belongs to them.

The Federal Government has chosen to keep out of the credit card reward industry. The only regulated portion of the rewards industry pertains to the status of the miles and points one earns in relation to filing taxes. In 2002, the IRS announced that it would not pursue the question of whether frequent flyer miles, rewards and other promotional discounts awarded by credit card companies to cardholders are considered taxable income.

More recently, the IRS clarified its position and stated that if individuals received their credit card rewards after a purchase, the rewards are considered rebates on whatever was spent to earn those rewards and do not represent a gain on income or wealth and are thus not taxable. However, if no transaction is required to earn the rewards, then the IRS considers these rewards as income and individuals would be required to disclose them on their tax returns.

The bottom line is as follows: until the Federal Government regulates the rewards industry and until the courts determine whether the restrictions placed on rewards violate good faith business practices (which in fact may be the conduit where the Federal Government to take a closer look at the rewards industry and regulates the market), the miles and points you earn can be restricted. The airlines and credit card companies can determine when, how and if you can use them, what their value is, and restrict them indefinitely because, when-all-is-saidand-done, at the end of the day, they never belonged to you in the first place!

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Ata Har’eisa Auctioned Off for 900 Hours of Learning at Rambam Mesivta Three talmidim from Rambam Mesivta won the coveted bidding for Ata Har’eisa on Simchas Torah by bidding 900 hours of limud Torah. Zach Beer, Avi Martin and Doniel Peretz were part of 60 boys who joined members of the in the regular Shabbos minyan at Rambam for an amazing, ruach-filled three day Yom Tov. After Mincha, led

by Hudi Rosenfeld and Maariv by Rabbi Singer, the bidding began. Rabbi Young, the 11th grade rebbe, who organized the festivities conducted the auction and began with an opening bid of 100 hours.

The bidding progressed in increments of 50 until it reached 700 hours of commit-

ted learning. Soon thereafter 750... 700 and 800 were offered for the zechus of singing Ata Har’eisa. The auctioneer kept pushing the crowd until the winning bid of 900 was agreed upon.

Zach, Avi and Doniel chose Rabbi Friedman, Rabbi Haar, Rabbi Singer, Rabbi Young and Rabbi Werblowsky to sing the first few pesukim and then turned to members of the weekly minyan, followed by their peers to recite the balance of the pesukim. Hakafos soon began and the rebbeim, talmidim and members of the minyan joined together, singing and dancing in a spirited manner.

After the exhilarating hakafos were

With Hakafos before Sukkos, Darchei Torah Boys Get a Taste of the Real Thing

over, students were invited to a delicious, catered seuda held at the home of freshman Elly Honig. Once again, rebbeim and talmidim bonded over a sumptuous array of meats, chicken, salads and desserts.

At 11 PM, the boys reluctantly departed and were escorted home amid various walking groups to Woodmere, Cedarhurst, Lawrence and Far Rockaway.

It wasn’t long before they reconvened for more simchas yom tov, in the form of davening, hakofos, singing and dancing.

Gavriel Haviv did a wonderful job leining Zos Habracha. Ephraim Klein and Aryeh Kahn davened for the amud and

the spirited hakaofos were led by Rabbis Young, Singer and Werblowsky. The boys danced until Kabbalas Shabbos and headed to the Honig abode tired, but spiritually enriched. They were again treated to catered seuda of eggrolls, wonton soup, chicken and various other Chinese delicacies provided by Josh Berkowitz, Rambam Alumnus, Class of 1999.

The Simcha Shel Mitzvah, ruach and kesher that the boys experienced was one that will stay with them for a long time.

In the words of one talmid, “It was the best Simchas Torah ever.”

HANC Honors the Memory of the Three Kedoshim

PHOTO CREDITS: MOSHE BENOLIEL

On Simchas Torah, when the first and second grade talmidim of Yeshiva Darchei Torah joined their fathers and older brothers at hakafos, chances are that they were already familiar with the niggunim and minhagim of this joyous celebration.

Ten days earlier, these boys were treated to a special pre-Sukkos hakafos event at the Yeshiva, an event designed to familiarize them with hakafos so that they would arrive at the real thing Rav Menachem Engel, a first grade rebbi, dances with talmidim with some preparation and thereby be better able to participate. tional niggunim sung during the hakafos The boys were taught the introductory as they enthusiastically danced with their p’sukim said at the start of each hakafah rabbeim. Many boys also brought their by a different rebbi enwrapped in a tal- own miniature sifrei Torah from home lis, and the text was brightly displayed in for the occasion, lending the program an large letters on a giant screen. With the even more “real” Simchas Torah feel. help of the keyboard playing of Rav YaaIt was a fitting way to spend part of kok Zukerman, a second grade rebbi, the the last day of yeshiva before Sukkos, the boys were also taught many of the tradi- yom tov which is Zman Simchaseinu.

Rav Shmuel Strickman, menahel, dances with first and second grade talmidim of Yeshiva Darchei Torah

On October 7, the HANC Middle School and High School participated in a siyum for the three kidnapped boys. After the tragic events of this summer, the HANC community decided to remember these kedoshim with a siyum mishnayot l’zecher nishmat Eyal Yifrach, Gilad Shaer, and Naftali Fraenkel hy”d.

The program began with Middle School Principal, Rabbi Elliot Hecht, who opened the program and set the tone, reminding all in attendance of the events which began on June 12 and culminated on June 30, when the world learned of the devastating news that the teenagers had been murdered.

The assembly then transitioned to a poignant video memorializing the soldiers who died during the war and images of Jews united in tefilla. Students were particularly moved as they saw the ages of soldiers flash across the screen and were reminded of just how young

these soldiers were who were killed.

After the video, High School Principal Rabbi Shlomo Adelman spoke about the unity that was created among all Jews regardless of affiliation. He then introduced Rabbi Shay Schachter, Assistant Rabbi of Congregation Knesseth Israel in Far Rockaway. Students sat mesmerized as Rabbi Schachter recounted his visits with each of the families of the boys during the shiva. While Rabbi Schachter spoke, the room was solemnly silent. He stressed the impact that every individual can have in reaching out to others in difficult times.

The siyum was concluded by two sophomores, Eric Lenefsky and Eran Vaknin, and by Middle School Rebbe, Rabbi Mordechai Harris.

Mazal tov. May the neshamot of Eyal, Gilad and Naftali have an aliyah and may we have peace in Israel and around the world.

NEWS

Community

Candidates Avi Fertig (standing) and Todd Kaminsky at the Long Beach Debate, which was hosted by the Westholme Civic Association of Long Beach. The topics covered a full range of issues that directly affect the five Towns and other communities on the South Shore of Long Island. These included ideas of how to lower taxes by eliminating many of the regulations enacted by New York State government, and damage existing businesses, and prevent new industries from taking root in New York State. Discussions also included ways to fix the Common Core, as well as making sure families still struggling due to Superstorm Sandy will have a strong advocate in their corner to combat the bureaucracy of New York Rising and the misery this has caused.

Two HAFTR High School Students Named Siemens Finalists HAFTR junior Justin Lish and HAFTR senior Russell Charnoff were recently named Siemens Finalists. HAFTR is the only New York State Yeshiva with Finalists in this competition.

Naomi Lippman, HAFTR High School principal, explained, “We are thrilled to celebrate these remarkable achievements with both Russell and Justin. The Siemens awards are a reflection of the students’ own intellectual ability and hard work, as well as the wonderful mentoring they have received from our science faculty and Mrs. Rebecca Isseroff.”

Standing, from left to right: Rabbi Gedaliah Oppen and Mrs. Naomi Lippman, principals of HAFTR High School, and Rebecca Isseroff, research teacher.

Seated: Russell Charnoff and Justin Lish

“Breaking News!” at Shevach High School Shevach’s Current Events Society is back for its second year, and it is ready to inform and educate fellow students about significant national and international developments. The society is directed by Mrs. Nechama Mirsky, Associate Principal General Studies, and Ms. Sara Nasirov, teacher of history and government. The society is headed by Leah Jaroslawicz, junior class member, with the following students as society members: Miriam Aminov, Meira Fendrich, Raizel Jarosawicz, Chaya Keller, Rivka Kikov, Aliza Rodkin, Esther Schonfeld, Devorah Simon, Shani Sommers, and Chaya Zeitlin.

On Wednesday, October 1, the Shevach student body gathered for the first Current Events assembly of the year.

The society members presented exceptionally articulate and compelling presentations using their own research on the protests in Hong Kong, the spread of the Ebola virus, a review of Operation Protective Edge in Israel, and the rise of global terrorism, including ISIS. As we send forth our daily tefillos, we affirm our belief that world events are intrinsically linked to our thoughts and actions. We hope that the news we discuss this year be stories of shalom and geulah for all of klal Yisrael.

Rockaway Shomrim receive a medal at NYPD 101st precinct on Medal Day

Peddling Tradition at Chabad on Queens College What happens when you cross a bike with a sukkah; when you cross modern creative thinking with old world tradition; when you don’t think out of the box but rather put the box on wheels and start peddling? Answer: you get the most interesting and creative way to stick to age old tradition.

Chabad on Campus – Queens proudly brought back the pedi-sukkah to Queens College, inspiring young Jewish students to stop and shake the lulav and etrog in accordance with Jewish tradition, while running between classes. Stationed on the Quad between the Rosenthal Library and the New Science Building, the small sukkah was constructed on the back of a bike.

“I am thankful to Queens College Vice President for Student Affairs, Adam Rockman, for his enthusiasm about the project and to Lt. Rufus Massiah of Public Safety for making the necessary arrangements for the PediSukkah to be safely on campus,” said Rabbi Shaul

Wertheimer, founder and director of Chabad on Campus – Queens. The feedback was overwhelmingly positive.

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Kidding!

Eight friends come to visit you.

Your first friend asks for ½ a cup of water. Your second friend asks for ¼ a cup of water. Your third friend asks for 1/8 a cup of water, etc.

How many cups of water do you need in order to satisfy all of your friends?

Answer on next page

A young man saw an elderly couple sitting down to lunch at a local fast food joint. He noticed that they had ordered one meal and an extra drink cup. As he watched, the older gentleman carefully divided the hamburger in half, then counted out the fries, one for him, one for her, until each had half of them. Then the old man poured half of the soft drink into the extra cup and set that in front of his wife. The old man then began to eat, and his wife sat, watching, with her hands folded in her lap.

The young man decided to ask if they would allow him to purchase another meal for them so that they didn’t have to split theirs. But the old gentleman assured him that they were fine. “Oh, no. We’ve been married 50 years, and everything has always been and will always be shared—50/50.”

The young man then asked the wife why she wasn’t eating.

“I’ll eat soon,” she replied. “It’s his turn with the teeth.”

Diet Rules to Follow

I know that for the many “nutritional overachievers” out there, your diet season begins right after Succos and extends all of the way until one week later. So, as you embark on your one week diet journey to total fitness, keep these important rules in mind: > If you eat something and no one sees you eat it, it has no calories. > If you drink a diet soda with a candy bar, the calories in the candy bar are cancelled out by the diet soda.

> When you eat with someone else, calories don’t count if you don’t eat more than they do.

> Food used for medicinal purposes never count, such as hot chocolate, brandy, toast and Haagen-Dazs ice cream.

> Foods that have the same color have the same number of calories. Examples are: spinach and pistachio ice cream; mushrooms and white chocolate. > Foods that are frozen have no calories because calories are units of heat. Examples are ice cream, frozen pies, and Popsicles.

> If you eat really fast, your body may forget to register the calories. > If it’s whole grain, it’s a “freebie.” That means you can eat

unlimited whole grain rice, bread,

> If you fatten up everyone else around you, then you look thinner.

cookies, etc. In fact, it’s healthy for you.

> Cookie pieces contain no fat—the process of breaking

> If you eat the food off

causes fat leakage.

> Things licked off knives and spoons have no calories if you are in the process of preparing something. Examples are peanut butter on a knife making a sandwich and ice cream on a spoon making a sundae.

someone else’s plate, it doesn’t count. > A balanced diet means holding a cupcake

in each hand.

> Eat whatever you want on Shabbos (translation: Thursday

night to Sunday night). After all it’s only one day.

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World Series Trivia 1. Who is the only player to play in 75 World Series games? a. Yogi Berra b. Mickey Mantle c. Joe DiMaggio d. Phil Rizzuto 2. Since 1903, the World Series was only canceled twice—1904 & 1994. Why was it canceled in 1904? a. President Teddy Roosevelt was shot and MLB Commissioner Harry C. Pulliam didn’t feel it was appropriate to play while the president was in serious condition. b. The World Series was supposed to be in New York and there was a major blizzard which crippled the city for weeks. c. John T. Brush, president of the New York Giants at the time, refused to allow his team to compete with the Boston Americans because he considered both the team and the American League inferior. d. The horse and buggy union was on strike so there was no way for players to commute to and from the stadiums.

3. Which team appeared in the World Series the most in the 1990s? a. Indians b. Tigers c. Yankees d. Braves 4. In 2003, the Yankees won 101 games but lost the World Series to this team, which only won 91 games and was appearing in only their second World Series: a. Baltimore Orioles b. St. Louis Cardinals c. Atlanta Braves d. Florida Marlins 5. How many World Series championships have the Kansas City Royals won? a. 1 b. 7

d. Reggie Jackson

c. 9 d. 14 6. In the 1996 World Series, this pitcher had 4 saves for the Yankees, earning him the MVP award: a. Enter Sandman...Mariano Rivera b. Jeff Nelson c. John Wetteland d. Doc Gooden 7. How many World Series rings does Joe Girardi have? a. 1 b. 2 c. 3 d. 4

Answers: 1-A 2-C 3-D 4-D 5-A 6 - C- Mo was the set-up man in 1996 7 - D- He was on the Yankees for their 1996, 1998 and 1999 wins, and was the Yankee manager when they won in 2009.

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Scoreboard: 6-9 correct: You are a baseball buff. If John. T. Brush was your manager he would 8. Which pitcher threw a four-hit shutout say that you are so good that he wouldn’t to defeat the Giants in Game 7 of the 1962 even want you to have to play this trivia…it’s World Series? beneath you. a. Whitey Ford 3-5 correct: Not bad. Well, actually, if you b. Bill Stafford got 3 correct, you lose. If you got c. Ralph Terry 5 correct, you win, with d. Jim Bouton one to spare.

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R’ Ben Tzion Shafier

Parshas Noach

Believing and Not Believing “And Noach, his sons, and his wife came with him because of the waters of the flood.” — Bereishis 7:7 Hashem told Noach that his entire generation was wicked and would be destroyed. Only he, his family, and certain, select animals would be saved.

When the flood actually began, the posuk says that Noach and his family went into the Ark “because of the waters of the flood.” Rashi observes that these words imply that it was the water that caused Noach to go into the teivah, not Hashem’s command. Therefore, Rashi says that Noach was “One who believed and didn’t believe.” On one hand, he believed that Hashem would bring the flood, but on the other, he didn’t believe it would happen. Therefore, he didn’t actually go into the teivah until the rains forced him in.

This Rashi becomes difficult to understand when we take into account some of the background of the event.

Noach was a Tzaddik Noach is called a righteous man, so much so that Hashem chose him to be the single person to rebuild the human race. So how is it possible that when Hashem told him there would be a flood, he didn’t believe it?

This question comes into sharper relief when we view the situation in its broader context. Many of the Rishonim ask, “Why did Hashem ask Noach to build the teivah? If Hashem wanted to destroy the generation and save No

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ach, there are many ways He could have done it. Why trouble this tzaddik to draw the plans, cut the wood, and fit together the pieces? Hashem could have miraculously saved him without Noach having to become a carpenter.

Rashi answers that Hashem wanted

lieve it himself?

remains a part of me.

The Nature of Man The answer to this question is based on understanding the nature of man.

When Hashem created the human, He joined together two divergent elements

The Answer to Noach The answer to the question seems to be that Noach was a real believer.

He had a powerful, unwavering belief that everything that Hashem said would happen, would indeed come true. But that was only half of him. There was another part of Noach that didn’t see Hashem, couldn’t relate to Him, and couldn’t see anything beyond the here and the now. That part denied that there would ever be a flood.

Even an ish tzaddik, who spent 120 years engaged in teaching that Hashem was going to bring a flood, was still a human, and as such, he couldn’t fully

EVEN AN ISH TZADDIK, WHO SPENT 120 YEARS ENGAGED IN TEACHING THAT HASHEM WAS GOING TO BRING A FLOOD, WAS STILL A HUMAN. to give the generation one final opportunity to do teshuvah. When Noach would work on the teivah, people would see him and ask, “What are you building?”

“Hashem told me He is going to destroy the world,” he would answer. “The only hope is to repent. Do teshuvah.”

For 120 years, while he was building the teivah, Noach was on a mission to convince his neighbors that Hashem was going to bring a mabul and destroy the inhabited world...unless they changed their ways.

With this, the question becomes much stronger. Here we have a man whom the Torah calls a tzaddik, whom Hashem spoke to directly. He was told

by Hashem Himself exactly what would happen. He then spent year after year preaching that very message to the people. How is it possible that he didn’t be-

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  

and fused them into one entity. Part of me only wants to do what is right and proper, only wishes for that which is good, and yearns to be close to Hashem. That part of me, the Nefesh Ha’Sichili or the spiritual soul, is untainted, pure intellect. It is the part of me that understands exactly why I was created.

However, there is another part of me, a Nefesh Ha’Bahami or a physical soul. This other part is also vibrant and has needs, but its aspirations, drives, and desires only relate to that which is physical. It only sees the here and now. In its world, if I can’t hear it, feel it, or see it, it doesn’t exist.

When I engage in any spiritual activity, these two components of me are in direct conflict. For instance, when I daven, part of me feels a deep, inner yearning to grow ever closer to Hashem, and part of me is bored. Part of me is aglow because I am connecting to my Creator, and part of me just doesn’t care. The Nefesh Ha’Bahami doesn’t see Hashem, can’t relate to Hashem, and therefore doesn’t have any connection to anything spiritual.

As long as a person lives, there will be a part of his essence that denies the existence of Hashem, not because that part is rebellious, nor because it wants to do anything wrong, but because it is incapable of seeing anything that isn’t physical. The more a person grows, the more clearly he relates to his spiritual side, and the less the Nefesh Ha’Bahami clouds his vision. However, as long as I am housed in a body, this darkness

see it happening. It wasn’t until the rain started that it became real to him, and then he went into the teivah.

The Darkness of Physicality This concept is very relevant to us because no matter what level a person has reached, there will always be a part of him that denies anything spiritual. There will always be a part of me that feels alone in this world because it cannot see Hashem, nor even relate to anything that is not physical. However, there is another full dimension of me that intuitively knows that Hashem is right here, running the world, involved in every detail of my life.

Rabbi Shafier is the founder of Shmuz.com.

The Shmuz is an engaging, motivating shiur that deals with real life issues. All of the Shmuzin are available free of charge at the www.theShmuz.com or on the Shmuz App for iPhone or Android.

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he main character described in this week’s Torah reading is naturally Noach himself. I think that the Torah wishes to illustrate, through Noach’s personality and his reactions to the impending disaster and to the world afterwards, the challenges of being a survivor.

Everyone who has ever survived a serious challenge or tragedy replays in one’s mind what might have been done differently, and whether the tragedy could somehow have been averted. There is always, as well, that element of guilt which every survivor carries with him or her.

Noach had ample warning as to the arrival of the flood – a flood that would destroy civilization as he knew it. There are different opinions in the commentaries to the Torah as to whether Noach really tried to save his surrounding neighbors or whether he was mainly passive, hoping that somehow by publicly building the Ark they would get the message.

Whatever opinion we adopt, it is obvi-

Parshas Noach ous that Noach was unsuccessful in saving his generation from destruction.

That stark fact must have undoubtedly weighed very heavily on Noach in the aftermath of the flood. It explains his superficially strange behavior – planting

there was no one to help him cope with his own survival syndrome.

Coping with sad and difficult events is ostensibly the true measure of a person and of life itself. It is perhaps what the Mishna meant when it described the

THEIR CHOICES AS HOW TO PURSUE LIFE ONCE MORE BECAME THE TRUE METTLE OF THEIR EXISTENCE AND PERSONALITY. a vineyard, becoming drunk – but it does not excuse it. Post-traumatic syndrome is today recognized as a medical disease – a psychological and physical problem.

Almost all servicemen who were engaged in actual combat suffer from it in one way or another. There are grief counselors to help people recover after personal tragedies in their families. But Noach was all alone in the world and

ten trials of our father Avraham “and he withstood them all.” It was not only the trials that made him great but rather the fact that after so many trials he still stood tall and resolute, faithful and graciously kind to the end.

Avraham was also a survivor but his method of overcoming the survival syndrome was far different from that of Noach. This dichotomy was clearly seen in the past generation when the

survivors of the Holocaust made choices regarding their future lives after their liberation. All of them were affected by the horrors they witnessed and in fact endured. Yet their choices as how to pursue life once more became the true mettle of their existence and personality.

Choosing life, family, faith and entrepreneurial, social and national productivity was, for many a survivor, the road to rehabilitation and normalcy. The past was never forgotten and the events could never be erased, but rebuilding life took precedence over all other factors. Adam and Noach both could not overcome the tragedies that previously engulfed them. They became reclusive and lost their drive for leadership and their ability to inspire others. By so doing, they compounded the tragedies that overtook them and forfeited the opportunity to forge an eternal people that would somehow be able to rise above all calamities and fulfill its historic mission.

Shabbat shalom.

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BY SUSAN SCHWAMM Bruce Blakeman is running for the 4th Congressional District seat in Congress to be vacated by Carolyn McCarthy. He took a few minutes of his time to chat with TJH about issues that are important to him and voters.

SS: Bruce, it’s a true pleasure meeting with you.

Let’s get down to business. Last election, Carolyn McCarthy won by 53%. Many are saying that this election will be won by the Democrats. How do you propose to win at the polls?

BB: Well, first of all, she ran against someone who didn’t have the money to prosecute a campaign. It was an Obama landslide, with a heavy minority turnout.

This election is a different situation; it’s an off year election. Democrats themselves aren’t happy with Obama and with his policies that he and Pelosi have been trying to ram down our throats. With high taxes, Obamacare, there’s a lot of dissatisfaction. Kathleen Rice, my opponent, is parroting these policies.

I also feel that the Republican vote will be energized and Independents will be with me. I believe that this election is going to be a big Republican vote—not just here but all across the country. Additionally, I used to represent this part of the Congressional district and I still have a lot of support here.

Look at Israel, when it comes to Israel, there’s no one more supportive than me. The Democratic Party has become a far-left, pro-Palestinian party. The Pew Research Center recently did a poll and only 53% of Americans sympathized with Israel in their conflict with Hamas. Even more shocking—only 44% of Democrats sympathized with Israel vs. 73% of Republicans who sympathized with Israel. Less than a majority of Democrats sympathized with Israel! Within the past five years, Democrats are becoming more pro-Palestinian. Many people are upset with Obama and Secretary Kerry and their policies towards Israel.

You know, when you speak about that poll, I was interested to hear that almost half of Americans are pro-Israel. We live in New York so it’s hard to imagine the rest of the country, but many of them aren’t connected to Israel and the Jewish people, so

I see 44% as a nice number for Americans in Middle lowed. Because that money that’s going to the PalAmerica supporting Israel. estinian Authority, that’s American dollars, taxpayer The big issue I think is the erosion of Democrat dollars. Americans need to know that their money is support for Israel. Even Jewish Democrats are muted funding terrorism. No one is taking a lead on that. I in their criticism of Obama policies that have tried to am going to be very vocal and passionate about it. bully Israel into an agreement that doesn’t make Israel secure and safe. They should let Israel prosecute Why aren’t other Republicans speaking up? the war against Hamas without any interference on They have been saying things. But not as vocal as America’s part. me. I’m not just a huge supporter of Israel; it’s part of For years there was a seamless transaction be- my fiber. I’m going to make it my priority. tween the Pentagon and the IDF with respect to reThe most important thing really is to stop Iran’s stocking military hardware. They never had to go nuclear program. Without one concession from Iran, through the president before. The president stopped Obama and Kerry have extended the deadline to Nothat a few weeks ago. Now, the vember for Iran to take measurPentagon can’t send any weapable steps to cut their nuclear ons to Israel without first going program. And they’re not going through the White House. to do it. We need to increase In addition, Congress enthe sanctions on their financial acted a few years ago somemarkets. And that will bring thing known as the Palestinian them to their feet. But if that Accountability Act. It said that doesn’t stop them—because American taxpayers’ dollars they’re passionate as well about will not be used to support a destroying Jews and Israel and Palestinian Authority that has destroying America—then Hamas or any other terrorAmerica should take military ist group as a part of it. The action. They should implement Palestinian Authority now has surgical airstrikes against any Hamas as part of their governprogram that is used to make ment. And last year, in violation nuclear weapons. I believe of the law, Obama sent $317 America should take military million to the Palestinian Auaction if nothing else stops Iran.

With Senator Dean Skelos thority. What did they do with Let’s put Israel aside for a the money? Half of the money they gave to Hamas moment…it’s in America’s national interest to stop and it was supposed to go to hospitals, kindergartens, Iran’s nuclear program. If nuclear weapons fall into basic infrastructure. Instead, it went for tunnels, pur- the hands of a terrorist organization, there could be chase of weapons, and rockets. a dirty bomb in Times Square. You can bet that they No Democrat is speaking out against that. Even won’t hesitate to share their nuclear weapons with Republicans aren’t talking about it. When I get to terrorist organizations because they hate America as Washington, I’m going to make sure that law is fol- much as they hate Israel. I’m looking at it from a na-

tional security issue. We saw what happened in 9/11.

It could be much worse.

What are on people’s minds when you meet them on the campaign trail?

Most people are concerned with economic issues—unemployment and underemployment.

I think we should expand economy through the private sector—not through government. We now have over $70 trillion in debt; we are going to run out of money at some point in time. We can’t keep on growing government.

Margaret Thatcher said it the best: The problem with socialism is eventually you run out of other people’s money.

This will come to hurt middle class families in 4th Congressional District. We have to cut the size of government and government regulation. It costs small businesses approximately $10 thousand per employee, just for regulatory paperwork and record keeping. This is strangling our small businesses. They are trying to comply with government regulation and they can’t grow their businesses.

We need cheap energy: we have a 100 year supply of national gas on the southern tier of New York and we’re not exploring it. Five years ago, when Obama became president, a gallon of gas was $1.80. Now, it’s $4. On top of that, the medium family income has gone down 8.3%. So costs are going up and income is going down. Rice’s only solution is to raise the minimum wage. I don’t want our graduates from prestigious universities to come out of school and get minimum wage jobs. I don’t want you to earn minimum wage your whole life. I want you to earn good money in the private sector so you can have a family, you can have a home. I don’t want to keep you down; I want you to elevate yourself.

The tax code is crazy. We have to lower and simplify the tax code and reduce the corporate tax code. There are trillions of dollars overseas from companies that are not investing in America b/c they have to pay 39% tax. We’re saying to these American companies, don’t bring your money here and invest it because we’re going to take almost 40% of it. More and more companies are looking to relocate overseas to avoid the

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highest tax rate in the world. Why should we have highest tax rate in the world? This makes us uncompetitive. It’s like you opening a business and saying we don’t want any customers. America is saying that to businesses.

Obamacare is a job killer. It’s essentially a tax on the middle class. They have to repeal it or fundamentally change it.

What can we do to keep jobs here, in this district?

It’s more a macro-regional issue. We want to create jobs here, but this is still a bedroom community.

We also have to pay attention to the economy of NYC.

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What concerns me about de Blasio is what concerns me about Obama and what concerns me about Rice and the Democratic Party. They talk about a tale of two cities—class warfare, racial warfare. This country is the most divided it’s been in 20 years. People are trying to polarize rather than bring people together. I want everyone to do well, to be prosperous, to have opportunity. My policies will benefit people in every community. I don’t believe in politics of division. I believe in a policy of inclusion. Give everyone the opportunity; give everyone the dream.

in some way. She was a member of the Regional Women’s Army Corp.

So the VA Scandal must have hit home for you.

The sad thing is that we have vets who put their lives in danger who were injured who are not receiving treatment they’re entitled to. What I would do is institute a voucher system: you can get treated at a VA hospital or at another hospital or doctor. Create choice and the VA will have to have standards that are the same as non-for-profit and forprofit healthcare facilities.

Waiting times of six months for procedures and then hiding that is the worst thing. It gets back to Obamacare.

How can we trust government to run healthcare for hardworking families if they can’t even do that for our veterans?

Getting back to Obamacare. It’s quite unlikely that it will be repealed.

With Senator Senator Dean Dean Skelos, Skelos, Avi Avi Fertig Fertig and and Legistlator Legislator Howard With Howard Kopel Kopel I don’t know the answer to that yet—it depends on how many Republicans will be elected in Senate and if we can expand the percentage of Republicans We play a role around the world and it’s a role we in the House. If we can’t repeal it, we have to materishould cherish. We are a superpower. But Obama ally change it.

ISIS has been making headlines for weeks now. doesn’t believe in that. He governs from the left. He People in a high risk category—like with auto I said it months ago: this president has been leading has embraced the European socialist model of governinsurance—should have to pay higher premiums. from behind. Playing golf, going to fundraisers. He ment that has destroyed Western Europe and now WestIf they can’t afford it, then the government should should’ve been in the Situation Room with his advisors. ern Europe wants to be like America used to be when come in and subsidize them. We could’ve expanded, He was asleep at the wheel. As recently as a month or Ronald Reagan was president. Ironically, Obama wants constricted the doughnut with Medicaid. I’ve talked so ago, ISIS was traveling with personnel and equip- America to be like the socialist model of Europe that to doctors, to medical administrators. We are in the ment. We could’ve taken them out. They were sitting was a failure. process of systemically dismantling our healthcare ducks. And the president didn’t do it. And that’s why system with Obamacare. people like Putin don’t reIt’s sad that by electing Obama most of America My opponent is running spect him or care about his is agreeing with him that America is not exceptional. on Working Family Party opinion.

I think that if you look at Obama’s victory, it’s line. They are the most Russia is a third of what very hard to win against incumbent. (I’m not running liberal…they are socialwe are as far as wealth and against an incumbent.) Obama kept blaming things on ists. They want socialized military power. They are Bush and he’s a very effective communicator. But now medicine. I can’t believe not a superpower and yet we’re almost six years along and you can’t blame things she took their nominathey are calling the shots in on Bush anymore. The worse effects to the economy tion. That’s what we’re up Europe. Our president is al- haven’t even taken place yet, in many economists’ view. against. My opponent says ways a dollar short and a day Obamamcare hasn’t fully kicked in and when it does, it all the right things, but basilate on all of his policies. will kill more jobs. People have just realized what they cally, she’s an ultra-liberal voted for. According to a recent poll, if an election was with socialized polices.

What do you think it is: held today, Romney would’ve beaten Obama 52 to 48.

She wants government to is he a coward, or does he intrude in everything. She not know what to do, or does Many people have said that McCarthy was essenwants government to inhe just not want get things tially an absentee representative; we never saw her trude in religion, tell relidone? around town. gion how it should be run.

President Obama doesn’t When I was a legislator back in late ‘90s, people This country was founded believe in American excep- remarked that I was everywhere. I am by nature a very on religious freedoms! tionalism. He thinks we are hard worker. I like to work. I start my day at 6:30 in the It’s strange now that we’re just like any other nation morning. And I keep working until 10:30/11 at night.

With Chief Rabbi Yosef on a recent trip to Israel living in an environment in the world. He has a dia- Sometimes, after a long day, I jump into the ocean—at where the government is atmetrically opposed view of, Long Beach—at 5pm, clear my head, and then head out tacking religious freedom and it’s gotta stop. let’s say, a Ronald Reagan, who viewed American as for more events and meet more people. the shining city on the hill, who viewed America as I enjoy interacting with people; it’s fun for me.

That truly is ironic. I understand that your fa- the great benefactor of the world. Democratic, philan- And it’s an educational process for me. I’m not gother is a WWII vet. thropic, not imperialistic, as a superpower we could do ing to spend too much time in DC. There’s a problem And my mother. whatever we want. We’re not looking to acquire other in Washington: everyone talks to each other and not to countries. We are the most charitable and principled anyone in their district. If you talk to each other, you What did your mother do in the war? nation in the world. This is the first truly Democratic have an insular view of issues in the world. I want to She was a surgical technician. nation in the world. It was founded on Judeo-Christian talk to people in my district because it’s going to help principles as a country that should be an example of me be a better member of Congress and I genuinely like Is that where they met? liberty and justice. people.

No—they met after the war. Here in Island Park.

The bottom line is that Obama sees us as the same If you knew my mother, you’d know that there wasn’t as France, Italy, Nigeria, Brazil, Russia…He has the Bruce, it was a true pleasure meeting with you. going to be a war and she wasn’t going to be involved UN view of the world.

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riends of mine have told me that they never let the gas tanks in their cars go below half a tank. First of all, that way you’re never left stranded if you go on a trip and the gas station you were planning to go to is closed or there’s a power outage, and secondly, they say the gas tank builds up a certain amount of sediment and keeping the tank full keeps it from getting into your engine.

As for me, I applaud that way of thinking, but with gas prices as high as they have been in recent years, I’ve frequently managed to wind up on near-empty thinking that soon I’ll be in New Jersey where gas is cheaper than in Monsey or something to that effect.

Then, I have to put something in the tank to get me going, and it’s usually more than if I’d planned ahead.

Recently, however, I’ve noticed that I’ve begun to fill up frequently, even before getting to a half a tank. What changed? Well, gas prices have been dropping, and I’ve found myself in New Jersey (the state line isn’t far from Monsey) a number of times. It seems that the opportunities were there, and the excitement of getting a good deal on the

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Running on Empty gas, now nearly a dollar less than a few months ago, has made me giddy at the prospect of filling up even a little. The fact that the price-gouging gas stations near my house remain at the highest

on empty. Unfortunately, when we do that, the dirt and gunk that were sitting in the bottom of the tank get into our engines and we find ourselves even less energized or inclined to fill up properly.

WHEN WE LEAVE THIS EARTH ALL WE’VE GOT IS THE GAS WE’VE PUT IN THE TANK.

prices in the area make it even sweeter to fill up south of the border.

As I headed home one day after topping off, I thought about the change in my behavior. Whereas previously I had dreaded filling up, I now felt excited to be doing it. It made me think about life in a more global way.

Each day, we fill our own spiritual tanks with tefila, Torah, and mitzvos.

Sometimes we’re getting super premium, and sometimes we’re getting watered-down no-name gas. Sometimes, of course, we don’t really take the time to fill our tanks, maybe we spill and waste some, and we get stuck running

When our spiritual tanks are running on fumes, the influence of the world around us that beckons us to chase things that are truly not important can take hold, and we may find ourselves stalled, or worse— headed in the wrong direction.

However, if we recognize that the mitzvos we can do, the Torah that we can study, and the prayers we can offer are a bargain, maybe we can change our at-

titudes. When I fill up my car at a low price, I am excited. I feel like I’ve outsmarted someone. I don’t know who, but it doesn’t matter. I feel like I’ve won by not paying more at the pump than I had to. If I knew that prices were going to go up or that New Jersey was changing its pricing, you can bet I’d keep that tank filled all the time so that when the time came, at least I’d have the full tank. What if I knew that prices weren’t just going up, but that there would be rationing or a shortage? I bet I’d buy some gas containers and fill them up too.

Well, one day, the chance to do mitzvos and study Torah, even to offer a prayer, will go away.

When we leave this Earth all we’ve got is the gas we’ve put in the tank. Yes, maybe our children can send us some gas, but that’s a lot more involved and “expensive” than doing it ourselves. Right now it’s a bargain.

Torah is free, mitzvos are cheap, and tefilos cost us nothing. We can and should keep filling up constantly because we never know when the gas station will close. We should be excited by the deal we’ve got going, and keep topping off. Trust me, you never want to get to the end of the road and be running on empty.

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Righteous Caregiver

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t is difficult to imagine the scenario that confronted Noach at the onset of this week’s parsha. He was born in an era of decadence and corruption, so much so that the world into which he entered was to be completely destroyed. Noach was selected to be the new Adam, a second progenitor of all humanity in the post-diluvian period that would represent a clean break from the sinful ways of his ancestors.

But it was not sufficient for the righteous Noach to sit back and watch Hashem carry out His decree of destruction.

Instead, Noach was tasked to do something that no one else would ever be required to do in the annals of humanity.

He was to build an ark of sizable proportions and use it to shelter thousands of creatures from the destructive waters of the flood. Moreover, he was to build this ark over a period of 120 years, a lengthy time period designed to allow him to influence others towards change and repentance. Lastly, he was to care for all of the animals in the ark, which included the collection and distribution of food for the countless species under his care. And he was to attend to their needs for many months, while practically ignoring his own essentials during that protracted time.

This last task was one that surely would have overwhelmed even the world‘s most gifted and energetic zookeeper. Certainly, it was an overwhelming task for an aged, righteous man who likely never engaged in any meaningful animal-rearing during his first six centuries of life. What was it

about Noach that prepared him for this daunting task? What qualities did he possess that allowed him to step into

each term, ish, tzaddik and tamim, independently signify unique aspects of his greatness.

WHAT WAS IT ABOUT NOACH THAT PREPARED HIM FOR THIS DAUNTING TASK?

the role of savior and help perpetuate not only mankind, but the entire animal kingdom as well?

While the Torah offers no direct answers to these questions, a few hints can be gleaned that may offer us some additional understanding. Rav Samson

Ish does not simply mean “man.”

Any time that the Torah uses this designation, it testifies to the person’s distinction from his peers. The term tzaddik attests to his righteousness, an innate desire to meet the needs of others and ensure that they are adequately

Raphael Hirsch (commentary to Bereishis 6:9) analyzes the descriptions of Noach offered in the introductory verse. The pasuk calls him an “ish tzaddik, tamim,” a righteous man who was perfect. Rav Hirsch explains that

cared for. Tamim means that Noach had achieved moral perfection. And while these three accolades would be impressive in any age, it was a particularly special designation to receive a time of historic moral turpitude. By introducing the episode of the flood with a detailed description of Noach’s special character, the Torah may be teaching us that these qualities were most helpful in allowing Noach to meet his many responsibilities during this most trying period.

We all seek to be people of great character. Sometimes this is complicated by values that confront us in the streets, on our computers, or within our social circles. How can we maintain our desired standards of optimal conduct even when that seems to be the path less traveled?

One approach is to develop a set of core values that drive your actions and decision making. Work hard to identify the things that you “stand for” most and

create a short list that you keep with you. Refer to them often, to the point where you can utter them by heart. Take the time to communicate them to others so that they understand your thought process. In most cases, they will come to respect you for it.

But it’s not enough to know and even articulate the qualities and characteristics that we hold dear. We have to put them into practice so that we can become more comfortable with the desired behavior and engage in frequently. Rav Eliyahu Dessler talks about a nekudas habechira, literally a point of choice. It is the domain in which we struggle with our yetzer hara.

Behaviors that are “above” that point, such as reciting tikkun chatzos every evening, are ones that most of us are not yet ready to embrace or confront.

Those that are “below” our point of conflict, such as smoking on Shabbos, are also not something that most of us struggle with. The goal is to identify the “stretch” behaviors that are within reach and see how we can get there to the point where our nekudas habechira is no longer concerned, so to speak, with that temptation.

I had the privilege of hearing Rav Yisroel Reisman speak before the yamim noraim. He quoted his rebbe, Rav Avrohom Pam, zt”l, who encourage his talmidim to accept small kabbalos upon themselves. These kabbalos need not be significant, but they can be meaningful if they prove to have staying power.

One way by which to achieve that goal is to be realistic from the outset and find ways to keep yourself committed.

To be an ish, tzaddik and tamim is no small feat. But that set of qualities is what allows us to see beyond ourselves, much as Noach did when he was charged with the “menial” tasks of building a teiva and caring for animals.

May we merit to be inspired by Noach’s continued quest for moral wholeness so that we can embrace whichever tests that we may face and overcome any obstacles that come our way.

Rabbi Naphtali Hoff is an executive coach and president of Impactful Coaching and Consulting (ImpactfulCoaching.com).

He can be reached at 212.470.6139 or at president@impactfulcoaching.com.

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The Bumps are the Best Part

Helping your child have a successful school year

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s parents, our instincts drive us to protect our children and give them the best possible chance at success. When our children’s pain hurts us more than anything in the world, this is a sign of our deep commitment to their well-being. Therefore, when we hear that our children are facing challenges at school, we often try to fix the problem for them. We may rush to call their teachers, or be quick to tell our children to avoid certain friendships.

There are many situations in which those reactions are warranted and needed. At times though, our intervention may actually cause our children to miss the opportunity to learn how to handle adversity on their own.

As our children grow into teenagers and adults, they will eventually have to deal with challenging situations. They may not get accepted to the summer camp of their choice, they may have a rude boss at work, or they may face feelings such as sadness or loneliness.

The older they get, the less we are able to limit their interactions with difficult people and difficult situations. At those junctures, all they will have are the coping skills that they have learned through navigating problems earlier on in life.

At this point, our children have been placed in their classes for the school year, and it is possible that over the course of the year they will face normal childhood problems such as teasing, cliques, playground exclusion, or academic deficiencies. At times, we will have to fight our natural protective instincts and allow our children to experience those problem, and then learn to deal with them in ways that will make them stronger and more confident.

ing about people being mean to her.

Then, she may just give me the answer she thinks I’m looking for instead of the truth. She may learn that I will give her the most attention when she reports

Tools for Success Communication Ask your child open-ended questions about her day when she gets home from school. “What is one good thing that happened today?” “Is there anything bad that happened today?” Try to avoid leading questions that may make your child think you are looking for a certain response. Most of us do this without even realizing it. For example, if I ask my child, “Was anyone mean to you?” every day, eventually she will learn that I am most interested in hear-

Much of the time, when children are given a chance to think of their own solutions, they surprise themselves with their own capabilities. Of course, if the problem involves a safety risk or if

WHEN CHILDREN ARE GIVEN A CHANCE TO THINK OF THEIR OWN SOLUTIONS, THEY SURPRISE THEMSELVES WITH THEIR OWN CAPABILITIES.

that children were being unkind. Try to keep your questions neutral and let your child’s responses emerge naturally, when she is ready.

they experienced the problem multiple times, that is the time to reach out to school personnel such as teachers, principals, or guidance counselors.

Problem Solving Help your child try to come up with her own solutions to problems that may come up at recess or in class.

For example: Child comes home and says, “All the girls were playing

Assertiveness Training Leora stuffed three snack bags into her already full backpack. She turned around and saw her mother watching her over the kitchen counter. “I need extra snack!” she blurted out. Her mother

jump rope at recess and they didn’t let me play!” Parent bites tongue and suppresses the urge to call teacher. Parent says, “That’s terrible! Let’s talk about it together. Is there anything you think you can do to make sure that doesn’t happen tomorrow?” Parent listens carefully to child’s ideas. Parent helps child come up with a strategy (such as bring own jump rope, ask to join the game, or tell teacher). When child comes home the next day, parent checks in to see if the strategy worked.

stopped preparing lunches and sat down next to her. Leora cried as she explained that the class queen had been taking one of her snacks each day, promising to give her a chocolate bar at the end of the week. The trades never happened though, leaving Leora hungry and confused.

Being assertive involves standing up to bullying behavior without being mean. A child can learn to be assertive by following three key guidelines: • Making direct eye contact

• Speaking in a loud and clear voice • Stating her needs Like many skills, this is best learned through practice and role-play. Leora’s mother may decide to let her take an extra snack for the day, since it would be hard to teach her child the skills she needs during the household morning rush. Then, later in the day she may help Leora practice saying a clear and simple sentence, “I don’t want to give you my snack. I need it.” She may prepare Leora with a backup plan—if assertive talk doesn’t help, she could always tell the teacher what is happening and ask for help.

Acceptance Children (and even some adults) often understand the world in terms of categories. They may be quick to notice when someone doesn’t fit in, when someone seems different. They may label other children “weird” or “nerdy.”

They may react with suspicion when classmates live in different neighborhoods or have atypical family structures. Encourage your child to develop an open mind. “That girl in your class might always lose her school supplies, but she might be feeling sad about that.

Try to be nice to her.” When we help our children be tolerant of the flaws and imperfections in others, we help create warm and kind classroom environments.

The school environment presents so many opportunities for children to learn how to be independent and confident in their abilities. Through communicating openly with our children and taking the time to teach them coping skills, we can help them build strong inner cores. We can provide them with the strength and competence to overcome current and future challenges.

Sara Schwartz-Gluck, LCSW has worked with children both in and out of school settings for the past decade. She facilitates life skills groups for girls grades 1-8, and provides individual and family counseling at the Five Towns Wellness Center in Cedarhurst, NY. For more information about her services, please see www.5twc.com.

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“Say What?”

A group in Russia has nominated Vladimir Putin for the Nobel Peace Prize. When Putin heard this, he said, “I’m all about achieving peace — piece of Ukraine, piece of Poland. I hope to win many more pieces.”

- Jimmy Fallon

I would be bored to death.

Can you imagine me banging around that chamber with 99 other people? Asking for a motion on the amendment in the subcommittee? Forget it, it would be over, everybody.

You’d watch me just walk out and walk right into the Potomac River and drown.

That’d be it.

- New Jersey Governor Chris Christie at an NAACP event, explaining why he would never run for the Senate

On Saturday the San Francisco Giants beat the Nationals in Washington in 18 innings. It was the longest postseason game in baseball history — proving that even in sports, it takes forever to get something done in Washington.

- Jimmy Fallon Former CIA Director Leon Panetta said it seems like President Obama has lost his way. Apparently, it’s gotten so bad that this morning Obama was seen asking a White House intruder for directions.

– Seth Myers

A new poll shows that only a slim majority of Americans think the country is prepared for an Ebola outbreak.

But I think we deal with outbreaks pretty well. It only took us a couple of months to completely eradicate Gangnam Style.

– Seth Myers

At the Eiffel Tower they’ve installed a new glass floor that lets tourists see what’s going on hundreds of feet below them. It celebrates France’s favorite pastime: looking down on people.

– Jimmy Fallon

The administration now has a name for the war against ISIS. Every military operation has to have a name so people can get behind it, and they now have a name for the war against ISIS — Operation Hillary’s Problem.

– David Letterman

This is kind of weird. This week Obama criticized the GOP for being the party of billionaires — while he was speaking at a fundraiser at a billionaire’s house…Did you see the name of that billionaire? He was Rich Richman… Obama would have stayed longer, but he was late for his lunch with Dollars McMoneybags.

- Jimmy Fallon

The White House dismissed former Defense Secretary Leon Panetta’s criticisms of President Obama, saying he has faced some of the most difficult issues of our time. That would be a great defense if every president didn’t face the most difficult issues of their time. That’s the job.

- Jimmy Fallon

Facebook is reportedly thinking of ways to incorporate health into their array of services. Here’s how it’ll work: If you get a cut or a bruise or something, take a picture of it and post it. If it gets more than 100 likes, you’re cured.

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Archaeologists in Arizona have discovered the remains of a 1,300-year-old village.

They found dwellings, stone tools, and hundreds of ballots cast for Senator John McCain.

– Jimmy Fallon

More needs to be done.

Higher education shouldn’t be a privilege for [only] those able to afford it.

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The fact that Mr. Duncan had traveled to Africa was not communicated effectively among the care team, though it was in his medical chart. On that visit to the Emergency Department, we did not correctly diagnose his symptoms as those of Ebola.

For this, we are deeply sorry.

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Vladimir Putin turned 62 years old today. It must be tough buying him a gift. What do you get for the man who has everywhere?

- Jimmy Fallon A cat in Florida had its life saved by a blood transfusion from a dog. Unfortunately, it later died from exhaustion after chasing itself around the house.

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New York State is spending $750 million to open a solar plant in Buffalo, which will create thousands of jobs.

Most of those jobs will be shoveling the snow off the solar equipment.

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The New York Jets were defeated 31-0…Native Americans were so embarrassed about the game that they’re demanding the Jets change their name.

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Dallas Cowboys running back Joseph Randle was arrested for stealing cologne and a two-pack of underwear from a store in Texas.

That’s disappointing for two reasons. First, he was stealing. Second, he couldn’t outrun a mall security guard.

He’s an NFL running back.

Break a tackle!

- Jimmy Fallon

A woman in the U.K. held a wedding ceremony to marry herself. I don’t know how to tell you this, but I think that lady you just married might be crazy.

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Today they announced the Nobel Prize winner for economics. It went to the guy who sold Derek Jeter’s socks for 400 bucks.

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Looking back on my career, I’ve been a Republican, a congressman, a White House chief of staff, and a defense secretary. Come to think of it, I’ve done everything that Dick Cheney has done.

Except the guy I made sure got shot in the face was Osama bin Laden.

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A survey found that more than half of Americans see President Obama’s time in office as a failure. While the rest said, “You saw him in his office?

When?”

- Jimmy Fallon

The marriage rate has hit an all-time low, with 1 in 5 adults over 25 having never been married. In fact, an ad firm has come up with slogans to get people onboard. One slogan is: “Marriage, satisfaction guaranteed or your money back — half of it, anyway.”

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I got fired for being a nice guy, I can live with that.

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As I went around and met with people in the course of our discussions about the ISIL [Islamic State] coalition, the truth is we – there wasn’t a leader I met with in the region who didn’t raise with me spontaneously the need to try to get peace between Israel and the Palestinians, because it was a cause of recruitment and of street anger and agitation that they felt – and I see a lot of heads nodding – they had to respond to. And people need to understand the connection of that. And it has something to do with humiliation and denial and absence of dignity, and Eid [the holiday] celebrates the opposite of all of that.

- U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry at a reception for the Muslim feast of Eid al-Adha at the State Department in Washington on October 16, 2014 [H]e did not make any linkage between Israel and the growth of ISIL, period.

- State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf, in response to criticism from Israeli Parliament members Linking the fight against terrorism and the end of the Israeli occupation is a strategic position that we support.

- PLO secretary general Yasser Abed Rabbo in response to Kerry’s comments Even when a British Muslim beheads a British Christian, there will always be those who blame the Jews.

- MK Naftali Bennett, Israel’s economy minister, responding to Kerry’s comments

The search engine Bing has a new feature that can predict who will lose in the midterm elections — because if anyone’s good at predicting failure, it’s Bing.

- Jimmy Fallon

On this day in 1912, President Teddy Roosevelt was shot, declined to go to the hospital, and gave a 90-minute speech with a bullet in his chest. Then, on this day in 2012, I spent the whole day on WebMD because my eyelid wouldn’t stop twitching.

– Seth Myers

During an interview, Senator John McCain declared that the U.S. isn’t winning the war against ISIS. Even ISIS said, “Well, not with THAT attitude.”

- Jimmy Fallon

This weekend, a man in Oregon who is an advocate for the open carry of firearms was robbed at gunpoint.

The thief apparently made off with the man’s entire argument.

- Seth Myers

A bar in London has been named the world’s best bar for the third year in a row.

And if you want to know what it’s like being at the world’s best bar, just keep drinking in the bar you’re at.

- Jimmy Fallon

You know who they haven’t seen in a while? Kim Jung Un, evil dictator of North Korea. They haven’t seen him in, like, six weeks. He’s probably spending more time executing his family.

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- Jimmy Fallon

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Kosher KITCHENSURFING in Crown Heights How I Dined On Cured Branzini and Fahrenheit Turnip on Eastern Parkway

BY MALKY LOWINGER

Last week I went surfing – KitchenSurfing, that is. It was a totally new experience for me, as well as for most of the twenty others who were joining me at this unique dinner party. The event, which was held in a swanky penthouse apartment overlooking Eastern Parkway, was a strictly kosher version of the popular start-up service that has become all the rage with foodies and plain old folk as well. Now that a kosher option is being introduced, chances are that it will take off just as quickly in the Jewish market.

What is KitchenSurfing? It’s an internet service that pairs up private chefs with anyone interested in hiring them for a dinner, a party, or perhaps a unique ethnic experience. To book a chef, one need just browse the website, choose the type of dinner that is preferred, read the menus and the reviews, compare the prices, and finally contact the chef (or chefs) of your choice. The KitchenSurfing experience can be customized to your specifications, and the chefs do all the work including shopping, cooking, serving, and cleaning up.

The company was launched in May of 2012 by Chris Muscarella, Mars Kluge, and Borahm Cho as a means of making the hiring of a private chef “a uniquely personal experience.” It was started in New York but today there are branches in many other locations including Chicago, LA, Boston and Berlin. Since its inception, it has connected

thousands of chefs with over 100,000 consumers.

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f course, it was only a matter of time until KitchenSurfing went kosher. And to promote its kosher debut, a cozy little dinner party was arranged at the aforementioned Crown Heights apartment. I arrive at the dinner to find an eclectic mix of people mingling comfortably while nibbling on hors d’oeuvres. For this event, KitchenSurfing teamed up with renowned food writer and celebrity chef Jamie Geller, who is here tonight along with her assistant, Tamar.

I introduce myself to Tamar and Jamie. Jamie is warm, friendly, and perky and while she’s delighted to be here tonight, she also can’t wait to get back to her home in Beit Shemesh, Israel. I make my way over to the kitchen so I can meet Chef David. David and his team are busy stirring, dicing, sautéing, and arranging but he takes a mo-

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ventually, we make our way to the elegantly set dining room table. I am seated between Hilda from the Lower East Side and Shifra who lives in Crown Heights. Hilda is here because she and her husband enjoy dining out and are always willing to try something new. Shifra is the

editor of the Joy of Kosher magazine, and a lively conversation develops about the latest trends in kosher eating.

Our lovely waitress serves the first course, which is a Fresh Corn Soup garnished with Farro.

We are really enjoying the soup, which is silky smooth and sweet. David emerges from the kitchen to tell us that the secret to the soup’s silkiness is the Yukon potatoes that are cleverly blended inside. He also confides that he roasts the corn a full forty five minutes before cooking the soup so as to bring out its sweetness.

In the course of conversation, he tells us that he recently got married and is today living on the East Side of Manhattan, not far from where Hilda lives. This is the kind of informal interaction that makes KitchenSurfing so appealing. Even if you’ve visited your favorite restaurant a dozen times, chances are you’ll never really get to know much about the person who prepared your dinner.

Our next course is Cured Branzini which I learn is a type of sea bass. It’s served with cucumber and beets. The fish is lightly sautéed and served cold, and David suggests that it would make a nice first course for Shabbat dinner. When I ask him who does the Shabbat cooking in his own home, David smiles shyly and confirms that he does.

And so the evening continues. Fahrenheit Turnip prepared with carrots and truffle oil, Beef Steak Cruda with cumin, Yukon potatoes, Vidalia onions, and capers. (I later discover that “cruda” means raw.) And Roasted Prime Rib Chantarelle with mushrooms, beef juice, and salad. Dessert is a Grapefruit and Orange Aspic, a chilled jelly with fruit which Aaron says is David’s personal creation. Each course is plated creatively and meticulously.

To be honest, KitchenSurfing may not be for everyone. Those who insist on dining on timehonored, traditional, and predictable dishes might not appreciate eating a single turnip served with truffle oil emulsion. But for those with a sense of culinary adventure, or anyone with a penchant for innovative gastronomic experiences, it’s certainly a treat for the senses. This could be the next big thing in upscale kosher dining. TJH

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ment to tell me his story. Born in the Lake Como region of northern Italy, he has been cooking since he’s 15, and has worked in an upscale Manhattan restaurant. Today he is twenty five years old and already a master chef. Intrigued by the concept of KitchenSurfing, he is preparing a chic and trendy dinner for us tonight that would presumably delight the fussiest foodies among us.

I check out the hors d’oeuvres. There are pickled eggs made with onions and balsamic marmalade, risotto cakes made with fried green peas, and lamb meatball skewers. They look lovely but I am saving myself for dinner. And while David seems like a nice enough fellow, I’m wondering who is in charge of the kashrus here tonight.

I find out soon enough, when I am introduced to Rabbi Weinfeld of O-K Labs. Rabbi Weinfeld assures me that he has been here since the morning supervising the preparation of the food as well as checking the vegetables. He also tells me that kosher KitchenSurfers can specify which meats and chickens they prefer for their event and can even choose the markets that their chefs should shop in. This is, after all, a personalized experience.

I meet Aaron who is handling the Kosher KitchenSurfing event tonight and he explains that this growing startup has discovered the kosher consumer as an intriguing and potentially powerful niche market. He is betting that the KitchenSurfing concept will really take off with members of the community who are hosting a sheva brochos at home, a private fundraising event, a backyard barbecue, or even an anniversary dinner for two. The possibilities are endless.

It’s fun to meet the people who are preparing your dinner, as well as those who are ensuring its kashrus and I’m beginning to see how KitchenSurfing can be more interesting and intriguing than simply making a restaurant reservation. No matter how much you enjoy your meal at your favorite eatery, chances are you will never have the opportunity to meet your chef, interact with him (or her) and learn about how he prepared the food you are eating.

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y last article, appearing on yom tov, was about connection to G-d. Since I am a Marriage & Family Therapist, I thought it would be fitting to start the New Year talking about the connection to our loved ones.

Here’s a question: Can we connect without love?

Answer: Of course. Great teachers connect. Great therapists connect. Great rabbis connect. Musicians connect.

There is much in our lives which connects us to one another and that wonderful, connected feeling does not have to lead to love.

So what is it about the connection of love that is so special? I think it’s special because we see in the other a reflection of a little bit of ourselves. Just as Hashem is in each of us, so some of us is in our beloved.

I can prove this. What is the first, rather inane question nearly everyone asks when a new child is welcomed into the family – and I am as guilty of it as the next one? The pointless question is: Who does he/she look like? What difference does it make? Apparently, a lot if you note the amount of time relatives spend discussing it.

A little piece of ourselves in our beloved.

Have you ever noticed the newly engaged? They cannot pull their eyes away from the eyes of the other. They see themselves there. They are absolutely awestruck at how much alike they are. They can’t believe the number of strange and important things they have in common.

There’s nothing wrong with this.

This is how G-d made us. We are excited about the process of perpetuating ourselves and well, we should be.

Adam HaRishon gave us mortality and the only way to get back immortality is through our loved ones. We keep Beethoven alive by listening to his music.

It’s music we love because it speaks to us (or name any composer that speaks to you); it resonates with something inside of us.

That is the connection that comes with love. Love can’t exist without it.

The more disconnected you feel from someone that you once loved, the less love is left.

Logic then says that if you want to love someone you have disconnected from, it would help to reconnect. The problem with that is that when we have

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Connection and Love fallen out of love it is because the other person has in some way harmed us: perhaps hurt our feelings, or violated our trust, or G-d forbid put us down.

Now, there’s someone alien inside that other person. We no longer see a reflection of ourselves. There’s some-

When the hurt person sees the super-human efforts a loved one makes to overcome the past pain – which requires learning new ways of handling tough situations, new coping skills – then a new feeling has room to flourish in the heart of the hurt person. That feeling is

SPIRITUALLY, SOMETHING OF US IS, IN FACT, IN OUR SIGNIFICANT OTHER. thing toxic there and it obscures what we once saw that charmed us. It stands to reason – logic again – that in order to fall in love again, the person who violated us is the one who must make the effort to clean out the toxicity.

Does that make sense?

If it does, then why do so many people who have violated their loved ones expect that the loved ones make as much effort as they think they are making? If the Klinghoffer Opera is a moral disgrace because evil acts simply cannot be justified or explained away, then what goes on in many homes isn’t any different. What’s different is that most of us haven’t killed someone. Or at least, haven’t killed other people’s bodies. I’m not so sure they haven’t trampled other people’s souls, though.

No, there is no place for moral equivalency between pain-producing acts by one person and the disconnection that another person experiences because of those acts. If you want, deeply, in your heart to re-create the beauty of a relationship you once had and if you take responsible for the disconnection the other person feels, the first step is for you to clear out your own toxicity.

The other person is not required to do anything at all. Except, maybe, wait patiently, wondering if you are doing the work, but remaining disconnected.

The possibility for re-connection is in your hands alone.

That said, it is also important for the hurt person to notice improvement.

respect.

Seeing a person change and grow – moving against old habits – is respect inducing. It’s a beautiful thing to watch and engenders happy, optimistic feelings. The respect is coupled with a growing sense of safety because now that the hurt person sees the other person use healthy coping skills, there is less and less likelihood of being hurt again in the future.

Both research and Torah back me up.

B o w l b y ’s Attachment Theory – what I have been referring to here as feeling connected – notes that as children, we form attachments in ways that are healthy or unhealthy.

The latter is due to the anxiety and unpredictability of the parent’s reactions to the child.

Anxious attachment leads to a wish to withdraw from the source of attachment combined with a longing for that attachment. After all, we all have needs to belong and be cared for. That push and pull experience, as you can imagine, creates a lot of stress for a child and as an adult, that person will experience that same stress when the loved one doesn’t behave in loving, safe ways.

In other words, stress in the adult relationship caused by mistreatment will trigger the old anxious, self-protective feelings of wanting to withdraw and also wanting to restore the loving relationship. It’s not a happy place to be.

On Parshas Bereishis, Rabbi S. R. Hirsch comments, “The one Adam,

creature in the likeness of G-d, is presented in two sexes, which only both together form the complete conception ‘Adam.’” In other words, that attachment, or connection, is there when things are going well. That is precisely why we do find ourselves in the other person. Spiritually, something of us is, in fact, in our significant other.

Taking this beautiful description of connectedness to the unfortunate experience couples have of disconnection due to maltreatment, Rabbi Yaakov Kanievsky, the Steipler Rav, said: “Giving a woman the feeling that she is unloved is akin to spilling her blood.” The Talmud tractate Nedarim 9:3 logically observes “that if a person were to feel pain because his left hand was injured, he would hardly strike it with his right hand to avenge the pain it caused him.”

Tractate Megilla 28a relates that students asked their highly revered elderly sage how he had merited to live so long.

His answer: “I never said a cross word in my home.”

The formula for reconnection – and deep, happy, fulfilling love – seems to be to use Torah guidelines for how to speak to one another in loving and kindly ways. This will restore the safety of the relationship and engender respect for a person who works hard to do this even when something bothersome happens. And that, in turn, creates a foundation for falling in love again.

Next week will continue with this topic – there is so much to say – and on November 4, I will be adding even more on this topic in the weekly Food For Thought program in its new location at Traditions, in its new time slot at lunch (12:30), and its new day, Tuesday.

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ARE YOU REALLY “SOOOO OCD”?

BY JEDIDIAH SIEV, PH.D.

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avid is your next door neighbor. Every day while davening, David experiences intrusive thoughts that he didn’t say Shema with the requisite concentration, mispronounced words, and that his tefillin are misaligned. He desperately tries to banish these thoughts from his mind and reassure himself that he does not believe them – to no avail. With great anxiety, he painstakingly articulates davening, often repeats Shema, checks and re-checks his tefillin, and declines to say brachos on behalf of others. He faces away from anything resembling a cross (such as a banister), and mentally replaces blasphemous intrusions with “appropriate” thoughts. In the short run he feels somewhat relieved, but in the long run, the thoughts and fears and uncertainty return.

David has obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD).

OCD is not a disorder of quirkiness (“I am sooooo OCD”) or being finicky about germs. It is a disorder in which individuals experience unwanted, intrusive thoughts, images, and urges that cause distress (obsessions), and engage in repeated behaviors or mental acts in efforts to reduce that distress (compulsions). It is heterogeneous and opportunis-

If you want to be less bothered by your thoughts, treat them like white noise. tic: it latches onto whatever is important to the person struggling with it.

Fears can manifest as violent and aggressive, inappropriate images, and nearly anything else, including symptoms many think of as prototypical, like concerns about contamination or the need for symmetry and exactness. There are times when OCD masquerades as religion, such as when individuals have symptoms related to unwanted blasphemous thoughts or excessive fears of sin that exceed religious standards.

Who has weird intrusive thoughts and why do they stick around?

Have you ever had a thought of poking something into your eye?

What about a sudden urge to kick someone? Or an image of acting on an unwanted impulse? Or wondering what it would be like to harm someone you love and aren’t even upset at?

It turns out that nearly everyone has intrusive thoughts, and for the most part the intrusive thoughts that people without OCD have aren’t very different in terms of content from the intrusive thoughts that people with OCD have. They can be weird or violent. They can be things that we prefer not to think about. There’s even a subreddit (http://www.red dit.com/r/intrusivethoughts) where people record intrusive thoughts!

If everyone has these kinds of thoughts, why do some people have so much trouble coping with them, get so anxious about them, and experience them so frequently?

The answer has to do with how you relate to those thoughts. If you react without concern or with dispassionate curiosity (e.g., “Hey that’s a funny thing to think; I hope I remember to pick up milk when I get off the bus...”), the thought is unlikely to cause distress or recur. In fact, you may not even remember it later, just like you didn’t remember many of the other thoughts you had and things you saw for a passing moment.

Why? Because they didn’t matter.

However, if you attribute meaning to the thoughts (e.g., “Oh my gosh, why would I have a thought like that? Does it mean I want to do it? Does it mean I will do it? Does it mean I am a bad person for think-

ing it?”), you are likely to get anxious. And if you get anxious about a thought, you are likely to try not to think that thought. And if you try not to think a thought – any thought – you are likely to keep thinking that thought. And if you are anxious about a thought, especially if it recurs, you may engage in avoidance or behaviors to try to feel less anxious in the short run. But in the long run, those behaviors maintain the fear, cause the thoughts to come back, reinforce the beliefs that the thoughts mean bad things, and interfere with your life. So, attributing meaning to intrusive thoughts leads down a path to anxiety and then unhelpful ways of coping with anxiety (e.g., trying not to think about it, avoidance, compulsions, reassurance-seeking), and counterproductively keeps those thoughts around, creating a vicious cycle.

If you want to be less bothered by your thoughts, treat them like white noise – just some random neural firings that are sometimes quiet and sometimes loud but probably not worth paying much attention to.

And allow yourself to think whatever you think.

As they say, if you want to think about something less, think about it more.

Just how common is OCD? In an average elementary school there are likely five children suffering from OCD. In a medium to large high school, there are typically 20 students battling OCD. And in a workplace of 500, there would be about five employees who have OCD, most likely hiding their symptoms from their colleagues. OCD is in every community and those affected should not feel ashamed or embarrassed.

In most cases, OCD and related disorders are treatable conditions.

However, studies show that people suffer unnecessarily for years because of lack of information and a shortage of therapists trained to properly diagnose and treat these problems.

Exposure and response prevention (ERP) – a type of cognitive behavior therapy tailored specifically to address the mechanisms that maintain OCD – has been identified as a first-line treatment for OCD by expert consensus panels in the USA and UK. Its efficacy has been demonstrated repeatedly in research studies. In one large-scale study conducted at the University of Pennsylvania and Columbia University, 86% of participants who completed a full course of ERP responded to the treatment.

This is an opportunity for community members to learn more about OCD and its treatment in the wake of the International OCD Foundation’s OCD Awareness Week (October 13th – 19th.) The IOCDF helps people find treatment that will curtail suffering and allow them to lead more productive lives. It also funds research and provides support for OCD sufferers and the families and caregivers of OCD patients. For those looking for help, a variety of IOCDF resources can be found online (http://iocdf.org).

Jedidiah Siev, Ph.D. is an assistant professor at Nova Southeastern University and director of NSU Anxiety Treatment Center and OCD and Related Disorders Program in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. For more information about Dr. Siev, visit www.jedsiev.com.

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Health & Fitness Aliza Beer, MS, RD

Holiday Weight Gain

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ne can gain several pounds over a three day yom tov very easily, but to rid oneself of them can be arduous. It is imperative that we lose this gain quickly, post three sets of three day celebrations. Let’s try to “detox” our bodies from the recent spate of overeating healthy and unhealthy foods. The longer you let this weight stick to you, the more difficult it is to eliminate. Follow these simple “Boot Camp” rules, and you will shed those unwanted pounds fast!

1. Eliminate White Flour: Consume only fiber-rich grains, breads, and cereals.

2. Limit the Dairy: Eat only one serving of reduced fat yogurt, cottage cheese, or cheese a day. Supplement with calcium and vitamin D to avoid deficiency.

3. Snack on Fruits/Vegetables: Avoid snacking on nuts, cheese, or frozen yogurt. Focus on raw fruit, not dried, or vegetables.

Canned fruit in its own juice is fine; just make sure to drain the juice. Baked apples or poached pears make great desserts on cool nights.

4. Eat Fish: Have at least 4 servings of fish this week. It’s a healthier and lighter fat than chicken.

5. Dump Diet Soda: Switch to water instead. Studies have shown that if you drink 1 or 2 glasses of water before each meal, you will lose weight.

6. Don’t Eat Challah this Shabbos: Use whole wheat matzah or bread instead.

7. Exercise: While shopping, cooking, and cleaning is hard work, it is not calorie burning exercise. Squeeze in

some cardio wherever you can to help move things along, at least three times a week.

8. Watch for Hidden Calories: A salad is a great option, but not if it’s drowning in fatty dressing! Look for low fat/fat free dressings, and always take it on the side. Avoid foods prepared with full fat mayo as well.

9. Eat Dinner Before 7:00: I know it’s difficult, but it really works! The earlier you eat dinner, the more you will lose.

10. Avoid All Red Meat: Just for this week. The one exception is bison, which is very low in fat and cholesterol.

We i g h t gain during these holidays is almost unavoidable, but the trick is to get back on track immediately post-yom tov, unless you want those extra pounds to stick forever.

Don’t let normal setbacks throw you off the wagon.

You should weigh yourself once a week, in order to stay aware, but can stop doing so once you’ve shed those pounds. If all else fails, my door is always open! I’m sure that with a nutritious g a m e plan, we can start off the New Year with success!

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

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In the Kitchen

IT’S CHICKEN TONIGHT! It’s back to school and back to routine but that doesn’t mean that supper has to be boring.

Turn a chicken dinner into something exciting with these chicken options.

Now, when your kids say, “Chicken, again?!” you can smile sweetly and say, “Yes!”

Sweet and Spicy Chicken Ingredients 1 TBS brown sugar 2 TBS honey ¼ cup soy sauce 2 tsp chopped fresh ginger 2 tsp chopped garlic 2 TBS hot sauce Salt and pepper, to taste 4 chicken cutlets, cut into ½ inch strips 1 TBS vegetable oil

Preparation Mix together brown sugar, honey, soy sauce, ginger, garlic and hot sauce in a small bowl.

Light season chicken strips with salt and pepper. Heat oil in large skillet over medium heat. Add chicken and brown on both sides, about 1 minute per side. Pour sauce over chicken. Simmer uncovered until sauce thickens, about 8 to 10 minutes.

Sprinkle with sesame seeds and garnish with chopped scallions before serving.

Ingredients ¾ cup roasted, unsalted cashews 1-1/2 pounds chicken cutlets cut into 1-1/2 inch pieces ½ tsp salt ¼ tsp black pepper 2 TBS vegetable oil 6 medium garlic cloves, minced 8 scallions white and green parts separated, each cut into 1-inch pieces 2 TBS rice vinegar 4 TBS hoisin sauce 1 TBS soy sauce ¼ cup water ¼ tsp sesame oil

Place the chicken pieces in a large bowl.

Sprinkle with salt and pepper and toss to coat evenly.

In a large nonstick skillet, heat 1 tablespoon of the vegetable oil over high heat until very hot. Add half of the chicken to the skillet and stir-fry until lightly browned but not cooked through, about 3 minutes. Transfer to a plate.

Add the remaining tablespoon vegetable oil to the skillet; then add remaining chicken, garlic and white parts of the scallions. Stir-fry until the chicken is lightly browned but not cooked through, about 3 minutes. Return the first batch of chicken to the pan. Turn the heat down to medium and add the rice vinegar; cook until evaporated, about 30 seconds.

Add the hoisin sauce, soy sauce and water; cook, tossing, until the chicken is cooked through, about 1 minute. Remove from the heat. Stir in the scallion greens, cashews and sesame oil. Serve immediately over rice.

Cashew Chicken

Preparation Preheat the oven to 350°F. Place the cashews on a baking sheet in a single layer. Toast in the oven until fragrant, about 5 minutes.

(They will crisp up as they cool.)

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Oven Roasted Barbeque Chicken Ingredients 3 cups barbeque sauce ½ cup peach preserves 1 clove garlic Hot sauce, optional 12 whole chicken bottoms Olive oil Preparation Combine barbeque sauce, peach preserves, garlic, and hot sauce in a medium saucepan and heat over medium heat for 5-10 minutes, until hot. Set aside.

Preheat oven to 400°.

Drizzle olive oil on 2 rimmed baking sheets

and place chicken skin side down in the pans.

Roast for 25 minutes. Remove from oven briefly, brush sauce all over the thighs, then use a spatula to flip them over to the other side, being careful not to tear the skin. Brush the tops with more sauce and return to the oven for 7 minutes. Remove from oven, brush on more sauce, and return to the oven for another 7 minutes.

Remove from oven, brush on sauce, and turn up the temperature to 425°.

Continue roasting for another 5 to 7 minutes, or until the sauce is starting to brown around the edges and the thighs are totally cooked through. Remove from the oven and let sit for at least 10 minutes before serving.

Chicken Marsala Ingredients 4 chicken cutlets ½ cup flour ¼ tsp salt ¼ tsp pepper 2 TBS oil 2 cloves garlic, chopped 1 cup sliced fresh mushrooms 1 TBS parsley flakes ½ cup dry red wine

Preparation Pound cutlets to ¼-inch thickness. In a shallow bowl, mix flour, salt and pepper. Coat chicken with flour mixture, shaking off excess.

Heat oil in a 10-inch skillet over mediumhigh heat. Cook garlic, mushrooms and parsley in oil for five minutes; stir frequently.

Add chicken to skillet. Cook about 8 minutes, until brown. Add wine. Cook another 8 to ten minutes or until chicken is no longer pink in the center.

Serve over pasta.

Ingredients 2 TBS oil 1-1/2 lbs. chicken tenders 1 medium onion, chopped 1 can (14 1/2 ounces) diced tomatoes, undrained ¼ cup water 1 tsp basil leaves ½ tsp black pepper ½ tsp garlic powder ½ tsp oregano leaves ½ tsp salt 6 oz. baby spinach

Preparation Heat oil in large skillet on medium-high heat. Add chicken; cook and stir 10 minutes or until browned. Add onion; cook and stir 5 minutes or until softened.

Stir in tomatoes, water and seasonings.

Bring to boil, stirring occasionally. Reduce heat to low; cover and simmer 3 minutes or until heated through.

Stir in spinach; cook 2 minutes or until spinach begins to wilt.

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Forgotten Heroes

Avi Heiligman

70 Years since the Epic Battle of Leyte Gulf

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ince WWII Philippines would there have been be a major blow in few naval batkeeping the war eftles and even those fort alive. The Japahave been small. The nese naval command days of massive batknew through inteltleships exchanging ligence (their intelsalvos from huge ligence was usually guns ended with subpar, especially the Battle of Leyte during battle) that the Gulf. The largest Americans would innaval battle of the vade the Philippines war, and possible in sometime in the fall. history, is relatively The Americans unknown as the Batlanded on Leyte on tle of Midway takes October 20 and were Vice Admiral Thomas Kinkaid center stage when it trying to build airoversaw the 7th Fleet comes to decisive fields in the mud as naval battles. While Midway is con- the infantry rapidly advanced inland. sidered the turning point of the war—it The reason for the easy landings was stemmed the Japanese advance in the that the Japanese expected the AmeriPacific when the American fleet sank four enemy aircraft carriers—Leyte Gulf was the nail on the coffin for the Japanese fleet. However, the victory for the American fleet was in doubt for a few anxious hours due to a critical mistake of one of the most celebrated admirals in history. This week marks the 70th year of that epic battle.

The USS Princeton after being hit by Japanese fire on October 24 Japanese naval air power was severely mauled in June cans to land on the western part of the 1944 in the Battle of the Philippines island. Instead, American forces came Sea, also known as the “Mariana Turkey through the backdoor and all of JapShoot.” Their conquests were shrinking anese entrenchments were facing the fast, and the American invasion of the wrong way.

A complex plan, called Sho I, was er escorts was to support the landings. devised to push back the Americans The two fleets were under two different from the large island chain. Almost commands and had some communicaevery ship available would be used, tion issues. including the two largest battleships ever built.

The Mushashi and the Yamato carried massive 18.1 inch guns that could lob shells over 22 miles.

These two behemoths would join two other battleships and dozens of cruisers and destroyers as the powerful Center Force under Admiral Kurita. The Southern Force was a splintered command under Admirals Nishimura and Shima.

US troops landing on the beach at Leyte Island They were to meet up with Kurita in the waters The day before, two American suboff the Leyte beachhead that the Americans had invaded the days before. Their marines, the Dace and the Darter, enkey to success was the decoy Northern countered the powerful Japanese CenForce under Admiral Ozawa. He had the ter Force in the Palawan Passage. They carriers, including the Zuikaku, which each sank a cruiser and badly damaged was the last carrier afloat that took part another but the Darter was lost when in the Pearl Harbor attack, but very few it ran aground. All hands were saved planes and was to lure the major Amer- when they were taken aboard the Dace.

Scout planes from the 3rd Fleet locatican ships away from the battle. If all went according to plan, the American ed the Center Force in the Sibuyan Sea troops on Leyte and their support ships on the morning of October 24. Several offshore would be at the mercy of the waves of American Helldivers, Hellcat fighters and Avenger torpedo bombers combined Japanese forces.

Four major engagements (Battle were sent in and attacked the Center of the Sibuyan Sea, Battle of Surigao Force. Many hits were scored and the Strait, Battle off Cape Engano and the mighty battleship Mushashi was on the Battle off Samar) between the two sides receiving end of 19 torpedoes and 17 (the Australians added two warships bombs. She was the only ship to have to the Americans’ 800) took place be- been sunk in this battle and all but the tween October 24 and 25, 1944. Ad- heavy cruiser Myoko was able to conmiral “Bull” Halsey commanded the tinue. Many of the other ships were hit powerful 3rd Fleet with over a dozen fast carriers, new battleships and dozens of cruisers and destroyers.

Their objective was to seek out the Japanese main force and engage them in a decisive battle. The 7th Fleet, under Vice Admiral Thomas Kinkaid, had six old battleships including five that survived the attack at Pearl Harbor. A screening force of 16 small aircraft carriers, called jeep carriers or baby flattops, escorted The St. Lo burning after a kamikaze pilot by destroyers and destroyhits it on the morning of October 25

thrown helter-skelter into the battle even losing two cruisers the day before, and though they were armed for ground sup- they had already lost two more to Taffy port. Very few had big bombs or torpe- 3. Several more had been hit, and the does and some didn’t have any weap- American planes kept on coming. Kurions at all. However, that didn’t stop ta had no idea that two of his battleships were very close to them from attacking the American carriand even when their ers because his comammo was used up, munications were they still made “dry” so bad. There was runs at the enemy. no coordination beThis forced the Japtween the Japanese anese not to attack ships. Finally, Kuriin a battle line but as ta’s intelligence told individual ships. him that they were The destroyer fighting battleships, Johnston braved heavy cruisers and enemy fire and large carriers, when steamed straight into in fact they were the teeth of the enebattling smaller my-firing her torships. pedoes. She scored Thus ended the a hit on a heavy Japan’s Vice Admiral Kurita largest sea battle cruiser but was hit turned around in defeat in history, and the repeatedly and sunk.

Americans celebrated the victory.

UnThe two other destroyers and tiny DE fortunately, the win came at the price of Samuel B. Roberts made a frontal attack six warships and over a thousand sailors on the Japanese. The frantic and wild maneuvers caused Japanese fire to be who died. The Japanese lost 28 ships and over 12,000 sailors.

This was the last time the Japanese navy attempted to disrupt American landings and the combined fleet was a shell of its former glorious beginnings. The fighting spirit on the Johnston and the Samuel B. Roberts became legendary in American navy lore as their historic fight saved countless American lives.

Approaching Leyte

concentrated on the destroyers, allowing most of the carriers to escape. The Gambier Bay was hit by the Yamato and sunk. The destroyer Hoel and the Roberts were also sunk despite their heroic attacks.

It seemed that only a miracle could save Taffy 3 and then the unthinkable happened. Kurita turned around his ships and headed back to Japan. Except for a kamikaze plane that slammed into the deck of the escort carrier St. Lo that sunk her, the Japanese navy was done fighting.

The cause for this turnaround has confused many observers but a closer look at the Japanese position at the time reveals the reasoning.

First, Center Force had come into the battle after

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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nate with Nishimura and attacked independently.

Even if they did they probably wouldn’t have gotten through as Oldendorf executed a perfect maneuver and trapped Nishimura’s ships. Only one destroyer and the crippled cruiser Mogami escaped. Shima saw the carnage and retired with most of his ships. Somehow, the Mogami was The Birmingham alongside the burning Princeton able to put on enough speed and fell in with and this helped the American ships that Shima’s ships. The Japanese put the icfought Center Force the next day. ing on the cake for their disastrous night Japan struck back with land-based when the Mogami and the heavy cruiser aircraft. Most were shot down by Hell- Nachi (Shima’a flagship) collided, and cats and antiaircraft fire but one “Judy” the Mogami was left behind. Aircraft bomber made it through the screen and and submarines sank the crippled ships dropped a bomb on the light carrier that fell behind the main force. It should Princeton. The cruiser Birmingham be noted that this battle was the last came over to help fight the fires on the time in history that battleships faced off stricken carrier but was badly damaged against each other. when torpedoes stored in the below Just about the time that Oldendorf’s decks exploded. The Princeton sunk ships were congratulating themselves and the Birmingham had to leave the on a decisive night victory, a frantic battle zone. Most of the crew from the call for help came from the north. The Princeton was transferred to other ships northern section of the 16 escort carriand her planes that were airborne land- ers screening the landing zone had just ed on other carriers. sighted the massive ships of the JapaKurita turned around Center Force nese Center Force. This section, called and the Americans lost track of them Taffy 3 under Rear Admiral Clifton as they were sure they were headed “Ziggy” Sprague, had five escort carriback home. However, late that night, ers, three destroyers and four DE (dehe slipped through the San Bernardino stroyer escorts). The tiny force was no Strait north of Leyte and was hoping to match for the 16 and 18 inch guns of the rendezvous with the Southern Force.

Japanese; the Americans’ largest guns The task to block the two groups were five inchers. Called the Battle off of the Southern Force Samar, it was truly a fell to Admiral JesDavid vs. Goliath stose Oldendorf and his ry. battleships. He corHalsey was suprectly predicted where posed to be guarding the Japanese would the San Bernardino attempt to enter the Strait when his planes strait and set up three sighted the Japanese defense lines. The first Northern Force off of consisted of 39 PT Cape Engano (which (Patrol Torpedo—very ironically means desmall crafts with no arception). He took all mor but fast) boats that of his ships with him were to report the posiand assumed that tion of the enemy. Two Kinkaid would be squadrons of destroyguarding the strait in Admiral “Bull” Halsey commanded the powerful 3rd Fleet ers were to lay down the unlikely event that torpedoes, and finally, Japanese ships, which cruisers and battleships were to finish turned around the day before, would off any survivors. sail through. Halsey sunk four carriers Late during the night, Admiral as the Japanese sacrificed them for the Nishimura with two battleships, a cruis- opportunity to shell the beachhead. er and four destroyers were picked up by Kurita turned around the 22 ships the PT Boats who signaled Oldendorf. of Center Force and started to hit TafOnly one hit from a PT boat scored but fy 3. In return, the destroyers laid down it slowed the cruiser Abukama which a smokescreen as the carriers grouped was sunk by land-based aircraft the together, steaming as fast as they could next day. Admiral Shima’s three cruis- away from the Japanese. Every plane ers and four destroyers did not coordi- possible from the three Taffys was

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Ask the Attorney Solomon Steiman, Esq.

Powers of Attorney, Guardianship and Elder Law My father never wanted to deal with what would happen as he ages.

He never prepared a will or any power of attorney. Recently, he was hospitalized with a serious condition.

Although he is recuperating in a nursing home, he seems slower than before and is not fully aware of everything that is going on around him. In the meantime, his house has to be taken care of, he has bills that need to be paid, and decisions need to be made regarding his care. Since he never filled out a power of attorney, what can my sister and I, his only two children, do? (Our mother passed away several years ago.)

The Attorney Responds: The question you raised is actually more typical than you think, since many people unfortunately try to push off their elder and/or estate planning until it is too late. For the sake of our readers, I will explain the process of what should be done, starting with the Power of Attorney, which was never prepared and culminating in the Guardianship proceedings which you and your fa-

ther will now face. I am certain this will be relevant to everyone reading this, either to them individually or to one of their relatives. As an aside, although the questions I normally answer focus primarily on tax, business and nonprofit matters, be they dealing with IRS tax problems, voluntary disclosure of offshore bank accounts or establishing 501(c)(3) recognized nonprofits, a significant part of my practice delves into the realm of elder law, including Article 81 guardianships of incapacitated individuals. In that vein, I have been appointed a Court Examiner with the responsibility to essentially act as the eyes and ears of the Court in reviewing the guardians under my purview. So that I could actually have a broader, more complete understanding of the

process, I actually serve as guardian for several elderly individuals and I represent others as counsel.

Powers of Attorney Powers of Attorney are ordinarily created and signed by individuals in order to authorize others to act in their place and on their behalf in managing their affairs and/or assets. The individuals who sign and give over the power are referred to as principals, while the individuals receiving the power to act in their place and/or on their behalf are referred to as agents. The Powers of Attorney can be either general or limited. General powers of attorney essentially authorize the agent(s) to perform any act which the principals may have performed regarding the financial management of their affairs, other than

the authority to make or revoke a will; while limited powers of attorney may limit the authorization to one or more specific powers, such as the power to buy or sell a particular piece of real estate at a particular time. Outside New York State, the forms used to confer the authorities will vary depending on the specific circumstances and that state’s requirements; however, when creating a power of attorney in New York State, this State requires and only recognizes its Statutory Power of Attorney form, which has durable powers and, as such will be referred to as the “Durable Power of Attorney” form in the remainder of this article.

When naming more than one agent, the principal may authorize the agents to act either jointly, requiring the agreement and signatures of all agents, or severally, with authorization to act without signature(s) of any other agent(s). Although the Powers of Attorney can be revoked by the principal, outside New York State a standard Power of Attorney will usually be revoked automatically if the principal becomes mentally incompetent or dies. In New York State, the powers may remain in effect even if the principal becomes incompetent, as per the required Durable Power of Attorney form. Mental incompetency does not only apply to elderly people suffering from Alzheimer’s, and can often apply to younger individuals faced with an incapacitating illness or who unfortunately were the victims of an accident.

Durable Powers of Attorney Unlike the ordinary powers of attorney we have just discussed, Durable Powers of Attorney are designed to potentially remain in effect until the principals’ death, even if the principals are not mentally competent or physically able to make decisions. They may remain in effect even subsequent to the agent’s death. When creating the Statutory Powers of Attorney, the principals may decide if they want the powers to remain in effect even if they are incompetent, and the Court is always free to revoke those powers or change the agent authorized by those powers. However, although the Dura-

Article 81 Guardianship Although it is highly recommended for senior citizens, especially those living alone, to have prepared a Durable Power of Attorney since doing so can save much headache and costly proceedings, nevertheless, such documents often are not prepared, whether through lack of knowledge or because the seniors might not have wanted to potentially relinquish certain powers.

If the affected individuals then become incapable of properly caring for their personal or financial needs, a guardian would have to be appointed by the court to ensure their needs are met.

In New York State, such matters are governed by Article 81 of the New York State Mental Hygiene Law (“Article 81”). Article 81, which went into effect on April 1, 1993, authorizes the appointment of a guardian (or guardians) capable of satisfying the personal and/or financial needs of the incapac-

itated person. In doing so, it tries to minimize the negative impact on the incapacitated person’s freedoms and liberty by limiting the appointment to those activities for which the person actually needs assistance. As such, the standard which the Court will employ will focus on the individual’s actual decisional capacity and functional limitations, rather than on some diagnosed mental or physical condition. When possible, the Court will consider remedies less drastic than the appointment of a guardian, such as visiting nurses, home health aides and adult day care.

The Court may also limit the appointment of a guardian to a single transaction or set of transactions.

To start the process, someone, usually a relative, a nursing home or a government agency, will bring an action in New York Supreme Court essentially requesting the appointment of a guardian. The request will claim that the person is likely to suffer harm because he or she is unable to provide for their personal needs and/or their financial affairs and cannot adequately understand or appreciate the nature and consequences of such inability. A hearing will be held before a judge, who will usually appoint a Court Evaluator to investigate the claims and issue a report and opinion before the next

hearing. The alleged incapacitated person for whom a guardian is sought will usually be given the opportunity to provide input, since the removal of one’s Constitutional rights through the appointment of a guardian is not something to be taken lightly and requires clear and convincing evidence that the person is likely to suffer harm.

If a guardian is subsequently appointed by the Court, that individual (or in certain cases an individual from an agency which is appointed guardian) will be required take a course explaining the guardian’s fiduciary responsibilities. When the incapacitated person has assets, the guardian will usually be required to obtain a bond, thereby guaranteeing that the incapacitated person will be made whole if the guardian embezzles any property.

Among other requirements, the guardian will be required to file a report 90 days after being commissioned (which occurs after being appointed by the Court, obtaining a bond and filing the requisite paperwork), and will be required to file detailed annual reports.

Those reports will detail the guardian’s interactions with the incapacitated person, medical diagnosis and will detail all funds expended on behalf of the incapacitated person.

As you’ve seen, this subject can

be quite detailed and complex. When possible, a Durable Power of Attorney may alleviate the need for a guardianship and should certainly be part of everyone’s elder planning. As I have only touched the surface of this subject, I would be more than happy to discuss this matter further and see how I could be of assistance.

This article is published for informational purposes only. It is not intended or written to be used, and cannot be used, for the purpose of (i) avoiding penalties under the Internal Revenue Code or (ii) promoting, marketing or recommending to another party any transaction or matter addressed herein.

Shlomo Steiman, a former Justice Department Auditor, is a Queens attorney with an office in Manhattan. His practice focuses on taxation, businesses and nonprofit organizations, as well as elder law and guardianship matters, for which he has been appointed a Court Examiner. He can be reached by phone at 917-838-5923 or by email at ssteiman@steimanlaw.com.

No column is a substitute for competent legal advice. Please consult with the attorney of your choice concerning specific legal questions you may have.

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ble Power of Attorney is a significant part of an overall elder/estate plan, at a minimum, one should also create a health care proxy, which declares one’s medical wishes, and a will, which declares to whom one’s assets should go.

I would be glad to assist our readers in discussing this matter further and help in creating their elder/estate plan.

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From My Private Art Collection Rebbetzin Naomi N. Herzberg

Is Drawing a Path to Creativity?

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s drawing a path to creativity? Can it be taught, or is it an inborn talent which is difficult to learn? I want my children to know how to draw.

Is it a skill-building technique with which practice and perseverance can be obtained? Can I learn to draw whether I am left-handed or right-handed?

These are some questions I am repeatedly asked. Yes, yes, yes and yes are the answers to all four questions.

A person who desires to learn how to draw is a perfect fit. While learning to draw one will find themselves dissecting objects and seeing things more clearly. This exercise helps people in many areas as they learn to analyze and visualize objects through realism. I cannot stress enough the “must practice approach.”

“By gaining access to the part of your mind that works in a style conducive to creative, intuitive thought, you will learn a fundamental skill of the visual arts: how to put down on paper what you see in front of your eyes” (Edwards, 1989, p. 14).

Shakespeare, Beethoven and Van Gogh are examples of people who developed their skills and became known for their accomplishments. You can too.

Drawing is a non-verbal language, a form of expression. Each person owns their individual signature of expression when they write their name. The way you sign your name belongs to you and only you. It is created with a line which is shaped by you. Think of it as your unique signature. Now close your eyes and expand on that thought. Can you develop your own style of drawing? Of course you can.

“A creative person is one who can process in new ways the information directly at hand… a writer needs words, a musician needs notes, an artist needs visual perceptions and all need some knowledge of the techniques of their crafts…”(Edwards, 1989, p. 26).

Whether you are left-handed or right-handed, one can learn to draw. The brain is made up of two thinking modes: the left thinking mode and the right thinking mode. The left thinking mode or the left hemisphere is known to use

thinking skills which are abstract, analytic, digital, forceful, logical, rational, sensible, symbolic, temporal, upright and verbal while guiding the right handed individual. The right thinking mode or the right hemisphere is known to use thinking skills which are analogic, complex, concrete, flexible, holistic, intuitive, non-rational, non-temporal, non-verbal, spatial, and synthetic, while guiding the left handed individual. This has been proven to be genetically determined and extremely difficult to change. The person’s organizational thinking skills are related to this phenomenon. When a person can use either hand they are usually very talented and capable. You can be trained to combine both thinking modes in the process of learning how to draw. Many people who are left-handed are excellent in chess, music and math. Rumor has it that famous accomplished artists such as Picasso, Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael and Michelangelo were left-handed.

“Drawings stand on their own as works of art, and paintings stand on their own as works of art. But drawing also becomes part of painting— the underpinning, so to speak—just as language skills become the underpinning of poetry and literature. So, drawing merges with painting and a new direction beckons. Your journey has only just begun” (Edwards, 1989, p. 219).

Rebbetzin Naomi N. Herzberg is a professional art educator, artist and designer.

Among her known artwork is a floral sculpture presented to Tipper Gore, Blair House, Washington, D.C. Presently she is the Director of Operations at Shulamith School for Girls. Please feel free to email nherzberg@optonline.net with questions and suggestions for future columns.

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“I

need to get up.”

“I need to get dressed.”

“I need to go pray.”

“I need to hear Kiddush.”

“I need to go eat.”

“I need to go eat.”

“I need to go eat.”

Did my robotic mechanism get stuck or was that real?

T h r e e weeks straight of endless meals! Sure, it was broken up with some walking…in and out of the sukkah.

But seriously—my scale is even in shock!

Soon the clocks will change...darkness will descend…and this eating marathon will seem a distant dream.

That is, until the onslaught of the greasy patties and the pleasantly plump and slippery donuts appear, ingested by the dim but ever expanding candlelight.

And then, when that finally seems to “sub-slide” out of our memories… the barrage of baskets, the cadre of candies, and the deluge of delights will descend upon our domains and tempt our tummies. They will fill our kitchens with chaos and consume our space as we work to empty the closets and cupboards of all those enticing gifts that our friends delivered.

We will simultaneously be filling up our cartons and cabinets with what many might describe as crunchy cardboard and others as magnificent matzah. This becomes an item we proceed to eat for eight days straight and counting.

“I must eat my matzah.”

“I must eat my matzah.”

“I must eat my matzah.”

Some people joke: we are a people who fought and were saved, so let’s eat. I say it was prescribed early on in the Bible, we just don’t always see it clearly.

We were promised we’d be “fruitful and multiply.” We just didn’t realize that it had a secondary meaning: we’d be “fruit filled” and “multiply in mass” (so that there’d be more and more, not just of us, but to us!).

So, what’s going on here? Do you know the saying, “We are what we eat”? There is a message there: Like, when your activity is to “eat your heart out,” you are aggravated.

When something is “eating you up inside,” you are obsessing. However, when you “eat to your heart’s delight”—as we are encouraged to do on these holidays—that is when we are experiencing the sensation G-d wants us to have, the sense of having plenty and the added feeling of great joy.

Because when real life kicks in, between the holidays, we go back to working hard and dealing with our challenges and sometimes we don’t stop to recognize the good in our lives.

But when our holidays roll around— and I do mean roll around—we are told to ingest and imbibe! We should “eat, drink, and be merry” and through that experience we remember that we are provided for and loved.

As the saying goes, “The way to a man’s heart is through his stomach.” In our case, “man” is to be applied in its broader sense as “hu-man.” Now do you feel just a little bit better about all those meals you just overloaded on?

No broken robot here—just man being hu-man. And feeling the love!

“Chew on that for a while.”

“Chew on that for a while.”

“Chew on that for a while.”

Rivki Rosenwald is a certified relationship counselor, and career and life coach. She can be contacted at 917-705-2004 or rivki@rosenwalds.com

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veryone knows what a hobby is, right? It’s something you do to relax and have fun, not something you do as an occupation. And everyone knows what a business is, too.

It’s something you do to make money.

So everyone should know the difference between a hobby and a business, right? Well, it turns out that’s a harder question than you might think — especially where our friends at the IRS are concerned.

This week’s story concerns Susan Crile, a tenured professor of studio art at Hunter College in New York City.

Teaching art is her “business,” and she earns a respectable professional income from it — from 2004 through 2009, her salary grew from $85,999 to $106,058.

But Susan was a distinguished painter and printmaker long before securing her coveted teaching position. She’s sold 356 works of art since 1971. Her work hangs in the permanent collections of at least 25 museums, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Guggenheim Museum. It also graces Fortune 500 and government offices, including the Federal Reserve Board, the Library of Congress, and various U.S. embassies. Criles works approximately 30 hours per week in her Manhattan studio during the academic year, and full time at a larger studio upstate in the summer. She also travels extensively for her work, including a trip to Kuwait to depict burning oil fields during the first Gulf War. You would hope that an artist as accomplished as Criles would enjoy fame and fortune from her work.

She may be famous, at least in the art world, but fortune seems to be lagging.

She’s grossed as much as $111,815 from sales in a year, but never shown a profit. From 2004 through 2009, Criles reported just $15,865 in income from her art. But for that same period, she reported $286,976 in expenses.

These included the cost of materials, of course, but also expenses for vehicles, mortgage interest (presumably

on her studio property), travel, meals and entertainment, utilities, research, maintenance, and local transportation.

Unfortunately, you don’t have to take any art classes to become a tax auditor. Maybe that’s why the critics at the IRS panned her tax returns. They called her art a hobby, not a business, and used the so-called “hobby loss” rule to disallow all her deductions exceeding her income. Then they presented her with their review — a bill for $98,547 in taxes and penalties!

Tax Court judge Albert Lauber

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agreed that some of Criles’s deductions, like telephone and cable TV bills, newspaper subscriptions, tips to her doormen, and cabs to the opera, museums, and social events, were inappropriately personal and ought to be disallowed. But then he addressed the real question: had she created her art with a bona fide intent to earn a profit? Fortunately, the tax system offers a nine-factor “paint by numbers” test for distinguishing a hobby from a business, and the judge concluded that Criles’s time, effort, and expertise outweighed her spotty income over time. Deduction upheld!

Do you have a hobby that makes (or loses) money? Maybe it isn’t really a “hobby” at all, and maybe you can take advantage of it come tax time. The only way to know for sure is to call and ask for a plan to make the most of your activity. Then you can enjoy a true “picture” of savings!

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Pleated Bed Ruffles

39” and 48” Set of 2

UPSCALE

C

THE LOSEOU CONNECTION CC

Reg. $75.00

$39. 99

Back in Stock!

516.218.2211 134 Washington Ave. CEDARHUST, NY 11516

Swiss Style Tablecloth 4 Designs White and Off White All Sizes

Next door to CVS, in the Gourmet Glatt parking lot

Starting at

$29. 99 Lekovod Shabbos Tealight Holder Mirrored

M.-W. 10:00-8:00 Th. 10:00-9:00 F. 10:00-4:00 S. 10:00-7:00

Reg. $10.00

$3. 99

All New Designs Napkin Rings Set of 4 Reg. $30.00

$12. 99

STORE HOURS:

Visit us at our other locations 4518 13th Ave. Brooklyn, NY 718.854.2595

1800

Perler Beads Reg $10.00

$2. 99

50 Court St. Brooklyn, NY 718.625.6677 1091 River Ave. Lakewood, NJ 732.364.8822

Quantities may vary according to store location • No rainchecks • Not responsible for typographical errors

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Jewish Community Council of the Rockaway Peninsula

Legislative Breakfast

Building community through caring, collaboration, and crisis intervention

Sunday, October 26th at 9:30 AM

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The White Shul - Congregation Kneseth Israel 728 Empire Avenue Far Rockaway, NY

The legislative breakfast is our community’s opportunity to interact with local and statewide politicians. It is imperative that our community attend to show its appreciation and support.

Rabbi Eytan Feiner, Rabbi Eliezer Feuer, Rabbi Yaakov Reisman

Andrew M. Cuomo, Governer

Keith Gallagher

Melinda Katz

accepted by David Lobl

NYPD 101 Precinct Sergeant

Queens Borough President

State Legislative Leadership Award

Public Service Award

City Legislative Leadership Award

Legislator

Director of Pathways to Parnassa

Rabbi Mordechai Kruger

Gregory W. Meeks

Community Leadership Award

Chessed Award

Friend of Israel Award

Howard J. Kopel

Congressman

Sponsors: 516-569-5340

Kosher World Pizza

520 Beach 19th St, Far Rockaway, NY 11691 www.queensnassaurehab.com

To RSVP or for more information, email breakfast@jccrp.org or call (718) 327-7755 , ex. 6113 www.jccrp.org/breakfast

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