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From the Editor

Contents Letters to the Editor

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Community Readers’ Poll Community Happenings

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This Week We’re Talking to…Machaneh Hakayitz 66 OpEd: Iran, the Bomb, and You by Rabbi Zev Meir Friedman

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When Life’s at the Beach by Rena Zingmond Gray

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Israel Israel News

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People A Few Minutes with Presidential Hopeful Mike Huckabee by Naftali Halpern 64 Lou Lenart: Remembering the Man who Saved Tel Aviv by Avi Heiligman 86

Dear Readers, When I look at the calendar and see how camps are ending in just a few weeks, I start to panic that my summer is almost over.

No, no, it’s not really over. There are still so many more times and opportunities to enjoy the warm summer days. But I want to take it all in and take advantage of what summer has to offer.

We are lucky to be living just a few minutes away from the coast and there are quite a few boardwalks and beaches we can enjoy when it’s nice outside. I’ve been fortunate to spend some mornings walking the boardwalk in Atlantic Beach. Spending time there one day, I wondered: what would life be like if the beach was my backyard? Would my life be different if I was just minutes away from the sand and surf and could spend every extra moment enjoying the

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move closer to his relatives where homes cost a bit more but he’ll be part of a bigger frum community?

When we speak about his choices, I’m hesitant to give him my opinion. I know that his life will be completely different depending on where he lives and I don’t want my thoughts to influence his decision. I’m scared to be the person who forces him to come to a conclusion that he may not be comfortable with. Truthfully, though, I do want him to live near me— but that’s another discussion for another time!

In any case, there’s a few more weeks left to summer and I hope to spend a little bit of it near the water. However you plan on spending the warm summer days, I hope you enjoy as well.

waves?

This week we spoke with representatives of the three beach communities nearby—Atlantic Beach, Lido Beach and Long Beach.

Surely there’s something special about living near the beach. Life is slightly more relaxed, the summers are more exciting, and the community is smaller and more connected. But there are challenges as well and it was interesting to hear the views from the rabbis of those communities.

You know, every situation in life presents its advantages and its challenges. One family member of mine is looking to purchase a home for his growing family. Does he move to a community where housing is cheaper but there are less educational choices for his children and no family living nearby? Or does he

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Readers Poll The beach is just over the bridge.

Did you visit the beach yet this summer season?

72% Yes 28% No

Dear Editor, I know that my family enjoys reading your publication—I often make sure to have more than one magazine in our home so they don’t have to take turns on Friday night and Shabbos morning reading it. This week, I realized how much they really enjoy it when we didn’t have the paper (I think you weren’t printing) and everyone asked me why I didn’t get it.

Keep up the great reading material! Our family truly appreciates it.

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Dear Editor, The respective behavior and ongoing fights between NY Governor Andrew Cuomo and NYC Mayor Bill

de Blasio is really nothing new. Democrats New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio have a lot in common with the late Republicans Governor Nelson Rockefeller (1959 - 1974) and NYC Mayor John Lindsay (1966 - 1973) along with Governor George Pataki (1995 -2006) and NYC Mayor Rudy Giuliani (1994 2001). The same is true for the late Democrat Governor Mario Cuomo (1983 - 1992) and New York City Mayor Ed Koch (1978 - 1988).

Nelson Rockefeller, George Pataki, Mario Cuomo and son Andrew Cuomo deal with mayors who want equal billing on the political marque.

Lindsay’s urban, Koch’s Big Apple, Giuliani’s safety/quality of life and de Blasio’s progressive agenda is dependent upon both increased state and federal assistance. This conflicts with governors who have to worry about all 62 counties making up New York State. It also creates problems for governors who harbor presidential ambitions.

Sincerely, Larry Penner Great Neck, NY

You Can Make a Difference Please call Senators Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand to urge them to vote against the Iran nuclear deal.

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are reminding Hashem (k’v’yachol, as if He needs to be reminded) of the tzaar and hopefully He will see how connected we are with each other and how much we need to be reunited once again in the shadow of the Beis Hamikdash.

Let us all be zoche to see Moshiach b’karov, Chaim Baum

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Dear Editor, This week, Dr. Joseph Sturm wrote a powerful essay on the destruction of Kitev, his mother’s hometown. I was struck by the pain and the aching felt in his words but I was also struck by how terribly typical the destruction

was at the time. Sadly, oh so sadly, the churban of Kitev is just an example of what our Jewish brethren went through. And when I think more about it, it wasn’t just during the Nazi era that whole cities were wiped out with scarcely a survivor. Think about how we suffered throughout all the generations—pogroms, Crusades, the Inquisition, blood libels. It’s so much part of our past but it’s our duty to remember every piece of destruction.

We can’t just look at it indifferently, shrugging about the loss. It’s our duty to remember every life that was lost, every spark that was snuffed out.

On Tisha B’Av we are given the opportunity to reflect and really remember. I believe that if we remember the totality of our nation’s losses, we

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Dear Editor, On erev Tisha B’Av, I came across the interview with Anita Tucker regarding the shameful expulsion (and ultimate destruction) of our brethren in Gush Katif. I was moved to tears.

What an appropriate preamble to our nation’s day of mourning.

A devoted reader, Suri S. Flatbush

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The seudah took place in the Monsey kollel at 1 am with the entire Kollel and numerous guests in attendance. Immediately thereafter the talmidei chachomim continued their nightly learning. It was such a beautiful and meaningful way to give thanks to Hashem! It gives us tremendous strength and hope knowing that the kollel members have her in mind every night.

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A peace and humanitarian prize that was once awarded to Mahatma Gandhi will soon be given to North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un. An Indonesian organization announced plans last week to give North Korea’s Supreme Leader their statesmanship award which celebrates “peace, justice and humanity.”

Kim “should be honored for his fight against neo-colonialist imperialism,” Rachmawati Sukarnoputri, daughter of Indonesia’s first president, told a room of reporters. As for the allegations of human rights abuses in North Korea, they are “untrue,” she insisted. “That’s all just Western propaganda. Those Western governments like to put ugly labels on North Korea.”

North Korea’s secretive government has been criticized worldwide for human rights abuses and crimes against humanity, as its people have suffered ongoing famine and disease. “Kim Jong-Un’s power is built on the continued abuses inflicted on the North Korean people because he sits at the helm of a central government apparatus that uses public executions, extensive political prison camps, and brutal forced labor to maintain control,” Phil Robertson, deputy Asia director at Human Rights Watch, said in a recent report.

But not all countries have been critical of North Korea. Indonesia and North Korea have maintained friendly ties for decades. An early rapport was established between Kim Jong Un’s late grandfather, Kim Il Sung, and Rachmawati’s father, Sukarno, who served as president of Indonesia from 1945 to 1967. In 2013, Malaysia’s privately run HELP University awarded Kim an honorary doctorate in economics despite the fact that his nation remains among the poorest in the world.

Security Talks with Egypt to Resume

Disregarding persistent human rights concerns, the United States has resumed formal security talks with Egypt that were last held six years ago. The talks had been put on hiatus amid political unrest that swept the country in the wake of the Arab Spring. The turmoil following the ousting of leader Hosni Mubarak in 2011 further delayed the talks.

Two days after the U.S. delivered eight F-16 warplanes to Egypt as part of a military support package that the Obama administration is boosting to help Egypt counter an increasing terrorist threat, Secretary of State John Kerry restarted the so-called “strategic dialogue” with Egyptian officials in Cairo.

Kerry said the administration is committed to working with Egypt to enhance its military capabilities as it confronts growing threats from extremists, particularly in the Sinai Peninsula. That aid had been on hold until earlier this year due to human rights and democracy concerns in the wake of the military overthrow of Islamist President Mohammed Morsi in 2013.

Before meeting with Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, Kerry assured Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry the U.S. would “continue to provide robust training to the Egyptian military, as the military seeks it and desires it, in an effort to build capacity, and also to meet the highest expectations of your military for its professionalism.” He noted that in addition to the F-16s, the U.S. had provided Egypt with Apache helicopters, attack boats, armored vehicles and other weapons systems this year. More aid is on the way, he pledged. At the same time, though, the secretary of state acknowledged stress in the U.S.-Egypt relationship over human rights and said Washington would continue to press Cairo on the arrests of dissidents and journalists and mass trials.

Broadening U.S.-Egyptian trade and economic ties was also on the table during Kerry’s visit, which came just days before Egypt inaugurates a second, Continued on page 12

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The Week In News parallel waterway to allow two-way traffic on the Suez Canal. Egyptian officials are hoping the opening will boost a flagging economy. Kerry congratulated Egypt on the “major” Suez project, and he announced that U.S.-Egypt trade and investment consultations will resume in the fall.

Kerry was in Cairo on the first stop of a Mideast trip that is mainly aimed at assuaging Arab concerns over the nuclear deal between Iran and world powers.

After meeting with el-Sissi, he left for Qatar, where he held discussions with Gulf Arab foreign ministers on the Iran deal and its implications for the region.

UK Grants Entry to Chinese Dissident Recently, dissident Chinese artist Ai Weiwei was granted a six-month visa by the British government. The govern-

ment even apologized for the earlier rejection of his application over an alleged criminal conviction.

Previously, Ai disclosed that the British embassy in Beijing had turned down his request for a business visa, saying he had failed to disclose a criminal conviction. Instead it gave him a visa covering 20 days in September, when a major exhibition of Ai’s work is opening at London’s Royal Academy.

Ai, who often uses his work to draw attention to corruption and injustices in Chinese society, was jailed for almost three months in 2011 amid a wider crackdown on dissent in China. His company was later accused of tax evasion and ordered to pay $2.4 million. Ai’s lawyer said that was not a criminal case.

Britain’s Home Office said that Home Secretary Theresa May had looked into the case and told officials to grant the six-month visa. The ministry said it had written to Ai “apologizing for the inconvenience caused.”

After his release from prison in 2011, Ai was placed under a travel ban that was only fully lifted when his passport was returned last week. On Thursday he flew to Germany, where members of his family live.

Remains of Great Synagogue of Vilnius Uncovered

In the city of Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania, a ground-penetrating radar survey has discovered the remains of the Great Synagogue, which was destroyed by the Nazis 70 years ago.

The elaborate structure was built in the 17th century. At its center was a

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The complex housed another 12 synagogues, religious schools – including that of the Vilna Gaon – mikvahs, the Jewish community council building, kosher meat vendors, and the famed Strashun Library.

In June 1941, the city of Vilnius was overrun by the German military, which ransacked the complex and burned it.

Over three years of Nazi occupation, the vast majority of the city’s Jewish population was murdered. Upon the Red Army’s return in 1944, a modern school was built on top of the synagogue’s ruins.

The team of researchers that made the discovery was headed by Dr. Jon Seligman of the Israel Antiquities Authority and Professor Richard Freund of the University of Hartford. It returned with conclusive results that the ruins had been found.

“We identified large parts of it underground and possible remnants of ritual baths,” the group said. “We felt tremendous excitement when the radar located signs of possible remains of the

synagogue.

“We hope the planned archaeological dig at the site uncovers remains we can study and that we will be allowed to present them to the wider public.

It’s important that the place become a memorial site for the magnificent Jewish community in Vilnius that was destroyed.”

Dr. Seligman and Professor Freund hope the digging will be done by archeologists, students, and volunteers from Lithuania, Israel, and Jewish communities worldwide to build an affinity between the site and the Lithuanian people. “The goal is to ensure that the Jewish heritage of Vilnius is understood as an important and inseparable part of the Lithuanian and Jewish heritage. It’s important that the site be preserved forever, for the benefit of everyone who arrives there in the future,” they stressed.

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Dr. Margaret Chan, Director-General of the WHO, gave credit to “the Guinean Government, the people living in the communities, and our partners in this project. An effective vaccine will be another very important tool for both current and future Ebola outbreaks.”

Since late 2013, when the latest epidemic began in West Africa, there have been 27,600 Ebola cases worldwide, including more than 11,000 deaths. Liberia has suffered the worst, with more than 4,800 deaths. While the vaccine so far shows 100% efficacy in individuals, more conclusive evidence is needed on its capacity to protect populations through what is called “herd immunity,” according to WHO. “Too many people have been dying from this extremely deadly disease, and it has been very frustrating for healthcare workers to feel so powerless against it,” Dr. Bertrand Draguez, medical director for Médecins Sans Frontières, pointed out. “More data is needed to tell us how efficacious this preventive tool actually is, but this is a unique breakthrough.”

He said that adding a vaccine to the fight against Ebola “will accelerate the break-up of transmission chains by targeting people who have been in contact with infected patients as well front line workers.”

The Guinea vaccination trial began in affected communities in March to evaluate the efficacy, effectiveness and safety of a single dose of the vaccine VSV-EBOV by using a ring vaccination strategy. So far, more than 4,000 close contacts of almost 100 Ebola patients, including family members, neighbors, and co-workers, have voluntarily participated in the trial.

Mohamed Soumah, 27, was the first person to receive the Ebola vaccine. “It wasn’t easy. People in the village said that the injection was to kill me,” he said, according to a report by WHO. “I was afraid. I was the first one to be

injected, the very first, here in my village. I’ve been monitored for 3 months and I’ve had no problems. The last follow-up, 84 days after the vaccination, was all clear.”

The authors of the interim review in The Lancet said they believe the results of the trials “are also likely to be externally valid and applicable to other regions of Guinea and to Sierra Leone and Liberia, the other two countries in West Africa most severely affected by the ongoing epidemic.”

WikiLeaks: NSA Spied on Japan

According to whistleblower extraordinaire Wikileaks, the NSA targeted Japanese politicians, its top central banker and major firms for years. The intercepts exposing the National Security Agency’s activities follow other documents released by Wikileaks that revealed spying on other allies including Germany and France, straining relations.

Japan is one of Washington’s key allies in the Asia-Pacific region and they regularly consult on defense, economic and trade issues. The leaks come as Prime Minister Shinzo Abe moves to expand the role of Japan’s military, a move applauded by Washington but deeply unpopular at home. The claims of spying on trade officials could prove particularly sensitive after high-profile talks kicked off this week in Hawaii aimed at hammering out a vast freetrade bloc encompassing 40 percent of the world’s economy.

The United States, Japan, and 10 other Pacific Rim countries are looking to finalize the most ambitious trade deal in decades. But Washington and Tokyo – the biggest economies in the negotiations – have sparred over auto sector access and Tokyo’s concerns about including agricultural products in the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership.

“The reports demonstrate the depth of U.S. surveillance of the Japanese government, indicating that intelligence was gathered and processed from nu-

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Beijing to Host 2022 Winter Olympics

Beijing, China, has won the right to host the 2022 Winter Olympics in a vote over Almaty, Kazakhstan. Beijing, the host of the 2008 Summer Olympics, becomes the first city to host both Summer and Winter Games. China’s representative city defeated Kazakhstan’s by a 44-40 vote.

“Just as with the Beijing 2008 Summer Games, the Olympic family has put its faith in Beijing again to deliver the athlete-centered, sustainable and economical Games we have promised,” Beijing Olympic officials said in a statement. “This will be a memorable event at the foot of the Great Wall for the whole Olympic family, the athletes and the spectators that will further enhance the tremendous potential to grow winter sports in our country, in Asia and around the world.”

Both Almaty and Beijing recently made a final pitch to the International Olympic Committee. Almaty representatives emphasized their more winter-friendly location and compacted clustering of event venues. Beijing, which sits at approximately the same latitude as Baltimore, Maryland, will need to supplement its natural snow with the man-made variety. Beijing’s venues will be spread over a 100-mile area, with the Bird’s Nest stadium serving as home for the Opening and Closing Ceremonies.

The Beijing Games will mark the third straight Olympics in Asia, following the 2018 Winter Games in Pyeong-

The death of Taliban leader Mullah Omar has been confirmed by the Taliban. His deputy, Mullah Akhtar Mansour, will replace him, sources close to the Taliban leadership said. Correspondents say the move is likely to divide the militants and that many senior figures opposed the appointment.

A Taliban statement did not say where, when or how Mullah Omar died, only that it was from an illness and that he had remained in Afghanistan since the 2001 U.S. invasion. This conflicts with the account given by Afghanistan, which said Mullah Omar died in hospital in the Pakistani city of Karachi two years ago. Pakistan has always denied that he was in the country.

The death of the leader has disrupted peace talks between Afghanistan and the insurgents, with a second round of negotiations already postponed. Pakistan, which had been set to play host, said they were pushed back at the request of the Taliban’s leadership amid uncertainty over Mullah Omar’s death.

The naming of Mullah Mansour as Taliban leader was far from unanimous and followed days of intense debate.

Sources close to the movement’s leading council, or shura, say many senior commanders and other Taliban heavyweights were dismayed by the decision.

They are thought to include the movement’s top military commander, Mullah Qaum Zakir, as well as Tayeb Agha, the head of the Taliban’s political office in Qatar, and Mullah Habibullah, a member of the Quetta shura.

Mansour becomes only the second

Khamenei’s Book: Newest Anti-Israel Tirade

Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has written a 416-page book titled Palestine that details his long-term plan to destroy Israel, the Ga-

testone Institute think tank has reported.

Khamenei states that his plan is rooted in “well-established Islamic principles” rather than the “European phenomenon” of anti-Semitism, according to Iranian-born author Amir Taheri.

“One such [Islamic principle] is that a land that falls under Muslim rule, even briefly, can never again be ceded to non-Muslims,” Taheri wrote. “What matters in Islam is control of a land’s government, even if the majority of inhabitants are non-Muslims.” While using the ayatollah’s usual incendiary descriptors for Israel such as “a cancerous tumor,” Khamenei’s book does not recommend “classical wars” to wipe the Jewish state off the map, but instead advocates “a long period of low-intensity warfare designed to make life unpleasant if not impossible for a majority of Israeli Jews so that they leave the country,” wrote Taheri.

“His calculation is based on the assumption that large numbers of Israelis have dual-nationality and would prefer emigration to the United States or Europe to daily threats of death,” he wrote.

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person to lead the Taliban after Mullah Omar, who founded the group during Afghanistan’s civil war in the early 1990s. His alliance with al Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden prompted the U.S.led invasion of Afghanistan in 2001.

He had been in hiding ever since, and although he was not thought to have significant day-to-day involvement in the group, he remained a key figurehead.

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Six cities had participated in the initial bidding for 2022, but four dropped out over the course of the process.

Beijing pointed to its successful 2008 Games as rationale for its viability as a host once again. The $43 billion cost of those Games helped spur a movement toward ever-more-extravagant and expensive Olympics costs.

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The Week In News a nuclear-armed Iran would make Israel think twice before trying to counter Khamenei’s strategy by taking military action against the Islamic Republic.”

In Khamenei’s analysis, once the cost of staying in Israel has become too high for many Jews, Western powers, notably the U.S., which has supported

the Jewish state for decades, might decide that the cost of doing so is higher than possible benefits. The book, according to Taheri, “has received approval from Khamenei’s office and is thus the most authoritative document regarding his position on the issue.”

Israel Pollard to be Released Last week, Benjamin Netanyahu told Esther Pollard, wife of the Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard, that Israel is

“waiting for his release” in November after 30 years in prison in the U.S. “I can hardly wait,” Esther Pollard said, choking back tears. “I’m counting the days, the hours, the minutes, the seconds until … we can close the door on the past behind us, to begin to heal and to rebuild our lives.”

Pollard, a former U.S. Navy intelligence analyst, was sentenced in 1985 to life in prison for passing classified documents to Israel. The U.S. has granted him parole from his life sentence and set his release for November 21.

At a press conference in Jerusalem after her meeting with Netanyahu, Esther Pollard reacted publicly for the first time to news of her husband’s long-awaited release, thanking all those “who helped us and supported us all along this difficult path.”

“Jonathan will have served his punishment until the last moment this coming November, and I am excited and filled with gratitude and happiness that our experience and our nightmare is over,” she told reporters in Hebrew, adding that she hoped the public would allow the couple the “quiet and privacy” needed to rebuild their lives.

Netanyahu celebrated Pollard’s release after decades of effort. “Throughout his time in prison, I consistently raised the issue of his release in my meetings and conversations with the leadership of successive U.S. administrations,” he said in a statement. Israel’s deputy foreign minister said that Israel has been making “very great efforts” to lobby for Pollard to be granted permission to travel to Israel after his release.

Pollard received Israeli citizenship while in prison. It is unclear whether the conditions of Pollard’s parole will restrict him from traveling abroad. Is-

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Israeli Cities Way Up there For Startups

A new report by tech company Compass found Tel Aviv to be the fifth best city in the world to establish and run a startup. Not to be left out, Jerusalem was also recognized as one of the world’s top startup ecosystems as well.

The report focused on the top 20 startup cities, with in-depth reports on their education systems, resources, salaries, talent and more. Although not in the top 20, Jerusalem came in as a strong runner-up, part of the 30 other world cities that have “hot” tech ecosystems as

well. The report includes Jerusalem as one of the 18 best runner-up tech cities in the European list, alongside cities such as Copenhagen, Dublin, Milan, Barcelona and others.

Silicon Valley, New York, Los Angeles and Boston were the top four, making Tel Aviv the best ecosystem outside the United States and placing better than several other “hot” U.S. cities such as Seattle and Austin, the report showed.

Tel Aviv ranked better than Jerusalem mainly because it had a huge head start as a tech ecosystem, asserts Eyal Haimovsky, head of the Jerusalem Development Authority. But “little sister” Jerusalem is growing up fast. Last year, 57 startups in the city raised a total of $227 million, with several having gone on to make headlines worldwide.

Jerusalem is also home to two of the biggest and most innovative start-up funding platforms in the world. Jerusalem Venture Partners (JVP) manages a portfolio of companies worth nearly a billion dollars and is among the top 10 venture capital firms in the world.

OurCrowd, the largest and most successful crowdfunding platform in the world, also calls Jerusalem home.

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nological innovation of the community of developers in Jerusalem speak for themselves,” said Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat in response to the report. “Jerusalem is home to startups that lead in their field in the world, as others — young and established — make their way to the city to enjoy the unique fruits of collaboration we offer between access to investors and funds, municipal authorities and other partners.”

Jewish Iranians’ Deaths Explained 20 Years Later Two decades of mystery shrouding the fate of three Iranian Jews who disappeared in 1997 have come to a close.

This week, the Mossad confirmed that Nourollah Rabi-Zade from Shiraz and brothers Syrous and Ibrahim Ghahremani from Kermanshah were killed by Iranian authorities while attempting to flee to Israel.

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However, the three men never turned up to the meeting point and were never heard from again.

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Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. announced last week that it is purchasing Dublin-based Allergan PLC’s generic pharmaceuticals business for $40.5 billion. Israeli analysts are calling this the largest-ever acquisition by an Israeli company.

Statements from both companies say the deal will see Allergan receive $33.75 billion in cash and shares of Teva valued before the acquisition at $6.75 billion. In light of the acquisition, Teva said it was withdrawing its $40 billion-plus takeover offer for pharmaceuticals company Mylan N.V. Word of the acquisition saw Teva shares shoot up 10 percent in pre-opening trading on the Nasdaq. Trading in Teva shares on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange halted over the news of the sale.

The Israeli pharmaceutical giant is the world’s largest generic drug maker.

It said in a statement that the acquisition would provide patients with more access to affordable medicines.

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The Israeli government authorized security officials to use administrative detention and all other appropriate means to track down and hold suspects in last week’s murder of Palestinian infant Ali Saad Dawabsha in Duma. At an emergency meeting, ministers approved the use of “all means necessary” to catch the killers, alleged to be Jewish terrorists, who firebombed the Dawabsha home in the early hours of the morning, burning it down, killing Ali, and leaving his parents and brother fighting for their lives.

According to a statement from the Prime Minister’s Office, ministers also agreed to expedite legislation designed to counter Jewish terrorism. A ministerial committee including Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon, Internal Security Minister Gilad Erdan and Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked was established to oversee other requirements to ensure more effective efforts to quell the extremism.

Security officials quoted on Israeli news warned that a group of Jewish ex-

The PA said that it held the Israeli government responsible for the attack in Duma. Two homes in the Palestinian village of Duma, south of Nablus, were set alight, and the Hebrew words “Revenge” and “Long live the king messiah” were spray-painted on their walls, alongside a Star of David.

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tremists, sometimes referred to as “Hilltop youth,” were responsible for a series of hate-crime attacks in recent years, and that these “rebels” and “anarchists” are bent on undermining the rule of law in Israel. The officials said there had been a fall in the number of their attacks of late, but that the attacks themselves were becoming increasingly grave.

The officials said they were not being hampered by a lack of intelligence as much as by a lack of legal tools to grapple with Jewish suspects. Of five suspects in a June arson attack at a church, they said, three had been indicted, but they did not have the legal tools necessary to hold the other two in detention.

Israel’s President Reuven Rivlin warned in the wake of this attack that Israel had been “lax” in confronting Jewish terrorism. At separate rallies on Saturday night, both he and former president Shimon Peres warned that Israel was being consumed by “flames” of hatred.

The prime minister condemned the recent attack and urged the swift capture of the perpetrators. Netanyahu called the violence a “horrific, heinous” crime that is “a terror attack in every respect.”

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Teva is Israel’s largest drug company and has long been a source of pride for Israelis. The company dates back to 1901, when its founders launched a small importer of medications. According to the company’s website, it began producing drugs in the 1930s. Its late CEO, Eli Hurwitz, ran the company from 1976 to 2002 and received Israel’s highest award for lifetime achievement.

Teva’s aggressive expansion included acquisitions around the globe and patent challenges. Its takeover of Ivax Corp. in 2005 and Barr Pharmaceuticals in 2008 for about $7.4 billion each were the biggest by an Israeli company at the time and cemented Teva’s position as the world’s largest producer of generic drugs. The company also branched out into developing branded drugs, including Copaxone, developed in Israel for the treatment of multiple sclerosis. It also has a patent on Azilect, a treatment for Parkinson’s disease.

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Mossad to reopen the investigation into the fate of missing Iranian Jews. Last March, the Prime Minister’s Office confirmed the death of the eight Jews, stating they “were caught during the escape and murdered.” While the PMO did not detail when or where the eight were killed or by whom, it said the Mossad had received the information from a “reliable source.”

At the time, some family members expressed anger at the state for not revealing its role in their disappearance and for withholding information that could have released the victims’ wives from their bonds of marriage earlier.

Yoel Ram, the son of one of the eight victims, told reporters at the time that only intense pressure from the families had led state officials to release the information on their deaths. Yehuda Kassif, an activist who campaigned on behalf of the families, accused the state of planning and directing the men’s escape attempt and then “shirking responsibility the moment something went wrong.”

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Paxton is facing two security fraud charges related to stock sales and compensation from the Texas technology firm Servergy. The company had been under federal investigation for suspected misstatements about orders for its data servers from major firms it said includes shopping site Amazon. He is also facing charges he illegally acted as a securities agent for a separate firm. He can face up to 99 years in prison if convicted on a first-degree felony charge.

“Attorney General Ken Paxton will plead not guilty to these accusations and he will demand a trial by jury. He is looking forward to the opportunity to tell his side of the story in the courtroom,” his lawyer, Joe Kendall, declared.

A grand jury in July heard evidence presented by the prosecutors and the Texas Rangers, a respected statewide

police agency, which investigated Paxton. The Texas Democratic Party called for him to resign while the state’s Republican Party criticized the investigation.

“Some of the outrageous events surrounding this sloppy process certainly do not typify the level of quality that Texans expect from our judicial system,” Texas Republicans said in a statement.

When in the state legislature, Paxton was hired to seek clients by investment firm Mowery Capital Management, which is facing allegations from the State Securities Board of defrauding investors. The board found in May 2014 that Paxton was not properly registered as an investment adviser. It reprimanded him and fined him $1,000.

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According to the law firm’s report, “no economic segment of the country seems immune to bankruptcy,” as even “above the average income marker, bankruptcies appear at per capita rates.”

The states with the most bankruptcies per capita are: Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama, Illinois and Utah. Alaska, North Dakota, Vermont, Washington, D.C. and Hawaii were the five states with the least amount of bankruptcies per capita.

In a conversation with TheBlaze. com, a spokesperson for Lexington Law related that eight out of the 10 states with the most bankruptcies per capita voted for Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney in the 2012 election.

“Perhaps this is due to their continued experience of economic hardship during Obama’s first term? Just a thought,” the spokesperson speculated.

Members of Lexington Law utilized the most recent data from the U.S. Census and the U.S. Federal Courts to compile their graphics from March 2014 to March 2015.

The ten counties with the most bankruptcies per capita in the nation are: 1. Jefferson County, AR 2. Haywood County, TN 3. Screven County, GA 4. Grant County, AR 5. Berrien Country, GA 6. Irwin Country, GA 7. Murray County, GA 8. Candler County, GA 9. White Pine County, NV 10. Northampton County, NC There were 936,795 bankruptcies filed nationally in 2014.

Wave of Violence Continues in Baltimore Baltimore reached a milestone on Friday, but not one to brag about. Just three months after the city suffered de-

structive riots in response to the death of Freddie Gray, the city saw more violence in a single month than in the last 43 years, with 45 homicides. The previous record was 45 killings in August 1972, according to The Baltimore Sun.

This year’s homicides reached 189; in 2014 by the end of July the number was 119. Nonfatal shootings have also been increasing rapidly with 366 to date, compared to 200 by the same time last year.

The seemingly Sisyphean task of containing the city’s violence prompted Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake to fire her police commissioner, Anthony Batts, on July 8.

“Too many continue to die on our streets,” Rawlings-Blake said then.

“Families are tired of dealing with this pain, and so am I. Recent events have placed an intense focus on our police leadership, distracting many from what needs to be our main focus: the fight against crime.”

The killings, however, have not abated under Interim Commissioner Kevin Davis since then. Crime experts and residents of Baltimore’s most dangerous neighborhoods cite a confluence of factors: mistrust of the police; generalized anger; and competition among dealers of illegal drugs, bolstered by the looting of prescription pills from pharmacies during the riots. Federal drug enforcement agents said gangs targeted 32 pharmacies in the city during the riots, taking roughly 300,000 doses of opiates, and causing $9 million worth in property damage in the city.

Perched on a friend’s stoop, Sherry Moore, 55, said she knew “mostly all” of the young men killed recently in West Baltimore, including an 18-yearold fatally shot a half-block away.

Moore said many more pills are on the street since the riot, making people wilder than usual.

“The ones doing the violence, the shootings, they’re eating Percocet like candy and they’re not thinking about consequences. They have no discipline, they have no respect — they think this is a game. How many can I put down on the east side? How many can I put down on the west side?”

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“We believe they highlighted this issue solely to inflame the public, to suggest there is some secret information being withheld, and that’s wrong,” Kessler declared. “It’s an unfair character

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NFL’s latest scandal is not going away any time soon. Tom Brady took the fight over his “Deflategate” suspension to social media and federal court on Wednesday, and New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft backed the threetime Super Bowl MVP, saying, “I was wrong to put my faith in the league.”

Last week, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell rejected Brady’s appeal.

The star quarterback posted a 507-word statement on Facebook with his firmest denial yet, writing: “I did nothing wrong.” Kraft followed with an unscheduled address to the media gathered at Gillette Stadium for the opening of training camp and the team’s defense of its fourth Super Bowl championship.

“It is completely incomprehensible to me that the league continues to take steps to disparage one of its all-time great players, and a man for whom I have the utmost respect,” the Patriots owner said. “I have come to the conclusion that this was never about doing what was fair and just.”

Shortly before the courts closed in Minnesota, the NFL Players Association asked U.S. District Judge David Doty to reverse Brady’s four-game suspension — or at least put it on hold until the case can be heard when the courts are back in session.

“We need to free him up for that first week,” union attorney Jeffrey Kessler told the media. “We don’t believe this discipline can ever be sustained.”

Brady was suspended four games and the Patriots were docked $1 million

generally aware” of the illegal deflation scheme.

The suit reasons that the NFL made up rules as it went and misapplied the ones already in writing. In an interview with the AP, Kessler called it “offensive” that the league accused Brady of destroying his cellphone to obstruct the

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Shawn Ellerman, Assistant Special Agent in Charge of the Baltimore division of the Drug Enforcement Administration, said, “You can’t attribute every murder to narcotics, but I would think a good number. You could say it’s retaliation from drug trafficking, it’s retaliation from gangs moving in from other territories. But there have been drug markets in Baltimore for years.”

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The Week In News assassination of a player who has done nothing but be a model citizen for this league.”

Brady addressed the cellphone accusation on Facebook as well.

“To suggest that I destroyed a phone to avoid giving the NFL information it requested is completely wrong,” he said. “There is no ‘smoking gun’ and this controversy is manufactured to distract from the fact they have zero evidence of wrongdoing.”

Brady said he replaced his broken phone only after his lawyers told league investigators they couldn’t have it.

“Most importantly, I have never written, texted, emailed to anybody at any time, anything related to football air pressure before this issue was raised at the AFC Championship game in January,” he wrote.

Back in May the team fired the two equipment managers.

“I truly believe that what I did in May ... would make it much easier for the league to exonerate Tom Brady. Unfortunately, I was wrong,” Kraft said, apologizing to the team’s fans and to Brady. “Six months removed from the AFC championship game, the league still has no hard evidence of anybody

doing anything to tamper with the PSI levels of footballs.”

“Tom Brady is a person of great integrity and is a great ambassador of the game, both on and off the field,” Kraft asserted.

18-Year-Old Breaks Swimming Record

On Monday morning, Katie Ledecky easily broke her own world record in the 1,500-meter freestyle during a preliminary round at the FINA World Swimming Championship in Kazan, Russia — a swim in which she didn’t even race as hard as she could.

“My coach told me to swim the first 900m easy, build over the next 300, then the final 300 was my choice and to be

honest, it felt pretty easy,” she said after the race. “I wasn’t kicking much and I think breaking the world record is testament to the hard work I have put in and the shape I am in right now. I am pretty shocked that I was able to do that.

“I was barely even focusing on this morning’s swim. I was just so relaxed,” she added.

The Bethesda, Maryland, native burst onto the scene as a 15-year-old prodigy at the 2012 London Olympics, winning gold in the 800m freestyle. She has since set eight individual world records across three events, becoming one of the most dominant athletes in the sport at age 18.

Ledecky’s time of 15 minutes 27.71 seconds this week bested her former world-record time of 15:28.26 that she set at the 2014 Pan Pacific Championship. She finished 26 1/2 seconds ahead of the second-place finisher in the preliminary heat — about one Olympic pool’s length. In 2015, no other swimmer has come within 10 seconds of her time, and at the World Championships, she has also already won gold in the 400m freestyle.

Controversy as Famous Lion Killed in Africa

Dr. Walter James Palmer was pretty popular on social media this week but not for good reason. The Minnesota dentist is responsible for killing “Cecil the Lion” in Zimbabwe. Palmer reportedly paid $50,000 to hunt the lion, used bait to lure the 13-year-old black-maned big cat out of Hwange National Park, and shot it with a bow and arrow.

Following the incident, Palmer temporarily closed his dental practice, River Bluff Dental in Bloomington, Minnesota. In a letter addressed to his patients, Palmer claimed that he was not aware that Cecil was a well-known lion who had been collared for a study. He echoed the same statement in the media last Tuesday.

“To my valued patients: As you may have already heard, I have been in the news over the last few days for reasons that have nothing to do with my profession or the care I provide for you,” he

said in the message.

“I don’t often talk about hunting with my patients because it can be a divisive and emotionally charged topic. I understand and respect that not everyone shares the same views on hunting,” he wrote.

Palmer claims he had hired local professional guides, acquired all the necessary permits for a legal big-game hunting trip, and vowed to assist Zimbabwean or American authorities with any questions if necessary.

“The media interest in this matter — along with a substantial number of comments and calls from people who are angered by this situation and by the practice of hunting in general — has disrupted our business and our ability to see our patients,” Palmer said. “For that disruption, I apologize profoundly for this inconvenience and promise you that we will do our best to resume normal operations as soon as possible.”

River Bluff Dental’s official website and Facebook page have been taken down. The business’ phone line has also been disconnected. Thousands of outraged citizens have flooded the office’s Yelp page with angry messages shaming Palmer for killing Cecil.

Charity Charamba, a spokeswoman for Zimbabwean police, told The Associated Press that the two Zimbabwean men who allegedly helped lure Cecil out of its protected area will appear in court.

The police are searching for Palmer, she added.

On Tuesday, a “We the People” petition was launched on the official White House website in hopes of extraditing Palmer to Zimbabwe so he can face justice. It already has more than 66,000 signatures.

“Two of Palmer’s local accomplices are already in custody. Zimbabwe authorities now actively seeking Palmer in connection with this incident,” the petition reads in part. “We urge the Secretary of State John Kerry and the Attorney General Loretta Lynch to fully cooperate with the Zimbabwe authorities and to extradite Walter Palmer promptly at the Zimbabwe government’s request.”

The illegal killing of a lion in Zimbabwe is punishable by a mandatory fine of $20,000 and up to 10 years behind bars under the country’s laws.

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The Week In News Board, which writes the test for the nation’s Advanced Placement courses, issued a new course and exam description to alter the materials that may not have been giving students an accurate depiction of American history. “The result is a clearer and more balanced approach to the teaching of American history,” the College Board announced on Thursday.

Many have noted that the course materials placed extra emphasis on social history as opposed to what actually

occurred in the past. For example, it focused on McCarthyism and our struggle with Cuba during the Cold War instead of focusing on the tensions between the United States and Russia. With these new changes, “World War II is no longer reduced to the ‘internment of Japanese Americans, challenges to civil liberties, debates over race and segregation, and the decision to drop to atomic bomb,’” Peter Wood, president of National Association of Scholars, related. “The new

version allows that we actually fought and won a war that was ‘viewed as’ a ‘fight for the survival of freedom and democracy against fascist and militarist ideologies.’”

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“The College Board scrubbed from last year’s document the more obnoxious expressions of bias against America, against capitalism, and against whites,” Wood explained.

The old guidelines also previously criticized free markets, noting that they “helped to widen a gap between rich and poor” without mentioning that they had created prosperity. The new version is less one-sided, noting that “entrepreneurs helped to create a market revolution in production and commerce…” and that “workers’ real wages increased… while the gap between rich and poor grew.”

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A new exhibit at Kennedy Space Center features two pieces of debris, one from each lost shuttle, as well as poignant, personal reminders of the 14 astronauts killed in flight, including Israeli Ilan Ramon, killed while aboard the Columbia in 2003.

The exhibit is meant to be inspirational. NASA’s intent is to show how the astronauts lived, rather than how they died. As such, there are no pictures in the “Forever Remembered” exhibit of the Challenger breaking apart in the Florida sky nearly 30 years ago or Columbia debris raining down on Texas 12 years ago.

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The Week In News Ramon, a colonel in the Israel Air Force and Israel’s first and only astronaut, was the Columbia mission’s payload specialist. A former fighter pilot, Ramon participated in the 1981 airstrike that destroyed an unfinished Iraqi nuclear reactor at Osirak and was the son (and grandson) of Holocaust survivors.

It took four years to get the exhibit in order and NASA kept it quiet in respect for the fallen astronauts’ families.

June Scobee Rodgers had never seen an actual remnant of her husband’s destroyed shuttle, Challenger, until previewing the exhibit just before its lowkey opening at the end of June.

Displayed in a dimly lit room: a 12foot section of the left side body panel of Challenger, standing vertically and bearing the gouged and scraped but still brilliantly colorful U.S. flag and the charred frames for Columbia’s cockpit windows, seemingly floating at eye level.

“Sad, yes,” to see the wreckage but it is “a wonderful memorial” to the shuttles, Scobee Rodgers said. The items representing the astronauts, on the other hand, are a “truly fitting” reminder of who they were as individuals.

Challenger commander Francis “Dick” Scobee’s display case, on the left side of the exhibit’s main corridor, contains the leather helmet from the Starduster biplane he and June used to fly, and his blue “TFNG” T-shirt from the Astronaut Class of 1978, nicknamed the Thirty-Five New Guys.

Across the hall on the right are Columbia commander Rick Husband’s scuffed cowboy boots and well-worn Bible. There’s a display case for each astronaut, filled with personal items, although not all families contributed, including schoolteacher Christa McAuliffe’s.

Judith Resnik, the daughter of Jewish immigrants, was also aboard the Challenger when it exploded. Included in the exhibit is a research paper from her, as well as sheet music for violin and piano.

A few weeks after visiting the exhibit, Scobee Rodgers noted in a phone interview that much of the world’s population wasn’t even born yet the when Challenger went down in 1986.

“It’s mostly history for the general public. It’s very personal for us,” she said.

After the Challenger’s accident, NASA wanted it out of sight and out of mind. The January 28, 1986 launch disaster unfolded on live TV before countless schoolchildren eager to see an everyday teacher rocketing toward space.

And so the Challenger’s wreckage — all

118 tons of it, salvaged from the Atlantic — was buried in a pair of former missile silos, 90 feet deep.

The chamber containing this particular fuselage section, in fact, had never been opened — until the “Forever Remembered” exhibit began to take shape.

“Our biggest concern the whole time was doing the right thing,” Michael Ciannilli, who was responsible for the shuttles’ debris, said. “Is this the right time? Is this the right thing?”

“I was hoping to find something that would show the beauty of Challenger, the dignity of Challenger, the strength of Challenger, and these are words I don’t use lightly,” Ciannilli said.

The 12-foot section of fuselage with the flag fit the bill. For Columbia, he chose the cockpit window frames. He said it’s like gazing into the eyes of Columbia and thus its soul.

“There’s more to this story” than those awful final moments, he said.

“Great pains were taken not to have anything sensationalized or exploited.”

That’s Odd The 12 Hour Run

Hey, slacker! Pick up the pace! David Staley has been running for hours— and he’s not letting up.

The Denver-area runner broke the Guinness World Record for greatest distance run on a treadmill in 12 hours on Saturday when he logged 81.62 miles at the University of Denver’s Ritchie Center from 9:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m.

Staley nabbed the record from his friend, Denis Mikhaylov, who ran 80.53 miles on a treadmill last year in New York City. Despite the competition, the two are still talking and are on good terms. “It was in a friendly spirit,” Staley, 30, said. “I thought Denis could have done better and figured if I give it a go, maybe Denis will come back and crush it.”

And crush it he did.

Staley moved to Colorado from the East Coast last year and realized that he was good at 24-hour runs, some of which he did on a whim—and won.

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The Week In News Amazingly, he’s not as avid a runner as you’d expect. Before deciding to beat Denis, Staley would often run only two or three times a week, averaging 30 miles a week. “There was no schedule, no thought,” he shared. “I just ran if something interesting came up.”

He did two “tests” before tackling the record — a five-hour run and a seven-hour run. “If it’s something that really taxes the mind, with some physicality thrown in there, I feel like I have a shot,” he says. “Staring at a white wall while on a treadmill for 12 hours … it seems like I can do OK.” What did he do for 12 hours? No, he didn’t watch the news or his favorite TV show. His friends entertained him with dance parties and stationary bike challenges. Around halfway through, his stomach started hurting and he ran through the pain. “I just went into a pain cave and stayed there for the rest of the time,” he says.

But we all know he had to eat. And so he stocked up on potato chips and bacon cheeseburgers—the snack of champions.

The next day he felt fine—and even headed to work. And yes, he did walk up the seven flights, as he usually does.

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Riding the Waves— Literally

Want to take a photo of your dinner and then print it out instantly so you can show it off on your fridge? Well, now you can. Especially if you’ve eaten a bucket of Kentucky Fried Chicken in Canada.

For its 60th anniversary, the company is unveiling a Memories Bucket which holds a patron’s fried dinner and has a small photo printer on the bottom.

Users can snap photos and then select one to send to the printer. The picture instantly prints—similar to a Polaroid picture.

Recently, Robbie Maddison rode the waves—literally.

The daredevil became the first person to use a dirt bike to surf a wave— and he did it in no ordinary waters. He rode Tahiti’s monster surf.

Maddison is no stranger to stunts.

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“I don’t want to take away from any of my other stunts, as they all gave me a different thrill factor, but Pipe Dream is by far the most ambitious project I have pulled off,” Maddison told GrindTV. “The thrill was more scary than rewarding. There are moments when you know you’re in the wrong place at the wrong time, and that’s the closest I had ever been to that.”

Maddison came up with the idea by wanting to combine all of his favorite things: dirt biking, surfing and standup jet skiing.

Over the course of two years, Maddison underwent the painstaking endeavor of not only outfitting a motorbike to float (a special inflatable air bag had to be installed on his bike to float it if he wiped out), but also learning how to ride and balance it on water.

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Let me tell you the tall tale of Mr. J.D. McMahon, who managed to swindle savvy businessmen while telling a tall tale of his own.

ey and investors and noticed that the town didn’t have a professional building where people could manage their oil dealings. So he drew up plans for a towering building worthy of all the riches the oil-rich town would have to offer.

His plans seemed to resonate with investors and in no time he managed to secure $200,000 (around $2.7 million today). It was the perfect location— across the street from a bustling hotel and not far from the train station. But in their enthusiasm to be part of McMahon’s venture, the investors failed to read the fine—very fine—print.

When the building was completed in 1919, it stood at a soaring 480 inches— not feet—and at that point McMahon— and their money—were long gone. It seems that the blueprints stated the correct size. Investors, though, failed to notice the discrepancies.

Since then, six oil companies have rented desks in the building and Ripley’s Believe It Or Not! deemed it “The World’s Littlest Skyscraper” in a 1920 cartoon. In 1931, a fire destroyed much of the building.

Residents of the town, though, are champions of the tiny tower and have restored all four stories. The World’s Little Skyscraper was named to the National Historic Register and is now home to an antique shop and an art studio.

And that’s the long and the short of it.

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time there was a mechanical change in the bike, it changed the way it rode.”

He arrived in Tahiti on April 17 to attempt to cover the stunt over the course of 17 days. The course was not without its triumphs—and flops.

And it certainly had more than enough suspense. At one point, in Papara, the video crew nearly thought all was lost when Maddison became consumed by the wave and they couldn’t find him for several minutes.

“Honestly I was hoping we wouldn’t have to go out in the water that last day,” said Maddison. “That morning I was doing everything I could to take my mind off the ocean, because Papara was totally firing that final morning. It just kept seeing these 25-foot waves; and waves that size are terrifying. Everything [in me] was saying don’t do it. There was lightning and thunder coming in, but I’m a man of my word, so I knew I couldn’t back out.”

What happened next is equal parts mesmerizing and terrifying to watch.

Maddison rocketed down the face of an absolutely giant wave. The wave crashed around him, and he was surrounded by whitewash. Maddison briefly popped through the whitewash in what looked to be a final moment of triumph, before the wave gained momentum and overtook him.

“The wave just picked me up off my bike and slammed me down into the water,” Maddison recalled. “I felt like a piston rattling around in a car engine.

I honestly thought those were the last moments of my life. That’s something I don’t ever want to experience again.”

Finally, after several terrifying minutes, the crew was able to recover the stuntman.

What’s next for the daredevil? It seems that Maddison likes to keep people on their toes.

“I’m going to try to do a few more things surfing on the water bike, but then I’m going to go in a completely different direction — something I think will surprise a lot of people,” Maddison said, laughing. “I can’t tell you what it is, because I want to keep it secret. But, don’t worry, you’ll hear about it eventually.”

I’m sure we will, being that he has a hard time keeping out of the headlines.

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America has killed the robot.

HitchBot has been making his rounds around the world. He hitchhiked across Canada in just 26 days and even spent time hitchhiking in Europe.

On July 17, the kid-size robot set out in Marblehead, Massachusetts, with its yellow rubber thumb raised and a grin on its digital face. “San Francisco or bust” read the words written on tape wrapped around its head. HitchBOT is not mobile and relies on strangers’ kindness to get it from place to place.

But sadly, the robot’s trip ended abruptly this week, when someone reported that the robot was damaged beyond repair, ending its American voyage in just two weeks.

“Sadly, sadly, it’s come to an end,” said Frauke Zeller, one of its co-creators.

During its tour, though, hitchBOT enjoyed a boating trip and took in a Red

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Now, its battery is dead and its creators can’t locate the robot via GPS. “My trip must come to an end for now, but my love for humans will never fade. Thanks friends” was the robot’s last tweet.

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Kenyans were overjoyed when American President Barack Obama visited their country last week. Some mothers were so excited that they wanted to remember the experience forever—by naming their children in his honor.

There are numerous young Barack Obamas living in Kogelo, the president’s ancestral village, but now there are two little babies named Air Force One. “I have decided to call my baby AirForceOne Barack Obama so that we can all remember Obama’s visit to Kenya because it is a huge blessing,” said Lucy Akinyi Okoth, one of the mothers.

Another, Lucy Atieno, decided to simply call her boy Air Force One. “I have been told that it is the best airplane because it carries a very powerful leader of America who is also a Kenyan,” she related.

The two Air Force Ones were among eight children born on Friday night at Kisumu Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Referral Hospital and named after Obama, said nurse Dolphin Akinyi.

Not to be outdone, some female babies born at the time are going to remember Obama’s trip for the rest of their lives. One little girl was named Michelle after the president’s wife. Another was named Malia, after the Obamas’ oldest daughter, and a third child was named Malia Sasha after both their children.

“I could not call my daughter any other name,” declared Wilkister Anyango, who took both Obama’s daughters’ names for her child.

Think the person next to you on line in the library smells a little “fowl”? It may just be Yoda and he has his own library card.

The Eagle Owl has been helping the University of Bath with its pesky seagull problem. Seagulls began nesting on campus and have been frightening students who are eating outside.

Enter Yoda. Together with Marcus, his handler, he has managed to scare away much of the university’s seagull population on his twice a week visits.

The university has been so appreciative of his efforts that they awarded him— drumroll, please—a library card. Yes, he has received the card “in recognition of his valuable service to the campus” and can now take out piles of books to feather his nest.

It’s good Yoda has his glasses on.

It could get very dark at night on his tree as he tries to read the latest that the library has to offer.

French Scrabble Champion Doesn’t Speak French

Nigel Richards puts us all to shame.

The New Zealander recently won the French Scrabble world championship—and he doesn’t even speak the language.

Richards, 48, defeated a

French-speaking competitor from Gabon during the final round of the tournament in Louvain, Belgium, last week. What’s his secret? Pure memorization. He memorized the entire French Scrabble dictionary in only nine weeks though the words mean nothing to him. The dictionary includes all French words that are comprised of two to ten letters.

In a tweet, the French Scrabble federation hailed Richards’ win under such unusual circumstances as unprecedented.

“He won’t know what [the words] mean, wouldn’t be able to carry out a conversation in French I wouldn’t think,” Liz Fagerlund, former president of the New Zealand Scrabble Association and a friend of Richards, told the New Zealand Herald.

“To him words are just combinations of letters,” Yves Brenez, the competition’s organizer, told FranceTV. “I’m perhaps exaggerating a bit, but he comes up with scrabbled [words of seven or more letters] that others take 10 years to know.”

Richards has dominated the game in his native tongue too, winning world titles for English Scrabble in 2007 and 2011. He’s also captured five U.S. national titles.

After his recent win, the crowd gave him a standing ovation. The champion, though, needed a translator to express his gratitude to the crowd.

Among Scrabble aficionados, Richards is famously reclusive and remains a mysterious figure, according to a profile in New Zealand’s Sunday Star Times from 2010.

“He’s like a computer with a big ginger beard,” Howard Warner, a Scrabble representative who’s faced off against Richards, told the Star Times.

“You go to international tournaments and everyone’s sitting around at the end of the day telling Nigel-stories. Of course, he’s never there, so the legend grows.”

His success is owed to his highly mathematical brain, experts in the game have said. He never showed much interest in language growing up and only picked up the game at 28 when his mother, Adrienne Fischer, introduced him to it.

“When he was learning to talk, he was not interested in words, just numbers,” she related. “He used to point to the calendars. He related everything to numbers. We just thought it was normal. We’ve always just treated Nigel as Nigel.”

Felicitations, Nigel!

The Candidate and the Haircut Quick! Name me a presidential hopeful who is making headlines for his or her hair.

Think you have the answer? I’m sure you chose Mr. Trump. Well, although we love to make fun of the billionaire’s concoction on his crown, last week it was Mrs. Clinton’s tresses that’s got the whole town talking.

It seems that a good barber is hard to find. Hillary couldn’t just head to Central Avenue to get her mane cut by one of the Five Towns’ best. Instead, she spent time at the John Barrett salon at Bergdorf Goodman on Manhattan’s Fifth Avenue and supposedly spent a whopping $600 for her haircut. Of course, having someone see her getting her new ‘do just wouldn’t do, so her campaign had the salon closed while she was there.

Discretion is key when getting your hair cut. The presidential hopeful entered the store through a side entrance and the elevator bank was shut down to ensure privacy.

“She was styled in a private area of the salon,” a source told the New York Post. “Other customers didn’t get a glimpse. Hillary was later seen with a new feathered hairdo.”

The Clintons have known much controversy throughout the years and Hair-gate is nothing new. Remember when Mr. Clinton insisted on having his hair trimmed on the tarmac of Los Angeles International Airport to the tune of $200?

Oh, and Hillary, who is 69, has made jokes about her hair, relating that her hair won’t be turning white if she would be occupying the Oval Office since she’s been “coloring it for years.”

She has also noted that women must pay a “hair and makeup tax” to make it in the professional world while many men can breeze through life with fewer concerns about their appearance. “It’s a daily challenge,” Mrs. Clinton confessed. “I do the best I can — and as you may have noticed, some days are better than others!”

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This was a typical week at Ruach Day Camp...it was terrific!

It was Tie Dye Week and our campers had a blast preparing some very creative designs on their tie dye t-shirts. Later in the week, the entire camp enjoyed a live performance of Shrek the Musical! After the show, the campers had an opportunity to meet the cast and take pictures with them as well. Another highlight this week was our fabulous Purim in July event. Campers came to camp dressed in amazing costumes, we had delicious hamantashen for morning snack, and we had an incredible carnival, hosted by our CIT& CAs. This Purim in July was an overwhelming success!

This was a special trip week for our G3 thru G5 groups – it was their week for special late night activities. The older girls had an amazing trip to Manhattan as they experienced the thrill of the SHARK Speedboat. It was an unforgettable adventure as the boat roared around the New York Harbor capturing fantastic views of the Statue of Liberty, the Brooklyn Bridge, the Downtown Manhattan Skyline, Ellis Island and the World Financial Center. The younger groups had a FUN-tastic late night at camp, with Glow

Last week, Mr. Scott from Ossie’s Fish Department at Gourmet Glatt came down to Camp Funshine to show the children all different kinds of fish. The children loved learning all about the different colors and sizes of all the fish at Gourmet Glatt. It was especially fun to touch and feel the texture of each one. The children get so excited every time they see Mr. Scott behind the fish counter in Gourmet Glatt because now they all know who he is! A special thank you to Mr. Scott from the Ossie’s Fish counter at Gourmet Glatt for your special visit to Camp Funshine. We all loved it!

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Around The Community The Second Annual Michael Levin Lone Soldier Bake Sale

By Danielle Aronovitz Before the summer even began, emails went back and forth amongst the committee members of the Michael Levin Lone Soldier Center Bake Sale. We needed to find a date for this year’s bake sale.

As we all remember last summer, our brothers and sisters in Israel were bravely enduring the war called, “Protective Edge.”

Jews around the world wanted to help Israel in some way. As discussed last year, our bake sale group was formed while a few of us were enjoying a casual shalosh seudos one Shabbos. After bouncing around a few ideas as to how to we

could help Israel, we decided to host a bake sale to benefit the Michael Levin Lone Soldier Center. The Michael Levin Lone Soldier Center supports Is-

raeli soldiers who do not have family in Israel, including many soldiers from our local community.

A year later, we were back at Plum Boutique on Central Avenue in Cedarhurst, selling cakes, challahs, cookies and treats to help the lone soldiers of the IDF. The support from the community was amazing, from bakers to buyers to volunteers. To date, we have raised $10,000 – which includes a bake sale held at Vacation Village this past weekend to benefit the Center.

This year at the sale, we had the honor to meet a grandmother whose two grandsons are lone soldiers, as well as a mother of a lone solider. They explained to the committee how grateful the lone soldiers are for the funds we have raised and, more importantly, for the recognition and care we all have

shown them. To that we responded that we are grateful for all of the lone soldiers who protect our homeland, Israel.

We would like to thank the following sponsors of the bake sale: • Plum Boutique • Gourmet Glatt • Seasons • Cravings • The Jewish Press • The Jewish Home • Toby Schwartz of Imprint Indeed.

May we merit to be together in Jerusalem next summer, celebrating and baking together!

To support the Michael Levin Lone Soldier Center in Jerusalem, checks can be made out to: “FJC/Lone Soldier Center” and mailed to: Aronovitz; 60 Meadow Drive; Woodsburgh, NY 11598.

Mind Your Business: 77 WABC’s Newest Radio Program with Business and Marketing Strategies for Success Say goodbye to the Monday morning blues. Jumpstart your new workweek by listening in on New York’s newest business radio program, Mind Your Business, airing Sunday nights from 11pm to midnight on 77 WABC Radio.

Every week, Yitzchok Saftlas, the host of Mind Your Business, blends his characteristic zest and enthusiasm alongside his 25 years of proven experience in marketing, branding and advertising, bringing listeners valuable tips and sage advice that will help you and your business grow.

Recognized as an expert in achiev-

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Mind Your Business premiered on 77 WABC Radio on July 12, featuring Josh Mohrer, New York general manager for Uber. Mohrer shared the remarkable story and marketing strategies behind Uber’s rapid climb in five short years from a Start-Up to a global transportation company with a private

market valuation of $50 billion, according to Forbes.

The following show featured savvy advice from leading political and corporate communications consultants, when guests Bill O’Reilly and Jessica Proud of The November Team joined Saftlas on the air.

Bill O’Reilly has worked on and advised dozens of political and public affairs campaigns in his 30-year career.

His biweekly columns in Newsday have become a must-read for people looking for common-sense political commentary. Ms. Proud is a veteran public affairs and crisis communications professional. She has trained top corporate, government, and political officials in traditional and new media strategies.

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In his daily work, Saftlas leads a team of marketing and creative experts to help his clients utilize a range of media to build their brands and grow their businesses. Each and every Sunday night, Saftlas will communicate his personal insights, as well as treat his listeners to a series of high-caliber and knowledgeable guests who will inspire you with new ideas and give guidance to get your week off to a fast start.

Be sure to tune in every Sunday night, from 11pm-midnight to Mind Your Business with Yitzchok Saftlas on 77 WABC Radio in the NY Metro area, or via live stream at www.WABCBizRadio.com, for an intriguing weekly radio show, chock-full of business insights and marketing strategies that will get you ahead of the game. Podcasts of past shows are available on www.

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Camp Lavi Rallies Against Iran Nuke Deal

Camp Director Joey Hoenig

On July 22, Camp Lavi took part in rallying against the Iranian nuclear deal along with the thousands of people throughout New York City, Los Angeles, Phoenix, and Ft. Lauderdale.

Director Joey Hoenig introduced the in-camp rally and explained the importance of our participation. A short video

Rabbi Eitan Schnall addressing the campers

was shown, demonstrating the history of Iran and their relationship with both Israel and the United States. Rabbi Eitan Schnall, Rosh Kollel in Camp Lavi, gave a powerful speech that related the current events to the nine days leading up to Tisha B’Av. The dual message of turning to Hashem in tefila as well

as putting in our own efforts to do whatever we can resonated throughout the camp. Rabbi David Schwartz led the camp in meaningful Tehillim and Kayla Bluman closed the program with a short speech and organized for each camper and staff member to write letters to their local senators.

Leading into Camp Lavi’s theme of achdut, Jewish unity, there was a definite sense of oneness in camp on that day as well as a strong connection to the thousands of Jews across the world at large.

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because this is one of the first mitzvos we might use to describe a commandment that requires one to take action. R’ Miller explains how much of this mitzvah can be accomplished in the mind.

Thinking positively about a fellow person and conjuring up their qualities is one facet of this mitzvah that can be accomplished with thought. This mitzvah of loving one’s fellow Jew can be done when thinking about the Jewish nation as a whole. If one contemplates how the Jewish people keep Hashem’s commandments and strive to love one other, this too falls under the commandment to feel love towards one’s friend.

We are taught that Hashem blesses those who bless His nation. One can use the time that they are thinking about their love for their fellow Jews to bless each person they think of. If someone needs a shidduch they can mentally give the person a blessing to find the right one. If someone is in need of healing, they can bless them to merit a full recovery, and they can also pray on behalf of others.

The amazing thing is that a person can even use this mitzvah-thinking time to think positive thoughts about their loved ones and even this is still considered an integral part of the mitzvah. If one thinks about what a fantastic spouse they have, how kind they are and how helpful they can be, this is truly doing a mitzvah with their spare time, especially if their intent is to do a “thinking mitzvah” of loving their fellow.

Hashem gave us mitzvos because He wanted to increase our merits and it’s possible to do a mitzvah that in so many ways comes so naturally, to think about positive qualities of those we love. Who can’t think of something good about their son? Their granddaughter? Their parents? And especially their spouse?

By using the extra time in our life for a higher purpose, may we merit to become better people who are constantly on an upward path of growth.

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Around The Community Times Square was Flooded with Protesters at the Stop Iran Rally PHOTO CREDIT: YAAKOV KATZ STUDIOS & BARRY BROWN STUDIOS

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Achiezer-Hatzalah CPR Training Hatzalah Garage

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6th Annual Cross River Bank Golf Outing to Benefit Madraigos Trump National Golf Club

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Yeshiva Darchei Torah Alumni BBQ North Woodmere 21st Annual Women’s Kumzitz Around the Campfire, Lawrence, NY One Israel Fund 6th Annual South Shore BBQ & Fine Wine Tasting

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To submit your event to the community calendar, please visit www.jccrp.org and click on “calendar” to add a new event. If you have any questions regarding the community calendar, please email info@jccrp.org and put the words “calendar” in the subject line.

Rabbi Shafier Explains What Life Will be like When Moshiach Comes What will it be like when Moshiach comes? We speak about Moshiach, we daven for Moshiach, hopefully, we even yearn for Moshiach. But, what does that mean?

This was the riveting topic of this year’s Tisha B’Av Live Webinar given by founder of The Shmuz, Rabbi Ben Tzion Shafier. It was attended by hundreds of registrants who found it to be “eye-opening,” “powerful,” and “life-changing.”

Rabbi Shafier touched on many questions like what will life be like when Moshiach comes. What will our

day-to-day activities be like? And more than anything, why is it that we want Moshiach? With his crystal clear style, he brought understanding and clarity to the answers.

The Shmuz is a Torah lecture that offers a worldview on major life issues ranging from working on our middos to learning to be a better spouse, from understanding the meaning of our davening to what is our purpose is in this world. Rabbi Ben Tzion Shafier has been delivering these lectures across America and beyond for a decade.

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lies which are affiliated with Chai Lifeline were invited to spend a day in Long Beach to enjoy the boardwalk, miniature golf, boccie, and presentation of gifts culminating with a grand barbecue followed by the concert.

The enthusiasm of the many volunteers combined with the reactions of all of the families made this a very special day.

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The Jewish community of Long Beach, under the chairmanship of David Goldstein and Yechezkal Brucker, sponsored a barbecue this past Sunday on behalf of Chai Lifeline. The Young Israel of Long Beach hosted the event prior to the annual concert which was held on the boardwalk later that evening.

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Friendship Inspiration from Rabbi Hanoch Teller

By Natan Alper Rabbi Hanoch Teller; the name in itself tells it all.

On Sunday, July 12, the CHAZAQ organization was very fortunate to host the world-renowned, Rabbi Hanoch Teller at the Beth Gavriel Community Center in Forest Hills.

At the event, sushi and refreshments were served and people had the opportunity to register for voting and to buy Macy’s Coupons on behalf of CHAZAQ.

As he is famous for, Rabbi Teller gave a stirring speech full of entertaining stories that not only inspired us to improve, but also to shift our focus to a matter that is extremely relevant to the modern age- proper conduct between man and his friend.

To start off the lecture, he gave several creative analogies of the varying relationships man can have with his friend to introduce the topic. On that note, he mentioned the reasons for the destruction of the first Temple: idolatry, adultery, and murder; along with the second Temple: baseless hatred.

Understandably, the three sins that led to the end of the First Temple are viewed as terrible crimes and have severe consequences if transgressed.

However, the crime that justified the end of the Second Temple, feeling baseless hatred towards another human, is not punished in any way by court or even looked at in a bad light nowadays.

If someone dislikes another person without good reason, people will just shrug and say that he has every right.

Yet, we don’t realize that baseless hatred is the underlying root of so much wrong in this world.

We must realize that hatred towards

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a fellow human should not be looked upon lightly. Obviously, humans are allowed to have emotions and dislike what they please. But just as we control our actions, we control whether our feelings are positive or negative and therefore we are responsible for them.

While on the surface, baseless hatred seems minor and insignificant, in reality, it is extremely dangerous and we must put in the effort to hinder its influence on our actions.

The more we strive to develop positive relationships with our fellow humans, and the more we abstain from harboring baseless hatred toward someone else, the closer we will be to the redemption.

only crowd, and the evening’s guests were treated to a concert by Simcha Leiner himself.

Our second grade girls later joined Leiner on stage to perform one of his tunes along with him. It certainly was a night to remember.

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Assemblymen Todd Kaminsky and Phil Goldfeder visited Camp Kaylie at OHEL this past Sunday on Visitors Day. Many of the Camp Kaylie campers are from their communities.

Senior Councilman Anthony Santino was honored by the presence of Rabbi Binyamin Kamenetzky and many other Five Towns supporters during a fundraising event at Prime Bistro in Lawrence last Monday evening in support of Councilman Santino’s campaign to become the Town of Hempstead’s next Town Supervisor.

Clockwise from top left: Anthony D’Esposito, Island Park Fire Department Chief; Town of Hempstead Senior Councilman Anthony Santino; Rabbi Binyamin Kamenetzky; Nassau County Legislator Howard Kopel

Panicking about Your Airline Miles & Credit Card Points? You are Not Alone

By Eli Schreiber “Is it true that you can no longer use British Airways miles to book tickets on American Airlines?” “Will I qualify for an American Express bonus offer, if I had the card two years ago?” “Can I still use my Chase points to book a ticket to LA for my nephew?”

It seems like every day brings with it another negative change to the airline and credit card rewards industry and we are often asked whether it’s time to panic, get rid of all one’s miles and points, and find another hobby to pursue.

Before we answer this question and provide direction on the future of the reward’s industry, it’s important to recap the past twelve months, and using this information, we can paint a picture about where we see the rewards industry will be ten years down-the-road and how that should pertain to one’s current rewards strategy. Let us begin.

Earning Miles Airlines used to allow passengers to earn miles based on the number of miles flown on a specific itinerary, so if your flight traveled 2,000 miles you would earn the corresponding number of miles, and if you flew 50,000 miles a year, those 50,000 miles would count towards your frequent flyer status. Many people who wished to earn status with specific airlines in order to get free upgrades and other benefits and perks would hop on a plane to travel from one location to another with a “stopover” at a completely

separate location and thus earn additional miles for the entire leg of the trip. However, recently, both Delta and United Airlines changed the way passengers earn and qualify for miles with the more expensive tickets earning a greater number of miles, and the less expensive tickets earning less miles.

Booking Tickets We have also seen an increase in oversight from the airlines in regards to mileage tickets and transfers and multiple credit card applications in order to earn those miles. Most recently, Alaska Airlines confiscated tickets that were booked by individuals who had applied for multiple cards or had performed multiple transfers, from a variety of sources.

Applying For Multiple Credit Cards The credit card companies have begun cracking down as well with Chase stating that anyone who applied for multiple cards over a two-year period (for the purpose of earning miles) would be denied approval for specific Chase credit cards. And prior to Chase’s announcement, American Express announced a change to their bonus offer program for new credit card applications, disallowing individuals from receiving bonus offers for new credit card application bonuses if they received the bonus offer previously, regardless of how long ago it took place.

The changes above were meant to address individuals abusing the system,

but there are additional changes as well to consider regarding the longevity of the rewards industry.

Mileage Devaluation One of the great benefits to using miles for travel was if a mileage ticket was available for a set number of miles, even if it was a last minute ticket which normally would cost many more dollars to purchase outright, you would be able to book the ticket with the same number of miles it usually costs. When family members of mine had to return from Los Angeles to NYC for a sudden circumstance and I was about to purchase a ticket for them using miles, the message that flashed on the airline website was “Would your like to use 50,000 miles or pay $2,100 for this flight?” Even though it was a last minute ticket that was much more expensive, as long as it was still available using miles, the airline allowed me to book it using the same number of miles.

However, in order to address this mileage-to-cash discrepancy, Delta recently implemented a new policy and travelers can no longer book low-level domestic mileage flights less than three weeks before the trip. And this followed British Airways’ new policy from earlier this year, where they increased mileage ticket prices by as much as 150% on flights from New York to Los Angeles and London, with tickets from Miami and Berlin increasing significantly as well.

Conclusion Taking all this into account it is obvious there is a new landscape in the rewards industry. Airlines and credit card companies aren’t happy that many people are gaming the system and are cracking down on these abusers. And airlines are trying to be as profitable as ever and this mindset is driving the changes reflected in how many miles are now required for certain destinations and tickets. Keep in mind the fact that the airlines keep changing how and when individuals can use their miles and points have angered many and have caught the attention of lawmakers, and it remains to be seen whether making these changes especially without advance notice is legal or fair. But for responsible individuals, who wish to turn their everyday credit card spending into great travel benefits and value, the rewards industry is certainly here to stay. And when you keep in mind the fact that the airlines and credit card companies are “giving away” miles and points when one uses a credit card, this in of itself is enough reason to continue using your credit card to accrue miles and points. Even though they may be worth less than before, have greater restrictions and may be frustrating to use, there is still tremendous upside to earning miles and points to create an alternative revenue stream and get you where you need to go.

Eli Schreiber is a partner and director of marketing at Get PEYD and PEYD Travel LLC.

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Alan Peyser, David Seltzer, Evan Seltzer, Reuben Seltzer and Jonathan Seltzer enjoying the day

Yaakov Spinner, Ephraim Spinner and event chairman Sam Spinner at the event

Lifeline’s overnight summer camp for children with cancer, genetic and chronic illness, and disabilities. The

event was chaired by Sam Spinner and sponsored by Meridian Capital Group.

Phil Goldstein, David Klein, Yossi Eisenberger, David Vegh, Shalom Vegh and Sruli Rosenfeld get ready to tee off at Chai Lifeline’s Annual Golf Outing

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Once again, Chai Lifeline’s teams of novice and veteran golfers teed up to raise funds for Camp Simcha, Chai

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First Community-Based Emergency Response Program in the United States Launches in Jersey City On July 30, Jersey City Medical Center, a Barnabas Health facility, kicked off a new program to train the nation’s first group of United Rescue volunteers connected by GPS technology and trained to provide lifesaving medical treatment before the arrival of an ambulance. A partnership between the hospital and the city of Jersey City, United Rescue follows the highly successful model designed by United Hatzalah of Israel, where average emergency response time is just three minutes.

First announced by Mayor Steven Fulop in January, United Rescue received more than 300 applicants for its inaugural training class, reflecting significant interest within the Jersey City community. The first 50 volunteers— all of whom either live, work or attend school in Jersey City—will receive lifesaving medical equipment upon the successful completion of a 60-hour course in medical first response. Once operational, 9-1-1 calls received in the Jersey City Medical Center call center will be routed through the NowForce dispatch system, which locates the closest United Rescue volunteers to a given emergency and notifies them via a GPS-based mobile app.

Whether heart attacks, strokes or traffic accidents, the difference between life and death is often determined by

how quickly an ambulance can reach the scene of an incident. Jersey City Medical Center’s EMS Department maintains some of the fastest response times in the nation with an average response time of less than six minutes. United Rescue’s model takes these response times a step further and recognizes that many victims could be saved if a nearby neighbor, coworker or fellow resident were equipped to help during that initial window of time.

According to Joseph Scott, President and CEO of Jersey City Medical Center, “Response time is integral in improving patient outcomes. The United Rescue program will help increase Jersey City Medical Center’s already world-renowned survival rates and ensure that the residents of Jersey City receive the most prompt, professional, and proficient prehospital care.”

Paul Sosman, United Rescue Program Supervisor at Jersey City Medical Center added, “This will be the first program of its kind in the United States.

I am confident that the United Rescue program will enhance our EMS system further and save even more lives.”

Although the model has been successfully deployed in Argentina, Brazil, Panama and Lithuania, Jersey City will be the first to incorporate the concept in the United States. “We are excited to be

Eli Beer, founder of United Hatzalah of Israel, welcomes United Rescue Jersey City

the first city in the country to launch this innovative, lifesaving program,” Jersey City Mayor Steven Fulop said. “When every second matters, we want to deliver the fastest, best medical service to our residents.” The United Rescue Jersey City program is funded exclusively through private charitable donations.

United Rescue aims to expand the model

around the United States.

“We are thrilled to be exporting our Israeli techniques to help the residents of Jersey City get better, faster emergency services,” United Hatzalah Founder and President Eli Beer, who will be on hand for the initial training, said. “We look forward to sharing in the success of United Rescue, Jersey City!”

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pay less than one cent out of every tax dollar to the town – yet receive services exponentially more valuable,” said Deputy Mayor Ronald Lanzilotta.

“Councilman Anthony Santino is a role model for public servants – and a rock in the stability of our suburban village’s quality of life. He listens, he cares and he presents commonsense solutions that help our community, time and again. I’ve known Councilman Santino for a long time; he is all about community, improving neighbors’ quality of life and always working towards a better tomorrow. As Supervisor, Anthony Santino’s tireless efforts will bring an even brighter future to the middle class families and seniors living not only in Cedarhurst, but also all of Hempstead Town,” Trustee Ari Brown said.

“Regardless of political party, Anthony Santino has always advocated strengthening our community. He’s shown us this time and again. Councilman Santino’s experience, years of service to the Five Towns and expertise in municipal government make him the ideal candidate to serve as Hempstead Town’s next Supervisor,” remarked Trustee Israel “Izzy” Wasser.

“The seasoned experience and strong commitment to community that Senior Councilman Anthony Santino has continued to display for close to three decades in town government sets him apart from the rest. He earned my admiration and endorsement with this as well as his policy proposals to move Hempstead Town into the future,” said Trustee Myrna Zisman.

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The elected officials cited Santino’s two-decade record of keeping town taxes low while providing neighbors with some of the best government services in the nation as well as the Councilman’s close ties to the community and continued advocacy on behalf of Five Towns residents.

“Having a partner like Senior Councilman Anthony Santino in the Supervisor’s office is a blessing to the Village of Cedarhurst and our neighbors. Councilman Santino sets an example of fiscal discipline and putting the needs of the people we represent above all else. As I’ve seen firsthand since serving as Mayor Andy Parise’s Deputy Mayor to this day, Anthony Santino loves Cedarhurst – and today, Cedarhurst loves him back,” said Mayor Benjamin Weinstock.

“I’m proud to endorse and support my longtime friend and neighbor Anthony Santino to be Hempstead Town’s next Supervisor. Councilman Santino represents a dynamic generation of governmental leaders who possess the vision and energy to ensure that America’s largest township will continue to thrive for generations to come. Thanks to Anthony Santino’s work with Supervisor Kate Murray, village residents

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Santino Earns Cedarhurst Mayor, Village Board’s Strong Endorsement for Supervisor

Hempstead Town Councilman Anthony Santino is joined by Cedarhurst Village Mayor Ben Weinstock and Village Trustees Ari Brown and Izzy Wasser at the Cedarhurst LIRR station, where he met with local residents to discuss his campaign to become Town of Hempstead Supervisor.

newest ones for the Santino for Supervisor campaign. Last week, four Five Towns area village mayors – Woodsburgh Mayor Lee Israel, Hewlett Harbor Mayor Marc Weiss, Hewlett Bay Park Mayor Steve Kaufman and Hewlett Neck Mayor Ross Epstein – announced their strong backing of the Senior Councilman.

Santino was previously endorsed

by Rockville Centre Mayor Fran Murray and members of the Rockville Centre Village Board as well as East Rockaway Mayor Bruno Romano, Lynbrook Mayor Bill Hendrick and former East

Rockaway Mayor Fran Lenahan.

“I can’t express enough gratitude to Mayor Weinstock and the Cedarhurst Village Board for their kind words and endorsement of my campaign for Supervisor. It’s a privilege to run for Hempstead Town’s top job with the support of such widely respected village officials and community members. Together, we will continue working for Cedarhurst, the Five Towns as well as each and every senior and hardworking family living in America’s largest township.”

On July 25 and 26, CHAZAQ held a Tisha B’Av Torah marathon with the Beth Gavriel Center featuring riveting lectures by Rabbi Yaakov Menashe (Midrash Ben Ish Hai), Rabbi Israel Itshakov (Beth Gavriel Youth Minyan), Rabbi Daniel Gladstein (Cong. Toras Emes), Rabbi Yonatan Hakimian, Rabbi Binyamin Yuhanan, Rabbi Benzion Shafier (Shmuz.com), Rabbi Benzion Klatzko (Shabbat.com), Rabbi Ari Ben Shushan, Rabbi Dovid Goldwasser, Rabbi Ilan Meirov (CHAZAQ), Rabbi Paysach Krohn, Rabbi Eliezer Krohn, Rabbi Moshe Bamberger (Lander College),

and Rabbi Label Lam (Sha’arei Tzion).

Hundreds of people attended the event throughout the solemn day and were inspired to make the necessary changes to bring about the redemption.

The event was dedicated in loving memory of Esther bat Sara, Aaron ben Esther, Yona Yura ben Zilpa, Penina bat Devora, Rubin ben Bella, Osnat bat Avigail and Rachel bat Ehta.

Inspiration at Tisha B’Av Event

For more information about upcoming CHAZAQ events and programs, call CHAZAQ at 718-285-9132 or email Info@Chazaq.org.

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Gov. Mike Huckabee expressing his strong feelings for the People and the Land of Israel at Dr. Joe and Karen Frager’s home in Jamaica Estates last week.

(L-R) Activist Dr. Paul Brody, who together with Dr. Joe Frager took Gov. Huckabee on four occasions to Israel including extensive touring of Yehuda and Shomron; Gov. Huckabee; Dana Brody; and Mrs. Drora Brody.

(R-L) Hosts Dr. Joe Frager and his wife Karen, Gov. Huckabee and philanthropist Sylvia Freyer

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Around The Community Hats Off to Orah Day Camp “Hats” off to Orah Day Camp—it’s the best place to be this summer! Head and hair week is off to a “head” start.

Early Monday morning, our 3rd graders “head”ed off to the Jewish Children’s Museum for a fabulous time. There are more trips to tell you about but before I get a-“head” of myself, I have to tell you what happened for the very first time in Orah Day Camp.

Last week, to “kick” off hands and feet week, we held our very first Color Run! It was not just any Color Run, but one to benefit the wonderful work that Chai Lifeline does. Every year Orah Day Camp is privileged to help raise money for Chai Lifeline and this year, because it coincided with feet week, we had a Color Run. For those of you who aren’t familiar with a Color Run, here it is… The Upper Division was told to dress in white and went to Inwood Park, where they walked laps around the park while the staff and administration tossed colored powder at them. The powder was harmless tinted corn starch, but by the end everyone (and I do mean every-

one) was covered from “head” to “toe” in a mist of color. Initially some of the campers were apprehensive about the Color Run, but at the end the campers were complaining they weren’t dirty enough! The Color Run was a smash hit. The campers had a fantastic time and we hope to raise a lot of money for Chai Lifeline. It was a win-win-win for every”body.”

Now “back” to this week’s excitement, the 7th graders were very busy.

There was a surprise trip to Oh Nuts to keep them on their “toes” and a late night swim and BBQ to tempt their “tummies.” The 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th graders went to Luna Park, where the campers enjoyed a special trip full of rides, some of which were “hair”-raising and fun in the amusement park during an exclusive women’s-only morning. Our 2nd graders “head”ed over to the bowling alley to try their “hand” and see if they could “strike” out and they had a ball.

Some of the second graders also had a spontaneous, off the top of our “heads” trip for slushies that helped cool off the

campers in the summer heat and satisfy their sweet ”tooth.”

One special program that has us up to our “necks” in fun is when we invite our mommies to join their daughters for a private swim. This week the 3rd graders and their mothers enjoyed some time after camp, in our magnificent outdoor, in-ground Olympic-size pool.

“Hair” ye, “hair” ye, this week in Orah Day Camp was carnival week and I “mustache” you a question: is there a better Main Event for the entire camp?

I don’t think so! All day Thursday every bunk got a chance to come and play all the different games run by our very own 6th and 7th graders. (The 7th grade really had a “hand” in everything this week). There was the pickle race, fluff and chips, skee ball, “face” painting— which also fits into the camp theme rather nicely—a photo booth complete with props, and a new booth designed to keep your ”head” above water. All the participants—campers and staff alike— got free snow cones, cans of soda, and of course keep your “hair” on—prizes,

lots and lots of prizes! We can honestly say that everyone leaves the carnival with a grin from “ear” to “ear” on their “face.” Anyone who sets their “foot” into carnival “nose” it’s a highlight of the summer.

This week is also our second dress up day –“Bad Hair and Make-up Day”— and while it hasn’t actually happened yet, we can only imagine what kind of costumes the girls are going to come in with. You don’t have to pull your “hair” out wondering about the wacky getups, there will be pictures in the newsletter.

It is always fun to see the girls put their “brains” in gear and figure out funny and creative ways to participate in these dress up days. It’s also a riot to see the staff that get dressed up; it keeps them young at “heart.”

There is so much more in store it could make your “head” spin. So keep your “toe” on the line, shake a “leg,” and remember that Orah Day Camp is the “HEAD”-quarters for fun.

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Around The Community St. John’s Episcopal Hospital Announces the Appointment of New Chief Executive Officer Gerard M. Walsh cess in developing strong medical staff relationships through recruitment of talented physicians and the creation of new programs and services that drive margin growth, he comes to St. John’s to expand high quality healthcare services to the community.

“I look forward to my new role at St. John’s Episcopal Hospital as the new CEO. The Hospital is vital to the community.

We plan to be constructive participants while offering strong leadership in the ongoing public conversation about the future of healthcare including quality, cost and access. Patients will always be at the center of these discussions. Improving patient care is the reason our Hospital exists,” said Mr. Walsh.

Prior to leading Western Maryland Hospital Center, Mr. Walsh spent 15 years as Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Shore Regional

St. John’s welcomes Gerard (Jerry) Walsh, a proven health care executive with broad based experience in hospital administration and management, most recently in the position of CEO of Western Maryland Hospital Center in Hagerstown, Maryland. During his tenure with Western Maryland, he built a new leadership team including a new chief medical officer and chief nursing officer, implemented several clinical services for the chronic care population including podiatry, dental, gynecology, ophthalmology and wound care, developed a plan of correction that rectified numerous Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services deficiencies, and delivered a 3-year strategic plan recommending a forward course of action.

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Health, a three-hospital health system affiliated with University of Maryland Medical System. In this position, he was first charged to lead the regionalization plan for the Mid Shore, which integrated Chester River Health System into Shore Health System to form a new company – Shore Regional Health. Further, with overall system responsibility for net revenues of $320M, Quality and Process Improvement, Patient Safety, Joint Commission Accreditation and Shore Medical Group (a multi-specialty physician network and hospitalist program), he oversaw 231 acute licensed beds, a 20-bed Acute Rehab Center, Home Health and Hospice, 2625 employees and 415 active physicians, and built multi-million dollar programs including a 50-physician multi-specialty group practice.

Mr. Walsh also has significant administrative experience from his COO role with North Shore University Hospital at Forest Hills, New York, where he oversaw a 19,000 sq. ft. emergency department reconstruction project, initiated a $30M facility construction project, worked with architects and engineers to plan construction for a new two story radiology building, and instituted an extensive twelve month management education and professional development project. He also developed outpatient practice units for Pain Management, Men’s Health, and Pediatric Cardiology, developed an ongoing service excellence program to improve customer satisfaction, and oversaw medical staff growth to include an additional 300 new physicians.

“I am both honored and extremely excited to lead St. John’s Episcopal Hospital into the future. I have been anticipating entering my new role and look forward to the many opportunities and challenges ahead. My first priority will be getting to know the employees, hospital and community leaders and the medical staff so that we may work together to provide an excellent patient and family experience at St. John’s.”

A native New Yorker, Jerry was born and raised in Queens and attended high school in East Elmhurst. He has a Bachelors of Science in Health Care Administration from St. John’s University, Jamaica, New York, and a Masters Degree

in Health Systems Management from Iona College, New Rochelle, New York.

He is married to his wife Karyn and they have one grown daughter.

“We are excited about Jerry’s experience and welcome his leadership to St. John’s Episcopal Hospital and to the communities we serve,” said Bishop Lawrence C. Provenzano, the Episcopal Bishop of Long Island and President of the Board of Trustees of Episcopal Health Services Inc. “In his new role as Chief Executive Officer, Jerry will be responsible for developing and delivering against the hospital’s strategic plan, for Board guidance, improving margins, and returning the Hospital to reputable profitable growth, thereby creating a pathway to strong sustainability while elevating the level of care we provide to our patients, families and area communities.

His results-oriented approach and ability to think strategically will play a pivotal role in extending our track record of providing quality healthcare, close to home, for the residents of our service area who value being cared for in a medical setting that knows them and welcomes them.”

About St. John’s Episcopal Hospital St. John’s Episcopal Hospital, the cornerstone of Episcopal Health Services Inc., is the only full-service acute care hospital in the Rockaways. Celebrating 110 years of community care in 2015, the 257-bed facility provides people of all faiths with comprehensive preventive, diagnostic, treatment and rehabilitative services, regardless of ability to pay. Key programs serving the Rockaways, southern Queens County and southwestern Nassau County include an Emergency Department with 45,000 patient visits annually, a growing minimally invasive surgery program, obstetrics and gynecology, imaging, behavioral health, pediatrics, wound care and dialysis.

St. John’s Episcopal Hospital is fully accredited by The Joint Commission and is a teaching affiliate of SUNY Downstate Medical Center and Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine. The hospital is also a New York State Designated Stroke Center, a recipient of the Gold-Plus Get with the Guidelines®-Stroke Quality Achievement Award from the American Heart Association, and is a certified emergency heart care station. St. John’s Episcopal Hospital is also designated as a 911/Level II trauma receiving hospital by the New York City Department of Health.

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Important Advice from the RNSP

Housekeepers Who Steal Over the last several weeks, on numerous occasions, housekeepers have been caught stealing by the RNSP and arrested by the police department after being caught stealing from numerous homes in our area. It is imperative to bear in mind that if you have any reason to suspect that your housekeeper has been stealing from you, you should contact the RNSP as soon as possible.

Do not approach her about the possible theft. The RNSP, in conjunction with the NYPD, will setup a sting operation.

Through the use of hidden cameras, we will catch her in the act. This will aid us in recovering your stolen property and ensure that the housekeeper is arrested and charged with their crimes.

The RNSP has had tremendous success catching such thieves, recovering stolen property, and getting that property back to its rightful owners. Regardless of how trustworthy someone was in the past, one can never be sure of any new financial hardships that may arise and perhaps propel a housekeeper to resort to stealing. It is recommended that one take steps to ensure the safety of his/ her valuables and to make sure that they are easily identifiable or otherwise able to show proof of ownership. This can

Bicycle Theft Another issue that is plaguing our communities is bicycle theft. Many bicycles have been stolen because they were not properly stored when not in use. It is important to lockup bikes that are not in use with a quality lock and chain. Inexpensive locks and chains can be broken with something as simple as a strong stick. If bicycles are being stored in a garage, the garage should be locked; a closed garage door is not a successful deterrent, as many people who have had their bicycles stolen out of their unlocked garage can attest to.

The RNSP has already held two separate bicycle etchings this year, and there will be another at a date that will be announced shortly. If your bicycle is stolen it is important that you call the RNSP and the NYPD immediately. If one does so immediately, RNSP patrol units have a better chance of canvasing the area to locate the perpetrator(s) and retrieve the stolen property and facilitate an arrest.

It is important to keep the card you will receive when getting your bike etched. It is this card that links your bicycle’s individual identification number to you.

It is also important that if your bicycle is stolen, you need to call the NYPD and file a police report. If there

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include taking pictures of your silver, jewelry, and other valuables and keeping receipts and serial numbers to aid the recovery process to make it easier to identify your belongings.

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The three largest and most pervasive problems that have faced our communities this summer have been housekeepers who steal, bikes being stolen, and a lack of water safety.

is no police report, there was no crime in the eyes of the law. As such, the police cannot take action if indeed the thief is caught.

If you see some suspicious individuals walking around the neighborhood who are either looking into driveways or some of them are on bicycles while others are walking, you shouldn’t hesitate to call the RNSP. Patrol units will be dispatched to keep an eye on them and to make sure that if they commit a crime, they meet the appropriate legal consequences. Many of the RNSP’s arrests have been attributed to members of the community seeing a suspicious person or group of people and calling the 24/7 hotline to intervene.

Additionally, if you have cameras on your property that may have caught a theft or a crime of any kind, the RNSP has a Tech Squad that works very closely with the police department. They can be dispatched to go over the video footage, retrieve the pertinent footage, and hand it over to the police department.

Water Safety During the summer, it is important that water safety is taken seriously.

There was recently a jet ski accident in our area. It is important that if someone is going to participate in water activities, he/she should be mindful to wear a brightly colored life vest, and if possible go with other people and set up a buddy system. If you own a pool, it is important to have a fence that can be locked around its perimeter. When children are in the pool, there should always be a responsible adult present.

Special thanks goes out to all of the Shomrim and Night Patrol members for

their continued herculean efforts to keep our communities a safer place to live and raise families. Special thanks is also due to the family members of these volunteers for sacrificing the time with our members by allowing them to patrol and respond to calls at all hours of the day and night.

The RNSP can be reached at any hour of the night and day by calling the 24/7 hotline, (917)727-7306. It is also advisable to follow the RNSP on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook. One can also keep a pulse on the community and the work of the RNSP by signing up to receive e-mail security alerts. To do so, send an email the phrase “sign me up” to securityalerts@rockawaypatrol.org.

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Avnet’s Golf-4-OHEL Event

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On Friday, July 24, HALB’s Avnet Country Day School, the Woodmere Campus, joined with OHEL Children’s Home & Family Services at the Lawrence Yacht and Country Club for Avnet’S Golf-4-OHEL event.

The money raised from the golf event will be going to OHEL’s Simcha Fund, which provides money to help those in our community who are struggling with the costs of having a simcha. The money will go specifically to foster children having bar mitzvahs this summer, as well as two children in a domestic violence shelter.

Under the leadership of Director Jack Tarzik and Associate Director Rabbi Jeremy Fine, Avnet’s Woodmere Campus once again participated in this unique chesed program to engage their boys this

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The golf event included various contests, including a chipping, driving and closest to the pin competition, with great prizes and delicious food being served throughout the event. “The campers at Avnet are so enthusiastic about this chesed project that supports the children and families of OHEL” said Meital Cafri, OHEL’s Events Coordinator. She continued, “Avnet’s Golf-4-OHEL event is a great way to introduce children to the amazing work that OHEL does”.

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For more information about how to set up your own OHEL camp event or create your own event, please contact Meital at Meital_Cafri@ohelfamily.org or 718-686-3217 or visit www.ohelfamily.org.

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Following upon St. John’s Episcopal Hospital’s laboratory accreditation

by The Joint Commission’s Laboratory Accreditation Unit on March 20, 2015, St John’s laboratory and other affiliated departments faced intense scrutiny by five unannounced New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH) inspectors on July 14. After three days of thorough review of all processes and documentation in all areas of the laboratory, DOH surveyors walked away handing St. John’s only one minor de-

ficiency!

At the exit interview on day three, the five inspectors unanimously expressed delight and pleasure at the impressive level of professionalism and competency exhibited by St. John’s laboratory team, stating that St. John’s Episcopal Hospital has now raised the bar as the standard of excellence in this area for all other New York State hospitals. This is a result of perseverance, dedication, and most importantly, teamwork.

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Around The Community Is the SmartPhone the Newest Member of Our Family?

By Malky Lowinger Several hundred women attended an unforgettable event last week at Cutler’s Cottages in South Fallsburg co-sponsored by the Task Force on Children and Families at Risk and Pesach Tikvah. The event featured Rabbi Zecharya Wallerstein speaking about the importance of family relationships and the destructive potential of smartphones in our lives. Ruchama Clapman, Executive Director of MASK, was instrumental in arranging this thought-provoking event.

The Task Force on Children and Families at Risk is comprised of a broad coalition of over forty mental health and social service agencies which provide vital services to the Jewish community. Their goal is to address the issues of abuse and neglect and to heighten awareness by providing resources and education to the public. Among the organizations included in the Task Force is Pesach Tikvah. With locations in Boro Park and Williamsburg, Pesach Tikvah is a tremendous resource for individuals

struggling with emotional, developmental, and psychiatric disabilities. It represents the first hope for thousands of Brooklyn residents in desperate need of mental health services and advocacy.

Dr. Yitzchok Shindler, PsyD is CEO of Pesach Tikvah.

Hindie Michaeli-Klein, PsyD, opened the program speaking about communication in family life. She focused on the significance of “turning towards” spouses and children when we interact with them while putting aside any and all distractions. “Life is full of choices,” she explained, “and we are making a choice to separate from what we are doing so we can be empathetically attuned to our husband or wife.” Dr. Klein and Dr. Faygie Zakheim, Co-Chair of the Task Force, visually presented the destruction of a marital relationship by performing a role play comparing an interaction of spouses in the years 1995 and 2015.

Rabbi Wallerstein, founder and leader of Ohr Naava, powerfully reinforced this message. “There’s a war going on,” he said, describing how social media and blogs are keeping millions of people preoccupied and distracted on a regular basis. “Hakodosh Boruch Hu created the domem, tzomeach, chai, and medaber. That means the difference between me and a dog or a cat or a rat is that I can speak and it can’t. But the Satan decided to take speech out of the picture. And now people are speaking with their fingers.”

The smartphone, he explained, is wreaking havoc on family life. “The greatest gift we have in our lives is time. But technology, a piece of metal in our hands, steals that time away from us.” He suggested that our children desperately need us to be there for them, and so do our spouses. “Time spent with someone means love,” he said. “Nothing else is more meaningful than that.”

Passionately, Rabbi Wallerstein explained that our five senses have gotten lost in the abyss, “The yetzer hora,” he said, “wants to rip the human family apart and create a world where you spend all this time with nothing. You can’t hug your kids through the phone, and you can’t smell a flower through the phone, and you can’t taste something delicious through the phone. It’s a terrible trap.”

In an effort to convince mothers never to allow their children access to a smartphone, Rabbi Wallerstein played

a heartbreaking voice message. It was from a Bais Yaakov girl, who had innocently asked for help with a math problem on a social media site. The answer came from someone posing as a math professor with sinister intentions. All of this led the young lady down a slippery slope to disaster crying desperately for help in a stunning and terrifying message.

“You don’t ever want to hear this,” he warned. “Never give your children a smartphone. An iPhone in the hands of a child is a dangerous weapon.”

His powerful message came through loud and clear, no doubt convincing one and all to rethink their relationships with their families and to recognize the devastating power of a phone.

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A White and Blue BBQ

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On Thursday night, July 23, over 175 people got together to celebrate a siyum on Masechta Ta’anis by Dr. Marvin Snow. What started last year as pop-up BBQ during the war became this year’s Siyum 4 Israel with the proceeds going to One Israel Fund’s Vests 4 Israel campaign in memory of Ze’evik Etzion. The food provided by Chef Isaac Leizerson and The Hickory Que wowed all in attendance. Hosts Ari & Darah Mandelbaum marveled at support given from the many communities across New York and New Jersey.

Hours before the final ceasefire of Operation Protective Edge on August 26, 2014, a mortar shell killed the RavShatz (Security Chief) of Kibbutz Nirim, Zeevik Etzion, Hy”d, and his deputy officer, Shachar Melamed, Hy”d. Zeevik devoted his life to the safety and security of his town and his

region, having served as the security chief for many years and a volunteer for MDA for over 30 years.

The flourishing communities of Judea, Samaria, the Jordan Valley and the Gazan border communities are challenged by many security threats from surrounding hostile elements. The IDF provides extensive protection for the area around these communities but they rely heavily on civilian volunteers to act as first responders in an emergency.

These volunteers are split up in each community into units of approximately 12 individuals forming Civilian Emergency Rapid Response Teams, known in Israel as Kitot Konenut.

A “RavShatz” is an abbreviation for Military Security Coordinator or a Security Chief. This position is perhaps the most important cog in the security apparatus serving the communities of

our heartland and border communities.

The RavShatz is the key to the coordinates between the civilian emergency rapid response teams and the armed forces of the IDF and the police. There are over 2,000 civilian members of the rapid response teams, who are led by 300 RavShatzim throughout the country.

These teams were initially armed and provided with lifesaving protective gear during the difficult days of the Intifada nearly 15 years ago. The army continues to provide a minimal level of annual training and upgrading

of their weapons, however, the bulk of the burden falls on the local municipalities. As a result, the most important component of their protective gear – the armored vests – have become outdated and can no longer be used.

One Israel Fund has joined hands with the IDF in this vital project to outfit all of these dedicated brave individuals with the vests they need to protect themselves while they go in harm’s way in order to protect their neighbors and friends.

For more information about Vests 4 Israel, please go to oneisraelfund.org.

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NH: Yesterday you said that President Obama is “marching the Israelis to the door of the oven.” These comments drew quick condemnation from the media and the president himself. Why do you think it struck such a chord?

MH: I think to people who know the truth it struck a chord because they know it’s the truth. They know that this deal endangers not only the Jews, but anyone who loves freedom. But I think it also struck a nerve with people who support the Iranian deal because this exposes what a disastrous and empty kind of deal it is when you negotiate with people who are saying, “Death to America,” and “Let’s kill all of the Jews.” And, it’s so naïve for us to ever believe that when people are threatening to kill you, you shouldn’t take them seriously. And that’s my point— when this happened in 1938, people just didn’t believe that such a thing can happen.

Do you think Chuck Schumer needs to take a position fast on this?

Absolutely. Chuck Schumer needs to be the leader in the Senate and I really hope he will step up.

What’s your path to victory in the presidential race?

The pathway to winning is similar to a basketball analogy. In order to get to the NCAA championship game, you need to win early games. You have to win in the early games or you don’t get to the Final Four. A lot of people look at the polls right now or think about what the pundits are saying but that doesn’t really matter. In fact, the pundits usually get it wrong. Just remember, in 2008 Rudy Giuliani was leading by a wide margin before the primaries started. Giuliani didn’t get a single delegate after spending $60 million! McCain won and I came in second.

What is going on right now is not as important as what we are doing to lay the groundwork for when it really matters. We are building structure and organization throughout Iowa. We are building organizations in Iowa, South Carolina and Nevada. If we do well in those states, what comes next is Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, Mississippi and Arkansas.

Those are the very states I carried 8 years ago and have strong support in. If we win most of those states, I don’t care what the polls show now, we will be in the game and will be headed towards the frontrunner position. Now, of the two candidates from

It’s so naïve for us to ever believe that when people are threatening to kill you, you shouldn’t take them seriously.

Florida and the two candidates from Texas, only one of them makes it out of each of those states, because if you can’t carry your own state people will say, “If he can’t win his own state, he can’t win the general election either.” So looking at the map and the numbers, we have a very clear path.

It sounds like it’s been busy for you and your campaign. What do you do to relax?

I read. Right now I’m reading a lot of stuff that I don’t enjoy that much. But I am reading a book by Robert Putnam called Our Kids, which is all about how the social structure in America so radically changed. It’s a very powerful book.

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As a bass player, who is your favorite band?

I love the Beatles…old classic American rock and roll.

You know, the world is being overrun by pop music. Anything you can do about that if you win the White House?

You bet. There will be all kinds of blues, classic rock and country in the White House when I get there. 

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Back for a Second Year!

MACHANEH KAYITZ

By Brendy J. Siev

How are the Five Towns’ youngest residents spending their summer? Over the next few weeks, we’ll be speaking to different local day camps to learn how their campers are spending their 104 days of summer vacation.

Machaneh HaKayitz is an all-boys’ camp known for its warmth and ruach. This week, we spoke with director Rabbi Eliezer Ament and preschool director Mrs. Suri Bernstein.

TJH: Tell us a bit about Machaneh HaKayitz history.

RA: We started seven years ago. My co-director, Rabbi Eliezer Selengut, and I are both veteran rebbeim in Darchei Torah. We began with 60 campers, and now, b’’H, we have over 250 campers.

Our campers are from nursery through going into sixth grade. We’re located on Heyson Rd. in a building that was once a well-known resort hotel!

That’s amazing growth. How have you made this vision a reality?

RA: We have the best staff! Every morning, we have learning with top rebbeim. In the afternoon,our counselors are responsible, geshmak, fun, and ehrlich.

What does a typical day look like at Machane Hakayitz?

RA: Camp starts at 9:30. The boys learn until 12 with a break in middle.

During the break, our canteen is open.

Lunch is after learning.

Every day after lunch we really get into the camp spirit. We have gameshows on the stage for the whole camp! Some days we’ll play Minute to Win It. Campers are pumped with ruach and cheering while their

friends are trying to balance cones on their head,or bouncing ping pong balls into cup or competing to see how many times they can honk a horn in 30 seconds. Counselors and head staff are cheering the boys on enthusiastically.

Rabbi Selengut and I have a costume theme each year. This summer we are army soldiers.

At 12:45, the older boys play sports in our beautiful field. Sports director Rabbi Post and his assistant, Rabbi Rotbard, lead very exciting leagues. In the meantime, the younger campers swim in our huge pool and enjoy our 10-foot high water slide.

At 2:45, the groups switch activities; the older campers swim and the younger campers have leagues.

By 4:30 we begin preparing for dismissal.

Speaking of sports, what are your campers’ favorite sports?

RA: The campers love baseball. We also have new basketball hoops this year. They also love dodgeball, hockey and kickball.

Tell us about some of the highlights of this year.

RA: Our first highlight happened on opening day as the campers first arrived in the morning. They were greeted by a show from the Twins From France (both of them!).

It was double fun!

We brought in exotic animals in one day, such as snakes, lizards and even a fox. Last week, we had The Living Torah Museum come to us with artifacts from

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league games each day

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Really? So when do you plan on doing it?

RA: Next question please.

What’s the campers’ favorite lunch?

RA: For the kids, mac and cheese. For the grownups, Mrs. Levy’s knishes.

Sounds delicious! Are there any leftover for me?

Seriously, what makes Machaneh HaKayitz so special?

RA: As I said before, we have the greatest staff.

Our counselors are the most responsible and funloving. We have a terrific head staff: Rabbi Eliezer Post, Rabbi Shalom Rosen, Rabbi Yitzchok Selengut, Rabbi Yitzchok Borenstein, Rabbi Feivish Rotbard, Rabbi Mordechai Schwed and Rabbi Shimon Feigenbaum. It’s a pleasure to run a camp with such dedicated professionals.

Our ruach is unparalleled! We have the best cheers, the best camp jokes and the best memories!

Every Friday the head staff puts on a skit. In fact, one family delayed leaving for a weekend in the country to be here for the skit!

We also love surprises! One day, we surprised the campers by bringing an ice cream truck to camp. Other times we surprised them with shows or prizes and nosh.

Every camp has its you-had-to-be-there inside jokes. Can you share yours?

RA: Okay, here goes.

Question: In four words, how do you sum up Machaneh HaKayitz?

Answer: Dazzle, sparkle, twinkle, shine!

We have another one: A chicken cannot have a boy’s name because then it would be a rooster!

Sounds like a lot of wonderful times and lots of laughs happen at Machane Hakayitz. Enjoy the rest of your summer!

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It sounds like camp is jam-packed with fun! Tell us about your preschool division, for campers going into Kindergarten and Pre-1-A. SB: The best part of the preschool division is that we have a great time!

We have warm, experienced morahs, sports, arts and crafts, and the ever-exciting, daily “main activity” that has to do with the theme of the summer.

This summer we are community helpers. Each week we become different professionals that help us around the community.

We were dentist and policemen, mailmen, farmers and firemen so far.

For police week, we had a police chase and made traffic light cookies. As mailmen, we played bubble-wrap freeze dance and mailed letters to our grandparents. Farmer week brought about games of animals and straw. And as firemen, we put out “fires” and even made some (with paint).

We start our day with davening and Alef-Bais review – we review all the letters and then focus on a specific letter of the day. I find that the carryover of skills learned during the school year is integral to each child’s success and development. After davening, we play sports, swim, and go on the thrilling waterslide.

Each day, there is a different specialty activity. In arts and crafts, we emphasize fine motor activities and prewriting skill, and our projects are fun and keepable. We’ve made tzitzis holders, mezuzah covers, and tzedaka boxes. We do scrapbooking once a week, where the boys get to glue in pictures of themselves and decorate the pages so they can remember their favorite parts of that week.

And every Friday, we bake challah– lechovod Shabbos Kodesh.

Our readers want to know when color war is.

RA: Seriously, everyone wants to know. Campers and counselors always come over to ask.

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This all sounds so exciting! What are some of your best trips of the summer?

RA: We went to, among other places, the New Jersey State Fair, Bounce, LaserBounce, and Luna Park.

We take lots of photos and videos. Each week, we send home many pages of photos from the week in our newsletter. Throughout the summer, we show videos of the trips that we’ve took.

This summer we got a GoPro video camera that we strap on o campers and counselors so that when you watch the video, you feel like you’re actually experiencing the action!

At the State Fair, members of an Olympic trampoline team were performing and agreed to wear our GoPro! We got awesome footage!

But our really awesome end-of-summer trip is a wild and wet ride jet boating on the Shark Jet Boat. Throughout the year campers come over to me to talk about it!

Our weekly trips are often connected to the helper of the week.

We’ve gone to the Firefighter Museum at the Cradle of Aviation, as farmers we went to the farm to feed the goats, and we’ll go to the beach to build sandcastles like construction workers.

The program is structured and exciting – the boys are stimulated and happy. Everyone’s having a great time.

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Our younger campers love arts and crafts with Art Director Mrs. Tzippy Fisher.

They do sophisticated art projects like wooden airplanes and bencher holders. They also designed their own baseball caps, clipboards and dry erase boards!

Our campers really get into The Kayitz World Series. Seriously—even the other teams that didn’t make it into the Finals stand around to watch the game and cheer on their friends.

We go on lots of trips. The older campers have weekly late nights with Senior Division Head Rabbi Shalom Rosen. They have barbeques, they play water polo, as well as other exciting games. They went to Dave and Busters, they ate out in Hapina restaurant in Cedarhurst, and went to the Hatzoloh-NYPD baseball game

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His and Hers Road Trip

A vacationing family sitting around the campfire has the following conversation: Father: What day is it?

I am sure it isn’t Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday.

Mother: Well that’s not very helpful. Besides, yesterday was Friday.

Father: No, now that I think about it, yesterday wasn’t Friday; tomorrow is Friday.

Dave: The day after tomorrow is Thursday.

Sarah: You are funny. Tomorrow is Thursday.

Mother: Actually, it’s probably Thursday today.

Danny: All we know for sure is that it wasn’t Sunday yesterday.

If only one statement above is true, what day of the week is it?

See answer below

HERS: Pulls off at wrong exit.

Opens window. Asks directions from a knowledgeable police officer. Arrives at destination within moments.

HIS: Pulls off at wrong exit absolutely positive it’s the correct one. Drives five miles into wilderness, still thinks he’s right. Drives an extra 5 miles just in case. Finally rolls down window just to get fresh air. Pulls up to a 7-Eleven.

Gets chips, ice cream and a large Slurpee. Asks person behind counter how to get back onto the highway. Gets back into car. Laughs at the idea of looking at a map as he pulls away from the 7-Eleven. Drives down a dirt road with no street lights insisting this is the way back because guy from 7-Eleven said it was. Almost hits a deer. Spills his Slurpee. Drives and fiddles with radio. Waves off wife’s suggestion that he ask for directions again. Says he never wanted to drive anyways.

Arrives at destination after an hour and a half. Turns to wife and says, “See, I told you I’d find it.”

Gone On Vacation Automatic Email Responses

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I’m not in the office right now but if it’s important, tweet me using #YOUAREINTERRUPTINGMYVACATION.

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I am currently in St. Tropez, France. Enjoy your workweek.

I am currently out at a job interview and will reply to you if I fail to get the position. Just kidding—I’m only on vacation … but I wish I was on a job interview.

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I am in Cancun and will return your email upon my return unless I buy out one of these tourist T-shirt shops and stay here forever.

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I am currently out of the office on vacation. I know I’m supposed to say that I’ll have limited access to email and won’t be able to respond until I return – but that’s not true.

I’m actually looking at your email right now, but I’m not responding because I don’t have to.

I have gone on a cruise! Because I like volatile, slow moving, loud things…it reminds me of my office.

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I am currently between two 60 foot palm trees on a hammock, listening to the waves and drinking a smoothie directly from a coconut. The last thing on my mind right now is your email… just like it’s the last thing on my mind when I am in the office.

I am on vacation. Please don’t contact anyone else in the company. The incompetence virus is rampant…just wait until I get back.

I will return your email upon my return to the office. Before sending your email to me, please have some pity and think about what the first day back at work is like after vacation.

Think: Can this wait a few days?

Gone on vacation for 2 days to clear my mind so that I can return to this craziness for the next 363 days and be able to handle it without losing my mind.

I work 51 weeks a year and go on vacation for one week a year.

During my absence, please contact my boss who works one week a year—this week—and is on vacation 51 weeks a year.

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2. Which of the following countries was the most visited country in the world by tourists? a. Afghanistan b. China c. France d. United States 3. Match the national parks with their locations 1. Great Smoky Mountains

A. Maine

2. Glacier

B. Washington State

3. Olympic

C. North Carolina, Tennessee

4. Acadia

D. Montana

Answers: 1. A- Verruckt (which means “insane” in German) in Schlitterbahn Water Park in Kansas City, Kansas, is the world’s tallest waterslide.

At a little more than 168 feet high, the ride is taller than New York’s Statue of Liberty.

2. C- France had approximately 83 million international visitors in 2014; the U.S came in second with approximately 75 million visitors.

Spain came in third and China came in at fourth place. Afghanistan?

Well, not really a great place to visit if you like this thing called “life.”

3. 1-C, 2-D, 3-B, 4-A 4. C-According to AmEx, the average spent on summer vacation

4. According to American Express, 198 million Americans plan on vacationing at some point during the 2015 summer. According to the AmEx study, what is the expected cost of the average summer vacation, per individual? a. $370 b. $655 c. $1,005 d. $2,140 5. What happens to the Eiffel Tower in the summer? a. It gets a few inches taller b. The heat index goes up to 170 degrees c. It is closed every day from noon to 3PM for clean-up of all the trash left around d. Due to bacteria from smelly tourists, it has to be cleaned with rubbing alcohol every night

this year is $1,005 per person. (Whatever happened to the Priceline Negotiator?)

5. A-The Eiffel Tower expands approximately 6 inches during the summer. This is largely due to the fact that steel contracts when it’s cold and expands when it’s hot.

Wisdom Key: 4-5 Correct: You are a globetrotter. Do you ever work?

2-3 correct: You are average, which is not bad…$1,005 on your summer vacation!

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1. Where is the tallest waterslide in the world located? a. Kansas City b. Las Vegas c. Dubai d. Moscow

ANSWER TO RIDDLE: Monday.

How to get the answer: Number each statement and write down the list of days that it could be according to each statement.

1. Monday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday 2. Saturday 3. Thursday 4. Tuesday

The only day mentioned one time is Monday.

Therefore it must be Monday, otherwise one of the other statements would be true.

5. Wednesday 6. Thursday 7. Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday

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Rabbi Zev Meir Friedman

Iran, the Bomb, and You

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t is a rare moment in time when individuals have the potential to shape history. The recently announced deal with Iran presents us with one such historic opportunity.

Those who crafted the deal called it historic, but those who oppose it call it historic for a much different reason: for the harm that it can cause and its potential to wreak havoc on the free world, specifically to America and the State of Israel.

Opponents of the deal have drawn attention to the fact that Iran has a long-standing track record of deception and support of worldwide terror.

Additionally, the fact that Iran refused to submit to anytime, anywhere inspections was initially deemed a “deal breaker” and later “capitulation” when world powers acceded to these demands.

The Obama administration always insisted that they were negotiating the “best deal” possible and that the deal would forestall Iran’s nuclear ability for 10 years or more. Critics of the

The focus of our efforts should be directed towards those representatives who we think are most likely to be responsive to the legitimate concerns of those who oppose the deal. deal, both Democrats and the Republicans, have insisted that the deal does no such thing and in fact further enables Iran’s nuclear capability by vir-

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tue of all of the concessions that the U.S. offered. Congress has a 60 day window to review the deal and if rejected, President Obama has vowed to veto the rejection setting up a battle

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with Congress who will have to muster a two thirds majority to override the veto.

The battle has already begun with most Republicans adamantly rejecting the bill and most Democrats withholding comments, stating they “need time to study the deal” and consult and consider all of its pros and cons.

Some Democrats have already voiced their opposition, with Congresswoman Grace Meng stating, “I strongly believe that the world could and should have a better deal than that set forth in the joint comprehensive plan of action, which I will therefore oppose. I believe the inspections procedures set forth are flawed.” Congressman Juan Vargas, in an op-ed piece in the San Diego Union-Tribune, stated, “The President is right; this agreement is his historic, but for all the wrong reasons. This agreement gives Iran a rapid payday ($150 billion) while legitimizing its path to nuclear threshold status. I urge my colleagues to join me in opposing this deal and press for a better deal that will truly end Iran’s nuclear weapons program and make the world safer.”

It is only appropriate that the members of Congress who were courageous enough to take a principled stand be thanked for their efforts. You can do so by calling the offices of Ms. Meng at 202-225-2601 and Congressman Vargas at 202-225-8045.

This morning we received word that yet another Democrat, Representative Kathleen Rice, will also oppose the deal stating, “If we are to believe

that this is a good deal for our interests, then we must believe that Iran has either entered into a deal against its interest or that Iranian priorities have changed. The former would be illogical and we’ve seen no evidence of the latter.” The community is encouraged to thank her for her leadership by calling her office at 202-225-5516.

Many strategies have been suggested in terms of how to best galvanize support to reject the deal in Congress.

Rallies, meetings, and lobbying are the principal methods being discussed and all are legitimate and can be done in parallel.

Some have opted to attack, publicly disparage and denigrate elected officials who have not as yet weighed in publicly in opposition to the deal.

This approach has proven to be counterproductive and in fact runs the risk of prompting representatives to vote for the deal to show that they cannot be bullied or “told what to do.”

Strategically speaking, the focus of our efforts should be directed towards those representatives who we think are most likely to be responsive to the legitimate concerns of those who oppose the deal because it’s bad for America and the free world. Being that most Republicans have already made clear that they will oppose the deal, efforts should focus specifically on Democrats like Senators Schumer and Gillibrand, with our opposition being communicated to the main office in Washington or the district offices around the state.

Similarly, members of the House of the Representatives need to hear from each and every one of us during the interim 60 day decision period.

As we approach Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, we spare no effort in improving ourselves in order to obtain a favorable “gzar din.” The drama of the viability or rejection of this deal also plays out and coincides with this period of time. Hopefully the ultimate decision will be a favorable one for the safety and security of the United States and Israel. It is quite possible that our own gzar din will be influenced by what we do…or fail to do during this historic moment. 

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Parshas Eikev

Veins of gold and other valuable metals lie beneath the surface of the earth that we trod upon. If this be true in the physical world that we inhabit how much more so is it true regarding the spiritual – and always mysterious and unpredictable – world in which we exist.

We tend to trivialize many important things.

This is the part of our makeup which allows us to substitute our human judgment for G-od’s holy commandments.

We say that things are unimportant without realizing where this attitude and the behavior that it engenders will lead us to in the future.

The road of the Jewish people in history is strewn with the debris of commandments discarded and tradition ignored or ridiculed. We should be careful what we step upon and where our heels leave a mark.

Judaism recognizes and allows for changes in societies and circumstances.

What it does not allow for is disregarding the commandments of the Torah in favor of current fads and political correctness. Being up-to-date today in behavior, dress and attitude almost guarantees that one will be obsolete tomorrow. There is a tendency in the current Jewish world to somehow separate observance of commandments from Ju-

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The road of the Jewish people in history is strewn with the debris of commandments discarded and tradition ignored or ridiculed.

daism or from Jewish values.

All of our history has shown us that these attempts are futile and eventually lead to assimilation and the complete alienation of millions of Jews from the very same Judaism to which they wish to ascribe. Even though we are always influenced by the general culture which surrounds us and we are inescapably touched by it, true change in the Jewish world always comes from within.

It also will never occur through legislation, coercion or hostile behavior towards others. Those who think and act in such a fashion are really stepping upon the very commandments that they wish to uphold. Stepping upon an object on the road or sidewalk can have devastating physical results. Stepping upon the commandments of the Torah occasions spiritual disasters and eventually national consequences. We should not only guard our thoughts and words but our heels as well.

Shabbat shalom.

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he word with which this week’s Torah reading begins literally means “because of” or “as a consequence of” one’s actions and behavior. However, Rashi chooses to define the word “eikev” in a more allegorical sense. Rashi traces the word to its root where it means the heel of a person.

We find that this is its meaning when the Torah describes our father Jacob holding onto the heel of his brother Eisav.

Rashi comments that there are “light” or “easy” commandments that people readily denigrate and step upon with their heels. We are warned in Avot that one should not treat any commandment lightly. We human beings are unaware of the true value and reward that attaches to the observance of any commandment. In effect, we are being taught that when it comes to Jewish values and behavior, observance of commandments and moral behavior there is nothing that is trivial or inconsequential.

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R’ Ben Tzion Shafier

Parshas Eikev Limiting Beliefs “And now Yisroel, what is Hashem, your G-d asking of you? Merely to fear Hashem, to go in all of His ways, to love Him, and serve Him with all of your heart and soul.” — Devarim 10:12 In this posuk, Moshe Rabbeinu set before the Jewish people the categories of human growth and accomplishments.

1. To fear Hashem.

2. To go in all of His ways.

3. To love Hashem.

4. To serve Him with all of you heart and your soul.

Each category is a world in and of itself and would take man a lifetime to accomplish. Together these four groupings comprise all of service to Hashem and are the measure of the perfection of the human.

Yet amazingly, when Moshe introduces these concepts to the Jewish nation, he begins with an expression of, “What does Hashem ask from you but this?” It’s as if to imply that it is but a small request.

The Gemara in Brachos is troubled by this and asks, “Is fear of Hashem a small thing?” The Gemara answers, “Yes, to Moshe it was a small thing.

To a poor man, even small items seem valuable. However, to a wealthy man even vast sums seem small.” Since Moshe had attained such spiritual perfection, these things seemed simple to him; hence, he used the expression, “What does Hashem want from you but this?”

The difficulty with this Gemara is that it implies that Moshe was using himself as the standard of measurement for the average person. It’s as if he were implying, “If I can reach this, then so can you.” Yet we know that Moshe towered over every other human ever

The Peg in the Ground In parts of Asia, the elephant remains the beast of choice for lugging heavy loads. As part of its work day, an adult elephant will pull logs weighing thousands of pounds through long stretches of forest undergrowth. Yet at

All of life is but an opportunity to make choices. created. He reached dizzying heights of perfection that no other human before or after will attain. After 80 years of unparalleled growth, he spent 40 days without food, drink, or sleep, and was taught the entire Torah by Hashem. For the next forty years, he was engaged in teaching that Torah to the Jewish people. At this point in his life, he is a giant of a man, and in no way can he be compared to the typical person. So while these things may not have seemed lofty to him, to his audience they were gargantuan! Why would Moshe use his own experiences as the measuring rod against which the average person should compare himself?

The answer to this question is based on a different perspective on human capacity. To gain that viewpoint, let us take a look at an interesting phenomenon.

night, that same elephant will be controlled by being tied to a small peg in the ground.

While it would be clear to you and me that a 14,000 pound creature can easily break away from the light ropes holding it, the reality is that it cannot.

It cannot escape — not because it isn’t motivated, and not because it doesn’t want to, but because in the elephant’s understanding, it just can’t be done.

In this part of the world, shortly after birth, the baby elephant is tied to a peg in the ground. At that stage in its development, it might weigh 250 pounds and isn’t strong enough to break the rope that holds it. From that point forward, every day of its life, the elephant will be tied to that peg in the ground. Even when the animal has reached maturity and will be called upon to lug felled trees weighing over 4,000 pounds, it will remain tied to a small peg. The understanding is firmly fixed in its mind: it can’t escape.

Limiting Beliefs Many times we are tied to pegs in the ground. There are many situations where we don’t reach up for greatness because we are contained — not by ropes, but by limiting beliefs that prevent us from breaking away from the habits and lifestyle choices that stunt our growth.

Moshe Rabbeinu was providing an invaluable lesson to us. He was demonstrating the capacity of the human. He

was showing us how great a person can be. At the end of the day, Moshe was made of the same substance as you and I. He was a person with drives, desires, and inclinations. He overcame them. He made himself great. He took the natural strengths and weaknesses that he was given, and by constantly making the right choices, he changed his inner nature. Finally, he reached the point that he could look at the absolute heights of perfection and say, “So what? This isn’t a big deal. It can easily be done.”

The lesson to us is that we too have that capacity. All of life is but an opportunity to make choices. If from this moment forward every decision that I made were the proper one, if I were to put away all of my self-interests and ask myself, “What do I think is the right way to act? What do I think Hashem wants me to do in this situation? Not what do I want, not what do I desire, but what is the proper way?” I have the intuitive

sense to be able to answer correctly and the ability to find the right path.

By attuning myself to that part, and by using role models who reached such plateaus, I too can reach the dizzying heights of greatness for which I was created.

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The master would basically use the apprentice as slave labor, while providing basic food, clothing, and shelter, and teaching the young man the trade.

serves not to get a reward.” In essence, by placing the focus on the pay instead of the job experience, we miss out on the potential for character refinement,

By placing the focus on the pay instead of the job experience, we miss out on the potential for character refinement, the gaining of valuable skills, and further self-“growth.”

At a certain point, the apprenticeship was over and the boy moved away and opened his own shop somewhere. In this case, growth potential didn’t refer to how much money the apprentice could earn, but how much knowledge he could gain. He would go in a novice and come out an expert. A veritable “CEO.” Had he gone into the job looking at the

salary cap he faced, he would not have made the commitment and would have ended up nowhere. He would not have gained the knowledge and experience that would serve him well later in life.

People simply focused on the remuneration of a job will never grow as employees—or as humans for that matter. If you ask someone, “What do you want to do?” and their answer involves the words, “become rich,” you know that they haven’t got a mature outlook on the question. Even if they say, “I’ll do anything to make a lot of money,” what they’re telling you is that their eye is on the prize. When that happens, life could throw them a sucker punch.

The Mishna tells us in Pirkei Avos, “Don’t be like the servant who serves to get a reward, but rather as one who

the gaining of valuable skills, and further self-“growth.”

When we daven to win the lottery, find our shidduch, or get a job, we should actually be growing and gaining from the tefilla itself.

If we’re just focused on what we want, then if we don’t get it we’re no better off than we were before.

I heard a fabulous thought from R’ Simcha Bunim Berger shlit”a of Monsey that really resonated with me.

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accomplishes the creation and furtherance of our relationship with Hashem.

In Ashrei we say: “Karov HaShem l’chol kor’av,” G-d is close to those who call to Him. It doesn’t matter whether we get what we want, whether we become “a CEO” or not. What matters is the effort put into connecting to Hashem.

When we don’t get what we want in life and we don’t feel it’s rewarding enough, we need to realize and accept that this is the apprenticeship Hashem is sending our way. This is how He is preparing us to grow and become skilled in life. Knowing how to get up again after failure or how to do more with less are things you can’t learn when you get everything you want.

We may be asking the correct question but not realizing the correct answer. The truth is, when it comes right down to it, every job – and every day – is full of “growth” potential.

Jonathan Gewirtz is an inspirational writer and speaker whose work has appeared in publications around the world. You can find him at www.facebook.com/RabbiGewirtz and follow him on Twitter @ RabbiJGewirtz. He also operates JewishSpeechWriter.com, where you can order a custom-made speech for your next special occasion. Sign up for the Migdal Ohr, his weekly PDF Dvar Torah in English. E-mail info@JewishSpeechWriter.com and put Subscribe in the subject.

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fter an employment fair, I spoke to one employer who told me he had in fact made several offers. “The problem,” he told me, “is that everyone is looking for ‘growth potential.’” In other words, they are not looking to become successful accountants, plumbers, or office managers. They’re looking to become “successful.” They want to be able to care for their families without financial worry so they look for a job that will pay them that kind of money.

Therefore, when taking a job, they ask about the potential for growth within the organization. They want to be in a position to rise to a high level and achieve great rewards. I recall a radio ad for Wal-Mart. It had a young woman, I’m assuming a voice actor, talking about her aspirations with WalMart. In order to impress upon people that there was “growth potential,” after she spoke about how she joined WalMart as a junior employee, she said, “I would like to become a CEO.” Now, I didn’t have the heart, or the way to reach her, to let her know that there is only one Chief Executive Officer at Wal-Mart, or any other company for that matter, so she should have said, “The CEO.” I’m not sure why nobody at corporate didn’t catch that little faux pas. Unless, of course, it wasn’t one.

You see, she probably thinks CEO stands for Compensation Exceeds Output (not literally) and views that role as someone who gets paid a lot of money without having to do much. While in certain spectacular cases of greed in modern times CEOs have been paid an obscene amount of money, that’s usually because they are responsible for the organization or company making a lot of money. They have responsibilities in decision-making and company guidance and it is for this reason that they are well-paid.

This young woman, though, never referred to the responsibilities, only to the reward. That’s like the person seeking “growth potential” in a job. In truth, they’re asking the right question, but don’t understand it themselves.

In the olden days, people sent their children to be apprenticed in a trade.

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t the end of parshas Ve’eschanan, Moshe promised Bnei Yisrael that they will enter the Holy Land under Hashem’s stewardship and easily dispose of all opposition, to the point of achieving complete annihilation.

When the L-rd your G-d shall bring you into the land which you are entering to possess, and He will thrust away many nations before you… and… deliver them before you; you shall strike them, and completely destroy them. (Devarim 7:1-2) Yet, at the beginning of parshas Eikev, we find that Bnei Yisrael are again mired in agonizing doubt! “When you shall say in your heart, ‘These nations are greater than I; how can I drive them out?’” (Ibid, 7:17) – This expla-

nation follows that of Seforno. Yet even according to Rashi, who translates the word ki to mean “if” rather than “when,” the very fact that Bnei Yisrael could be suspected of considering such a thought

And even though they had clearly witnessed four decades worth of Hashem’s continuous provisions (“the way which the L-rd your G-d led you these forty years in the wilderness… and (He)

The willingness to achieve spiritual growth is something that exists in constant competition with our physical wants. implied a shallowness in their collective trust. To that, Moshe felt the need to admonish his people “not (to) fear them” and recall that which Hashem had done to Pharaoh and the Egyptians.

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fed you with manna… that he might make you know that man does not live by bread only, but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of the Lord does man live. (Ibid, 8:2-3)), they still needed to be warned not to attribute future prosperity to their own successes, thereby “forgetting” Hashem in the process.

Look out for yourself lest you forget Hashem, your G-d, to not guard His commandments, His laws, and His statutes that I am commanding you today.

Lest you… build good houses and… everything you own multiplies. And your pride increases, and you forget Hashem, your G-d… And you think, “My strength and the power of my hand have acquired this wealth for me.” (Ibid, 8:11-17) At first glance, it is quite difficult to grasp why Bnei Yisrael should struggle so much with regards to their basic emunah and spiritual focus, especially in the context of all that Hashem had repeatedly done for them. Perhaps we can glean an understanding from Mesillas Yesharim.

It is obvious that a person does not concern himself with what does not occupy a place in his mind…

For sentiments of saintliness, fear

and love of Hashem, and purity of heart are not so deeply rooted within a person… In this respect they differ from natural states such as sleep, hunger… and all other reactions which are stamped into one’s nature… There is no lack of deterrents which keep saintliness at a distance from a person.

The willingness to achieve spiritual growth or to persevere in resolving doubt is an attitude, a commitment, something that exists in constant competition with our physical wants. (See also Abraham Maslow’s “Hierarchy of Needs” which posited that our ability to fulfill our intellectual and emotional aspirations, including our desire for morality and problem solving, comes only after we address our most basic physiological needs.) And while human beings possess an innate desire to understand and make meaning of the world around them, such a desire is in continuous conflict with our own inner drives at physical comfort and security.

Let us aspire to properly focus our energies on the one constant, everlasting aspect of our lives, namely our spiritual development and trust in our Creator.

In so doing, we will gain the necessary strength and clarity to overcome even the deepest periods of uncertainty.

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

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When Life’s At The Beach

By Rena Zingmond Gray

The beach has long attracted enthusiastic visitors of all ages and walks of life.

Those fortunate enough to live on or near the coast are well aware of their environmental advantage, and if not, inland dwellers would be happy to remind them.

Life by the beach presents its own unique set of circumstances for the average person – what about for the observant Jew? Just over the Atlantic Beach Bridge, many of our brothers and sisters are able to call the beach their home all year-round.

We spoke to representatives from the three contiguous beach communities – Atlantic Beach, Long Beach and Lido Beach – to gain insight into life as a frum Jew who calls the shore his home.

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beach minyanim began appearing on the map in the 1950s and ‘60s, although it’s likely that a number of Jews had been living in the area beforehand. According to Rabbi Shaul Rappeport, rabbi of Lido Beach Synagogue, “There have always been quite a few Jews in the area.” Rabbi Chaim Wakslak, leader of the Young Israel of Long Beach, agrees, maintaining that though the shul recently celebrated its 53rd anniversary, the original community is much older. At one point in time there were several kosher butchers

as well as a hotel that was used to host the Agudath Rabbanim convention.

Starting primarily as a summer resort destination, the beach attracted successful first and second generation Americans who lived most of the year in Manhattan and nearby. Says Rabbi Ari Perl of Atlantic Beach, “Atlantic Beach was close enough to the city that you could reach it in a reasonable amount of time, but certainly then was remote enough that you felt you were going out to the country.” He continues that in about the 1970s and ‘80s, families began to make their residence a permanent one once living condi-

tions were adapted as necessary. “In the beginning a lot of homes didn’t have heat,” says Rabbi Perl. “It was almost exclusively for the summer.”

The landscape looked pretty spartan as well, with just the shore, beach and few houses. With the installation of heat in the homes and the development of the surrounding areas, the beach strip evolved into a viable place for year-round living. It gradually became accessible by railroad as well, and with the growth of the Five Towns community, convenient resources like day schools and kosher food became more available.

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the population grew. In Long Beach, the largest portion of the beach strip, the number of shuls increased to accommodate the number and nussach of migrating Jews. Out of a few shteibelach, Conservative synagogues and Reform temples sprouted Sephardic, modern Orthodox and Chabad congregations, in addition to the Young Israel. The neighborhood also is home to two yeshivos, including the well-known Mesivta of Long Beach, which was originally created by baal habaatim as a high school program for graduates of the Hebrew Academy of Long Beach (HALB). Only later did it become associated with the Lakewood movement.

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ferent result following the growth of their respective The knowledge that for visiting vacationpopulations: one shul for everyone. “It’s an Orthodox this increase is of a ers, the relatively shul and everyone understands that – there’s no contemporary nature may recent and increasflict,” says Rabbi Rappeport of the Lido Beach Synahelp to alleviate some ing boom has made gogue. Despite the varying levels of observance, the frustration as well. the disparity in numatmosphere is one of openness and acceptance, and “Summers are a bers even more drasresidents appreciate the diversity it lends the commuvery important part of tic. For JCAB, their nity. the landscape here,” shul attendance goes The same holds true with the Atlantic Beach maintains Rabbi Wakfrom 75-100 people community. “There has only ever been one shul in slak. “It’s how many in the winter to 400Atlantic Beach,” says Rabbi Perl. He goes even furpeople get started.”

500 people during ther by sharing a fun fact: Atlantic Beach is probably As with the original the summer months one of the only incorporated municipalities in the settling of the beach – a 400% increase.

U.S. whose only house of worship is an Orthodox communities, many Whereas many comshul. Not only are there no Reform or Conservative people begin as summunities around the The Young Israel of Long Beach synagogues but there are no edifices of other faiths mer vacationers and world experience a as well. The Jewish Center of Atlantic Beach (JCAB) end up falling in love dramatic depletion has always been Orthodox and a member of the OU. with the place and in their summer atLike Lido Beach, this one-stop Jewish shop results in making it their permanent, or at least semi-permatendance, beach communities undergo the opposite a more diverse clientele. “If you’re Jewish and you’re nent, home. phenomenon. “Shabbos in the summer is usually very interested in going to shul,” says Rabbi Perl, “this is “What’s unique about the shul and community is full,” says Rabbi Rappeport. Summer members not where you’re going to go.” Backgrounds can range that it’s very warm and welcoming and at the same only show up with their own families but bring along from the yeshiva educated to those who have had virtime very authentic and heimish,” says Rabbi Rapother family and friends as well. In Long Beach, 90% tually no Jewish education. Larger, mainstream compeport. “When you’re coming from somewhere like of rebbeim affiliated with the mesivta go elsewhere munities don’t often see this type of variety, remainBrooklyn or Far Rockaway you feel like you’re out and rent out their houses to summer vacationers. ing typically more homogenous in their constituents’ of town, and when you enter shul you feel like you’re backgrounds and hashkafos. Diversity “definitely the influx of summer residents, back in town, in the sense that it’s familiar.” People keeps things interesting,” says Rabbi Perl. shuls in the area up their antes with most commonly come from Manhattan, Riverdale, Jewish beach communities provide a unique sense powerhouse summer programming Englewood, Teaneck, Great Neck, and Livingston, of connectedness despite, or because of, the diversity to match the heightened level of attendance. All inand there are even a few from the Five Towns.

“At first people can’t understand – why would you present. “What’s really special is it’s not that people corporate additional minyanim and shiurim into their buy a second house that’s 8 minutes away from the view it as just going on vacation; they view it as their schedules. Lido Beach Synagogue continues its yearfirst?” asks Rabbi Perl. It’s a good question, one that round hot kiddush and brings in guest chazzanim and second home,” says Rabbi Rappeport. Even though fades once you come to visit. “Living by the beach, various scholars in residence. Young Israel of Long they may belong to other communities in New York the bay, the boardwalk – it’s a totally different life Beach runs a hashkama minyan, three weekday mornand New Jersey, a part of them remains close to their than the Five Towns,” continues Rabbi Perl. All resiing minyanim, an annual barbeque, beach ties. They return for simchas, dences are mere blocks away from either the beach or a cantorial Shabbos, a lecture sefunerals, shiurim, shul meetings, the bay. Most beaches are private, and even the public ries every Shabbos, and holds a and other programs. Members reones require a beach pass. Depending on the time of concert on the beach the Sunday tain a continuity and a closeness day, you might just have the beach to yourself. Parks following Shabbos Nachamu. that continues all year-round. and playgrounds are plentiful, a perfect destination JCAB offers a teen minyan in adAs the original ‘50s and ‘60s spot on a Shabbos afternoon. Avid tennis players can dition to the main and hashkama settlers continued aging with no minyanim. They also have at least visit the Atlantic Beach Tennis Center. Each beach replenishment of young blood in two shiurim on Shabbos morning community has its own eruv, and while it doesn’t insight, the communities’ populaand one or two Shabbos afternoon, clude the beach, it makes it possible to walk from one tions were slowly dwindling. Then, given by the rabbi, guest speakers end of the strip to the other, in theory. “about 10 years ago,” says Rabbi or other hired rabbinic staff. “It’s “There’s a magnificent boardwalk that was rePerl, “there was a major youth exa really happening place,” says built after Hurricane Sandy that’s a thousand times plosion.” Relatively young, affluRabbi Perl. better than it was originally,” Rabbi Wakslak points ent couples, many of whom lived A testimony to the positivity out about the Long Beach Boardwalk. And don’t forin the city, started buying summer engendered by the summertime get the bay – all houses on the bay side have docks homes on the beach. This influx surge can be found in the little to for boating, jet skiing, canoeing, fishing and other has caused an even clearer demarRabbi Wakslak at the Long Beach shore no resentment on the part of the water-related activities. With the cooling effect of the cation between the two yearly seayear-round residents. “Most peorefreshing ocean breeze, summer temperatures at the sons: the summer—running from ple welcome the energy and youthfulness and enthubeach run consistently lower than those in the city.

Memorial Day to Labor Day or later—and winter Members of the local vaad, Rabbi Wakslak and siasm,” Rabbi Perl relates. They appreciate the opporseason—the rest of the year. Unsurprisingly, the winRabbi Rappeport list the many kosher food options, tunity to deviate from the ordinary and enjoy the extra ter months are quieter, with a smaller group of yearfound primarily in Long Beach. “There’s a bagel vibrancy and programming. While there are some round members. “The winter still has a nice amount,” store, a steakhouse, a butcher, a bakery, a Dunkin Dopeople who feel that their formerly sleepy beach town says Rabbi Rappeport, though it cannot compare to nuts and a Carvel,” says Rabbi Wakslak. There’s also is suddenly overrun in the hotter months, the majority the summer swell. the Long Beach Hotel with a glatt kosher restaurant of residents look forward to the summer excitement.

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members whose lives and careers fit living in such close proximity to with this kind of imbalanced schedthe shore. “There are people who come here who avoid the beach and ule. For example, a Youth Director some who come specifically for the couple on staff at the Jewish Cenbeach,” says Rabbi Wakslak. Rabbi ter of Atlantic Beach might devote Perl echoes similar observations. much of their energy to careers in “People have different comfort leveducation during the “off season.” els when it comes to the beach,” he Come summertime they can flip the says. “But almost everyone can figratio of time allotted to focus on the ure out a way to enjoy the beach in summer youth because school is a manner consistent with their reliout.

Further widening the gap is the gious sensibilities.” Rabbi Wakslak mentions that there is a group of demographic divide. For the most women who go to the beach, dress part, year-round residents are a comfortably and as they normally generation above the summer ones.

Rabbi Rappeport of Lido Beach would, and enjoy reading, crochetMore and more young families ing and spending time with their kids, among other make the beaches their summer destination while the things. older community continues to dwindle. “Our goal is It can be trickier for men. Rabbi Wakslak adto grow the year-round population and bring the avermits that “it is somewhat of an anomaly that a yeage age down,” says Rabbi Perl. He adds that since shiva would find itself in a beach community.” Talk the boom is a recent phenomenon, efforts to address of moving the yeshiva has never cleared the drawing its repercussions are still a work in progress. board due to the nature of such a huge undertaking.

People are hesitant to make the beach their perFor now, the Mesivta of Long Beach compromises by manent homes for a variety of traveling up to camp for the summer season. reasons. As close as the three Rabbi Perl explains that there are ways to ensure communities are to the Five a comfortable beach visit for just about everyone. idyllic as it is, livTowns area, they’re that much For example, the weekends attract the highest voling the beach life further away. The beach is not ume of beach-goers. During the week it’s virtually comes not without usually on the top of the list empty. “By Monday afternoon through Thursday I its challenges. The unique set when people consider relocacould have a mile of beach to myself,” says Rabbi of circumstances that give the tion. “People know about the Perl. The vacationers have gone and the residents rearea its charm also create some Five Towns, Far Rockaway, turn to work. One can capitalize on side entrances to interesting hurdles, which local Teaneck,” says Rabbi Rappethe beach, which draw much less attention than the rabbis, residents and visitors port. “The challenge is getting more centrally located entrances. Regardless of the seek to overcome. One such our name out on the radar.” For attendance, an official lifeguard remains stationed challenge is bridging the everthe longest time, the beaches nearby at all times. For those who desire to avoid the increasing gap between the have held an image of existing actual beach itself, a walk on the boardwalk is always primarily as a summer destinayear-round residents and the a guaranteed good time. tion. “We’re trying to see if we summer vacationers. “There’s can break through that a little The rhythmic swells of the ocean and endless blue definitely a challenge socially,” bit to see if we can make it an panoramas are just a day in the life of the average says Rabbi Perl. “The people option for people to live here beach dweller. Coupled with the amenities complewho live here year-round alRabbi Ari Perl greeting guest speaker Martin Greenfield at a recent JCAB program ready have a social group.” all year-round,” says Rabbi mentary to a frum lifestyle, Jewish beach communiLikewise, the summer crowd Perl. ties continue to present a unique living experience for either import their own network of friends or have Housing prices, while not necessarily higher than the Orthodox Jew. befriended other city transplants over time. other popular frum neighborhoods, are steep enough “A challenge for me as a rabbi is when you have to cause buyer hesitation. Indeed, Long Beach is The Long Beach, Atlantic Beach, and Lido Beach congregants who come for 4-5 months and go back running a subsidy campaign to motivate people to communities are actively seeking people who are for 7,” says Rabbi Perl. Keeping up the connection move to the area. “We have an incentive program,” open to discovering the beauty of a Jewish community on the coast. Anyone interested in spending a Shabcan be difficult. “We try to have some special weekrelates Rabbi Wakslak. “If people are interested in bos in one of these beach communities can contact ends where we encourage people to come back,” he buying houses we’ll subsidize to a certain extent.” them at the addresses below. continues, “Thanksgiving, Shabbos Chanukah, PresiIn Atlantic Beach, Rabbi Perl is working with rental dents’ weekend.” Rabbi Perl also travels into the city homeowners to rethink the traditional summer rental The Jewish Center of Atlantic Beach – throughout the year for Lunch ‘n’ Learns and dinners model: year-round rentals at lower, more affordable jcaboffice@gmail.com to meet up with members he wouldn’t otherwise see monthly rates translate into more stability, increased annual revenue and less wear-and-tear on a property, during the year.

Long Beach – while making affordable housing options available to Staffing is another unique problem faced by the young families.

Rabbi Chaim Wakslak – cwakslak@att.net beach communities. Keeping a consistent group yearIronically, another cautionary factor is the beach round would either have them twiddling their thumbs Lido Beach – itself. The recent influx of visitors tends to be comin the winter months or leave them grossly underRabbi Shaul Rappeport – rabbi@lidoshul.org  staffed in the summer. The shuls seek to hire staff prised of more right-wing Jews who are wary of that is available for weekends and catering events.

A certain quality of life comes with the little distance that separates the beach and the mainstream communities. “There’s almost nothing commercial in Atlantic Beach,” says Rabbi Perl. Quiet and calm replace the hustle and bustle of Central Avenue, yet residents know they’re only a stone’s throw away.

The communities’ municipal relations have remained positive as well. When Rabbi Wakslak’s predecessor, Rabbi Elozar Kahana, came up with the idea to build a mechitzah on the beach, he was granted permission to quarter off a certain area to construct it through the sand and into the ocean. Unfortunately, it only lasted 10 minutes before it was washed away.

Another testament to the city’s sensitivities to the Jewish presence can be found in the renovation of the light posts that line the boardwalk. Restored after Hurricane Sandy, the new light posts have built-in hooks to hold the string for the eruv. Despite the fact that the new fence actually satisfies the eruv requirements, it further proves the civic support enjoyed by the Jewish community. When Atlantic Beach hosted a free July 4th concert on the beach, the village brought in a glatt kosher Food Truck to service its kosher-keeping residents.

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these words: “There are things that are judges overlooked them for a school important in life, but your test isn’t one from the center of the country that had developed an app that helped paof them.”

The final took place at the Peres tients arrange appointments. I found Center for Peace in Tel Aviv. One hun- the choice surprising because it is my dred and twenty schools from around understanding that such an app already the country were represented. The exists.

The boys were particularly disapcompetition was fierce. The panel of judges students, parents and school ad- pointed because of the disparity beministrators wandered from booth to tween first and second prize. The difbooth asking the contestants questions. ference between a trip to New York and Liron appeared transformed. He waxed a $35 voucher at Castro doesn’t sound eloquent about the advantages soccer quite right.

But they have much to be proud of. players would have by using the socks.

It was surprising to see him stand- They were taken out of their comfort ing alongside Yogev and Ofek all zones and thrown into a world that is foreign to them. dressed in white They were able to shirts and slacks, overcome their limtheir arms nervousitations and blossom ly crossed behind before our very eyes. their backs answerThe posters and ing questions about four socks are still their product. They sitting in the staff were polite, clear in room.

The hype has their explanations, waned and the boys and very proud. I are on vacation. couldn’t help thinkTheir moment in ing that were we the sun gave them able to harness this a taste of success. energy of theirs and I hope they have channel it back into many more. the classroom, there is no doubt their L to R: Liron, Ofek and Yogev Rafi Sackville, formeracademic success ly of Cedarhurst, lives would be assured. in Ma’alot in Western Galil. He teaches in There were two votes; the first was the local high school. unofficial because it was the audience vote. Our boys came in first place. This didn’t help them much because the

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ccording to their mission er did not have an easy time teaching statement, The Network for them. He would often come to the staff Teaching Entrepreneurships room exasperated. “They don’t listen, (NFTE) provides they don’t coop“programs that inerate, they disturb spire young people and do what they from low-income want,” he’d comcommunities to stay plain. Working with in school, to recogyoungsters with nize business opporbehavioral probtunities, and to plan lems is not always for successful fueasy. Yet over time tures.” he found a workNFTE runs a ing balance that alprogram for young lowed him to teach developers in Israand advance their el. Over 120 schools ideas while giving throughout Israel rethem the space they cently participated in needed to express a competition to find themselves.

The official poster for LYO socks the most enterprising As I mentioned, product. The overall the boys aren’t easy winner would represent Israel in the to teach. They learn in a special, small worldwide competition to take place in class of less than twenty pupils. Many New York. of them have learning difficulties.

Throughout the year the 10th grade Some come from difficult homes where initiators’ class met once a week with there is less than optimal support.

Asher, who doubles as a civics teachIf Yogev’s parents leave the house er. Over the course of the school year before him in the morning, his tendenthe students developed their products. cy is to sleep all day. He exists without One group developed an emergency desire, without inspiration, and with an light for cars. Five students designed a indifference that borders on insolence. night light for children that could tell “I don’t want to work,” he repeats like bedtime stories. One innovative idea a mantra. was a wrist band that, when spoken Ofek is generally well-behaved, into, would translate into a language of but carries a wick so short and volatile choice. A pair of glasses for the blind he can turn a quiet conversation into a had an in-built GPS system. One group noisy battleground. It takes no more came up with what they called a “fast than a gentle push on any of his many camera” that could over the course of a buttons to prompt an outburst. When car journey, calculate whether a driver he is not “going off the handle” he is as was driving too fast. pleasant as any student I’ve met.

The group that won the regional Liron cannot, nor will not, stop prize was a team of three young boys, talking and interrupting classes. His all students of mine. Liron, Ofek and short term, partial apologies are as anYogev designed football socks with a noying as his classroom behavior. He stitched-in pocket into which players takes pride in devising his own set of could slip a shin guard. Dalia, one of rules whose red line are non-existent. our art teachers, took home a bunch of He has his parents’ backing for most of socks and went to work adding the in- his behavior. He recently missed a maserts. The idea is quite unique. Yogev jor test on the morning of his afternoon explained it this way: “So much of our football game because he had to rest up. time on the field is spent adjusting our The following day he cursed his teachshin guards. Our idea will allow play- er out and stormed out of the classroom ers to concentrate on their performance when he was refused a chance to take instead.” another test. His parents apologized for Whereas the last few weeks of the Liron’s calling the teacher’s mother a process were the icing on the cake, Ash- degrading term, but told the teacher in

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admit I’m a little behind on my reading. So I picked up a Wall Street Journal article that was only six months old – but it was applicable as Elul looms about three weeks away. It was about Awe. The article related the stories of people who did interesting things like deep diving and looking upward at giant trees to experience a feeling of awe. Awe, it seems, helps with boosting the immune system. Follow this: When you look up at a eucalyptus tree, you feel smaller which makes your own problems seem trivial in the context of the world. This most probably reduces the hormones that drive inflammation and depression.

Awe brings a sense of humility and peace. Researchers also found that it brings a sense of generosity, kindness, compassion, and an improved ability to “get” others’ feelings from their facial expressions.

The opposite of awe could be arrogance but I have another take on it.

I think the opposite of awe is denial.

I’ve run into some people who are in denial big time and I have stopped arguing with them because there is no point.

If awe brings a deepened sense of our perspective on just how insignificant we are, then denial is that state where we do not want to look at ourselves at all, significant or otherwise.

Being – as someone I used to know called it – an “all-right-nik” means that everything is fine just as it is. Whether it actually is fine or not is beside the point.

Even if twenty people tell you it is most assuredly not fine, it’s fine. If I define it as “fine,” then who am I to look deeper and who are you to tell me to do so?

This, of course, is one of the tools and tricks of the yetzer hara. This state, call it “fine,” or “denial,” or “all right as is,” is a refusal to experience awe. It’s a refusal to admit there is anything else in the universe besides me and my way of seeing the world.

If Awe is the recognition that the world is far bigger than me, denial is a refusal to be moved by it. Once you are moved, you recognize a Creator. And once you recognize that Creator, you must admit that He most likely has an Agenda of His own.

But if the Master of the Universe has a different agenda than I have and

perhaps it would behoove me to check out what His agenda is, denial must, by logical extension, be a denial of G-d Himself.

Are you with me, here?

Let’s review: If I am missing feelings of Awe when looking at Niaga-

planned to tip the punch bowl over his ex-wife’s head.

I sat there stupefied.

But only for a moment. Acting quickly, I said, sounding very confused, “But I thought you loved your grandson.”

We all need to tinker with things, some of us more, some less. ra Falls, then that is because I want to be in denial of the Creator of Niagara Falls. And there is only one reason for that: It’s because I want to keep my own agenda, do my own thing, and not take a look inside. Those actions are inconvenient. They require me to think and feel way outside of my comfort zone.

And I do not want to do that.

“My ex-wife’s head,” he tried to clarify, “not my grandson’s.”

“Oh, I got that. I got that, believe me. But it would be your grandson’s party. And for the rest of his life, he’s going to remember how his bar mitzvah party was ruined by his grandfather doing that to his grandmother.”

The man’s jaw dropped as he stared

Back in Florida, about 20 years ago, I founded Chabad Family Counseling Services (in Aventura) as a nifty way to collect my licensure hours while I was in grad school. One of my first clients – I will never forget this – had been in jail for ten years for a white collar crime.

He’d just gotten out and was furious.

Yes, furious. His, wife, you see, had left him while he was in jail. I think she arranged a civil divorce.

He told me that his grandson was about to have a bar mitzvah and he wanted my opinion of the scheme he came up with to “show” his wife what he thought of her. At the party, he

at me. “I – I hadn’t thought of that…” he said as his voice trailed off.

Ten years, he sat in that jail cell.

Ten years! With nothing to do but think.

And he hadn’t thought of that.

This was not a stupid person, by the way. Prior to his, shall we say, marching to his own drumbeat in business, he was doing very well.

And he hadn’t thought of that.

All he had been thinking of in jail was revenge. His own agenda. Why couldn’t he have said to himself, “Why did Hashem put me here? Is there is message for me? Is there something I can improve on?”

Too much trouble.

Don’t look inside! Gaaah. Too scary.

Too disturbing. Let me just be “fine.”

And so along come the Yomim Noraim to say, “Uh-uh.” Noraim means Awe. In the plural. There’s a reason for that.

No, you can’t coast along. If someone tells you something is wrong with some aspect of your behavior, listen. If someone tells you that you did something to hurt them, listen. Listen well.

And then ask yourself the scary, very scary question: Am I, maybe, not all right after all?

You know what? It’s okay to ask that question. We all go through it – or we ought to – which is exactly my point. We were not “just fine” to begin with. We all need to tinker with things, some of us more, some less.

Here is an important key to getting through this: Remember that just because there is something that needs fixing does not mean that you are “bad,” that your neshama is tarnished. In fact, the opposite is true. In the act of looking inside and deciding that if I have hurt, angered, or disgusted other people then there is something that I need to change, I am showing humility, I am recognizing an Agenda greater than my own.

I am capable of Awe. That makes me good, not bad.

What’s “bad” is the people who won’t fix what needs fixing and then decide that there is something wrong with everyone for telling them about it.

That’s bad.

Search for the Awe. Keep your humility. And fix what needs fixing. That’s what we’re here for.

Dr. Deb Hirschhorn, is a Marriage & Family Therapist and best-selling author of The Healing Is Mutual: Marriage Empowerment Tools to Rebuild Trust and Respect—Together. Attend the Food For Thought lectures at Traditions Restaurant in Lawrence on Tuesdays at 12:30 PM. (There is a lovely optional lunch menu for $12 cash.) Any questions, call 646-54-DRDEB or check out her website at http://drdeb.com. All stories in Dr. Deb’s articles are fabricated. See Dr. Deb on TorahAnytime.com.

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Rabbi Staum Responds: As a rule, it is generally helpful to have an actual diagnosis for ADHD because when you understand an issue you can better equip yourself to deal with it. The fact that you now know that your son has ADHD is definitely beneficial. The more you learn about ADHD, the more you will be able to know what to expect from him and how to best help him help himself.

Many children diagnosed with ADHD don’t really understand the nature and challenges of their own disorder. Often they only know that they take medicine because they cannot control themselves. But that is a sad mistake.

There was a student in one of the schools I worked in who went to the secretary each morning just before classes began to take medicine for ADHD. One day after she handed him his pill he asked her, “Do you know what ADHD is?”

The more the child himself understands his disorder the more he will be better equipped to deal with it.

ADHD is a mislabeled disorder. Dr. Ed Hallowell, who himself has ADHD, notes that people who suffer from ADHD don’t actually have an attention deficit disorder but rather an attention surplus disorder.

There are numerous things happening all around us at all times. Most peo-

ple can focus on one thing and basically block out the other things happening around them, even though they sense them in their periphery. Someone with ADHD, however, has a very hard time

out even realizing what they did. In the words of one educator: “The motto of ADHD kids is ‘Ready? Fire! Aim!’” Case in point: I had an ADHD student who every Wednesday morning

Dr. Hallowell quips that having ADHD is like having a Lexus engine with Chevy brakes. filtering out what’s happening around them. So while listening to his teacher lecture, the ADHD child is also noticing a fly next to his desk and listening to workers doing construction outside.

Then, when his teacher mentions an airplane in passing, in his mind he is al-

right in the middle of class would suddenly scream out “It’s Wednesday! Pizza for lunch; yesssss!” It was extremely disruptive especially because the class would often burst into laughter. That is just one of many examples.

As a parent or educator it is import-

ready on the plane heading on a mental vacation.

The attention challenges are a mere facet of the disorder. In fact, many experts now refer to the disorder as Executive Functioning Disorder, because that seems to better describe the disorder.

Dr. Hallowell quips that having ADHD is like having a Lexus engine with Chevy brakes. He adds that it is the role of the child’s parents and educators to strengthen the child’s brakes.

People with ADHD have terrible organizational skills. Despite the fact that children with ADHD may be very intelligent, they often do poorly in school, especially in math and writing, because they have such a hard time paying attention to detail.

Furthermore, many ADHD children are constantly sent out of class because they blurt out very disturbing comments or act in disturbing manners, often with-

ant to realize this point because many things that a child with ADHD will say can be taken as chutzpah, when it’s more a result of their impulsivity. That doesn’t mean they shouldn’t be held accountable, but there is undoubtedly a difference between how one deals with chutzpah and how one deals with impulsivity.

Parents of ADHD children are often unsure of whether to medicate their child, as you are. It is a question that needs to be dealt with on an individual basis with all things considered. It should be noted, however, that just as there often are side effects that result from taking ADHD medications, when a child feels he is out of control and is constantly being sent out of class and has a sense that he is unwanted in class or at home, that has very severe side effects as well.

Dr. Susan Schulman notes that for

an ADHD child whose brain is not quite suited for a mainstream classroom, there are two main possibilities to educate the child: Either tailor the educational environment to be ideal for the child or tailor the child’s mind to be able to be fit into the existing educational environment. The first approach is not very cost effective or feasible for most. The second approach entails using medication to help slow down the neurons that are firing too quickly in the child’s brain so that he has the ability to think twice and not be so impulsive before he acts.

It must also be noted that medication is not a panacea. Some children respond better to certain medications and certain doses than others. There are also a small minority of students who aren’t helped by medication at all. Medication must always be taken under the direction and guidance of a doctor.

In addition, if a child with ADHD begins taking medication and it is effective, that is the ideal time to initiate sessions with a therapist who can help him understand what ADHD is, how the medicine can help him help himself, and other strategies and ideas that can help him deal with his challenges.

We will present some practical ideas for handling the ADHD child in part II.

KEY POINTS: • ADHD is essentially an Executive Functioning Disorder and we need to help the child understand what that means • We must be sensitive to the challenges of ADHD • We must help the ADHD child with limits and boundaries

Rabbi Dani Staum, LMSW, is the Rabbi of Kehillat New Hempstead. He is also fifth grade rebbe and guidance counselor in ASHAR in Monsey, Principal of Mesivta Ohr Naftoli of New Windsor, NY, and a division head at Camp Dora Golding. Rabbi Staum offers parenting classes based on the acclaimed Love & Logic Program. He can be reached at stamtorah@gmail.com. His website is www.stamtorah.info.

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Our nine-year-old son has always been a somewhat difficult child. He is incredibly impulsive and is constantly getting into trouble. He is careless with his schoolwork and so his grades aren’t very good. Teachers are always commenting about his potential and how much better he can do if he just paid more attention. My husband and I feel like we are always reprimanding him and giving him consequences. At the insistence of our son’s school we had him evaluated. He was diagnosed with ADHD. Should we be treating him differently than his peers? How can we address his challenges and not destroy his self-esteem? Also, our son’s psychiatrist feels he would benefit from medication but I have heard that there are many potential side effects. We simply aren’t sure what’s best for him.

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Forgotten Heroes Avi Heiligman

Lou Lenart

Remembering the Man Who Saved Tel Aviv

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he early pilots for the Israeli Air Force (IAF) were recruited from around the world.

WWII veterans were on the top of the list of most desirable candidates and it was easy to convince some Jewish pilots to join.

These pilots would form the backbone of the IAF until Israelis were trained to take their place. One of the pilots who served in the air force’s first combat mission ever was American Lou Lenart. Lenart passed away a few weeks ago at the age of 94.

Lou Lenart—his birth name was Layos Lenovitz—was born in Hungary in 1921. In 1930 his family immigrated to the U.S. and settled in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. When he was young, he was the subject of many anti-Semitic slurs and beatings because of his “funny

accent.” At the age of 17 and just weeks out of high school Lenart joined the Marine Corps. For the first 18 months in the Corps, he was in the infantry before being allowed into flight training.

After a scary training accident that almost killed him, Lenart was sent to the Pacific Theater of Operations. He took part in the fight over Okinawa in a F4U Corsair fighter and bombed the Japanese home islands.

After seven years in the military, Lenart settled in Los Angeles where he learned that his family who had stayed in Europe, fourteen family members in total, had perished in Auschwitz. This made his desire to fight after WWII even stronger and when he heard that Israel, then called Palestine, was looking for veterans, he signed up. Since Lenart was an Ameri-

can veteran he was allowed buy surplus aircraft and was given money to purchase a C-46 cargo plane. He was then flown to Europe for training in the S-199 with several other pilots and arrived in Israel in April 1948.

There were four pilots in knockoff Czech Me-109 (Messerschmitt-109 – the main fighter of the German Air Force of WWII) called Avia S-199. Besides Lenart, there was Eddie Cohen, Modi Alon and Ezer Weizman. There were supposed to be more planes available but these were the only ones to arrive in Israel in time for takeoff. The irony was that Me109 was one of the enemy’s main weapons and Spitfires and Hurricanes were the best British planes. The Egyptians were equipped with the British planes while the Israelis were barely able to patch a few S-199 with old Messerschmitt parts.

Several crashed in training and only four planes were serviceable for that first fight.

Towards the end of May, 10,000 Egyptian soldiers were advancing on both Tel Aviv and Yerushalayim. The outnumbered Israeli Givati Brigade managed to temporarily halt the advance on Tel Aviv by blowing up a bridge that was important to the Egyptian advance about sixteen miles from the city. The Egyptians were desperately trying to fix the bridge and had 6,000 troops, hundreds of vehicles and a lot anti-aircraft weapons in the area protecting the engineers fixing the bridge.

However, despite all these defenses, they weren’t expecting an air attack.

The Israelis sent their only fighters into the fray equipped with 150 lb. bombs and loaded machine guns. This was the first time they were flying the planes and had no idea what to expect.

Lenart was the commander of the formation—he was the only one with fighter experience—and they set out on the IAF’s first-ever mission.

As expected, the planes had problems from the start of the attack. The guns jammed and the bomb bay doors refused to budge. The Egyptian sent up a ferocious amount of flak (anti-aircraft fire) and downed pilot Eddie Cohen’s plane. He was the IAF’s first casualty

but the other three pressed forth with the attack. They dropped their bombs on targets of opportunity and in Lenart’s case that meant on a cluster of trucks. On his third pass over the enemy formation, his plane’s guns ceased firing and Lenart returned safely to base. He credited his safe return to tactics that he learned in the Marines including a clove-leaf pattern attack.

Minimal damage was inflicted but the psychological effect on the Egyptians was huge. The Egyptian Army had been informed by their intelligence service that the Israelis had no aircraft and now they overestimated the other way.

Thinking that this raid was just the tip of the iceberg and that dozens more were to come, they dispersed and Tel Aviv was safe. Today the bridge is called “Ad Halom” (Until Here), marking the place where the advance stopped.

Lenart later said of the raid, “I think it was for this precise moment in history that I was born.” At times he was the only available fighter pilot available in the entire country to come to the rescue of Israeli soldiers in need of fighter support. He was transferred to headquarters after two pilots were killed during the fighting.

Despite not flying combat missions, he helped the IAF by implementing tactics that made it a viable fighting force.

After the Israeli War of Independence, Lenart flew Iraqi Jews to Israel and became a pilot for El Al. He wrote a couple of movies based on his experiences in the IAF and split his time between Israel and Los Angeles. At one point he became the general manager for the Clippers. Unlike many volunteers from overseas who fought during the war, Lenart maintained a close connection with Israel and his daughter later served in the IDF. He passed away on July 20, 2015 at his home in Ra’nana. Lou Lenart is heralded as a man who helped a country that had never previously visited and will be forever known as “The Man Who Saved Tel Aviv.”

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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MICHELLE PSATY RUBINSTEIN A”H

by Yaakov Rubinstein

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v’hadar levushah, vatischak l’yom acharon. Strength and splendor are her clothing, and smilingly she awaits her last day. Rashi in Mishlei on that pasuk writes that the laughing on the last day is because of her garb. Her garb is one of strength and durability; her splendor, according to the Malbim, is on account of her good deeds.

Michelle, a”h, or Michal Ariella Bas Sarah as she was known for the weeks leading up to her death, spent her days with the world’s most contagious smile plastered on her face. As her friends remarked over the week of shiva, she loved to laugh; when she laughed, her whole body laughed. Behind her joyous demeanor, she always had something sweet or funny to say.

Little did we know that laughter was indicative of her comfort in leaving this world. Michelle was able to afford to be happy and laugh. Michelle was comfortable because she lived an amazing life. The kind of life many of us can only try to attain.

Whether you knew her or not, many of you mentioned to me that you have been amazed by the many stories you have heard about Michelle.

I had the honor of being her partner, husband and best friend for eight years. I am here to tell you the stories are true. The reason I say the stories are true is to tell you that such stories are possible. It is possible to be a regular Jane Doe, super down to earth, unassuming, comfortable in the most secular of crowds and conversations, and still be a Michelle.

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was necessary for me to start this article with an excerpt from eishes chayil because to start this piece on any other note would not be doing my dear eishes chayil any justice.

Michelle had every reason not to be a good wife. Yet Michelle burgeoned in this role. Her life was replete with challenge and suffering, yet she used the heartbreak to better understand the heartbreak of others, both inside her family and out.

The Gra in Mishlei begins his explanation on the Eishes Chayil by discussing the famous intellection that Eishes Chayil is a parable allud-

ing to the Torah. The Gra points out that chayil is b’gematriya 48; 48 pointing to the 48 ways to acquire Torah. One of the 48 kinyanim is what is known as nosei b’ol chaveiro, carrying the burden of one’s friend.

Michelle used her woes to better shoulder the challenges of her family, friends, acquaintances, and strangers. She thought about them and she understood them. When Michelle did chesed she never looked for an award or recognition. If she saw a need, she wanted to make sure that need was filled. She endeavored to shoulder the burden of others, true nesias ol! No one needed to know she was there and she often lessened the impression that she was doing them a chesed. She was from the saddest people in the room at every levaya and from the happiest at every chasuna.

When the Torah in parshas Yisro lists the types of individuals who would be competent as judges, Yisro recommends “anshei chayil … anshei emes,” men of substance, meaning men of truth. It would be hard to talk about Michelle without mentioning what an honest person she was. It pained her to tell a lie. If she ever saw a rare, legitimate need to fib, she would try and the other person would know she was lying almost immediately. Still, this honesty was never on anyone else’s cheshbon, she never used it to tell things to people that were too hard for them to hear.

Another pasuk in Eishes Chayil tells us, “V’soras chesed al lishonah.” When she spoke she used her words to heal and not to harm.

However, “v’soras chesed” does not merely mean she spoke with kindness. It means the way of chesed was on her tongue. The way to understand the word in this context according to some of the mefarshim, like the Metzudas David, is a path of chesed. Her willingness to do the things other would not. To listen, to really listen, to the people no one cared about. To do things which were inconvenient and to really think of how she could help people. True chesed is an avodah that very few people understand.

Many of these concepts may sound lofty, but Michelle was normal—so, so normal. She was well-versed in the most mundane of top-

ics. Michelle used this to be mikadeish sheim Shamayim in the most profound of ways. No matter what environment she was in, she had secular friends. Never did they believe they could corrupt her, but rather they respected her morals and appreciated that she valued them as human beings.

Michelle did not feel the need to tell me or anyone else every good deed she did. In fact, it was not until she was sick did I fully discover that there was a secular co-worker who had her own health-related ordeal who she checked in with daily. She did not spend her days trying to become well-known for her good deeds, however, it is quite possible that you were affected by her kindness. This was not the only time over the years, after she got sick or following her petirah, that this happened. Michelle did her utmost not to hide her flaws or embarrassing secrets from me, but her chesed, that is another story.

Michelle put her entire self into many things in her life. In many situations she encountered the odds were heavily stacked against her. Since her passing I have remarked how her accomplishments are reminiscent of the medrash in Shir Hashirim Rabbah, 5:2, which says open for me an opening the size of a needle hole and I will open for you an opening like the opening of a large hallway. No matter what the challenge or how remote the possibility she almost always gave it her all and usually came out on top.

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was wildly successful professionally. When I think of her career choice, I think of another pasuk in Eishes Chayil which says “sheker hachain,” false is grace. One would think of grace as a good thing. The Ralbag tells us that this reference is that grace can be negative when stemming from intellectually stimulating conversation which is not connected to fear of heaven.

Michelle was bright, and with her persistence and diligence, she probably could have chosen any career. However, she chose the path of her passion, which was to be a preschool special education teacher. Much like her other inter-

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then not only to make sure that your husband has good meals, but the best. Just last summer, when I studied for the bar and was never around, it was no different.

As I told classmates stories over my three years they told me things like, hang on to her or you are one lucky guy. People who never met her were amazed by how competent she was and how dedicated she was to her family. No matter how drained she was at times, she found the strength to be so encouraging to me and my studies.

Michelle and I heard a story right before I started law school from a law professor who told us that when his son graduated high school he wanted to grab a piece of the diploma because of his efforts to get his son through school. On the morning of my graduation, Michelle joked and said I want a piece of your diploma. I said, “A piece? The whole thing is yours.” Michelle’s encouragement through the LSATs, three years of school and ultimately the bar are things I will never forget. All my future successes will forever belong to her.

Michelle was not merely an example of a supportive wife, but rather a wife who found thoughtful and creative ways to bring not only the best out of her husband, but a husband no one

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further. When she stopped working with him, she would always stop me to see how he was progressing and if there was anything she could do to help further. My son continues to do well and has made amazing strides. Not a day goes by that I don’t marvel at his growth and success; not a day goes by that I am not grateful for Michelle, because I know this would not have happened without her. Thankfully, I was able to tell her more than once over the years how much she meant, but she never saw it as a big deal, just as what was supposed to be done. The debt I owe her is a great one; it is one I will never forget.

I am sure there will be many kids she taught who will feel similar effects forever. Not to mention the teachers who kept their jobs because she helped them with their curriculum, the students on the receiving end of those lessons, the parents of students she helped with the day-to-day, the never-ending phone calls with parents she had no obligation speak to at night and those she helped pick the right yeshivos.

Noda b’sharim baa’lah. Her husband is known in the gates. Rashi tells us that husbands of special wives become more distinguished looking. Over the years of our marriage, I changed tremendously. I lost over 100 pounds, began dressing better, and became a lawyer. One of the things apparent to my law school classmates was my elaborate lunches on the days of finals. How many wives could manage every detail across the spectrum during a stressful period such as law school finals? It means working, errands, every detail relating to the kids, only

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ests in life, she used her intellect to further goals which she thought promoted her yiras shomayim. Based upon what an outstanding mother she was, I knew she was amazing at her job. It was not until her passing, though, that I discovered how unforgettable she was in this regard.

Individuals who had the unique privilege of working with her and learning from her came forth during shiva and told me seven years of stories, one more amazing than the next. Stories of children no one else had patience for and how much progress she was able to make with them over the short period of a year. The level of compassion and congeniality she had in her professional relationships was amazing.

Though many will not apprehend it, Michelle’s effect will be felt forever. Immediately following shiva, my father received the following text: I met Michelle years ago when she became my son’s SEIT. At that point, he was three and the only ones who had not given up on him were my husband and me. She sat with him daily, she was patient and kind. She saw the beautiful neshama in my son underneath all the issues he was having. She would take the time to call me and guide me through every possibility and problem we were facing. When everyone turned their backs on my son, and I was left to figure out where to go from there, it was Michelle who kept supporting him and me and reminding me, “There is this brilliant child in there waiting for us to see him.” With her help, my son was able to make great strides and we were able to find him the appropriate environment to help him

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ever would have believed loomed inside the man she married.

Darsha tzemer, she seeks out wool.

She looked for wool and she was able to bring it out to help me become more like her, more genuine and more caring.

People who did not know Michelle and came to pay a shiva call lamented that they never had the honor of meeting you but they gained so much from what you stood for. Michelle, as an icon, stood for the antithesis of today’s generation. In a world where people cheat on their taxes because money is tight, where people stop being frum because they get divorced, where people do less good because they lost a loved one, Michelle stood alone. I lived with a person who experienced so much devastation in her life and used it only to get stronger and frummer.

In Yiddishkeit, she was unbelievably solid, but she had no categorization. She was not yeshivish, chareidi or anything else. The Gemara in Sanhedrin on 106b says that Hashem wants the heart of the person. When the Sefer Hachinuch discusses the shoresh hamitzva for many commandments especially those that relate to yetziyas Mitzrayim he discusses doing mitzvos, for argument’s sake, not breaking a bone from the korban pesach, to remember Mitzrayim so as to purify the heart. Michelle’s identity was her heart, it was all in there. She did not need some external look or category for some identity; she had an identity. Her strong n’tiah toward doing right, but not an ethical definition of right, Hashem’s definition, allowed her to exist among everyone and all knew who she was.

In Eishes Chayil we are also told v’lechem atzlus lo sochail, the bread of laziness she does not eat. The Gra tells us that this means through fighting through tough battles she is able to be tzofiah al halichos beisa, she oversees the actions of her house. Through her triumph over challenge, she used her lessons to uniquely build the foundation of a household.

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the short weeks since Michelle’s illness a legion of family has been involved in helping my children along the way. There are plenty of mothers involved in this mix, but my children have not been the same. Not only because they lost their mother, but no matter how many of us band together we could never “oversee” them in the same way. No one else holds the gift to be madrich in such firm ways so as to refine their middos until perfection and concomitantly guarantee they feel the deepest and most consistent love.

My two older girls will be forever better people for the short time they spent with Michelle and our 8-week old Eliana will always have the advantage of having been nurtured inside such an amazing person. It has only been a few short weeks since Michelle got sick and her venerable parenting is still relatively fresh in my mind.

Still, when I try to mimic what she exhibited and taught me, I find that I have no idea how she did what she did.

All I can say is lo sira l’beisah misheleg, ki chol baisa lavush shanim, she fears not snow for her household, for her entire household is clothed with scarlet wool. Michelle used her thoughtfulness to make sure her family was clothed in the proper scarlet wool. Her family was cloaked with love, her children had the best toys but could not play with them if they did not know how to share.

Few seven-year-old girls could have handled this tragedy with as much maturity, love, care and the deep ruchniysdik perspective as my daughter did. That’s because she had a mother who prepared her children for the snow. Her children were given a profound understood of who G-d is, the understanding that can only be given by an isha yiras Hashem hi tis’halal. A woman whose fear of G-d is praiseworthy, a woman whose fear of Heaven guided her decisions.

Still, just like in Shema immediately after one accepts upon himself the yoke of Heaven, we say hayom al levavecha, we have this obligation to be passionate about Yiddishkeit, to view the Torah with the same zeal as though we are getting it today. While there have been moments through this ordeal where it was hard to me to retain my passion, I looked to my children. Children who ran to give tzedakah because it can help mommy, children who davened because mommy said so, children who were makpid on tzinius because Hashem said so. This emunah pshuta came from the toil their mother put in, the excitement she exhibited toward Torah values.

What can we say except Kamu vaneha vay’ashruha, Baala vayehal’la. Her children rise and celebrate her; and her husband, praises her.

We will never forget Michelle, how could we?

Some great-grandparent of mine davened hard and I merited eight incredible years with an absolutely amazing human being. I will forever be grateful to whichever ancestor pushed her in my direction. In eight years, I gained more growth and love than I imagine many couples gain from each other who live into their nineties.

Niskatnu hadoros, the generations are going down in levels and I am relatively comfortable saying there will never be another Michelle Psaty Rubinstein. The space here does not allow room for all her amazing attributes and stories.

As should be clear from this piece, though, Michelle at 31 found a way to camouflage herself into society as regular person, but did so many things regular people could never dream of doing and her past gave her every known excuse not to do them.

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passing hurts not just my family but the klal. The hole she leaves in our hearts is because much of her days were spent trying to fill the hole no one else would. To keep her legacy alive means finding the part of her story which speaks to you and to try embody the same on your madreiga.

Spend five minutes with someone who an-

noys you, go to the simcha that makes you uncomfortable, do your chesed from the side instead of looking for notoriety. Instead of losing patience with your kids, explain to them why they are great.

Be a better spouse. Instead of criticizing your significant other, empathize with them. Maybe make them lunch or buy them flowers, see them in a better light and they will see themselves that way too. Take yourself seriously, do not be “humble,” step up for the need you see around you. Thrive at your job and be mikadeish shem shomayim when you are in the world, and more than anything else be honest. Do not use professional status or hashakfah as a crutch, realize the questions you will be asked lachar meah v’esrim, so you can laugh when you think about your last days.

Last, but not least, no excuses. Life is hard, but look at your suffering as yesurin shel ahava, take your struggles and learn how to love and how to give as a result.

I noticed something only today. Over the last few months, many people have complimenting me on my strength in handling this situation.

However, it occurred to me that I have not heard such things from anyone who knew Michelle.

Perhaps the reason for that is that no one was lavush the oz with such hadar the way you did.

Do not pass judgment on anyone and make conversation with someone you have acted as better than for years.

The world is a worse place without Michelle.

There is one less person who tries to do good and one less person who tries to overcome suffering.

The nechama that exists for me and my children would be to know that her toil and her relentless fight for positivity and Yiddishkeit did not die with her. Learn her lessons and teach them to your friends and family and try to quietly make the world a better place.

In Michelle’s memory, we will be creating an organization known as Vate’ehav Michal, “And Michelle loved.” The organization will cater to special needs children. The first two goals will address children from families who cannot afford tuition to such schools and helping children who cannot get services. We welcome questions and comments from anyone in the community and we look forward to servicing related needs in the future.

Michelle, I say to you, one of the most incredible and special people I have ever known, rabbos banos asu chayil, v’at alis al kulanam.

Many daughters have attained valor, but you have surpassed them all.

P.S. If you see me on the street, whether you know me or not, please do not stop me when I have my children with me and tell me how sorry you are or how terrible this situation is. Here is my e-mail, shukonline@gmail.com, and that is the appropriate forum for those comments (or when my children are elsewhere). Any other questions or comments are welcomed.

Last, for all those interested, we are trying to make a siyum hashas on Talmud Bavli for her yahrtzeit. The Gemara is divided into chunks of about 20 blatt. The link is available at http://bit. ly/1JVzGek. 

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Notable Quotes

“Say What?”

The White House is making a special Twitter account to answer questions about the new nuclear agreement.

Finally using Twitter for what it was designed for — explaining complex, international nuclear agreements involving several nations.

– Seth Myers

Republican candidate Ben Carson told reporters he thinks American prisons might be too comfortable. As opposed to Mexican prisons that have personal showers with $5 million escape tunnels.

– Jimmy Fallon

In Major League Baseball news, the federal government has decided to drop their criminal case against former superstar Barry Bonds. . . . This is a case that started in 2003, it took forever, and nothing ended up happening. Just like baseball.

– Jimmy Kimmel

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Chuck knows that a richer terrorist is no less a terrorist.

He also knows that any Democrat facing voters will be held accountable for this deal in ways President Obama never will.

- Josh Block, president of the Israel Project, on whether New York Senator Chuck Schumer will support the administration’s nuclear deal with Iran

In a new campaign ad, Jeb Bush referenced “The Godfather” and said his nickname used to be “Vito Corleone” because he vetoed so many bills in Florida.

When you’re the third person in your family to run for president, maybe you shouldn’t bring up a movie trilogy where the third one was clearly the worst.

– Jimmy Fallon

After Donald Trump wrote Lindsey Graham’s cellphone number on a piece of paper and showed it to everybody, Graham said he’s getting a new phone. Which explains Lindsey Graham’s latest campaign slogan, “New phone, who dis?” – Jimmy Fallon

Basically raw sewage.

– A marine biologist’s conclusion regarding the water where athletes will be competing at the 2016 Rio Olympics

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It was in one piece, scratched a bit on the corners but it still worked.

- Ben Wilson of Texas talking about his iPhone which fell out of his plane 9,300 feet, after he recovered it using a phone finder app

Sony Pictures Animation won a three-studio bidding war for a movie starring emojis. It’s a nearly seven-figure deal that sold off a pitch — which, for those not familiar with showbiz lingo, means someone went into a meeting with executives and said, “You know those pictures people send each other? Let’s make a movie about them.” And walked out of the office with a million bucks.

– Jimmy Kimmel

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Hillary also said today that her greatest strength is her passionate commitment to helping people. For instance, there was that time in 2008 when she helped a young black man from Chicago become president.

- Seth Myers

If I go down to see President Obama, the right begins to wonder what I’m up to. The left begins to wonder what the president is up to. The president has suggested, “Hey, do you think it is too much trouble to play golf again?” and I have to look at him and say, “Yes, because everybody gets bent out of shape worried about what we are up to, when all we are really want to do is just play golf.”

- Speaker of the House Rep. John Boehner (R-OH) in an interview with the Gold Channel. (Just in case you are wondering—yes, he did cry in the interview)

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Chris Christie attended the Italian-American Heritage Festival street fair in Iowa this weekend, where they celebrated Italian culture and Italian food. The street fair involved two of Christie’s favorite pastimes – eating and shutting down traffic. It’s a combo platter.

– Jimmy Fallon

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The French-language Scrabble championship was won this week by a New Zealand man who does not speak French. Of course, in French Scrabble, you win by flipping over the board and going outside for a cigarette.

– Seth Myers

We’re in the middle of a heat wave here in New York City, and temperatures are supposed to be in the 90s for the next several days. In fact, Donald Trump was so mad about the weather, he actually gave away Al Roker’s personal phone number.

– Jimmy Fallon

She is constantly ducking and weaving to avoid getting hit by foul balls or shattered bats.

- Claim made in a federal lawsuit against Major League Baseball on behalf of Gail Payne, an Oakland Athletics season ticket holder who wants more safety netting at ballparks

Exchange between Sec. of State Kerry and Congressman Morris Brooks at a recent Congressional hearing about the Iran deal

Mr. Brooks: Well, do you believe that Iran is the world’s foremost sponsor of terrorism?

Secretary Kerry: Yes. Mr. Brooks: And that they will use the conventional weapons made available by the Iran nuclear treaty to kill Americans or Israelis?

Let no one be mistaken, Donald Trump’s candidacy is a cancer on conservatism, and it must be clearly diagnosed, excised and discarded.

- 2016 Republican candidate and former Texas Gov. Rick Perry Presidential hopeful Rick Perry yesterday accused Donald Trump of “demagoguery,” and said that he must be “excised and discarded.” So one thing is clear: somebody got Rick Perry a word-of-the-day calendar.

- Seth Myers

A new poll also shows that a majority of people in Colorado think Hillary Clinton is not trustworthy.

Although, that’s not saying much coming from the most paranoid state in America.

“Hillary Clinton? She’s a cop?”

- Jimmy Fallon

A former Iowa lottery official was found guilty yesterday of rigging a computerized “Hot Lotto” game so he could win a $14 million jackpot. He now faces up to 5, 12, 14, 20, or 25 years in prison.

– Seth Myers

Secretary Kerry: Well, they may, they may.

Of course all lives matter. I don’t want to get into it, it’s so silly.

- 2016 Republican candidate Ben Carson, who is African-American, when asked about the “Black lives matter” slogan on Meet the Press OK, you know what ma’am?

You could deal with it yourself. I’m not going to deal with this, OK? - A New Mexico 911 dispatcher to a caller whose friend was shot and killed after he was unable to get her to calm down so that he can get information from her, resulting in his firing

Cheaters Look Up. - A banner flown over the New England Patriots facility on their first day of practice

This was bigger than me. It raises existential questions far weightier than how much I’d miss Sonia and whether I remembered who our plumber was or knew where she kept all the passwords.

- Jason Stanford of Virginia, writing about his wife’s controversial decision to join a one-way mission to Mars in 2026 to live there for 12 years Stephen Hawking, Elon Musk, and Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak were a part of a group of scientists that issued a warning to all of humanity that recent breakthroughs in artificial intelligence will one day lead to killer robots. Just to be clear, when I say killer robots, I don’t mean like, “Killer robots, dude.” I mean robots that will kill you.

– James Cordon

I actually think I’m a pretty good president. I think if I ran, I could win. But I can’t.

So there’s a lot that I’d like to do to keep America moving, but the law is the law.

- President Obama during a speech to the African Union

Donald Trump’s not backing down. Yesterday he said he doesn’t need to be lectured by the other Republican candidates, who he says have no business running for president. Not to be confused with Donald Trump, who ran for president and now has no business.

- Jimmy Fallon

I suspect that some of my critics back home are suggesting that I’m back here to look for my birth certificate. That is not the case.

- President Obama joking during a state dinner in Kenya

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A GOP Led By Trump Will Fail — and Deserve It eral than President Obama). Before ambition revised his views, Trump was far to the left of, say, Jeb Bush, or even Jon Huntsman. So Trump’s candidacy can’t primarily be about ideological purification.

Trump, we have someone who scares and humiliates the elite, exactly as they deserve.

I’m not sure how a divide this deep can be bridged. But here is what I know: I know that incivility is immoral and

Republicans should stand for responsible reform, not reckless populism.

Trump’s appeal is pure style. His emptiness makes him a perfect vehicle for rage. He is angry about everything that makes you angry – because that is why he chose his views. He is a megaphone of resentment against elites and foreigners who are ruining our country, taking our jobs, hurting our women or eating our lunch. And he promises to fix it all. ”I don’t care what his actual positions are,” says supporter Mark Cuban, owner of the Dallas Mavericks. “I don’t care if he says the wrong thing. He says what’s on his mind. He gives honest answers rather than prepared answers.”

This is the cult of spontaneity taken to its logical conclusion. In choosing a president, policy positions are held to be irrelevant. Only authenticity matters. And Trump, who has changed his entire political worldview to capture the political moment, represents the brand of authenticity. Whatever his opinions, he delivers a very genuine opinion.

The Trump candidacy has revealed a huge attitudinal division in American life. Some of us have found it appalling that he should gain any traction in presidential politics. It seems as if World Wrestling Entertainment has conducted a hostile takeover of CNN. But there are plenty of people I know who have a totally different reaction. They are puzzled by my complacency. The ruling elites stood by as Obama transformed America. The Republican Party’s feckless leaders could have won the funding showdown. They could have overturned Obamacare. In

dangerous to democracy. People of faith in particular are called to speak and act on the assumption of shared human dignity. This does not rule out vigorous disagreement, but it forbids the cultivation of contempt and the issuing of threats.

I know that Trump is encouraging political fantasies. He is not preparing

people for difficult choices, on, say, entitlements; he is assuring them that our problems could be easily solved if elites were not so corrupt. And he is wrong.

Our problems are not easy.

And I know that the success of Trump would be the downfall of the GOP. Any party captured by rage and resentment will fail, and deserve it. Republicans should stand for responsible reform, not reckless populism.

During the Revolutionary War, according to historian Ron Chernow, George Washington had two officers review all of his speeches and much of his correspondence to make sure he avoided hasty language and off-the-cuff enthusiasm. The distance from Washington to Trump is not merely change  but descent. (c) 2015, Washington Post Writers Group

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pettiness, egotism and bombast in any historical context is difficult. Imagine Abraham Lincoln making fun of Stephen Douglas’ height (he was 5-feet-4) and handing out his opponent’s private telegraph address.

Trump’s success is clarifying about the nature of the populism we are seeing. If he leads the revolt, it has little to do with constitutionalism or limited government. Trump is a recent heretic on nearly every issue important to conservatives, from taxes (raise them on the rich) to immigration (Mitt Romney was too harsh) to health care (more lib-

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t this point in the 2016 presidential campaign, the noble, elusive stag of political rhetoric is pretty much road kill.

This judgment is unfair to a few candidates – Rick Perry, Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio come to mind – delivering thoughtful speeches. But in portions of the Republican field, the normal limits of civility have been crossed and recrossed in the relentless search for viral attention. Mike Huckabee compared the sitting president to a Nazi prison camp guard. Ted Cruz accused the Senate majority leader of being a liar. Donald Trump, well, opens his mouth. His opponents are invariably “clowns” and “stupid” and physically ugly. He mocks a war hero and reveals the cellphone number of another candidate.

In the current practice of populism, spontaneous expressions of anger and outrage are considered the most authentic form of communication. Apologies are for wimps. “Doubling down” is the trademarked motto of the 2016 campaign.

American elections have never been a stroll in the park. But attempting to put Trump’s hot mess of abuse,

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ike Huckabee, it appears, is a very foolish man. He has criticized President Obama’s Iran deal.

Much of America’s media is outraged. But the former governor has not only offended the Left’s doctrine of P.O.I.—President Obama’s Infallibility—he has gone much further ... much, much further. He has actually (disbelief, shock horror and deep intakes of breath) suggested that the Iran deal threatens Israel with a second Holocaust.

Last week, Mr. Huckabee said President Barack Obama was marching Israelis “to the door of the oven,” a clear reference to the Nazi death camps.

This was too much for some in the Jewish community.

Deborah Wasserman-Schultz, a U.S. Representative for the state of Florida who chairs the Democratic National Committee, said “cavalier analogies” to the Holocaust were unacceptable and went onto demand, “Mike Huckabee must apologize to the Jewish community and to the American people for this grossly irresponsible

statement.”

Actually, Ms. Wasserman-Schultz, allow me to ask: who elected you to be the spokesperson for the Jewish community? If no one did, it is you who should offer an apology to the community you have no right to speak for and whose many varied views you seem abysmally ignorant of, or appallingly cavalier in appropriating for your political agenda.

I offer no criticism about Wasserman-Schultz’s work in the House or in representing her distinct. A look at

Congress.gov shows that since arriving in D.C. in 2005, she has been busy sponsoring or co-sponsoring 1,886 pieces of legislation.

A cursory glance shows that she is concerned about a whole range of issues. These range from women’s issues, equality issues and protecting youth from tobacco to expressing the sense of the House of Representatives on Nelson Mandela International Day. Not many of her bills actually became law, although the ones that have show her talent for getting government buildings (particularly post offices) renamed. Her Jewish/Israel record shows her concern about European anti-Semitism and that she is against academic boycotts of Israelis as well as Hamas using human shields.

None of this, however worthy, gives her the authority to speak for the Jewish community of the United States.

Yet, Ms. Wasserman-Schultz’s hubris is nothing compared to that of the Anti-Defamation League. On their website they write: The Anti-Defamation League was founded in 1913 “to stop the defamation of the Jewish people and to secure justice and fair treatment to all.”

These are good and noble goals. A lot, though, has changed since 1913 and that much is very clear with the recent appointment of sixth national director, Jonathan Greenblatt.

I will allow him to briefly introduce himself, “After years as an entrepreneur, starting and scaling companies, I was asked by President Obama to join his team at the White House and lead the Administration’s efforts to use social innovation...Then, I got the call. Would I be interested in being considered to lead the ADL?” He was and seems eminently qualified to carry on the traditions of the ADL’s more recent history. His predecessor, Abe Foxman, caused huge upset when he weighed in on the controversy over former Ambassa-

dor Michael Oren’s book. It alleges a profound anti-Israel bias enjoyed by members of the Obama administration and the president himself. Oren violated “President Obama Infallibility”!

Foxman wrote that the book “veers into the realm of conspiracy theories, and with an element of amateur psychoanalysis, he links U.S. policies in the Middle East to the president’s personal history of having a Muslim father.”

When Mr. Huckabee said President Barack Obama was marching Israelis “to the door of the oven,” this was once more too much for the ADL and Jonathan Greenblatt.

On July 26, Greenblatt issued a press release which began: “ADL Sharply Criticizes Huckabee Comment.”

He continued, “Comments such as those by Mike Huckabee suggesting the president is leading Israel to another Holocaust are completely out of line and unacceptable.”

Well, Mr. Greenblatt, allow me to ask you too: who elected you to be the spokesperson for the Jewish community?

Certainly if you look at the reaction on the ADL’s Facebook page, you will see almost no agreement with Mr. Greenblatt’s support of his old boss.

Instead there is a lot of real Jewish anger at his arrogance. Someone wrote, “The ADL is now part of the useless J-Street movement. It does the same thing better, and as such the ADL can close its doors. It is a waste of money.”

Too many Jewish organizations throughout the Diaspora appropriate for themselves a position of leadership or spokesperson for the community.

Too often there are no checks and balances and no democratic mandate from the people they blithely claim to speak for. They exist largely unnoticed or rely on people’s acceptance of “good

and noble goals” from their past. They assume that people will not pay too much attention to the fact they have now moved very far away from “good and noble.” They start pontificating on behalf of those who discover too late that their representation and advo-

cacy has been pirated by people with names like Foxman or Greenblatt.

I wrote to the press office of the ADL asking for information about their structure, governance and voting procedures citing my freelance BBC credentials and received the expected answer and response: silence.

I would have written to Ms. Wasserman-Schultz but her website states that she cannot respond to people who live outside her district. That makes perfect sense. She can, after all, only speak on behalf of those who voted her to speak for them.

No response and no democratic credentials from the ADL. No credentials to speak on behalf of the U.S. Jewish community from Ms. Wasserman-Schultz.

So to both of you allow me to repeat: who elected you to be the spokesperson for the Jewish community?

If no one did, it is you who should offer an apology to the community you have no right to speak for and whose many varied views you seem abysmally ignorant of, or worse, appallingly cavalier in appropriating for your political agenda.

Sorry, Debbie and Jonathan, but not in my name! 

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by Chef Jeff Nathan, Abigael’s

INGREDIENTS Mango Salsa 2 ripe mangoes, pitted, peeled, and cut into thin matchsticks 1 small red bell pepper, seeds & ribs discarded, cut into thin matchsticks 1 small green bell pepper, seeds & ribs discarded, cut into thin matchsticks 3 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro ½ jalapeño, seeds and ribs discarded, finely chopped ¼ cup fresh lime juice Kosher salt and freshly ground Black pepper to taste

Grilled Chicken

DIRECTIONS To make the salsa, combine all of the ingredients and season with the salt and pepper. Cover and refrigerate for at least 2 hours and up to 8 hours.

Build a charcoal fire on one side of an outdoor grill and let burn until the coals are covered with white ash. For a gas grill, preheat on high. Keep one burner on high, and turn the other burner to low. Lightly oil the grill grate.

Lightly season the breasts with pepper. Place the chicken over the coals (or on the high burner of the gas grill) and cover the grill. Cook until sear marks form on the undersides of the breasts, about 2 minutes. Turn and repeat on the other side, about 2 minutes. Move the chickens to the side of the grill without the coals (or to the low burner on the gas grill) and cover the grill. Continue cooking until the chicken feels firm when pressed in the thickest part, about 12 minutes.

Heap equal amounts of the salad on four dinner plates. Top each with a chicken breast, then a large spoon of the salsa. Serve immediately with the lime wedges.

Four 7-ounce skinless and boneless chicken breasts ¼ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper 8 ounces mixed field greens Lime wedges, for serving

This recipe was reprinted from the 2015 Edition of Great Kosher Restaurants Magazine.

Elan Kornblum, a.k.a. “The Restaurant Guy,” is the publisher of Great Kosher Restaurants International Magazine and its accompanying website www.gkrm.net. The 2015 edition, available on www.GreatKosherDeals.com, has 256 glossy pages and provides a visual description with menus to over 200 top kosher restaurants alongside 400 stunning high resolution color photos. Kornblum’s top ranked website, award-winning newsletter, comprehensive app and hugely popular Facebook Foodies page makes sure everyone is up to date on the latest restaurant news.

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Sauce » ½ cup chicken or vegetable stock » 3 tablespoons soy sauce » ¼ cup honey » 1 tablespoon rice vinegar » 1 tablespoon cooking sherry wine » 1 tablespoon cornstarch Stir Fry » 4 garlic cloves, sliced thinly » 1 tablespoon grated ginger » ¼-½ teaspoon dried chili flakes » 3 tablespoons sesame oil » 2 lbs. of mixed mushrooms (oyster, crimini, button, shitake), chopped or quartered » 1-1/2 cups of snow peas or snap peas, de-stringed » 8 scallions, chopped » Toasted sesame seeds (optional)

Directions Make the glaze by whisking together the stock, honey, and soy sauce in a bowl and set aside. Make the sauce by whisking together the stock, soy sauce, honey, rice vinegar, cooking wine or sherry, and the cornstarch in a bowl and set that aside as well.

Place 1 tablespoon of oil in a large skillet or a wok over high heat. When the oil is glistening and a bead of water evaporates in under a second, add the mushrooms and toss. Allow the mushrooms to cook for a few minutes and then add the glaze. Allow the glaze to boil off, stirring occasionally, about 5-6 minutes. When barely any more liquid remains, take the mushrooms off the heat and set them aside in a bowl.

Reduce the heat to medium and add the remaining 2 tablespoons of oil. Add the garlic, ginger, and chilies and cook until fragrant, about 30 seconds.

Add the snow peas and scallions and toss for about

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Sweet and SpiCy MuSHrooM Stir Fry Ingredients Glaze » ¼ cup chicken or vegetable stock » 1 tablespoon honey » 1 teaspoon soy sauce

30 more seconds.

Increase heat to high. Add the sauce and allow the mixture to come to a boil. The sauce will thicken considerably. Add the mushrooms back to the mixture and cook for about 20 more seconds. Take off the heat. Serve over rice and garnish with sesame seeds.

aSian BeeF witH Snow peaS Ingredients » 3 tablespoons soy sauce » 2 tablespoons rice wine » 1 tablespoon brown sugar » ½ teaspoon cornstarch » 1 tablespoon vegetable oil » 1 tablespoon minced fresh ginger root » 1 tablespoon minced garlic » 1 pound pepper steak, cut into thin strips » 8 ounces snow peas

Honey CHiCken Stir Fry Ingredients » 1 pound chicken cutlets, cut into 1 inch pieces » 1 garlic clove, minced » 3 teaspoons olive oil, divided » 3 tablespoons honey » 2 tablespoons reduced-sodium soy sauce » 1/8 teaspoon salt » 1/8 teaspoon pepper » 1 (16 ounce) package frozen broccoli/ stir fry vegetable blend » 2 teaspoons cornstarch » 1 tablespoon cold water » Rice, cooked

Directions In a large nonstick skillet or wok, stir fry chicken and garlic in 2 teaspoons oil. Add the honey, soy sauce, salt and pepper. Cook and stir until chicken is lightly browned and juices run clear. Remove and keep warm.

In the same pan, stir fry the vegetables in remaining oil for 4-5 minutes or until heated through. Return chicken to the pan; mix well. Combine cornstarch and cold water until smooth; stir into chicken mixture.

Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 1 minute or until thickened. Serve over rice.

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Directions In a small bowl, combine the soy sauce, rice wine, brown sugar and cornstarch. Set aside.

Heat oil in a wok or skillet over medium high heat.

Stir fry ginger and garlic for 30 seconds. Add the steak and stir fry for 2 minutes or until evenly browned. Add the snow peas and stir fry for an additional 3 minutes.

Add the soy sauce mixture, bring to a boil, stirring constantly. Lower heat and simmer until the sauce is thick and smooth.

Serve immediately over rice or noodles.

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For Sale in Far Rockaway on Minton St. Ready to move in house for sale Three bedrooms two bathrooms.

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CEDARHURST: Large 5BR, 4 Full Bath Brick CH Colonial On Quiet Block, Lr W/Fplc, Formal DR, Lg Eik, Den, Finished Basement, Heated IG-Pool, Prime Location...$1.099M Call Carol Braunstein (516) 295-3000 www.pugatch.com

CEDARHURST: 500-3000 +/- SF Professional Office Space Available in The Heart of Cedarhurst, For Lease...Call for More Details (516) 295-3000 www.pugatch.com

CEDARHURST 500-3,500 +/- SF Beautiful, newly renovated space for rent. Ideal for Retail or Executive offices. Prime location. Convenient Parking.

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INWOOD 2 BEDROOM APT. FOR RENT Sheridan blvd /Solomon Av. with private parking. Call for info 212-470-3856 Yochi @ WinZone Realty

NORTH WOODMERE: JUST LISTED – Lovely 4BR, 3 Full Bath Hi-Ranch In SD#14, Eik W/Island, Dining Rm, Den, Vinyl Heated IG-Pool…$549K Call Carol Braunstein (516) 295-3000 www.pugatch.com WOODMERE: Spectacular All Renovated 6BR, 3 Bath CH Colonial, Custom Granite Eik, FDR, 2 Dens, Fireplace, Luxury MBR Suite, Rear Patio, SD#14...$1.1M Call Carol Braunstein (516) 295-3000 www.pugatch.com

989 EAST BROADWAY - BEAUTIFULLY DESIGNED, ONE OF A KIND HOME IN OLD WOODMERE 4 B/R, 2.5BA Cape. Approx. 2420 sqft of living space nestled on 9167 sqft of beautifully landscaped property. Located in Old Woodmere, HewlettWoodmere school district. Attached 1 car garage, enclosed front porch, deck, 3 working fireplaces, custom cabinetry and built-ins throughout. Partial basement and attic, CAC, IG sprinklers, lovely yard. Low taxes. Walk to Worship. Walk to transportation. Asking price $699K Contact Mike 516-509-7489 FAR ROCKAWAY HOME FOR SALE BY OWNER No brokerage involved. Very well maintained home in the desirable heart of Far Rockaway.

Semi attached, 3 bedrooms on second floor. One and a half baths. Eat- in kitchen, well-appointed private study (can be turned into additional bedroom). Has a yard and driveway. Move in condition. Close to all shuls. Asking 570k. Please reply to smiledoc102@yahoo.com

HEWLETT - FOR SALE BY OWNER High Ranch in SD#14 No basement - no water damage - EVER! 5 bedrooms; 2 1/2 baths; large den / play room (23’x20’) deck off spacious Kosher kitchen Formal dining room flowing into large living room with Anderson bow window 10 closets; new Central A/C; new water heater; new roof 2-car garage; huge fenced-in back yard Oversized lot - 6,720 sq ft Low taxes Walk to LIRR, YOSS, Aish, YIW, YG5T Priced to sell (making aliyah) (516) 569-0755

COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT PROPERTY FOR SALE INWOOD Commercial mixed use building + Lot. Private parking, corner property, high traffic area 1st floor offices, 2nd floor: 2 Apts. Asking 849k.

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EAST ROCKAWAY: 1,520-6,260 +/- SF Retail Spaces With Basement, Busy Location on Main Street, For Lease...Call Ian for More Details (516) 295-3000 www.pugatch.com EAST ROCKAWAY: 1,400 +/- SF Professional Suite in Free Standing Bldg W/Full Basement & Parking, Three Private Offices, Close to LIRR, For Lease...Call Arthur for More Details (516) 295-3000 www.pugatch.com

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OCEANSIDE: Mixed Use Multi-Tenant Commercial Building, Great Location, For Sale…Call Randy for More Details (516) 295-3000 www.pugatch.com WOODMERE: Follow the Leader to Woodmere, Now Is The Time To Act!!! No Metered Parking, Various Spaces Available, For Sale/Lease...

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REAL ESTATE FOR RENT FAR ROCKAWAY (CENTRAL LOCATION ) 2 bedroom Apartment in Ideal for young couple or 2-3 Shomer Shabbos girls Heat and hot water included in rent Special Discount for Kollel and Yeshiva students Please call 516-225-4558

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Fully renovated, single-family Cape Cod 4BR, 2 full BA, kosher kitchen, full finished BSMT, garage, big lot. Call Melissa @ 347-757-0224 $399K

4 Houses. Brnd New Const. 4 flrs. 5BR, 3 full bths Condo rental in FR - 4BR/ 1 full bath + 2 half bths. EIK, LR/DR, den area off kit. Lndry and 2 1/2 baths, BSMT, W/D, yard. $2,300/month on 2nd flr. Full bsmnt w/ half bth. 4th flr has prvte brs and bth. Prvte drvwy. Call Chaya Moller for a showing. 516-506-3347 $625K

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Doctors office for rent in Far Rockaway. Reception, waiting area, 2 exam rms, 1 lab, kit. & prvt bth. Call Kathy 917-306-1610

1261 Central Ave., Far Rockaway 1,2 & 3 Bdrm apt available.

Renovated kit. & bth. Starting at $1,220

1-2 Rm offices available all utilities & internet included. Varied locations & pricing. Ask for Sherri.

Hicksville Rd. Location Renovated 3 Bdrm, 2 Bth, asking $2,400 1334 Caffrey 1 & 2 Bdrm apts. Ask for Sherri.

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NORTH WOODMERE: Move Right Into This Lovely Ranch In SD#14, 3BR, 2 Full Baths, Eik, FDR, Den W/Fplc, Huge Finished Bsmt, Low Taxes, Must See…$499K Call Carol Braunstein (516) 295-3000 www.pugatch.com

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TJH Classifieds REAL ESTATE FOR RENT 2 & 3 bedroom. Newly renovated, Washer and dryer hook up. Granite countertops.

On Seagirt Avenue More info call or text 917-602-2914 4 BEDROOM, 3 BATHROOM SINGLE FAMILY CONDO $2,400 / MONTH Newly renovated, newly refinished hardwood floors throughout entire house, living room, dining room, large eat in kitchen with pantry, lots of windows, new porcelain flooring, laundry room with washer / dryer, garage, backyard with space for sukkah, access to communal pool, Central Air/ heat, parking space, Near Darchei and beach.

Call / txt 323-314-8773 or email rivkalock@gmail.com

HELP WANTED

DUE TO EXPANSION, TORAH ACADEMY FOR GIRLS IN FAR ROCKAWAY IS SEEKING TO FILL THE FOLLOWING POSITIONS. • Pre-School & Elementary School Assistants • Elementary General Studies: qualified, experienced teacher for fifth grade and a gym teacher for 5th grade; • Junior High General Studies: qualified, experienced teacher, 6th grade, Language Arts & Social Studies Please fax resume to 718-868-4612 or email mweitman@tagschools.org

Seeking a warm, capable Preschool Teacher for Preschool in Port Washington (near Great Neck) Good pay, beautiful facility and atmosphere. Please email your resume sara@chabadpw.org

Assistant Morah Looking for seminary graduate to work as loving assistant Morah in Far Rockaway playgroup Hours are 9-3 (12:00 Friday) Good pay, vacation, and sick days For more information, please email dose1120@aol.com.

LOOKING FOR A REGISTERED NURSE to work part time (3 hrs/wk) with adults who have developmental disabilities. Strong health assessment skills needed. Current NYS RN license and a minimum of 2 years of post graduate hospital experience required Contact OHEL Bais Ezra 718-686-3102 or email resume to resumes@ohelfamily.org to apply.

Due to expanding enrollment…

Teachers, reading specialists, rebbe needed for growing elementary school in Flatbush. Experience is necessary! AM and PM hours available. send your resume to: info.pathwaystudycenter@gmail.com AND call: 718 887-6030 Male JHS Science teacher for Sept. ‘15. M-Th afternoons 5 Towns area boys’ school Email candidateteacher@gmail.com

Yeshiva Ketana of Long Island seeks warm, energetic and reliable assistant for full time preschool position.

Please email resume to office@ykli.org Local 5towns school seeking asst teachers for the pm. Please send an email toyeshivalooking@gmail.com

For Sale: Toyota Avalon XLS 2007 only 58k miles!! Runs beautifully. Upgraded premium JBL audio, heated leather, 12 speakers.

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Looking for donation of car or minivan in good running condition.

Tax exempt receipt available for full market value. Please call 347-342-8196 Discounted tickets to Six Flags Great Adventure Theme Park And Safari Valid for any operating day for only $40 Contact Yehoshua @ 917- 923-0011 YNM/5towns Sheital Gemach is in desperate need of wig donations.

Anyone who has wigs/falls they no longer need- There are many women who you can make very happy. Tizku l’mitzvos!

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CATAPULT LEARNING Teachers for Title I in Boro Park and Williamsburg Chassidic boys schools *College/Yeshiva Degree Required *Strong desire to help children learn *Excellent organizational skills *Small group instruction*Competitive salary Email resume: nyteachers@catapultlearning.com Fax# (718) 381-3493

JHS Math teacher, male, for Sept. ‘15.

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reached my hand up and tried to snatch it from the sky—that cottony billow of white, downy softness etched in the distance. The blueness was too perfect to have even one cloud interrupt its expanse! The sun was shining as bright and crystal clear as the glaze of the ocean reflected in that alluring streak from the twilight glow of a full moon. The day could not have been more perfect.

More perfectly oppressive that is!

Whatever was I thinking—deciding to take a long walk to the beach with my husband?

“Let’s walk to the beach,” I declared, “we won’t have to worry about parking the car.” What in the world were my priorities? Shouldn’t worrying about breathing have come first?!

We were out there huffing and puffing and that was just rounding the corner from our driveway. Yet undaunted, with a trusty water bottle—whoops, bottles—in hand we were off for our brisk Sunday morning stroll.

Half the neighborhood passed by us on their bikes as if to say, hint, this is a day to get there and back fast – but absolutely no lightbulb moment for us, we just kept truckin’!

Ahead of us was that uphill trek to ascend the Atlantic Beach Bridge. No problem, I thought, I did it a hundred times before. What eluded me was that was a different hundred. This was a hundred degree heat. Drip, drip, drip…ahh, some nice refreshing rain. Oh no, that’s coming from the head towering over mine or was it mine? Either way it was not external relief.

“We can do this.” The beach is just the other side of the bridge. Just put one foot in front of the other. Novel advice! Like how was I walking till now – sideways?

Alas, there it is – the boardwalk.

That trusty bastion of breezes and soft resistance. Just don’t forget to touch the

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calling the Practitioner Priority Service line. Surely they get better service, right? Not so much. The IRS answered just 45% of those calls, with an average hold time of 3/4 of an hour.

Where do all those unanswered calls go? Here’s a clue: the number of “courtesy disconnects” jumped from 544,000 last year to 8.8 million this year. “Courtesy disconnect” is the ironic term the IRS uses when the phone lines get so jammed there’s no hope you’ll ever reach an actual human being anyway — so the system just says “peace out” and hangs up on you.

Why are things so miserable?

The problem, of course, is money. The IRS budget is down 17% (adjusted for inflation) from 2010. Yet even as Congress has gleefully slashed funding for everyone’s least-favorite agency; they’ve stuck the IRS with the responsibility of riding shotgun over big chunks of both the Affordable Care Act and the new “FATCA” rules designed to sniff out hidden offshore accounts. The end result is a “customer service” experience that makes a trip to the DMV look like a beach vacation.

If you’ve never gotten a dreaded “CP-2000” notice, you might not see the connection between IRS “service” and what we do. But here it is, in a nutshell: the sort of tax planning we offer doesn’t just save you money, it helps protect you from IRS bureaucracy to save you time. So make sure you’ve got a plan in place before you file your next return!

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Click! ina Olson is the most important person you’ve never heard of at the IRS. She’s the “National Taxpayer Advocate,” and she heads up an organization created to cut through the red tape when the Service can’t get the job done itself. If you’re stuck between cogs in the IRS machine, Olson and her staff of 1,400 Case Advocates are poised to pull you out. She’s like the Lorax, except she speaks for the taxpayer instead of the trees.

Last week, Olson released her mid-year report to Congress. It’s hundreds of pages long, full of dense bureaucratese and government jargon, all leading to one inescapable (and rhyming) conclusion: the IRS is a mess.

Olson likened the situation to Charles Dickens’ Tale of Two Cities. “For the majority of taxpayers who filed their returns and did not need IRS assistance,” she writes, “the filing season was generally successful. For the segment of taxpayers who required help from the IRS, the filing season was by far the worst in memory.”

Take a look at some of the “customer service” statistics Olson revealed, and you’ll see why we put the term “customer service” in quotes: • The IRS answered just 37% of the phone calls taxpayers made to customer service representatives, with an average hold time of more than half an hour. That’s down from 71% for the 2014 filing season.

• Olson’s own unit did barely better, answering just 39% of calls made to the National Taxpayer Advocate Toll-Free Hotline. (Hint: a tollfree number won’t save taxpayers much money — and really, it isn’t much of a “hotline” — if nobody answers the phone!)

• Tax professionals have always been able to “cut the line” by

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rail at the end, or none of the walking counts!

But first, as you complete the approach ramp up to the boardwalk grab that bench dead ahead. Sit a little. Fake it like you’re admiring the ocean but really try to revive yourselves a bit.

Listen, winter was long. To be honest this heat was much desired and anticipated. Its’s the wave we can do without.

A few people jog by. Perhaps I should say, slouch by. I’d say – if it seems like I didn’t read the memo on it being too hot for a walk, they entirely ignored the whole book. They are drooping so low as they run, their chins are collecting splinters.

Nonetheless, it looks like they committed to a jog, and come heck or high water they’re going to get it done. And both consequences seem possible in their case.

Make no mistake: We don’t want the summer to leave us. We have waited too long for its arrival. We all just want a little more of a breeze, or alternatively, a little more of a brain, about how and when to weather this weather best!

So, splash on the lotion generously, splash in some water, too, and most importantly, stay your cool self and find the best way to enjoy each day of the summer.

What eluded me was that was a different hundred. This was a hundred degree heat.

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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