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few weeks ago, my sister gifted me with a subscription to the Wall Street Journal. She was tired of the paper collecting water from her sprinklers at the end of her driveway and decided it would be more useful to me. Truthfully, I don’t necessarily have time during the week to read newspapers (believe it or not!) but over the weekend, it’s a pleasure to relax, hold something tangible, and read. An article published in last weekend’s edition caught my eye: “Why American Students Need Chinese Schools.” It was written by Lenora Chu, who lives in Shanghai with her family. Her two children go to Chinese schools. At first, Lenora was shocked by some of the practices that are de rigueur in Chinese education. But then she came to realize that there is a lot to learn from Chinese teachers and the school system in China. In China, Lenora writes, the teacher is almost on the same level as the family’s doctor. There is no questioning the teacher – not in the classroom or at home. As such, there are no disciplinary problems in China. All students listen obediently to what is being taught. And with no fights to break up or impudence to attend to, teachers are really able to teach – and children are really able to learn. Americans, on the other hand, are trained to question everything. At home, parents listen to their children’s complaints about their teacher and then march over to the teacher to submit their own grievances. But what if we just let the teacher teach? What if children knew that the teacher is the final authority in the class-

room? Yes, the Chinese way is way too draconian. But the American system hasn’t be leading to great academic achievement either. Another point that Ms. Chu brought up gave me a new perspective. She wrote that in Chinese schools “hard work trumps innate talent when it comes to academics.” In China, the consensus is that everyone can excel at math or science or history. The key is perseverance and dedication. With this attitude, children are taught to practice again and again – and then again. Teachers stay after school to help the students who aren’t up to par. But they know that they can do it – and they will do it, with enough effort. In the U.S., the general thought is that learning is innate; some people are just “smarter” than others. But that’s not necessarily true, Chu says. Just as we push our children – and ourselves – when it comes to sports (how many of us were able to score the first time we picked up a basketball?), we should learn from the Chinese and push our children and ourselves when it comes to academics as well. It’s the start of the school year. If we show our children that we know that they can excel, they will. Some of them may need a little extra time practicing spelling, others may need to do many, many math examples before grasping that particular concept, but once they master their studies, the sweetness of their accomplishments will be oh-so satisfying. Wishing you a wonderful week, Shoshana

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Contents LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

COMMUNITY Readers’ Poll Community Happenings

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Dear Editor, Several months ago in your note to readers you wrote about how it would be a good exercise in middos to try and be cognizant of being a nicer driver. You urged readers to consider allowing vehicles to turn in front of them at times, etc. I have to say, I took your message to heart. And I was deeply disappointed. Why? Because, without exaggeration, nine out of ten times that I let vehicles turn in front of me, the

PEOPLE Jack Martins Talks about Ethics, Assessments and Israel What’s in a Statue or a Plaque or a Ship? by Avi Heiligman

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PARSHA Rabbi Wein

A Backstage Pass to Divine Service by Rav Moshe Weinberger

JEWISH THOUGHT Impossible? Impossible! by Eytan Kobre

That’s Just Grate by Rabbi Jonathan Gewirtz

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people don’t have the decency to even wave their hand and acknowledge my little act of kindness. The sad thing is that I am not so sure this would be the case in most places. I’m not, chas v’shalom, trying to disparage our entire community – trust me, I’m a mother and I know that even while driving you can be in the middle of ten different things. But when I let your car make a right turn from a side street and let you go in front of me, let’s say by Central Avenue, for example, it may very well cost me a few minutes of my time as I may then get stuck by an extra red light and get home a few minutes later...to cool my kid’s dinner or run to a bar mitzvah, or to help my kids with homework. Again, I’m not trying to sound petty and I don’t think letting someone turn in front of me makes me the paradigm of chessed, but would it hurt the other driver to just wave their hand, to give a thank you gesture? How much effort does THAT take? Now, you may think this is a silly letter and I held off on writing it for many weeks, but once I began focusing on it, I realized that it is really crazy that literally 90% of people Continued on page 12

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While Trump Takes the Shots, Tillerson Runs the Offense by David Ignatius 117 CLASSIFIEDS

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seem to have this “kumt tzu mir” attitude and won’t even reciprocate a random act of kindness with a simple acknowledgment gesture. So, all you drivers out there: Our neighborhood is certainly congested; we are all in a rush; try to be courteous of others and practice small acts of kindness by letting vehicles pass in front of you. But, even if you are not willing to be courteous of others, when others are courteous of you, just acknowledge it with a quick wave of the hand...in a small way, it will make our community a nicer place. A Reader

Dear Editor, I can’t help but notice that your quotes page rarely ever has any quotes which are critical of Trump. Perhaps you think that everyone in our community supports him, but that is not the case. And, besides, if you are so confident in him, why are you scared of putting in criticism of him? Stephen Colbert often has laugh-out-loud lines about him, why don’t you put those in ever? Even if you want to be proTrump, isn’t balance important? Sincerely, D.Levin

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Dear Editor, I read your article on United Hatzalah recently with interest – and I was amazed by the chessed that takes place daily in our Holy Land. Yes, we have Hatzalah here for our community – and each volunteer is selfless in the chessed that he does every day. But this organization is a chessed organization across an entire country! Any person – man or woman – who volunteers knows that they will be notified at any moment, anywhere they are, and will be able to run and help those in need. What a zechus! I hope that Hashem is gazing down at His people and seeing how we join together to help our brothers and sisters. I hope He is, k’viyachol, “shepping nachas” from Klal Yisroel. May all of Klal Yisroel be benched with a wonderful, sweet new year. Chani Sherman

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The Week In News

Earthquake Rocks Mexico

While the U.S. was busy dealing with its own natural disasters, Mexico suffered a powerful earthquake last week that left at least 96 people dead. Measuring 8.1 on the Richter scale, it is regarded as the area’s most powerful earthquake in the last 80 years. The crushing force tore through buildings and caused devastating damage. The effects of the quake are expected to be felt as far away as Southeast Asia. The areas mostly affected were poor southern states, Oaxaca and Chiapas. The tremor was felt strongly in Guatemala and El Salvador as well, but Mexico City’s Oaxacan town of Juchitan bore the brunt of the disaster. The town was reduced to rubble when parts of the town hall, a hotel, a church, a bar and many other buildings collapsed. Homes were severely damaged, killing homeowners inside. Dalia Vasquez, a 55-year old cook, whose home was badly damaged, said that in the days following the quake residents were frightened by the possibility of aftershocks and slept in the streets and at the local park. “We have nothing now. We don’t have any savings,” she said. In the aftermath, President Enrique Pena Nieto visited the region to oversee rescue efforts. The town’s mayor, Gloria Sanchez, called it “the most terrible moment” in Juchitan’s history. The earthquake hit just after midnight, causing thousands to run into the streets. All the deaths were in three neighboring states clustered near the epicenter that is located

about 40 miles off the coast. At least 45 people died in Oaxaca, many of them in Juchitan, while in Chiapas the count reached 12 and in Tabasco four people lost their lives, according to federal and state officials. There were many injured and endless damage. Mexico is hoping that they will receive a payout from a World Bankbacked catastrophe bond, Finance Minister Jose Antonio Meade said on Friday. Meade said the bond’s coverage could reach $150 million, depending on magnitude and location. John Bellini, a geophysicist at the USGS National Earthquake Information Center in Golden, Colorado, said it was the strongest quake since an 8.1 earthquake struck the western state of Jalisco in 1932. Across the Pacific, both the Philippines and New Zealand were on alert for possible tsunamis. Authorities reported dozens of aftershocks, and President Pena Nieto said the quake was felt by around 50 million of Mexico’s roughly 120 million population.

French Jews Beaten in Home

On Thursday night, the house of Roger Pinto, in a suburb northeast of Paris, was a scene of terror when he, his wife, and son were kidnapped, brutally beaten and robbed. Pinto is the president of the Siona group representing Sephardic Jews. According to the National Bureau for Vigilance against Anti-Semitism (BNVCA), three black men broke into the Pinto home by cutting through the home’s window bars. They then cut off the electricity in the house, tied up Pinto’s son, and held and beat his wife. It was only on Friday morning, several hours later, that Pinto managed to discreetly contact police, causing the intruders to flee. The villains ran off with jewelry, cash and credit cards. According to the BNVCA report, the unidentified attackers told their victims, “You are Jewish, you have

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money.” The BNVCA called the attack “manifestly anti-Semitic” and “premeditated,” and said the family was “threatened with death” and “violently beaten.” In a statement on Sunday, CRIF, the umbrella body of French Jewish organizations, said it “powerfully condemns the very violent and anti-Semitic aggression.” “This odious act is proof, if we needed any, that the Jews of France are especially threatened in the street, and even more disturbingly, within their very homes,” CRIF President Francis Kalifat said. “After the atrocious murder of Sarah Halimi in her home, this new attack must bring the authorities in our country to a heightened vigilance and deterrence-inducing steps,” he added. Halimi, a 65-year-old Orthodox Jew, was killed by her Muslim neighbor in April in Paris. Prosecutors dropped the anti-Semitic accusation from his indictment, drawing fierce condemnation from the Jewish community. The terror against the Pintos is one of several cases in France in re-

cent years in which criminals singled out Jews out of the belief that they have money. In 2014, three men broke into the home of a Jewish family in Creteil near Paris. One of them assaulted a young woman there while another guarded her boyfriend, whom they took prisoner, and a third went with the couple’s credit card to extract cash from an ATM machine. They too allegedly said they targeted the couple because the victims were Jewish. Occurring amid a major increase in anti-Semitic violence in France accompanying Israel’s war with Hamas in Gaza that year, the Creteil incident echoed for many the traumatic murder and torture in 2006 of Ilan Halimi, a Jewish phone salesman who was abducted by a gang led by a career criminal with a history of targeting mostly Jewish victims. Some French Jews regard the 2006 Halimi murder as the turning point in the emergence of a wave of violence against Jews in France and Belgium, in which more than 12 people have died since 2012 in at least three jihadist attacks on Jewish targets.

A Female Viking Warrior

When we learn about the Vikings in third – or is it fourth? – grade, we picture big, burly men roaming the seas. But this week, scientists confirmed that they found the remains of a Viking female in a prominent Viking warrior grave in Sweden. The remains were discovered long ago – in the 1880s – but it is only recently that the bones were confirmed to be female, according to the American Journal of Physical Anthropology. They were entombed in a “well-furnished” grave in the Viking-age town of Birka. Interestingly, scientists have determined that not only was this Viking a warrior, she was a high-ranking warrior in her community. Along with her remains, archaeologists found a

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Romano, who was murdered in the massacre, spoke at the opening. Ilana Romano said that the families of the victims “wanted this memorial. In the years after, we heard voices that us, Israelis, brought war to Germany and the terrorists were hailed as freedom fighters. That hurt so much but we did not give up. We knew our way was the right one ... for the future of our children and the next generations.” President Rivlin called out Palestinian Authority chairman Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah party for glorifying the violence that occurred. “Just last year, Fatah marked the massacre of the ‘sportsmen’ as an ‘act of heroism,’” he said. He then called on the international community to condemn all acts of terrorism, including those against Israel.

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A memorial has been built in Munich for the victims of the 1972 Olympic Games massacre. The memorial was opened with a ceremony that was attended by Israeli President Reuven Rivlin as well as surviving members of the 1972 Israeli Olympics team and the families of the victims. The ceremony was held on the 45th anniversary of the terror attack in which the Arab terror group Black September kidnapped and murdered 11 Israelis that were competing in the 1972 Munich Olympics. German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, Bavarian Minister-President Horst Seehofer, and International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach were all in attendance. Steinmeier said that it should not have taken 45 years to build a memorial. “It is high time and we owe it firstly to you, the relatives,” Steinmeier said. “The Olympic village became a place of Palestinian terrorists, a stage for their boundless hatred for Israel. It should never have happened.” The widow of weightlifter Joseph

Your height may have a lot to do with your health risks, according to a new study done at Lund University and Malmö University Hospital in Sweden. Height can be an independent risk factor for developing blood clots and other dangerous medical conditions. The risk of developing a blood clot is significantly lower among the shortest men and women and appears to increase as the subjects of the study get taller. “Height is not something we can do anything about,” lead study author Dr. Bengt Zöller pointed out. “However, the height in the population has increased, and continues increasing, which could be contributing to the fact that the incidence of thrombosis has increased,” he said. “I think we should start to include height in risk assessment just as overweight, although formal studies are needed to determine exactly how height interacts with inherited blood disorders and other conditions.” According to the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention,

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blood clots are responsible for an estimated 60,000-100,000 people each year in the United States. In Europe, an additional 500,000 will die from them this year, according to a review paper in the journal Thrombosis Research. The study collected data on more than 1.6 million Swedish men who enlisted in the military between 1951 and 1992 and more than 1 million Swedish women who had their first pregnancy between 1982 and 2012. Researchers found that the risk of blood clots was 69% lower for women shorter than 5-foot-1 than for those over 6 feet tall. The risk for men dropped 63% for those under 5-foot-3 compared to those over 6-foot-2. In addition to an increased risk of blood clots, the risks for cancer, heart problems, and gestational diabetes all increase as a person gets taller, according to the study.

Tensions between Turkey and Germany

The relationship between Turkey and Germany has grown more stressed in the past few months. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s push for his country to be admitted to the European Union has been met with increased opposition by German Chancellor Angela Merkel in response to Turkey having detained 12 German citizens in the past year. There are now at least 56 German citizens held in Turkish prisons. Turkey has said at least 12 of them are there for “political reasons.” Among those in custody for political reasons are Die Welt correspondent Deniz Yücel and human rights activist Peter Steudtner. Both face charges related to “terrorism.” Turkish officials have told Germany to “mind its own business” over arrested German nationals. Yücel has been held in captivity for over 200 days. Many of the arrested individuals have not been charged with any crimes. “We must

react decisively,” Merkel said when asked about Turkey being an E.U. member. “Given the latest events, perhaps it is necessary to rethink them even further.” Over the weekend, two German citizens of Turkish origin were arrested in Istanbul, the German Foreign Ministry said on Monday. One of the two was released, although they were barred from leaving Turkey. Turkey has not yet commented on the arrests. There are also Americans be-

ing held in Turkey. U.S. officials are more and more concerned about the lack of access to American prisoners held there. Pastor Andrew Brunson was detained in Turkey last October and was charged with “membership in an armed terrorist organization” and espionage two months later. Many politicians have tried to get Brunson out of Turkey. “State Department officials have and will continue to raise cases of U.S. citizen detentions directly with Turkish government officials at all levels, as ap-

propriate,” said a State Department official. “Since Mr. Brunson’s arrest,” continued the official, “consular officers have visited him regularly, including our last visit on August 24 ... We ask that Turkish officials consider releasing Mr. Brunson from custody subject to whatever judicial conditions or controls may be appropriate while his legal case is resolved, as it has done with other individuals under investigation.” Turkey has accused Germany of harboring people that are allegedly

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Spain is divided over becoming divided. The northeastern region of Catalonia has been planning to vote for independence from Spain, although Spanish officials say such a vote would be illegal and not recognized by the state. The country’s state prosecutor said that he will present criminal charges to the members of the Catalan parliament that voted to hold the independence referendum. The prosecutor is referring to the approval of a vote that is to take place next month. Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy called the referendum illegal and said it poses an attack against Spain’s institutional order. He called it an “intolerable act of disobedience,” saying it is “something that the government and the courts can’t allow.” He went on to explain that “there won’t be a self-determination referendum because that would be taking away from other Spaniards the right to decide their future.” State Prosecutor Jose Manuel Maza said that he had assigned security forces to investigate any preparations being made to hold the referendum in October. Two lawsuits are being prepared by Maza: one to punish those that allowed the debate to go ahead and voted on the ballot approval, and one against those that officially called the vote. The Spanish constitutional court had previously ruled that referendums can be called with the approval of the central authority. The court is being called upon to decide officially whether the referendum is legal or not.

One man’s hero and another’s most-wanted, Ramush Haradinaj is considered a war criminal by Belgrade. But in Kosovo he is considered a hero and is on his way to becoming the prime minister after fighting extradition to Serbia several times. If all goes as planned and he is appointed, Haradinaj will be responsible for crucial negotiations with Serbian adversaries although peace talks between Belgrade and Pristina negotiated by the European Union have been frozen over the last several months. Haradinaj has opposed the dialogue, calling for Belgrade to recognize Kosovo’s independence before negotiations proceed. Haradinaj, nicknamed “Rambo” by his comrades, was involved in the 1998-1999 Kosovo conflict, an atrocity Belgrade still wants justice for. He was a commander of ethnic Albanian guerrillas fighting Belgrade’s security forces. Haradinaj was Kosovo’s prime minister in 2004 but resigned shortly after to deal with a trial involving his war crimes. During the case, brought by the UN, prosecutor Carla Del Ponte described him as a “gangster in uniform.” However, he was acquitted in 2008, the same year Kosovo declared its independence from Serbia. He was re-tried in 2012 after allegations of witness intimidation in the first case and was acquitted again. But Serbia continues to pursue him. In January of this year, Haradinaj was arrested at a French airport by police acting on an international arrest warrant from Serbia. This warrant was for brand new charges of torture and murder of civilians in Kosovo in 1999. For political reasons, France was forced to hold him for several months before rejecting Serbia’s demand and freeing him in June. He was greeted in Kosovo by thousands of supporters and received as a hero. From there, he kicked off his campaign for June’s election. Kosovo has a population of almost 2 million and is the newest country

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in the world. Most of the population is moderately Muslim, however they consider themselves pro-American and friends of Israel.

More Sanctions for N Korea

On Monday, the United Nations Security Council unanimously adopted a U.S.-drafted resolution to impose new sanctions on North Korea – just one week after the rogue nation carried out its sixth and largest nuclear test. The resolution is designed to accomplish six major goals: cap North Korea’s oil imports, ban textile exports, end additional overseas laborer contracts, suppress smuggling efforts, stop joint ventures with other nations and sanction designated North Korean government entities, according to

a U.S. official familiar with negotiations. “Today, we are saying the world will never accept a nuclear armed North Korea, and today the Security Council is saying that if the North Korean regime does not halt its nuclear program, we will act to stop it ourselves,” U.S. ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley said following the vote on Monday. “We are done trying to prod the regime to do the right thing, we are now trying to stop it from having the ability to do the wrong thing,” she added. Specifically, this resolution will result in a 30% decrease in total oil imports by cutting off over 55% of refined petroleum products going to North Korea. “Oil is the life blood of North Korea’s effort to build and fund a nuclear weapon,” Haley said. It will also ban the export of all textiles, the official said, noting that in 2016, the North Korean regime earned $760 million through those sales – making it the largest economic sector that UN Security Council had not yet touched. Additionally, the new measures will prevent overseas workers from earning wages that finance the North Korean regime – over $500 million

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each year – in addition to cutting off foreign investments, technology transfers and other economic cooperation, according to a statement from the U.S. mission to the UN. Although the new sanctions are the harshest yet, they could have been a lot tougher. A full oil import ban and sanctions on Kim Jong Un himself were dropped at the last minute, in a possible attempt by the U.S. to gain the support of Russia and China. The news came as South Korea conducted its latest live fire drills with the U.S. military on Tuesday, in a display of military might featuring tanks and helicopters. Ahead of the vote, North Korea warned the United States that it would pay a “due price” if harsh sanctions were passed by the Security Council. The sanctions were welcomed by Japan, with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe saying on Tuesday that they impose “an unprecedented high level of pressure on North Korea.” “It is up to the international community to see that these resolutions are implemented,” he warned. In the wake of the sanctions’ passage, Peru’s foreign ministry said it had ordered North Korea’s ambassador to leave the country within

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five days, joining Mexico in ejecting Pyongyang’s representatives in recent weeks.

N Korea Continues to Violate Sanctions

Despite the new sanctions imposed against North Korea, many wonder how they will be enforced. You see, it’s no secret that North Korea does not like following rules. A new allegation claims that in the six months leading up until August, North Korea exported coal, iron, and other commodities worth $270 million to China and other countries illegally. This violates U.N. sanctions. The accusations were made by experts appointed to monitor sanctions. Continued on page 26

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‫ֲארוֹן ְבּ ִרית ה׳‬ ‫רוּבים‬ ִ ‫ְכּ‬ ‫ִחיפּוּי‬ ‫ַה ָּׂשָפה‬ ‫יוֹנה‬ ָ ‫ָה ֶע ְל‬

‫פּוֹרת‬ ֶ ‫ַכּ‬

‫ָארוֹן‬ ‫ֶשׁל ָזָהב‬

‫זֵ ר‬

)‫יא‬-‫(דברים כו א‬

‫ָארוֹן‬ ‫ֶשׁל ֵעץ‬

‫יכּוּרים‬ ִ ‫ֵס ֶדר ֲה ָב ַאת ִבּ‬

‫תתתתתתתת‬ ‫תתתתתתתתתת‬

‫רוֹאה ֶא ָחד ִמ ִּשׁ ְבַעת ַה ִמּינִ ים‬ ֶ ְ‫יוֹרד ְל ָשׂ ֵדהוּ ו‬ ֵ ‫ְכּ ֶשׁ ָאָדם‬ ".‫כּוּרים‬ ִ ‫"ה ֵרי ֵאלּוּ ִב‬ ֲ ‫אוֹמר‬ ֵ ְ‫ ו‬,‫קוֹשׁרוֹ ְבגֶ ִמי‬ ְ ,‫ֶשׁ ִבּ ֵכּר‬

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‫ ָה ֲע ִשׁ ִירים ְבּ ֶשׁל ֶכּ ֶסף‬,‫כּוּרים ְבַּסל‬ ִ ‫יאים ֶאת ַה ִבּ‬ ִ ‫ְמ ִב‬ .‫ וְ ָה ֲענִ יִּ ים ְבּ ֶשׁל ֲעָרָבה‬,‫וְ ֶשׁל ָזָהב‬

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‫… וְ יֵׁש א ְֹומ ִרים‬ ,‫לְַמ ָּטה ָהי ְָתה‬ ‫קּועה ֵמ ֶרגֶ ל לְ ֶרגֶ ל‬ ָ ‫ְּת‬

‫ּשׁוּלָחן‬ ְ ‫ַה‬

‫נוֹטל ַסלּוֹ ַעל ְכּ ֵתפוֹ‬ ֵ ‫ ָכּל ֶא ָחד‬,‫ְכּ ֶשׁ ִהּגִ יעוּ ְל ַהר ַה ַבּיִ ת‬ .‫יע ָל ֲעזָָרה‬ ַ ִ‫ ַעד ֶשׁ ַמּּג‬,‫וְ נִ ְכָנס‬

‫זֵ ר‬

‫ההההההה‬

‫רוֹמ ְמָך יְָי‬ ִ ‫"א‬ ֲ ‫ ַה ְלוִ יִּ ם ָשׁ ִרים‬,‫יכּוּרים‬ ִ ‫ִבּ ְשַׁעת ֲהָבַאת ַה ִבּ‬ ."‫ֹיְבי ִלי‬ ַ ‫יתנִ י וְ ל ֹא ִשַׂמּ ְחָתּ א‬ ָ ‫ִכּי ִד ִלּ‬

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‫ההההה‬

'‫"הּגַ ְד ִתּי ַהיּוֹם ַלה‬ ִ ‫אוֹמר‬ ֵ ְ‫עוֹמד לִ ְפנֵ י ַהכּ ֵֹהן ו‬ ֵ ‫ַה ֵמּ ִביא‬ ָ ‫ֱאל ֶֹה‬ ‫אתי ֶאל ָה ָא ֶרץ ֲא ֶשׁר נִ ְשַׁבּע ה' ַל ֲאב ֵֹתינ‬ ִ ‫יך ִכּי ָב‬

…‫…וְ ַכּפָֹתיו‬

‫ּצוּלים‬ ִ ‫ִפּ‬

‫הההההה‬

‫שׁוּבי ָה ִעירָי ְצאוּ‬ ֵ ‫ירוּשׁ ַליִ ם ֲח‬ ָ ‫ְכּ ֶשׁ ִהּגִ יעוּ ָקרוֹב ִל‬ ‫אוּמּנִ יּוֹת‬ ָ ‫וּב ַד ְרָכּם ְל ַהר ַה ַבּיִ ת ָהיוּ ָכּל ַבּ ֲע ֵלי‬ ְ ,‫אתם‬ ָ ‫ִל ְקָר‬ ‫ַּדף‬ .‫לוֹמם‬ ָ ‫שׁוֹא ִלין ִבּ ְשׁ‬ ֲ ְ‫יהם ו‬ ֶ ֵ‫עוֹמ ִדים ִל ְפנ‬ ְ

‫אוֹחזוֹ ְב ִשׂ ְפתוֹ‬ ֲ ְ‫מוֹריד ַהַסּל ֵמַעל ְכּ ֵתפוֹ ו‬ ִ ‫ַה ֵמּ ִביא‬ ‫יפים‬ ִ ִ‫יהם ְמנ‬ ֶ ֵ‫וּשׁנ‬ ְ ‫יח יָ דוֹ ַתַּחת ַהַסּל‬ ַ ִ‫ ַהכּ ֵֹהן ַמּנ‬.‫ָתיו‬ ‫יחים‬ ִ ִ‫וּמנ‬ ְ - ‫וּל ַא ְרַבּע רוּחוֹת‬ ְ ‫ ְלַמָּטה‬,‫ ְלַמ ְעָלה‬- ‫אוֹתוֹ‬ ‫ ִבּ ְדר‬,‫רוֹמית ַמ ֲעָר ִבית ֶשׁל ַה ִמּזְ ֵבּ ַח‬ ִ ‫אוֹתוֹ ְליַ ד ֶק ֶרן ְּד‬

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According to the report, Kim Jong Un’s government regularly disobeys sanctions on commodities. They also consistently violate arms embargo and restrictions on shipping and financial activities. The 111-page report also stated that North Korea is allegedly continuing prohibited nuclear activities with weapons-grade fissile material production at the Yongbyon nuclear complex and with construction and maintenance at the Punggye-ri nuclear test site and at a uranium mine in Pyongsan. The panel, constructed of eight members, said that are also looking into the widespread presence of North Koreans in Africa and the Middle East, particularly in Syria, “including their involvement in prohibited activities.” The report was written prior to the latest and powerful nuclear tests last Sunday. The experts said enforcing the existing sanctions “lags far behind what is necessary to achieve the core goal of denuclearization.” “Lax enforcement” is partially to blame together with North Korea’s “evolving evasion techniques” for undermining “The panel’s investigations reveal that the DPRK is deliberately using indirect channels to export prohibited commodities, evading sanctions,” the report said. For example, between December 2016 and May 2017, North Korea exported over $79 million of iron ore to China. Between October 2016 and May 2017, it exported iron and steel products to Egypt, China, France, India, Ireland and Mexico valued at $305,713.

Syria Accuses Israel of “Supporting ISIS” The Syrian Foreign Ministry has filed complaints against the State of Israel in the United Nations. The complaints came in response to the allegations that Israeli warplanes struck a facility in Syria that is said to have been stockpiling chemical weapons and missiles. The attack was carried out in

northwestern Syria in the Hama region. The target was apparently a Scientific Studies and Research Center (CERS) facility. CERS is a Syrian government agency that Western officials have associated with the production of chemical weapons for a long time. The Syrian Army released a statement saying that “Israeli warplanes fired several rockets from the Lebanese airspace targeting one of the Syrian military posts near Masyaf, killing two army personnel and causing material damage to the site.”

Syria accused Israel of “repeated aggressions” against Damascus and of “systematic behavior with the aim of protecting Jabhat al-Nusra [the Nusra Front] and ISIS [Islamic State] terrorists” in two letters to the UN Security Council and UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. The Assad regime accused Israel of acting on behalf of “terrorist groups which are carrying out its aggressive agenda and in response to the great achievements made by the Syrian Arab army and its allies in their war against terrorism.” The letters went on to say that the attacks against any Syrian target “forms a direct support to terrorism, taking into account that the Syrian Arab army is fighting terrorism on behalf of the entire world.” After the strike, Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman said that Israel would take “whatever measures were needed” to prevent Iran from establishing a Shiite-controlled stretch of land from Tehran to Damascus. While Lieberman said that Israel is not looking to intervene in the Syrian conflict, he did indicate that the Israeli Air Force would continue to attack any Iran-backed Hezbollah military targets the IDF deems necessary.

Iraqi Jewish Artifacts to Go Back to Baghdad A huge collection of Iraqi Jewish artifacts is being returned to Iraq by

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the United States government next year. The collection contains tens of thousands of items, including books, religious texts, photographs and personal documents, which were seized from the basement of the Iraqi secret services headquarters in Baghdad in 2003.

The State Department will be giving back the Iraqi Jewish Archive, which has been in the U.S. since 2003, when the current four-year extension expires in September 2018. Jewish groups have been lobbying to keep the trove of artifacts in the U.S. for many years. State Department spokesman Pablo Rodriguez has said that the government is “keenly aware of the interest in the status.” Rodriguez then went on to say that “maintaining the archive outside of Iraq is possible,” he said, “but would require a new agreement between the Government of Iraq and a temporary host institution or government.” Under the original agreement, the archive was to be returned in 2014. However, as the deadline was approaching, the Iraqi ambassador to the U.S. said that the collection’s stay in the U.S. was being extended for four years. Now, Iraq and proponents of returning the archive say the collection will be used as an educational tool for Iraqis, showing the history of the Jews in their native country. The artifacts were restored, digitalized, and exhibited by the National Archives in Washington, D.C. Many are concerned with how the items will be treated upon their return to Iraq. Rodriguez assured, “State Department will urge the Iraqi government to take the proper steps necessary to preserve the archive and to make it available to members of the public to enjoy.” Gina Waldman, founder and president of Jews Indigenous to the Middle East and North Africa, is one of many who have been vocal about keeping the collection stateside. “There is no justification in sending the Jewish archives back to Iraq, a country that has virtually no Jews and no accessibility to Jewish scholars or the descendants of Iraqi Jews,”

she asserted. “The U.S. government must ensure that the Iraqi archives are returned to its rightful owners, the exiled Iraqi Jewish community.” Stanley Urman, executive vice president for Justice for Jews from Arab Countries, feels the same way. “This is Jewish communal property. Iraq stole it and kept it hidden away in a basement. Now that we’ve managed to reclaim it, it would be like

returning stolen goods back to the thief,” Urman said.

Draft Indictment against Sara Netanyahu A draft indictment of Sara Netanyahu has been leaked to the Is-

raeli press. The detailed draft alleges that the prime minister’s wife spent exorbitant amounts of state money on high-end food in her private residence and at some of Israel’s elite restaurants. The list of restaurants that Netanyahu allegedly frequented includes Machneyuda (owned by celebrity chef Assaf Granit), Cavalier, and HaMotzi (owned by Israeli Top

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Chef winner Avi Levi). The bill for these meals, according to the draft indictment, was over 18,000 shekels in April 2011, 17,000 shekels in May 2011, over 22,000 shekels in November 2011, and over 24,000 shekels in December 2011.

According to the document, Sara ordered her staff to keep it secret that the Prime Minister’s residence employed a cook so she could charge out for food from outside restaurants. A statement from the attorney general’s office said that “the decision [to indict] was made after the attorney general examined the case material and after he heard the positions of the relevant sources, including the recommendations of the state prosecution and the Jerusalem district

prosecution to consider pressing charges.” Bibi said in an online statement that the planned indictment of his wife would “evaporate” and blamed the caretaker in the residence for the food expenditures. “Sara Netanyahu is a brave and honest woman,” read the statement, which went on to say that the accusations were “absurd and will prove unfounded.” Sara took a private polygraph test in order to prove her innocence last week. Although she passed the test, lie detector results are not admissible in an Israeli court.

Mossad Reveals More on Mengele Capture A file that has been buried deep inside the Mossad’s archives concerning the attempted capture of Dr. Joseph Mengele has come to light. The notorious Nazi “Angel of Death” was the chief medical officer of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration

camp in 1943. He was responsible for the murder of hundreds of thousands of Jews and also carried out horrific medical experiments on prisoners.

Mengele fled from Auschwitz on January 17, 1945, just before the Red Army liberated the camp. When the War was over, he fled to South America. During his time there, the Mossad attempted many times to root him out and capture him. After the capture and trial of Adolf Eichmann, who was one of the main organizers of the Holocaust, in Buenos Aires in 1960, the Mossad was ordered to either catch or assassinate Mengele. According to the file, in 1962 the

Mossad was a hairsbreadth away from catching Mengele. Agent Avi Aharoni was acting on a tip that Mengele was near Sao Paulo, Brazil, and spotted a man meeting Mengele’s description. Unfortunately, the logistics of capture, budgetary limitations, and a deteriorating relationship with Egypt meant the operation had to be scratched at the last minute. The intelligence agency also attempted to capture Mengele using his son, who was living in West Berlin in 1983. The two shared the same birthday – March 16. The Mossad hoped the two would communicate with each other on their birthday and attempted to have an agent impersonate a friend of Mengele to call his son and arrange a meet. The Mossad then planned on following Mengele Jr. to Joseph. It later emerged that Mengele had been dead for four years prior to the plan. Joseph Mengele drowned off of the Brazilian coast in 1979. His grave was discovered in 1985 and DNA testing later led to confirmation that the buried body was indeed the Nazi beast.

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Legislation to cut U.S. funding to the Palestinian Authority has been attached to the 2018 Foreign Operations budget. The Taylor Force Act, which was approved last week, is meant to discontinue sending aid to the Palestinian Authority until they end their policy of compensating murderers, which pays over $300 million to terrorists and their families every year. The bill is named for Taylor Force, a former U.S. Army officer who was stabbed by a Palestinian terrorist while walking on the Jaffa boardwalk in 2016. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee approved the act with bipartisan support. The bill was sponsored by Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC). Recent reports have found that more than half of the Palestinian Authority’s yearly budget goes to supporting terrorists and their families. In the last four years, over $1 billion has been allocated for such payments. Although the United States has pressured PA chairman Mahmoud Abbas to cease such payments, he recently told the U.S. that he has no intention of doing so. “I do not intend to cease paying salaries to the families of prisoners and martyrs, even if it means I lose my position. I will continue paying their salaries until my dying day,” he said. These could be his famous last words.

IDF Runs Massive Exercise near Lebanon The largest IDF military exercise in almost 20 years is taking place in

An IDF source told Israeli press outlets that the drill will simulate “scenarios we’ll be facing in the next confrontation with Hezbollah.” In response, senior Hezbollah leader Sheikh Mohammad Yazbek, who is head of Hezbollah’s governing Sharia Council, dismissed the operation. “The maneuvers that [Israel] is conducting on the border are part of coercions after the triumphs that [Hezbollah] has made against terrorism,” he said. The last time Lebanon and Israel were at war was in 2006. Up until the last few months, the border has been relatively peaceful and Hezbollah has not been a major concern for Israel. However, recently tensions have begun to rise due to Hezbollah’s involvement in the Syrian war. Israel has made it a priority to block the transfer of any weapons to Hezbollah from inside Syria. To that end, many Hezbollah units have been targeted inside Syria over the past months. “Now that the [Syrian] war has moved into a new phase with the impending defeat of ISIS, the Israelis are concerned that the Iranians and Hezbollah will exploit the subsequent vacuum,” said Robert Danin, a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations and a former senior State Department official. According to Danin, the IDF drills send a clear message to Hezbollah, Iran, and the Syrian government. “Given that Israel has historically communicated with Syria and various Lebanese

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Bring – A Mother’s Longing (Yedioth Books). The book also features excerpts from the personal diary of Gil-Ad’s mother, Bat-Galim Shaer, who documented the years that have passed since that dreadful day her son was taken.

Diary of Gil-Ad Shaer Revealed Three years ago, our nation joined together in grief as three of our brothers, Gil-Ad Shaer, Naftali Frenkel and Eyal Yifrach, were kidnapped and killed by a Hamas terror cell. Ten months after the terror, the family of Gil-Ad received comforting news: his diary was found among the scorched remains of the car used for the abduction. Now, three years later, excerpts from Gil-Ad’s diary – which was burnt and then doused with water – will be published as part of a new book titled What Will the Day

“When the car was torched, both Jewish and Palestinian policemen arrived at the scene, and each collected what they found in the area,” Mrs. Shaer told Yedioth Ahronoth. “It’s a great miracle. This diary could

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have been thrown in the trash. I couldn’t stop shaking for hours after the police investigators left.” In one excerpt, Gil-Ad talks about the joys of davening. “Just last Monday I served as a cantor at the yeshiva for Shacharit and Mincha prayers. Shacharit was one of my strongest prayers. I prepared before the prayer to serve as a conduit, to have the prayers go from the public to G-d through me. It was an empowering and special experience. I got really emotional during the prayer. I tried my best to direct and purify my prayer, and I felt amazing. Now I pray many more of my prayers are like this. Because right after my prayers I fall apart. I’m late for prayers, and sometimes I miss them. But today I decided I will no longer fall apart: Falling into transgressions, falling into despair. I won’t let it take over me. I hope to succeed. With G-d’s help.” This was the excerpt his mother Bat-Galim was most touched by. “In Talmon, he wouldn’t serve as a cantor, and all of a sudden he’s talking about the great responsibility of being a cantor, and how it uplifts him. Our synagogue has a Torah scroll in Gil-Ad’s name. When it is taken out, I remember these lines, and I could fall apart,” she said. “When you can’t get up in the morning for prayer, it’s falling apart,” Bat-Galim explained. “But he doesn’t despair. Quite the contrary, he hopes to succeed. What did this boy manage to do (in his life)? He didn’t manage to do things more than he managed. These are thoughts that weaken me. But then I think about what he did do in his 16 and a half years, I think how he’s lived a full life.” In another excerpt, Gil-Ad, whose name means eternal joy in Hebrew, sounds just as optimistic. “There’s something special in me! Finally, I feel like I have found something strong within me. This life force. That’s how I call it. I feel like there is a massive force of vitality in me. It finds expression in the great joy I try to maintain (Gil-Ad... there was a reason why I was given this beautiful name), it finds expression in the great love I feel towards my family and friends. I have an infinite power of love that wants what’s best for my loved and close ones, that wants them near. It is making me happy,” he wrote.

Sweet Sixteen for Nadal

Rafael Nadal can call himself the number one tennis player in the world, as he won the US Open on Sunday by defeating Kevin Anderson 6-3, 6-3, 6-4. This was a grand finale to a glorious season for Nadal, winning the French and US Opens and making the Australian Open final against Roger Federer. The US Open win is Nadal’s third and his 16th career Grand Slam. The 31-year-old Nadal has showed no signs of slowing down, dropping only one set in his last four matches. The last set went on for just under 50 minutes, with Anderson forcing Nadal to work for every game. However, it ultimately proved too much for the No. 28 player in the world, as Nadal simply seemed to have him on his toes the entire match while returning everything with the fluidity that tennis fans have come to expect. This is Nadal’s third US Open win. It was a relatively depleted field, as Andy Murray and Novak Djokovic withdrew before the tournament, but Nadal faced seed killers such as Juan Martin del Potro and looked like he struggled early in matches in the early rounds. He quickly brushed aside unranked Andrey Rublev and Alexandr Dolgopolov. Del Potro defeated Federer and was looking to defeat two top five seeds in a row, but after taking the first set he simply couldn’t keep up with Nadal. Anderson entered after having to beat No. 17 Sam Querrey and No. 12 Palbo Carreno Busta. It was apparent early on that Anderson was struggling against Nadal’s serve, and Nadal was competitive in every one of Anderson’s serve games. Once he took one of Anderson’s game in a set,

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he never looked back. It would have been Anderson’s first major win, and he would have been the lowest-ranking US Open winner ever. Asked how he remained so calm during the final, Nadal said after the game, “I was not calm, no? I was nervous, but all the body language that is not in a positive way is stupid to make it, because it’s going against you, no?” He added, “Is one of the things that I tried to do all my life, that the body language helps me, not go against me, no? Because it’s one of the things that depends just on me, not on the opponent, no? Was not the day to have negative body language. Completely the opposite. Just to accept all the moments.” For Nadal, this win is just as much a reminder of his longevity as it is a pillar of his legacy. He’s 31, five years younger than Federer, and he’s closing in on Federer’s record 19 Grand Slam titles. During the 20142016 seasons Nadal struggled with injuries, but 2017 has seen a return to form for the star. If he’s able to keep this pace up, it looks more than possible for him to catch Federer, although health will be a key component in that quest. When asked what he has in com-

mon with Federer, Nadal opined, “I think we had the spirit of improvement all the time. Passion for what we are doing, and we have been hard workers in general terms. “We have been there almost every week for a lot of years. That’s difficult to make happen.”

Study Pulled on Obama and Syria

Last Tuesday, The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum officially removed a study that whitewashed former President Barack Obama’s Syrian policy after Jewish and Syrian human rights groups criticized the report. The study was undertaken by the Holocaust Memorial Museum’s Simon-Skjodt Center for the Prevention

of Genocide, where Cameron Hudson, a former Obama administration national security official, is the director. “Since its release, a number of people with whom we have worked closely on Syria since the conflict’s outbreak have expressed concerns with the study,” a message on the museum’s website now reads. “The Museum has decided to remove the study from its website as we evaluate this feedback.” The study included computational models and interviews with experts and policymakers. It stated that the Syrian civil war “made it very difficult from the beginning for the U.S. government to take effective action to prevent atrocities in Syria, even compared with other challenging policy contexts,” the Tablet magazine reported. Absolving Obama for his lack of action during the atrocities in Syria that occurred under his watch, the study concluded that the support for the anti-Assad rebels or U.S. air strikes against the Syrian government following the 2013 chemical weapon attack would have not reduced the number of people dying – and could have even increased it. After bits of the study were re-

leased, many people expressed their criticism and their amazement that such a paper could even be called a “study.” “Shame on the Holocaust Museum,” Leon Wieseltier, a Brookings Institution fellow, said, for “releasing an allegedly scientific study that justifies bystanderism.” He told the Tablet: “If I had the time I would gin up a parody version of this that will give us the computational-modeling algorithmic counterfactual analysis of John J McCloy’s decision not to bomb the Auschwitz ovens in 1944. I’m sure we could concoct the [...] algorithms for that, too.” Rabbi Shmuley Yanklowitz, a co-founder of Jews for Human Rights in Syria, pointed out the irony – that the museum was built to ensure no future genocides would occur and it is now condoning and absolving a president from not taking action against another such genocide. “To merely say no intervention could have made a difference strikes me as a strange conclusion if I understand it correctly. ... I don’t think we have the right to choose inaction when we know the reality on the ground,” he added. Obama had been heavily criticized back in 2013 when he issued

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an ultimatum – the so-called “red line” – over Syrian dictator Bashar Assad’s use of chemical weapons but refrained from acting after it was crossed. At that time, the White House said more than 1,400 people, including at least 400 children, have died in chemical attacks in Syria. Since early 2011, when the civil war broke out, Assad has repeatedly attacked civilians with poison gas. As many as 60,000 people have been tortured, murdered, or have disappeared in his network of prison camps across the country. The study was set to be launched at an event at the US Institute for Peace in Washington, D.C., on September 11.

Hepatitis A Outbreak in San Diego At least fifteen people have died from hepatitis A in San Diego, and the city is scrambling to prevent any more deaths. More than 300 have been hospitalized in the outbreak. As such, the city will commence sanitary street washing in downtown San Diego every other week. Many of those who have been affected from the disease are homeless, living on the streets without access to washrooms. San Diego County gave the city of San Diego five business days to respond with a plan for remedying what it called a “fecally contaminated environment” downtown. The county will soon expand its efforts to other cities in the region, where the outbreak has now produced nearly 400 confirmed cases. The county moved forward last weekend with its own contractor, who installed 40 hand-washing stations in areas where the homeless often gather. There are plans to add more stations next week. In addition to regularly pressure-washing dirty city right-of-ways with chlorinated water, the county also asked the city to “immediately expand access to public restrooms and wash stations within the city limits that are adjacent to at-risk populations.” Meanwhile, additional San Diego police escorts will be provided for the county’s mobile vaccination teams and expanded vaccination clinics will be opened at public libraries.

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is still a vast amount of damage and millions without power. The death toll as of Tuesday was 12 in the U.S. alone, due to Irma’s power. There were several deaths associated with the storm in the Dominican Republic and the Caribbean. At least 37 people died from Irma in the Caribbean, including at least 10 in Cuba. Powerful winds, torrential rain, and dangerous storm surges were felt

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Earlier this year, Brady asked the department to reopen the case. “I have the utmost respect for Attorney General Sessions, but I’m troubled by his department’s lack of action to fully respond to our request and deliver accountability,” Brady added.

Trump Signs Hurricane Harvey Relief Package

On Friday, two weeks after Hurricane Harvey pummeled Texas, President Trump signed a $15.25 billion Hurricane Harvey relief bill. This will include a short-term suspension of the debt ceiling and funding to keep the government running for the next three months through December 8. The package passed in the House of Representatives by a 316-90 vote. Due to the severity of the situation and the looming situation of Hurricane Irma, Congress progressed the bill with unusual speed. While Hurricane Harvey victims are relieved that financial help is on the horizon many are concerned that this unexpected spending can trigger a government shutdown as the government burns through cash and quickly hits the debt limit. Last Wednesday, Trump unexpectedly sided with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi in the deal that kept the government funded while providing a short-term, three-month suspension of the debt ceiling and ensuring about $15 billion in relief funds to areas hit by Hurricane Harvey. Several leading Republicans had wanted a longer extension to the debt limit, but Trump received almost universally positive coverage for his surprising moment of bipartisanship. Schumer also hinted at his willingness to work with Trump in the future, citing an interaction he had with Trump shortly after the election last year.

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connected with the drama as well. It is also said that then-national security adviser Michael Flynn had withheld information from the public about his private discussions in December with Russia’s ambassador to the United States. In addition to Priebus, Spicer and Hicks, Mueller has notified the White House that he will most likely request to interrogate White House counsel Don McGahn and one of his

In another twist to the Russia presidential election probe, Facebook has admitted to selling $100,000 worth of political ads in the last two years to accounts linked to a Russian troll factory. The company has refused to release copies of the ads to the public or to congressional investigators, citing customer privacy. Originally Facebook had denied that any Russian entities purchased ads on Facebook during the presidential race. However, last week the social media site announced that it had just

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three of the company’s top executives sold Equifax shares just a few days before the breach was revealed. John Gamble, chief financial officer, Jospeh Loughran, president of U.S. information security, and Rodolfo Ploder, president of workforce solutions, sold shares during the time that the company was aware of the hack but had not yet revealed it to the public. Bloomberg News, which first reported this, estimated the total value of shares sold to be $1.8 million. In a statement, Equifax defended its decision of not revealing the breach right away by saying it had been first working closely with an independent security firm to figure out exactly what was compromised and how to protect its customers better moving forward. Sensitive information including social security numbers, birthdays, addresses and, in some cases, driver’s license numbers, were seized. The agency said 209,000 credit card numbers were exposed in the breach, which includes customers in Canada and the United Kingdom. The incident is being heavily investigated by the FBI, and Equifax has been cooperating thus far. Customers of Equifax are obviously at risk, but even if you were not signed up to the credit reporting agency, there is a possibility that they have your data. As a credit reporting agency, Equifax gets information from credit card companies, banks, lenders and retailers to help them determine a person’s credit score. To check if you may have been affected, Equifax has set up a link that allows you to check your potential impact by typing in your last name and the last six digits of your Social Security number on their website. All U.S. customers will also be given a date when they can sign up for TrustedID Premier, which includes identity theft insurance, credit reports and a service that searches the internet and alerts you if your Social Security number is posted somewhere online. The company also set up a hotline for those affected and they will mail notices to those whose credit card numbers or personal information was exposed. What to do if your information has been exposed? Robert Siciliano, CEO of IDTheftSecurity.com, said, “The best thing a consumer can do in response is to engage in what’s called a credit freeze. This essentially locks

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What Happened: Hillary’s Blame Game

Hillary Clinton’s long-awaited (just joking) auto-postmortem on her “stunning” 2016 presidential election loss is out and, if you weren’t blamed, I have one question for you: How does it feel to be the kitchen sink?

In the 469-page scream-of-aread titled, What Happened, Hillary not only blames Vladimir Putin, James Comey, Anthony Weiner, Bernie Sanders and his band of “Bernie bros,” Jill Stein, the New York Times, Barack Obama and Joe Biden, but also that lovely “basket of deplorables” to which millions of hard-working, good people belong, simply because they didn’t support her. Aside for distributing blame like hamantashen on Purim, Hillary does give some insight into her thinking at one crucial moment in the campaign – the second debate. During that debate, which took place two days after a vulgar videotape of Trump was leaked, rather than being timid and contrite, as the media anticipated he would, Trump took to the debate with a vengeance and seemed to repeatedly invade Hillary’s space. “‘This is not OK,’ I thought,” she writes. “[W]e were on a small stage and no matter where I walked he followed me closely, staring at me, making faces. It was incredibly uncomfortable. He was literally breathing down my neck. My skin crawled.” Ms. Clinton appeared on CBS last

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Joe just kept on walking. For 45 days, Joe McConaughy walked. That’s all he did. But he walked with a goal. His objective? To complete the Appalachian Trail in record time. And he did it. Last month, the 26-year-old Seattle native finished his journey, racking up 2,189 miles. Joe hiked for 45 days, 12 hours and 15 minutes. He averaged 48 miles a day for six and a half weeks straight, tracking his efforts through GPS and sharing updates on Instagram. Although, there is no official sanctioning body for records on the Appalachian Trail, it seems that Joe has done it the fastest. Joe’s time smashed the previous self-supported record, set in 2015 by Heather Anderson, by nine days, and even eclipsed the supported record, set in 2016 by Karl “Speedgoat” Meltzer, by 10 hours. He finished on Thursday, August 31, summiting Maine’s Mount Katahdin at 6:38 pm after a sleepless 37-hour, 110.8-mile push, which is nearly double the furthest distance he’d ever run up until that point. “Believe it or not, that [37-hour stretch] included some of the happiest times for me,” says Joe, who ran track and cross country at Boston College. “I did some of my best running then.” He persevered through rain, hail, darkness and a throbbing ache in his left knee by keeping close tabs on his nutrition and hydration levels and hyping himself up as needed. “I’d tell myself, ‘This may s[tink] now, but you gotta get through it and there’s always a light at the end of the tunnel.’” And he did it on his own. Joe had no sponsors, crew or organized support and instead relied on hiker towns and road crossings to resupply food and water. Each day, he lugged a 25-pound backpack containing his

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clothes, sleeping bag, tent, medical supplies and a three-to-four day ration of food and water. “I am in shock and pain, joyful and thankful, humbled and tired, in disbelief and exhilaration,” Joe wrote in an Instagram post announcing his finish. “I will be forever perplexed and appreciative of what the wilderness brings out in myself and others.” The morning after his hike, Joe scarfed down breakfast and ordered the – what else? – “Hungry Person” special, a greasy, colossal spread of pancakes, eggs, sausage, home fries and toast. He also ate half of what his friend ordered for breakfast. After walking for so long, I say, give the man seven breakfasts. He deserves it.

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Around midnight on August 25, Marine Cpl. Kionte Storey began his final ascent up Mount Kilimanjaro, the culmination of months of rigorous training that led him to the top of Africa’s highest peak. And then, hours later, at 10:25am, the 29-year-old veteran made it to the summit, 19,341 feet up. To Storey, the view was simply “amazing.” “You look down and you are above the clouds,” he told Fox News. “I keep saying it was the closest thing to getting to heaven, and then the sun comes out and you can see everything.” Even more amazing is that Storey completed this feat with just one leg; he wears a prosthetic. The trip to Africa was part of a campaign by the Bob Woodruff and Steven & Alexandra Cohen foundations called #Give2Veterans. For the journey, Storey was joined by Jake Rath, 25, of the Steven & Alexandra Cohen Foundation, who documented the entire trip with a DSLR camera and 360-degree photos. “The photos don’t do it justice,” he said, adding that seeing the night sky with only miles and miles of stars was breathtaking. “To see the mountain in the starlight, thousands of stars, that was an amazing sight to see,” he added. “I was amazed by Africa.” Storey, who joined the Marines in 2007, lost his right leg below the knee after stepping on an IED while deployed to Afghanistan in 2010. Part of his physical and mental recovery after the injury included training at Paralympic camps and hiking. In 2013,

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he became the first African-American and first amputee to reach the summit of Antarctica’s Mount Vinson. Both men needed to pace themselves along the journey. They trekked through different terrains – jungle, savanna, and glacier-covered stone peaks. “We both trained a good amount – we were fit. The hardest was the mental challenge,” Rath said. “For each step you take, it’s the highest step you have taken.” Storey said that hardest part was the final push to the top. “You start asking yourself ‘why’ – ‘why am I doing this when I could be doing better things?’” he said. “And then I started to think about the whys and I remembered my friends serving overseas who aren’t alive. I started thinking about amputees and showing them through my experience that anything is possible.”

World’s Oldest Bodybuilder

If you think it’s hard lifting your great-grandchildren when you’re over 65, consider Jim Arrington. The great-grandfather from California will go down in record books as the world’s oldest male bodybuilder. He is 84. Arrington, born in 1932, still trains and competes at bodybuilding competitions. “All my life, I have wanted to excel at something. To be World Class (top 100). In bodybuilding, my true love, becoming the best over 80 and earning my Pro Card, was that goal reached,” Arrington said. “Gaining a Guinness World Records title must therefore be 100 times better! My friends and family are all delighted. Everyone wants to be photographed with the certificate!” Arrington was named “Skinny Bones” when he was younger. Throughout his 70 years of bodybuild-

ing, he has competed in 62 competitions and won 16. He first registered the record in 2015, but plans to break it again by participating at a competition in Pittsburgh, Penn. Arrington has certain goals to fulfill while training. He also watches what he eats and sticks to a high protein, moderate carbohydrate and fat diet. “Just about anything works for a while, then your body adapts and requires new challenges,” he said. “Bodybuilding is hard work! You need to set goals, but most of all, you need to love the training. No bodybuilder is satisfied with how they look. If you want to compete, compete! If you don’t, you never will.” Keep going strong.

Don’t Drink and Sell Cars

Hey, dude, where’s my car? In New Zealand, a week or so ago, one man got drunk. Well, a lot of people got drunk, but we’re talking about one particular man. This man was drunk and wanted to drink even more. Needing money to milk his habit, he sold his car for approximately 800 New Zealand dollars, which is around $575. The next morning, waking up with a huge headache, he had an even bigger headache wondering where his car went. You see, said man forgot that he sold his car, and so he called the cops and reported his vehicle stolen. Luckily for him, the man he sold the car to was not drunk. In fact, he was so upstanding and sober that the next day, when he checked the car registration as he was concerned that the car may have been stolen, he came to the police station to let them know what had happened. The officers connected the now-sober car owner with the always sober car purchaser, who has now gotten his money back. Moral of the story, according to the sergeant who dealt with the situation: “Don’t drink and sell cars.” Wiser words have not been said.

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he Yeshiva Har Torah school year started on Thursday with a surge of excitement and enthusiasm. The rebbeim, morot, and teachers greeted the children as they stepped off the bus with hugs and smiles. The sounds of happy children learning filled the halls of the school as the day went on. We are looking forward to a great year at Yeshiva Har Torah 5778.

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entral welcomed its freshman class of 2021, who hail from all over the tristate area, for a lively orientation last Tuesday. They began the day with tefillah and heard some opening words from Mrs. CB Neugroschl, Head of School, about the “Butterfly Effect” and the importance of considering the ripples of one’s actions before beginning a journey. They then had the opportunity to meet with their designated senior Big Sisters for some chavruta time and to rotate through a number of informational and welcoming sessions regarding the new school year. After reuniting with their Big

Sisters for lunch, the freshmen were joined by the rest of the school for a welcoming assembly. Overall, both faculty and students considered the

day a success. Bita Shokrian, ‘21, from Great Neck, said she “thought it was great, and loved meeting everyone,” and

Mrs. Danielle Hirt, Freshman Grade Level Coordinator, “felt that it was the beginning of the freshmen coming together as a grade.”

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At a recent meeting at Young Israel of Kew Gardens Hills. Mk Tzippy Hotovely, Israel’s Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Rabbi Yoel Schonfeld of Young Israel of Kew Gardens Hills, and Rabbi Pesach Lerner, Executive Vice President Emeritus, National Council of Young Israel and CoChairman of American Friends of the International Young Israel Movement On Sunday, 5TFRRCLSW presented “How Deep are The Waters? Insights for the Yom Noraim.” The presenter was Rabbi Eliyahu Bergstein, Inspiring speaker for Aish Hatorah, JRC, Project Chazon, Discovery and Gateway Seminars. The presentation took place at Congregation Shaaray Tefila in Lawrence. PHOTO CREDIT: IVAN H NORMAN

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Understanding the personal feelings of losing her paramedic son, Keith, at Ground Zero, Diane Fairben really allowed the students, many of whom were not yet born when 9/11 happened, to understand the tragedy of today. #wewillneverforget Freshman Shira Eliav of Queens said the program was “relatable and moving.” “I found it extremely insightful to hear about the tragedy from a different perspective that a first responder,” shared senior Sarah Austin of Long Beach.

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Sunday Morning Minyan at HAFTR

AFTR Middle School & High School’s Sunday morning minyanim started this past week with a big crowd of fathers and sons in attendance. Rabbi Dovid Kupchik, Menahel N – 8, and Rabbi Oppen, Judaic Studies Principal in the High School, are thrilled with the strong attendance and are pleased that so many fathers and sons are committed to davening with the school minyan. This past Sunday a lavish breakfast was sponsored by the Kaufman family in honor of their son Avery putting on tefillin for the first time.

K.O.C. and an Adventure of a Lifetime

irginia and Washington, D.C., were awash with green t-shirts as nearly 500 members of Kids of Courage arrived for its annual eight-day summer adventure in August. Kids of Courage participants, better known as “Couragers,” flocked to the nation’s capital from 14 states and 4 countries, including Israel for the third time. The group had a fleet of eight buses and dozens of medical vehicles, including an ambulance. “This is the most medically challenging group that we have traveled with to-date,” said Dr. Stuart Ditchek, Kids of Courage co-founder and medical director. “Because of our expertise in traveling with serious illness, it’s essentially easier for us to travel with over 100 medically challenged individuals than it is for most parents to travel with just one.”

While in Pennsylvania, Virginia, and D.C., K.O.C. adventured to Hersheypark, Kings Dominion, Quantico’s FBI Academy, a gun range, among many other attractions. The group even received a private tour at The White House. The organization also arranged for an adaptive water sports day in Edgewater, Maryland. Even full quadriplegics who rely on ventilation to help them breathe were able to jet-ski safely and had the time of their lives. “It doesn’t matter how serious anybody’s condition might be – everybody was able to participate equally,” said Ari Dobkin, programming director for K.O.C. “We redefine what it means to live with a serious disability or chronic illness. There are no disabilities in Kids of Courage.” Each camper on the trip was

accompanied by at least one counselor. Some campers required two or even three counselors, depending on the severity of their illness. Kids of Courage brought a team of doctors and more than 20 nurses and EMTs. Around 1,200 doses of medications were administered on the road per day, which, according to Kids of Courage, is more than an average-size children’s hospital. Medical logistics personnel tagged along carrying oxygen tanks and ice-cold water in the parks. Campers and counselors couldn’t walk more than five minutes without bumping into someone in a green t-shirt with hydration in hand. “Every detail is covered,” said a counselor. “Wherever we go, the logistics team is right there with wheelchairs and any other supplies we may need.” How does the group do it?

“Working out the logistics of the trip is a near impossible task,” said K.O.C. co-founder and head paramedic Howie Kafka. “Every year we’re amazed that a group of volunteers from all walks of life come together and pull off what can only be called a miracle.” Dr. Ditchek adds: “The organization goes as far as its volunteers take it. We rely completely on the generosity of good people.” The trip was the organization’s ninth official summer trip. K.O.C. also runs a winter adaptive ski adventure to Vermont, in addition to approximately 30 days’ worth of activities throughout the year. When asked to sum it up, one camper said: “Kids of Courage makes the impossible possible.”

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DRS Launches New Advisory Program

ast week, DRS unveiled its brand new Advisory Program. This new initiative is geared to enhance every student’s social and emotional well-being, as well as establish an additional advocate and point-person that students and parents can connect to during their time at DRS. Every Friday morning, immediately following breakfast, students join a small group of 8-9 students and meet with their advisors for 40 minutes. Advisors come from both DRS’s Judaic and secular faculty. The role of the advisor is to act as an advocate, guide, and mentor to the students. The purpose of these advisory sessions is to facilitate healthy communication and engagement, with an emphasis on personal growth and character development. The intimate nature of the sessions allows every student to feel safe, accepted, and ensures that all participants are encouraged to participate. Each week, the advisory will fo-

cus on a different topic which will be both grade- and developmentally-appropriate. The topics and skills exercised and discussed will include study skills, decision making, goal-setting, communication skills, and healthy habits. Time will also be devoted to sharing successes and challenges, to build community, and to celebrate birthdays and other special occasions. DRS prides itself on the individual care and attention it strives to provide for every student who walks its halls.

Set Sail with Shulamith G.O. 2018!

he excitement was palpable on Thursday, September 7, as students and teachers of the Shulamith Middle Division bounded into their building on Cedarhurst Avenue and greeted each other with great enthusiasm. After their jubilant reunion, smiling students and faculty members made their way to the auditorium where grades 6-8 davened Shacharit together, while the fifth graders davened in their respective classrooms. After an uplifting tefillah, the fifth graders joined the rest of the Middle Division for a presentation by this year’s student government. G.O. presidents Adina Adelman and Bailey Schuckman, along with vice presidents, Hannah Gewirtz and Aliza Zilberberg, performed a skit about how they arrived at their theme of the year: Set Sail with G.O. 2018! After the excitement of the G.O.

presentation, students received their class assignments and schedules and dispersed for their first day of immersion in their studies. As students and faculty ended their first day back, the smiles on their faces reflected the success of Opening Day at Shulamith. There’s no question that this year the G.O. will accomplish exactly what they’ve set out to do – provide “Oceans of Fun” for every student in Shulamith!

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After a good 6 ½ week summer vacation, Siach Yitzchok is ready to begin. Siach Yitzchok welcomes many new staff members: Reb Pinchos Menachem Rubin as a second grade Rebbe; Rabbi Moshe Aronov, Rabbi C.A. Kramer, Rabbi Shmuel Lemann, Rabbi C.D. Wahrman as teachers; Mrs. Sarah Heimlich as a secretary; and Rabbi Shmuel Weber as the building manager.

Rep. Rice Announces Nearly $450K in Security Grant Funding for Six Local Jewish Nonprofits

.S. Representative Kathleen Rice, a member of the House Committee on Homeland Security, announced last week that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has awarded more than $6.7 million for security enhancements to nonprofit organizations in the greater New York City area, including nearly $450,000 to six Jewish organizations, synagogues and schools in New York’s fourth congressional district. The funding was awarded through DHS’s FY 2017 Nonprofit Security Grant Program (NSGP), which supports target hardening and physical security enhancements at nonprofit organizations that are at a high risk of terrorist attack. Central Synagogue-Beth Emeth in Rockville Centre, the Hebrew Academy of Long Beach, the Hebrew Academy of the Five Towns and Rockaway, Kulanu Academy in Cedarhurst, and Young Israel of Woodmere were each awarded $75,000 in NSGP funds, and Kehilas Bais Yehudah Tzvi in Cedarhurst was awarded $74,800.

In FY 2016, Rep. Rice helped secure a total of nearly $575,000 in NSGP funds for eight Jewish nonprofit organizations in New York’s fourth congressional district – Congregation Aish Kodesh in Woodmere, the Hebrew Academy of Long Beach, the Hebrew Academy of the Five Towns and Rockaway, the Hebrew Academy of Nassau County, the Merrick Jewish Centre, Yeshiva of South Shore in Hewlett, Young Israel of Lawrence-Cedarhurst, and Young Israel of Oceanside. In FY 2015, Rep. Rice helped secure a total of $150,000 in NSGP funds for Congregation Aish Kodesh in Woodmere and the Chabad Center for Jewish Life in Merrick. “At a time when acts of anti-Semitism have dramatically increased in the U.S. and the threat of terrorism continues to evolve, one of the most effective things we can do is to help potential targets enhance their security and emergency response capabilities and prepare for worst case scenarios,” said Representative Kathleen

Rice.. “I’m pleased that we secured this funding to help enhance security measures at Jewish nonprofits in our district, and I’ll continue working to ensure that all of our communities have the resources and support they need to keep people safe.” “The Young Israel of Woodmere is the focal point of Woodmere’s Jewish community – with 1,100 families, it is vital that we work to protect it from security threats,” said Senator Todd Kaminsky. “We live in a very scary age, and so it is a priority of mine to fight for synagogues and other institutions to ensure their protection. I am happy to have recommended YIW to receive this funding and know it will be employed to its fullest potential. Thank you Congresswoman Rice for your fantastic advocacy on behalf of the Five Towns community.” “We are very pleased that we were selected to receive the 2017 security grant,” said Richard Hagler, Executive Director of the Hebrew Academy of Long Beach. “We have 1,700 students

on three campuses, and it will enable us to further improve safety for our students.” “We are fortunate to have received past grants and we are thrilled to receive this grant from the federal government to upgrade our security system with new cameras and new security gates to make our school even more secure,” said Reuben Maron, Executive Director of the Hebrew Academy of the Five Towns and Rockaway. “We are grateful to be receiving a grant of funds from the Department of Homeland Security and are thankful for all the support we received from the various agencies and government representatives involved,” said Yoel Goldfeder, Chairman of the Security Committee at Kehillas Bais Yehudah Tzvi. “This grant will allow us to invest in the security and protection of our Synagogue and congregants so we can focus our efforts on our prayers and continued service to the community.”

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Chanukat HaBayit of the Rebecca Goldberg a”h Beit Midrash

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n Thursday evening, September 7, HAFTR Middle School opened the doors of its new Rebecca Goldberg a”h Beit Midrash. The space is named after a former HAFTR student who passed away from cancer. Current and former parents, past and present staff,

HAFTR grandparents, graduates and lay leaders joined Middle School principal Josh Gold for this special event. Speakers included HAFTR High School principal Ms. Naomi Lippman, HAFTR Menahel Rabbi Dovid Kupchik, HAFTR faculty member

Rebbetzin Sori Teitelbaum, and Rebecca’s sister, Gabrielle Greenbaum, all of whom shared some of their memories of Rebecca as they congratulated the future generation of HAFTR on this incredible project. The Beit Midrash campaign originated by HAFTR’s 6th grade class of

2018 and was spearheaded by HAFTR parents Alissa Hersh and Stephanie Ulmer. ““It’s all for our girls, to know that our daughters will, too, have a special place to daven to Hashem, to learn Torah, and to have a makom kadosh,” a HAFTR parent explained. The Beit Midrash will be the home to many guest speakers throughout the year during the school’s Speaker Series and Family Learning sessions to be held in the new space.

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Around the Community cannot know which brachos and ye- organized just for us, for our very own shuos we receive moment to moment well-being, at a time when tefillah can change our communal and personal because of this incredible zechus. erhaps you didn’t know that It is appropriate that our mis- din for the better? The Rebbe turned to his rebbetzin every day a group of chashuve and committed to reciting Tehillim for pallelim in Yerushalayim recite Sefer All community members, the benYidden gather daily at the Ko- the community each day until their de- Tehillim in particular because what eficiaries of the tefillos being recited by sel on your behalf and daven for your parture and to ensuring that the rec- connects all of us to the Borei Olam our shluchim at the Kosel – perhaps health, your success, your parnassa, itation continues daily even after they and to one another is our Jewish ne- even the very moment you are read‫בס"ד‬ and your children. leave Eretz Yisroel. Thanks to their shama, which finds no greater expres- ing this – are encouraged to support In the late 1960’s, the previous continuation of the Sulitza Tehilsion in ‫קדוש‬ Olam Hazeh the poidetermination, the Sulitza Tehillim ‫לעצמו‬ ,‫במינו‬ ‫היחיד‬ ‫הכולל החשוב‬ ‫להחזיק את‬ ‫ חוב‬than ‫יחזיק‬in ‫אחד‬ ‫שכל‬the‫בבקשה‬ Sulitzer Rebbe, zt”l, felt that our local Kollel, Kehilas Yakov, was born. Since gnant words of Dovid HaMelech, Klal lim Kollel, under the leadership of the .‫ולבוא להשתתף‬ community was in trouble – people its creation and perhaps due to the Yisroel’s very first king, who was able Sulitzer Rebbe, Reb Yankel Rubin, were moving out and the,‫לטוב‬ neighborSupporters of the Tehillim articulate every hope, dream, ‫שחלקו‬ fear, shlit”a. Kollel’s sincere‫כל‬ tefillos, the small, fal- to ‫לבבינו‬ ‫משאלות‬ ‫בישועת‬ ‫שנוושע‬ ‫עלינו‬ ‫שמתפללים‬ ,‫עמהם‬ ‫אשרי מי‬ hood was not prospering. He wasn’t tering, threatened town of Far Rock- and emotion inherent in the Jewish Kollel readily send to the mispallelim ‫עלינו‬ ‫הטובה‬ '‫ביד ד‬ ‫ומעוטרת‬ ‫טובה‬soul. ‫לשנה‬ ‫לכוח"ט‬ ‫נזכה‬sentiments ‫החזקת תורה‬ sure how to rebuild it, what to do, or away names of their family members All of our deepest – the ‫ובזכות‬ has exploded into‫מבורכת‬ neighboring where to go. In 1968, the Rebbe vis- communities, burgeoning schools, from grief to joy to uncertainty to de- and friends .‫ תמיד‬who are anxiously awaitited Eretz Yisroel, and after davening countless shuls, and as far as we can light – can find expression through the ing their particular yeshuos – from at the Kosel, he stood there, reciting tell, the growth of the Five Towns is psalms that have remained pillars on health to parnassa and everything in heartfelt words of Tehillim, beseeching nowhere near its end. which we have leaned for generations. between. What better time is there for Hashem for the success of the small While we live our daily lives here During trying times, we have seen our you to send them the names of your dying community that was then on in the Five Towns, learning Torah great grandparents, our grandparents, loved ones and to join those who make the border of Far Rockaway and Law- and driving carpool, the members of and our parents turn heavenward with this unique kollel possible day after rence. The Rebbe was reminded of the Tehillim Kollel join together dai- their tattered tear-stained Tehillims, day? the pasuk we recite daily, “N’shalmah ly in an excavated underground shul begging for rachamei Shamayim in Men are invited to a parlor meeting parim sfaseinu [The prayers of our where the stones of the Kosel are un- the countless forms He bestows it. It is for the Kollel at the home of Mr. and lips take the place korbanos].” Just blemished and where a small sign by therefore no surprise that the previous Mrs. Motti Klein, 2 Boxwood Lane in R' Yossi Finerman Rabbi Pesach Lerner R' Yitzy Schmidt as we once had shluchim from every the Aron Kodesh reads, “Mul Kodesh Sulitzer Rebbe, zt”l, turned to his Te- Lawrence, on Monday, September 18, town travel R' to Mordechai Yerushalayim toGuberman offer HaKadoshim.” In the holiest at 8:30 pm. We look forward to greetand that the Kollel engages R' the Sender accessi- hillim R' Yehoshua Levine Schwartz korbanos on our behalf at the Beis ble spot on Earth, they sit and recite one language that unites us in order to ing you in support of this matchless R' Yumie Knobelthe entire Sefer Tehillim R' Moishe Mandel R' mainstay Dovid Simha Hamikdash, the Rebbe, zt”l, believed, of our community. In the so genuinely for us. every day, daven it seemed fitting for our community literally davening for you and me and We know that the power of one zechus of your support and the tefillos Ungeror one tefillah can move of the Kollel, may each and every one to partner with a group of shluchim in our next door neighbors. R' WeMoshe have “amen” Yerushalayim to offer tefillos on our shluchim in Yerushalayim offering mountains. Do we dare desert the of us merit a gmar chasima tova this community’s behalf at the Kosel. korbanos for us! And we certainly spiritual strength of a Tehillim Kollel, year and every year.

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Science at Central

s the academic year begins, Yeshiva University High School for Girls is welcoming back six students who participated in scientific research over the summer at The Albert Einstein College of Medicine and The Garcia Research Center at Stony Brook University, as part of Central’s Science Institute. The Science Institute offers exemplary science students an opportunity to engage in lab research after school during their sophomore year, and to continue participating in research projects at Einstein and Garcia in the summers after their sophomore and junior years, respectively. Some students proceed to enter national and international science competitions. Over the summer at the Garcia Research Center, rising seniors Yael Laks and Leeba Sullivan worked in the field of regenerative medicine, developing gel coatings to help protect stem cells as they are delivered into the body. “In the past it has al-

ready been proven that the cells will survive in the hydrogels,” Sullivan wrote. “The goal of our research is to characterize the gels and try to find the best concentrations for our [stem] cell delivery.” Sullivan also noted the broader educational attributes of the program: “[There are] lots of lectures, spanning across many fields of science, including biology, chemistry, physics, and material science. I learned about lots of new things such as hydrogen fuel cells, electrospinning and nanocomposites.” Rising juniors Rachel Aronov, Eliana Ellerton, Danielle Ganchrow and Ilana Rouhani worked at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, in fields ranging from longevity research to pediatric nephrology. They developed their research skills by helping collect, organize, report and present data, as well as by practicing various basic laboratory procedures. Aronov, who worked with Dr. Howard

Leeba Sullivan and Yael Laks with Mrs. Ruth Fried at Garcia Symposium

Trachtman, a pediatric nephrologist, explained her research: “We are currently working on a project to see the demographic characteristics of children with chronic kidney disease in different areas of the world, as well as comparing and contrasting the prevalence and incidence of pediatric CKD.” She also had the opportunity to shadow Dr. Trachtman a number of times in his clinical work and noted, “Here I witnessed how important the emotional

and mental connection with patients is to doctors.” Overall, the six students seem to have enjoyed their summers deeply. Rouhani wrote, “This summer has been an amazing experience that I will definitely never forget. It was a great opportunity to learn, grow and expand my knowledge and interests.” Mrs. Ruth Fried, chairperson of the Science Department at Central, expressed her pride in her students after attending the

culminating symposium of the Garcia program: “[Leeba and Yael’s research] would help solve the organ donation shortage, prevent the need for lifelong rejection medication, and hopefully prevent the need for multiple surgeries on a patient in need of new tissue or an organ... Leeba and Yael presented with clarity and confidence, and their excitement at being able to successfully communicate their research was contagious.”

Francine Solomon Z”L Memorial Library Dedicated at Rambam Mesivta

he halls of Rambam Mesivta have been forever enhanced and beautified by the new “Francine Solomon Memorial Library,” dedicated by the Deutsch and Solomon families in memory of their mother. The daughter of Mrs. Solomon, Carolyn Deutsch, is a president of the Rambam’s Women’s League and has two sons in Rambam, Eli, a senior, and Dovi, a freshman. Her oldest son, Jonathan, graduated from Rambam in 2015 and currently is Director of Technology at Shalhevet High School for Girls, Rambam’s sister school. Francine was a school librarian who was committed to the written word and assisting young readers in finding books that would speak to

them in that special way that only certain books can. The library is situated in the hallway so that students have access to it at all times. Books are checked out via the honor system and recorded in a journal that sits atop the shelf. The books are surrounded by a spectacular mural created by Gila and Morgan Roslyn that depicts ivy hugging the bookcase. Embedded in the bookcase are iconic images from famous books such as The Great Gatsby, The Call of the Wild, Huck Finn, Harry Potter, and more. The library features classic works of literature, as well as modern classics, and books on Zionism, history, science, math, and business. At the dedication ceremony, Caro-

lyn Deutsch spoke about her mother’s life, and her son Eli read the dedication plaque that described Mrs. Solomon’s life as “one well-lived and well-read.” Carolyn was joined by her husband and family, and her brother Jared led Shacharis for the Rambam minyan. Following the ceremony all those present were treated to a bagel

breakfast sponsored by the Deutsch and Solomon families. The library has only been up a few days and already dozens of books have been checked out. It is an appropriate memorial to a life that embodied the idea of giving as the library is truly a gift that keeps on giving.

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A Great Start at MSH

SH welcomed the Class of 2021 as well as all our new transfer students to the MSH family last week at orientation days. The freshman class started their day at Glow Golf where they had a great time and got to know each other, followed by a delicious lunch at The G.O.A.T in Ce-

darhurst. MSH welcomed all the transfer students with a morning of back-to-school activities followed by lunch at Sunflower Cafe in Cedarhurst. A great time was had by all, and some great friendships are already off to a wonderful start. It truly was the perfect way to start the year.

Back to School Weekend at HAFTR

Playing the racetrack game

AFTR held two incredible events on Sunday, September 10. On Sunday morning, HAFTR welcomed all of the school’s new families to a special welcome lunch. Each new family that enrolls at HAFTR is partnered with a current

The Zilberman and Davidson families, both new to HAFTR

family before the start of the year. This buddy system, created four years ago, allows new families to have an inside scoop to any important HAFTR information, form relationships with current HAFTR families, and help ease the transition. More than 75 new families joined

Decorating cupcakes

Leslie Gang, Director of Admissions & Communications, for this backto-school event. The lunch was followed by a school-wide Back to School Welcome Carnival hosted in conjunction with HAFTR’s PTA. The carnival included rides such as the

mechanical bull, rock wall, swings, train, bungee jump as well as carnival games and various prizes for redemption. Families enjoyed spending their Sunday at their home away from home, HAFTR.

chance to have their faces painted. While enjoying each other’s company, the event also provided an opportunity for the kindergarten teachers to get

to know their students’ families. The brunch was a spectacular beginning to a wonderful year of learning and fun at HANC 609.

Kindergarten Brunch at HANC

s the buses and cars pulled up to HANC’s Samuel and Elizabeth Bass Golding Elementary School in West Hempstead on the first day of school, the excitement on the children’s faces lightened up the dark, rainy morning. Parents and grandparents assisted the children as they brought in their heavy bags of supplies, and the warm spirit could be felt as soon as you walked in the door. In each of the morning meeting rooms, the children found their classmates and all over the room you could see children hugging their friends, joining in group conversations, and sharing the events of their summer. Even more heartwarming was the wonderful way that the children welcomed the

many new students who have joined HANC this year, so that they would feel comfortable on the first day in their new school. Under a bright blue sky, HANC’s Samuel and Elizabeth Bass Golding Elementary School in West Hempstead welcomed the new kindergarten students and their families to the “Welcome to Kindergarten Brunch.” The families were treated to a delicious breakfast that was catered by Bagel Town and everyone had an opportunity to see old friends from the HANC Early Childhood Center and make new friends as well. In addition to having breakfast at school, the children enjoyed the playground, basketball courts and even had the

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Cedarhurst Remembers

n Sunday, the Village of Cedarhurst commemorated the tragic events of September 11, 2001 at its annual Memorial Ceremony at the Memorial Plaza in Andrew J. Parise Park. The Village honored the memories of seven members of our community who were murdered in the attack on the World Trade Center 16 years ago. We also paid tribute to the first responders and survivors of that fateful day. “We gather here today to remember, to pause, to reflect and to never, ever, forget, those members of our community who we honor in our 9/11 Memorial Plaza and on our Monument, and all victims, first responders, firefighters, police and court officers. It is our small way of honoring and cherishing their memory,” said Mayor Benjamin Weinstock in his heartfelt remarks. Village officials, religious leaders, first responders and elected officials attended the ceremony to

offer words of wisdom, healing and hope. The vocal ensemble of LHS added inspiring songs to the solemn atmosphere. Taps were played after memorializing those names from our community, and a bell rung as each name was pronounced. The audience was riveted as keynote speaker and Cedarhurst resident, Ari Schonbrun, powerfully delivered his memories of escaping the burning towers that day and his heroic efforts to save his co-workers. His message of courage, love and helping a friend in need was extremely moving and emotional. Mayor Benjamin Weinstock and the Board of Trustees gratefully thanked the Lawrence Cedarhurst Fire Department, Rabbi Shay Schachter, of Rosh Bais Medrash Young Israel of Woodmere, Senator Todd Kaminsky, Lawrence Cedarhurst American Legion Post #339, Chief Dave Campbell and the Lawrence-Cedarhurst Fire Department, Deputy Inspector Danny Gluck of

Chief Dave Campbell of the Lawrence Cedarhurst Fire Department reading the names of the seven community members who lost their lives: Thomas E. Jurgens, Neil D. Levin, Kevin O’Rourke, Joseph Rivelli Jr., Bettina Browne Radburn, Ira Zaslow, and Howard Selwyn.

the Nassau County Auxiliary Police, Commander Syd Mandelbaum of the Lawrence-Cedarhurst American Legion Post #339 and Pam Gallopini and Thomas Riley of Lawrence Public School District No. 15.

The Village acknowledged with appreciation the large turnout of Five Town residents for bringing dignity, grace and honor to a day that will forever be etched in American history.

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Sukkot Day Trips Eve Harow With Guide

Bar Kochba’s Yehuda and Modern Gush Etzion Monday, October 9, 2017 Tishrei 19, 5778

• We start in Hevron at Ma’arat Hamachpela, and the rarely open Ulam Yitzchak

• Then we’re off on a jeeping tour of Gush Etzion! • In Kfar Etzion we will have a dairy mehadrin lunch at the Hamama’s Sukkah followed by the powerful film about the 1948 War in Kfar Etzion • Visit the pioneering Kashuella Ranch and Bat Ayin Cost: $95 per person (345 Shekels per person) Cost includes r/t armored transportation, guide, water, jeeping, entry fees and lunch

Under Living Schach in The Jordan Valley • At the Einot Kedem Ranch meet the inspirational Atidyas, their at-risk kids, sheep, dates, mangos and olive trees.

Tuesday, October 10, 2017 Tishrei 20, 5778

• Then we will visit Yinon’s Spice Farm in Na’ama and the see the effect of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) Movement • Enjoy a dairy mehadrin lunch in the Sukkah of Cafe Cafe Bika'a • Travel up into the Shomron to tour the growing community of Kochav HaShachar • Head south on the Allon Road to Mitzpe Dani, its Midrasha and Tanach inspired view Cost: $75 per person (275 Shekels per person) Cost includes r/t armored transportation, guide, water, entry fees and lunch Trips departs promptly at 8:15 AM from the Liberty Bell Parking Lot (behind the Sonol Gas Station) and returns approximately 6:30 PM

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Alumnae Learning at SKA

or the past 15 years, graduates of the Stella K. Abraham High School for Girls have found a spiritual home away from home on Friday afternoons! Rabbi Daniel Eisenbach, SKA’s Mashgiach Ruchani and the Rav of the Avenue N Jewish Center in Brooklyn, has offered a weekly parsha and yom tov shiur to SKA alumnae who look forward to joining their beloved former teacher and fellow graduates in a warm and supportive setting. How did this shiur come about? Rabbi Eisenbach explains that two former students, Lonnie Mayer Zoldan and Mikki Septimus Hackel, urged him to start this class, feeling the need to continue the spiritual high they had attained throughout their years at SKA and then in seminary in Israel. Fridays were con-

venient for most girls, since they usually took less classes on that day, and the alumnae quickly learned to make arrangements to be able to join Rabbi Eisenbach in the school. The alumnae shiur has proven beneficial for the graduates and the current SKA students. Seeing girls who’ve graduated still interested in Jewish studies has had a positive effect on the teenagers in the school. Learning, they see, does not end after high school and seminary, and the graduates themselves are wonderful role models. The shiur gives the alumnae an opportunity to maintain a connection to Rabbi Eisenbach, their alma mater, the other faculty and administration members and each other, in addition to extending some of their Israel experience. Since the Friday alum-

nae class began, SKA past and present students even attend Rabbi Eisenbach’s shiurim in his shul in Brooklyn! In addition to the Friday program for our graduates, evening lectures are given by Mrs. Elisheva Kaminetsky, Director of Religious Guidance and head of the Tanach Department. Pre-yom tov

lectures are coordinated by Rabbi Isaac Rice, head of the Torah S’Bal Peh Department, and feature SKA faculty members. Being part of the SKA family doesn’t end after graduation! This coming Sunday, September 17, SKA, DRS and HALB alumnae, mothers, students and women of the

community are invited to a Boker l’iyun from 9:30am to 11:30am held at the SKA campus. Please join us for shiurim with Rabbi Rice, Mrs. Kaminetsky and Mrs. Avigail Shmulewitz, SKA Limudei Kodesh teacher, for pre-Rosh Hashana learning and inspiration.

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9/11 First Responder Speaks at Rambam

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offered a focused account on how dedicated rabbanim worked tirelessly to identify missing persons; so crucial in determining, in some cases, if a woman is in the category of an almana. Tommy Milano was an officer at the time of 9/11 and he was on the ground helping people, searching the rubble for victims and offering his services wherever needed. He spent three continuous days helping. He lost two

relatives who worked in the World Trade Center in the Cantor Fitzgerald Investment Banking Firm. He shared, “I have over 30 years’ experience in law enforcement and I still do what I do because I want to continue helping people.” It was a historic assembly in every sense of the word, but also an instance where history came alive to honor those who are no longer with us.

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he children enjoyed miniature golf and rock wall climbing, a Kids to the Rescue exhibit, and a journey back in time to the days of our forefathers. There was painting monograms on canvases, sushi making and t-shirt designing as well as a day in an incredible state-of-theart children’s playground. Activities also included a clown visit, obstacles courses, yoga and dance lessons, Frisbee catching, art stamping, basketball, relay races and so much more. This may seem like a description of a summer camp schedule – and it is. But all this fun and excitement was condensed into four days last week in a very special Marion and Aaron Gural JCC camp experience – Camp Kadima, for children from single parent families. Throughout the course of the year, Kadima, an amazing and unique JCC initiative, made possible by support from UJA Federation of New York and The Jewish Communal Fund, runs programs and events and offers services and support to single parents struggling to deal with the challenges of separation and divorce. This vital program helps single parents regain their footing, bring normalcy to their lives and the lives of their children, and take positive steps to move forward. To date there are over 165 Kadima families in our program, which is going into its fourth year this fall. Kadima features support groups for moms, dads and children, shortterm one-on-one counseling, entitlements assistance, lectures, workshops, holiday packages, clothing

drives and backpack gifts, trips and, of course, Camp Kadima – all at no cost to the families. This summer thirty-five children participated in our camp. For many, this was their only summer plan. The children – boys and girls – ranged in age from 5-11, and came from The Five Towns, Far Rockaway and other local neighborhoods. The four packed days during the gap period before school resumed brought grins and laughter to the frequently overwhelmed children and smiles of relief and gratitude to the overextended and often stressed parents. Camp Kadima’s success this summer is credited to the joint effort of so many dedicated people: The wonderful counselors and art teacher brought in for the camp; the volunteers who happily gave of their time and one, in particular, who arranged for a surprise visit of an ice cream truck which pulled right up to the JCC doors and doled out “free” icecream of their choice to all the campers and staff; Gourmet Glatt for providing drinks and snacks all four days; the accommodating organizers of the various facilities we visited; the Kadima team; and, most of all, the wonderful children and parents in the program who allowed us to create this beautiful experience. If you would like to support one of our many Kadima programs or know someone who would benefit from our services, please contact Rachayle Deutsch at the JCC (516)569-6733 ext. 222 or email rachayle.deutsch@guraljcc.org.

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Jezreel: Crazy Israeli Winemaking By Gary Landsman

razy. Jezreel Valley Winery’s founders are crazy. Tech titans such as Apple’s Steve Jobs & Oracle’s Larry Ellison use the word crazy to refer to those whose thinking is outside of the box, innovative and disruptive. “You’re not going to succeed when everyone is doing the same thing... accept different thinking.” -Larry Ellison. Yehuda Nahar and Jacob Ner-David, co-founders of Jezreel Valley Winery, are anything but crazy. Yet this five year old winery is leading a disruptive wave and making wines that others, both in & outside of Israel, might consider crazy. But crazy is not the goal of Jezreel, original is – “original Israeli” more specifically. The three red grapes that Jezreel has chosen to focus on are Syrah, Carignan and Argaman. Syrah, also known as Shiraz, is a grape used to make world class wines

in places such as Southern France’s Rhone Valley as well as Australia. Jezreel believes this grape is ideally suited to the Mediterranean climate of Israel and when planted in the correct location, harvested at the right time and then made into a wine that allows the grape to express its true character, Israeli Syrah can be uniquely Israeli and a perfect complement to Israel’s Middle Eastern food and warm climate. Carignan is a grape that, while widely planted around the world, has a reputation for being a stubborn grape. It is late to ripen, susceptible to rot and its tough stalks make it challenging for machine harvesting. Carignan became a widely planted grape due to its ability to yield a very high amount of grapes per vine. It is for this reason that it was a variety planted in Israel, specifically when Israel was making kiddush wine and quality was of secondary concern to quantity. It took an innovative and stubborn winery such as Jezreel to make a world class wine out of Carignan, and Jezreel is very proud of the

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fact that their Carignan is the first Israeli and kosher wine on the wine list at a three star Michelin restaurant in France. While Jezreel believes that their use of Syrah and Carignan is distinctly Israeli, they took this philosophy to the next level with their use of indigenous grapes Argaman and Dabuki. Argaman is a modern Israeli grape, having been created (a cross of two other grapes) in Israel in the 1970’s to provide color to Israeli red blends. It quickly fell out of favor ,and other grapes such as Petite Sirah were instead used to provide the color to blends. A few attempts to make quality table wine from Argaman were made at other wineries, but Jezreel has surpassed the others with their top label single varietal Argaman wine. Dabuki is a white grape indigenous to Israel. And using the Dabuki grape Jezreel made possibly their riskiest wine, a “Pet-Nat.” Pet-Nat, short for Pétillant-Naturel, is a sparkling wine, made by allowing a wine to start its fermentation in tanks, but then finish in the bottle, capturing the carbon dioxide that is a byproduct of fermentation, giving the wine bubbles. When done right Pet-Nats can be a great sparkling alternative to Champagne. But the method by which the bubbles are captured is considered by many to be unstable and risky, so it is not a commonly used method. The release of Jezreel’s Pet-Nat just made quite some nose in Israel. Itay Gleitman, who is the wine writer for the Israeli newspaper Ha’aretz, just published an article raving about the wine as well as about the winery’s creativity. While Jezreel’s first Pet-Nat was not exported outside of Israel, they are attempting two Pet-Nat’s from the 2017 harvest and hope some will make its way to the U.S. A final wine worth mentioning, in particular as it is a wine worth seeking out as we enjoy the final warm days before fall and winter, is the Jezreel rosé. While rosé has over the last few years quickly become very en vogue, Jezreel’s 2016 rosé of course has something unusual about it – a white grape. Rosé is a wine that we drink chilled like a white wine, but it is made (and gets its pink

color from the skins) of red grapes. Breaking convention, Jezreel blended Sauvignon Blanc into their rosé, giving it a bit more personality and a lovely citrus note not found in most rosés made exclusively from red grapes. So if you like to be ahead of the curve, do things a bit differently and think outside the box, Jezreel wines are worth seeking out. Jezreel Valley Winery Adumim: A blend of Jezreel’s primary red grapes, Syrah, Carignan and Argaman, “Adumim” is a fruit forward and food friendly wine. A medium body with hints of dark berries, this wine is a great pairing for grilled dark chicken cutlets. Jezreel Valley Winery Rosé: This refreshing rose´ has a wonderful lip smacking acidity and unique citrus note from the Sauvignon Blanc and is perfect with a salad, pan seared fish or on its own. Jezreel Valley Winery Syrah: Dark berries, with notes of herb, spice and earth, this wine has soft, silky tannins and will pair well with savory lamb. Jezreel Valley Winery Carignan: A full-bodied, powerful yet refined wine, this wine has rustic tannins with earthy and spicy notes as well as hints of tart blackberries, black currants and espresso. Sublime with a standing rib roast or duck à l’orange. Jezreel Valley Winery Argaman: Red berries and toasty oak frame this medium to full bodied wine that is robust yet not overly heavy and quite complex. This wine will pair nicely with Moroccan chicken or veal osso bucco. Gary Landsman has been a passionate wine lover and professional for over a decade and is the owner of Taste Wine Co., an innovative wine shop in Manhattan’s East Village.

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Hurricane Trivia Most hurricanes in the U.S. start in the exact same place. Where is that location? a.

Specific names of hurricanes are retired when what happens? a.

Western African

b. South America

b. The hurricane merges with other storms

Gulf of Mexico

d. Your 10-year-old’s knapsack

d. A person with the same name files a lawsuit

Hurricane Galveston took place in 1900 and is the biggest hurricane in recorded history, with over 8,000 lives lost. Where did Hurricane Galveston take place?

6. Australian Clement Wragge, who is often considered to be the father of modern meteorology, was the first to name tropical cyclones in the late 1800’s. What did he name them after?

Texas

b. Florida

North Carolina

b. Friends from his 12th grade class who stated in the yearbook that Wragge would probably “blow it in life”

d. Louisiana How long did the longest lasting hurricane in recorded U.S. history last?

c. He would open up the Australian Centennial News obituary section and pick a random name

4 days

d. He would raffle off the honors to community members

b. 2 weeks 31 days

d. 6 weeks 4.

On July 17, 1943, Joseph Duckworth made history by doing what? a.

A full moon

d. Changes in barometric pressure from low to high

Eating 6 pies of pizza during the course of a 36hour hurricane. (A record recently broken by the TJH Centerfold Commissioner.)

d. Being blown 2 miles in hurricane winds and surviving

A hurricane makes “landfall” when what happens? a.

The edge crosses the coastline

The center crosses the coastline

The rain begins to fall over land

d. The post-hurricane surge takes place

A- Joseph Duckworth was an Air Corps. Lieutenant Colonel in World War II. In 1943 he flew an AT-6 single engine trainer into a small but strong hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico near Galveston, Texas, becoming the first person to safely fly through a developed in the Pacific Ocean in 1994, lasted 31 days.

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Bad thunderstorms

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Flying his plane into the eye of a hurricane

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What is a major cause of hurricane formation?

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hurricane.

Hurricane Intelligence Category Scale 7-8 correct: You are a Cat 5 hurricane. 4-6 correct: You are a Cat 2 ½ (Just kidding, there is no Cat 2 ½,

A- Research has shown that most of the monster storms that hit the U.S. and Canada start out as a distinct weather pattern in the atmosphere over western Africa, specifically a spot off the coast of the African Cape Verde islands.

Politicians he disliked

When the named hurricane is particularly devastating

C- Hurricane/Typhoon John, which

Every 65 years a new batch of names is used

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Torah Thought

Parshas Nitzavim-Vayelech By Rabbi Berel Wein

h! The covenant once more. The basis of the relationship between the Jewish people and their Creator is the covenant that exists between them. The covenant is central to the story of the Jewish people. Our father Avraham entered into and created the terms of this eternal covenant. The covenant was embodied in his flesh itself and sanctified by the sense of sacrifice that the historical narrative of Avraham and Yitzchak reinforced. Yaakov received the covenant from his father – after contests with Eisav and Lavan – and bequeathed it to his sons, the twelve tribes of Israel. His family took the covenant with them down to Egypt and it was miraculously preserved throughout centuries of

slavery. Yosef had promised them redemption and belief in the existence and efficacy of the covenant. And that promise of redemption for all ages and future conditions was attached to the overriding theme of the covenant. To this historical and faith narrative was added the holy spirituality and Divine laws of the Torah granted at Mount Sinai. This combination of holiness, the discipline of behavior, the historical narrative of tradition and family all combined to form the foundation of the covenant. This has remained the great backbone of Jewish survival during our long and painful exile and dispersion. It is this covenant that unites Jews the world over as a family, not only as a faith and not only as a nationality.

The continuity and presence of this covenant – alive and well as it assuredly is in our time now – was and is the leitmotif of the rhythms of Jewish life everywhere. The covenant was binding upon all Jews even though many Jews, especially in modern times, were completely unaware of its existence and the grip it exerted on their lives and society. It is this covenant that governs Jewish history and our current events as well. There is no other rational way to look at our story, past, present and undoubtedly future, in the absence of the overriding influence and presence of the covenant that Moshe and Israel entered into as recorded in this week’s Torah reading. The demands of the covenant are

strong and oftentimes appear to be severe. But an “easy” covenant would be useless considering the challenges and rigors of Jewish history. Rabbi Moshe Feinstein often stated: “People say it is difficult to be a Jew and they are correct in that assessment. But I say that it is even more difficult for a Jew not to be a Jew!” Such is the nature of G-d’s covenant with us and it has proven to be eternal and binding for all of the millennia of Jewish existence. That is why this is the final major public act of the career of Moshe as the leader of the Jewish people. As long as the covenant holds, he is assured of the eternity of Israel and his own immortality. Shabbat shalom.

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From the Fire

Parshas NitzavimVayelech A Backstage Pass to Divine Service By Rav Moshe Weinberger Adapted for publication by Binyomin Wolf

he Torah (Devarim 30:11-14) tells us, “For this mitzvah which I command you today is not concealed for you, nor is it distant. It is not in Heaven that you should say, ‘Who will go up to Heaven for us and take it for us that we may hear it and do it?’ Nor is it on the other side of the ocean... for the matter is very close to you in your mouth and in your heart to do it.” When the pasuk says “this mitzvah,” which mitzvah is it referring to? According to Rashi, the Ohr Hachaim, and others, this refers to all the mitzvos of the Torah. According to this, the Torah is telling us that all of Yiddishkeit, all of Torah and mitzvos, is attainable and within our grasp. According to the Ramban, however, because it says “this mitzvah,” it seems to refer to one specific mitzvah rather than mitzvos generally, so he explains that it refers to the mitzvah of teshuva. But even according to the Ramban, teshuva also means a return to the totality of Torah, to all of Yiddishkeit, not just one mitzvah. In any case, the Torah seems to take a person’s initial feeling that true attainment of Torah is impossible seriously. Rather than dismissing the false feeling that the Torah’s demands of a person are too difficult to fulfill, the Torah expends several pesukim addressing this misimpression head-on. Rav Leib Chasmin, zt”l, one of the

great baalei mussar, asks a serious question on these pesukim. Anyone who has studied Gemara is familiar with the concepts of “hava amina” and “maskana.” A “hava amina” is an explanation or opinion which is considered but ultimately rejected by the Gemara. The “maskana” is the Gemara’s ultimate conclusion. Usually, the hava amina has some relationship to the maskana and is not completely off-base. For instance, if one person says that flights from New York to Los Angeles last six and a half to seven hours, but someone who has actually taken the flight corrects him and says that the flight lasts only six hours, this is a good example of a hava amina and a maskana. The hava amina is not totally off-base, but shares some resemblance to the maskana. In contrast, it would be absurd if someone had a hava amina that the flight lasts only five minutes. Such a thought is not even worthy of being considered as a viable hava amina. In fact, the Gemara and later commentaries often go to great lengths to understand the basis of each hava amina of the Gemara notwithstanding the fact that it is ultimately rejected. The two are usually someone close to one another. Rav Chasmin asks why the hava amina and maskana of the pesukim seem to have absolutely no relationship to one another here. The hava amina is that Torah and mitzvos are

virtually impossible to attain. But the maskana is that, in fact, they are easy, a cinch. Why would the Torah take our natural basic tendency to see Torah and mitzvos as nearly impossible to truly attain seriously if such an impression is completely and totally off-base? Rav Chasmin offers an incredibly deep explanation. He explains that there are two perspectives: the view of the outsider and the view of the insider. The outsider’s perspective is the view of one who, even if he is religious, has not yet entered into the world of serving G-d. We can understand this by considering someone who is not Jewish and cannot fathom how a person can go 24 hours without watching TV, checking his email, going on the Internet, or driving in a car. Such a life seems impossible, intolerable. But that is only because he is an outsider. For us, who are insiders and experience Shabbos every week, we cannot imagine life without Shabbos. Rather than seeing Shabbos as an impossibility, we recognize that it is the source of life and is therefore a cinch to keep. The Torah’s recognition of our hava amina is addressing the perspective of the body, our physical nature which is not yet initiated into the world of G-dliness. From that outsider’s perspective, Torah and mitzvos seem impossible, distant, and outof-reach. Yet the Torah’s maskana is that Hashem invites us to come

inside, to try out Torah and mitzvos from an insider’s perspective. When we do that, we will see that our previous perspective, the perspective of the body, was totally off-base. I have spoken with a number of people who have told me, “I cannot get up early in the morning to learn before davening. I must not be one of those people. It’s too hard.” The truth is that they only say this because they’re looking at Torah and mitzvos from an outsider’s perspective. If these people would just try it out for a few days, their neshamos would receive such nourishment from the experience that they would experience a jolt of energy and begin to wonder how anyone could live without starting their day with Torah. Those who do this know that when a person starts his day with learning instead of going straight to work, his whole day is different. This is the perspective of an insider. So Hashem is inviting us in and telling us, “Precious children, do not remain outside. Come in and taste the sweetness of Torah. The truth is that when you know what it is, it’s not an impossible mountain to scale. It’s a cinch and you will wonder how you ever lived without it.” How is He able to tell us this? Because He knows us better than anyone else. Many of us have heard our children tell us that they cannot do something we expect of them. But because we know our children and

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their potential better than they know it themselves, we can tell them that we know they can do it, that they are entirely capable, and that it is a cinch if they would just come inside and see themselves as capable and worthy. Similarly, Hashem knows us better than anyone else and recognizes that we are ready and able to enter into His service as soon as we muster up the strength to see ourselves as insiders and walk into the world of Divine service. It is only the outsider who says, as Bilaam did (Bamidbar 24:17), “I see it but it is not close.” He can see G-dliness and the ultimate redemption but they seem so far away. This is only because he is looking in from the outside. The Jewish people, on the other hand, say, as Yeshaya Hanavi did (Yeshaya 56:1), “For My salvation is near to come and My goodness to be revealed.” We recognize that even the ultimate redemption is not some far-off ideal, but an imminent revelation worth hoping and davening for. Our job in educating our children is to show them the excitement of Yiddishkeit so that they will realize

that Hashem, Torah, and mitzvos are already in their minds and hearts. They will realize that they are insiders with backstage passes to a world of G-dliness. Rav Shlomo Freifeld, zt”l, the

could buy tickets for two months in the future but there were no more seats for that night. He tried explaining that he was an important person in his industry, but it was no use. Rav Freifeld related that the man

So Hashem is inviting us in and telling us, “Precious children, do not remain outside. Come in and taste the sweetness of Torah.”

rosh yeshiva of Shor Yoshuv in Far Rockaway, NY, who I was zoche to be close to, once related that he met a Jew from Tulsa, OK. This Jew told Rav Freifeld that when his friends heard he was traveling to New York, they told him he should go to Broadway to see the show “South Pacific.” So when he came to New York, he went to Broadway to the theater and tried to buy a ticket to the show. But the box office staff told him that the show for that night was sold out. He

told him that he came up with an idea. He came back to the theater later that night and asked one of the people coming out of the show for their ticket stub. That way, he could show the stub to his friends back in Tulsa and they would think that he had seen “South Pacific” on Broadway. What a foolish concept! Rav Friefeld warned the listeners not to be like this person, never going inside but carrying the trappings of

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Yiddishkeit around with us as if to say, “Look, I put on tefillin this morning. I finished the daf today. I davened Shacharis, Mincha, and Maariv today. I must be an insider,” when we have never experienced the inside of the service of G-d. Hashem calls out to us, “The matter is very close to you! In your mouth and in your heart to do it!” A person doesn’t need to look in from the outside. All we need to do is serve Hashem in truth and we will see that it is not as impossible as it is seems from the body’s perspective. We will see that we already have it within us to come inside and live Torah and mitzvos with vitality because we were born to do it. May Hashem bless all of us that we should enter into the world of the service of Hashem as insiders and recognize that Torah, rather than being impossible, is the most natural thing in the world. Rav Moshe Weinberger, shlita, is the founding Morah d’Asrah of Congregation Aish Kodesh in Woodmere, NY, and has served as Mashpia in Yeshiva University since 2013.

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Between the Lines

Impossible? Impossible! By Eytan Kobre

The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a man’s determination. -Tommy Lasorda

apoleon once traveled unannounced to one of his army camps at Boulognesur-Mer. Upon arrival, his first words to the commanding general, Marshal Soult, were, “How much time do you require to be able to embark?” When he was told that it would take three days to move the army, Napoleon replied, “I can give you only one.” “But that is impossible,” said the Marshal. “The word ‘impossible’ is not found in my dictionary,” Napoleon replied. “Erase it from yours.” Because when you want something badly enough, it always is possible. “For this commandment that I command you today (keeping the

Torah or repenting), it is not too difficult for you, nor is it far off. It is not in the heavens, such that you could say, ‘Who shall go up for us to the heavens and bring it to us and make us hear it that we may do it?’ Nor is it across the seas, such that you could say, ‘Who shall cross the

And implicit in that mandate is the promise that, if we want it badly enough, we would be able to do just that. R’ Moshe Leib Sassover was once traveling by wagon when a bunch of hay fell off. The wagon driver asked R’ Moshe Leib to pick up the hay,

“We celebrate here today not because I am brilliant enough to author this great work, but because I wanted it so desperately. And that is how I achieved it.”

seas for us and bring it to us and make us hear it that we may do it?’” (Devarim 30:11-13 and Ramban/Seforno ad loc.). The implication of the Torah’s uncompromising mandate is that if the Torah were in the heavens or across the seas, we would be obligated to go get it (Eruvin 55a).

but R’ Moshe Leib claimed he was too old and infirm for such a laborious task. “I cannot,” said R’ Moshe Leib. “You can,” the wagon driver shot back, “you just don’t want to!” R’ Moshe Leib understood the wagon driver’s words as a Divine message. We often delude ourselves into

thinking we cannot, when, in fact, we can – we simply lack the will. How many opportunities are missed because of such limited thinking! There is no such thing as impossible, particularly when it comes to spiritual achievements. The Alter of Navardok consistently reminded his students that the Torah does not recognize the concept of I cannot; when a person claims I cannot, it means nothing more than that they lack the will. For “if you seek it out like silver, and search for it as for hidden treasures, then you shall understand Fear of G-d and find the knowledge of G-d” (Mishlei 2:4). “In the path a person wants to go, [that is where] we bring him” (Makkos 10b; Rambam, Teshuva 5:2). When there’s a will, there’s a way. When called by the Heavenly court to account for our failures, the poor will use poverty as an excuse, and the wealthy will use financial commitments as an excuse. And both will be rejected (Yoma 35b). Were you poorer than Hillel? the Heavenly court will challenge the poor. Each day, Hillel worked

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The forty days from the beginning of Elul through Yom Kippur are known as “Yemei Ratzon” – “Days of Favor” – a time most suitable to rekindling our connection to G-d (Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 128:1). But “Yemei Ratzon” also can be interpreted as “Days of Will.” Perhaps the term is not merely an expression of G-d’s desire for our return to Him but also a challenge to us to muster up the desire and commitment necessary to overcome feelings of impossibility or hopelessness on the path back. Perhaps it’s been a year since we’ve searched ourselves and our actions introspectively or attempted to better ourselves. Maybe we’re a long way from the promises we made around this time last year. We might feel justified in thinking that the road to betterment is “impossible” or that we “cannot.” But we don’t recognize that notion. When it comes to achieving closeness with G-d and following His commandments, Torah lexicon does not contain the words “impossible” or “cannot.” Erase them from yours.

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with all his heart to Torah learning if only they would permit him to remain in yeshiva. After telling the story to the crowd gathered to celebrate his monumental work, the Netziv concluded: “Just imagine if I had not heard my father’s cries. I might have been but a simple craftsman. And appearing before the Heavenly court, I would be taken to task for not authoring the Ha’amek Shaila. We celebrate here today not because I am brilliant enough to author this great work, but because I wanted it so desperately. And that is how I achieved it.” As Napoleon recognized, the words “impossible” and “cannot” simply do not exist in the vocabulary of accomplished people.

and earned a half-dinar, of which he used half to support himself and his family, while the other half was used to pay for admission into the yeshiva. One snowy winter’s day, Hillel lacked sufficient funds to gain entry, so he climbed onto the roof to listen to the Torah emanating from within. He was later discovered under three cubits of snow. Were you wealthier than R’ Elazar ben Charsom? the Heavenly court will challenge the wealthy. He inherited 1,000 towns and 1,000 ships, but nevertheless devoted himself to Torah study. Once, the tax collectors for one of his own towns levied a tax upon him, not knowing he was their boss. R’ Elazar asked them to leave him alone as he only came to the town to learn Torah. “By the life of R’ Elazar ben Charsom,” the tax collectors replied, “we will not allow you to enter the town until you pay the levied taxes.” R’ Elazar ben Charsom paid their monetary demands so that he could continue to learn Torah. Just as with the Torah’s implicit command to achieve Torah observance and repentance even if it means ascending the heavens or crossing the seas, if we can be obligated by the acts of such great men as Hillel and R’ Elazar ben Charsom, it must follow that we can achieve what they managed to accomplish – provided we possess the same level of passion, drive, and commitment (Ohr Yahel, Shevivei Ohr). When R’ Naftali Tzvi Yehuda Berlin (the Netziv) completed his monumental Ha’amek Shaila (an exegesis on the She’iltos of R’ Achai Gaon), he arranged a large celebration and explained why the occasion held such significance for him. As a young boy, he did not show much interest in Torah studies. One night, he overheard his father bemoaning his lack of progress and dwindling interest. With tears in his eyes, his father told his mother that it was time for their young son to leave yeshiva and become an apprentice to a local craftsman. The young boy was deeply moved by his parents’ distress over the matter, and he rushed in from the adjoining room and promised to apply himself

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The Observant Jew

That’s Just Grate By Rabbi Jonathan Gewirtz

ometimes life throws so much at us that we feel we can’t take it. One thing after another happens and we think, “Great. Just great.” You know what I mean. You don’t hear your alarm clock so you oversleep. Then you are rushing and miss your bus. The next bus gets you to work late and you don’t have time to prepare for that meeting. What else could go wrong? Or, you are cooking a special dish for Shabbos, or for relatives, or whatever, and you’re sautéing the onions. You get a phone call for which you need privacy so you walk into another room, until the smell of scorched metal or the shriek of the fire alarm draws you back to the kitchen where you find a charred mess. You now have to start all over, but first you need to clean the pan. You scrub and scrape, and then, guess what? You’re out of onions! Great. Now you need to go to the store to buy more and you won’t have time to do whatever it was you had planned to do. At times like these, when we’re having mental and emotional overload, we need some sort of mechanism to keep us from just getting swamped. I thought about this idea one cloudless Shabbos morning as I walked to shul. I passed a storm drain on the way and sitting on top of the storm grate were a tennis ball and a paper cup. Because the openings in the grate were too small for them, this trash was kept out of the waterway and the creek underneath the grate, which is a good thing since it flows into a larg-

er ecosystem and these items would be harmful. It gave me the idea that such a system could work for people also. Were we to install some sort of grate in our minds to keep out things that could hurt us we’d be happier and more productive human beings. Let’s start with our first example. All those things happened and you didn’t get to prepare for your meet-

loom large. Then, we can use our mind’s grates with other things. Insults, nasty or insensitive comments, and simply thoughtless remarks can often affect us negatively. We look at them as part of a larger feeling of dislike or malevolence and the results can be catastrophic. Fighting, resentment, and revenge are horrible outgrowths of such interactions.

When you realize that you don’t have to let everything that comes your way get through to your heart, you can keep yourself healthy and protected.

ing. Even worse, though, is the fact that you start to get into panic mode. You imagine that this downward spiral will continue and your nerves get frazzled. Introduce the grate and remind yourself that you will deal with each thing as it comes, instead of being barraged by an overwhelming flow of things beyond your control, and you might be able to retain your sanity. OK, so the onions burned and your schedule is messed up. But that doesn’t mean you can’t regroup, and hold back some of the pressure that is too big to handle. It takes some discipline but you can keep your mind from racing if you think of the grates and keeping out worries that

Install a grate in your mind and refuse to let these big hurts seep through and you are protecting yourself in the best possible way. When you realize that you don’t have to let everything that comes your way get through to your heart, you can keep yourself healthy and protected. What about words of gossip, slander, and random put-downs? Those aren’t good for us either. By installing a grate on our ears and minds, we can begin to repel those things. When we hear someone report on another person’s failings, we have to think of the tennis ball and cup and realize that that lashon hara can get into us and stop up the proper flow of thought. It can wreak havoc on

our delicately-balanced body and soul connection and begin to drag us down into the mire and sludge. The only protection is to prevent things like this from getting through in the first place. If we are careful about this, then the water flowing through the grates can help to cleanse the situation and separate fact from fiction and truth from falsehood. At a certain point, we will find that the only thing that should get through the grates is water, which is an analogy for Torah. Now, it doesn’t only mean words of Torah, but rather anything which is part of Torah. Kindness, judging favorably, joy, and empathy are all things that are part of living Torah. By living with these filters in place, we will keep out the harmful debris and promote the healthy flow of life. Wouldn’t that be grate? I mean, great? © 2017 – All Rights Reserved

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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The Time for Selichos by Rabbi Moishe Dovid Lebovits

e all are familiar with the custom of reciting Selichos from before Rosh Hashanah until Erev Yom Kippur (and some communities even from Rosh Chodesh Elul. The question arises each year when the Selichos period is upon us as to when Selichos should be recited. At this time, we try to fit the Selichos into our busy schedules. Many places have a practice to say Selichos at 10:00 p.m., some at 1:00 a.m., and others before Shacharis in the morning. When is the opportune time to recite Selichos? Why do the Ashkenazim start after chatzos on Motza’ei Shabbos? The Rambam says that during the Aseres Yemei Teshuvah we get up “at night” and say words of tachanunim. The Shulchan Aruch mentions as well that we awake in “ashmores haboker” to say Selichos, which is understood to mean night. Many authorities quote this and rule that one should say Selichos at night before alos hashachar. The reason for saying it at night is because that time is a time of ratzon. There are those who have the custom to recite Selichos at chatzos, since that is also a time of ratzon. There are those who have a min-

yan for Selichos and Yud-Gimmel Middos before chatzos; however, this practice is frowned upon by the poskim. In fact, Harav Yaakov Kamenetsky zt”l mentions that he is not sure what the heter is for it. Although we do recite Selichos on Yom Kippur night before chatzos, this should not serve as any proof that doing so is permitted, since Yom Kippur is a day of mercy. Some people might be tempted to daven at the 10:00 p.m. minyan in order to get up to go to work in the morning without waking up earlier to say Selichos. In addition, some may be scared to go out early in the morning and would rather do it at night. Furthermore, people are tired from working all day, and do not want to sacrifice their sleep. Harav Moshe Feinstein zt”l dealt with this question in Igros Moshe. He maintains that since the Gemara never actually forbids saying Selichos before chatzos, we cannot prohibit this practice. If the option is to recite Selichos before chatzos or not to recite them at all in the morning, one should recite them at night with the early minyan. However, he adds that this should not be done on a regular basis and cannot be done year after year. Some suggest that

the source for saying Selichos before chatzos, usually about 10:00 p.m., is because in Eretz Yisrael it is after chatzos. Therefore, it is permitted even though it is before chatzos in other parts of the world. One who wishes may recite Selichos at Minchah (although this practice is not common), since we recite vidui (nusach Sephard) during Minchah. Those who say Selichos before chatzos do not recite the Yud-Gimmel Middos, Ashrei, Kaddish after Ashrei, and the Lecha Hashem. Ashkenazim begin reciting Selichos on Motza’ei Shabbos after chatzos. On this day, they are particular to recite Selichos at night, since we say in the portion of the Selichos, “B’motza’ei yom menuchah,” which is referring to Shabbos. Therefore, it cannot be said on Sunday. Some hold that one should change to weekday clothing before reciting Selichos on Motza’ei Shabbos. We all need as much mercy as possible during these days, and we should make sure to recite Selichos in the most opportune time frame and try not to rely on leniencies. Whether one is saying Selichos at night or early in the morning, he may say it loud even if he may be a nui-

sance to some neighbors. However, one should still try to ensure that the windows are closed to avoid disturbing the neighbors. We have mentioned above that the opportune time for Selichos is at alos hashachar. Even after sunrise, which is the opportune time for Shacharis, one should still recite Selichos first. This is true despite the concept that whatever is more common comes first. It is possible that since reciting Selichos is a custom, it takes precedence over davening. On fast days, we say Selichos during davening. Why do we say them before davening during Elul? It is possible that we need the extra merits, so we say Selichos earlier to add to our merits. On fast days, the Selichos are added as an extra aspect to tefillah, so we say them after Shemoneh Esrei. In addition, Selichos before davening can help us prepare ourselves to daven with more concentration, and be a merit for us during the days of Elul. If one comes to shul and they have already started davening, he can daven with them and then say Selichos later at another minyan.

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Israel Today

Distractors By Rafi Sackville

The latter is a “must” for focusing on itself only, while WhatsApp and its ilk mostly provide connectivity when it’s not absolutely needed. Both are overused by a young generation unaware of their deceptive benefits. Unlike in some of the schools I taught in in New York, students in

ere are two false premises about typical teenagers, particularly teenagers in Israel: WhatsApp and social media in general is “indispensable” for staying in contact with the world; the fidget spinner is a “must” for maintaining focus.

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Israel are permitted to carry their phones around with them everywhere. “Put your phone away” is now joined by a similar request to do the same with those annoying spinners. I once asked a student to look me in the face. I thought this simple request would draw her attention away from her phone. Instead she raised her head and phone together and addressed me eye to eye (as it were) while keeping her face firmly ensconced on the screen. Being told that fidget spinners help them focus, it is nothing short of miraculous for a teacher to successfully instruct a class without the oc-

their homeroom classes and the rest of the teaching staff. It is not uncommon for students in need of one-on-one contact with adults to misread simple messages unless they receive multiple confirmation replies. In many cases this evolves from a lack of confidence and the need to confer with an adult. The phone might be many things, but it has yet to replace flesh and bones and the comforting presence of an adult. At the end of the school year I experienced a wake-up call. So accustomed am I to the constant use of WhatsApp that I had become im-

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The phone might be many things, but it has yet to replace flesh and bones and the comforting presence of an adult. casional gadget/widget interruption. Unfortunately, teachers have been unwillingly sucked into the vortex of social media usage while at school. The most common method for teachers and students staying in touch is through the WhatsApp application. Teachers are encouraged to open lists with each of their classes with an eye to encouraging better communication. The result? It is used to the point of abuse. Homeroom teachers are particularly vulnerable, for it is they who act as a bridge between

mune to the scores of messages I was daily receiving. Suddenly school was out, and there was no longer the need for students to contact me. The silence was deafening. It took me a day or two to feel liberated from its grips. In a recent podcast interview, the technology commentator Adam Greenfield said that because “we aren’t fully, emotionally present, people are constantly attracted to their phones because there’s a fear of missing out.” As a result “we’ve become less canny about ourselves and

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find it difficult to align ourselves to others.” As phones have become an extension of our arms, and as they have increasingly connected us to the world, we have lost the ability to communicate. The breakdown in connectivity caused by over-connectivity is perplexing; it manifests itself in ever changing verbal patterns; it is increasingly difficult to have meaningful conversations with a large segment of students. Instead a teacher can often find him/herself on the receiving end of short sentence bursts not unlike the sound bites one might hear on a reality show. Kids are beginning to talk to adults in the language they use when messaging. Then there are those ubiquitous, annoying fidget spinners that students vociferously claim are essential for maintaining focus. Students look like modern day technological soldiers: in one hand they wield the spinners that buzz and whir like a nest of bees; in the other, their phones, which they use to re-

cord their lives. In a May article The Atlantic magazine wrote, “Ours is not an era characterized by collaboration between humans and earth—or Earth, for that matter.” This observation is increasingly true. We are dealing with a new generation of individuals disconnected from one another on the one hand, yet overly connected to each other in perpetual vacuity. My neighbor, Moshe Levi, is a school counselor here in the north. He is in the process of completing his doctorate in education. He spent months traveling from school to school getting over 1,000 students to participate in a questionnaire. The questions took two sessions to complete at a loss of no more than 20 minutes of students’ time. When he began Moshe discovered student cooperation almost non-existent. He turned to true and tried methods; handing out free movie tickets and a huge quantity of candy in order to extend the time needed to concentrate.

One of his gripes about the current Israeli teenager is their empowerment over teachers. He cited WhatsApp as an example, which forces teachers to be at the beck and call of students 24/7. He asked me what would be the outcome upon receiving messages from students but not replying immediately. I told him it happens all the time. Students become irate, they re-text that I am ignoring them, and one had even exited the class list because I hadn’t answered her in timely fashion. Ignore the fact that I was otherwise occupied at the time, these youngsters demanded an instant response. We have become slaves to the very devices we don’t want in our classrooms. Moshe suggested the time was ripe for the Ministry of Education to create an application that allows communication without the element of burden on teachers. That app will more than likely appear on our devices in the near future. In the meantime, summer vacation provided a welcome break from the over-

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whelming volume of text messages. During the month of July, a handful of students took state exams. Homeroom teachers were asked to send out reminders. The message to my class was short and to the point: “Be at school on Thursday the 13th at 12:15 for math exam.” It didn’t take long for them to reply. One texted back at me no less than four times wanting to confirm the time he had to be at school. “12:15?” he asked over and over. I didn’t see his messages because, as it sometimes happens in my life, I was otherwise occupied. I was walking through the local mall with my wife when his mother called me wanting to know why I was ignoring her son. Thus began a cycle of explanation and time wasting that one concise and precise text message – a message that was designed to make life easier – couldn’t successfully address. Rafi Sackville, formerly of Cedarhurst, teaches in Ort Maalot in Western Galil.

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t took only 24 hours for Hurricane Irma to develop into a Category 2 hurricane near the Cape Verde Islands on August 30. And then, days later, on September 5, Irma turned into a Category 5 monster, barreling on a course of destruction. It reached a peak intensity with 185 mph winds and a minimum pressure of 914 mbar, making it the strongest tropical cyclone worldwide so far this year. For the rest of its lifetime, Irma vacillated between a Category 3 and 4 hurricane, until eventually weakening below major hurricane status. And wherever Irma went, it caused destruction and death. When Irma crashed into the Caribbean it pummeled the islands with Category 5 winds and rains. On Wednesday, Irma’s first stop was the twin-island state of Antigua and Barbuda; the island of Barbuda suffered total devastation and was almost completely flattened by the forceful storm. One person was killed. In St. Martin/St. Maarten, at least four people were killed. Major destruction was caused by its crushing winds and pummeling rains. The island of Anguilla received Irma’s “full blast”; one person died in the storm. The storm continued. In St. Kitts and Nevis, Irma left flattened homes and caused power outages. In the U.S. Virgin Islands, four people were left dead in Irma’s wake; four others lost their lives as it crashed into the

British Virgin Islands. Puerto Rico was not directly hit by the hurricane, and still, three people were killed and fierce winds damaged power lines. The next day, Irma continued on to the Dominican Republic. At least 2,000 houses were damaged by the storm. Haiti was hit as well, although it didn’t suffer damage as extensive as in other countries. One person died as a result of the storm there. Turks and Caicos sustained quite a

at pictures from his once-bucolic hometown, he lamented, “I think it’s going to take a long time for Barbuda to get back on its foot. Everything is completely destroyed.” “Most of the people left with just the clothes on their backs... It’s sinking in, you’re feeling the impact of the hurricane. After a day or two you realize you have lost everything.” This week, the prime minister of Antigua and Barbuda warned that the cost of rebuilding could come out

"It’s sinking in, you’re feeling the impact of the hurricane. After a day or two you realize you have lost everything.”

bit of damage from the storm's winds and rains. In preparation for Irma to blast through on Friday, six islands from the Bahamas were evacuated. In Cuba, ten people lost their lives when it burst through. Strong winds and seismic waters caused major flooding. And then, on Sunday, Irma barged into Florida.

lvis Burton, 57, lives in Barbuda but was evacuated to Antigua for the storm. As he looked

to around $250-$300 million. “The extent of the damage is beyond the means of these islands,” Prime Minister Gaston Browne said. “Global human cooperation is an absolute necessity.” As a coral island just a few feet above sea level, Barbuda had few natural barriers to break the impact of the winds. As a result, some 95% of the structures on the island about the size of Nantucket were either damaged or destroyed. Its infrastructure is in pieces. Its 1,800 residents are homeless, scattered among

shelters and friends’ homes across Antigua, which, thankfully, escaped most of Irma’s wrath. Rebuilding homes and infrastructure, officials say, could take at least six months. Out of all of the Caribbean territories hit by Irma, Antigua and Barbuda is the only one that stands as an independent state with no parent country to aid in its rebuilding. Even so, the ambassador of the island nation, Ronald Sanders, has said that they will soldier on: “At the end of the day, it is our country, we have to try our best to keep it going as best we can,” he said stoically. Photos taken from the air after the hurricane show that Barbuda looked like a “winter scene without snow,” Sanders said. “There was no grass anywhere, no leaves on the trees, trees without branches.” Ninety-five percent of the structures on the islands were flattened or heavily damaged by Irma’s waters and winds. Browne focused some of the blame of Irma on climate change and urged nations to form a plan to assist the Caribbean countries ravaged by Irma since they are contributors to global warming and pollution. “This is not a situation in which Caribbean islands are going cap in hand or with a begging bowl to wealthy countries. They have an obligation to assist [small developing islands] especially as heavy polluters. They have to help us because they are contributing to

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the issue as heavy polluters.” He added that the United States has an obligation to help like they assist those hurt by Hurricane Harvey and Hurricane Irma stateside. “My message is: just as Trump is helping other U.S. states, like Florida and Texas, just remember that there are some countries in the Caribbean that got damaged and the U.S. can do more,” he said. “They ought to do more. You cannot be the biggest and most powerful country in the world and have small islands right on your doorstep on the socalled third border.”

t. Martin/St. Maarten suffered extensive damage under Irma. Nearly onethird of its buildings in the Dutch-ruled section of St. Martin were destroyed. More than 90 percent of its structures were damaged in the storm. Cars were tossed on their sides, and large boats were stranded sideways on dry land after Irma left. St. Martin is an island that was divided in the 17 th century into the French territory of Saint-Martin and the Dutch territory of Sint Maarten. It has a population of around 40,000. This week, Dutch King Willem-Alexander visited his country’s part of the island and said the scenes of devastation he witnessed were the worst he’d ever seen. “I’ve never experienced anything like this before and I’ve seen a lot of natural disasters in my life,” he said. “I’ve seen a lot of war zones in my life, but I’ve never seen anything like this.” On Tuesday, French President Emmanuel Macron visited the Caribbe-

an. Speaking in Guadeloupe, Macron promised to rebuild the French territories flattened by Irma, namely St. Martin and St. Barts. “I am here to talk about reconstruction,” he said. “When such a thing happens, life is never the same again. I want to rebuild not just a new life but also a better life.” The French interior ministry said that after emergency needs are dealt with, reconstruction will begin. Among its priorities, it intends to distribute one million liters of drinking water, secure private property, and get the telecommunications systems running again. In a Facebook Live video on Wednesday after the storm ravaged her town in St. Martin, Stacy-Ann Taylor cried, “We survived, we survived.” She added that they were in need of basic necessities – food, water, security. She and her family were fearful of looters and lawlessness. Around the island, there were reports of men with knives and machetes threatening residents. Some were waiting on piers to steal the bounty of boats and ships carrying much-needed supplies to the devastated community. Residents, fearful for their lives, were hiding in their homes at night. On Front Street, a popular shopping destination for thousands of tourists, looters broke into a customs office and stole weapons. In addition to the devastation caused by Irma, the lawlessness is perhaps a more urgent concern right now. French and Dutch police have sent additional officers and military personnel to the island to contain the looters.

Currently 1,500 French troops, police and emergency workers are in St. Martin. An additional 500 others are to come. Just days after Irma left, Hurricane Jose came though the region. Although the islands weren’t hit directly, its presence nearby halted a lot of relief and rescue operations. On Sunday, American officials rescued at least 1,200 U.S. residents from St. Martin, bringing them to Puerto Rico for shelter.

Downed trees in Miami Beach

ritain received criticism from some in regards to its response – or lack of it – to Irma in its territories in the region, Anguilla and the British Virgin Islands. But this week, Alan Duncan, secretary of state for foreign and commonwealth affairs, spoke in the UK Parliament and explained, “I am rather dismayed by the sweeping criticism ... they are unsupported by the facts. For instance, the French don’t deploy in advance specifically for hurricanes; what they do is have troops permanently based there because the nature of French overseas territories’ government is different from ours. Our overseas territories are self-governing. The French govern directly. And therefore they have soldiers there all the time,” Duncan said. The UK has had a naval vessel, Mounts Bay, preloaded with disaster relief supplies in the Caribbean since July, and within a couple of days had restored electricity at Anguilla’s hospital and cleared the airport runway before repositioning to the British Virgin Islands. Another Royal Navy ship, HMS Ocean, Britain’s largest,

Destruction on the British island of Anguilla

Dutch King Willem-Alexander in St. Maarten

Downed power lines in the U.S. Virgin Islands

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was sent to the region and will be there next week. It will be carrying eight more helicopters. Residents of Anguilla, though, were not mollified by the UK’s explanation. “All over the island, Anguillans are saying that the response has been really sorely lacking. We are feeling very much like the stepchild,” Josephine Gumbs-Connor, an Anguillan lawyer, grumbled.

hose who have vacationed in the U.S. Virgin Islands will see a very different territory than before the storm. The famous Asolare restaurant is gone from its perch on the cliff; multi-dollar homes and aluminum shanties are strewn along the streets. Some homes are left with just two walls; others have disappeared. Most residents are stuck without power or cell service. Irma hit the island with its full intensity. The island of St. John is now the site of Irma’s worst destruction on American soil. This week, military helicopters brought supplies, and a Navy aircraft carrier was anchored off the coast. The National Guard was patrolling the streets. The Coast Guard was ushering the last of St. John’s tourists onto large cruise ships headed for Miami and San Juan. Some locals, depressed from the destruction, were

leaving too. “Hurricanes? We’ve been through hurricanes — lots of them. But nothing, nothing, like this,” said Jerry O’Connell, a Maryland native who is now a developer in St. John. For days, the porch on Ronnie’s Pizza parlor was the only spot on St. John where anyone could get enough service to make calls. Like in other territories, lawlessness was a problem. Some people slept in shifts, so someone would always be up to keep guard. ATMs were stolen, ripped from their walls. Store windows were smashed. Gas stations were robbed. But it wasn’t just the bad apples who took advantage of the situation. Do-gooders made the most of the chaos and helped to ferry the old and infirm off of St. John. Nils Erickson, a 42-year-old Gaithersburg, Md., native and part-time St. John resident, rushed down to help. Erickson began running supply missions and evacuations. Since Friday – three days before large-scale official efforts – they managed to get 600 people off the island. So many boats came to help that the locals began to call it the “Puerto Rican Navy.” “It was our own Dunkirk,” said Sgt. Richard Dominguez of the Virgin Islands Police Department. “They took their own boats before official means were available. They didn’t wait.”

An aerial view of the Florida Keys on September 11

Stories of people handing out free food and water abound. So do instances of people assisting others, as much as they could. Kenneth Mapp, governor of the U.S. Virgin Islands, said it may take “months, months, months” before full power is restored to the island. He added that the National Guard was not able to come earlier due to the harbor being filled with overturned boats. He only managed to get to the island via helicopter.

uthorities in Havana, Cuba, cut power as a precaution before the storm hit. Residents awoke on Sunday after a night in the dark to a land of fallen trees, twisted lampposts and smashed water tanks. Havana was spared, in comparison to the rest of the island. Although the destruction was not as dense, seven people – in Havana alone – lost their lives as buildings collapsed. Ten people were killed in Cuba by the storm. Just 60 miles east of Havana, in the coastal city of Matanzas, one-story houses were completely underwater, and damage to Cayo Romano and Cayo Coco, popular tourist islands, was severe. Hotel roofs caved in, mounds of concrete and coils of steels filled lobbies. The government immediately took action, deploying trucks filled with food and equipment to remove the mounds of debris.

Collapsed buildings in St. Martin

On the other side of the island, U.S. military and their families at Guantanamo Bay breathed a sigh of relief after Irma left the island. Thankfully, all were spared.

y midday on Tuesday, Florida Power & Light Co. had restored power to 2.3 million customers in Florida who were stranded without lights or electricity since Irma smashed through. Still, at least 4.7 million people in the Sunshine State were left without power. The company said that those on the east coast of the state should expect full power back by September 17; those on the west side will have to wait until around September 22. Irma, the first Category 4 hurricane to make landfall in Florida since 2004, left mounds of debris in her wake. The Florida Keys was the first strip of U.S. land to bear the hurricane’s brunt. At least one person died there, although there was a mandatory evacuation there during the storm. Officials say that about 10,000 people stayed in the Keys throughout the storm. On Tuesday, officials opened entry into the Upper Keys for residents in Key Largo, Tavernier and Islamorada, up to mile marker 73, allowing residents to return home and see the damage for themselves. Residents of the Keys, desperate to see their homes, lined

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up throughout the night along U.S. 1 in their parked cars. As they head back home, chances are residents will be met with devastation. Around 25 percent of homes in the Keys were completed destroyed; 65 percent sustained major damage. “Basically every house in the Keys was impacted,” Federal Emergency Management Agency administrator Brock Long said this week. Although the Keys are known for their grandiose mansions, around 13 percent of the area’s 70,000 residents live in poverty. They’re the people who work in the groceries, the gas stations, the restaurants. Clean up and restoration for them may prove to be devastating. Much needs to be done to restore the Keys back to its beauty and security. Drinking water and power are cut off; all three of the area’s hospitals are closed. The government sent an aircraft carrier to help in

the search and rescue efforts. And workers endeavored to repair two washed-out, 300-foot sections of U.S. 1, the only highway from the mainland, and check the safety of the 42 bridges linking the islands. As of Tuesday, the Lower Keys – including the chain’s most distant and most populous island, Key West, with 27,000 people – were still off-limits, with a roadblock in place where the highway was washed out. “We’ve got a lot of work to do, but everybody’s going to come together,” Florida Gov. Rick Scott said. “We’re going to get this state rebuilt.” 12 people in Florida lost their lives in the storm. One person was killed when he lost control of a truck that carried a generator. Two people – a sheriff’s deputy and a corrections officer – died from a two-car crash in the rain in Hardee County, which is about 60 miles inland from Sarasota. In Winter Park, near Orlando, a man was electrocuted by a downed power

line on Monday morning. Another person died from carbon monoxide poisoning from improper use of a generator in Miami-Dade County. Still another was killed while cutting fallen tree branches.

arco Island was also struggling with its cleanup efforts this week. The small island was hit right after the Keys. As of Monday, Fire Rescue Chief Mike Murphy said, the island still didn’t have water or electricity. He urged residents not to return, if they had a choice. Irma arrived on Marco Island – which measures about 24 square miles and is located in the southwestern part of Florida – Sunday afternoon with howling wind gusts measuring up to 130 mph, according to the National Weather Service. The force knocked down cell towers, damaged roofs and uprooted trees. Even so, the island didn’t suffer from

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a gigantic storm surge, despite predictions. It was hit with a surge of just 3 to 4 feet, a relief after what they were expecting. “We were the little engine that did it,” Murphy told reporters. Authorities haven’t reported any fatalities, and Murphy says there are a few “very minor injuries.” About 16,500 permanent residents live in the affluent enclave of Marco Island; they were told to evacuate. Even so, officials estimate that 3,000 to 5,000 people chose to stay during the hurricane. One person who stayed related that as the hurricane descended and the area’s barometric pressure dropped dramatically, they could feel a popping sensation in their ears similar to when a plane descends during landing. Now the focus is on clearing roads, providing food to those in need, and – literally – picking up the pieces.

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Cleanup began in Miami as well. Although it was spared much of the hurricane’s wrath, many streets were covered in sand and fallen trees littered roads. Street signs and other debris blew in the wind. Thousands were left without power. Resident Joe Kiener said he has endured multiple hurricanes in the Caribbean but had never experienced a storm as brutal as Irma. “I’ve been in Miami Beach for two years, which is prone to flooding, but this is completely out of the norm,” Kiener told ABC News. Kiener boarded up his house and stayed at a high-rise hotel in Miami. But he had to move down to the lobby after his hotel room windows took a beating from the strong winds. “The windows started cracking, and these are massive-impact windows. They were exposed to 12 hours of continuous heavy winds. At one point in time, one of them started splintering and that’s when I lost my nerve and said, ‘I’m leaving,’” he said. “It psyches you out; it’s just the endless hallowing and pounding of the wind.”

esidents in Jacksonville were still standing in floods of water on Tuesday as the rest of the state commenced their cleanup. Driven by tidal flow, an already saturated inland waterway system and Irma’s powerful winds and rains, the swollen and fast-rushing St. Johns

River crashed over sea walls and sandbags and left much of the area underwater. Officials called the flooding “epic” and “historic,” with the river through this city of nearly 900,000 hitting levels not seen since 1846 — a year after Florida became a state. On Tuesday the city started to recover, but meteorologists warned that some flooding is likely to return as storm-generated waters rush south from the Carolinas toward the Atlantic Ocean. The St. Johns — 315 miles long and three miles wide at points — is expected to continue threatening communities in northeast Florida because the huge volumes of water the river is holding have no place to go, according to Angie Enyedi, an incident meteorologist with the National Weather Service. Hundreds of residents had to be rescued from the rising waters in Jacksonville and nearby communities after they chose not to heed pleas from local and state officials to flee the area ahead of Irma. “We hope the 356 people who had their lives saved yesterday will take evacuation orders more seriously in the future,” the Jacksonville sheriff’s office chided in a tweet on Tuesday. The evacuation order was lifted on Tuesday. Business owners returned to riverfront shops and restaurants to find sea grass, tree limbs and an inch of mud covering streets and

some sidewalks. By midday, the mud started to give off a strong odor as it baked in the hot sun. The area was hit by Hurricane Matthew last year but the results were different. Although the city was flooded by Matthew, with Irma the waters are just barely receding.

y Monday, Irma was no longer Hurricane Irma; it was downgraded to tropical storm status as it rumbled over the Florida-Georgia line and into the Deep South. As it entered Georgia it cut power lines, leaving more than 340,000 customers with no electricity, Georgia Power said. A state of emergency was declared and many school systems shut down for the day. Heavy winds and rain pummeled the region. Flooding and downed trees ravaged the state. At least three people died in Georgia by Irma’s wrath. One man died while lying in bed after a large tree broke and fell on his home. A woman was killed when a downed tree struck her vehicle. In South Carolina, waters were so high in some areas that it freed a famous local landmark – a boat that had been deposited along a road by Hurricane Hugo in 1989 and which had become a popular canvas for graffiti art, at Folly Beach. It came to rest against a dock whose owner managed to tie a line to it. “At its height, the storm generat-

ed a nearly 10-foot tide,” the Post and Courier reported about the Charleston area. “That was 4 feet more than normal and among the worst tidal surges in 80 years after Hugo in 1989 and a storm in 1940. It was about 8 inches higher than last year’s Hurricane Matthew.” Before the storm, state government offices were closed, and authorities circulated a guide on how to prepare for the deluge. Almost 52,000 people lost power. At least two people died in South Carolina: a 57-year-old man was killed after a tree limb fell on him and a 21-year-old died in a car crash. Meteorologists predicted that Wednesday would see heavy rain accumulations in parts of Florida, Georgia, Alabama, South Carolina, Mississippi and North Carolina from the residue of Irma. Tornadoes were also possibly expected.

y the end of the week, as the sun finally starts to shine and the waters hopefully recede, many will be left facing wreckage. They will be forced to clear the destruction and work together on rebuilding after the devastation brought by Irma. How long will it take? How much effort and resources will be needed? Time will only tell as they take a deep breath and begin the long, intense process of building anew.

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Jack Martins Talks about Ethics, Assessments and Israel An Interview with the Candidate for Nassau County Executive

Jack, thank you for taking the time to meet with us. I know these few weeks are really busy for you. You’re running for County Executive. What have you been hearing on the campaign trail? What are on people’s minds? I’ve been hearing many things. People are concerned about the county’s finances, taxes, the assessment system, where is the county heading. They are wondering why the county is in sort of in a holding pattern and why – for the past almost 20 years – it can’t balance its budget. People are concerned about what kind of a county they will have for their children. Heroine is a big issue. What do we do to stem the tide for an epidemic that’s affecting all of our families, all of our communities, that we frankly haven’t gotten a handle on yet? With all of the people who have died – if you look at the tragedy, at the number of kids – the number of families who have been affected by tragedies, it’s epic and yet we’re sort of still not up to grips with taking the steps necessary to deal with it.

What can and should be done on the county level? I think we need to be a lot more aggressive. I’ve proposed a plan that would, with county resources, build a treatment facility here so that we have treatment options for people who have that moment of lucidity where they want to seek help and yet don’t want to move to California or to Utah or to Florida. And two, we have to be serious about the courage of all the patients. Everyone talks about being proactive and bold but if you understand what happens when someone overdoses, more often than not, 911 is called, the police officer arrives, the ambulance arrives, they administer Narcan, they revive the person and then they transport them to the hospital. And then what? The fact is, the person usually signs themselves out within an hour, they’re home, back taking drugs – within an hour. I’ve had conversations with police officers who have responded to the same home, to the same person, and revived them – one of them three times in one shift. Same home, same person. I have been to hospitals where they had the ability to hold people for

a certain amount of time and require them to undergo some treatment or care. And I’ve asked the county legislature to pass a law that would, as a matter of law, define anyone who overdoses on heroine and is revived using Naloxone (Narcan) as being a danger to themselves requiring that they be held in the hospital for 72 hours. They can do that in Nassau County. Nowhere else in the state can they do that. Has that passed already? No, not yet. There are 37 states in the country that have mandatory involuntary confinement post-overdoses. You have to look for the moments where we can societally intervene to help prevent all these tragic deaths. And one of those moments is when someone just killed themselves and was revived and brought back. That’s it. That’s got to be one of those moments where we take the initiative and say you’re in a hospital, you’re in a medical setting, we’re going to take this as an opportunity to present you with treatment options so you can hopefully reach a path to sobriety. As far as the cost is concerned,

I believe that these costs should be covered if they’re not already covered by insurance, but if they’re not, let’s look at the numbers. Last year a little over 600 people in Nassau County were revived using Naloxone and transported to the hospital. This is what was reported. 220 people died from overdoses. Across the country 50,000 people died from overdoses last year. 50,000 – more than car accidents nationwide. And yet everyone’s still sort of ignoring the problem. What about way before they take Narcan? What about on a school level or before they start on that addiction? Funny that you mention that. I’m actually the person who introduced and passed the legislation requiring that addiction education be taught in schools. I introduced the legislation in the past; it was signed into law almost three years ago. This was state-wide, when I was in the senate. I also am the guy in the legislature who worked to require that if anyone over 18 who deals drugs to middle school kids, kids under 14, it should be a Class A felony. We

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passed that in the senate five years ago and there was someone who refused to take it up. Why? Because there’s a sense from some people that you don’t increase penalties on anyone – even drug dealers that prey on little kids. It’s bizarre, frankly; I think it’s part of the problem when we decide we’re not going to hold people accountable for their actions. When a person is purposely targeting little kids, then it takes on a whole different level because you’re actually now subjecting that child to a lifetime of addiction and you’re poisoning them. Unfortunately, a guy in the Assembly never even allowed it to come to the floor. What’s the balance in the Assembly, Democrat versus Republican? Around 105 Democrats, 42 Republicans. Overwhelmingly it’s the Democrats and unless the Democrats are held accountable... Look at what happened in Westchester recently. The legislature in Westchester passed a local law saying that their county was a sanctuary county and that law enforcement in Westchester and the district attorney in Westchester were not allowed to cooperate with the federal government in deporting violent, illegal aliens who are convicted of violent crimes. I came out with a statement and said, very clearly, Nassau County is not and will not be a sanctuary

county and if anything, we’re going to pass localized laws requiring law enforcement to cooperate with defense. Look, I don’t believe in mass deportation of immigrants at all. If they’re here and they’re good members of society then let’s figure it out. There’s got to be a path to some status – some people say citizenship, I’ll say “something.” Let Congress figure out what that status happens to be. But as a local community and in a county the size of ours, our first responsibility is to help. We pride ourselves on making sure that our families are safe, our communities are safe. My opponent is being supported by what I consider to be radical leftwing groups that take their political agenda and throw illegal immigrant agenda ahead of public safety. And they’re entirely for legislation that will allow for all counties including ours to become sanctuary counties because they don’t believe that anyone should be deported. And, frankly, that to me is absurd. An editor from a paper called me and asked me to clarify my position on Westchester because they said, “Well, how is that not anti-immigrant?” I said, “It’s not anti-immigrant, it’s anti-criminal. This is a public safety issue, it’s not an immigration issue.” The fact that they want to make it an immigration issue is troubling because it’s not.

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gang issue. He came out here to send a message to the community that the federal government is going to use their resources to help protect the community. As far as Trump’s position on drugs, my understanding, I read something recently, is that he’s considering calling it a national drug issue, which I think is a very positive

thing. What’s that going to translate into? I think what it will hopefully translate into is a marshalling of resources, moneys to the local government to allow treatment programs to sobriety.

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Let’s talk about those costs associated with the 72-hour hold I mentioned before. Consider 600 people county-wide, 3 days at the hospital at 600 dollars a day, it’s less than $2 million – and the county’s budget is $3 billion. We have to have the courage of our own convictions especially for something as important as putting someone on the path out of addiction. My opponent, recently in the county legislature, held a press conference for the Democrats’ opioid addiction initiative: to require pharmacies to put up a sign in the pharmacy saying that opioids are addictive. Their great initiative to push back on this epidemic is to require pharmacies to put up signs somewhere on the wall of the pharmacies saying opioids are addictive. I think that kind of shows the differences of approach to the issue. Do you feel that it’s going to be an uphill battle for you because you’re running on the Republican ticket? I think people know who I am and I don’t believe that people should be painted with a broad brush. I understand the need to be proactive but because someone was arrested doesn’t mean someone else from the same party should be seen in the same light. For every Mangano, there’s a David Denenberg or a Carrie Solages or a Pat Williams or a Roger Corbin. How many other Democrats can I name that have been arrested and convicted and just reported for jail? I know you say you will be working on ethics reform when you get to the county executive seat. Well, I proposed a number of things including strengthening the ethics board. A lot of our proposal was already adopted by the county legislature which I was pretty happy to see, but not all of it. I’d like to see them do more. I proposed that not more than 2 members of the 5 members of the board of ethics be for any one party so that we can have some partisan balance on the board. It’s important that they not be stacked with 5 Democrats or 5 Republicans. The board of ethics has staff ac-

tually dedicated to reviewing those concepts. Everyone has to file a financial disclosure form, all elected officials and policymakers have to file disclosure forms. Someone has to review those forms and look at the county’s procurement record and see where those conflicts exist. My understanding is that they don’t have staff who are proactively looking at the forms. So you need an independent, transparent system that can hold elected officials accountable. We have a commissioner of investigations, which is part of the county charter, a person who’s appointed by the county executive and subject to approval by the county legislature. I would want that person to have the additional responsibility of having to be the investigatory of the board of ethics. One thing it has to have is

and you don’t, they will reduce his assessment because of his challenges but they don’t go back to recalibrate yours to make sure that you’re on par. And so, whatever rejection he gets, you get an increase. Let’s assume we have 1,000 houses each paying $1,000 each, so our budget is $1 million. The next year we reduce the assessment on half of those houses; 500 houses we reduce it to $400. I still have a budget of $1 million. And so the others will have to pay more. It’s all one pie. The budget is a finite amount and all the assessment does is decides what portion of that tax should go to you and your home. When I was mayor in Mineola I reassessed the entire village. We need to do that in Nassau County. Nassau County has more challenges

"We need people who are willing to work across the aisle, who aren’t going to allow their Rs and Ds to dictate and coach government, and who are willing to take the necessary steps to deal with the issues that the county has before it."

subpoena power. One thing about government is that there’s nothing to hide. It’s the public’s – if we do something we should be able to explain everything we do and why. You also are interested in reforming the assessment system in Nassau County with regards to paying taxes. The one thing we all hate is paying taxes. But the thing we hate more is realizing that our neighbor is paying less than they should and that we’re paying more. Now, you can have similarly situated homes, some of them on the same block, with large discrepancies. See, if one person challenges his assessment every year

to their assessment system than the rest of the state combined. I’d also like to see the assessment system fixed, like transferring the assessment responsibilities to the towns. The county has a county-wide assessment system. There are 62 counties in New York State, 57 of those counties outside of New York City. Do you know how many of them have county-wide assessment systems? A few. Two. Out of 57 counties outside of NYC across all of New York State, only two have county-wide assessment systems. One of them is Tomkins County, which is in upstate NY, the entire county has 100,000 people. And the other one is Nassau. So

we need to switch it. Tell us about your trip to Israel. I was in Israel nine years ago when I was mayor. We went to Tel Aviv, to Jerusalem, we met with the deputy mayor, we went to the Western Wall, we went to the Old City. I visited Sderot. We went to the police station. I saw rockets sitting there all painted different colors. It was a remarkable thing watching how they reinforced roofs of homes and schools, stairs that were reinforced so that if the siren went off they were able to get to shelter. What was most memorable about the trip? The fact that there were people still living in Sderot, the fact that no one had left, and the grace that they had in understanding that they weren’t going to leave their homes was remarkable. I also was lucky enough to have a helicopter trip by a former colonel from the Israel Air Force. He flew into Tel Aviv in a small helicopter, picked me up at the airport, and then went up to Jordan and landed on the Galil. Landing in the Golan, you realize firsthand how important it is that Israel not trade land for peace, whatever that means in their minds. There’s no other reason for Syrians to want the Golan back than to send rockets down on the communities. So it gives you perspective. In the state senate I was the prime sponsor of the anti-BDS legislation with Simcha Felder. We passed it in February of 2016. It was passed in the state senate and then was passed by executive order by the governor. Our bill included a prohibition on the state contracting with anyone who engages in BDS or supports BDS and a prohibition on the state pension system being able to invest in any companies who engage or support BDS, which is I think is appropriate. The Assembly refused to pass that and included only those who engaged in BDS, not those who support BDS, in the bill because they said there’s a First Amendment right for people to express themselves and if they wanted to support BDS they

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could. I said no, no one has the First Amendment right to hate. And so they wouldn’t agree to my terms, I wouldn’t agree to their terms. They wanted the people funding the BDS program to walk away scot-free. And then Cuomo signed it into law with my provisions. Tell us about your family. I have four beautiful daughters.

Caroline is 9, Emma is 11, Vanessa is 17, and Katie is 20. Paula and I have been married for 22 years. Katie is in her third year at Binghamton. She has a neuroscience focus to her pre-med major. She takes after her mother. Just this summer, she got an internship in Lisbon working on neuro-regeneration. When it ended, Paula took the girls to visit and they had a great trip there for two-and-a-

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half weeks. That’s what I do to relax: spending time with my family. We go to Portugal; we spend time together, we spend time at the beach, we spend time at home. It’s a priority for us to have dinner together and something that we do. Close family relationships are very important to me. I learned that from my parents and I’m passing it onto my children. On a Sunday afternoon there are no invites, everyone just ends up at Mom and Dad’s house. My brothers and sisters are in the area, everyone just shows up. It’s all about family. In fact, my dad started our construction company in 1971 with a wheelbarrow and 2 shovels. Now we’re doing all kinds of work. We’re a union shop. We do construction predominantly in the city in Williamsburg and Westchester and Nassau and Suffolk County. Anything else you’d like to add? I am a former mayor who took a village from the verge of bankruptcy and put them back into solvency.

I restructured the village’s debt, reassessed the village and redid the village’s master plan so they have all of the revitalization that you see in Mineola right now. I’m a state senator who spent six years in the state senate working with Governor Cuomo and no one passed more legislation in the six years I was in the senate on Long Island working across – with Democrats and Republicans – to get things done. The breadth of my experience bears out the fact that we are going to win this election. I have experience and relationships on both sides of the aisle. When I ran for senate, I wanted to make a difference. And I was able to get elected in a heavily Democratic area because people knew I would be able to get things done. We need people who are willing to work across the aisle, who aren’t going to allow their Rs and Ds to dictate and coach government, and who are willing to take the necessary steps to deal with the issues that the county has before it.

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Dating Dialogue

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

Dear Navidaters,

People who know us well think that Shira and I would make a perfect match. Not because we match up on the outside, but because they feel we would be great together and complement each other’s qualities. We know a lot of people in common and it’s come up so many times. I’ve seen Shira at friends’ weddings and other places and even spoke to her briefly once or twice. I desperately want to go out with her. I love what I see and what everyone tells me about her. The problem is that she has an image of me that I don’t think is

totally accurate. I live in the Five Towns and I guess I have to admit that I’ve lived a spoiled life. With my family, I’ve traveled more than most adults. I’ve tried and love things like skiing and snorkeling. But I do have a very serious side as well, and though I wouldn’t want to give up some of the fun sports I’ve come to love, I also value my time learning and would never dream of giving that up either. Shira comes from a modest family. What comes back to me repeatedly is that she is looking for a more “aidel” sort of guy, who has lived a simpler life. I guess I don’t necessarily come off as “aidel” since I’m very friendly and outgoing. Shira comes off as very understated and low-key, which to me is part of her appeal. And isn’t it true that opposites attract? I feel she is judging me by my exterior and won’t even give me a chance to show her my serious side, which is also an important part of me. I have tried through so many different sources to get Shira to give me a chance and at least to go out with me once. But so far I have always been turned down. Honestly, it’s almost become like an obsession with me. I don’t want to give up. In general, I’m not one to give up on a challenge. I’m so focused on going out with Shira that I’ve turned down a number of ideas because I can’t seem to get her out of my thoughts. Is there anything I can try, that maybe I haven’t thought of, to get Shira to give me a chance? To at least go out with me one time and get to know who I really am? I feel like if she goes out with me once she’ll think differently of me. And if not, maybe then I’ll be able to move on.

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The Panel The Rebbetzin Rebbetzin Faigie Horowitz, M.S. ou seem rather confused about yourself and what you think are the differences between you and Shira. You mention several values and attributes including aidelkeit, learning, being serious, being spoiled, and sampling exciting sports and recreation. There is also a lifestyle difference between the two of you. Don’t confuse these. They are not the same. You are using terms without understanding them and understanding yourself. You are lumping all the differences together. I think you are also intrigued by the fact that Shira has said no to you again and again. You seem to want to date her for reasons that are not substantial because you don’t specify why you want to date her. You don’t seem serious at all

Last week, The Shadchan Michelle Mond’s answer was inadvertently omitted from the panel. We are including her answer to last week’s column here. We apologize for the error. The Shadchan Michelle Mond Think about the victims of Hurricane Harvey. In one day, their lives have been shattered, stuck without a home to go back to or personal belongings. In the immediate aftermath, do you think any of them can see a silver lining? Can any of them even fathom how they are going to move forward?

about dating and just want to have your date. It’s obvious that you are very annoyed that she has told you no again and again. It seems to bother you that you are being told no because you have been spoiled and have lived a very comfortable lifestyle. Your ego seems to be the key fact here, not suitability. Shira and her family are right. She should not go out with you. She doesn’t owe you a date just because you want her to think differently of you. You have to earn the respect of people and that comes with growth, maturity, accomplishment, understanding and acquiring values. Move on, young man. Contribute to others, give of yourself, acquire some insight about yourself, and get some help from rebbeim and therapists. You have a long journey ahead of you. Get started and maybe eventually the Shiras of the world will agree to date you.

I’m sure that you’d hear many of them say that their lives will never be normal again. However, if you would fast forward five years, you’d see all of them in their post-hurricane homes, with the trauma behind them and a crazy story to tell. When a person is going through an excruciatingly challenging time, it is very hard to just “snap out of it,” which is what it seems like you are waiting for Rena to do. You are concerned that now that she is finally divorced from this abusive man she is not jumping

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o quote a famous songwriter: “You can’t always get what you want…” It’s nice to know other people feel you and Shira would make a perfect match. Shira is not interested. It may have nothing to do with her perception of your living a “spoiled life.” Shira is not interested. It may not be because you jet-ski or spent tom tov in exotic locales. Shira is not interested. There – I’ve said it three times; I hope you got the message. There’s one more thing. Even if your privileged upbringing included many dazzling accoutrements, stop chasing and obsessing over something or someone who is unattainable. Shidduchim is not about the race, the chase or the trophy. Marriage is a divinely orchestrated joining of two divergent personalities who whole-

back into dating right away. But would that really be healthy so soon? I think not. You must realize that there are many steps she will need to take before she fully feels ready to do so. She needs to continue therapy and have an amazing support network at home comprised of loving family and friends. Encourage her to get involved in chessed opportunities. Help her get a job in a “helping” field in which she will be there for others, in a place where she will receive appreciation for her efforts. These things will help build her

heartedly, excitedly choose to spend their life journey together.

The Shadchan Michelle Mond

hat you are going through is extremely frustrating! It is very difficult when one feels rejected, especially for something that could easily be clarified by having a first date to at least make you feel like you were given a fair shot! Alas, this is one of the hardest parts of being a shadchan. In my experience, at least 50%

up and make her feel useful, appreciated and fulfilled. Once she feels settled in her new single life, is making a difference in others’ lives and feels appreciated, and has spent time working through her past, she will intuitively feel ready to date again. What you can do now is help her get to that emotionally safe and happy place without pressuring her to get back out there yet. She will get there when she is ready, even if she feels like she never will right now, in the eye of the hurricane.

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of ideas are shot down even before a first date due to friends, family members, or the person him/herself having a preconceived notion about the other. Many times these judgments are either false or came from a chain of broken telephone conversations about details about the other person, which makes one of the two singles decide it is not worth a first date. Personally, I have heard things such as: “Her friend told me that on a scale of 1-10, personality-wise, she would be a 7. I’m really looking for more of an 8, so it’s not shayach to go out.” Or, “My friend told me that her friend went out with him. If her friend was not a good fit for him, he thinks I’m not a good fit either. Sorry, not shayach to go out!” I can share story after story about shidduchim that were suggested prior and did not come to fruition (and lead to marriage) until months, or even years later, due to these same

type of circumstances – not being initially given an “in person” chance. I hope this helps you feel validated and realize that you ae not the only one going through this type of situation. That being said, my personal advice to you is to stop obsessing over her. It is becoming unhealthy for you to dismiss other potential dates because they are not Shira. This is not the Olympics where the more you push yourself and train, the more likely you will get the gold medal. You mentioned that you have tried many different ways to get a date with her that have all been squandered. You have done your hishtadlus and it is no longer in your control! “Let go and let G-d,” as they say. Focus on going out with others, put Shira on the backburner, and if you’re single a year from now, perhaps try again through someone who knows her who also thinks highly of

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’m so sorry you are experiencing this rejection. I can’t help but notice that you are a very determined individual. While that quality will suit you well in other areas of your life, such as business, fundraising or cold calling, it doesn’t seem to have any place in your pursuit of Shira. There are lots of women out there. Smart, kind, beautiful, warm, funny, charming, etc. I’m wondering why you would focus on the one woman who rejects you. Perhaps this is something you should explore with a therapist. I say this because it seems like your obsession with Shira

is getting in the way of successful dating and a long term relationship. I hate to sound harsh but she’s just not that into you. Several years ago there was a wildly popular book entitled, He’s Just Not That into You. I am not recommending it as a great clinical read, nor do I even know the author, nor have I read it myself. It was somewhat of a sensation because it was so liberating to women. According to this book, gone were to be the days of women sitting by the phone

you. If she decides to give this a shot eventually and it works out, please write in and let us know!

Your ego seems to be the key fact here, not suitability.

The Single Tova Wein

ou sound to me like someone who is very determined and used to getting your way. That works great in business and I’m sure in some other areas of life. However, when it comes to dating, you can’t just force your way into a situation where you are clearly not wanted. Since you say that you and Shira know a lot of people in common, I would bet she has a very accurate idea regarding the type of man that you are and has therefore rejected being set up with you because she is very clear about the right guy for

herself. I believe you need to respect her decision and let it go. You can’t always get what you want and sometimes you have to walk away, after giving something your best shot, with dignity and grace. If you keep pushing, it would not be fair to Shira and, frankly, not fair to yourself as well. You’re wasting your time. Get over it, and move on. I think this is a good life lesson for you. A little taste of humble pie might be just what you need right now to become a more mature, sensitive young man.

or rationalizing why a man had yet to ask them out again. The idea was, if he isn’t acting like he’s into you, if he wasn’t actively pursuing you, then, he’s just not that into you. There is liberation in that! It was OK if a guy or girl wasn’t returning calls or asking them out again. He or she just wasn’t into them. Nothing personal, no more wasted energy. Just moving on to bigger and better. I’m going to say something that may hurt (and I apologize in advance…but I’m genuinely saying it for your benefit): Shira is just not that into you. You need to accept this so that you can move on and date. There will be more people who will not be that into you. Unfortunately, this is life. We all have to suffer rejection. And it hurts. And we cry.

And we mope around for a while. And we question our looks, our intelligence, what went wrong, even our self-worth. But there comes a point when we must move on. In the words of Disney’s Elsa, “Let it go!” Sincerely, Jennifer Mann, LCSW Esther Mann, LCSW and Jennifer Mann, LCSW work with individuals, couples and families in Hewlett, NY. As The Navidaters, they specialize in dating and relationship coaching. To set up an appointment, please call 516.224.7779. Sessions are held in the office or via Skype. If you would like to submit a dating or relationship question to the panel anonymously, please email thenavidaters@gmail.com. Visit their website, thenavidaters.com for dating and relationship advice and to learn more about their services. Follow The Navidaters on FB and Instagram. Check out the hit web series Soon By You, and be sure to tune into the Navidaters After Show!!

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Dr. Deb

Three Changes You Should Make Today

By Deb Hirschhorn, Ph.D.

was patiently waiting my turn to interject a thought to a friend who was engaged with another lady I know in an intense conversation. As I opened my mouth, but before a word could exit it, a fourth

woman came rushing over with her news, her addition to the conversation. Was that nice? We do it all the time but we don’t have to. We interrupt, we cut others

off, and we insist we have to: we will forget our thought; we are in a rush; or we were just so excited. But none of those excuses are worthy because they don’t outweigh the damage they cause.

1. Don’t Interrupt When you interrupt someone, you give a message that that other person literally does not exist. Think about it: Why do we exist? What are we here for? It is not possible “to make the world a better place” while letting the people in your life know that their words, their ideas, their excitement about their stuff does not matter. And that’s what you do when you interrupt. One guy interrupted his wife because he felt that her description of her feelings about his behavior was “bashing” him, so he wanted to stop her. But because of that, he did not find out where she was coming from. Let’s say she was really complaining about his actions. Wouldn’t it be good for him to hear it so he could fix the problem? Did he really want to continue doing something that hurt her? Another person interrupted because she felt she could explain to me what her husband was trying to say better than he could. But how would I find out his position on things if she constantly speaks for him? And if he were to agree with her that he doesn’t have his finger on exactly what he

was feeling, wouldn’t it be more helpful for me to help him focus right there on what it might have been that he was feeling? Wouldn’t training him to attune himself to his feelings assist this couple in communicating? No one is someone else’s mindreader, after all. This leads me to the next item on the list.

2. Become a Listener Thousands or millions of fights would disappear if everyone listened. The reason for fights is that each person desperately wants to be heard. But note that I said “each person.” That means that no one is listening to each other because their entire focus is on being heard. So if no one is listening to each other – ta da! – then no one is heard. The argument that people like to take against this perfectly logical point is, “I’m always the one that does the listening and my partner never listens to me. And I’m sick of it!” You have every reason in the world to be sick of it. I understand that. And I wholeheartedly agree that this very unfair situation should stop (if that is really what’s going on). However, not listening to the other is not the way to change things; it will only escalate things to an even worse place. If you want to be listened to, ask your spouse before the conversation whether she or he is willing to listen

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to you. If they say “No,” then you have cause to haul them into therapy or to the rabbi for what a friend of mine used to call “an attitude adjustment.” If they say “Yes,” then you can toss a coin as to who goes first and proceed. If they agree but then don’t give you your fair chance to be heard, set a time and date to continue the conversation. Even if your spouse has been colossally unfair, be in good cheer when you do this or you will never get your turn. This may be exactly what has been happening so if you deserve your turn, then create a positive atmosphere for getting it. This makes it easy for me to introduce my next no-no that has got to change.

to the erroneous conclusion that we know what they’re thinking. The reality is that most people don’t even know their own motivations and feelings underlying their behavior, so how is it possible that we

3. Don’t Misjudge; Instead Be Dan L’Chaf Zchus

could know those things in another person? The answer is that we don’t, but if we think we do, it takes a whole lot of stress off of us. We then can console ourselves for being the victim. We can lick our wounds and decide that we don’t have to make any changes of our own because we are not the guilty party.

“He really doesn’t care about me.” “She just wants to spite me.” “He said that just to needle me.” Etc. We believe that we know our partners and our children very well; after all, we’ve lived with them for quite a few years. Therefore, we jump

Except that this simply is not true. The clear reason that this is not true is because nearly everyone (not everyone, not evil people) has a soft spot underneath all those irritating defenses. It’s the defenses that they

It is not possible “to make the world a better place” while letting the people in your life know that their words, their ideas, their excitement about their stuff does not matter.

show the world. That soft spot wants to be loved, wants to be heard, wants to be accepted for who they are. And it is terrified of learning what they believe to be the truth – that you don’t love or want them. So they defend and defend against ever finding that out. What you are reacting to is not

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the soft spot – the real person – but the defenses that you’ve been dealing with all these years. And guess what? The more you misjudge, the more you’ll see those awful defenses. I realize it is quite difficult to see underneath the defenses to the real person. Maybe you’ve never even seen that real person. And it is particularly difficult to be nice and charming to a person who is only showing you those horrible defenses. But if you ever want to find out who the real person is, don’t accuse falsely; don’t misjudge. It only brings on more of the same. Be dan l’chaf zchus (give the benefit of the doubt) and be pleasant about it. It’s Elul. Yes, if you do all these things, you’ll put all of us therapists out of business. We can learn to garden or something. Dr. Deb Hirschhorn is a Marriage and Family Therapist. She can be reached at 646-54-DRDEB or by writing drdeb@ drdeb.com.

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Health & F tness

Tip the Scale in Your Favor By Aliza Beer MS, RD

osh Hashanah is a time of reflection, spiritual growth, prayer, repentance, and, yes, eating. This year we all have the pleasure of experiencing a 3 day yom tov. That makes a total

of six meals, and not just any kind of meal, but holiday, all-out, gargantuan meals! How can we enjoy this very special yom tov with family and friends and not increase our waistlines? Make every attempt

to follow my guidelines, and your prayers will be answered. 1. Meatless Meals: One cannot expect to consume six heavy meals in a row and not gain weight or feel unwell. Try to have at least one or two dairy meals. When I say dairy I’m not referring to lasagna and mac and cheese. I’m recommending fish, and if you don’t like fish then try an egg frittata, or a low

a good protein, like eggs, or low fat yogurt or cottage cheese, with a high fiber cracker or cereal. The protein and fiber together should keep you satisfied until lunch. 4. Reduce the Red Meat: Beef, lamb, and veal are fattier and more caloric than chicken or turkey. Don’t eat red meat at every single one of your fleishig meals. Mix it up and have just chicken or turkey at some of them.

Cooking, serving, and cleaning is without a doubt hard work, but it’s not exercise!

fat Greek salad, or homemade pizza on Portobello mushrooms with low sugar sauce and low fat cheese. 2. Matzah Mania: Once again, eating challah at six meals in a row will not have a favorable outcome. Eat whole wheat or spelt matzah for at least half of the meals, it’s much easier to control than the challah and contains no sugar! 3. Eat Breakfast: If possible, please eat breakfast before you go to shul. It’s a very long day, and if you skip this meal you will come starving to your late meal and will certainly overeat at that meal. Eat

5. Be Voracious with your Veggies: Try to fill up on more roasted, grilled, or steamed veggies and less kugels, mashed potatoes, or French fries. Plan to have some kind of veggie and/or salad at every meal. A vegetable soup is a great starter and you will eat less at that meal. 6. Walk this Way: I say it every holiday: standing in the kitchen cooking, serving, and cleaning is without a doubt hard work, but it’s not exercise! Weather-permitting, set aside time to go for a walk each day to help burn off those many extra calories.

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7. Best Time to Cheat: It is unrealistic to expect one to go through a 3 day yom tov without any indulgence. If you are pining away for a piece of that honey cake, eat it in the morning, not late at night. Treating yourself earlier in the day will help reduce the number of those unwanted pounds. You do not burn off what you eat late at night like the foods you consume in the morning. 8. Honey is Synonymous with Sugar: Of course you should dip your apple or matzah/challah in the honey, but don’t slather it on. Honey has about 30% more grams of sugar and calories per tablespoon

than granulated sugar, so keep that in mind when doing your dipping! 9. Water: Limit the diet soda; the bulk of your beverage consumption should be from water, seltzer, flavored seltzer, or tea. Avoid all juices, and go easy on the alcohol. Alcohol is metabolized more like a fat and slows down your metabolism. 10. Don’t Eat Standing Up: If you will be spending a lot of time in your kitchen, both nibbling and grazing are bound to occur. Make a rule for yourself that you cannot eat standing up, and this will deter or inhibit some of these extra bites

and licks. Sip an iced tea or chew some sugar-free gum while working in the kitchen. Another good tip is not to cook while you’re hungry and keep cut up cucumbers, celery, and peppers handy for a quick munch, sitting down, of course. Rosh Hashanah is a wonderful and meaningful yom tov. Focus on prayer, family, and spiritual growth, not the food. The food should be enjoyed, but can be both healthy and tasty and eaten in moderation, not gluttony. We are given many parameters and “fences” in how to live an observant life; let us apply some

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of these guidelines to our behavior and interaction with food, especially on yom tov. Wishing all of my readers a happy and healthy new year, kesiva v’chasima tova! Aliza Beer is a registered dietician with a master’s degree in nutrition. She has a private practice in Cedarhurst, NY. Patients’ success has been featured on the Dr. Oz show. Aliza can be reached at alizabeer@gmail.com.

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In The K

tchen Simanim Recipes

Rosh Hashana Roundup By Naomi Nachman

Apples and Honey The first siman is the most well-known, the apple dipped into honey. There are so many delicious apples. Choose your family’s favorite type of apple. Here are some suggestions for apples to bake with: Golden Delicious, Granny Smith, Cortland and Macintosh. For fresh apples (i.e., apples to be eaten fresh), you might want to try: Grapples, Honey Crisp, and Fuji Gala.

Dates, Temarim

Date Muffins

Here are some of the recipes which have appeared in The Jewish Home for the last several years. I have been getting phone calls to repeat the recipes again in the upcoming Rosh Hashana issue. Please enjoy this roundup. Wishing all my readers a kesiva v’chasima tova. With Rosh Hashana just around the corner, I try to prepare for my family a beautiful simanim platter reflecting the variety of yehi ratzons that we make on Rosh Hashana evening. Each family may have their own minhag of what they use. The platters make the table look elegant and the kids can also get involved by making beautiful centerpieces with multi-colored apples and jars of funky honeys. We like the honey bear, but I also get honey straws. To enhance the presentation, I buy multi-section platters or plates and I place each of the simanim dishes in each compartment so that each siman is highlighted. I serve it with a mini-fork and I serve the soup in a shot glass.

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

Ingredients Crumb topping 1 cup flour 1 cup sugar 1/8 cup desiccated coconut (optional) ½ cup canola oil Muffins 2 cups whole dates, pitted ¾ cup boiling water 2 cups flour 2 ½ teaspoons baking powder ½ teaspoon salt ½ cup canola oil ¾ cup packed dark brown sugar 2 eggs 1 teaspoon vanilla

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Preparation

To make the crumb topping: In a medium bowl, stir together the flour, sugar and coconut. Using a fork, stir oil into the mixture until well combined and mixture begins to hold together but is crumbly. To make the muffins: Preheat the oven to 375°F. Grease a 12-cup muffin tin. Place the dates in a shallow bowl (in a single layer if possible), pour the boiling water over them, and soak for 15 minutes. Transfer the dates and soaking liquid to a food processor and puree until almost smooth but a few pea-sized fruit pieces remain. Set aside to cool slightly. In a medium bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, and salt. Set aside. In the bowl of an electric mixer, mix together the oil and brown sugar. With the motor running, mix in the eggs one at a time. Add the vanilla. Add half of the flour mixture and mix until moistened. Follow with the date puree, and when thoroughly combined, mix in remainder of the flour mixture. Scrape down the sides and give a final stir with a spatula to make sure all ingredients are thoroughly combined. Divide the batter among muffin tins. Top with the streusel and press down gently to adhere. Bake for 30 minutes.

To prepare the dressing: Place the onion in a food processor and finely chop. Add in all ingredients except the oil and pulse. Then, while machine is running, slowly add oil in one steady stream. Pour dressing ingredients into a jar. Store in the refrigerator until ready to use. To make the salad: Wash and dry lettuce leaves. Carefully (pomegranate juice stains) remove seeds from the pomegranate. Combine lettuce, avocado, pomegranate seeds and jicama in a salad bowl. Just before serving, sprinkle some of the dressing on the salad and toss.

Green beans, Rubia

Green Beans with Mushrooms Ingredients Pomegranate, Rimon

Pomegranate Salad Ingredients Dressing ¼ cup apple cider vinegar (optional if you don’t eat vinegar during Tishrei) 1 tsp. salt ¼ cup pomegranate juice 1 tsp dry mustard ½ cup sugar ½ red onion diced finely ½ cup olive oil Salad 1 head romaine lettuce 1 pomegranate, seeded 1 jicama, peeled & cubed 1 avocado, peeled & cubed 1 mango, peeled & cubed

4 cups trimmed and cut (1 inch long) green beans 1 teaspoon vegetable oil 1 cup sliced mushrooms (I use a variety of cremini and shitake) ¼ cup finely chopped white or yellow onion 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil 2 tablespoons chopped fresh basil Salt and freshly ground black pepper

Preparation In a pan with a steamer insert, steam the green beans until fork-tender, 7 to 10 minutes. Drain and set aside. In a skillet over medium-high heat, heat vegetable oil until it starts to shimmer. Add mushroom slices and sauté until they lose their moisture, 3 to 4 minutes, stirring constantly so they don’t burn. Reduce heat to medium, and add the onion and olive oil. Stir and cook until onions begin to brown, 3 to 4 minutes. Stir in the drained green beans until they are evenly coated with oil and cook until warm. Sprinkle fresh basil over beans and mushrooms and season to taste with salt and pepper.

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Preparation To cook the beets, cut off any tops, scrub the roots clean, put them in a covered dish with about ¼-inch of water in a 375°F oven, and cook until easily penetrated with a knife or fork. Alternatively, cover with water in a saucepan and simmer until tender, about ½ hour. Peel once they have cooled. Place all ingredients in a food processor or blender and pulse until smooth. Taste and adjust seasonings and ingredients as desired. Chill and store in the refrigerator for up to 3 days or freeze for longer storage.

Pumpkin or Gourd, Kra

Roasted Pumpkin Ingredients 1 small pumpkin, peeled and cubed 1 tablespoon olive oil Sea salt Ground cloves Ground cinnamon ground nutmeg 1 TBS packed brown sugar

Preparation Heat oven to 400°F. Using a large metal spoon, scoop out the seeds and insides of the pumpkin. Use a sharp chef’s knife to cube the pumpkin, about 1-inch pieces. Place pumpkin slices on baking sheet. Drizzle with olive oil and rub on both sides of pumpkin. Season with salt, spices and brown sugar. Roast for 20-25 minutes, depending on thickness of pumpkin slices.

Leeks, Karti

Potato Leek Soup Ingredients 2 tablespoon canola oil 10 russet potatoes, peeled and cut into large pieces 6 leeks (whites only), thoroughly washed and sliced 1 TBS flour 6 cups vegetable stock (I use Trade Joe’s soup stock in the box) Salt and freshly ground pepper

Preparation In an 8 quart stock pot, sauté leeks until soft. Watch for burning. Add flour and mix continuously for 2 minutes on low flame. This will help thicken the soup. Put the potatoes and the stock into the pot. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Boil until the potatoes are soft, 15 to 20 minutes. When potatoes are soft, use an immersion blender until the soup is smooth and simmer until the soup has thickened, about 20 minutes. Note: When you add the stock make sure you fill it only to the top of the potatoes or it will be too watery.

Beetroot, Selek

Beet Hummus

Head of the Fish

Ingredients ½ pound beets (about 4 medium sized beets), scrubbed clean, cooked, peeled, and cubed 2 TBS tahini sesame seed paste 5 TBS lemon juice 1 small clove garlic, chopped 1 TBS ground cumin 1 TBS lemon zest (zest from approx. 2 lemons) Generous pinch of sea salt or kosher salt Fresh ground pepper to taste

This one is a little tricky. My family and I are a little queasy, so we don’t put an actual fish head on the table. Instead, I buy gummy fish candy and cut the heads off. However, when I was growing up, my parents always had a fish head on the table. It was cleaned out by my grandmother and then she took the homemade gefilte fish mixture and she stuffed it inside a salmon head and boiled it for 2 hours. Apparently, it was delicious. (I wouldn’t know!)

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Simanim Salad

“Siman” fish

I love to serve the different simanim featured in my recipes throughout the meal. This salad is perfect in taste and has wonderful appeal with all the colorful ingredients.

Ingredients

Many years ago my mother was visiting me in New York for the Yomim Noraim and we were busy cooking together in my kitchen. The two of us were testing out new recipes for a fish cooking class that I was scheduled to give for Ossie’s Fish in the Gourmet Glatt supermarket. We came up with an idea for a sauce that used some of the simanim from Rosh Hashana. After extensive testing and tweaking, we finally came up with a great balance and I introduced the recipe at that class. It was an instant hit. Since then Siman Fish has been one of my favorites and has been one of the most popular of my recipes. NOTE: This recipe easily doubles, freezes well and the sauce can also be used to spruce up left-over corn beef or chicken cutlets.

1 large granny smith apple, finely chopped ½ cup pomegranate seeds ½ cup leek finely sliced, white part only 1 tablespoon honey 1 medium carrot shredded 1 small yellow beet, peeled and finely shredded 3 Medjool dates, pitted and finely chopped, about ¼ of a cup 2 TBS cilantro, chopped or parsley 2 limes freshly squeezed 3 cups arugula Kosher salt to taste 2 tablespoon avocado oil or extra virgin olive oil

Preparation Mix everything together in a bowl and let it marinate for ½ hour, except for the arugula which you should add in right before serving and toss again.

Ingredients 1-2 pounds tilapia cut in half lengthwise 2 TBS curry powder ½ cup cornstarch Salt and pepper Olive oil for frying

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3 leeks, washed and cleaned and sliced 2 cloves garlic 4 carrots sliced into rings 1 cup ketchup 1 teaspoon cinnamon ¾ cup brown sugar Pinch cinnamon 1 can pineapple chunks in heavy syrup 2 cups water, divided 1 ½ TBS cornstarch

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Preparation Rinse then pat the fish dry and season with salt and pepper. Mix the cornstarch and curry together in a small bowl. Dip fish in mixture and shake off excess. Heat oil in a sauté pan and sear the fish on medium heat until crisp, about 4 minutes on each side. (It should look a little yellow from curry.) Place the fish in a 9x13 oven to tableware dish and set aside. In the same pan, add the leeks and sauté until soft. Add the garlic and carrots and sauté for 2 more minutes. Add ketchup, pinch of cinnamon, brown sugar, can of pineapple chunks with the liquid, and half the water. Bring to a boil and simmer for 3 minutes. In a small bowl, combine the cornstarch and remaining water until cornstarch is dissolved, and add to simmering sauce. Bring back to a boil until sauce thickens, stirring constantly. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Pour sauce over the fish in the pan and bake covered for 15 minutes at 350°F.

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Studying Sm

The Self-Education Reading List By Chaim Homnick

he renowned author Mark Twain (allegedly) once said, “I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.” While that quote itself lacks verified attribution, Twain was famously and perhaps understandably critical of schools and the education they provide. As someone who works in a school myself, I can attest to the value of a good, quality education; nonetheless, there is a lot of truth to the fact that school should not be the sole means by which we educate ourselves and our children. Although the school year has commenced and our teens are about to become busy with Lord of the Flies or Hamlet, it is imperative that we pursue opportunities for ourselves and our children to learn outside of the classroom. To that end, the list compiled below includes books that comprise a variety of practical genres spanning the gamut from business to social analytics to science fiction. The goal is to identify a few novels (even fictional ones) that are enlightening and edifying reads and are guaranteed to set you on your path to becoming a successful autodidact. This list provides a few options in each category and a brief description of each book so you can hit up Amazon or your local library, put down your phone, and immerse yourself in a good read!

BUSINESS/SUCCESS “Rich Dad Poor Dad” (and other books) by Robert Kiyosaki Robert Kiyosaki learned the difference between an entrepreneurial lifestyle and a 9-5 one from his two “Dads.” Learn how to make your money work for you, rather than you working for your money! “How to Win Friends and Influence People” by Dale Carnegie One of the earliest best-selling self-help books ever published, this 1936 classic still provides key tips for being a well-liked influencer. “The Millionaire Next Door: The Surprising Secrets of America’s Wealthy” by Thomas J. Stanley and William D. Danko This book teaches you the 7 characteristics that separate millionaires from the rest of us.

POLITICS

Time by Kerwin C. Swint A fun read that demonstrates that politics have been a dirty business as long as America has been a country.

A hilarious British author uses his nonsensical fantasy world to mirror and poke fun at the social fabric of our own world.

ECONOMICS/SOCIAL ANALYTICS

Ender’s Game (and other books in the series) by Orson Scott Card A futuristic universe where Earth must fend off alien invaders using child geniuses trained in warfare. Touches on the fascinating ethical ramifications of our actions in war.

“Freakonomics” (and other books) by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner An economist and a journalist partner to analyze the world around us and find the answers to questions like “Are car seats really safer?” and “How much does your name matter?” “Outliers: The Story of Success” (and other books) by Malcolm Gladwell Gladwell is a supremely talented writer who also views the world through a unique, open-minded lens and applies research in sociology and psychology to discover what makes us tick.

“Bullies” or “Hollywood Propaganda” (and other books) by Ben Shapiro An Orthodox Jew and editor at dailywire.com, Ben Shapiro has earned acclaim for his “tell-it-like-itis” attitude and his strong religious, moral and political convictions.

How to Lie with Statistics by Darrell Huff A timeless classic written in 1954, Huff (who wasn’t a statistician) presents a simple, useful guide to how statistics and “facts” are easily manipulated to persuade an unassuming audience.

Mudslingers: The Twenty-Five Dirtiest Political Campaigns of All

FICTION Discworld Pratchett

Novels

Terry

The Da Vinci Code (and other books) by Dan Brown A historical thriller that matches the frenetic pacing of a blockbuster with the cryptic riddles and convoluted twists of the best conspiracies. Chaim Homnick is the College Advisor at Mesivta Ateres Yaakov of Lawrence and also teaches 5 periods of Honors/ AP English Literature. Chaim is the owner of Five Towns Tutoring (fivetownstutoring.com). He scored in the 99th percentile on the SAT and the LSAT and tutors both extensively along with most Regents exams. He has a Masters Degree in Educational Leadership and Administration and an MBA. For questions, comments, previous articles or tutoring, he can be reached directly at chomnick@gmail.com or 305321-3342.

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Notable Quotes “Say What?!”

To clarify, DO NOT shoot weapons @ #Irma. You won’t make it turn around & it will have very dangerous side effects. - Tweet by the Pasco County, Fla. Sheriff department

This was not an exercise in bipartisanship. - Trump critic Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) on CNN, criticizing the deal President Trump struck with Democrats to fund the government and raise the debt ceiling

Bush managed to ride off into the sunset after destroying this country by socially engineering people that 9/11 was perpetrated by outsiders when it was an inside job by the American government.

You know, every life has to end one way or another.

- From a typo-riddled, America-hating article on Huffington Post on September 11

Well guys, it is official – football has begun! I saw that the Patriots will play a game in Mexico this November. And once they’re down there, the rest of the league will say, “OK, build the wall! Quick – we have a chance!”

As far as the Congressman and other irresponsible members of Congress are concerned, they have the luxury of saying what they want as they do nothing and have almost no responsibility. They can call people liars but it would be inappropriate for me to say the same thing back at them. As my blessed mother used to say, “Empty barrels make the most noise.” – President Trump’s Chief of Staff General Kelly responding to Congressman Luis Gutiérrez (D-IL) saying that he is “a disgrace to the uniform he used to wear” for serving in the Trump White House, which announced an end to an unconstitutional immigration program implemented by President Obama

- Ibid., commenting on his aggressive illness

– Jimmy Fallon

It is time to get in the Winnebago and visit all the diners on Route 66, or whatever older white people do. - HBO’s Bill Maher talking about Hillary Clinton

Going to prison over a pair of sneakers is a fairly bad life choice. Stay home and look after your loved ones and be thankful they are all safe. - Fort Lauderdale Police Chief Rick Maglione warning people, before Hurricane Irma, not to loot

It was the closest thing to getting to heaven. - Marine Cpl. Kionte Storey, who is a right foot amputee, talking about reaching the peak of Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa’s highest peak

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Hillary Clinton’s not very bright. Everybody says she’s so smart, so much smarter than Donald Trump. … She doesn’t really have a grasp. She doesn’t have a grasp on what’s important and what’s not. And that’s what’s essential in a leader. Donald Trump has a grasp on what’s important and what’s marginalia. … That speech of hers is an embarrassment. Breitbart, alt-right, ethnonationalism, white supremacist. It landed flat. - Steve Bannon in an interview with Charlie Rose on “60 Minutes”

I’m a street fighter. ... By the way, I think that’s why Donald Trump and I get along so well. Donald Trump’s a fighter. Great counterpuncher. Great counter-puncher. He’s a fighter. … I’m going to be his wingman outside for the entire time, to protect … Donald Trump. – Ibid.

They need illegal aliens. They need illegal aliens to fill the churches, it’s obvious on the face of it. That’s what the entire Catholic bishop’s condemning. They have an economic interest in unlimited immigration - Ibid. explaining why the Catholic Church is pro-immigration

Former press secretary Sean Spicer will give his first paid speech this month here in New York City. They’re saying you should get tickets now, ‘cuz there’s only all of them left. - Jimmy Fallon

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Word of the Year: Evaculation No politician had ever been caught trying to steal the grief of 9/11 families and make it his own. Donald Trump lost no friends on 9/11. None. Donald Trump did not attend a single 9/11 funeral, not one. Donald Trump did not participate in a single 9/11 commemoration until he was running for president. No presidential candidate ever lied about 9/11 that way. - MSNBC host Lawrence O’Donnell’s monologue on September 11th , after playing a clip of Pres. Trump commemorating the sacred day at the Pentagon

New York Mayor Bill de Blasio recently praised his running of the city, saying, “You’d assume they’d be having parades in the streets.” Unfortunately, New Yorkers can’t get to the streets because they’re stuck underground on the subway all day. – Seth Myers

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I don’t know how they have done that, to have Harvey and Irma. I don’t know how that worked out. – Irma Schluter, 93, who, along with her 104-year old husband of seventy-five years, was profiled in the New York Times last week

I don’t vote in the primary election – I’m a Westchester resident. I’m not voting in this election so I don’t have any primary endorsements at this time. Off I went, into a frenzy of closet cleaning, and long walks in the woods, playing with my dogs, and, as I write – yoga, alternate nostril breathing, which I highly recommend, tryin’ to calm myself down. And – you know, my share of Chardonnay. It was a very hard transition. I really struggled. I couldn’t feel, I couldn’t think. I was just gob-smacked, wiped out. - Hillary Clinton on CBS’s “Sunday Morning” recalling what she did after her election loss

Secretary Clinton ran against the most unpopular candidate in this country and she still lost. – Bernie Sanders, on “The Late Show” with Stephen Colbert, responding to Hillary Clinton’s digs at him in her new book

Nobody in Texas gives a flip about what Chris Christie has to say… Chris should go back to the beach. - Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), in a New York Times interview, responding to Gov. Chris Christie calling him a hypocrite for requesting federal assistance in response to Hurricane Harvey after he fought against aid for Hurricane Sandy, based on that bill containing excessive pork

I hope he will have the confidence to be himself.

- The former headmaster of Thomas’s Battersea School in London, talking about 4-year old Prince George who began nursery there last week

– Gov. Cuomo, who has a long-running feud with Mayor de Blasio, when asked whether he endorses the Democratic incumbent in the Democratic primaries

It’s pure, classic Donald Trump. I thought it was really smart. The biggest fear a salesperson has is that a deal would die, and so working with somebody, even if it’s for a short term, even if it’s with the Democrats, keeps the deal alive. There’s a lot of things I disagree with him on, but this is one thing I think he’s hit the nail on the head. - Billionaire Mark Cuban on Fox News praising President Trump’s deal with Democrats on the federal budget and hurricane funding

Former President Obama today criticized President Trump’s decision to end the DACA program. Of course, the only reason Trump wants to end it is because he thinks DACA is Obama’s middle name. “We must end the failed policies of Barack DACA Hussein Obama.” - Seth Myers

Incidentally, DACA is also what Hillary Clinton shouts at the bar when she wants another daiquiri. “Can I get a DACA?” – Ibid.

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Political Crossfire

While Trump Takes the Shots, Tillerson Runs the Offense By David Ignatius

ecretary of State Rex Tillerson has often been the silent man in the Trump foreign policy team. But out of the spotlight, he appears to be crafting a broad strategy aimed at working with China to resolve the North Korea crisis and with Russia to stabilize Syria and Ukraine. The Tillerson approach focuses on personal diplomacy, in direct contacts with Chinese and Russian leaders, and through private channels to North Korea. His core strategic assumption is that if the U.S. can subtly manage its relations with Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin – and allow those leaders to take credit for successes – complex regional problems can be solved effectively. Tillerson appears unfazed by criticism that he has been a poor communicator and by recent talk of discord with President Trump. His attitude isn’t exactly “take this job and shove it,” but as a former Exxon Mobil chief executive, he doesn’t need to make money or Washington friends – and he clearly thinks he has more urgent obligations than dealing with the press. Tillerson appears to have preserved a working relationship with Trump despite pointedly separating himself from the president’s controversial comments after the Charlottesville unrest. Although Trump didn’t initially like Tillerson’s statement, it’s said he was ultimately comfortable with it. The North Korea crisis is the best example of Tillerson’s diplomacy. For all the bombast of Trump’s tweets,

the core of U.S. policy has been an effort to work jointly with China to reverse the North Korean nuclear buildup through negotiations. Tillerson has signaled that the U.S. is ready for direct talks with Kim Jong Un’s regime – perhaps soon, if Kim shows restraint. Tillerson wants China standing behind Kim at the negotiating table, with its hands figuratively at Kim’s throat.

strating strong leadership publicly, rather than waiting for America to insert the embargo proposal in a new U.N. Security Council resolution. Tillerson signaled his seriousness about Korea talks during a March visit to the Demilitarized Zone. He pointed to a table at a U.N. office there and remarked, “Maybe we’ll use this again,” if negotiations begin. The Sino-American strategic di-

Tillerson wants China standing behind Kim at the negotiating table, with its hands figuratively at Kim’s throat.

Despite Pyongyang’s hyper-belligerent rhetoric, its representatives have conveyed interest in negotiations, querying details of U.S. positions. But Kim’s actions have been erratic and confusing: When it appeared that the North Koreans wanted credit for not launching missiles toward Guam, Tillerson offered such a public statement. Bizarrely, North Korea followed with three more weapons tests, in a reckless rebuff. Some analysts see North Korea’s race to test missiles and bombs as an effort to prepare the strongest possible bargaining position before negotiations. Tillerson seems to be betting that China can force such talks by imposing an oil embargo against Pyongyang. U.S. officials hope Xi will make this move unilaterally, demon-

alogue about North Korea has been far more extensive than either country acknowledges. They’ve discussed joint efforts to stabilize the Korean Peninsula, including Chinese actions to secure nuclear weapons, if the regime collapses. The big idea driving Tillerson’s China policy is that the fundamentals of the relationship have changed as China has grown more powerful and assertive. The message to Beijing is that Xi’s actions in defusing the North Korea crisis will shape U.S.-China relations for the next half-century. Tillerson continues to work the Russia file, even amid new Russia sanctions. He’s known Putin since 1999 and views him as a predictable, if sometimes bullying, leader. Even

with the relationship in the dumps, Tillerson believes he’s making some quiet progress on Ukraine and Syria. On Ukraine, Tillerson supports Russia’s proposal to send U.N. peacekeepers to police what Putin claims are Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko’s assaults on Russian-backed forces in eastern Ukraine. The addition of U.N. monitors would help implement the Minsk agreement, even if Putin gets the credit and Poroshenko the blame. On Syria, Tillerson has warned Putin that the real danger to Russian interests is increasing Iranian power there, especially as Bashar Assad’s regime regains control of Deir el-Zour in eastern Syria. To counter the Iranians, Tillerson supports a quick move by the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces to capture the Lower Euphrates Valley. Trump’s boisterous, sometimes belligerent manner and Tillerson’s reticence are an unlikely combination, and many observers have doubted the relationship can last. But Tillerson seems to roll with the punches – and tweets. When Trump makes a disruptive comment, Tillerson seems to treat it as part of the policy landscape – and to ponder how to use it to advantage. Tillerson may be the least-public chief diplomat in modern American history, but that’s apparently by choice. By Washington standards, he’s strangely uninterested in taking the credit. (c) 2017, Washington Post Writers Group

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What’s in a Statue or a Plaque or a Ship? By Avi Heiligman

General Jesse Lee Reno

ne of the hottest topics in the news the past few weeks has been the removal of some Confederate Civil War statues. This article will not be debating the topic for either side. However, we will explore some of the stories of the lesser known statues and memorials for these men that fought for both the Union and the Confederacy. Getting a glimpse into the past will help readers understand history and feel the struggle that happened over 150 years ago. Statues are just one type of memorial to honor a service member. Plaques and the naming of buildings, parks, schools and ships are also part of this category. Many men other Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Grant have been memorialized either on the battlefields where they fought or at another location. Union Major General Jesse Lee Reno is only known today for being the namesake of several locations throughout the U.S. but his story is just as intriguing. As a graduate of

Commander Matthew Fontaine Maury

West Point he became friends with Stonewall Jackson and was classmates with several other future generals on both sides of the upcoming conflict. He became a decorated war hero during the Mexican-American War serving under General Winfield Scott. Born in Virginia, Reno stayed with Union during the Civil War. He was a captain in Mount Vernon, Alabama, when the war broke out. The governor of the state ordered him to surrender the arsenal but he was allowed to return to the North with his soldiers. Later, in 1861, Reno was appointed as a brigadier general and given command of a brigade in General Ambrose Burnside’s Expeditionary Force. During the Second Battle of Bull Run and the Battle of Chantilly his forces directly opposed those of his former classmate’s General Stonewall Jackson. In September 1862, he was in command of the IX Corps at Fox’s Gap, South Mountain in Maryland opposing Lee’s Confederate troops just three days prior to the Battle

Richard Rowland Kirkland giving water to the wounded

of Antietam. A bullet from a Union soldier who had mistaken him for a rebel killed him in one of the many friendly fire incidents of the war. In 1889 a memorial was erected on the spot where he died at Fox’s Gap. Over a century later, a memorial for Confederate General Samuel Garland, who was also killed on the same day, was erected at Fox’s Gap as well. At the outbreak of war in early 1861 many officers had the tough decision as to which side they would fight for or against. One of these men was Commander Matthew Fontaine Maury. Joining the navy in 1825 Maury dedicated the next four decades to the study of oceanography, navigation, and learning about winds and currents. Known as the Father of Modern Oceanography and Naval Meteorology he published several works that made important contributions that were used by navies worldwide. His international acclaim didn’t go unnoticed in the U.S. and he was made director of

the Naval Observatory. Even though he was against slavery in the U.S. he joined the Confederacy in 1861 when Virginia left the Union. Maury was sent to Europe to acquire ships, talk about the Confederacy, and to pursue peace. During this time he also perfected contact mines, then called electric torpedoes. After the war, Maury taught physics in the Virginia Military Institute and spoke worldwide on his findings in the area of oceanography. He is buried next to two presidents, James Monroe and John Tyler, in Richmond. His legacy is carried on in the naming of several ships, including the recently commissioned oceanographic survey ship USNS Maury. In 1929, a monument in Richmond was dedicated with his statue and is known as the Pathfinder of the Seas. Even though he served in the Confederacy during the Civil War there is a bust of Maury in the Hall of Fame of Great Americans in NYC. Heroism during battle is extended to people who have helped fallen

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soldiers. Richard Rowland Kirkland took the initiative during the Battle of Fredericksburg in December 1862. Thousands of Union soldiers were wounded at a stone wall at a place called Marye’s Heights but no one from either side would risk their lives to help the crying wounded. Confederate Sergeant Kirkland

asked General Kershaw for permission to help and was initially denied. Finally, he was allowed to venture into “no man’s land” carrying a white flag and gave water to the wounded enemy. He went back and forth from his lines to refill canteens and to bring blankets and clothes to every soldier that cried for help. Soldiers from both sides stared in wonderment and not a shot was fired at Kirkland. For over an hour and half he helped soldiers on both sides and the story became that of a legend (meaning it had been embellished and historians spent a long time sifting fact from fiction). Kirkland was killed less than a year later at the Battle of Chickamauga. In 1965, a statue was erected at Fredericksburg depicting Kirkland giving water to a wounded Union soldier. One of the more interesting monuments in Arlington National Cemetery is a frieze (a broad horizontal sculpture usually on a wall or near a ceiling) depicting several Confederate soldiers marching. One of them depicts an African-American soldier in uniform marching together with his Southern comrades. An estimated 3,000 to 6,000 free and enslaved African-Americans served with the Confederates (in the same vein, over 3,000 African-Americans were slave owners themselves). It should be noted that African-Americans were prohibited from joining the war effort (presumably as soldiers) until the final weeks of the war. Many accompanied their masters into battle and fought on occasion. There was one Southern general who did let African-Americans join his unit as early as 1864. It is important to understand that many of the Confederate, and Union, for that matter, statues were erected decades after the conflict. The last veterans were getting old and wanted to be remembered well into the future. It does seem that today it is the statutes and naming of places after Confederates that causes more of the unrest than other memorials like plaques. Memorials and statues were put up so that future generations will know the struggle that took place a century and half ago and the current generation should learn from bloody war.

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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$50 Million, Hut! By Allan Rolnick

he 2017 college football season kicked off last week, and for most people that means talk of pre-season polls, Heisman trophy hopefuls, and BCS championship prospects. But we’re not “most people,” are we? So today we’re going to ignore all that boring on-field action and see how one coach’s financial advisors lined up the X’s and O’s to outwit the defensive line at the IRS. Here’s a little-known fact that might offend your sense of priorities. Seven-figure salaries are almost unheard of in academia. But the average major university’s football coach makes $1.81 million per year. In fact, in 39 states, the highest-paid academic or public employee is a college football or basketball coach. (And how many of them do you think have performance bonuses tied to graduation rates?) Alabama’s Nick Saban would seem to top that list with over $7 million per year. And why not? He’s rolled his Crimson Tide to four national championships in 10 years. But here’s the problem, at least as far as

his salary and performance bonuses are concerned. The linebackers at the IRS are out for their share, too. And they’re not satisfied with a pick-six — they’re looking to intercept over 40%. It turns out that Saban’s cross-country coaching rival, Mich-

ployee.) 2. The university agreed to make seven annual nontaxable loan advances of $2 million each for Harbaugh to use to buy a cash-value life insurance policy. Those premiums will grow to build a tax-free pool of

The best coaches put together game plans to harness all those opportunities. igan’s Jim Harbaugh, found a clever pattern to weave around those defenders and come out on top where it really counts — after taxes. Here’s how it works: 1. The university established a nonqualified deferred compensation plan with Harbaugh that took the form of “split-dollar” life insurance. (Split-dollar is simply a life insurance policy where the costs and benefits are shared by more than one party — typically, it’s an employer and em-

assets while Harbaugh continues to coach the Wolverines. 3. Harbaugh can take nontaxable loans from the life insurance policy for supplemental retirement income so long as the remaining cash value in the policy is enough to repay the loan advances. 4. When Harbaugh dies, the university gets $14 million to cover the loan advances and Harbaugh’s beneficiaries get the remaining death benefit. Harbaugh is a healthy

53-years-old, which should leave a long time for that cash value to grow. Some experts estimate Harbaugh can run up that score to as much as $50 million. Harbaugh won’t pay any interest on the $14 million in loan advances. However, he will have to pay tax on the value of the foregone interest he would have paid, as calculated by IRS tables. But since that tax shouldn’t top much more than $100,000 per year at current rates, that’s an easy call to make! Football teams have all sorts of ways to put points on the board: running plays, passing plays, options, sneaks, and even the time-tested fumblerooskie. The best coaches put together game plans to harness all those opportunities. It works the same way with taxes. Make sure you have a game plan – before you get to the red zone. Allan J Rolnick is a CPA who has been in practice for over 30 yea rs in Queens, NY. He welcomes your comments and can be reached at 718-896-8715 or at allanjrcpa@aol.com.

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What’s the Derivation of Appreciation? By Rivki D. Rosenwald Esq., CLC, SDS

re you soaking wet? Are you roaming around in the dark? Is your roof still on? I know this sounds like a question I should be asking you after a rainy Sukkos night! But I’m asking it to the people who were not in the hurricane zones. The way life often works is we get used to stuff and then only when we might lose it, do we wake up and remember to appreciate it. Is there any way for us to do better? Can we look up at our roof and shout, “Yay, it’s on”? Can we look down at our clothing and say, “Oh great – dry and comfy”? Can we look at our lightbulbs and cry out, “Yippee, they’re working”? It’s certainly worth doing right now, rather than waiting for a storm to make us act this way.

Let’s think. Take the word, appreciate! We should look at its derivation, at least my version of it. A - pre - she - ate! “She,” whoever she is, gave the grade of “A” to her meal before

That should be our approach. Look around. Don’t wait to be woken up. Say, “I see, yay! I hear, so good! I can inhale, amazing! I have a home to go into, fantastic! I have ... I can

You will be infused with some of its power to ignite you even when it’s dark. “she” even “ate” whatever was served her! That is the person who has the right idea. That is why we have enshrined her in a word. She didn’t wait to see if things were good or bad. She gave an A, pre (before) she ate! She was positive and thankful even before the experience.

use ... I can do!” I’m not saying we won’t get blasted every once in a while. But our level of positivity when it hits us will be so much higher. And that will help us to weather every storm much better! So, use your internal generator now. Gear it up. And trust me you’ll need less of its power

if the going gets tough. Because you will be infused with some of its power to ignite you even when it’s dark. It’s not simple. But let’s start together. Pick three things. Now, think what it would be like not to have them. And recognize that we are blessed to have them. See, you can get to the point where you just know you are blessed to have it. Not by taking it away, just by realizing you have it! And recognize it every day. A - “PRE” she - ate it! And let’s power ourselves up for an empowered, awesome year. Rivki Rosenwald is a certified relationship counselor, and career and life coach. She can be contacted at 917-7052004 or rivki@rosenwalds.com<mailto:rivki@rosenwalds.com

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