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oday, when I popped a muffin into the microwave for a quick breakfast snack, I pressed the wrong button. But it wasn’t until a few minutes later that I realized that I had made that mistake – and by then it was a few minutes too late. Hearing the microwave continuing to whir after what seemed like a while, I turned around and noticed white wisps escaping out the sides of the appliance. I rushed over to turn it off, but the damage had been done. No more breakfast muffin and a lot of acrid smoke wafting throughout the house. Luckily, we were blessed with beautiful weather this week, and I didn’t mind opening the windows to air out the house. But I know that everything happens for a reason – even if you accidentally push the wrong buttons on the microwave. What messages, I thought, can be learned from a scorched chocolate chip muffin? I thought about how in life there are times when we push the wrong buttons. Maybe we said the wrong thing at the wrong time; maybe we spoke too soon. Or maybe we raised our voices a little too loud in a period of frustration. Feelings were hurt, emotions flared, and re-

lationships were scorched. Sometimes, we don’t even realize that we pressed those wrong buttons until a few minutes later. And then, you can see how that mistake hurt that other person. Perhaps we didn’t realize that the topic that we mentioned was hurtful or that the comment we made stung. So, what can we do? And what should we do when we see the smoke billowing from what we thought was an innocent exchange? Well, the best thing to do, of course, is to open the windows, to air out the relationship, to assure the other person that our hurtful words were said inadvertently, without malicious intent. We need to throw out those scorched words – throw them far away – so the acrid smell won’t continue to permeate the air. And we need to be more careful the next time around so that we don’t accidentally push the wrong buttons. Because, you know, chocolate chip muffins taste way better when they’re warmed in the microwave for just the right amount of time. Wishing you a wonderful week, Shoshana

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Contents LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

COMMUNITY Readers’ Poll

Community Happenings NEWS

Global

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ISRAEL Israel News

My Israel Home

JEWISH THOUGHT Rabbi Wein on the Parsha

We Can by Rav Moshe Weinberger

Dead Ends of the Road to Greatness by Rabbi Shmuel Reichman

Delving into the Daf by Rabbi Avrohom Sebrow

PEOPLE Frum Bobsledder Hopes to Make History by Steve Lipman

Medals of Honor During the Civil War by Avi Heiligman HEALTH & FITNESS The Parallels between Torah and IFS by Dr. Deb Hirschhorn

World Diabetes Day by Cindy Weinberger, MS RD CDN

FOOD & LEISURE The Aussie Gourmet: Crunchy Chicken Dinner

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LIFESTYLES Dating Dialogue, Moderated by Jennifer Mann, LCSW 92 Parenting Pearls

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Dear Editor, A kallah received a beautiful diamond ring from her chosson. It fit her perfectly. She muttered an emotionless “thank you” and went on to speak about other things. The head of a household had been unemployed for many months. He finally landed an interview for a well-paying job. When addressing the interviewer, he mumbled a few barely audible words and fell silent. Do you agree that the kallah is an extremely ungrateful and selfish person? Do you think it’s likely that the job seeker described above will land a job? Perhaps then we should reconsider our relationship with Hakadosh Baruch Hu. Hashem constantly showers us with the most priceless gifts. The ability to see, to walk, to digest our food, to send the proper nutrition to all parts of our body, to eliminate the toxic waste from our system – the list is endless. Would it not behoove us to express our appreciation for all these chassadim in a manner that conveys the magnitude of our indebtedness to Hakadosh Baruch Hu? And if we realize how dependent we are on Hakadosh Baruch Hu in every facet and phase of our lives – how much we need His siyata Dishmaya to succeed in everything we undertake – wouldn’t we be more expressive and emotional when speaking to Him? We say brachos day in and day out, but when is the last time we truly THANKED Hashem for something? And even if we did intend to express

our thanks, is a mumbled bracha or Amen hurriedly spoken the proper channel to accomplish this? Let us value each opportunity to say a bracha or answer Amen in a loud clear voice as an expression of our dependence on Hakadosh Baruch Hu and an appreciation of His goodness. This will then be a key to unlock the shaarei Shamayim so that Hashem, Who is a tov u’mativ, will continue to inundate us with more and more of the bountiful brachos! Rebbetzin Sara Ginsburg Dear Editor, Over 70 years ago, on Mckibben Street in Bushwick, Brooklyn, there was a shul named Congregation Chaim Hagar. The actual official name was Congregation Chebra Rabano Chaim Hagar Anshe Sfar a/k/a Congregation Rabeinu Chaim Hagar, with offices at 181 Barlow Drive South in Brooklyn. This organization bought a huge plot of burial plots for its members from the Lebanon Cemetery Association of Queens, namely Mount Lebanon Cemetery in Queens. My parents are buried in two of those plots. Several plots surrounding their plots remain vacant because no one knows what happened to the Congregation Chaim Hagar. The owners of the cemetery can’t sell any of those plots because they do not own them. The lawyer who wrote the deeds to the plots has no contact information for the Congregation. I checked the records for Congregation Chaim Hagar in all five boroughs, but there is no reContinued on page 10

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MBS’s Campaign Against a Former Saudi Spymaster by David Ignatius

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cord at all of them anywhere. I am writing because I would like to purchase two plots next to my parents, however, this is impossible because the plots belong to Congregation Chaim Hagar, an organization that disappeared years ago and cannot be found. If anyone has any knowledge who is now in charge of this congregation or who can help me with this dilemma, please email Miriam Lock at miriamjlock@gmail.com. Miriam Lock Dear Editor, Thank you for publishing the ad about the initiative encouraging earlier marriage. In earlier times, due to poverty, many were forced to delay marriage. Nowadays, in the Medinah Shel Chessed that allows us to enjoy financial security, the argument for delaying marriage becomes less potent. Some states even provide tuition vouchers, allowing for younger couples to support themselves on a smaller salary. I remember, before going to law school, I decided to delay my marriage until after finishing my studies, in the hope that it would allow me to focus more on my studies. To my surprise, the married frum students got better grades, and better jobs, than the single students. Aron Roster

look forward to reading about the wide variety of Jewish life in the Five Towns and beyond. I truly respect your willingness to bring to light all different practices and think it strengthens us all to be tolerant and supportive of one another. I did take exception to the advertisement on page 36 in last week’s edition, of Project Klal Yisrael who is offering to pay $10,000 to parents of bochurim who marry before they turn 20, in order to make their learning more focused and meaningful. Although they cite Gedolim who espouse this practice, I do not know that in today’s day and age, with the divorce rate and domestic abuse so widespread, yes, in our own communities, that we should incentivize parents financially to marry off their sons (most assuredly to young girls) when they very likely are too immature to make such a commitment and understand the challenges of marriage. I found it very disturbing and quite frankly appalling. I am certain this is not the position of the newspaper, and yet, I wish this publication would turn away such advertising. Sincerely, Mindy R.

Dear Editor, Once upon a time, a candidate who ran for president made “unity” his central campaign platform. The idea of unity was to combat what he labeled as his opponent’s divisiveness. He became president. He even spoke about unity in his inaugural address. Dear Editor, Throughout his presidency in the On page 36 of the November 4th name of unity, he has allowed illegal edition, there is an ad for the Torah immigrants into the country in reB’Tahara Incentive Initiative. It purcord numbers, canceled American gas ports to quote Rav Moshe as saying it pipelines, while approving foreign gas is “halachically clear” that bochurim pipelines. In addition, he has overseen “must” get married before twenty. the worst inflation crisis in 30 years, Rav Moshe is responding to a specific stranded hundreds of Americans in question where an under twenty-year- the new Taliban-run Afghanistan, and old found a shidduch and wants to is trying to force a vaccine on every marry but his older brother is embarhuman in existence all for “team unirassed because the older brother is not ty.” Despite breaking many campaign yet married. The young woman’s fapromises, the one he has kept is “unither wants them to marry quickly and ty.” The country has united, with one wants the wedding to occur before the caveat – against Joe Biden. young man turns twenty. In response Last week, throughout many states to that question, Rav Moshe says it is and cities in the U.S., local elections clear the young man should get marwere held. The obvious big ones were ried before twenty and does not have Virginia and New Jersey. Virginia to take into account the older brother’s went red on a state-wide level for the embarrassment. He does not seem to first time in 11 years. New Jersey alsuggest that getting married before most was won by a Republican, despite twenty is the appropriate path for all polling before the election showing the young men. Democrat governor up by 11 points. Mitch Schindler Perhaps the biggest upset was a truck driver who spent under $3,000, who Dear Editor, unseated the 2nd most powerful DemI typically enjoy your magazine and ocrat in New Jersey. In purple Nassau

County, New York, Republicans are on the verge of having a supermajority on the legislature for the first time in two decades. Similarly, Republicans flipped the District Attorney’s office, County Comptroller office, and the County Executive’s office. Joe Biden united Americans against his agenda, which has led to crisis after crisis in the United States. Most of the time, a year after a new president takes over, his party takes a hit, but there are hits and there are real hits. Joe Biden rebuilt the Virginia GOP, helped defeat incumbents in blue New York and New Jersey. Despite the backlash, Joe Biden continues with his radical, globalist agenda promoting American Last policies, like giving $500,000 to illegal immigrants or overruling American liberties with his vaccine mandate. Joe Biden’s message of unity is sprouting. The only thing is it’s against him. Sincerely, Donny Simcha Guttman Dear Editor, I’m going to address a sensitive topic because sometimes in order to stop a behavior, a very bright light needs to be directed toward it. All or a vast majority of the single moms I work with have experienced a terrible trauma. They have lived with someone who made them feel small, worthless, and useless on a daily basis. Because of various reasons, including the existing stigma attached to divorce, gaslighting and very low self-esteem, by the time the women leave the marriage, they are a shadow of who they once were. Now these women, who possibly have never worked outside the home or worked in a part-time, more hobby-like job, find themselves needing a full-time job in order to support their children and pay their legal bills and their and their children’s therapy bills. Employers, sensing their desperation, offer low pay, poor benefits, and minimal flexibility. The women, thinking that’s all they’re worth, take the job and bow their heads and pray they don’t get fired from their below-minimum wage jobs. I recently worked with a single mom who was in a job like this for 19 years! Yes, her employer was “frum.” Harvard studies have shown that when men are assertive, they’re called powerful, manly, strong, and when women exhibit the same behaviors, they’re referred to by unmentionable names or angry, unladylike or woah – I wasn’t expecting that! The bias is undeniable. Single moms are forced, by virtue

of handling each and every aspect of their careers, their childcare issues and maintaining a household and a physical house/home, to take 1 of 2 courses: toughen up or fall to pieces. Unfortunately, the vast majority open and enter door number 2. Their trauma is still apparent and holding them back 20-30 years after the divorce. And, their children often pay a terrible and many times irreversible price. The small minority toughen up. They call school principals, they take teachers to task, they engage home repair contractors, they do medical research and help physicians by make informed medical decisions for their children, and they hold employers accountable. Embrace the strong single moms. They/we have come a long way. They climb mountains by themselves daily. They remove what others may deem insurmountable obstacles by themselves hourly. And their children grow up knowing that they fought every battle for them, with them and for ourselves with them in mind. Esther Miller Esther@JCCRP.org Project Director Success Space for Women Dear Editor, Today is the anniversary of Kristallnacht, which was a major turning point for many European Jews. My great-grandparents owned a large kosher butcher store in Berlin, and they lived above the store with other family members. There was a large sign on the store with the name Sussman. On Kristallnacht, the Nazis destroyed the store as well as the apartments upstairs. There were two Sifrei Torah in their home that were scribed by a relative. They were defaced and thrown out the window with their other belongings. The remnants of these Sifrei Torahs are buried in a marked grave in The Adass Yisroel cemetery in Berlin. Of course, there are thousands of accounts of the horrors that took place in Germany, Austria, and Poland that night. There were burnings and destruction of Jewish homes, businesses and shuls as well as beatings, incarcerations, and murder of Jews. Peril for European Jews was greatly increased from that time forward. Where are the neighborhood events to remind the current Jewish community about this important date? Maybe I missed something, but I have not found any. Leba Stern Sonneberg

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China: Stock Up on Supplies

China’s Commerce Ministry on November 1 posted a notice recommending that citizens begin stocking up on rice, noodles, cooking oil, vegetables, and other necessities, Chinese media reported. While the government did what it could to allay fears of a looming tiff, rumors continued to spread regarding a possible escalation with Taiwan. China has been sending warplanes to Taiwan as the U.S. begins to sell the island nation arms. At the

same time, neither Chinese citizens nor analysts believe war is on the horizon. Stores, meanwhile, have begun requesting that customers purchase a reasonable amount of goods, so as not to lead to shortages. Hu Xijin, editor-in-chief of the Chinese newspaper The Global Times, said, “I do not believe that the country wants to send a signal to the public at this time through a notice from the Commerce Ministry that people need to ‘hurry up and prepare for war.’” According to the government-owned The Economic Daily, the advice was intended to prepare citizens for another potential COVID-19 lockdown.

Jade Traders in Trouble in Myanmar Myanmar’s jade trade is the world’s largest, but since February, jade traders have had it tough: the Myanmar military is working to control democracy protests, and the country’s economy is in crisis. The traders are forced to navi-

gate to avoid junta troops and rebel attacks, as fighting around Hpakant, the largest jade mine in the world, cuts supplies of one of the country’s most important exports.

says Myo Min Zaw, a jade trader. “A stone worth 10 lakh ($550) only sells for around 5 lakh nowadays,” he said.

Floods Stymie Business on Indian Coast From there, most stones pass through the city of Mandalay, where unrest and the COVID-19 pandemic closed the main jade market, only to reopen it later. One jade trader, who spent months trying to sell his wares on the city’s roadsides, said, “Business is not good at all. Sometimes, people panic when soldiers come patrolling, and they run.... If one person runs, others start running. Then soldiers fire warning shots to control the situation.” But according to the watchdog Global Witness, it’s “nearly impossible” to buy Myanmar jade without providing some money to the military and its allies. Meanwhile, prices are dropping,

Chennai, India, came to a standstill on Sunday after heavy rainfall battered the southern Indian coast, causing flooding and triggering warnings and evacuations. Chennai is the largest city in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is often called “India’s Detroit” due to its large vehicle manufacturing industry. India’s meteorological department warned on Sunday that the rainfall which began Saturday night was expected to continue for sever-

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Iraqi PM Survives Assassination Attempt Iraqi’s Prime Minister Mustafa alKadhimi survived an assassination attempt in Baghdad’s Green Zone

over the weekend. The attack used an explosive-laden drone and targeted al-Kadhimi’s residence, officials said on Sunday. Iraqi state media described the attack, which occurred early Sunday morning, as an attempt to assassinate al-Kadhimi.

In a televised message, alKadhimi said his residence “came under a cowardly attack, but thanks to G-d, me and all those who work with me are safe.” He also called for calm and restraint. According to Iraq’s Interior Ministry, the attack involved three drones, two of which were shot down by Iraqi security forces. The third drone succeeded in attacking the residence. No one has claimed responsibility for the attack, but Iraqi officials in Baghdad say that it is suspected to be the work of pro-Iranian Shiite militias.

A source close to the Iraqi PM, who was not authorized to speak publicly, shared, “The nature of the attack, the drone used, and the timing indicates that the same pro-Iranian militias used to carry out attacks on the U.S. Embassy and Erbil International Airport are behind this act.” The attempt was condemned by the United Nations, United States, Iran, and other countries, who called it out as an act of terror. U.S. President Joe Biden said he had instructed the “national security team to offer all appropriate assistance to Iraq’s security forces as they investigate this attack and identify those responsible.” He added, “I am relieved the prime minister was not injured and commend the leadership he has shown in calling for calm, restraint, and dialogue to protect the institutions of the state and strengthen the democracy Iraqis so richly deserve. The perpetrators of this terrorist attack on the Iraqi state must be held accountable. I condemn in the strongest terms those using violence to undermine Iraq’s democratic process.” Meanwhile, leaders of some Iraqi pro-Iranian militias claimed the attack may have been staged to distract from other issues.

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have yet to be judged; proceedings are expected to last at least two years. ‘Ndrangheta, of which the mafiosos who were sentenced were members, is the country’s richest and most powerful mafia group and operates in the country’s Calabria region, controlling the majority of the cocaine flowing into Europe. Anti-mafia prosecutor Nicola Gratteri, whose efforts have forced him to live with police escort for over three decades, told Italy’s AdnKronos news agency that the sentencing had gone “very well” and that “out of 91 defendants, there were 70 presumed innocent who were convicted.” Those who were acquitted had played minor roles, he added, noting that about a third of the group received 10 or more years in prison, and six of the more dangerous members received the maximum 20-year sentence prosecutors had requested. Charges in the case include attempted murder, money laundering, usury, drug dealing, association with mafia, extortion, and illegal weapons possession. Hundreds of lawyers are involved, along with over 900 prosecution witnesses and 58 state witnesses.

Sierra Leone Explosion Kills 115

A fuel tank exploding on Friday in Sierra Leone left more than 100 people dead and over seven dozen injured. The explosion, which took place in the country’s capital of Freetown, occurred when a truck collided with a fuel tanker. The blast left 115 people dead and over 100 injured. National Disaster Agency head Brima Bureh Sesay said sadly, “We’ve got so many casualties, burnt corpses. It’s a terrible, terrible accident.” Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio expressed his “sympathies” for the families and tweeted, “My Government will do everything to support affected families.”

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Freetown Mayor Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr said she was “deeply saddened to hear” about the blast and said that the City Council’s Disaster Response Team would meet on Saturday with the National Disaster Management Agency to conduct a needs assessment. The port city of Freetown, which is home to just over a million people, has faced several serious disasters in recent years. In March, more than 80 people were injured after a major fire in one of the city’s slums left more than 5,000 people displaced. In 2017, over 1,000 people were killed after heavy rains led to a mudslide that swept through the city, leaving around 3,000 people homeless.

Chinese Carcinogenic Coats Serbian Town Residents in the Serbian town of Radinac have been breathing in thick red dust for years. The dust that emanates from the Chinese-owned Smedrevo steel mill has

been coating the town. Cancer rates in the area have quadrupled in under a decade. Now, residents are demanding that the plant be shut down or cleaned for pollutants.

According to data from the Smederevo public health body, which a watchdog called Tvrdjava obtained through a freedom of information request, the municipality of around 100,000 people reported 6,866 cancer cases in 2019, up from 1,738 in 2011. The plant has said that it has invested 300 million euros in technology and pollution reduction since China’s biggest steelmaker, Hesteel, bought it from the Serbian state for 46 million euros ($53 million) five years ago. “We are all citizens of Smederevo.... Would we be working despite pollution, against ourselves and our

children?” the plant’s manager for environmental protection, Ljubica Drake, asked in a statement. Drake says that the soaring cancer rates can be a result of NATO’s bombing of Serbia in 1999 during a war in Kosovo. Nikola Krstic, the head of Tvrdjava, an environmental group whose name means The Fort, noted that an analysis of the red dust in September showed high concentration of heavy metals. “The air in the town is far below European standards for 120 days per year,” he said. “Red dust is greasy, it sticks to lungs, makes breathing difficult.” China has invested billions of euros in Serbia, which is a candidate to join the EU but has an uneasy relationship with the West more than two decades after the wars that followed the breakup of Yugoslavia, and has pursued close ties with Beijing. Authorities in Serbia say that they are willing to pressure China to comply with pollution standards. For now, residents of Radinac are waiting with bated breath for their town to be cleaned up so they can breathe freely again.

Thomas Nides New U.S. Amb. to Israel

The U.S. Senate on Wednesday confirmed Thomas Nides as U.S. President Joe Biden’s ambassador to Israel. Nides is a former deputy assistant secretary of state and a longtime Democrat. He was confirmed in a voice vote on the Senate floor, after the Republicans lifted their objections to the nomination. It was not immediately clear what had caused the Republicans to remove their objections.

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The United States has not had an ambassador to Israel since Amb. David Friedman resigned the position in January following Biden’s entry into office. Biden tapped Nides in June, but the confirmation process had been drawn out due to disagreements between the two U.S. parties. Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. Gilad Erdan was among the first to congratulate Nides, tweeting, “Amb. Nides, I wish you much success in your role and a fruitful tenure at the U.S. Embassy in Israel’s eternal capital, Jerusalem. I’m sure that you will further strengthen the special bond between Israel and the U.S.”

Libyan Warlord Wants Israel’s Approval Saddam Haftar, son of Libyan warlord Khalifa Haftar, arrived last Monday at Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion International Airport. Saddam is reportedly eyeing the Libyan presidency and stopped over in Israel on his way from Dubai back to Libya, according to Haaretz. He is reported to have held secret meet-

ings with Israeli officials in which he offered to establish diplomatic relations between the two countries in exchange for Israel’s support in the December 23 elections.

It is not known which officials the younger Haftar met with, but he had been in contact with the Mossad’s “Tevel” department and carried a message from his father requesting Israel’s “military and diplomatic assistance” in exchange for a promise of normalizing relations. Israel has no official ties with Libya and has not been taking a stance on the country’s civil war in 2011. Saddam’s father, General Khalifa Haftar, is backed by the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, and Russia, while the Tripoli-based militias rivaling him are aided by Qatar, Italy, and Turkey.

IDF Blacklists “Palestinian” Rights Groups

The IDF on Sunday blacklisted five Palestinian Authority “rights groups” in Judea and Samaria, following a decision by Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz (Blue and White) last month, defying international criticism. The sixth group declared last month by Gantz to be a terrorist organization was banned by the IDF last year. The designations offer the IDF the power to, among other moves, close the organizations’ offices and arrest their members. According to Israel, the six newly-blacklisted organizations serve as fronts for the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) terror

group. The groups have repeatedly denied the charges. The six groups that have been blacklisted are Al-Haq, Addameer, Defense for Children International-Palestine, the Bisan Center for Research and Development, the Union of Palestinian Women’s Committees, and the Union of Agricultural Work Committees. The first five were declared by the IDF’s Central Command on Sunday to be “unauthorized organizations,” while the Union of Agricultural Work Committees had been outlawed last January. In a statement, the IDF said Central Command Commander Major General Yehuda Fuchs had decided to ban the groups “after he was presented with copious, varied and reliable information that indicates that these organizations represented a wing of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine terror group.”

A 2022 Budget – One Day After a 2021 Budget Israel’s Knesset on Friday morning passed the 2022 budget, scoring

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Israel had not had a budget in over three years. The 2022 state budget included plans for 573 billion shekel ($183 billion) and passed 59-56. “Tonight, we got Israel back on track,” Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett tweeted Friday morning, following the passage of the 2022 budget. The new budget includes a tax on disposables, a reform to the kosher certification system, a plan to gradually raise both minimum wage and the retirement age for women, and a reform for the agricultural sector, as well as other legislation.

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of the biggest illegal arms dealers in the country were arrested. The arrests followed a year-long operation in which a former criminal turned undercover agent penetrated the illegal arms trade in the Arab community. In Monday’s raids, 1,600 officers, including Border Police forces, arrested 64 suspects in 25 Arab communities, in the north and central regions of the country. Among those detained were a father and his three sons in the northern town of Kabul, who were arrested for running “a family business that traded in illegal weapons.” The undercover operative, a former criminal who switched sides, spent his time as a member of an organized crime group that provides weapons for “the big bosses” in the criminal underworld. Nicknamed “Ocean” after a popular movie, he had spent time in prison before working for authorities. During the sting, starting in August 2020, he purchased 53 weapons in 48 deals, including two explosive devices that could be set off using a cellphone. He had spent more than NIS 4 million ($1,289,000) in buying the weapons. Most of the weapons in this week’s bust came from the West

religious students. All five were arrested before they could take any action. Among the top targets were Israeli tourists on a Tanzania safari. The Mossad has been credited with foiling the plot, but its role was not specified. Neither Israel nor the African governments immediately confirmed the report. Channel 12 said Iran denied all of the allegations, claiming them to be “baseless.”

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Bank and were smuggled into the country from Lebanon and Jordan. The rest were stolen from Israeli army bases. Police said the number of weapons traders arrested and the volume of weapons seized were the biggest in the country’s history. According to a 2020 Knesset report, some 400,000 illegal weapons are circulating in Israel, the vast majority in Arab communities.

Raids on Israeli Supermarket Chain

The offices of Israeli supermarket chain Shufersal and food producer Strauss Group were raided by the country’s competition watchdog

this week. In a regulatory filing in Tel Aviv, Shufersal said its corporate offices were searched, computers and documents were taken, and the company’s chief executive was questioned. Strauss, a maker of snacks, fresh food and coffee, also said materials were taken and that senior and other company officials were questioned. The competition authority said it had opened an investigation and is looking at a number of suppliers and chain stores on suspicion of breaches of competition law. The raids came after suspicions of price fixing rose following senior officials from both companies warning of rising prices in interviews they gave to the media. In a statement, Shufersal said, “The company acts in accordance with the law and will cooperate fully with law enforcement authorities.” Last week, Israeli media reported that Shufersal, the country’s biggest supermarket chain, was offering a website with discount prices for the charedi sector, prompting protests from the secular population. The website has since been shut down.

Feds Called in to Deal with Town’s Smell

The mayor of Carson, California, has called for federal intervention to help eliminate a foul order which has plagued his city for a month. Last week, Carson Mayor Lula Davis-Holmes declared an official local emergency due to the stench, calling on U.S. President Joe Biden to provide access to additional resources. The nonprofit Coalition For A Safe Environment has called on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to investigate what might be behind the smell, which is coming from a local waterway with rotting vegetation. On Monday, officials suggested dredging the channel, but the process “could take months to complete,” CBS Los Angeles reported. In the meantime, the Los Angeles Public Works and Public Health departments and the South Coast Air Quality Management District have been in charge of addressing the odor. Maintenance crews have attempted to neutralize the smell by spraying biodegradable deodorizer into the channel and using a nano-bubbler system to increase dissolved oxygen, but to no avail. According to CBS, some of the residents say the stench gives them headaches and makes them nauseous and dizzy. One resident said that the smell is so bad that they wear a face mask while in their own home. According to the Los Angeles County Public Works, the rotten egg smell is coming from hydrogen sulfide inside the Dominguez Channel. Meanwhile, the Coalition For A Safe Environment questioned the source of the smell after the conclusion of its own investigation. The group’s executive director, Jesse N. Marquez, said, “It is true Hydrogen Sulfide was found in the Dominguez Channel, but it is near

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Firings After Sub Hits Sea Mountain

The U.S. Navy has fired the top three leaders of a submarine which hit an uncharted sea mountain last month. The USS Connecticut struck the sea mountain in the Pacific Ocean on October 2. According to a Navy statement, the commander of the U.S. Navy’s Seventh Fleet relieved the attack submarine’s commanding officer, Cmdr. Cameron Aljilani; the executive officer, Lt. Cmdr. Patrick Cashin; and the top enlisted sailor, Master Chief Sonar Technician Cory Rodgers, of their duties, “due to loss of confidence.” A U.S. official said that the submarine did not exercise appropriate caution and that it was traveling faster than it should have in an area of the South China Sea which was not well-charted. According to the statement, “Sound judgement, prudent decision-making, and adherence to required procedures in navigation planning, watch team execution, and risk management could have prevented the incident.”

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Both flight attendant unions and the FAA have reported a spike in violence on airplanes since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Although the FAA does not have criminal authority, it can issue fines. Over the course of 2021, the agency has fined passengers a total of over $1 million. According to FAA data, there have been over 5,000 reports of unruly passengers, with over 3,500 of them related to mask-wearing. Of those, the FAA has investigated just 950 so far. In August, the FAA and FBI teamed up in an attempt to streamline the criminal reference process. Over the past week, two men, Ryan Cajimat and Bryan Hsu, have been formally charged with crimes on airplanes.

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The three who were removed from their positions will be replaced by a new team while the submarine remains in Guam. It will then travel to Bremerton, Washington, for repairs. The Connecticut is one of three Seawolf-class submarines in the U.S. Navy fleet, each costing about $3 billion to build. The 9,300-ton, 353-foot sub, was commissioned in 1998 and is crewed by 140 sailors. Like all modern U.S. Navy attack submarines, the Connecticut is powered by a nuclear reactor, which en-

ables it to be fast but quiet, with none of the noise produced by a combustion engine. Nuclear power enables such subs to stay at sea and underwater as long as provisions for the crew hold out. The nuclear reactor was not damaged in the incident in October. A Navy fact sheet says the Connecticut is capable of going faster than 28 mph (46.3 kph) under water. That’s faster than the average container or cargo ship on the surface of the sea and almost as fast as the U.S. Navy’s Arleigh Burke-class destroyers.

As it is larger than even the newest Virginia-class attack subs, the Connecticut can carry more weaponry than other U.S. attack submarines – including up to 50 torpedoes as well as Tomahawk cruise missiles.

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New Jersey Democrats are calling on Republican nominee Jack Ciattarelli to concede last week’s gubernatorial election. According to them, Ciattarelli’s silence is “an assault on the integrity of our elections.” The New Jersey race was called for incumbent Governor Phil Murphy (D). Ciattarelli has kept silent since Thursday, when he claimed Murphy’s declaration of victory was “premature” and that he was waiting for clarity. In his Thursday evening video statement, Ciattarelli responded to estimates that Murphy had won by saying, “No one should be declaring victory or conceding the election until every legal vote is counted.”

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$24M for Auto Whistleblower

In a first-ever reward to a whistleblower in the industry, the U.S. auto safety regulator announced this week that it is handing out more than $24 million to a former Hyundai employee who provided key information about safety lapses at the South Korean carmaker. The award to ex-Hyundai Motor engineer Kim Gwang-ho is the biggest ever in a whistleblower case in the auto sector globally. Kim reported to NHTSA in 2016 that Hyundai was failing to address a design flaw linked to its Theta II engines, which were prone to seizing up and even catching fire. “This award is the maximum percentage allowed by law,” NHTSA

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U.S. Seizes $6M in Ransom Payments

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