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People From Far Rockaway to Los Angeles: The Legacy of Dr. Esther Rose Lowy by Sandy Eller 64 50 Years Later: Would Churchill Have Recognized the World that is Today? 66 Flying Air Force One by Avi Heiligman

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time leader: determined, fierce, driven and encouraging to a nation hammered by war and losses. He spoke up about the evil Hitler and ridiculed a plan of appeasement proposed by others. He knew that a leader who was propelled by the lofty goal of an Aryan race would stop at nothing as he trampled over other nations, goosestepping to world domination. Would Churchill have been able to fight the enemies we encounter today? Years ago, our wars were fought against nations, with defined borders and peoples. Today, though, our war is fought with shadowy figures who hide behind their scarves in caves and bunkers and terrorize the world with their videos of beheadings and fiery sermons promoting jihad. We are not fighting a defined nation; believers from all over the world have joined in their fight. We don’t know who our enemies are: they can be sitting next to us on a bus or a plane. They can be walking down the aisles of our groceries or standing near our shuls. Churchill, though, taught us a lesson that would be prudent for us to learn. He was outspoken and unafraid to proclaim to the world that evil was

proliferating. He warned about the evils of Nazi Germany and he railed against Soviet Communism. When evil is among you, if you turn your heads, you are condoning the evil in your midst. This week, it was reported that Obama’s White House was hesitant to call the murderers in the Paris attacks Islamic fundamentalists. How can the leader of the free world not be brave enough to look evil in the face and call it so? How can he lead the free world in a fight against such evil if he cannot admit that such evil exists? It would be judicious for Mr. Obama to learn from the man who led the nations of the world in their fight against evil—and won. Wishing you a relaxing Shabbos and wonderful week, Shoshana TJH would like to extend a joyous mazal tov to Yitzy and Nechama Halpern on the birth of a baby boy. May they have much nachas from all their children. Special mazal tov to Eli, Rena, Dovid Aryeh and Chaya!

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Dear Readers, Today, I woke up to the news that 12 people were stabbed on a bus in Tel Aviv on their way to school and work. The terrorist came into Israel from the West Bank illegally. When I saw a photo of the knife he was carrying, it looked like a simple kitchen knife, not an instrument of evil. But in this ongoing fight against terrorists who hanker for our demise, any object can be used to hurt and maim. Thankfully, those who were stabbed were only wounded and are recovering, but my mind traveled back just a few days to when we were hanging onto the updates that were coming out of Paris. Sadly, four of our brothers were murdered by terrorists killing in the name of what they call holy. Our cover story this week looks at a different time in our world’s history, when Jews were also being persecuted and killed. When they were being marched to their deaths en masse and the world seemingly couldn’t—and didn’t want to—comprehend the horror of it all. Leading the British in the fight against Hitler and his evil dominions was Prime Minister Winston Churchill. He was the perfect war-

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Dear Editor, I really like your magazine, but I must say that I was disappointed in your vacation guide last week. When

did it become the norm to go away on winter vacations? Everyone complains about how expensive it is to raise a family these days. So who says that you have to go spend thousands of dollars taking your kids to Miami or Disney? I was always under the impression that spoiling children is a bad thing; that the best way to have good children is to not spoil them. My generation grew up with poor parents. We were happy if we went to a local park. And that upbringing produced a hardworking generation that had a reputation of being hard workers. But now I look around and I see the Asians having that same work ethic, but I don’t see Orthodox Jews having it. I believe it is because the third and fourth generation is growing up spoiled (sorry to be so harsh). So instead of writing about the best sushi restaurant in Florida where your little nine year old could stuff his gut, maybe write about a good book that he could read on his few days off. Sincerely, Y. W.

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Dear Editor, I enjoyed reading Rafi Sackville’s article this week on parent-teacher

dates during midwinter vacation? It seems as if it’s assumed that everyone goes away during midwinter break— either to warmer climes or on trips upstate. Most parents are working— how can they afford the vacation days when you factor in the days off needed for yomim tovim? When I grew up, we never went away and we enjoyed getting together with our friends, heading to pizza or shopping or ice skating. Our school also arranged daytrips of ice skating or snow tubing for us as we got older. Thankfully, my children are young now, and they are happy when we go bowling or out for pizza. I only hope that as they get older they are still content staying home over midwinter break. There is no reason to take them on big trips so they can come back to school to tell all their friends about it. Shani W.

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Dear Editor, I want to write a letter about bullying. Bullying is a really bad thing. I am having the experience of bullying now. I have been bullied a lot. I have been bullied in camp and am now in school. Me and my parents have gone to the school principal a lot of times and they say that they need proof. We had just got proof recently when the bully pushed me against a locker and someone saw and went to the principal. All because of this person, the bully got suspended from school. What you should learn from this is: 1. If you see something say something 2. Be an upstanding person Sincerely, A sixth grader in a local school

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Analysts expect that by next year just a few of the world’s wealthiest people will account for more than half of the world’s total wealth. A new report released on Monday by Oxfam warns that this expanding global disparity will create some interesting statistics. Using research from Credit Suisse and Forbes’ annual billionaires list, the anti-poverty charity was able to determine that the richest 1 percent of the world’s population currently controls 48 percent of the world’s total wealth. If things continue in this fashion, Oxfam predicts that the most-affluent will possess more wealth than the remaining 99 percent by 2016, The New York Times reported. Eighty of the wealthiest people in the world possess $1.9 trillion, which is almost the same amount shared by 3.5 billion people at the bottom half of the world’s income scale. Thirty-five of those lucky guys are Americans with a combined wealth of $941 billion. Germany and Russia share the second spot, with seven uber-rich individuals each. “Do we really want to live in a world where the 1 percent own more than the rest of us combined?” Oxfam executive director Winnie Byanyima asked in a letter. “The scale of global inequality is quite simply staggering and despite the issues shooting up the global agenda, the gap between the richest and the rest is widening fast.” The richest people in the world are giants in the finance, health care, insurance, retail, tech and extractives (oil, gas) industries. Seventy of the world’s wealthiest are men. 80 inherited their wealth. This week, the World Economic Fo-

Yoav Hattab, Hy”d, 21, was one of the four victims killed last week in the Paris supermarket, Hyper Cache, after an attacker stormed in, taking hostages that included women and children. The other three Jewish victims were Phillipe Barham, Yohan Cohen, and François-Michel Saad, Hy”d; all four are buried in Jerusalem. On Friday, Hattab’s father published a letter that said that he knew his son had gone down fighting and that he wasn’t surprised. Hattab was killed after he snatched a rifle from the terrorist but the weapon jammed, and he was killed immediately. In a letter published on Chabad.org , Rabbi Binyamin Hattab, the chief rabbi of Tunisia, commended his son’s bravery and commitment to religious tradition. He wrote that last Friday, when the family was informed of the hostage crisis and were told several people had been killed, “I told those around me, in tears, that I was sure Yoav was one of them,” he wrote in Hebrew. “Because Yoav was not one to stand quietly, watch a terrorist try to kill others and let it pass in silence. I was sure he would fight, would do anything he could, even risk his life, to try and stop the savage murderer. And several hours later, it became clear my gut feeling was right.” Hattab also talked about his son’s deep love for Shabbat and how he would encourage his friends to observe it. His last text message before he entered the

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Close to 200 people congregated in Stockholm on Saturday to light candles and honor the 70th anniversary of the disappearance of Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg, who saved tens of thousands of Jews from the Holocaust. “It’s important to be here and to remember, not only because he saved the lives of Jews, but also because he is a model of civic courage,” said Lisa Ronnback, 42, who joined the memorial with her daughter. The commemoration was a tribute to “Raoul, and for all those who have made a difference,” said Michael Wernstedt, president of the Raoul Wallenberg Academy, a leadership program. “These past weeks, events have shown that it’s important to defend democracy,” Wernstedt said, encouraging demonstrators to light a candle “for all those who spread light.” Wallenberg was sent as a superior diplomat to the capital of Nazi-controlled Hungary in 1944, and by early 1945, he had issued Swedish papers to thousands of Jews, allowing them to flee the country and escape inevitable death. Just several months before the war ended, the Soviets invaded Budapest and

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Mexican politicians are notoriously shady and corrupt, but this one takes the tortilla. A former mayor of the southwestern city of Iguala has been charged with last year’s kidnapping of 43 students who are feared to have been killed, according to a top Mexican official. Tomas Zeron, director of criminal investigations at the federal Attorney General’s office, said that prosecutors had obtained an arrest warrant for former mayor Jose Luis Abarca and 44 others on charges of kidnapping the 43 students. President Enrique Pena Nieto is facing his deepest crisis over the government’s handling of the investigation. Anger over the case spurred many violent demonstrations around the country late last year. Zeron did not specify when the warrant was obtained, but it appeared to be the first charges filed against Abarca that are directly related to the students’ disappearance even though authorities have said the mayor and his wife were the masterminds of the kidnappings.

Recent surveys conducted in England show that almost half of British Jews fear they have no long-term future in Britain or Europe. Not surprisingly, another poll taken shows that nearly one in two British people holds anti-Semitic views. The Council Against Anti-Semitism (CAA) conducted the second poll. Of the 3,411 adults surveyed, 45% believed at least one statement defined as anti-Semitic. A quarter of those polled believed Jewish people chase money more than other Britons. Additionally, 17% thought Jews had too much power in the media, and 13% said Jews talked about the Holocaust to garner sympathy from others. “The results of our survey are a shocking wake-up call straight after the atrocities in Paris,” said CAA chairman Gideon Falter. “Britain is at a tipping point. Unless anti-Semitism is met with zero tolerance, it will grow and British Jews will increasingly question their place in their own country.” The CAA said 2014 saw the most anti-Semitic incidents recorded by police since records began 30 years ago. Official figures from London’s metropolitan police showed anti-Semitic crimes more than doubled in the capital between November 2013 and November 2014, compared to the same period a year earlier.

Tanzania had to ban witchdoctors this week to hopefully stem the murders of albinos, whose bodies are being sold for witchcraft. The ban follows the kidnapping last month of a four-yearold albino girl in the country’s northern Mwanza region. Police have since arrested 15 people, including the girl’s father and two uncles, but she remains missing. At least 74 albinos have been murdered in the east African country since 2000, according to United Nations experts. After a spike in killings in 2009, the government placed youngsters with albinism in children’s homes to protect them. Albino body parts sell for around

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$600 in Tanzania, with an entire corpse fetching $75,000, a fortune in the impoverished country. The ban, though, does not cover traditional healers who use herbs to help the sick. Additionally, the government has launched an education campaign to end the killings. “We are keen on addressing the issue of abductions and killings of people with albinism once and for all,” Home Affairs Minister Mathias Chikawe said. A hereditary genetic condition that causes an absence of pigmentation in the skin, hair and eyes, albinism affects one Tanzanian in 1,400, experts say. In the West, it affects just one person in 20,000.

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The Week In News berto Nisman, the prosecutor in charge of the case, filed a 300-page complaint naming President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, Foreign Minister Héctor Timerman and others of seeking to “erase” Iran’s role in the bombing at the AMIA community center offices in which 85 people were killed. He said he wants to question the president and other officials who he claims are involved in the cover-up.

Nisman claimed that the president decided to “not incriminate” former senior Iranian officials for their roles in planning the bombing, and instead sought a reconciliation with Tehran, “establishing trade relations to mitigate Argentina’s severe energy crisis.” When her agreement with Iran was challenged in the Argentinean courts, “and here is

the criminal [aspect], the president ordered to divert the investigation, abandoning years of a legitimate demand of justice, and sought to free the Iranians imputed [in the case] from all suspicions, contradicting their proven ties with the attack. She decided to fabricate ‘the innocence of Iran,’” Nisman charged. The specific motivation for the 1994 AMIA bombing, according to Nisman, was to punish Argentina for suspending its nuclear cooperation with Iran. Once the decision was taken to act against the country, it was a Jewish target that was decided upon — again, a familiar Iranian strategy. “When they choose to act against a country, the attack is commonly on the Jewish community,” Nisman pointed out. “It’s the first target.” On Sunday, just hours before Nisman was set to testify before the National Congress about the allegations, authorities found Nisman dead in his bathroom with a gun and a shell casing nearby. Officials say that they believe that his death was a suicide. But others opine that the timing of his death is suspicious. Nisman spent years investigating this case and was just set to testify. He was about to finally bring his case to

court. There should have been no reason for him to take his own life. Buenos Aires was the site of two major attacks on Jewish sites in the 1990s. A 1992 attack on the Israeli Embassy killed 29. The 1994 bombing of the AMIA Jewish center left 85 dead.

Despite Protests, Foreigners Executed in Indonesia Five foreigners and one local woman have been put to death in Indonesia after being convicted of drug offences. The executions unleashed a diplomatic storm as Brazil and the Netherlands condemned the execution of their citizens. Indonesia’s new President Joko Widodo allowed the firing squad to execute the foreigners, hailing from Brazil, the Netherlands, Vietnam, Malawi and Nigeria. Indonesia has tough anti-drugs laws and Widodo, who took office in October, has disappointed rights activ-

ists by voicing strong support for capital punishment despite his image as a reformist. A spokesman for Brazilian President Dilma Roussef said she was “distressed and outraged” after Indonesia defied her repeated pleas and put to death Marco Archer Cardoso Moreira, who was convicted of smuggling cocaine into Indonesia in 2004. “Using the death penalty, which is increasingly rejected by the international community, seriously affects relations between our countries,” the spokesman said in a statement. Dutch Foreign Minister Bert Koenders said the Netherlands had temporarily recalled its ambassador to Indonesia over the execution of Dutchman Ang Kiem Soei, and described all six deaths as “terribly sad” in a statement. “My heart goes out to their families, for whom this marks a dramatic end to years of uncertainty,” Koenders said. “The Netherlands remains opposed to the death penalty.” Dutch King Willem-Alexander and Prime Minister Mark Rutte had been in contact with the Indonesian president on the matter, he said, and the government had done “all in its power” to attempt to halt the execution.

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Muslims Continue Deadly Riots over Cartoon The backlash over Charlie Hebdo’s recent cartoon of Mohammed is far from over. Five people were killed and churches set on fire in Niger in fresh protests against the French weekly, as France condemned the violence and asserted its commitment to freedom of expression. With France still reeling from last week’s attacks that claimed 17 lives, jittery European countries stepped up

Israel 12 Wounded in Stabbing Attack on Bus in Tel Aviv On Wednesday morning, around 7:30am, Hamza Mohammed Hasan Matrouk, 23, of the West Bank boarded Bus number 40 at the Old Central Bus Station in Tel Aviv and rode for two stops before stabbing passengers and the driv-

12 Israelis were wounded in the stabbing attack on Menachem Begin Road; three of them seriously. Palestinian sources are insisting that Matrouk didn’t belong to any group or organization. He entered Israel illegally and bought the knife in the West Bank; he will be brought before a military court in Ariel. Cartoons about the stabbing were circulating throughout Palestinian media after the attack, showing a knife in the shape of Israel and the Palestinian territories labeled “Palestine.” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu blamed the Palestinian Authority for the act of terrorism, saying it was a “direct result of the Palestinian Authority’s venomous incitement against the Jews and their state. The same terror tries to hurt us in Paris, Brussels and everywhere,” he said. Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon echoed the prime minister’s sentiment, saying the stabber was “grown in the ground of incitement against the State of Israel.” “We won’t let anyone disrupt the lives of our citizens, we will pursue anyone who plans and carries out terrorist attacks at any time and any place, and we’ll act to thwart every attempt at terrorism. We won’t compromise on the security of Israeli civilians,” Ya’alon said. In a video uploaded to the internet on Wednesday, a number of people are seen fleeing the street when the attacker is seen chasing a woman in a blue jacket and stabbing her in the back. She then falls to the floor, he escapes and bystanders rush to the woman’s aid. In a phone call to emergency services one can hear a panicked woman crying, “There was an attack on a bus…a person with a knife.” She told the dispatcher she felt like her whole body was covered in blood. The driver of the bus, Herzl Biton, heroically tried to stop the attacker and sprayed him with pepper spray but was stabbed in the chest. As he lay on the

floor of the bus, he called his friend to ask him to take care of his children if he dies. He was taken to the hospital in serious condition. “I heard screams and I didn’t understand what was going on,” a passenger said. “Everyone ran to the rear of the bus” before running out when the doors opened, he related. Liel Suissa, an 8th grade student on the bus, says he narrowly escaped from the attacker. “I threw my bag at the terrorist when he got close to us to keep him away. The driver slammed on the brakes when he got close to us. The terrorist went flying and I kicked the window and the window broke and so we were able to exit. Also the driver opened the door,” he added.

Iron Dome Readied for Attack The IDF went on high alert along the northern border this week as the country braced for a possible retaliation for an airstrike that killed six Hezbollah operatives. IDF Chief of Staff Benny Gantz said the army was prepared and monitoring security developments in the region.

The increase in defenses comes a day after an airstrike attributed to Israel killed a senior Hezbollah commander, several members of the Lebanese terror group, and a number of Iranian fighters. “The IDF is prepared, tracking all developments, and ready to act as needed,” Gantz announced. “This statement is not simply a speech — it’s a matter of real operational preparedness.” In the north, several IDF units deployed along the border that were set to go on leave were ordered to stay put. Additionally, several Iron Dome anti-missile batteries were deployed in northern Israel, according to media reports, because of fears that Hezbollah may attempt to launch rockets at the country. Farmers in the far northern

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Around 1,000 youths wielding iron bars, clubs and axes rampaged through the Niger capital, hurling rocks at police who responded with tear gas. At least eight churches were torched and the French embassy in Niamey urged its citizens to stay at home. “In Niamey, the tally is five dead, all civilians,” Niger’s President Mahamadou Issoufou said in a speech broadcast on state television, as he appealed for calm. The death toll from riots a day earlier in Niger’s second city of Zinder had climbed from four to five after a body was found “burned inside a church,” he added. Some 15,000 people also rallied in Russia’s Muslim North Caucasus region against Charlie Hebdo, which depicted on its most recent cover a weeping Mohammed holding a “Je suis Charlie” sign. The magazine, which has flown off the shelves in record numbers since the attacks, announced it would extend its print run to seven million copies. Before the assault on its Paris headquarters, Charlie Hebdo had a circulation of around 30,000, with only a handful being sold abroad.

er onboard the bus. Thankfully, an Israel Prison Service office near the scene of the incident shot the terrorist in the leg; he was taken in for custody by police.

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One way to keep your ISIS neighbors out? Build a thousand kilometer wall around your country. Saudi Arabia is doing just that. The planned 600-mile wall will run along its entire northern border with Iraq. Work on the wall, a combined fence and six mile ditch with watchtowers, radar and night-vision cameras, began last September but the kingdom was gripped by a new sense of urgency following an ISIS raid on a Saudi post earlier this month. The jihadist group, whose goal is to build a caliphate in the region and beyond, has set its eyes on Mecca and Medina, the two holiest sites in Islam that are located in Saudi Arabia. Earlier this month, Saudi Arabia’s Interior Ministry said that one of the attackers who launched a deadly assault on the security patrol near the Iraqi border was a Saudi national who belonged to a “deviant group,” the phrase commonly used by officials to refer to the Islamic State or al-Qaeda. A Saudi spokesman said that the other three gunmen were also Saudi nationals. All four died in the attack, which also killed three border guards. Saudi police have since arrested three Saudis and four Syrians in connection with the January 5 attack.

security, with soldiers patrolling the streets of Belgium for the first time in 35 years. But anger mounted in several Muslim countries over the satirical newspaper’s caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed, with days of rioting erupting in Niger, a predominantly Muslim former French colony.

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town of Metulla were instructed by the IDF to stay away from their fields that are next to the border. Sources in Hezbollah say that retaliation for the alleged Israeli airstrike was inevitable, but would be restrained enough to not provoke a war. At least six Hezbollah members, including a senior commander, were killed in a reported Israeli helicopter strike in the Syrian Golan Heights.

Hamas Rebuilding Weapons Cache

According to a recent report, Israeli intelligence officials believe Hamas is manufacturing a “new generation”

of rockets and is reconstructing its cross-border tunnels. Citing unnamed officials, the report maintained that dozens of “high trajectory projectiles,” which constitute a “new generation of home-produced rockets,” have been tested since September. The rockets were recently fired at the Mediterranean in a series of drills. The report is not clear how the rockets are different than earlier models. “The indication suggests Gaza terrorists are experimenting in order to increase rocket launching capabilities,” the IDF said in a statement last year. The unnamed officials further said they believe Hamas was reconstructing the cross-border shafts that were destroyed by Israel during last summer’s war in the Gaza Strip. It said that the terror group was struggling to replenish its weapons supply, as ties between Iran and Sudan — formerly some of its main suppliers — have grown increasingly chilly. Hamas is also recruiting for a “popular army” and has so far signed up some 2,500 volunteers. The Gaza group has also begun restocking its depleted rocket arsenal, media outlets reported last month. According to the reports, Hamas

has acknowledged the limited efficacy of its mid- and longer-range rockets, many of which were shot down by Israel’s Iron Dome defense system during the recent war.

U.S. Actor Receives Genesis Prize

Actor Michael Douglas has been named the second recipient of the Genesis Prize, a $1 million award that recognizes great contributions to Jewish culture across the globe. Douglas accepts the award in Jerusalem on June 18 by both Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Jewish Agency Chairman Natan Sharansky. The Genesis Prize is an initiative of the prime minister’s office and the

Jewish Agency. Last year’s inaugural Genesis Prize was awarded to former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, himself a billionaire, in a move that raised hackles in some Jewish circles due to Bloomberg’s secular life. Bloomberg is “no more Jewish than the cop on the street who eats a bagel for lunch and picked up some Yiddish… What are these Jewish values that we so vaguely admire?” wrote Jane Eisner, the editor of the Jewish Daily Forward. Bloomberg used his $1 million, which was awarded by comedian Jay Leno, to establish a fellowship called the Genesis Generation Challenge, which is granted to young people seeking to do humanitarian work rooted in Jewish values. The selection committee for this year’s award included Sharansky, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Elie Wiesel, Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein and Chief Rabbi of the UK (Emeritus) Lord Jonathan Sacks. This year’s awardee, Douglas, also serves as a United Nations Messenger of Peace and has done extensive work promoting gun control, human rights and nuclear non-proliferation. But his Continued on page 22

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Netanyahu Blasts ICC Decision Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is furious at the International Criminal Court and its prosecutor for initiating a probe into alleged Israeli war crimes in Gaza last summer at the request of the Palestinian Authority. Netanyahu termed the decision absurd, said it breached the ICC’s own rules and warned that “other terrorist war criminals” would follow suit in filing complaints. He further alleged that the ICC was subverting its own “lofty goals”

which were to prevent the repetition of history’s worst crimes including the Holocaust.

“Israel rejects the absurd decision of the ICC prosecutor … to go after Israel,” the prime minister said in a statement. “It’s absurd for the ICC to ignore international law and agreements, under which the Palestinians don’t have a state and can only get one through direct negotiations with Israel.” Since they have no state, the Palestinians have “no standing” at the ICC, and thus “no case,” he said. Netanyahu pointed out that Israel “upholds the highest standards of international law. Our actions are subject to the constant and careful review

of Israel’s world-renowned and utterly independent legal system.” Furthermore, “Israel is legitimately defending itself against Palestinian terrorists who routinely commit multiple war crimes. They deliberately fire thousands of rockets at our civilians, while hiding behind Palestinian civilians whom they use a human shield.” Thus the decision to probe Israel’s conduct “is even more preposterous,” he said. The “ultimate folly” of the decision, however, was that it is “the democracy of Israel, a world leader in fighting terrorism, which is to be hauled to the dock in The Hague, while the terrorist war criminals of Hamas are the ones who are going to be pressing the charges. I won’t be surprised if ISIS, al Qaeda and Hezbollah follow suit. See, Hamas has already announced that they will join their Palestinian partner, President Abbas, in filing complaints against Israel as a result of this decision. So we see here something truly tragic.” Prosecutors announced that the preliminary examination would review “in full independence and impartiality” alleged crimes committed since June 13 last year, the beginning of tensions between the two sides that culminated

in Operation Protective Edge — a 50day conflict between Israel and terrorist groups in Gaza that resulted in the deaths of approximately 2,200 Palestinians, according to Hamas figures, and 72 people on the Israeli side. Israeli intelligence shows that Hamas and other groups operating within the Gaza Strip indiscriminately targeted civilian population centers with rocket fire and used Gaza’s populace as “human shields.” Hamas engaged the IDF from private homes, schools, hospitals, mosques and UN compounds, drawing the scorn of the international community. According to the IDF, over half of those killed in Gaza were Hamas and other gunmen, and Hamas is to blame for all civilian fatalities since Hamas placed rocket launchers, cross-border tunnel entrances and other elements of its war effort in residential areas. Not surprisingly, Hamas welcomed the ICC’s decision to probe Israel, saying it would provide the tribunal with evidence to aid the investigation. “What is needed now is to quickly take practical steps in this direction and we are ready to provide [the court] with thousands of reports and documents that confirm the Zionist enemy has commit-

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Air Attack Takes Out Hezbollah Operatives An alleged Israeli helicopter airstrike near the Syrian border has killed six members of Hezbollah as well as six Iranian soldiers. Iranian general Mohammad Ali Allahdadi was among those killed in the strike, Iranian officials said. According to Israeli media, Allahdadi, who had previously commanded Iran’s forces in the country’s Yazd province, had recently been reassigned to Syria to provide support for Shiite militias fighting for President Bashar Assad. The operatives killed in the strike included Abu Ali Tabatabai, who was the head of Hezbollah’s offensive operations; Jihad Mughniyeh, the son of Imad Mughniyeh, a senior Hezbollah commander killed in Damascus in 2008; and Mohammed Issa, responsible for the organization’s operations in Syria and Iraq.

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It’s ironic that the most hated companies in America still have millions of customers; some of these companies are the most recognized household names. Which companies do Americans love to hate? Well, when employees are unhappy with their jobs it can lead to poor customer service. For example, McDonald’s and Walmart have isolated workers with refusing to increase wages, and as a result customers are unhappy with the service they receive. Wall Street performance can also strongly effect a company’s reputation; a steep fall in share prices can tarnish a company for decades. Companies always have the potential to clean up their act by fixing whatever “problem” caused their bad standing. Last year, several companies improved enough that the public’s view of them changed significantly and they were removed from the “most hated list.” Both J.C. Penney and Abercrombie & Fitch were able to sway people’s formerly bad view of them. In order to identify the most hated companies in America, 24/7 Wall St. reviewed a variety of metrics on customer service, employee satisfaction, and share price performance. Employee satisfaction based on worker opinion scores was also measured. In addition, any majorly public management decisions or company policies that hurt a company’s public perception were considered. So which companies are the most unloved by Americans? General Motors takes the cake as the number one most hated company in the States. Sony Corp, DISH Network, McDonald’s Corporation, and Bank of America Corporation took the top five slots. Uber, Sprint

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First Muslim to Be Appointed to U.S. House Intelligence Panel While only 0.6% of the U.S. population is Muslim, President Barack Obama said on Friday that Europe must do more to better integrate its Muslim citizens. And if anyone wants to accuse

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi appointed Carson to the post, which oversees government intelligence departments and activities. The appointment caused an anti-Muslim response on the Internet. Some expressed concern that confidential government secrets will be shared with Carson. Since being hired, Carson has already attended a meeting of the intelligence panel which discusses highly classified matters. Minnesota Democrat Keith Ellison, who was appointed in 2006, is Muslim but other than Ellison, Carson is the only Muslim to be appointed to Congress. He

was born a Baptist but converted to Islam during his youth. Carson is qualified for the job, with previous experience in the field; he has worked as a police officer and is already a member of the House Armed Services subcommittee on Intelligence. The Congressman also worked for the Department of Homeland Security’s Fusion Center, a department that combines intelligence collected by various security organizations such as the CIA, FBI, Pentagon and Justice Department. On Saturday, in an interview with CNN, Carson said: “We won’t win the war against terror without Muslims. There are threats and many terrorist attempts are thwarted because of help from Muslims who are never talked about on TV. We work together with Muslims.” In an interview given over a decade ago, Carson detailed his journey into politics. When he was 17, he was arrested at a mosque with no grounds, and the incident sparked his passion to become a policeman. “What I learned in my career as a man of law is that in the U.S., just as in Britain, it is impossible to fight the threat of world terror without help from the Muslims,” said Carson.

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After housing and tuition, most would agree that food is probably the next biggest monthly expense. According to the United States Department of Agriculture, Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion, the average grocery bill for a family of four is about $965 per month. Consider kosher food and larger family sizes and it seems like we are unaccounted for in that statistic. Either way, Americans are spending a lot of money on food and many are requiring assistance simply to put bread on their table through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). As of September 2014, there were around 46.5 million individual food stamp recipients (22.7 million households) receiving an average benefit of $123.74 each (around $257 per household), according to USDA Food and Nutrition Service reports. In order to qualify for food stamp benefits, a household has to earn a gross income that is less than 130% of the poverty level, or a net income amount (income minus deductions) that’s less than 100% of the poverty level for their family size. According to these guidelines, a family of four may be eligible if they gross less than $2,584 per month ($31,008 per year). Not all things are equal, though. Each state distributes funds to residents who qualify, and the specifications vary from state-to-state. Here are the states (and one city) that have the most residents benefitting from food stamps: 7. Louisiana • Number of food stamp recipients: 868,192 • Percentage of the state’s population on food stamps: 18.67% • Total cost of SNAP benefits: Around $107.4 million • Cost of benefits alone per capita in this state: $23.10 6. Tennessee • Number of food stamp recipients: Just over 1.28 million

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• Percentage of the state’s population on food stamps: 19.58% • Total cost of SNAP benefits $158.7 million • Cost of benefits alone per capita in this state: $24.23 5. Oregon • Number of food stamp recipients: 791,222 • Percentage of the state’s population on food stamps: 19.93% • Total cost of SNAP benefits: $98 million • Cost of benefits alone per capita in this state: $24.66 per person 4. West Virginia • Number of food stamp recipients: 369,249 • Percentage of the state’s population on food stamps: 19.96% • Total cost of SNAP benefits: Around $45.7 million • Cost of benefits alone per capita in this state: $24.69 per person 3. New Mexico • Number of food stamp recipients: 448,328 • Percentage of the state’s population on food stamps: 21.5% • Total cost of SNAP benefits: Around $55.5 million • Cost of benefits alone per capita in this state: $26.60 per person 2. Mississippi • Number of food stamp recipients: 650,911 • Percentage of the state’s population on food stamps: 21.74% • Total cost of SNAP benefits: Around $80.5 million • Estimated cost of benefits alone per capita in this state: $26.90 per person 1. District of Columbia • Number of food stamp recipients: 144,768 • Percentage of the state’s population on food stamps: 21.97% • Total cost of SNAP benefits: Around $18 million • Estimated cost of benefits alone per capita in this state: $27.19 per person

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The Week In News During his CNN interview, Carson expressed his appreciation of Minority Leader Pelosi, who believed in him and appointed him to the intelligence panel. “It is clear that in our country there is the wrong perception of Muslims. My father-in-law [Judge David Shaheed] was the first Muslim judge in the United States. Many Muslims serve as council members in city councils and as legislators in various states. They make a positive contribution to American society. Now we must protect the security of the American people.”

bombs at the national landmark and open fire on any employees and officials fleeing after the explosions. The FBI was first alerted several months ago to his plot after an informant notified the agency that Cornell was voicing support for violent “jihad” on Twitter accounts under the alias “Raheel Mahrus Ubaydah.” According to ABC News, Cornell posted statements, videos and other content expressing support for ISIS.

Ohio Man Arrested for Plotting ISIS-Inspired Attacks Christopher Lee Cornell of Cincinnati, Ohio, was arrested last Wednesday by the FBI for planning an ISIS-inspired attack on the U.S. Capitol. The Ohio man plotted to detonate a series of bombs directed at lawmakers who he considers personal enemies. According to government documents, Cornell intended to set off pipe

“I believe that we should just wage jihad under our own orders and plan attacks and everything,” Cornell wrote in an online message to the informant in August, according to the FBI. “I believe we should meet up and make our own group in alliance with the Islamic State here and plan operations ourselves.”

In the message, Cornell said that such attacks “already got a thumbs up” from radical cleric Anwar Awlaki “before his martyrdom.” Awlaki was a senior talent-recruiter and motivator who was involved in planning terrorist operations for the Islamist militant group al Qaeda; he was killed in a U.S. drone strike in 2011. He is notorious for his online messages calling for attacks on the West. Purportedly, Cornell and the informant met in Cincinnati over two days in October, and then another two days in November, reported ABC News. During the last meeting, Cornell told an FBI informant that members of Congress were enemies and that he wanted to launch an attack on the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., according to charging documents. Cornell then saved money to finance the attack and researched how to build bombs, the FBI said. Earlier Wednesday, while also taking “final steps” to travel to Washington for the attack, Cornell bought two semi-automatic rifles and 600 rounds of ammunition from a store in Ohio, authorities said. Americans involved in ISIS is a terrifying new trend that is popping up across the country and overseas. One American citizen carried out a suicide bombing within Syria. Last February, it was estimated that at least 50 U.S. citizens were fighting in Syria against President Bashar Al-Assad and are likely to bring terrorism back to American soil once the war is over.

Easy on the Pizza

Kids love pizza, but just like all good things, pizza is best eaten in moderation. According to a new study published in the medical journal Pediatrics, eating pizza may contribute to higher caloric intake on those days when it is eaten. It can account for more than 20 percent of children’s daily caloric intake and an increase in the amount of saturated fat and salt in children’s diets. Nutritionist Rachel Beller told ABC News’ “Good Morning America” that pizza “plays a major role” in weight gain among children. “We are just hav-

ing too much of some of the wrong ingredients,” she said. “Pizza can be great if it is done right with the right ingredients. It just deserves an upgrade.” Making pizza at home with a thinner crust, veggie toppings and a small amount of cheese can make it a healthier option. Don’t give up on this easy, yummy dinner, though. My advice? Have a slice or two—but don’t make it a daily habit.

Crime Spree Teens Finally Found

After a nearly two week crime spree around the nation, Dalton Hayes, 18, and Cheyenne Phillips, 13, were finally arrested by police after being found sleeping in a stolen vehicle in Panama City Beach, Florida, late Saturday night. Hayes agreed to a quick hearing on Monday morning and will be returning to his state of Kentucky to face charges. He will face burglary, criminal trespassing and custodial interference charges, according to Grayson County, Kentucky, Sheriff Normam Chaffins. Phillips will face the same charges, “but she’ll be treated differently than Dalton because he is an adult,” Chaffins said Sunday. The pair is suspected of stealing three cars during a crime spree across multiple states. The teens were first found to be missing on January 3. Their parents say they do not know why they left home. Tammy Martin, Hayes’ mother, says she’s relieved that they have finally been found. “The first thing I’m going to do when I see him is hug him and tell him I love him, and then I might smack him,” she said. Phillips initially told Hayes that she was 19 and his family believed her. After dating for a few months, she finally told him she was only 13. When they left home, Hayes was already facing burglary and theft charges in his home county. On January 5 he was supposed to go to the local judicial center to see if the grand jury had indicted him, but by that time, he and Phillips has already fled.

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More Gun Deaths Expected in 2015 than Car Deaths

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Cuomo Plans Trip to Cuba New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo will lead one of the first trade missions to Cuba from the United States since the Obama administration loosened travel and trade restrictions on the Communist-ruled Caribbean island. The Democratic governor will be promoting an initiative which seeks to attract foreign investment to New York State, spokeswoman Melissa DeRosa said. “As part of the Global NY initiative,

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stunned Rob said. It wasn’t all cold, hard cash. Rob was also the lucky recipient of a Visa gift card, lottery tickets and letters of encouragement. Brian LeFevre, delivery manager at Pizza House in Ann Arbor, says the delivery man was “ecstatic.” “That’s a pretty good day’s work” for just one pizza. Now that’s one special delivery.

Gorgeous People Eat Here Gratis The announcement came as Vermont Democratic Senator Patrick Leahy set off on the first congressional mission to Cuba following Obama’s announcement on December 17 that Washington would start normalizing ties with its old Cold War foe. A package of new rules came into effect on Friday implementing Obama’s policy shift by opening up the island to expanded U.S. travel, trade and financial activities.

Mama mia! That’s a whole lot of dough! When Rob delivered a pizza to a group of real estate agents in Ann Arbor, Michigan, he got a whole lot of change. The group wanted to show their appreciation for someone in the service industry, so Rob was the lucky guy of the day. The group tipped him $2,084 for delivering just one pie. “All I did was deliver pizza,” a

Calling all pretty people. If you’re hungry, you’re in luck. Because now you get to have your cake and eat it too—and you won’t have to pay for it. In Jeju Island, a Korean restaurant in Zhengzhou, China, the 50 best-looking diners eat each day for free. Yes, you heard that right. If you’re beautiful, they want you to chow down at their eatery. Before eating, diners go to a special “beauty identification area,” where there is a camera and a touchscreen pad. Guests are photographed and a panel of local cosmetic surgeons then evaluates their looks. Those deemed the most beautiful get to eat gratis. The rest of the guests? Well, maybe they haven’t won the beauty contest, but wait, they’re just there for the food, right?

Believe it or not, this crazy concept is nothing new. Side, a boutique hotel in Hamburg, Germany, has a special that lets guests pay their weight in euros—the less you weigh, the less you pay. Leave it to the Germans to make you suck in your stomach when you’re trying to have a relaxing vacation. Back in China, officials have noticed that the restaurant’s promotion has been bringing down the city’s reputation and demolished the eatery’s “Free meal for good-looking” sign last week. Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder and we all know that there’s no such thing as a free lunch—no matter how gorgeous you truly are.

Skirting the Issue It’s not easy shoplifting a flat screen TV, but a woman in Costa Rica had no problem nabbing the large item from a store while her friend stood guard. She calmly walked over to the boxed television, placed it between her legs and under her long, flowing skirt, and then sauntered out of the store. The duo was only in the store for 13 seconds and police are still stumped, asking the public for their help in catching the two who made off with the TV in November. Some have been calling her the “swallower of televisions.” A video of her ingenious theft has been viewed 600,000 times by incredulous viewers around the world who are marveling at their audaciousness. Wondering if she’s watching the video of herself on her new TV.

Man Dies After 3 Day Gaming Binge

Sometimes, too much play can be fatal. A Taiwanese man died after a three day gaming binge at an internet café this week. Sadly, this is not the first time this has occurred. It was the second such case this year. Hsieh, 32, was found slumped in his chair in the café in Kaohsiung city. Those around him first thought he was sleeping. When they finally realized he was not breathing, they rushed him to the hospital, but he did not survive. Doctors confirmed he had suffered cardiac failure, ruling it a “sudden death” from prolonged computer gaming, the report said. They also noted that he probably died a few hours before patrons noticed his motionless body. “Hsieh was a regular customer here and always played for consecutive days. When tired, he would sleep face down on the table or doze off slumped in his chair. That is why we were not Continued on page 34

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to place it in an evidence bag.” “This is crazy!” Recently, a man was cited for distracted driving in Georgia while eating a cheeseburger behind the wheel. “Maybe I was enjoying the burger too much. I needed to tone it down,” driver Madison Turner admitted. “I was certainly willing to do so but I didn’t expect to be fined or punished.” Despite his exuberance while eating his lunch, his attorney expects the case to be overturned since many drivers eat and drive. “I’ve only seen something like this charge when there’s an accident,” attorney William Head said. “There was no accident here, so the fact that this man was charged with eating and driving is a first for me.”

A Pretty Penny This penny is worth way more than one cent. Last week, a Beverly Hills rare coin dealer purchased a 1792 American penny for nearly $2.6 million, the

most ever paid for a one-cent piece at auction. Named after its engraver, Robert Birch, the so-called “Birch Cent” was among the first pennies struck for the United States, part of a series of prototype coins. And they’re really rare: only ten are believed to exist and collector Kevin Lipton said the coin he purchased is in the best condition of those ten.

“I felt elated, just wonderful,” Lipton, 65, of Lipton Rare Coins Inc. said last Monday of his winning bid. “I thought the coin would bring more money. This was a really good buy.” One side of the Birch Cent features the profile of Lady Liberty with flow-

ing hair and the motto “Liberty Parent of Science and Industry.” The other side says “United States of America” and gives the denomination “One Cent” within a wreath. “It’s a gorgeous coin, breathtaking,” Lipton said. “And the history is important. This is our earliest depiction of what we thought of ourselves as a nation.” Jim Halperin, co-chairman of Liberty Auctions, said the $2,585,000 Lipton paid for the coin tops a record set the day before at the same auction: $2.35 million for a 1793 “chain cent,” named after the chains around the denomination. Before that, the record was $1.38 million, also for a “chain cent,” in 2012, Halperin said. Lipton, who plans to hold onto his new purchase for himself for now, said he was so excited to get the coin that the next day he spent another $2,232,500 for the “Wright quarter,” America’s first quarter. “For 26 cents,” he said, “I spent $4.8 million.” Makes a whole lotta “sense.” 

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Last year, Assemblyman Goldfeder joined his counterparts in Washington, D.C. to urge Congress to act to protect families from the effects of the Biggert-Waters Act, which intended to cut subsidies to NFIP-backed premiums and substantially raise rates paid by homeowners. As a result, Congress passed the Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordability Act of 2014, which President Obama later signed into law. This law amended provisions of Biggert-Waters by delaying its full implementation, raising many homeowners’ rates by as little as 5% a year, and capping increases in flood insurance rates at 18% an-

nually until premiums reached full-risk rates. However, this law would require reauthorization to continue to delay the full effects of Biggert-Waters, leaving many homeowners worried about the potential for greater increases in premiums in the future. “I was born and raised in Rockaway and now my wife and I are raising our children here. I’d hate to think that our children might not be able to afford the neighborhood because of the extremely high cost of flood insurance,” concluded Goldfeder. “We must ensure that all our families can continue to afford living in the neighborhoods we know and love.”

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ance rates scheduled to rise drastically in the coming years, Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder (D - Howard Beach) is calling on Mayor Bill de Blasio to enroll New York City in FEMA’s Community Rating System (CRS) Program to help reduce flood insurance premiums for thousands of affected families. Communities enrolled in CRS can reduce household premiums by up to 45% through community awareness programs and other city-wide mitigation efforts. “Too many families in southern Queens and Rockaway are drowning in debt as they struggle to recover from Superstorm Sandy. With flood insurance rates continuing to rise, now is the time to take advantage of programs already in place that can help reduce costs,” said Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder. “That’s why I urge Mayor de Blasio to enroll New York City in the Community Rating System (CRS) and provide some much-needed relief to our families.” In a letter to Mayor de Blasio, Goldfeder called on the city to join the CRS program. Goldfeder explained that approximately 85% of his district, including his own home and district office, was affected by Superstorm Sandy. He

noted that the increase in flood insurance premiums in recent years could have devastating consequences for our families and that many have expressed concern over the ability to pay their bills. According to FEMA, the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) Community Rating System (CRS) is a voluntary program implemented in 1990 to encourage floodprone communities to take additional steps to mitigate flood risks faced by home owners. Participating CRS communities can reduce flood insurance premium rates in 5% increments (up to 45%) by completing any of 18 creditable activities falling into four categories: public information, mapping and regulations, flood damage reductions, flood preparedness. These activities can range from meeting minimum flood elevation requirements for new constructions, to making flood maps and protective measures available to residents via municipal websites or at public libraries. Municipalities can apply for the CRS program by sending a formal letter of intent from the mayor or chief executive to FEMA to request inclusion in the program. FEMA would then work with the community to ensure necessary compliance with minimal flood mitigation requirements for the program. Currently, nearly one hundred Sandy-impacted municipalities throughout New York State and New Jersey are already enrolled in the CRS program. According to FEMA, some of these communities are already seeing flood insurance premiums reduced by a quarter, translating to millions in savings for homeowners.

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Around The Community New York’s Program for Jewish Genetic Health and Montefiore Health System Partner to Offer Subsidized Genetic Testing New York metropolitan area Ashkenazi Jewish women and men aged 25 and older can now opt to undergo testing for the three common Ashkenazi Jewish BRCA founder mutations at a fraction of the commercial price, thanks to a new, philanthropy-based initiative from the Program for Jewish Genetic Health (PJGH), a not-for-profit organization affiliated with Yeshiva University and Albert Einstein College of Medicine (Einstein), in conjunction with Montefiore Health System (Montefiore). This initiative, the first of its kind in the United States, makes this testing available to all Ashkenazi Jewish individuals, regardless of their BRCA-related cancer histories or their insurance/financial situations, both of which have been barriers to date. “Most insurance companies currently require people to already have had family members with cancer if they want to be covered for BRCA genetic testing,” said Susan Klugman,

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and Early Detection. When test results are available, all participants in either group who are found to be carriers will be scheduled for an in-person genetic counseling appointment to review their results. These individuals will be counseled about screening and risk-reducing and reproductive options, advised to inform their at-risk relatives about their genetic test results, and directed to support resources, in part through the network of the Program for Jewish Genetic Health. High risk participants who are not found to be carriers of the three common BRCA mutations will be counseled appropriately, including given the option to undergo more comprehensive genetic testing. All individuals pursuing BRCA testing through this initiative also will be offered the opportunity to participate in an associated research study conducted through Montefiore and Einstein that will assess several parameters such as the motivation for “lowrisk” individuals to undergo testing, receptivity of family members of BRCA gene mutation carriers to also undergo testing, and psychosocial, religious, and cultural issues faced by BRCA carriers. The PJGH believes that this initiative is an initial step along the route towards making BRCA screening routinely offered to all adult individuals of Ashkenazi Jewish descent, as has been suggested recently by some geneticists. The PJGH-Montefiore initiative will target those who are ready now to learn their BRCA carrier status, based on the knowledge that being Ashkenazi Jewish is in and of itself a risk factor for carrying a BRCA mutation. “Since BRCA mutations are so common in the Ashkenazi Jewish population, there is a very low threshold for individuals of Ashkenazi Jewish ancestry to be considered at risk for having a BRCA mutation,” says Klugman. “Unfortunately, most people do not realize this, and overlook not just their personal or family history of cancer, but also their Ashkenazi Jewish ancestry as being ‘not significant’ when in fact, they both are. Our overall goal is to educate all Ashkenazi Jews about their risk factors for developing BRCA-related cancers, and when necessary, to offer them appropriate genetic counseling and testing so that they can make informed medical and reproductive decisions.”

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Village of Cedarhurst Launches New Security Patrol Program

Sholom Klein, Yaakov Gade, Deputy Mayor Ben Weinstock, Mayor Andrew Parise, Ari Brown, Danny Gluck, Sal Evola, and Dan Plaut

private unmarked vehicles will be patrolling the approximately 18 miles of village roadway as well as the park and railroad station. The Auxiliary Police, will be the lead agency in this endeavor and will be immediately notified to back up and secure the village. Two of the first to join the new patrol

will be Trustee Ari Brown and Daniel Plaut, a member of the Village Board of Architectural Review. Any questions can be directed to Ari Brown or Ben Weinstock at Village Hall at 516-295-5770.

Queens Business Networking Event By Sergey Kadinsky On January 14, the Queens business community joined together at the Young Israel of Jamaica Estates for a business networking dinner marking the third anniversary of the Queens Jewish Link. Speaking before a crowd of 200, Queens Borough President Melinda Katz honored the newspaper’s publisher, Yaakov Serle, and senior consultant, Yaniv Meirov, for their efforts in expanding the newspaper’s advertiser base and coverage. Katz shared the dais with her elected colleagues State Senator Joseph Addabbo Jr; Assemblymembers Michael Simanowitz, Nily Rozic, and David Weprin; and City Councilmembers Mark Weprin and Rory Lancman. Looking on were the advertisers for the paper. The event was sponsored by Assemblyman

Michael Simanowitz, Ariel Tavor of New York Life, the kosher Dunkin Donuts at the corner of Main St. and Union Tpke. in Kew Gardens Hills, and Soy

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Sauce, the recently-opened Chinese catering and takeout service that provided food for the event. In his welcoming remarks, Rabbi Shlomo Hochberg, mara d’asra of Young Israel of Jamaica Estates, looked to the weekly parsha for

the livestock, a qualification that made him the leader of his generation. Billed as a networking event for advertisers, the entrepreneurs present represented a variety of professions, including elder law, bookkeeping, tu-

inspiration, speaking about Moshe Rabbeinu’s unexpected empathy not only for his fellow Jews but also for the Midianite young women in the desert and

toring, a public affairs consultant, mold elimination, real estate sales, graphic design, jewelry sales, life coach and online marketing. Local community

institutions were also represented with Linda Spiegel for the Margaret Tietz Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Rabbi Hayim Schwartz for the Rabbinical Seminary of America, and Rabbi Yechiel Nakdimen of Queens Hatzolah. Shlomo Steinman of Jewish Business Development (JBD) emceed the event, providing an introduction to his group, which organizes a business-to-business meeting every month for Jewish entrepreneurs to network over a dinner. “It’s about building relationships, helping each other and the community at large,” said Steinman. In Queens, JBD meets every first Wednesday of the month at the Chazaq office on Jewel Avenue. Dennis Weinstein, director of advertising at Touro College, served as the keynote speaker, providing points on effective networking and interviewing strategies for individuals on either side of the table. Following Weinstein’s presentation, audience members were introduced to each other through activities that brought out their common interests.

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Danny Gluck, along with the experienced Rockaway Nassau Safety Patrol (formerly the Rockaway Citizens Safety Patrol), led by Yaakov Gade, will be patrolling the streets of Cedarhurst every evening into the early morning hours,” says Village Trustee Ari Brown. “This joint program is the first of its kind in New York State, and the village board is determined to make this a successful endeavor,” says Deputy Mayor Benjamin Weinstock. “The Village Board will be contributing funds to the Rockaway Nassau Safety Patrol and will be enhancing the yearly contribution to the Auxiliary Police as well,” continues Deputy Mayor Weinstock. Every evening and every morning,

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Around The Community Strengthening Emunah at BJX Recently, the BJX held a special shiur on the subject of strengthening your emunah. The rav of BJX, Rav Yitzchok Fingerer, eloquently covered various topics including doubt, worry, faith

and health. Men and women listened with rapt attention as the rav smoothly sailed across turbulent waters explaining the essentials of emunah. He effortlessly cited dozens of Rishonim,

Achronim and great Chassidish Rebbes to support his stratagems on how to achieve and foster a stronger emunah. Rabbi Moshe Fingerer, the devoted director and co-founder of BJX,

introduced the rav and shared with the audience updates on recent activities at BJX. He described the packed gathering of Brooklyn College students at their new BJX center and shared how much they benefited. He also menthe many emails and tioned about phone calls that the BJX receives daily for help and advice and invited the audience to copy down the helpline number as well. “We receive phone calls from as far away as England, Israel and Canada. However, since this event, there was a recent spike of more local people calling the helpline,” said Rabbi Moshe Fingerer. One participant shared his reaction after the seminar. “I love attending Rav Fingerer’s shiurim. I have participated in every BJX community event and have never been disappointed. The rav’s vast quoting of Chazal together with his vast yidios is oxygen for my neshama,” said Dovid.

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MONDAY JANUARY 26 •Maskiot – In June 2008, Maskiot was a Nachal outpost in danger of being closed. Families expelled from the community of Shirat HaYam in Gush Katif breathed new life into this village. Today it is a growing vibrant community.

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•Rotem is located in a beautiful northern section of the Jordan Valley. Over 20 young families created this idyllic community where they live in harmony with nature and a message of ecological awareness. An organic olive grove, natural cosmetics company, holistic treatments and homemade bakery are just a few of the local enterprises.

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•Nestled in the Egyptian and Gazan borders is Shlomit, where One Israel Fund is building a very unique mikvah •The Steel Tower @ Kerem Shalom – Birds eye view of the current situation •At Ein Hashlosha meet one of the local security chiefs and understand what flower and power really means •Lunch at Alumim - hear why they did not leave during the summer conflict

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Around The Community Five Towns Marriage Initiative Believe in Yourself; Succeed in Your Marriage R’ Shlomo Wolbe was very excited when the tape recorder came on the market. He called his daughters over and showed them how it worked and how it recorded voices. It has been pointed out that the reason why he appreciated the recorder so much was because it allowed him to view himself more objectively. This helped him because it’s

easy to understand and analyze people around us but it can be much more challenging to analyze ourselves, so the tape recorder provided a certain distance and disattachment that helped him view himself objectively. One of the greatest sports players set the record for bringing in the most wins for his team and simultaneously

held the record for bringing in the most losses. Yet, he was viewed as a star. Self -confidence is about being able to view yourself objectively, and about telling yourself that even if you fail, you need to fail to win and only by being willing to be persistent in what you aim to achieve will you realize that failure is an integral part of any success. A failure is someone who stops after he fails but someone who succeeds is someone who fails but then keeps on trying. Self-confidence is an important trait that enables the continuity of the Jewish people. Yosef remained confident in Egypt and throughout all his troubles, and he continued to dream and hope for his salvation which came rapidly when he was catapulted from jail to second to the king. The Jewish nation’s experience in exile can be compared to Yosef’s and we are told that the redemption will occur the way Yosef was redeemed: swiftly and quickly we will go from exile to redemption. The self-confidence that we hold onto as a nation, that the Jewish nation will persevere no matter

the hardship, and that we must forge ahead even while living in a world of anti-Semitism, terrorism, and innumerable calamities: this confidence is something that we need to translate into a reality on an individual level as well. We need to believe in ourselves, to feel strongly that we have what it takes to be the most fantastic spouse and to have the best marriage in the world. We need to know that when we fall, it’s fine as long we get up and keep on trying. And lastly, we need to work on viewing ourselves objectively, so we can really see where we are holding and how much more there is for us to accomplish. Five Towns Marriage Initiative provides educational programs, workshops and referrals to top marriage therapists. FTMI will help offset counseling costs when necessary and also runs an anonymous shalom bayis hotline for the entire community Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday evenings, 9:30-11p.m. For the hotline or more information, call 516430-5280 or email dsgarry@msn.com.

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bletop Station” exhibition section. This section is allocated for small businesses, startups, sole proprietorships, and the like who can benefit immensely from broadening their horizons but aren’t suited for a full conventional booth. This gives these exhibitors enormous opportunity to get to the next level and offers broadened opportunities for attendees and other exhibitors as well. All in all, the 2015 Expo promises to be a bigger hit than ever. It will be held at the same venue as last year’s event and will draw hundreds of diverse exhibitors and many thousands of attendees. In addition to the grand B2B expo, the upcoming expo will feature separate expanded sections for high-end business seminars, career and jobs fair, women in the workforce and more – all laid out and structured in the most effective way possible. There will also be a slew of addresses and seminars by leading personalities. The hit “The Accelerator” panel of investors, who will be pitched investment opportunities in promising new businesses, will be featured once again. So will some of the other expo panels through which the audience can interact with major business personalities. Details to follow. Although nearly a year has passed since the 2014 expo, organizers still hear on almost a daily basis new anecdotes of how that event helped particular individuals and businesses see greater success in their endeavors. A whole list of businesses and professionals relate that the bulk of their customer base, or other key resources, are directly related to their interactions at the expo. B’ezras Hashem, the positive effects of this year’s event will shatter all previous records. Booth and sponsorship reservations for the 2015 Parnassah Expo are well underway. The earlier you reserve, the better choices you have. Visit www.parnassahexpo.com or call 855-PAR-EXPO for more information.

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Twenty famIn addition to the JUF is a non-profit organization Hadassah Synagogue and the Iranian ilies from Great adult day program, dedicated to assisting individuals with American Jewish Federation (IAJF). Neck and surdifferent divisions of developmental disabilities to become “Our community is excited to welrounding comcome Yachad in Great Neck at Beth Yachad including its as independent as possible. munities on Long national, summer and Approximately one year ago, Hadassah Synagogue,” he declared. Island have been New York depart- community leaders and families from “We have a responsibility to everyone participating in ment representatives Great Neck approached Yachad/JUF in our community including our speYachad and the attended the first regarding the lack of daily program- cial needs members and friends. The Jewish Union week’s open house ming for adults with developmental Monday day program is just the beginF o u n d a t i o n ’s and were available disabilities. The program launch was ning. The vision is to have a perma(JUF) new adult to meet with nent presence in day program at families about Great Neck the Beth HadasYachad’s wide addressing the sah Synagogue the array of serneeds of all our past two weeks. In Rabbi Yamin Levy, senior rabbi of the Beth Ha- vices. Families special needs addition, individ- dassah Synagogue and the Iranian American met with profamilies.” uals from Yachad/ Jewish Federation, with a program participant fessional staff Jack GourdJUF’s Brooklyn in one-on-one ji, executive diday program attended the opening meetings to determine how rector of JUF, session to give families a glimpse into Yachad could assist each family concurred with what the program is all about. Fami- and their own individual needs. Rabbi Levy on lies observed the individuals work on Yachad, the flagship prothe successful vocational skills, personal responsibil- gram of the Orthodox Union’s impact of the ity, and the making of gift baskets by National Jewish Council for program’s Great Yachad Gifts, a business dedicated to Disabilities (NJCD), provides Neck inauguraemploying individuals with disabili- unique social, educational and tion. “We were ties. recreational programs for indi- Jewish Union Foundation’s Program Director Michael Appelbaum, far left, gives demonstraquite pleased The Yachad/JUF program takes viduals with learning, develop- tion about Yachad Gifts with the proplace every Monday from 10 a.m. to 3 mental and physical disabilities gram’s opening p.m. with the goal to expand the pro- with the goal of promoting their Inclu- coordinated with support from Rabbi day launch,” he remarked. “Parents we gram to five days a week. sion in the full spectrum of Jewish life. Yamin Levy, senior rabbi of the Beth spoke to were thrilled with the opportunity of having Yachad in their community. Individuals who stayed for the day to experience the program had a wonderful time and now want to come back. The warmth that emanated from Rabbi Levy and his team hosting us certainly led to the uplifting environment felt by all.”

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Assemblyman Todd Kaminsky enjoyed his visit to the Yeshiva of the South Shore with Rabbi Mordechai Kamenetzky last week. He was extremely impressed with the way the school was run and by the students that he met there.

Four Times the Blessing! On Tuesday, the Miami Heat were guests at LA’s JEM Community Center’s basketball court for pre-game practice and preparation. They received the famous “quadruple rabbi blessing” from JEM founder, Rabbi Hertzel Illulian and his sons, Rabbis Levi, Yossi and Benyamin. The rabbis are pictured here with Dwyane Wade.

The Flatbush Basketball League Week #9 Recap In the China Glatt Division It was yet another amazing game played by Batampte Pickles this week as they tried to get their first win against Supreme RX Pharmacy. Batampte was up for most of the game and even led at half by 4 points, as Ezra Azoulay and Yisroel Azarfar were leading the charge with 16 and 10 respectively. However, it came down to the final few minutes in which Supreme’s leader Ezra Beyda

(got it right this time) took over. He ended the game with a season high 35 points as they continue to keep Batampte winless with a 39-33 victory. Next week’s matchups: Batampte vs. Pizza Heaven and Oh Baby vs. Supreme RX may give us a glimpse into what the playoffs may look like for these little stars… In another close game, it was Pizza Heaven facing off against Oh Baby. With the absence of Shimon Greeenwald, Piz-

za Heaven was looking to still secure a win. However, Mordechai Lebovits (14 points) and Co. for Oh Baby had different plans. As the game was only played 4 on 4, many players were in the scoring column. At the half, Oh Baby was up by 2 points, as Dovid Kapetas had 14 for Oh Baby and managed to squeak by Pizza Heaven by a score of 34-30. Yitzy Waxman and newly acquired Tuli Lowy led scores for Heaven with 16 and 10. Going into week #10, let’s see who will face who in the playoffs.

could not convert that into a win as they lost this one by 16. Avi Goldstein was amazing scoring 15 for ITP together with Avrumi Guttman (11), Yossi Fried (10), and Yosef Kapetas (10). With a few technical fouls being given out all around due to some tempers flaring, ITP seemed to have a handle on the game from the start. Moishe Kornitzer led Quality with 15 but a one man show isn’t always the answer. ITP continues to keep the #3 seed and Quality the #4 seed.

In the Jewish Home Division In a game to decide the #1 seed, Pizza Nosh faced Holy Schnitzel in what promised to be an exciting game. In a back and forth battle, Pizza Nosh gave it all they got, having 5 players with points on the board. The leaders were Yossi Muller with 14 and Moshe D. Rosenberg not far behind with 10. For Holy Schnitzel, Mordechai Cohen seemed to dominate with 18, including an almost full court swish shot to end the first half the game. Elihau Hara had 14 as well for Schnitzel. At the end, it was Pizza Nosh that was victorious with a score of 43-37 going into week #10. As of now, they claim the #1 seed, however, let’s see what next week brings. ITP faced Quality Carpet this week and it was not pretty. Coming off of a great game last week, the momentum was in the air for Quality, however, they

In The Jewish Connection Division With the Camp Agudah Reunion in full swing, Pizza World took a break from their game vs. The Visual Image. Five players were in the scoring column as TVI swept by a depleted Pizza World team 36-24. Next week will be the final game of the regular season as Pizza World looks to rebound against Rami’s Pizza. In the final game of the night, it was Plaza Auto Leasing destroying Rami’s Pizza (don’t need to burden you with the score). Avraham Fuchs by himself nearly outscored the complete Rami’s team. Mendy Schiffenbauer helped his MVP cause with 16; Tzvi Baruch had 10 for PAL. The playoffs begin on January 31st. Come on by to cheer your favorite team @ Hudee Jr. High on Nostrand Avenue and Avenue K starting at 7:00 PM.

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FROM FAR ROCKAWAY TO LOS ANGELES

The Legacy of Dr. Esther Rose Lowy by Sandy Eller

ne month after her petira, family members are remembering a Los Angeles woman who was born and bred in Far Rockaway for her passion, her love of Israel, and her intense dedication to her family, her community and her students. The daughter of Holocaust survivors, Rabbi and Mrs. Yitzchak Freilich, Dr. Esther Rose Lowy was born in 1948 and grew up on Cedar Hill Road. A student at the Hebrew Institute of Long Island, Esther Freilich distinguished herself by winning the national Chidon Hatanach in 1964, going on to place third in Israel’s International Chidon Hatanach in May 1965, the first female and the first non-Israeli to ever score in the top third in the prestigious competition. An article that ran in The Wave, a Rockaway Beach newspaper, on May 27, 1965 described how both Esther Freilich and another local resident, Devorah Heisler, placed third and fourth respectively in the annual contest, held that year in Jerusalem’s Bet Ha’Am Auditorium in front of a large audience which included then-Prime Minister Levi Eshkol. “The local girls displayed a knowledge of the Bible that dazzled the Israel spectators...According to reports from Israel, the girls displayed wide knowledge of the Bible and answered the questions put to them with a charm that endeared them to the audience. With typical American frankness, they were not ashamed to admit when they didn’t know an answer to a question put to them. On one occasion, the chairman of the Board of Adjudicators, Deputy Prime Minister Abba Eban, suggested to Miss Freilich that he would translate into English a question that seemed to trouble her. Bashfully she said that ‘it wouldn’t be amiss.’” Elie Lowy, the oldest of the eight Lowy children, said that he recalled hearing about the Chidon Hatanach from his mother and that his parents still own the pocket-sized Tanach, filled with penciled in notes, that his mother used to prepare for the competition. “If it means anything, she only studied for two months,” Elie related.

sther Freilich graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Brooklyn College in 1969 and was named a Woodrow Wilson Fellow, a national award offered to exceptional students, giving

them the opportunity to attend doctoral programs and eventually become college faculty members. Her academic skills were well known during her career as a student. “One woman came over to me once at the White Shul and said to me, ‘I didn’t realize you were Esther Freilich’s son,’” recalled Elie. “She was so beautiful and so brilliant. She ruined every curve every time we took a test.” Esther Freilich went on to study math at New York University’s Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences and represented the United States at a NATO-sponsored math conference in Istanbul. She was awarded a PhD by Courant, becoming one of the just four percent of women at the time to earn a doctorate in math in the United States. After her graduation, Esther Freilich went on to teach at the City University of New York, where her math specialty was group theory.

er marriage to Rudy Lowy of California in 1974 meant that Dr. Lowy was to leave CUNY, and she took on teaching positions on the West Coast, first at California Polytechnic University and then at the University of California, Los Angeles. During her time at UCLA she was one of the founders of the school’s Overcoming Math Anxiety program and also earned another post-graduate degree. “She was teaching math in the MBA program and she realized her students were making a lot more money than she was,” said Elie. “So she went on and got an MBA.” As time went on and the Lowy children began arriving one by one, Dr. Lowy put her career on hold for 20 years to raise a family of eight children. During that time, Dr. Lowy was an active member of the local Jewish community, serving on the boards of many local yeshivas and schools. As her children grew, Dr. Lowy realized that there was a tremendous void in the Los Angeles community, with no college providing both high academic standards and Torah values to serve the many young adults in the community. “It was an uphill battle at the time,” recalled Elie. “Most people went to New York, but not everyone could and there was

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she had to teach her students the lesson of responsibility.” Dr. Lowy was extremely dedicated to her parents and Elie related how she personally cared for her father’s gravestone. “The rabbi who heads the cemetery told us that every time my mother would come to Israel she would come and visit her father. He said that one time he told her that the stone need a good scrub down twice a year. They probably wanted her to buy some service but knowing my mom, she was going to do it herself. The next time she came, he saw her scrubbing but it wasn’t her father’s matzeiva. He said, ‘Mrs. Lowy, you are scrubbing the wrong stone.’ She told him, ‘I know, but when I was scrubbing my father’s stone, I saw that no one was taking care of this one either so I decided to do it myself.’” Despite her own illness, Dr. Lowy cared for her elderly mother, without the help of any professional aides, until several weeks before her own petira, refusing to give up on the mitzvah of caring for her mother until it was physically impossible. Intent on keeping her mind and body as sharp as possible while undergoing chemotherapy, Dr. Lowy would do Sudoku puzzles for two hours a day and walked six miles to work every day to keep up her strength. Dr. Lowy passed away at age 66 on December 19th, the third day of Chanukah. She is buried in the Eitz Hachaim Cemetery in Beit Shemesh, next to her father and is survived by her husband, Rudy; her children, Elie, Ephraim, Mindi Weinberg, Tova Pfeffer, Devorah Pelman, Naphtali, Shuli and Chaim; her mother, Edith; her brother, Abraham; and 17 grandchildren. 

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a need in Los Angeles. There was no good alternative for someone who wanted to go to college and have a yeshiva program.” Determined to change that situation, Dr. Lowy worked closely with Dr. Bernard Lander and became the founding dean of Touro College, Los Angeles. Dr. Lowy was responsible for ensuring that the fledgling institution was accredited and personally recruited both students and faculty to TCLA which opened in 2005 with just 55 students. In addition to serving as the school’s dean, Dr. Lowy also taught classes at TCLA, where she lavished both knowledge and warmth upon her students. “During the shiva two or three girls told us the same story,” Elie said. “They had each called my mother separately, telling her that they couldn’t come to class because they had no one to watch their babies. She told them how nothing was more important in life than their children—not work, not school—and she understood that because she gave up everything to raise us. But she told the girls that they wouldn’t be able to hold a job for long if they started cancelling every time their babysitter didn’t show so she told them they were not excused from class. She told them that they had to come in. And to bring their babies with them.” Yet that level of responsibility was also tempered with incredible compassion. “Her secretary told us how my mother was so nice to her,” recalled Elie. “That whenever her babysitter would cancel on her, she would say, ‘Go home and take care of your kids. There is nothing more important than your kids.’ On her own cheshbon she told the secretary to go home, but as a teacher, she felt

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Torah Thought

Rabbi Berel Wein

Parshas Bo

he story of the Jewish people’s suffering under Egyptian bondage reaches its climax in this week’s Torah reading and in the beginning part of next week’s Torah reading as well. The Torah does not really dwell on the history and political significance of this momentous event. It tells us of the plagues visited upon the Egyptians, of the stubbornness of Pharaoh and of the eventual capitulation of the Egyptians to the demands of Moshe. However, it does not in any way inform us of the geopolitical consequences of the exodus of the Jewish people from Egypt. Rather, the balance of the Torah readings of the year will concern itself almost exclusively with G-d’s relationship and instructions to the Jewish people. Even when other nations and personages are mentioned and described later in the Torah, this is done only regarding their direct relationship to the Jewish people. So, one can certainly wonder at this seemingly xenophobic exclusive type of narrative. The Jewish

people have always been a very small percentage, not only of the world’s population, but also of the population of the Middle East itself. The Land of Israel, the homeland of

The story of the exodus of the Jews from Egypt is the basis for the root concept of Judaism, that the Jewish people are mysteriously special and unique amongst all other peoples that

The Jewish people are mysteriously special and unique amongst all other peoples that inhabit the globe. the Jewish people, is a very small country covering only a minute portion of the landmass of the vast Middle East. Why does the Torah, so to speak, ignore the rest of human society and geopolitical reality and concentrate only on the story of a small people who will inherit a very small slice of world territory? This question of Jewish exclusivity lies at the heart of a great deal of the internal and external debates regarding Israel and the Jewish people in today’s world as well.

inhabit the globe. As the Torah proclaims: “Has there been any other historic occurrence where one nation has been extracted from the midst of another nation?” Many peoples have experienced revolutions against oppressors and the achievement of national freedom. But the story of the exodus of the Jewish people from Egypt remains a singular and unique one. This is because the purpose for that exodus was not limited to achieving national freedom and per-

sonal comfort. Rather, as expressed so often by Moshe and written in the Torah itself, it was that this people should be a light unto the nations, a chosen people, a kingdom of priests and a holy nation dedicated to the service of G-d. It is because of this higher layer of freedom that the exodus from Egypt represents that the Jewish people have survived and prospered in spite of all odds and through all generations. Throughout the ages, many in the non-Jewish world have dealt with the issue of Jewish survival and its ultimate mystery. Judaism, Jewish values and ideals have penetrated and influenced all sections of humanity. One can say that it is the very exclusivity of the Torah narrative and of Jewish thought and lifestyle that carries with it the universality that the Jewish people have achieved. Among the many great paradoxes of the human story, this paradox of the exclusivity and universality of the Jewish people is primary. Shabbat shalom.

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fter a “natural” disaster, people speak with reverence. Even arrogant individuals after living through a hurricane, tidal wave, or earthquake have a sense of humility. Their reality has been changed, and they view life differently. Yet, when Pharaoh and Mitzraim experienced the makkos, that wasn’t their reaction. The Egyptians lived through the most powerful manifestation of Hashem’s might. For months, they were afflicted while Hashem “played with Mitzraim.” Two points were made clear: Hashem is the Master of Creation, and Moshe was the messenger of Hashem . Everything that Moshe said would happen, happened — with precision and exactness. Now, Hashem told Moshe that the final, and most potent makkah, would come. “Tell Pharaoh that exactly at midnight, every first born in Mitzraim will die.” Yet when Moshe approached Pharaoh, he changed the message; he said at “approximately” midnight the firstborn will die. Rashi is bothered by this. Why did Moshe change the words that Hashem used? He answers that Moshe was afraid that Pharaoh’s astrologers would make a mistake. They would be watching the clock to see if Moshe’s prediction was accurate. Even though the firstborns would in fact die exactly at the stroke of midnight, the astrologers might have the wrong time and mistakenly assume that it wasn’t midnight. They would then accuse Moshe of being a liar. To prevent this from happening, Moshe said, “approximately at midnight.” This Rashi is very difficult to understand when we take into account the historical reality. Today, we live with an acute awareness of time. We have clocks all around us — in every room and in every car, on pens, microwaves, computers and cell phones. We can’t buy groceries or go to

the bank without a date and time stamp adorning our receipts. We are constantly reminded of our point in time. And our chronometers are precise, down to the nanosecond. For under a hundred dollars, you can purchase a radio-synchronized, atomic clock that guarantees to be accurate to within a second every two thousand years! In short, we have good reason to assume that our

thing that came to mind. We assume that our position, whatever it might be, is correct. It’s just a given. And it is very difficult to get us to change our minds. Facts aren’t that influential. Reality isn’t that convincing. Once someone’s mind is made up, that’s just the way it is. We are heedless in the formation of our opinions, but once they are formed, we defend them as if our very

Once our opinions are formed, we defend them as if our very lives depended upon it.

sense of timekeeping is accurate. However, this wasn’t the way the ancient world kept time. During the day, they used a sundial, which might have been somewhat close to almost accurate — sort of. At night, the only way to tell time was by gazing at the stars. Without computer-aided optics, measuring objects light years away is highly inaccurate—at best. Even if the Egyptians prided themselves on ingenuity and advancements, they had to know that they were mostly likely wrong when it came to accurately knowing when midnight was. If so, why would the Mitzrim assume that they were right and Moshe was wrong? If everything he had said up until then had been true, and they didn’t have a reliable way to know what time it was, why should they assume they were right and he was wrong? We Don’t Like to be Wrong The answer to this question is based on a quirk in human nature: we assume that we are right—whether our opinion is justified or not – and we don’t want to hear otherwise. The ironic part of this is that we assume we are right whether we have really thought out our position or not. We assume we are right whether we really have evidence to the facts or it just happens to be the first

lives depended upon it. The Mitzrim are a fantastic illustration of this concept. Moshe was afraid that if there was a discrepancy between his time and theirs, they would assume they were right and he was wrong. Even though he had proven himself again and again, even though all the other details about the firstborns dying were completely correct, there wouldn’t have even been a question in their minds. If they determined it was precisely 11:45, fifteen minutes before the prescribed time, and the firstborns

started dying, clearly Moshe was a liar. Because of this, Moshe used the expression approximately so that they shouldn’t come to this mistake. This concept has great relevance to us on a personal level. What happens when someone points out that I did something that was incorrect? Am I able to deal with the concept that maybe I am wrong? Am I able to swallow the thought that I made a mistake? Part of becoming a bigger person is the ability to be teachable, to be big enough to understand that not everything I thought of is right. And not everything that someone else says is automatically wrong just because it isn’t my way. If a person wants to grow, some of the most critical words that they need to train themselves to say are: Maybe I’m wrong. I have been wrong before. Let me look at it again… When a person opens himself up to the idea that he may have erred, he becomes far more pleasant, far more agreeable, and is on the path to true growth. Get the new Shmuz APP! Access hundreds of audio, videos, and articles from the Shmuz. Simply go to the App store, or Google Play, and search for “TheShmuz” or go to www.theShmuz.com.

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hile discussing public speaking with a group of writers, one woman confided that when she speaks she just has a vague idea of what she wants to say and then speaks from the heart. We used to do the same thing in camp when we put on plays. We had a general idea of what our scene was about and our motivation, but to avoid the rigors of having to learn our lines and possible flubs, we would just talk as we would in those situations and we’d get the message across. It can work, but scenery and costumes help. When it comes to standing up to speak by yourself, whether in the setting of a simcha or as a lecturer, teacher, or motivational speaker, there’s a lot more pressure because you can’t simply brandish a sword to underscore a particular point – though, that would probably get people’s attention. Your words must be sharp and penetrating on their own. As a person who grew up appreciating not only the finer points of rabbinical oratorical dramatics (that’s what happens when your father and grandfather are rabbis…) but lots of stand-up comedy, I knew that the theory of random speech based on a vague idea can backfire. As I related to the woman in the group, standup comedians have polished their material to the point that they know every nuance and inflection in their four-minute presentation. They know how to accentuate certain words,

where to raise an eyebrow, or when to pause and let the audience fill in the blanks. I remember seeing Milton Berle, a famous Borscht Belt comic who be-

letting them use their own imaginations. This conversation got me to thinking. If all the world’s a stage, then life is a performance. The question to ask ourselves is what kind of performance

We should intend to make the world a better place, not just figuratively throw paint at a canvas and hope we get a masterpiece.

came a national television star known as “Uncle Miltie,” accepting some award. Something happened at the auditorium though I don’t recall what it was, and all that was needed to tip the audience over into laughter was a great witty comment from the star. It seemed like an eternity as we waited to hear what he would say. Our minds raced with vague ideas. This man was a professional. He gave a sly smile and said, “I’ve got a line that could bring the house down.” The room erupted in laughter. His brilliance lay in not what he said, but in knowing what not to say; how to give us just enough of a push to express our own feelings to ourselves and let the humor of the moment wash over us. In truth, nothing he could have said would have hit everyone as hard as

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we’re going to give. Do we plan to just play it by ear, facing situations as they arise, or do we prepare ourselves for any number of possible circumstances? We’ve got a Torah that teaches us how to live the best lives possible not just to make Hashem happy, but to make us happy. There are rules on what to say and what not to say. There are guidelines on how to react to different challenges and people. There is a whole script waiting for us, and we need to be well-versed in the motivation and background story if we want to be able to improvise. For some time, there was a phrase going around that beckoned people to “practice random acts of kindness and senseless acts of beauty.” I, for one, hated that. I don’t practice random acts of kindness, but choose a pattern of kindness that centers around the lessons of chesed we find in the Torah and the behavior of gedolim. An act of beauty, or any act for that matter, should never be senseless. It should be thought out and thoughtful. We should intend to make the world a better place, not just figuratively throw paint at a canvas and hope we get a masterpiece. Which brings me back to the comedian. He knows that he has a finite amount of time on the stage and strives

to make the most of it. He wants to make as many people smile as possible and concentrates all his efforts to be effective. He wants to move people; he wants to make them think. He knows that despite all the jokes, his routine is no laughing matter. It’s serious business because that’s why he’s there. We’re all here on this grand stage called life. Some of us are opening acts, some of us are stars, and some of us play an important role in setting the stage for the talent of others to shine through. But fame is fickle and the limelight quickly fades away. There’s not enough time to be winging it. For as long as the Director in Heaven wants us to be up on that stage, let’s make sure we give the best, most power-packed performance we can.

Did you like this article? There’s plenty more where that came from! Pick up The Observant Jew, a compilation of some of the best articles from the first ten years of this column, at your local bookstore or order it online and bring the inspiration home. Jonathan Gewirtz is an inspirational writer and speaker whose work has appeared in publications around the world. 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. © 2014 by Jonathan Gewirtz. All rights reserved.

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It was 50 years ago—on January 24, 1965—that the British people mourned and celebrated their late leader, Sir Winston Churchill. Churchill died at the age of 90 after suffering for two weeks from a series of debilitating strokes. It was hard for many Britons to imagine England without the British Bulldog. Many saw him as the country’s savior after leading them to victory in some of the darkest times. They treasured his determination to save their country and bring back her splendor. They revered him as a leader who rallied the nation and led his people from the brink of defeat to the glory of victory. And even after the war, when the Allies had finally won, he helped craft post-war peace, and then eventually, alerted the West to the alarming expansion of the threat of Soviet Communism. HIS YOUNGER YEARS months earlier. Later that year Churchill started his political career Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill was born to an aristocratic when he became a Member of Parliament in the Conservative Party family on November 30, 1874. His father, Lord Randolph Churchill, for Oldham, a town in Manchester. Churchill, like his father, was a was a British statesman from an established English family, and his champion of social reform. But when he thought that the Conservative mother, Jeannie Jerome, was an independent-minded New York social- Party didn’t reflect his views, Churchill switched to the Liberal Party ite. The family lived in Dublin, Ireland, when Churchill was young, in 1904. 1908 was a fortunate year for the young politician: He was and surprisingly, the future leader was a poor and rebellious student. appointed to the Prime Minister’s Cabinet as President of the Board of Eventually, he was sent to boarding school, where he joined the Har- Trade and he married his wife, Clementine Ogilvy Hozier, after a short row Rifle Corps, which put him on a path to a military career. courtship. But initially Churchill didn’t seem like the perfect fit for military Once in the Cabinet, Churchill introduced several pieces of legisschool. It took him three tries to pass lation, including reforms in the prison the exam for the British Royal Military system, the first minimum wage, and College. However, once there, he did helped set up labor exchanges for the well and graduated 20th in his class unemployed and unemployment insurof 130. Churchill enjoyed a brief but ance. He also assisted in the passing of eventful career in the British army at a the People’s Budget, which introduced zenith of British military power. While new taxes on the wealthy to pay for in the army, he wrote military reports new social welfare programs. for two newspapers and two books on In 1911, Churchill showed his his experiences, The Story of the Malmore hardheaded side when he made a akand Field Force (1898) and The Rivvisit to a police siege in London. Ofer War (1899). ficials had surrounded a home with two It was when he left the army that thieves inside. Some say that Churchill Churchill garnered national attention. came just to watch the scene; others say Princess Elizabeth, Queen Elizabeth, Prime Minister Winston Churchill, King In 1899, during the Boer War while that he actually told police how best to George VI and Princess Margaret wave from the balcony of working as a war correspondent for the storm the building. The house, though, Buckingham Palace during VE Day celebrations on May 8, 1945 Morning Post, he was taken prisoner by caught on fire and Churchill prevented the Boers in South Africa. Eventually, Churchill managed to escape the the fire brigade from extinguishing the flames. It is better “to let the prisoner of war camp and travelled almost 300 miles to Portuguese ter- house burn down” than risk the firefighters’ lives, he said. When the ritory in Mozambique. Instead of returning to Britain, the hero rejoined flames died down, the bodies of the two robbers were found in the General Buller’s army on its march to relieve the British at the Siege of ruins. Ladysmith and take Pretoria. He and his cousin, the Duke of MarlborP While serving as First Lord of the Admiralty since 1911, Churchill ough, were able to get ahead of the rest of the troops in Pretoria, where helped modernize the British Navy, ordering new warships be built they demanded the surrender of 52 Boer prison camp guards. with oil-fired instead of coal-fired engines. He was one of the first to promote military aircraft and set up the Royal Navy Air Service. So A FORAY INTO POLITICS enthusiastic was he about aviation that he took flying lessons to underIn 1900, Churchill returned to England on the RMS Dunottar stand firsthand its military potential. Castle, the same ship on which he had set sail for South Africa eight From 1919 to 1922, Churchill served as Minister of War and Air

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and Colonial Secretary under Prime Minister David Lloyd George. As Colonial Secretary, Churchill was embroiled in another controversy when he ordered air power be used on rebellious Kurdish tribesmen in Iraq, a British holding. At one point, he suggested that poisonous gas be used to put down the rebellion. This proposal was considered but never enacted, though conventional bombing campaign was and failed to end the resistance. Fractures in the Liberal Party led to the defeat of Churchill as a Member of Parliament in 1922, and he rejoined the Conservative Party. He served as Chancellor of the Exchequer, returning Britain to the gold standard, and took a hard line against a general labor strike that threatened to cripple the British economy. With the defeat of the Conservative government in 1929, Churchill was out of government. He was perceived as a right-wing extremist, who was out of touch with the people. Forced out of politics, he spent the next few years concentrating on his writing and published A History of English Speaking Peoples. CRUSHING THE NAZI BEAST World leaders were naïve when Adolf Hitler y”msh came onto the international scene. In fact, the 1936 Summer Olympics was held in Berlin. Hitler was already chancellor, and for two weeks, Nazi Germany mesmerized foreigners and journalists with their idyllic image of a tranquil, tolerant Germany. The United States and other Western countries rejected a boycott of the Games, missing an opportunity to take a stand against Hitler and possibly force him to give pause to his plan of world domination. Churchill, too, at first did not see Hitler as a threat when he rose to power in 1933. But eventually he became a loud advocate for British rearmament. Seeing the future a little more clearly, by 1938, as Germany began controlling its neighbors, Churchill became a staunch critic of British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain’s policy of appeasement toward the Nazis. “You must never underrate the power of the German machine,” he said, “this tremendous association of people who think about nothing but war.” On September 3, 1939, the day that Britain declared war on Germany, Churchill was appointed First Lord of the Admiralty and a member of the War Cabinet, and by April, 1940, he became chairman of the Military Coordinating Committee. It’s interesting to note that Churchill generally appreciated a policy of appeasement and negotiation. One of the high points of his political career was the agreement for Irish independence that he arrived at with I.R.A. leader Michael Collins, a man who, in Churchill’s mind, was simply a murderer. Churchill not only negotiated with Collins but came to admire his character and dash. In regards to the Germans, though, he realized that they were possessed by a higher idea—one of an Aryan race that will dominate the world—and armed with a reformed military. Both ingredients, Churchill realized, would lead to disaster. “They do not value freedom themselves and the spectacle of it in others is hateful to them,” he said. Later that month, Germany invaded and occupied Norway, which was a setback for Neville Chamberlain, who had resisted Churchill’s proposal that Britain pre-empt German aggression by unilaterally occupying vital Norwegian iron mines and sea ports. In May, debate in Parliament on the Norwegian crisis led to a vote of no confidence to-

• We shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender. • A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty. • All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope. • We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give. • The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is. • The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter. • Victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, victory however long and hard the road may be; for without victory, there is no survival. • Some people regard private enterprise as a predatory tiger to be shot. Others look on it as a cow they can milk. Not enough people see it as a healthy horse, pulling a sturdy wagon. • I am prepared to meet my Maker. Whether my Maker is prepared for the great ordeal of meeting me is another matter. • The price of greatness is responsibility. • History will be kind to me for I intend to write it. • You can always count on Americans to do the right thing - after they’ve tried everything else. • A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on. • I am easily satisfied with the very best. • A fanatic is one who can’t change his mind and won’t change the subject. • In the course of my life, I have often had to eat my words, and I must confess that I have always found it a wholesome diet. • An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last. • We are masters of the unsaid words, but slaves of those we let slip out. • History is written by the victors. • Russia is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma. • Personally I’m always ready to learn, although I do not always like being taught. • In war, you can only be killed once, but in politics, many times. • I always avoid prophesying beforehand, because it is a much better policy to prophesy after the event has already taken place. • Meeting Franklin Roosevelt was like opening your first bottle of champagne; knowing him was like drinking it. • Eating words has never given me indigestion.

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ward Prime Minister Chamberlain. The British knew that they needed domination in Eastern Europe. “From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in a leader who would fight this enemy with determination and grit. On the Adriatic, an iron curtain has descended across the continent,” he May 10, King George VI appointed Churchill as prime minister and declared. His speech, made at Westminister College in Missouri with Minister of Defense. Within hours, the German Army began its West- President Harry S. Truman at his side, is considered one of the first ern Offensive, invading the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg. opening volleys announcing the beginning of the Cold War. He pointed Two days later, German forces entered France. It was Britain alone that out that like with Nazi Germany, appeasement could be disastrous. In stood up in the face of the Nazi machine. dealing with the Soviets, there is “nothing which they admire so much Quickly, Churchill formed a coalition cabinet of leaders from the as strength, and there is nothing for which they have less respect than Labor, Liberal and Conservative parties. He placed intelligent and tal- for military weakness.” ented men in key positions. On June 4, Churchill addressed the House In 1951, Churchill was once again elected to the prime minister’s of Commons, referring to a recent military failure, encouraging the seat. In 1953, Churchill was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II. He intronation, and warning them of a possible invasion by the Germans. It duced various reforms and improved working conditions in mines and one of his most iconic speeches and the nation was bolstered by his established standards for housing. These domestic reforms, though, inspiring words. were overshadowed by a series of foreign policy crises in the colonies Even though large tracts of Europe and many old and famous of Kenya and Malaya, where Churchill ordered direct military action. States have fallen or may fall into the grip of the Gestapo and all While successful in putting down the rebellions, it became clear that the odious apparatus of Nazi rule, we shall not flag or fail. We shall Britain was no longer able to sustain its colonial rule. go on to the end. We shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing THE LATER YEARS strength in the air, we shall defend our island, whatever the cost Despite his strength against his enemies and in his convictions, may be. We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing Churchill was a weak man. He suffered a mild heart attack while visitgrounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight ing the U.S. in 1941 and then again in 1943. In June 1953, at 78, he in the hills; we shall never surrender. suffered from a series of strokes at his office, located at 10 Downing On June 18, just a few days later, Churchill once again addressed Street. The news was kept from the public and Parliament, with the the House of Commons, warning that “the Battle of Britain” was about official announcement stating that he had suffered from exhaustion. to begin. He concluded with the following inspiring words to a nation He recuperated at home, and returned to his work as prime minister in reeling from fresh, oozing losses. October. However, it was apparWhat General Wygand ent even to him that he was physicalled the Battle of France is cally and mentally slowing down. over. I expect that the Battle Churchill retired as prime minister of Britain is about to begin. in 1955. He remained a Member Upon this battle depends the of Parliament until the general survival of Christian civilizaelection of 1964, when he did not tion. Upon it depends our own seek re-election. British life, and the long conOn January 15, 1965, Churchill tinuity of our institutions and suffered a severe stroke that left our Empire. The whole fury him gravely ill. He died at his and might of the enemy must London home nine days later, at very soon be turned on us. age 90, on January 24, 1965. BritHitler knows that he will ain mourned for more than a week. have to break us in this Island Harold Macmillan, who was prime Farewell to a courageous leader or lose the war. If we can stand minister from 1957-1963, wrote in up to him, all Europe may be his diary on that sad day, “England free and the life of the world may move forward into broad, sunlit without Winston! It seems impossible. Not even the oldest of us can uplands. But if we fail, then the whole world, including the United remember England without him as a considerable figure.” Tony Benn, States, including all that we have known and cared for, will sink a fellow Member of Parliament, mourned, “Thus ends the life of one of into the abyss of a new Dark Age made more sinister, and perhaps the greatest Englishmen of our time.” It seemed that when Churchill more protracted, by the lights of perverted science. died, a part of the glory of Britain died with him. Let us therefore brace ourselves to our duties, and so bear ourChurchill were alive today, would he recognize the world that is? selves that if the British Empire and its Commonwealth last for a In the 1930s and 1940s, when Nazi Germany was systematically thousand years, men will still say, “This was their finest hour.” During the war, Churchill kept resistance to Nazi dominance alive swallowing up countries in Europe and threatening the survival of deand worked to create an alliance with the United States and the Soviet mocracy, Churchill was a brilliant strategist and combatant. He was Union. He had previously cultivated a relationship with U.S. President fierce; he was determined; he was courageous. He was unafraid to take Franklin D. Roosevelt in the 1930s, and by March 1941, was able to se- on the Nazi beast. He knew his enemy and was resolute in his desire to cure vital U.S. aid through the Lend Lease Act, which allowed Britain crush them. But our enemy today is hidden in the shadows. They don’t have a to order war goods from the United States on credit. After the United States entered World War II in December 1941 state; they don’t fight a conventional war. Their war is shrouded under following the harrowing events of Pearl Harbor, Churchill was confi- the blanket of religion and in the name of G-d. Westerners can’t fully dent that the Allies would eventually win the war. In the months that understand them. We are taught to enjoy life, to work towards successfollowed, Churchill worked closely with Roosevelt and Soviet Union es. Our enemies are trained to love killing, to maximize the proliferation leader Joseph Stalin to forge an Allied war strategy and helped craft the of terror. How can we fight an enemy who we don’t understand? Perhaps if Churchill were alive today, he would have taken notice of post-war world with the United Nations as its centerpiece. As the war wound down, perhaps seeing him only as a “war-time the rise of Islamic fundamentalism. He was always a student of history; prime minister,” Churchill was defeated in the general election in July maybe he would have seen the few parallels between Nazi Germany and Islamic fundamentalism—the belief in a higher cause, the hatred of free1945 by Clement Attlee. But that was not the end for Churchill. During the next six years, dom, the mass destruction and killings. With his trademark frankness he he became the leader of the Opposition Party and continued to have an would have warned the West of the dangers of terrorism. He would have impact on world affairs. In March 1946, while on a visit to the United been unafraid to speak out against those who preach hate. And he would  States, he made his famous “Iron Curtain” speech, warning of Soviet have led England in her fight in the War on Terror.

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bor for 1,950,000 NIS. Even taking off our 2%+VAT fee, the client left over $50,000 on the table. Case 2: A client inherited a well-located Jerusalem apartment in need of renovation and, based on recent local sales activity in the vicinity, we valued the property at up to 2,400,000 NIS. The client went silent for a few weeks and then informed us that they sold the apartment on their own. We wished them congratulations and tried to figure out how they were able to achieve such a high price so quickly, as we expected that it would take time to unearth the right buyer who would appreciate the unit’s potential and pay the full price. A few weeks later, we got our answer: The transaction was registered in the tax office with a sale price of 2,225,000 NIS. They too left a sizable amount of money on the table. Forecasting a future sale price is precarious business and we are not so arro-

They too left a sizable amount of money on the table. el-headed decisions, we have witnessed a small minority of clients who have allowed their hearts, rather than their heads, guide their decision-making. Let’s focus on two recent experiences and try to glean lessons to make us better consumers. Case 1: Our client asked us to sell his apartment. We determined that the unit was worth minimally 2,100,000 NIS and that we would bring the apartment to the market with an asking price of 2,300,000 NIS. We explained that the marketing process would take several months, and we were confident – based on recent comparable sales and the general direction of the market – that we would achieve the projected deal price. The seller retained us to represent him but carved out a neighbor from the exclusive agreement. Within a few weeks, the neighbor offered 1,900,000 NIS and we implored our client to be patient and not accept the offer, as it was more than 10% below market value. Two weeks later, another potential purchaser submitted an opening offer of 2,100,000 NIS and indicated that he would go up in price to close the deal. We spent the next week unsuccessfully attempting to reach our client and convey the strong offer. The seller finally responded and informed us that he signed a contract with the neigh-

gant to believe that we can always correctly pinpoint the expected sale price. We also understand that some sellers believe that agents often inflate expected sales prices in order to obtain sales exclusives. That’s why we always tell our clients: don’t trust a broker – make him show you recent comparable sales activity to substantiate his valuation. This advice reminds me of my first transaction, the sale of a lovely three-bedroom unit in Kiryat Shmuel. The seller was informed by two seasoned real estate agents that her apartment was worth between 1,750,000 and 1,900,000

shekels. We felt that these price quotes seemed a bit lean and offered to give her an opinion of value. After reviewing recent comparable sales in the immediate vicinity, I prepared a one-page property valuation which included comps and concluded with the following sentence: “I would recommend an asking price of 2,950,000 NIS, and would expect to receive 2,500,000 NIS – and hopefully higher.” Five weeks later, we signed a contract at 2,670,000 shekels. In summation, we recommend that

you retain an agent who will use market data to substantiate his values – be it for a purchase or a sale. In addition, if they’re helping you sell your home, make sure that they keep you firmly in the loop and provide you with regular updates of their marketing activities. Gedaliah Borvick is the founder of My Israel Home (www. myisraelhome.com), a real estate agency focused on helping people from abroad buy and sell homes in Israel. To sign up for his monthly market updates, contact him at gborvick@gmail.com.

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• You think it’s normal to wake up at 5 AM to take a “1 hour train ride” to work so that you can be there at 9AM. • You pay more each month to park your car than most people in the U.S. pay in rent. • You haven’t seen more than twelve stars in the night sky since you went away to camp as a kid. • You go to dinner when most Americans are heading to bed. •

You have 27 different menus next to your telephone.

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You’ve gotten jaywalking down to an art form.

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You’re suspicious of strangers who are actually nice to you.

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You take a taxi to get to your health club to exercise.

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You can sit across a table from a complete stranger (who is eating oatmeal) at Starbucks for three hours and feel no awkwardness at all.

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So You Speak British? Match the words with the definitions, as used in England Useless Knob Scarper Barking Bee’s Knee’s Chew the fat Cuffed as nuts Bob’s your Uncle Keep your hair on Chivvy along Donkeys years Full of beans Off your trolley Parky Pear shaped Shirty Smarmy Splash out Suss Throw a spanner in the works Tickety-boo Put some welly into it Throw a wobbly Yonks Whinge Ish

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Rocky Zweig

Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream

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tend to have extremely vivid, wildly crazy dreams, and I also tend to remember a lot of them. Maybe it’s because of the pound and a half of meds I take every day for my lungal situation. So all those who say that I have no life are only half right: I’ve got a virtual amusement park going on pretty much every night when my brain is ostensibly on hiatus. And I also tend to laugh in my sleep and even make up jokes. I only know this because of my niece, Blimi Stulman. Blimi is my sister’s daughter, but I have no idea how she feels about Swiss Fudge cookies. Anyway, a few years ago, we were both there for Shabbos and we were both sleeping in the basement. In the morning, she looked at me with this silly grin on her face, a reaction not uncommon among my family. “What,” I said. “You really don’t remember, do you,” she said. “What??” I said again. So she told me: “I got up in middle of the night to go to the bathroom and I heard you laughing in your room. I went over to your door and called your name softly a few times and realized you were laughing in your sleep. On my way back you were still laughing, but now you were talking, too. I stood outside your door and heard what you said: ‘What did the animals say when they saw Old McDonald with his computer? Wait for it…THE FARMER AND THE DELL!’” At this point I had chocolate milk shooting out my nose (and now a few words of clarification: the milk was chocolate because of the Cocoa Puffs, and I eat before kiddush on Shabbos because I’m not supposed

ness, and gee, I really loved that car. 3. In the dream, Uncle Martin was sitting next to Aunt Anna, a”h, to whom he was not married. Uncle Nathan was married to Aunt Anna. Uncle Martin was married to Aunt Sarah. And don’t worry, there isn’t going to be a quiz. Aunt Anna and Aunt Sarah were both my father’s sisters, they both lived in the Bronx, and they both had more facial hair than my dad. They both had white hair and were both maybe five feet tall. The best way to tell them apart was by Aunt Anna’s handlebar mustache. But last night’s dream has to rank right up there among the Top Ten Most Bizarre. In it, I was having lunch with Rabbi Horatio LeZard. As you may know, Rabbi LeZard is my pet bearded dragon. Truth be told, he is not an ordained Reptile of the Cloth, although I’m not sure that Avi Weiss wouldn’t be willing to consider conferring semicha on a learned lizard; we all know he’s already made the leap to some pretty cold-blooded creatures. So no, Horatio is not really a rabbi, but he does have a beard and he bore this uncanny resemblance to one of my elementary school rabbeim, so the name just made sense. Here’s a genuine picture of him: Now come on, seriously: is he not adorable? I mean, as lizards go? Look at that smile! Look at that gleam in his eye! Look, I like my kids and everything, but sometimes I…um…never mind. I was supposed to be telling you about my dream. So Horatio and I were sitting in Sunflower Café, having lunch. I’m not sure if it was the one on Central Avenue or on Quentin Road, but those particulars aren’t really germane to the story anyway. I was having my usual egg-white vegetable omelet with cheese (in Pam, of course), double Israeli salad, and Diet Peach Snapple, and he was having collard greens, red raspberries, and his favorite, live crickets. Now that I think about it, we were probably in the Lawrence branch; I’ve been at the one on Quentin countless times and they definitely do not have crickets on the menu. Horatio: These crickets are stale. Rocky: They’re still jumping around. How can they be stale? Horatio: (Offering one) Here, try one. Rocky: Thanks, I think I’ll pass. Horatio: Suit yourself. More for me. Rocky: So you were gonna tell me where all the

Now come on, seriously: is he not adorable? I mean, as lizards go?

to take all my medication on an empty stomach.) I wasn’t hysterical because the joke itself was so funny; it was just the thought that that’s what goes on in my little pea brain even when I don’t know about it. Here’s an example of one of my strange dreams: a few weeks ago I dreamt that my Uncle Martin z”l was cruising up and down Mosholu Parkway in my 1987 Grand Marquis looking for his cow. Now, this made absolutely no sense whatsoever on sooo many levels: 1. To the best of my knowledge, Uncle Martin never owned a cow. 2. My Grand Marquis was totaled when the old guy ran the stop sign on the corner of Ave L and 23rd and broke his collarbone, and the Russian guy walking by came over to me and told me he’d be my wit-

chumras come from. Horatio: Oh, yeah, right. Well, there’s a meeting of the rabbis every month. Rocky: Really? Horatio: Yeah. You know, like a Star Chamber. Rocky: Excuse me? Horatio: (sighing) Am I gonna have to explain everything tonight? A Star Chamber. Google it later. That’s where the guys get together and come up with the Chumra-of-the-Month. Rocky: And you’re there? Horatio: No, they tend to frown on non-human rabbonim. I get invited as an observer once in a while, kind of like the Palestinians at the UN. Rocky: Wow, cool. So what’s coming down the pike next? Horatio: Well, they’re working on a bunch of Shabbos stuff at the moment. Rocky: Can you give me a few examples? Horatio: Eggs. Rocky: Eggs. Horatio: Eggs. Rocky: (pauses) What about eggs? Horatio: They want to assur eggs on Shabbos. Rocky: Say what? Horatio: Yup. Rocky: But…but why? Horatio: Why not? Rocky: Huh? Horatio: Relax, I’m just yankin’ your chain. They wanna assur them because they’re a siman aveilus. Siman aveilus, no aveilus on Shabbos, yada, yada, yada…

Rocky: No clue. Horatio: ROKU: Rabbis OK’d Unanimously. I woke up in a tizzy. This was quite unusual, since I almost always wake up in my bed.

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Rocky Zweig has been writing since he was sixteen and was the Editor-in-Chief of the late and decidedly unlamented Modieinu, the mimeographed (remember mimeographs?) newspaper of the Tenth Avenue Pirchei of Boro Park, where he wrote everything from stories to news articles to hashkafa articles to...yes (now it can be told!)...letters to the editor. Rocky was sixteen a very long time ago. He is the proud father of three marginally neurotic children. He has been married three — count ‘em — three times and has finally determined that he’s probably not very good at matrimonial bliss. He lives in his Fortress of Solitude in Flatbush with a small menagerie: Clarice, a European Starling; Rabbi Horatio LeZard, a Bearded Dragon; an aquarium filled with Lake Malawi African Cichlids; and a ten gallon tank that functions as a Home for Unwanted Goldfish, or H.U.G., collected over the years by his grandkids and great nieces and nephews at myriad street fairs and carnivals (rather than face the unpleasant task of flushing these unfortunate piscine creatures when they are eventually, inevitably ignored by their own obnoxious progeny, the parents simply call Uncle Rocky who then feeds them and cares for them until their ultimate natural demise three or four or even ten years down the pike). So apparently Rocky seems to get along better with animals than with his fellow homo sapiens. Or sapienses. Or whatever. Rocky’s column will be appearing every other week in The Jewish Home.

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delicious, thank you. Waitress: Would you like to see the dessert menu? Horatio: Do you have any grubs? Rocky: NO. Just the check please. Waitress smiles and leaves. Horatio: Oh my G-d, what is your problem? Rocky: I can’t take you anywhere. Would you stop kvetching? You’re embarrassing yourself and me. Who’s paying for this, anyway? Horatio: (looking down at himself) See any pockets here? Rocky: Exactly. So please just be quiet, okay? Horatio: Fine. Be that way. Rocky: One last thing I wanted to ask you. Are you allowed to go to the movies? Horatio: In the theater? Rocky: Yes. Horatio: Chas v’shalom. Rocky: Even if it’s a children’s film? Horatio: No way. Rocky: Why no way? Horatio: Morris. Rocky: Morris? Morris who? Horatio: Morris Ayin. Rocky. Aha. Okay, what about at home? Horatio: Depends. Rocky: Could we please not discuss my underwear? So what are you allowed to watch at home? Horatio: Only stuff on Roku. Rocky: Roku? Why only Roku? Horatio: Don’t you know what Roku stands for?

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Rocky: They’re a siman aveilus even when they’re all smashed up with onions and liver? Horatio: Hey, don’t look at me; wasn’t my idea. Anyway, doesn’t look like that one is gonna fly. Rocky: Boruch Hashem. I’d be crushed. Okay, what else? Horatio: No kishka. Rocky: Get out. Horatio: No kishka. Rocky: Okay, I’ll bite: what’s wrong with kishka? Horatio: The wrapper. Rocky: What’s wrong with the wrapper? Horatio: It’s got writing on it. Rocky: So? Horatio: You know, you’re not too bright, even for a human. Rocky: So what if it’s got writing on it? Horatio: Well, there are two problems. First of all, you might read what it says, which is basically reading an advertisement on Shabbos, which we all know would be a davar chol and would be assur. And second of all, you might tear one of the letters and then you’d be erasing and… Rocky: Okay, okay, I get it. Sheesh. Waitress comes by. Waitress: Was everything okay, gentlemen? Rocky: Yes, everything was… Horatio: Well, since you asked, the crickets were… Rocky: NEVER MIND. Yes, everything was

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77 THE JEWISH HOME Bounce toys made for great relaxing at the Midwest region’s Leon Korol Chanukah party.

THE LIGHT OF CHANUKAH SHINES BRIGHTLY ON CHAI LIFELINE’S CHILDREN

hanukah may be the most-awaited season in the Jewish year for children – and it’s not difficult to surmise why. The food is decidedly kid friendly – Who is going to turn down a jelly donut? – and then there are the gifts. Every year Chai Lifeline’s volunteer army and devoted staff dedicate months to assuring that The Yeshiva Boys Choir entertained 1,000 sick children children, parents, volunteers and staff at the can experience New York Chanukah Gala. the happiness and wonder of Chanukah. Anchored by New York’s HoNEY ENgEl ToY DrivE, perhaps the largest endeavors of its kind in the Jewish World, the lEoN Korol ToY DrivE in Chicago, and Chai lifeline West Coast’s famous CHANuKAH ANgEls progrAm, Chai Lifeline offices in the us and affiliates in Canada, Europe and israel amassed more than 50,000 toys for children from tots to teens, then delivered them during holiday parties that brought families, staff, and volunteers together and during hospital parties coordinated with medical centers that treat sick children.

A young boy shows off his Chai Lifeline present at the Midwest region’s Leon Korol Chanukah party.

in New York, the annual Chanukah gala drew 1,000 people to the palace Hall in Boro park, where they were entertained by the incomparable Eli gerstner and the Yeshiva Boys Choir. uncle moishy dropped by the New Jersey region’s Chanukah gala in lakewood, much to the delight of the hundreds of children and families in attendance. The fun was repeated in parties in Fort lauderdale, Fl; los Angeles, CA: lincolnwood, il; and pittsburgh, pA, as well as in montreal, Toronto, Antwerp, london, manchester, and Jerusalem, israel. “Chanukah can be a wonderful, joyous season for families – or it can be saddened by the presence of illness or loss,” remarked rabbi simcha scholar, Chai Lifeline’s executive vice president. “We are grateful to everyone who participated in our toy drives and who made Chanukah so West Coast partiers gather for a group much sweeter at shot at the region’s Chanukah party. our family and hospital parties. You HAvE HElpED To CrEATE mEmoriEs THAT Will KEEp our CHilDrEN goiNg All YEAr loNg.”

Chanukah NY 2: The Palace Ballroom was decorated for the Gala.

A father comforts his son at the Montreal Chanukah party.

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Children and counselors had a wonderful time at Chaiyanu’s Chanukah parties across Israel.

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Honey Engel Toy Drive volunteer Chaim Silber takes a break from organizing boxes of toys distributed at the New York Chanukah Gala to greet Rabbi Simcha Scholar, Chai Lifeline executive vice president.

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Entertainer Eli Gerstner shared the microphone with a Chai Lifeline child.

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elementary and high School Fifth avenue Synagogue/Creative Play School Flames of Giving Gan Miriam Gesher yehuda h.a.n.C. haFTR haFTR high School haFTR Middle School haLB ha'or Beacon School hebrew institute of Riverdale hillcrest jewish Center kinneret Day School Lev Chana early Childhood Center Magan David Masores Bais yaakov Mazel Day School Mazel Day School Me'orot Beit yaakov Mesivta Tiferes yisroel Mikdash Melech Girls' elementary School Mirrer yeshiva k'Tana Mount Sinai jewish Center Mount Sinai jewish center nesivos Bais yaakov Ohel Blima Ruchel-Bobov Orach Chaim Park east Synagogue Positive Beginnings Preschool of the arts Prospect Park high School Pupa Girls School SaR academy Shulamith Pre School Siach yitzchok Talmud Torah adas yereim Vein Talmud Torah Tiferes Bunim Munkacs Temple adas israel Temple Beth Shalom Temple emanual Temple israel of Great neck

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ToY DrivEs anthony Serra Chasdei avigail - Build a heart Workshop, Toras emes junior high Girls Craig Taubman David kinnoin esther Magna jewish Federation of Greater Los angeles kinderBell Mitchell Schwartz natalie Williams and the 8th Grade Class of Maimonides academy Phyllis and alan Steinberg Stephen Michael Schwartz Torah Day School of Phoenix – 5th Grade Girls Toras emes Toras emes, junior high Girls Valley Crew Zev Tyner CHANuKAH ANgEls The axelrod Family The abai Family The andron Family The anschell Family The arnold Family The ashkenazi Family

The aslmand Family The Babay Family The Banafsheha Family The Barlava Family The Beron Family The Birnbaum Family The Borenstein Family The Boruch Family The Brookler Family The Buchman Family The Cohanzad Family The Cosgrove Family The Croll Family The Daneshgar Family The Daneshrad Family The Deutch Family The Dolgin Family The edidin Family The edwards Family The Farahnik Family The Feldman Family The Fitterman Family The Friedman Family The Gabay Family The Gabbaian Family The Ginzburg Family

wEST COAST REGION The hallegua Family The hanasab Family The harkam Family The harouni Family The harouni Family The hayempour Family The hyam Family The hyman Family The kamran Family The karlan Family The kashani Family The kerendi Family The kleinman Family The Labib Family The Lainer Family The Lamishaw Family The Lavine Family The Lawrence Family The Lebovits Family The Lebovitz Family The Leifer Family The Leman Family The Lepson-Schrager Family The Levitas Family The Levy Family The Lewis Family

The Lieberman Family The Liechenger Family The Lovelady Family The Malamud Family The Mansoury Family The Mehdian Family The Meyer Family The Moskowitz Family The neman Family The newman Family The nussen Family The Pompan Family The Raiss Family The Remeny Family The Rodef Family The Rollman Family The Rosenthal Family The Rostamiam Family The Samuels-Brown Family The Schlessinger Family The Schutzer Family The Seaton Family The Shuchatowitz Family The Silverstein Family The Singer Family The Smith Family

The Sneider Family The Sokoler Family The Soroudi Family The Spero-Schneider Family The Spratt Family The Starr Family The Strom Family The Swanson Family The Szew Family The Green Dayan Family The Wachtel Family The Waldorf Family The Wallack Family The Weindling Family The Weiner Family The Weiser Family The Weisz Family The Wohlberg Family The yadegari Family The Zarabi Family The Gannot Family and Friends, in memory of Danielle Gannot The Students, Families, Faculty and Staff of Pressman academy

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had an infection that landed him in the hospital for a few days. or him, which brought us to the hospital again. The seizure was thank you for the gifts, which were so exciting and uplifting. sCHools/sYNAgoguEs hillel Torah north Suburban Day School arie Crown hebrew Day School ida Crown jewish academy joan Dachs Bais yaakov/yeshiva Tiferes Tzvi

Chicagoland jewish Day School akiba Schechter jewish Day School Cheder Lubavitch hebrew Day School yeshiva Ohr Baruch Veitzener Cheder Solomon Schechter Day School Bernard Zell anshe emet Day School Volunteers

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Chabad Chabad Montessori Forest hill jewish Center Leo Baeck hebrew Dayschool ahavat israel hebrew School kensigton Place Retirement Residence Toronto Talmud Toronto Beth Torah Synagogue

mIDwEST REGION Shifra Behrman Leslie Berger Shaindel Bider Devorah Bider adi Brownstein Tehilla Fried Chumie Friedman

Sarah Gordon Chaya Tova hartman Phoebe harush Michelle Levinson Malkie Mashiach aliza Singer Dassy Spinrad

TORONTO, CANADA Tiferes Bais yaacov Bais chaya Mushka Community hebrew academy of Toronto Sonia kaplan joe Dweck Ohr haemet Day School akiva Bais Rivka Bais yaakov Belz

Bialik hebrew academy hebrew academy hebrew Foundation School herzliah jPPS kindervelt Maimonides (Cote St. Luc) Maimonides (St. Laurent)

Devorah Vinitsky Dina Vinitsky estee Weingarten Lizzy Zupnick

Solomon Schecter UTT yavne hFS afternoon School (hebrew academy) hillel Skver Satmar

Our children and families had a brighter Chanukah thanks to the hundreds of individuals, schools, retailers and community groups that worked so hard to make the 2014/5775 Honey Engel Toy Drive our best yet. Volunteers collected, sorted, and distributed more than 50,000 toys to 12,000 children and families across North America.

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A giant piĂąata in the shape of a dreidl was a smashing success at a Chaiyanu holiday party.

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365 days a year 24 hours a day, through good days and sad times, Chai Lifeline makes living with pediatric illness easier.

Chai Lifeline brings joy and hope to

4,297 lives impacted by pediatric illness.

44,845

Meals to hospitals and homes

23,226

Rides to hospitals and medical centers

20,938

Visits to sick children by trained volunteers

7,762

People comforted and provided with the tools to persevere through crises by Project CHAI presentations, visits, seminars and educational programs

5,867

Hours of educational support

5,670

Trained, compassionate volunteers

1,617

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is a true figure/ground situation. That is, each has a view and they are different but equal like the wine goblet vs. the two faces. It could be the wine goblet that is the real focus of the drawing, but it could also be the two faces.

something I’ve mentioned often in other articles. When you are dan l’chaf zchus you are agreeing to the first point in the above list -- my point is valid but so is yours. Today’s article, however, makes the

It’s healthy and respectful for each spouse to see what the picture looks like from the other side. * Both parties have to accept the possibility that there might never be a determination as to which view is right; they may both be equally right, just different. * Both parties have to submit their positions to a Torah approach. That is,

opposite point: Sometimes it’s better to be skeptical. Sometimes, figure and ground – your view and mine – are not morally equivalent. And the key to finding Truth is to have a sense of just when that is the case. Binny is very aware of this issue. The first ten times Malkie ran

we already have a system in place that is meant to be fair and just; we need to follow it. Let’s take an example. Binny is upset. He stares at the credit card statement in disbelief. He worked hard to build his business and now he sees it going up in smoke. The card shows $35,000 worth of charges, well over the credit limit on that card. Is there any way Malkie, his wife, can explain what looks like excessive spending? Before we hear what Malkie has to say, I’d like to remind you of the great importance of being dan l’chaf zchus,

up the card, he wanted badly to be dan l’chaf zchus. He had listened patiently to her story and witnessed her tears. She had apologized and assured him this would not happen again. But Binny was nevertheless upset. How could he be dan l’chaf zchus again? Should he be? But Malkie surprised Binny. Instead of the tears he expected and the apology he desired, Malkie got angry at him. “What do you expect from me? You are never home. I have the responsibility of the kids all by myself. And when I’m down, I can’t talk to you! You have to

take responsibility for this!” Malkie just turned reality on its head – Binny’s reality. Binny is stunned. Not only does his wife believe the picture is about a wine goblet, but the two faces don’t even exist. And that is his first clue that we are not in a normal figure/ground conversation. Remember the first guideline above: Both people have to agree that there are two objects. Malkie is not acknowledging Binny’s perception. Not only that, but she is violating the third one as well because Torah requires each person to always do his or her own cheshbon hanefesh. While it is possible that Malkie’s accusations are true, that doesn’t let her off the hook for self-examination. No matter how wrong you think the other person may be, one of the three critical personality characteristics that define a Jew is busha (embarrassment). That means an awareness that one did wrong and feeling very badly about it. Just to play devil’s advocate, if Binny really neglected her emotionally, wouldn’t she have a right to complain about it as she did? The answer all depends on context. In this conversation, she has no right to do so. First she must step up to the plate regarding her excess expenditures. On another occasion, in another conversation, she can bring up her complaint. So where does that leave Binny? Now it should be clear that as soon as Malkie lashed out they were not discussing two points of view of moral equivalency. Since you can’t have a fair conversation with the Palestinians, dan l’chaf zchus takes a back seat to skepticism and self-preservation in this case. Dr. Deb Hirschhorn, a Marriage & Family Therapist and best-selling author of The Healing Is Mutual: Marriage Empowerment Tools to Rebuild Trust and Respect—Together, is proud to announce that readers of The Jewish Home will receive a $50 discount on every visit to her Woodmere office. Attend the Food For Thought lectures at Traditions Restaurant in Lawrence on Tuesdays at 12:30 PM. (There is a lovely optional lunch menu for $12 cash.) Any questions, call 646-54-DRDEB or check out her website at http://drdeb.com. All stories in Dr. Deb’s articles are fabricated.

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ave you ever seen those figure/ ground drawings? You know the ones I mean: elements of the picture pop out at you as if that is what it is “really” a picture of and then all of a sudden those elements recede into the background and something else “becomes” the picture. A really popular one sometimes looks like a wine goblet and then you take another look and it’s “really” two people looking at each other. So which is the real picture? Not only is “both” the correct answer sometimes, but other times it is not. At those times, saying “both” are right would be a disastrous mistake. Knowing which is which may be the greatest wisdom one can ever achieve. Let’s take an example. In the Israeli/ Palestinian conflict, seeing the picture from both points of view, as if each one had its own validity, is a mistake. And we all know the reason why: the “side” the Palestinians want to present as theirs is a lie; it’s not the true reason for their behavior. The same can happen in families. There are two sides, and 99 times out of 100, it’s healthy and respectful for each spouse to see what the picture looks like from the other side. But there is that rare event when that is not the wisest way to go because just like the way the Palestinian media machine conveys a distortion, so too can your spouse. Now you can ask, “How can that be? Isn’t everyone entitled to his own point of view?” The answer is: Of course they are! But some stances are not just. To cite the same conflict in the Muslim world, it seems that the noisier elements amongst the Islamists believe the recent murderers had a right to their crimes because their religion should not have been ridiculed. So you see that in order to have a proper figure/ground conversation there have to be some rules in place that both sides agree to first. In the example above, the other side has a vastly different definition of justice and fairness than we do. Agreement on the basic rules and definitions is a prerequisite to working with the other side. How might this apply to family relationships? Here are some guidelines: * Both parties have to agree that this

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Avi Heiligman

The Presidential Plane Flying Air Force One

he most common misconception about Air Force One is that it’s a particular airplane. It’s actually the call sign of any plane when the

president of the United States (POTUS for short) is onboard. Like the other vehicles in the presidential transport pool, this military version of a Boeing 747 passenger plane is ready for just about anything. Presidential air travel has a rich history that started over a century ago.

Theodore Roosevelt (L) flying a Wright brother’s plane in 1910

fter their successful first flight in 1903, the Wright brothers produced their own planes which were mainly used by daredevils in front of

crowds. Always up for an adventure, former President Theodore Roosevelt took a flight in one in 1910. It wasn’t until the 1930s and the arrival of the Douglas DC-3 that traveling by plane became available for most of the Nixon boarding Air Force One after his resignation. public. Presidents up The call sign was changed mid-air as Gerald Ford took the oath of office until that point stayed near Washington, D.C., and would use wheelchair; he suffered from polio and trains if they needed to go long distanc- couldn’t walk. The plane had a bed, es. Going overseas was unheard of until communications via radio and an elWorld War II. evator for the wheelchair. He used the Since World War II was a global con- plane once: to fly to the Yalta Conferflict, President Franklin D. Roosevelt ence. Harry Truman used the Sacred needed to travel thousands of miles to Cow when he became president after meet with other Allied leaders. In Jan- Roosevelt’s death. Truman signed the uary 1943, Roosevelt, Prime Minister legislation to create the air force (before Winston Churchill and French leader then it was under the army) on board the Charles De Gaulle met in Casablanca, plane. Later, he used a VC-118 LiftmasMorocco. The details of this confer- ter that he nicknamed Independence. ence are for another time; however, how Roosevelt got there is what we are interested in for this article. The comeneral Dwight Eisenhower bemander in chief was afraid to travel by came President Eisenhower in ship because German submarines were 1953 and added four more proprowling the Atlantic, so he traveled peller planes into the presidential air by flying boat. The Boeing 314, nick- service. He also added phones and other named the in-air comDixie Clipmunications per, stopped to the planes. three times to That same refuel for the year, he was 5,500 mile flying when trip. Its crew a commercial was from Pan plane was in Am Airways. the same airThe Secret space and had Service was the same call concerned for sign. (A call the safety of sign is a numThe inside plan of Air Force One the president ber to identify so they wantthe flight for ed a plane with a crew from the Army air traffic control which tracks the flight Air Corps. A C-87 was converted for path of every airborne plane.) Thus the Roosevelt’s use but due to its dubious name Air Force One was born to identify safety record, he never used it. First Eisenhower’s plane, although the name lady Eleanor Roosevelt did use it once, wasn’t always used for presidential aircraft until 1959. It was a Lockheed VCbut in 1945, the plane was scrapped. The Secret Service took a C-47 1221 nicknamed the Columbine II that nicknamed the Sacred Cow and recon- first used the call sign on a regular basis figured it to accommodate Roosevelt’s when the president was onboard. Since

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in the Air Force Museum’s neighboring hangar on Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio. (The museum has many planes that fill three massive hangars that use the base for these special planes. The author has been there three times and highLyndon B Johnson being sworn in as president ly recommends the of the United States onboard Air Force One museum.) The SAM 26000 is on display there, and visitors can view the famous much more efficient. Citizens can view plane from the inside. However, the retired Air Force One planes but it’s implane that started the tradition of the call possible to get on one that is in active sign, the Columbine II, is now decaying service. (Believe me on this one. I was on a field in Arizona. The plane’s own- on Andrew’s Air Force Base during the ers are looking for a buyer or a museum Clinton presidency and they wouldn’t looking to display it as it will contin- let us on base until fifteen minutes after ue to deteriorate from the sun’s rays. the plane departed.) For now, it’s only This is not the fate of other presidential the president who can enjoy the safety, planes like the Columbine III, which is security and luxury that Air Force One supplies. in the Air Force Museum. Presidential air travel is the safest way for POTUS to fly, and there have been no major incidents that have put Avi Heiligman is a weekly contributor to The Jewish Home. He welcomes your comments the president’s life in danger while in and suggestions.for future columns and can the air. Air Force One operators are be reached at aviheiligman@gmail.com. proud to be serving their country and president as they make his job that

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mission that could have ended horribly had the insurgents known about the president’s arrival. The mission was kept hidden from the press until Bush was on his way back to the U.S. Two years earlier, President Bush was in Sarasota, Florida, when he received word of the 9/11 attacks. He boarded Air Force One and soon threats were received by the chief pilot Colonel Tillman. Tillman had no idea if they were real threats or planes that had lost touch with air traffic control, so he took the plane over the Gulf of Mexico and radioed for fighter support. Soon all planes that weren’t military were ordered out of the sky and the president was safe. Air Force One President George W. Bush speaks with Vice President Cheney became a bunker in the onboard Air Force One on September 11, 2001 sky and protected the president when com1959, he used one of the 707s to tour manders were unsure if the terrorists Asia on his “Flight to Peace” tour that were going to attack the White House. took him to eleven countries. In 1962, President John F. Kennedy used a more he current Air Force One planes advanced version of the 707 and addhave spacious sleeping, eating ed the familiar blue and white paint and working areas including acscheme. This plane, using the call sign SAM 26000 when the president wasn’t commodations for the press. There are onboard, was used through the Nixon two galleys that can feed up 100 peoadministration. It was the sight of a ple at a time and a medical suite with unique, albeit sad, ceremony when Lyn- a doctor always onboard. Twenty six don Johnson took the presidential oath crew members are assigned to the plane of office after Kennedy was assassinat- including four in the cockpit: the pilot ed in Dallas. The plane also flew Queen who runs the entire operation, copilot, Elizabeth II to the West Coast in 1983. engineer and navigator. The pilot has a Its twin, call sign SAM 27000, was used tradition of flying the plane under just through President George H.W. Bush. one president so when there is a new Nixon resigned in 1974 and was aboard commander-in-chief (POTUS), a new this plane when word came through pilot takes the helm of Air Force One. the radio that Gerald Ford had taken All of the crew members are carefully the oath of office. The call sign was chosen for their impeccable records and changed midflight from Air Force One to SAM 27000. During George H.W. Bush’s administration, the aging 707s were replaced by two VC-25s, which is the military version of the Boeing 747. These two planes are still in use today and are maintained by the 89th Airlift Wing stationed at Andrew’s Air Force Flying over Mount Rushmore Base in Maryland. They have the capabilities of midair refueling, making all precautions are taken to keep the it able to travel worldwide nonstop. president safe. Jamming equipment and President George W. Bush flew on this the ability to eject flares can thwart inplane to Baghdad to be with the troops coming missiles and planes. on Thanksgiving 2003. It was a secret Many presidential planes are now

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Health & Fitness

David Elazar Simai, MD

It’s the Little Things That Matter Most Part II Dear Readers, This is the second of a three part series of interesting medical cases I’ve come across as a physician. In the last article, I described the little girl who aspirated a clove and was nearly discharged home with a collapsed lung. When that case happened, I was sure that it was a once in a lifetime experience. However, I recall my father and uncle Shimon discussing unusual medical cases as well. Once, my uncle described two ladies who had the same, rare diagnosis. I called him tonight and he informed me that these ladies had intra-uterine and cervical fetuses at the same time. When his partner heard the diagnosis for the second time, he thought my uncle was overly cautious and perhaps mistaken. However, tests

did reveal that the second lady had the same exact rare diagnosis. I kept that lesson with me and it proved to be a valuable one. resh out of my residency, I joined Ezras Cholim Health Center in Kiryas Yoel. With G-d’s help, the practice became busy and I started diagnosing many interesting diseases. I was always careful to take a few extra seconds to listen to the patients’ lungs and differentiate between asthma, bronchiolitis and pneumonias. The following case happened in the first year of my practice. Mrs. Weiss walked in one day with four children. I checked all the kids in the order of their age, starting with the oldest first. When I got to the youngest boy, Usher, Mrs. Weiss mentioned that she felt he had

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been wheezing for a few days. I asked if he had a history of wheezing and the answer was “No, but all my other kids did.” First time wheezer, I thought to myself, let’s get a better history. Did he have any fever? Did he choke on anything? Here Mrs. Weiss paused. “Yes, he did choke on popcorn yesterday. We saw him eating popcorn and he made some ‘choking sounds,’ but his wheezing started a day before this happened.” I listened to his lungs and for the most part, they sounded clear. He did have a mild wheeze just as the mother reported. Usher looked happy and calm, smiling for the most part and very excited about getting a sticker. I nebulized him at the office, and his wheezing was still present. I asked his mom to continue nebulizing him at home and gave her a prescription for a series of X-rays to rule out foreign bodies in the lungs. I kept in touch with Mrs. Weiss. Usher was doing well on the nebulizer for a few days, but he was still not clear. Usher had the X-rays taken 3 or 4 days after he saw me. I did not mind the delay for two reasons: He had been looking playful according to the mom, and I knew Mrs. Weiss was extremely busy at home. Usher was the youngest of 12 children, I believe. I did not want to push her too much. On Wednesday, Mrs. Weiss returned to our medical center with Usher and the actual x-rays. I like to personally visualize the X-rays rather than just follow a report, so on those very rare occasions that I do order X-rays, I ask the parents to drop off the films. I examined Usher’s lungs. Immediately, I noticed that his wheezing was louder than last time! He still looked happy, but his right lung had a loud wheeze that radiated from the base upwards. I took the X-rays to the lab area where we had our X-ray viewing board. My colleague was there and loudly interjected: “David, I see a clear right middle lobe pneumonia there.” Mrs. Weiss heard this and was delighted. Pneumo-

nia sounds much more comforting than popcorn stuck in the lungs. I felt a rush of despair and frustration. I took Mrs. Weiss back to the room and explained that in my humble opinion, Usher did in fact have popcorn in his lungs. In my short career, I had never heard a patient looking so good and wheezing so loudly. What about his pneumonia, asked a puzzled Mrs. Weiss. Personally, I didn’t see any pneumonia. The radiology report didn’t mention it either. Based on my previous experience, an X-ray may not show soft popcorn in the lung unless it is really late in the disease process. I didn’t want to wait for Usher’s lungs to collapse and then prove it with an impressive X-ray. Usher didn’t look like a patient with pneumonia – he was afebrile (has no fever) and was not in any respiratory distress. The physical exam and the history were what I based this suspicion on, and the fact that I never failed to resolve wheezing distress for so long! Usher had been wheezing for 5-6 days and that was a first for me. eeing specialists was a real hassle for the local residents due to the absence of major pediatric hospitals in Orange County. Most referrals where made to Manhattan hospitals. It was almost 8pm and the hour was getting late. I gave my word to Mrs. Weiss that I would call and discuss Usher’s case with the specialist that night and try and get her an appointment with a reputable pediatric pulmonologist the next day. On my way home that night, I paged the fellow at a prestigious Manhattan Children’s Hospital, detailed him on the case and asked if he would please have the director of the department examine Usher. He was very helpful and told me to send Mrs. Weiss “first thing

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was so excited to see me and I was wondering, why? Then he said with a big smile: “Do you remember Usher? He is…he is your son!” His words hit me deep in my heart and although it was a joyous day of Chol Hamoed, nothing could stop the tears from rolling down my cheeks once again. Sincerely, David Elazar Simai, M.D. Dr. David Simai is a Board Certified Pediatrician from the Five Towns. He is a full time attending in his own private practice since 2007 in Cedarhurst, New York. In addition, he is an Attending Physician at LIJ-Cohen Children’s Hospital, North-Shore Manhasset University Hospital and South Nassau Communities Hospital. He can be contacted for consultation at 516 374-2228 or via email at davidsimai@yahoo.com. NOTE: name, gender, geographical area and other identifying information were deliberately altered in this article in order to protect the patient’s privacy. This article is not intended to help diagnose or treat any specific disease. Always consult your personal physician before diagnosing or treating yourself or your child for any of the above mentioned illnesses.

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Friday morning, as I was taking out my tefillin at the Satmar Beis Medrash in Kiryas Yoel, my phone rang (vibrated, to be exact). It was Mrs. Weiss. This time, she sounded emotional and grateful – the director had just come out and informed her this second that a budding popcorn kernel was removed from Usher’s lung. She said that the lungs did look inflamed and that they were on the brink of collapse. She will admit him to the hospital for observation over Shabbos. I just wanted you to know, so you are the first person I called, she said. Shaking, with tears rolling down my cheeks, I felt an overwhelming gratitude to G-d, who answered my prayers, and despite all odds and difficulties, had led me to help Usher. Three years ago, on Chol Hamoed Pesach, I was at a carnival in Monsey with my family. As I parked my car, I thought I saw the familiar face of a young toddler from Kiryas Yoel. I wasn’t sure who he was, but I noticed that he did stare at me for a few seconds and pointed me out to his siblings. There were so many families from Kiryas Yoel there I had a hard time remembering all their names. A few minutes later, I heard someone calling my name. I turned around, and there was that familiar boy who was being held in his father’s arms. The father

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I pleaded with Mrs. Weiss, “I know it’s Thursday and you are in a rush to prepare for Shabbos, but I want you to wait for the director to exit the meeting and ask her to listen to Usher’s lungs.” A short hour later, my phone rang again. This time it was the director herself. She apologized profusely on behalf of her department. She listened to his lungs and she agreed – there may be popcorn there after all. She scheduled a bronchoscopy for early the next morning. She was also surprised to hear that the radiologist discharged the patient home. Mrs. Weiss was very hesitant to let Usher undergo the bronchoscopy and understandably so. Usher had not one but two negative X-rays and she was told by my colleague and the radiologist that there was no foreign body in Usher’s lungs. Her sister-in-law in Brooklyn guaranteed her that even if there was something there she could treat it with “shemen zais” – olive oil. So, for the first time in my life, I changed my calm, reassuring tone of voice. “Mrs. Weiss, I cannot force you to do this procedure, but I also cannot guarantee that Usher will live till the next Shabbos either.” To date, I do not know how I had the courage or audacity to intimidate a parent like this. I certainly do not recall doing it again.

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in the morning.” I called Mrs. Weiss and excitedly informed her that I got a great pulmonologist to check Usher. I asked her to call me with any questions; she had my cell phone number. On Thursday, my office hours started at 11am. I was sitting at home in the kitchen when my cell phone rang. It was Mrs. Weiss. I was so curious to know what happened to Usher. But instead of the kind words I was accustomed to hearing, her tone was pretty serious and concerned. “Dr. Simai, this turned out to be a waste of time,” she said in a semi-victorious tone. “What happened”? I replied. ”Well, I was sent for a special set of X-rays that showed no popcorn, and the radiologist told me there is absolutely nothing wrong with my child and I can take him home immediately!” I was pretty shocked. Not because I was proven wrong, I would have been happy had this turned out to be a simple case of wheezing. But I had never heard that a radiologist had discharged a patient home! Nervously, I asked, “Did the director see Usher at all? Did anyone actually examine him?” It turned out that no one cared to examine Usher. Somehow, he was sent directly to the radiology department and was discharged from there. Mrs. Weiss said that the director was at a meeting.

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Working with Your Child’s Derech

ecognizing and acknowledging a child’s derech opens up new doors to chinuch techniques by enabling parents to transform seemingly negative traits into useful tools toward their child’s development. Some examples: Stubbornness is a familiar trait among children. Once a child decides that he is or isn’t going to do something, getting him to change could be like Kriyas Yam Suf. However, with proper direction, this negative trait can be transformed into a positive one. Wise parents can direct a tendency toward stubbornness to being persistent in completing an assigned household chore, homework or studying for an exam. Similarly, when doing a chesed for another person, this trait ensures that it will be properly completed. If parents nurture this trait properly, it can be a tremendous asset for the child’s future growth and development. (Parents should be aware that their child’s behavior might not be caused by intrinsic stubbornness, but might instead be caused by improper chinuch methods. For example, this could be his way of getting attention that he’s lacking or of taking “blind revenge” against his parents for being overly strict with him.) The principle of darko also applies to areas of household help. Children should be assigned jobs that they enjoy and are more talented at than their siblings, whether it be shopping, clean-

ing, organizing, babysitting, etc. This is especially important during the pre-Pesach or Sukkos seasons, when children are home and are given various household chores by their parents. Their ex-

Some children are inquisitive and curious, a trait that can be extremely beneficial in helping the child develop a thirst for knowledge and clarity. With this child, parents must first validate

“Parenting isn’t imposing your will; it’s discovering who your child is.” pertise in any given area of housework can be properly developed when they are given a job that suits them. An exception must be made when there is no one available for a specific job that must be done. In that case, the parent should explain to the child that chesed, like any other mitzvah, requires effort, and may not always be pleasant or enjoyable. Some children enjoy coloring, creating and drawing pictures. As long as they are supplied with paper and crayons, they can keep themselves occupied for hours. Parents should make a special album for these pictures or hang them around the house. This will give the child a tremendous incentive to continue and feel proud of his accomplishments. Parents can channel the energy of an active child for communal chesed activities or household chores that he enjoys. Such a child also needs to be engaged in suitable sports activities.

his question by commenting that it’s very good or intelligent. Afterwards, they must try their utmost to give him a proper answer. If parents don’t know the answer, they should respond with excitement and tell their child that he

child can suddenly become nervous, and as a result begin engaging in behaviors such as nail biting, irritability, becoming mischievous or loud at the Shabbos table. Worse yet, he may start to “close up,” tragically becoming a “closed child.” The old expression “curiosity killed the cat” should not take a new form of “curiosity ruined the child through the parents.” Even if a child’s derech is different than the norm, parents can still make positive use of it. Rav Moshe Aharon Stern told the following story about his grandfather, popularly known as Dr. Stern, who served for many years as the principal of Yeshiva Torah V’daas. As a child, Dr. Stern was having difficulty concentrating on his Torah stud-

Main points to work and focus on: > If parents notice character traits in their child that seem to be counterproductive to his/her growth, (such as the aforementioned examples), they should find the means to channel these traits to beneficial areas and/or activities. At times, a reward or treat can help motivate the child. asked a good question and that they’re going to try to get the answer from someone more knowledgeable or will do some research on the matter. However, a negative reaction such as “Don’t ask so many questions!” or “Don’t bother me with such silly questions!” can have dangerous repercussions. The child will then seek the answer from an outside source, and who can guarantee to whom he’ll turn or what answer he’ll receive. Or, the opposite can occur: the child will feel that his questions are unworthy of attention and automatically feel a lack of self-esteem. This feeling can affect the child emotionally and trigger a dangerous chain reaction with unpredictable results. The

ies due to his strong desire for playing cards. Instead of openly opposing him, his wise father used a different tactic. He surprised his son by telling him that he would like to play a game of cards together with him – but it was conditional. For every game played, he would have to learn a chapter of Tanach. The child readily agreed, and in the course of time, became knowledgeable in the entire Tanach. Another story is told of the Alter of Kelm, Rav Simcha Zissel Ziv, whose young daughter had the tendency of spending money. Instead of trying to oppose her nature, the Alter would require that she give some of her money to tzedakah on a daily basis.

Rabbi Morgenstern does family counseling and lectures extensively in Israel and abroad on shalom bayis, chinuch habanim, family communication, shidduchim, dating and personal growth, and has produced a popular CD series on these topics. His articles on these topics and Jewish hashkafa have appeared internationally in Jewish newspapers and magazines. For more information or to schedule a lecture, contact Rabbi Morgenstern in Israel at 952236-4197 or at rabbi@toras-chaim.org. You can also request to receive his weekly Parsha Pearls and chinuch articles by e-mail. Please include your name in the request. Articles are dedicated to the memory of his parents, Reb Yerachmiel Yisroel Nesanel z”l and Leah Gittel a”h. T.N.T.B.H

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Crazy for Kale! ale is the latest buzzword in trendy food. Over the last year we have been seeing kale recipes in cookbooks, restaurants and all over the food blogs. At first, I thought, “Yuk”; kale is so hard to chew and didn’t look very appetizing to buy in supermarkets. However it was becoming so overwhelmingly popular, I had to try it out for myself. I started to research and experiment with recipes. I found that kale is one of the super-foods packed with vitamin K, vitamin A, vitamin C, fiber, calcium, vitamin B6, potassium, folate and much more. This made it a perfect food to eat this very cold winter to help keep our bodies healthy. Here are some pointers to working with kale: 1. Choose smooth lacinato kale for salads and curly kale for chips. Curly kale is fibrous and grassy tasting, so it’s not the best for salads. Lacinato kale is also known as Tuscan kale, cavolo nero, or dinosaur kale (dino for short). In general, lacinato kale works better. It’s a little bit sweeter and more delicate, so you can use the whole leaf for salads. 2. Slice it thin and small, cutting out the rib from the center. 3. Rub it with a little oil: Kale leaves have a natural waxy coating that is great for protecting them from rain. Unfortunately, it also protects them from salad dressing, which does not make for a delicious salad. Rubbing the leaves with oil before dressing them actually removes this waxy coating so that the leaves better absorb the dressing. 4. Choose the right dressing: Kale is a really sturdy green, so you can use a heavy sauce. Nutbased dressings work well. Or try a vinaigrette with a lot of acid that will break down the fibers in the kale and make it easier to chew. This is not a typical lettuce salad, so the kale won’t wilt as easily; that means you can use a little more dressing than usual. 5. Massage the kale: Instead of just tossing the kale leaves in dressing with salad tongs, use your hands to really mix everything together and make sure you’ve coated every leaf. Literally massage the kale. I use latex gloves to massage in the dressing on the leaves.

Kale Chips The first thing I made was kale chips. I served it one night for dinner with a dipping sauce. The family loved it! Yay, I was quite relieved. Ingredients 1 head kale, washed and thoroughly dried 2 tablespoons olive oil Sea salt, for sprinkling Preparation Preheat the oven to 350°F. Remove the ribs from the kale and cut them into 1-½ inch pieces. Lay them on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper and toss with the olive oil and salt. Bake until crisp, turning the leaves halfway through, about 15-20 minutes. Watch for burning.

Kale Salad with Miso Sesame Dressing Ingredients 1 bunch kale leaves Dressing 1 TBS brown miso paste (you can also use yellow or red miso) 2 oz. hummus 3-4 TBS fresh lemon juice (I love it lemony so I use more) ¼ cup extra virgin olive oil ¼ cup water Sweet Potato Croutons 1 sweet potato Canola oil Kosher salt Preparation Remove the center stems from the kale leaves. Wash well, dry and tear into pieces. Place dressing ingredients in a blender and blend until smooth. Wash and peel the sweet potato. Shave it thinly with a mandolin into rounds or with a vegetable peels into long ribbons. Preheat oven to 400°F. Mix shaved sweet potatoes gently with just enough oil to coat each piece thinly. Arrange in a single layer on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Sprinkle evenly with a little bit of kosher salt. Place in the oven. Check after 10 minutes. You are looking for the potatoes to curl up slightly and have the texture and crunch of a potato chip. They may need a few extra minutes. Take the kale and place in a salad bowl and pour in the dressing. Massage the dressing into the kale, mixing and tossing. Do this at least two hours before serving. Garnish the salad with the potato croutons. Naomi Nachman, the owner of The Aussie Gourmet, caters weekly and Shabbat/ Yom Tov meals for families and individuals within The Five Towns and neighboring communities, with a specialty in Pesach catering. Naomi is a contributing editor to this paper and also produces and hosts her own weekly radio show on the Nachum Segal Network stream called “A Table for Two with Naomi Nachman.” Naomi gives cooking presentations for organizations and private groups throughout the New York/New Jersey Metropolitan area. In addition, Naomi has been a guest host on the QVC TV network and has been featured in cookbooks, magazines as well as other media covering topics related to cuisine preparation and personal chefs. To obtain additional recipes, join The Aussie Gourmet on Facebook or visit Naomi’s blog. Naomi can be reached through her website,www.theaussiegourmet.com or at (516) 295-9669.

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“Say What?” A guy had a job and it turned out he didn’t show up for 25 years. Finally, his boss discovered he wasn’t showing up and fired him. So let this be a lesson to you kids out there. If you don’t go to work for 25 years, you’re gonna get fired. – David Letterman

Days after Mitt Romney announced he is considering a 2016 presidential campaign, his former running mate Paul Ryan announced that he will not run. Ryan won’t say who he’ll support. He just wants the best man for the Jeb . . . job, I mean job. – Jimmy Fallon

Nike announced that this year it will sell self-lacing tennis shoes. By the way, if you’re too lazy to lace up your tennis shoes you’re really going to hate tennis. - Conan O’Brien I think everyone has their own secret Dawn Wall to complete one day, and maybe they can put this project in their own context. - Kevin Jorgeson, one of two men who became the first to free-climb the sheer granite face of El Capitan in Yosemite National Park, in an interview with The New York Times

A Saudi Arabian prince has said that oil may never again rise above $100 a barrel. He said it’s gotten so bad he can’t afford to buy his wife her own car that she’s not allowed to drive. - Conan O’Brien

Senator Rand Paul reflected on Mitt Romney’s potential 2016 campaign and said, “It’s sort of what Einstein said— that the definition of insanity is to do the same thing over and over again and expect a different result.” When someone told him Einstein didn’t actually say that, he said, “In the words of Gandhi, ‘My bad.’” - Jimmy Fallon

Edward never uses an iPhone; he’s got a simple phone. The iPhone has special software that can activate itself without the owner having to press a button and gather information about him; that’s why on security grounds he refused to have this phone. - Edward Snowden’s Russian lawyer Anatoly Kucherena in a recent interview with a Russian news outlet

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We have not chosen to use the label because it doesn’t seem to accurately describe what has happened. - White House press secretary Josh Earnest, refusing to say radical Islam was to blame for the killings in Paris

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According to the magazine U.S. News and World Report, the best job in America is being a dentist. Which is interesting because a dentist’s office is the only place where people still read U.S. News and World Report. - Jimmy Fallon

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Yesterday, during his domestic abuse trial, NASCAR driver Kurt Busch said he believes his exgirlfriend is a CIA-trained assassin. I guess those are just the kinds of thoughts you have when you drive in circles for four hours. - Seth Myers

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Could you find a group of more self-consumed people, that on a day like that they’re writing about themselves? Do you think the public cares a whit whether they got into a private meeting? By the way the other private meetings they’ve had with me, which they’ve had within the last month, they didn’t report on that, did they? ... So listen, if they want to act like children let them act like children. That’s the way it goes. - Governor Chris Christie on a radio interview responding to criticism by local reporters that they were excluded from a meeting that he held with national news outlets before his State of the State address

The day before my husband died of cancer in 1997, he told me, “Don’t stop cruising.” So here I am today living a stress-free, fairy tale life. - Lee Wachtstetter, an 86-yearold Florida widow, explaining why for the past seven years she has been permanently living aboard the Crystal Serenity cruise ship at a cost of $164,000 per year

Mitt Romney is reportedly putting his 2012 election team back together. And somehow, miraculously, none of them were busy with other stuff. – Jimmy Kimmel Fidel Castro, who hasn’t been publicly seen for more than a year, wrote a personal letter referencing current events to prove he is still alive. And nothing says “I’m alive in 2015” like writing a letter. - Seth Myers

In Florida, a teenage boy was arrested for posing as a doctor. After hearing about it, Dr. Phil said, “Wait, it’s illegal to pose as a doctor?” - Conan O’Brien

Seattle was down 16-0 at the half. They came back to win in overtime. It was a devastating loss for Green Bay fans. And let me tell you something. There is no sadder sight than a man shedding a tear with a giant piece of cheese on his head. – Jimmy Kimmel Mitt Romney will reportedly address the Republican National Committee on Friday to talk about a possible third presidential run. It’s never a good sign when you have to start your speech with “Hear me out.” - Seth Myers

Fifteen states across the country have gas prices that have dipped below $2. That means it’s now cheaper to buy a gallon of liquefied dinosaurs than one cup of coffee at Starbucks. – Jimmy Fallon

Police are looking for a woman who stole $3,000 worth of cat-grooming supplies at an airport baggage carousel. Police describe the suspect as “single.” - Seth Myers

An NFL player was arrested in Florida on gun charges. The news was shocking to anyone who knows nothing about the NFL or Florida. – Conan O’Brien It’s rumored that Chris Christie and Mitt Romney are planning to meet to overcome any lingering awkwardness from the 2012 election. Incidentally, “Lingering Awkwardness” was actually Mitt Romney’s Secret Service code name. - Jimmy Fallon

Section 3. Due to the relationship between the Green Bay Packers, their fans, and cheese, the possession of and/or consumption of cheese or cheese flavored products shall be banned in Bainbridge Island City Hall on Friday, January 16, 2015. - A portion of an official executive order issued by the city manager of the City of Bainbridge Island, in Kitsap County, Washington, before the Seattle Seahawks played the Green Bay Packers in the NFC Championship game

New York’s JFK Airport has plans to open the world’s first airport terminal for animals next year. Not to be outdone, LaGuardia has announced plans to finally open a terminal for humans. – Jimmy Fallon

The last message that Yoav Hattab, 21, sent shortly before entering the Paris kosher supermarket where his life was cut short in a brutal act of terrorism, trying to convince a friend to observe Shabbos:

11:24 Yoav: Try to make the Shabbat as soon as you arrive 11:52 Friend: That is to say? 11:53 Friend: This Shabbat is very stressful, I have exams tomorrow morning, and I’m taking a flight, but after the Shabbat 11:53 Yoav: This is a difficult time in France for Jews ... At least try ... 11:53 Yoav: Do not do everything but at least try to do something 11:54 Friend: Ok, don’t worry; of course I’ll do it 11:54 Yoav: You’re the bomb 11:54 Friend: Lol thank you

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he year 1915 was a difficult time face a deluge of accusations of disloyalfor the world and for the Jewish ty ranging from spying for the Germans, nation, which was caught in the firing on Russian troops, signaling the middle of the storm. As the year began, enemy, and smuggling money. One of the First World War was sweeping over the most common accusations was that Europe in all its fury leaving much of Jews were communicating with the enJewry devastated. By that time, hunemy by futuristic hand-held phones. In dreds of thousands of Jewish men were one example, on the Sabbath, police being called up for service. On the Eastentered the synagogue in a village and ern front in Poland and Galitzia, armies ordered that the Torah Scrolls be rewould wreak disaster upon entire Jewish moved so they could search for secret communities. In the Land of Israel, the telephones. How bizarre that the sons of Jewish community faced dire threats. so many members of this congregation, On August 3, 1914, just days after as all other communities suffering at the the outbreak of war, the Russian army hands of their fellow Russians, were at A Jewish family near Lodz, Russia-Poland, in World War I launched a failed invasion of Germathe front fighting for the Czar. By June ny. At Masurian Lakes, German forces 1915, well over a half million Jews filled pushed back Russian forces and soon invaded Poland (which was the ranks of the Russian army. These accusations led to devastating under Russian occupation for over a century). With the Russian re- pogroms and forced expulsions. treat, Jews were blamed for their severe losses. Jews would soon The Czar’s uncle, Nikolai Nikolovich, who was the chief of the military, issued decrees expelling Jews from areas near the warfront under the bogus pretext of spying. On January 25, under Nikolovich’s direct orders, one hundred thousand Jews were expelled from areas around Warsaw. Many found their way to nearby cities such as Warsaw, Lublin, Radom, and Kielce. The shtetl dwellers now in the cities were relieved from the pressure of Russian pogroms, but they would tragically soon face starvation and disease under the eventual German occupation in the ensuing months. As the German army continued to drive east towards Lithuania, the expulsions became increasingly severe. The expulsions perpetrated by the Russians were the worst against the Jews since Roman times. To the south of Poland, in the land of Galitzia, a land where one million Jews who were proud citizens of the tolerant Austro-Hungarian Emperor, Franz Josef, lived: By December 1914, the Russian army had gained control of Austro-Hungarian province of Galitzia and they proceeded to terrorize its one million Jews. Accompanying the Russian army were rogue Cossack units whose record of horrors perpetrated against Jewish communities is infamous in the annals of Jewish history. Thousands of Jews were murdered in pogroms, many more were wounded and had their belongings plundered. Hundreds of thousands were expelled by decree or had fled for their lives to areas within the empire to the south. The sudden change in Galitzia was unimaginable to its residents who had experienced freedom for decades. Suddenly, they too faced the predicament of their brethren By March 1915 thousands of refugees to the north under the Czarist emfrom Palestine had been expelled pire. Jewish historiographer and by Turkish authorities

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he events of early 1915 forever changed the very fabric of Eastern European Jewry. In the Land of Israel, the outbreak of war endangered the entire Jewish community of 90,000. On that day, October 28, 1914, when the fledgling Ottoman Empire had officially joined the Central Powers, (Germany and Austria-Hungary) some Jews who had hoped that the Ottomans might support a Zionist enterprise would soon discover that their hopes were misplaced. The governor of Syria, Jamal Pasha, soon moved against the yishuv, rounding up Jews with Russian passports as well as Zionist activists. As expulsions of Jews commenced, others fled to escape the oppressive environment. One figure Some members of the Zion Mule Corps puts the numbers of Jewish exiles from the Holy Land by early 1915 at 11,277. Most of the evacuees were brought to Alexandria, Egypt, with American assistance on the USS Tennessee and from there to the nearby Marfuza refugee camp. Those who remained faced starvation and disease as the Turks hoarded badly needed food supplies.

From Egyptian exile, on March 15, 1915, members of the Palestine Refugees Committee assembled and voted to form a Jewish fighting force to fight alongside the British with the expectation of joining a future Allied incursion In early 1915 the Russian government expelled Jews into the Land of Israfrom Lithuania and parts of Latvia and Romania el. The British high with only 12 hours notice command did not assent to this request, but recommended a Mule Corps: a unit whose mission would be to supply troops in fighting the Turks at a place called Gallipoli. One of its mentors, Josef Trumpeldor, justified the formation of a Mule Corps—though the notion seemed degrading—in the belief that any fighting force would benefit the cause of Zionism. “All paths lead to Zion,” he stated. The commander of the corps, the British Lieutenant-Colonel and stalwart Zionist, John Henry Patterson, enthusiastically penned in his memoirs regarding the Zion Mule Corps, “I had to ask myself were it all a dream.” Following the Allied failure at Gallipoli, the Zion Mule Corps disbanded, but it was the beginning of a distinguished military force. Amid the turmoil, the struggle for Zion intensified, and by 1918, the newly-formed Jewish Legion was participating in the British conquest of Palestine from the Turks. The year 1915 was one of immense sufferings for the Jewish people. It was a time of dread, of fear, of darkness, as the prophet Jeremiah wrote, “Our pursuers were swifter than eagles in the sky: they chased us in the mountains, ambushed us in the streets.” During those trying times, though, glimmers of hope began to appear. 

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met a friend recently who told me he wanted to find a new job. He said that he wanted my help with his search so we should get together, maybe in September or October. When I asked why he wanted to wait, he said it was too early to start looking now. He figured that it will take about three months to find a new job, which he wanted to have by January. So October would be fine. He promised to call. Now this was a friend, so I assume he’s being sincere. And I know that there is no way to know how long it will take to find a job. But what he said made me think about a question. If someone wants to find a job, when should he start looking? Well, that seemed a little obvious. As soon as you decide you want to find a job you should start looking, of course. But then I realized that for this question, like for so many other questions that people have about job hunting, the obvious answer is not only wrong, it is hurtful. Because the truth is that every person who works, or ever wants to work, should always be looking for a job. That’s right. A.B.L. Always Be Looking. Or maybe not… The truth is that no one should ever be “looking for a job.” Everyone should be making sure that they are able to deliver outstanding value for an employer (or customer), and making sure that the right people know about it. For getting hired, these two points are the keys. They are the keys for a student who wants to be hired after graduation, for someone who wants to change jobs, and for someone who has lost their job. For professionals and the self-employed. And even for someone who has a good, stable and secure job that he never wants to leave, these are the keys: deliver value and spread the word. I am not referring to the trite point that today what seems like a steady job can disappear in a minute. I mean something much more subtle and basic. I mean that every single day, every employer and customer should ask himself, “Am I getting maximum value from this person?” Not because they could hire someone else to do the job better (though they might), but because more than anything else the point of the marketplace is to generate maximum value for the customer. Every worker,

every day, has to be focused on how he can provide that value. In effect, every worker, every day, has to get hired. For a student, this means that while excelling in his courses is important,

moving to a new job whenever necessary becomes effortless. So effortless, in fact, that the job may actually come looking for him. This has become known as passive job hunting, and for

We have to place professional growth and networking on our “absolutely must do” list.

gaining practical workplace skills, building relationships with mentors, and learning how to relate well to all kinds of people is far more important. Whenever I meet with students or anyone even thinking of becoming a student, I emphasize this point: getting a

job requires taking personal responsibility for learning the things that are important to an employer that are not taught in the classroom. Some people get pretty upset about this. After all, they have paid a lot of money to get a degree, and they have to do even more on their own? But now even the most prestigious colleges admit that it is so. They actually recommend that their graduates take a summer course, called Koru ($2,750) where they can learn the additional skills needed for success in the world of work. But why wait until after graduation or even until senior year? It is never too early to look for the learning opportunities that really lead to employment. For someone who has a job, developing nourishing relationships with mentors and colleagues while constantly growing his skill set has to be part of daily routine. When these things become part of a normal working life,

many workers, especially the most senior, highly compensated ones, this has become an important source of employment opportunities. Once upon a time, workers kept in touch with colleagues, sharing their challenges and accomplishments using a quaint technique

called a “conversation.” (I’m showing my age here.) Today, that must be augmented by creating a presence on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, and the

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like. As a result, recruiters who are looking for a particular set of skills and accomplishments can find the exact person they need without posting a want ad, and a worker can move to a better position without the trauma of actively leaving a job to search for the next. But this will only happen to workers that are constantly growing their skills, striving for higher accomplishments, and sharing the thrill of it all with a wide circle of colleagues and friends. There are those keys again: deliver value and spread the word. So perhaps the rule should be A.B.G.: Always Be Growing. The workplace of today doesn’t tolerate complacency. And as much as we all have lots of other demands on our time and attention, we have to place professional growth and networking on our “absolutely must do” list—even before the first day on the job and never stopping. It won’t guarantee that you’ll never lose your job. It will mean that you will always be ready for your next opportunity no matter why it arises. You will go to work with excitement and anticipation of what might come next. And success at work will really be success at life. Rabbi Mordechai Kruger is the Director of Pathways to Parnassa, an organization dedicated to educating our community in all aspects of career choice and job search. He can be reached at myparnassa@gmail.com.

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• Daily shiurim including Daf Yomi shiur • Gourmet, glatt kosher cuisine by Sovah Caterers, Chalov Yisroel, shmurah matza • Sumptuous tea room • Experience the oceanfront glamour of Asbury Park, NJ’s boardwalk • Panoramic ocean view rooms • Shabbos keys and elevator

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Our 20th spectacular year! directly on the beach Oversized newly renOvated rooms many with terraces Poolside fitness center with sauna & steam room children’s dining room superb day camp program Private seder rooms available Glatt kosher, strict supervision Gourmet cuisine with renowned Chef Andy Serano Cantor led or private seders Sumptuous “Tea Room” Top name entertainment Trips to major attractions Golf, tennis, watersports nearby Poolside BBQ’s Olympic-size pool + kids pool 2 min. to upscale Aventura Mall Daily services, shiurim, lectures Scholar-in-Residence Program

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I own a small business on Long Island. I am finding it difficult to find and keep good employees—

those with the appropriate skills, the ability to be trained, the willingness to learn, a great work ethic and a

commitment to the job and the company. Are there any solutions? The Attorney Responds:

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I absolutely have a solution for you: hire the “differently abled.” You may be thinking, “My facility can’t adapt to the needs of the disabled, or I don’t have the time to train and supervise, or my customers or other staff won’t accept disabled workers….” There are a lot of excuses. None of them are legitimate. I will attest to that; Long Island Development Corporation employs two challenged individuals who are

productive, who work well with customers, and who are integral parts of our team. One major thing that makes it easier for firms like us to hire and retain “differently abled” employees is a program like the Supported Employment Program offered by the AHRC Nassau. For 65 years, AHRC Nassau has served the needs of the developmentally disabled and their families through services ranging from residential to medical to

to work from incarceration, senior citizens, veterans and social service recipients. There are supported employment programs, tax incentives

Roslyn D. Goldmacher, Esq. is President/CEO of the LI Development Corp. family of nonprofit economic development organizations, making low interest loans to small businesses, providing free technical assistance and seminars on LI. See www.lidc.org. And, LIDC is a proud employer working with the AHRC Nassau Supported Employment Program.

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ents in competitively paid community-based employment opportunities in order to help them be an integral part of the work force and be independent, contributing members of our economy. Services include a thorough screening process to match the client with the right job opportunity and one-on-one training in the specific skills needed for that job. The goal of the program is to make sure that the employee meets and exceeds the expectations of the employer. In addition to screening, placing and training the employee (for however long it takes), the program’s job coaches remain committed to supporting the employee throughout his or her work life at the job. This means whenever the employer has a new task or skill for the employee or the employee needs some other support, the job coach is there to provide same. The staff also works to help the employer make all reasonable accommodations to assure the success of the employee. Clients of AHRC’s Supported Employment Program have been placed with such employers as Stop & Shop, CVS, NY Islanders, Friendly’s, Town of Hempstead, a large law firm, and of course, Long Island Development Corp. If you’re not convinced yet, remember: the AHRC services are all free to the employer! Where else do you get qualified skilled employees trained for free by someone else? And, don’t forget: you’re getting committed, hardworking staff in the bargain. There are numerous agencies on Long Island that provide similar services. For information about the AHRC Supported Employment Program, contact Hector Rolon at 516-5467700 ext 4195; hrolon@ahrc.org or see www.ahrcworkforce.org. “Differently abled” employees can come from multiple populations: mentally challenged, physically challenged, those returning

part of a strategy of business success. The right employees are key to that successful business strategy and “differently abled” employees can fill your employment needs.

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Trick Play Backfires; Team Thrown For Loss

ollege football fans have been crying for a season-ending playoff tournament for years to replace the invitational “bowl championship” series that usually prompted as many questions as it answered. Last Monday night they got their wish, as the third-string quarterback Cardale Jones and the Ohio State Buckeyes overcame four turnovers to stun the Oregon Ducks, 42-20, in the very first College Football Playoff Championship

Game. Somewhere lower in the college football hierarchy, the University of South Dakota Coyotes aren’t anyone’s idea of national champions. They didn’t even play Division I ball until 2008, when they joined the Missouri Valley Football Conference. This year’s squad eked out just two wins, against William Penn’s Statesmen and Northern Arizona’s Lumberjacks. But one group of players took

an even tougher hit. And their opponents weren’t even wearing pads or cleats! What happened? Well, they challenged the team at the IRS — and they got thrown for a big loss. Alphonso “Rico” Valdez grew up in Tampa, Florida, and graduated from Chamberlain High School before heading to the prairie to play cornerback for the ‘Yotes. Maybe he felt exploited, playing for scholarship money instead of cold

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hard cash. But he didn’t have the chops to go pro. So he recruited his own team of 11 conspirators, picking up some of his USD teammates, a former student government president who had been impeached for misusing student funds, and some friends from back home. Together, the group collected random names, addresses, and Social Security numbers, then used that information to file false tax returns on behalf of the victims and request fraudulent refunds in the form of prepaid debit cards. We’re not sure if any of the conspirators majored in accounting or not, but either way, pre-law probably would have been a smarter choice. The scheme came to light on a warm April day in 2012, when the criminal mastermind Valdez traded his helmet for sunglasses and a stocking cap, then made trip after trip to an ATM to convert those cards into cash. A concerned citizen noticed his unsportsmanlike conduct and called local police, who used surveillance video to pull the first string that eventually unwound the entire scheme. The team scored $421,000 over the course of their “season” before officials threw a flag. Prosecutors don’t know what happened to the money — they say there were no Mercedes-Benzes, no Louis Vuitton, and no Tiffany jewelry. USD athletic director Dave Herbster said, “I’m not even sure that any of them had a car while they were here, and if they did, it probably wasn’t a nice one.” At least they had the good sense to plead guilty to various charges of conspiracy and identity theft, and save real taxpayers the cost of a trial. They’re even saying they’re sorry! Valdez wants to become a high school football coach and show children they can further their education despite their mistakes. His friend, Melissa Dinataly, said, “The world is corrupt enough as it is. I shouldn’t have done this.” Of course, these aren’t fiveyard penalties — the whole team is headed to jail, for terms ranging from two to five years. They say prison life is structured — more than some people care for! So we’ll see if the same discipline that helped Valdez excel on the field helps him excel in the yard. Football fans are all familiar with the maxim that “offense sells tickets; defense wins championships.” When it comes to your finances, the same rule holds true, and smart tax planning is the key to your financial defense. So make sure to get the game plan you need to pay less tax — without any penalties! Allan J Rolnick is a CPA who has been in practice for over 30 years in Queens, NY. He welcomes your comments and can be reached at 718-896-8715 or at allanjrcpa@aol.com.

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From My Private Art Collection

Rebbetzin Naomi N. Herzberg

Revisiting The Art of Winslow Homer

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inslow Homer was born in New England and lived from 1836 to 1910. His

mother was an artist who encouraged him to color with crayons and sketch with a pencil as much as possible. He loved experimenting and coming up

with original ideas. As a young boy, he developed a thirst for the beauty of nature while growing up in the countryside. Prisoners from the Front by Winslow Homer

His family connections to commercial trade by the coast inspired his love for the sea. As a teenager, he took a job as an apprentice at a printing shop. Unlike his brother who attended Harvard, his father helped him find an apprenticeship at a prestigious firm. But Winslow realized that being indoors all day was not the correct atmosphere to nurture his own growth potential. At the age of forty, he began doing paintings of the sea life which he was familiar with from his youth. Many of his pictures depict this life at sea in detail and the freedom of children playing in the countryside. Over time Winslow developed a deep desire for drawing and needed to figure out how to channel this talent. The baby steps which helped him grow and become a famous painter were as follows: 1. Apprenticeship at a lithographic firm 2. Contribution of wood engraved illustrations for a well-known publication in Boston 3. Drawings for Harper’s Weekly in New York 4. Setting up his studio in New York 5. Developing close friendships with other artists 6. Traveling with the Union troops and then illustrating pictures of life in the army 7. Working as a correspondent for Harper’s for which he was asked to contribute illustrations of the Civil War 8. Specializing in the creation of war paintings 9. A showing of some of his oil paintings at a large exhibition 10. Practicing doing watercolors

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consistently as another avenue of expression for which he desired to be known 11. A concentrated effort on communicating the art of living, exerting energy and enjoying the art of simplistic everyday life 12. Developing a series of paintings on a particular subject such as schools 13. Traveling extensively throughout the United States searching for subjects to paint depicting the American scene which would be of interest to the public 14. Instilling deep meaning into his works of art in an independent manner 15. Determination and persistence as he was known to say, “What they call talent is nothing but the capacity for doing continuous work in the right way” and “The Sun will not rise, or set, without my notice, and thanks.” Some of his famous works include Prisoners from the Front (1866), Homeward Bound (1867), The Country School (1871), Snap the Whip (1872), The Boat Builders (1873), Waiting for Dad (1873), and Breezing Up (1876). His artworks can be found in many art museums and are popular and admired, as they are truly warm and inviting, depicting true stories in visual form.

Gross and Schechter Families

Where wii you be foo Pesach? The Gross and Schechter families invite you to celebrate Pesach 2015 in a “home away from home” atmosphere. Come be one of the family and not one of the crowd.

Tranquil gardens and ponds on 16 acres of property. A large number of connecting guest rooms. Guest rooms outﬁtted with Hilton’s renowned “Pillow Top Beds” and plush duvet covoers. On premises tennis, volleyball and basketball courts as well as a walking track and a nearby gold course. Elegantly designed grand ballroom for your dining pleasure. Heated indoor pool and jacuzzi. Stimulating Scholar in Residence program including Rabbi Dr. Jacob J. Schacter, Rabbi Dr. Gil Perl and Rabbi Yaakov Trump Nightly entertainment

Rebbetzin Naomi N. Herzberg is a professional art educator, artist and designer. Among her known artwork is a floral sculpture presented to Tipper Gore, Blair House, Washington, D.C. Presently she is the Director of Operations at Shulamith School for Girls. Please feel free to email nherzberg@optonline.net with questions and suggestions for future columns.

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workout in and of itself. At which point your kid usually sails by and says he’ll meet you at the bottom. And, that’s kind of it for the togetherness – no way you’re catching up unless he skis backwards uphill. Well, that is until maybe later at night when you meet up outside in the hot tub. There’s a concept. Freeze your way out to a hot tub, fry your body, and then freeze your way back into the ski lodge. What

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rispy critter or frozen ice cube – which vacation spot did you pick? Miami, Puerto Rico, Eilat, or Utah, Colorado, Vermont? We are all out in full force. Those winter vacationers. Packing our TV dinners and our trusty chulent pots – just to bring along a little taste of home wherever we wind up. Listen, if you were at least smart you joined a program that had a kiddush on Shabbos – at least that way you had one less meal to make! Winter vacation is family vacation time. But the jury’s still out as to whether it is fun or frenzy. Packing, schlepping, multiple airport runs, delays, unpredictable weather … unpredictable kids! Yet, year after year, right around now, we make that decision. Go cold/stay warm. Stay home? Unheard of! When you’re off to a sunny destination, it’s amazing – in theory. It’s only the realities that could ruin the utopian concept. For instance, rain! Let that descend upon you and all the activities are sabotaged in the blink of an eye – no tennis, no golfing, no swimming, no boating, no sunning, no running, no walking, no .... get my drift? Now if the sun’s out that’s a whole different story, unless you forget your lotion. Then it’s basically one and done! One day out in the sun and the rest of the time up in the room recovering! Ever happen to you or someone you know? Remember how gorgeous they looked?! Talk about adding insult to injury! If you opted for the slopes, you are probably a skier, or a wannabe, and this should sound familiar. Here’s how it works: you give birth to this bundle of joy, and you can’t wait to get them out on the slopes skiing with you. You have visions of togetherness, beautiful bonding on the mountains. Here’s the reality: they grow up, turn 5, and become better than you in a week. Then they’re like, “Come on already, slow poke.” And you’re like, “Can’t we sit down on the snow, breathe, and bond a bit?” They’re looking at you, like, hey you are a grownup? You should be able to go faster, go on steeper runs, and land bigger jumps. You, on the other hand, are just hoping you make it to the bottom as one unified whole. Kids are pretty much fearless. They are low to the ground. They could fall and flop all day, and no problem. You, on the other hand, don’t want to take a spill for anything. Bad enough, the pain and humiliation of falling, but then the way skiing works, you have to be the one who digs in your poles and lifts your-not-aslight-as-you-wish-were body back up to a standing position. That’s an exhausting

So … here’s how it plays out: you fly, you fry, they fly by, you hope it’s dry! Either place has its enjoyment, has its challenges. Yet, would I put money on the fact that either way you’re going right back there next year? You bet I would! After all, there’s just nothing like a family vacation!

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