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Dear Readers,

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’m finding it hard to do homework with the kids at night. With two weeks left to school, their minds are on other things than arithmetic. Instead, they’d rather be running outside and playing with friends than filling out their homework sheets. I understand. I was in school at one time, too.

My older kids, though, are heading towards a marathon. With finals and regents on the very close horizon, every night is an opportunity to cram all that knowledge into their heads. It’s really hard to be disciplined and study for hours on end. I understand. I was in school at one time, too.

But I keep telling them to look towards that finish line. Yes, these next two weeks will be busy; they’ll be hard; they’ll be tiring. But in a few weeks, they’ll be able to look back on this year and see all that they have accomplished. It was a year filled with growth and achievement.

This morning, my daughter’s bus was late.

I can’t even tell you how late it came, because after my kids and neighbors waited for a while at the bus stop and realized that school would be starting soon, I ended up driving them.

In the car, one girl commented, “You know, if you’re a bus driver, you shouldn’t be allowed to ever come late. Because if you come late, then everyone else is affected and all the kids on your bus come late to school.”

I took that as an opportunity to share how important it is to make sure that you do your best in everything that you set out to do. You

see, a bus driver’s job affects the students on his bus, and their tardiness affects the equilibrium in a school. But it’s not just bus drivers who impact those around them. Every one of us – regardless of what we’re doing – has an impact on those around us.

Think doctors, teachers, therapists, lawyers…what if they decided one day to come to work and not give it their all? What about mail carriers or garbagemen or street cleaners? If they don’t come into work one day, that means that our mail isn’t delivered, our garbage cans are overflowing, and our streets are littered with debris.

Regardless of what you do in life, your role affects those around you. And your role has a ripple effect that alters the worlds of those you may not even know. We’re all, in a way, connected – perhaps in disjointed or tenuous ways – but connected all the same. And whatever we do – and how we do it – can and will shape and affect those living in this world.

My children are still in school, so perhaps this lesson was a bit early to be giving over to them. But truthfully, it’s never too early to share how important it is to do your best at whatever you do. Regardless of where you find yourself in life, success is only achievable if you remember how important your role is in this world.

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Contents LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

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COMMUNITY Readers’ Poll

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Community Happenings

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NEWS

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Global

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National

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That’s Odd

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ISRAEL Israel News

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World Builder

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JEWISH THOUGHT Rabbi Wein on the Parsha

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Don’t Let Go by Rav Moshe Weinberger

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Two Stages of History by Rabbi Shmuel Reichman

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Delving into the Daf by Rabbi Avrohom Sebrow

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The Jewish Art of Meditation by Malkie Schulman

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FOOD & LEISURE The Aussie Gourmet: Arugula and Seared Tuna Salad

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Dear Editor, There is an unexplainable phenomenon wherein good things and good people, who are plentiful and purposeful, are somehow overshadowed by the unpleasant. Intellectually, we know that the good is what we should be focused on, but we have put on dark, dark glasses. It’s time for a change.

Sometimes, in the course of my work, I’ll meet a single mom, with small children, who is as happy as the sun is bright.

She smiles and smiles. She tells me that she has everything that she could possibly need when I know all too well of her struggles. I’ll know that despite the fact that she works and accepts help where she can get it, she cannot pay the bills, let alone afford the luxuries.

I’ll marvel at the spirit she manifests.

I’ll look at her children, content – always happy with what they have. Very often, I’ll tell a single mom that her children don’t need things. They need to know that their mother is OK. That their mother doesn’t think less of herself or them for a lack of “things.” I’ll tell her that getting out of bed in the morning with a smile on her face, ready to take on the world, is what her children need – definitely more than fancy clothes or shoes.

Let’s make a conscious effort to focus on the good – it’s in all of us to make this change.

Esther Miller, Project Director Success Space for Women at JCCRP Dear Editor, With Sefirah ending, the noise increases. The days of mourning are replaced by weddings, b’nai and b’not mitzvah and

other simchot. With these events comes loud ear-damaging music. The earbuds and headphones go back on the head, and the loud music is back in style. Summer camps feature frequent music events with loud music blasting from big speakers.

All forms of loud music have the same harmful effect to one’s hearing. I have spoken to several audiologists, all of whom told me that in the past few decades they have seen a tremendous increase in hearing loss in teenagers and even in children as young as two years old. Hearing loss is irreversible. Much of this damage is caused by loud music through headphones and attending events featuring loud music.

Deafness and hearing loss is more than just an individual inconvenience.

It immensely affects one’s emotional and psychological health. It also affects the entire family dynamic, permanently.

Hearing loss can be largely prevented.

Lower the volume of music when wearing headphones. The volume should be lower than what you would need if you were listening to the music in a quiet room, not louder. Avoid simchot that play loud music. If you can’t hear your friend when you speak to him while standing or sitting next to each other, then the music is certainly damagingly loud. Ear plugs do not sufficiently help. The best solution is to not be in the same room at all. If your friend won’t cooperate by lowering the volume to a safe level, I recommend not attending the event at all. Your health is more important than your friend’s feelings. Seriously, if your friend won’t consider protecting other people’s hearing health, what type of friend is s/he?

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I am shouting out to all rabbanim, community leaders and anyone with congregational influence to prioritize speaking about the effects of hearing loss, while their community still has the ability to hear your words. Simchot and fun occasions do not require loud music to be enjoyable. Emphasize that everyone take care of their own as well as their attendants’ hearing health and safety by lowering the volume in their personal smartphones, digital devices, conferences, shul / yeshiva dinners, weddings and other simchot. Camp directors should also practice similar procedures to protect campers’ hearing health. There is no excuse for apathy or neglect.

Let’s be safe and smart during the summer so that by the time the Yamim Nora’im arrive when we say, “Lishmo’a el harina v’el hatefilla,” it will be more than just a request to G-d, but a benefit to ourselves and our community.

Daniel Feldman Dear Editor, That feeling when…you can let out a breath of fresh air, allow the tears to flow, share your pain with others.

That feeling when you can sit in silence, and the silence is enough. No more hiding, no more pretending. It’s OK to not be OK. The power of connection is the key to healing when struggling with your mental health.

I am a part of this community. I am a part of YOUR community. I drive carpool, go grocery shopping, join committees, exercise in the same gym. I am a mom, a wife, a teacher and friend to many. And most people don’t know the internal pain I deal with on a daily basis.

Functional anxiety and depression are very often invisible to those around us

and that leaves the sufferer feeling alone, isolated and often very, very hopeless.

CATCH has created support groups for those like me. Women who need a safe space to simply connect. To sit with others who understand similar challenges. No judgement. No shame. Acceptance, support and togetherness.

Connection takes away the deadly loneliness and pain of mental health challenges. Connection has saved me.

Connection has given me freedom. Connection has allowed me to see what healing is truly all about.

If you are a woman suffering with anxiety and or depression, please reach out. You are not alone. You can do this.

WE can do this – TOGETHER. CATCH: Creating A Team of Courage and Hope. www.catchsupport.org; info@ catchsupport.org; text: 347-433-4742 Jessica Tsur Dear Editor, I recently visited my mother and left with three trinkets: a spiritual book, a package of Raisin Bran, and a N95 mask.

I felt compelled to find the symbolism and meaning behind this episode.

The symbols came rather easy. The spiritual book was for spirituality, the Raisin Bran was for physicality, and the mask was for safety. The meaning would then follow that one must guard their spirituality from the outside world, which makes little sense anymore, and one must guard their physical body from harmful substances and enforce it with good foods.

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During the program, workers receive 100% of their pay for working only 80% of their usual week, in exchange for promising to maintain 100% of their productivity.

The program is being run by not-forprofit 4 Day Week Global, Autonomy, a think tank, and the 4 Day Week UK Campaign in partnership with researchers from Cambridge University, Oxford University and Boston College.

Sienna O’Rourke, brand manager at Pressure Drop Brewing, an independent brewery in London involved in the study, told CNN Business that the company’s biggest goal was to improve the mental health and well-being of its employees.

“The pandemic [has] made us think a great deal about work and how people organize their lives,” she said. “We’re doing this to improve the lives of our staff and be part of a progressive change in the world.”

Given the company manufactures and ships products, workers have less flexibility about when and where they work, O’Rourke said. But any difficulties in navigating holiday and sick leave would be tackled as a team.

Until now, Iceland had conducted the biggest pilot of a shorter working week between 2015 and 2019, with 2,500 public sector workers involved in two large trials. Those trials found no corresponding drop in productivity among participants, and a dramatic increase in em-

ployee well-being.

Calls to shorten the working week have gathered steam in recent years in several countries. As millions of employees switched to remote work during the pandemic — cutting onerous commuting time and costs — calls for greater flexibility have only grown louder.

Government-backed trials are set to take place in Spain and Scotland later this year.

Joe O’Connor, CEO of 4 Day Week Global, said that the workers have shown they can work “shorter and smarter.”

“As we emerge from the pandemic, more and more companies are recognizing that the new frontier for competition is quality of life and that reduced-hour, output-focused working is the vehicle to give them a competitive edge,” he said.

Stealing Technology

China is becoming experienced at stealing technology and then manufacturing that technology at cheaper prices.

This week, a Dutch company accused a former worker of stealing technology and then founding a similar company in China two years later.

Zongchang Yu worked at ASML until 2012 and went on to found Dongfang Jingyuan in China. Now, he’s wanted in California on charges of stealing technology from his former employers.

ASML manufactures cutting-edge semiconductor circuits. The company, which is based in the Netherlands, is the world’s only manufacturer of extreme ultraviolet lithography machines, which run upwards of $160 million and are as large as a bus. The machines are used to create microscopic circuits onto silicon wafers, creating some of the most advanced microchips in the world.

The company is prohibited from selling its advanced machines to China, leaving the country to rely on older technology and struggle to stay competitive in the global economy.

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now-defunct U.S.-based company connected to Dongfang and set up by Yu in 2014, causing the company to go bankrupt. But by then, Yu was already in Beijing.

In court, ASML accused Dongfang and Xtal of recruiting its engineers, including one who allegedly stole some 2 million lines from the company.

In recent years, many Chinese nationals living in the U.S. have been accused of stealing business practices and trade secrets on behalf of Beijing.

Was Attack on Syria Base an Insider Job?

The U.S. military is investigating whether an American servicemember set off explosives on a small U.S. base in northern Syria. Four servicemembers

were injured in the attack, which took place on April 7.

The attack on Green Village is being investigated by the Army’s Criminal Investigation Division and the Air Force Office of Special Investigations. There have not yet been any charges in the case. It is said that the suspect is no longer in Syria.

According to a Monday military statement, “Army CID and Air Force OSI are conducting a joint investigation of the incident. A possible suspect, a U.S. service member, has been identified.”

“At this point, these are just allegations. All suspects are presumed to be innocent until/unless convicted in a court of law. The investigation is ongoing, which may or may not develop sufficient evidence to identify a perpetrator(s) and have enough evidence to ensure a conviction in a court of law. No further information will be released at this time.”

At first, U.S. officials believed that the attack was caused by indirect fire on the base. But a week later, a military statement said that “further investigation” indicated that the attack was due to “deliberate placement of explosive charges by an unidentified individual(s) at an ammunition holding area and shower facility.”

Security footage shows two instances of a quick-moving figure; it is not yet clear if the two figures are the same individual.

EU: 1 USB Charger for All

In 2024, only one USB charging cable will be acceptable in Europe.

European Union lawmakers have reached an agreement that will require companies to make USB-C the standard charging port for devices sold in the region, in yet another example of European regulators facing off against big tech in the name of consumers.

After more than a decade of trying to mandate a universal charging port for devices, the European Parliament on Tuesday announced that it reached a deal that would amend the Radio Equipment Directive and force manufacturers to adopt the USB-C as the common charging port for a variety of devices, such as smartphones, tablets, and cameras. The law would deal a major blow to Apple, which ships iPhones with proprietary Lightning charging ports. Android devices are more frequently compatible with standard charging ports.

In a press release, the European Parliament said that all devices covered by the directive would need to have a USB-C port by autumn of 2024. Besides those mentioned above, affected devices include e-readers, earbuds, headphones, headsets, handheld video game consoles, and portable speakers that are charged using a wired cable.

“Today we have made the common charger a reality in Europe,” Parliament rapporteur Alex Agius Saliba said in a statement.

Lawmakers who championed the common charger argued it would make products in the EU more sustainable, reduce e-waste, and make life easier for customers in the region. The European Parliament claims that disposed of and unused chargers generate 11,000 tons of e-waste per year; it also stated that a common charger would help consumers save up to €250 million ($266 million) each year.

“European consumers were frustrated long with multiple chargers piling up with every new device. Now they will be able to use a single charger for all their portable electronics,” Saliba said.

Officials said that the EU’s new re-

quirements will only apply to products released after the law is applied, or roughly 24 months after it’s published in the EU Official Journal. The deal will formally be approved after the summer.

The one charger requirement also applies to laptops. In that case, however, manufacturers would have 40 months to adapt their devices to the new common charger standard.

Iraqi Jail for UK Geologist

A British geologist has been sentenced to 15 years in an Iraqi prison for attempting to smuggle artifacts out of Iraq.

Jim Fitton, 66, had collected 12 stones and shards of broken pottery from the historically famous “Eridu” archaeological site in southern Iraq. He was arrested last March, alongside German tourist Volker Waldmann, who was arrested on the same charges.

Fitton has insisted that he did not know he was breaking Iraqi laws. His family said they were “absolutely shattered” and “heartbroken” by the news.

The sentence seems to be outsized for the crime.

“I thought the worst-case scenario would be one year, with suspension,” Fitton’s lawyer, Thair Soud, said.

Waldmann, who was arrested for the same infraction and actually had ten of the twelve artifacts in his possession at the time of arrest – Fitton had two – was acquitted of the charges and is set to be released.

The maximum sentence for removing artifacts is the death penalty, though the judge said he decided to reduce the sentence “because of the advanced age of the accused.”

“For a man of Jim’s age, 15 years in an Iraqi prison is tantamount to a death sentence,” said Fitton’s son-in-law. “We are raising an appeal and will continue to fight for Jim’s freedom and urge the government to support us in every way possible and to open lines of communication with us at a senior level,” he added.

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China’s Naval Facility in Cambodia

China is secretly building a naval facility in Cambodia, The Washington Post reported.

The Post quoted Western officials as saying that the facility is for the exclusive use of China’s military. Despite the reports, both countries deny the construction of the facility and are making efforts to conceal the operation.

The military presence will be on the northern portion of Cambodia’s Ream Naval Base, located in the Gulf of Thailand. There will be a groundbreaking ceremony at the site this week.

According to the officials, the naval base – China’s second such overseas outpost and the first to be located in the Indo-Pacific region – is part of the country’s strategy to build a network of facilities across the globe.

The other overseas outpost is a naval facility in Djibouti on the Horn of Africa.

One Western official explained, “We assess that the Indo-Pacific is an important piece for China’s leaders, who see the Indo-Pacific as China’s rightful and historic sphere of influence. They view China’s rise there as part of a global trend toward a multipolar world where major powers more forcefully assert their interests in their perceived sphere of influence.”

China, he said, is banking on the region being “unwilling or unable to challenge China’s core interests.”

“Essentially, China wants to become so powerful that the region will give in to China’s leadership rather than face the consequences [for not doing so].”

Over the weekend, a Chinese official in Beijing confirmed that “a portion of the base” will be used by “the Chinese military” but added that it was not for their “exclusive” use. The official assured that China is not involved in any activities on the Cambodian portion of the base.

A second Western official added that the secrecy seems to stem from Cambodia’s sensitivities and fear of domestic

repercussions.

In a statement, the Cambodian Embassy in Washington said that it “strongly disagrees with the content and meaning of the report as it is a baseless accusation motivated to negatively frame Cambodia’s image.”

Cambodia, the statement added, “firmly adheres” to the nation’s constitution, which does not permit foreign military bases or presence on Cambodian soil.

“The renovation of the base serves solely to strengthen the Cambodian naval capacities to protect its maritime integrity and combat maritime crimes including illegal fishing,” the statement said.

“There’s no other part of the world that impacts the security and prosperity of the United States more directly than the Western Hemisphere,” the official noted.

Mexico Boycotts Summit of the Americas

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday night survived a no-confidence vote, with Conservative MPs voting 211-148 in favor of allowing him to remain in power.

Johnson said the vote ended with a “decisive result,” even though 40% of his own party members split from him.

He added, “I think it’s an extremely good, positive, conclusive, decisive result which enables us to move on, to unite and to focus on delivery (of services).”

Prior to the vote, the British politician had praised it as “a chance to end months of speculation and allow the government to draw a line and move on.”

Johnson is facing criticism from his party as his government faces pressure to lower the rising gas and food prices.

On Monday, Conservative Party official Graham Brady said he had received letters calling for a no-confidence vote from at least 54 Tory legislators – enough to trigger the vote according to party rules. The vote was held just hours later.

The next no-confidence vote can only be held one year from now.

U.S. President Joe Biden is preparing to host Latin American leaders in Los Angeles this week, as the White House downplays Mexico’s boycott of the event.

According to a senior administration official, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador’s decision to skip the Summit of the Americas is “a sovereign decision” that “we just disagree with.”

According to the official, “We believe the best use of this summit is to bring together countries that share a set of democratic principles.”

Lopez Obrador made his decision after Biden decided not to invite Venezuela, Nicaragua, and Cuba to the summit, since, in Biden’s opinion, those countries’ leaders are “dictators.”

Biden is expected to make several announcements at the summit, including a plan for economic partnership to strengthen governments and to combat climate change. He is also expected to promise over $300 million in food aid.

The official noted, “This summit is about building and strengthening our foundation with our key partners on these issues that are most consequential for the countries and people of the region.”

He added that, for decades, Biden has “worked to realize his vision of the [Western] hemisphere that is middle class, secure, democratic.

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Jordan, Egypt Deepening Ties With Iraq

Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry has embarked on a working visit to Iraq, traveling with Jordan’s Foreign

Minister Ayman Safadi. According to a report by Al-Ain, Shoukry will meet a list of leaders and senior officials, focusing on increasing and coordinating policy in the future.

Last month, Jordan said it was working with Egypt, Iraq, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to build political and economic cooperation between the countries.

These three countries, with their prime location and moderate policies, form an important bloc across the center of the Middle East. At the same time, while Jordan and Egypt have diplomatic ties with Israel, Iraq does not.

Meanwhile, a source from the Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) in Iraq’s Kurdistan region confirmed this week that a number of civil complaints brought by the Minister of Oil in Baghdad against international oil and gas companies (“IOCs”) operating in the Kurdistan Region must be delayed. This is because, under Iraqi law, civil proceedings cannot take place while a criminal investigation related to them is underway. In this case, the context is a gas dispute with Iraq.

According to Al-Ain, the “Iraqi foreign minister will hold talks with his Jordanian and Egyptian counterparts on many issues of common interest.

Among these issues are energy issues, as well as food security in light of the Russia-Ukraine war.”

EU: Russia to Blame for Food Crisis

European Council President Charles Michel on Monday accused Russia of using food supplies as a “stealth missile against developing countries.”

Michel blamed Russia for the global food crisis, prompting the Russian ambassador to the United Nations (UN) to walk out of a Security Council meeting.

Directly addressing Russian Amb. Vassily Nebenzia, Michel said at the Council meeting that he saw millions of tons of grain and wheat in containers and ships at Ukraine’s Odessa port, just a few weeks ago, trapped “because of Russian

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Michel asserted, “This is driving up food prices, pushing people into poverty, and destabilizing entire regions. Russia is solely responsible for this looming food crisis. Russia alone.” He also accused Russian forces of stealing grain from occupied areas, “while shifting the blame of others.”

In response to the accusations, Nebenzia walked out of the meeting.

Ukraine and Russia produce nearly one-third of the world’s wheat and barley and half its sunflower oil. Russia and Belarus are also major producers of potash, which serves as a key ingredient in fertilizer.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken claimed Russian President Vladimir Putin is acting “aggressively using his propaganda machine to deflect or distort responsibility because he hopes it will get the world to give in to him and then the sanctions. In other words, quite simply put: It’s blackmail.

“The Kremlin needs to realize that it is exporting starvation and suffering well beyond Ukraine borders,” he emphasized.

Millions Missing in Afghanistan

Tens of millions of dollars disappeared from Afghan government bank accounts during the Taliban takeover in August, according to a U.S. government watchdog report released on Monday.

The assessment by the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction, or SIGAR, examined allegations that Afghan government officials took tens of millions of dollars with them as they fled the country. Former Afghan President Ashraf Ghani was accused of loading millions of dollars onto the helicopters that he and his close aides used to flee Kabul as Taliban fighters entered the city. Some reports said that he stole

more than $150 million in government funds when he fled.

Despite the outrageous numbers cited by the media after Afghanistan fell, SIGAR found the theft of millions by Ghani “unlikely” but said the former president did leave with some cash, adding that “evidence indicates that this number did not exceed $1 million and may have been closer in value to $500,000.”

The report quotes one former senior official who fled with Ghani on the helicopters stating, “Everyone had $5,000 to $10,000 in their pockets. … No one had millions.” The official was not named in the public version of the assessment. Ghani has repeatedly denied the allegations of theft.

Among the reasons SIGAR found it unlikely Ghani stole millions as he fled the country are details of his final hours in the palace. SIGAR determined Ghani’s departure was sudden, not leaving the leader or his aides time to collect the cash.

The report also assessed that over $150 million in hundred-dollar bills “would have been difficult to conceal” and if “stacked end to end … would be somewhat larger than a standard American three-seater couch.”

Ghani and many of those who fled with him live in the United Arab Emirates, which welcomed him and his family on humanitarian grounds.

Still, tens of millions of dollars remain unaccounted for. SIGAR found evidence of “$5 million taken from the presidential palace and tens of millions taken from the vault at the National Directorate of Security,” the former Afghan government’s main intelligence agency.

The investigation has not determined whether the money was removed from the country by government officials.

“With Afghan government records and surveillance videos from those final days likely in Taliban hands, SIGAR is currently unable to determine how much money was ultimately stolen, and by whom,” the report said.

One of the largest budgets SIGAR is investigating is the estimated $70 million in cash in the hands of Afghanistan’s main intelligence agency for discretionary use, like the funding of “anti-Taliban militias and to maintain the support of local power brokers and communities.” When the Taliban reached the vault on August 15, only a few bills of Afghan currency remained, a former senior official told SIGAR.

Protecting the Penguins

A rehab center in Otago Peninsula, New Zealand, is helping penguins heal and hoping to save an endangered species.

The hoiho penguin – hoiho means “noise shouter” in Māori – has an estimated 3,000 individuals left in the wild, making it one of the most endangered penguin species globally, CNN reported recently.

Much of the damage has occurred within the past decade, due to increased threats from disease, predators, and the environment.

Penguin Place, in Otago Peninsula, was founded in 1985 by local farmer Howard McGrouther, when McGrouther fenced off 150 acres of his land to create a reserve for eight breeding pairs of penguins who were nesting on his property.

Today, Penguin Place offers hoiho penguins a place to rest and recuperate; the Wildlife Hospital nearby in Dunedin treats penguins with serious injuries and disease.

Jason van Zanten, conservation manager at Penguin Place in Otago Peninsula, noted that although he offers a refuge for all birds, hoiho penguins are the majority of his patients. Until COVID-19 hit, the center was funded entirely by tourism; now, it receives government funding through the Department of Conservation.

According to van Zanten, around 80% of the penguins arriving at the center are underweight; commercial fishing has reduced the availability of their natural prey of small fish and squid, and fluctuating temperatures have changed where their prey live.

He explained, “They do like it to be a little bit cooler, and with our rising temperatures, they are getting stressed out a lot more and overheating.”

According to van Zanten, most birds stay at Penguin Place for around two weeks before being released into the reserve, noting that “the more they’re in the wild, the better for them.” Penguin Place, meanwhile, has an over 95% success rate, with the vast majority of birds released back into the wild.

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“The work we are doing is absolutely critical for these (penguins), and their survival here on the mainland,” he emphasized.

Meanwhile, at The Wildlife Hospital, staff treat hoiho that suffer injuries from mammals which hunt them and their chicks, as well as hoiho suffering from various diseases, including malaria, dermatitis, avian diphtheria, and more. Additionally, a new mysterious disease known as “red lung” has appeared, affecting hoiho chicks and causing respiratory problems.

Though the disease does not seem to be infectious, researchers are not yet certain what causes it – and those chicks which suffer from it cannot be saved.

But, according to Lisa Argilla, a senior wildlife vet and director of The Wildlife Hospital, “If we get them at a certain age, when they’re very young, we can actually prevent them from getting this disease.”

Argilla added that the chicks are taken from their nests shortly after they hatch and are then reunited with their parents in the wild when they’re 10-14 days old.

Turkey’s New Name: Türkiye

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu recently sent a letter to the United Nations (UN) formally requesting that his country be allowed to change its name to Türkiye. The name change is part of an attempt to disassociate from the bird with the same name and negative associations that stem from the word “turkey.”

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres’ spokesman Stephane Dujarric confirmed receipt of Cavusoglu’s letter and said that the name change was effective “from the moment” the letter was received.

In December 2021, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan began pressing for his country’s name to be changed to Türkiye, pronounced “tur-key-YAY,” as it is in Turkish and as the country named itself following its 1923 declaration of independence.

According to TRT World, Turks prefer that their country be called its original name, in keeping with “the country’s aims of determining how others should identify it.”

100 Days of Fighting

along with the disappearance of journalists and activists.

As of May 23, over 4,500 people have been arrested, though activists estimate that the real number may be much higher. They claim that the government is targeting ethnic Amhara.

ducted in a pretext of a ‘law enforcement operation.’ The government is using this operation to silence dissent, break the morale of the public and snatch the leaders away.”

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No one expected Ukraine to still be fighting Russia over 100 days after the February invasion, but as Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky said in April, “They didn’t know us.”

A recent report by the Associated Press about the war highlighted the initial advice given to the Ukrainian leader that Zelensky flee his country, as well as his nightly video speeches, rallying Ukrainian citizens to take heart and not give up the fight against the Russians.

The nightly social media broadcasts, which now number over 100, have called for mounting resistance and provided updates regarding the progress of the battles in various areas of the country.

In one address in April, Zelensky noted that the world “didn’t know how brave Ukrainians are, how much we value freedom.” In others, Zelensky tells of his efforts in the international arena, urging governments to help Ukraine militarily or enact stronger sanctions on Russia.

The speeches often begin with Zelensky addressing the “free people of a brave country” or the “invincible people of our great country.” They end with the words, “Glory to Ukraine.”

At one point in one of his addresses, Zelensky addressed a Russian audience, saying, “We do not need new dead people here. Take care of your children so they do not become villains, do not send them to the army. Do whatever you can to keep them alive. At home.”

Last Friday, in his 100th address marking the war’s 100th day, Zelensky asserted, “There are three words for which we have been fighting for 100 days after eight years: peace, victory, Ukraine.

Glory to Ukraine!”

Infighting in Ethiopia Ethiopia’s Amhara region, once an ally of the federal government, is now seeing government-led mass arrests,

The arrests are a sign that the federal government in Ethiopia is working to centralize its authority with dozens of ethnic groups; the Amhara are the country’s second-largest ethnic group and the source – along with the Tigrayans – of many of the country’s leaders and critics.

Yilkal Getnet, deputy chairman of the opposition party Hibir Ethiopia, said that the arrests are “a pre-emptive action to consolidate their power, which they think is slowly slipping out of their hands, especially in the Amhara region.

For me, these mass arrests are politically motivated.”

At the same time, the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission – created by the government itself – slammed the “unlawful detention” of at least 19 journalists, calling it a “new low.”

The Ethiopian government and Amhara officials, for their part, defended the arrests and said that they would continue.

Speaking to a press conference, regional spokesman Gizachew Muluneh said, “There were attempts to portray the government as weak and to cause public unrest and violence. This conspiracy has failed. Anarchism and illegal activities have no place here.”

According to the Ethiopian Government Communication Service, action is being taken against “groups that pit society against one another,” following requests by the public to ensure law and order.

The arrests are not limited to the Amhara region, but the protests against them are the loudest there. Meanwhile, three of the country’s largest opposition parties have called on the government to end the arrests.

In a joint statement, the Enat Party, All-Ethiopia Unity Party and Ethiopian Peoples’ Revolutionary Party said, “Journalists, activists, Fano militia members, academicians, political party members and retirees are being ab-

On May 26, a spokeswoman for India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) made a derogatory comment about Islam’s Prophet Mohammad on an Indian news channel. Nupur Sharma’s comments produced waves in the Arab world as Qatar, Kuwait and Iran summoned India’s ambassadors, and the Gulf Cooperation Council, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation issued statements of condemnation. At least 14 countries so far condemned her remarks.

Since the public outcry, India had scrambled to discipline those responsible for the derogatory remarks, suspending Sharma and expelling another official, Naveen Jindal, over comments he made about Islam on social media.

“India was taken aback by the response,” noted Kabir Taneja, a fellow with the Observer Research Foundation, a think tank in New Delhi. “Communal issues are not new in India and in previous cases, we have not had such a response [from Arab states].”

Sharma said on Twitter she had “said some things” in response to comments made about a Hindu god but it was “never my intention to hurt anyone’s religious feelings.”

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has walked a tightrope between keeping his Muslim international allies happy while pushing his party’s Hindu nationalist agenda at home.

Offending depictions of Islam’s prophet have in the past led to mass boycotts, diplomatic crises, riots and even terror attacks.

The controversy comes as Gulf states and India look to significantly enhance their economic partnership. India, the world’s third-biggest importer of oil, looks to the Middle East for 65% of its crude imports. On the other hand, the

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Asian nation sends millions of workers to the Gulf states who send home billions of dollars in remittances.

The UAE alone, where some 3.5 million Indians live, accounts for 33% of remittances to India, at more than $20 billion a year. The UAE has singled out India among seven other nations as its future economic partner. This year, India signed a free trade agreement with the UAE, its first in more than a decade, and has eyed the rest of the Gulf states for similar agreements.

There are more than 2.2 million Indians in Saudi Arabia, according to Indian officials.

Right to Self-Defense Against Iran Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett on Friday morning met with Internation-

al Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Dr. Rafael Grossi, who arrived in Israel on Thursday night and departed for Vienna later on Friday.

During their meeting, Bennett expressed Israel’s deep concern regarding Iran’s continued progress toward producing nuclear weapons while deceiving the international community by using false information and lies.

Bennett also emphasized the urgent need in mobilizing the international community to take action against Iran, using all means in order to prevent Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons.

He underlined Israel’s support for the IAEA to carry out its mandate visà-vis Iran in a professional and independent way and the importance of the IAEA Board of Governors delivering a clear and unequivocal message to Iran in its upcoming decision.

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Meanwhile, on Tuesday, Iran threatened to “raze” the cities of Tel Aviv and Haifa.

“For any mistake made by the enemy, we will raze Tel Aviv and Haifa to the ground by the order of the Supreme Leader,” the Islamic Republic’s ground forces commander, Kiumars Heydari, told the semi-official Iranian Tasnim news agency.

West Bank Law Torpedoed

In a critical blow to Prime Minister Naftali Bennett’s government on Monday, the coalition failed to pass a directive giving Israel legal jurisdiction over Israelis living in the West Bank. The bill had been passed every five years since 1967.

Opposition MKs applauded following the announcement of the results: 52 MKs voted for it; 58 voted against.

Failure of the bill has led to speculation that the government will soon fall, and Israel will head to a new election.

Ghaida Rinawie Zoabi (Meretz) and Mazen Ghanaim (Ra’am – United Arab List) voted against the bill, and other Ra’am MKs and former coalition head Idit Silman absented themselves from the vote. Without their support, it was impossible to pass the bill, which must be reapproved by the end of June.

Yamina MK Nir Orbach confronted Ghanaim and shouted at him that their partnership in the coalition had failed.

“Some you win, some you lose,” Justice Minister Gideon Sa’ar, who initiated the bill, told The Jerusalem Post following a meeting with Bennett. “Today, we’re on the other side.”

Sa’ar intends to convene a special meeting of his New Hope faction to decide their future in the coalition.

“All coalition members must support the government’s bill,” Sa’ar added. “Any coalition member who does not support such a fundamental bill is actively working to dismantle the coalition. Being in the coalition does not only mean receiv-

ing. There is also responsibility. Whoever does not support it cannot wash their hands, claiming innocence. A country cannot be run this way.”

Defense Minister Benny Gantz said he was looking for a non-legislative solution to the problem.

By opposing the bill, Sa’ar noted, opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu was harming the residents of Judea and Samaria and advancing his own personal interests at the expense of the state, he said.

Finance Minister Avigdor Liberman, chairman of Yisrael Beytenu, said no one should be surprised by Netanyahu preventing a bill from passing that would prevent West Bank chaos.

“He has harmed Judea and Samaria more than anyone else,” he said. “That is tradition with Netanyahu. That is part of his DNA.” Religious Zionist Party MK Bezalel Smotrich said he was not concerned about harming his constituents in Judea and Samaria by halting the bill. It is better to bring down the government, form a rightwing coalition and then pass it, he said.

“A coalition that cannot pass its bills and is artificially respirated by [Joint List MK] Ahmad Tibi and the Joint List is illegitimate and bound to fall,” Smotrich told his faction. “Residents of Judea and Samaria are strong and understand the importance of bringing down the anti-Zionist government.”

Female “Halachic Advisors” to be Paid Religious Affairs Deputy Minister Matan Kahana (Yamina) on Thursday announced that he will appoint twenty-one women as halachic advisers in communities across Israel in 2022.

Women have increasingly assumed active roles as certified experts of Jewish religious law throughout Israel in recent years, specifically in delicate areas traditionally associated with women such as “family purity.”

Deputy Minister Kahana’s move will see these female advisors officially recognized by the Religious Services Ministry for the first time and as such be eligible for state-funded salaries alongside communal pulpit rabbis, a statement from Kahana’s office said.

Kahana said, “Today it is clear to all that learned women are integral to Jewish communal life and halachic discourse.

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critical roles around Israel, and the time has come for the State of Israel to celebrate this reality.”

He added, “I am confident that this important step will only serve to bolster Jewish life and scholarship, and I encourage more communities to follow suit.”

In response to queries from Israel National News - Arutz Sheva, a spokesperson for Kahana explained that the halachic advisers in question are “yoatzot halacha” trained by Nishmat – The Jeanie Schottenstein Center for Advanced Torah Study for Women.

“Yoatzot Halacha programs are offered in a number of midrashot and seminaries, most notably at Nishmat – The Jeanie Schottenstein Center for Advanced Torah Study for Women. Their positions will be to give halachic advice to women in fields where they have received training, such as taharat hamishpacha, within the communities in which they have been appointed to serve. Much like communal rabbis in Israel, they will go through testing to assess their knowledge and expertise,” the spokesman said.

He further clarified, “Yoatzot function within communities around Israel, specifically around issues of family purity.

As of today, Deputy Minister Kahana is recognizing this reality, subsidizing their

activity, and encouraging other communities to join.”

Seeing Double

Nurses at Shaare Zedek Medical Center rubbed their eyes last week to make sure they were not mistaken: Identical twin sisters, both pregnant with their fourth babies, both with the same due date, gave birth at Shaare Zedek on the same day.

The identical twins, Yael Yishai (31), a programmer who lives in Gush Etzion; and Avital Segal, an accountant, also from Gush Etzion, both have three children – two girls and a boy.

According to Arutz Sheva, last Monday night, Yael, who was born a few minutes before her sister, arrived at Shaare Zedek after her waters broke. A few hours later, she gave birth. The next afternoon, Avital began feeling contractions, and ar-

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rived at the hospital, where she told the staff that a few hours earlier her identical twin had given birth.

Avital said, “The amazing nurses noticed the excitement and immediately asked for my sister’s name, so that they could put us in the same room in the maternity ward. After long hours in the delivery room, I gave birth to a healthy baby boy. The staff went above and beyond to make the process easier for me. After the birthing process was finished, they made sure to take me up to be next to my sister.”

Yael added, “Birth is a special and emotional event. I am very happy to share it with a good friend who is also a sister. It was fun being together in the room, with our new babies. In the past, we merited to give birth six weeks apart, for our third births, and this will be our second maternity leave together.”

Rina Dvir and Efrat Herling, head midwives at Shaare Zedek, shared, “In the delivery room, we, the midwives, are in an unending circle of creating life and family, and that is our motto. So when two sisters, identical twins, give birth, we rejoice in their double happiness.

“Most of the babies in the city are born here, and we feel ourselves part of one big family, in our roles here in the largest birthing center in Israel. The births went well, with healthy babies, and we wish them and their families a double congratulations and much health, contentment, and happiness.”

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Rabbi Zohar became religious in the late 1970s and later joined the charedi community, in a process which the Israeli public watched with a mix of shock, admiration, and sometimes horror as well. He later wrote a book chronicling this period of his life. Rabbi Zohar became active in the baal teshuva movement, as those who were not yet religious were able to relate to him and he was able to understand the struggles and challenges they were going through.

Around a year prior to becoming religious, Zohar won the Israel Prize but refused to accept it.

In 2021, Rabbi Zohar dedicated a Torah scroll – financed by real estate developer Alon Amram – to a synagogue in Zichron Yaakov, in memory of fellow artist Arik Einstein.

On Thursday morning last week, Rabbi Zohar suffered a heart attack and passed away.

Zohar’s son Ephraim eulogized his father at the levaya and described the “loving” relationship he had with G-d.

“Last night, you went to prepare for the prayer as you’ve done for the past 45 years. You were going to talk to G-d, and He gave you a great hug, a hug of two lovers… You didn’t shy away because you’re honest and loyal, as you’ve always been.

From the moment you met your love, He was the only thing you cared about.

“What do we have to cry about? You have finally found peace,” Ephraim said.

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Rabbi Zohar was born in 1935 in Tel Aviv to immigrants from Poland. After studying philosophy in Hebrew University, Rabbi Zohar began a wildly successful career in the performing arts, becoming famous as an actor, comedian, screenwriter and film director. He was known for his big personality and starred in many slapstick roles that poked fun at the Israeli culture and in Israel’s treatment of

Diamonds have proven an important economic and diplomatic link between Israel and India. According to a report by AFP, the diamond trade represents about $1.5 billion per year and about half of the trade between the two countries.

Israel’s Diamond Exchange is home to around 30 Indian companies, making India the foreign nation with the largest number of firms on the bourse.

The site quoted Israeli immigration lawyer Joshua Pex as saying that Indian diamond traders enjoy a “special status”

181 New Olim from Ethiopia

A total of 181 new immigrants from Ethiopia landed in Israel last week, as the Israeli government resumed immigration from the African country.

Some of the new immigrants had waited decades to be brought to Israel and reunited with family members.

A second flight scheduled to land later in the week will bring another 160 new immigrants, and other flights are scheduled for the coming months.

According to the Jewish Agency, it is expected that a total of 3,000 new immigrants from Ethiopia will land in Israel by November.

The flights are the second part of Operation Zur Israel, which was put on hold in March 2021 after an appeal against it was filed with Israel’s Supreme Court.

Almost all of the new immigrants will be reuniting with family members.

Israel’s Immigration and Absorption Minister Pnina Tamano-Shata (Blue and White), herself an Ethiopian native, joined the flight from Addis Ababa. Prior to its takeoff, she said, “When I look at these

children and their parents and I hear their stories, their struggle is my struggle – and it must be the struggle of all Israel. We just need to do the right thing.”

She added, “I have an agreement with [Finance Minister Avigdor] Liberman (Yisrael Beytenu), that we will bring all those with first-degree [relatives] – he will find the money, the budget. Once and for all we will end the saga and bring a solution.”

Avtamo Yosef, who heads the Jewish Agency’s department of Ethiopian immigration, noted, “In my eyes, the immigration is the easy part. The absorption is the complicated part.”

Should U.S. Withdraw from WHO, UN?

Rep. Mike Rogers (R-AL), the top Republican lawmaker on the House Armed Services Committee, has introduced a bill to withdraw the United States from the United Nations (UN) and World Health Organization (WHO). The bill was created in a response to human rights abuses in China.

According to Rogers, it is “unconscionable” for the U.S. to continue participating in the UN while China is also a member.

If the bill passes, it would seek to block funds from being disbursed to the UN or any associated agency, since coalition leaders have aided China in carrying out genocide.

Rogers said, “The Charter of the United Nations states the UN’s mission to ‘reaffirm faith in fundamental human rights, in the dignity and worth of the human person, in the equal rights of men and women and of nations large and small.’

“It’s clear the UN has abandoned the ideals set in its founding charter, and that’s why, among many other reasons, I’ve reintroduced legislation to withdraw

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“Since 2018, they can work and live in Israel indefinitely, and bring their families,” Pex said. “They must renew their visas every three years, compared to two for diamond traders from other countries.”

In addition to the diamond trade, Israel’s ties with India are deepening on issues surrounding defense.

Last week, Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz (Blue and White) visited India to mark the 30th anniversary of official diplomatic ties between the two countries. Meeting his Indian counterpart Rajnath Singh, Gantz said, “By working together, we may increase our capabilities and ensure the security and economic interests of both countries.”

The two also discussed combining Israeli technological and operational abilities with India’s development and production abilities.

It is also expected that a free trade agreement will be finalized later this year.

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An aide for Rogers noted, “We believe that the jarring and public capitulations to the CCP by the UN and the WHO in the past two years will bring a renewed interest in Rep. Rogers’s bill.”

Rogers initially introduced the bill in 2015, but it never made it to the House for a vote.

In December, Congress passed a bill prohibiting the importation of goods made in China’s Xinjiang region through forced labor.

NY Raises Age to Own Semiautomatic Rifles The New York legislature on Thursday evening passed a bill raising the age to acquire a semiautomatic rifle from 18 to 21. The bill passed the Senate 43-20 and

the Assembly 102-47; it also launches a licensing requirement. New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed the bill into law this week.

New York already required people to be over 21 in order to possess a handgun, and the law still allows those younger than 21 to possess other types of rifles and shotguns. The bill’s passage follows mass shootings in Buffalo and at a Texas school, both of which involved 18-yearolds wielding semiautomatic rifles.

Sen. Gustavo Rivera, a Bronx Democrat, noted that the bill “is meant to be a hassle to those folks who might want to get their hands quickly on something with which they could mass murder people.”

Another bill expected to pass in New York will require new guns to be equipped with microstamping technology, to ease investigations.

Analyzing the Tulsa Tragedy

A gunman who killed four people at a Tulsa, Oklahoma, medical center last week did so after blaming one of the physicians for causing him pain from a recent back surgery, a police chief in the city said.

Shooter Michael Louis, who, according to police, killed himself after shooting the people, had purchased his AR-15 legally, city Police Chief Wendell Franklin said during a news conference.

Louis then entered a physicians’ office building at Tulsa’s Saint Francis Hospital and shot his surgeon, Dr. Preston Phillips, and three others before killing himself, Franklin said.

He added that Louis had a letter on him which “made it clear that he came in with the intent to kill Dr. Phillips and anyone who got in his way. He blamed Dr. Phillips for the ongoing pain following the surgery.”

The other victims, Franklin explained, “stood in the way, and Louis gunned them down.”

Franklin added that Louis had undergone back surgery performed by Phillips and afterwards called Phillips’ office several times over several days, complaining of pain and requesting additional treatment. He saw Phillips for treatment on Tuesday and called the office again on Wednesday prior to the shooting. Later on Wednesday, he purchased an AR-15 from a gun store; on Sunday, he bought a .40-caliber pistol from a pawn shop.

An unspecified number of others were injured in the shooting.

According to authorities, the other three victims were identified as Dr. Stephanie Husen, receptionist Amanda Glenn, and patient William Love.

NY Targets Amazon Amazon is coming under scrutiny for workplace practices, and New York is

ahead of the pack in curtailing the business giant’s metrics. Last week, New York lawmakers passed a bill targeting the use of warehouse productivity quotas in the state.

Labor and safety advocates have long criticized the e-commerce giant’s use of productivity quotas that log how workers pack and stow packages. If workers are inactive for a set period of time, the company’s “time off task” tool can ding them for taking too many breaks, which critics have blamed for the company’s injury rates.

A report released in April by Strategic Organizing Center, a coalition of four labor unions, found Amazon employed 33% of all U.S. warehouse workers in 2021 but was responsible for 49% of all injuries in the industry. Amazon CEO Andy Jassy has pushed back on those findings but acknowledged in his shareholder letter that month the company’s warehouse injury rates “were a little higher than the average” and said they’d work to improve them.

The legislation, passed last Friday, would require the retail giant and other companies to provide workers with information on quotas they’re assigned, how those quotas are developed, and how such things could be used by the employer to discipline them. It would also prohibit employers from putting in place quotas that prevent workers from taking bathroom breaks or rest periods.

The legislation now heads to Gov. Kathy Hochul’s desk for her signature.

New York’s bill mimics a similar bill that was signed into law last year in California. State lawmakers in Washington and New Hampshire have also introduced similar bills.

Amazon workers in New York have nabbed headlines recently. Workers in Staten Island are attempting to get recognition by the company following their union victory in April. But Amazon has filed objections over the election with the National Labor Relations board, seeking to overturn the labor win and schedule a new election.

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New Yorkers Scared of Crime

According to the Daily News, more than 3 in 4 New Yorkers said they were concerned about becoming a victim of violent crime in a citywide survey released on Tuesday.

In the Spectrum News/Siena College poll, conducted by phone during the last two weeks of May, 70% of New York City residents said they felt less safe than they did before the 26-month-old pandemic, and 25% described little change in their sense of security.

Mayor Eric Adams, a former police captain who has made crime-fighting the central focus of his mayoralty, scored mixed reviews after five months on the job. Twenty-nine percent of New Yorkers said the mayor has done a good job as mayor, and 64% said he is doing a fair or poor job, according to the poll.

Seventy-four percent of New Yorkers polled said Adams’ administration is doing a fair or poor job fighting crime, though 53% said they approved of his style.

New York has seen year-to-date increases in a range of violent crimes — from already elevated pandemic levels — according to the latest data from the Police Department; reported burglaries are up 32%, reported robberies have climbed 39%, and reported hate crimes have ticked up 13%.

Still, shooting incidents are down 10% so far this year, according to the police figures, and murders have dropped 9%.

Adams has been targeting guns in his efforts to tamp down crime. He said this week that the city has taken 3,000 guns off the street during his administration.

“The charts are not lying,” the mayor said at a news conference, later adding: “We see a steady decline in shooting, so hopefully we start to get a handle on this.”

The majority of New Yorkers are concerned about being a victim of a violent crime. In the survey, 38% of New Yorkers said they were somewhat worried about being victimized by violent crime, while another 38% said they were very concerned.

In the poll, almost 70% of New Yorkers said they were anxious that a gunman might target people in their neighborhood

on the basis of their religion, racial identity or ethnicity. Just 9% said they were not concerned at all.

Governor Kathy Hochul fared slightly better than the mayor in the Siena poll: 35% of respondents said she was doing a good job, and 54% said she was doing a fair or poor job.

Hochul said this week that she understands the fears New Yorkers have about crime and that “there is more to do.”

“We’re not finished,” said Hochul.

“I’ll be able to continue to show New Yorkers the depth of my commitment to my number one job, which is protecting their safety.”

Underwater

Pete Dixon’s many boats are putting him underwater.

The former fisherman in the UK has collected more than 600 radio-controlled boats. They fill his house, and, according to the local council, are creating a fire hazard. The council recently told the 75-yearold that he needs to sell his toy vessels.

Dixon notes that his boats are expected to sell for £40,000 and £60,000 ($50,218- $75,327). He intends to use all that money to buy himself a real boat.

Pete said, “I was thinking about knocking a hole in the wall and renting next door to store them all, but I’ve decided to get rid of them all.

“It is sad in a way to see them go, but it has to happen sometime.”

Ironically, the company that will be selling Pete’s boats is Prestige, the auction house where he bought many of the vessels in his collection.

Pete had spent 40 years at sea before he started collecting.

“When I finished fishing, I bought a couple of boats, and I got the bug and started collecting them,” he explains.

“I was married for 19 years and when we split up, that’s when I started buying boats as a hobby and doing them up.

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“I wouldn’t like to guess how much money I’ve spent over the years, but it must be tens of thousands. It was more of less every penny I had.”

Pete’s three-bedroom home is awash with the mini boats.

Let’s hope that he’ll make enough money to keep himself afloat.

Pacific from Japan to San Francisco.

Sixty years later, he traveled the opposite route.

“I just crossed the finish line. I’m tired,” he wrote in his blog after reaching Japan in the early hours of Saturday. He had been struggling with a strong tide days before he reached terra firma.

His sailing boat, Suntory Mermaid III, was towed to his hometown port. Celebrations are sure to follow.

Going Solo Spelling Champ

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But Harini, of San Antonio, made off with the $50,000 prize money and the title of best speller in the nation.

Harini called the experience “surreal.”

This is her fourth bee; she previously competed in 2018, 2019 and 2021. She can’t compete next year, but Vikram – who is 12 – can. Asked whether he would return, Vikram answered affirmatively.

Other words in this year’s bee included spealbone (a shoulder blade), phreatophyte (a plant with a deep root system), and gaydiang (a type of ship).

This is un-bee-lievable.

Graduation Gift It took 69 days, but on Saturday, Kenichi Horie arrived at Kii Strait off of Japan’s western coast, completing his latest trans-Pacific voyage.

The 83-year-old adventurer had left San Francisco in March. His return made him the oldest person to complete the nonstop trip solo.

This is not the first milestone for the Japanese man. In 1962, Horie became the first person in the world to successfully complete a solo nonstop voyage across the

Harini Logan is the country’s best speller. She was crowned the Scripps National Spelling Bee champ last Thursday.

The eighth grader nabbed the title by spelling “moorhen” (a bird) correctly, along with 21 other words in the first-ever lightning 90-second speed round.

Logan faced off against Vikram Raju, who didn’t do too badly himself, as he came in second in the spelling tourna-

Perhaps these graduates thought they’d be getting balloons or maybe flowers, but they were not prepared for this surprise.

Officials at a Michigan state university

spoke at an eighth grade graduation last week and gave the graduates a gift they’ll remember forever: free tuition at university as long as they graduate high school with a 2.8 GPA. Forty members of the graduating class of Timberland Charter Academy were astonished with the generous gift. This is the first school the university teamed up with to offer this program.

Valedictorian Jemarion Brown, who won many awards at the ceremony, was not expecting such a big announcement.

His mother, Candace Cook, said the opportunity will help so many young lives.

“This is a great school for him, and I’m extremely happy that they choose Timberland to do this. It’s a blessing,” Brown said.

Barry Hall, the assistant director of charter through college at GVSU, was the keynote speaker and announced the surprise.

“Once they have sophomores and juniors and they have colleges talking to them, say how much it costs to go here, that whole process of getting in, they’re going to say, ‘Wow, I’ve already been accepted into a school already, and I know what this process is all about,’” Hall said.

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Our children met all the first grade rebbeim, morot and teachers, explored their new classrooms, and talked about what

was the same and different from their present kindergarten ones. They enjoyed a snack in the lunchroom, a story from Mr. Altabe about his first day experience in HALB as a five-year-old, and fun ac-

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MAY Graduation Awardees Yoni Schonbrun Valedictorian Yoni Schonbrun has many strengths; from his vast Torah knowledge, his ingenuity, his athleticism, his desire to know more and his resilience. His intelligence and creativity have emboldened him with a great intellectual skill set and his confidence allows him to do what needs to be done in any situation.

Yoni is a 4-year member of the Arista National Honor Society, having been the President this year as well, a member of both the Varsity Football and the Torah Bowl Teams, Editor of the Ateres Yaakov Star Student Newspaper, Editor of the Ateres HaShavua Torah Publication and received multiple academic awards throughout his high school career. Yoni also gives back with the little free time he has, volunteering for Tomchei Shabbos, Bikur Cholim at the Premier Rehab and tutoring younger students. With his impressive strengths, Yoni is sure to progress and become an incredible Ben Torah in the years to come.

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Yoni scored in the 99th percentile on the SAT, is graduating with an overall 98.33 GPA, and will be attending Yeshiva Toras Moshe next year.

Dovid Eckhaus Salutatorian With a smile that can instantly light up a room, Dovid is the epitome of a

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lev tov and simply enjoys making the people around him happy. He works incredibly hard in everything he does and is completely committed to anything he sets his mind to. Dovid is a 4-year member of the Arista National Honor Society, a senior Arista officer, a regular contributor to Ateres Hashavua and a weekly volunteer for My Extended Family. Maintaining his multitude commitments in learning, Dovid has a work ethic that is hard to match. It has been unbelievably inspiring to watch him grow into the Ben Torah he has become and he will, undoubtedly, continue to grow into a true talmud chacham.

Dovid is graduating with an overall 97.34 GPA and will be attending Yeshiva Toras Moshe next year.

Netanel Hematian Rav Yaakov Kaminetzky Middos & Character Awardee Netanel is a uniquely charismatic and charming person, making conversation with all who he meets and, in turn, making many friends well beyond his peers at MAY. He is a true Ben Torah who is kind, caring, compassionate and as well upbeat, energized and spiritual.

Netanel has a stamina for learning that is unmatched, sometimes sitting over a sefer for hours without moving way into the late hours of the night. His growth is inspiring, and he spreads his light to others, having been selected as a speaker at the recent v’Ha’arav Nah Siyum.

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Netanel will be attending Yeshiva Toras Chaim in Yerushalayim next year.

Shmuel Rosen Rav Pesach Oratz Hasmodah Awardee Shmuel Rosen is a prime example of a Ben Torah who travels on the Derech HaYashar v’HaTov and will let nothing stop him from continuing his growth Torah, Avodah and Yiras Shomayim. His ability to apply the mussar that his rabbeim give over is incredible.

In his quiet and humble way, Shmuel has grown exponentially over the last 4 years; finishing multiple Masechtos of Gemara, advancing his understanding of Iyun and Lumdos, and developing into a yeshiva bochur through and through. His razor-sharp focus gives him the edge to master shiur, combined with his selflessness, creates the prefect vehicle for him to explain a difficult concept to anyone who needs help. In addition, Shmuel has a talent for knowing when and how to give subtle mussar to his friends, pushing them to become the best they can be.

Shmuel will be continuing his learning next year in Yeshiva Kesser Torah (Rav Fishman’s) in Monsey.

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HAFTR Partners with Simon Wiesenthal Center to Bring WorldRenowned Courage to Remember Holocaust Exhibition to the Five Towns

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AFTR (Hebrew Academy of the Five Towns & Rockaway) announced last week its acquisition of the Simon Wiesenthal Center’s world-renowned Courage to Remember Holocaust exhibition to ensure meaningful and enhanced Holocaust education for all in the Five Towns.

The exhibit was on display during the school’s annual Names, Not Numbers© event last Thursday evening. The Names, Not Numbers program connects students in grades 8-12 with Holocaust survivors.

HAFTR traditionally collaborates with Lawrence Middle School on this project, and other Holocaust education initiatives.

In attendance was Danielle Aronovitz, representing Nassau County’s Public School District #15. This ongoing partnership ensures that the larger Five Towns community can share this new and incredible teaching tool.

This year’s Names, Not Numbers event takes on additional significance in the wake of both houses of the New York State legislature recently passing a critical Holocaust Education bill authored by Senator Anna M. Kaplan. The bill instructs the NYS Department of Education to report on school

districts across the state’s compliance with existing Holocaust education mandates. The bill further instructs school districts that are not in compliance to immediately develop plans for remediation.

In attendance were a host of public officials and their representatives including Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman, Town of Hempstead Councilwoman Melissa (Missy) Miller, Town of Lawrence Trustee Michael Fragin, Beth Mehlman representing U.S. Representative of New York’s Fourth Congressional District Kathleen Rice, and Sabereh Samet representing NYS Senator Anna M. Kaplan.

“We are proud to partner with The Simon Wiesenthal Center and thank them and Michael Cohen for their help in allowing us to acquire the Courage to Remember exhibit. We are so grateful for the presence of many of our local representatives. They not only enhance this event, but their presence speaks to what this event is about, not only never forgetting, and always remembering the tragedies of the Holocaust, but also the importance of Holocaust education, the importance of building partnerships and bridges, and strengthening

those partnerships. HAFTR is the only yeshiva day school that partners with two public schools every year for this program, Lawrence Middle School and Bell Academy in Queens. It is not only important and meaningful to us, but it speaks to what the Names, Not Numbers program is all about – building bridges and partnerships,” Joshua Gold, Principal, HAFTR Middle School, said.

“The Simon Wiesenthal Center is proud to continue its longstanding partnership with the HAFTR family. We look to continue ensuring that such forward thinking institutions have access to the tools necessary, such as the world-renowned Courage to Remember exhibition, and to ensure that children throughout our communities can substantively learn the lessons of the Nazi Holocaust. At a time when studies have shown that among New Yorkers 18-39, 58% cannot name a single concentration camp, 19% believe that the Jews caused the Holocaust, and 28% believe the Holocaust is a myth – these efforts and collaborations are more important than ever,” said Michael Cohen, Eastern Director, Simon Wiesenthal Center.

“I am so proud this pro-

gram (Names, Not Numbers) is taking place here in Nassau County. Holocaust education is extremely meaningful in Nassau County, where we have approximately 300,000 individuals that identify themselves as Jewish, and many of whom lost family members and loved ones during the Holocaust.

The Hebrew Academy of the Five Towns and Rockaway is doing such an excellent job of having the children involved, so that they are the legacy and can carry on the history. If we do not teach this, it could happen again. These children have formed a bond with the survivors they interviewed and have put a face and a name to these horrible tragedies. They are turning this into a human experience by telling the story of an individual, and what happened to them,” stated Nassau County

Executive Bruce Blakeman.

Senator Anna M. Kaplan said, “I’ve fought hard to ensure that every child in New York State learns the history of the Holocaust, because we know that a society that forgets its history is doomed to repeat it.

Earlier this year, I brought the ‘Courage to Remember’ Exhibit to Albany so that my colleagues in Government and members of the community could take it in and learn about this vital history, and I’m thrilled that it will now have a permanent home in Nassau County to serve as an important educational resource for our community. I’m grateful for the efforts of HAFTR and the Simon Wiesenthal Center to prioritize Holocaust education and bring history to life in this way, and I hope many of our local schools follow their example.”

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Shulamith Heads to Boston

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he eighth grade class of Shulamith went on an overnight trip to Boston last week where they combined historical sightseeing, amusement parks, and had the opportunity to meet and hear from the Bostoner Rebbe. The girls also participated in an act of chessed through the Rofeh organization by putting together packages for children in the hospital. This trip will surely be one that the class of ‘22 will remember for years to come.

Graduation Awards at Central

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eshiva University High School for Girls is proud to announce the names of the students from the Class of 2022 who have been named this year’s valedictorian and salutatorian. Each of these students has devoted many long hours to their academics and have dedicated their time to contribute to the school community. The valedictorian and salutatorian are chosen based on their alignment with our school mission, academic performance, course load, middot, school involvement, contribution to our community and citizenship.

Mazel tov to Aliza Beer, the valedictorian of Central’s Class of 2022. A National Merit Finalist, Aliza is an outstanding academic student who excels across both Judaic and general studies classes. Her involvement in school extends to outside of the classroom as well with her integral contributions to our Model Congress Team, Debate Team, Israel Advocacy Group, and School

Newspaper. Most importantly, Aliza’s achievements are accomplished with grace, a good nature, and a persistent smile. After studying at MMY next year in Israel, Aliza will join the Stern College for Women Honors Program. Kol hakavod to Aliza!

Mazal tov to Aviv Amar, the co-salutatorian of Central’s Class of 2022.

Her academic success is coupled with a determination to be there for others despite anything she has on her own plate. Aviv’s desire to be a valued and encouraging friend and teammate has made her an essential member of our Debate Team, Mock Trial Team, Model Congress Team, Rambam Bekiyot, and Ohr Mercaz. After studying at Migdal Oz in Israel for a year, Aviv will be attending to Stern College.

Mazal tov to Sarah Hamerman, the co-salutatorian of Central’s Class of 2022. Sarah is not only an intelligent and an outstanding student but a dedicated young woman whose de-

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termination and persistence have contributed to her continued success. Her interest in both history and the law is evident in her class choices and her commitment to the Debate, Model UN and Model Congress teams. As the head of Model Congress in her Junior year, Sarah exceeded expectations as a mentor to others. She validated and reassured the underclassmen that they had something important to share and encouraged them to practice speaking, even if it was only for two minutes at a time. Sarah will be studying at Midreshet Lindenbaum next year in Israel and will then attending Columbia University.

The Keter Shem Tov Award is voted on by the senior class and faculty and is an award based on middot and character. Mazal tov to Lilly Baradarian, the Central Class of 2022’s recipient of the Keter Shem Tov award.

The senior class has also been recognized for their contributions in other

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ways. Mazal tov to Tamar Weiss who has been awarded the “Triple C Award” (Courage, Commitment, Character) from New York State Attorney General Letitia James.

Mazal tov to Talia Feldman and Julie Horowitz who have been awarded the YU Book Award by Yeshiva University.

Mazal tov to Kayla Brand and Hannah Goykadosh who have earned the State Comptroller Student Achievement Award.

Mazal tov to Eliana Brand who has been awarded Central Service Award in recognition of her dedication to our school.

Please join us in congratulating our students for their hard work at Yeshiva University High School for Girls. The Class of 2022 is an enormously talented one and we are just so proud of them all. We wish them both the best of luck now and in their future endeavors.

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Yom Yerushalayim at HAFTR

“Turn Saturday Night into Motzai Shabbos” Celebrates Two Years

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hazaq recently celebrated the 2-year anniversary of their weekly “Turn Saturday night into Motzai Shabbos” lecture series with Rabbi Dovid Goldwasser and Dr. David Lieberman. The series started right at the peak of the Covid pandemic.

With the country quarantined and staying at home, live in-person events became an impossibility. So, Chazaq started a weekly shiur online with Rav Dovid Goldwasser and Dr. David Lieberman giving mental and emotional strength to people. Rabbi Goldwasser teaches life lessons that are gleaned from Pirkei Avos (Ethics of the Fathers). Best-selling author Dr. Lieberman uses his years of expertise in the psychology field to help people AFTR kindergartners celebrated Yom Yerusha- transform their relationships. The lectures also include layim by building the walls of the Old City of a Q & A where viewers can have their personal questions addressed by Dr. Lieberman on the show anonymously.

Yerushalayim.

Mr. Yehuda Kaminetsky, representative from County Executive Bruce Blakeman’s office, presented Mrs. Joyce Yarmak with a plaque, recognizing her for many decades in Jewish Education at Shulamith School for Girls. Mazal tov to Mrs. Yarmak on her most deserved honor at the Shulamith Dinner.

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Using Lego and blocks, our young architects built the walls of the Old City on their maps. Each group built a Kotel and decorated their gates to resemble what they actually look like.

Upon completion, each group sang and danced around their structure before exiting under the large Jerusalem flag.

Mrs. Edinger’s third grade students at Yeshiva Darchei Torah with pictures of turtles in honor of National Reef Day

Rav Milstein’s fourth graders at Yeshiva Darchei Torah studied Parashas Terumah with the help of a model of the Mishkan

Shulamith ECC learned about flowers in honor of Shavuot

Students in Deena Schwartz’s 2nd grade CAHAL class at BBY celebrated receiving their first Chumashim

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DRS Victories at CIJE Day

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n May 23, three DRS teams of seniors won the following awards at the Center for Initiatives in Jewish Education (CIJE) Innovation Day! Jacob Hoshander and Jacob Farkas invented the “Retracto-Wheel,” earning 2nd Place in the Category for “Engineering for Children.” Tani Englander and Tani Leitner invented the “Tinter,” winning 2nd Place in the Category for “Engineering for School.” And Judah Leifer and Aryeh Klier invented the “NightSight,” earning 3rd place for the Category for “Engineering for Transportation.”

These projects represent their year-long journey through CIJE’s project-based curriculum. Taught by Dr. Waldbaum, the students learned through

hands-on experience. This celebration of innovation at the American Dream Mall gave DRS’s engineering students the chance to pitch their projects alongside 1,000 fellow high school students from 42 schools around the country.

“The year of learning, trial and fail-

ure, and experimentation and innovation with a team is a very real-life skill that benefits our students no matter their future profession,” says Amy Amiel, Senior Vice President of CIJE. CIJE is a nonprofit organization that works with more than 170 Jewish schools year-round to

enrich the quality of science, technology, engineering, art, and math (STEAM) education. Each year, CIJE impacts more than 45,000 students across the Jewish denominational spectrum. To learn more, visit thecije.org/innovationday.

Pathway to Pharmacy Touro Schools Offer Direct Pathway to Pharmacy Career with Pre-Pharmacy Tracks for Undergraduates, Saving Time and Money

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direct pathway for undergraduates to pharmacy school has been created by Touro University with the signing of two new linkage agreements between Touro College of Pharmacy (TCOP) and Touro University’s Lander College for Men (LCM) and Lander College for Women – the Anna Ruth and Mark Hasten School (LCW).

The schools have created pre-pharmacy tracks that will allow undergraduate students to become professional pharmacists by earning both bachelor’s and Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) de-

grees in seven years, rather than the eight years usually needed to complete both.

“We are proud to partner with Touro University’s Lander College for Men and Lander College for Women, whose high-quality, professionally-oriented degree programs and hands-on training are a perfect match for TCOP’s mission to develop the next generation of pharmacists committed to promoting wellness, especially in underserved communities,” said TCOP Dean Dr. Henry Cohen. “For students, this is a unique opportunity to

get started in a respected and rewarding career in less time, and for less money, than if they had pursued both degrees separately.”

Said Dr. Moshe Sokol, dean and professor at LCM, “Professional pharmacists make a very important contribution to the health and well-being of so many.

We are delighted to partner with Touro’s excellent College of Pharmacy to make it easier and more efficient for our students to join their ranks.”

“A career in pharmacy offers students a wide range of professional opportunities,” said Dr. Marian Stoltz-Loike, dean at LCW and chief online education officer and vice president at Touro University.

“We are pleased to partner with Touro’s College of Pharmacy, with its focus on academic excellence, superior patient care and student success, to offer this outstanding career pathway for our students.”

Under the agreements, LCM and LCW students can apply to TCOP after completing pre-requisites in science, math, humanities, social sciences, and English and economics, including for LCW a minimum of 60 credits in residence.

Also required are academic achievement, favorable recommendations, a personal interview at TCOP, and submission of a formal application to TCOP through the Pharmacy College Application Service. Interested students can apply from now through July 5, 2022.

Under the articulation agreements, LCM and LCW agree to provide counseling, advising and resources to students interested in pursuing this pathway to TCOP. Students admitted to TCOP must satisfactorily complete their first year of pharmacy school to obtain their bachelor’s degrees from LCM and LCW. With the partnerships, LCM and LCW join Touro’s Lander College of Arts & Sciences – Flatbush and New York School of Career and Applied Studies, which already have such agreements in place.

TCOP has also signed similar linkage agreements with Touro College Los Angeles, Ramapo College, Caldwell University, Felician University, Marymount Manhattan College, Mount Saint Mary College, and CUNY’s Brooklyn College, Lehman College, and Medgar Evers College.

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Rav Daniel Glatstein inspired Rav Yossi Sauber’s third grade talmidim at Yeshiva Darchei Torah in honor of their siyum

Honors at MTA

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TA is proud to introduce the Valedictorian, Salutatorian, and student speakers who will be presenting at this year’s 104th Annual Commencement.

Mordechai Fox, Valedictorian Mordechai Fox of Teaneck, NJ, is this year’s MTA Senior Class Valedictorian.

Mordechai thoroughly enjoyed his time at MTA, where he explored his academic interests and participated in multiple extracurricular activities. This past year, Mordechai served as president of the Debate Team and the Arista Honors Society. He also competed on the mock trial, college bowl, and chess teams. Additionally, he wrote and edited for the Academy News and contributed to the Shema Koleinu Torah publication. As a Cub2Lion mentor, Mordechai helped the next generation of MTA talmidim transition into the high school setting. He also served as a Gift of Life Student Ambassador, helping organize a bone marrow registry drive. Mordechai was selected as a National Merit Scholarship Finalist, received the Yeshiva University Torah U’Madda book award, and was named an AP Scholar with Distinction. He cherishes his relationships with his rebbeim, teachers, and friends, who have had a tremendous impact on his growth, and will miss his time at MTA dearly.

Mordechai is excited to study at Yeshivat Kerem B’Yavneh in Eretz Yisrael next year, followed by the Jay and Jeanie Schottenstein Honors Program at Yeshiva University.

Mordechai Fox

Emmett Weisz

Emmett Weisz Salutatorian Emmett Weisz of Teaneck, NJ, is the salutatorian of MTA’s class of 2022. He has enjoyed his high school experience and gained immensely from it, personally and academically. While at MTA, Emmett took courses and conducted research in math at Yeshiva University. He served as the software captain of MTA’s robotics team for two years and as the research coordinator of the debate team for one year. In addition, he was part of Yeshiva Fellowship and Arista’s Blood Drive Committee, and he participated in other extracurricular activities such as the math team, Go club, and tennis team. Emmett is grateful to everyone who made his high school experience possible, and he looks forward to keeping in touch with the friends he made at MTA. He is excited to attend the Hevruta gap year program at the Hartman Institute next year, followed by Princeton University.

Yaakov Weinstock

Yaakov Weinstock, Mesayim Yaakov Weinstock of Hollywood, Florida, will make the Siyum on Maseches Bava Basra at this year’s Commencement on behalf of all of the seniors who completed it. Yaakov has enjoyed and gained from the many opportunities afforded to him

by MTA. He served as Editor-In-Chief of Pirchei Yitzchak, wrote and edited articles for Shema Koleinu, and enjoyed being a Cub2Lion mentor for freshmen. Yaakov was named an AP Scholar with Distinction and was a member of the Arista National Honors Society. Yaakov led a chabura for fellow seniors in the Yeshiva Fellowship and placed second in the Bronka Weintraub bekiyut program. Yaakov is grateful to his rebbeim and friends who helped him over the course of the last four years and who made his high school experience truly incredible and will miss MTA immensely.

Yaakov is excited to study at Yeshivat Sha’alavim in Eretz Yisrael next year, followed by the Jay and Jeanie Schottenstein Honors Program at Yeshiva University.

Raffi Weil

Raffi Weil Class Speaker Raffi Weil of Teaneck, NJ, will be the class speaker for the MTA class of 2022. During his time at MTA, Raffi was a member of the Honors College and Yeshiva Fellowship programs and served as a Cub2Lion Senior Mentor. Raffi participated in numerous programs and clubs, and serves as captain of Model UN, Tennis, and has been a four-year representative on MTA’s student government. Additionally, Raffi received the Yeshiva University Torah U’Madda Award. During his experience at MTA, Raffi has grown in both Judaic and secular studies. Raffi has created many close relationships with friends, rebbeim, and faculty at MTA and is truly grateful for their role in his development. Raffi will be attending Yeshivat Sha’alavim in the fall in Eretz Yisroel.

After Yeshiva, Raffi will attend the Business Honors and Entrepreneurial Leadership Program at Sy Syms School of Business at Yeshiva University.

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A Sofer Visits YOSS ECC

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ast week, Rabbi Betzalel Kotkovsky, a sofer from Philadelphia, showed the boys at YOSS ECC how a Sefer Torah is made. He showed them

real cow hide and actual split hooves, as well as how mezuzahs and tefillin are made. He even demonstrated how to wear tefillin. He also taught them how

the kosher ink that we use to write the Torah is made from a special nut.

Afterwards, the sofer showed each boy how his own name is written, in the

way the words are written in the Torah.

The boys joined him in writing the last letter.

Touro University Graduate School of Social Work Launches New Hybrid Program

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ouro University Graduate School of Social Work is offering a hybrid program that brings live synchronous learning to students via Zoom and requires attendance on-campus only four times per semester, beginning this fall.

Future mental health professionals now have the option of studying for their Masters in Social Work while working full or part time or attending to family responsibilities.

The new hybrid program is one of numerous flexible options Touro offers including daytime, evening, weekend, remote instruction, coed and single gender classes.

“We understand that social

work students have many other commitments, such as work and family, and want to be sure they get the highest quality education in a format that fits their lifestyle. We are committed to delivering top academics and real-world training in the most user-friendly way, and to that end, we offer more than 10 different cohorts that meet the varying needs of our students,” said Dr. Nancy Gallina, Touro University School of Social Work Dean.

Expert Faculty Touro University Graduate School of Social Work offers students the opportunity to study with faculty who are leading experts in the areas of trauma,

substance abuse, arts intervention, acceptance and commitment therapy, internal family systems theory. Graduates are prepared for careers in mental health clinics, social service agencies, private practice.

Professor Tzvi Pirutinsky, who studied at Beth Medrash Govoha and earned his Ph.D. in clinical psychology from Columbia University, is a practicing psychologist and expert in evaluations, couples’ therapy, personality disorders, compulsive behaviors and emotional disorders. Dr. Pirutinsky has widely published his research on the intersections between spirituality, religion, culture, mental health, and well-being,

Professor Tzvi Pirutinsky

Professor Alan Singer

particularly within the Orthodox Jewish community.

Professor Alan Singer, who studied at Yeshivas Rabbenu Yitzchak Elchanan and earned his PhD in clinical psychology at Rutgers University, is a noted marriage and family therapist and parenting expert. He is a recovery specialist and published

author on a variety of mental health topics.

To learn more about Touro’s many unique offerings including course options, scholarships, fellowships and licensure support, sign up for an upcoming open house at www.gssw. touro.edu/openhouse

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eshivat Shalshelet is set to open its doors this September, adding a much-needed option to the NY/NJ yeshiva day school landscape. Shalshelet is the first yeshiva day school for children with language-based learning differences, where learning differently is celebrated and personal strengths are cultivated, so students can reach their full potential.

Every child has innate talents to be nurtured, but not every child can thrive in a typical classroom. “For children with language-based learning differences, the way their brains learn and process information is different, so the way they need to be taught is highly specialized,” explains Shulamit Roth, Shalshelet’s head of school.

While there are several schools specifically for children with language-based learning difficulties, such as dyslexia, never before has there been a yeshiva day school expressly for these children.

Parents of children with these learning challenges have made the difficult choice between yeshiva day school and the right educational fit for their child. Until now.

“The incredible thing is that there are research- and evidence-based models that have proven effective in helping these kids reach their full potential.

Using language-supportive strategies across a dual curriculum in a yeshiva day school setting provides these students the opportunity to celebrate their gifts while strengthening their vulnerabilities,” Shulamit Roth adds.

Rabbi Yaacov Neuburger, Yeshiva University’s rosh yeshiva and Shalshelet’s posek, seconds this need. “Our present yeshiva day schools do a remarkable job in making special education accommodations to help our students. Nevertheless, we’ve identified learning patterns in certain children, and we can serve them so much better with a program that caters to them, which is especially important in our heavily text-based culture.”

Batya Paul, executive vice president of Shalshelet’s board of directors, knows this first-hand. Her daughter, Sophia, was diagnosed in second grade with a language-based learning disability. Their yeshiva day school did so much to support her, adding small group and one-onone instruction outside of the classroom, however, by fourth grade Sophia felt isolated from her classmates and still felt poorly about herself as a learner.

The Pauls made the difficult decision to send Sophia to a new school specifically for children with her learning profile. In her specialized learning environment, “her academic work grew by leaps and bounds. Her attitude shifted from ‘I can’t’ to ‘I can,’” Batya Paul recalls.

Sophia successfully transitioned to a mainstream yeshiva high school where she is a straight A student, but it was not always easy. “The idea of having a specialized yeshiva day school means that these kids will have an understanding of Chumash and Nach and Mishnah and pre-Gemara through Shalshelet’s dual special education curriculum,” Batya notes. “They’ll know that just because you think and learn differently, you’re the same as everyone else when you’re davening, at your bar or bat mitzvah, or during holidays. They’ll feel proud of being Jewish and accepting of what Hashem has given them. They’ll know they have the tools to be successful, even though their road might look a little different.”

Dr. Yocheved Bensinger Brody, secretary of Shalshelet’s board of directors, echoes these sentiments. According to the International Dyslexia Association, approximately 20% of the population struggles with some form of dyslexia.

“There are many children within the larger religious community who are desperately underserved. I’m so excited for all of the children who are going to get the support they need and recognize everything within them. It’s life altering.

When a child’s life changes, a whole family changes.”

News about Shalshelet’s opening has rippled. “We’ve gotten unbelievable feedback,” says Dov Adler, president of Shalshelet’s board of directors. “People stop me in the street to tell me how much Shalshelet is needed.”

“We have a culture of identifying and helping needs,” he continues. “If someone is hungry, we have organizations within the community to feed them. If someone loses their job, the community helps them. It should be no different for us to rally around children who think and learn differently, and give them the tools to thrive in a yeshiva setting. It’s a communal responsibility to create this space so everyone can have their needs met.”

Miriam and Dan Michael’s children have already graduated from the yeshiva school system. Their children don’t have

language-based learning disabilities, yet they supported Shalshelet from the start.

“We see this as vital as having a shul and a mikvah and a butcher. We have to educate and support all of our kids and that’s why we’re involved. We love that Shalshelet is working with the other day schools. It’s not a competition, it’s an enhancement to our educational landscape. We encourage anyone who has the ability to help the school in any way, whether or not they have a connection to someone with language-based learning differences.”

Rabbi Andrew Markowitz, rabbi of Congregation Shomrei Torah in Fair Lawn, NJ and a Shalshelet board member, agrees that the school is vital. “Reading and language is your gateway into the Jewish community. Without that foundation it’s difficult to navigate—for a boy to lain for his bar mitzvah, for a girl to daven and really connect. I’ve seen a great need to establish a yeshiva day school that addresses these learning differences. Because these kids will become community leaders and be involved in our future. It’s

(Courtesy of Yeshivat Shalshelet) a communal responsibility to ensure a place for students with these challenges.”

Shalshelet’s team is growing as its opening in Paramus, NJ approaches. “In addition to the educational model, you need to have people who have warmth and passion, and I know Shulamit does,” remarks Dr. Brody. “These qualities are a priority in the administration, faculty, and support staff.” Each individual is invested in educating the students’ minds and souls, which reflects Shalshelet’s core values.

Rabbi Markowitz adds, “Shulamit has so much wisdom and vision for helping children with these challenges— Shalshelet is going to change so many lives.”

For more information about Yeshivat Shalshelet, please visit yeshivatshalshelet.org or contact Shulamit Roth at shulamit.roth@yeshivatshalshelet. org. Limited spots are available for the 2022-2023 school year.

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Dedication of Rosh Kollel’s Office

Beis Medrash Vestibule Entrance

MR. & MRS. ALON & CHANIE GOLDBERGER Sha’ar of New Beis Medrash

MR. & MRS. NACHMAN & ESTHER GOODMAN Entrance of Beis Medrash Building

MR. & MRS. CHAIM SHOLOM & RIVKY LEIBOWITZ Associate Dean’s Office

MR. & MRS. SHMULI & MIRIAM MENDEL Sha’ar of New Beis Medrash ‫לע”נ משה אריה בן שמואל יצחק‬ ‫הלוי פריעדמן ז”ל‬

‫ לע”נ‬The children, bochurim, and all 45 neshamos of the Miron tragedy, Lag Baomer 5781 ‫לע”נ הרה”ג ר‘ דוד בן הרב אברהם בנדר זצ”ל‬ ‫והרבנית בתיה חיה בת הרב יעקב הלוי ז”ל‬ ‫לע”נ זעליג בן מרדכי ע”ה‬ ‫לע”נ משה אלעזר בן נטע שלום ע”ה‬ ‫לע”נ דוד בן משה ע”ה‬ ‫הר‘ משה נתן בן יחזקאל ע”ה‬ ‫וישראל בן אברהם ע”ה‬

MR. & MRS. URI & DEVORAH DREIFUS Ner Tamid

MR. & MRS. NACHUM & HENNY FUTERSAK

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MR. & MRS. MOTTY & HADASSA JACOBOWITZ Promenade Vestibule

MR. & MRS. URI & ESTHER KAUFMAN

MR. & MRS. MENASH & MIMI ORATZ Basketball Court in Elementary School Gym

MR. & MRS. SHIA & ELANA OSTREICHER Beis Medrash Building Vestibule

‫לע”נ ר‘ ישראל‬ ‫בן ר‘ בנימין הכהן ע”ה‬

Mr. & Mrs. Simcha & Shani Applegrad Mr. & Mrs. Barry & Paula Bokow Mr. & Mrs. Berel & Sherry Daskal Mr. & Mrs. Binyomin & Leah Einhorn Mr. & Mrs. Naftoli & Chani Einhorn Mr. & Mrs. Michael & Mimi Fragin Mr. & Mrs. Evan & Chaya Sara Genack Rabbi & Rebbetzen Chaim Aryeh Zev & Avigail Ginzberg Mr. & Mrs. Samuel & Beverly Goldberger Mr. & Mrs. Tzali & Chana Shira Gutman Mr. & Mrs. Ari & Aliza Haas Mr. & Mrs. Moshie & Naomi Horn Mr. & Mrs. Shlomo & Kayla Horowitz Mr. & Mrs. Menachem & Elisheva Jacobowitz

Plumbing Training Center Dedicated ‫לע”נ אברהם שלמה בן יחיאל מיכל הכהן ז”ל‬ ‫לע”נ הר‘ אברהם בן הר‘ חיים מנחם בן ציון זצ”ל‬ ALL BORO CONSTRUCTION

Mr. & Mrs. Mordechai & Shana Jacobs Mr. & Mrs. Jeff & Tamar Landy Mr. & Mrs. Yosef & Vivi Moskowitz Mr. & Mrs. Yitzy & Rivky Orbach Mr. & Mrs. Ephram & Ilana Ostreicher Mr. & Mrs. Mutty & Bracha Ribowsky Mr. & Mrs. David & Sima Rosenfeld Mr. & Mrs. Dovid & Chani Roll Dr. & Mrs. Zvi & Dina Schreiber Mr. & Mrs. David & Debbie Seltzer Mr. & Mrs. Andrew & Stephani Serotta Mr. & Mrs. Marvin & Judy Sigler Mr. & Mrs. Morris & Devora Smith Mr. & Mrs. Yehuda & Mindy Zachter

Yeshiva Darchei Torah’s new capital project will encompass a Mesivta Beis Medrash and its first-ever Residence Hall. The Beis Medrash building will be comprised of 34,200 total square feet on 4 Stories and will serve 500 talmidim in grades 8-11. It will contain 15 Classrooms. The 43,000 square foot Residence Hall will contain 68 dormitory rooms serving 271 talmidim.

Get in on the ground floor of this monumental project.

To choose from a wide selection of sponsorships at all levels, please contact: Rabbi Zev Bald 718.868.2300 ext. 232 zbald@darchei.org Rabbi Baruch Rothman 718.868.2300 ext. 406 brothman@darchei.org

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HAFTR Honors Volunteers

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ebrew Academy of the Five Towns and Rockaway (HAFTR) proudly celebrated its accomplishments of over forty years of academic excellence in Judaic and general studies at its 44th Annual Dinner. The dinner honored HAFTR leaders who embody the school’s philosophy of Torah Umadda and have given unlimited efforts to better the school: Guests of Honor Tamar and Robert Scharf, Faculty Member of the Year Hakarat Hatov Awardee Joey Hoenig, and PTA Volunteer of the year Malka Pearl. The event was led by a dedicated dinner committee, chaired by Lauren Weinrib and Alyssa Schechter.

The funds raised with dinner contributions will help build HAFTR Hall – a modern one-of-a-kind auditorium and e-sports arena at HAFTR High School.

It will be an exceptional asset to HAFTR High School, serving students as a teaching tool, offering expanded curriculum possibilities and course offerings, and providing an unprecedented resource to the community beyond the school. HAFTR Hall will feature state-of-the-art technology complementing a best-practice acoustical and audiovisual environment.

Whether set up for multiplayer video game competitions, innovative tech lab demonstrations, theatrical productions, live lectures, seminars, or daily minyan, the flexible and multipurpose design provides HAFTR with an essential resource for a forward thinking 21st century school.

Guests of Honor Tamar and Robert Scharf The expression “the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree” has never been

Executive Director Ari Solomon, Joey Hoenig, and President Neil Wiener

more apropos than when it comes to Tamar and Robert Scharf. The Scharf family has been involved with HAFTR since the 1980’s. Whether it was Melodie serving as the PTA president, or Marty lending a hand in helping our school, the Scharfs have always been there for HAFTR. They have shown their commitment to HAFTR time and time again.

Tamar has gone far and beyond for our school. She has been PTA president for the last three years. She has served on many committees throughout her years as a parent of the school and has taken an active role with the HAFTR welcoming committee, bake sale, model seder, picture days, PTA dinner and boutiques, Rosh Chodesh treats, and the Shabbat Project committees to name a few.

Robbie’s dedication to the school goes beyond notice. He has been a very active board member for many years.

He has been an instrumental member of HAFTR’s Executive Board and Board of Trustees, as well as serving as Financial

Executive Director Ari Solomon, Robert and Tamar Scharf, and President Neil Wiener

Secretary of the Finance Committee.

Both Robbie and Tamar spend countless hours volunteering for our school in one capacity or another. Their generosity and commitment to HAFTR are extraordinary. HAFTR is blessed to have the next generation of Scharfs taking leadership roles in our school and we look forward to many more.

Faculty Member of the Year Hakarat Hatov Awardee Joey Hoenig Joey Hoenig has been an integral part of HAFTR since 1988 when he began his coaching career. Coach Joey has successfully coached many teams to championship seasons with HAFTR and has led more than a handful of teams to undefeated seasons.

Coach Joey ascended the rankings and assumed the position of HAFTR’s Athletic Director in 2007. Under his leadership, our athletic department grew just as fast as the banners we had to make to celebrate all of our teams’ successes. Under Coach Joey’s leadership, HAFTR’s athletic department has now grown to over 25 sports teams.

In the summer of 2020, Coach Joey took his leadership qualities to the next level, and accepted the position of HAFTR COVID Safety Coordinator. Joey has spent countless months, both days and nights, planning and working with our administrators, nurses, and medical advisory team to make sure HAFTR remains safe and ready for our students and staff to learn. He has built relationships with the Nassau County and NYS Departments of Health in order to better guide the school. Through his leadership, HAFTR has been able to navigate

Dinner Chair Lauren Weinrib and Malka Pearl

the last year and keep our doors open.

Although he has resumed his coaching at HAFTR this year, he has still maintained his role as our COVID advisor.

The leadership skills Joey has demonstrated over the last two years at HAFTR have been an essential part of our school. HAFTR is grateful to have Joey Hoenig as a valued member of our staff, and we are extremely lucky to have him.

PTA Volunteer of the Year Malka Pearl Malka Pearl is a HAFTR parent to two incredible children, Brianna and Abie, in our Lower School. From the moment she joined the HAFTR family, she has taken every opportunity, and dedicated countless days and many sleepless nights bringing her creativity, enthusiasm, and passion to the PTA experience. Her infectious energy and attitude of always going the extra mile, inspires us all to get more involved.

Malka encompasses the ability to do it all while making it look effortless. This honor could not have been given to anyone more deserving. We are grateful to have this opportunity to recognize her PTA accomplishments.

On behalf of the entire Board, administration, faculty, and staff of HAFTR, we extend warmest congratulations to all the honorees on this recognition of their extraordinary contributions to HAFTR and our community at large.

You are an inspiration to your family, friends, and Klal Yisrael.

Mazal tov!

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Inter-Yeshiva Public Speaking Competition

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he Inter-Yeshiva public speaking competition is now in its fourth year. It is the brainchild and is organized by Rabbi Y Y Rubinstein, who teaches public speaking in several yeshivas in New York.

The teams of bochurim have to prepare and deliver a speech in three and a half minutes. There are three types of audience they have to be able to address: a Frum, a mixed Frum and nonFrum, and a non-Frum audience. Marks are awarded for appropriateness of the speech for each audience as well as content and clarity of delivery.

With the removal of Covid restrictions, teams have been able to meet face to face this year for only the second time since the competition began. This year’s finalists were from Yeshivas Novominsk and Yeshiva of Far Rockaway, who have

Pictured here are the finalists in this year’s Inter-Yeshiva public speaking competition.

From left to right: the four winners from Yeshivas Novominsk, Rabbi YY Rubinstein, Rabbi Y Schwebel, competition judges Rabbi Mordechai Becher and Rabbi Chaim Gitelis, and the runners-up from Yeshiva of Far Rockaway.

won the competition twice before.

As interest in participation has increased and enthusiasm grown, Rabbi Rubinstein was this year also able to

launch the first ever Inter-Bais Yaakov Speaking competition which saw teams of girls from Hadar Beit Yakov of Queens compete against Bais Yakov

Vien of Boro Park.

The winning teams for 2022 were Yeshivas Novominsk (boys) and Bais Yakov Vien (girls).

YCQ Wins First Place School at Debate Championship

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n Monday, May 23, the YCQ Debate Team competed in the 2022 Middle School Yeshiva Debate Society Championship, held at Joseph Kushner Hebrew Academy in Livingston, N.J., and won First Place School for the 2021-2022 school year.

“A genuine team effort, this tremendous honor was achieved by our incredibly dedicated, uniquely talented, and obviously persuasive YCQ students. All year, judges of the multiple tournaments, in which we won several trophies, have gone out of their way to comment on how our team consistently is ‘spot on in the art of persuasion,’ and how they have been ‘easily convinced by your team’s logic and reasoning skills,’” noted Mr. Miles Ehrenkranz, Coach of the YCQ JHS Debate Team. “I consider this championship a reflection upon the academic prowess of YCQ, as one cannot gain all the skills necessary to achieve this goal in

a single year. It takes years of quality education and extreme dedication to win this championship. I am so incredibly proud of our students in accomplishing this tremendous feat.”

The YCQ Debate Team participated in the Middle School Yeshiva Debate Society against many other schools in 2021 and 2022. Students wrote speeches on a multitude of topics, such as children and electronic use and taxes on chips, soda, and fast food.

During the Championship, the topic was “Armed Security in Private and Public Schools.” Both sides made commendable arguments. YCQ scored the most team points when added up from all three tournaments and congratulates all the other schools on their achievements throughout the year. Other schools that participate in the Middle School Yeshiva Debate Society include YCQ, HALB, Flatbush, Yavneh, SAR,

HAFTR, Noam, Kushner, Barkai, HANC, NSHA, and Westchester Day. “Our debate team, under the leadership of Mr. Erenkranz, is the pride and joy of our Yeshiva. Students work so hard Monday evenings, staying after school to prepare for each tournament,” stated Rabbi Mark Landsman, YCQ principal. “Winning the championship is the culmination of all the effort that our incredible students put in to developing vital skills necessary to have a respectful debate on important topics.”

Dedicated YCQ Grade 7 and Grade 8 students worked diligently throughout the year in preparation for the debates. The 2021-2022 YCQ Debate Team members are: Menashe Basalely, Eyal Traeger, Pauline Tawil, Sara Sullivan, Rebecca Sisser, Michael Zavulun, Elianah Aminova, Adam Kaykov, Gabriel Koptiev, Assaf Davidov, Yair Davidov, Emily Akbshev, Benjamin Toobian, Jonathan Khaimov, Liora Ashurov, Ariel Pinkhasov, Aviel Babaev, and Adam Pinkhasov.

Michael Zavulun, Grade 7 Co-Captain of the YCQ Debate, wished to dedicate this award to his great-grandfather, z”l, who passed away during the 2022 Celebrate Israel Parade.

Did you know?

Solo cups originally came in four colors: red, blue, yellow, and peach.

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229 Mesivta Chaim Shlomo Bachurim Celebrate Commitments to Kedusha

L-R: R’ Menachem Feifer, R’ Pinchos Birnhack, R’ Shlomo Avigdor Rabinowitz, R’ Yaakov Bender, R’ Dov Keilson, and R’ Binyomin Forst

Why Inheriting in Trust is a Must

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ou bring your children into the world with love. You raise them with love, caring and concern.

Why should anything be different even if you are no longer here? If you’re concerned about leaving your belongings to them safely, responsibly and meaningfully, you should create an estate plan to pass on your legacy of love as well as your assets. But, if your plan simply leaves what you have outright and directly to your children, you may be leaving behind a different type of legacy, the outcome of which is contrary to your views as a parent.

A Trust is a must if you’re looking for true protection when passing on assets, particularly to children. Just as you protect your children from harm while you raise them, you can also protect them from any threat that could come from irresponsible behavior or external risk.

The safest choice is to place the inheritance in a Trust.

Trusts can be designed to protect assets from things like bankruptcy, creditors, lawsuits and even divorce or second marriages. It’s rare to find someone whose life is free from mistakes or mishaps. However, that shouldn’t have to cost them their inheritance. If your child has a marriage that dissolves, for example, their future inheritance can be safely tucked into a Trust, separating those assets from marital property and rendering them untouchable by an exspouse.

You can also set up a Trust to distribute an inheritance according to your own wishes and for specific purposes, such as education, starting a business, maintaining a family vacation home, or whatever will benefit your children the most.

Gifting a large sum of cash to an 18 or 21-year-old is not usually considered best practices. Many parents leaving assets in Trust choose to stagger distributions at certain age milestones, which helps children learn to manage their assets over time with the help of a Trustee.

Then, at a later age, the child can become the Trustee with full control when they have the knowledge to make better financial decisions.

If your child is still a minor or has special needs, a Trust is even more critical. Under the law, minors cannot inherit outright, so a Trust is necessary to safeguard the assets for their benefit until they reach the age of maturity. The Trust preserves assets for their benefit, names a Trustee to oversee distributions, and does not disqualify them from receiving special government benefits like an outright inheritance would.

This article is a service of Monet Binder Law PC. We do not just draft documents; we ensure you make informed and empowered decisions about life and death, for yourself and the people you love. We offer a Family Estate Planning Session during which you will get more financially organized than you’ve ever been before and make all the best choices for the people who matter most. You can begin by calling our office today to schedule your Session at 718.514.7575.

Monet Binder, ESQ. has her practice in Queens and Brooklyn, New York, dedicated to protecting families, their legacies and values. All halachic documents are approved by the Bais Havaad Halacha Center in Lakewood, under the direction of Rabbi Dovid Grossman and the guidance of Harav Shmuel Kaminetsky, shlita, as well as other leading halachic authorities.

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Lev Chana at the Farm

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ALB Lev Chana students went on trips to White Post Farm and Green Meadows Farm last week. The weather was perfect as our children jockeyed for the best positions to see, feed and touch the animals. Pony rides, parrots perched on children and morahs, picnic lunches, gigantic wooden and plastic structures for climbing, and

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ginormous giraffes to feed and pet, were just a few of “my favorite things to do at the farm!”

Seeing the animals up close also gave our children an opportunity to observe what the Torah tells us are the two signs of a kosher animal: split hooves and chewing their cud. An awesome time was had by all!

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orah L’Kulanu broadened its boundaries last Tuesday evening in Friends’ Field located in Flatbush. Both current participants and alumni from Torah L’Kulanu had an opportunity to come together and reunite. Participants engaged in a special pre-Shavuot shiur where they discussed many of the halachot and minhagim

performed on Shavuot while enjoying dinner in the park. They also participated in an exciting pre-Shavuot scavenger hunt where they used critical thinking skills and worked as a group to figure out clues.

We look forward to more exciting after-school programs here in Torah L’Kulanu.

YOSS Goes “Green”House

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cience came to life for the 6th grade students at the Abraham and Sara Silber Middle School at Yeshiva of South Shore last week. As the students were learning about the effects of heat and light on plants, they were building their own greenhouses and were able to see for themselves the impact they

make. The students were able to understand the effect greenhouses have on plants specifically and on the environment overall.

The students are very appreciative to their science teacher, Mrs. Slansky, for bringing science to life.

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orah Academy for Girls proudly welcomed Assemblywoman Stacey Pheffer Amato when she visited our fourth grade classes as they prepared for their exciting New York

State Fair. The Assemblywoman addressed one of the classes and then listened as all six classes practiced their special New York State song.

Shulamith Tribute Dinner – An Outstanding Success

Mrs. Rivka Wilamowsky, alumni parent, Mrs. Chaya Cohen, alumni parent and incoming grandparent, Mrs. Beth Bennet, parent, and Mrs. Joyce Yarmak, honoree

Rabbi Meyer Weitman, Dean, and Dr. Shmuel Reisbaum, Executive Director, proudly watched as the girls interacted and shared their knowledge about how the government is run in Albany

Mrs. Malka Fishman, Executive Director, Mrs. Joyce Yarmak, honoree, Mr. Ari Cohen, President of the Board, Mr. Eli Singer, and Mr. Duvie Kupfer, Dinner Co-Chairmen

The fourth graders of TAG enjoyed a visit from Assemblywoman Stacey Pheffer Amato

Far Rockaway Community Chinuch Vaad

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abbi Tzvi Krigsman, shlit”a, Menahel of Yeshiva Ketana of Long Island, recently presented a riveting and informative Chinuch Vaad at the home of Mr. & Mrs. Ari Weinstein in Far

Rockaway. Rabbi Krigsman shared many ha’aros and insights to help parents raise their children to become successful and happy bnei Torah.

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n excited crowd filled the Sands in Atlantic Beach on Wednesday, June 1, to celebrate and show their gratitude to Shulamith of the Five Towns founding principal Mrs. Joyce Yarmak.

It was a heartwarming and moving experience to hear opening remarks from Shulamith’s President of the Board, Mr. Ari Cohen, followed by Mrs. Yarmak’s family rav, Rabbi Uri Orlian of Shaaray Tefila.

Mrs. Yarmak took the podium to loud applause and a standing ovation. Speaking briefly but meaningfully, Mrs. Yarmak focused on her own gratitude. What made the evening especially heartwarming was how Mrs. Yarmak’s hakarat hatov matched that of the parents, teachers, alumni, friends, and family that filled the hall.

Feature videos showed Mrs. Yarmak’s powerful impact as an educator, administrator, mother and good friend. “She is always the first person to offer a solution to someone who needs help,” one person stated. Whether it is in school or within the community, Mrs. Yarmak is legendary

Mr. Ari Cohen, President of the Board

for her chessed.

Shulamith School for Girls was established in Woodmere in 2000 and has grown from a small group of pioneers to a bursting school of over 700 students from Nursery through 12th grade. Shulamith is privileged to be able to publicly thank Mrs. Yarmak for her dedication, devotion and tireless effort that continue to impact the school and community today. Thank you to our dedicated Board of Directors and Dinner Committee who worked tirelessly to ensure the success of the Dinner.

Everyone agrees that the Shulamith Tribute Dinner was a befitting tribute to our very own Mrs. Yarmak.

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Zera Shimshon on Eishes Chayil An Extraordinary Combination: The beauty of “Eishes Chayil.”

The insights of Zera Shimshon. And the stories of Nachman Seltzer.

By Rabbi Nachman Seltzer • Published by ArtScroll/Mesorah Publications

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ore than 25,000 readers enriched their lives with Rabbi Nachman Seltzer’s Zera Shimshon series. The Zera Shimshon phenomenon continues with this extraordinary new volume, Rav Shimshon Chaim Nachmani’s commentary on Eishes Chayil.

The sefer: Zera Shimshon’s unusual commentary gives us a new and unique understanding of the magnificent words of Eishes Chayil – and of the greatness of Jewish women throughout the ages.

The stories: Rabbi Seltzer brings us his amazing stories that add so much to our understanding of Zera Shimshon’s insights.

The segulah: In his introduction, Rav Shimshon Chaim promises great blessings to those who learn his work – and more and more, we’ve seen that promise come true!

The following is an excerpt from the book, taken from the commentary on the very beginning of Eishes Chayil. *** We can learn many lessons from the first line of Eishes Chayil. But it seems obvious that the first lesson is this – the right kind of wife can and will change a person for the better in every way.

I want to tell you about a rosh yeshivah named Rav Daniel Faber, who was in an uncomfortable position, and an older man who was afraid of change, and a wife who encouraged her husband to deal with his fears and to grow. In his words…

*** I’ve been a rosh yeshivah in Eretz Yisrael for many years now, primarily dealing with bachurim who are baalei teshuvah and are drawn to the world of Chassidus. In fact, I received a personal tzivu’ee — or mandate, if you wish — from Rav Mendel Weinbach, Rosh Yeshivah of Ohr Somayach. The mandate was to establish a yeshivah for these kinds of bachurim, where I would “teach them Torah, work with them, and help develop

them into balanced Bnei Torah.”

When *Asher Leib came to the yeshivah, he was completely lost. I sat with him for hours, listening as he poured out his heart. He truly wanted to develop into a talmid chacham and an oved Hashem. At the same time, he told me how much he wanted to make sure that he remained a “normal” person.

“Asher Leib,” I said, “you came to the right place. Here at Yeshiva Yeshuas Yisroel, we work with every bachur and yungerman to help develop their learning and davening capabilities, while keeping them grounded at the same time.”

Asher Leib explained that he had a business at which he was good, but he wasn’t making enough money. This was making it difficult for him to focus on his learning.

“I am going to help you figure out your business,” I promised him. “You will see that once your parnassah is steady, you will be able to learn with peace of mind.”

So it began. I helped Asher Leib streamline his business and I assigned him a certain number of hours of learning to do. In addition, I spent time guiding him in the area of shalom bayis as well. Baruch Hashem, things were moving along nicely, and I was happy with his progress.

And then, six months after he joined the kollel, Asher Leib came over to me one morning.

“Rav Faber?”

“Yes Asher Leib?”

“Rebbi, my wife and I get a mazel tov.”

“Mazel tov!”

“We just had a baby boy, and we are making a bris this coming Shabbos.”

“That’s beautiful!”

“Yes, we are very happy. I wanted to know if rebbi would agree to be the sandek at the bris?”

“Of course! It’s a huge zechus to serve as the sandek at a bris!”

Asher Leib smiled, but there was still something else on his mind.

“I’m a little nervous,” he said.

“Why are you nervous?”

“My father-in-law is flying in from Mexico for the bris and it’s possible that he will expect to be sandek.”

“Is your father-in-law shomer Shabbos?”

“No.” “Then you should find some other kibbud to give him at the bris. He should not be the sandek.”

“What should I do?”

“You can give him kvatter — which is better anyway in the sense that you will be honoring your mother-in-law at the same time.”

We finished the conversation shortly afterward, with the understanding that I would serve as the sandek while the shver would receive a different honor. *** Asher Leib called me that Friday. He wasn’t happy.

“What’s the good word, Asher Leib?”

“I spoke to my shver and told him that I want my rebbi to be the sandek.”

“And?” “From the look on his face, I could tell that he was hurt.”

“I hear.”

“So what should I do? I don’t want to hurt his feelings.”

“Asher Leib, tell your father-in-law that you want him to be the sandek. All he needs to do is commit to becoming a shomer Shabbos. If he does, then you will give him the honor without any hesitation whatsoever.”

“So I just tell him that he needs to commit to becoming shomer Shabbos?”

“Yes.” “Okay,” he said dubiously. *** The next phone call came in not long before the start of Shabbos.

“What happened?” I asked hm.

“My shver wouldn’t commit. At this point, everything is still open. Interestingly, my mother-in-law is pushing him to agree to the clause.”

“So she wants to become shomer

Shabbos?”

“Exactly.”

“Fascinating.”

“What do I do?”

“You’ve done everything you can do.

The bris will be tomorrow at the yeshivah, and we will see what happens till then. I’ll see you later at my house.” *** Asher Leib and family were all eating at my house that Shabbos. We would also be hosting the shalom zachar on Friday night, with the bris taking place at the yeshivah the next morning. I knew that his father-in-law was sitting on the fence and that he needed to hear words to help him make the right decision. I therefore devoted much of my talk at the seudah on Friday night to a deep discussion about the beauty of Shabbos and how keeping Shabbos changes a person’s life for the better.

When the seudah was over, the tablecloth was changed, and we set up for the shalom zachar. More and more people began coming in. Soon the house was filled with a large crowd. Songs were sung, cake was eaten, and a few people spoke. The atmosphere was uplifting.

In the midst of the festivities, Asher Leib’s father-in-law came over and took a seat beside me. This meant that, even though the room was full, we were able to speak privately.

“I want to tell you something,” I told him.

“Yes, rabbi?”

“In general, I’m a happy man. I don’t need much. Hashem has blessed me with all the important things in life, and I am filled with gratitude. That said, when someone offers me to serve as the sandek at their child’s bris, I always say yes, because it’s a tremendous segulah.” I paused. “But though I know that this is a major segulah, I want nothing more than for you to have it. I am just asking you to please consider becoming a shomer Shabbos!”

“I hear you, rabbi,” the shver replied.

“I really do. And part of me wants to take

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*** I did very little sleeping that Friday night, tossing and turning for hours as I tried to figure out a way to make it possible for Asher Leib’s father-in-law to make the commitment of becoming shomer Shabbos.

Shacharis passed uneventfully, with the shver only showing up at the end of chazoras hashatz, just before Krias HaTorah. Seeing him arrive, I left my place at the front of the room and went outside to speak with him — something I almost never do. The moment of truth had arrived.

“Good Shabbos,” I greeted him.

He returned the greeting.

“I want to tell you something. I was up the entire night trying to figure out what to do for you.”

He nodded.

“I finally found a piece of important information in the Seridei Aish — a famous halachic sefer — where the author says that if a person agrees to accept upon himself to keep Shabbos for a significant amount of time, then he has the halachic status of a shomer Shabbos. So my suggestion is this. I think it would be a good idea for you to agree to keep Shabbos for a significant amount of time. That way, you will be able to identify yourself as a shomer Shabbos and serve as the sandek at your grandson’s bris. What do you say?”

He remained hesitant.

We were still standing there when Asher Leib’s mother-in-law approached us.

“Shall we ask the rebbetzin what she thinks?”

“Okay.”

I told Asher Leib’s mother-in-law everything I had just told her husband. She loved the idea.

“Let’s do it,” she said enthusiastically.

“I’m afraid to commit,” her husband said. “I mean, what if I commit, and I start, and then I mess up? Wouldn’t it be better not to start at all, than to start and stop in the middle?”

I smiled at the well-meaning Yid from Mexico. “Did you ever hear the words ‘bli neder’?”

“Actually, I hear those words a lot,” he replied. “What does it mean?”

“I means, ‘I am going to do my best to keep my word, but this is not a vow.’

I think you should commit, bli neder, to keep Shabbos from now for a specific amount of time, with the understanding that you will keep on trying after that as well. What do you say?”

He thought for a few seconds.

“You know what, Rabbi? I agree!”

“That’s great!”

“On one condition.”

“What’s that?”

“I’ll become shomer Shabbos, bli neder, until Rosh Hashanah… if you will serve as the sandek at my grandson’s bris.”

I was shocked. His wife was just as stunned as I was. Neither of us had seen this coming. An explanation was needed.

“Why the change?” I asked him.

“I’ll explain. From everything you’ve been telling me, it seems clear that it’s very important that the sandek should be

a religious Jew, because who he is has a great impact on the baby. This is why we want someone who is truly righteous to serve as the sandek.”

I waited quietly to see where he was going with this.

“Rav Faber,” Asher Leib’s father-inlaw continued, “I have waited a long time for this grandson, and I want the best for him. So I am asking you to please serve as sandek at the bris, and I promise to try and become shomer Shabbos. That’s the deal. I become shomer Shabbos, and you serve as sandek.”

We shook hands on the deal.

I then escorted the shver into the beis midrash and banged on the bimah. When everyone was quiet, I told the assembled that there was a reason why Hashem chose Klal Yisroel as His nation. Then I related the story of “The Sandek Negotiation.”

Everyone was moved. Some people even cried.

After davening, we held the bris — and I served as the sandek.

I had to do it. After all, it was my part of the deal.

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this on. But another part is afraid to make such a huge commitment.”

We spoke for a while. In the end, I said to myself, “I guess we will just have to see what happens tomorrow, when this story will be resolved one way or another.”

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Mesivta Netzach HaTorah Annual Gala

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ver the past five years, Mesivta Netzach HaTorah has quickly grown into a premier boys’ high school in the Five Towns community and beyond. This vibrant and exciting Mesivta continues to hold true to its founding mission in which every student is inspired to “Learn Torah and live Torah.” Under the leadership of the Menahel, Rabbi Yitzchok Yurman, the Mesivta is proud to graduate their second class next week, with 100% of the boys continuing their learning in Eretz Yisrael next year.

“We could not be happier with what our boys have achieved this year in particular, but really over the last five years, in their learning, middos and personal development. As a new Mesivta we are honored to have a second year of talmidim accepted into the finest Yeshivas in Eretz Yisrael to continue their growth next year,” said Rabbi Yurman.

With the tremendous growth of the Five Towns Jewish community in recent years, Netzach HaTorah was founded by visionaries to meet the needs of both the growing community as well as provide families with the opportunity to join a warm and close knit Mesivta experience. What began as only a dream quickly turned into a reality with

Nosson and Miri Ginsbury

Heshy and Gitty Friedman

families in the Five Towns, Far Rockaway, Queens and Brooklyn joining the Netzach family. As the Mesivta added grades over the years, the Mesivta brought in additional dynamic and experienced rebbeim along with a top-tier general studies department. Providing an immersive and intensive Limudei Kodesh focus, coupled with a thorough academic program, the talmidim graduate ready for Kollel and college. Netzach looks to meet the entire needs of every student without compromise.

“I am truly in awe of the tireless dedication of the Menahel, Hanhala and staff of the Mesivta. I am so proud to be a part of the growth and impact that this Mesivta has, and will have, on the entire Klal Yisrael,” said Shalom Vegh,

president of the board.

With experiential learning, trips, kumzitses, chessed partnerships and many other opportunities inside and outside of the classroom and Beis Medrash, Netzach focuses on building the students with the mindset and responsibility of personal growth and helping others.

On Sunday, June 12, at 12:30 PM, at The Woodmere Club, Netzach HaTorah will celebrate their fifth year as a Mesivta and pay tribute to selfless individuals who have played a critical role in building the Mesivta into what it is today.

Nosson and Miri Ginsbury are the guests of honor. Arriving only a few years ago from London, the Ginsburys are well-known in the community as

Great Neck Synagogue Annual Meeting

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espite torrential rains, a large throng of members attended the Annual Meeting of the Great Neck Synagogue (GNS), on June 1, as Daniel Aharon was elevated as its new president and Harold Domnitch, former long-standing Chairman of the Board, was brought back in that role.

They, along with their Executive and General Boards, were unanimously elected by those in attendance.

After the assembled sang the Star Spangled Banner and Hatikva, words of deep appreciation were expressed to outgoing President Jordan Wolf and outgoing Chairman of the Board Dov Sassoon, who admirably kept the synagogue together during Covid-19’s tumultuous times and challenges. Dov presented Jordan with the traditional encased large Kiddush cup for his service as president. It was noted that Jor-

dan followed in the footsteps of his father Howard Wolf, who formerly served as president of GNS. New members were warmly welcomed, as each was individually called out by name. Rabbi Dale Polakoff movingly encapsulated the life of each of 11 members who passed away during the past year. Chazzan Yitzy Spinner sang the Kel Maleh Rachamim in their memory.

Two members were awarded the Synagogue’s coveted Jack Shaw Memorial Service Award: Dr. Paul Brody and Carl Rosenberg. Each of them expressed diverse words of thanks after Rabbi Polakoff detailed the accomplishments and particular contributions of each of the recipients to the Great Neck Synagogue and to the larger Jewish community.

Rabbi Yoni Mitteldorf

tremendous baalei chessed and have been involved in Netzach from its inception, with Nosson an active board member and Miri heading the Women’s League.

Heshy and Gitty Friedman are being honored as parents of the year. The Friedmans, Far Rockaway residents, are very active in the White Shul and beloved friends to many. As Netzach parents they have been instrumental in introducing exciting programming and ruach into the Mesivta.

Rabbi Yoni Mittledorf, a respected and experienced Mechanech, will accept the Harbatzas Torah Award. Rabbi Mitteldorf is the Sgan Menahel and ninth grade rebbe at the Mesivta and has been an integral part of the Mesivta since the very beginning. His love for Torah and his talmidim is widely known, as Rabbi Mitteldorf continues to guide his past talmidim as they continue into adulthood and into married life.

Netzach invites the community to join them for their 5th Annual Gala, this Sunday, June 12 at 12:30 PM featuring an elegant outdoor BBQ and world renown music star Beri Weber. Reservations can be made at Netzachhatorah. com/gala.

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Errors On the Cup As the oldest and most revered trophy in professional sports, there is no greater honor than having your name engraved in the Stanley Cup. But the engravers don’t always get it right. In fact, it seems like they should get a big fat “F” based on the errors they have made. Here is a list of the errors to date.

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1937-38: [Chicago Blackhawks] – Pete Palangio‘s name appears twice; it’s spelled correctly once and incorrectly as “Palagio.”

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?Broda is represented twice, once as TURK

1941-42: [Toronto Maple Leafs] – Goaltender Turk

1971-72: [Boston Bruins] – The team name is misspelled as BQSTQN BRUINS.

1974-75: [Montreal Canadiens] – Forward Bob Gainey’s name is misspelled as GAINY.

?team’s name is misspelled as NEW YORK 1980-81: [New York Islanders] – The

BRODA and again as WALTER BRODA (his real name).

ILANDERS.

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1946-47: [Toronto Maple Leafs] – Forward Gaye Stewart is misspelled as GAVE STEWART.

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1983-84: [Edmonton Oilers] – Owner Peter Pocklington included the name of his father, Basil Pocklington, who was unaffiliated with the team. After the NHL learned of the move, it ordered the name removed. The name is now covered by a string of

?Tommy Ivan’s name is misspelled as

1951-52: [Detroit Red Wings] – Coach

TOMMY NIVAN; center Alex Delvecchio‘s name is misspelled as ALEX BELVECCHIO.

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1956 thru 1960: [Montreal Canadiens] – Hall of Fame goaltender Jacques Plante won the Stanley Cup five consecutive years, his name is spelled differently each time.

1995-96: [Colorado Avalanche] – Forward Adam Deadmarsh‘s name was misspelled as ADAM DEADMARCH. It was later corrected, a Stanley Cup first.

?Legace‘s name was misspelled as MANNY LAGASE; it

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Riddle Me This What is the difference between wrestling and hockey? real in hockey.

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2001-02: [Detroit Red Wings] – Goaltender Manny

1962-63: [Toronto Maple Leafs] – The team name is misspelled as TORONTO MAPLE LEAES.

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1. Who did the Rangers defeat to win their first Stanley Cup championship? a. Detroit Red Wings b. Montreal Maroons c. New Jersey Devils d. Boston Bruins

3. Who was captain of the Rangers in their 1994 Stanley Cup winning season? a. Mark Messier b. Brian Leetch c. Adam Graves d. Alexei Kovalev 4. How many Stanley Cups have the Rangers won (not including this year)? a. 1 b. 2 c. 3 d. 4 5. Who scored the doubleovertime goal in Game 7 against the Devils in 1994 to send the Rangers to the Stanley Cup finals? a. Tony Amonte b. Stephane Matteau c. Glenn Anderson d. Mark Messier

6. Including this year, how many times were the Rangers in the Stanley Cup finals? a. 6 b. 8 c. 9 d. 12 7. Who did the Rangers lose to in the 2014 Stanley Cup Finals? a. Montreal Canadians b. Philadelphia Flyers c. Los Angeles Kings d. Pittsburgh Penguins Answers 1-B 2-D 3-A 4-D 5-B 6-D 7-C Wisdom Key 6-7 correct: Let me guess – you fall asleep every night with the following ringing in your head: “Matteau!

Matteau!

Matteau!”

(Indeed, perhaps best broadcast moment in sports history.)

3-5 correct: Not bad for an Islanders fan.

0-2 correct: You might make fun of hockey players for not having front teeth…but sure beats missing brain cells!

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2. Many blame the Rangers Stanley Cup drought from 1940 to 1994 on “Dutton’s curse.”

What is that? a. In 1940, goalie Chris Dutton was traded by the Rangers before he played his first game for them and went on to win 7 Stanley Cups. Similar to the “Curse of the Bambino,” many believe that this caused a bad spell to consume the Rangers. b. In 1940, Rangers manager Charles Dutton declared, “We are the best team and will win the next 10 Stanley Cups.”

Well, he certainly jinxed it.

His declaration turned into a curse. c. The Rangers changed their name to the Duttons in 1940.

Fans rejected the name because they said it erased the team’s winning history.

After one season, the name was changed back. But the damage was done. d. Red Dutton was the manager of a rival hockey team that also played in MSG. His team stopped playing during WWII

because many members joined the armed forces. When they returned, the Rangers did not allow them to continue playing in MSG. In response, Dutton declared, “The Rangers will never win another Cup in my lifetime.”

He died in 1987.

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torah thought

Parshas Naso by rabbi berel Wein

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he book of Bamidbar contains many puzzling portions. In this week’s parsha, the Torah records the sacrificial offerings by the leaders of the twelve tribes of Israel upon the dedication and consecration of the Tabernacle. These twelve offerings were identical in every detail. Yet, the Torah describes each of these offerings individually, as though the offering of each leader was his decision and was unique and different from the offering of his colleague who was the leader of very different tribe.

Over the ages, many ideas and in-

terpretations have been offered for this seeming redundancy. The overwhelming number of interpretations center on the idea that even though the offerings may physically have been identical, the spirit and motivation of each differed from individual to individual and tribe to tribe.

This type of interpretation lends itself to understanding how one Jew can achieve personal prayer while reciting a set number of printed texts which everyone else around him or her is also reciting at the very same moment. Since no two people are alike physically, they certain-

ly are not alike mentally, emotionally, or spiritually.

Prayer is derived not only from the brain and lips of the person praying but, rather, it also comes from the emotions and unique perspective that each human being brings to the relationship with one’s creator and to life. So, too, the offerings of the leaders of the tribes of Israel in the desert may have been physically identical, but the emotional perspective and spiritual elevation of each of the offerings was truly unique and distinctive for that tribal

second nature to us.

This is especially true in the field of prayer. I once read a memoir of an Israeli soldier who fought in the battle for Jerusalem’s Ammunition Hill in 1967 during the Six Day War. The Jordanian army was entrenched on that hill, and most military experts believed it was suicidal to try and dislodge them. The hill was the central point in the battle for Jerusalem, and by controlling it, the rest of the West Bank was open to mobile contact and conquest.

The soldier wrote of the terrible battle

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Even though the offerings may physically have been identical, the spirit and motivation of each differed from individual to individual and tribe to tribe.

prince who brought it and gave it as a service of the public in the Mishkan.

Another lesson that is to be learned from this seeming repetition of the offerings of the leaders of the tribes of Israel is the triumph of constancy over flashes of brilliance. It is the old parable regarding the race between the tortoise and the hare. And repetition always leads to a feeling of security and hope. Much of Judaism is based upon repetitive behavior.

With each recurring action, we absorb and internalize it into our very being, so that doing the right thing in fulfilling the commandments of the Torah becomes

that waged that night and how hundreds of his comrades were killed and wounded, while the Jordanians also suffered great losses. He wrote that at one moment in the battle he was alone and nearly surrounded by Jordanian troops. He said that he felt an overwhelming urge at that moment to pray, but he then realized that since he had never prayed in his life, he did not know what to do. He resolved, therefore, that if he survived – and he did – he would learn how to pray, so that when he had to pray, he would know what he must do.

Shabbat shalom.

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Hold on, Don’t Let Go by rav Moshe Weinberger Adapted for publication by Binyomin Wolf

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e spoke recently about the trait of hargashas ha’setirah, being sensitive to living a life of contradictions in which we do not act according to that which we know is true.

Continuing on this theme, we must examine the Nazir’s obligation to bring a sin offering at the conclusion of his period as a Nazir (Bamidbar 6:14).

The Ramban explains the simple meaning of this requirement as follows: The Nazir is not satisfied with “just” keeping the 613 mitzvos of the Torah.

The concept of Nazirus resonates with him and he sees the value in a more sanctified way of life. Yet after living on that higher level of existence, at the conclusion of his Nezirus period, he wishes to return to the “regular” mitzvos of every other Jew. The Ramban writes regarding this step-down from his status as a Nazir: This person sins against his soul at the completion of his Nazirus period be-

cause now [before ending his Nazirus], he remains a Nazir in this [higher level] of holiness and service of Hashem.

It is fitting for him to remain forever as a Nazir, sanctified to Hashem... Therefore, he requires an atonement when he comes to defile himself with the desires of the world.

This Jew desired a higher level of holiness and closeness to Hashem. The Torah even calls him (Bamidbar 6:8) “sanctified to Hashem.” When he leaves this status, he is somewhat blameworthy for giving up the higher level of existence that he had attained. He wore the crown of G-d on his head (Id. at 7) and has now decided to remove the crown to return to pedestrian existence.

We must remember that Nazir status means more than the sum of the prohibitions a Nazir takes on. According to the Avnei Miluim (citing the Maharit, Responsum 22), when one becomes a Nazir, it is not because he vowed not to

consume foods or drinks derived from grapes, cut his hair, and come into contact with a dead body. Rather, being a Nazir is a special, holy status. The Nazir’s prohibitions are the result of his special, elevated status, not its cause.

Because of his status as a holy person, he must conduct himself accordingly and avoid worldly desires. If someone on this higher level decides to stop, to interrupt his holy life, he is blameworthy. That is why he requires the atonement of a sin offering.

We find a thematically similar teaching in the Gemara (Yevamos 48b), which says “Why do converts these days experience poverty and suffering? ... Because they delayed in coming under the wings of the Divine presence.” The Gemara brings a proof for this explanation from a pasuk in Rus (2:12), where Boaz praises Rus: “May Hashem repay you for your deeds and may your reward be complete from Hashem the G-d of Israel

because you took shelter [quickly] under His wings.” Rashi explains the pasuk to mean that Rus was praised for converting as quickly as possible. According to the Gemara, since Rus’s speed in converting after she realized that the Torah was the path of truth was praised, it can be inferred that a convert would be blameworthy if he or she delayed in acting on a new-found belief in the truth of the Jewish life.

Rav Yaakov Emden in Haga’os Ya’avetz questions why a convert should be blamed for delaying his conversion.

After all, gentiles have no obligation whatsoever to become Jewish. What difference does it make if he or she postpones conversion until a more convenient time?

As I understand Rav Emden’s answer, it is very similar to the guilt of a Nazir who completes his Nazirus period. After a person reaches the conclusion that the Torah is true and that life

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have seen that I have spoken to you from Heaven.” Some people feel nothing on yom tov and have no greater recognition of the truth whether it is yom tov or a regular weekday. But for people who feel something and recognize that a greater life of Torah is for them, that

But when a human being recognizes the truth, even if he has no technical obligation to change, he must not interrupt his spiritual ascent for detours.

We face this problem after a yom tov like Shavuos. This Shabbos is called the Shabbos nach Shavuos, the “Shabbos after Shavuos.” It has this special name because after we have reached a greater recognition of the preciousness of Torah, it affects how we act after Shavuos is over. We felt (Shemos 20:19), “You

person’s sensitivity to contradictions compels him to live in accordance with that greater understanding.

This is also the challenge faced by young men and women returning from their year in Israel. In high school, they were too busy with the silliness with which teenagers are often preoccupied

to recognize their potential as Jewish men and women. But during their year in Israel, many people experience an awakening for something greater. The challenge on the return home is to be sensitive to the higher level of reality of which they had become aware and not give it up as soon as they return to their old haunting grounds. They must work to continue living according to the higher perception they gained during their experience in Eretz Yisroel.

The same thing applies to any one of us who experiences some sort of elevation in his thinking. He looks around at his friends and may feel somewhat envious of their seemingly carefree life of the distractions of this world. But a person must retain his sensitivity. He must not abandon the higher path but cultivate an aversion to the emptiness of the more mundane level of existence.

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of Jewish holiness speaks to him or her, what possible justification is there for delaying conversion and living a lie? If the person knows that Yiddishkeit and closeness to Hashem represent a greater way of life, how can he or she take a break from growth (similar to the Nazir who leaves his Nazirus) simply to “enjoy” the non-Jewish life a little longer?

Certainly, even if his commitment to convert has the status of a vow, there is no halachic prohibition against delaying the fulfillment of his vow (see Mishna L’Melech on Rambam, Hilchos Melachim 10:7). But when a human being recognizes the truth, even if he has no technical obligation to change, he must not interrupt his spiritual ascent for detours. Rather, he must pursue that higher path diligently because he is someone who recognizes its importance.

This is another aspect of what it means to have hargashas ha’setirah, sensitivity to contradictions. When a person begins to recognize a more exalted way of life (even though others around him do not recognize it) and has begun to wear the crown of Hashem’s holiness a little bit, he must hold onto it. As Shlomo Hamelech says (Shir

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Two Stages of History: Seeing vs. Hearing by rabbi Shmuel reichman

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here was a man who visited his friend in a far-off town once a year. When he arrived one year, he was shocked to find a towering tree in his friend’s backyard, standing well over sixty feet tall. Most puzzling, though, was the fact that just last year there had been no trace of such a tree, not as much as a small sapling. Perplexed, he asked his friend, “I was here just a year ago, and this tree wasn’t here. What happened? Did you plant a fully-grown tree in your yard?”

His friend smiled and explained, “This is the Chinese bamboo tree, a very rare and unique tree. Once you plant it, you must water it every day and make sure it has adequate sunlight. If you miss even a single day, the seed will die. For five whole years, you must tend to the plant diligently, without seeing a single inch of growth for your efforts. But once you’ve cared for the seed for five years, the tree grows at an accelerated rate, expanding exponentially over the course of just a few months to a staggering height of over sixty feet.”

The man was shocked to hear this, and as he and his friend walked away, he began to ponder the meaning of this strange tree. He eventually asked out loud, “Does the tree take five months to grow? Or five years?”

Two Stages of History As we explained in the previous article, the spiritual concept of seeing is the idea of observing something as it is, i.e., in a completely static state, lacking any movement. When you see a picture, you grasp the entire image instantaneously.

There’s no process of constructing or building the picture in your mind; everything is just there, at once, without any effort. The spiritual concept of hearing, in comparison, reflects a process; a movement through time; an evolutionary progression; one of effort, concentration, and organization of parts.

The relationship between hearing and seeing also explains the difference between the two stages of Jewish history. The first stage lasted until the time of Chanukah; the second stage spans from

Chanukah until today.

The first stage was a time of nevuah and miracles, a time of “seeing.” Hashem openly revealed Himself to the world and was clearly known to all. This is why a Navi was called a “chozeh,” a seer; it was at a time when all people, not only the Neviim, saw Hashem with absolute clarity. But right around the time of Purim and Chanukah, nevuah ended and the world fell into darkness. What was the meaning behind this transition?

The first stage was a stage of seeing, where everything was clear and easy.

Now, however, we live in a world of darkness, a world of hearing, where we need to choose to see past the surface, connect the pieces together and create that clarity ourselves. There were no open miracles on Purim; we had to connect the pieces together ourselves and see the miraculous within the natural to see Hashem within the world we live in. In the light, you can see; in the dark, all you can do is hear. You must pick up on every hint of clarity you receive, put the pieces together, and form the image in your

mind while still walking in darkness.

When you see something, you experience it all at once; there’s no process, no surprises. When hearing, when taking a journey, there can be a long-winding path, twisting and turning in all directions, leading you on a seemingly endless quest. Then, at the very last moment, there can be a sudden revelation that retroactively changes your perspective on the entire journey! Like a twist ending in a great story, the last turn can change the way you perceive the entire quest. This is the nature of the final ge’ulah (redemption). When Mashiach comes, we will suddenly see how all of history was leading us toward our ultimate destination. This is why the end of days is compared to laughter: one laughs when there is a sudden change and the destination one thought they were heading toward suddenly shifts into something completely unexpected.

“Hearing” in Our Own Lives The same is true in our own lives.

Sometimes, only by looking back and

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the light, for all to see. Only then, once it arrives at its full figure, does everything become clear. At that moment, one realizes that it didn’t take five months for the tree to grow; it took over five years.

If we put all the pieces together, connecting the dots between the seemingly random events, we begin to see the beauty manifest in our own personal megillah.

is “me’ein Olam Haba — a taste of the World to Come” (Berachos 57b). Just as Olam Haba is the place where we enjoy everything we have built in this world, Shabbos is the time where we enjoy everything we have built during the week.

This explains a seemingly strange pasuk regarding Matan Torah. The pasuk says that when Hashem gave us the Torah, “Ro’im es ha’kolos,” we “saw the sounds” (Shemos 20:15). Of course, we don’t see sounds; we hear them. What, then, does this mean?

This world — Olam Hazeh — is a place of movement, a place of “hearing.”

In this world, we build our “selves”: we learn, we work, we grow, we become.

The spiritual realm — Olam Haba — is devoid of movement. It is a place of static perfection, of “seeing,” of being. It is in Olam Haba that we experience everything that we built and actualized while in Olam Hazeh. Matan Torah was an experience of Olam Haba taking place within this world. At Matan Torah, we transcended the physical world of time and space; we all became prophets and experienced the infinite spiritual nature of reality. In such a dimension, there is no hearing or movement, only sight.

Therefore, sounds weren’t heard; they were seen. Movement became static, becoming became being.

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Rabbi Shmuel Reichman is the author of the bestselling book, “The Journey to Your Ultimate Self,” which serves as an inspiring gateway into deeper Jewish thought. He is an educator and speaker who has lectured internationally on topics of Torah thought, Jewish medical ethics, psychology, and leadership. He is also the founder and CEO of Self-Mastery Academy, the transformative online self-development course based on the principles of high-performance psychology and Torah.

After obtaining his BA from Yeshiva University, he received Semicha from Yeshiva University’s RIETS, a master’s degree in education from Azrieli Graduate School, and a master’s degree in Jewish Thought from Bernard Revel Graduate School. He then spent a year studying at Harvard as an Ivy Plus Scholar. He currently lives in Chicago with his wife and son where he is pursuing a PhD at the University of Chicago.

To invite Rabbi Reichman to speak in your community or to enjoy more of his deep and inspiring content, visit his website: ShmuelReichman.com.

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Our history is like the Chinese Bamboo Tree. This unique tree spends years in darkness, accomplishing what seems to be very little, lost in the void. Years go by, and all investment toward its growth appears to be in vain. Only with belief and undying trust can one get through this phase of darkness. Then, when all hope seems lost, it suddenly skyrockets toward its true, towering height — out in

The same is true with Klal Yisrael; one day, we will see how centuries of tragedy were actually bringing us closer and closer to our ultimate destination.

The same is true for each of us; we must be willing to listen in the dark, to see past the surface. We must ride the waves of hardship and challenge, recognizing them as opportunities to grow and not only as burdens. One day, we will see clearly, we will recognize the why behind every what. Until then, we must

learn to listen, to believe, to have faith.

For only one who listens will one day truly see.

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The relationship between seeing and hearing also reflects the relationship between Olam Haba (the World to Come) and Olam Hazeh (this world). This world is a place of movement and process, of change and growth, which reflects the process of hearing. In this world, you get to choose who you’ll become. Olam Haba is the place of being, where you experience the ecstasy of everything you’ve built and thus reflects the concept of seeing, static and unmoving. No longer can you move or become, but instead, you enjoy everything you created during your life in Olam Hazeh.

Another manifestation of this principle is the relationship between Shabbos and the six days of the week. Through-

out the week we build and grow, whereas on Shabbos we rest from creative activity, experiencing what we have accomplished during the week. This is why the Gemara says that Shabbos

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putting all the disparate pieces together can we finally see the beauty and hashgachah in events that occurred throughout our lives. Any individual moment of your life might seem meaningless, but held in context of your entire life, this moment suddenly shines with infinite brilliance, as it’s seen as integral and deeply meaningful; its true purpose and meaning becoming clearer. As we have mentioned before, this why the baalei machshavah suggest writing your own personal “megillah,” keeping an account of events, experiences, and choices that occur throughout your life.

Megillas Esther contains no open miracle, but when you put all the pieces of the puzzle together and read them in order, you clearly see the yad Hashem, how all the seemingly random events fit together so perfectly to create the hidden miracle of Purim. “Megillah” shares the same root as the words le’galgel (to roll) and me’galeh (to reveal). When we roll through the scroll of the Megillah, we reveal the presence and hashgachah of Hashem.

The same is true for our own personal story. Each individual event or experience may seem insignificant and happenstance, but if we put all the pieces together, connecting the dots between the seemingly random events, we begin to see the beauty manifest in our own personal megillah. We can suddenly see the turning points in our lives; we retroactively perceive the life-changing decisions and events that until now seemed meaningless and random. Whether it was choosing a specific school, meeting a friend or spouse at a specific time, or visiting a certain place when we did, our past becomes a masterpiece, ready for us to admire and appreciate.

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Delving into the Daf

Oneg Shabbos by rabbi Avrohom Sebrow

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ne fine erev Shabbos, Rebbe Yannai was anxiously waiting for a gift of fruit to arrive. Every erev Shabbos without fail, an employee who worked in his field would dutifully bring a gift of fruit to show his appreciation for his wonderful employer. Consuming these fresh fruits on Shabbos was part of Rebbe Yannai’s oneg Shabbos.

Afraid that the employee might arrive too late for separating ma’aser before Shabbos, Rebbe Yannai acted.

He took some fruit from his own stock and designated it as the terumah and ma’aser portion for the gift that was yet to come.

The problem is that there is a mitzvah to designate ma’aser and terumah only if the produce is nearby. In this incident, Rebbe Yannai was unaware of where the gift was. However, Rebbe Yannai felt he was justified in violating this principle due to the extenuating circumstances. The gift did eventually arrive, and it seems that Rebbe Yannai enjoyed the fruits in fulfillment of his oneg Shabbos.

However, Rebbe Yannai had a dream in which the following words were read to him: a splintered reed. He assumed that this was a reference to a verse in Melachim II, 18:21, “Behold you have relied on the support of this splintered reed.” Rebbe Yannai interpreted this as an omen from Heaven that he had been too rash in relying on the aforementioned leniency. He should not have designated terumah and ma’aser for produce that was not nearby.

He went to his rebbe, Rebbe Chiya, and inquired if his ruling was, in fact, correct. Rebbe Chiya assured him that it was and quoted the following verse: “So that you will learn to fear Hashem your G-d all the days.” “All the days” are a reference to Shabbos and yom tov. The verse is to be homiletically understood as teaching us that terumah and ma’aser

should not be an impediment to oneg Shabbos.

Surely the verse is not permitting one to eat un-tithed produce on Shabbos and yom tov. Rather, the Torah is indicating that for the sake of the mitzvah of oneg Shabbos, one may employ special leniencies. Specifically, one may follow

opposite. The intended verse is ‘He will not break a splintering reed but will administer justice in truth’ (Yeshayah 42:3). The omen is that you ruled in accordance with the truth!” (Yevamos 93a—b).

The verse that Rebbe Chiya quoted demonstrated that one may employ

May one purchase Shabbos food before the recitation of the morning Shema?

Rebbe Yannai’s practice and separate terumah and ma’aser even though the produce is not in his immediate vicinity.

Rebbe Yannai countered, “But I had a dream in which I was read ‘a splintered reed.’ Isn’t that an omen that I erred?”

Rebbe Chiya responded, “Just the

a leniency in his preparation for oneg Shabbos. The Rashba points out that the concept of oneg Shabbos is clearly a biblical one. The Mishnah Berurah (250:1) writes that when purchasing an item for Shabbos, one should audibly declare that it is being bought l’kavod Shabbos.

The Siddur Rashash takes this one step

further. When one is actually enjoying Shabbos food, he should enunciate that he is fulfilling the mitzvah d’Oraisa of oneg Shabbos.

The fact that oneg Shabbos is, according to the Rashba, a mitzvah d’Oraisa also has relevance to the following question: May one purchase Shabbos food before the recitation of the morning Shema? Kriyas Shema is a mitzvah d’Oraisa, so one would think that it should certainly take precedence over shopping for Shabbos delicacies.

However, if oneg Shabbos is a mitzvah d’Oraisa as well, perhaps it should come first.

The Pri Megadim says that Shema should take precedence in any case.

This is due to the famous dictum of “tadir v’she’eino tadir, tadir kodem,” the more common mitzvah takes precedence. Since the mitzvah of Shema is applicable every day, it comes first. The Mishnah Berurah concludes that preferably one should say Shema and finish davening before shopping for Shabbos.

But if a desired Shabbos delicacy will have been sold out by the time he finishes davening Shacharis, he should say Shema, then shop, and then daven.

What is the halacha if an item will be sold out before he finishes davening, but if he davens after he shops, he will have to daven without a minyan? Which takes precedence: shopping for Shabbos delicacies or davening with a minyan?

The Biur Halachah says the answer is obvious: How could praying with a minyan, which is a rabbinical mitzvah, push off Shabbos preparation, which is a biblical one?

Rabbi Avrohom Sebrow is a rebbe at Yeshiva Ateres Shimon in Far Rockaway. In addition, Rabbi Sebrow leads a daf yomi chaburah at Eitz Chayim of Dogwood Park in West Hempstead, NY. He can be contacted at ASebrow@gmail.com.

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Dor at the Ukrainian border in March

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Dor, in a black jacket and jeans, standing in the middle of the scene just after the patient was transported

sions, the boy’s pulse returned. The EMTs continued to ventilate in hopes of restoring his breathing as well. Once the most crucial components of the resuscitation were completed, the EMTs moved on to treating the patient’s wounds and stemming the bleeding from the gashes he had sustained during the crash. With the arrival of an intensive care ambulance a few minutes later, the patient was evacuated to the Assuta Hospital, in a state of multisystem trauma and in critical condition.

Dor said, “I saw the accident happen right before my eyes. It is a miracle that I was at the right place at the right time.

I was privileged to immediately provide the initial treatment that actually saved his life.”

After treatment in Assuta, the manager of the emergency room applauded the EMTs for their work and said, “All the work was done before the young man

arrived. You saved the patient’s life with the treatment you provided him on the field.”

Dor adds, “I was truly honored to receive the message from the manager of the emergency room. It was very moving for me to be able to help save this man’s life. What an honor!”

Dor is a United Hatzalah volunteer EMT who lives in Ashdod and works in the field of pharmaceuticals preparing medications for oncology patients. He was one of the more than 200 volunteers from the organization who was involved in Operation Orange Wings, which provided humanitarian aid and medical care to Ukrainian refugees in Moldova and Ukraine and brought back nearly 3,000 Ukrainian refugees to Israel. Dor himself was one of the team leaders during the mission and himself assisted 160 Ukrainian refugees in their return to Israel.

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Dor immediately turned on his emergency lights and siren and cautiously crossed the intersection to where the wounded man had landed. Dor saw him sprawled out on the ground after the hit.

During the initial examination, Dor found that he was unconscious, with no pulse, and was not breathing. With the help of another citizen who stopped his car to help, Dor explained to him what to do, and together they carefully turned the wounded man on his back. The EMT checked once more for a pulse and breathing and found none. Dor instructed the man to call emergency services for help as he initiated CPR. Dor started performing the compressions by himself for a minute and a half until additional United Hatzalah EMTs arrived at the scene to help. They attached a defibrillator and prepared an oxygen tank to provide assisted breathing.

After about 3-4 minutes of compres-

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n a recent Wednesday, at around 10:00 p.m., a young man riding an electric scooter was involved in a crash with a car that took place at the busy intersection of Bnei Brith Boulevard and Palmach Street in Tel Aviv.

The crash left the 19-year-old scooter rider critically injured and unconscious on the street.

United Hatzalah volunteer EMT Dor Fridman was a witness to the accident.

He was driving home on his ambucycle when it happened. Dor had stopped at the same intersection for a moment to give the right of way to pedestrians at the crosswalk when the accident occurred.

“I heard a long and loud honk from a car and the screeching sound of a brake,” he recalled. “I turned to see where it was coming from and then heard a loud boom and saw a person flying across the road.”

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The Jewish ArT of MediTATion

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I was able to make one change in our educational system,” says Rabbi Baruch Klein, rabbi and counselor with a spiritual chassidic flavor in Brooklyn, NY, “I would implement 10-15 minutes of quiet time once or twice a day in every yeshiva, where children from the very young to the older ones, would sit quietly with the teacher or rebbe with no distraction and just have the opportunity to go inside themselves and meditate.

“If our children would grow up knowing how to be present and completely focused on what’s in front of them, the Jewish people would look very different. In our world today, we are so distracted and so unable to just ‘be’ that when Shabbos comes, we go crazy, we don’t know what to do with our downtime.”

Jewish Meditation

What comes to mind for many when the word “meditation” is mentioned is the image of someone sitting on the floor in the lotus position, back and head erect, cross-legged, palms up on the lap with eyes gently closed or perhaps open and gazing into a candle’s flame. This, however, is not the definition of meditation; it is simply

one technique of one type of meditation.

Some people believe meditation is a non-Jewish concept, taken from the eastern religions.

“Nothing could be further from the truth,” explains Rabbi Doniel Katz, Founder and Director of The Elevation Project. There are numerous sources throughout the Torah from the Zohar to the Chumash to Shulchan Aruch and many other holy sefarim referencing meditation. For a start, according to Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan, zt”l, in his book, Jewish Meditation, in ancient times, when we had thousands of true prophets in our nation, an essential part of their process was the ability to meditate.

Actual prophecy comes about through intense meditation.

Even for those who understand that meditation is deeply sourced in the Torah, many are of the opinion that it is solely a chassidic concept. It would not detract from the validity of the approach if that was the case. However, even that’s not true. The classic mussar approach of Rabbi Yisroel Salanter, says R’ Klein, includes meditative practices. One method called hispaylus meditation includes the practice of repeating the same word or phrase over and over, fully engaging the body and emoting with the phrase until it penetrates the heart and, in due time,

the person’s character and behaviors change.

There are, actually, many types of meditation and many techniques to practicing each of those types. There are also many goals to meditation. For example, do you want to feel more relaxed? The practice of meditation can help. Do you want to learn how to be in the present moment, experiencing everything in your life as it is happening right in front of you? Practice meditation.

Do you want to be deeply and spiritually connected to G-d? Do you want to know your prayers are soaring to the Heavens? Learn the art of meditation. Do you want to improve your character traits, develop your personality, enhance your personal relationships? Sleep better at night? Meditation can help with all of these.

For the purpose of this article, however, we will be mainly focusing on how meditation can enhance kavana in prayer. But to figure that out, we need a working definition of meditation.

Emptying the Mind

In its broadest sense, explains Rabbi Kaplan, meditation is using the mind in a controlled manner; deciding exactly how one wishes to direct the mind for a period

Think about the limitless possibilities when you are in control of your thoughts instead of them controlling you.

Deveikus

Perhaps that is why tefilla is called avodah shebalev, service of the heart. The external actions we take during prayer are there to arouse the de ep i n ner emotional feelings of love and awe towards the Ribbono Shel Olam.

Meditation Tips and Techniques The potential pitfall of attempting to describe a spiritual experience in words is that we often end up ruining the organic nature of the experience, comments Mrs. Fally Klein. For instance, it would be a disservice to the experience of eating ice cream to try to describe how it tastes. The nature of an experience is that you have to experience it to know what it feels like. This is true with the spiritual nature of meditation.

We can begin to ask the right questions though that can direct us to looking into this practice more seriously.

“For example,” Fally asks, “have you ever thought about the three steps back and three steps forward that you take before reciting the Shemoneh Esrei?

Most people don’t, but there is a reason Hashem gave us those steps. We’re taking three steps back from the physical world and three steps forward into the spiritual world. Three small steps. It’s very simple, but simple does not mean easy,” she stresses.

“Actually, my most basic tip for people interested in getting into meditation is very uninspiring and very simple yet in all my years of encouraging people to do it no one has yet come back to me and said, ‘OK, I did it, what’s your next tip?’

“And the tip is,” she shares, “to commit to practicing three deep breaths three times a day. Thoughts can come in – that doesn’t matter – but no holding a cellphone or anything in your hand. Just do that three times a day for month, and I guarantee it will help you with your kavana. ‘What if I don’t do it right?’ You may ask. Stop. Just do it. Period.”

Important steps to any meditation practice is: the awareness of the constant noise, aka thoughts we have running through our minds 24/7, most of which is found in our subconscious which we’re not even conscious of. The second and difficult step is to work on quieting it. Deep breathing helps with that.

Set aside a specific time, find a comfortable place to sit, and breathe deeply. After a few deep breaths, it is helpful to conduct a body scan. This means mentally scanning the body from head to toes, simply being aware of each part of your body.

What follows these preliminary steps depend on your meditation goals. For enhancing kavana, the next steps will involve working on arousing the emotions of love and divine awe in your body and learning how to tune into your divine light within.

Although these steps, according to Rav Doniel Katz, are not difficult to do when you have access to the right techniques and skill sets, it is not something that can be learned from this kind of venue (an article in a magazine). From this point on, Rav Katz suggests, meditative techniques should be learned within the context of the experiential learning process, which means taking advantage of the kosher meditation instructors and classes available today.

As Rav Katz says, “We can work hard, or we can work smart. The Torah way is the smart way. You choose.”

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The term the Shulchan Aruch uses in halacha for meditation, says Rav Katz, is deveikus. Deveikus, he explains, is the ability to silence the mind, the da’as, and

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Not to say that achieving a meditative state is simple. To the uninitiated, concentrating on one point to the exclusion of everything else may sound easy. It’s not.

To illustrate this, Rabbi Kaplan recommends a simple exercise: Close your eyes for a moment and stop thinking.

If you’re like most people who don’t have serious meditative experience, it’ll be impossible to keep your mind clear for more than a few seconds. But with practice in the right technique, it can be done, and when it is achieved, the results are astounding.

Think about the limitless possibilities when you are in control of your thoughts instead of them controlling you. Instead of endless obsessing over why she did that and how could she do that and how will you pass that test tomorrow and how will you accomplish all those things you have to do, you can simply decide that you’re not going to think about that now. Instead, you’re going to gaze at this beautiful rose in front of you in the vase on the table and enjoy its petals, its fragrance, and every nuance of its colors.

to attune it to emotionally and tangibly experience the infinite light, wisdom and energy of the divine soul that is within each of us. It means bonding our consciousness with the divine soul, Hashem, and experiencing that as reality, the same way we experience the world below as reality.

“You have to understand,” continues Rav Katz, “deveikus is not just an experience. It’s a bandwidth, a spectrum of experience. For example, your experience of deveikus may translate into feeling like a drop of water in a vast ocean of unified divine light (of G-d). For someone else, the experience of deveikus may be accessing amazing, deep insights like gematrias and other Torah wisdom. A third might have an out of body experience, moving up through the upper worlds, speaking to tzaddikim or malachim.”

Two of the techniques used to achieve deveikus are called hisbodedus and hisbonenus. These techniques are designed to achieve different aspects of deveikus.

Hisbodedus has been practiced for thousands of years by both simple and holy Jews, and it requires separating oneself from the external world in order to concentrate solely on one’s inner world. Daily, weekly, or monthly, a person would take themselves to a quiet room or a peaceful place in the forest perhaps and commune with G-d. According to R’ Avraham (son of Rambam), says Rav Katz, you don’t have to go anywhere externally to experience hisbodedus. It’s simply isolating the internal deepest part of your consciousness and separating it from your external thoughts about parnassa, yesterday, etc. It means quieting your mind, enabling you to go into the deepest light within you.

Hisbonenus is a technique from the Ba’al Hatanya which is composed of different elements but essentially consists of contemplating about Hashem being within and surrounding all things. Once an individual is completely immersed in these ideas, they will feel tremendous divine light and energy being downloaded into them.

These techniques to reach deveikus are different paths with the same essential goals: to transform your heart and open your mind to experience a greater sense of self, a greater realization of reality, a deeper state of consciousness, and a direct connection to Source.

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of time, and then doing it. It is concentrating all ones’ faculties of the mind, emotional being, awareness, senses, to one focal point.

Or no focal point.

A deeper level of meditation is transcending the mind completely and simply “being.” This is the ability to be present without any thought at all, transcending all internal and external distractions, finding oneself in the presence of one’s divine self, one’s soul.

The ability to meditate is within every human, Mrs. Fally Klein, hypnotherapist who specializes in breathwork in Brooklyn, contends. Like a flower that will find the sun even if it means sprouting through the cracks of the sidewalk to reach it, we all possess this innate ability.

“Many of us, however, have difficulty believing we possess this ability, especially in regards to the deeper meditative experience,” says Rabbi Katz.

“People say to me it can’t be what you’re saying is true. They become cynical, believing the true meditative experience is only for tzaddikim. But the Baal Shem Tov,” he continues, “came to teach us that even the potato farmer can achieve this state.”

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The true power and purpose of our prayers lie within the deep emotional connection we forge with Hashem during that time.

Nevertheless, how many times do any of us feel that intense level of alignment with Hashem when we daven? asks Rav Katz. Some people never feel it, some people feel it sometimes, but very few feel it all the time.

“But,” he asks, “what if you could feel that closeness to Hashem every time you prayed three times a day?”

According to Fally, prayer is talking to G-d, and meditation is listening for His response. They’re both two sides of the same conversation.

“Just as there’s an art to learning to communicate

The true power and purpose of our prayers lie within the deep emotional connection we forge with Hashem during that time.

with Hashem, which is the art of prayer,” she explains, “there’s the art of learning to listen for His response.

And it’s a craft we all can learn.”

The problem is that many people look at kavana in prayer like another box to check off on their checklist. I said my brachos today, I recited Modeh Ani this morning, I washed netilat yadayim, check, check, check. Kavana (and truthfully, none of the mitzvos) work that way.

It’s a practice, an avodah. Time needs to be taken out of our days to work on it. It’s not about mouthing my thank yous to Hashem, then hopping into the car, and doing my grocery shopping.

“What kavana in our prayer means,” says Fally, “is having presence and intention. It means davening with no distractions like a mother looking into her child’s eyes and talking to him without texting on her cellphone at the same time. Having kavana means transcending both internal and external distraction so we can make eye contact with Hashem.”

“When we pray with kavana, it implies deveikus,” says Rav Katz. This, in turn, implies that kavana is an emotional experience; it’s not about simply understanding the words on the page but having the emotional and spiritual experience of talking to and being heard by Someone.

“There are three aspects of kavana,” continues Rav Katz. “1) Having the intent – choosing to do something consciously; 2) Attention – focusing my entire consciousness on my prayers; and 3) Emotions – experiencing and feeling the words I’m speaking to the Being I’m speaking to.

“The prayer experience is no longer between me and my prayerbook; it’s between me and Hashem. When a person can do that, they become able to raise their consciousness with love and fear so much so that they feel flooded with shefa, brocha and chiyus as they pray.”

Kavana in Prayer

According to R’ Klein, there are two ways to connect to Hashem in prayer. One is through bakashas tzerachav – asking Hashem to meet our worldly needs. From this physical world, we ask G-d to give us health, livelihood,

good relationships, etc.

Another way, he explains, is transcending this physical world and attuning oneself to the higher realms, the world of unity, connecting experientially with the soul world, with Hashem, and praying from there. “It’s a different experience,” he shares, “than when we’re down below, asking Hashem for money for tuition. When you’re up there, none of our materialistic needs matter.

According to the Ba’al Shem Tov, it all boils down to, ‘We want to be in Your presence, Hashem.’ If we don’t have that, then nothing really matters.”

The Ba’al Shem Tov approached prayer through direct conversation with G-d, going straight to the Source as opposed to reaching the Source through the work of character trait refinement which is the way of the classic mussar approach. Depending on one’s goals, needs and personality, the approach will vary.

“But the true goal to keep in mind,” continues R’ Klein, “if we think deeply enough about it, is to understand that the root of all sorrow in the world is a result of the body and soul not being in alignment.”

Deveikus on any level addresses that.

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The Benefits of Meditation “We live in a world full of distraction,” says Mrs. Fally Klein. “Not just with the insane amount of technology at our fingertips and the fact that many of us live in big cities but even dealing with our own five senses, we are distracted from our inner world.”

Our senses are constantly multi-tasking, and the world celebrates that. The truth is we don’t do anything well when we multi-task. True art happens through dedication and focus on one detail at a time. One of the myriad benefits of meditation is helping our five senses to stop multitasking.

“When we learn to release our attachment to the distractions of life,” shares Fally, “then we develop the natural ability to focus on one thing at a time. When we commit to enjoying each detail of our lives – one sensation, one thought, one prayer, one breath – each one moment we live becomes like a piece of art to appreciate and cherish. We learn that every thought that comes up doesn’t have to be taken care of right this minute.”

It’s about focusing on “now” rather than what needs to be done now. One is “being” based and one is action-based. And it’s the way we release anxiety which is always future based – what will be….?

When a person masters his mind, he has more emotional control, more resilience, more inner peace. He is less overwhelmed and has more emunah.

“If you’re joyful,” says Rav Doniel Katz, “you learn better, your relationships are better, you’re more focused, more compassionate and productive. The psychological benefits of self-mastery are enormous. You’re more of a mensch and live a better and wholesome life.

“Meditation is about helping the individual release their negative tendencies, their anger, fear, doubt and pain. When someone is in pain and feels like a failure, they can do every aveira. When the same individual feels empowered, they can push through anything and do things they never thought possible.”

Other benefits include an enhanced ability to make decisions that comes with being proficient in clearing the mind so completely. When you remove ego and all the fears, through meditation, you can go to the shoresh of your soul and understand this is what Hashem wants from me; you can access very deep insights. We become more objective.

On a purely physical level, the physical world becomes so much more beautiful and pleasurable. Gazing at a rose without the filter of your mind and all its distractions becomes a breathtaking experience.

People sleep better at night when they learn how to meditate and feel more refreshed in the morning.

And the list goes on…

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by Daniella Quinn

Dear Teen Talk, I had a question that has been bothering me for a while and was wondering if you had some advice for me.

I have a friend who I am pretty close with. She is funny, ex-

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tremely smart, and enjoyable to be around. Lately, there have been some things that bother me about her. My friend is very overweight, and sometimes I feel embarrassed to be seen with her. Is that normal? I also feel like she does not have socially appropriate mannerisms. For example, when there is pizza day in school, she will take four slices, or during recess, she will pour a snack bag down her throat. Not only is this not menschlicht, but it really grosses me out seeing my friend eating such an enormous amount of food.

I know that now, as I am in ninth grade and have just entered high school, I am starting to notice things differently, but I was wondering if my concerns are valid and if there is anything I can do to improve the situation? Thanks!

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must start off by saying that I am very impressed by your letter. In a situation such as the one you are describing, it’s very easy to think the only option is to drop your friend. It says a lot about you that you are looking for help rather than a way out. You’ve taken a mature approach, which alone is a major step.

Your friend, as you described her, is a funny, smart girl who is enjoyable to be around, qualities we all look for in others. She has so much to her that brought you two together and even more that has kept the two of you friends to this day. It sounds like none of that has changed despite how she acts at times.

If you are asking if your feelings about the situation are valid, then the answer is yes. Just as someone who finds it important to be quiet when a teacher is speaking would cringe when the class gets rowdy, you find it difficult to be around your friend when she acts in a way that goes

against something that is important to you. The fact that you notice the way she eats and the way she carries herself shows that this is some-

you act in a certain way and yet you are completely unaware of it.

That’s not to say that there is anything wrong

Who she is on the inside - who anyone is on the inside - is what matters most. thing you value. You not only value acting like a mensch, but you notice when others do not.

However, it is not your job to change her.

I know that may be very hard to hear but forcing others to care about something that you value can be harmful to a relationship. Each and every person has their own set of values.

Something that you would never think twice about, others may be extremely careful with, and vice versa. It’s possible that your friend finds it difficult to be around you when

with the relationship – quite the opposite. What this demonstrates is a sense of respect for their individuality. It’s so tempting to try to change people, but we forget how harmful it can be. It can come off as offensive and intrusive. Most of the time, people aren’t open to it because it’s help they never asked for. It’s like with a child who is struggling to do something themselves and then an adult comes along and does it for them. The child is likely to become even more frustrated because it makes them feel incapable.

With every new stage in life, especially high

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upon someone.

In the moments, whether it be lunch, snack, or something else, where you can’t help but be embarrassed by your friend, I want you to remember why you were friends with her to begin with. Aside from the fact that we are all tzelem Elokim, she has greatness within her that makes her such a good friend to you and that doesn’t change because of the way she eats her food or because of the way she carries herself. When you find yourself judging her, remember that this is your friend who you love being around. Who

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school, you will find yourself thinking differently about those around you and about the person that you are. Your perspective changes because you change, and this is completely normal!

High school is such an important part of your life because, as they say, it’s a time where you “find yourself.” You said that lately the way your friend acts in certain situations bothers you. I believe it’s because something in you has changed. It’s possible you have become more conscious of the way you hold yourself and so you’ve begun to notice how those around you do as well. While it is amazing that you have grown in that aspect, everyone grows at their own pace. Your friend may not be up to the point where she holds herself to the standards you do in this particular area, and that is normal!

Growth is something personal; you may be ahead in some areas and behind in others, but that’s not a reason to look down

she is on the inside – who anyone is on the inside – is what matters most.

It will take time and practice to change your perspective, but it’s worthwhile, not just for this relationship, but for how you look at anyone. It’s also possible that one day she will come up to you and share that she does want to change in this particular area, and if that happens, then, of course, give her all the support that you can. Until then, it’s so important to appreciate her for who she is, the same way you would want to be appreciated.

I believe that you will find that this shift in perspective will make a world of difference.

Daniella is originally from Houston, Texas, and recently moved to Baltimore, Maryland, after a year of seminary in Israel. She currently works in a school while studying for a degree in psychology.

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Dating Dialogue

What Would You Do If… Moderated by Jennifer Mann, LcSW of the Navidaters

Dear Navidaters,

My older brother had a bully who continuously bullied him throughout middle school. In high school, both my brother and this kid moved on with their lives, and I hadn’t heard about him since. I just got back from seminary from my second year (I came home Pesach time), and I heard that a good friend of mine from high school is engaged to the bully. When

I asked how long they dated, she answered that she “felt it right away” so she felt comfortable getting engaged after three weeks.

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I am petrified for my friend. The things this kid said and did to my brother, the nastiness, the insensitivity, the lying, the physical and emotional fights. Everything. It seems like this kid now wears a hat and jacket, looks supershpitzy, learns well, and my friend is totally enthralled… I have to tell her what I know, right?

-Sara*

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ara, you were in seminary, and you know this is a serious shaila. You know you have important knowledge that people would probably want to know, especially if he hasn’t changed.

Someone needs to ascertain where this boy is at now. Middle school was a while back. Arrange a private face-toface meeting with your local rav, your brother’s principal from middle school or high school, or a local rabbinic leader who knows the family/community and will be able to find out what else he needs to know as well as understands the nuances and context of Torah-based action.

Act with both Jewish and personal values and align your response accordingly.

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Wow. What a conundrum.

I do not envy the position you are in.

I can only imagine the pain you felt when hearing your friend is engaged to a boy who did such terrible things to your brother.

Furthermore, having to sit back and play happy for her when you have personally witnessed this boy’s detestable actions must be extremely difficult.

As we all know, the effects of bullying can be extremely long-term. For the bully, those of us who are not personally attached to the situation, can easily tell you: he’s a changed man. Yeah, a guy can be a bully in middle school and then turn himself around within a decade (with the right help, tefillos, proper medication, good

mentors, and tons of siyata dishmaya). But for your brother, it would be likely that he is still battling the ill-fated effects of his torment. For you, his loving sister, it can seem almost impossible to sit back and say nothing.

You must know, however, that the laws of lashon hara must be studied in order to fully understand your personal requirement (or ask a rav).

We have to compartmentalize the two issues here: 1) The bully’s past (emphasis on past) and 2) Your brother’s pain Your brother’s current lingering effects of pain and suffering is completely legitimate but so might be the bully’s complete turn-around. The only way you can get true guidance here is to speak with halachic authority.

As a side note, I would use this as an opportunity. Perhaps mention to the boy at

A person’s reputation is the most valuable thing they have. the vort, “Were you in my brother’s class?

You seem to be the same age.” Gauge his reaction. It could be he has much remorse, and this would be an opportunity for him to ask for a complete mechila. Good luck!

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ear Sara, I completely understand your concern as a loving sister who wants what’s

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best for her brother. It seems like you indicated that the bullying stopped in high school, leaving an (estimated) 10 year gap between middle school and where your brother is currently holding. A lot can happen during that timeframe. Often, people who display inappropriate behavior towards other children may be experiencing difficulties at home or struggling with other personal matters.

It can be challenging to suspend judgement when you have a history with someone who has caused pain to you and your family. Recognize that people can change, heal and grow in a large (and even short) timespan.

Additionally, inquire with your friend if she has a mentor or any experienced figure that has been supporting her throughout this process. Are there any current red

flags? Any reason to be concerned with current data? Explore with curiosity but be extremely careful before making assumptions that may be based on current false pretenses.

A person’s reputation is the most valuable thing they have, and if it’s ruined for reasons that aren’t true, then it is very, very, very difficult to repair.

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o tell or not to tell, that is the question. Is it a huge chessed or is it a huge mistake to tell your friend what you know about her

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ear Sara, Thank you for writing into the panel! Your position is never an easy one. So many friends find themselves in your shoes at some point or another while friends are dating and engaged. I know this awful thing about your guy/girl. If I tell you, you may get mad at me and I stand to lose the friendship. If I don’t tell you, I will live with the guilt of withholding this information and not having protected you.

Before we proceed, let’s acknowledge how impossible this situation is for you as both of your options are so deeply unpleasant.

We can surmise that her chosson that has changed and grown. We can say that it is in the past. We can say he was

a child. We can also surmise that he is still a bully and will treat your friend in the most awful and abusive of ways, as he did your brother. We really don’t know. That is part of the impossible nature of your dilemma.

Ultimately, I don’t believe there is a right or wrong here. There is a decision to be made and a willingness and ability to live with the repercussions of your decision. If this isn’t a good friend, I don’t know how well this would land on her regardless. She is likely to think you are meddling. If this is a dear friend of yours, and you decide to share what you know, then there is a gentle, delicate way to do it.

Something like: “Your happiness is of ut-

How do you protect your friend from falling into his clutches?

boyfriend?

Different iterations of this dilemma have appeared in the Navidater’s column over the past several years. Here are some thoughts for you to consider.

The horrific behaviors that you describe happened a long time ago. People do grow up, mature, and change. Perhaps he is now a much better person than he was in middle school.

Nevertheless, you’re worried the boyfriend might still be the same, horrible person that he was back then and that he is merely putting on an act worth of an Emmy nomination. If so, how do you protect your friend from falling into his clutches?

There are two options you might wish to explore: First, you can sit down with your friend over a cup of coffee. Tell her that you are very, very happy for her. And then, innocuously mention that you heard how very important it is to check references when dating. Ask if she checked with his rebbes, yeshiva roommates, friends, neighbors, etc.

Second, you can follow the advice often given by Rav Avigdor Miller, zt”l, who rec-

ommended sending anonymous letters in situations such as this. Your anonymous letter will not only warn your friend and advise her to investigate but also will help preserve your friendship. Check with your rav if this is a path you should follow.

When I was in Brooklyn College, one of my best friends started dating a girl that I had once dated. The girl had many qualities that I found absolutely detestable, and I foolishly told my friend how I felt. Now, many years later, they are still happily married to each other, but my friendship, alas, never survived my poor judgement. I should have kept my mouth shut.

There’s an appropriate Hebrew expression: “May-olam lo hitz-ta-ar-tee, ahl dahvar sheh-low ah-mar-tee.”

You will never regret stifling the urge to say something that you never should have said.

most importance to me. There is something I need to tell you that’s been weighing heavily on me. (Insert information here.) I support you fully and your relationship fully, and just want your happiness. As your friend, I felt I had to tell you this.”

If you take this path, be prepared that you may totally lose your friendship. If it will bring you peace knowing in your heart that you did what you felt was in the best interest of your friend, then you will have done the right thing.

There are lovely adults who were bullies in middle school. When children are in pain, they act out. With time and maturity, they often outgrow these behaviors and learn new ways of coping with their feelings. Many express remorse. There are those people, though much more rare, who

are simply cruel. There is simply no way of knowing which camp this guy belongs to.

Also know that it is not necessarily your responsibility to warn your friend. It is your friend’s responsibility to do her research and pay attention to red flags.

Another thing I’ve heard of people doing in your situation is asking their friend, If I knew something truly concerning about your fiancé, would you want to know? If she is your good friend, then she knows your heart is in the right place. I think a really solid, mature friendship could withstand this conversation. But many can’t and don’t.

I wish I could serve you a clear and simple answer on a silver platter. Go with your gut.

Sincerely, Jennifer

Jennifer Mann, LCSW is a licensed psychotherapist and certified trauma healing life coach, as well as a dating and relationship coach working with individuals, couples, and families in private practice at 123 Maple Avenue in Cedarhurst, NY. She also teaches a psychology course at Touro College. To set up a consultation or to ask questions, please call 718-908-0512. Visit www. thenavidaters.com for more information. If you would like to submit a dating or relationship question to the panel anonymously, please email JenniferMannLCSW@gmail.com. You can follow The Navidaters on FB and Instagram for dating and relationship advice.

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Why Is It So Hard?

by Deb Hirschhorn, Ph.D.

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remember the good ol’ days before COVID when I would go to the class at the gym where we went through a routine of hopping around, lifting weights, and hopping some more. At the end of a sweaty hour, we were feeling pretty good about ourselves for being able to keep up.

Back in those days – so long ago – I could work out with 5 lb. weights, and I was pretty proud of myself. But today?

Forget it. I never had the discipline (or the interest, I will admit) to keep up with it on my own. I knew I “should” but there are lots of things we “should” do that we just don’t.

The coach who used to be at the gym would give an online class, and one day I had the bright idea of suggesting to a friend that if she took the class, I would as well. In fact, I taped it, and we both “took” it at the same time every week.

That worked out well for a while. It was the only way to get me to do it.

Then I got COVID myself and, of course, that was that. Afterward, I had the excuse that I was feeling weak and tired, which was legitimate and true, so there went whatever effort I had put into it.

Fast forward to the present moment.

I actually put into my schedule going to the gym three times a week for yoga. I haven’t worked myself up to the weights and the hopping yet, but at least I’m not just sitting on my duff all day long like I had been for the last 2½ years.

Actually, I took a walk last week. That may seem normal but it required me to feel “caught up” with what I had to do as well as have a space in my schedule to do it. It was great. I noticed how winded I was and that didn’t feel good.

Why is it so hard to get back into some semblance of a healthy condition when you’ve been out of it for so long?

It just is. “All beginnings are difficult.”

It’s a rule that is just like gravity. It just is. In fact, so are middles and so are ends.

There isn’t actually a single part that is

easy from my vantage point.

Same with life. It is hard.

How many people suffer in marriages that are toxic for years? Decades? And they finally say they’re getting out instead of cleaning up the toxic waste? The latter is just too hard. It looks impossible to them. They will even argue that it is

did the job?

What if I could move back up to the 5 lb. weights after all? What if it took a year of daily workouts at the lower level, but I could actually push myself up there?

What if? For that matter, what if I could retrain stomach muscles that got cut through three times? What if the fact that

All these difficult things may be do-able.

impossible. How do they know that? Because they tried “everything,” whatever that means.

I get that. It’s so hard. They went to four or five different therapists. Isn’t that enough? Maybe. Who can say?

But this funny thought occurred to me: What if for each and every time someone gave up before trying just one more thing, what if they didn’t give up?

What if each of those families did try just one more thing? And what if that thing

I never did exercise after all my C-sections didn’t matter and I could develop those muscles again?

What if?

What I’m saying is: What if it may be hard, but not too hard? What if G-d created our world such that we could make things better after all? Yes, with an awful lot of perseverance, persistence, and brute force. With willpower and determination. But what if it could happen?

What if we weren’t supposed to give up

so quickly?

Someone raised the question this past yom tov: what is the lesson of Megillas Rus? There are a lot of great lessons there, but what if the biggest one was simply to not give up when the deck is totally stacked against you in every which way and the road to redemption looks absolutely impossible?

Of course, none of that answers the question why it has to be so difficult in the first place.

There are people who respond that “man plans and G-d laughs.” I’ve always hated that saying. G-d is not heartless.

On the contrary, His most potent characteristic is rachamim. So, no, I’m not in the “G-d laughs” camp.

But what if the level of difficulty were just a perception? After all, Rus ended well. We got Dovid HaMelech out of it and Moshiach of the future. Can we say that Rus had it harder than Orpah did? Orpah went back to a country that wouldn’t have received her well for turning her back on them. Did she really have it better than Rus? Easier?

See, that’s my point. What seems more difficult may not be. All these difficult things may be do-able. Hashem may have made them eminently do-able, and it’s just our perception that it is too hard and we “tried everything” when, clearly, we didn’t, because the problem remains.

Maybe the toxic dump that is a marriage is cleanable. Maybe the cleaning will take a year. So what? What’s a year of doing it right when it’s caused pain and suffering for decades?

I don’t believe G-d is laughing. I believe He is waiting expectantly for us to begin cleaning out the debris – starting with 2 lbs. at a time.

Dr. Deb Hirschhorn is a Marriage and Family Therapist. If you want help with your marriage, begin by signing up to watch her Masterclass at https://drdeb.com/myw-masterclass.

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Health & F tness

20 Foods That Boost the Metabolism

by Aliza beer MS, rD, cDN

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here is a plethora of products on the market claiming to boost your metabolism and be beneficial for your health. However, eating real food is the best way to stay healthy and have a good metabolism.

Metabolism is a term used to describe the chemical reactions in maintaining life. It is the process in which your body converts the food you eat into energy. Our bodies need energy to breathe, think, move, and grow. Lack of sleep, some medications, strict diets, chronic stress, and high-fat diets are shown to decrease your metabolism. Your basal metabolic rate (BMR) is the minimum amount of calories your individual body requires to function at rest. Someone with a fast metabolism is someone with a high BMR, which means their body needs more calories to function. To have a healthy and functioning metabolism, you must sleep enough, fuel your body, not skip meals, and exercise regularly. There are also different foods that benefit your metabolism.

Foods that boost the metabolism:

1. Cruciferous vegetables: Vegetables like cauliflower, Brussels sprouts, broccoli, and cabbage contain nutrients called sulforaphane and glucoraphanin that have many benefits. They lower blood fat levels, increase the metabolism, and support the detoxification of different toxins. Aside from their other beneficial contents like fiber and vitamins, their metabolism-boosting contents are a big plus!

2. Cinnamon: Cinnamon has a host of benefits for the metabolism. It has been shown to regulate glucose levels. This is important because when too much insulin is produced to combat high glucose levels, it can be negative for fat loss because insulin is a fat-hoarding hormone.

Additionally, the body uses a lot of energy to process spices, which can thereby help you lose fat.

3. Citrus fruits: Citrus fruits like oranges, lemons, grapefruit, and limes contain vitamin C, which is very helpful for weight loss. They assist in fat burning and can make you feel more energized.

4. Seeds: Seeds like chia seeds, basil

seeds, and flax seeds have high amounts of omega-3 fatty acids. Because they are rich in fiber, antioxidants, and omega-3 fatty acids, they can be very beneficial for your health if incorporated into your daily diet. Since fiber is difficult for the body to break down, it requires a significant amount of calories to break it down.

Therefore, it helps speed up the metabolism.

5. Beans: There are many types of beans that are great for the metabolism.

Chickpeas, black beans, kidney beans, and lima beans are a few types of beans that contain fiber and protein which help preserve lean body mass and boost the metabolism.

6. Berries: Berries are rich sources of fiber and antioxidants. They also help regulate blood sugar and keep your metabolism running smoothly. They are filled with vitamins and minerals that, when consumed often, increase your metabolism.

7. Nuts: Although nuts are high in fat and calories, they promote weight

loss when eaten regularly. According to research, because nuts are rich in antioxidants and anti-inflammatory, they help the metabolism function properly.

People who eat nuts have lower insulin resistance, which means blood sugar is regulated well. This means eating nuts will help prevent diabetes and other health issues.

8. Oats: Oats are a great food to jumpstart the metabolism. They are a superfood that contain high amounts of calcium which increase the body’s core body temperature, thereby boosting metabolic activity.

9. Hot peppers: Spicy foods like hot peppers are proven to boost the metabolism. Chili peppers have capsaicin, the part of the pepper that gives it its spiciness. It acts as an appetite suppressant and can help the body burn more fat.

Studies have shown that eating capsaicin increases the metabolic rate.

10. Seaweed: Seaweed is rich in iodine, which helps with the production of thyroid hormones that ensure your thy-

91 15. Tea: Tea contains compounds that are very beneficial for your health. It contains catechins, which work to increase the metabolic rate. Green tea, in particular, increases the number of calories you burn, as well as the amount of fat burned.

16. Ginger: Ginger consumption enhances the thermic effect of food, meaning it increases the metabolic rate for the

line or in some health food stores that sell different medicinal herbs.

18. Dark leafy greens: Dark leafy greens are high in iron, which is essential for the proper functioning of the metabolism. Iron helps carry oxygen from all of the cells in your body. This assists in the burning of fat. They are also packed with magnesium, which is integral for an effi-

To have a healthy and functioning metabolism, you must sleep enough, fuel your body, not skip meals, and exercise regularly.

few hours after eating it. It also helps you feel satisfied, while also having a significant effect on body weight and fat.

17. Ashwadanga: Ashwadanga is a medicinal herb that offers several health benefits. Aside from improving blood sugar, reducing stress and anxiety, and decreasing inflammation, its antioxidant content speed up the metabolism and help reduce belly fat. This could be found on-

cient metabolism. The body is dependent on magnesium for the different chemical reactions needed for a functioning metabolism.

19. Coconut oil: Coconut oil has been shown to boost the metabolism and reduce appetite when consumed. It also helps the thyroid function smoothly, which directly impacts the metabolism.

20. Apple cider vinegar: Apple cider

vinegar has a lot of health advantages. In addition to making you feel full and balancing the stomach’s pH, apple cider vinegar regulates blood sugar and prevents it from spiking. When blood sugar spikes, the metabolism is slowed and fat burning is suppressed. Therefore, consuming 1-2 tablespoons of apple cider vinegar in salad dressing or diluted in water can keep your body functioning properly.

Our metabolisms have been created to function well and regulate themselves.

However, with the addition of processed foods and the abundance of stresses in our daily lives, its function can be impaired or minimized. Therefore, increasing foods in your diet that have been shown to boost the metabolism can be very helpful in ensuring our bodies are working optimally. It is important to include these foods in your daily food intake in order for your body to benefit from their positive features.

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roid is functioning properly. A major function of the thyroid is to regulate the metabolic rate. Therefore, if you have a healthy well-functioning thyroid, it will result in your metabolism also working well.

11. Cacao: Cacao has been proven to improve the metabolism and help the body metabolize fat better. Cacao is also anti-inflammatory and improves digestion. This is one reason why you should look for a high percentage (at least 70%) of cacao in your chocolate!

12. Lean protein: Eating lean protein is shown to boost the metabolism. The body burns more energy processing protein than it does fats or carbohydrates.

Therefore, the digestion of protein can enhance the metabolism.

13. Whole grains: Whole grains contain short-chain fatty acids that cause the body to release leptin, a hormone that helps you feel satiated. Additionally, the fiber content found in whole grains help decrease the amount of calories retained during digestion, thereby increasing the metabolism.

14. Coffee: Coffee, specifically caffeine, have been shown to burn calories. Studies have shown that caffeine not only burns calories but also burns fat.

Aliza Beer is a registered dietitian with a master’s degree in nutrition. She has a private practice in Cedarhurst, NY. Patients’ success has been featured on the Dr. Oz show.

Aliza can be reached at alizabeer@gmail. com, and you can follow her on Instagram at @alizabeer

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End-of-the-Year Reflections

by Sara rayvych, MSed

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havuos marks our arrival at the culmination of the school year.

Students enjoy these last weeks of school while they gear up for the beginning of summer. There’s a lot to do to wind down the year and prepare for the warm weather fun. For teachers, the end of the school year and summer are busy.

There is a ton of work to do closing the previous year and preparing for the next.

Parents often can’t appreciate how much educators do behind the scenes to ensure your child gets the very best each day.

Before tossing aside that knapsack and checking it for any snacks or lunches forgotten since Pesach, parents, too, may want to take a look back on the year and reflect. A lot happens during a school year, and it’s easy to neglect it once it’s done. A school year is its own era and represents a significant portion of a child’s lifetime.

Appreciate Accomplishments During the school year there is so much to do, and it quickly gets overwhelming. It’s easy to lose sight of all that our children have accomplished. Es-

pecially when children face challenges, we can too readily forget to notice where they’ve succeeded. The end of the year is the perfect time to look back and appreciate all your child has accomplished.

At one point, I was getting frustrated with my child’s level in certain subjects. I tried to stop what was becoming unhelpful negative feelings and think back to where this child was when the year began.

Upon greater reflection, I was able to realize that this child had made great strides in kriyah, reading and math. Even if this cutie wasn’t where I had hoped now, it would be a shame to ignore how much was accomplished already.

It doesn’t matter what level your child is at now; they’ve made progress somewhere since the school year began. Even if they had difficulties in one area, they’ve still improved in another area. Find the bracha and try to appreciate it. A school year can feel like a very long time, but that time is meaningful when you can look back and see how they’ve blossomed.

Value All Growth It’s important to remember that

there is more than just academics. As important as “book” education is, there is so much more our children learn and need to develop to become functioning adults. It’s easy to focus on just what can be taught from a textbook or tested on a multiple choice exam, but the most important life lessons are those that are not covered in the standard curriculum.

Developmental milestones are often underappreciated until they’re not met.

They’re often taken for granted, but each one is crucial for our youngsters as they grow and mature. There are many different milestones children have to reach throughout their life. For example, as children grow, they give their first beautiful smile, cut their first teeth and take those first exciting walking steps.

They need to learn gross motor skills, such as learning to walk or jump, along with fine motor skills, such as cutting with scissors or writing with a pencil. If your child started the school year unable to properly hold a pencil but now has moved onto penmanship, you certainly have seen tremendous progress.

As babies go through their first year

of life, they start to interact with others.

They want to see you smile and laugh at them. Toddlers begin to notice each other and sometimes even communicate.

During the school years, they develop further in their ability to speak to each other and create a connection. A child who starts the school year unable to effectively convey their feelings may now be able to use words to express emotions such as “angry” or “frustrated.”

Last, but perhaps most important, we have middos. It’s far easier to memorize the periodic table than it is to improve a single middah. In many ways, a person’s middos define who they are.

Without proper middos, a person is unable to function in society. Additionally, looking and dressing as a frum Jew but not acting like one does not make a kiddush Hashem. A child who starts off the year with chutzpah but starts speaking with derech eretz has certainly made tremendous strides.

Acknowledge the Progress Acknowledge the progress your child has made but don’t feel the need to keep

93 Potential for Improvement None of us are perfect, and we all have areas that we find challenging.

After a thorough review of our child’s year, we very well may find places that can use improvement. Now is the time to take note of this and create goals for the next year.

ing fresh followed by the Yomim Noraim. Waiting until the new year could mean the issue won’t be properly addressed until well into the school year.

Their current teacher should be the best resource and current expert on your child’s performance in the classroom.

There are many options available and

The end of the year is the perfect time to look back and appreciate all your child has accomplished.

It’s tempting to ignore it until Elul comes around but that may not be the best option. We certainly don’t want to turn summer into school – kids need a break, too – but taking advantage of this time can be very wise.

Your child’s current teacher has already had months to get to know your child; next year’s teacher will be start-

now is the optimum time to avail yourself of them.

Many children regress over the summer. Some children are more prone than others to this decline. For some children, this backslide is modest and they bounce back quickly, while for other children, it can be more drastic and complicated when they slip back

into their desk the following year. You know your child: if you suspect they will experience a more severe fallback, then that is another topic to look into now. For example, I have a child who forgets math very quickly. I try to periodically give a brief review sheet on previous topics to keep it fresh in his/ her mind. Even a math problem or two can be enough to prevent that inevitable forgetfulness. Often, the solution isn’t complicated, and it just takes a little awareness to make next year run that much smoother.

Mazal tov to all the students, parents and teachers upon the completion of another school year. A lot goes into a child’s education and the nachas seen at the end is what makes everything worthwhile. Shep nachas and daven for continued bracha!

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it to yourself. Take some time to sensitively share with your child what you’ve seen. If they improved in Chumash, then let them know; they may not have realized themselves how much they’ve grown.

You should be proud of their accomplishments – why not let them also know how much nachas you’ve received? They may underestimate their own success but appreciate it better once they see you’ve noticed it, as well.

It’s important to be careful how you phrase things; you don’t want to focus on the prior negative experiences but simply focus on the positives. Saying, “Wow, look how much you’ve changed from that chutzpah-filled child of September’’ will not necessarily improve things. Rather, we want to stay with the positive and stress their improvement: “Rebbi was telling me how b’kavodik you speak in class.”

Let’s not forget that all bracha we see in life comes from one Source. Taking a few moments to thank Hashem and daven for continued improvements certainly can’t hurt. Ultimately, it all comes from Him, and we, too, should acknowledge that gift.

Sara Rayvych, MSEd, has her master’s in general and special education. She has been homeschooling for over 10 years in Far Rockaway. She can be contacted at RayvychHomeschool@gmail.com.

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Personal Best Is Best

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Getting through 2020, and subsequently 2021, could not be a competition. With all the challenges we had with the virus spreading and the dilemmas regarding traveling, education, and shopping, I found that doing “my own thing” worked for me. More than ever, it didn’t matter what everyone else was doing; it mattered what worked for me.

For example, if others stayed home from dawn to dusk and never went out

regarding improving my music, writing, spiritual, health and so forth. These past few years, good enough was good enough. I worked at improving my skills and achieving goals but not with the same pressure I’ve had in previous years. With more time at home to reflect and relax (yes, COVID had its perks!), I had time to introspect and breathe.

Maybe the fact that we spent so much time at home without socializing much

After all, in life, we each have our unique strengths, and if we are growing in our own pace, that’s just fine.

helped me focus on my own goals without comparing to others. The bar was lowered for me because I didn’t have an external report card to worry about. And when I did choose to keep busy with piano and harp lessons, or writing classes, or health webinars, or ZOOM sessions with work peers, family, or classes, my focus was on enjoying myself more than achieving any

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in fear of the virus, I didn’t necessarily follow that choice. And that was just fine.

If others appeared more relaxed and traveled or went out more than I did, that wasn’t my concern. What worked for me, as my “personal best,” was to stay home most of the day and go out for the few errands that I needed for essential items.

In other years, I’d be hard on myself

particular long-term goals.

To be able to say that I kept up any form of exercise is huge for me. Pilates once a week? No. Swimming every day of every week? No. Walking every day of every week? No. But I was conscious of it, and I did those activities as much as I was able to – and that’s a good thing. That’s my personal best for now.

So what’s in store for the rest of 2022?

Do I increase the bar? Do I increase expectations for myself and raise the bar?

The short answer? Yes. The long answer? Who knows…because if 2020 and 2021 taught us anything about life, it’s that we don’t know what tomorrow may bring.

What I do know is that I’ve lined up some classes for myself, both spiritually and emotionally. I’ve set up online Zooms to learn mindfulness and setting goals.

I’ve set up courses for studying spiritual lessons from Tehillim. And I hope that through all these behavior changes day by day, I will achieve my personal best.

One day at a time. In 2022 and beyond.

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his morning, my husband came into the house huffing and puffing.

He’d just completed his daily run around our neighborhood, and as he’s trying to catch up on many months of lack of exercise, he was a bit out of breath.

But, as he told me, he increases his speed each day and even times himself so that he knows he’s improving over time.

When my oldest son was in high school, “personal best” was a popular phrase. An athlete’s personal best is beating the score relative to what he or she has achieved most recently. In those days as mom of teenagers, personal best was something softer and more achievable. It was language used for teachers and parents to encourage students to work their hardest to do their own best, without competing with others. I appreciated the term because it aligned with my philosophy of children not feeling the need to always be the best and the brightest at all costs. After all, in life, we each have our unique strengths, and if we are growing in our own pace, that’s just fine.

Competition has its place, but when our lives become engulfed with feelings of always having to be on the top, it becomes unhealthy.

These past few years, more than any other, “personal best” has been my motto.

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Arugula and Seared Tuna Salad Arugula and Seared Tuna Salad Dairy / Serves 6-8 Dairy / Serves 6-8

by Naomi Nachman

by Naomi Nachman

This is a salad that my family looks forward to This is a salad that my family looks forward to every Shavuot. I have also added in feta cheese every Shavuot. I have also added in feta cheese and olives too as a great variation. and olives too as a great variation.

Ingredients Ingredients Salad ◦ 6 cups arugula or mixed greens Salad

Dressing ◦ ½ cup sour cream Dressing

Oil, forarugula searing or mixed greens ◦6 cups

1 Tbsp mustard ◦½ cup Dijon sour cream

Fresh tuna ◦ Oil, forpepper-crusted searing

cup Dijon balsamic vinegar ◦ 1¼Tbsp mustard

3 radishes, sliced ◦ Fresh pepper-crusted tuna

1 Tbsp maple syrup ◦¼ cup pure balsamic vinegar

1 cup cherrysliced tomatoes, halved ◦3 radishes,

cup pure olive maple oil ◦ 1¼Tbsp syrup

◦ Spiralized carrots, beets and yellow squash, for garnish 1 cup cherry tomatoes, halved

◦ 1¼tsp salt cup olive oil

◦ Spiralized carrots, beets and yellow squash, for garnish

◦ 1 tsp salt

Preparation 1. Whisk all dressing ingredients together in a small bowl until combined.

Preparation

1.2. Whisk allskillet dressing together in a sear smalltuna bowl combined.

Preheat overingredients high heat, add oil, then foruntil 1-2 minutes on each side. Once cooled, slice into ½-inch (1-cm) thick slices.

2.3. Preheat skilletingredients over high heat, add oil, tuna forsalad.

1-2 minutes on each side.

Onceserving. cooled, slice into ½-inch (1-cm) thick slices.

Toss all salad together.

Laythen tunasear slices over Dress salad right before 3. Toss all salad ingredients together. Lay tuna slices over salad. Dress salad right before serving.

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Notable Quotes “Say What?!”

My great-grandparents died in Nazi Germany. I know a fascist when I see one. Ron DeSantis is a fascist. We can’t allow fascism to fester. That’s why we have to get rid of Ron DeSantis and his sidekick Attorney General.

– Tweet by Daniel Uhlfelder on June 6, which is the anniversary of the historic D-Day invasion, resorting to calling his political adversaries fascists…and, of course, containing a link for donations from like-minded liberals

My gambling got to a point of being reckless and embarrassing. I had to address it. And I’ve been addressing it for a number of years. And for hundreds of hours of therapy. I feel good where I’m at there. My family and I are and have been financially secure for some time.

- Golfer Phil Mickelson opening up to Sports Illustrated about his gambling addiction, which reportedly cost him $40 million over four years

They did, but I didn’t.

- President Joe Biden acknowledging that even though CEOs knew in April how bad the baby formula shortage would be, he did not realize it

Türkiye (pronounced “tur-key-yay”)

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- The new name of the country formerly known as Turkey

I think the president – it probably would be helpful if he acknowledged that he made a mistake along with the treasury secretary and the other economists, but that he is now going to take steps to try to deal with it.

- Former Obama Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta criticizing President Biden for not dealing with runaway inflation last year

Molly absolutely loves to play basketball.

- The owner of the guinea pig that broke the world record for most slam dunks in 30 seconds

They went with this shock and awe terrorist strategy… Take me with five agents, like an alQaeda terrorist, rock me into a car, and the next thing I know I’m in leg irons, handcuffs, stripsearched.

- Peter Navarro, a former White House trade adviser under Donald Trump, describing to Tucker Carlson what happened when he was recently arrested for failing to cooperate with the January 6th Committee, based on his legal argument that his communications with then-Pres. Trump are protected by executive privilege

A big thank you to everyone who helped me get my unconditional release. What a long, strange trip it has been. Now it’s time to rock and roll.

– Tweet by John Hinckley Jr., the man who shot President Ronald Reagan in 1981, celebrating his upcoming release from court restrictions

97 nationalist bigot. 2016, another black nationalist gunned down five police officers in Dallas. I was there with President Obama at the funeral for those police officers. He [the shooter] did so on explicitly racial grounds. In 2019, two anti-Semitic domestic terrorists gunned down four people in a kosher grocery store.

San Francisco in the past year has seen a 567% increase in anti-Asian violence. Anti-Jewish hate crimes in New York City are up 148% in the first quarter of 2022 compared to the first quarter of 2021.

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I do think my colleagues on the Democratic side of the aisle try very hard to erase the history of the Klan, that it was formed by elected Democrats, that its leadership was almost entirely elected Democrats, that the authors of the Jim Crow laws were without exception elected Democrats. And I also think today’s congressional Democrats try to use the charge of “white supremacy,” which is undoubtedly evil, bigoted, and wrong, and weaponized by their own party, they try to use that as a proxy for attacking a political party they disagree with.

- Ibid.

- Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing

My view is simple: violence is always wrong. Whatever your ideology, left-wing, right-wing, no wings: If you’re seeking to hurt people, it is wrong. Is violence from white supremacist extremist organizations a problem? Absolutely. As is violence from other hate groups. The Brooklyn subway shooter was a known black supremacist who called for racial violence.

The Waukesha attacker, who murdered six people driving an SUV into a Christmas parade, was a viciously left-wing black

And then, of course, we have the violence of the Antifa riots and the Black Lives Matter riots that racked this country. As stores were looted, police cars were firebombed, people were assaulted, people were murdered, my colleagues on the Democratic side of the aisle sought to excuse, sought to apologize for, even went so far as raised money to bail out of jail the violent rioters committing these acts of violence.

- Ibid.

Sadiqa and I were probably unduly sensitive about the whole situation. But we wondered if our Black child’s attachment to a white doll could mean she had already breathed in what the psychologist Beverly Daniel Tatum has called the “smog” of white superiority.

– Race baiter Ibram X. Kendi, who is a professor of humanities at Boston University and a leading advocate of critical race theory, in an essay published in The Atlantic about his daughter playing with a white – presumably racist – doll

- Ibid.

Lots of luck on his trip to the moon. I don’t know.

- President Joe Biden when asked about Elon Musk saying that he has a “bad feeling” about the economy

Don’t let your dreams just stay as dreams. Have a goal and work towards achieving this and a beautiful life awaits.

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When Imani released her grip, I walked around the day care and found the large toy chests. I rummaged through the toys and did not come across a single doll that looked Asian, Native, Latino, Middle Eastern, or Black. Every single doll I saw looked White. Anger overtook me.

- Kenichi Horie, of Japan, after becoming the world’s oldest person to sail solo non-stop across the Pacific Ocean at the age of 83

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98 WASHINGTON — Seventeen months after a mob of Donald J. Trump’s supporters stormed the Capitol with false claims of a stolen election, House Democrats plan to use a landmark set of investigative hearings beginning this week to try to refocus voters’ attention on Jan. 6, aiming to tie Republicans directly to an unprecedented plot to undermine democracy itself.

With their control of Congress hanging in the balance, Democrats plan to use madefor-television moments and a carefully choreographed rollout of revelations over the course of six hearings to remind the public of the magnitude of Mr. Trump’s effort to overturn the election, and to persuade voters that the coming midterm elections are a chance to hold Republicans accountable for it.

– The New York Times – which is often touted as the media arm of the Democrat Party – openly stating what the purpose of the upcoming publicized January 6th Committee hearings are all about

My plan to address inflation starts with a simple proposition: Respect the Fed. Respect the Fed’s independence.

- President Joe Biden, revealing his plan to deal with inflation, which is essentially to pass the blame onto the Federal Reserve

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Political crossfire

Biden Hunkers Down For a Long, Limited War in Ukraine

by David Ignatius

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imited war requires limits,” wrote Harvard professor Thomas Schelling in his 1960 classic, “The Strategy of Conflict.” President Joe Biden took some sensible steps this week in defining the West’s goals for the war in Ukraine – and its limits.

Biden summarized his administration’s approach in an op-ed last Wednesday in the New York Times. In place of loose talk about total military victory over Russian i nvaders, he said the United States’ goal w as a negotiated peace – and wisely put t his objective in the words of America’s ally: “As President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine has said, ultimately this war ‘will only definitively end through diplomacy.’”

To check recent Russian advances in eastern Ukraine, Biden is sending a powe rful rocket artillery system known as Himars, which can attack Russian targets with the devastating impact of a precision airstrike. But he clarified that the purpose of these American weapons was not only to help Ukraine on the battlefield but also to achieve “the strongest possible position at the negotiating table.”

Biden had a very specific set of messages for Russian President Vladimir Putin: “We do not seek a war between NATO and R ussia. As much as I disagree with Mr. Putin, and find his actions an outrage, the United States will not try to bring about h is ouster in Moscow…. We do not want to prolong the war just to inflict pain on Russia.” As for the Himars missiles, Biden made clear that “we are not encouraging or enabling Ukraine to strike beyond its borders.”

These messages, reinforced in backg round briefings this week by senior adm inistration officials, signal a change of tone in the Washington debate about the war. An easy triumphalism developed after Russia’s reversals in the first month of the war. Putin and his inept commanders

h ad blundered; brave Ukrainian forces were pushing back the invaders toward the Russian border; Zelensky talked (though he probably knew better) as if total military victory were possible.

On Thursday, however, Zelensky offered a chilling summary of Russia’s advances since it concentrated its forces in the eastern region known as Donbas and b egan raining down rocket and artillery fire along what Zelensky described as a 600-mile front. “The Russian army has already destroyed almost the entire Donbas,” Zelensky said in a video speech to the Luxembourg parliament. “As of today, about 20 percent of our territory is under the control of the occupiers.”

The Biden White House has been recko ning with the new success of Russia’s meat-grinder tactics for the past week. This has been Biden’s testing hour as a wartime leader; he had reaped well-deserved praise for mobilizing the coalition to arm Ukraine and check Russia’s invasion; now comes the time of reversal in battle and presidential anxiety.

Biden’s most urgent task has been to

c heck a panicked rush for peace among s ome European allies who worry about the costs of a protracted conflict. Europea n leaders seemed to steady themselves this week by committing to an embargo of Russian seaborne oil deliveries while Germany agreed to provide Ukraine powerful antiaircraft defenses and tanks.

T he war in Ukraine, with its vicious s wings in momentum, might be moving f rom ebullient optimism about Ukraine’s defiance toward a phase that’s closer to the long, enervating grind of the Korean War. D avid Halberstam, in his 2007 history, “ The Coldest Winter: America and The Korean War,” described it as “a puzzling, gray, very distant conflict, a war that went on and on and on, seemingly without hope or resolution.”

Korea was frustrating in part because, l ike Ukraine, it was a limited war. Gen. Douglas MacArthur, the commander, wanted to redeem his early blunders by using nuclear weapons. President Harry S. Truman wisely refused and fired MacArthur.

American troops were bitter that they were being asked to “die for a tie,” Halberstam

wrote. But military victory wasn’t possible at an acceptable cost, and Republican presidential candidate Dwight D. Eisenhower promised, “I will go to Korea,” which meant that he would make peace. And he did.

The Korea cease-fire in July 1953 must have seemed to many Americans and their brave South Korean allies like a defeat. But today, South Korea is one of the economic jewels of the world – even though the war never yielded a peace agreement and there’s a still fragile cease-fire line nearly 70 years later with a poisonous neighbor t o the north. Maybe that’s a snapshot of postwar Ukraine.

Rick Atkinson, a leading military historian, tells me he sees an analogy between the ebbs and flows of the Ukraine conflict and America’s Revolutionary War. British a ggressors got pounded in 1775 after attacking Lexington and Concord and then again at Bunker Hill. But the war became a brutal eight-year stalemate, and the American rebels eventually triumphed mainly because of British weariness and French intervention. “ War usually comes down to which belligerent evinces the superior will,” arg ues Atkinson. “In this case, stalemate w ill give Ukraine time, at a terrible cost, to determine if it has the will to outlast the Russians until politically acceptable terms emerge. Meanwhile we can hope that Russia is severely reduced as a threat and as a global player.”

Biden rightly insists that only Ukrainians, who have fought and died so bravely, c an decide how this war should end. But t his week, he expanded what the strategist Schelling called “implicit bargaining” with Russia by marking the contours of the war. At some point, after the butcher’s bill i s paid, we’ll move into explicit negotiations to resolve this terrible conflict. (c) 2022, Washington Post Writers Group

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Big-Government Interference Caused the Baby Formula Crisis

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he Biden administration is getting hammered for the baby formula shortage – and deservedly so. A whistleblower notified the Food and Drug Administration in October of unsanitary conditions at a baby formula factory, but the FDA did not shutter the plant until February, and the president took no steps to address the crisis – such as easing import rules – until May. That is inexcusable.

But that plodding response is not the main reason parents across the country are scrambling to find formula for their babies. Neither are pandemic-related supply-chain issues. The reason is big-government interference, which has distorted the baby formula market and produced the Soviet-style shortages we are experiencing today.

The shuttering of a single baby formula plant should not lead to bare shelves.

Other food production facilities sometimes fail health inspections, but halting production at one factory does not send the entire country into crisis. That’s because we have multiple companies producing everything we eat – from meat, to vegetables, to processed foods – which means when something happens at one factory, other producers can step in to make up for shortfalls.

Not so with baby formula. Just two manufacturers – Abbott and Reckitt, the makers of Similac and Enfamil, respectively – are responsible for almost 80% of baby formula production in the United States; they have shared a virtual duopoly since the 1950s. Why? Because, as the Wall Street Journal reports, baby formula is so tightly regulated that it is nearly impossible for new entrants to break into the market.

The FDA treats baby formula like a pharmaceutical product instead of food for infants. Clinical studies and other

requirements cost millions of dollars before a company can bring a product online, and the FDA subjects producers to pharmaceutical-grade regulation and inspection. Case in point: ByHeart is the first new formula manufacturer approved by the FDA in more than 15 years. To win approval, it had to raise $190 million to cover the cost of research and development, clinical growth studies, and a host of other FDA requirements. It took the company more than five years jumping over government hurdles to open its first manufacturing plant, which finally began production this year.

This is absurd. Except in the case of specialty formula for infants with certain medical conditions, baby formula is not a pharmaceutical product. It’s food. Formula generally contains purified cow’s milk, whey or soybeans for protein; vegetable oils for fat; lactose for carbohydrates; and a mix of vitamins and minerals. That’s it.

No other food is regulated that way – including baby food. As every parent

knows, at six months of age, babies start transitioning from formula to pureed fruits, vegetables, oatmeal and meat. Unlike baby formula, baby food is produced by many companies – from Beech-Nut to Earth’s Best, Gerber, Yumi, Heinz, Nature’s One, Happy Family and Plum Organics. So why is it OK to give 6-monthold infants food that is subject only to basic health and safety guidelines, but the food we give them in the first six months of their lives is regulated like a vaccine?

If a single baby food plant shut down, we wouldn’t see parents struggling to feed their children; other companies would happily step in and make up for lost production. But thanks to the federal government, the shutdown of a single Abbott plant, responsible for one-fifth of all U.S. baby formula production, has left us with bare shelves and with almost no competitors ready to step in to fill the gap.

It gets worse. Government also distorts the baby formula market through the Women, Infants, and Children supple-

mental nutrition program. According to the Wall Street Journal, WIC “has deepened the hold that major manufacturers such as Abbott have over formula sales” resulting in “a marketplace with little competition and little flexibility.” Under WIC, each state grants exclusive contracts to a single manufacturer in exchange for discounts. Only the winning manufacturer’s product can be bought with the government vouchers issued to lower-income parents. This also increases sales to non-WIC consumers, because stores in each state tend to primarily stock the WIC-approved brand – giving the government-chosen company a near-monopoly in that state.

This is a toxic marriage of big government and big business to crowd out competition. First government raises prices through overregulation and a lack of free-market competition, and then it justifies mass government purchases from single manufacturers by arguing these are necessary to negotiate discounts. The discounts would not be necessary if there were more producers of baby formula competing for the business of American parents. Then store shelves would be filled with as much cheap baby formula as there is banana puree.

What is the solution? Stop treating formula like a pharmaceutical product, except in specialty cases. Eliminate the barriers to entry that allow 80% of the market to be dominated by two manufacturers.

Treat baby formula like baby food, with common-sense measures to make sure that factories are clean and products are safe. If we did that, then American parents would not have to worry about the Biden administration’s incompetent response to this crisis – because it would have never have happened in the first place. (c) 2022, Washington Post Writers Group

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the transition to renewable energy.

But it is precisely his forced transition to renewable energy that is precipitating the blackouts. The Post reports that a “major reason” for the coming shortages is early shuttering of fossil-fuel plants – particularly coal – that are needed to meet increased summer electricity demand. “Some of the coal plants that regulators assumed

COP26 climate conference in Glasgow, Scotland, climate envoy John F. Kerry openly declared that the Biden administration plans to put the coal industry out of business within eight years. “By 2030 in the United States, we won’t have coal. We will not have coal plants,” Kerry said.

When you announce that you intend to drive an industry out of existence, people

How has the United States come to the point where swaths of our country might look like North Korea this summer?

do not invest in it. And when you try to end fossil fuels before a renewable-energy infrastructure exists to replace it, the result is shortages and blackouts.

According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, the shuttering of coal-fired electric plants will make up 85 percent of all electric-generation capacity retirements this year, taking a massive 12.6 gigawatts of capacity offline. And the

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would keep running for another year or two are instead coming offline” because “plant operators are choosing to shut down rather than invest in upgrades for coal plants.”

As Jim Robb, chief executive of the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC), tells The Post, “Coal plant operators are saying ‘uncle.’ “ Who made them cry uncle? Biden and his war on fossil fuels. Speaking at the

remaining coal-fired plants are “having difficulty obtaining fuel,” according to a recent report from the NERC, because of “mine closures, rail shipping limitations, and increased coal exports” – further reducing our capacity to generate power this summer.

These shutdowns of coal plants and coal mines are intentional – part of the administration’s plan to “decarbonize” U.S. power generation. The problem is that renewables are not yet ready to make up for lost coal capacity, because the batteries needed to store wind and solar power are not yet commercially available. So when there’s no wind or sun, there’s no electricity.

The result will be not only blackouts but also skyrocketing energy prices. As demand rises while supply is constrained, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission predicts that electricity prices could rise by as much as 233 percent over last summer’s power prices. This will dwarf the rise in gasoline prices that have taken place since Biden took office.

So, what is Biden doing about it? The president just announced he is invoking the Defense Production Act to accelerate domestic production of – wait for it – solar panels, while waiving tariffs on solar panel imports from China’s state-subsidized solar industry. How about using the law to upgrade the coal plants needed to keep American homes powered and air conditioning running this summer? Or better yet, how about simply suspending the war on coal?

This is a looming disaster for the Biden administration. Unlike the baby formula shortage, which only affects parents with newborns, electricity shortages will affect everyone – shutting off air conditioners in the midst of summer heat and plunging entire communities into darkness, just months before the midterm elections. Then Americans will have a chance to go to the polls. And when they do, blackouts will be on the ballot.

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irst came the worst border crisis in U.S. history. Then came the worst inflation in four decades and record-high gas prices. Then came the baby formula shortage.

Next up? Blackouts.

That’s right, just when you thought things couldn’t get worse, add rolling blackouts to the rolling disasters President Joe Biden has unleashed upon the country. The Washington Post reported Thursday that the United States won’t have enough power to get through the summer heat wave, leaving us at risk of widespread power outages – particularly across the Midwest region, stretching from Minnesota to Louisiana, which has enjoyed stable electricity for decades.

This is a national disgrace. Access to cheap, abundant energy is a hallmark of a free society. Just look at a satellite photo of the Korean Peninsula at night. At the bottom, free and democratic South Korea is awash in light, while North Korea is in almost complete darkness, save for a pinprick of light in Pyongyang. The two countries share the same people and the same natural resources, yet one is glowing with the light of freedom, while the other is enveloped in the darkness of human misery.

How has the United States come to the point where swaths of our country might look like North Korea this summer?

The left will be quick to blame extreme weather precipitated by climate change. But according to former Energy Department undersecretary for science and American Enterprise Institute scholar Steven E. Koonin, writing in his book “Unsettled: What Climate Science Tells Us, What It Doesn’t, and Why it Matters,” U.S. government data shows that “heat waves in the U.S. are now no more common than they were in 1900 and that the warmest temperatures in the U.S. have not risen in the past fifty years.” No matter, Biden will almost certainly blame summer blackouts on climate change – citing them as evidence that we need to double down on his efforts to speed

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Master Master Sergeant Sergeant Roy Roy Benavidez Benavidez Fighting Fighting to to the the Finish Finish

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he Unites States Special Forces, he States alsoUnites known as theSpecial Green Forces, Berets, also known as the Greenback Berets, can trace their roots to can trace their roots back World War II. Their main mission is to to World War II. main mission to train forces in Their occupied areas and is lead train forces in occupied areas and lead them on operations against the enemy. them operations against the enemy.

Otheron responsibilities include search Other responsibilities include search and rescue, hostage rescue, and humanand rescue, hostage rescue, and humanitarian assistance, among other combat itarian assistance, among other combat and non-combat roles. andDuring non-combat roles.

World War II, the OSS (the During World theunits OSSfrom (the forerunner to the War CIA)II, and forerunner to the CIA) and units from branches of the military trained in spebranches of to theperform militarythese trained in special tactics missions. cial tactics to perform these missions.

During the 1950s, the Special Forces During the 1950s, thea group, Specialwith Forces units was formed into the units was formed into a thgroup, with the establishment of the 10 Special Forces establishment of thevery 10th active SpecialinForces Group.

They were VietGroup.

They were very active Vietnam, and several Special Forces in soldiers nam, and several Special Forces soldiers were awarded and noted for bravery in were andthat noted forHollywood bravery in battleawarded in scenes even battle in scenes that even Hollywood tried to recreate. tried tostory recreate.

The of Master Sergeant Roy BeThe story Master Sergeant Benavidez couldofhave come straightRoy from a navidez could have come straight from a movie, and some parts of “Rambo” may movie, and some parts of “Rambo” may have been based on his exploits. He have beeninbased ona his exploits.

He was born Texas to Mexican farmer. was born in Texas to a Mexican farmer.

His parents died when he was a young His parents died he by wasrelatives. a young child, and he waswhen raised child, and he was raised by relatives.

Benavidez joined the National Guard Benavidez joined War the and National Guard during the Korean in 1959 went during the Korean War and in 1959 through airborne training to joinwent the through airborne training to join the

82nd Airborne Division. In 1965, he was nd 82 Airborne Division. he was deployed to Vietnam asIn an1965, adviser but deployed to Vietnam as an adviser but was evacuated after stepping on a landwas evacuated after stepping on a landmine. Doctors informed the soldier that mine. informed the soldier that he mayDoctors never walk again, but he didn’t he may never walk again, but he didn’t let that get in the way of getting out of let get intothe getting outexof bedthat at night tryway and of walk.

It was bed at night to try and walk.

It was excruciating work, but after a year, he was cruciating work, butthe after a year,without he was able to walk out of hospital able to walk out of the hospital without

border. They had run into an enemy batborder. had run into an enemy battalion ofThey about 1,000 soldiers and were talion of about 1,000 soldiers and were surrounded. Three helicopters already surrounded.

Three the helicopters already had failed to rescue three Americans had failed to rescue the three Americans and nine Montagnard tribesmen that and nine trained Montagnard that had been by thetribesmen Green Berets. had been trained by the Green Berets.

Benavidez jumped on board another heBenavidez jumped onwith board another helicopter armed only a Bowie knife licopter armed only with a Bowie knife and a medical bag. As they neared the and a medical bag. As they neared the

After another examination, he was After another examination, he was discovered to have suffered 37 wounds from discovered to have suffered 37 wounds from bayonet stabs, shrapnel and bullets bayonet stabs, shrapnel and bullets during the six-hour fight with the enemy. during the six-hour fight with the enemy. assistance. Benavidez was sent to Fort assistance.

Benavidez was sent to Fort Bragg to complete his rehabilitation and Bragg to complete his rehabilitation and in 1967 completed Special Forces trainin 1967 completed Special Forces trainth ing. Assigned to the 5 Special Forces ing.

Assigned theback 5th Special Forces Group, he was to sent to Vietnam for Group, he was sent back to Vietnam for a second tour of duty. a second tour of duty.

On May 2, 1968, Benavidez heard On May 2, that 1968,a Benavidez over the radio twelve-manheard Speover the radio that a twelve-man cial Forces reconnaissance patrolSpewas cial Forces patrol was pleading forreconnaissance help near the Cambodian pleading for help near the Cambodian

firefight, he jumped out of the helicopter firefight, he jumped outrunning of the helicopter and was hit in the leg towards and was hit in the leg running towards the beleaguered group. Once on scene, the beleaguered group.

Once on scene, Benavidez pulled the unit out one by Benavidez pulled the unit out one by one into a defensive position all while one into a defensive position all while attending to their wounds. Against devattending to their wounds.

Against men devastating fire, he got the wounded astating fire, he got the wounded men to the helicopter and picked up an AKto helicopter and picked up an AK47 the to fight back the approaching enemy.

47 to fight back the approaching enemy.

His close friend, Leroy Wright, had been His close friend, Leroy Wright, had been

killed during the firefight, and Benavikilled during the firefight, and Benavidez took the intelligence documents that dez took the intelligence documents he had been carrying so they wouldthat not he carryinghands. so they would not fallhad intobeen Communist fallUnfortunately, into Communist thehands. chopper that had Unfortunately, chopper that had been carrying thethe wounded soldiers been carrying the wounded soldiers crashed, and Benavidez ran and cleared crashed, and Benavidez and cleared the survivors from theran wreckage.

An the survivors from the wreckage.

An F-100 Super Sabre fighter-bomber held F-100 Super Sabre fighter-bomber held back the enemy. However, the jet’s fuel back the jet’s fuel soon the ran enemy. low andHowever, had to return to base. soon ran low and had to return to base.

The enemy started their attack again The started their attack again and enemy had them surrounded.

When it and had them surrounded.

When it looked like there was no escape, anothlooked like there was no escape, another helicopter appeared, and Benavidez er helicopter appeared, Benavidez started dragging the menand to the aircraft. started dragging the men to the He had been wounded severalaircraft. times, He been times, andhad blood waswounded blurringseveral his vision.

A and blood was blurring his vision.

A North Vietnamese soldier attacked him North Vietnamese soldier attacked him with his rifle and slashed him with the with his rifle and slashed with the bayonet.

Benavidez pulledhim the bayonet, bayonet.

Benavidez pulled the bayonet, took out his Bowie knife, and stabbed took out his Bowie knife,NVA and soldiers stabbed the soldier.

Two other the soldier.

Two other NVA soldiers were killed by the Green Beret when were killedupbyanthe Green when he picked M-16 and Beret fired many he picked up an M-16 and fired many rounds. At this point, the interpreter rounds.

At surviving this point,men thewere interpreter and all the loaded and all the surviving men were loaded on the helicopter, and the classified maon the helicopter, and the classified material was destroyed. Finally, Benavidez terial was destroyed.

Finally, Benavidez allowed himself to be evacuated. allowed to berescued evacuated.

Eighthimself men were thanks to Eight men were rescued thanks to Benavidez’s heroic efforts, but when Benavidez’s heroic efforts, but when

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before another extraction helicopter was able to land. His indomitable spirit kept him going as he began to ferry his comrades to the craft.

On his second trip with the wounded, he was clubbed from behind by an enemy soldier. In the ensuing hand-to-hand combat, he sustained additional wounds to his head and arms before killing his adversary. He then continued under devastating fire to carry the wounded to the helicopter. Upon

reaching the aircraft, he spotted and killed two enemy soldiers who were rushing the craft from an angle that prevented the aircraft door gunner from firing upon them. With little strength remaining, he made one last trip to the perimeter to ensure that all classified material had been collected or destroyed, and to bring in the remaining wounded. Only then, in extremely serious condition from numerous wounds and loss of blood, did he allow himself to be

pulled into the extraction aircraft.

Sergeant Benavidez gallant choice to join voluntarily his comrades who were in critical straits, to expose himself constantly to withering enemy fire, and his refusal to be stopped despite numerous severe wounds, saved the lives of at least eight men.

Master Sergeant Benavidez was the epitome of a Green Beret soldier. The stories of many members of the Green Berets many never be known, as much of the information still remains classified. While we may never know their exploits, just knowing the fact that they were all highly decorated for combat heroism is a testament to their service.

Vietnam was an ugly war both in country and at home, but the Green Berets, as well as all Special Forces units, leave a legacy of bravery and dedication that is rarely seen on the battlefield.

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they returned to base, a doctor said he was dead. As they were about to zip up the body bag, he spit in the direction of the doctor because he couldn’t speak.

After another examination, he was discovered to have suffered 37 wounds from bayonet stabs, shrapnel and bullets during the six-hour fight with the enemy. Benavidez was sent back to the U.S. where he made a full recovery and was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross and four Purple Hearts.

In a ceremony in 1981, Master Sergeant Benavidez was awarded the Medal of Honor by President Ronald Reagan.

His citation reads in part: Prior to reaching the team’s position, he was wounded in his right leg, face, and head. Despite these painful injuries, he took charge, repositioning the team members and directing their fire to facilitate the landing of an extraction aircraft, and the loading of wounded and dead team members. He then threw smoke canisters to direct the aircraft to the team’s position... He was wounded again in his thigh by small arms fire while administering first aid to a wounded team member just

Avi Heiligman is a weekly contributor to The Jewish Home. He welcomes your comments and suggestions for future columns and can be reached at aviheiligman@gmail.com.

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n the first day of 2022 trading, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed at a record high of 36,585.06. Since then, markets have dropped like a Paul Walker movie: fast and furious. Last week, the world’s richest man, Elon Musk, lost $12 billion in a single day. (That might be more than your entire portfolio.) Crypto owners have lost over a trillion; apparently, you really can’t spell “crypto” without “cry.” Bonds are down, too. Home values are still up, but many observers think they’re like the coyote chasing the Road Runner off the edge of a cliff – he just hasn’t looked down yet to see his fate. About the only things going up in Wall Street’s vicinity are inflation, interest rates, and Xanax prescriptions.

You don’t really lose anything, of course, until you actually sell. But if you do, at least you’ll get to claim some tasty tax write-offs, right? Well, not so fast.

Here’s the problem: outside of tax-advantaged accounts like IRAs and 401(k) s, where gains and losses don’t matter, the tax code walls off capital gains and losses into their own little “time out.” Net your gains and losses against each other to come up with your report card for the

year. If that bottom line is a gain, the IRS is happy to tax you on every dime. But if your net loss is more than $3,000, you have to carry forward anything above that $3,000 to future years. Oh, and if you die before you use them all up, those losses die with you. It’s one of those de-

capital losses, here’s one possible solution you won’t find in any IRS publication (and you’ll see why when you read it). Find someone with a lot of gains they aren’t looking forward to paying tax on.

Marry them on, say, December 29, and file jointly for the year. Net your losses

About the only things going up in Wall Street’s vicinity are inflation, interest rates, and Xanax prescriptions.

lightful “heads they win; tails you lose” situations that make filing a tax return feel like playing poker against an entire table full of guys named “Doc.” (Everyone knows you should never play poker against a guy named “Doc.”) That’s going to be a problem for a lot of people this year.

If you’re single and you’re sitting on six or even seven figures of carryover

against their gains in exchange for part of the tax you save them. Then, if married life isn’t everything it’s cracked up to be, divorce them on January 3. (At least wait it out through the holidays to see how it goes – if you two crazy kids can’t make it work, what hope is there for the rest of us?) Voila – you’ve just pulled off the tax equivalent of a green card wedding!

At first glance, that sounds ridic-

ulous. (Okay, it is ridiculous.) But just hear me out for a minute. It’s clear that spouses can net gains and losses against each other. It’s also clear that you can file jointly if you’re married by December 31 – you don’t have to be married for the entire year to qualify. So, if you’re one of those aggressive taxpayers who says, “I want to deduct everything the tax code doesn’t say I can’t deduct,” this will be right up your alley. And just imagine what a reception you can throw with the taxes you save!

Nobody likes to watch their investments fall. But that’s the inevitable price you pay to make sure you’re in the markets when they start to climb again. And while the absurd sham-wedding-gain-setoff we just invented won’t join the list of classic tax strategies, we can still help keep taxes from adding insult to injury when markets do slide. Pick up the phone and call us before you do anything foolish!

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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dive. But it doesn’t mean you can’t go low dive, or use the edge of the pool, or just step into the water. The idea is to get in.

But now, it’s after Shavuot. What can we do?

It’s not too late. It’s just the beginning.

The holiday informed us that we got

And who feels worse than a spouse on an anniversary how yucky it feels to be forgotten?!

We didn’t forget! But maybe we just didn’t make a big enough deal.

Even a spouse can try and make it up every day by being invested in the rela-

Like all anniversaries, it’s a wakeup call to appreciate something that came into our lives.

this gift. And we should remember the anniversary of getting it.

Like all anniversaries, it’s a wakeup call to appreciate something that came into our lives.

Rivki Rosenwald is a Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist working with both couples and individuals and is a certified relationship counselor. Rivki is a co-founder and creator of an effective Parent Management of Adolescent Years Program. She can be contacted at 917705-2004 or at rivkirosenwald@gmail.com.

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After all, who knows better than a spouse on their anniversary how nice it is to be remembered?

tionship. (Not that they usually get off the hook so easily.)

We didn’t forget Shavuot. If we didn’t learn through the night or celebrate it the right way, with the right intentions, we can certainly celebrate the right way by investing every day in our most important Relationship.

We can pick any aspect of life that we’ve always wondered about and start

to explore it through the Torah.

We can look at the world and its mysteries and ask questions and seek answers.

We can work on being better versions of ourselves.

We can look at the gifts we have and find gratitude We can look at the challenges we have and find perspective.

What we can’t do is wait around till next year Shavuot and say I’m too tired to learn all night. Because we have a whole year to do it – starting right now!

So let’s get cracking. G-d put a lot of answers into this world. We’ve got lots of questions. And now we have a whole year, not just one night, to find our enthusiasm!

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K, so tell me the truth: did you stay up all night learning?

Hey, no pressure.

It seems you can rest easy. It’s sort of a tradition. There are lots of reasons that it’s done.

There’s a medrash that says that the Jews slept the night before getting the Torah and we should rectify that with enthusiasm now! Because, after all, it’s true that if we are excited about something it should be hard to sleep! But, then again, who doesn’t get tired in a dry, hot desert?

But we were about to get the Torah! Who could sleep?

Rav Yosef Karo, of Shulchan Orech fame, adds, based on the Zohar, who instituted the staying up to learn practice, that we should be like a helper preparing the bride for the wedding. The receiving of the Torah was our occasion to unite with G-d more formally. So, we should have anticipated it and been up and busy with it.

Shavuot is a springboard event with the goal of starting the relationship with enthusiasm, like jumping off the high

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