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Contents Letters to the Editor

Community Readers’ Poll Community Happenings

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News Global

National

Odd-but-True Stories

Israel Israel News

My Israel Home: Zionism for the Jet Set

The Week of the Long Knives by Matt Solomon

People Mario Cuomo: 1932-2015

The Secret Service by Avi Heiligman

Parsha Rabbi Wein on the Parsha

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Jewish Thought Happy Endings by Rabbi Jonathan Gewirtz

Parenting

Dear Readers, Just a few weeks ago, Sony Pictures was hacked and hundreds of emails were revealed. The media company is widely thought to have been the subject of a cyber-attack because of the upcoming release of a film that denigrated North Korean leader Kim Jung Un and called for his assassination. At the time, Sony decided not to release the film and now the movie is available for viewing only at select theaters and online. I, for one, was shocked that a film in America would be pulled because of fear of another cyber-attack. This is America, after all. We were taught since third grade about the rights we have as American citizens; the undeniable rights of freedom of speech, press and religion are the reasons why so many risk their lives to come to our shores. North Koreans, on the other hand, don’t enjoy these rights. The country is synonymous with oppression. The government—namely, Kim Jong Un—dictates what people should do, what they can say, even how they can wear their hair. Any infraction, any slight against the government, is grounds for punishment. Why would

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we bring the fear and oppression to the United States? Why would we silence ourselves for fear of reprisal? Today, gunmen stormed the offices of a satirical newspaper in France and killed 12 people and wounded at least four more. The paper is known for its poking fun at Muslims and particularly their prophet. In the past, they had been subject to terror attacks and threats from Muslims who were angered with the defamation of their religious leader. But the editors refused to back down. When asked by the foreign minister of France why they continued to pour fuel on the fire, Gérard Biard, the editor-in-chief of Charlie Hebdo, insisted that they were adhering to the French laws of freedom of speech. “If there’s a law that is different in Kabul or Riyadh, we’re not going to bother ourselves with respecting it,” he said. The Western world is one where people are able to speak as they wish. They are able to worship and live their lives without fear. These are rights that we should celebrate and we shouldn’t be kowtowing to those who love violence and spew hate. Growing up, my mother used to lis-

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Dear Editor, I found your feature on the Year in Review very entertaining and put to-

gether very nicely. I’d like to propose something to you, if I may. You see, I wonder why you would make your Year in Review in January. Wouldn’t that be something as frum Jews we should do around Rosh Hashana time? All the best, Yerachmiel Winter Dear Editor, I have read the past few articles by Rafi Sackville and I am duly impressed. His writing is superb and I like his insights into the Israeli culture coming from an “outsider.” I was heartened to hear his longing for shopping back in the Five Towns. Yes, there are many people who work in our local stores who treat us like family and we are lucky to have them around. Shani G.

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Although some may feel this takes away much- needed money from the school, I would just like to add the following: this will garner more parent involvement in your school. Besides, you are probably giving reduced rates to the families who need it anyway. Now you are just making them accountable to show up to more events. Any school that will disintegrate due to these small “tuition credits” is not financially stable anyway. I would love to hear feedback on this idea. Please submit your own opinions as well. A Reader and a Teacher

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events. So here is my proposal: Parents would also greatly benefit from tuition breaks—be it large and even small. So every time a school makes an event such as back to school night, PTA, safety workshops, mother/ father- daughter/son events and women’s evenings...the parents who attend would get a $10 credit for each event applied towards tuition. Schools would benefit since it would also get parents more involved. More parents would show up to these events providing the school with support. It also shows the parents that the school feels that all their events hosted are worthwhile and important to attend…so important that they are willing to take a tuition loss. Sometimes the “money credit” that parents save may even just equal up to the cost of a babysitter. Therefore, parents are getting more involved without having to shell out extra money for the cost of childcare. At the end of the event parents should be given a form to fill out with their name to submit for tuition reduction. Those parents who do not need the reduction just don’t need to fill it out.

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Dear Editor, I would like to propose an idea that I feel may benefit the Jewish school system as a whole. As a teacher, I feel that there are a number of parents who are not involved in their child’s education. By not being involved I mean they do not make it their business to show up to back to school night/meet the teachers or PTA. A little well known secret: the more you show up to these events, the more a teacher pays extra close attention to your child. You see, educating a child is all about teamwork. Teamwork includes the principal, the teacher, the parent and, of course, the student. Making real connections faceto-face is so important to team members. (And then there are always those parent “team members” who demand more and more when they have never shown up to anything. Their demands come over the phone or via email.) I also find that the parents of harder/ weaker students are usually less involved. When a member from the team is unknown, there is an integral piece missing. I also understand that parents may be busy or unable to attend school

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Last Tuesday, police arrested numerous political opponents in Cuba who were protesting the government’s current negotiations with the United States. After holding some of the protestors overnight, Cuba freed them on Wednesday while others were kept under virtual house arrest. The detentions were a classic example of the Cuban government’s approach to opposition protests, which may raise questions on the pending reconciliation between the U.S. and Cuba. President Barack Obama and Cuban President Raul Castro announced on December 17 they would reestablish diplomatic ties and end decades of hostility. Among those arrested and released was performance artist Tania Bruguera who organized the demonstration. According to her account, just about an hour after her release, she was picked up again by police and lectured for more than two hours. She managed to find the time to sit down with Reuters in between her back-to-back detentions. In the interview, Bruguera said that she has plans to hold a similar, scaled-down event on the seafront near her mother’s home. But as she wrapped up the interview and walked toward the spot of the planned protest, she was picked up by undercover officers for a second time; the second protest never took place. “I’m not doing this as a dissident, I’m doing it as a normal person,” she said at her mother’s apartment just minutes before her second arrest. “I’m not a counter-revolutionary, like they say. I’m from a revolutionary family. ... I’m going to continue the project.” A Cuban government official declined to comment. The dissident Cuban Commission for Human Rights and National Reconciliation said more than 50 Cubans were detained on Tuesday and that about 10 of them were still being held on Wednesday night.

“At the same time, the Cuban government is normalizing its relations with the U.S. government, it has not decided to normalize relations with the people of Cuba,” said Elizardo Sanchez, who heads the commission. “We don’t think there will be a cause-and-effect relationship between renewing diplomatic relations with the United States and an improvement of human rights in Cuba.” Obama’s policy shift on Cuba has attracted some opposition within the U.S., primarily led by Cuban-American senators Marco Rubio and Robert Menendez. Their primary concern was that Cuba now has even less of an incentive to improve its human rights record. They challenged the president as to how he would respond to a human rights violation and with this situation, they got their answer. In the past, Obama has said Cubans should not face harassment or arrest for expressing their views and that Washington will continue to monitor human rights on the island. However, the U.S. State Department simply condemned Cuba’s actions, but gave no indication they would overturn a high-level visit to Havana in January to continue talks on repairing diplomatic ties.

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ers or something. We weren’t expecting this. You would think we were in a movie.” Hollande called for “national unity” and calm, adding that “several terrorist attacks had been foiled in recent weeks.” This is not the first time the newspaper was under attack. Muslims have been displeased with the way the paper has portrayed their Prophet Mohammed. The satirical newspaper gained notoriety in February 2006 when it reprinted cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed that had originally appeared in Danish daily Jyllands-Posten, causing fury across the Muslim world. Its offices were firebombed in November 2011, when it was “guest-edited by Mohammed” and temporarily renamed “Charia Hebdo.” The cover depicted a cartoon of the prophet threatening readers with “a hundred lashes if you don’t die laughing.” Despite being taken to court under anti-racism laws, the weekly continued to publish controversial cartoons of the Muslim prophet. In September 2012 Charlie Hebdo published cartoons of an unclothed Mohammed as violent protests were taking place in several countries over a low-budget film, titled “Innocence of Muslims,” which was made in the United States and insulted the prophet. French schools, consulates and cultural centers in 20 Muslim countries were briefly closed along with embassies for fear of retaliatory attacks at the time. The foreign minister, Laurent Fabius, publicly criticized the magazine’s actions at the time, asking, “Is it really sensible or intelligent to pour fuel on the fire?” Gérard Biard, the editor-in-chief, rejected the criticism. “We’re a newspaper that respects French law,” he said. “Now, if there’s a law that is different in Kabul or Riyadh, we’re not going to bother ourselves with respecting it.” Editor Stephane Charbonnier had received death threats and lived under police protection. Just moments before Wednesday’s attack, the magazine’s Twitter handle published a cartoon wishing a happy new year “and particularly good health” to Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of Islamic State (ISIS). Its cover this week features Michel Houellebecq’s provocative new novel, Submission, which satirizes France under a Muslim president. The book has widely been touted as tapping into growing unease among non-Muslim French about immigration and the rise of Islamic influence in society.

Good news for anyone on the job hunt. According to the Saudi Labor Ministry, Jews are officially allowed to work Saudi Arabia. The Labor Ministry’s website now lists Judaism as one of the ten religions acceptable for foreign workers to practice. Among the other options were “Communism” and “no religion.” To clear up any confusion, an unnamed government source recently said work permits were issued based on nationality, and not religion, and there was no official ban issuing work visas to Jews, only Israelis. “We bar entry [into

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The Week In News Saudi Arabia] only to those with Israeli citizenship. Other than that, we are open to most nationalities and religions,” he said. “For example, if a worker is a citizen of Yemen but practices Judaism, the [Saudi] Embassy [in Yemen] would not object to issuing him a work visa for the kingdom,” the source added. Saudi Arabia, which has some of the most restrictive travel policies in the world, does not grant visas to Israelis or people with Israeli visa stamps in their passport. And although the government has officially said that it does not discriminate against tourists based on religious affiliation, some would-be visitors in the past have reported having trouble obtaining a visa after identifying as Jewish. Saudi Arabia is the only Gulf state that still bans the establishment of houses of worship belonging to religions besides Islam.

Stampede in Shanghai Leaves 35 Dead In Shanghai, China, a New Year’s Eve celebration quickly turned into a

tragedy when a stampede broke out killing at least 35 people and wounding 43.

Authorities said that on the city’s famed waterfront tourist strip known as the Bund, large crowds started to stampede in Chen Yi Square shortly before midnight. The cause of the stampede still remains unclear. Photographs on Weibo, the Chinese version of Twitter, showed densely packed crowds of celebrators along the Bund, which is lined with buildings from Shanghai’s pre-Communist heyday on the bank of the Huangpu River. Authorities working at the scene attempted to rescue and assist the injured. In some pictures, rescue workers can be seen trying to resuscitate victims lying on the pavement while ambulanc-

es waited nearby. The official Xinhua news agency said many of the injured were students. By daybreak on Thursday, small crowds of partygoers lingered trying to find taxis home and workers began cleaning up the trash and debris scattered around the area. Authorities had shown some concern about crowd control in the days leading up to New Year’s Eve. They recently canceled an annual 3D laser show on the Bund that attracted as many as 300,000 people last year.

Pakistan Responds to Taliban Attack The government of Pakistan recently announced a bounty of 10 million rupees ($100,000) for information leading to the arrest or death of the Pakistani Taliban chief. “The provincial government has set a bounty of RS 10 million for any information/help that can lead to the arrest or killing of Taliban chief Mullah Fazlullah,” an anonymous senior official confirmed.

The source said the government in Pakistan had prepared a list of 615 high profile militants and was offering a combined bounty of $7.5 million. Mushtaq Ghani, the provincial information minister, confirmed the reward. Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif had announced the establishment of military courts for terror-related cases after a deadly Taliban attack on military-run school in Peshawar that killed 150 people, 134 of them children. However, the country’s parliament deferred voting on the legislation after the chief of a religious party objected to the contents. At present, the military courts deal only with cases related to the military. The prime minister also ended Pakistan’s six-year-old moratorium on the death penalty in terror cases last month in the wake of the slaughter at the school. Seven convicted militants have been hanged since the de facto ban on capital punishment ended. Six

of those executed were found guilty of trying to assassinate the then-military dictator Musharraf in Rawalpindi in 2003 and the seventh was sentenced in connection with a 2009 attack on the army headquarters. Pakistani officials have said they plan to hang 500 convicts in the coming weeks, drawing condemnation from international human rights campaigners.

Saudi Airlines to Impose Separate Seating

After complaints from men who said they did not want their wives sitting next to other men, Saudi Airlines has said they will be implementing separate seating for its male and female passengers. “There are solutions to this problem… we will soon enforce rules that will satisfy all passengers,” Saudi Airlines’ assistant manager for marketing, Abdul Rahman Al Fahd, was quoted as saying. According to the report, close relatives of different genders will be allowed to sit together. Saudi Arabia enforces a strict segregation of males and females in public spaces and forbids women from driving motor vehicles. Women are required to wear a headscarf and loose, black robes in public. Operators of flights to and from Israel have faced similar complaints from men who refused to sit next to women. Some recent flights were delayed when passengers refused to sit down in their designated seats. A recent petition called on El Al to protect its female travelers by reserving “a few rows of separate … seating on every flight, where for a fee, those passengers who need such seating can pre-book their seats and not annoy or coerce other passengers before take-off to change seats with them — thereby avoiding arguments, bullying, and delayed take-off.”

The Week In News with the Assad regime in Syria in January 2012. Turkey, though, may be open to hosting the terrorist. The country has welcomed Saleh Al-Arouri, another leader of Hamas, to its land.

On July 11, Hussam Kawasme, 40, was arrested in connection with the kidnapping of three Israeli teenagers. On Wednesday, an Israeli military court convicted the Palestinian man for masterminding the abduction and murder of Gil-ad Shaar, Naftali Fraenkel and Eyal Yifrach hy”d. Kawasme is responsible for planning and financing the attack. He was also accused of trading war equipment, obstruction of justice, and harboring wanted fugitives, but has not yet been convicted of those charges. Previously, Kawasme served six years in an Israeli prison for his involvement in other Hamas terror attacks. Upon his arrest in the summer, he admitted to his role in the attack and also gave police information on other family members and acquaintances involved. The three teens were snatched from a hitchhiking post in Gush Etzion in the central West Bank. It is believed that the boys were shot in the escape vehicle shortly after they were abducted. According to the Shin Bet General Security Services, the two men primarily responsible for planning the attack were Hussam and his brother, Mahmoud Kawasme. Mahmoud, who lived in Gaza, was released in 2011 from a 20-year sentence in an Israeli prison for his role in a 2004 suicide attack in

Islamic State Affiliates Arrested in West Bank Security forces recently revealed that three men were arrested in the West Bank in November; they are believed to be affiliated with the Islamic State terrorist group. Operatives of Shin Bet security service were responsible for the actual arrest in Hebron. The group is accused of attempting to attack IDF soldiers, a plan that was unsuccessful. According to a press release issued on Monday by the security agency, Muhammad Zerrue, 21, Ahmad Shehadeh, 22, and Qusai Meswadeh,

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After hosting Khaled Mashaal for the past three years, Qatar has deported the Hamas leader. The move, which was first reported on Sunday by a Turkish newspaper, was denied by the terrorist group. According to a report in left-wing Turkish newspaper Aydınlık, Qatar has faced significant pressure from Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates to deport Mashaal amid a diplomatic reconciliation process currently underway between the small Gulf state and the Arab world. According to CNN, citing a Hamasrun news agency, Mashaal and other Muslim Brotherhood members were most likely to head to Turkey. In a written message on Tuesday, Israel’s Foreign Ministry congratulated Qatar for its decision to deport Mashaal. “The Foreign Ministry, led by Minister Avigdor Liberman, has advanced various moves to cause Qatar to carry out this step and stop aiding Hamas, directly and indirectly. To this end, Minister Liberman and the ministry’s professional staff have acted in overt and covert tracks with Qatar and other states. We expect the Turkish government to now follow suit,” the Foreign Ministry’s statement read. Despite the revelations, Izzat alRishq, a Hamas official, denied the reports. “There is no truth to reports by certain media concerning the departure of Khaled Mashaal from Qatar,” he wrote on his Facebook page on Tuesday afternoon. According to Arab media reports, the deal between Egypt and Qatar last month included the closing of anti-Sissi Qatari news channel Al-Jazeera Mubasher Misr on December 22; the extradition of Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood members from Qatar to Egypt; and a halt to Qatar’s funding of the Muslim Brotherhood. If Mashaal has indeed been deported, it is not the first time the Hamas leader has severed ties with those in the Arab world. He was expelled from Jordan in August 1999 and broke ties

Terrorist Responsible for Killing of Three Israeli Teenagers Convicted

On June 30, the bodies were discovered by an Israeli search team in a field outside Hebron. Hussam planned to flee to Jordan with forged papers, but was arrested before he had the chance to do so in the Shuafat refugee camp in East Jerusalem. On July 1, the state dropped a self-imposed ban on house demolitions that had been in place since 2005. Security forces destroyed Kawasme’s home in Hebron in August.

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Beersheba and exiled, as part of the Gilad Shalit deal, to the Hamas-controlled coastal enclave. Hussam had asked his brother for, and received, NIS 220,000 ($61,000) in cash in order to fund the attack. The money was hand-delivered to Hussam’s mother in envelopes and then used to purchase two rifles and two handguns from Adnan Zaro, 34, of Hebron, and two cars, one for the abduction and one for the escape. The two men responsible for the actual kidnapping and murders, Marwan Kawasme and Amer Abu Aysha, were both killed during a September arrest attempt in Hebron. IDF forces descended on the house where the suspects were believed to be hiding. After the terrorists refused to surrender, forces fired on the home and both murderers were killed. The Shin Bet believes that after the two terrorists disposed of the bodies and torched the newly stolen Hyundai used for the kidnapping, Marwan Kawasme arrived at Hussam’s house and explained the complications in the plan. The two then decided to retrieve the bodies and bury them on a plot of land that Hussam had recently purchased.

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Investigators claim that Shehadeh intended to establish a militarized wing of the Islamic State group. While under interrogation, all three members made some chilling confessions. Shehadeh admitted that he, along with Maswadeh, created multiple explosive devices and deployed one against IDF soldiers, thankfully causing no casualties. The two also had a plan to obtain an Israeli military uniform and rifle by killing an IDF soldier and then using the gear in shooting attacks, but then they scrapped

their plan. Another plot involved killing an armed Jewish settler in a natural spring near Hebron and stealing his weapon. Muhammad Zerrue was indicted in a military court for membership and activity in an unlawful organization. Shehadeh and Maswadeh will be tried in a military court in the West Bank in the coming days. This isn’t the first time the Islamic State has infiltrated Israel. In August, a photo surfaced of a youngster displaying an Islamic State flag on Temple Mount in Jerusalem.

teen, and on Sunday, she was drafted into the IDF with the policewoman who saved her at her side to see her off. The officer, Ziona Busheri, accompanied Shani to the induction center at Tel Hashomer along with her father, sister, and grandmother.

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However, there was one person who was missing from this momentous occasion: Shani’s mother. On March 21, 1997, on the eve of Purim, Shani was taken to the café by her mother, Anat, to meet with Anat’s good friend, Yael Gilad. At 1:40pm, a suicide bomber entered the cafe and set off his bomb. Anat and Yael were killed immediately, along with Dr. Michal Avrahami, and 48 others were wounded. Baby Shani, who was in her stroller, was saved. “Mom simply covered me with her body. It was more important to her to protect me than herself,” Shani told Yedioth Ahronoth in an interview published two weeks ago. “I’m the baby from the Café Apropo bombing, and I’ll carry that for the rest of my life,” said Shani, who was raised by her father Micky. “I’m jealous of my friends who have mothers. I don’t know what it’s like to have a mother. On the other hand, I find comfort in the fact my mother saved me. That I was a part of her, and she protected me.” Over the years, the Busheris and the Winters have been in contact regularly. Shani’s grandmother, Zehava, is a close friend of Busheri, who has three children of her own. “It’s very moving for me, very important to me; I’ve also adopted them,” Busheri told Channel 2. “I’ll never forget that day. Memories of this awful bombing accompany me every day. I will never forget the moment I picked Shani up and ran to search for her family. And here she is, the baby we all remember has grown up and is joining the IDF. I embrace her and [hope] that she succeeds.” Mickey Winter, Shani’s father, said that he first discovered that his wife and infant daughter were at the bombing after he identified the baby in Busheri’s arms on TV. Mr. Winter said that his daughter is passionate about serving in the army along with her peers. “It’s too

Eighteen years ago, at the age of six months, Shani Winter was injured in a bombing in Tel Aviv and rescued by a female officer at the scene. The heroic rescue was captured on camera. The baby was dressed in a clown costume in honor of Purim and the irony of the tragic image quickly become an iconic photo of the 1997 suicide bombing. This year, that little girl turned eigh-

bad her mother isn’t here,” he added. “She would have been excited, too.” Shani has now come full circle. She will be protecting her country and the citizens of Israel against those who plan attacks against our nation. “I’m very excited about this new journey and the interesting and challenging role I’ll have in my army service,” Shani said.

Israel Erased From Middle East Maps

In a shameful omission, the Britain-based HarperCollins publishing house has removed Israel from maps in atlases that it sells to English-speaking schools in the Middle East. Collins Bartholomew, a map-publishing company that is a subsidiary of HarperCollins, said that including Israel in its “Collins Primary Geography Atlas for the Middle East” would have been “unacceptable” to their customers in the Gulf, and leaving Israel off the maps incorporated “local preferences.” The atlas is advertised by the company as being “developed specifically for schools in the Middle East,” according to its website. “The maps give in-depth coverage of the region and its issues,” it also states. While Israel is not demarcated on the maps, the West Bank is clearly labeled. Dr. Jane Clements, director of the United Kingdom’s Council of Christians and Jews, said: “Maps can be a very powerful tool in terms of delegitimizing ‘the other’…We would be keen to see relevant bodies ensure that all atlases anywhere reflect the official United Nations position on nations, boundaries and all political features.” Last year, Scholastic publishing house came under fire after a children’s book it published erased Israel from the map. In the book, “Thea Stilton and the Blue Scarab Hunt,” a map of the region showed Jordan completely covering Israeli territory. Scholastic has since apologized, calling the map an “error” and promising to add Israel in the next printed edition. Continued on page 22

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The Week In News More and More Making Aliyah It is quite a testament to the love the Jewish people have for Israel that in a year filled with war and tension, 2014 was a record-breaking year for aliyah. According to the end-of-year figures released by the Jewish Agency for Israel and the Ministry of Immigrant Absorp-

tion, aliyah hit a 10-year high in 2014 – with the arrival of about 26,500 fresh immigrants. This marks a 32% increase compared to the approximately 20,000 immigrants who made aliyah to Israel in 2013. For the first time in Israel’s history, France has topped the list of countries of origin for immigrants to Israel – 7,000 new immigrants from France arrived in Israel in 2014, more than twice as much as the 3,400 French immigrants who

arrived last year. Furthermore, about 5,840 new immigrants came to Israel from Ukraine, compared to 2,020 in 2013. The 190% immigration increase was primarily due to the ongoing instability in the eastern part of Ukraine. Jewish Agency Chairman Natan Sharansky said, “2014 was a year of record-breaking aliyah. This year also saw a historic shift: for the first time in Israel’s history, the number of immigrants who came to Israel from the free world

is greater than that of immigrants fleeing the countries in distress. This trend is evidence of Israel’s attractiveness as a place where it’s good to live, as well as of the success of our joint efforts to promote aliyah and strengthen connections between Jews around the world and the State of Israel.”

Minister of Immigrant Absorption Sofa Landver expects “that some 10,000 new immigrants will come from France alone next year, and we will surpass 30,000 immigrants from around the world – and even more.” At the top of the list of cities that took in the most new immigrants in 2014 is Tel Aviv, which welcomed 3,054 new citizens. Following Tel Aviv, the coastal city of Netanya came in second place, embracing 2,923 new immigrants, and Jerusalem came in third place with 2,808 new immigrants moving to the holy city.

Netanyahu Wins Primary

Don’t wave shalom to Prime Minister Netanyahu just yet… Wednesday’s Likud leadership race confirmed what experts predicted: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu won with 80 percent of the votes, beating his only contender, Danny Danon, who garnered just 20% of the ballots. According to estimates, 55% of registered Likud members cast their ballots on Wednesday. The Likud’s 96,000 registered party supporters also chose the party’s Knesset list. According to preliminary results, Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein was in the lead for the second slot on the list under Netanyahu, fol-

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The Week In News lowed by Interior Minister Gilad Erdan and Tourism Minister Yisrael Katz. Miri Regev was also said to break into the top five, followed by Energy and Water Minister Silvan Shalom, Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon, Yariv Levin, Ze’ev Elkin, and Strategic Affairs Minister Yuval Steinitz. Danon, a former deputy defense minister sacked by Netanyahu, who came in fifth in the last primaries, did not make the top 10. Late Wednesday, Danon conceded defeat and congratulated the prime minister, calling for party unity ahead of national elections set for March 17. “From the emerging results, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu won the election,” Danon said soon after the ballot boxes closed. “I congratulate the prime minister and wish him success.” Netanyahu voted at the polling station in the Jerusalem Convention Center with his wife, Sara. “These primaries will decide who will receive authority to lead Likud and safeguard the State,” he said. “We need a good list and I asked for the right to hold two slots. Likud is among the few factions that have democratic internal elections.”

It’s Never too Early to Teach Hate

Here’s a glimpse into motherhood in radical Islamist culture. Every parenting book agrees that children are highly impressionable at a young age, and a recent publication that serves as a radical Islamist guide for mothers agrees. The goal of promoting and teaching violence starts when children are only toddlers. The “Sister’s Role in Jihad” has been posted online to jihadist websites recommending “appropriate” bedtime stories and teaching children to play

darts to help with their aim. Details of the book were described by the U.S.based Middle East Media Research Institute in advance of an upcoming report on how radical Islamists indoctrinate children. The book recommends, in line with Western psychology, that training for children should begin as early as possible and warns that even toddlers can be led astray. “Don’t underestimate the lasting effect of what those little ears and eyes take in during the first few years of life!” the book says. The guide suggests that teaching jihad should be fun. Children should visit jihadi websites, hear jihadi bedtime stories, and play games that perfect their aim so that they can eventually kill the enemy with great precision. Practicing with toy guns is recommended, although mothers should “make it very clear who their target should be and who their target should not be.” In addition, the guide dictates that television should be banned because “it mostly teaches shamelessness, anarchy, and random violence.” You know, as opposed to targeted killing of Jews, Israelis, and Americans.

“As we move into 2015, al Qaeda and its affiliates, ISIS, and other jihadi groups worldwide continue to invest a lot of effort in indoctrination of the next generation of fighters,” said Steven Stalinsky, the executive director of the Middle East Media Research Institute. “No matter what happens in Iraq and Syria in the near future, the next generation – the children of [Islamic State “caliph” Abu Bakr al-] Baghdadi and grandchildren of [Osama] bin Laden — have already been brainwashed to hate the West and to strive for jihad and martyrdom,” he said. The authors of the parenting guide are unknown but according to the report, it has been posted to various jihadist websites along with gruesome images of children holding guns, or in some cases, severed heads. “They have been trained on the battlefield and know how to create bombs and suicide belts and to behead and crucify the innocent,” Stalinsky said. “This is something we must be prepared for and understand.”

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It’s a new calendar year and with that comes a whole bunch of new laws, some relevant and others quite bizarre. If you’re a teenage in Nevada, you better show up to school regularly or else you may be denied your driver’s license. Students who are declared habitually truant could be delayed from obtaining a driver’s license, or could have their license suspended. Talking about driving, in California and Connecticut, drivers’ licenses will be available for all adults even those that are in the country illegally. In Florida, all children aged 4 and 5 will be required to sit in a child safety seat or booster seat. In Massachusetts, direct-to-consumer wine shipping has been approved, meaning out-of-state wineries will be allowed to ship goods to residents of Massachusetts this year. L’chaim! If you are a chicken or other livestock in California, you were just granted more living space. A ballot initiative approved by voters in 2008 takes effect, restricting the confinement of egg-laying hens, breeding sows, and veal calves. The Humane Society of the United States says the law goes further than any other in the country when coupled with a law signed by former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger that extends the space requirements for egg-laying hens to out-of-state suppliers. More space for each chicken, means less chickens, which means less eggs…Better start liking tofu. The average voting age is 18 but in Louisiana, residents can register to vote as young as 16. Just to be clear, they may only register at that age but they can only begin voting at 18. New York, Rhode Island, Arkansas, Connecticut, Florida, Ohio, Maryland, and Massachusetts have all increased their minimum wage this year. Hope you got your tiger selfies in

Is the NYPD Slowing Down?

There has been a dropdown in arrests by the NYPD in recent weeks. Is it coincidence or a deliberate slowdown by the police force? That’s what New York Police Commissioner Bill Bratton said will be investigated—to see if the force was intentionally slacking off in the midst of a tense time between the mayor and the police. Any New York City police officers refusing to make arrests or issue traffic violations to express their dissatisfaction with Mayor Bill de Blasio will face forceful consequences, the department’s top cop said on Monday. “We’re watching that very closely,” Bratton said. He’s ordering a “comprehensive review of what has been happening,” drilling down to the precinct and squad car level to determine who is working and who may be dropping the ball. According to the Daily News, the number of summonses in the city is down 90 percent for the week ending Sunday, while arrests are down 56 percent compared to the year before. The steep drop in arrests follows several public incidents in which hundreds of police officers turned their backs to the mayor. They first turned as the may-

or arrived at a New York City hospital after the killing of two police officers, Wenjian Liu and Raphael Ramos, by a man apparently seeking revenge for two deaths involving police officers. The officers turned their backs again, first at Ramos’s funeral and then at Liu’s funeral this Sunday, to express their dissatisfaction with de Blasio’s treatment of the NYPD. De Blasio’s critics have charged that the mayor inflamed anti-police tensions by sympathizing with those protesting the treatment of Brown and Garner. “At this time, I would not use the term slowdown,” Bratton said. But he added that if he determines that the drop in arrests is part of an organized effort on the part of police, “we will deal with it very forcefully.” Despite the apparent slacking in summonses and arrests, there was a 4.6 decline in major crimes last year. Last month, de Blasio called for a moratorium on protests against excessive use of police force until after both officers had been buried. Now that they have both been laid to rest, protests are likely to resume. The city has spent $35 million so far to police the demonstrations, according to the department.

Surge in Cubans Heading to the U.S.

Spurred on by the hope of a better life, more and more Cubans are fleeing Cuba and heading for the Florida shores. In fact, in just the last few weeks, the Coast Guard says they have noticed a surge in Cubans fleeing the country. U.S. authorities have captured, intercepted or chased away 421 Cubans since December 17, mostly in the Florida Straits, said Lt. Cmdr. Gabe Somma, spokesman for the Coast Guard’s 7th District in Miami. In comparison, in all of December 2013, the Coast Guard only encountered 222 migrants fleeing Cuba. The surge is primarily due to the

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last year because effective early February, tiger selfies are banned in New York. What is a tiger selfie? Well, it’s a cell phone photo of yourself with a lion, tiger, or other big cat. The measure, which specifically prohibits contact between members of the public and big cats at animal shows, passed after self-portraits with the animals started becoming more popular online, particularly with some young men on dating sites. And while we have your attention, New Yorkers, as of January 1, all consumers are required to recycle old computers, televisions and video game consoles. 2015 is going to be a fun year!

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The Jerusalem Unity Prize has been established in memory of the three Israeli teens who were kidnapped and murdered by Palestinian terrorists last June. Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat announced the award on Thursday in a video featuring the mothers of the three victims, Gil-ad Shaar, Eyal Yifrach, and Naftali Fraenkel hy”d. The mothers called on all Jews across the world “to take a deep breath [and] bridge the gaps that divide us.” The boys’ mothers became a symbol of unity during the 18day ordeal following the kidnapping. The prize was developed in partnership with the families of the three boys and the Jerusalem-based organization Gesher as a way to perpetuate the spirit of unity which was evident across Israel and around the world during the days following the kidnapping. The award will be presented in three separate categories: Individuals or Organizations, Social Initiatives, and Israel and the Diaspora, each with prizes of up to $25,000. Winners will be selected from a committee chaired by Barkat, the parents of the three boys, and dignitaries from Israel and the Diaspora. “While grappling with the unknown question of the fate of their sons, the Yifrach, Shaer and Fraenkel families taught the entire world a remarkable lesson in courage and showed us that unity is a value that enables us to overcome even the greatest challenges,” Barkat said. “The Jerusalem Unity Prize will spread this message from Jerusalem across the world and become the eternal legacy of these three remarkable young men.” In addition, an exceptional Unity Day is being planned for June 3, 2015 in Jerusalem where the awards will be presented alongside programming to promote unity initiatives. The event is planned to be held on the one year anniversary of the boys’ deaths. The prize is funded by Ira and Ingeborg Rennert, Jay and Jeanie Schottenstein, Robert and Amy Book, David and Sarena Koschitzky and the UJA Federation of New York.

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The Week In News recent announcement of reconciliation between the two countries. Cubans are hoping to capitalize on the warmth between Cuba and the United States—before things possibly change once again. Some Cubans, though, are still aware of the dangers of heading to America in small craft in open waters. “I’m crazy to leave, but I’m not going to throw myself into the sea, I’m not going to do it,” Juan Moreno, 34, said in Havana on Monday. “He who does that is crazy.” The Coast Guard says the significant increase in the number of Cuban migrants has been prompted by rumors that an abrupt end is coming as soon as January 15 to the so-called wet foot-dry foot policy that usually shields Cubans from deportation if they reach U.S. shores. U.S. officials are denying any immediate changes to policy. “There is no change to immigration law. This rumor is just putting people in harm’s way. The rumors are just not true,” Somma reiterated. The overall number of migrants making risky sea voyages toward U.S. shores from the Caribbean, including Cuba and other countries, has spiked in the past year. According to the Coast Guard, in the fiscal year that ended Sep-

tember 30, U.S. authorities captured, intercepted or chased away at least 5,585 Haitians, 3,940 Cubans and hundreds from the Dominican Republic and other Caribbean countries attempting to sneak into the country. For nearly 50 years, Cubans have had a unique privilege. The Cuban Adjustment Act has given them a virtually guaranteed path to legal residency and eventual citizenship. Over the years, hundreds of thousands of Cubans have taken perilous raft trips to Florida and land journeys through Central America and Mexico with the knowledge that they would not be deported. Those caught at sea, though, are generally sent home.

The New Face of Congress 2015 The 114th Congress convened for the first time this week and there are a lot of new faces. In 2015, a total of 96 racial minorities will serve in Congress. A record 104 women will represent their states, and for the first time, Afri-

can-American members of both genders and representing both parties will be among the ranks on Capitol Hill.

There are 100 senators and 435 seats in the House. There will be 246 Republicans and 188 Democrats in the House this year. One seat is vacant following the resignation of Rep. Michael Grimm, R-N.Y., who pleaded guilty to a felony tax evasion charge. The Senate has 54 Republicans and 44 Democrats, plus two independents this year — Maine’s Angus King and Vermont’s Bernie Sanders. Among new female lawmakers is Elise Stefanik. The 30-year-old New York Republican is the youngest woman ever elected to the House. Also making history is Mia Love, 38, whose election to a suburban Salt Lake City district made her the first black female Republican to win a seat in Congress. Forty four African-Americans will serve in the House, including Love and another black Republican freshman, Will Hurd of Texas. There are 34 Hispanic lawmakers in Congress this year, including 10 Republicans, as well as 10 Asian-Americans and two Native Americans, both Oklahoma Republicans. This Congress is seeing a lot of fresh faces. 43 Republicans and 15 Democrats were sworn in as House freshmen. The Senate also welcomed 13 new members — 12 Republicans and one Democrat, Gary Peters of Michigan.

Jury Selection in Process for Boston Marathon Bomber On Monday, a difficult jury selection process began for Dzhokar Tsarnaev, 21, one of the two brothers accused of planning and carrying out the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing. The April 15 attack left three dead and over 260 wounded in the most devastating mass-casualty

attack on U.S. soil since September 11, 2001. Tsarnaev is a naturalized U.S. citizen and could receive the death penalty if convicted in federal court in Boston. He has pleaded not guilty to all 30 charges against him. Some 1,200 prospective jurors have been summoned to U.S. District Court in Boston. Judge George O’Toole will seek to narrow down that group to a panel of 12 jurors and six alternates to hear a trial expected to last three to five months. Initially, Tsarnaev’s lawyers attempted to have the case transferred out of Boston but their request was denied. His attorneys argued that it is impossible to find an unbiased jury due to the intense news coverage surrounding the attack and the fact that thousands of people attended the race or hid in their homes during a day-long lockdown in the greater Boston area following the bombing when the suspects were still on the loose. However, experts countered that it will be practically impossible to find jurors uninformed of the details of the bombing even outside of Boston.

“This case presents unique difficulty in terms of seating a jury that will be able to analyze the case fairly,” said former federal prosecutor Thomas Peisch, an attorney with the Boston law firm Conn Kavanaugh. “This incident is seared into the consciousness of people who live in Massachusetts.” The Tsarnaev brothers were Muslim ethnic Chechens whose family immigrated to the United States about a decade before the attack, settling in Cambridge, Massachusetts, just outside of Boston. According to prosecutors, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev scrawled messages on the inside of the hull of the dry-docked boat where he was found taking refuge four days after the attack that clearly implied the attack was politically motivated. According to court documents, the messages read, “The U.S. government is killing our innocent civilians” and “I can’t stand to see such evil go unpunished.” Tsarnaev’s lawyers are expected to argue that the younger of the two’s actions were highly influenced by the older brother, Tamerlan. Tamerlan was a boxer that is also suspected of having a role in a 2011 triple murder in Waltham, Massachusetts, a suspicion that was only

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Longtime Sports Anchor Succumbs to Cancer ESPN news anchor Stuart Scott died this week at the age of 49. The famously upbeat and outspoken sports expert succumbed to an eight year battle with cancer. “ESPN and everyone in the sports world have lost a true friend and a uniquely inspirational figure in Stuart Scott,” said ESPN president John

While Scott thanked his bosses at ESPN during that memorable oration,

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NYC’s Health Department released its annual ranking of the most popular baby names of the year. Some of the names on the list were surprising; others were names that we see every year—and hear at the park all the time. Overall, the top baby boys’ name in New York City last year was Jayden and the top girls’ name was Sophia, for the second year in a row. However, among white babies, Esther was the third most popular girls’ name, trailed by Sarah, Leah, Rachel, Chaya, Miriam, and Chana. The name Leah was the seventh most popular overall for girls, regardless of ethnicity, up from number nine last year. This may not be that shocking, considering that New York City is probably the most highly concentrated Orthodox city in the world, aside from Israeli cities. Orthodox families generally have large families and celebrate many births throughout the year. The most popular boys’ names last year included Moshe (#4), together with other biblical names also common among non-Jews, like David, Joseph, Daniel, Benjamin, and Jacob. According to the report, 120,457 babies were born in New York City in 2013—that’s a whole lot of diapers!

he made it clear that there was no career moment that could ever surpass what he considered his life’s best highlight. “The best thing I have ever done, the best thing I will ever do,” Scott said. “Is being a dad to Taelor and Sydni.” He then asked his daughters to “come up here and give dad a hug because I need one.”

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Skipper. “His energetic and unwavering devotion to his family and to his work while fighting the battle of his life left us in awe, and he leaves a void that can never be replaced.” Scott recently addressed his uncertain future when accepting an ESPY award. “When you die, it does not mean that you lose to cancer,” he inspired the audience. “You beat cancer by how you live, why you live, and in the manner in which you live.”

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By now we all know which states are definitely not on the list of safest states in America—think Illinois or New York— but in which states are you least likely to be the subject of a violent crime? Overall violent crimes dropped across the United States by 4.4% in 2013 compared to the year before, according to estimates released by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). In the last decade, the number of violent crimes declined by nearly 15%. John Roman, senior fellow at public policy research organization he Urban Institute, raised a good point in a recent interview with 24/7, “A 4.4% reduction in violent crime is astonishing. If you saw a similar increase in GDP, or a similar decrease in unemployment, it would be huge national news.” The national average is obviously a mean of all 50 states; some states’ crime rates decreased substantially while others went up considerably less. For example, in Vermont, the violent crime rate dropped by more than 19% in 2013 from 2012 — the largest reduction in the country. The state was also the safest, with 115 violent crimes reported per 100,000 people. The national average is 368 violent crimes per 100,000 people in 2013. In six of America’s 10 safest states, there were less than 200 violent crimes reported per 100,000 residents. In the country’s safest states, murder and non-negligent manslaughter were especially infrequent. Five of the 10 states reported less than two such crimes per 100,000 people last year. Similarly, aggravated assault rates did not exceed the national rate of 229 incidents per 100,000 Americans in any of the safest states. Nine of the 10 safest states reported less property crimes per 100,000 residents than the national rate of 2,730 property crimes per 100,000 Americans. Motor vehicle crimes in particular were especially uncommon. There were less than 100 vehicle thefts reported per 100,000 state residents in five of the 10 states, versus 221.3 such thefts per 100,000 people nationwide.

While there is no way to draw a definitive conclusion as to why levels of safety vary so drastically, there are some indicators. Socioeconomic status tends to play a significant role in crime rates. A typical household earned more than the national median household income of $52,250 in six of the 10 states last year. Residents of the nation’s safest states were also far less likely than other Americans to live in poverty. The poverty rate in all but two of the 10 states was lower than the national rate of 15.8% last year. Additionally, most residents in the safest states were more educated than those in other states. So what’s the safest state in the nation? Seems like criminals don’t like maple syrup. Vermont was the safest state in the United States, with only ten murders in all of 2013. Maine came in at number two, followed by Virginia, Wyoming and Kentucky. New Hampshire, Idaho, Utah, Minnesota and Montana rounded out the top ten safest states in the country.

That’s Odd Happy Birthday Times Three

Autumn Rain Stover is lucky: her parents will never forget her birthday— and she will never forget theirs. You see, the tiny newborn made her debut in a Cleveland hospital on New Year’s Day. It was a day of celebration for her parents—in more ways than one. Her mother, Qiana Stover, was also born on New Year’s Day—35 years ago. Her dad, Raheen Stover, entered this world 36 years ago—on January 1. “She’s one in a million,” the proud dad said. “She’s a blessing in countless ways,” he added. According to Fox8, the baby is actually one in 48 million—that’s the chances of all three family members having the same date of birth. Autumn Rain came at the perfect time—she wasn’t due until January 10— but I guess she sensed the celebration in the air!

Timeless Trees

These trees don’t just grow in Brooklyn. For the past 14 years, Beth Moon has scoured the ends of the earth for the world’s most unique trees. The photographer grew up in the United Kingdom, surrounded by nature’s towering beauties, and she felt it was natural to photograph them. “I had a special connection with them and I used to play in them as a child,” she recalls. One particular oak — called the Bowthorpe Oak in England’s Lincolnshire — helped kick start Moon’s 14year photographic project on trees. When Beth learned that the oak had lost a major part of its branch after a storm, she decided to capture as many of the world’s ancient trees before they died or were destroyed. The project has taken her to far-flung places like Madagascar and the island of Socotra, off the Horn of Africa. Beth also went to Yemen, where she captured the Dragon’s blood trees. “It looks like an umbrella blown inside out, and has a scarlet-colored resin from which it gets its name,” Beth says. The resin is used to make dyes and medicines. She ended up sleeping curled up under a tree during her trip there. By photographing these rare and ancient trees, Beth’s hope is to raise awareness about the beauty and fragility of nature. Her book, Ancient Trees: Portraits of Time, was published last September.

Human Bullet Tester Want to be shot at and slathered in paint? Have I got a job for you! UK Paintball revealed that over 10,000 people from all over the world have applied for a job as a professional human paintball target. The company was astonished that so many people are vying for the position that is messy and possibly painful—with a salary of approximately $61K. “This incredible response is the last thing we expected when we posted the

advert,” said UK Paintball owner Justin Toohig. “We couldn’t have predicted that so many people in the UK and beyond would want to get shot for a living.” The company was open at what the job entails. “We are currently looking for someone to join the team and become our official ‘bullet tester,’” the website reads. “The job will essentially involve being shot at with every new batch of paint bullets to ensure that all health and safety checks are in place before we can use them on the general public and paying customers. Whilst the checks will of course be carried out by trained professionals with a wealth of experience, the role may pose a small risk of pain, discomfort and some bruising.”

Despite the pain, applicants are lining up to join on as the human bullet tester. One was an ex-Army soldier who boasted of his experience with guns; another was a former assistant for a magician who almost lost his life to a bullet gone awry in a magic trick. “It’s going to be a real struggle attempting to whittle down the thousands of applicants to just one,” Toohig said. “We have been so incredibly inundated with amazing candidates wanting the job that we are now considering an X Factor-style boot camp for the final 10, to see just who can handle being shot for a living.” Sounds like these guys are dye-ing for the job.

Burglar’s Remorse When a Florida woman came home one day, she was shocked to find her apartment burglarized. Even more surprising was the fact that the burglar was still in her home—and remorseful about what he was doing. “I walk into my room, and I find all my [friend’s] shoes and clothes thrown on the floor,” the woman is heard saying in a recorded 911 call. “I said, ‘So you’re trying to rob us?’ And he’s like, he nodded his head.” Johnathan Johnson, 20, apparently had a change of heart. He told the Continued on page 34

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•Our first stop is to the ancient synagogue in of Churvat el Umdan in the new city of Modiin •After driving through the Shiloh Ravine ascend to “The Balcony of Israel”, at Peduel , adjacent to Tzreda, the home town of Yarav’am, the man who rebelled against Shlomo Hamelech •Drive to Leshem - the newest “legal” yishuv in the Shomron to see the ancient industrial complex of Dir Saman •Dairy lunch at Hatzrif Shel Tamari (Tamari's Cabin) in picturesque Havot Yair •After lunch- a short stop at the home and studio of Judaica Artist Irit Galmor overlooking Nahal Kana in the mixed Dati-Chiloni community of Nofim. •Taking care of the security needs throughout Yehuda and Shomron is what One Israel Fund does best. We will visit Karnei Shomron, one of the most developed yishuvim in the Shomron, where a new sophisticated camera system is being built

•We begin our day in Pnei Kedem, a yishuv of young pioneering families •Buckle up for a Jeep Tour along the Judean Desert with breathtaking views of the Dead Sea •Dairy Mehadrin lunch at Sde Bar followed by a cheese making workshop – everyone goes home with freshly made cheeses. This youth (at risk) village is known for its environmentally advanced projects. •A visit to King Herod’s palace/fortress/burial site at Herodian; could Herod still save Judea? We’ll retrace the steps of The Bar Kochba and Great Revolts. •Unique for One Israel Fund, we will end our day at the studios of the new Voice of Israel broadcasting network where our very own tour guide hosts a weekly show, Rejuvenation with Eve Harow. An exclusive, behind the scenes tour of the studio during its Live at 5 Show. Special taping of commercials for the One Israel Fund trip participants.‫ה‬

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Join us for a special day to visit communities in southwestern Israel which bore the brunt of attacks this past summer. •Maskiot – In June 2008, Maskiot was a Nachal outpost in danger of being closed. Families expelled from the community of Shirat HaYam in Gush Katif breathed new life into this village. Today it is a growing vibrant community. •Rotem is located in a beautiful northern section of the Jordan Valley. Over 20 young families created this idyllic community where they live in harmony with nature and a message of ecological awareness. An organic olive grove, natural cosmetics company, holistic treatments and homemade bakery are just a few of the local enterprises. •Dairy lunch at the delectable Café Café •Netiv Hagdud - Tour with agronomist Chaim Oren and try the restorative pure Argan Oil that he and his wife Sylvie harvest and sell all over the world •Visit Naama & Omer Atidya on their Einot Kedem Ranch; a little house on the ‘prairie’ where we can buy their olive oil and dates. This inspirational young couple also provide a haven for youth at risk

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•Nestled in the Egyptian and Gazan borders is Shlomit, where One Israel Fund is building a very unique mikvah •The Steel Tower @ Kerem Shalom – Birds eye view of the current situation •At Ein Hashlosha meet one of the local security chiefs and understand what flower and power really means •Lunch at Alumim - hear why they did not leave during the summer conflict •Kibbutz Beeri- at the ANZAC Memorial learn of the region’s battles in WWI a century ago •In honor of upcoming Tu B’shvat we will visit Ora’s unique fruit orchard at Kfar Maimon and buy jam, beers and liquors

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woman he wanted to use the money he was stealing to buy presents for his son. But then he apologized for his actions, cleaned up the mess and returned the cash. “I made him leave, and when I came back, he put the [window] screen back on,” the woman told the 911 dispatcher. “I asked him, ‘Where’s my money?’ And he’s like, 'I forgot to give it to you.’” Despite his repentance, the woman still reported Johnson to the police. I guess there’s no such a thing as true buyer’s—I mean burglar’s—remorse.

A Treehouse for the Birds In my days, treehouses were built by industrious ten-year-olds and were dangerous for anyone weighing more than 65 pounds. Treehouses nowadays are at a whole different level. In fact, Mike and Pat Splinter’s treehouse is more house than tree. The Splinters’ abode in the sky is 500-square-feet and features a full kitch-

en and a bathroom—with all the plumbing. Just last month, the structure was featured on a show called “Treehouse Masters,” with the family making candy in the treehouse kitchen.

What’s the point of a treehouse without a kitchen with stainless steel appliances?

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But now, Northern California authorities are not too happy with the Splinters living life in the air. The family already has a full guesthouse on their property, and so authorities say that the treehouse’s kitchen and mattress must go. Apparently, guests won’t be able to sleep in the treehouse—it’s for the birds. “They can use it for entertaining,” Placer County deputy planning director E.J. Ivaldi pointed out. “What the county approved was a residential accessory structure. For the purpose of them being able to do a TV show, they were allowed to build a kitchen with the understanding that the kitchen would come out.”

In India, honking is de rigueur. Taxi drivers honk to get ahead; they honk to express their displeasure; they honk just to honk. But now someone is looking to limit that honking and possibly bring some peace to riders in the country. Jayraj Salgaonkar is a publisher, economist, and an analyst. People in India honk “just to prove their existence,” he says wittingly. Over the last eight years, he’s worked with the Indian Institute of Technology to develop the “Oren” — a horn usage meter.

The Oren is a small plastic box that fits into a car and measures the amount of electricity the horn draws from the car’s battery. “You measure it and you pay for it,” Salgaonkar explains. Every time you honk, it costs money; the longer you hold down the horn, the more it costs. Drivers could buy scratch cards with fixed amounts of honking time, and when the horn time is almost up, their taillights will start to flash. So far, for two years, Salgaonkar is still working with politicians to get them onboard with his project. If it becomes mandatory in some states, he hopes others will follow suit. I think this sounds like a great idea. Honk if you think the Oren is the way to go.

The Truck that Keeps on Truckin’ Want a car that’s going to last forever? Maybe ask Bob Sportel for some advice. When he was 24, back in 1976, he purchased a used, rusting

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The Week In News 1957 Chevy pickup truck for just $75. He needed a way to get to work and $75 seemed like a good price. Well, it wasn’t just a good price—it was the price of a lifetime because this is the truck that just keeps on giving. Sportel is finally retiring after 38 years at his job—and he’s still driving that same rusting pickup truck.

There are rust holes at the bottom of the truck—the perfect way to air condition the car during the summer. How many miles are on this invincible auto? It’s hard to say—maybe 300,000—because the odometer hasn’t worked since 1976. But one thing’s for sure: car and man are loyal friends. Sportel has no plans on giving up his truck and it seems like the truck has no plans on giving up on Sportel.

the spaces out. They had broken the code of winter-parking dibs: Shoveling out a parking space entitles the shoveler to that specific space, according to popular convention. The claim is signaled by putting something in the space as a placeholder. (A chair, a shovel, a garbage can…) The administration of Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh recognizes space-saving as a “guideline,” even though enraged residents may resort to vandalism to enforce these conventions.

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According to KARE-TV in Minnesota, Sportel originally tried to buy the truck for $50. His only “extravagance,” as he puts it, is four oil changes a year. He’s applied several layers of duct tape to the upholstery—the better to wipe up ketchup and grease from the seats.

Ever spent an hour digging your car out after a snowstorm only to find that when you returned to your spot, there was another car in it? Well, that’s life. But in Boston, “dibs,” where residents don’t park in other people’s spots that have been dug out, is the norm, and woe to the person who takes another person’s spot. Bostonians are serious about their parking spaces. Cars parked in saved spaces after a blizzard in February 2013 saw their tires slashed by the angry residents who had initially shoveled

This winter, though, South End is trying to turn away from the practice. “We Don’t Do ‘Dibs’ Here” is emblazoned across posters hanging in South End.

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Is it possible for a neighborhood association to succeed in this endeavor when even the mayors of Boston have subtly nodded their heads to the practice? Former Mayor Thomas M. Menino accepted the custom of space-saving, although his administration limited it to 48 hours from the end of a snow emergency. Yes, you can key each other’s cars—but only for two days after the snow falls. During Mayor Walsh’s tenure, his office said “citizens should call the mayor’s hotline if their space-saver is moved, though the city will not come out and do anything about it.” Dibs is so engrained in Bostonian culture that some drivers even claim spots before the snow—sort of like calling dibs on the front seat during a field trip when you’re still sleeping. Hopefully this winter the citizens of Boston—or at least those living in South End—will learn to deal with their parking spots and snow without having to bash in their neighbor’s windows. Take advice from a New Yorker: getting a parking spot in our city? Fuhgeddaboudit! 

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festivities took on an added dimension as they began with a Hachnosas Sefer Torah to the yeshiva in memory of Rav Zalmon Malinowitz, zt”l, a revered maggid shiur at the Mesivta who passed away suddenly last summer. The Sefer Torah was dedicated by Benzion and Miriam Lowinger.

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On Motzei Shabbos, hundreds of talmidim, rabbeim, parents and grandparents of Yeshiva Darchei Torah assembled for its annual Siyum Hagadol, a grand event where scores of Mesivta Chaim Shlomo and Beis Medrash Heichal Dovid bochurim complete the previous year’s mesechta. This year’s

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Rabbi Yaakov Bender, Rosh HaYeshiva, with the sofer, Rabbi Kohn

Rabbi Zevi Trenk, Menahel of Mesivta Chaim Shlomo

Rabbi Yitzchok Hauer, Maggid Shiur at Mesivta Chaim Shlomo

Rabbi Shlomo Avigdor Altusky, Rosh Yeshiva

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Rabbi Shragi Malinowitz

Avrohom Aharon Malinowitz

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Ronald Lowinger, President of Yeshiva Darchei Torah, Benzion Lowinger and Eliyahu Lowinger

Rabbi Yosef Warman, Maggid Shiur at Mesivta Chaim Shlomo, speaking at the Seudas Mitzvah

Motty Klein, co-chairman of YDT’s Board of Trustees, saying the kaddish at the Siyum

Rabbi Dovid Bender, Rosh Kollel, with Rabbi Moshe Bender, Associate Dean

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Around The Community Chanukah Celebrations at Rambam Chanukah 5775 at Rambam Mesivta was a meaningful, action-packed celebration featuring impromptu singing and dancing, a surprise school-wide trip to Aviator, the Annual Rambam for Chai Lifeline Toy Drive and the Annual Chanukah Chagigah featuring a Tzedakah Chinese Auction. Additionally, many shiurim shared meals at their Rebbes’ homes and at local restaurants. At the center of the fun was an emphasis on giving back. To that end, the Chesed Committee, led by seniors Hudi Rosenfeld and Shlomo Sandler, organized a Chinese Auction where Rebbeim and teachers offered up goods and services with the proceeds benefiting Afikim, an organization that helps fight poverty in Israel. The items up for grabs included: Lunch at Chosen Island with Rabbi

Eliach; Play Settlers of Catan with Legendary Player Mr. Goldman; a mystery board game from Mr. Jerushalmy; latkes and doughnuts from Mr. Ganeles; Upper Crust Lunch with Rabbi Haar; a trip to Dunkin Donuts with Rabbi Friedman; Rabbi Singer’s famous Blondies; a delicious cake from Shirley and so much more! The auction raised over $1,000! Additionally, the Chesed Committee spearheaded another successful Toy Drive in conjunction with Chai Lifeline in which hundreds of toys were donated by Rambam students to children in need. Learning, ruach, singing, dancing… it was clear that the light shining from the past was illuminating and warming the present and the spirit of Chanukah of years’ past was personified by the talmidim of today.

Yeshiva Ketana Pays Their Respect Our Inwood community was saddened to hear about Assistant Chief Joseph Sanford Jr., a volunteer firefighter, who died in a fire in Woodmere. The fifth grade classes of Yeshiva Ketana of Long Island, together with their rabbeim, Rabbi Friedler Rabbi Hersh, the Rosh Yeshiva Rabbi Bajnon and the Menahel Rabbi Krigsman, stood to honor him during his funeral procession. Our students made a big kiddush Hashem. One parent who was in the library during the funeral was standing next to a firefighter’s wife when the firefighter’s wife’s phone rang. She picked it up and the fireman could be heard telling his wife with a lot of emotion in his voice,

“There is a huge crowd here, even the yeshiva boys and their rabbis are here. That is really special.”

The Flatbush Basketball League Week #7 Recap In the China Glatt Division: Oh Baby faced off against Supreme RX Pharmacy this week, and the game was not a close one. With both teams down to just four players, Oh Baby took charge. Mordechai Lebovits led Oh Baby with 14, and Ari Neuman and Dovid Kapetas each had 8. For Supreme, Dovid Beyda’s 16 were not enough to hold off the loss. With this win 45-24, Oh Baby now sits at the 2nd seed, beating Supreme twice this season. Supreme RX falls to the 3rd seed heading into week #8. Pizza Heaven matched up against Batampte Pickles, and with Shimon Greenwald out this week, Batampte thought they had this game in the bag. However, Yitzy Waxman’s 25 points and Shimi Kahn’s 10 points for Pizza Heaven kept the win alive. Unfortunately for Batampte, they faced another loss, winless this season. Batampte’s new acquired Ezra Azoulay tried hard to put up a fight in this one, but Pizza Heaven proved to be too strong.

In the Jewish Home Division: Hey, Mr. Frank, your boys got their first win in the first upset of the night with a score of 47-33! With the absence of Yossi Muller for Pizza Nosh, Quality Carpet came out strong trying to take advantage, and boy, they did. At the end of the first quarter, it was 15-8 and by halftime it was 2512 Quality all the way. The rest was history, as Moishe Kornitzer was unstoppable in the paint scoring a season high 22 and Moshe Y. Lebowitz had 10. For the losing squad, Sholom Weiss played tough and so did Moshe D. Rosenberg, each scoring 10. However, the upset was inevitable as Quality played their best game yet. In the second upset of the night,

12. Holy Schnitzel desperately needed the help of Shio, but Eliahu Hara and Mordechai Cohen tried to take charge with 20 and 13 respectively for Schnitzel. However, ITP played well all around and “shut the lights” on Holy Schnitzel in this upset.

ITP beat Holy Schniztel 49-46, as Shilo Azarfar was out in this matchup. Yosef Kapetas led scores for ITP with 16, and Yossi Fried and Avi Goldstein each had

In The Jewish Connection Division: Rami’s Pizza was a no show in this game against Pizza World. The score went from 18-12 to 37-12. Yossie Friedman had only five points to show for Rami’s. Pizza World dominated on both ends of the court, Yehoshua Fonfeder led Meir’s Pizza World squad with 18. No Pizza for you, Rami’s! Rami’s will face the Visual Image next week. In the second game of the night, Plaza Auto Leasing squeaked by The Visual Image 41-37. Both teams had all starters in the scoring column. Mendy Schiffenbauer led PAL with 18 and continue to keep the #1 seed with a 6-1 record, while The Visual Image continues to keep the #4 seed with a record of 1-6.

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Everyone who goes to DRS knows that the DRS experience lasts well beyond the four years that one is in high school. Every year, DRS Menahel Rabbi Yisroel Kaminetsky and Associate Principal, Rabbi Elly Storch, visit alumni studying in Israel. At DRS, roughly

95% of all graduates spend at least a year learning in yeshivot in Eretz Yisroel following their senior year. Rabbi Kaminetsky and Rabbi Storch visit the talmidim to continue the rebbe-talmid relationship that DRS is so famous for. They hold one-on-one meetings with

each graduate in order to document their experience, which helps them better serve the students in DRS when helping them make their yeshiva decision. It gives us tremendous nachat to see so many of our students growing through their experience in yeshiva abroad. This

past Shabbos, Rabbi Kaminetsky held a reunion shabbaton for the graduates in Ramat Beit Shemesh, with a lively tisch and seudah shlishit. On Motzei Shabbos, all DRS graduates in Israel joined together at Yeshiva Netiv Aryeh in the old city for a reunion melava malka.

Assemblyman Goldfeder Leads Blue Ribbon Tribute to NYPD Heroes

Midreshet Shalhevet’s NCSY JUMP Team Raises Money and Awareness

As families in Queens continue to mourn the tragic loss of two NYPD officers in a horrendous attack a few weeks ago, Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder (D – Howard Beach) organized a campaign to make and distribute small blue ribbons to local community groups to wear and larger ribbons to place on telephone poles and in other public areas as a show of overwhelming support for the police department. “By putting these ribbons up in the community, we’re showing our men and women of the NYPD that families in southern Queens and Rockaway overwhelmingly support our police and appreciate everything they do to keep us safe,” said Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder. “This is the least we could do for our city’s heroes in blue.” Following the senseless murders of two police officers in Brooklyn last week at the hands of a deranged killer, Assemblyman Goldfeder responded by organizing a campaign out of his office to make and distribute small blue

Midreshet Shalhevet’s NCSY JUMP team is on a roll! The team held their second annual Zumba Fundraiser in memory of Phillip Bach a”h. Phillip Bach was a 27-year-old Five Towns resident who passed away last year after succumbing to a lifelong illness of Familial Dysautonomia. FD is a rare genetic neurological disorder that effects the sensory and autonomic nervous system, causing life-threatening medical complications from birth. Phillip was a brother to Shalhevet alumnus, Bayla Bach, and would have celebrated his 28th birthday this past week. With the help of Inna, Oralee, and Raina from Studio Inna, the Shalhevet JUMP team organized an exciting night of Zumba, jump rope contests, and raffles. Over 120 people filled the Rambam gym, decorated with pictures and posters of children affected with FD, and how FD Now has helped them through. 11th grade JUMP member Tamar Beer kicked off the night by explaining what FD is and introducing Tara Shimmel, an FD parent, followed by Mindy Bach, Phillip’s mother, who each shared how

ribbons to mourn the loss of these two fallen heroes and to show support for the police in the face of anti-police demonstrations in the city. “I encourage everyone to help show our local NYPD officers that we support them now more than ever,” concluded Goldfeder.

FD Now has given them strength, courage, and supported them and their families. Raina, Inna, and the rest of the Studio Inna staff then led a high-intensity Zumba workout. Positive energy radiated throughout the walls as everyone danced the night away. The gym lit up with glow-in-the-dark bracelets and glow sticks to add to the excitement of the evening. Following the powerful and strengthening workout, girls participated in a jump rope contest. Bella Weiss, an eleventh grader at Shalhevet, won first place. The JUMP team successfully raised $9,000 to benefit FD Now, doubling the amount they raised previously. This money will help them continue their research in finding a cure. The entire Shalhevet JUMP team expresses their appreciation to all those who attended and donated to this important cause. They also thank all of their sponsors including: Studio Inna, Mindy Bach, Gifts and Crafts, Coffee Bar, Pizzale, David’s Pizza, Orly, Fame, Crawfords, Waffelino, Judaica Plus, Cravingz, and Mom’s Pastries.

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Berish and Hannah Fuchs sponsored a fundraising event for Assemblyman Dov Hikind last week. The event was held in their children’s home, Yoeli and Shaindy Edelstein of Lawrence.

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tions filled with incredible Jewish excursions look no further than the June and August Baltic cruise. You will spend two days in St. Petersburg, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Tallinn, Helsinki, and Berlin (Berlin will visit only Jewish locations). All the tours on the cruise are deeply thought out and incredibly profound. Despite the endless number of destinations, it seems that the cruise of all cruises is the June 21 and August 9, 2015 Alaskan cruises. For those of you who can’t face a day without the morning coffee, well, the Alaskan Cruise departs from Seattle, otherwise known as the Emerald City, the coffee capital of the world. With ports of call in Juneau, Skagway, Glacier Bay, Ketchikan, and Victoria, you will have the opportunity to see whales and bald eagles, visit mines and igloos, and partake of many other excit-

ing excursions along the way. Kosherica also has a Norwegian Fjords August 14 cruise. The European Fjords and glaciers are as naturally mesmerizing as the Alaskan glaciers/fjords. They start and end in Copenhagen. Kosherica schedules at least eight different cruises per season. From hello to goodbye, it’s all about the customer. Your first Kosherica cruise will be the first of many. It’s amazing how one second you never entertained the thought of going on a cruise and the next second you’ll never entertain the thought of traveling any other way—that is the magic of Kosherica. Visit www.kosherica.com or call 877724-5567 or 305-695-2700 to check out the full roster of cruises and book your cruise today.

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Around The Community How the IRS Views Miles & Points Earned By Eli Schreiber One of the most commonly asked questions directed to PEYD is whether customers have to report to the IRS the monies earned through cashing-out miles and points or the value obtained when using miles and points for flights or other redemption options like hotel stays, car rentals or gift cards. This issue is highlighted by the fact that the federal government has yet to regulate the rewards industry and determine the taxable status and overall value of credit card rewards and airline miles. In 2002, the IRS issued a statement indicating that business professionals would not be held liable for the receipt and personal use of frequent flyer miles or other in-kind promotional benefits obtained by the taxpayer’s from business or official travel. For the past ten years, this announcement (although stated specifically in regards to miles and points earned through one’s business and not personal miles earned) was the most meaningful directive on the taxability of frequent

flyer mile awards, but for the past ten years plus, there wasn’t any additional clarity on the status of miles and points and instead it was merely indicated the IRS did not plan to require taxpayers to disclose them on their returns. Interestingly enough, the IRS doesn’t require taxpayers to disclose items that are relatively modest in value and looks to the Federal Government to classify and regulate items that are subjective estimates of value, something the rewards industry certainly falls within. And in fact, the subjectivity and the constant devaluation of miles and points by airlines is actually something currently being investigated by the Department of Transportation. More recently, the IRS issued additional guidelines classifying the taxable status of miles and points which they broke down into two different components: a) how an individual obtained their miles and points and b) what the individual does with them. In this article we will focus on the

first category. In 2012, the IRS clarified their position and stated that when the rewards are dependent on some kind of financial action, whether it’s meeting a certain spending threshold or even where the rewards are given out after the one purchase, the IRS views the rewards as a discount on whatever it is you purchased initially. They therefore do not consider it as additional monies earned that need to be reported. However, if no transaction is required to earn to the rewards, the IRS states the rewards earned must be disclosed and are subject to tax. It’s important to note is that even in the case where the rewards are given without any transaction required, they only need to be reported if they are valued above $600, which is the IRS’s mandatory reporting threshold on income earned by taxpayers. The IRS is clear that any future regulations will have no impact on past miles and points earned, stating that any future guidance on the tax-

ability of these benefits will be applied prospectively. Stay tuned for our next article, and as always, please consult your tax advisor with any questions, as neither PEYD, its affiliates, nor their employees provide tax advice. Eli Schreiber is a partner and director of marketing at Get PEYD and PEYD Travel LLC.

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Todd Kaminsky was sworn in on Sunday as the 20th District of New York’s new state assemblyman. U.S. Sen. Charles E. Schumer administered the oath of office during a ceremony at the Long Beach Martin Luther King Center, joined by other elected officials, local leaders and over 300 Long Islanders. Attendees also heard remarks from Long Beach City Manager Jack Schnirman, Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, New York State Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, outgoing Assemblyman Harvey Weisenberg, Nassau County Legislator Denise Ford and U.S. Congresswoman-elect Kathleen Rice. Assemblyman Kaminsky’s inaugural address focused on the importance of local leadership, accountability and the spirit of participatory democracy. He also spoke about the challenges facing the South Shore of Long Island and Nassau County, pledging to fight for a more robust response to the financial and physical damage done to the region following Hurricane Sandy and the financial crisis. “With this inauguration, we are at a starting line, facing great challenges,” Kaminsky said. “I share your urgency to get things done, and to help repair and improve our great communities. On

the issues that matter to us – taxes, the economy, education, public safety, and the environment – we start this race for a better future. And I am confident we will make it to the finish line together.” Kaminksy also expressed extreme gratitude to supporters who provided wisdom and aid throughout the campaign. “I would not be headed to Albany if not for the tireless support of my family, volunteers and key allies, such as Nassau County Democratic Chair Jay Jacobs, Assemblyman Harvey Weisenberg and community leaders from across the district,” Kaminsky said. The ceremony was presided over by the MLK Center’s Executive Director, Myrnissa Stone-Sumair. After the Pledge of Allegiance, conducted by retired U.S. Army Captain Keith Grant, invocations were led by Rabbi Mordechai Kamenetzky of the Yeshiva of South Shore and Reverend Doctor Dolores Miller of the Evangel Revival Community Church. The crowd was treated to a performance by the children of the MLK Center, a rendition of America the Beautiful by the Woodmere Middle School chorus, and the National Anthem by Allison Golden of Long Beach High School.

Rabbi Meir Twersky Speaks at DRS Recently, DRS had the tremendous privilege of hosting Rabbi Meir Twersky, shlita, Rosh HaYeshiva of Yeshiva University. R’ Meir Twersky is the brother of HaRav Moshe Twersky zt”l, one of the five victims of the horrendous Har Nof murders that occurred just over a month ago. In response to the terrible tragedy that shook all of Klal Yisroel, DRS students pledged to take upon various extra commitments in the

area of avodas Hashem. Some students took upon themselves to put in extra time for learning each day, while others committed not to speak in their tefillin, or to be more scrupulous in the laws of lashon hora. Rabbi Meir Twersky spoke of the tremendous value in undertaking extra efforts to enhance their growth and the great nechama that he receives by seeing young students care for those involved in the tragedy.

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Around The Community A Sofer Visits HANC

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In honor of their Chag HaChumash and receiving their very own first Chumashim, the second grade students at HANC Samuel & Elizabeth Bass Golding Elementary School in West Hempstead had a very special visitor! Sofer, Rabbi Betzalel Katkovsky, explained to the students how the parchment, the klaf, for a Torah, tefillin and mezuzah, is prepared and the students were able to touch and feel all the different parts of the animal that are used in making parchment as well as tefillin

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The talmidim of Ateres Yaakov had the special zechus of hearing divrei Torah from Rabbi Mordechai Willig, shlit”a, this past Sunday. Rabbi Willig spoke to both the Mesivta and Yeshiva Gedolah emphasizing the importance of recognizing and maximizing their potential. Following the shiur, many lined up to give shalom to the venerated rosh yeshiva. Rabbi Willig is a prominent Rosh Yeshiva at Yeshivas Rabbeinu Yitzchak Elchonon (Yeshiva University) and rav of the Young Israel of Riverdale and has a unique connection with MAY through his son,

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DRS January 1 Parent-Son Program On January 1, parents and students gathered at DRS for an incredible program, highlighted by a showing of the critically acclaimed documentary “Beneath the Helmet.” This incredible coming-of-age film follows the lives of teenagers in Israel as they transition from life as an Israeli citizen to their induction into the IDF. Rabbi Josh Rosenfeld, a DRS alum, current assistant rabbi at Lincoln Square Synagogue and a former IDF soldier himself, introduced the film to the huge audience filling the DRS gym. The movie, created by Jerusalem U, highlighted Commander Sear-

gant Eilon and his hardcore tactics used to change the mentality of his 40 Israeli high schoolers. Following the movie, former IDF Lieutenant Aviv Regev, who was in charge of four platoons, including Eilon’s unit and a director of the movie, answered questions from the audience. His main message was to realize who really protects the Israeli people and understand that the country’s army is solely defensive and non-aggressive. He continues to spread the true story of Israel’s army across several universities and colleges across America.

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wonderful entries, the Slam ended in a three way tie for first place. Fifth grader Tehilla Ostroff, seventh grader Marsha Joseph, and eighth grader Sari Moskowitz shared top honors. The second place winner was sixth grader Sara Stein, and third place was awarded to seventh grader Rachel Sandler. Tuesday afternoon also brought with it the opportunity for our students to visit the Book Fair. Our thanks to our dedicated parent volunteers, Lisa Abittan and Rachel Laufer, for once again planning, ordering, organizing, and selling a wide-ranging assortment of quality literature. Wednesday brought with it the chance for our students to enjoy Literacy workshops. The fifth graders heard from Mr. Chaim Schneider, parent of Shulamith fourth grader Ilana. As an employee of Judaica Press, Mr. Schneider is well acquainted with the book publishing process and explained to the students every step a book takes from the time an author conceives of an idea until it is in the hands of the consumer. The sixth and seventh graders were treated to a creative and thought-provoking workshop by Mrs. Chaya Sara Stark, a published writer, speaker, and dance instructor. She had the students engage in a variety of activities that had them wondering what a “World Without Words” might be like. Finally, Mr. David Seidemann, a lawyer, columnist, and parent of eighth grader Rena Seidemann, spoke to the eighth graders about different tools and tricks he uses in his writing. Among other things, Mr. Seidemann explained how he uses humor and showed how he connects many real-life situations to the parsha or chag to create his columns. Literacy Week concluded on Thursday with a visit by Rabbi David Fohrman from Alpha-beta. His presentation was most fitting for Asara B’Tevet, as he showed the students a beautiful video about how we can speak to Hashem in our lives without prophecy. He explained Yosef’s story and how he was able to understand Pharoah’s dream. Rabbi Fohrman inspired us with his message of how easy it is to see and hear Hashem in our lives. Literacy Week was a time to bring reading to life. Children all over the world say that it is boring to read, but it is reading that makes us smarter and is the key to a successful future.

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By Arielle Lipsky On Monday, December 29, Literacy Week began in the Middle Division of Shulamith School for Girls. The week was jam-packed with events celebrating reading and writing. Under the guidance of Rachel Steiner, Director of Student Activities, Alexandra Anthony headed a group of dedicated eighth graders who masterminded many of the fun-filled activities. We kicked off our week on Monday with a character dress-up day. Students and teachers dressed as their favorite literary characters, and the halls came alive! Girls dressed up with friends or on their own. The characters who wandered the school included Thing One and Thing Two, Peter Pan, Harry Potter, Tom Sawyer, and many others. The event was a smashing success. On Monday, we also had a spelling bee. In the weeks before the schoolwide bee, class spelling bees were held, and two winners from each class went on to represent their peers in Monday’s competition. Fifth grade winners were Miriam Abittan, Aviv Amar, Sabrina Graff, Ariella Katz, Shira Mintz, and Haley Rosenberg. Representing the sixth grade were Shaked Harari, Rose Hecht, Jenny Lifshitz, Bailey Shapiro, Esther Rella Robinson, and Bryna Stern. Rivka Bennun, Eliana Eichler, Miri Granik, and Noa Harari won the seventh grade class bees, while Miri Biderman, Channa Gelbtuch, Eliana Hirsch, Sari Lifshitz, Rena Seidemann, and Kayla Wienerkur were the eighth grade winners. The competition was fierce and the spellers were impressive, but after multiple rounds, Haley Rosenberg emerged victorious in the fifth and sixth grade bee, and Rivka Bennun was the winner on the seventh and eighth grade level. On Tuesday, the competitive spirit was still very much in the air, as Shulamith held its first-ever Poetry Slam. All students had a chance to enter a poem, and many girls did. After much contemplation, a group of girls were chosen to compete. The custom for official Poetry Slams is that audience members snap their fingers in lieu of applauding poems, but in Shulamith, the students got toy hand clappers to applaud the poems they enjoyed. The poems were wide-ranging in style, and the poets each did a masterful job of reading their poems. With so many

An Amazing Week at HALB Lev Chana Early Childhood Center

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Literacy Week in Shulamith Middle Division

What an absolutely fun-filled week was had at HALB Lev Chana Early Childhood Center: a Pajama Party, siyum Sefer Beraishis, and siyum Wilson’s Fundation alphabet letters. What could be better than spending Wednesday in comfy, cozy pajamas while hugging a beloved snuggly friend, and savoring delicious snacks of s’mores and hot chocolate? Each class enjoyed cuddling together on their rug in maagal as they listened to the delightful, classic bedtime story, The Napping House, read to them by co-directors Felecie Akerman or Lisa Zakutinsky. The children laughed uproariously as the sequence of events played itself out. Led by their music teachers, Morah Karen and Morah Tzila, all our children sang Hamalach Hagoel, understanding that this song, they sing before they go to sleep, originated in last week’s parsha as a bracha given by Yaakov to his grandchildren, Menashe and Efraim that Hashem will protect them and take care of them. Friday was exciting as our children enjoyed delicious cupcakes with Torah frosting in celebration of their siyum Sefer Beraishis. Rabbi Dovid Plotkin,

principal of HALB, arrived to celebrate siyum Sefer Beraishis with the children of the early childhood department. Accompanied by a slide show presentation, Rabbi Plotkin had welcome help from the kindergarten, and then nursery 4 children as they retold the story of Sefer Beraishis, parsha by parsha. Thanks to our Morot, our children not only answered the questions given, but added details and songs that amazed Rabbi Plotkin. Our kindergarten children cheered as they learned the last letter or should we say letter buddy combination of q and u in their Wilson’s Fundations phonics program. Delicious ABC letters were baked by our children as a yummy treat for their accomplishments. Another fantastic week at Lev Chana! Hooray!

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Around The Community Stepping up for our Youth at the Madraigos 5 on 5 Basketball Tournament PHOTO CREDIT: MISHA SHAJNFELD

On January 4, Wisnicki and Associates sponsored the Madraigos 5 on 5 Basketball Tournament at the Aviator Sports and Events Center and Pacplex in Brooklyn. Judging from the highly competitive nature of the games, exciting finishes and wonderful sportsmanship between teams from all over the tri-state area, the tournament was a “smashing” success. The tournament slogan, “Teamwork makes the dream work: Step up for our youth,” fit the competitive, but respectful atmosphere to a tee, as teams combined breakneck speed with deliberate play in a display of unselfish teamwork to get the job done. The players, some of whom came from Yeshiva University, Yeshiva Sh’or Yoshuv, Chofetz Chaim, Yeshiva Zichron Aryeh, and NSHAHS, enjoyed the “very strong competition” and stated

that “it feels great to have fun and help out a great organization.” The tournament was generously sponsored by numerous supporters and friends of Madraigos in the Five Towns and in other tri-state areas. In addition to being the title sponsor, Mr. Dovi Wisnicki of Wisnicki and Associates

enthusiastically dedicated his basketball savvy to Madraigos as a player for one of the teams vying on the court for the tournament title. Madraigos’ mission is an important component of Dovi’s community service, as evident by the fact that he serves on the Madraigos Board of Directors. Madraigos also wishes to sincerely thank the other generous tournament sponsors which include Doctors on Call, Lester Goldsmith Roofing, LOBOS, MK Creative Group, Five Towns Miller Realty, Dependable Abstract Inc., Noah Family and CTS Athletics. Rabbi Dov Silver, Founder and Executive Vice President of Madraigos, was appreciative: “We are grateful and delighted that we can connect a good time and at the same time help our organization do its life-saving work.” The program started with two preliminary rounds to determine the seeding process. Thirteen teams participated in the preliminary rounds; seven teams played at the Aviator Center and six teams played at Pacplex. Following the preliminary rounds, all 13 teams assembled at the Aviator Center for the tournament rounds, with the top three teams receiving a “bye” to sit out the first round. After the first tournament round, the five winning teams were combined with the three “bye” teams for the quarter-final series. The excitement reached a crescendo during the semi-final round when the Dani Rosenthal and Jared Stein-led teams required triple overtime to decide a winner. The two teams still standing for the final championship round were: The “white team,” led by Dovi Hoff-

man, with star players from the North Shore Hebrew Academy High School varsity basketball team and their assistant coach, Rafi Berger; and The “red team,” led by Eitan Golan. The performance of these two teams in the championship round was about as entertaining and thrilling “as it gets,” nearly going into overtime to decide the championship winner. Trailing by two points, the white team set up a brilliantly-designed play for Dovi Hoffman to take the potentially game-tying shot with 2.6 seconds remaining on the play clock. Dovi’s shot bounced off the rim as time expired, to the disappointment

of the white team and the joyous relief of the red team. Credit for the huge success of the tournament is due in large part to the dedicated efforts of Effie Hoffman who used his extensive familiarity and connections with tri-state basketball leagues to attract very competitive teams to the tournament. One of the players mentioned that he knew in advance that the games would be fun since Effie “always puts together competitive teams.” Madraigos also wishes to express its sincere gratitude to Moshe Klein, who in addition to assembling and playing with one of the teams, designed the very attractive “hoopsforthem” website which was instrumental in organizing the entire event, featuring menu selections for event registration, sponsorship

opportunities and raffle ticket purchases. Moshe also created the aforementioned witty tournament slogan. “We are thrilled with the outcome of our basketball tournament,” said Rabbi Josh Zern, Executive Director at Madraigos. “The continued support of our community has allowed Madraigos to be an innovative and highly regarded youth service provider in the Five Towns/Queens community. The nightly ‘Lounge’ activities, support groups and School Based Services program continue to grow and gain stronger momentum as more and more schools partner with us. We have to make sure this expansion moves forward.” Funds raised at the event will assist Madraigos in providing valuable mental health, social and spiritual services to help young adults cope and navigate their way through challenges in an increasingly turbulent world. For more information about Madraigos, please visit www.madraigos.org. Madraigos, a 501c-3 not-for-profit organization, offers a wide array of innovative services and programs geared towards helping teens and young adults overcome life’s everyday challenges one step at a time Our goal is to provide all of our members with the necessary tools and skills to empower them to live a healthy lifestyle and become the leaders of tomorrow.

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Bais Yaakov of Queens Hosts Annual Third Grade Melaveh Malka This past motzei Shabbos, Bais Yaakov of Queens hosted its annual third grade Melaveh Malka. The event is always a tremendous success where every third grader participates in the school choir, so of course, mommies, bubbies, savtas, grandmas, omas, aunts, etc. were thrilled to attend. Upon entry, they were greeted with cards the girls created during the week, expressing hakoras hatov to their mothers. The evening began with the girls creating puzzle cards with wishes of refuah shelaimeh to children who are connected to the wonderful chessed organization, Zichron Chana Baila. As part of Heart 2 Heart, a school-wide behavior expectation initiative, creating cards with heartfelt messages is an ongoing project created by Mrs. Finkey Levine of BYQ, who coordinates the event. Once the cards were completed, everyone noshed on pizza, soda and hot cocoa. Then the crowd was swept into the cafeteria, where Mrs. Nechama Jurkowitz told a tale to the group, stressing the need to be maker tov. Morah Etti Siegal and musician Mrs. Karen

Daitchman led the girls in a songfest. They were magnificent! With a raffle and video of the girls, the evening ended with a sweet treat. BYQ’s little ones were, once again, so happy to spend special time with their mothers and grandmothers!

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Chesed U is proud to announce an exciting new program exclusively for seventh graders at HAFTR: The Mitzvah Clowning Club, run through the Areyvut organization. The kickoff day, including a full-day education/training session and an on-site visit, took place on Monday, January 5th. Mitzvah Clowning combines the art of meaningful social interaction and wholesome clowning around. Each student involved in the Mitzvah Clowning Club will be trained in the knowledge and skills necessary for bikur cholim, visiting the elderly and entertaining those with special needs. Mitzvah Clowns will also learn how to apply clown mak-up, create balloon animals, and initiate con-

versations with others who may be different from them. They will then be accompanied on visits to the elderly, sick, or special needs individuals, and work their wonders to create smiles. Since its debut in December 2009, Areyvut has facilitated monthly Mitzvah Clown visits to area senior centers and numerous training sessions. Those that have participated in the program are not only excited about have gained these new skills, but have continued their good deeds by visiting with patients on a regular basis. Mitzvah Clowning is not only the gift that keeps on giving, but it also provides people of all backgrounds to get involved in the mitzvah of bikur cholim.

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Around The Community Love and Brotherhood: SKA’s Production 2014 Production ’14 at the Stella K. Abraham High School for Girls was amazing! On motzei Shabbat and Sunday, December 27 and 28, the SKA cast and crew channeled their efforts which began since the beginning of the school year to make this year’s production one of the

most memorable ever. Under the leadership of Mrs. Terri Wagner, “First Lady of SKA Theater,” over 200 students participated in production. This year’s theme, “Love and Brotherhood,” was especially poignant in view of the last few months in Israel

and was beautifully expressed through marvelously crafted dances, musical and comical dramas, inspiring harmonies, a terrific band and a unique and touching sign language segment. The SKA auditorium was filled with mothers, sisters, aunts, grandmothers, teachers, friends, alumnae and eighth grade applicants who watched this remarkable display of talent. Mrs. Spirn, SKA’s Head of School, notes with pride, “Each student shone on stage and also behind the scene with props, lighting, sound, scenery, costumes and Playbill. The dedication and commitment of all these students was wonderful; what an incredible outlet for our students’ self-expression and

creativity. Each student was able to build her sense of self-esteem while enjoying the experience of working with a group and getting close with girls in all grades.” We look forward to production 2015!

Chanukah Burned Bright at Shulamith School Middle Division Each year, the students and faculty of Shulamith Middle Division look forward to Chanukah and the chance to celebrate

the chag together. Inevitably, the days of Chanukah are filled with unbounded joy, fun-filled activities, inspiring communal tefillot, and, of course, tasty treats! Our first event was the annual Chanukah Chagiga, which took place on Thursday, December 18, the second day of Chanukah. Baila Caller, the energetic dance instructor of Jewmba fame, had the girls in Shulamith jumping, twirling, and spinning around the room. Glow sticks, accessories, and even swords for the “Maccabim and Yevanim” added to the excitement. Teachers, students, and our guests from Kulanu united in lighting up the dance floor with achdut and ruach. Upon returning from vacation, on Tuesday, December 23, the G.O. treated

students to a scrumptious breakfast in honor of the seventh day of Chanukah and Rosh Chodesh Tevet. Students watched an exciting new Chanukah music video and a moving video in which Holocaust survivors spoke in Ivrit about their mesirat nefesh in lighting Chanukah candles in the most trying circumstances. Next, the G.O., Sela Pollak, Rachelli Wasser, Eliana Eichler, and Tamar Davies, performed a song written especially for the occasion. Divrei Torah were then offered by eighth grader Dvora Golombeck, and sixth graders, Shoshana Brunner and Chaya Malka Bokow. After breakfast, students from the sixth and eighth grades travelled to the Long Island Living Center to bring some Chanukah joy to the residents. They gave out Chanukah cards, chatted, and sang, bringing smiles to many faces. Chanukah culminated on the eighth day with an astounding display of creative energy. A few weeks before Chanukah, the G.O. had announced a contest called, “Do You Wanna’ Build a…?” Students responded by building artistic menorahs, dreidels, and more. Each visitor to the display had the opportunity to vote for her favorite creations, but there were so many wonderful entries that it was really

hard to decide. When the votes were tallied, the winners were announced. The Grand Prize winner was Hana Adler of Grade 8, for her funky “Beauty Shop” menorah. First Place was awarded to fifth graders Hadassah Chait and Tamar Infergen for their colored bottle menorah that glowed! The Second Place winner was fifth grader Leah Weiss for her traditional and very beautiful gold menorah crafted from paper towel rolls. The third place ended in a tie between eighth graders Tamar Herschberg and Dani Prero who cleverly created a menorah from a banana, and fifth graders, Elisheva Feinberg, Shira Mintz, Rina Wiseman who made a giant gold gift wrapped dreidel. In addition to all of these in-school activities, each class enjoyed a Chanukah party some time over the chag, hosted by their mechanchot. The affection that the students and teachers share with one another is a heart-warming part of the Shulamith Middle Division experience.

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lunch was provided in honor of Chanukah. Addressing the crowd with an inspiring message was the rosh yeshiva, Rabbi Mordechai Kamenetzky. Rabbi Draiman then introduced a new initiative entitled The Shtikah B’tefillah Program. The large assemblage then sang Chanukah zemiros together. The ambiance was powerful as the melodious voices of 200 young men sang with all their hearts as

one. The group then broke into dancing. Not 5 or 10 separate circles but one large circle reminiscent ofkKlal Yisroel’s achdus. To cap the event, several hundred dollars’ worth of seforim and other prizes were raffled off to 20 winners. It was a mesiba to remember. On Motzai Shabbos, Yeshiva of South Shore had one large learning program which included its three satellite locations as well. Almost 300 boys along with their fathers came to learn and bond through Torah learning on the fifth night of Chanukah. As a special treat, a magician was hired to entertain the boys after the learning. They were mesmerized and captivated by a slew of “how did he do that” tricks and illusions. A special yasher koach to Gourmet Glatt for generously sponsoring jelly doughnuts and drinks to all the participants. The evening was capped off with the distribution of gelt (not the chocolate variety). 25 lucky boys received five and ten dollar bills. It truly was an exciting week at Yeshiva of South Shore.

Five Towns Marriage Initiative Looking at the Good in our Marriage The trait of jealousy is one that can manifest itself in many areas. Rashi says that a feeling of jealousy usually comes in a place where there is a lack. Often the lack is just a lack of satisfaction for what one has. If someone has a nice house and I don’t have one, or mine is not as nice as theirs, I will feel jealous. The Ramban says that it’s more than that. It is possible to feel jealousy if you have a nice house, but you don’t want your friend’s to be as gorgeous as yours. The Ramban comments on the tale of Yonason the son of Shaul. Yonason and Dovid were best of friends and then Yonason found out that Dovid was going to

be king. To him, this meant that Dovid was getting the position that should have been his. Most friendships would dissolve in an instant over this. The jealousy and intense hatred would tear the friendship apart. In this case, though, not only was Yonason not jealous, he actually blessed Dovid over the news of his kingship. Another example that teaches us a lesson in avoiding jealousy is with Efraim and Menashe, the sons of Yosef. When Yaakov blessed them, he placed his right hand on Efraim, as opposed to Menashe. Menashe was the older son and should have rightfully had the honor

of the right hand—the stronger and more glorified one—placed on him for the blessing. Menashe chose to remain silent and squelch any feelings of jealousy. Jealousy in marriage comes about when looking at the next couple or the next spouse. The ones that always look so happy together, the ones that always get the best presents, and the list goes on. The harm that comes about by looking outwards this way can’t be overlooked. The blessing of Bilaam, of how good our tents are because the entrances don’t face each other, is worth bearing in mind when we are so quick to look at the next couple and what they have. Instead, we

should be looking at what we have as a couple and the ability we have to put more into our marriage to bring it to an even better place than it is currently. Five Towns Marriage Initiative provides educational programs, workshops and referrals to top marriage therapists. FTMI will help offset counseling costs when necessary and also runs an anonymous shalom bayis hotline for the entire community Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday evenings, 9:30-11p.m. For the hotline or more information, call 516-4305280 or email dsgarry@msn.com.

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hand-in-hand amid smiles and laughter. Then, the talmidim visited each classroom and presented every HASC student with a special personalized gift. Before the conclusion of the visit, Shimee Bergstein, a musically talented eighth grader,

performed a piano solo in honor of HASC. Before heading back to Long Island, the boys stopped on Avenue J for lunch where they had a choice of restaurants to dine in. It is certain that this visit will long be remembered by the talmidim of YOSS and of HASC. On subsequent days of Chanukah, each grade held special assemblies. The first and second grade gathered together to light the menorah, sing Chanukah songs, eat latkes and win loads of prizes. In attendance to shep nachas from the little kinderlach was the founding rosh yeshiva, Rav Binyomin Kamenetzky. The third and fourth grade similarly held their own assembly led by fourth grade rebbe, Rabbi Yitzy Ross. Rabbi Binyamin Z. Karman, curriculum coordinator, addressed the audience. The fifth grade had a special Chanukah breakfast mesiba with their rabbeim. Rabbi Eli Herzberg held the talmidim spellbound with a fabulous story and dvar Torah. The Mechina division, grades 6-8, were treated to a most spectacular mesiba. A fully catered

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Yeshiva of South Shore was abuzz with special activities each day of Chanukah. It all began on Wednesday, the first day of Chanukah, when the eighth grade made their annual visit to HASC of Brooklyn. Together with the Menahel HaMechina, Rabbi Rafi Draiman, the English principal, Mr. Daniel Winkler and their Rabbeim, the talmidim went to sing and dance with the friendly students of HASC. The event began with the lighting of the menorah by a HASC student accompanied by eighth grader Josh Farkas and the singing of Maoz Tzur. One of our Rabbeim, Rabbi Moshe Shonek, along with Rabbi Shlomo Drebin, provided the lively music. The atmosphere was electric as the students of both YOSS and HASC sang and danced

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Around The Community Shevach Students Begin Participation in New Collaborative Honors Program with Lander College for Women A select group of junior and senior Shevach students are part of an exciting new Honors Program that will provide these young women with opportunities that are usually reserved for the college experience. The program, directed by the Dean of Lander College for

Women, Marian Stoltz-Loik, and Mrs. Nechama Mirsky, Shevach High School Associate Principal of General Studies, began with a sensational event at LCW on Monday, November 10. The Shevach students, accompanied by Rebbetzin Rochelle Hirtz, Shevach Principal, and

Mrs. Mirsky, arrived at LCW at nine in the morning, at which point they were greeted by Mrs. Sarah Klugmann, LCW Director of Recruitment. Students were then able to participate in classes such as Rabbi Dovid Goldwasser’s class on Pirkei Avos, Business Ethics, Introduc-

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tion to Music Therapy, Biotechnology, Honors History, and more. After a super academic experience, the students were given a tour of LCW’s remarkable modern building and they learned about the exciting internships and opportunities that LCW students have. Students spent time in the library, met with Shevach graduates who are current LCW students, and were introduced to Rabbi Tzvi Flaum, who is the Mashgiach Ruchani at LCW (and the father of Mrs. Devora Kovitz, a beloved administrator at Shevach). During a beautifully prepared luncheon, the Shevach students were privileged to hear from Dr. Karen Sutton, head of the Honors Program at LCW, as well as several current Honors students at LCW. Dean Marian Stoltz-Loike addressed the girls with an exceptional dvar Torah and discussion of the students’ gifts and responsibilities. A spirited discussion about personal ambition and the college application process engaged the students as they learned about the wealth of academic, social, and cultural opportunities LCW provides in a supportive Orthodox environment. On Thursday, December 11, the Shevach students once again traveled to LCW and attended an exceptional lecture by Aviva Klompas, Director of Speechwriting for the Israeli delegation to the United Nations. As Dean Stoltz-Loike pointed out, “Aviva Klompas captivated both students and faculty at the Lander College for Women with her frank, insightful, and provocative depiction of the current state between the UN and Israel.” We are grateful to the dean for inviting the Shevach Honors students to join in this unique event. We look forward to the continuing development of this exciting program, which will iy”H include guest speakers, trips, and advanced learning workshops for these dedicated students.

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This past Sunday, January 4, was one which many parents and children of the Yeshiva Ketana of Long Island family will remember. It was the day that the first graders had their Chumash Mesiba. The mesiba opened up with welcoming remarks by the Rosh Yeshiva, Rabbi Bajnon, followed by warm words of the Menahel, Rabbi Krigsman. Then festive music started playing by the talented Rabbi Yaakov Kranz and the boys entered adorned by beautiful burgundy capes with golden trimmings and golden crowns fashioned specially for the event by Mrs. Schloss (wife of one of the first grade rabbeim). Each boy of both Rabbi Morgenbesser’s class and Rabbi Schloss’s class then performed in front of a few hundred guests packed in the lunchroom. They were each asked what

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Around The Community The Lawrence School District: A Cultural Mosaic By Tammy Mark Driving along the tree-lined streets of the Village of Lawrence, the picturesque landscape suggests the simple and homogeneous nature of a sleepy suburban neighborhood. Driving further south, past the synagogues and yeshivas, the local fire department and the town library, a different beat emerges. Past the vibrant Five Towns Community Center is the adjacent Town of Inwood, dotted with lively churches and bilingual businesses and shops. Further out and over the toll bridge lies the seaside community of Atlantic Beach, its beach and tranquil boardwalk reminiscent of an exotic destination. These diverse neighborhoods comprise the unique community that is the Lawrence School District. Situated midway between Kulanu Academy in Cedarhurst and the Number Four School in Inwood, sits Lawrence Middle School high atop a hill in the center of it all. From the District offices inside the stately building, Superintendent Gary Schall and the Lawrence District School Board of Education partner to navigate the ever-changing terrain. The Lawrence Union Free School District, District 15, serves the Long Island neighborhoods of Lawrence, Cedarhurst, Inwood, Atlantic Beach and parts of Woodmere. The students come from families of varied socio-economic and religious backgrounds, from newly arrived immigrants to third generation Jewish families to anywhere in between. Many of the students require special education services to meet educational goals. In the Lawrence District, affectionately called a “cultural

mosaic,” the range of needs, cultural and academic, is vast and growing each year. Within the district there are currently five public schools, with a restructuring imminent. There are a multitude of yeshivas representing the many facets of Jewish affiliations, including two institutions focusing on special education. With an overwhelming majority of Orthodox Jewish families residing in the Lawrence District, there are approximately 5,000 yeshiva students versus 2,500 public school students. While the School Board has evolved to reflect the growing yeshiva population, they maintain a constant focus on the enormous responsibility of serving the multiple needs of the public school students and their families. School Board Trustee Asher Mansdorf does his homework. In addition to his regular visits to the schools, he makes time to visit neighborhood synagogues and churches for the chance to speak informally with district residents about their needs. He has been known to walk the school bus routes in order to gain further insight into the students and their neighborhoods. Mansdorf and his fellow trustees are on mission to keep the Lawrence District a steadfast institution while addressing the needs of the various distinct communities. One recent development is the necessary repurposing of the Number Five School. As the community’s needs evolve, the Board looks for superior solutions to keep the Lawrence District strong. As enrollment has decreased, the District searches for another educational institution, ideally a special ed-

ucation program, to rent the building. With the intention of retaining ownership of the property, this partnership can create additional revenue for the Lawrence Public Schools and simultaneously address the needs of the community. Throughout the transitions, Lawrence District continues to pursue high standards of quality in education. More remarkably, the district displays defining examples of achievement, having been recognized on local, state and national levels. Recently, two juniors from Lawrence High School, Lee Blackburn and Arthur Chen, were named regional finalists in the prestigious Siemens Competition in Math Science and Technology. Working together with Justin Lish from HAFTR High School, the three students conducted research at Lawrence High School under guidance of Rebecca Isseroff, a chemistry teacher and the District’s science competition coordinator. With an additional student Russell Charnoff from HAFTR being named as well, the Lawrence District community boasts a total of four regional finalists. These students have been recognized alongside students from top schools such as Stuyvesant and Bronx High School of Science, as well as prestigious private schools such as the Dalton School. These achievements are “the pride of the District,” says School Board Trustee Abel Feldhamer. Top rankings go to Lawrence athletics as well, as the Golden Tornadoes high school football team celebrated yet another victory this year, winning its third straight Long Island Class III Championship Title. Superstar running back Jordan Fredericks received the Thorp Award as Nassau County’s most outstanding player, being recognized for leading Lawrence to excellence during his four years there. With the bar set high for putting all students on a solid path to success, and towards the goal of giving students with the skills necessary for college, Lawrence Public Schools remain rich with academic and extra-curricular resources. Enrichment programs focus on math and science, including the Robotics program at the High School which is ranked second in New York State. Music and art programs are prioritized to cultivate the students’ talents and enhance educational goals, and are geared for the special education population as well. Lawrence incorporates

music instruction beginning in second grade; it is regarded as one of the finest performing arts programs in the state. As the School Board strives to give children the best chance for success early on, Lawrence is the only district in Nassau County offering full day universal pre-kindergarten program with bussing. Of the students who begin their education at the Lawrence Public Schools in kindergarten, the graduation rate is at 99%. Unlike other Long Island neighborhoods with successful public schools systems such as Great Neck or Roslyn, 70% of students attending Lawrence public schools are currently living at the poverty level. 60% receive free or reduced school lunch. 43% of the students are Hispanic; many recently arrived in the country. Some students do not have the advantage of an English speaking parent or other resources at home. The School Board is working to help these students succeed, reaching out to the Spanish speaking community and utilizing all available avenues. In recognition of the importance of embracing students’ cultures, the school year began with events in honor of National Hispanic Heritage Month. District afterschool programs reflect the many cultural needs of the children, with the offering of Spanish, Italian and Hebrew cultural clubs. Academic enrichment includes math and English afterschool programs, all with transportation provided. While any school district assumes the responsibility of educating children of varying needs, the Lawrence School Board faces a far greater challenge given the extreme educational, cultural and socio-economic differences there are to consider. It is a challenge that District leaders take seriously. “Every child belongs to us,” says Schall. The primary goal of the Lawrence School Board remains constant: for every child in the district to have access to the best resources necessary to succeed, whether they are enrolled in the Lawrence Public Schools or in the community yeshivas, whether they require special education or have the capability to reach the highest levels of academic achievement. As these leaders continually work to serve their students in the best way possible, they are committed to the success of all of the families and communities that make up this unique district of Lawrence.

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CAHAL classes (maximum 12 students per class, 4:1 student to teacher ratio) for children with learning differences and challenges provide the ideal learning environment where they receive individualized attention and specialized teaching strategies as they master the skills needed to transition to the next stage of their lives. At HANC, the CAHAL children are taught a full yeshiva curriculum including kriah, chagim and tefilah, while fostering kavod habriyot, middot tovot, and an understanding and love of mitzvot. The General Studies curriculum provides academic readiness skills and cognitive development in an integrated curriculum that includes math, reading, writing, science and social studies. A sensory integration program is incorporated on a daily basis into the class schedule, individualized to address issues in both gross and fine motor strength and coordination, body aware-

ness and general organization. A multisensory approach incorporating visual, auditory and kinesthetic modalities enables different styles of learners to reach their potential in both Hebrew and English curriculum areas. The CAHAL program has a major focus on developing receptive and expressive language skills through daily lessons and activities. Ongoing coordination and collaboration with the related service providers ensure a wrap-around program focused on common goals. Aside from the new Epson/SMART Interactive Board enabling lessons and activities with state-of-the-art technology, CAHAL also uses the Gruss Waterford Computer program in their classroom to support individualized reading, math and science learning all on a daily basis. CAHAL is an academically based program for children with learning and/or language-based disabilities, and for those children who have learning challenges that require the smaller classroom setting providing structure, individualized attention and specialized teaching strategies. The curriculum is individualized to each child’s level of skill development as they progress throughout the year. For more information and to discuss placement of a child, contact CAHAL at 516-295-3666 or visit www.cahal.org.

Rambam Mesivta Nominated for Blue Ribbon Award Torah. Middos. Excellence: the motto of Rambam Mesivta and ideals that the faculty and talmidim strive to exemplify. With over a third of the school participating in Rambam’s Masmidim/Extra Night Learning Program and with countless acts of chessed being performed by the student body, most recently numerous papers published articles about Rambam’s fundraising efforts on behalf of the victims of the Har Nof Massacre, the values of limud Torah and middos are goals that are being nurtured in the halls of the Mesivta. In terms of academic

“excellence,” Rambam Mesivta was singled out by an objective association, the Blue Ribbon Schools Program, for their commitment and realization of academic excellence. At last count, there were only four Blue Ribbon schools in the entire State of New York and Rambam Mesivta, which has long had a reputation as a top-tier yeshiva with a number of AP Scholars graduating every year, is poised to be part of this honored few. Since 1982, the U.S. Department of Education has sought out and recognized schools where students achieve and

maintain high academic goals, especially schools that are consistently at the top of academic success in terms of SAT and ACT scores. The goal is to recognize schools like Rambam and share with the larger population “best school leadership and teaching practices.” In other words, Rambam’s success will inspire and help others. On a typical year, Rambam Mesivta graduates about 40 students who earn over one million dollars in academic— not need—based scholarships. There are a number of students every year who

earn spots in the prestigious Macaulay Honors College and/or scholarships to Yeshiva University, as well as students who go on to Cooper Union, Cornell, and the like. A Blue Ribbon nomination is another feather in the cap of an institution that prides itself on preparing students for the world and creating, along with the parents, a ben Torah who will go out into the workforce, keep a learning schedule, and make a kiddush Hashem.

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do it? It was a perfect fit. I later asked Mrs. Harris, and she explained that she spends endless hours researching available material for the SMARTBoard in order to create the best and most effective learning experiences for her students. She has already created many interactive games and other activities to enhance the children’s learning, and this is just the beginning. She commented to me that her daughter recently asked her why she had gotten a SMARTBoard in her classroom. After all, her daughter thought that it was meant to make teaching easier for her, but instead, her mother was busy spending unlimited time creating new and exciting lessons. As CAHAL students are almost an “invisible” population, with the goal of blending into the mainstream whenever possible at each yeshiva, many community members are unaware of the mission and effectiveness of the program. CAHAL represents the epitome of achdut. CAHAL is sponsored and coordinated by all the local yeshivas in the surrounding communities including Bais Yaakov Ateres Miriam, Bnos Bais Yaakov, Hebrew Academy of the Five Towns and Rockaway, Hebrew Academy of Long Beach, Hebrew Academy of Nassau County, Mesivta Ateres Yaakov, Shulamith, Torah Academy for Girls, Yeshiva Darchei Torah, Yeshiva Ketana of Long Island, and Yeshiva of South Shore. Twenty three years ago, the local yeshivas collaborated together to create and sustain CAHAL. The yeshivas that have CAHAL classes include the children in all their non-academic activities, and the CAHAL students are not highlighted as different or having special learning needs. The children are embraced as students of each yeshiva. When individual CAHAL children are

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By Naomi Nadata, Program Director How do you improve upon the CAHAL kindergarten program which has been successful beyond expectations and has been taught by a highly experienced, outstanding, dedicated, NYS certified special education teacher for over 15 years? Add a new, state-of-the-art Epson/SMART Interactive Board. Last week, I had the privilege of observing a science lesson in Morah Melody Harris’ CAHAL special education classroom at the Hebrew Academy of Nassau County (HANC). The children were totally engrossed as they were taught about the properties of liquids and solids in a hands-on, interactive lesson. They observed that water was clear, but in order to learn more about liquids, Mrs. Harris colored the water blue. They watched as Mrs. Harris asked individual students to pour the blue water into various containers and molds. The students were able to explain why the liquid took on the shape of its containers while the solid objects could not. The class discussed the difference between ice and snow and how they are formed. They learned that while they could freeze water to make ice, only Hashem could make snow. Star-shaped molds filled with water were placed on the window ledge outside of the classroom to experiment if the water would turn to ice by the next morning. Just when I thought the lesson was over, the students were invited to view their new Epson/SMART Interactive Board, and they watched in amazement as the entire lesson came to life in a video. Incredibly, the children were able to answer all of Mrs. Harris’ questions about their lesson during the video. I wondered which came first: the lesson plan or the video. How did she

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A SMART Board for CAHAL Kindergarten at HANC

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You Gotta be

Riddle!

Kidding!

A man is leaving on a business trip and stops by his office on the way to the airport. The night watchman stops him and says, “Sir, don’t take that flight. I had a dream last night that your plane would crash and everyone would die!” The businessman cancels his trip and sure enough, the plane crashes, killing all the passengers. The man gives his watchman a $10,000 reward for saving his life, then fires him. Why?

Yankel and Berel are walking down the street when a mugger approaches them and demands their money. They both grudgingly pull out their wallets and begin taking out their cash, not wanting to get hurt. As they are handing their money to the bandit, Yankel turns to Berel, hands him a $20, and says, “Hey, here’s the money I owe you for last week’s dinner.”

Answer on next page

The Redneck Oil Change Checklist 1. Go to O’Reilly Auto Parts and write a check for $50 for oil, filter, kitty litter, hand cleaner and scented tree and some Skoal chewing tobacco (which, by the way, also kills). 2. Discover that the used oil container is full. Instead of taking it back to O’Reilly to recycle, dump in hole in backyard. 3. Open a beer and drink it. 4. Jack car up. Spend 30 minutes looking for jack stands. 5. Find jack stands under kid’s pedal car. 6. Open another beer and drink it. 7. Place drain pan under engine. 8. Look for wrench and locate it in your wife’s purse. 10. Unscrew drain plug. 11. Drop drain plug in pan of hot oil; get hot oil on you in the process.

24. Remember drain plug from step 11. 25. Hurry to find drain plug in drain pan. 26. Hurry to replace drain plug before the whole quart of fresh oil drains onto floor. 27. Slip with wrench and bang knuckles on frame. 28. Bang head on floorboard in reaction. 30. Throw wrench. 31. Fuss and complain. 32. Clean up; apply Band-Aid to knuckle. 33. Beer. 34. Beer. 35. Dump in additional 4 quarts of oil. 36. Beer.

12. Clean up.

37. Lower car from jack stands.

13. Have another beer while oil is draining.

38. Accidentally crush one of the jack stands.

14. Look for oil filter wrench.

39. Move car back to apply more kitty litter to fresh oil spilled during step 23.

15. Give up; poke oil filter with screwdriver and twist it off. 16. Beer. 17. Buddy shows up; finish case of beer with him. Finish oil change tomorrow. 18. Wake up in the morning (around 2 PM), drag pan full of old oil out from underneath car.

40. Test-drive car. 41. Get pulled over; get arrested for driving under the influence. 42. Car gets impounded. 43. Make bail; get car from impound yard.

19. Throw kitty litter on oil spilled during step 18. 20. Beer. Wait, it’s finished. 21. Walk to 7-11 to buy beer. 22. Install new oil filter making sure to apply thin coat of clean oil to gasket first. 23. Dump first quart of fresh oil into engine.

Money Spent: $50 parts, $12 beer, $75 replacement set of jack stands; hey, the colors have to match! $1,000 Bail, $200 Impound and towing fee. Total: $10,337, if you’re a redneck. If you’re not, you probably wouldn’t have stuck the extra 0 in there and your total would just be $1,337.

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3. How many of Illinois’ last seven governors ended up in prison? a. 1 b. 2 c. 4 d. 7 4. The 34th governor of Kentucky, William Goebel, served for how long as governor? a. 4 days b. 6 months c. 12 years d. 32 years 5. How old was Bill Clinton when he was elected governor of Arkansas? a. 28 b. 32 c. 37 d. 42 6. When Teddy Roosevelt was governor of New York, what did he famously do for exercise? a. He went row boating in Lake George twice a week b. He walked to the Capitol building every day c. He rode his horse between New York City and Albany d. He ran up and down the 77 stairs of the Capitol’s building (and would offer interviews to journalists who beat him to the top of the stairs) 7. How many female governors are there in the U.S.? a. 2 b. 3 c. 5 d. 9

a. b. c. d.

9. What football team does Governor Chris Christie root for? Whichever team is sponsored by Dunkin’ Donuts Cowboys Jets Giants

Answers: 1. B- Grover Cleveland, Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Martin Van Buren. 2. A 3. C 4. A- William Goebel was elected governor of Kentucky in 1899. He was warned of a rumored assassination plot against him, yet refused to call off the inauguration. As he walked to his inauguration, flanked by two bodyguards, he was shot. He was sworn in the following day while he was fighting for his life and he died four days later. 5. B 6. D 7. C 8. D 9. B- Chris Christie has been showing up recently in Cowboys’ owner Jerry Jones’ box at football games. In response to those who criticize him for not rooting for the Giants and/or Jets— who play in New Jersey— Christie has said, “Just because I’m governor of New Jersey doesn’t mean that I change who I root for — that’s it.” Wisdom key: 7-9 correct: You know way too much about governors. You are either really smart or really bored. 4-6 correct: You are starting 2015 right where you left off—in the middle of the pack. How does it feel not to stand out? 0-3 correct: You really don’t know that much… which means you’d probably be a good governor! (Huh? Well, if you haven’t figured Comm Let the ission it out yet—our policy is to bash all er dec ide oliticians, all of the time.) Send

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2. Which New York State governor became Gerald Ford’s vice president after Nixon resigned? a. Nelson Rockefeller b. Malcolm Wilson c. Hugh Carey d. Alfred E Smith

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8. Who is the Lieutenant Governor of New York? a. Robert Duffy b. Richard Ravitch c. Dean Skelos d. Kathy Hochul

1. How many New York State governors went on to become president of the U.S.? a. 2 b. 4 c. 5 d. 6

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Governors Trivia

ANSWER TO RIDDLE: Because he was the night watchman and shouldn’t have been sleeping on the job!

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The Rocky Rant

Rocky Zweig

Swiss Fudge Conspiracy

aintaining my weight has been an annoying little battle I’ve waged constantly pretty much all my adult life. This is how it always worked: I’d get fat, I’d go on Weight Watchers, I’d lose weight, I’d go off Weight Watchers, and I’d get fat again. It was a perfect, albeit rather circular, little system. But my relationship with my body vis-à-vis the tonnage I carry around on these tired, old ankles has changed drastically over the past few years. My flirtation with obesity has morphed from a minor distraction into a life-threatening crisis. Allow me to explain: About five years ago I got very sick. Then, I almost got very dead. I won’t go into all the gory details now; I’ll probably do a full column on that episode of my life eventually. For now, let’s just say that when I get too heavy, I can’t breathe. Literally. And as a result of my illness, I’ve been on Prednisone for the past five years. Prednisone is a steroid, but I still can’t get a ball out of the infield. Prednisone makes you hungry, it makes you fat, and it makes it almost impossible to lose weight. So about a year and a half ago, my weight peaked at a few pounds over two hundred! You know how doctors have a formula that tells them how much you should weigh?

When it comes to dieting, Swiss Fudge cookies are my Kryptonite. Well, I’m pretty sure it’s not your age plus a hundred forty pounds! I’ve never, ever been that heavy; not even close. Needless to say, my breathing was very, very labored. And when I put on weight, it always goes directly to my belly, and things like walking up subway stairs tend to become quite difficult when your diaphragm has taken up residence just south of your chin. My pulmonologist read me the riot act. Told me I was on a precipice. I said, don’t use fancy words. He said,

clean up your act or you’re looking at a lung transplant. Oh. Okay then. Um. What was it exactly you had in mind? LOSE FORTY POUNDS! Gee, Doctor Depalo, why didn’t you just say so? Piece o’ cake. I know, I know; poor choice of words. Well, as it turns out it wasn’t quite that simple, and it took a while, but I went home and lost forty pounds. Forty two, to be exact. And guess what? I can breathe again, and I kinda like it. It makes lots of things easier, like walking, talking, and especially doing both at the same time. I go to Weight Watchers, I work out at Bally’s, and I go to a fat doctor, not a fat doctor. He has an impossible diet of his own, but since I refuse to follow it and I’m on Medicare, I go to see him every two weeks, he weighs me, and we talk about movies for ten minutes. Hey, don’t laugh; it seems to be working. But there’s one almost insurmountable obstacle every week…SHABBOS! Being single, I’m almost never home for Shabbos. And every other week or so, I go to my sister’s house. I love my sister. No, seriously. I really do. Kinda the same way you would love, gee, I don’t know, an OCD chipmunk. You know how those adorable little creatures are always scurrying around on the forest floor, looking for acorns and berries and whatever else it is that chipmunks look for, and then squirreling…um…chipmunking them away for the winter? Well, my sister is kinda like a nosh chipmunk. B’li ayin harah, she’s always got eineklach coming over, and G-d forbid one of the little Rugrats should want a bag of Bambas and she gets caught short! So pretty much every little vinkle of that kitchen holds another gustatory delight. And now a word about Stella D’oro Swiss Fudge Cookies. Oreos? Keep ‘em. Entemann’s? Fuhgettaboutit. Swiss Fudge Cookies are baked little shtreimlach of perfection. When it comes to dieting, Swiss Fudge cookies are my Kryptonite. My sister knows this, but my sister is evil. She always, and I mean always, has Swiss Fudge cookies in the house. She used to hide them when she knew I was coming for Shabbos, but no matter where she’d put them, I’d find them. Under the old tire in the garage? Not a problem. In my cousin’s house next door? No sweat. So now she doesn’t even bother hiding them anymore; they’re right there in the same kitchen drawer, right under the Twizzlers and the Bloom’s imitation Oreos (my sister is very “heimish”). In my own apartment, I control the environment; in my

iniquity on East 26th Street. Hey: my willpower may be a tower of Jello, but at least I’m a real snappy dresser.

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

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cookies left when I get to the aforementioned nosh drawer (they do, after all, have other people living in the house). Consequently, sometimes there will be 8 cookies left. Sometimes 10. Sometimes 7 (I hate when it’s an odd number; absolutely ruins my whole system). Sometimes, though, there’ll be more than one pack. Sometimes, if my kid sister has been feeling particularly devilish, there’ll be a pack-and-ahalf to two packs. Anyway, just want you to know that there is an absolute cap on how many I will consume during any given midnight raid. I will be sitting at the kitchen table, surrounded by the Ya’ated, the Famous Jumping Jack, and, of course, the greatest Jewish magazine of them all, a publication of the Five Towns Jewish community, all ready to indulge. Here is the strict formula to which I adhere rigorously: 1. One sealed pack (or any part thereof) available: all gone. 2. Pack-and-a half (30 cookies) available: depending on how the apple crisp was at the meal that Friday night, anywhere between 20 and 25 gone. 3. Two sealed packs available: Absolutely no more than the previously mentioned 20 to 25 SFCs gone! And you thought I had no will power. Sheesh. So, of course, on the way home Motzei Shabbos I’ll go through my “oh, what the heck” stage and stop at Carvel on Coney and Y for my traditional Melave Malke: a Vanilla Brown Bonnet. Then, Sunday morning, I’ll wake up hating myself, hit the gym, and the cycle starts all over again, until the next time I visit my sister’s nefarious den of caloric

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sister’s place, the environment pretty much controls me. When I’m there, my bedroom is in the basement. All I have to do is walk up the stairs, and I’m standing in the kitchen. The Voice invariably starts at 1:00 in the morning. “Rocky,” it says, “it’s time.” I’ll put my pillow over my head and try to drown out the inevitable unwelcome utterances, alas, to no avail. “You know we’re up here…you know you want us…you know you NEED us…” “Stop!” I’ll beg, “Have some rachmonus! This is my breathing we’re talking about!” “Breathing, shmeathing! So you’ll breathe tomorrow.” “Easy for you to say; you’re a cookie! What do you know about breathing?” Then the smell starts. Yes, yes, I know: it’s impossible to smell packaged cookies locked away in a kitchen drawer on a different floor. Well, either I have insanely sensitive olfactory abilities (maybe I can be a new superhero: NOSEMAN! Sniffing out bad guys across the fruited plain!) or it’s psychosomatic (psycho-nose-matic?), but I could swear I can smell those little suckers way down in my bedroom. But at least during the winter I’m no longer fleishig at 1:00, so I can dunk them into fat-free milk, which allows me to wash all the calories away from the cookies. As if. Please don’t misunderstand. It’s not as if I have absolutely no self-control whatsoever. Picture this: there are twenty (20) cookies in a full glorious package. There aren’t always the same amount of

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Mario Cuomo 1932-2015

BY SUSAN SCHWAMM

Thursday, January 1, former Governor Mario Cuomo passed away. He was 82. For 12 years, he steered New York through two recessions and stirred hearts across America with his rhetoric. Some called him the Liberal Lion; others called him the Hamlet on the Hudson. Indeed, Cuomo was a man of many facets. He could be passionate, he could be ruminative; he could be caring, he could be biting. Ultimately, despite his time spent in the national spotlight, he never made it further than the governor’s mansion. Cuomo once said, “You campaign in poetry. You govern in prose.” Perhaps the former governor was the perfect candidate who was happy where he ended up and too scared to move any further.

Mario

Matthew Cuomo was born June 15, 1932, in Queens, the youngest of three children of immigrants from a small village near Naples, Italy. His parents, Andrea and Immaculata Cuomo, owned a grocery store in South Jamaica during the Depression. Cuomo was a Shabbos goy for the Orthodox synagogue down the block and would later say that his childhood neighborhood was “Italian-black-German-Irish-Polish,” a melting pot of sorts. His parents did not speak or read English. But, Cuomo quipped, his father knew the difference between an A and a B on a report card. Andrea would whack Mario on the ears for getting a B. He admired his parents, who epitomized the American dream. “I watched a small man with thick calluses on both his hands work 15 and 16 hours a day. I saw him once literally bleed from the bottoms of his feet, a man who came here uneducated, alone, unable to speak the language… That they were able to build a family and live in dignity and see one of their children … occupy the highest seat, in the greatest state in the greatest nation…” Cuomo said in his famous speech in 1984. At six-feet, 190 pounds, Cuomo was a great ballplayer. At 19, he signed a contract with the Pittsburgh Pirates. He used his $2,000 signing bonus to

buy an engagement ring for his fiancée, Matilda Raffa. Even then he was determined. One scout wrote that Cuomo “plays hard” and “will run you over if you get in his way.” However, Cuomo’s baseball career came to an abrupt end when he was hit by a ball in the eye and was blinded for a week. He never played professionally again. But the end of his sports career may have been a blessing in disguise. Cuomo later went to law school, graduating at the top of his class. Thinking

“I somehow got this reputation of diddling and dithering. I don’t remember dithering at all.”

he would be getting offers from venerated law firms after graduation, Cuomo was disappointed when he received rejection after rejection, laying blame on discrimination against his Italian roots. “I obviously am the original ethnic from Queens: my hands, my face, my voice, my inflections,” he recalled. A law school dean even suggested that Cuomo change his name to Mark Conrad—advice Cuomo ignored. He eventually landed a job as the confidential assistant to Judge Adrian P. Burke at the New York State of Appeals. A year later, he ended up in the private sector and gained notice in the late 1960s when he successfully represented 69 families fighting an urban renewal plan to condemn their homes in Corona, Queens, to make way for a school. His big break, though—the one that got him the attention of Democratic leaders—came in 1972 when Mayor John Lindsay asked him to mediate a bitter dispute in Forest Hills, Queens, where middle class residents opposed the building of low-income housing on 108th St. near the Long Island Expressway.

In 1974, at the late age of 42, Cuomo made his first run for office, losing the Democratic primary for lieutenant governor. Despite the loss, it was his first foray into politics, as he was named secretary of state the next year by Governor Hugh Carey. Just a few years later, at Carey’s urging, Cuomo ran in the Democratic primary in 1977 for mayor. Ed Koch won that primary as the Democratic nominee; Cuomo ran on the Liberal Party line in the November election. The campaigning was fierce and it took time for Koch to forgive the Cuomos (Andrew, Mario’s oldest son and current governor of New York, was his campaign manager) for some of their campaign slogans and tactics. In fact, in a 2007 interview with the New York Times, Koch revealed, “That matter has affected our relationship from ‘77 through this year.” He continued, “I also held it against his son, Andy Cuomo ... Social relationships, when we meet, are good. Underneath, he knows, I know, what I’m really thinking: ‘You [punk].’” Koch won the election and became the mayor of New York. After the defeat, Cuomo pledged, “I swore when it was over—to myself and everyone else—that I would never do that again. I will never run a race that I don’t have my whole heart in.” But he didn’t stay out of politics for long. In 1978, Cuomo was elected lieutenant governor as Carey’s running mate. In 1982, Cuomo sailed past Koch in the Democratic primary for governor, ultimately winning the November 2 election to become New York’s 52nd governor. He would lead the state for 12 years as the second Italian-American in the seat. In his inaugural address, Cuomo called on state government to be a “positive source for good.” He criticized President Reagan’s policies and highlighted his liberal vision. Within a few days of taking office, Cuomo faced a prison strike in Ossining in which 19 guards were held hostage. After 53 hours, they were all released. Cuomo was an unabashed liberal—even flouting the Roman Catholic Church to espouse his views and policies. And he wasn’t like the Democrats of today who tiptoe around issues, endeavoring not to insult anyone with their tone. Cuomo made his

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With the Satmar Rebbe, Rabbi Moshe Teitelbaum

With his son Andrew during the 1982 governor’s race

“Mr. President, you ought to know that this nation is more a ‘Tale of Two Cities’ than it is just a ‘Shining City on a Hill.’”

Giving one of the most famous speeches in United States’ history

With Rabbi Moshe Sherer z’l in 1994

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was the year that propelled Cuomo onto the national political stage. No longer was he gracing just the front pages of New York newspapers; after the Democratic National Convention—where he mesmerized and enthralled America with his silver tongue—he became one of the Democrat’s political darlings. It was a presidential election year. The Democratic Party nominee was Walter Mondale; the incumbent was Ronald Reagan. Cuomo stood out in the Democratic Party for his outspoken views and his eloquence. At the urging of his son Andrew and Tim Russert, his close friend, Cuomo was set to deliver the keynote address at the convention in San Francisco. As the lights dimmed, Cuomo took aim at President Reagan. “Ten days ago, President Reagan admitted that although some people in this country seemed to be doing well nowadays, others were unhappy… The president said that he didn’t understand that fear. He said, ‘Why, this country is a shining city on a hill.’ …But the hard truth is that not everyone is sharing in this city’s splendor and glory…There’s another city; there’s another part to the shining the city,” Cuomo thundered. Some in the audience were crying. “Mr. President, you ought to know that this nation is more a ‘Tale of Two Cities’ than it is just a ‘Shining City on a Hill,’” Cuomo chided. And it was that line that transformed Cuomo into more than just a governor. The Democratic Party saw him as a rising star—he eclipsed even Mondale himself at the convention and came home with accolades and promises in his suitcase, many speculating that he would run in the 1988 presidential election. Back in New York, Cuomo was on a high. He offered that if he would run for president, he would not seek a second term as governor. But despite that, when Cuomo realized how popular he was at home, he ran in the 1986 elections and won the governorship once again. After the win, Cuomo continued with a flurry of travel across the nation, prompting many to think he was considering a presidential run. A “draft Cuomo” campaign urged him to run. But all were surprised when he confided in an interview

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in 1987 that he would not be running. This would become a common practice for Cuomo: to consider, ruminate, hesitate, and then not be able to come to a decision, forcing him to withdraw his candidacy for higher office. In 1990, despite his waning popularity among New Yorkers, Cuomo won the governor’s seat for the third time. When asked again if he would consider running for president, Cuomo would say, “I have no plans and no plans to make plans,” refusing to directly answer the question. In 1991, it was rumored that he would be running, but the governor insisted that he would not be making any announcements about a presidential run until he reached an agreement with the Republicancontrolled State Senate and the Democratic-controlled State Assembly. The filing deadline for the New Hampshire primary was on December 20, 1991. Because Cuomo famously waited until the last minute, he had to file the ballot application in person. A chartered jet was kept waiting on the Albany tarmac for Cuomo to come to a decision: will he submit his ballot for candidacy or not? Finally, at 3:30pm, less than two hours before the deadline, Cuomo decided not to run. His hesitation to seek higher office earned him the moniker the “Hamlet on the Hudson.” “I somehow got this reputation of diddling and dithering,” the governor once said. “I don’t remember dithering at all.” This same indecision also led to Cuomo passing up another coveted position—a seat on the U.S. Supreme Court. President Bill Clinton was poised to nominate Cuomo for the Supreme Court in 1993, but Cuomo took himself out of the running at the last minute. “To be a justice of the Supreme Court, to sit there and listen, to study, to conclude and write and not have to worry about the polls, nothing would have been more perfect,’’ Cuomo told the New York Times years later. “But on the other side, I think I have probably been in a better position to speak out on the issues.’’ Ruth Bader Ginsburg was nominated instead. In 1994, Cuomo ran for governor for a fourth term. But New Yorkers were tired of his uber-liberal agenda and voted for Republican state senator George Pataki, who ran a “too liberal, for too long” campaign against the governor. Cuomo was stunned in his defeat. He went back to his life out of the spotlight, working in a law firm, giving speeches and writing books. His son, Andrew, is keeping the Cuomo name alive in the Democratic Party. Cuomo was once asked how he would want to be remembered. “I want people to say, now, there was an honest person.” And he truly was. He was a man of principles and convictions, a child of immigrants who championed and epitomized the American dream. 

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views known—regardless of who it would hurt or disparage. He inherited a $1.8 billion deficit and his tactics at combating the state’s debt—steep tax increases and state pay cuts—disenchanted some of his supporters. But the governor was unrepentant and driven. “I’m sleeping less and less,” he once said. “I work all the time. I’m not saying that’s a virtue.” Reporters knew that he would pick up the phones himself on Friday evenings when he was working late.

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Torah Thought

Rabbi Berel Wein

Parshas Shemot

he status of the Jewish people in Egypt changed rather abruptly. For well over a century after the death of Yosef and the original family of Yaakov, the Jewish people resided in Egypt under favorable, if not even idyllic, conditions. They multiplied in terms of population, wealth and influence. Their success, to a certain extent, also became their undoing for the Torah tells us that they eventually became abhorrent in the eyes of the native Egyptian population. Even though, as certain midrashim teach us (there are naturally other midrashim that are of an opposite opinion), the Jewish people, in the main, attempted to assimilate into Egyptian life, the Egyptians themselves always saw the Jews as being an alien and foreign element in their midst. The Egyptians suspected that the Jews were disloyal in their hearts to the Egyptian empire, no matter what their public proclamations were. This abiding suspicion and unreasonable abhorrence of the Jews, even though the Jews were the vehicle for Egyptian survival and success from the time of

Yosef onwards, provided the necessary background for the fact that the new Pharaoh could almost overnight enslave the Jews. Without the built-in resentment of Jews, that apparently was second nature to Egyptian society, Pharaoh alone would have been unable to place millions of

Nile. The population of Egypt, with its long-standing enmity towards Jews, was what allowed the Pharaoh to implement slavery and genocide against the Jewish inhabitants of the then Egyptian Empire. There are certainly parallels to this condition regarding the Holocaust and

The Egyptian population, long before this Pharaoh rose to power, already abhorred the Jewish people and resented its presence in their midst. people into slavery and oppression in his own country. The Torah makes mention of the fact that Moshe was saved from the waters of the Nile by the daughter of the Pharaoh himself. In Jewish tradition this extraordinary act of kindness enabled her to achieve immortality. The inference is that there were not many like her who would somehow pluck Jewish infants from the jaws of the crocodiles in the waters of the

the current atmosphere of anti-Semitism that pervades democratic Europe. The general population of Egypt suffered greatly from the plagues that the L-rd visited upon them because of the intransigence of Pharaoh and his refusal to free the Jews. The commentators to the Chumash all raise this question of collective punishment, which on the surface may appear to be unfair and extreme. But the core of the matter and the

answer to this question lies in the previous mindset of the Egyptian population which, long before this Pharaoh rose to power, already abhorred the Jewish people and resented its presence in their midst. There is an idiom in Jewish life that states: “There is no king without a people.” The Holocaust, though planned and perpetrated by the Nazi hierarchy, could never have reached the proportions that it did without the active and passive participation of the native populations of Europe. Of course, the Jewish slavery in Egypt was predicted and preordained by G-d and revealed to Abraham centuries before it occurred. Nevertheless, as Jewish thought continually emphasizes to us, this in no way absolves the perpetrators of evil from receiving just punishment for their behavior. Only time will tell what the bill for the Holocaust will amount to. But I have no doubt that this bill, like all matters of history, eventually will be paid and redressed. Shabbat shalom.

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When Moshe came of age, he went out to visit his brothers — to share in their suffering. What he saw caused him great anguish. The oppression, subjugation, and cruelty were present wherever he looked. The next day, Moshe again “went out to his brothers,” this time he witnessed two Jews engaged in mortal combat. One was standing over the other in an attempt to kill him. Moshe called out, “Wicked one, why are you hitting your friend?!” This put an end to the bloodshed. However, Moshe’s intervention wasn’t appreciated. Quite the opposite, their response was, “Who appointed you to be a judge over us? Are you going to kill us as you killed the Mitzri yesterday?” The Medrash tells us this was actually a threat. The day before Moshe killed a Mitzri guard who was mercilessly whipping an innocent Jew. The two Jews who were fighting had seen this, and they now warned Moshe that they were going to report him to the authorities for rebelling against the king—which they did. When Pharaoh heard that the heir apparent had openly challenged the law of the land and defended a Jew against his master, he brought Moshe to trial for tyranny. In the end, Moshe had to flee Mitzraim at the risk of his life. Interestingly, when Moshe first heard their threat his response was, “Now the matter is known.” Rashi explains that for many years Moshe had a question: “Why is it that of all the seventy nations, the Jews are singled out for oppression?” Once he saw that there were talebearers amongst the Jews, he understood why this nation was so fated. This Rashi is very difficult to understand for a number of reasons. 1. Moshe witnessed two people threatening to report him. Two individuals don’t define a nation. 2. Didn’t all the other nations speak loshon harah as well? 3.

Even if it were true that entire Jewish People were gossipers, what is so egregious about this sin that an entire nation should suffer cruel, brutal subjugation? The answer to this can best be understood with a mashal. Making a Hole in My Cabin Imagine a man boards a transatlantic ocean liner carrying an electric saw. Late at night, one of the ship’s personnel hears a distinct rattling noise coming

levels that the tail had sunk to, he knew that the body of the nation couldn’t be that high. This single action shed light onto the madreiga of the people. The Chofetz Chaim explains that the antidote to is “loving my neighbor.” If I, in fact, viewed him as connected to me, I would never speak negatively about him. It would be like bad-mouthing myself. This seems to be the answer to this Rashi. The Jewish nation is one. If such

We are bound together for eternity. We are one.

from the man’s cabin. The crew member knocks on the door – no answer. The noise continues. He knocks again. Still no response. Fearing danger, he kicks in the door, only to see the passenger standing poised against the ship’s hull, electric saw in hand, attempting to cut through the skin of the ship. The crew member screams out, “Stop it! What are you doing?” The passenger calmly responds, “Sir, do you see this boarding pass in my hand? Do you see that it states that I have the right to a private cabin? Why are you disturbing me? Here I am, in the privacy of my own compartment, doing what I want. If I want to drill a hole in my room, that is my choice. I have paid for this cabin and I have the prerogative to do whatever I want here. Leave me alone.” The Chofetz Chaim compares this situation to the Jewish people. He explains that our nation is one unit – irrevocably tied together in a common fate. What happens to one affects another. The state of each individual impacts the whole. There is no such concept as one person doing what he wants in the privacy of his home and not affecting the klal. But more than this, we are one body. Where the tail goes, the head can’t be far behind. When Moshe saw the

an incident of vicious slander could occur, it reflected on the state of nation. If the people had been on a higher level, this could not have transpired. It meant that the nation as a whole was lacking in a key ingredient – a sense of common destiny, a sense of brotherhood, the sense that I am one with my fellow Jew. And that is why the nation deserved to be punished. More is Expected from the Chosen Nation If the people involved were the 

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French, the Germans, or the ancient Greeks, this wouldn’t have been an issue. They are a people by circumstance, born of common lineage and brought up in a common land, but there ends the connection. The Jewish people are different. As children of Avrohom, Yitzchak, and Yaakov, we share a common heritage and destiny. We are bound together for eternity. We are one. For that reason, when Moshe witnessed this act of cruel gossip mongering, he took it as a sign of the health of the nation. If the bottom has sunk this low, the head can’t be that much higher. He then understood why it is that the Jews deserved such treatment. If any other nation degrades one another, there isn’t much fault found with them. If a member of the Chosen People speaks badly about another, that bodes serious consequences. We are held to a higher standard. This concept is a powerful lesson to us about the unity of the Jewish people, our common destiny, and the power of each individual to impact the whole. Get the new Shmuz APP! Access hundreds of audio, videos, and articles from the Shmuz. Simply go to the App store, or Google Play, and search for “TheShmuz” or go to www.theShmuz.com.

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Happy Endings

n fairy tales, the stories usually involve a few characters who have some challenge to face, perhaps a villain or two, but they get past it, the villain is done away with, and the story ends with the ubiquitous words, “And they lived happily ever after.” That should be enough of a tip off that the story is make-believe because nobody in the world simply has one challenge, no matter how great it may be, and then just gets to coast through the rest of their lives. Life, simply put, is a series of challenges that ends when you die. If you’re not growing, you’re not living. That isn’t necessarily a bad thing, because challenges are there for a reason and don’t necessarily have to be painful. They teach us things about the world and about ourselves. They guide our decisions and they help us change who we are. There’s no such thing as “happily ever after” with no work, but there can be happy endings to each specific part of the story and you can be happy as you move through life. Recently, a friend shared one of the saddest stories I’ve ever heard. She said, “My fifth grader, a straight A student, was just recognized for only the second time in five years. She got the Student of the Month award. You know her excited reaction? ‘I actually mean

something to them!’ My heart sank.” She’s absolutely right. The brilliant students get noticed. So do the troublemakers. But not the average kids, the ones who do what they’re told but don’t necessarily get the attention that they may not deserve but definitely need.

called, “Hitztainus,” or “Excellence.” It was typically 95 and above, based on your tests, overall diligence, and your oral exam. A boy who got a “Hitz,” had arrived. I never got one. I remember the pain of going through those grading sessions and get-

The more you let people know they matter, the more they will strive to matter even more! When I was in high school, the end of the term was an exciting time. The way you got your grade was that the roshei yeshiva would come to each class and go around the room asking questions. Hopefully, you got a question that showed how well you had studied your Gemara and knew the subject matter. Sometimes you got something that you didn’t know and they’d simply move on to the next student. After that, everyone would file out of the room as the roshei yeshiva discussed the testing with the rebbe. Then they left, and we lined up to get our grades. One by one we would go in and one by one we would exit. You could tell by each boy’s face how well he’d done. The coveted prize was the grade

ting close, but never quite achieving it. I got a “Naala Me’od 95,” a score of 95 but accompanied by the words meaning “very high marks,” not the magical, “perfection.” I still recall a tearful conversation with the mashgiach of the high school who told me that the teachers felt I needed to do a little more. Perhaps if I accomplished something, like finished a mesechta, he explained, I would get the passion needed to be that “perfect” boy. It was probably supposed to motivate me but I was demoralized instead. I often wonder what might have happened if they’d given me that “Hitz” I was dying for just because I wanted it so much. Might that have been the push I needed to become a star? Would the desire to repeat that performance make

me work harder and with more enthusiasm? Would I today be a rosh yeshiva somewhere or at least a relatively competent fourth-grade rebbe? Now back to the girl who was noticed for the second time in five years. Until now, she had been going along thinking the school didn’t know she existed. That she was just an extra in a film about someone else’s life. Maybe the teacher’s, maybe a student’s, but either way, she was just playing “Girl #4.” That’s not good enough because we each long to be the star of our own show, and we need our teachers and parents to show us that celebrity treatment more than just every few years. I still have chills when I think of how a friend, who was one of a large number of children, confided that he didn’t think his parents would miss him if he fell off the face of the planet. He didn’t think they’d notice and they had enough other kids that he didn’t matter. How awful is that?! So where are the happy endings? The happy ending to this article is that it’s not too late for us to make people’s lives better and happier. Everyone needs to know they matter and you know what? The more you let people know they matter, the more they will strive to matter even more! Every person needs to be praised; every person needs attention; every one of us has the power to change that person’s life story, or just one chapter of it, and make sure it has a happier ending than before. If we treat people like they matter, and show them we believe in them, they just may be able to live happily ever after, challenges and all. Did you like this article? There’s plenty more where that came from! Pick up The Observant Jew, a compilation of some of the best articles from the first ten years of this column, at your local bookstore or order it online and bring the inspiration home. Jonathan Gewirtz is an inspirational writer and speaker whose work has appeared in publications around the world. He also operates JewishSpeechWriter.com, where you can order a custom-made speech for your next special occasion. Sign up for the Migdal Ohr, his weekly PDF Dvar Torah in English. E-mail info@ JewishSpeechWriter.com and put Subscribe in the subject. © 2014 by Jonathan Gewirtz. All rights reserved.

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Caution! Child in Rear Seat It was Taanis Esther in Lakewood, NJ, and Rabbi M. was scheduled to meet with the police sergeant to review the local Purim itinerary. Five minutes before the officer was due to arrive, he called Rabbi M. from his cell phone and told him, “I’m sorry rabbi, but I’m going to be about twenty minutes late. A lady just ran a red light in front of me, and I’m going to pull her over and issue a summons.” The sergeant hung up, turned to the driver, and said, “License and registration, please.” The woman inside handed them over without a word. The sergeant turned to the driver. “Ma’am, do you know what you did wrong?” “Yes, sir,” she said meekly. “I didn’t concentrate on my driving. I’m sorry!” In a milder voice, the sergeant asked, “Do you have anything to say in your defense?” The woman turned to him. “No, sir, I don’t.” The sergeant was dumbfounded. She had not even tried to explain herself. “Ma’am, everyone says something,” the sergeant said in exasperation. “You can’t just take the ticket without trying to excuse yourself.” The woman pointed toward the young child strapped in the back of the car and said, “My five-year-old is listening to every word I say. If I start making up excuses, what kind of lesson would I be teaching my son?” Five minutes later, there was a knock at Rabbi M.’s door. The sergeant recounted the incident and concluded, “I was so impressed that I didn’t give her the ticket.”

Shhh, Nu Nu! Shhh, Nu Nu! One evening, a father took his small son to daven Maariv in shul. The boy was a bit restless, and every so often would start talking to his father or another boy who was sitting behind him. Upon hearing his son talking, the father would exclaim, “Shhh, nu nu!” After Maariv, the rabbi went over

couldn’t move out of bed or that I had to help you tend to one of my siblings.” (There are many excuses that could be written, and children know them all!). Taken aback by her daughter’s comment, the mother exclaimed, “Do you want me to write an outright lie to your teacher?” “But why not, mommy?” retorted the

“If I start making up excuses, what kind of lesson would I be teaching my son?” to the father and told him, “If you think that you are training your child to behave during davening, you’re mistaken. When he grows up and takes his child to shul, he will also exclaim ‘Shhh, nu nu!’ “ Nothing to Declare One of the most difficult tasks is trying to get young children up in the morning in time to go to school. Unfortunately, I don’t have a magic formula for this. One morning, Rivkie’s mother was having difficulty in getting her up in time to catch her carpool. Even though she tried shaking her a few times, sprinkling some water on her face and putting the alarm clock next to her ear, Rivkie wouldn’t budge. After exhausting all of the methods she could think of, her mother gave up and left the room. Finally, at 9 a.m., Rivkie rolled out of bed and decided that she wanted to go to school. “OK,” her mother told her, “just get dressed quickly, grab a bite and I’ll drop you off on my way to work.” “But Mommy, I also need a note for the teacher.” “No problem,” replied her mother. “But what should I write − that I tried for fifteen minutes to wake you up, and you refused to even open your eyes?” “Mommy, a note is very simple to write. You could write that we had a simcha last night and went to bed late, or that I woke up with a stiff neck and

young child. “There are times when we are permitted to say a little ‘white’ lie.” “What do you mean?” asked the curious mother. “When are we permitted to lie?” “Don’t you remember? When we were returning from our vacation in Canada and were about to cross the border, you told us that in case the customs official asks us if we have anything to declare, we should say ‘no,’ and you and Tatty knew that we did have items to declare!” (Adapted from a story heard from Rabbi Paysach Krohn) Two for the Price of One This story may be more apropos for families who don’t travel over the border. The day finally came when the parents were going to take their family for a whole day of enjoyment at the zoo. As the family approached the entrance, the father told his thirteen-year-old-son, “You look small enough to be a child. So if the guard asks you your age, say that you’re below twelve so you will only have to pay the children’s entrance fee.” In this scenario, the parent taught his child to both lie and steal in the same breath! “We do not Give Charity from our Homes.” There was a town where the citizens were amazingly wealthy and equally

charitable. Every night scores of paupers would come to the homes of the people of the town and always leave with generous donations. Soon things got out of hand. Every few minutes, someone was knocking on their doors and asking for help, and nobody in town was able to eat supper or spend time with their families. The townsfolk convened a meeting and decided that everyone would allocate a year’s worth of charity to the rabbi, who would distribute the money to the collectors. In this manner, the poor people would not have to shlep from house to house, and the citizens would be able to eat supper in peace. However, after receiving money from the rabbi, some paupers came to the homes for seconds. The people were not pleased, and turned them away saying, “We gave the money to the rabbi and do not give charity from our homes. Please ask the rabbi.” Soon the children at the homes in town only saw that paupers were being turned away unknowing about their parents’ benevolence who gave their charity to the rabbi to distribute. Within one generation, no paupers returned to that town. The children never allocated funds to the rabbi, and all they knew was, “We do not give charity from our homes.”

Rabbi Morgenstern does family counseling and lectures extensively in Israel and abroad on shalom bayis, chinuch habanim, family communication, shidduchim, dating and personal growth, and has produced a popular CD series on these topics. His articles on these topics and Jewish hashkafa have appeared internationally in Jewish newspapers and magazines. For more information or to schedule a lecture, contact Rabbi Morgenstern in Israel at 952-2364197 or at rabbi@toras-chaim.org. You can also request to receive his weekly Parsha Pearls and chinuch articles by e-mail. Please include your name in the request. Articles are dedicated to the memory of his parents, Reb Yerachmiel Yisroel Nesanel z”l and Leah Gittel a”h. T.N.T.B.H

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Gedaliah Borvick

Zionism for the Jet Set

wenty five years ago, Rabbi Marc Schneier and his family spent six wonderful weeks vacationing in Israel’s affluent Herzliya Pituach neighborhood. That

offered a fascinating dichotomy. The city boasted beautiful beaches and resorts and had a distinctive international flair, and yet the community was close-knit, warm and welcoming. The synagogue that Rabbi Schneier attended reflected this interesting synergy of sophistication and hospitality. The shul’s population represented a diverse mix of congregants from all walks of life, and it was not strange to see a teacher, a local restaurateur, a corporate CEO and a member of Knesset sitting side by side A rendering of the Hamptons in Herzliya Pituach in one row. This experience was the inspiration summer proved to be a transformative for Rabbi Schneier to establish the experience as the cosmopolitan city Hampton Synagogue.

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The Hampton Synagogue has in fact followed the Herzliya Pituach blueprint and is a unique, diverse, open and accepting community. Rabbi Schneier quoted to me the musings of a guest who wittily explained the synagogue’s distinctive nature: “You are the rabbi of an Orthodox synagogue with a Conservative congregation and a Reform membership.” In addition, the synagogue’s educational programming brings in top talent, and its roster of guest speakers reflects a veritable “who’s who” of top Jewish leaders and teachers from throughout the world. The synagogue also takes great pride in its leading philanthropic role, primarily to the State of Israel. This past summer, during Operation Protective Edge, the Hamptons Synagogue raised over $12.7 million for various causes to help the war effort. Having brought Herzliya Pituach to the Hamptons a quarter of a century ago, Rabbi Schneier is excited to come full circle and bring the Hamptons to Herzliya Pituach – but in a very different role. One 34-unit building in a larger project situated in a premier marina location has been set aside as the Hamptons in Herzliya Pituach, replete with the Hampton Synagogue Prayer and Community House. Rabbi Schneier explained that “our grandparents planted trees in Israel, our parents bought Israel Bonds, and it is the obligation of our generation to raise the level of connectivity among Jews” by owning a home in Israel, generating a relationship that transcends the less personal connection that is created by merely donating funds to Israeli institutions. The well-to-do have historically owned multiple homes, and vacation homes are often located in beautiful locales such as Palm Beach. Rabbi Schneier’s vision is for this population to connect with Israel on a very intimate level, by the act of spending

time in one’s own home in our homeland. In addition, Rabbi Schneier is hopeful that the buyers in this project will exhibit the values of acceptance and generosity for which the Hampton Synagogue is renowned. He believes that the synagogue’s open and accepting nature would be a welcome addition to Israeli society. To emphasize this point, Rabbi Schneier shared with me a conversation with the wife of then-Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, who confided in him that if there was a synagogue in Israel similar to the Hampton Synagogue, she would attend every Shabbat. To be sure, this project is not about aliyah. Rather, it’s about creating an upscale destination to attract the well-

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heeled members of society who have the financial wherewithal to vacation in the top resorts across the world. The Hamptons in Herzliya Pituach represents what Rabbi Schneier considers to be a natural progression of his original vision for the Hampton Synagogue: to create a luxurious neighborhood that appeals to the affluent, Hamptons-style Jewish population and helps engender a visceral attachment with Israel.

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The Week of the Long Knives

T So far, Bibi’s looking like a winner

The investigations may be too much for Yisrael Beiteinu

Can Deri survive Rav Yosef’s harsh words?

Through rallying his political base, old-fashioned political arm-twisting, and backroom promises, Bibi was able to neutralize these adversaries.

he term “Night of the Long Knives” dates back over 1500 years ago and refers to the actual slaughter of political opponents. Today, the term is used metaphorically with no actual bloodshed but plenty of “heads-rolling” politically. Here in Israel we only do geography small; instead of a “night” we had a full “week” with political parties experiencing upheavals both by their own hands and by the Hand of another: fate. Israel’s legislature body is named the “Knesset” and is comprised of 120 parliamentarians. The name and number of Israel’s assembly is meant to invoke the memory of the glorious Knesset HaGedola—Great Assembly—which was comprised of 120 Jewish leaders, governing from the end of the period of the Prophets to roughly the 2nd century CE. Unfortunately for Israel, the similarity between the past and present Knesset exists in name and number only. In today’s Knesset, each party competing in the election submits an ordered list of candidates. The threshold percentage of votes cast that a party must garner is 3.25% and depending on its percentage of the votes, it seats a proportional number of candidates in the Knesset. As the system is based on proportional representation, the members of Knesset represent the State of Israel as a whole, not a particular geographic region, though legislators do favor or combat certain regions. The Likud has been Israel’s dominant party for the last four decades, other than brief interludes when Labor regained control, and the now-defunct Kadima, led by Ariel Sharon, ran the country. Since the 1990s, Prime Minister Benjamin (Bibi) Netanyahu has been the principal leader of Likud. Netanyahu is known for his great popularity in the United States (other than 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue during the Clinton or Obama years), his eloquence in both Hebrew and English, his political savvy and his long-harboring of grudges. Last week when Likud party members nationally cast votes for party leadership and positioning on the list, Bibi had his comeuppance with several “problematic” Likud politicians. Prominent and popular Likud figures, Danny Danon, Tzipi Hotovely, and Moshe Feiglin, have long been thorns in the side of Likud chief Netanyahu. Through rallying his political base, old-fashioned political arm-twisting, and backroom promises, Bibi was able to neutralize these adversaries by pushing Danon so far down the list that he should receive a seat but not prove a threat and effectively exiling both Hotovely and Feiglin from Likud by ensuring their standing on the list (26th and 36th respectively) was beyond

the pale of reasonably anticipated seats. Bibi, orchestrating this “Night of the Long Knives,” proved a great intra-party coup, wresting control of the Likud from outspoken party adversaries. Questions about the tally arose requiring a recount of numerous polling stations so Hotovely may yet sneak into the Knesset. No chance for Feiglin who called a press conference for Monday night to announce his political plans for the future. Personally, I respected each of these three legislators. They were honest, straightforward, principled and not caught in any scandal other than “questioning” Bibi’s judgment. Each actively advocated the centrality of an undivided Jerusalem and championed the essential role Judea and Samaria plays not only in Jewish history but the Jewish present and future of Israel. Fates both judicial and “JEW-dicial” have had monumental impact upon Yisrael Beiteinu and Shas, respectively. Yisrael Beiteinu, comprised primarily of secular immigrants from the former Soviet Union, has come under the judicial microscope for corruption, graft, and misallocation of funds. Despite party leader Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman quipping that the party is investigated before every election, the scope of this investigation exceeds anything the party has been subjected to in the past, with over 30 people associated with the party, including Knesset members, under investigation. On the other end of the religious and ethnic spectrum, Shas, a party focused exclusively on benefiting Israel’s religious Sephardi world, may well have heard its death knell when HaGaon Rav Ovadia Yosef zt”l reached beyond the grave in released recordings insulting the integrity of Shas leader, Aryeh Deri. Though Deri was able to successfully rebound from spending two years behind bars, convicted for corruption, it is inconceivable that he will resurrect his career after the stinging condemnation from Rav Yosef, whose fame and regard was such that his levaya was the largest in Israel since the time of the Taanaim, nearly 2,000 years ago. Netanyahu no doubt benefited from the all “Long Knives” brandished against his compatriots of Likud, the investigation against Yisrael Beiteinu, and the demise of Deri and Shas. Though it is too early to tell who the big winner is, it is clear who the loser is: the reputation of politics in Israel.

Matt Solomon is a writer, analyst, and commentator living in Alon Shvut, Israel, with his wife and two children. He can be contacted at meirmatt@Hotmail.com.

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ast week, the ball dropped in Times Square; 2015 has finally arrived. With the new calendar comes a new beginning to start on those things that kept dropping off the map in 2014. But 2015 is going to be different: you’re going to actually work on those goals and succeed! You’re going to check off everything on your “2015 To Do” list and when the next year rolls around, you’re going to be healthier, happier and more financially stable. So how are you going to do it? How will you make it through 2015 without breaking your New Year’s resolutions? Keep these tips in mind and you’ll stay more determined to conquer your goals.

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Be passionate. You have to really want to accomplish your goal. Don’t make a resolution because other people think this is something good to do. If you’re working towards something that you really want, chances are you’ll get it done. Put some thought into it and make it meaningful to you.

Don’t take on too much. There are many things you may want to accomplish, but save some for next year. This year, take on only two or three resolutions. This way, you’ll be able to focus on what’s really important to you and have a greater chance at success.

Be specific. “I want to exercise more” is easy to say, but pledging to head to the gym “on Sunday morning and at my lunch break on Wednesday and Friday” will guarantee a higher success rate. It’s easy to speak in broad terms, but specific goals will help guide you to your goal. Use technology.

Use technology to your advantage. If your goal is to save towards your retirement or minimize your debt, have automatic deductions come out from your paycheck or your bank account at a set time. If you want to get fit this year or lose weight, there are apps that can help track your steps or your calories. Other apps can give you calorie counts on foods that you commonly eat.

Baby steps. You have a whole year to accomplish your goal. As they say, “Rome wasn’t built in a day,” and neither was losing 50 pounds or saving $100K. Make a plan and rather than working towards one larger goal, set smaller, more manageable steps for you to achieve. These short-term steps will give you the satisfaction of accomplishing something and will help you with your long-term goal.

Reward yourself. Everyone needs to be praised

and needs to be awarded for the hard work they’re doing. You’re no different. For every short-term goal that’s accomplished—losing five pounds, two weeks without drinking, exercising consistently for a month—give yourself a small reward. Perhaps that’s a few hours at the spa, coffee out with friends or a new outfit for the gym— these small bonuses will keep you energized throughout the year.

Top Ten New Year’s Resolutions:

1. Spend more time with family and friends ~ 2. Get fit ~ 3. Lose weight ~ 4. Quit smoking ~ 5. Enjoy life 6. Quit drinking ~ 7. Get out of debt ~ 8. Learn something new ~ 9. Help others ~ 10. Get organized

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to make changes to other parts of your life. But that’s good—just keep it in mind and make sure to arrange your life so you won’t have to wrestle with temptation. Need to save some money? Perhaps your morning coffee run will have to be trimmed. Want to get more fit? Ditch the car and walk to some errands. Rework your schedule so you can achieve your goals.

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Be accountable. Sharing your aspirations will make it more real for you and will make it harder for you to break your resolutions. Have one or two cheerleaders in your life who will cheer you on when the going gets tough. They can also hold you accountable; your spouse will wonder why you’re raiding the fridge in middle of the night or why you’re lounging around when you’re supposed to be at the gym. Writing down your accomplishments or your failures will also help you keep yourself accountable. It’ll keep you on track during the long months ahead. Forgive yourself. Falling off the wagon is a normal part of life. Don’t sweat the failures; jump right back on track and don’t wallow in your mistakes. In the long-term, those failures will be just blips on the screen.

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Keep trying.

If you find it hard to keep to your resolutions, keep in mind that it takes about 21 days for a new activity to become a habit—and six months for it to become really a part of you. It’s important to be persistent and patient. If all else fails, try to keep to your goals for just 24 hours at a time. You can do it for just a day—and then the next day, and the next… 

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Notable Quotes

Compiled by Nate Davis

- Bruce Parsons of University of Pikeville, a private liberal arts college in Kentucky, announcing that the school will now make video games an official sport and will start offering scholarships to gamers in the fall Democratic Senator Harry Reid is expected to make a full recovery after he was exercising with a resistance band that snapped, causing him to fall. The good news is he’s fine. The bad news is there’s no video of it. - Jimmy Fallon He wasn’t too happy about the mayor’s visit. He deals with some [bad] people every day and getting no support from the mayor, come on. These are the guys in the trenches dealing with anything and everything. - NYPD officer Andrew Dossi’s father after Mayor de Blasio visited Andrew, who was shot while on duty in the Bronx this week

The Jets are expected to name a new coach this week, and the leading candidate is reportedly former Buffalo Bills coach Doug Marrone. A lot of people are upset about the news — mostly Doug Marrone. - Jimmy Fallon

Joe Biden went to Brazil in an effort to try and repair America’s relationship with their government. Biden said, “It’s great to be here in the Amazon. I’ve always wanted to see where all the books come from.” - Jimmy Fallon

I predict that — this is nothing very startling — that North America will be viewed in the first half of the 20th century at least in terms of being the epicenter of energy for the world. – Vice President Joe Biden during economic talks with Mexican officials (making a startling forward looking prediction… about the 1900s)

Seventy years ago this very day, Barbara Pierce of Rye, NY, made me the happiest, and luckiest, man on earth.

Plans are underway to build an NFL stadium in Los Angeles. That’s good news because it’s been at least a decade since L.A. had a sports team not to care about. - Conan O’Brien

The President has said the special relationship is stronger than it has ever been privately and in public and I agree… He sometimes calls me “Bro.” - David Cameron talking to the UK Daily Mail about his relationship with President Obama

– Tweet by George H.W. Bush on his and Barbara’s 70th wedding anniversary At the Cowboys football game Chris Christie was hugging Jerry Jones. It was right after Jones said, “Let’s get some hot wings.” - Conan O’Brien

$974,790,317.77 - The amount of a handwritten check given by oil and gas tycoon Harold Hamm to his exwife in an Oklahoma court this week. (She rejected the check because she wants a larger percentage of his $18 billion fortune)

Who Needs Drugs? No, Seriously, I Have Drugs. – The words written on John Balmer’s shirt as he was spotted by police making a drug sale in a Kmart in Florida and promptly arrested

Give me a chance. At least let us show a little respect for this occasion. I am accepting this on behalf of all the people who died in World War II. They are the true heroes. And many times, as I looked down on the invasions of those people going into those islands in the Pacific, I said to myself, “Man, they’re not standing a chance.” But they kept on, and they are the heroes of World War II… G-d bless America. And you people that are here for a cause, whatever it might be, show respect to Sen. Wyden. - 100-year-old Navy veteran of World War II, Dario Raschio, at a Town Hall meeting where he was receiving an award from Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) after he finally got anti-police demonstrators, who crashed the event while chanting “hands up, don’t shoot,” to quiet down General Mills has announced that they’re making a new flavor of Cheerios made from quinoa. And at the bottom there’s a special prize — Cheerios not made with quinoa. - Conan O’Brien

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Avi Heiligman

The Secret Service

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here are many departments within the American government that are controlled by the president. In the executive branch of the government, the chiefs brief the president from time to time. There is one agency with many of its members who see the president on a regular basis. This is, of course, the agency of his “bodyguards”— the Secret Service. There are many misconceptions about the Service and their history is quite intriguing. Recent developments like White House break-ins and cover-ups have put their reputation at stake.

he main focus of the Secret Service is to protect the president. They began that service in 1894 by guarding President Grover

Cleveland but it was only a part-time duty. At the request of Congress, they began to protect the president fulltime after the assassination of President William McKinley in 1901. By that time, they had been in service for 36 years and had time to establish credibility in their original purpose— to crack down on counterfeiters. During the American Civil War (1861-1865) currency was a major issue. Besides having to contend with Confederate currency (on their $2 bill was the portrait of Judah Benjamin the only Jew to have his picture on North American currency), about a third of Union money was counterfeit. The Secret Service was set up by the Department of the Treasury and the legislation went on the desk of President Lincoln on April 11, 1865. History buffs will know that was the

night that Lincoln was assassinated. Three months later, the Service was commissioned, and they began to investigate counterfeiters. Two years later, their duties expanded to “detecting persons perpetrating frauds against the government.” This meant that organizations like the Ku Klux Klan and criminals like smugglers, mail robbers and anyone who took the law into their own hands were now under observation by the Secret Service. Still, the Wild West went untamed for decades and outlaws ruled the area. Once in a while, a Secret Service member would try to stop the lawlessness, especially illegal distillers and people committing land fraud, but didn’t have much success. Besides money, the Secret Service’s mission was expanded to investigate counterfeit stamps, credit card fraud, forgery of certain types of checks, and electronic fraud. Before WWII, the U.S. did not have an espionage service to gain intelligence from overseas adversaries.

During the Spanish-American War (1898) and WWI (1914-1918), the Secret Service was tasked to perform this vital mission. During WWII, the Service assisted in the arrest of Japanese-American leaders who were thought to have posed a threat to American interests even though it wasn’t part of the intelligence community. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt established a spy agency

and after the war it became the CIA. This allowed the Secret Service to fo-

Guarding the White House

cus on counterfeiters and protecting the president.

uring the 1910s, Congress authorized the Secret Service to permanently have the duty of protection of the president. This protection extends to the vice president and his family, former presidents and vice presidents, visiting heads of foreign countries, select foreign visitors, major candidates for the president and vice president, and the current president’s family. There have been seven direct assaults on sitting presidents since the Secret Service began their protection. Only one, the assassination of JFK, was a failure on their part and since then, major changes have been made to their operations. Two Puerto Rican nationalists tried killing President Harry Truman in 1950. Truman was across the street from the White House, in the Blair House, when the two thugs starting shooting at the protection detail. White House police officer Leslie Coffelt was mortally wounded but managed to shoot and kill one of his attackers. His death caused Truman

could still have devastating effects if they didn’t know what to do in the event of an attack. However, these minor scandals pale in comparison to the security breaches that should have been prevented. A recent break-in into the White House when the president wasn’t there shook up the Service at its core. The director was forced to resign as more changes were made to prevent incidents like this one from happening in the future. Despite these setbacks, the president is still the most protected person in the U.S. The men and women of the Secret Service put their lives on the line to protect the leader of our nation every day. In 2003, the service was transferred from the Department of the Treasury to the Department of Homeland Security but still keep on the duties of tracking counterfeiters. 150 years later, the Service is a major part of American law enforcement and many of their methods are used worldwide. 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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the president’s role immediately. Only on a few occasions is the president without Secret Service officers. The Capitol Police take control of his security when he is in the Capitol building while the Secret Service is forced to remain outside. Agents and officers wear clothes to blend in with the crowd and many times with the stereotypical sunglasses. They may get to a destination several days before the president arrives for security and to ensure that no shady business happens near the area. Well-wishers and onlookers are checked for contraband—essentially anything that can hurt the president, like concealed blades. The president travels in a convoy with several limousines that look alike. Over the years, there have been some gaffes involving agents including getting drunk on the job and stealing. Several allegations have popped up over the years about agents using their positions inappropriately and have put a black mark upon an agency that once was proud never to have had a scandal. Also, reaching the press was that some of the drivers in the presidential convoy weren’t trained for a potential attack. These drivers mainly drove vans carrying reporters but they

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Hinckley Jr., took six shots at the president. The Secret Service had let a crowd gather near the president without checking for weapons as was the policy at the time. Three other men were hit including press secretary James Brady who succumbed to his injuries in 2014. A D.C. police officer and a Secret Service member were also shot. The sixth bullet hit Reagan in his underarm and stopped just one inch from his heart. Prompt medical care saved his life as well as another service member’s quick reaction. Agent Parr pushed Reagan into a waiting limousine before the shot hit him. It was directed for his President Reagan being shoved into his limousine by head. Secret Service agents after being shot outside a Washington hotel Today, the president weeks apart from each other. Both only rides in an armored limousine, occurred in September 1975 in Cali- called the Beast, reinforced with tifornia and were thwarted. Presidents tanium and other gadgets to deter poClinton and George W. Bush had at- tential attackers. The vice president tempts on their lives but it was Presi- is rarely seen with the president in dent Reagan’s attempted assassination public and they never travel together. that is still remembered. This is done so that if the president is A mere two months into his presi- incapacitated, the vice president will dency, a mentally unstable man, John be out of harm’s way and can step into

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much anguish as he realized the bullet was meant for him. The second attacker was wounded, arrested, sent to prison but later was released by President Jimmy Carter. President Gerald Ford was the target of two separate assassination attempts that took place two and half

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Frustration #5: Quicksand

promise that, at least for now, this is the last of my “frustration” columns. I wrote them because job hunters feel trapped in a miasma of frustrations, conflicting and unhelpful advice, and dead ends. I hope that by giving name and form to some of these common experiences, I can at least alleviate some of the pain, especially the feeling of total failure that comes from trying all of the things that conventional wisdom says should work and coming up with nothing. More important, though, is to try to break through the paralysis that sets in as a result of these frustrating experiences. I meet many job hunters who are so discouraged by the job hunt quicksand that they aren’t able or willing to listen to me or any other source of real guidance. They stay stuck, and sink even deeper, because they feel that they have heard from a lot of smart people already, and why should what I have to say work any better? There’s another factor that makes

it harder to get started on the real work of job hunting. All those things that well-meaning people recommend, the things that sound worthwhile but ultimately wreck a job hunter’s motivation, self-esteem, and happiness, have one underlying principle whose siren song leads to destruction. It is the seductive call of passivity, of safety, of helplessness that lures people to the conventional job hunt. These things don’t work, but they don’t hurt much either. There is little personal investment, little personal

thing, the “what do you want from me there’s nothing else I can do?!” Then there is that amazing collection of reasons that obviously make it impossible for you to get a job. You are either too old, too young, over-qualified, lacking experience, have the wrong degree, have no degree, have too advanced a degree, been unemployed too long, been in the same job too long, in a field that’s overcrowded, in a field that’s dying out, and on and on. There is at least one for everyone and they all mean the same

If you want to find a dream job, you have to have a dream. contact, and so when they don’t work, little personal loss. The blame is easily placed on the economy, the president, the “system,” the something, the any-

thing: you are not going to find a job, so don’t bother. The truth is that the economy, and maybe the president, and the whole crummy computerized faceless system, all of these things do make it harder to find a job. But passivity is never the right answer. Taking the informed, active route, doing the things that research shows leads to a successful job hunt is the right response. Should you expect 100% success? Nothing is 100%. But moving from 4 or 10% to 85 or 90% seems like a good way to go. There are four steps in the real job hunt. Along the way you’ll learn how to network, how to do some research, and how to succeed at the interview. But the first step happens inside you. With reflection, introspection, consultation, and maybe some good coaching, you have to decide what job you should be doing. It’s the job where, making the most of your talent, training, and experience, you are able to deliver maximum value to your employer. And it should definitely include a little idealism, a sprinkle of unrealistic aspirations, and a smidgen of fun. Because if you want to find a dream job (and you should), you have to have a dream. I’m not sure, but I think there was once a time when this column could have ended with the last sentence. It gives a clear, actionable piece of advice: set your sights on a job that means more than a paycheck, one that matters to you and to others in some important way. I think that most people used to understand that

finding a job like that requires developing real skills and putting those skills into practice in a focused, enthusiastic way. It requires commitment and consistency, not for a year or two but over a lifetime of outstanding, constantly improving performance. And wherever you search for examples of greatness, that’s what you’ll find: preparation, perseverance, perspiration, for the long term. These are the parts of dreaming that seem to have been forgotten. The lottery urges us to “dream bigger”; everyone is waiting for a fairy to wave a wand and make a dream come true. The news tells us of instant millionaires. We have forgotten how to dream and replaced it with fantasy. And fantasies never, ever, come true. A job hunter who listens to all the conventional wisdom, wearing himself out sending dozens of resumes to every want ad he can find or doing nothing because he’s waiting for “somebody” to give him a job, is stuck in the quicksand. Someone who has set his sights on a

fantasy of eye-popping wealth acquired quickly with minimal effort is also stuck in the quicksand. Both have lost touch with the reality of the world of work. In that world, well-prepared, highly motivated people are hired to work hard at reaching goals and producing value. And the most motivated people not only prepare to deliver great value, they prepare to carry out an effective job search by learning how to communicate their value to the employers they want to work for. They are the ones who know that working hard at a satisfying, meaningful job is a dream come true.

Rabbi Mordechai Kruger is the Director of Pathways to Parnassa, an organization dedicated to educating our community in all aspects of career choice and job search. He can be reached at myparnassa@gmail.com.

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Flavorful Fish

am constantly challenged to come up with new ideas for Pesach. Yikes! Did I really say Pesach? I know that it’s only winter break for my kids but Pesach season comes around pretty quickly for me. I have to be ready to cook right after Purim – which means I spend my winters busy in the kitchen coming up with Pesach recipes. I try to create original sensational recipes with fresh new ideas for my clients as well as for my family.

These recipes were a really big hit with my tasters (i.e., my family, who are my biggest critics!). My husband loves almost anything with pistachios. These fish recipes are the first in a series of Pesach recipes that I will be featuring within the next few weeks. If you are interested in ordering any Pesach dishes from me please call soon to reserve a spot.

Midd le Eastern White Fish

Nut Crusted Salmon with Creamy Chrain Sauce

Love Sephardic food. I make this often during the year so I wanted to adapt it to make a Pesach version. You can also use the flounder, tilapia, or salmon.

The marriage of flavors and textures between the creamy chrain kick and the crunchy, salty and sweet nut mixture makes this dish a real winner.

Ingredients 8 slices white fish 2 tablespoons olive oil 1 large onion, diced ½ tablespoon cumin ¼ teaspoon cayenne pepper 3 gloves garlic, minced or 4 frozen cubes 2 tablespoons fresh cilantro or 6 frozen cubes 1 plum tomato, diced 14oz can tomato sauce Kosher salt to taste Water

Ingredients 1/8 cup red horseradish 1/8 cup mayonnaise 1 cup shelled salted pistachios ½ cup brown sugar 2 tablespoon lemon juice 2 lbs salmon fillet (one whole side of a salmon)

Preparation Heat a large sauté pan on medium heat and then add the oil. When the oil is hot, add the onions and sauté until soft. Add cumin and sauté for another three minutes on low. Place fish fillets on top of the onion mixture. Cook for a few minutes and turn to coat the other side and cook for another 3 minutes. In a small bowl, mix cayenne pepper, garlic, cilantro, tomato, tomato sauce, and salt. Pour sauce over fish in sauté pan. Add enough water to cover fish (not more than 8oz). Cook for another 15 minutes covered, then another 10 minutes uncovered until fish is cooked through.

Preparation Mix the horseradish and mayonnaise together in a small bowl. Place the salmon on a large baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Spread the mixture over the fish and set aside. In a food processor, crush the nuts until they are coarsely ground but not too fine. Add in the brown sugar and lemon juice and mix until it looks like wet sand. Pat nut mixture on top of salmon and bake for 25 minutes at 350°.

Salmon with Tangy Aioli With so many ingredients available now for Pesach we are deprived of almost nothing. During the year, I use a lot of sweet chili sauce; now we can even buy that on Pesach. This is a quick and easy recipe that is very flavorful that you can throw together for a delicious meal on Pesach or any time of the year. This is so easy to make, and the aioli locks in the moisture making this fish extra juicy. Ingredients 6 6oz salmon fillets salt and pepper ¼ cup mayonnaise ¼ cup sweet chili sauce (available kosher for Pesach at Gourmet Glatt during the Pesach season) Preparation Rinse salmon fillets with cold water and pat dry. Place the salmon skin side down in a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper. Season the fish with salt and pepper. Set aside. In a small bowl, combine mayonnaise and sweet chili sauce. Generously spread the mayonnaise mixture on top of the fillets. Bake at 350° for 20 minutes. Check the center of the fillet for doneness with a fork (it should be flakey).

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

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house encompasses many different elements of design, from furniture and flooring choices to color schemes, wallcoverings, and window treatments. A beautiful house, no matter how well it’s designed, is simply that: a house. What turns a house into a home, giving it individuality and charm, are the personal items known as home accessories that reflect the owner’s interests, hobbies, tastes, and values. Think of your walls, floors, coffee tables, mantels, sofas, and kitchen and bathroom surfaces as blank canvases to accessorize. This is where you get to have fun with your design projects and express your style and creativity. A few throw pillows on a sofa can add a splash of color and whimsy to a room, and nothing says “home” like cozy blankets which can be draped over ottomans and chairs to add a welcoming warmth to a living room or den. An unusual starburst shaped mirror hung over a large scale piece like a bed, sofa or fireplace creates a great focal point. Branches can offer a natural yet sculptural feeling to a space, while an art grouping lends sophistication. Vases in various shapes and sizes are always popular, and silk and dried floral arrangements add color and beauty to any room in the home. Bookcases are not for books only and look much more attractive

when accessorized with collectibles or family photos. Bowls, which range in style from modern to internationally inspired, can be filled with colored rocks, beads, or scented petals, and placed on any surface in the home.

can change a room and sometimes you can take accessorizing to the next level by creating an entire theme based room.” For example, if you want a beachy feel, you can display shells and sea glass. For a modern, minimalist

What turns a house into a home are the personal items that reflect the owner’s interests, hobbies, tastes, and values. Accent a bathroom vanity with scented candles or artsy diffusers and add a basket of monogrammed towels for a finished look. From art collections to vases and everything in between, home accessories are what give your home personality and character. Accessories serve the function of distinguishing your house from your neighbor’s and telling your story; they should be chosen and placed with thought and care. “Many of our clients want to accessorize their homes, but don’t know where to begin. Our advice is to start with a piece you love and build from there,” says Rachel Septimus, head designer at The Studio in Cedarhurst. “Sometimes it’s one or two pieces that

look, choose streamlined accessories that coordinate with your contemporary furnishings. “Whatever aesthetic you are trying to achieve, the trick is to keep your theme in mind to create a cohesive look that gives you pleasure and pride,” says Septimus. It is always important to keep a color scheme in mind and choose accessories that will complement the color and add interest and vibrancy to a room. “If your taste is conservative and you’re afraid to use color, adding a bold accessory is an opportunity to make a space pop without making a long term commitment,” Rachel adds. When grouping multiple objects, consider their size, number, height and scale. Whether it is framed photos, art,

or collectibles, mixing size and height adds visual interest to a room. The general rule of thumb is to use odd numbers when grouping objects. These are only a few suggestions about accessorizing your home. If you want guidance in achieving your unique look, the designers at The Studio are available to assist you and offer more ideas. “The possibilities are endless,” Rachel points out, “but the most important thing is to have fun in the process and achieve results that reflect your distinctive personality.”

This series on Interior Design features articles on the “Latest Design Trends,” “Before and After Projects,” and “Ask the Designer” is presented by The Studio Interior Design. The Studio, located in the parking lot off of Cedarhurst Ave. between Broadway and Central, is a full service retail design showroom open to the public and the trade, offering an extensive selection of furniture, lighting, wall coverings, fabrics, upholstery, hardware and accessories. The Studio also boasts a staff of designers experienced in projects of all sizes and caliber. Readers can reach out to Rachel Septimus and other Studio staff members at Designer@The StudioInteriors.com, www.facebook.com/ thestudiointeriors, or by calling 516-6122433.

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Emotional Healing

would be deep: two critical moms; a parent you both could not please; early deaths; being the caretaker in a large family; being the last child in a family, and so on.

fundamental way but they appear different too, just enough to be attractive to one another. And this is where the healing comes in.

It was no coincidence that these two people were drawn together in the first place. I think that we need that sameness – even if we are not consciously aware that it is there – because it creates a platform from which to build something. It is a language that you and your spouse will somehow understand. It’s a bridge. And then there is the flip side, the viva-la-difference side. We need interest, we need stimulation. But what we really need from our differences is to learn how to grow. We all have to do that, right? None of us got born complete. Our tafkid here on Earth is to

Not everyone needs healing. Couples that don’t can still grow just by being in the presence of someone who has these amazing traits that the other one admires. But as a therapist, my premise is that G-d made marriage for enjoyment and for help. That’s why we women are called eizer k’negdo. We help. The truth is that each person in the relationship is there to help the other. Let’s say that Shoshi is outgoing, happy, and enjoys others. Shmu wishes he could be that way. He admires his

grow, to be better. And it seems that Hashem implanted within us the natural attraction towards that which is different. What’s more, the way in which our spouse is different is precisely in the area in which we need to grow. So if one person lacks self-confidence and the other seems to be bursting with it, that’s attractive. And the irony could be that the confident one is really insecure underneath the braggadocio – just like the partner. So they are the same in this

wife so much for how easily she just enters a conversation. All his life he was shy. He was okay with his shyness until he got a promotion at his job. He was so good at what he did that management wanted him to conduct trainings. He felt honored and proud --- and scared. But he decided to “channel” his wife at work. He laughed inside as he easily slipped into his trainer role at meetings, offering his opinion and feedback. He knew it wasn’t “the real him” but it was fun. Several years, maybe a decade

later, he doesn’t recall what it felt like to be so reticent. There are times, however, where spouses need each other’s help and we just don’t know how to give it. That is where the subject I’ve been dealing with for the last few weeks comes in: Emotional Healing. You see, in the example above, Shmu was okay with who he was to begin with. He didn’t lack confidence in himself. He was just a quiet person. The promotion did not provoke fear in him that he would not be able to do the work; rather, he decided on a clever way to overcome his own limitation. What if that would not be the case? What if Shmu was quiet and withdrawn because, growing up, he had been put down a lot? Could Shoshi be of help? The answer, of course, is yes. She could tell Shmu that she believes in him. The trick though is for Shoshi to mean it. If she doesn’t, he will not buy into her compliment. She can mean it by visualizing her husband a great success. And she can suggest that he do the same. They can have one of these “imagine yourself five years from now as the district manager at the job” conversations. They can enjoy that moment together, dreaming of a positive future. Visualizing a better future has been surprisingly effective in overcoming many emotional obstacles in the present. But a couple can also help each other to heal by harnessing the power and connection of imagining a positive future together.

Dr. Deb Hirschhorn, a Marriage & Family Therapist and best-selling author of The Healing Is Mutual: Marriage Empowerment Tools to Rebuild Trust and Respect—Together, is proud to announce that readers of The Jewish Home will receive a $50 discount on every visit to her Woodmere office. Attend the Food For Thought lectures at Traditions Restaurant in Lawrence on Tuesdays at 12:30 PM. (There is a lovely optional lunch menu for $12 cash.) Any questions, call 646-54-DRDEB or check out her website at http://drdeb.com. All stories in Dr. Deb’s articles are fabricated.

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know what you’re thinking: No, Deb, you counted wrong. It’s IV, the fourth in your series on Emotional Healing. Actually it is the fifth because the fourth was offered at Food For Thought on January 6. It will be impossible to summarize that hour-long presentation, but no worries: It is on Torah Anytime. At least, it should be unless I did something like hit the “off” button which I did last time I attempted to record it. What I would like to do in this article is get to the heart of what I think couples are all about, what the concept of the eizer k’negdo is all about. And then I’d like to tie that into the emotional healing I’ve been presenting to you in the last few weeks. It never fails to amaze me how much in common couples have. They come in fighting and rejecting one another but oddly enough, underneath all that is something profound. It could be as simple as both having rejecting mothers and absent fathers. It could be as complex as each having been a shy child that came out of that cocoon by him or her own efforts. I will sit there in sessions and hear the stories and say, “Wow, you and Sam have that point in common, don’t you?” And the person will look at me blankly and perhaps a little annoyed and say, “Okay, I guess we do. So what?” And it is true, that, “So what?” The commonality will not help to resolve the problem they are facing. But that commonality tells me something important: It was no coincidence that these two people were drawn together in the first place. Whether it is having the same level of insecurity or self-confidence, the same sort of parent or parents, the same secret in the closet, whatever it is, the commonality is a necessity for these two people to be together in the first place. It is a powerful bond. I challenge you to think about this if you and your spouse seem miles apart. You might be. One may be very sensitive and the other totally insensitive and you can reasonably ask me where the commonality is. I would ask you a number of questions and whether it takes an hour or two, I would find it. And it

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Treating a Fever without Medication

s a pediatrician, I get paged on most nights by one or two parents worried about their child’s fever. It seems that by now my wife and kids have listened to so many identical conversations that they could probably answer most of those calls for me. Right after my “good evening” greeting, and before I ask any other questions, I usually hear a nervous parent recite the exact same details as the parents before them. I patiently wait for the parent to complete their presentation and proceed to ask a battery of my standard questions: 1. Is your child having difficulty breathing? 2. Did your child appear listless today or was she active, playful and out of bed? 3. Does your child have diarrhea? 4. Are you spending time hydrating your child (rather than spending your time worrying)? 5. How did you measure the temperature (oral, tympanic, axillary or rectal approaches)? 6. I usually remember if the child in question just received an immunization at my office, but if the caller is new, I inquire whether the child is recently immunized. Except for the rare occasion of a very young infant that is reported to be lethargic and febrile, I usually suggest that the parents hydrate the child as best

as they can, and give Tylenol or Motrin for the child’s pain rather than the Most fever. children can be checked in the morning if they are still showing signs of an illness. Fever is Our Friend Scientific studies show that children heal more quickly if their fever is not treated with medications. The fever is important in aiding our immune system in the fight against viral and bacterial illnesses. Fevers generally do not need treatment with fever-reducing medication unless your child is uncomfortable or has a history of febrile convulsions. Higher temperatures are not in themselves dangerous or significant unless your child has a concomitant, overwhelming pneumonia, meningitis or a history of seizures or a chronic disease. Even if your child has a history of a fever-related convulsion and you treat the fever with medication, they may still have a febrile seizure. It is more important to watch how your child is behaving. If your child is playful, with a good appetite and exhibits no signs of respiratory distress, he probably does

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not need any treatment. You should also talk with your pediatrician about when to treat your child’s fever and have clear guidelines. If your child has a fever above 105o or if your febrile infant is younger than 8 weeks old, call your pediatrician immediately. These factors may signal a dangerous, invasive illness. Useful Fever Treatment Tips Published by the American Academy of Pediatrics: 1. Keep your child’s room and your home comfortably cool and dress him lightly. 2. Encourage him to drink extra fluid or other liquids (water, diluted fruit juices, commercially prepared oral electrolyte solutions, gelatin, Popsicles, etc.). 3. If the room is warm or stuffy, place a fan nearby to keep cool air moving. 4. Your child does not have to stay in his room or in bed when he has a fever. He can be up and about the house, but should not run around and overexert himself. 5. If the fever is a symptom of a highly contagious disease (e.g. chickenpox or the flu), keep your child away from other children, elderly people, or people who may not be able to fight infection well, such as those with cancer. Sponging In most cases, using oral acetaminophen (Tylenol) or ibuprofen (Motrin) is the most convenient way to make your feverish child more comfortable. However, sometimes you may want to combine this with tepid sponging, or just use sponging alone. Sponging is preferred over acetaminophen or ibuprofen if: • Your child is known to be allergic

to, or is unable to tolerate, antipyretic (anti-fever) drugs (a rare case). It is advisable to combine sponging with acetaminophen or ibuprofen if: • Fever is making your child extremely uncomfortable. • He is vomiting and may not be able to keep the medication in his stomach. To sponge your child, place him in his regular bath (tub or baby bath), but put only 1 to 2 inches of tepid water (85– 90 degrees Fahrenheit, or 29.4–32.2 degrees Celsius) in the basin. If you do not have a bath thermometer, test the water with the back of your hand or wrist. It should feel just slightly warm. Do not use cold water, since that will be uncomfortable and may cause shivering, which can raise his temperature. If your child starts to shiver, then the water is too cold. Shivering can make a fever worse; take your child out of the bath if he shivers. Seat your child in the water—it is more comfortable than lying down. Then, using a clean washcloth or sponge, spread a film of water over his trunk, arms, and legs. The water will evaporate and cool the body. Keep the room at about 75 degrees Fahrenheit (23.9 degrees Celsius) and continue sponging him until his temperature has reached an acceptable level. Never put rubbing alcohol in the water; it can be absorbed into the skin or inhaled, which can cause serious problems, such as coma. Usually sponging will bring down the fever by one to two degrees in thirty to forty-five minutes. However, if your child is resisting actively, stop and let him just sit and play in the water. If being in the tub makes him more upset and uncomfortable, it is best to take him out even if his fever is unchanged. The Importance of Hydration in Febrile Children I will leave you with a personal story that demonstrates what happens when parents are overly concerned Approximately three about fevers. years ago, one of my patients came in with her son Moishe, a 3 year old tod-

hydrate him, he will end up dehydrated again. I left them clear instructions of how to deal with the fever and what Moishe’s diet should consist of. Before I left the room, I added: “Unfortunately, your insurance may deny payment for the hospitalization which you had; you should expect to receive a bill in the mail shortly.” I asked the parents to keep in touch and I wanted to recheck Moishe again in 1-2 days to ensure that he did not suffer from “pinworm-induced appendicitis.” Two days later, I saw Moishe cheerfully running in the hallways of the Health Center. When I walked into the room, I was greeted by his smiling mom. Moishe was doing great, she reported. He drank three cans of flat ginger ale, ate his toast and drank his chicken soup. Later that month, Moishe’s younger sister had a similar illness with high fever and diarrhea. Her mom hydrated her “like a pro.” She came into the office once to make sure it was only a stomach virus. She never spoke on her cell phone while I was in the room. There was no mention of “pinworm-induced appendicitis” or any requests for blood tests or CT Scans. Later that year, Moishe’s mom excitedly reported to me that to her surprise, her insurance did pick up the tab for Moishe’s hospitalization. Looking back, it seems that I discovered a hidden benefit within the notorious Healthcare Reforms, infamous HMO’s and the frequent insurance rejections. Last I heard, Moishe and his family averted unnecessary blood tests, radiation from CT scans and hospitalizations. Moishe’s parents spent less time worrying and more time rejoicing with their kids. Maybe “Obama Care” will actually help us physicians bring our point across to our patients after all… Wishing you a healthy winter, David Elazar Simai, MD Dr. David Simai is a Board Certified Pediatrician from the Five Towns. He is a full time attending in his own private practice since 2007 in Cedarhurst, New York. In addition, he is an Attending Physician at LIJ-Cohen Children’s Hospital, North-Shore Manhasset University Hospital and South Nassau Communities Hospital. He can be contacted for consultation at 516 374-2228 or via email at davidsimai@yahoo.com. NOTE: name, gender, geographical area and other identifying information were deliberately altered in this article in order to protect the patient’s privacy. This article is not intended to help diagnose or treat any specific disease. Always consult your personal physician before diagnosing or treating yourself or your child for any of the above mentioned illnesses.

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irradiated little Moishe. I didn’t want to sound too harsh, but I think she realized that I was disappointed in her behavior. Two days had passed and again, I met with Moishe and both of his parents at the office. To my shock, Moishe looked a bit worse again. He still had a low grade temperature and appeared weaker than on his day of discharge from the hospital. Before I could get a word out, Moishe’s father informed me that he thought he knew what Moishe’s real diagnosis was. His cousin from Brooklyn had a son who had appendicitis. This was not a regular appendicitis, for when the surgeon reportedly removed the appendix, he noticed that there were actually pinworms in the appendix. Now Moishe’s father looked very angry, and in a stern voice asked me: “Don’t you think that Moishe has the same problem? He seems to have exactly the same symptoms as his second cousin. And to prove the point, despite all of our efforts, Moishe did not get better!” At that point I did not know whether to laugh or cry. That week, along with my regular office work, I had additional time constraint stress because I had to round on Moishe at the hospital. But what could I do to stop this cycle of senseless worrying and get Moishe’s parents to start giving him the care that he deserved? I truly liked Moishe’s parents, I knew them for five years, and they were clearly devoted to me. I cared deeply for their kids and I did not want to say anything that would hurt them in any way. On the other hand, they clearly were not listening to my advice, and may have been endangering their children’s health. I decided to take an unprecedented, bold move. Rounding on most patients at Schneider Children’s Hospital was usually a real act of kindness on my behalf. Certain popular insurances routinely denied payments for hospital visits. I felt reluctant to bill the patients directly, because I could not tell who could really afford to pay for those services. Luckily, it was not often that I sent patients to the hospital, so I decided in my heart to continue this act of kindness for as long as I could. The hospital however, ridden with heavy financial costs, often sent patients anxiety-generating bills. This time, however, I actually shared the reality with Moishe’s parents. After gently dispelling their worries about the “pinworm-induced appendicitis,” in a concerned voice, I told his parents that if they do not sit next to Moishe and

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as the radiation-rich CT Scans. This is an unfortunate practice that many physicians who want to cover themselves feel reluctant to practice, and while I cannot judge them because they may have had negative outcomes in their past, I refuse to irradiate patients unnecessarily and risk inducing possible leukemia or other horrendous outcomes of over-radiation and over-treatment. I reassured Moishe’s grandmother that I had examined him that morning and he appeared to be on his way to recovery. I proceeded to take full responsibility for his health and promised to be in touch with the hospital staff overnight. The next morning, I drove to the hospital to check on Moishe. When I entered his room, Moishe greeted me with a warm smile. His mom was busy talking on her cell phone with her cousin and describing emphatically how sick Moishe was and how she had to leave her three other kids behind. I looked over Moishe’s vital signs; his fever appeared occasional while his urine output and the rest of his vital signs were completely normal. On examination, Moishe seemed much stronger, playful and in a great mood. I scanned his tray to find three cans of ginger ale, two of them still closed and the third open, but full. I then glanced over to Moishe’s mom and politely motioned to her that it’s time to say goodbye to her cousin. She proceeded to thank me profusely for coming to visit, and continued to voice her concern about Moishe’s progress. After listening to her report, I asked her: “How many cans of ginger ale did Moishe drink over the past day?” Much to my surprise, the answer was “none.” According to mom, Moishe was too weak and too stubborn to drink. For the next ten minutes, I sat next to Moishe and using a teaspoon, I was able to give him a half a can of flat ginger ale. His mom appeared shocked! Moishe actually appeared to like ginger ale; I found that before I could pour the ginger ale from the can onto my spoon, Moishe’s mouth was right there, next to me. I proceeded to let his mom know that she clearly spent more time worrying and reporting the news of her child to all of her family members, rather than simply following basic medical advice. Blood tests, CT scans and GI consults could have prolonged Moishe’s stay at the hospital and have us “chase” possible incidental findings, but could have also

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dler who presented in my office on one sunny day with fever, abdominal pains and slight diarrhea. Moshe was a skinny child from a skinny family. His mother constantly reported that he refused to eat, and I did notice that at the age of 18 months he fell off the growth curve. His two older siblings had a very tough time gaining weight as I recalled. I also noticed on a routine visit that his father was extremely skinny and his mom had a very soft heart. She would replace his meals with juice or snacks in fear that little Moishe would not grow otherwise, and despite all my efforts to prove that Moishe did not suffer from any medical diseases (which included several blood tests and a referral to a nutritionist), Moshe’s mom was never at ease. This time, Moishe’s mom stated that her child was extremely ill and that he may have an intestinal disease. After listening to his history of having fever, diarrhea and abdominal pains, and once I examined Moishe, my diagnosis was that he had contracted a common stomach virus. I went over the importance of hydrating Moshe slowly with Pedialyte and told the mom to call me if he does not improve in 24 hours. Much to my surprise, Moishe’s mom called and reported that Moishe looked lethargic, his fever climbed higher (above 104o), and she was worried. When asked about his oral intake, mom briskly answered that she felt he was “too weak to drink.” He did not urinate for 12 hours. At this point it sounded to me that Moishe needed IV hydration, and I instructed the mom to proceed Schneider Children’s Hospital Emergency Room. At the hospital, Moishe was found to be dehydrated. He received IV hydration at the hospital for the next 24 hours. While I visited Moishe on his first day, his mom appeared quite angry that the emergency room physicians felt that Moishe simply had a stomach virus and did not do any X-rays of his abdomen or extensive blood tests. Moishe did start urinating more and his blood pressure was normal, he was drinking very little according to the flow sheets by his bedside, and still ran a fever. I encouraged mom to sit by him and hydrate him. “If Moishe tolerates his fluids by mouth, he will be out by tomorrow, G-d willing,” I added. At night, Moishe’s grandmother paged me, to inform me that she was extremely irritated that her grandchild was still weak, and she was surprised that he was admitted to the hospital without a CT scan of his abdomen and without a gastroenterologist consult. Although I try to “bend backwards” to appease and reassure grandmothers, I felt reluctant to practice “defensive medicine” and order unnecessary and often harmful tests such

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million.” • The law is full of inappropriate and wasteful giveaways benefiting taxpayers who would do just fine without them. “There is no shortage of tax subsidies for the rich and famous, such as credits to renovate vacation homes and purchase luxury cars and deductions for yachts. McDonald’s even received tax breaks to sell Chicken McNuggets overseas.” • Too many “not-for-profit” groups serve their own interests instead of the public interest. “Born This Way Foundation is advertised as an organization that connects youth with anti-bullying, mental health, and other community resources, but its main activity appears to be throwing free pre-concert tailgate parties for fans.” Coburn’s solution probably won’t surprise you. Ideally, throw it all out and start over. At the very least, make it simpler, flatter, and fairer. “The tax code should be simple enough that everyone — including members of Congress — is capable of filling out their own tax return.” (We’ll let you decide if that means an easier tax system or smarter members of Congress!) Still, there is some good news that we can help you put to work — and you’ll find it on the very first page. “Due to the code’s complexity, your taxes are not a simple calculation of earnings and obligations. Instead, taxes are determined by how well you can take advantage of the hundreds of tax credits, deductions, exclusions, and carve-outs tucked into the code.” In other words, all that complexity creates opportunity — and the more complicated your taxes are, the more likely you can use some help. So, if you’re looking for a New Year’s resolution to kick off 2015, make sure to resolve not to waste any more money on taxes you don’t have to pay! 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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Health & Fitness

Lori Boxer

Dangerous Dieting

here’s only one right way to diet and lose weight: slowly, over time, and while eating a balanced diet with plenty of healthy foods. Diets that encourage eating only

one type of food or promise rapid weight loss can be dangerous to your health. The short list of the possible risks posed by fad diets includes: • Nutritional deficiencies caused by a lack of a balanced diet. • Lack of variety in foods caus-

es boredom and frustration, and makes it difficult to maintain the fad diet for more than a brief period. • Severe restrictions on the foods you can eat makes it difficult to establish and maintain a healthy diet in the future.

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• Quick-fix weight-loss diets are based on unfounded claims that may do more harm than good. Sure, taking off the extra flab is more work than putting it on probably was, but even when the going gets

“Dieting” is not the same thing as “changing one’s diet.”

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tough, it’s better than eating nothing but cabbage soup, avoiding the bread aisle, or choking down food you hate. You do not have to make yourself miserable in order to lose weight. The fact is, “dieting” is not the same thing as “changing one’s diet.” Before you begin a weight loss endeavor, before choosing to waste your time and money on a gimmicky, quickfix program or product, here’s something to ponder: If you can’t see yourself eating a certain way for the rest of your life, you shouldn’t be doing it to lose weight in the first place. The work to lose weight (and to maintain it) has to be an uncompromising, non-negotiable, everyday thing, like brushing your teeth. Lori Boxer is the Director of Weight No MoreSM Diet Center. In addition to serving the Brooklyn, Long Island and New Jersey communities for 25 years, they also provide Skinny SkypeSM service to clients nationwide and to Israel, and offer customized Workforce Weight LossSM Programs for businesses. For more information, please call their Woodmere office at 516569-6400.

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Consenting to the Probate of a Will

What happens if I do not sign? As we mentioned, if you don’t sign the “Waiver of Process; Consent to Probate,” the court will need to issue a Citation and a court date to give you the opportunity to object to the will or to the appointment of the executor. What happens if I sign? If you sign the document, you are stating that you agree that the will is valid and should be accepted as the last will and testament of the decedent and that the nominated executor should be appointed as the executor of the estate. If you are a beneficiary of the estate, you still retain your right to make sure that you receive your inheritance. What if I consent to probate, but want to make sure the executor acts properly? I often have clients who have no problem with the will but who want to make sure that the executor acts properly.

What if I believe the will is invalid or

that the nominated executor should not serve? If you have any doubts about the will or the appointment of the nominated executor, you should not sign the document and immediately speak to a probate attorney to learn your rights. A probate attorney can challenge the validity of the will or the appointment of the nominated executor to serve. This information is general in nature,

and before you sign any documents, speak with an estate attorney to learn your rights. No column is a substitute for competent legal advice. Please consult with the attorney of your choice concerning specific legal questions you may have. Roman Aminov, Esq. is an estate planning, probate, and elder law attorney with an office in Kew Garden Hills. He can be reached at (347)7662685 and at www.AminovLaw.com.

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Why did I receive a “Waiver of Process; Consent to Probate”? The reason you received this document, usually from an estate attorney representing the nominated executor, is because the deceased had a will which needs to be submitted to Surrogate’s Court for probate. Before a will can be probated and an executor appointed, all of the distributees (family who would have received a portion of the estate if there had been no will) have to be given an opportunity to object to (1) the validity of the will and (2) to the appointment of the executor. Distributees are given the opportunity to object at a court hearing at the Surrogate’s Court and are issued a formal notice called a “Citation” advising them of the time and place of the hearing. There are various reasons why one would want to object and different grounds for objections to probate which are outside of the scope of the article and should be discussed with an experienced probate attorney. In order to save the estate time and money by avoiding a hearing, the nominated executor can ask the distributees to sign a “Waiver of Process; Consent to Probate” instead, which is sent along with a copy of the last will and testament.

In those cases, a distributee or beneficiary can hire their own estate attorney who will keep in touch the executor’s attorney regarding the status of the estate and make sure things keep moving. At the end of the administration of the estate, your attorney can request an accounting to make sure that all of the assets were collected and all expenses were reasonable and properly paid.

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ave you lost a family member and received a document called a “Waiver of Process; Consent to Probate”? If you are like most people, you may be confused about what this means, and more importantly, if you should sign it. This article will help explain the purpose of the document and what you should discuss with your lawyer after you receive it.

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The Human Sandwich

or some this will be exactly on the money. You will say that’s just what I am going through. To others it will be something they are reading about but it won’t really speak to them. And yet others will say, I’ve been there; I can’t believe this is where I am now.

It’s about a sandwich. And I don’t mean the kind you digest. Because everyone relates to that in some form. Whether it’s a fluffernutter, corned beef on rye, or sprouts and avocado on whole wheat—just about everyone can connect with a sandwich that has their name on it. Even if no sandwich just

mentioned excites you, we can take it up a level to two yummy cookies with a scoop of ice cream in between, and we’ve got your Achilles heel! Then there’s that other sandwich everyone should be into. Especially a success-seeking couple. And truthfully, it should even be a sandwich that parents, friends and even employers and educators utilize. The important communication sandwich which goes kind of like this: before you voice any complaint or even dare to say a criticism, cushion it very tightly between two fat loaves of compliments, sprinkled with positive innuendos, and two giant slices of love. And only then can you gingerly sneak a tiny sliver of comment in the middle before closing with more healthy whole grain positivity! So what sandwich am I referring to above? The one I referred to as being unique to a certain group at a certain time. It is the stage of being sandwiched as both a child and a parent, between a former and a younger generation. It is the pull between loyalties you have to the generation above and below you. It is the desire to be the child who gives back all the attention and time and love your parents showered on you, and simultaneously the parent who wants to be available and involved. At a certain stage—only if you are blessed, after all—you get to work on this time management challenge. And in truth, what else is life, other than confronting challenges? And what else is success other than conquering them?! Though this one never really seems to have a simple formula, unless you are fortunate enough to have that amazing grandchild-grandparent connection in your family. Then miraculous things happen. In that case, they seek to spend time together without needing you sandwiched in between. You get time to just be, for what that’s worth to you. And guess what? They both feel terrifically happy and satisfied – especially because they don’t have to deal with a guilt-ridden, mixed up wreck like you sandwiched in between! Enjoy your blessings and have a great day! Rivki Rosenwald is a certified relationship counselor, and career and life coach. She can be contacted at 917-705-2004 or Rivki@Rosenwalds.com

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