Jewish Voice and Opinion June 2013

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Terrorism Way Up, But The Army Won’t Act: Is It Politics or Fear of the International Criminal Court?

In 2011, seventeen firebombs were thrown at civilians. In 2012, the number rose to 74; and in 2013, according to the subcommittee, the number of attacks is even higher.

In 2011, there were 19 terrorist attacks against Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria; in 2012, there were 58, almost a threefold rise.

The IDF’s figures are higher, showing that, in 2012, there were more than 4,300 cases of rock-throwing against civilian and military targets in Judea and Samaria, 425 firebomb at-

It’s no one’s imagination. Ac-

cording to the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee’s Subcommittee on Judea and Samaria, Arab rock attacks on Jews were two-and-a-half times more frequent in 2012 than they were in 2011, and in 2013, they are so far threeand-a-half times as frequent as they were in 2011.

On average, there are 54 rock attacks each month perpetrated by Arabs against Jewish civilians in Judea and Samaria, and firebomb attacks against Jewish civilians has risen fourfold.

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Forum for Combatting Antisemitism: The New and the Old Are Both Ugly Two myths about antisemi-

tism—one that it would disappear after the Holocaust and the other that it would disappear after the creation of the Jewish state—have been proven false, according to Israel’s Prime Minister.

“The antisemites took a respite after the Holocaust, but that’s all it was. It was a brief intermission,” said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Mr. Netanyahu made his remarks last month at the fourth annual Global Forum for Com-

batting Antisemitism, held in Jerusalem. Sponsored by the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry for Jerusalem and Diaspora Affairs, the conference attracted delegates from throughout the world.

“This forum is a symbol of the fact that the State of Israel understands and devotes itself significantly to dealing with both the old antisemitism, which still crops up wherever Neo-Nazis are tolerated, and what is called the new antisemitism, the hatred of Israel.

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We always say we would like the government of Israel to make fighting antisemitism a higher priority, but in all fairness, it is definitely increasing the awareness that this is a political war that is just as—or more—deadly than the military wars fought against the Jewish state,” said Prof Gerald Steinberg, president of NGO Monitor and one of the presenters at the forum.

Fashionable Antisemitism According to Mr. Netanyahu, the new “fashionable”

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antisemitism allows detractors to say, “Well I don’t hate Jews.

I just don’t think they should have a state.”

This attack on Israel, he said, is bolstered by three vilifying arguments which he characterized as “put forward by the antisemites all the time and they’re false all the time.”

The first is that Israel is guilty of war crimes, which Mr. Netanyahu found ironic. “We, who fight war criminals with measured means; we, whose

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Jerusalem Post Runs Defamatory Piece on Pamela Geller and Then Refuses to Let Her Respond In mid-May, the Jerusalem Post ran an op-ed by Rabbi Eric Yoffie, president emeritus of the Union for Reform Judaism, in which he urged synagogues, Federations, and JCCs to give platforms to speakers who offer “diversity of views.”

“Debate should be promoted and controversy encouraged,” he wrote.

Most specifically, he encouraged shuls to welcome far-left wing advocates such as Peter Beinart and speakers representing J Street.

Pamela Geller is used to re-

ceiving heavy criticism, often accompanied by threats. But as president of the American Freedom Initiative, publisher of AtlasShrugs.com, and author of books such as “Freedom or Submission: On the Dangers of Islamic Extremism and American Complacency,” and “Stop the Islamization of America: A Practical Guide to the Resistance,” she is not used to being told by newspapers that she has no right to respond to libel.

But Not Geller Insisting that a synagogue is not “an open forum” and that “refusing to host a speaker at a synagogue does not raise freedom of speech issues of any kind,” he demanded that all Jewish institutions deny Ms. Geller a podium.

“Pamela Geller has no place in an American synagogue.

She is a bigot and purveyor of hate,” he wrote.

The only other speakers he said should be barred are those who promote boycotts, divest-

ment, and sanctions against the state of Israel.

No Right of Reply Denying that she promotes hatred or bigotry of any kind, Ms. Geller saw Rabbi Yoffie’s op-ed as “a vicious defamatory article,” and she promptly submitted a response to the Jerusalem Post.

The editor-in-chief, Steve Linde, referred her to the paper’s managing editor, Sara Miller, who, according to Ms. Geller, determined that Rabbi Yoffie’s piece “didn’t warrant any response from me.”

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Kol Ami: Taking Sides in Syria?

By Jake Altholz The civil war raging in Syria for more than two years now has pitted Shiites, represented by the Alawite regime of Bashar Assad (allied with Iran and Hezbollah) against Sunnis, represented

by the rebels (some of them seeking democracy, others an AlQaeda-style Caliphate). The question at the Israel Day Parade on June 2 was: Which side do you hope wins and what should Israel and/or the US do?

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The situation in Syria is a tragedy of massive proportions.

As the Assad regime continues to slaughter its own people and restrict their basic rights to democracy and free speech, it is clear that action must be taken. I believe the US should wholeheartedly support the rebels with both humanitarian and military aid. Iran and Hezbollah are involved on the Syrian government’s side, and continued on page 15 Daniel Koas Huntington, NY

More than 80,000 people have been killed to date in this civil war and there has been a tremendous number of human rights abuses and violations perpetrated by both the rebels and the Assad regime. Given Syria’s stockpiles of chemical weapons and other WMDs, the possibility of them being used by either group or falling into the hands of Iran’s proxy Hezbollah poses an immediate continued on page 15 Ilana Rosenbaum Scarsdale, NY

Although there is ample reason for Israel to be concerned about the war raging on its northern border, Israel can actually become more secure because of the divides that the Syrian civil war is creating in the Muslim world. The rift between the Shiites, represented

by Assad, Iran, and Hezbollah, and the Sunnis, represented by the Syrian rebels and their allies, including Hamas, means continued on page 15 Luky Guigui Memphis, TN

Israel should remain out of the Syrian conflict, but the US should support the rebels on condition that they agree to disavow terrorism or extremism now and in the future. Aiding the rebels would allow the US to improve her global image with respect to fostering democracies and human rights and would rid the region of the Iranian-Syrian alliance, weakening Iran’s extremist influence in the region and instead increasing Western influence.

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The Current Crisis: “Even in Laughter, the Heart Can Ache” Every once in a while the hunches that we knew were correct but couldn’t prove turn out to be spot on. In 1980, many of us knew Jimmy Carter was an antisemite, and so we voted in heavy numbers to turn him out of office in favor of Ronald Reagan. Years later, when Carter called Israel an apartheid state, we knew we had been right.

Same thing is true for the International Red Cross. We’ve long suspected it was not philo-semitic, but, until recently, the organization made it difficult to pin down its true feelings. Last month, the mask came off when the IRC celebrated its 150th anniversary by planting trees in honor of those who have murdered Jews.

The ceremony was entitled “My Honor Is My Freedom” and, in conjunction with PA’s Red Crescent Society, the IRC planted 150 trees in the Palestinian village of Jenin, each in the name of a “veteran prisoner,” the term used to describe those terrorists serving life-sentences usually for murder or multiple murders of Jews.

One of the “veteran prisoners” was Issa Abd Rabbo who shot and murdered two Jewish university students who were hiking near Jerusalem in 1984. Mr. Abd Rabbo was recently honored by PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas who told the terrorist’s mother that “the best of the Palestinian’s people’s sons are in prison.”

If we said it, Abu Mazen, they would have called us racists.

Pamela Geller, call your office.

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At the end of May, this bit of intrigue caught the attention of some local bloggers. Ari Mandel, 31, of Teaneck almost made a year’s salary in an afternoon when he posted on eBay his “portion in Olam Haba (Heaven)” with an opening bid of

99 cents. Mr. Mandel, who was raised in a Chassidic home in upstate New York, said he believed he had secured a prime spot in the afterlife through all the good deeds he had done. A fair man, he offered to return the winner’s money if he “slipped up.”

Before Mr. Mandel knew what had happened, the eBay auction had shot up to $99,000, and probably would have gone higher if the website had not pulled the sale, citing its policy to block “non-tangible” items.

Mr. Mandel claimed it was all just a joke. But we would very much appreciate a list of his bidders.

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Here’s a paradox: For years, Israeli leftists and their Diaspora supporters have been assuring us that the “overwhelming majority” of Israelis favor a return to the 1967 borders, maybe even the 1949 borders, just for the hope of peace.

At a meeting of the World Economic Forum in Jordan, Israeli President Shimon Peres, who always seems to think his title in Israel means what it does in the US, praised the Arab League Peace Plan which calls for Israel to relinquish virtually all of Judea and Samaria as well as the holy sites in Jerusalem.

Then we wonder this: how come Mr. Peres and his leftwing cohorts are so opposed to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s determination to put any peace agreement involving withdrawing from territory and evicting Jews from their homes to a public referendum?

Mr. Peres should rest assured that in any such referendum, his side will get the same number of votes he received when he ran for president.

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Pamela Geller Responds “Miller should be on the receiving end of ad hominem attacks and defamation, and sit quietly,” said Ms. Geller.

Here, in its entirety is Ms. Geller’s piece, with the title she gave it.

Reform Rabbi Eric Yoffie and His Jew-Hating Friends This is what we have come to: a rabbi who smears and libels a fellow Jew who speaks against the ideology that drives adherents to hack men to death in the streets of London.

And Rabbi Yoffie meanwhile gives his sanction to the notoriously anti-Israel Jewish turncoat Peter Beinart and to J Street, which is unique among Jewish groups in being anti-Israel.

Isi Liebler, former chairman of the Governing Board of the World Jewish Congress, challenged J Street’s “duplicity in trying to masquerade as a Jewish mainstream ‘pro-Israel’ organization while consistently campaigning against the Jewish state.”

Philip Klein, The American Spectator’s Washington correspondent, says that “while the group bills itself as the ‘pro-Israel’ and ‘pro peace’ alternative to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), in reality it is a liberal organization actively campaigning against Israel’s right to defend itself.”

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Muslim Funding Just how extreme and antiIsrael was J Street? According to Mr. Liebler, as of October 2009, “Arab and pro-Iranian elements were providing approximately 10 percent of J Street’s funding, a somewhat bizarre situation for a genuinely ‘pro-Israel’ organization.”

Federal Election Commission records showed that tens of thousands of dollars flowed into J Street from Arabs and Muslims, including some donations from groups involved in agitating for the Palestinian cause.

In no other era would this radical amalgam of self-hating Jewish sellouts have been anything but a fringe group.

History is filled with Jewicidal Jews who side with those who would destroy them. But never have they been so mainstream as they are today—thanks to fellow Jews like Rabbi Yoffie.

Strange Friends In his piece, Rabbi Yoffie would have us believe he has had his “differences” with Mr. Beinart and J Street, but when J Street held a convention in Washington in the summer of 2009, Rabbi Yoffie, who admits “I agree with much of what they have to say and I have always seen them as part of the Jewish family and the proIsrael community,” was one of the featured speakers.

Rabbi Yoffie is also quite friendly with officials of a Hamastied Muslim Brotherhood front group, the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA). In 2007, the Justice Department named ISNA an unindicted co-conspirator in the Holy Land Foundation trial, the largest terror-funding trial in our nation’s history. The Holy Land Foundation, once America’s largest Muslim charity, was funneling charitable contributions to Hamas.

According to investigative journalist Joe Kaufman, “In July of 1981, the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA) was incorporated in the state of Indiana. At the time, it shared its incorporating address with the Muslim Students Association (MSA), a group created by members of the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) in 1963, and the Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development (HLF), a Hamas financing center.”

The Muslim Brotherhood is dedicated in its own words, according to a captured internal document that was released during the Holy Land Foundation trial, to “eliminating and destroying Western civilization from within and sabotaging its miserable house” so that “Allah’s religion is victorious over other religions.”

Misplaced Outrage These are Rabbi Yoffie’s friends. These Jew-haters are fine with him, but I am unacceptable. Why? Because I defend Israel against jihadist savagery?

Because I stand against Islamic gender apartheid, creed apartheid, and religiously-sanctioned Jew-hatred?

In smearing me, Rabbi Yoffie has joined a long line of Islamic supremacist Jewhaters. Telling the truth now is equated with “hate” and “bigotry” in an attempt to silence and demonize the truth-tellers.

Pamela Geller Where was Rabbi Yoffie countering “hate” when the Fogel family was murdered in Itamar, Israel? Or when the Chabad house was targeted for a bloody jihad attack in Mumbai? Or when Christians are persecuted on an increasingly frequent and violent basis in Egypt, Pakistan, Indonesia, and elsewhere? Instead, he opposes me for standing up against this real hatred.

Covering for Enemies But Jews like Rabbi Yoffie and Bernie Farber (Ed: an official with the now-defunct Canadian Jewish Congress who supported the recent efforts to prevent Ms. Geller’s talk at Toronto’s Chabad Flamingo Synagogue, forcing it to be held instead at the Toronto Zionist Centre before an overflowing, standing-room-only crowd) provide us with a muchneeded reminder.

So many of us question how something like the Holocaust could have happened.

How could over six million Jews have been murdered?

Jews like Farber and Yoffie make it possible. Their sanction provides cover to our enemies and lures unsuspecting Jews to their deaths.

American’s Jewish lay leadership and Jewish Diaspora have a lot to answer for.Y

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NORPAC Brought 1,000 Pro-Israel Advocates to Washington, Where Their Message Resonated AIPAC’s Ester Kurz reacted

with happy appreciation to the number of people who had traveled with NORPAC on May 8, for the Northern New Jersey-based Israel advocacy group’s annual Mission to Washington.

Delighted that more than 1,000 NORPAC participants had gathered in the Washington Convention Center, she noted that such participation was reaching a magnitude comparable to that of AIPAC. “I remember when all NORPAC needed in Washington was a conference room. Today, you need the Convention Center,” she said. “Because you are here in such numbers, you are the reason relations between the United States and Israel are so strong. Members of Congress recognize numbers. They know you are not lobbying for any

financial gain to yourselves.

Coming here today costs you money. Members of Congress know and respect that, and it has an impact.”

90 Percent of Congress Before the day was over, NORPAC participants, who had left by 6am on dozens of buses from synagogues throughout New Jersey and New York, had managed to meet with the offices of more than 90 percent of the US Congress, advocating to the Representatives, Senators, or their staffers the importance of an increasingly strong US-Israel relationship.

Most of the participants were well-prepared. Many had attended advocacy-training sessions, familiarizing themselves with the talking points that NORPAC officials had determined would be the focus of the meetings with Congress.

NORPAC President Dr. Ben Chouake, left: with House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) On the buses, the talking points were again reviewed.

Then participants were divided into smaller groups and told which Congressional offices they would visit throughout the day. The groups decided among themselves which individuals could best handle the different talking points.

Talking Points This year’s talking points included explaining why the $3.1 billion earmarked for US military assistance to Israel plus $221 million more to fund Israel’s Iron Dome anti-missile defensive system benefits not only the Jewish state, but the US as well.

For several of the young people on the Mission—children over 12 are permitted on the NORPAC Mission if accompanied by a parent or grandparent— it was important to learn that virtually all funds Israel receives for military assistance is spent in the US, helping the American economy and securing jobs.

Funds spent on technology developed in Israel, like Iron Dome, often results in shared expertise which benefits the US. Other Talking Points included asking Congressmen to sign on as co-sponsors to House Resolution 850, “The Nuclear Prevention Act of 2013,” which will increase sanctions on Iran as Teheran continues its

push towards nuclear capability. Senators were asked to cosponsor Senate Resolution 65, which was originally proposed

by Sen Robert Menendez (D-NJ) and Sen Lindsey Graham (R-SC).

SR65 strongly supports the full implementation of sanctions by the US and the international community against Iran, and it grants Israel full US support if the Jewish State deems it necessary to attack Teheran in legitimate self-defense.

Strategic Partnership NORPAC participants also asked Congressmen and Senators to support HR 938 and S 462—The US-Israel Strategic Partnership Act—two parallel bills in the House and Senate that upgrade Israel to the unique status of a “strategic partner” of the US. The ACT, authored in the House by Reps Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL) and Ted Deutch (DFL) and in the Senate by Sens Barbara Boxer (D-CA) and Roy Blunt (R-MO), expands US-Israel cooperation in a variety of arenas, including defense, intelligence, homeland security, energy, science, and trade.

One provision of the bill is that both countries will waive visa requirements for each other’s citizens. Recognizing Israel’s special security requirements, the bill states that Israel will be

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Left, Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI) with Rabbi Menachem Genack of Englewood. Rabbi Genack, the rabbinic administrator of the Orthodox Union, founded NORPAC in 1992 granted visa waiver status if the Secretary of State determines that the Jewish state “has made every reasonable effort, without jeopardizing the security of the State of Israel, to ensure that reciprocal travel privileges are extended to all US citizens.”

Incitement The final NORPAC talking point raised the issue of anti-Israel incitement in Palestinian education. Just two weeks before the NORPAC Mission to Washington, Palestinian Authority TV featured a child reciting a poem promoting the visualization of Israel as the “devil with a tail.”

The poem, written by an Egyptian writer and translated by Palestinian Media Watch, explains that “our wars were for the Al-Aqsa Mosque and our enemy, Zion, is Satan with a tail.”

Last year, PMW reported that a PA-sponsored children’s summer camp, supported by then-PA Prime Minister Salam Fayyad, divided its campers into three groups each named for a terrorist who had murdered Israelis: Dalal Mughrabi, who, in 1978, killed 37 Israelis, 12 of them children; Salah Khalaf (Abu Iyad) who, as head of Black September, was involved in the murder of the 11 Israeli athletes at the 1972 Munich Olympics; and Abu Ali Mustafa who, as General Secretary of the terrorist Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, planned numerous attacks against Israeli civilians before he was killed by the IDF in 2001.

Public squares in the Palestinian areas, schools, and even soccer matches have been named for terrorists who have killed Israelis.

“It’s important for Congressmen and Senators to understand what Israel faces when she tries to make peace. If this is what the Palestinian children are being taught, how will there ever be peace?”

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Chana Lieba Rosenbluth, 13, asked Sen Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI).

The Senator nodded, agreeing with her that no officials in Israel celebrate those who have harmed Palestinians.

Active Day on the Hill On the same day as the NORPAC Mission, Sen Mark Kirk (R-IL) introduced S 892, the Iran Sanctions Loophole Elimination Act, and thus presented NORPAC participants with the opportunity to be the first pro-Israel advocates to lobby Senators for their support in passing it.

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larly those held in Europe.

In addition, while the NORPAC participants were meeting with lawmakers and their staffs, the US-Israel Enhanced Security Cooperation Act passed almost unanimously in the House of Representatives, and the Senate bill for increased Iron Dome funding received necessary co-sponsorship. The House Appropriations Committee on Defense approved an additional $1 billion supplementing the foreign aid package for anti-missile defense funding for Israel.

The Enhanced Security Cooperation Act recognizes Israel’s “inherent right to self-defense” and “encourages Israel’s

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NORPAC Mission neighbors to recognize Israel’s right to exist as a Jewish state.” It encourages further development of advanced technology programs between the US and Israel for defense and civilian purposes and supports increased funding for development and production of joint missile-defense systems.

It also calls on the White House “to veto any one-sided anti-Israel resolutions at the UN Security Council.”

Moral Imperatives With that kind of support, it is not surprising that most NORPAC participants were pleased with the responses they received from the Congressmen, Senators, and staffers with whom they met.

“We came with issues that are good for US national security and are popular among Americans. Our issues are real moral imperatives, and the Congressmen and Senators recognize that. They also recognize the immediacy of the challenge posed by Iran.

It used to take us three years to get bills out of committee.

When it comes to moving on Iran, it goes much faster now,” said NORPAC president Dr. Ben Chouake.

Many of the lawmakers had in fact been hosted at one time or another by NORPAC at events to raise funds for their

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continued from page 9 campaigns. Throughout the year, NORPAC members host Democrat and Republican candidates and incumbents, establishing personal relationships with them and sharing concerns regarding Israel and the importance of the strong US-Israel relationship.

According to Dr. Chouake, last year NORPAC held 37 fundraisers, and, this year, is “on track to do 70.”

“This means we’ll end up with about 15 percent of Congress in our homes or offices.

In a ten-year period, we have had the vast majority of Senators in one or another of our homes as well as a significant portion of the members of the House,” he said.

Support from New Hampshire Even before the NORPAC participants left the Convention Center to begin their meetings, several lawmakers sought the opportunity to address them as a group and express not only their own support for Israel but also their admiration for NORPAC’s advocacy efforts.

Sen Kelly Ayotte (R-NH) stressed that support for Israel is recognition of what is best for the US. “As goes Israel, so goes the United States,” she said.

We Talk, They Enrich She noted that one of

Chana Lieba Rosenbluth, 13, at the Library of Congress the most pressing problems to emerge from the raging Syrian civil war is the possibility of advanced weapons falling into the hands of the Lebanese-based terrorist group, Hezbollah.

“Hezbollah is the representative of Iran, which is the world’s largest state-sponsor of terror,” she said.

The United States’s challenge, she said, is to be proactive in support of the interests of Israel and the US, “which are the same.”

Having Israel’s Back Mr. Menendez, who serves as chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, agreed, noting that in any arms sale undertaken by the US to any country, Israel must always retain its “qualitative edge.”

“When it comes to Iran, talks can’t continue just for the sake of talking, and that is something I intend to tell [European Union leader Catherine] Ashton. Iran cannot have nuclear weapons. That is important not only for Israel, but also for the US and the rest of the world. We need continued and increased robust sanctions, and we must consider all options to be on the table,” he said.

He raised a bit of a twitter among NORPAC participants when he cited President Barack Obama’s promise—later shrugged off as not descriptive of policy—to “have Israel’s back.”

“There will never be daylight between the US and Israel on my watch. Never! Not on my watch!” said Mr. Menendez.

“Having Israel’s back means fighting the efforts to delegitimize the state of Israel.”

Point of Agreement It was a point picked up

by Sen. Graham, Mr. Menendez’s co-sponsor on SR65. “The President told AIPAC that the US would have ‘Israel’s back,’ but I want Iran to know it, and where I come from, when you tell someone you ‘have their back,’ you mean it,” he said.

He pointed out that while there are comparatively few Jews in South Carolina (about 10,000), “there are a lot of Evangelicals and Baptists, and they love Israel.”

“Republicans and Democrats can’t agree on Sunday as a day off, but we all agree on the issue of a strong USIsrael relationship, whether we’re from NJ, South Carolina, or New Hampshire. Why? Because the US and Israel have a common destiny, because we’re beset by the same wolves of terrorism. There is a deep bond between the two countries which is like nothing ever seen before,” he said.

Cutting PA’s Funds Mr. Graham noted that the Senate had voted 90-1 against merely containing a nuclear-armed Iran; the US, he said, wants to prevent a nuclear-armed Iran.

He had similarly harsh words for the Palestinians, especially their efforts to circumvent peace talks by going

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Holy Name’s Headache Treatment Program Takes the Pain out of Migraine Holy Name Medical Center

in Teaneck has established a Headache Treatment Center for the care of adults, adolescents, and children who suffer from intractable migraine headaches, and for whom conventional methods of therapy have failed.

Through the program, patients receive intravenous medications on an outpatient basis administered by nurses especially trained in the field of headache medicine. Children and teens are treated on the Medical Center’s pediatric and young adult floor; adults are treated in the adult infusion center.

“Most patients require one visit; others may need repetitive daily treatment for up to three days,” said neurologist Dr. James Charles, medical director of Holy Name’s Headache Treatment Program.

Holy Name is the only facility in NJ offering infusion therapies to intractable headache patients of all ages.

According to Dr. Charles, who is certified in headache medicine by the United Council of Neurologic Subspecialties, early intervention can reset the brain’s headache mechanism.

“Studies have demonstrated that, with early intervention, as soon as the patient is identified and placed on an

appropriate treatment program, the transformation to the malignant, disabling forms of migraine can be prevented.

This is a biological disease that is often genetic. A migraine attack lowers the threshold for more brain attacks. More brain attacks cause anatomic and functional alterations of the brain, setting the stage for more frequent and debilitating migraine headaches,” he said.

Infusion Therapy According to Dr. Charles, infusion therapy is highly effective for patients with chronic migraines, especially those who are disabled by their headaches and for whom multiple treatments have failed to prevent or stop migraine symptoms.

Often these patients do not require or want inpatient treatment, but their pain does not respond to oral medications.

The infusion therapy is also effective for migraine headaches lasting longer than 72 hours that do not respond to conventional medications; acute migraine attacks that last less than 72 hours but are debilitating and not responsive to self-administered medications; prolonged aura; cluster headache exacerbation; and new, daily persistent headaches.

According to Dr. Charles, the Headache Treatment Pro-

gram at Holy Name was designed for these patients.

“Children, teenagers, and adults are treated with the appropriate medications to break the vicious headache cycle, and they can leave our infusion center feeling better,” he said.

Resetting the Neurochemistry The program’s long-term goal is to reset the brain’s neurochemistry. Outpatient treatment should allow patients with frequent severe headaches to live with only minimal headaches, he said.

According to Dr. Charles, lowering the burden of migraine starts with educating the public, especially parents and teachers.

“It is a misconception that an acute headache with nausea, vomiting, and need for bed rest is due to conditions such as sinusitis, eyestrain, or dental problems,” he said.

In the Top 20 In fact, the World Health Organization has placed migraine among the world’s top 20 most disabling diseases. In

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the US, 8 million children under the age of 12 suffer with migraines; 28 million people over the age of 12 suffer from them, too.

About 30 percent of migraine sufferers never see a doctor about their headaches.

In this group, the migraines are usually low-frequency, intermittent, and occasional.

But for 70 percent of those with migraines, the problem is more severe. About 40 percent of all migraine sufferers experience intermediate to high-frequency attacks. The remaining 30 percent suffer from chronic migraines, which doctors define as more than 15 headaches per month.

Not surprisingly, adults and children with chronic migraines exhibit decreased academic performance and impaired work productivity.

They also can become socially withdrawn.

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to the United Nations.

“All they did was anger Congress and the American people,” he said, stressing that should the PA approach the International Criminal Court with charges against Israel, Congress will respond by “cutting off all their funding.”

“Yes, we all hope for peace, but you can’t get there based on hope alone. It requires two partners and, thus far, Israel doesn’t have one,” he said.

Follow-Up At the end of the day, NORPAC participants who thought they had completed their jobs received one more homework assignment from Dr. Chouake: the need to follow-up.

“One of the most important aspects of the mission is the ability to build a relationship with the respective Congressional offices which were visited. Correspondence with these offices is key to keeping the issues of importance fresh in the minds of our nation’s leaders in Washington,” he said.

Many participants took the time to send emails, some with photos taken during the Mission meetings, thanking the Congressmen, Senators, and their staffers for taking the time to meet with them and, of course reminding them how important the US-Israel relationship really is. S.L.R.

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Summer Cruising with Kosherica

By Yochanan Gorden

Kosherica’s Helit Edelstein

knows that after going on a Kosherica cruise, guests will change the way they travel forever. Even those who don’t get away too often will know that when they need to relax for a week or so, they can check the cruise roster at Kosherica.com to see where they will be going next—because once they’ve vacationed with Kosherica, they’ll never go any other way.

Ms. Edelstein suggests that in addition to considering the cruise itself, travelers should also focus on the cruise company.

In its more than 20 years in the kosher-travel industry, Kosherica has earned a high reputation.

In addition to various cruises offered season after season, Kosherica is also well known for its Pesach programs and hotel getaways at various times during the year. There

have been times when the following year’s Passover vacations were nearly sold out just after motzei Pesach. It is not surprising. Kosherica offers unparalleled service because the company wants its guests to be more than satisfied.

And it has succeeded.

Luxury, exclusive destinations, culinary extravagance, and world-class entertainment are Kosherica’s hallmarks.

The company outdoes itself from year to year, continuing to exceed all expectations.

Mediterranean, Greek Isles, the Baltics Those who want to avoid another boring summer would be well advised to look into a Kosherica Summer Cruise.

For example, on June 16 and August 13, the Norwegian Epic will travel seven nights through the Mediterranean, leaving from Barcelona and stopping in Naples, Rome,

Florence, Provence, and Palma de Majorca, before heading back to Barcelona.

The seven-night Greek Isles Cruise aboard the Magica will leave on July 29, departing from Venice and going to Bari, Italy, before heading to Greece, where it will stop in Katakolon, Olympia, Piraeus/ Athens, Santorini, and Corfu. It will stop in Dubrovnik, Croatia, before heading back to Venice.

Those in search of excursions to sites with a rich Jewish heritage should look into the August 14th Baltic cruise. It offers two-day stays visiting only Jewish sites in St. Petersburg, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Tallinn, Helsinki, and Berlin. All tours on this cruise have been carefully planned to include sites of profound Jewish historical importance.

Alaska While the cruises and destinations are all enticing, the most popular one year after

year is Kosherica’s Alaskan cruise, leaving this year on July 21st and then August 11th. Coffee lovers will appreciate that the cruise departs from Seattle, the Emerald City, coffee capital of the world. With ports of call in Juneau, Skagway, Glacier Bay, Ketchikan, and Victoria, guests will have the opportunity to see whales and bald eagles, visit mines and igloos, and partake of many other exciting excursions along the way.

Kosherica schedules at least six different cruises each season.

The company is determined to make each first cruise the first of many. For Kosherica, from the first hello to the last good-bye, it is all about the customer. That is the magic of Kosherica.

I urge you to visit www. kosherica.com or call 877-7245567 or 305-695-2700 to check out the full roster of cruises and book yours today.

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Kosher Summer Travel for Those Who Have Seen It All

By David Walles, KosherTravelers.com Think you’ve been everywhere that kosher travel can possibly take you? You’ll be surprised to discover some of the exotic destinations now offered for discriminating kosher travelers. Watch out, Catskills.

You’re about to go for a ride.

Let’s start with Tanzania and Zanzibar from June 10-18.

In Tanzania, the game parks of the Northern Circuit contain some of the most spectacular wildlife in the world. The country offers some of the most pristine yet easily accessible biospheres on earth. Highlights include treeclimbing lions, buffalo, elephants, leopards, baboons, impala, giraffes, zebras, wildebeests, ostriches, and hippos in Lake Manyara National Park, the Serengeti, and Ngorongoro.

Zanzibar is one of the world’s most beautiful islands, set like a jewel in tranquil coral waters. Its name evokes its romantic past.

To the shores of these islands came Sumerians, Assyrians, Hindus, Egyptians, Phoenicians, Arabians, Chinese, Malaysians, and the Portuguese, all sailing in on monsoon winds. From these shores the great European explorers, Burton, Speke, Livingstone, Krapf, Rebman, and Grant, set out on their voyages of discovery into the East and Central African hinterland.

Treat yourself this summer to this spectacular tour,

complete with delicious kosher food and everything a kosher traveler could wish for.

Slovenia Next, we’ll look at Kranska Gora, Slovenia from July 17 to August 7.

On this trip, guests will enjoy a glatt mehadrin vacation located in the picturesque town of Kranska Gora, Slovenia, in the heart of the Alpine mountains on the border of Austria and Italy.

From this ideal point, travelers can set out on numerous trips and hikes, choosing between climbing snowy mountains by foot or by cable car, and touring new destinations within Slovenia, Austria, and Italy, all at your doorstep.

The getaway begins at a hotel located 900 meters above sea level. Veteran guides will lead participants on five high-end daily trips, including: Postojna Caves and Lake Bled in Slovenia; Drave River cruise and Klagenfurt in Austria; Gerlitzen Mountain and Malta Valley; Muhltal Glacier and Lake Millstatt; and magnificent Venice in Italy.

Czech Republic From July 18 to August 22, there is the chance to see South Bohemia in the Czech Republic, where there are wonderfully preserved historic sites, including castles, palaces, abbeys, and historic towns set in the beautiful countryside.

Guests will stay at a luxurious kosher hotel and wellness complex, and explore the area with our optional guided tours.

South Bohemia is a dream paradise for holidays, whether the time is spent sightseeing or relaxing. The Bohemian countryside offers endless possibilities for visiting places of natural beauty, as well as many historical monuments and great conditions for cycling and water sports. You can also include some charming historical cities in your program, like Prague, Pisek, Frymburk, Passau, Linz, Ceske Budejovice (Budweis), Lake Lipno and others.

Ireland How about mystical Ireland from July 23 to Aug 1?

Start this luxury kosher tour with a visit to Dublin’s Synagogue and Jewish Museum, 18th-century streets of the Georgian Quarter, and the Dublin Castle.

Next, it’s off to the rolling green hills of the Irish countryside. Nowhere is there a better cross-section of the best of Ireland’s historic monuments than in the Boyne Valley, where you’ll find prehistoric tombs and the magic and mystery of Tara, ancient seat of the High Kings of Ireland.

Tree lined Griffith Avenue, the casino at Marino, and the stately 12th-century Malahide Castle, set amid 250 acres of parkland and gardens, are features of Dublin’s northern coastline, while many other

magical experiences await you, including a 19th-century folk park, a vast lunar landscape, the cliffs of Moher, and the Famine Museum, and much more, at Wicklow, Limerick, Ballinasloe, and Burren.

Iceland Surprising Iceland, which can be visited in a kosher tour from August 4-August 16, is an island country of glaciers, hot springs, geysers, active volcanoes and snow-capped peaks.

Even though its name is associated with cold, Iceland is becoming one of the hottest destinations in Europe.

Its popularity stems from its magnificent natural locations, including glaciers and thermal springs, geysers (including the site “Geysir” from where this term is drawn), volcanoes, snowcapped mountain peaks, and expansive lava fields.

But this country is also known for its remarkable history, attractive literature, valued traditions and appealing folklore. This is a special opportunity to tour one of the most unusual and exhilarating countries in the world.

The best part is that destinations like these are opening up and becoming more luxurious than ever before, as my colleagues and I bring new kosher travel experiences to the Jewish world.

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Seminars for Non-Profits to Enhance Their Fundraising Ability On June 11, at Congrega-

tion Bnai Yeshurun in Teaneck, the Strategic Fundraising Group LLC (SFG) will host two seminars about novel fundraising methods that can help nonprofit organizations raise needed funds: “How to Research Your Donor Prospects” and “Constructing a Fund Raising Shop.”

The workshops begin at 9am and end by 4pm. A kosher lunch will be served to full-day registrants.

Many Non-Profits According to the National Center for Charitable Statistics, there are more than 1.5 million registered nonprofit organizations in the United States.

These include public charities, private foundations, and other tax-exempt organizations. In the New York metropolitan area alone, there are more than 35,000 nonprofit organizations, many of them competing with each other for funds.

According to Norman B. Gildin, the president of SFG, the nonprofit sector has grown faster than the business and government sectors. Because nonprofits often have scarce resources,

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they need to use new and creative fundraising solutions to make up for shrinking revenues from government, third-party reimbursors, and other sources.

“More than 657,000 not-forprofit organizations nationwide, or a little over 55 percent, have revenues of less than $1 million to $5 million. The National Council of Non-Profits indicates that the non-profit sector is made up primarily of small and midsize organizations. Of all filing nonprofits, 82.3 percent have expenditures of less than $1 million,” said Mr. Gildin, an experienced fundraiser who successfully uses strategic planning in running annual campaigns, building fund and capital campaigns, planned giving, and endowment fund giving.

In 2012, Mr. Gildin founded SFG to help non-profit organizations and agency executives run effective fundraising programs.

A well-established way to find new fundraising solutions is to learn about cutting-edge methods to raise donations, he said. “This is what SFG aspires to do in its fundraising workshop series,” said Mr. Gildin.

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allowing the massacre to go on is not only morally wrong, it could also result in the violence spilling over and engulfing the entire region in conflict.

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threat to Israel and the entire region. Israel, the US, and the international community, including Russia, must collaborate to establish peace Ilana Rosenbaum Scarsdale, NY

Gulgul enemies are now fighting each other. Israel must defend itself from any spillover of violence, but the same is true of Turkey and especially Lebanon. If Israel can mend its relations with Turkey, the two countries may be able to gain sufficient support from the US and EU to prevent Russia from aiding Assad with weapons.

Eventually, Turkey may be able to help find suitable leaders to allow Syria to establish a stable and peaceful government.

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One of the tools that will be introduced in the morning session is the iWave Pro prospect research system that allows access to the most extensive bundle of philanthropic and wealth-data providers in one user-friendly platform. iWave Pro advanced analytics allow users to screen up to twentyfive data sources in a five-step process that identifies top-donor prospects by analyzing their inclination and capacity to give.

“Azkarah” Mr. Gildin is very concerned that nonprofit agencies and organizations that serve disabled clients, or those with conditions that limit their daily-living activities, must meet financial challenges because people depend on them. He said this is true for schools, museums, religious institutions, social service agencies, health-care institutions, and others who need to remain financially solvent in difficult times.

One way to address that concern is through Azkarah, a unique and cost-efficient donor-recognition system that will be introduced at the workshop. Hebrew for “memorial or remembrance,” Azkarah is an innovative dedication program that enables non-profit organizations to raise essential funds.

“Donors are rightfully concerned with being ‘battered’ by competing charitable organizations, and we have to be properly astute and sincere to reassure them that their significant support is possible and absolutely essential as they stretch their fund giving dollars,” said Mr. Gildin.

For more information or to make reservations for the workshop, visit StrategicFundraisingGroup.com and click on “Events.” Advance reservations are required and can be made by calling 917-9238573.

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Palestinians Waiting for Kerry to Give Them a Better Peace Deal Than They Received from Ehud Olmert—and That Was a Lot Before a meeting of the American

Jewish Committee at the beginning of June, US Secretary of State John Kerry issued a stark warning to Israel: resume long-stalled peace talks with the Palestinian Authority or face the prospect that there may never be another opportunity.

And he stated that if Israel is not willing to capitulate, the Jewish state may find itself without any global friends at all as the PA pursues its unilateral bid for statehood through international bodies such as the UN. “The insidious campaign to delegitimize Israel will only gain steam,” Mr. Kerry said.

Speaking to the AJC, Mr. Kerry asked rhetorically the same question Israelis have been asking ever since the Secretary of State began his newest push to restart the peace talks: What makes this different from every other time?

Mr. Kerry’s response was not illuminating.

“The difference is that what happens in the coming days will actually dictate what happens in the coming decades,” he said.

Palestinian Demands Talks between Israel and the PA broke down in 2010 when PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas refused to negotiate with Israel even though Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu agreed to the PA’s precondition and froze construction in Judea and Samaria.

Instead of returning to the negotiating table, Mr. Abbas issued a slew of other preconditions, including the immediate

release of hundreds of terrorists, many of them guilty of murder, and allowing the PA’s militias to rearm. The demand for a freeze of all building in Judea and Samaria, including the eastern neighborhoods of Jerusalem, remains a precondition.

Another demand the Palestinians say must be met before they will agree to negotiate is Israeli acceptance of the Arabs’ so-called “right of return,” which means all Palestinians who fled Israel in 1948 and 1967 and their, by now, millions of descendants, must be allowed to flood back into Israel, demographically destroying the Jewish state.

Three Separate Offers Most Israelis and their supporters point out that Jerusalem has already given the Palestinians three separate offers of an independent state that the PA leadership rejected out of hand in 2000, 2001, and 2008.

“It ought to be impossible for an objective observer to argue that Israel has not tried to make peace, but that hasn’t stopped the Arab and Muslim worlds as well as American and Jewish apologists for the Palestinians from still trying to portray the Arabs as the victims of an intransigent Israel,” said Jonathan Tobin editor of Commentary magazine.

Mr. Tobin pointed out that, when asked why the Palestinians did not accept previous offers, supporters of the Palestinian side say the proposals were insufficient “even if it isn’t clear what, short of Israel’s dissolution, would satisfy them.”

Giving Away the Store Last month, in an interview with Avi Issacharoff, published in the online magazine The Tower, former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert revealed intimate details of the peace deal he offered the Palestinians in 2008.

While over the years some of the particulars have leaked out, The Tower interview marks the first time Mr. Olmert himself revealed how much he was willing to give away—and, in the end, it still was not enough.

It does, however, make clear why the Palestinians insist that any new negotiations must begin where Mr. Olmert’s concessions left off, a stipulation Mr. Netanyahu has specifically refused.

Mr. Olmert, however, seemed to feel that relinquishing what some would call the heart and soul of Israel was worth it if, as a result, he would have had the opportunity to speak to a joint session of Congress, be lauded at the UN, and perhaps win a Nobel Prize.

Giving up the Temple Mount According to the interview in The Tower, in the fall of 2008, Mr. Olmert presented Mr. Abbas with “an unprecedented proposal from Israel’s perspective, the likes of which had never been, and likely will never again be, placed before a Palestinian leader.”

Among the historic concessions offered

by Mr. Olmert was a proposal that, in the context of a permanent peace agreement, Israel would relinquish all claims to sovereignty over the Judaism’s holiest site, the Temple Mount. He proposed that a special committee with representatives from five countries— Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Palestine, the US, and Israel—administer the critical area, which would include the Kotel.

The agreement suggested Israel would retain the Ariel bloc, the Jerusalem-Maaleh Adumim bloc (including E-1), and Gush Etzion, equaling a total of 6.3 percent of Judea and Samaria.

In exchange, Mr. Olmert was willing to relinquish parts of Afula-Tirat Zvi, the Lachish area of the Negev, the Judean desert, and the Gaza envelope.

Mr. Olmert suggested safe passage between Gaza and the Palestinian areas of the West Bank by means of a tunnel, the removal of all Jews from the Jordan Valley, and the absorption of 5,000 Palestinian

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Postponements According to the interview, the genesis of Mr. Olmert’s efforts was a meeting in Washington in October 2006 attended by then-Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, US National Security Advisor Steven Hadley, and Shalom Turjeman and Yoram Turbovitch, who were serving as Mr. Olmert’s point men on possible negotiations with the Palestinians.

At that meeting, the Israelis heard that the White House was again interested in trying to jumpstart the peace process.

When Messrs Turjeman and Turbovitch returned to Israel, they began trying to set up a meeting between Messrs Olmert and Abbas.

According to Mr. Olmert, it was not easy. A meeting would be arranged and then Mr. Abbas would postpone it.

Flattery Finally, on a Saturday evening, December 23, 2006, when Mr. Abbas once again said he could not make a scheduled meeting because he had to travel to Gaza, Mr. Olmert told him, “If you have decided to offend me, I can understand that. But why offend my wife? She has been cooking for 24 hours straight in your honor, and what do I tell her now?”

According to the interview in The Tower, Mr. Abbas responded, “Really? I will not offend your wife. If that is the case, then I will come.”

Mr. Olmert told The Tower that he made a point of sending Messrs Turjeman and Turbovitch to receive Mr. Abbas at the Bitunya checkpoint with a complete motorcade, including security cars with police lights.

When Mr. Abbas came to the Olmerts’ home in Jerusalem, he found Israeli and Palestinian flags flying not over just the Prime Minister’s residence but also inside the house on the conference table.

“I made him feel like an equal partner. I called him ‘Mr. President,’” Mr. Olmert recalled.

Giving More Than He Asked When they spoke about freeing Palestinian prisoners, Mr. Abbas asked for 500-600. Mr. Olmert responded, “Why don’t you ask for more?”

When they spoke about taxes which Mr. Olmert said Israel owed the Palestinians, Mr. Abbas asked for 50 million shekels ($13.6 million).

Mr. Olmert responded, “Not a chance,” at which Mr. Abbas “grumbled.”

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“But then I surprised him and said, ‘You will get 100 million ($27 million). It’s Palestinian money. The days when you have to ask for what is rightfully yours are over,’” recalled Mr. Olmert.

Mr. Olmert told The Tower that when Mr. Abbas left the Prime Minister’s residence, he told his people, “A new era has begun— he wants to talk to us.”

Cozy Meetings According to the interview, that meeting was the model for a series of talks between Messrs Olmert and Abbas, held on average once every two weeks.

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usually regarding final-status issues. Mr. Abbas, he said, would smoke while they were speaking of peace.

When their conversations neared an end, they would ask Saeb Erekat, the PA’s chief negotiator, and Mr. Turjeman to come into the room to take down the minutes of the meeting.

In November 2007, almost a year after the first meeting between Messrs Olmert and Abbas, the Annapolis Conference was convened primarily to create an international umbrella for the peace process. Mr. Abbas appointed Ahmed Q’rei as the Palestinian chief negotiator and Mr. Olmert selected then-Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni for the Israelis.

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Olmert’s Peace Process According to Mr. Olmert, after the Annapolis Conference, talks between him and Mr. Abbas accelerated. A special committee headed by American Gen. Jim Jones—then the Bush Administration’s special envoy for security to the Middle East—reached understandings with regard to the security arrangements after the creation of a Palestinian state. Mr. Olmert said these included an agreement that the Palestinian state would be demilitarized and could not enter into any military alliances; that Israel would command the electromagnetic and air space and be responsible for border crossings.

It was at this time, Mr. Olmert said, that he began preparing the proposal he would finally give to Mr. Abbas.

5,000 Palestinians In May 2008, Mr. Olmert showed his plan to Ms. Rice.

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swaps, including the division of Jerusalem into Jewish and Arab neighborhoods with the Holy Basin transferred to the administration of the five states. Mr. Olmert also had a solution to the Palestinian refugee problem and the PA’s demand for the “right of return.”

Asked how he arrived at the number 5,000 for the number of Palestinians to be welcomed into Israel, Mr. Olmert said that Mr. Abbas had originally demanded tens of thousands.

Mr. Olmert said that in Ehud Barak’s peace plan, given to Yasir Arafat in 2000, Israel was willing to accept 100,000.

Ms. Rice suggested that Mr. Abbas should take the same number of refugees as could fit into the Mukataa, the PA’s administrative compound in Ramallah, at any one time.

“We estimated that number to be about 5,000, so that’s how I came up with the number.

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had been ready to sign on an agreement that would require our absorbing 10,000 to 15,000 over five years, I would have agreed. If was, after all, about the number of African illegals who were sneaking across our border every year back then. But all of it, of course, on condition that they would sign an agreement for an ‘end of conflict and end of demands,’ so there would no longer be a ‘right of return,’” said Mr. Olmert.

Asked where the idea for a five-state administration of the Temple Mount came from, Mr. Olmert said, “It came from my head. I was thinking about it day and night.”

Land Swaps Negotiations continued between the two men as they worked out the details of borders. Mr. Abbas said he wanted land swaps of only 1.9 percent or preferably the 1967 borders. Mr. Olmert reminded him that the 1967 borders did not include a passage between Gaza and the West Bank, “and if they wanted to make that connection and the necessary adjustments of the map, then it should be done in a smart way.”

According to the article in The Tower, Mr. Olmert arrived at his proposal regarding borders “only after a painstaking investigation of the conditions on the ground.”

He found it would have been impossible for Israel to retain only the cities in the large settlement blocs without also including the roads leading to and between them, which is why he insisted on retaining E-1, the corridor that connects Jerusalem to the suburb of Maaleh Adumim. According to Mr. Issacharoff, every peace proposal has included E-1, including that of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin when he began peace talks with Mr. Arafat in the early 1990s.

It was even included in Israeli

territory under the informal Geneva Accords drawn up by far-leftwing leader Yossi Beilin.

To pacify Mr. Abbas on the issue of refugees, Mr. Olmert agreed to establish a “special fund for compensation to the refugees” and, he said, they could mention the Bush administration’s Road Map, which refers to UN Resolution 194, on which the Palestinians base their “right of return.”

“That way you too can claim that Israel accepted the basis of the Arab peace initiative including Resolution 194,” Mr. Olmert told Mr. Abbas.

The Map At their last meeting in September 2008, Mr. Olmert presented Mr. Abbas not only with the details of the agreement but also a large map which showed the borders of the proposed Palestinian state. The Israelis would get 6.3 percent of Judea and Samaria; the Palestinians would get 5.8 percent of current Israel but would also receive a safe-passage tunnel between Gaza and the West Bank which was the equivalent of the remaining half percent.

Territories that were considered no-man’s land before 1967 were divided equally between them.

“Ariel would stay with us, and a network of tunnels would go under the Trans-Samarian Highway to ease the passage of Palestinians in that area. There would be a tunnel that would enable Palestinians to have quick passage between Bethlehem and Ramallah, despite our control over the territory, and so their territorial contiguity would not be impaired,” said Mr. Olmert.

Because his plan depended on an international military force on the other side of the Jordan River, Mr. Olmert gave up all Israeli presence in the Jordan Valley. He said the Palestinians

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Taking It on the Road Mr. Olmert said that when Mr. Abbas did not raise any objections, he believed his Palestinian counterpart was ready to agree.

“I said to him, ‘Come on, let’s initial this map. In a day or two, we’ll fly to the US for the annual UN General Assembly meetings and convene the UN Security Council and tell them that it’s a peace deal between us. The whole Security Council will approve it, and then we will go to the General Assembly and ask for a vote. About 190 of the 193 states will vote for it, maybe except Iran and Syria.

After that, we’ll convene a joint session of Congress and we’ll appear everywhere together.

We’ll gather a summit of all the world’s leaders at the connecting point of the Holy Basin. They will all come,’” Mr. Olmert recalled.

Mr. Abbas, on the other hand, was much more subdued.

While he understood it was “serious,” he said he had to be sure. “I want the map experts from both sides to sit together because I’m not an expert,” he told Mr. Olmert.

Another Planned Meeting The decision was made for them to meet the following day, along with Messrs Erekat and Turjeman and their best map experts.

When Mr. Abbas left the meeting, it was without a copy of the map. Mr. Olmert said he would not give it to him until he initialed the official one.

According to Mr. Olmert, after Mr. Abbas left, he summoned his advisors and tried to draw the map from memory.

Since 2006, Messrs Olmert and Abbas had met some 36 times, mostly in Jerusalem and once in Jericho.

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the entire deal petered out just as it had begun, with Mr. Abbas begging off. Instead of meeting as had been planned. Mr. Erekat called Mr. Turjeman and said that Mr. Abbas had “forgotten he had to go to Amman.”

Mr. Erekat said they would meet the following week and he would call to tell them when.

“I’ve been waiting ever since,” Mr. Olmert told The Tower.

“Foggy” When Mr. Issacharoff tried to get answers from the Palestinians as to why they never came back to Mr. Olmert, he got nowhere. Mr. Erekat confirmed most of the details, but, he said, Mr. Olmert’s “memory concerning the last meeting has been rather foggy.”

According to Mr. Erekat, in the end, Mr. Olmert had not given enough.

Mr. Olmert, however, said one of the problems was Washington’s political timing.

He told The Tower there was some discussion of Mr. Erekat meeting with Mr. Turjeman in Washington in early January, but that was a few days before President George W. Bush left office and no invitations came.

“The Palestinians claim that it was because I was finished politically, so Bush hesitated.

But that is an excuse after the fact. The Palestinians were very worried. Abu Mazen is not a big hero. They were afraid.

Erekat was worried. In the end, they thought that maybe after the American elections they would get more from President Obama,” said Mr. Olmert.

“A Charade” While Mr. Olmert’s interview was enough to give many Israeli nationalists and their supporters nightmares, Mr. Tobin said the real lesson to be learned from Mr. Olmert’s interview is that “if a Palestinian leader couldn’t bring himself to take an offer like that—one that gives up far more in Jerusalem than most

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Israelis thought acceptable— then what this shows is that the 36 meetings Olmert had with Abbas were a charade.”

“The only point of this process for the Palestinians is to use any concessions they get as the floor for future negotiations and demands,” said Mr. Tobin.

Israel, he pointed out, is expected to continue abandoning its rights—not just to Judea and Samaria, but to the Jews’ most sacred places—while getting neither peace nor security.

According to Mr. Tobin, all Mr. Olmert accomplished was to demonstrate that real peace with the Palestinians “remains an illusion for the foreseeable future.”

“Those expecting Kerry to improve on this record are in for a disappointment,” said Mr. Tobin.

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some $4 billion in investments if they can bring themselves to sign a peace treaty, the PA’s leadership has already told him they would “not offer political concessions in exchange for economic benefits.”

“We wish economic aid to be part of a political framework that will ensure the creation of a Palestinian state based on the 1967 borders with East Jerusalem as its capital and the rights of refugees and a reference to a political solution—these are the priorities,” said Mohammed Mustafa, Mr. Abbas’s economic advisor.

Mr. Netanyahu said the conflict between the Jewish state and the PA is not about land at all, but, rather, Israel’s very existence.

“The PA does not wish to recognize Israel as the national homeland of the Jewish people, which is our redline for any peace agreement.

However, we remain willing to restart negotiations with no preconditions,” he said. S.L.R.

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Interesting Reading for June: The British Never Promised the Arabs Palestine after WWI, and They Forgot about Jewish Contributions to the War Effort in WWII Reviewed by Dr. Alex Grobman Isaiah Friedman, British Pan-Arab Policy, 19151922 (New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction, Publishers, 2010) 410 pages $72.95 A few weeks ago, I had lunch with a gentleman who tried to convince me that understanding how and why the Allies divided the Ottoman Empire at the end of World War I was of little interest or concern to those advocating for Israel. Yet I believe it is impossible to understand the Palestinian Arab-Israeli conflict without a basic appreciation for what motivated the countries involved in these decisions.

This is why Isaiah Friedman’s book is so timely. A former professor emeritus of history at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, senior fellow at St. Antony’s College, Oxford, and an expert on British-Jewish-Arab relations, Friedman bases his analysis on new archival material and provides information that dispels one of the myths about this conflict.

One of the most widely held fictions propagated by the Arabs is that the British owed them Palestine as a means of repaying their heroic efforts fighting on the side of the Allies against the Ottoman Empire. The naïve and costly belief that the Arabs would abandon the Turks in favor of the

Allies was advanced by Horatio Herbert Kitchener, British consul general in Egypt, who was later appointed British Secretary of War, and Henry McMahon, who succeeded Kitchener as high commissioner in Egypt.

These British officials were convinced that Arabs would join the British in order to replace an Ottoman Caliphate with an Arab ruler.

Hussein Ibn Ali of the Hashemite family—the Sharif of Mecca and, according to Muslim tradition, a descendant of the prophet Mohammed— was to lead the revolt against the Turks, after persuading the British in return to cede his family significant areas of the disintegrating Ottoman Empire.

Hussein later claimed the agreement included Palestine.

The British emphatically said no such stipulation was made.

The British officials were clearly clueless about the Arabs, and McMahon exceeded his authority in negotiating with the Sharif.

Throughout most of the Fertile Crescent, Friedman notes, the Arabs stayed faithful to the Turks. Religion and allegiance to the CaliphSultan in Constantinople were common bonds.

“It was inconceivable,” writes Friedman, “for a Muslim to

rebel against it at the instigation of a non-Muslim Power.”

An Arab Caliphate envisioned by Kitchener under British rule was sheer fantasy.

T.E. Lawrence, later known as Lawrence of Arabia, initially shared this belief. When he discovered that the Bedouin tribes along the Hedjaz Railway and in the Syrian Desert—and the Druze in the Houran region— aligned themselves with the Ottoman Government and their revered Caliphate, Lawrence saw his dream evaporating.

The response of the Arabs in Palestine and Syria especially angered him. Lawrence contemptuously noted that they would rather see the Judean Hills “stained with the blood of the London Territorials” than fight alongside the British for their own freedom.

The British found no evidence among the Arabs of either national spirit or efforts to free themselves from the “Turkish yoke.”

In late 1914 and early 1915, when the Turks were on the verge of attacking the Suez Canal, celebratory parades and festivities were held in Palestine in anticipation of the Turks’ victorious entry into Egypt.

This enthusiasm can also be seen in an incident that occurred on December 1, 1917. Colonel Richard Meinertzhagen, a nonJewish Englishman who served as Chief Political Officer in Palestine, Syria and Transjordan as well as Military Adviser to the British Colonial Office, reported, “a large batch of Turkish prisoners of war was being marched through the village [of Ramleh], but they were not preceded by their British Guard. The Arabs, thinking it was the return of the Turkish Army, turned out

in force, yelling with delight and waving Turkish flags; it was not till the end of the column appeared and they saw British soldiers with fixed bayonets that they realized their mistake and great was their confusion.

Their faces fell with a bump and they sank disconsolate to their hovels.”

When General Sir Edmund Allenby, the commander of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force, entered Jerusalem, there were no Arab notables to welcome him and for a very good reason: The Arabs did not view the British as liberators.

On June 1, 1916, after his duplicitous attempt to secure a separate deal with the Ottoman authorities failed, the Sharif initiated his revolt without notifying the British and without adequate preparation.

In the autumn of 1917, he came under the command of General Allenby. With his limited military and political resources, the Sharif provided such minimal support that

by June 1918, Sir Reginald Wingate, the high commissioner in Egypt, observed that any Arab achievements “must be attributed almost entirely to the unsparing efforts of the British and Allied officers attached to the Sheriffian forces.”

One British Intelligence officer said that “90 percent of the Sherif’s troops are nothing more than robbers who are out to make as much money for themselves as possible.”

Friedman notes that the British had no misconceptions about the danger their officers faced in these circumstances, as Lieutenant-Colonel W.F. Sterling explained: “We realized that if Allenby’s forces failed, we should have little or no chance

http://jewishvoiceandopinion.com of escaping…The Arabs would be sure to turn on us.”

There were also “strong suspicions” from a British lieutenant “that the local Arabs were delivering information on British troop movements to the Turks.”

The total cost of the Arab revolt was £11 million in gold.

In contrast, the Jewish community in Palestine volunteered en masse to help the British defeat the Turks. William OrmsbyGore, serving as Political Officer in charge of the Zionist Commission at the time, lauded the Jews for spontaneously volunteering to serve in the Jewish Battalions.

Based on my own research, I have detailed the significant medical role played by the Jewish Palestinians, who supplied the British with fresh milk, vegetables, citrus fruits, and bread.

In addition, the Jews produced antitank component machine gun parts, propellers for ships, anchors, spare parts for automobiles, two-gallon containers and accumulators for tanks and the British Air Force, fire extinguishers, barbed-wire, oil stoves, water-bottles, nuts and bolts, tons of cast-iron shrapnel balls, and port installations for the British Army in Alexandretta, Egypt.

Additionally they repaired guns, ships, and machinery, and built small naval boats and two minesweepers.

Considerable contributions were made by the textile industry, including military and hospital tents, camouflage nets, uniforms, underwear, socks, knitted items, ropes, furs for the pilots, fur gloves, flying vests, rubber boots and life-saving items.

The Arab argument that, before issuing the Balfour Declaration, Henry McMahon had committed the British to establish an independent Arab state in Palestine in return for Arab support of the British war effort has been shown to have no merit whatsoever.

McMahon, Winston Churchill, and two other Colonial secretaries confirmed that in all the correspondence between King Ali Ibn Hussein and McMahon, there was never any intention to refer to Palestine.

Furthermore, the Sharif reneged on his agreement with the British, which he had requested, to enlist the Arabs in the fight against the Turks. He failed because he never had the backing of the Arabs he claimed would support him.

This is a case study in how misguided, naïve, and arrogant British officials wasted enormous amounts of precious British

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financial and human resources to fulfill their own fantasy. A basic understanding of the beliefs of the indigenous population might have given them a clearer perspective of the issues they faced.

Instead, McMahon ignored official protocol and engaged in unauthorized activity. His hubris continues to haunt the Arab-Israeli conflict to this day, despite irrefutable proof that the British never agreed to give Palestine to the Arabs under any circumstances.

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Martin Sugarman, Fighting Back: British Jewry’s Military Contribution in the Second World War (Portland, Oregon: Vallentine Mitchell, 2010), 474 pages $74.95 In his introduction to this book, Sir Martin Gilbert acknowledges the importance of this work which provides a history of British Jewry’s military contributions during the five-and- a-half years of the Second World War. The study itself is a response to the false accusations that British Jews lacked “fighting spirit” and did not participate in the war. During and after World War One, similar accusations were leveled against the British-Jewish community.

Martin Sugarman is an archivist with the Association of Jewish Ex-Servicemen and Women (AJEX) Military Museum in London who has written substantially on Jewish military history. He exposes the myth of Jewish non-participation in the War in a very compelling and thoroughly documented book.

Whether on land, sea, or in the air, Jews, who comprised one half of one percent of the general British population, played a significant role in “ensuring Britain was not defeated, and then [fought] on with courage and tenacity until victory was secured.”

Gilbert points out there were approximately 350,000 British Jews living in the United Kingdom during this period, 60,000 of whom served in the British military.

More than 3,000 were killed.

Approximately 700 of the 30,000 Jewish volunteers serving with the British Mandate in Palestine were also killed.

Sugarman claims that in terms of the Jews’ lives and achievements, the considerable Jewish contributions to the British war effort “have been deliberately erased….” Their “huge” exploits have never been acknowledged in any British tributes to Commonwealth forces who served in

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the war or on any memorial. Israeli officials are never asked to lay a wreath for their dead on British days of remembrance.

Nevertheless, British Jews were pilots, daring commandos, and parachutists who jumped into enemy-occupied France and Burma as members of the Special Operations Executive (SOE). Jews were among those at Bletchley Park, the super-secret main decryption center in Buckinghamshire, England, where they assisted in breaking the German Enigma and Lorenz machine military codes. This information gave the Allies access to German, Italian, and Japanese military orders and commands that shortened the war, saving countless lives.

Through these intercepted documents, Jewish code-breakers at Bletchley Park learned of the systematic destruction of European Jewry. Had they informed British-Jewish leaders about the Final Solution, they would have been charged with treason for having revealed that the Allies had cracked the Nazis’ encrypted codes. They had to live with this tormenting news, unable to inform anyone.

In his book, Sugarman also ensures that the significant contributions of several thousand Jews of the Auxiliary Services of Civil Defence—especially the Fire Service of the National and Auxiliary Firemen and Women—are not forgotten. Their involvement has been generally ignored or overlooked.

Sugarman has done a great service by presenting a “snapshot” history of the participation of British-Jewish servicemen and women in the war. From this beginning, other historians will set the record straight.Y

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cities are attacked by terrorists firing rockets from built-up areas; we, who then try to pinpoint the rocketeers without endangering innocent bystanders; we are accused of war crimes by the war criminals,” he said.

The second argument is that Israelis are expansionists who do not want peace and never agree to compromise.

“This is patently false,” he said, “The State of Israel repeatedly has offered concessions and has made concessions for peace that no other people or state has made in history. I don’t know of any other case in which the victor made concessions in order to achieve peace, but we’ve done it again and again and we’re prepared to compromise for a genuine peace. This is our most fervent hope to live in peace with our neighbors. It is not reciprocated as much as we want and recently, it is not reciprocated at all. We can only hope that will change.”

Human Rights The third antisemitic argument, he said, is that Israel violates human rights.

Once again, the irony was not lost on the Prime Minister.

“Israel, the one country in a vast expanse, that recognizes the rights of everyone—women, minorities, every individual—that has access to the best court system in the world; Israel that has a free press and a vibrant democracy, is accused of violating human rights. This is when, in our neighborhood, hundreds of people are killed and massacred daily

in neighboring regimes,” he said.

He closed his presentation by insisting that the “only remedy for slander is truth.”

A Jewish State, Period It was a theme picked up by the Jewish Home party leader Naftali Bennett who, as Israeli Minister of Diaspora Affairs, served as one of the forum’s sponsors.

Mr. Bennett agreed with Mr. Netanyahu, saying the only way to fight antisemitism—or any racism—“is to call a spade a spade and speak the truth.”

Part of that truth, he said, is that “this land, where we are right now—Jerusalem and Israel—is the land of the Jewish people.”

“It’s so simple: Israel belongs to the Jews. Period. It’s not a compensation for the Holocaust. Israel is the Jewish state.

We have to say that again and again,” he said.

He did not deny that Israel makes mistakes and, thus, should be open to criticism, but he said it must be recognized that “we’re trying to strengthen the only pillar of democracy in an ocean of radical Islam which is trying to wipe out the world.”

No Self-Defense He criticized former White House correspondent Helen Thomas, who fell out of favor when she was recorded instructing Israeli Jews to “go back to Europe.”

According to Mr. Bennett, that message is sent by people who are “preparing the ground for the physical elimination of Jews.”

He recalled that when he was serving as a soldier in the Second Lebanese War in 2006, he was confronted by a house in Lebanon in which he found all the expected rooms and one additional space: “a missile room with a missile launcher, aimed at my parents’ house in Haifa, like 10,000 other missiles back then and 100,000 missiles now owned by Hezbollah.”

“But when we want to defend ourselves, we’re accused of targeting civilians,” he said.

No Compensation The antisemitism directed against Israel often takes the guise of suggesting the Jews were given the Jewish state as compensation for the Holocaust. “As though Israel’s sole mission is to be a refuge for Jews after the Shoah,” he said.

Antisemites who take this tack often suggest that, after the war, the international community essentially said, “You guys were badly hurt, so take some piece of land.”

“But if that’s the case, then it’s really not our land. So part of the truth is that while Israel is a refuge, that’s not its mission. We have to say it again and again: America is the American state; France is the French state; Israel is the Jewish state,” he said.

He encouraged fighting against the antisemitism that would deny Jews the state of Israel by repeatedly insisting that “Israel is the land of the Jews, and we’re here to stay, and we’re not going to be silent anymore.”

Taking the Message to College Perhaps nowhere is that more difficult than on college campuses where the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement seems to be thriving and where Jewish students are on the antisemitic battlefront.

At the Antisemitism Forum, Dr. Charles Asher Small, the Koret Distinguished Fellow at the Hoover Institution Think Tank at Stanford University and director of the Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy (ISGAP), said addressing antisemitism on campus is a two-part mission.

The first, he said, is to deal with what is happening in the corridors of the university.

“Leaders of the university and the

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There should be no space for bigotry on campus,” he said.

The second front is “the battle of ideas,” which, according to Dr. Small, entails fighting and exposing “the fact that no one is allowed to critique Arab societies.”

“There is almost a taboo that we need to break open if we’re to look at genocidal antisemitism in Muslim societies. There is also abuse of human rights and abuse of women in this reactionary social movement some are calling the Arab Spring.

We must also explore how and why the West is silent,” he said.

Looking into Funds and Growth ISGAP is currently looking into how the BDS movement is funded from the Gulf States and Ramallah, how it is orchestrated and exported to university campuses in Europe and North America, and how this movement is gaining strength and affecting student life.

“We’re also exploring how post-modern ideas, the ideology and dominant philosophy, are anti-Israel and what impact that has on knowledge and education, and, later on, policy,” he said.

All too often, he said, Jewish students who choose to tackle antisemitism on campus are “on their own,” as are their teachers and the scholars who are “battling in the world of ideas.”

“But creating awareness in the Jewish community and the human rights community allows us to back up the people who are fighting for an end to hatred, the promotion of true human rights and democracy, and a halt to reactionary forces, sometimes in the corridors of campuses and even in the classrooms of the finest universities,” he said.

Running Away He recognized that, for some students, it might just be easier to hide and deny their Judaism. The solution to this problem, he said, is education.

“When students are 18, and they go to campuses and they want to fit in socially, it can be a very difficult thing to be accused of being an apartheid-Nazi-supporter. They’re not prepared to deal with it and the impulse might be to run away from the conflict. That is why families, high schools, and the Jewish community really need to help students understand

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their culture, their identity, and also the politics of the day so that they know what to expect when they get on campus and can be prepared to fight,” he said.

Antisemitic Palestine Journalist David Bedein, of the Israel Resource News Agency, said the test of the Forum on Antisemitism would be whether or not it would tackle the problems of “the new antisemitic state now in formation alongside Israel.”

Noting that Palestine is now recognized and encouraged by much of the world, Mr. Bedein wondered how any other nascent nation-state would be tolerated if it adopted policies that are taken for granted by the Palestinians.

Mr. Bedein listed six examples: the fact that, in Palestine, selling land to a Jew is defined as a capital crime; that the state’s constitution will not allow juridical status for Judaism; that Jews will not be allowed to live in the country; the school system is designed to inculcate children to make war on the Jews; those who actually murder Jews are designated as national heroes of the new country; and its current designated head, Mahmoud Abbas, earned his Ph.D in Moscow based on a published thesis arguing that the millions of Jews who were murdered during World War II were actually executed by the Zionists who were allies of the Nazis.

“The reaction to such a state-in-formation would be an outcry from all Jewish groups that monitor antisemitism, yet there has been no such outcry in the case of the proposed Palestinian-Arab state,” said Mr. Bedein.

Blood Libel That issue was addressed in part by Dr. Steinberg, a professor of political science at Bar Ilan University in Ramat Gan and director of the watchdog group, NGO Monitor, which was founded to provide information and analysis of various nongovernmental organizations, especially regarding their claims to advance human rights and humanitarian agendas.

He explained that MIFTAH, a Palestinian Authority-based NGO, founded by PA legislator Hanan Ashrawi, says it seeks “to empower effective leadership within all components of Palestinian society in order to enhance democracy and good governance and raise public awareness concerning the rights and responsibilities of good citizenship.”

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According to Dr. Steinberg, the group, as part of its anti-Israel propaganda campaign, has also disseminated the ancient Christian blood libel that accuses Jews of using Christian blood to bake matzah for Passover.

EU Money Well regarded in the “democracyand-peace NGO world,” MIFTAH, according to Dr. Steinberg, still receives funding by a number of European countries and the European Union.

It had received funding from the US until the blood libel appeared on its website.

According to Dr. Steinberg, when the EU was shown the blood libel posting, its leaders had no response, expect to say, “We fund projects and not organizations.”

Dr. Steinberg called that “a distinction without a difference, because when a government funds an organization, the government gives its imprimatur.”

“The funding can go anywhere the organization wants to take it, so the Europeans are stonewalling,” he said.

The Americans, on the other hand, cut MIFTAH’s funding. Although Washington did not cite the blood libel as a reason, Dr. Steinberg said it was clearly connected to the American decision to defund MIFTAH. “The Americans are much more seri-

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Sun., June 9

Celebration of a New Sefer Torah and Launch of the Joan Meyers Torah Lending Program to Bolster the Activities of Girls and Women Seeking Ritual Inclusion in Jewish Life, for use in ritual prayer settings for events such as bat mitzvah, engagement, marriage, birth, Rosh Chodesh, and Shabbat, Cong Netivot, Teaneck, tefillah, 8:30am; Women’s Torah Reading, 9am; seudah, 9:30am, 212-679-8500 Teaneck Public Library Book Sale, through Tues., June 11, Sun, 12:30-5:30pm, Mon and Tues, 9am-9pm, 201-403-4629 Yeshiva Shaarei Tzion Scholarship Breakfast, at the school, Piscataway, 9:30am, ScholarshipBreakfast@shaareitzion.org Blood Drive, for those ages

17-72, Riverdale Jewish Center, 10am2pm, sheryl.dubin@gmail.com “Living on Purpose: Why on Earth Are We Here?” Rabbi David Aaron, includes refreshments, private home in Englewood, 10:30am, 201-569-5192 Trip to the Ohel of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Meier Schneerson, z”tl, leave Chabad of Passaic-Clifton, noon, RabbiSebbag@ChabadPC.org Family Fun Day BBQ ‘n’ Sports, spons by Cong Ohav Emeth, includes face painting, juggling, kosher food, at Donaldson Park Lot One, Highland Park, 1pm, 732-247-3038 “Shrek the Musical,” spons by Riverdale Children’s Theater, benefits SAR, held at the Riverdale Kingsbridge Academy Middle School, 1pm and 5pm, 646-436-3045 Bergenfield Family Fun Day, Memorial Park, Bergenfield, rides and food, 1-6pm; music, 6:30-9pm; fireworks, 9pm, 201-387-4055 “A Musical Salute to Yiddish Theater Star Molly Picon,” Dr. Diane Cypkin with pianist Lena Panfilova, Passaic Public Library,

2pm, 973-779-0474 Young Israel of Teaneck BBQ, includes food and Dube Zone, at the shul, 4pm, 201-837-1710 Project Shalem Bowling, or special-needs children and their families, at Hanover Lanes, East Hanover, 4:30pm, 201-410-6338 Hebrew Institute of Riverdale Dinner, honoring Shira Billet and Rav Steven Exler, Rabba Sara Hurwitz and Josh Abraham, and Arielle Berger and Daniel Held, 5:30pm, 718-796-4730 Kehillas Bais Yosef Dinner, honoring Phil and Beth Hymowitz, at the shul in Passaic, 5:30pm, kby613@gmail.com or ericbrand@ ericbrand.net Cong Arzei Darom Dinner, honoring Miles and Valerie Levin, at the shul, Teaneck, 5:30pm, 201530-0043 Trip to see the Newark Bears vs Rockland Boulders, includes fireworks, spons by Cong Ahawas Achim Bnai Jacob and David, at Riverfront Stadium, Newark, 6pm, 973-736-1407 Spring Concert, Shirah Community Chorus on the Palisades, Matthew Lazar, JCC, Tenafly, 7pm, 201-408-1465 “Halacha and Medicine: Magic or Medicine—A Halachic Look at Non-Standard Medical Procedures,” Yaakov Weinstein, Young Israel of East Brunswick, 7:15pm, 732-254-1860 Rockland and Bergen County Adoptive Families Meet-Up and Support Group, for those who have already adopted or are in the process of adopting, internationally and domestically, private home, 7:30pm, www.meetup.com/Rockland-andBergen-Adoptive-Families Rosh Chodesh Women’s Program: “Communications and Miscommunications: The Torah’s Guidelines for Conversation,” spons by the Chabad Center, private home in West Orange, 7:30pm, 973-486-2362 Parenting and Family Life Study Group, Dr. Yisrael Feuerman, private office in Passaic, 8pm, 973-249-8111 Book Event: “‘Out of the Depths’ by Rabbi Israel Meir Lau,” discussed by Chaim Lauer,

Cong Ohr Torah, West Orange, 8pm, 973-669-0938 or 973-669-7320

Mon., June 10

“Decisions: How We Make Them, How People in the Torah Made Them,” Rebbetzin Leah Kohn, spons by the Jewish Renaissance Center, private home in Teaneck, 11am, shadlynn@aol.com or 201-692-3757 Tele-Class: “My Mother, My Father, my Son, My Daughter: How to Understand and Parent Teenagers: A Modern Psychoanalytic Perspective for the Modern Jewish Family,” Dr. Yisrael Feuerman, noon, 973-249-8111 Rockland County Federation Year End Celebration, honoring Nat Wasserstein, Orlee Krass, Lori Pitkofsky, and Graduates of the Melton School, Town & Country, Congers, 6:30pm, 845-362-4200 Sisterhood of Cong Shomrei Torah Spring Dinner, honoring Susan Slominsky and Jenny Pavel, includes mini-boutique, at the shul in Fair Lawn, 6:45pm, 201-791-7910 “Update on Alzheimer’s Disease Research,” Dr. Richard Mayeux, joined by physicians from the Western Galilee Hospital in Nahariya: Drs. Olga Azrilin, Bella Gross, and Atzmon Tzur, spons by the Jewish Federation of Northern NJ’s Physicians and Dentists Division, JCC, Tenafly, 7:30pm, 201-820-3908 Musical Theater: “13,” JCC, Tenafly, 7:30pm, 201-408-1493 “To Live and Die For: Living up to Our Most Essential Values,” Rabbi Asher Herson, Chabad Center of Northwest NJ, Rockaway, 7:45pm, 973-625-1525 ext 227 “Halachic Parameters of Going to the Mikvah on a Friday Night,” for married women, Rabbi Zvi Sobolofsky, Cong Ohr HaTorah, Bergenfield, 8:15pm, 201-385-1761 Women’s Rosh Chodesh Shiur, Rebbetzin Shira Schiowitz, private home in Teaneck, 8:30pm, 201-836-7730

Tues., June 11

“How to Research Your Donor Prospects” and “Constructing a Fund Raising Shop,” to help not-for-profit agencies enhance their fund-raising abilities, hosted by the Strategic Fundraising Group, Cong Bnai Yeshurun, Teaneck, 8:30am, 917-923-8573 “Israel: Broadening the

http://jewishvoiceandopinion.com Conversation: Israel’s Image,” Joseph Spitz, Riverdale YMHA, 10:30am, 718-548-8200 “The Crucible of Justice: The Notorious Case of Sacco and Vanzetti,” Prof Ben Nelson, JCC, Tenafly, 11am, 201-408-1455 “Jews of Paterson: How Jewish Immigrants Built a Special Community,” David Wilson, spons

by Café Europa, at the Fair Lawn Jewish Center, 11am, 973-595-0111 Fathers’ Day Luncheon, for seniors, includes music by Gary Lovett, Riverdale YMHA, 11:45am, 718-548-8200 Father’s Day Luncheon and Concert, Riverdale YMHA, 11:45am, 718-548-8200“Can You Hear Me Now? Various Types of Hearing Loss, including Tinnitus, and Treatment Options,” Ayo Ogunlusi, audiologist, Marian Hall, Holy Name Medical Center, Teaneck, 1pm, 877-465-9626 Trip to the Ohel of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Mencham M. Schneerson, z”tl, on his yahrzeit, spons by Chabad of West Orange, leave West Orange 7pm, 973-486-2362 Film: “The Name My Mother Gave Me: A Look at the Ethiopian Experience in Israel,” with Rotem Nahum, JCC Rockland, 7:30pm, 845-362-4400 AMIT Shalva Chai Motherin-Israel Garden Party, honoring Ayelet Schabes, private home in Englewood, 7:30pm, 201-5410369 or 212-477-4720 “The Art of Marriage: Danger Ahead—Defending a Marriage from the Threats of Boredom from within and Temptation from without,” Rabbi Shmuel Gancz, Chabad Jewish Center, Suffern, 7:30pm, 845-368-1889 Halacha L’Maaseh: “Should We Go to the Hospital? How Should We Get There? Treating Illnesses and Taking Medication on Shabbat,” Rabbi Beni Krohn, Cong Rinat Yisrael, 8:30pm, 201-837-2795 “When does a Bracha Expire and How Long Do I Have before It’s Too Late to Bentch?” Bnai Yeshurun-YU Beis Medrash, at Cong Bnai Yeshurun, Teaneck, chavrusa learning, 9pm; shiur, 9:45pm; ma’ariv, 10pm, 201-914-8841

Wed., June 12

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Saved Jewish Children, Cong Ohr Torah, Edison, noon, 732-317-1786, 732-572-1712, or 732-572-5998 Book Club, led by Adelle Krausner, JCC, Tenafly, 1pm, 201569-7900 “Yiddish Club: Stories and Conversation,” Gloria Birnbaum, Riverdale YMHA, 1pm, 718-548-8200 Murray the Sock Man’s Big Camp Sale, includes duffels, sleeping bags, fans, flashlights, kippot, tzitzit, skirts, pool cover-ups, and more, Jewish Educational Center, Elizabeth, 2-7pm, 908-355-4850 “Typical Development or Signs of Learning Disability? Early Intervention,” for parents and professionals, Erica Piche, pediatric speech-language pathologist; Helene Korn, pediatric occupational therapist; and Jaime Lehrhoff, learning disabilities teaching consultant; JCC, West Orange, 7pm, 732-645-2738 or info@ldanj.org “The Impact of AmericanJewish Women in Early Activism,” Dr. Melissa Klapper, JCC, Edison, 7pm, 732-494-3232 ext 614 Mom’s Support Group, for mothers of children with special needs, Amy Brunswick, LSW, spons

by Jewish Family Service of MetroWest, JCC, West Orange, 7:30pm, 973-765-9050 or 973-929-3129 “An In-Depth Analysis of One of the Sugyos That Comes Up in the Daf Yomi Studies,” Rav Tanchum Cohen, Cong Beth Abraham, Bergenfield, 8pm, 201-384-0434 “Are You Ready: Shidduch Webinar,” for singles, Rabbi Doniel Frank, 9pm, 855-MAP-SEMI or info@mapseminars.com

Thurs., June 13

JCC University, JCC, Tenafly, coffee, 10:15am; “New York City’s Lower East Side: A Revolving Door for Immigrants,” Prof Thorin Tritter, 10:30am; lunch, noon; “Controversial Comedy,” Davin Rosenblatt, 1pm, 201-408-1454 Sandra Smith, Translator of Irene Menirovsky Novels, private home in Rockland County, 6pm, awinograd@holocauststudies.org Create a Jewish Legacy, Jewish Federation of Northern NJ, Paramus, 7pm, 201-820-3956

Fri., June 14

One-Day Defensive Driving Course, for seniors, Doris Ford, JCC Rockland, West Nyack, 9am-

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3pm, 845-362-4400 “Help Expand Your Child’s Language: Play Skills, Vocabulary Usage, Communication Tactics, It Takes Two to Talk,” for parents, caregivers, therapists, and teachers of young children with diagnosed or suspected language delay, Children’s Specialized Hospital, Mountainside, 9am-3pm, 908-233-3720 ext 5156 Ramapo-Bergen Animal Refuge Gift and Craft Sale, Oakland, 9am-8pm, sfremgen@rbari.org “Yiddish Radio Hour: A Collection of 1940s and ‘50s Yiddish Theater Songs and Cantorial and Klezmer Recordings,” Dave Levitt, Riverdale YMHA, 10:30am, 718-548-8200 “To Live and Die For: Living up to Our Most Essential Values,” Rabbi Avrohom Rapoport, spons by Chabad at the Shore, at Egg Harbor Twnshp Library, 12:15pm, 609-822-8500 Yeshiva University Intern Community Oneg, Young Israel of East Brunswick, 9pm, 732254-1860

Shabbat, June 15

Shabbat Morning Educational Prayer Service, spons by the Jewish Learning Experience, at Cong Beth Aaron, Teaneck, 9am, 201-836-1606 “A Rocket Scientist Looks at the Torah,” Ari Sacher, Cong Ahawas Achim Bnai Jacob and David, West Orange, “Why Only Yaakov Avinu Could Have Designed the Patriot Anti-Missile System,” noon; “Science, Torah and Mission Planning: How Mission Planning for a Smart Weapon Can Help Us to Understand How to React When Science and Torah Clash,” 7pm; “Living on Autopilot: Why Air France 447 Fell out of the

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Sky and What It Means in Our Daily Lives,” 8pm, 973-736-1407 Graduation Kiddush, Young Israel of Passaic-Clifton, noon, 973330-2285 Graduation Viennese Table Kiddush, Cong Ohav Emeth, Highland Park, noon, 732-247-3038 Grads and Dads Kiddush, Young Israel of East Brunswick, noon, 732-254-1860 Last Bnai Akiva Snif of the Year, for high school students, Cong Bnai Yeshurun, Teaneck, 4pm, 201-836-8916 Cong Beth Aaron Young Members’ Seudah Shlishit, private home in Teaneck, 5pm, 201-357-8999 Study Group: “The Thought of Rabbi Tzadok from Lublin,” Prof Alan Brill, private home in Teaneck, 5:30pm, safek7@gmail.com Women’s Shiur, Dena Mayerfeld, Cong Adas Israel, Passaic, 5:30pm, marstrul@aol.com Seudah Shlishit, honoring Esther Manischewitz, the last remaining founder of Cong Bnai Yeshurun in 1958, on her 90th birthday, Cong Bnai Yeshurun, Teaneck, 6pm, 201-836-8916 Voices of Ahavas Achim: “Witnessing the Birth of the State of Israel,” Iola Caplan, Cong Ahavas Achim, Highland Park, 8pm, 732-247-0532 or 732-777-7891

Motzei Shabbat, June 15

Tiferes Chofetz Chaim Heritage Foundation Program, for women, private home in Edison, 10pm, 732-572-4713 An Evening of Sushi-Making, for grades 9-12, Cong Rinat Yisrael, Teaneck, 10pm, RabbiKrohn@rinat.org

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Wheels for Meals Ride to Fight Hunger, for families, 4-, 10-, 25-, and 50-mile rides and walks along a traffic-free marked route, spons by the Jewish Family Center, to raise funds for the center’s Kosher Meals on Wheels, Food Pantry, and other services, at the Jewish Home at Rockleigh, 8am, 201-837-9090 ext 211 “Honor Your Father Breakfast: “Honoring One’s Parent: Is It a Lifelife Mitzvah,” Rabbi Eli Belizon, for men and women, Cong Shomrei Torah, Fair Lawn, 8:30am, torahtuesday@yahoo.com Davening and Bikur Cholim at Daughters of Miriam in Clifton, meet at Cong Shomrei Torah, Fair Lawn, 8:15am; davening, followed by breakfast and bikur cholim, 8:45am, samapprais@aim.com Ben Porat Yosef Scholarship Walkathon, at the Frisch Yeshiva High School track, Paramus, 9:30am, 201-845-5007 ext 35 Fathers Day Yom Iyun, spons by the Torah Academy of Bergen County, includes breakfast, shiurim, and activities for the family, at the Young Israel of Teaneck, breakfast, 9:30am; presentation by students and faculty: The Land of Our Fathers,” 10am, 201-837-7696 Teenage Volunteers Needed at the POTS Soup Kitchen, leave Hebrew Institute of Riverdale 11:45am, 917-885-4542 Last Day to Drop off Seforim to Replenish Libraries and Batei Midrash Destroyed

by Super Storm Sandy, needed are Chumashim with commentaries, Mishnah, Talmud, Midrash, Rishonim, Acharonim, Mishnah Torah, Shulchan Aruch, Responsa, Mussar, Mishna Berurah, English Judaica such as books by Rabbis Y Frand,

SR Hirsch, and JB Soloveitchik, Jewish observance, and any ArtScroll publications, Cong Beth Aaron or Cong Bnai Yeshurun, Teaneck, by noon, 862-377-3375 or 301-518-5340 Bnai Jazz in Concert, featuring Seve Wien, Dave Scher, Ray Butler, Josh Marcus, and Seth Chosak, Daughters of Israel, West Orange, 2:30pm, 973-731-5100 Rabbi Pesach Raymon Yeshiva Dinner, honoring Nitza and Russell Adler and Josh Pruzansky, at the DoubleTree Hotel, Somerset, 5:30pm, 732-572-5052 ext 214 Newark Mayor and Democratic Candidate for US Senate Cory Booker, spons by NORPAC, private home in Teaneck, 6pm, 201-788-5133 “A Wedding Lasts an Evening, Marriage Lasts a Lifetime,” spons by Shalom Workshop, private home in Lakewood, 7pm, 212-742-1141 “Are You Ready: Shidduch Webinar,” for singles, Rabbi Doniel Frank, 9pm, 855-MAP-SEMI or info@mapseminars.com

Mon., June 17

Art Exhibit: “Support for Israel’s Right to Exist in Peace and Security—The Response Art Series: Israel’s Restraint,” to encourage artists to create and exhibit work, spons by Artists Supporting Israel, at the Hebrew Institute of Riverdale, Sheryl Intrator Urman, through Fri., June 21, Mon-Thurs, 9am-10pm; Fri, 9am3pm, 718-796-4730 ext 104 or artforlearning@yahoo.com Hadassah Golf Outing, includes 18 holes of Irish four-ball golf, breakfast, lunch, hospitality, refreshments, use of locker rooms, raffles, and awards, Battleground Country Club, Manalapan, registration, 7am; shotgun, 8am,

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732-643-1100 “Decisions: How We Make Them, How People in the Torah Made Them,” Rebbetzin Leah Kohn, spons by the Jewish Renaissance Center, private home in Teaneck, 11am, shadlynn@aol.com or 201-692-3757 Tele-Class: “My Mother, My Father, my Son, My Daughter: How to Understand and Parent Teenagers: The Nature and Significance of the Mother/Father/ Adolescent Issues of Puberty and Adolescence,” Dr. Yisrael Feuerman, noon, 973-249-8111 BBQ for Participants of Cong Keter Torah’s Breakfast and Learn, with Rabbi Shalom Baum, private home in New Milford, 6:30pm, Sabrina@ketertorsh.org Opening Reception for Art Exhibit: “Support for Israel’s Right to Exist in Peace and Security—The Response Art Series: Israel’s Restraint,” Hebrew Institute of Riverdale, 7pm, 718-796-4730 ext 104 “When You Dream a Dream: The Power of Imagination and Thought, the Human Capacity for Prophecy,” Rabbi Asher Herson, Chabad Center of Northwest NJ, Rockaway, 7:45pm, 973-6251525 ext 227

Tues., June 18

David Glukh, Trumpeter, in concert, playing Yiddish classics and Klezmer, Riverdale YMHA, 10:30am, 718-548-8200 Women’s Club for Widows, Jewish Federation and Vocational Services, Concordia Shopping Center, Monroe, 10:30am, 732-7771940 or 609-395-7979 “What to Do While You Wait for First Responders to Respond to an Emergency,” Dr. Mark Grebenau, spons by Together on Tuesdays Programming for Seniors, Cong Ahawas Achim Bnai Jacob and David, West Orange, 11:15am, 973-736-1407 ext 240 Lunch and Learn, Rabbi Shmuel Goldin, includes musical review, Cong Ahavath Torah, Englewood, noon, 201-568-1315 “The World We Found” by Thrity Umrigar, reviewed by Sherrie Klinger, spons by New Beginnings, includes socializing and refreshments, Jewish Center of

Teaneck, 1:30pm, 201- 833-0515 Cong Etz Chaim Annual Dinner BBQ, honoring Rabbi Natan Kapustin; the Search Committee Chairs Rachel Davidson and Josh Brickman, and members, Yafitte Ben-Dory, Michael Grad, Jeremy Halpern, Jeff Lefkovitz, Mark Miller, Shoshana Newman, Lazer Rothenberg, Alan Schall, and Jeanne Waxman, at the shul in Livingston, 5:30pm, 973-597-1655 Artists’ Recption for Art Exhibit: “Support for Israel’s Right to Exist in Peace and Security—The Response Art Series: Israel’s Restraint,” Hebrew Institute of Riverdale, 7pm, 718796-4730 ext 104 “A Hands on Floral Design Jam Session,” Barbara Chinsky Cohen, Drmratic Innovations Design Studio, Suffern, 7pm, 845504-0833 “The Art of Marriage: Make Up or Break Up?” Rabbi Shmuel Gancz, Chabad Jewish Center, Suffern, 7:30pm, 845-368-1889 Bishul B’Shabbos: Cooking, Reheating, and Serving on Shabbos, Rabbi Larry Rothwachs, Cong Beth Aaron, Teaneck, 8:30pm, 201-836-6210 “Safek Brachos: What To Do if You’re Unsure,” Bnai Yeshurun-YU Beis Medrash, at Cong Bnai Yeshurun, Teaneck, chavrusa learning, 9pm; shiur, 9:45pm; ma’ariv, 10pm, 201-914-8841

Wed., June 19

Forever Young Seniors, Cong Shaarey Israel, Montebello, NY, 11:30am, 845-356-8855 or 845-369-0300 Tomche Shabbos Packing, for adults and children in grade 5 and older, warehouse behind Rabbi Weinberger’s shul (Cong K’hal Tiferes Boruch), Passaic, women, 6-7pm; men, 7-8:15pm; drivers, 8:15-8:45pm, yona@idt.net Strength-to-Strength Support Group for Parents Whose Children, Ages 15-25, Are Dealing with Chemical Dependency, Psychological Disorders, or Co-Occurring Issues, JCC, Tenafly, 7pm, 201-408-1403 Book Club: “Unbroken” by Laura Hillebrand, facilitated by Arlene Sandner, JCC Rockland, West Nyack, 7pm, 845-362-4400

http://jewishvoiceandopinion.com Abused Women’s Confidential Support Group, Jewish Family Service, Teaneck, 7:15pm, 201-837-9090 “NJ at Gettysburg: The Role of NJ Soldiers at Gettysburg,” David Martin, spons by the NJ Civil War Sesquicentennial Committee, Bergen Community College, Paramus, 7:30pm, njcivilwar@njcivilwar150.org Concert for Israel’s 65th Birthday, featuring Naomi Miller and Margot Leverett and the Klezmer Mountain Boys, spons by the Jewish Federation of Greater Middlesex County, Marasco Theater for the Performing Arts, Monroe, 7:30pm, 732-588-1800 “Chicks with Sticks Knitting Circle,” hats for preemies, children with cancer, and IDF soldiers in Israel, private home in Highland Park, 8pm, 732-339-8492 Shomer Shabbos Boy Scout Meeting, for boys in 6th grade or 11 years old and up, Bais Medrash L’Torah, Rabbi Davis’s shul, Passaic, 8pm, HFishman@rafterpllc.com “Siblings without Rivalry,” Emily Shapiro, at Kidaroo, Riverdale, 8pm, 347-560-1027 Tehillim Group, Cong Shaare Tefillah, Teaneck, 8:15pm, 201-2895474, 917-902-9303, or 201-836-3431 Rosh Chodesh Shiur, Chana Levitan, for women, Cong Beth Abraham, Bergenfield, 8:30pm, 201-384-0434 “Are You Ready: Shidduch Webinar,” for singles, Rabbi Doniel Frank, 9pm, 855-MAP-SEMI or info@mapseminars.com

Thurs., June 20

La Leche League of Bronx/ Riverdale, Mia Damond Padwa, pregnant women, babies and small children welcome, healthy snacks, Riverdale YMHA, 9:30am, 718-543-0314 Parent Support Group, for parents of children of all ages, Emily Shapiro, private home in Riverdale, 10am, 347-560-1027 Cong Ahavath Torah Dinner, honoring Lori and Harry Reidler and Ellen and Todd Brody, at the shul in Englewood, 5:30pm, 201-568-1315 Children’s Theater Trip to “The Little Mermaid,” at the Paper Mill Theater, leave Cong Ahawas Achim Bnai Jacob and David, West Orange, 7pm, 973-736-1407

June 2013/Tammuz 5773 Fri., June 21

“When You Dream a Dream: The Power of Imagination and Thought, the Human Capacity for Prophecy,” Rabbi Avrohom Rapoport, spons by Chabad at the Shore, at Egg Harbor Twnshp Library, 12:15pm, 609-822-8500

Shabbat, June 22

Rabbi Baruch Simon, scholarin-residence, Teaneck Sephardic Center Cong Lev Haim, 201-357-0607 Scholar-in-Residence Rabbi Michael Gitik, all in Russian, includes lunch and Shalosh seudos, Cong Shomrei Torah, Fair Lawn, 201-794-7094 Youth Shabbos, teens layn, lead davening, and give dvrei Torah, Cong Beth Abraham, Bergenfield, 8:45am, landajo99@hotmail. com or 201-384-0434 Youth Shabbat, teens lead all services in the main minyan, followed by a Kiddush honoring the accomplishments and achievements of all RJC youth throughout the year, Riverdale Jewish Center, 8:45am, 718-548-1850 Educational Prayer Service, spons by the Jewish Learning Experience, includes discussions and commentary, at Cong Zichron Mordechai, Teaneck, 9:45am, 201-966-4498 Baby Girl Kiddush, Cong Ohr HaTorah, Bergenfield, noon, shlomo78@aol.com or ymgoldenberg@gmail.com Yeshiva University Halacha Shiur: “Medical Ethics and Modern Issues,” Yaakov Weinstein, Young Israel of East Brunswick, 4pm, 732-254-1860 Women’s Shiur, Susan Weissman, Cong Adas Israel, Passaic, 5:30pm, marstrul@aol.com

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Hachnosas Sefer Torah, the dedicate new Sefer Torah by the Josefovitz Family, Cong Ahavas Yisrael, Edison, 10am, info@ayedison.org Dedication of a New Sefer Torah, Chabad of Sussex County, Sparta, 10am, 973-726-3333 Cong Ahavas Achim BBQ, Donaldson Park, Highland Park, 1pm, leslie.ostrin@gmail.com Makhelat Hamercaz Jewish Choir of Central NJ: “Israel at 65: Spirit in Song,” featuring Cantors David Perper and Faith Steinsnyder, at the Marasco Performing Arts Center, Monroe Twnshp, 3pm, 732322-1252 or 732-688-4146 “Skeet and Meat: Shotguns, Kosher Buffet Dinner, Cigars, and an Inside View of the IDF,” spons by the Golani Rifle and Pistol Club, to benefit the American Friends of the IDF, at Thunder Mountain range, Ringwood, 4:30pm, golanirpc@yahoo.com Middle Eastern Dance Workout, for women, Efrat Bunker, spons

by Chabad of West Orange and Cong Ohr Torah, at Cong Ohr Torah, West Orange, 7:30pm, efratd@ aol.com, margot@18thstory.com

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or altiekas@gmail.com Parenting and Family Life Study Group, Dr. Yisrael Feuerman, private office in Passaic, 8pm, 973-249-8111

Mon., June 24

“Introduction to Holocaust History,” Bildner Center for the Study of Jewish Life, Rutgers, New Brunswick, 9am-3:30pm, through June 28, 732-932-4165 Tele-Class: “My Mother, My Father, my Son, My Daughter: How to Understand and Parent Teenagers: Problems of Unresolved Oedipal Issues,” Dr. Yisrael Feuerman, noon, 973-249-8111 “Surfing Life’s Waves: Lessons from the Moon Prayer,” Rabbi Asher Herson, Chabad Center of Northwest NJ, Rockaway, 7:45pm, 973-625-1525 ext 227

Wed., June 26

Master Teacher Institute: “Introduction to Holocaust History: ‘Lasting Legacies: Anti-Judaism, Antisemitism, and the Foundation of the Nazi Racial State’ and ‘Programs of Persecution: Jews and Social Outsiders under Nazism,’” Jessica Anderson Hughes, Bildner

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Sun., June 23

Kelly Miller Circus, including aerialists, acrobats, animals, and clowns, at the Bergen County YJCC, Washington Twnshp, raise the big top, 9am; shows at 2 and 5pm, 201-666-6610 ext 5820 Farewell Brunch, for Young Israel of East Brunswick Pre-Med Interns, Young Israel of East Brunswick, 9am, 732-254-1860 Make a Healthy Kosher Breakfast, for children 5 and up, Chef Raquel, spons by the Riverdale YMHA, at the Riverdale Sunday Market, Independence Ave at West 237th St, 9am-2pm, 718-548-8200 ext 218

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Center for the Study of Jewish Life, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, 9am-3:30pm, 732-932-2033 Jewish Business Network of Passaic County, for those who wish to enhance and develop business skills, develop growth, share ideas, solve problems, and meet likeminded men and women, Chabad Center, Wayne, 7pm, 973-694-6274

Thurs., June 27

Master Teacher Institute: “Introduction to Holocaust History: ‘The Invasion of Poland: Expulsion, Concentration, and the Creation of Ghettos’ and ‘Total War: Barbarossa and the Final Solution,’” Jessica Anderson Hughes, Bildner Center for the Study of Jewish Life, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, 9am3:30pm, 732-932-2033 “An Armchair Tour of Jewish Harlem,” Marty Schneit, JCC, Tenafly, 11:15am, 201-569-7900 “Camille Pissaro, the Impressionists, and the Dreyfus Affair,” Sheryl Intrator Urman, Cong Ahavath Torah, Englewood, 1pm, 201-568-1315

Fri., June 28

Master Teacher Institute: “Introduction to Holocaust History: ‘The Camp Universe’ and ‘Life in the Lager,’” Jessica Anderson Hughes, Bildner Center for the Study of Jewish Life, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, 9am12:30pm, 732-932-2033 “Surfing Life’s Waves: Lessons from the Moon Prayer,” Rabbi Avrohom Rapoport, spons by Chabad at the Shore, at Egg Harbor Twnshp Library, 12:15pm, 609-822-8500

Shabbat, June 29

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of Rabbi Tzadok from Lublin,” Prof Alan Brill, private home in Teaneck, 5:30pm, safek7@gmail.com Women’s Shiur, Ahuva Gold, Cong Adas Israel, Passaic, 5:30pm, marstrul@aol.com

Sun., June 30

Davening and Bikur Cholim at Daughters of Miriam in Clifton, meet at Cong Shomrei Torah, Fair Lawn, 8:15am; davening, followed by breakfast honoring any and all attendees during the year and bikur cholim, 8:45am, samapprais@aim.com Sisterhood Appreciation Brunch, Young Israel of East Brunswick, 9:30am, 732-254-1860 Riverdale Riverfest, celebrating the Hudson River and the future Bronx Greenway, featuring the John J. Harvey Fireboat and the Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, includes kosher food, music, arts-and-crafts, medieval battle demonstration, and river-oriented environmental education programs, at the College of Mount Saint Vincent, 12-6pm, http:// www.riverdaleriverfest.org Riverdale YMHA Senior Center Dinner Dance, honoring Morris and Beverly Friedberg, Tehilla Siegal, Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz, and Councilman Oliver Koppell, Riverdale YMHA, 4:30pm, 718-548-8200 JACS Meeting, 12-steps meeting for Jews in recovery, Rabbi Steven Bayar, Cong B’nai Israel, Millburn, 6pm, 973-379-3811 PlaNeta: A Personal Journey Told through Dance in Memory of Syril Rubin, z”l, Neta Wygodzki-Torfstein, JCC, Tenafly, 7:30pm, 201-408-1493

Mon., July 1

Master Teacher Institute: “Introduction to Holocaust History: ‘Perpetrators: Doctors, Bureaucrats, and Ordinary Men’ and ‘Collaborators and Bystanders: The Case of Jedwabne,’” Jessica Anderson Hughes, Bildner Center for the Study of Jewish Life, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, 9am3:30pm, 732-932-2033 Tele-Class: “My Mother, My Father, my Son, My Daughter: How to Understand and Parent Teenagers: Eating Disorders and Other Psychopathologies,” Dr. Yisrael Feuerman, noon, 973-249-8111

Tues., July 2

Master Teacher Institute: “Introduction to Holocaust History: ‘Resistance: Religious, Cultural, and Armed’ and ‘The Last Days,’” Jessica Anderson Hughes, Bildner Center for the Study of Jewish Life, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, 9am-3:30pm, 732-932-2033 Women’s Club for Widows, Jewish Federation and Vocational Services, Concordia Shopping Center, Monroe, 10:30am, 732-7771940 or 609-395-7979

Wed., July 3

Forever Young Seniors, Cong Shaarey Israel, Montebello, NY, 11:30am, 845-356-8855 or 845-369-0300 Tomche Shabbos Packing, for adults and children in grade 5 and older, warehouse behind Rabbi Weinberger’s shul (Cong K’hal Tiferes Boruch), Passaic, women, 6-7pm; men, 7-8:15pm; drivers, 8:15-8:45pm, yona@idt.net Contemporary Israeli Poetry Group, in the original with English translation and discussion, Atara Fobar, Hebrew Institute of Riverdale, 7pm, 718-796-4730 Strength-to-Strength Support Group for Parents Whose Children, Ages 15-25, Are Dealing with Chemical Dependency, Psychological Disorders, or Co-Occurring Issues, JCC, Tenafly, 7pm, 201-408-1403 Abused Women’s Confidential Support Group, Jewish Family Service, Teaneck, 7:15pm, 201-837-9090 Jewish 12-Step Meeting, JACS—Jewish Alcoholics, Chem-

ically Dependent Persons, and Significant Others, Jewish Family Service, Teaneck, 7:30pm, 201837-9090, ask for IRA (Information and Referral) or 201-981-1071 Shomer Shabbos Boy Scout Meeting, for boys in 6th grade or 11 years old and up, Bais Medrash L’Torah, Rabbi Davis’s shul, Passaic, 8pm, HFishman@rafterpllc.com Tehillim Group, Cong Shaare Tefillah, Teaneck, 8:15pm, 201-2895474, 917-902-9303, or 201-836-3431 “Advanced Dating Webinar: Road to the Chupah,” for singles, Rabbi Doniel Frank, 9pm, 855-MAPSEMI or info@mapseminars.com

Fri., July 6

Friday-evening CarlebachStyle Davening, Jewish Center of Teaneck, 7pm, 201-833-0515

Shabbat, July 6

Carlebach Minyan, Cong Darchei Noam, Fair Lawn, 8:45am, rabbidonath@gmail.com Tefilat Shlomo: The Carlebach Tefila of Riverdale, includes light and healthy Kiddush, at the Hebrew Institute of Riverdale, 9am, 718-796-4730 Educational Prayer Service, spons by the Jewish Learning Experience, includes discussions and commentary, prayers in English and Hebrew transliteration, at Cong Zichron Mordechai, Teaneck, 9:45am, 201-966-4498 Shabbat Mevorchim Shalosh Seudos, for women, spons

by Cong Ahavat Shalom of the Teaneck Apartments, private apartment in Teaneck, 4pm, sisterhood@ teaneckapartments.com

Sun., July 7

Rosh Chodesh Women’s Dinner: “Tools for Implementing Lasting Change,” Chabad Center, West Orange, 7:30pm, 973-486-2362

Mon., July 8

“Jewish Immigrant Experience,” for grades 4-9, Sheryl Intrator-Urman, Arts for Learning Summer Program, Englewood, 9:30am-2:30pm, 201-503-9796 Tele-Class: “My Mother, My Father, my Son, My Daughter: How to Understand and Parent Teenagers: Adolescents at Risk vis-à-vis Crime and Deliquency,” Dr. Yisrael Feuerman, noon, 973-249-8111

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New Classes This Month Sundays

Daf B’Iyun, Rabbi Akiva Sauer, Cong Ohr Torah, Edison, 7:45am, 732-777-6840 Chabura, Cong Agudath Israel, Highland Park, 7:30am, 732-819-8300 Contemporary Halacha, Rabbi Duvie Weiss, Cong Keter Torah, Teaneck, 8:30am, 201-907-0180 Gemara Shiur, Rabbi Yosef Posen, Cong Agudath Israel, Highland Park, 9am, 732-819-8300 Shiur, Rabbi Israel Botnick, Cong Ohav Emeth, Highland Park, 9am, 732-247-3038 Riverdale Sunday Market, includes many activities and lots of kosher food, Independence Ave at West 2378200 Gemara in Depth, Rabbi Shlomo Singer, Passaic Torah Institute, 9:30am, 973-594-4774 “It’s All in Your Mind: The Power of the Mind in Personal Growth,” Rabbi David Bassous, Cong Etz Ahaim, Highland Park, 10am, 732-247-3839 Torah-Kid League, for girls ages 6-12, includes softball and soccer, all female staff, Highland Park High School, 10:30am, 732-985-1050 or TorahKidLeagues@yahoo.com “Tefillah,” for women, Rebbetzin Rivka Eichenstein, Cong Agudath Israel, Highland Park, 10am, 732-819-8300 Torah-Kid League, for boys ages 5-12, includes baseball, soccer, and flag football, Rabbi Daniel Lasar, Highland Park High School, 10:30am, 732-985-1050 or TorahKidLeagues@yahoo.com Zumba, for women, Cong Rinat Yisrael, Teaneck, 10:30am, 201837-2795 Shiur, Rabbi Michel Klughaupt, Cong Ohav Emeth, Highland Park, 8:15pm, 732-247-3038 Pilates, for women, Cong Rinat Yisrael, Teaneck, 8:15pm, 201-837-2795

Mondays

Summer Parenting Center: Jumpin’ Jax and Jingles, for children 12-20 months, Bergen County YJCC, Washington Twnshp, 9:30am, 201-666-6610, begins June 24 Summer Parenting Center: Little Explorers Playgroup, for children 6-13 months, Bergen County YJCC, Washington Twnshp, 10:45am, 201-666-6610, begins June 24 “Widows and Widowers: You Are Not Alone Bereavement Group,” Judy Brauner, LCSW, JCC, Tenafly, 6pm Hebrew Reading Crash Course, Level 1, Sara Kinberg, Hebrew Institute of Riverdale, 6:30pm, 718-796-4730 Summer Sewing Group, for girls ages 10 and up, Marge Kohlhagen, projects for the Jewish Home at Rockleigh, private home in Teaneck, 7:15pm, 201-385-7995, begins July 1 Hebrew Reading Crash Course, Level II, Sara Kinberg, Hebrew Institute of Riverdale, 7:15pm, 718-796-4730 “The Fall of the Commonwealth: Book Kings,” Rabbi Avi Weiss, private home in Riverdale, 7:30pm, 718-796-4730 Women’s Tehillim Group, English and Hebrew, Young Israel of East Brunswick, 7:45pm, 732-254-1860 Parsha, for women, Rebbetzin Rivka Eichenstein, Cong Ohr Torah, Edison, 8pm, 732-777-6840 Zumba, for women, Cong Rinat Yisrael, Teaneck, 8pm, 201-837-2795 Advanced Hebrew Ulpan, Sara Kinberg, Hebrew Institute of Riverdale, 8pm, 718-796-4730 Pirkei Avos: Ethics of Our Fathers, Debra Korman, private home in Englewood, 8pm, 201-568-6345 Gemara Shiur: Brachot, in Hebrew, Rabbi Aryeh Erlanger, Cong Ohav Emeth, Highland Park, 8:15pm, 732-247-3038 Learning Series, for men and women, Rabbi Jay Weinstein, Young Israel of East Brunswick, 8:30pm, 732-254-1860

Tuesdays

Torah in the AM: Chavurah in Megillat Esther, for men and women, Cong Keter Torah, Teaneck 9am, 201-907-0180 Summer Parenting Center: Summer Park Bench, for children 18-24 months, Bergen County YJCC, Washington Twnshp, 9:30am, 201-666-6610, begins June 25 Gemara Shiur: Ketubot Chapter 4, Rabbi Menahem Meier, Cong Keter Torah, Teaneck, 9:45am, 201-907-0180 Parsha HaShavua, for women, Rabbi Eliezer Zwickler, Cong Ahawas Achim Bnai Jacob and David, West Orange, 10am, 973-736-1407 Book of Genesis, Rabbi Avi Weiss, Hebrew Institute of Riverdale, 10am, 718-796-4730 Ramban on the Parsha, for women, Rabbi Ari Zahtz, Cong Bnai Yeshurun, Teaneck, 10:15am, 201-836-8916 Navi Shiur: The Book of Tzefanya, Rabbi Shalom Baum, Cong Keter Torah, Teaneck, 11am, 201-907-0180 The Unique and Sublime: Biblical Characters, Rabba Sara Hurwitz Hebrew Institute of Riverdale, 11am, 718-796-4730 Lunch and Learn, Rabbi Eliezer Zwickler, Nosh Pit, West Orange, noon, 973-736-1407

Tele-Shiur: Women’s Mussar Vaad: “Bitachon (Trust in G-d),” Dina Schoonmaker, 1:30pm, 732-360-7981 or womensvaad@gmail.com, begins June 18 (see ad p. 24)

Parshat HaShavua, for women, Rabbi Eliyahu Kaufman, Cong Ohav Emeth, Highland Park, 1:30pm, 732-247-3038 Alateen, for observant-Jewish girls, 13-18, who have friends or family members with addictive behaviors (food addiction, alcohol, gambling, internet, gaming, drugs, etc), confidential free 12-step support meeting, Rikki Wisotsky, LCSW, Cong Tifereth Israel, Passaic, 7pm, 973-249-7435 Dirshu Mishnah Berurah: Erev Pesach, The Pesach Seder, Sefiras HaOmer, Hilchos Yom Tov, Rabbi Reuven Drucker, Cong Agudath Israel, Highland Park, 7:30 or 9:30pm, R_Drucker@msn.com “Yoga for Women: Fitness, Strength, Inner Peace,” Sheri Klugmann, Cong Ahawas Achim Bnai Jacob and David, West Orange, 8pm, sheri78@gmail.com Shalom Yoga, for women, spons by Bnot of Cong Bnai Yeshurun,

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Mazal Tov

Mazal Tov to the Bar Mitzvah Boys: Benjamin Bral, Akiva Epstein, Jonathan Galandauer, Eric Gulich, Uri Isaacs, Moshe Jacobovits, Michael Katz, Yossi Katz, Yitzy Kopstick, Nati Massoth, Noam Miller, Jared Scharf, Joseph Tropp, Meir Uretsky, and Moshe Yoel Wedeck; and the Bat Mitzvah Girls: Yael Adler, Rebecca Ciment, Zoe Galandauer, Melissa Hader, Dina Moore, Jordana Nussbaum, Amy Safier, Eliana Schochet, Chloe Schreiber, Eliana Tajfel, Ariella Wang, and Avital Wiener Mazal Tov to Barry Cohen and Yosef Kornbluth who won $6,000 scholarships as Yeshiva University Kressel Scholars. Mr. Cohen will work with Chemistry Prof James Camara on “Development of Gallium Complexes with Weakened Gallium Hallide Bonds for Use in Methane Functionalization” and Mr. Kornbluth will work with Physics Prof Sergey Buldyrev on “The Cascade of Failures Caused by Overload in Interdependent Networks.”

Mazal Tov to Nomi and Akiva Roseman on being honored as Parents of the Year at the Stein Yeshiva Dinner Y

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Mazal Tov to the Class of 2013 Thurs., June 6 Frisch Yeshiva High School, Paramus, 8pm, 201-267-9100 Sun., June 9 Jewish Educational Center Boys High School, Elizabeth, 9:30am, 908-353-4446 Ma’ayanot Yeshiva High School for Girls, Teaneck, 10am, 201-833-4307 Bais Yaakov High School of Passaic, 10am, 973-365-5813 Bruriah Yeshiva High School for Girls, at the JEC, Elizabeth, 11am, 908-353-4850 Yeshivat Noam, 8th grade, 1pm, Paramus, 201-261-1919 Rosenbaum Yeshiva of North Jersey, 8th grade, River Edge, 4pm, 201-986-1414 Reenas Bais Yaakov High School of Highland Park, at the Young Israel of East Brunswick, 4pm, 732-985-5646 Mon., June 10 Adolph H Schreiber Hebrew Academy of Rockland County (ASHAR), 8th grade, Monsey, 7:15pm, 845-357-1515 Tues., June 11 SINAI Special Needs Institute High School, at Torah Academy of Bergen County, Teaneck, 10am, 201-833-9220 Torah Academy of Bergen County, high school, at Cong Keter Torah, Teaneck, 6:30pm, 201-837-7696 Yeshiva Shaarei Tzion, 8th grade girls, at the boys school, Piscataway, 7pm, 732-235-0042 Wed. June 12 Rae Kushner Yeshiva High School, Livingston, 7pm, 973-597-1115 SAR Academy, 8th grade, at SAR High School, Riverdale, 7pm, 718-548-1717 Yavneh Academy, 8th grade, at Paramus High School, 7:30pm, 201-262-8494 YBH-Hillel, 8th grade

girls, Passaic, 7:30pm, 973777-0735 Thurs., June 13 SAR High School, Riverdale, 7:30pm, 718-548-2727 Sun., June 16 Jewish Educational Center, 8th grade boys, Elizabeth, 10:30am, 908-353-4446 Clifton Cheder, 8th grade boys, Clifton, 1pm, 973-472-0011 Rabbi Jacob Joseph Yeshiva High School, Edison, 2pm, 732-985-6533 Netivot Montessori Yeshiva, 8th grade, at the Young Israel of East Brunswick, 5:30pm, 732-985-4626 Mon. June 17 Joseph Kushner Hebrew Academy, 8th grade, Livingston, 6pm, 973-597-1115 Rabbi Pesach Raymon Yeshiva, 8th grade, at Middlesex Community College, Edison, 7pm, 732-572-5052 Yeshiva Shaarei Tzion, 8th grade boys, Piscataway, 7pm, 732-777-0029 Yeshiva Ktana of Passaic, 8th grade girls, at Ohel Rivka, Passaic. Reception, 7pm; ceremony, 7:45pm, 973-365-0100 Moriah School of Englewood, 8th grade, at Bergen County Academies, Hackensack, 7:30pm, 201-567-0208 YBH—Hillel, 8th grade boys, Passaic, 7:30pm, 973-777-0735 Tues., June 18 Yeshiva Ohr Simcha of Englewood High School, at Cong Shomrei Emunah, Englewood, 6:30pm, 201-816-1800 Politz Day School, 8th grade, at Cong Sons of Israel, Cherry Hill, 7pm, 856-667-1013 Yeshiva Ktana of Passaic, 8th grade boys, 7pm, 973-365-0100 Wed., June 19 JEC-Bruriah, 8th grade girls, at the JEC, Elizabeth, 8pm, 908-353-4850

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at Cong Bnai Yeshurun, Teaneck, 8pm, 917-796-5663 Pilates, for women, Cong Rinat Yisrael, Teaneck, 8pm, 201-837-2795 Women’s Shiur, Dr. Yael Mayefsky, private home in Fair Lawn, 8pm, 201-797-7922 Gemara Shiur: Hilchos Maror and Karpos by the Seder in Meseches Pesachim, Rabbi Eliyahu Kaufman, Cong Ohav Emeth, Highland Park, 8:15pm, 732-247-3038 Halacha, Avi Kamelhar, Cong Agudath Israel, Highland Park, 8:30pm, 732-819-8300 Gemara in Depth, Rabbi Shlomo Singer, Passaic Torah Institute, 8:30pm, 973-594-4774 Beginning Talmud, for men, Rabbi Jay Weinstein, Young Israel of East Brunswick, 8:30pm, 732-254-1860 Daf Yomi B’Iyun, Rabbi Shlomo Landau, Young Israel of East Brunswick, 8:45pm, 732-254-1860 Gemara, Rabbi Shlomo Nussbaum, Highland Park Community Kollel, at the Young Israel of East Brunswick, 8:45pm, 732-254-1860 Gemara Shiur: Hilchos Maror and Karpos, Rabbi Eliyahu Kaufman, Cong Ohav Emeth, Highland Park, 9pm, 732-247-3038 Brachos, Rabbi Netanel Wiederblank, Cong Bnai Yeshurun, Teaneck, 9pm, 201-836-8916

Wednesdays

Summer Parenting Center: Little Maestros, for children 0-3 years, Bergen County YJCC, Washington Twnshp, 9:30am and 10:30am, 201-666-6610, begins June 26 Lunch and Learn, for seniors, Rabbi Michael Taubes, Cong Bnai Yeshurun, Teaneck, lunch, noon; shiur, 1pm, 201-836-8916 Shmooze the News B’Ivrit, Rotem Nahum, JCC Rockland, West Nyack, 7:30pm, 845-362-4400 Intermediate Hebrew Ulpan, Sara Kinberg, Hebrew Institute of Riverdale, 7:30pm, 718-796-4730 “Haggai and Malachi” Their Message for Us,” Rabbi Menachem Meier, Cong Bnai Yeshurun, Teaneck, 8pm, 201-836-8916 Gemara Shiur: Tannis, Dr. Chaim Presby, Cong Ohav Emeth, Highland Park, 8:15pm, 732-247-3038 Halacha, Rabbi Yisroel Hoffman, Cong Agudath Israel, Highland Park, 8:30pm, 732-819-8300 Talmud in Depth, for men and women, Rabbi Jay Weinstein, Young Israel of East Brunswick, 8:30pm, 732-254-1860 Gemara Shiur on Tefilin and Mezuzah, Rabbi Shlomo Ziegler, Cong Ohav Emeth, Highland Park, 9pm, 732-247-3038 “The Authority of Chazal: Applications and Limitations,” Rabbi Zvi Sobolofsky, Cong Bnai Yeshurun, Teaneck, 9:15pm, 201-836-8916

Thursdays

Torah in the AM: Chavurah in Megillat Esther, for men and women, Cong Keter Torah, Teaneck 9am, 201-907-0180 Summer Parenting Center: Summer Park Bench, for children 18-24 months, Bergen County YJCC, Washington Twnshp, 9:30am, 201-666-6610, begins June 27 Gemara Shiur: Ketubot Chapter 4, Rabbi Menahem Meier, Cong Keter Torah, Teaneck, 9:45am, 201-907-0180 Book of Shoftim, Rabbi Steven Exler, Hebrew Institute of Riverdale, 10am, 718-796-4730 Sefer Haggai, Rabbi Menahem Meier, Cong Keter Torah, Teaneck, 10:45am, 201-907-0180 Biblical Hebrew and Siddur Study, Sara Kinberg, Hebrew Institute of Riverdale, 7:30pm, 718-796-4730 Parsha Chumash and Rashi, Rabbi Benjamin Yudin, Cong Shomrei Torah, Fair Lawn, 9:15pm, 201-791-7910 Parsha, Rabbi Y Eichenstein, Cong Agudath Israel, Highland Park, 9:30pm, 732-819-8300

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Fridays

Talmud Moed Katan, Rabbi Steven Exler, Hebrew Institute of Riverdale, 7:20am, 718-796-4730 Summer Parenting Center: Boogie Babies, for babies 6 weeks-9 months, Bergen County YJCC, Washington Twnshp, 9:30am, 201-6666610, begins June 28

Shabbat

Wise Summer Learning, for women, spons by the Young Israel of East Brunswick, 4pm, begins July 6, 732-613-9511 Parsha and Popsicles, for children and adults, Rabbi Aharon Ciment, Herrick Park, Teaneck, 4:30pm, 201-530-0043 “The Seven Neviot,” for women, Marcy Stern, Simcha Hall, Agudas Yisroel Bircas Yaakov, Passaic, 4:30pm, 973-778-6386 Summer-Spring Shiurim Series for Women, Chanie Juravel,

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private home in Spring Valley, 5pm, 845-354-8087 Perek in the Park, for children, includes ices, Sagamore Park, Teaneck, 5pm, rdfrankel1@aol.com Women’s Shiur, Rabbi Dovid Moskovitz, spons by Cong Knesses Israel, private home in New Hempstead, 5pm, 845-362-4975 Perek on the Lawn, spons by Cong Ohav Emeth, private homes in Highland Park, 6pm, 732-247-3038 “Insights into Pirkei Avot,” Raphael Benaroya, Sephardic Center, Cong Ahavath Torah, Englewood, 6:30pm, 201-568-1315 Parsha Shiur: “What the Torah Really Says,” Rabbi Shmuel Goldin, Cong Ahavath Torah, Englewood, 6:55pm, 201-568-1315 Pre-Mincha Shiur on Sefer Shmuel, Rabbi Chaim Jachter, Shaarei Orah: The Sephardic Cong of Teaneck, 7pm, 201-833-0800

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tacks, and 25 attempts to use explosive devices.

According to the subcommittee’s chairman, Jewish Home MK Moti Yogev, terror in Judea and Samaria has doubled in the past six months.

Reasons He identified three main causes for the deterioration in security. First, he said, was the removal of checkpoints that had been scattered throughout Judea and Samaria. Second, he said, there is a growing futile reliance on the Palestinian Authority’s security forces to maintain order in the area.

“The third, and possibly the worst, is the IDF’s policy of ‘containment,’ according to which initiative and aggressiveness need to be cut down to a bare minimum in order to minimize Arab casualties. This policy has led to the rise of daring on the part of the terrorists, and the IDF soldiers have no authority on the ground,” said Mr. Yogev.

At the end of May, a Military Intelligence report submitted to the IDF said the Palestinian Authority is actually encouraging and promoting this “third intifada.”

According to the report, while the PA is calling the uptick in violence a “popular peaceful resistance,” PA officials are funding those organizing the attacks

while, at the same time, ordering its security personnel to ignore rock-hurling and firebombing terrorists wreaking havoc throughout Judea and Samaria.

Very Young Part of the IDF’s reluctance to engage in more aggressive methods to stop the terror is the age of the terrorists. According to IDF Col Yaniv Alaluf, the average attacker is between 12 and 14.

“When we take them in, many beg not to be arrested because they have tests in school the next day,” said Mr. Alaluf.

Like other Israeli officials, Mr. Alaluf blamed PA textbooks and television programs that incite children to terrorism.

No Relief from the IDF Israelis hoping for relief from the IDF for the deteriorating security situation will probably be disappointed, according to IDF Chief of Staff Lt-Gen Benny Gantz. At the end of May, he explained to the Knesset why, in his view, the army cannot offer protection to the Jews of Judea and Samaria by firing at Palestinians who terrorize them on the roads and in their homes on a daily basis.

Acknowledging that there is pressure by the Knesset to change IDF orders for opening fire, Mr. Gantz said, “If we let go of the reins, there will be escalation and we will lose control.”

He told the Knesset that while the briefings given to soldiers in the field before they go on security missions “need to be improved,” in the end, the troops will continue to operate “in accordance with the present orders, without changing them.”

Cannot Continue Mr. Gantz’s response did not sit well with Economics and Trade Minister Naftali Bennett (Jewish Home Party), who vowed that steps would be taken to improve the security situation in Judea and Samaria.

“The present situation is very grave, and I will not allow it to continue like this. It is unbearable that entire families and children will not be able to go safely from one place to another. It is our job to protect them,” he said.

Mr. Yogev, a former commander of an elite infantry unit who still serves as a colonel in the IDF reserves, tried to put a softer spin on Mr. Gantz’s response.

According to Mr. Yogev, the chief of staff “does not deny how difficult it is for soldiers and commanders in Judea and Samaria and does not deny the increase in the number of terrorist incidents.”

“The IDF is moving toward improving its response and increasing security. I have no doubt this will reduce the number of terrorist attacks and provide a better operational response,” he said.

Inside the Green Line While the problem has been worse in Judea and Samaria, areas in “Israel proper” are not immune. Over Shavuoth, a group of seven Israelis in the northern city of Nazareth Illit found themselves targeted by rock-throwing Palestinians.

Yossi Farber, who organizes spiritual activities for IDF soldiers stationed at a local

base, said he and a group of six young men were walking to the base when a few teenage Palestinians began hurling rocks at them.

As the seven Jewish men fled, passing Arab drivers honked, spat, and cursed at them, said Mr. Farber, noting his own “enormous sense of humiliation.”

When he went to the police station to report the attack, he was told it was probably part of the Nakba, or “catastrophe” activities engaged in

by Arabs to show their displeasure with the creation of the Jewish state on May 15, 1948.

According to Mr. Farber, the Israeli police did nothing.

Negev Violence In the Negev, according to former IDF Chief Rabbi Avichai Ronsky, an attack on a Jewish woman was part of a greater pattern of Bedouin violence against Jews in the region. The woman was stoned with massive boulders as she drove near Kfar Retamim.

Days earlier, a mob surrounded the car in which a Jewish husband and his pregnant wife were traveling and beat it with metal bars. The attackers fled only when the Jewish man pulled out a gun.

According to Rabbi Ronsky, who lives in the Negev, Jewish farmers in the region rely on the Hashomer Hachadash (New Guard) civilian defense group rather than Israeli security officials, a situation the rabbi called “absurd.”

“Protection of Zionist agriculture is supposed to be one of the reasons for the state of Israel’s existence. Those in power need to wake up,” he said.

Jerusalem A few days after the Nakba commemoration, dozens of Palestinians in the Old City of Jerusalem rioted, hurling rocks at Israeli police and setting garbage bins on fire. Many

http://jewishvoiceandopinion.com of the rioters carried banners calling for a “third intifada,” a reference to the first prolonged anti-Israel uprising, which began in 1987 and lasted into the early 1990s, and the second intifada, which was, in fact, a terror war launched by then-PA leader Yasir Arafat and Hamas in 2000. It petered out by 2005.

Even the posh neighborhood of Abu Tor in southern Jerusalem has been affected. Abu Tor resident Avi Eisner awoke at the end of May to find that a rock had been thrown through his window, landing in the middle of his living room.

Two months ago, he said, firebombs had been thrown at his building.

“Intifada Is Here” But the vast majority of incidents occurred in Judea and Samaria, and more than a few Jews would probably agree with Michal Weisel who, after suffering an attack on a road in Yesha, said that, whether recognized or not by the Israeli media or the military, “the intifada is here.” Ms. Weisel was attacked by three young Arab men hurling heavy stones.

Many Jews have been badly injured in such attacks. Some have died.

Ms. Weisel said she was lucky that her car, which had been previously owned by a Regional Council in Samaria, was reinforced. “The rocks bounced off the frame of the car,” she said, adding that all Israeli vehicles on the roads should be similarly reinforced.

No Sovereignty Is Occupation The car driven by Shai Malka, director of MK Moshe Feiglin’s Manhigut Yehudit faction of the Likud Party, was not so secure. On May 9, terrorists speeding towards Mr. Malka threw a large rock at his car.

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hicle, but G-d was with me and I managed to stop,” he said.

Like Mr. Feiglin, Mr. Malka believes the heart of the issue is that Israel has not declared sovereignty over all its land. “When the state of Israel gives up on its own sovereignty over the Temple Mount, the heart of Jerusalem, it is declaring, in effect, that this is not our land. And if this is not our land, then when we drive on the roads of Judea and Samaria, we are ‘occupiers,’ and it makes sense that we will be attacked with rocks,” he said.

A New App The situation has prompted some Israelis—not only residents of Judea and Samaria—to purchase a new app for android phones that lets drivers know if they are about to encounter an Arab mob armed with firebombs and rocks.

Invented by an individual known only as Elad, the app, based on real-time reporting of security incidents by drivers, will also warn if the car is heading into the PA by mistake.

This is necessary because GPS systems not geared to Israel’s circumstances usually advise the shortest route between two places. In Israel, that can mean going through a PA area.

Many Israelis said that even a useful device such as Elad’s app is only a Band-Aid. What is needed, they said, is a suitable response from the IDF. Deciding why IDF leaders have failed in this regard has become something of an obsession for those affected.

“We are all painfully aware of the situation, which is reminiscent of the 1920s and ‘30s.

Back then, there was no Jewish police force or army. They do exist today, but they have been hamstrung by leftist subversion in the universities, media, courts, and political system,” said Gil Ronen, a journalist who writes for Arutz Sheva.

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sika, leader of the Samarian (Shomron) Regional Council, the fault lies with IDF regulations that do not allow soldiers to respond forcefully to rock attacks or surging terror.

“Forcing Israeli soldiers to restrain themselves increases the confidence of terrorists and will eventually prompt the terror to spread to Tel Aviv and Haifa,” Mr. Mesika warned.

Mass Ambush Baid-Aid or not, Elad’s app would have come in handy for Israeli drivers early Sunday morning, May 19. Beginning at 1am, one car after another fell victim to an ambush at Wadi Harmiya near Shilo in the Benjamin region. Palestinians waiting near the road hurled barrages of stones at passing cars with Israeli license plates.

Among those targeted was the Shlissel family of Ariel. The mother, Ayelet Shlissel was driving while her husband sat in the front passenger seat and their three young children slept in the back. The first rock hit Mr. Shlissel, who fell on top of his wife.

According to Mrs. Shlissel, he regained consciousness quickly, although later required hospital care.

When the family reached the Eli-Shilo Junction, they found that a smaller stone had hit the car seat in which their four-month-old daughter was sleeping.

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large rock that hit my husband had hit the baby,” she said.

The Getz family of Esh Kodesh had a similar story.

Rocks were thrown at their car from both sides of the road simultaneously. One missed the window, but the other smashed through it. Adiel Getz continued driving until he reached the junction.

According to Mr. Getz, it took 30 minutes for an IDF force to show up, receive the details of the attack, and drive to the wadi.

Firefighters and Arson Not only those in cars have been attacked. In the territories as well as in Jerusalem, Israeli firefighters have been attacked while trying to do their job, even in Arab neighborhoods, often forcing them literally to run for their lives.

The arrival of warm weather has prompted a seasonal form of Arab terror, the intentional destruction of Israel’s forests.

Shuki Gilon, chairman of the Mishmar Admati (Land Guards), said his group uses “technology, science, and other methods to develop creative solutions that will foil these arson incidents.”

Mishmar Admati works primarily in the lower Galilee and around the Negev.

“In any other country, arson is considered terror. Here, too, people are starting to understand that an act of arson is an act against Israel and Zionism,” said Mr. Gilon.

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Attacked by Chairs In Jerusalem, an elderly Jew was attacked a few yards from the Kotel by an Arab who tried to knock him down by shoving a chair at his legs. When that failed, the Arab broke the chair on the old man’s head, leaving him cut and bleeding.

It was assumed the perpetrator was emulating those who, a few days earlier, had thrown chairs at a group of Jews who, on May 8, Jerusalem Day, visited the Temple Mount, Judaism’s holiest site which is administered by the Muslim Waqf.

The Mufti of Jerusalem, Mohammed Hussein, was taken from his home by Israeli detectives for questioning “on suspicion of involvement in a disturbance.” This prompted strong reactions in Jordan and Egypt where it was used as an excuse to attempt a cut off of diplomatic ties with the Jewish state.

Afraid to Act Such reactions by Arab states to attempts by Israeli security officials to maintain law and order discourage the Jewish state from trying harder to curb the current violence, said some observers.

Many residents of Judea and Samaria pointed for example to the attack suffered by Rabbi Yosef Yitzhak Kovalkin and Aharon Zlatkin of Neria in the Benjamin region who were brutally beaten during the course of a protest at the entrance to an Arab village. Palestinians beat Mr. Zlatkin with a club, leaving him unconscious and in need of 30 stitches to his head.

Although there were four IDF soldiers on the scene during the attack, none of them

intervened. According to Rabbi Kovalkin who was also struck with a club, “the IDF’s delusional orders for opening fire made it impossible for them to do anything.”

Capitulation According to Erez Tadmor, a political activist and reservist combat soldier, the IDF has “effectively capitulated in the face of Arab rock and firebomb attacks.”

“The health and security of Jews who live in Judea and Samaria, as well as those of the soldiers who are supposed to guard them, have been left to the mercy of the enemy, while Palestinian marauders enjoy nearly complete immunity in what can only be described as operational recklessness,” he said.

As evidenced by Mr. Zlatkin’s case, he said, even the presence of armed troops does not guarantee the safety of civilians because, he said, soldiers “are afraid to exit their rock-proofed vehicle for fear that they will have to open fire and will then face the real threat: the possibility of being put on trial.”

Clear Orders According to Mr. Tadmor, two days before the attack suffered by Mr. Zlatkin and Rabbi Kovalkin, dozens of Arabs attacked vehicles in the same area. The first to be attacked by rocks and metal bars that day was a military vehicle with five soldiers inside. “But they escaped without responding and did not even warn other vehicles of the ambush they were about to enter,” said Mr. Tadmor.

He quoted a soldier who said that he and his comrades were ordered not to pursue

an Arab who had just thrown a firebomb at their position near Kiryat Netafim.

“For 15 minutes he stood there and cursed us and we could not give chase,” the soldier told Mr. Tadmor.

Mr. Tadmor said the soldier explained that his orders were very clear: throwing a firebomb at a military “pillbox,” a dugin guard post equipped with a loophole through which to fire weapons, is not considered “a life-threatening action.”

“Inside the pillbox compound, there is a generator, and next to it there is a gasoline container, and above this, there is a net for shade hanging on the side.

It is all completely flammable. Now, can someone honestly say that a firebomb on the gasoline container is not life-threatening?” said Mr. Tadmor.

Near Disaster Over the Shavuot holiday, near Hebron, Palestinian Arabs firebombed an IDF jeep, causing it to overturn and catch fire. Two soldiers were taken to Soroka Hospital in Beersheva suffering from second- and third-degree burns. Two other soldiers were lightly injured.

According to Chen Dreinoff, the wife of one of the injured soldiers, when the firebomb hit the inside of the jeep, the driver lost control and the vehicle flipped over twice. The soldiers tried to exit the vehicle, but were pummeled by rocks.

“The Arabs know that current legal orders prohibit soldiers from firing at rockthrowers,” said Mrs. Dreinoff.

When additional forces arrived, the Arabs dispersed.

“It was a great miracle that my husband suffered only burns in this incident,” said Mrs. Dreinoff, adding that she hoped the army will “know how to answer these kinds of attacks.”

Illusive Official Response While the IDF leadership still seems loathe to discuss the escalation, the fear that some residents may feel compelled to protect themselves by taking matters into their own hands may be prompting some official response.

In Beit El, Judea and Samaria Division Commander, Brig-Gen Tamir Yadai spoke to some victims of rock-throwing incidents, including one young woman who told him that Arab youths have been daring to draw close to the community’s

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“In the past, they did not have the temerity to approach the community. Now, they come up to the houses and hurl rocks at people, homes, and cars,” she said.

Mr. Yadai said the IDF would have to “refresh its instructions” to soldiers to put an end to the attacks.

When Mr. Yadai met with officials in Hebron, he told those demanding beefedup forces that a company of soldiers may be stationed in nearby Adorayim.

No More “Silk Gloves” Some residents of Judea and Samaria said there was reason to believe these meetings may have made an impression.

According to Yehuda Dana, security chief for the Beit El region, Mr. Yadai implied that rocks will not be allowed inside the Jewish communities and that he would take a firm response to such incidents.

“The IDF is now determined to stop Palestinians’ attacks on Israeli communities and willing to use live fire if necessary.

The Palestinians’ brazenness has crossed the line,” said Mr. Dana.

He acknowledged that Arab rioters had been handled “with silk gloves” and that IDF troops had restricted themselves to non-lethal forms of riot dispersal such as tear gas and rubber bullets.

“Unfortunately, the Palestinians realized they were facing an opponent that was not allowed to defeat them,” he said.

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with Mr. Yadai’s determination. “I hope the commander’s spirit reaches every single soldier,” said Mr. Dana.

He noted that Defense Minister Moshe Ayalon had recently “refreshed” IDF orders demanding “victory and deterrence, not just containment with kid gloves.”

Beit El Mayor Moshe Rosenboim said the new orders now allow IDF soldiers to fire at the legs of Arab terrorists who throw rocks.

“We expect the army to take a strong hand against these rioters in order to end these attacks. We will not allow a return to the ‘stone age,’” said Mr. Rosenboim.

Refusing to Meet Some observers said any change will be prompted by newly elected Members of Knesset who have expressed horror and rage at the increase in terrorism.

When Mr. Yogev called a meeting towards the end of May to discuss the security situation, he invited the leaders of several Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria as well as the IDF Commander of the Judea and Samaria Division, Maj-Gen Nitzan Alon. But Mr. Alon, who was appointed by former Defense Minister Ehud Barak and is viewed by most residents of Judea and Samaria as a left-wing general, declined, saying he would address the committee only after the representatives of the communities ended their testimony and left the room.

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ported his request.

“Yaalon wants to prevent a situation in which they create a show at the expense of an IDF officer, or even attempt to attack him verbally in a manner that does not befit his status or rank,” said a source close to the defense minister.

Promising additional meetings between the military and representatives of the Jewish communities of Judea and Samaria, Mr. Yogev said it was clearly time “to end the policy of containment of Arab terror by the IDF.” MK Reactions He was not the only MK seeking action on this issue.

After a special Knesset session on May 22nd, called to deal with complaints by reserve soldiers that the army is failing to respond effectively to attacks, some MKs accused the government of “surrendering to Arab terror.”

Mr. Feiglin warned that failing to respond to ongoing Arab terror attacks now may predict how Israel will deal with other enemies, such as Iran, later.

Shas MK Nissim Ze’ev warned that terror on the roads has prompted many Israeli to stop driving in order to avoid attacks. “It is untenable for soldiers to stand back and allow rioters to throw rocks and bombs at them and at civilians without responding,” said Mr. Ze’ev.

UTJ MK Yisrael Eichler said the army’s demonstrated “weakness” was harming its image as a force capable to deal effectively with terror.

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“Failing to deal with terror has evidently whetted the appetites of Arabs who hope to see Israel destroyed,” he said.

New Laws and Attitudes Jewish Home MKs Yoni Chetboun and Orit Struk called for new laws and attitudes. Mr. Chetboun said the situation could be resolved by imposing Israeli sovereignty on Judea and Samaria.

“Without such a law, the army will always fear it is leaving itself open to be hauled before the UN and other international bodies to be accused of ‘aggression,’” said Mr. Chetboun.

Mrs. Struk said the problem stemmed from Israel’s ongoing “leniency” to imprisoned terrorists, such as releasing hundreds at a time as “gestures to the PA.” Unwilling simply to accept Mr. Gantz’s refusal to change orders, Mr. Bennett publicly told him as well as Messrs Yaalon and Alon that “the open-fire orders must be revised and forces redirected to Judea and Samaria.”

“Offensive activity must be ramped up, and rock-throwing needs to be treated as a lifethreatening action,” he said.

Meetings on the Ground Not surprisingly, there have been many emergency meetings in Judea and Samaria.

“A reality in which the

lives of civilians and soldiers are left undefended, and IDF soldiers are forced to undergo harm and humiliation that eliminate the deterrent force, is unbearable,” said an advertisement for a meeting on May 23 called by Davidi Perl, head of the Etzion Bloc; Oded Revivi, head of the Efrat Council; Malachi Levinger, head of the Kiryat Arba Council; and Meir Rubinstein, head of the Betar Ilit Council.

Mr. Perl said Jewish residents in Judea and Samaria refused to be “cannon fodder.”

“It is time for the government to get up and do something that will defeat the terror on the roads. It is impossible that Jews who want to drive home will be like ducks in a shooting gallery. There must be resolute action and an iron fist against any rock-throwing event. The IDF’s deterrent force and the residents’ feeling of security must be returned,” he said.

The change, he said, must be “dramatic, not cosmetic.” He called for more forces on the ground and a concerted effort to “distance the rock-throwers from the roads. “The confrontations with them needs to take place inside Arab villages and not on the roads,” he said.

Just hours after the meeting, two Jewish girls and three

Israeli Arabs were injured and their cars damaged when Arabs threw rocks at cars on Highway 60, between Nevei Daniel and Jerusalem.

Meeting with the Military A few days later, Mr. Perl met with Mr. Gantz in the Etzion Bloc and told him the situation had become “unbearable.”

“Residents are afraid to go out onto the roads. We have to absorb damage to property and even physical injuries on an hourly basis. There are many residents and soldiers who are hurt by the rocks,” Mr. Perl said.

Accompanying Mr. Gantz were Messrs Alon, Yadai, Alaluf and IDF spokesman, Brig-Gen Yoav Mordechai.

According to Mr. Gantz, they had all come in order to learn about the situation up close.

“Responsibility for improving the situation rests with us and the officers on the ground,” said Mr. Gantz, who told Mr. Perl to “understand that we are in a difficult time.”

“The IDF will do what is possible to restore the former level of security, but the residents of Judea and Samaria must prepare for a difficult time,” he said.

Sympathy but No Orders Perhaps the one person in the government whom many of the residents of Judea and

Samaria believed would come to their aid is Deputy Defense Minister Danny Danon (Likud).

Mr. Danon has been outspoken in his conviction that the IDF must change its policies, but so far many people fear it is just talk.

For example, he has said that Israel “needs to reconsider the issue of the roadblocks in some places in Judea and Samaria.”

“If we need to make the Jews safer in some places in Judea and Samaria by making it uncomfortable for the Palestinians, that’s what we should do. The safety of the Jews in Judea and Samaria comes before anything else as far as I’m concerned,” he said.

At the Israel Day Concert in Central Park, held after the Celebrate Israel Parade on June 2, Mr. Danon said he shared the frustrations voiced by residents of Judea and Samaria and his colleagues in the Knesset who are trying to do something about it. But he stopped short of saying he would demand that the army act.

“We have informed the army that it has the government’s full support to take a heavy hand against Arab rioters and those who throw stones and firebombs. They must respond in Beit El as they would in Tel Aviv,” he said. S.L.R.

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ous about their obligations to ensure that their funding is not being used for precisely the opposite of the purposes which they claimed to support,” said Dr. Steinberg.

Going Mainstream The problem, he said, is that antisemitic “poison” preached by antisemitic groups can be adopted by major organizations and thus become part of mainstream thought and practice.

An example, he said, is Sabeel, the “Ecumenical Liberation Theology Center,” which, as a Palestinian Christian organization, promotes a vision of the Hebrew Bible that does not give Jews the right to Israel. Sabeel has demanded an end to the “occupation,” the division of Jerusalem, and the boycott of at least ten Israeli and American firms, ranging from Ahava and Sabra to Motorola, L’Oreal, Estee Lauder, Sara Lee, and Victoria’s Secret. According to Sabeel, these Israeli and multinational companies “benefit from apartheid.”

According to Sabeel’s “Kairos Palestine Document” the Jews are not the descendants of Abraham and their “occupation” of the land is a sin. This doctrine has been, to some extent, accepted by some mainstream churches, which have passed Sabeel-influenced resolutions to boycott some Israeli and pro-Israel companies.

Church of Scotland Last month, the Church of Scotland published a paper that Dr. Steinberg said

relies heavily on Sabeel’s theology. Like Sabeel’s Kairos Palestinian Document, the Scottish paper negates the core beliefs of Judaism and Christianity regarding Gd’s promises about the Land of Israel and the Jewish people.

Entitled “The Inheritance of Abraham,” the paper rejects all Biblical verses in which the land is promised to the children of Abraham.

According to Dr. Steinberg, its political purpose is to deny any Jewish connection to the land in order to dismiss Israel’s legitimacy.

No Biblical Jewish State It begins by questioning the “widespread assumption” that the Bible supports a Jewish state and goes on to ask whether “the Jewish people today [would] have a fairer claim to the land if they dealt justly with the Palestinians.” It then suggests that some Jews believe they have a right to the land of Israel “as compensation for the suffering of the Holocaust.”

“Promises about the land of Israel were never intended to be taken literally, or as applying to a defined geographical territory,” the paper says. “The ‘promised land’ in the Bible is not a place, so much as a metaphor of how things ought to be among the people of G-d. This ‘promised land’ can be found, or built, anywhere.”

The paper concludes that “Christians should not be supporting any claims by Jewish or any other people to an exclusive or even privileged divine right to possess particular territory,” calling it “a misuse of the Bible to use it as a topographic guide to settle contemporary conflicts over land.”

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It suggests that the church consider political action, including boycotts and disinvestment in Israel to protest what it describes as “illegal settlements in the occupied territories.”

“Pure Antisemitism” The paper was condemned by Israel’s Ambassador to the UK Daniel Taub who said the document “negates and belittles the deeply held Jewish attachment to the land of Israel in a way that is truly hurtful.”

Italian pro-Israel journalist Giulio Meotti said the paper has adopted the “monstrous theology” of early Christianity, “breathing new life into a demonology that bans Israel from the family of nations.”

He called it “pure antisemitism, since it presents Jews as stateless beings.”

“The odious and mendacious invention of a ‘Palestinian Jesus’ persecuted by the Jews, which is central in the Scottish report, is strategic to the Arab-Islamic campaign that includes boycotts and terrorism, the ‘right of return,’ and political attempts to isolate Israel internationally,” he said.

Other Manipulations Mr. Meotti noted that this was not the first manipulation of the Hebrew Bible against the Jews. In the 1930s, ProNazi Christians recast Jesus as an Aryan fighting against the Jews, making him a Galilean opponent of Judaism.

“The Christian Bible was then stripped of all ‘Jewish influence.’ As the Aryan Jesus was the Christian legitimization of the Nazi Holocaust, the Arabized Jesus,

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Antisemitism promulgated from Bethlehem, is a tool in the Jihad against the State of Israel,” he said, noting that the Hitler’s “Final Solution” and Stalin’s war on “cosmopolitan Zionism” were attempts to “destroy the heart of the Jewish people.

“It’s now the turn of the Palestinian Al-Aqsa fabrication, which is seeking to destroy the history of the Jewish people.

Will Christians help the Muslims accomplish it?” he asked.

Being Rewritten The answer, as far as the Church of Scotland is concerned, may be no. According to The Guardian newspaper, after British Jews made clear their anger, the church agreed to make some changes.

According to the newspaper, senior figures in the church met with some Jewish leaders and agreed to reword the introduction to make clear the church has never challenged the right of Israel to exist.

While it is being rewritten, the report has been taken off the church’s website. It will then be debated and voted on by 723 general assembly delegates from across Scotland.

Dr. Steinberg said it would be a mistake to minimize the importance of the Scottish Church. “They own a major hotel in Tiberias. They run a

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continued from page 40 hospice inn in Jerusalem. This is an organization which is accepted in Israel as legitimate, and yet they are classic antisemites in this document,” he said.

Denying the Holocaust While the Scottish Church does not deny the Holocaust, another presenter at the Antisemitism Forum, Dr. Mario Silva, said the fact that Israel’s Palestinian interlocutor, Mahmoud Abbas, is a denier “is something the government of Israel must deal with on an ongoing basis.”

“The Holocaust was the most extreme form of antisemitism, and certainly denial of the Holocaust is another expression, another manifestation of it,” said Dr. Silva.

A Canadian attorney who serves as chairman of the Task Force for International Cooperation on Holocaust Education, Remembrance, and Research, Dr. Silva said Holocaust denial comes in many forms.

“Sometimes it’s trivialization, minimization, trying to say, ‘it’s not quite what happened.’

Sometimes it’s equating the Holocaust to other genocides in order to say that what happened to the Jews was not as bad as what happened to other people. This is becoming fashionable in some circles,

and we must combat it all,” he said.

Societal Problem Deputy Foreign Minister Ze’ev Elkin, another of the forum’s sponsors, said antisemitism is not merely an Israeli or Jewish problem, but rather a problem for any society in which it is allowed to rear its head.

While it is undeniably widespread, and the international community is not doing nearly enough to protect itself by changing the current reality, the Jewish people do not stand alone, he said.

Rather, he said, they have “many courageous friends of all religions” willing to stand with them and with the Jewish state.

“Religious and political leaders have come out with strong condemnations of antisemitic incidents, and more societies are admitting publicly the existence of antisemitism.

This, of course, is the first crucial step in countering it,” he said.

Participants at the Forum on Antisemitism, especially the non-Jews, were emblematic of these friends of Israel and the Jewish people, and Mr. Elkin said they were part of the solution.

“Antisemites throughout history have tried to isolate the Jews to make them feel alone.

Your coming here sends them a strong message: Jews, Jewish communities, and Israel, the one and only homeland of the Jewish people, are not alone and never shall be alone again,” he said.

New Antisemitism He defined the new antisemitism as “the pathological hatred of and opposition to the very existence and legitimacy of Israel.” This, he said, “is becoming the most dangerous form of antisemitism.”

Not that the others are benign. He recognized that, in some European cities, NeoNazis are again marching in the streets, but, he said, the group forcing Jews to add increasingly sophisticated security measures to synagogues and other Jewish communal buildings is the Muslim radicals.

Whether in the Middle East or as part of Muslim communities in Europe, these people are “now exploiting this twisted old hate to deflect criticism from internal problems to ‘blaming the collective Jew for all that is wrong,’” he said.

Hiding Behind Rhetoric In Europe, non-Muslim antisemites often “hide their hatred behind extreme antiIsrael rhetoric,” he said.

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School Choice Is Still the Issue

I was so happy that you covered Aharon Cohn and Sam Krause who ran in the June 4th Primary on the issue of school vouchers [“In NJ, the Primary Issue Could Be School Vouchers,” April 2013].

I was very grateful for your article because I hadn’t heard about these candidates. The Herald Record in New Jersey reported that the incumbents were running unopposed, so I appreciated your setting the record straight. I was thrilled to be able to put my support behind honest men with integrity who want to really accomplish something for the people by seeking office. They deserved our support.

The issue of school choice is profoundly important to me.

We pay so much in property taxes in NJ, and a big chunk of it goes to public schools. It’s costing taxpayers over $25 billion per year to fund public education—about $9 billion coming from our state taxes and over $16 billion from our property taxes, which is included in the rent we pay our landlords.

The cost-per-child ranges between $22,000 and $25,000 a year to send a child to public school. So you can see that public school isn’t free. People think it is, but as far as I can tell, public school is a huge money-making enterprise.

Everybody knows that public schools aren’t even doing a decent job for all this money they’re getting. My sons both went to private schools that did a much better job preparing them for the future and college, and they did it for half the price of public school—about 10,000-12,000a year. That’s why parents choose private schools for their children; they do a much better job for half the price.

Yet I paid for both public school and private school, and didn’t benefit personally in any way from what I paid to public school, and believe me, I had no money left over at the end.

We live with no frills over here. I don t think that’s fair. I’d like to be able to keep a little money out of what we earn so we could support our family in other ways besides education.

The main opponent of school choice are the teachers unions, but sitting politicians do not want anything to change with regard to the right of parents to send their children to the schools they choose, without having to pay twice. It’s a hardship that shouldn’t be on any of our hard-working backs.

Assemblyman Gary Schaer s claim that school choice will increase property taxes is unsubstantiated. Since it requires less money to send a student to private school in most cases, sometimes even cutting the costs down to half, there is no way that the bill proposed by Mr. Cohn and Mr. Krause could increase property taxes, unless Mr. Schaer thinks they will be raised for another, unrelated reason.

It’s about time someone paid attention to this issue. Thank you.

Chaya Linn Passaic, NJ

Benefit Concert for Belle Harbor

As someone who lives now in Teaneck, NJ, but grew up in Belle Harbor NY, I am most concerned about the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. After the storm, a friend of mine, Mark Feit, who married a girl from Belle Harbor (Sarah Anteby), and I started working to put together a fundraising concert for Belle Harbor.

Belle Harbor is at this point a small Jewish Community that unfortunately was hit with over $1 million in damages to community’s main synagogue, Cong Ohab Zedek. The community

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can’t rebuild the shul on their own, and that’s why we are trying to do whatever we can to help.

The concert, which will be held on June 23, features Benny Friedman, Shloimie Dachs, and Aryeh Kunstler(another Belle Harbor guy). We are trying to reach out to as many circles as we can.

As the Belle Harbor community grew smaller, the neighbors and friends I grew up with moved to areas such as Englewood, Teaneck, and really all over. We know these people still feel a strong bond to Belle Harbor and would love to help support the cause, but to reach them and all others we need to be able to advertise.

The June 23rd concert’s website for is www.rebuildbelleharbor. com. For more information, I can be called at 201-308-5580.

Is it possible to do some sort of press release about the concert and its benefits?

Thanks so much in advance Jason Berg Teaneck, NJ SLR: You just did, Jason. Yasher Koach

Blue Laws, Israel-Style

According to the Talmud, “The entire world was endowed with ten measures of beauty. Of these, Jerusalem received nine.”

Once every week, its beauty is further enhanced, as Shabbat arrives in the holy city, the approach of the day of rest enwrapping David’s city with sanctity and radiance. A special tranquility descends on the city of G-d. The last of the market stalls have closed, served notice by the trumpets and shofars blasting around them in accordance with Talmudic tradition. Tourists and guests leisurely make their way to the Western Wall, dressed in festive white, accompanied by the waning light of the sun as it sets in the Mediterranean to the west, the city walls gilded in its glow. Jews hurry to synagogues scattered throughout the city to welcome Shabbat, while the unobservant too are elevated by the unique atmosphere of a Shabbat in Jerusalem.

But this special atmosphere is threatened by an enemy.

His name is M, an entrepreneur who is leading the campaign to put Jerusalem’s commercial life into motion on Shabbat. M. was a contractor before he turned entrepreneur. On his way to Jerusalem, he made a stop at the port of Tel Aviv, where he opened restaurants and bars. Now he is bringing his Tel Avivian wares to the capital.

He rented the historic train station by Liberty Bell Park, in the heart of Jerusalem, from Israel Railways and the Ministry of Transporation; handsomely renovated the property; and divided it up for rental to business owners. By the old rails, he put up clothing and art stands, and even put aside space for a produce market—just like in Mahaneh Yehudah, except that here the prices will be sky high.

The commercial zone that M. has designated for stores and stands is advertised not as a market, but as a “cultural entertainment area.” The semantics here are very important.

The idea is to use this term to circumvent municipal bylaws and the “hours-of-work-and-rest” law that is on the books to cement Shabbat as the national day of rest.

Here’s how it works: since cultural activity counts as rest, having an entertainment area open on Shabbat is consistent with the status quo and municipal bylaws, as long as the tomato stands are interspersed with dancing girls and there are clowns on stilts walking around among the haberdashers. Hence this is not a commercial space, but

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a street theater. Judges have already issued rulings determining that cinemas and theaters may open on Shabbat.

All M. has to do then is find non-Jewish (i.e. Arab) workers, so that if Labor Ministry inspectors come along, there will be no fines for violation of the “hours-of-work-and-rest” law.

Next, the shopkeepers of Mahaneh Yehudah will come and say they also want to keep their stalls open on Shabbat, and they also will be given permission to stay open, as long as they bring in some clowns. The workers there are Arabs as it is. They even can argue with some justification that there is no need for clowns and musicians: the calls of some of the salespeople there reveal real musical and comedic talent, as any Jerusalemite can attest.

If we don’t do something, additional businesses will want to join the competition for customers on Shabbat. Few will stay behind. The extra business would substantially increase the financial turnover of the Shabbat violators, thus allowing them to offer better prices even during the week. Competitors will be unable to match them and will either go out of business, or join them.

This is an election year for the mayor of Jerusalem, so although there is much that he could do, he is doing nothing.

It is even possible that having the area open on Shabbat will benefit him, coming as it does in the middle of the anti-hareidi wave that is sweeping the country.

What is there to do? Assemble a social protest movement to protect Shabbat as the day of rest and a key national value.

Successful protest movements are “in” at the moment.

Then there is another solution: In the US during the 30s and 40s, Shabbat-observant businesses found themselves in competition with those that were open on Shabbat, which gave the competition an additional day of financial turnover while the observant businesspeople were sitting at home or in their synagogues.

In response, religious Jews and their rabbis developed a defensive economic measure. Every business that observed Shabbat hung up a sign to that effect. Rabbis and public opinion leaders called on religious and observant Jews to buy only from Shabbat-observant businesses. Thus Orthodox Judaism protected Shabbat observers and prevented their businesses from going under, and a relatively closed economic system came into being: Buying from Shabbat observers whenever possible.

Those were not easy days. In many Orthodox homes, there were people who did not comply. Yet the move, whose effects are felt to this day, is a good example for effective communal organization in Israel.

So let’s act accordingly: Don’t enter the old train station area on any day of the week. For extra credit, don’t even go near M.’s

properties at the Tel Aviv port (most of his restaurants there aren’t even kosher). Go to malls that are Shabbat-observant and kosher.

Period. Call Minister of Economy Naftali Bennett, the head of the Jewish Home party, and tell him to enforce the law and have his inspectors shut down the train station area on Shabbat.

Let’s bring back the country’s Jewish soul and return the sanctity of Shabbat to the public sphere.

Meir Indor Jerusalem, Israel SLR: Mr. Indor is an IDF lieut-col (ret) and the head of the Almagor Terror Victims Association

With great joy and gratitude to Hashem, the Rosenbluth, Lerner, and Benveniste families announce our newest member, Frieda Yehudis Rosenbluth. Born on the second day of Shavuoth to her parents, Dr. Benjy and Elana Rosenbluth, she is named in loving memory of her Tante Frieda Haberman, z”l, and Bobbie Judy Gluckman, z”l.

Little Frieda is welcomed with delight by her sisters, Chana Lieba and Avigayil; brothers, Yitzi and Moshe; cousins, Miriam, Judith, Naomi, Gabriel, Jacob, Devorah, Aaron, Andrew, and Elizabeth; by her Aunt Chaviva and Uncle Jonathan, Aunt Rachel and Uncle Ron, Aunt Danielle and Uncle Ari, and Uncle Avi; by her Savta and Zeidy Ruth and Phil Lerner; by her Grandma and Grandpa Susie and Richie Rosenbluth; and by her GreatGrandmother, Adrien Levin, Bubbie from the Beach.

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“They hide behind proclamations of anti-Zionism, opposition to Israeli policies, and so-called ‘legitimate criticism,’ so that they can vociferously claim that they are not antisemitic,” he said.

These “closet racists,” he said, are more dangerous than the skinheads marching with their swastika flags.

Brainwashing Children In the Arab world, he said, anti-Israel rhetoric and propaganda, is usually “nothing but age-old antisemitism without even a new veneer.”

Among the Palestinians, he said, antisemitism is part of the scenery.

“The thinking of more than a generation of Palestinian schoolchildren is being poisoned by the hateful and malicious educational and media brainwashing against Israel and Jews,” he said.

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The same is true in Iran, where the country’s leaders “openly deny the Holocaust and brainwash their youth with hatred,” he said.

“They do not only call for the destruction of the Jewish state but they go to great lengths to develop a military nuclear apparatus which would be a danger to the region and to the world but clearly would be specifically dangerous for Israel,” he said, calling the situation “clearly unacceptable and intolerable.”

“Yet, despite various rounds of sanctions and pressures, the international community has not risen to the challenge of an Iran with a nuclear vision and a program of implementation. And all too often, we see an uninterested or even a forgiving attitude towards Iranian Holocaust denial and antisemitic statements by its

leaders, including its president who feels at home in too many countries around the world,” he said.

International Bodies Equally concerning is that fact that Israel suffers from official and institutionalized discrimination not only in the Arab and Muslim world, but also in international forums such as the UN and the Human Rights Council in Geneva.

In these bodies, “despite the lofty notions of universality and equitable treatment, Israel is not a member of any regional grouping and is the only country which has an agenda item, the infamous item 7, specifically to condemn its so-called violations of human rights,” he said.

He found it strange that countries such as North Korea, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Yemen, and others, not known for protecting

minorities, allowing freedom of the press, or guaranteeing other political or civil rights, are never or, at most, rarely condemned.

But of the 103 countryrelated resolutions passed by the Human Rights Council since its establishment in 2006, 46 were against Israel, as were six of its 19 Special Sessions.

“Can such a miserable record be defined as anything other than antisemitism in the guise of anti-Israelism?” said Mr. Elkin.

Like most speakers at the forum, Mr. Elkin did not suggest that Israel is unwilling to accept criticism of its acts, decisions, and policies.

“But criticism is legitimate only if it does not single out Israel for different treatment and does not delegitimize our existence and right to exist,” he said.

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