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Did Turkey Betray Israel? Did the US Betray Turkey and Israel? Is Iran Laughing All the Way to Nuclear Capability? One of the more confusing stories to come out of the Middle East last month was a report in the Washington Post: last year, when Turkish-Israeli relations were very strained, Turkish intelligence chief Hakan Fidan deliberately exposed a network of Iranians who had been working with the Mossad, Israel’s intelligence agency. According to the report, Mr. Fidan gave Teheran the names of about ten Iranians who had been meeting with Mossad handlers in Turkey. According to Arutz Sheva, Turkey’s deliberate exposure of the agents’ identifies was a “significant” blow to Israel’s
intelligence-gathering capabilities in Iran. Push-Pull Relationship According to the article in the Post, Israel had run part of its Iranian network through Turkey, which means Turkey’s internal intelligence agency had access to the meetings between Iranians and Israeli agents within its borders. According to strategic analyst Mark Langfan, director of Americans for a Safe Israel, while Turkey and Iran also have strained relations, theirs is a push-pull. On one hand, Ankara, with its Nabucco east-west pipeline to Europe, needs Iranian oil. But with an eye to the future, Turkey fears a nuclear-Iran with territo-
rial contiguity through its satellite proxies in Iraq, Syria, and Lebanon. With this land mass at its disposal, Iran would be able to run its own uninterrupted oil-gas pipeline from Iran to the Eastern Mediterranean Sea, an operation that would bankrupt Turkey’s Nabucco. “The last thing Ankara wants is for Iran to do this with a nuclear-umbrella for protection,” said Mr. Langfan. Iran’s Man Like many analysts, Mr. Langfan is certain the information was leaked to the Post’s David Ignatius by a well-placed member of the Obama administration acting
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Kristallnacht at 75: Aged Nazis Dying, Russian-Jewish Hero Recognized, and an Egyptian MD Honored by Yad Vashem The commemoration this November of
the 75th anniversary of Kristallnacht, the Night of Broken Glass, makes clear that the enormous shadow cast by the Holocaust can still prompt fresh raw emotion. Just last month, a notorious Nazi war criminal who evaded justice for more than 40 years, died at the age of 100 while under house arrest; a Jewish hero of the Sobibor death camp revolt was finally recognized; and an Egyptian doctor who saved Jews during the Holocaust was posthumously shamed by his family who refused to accept his honor at Yad Vashem. At the beginning of October, former
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al responsibility for his actions, died in Rome at the age of 100. In 1998, he was sentenced to life in prison for his role in a March 1944 bloodbath at Rome’s Ardeatine caves, which left 335 people dead, including 75 Jews. The victims were massacred with bullets to their necks—murdered perhaps in retaliation for an attack by the resistance movement on SS soldiers. Escape to Argentina After the incident at the Ardeatine caves, Mr. Priebke, who had joined the Nazi party in his native Germany soon after Adolf Hitler came to power in 1933,
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On Health Care and Death Panels By Rabbi Philip Lefkowitz, Agudas Achim North Shore Congregation, Chicago, IL President Barack Obama seems to have designated Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel, brother of the former Obama administration White House Chief of Staff and current Mayor of Chicago Rahm Emanuel, to serve as Surgeon General in charge of touting the virtues of Obamacare. A major player in the creation of Obamacare, Dr. Emanuel, who managed to promote himself from oncologist to “bioethicist,” has views on healthcare that are not just different from those supported by Jewish tradition and halacha; they
seem diametrically opposed. In the February 27th 2008 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), Dr. Emanuel compared “vague promises of savings from cutting waste, enhancing prevention and wellness, installing electronic medical records, and improving quality of care” to mere “lipstick” in terms of cost control. These endeavors, he said, were “more for show and public relations than for true change.” “True reform,” he said, “must include redefining doctors’ ethical obligations.” No More “Overuse” In the June 18, 2008 issue
of JAMA, he explained what he meant. He blamed the Hippocratic Oath and physicians’ training for the “overuse” of medical care. “Medical school education and post-graduate education emphasize thoroughness. This culture is further reinforced by a unique understanding of professional obligations, specifically the Hippocratic Oath’s admonition to ‘use my power to help the sick to the best of my ability and judgment’ as an imperative to do everything for the patient regardless of cost or effect on others,” he complained. He seemed much more
impressed with physicians who took “cost and effect on others” into consideration rather than what may have been best for the patient. “The progression in endof-life care mentality from ‘do everything’ to more palliative care shows that change in physician norms and practices is possible,” he wrote. Less Money Medicine based on consideration to “cost and effect on others” rather than solely on the needs of the patient, was the way I experienced government-run health care in the United Kingdom. The
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Kol Ami: Thanksgivingukka? For the first time ever, Thanksgiving and Chanukah coincide this year. The last time Chanukah fell on the fourth Thursday of November was back in 1861—but that wasn’t Thanksgiving. President Abraham Lincoln did not formally establish Thanksgiving until 1863. Chanukah will again fall on the fourth Thursday of November in the secular year of 79,811. So we’d better enjoy the happy coincidence this year while we can.
In addition to the idea of gratitude, Chanukah and Thanksgiving share the theme of perseverance despite the odds. Today, thank G-d, life is not as hard as it was for America’s founding fathers or for the Maccabees and Jews of ancient Judea. However, there are still many struggling families. As part of the joint continued on page 10 Rebbetzin Chanie Zaklikovsky Chabad of Monroe, NJ
For the public Chanukah celebration that falls this year on Thanksgiving, we at Chabad are doing exactly what we have done every year: celebrate Chanukah with a huge outdoor menorah, music, and traditional Chanukah treats,. That does not mean, however, that we are not aware that the two holidays coincide this year. In fact, for a Jew who, every morning says Modeh Ani, every
Because no Jewish organization has done more to publicize the holiday of Chanukah than Chabad, the question this month, asked of several followers of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, z”tl, was: Is there anything special Jewish families can do appropriately to celebrate both Chanukah and Thanksgiving? Y
To celebrate the confluence of Chanukah and Thanksgiving, Jews should increase their acts of public kindness and goodness. Rabbi Michel Gurkov Chabad of Passaic County Wayne, NJ day of the year is Thanksgiving. Rabbi Ephraim Simon Friends of Lubavitch of Bergen County Teaneck, NJ
My wife and 15-year-old daughter were in the Garden State Mall in Paramus when the gunman who caused the panic was there. I was with three of our younger children in a store outside. I will never forget the sheer terror of being separated from my wife and child and not knowing continued on page 10 Rabbi Shmuley Boteach This World: The Values Network Englewood, NJ
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The Current Crisis: “Even in Laughter, the Heart Can Ache” What’s that, Grasshopper? You went to healthcare.gov and not only didn’t you get to do anything, but your whole system froze and you lost documents that you might need in order to sign up for insurance again? Well, never mind. We’ve got just the technique to get the most out of stress reduction, and you don’t even need any insurance. To work effectively, it does rely on the government: 1 Picture yourself lying on your belly on a warm rock that hangs out over a crystal clear stream. 2 Picture yourself with both your hands dangling in the cool, running water. 3 Birds are sweetly singing in the cool mountain air. 4 No one knows your secret place. 5 You are in total seclusion from that hectic place called the world. 6 The soothing sound of a gentle waterfall fills the air with a cascade of serenity 7 The water is so clear that you can make out the face of the Congressman you are holding under water. Doesn’t that make you feel better? *** Back to the real world. Does everyone remember Congressman Joe Wilson (R-SC) who, in 2009, yelled “You Lie” when President Obama said ObamaCare would not include illegal aliens. Well, everyone insisted the congressman was wrong, because the bill does indeed exclude those who are in this country illegally. Now it turns out that Mr. Wilson was prescient. He was not referring to any particular section; he was summarizing the President’s entire approach to passing and implementing ObamaCare.
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Trying to explain away “If you like your health care plan, you’ll be able to keep your health-care plan. Period,” Josh Barro of Business Insider said the President did not mean you could keep “bad health plans.” What the President really meant was that if he likes your health care plan, you can keep it. And he didn’t mean “period.” His teleprompter was upside down. He meant “asterisk.” Mr. Barro also said the ObamaCare policy is “based on the correct presumption that people don’t know what is best for them.” When Timothy Carney of the Washington Examiner saw Mr. Barro’s Twitter, a light went on and suddenly it all made sense: “If people don’t know what’s best for them, there’s no reason to deal with them honestly.” *** At the end of October, CNN’s Carol Costello went on the air with this report: If you make Obama look bad, you can lose your job as a reporter. Ms. Costello said she experienced it first hand, “when I was, you know, reporting on the Presidential race. I mean President Obama’s people can be quite nasty. They don’t like you to say anything bad about their boss, and they’re not afraid to use whatever means they have at hand to stop you from doing that, including threatening your job. A friend in Elizabeth was shocked…shocked. “This can’t possibly be true. The President would never do such a thing. He’s above that. The reporter must not like him, or is a racist, and is just trying to smear him. And anyway, it was his staff, not him, we can’t hold him responsible. But if it’s true, well it’s okay. I’m sure [Presidents of the US] all do it, and, also, anyway, if it’s true, he probably didn’t know anything about it. But I’m sure he will get to the bottom of it (or not).” Happy Chanukah, everyone, SLR
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mandates of the physician’s oath, whether from Hippocrates or Maimonides, are simply not possible in such a system. And from the look of things, the Obamacare system will have even fewer resources that originally planned. We now know that, on the first day on which it was possible to attempt to sign in on the website for Obamacare, only six individuals in the entire country bought health insurance. Most of those who signed onto the site went on Medicaid, the program for those whose income, or lack thereof, demonstrates that they cannot afford health care.
When asked, most young healthy members of society, whose participation is vital to Obamacare’s success, indicated they will not sign up at all, preferring simply to pay the $95 fine. This means the financial base upon which Obamacare was predicated will evaporate. A Preview Last June, Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius gave us a preview of what this will mean. She refused to intervene in the case of a 10-year-old girl who needed a lung transplant. Under the guidelines,
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only patients over the age of 12 could join the list to be eligible for adult lungs because so few pediatric lungs are available. The little girl’s doctors said she would be medically eligible for an adult lung, but the guidelines said no, and Ms. Sebelius would not budge. Even an urgent letter from the child’s Congressman, Rep Lou Barletta (R-PA), in which he wrote “I’m begging you. She has three to five weeks to live. Please suspend the rules,” was insufficient. Ultimately, the Court system intervened and that precious life was spared. “Adjustments” During my sojourn in the UK nearly three decades ago, I was treated to the harsh reality of national health care. To meet the needs of a growing patient load, the local health board in Manchester needed to supply the hospitals with six additional dialysis machines. For the patients who needed dialysis, this service was matter of life and death. Unfortunately, the budget granted to the health board by the central government was far less than what was necessary to purchase the additional machines. Instead, the board had to review the needs and was forced to make adjustments. One such “adjustment” was the decision not to purchase any additional dialysis machines. In the eyes of the health board, there were many more pressing issues that required attention. Those deemed “unworthy” of future dialysis treatment included people on the dole, the elderly, or both, determined, as Dr. Emanuel would put it, by concerns based on “cost and effect on others.” These unfortunates received a letter from the board telling them simply not to come to hospital any longer as dialysis would no longer be available. It was a “death notice” issued by a “death panel.” Who Was Sickest According to Jewish tradition, a Bikur Cholim committee must be established in every Jewish community to maintain medical care for all, including the community’s rabbi, farmers, philanthropist, laborers, and beggars. Money was raised for those who could not afford health care, and people who did not give appropriately could be taken to a Beit Din. Wanting to
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spend money on ballgame tickets was not an acceptable alternative to providing healthcare for society. But decisions on where to spend resources were based on who was sickest, not who was most valuable to the community or whose life Dr. Emanuel considers more worthy, even at the end. I cannot and will not believe that Americans want their physicians and hospitals to be guided by a body who, in line with Dr. Emanuel’s ethics, determines what, if any, medical care any individual will receive, based not only on the needs of the patient, but by the impact such care will have on society as a whole. Like the health boards in the UK, the panels in the US will be the ones determining the patient’s value to society: Does he work? Is he productive? Does his life have a meaningful impact on others? What are the probable number of years he has left? This would be a new Unesaneh Tokef, but this time in the hands of humanity. Who shall live and who shall die. In Whose Hands? When confronted by a mourner who painfully asks why his loved one died, rabbis truthfully can respond that that the issue of life and death is in G-d’s hands. Obamacare’s panels are mankind’s demanding to play a role in determining who shall live and who shall die. The panels represent our wanting our sense of fairness. For me, I opt for accepting G-d’s will, knowing that, at times, His decision is one I cannot fathom and may even dispute. I would not want to sit on a celestial “death panel.” The path on which America has embarked regarding health care is morally wrong and decidedly un-Jewish. It needs to be changed. Considering the quality of another’s life with an eye towards ending it is the first step on the slippery slope towards euthanasia and worse. We used to say that legalizing doctor-assisted suicide could easily lead to a situation in which the “right to die” becomes “the obligation to die.” Healthcare panel-dictated medicine can take that decision one step further. The Nazis considered and evaluated Jewish lives, determining they were a nonhuman race of vermin, not worthy of life and, therefore, their slaughter was justified. We need to remember and learn from history rather than embarking on a path, G-d forbid, toward reliving history. Y
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with the full knowledge of the President. “The only reason this information would be leaked to the press is to make sure Israel and Turkey do not see it is in their best interests to work together to thwart Iran’s nuclear ambitions,” said Mr. Langfan, who believes President Barack Obama has no intention of securing a nuclear-free Iran. “Obama has been Iran’s man in the White House from day one of his Presidency. From the moment Obama took office, there has been a non-stop torrent of foreign policy moves which are pro-Iran, pro-Assad in Syria, anti-Saudi
Arabia, pro-Hezbollah in Lebanon, antiIsrael, pro-Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt, anti-Mubarak—which now has morphed into an anti-General al-Sisi—in Egypt. All this has taken Iran to the threshold of becoming a nuclear-weapon state,” he said. Presidential Pledges ZOA’s president Mort Klein said the President does not seem to understand that “stopping Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons is not only a vital Israeli interest, but a vital American interest.” “We are deeply concerned that Obama’s pledge not to allow Iran to develop nu-
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celebration of Chanukah and Thanksgiving, besides frying up sweet potato latkes, let’s help others persevere. At Chabad of Monroe, we are collecting cans of food. On Chanukah, we are planning to build the cans into a Can-orah and “light them.” We will then distribute the cans to our local food pantry. This is something all families can do: Show your thanks for what you have by sharing with others. Make this holiday one of light for everyone. Rebbetzin Chanie Zaklikovsky Chabad of Monroe, NJ Rabbi Boteach, continued what was happening to them, of calling the cell phone and having it go straight to voice mail until, finally, my wife answered. I will never forget the elation when we were reunited. During the ordeal, my children and I recited Psalm 20. When we were all together, with heartfelt thanks, I began reciting Psalm 91, the prayer of Thanksgiving. I think a good way to celebrate the joint occasion of Thanksgiving and Chanukah is to adopt a custom we enjoy every Shabbat: Everyone at the table names something for which he or she is grateful to G-d, be it for a grandparent’s health, the blessings of friends and family, or, maybe, winning the lottery. Not only is this an opportunity for the individual to thank G-d, but the activity inspires others to reflect on those
things for which they, too, are thankful. As you light the menorah on Thanksgiving this year, take the theme of gratitude from the American national holiday and orchestrate it with the holiness of Chanukah. Watch the candles and reflect on what fills you with gratitude. Rabbi Shmuley Boteach This World: The Values Network Englewood, NJ At the Liberty Bell Throughout the world, Chabad menorah lightings, whether on a gondola in Venice, an ice rink in Atlantic City, or in the shadow of a 32-foot tall, two-ton menorah near Central Park in Manhattan, include not just candles (or torches which require cranes or cherry-pickers), but also filled doughnuts, sizzling hot latkes, dreidels, chocolate Chanukah “gelt,” and music. Local politicians or officials are often invited to enjoy the festivities and lucky guests get to light the menorah. The organization’s first public menorah lighting took place in 1974 in Philadelphia. A handful of Jews watched as a Soviet émigré stood in front of the Liberty Bell and lit the candles on a small Chanukiah. One year later, Chabad of Northern California encouraged the lighting in San Francisco of
a 22-foot tall mahogany “Mama Menorah,” accompanied by a Chanukah festival. In 1980, the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, z”tl, issued a directive encouraging menorah lightings in public places, and, in 1987, he formally launched the Chabad Lubavitch Chanukah Menorah campaign. “Wherever Jews live, large menorahs should be lit to publicize the Chanukah miracle and an effort should be made that every Jew light candles in his home,” he said, adding the prayer that this should “allow everyone to illuminate his soul with the light of Torah and also light up the entire public thoroughfare, increasing light every day.” Winning in Court It wasn’t always that simple. In 1988, the American Jewish Congress took issue with Chabad’s public menorahs, insisting that lighting them on public property was not just unconstitutional, but also a source of “tension” between Jews and Gentiles. In fact, the only ones who seemed ever to be upset by Chabad’s public menorahs were liberal Jews. In 1989, the American Civil Liberties Union took the County of Allegheny, PA, to court, charging that the public display of the menorah on city prop-
erty was unconstitutional. With the support of Chabad—who owned the menorah to be lit on public property—the case went all the way to the US Supreme Court, which ruled in favor of the menorah. While a few places still give local Chabad organizations a hard time, Chanukah has become almost synonymous with public Chabad menorahs. Since 1979, the White House has had one, and every year, the British House of Commons holds a menorah lighting ceremony at the home of the Speaker. Most Chabad representatives explain that the public menorah lightings—which every year grow bigger and grander—are a way to reach out to secular and unaffiliated Jews, offering them pride in Jewish identification. There are dozens of Chabad Chanukah lightings in Northern, Central, and South Jersey, and Riverdale and Rockland County, NY. If your town is not listed here, call the local Chabad House or the NJ central headquarters, the Rabbinical College of America, in Morristown at 973-267-9404. They will find one for you. Happy Chanukah! Wed., Nov 27 Smile on Seniors Chanukah Event, spons by Chabad
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At OHEL Gala: See the Star in Everyone On Sunday, November 24, OHEL
Children’s and Family Services will hold its annual gala dinner at the New York Marriott Marquis. The gala, entitled “OHEL Sees the Star in Everyone,” will open with a reception at 5pm, followed by dinner a 6pm. More than 1,000 supporters of OHEL are expected to attend. Emblematic of the focus will be the evening’s celebration of two “all stars” of Camp Kaylie, OHEL’s premiere, all-integrative summer camp: Nina Bernheim, daughter of Malkie and Josh Bernheim of Bergenfield, and Malkie Rubin, daughter of Tzivia and Yossie Rubin of Teaneck. The evening’s guests of honor are Chani and Jay Kestenbaum of Lawrence, who have been actively involved at OHEL for more than 20 years. Mr. Kestenbaum, vice-president of OHEL’s board of directors and chairman of the Development Committee, is also a member of the Camp Kaylie and Etta at
OHEL Los Angeles) boards. Mrs. Kestenbaum has devoted countless hours driving OHEL children to and from appointments with various professionals. The gala’s corporate guest of honor is Investors Bank, which has supported OHEL’s work. Headquartered in Short Hills, NJ, Investors Bank has nearly 150 branches throughout NJ and NY. OHEL will also pay tribute to the organization’s Golf chairpersons, Ben Englander, Izzy Kaufman, Michelle Sulzberger, Jonathan Marks, and Jeffrey Schwartz. All residents of the Five Towns, they are being honored for chairing a decade of successful, sold-out golf events at the annual OHEL Omni Golf Classic. Advocacy Explaining why they agreed to be honored by OHEL, Mrs. Kestenbaum singled out the organization’s “strong and passionate” advocacy for its children. “We are awed by the breadth of OHEL’s programming. Year after
year, despite being involved in business, other communal activities, and in caring for our family, we stay involved with OHEL. And we always will. Why? Because OHEL is constantly there, 365 days a year, 24/7 to serve the community,” she said. Since 1969, OHEL has provided critical programs and service to help ensure that children of all abilities are protected, well cared for, loved, and encouraged to thrive. According to OHEL spokesman Jeremy Pasternak, OHEL works “to ensure that all individuals of all abilities are able to shine,” through programs such as foster care, mental-health services, mental health and special-needs programs, domestic-abuse shelters, Camp Kaylie, programs for siblings of children with developmental disabilities, and its residential facilities serving 450 clients from NY, NJ, and beyond. Meeting Its Mandate OHEL was established as a dependable haven for individuals of all ages and families, helping them surmount everyday challenges, heal from trauma, and manage with strength and dignity during times of crisis. Its staff meets the many social service needs of the general community, while at the same time providing culturallysensitive services to the Jewish community, including Yiddish, Hebrew, and Russian speakers.
“Support for the annual gala will give children with developmental disabilities the opportunity to attend summer camp alongside their typically developing peers; it will give respite and support to the parents of children diagnosed with autism-spectrum disorders; access to the best medical care for children living with OHEL foster families; and many other important programs and services,” said Mr. Pasternak. He pointed out that friends of OHEL’s children and families “recognize and uplift the many people among us who can seem invisible.” These typically include children who have been neglected, teenagers with autism who struggle to communicate with peers, young mothers who find themselves in abusive marriages, Holocaust survivors suffering with mental illness and afraid to seek counseling, and “sandwich generation” couples coping with the needs of both young children and aging parents. For more information on OHEL’s gala, visit www.OhelFamily.org/gala or call 718-972-9338. “For nearly 45 years, OHEL has worked every day to ensure that those who feel invisible receive the support they need to thrive and shine. Hence, the theme of the gala is at OHEL, we see the ‘star’ in everyone,” said Mr. PasY ternak.
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Young Israel of Fort Lee Opens New Building Barely a month has passed since the
Young Israel of Fort Lee dedicated its new building, named for Ulo and Ethel Barad, on Sunday, Oct 20th; but it is already being used just as the shul’s supporters intended. Not only does the synagogue—built on the site of its original building at 1610 Parker Avenue—still offer a full array of regular minyanim and shiurim, but this month, it will mark the one-year anniversary of its very popular monthly lunch-and-learn series. On Monday, November 11, Dr. Bernard Raab, a former president of the Young Israel, will deliver a talk entitled “Is Obama More Upset
about Poison Gas than Was Roosevelt? What Did We Know and When Did We Know It?” “We of the post-World War II generation have come to accept the reality of the horrors of the Nazi death camps. However, the first liberators of the Allied armies to witness the remnants of the camps were shocked to discover a reality that was just unimaginable. This was largely due to the maniacal ability of the Nazis to conceal the truth from the world at large. And yet, some information was available as early as 1942, when the death camps were just beginning full-scale operations,” said Dr. Raab.
In his talk, he will discuss the source of the information and the details, as well as the efforts made to conceal the facts. He will also attempt to delve into the “sadly inadequate response of the political and Jewish leadership in the US and elsewhere at the time.” His talk will be followed by a questionand-answer session as well as a light lunch. The program is being sponsored by Rita and Jeff Wilder in memory of Mrs. Wilder’s parents, Mary and Jack Goodman z”l. According to long-term members of the Young Israel, programs such as this, which were conducted in the former building, will now be able to attract more people, including congregants as well as those from outside the area. Community History The original building at the site was erected in 1980, and served as a permanent home to the congregation, which since its founding in 1972, had held services in several other venues. The original members managed first to secure a room for their Orthodox minyan in the Conservative Fort Lee Jewish Community Center, and then moved to the home of one of its founders. In 1977, the shul (officially called The Fort Lee Synagogue) rented an apartment on Main Street, and almost immediately purchased and began building at the site on Parker Avenue. In 1978, Rabbi Neil Winkler became spiritual leader of the congregation’s approximately 25 families. In 1980, the shul and Rabbi Winkler moved into its then-new building, and the shul became a member of the National Council of Young Israel. In 2010, the original building was demolished, making way for the congregation’s new and much larger two-story facility. The new building is fully equipped with a main sanctuary, a smaller beit midrash, a full kitchen, a reception hall, and a Shabbat elevator that runs automatically on the Sabbath and Jewish holidays. The building is handicap accessible. Last April, the congregation became a member of the Orthodox Union as well. After davening for almost three years in cramped quarters in a house near the Parker Avenue site, congregants said they were delighted with the completion of the project. The Young Israel of Fort Lee now boasts membership of 120 families, ranging from newly married couples and those with young chil-
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Young Israel of Fort Lee dren to older people, including snow birds who spend most of their winters in warmer climates. Many of the shul’s senior members are Holocaust survivors, as was Ulo Barad z”l. Gateway to Bergen County Located in the shadow of the George Washington Bridge and just minutes from Manhattan, Fort Lee is often seen as the gateway to the Bergen County OrthodoxJewish community. The Young Israel has been joined by two other Orthodox synagogues: the Sephardic Congregation Ohel Shalom and the Chabad of Fort Lee. Fort Lee has its own mikveh and eruv and is within easy access of all the area’s kosher restaurants, stores, shops, and yeshivas and day schools. Known mostly for its healthy mix of modest and luxury apartments—including rentals, cooperatives, and condominiums— Fort Lee also has many private homes. Some of the apartments offer Shabbat elevators. Other amenities in the community include outdoor playgrounds, indoor playrooms, pools for adults and children, a summer Shakespeare in the Park series (located across the street from the Young Israel), and a summer concert series. Jack Zwas, president of the Young Israel of Fort Lee, said those wishing to know more about the community or the shul and its services, can call 201-592-1518 or 917-453-6655. Rabbi Winkler can be contacted at winklerneil@gmail.com. Pride in the Rabbi At the new building’s dedication last month, congregants seemed justifiably proud of the accomplishment, but most agreed that their shul’s crowning achievement lay in the services of Rabbi Winkler and his Rebbetzin, Andrea. A musmach of Yeshiva University’s Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary, Rabbi Winkler also has degrees from YU in history and Biblical Studies. He has taught for 35
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years at the Moriah School in Englewood, where is he now Coordinator of Bible Studies. Active with the Rabbinical Council of America, National Council of Young Israel, and the Rabbinical Council of Bergen County, Rabbi Winkler is also the author of Bringing the Prophets to Life (Gefen). Recognized as a devoted Zionist, he has been honored by the Beit-El community as well as by Arutz Sheva. Mrs. Winkler, who has worked with the
administration of Ma’ayanot Yeshiva High School for Girls since the school’s inception in 1996, is also a founding member of Project SARAH, NJ’s statewide resource for Jewish victims of domestic violence and sexual abuse. The Winklers have five children and nine grandchildren thus far. Important Inauguration At the dedication of the new build-
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Young Israel of Fort Lee ing last month, Fort Lee Mayor Mark Sokolich saw the shul’s completion as “confirmation that we were going in the right direction.” He noted that in the past year, Fort Lee has experienced more growth than in any 20-year period in the town’s 120-year history. He called the shul dedication “the most important inauguration, perhaps the most important ceremony, that I’ve
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attended in the past few years.” Others who spoke at the program included Rabbi Perry Tirschwell, executive director of the National Council of Young Israel; Paul Glasser, representing the Orthodox Union; and Rabbi Shmuel Goldin of Congregation Ahavath Torah in neighboring Englewood. Togetherness and Connection Gerald Barad, the son of the couple for whom the building
was named and a significant donor in his own right to the project, noted how much his father, who died last January, had been looking forward to the completion of the construction. Ulo Barad z”l, a successful hotelier and real estate investor in New York, was the sole survivor of his family after the Holocaust. He was a generous supporter of many New Yorkbased and Israeli charities.
“He was very proud to have played such an important role in the construction of this beautiful new synagogue,” said Gerald Barad. “For my father and for my family, this synagogue represents togetherness and connection between the many generations of our family. We look forward to spending many wonderful times together in this beautiful new synagogue.” S.L.R.
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Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz’s Global Day of Jewish Learning Confronts Creativity, Collaboration, and Jewish Tradition On Motzei Shabbat, Novem-
ber 16, and Sunday, November 17, tens of thousands of Jews are expected to participate in this year’s Global Day of Jewish Learning. It will mark the fourth time Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz and the Aleph Society, which was founded to promote his work, have held this 24-hour event. This year, however, the Global Day will make use of new technology that can essentially unite the Jewish people throughout the world through study of Jewish texts. Known throughout the world as an extraordinary champion of Jewish literacy, Rabbi Steinsaltz has taken as his life-motto, “Let my people know.” In that spirit, this year’s Global Day of Jewish Learning takes as its theme “Creating Together: Jewish Approaches to Creativity and Collaboration.” In the past, Jewish individuals and groups participating in the project shared the day by knowing that throughout the world, others like themselves were engaged in learning the same texts and asking the same questions. This year, the Global Day of Jewish Learning will use “Google Hangouts on Air” to broadcast live on YouTube. Over the course of 24 hours, 24 different speakers in 24 locations will each pres-
ent a take on the subject of creativity and collaboration. Referring to the speakers and those who will watch them in the program called “24x24,” Rabbi Steinsaltz said, “They will join together in a day of study and celebration of Jewish unity.” Rabbi Steinsaltz will participate in “24x24,” speaking on “Creativity” during the 1pm time-slot on November 17. Prolific Writer A world-renowned scholar, teacher, mystic, and social critic, Rabbi Steinsaltz, now 76, has written more than 60 books and hundreds of articles on the Talmud, Kabbalah, and Chasidut. A follower and frequent guest of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Schneerson, z”tl, Rabbi Steinsaltz published a book consisting of personal anecdotes about him. But his crowning—if in some circles controversial— achievement is his 45-volume translation of the Talmud into Modern Hebrew. A massive, decades-long undertaking, the translation turned the stream of unpunctuated Aramaic into Hebrew sentences with vowels and explanations, including his own commentaries in the margins. That translation, plus the ones he made into five other languages, including English, rendered the Tal-
mud accessible to those without extensive formal Jewish education. Asked if he had any regrets about translating the Talmud, especially in light of the criticism the work gave rise to among some hareidi leaders, he confessed that it was “a judgment call, weighing different things.” “Teaching Talmud in its original form means that a very small number of people will get to it, which means you create a very big population of ignorant people. It’s a matter of what’s more important. There are many areas where you have this kind of discussion. It’s a choice. I thought that the decision should be about giving people access. We don’t have a small closed group of people that are in the know. From Mount Sinai
on, we wanted everybody to participate. If you want it this way, you have to pay for it,” he said. Many observers note that after his translation, there was less resistance to the work of others, such as Artscroll’s subsequent translation of Gemara. Provide the Spark Rabbi Steinsaltz’s completion of the Modern Hebrew translation was commemorated in November 2010 by the inaugural Global Day of Jewish Learning. He has won the Israel Prize and the French Order of Arts and Literature. In 2012, he received Israel’s inaugural Israeli Presidential Award of Distinction. The ultimate goal of all his work, he said, is to “spark a love of Jewish learning.”
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In many Jewish communities around the world, that spark ignited weeks before the actual Global Day of Jewish Learning, as groups and individuals started to follow a curriculum designed by Rabbi Steinsaltz and the Aleph Society to explore this year’s focus. Those who register to participate in the program are able to download the curriculum along with a facilitator’s guide. Mirroring the wide participation, the curricular materials are available in English, Hebrew, Russian, and Spanish. Fulfilling G-d’s Plan Classes will explore questions such
as “How can each person offer his own individual creative contribution to the world?” and “Is there any room for creativity in prayer?” According to Rabbi Steinsaltz, creativity and progress are part of G-d’s desire for the human race. “We are basically driven and obliged to make progress. Progress is an imperative. We are in this world that G-d created, but we must create and do new things. This may seem like we are fighting against G-d by taking what He has made and, through our progress, changing it. But we are never fighting against G-d
when we are creative; we are fighting with Him,” he said. The participating communities are as diverse as Manhattan and Melbourne, London and Louisville, and Honolulu and Haifa. By the end of November 17th, individuals in 400 communities in 35 countries across six continents will have participated. Creating Friendship The curriculum consists of six units geared towards adults, one each for elementary and middle school students, and even an early childhood curriculum created in partnership with the PJ Library. Participating individuals and communities can look at the curriculum materials and choose to discuss all or some of them. The first session deals with the essence of friendship. Entitled “Creating Friendship: Acquire for Yourself a Friend,” it is taken from the passage in Pirkei Avos, the Ethics of the Fathers, in which Yehoshua ben Perachia said: “Make for yourself a rabbi (a role model who teaches and lives according to Torah values), acquire for yourself a friend (invest in an equal who can assist in religious and personal growth), and judge every person favorably.” “Can true friendship ever be consistently one-sided? How do we learn to trust another person? What must we do to earn friendship?” asked Rabbi Steinsaltz, noting that this session explores friendship in the Bible, the Talmud, and the ancient world. Creating Prayer The second session deals with the creation of the Amidah and asks how the silent prayer, recited while standing, came into being. The session begins with stories of the defining prayer’s origin and goes on to explore the communal and personal significance of all prayer. “Can a prayer be created by committee or must it be the result of individual expression? Can one person speak for all Jews?” asked Rabbi Steinsaltz. In the third class, participants examine the structure and creativity in G-d’s creation of the world along with mankind’s responsibility to it. “We are not only care-givers, but also partners in creating and sustaining the planet,” said Rabbi Steinsaltz.
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Creation and Rest The focus of creativity extends to the fourth class, “Creativity and Torah Study,” which questions if commitment to the tradition curtails individuality. “ Is religion the enemy of innovation or is it possible for rules to encourage creativity? What frameworks foster creativity?” asked Rabbi Steinsaltz. The fifth session discusses the creation of Shabbat and rest as a creative act. “We have the chance to emulate G-d and shape the world as well, both by being creative and by instituting meaningful rest in our lives and our societies. Is it ever possible to be unplugged?” said Rabbi Steinsaltz. Artistic Creation The final session explores the creativity of Bezalel, who, according to Jewish tradition, was chosen by G-d to build the sanctuary in the desert because he was filled with “the spirit of G-d.” “In this session, we will explore Gd’s role as creator and its implications for mankind, as we are created ‘in the image of G-d.’ Can an appreciation for artistic creativity bring us closer to the divine? How can art be used as a medium for spiritual development?” said Rabbi Steinsaltz. Middle School students will be asked to discuss “Fear and Splendor” in the building of the Golden Calf and then the sanctuary. “We will highlight the power of working together and come to understand that collaboration can yield both wonderful and terrible results,” said Rabbi Steinsaltz. Participating students will be able to engage in their own group project. Elementary school students will discuss the way G-d created the world. Then they will explore the smaller worlds that every individual creates. PJ Library Working with PJ Library (the Jewish family engagement program that mails many families in North America free highquality Jewish children’s literature and music), the Global Day of Learning suggests three books which parents can read to the project’s very youngest participants: “Say Hello, Lily,” by Deborah Lakritz and Martha Aviles; “Rise and Shine” by Karen Ostrove and Kimberly Scott; and “Red, Blue, and Yellow Yarn” by Miriam Kosman and Valeri Gorbachev.
In addition to individual synagogues and educational groups throughout the world, the Global Day of Jewish Learning counts among its partners the Jewish Agency for Israel, the Hillel Foundation for Jewish Campus Life, Jewish Federations of North America, the Aleph Society, and the Shefa Institute. The Aleph Society, which was founded in 1988 to expand Rabbi Steinsaltz’s goal of the development of Jews, Jewish identity, and Jewish communities, now has operations in Israel, Russia, the US, and the United Kingdom. The Israel-based Shefa Institute is the coordinating organization for Rabbi Steinsaltz’s worldwide educational and publishing efforts. She-
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fa’s constituent groups include the Mekor Chaim network of elementary and high schools and the Tekoa Yeshivat Hesder. Individual Programs Participation in the “24x24” program on November 16-17 is not dependent on having attended any of the prior community-based sessions. And while the organizers of the Global Day event hope many participants will spend time with the internet program, they know each community will decide for itself what its Global Day event will be. “The structure of each event will depend on audience, resources, and local interest,” said Karen Sponder, project direc-
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A Danube Riverboat Cruise for Pesach 2014 This coming Pesach, guests of Kosher
Expeditions will cruise along the scenic Danube River, through historic Vienna, Budapest, and Bratislava, on the elegant Amadeus Rhapsody Riverboat. And the exclusive cruise will be entirely Kosher le’Pesach.
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Wed., Dec 4 Smile on Seniors Chanukah Event, spons by Chabad of West Orange, at Brighton Gardens, West Orange, 11am, 973486-2362 Bell Tower Monument, West 239th St between Riverdale Ave and the Henry Hudson Pkwy, Riverdale, spons by Chabad of Riverdale, 4pm, 718-549-1100 Chanukah in the Park Grand Public Menorah Lighting, spons by Chabad of Passaic-Clifton, with Passaic Mayor Alex Blanco and Clifton James Anzaldi, featuring The Fun Bus, Chai Tots Pre-School presentation, latkes, sufganiyot, hotdogs, and music, Third Ward Park, Passaic, 5pm, rabbisebbag@gmail.com Bergen Town Center, Paramus, spons by the Friendship Circle, featuring the Yavneh Choir, 6pm 201-262-7172 Fanwood Train Station, Fanwood, spons by Chabad of Union County, 6pm, 908-790-0008 Chanukah Menorah Car Parade, spons by Chabad of West Orange, in West Orange, 6pm, 973-486-2362 Cresskill Public Library, spons by Lubavitch on the Palisades, 7pm, 201871-1152 S.L.R.
KosherExpeditionshasteamedwiththemighty Amadeus fleet to bring the kosher community auniqueandveryprivatePesachjourneyalong thebeautifulDanube.Therewillbeonly70cabins available for the cruise’s 140 guests. This is an opportunity to experience outstanding comfort and quality accompanied by elegant service. It will be an unforgettable vacation on one of the most scenic European waterways in the world—and guests will enjoy all the comforts of a floating hotel. The ten-day voyage will cruise through breathtaking stretches of the Danube, right in the heart of the once-brilliant imperial Austro-Hungarian monarchy. From Vienna, the ship will travel downstream to Budapest, known as the Queen of the Danube. Guests will pass through three European countries— Austria, Hungary, and Slovakia—as well as the picturesque Wachau Valley district of Austria, all steeped in thousands of years of rich European history. Full Program Kosher Expeditions’ all-inclusive Pesach program includes perfectly prepared, strictly supervised, glatt kosher le Pesach cuisine; memorable seders; and an onboard synagogue with daily minyanim. Additionally, the cruise will provide local touring opportunities,
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allowing guests to explore the areas’ history and Jewish heritage. In addition, onboard, the cruise will feature historians, lecturers, and educators prepared to bring each of the regions to life. Guests will have the option of enjoying private, family sedarim onboard or joining the others for communal seders with Kosher Expeditions’ own rabbi. In either case, these will be never-to-be-forgotten sedarim, complete with meaningful programming, spectacular views, and delicious glatt kosher le Pesach cuisine. Some restrictions do apply; therefore, prospective guests are urged to call David Lawrence at Kosher Expeditions as early as possible. The phone numbers are 800-9232645 or 310-237-0122. The email address is info@kosherexpeditions.com, and the website is www.kosherexpeditions.com. For more than 16 years, Kosher Expeditions has allowed guests the opportunity to travel, explore, and tour. This is the chance to break free from the routine of sitting in a large hotel. Instead, this Pesach, Kosher Expeditions’ guests will wake each morning, eager to explore a new European city or town filled with Jewish history and heritage, while at the same time enjoying an unforgettable Pesach experience on the river. Y
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tor of the Global Day of Jewish Learning. Some communities in North America are working with a local Jewish book fair to develop a Global Day experience while others are creating events around
the PJ Library curriculum or other adultlearning opportunities. “Each community will be unique. Some might be an all-day experience, while others only an hour or two,” said Ms. Sponder. Individual Experiences The organizers recognize that, for some, the Global Day will be a first-time learning experience; for others who learn regularly, it may be the first opportunity to learn in a large-group setting. For those for whom communal learning is a regular practice, the day’s international unifying aspect may provide special meaning. For more information on the Global Day of Jewish Learning and to register for 24x24, go to www.theglobalday.com. To register to watch The Global Day sessions live, register at http:// www.theglobalday.com/24x24/#pledge.“The importance of the Global Day is bringing together your Jewish community from all walks of life and providing a Jewish learning experience,” said Ms. Sponder. S.L.R.
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From November 1st until Thanksgiving, more than 50 Teaneck businesses are participating in The Gratitude Graffiti Project. For a full list of venues, rachellendner@ymail.com The Alisa Flatow Memorial Scholarship Fund is accepting on-line applications for the 20142015 academic year, for those who plan to study in a yeshiva, seminary, or other approved program in Israel, deadline in Feb 15, 2014, www.alisafund.org
Shabbat, Nov 9
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 Ze Esrim Shana Anochi Imach (These 20 Years I Have Been with You)—Indeed?” Rabbi Yitzchak Etshalom, Cong Bnai Yeshurun, Teaneck, 10:45am, 201836-8916 Bnai Akiva Snif (Shabbat Afternoon Groups), for grades 1-6, Cong Netivot Shalom, Teaneck, 4:15pm, pscheininger@ hotmail.com “Minhah L’Esav: Unraveling Yaakov’s Gift,” Rabbi Yitzchak Etshalom, Cong Bnai Yeshurun, Teaneck, 4:30pm, 201-836-8916
Motzei Shabbat, Nov 9
Pre-Chanukah Dance Program, for girls in grades 1-5, Marla Rottenstreich, includes ice cream sundaes, Cong Ohr Torah, Edison, 6:45pm, 732-777-6840 Kristallnacht Program: “Live in Prewar Germany, Voyage on
the SS St. Louis, Life in the Rotterdam West Detention Camp,” Renate Breslow, for middle and high school students, Cong Netivot Shalom, Teaneck, 7pm, info@ netivotshalomnj.org Kristallnacht Commemoration: “Unsung Hero: Raphael Lemkin and the Idea of Genocide,” Prof Berel Lang, Hebrew Institute of Riverdale, 7:30pm, 718-796-4730 Welcoming Committee Melave Malka, for women, for newcomers to the community and those who want to welcome them, private home in Highland Park, 7:30pm, 732-249-5116 Areivim Dinner, honoring Yitzi and Hila Deutsch, Shmuel and Chasida Heinemann, Joseph and Chaya Stansky, and Uri and Briendy Wohlgemuth, at Ateres Charna, Spring Valley, 7:30pm, joseph_stansky_is_being_honored@areivim.com Highland Park-Edison Welcoming Committee Melave Malka, for women, includes potluck buffet, private home in Highland Park, 7:30pm, 732-249-5116 Cong Darchei Noam (Fair Lawn) Dinner, honoring Rachel and Nathan Bednarsh, Fair Lawn Jewish Center, 8pm, 201-773-4080 “Spirituality: Dealing with Life’s Most Serious Challenges,” Rabbi Cary Friedman, spons by the Orthodox Forum, Cong Etz Ahaim, Highland Park, 8pm, 732247-3839 Yeshivat Orayta Melva Malka, including “Jewish Education: How to Sweeten the Recipe,” Rav Binny Freedman and dessert reception, private home in Teaneck,
8pm, cooker41@aol.com Theater: “A Shayna Maydel,” Bergen County Players, Oradell, 8pm, 201-261-4200 or 201-833-8497 Tribute to Mary Lamanis Who Is Retiring, Jewish Educational Center, Elizabeth, 8pm, 908355-4850 “A Night at the Movies: Tevye the Dairyman,” with English subtitles, and Biography of Sholem Aleichem, with Prof Jeremy Dauber, Cong Ahavath Torah, Englewood, 8pm, 201-568-1315 Tsu Fil Duvids—Too Many Davids, at Smokey Joe’s BBQ, Teaneck, 8pm and 9:30pm, 201-836-7427
Sun., Nov 10
Sheitel Sale, discounted prices to benefit the Children’s Fund of Highland Park-Edison, private home in Highland Park, through Sun., Nov 17, 732-249-5116 Theater Trip: To See “Lies My Father Told Me,” at the Folksbiene Theater, Manhattan, leave JCC Rockland, West Nyack, 8am, 845-362-4400 Blood Drive, Cong Shomrei Torah, Fair Lawn, 9am, 201791-7676 Yom Iyun: “Parnassah from Hashem: Elevating Materialism,” for women, Orit Riter, Cong Shomrei Torah, Fair Lawn, 9am, 201-796-0639 Teleconference: Bilvai Mishkan Evneh: Chaburah on the Energies of the Chodesh, for women, Rabbi Itamar Schwartz, 9:30am, 973-246-5223 “Life in the Balance: Jewish Perspectives on Everyday Medical Dilemmas: Safeguarding Our Health: Complications in Pregnancy: Aborting One Life to Save Another,” Rabbi Levi Shemtov, Chabad of Riverdale, 9:45am, 718-549-1100 Kids Theatre Classes: “Herschel and the Chanukah Goblins,” for ages 4-5, Cong Ohav Emeth, Highland Park, 10am, oechildren@gmail.com Kids Theatre Classes: “Blessings,” for girls ages 6-12, Cong Ohav Emeth, Highland Park, 10:45am, oechildren@gmail.com Children’s Circle and Teen Circle, for special-needs children and young adults 12-21, includes
music, art, baking, story-time, sports, and entertainment, spons by the Friendship Circle, Rosenbaum Yeshiva of North Jersey, noon, 201-262-7172 Mitzvah Volunteer Program Finale, for boys and girls in 6th grade who want to work with special-needs children, spons by the Friendship Circle, Rosenbaum Yeshiva of North Jersey, River Edge, 1pm, 201-262-7172 75th Anniversary Kristallnacht Commemoration, in conjunction with a town in Germany commemorating Kristallnacht, Rider University, Lawrenceville, 1pm, 609-896-5000 Kids in the Kitchen, for boys ages 5-8 and girls ages 5-10, spons by Anshei Lubavitch, private home in Fair Lawn, 1:30pm, rivky@flchabad.com Kristallnacht Observance: “Hanns and Rudolf: The True Story of the German Jew Who Tracked Down and Caught the Kommandant of Auschwitz,” Thomas Harding, JCC, Cherry Hill, 1:30pm, 856-424-4444 ext1226 Theater: “A Shayna Maydel,” Bergen County Players, Oradell, 2pm, 201-261-4200 or 201-833-8497 Bnei Akiva NY/NJ Arcading, Bowling, and Laser Tag, for grades 4-6, includes pizza, Space Odyssey, Englewood, 2pm, 212465-1539 Yachad Support Group, for fathers of special-needs children, East Brunswick Jewish Center, 2:30pm, 732-754-7061 Bat Mitzvah Club International, for girls ages 11-13 from throughout NJ and NY, Chaya Kanelsky, private home in Elizabeth, 4pm, 908-463-3347 or 908662-2722 Young Israel of East Brunswick Buffet Dinner, 6pm, 732254-1860 Film: “AKA Doc Pomus,” JCC Rockland, West Nyack, 7pm, 845362-4400 Kosher Gluten-Free Thanksgiving Baking, Elaine Bodenheimer, private home in Riverdale, 7pm, 718-601-6138 Rockland and Bergen County Adoptive Families Meet-Up and Support Group, for those
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“Separate Yourself Not from the Community” who have already adopted or are in the process of adopting, internationally and domestically, private home, 7:30pm, www. meetup.com/Rockland-and-Bergen-Adoptive-Families Kristallnacht Commemoration: Mending a Broken Link: Jewish Cemeteries Restoration in Poland through Education and Dialogue,” Avi Mizrachi, Cong Shomrei Torah, Fair Lawn, 7:30pm, 201-791-7676 Camp Kaylie Open House, for parents and children interested in an all-inclusive camp, spons by OHEL, private home in Passaic, 7:30pm, 973-473-3618 “Life in the Balance: Jewish Perspectives on Everyday Medical Dilemmas: Safeguarding Our Health: Complications in Pregnancy: Aborting One Life to Save Another,” Rabbi Avrohom Bergstein, Chabad, Fair Lawn, 8pm, 718-839-5296 “The Recent Discovery of the Oldest Complete Torah Scroll and How It Differs from Contemporary Scrolls,” Prof Jordan Penkower, Cong Rinat Yisrael, Teaneck, 8pm, 201-837-2795 Rabbi Dr. Shlomo Riskin, Cong Ahawas Achim Bnai Jacob and David, West Orange, 8pm, 973-736-1407 Yachad Support Group, for fathers of special-needs children, private home in Passaic, 8pm, emile.berk@gmail.com or herrmann@ou.org
Mon., Nov 11
“Mexico and the Holocaust,” includes film, “Visa to Paradise,” Prof Chantal Berthet, Santa Maria Hall, College of Saint Elizabeth, Morristown, 9:45am, 973-290-4387 Film: “Requiem of Defiance: Music from Terezin,” presented by Dr. Vincent Ruffino, College of Saint Elizabeth, Morristown, 11am, 973-290-4387 Rep Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), spons by NORPAC, private home in Closter, 7pm, 201-7885133 or 201-750-2289 “The Original Art of Storahtelling: A Torah Trope Class,” Rutgers Hillel, New Brunswick, 7pm, 732-545-2407 “The Future and Importance
of Survivor Testimony,” Stephen Smith and Pinchas Gutter, Holocaust Resource Center, College of Saint Elizabeth, Morristown, 7:30pm, 973-290-4387 “Life in the Balance: Jewish Perspectives on Everyday Medical Dilemmas: End-of-Life Dilemmas: Prolonging Life vs Prolonging Death,” Rabbi Shmuel Gancz, Chabad of Suffern, 7:30pm, 845-368-1889 “Life in the Balance: Jewish Perspectives on Everyday Medical Dilemmas: Complications in Pregnancy: Aborting One Life to Save Another,” 7:30pm, Rabbi Mendy Kasowitz, Chabad, West Orange, 973-486-2362; Rabbi Mendy Herson, Chabad Center, Basking Ridge, 908-604-8844; 8pm, Rabbi Dov Drizin, Valley Chabad, Woodcliff Lake, 201-476-0157 “An Intimate Conversation: Connecting to Hashem and Building Your Emunah,” Orit Riter, private home in Passaic, 8pm, 201-320-6818 Middlesex County Parents Group, for parents of special-needs children, spons by Yachad, JCC, Edison, 8pm, 732-494-3232
Tues., Nov 12
“The Future and Importance of Survivor Testimony,” for teachers and students in grades 6-12, Stephen Smith and Pinchas Gutter, includes film: “The Void: In Search of Memory Lost;” hologram: “New Dimensions in Testimony; and dessert reception, Holocaust Resource Center, College of Saint Elizabeth, Morristown, 9:15am, 973-290-4387 Art Exhibit Tour: “Held Against Their Will,” presented by Dr. Ginny Butera, Therese Maloney Art Gallery, College of Saint Elizabeth, Morristown, 9:45am, 973-290-4387 Lunch and Learn: “The American-Jewish Story through Cinema,” Eric Goldman, JCC of Central NJ, Scotch Plains, 11am, 908-889-8800 Café Europa for Holocaust Survivors: “The NJ Supreme Court: An Inside View,” Chief Justice Stuart Rabner, Fair Lawn Jewish Center, 11am, 973-595-0111 “Propaganda of Nazi Ger-
many: How Graphic Advertising Was Used to Promulgate the Nazi Agenda,” Prof Raul Villarreal, College of Saint Elizabeth, Morristown, 12:30pm, 973-290-4387 “The Night of Broken Glass: 75th Anniversary of Kristallnacht,” includes dialogue and musical interlude, Mercer County Community College Holocaust Resource Center, West Windsor, 4pm, 609-586-4800 “Rites of Return: Yael Bartana’s Polish Trilogy: ‘And Europe Will Be Stunned,’” Carol Zemel, fictive Jewish Renaissance Movement in Poland, Bildner Center for the Study of Jewish Life, New Brunswick, 4:30pm, 848-932-2033 “Surviving the Holocaust in Riga,” Lona Hess and Dr. Ellen Ehrlich, College of Saint Elizabeth, Morristown, 5pm, 973-290-4387 “The Holocaust: Remembering and the Common Good,” Sister Diane Collesano and Sister Alice Swartz, College of Saint Elizabeth, Morristown, 6pm, 973290-4387 “For Girls Only,” for special-
needs teenage girls, Shelley Levy, JCC, Tenafly, 7pm, 201-408-1489 “An Israeli Story of Overcoming Adversity,” Cheryl Mandel, mother of slain Israeli soldier, Lt. Daniel Mandel, z”l, spons by OneFamily, at Temple Emanuel of Pascack Valley, Woodcliff Lake, 7pm, 201-391-0801 “Life in the Balance: Jewish Perspectives on Everyday Medical Dilemmas: Confronting the Organ Shortage: Should the Sale of Organs Be Legal?” Rabbi Levi Azimov, Chabad of North Brunswick, 7:45pm, 732398-9492 “Life in the Balance: Jewish Perspectives on Everyday Medical Dilemmas: Complications in Pregnancy: Aborting One Life to Save Another,” Rabbi Ephraim Simon, Chabad, Teaneck, 8pm 201-907-0686 Rosh Chodesh Shiur, for women, Adeena Mayerfeld, private home in Teaneck, 8pm, Fernamper@aol.com or imapt1@aol.com Talmudic Sugyot on Cha-
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nukah and the Words of the Rishonim and Achronim, Rabbi Daniel Feldman, Cong Ahavas Achim, Highland Park, 8pm, 732-247-0532 “The Final Test: Six Questions You’ll Meet in Heaven: Building Rome in a Day: Did You Raise a Committed Jewish Family?” Rabbi Shalom Baum, Cong Keter Torah, Teaneck, 8:30pm, 201-907-0180 “I Left My iPhone on My Bed, and I Want to Go to Sleep! Practical Guidelines for Hilchot Muktzah,” Rabbi Beni Krohn, Cong Rinat Yisrael, Teaneck, 8:30pm, 201-837-2795
Wed., Nov 13
Trip to the Museum of the Jewish Heritage, includes Alan Moskin and the exhibit: “Against the Odds: American Jews and the Rescue of Europe’s Refugees,” leave JCC Rockland, West Nyack, 9am, 845-362-4400 “After the Worst Has Happened: Poetry in Response to the Holocaust and Armenian Genocide,” Dr. Laura Winters, Lynne McEniry, Jane Sietel, and Deborah Gerrish, College of Saint Elizabeth, Morristown, 9:45am, 973-290-4387 “Life in the Balance: Jewish Perspectives on Everyday Medical Dilemmas: Confronting the Organ Shortage: Should the Sale of Organs Be Legal?” Rabbi Levi Azimov, Chabad of North Brunswick, 11am, 732-398-9492 Film: “Requiem of Defiance: Music from Terezin,” Dr. Vincent Rufino, College of Saint Elizabeth, Morristown, 11am, 973-290-4387 “Life in the Balance: Jew-
ish Perspectives on Everyday Medical Dilemmas: Complications in Pregnancy: Aborting One Life to Save Another” and “Confronting the Organ Shortage: Should the Sale of Organs Be Legal?” Rabbi Levi Grossbaum, private law firm in Roseland, noon, 973-486-2362 Kristallnacht Commemoration and Lunch & Learn with Survivor George Vago, Aidekman JCC, Whippany, noon, 973929-3194 Holocaust Testimony: Kristallnacht, Ernest Pressburger and Prof Chloe Bland, College of Saint Elizabeth, Morristown, 12:30pm, 973-290-4387 Chef Stu Sushi-Making, Rabbi Ely Allen, Fairleigh Dickinson University Hillel, University Chapel, Teaneck, 1pm, 201-820-3905 Holocaust Testimony: Poland, Gina Lanceter and her daughter, Dina Cohen, with Prof Margaret Roman, College of Saint Elizabeth, Morristown, 2pm, 973290-4387 Holocaust Testimony: Terezin and Auschwitz, Ursula Pawel and Dr. Valerie Scott, College of Saint Elizabeth, Morristown, 3:10pm, 973-290-4387 “Faith in Time of Loss,” Rabbi Richard Hammerman and Dr. Erin Biviano, College of Saint Elizabeth, Morristown, 6pm, 973-290-4387 Teen Scene: Sports and Athletics, for special-needs young adults ages 13-21, with high school volunteers and Coach Chanan, spons by The Friendship Circle, Torah Academy of Bergen County, Teaneck, 6pm, 201-262-7172
School Open Houses Sun., Nov 10
Yeshiva Heichal HaTorah Open House, for 8th graders, at the Jewish Center of Teaneck, 3pm, 201-335-0633 Frisch Yeshiva High School Open House, for 8th graders and their parents, Paramus, 9:15am, 201-267-9100
Mon., Nov 11
Pre-Collegiate Learning Center Open House, for prospective parents and students in grades 8-12, East Brunswick, 10am-1:30pm, 732-387-2693 Lubavitch on the Palisades Elementary School Open House, for prospective parents, at the school, Tenafly, 7:45pm, 201-871-1152
Tues., Nov 12
Rav Teitz Mesivta Academy of the Jewish Educational Center Open House, for 8th grade boys and their parents, Elizabeth, 7pm, 908-355-4850
Thurs., Nov 14
Teaneck Community “Confronting the Unimaginable: The Reaction of German Jews to Kristallnacht,” Dr. Marion Kaplan, Dickinson Hall, Montclair State University, 7pm, 973-655-4428 “Life in the Balance: Jewish Perspectives on Everyday Medical Dilemmas: Complications in Pregnancy: Aborting One Life to Save Another,” Rabbi Mendy Gurkov, Chabad, Haskell, 7:15pm, 201-696-7609, Rabbi Mendy Mangel, Chabad, Cherry Hill, 7:30pm, 856-874-1500; Rabbi Asher Herson, Chabad, Rockaway, 7:45pm, 973615-1525 ext 202, Rabbi Chanoch Kaplan, Chabad, Franklin Lakes, 8pm, 201-848-0449 “Life in the Balance: Jewish Perspectives on Everyday Medical Dilemmas: Confronting the Organ Shortage: Should the Sale of Organs Be Legal?” Rabbi Mendy Lewish, Chabad, Old Tappan, 7:30pm, 201-767-4008 Mom’s Support Group, for mothers of children with special needs, Beth Giladi, LSW, spons by Jewish Family Service of MetroW-
Charter School Open House, for prospective parents for grades K-8, the school, which charges no tuition, offers kosher lunch daily, program is at the school in Teaneck, 7pm, 201-833-9600 or 201-836-4095
Fri., Nov 15
Rubin Nursery School Open House, for parents of toddlers ages 2-4 and Kindergarten, includes extended day programs, JCC, Tenafly, 9:30am, 201-408-1436
Tues., Nov 19
Kushner Yeshiva Lower School Open House, for prospective parents of children in grades pre-K-7, Livingston, 7pm, 973-597-1115
Sun., Dec 8
Parlor Meeting for the Adolph Schreiber Hebrew Academy of Rockland (ASHAR), for parents of children going into grades K-8, private home in Suffern, 8pm, zdrew1@optonline.net Y est, JCC, West Orange, 7:30pm, 973-765-9050 or 973-929-3129 Sefer Shmuel I, Rabbi Marc Spivak, spons by Cong Ohr Torah, at private homes, West Orange, 8pm, 973-669-7320 Makhela Israeli-Style Choir, for those who can read Hebrew, Zev Klein, JCC, Tenafly, 8pm, 201569-7900
Thurs., Nov 14
Last Day to Drop Off Gifts for the Bergen County Chanukah Toy Drive, new and unwrapped toys and gifts for children and young adults going through trying times, joysklar@gmail.com, yardkay@yahoo.com, or www.bctoydrive.com/ drop-off-locations/ “Echoes and Reflections: A Multi-Media Curriculum on Genocide,” for middle, high school, and college educators, Stockton College, Galloway, 9am-2:30pm, 609-652-1776 “75 Years After Kristallnacht: New Perspectives and Teaching Strategies,” for teachers, Ramapo College, Mahwah,
http://jewishvoiceandopinion.com 9am,201-684-7409 Somaich Achim Jewish Family Services Food Pantry Program non-perishable food and consumer items and produce available free of charge or for a nominal fee, volunteers needed, too, Cong Adas Israel, Passaic, 9:30am-1:30pm; 8-9pm, 973-246-7717 “Holocaust Rescuers from Three Faith Traditions,” Dr. Catherine Martin, College of Saint Elizabeth, Morristown, 10am, 973-290-4387 Chef Stu Sushi-Making, Rabbi Ely Allen, Bergen Community College Hillel, Paramus, 12:30pm, 201-820-3905 Friendship Circle Karate Club, for special-needs children, at Kang’s Martial Arts, Teaneck, 4pm, chani@bcfriendship.com “My Child Is Back,” Ursula Pawel, Holocaust survivor, George Segal Gallery, Montclair State University, 4:30pm, 973-655-4428 Cooking: Latkes, Amalia Schneider, JCC Rockland, West Nyack, 7pm, 845-362-4400 “Celebrate the Season: Accent in Jewish Morocco,” Chef Giyora Malka of Humus Elite, JCC, Tenafly, 7pm, 201-569-7900 “And G-d Said: The Misleading English Translations of the Hebrew Bible and the Christian Bible That Quotes from It,” Dr. Joel Hoffman, JCC, Bridgewater, 7pm, 908-725-6994 ext 201 Bergen County High School for Jewish Studies Night at Michal Negrin Store, Garden State Mall, Paramus, 7-9pm, 201-488-0834 “Israel: A strategic Overview,” Brig-Gen (res) Ephraim Segoli, private home in Margate, 7pm, 609-822-4404 Israeli/Jewish Designer Fashion Show, Cocktails, and Appetizers Party, featuring clothing by Isaac Mizrahi, JCC Rockland, West Nyack, 7:30pm, 845-362-4400 “Learning to See Jews as G-d’s Beloved: A Revolution in Catholic Understanding,” Prof Philip Cunningham, College of Saint Elizabeth, Morristown, 7:30pm, 973-290-4387 Jewish Film Festival of Central NJ: “AKA Doc Pomus,” Rialto Theatre, Westfield, 7:30pm, 908-889-8800
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Mishmar with Rabbi Yonaton Urden, Rutgers Hillel, New Brunswick, 8pm, 732-545-2407 Couples Program Webinar: “Kids,” Rabbi Adam Jacobs, 9pm, 404-512-1836 or loriwayne15@ gmail.com
Fri., Nov 15
Last Day to Apply for a Sarah Lily Fund for Adoption Grant of $5,000, awarded by the Riverdale YMHA to Jewish couples or individuals who live in the NY metropolitan area and are committed to building a Jewish family through adoption, 718-5488200 ext 210 Last Day to Participate in the OHEL Chanukah Gift Drive, unwrapped present for recipients from infants to seniors, Cong Ahawas Achim Bnai Jacob and David, West Orange, 973-736-1407 Conference: “Understanding the Long Rippling Effect of Nazi Propaganda for the Arab World,” Drew University Center for Holocaust/Genocide Study, Madison, registration, 8:30am; “Nazi Propaganda for the Arab World: Its Design and Implementation,” Dr. Jeffrey Herf. 9:15am; “The Enemy of My Enemy: Egyptian Responses to Nazi Propaganda, 1939-1943, Dr. Chris Taylor; “Jews Living in Arab Lands, 1933-1945: Reactions and Responses to Nazi Propaganda, 11:15am; lunch, noon; “The Lingering Effects of Nazi Propaganda in the Modern Muslim World,” Dr. Menhaz Afridi, 1:15pm, concluding panel discussion, 2pm, 973-408-3600 “I’m Right, You’re Right, He’s Right, Too: Multiple Perspectives in Jewish Humor and Folklore,” Steve Zeitlin, Riverdale YMHA, 10:30am, 718-548-8200 Asperger’s Skill-Building Network, Alex Gitter, JCC, Tenafly, 11am, 201-569-7900 or 973-720-3762 Stephen Savitsky, scholarin-residence, Cong Ahawas Achim Bnai Jacob and David, West Orange, includes Tisch with Rabbi and Mrs. Eliezer Zwickler, private home in West Orange, 8pm, through Shabbat, Nov 16, 973-736-1407 Hillel Shabbaton, for college-age students, Rabbi Ely Allen, private home in Bergenfield, through Shabbat, Nov 16, 201-
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820-3905 Cong Ahavath Torah, Englewood, Open House Shabbat, for those considering moving to Englewood, through Shabbat, Nov 16, rpoupko@ahavathtorah.org Prospective Member Shabbaton, Cong Anshe Chesed, Linden, through Shabbat, Nov 16, 908-486-8616 Rabbi Menachem Leibtag, scholar-in-residence, Cong Adath Israel, Elizabeth, through Shabbat, Nov 16, Welcome2ai@yahoo. com or 908-355-4850 Rabbi Perry Tirschwell, scholar-in-residence, Young Israel of East Brunswick, through Shabbat, Nov 16, 732-254-1860 Rabbi Yosef Mendelovich, Cong Beth Abraham, Bergenfield, 7:30pm, 201-384-0434 Yeshivat Netiv Aryeh MiniShabbaton Oneg, for YNA alumni and their wives, with HaRav Aharon Bina, Rabbi Dr. John Krug, Rav Natan Schwartz, and Rav Chanan Bina, Cong Rinat Yisrael, Teaneck, 8pm, http://yna.edu/forms/shabbat_form.php NCSY Oneg, for high school students, Cong Beth Aaron, Te-
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“Meaning, Music and Poetry: A Closer Look at Tefillah,” Cong Netivot Shalom, Teaneck, Musaf Davening, led by Joey Weisenberg, 10am; “A Sympathetic Prayer Book Exegesis: New Interpretive Methods for Connecting to the Siddur,” Rabbi Elie Kaunfer, noon; “Yismah Moshe: A Literary Interpretation,” Rabbi Elie Kaunfer, 4pm; info@ netivotshalomnj.org Rabbi Yosef Carmel, Cong Beth Abraham, Bergenfield, 10:30am, 201-384-0434 Pearls of Prayer, for girls, includes seudah shlishit, Riverdale Jewish Center, after mincha, 718-548-1850 Rabbi Yosef Mendelovich, Cong Keter Torah, seuda shlishit, 201-907-0180 Yeshivat Netiv Aryeh MiniShabbaton Seudat Shlishit, for YNA alumni and their wives, with HaRav Aharon Bina, Rabbi Dr. John Krug, Rav Natan Schwartz, and Rav Chanan Bina, Cong Rinat Yisrael, Teaneck, 4pm, http://yna.edu/ forms/shabbat_form.php
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Study Group: “The Thought of Rabbi Tzadok from Lublin,” Prof Alan Brill, private home in Teaneck, 4pm, safek7@gmail.com
Motzei Shabbat, Nov 16
Melave Malka: “Transformation of a Nigum,” Joey Weisenberg, Cong Netivot Shalom, Teaneck, 6:15pm, info@netivotshalomnj.org Family Night Out, for special-needs children ages 5-15 and their siblings, spons by The Friendship Circle, Rosenbaum Yeshiva of North Jersey, River Edge, 6:30pm, 201-262-7172 Sibshops, for children ages 7-12 who have a brother or sister with a disability, Chani Herrmann, spons by NJ Yachad, at Cong Rinat Yisrael, Teaneck, 6:30pm, 201-833-1349 TeenZone Program, for girls, Cong Beth Abraham, Bergenfield, 7pm, 201-384-0434 Family Bingo Night, Young Israel of East Brunswick, 7pm, 732254-1860 Cong Beth Aaron Sisterhood Book Club: “The Street Sweeper” by Elliot Perlman, private home in Teaneck, 7:30pm, 201-837-0651 Theater: “A Shayna Maydel,” Bergen County Players, Oradell, 8pm, 201-261-4200 or 201-833-8497 Pre-Thanksnukah Event, Cong Shaare Tefillah, Teaneck, 8pm, 201-357-0613 Melava Malka in Tribute to Midge Kra, z”l, Cong Ahawas Achim Bnai Jacob and David, West Orange, 8pm, memoriesofmidge@ gmail.com “Mama-le: The Role of the Jewish Mother in the 21st Century,” Sara Markowitz, includes dinner, Cong Shomrei Torah, Fair Lawn, 8pm, torahtuesday@ yahoo.com
Davd Hirsch—Fatback and The Urban Ploughboys, at Smokey Joe’s BBQ, Teaneck, 8pm and 9:30pm, 201-836-7427 Tifereth Chofetz Chami Heritage Foundation Program, for women, private home in Edison, 9:15pm, 732-572-4713
Sun., Nov 17
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 “Re-examining Sefer Yehoshua in ‘Light’ of Chanukah,” Rabbi Menachem Leibtag, Cong Rinat Yisrael, Teaneck, 8:45am, 201-837-2795 Celebrate Chanukah, Early Childhood interactive games, projects, and treats, Rosenbaum Yeshiva of North Jersey, River Edge, 9:30am, 201-986-1414 “Life in the Balance: Jewish Perspectives on Everyday Medical Dilemmas: Safeguarding Our Health: Confronting the Organ Shortage: Should the Sale of Organs Be Legal?” Rabbi Levi Shemtov, Chabad of Riverdale, 9:45am, 718-549-1100 7-11, for children ages 7-11 who have difficulties reading social cues or navigating social situations, such as those with ADHD and Asperger’s, Dr. Avigael Wodinsky, spons by The Friendship Circle, Cong Rinat Yisrael, Teaneck, 10am, 201-262-7172 “Transitions—On Our Own,” for special-needs teens 14-17 and 18-21, JCC, Tenafly, 10am, 201-408-1489 Film: “Defiant Requiem: Voices of Resistance,” conductor Rafael Schachter at Terezin,
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includes discussion with Rabbi Lawrence Zierler, Jewish Center of Teaneck, 10am, 201-833-0515 ext 200 Family Chanukah Concert: Judy and David, JCC Rockland, West Nyack, 11am, 845-362-4400 Chug Ivrit, for men and women, intermediate to advanced Hebrew speakers, spons by Hadassah, private home in Highland Park, 11am, 732-819-9298 Chanukah Cookie Baking, for children ages 2-11, includes clown show, Riverdale Jewish Center, 11:15am, 718-548-1850 Friendship Circle Bowling, for special-needs children and their siblings, Van Houten Lanes, Clifton, 1:45pm, 973-773-1675 Lego Menorah Building Family Chanukah Event, for families with children ages 5-12, JCC Rockland, West Nyack, 3pm, 845-362-4400 Concert Commemorating the 17th Anniversary of Kristallnacht, Seton Hall Chorale, conducted by Dr. Jason Tramm, Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart, Newark, 3pm, 973-484-4600 Karate Circle, for specialneeds children ages 5-12 and their siblings, spons by the Friendship Circle, at Kang’s Martial Arts Center, Teaneck, 4pm, 201-262-7172 Jewish Family Service of Bergen County: Celebrating People Helping People, The Rockleigh, 5:30pm, 201-837-9090 Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R-NH), spons by NORPAC, includes dinner, private home in Englewood, 6pm, 718-788-5133 or 201-894-9163 Night of Wonders, to benefit Do Wonders, which collects and styles wigs to help individuals stricken with cancer, spons by Lillian Lee Salon, Teaneck, evening features music, silent auction, cocktails, and dinner, Jewish Center of Teaneck, 7pm, 201-837-6770 Cong Beth Aaron Sisterhood Book Club: “The Street Sweeper” by Elliot Perlman,” private home in Teaneck, 7:30pm, 201-837-0651 “Life in the Balance: Jewish Perspectives on Everyday Medical Dilemmas: Safeguarding Our
Health: Confronting the Organ Shortage: Should the Sale of Organs Be Legal?” Rabbi Avrohom Bergstein, Chabad, Fair Lawn, 8pm, 718-839-5296 “Lost Synagogues of Europe,” Andrea Strongwater, Cong Ahawas Achim Bnai Jacob and David, West Orange, 8pm, 973736-1407 Book Signing: “Letters to President Clinton: Biblical Lessons on Faith and Leadership” by Rabbi Menachem Genack, Cong Shaare Tefillah, Teaneck, 8pm, 201-357-0613 Pirkei Avot, student-run, Rutgers Hillel, New Brunswick, 9pm, 732-545-2407
Mon., Nov 18
Coat Drive Begins, donations of new, clean, or gently warn coats for distribution to locals in need, Cong Ahawas Achim Bnai Jacob and David, West Orange, through Fri., Nov 25, laurawrogers@ hotmail.com Deadline to Submit Art to the Special Talents Art Show, to be exhibited in Dec, for differently-abled children and teens, JCC, Tenafly, 201-408-1490 Last Day to Order Kosher “Pies for Prevention” Thanksgiving Bake Sale, to benefit Sharsheret for Jewish women and families facing breast and ovarian cancer, www.sharsheret.org/piesfor-prevention or 201-837-7837 “Found in Translation: Auf Asche Gehen (Walking on Ash),” Barbara Wind and Marlen Gabriel read their Holocaust poems, Dickson Hall, Montclair State University, 11:30am, 973-655-4428 “The Role of Thinking for the Observant Jew,” Dr. Alex Bailey, Reuben Ebrahimoff, Rabbi Menahem Meier, Rabbi Steven Pruzansky, Martin Shenkman, Devorah Wechter, and Marc Weiner, spons by the OU’s Seniors Actively Growing and Exploring Initiative, includes lunch, Cong Bnai Yeshurun, Teaneck, noon, 212-613-8300 Israel Event and Falafels, Rabbi Ely Allen, Ramapo College Hillel, Mahwah, 1pm, 201-820-3905 “Understanding the Holocaust and Genocide through the Arts: A Legacy of Survival,
http://jewishvoiceandopinion.com Resilience, and Memory,” featuring the dance performance, “G*d,” by Gabriel Chajnik as well as survivors and the documentary, “The Last Survivor,” Institute for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Raritan Valley Community College, Branchburg, dance recital, 5:30pm; “Make a Difference” reception, 7:30pm, 908-526-1200 Chabad Center of Northwest NJ Founders Dinner, honoring Amir Hadar, Stanley Omland, and Leon and Olga Faynshteyn, Crystal Plaza, Livingston, 6pm, 973-625-1525 ext 202 “Secret Jews in Modern Times: A Legacy of the Inquisition, Prof Paula Tartakoff, Rutgers Hillel, New Brunswick, 7pm, 732-246-2407 Teaneck Mikvah Association Women’s Event, honoring Miriam Feman, at Cong Keter Torah, Teaneck, 7:30pm, www.teaneckmikvah.com/event Film: “Before Midnight,” discussion led by Harold Chapler, JCC, Tenafly, 7:30pm, 201-408-1493 “Life in the Balance: Jewish Perspectives on Everyday Medical Dilemmas: Complications in Pregnancy: Aborting One Life to Save Another,” Rabbi Shmuel Gancz, Chabad of Suffern, 7:30pm, 845-368-1889 “Life in the Balance: Jewish Perspectives on Everyday Medical Dilemmas: Confronting the Organ Shortage: Should the Sale of Organs Be Legal?” 7:30pm, Rabbi Mendy Kasowitz, Chabad, West Orange, 973486-2362; Rabbi Mendy Herson, Chabad Center, Basking Ridge, 908-604-8844; 8pm, Rabbi Dov Drizin, Valley Chabad, Woodcliff Lake, 201-476-0157
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Girls Night Out: Dancing Fitness Class, Tammy Resnikoff, Cong Ahawas Achim Bnai Jacob and David, West Orange, 8pm, yaelbleicher@gmail.com
Tues., Nov 19
Cooking Circle, for specialneeds children ages 5-12 and their siblings, spons by the Friendship Circle, Ma’ayanot Yeshiva High School for Girls, Teaneck, 5:30pm, 201-262-7172 “A Dual Perspective on the Life of a Child with Asperger’s Syndrome,” Steven Paglierani, spons by Jewish Family Service of North Jersey, at the Fair Lawn Jewish Center, 7pm, 973-595-0111 Chanukah and Thanksgiving Cooking Class, Chabad House, Margate, 7pm, 609-992-4100 “Contemporary Jewish Abstract Artists: Mark Rothko, Julian Schnabel, Helen Frankenthaler, and Others,” Tobi Kahn, JCC Rockland, West Nyack, 7:30pm, 845-362-4400 Jewish Film Festival of Central NJ: “Simon and the Oaks,” Rialto Theatre, Westfield, 7:30pm, 908-889-8800 “Life in the Balance: Jewish Perspectives on Everyday Medical Dilemmas: Sanctity in Death: Autopsy and Medical Dissection,” Rabbi Levi Azimov, Chabad of North Brunswick, 7:45pm, 732-398-9492 “Life in the Balance: Jewish Perspectives on Everyday Medical Dilemmas: Confronting the Organ Shortage: Should the Sale of Organs Be Legal?” Rabbi Ephraim Simon, Chabad, Teaneck, 8pm 201-907-0686 “Tehillim in Today’s Times: Historical Background, Literary Structure, Questions of Author-
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ship, Spirituality,” Judah Kraut, Cong Netivot Shalom, Teaneck, 8pm, info@netivotshalomnj.org Talmudic Sugyot on Chanukah and the Words of the Rishonim and Achronim, Rabbi Daniel Feldman, Cong Ahavas Achim, Highland Park, 8pm, 732-247-0532 “What Is It Like to Be a Prophet? Delivering and Composing the Word of Hashem, as Seen through the Lens of Sefer Yonah,” Rabbi Jeremy Donath, Cong Darchei Noam, Fair Lawn, 8:15pm, 201-773-4080 “The Final Test: Six Questions You’ll Meet in Heaven: Use It or Lose It: Did You Learn What a Jew Should Learn?” Rabbi Shalom Baum, Cong Keter Torah, Teaneck, 8:30pm, 201-907-0180 Yiddish Club, for speakers on all levels, Rabbi Gerald Friedman, JCC, Tenafly, 8:30pm, 201-569-7900 “Can I Light My Menorah on the Airplane: Chanukah and Thanksgiving Travel,” Rabbi Beni Krohn, Cong Rinat Yisrael, Teaneck, 8:30pm, 201-837-2795
Wed., Nov 20
Last Day to Contribute to the Chai Lifeline Pre-Chanukah Toy Drive, new, unwrapped toys can be dropped off at the Rabbi Pesach Raymon Yeshiva, Edison, or at Yeshiva Shaarei Tzion, Highland Park, 732-819-7842 Yachad Support Group, for mothers of special-needs children, Chani Herrmann, private home in Teaneck, 9:30am, herrmann@ou.org “Life in the Balance: Jewish Perspectives on Everyday Medical Dilemmas: Sanctity in Death: Autopsy and Medical Dissection,” Rabbi Levi Azimov, Chabad of North Brunswick, 11am,
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732-398-9492 Thanksgiving Luncheon, for seniors, Riverdale YMHA, 11:45am, 718-548-8200 “Life in the Balance: Jewish Perspectives on Everyday Medical Dilemmas: Sanctity in Death: Autopsy and Medical Dissection” and “A Gift of Generations: The Ethics of Uterine Transplants,” Rabbi Levi Grossbaum, private law firm in Roseland, noon, 973-486-2362 Israel Event and Falafels, Rabbi Ely Allen, Fairleigh Dickinson University Hillel, University Chapel, Teaneck, 1pm, 201-820-3905 Film: “G-d Does Not Believe in Us Anymore,” a young Viennese Jew leaves Austria after Kristallnacht and ends up in Marseille, introduced by Dr. Benjamin Lapp, Calcia Hall, Montclair State University, 2:30pm, 973-655-4428 Friendship Circle Teen Scene, for special-needs young adults ages 13-21, with high school volunteers, spons by The Friendship Circle, Frisch Yeshiva High School, Paramus, 6pm, 201-262-7172 Support Group: Strength to Strength, for parents whose children, 15-25, are dealing with chemical dependency, psychological disorders, and/or co-occurring issues, Dr. Jeffrey Berman, JCC, Tenafly, 7pm, 201-408-1403 or 201-569-7900 Reel to Reel Film: “My Knees Were Jumping: Remembering the Kindertransports,” Aidekman JCC, Whippany, 7pm, 973929-3194 Asperger’s Skill-Building Network, Alex Gitter, JCC, Tenafly, 7pm, 973-720-3762 or 201-569-7900 Get Ready for Chanukah,
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Rutgers Hillel, New Brunswick, 7pm, 732-545-2407 Abused Women’s Confidential Support Group, Jewish Family Service, Teaneck, 7:15pm, 201-837-9090 “Life in the Balance: Jewish Perspectives on Everyday Medical Dilemmas: Confronting the Organ Shortage: Should the Sale of Organs Be Legal?” Rabbi Mendy Mangel, Chabad, Cherry Hill, 7:30pm, 856-874-1500; Rabbi Asher Herson, Chabad, Rockaway, 7:45pm, 973-615-1525 ext 202; Rabbi Chanoch Kaplan, Chabad, Franklin Lakes, 8pm, 201-848-0449 “Life in the Balance: Jewish Perspectives on Everyday Medical Dilemmas: Confronting the Organ Shortage: Should the Sale of Organs Be Legal?” Rabbi Mendy Lewish, Chabad, Old Tappan, 7:30pm, 201-767-4008 “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 Tehillim Group, Cong Shaare Tefillah, Teaneck, 8:15pm, 201-2895474, 917-902-9303, or 201-836-3431 Advanced Jewish Learning Fellowship, Rabbi Akiva Weiss, Rutgers Hillel, New Brunswick, 8:30pm, 732-545-2407
Thurs., Nov 21
Theater Trip to See “Lies My Father Told Me,” at the Folksbeine Yiddish Theater, leave Cong
Ahawas Achim Bnai Jacob and David, West Orange, 10am, 973736-1407 ext 240 Israel Event and Falafels, Rabbi Ely Allen, Bergen Community College Hillel, Paramus, 12:30pm, 201-820-3905 Celebrate Chanukah, for children ages 2-5 with an adult, includes Chanukah project, songs, and snacks, JCC Rockland, West Nyack, 3:45pm, 845-362-4400 Thanksgivukah Concert, Thurnauer Young People’s Chours, JCC, Tenafly, 5pm, 201-408-1470 Mishmor, for special-needs and normally developing boys and girls grades 2-5, includes study with rabbinic students, help with homework, stores, sports, and refreshments, Friendship Circle, Livingston, 6:30pm, 973-251-0200 Film: “Wagner’s Jews,” to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the composer’s birth, JCC Rockland, West Nyack, 7:30pm, 845-362-4400 “Life in Israel Today,” in Hebrew, JCC, Tenafly, 8pm, 201569-7900 Gemara Learning Program, for boys in grades 7-8, spons by Yeshiva University High School, at Cong Beth Abraham, Bergenfield, 8pm, dleshaw@yuhsb.org or 201-384-0434 “Parenting,” Michelle Goodman, Cong Ahavath Torah, Englewood, 8pm, 201-568-1315 Mishmar with Rabbi Gershom Sizomu of Uganda, Rutgers Hillel, New Brunswick, 8pm, 732-545-2407 North Jersey J Tech: Local Companies and Technologists
with a Jewish Angle,” JCC, Tenafly, 8:30pm, 201-569-7900
Fri., Nov 22
Rabbi Judah Mischel, scholar-in-residence, includes a Carlebach Kabbalat Shabbat, led by Moshe Glasser, and an oneg Cong Shomrei Torah, Fair Lawn, through Shabbat, Nov 23, 201-791-7676 Chazan Nachman Schneider, chazan-in-residence, Cong Beth Abraham, Bergenfield, through Shabbat, Nov 23, 201-384-0434 Rabbi Dr.. Laibl Wolf, scholar-in-residence, Chabad of Riverdale, through Shabbat, Nov 23, 718-549-1100 B’nei Akiva Shabbat, Young Israel of East Brunswick, through Shabbat, Nov 23, 732-254-1860 Kol Halayla Rutgers Acapella Group Oneg, Rutgers Hillel, New Brunswick, 9pm, 732-545-2407 Rabbi Mordechai Weiss, scholar-in-residence, Rutgers Hillel, includes tish, with Rabbi and Rebbetzin Akiva Weiss, private home in New Brunswick, 9:30pm, 732-246-0207
Shabbat, Nov 23
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 Rabbi Menachem Penner, Cong Keter Torah, Teaneck, 10:30am, 201-907-0180 Rabbi Menachem Penner, Cong Beth Abraham, Bergenfield, after mincha, 201-384-0434
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Sibshops, for children ages 7-12 who have a brother or sister with a disability, Chani Herrmann, spons by NJ Yachad, at Cong Rinat Yisrael, Teaneck, 6:30pm, 201-833-1349 Friends of the IDF NJ Chapter Tribute Dinner, honoring the lone soldiers of the IDF, Sheraton Meadowlands Hotel, East Rutherford, 7:30pm, 646-274-0646 “Elijah’s Journey: A Jewish Response to the Issues of Suicide Awareness and Prevention,” Efram Epstein, Cong Netivot Shalom, Teaneck, 7:30pm, info@netivotshalomnj.org
JCC on the Palisades Big Night Out, honoring Nancy and Howard Brown, Dana and Michael Runyon, and Jodi and Saul Sherl, Tenafly, 7:30pm, 201-569-7900 Jackie Mason, in person, Bergen PAC, Englewood, 8pm, 201-227-1030 Torah Academy of Bergen County Chanukat Habayit, Teaneck, 8pm, 201-837-7696 Jordan Hirsch and the Curmudgeons, at Smokey Joe’s BBQ, Teaneck, 8pm and 9:30pm, 201836-7427 Kol Halayla Winter Concert, Rutgers Hillel, New Brunswick, 8pm, 732-545-2407 Hands-On Instructional Cooking Class: Learn How to Cook Everything You Eat at Gotham Burger, with Chef Avi Roth, spons by the Young Israel of Teaneck Sisterhood, includes cooking stations, hors d’oeuvres, wine, buffer main course, dessert, at Gotham Burger, Teaneck, 8pm, yiotsisterhood@gmail.com Cong Arzei Darom Panoply, at the shul in Teaneck, 8:30pm, 201-530-0043
Sun., Nov 24
Blood Drive, Cong Keter Torah, Teaneck, 9am-2pm, 201907-0180 Blood Drive, Cong Ahavas Achim, Highland Park, 9am-3pm, 732-393-1018 Mother-Child Thanksgivakkuh Cupcake Decorating, Cong Bnai Yeshurun, Teaneck, 9:30am, 718-974-4550 “Life in the Balance: Jewish Perspectives on Everyday Medical Dilemmas: Safeguarding Our Health: Sanctity in Death: Autopsy and Medical Dissection,” Rabbi Levi Shemtov, Chabad of Riverdale, 9:45am, 718-549-1100 Chanukah Celebration, with seniors at assisted living, spons by Young Israel of East Brunswick, 10am, 732-254-1860 Rockland County Israel Bonds Brunch Reception, Rockleigh Country Club, 10:15am, 800724-0748 Chanukah Hebrew-English Bilingual Theater: “The Chanukah Miracle,” for ages 3-9, the Yalachudes Theatre, JCC, Tenafly,
http://jewishvoiceandopinion.com 11am, 201-408-1427 Chai Brunch: “Uriah Levy: The Jewish Navy Commodore Who Saved Monticello,” for men and women, Bruce Tucker, spons by Raritan Valley Hadassah, private home in Edisom, 11am, 732-3882579 or 732-549-2897 Menorah-Making Workshop, for children, includes kosher lunch, spons by Chabad at the Shore, at the JCC, Margate, 12:30pm, 609-822-1167 Professional Development Music Workshop, for Jewish educators in Rockland and Bergen Counties, Sam Glaser, JCC Rockland, West Nyack, 1:30pm, 845-357-2430 Chanukah Latke Fry-Off, for families with children in grades K-4, JCC Rockland, West Nyack, 2pm, 845-362-4400 Uncle Moishy Chanukah Concert, spons by Jewish Family Service, at The Learning Center, Clifton, 2pm, 973-777-7638 M&Ms (Grades 6, 7, and 8) Cook for Cops, Young Israel of East Brunswick, 3pm, 732-254-1860 Areyvut Mitzvah Clown Session, Bright Side Manor, Teaneck, 4pm, 201-244-6702 or 201-692-1000 Chanukah Concert, Sam Glaser, JCC Rockland, West Nyack, 4pm, 845-357-2430 JACS Meeting, 12-steps meeting for Jews in recovery, Rabbi Steven Bayar, Cong B’nai Israel, Millburn, 6pm, 973-379-3811 Chanukah Arts and Crafts, Rutgers Hillel, New Brunswick, 6pm, 732-545-2407 “My Family Story: A Collaboration with Beit Hatzfutzot in Israel,” in Hebrew and English, for middle school students to connect to their personal and family histories as well as to the greater story of the Jewish people, JCC, Tenafly, 6:30pm, 201-408-1427 “Life in the Balance: Jewish Perspectives on Everyday Medical Dilemmas: Safeguarding Our Health: Sanctity in Death: Autopsy and Medical Dissection,” Rabbi Avrohom Bergstein, Chabad, Fair Lawn, 8pm, 718-839-5296
Mon., Nov 25
Smile on Seniors, for senior men and women, includes brunch, Chabad House, Wayne, 11:30am, 973-694-6274 “Judaism and Homosexu-
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ality,” Rabbi Ely Allen, includes kosher deli, Ramapo College Hillel, Mahwah, 1pm, 201-820-3905 “Life in the Balance: Jewish Perspectives on Everyday Medical Dilemmas: Confronting the Organ Shortage: Should the Sale of Organs Be Legal?” Rabbi Shmuel Gancz, Chabad of Suffern, 7:30pm, 845-368-1889 “Life in the Balance: Jewish Perspectives on Everyday Medical Dilemmas: Sanctity in Death: Autopsy and Medical Dissection,” 7:30pm, Rabbi Mendy Kasowitz, Chabad, West Orange, 973-486-2362; Rabbi Mendy Herson, Chabad Center, Basking Ridge, 908-604-8844; 8pm, Rabbi Dov Drizin, Valley Chabad, Woodcliff Lake, 201-476-0157 Support Group for Parents of Young Adults with Disabilities in Transition, Chani Herrmann, NJ Yachad, Teaneck, 8pm, eve@ yudel.com Chanukah Gift-Wrapping Party, wrapping gifts for needy children, Rutgers Hillel, New Brunswick, 8pm, 609-970-1247 “Spiritual Significance of Chanukah,” for women, Rabbi Aharon Ciment, Cong Arzei Darom, Teaneck, 8:45pm, 201-530-0043
Tues., Nov 26
Last Day to View Photography Exhibit: “For a Man Is a Tree of the Field,” Rachel Banai, JCC, Tenafly, 201-569-7900 General Meeting, Chef Stu Sushi-Making, Rabbi Ely Allen, includes kosher deli, William Paterson University Hillel, Wayne, 12:45pm, 201-820-3905 Film: “Orthodox Stance,” Riverdale YMHA, 1:15pm, 718548-8200 Friendship Circle, for special-needs adults, Cong Beth Tefillah, Paramus, 6pm, 201-265-4100 “Life in the Balance: Jewish Perspectives on Everyday Medical Dilemmas: A Gift of Generations: The Ethics of Uterine Transplants,” Rabbi Levi Azimov, Chabad of North Brunswick, 7:45pm, 732-398-9492 “Life in the Balance: Jewish Perspectives on Everyday Medical Dilemmas: Sanctity in Death: Autopsy and Medical Dissection,” Rabbi Ephraim Simon, Chabad, Teaneck, 8pm 201-
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Wed., Nov 27, Chanukah
“Life in the Balance: Jewish Perspectives on Everyday Medical Dilemmas: A Gift of Generations: The Ethics of Uterine Transplants,” Rabbi Levi Azimov, Chabad of North Brunswick, 11am, 732-398-9492 Thanksgiving Feast, for seniors, JCC, Tenafly, 11:15am, 201-569-7900 “Yiddish Nostalgia: Sharing Conversation and Stories,” for seniors, Gloria Birnbaum, Riverdale YMHA, 1pm, 718-548-8200 Chanukah Dinner, for families, Cong Ohr Torah, Edison, 6pm, 732-777-6840 Second Generation, for children of Holocaust Survivors, Jewish Family Service, Teaneck, 7pm, 201-837-9090 “Life in the Balance: Jewish Perspectives on Everyday Medical Dilemmas: Sanctity in Death: Autopsy and Medical Dissection,” Rabbi Mendy Mangel, Chabad, Cherry Hill, 7:30pm, 856-874-1500; Rabbi Chanoch Kaplan, Chabad, Franklin Lakes, 8pm, 201-848-0449 “Life in the Balance: Jewish Perspectives on Everyday Medical Dilemmas: A Gift of Generations: The Ethics of Uterine Transplants,” Rabbi Mendy Lewish, Chabad, Old Tappan, 7:30pm, 201-767-4008 Sefer Shmuel I, Rabbi Marc Spivak, spons by Cong Ohr Torah, at private homes, West Orange,
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Thurs, Nov 28 Thanksgiving and Chanukah
Chanukah Puppet Show: Small Wonders,” for children, Cong Keter Torah, Teaneck, 10am, 201-907-0180 Chanukah Craft and Baking Project, for young children, Cong Beth Abraham, Bergenfield, 10am, 201-384-0434 Fathers vs Sons Football Game and BBQ, for children in grades 2 and up, at Memorial Park, Bergenfield, 10am, 201-244-5905 or 201-384-0434 Challah Baking, for girls in grades 3-5, Cong Beth Abraham, Bergenfield, 10am, 201-384-0434 Somaich Achim Jewish Family Services Food Pantry Program non-perishable food and consumer items and produce available free of charge or for a nominal fee, volunteers needed, too, Cong Adas Israel, Passaic, 9:30am-1:30pm; 8-9pm, 973-246-7717 Rabbi Daniel Feldman, Cong Shaare Tefillah, Teaneck, 10am, 201-357-0613 Deliver Thanksgiving Dinner to the East Brunswick Police Department, prepared by children of the Young Israel of East Brunswick, 11am, 732-254-1860 Free Kosher Thanksgiving Dinner, Hebrew Institute of Riverdale, 2pm, 718-796-4730
Fri., Nov 29
Carlebach Kabbalat Shabbat, Jewish Center of Teaneck, 4:10pm, 201-833-0515 Carlebach Minyan, Torah Academy of Bergen County, Teaneck, 4:30pm, 347-443-2199
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Shabbat, Nov 30, Chanukah
Carlebach Minyan, Cong Darchei Noam, Fair Lawn, 8:45am, rabbidonath@gmail.com Tefillat Shlomo: The Carlebach Tefilla of Riverdale, includes light and healthy Kiddush, at the Hebrew Institute of Riverdale, 9am, 718-796-4730 “Making the Cut: The Jewish Lists,” what is driving the fascination with listing leaders, grading their talents, and creating “ayin hora” concerns, Rabbi Lawrence Zierler, Jewish Center of Teaneck, 11:45am, 201833-0515 Pearls of Prayer, for girls, includes seudah shlishit, Riverdale Jewish Center, after mincha, 718-548-1850 Study Group: “The Thought of Rabbi Tzadok from Lublin,” Prof Alan Brill, private home in Teaneck, 4pm, safek7@gmail.com
Motzei Shabbat, Nov 30, Chanukah
Deadline to Sponsor Binyamin Brickman of Livingston on Behalf of Shalva in the Jerusalem Half-Marathon, 973-731-3833 or run4shalva.org, click on “sponsor a runner” and type in “Binyamin Brickman” David Licht, at Smokey Joe’s BBQ, Teaneck, 8pm and 9:30pm, 201-836-7427
Sun., Dec 1, Chanukah
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 Blood Drive, Cong Beth Aaron, Teaneck, 8:30am-2:30pm, givebloodtoday@gmail.com “Life in the Balance: Jewish Perspectives on Everyday Medical Dilemmas: Safeguarding Our Health: A Gift of Generations: The Ethics of Uterine Transplants,” Rabbi
Levi Shemtov, Chabad of Riverdale, 9:45am, 718-549-1100 Baking with Love for Chanukah, in Hebrew, for parents and children ages 3-8, Chef Ayelet Nathaniel, JCC, Tenafly, 11am, 201-569-7900 Cantorial Concert: Cantors and Candles Celebrate Chanukah, JCC, Tenafly, 2pm, 201-569-7900 The Israeli Business Circle: Innovation and Survival in Evolving Markets,” in Hebrew, Einav Gefen, JCC, Tenafly, 8:30pm, 201-569-7900 Pirkei Avot, student-run, Rutgers Hillel, New Brunswick, 9pm, 732-545-2407
Mon, Dec 2, Chanukah
Chanukah Celebration Puppet Show, Princess Moxie Rules, spons by PJ Library of Rockland and “Munchkin Mondays,” H&M Court, Palisades Mall, West Nyack, 11am, pjlibrary@ jewishrockland.org Chanukah Celebration, Mark Levy, JCC, Tenafly, 11:15am, 201-569-7900 “Grandparenting: Get It Right and Everyone Wins,” Dr. Alex Bailey, Reuben Ebrahimoff, Rabbi Menahem Meier, Rabbi Steven Pruzansky, Martin Shenkman, Devorah Wechter, and Marc Weiner, spons by the OU’s Seniors Actively Growing and Exploring Initiative, includes lunch, Cong Bnai Yeshurun, Teaneck, noon, 212-613-8300 Chanukah Party, Rabbi Ely Allen, Ramapo College Hillel, Mahwah, 1pm, 201-820-3905 Chanukah Celebration, for families with special-needs children and volunteers in grades 6 and up, spons by the Friendship Circle, Ben Porat Yosef, Paramus, 5:30pm, 201-262-7172 Chanukah at the Home Depot, spons by the Friendship Circle, includes making
wooden menorahs, doughnuts, and latkes, Home Depot, Totowa, 5:30pm, 973-694-6274 or 973-812-8390 Chanukah Celebration for Israeli Families, JCC, Tenafly, 6pm, 201-569-7900 Festival of Lights Celebration, includes music, Bounce House, face-painting, dreidels, and treats, JCC, Bayonne, 6pm, 201-436-6900 Chanukah Party, for families, includes Chanukah crafts, pizza, and latkes, and candle lighting, JCC, Bridgewater, 6pm, 908-725-6994 Jewish Women’s Circle Chanukah Party, Chabad of Margate, 7:30pm, 609-992-4900 “Life in the Balance: Jewish Perspectives on Everyday Medical Dilemmas: A Gift of Generations: The Ethics of Uterine Transplants,” 7:30pm, Rabbi Mendy Kasowitz, Chabad, West Orange, 973-486-2362; Rabbi Mendy Herson, Chabad Center, Basking Ridge, 908-604-8844; 8pm, Rabbi Dov Drizin, Valley Chabad, Woodcliff Lake, 201-476-0157
Tues., Dec 3, Chanukah
Chanukah Party, Chef Stu Sushi-Making, Rabbi Ely Allen, William Paterson University Hillel, Wayne, 12:45pm, 201-820-3905 Chanukah Luncheon, for seniors, Riverdale YMHA, lunch, 11:45am; musical entertainment, 1:15pm, 718-548-8200 Family Chanukah Celebration, Young Israel of East Brunswick, 5pm, 732-254-1860 Pregnancy and Newborn Loss Support Group, Holy Name Medical Center, Teaneck, 8pm, 201-833-3058 “Life in the Balance: Jewish Perspectives on Everyday Medical Dilemmas: A Gift of Generations: The Ethics of Uterine Transplants,” Rabbi Ephraim Simon, Chabad, Teaneck, 8pm 201-907-0686 What Is It Like to Be a Prophet? Delivering and Composing the Word of Hashem, as Seen through the Lens of Sefer Yonah,” for men and women, Rabbi Jeremy Donath, Cong Darchei Noam, Fair Lawn, 8:15pm, 201773-4080 “The Final Test: Six Questions You’ll Meet in Heaven: Waiting for Godot: Did You Support the State of Israel?” Rabbi Shalom Baum, Cong Keter Torah, Teaneck, 8:30pm, 201-907-0180 Yiddish Club, for speakers on all levels, Rabbi Gerald Friedman, JCC, Tenafly, 8:30pm, 201-569-7900
Wed., Dec 4, Chanukah
Senior Chanukah Luncheon, JCC Rockland, West Nyack, 11am, 845-362-4400 “How to Be a Friend to a Friend Who’s Sick,” Letty Cottin Pogrebin, includes lunch, JCC, Bridgewater, noon, 908-725-6994 Chanukah Celebration, with music by Tuvia Zimber, JCC Rockland, West Nyack, 1pm, 845-362-4400
http://jewishvoiceandopinion.com Chanukah Party, Rabbi Ely Allen, Fairleigh Dickinson University Hillel, University Chapel, Teaneck, 1pm, 201-820-3905 Teen Scene, for special-needs young adults ages 13-21, with high school volunteers, spons by The Friendship Circle, Frisch Yeshiva High School, Teaneck, 6pm, 201-262-7172 Contemporary Israeli Poetry Group, in the original with English translation and discussion, Atara Fobar, Hebrew Institute of Riverdale, 7pm, 718-796-4730 Support Group: Strength to Strength, for parents whose children, 15-25, are dealing with chemical dependency, psychological disorders, and/or co-occurring issues, Dr. Jeffrey Berman, JCC, Tenafly, 7pm, 201-408-1403 or 201-569-7900 Abused Women’s Confidential Support Group, Jewish Family Service, Teaneck, 7:15pm, 201-837-9090 “Life in the Balance: Jewish Perspectives on Everyday Medical Dilemmas: A Gift of Generations: The Ethics of Uterine Transplants,” Rabbi Mendy Gurkov, Chabad, Haskell, 7:15pm, 201-696-7609 Jewish 12-Step Meeting, JACS—Jewish Alcoholics, Chemically Dependent Persons, and Significant Others, Jewish Family Service, Teaneck, 7:30pm, 201837-9090, ask for IRA (Information and Referral) or 201-981-1071 “Spirituality and Health: The Interplay between Spirituality and Health from Jewish and Medical Perspectives,” Jeff Levin, David Ellenson, Douglass Campus Center, New Brunswick, 7:30pm, 848-932-2033 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 Makhela Israeli-Style Choir, for those who can read Hebrew, Zev Klein, JCC, Tenafly, 8pm, 201569-7900 Tehillim Group, Cong Shaare Tefillah, Teaneck, 8:15pm, 201-2895474, 917-902-9303, or 201-836-3431 Advanced Jewish Learning Fellowship, Rabbi Akiva Weiss, Rutgers Hillel, New Brunswick, 8:30pm, 732-545-2407
Thurs., Dec 5, Chanukah
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Chanukah Party, Rabbi Ely Allen, Bergen Community College Hillel, Paramus, 12:30pm, 201-820-3905 “Using Fiction and NonFiction and Simulation Activities in the Classroom to Address the Holocaust and Genocide,” for teachers of grades 4-8, Rider University, Lawrenceville, 4pm, 609-292-9274 or 609-844-0332 Mishmor, for special-needs and normally developing boys and girls grades 2-5, includes study with rabbinic students, help with homework, stores, sports, and refreshments, Friendship Circle, Livingston, 6:30pm, 973-251-0200 “Tomorrow There Will Be Apricots,” Jessica Soffer, JCC, Tenafly, 8pm, 201-569-7900
Fri., Dec 6
Council of Holocaust Educators Conference: “Meeting the Common Core: Teaching the Holocaust, Genocide, and Human Rights,” Brookdale Community College, Lincroft, 8:15am, 732224-1889 Lunch and Learn: “Armchair Tour of Jewish New York,” Martin Schneit, JCC Rockland, West Nyack, 12:30pm, 845-362-4400 Carlebach Davening: Musical Kabbalat Shabbat, Jewish Center of Teaneck, 4:15pm, 201833-0515 “Meet Your Soulmate” Shabbaton, for Modern Orthodox singles ages 30-45, with scholar-in-residence Dr. Gerald Zeitchik, includes Fri Night Oneg featuring scotch and wine tasting, dessert, and games, spons by the Shidduch Project of West Orange/Livingston, at Cong Ahawas Achim Bnai Jacob and David, West Orange, through Shabbat, Dec 7, rglickusa@yahoo.com or aabjdshabbaton@gmail.com Prof Lawrence Schiffman, scholar-in-residence, Cong Anshe Chesed, Linden, through Shabbat, Dec 7, 908-486-8616 Rabbi Tzvi Hersh Weinreb, scholar-in-residence, Young Israel of East Brunswick, through Shabbat, Dec 7, 732-254-1860
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Chanukah Boutique, Riverdale Jewish Center, 7:3011pm, 718-548-1850
Sun., Nov 10
Hebrew Institute of Riverdale Green Chanukah Boutique and Giant Tag Sale, including Judaica, jewelry, antiques, books, DVD and CDs, art, and toys, 10am5pm, 718-796-4730 AMIT Chanukah Boutique, Cong Ahawas Achim Bnai Jacob and David, West Orange, 1-5pm, 973-669-8421 Chanukah Boutique, Cong Ahavath Torah, Englewood, 5-9pm, 201-568-1315
Thurs., Nov 14
Holiday Boutique, includes jewelry, crafts, Swarovski crystal, children’s clothing, and gifts, JCC, Bridgewater, 11am7:30pm, 908-725-6994 ext 206
Sun., Nov 17
Fall Boutique, to benefit the JCC Early Childhood programs, JCC, Tenafly, 9am4pm, 201-569-7900 Pre-Chanukah Boutique, Rabbi Viener’s Shul Shaar Hashamayim, Wesley Hills, 11amand Hebrew transliteration, at Cong Zichron Mordechai, Teaneck, 9:45am, 201-966-4498 Bnai Akiva Snif Chadash Shabbat Afternoon Groups, for grades 1-6, with Hila Wides and Atara Bdolech, at Cong Netivot Shalom, Teaneck, 4pm, pscheininger@ hotmail.com
Motzei Shabbat, Dec 7
3pm, 845-596-8095 Chanukah Boutique, includes kids craft room, Cong Rinat Yisrael, Teaneck, 5-9pm, 201-837-2795 Chanukah Boutique, Cong Ahavas Achim, Highland Park, 7-9pm, 732-846-4842
Tues., Nov 19
SINAI Special Needs Institute Chanukah Boutique, Teaneck Marriott Glenpointe, Teaneck, 6:30-9pm, 201-8331134
Wed., Nov 20
Holiday Boutique, JCC of Central NJ, Scotch Plains, 8:45am-4pm, 908-889-8800 ext 204
Sun., Nov 24
Super Sunday Holiday Boutique and Phonathon, spons by the Jewish Federation of Greater Middlesex County, Douglass College Center, New Brunswick, phone calls, 8:3011am and 10:30-1pm; gift fair, 12-5pm, 732-588-1800 Chanukah Boutique, Adolph Schreiber Hebrew Academy of Rockland (ASHAR), New City, 6:30-10pm, 845-3571515 or zdrew1@optonline.net Hadassah Chanukah Party, includes kosher buffet dinner and music by Moshe Katzburg, New York Country Club, New Hempstead, 7:30pm, 845-362-5800 Cong Adath Israel Dinner, Elizabeth, 7:30pm, Welcome2ai@ yahoo.com or 908-355-4850
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New Classes This Month Sundays
Chabura Studying Rav Shimshon Pincus’s Shabbos Malkusa, Cong Beth Abraham, Bergenfield, 8am, 201-384-0434 Sewing Classes, for girls, Shana Kesselman, private home in West Orange, 9am, www.sewsabina.com “What Goes into the Making of a Kosher Kitchen,” Rabbi Jonathan Schwartz, Cong Adath Israel, Elizabeth, 9am, Welcome2ai@ yahoo.com or 908-355-4850 “History and Halacha Breakfasts: Rabbi Isaac ben Moses of Vienna, 1200-1270,” Rabbi Joshua Hess, Cong Anshe Chesed, Linden, 9am, 908-486-8616 Halacha, Rabbi Gershon West, Yeshiva Passaic Torah Institute, 9:25am, 973-594-4774 Gemara Kiddushin in Depth, Rabbi Singer, Yeshiva Passaic Torah Institute, 9:50am, 862-371-3186 “The Six Constant Mitzvos” by Rabbi Yitzchak Berkowitz, taught by Rabbi David Bassous, Cong Etz Ahaim, Highland Park, 10am, 732-247-3839 Israeli Dance, Jodi Senter, Cong Beth Abraham, Bergenfield, grades 3-4, 9am; grades 1-2, 10am, 201-384-0434 Kids Theater Classes: “Herschel and the Chanukah Goblins,” for ages 4-5, Cong Ohav Emeth, Highland Park, 10am, oechildren@gmail.com
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Mondays
“Discovering Tammuz and Av through the Vision of Yirmiyahu and Yeshayahu,” for women, Rebecca Belizon, Cong Bnai Yeshurun, Teaneck, 10:30am, 201-836-8916 Jewish Education for Women Who Did Not Receive One in Their Youth, includes chumash, yomim tovim, and Hebrew language, spons by Neve Passaic Torah Institute, private home in Teaneck, 7:30pm, 908-278-4059 Ladies-Only Aquacise, Jewish Center of Teaneck, 7:30pm, 201833-0515 ext 205 “Brotherly Love: The Story of David and Jonathan,” Rabbi Avi Weiss, private home in Riverdale, 7:30pm, 718-796-4730 Monday Night Football Shiur: “What Malcolm Gladwell’s David and Goliath Could Teach Us about Serving Hashem,” Rabbi Shalom Baum, spons by Cong Keter Torah, private home in Bergenfield, 7:45pm, 201-907-0180 Iggeret Hamussar by Rabbi Yisrael Salanter, Rabbi David Bassous, Cong Etz Ahaim, Highland Park, 8pm, 732-247-3839
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Sassi Shalom Jazz Trio, at Smokey Joe’s BBQ, Teaneck, 8pm and 9:30pm, 201-836-7427 Chanukah Ball, Rutgers Student Center, New Brunswick, 8pm, 551-404-7546 The Israeli Business Circle, in Hebrew, Prof Yossi Shiloh, JCC, Tenafly, 8:30pm, 201-569-7900 Café Night, comedian Joel Chasnoff, includes dinner, sushi, Chinese auction, Cong Ahawas Achim Bnai Jacob and David, West Orange, 8:30pm, 973-736-1407
Sun., Dec 8
One-Day Trip to the US Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, for educators and survivors, leave the Katz JCC, Cherry Hill, 9am, 856-424-4444 Teleconference: “Bilvavi Mishkan Evneh: Chaburah on
the Energies of the Chodesh,” for women, Rabbi Itamar Schwartz, 9:30am, 973-246-5223 7-11, for children ages 7-11 who have difficulties reading social cues or navigating social situations, such as those with ADHD and Asperger’s, Dr. Avigael Wodinsky, spons by The Friendship Circle, Cong Rinat Yisrael, Teaneck, 10am, 201-262-7172 Rockland Jewish Family Service Unsung Heroes Brunch, Rockleigh Country Club, 10am, 845-354-2121 Gift of Life Bone Marrow Drive, JCC, Whippany, 11am-4pm, 781-690-9205 Special-Talents Art Show Reception, exhibit by specialneeds children and teens, JCC, Tenafly, 1-3pm, 201-408-1490 Kids in the Kitchen, for boys
ages 5-8 and girls ages 5-10, spons by Anshei Lubavitch, private home in Fair Lawn, 1:30pm, rivky@flchabad.com Shirah Community Chorus on the Palisades Concert, songs in Yiddish, Hebrew, Ladino, and English, Mathew Lazar, JCC, Tenafly, 2pm, 201-569-7900 “Music and Dance: Which Came First? How Essential Is Music for Dancing?” for parents and children, in Hebrew and English, JCC, Tenafly, 4pm, 201-408-1427 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-and-Bergen-Adoptive-Families
Mon., Dec 9
Final Meeting and Kosher Buffet, Rabbi Ely Allen, Ramapo College Hillel, Mahwah, 1pm, 201-820-3905 Jewish National Fund Reception, with Mayor Davidi Perel and Shani Simkowitz of Gush Etzion, Cong Beth Sholom, Teaneck, 7pm, 973-593-0095 “Life in the Balance: Jewish Perspectives on Everyday Medical Dilemmas: Sanctity in Death: Autopsy and Medical Dissection,” Rabbi Shmuel Gancz, Chabad of
Suffern, 7:30pm, 845-368-1889 Film: “A Dangerous Method,” with Harold Chapler, JCC, Tenafly, 7:30pm, 201-408-1493
Tues., Dec 10
Final Meeting and Kosher Buffet, Chef Stu Sushi-Making, Rabbi Ely Allen, William Paterson University Hillel, Wayne, 12:45pm, 201-820-3905 Defensive Driving Class, Harry Schonfeld, Riverdale Jewish Center, 6:45pm, 718-339-1300 “For Girls Only,” for specialneeds teenage girls, Shelley Levy, JCC, Tenafly, 7pm, 201-408-1489 “Parenting,” Michelle Goodman, Cong Ahavath Torah, Englewood, 8pm, 201-568-1315 “The Final Test: Six Questions You’ll Meet in Heaven: A Series of Fortunate Events: Did You Watch the Consequence of Your Actions?” Rabbi Shalom Baum, Cong Keter Torah, Teaneck, 8:30pm, 201-907-0180 Halacha L’Maaseh Shiur for Shabbat, Chanukah, and “The Holiday Season”: “May a Jew Deck the Halls? Office Holiday Parties and Secret Santa in Halacha,” Rabbi Beni Krohn, Cong Rinat Yisrael, Teaneck, 8:30pm, 201-837-2795 Ahavas Achim Sisterhood Book Club: “The Orphan Train” by Christina Baker Kline, private home in Highland Park, 8:30pm, 732-572-8925 Y
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Insights from the Weekly Torah Portion, for women, Rabbi Samuel Klibanoff, Cong Etz Chaim, Livingston, 8:15pm, shel4p@aol.com “Eliyahu HaNavi and His Timeless Message,” for women, Aviva Orlian, private home in Spring Valley, 8:15pm, 845-300-4880 Learning Series, for men and women, Rabbi Jay Weinstein, Young Israel of East Brunswick, 8:30pm, 732-254-1860 Advanced Talmud: Topics in the Laws of Mourning,” Rabbi Jeff Fox, private home in Riverdale, 8:30pm, rebjeff@gmail.com Beis Medrash Program, for boys in grades 10-12, Rabbi Tanchum Cohen and Zev Markowitz, Cong Beth Abraham, Bergenfield, 9pm, 201- 384-0434
Tuesdays
Gemara Shiur: Masechet Arachin, Rabbi Marc Spivak, Cong Ohr Torah, West Orange, 5:30am, 973-669-7320 Hadassah Walking Group, three-mile walk around Highland Park, meet at the post office between 7:30 and 7:45am, 732-819-9298 Torah in the AM, for men and women, Cong Keter Torah, Teaneck, Chaburah: The Book of Yonah, 9am; In-depth Study of Tractare Kesuvos, Chapter 7, Rabbi Menahem Meier, 9:45am; Navi Shiur: The Book of Chagai, Rabbi Shalom Baum, 11am, 201-907-0180 “Prophetesses, Queens, and Villains: Exploring Women in Tanach,” Aliza Weinberg, in memory of Rochi Lerner, z”l, Yeshivat Noam Middle School, Paramus, 9:45am, avogel@yeshivatnoam.org The Hudson Community Project: Safe at Home, support program to help frail, elderly residents of Riverdale, Avi Moskowitz, Riverdale YMHA, 10am, 718-548-8200 ext 250 “Bereishit: The Genesis Narrative,” Rabbi Avi Weiss, Hebrew Institute of Riverdale, 10am, 718-796-4730 The Five Megillot: Megillah Esther, for women, Rabbi Samuel Klibanoff, Cong Etz Chaim, Livingston, 10:30am, shel4p@aol.com Sefer Devarim: Power, Courage, and Faith, Sara Hurwitz, Hebrew Institute of Riverdale, 11am, 718-796-4730 Lunch and Learn: “The Jewish Calendar,” Rabbi Joshua Hess, Cong Anshe Chesed, Linden, noon, 908-486-8616 Our Time, for children and teens who stutter, Taro Alexander, Montclair State University Center of Audiology and Speech Pathology, Bloomfield, teens (13-18), 5pm; pre-teens (8-12), 6:30pm, 212-414-9696, ext. 203 Confidential and Anonymous Alateen Meetings, for girls ages 9-19 who have friends or family with addiction disorders, including, co-dependency, internet, gaming, OCD, food addiction, eating disorders, and substance abuse, Rikki Wisotsky, Cong Tifereth Israel, Passaic, 7pm, 973-249-7435 Teen Learning, for boys in grades 7-8, learn b’chavruta with Torah Academy of Bergen County juniors or seniors, includes a “shmooze” and refreshments, at TABC, Teaneck, 7pm, 646-706-2552 or teenlearning@tabc.org Inclusive Art Classes, for junior and high school students, including those with special needs ages 12 and up, spons by Yachad, The Art Place, Englewood, 7pm, 201-833-1349 Yoga for Men, Howard Katz, Cong Netivot Shalom Teaneck, 7pm, hkatzm25@gmail.com Pre-Natal Yoga, Riverdale Jewish Center, 7:30pm, www.yogaforbliss.net or 718-548-1850 “Foundations of Judaism: Discovering Ourselves,” Rabbi Ari Hart, Sara Hurwitz, and Rabbi Steven Exler, Hebrew Institute of Riverdale, 7:30pm, ravsteven@thebayit.org Bible ‘n’ BBQ, for high school students, spons by NCSY, includes dinner, private home in Highland Park, 7:30pm, hpchapteroftheyear@gmail.com Beis Medrash Program, for boys in grades 8-9, Rabbi Tanchum Cohen and Zev Markowitz, Cong Beth Abraham, Bergenfield, 8:15pm, 201- 384-0434 Tefillah, for women, Esther Posen, private home in Highland Park, 8:30pm, 908-391-4645 Beginning Talmud, for men, Rabbi Jay Weinstein, Young Israel of East Brunswick, 8:30pm, 732-254-1860
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Gemara Kiddushin in Depth, Rabbi Singer, Yeshiva Passaic Torah Institute, 8:45pm, 862-371-3186 Orchos Tzadikim, Rabbi Jonathan Schwartz, Cong Adath Israel, Elizabeth, 10:15pm, Welcome2ai@yahoo.com or 908-355-4850
Wednesdays
“Listen Up!” Rabbi Chaim Hagler, on the Nachum Segal Network, 10am, www.nachumsegal.com/listen-rabbi-chaim-hagler Hadassah Walking Group, slow paced walk around Donaldson Park, 10am, 732-249-4321 Shalom Yoga, for 3-year-old children, to enrich Jewish learning experience, JCC Rockland, West Nyack, 10am, 845-362-4400 Tours of the Exhibit: “Federation @ 90,” celebrating the 90th anniversary of what is now the Jewish Federation of Greater MetroWest, NJ, includes the Shabbatones in concert, Aidekman JCC, Whippany, 1pm, 973-929-2994 Men’s-Only Swimming, Jewish Center of Teaneck, 8-9:30pm, 201-833-0515 ext 205 Understanding the Siddur and Tefillah,” Rabbi Chaim Poupko, Cong Ahavath Torah, Englewood, 8pm, 201-568-1315 Gemara Shiur: “Jews and Their Food: Topics from Asparagus to Zimmun,” Rabbi Andrew Markowitz, Cong Shomrei Torah, Fair Lawn, 8:15pm, 201-791-7910 “Shabbat Shalom: The Mitzvoth of Shabbat and Their Manifold Themes,” Rabbi Itamar Rosensweig, Cong Ahavath Torah, Englewood, 8:45pm, 201-568-1315 “Lights along the Way: Explorations of Sefer Mesilat Yesharim,” Rabbi Gershon, Cong Ahavath Torah, Englewood, 8:45pm, 201-568-1315 SemPlus, for post-seminary girls, Cong Agudath Israel, Highland Park, 9pm, meleff@juno.com In-Depth Chavurah on Inyanei Halacha, Rabbi Pesach Skulnick, private home in Bergenfield, 9:30pm, 201-693-8762
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Mazal Tov
Mazal Tov to the Bar Mitzvah Boys: Aryeh Berman, Ari Bitton, Jacob Cohen, Eric Zachary Farbowitz, Dan Farkas, Jake Fromen, Moshe Goldstein, Yaakov Chaim Hartstein, Elie Jarashow, Gavriel Kaplan,Yoni Kaynan, Binyamin Klein, Eitan Leff, Yonatan Betzalel Licht, Asher Lichtman, Bernie Moerdler, Max Parness, Jonno Rosen, Alain Saal-Dalma, Heshie Schein, Meir Zvi Scher, Zachary Schreiber, Benjy Schwartz, Adi Smith, Elli Spinowitz, Eitan Warburg, Avi Wolk, Yechiel Michael Yablonsky, and Aharon Zitter; and the Bat Mitzvah Girls: Sophia Brodie-Weisberg, Tamar Yonina Chavel, Sylvie Culang, Michal Eckman, Jennifer Felder, Mirit Fournier, Rivka and Rachel Gitstein, Ayelet Glaser, Rena Goldstein, Avigayil Halpert, Chaya Ziporah Jachter, Shelli Liebov, Ma’ayan Mann, Allison Orlinsky, Efrat Putterman, Carly Rosenblatt, Emma Sohnen, Kayla Tarlow, and Arielle Wallenstein Mazal Tov to Chana and Daniel Shields on being honored at the AMIT Dinner on Nov 10 in Manhattan Mazal Tov to Rabbi Moshe and Debbie Drelich and Nathan and Sandy Kahn on being honored at the Centennial Commemoration of Cong Sons of Israel of the Bronx on Nov 3 at Marina Del Ray Mazal Tov to Arielle Sandor on receiving a Rockefeller Foundation Grant, the Google Innovation in Africa award, and being selected as an Ashoka Fellow Y
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aneck, Chaburah: The Book of Yonah, 9am; In-depth Study of Tractare Kesuvos, Chapter 7, Rabbi Menahem Meier, 9:45am; The Book of Isaiah, Rabbi Menahem Meier, 10:45am, 201-907-0180 Book of Shoftim, Rabbi Steven Exler, Hebrew Institute of Riverdale, 10am, 718-796-4730 Jewish History: The Golden Age of Spain, Rabbi Neil Winkler, Cong Ahavath Torah, Englewood, 3pm, 201-568-1315 “Davening and Chumash: Improve Hebrew Reading and Writing Skills and Discover Tools for Understanding Parts and Meanings of Hebrew Words,” Marilyn Selber, private home in Riverdale, 7:30pm, 347-275-8801 Latte and Learning, for high school students, spons by NCSY, Dunkin Donuts, West Orange, 7:30pm, jensaibel@gmail.com or ejisraeli@gmail.com Chumash Shiur via Satellite: Rabbi Eli Mansour, Young Israel of Fair Lawn (201-797-1800) and Cong Beth Tefillah, Paramus (201-265-4100), 7:45pm “Secrets of the Parsha: Torah and Chulent,” Rabbi Mark Berman, private home in Englewood, 8pm, 201-871-7124 Chumash Shiur, Rabbi Yissocher Frand, via satellite, Cong K’Hal Zichron Mordechai, Monsey (845-356-7188);Young Israel of Fair Lawn (201-797-1800); Cong Keter Torah, Teaneck (201-907-0180); Cong Ohr Torah, West Orange (973-669-7320); Cong Tifereth Israel, Passaic (973773-2552); Cong Ahavas Achim, Highland Park (732-247-0532); Kehillas Bais Yehudah, Wesley Hills, (917-623-4711), Cong Knesses Yisrael, Spring Valley (845-354-6493); Cong Bais Torah, Suffern (845-352-1343), 9pm “Parsha Explorations,” Rabbi Netanel Widerblank, includes in depth chavrusa learning. Cong Bnai Yeshurun, Teaneck, 9pm, bykollel@yu.edu or 201-836-8916 Chulent Chabura, Rabbi Jonathan Schwartz, Cong Adath Israel, Elizabeth, 9pm, Welcome2ai@yahoo.com or 908-355-4850 Eretz Acheret: A Group for Women, in Hebrew, Einat Harari, dealing with the challenges of moving to the US from Israel, JCC, Tenafly, 9:30pm, 201-408-1427
Fridays
Tractate Megillah, Rabbi Steven Exler, Hebrew Institute of Riverdale, 7:25am, 718-796-4730 Eema and Me, for infants and toddlers and their caregivers, Helene Lockspeiser, Rabbi Pesach Raymon Yeshiva, Edison, 9am, 732-572-5052 “Davening and Chumash: Improve Hebrew Reading and Writing Skills and Discover Tools for Understanding Parts and Meanings of Hebrew Words,” Marilyn Selber, private home in Riverdale, 10am, 347-275-8801 Chess and Cholent, private home in Teaneck, 8:30pm, mkatz307@ yahoo.com
Shabbat
“Reason to Celebrate,” for women, Rebbetzin Sorah Shemtov, Chabad of Riverdale, 12:15pm, 718-549-1100 In-Depth Study of the Halachos of Lashon Hara from Sefer
Tell Our Advertisers “I Saw It in The Jewish Voice and Opinion” Chofetz Chaim, Rabbi Eliezer Moskowitz, spons by Neve Passaic Torah Institute, private home in Passaic, 3pm, 973-614-8329 Parshat Hashavua, Raphael Benaroya, Cong Ahavath Torah Sephardic Minyan, Englewood, one hour before mincha, 201-568-1315 Parsha Shiur: “What the Torah Really Says,” Rabbi Shmuel Goldin, Cong Ahavath Torah, Englewood, one hour before mincha, 201-568-1315 “Halacha and Machshava: Insights into the Weekly Parsha,” Rabbi Mordechai Gershon, Cong Ahavath Torah, Englewood, 30 minutes before mincha, 201-568-1315
Motzei Shabbat
“Topics in Halacha,” Rabbi Michael Taubes, Cong Zichron Mordechai, Teaneck, 70 minutes after Shabbat, 201-966-4498 or 201-836-4334 Parent-Child Learning, bring your own learning materials, includes snacks, raffles, door prizes, Cong Beth Aaron, Teaneck, 6:15pm, bethaaronyouth@yahoo.com Live Music with Bnai Jazz, Tavlin Kosher Restaurant, Tenafly, 7:30pm, 201-871-6060 Rabbi Pesach Raymon Yeshiva Mishmar, bring your own seforim, includes pizza, donuts, prizes, and raffles, at the school in Edison, 8pm, 732-572-5052 Navi, Rabbi Yisroel Reisman, live via satellite, Young Israel of Fair Lawn (201-797-1800); Cong Ahavas Achim, Highland Park (732-247-0532); Cong Tifereth Israel, Passaic; JEC, Elizabeth (908-591-5929); Cong Khal Zichron Mordechai, Monsey (845-356-7188); Cong Keter Torah, Teaneck; Cong Ohr Torah, West Orange (973-669-7320), Cong Bais Torah, Suffern (845-352-1343), 9pm
Chesed Ops
The family of Renee Chaya Levy, z”l, beloved wife of Yehiel Levy, is pleased to announce the formation of Teaneck’s Rinat Chaim Gemach, under the auspices of Cong. Beth Aaron, in Renee’s memory, to accept donations of medical supplies that can be used by members of the community. We welcome donations of all types of medical supplies (e.g. wheel chairs, portable commodes, walkers, canes, crutches, etc.) in good condition that are no longer being used. For more information, or to donate equipment to the Gemach, please contact yehiel@optonline.net or 201-357-5495 Tomchei Shabbos of Bergen County Bar and Bat Mitzvah project to commemorate the simcha with a chesed project, 973371-1771 ext 411 or AJBier@aol.com Chatan and Kallah Gemach is looking for new, unopened gifts for needy couples, including (in original box) household items, Judaica, and other gifts, 201-801-9028 or candscooper@gmail.com The Yeshiva of Linden, a 501c charity, is in desperate need of a car or passenger van and can give a receipt for full retail value if donated or sold at a reduced price, 732-451-4400 CareOne, Teaneck, needs attendance and participation at minyanim, Rabbi Yossie Siev, Sun, Shacharis, 8:30am; Ma’ariv, 6pm; Mon-Thurs, Shacharis, 7:45am; Mincha/Ma’ariv, 6pm; Shabbat, Shacharis, 9am; youth groups, 9:30am; hot Kiddush, noon; Mincha, shiur, and Ma’ariv, 201-287-8519 Jewish Family and Vocational Service needs volunteers on Mondays for its Kosher Meals on Wheels program, meet at the Orchid restaurant, Metuchen, 10am, to receive food and deliver packages to the sick and elderly, 732-777-1940
New Minyanim
Mincha Minyan, Rabbi Yehuda Rosenbaum, Kof-K, Teaneck, Mon-Thurs, 1pm, 201-837-0500 Mincha Minyan, private office in Secaucus, Mon-Thurs, 2pm, 201-723-6979 Mincha Minyan, private office in River Edge, 2pm, Baruch@approvedfunding.com Ma’ariv Minyan, Cong Arzei Darom, Teaneck, Mon-Thurs, 8:30pm, 201-530-0043 Y
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was ordered to Verona. He subsequently was appointed head of security in Brescia, where, according to reports, he commanded round-ups which resulted in executions. After the war, Mr. Priebke escaped from a British POW camp in Italy. Supplied with Vatican travel documents by a Nazi-sympathizing Catholic bishop, he managed to flee to Argentina, evading the 1948 trial in Rome of other perpetrators of the atrocity at Ardeatine. He lived in the Argentine ski resort city of Bariloche for more than 40 years before being extradited to Italy in 1995. He spent the last few years of his life under house arrest in the home of his attorney, Paolo Giachini, permitted to do so because of his advanced age and ill health. During Mr. Priebke’s trial, conducted by an Italian military tribunal, he offered as an excuse that his orders had come “directly from Hitler” and that “anyone who refused to obey would have been tried by the SS.” Witnesses testified to seeing Mr. Priebke shoot children in the back of the neck. After his conviction, he wrote a letter of regret which he presented to an appeals court, calling the massacre “a horrible thing, a personal tragedy.” “If I could have stopped this horror, I would have. My death would not have allowed for those innocents to be saved.” The appeal failed. Bodyguard Mr. Priebke was not the only aged Nazi to die this past year. In September, Hitler’s personal bodyguard, Rochus Misch, the last surviving witness of the Nazi dictator’s final days, died at the age of 96 in Berlin. In August, 98-year-old war crimes suspect Laszlo Csatary died while awaiting trial in Hungary. In a 2005 documentary by Israeli filmmaker Yael Katz Ben Shalom, Mr. Misch called Hitler “a good boss.” In a 2007 interview with Der Spiegel, he said that at his first meeting with Hitler he had thought: “He wasn’t a monster; he wasn’t an Uebermensch; he stood opposite me like a perfectly normal gentleman, and spoke kind words.” Mr. Misch was 27 on May 2, 1945, when he fled the bunker in which Hitler and his mistress, Eva Braun, had committed suicide. Mr. Misch was taken prisoner by Soviet forces and held in Kazakhstan
and Siberia until 1953. In 2008, he published a book, “The Last Witness” (“Der Letzte Zeuge”), which became a bestseller. An English translation is scheduled to be published soon, according to Michael Stehle, who owns the rights to the book. In the documentary, Mr. Misch’s daughter, Brigitta Jacob-Engelken, said her mother, Mr. Misch’s wife, had Jewish origins, but her father did want to know about that. Most Wanted Mr. Csatary, who was to stand trial for having helped deport 15,700 Jews to death
camps during the spring of 1944, was named in 2012 by the Nazi-hunting Simon Wiesenthal Center as its most wanted suspect. He was charged by Hungarian prosecutors for his alleged role as commander of an internment camp for Jews in Kosice, a town now in Slovakia. According to the Wiesenthal Center, as a Hungarian police officer, he oversaw the deportations of Jews from Kosice to the Auschwitz death camp. Mr. Csatary denied the allegations, saying he had been only an intermediary between Hungarian and German officials and had not been involved in war crimes.
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Ess Gezint: Maccabee Meals Up front, let’s agree that books published by Kar-Ben are generally not the best choice for observant children, and Maccabee Meals: Food and Fun for Hanukkah by Judye Groner and Madeline Winkler, the editorial directors of Kar-Ben, is no exception. Published last year, the book relegates, to the derogatory category of “legends,” miracles and
Menorah Sandwich 8 small pretzel sticks 1 slice of bread Whipped cream cheese, 1 carrot stick 9 raisins plain or flavored Spread cream cheese on bread. Line up pretzel stick “candles” and the carrot stick “shamash” to make a menorah. Use raisins to “light” your menorah.
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even some historical incidents that might not meet with their liberal sensibilities (think about Judith and Holofernes). But brachas are printed in full, so there is no easy way to get rid of the book either. However, some of the recipes are very cute, and if your little ones enjoy them, wish them a Happy Chanukah from us. Y
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Egg Cream ¼ cup chocolate syrup 1 cup milk 4 glasses and straws 16 oz bottle of club soda, chilled Put 1 Tbs chocolate syrup and ¼ cup milk in each of 4 glasses. Fill each glass slowly to the top with club soda. Serve with straws.
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Art Dealer He had, however, been tried in absentia for war crimes in Czechoslovakia in 1948 and sentenced to death. He fled to Canada in 1949, claiming to be a Yugoslav national. He settled in Montreal, where he worked as an art dealer. He became a Canadian citizen in 1955, but his citizenship was revoked in 1997 when it was discovered he had lied on his citizenship application. In 2012, he was tracked down in Budapest by a team consisting of reporters for the British Sun newspaper and Dr. Ephraim Zuroff, director of the Wiesenthal Center office in Jerusalem. At the time of Mr. Csatary’s death, Slovakia was seeking his extradition from Hungary. He died before either country could try him. Two Percent “Today in 2013, there really aren’t all that many war criminals around, somebody who was [more than] 30 years old in 1943, today would be well over 100, and the chances of finding such people are quite slim. Our friends at the Wiesenthal Center have a list they use in order to try to ferret out some of them, but as time goes on, the list gets smaller, because, as time passes, these people manage to die without being brought to justice,” said Dr. Robert Rozett, director of Yad Vashem Libraries. Dr. Zuroff said only two percent of the Holocaust’s perpetrators are still alive. “Nevertheless, it is our obligation to the victims, their families, and for all the Jewish people that we find these people and bring them to judgment, and, at the very least, expose them so that their past catches up with them,” he said. Survivors of Gross-Rosen Last month, Dr. Zuroff announced that the Wiesenthal Center had located a woman who allegedly served as an SS Nazi guard responsible for marching 700 inmates of the Gross-Rosen concentration camp to Bergen-Belsen. Dr. Zuroff and the Center are seeking survivors of the GrossRosen death march to testify against her. According to Yad Vashem, about 40,000 Jews were sent on death marches from Gross-Rosen. Dr. Zuroff said the guards from Gross-Rosen were especially brutal to the Jews, many of whom were murdered en route.
The Center knew the woman was still in Germany thanks to signs posted in German cities announcing payment of 25,000 Euros ($33,780) for verifiable information on Nazis. “We received hundreds of replies,” he said. Any survivors of that forced march in Jan and Feb 1945, can contact the Wiesenthal Center, 011-972-2-5631-273 /5 or swcjerus@netvision.net.il. “Let us know that you’re alive. We hope to be able to bring this woman to justice,” he said. No Place to Rest Those who pursued Mr. Priebke could
get some satisfaction from the fact that, even in death, he had no peace. His body was originally to be sent back to Argentina for burial near his wife, but officials in Buenos Aires refused to accept his remains, fearing that his gravesite could become a shrine for neo-Nazis. Mayor of Rome Ignazio Marino allowed Mr. Priebke to have a “strictly private” funeral, but not in the city’s center. The Vatican issued a ban, refusing to allow any Catholic church to conduct the funeral. The Los Angeles office of the Wiesenthal Center suggested sending his body back to his native Germany, where there
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Kristallnacht at 75 are laws that would prevent a neo-Nazi gathering. His lawyer mentioned the possibility of burial in the German war cemetery in Pomezia, near Rome, but a graveyard official said it was impossible because Mr. Priebke did not die in wartime. Some of his relatives said he should be cremated and his ashes scattered in secret. Fitting Tumult In the end, his funeral was held by the ultra-conservative Catholic breakaway group, Society of St Pius X, in Albano Laziale, just south of Rome. Some 500 protesters banged on the hearse carrying Mr. Priebke’s coffin as it came through the gates. Dozens of riot police were there to keep order. Albano Laziale Mayor Nicola Marini issued a last-minute decree to prevent the hearse from crossing into the town, which, he explained, was a center of partisan resistance
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during the war, but he was overruled by higher officials. A priest from the Society of St Pius X had to be protected by police as he tried to enter the seminary after being shoved by protesters. “Take him to the landfill,” shouted a man as the hearse passed through the crowd. Protesters Outside the church, protesters shouted “Assassin” and “Hangman.” They were confronted by pro-Nazi sympathizers who shouted, “He was a hero.” Police banned the pro-Nazi group from entering the chapel, at which point the priest conducting the funeral left. The day after Mr. Priebke’s funeral marked the seventieth anniversary of the deportation of Jews from the Roman ghetto to Auschwitz. For the occasion, a silent procession was held through the Rome Ghetto in honor of the more than 1,000 Jews who were taken away to
concentration camps. Only 16 came back alive. Two days after the funeral, Mr. Priebke’s body disappeared. It took almost another week before he was found and secretly buried. The German embassy in Rome said it had not been contacted by Mr. Priebke’s lawyer and had no request for a burial. Unrepentant to the end, Mr. Priebke left a video testament in which he said the massacre was actually the fault of partisan fighters because it was retaliation for having killed 33 Germans. Jewish Cemetery As Mr. Priebke was being buried at an unknown site, the burial site of Heinrich Mueller, who was head of the Nazi Gestapo secret police, was discovered. Johannes Tuchel of the German Resistance Memorial Center unearthed documents showing that the Nazi official was buried in a mass grave in the Jewish cemetery in Berlin Mitte.
The announcement was met with anger in Germany’s Jewish community. “That one of the most brutal Nazi sadists is buried in a Jewish cemetery is a distasteful monstrosity. The memory of the victims is being treated here with contempt,” said Dieter Graumann, a leader of the community. In January 1942, Mr. Mueller attended the Wannsee Conference at a villa on the outskirts of Berlin, where senior Nazis plotted the “Final Solution,” a plan to exterminate all Jews in the world. A Hero While Mr. Priebke went to his grave recognized as a murderer, Alexander Pechersky, who, on October 14, 1945, helped lead a revolt in the Sobibor death camp in occupied Poland that allowed half of the 600 prisoners to break free, was finally honored as a hero. The Sobibor revolt was
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Camps & Summer Programs
Camp Maor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Camp Regesh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Car Service
Teaneck Taxi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Charities
Donate Your Car . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Umbrella Tzedaka . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Computer Services
Garb Consulting Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Rivkie.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Education & Open Houses
11/11: PCLC High School . . . . . . . . . . . 25 11/12: Rav Teitz Mesivta Academy . . 17
Events/Entertainment
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Kosher Restaurant, Take-Out
Butterflake Bakery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Cake Pop “Shopee” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Chopstix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Chai KO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Glatt 27 Thanksgiving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Ma’adan Thanksgiving . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Order It Divine, Jerusalem Catering . . 30
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Lice Out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 OBGYN, Dr. Efrat Meier-Ginsberg . . . 43 Psychotherapy, Chana Simmonds . . 43
Miscellaneous
Chazzonus Any Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Musicians
Jeff Wilks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Real Estate
Teaneck Offices for Rent . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
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the biggest and most successful prisoner escape under the Nazi regime. Before this year’s anniversary of the rebellion, Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered his defense ministry to come up with a plan to “immortalize the memory of heroes who raised the revolt.” The Kremlin Rights Council had been urging Mr. Putin to honor Mr. Pechersky posthumously with the Hero of Russia award, the country’s highest honor. Hitler and Stalin Mr. Pechersky, a Russian-Jewish lieutenant in the Russian army, was sent to the Sobibor extermination camp along with other Soviet prisoners of war. Less than one month after his arrival, he helped a core group of plotters devise a plan to kill, one by one, a dozen SS officers and overpower the Ukrainian guards. Encouraged by Mr. Pechersky and his colleagues, some 300 inmates managed to break free. Scores of them, however, were killed by mines surrounding the camp and many more were recaptured and killed by the Nazis and local Polish population. Those who did not flee were killed and the camp was demolished. While it functioned, more than 250,000 people were murdered there. Only 53 of the escapees are believed to have survived the war. Not only had Mr. Pechersky never been decorated for his role, he had suffered persecution during the Stalin-era antisemitic campaign. He worked at a factory and remained in touch with other camp survivors, but was never allowed to travel abroad for commemorative ceremonies or to take part in trials against Nazi criminals. Others who escaped Sobibor testified against many suspected war criminals, including Ukrainian guard John Demjanjuk. There is a street named for Mr. Pechersky in Israel as well as a memorial in Boston. In 1987, he was invited to the premier of the British-made film about the revolt, “Escape from Sobibor,” but was too frail to travel. Dutch heartthrob Rutger Haner played Mr. Pechersky in the film. Mr. Pechersky died in 1990. Egyptian Doctor Yad Vashem tried to pay tribute to another Holocaust hero, but his family refused to accept the honor because the country offering gratitude for his having saved Jews was Israel.
Dr. Mohammed Helmy, recognized as a “Righteous Gentile” for assistance given to Jews during the Holocaust, was born in Khartoum in 1901 to Egyptian parents. He studied medicine in Germany and settled in Berlin. In 1937, he was dismissed from his job at the Robert Koch Institute and forbidden to marry his German fiancée. In 1939, he was arrested with other Egyptian nationals and released a year later. When the deportations of Jews from Berlin began, a family friend of Dr. Helmy’s, Anna Boros, was in need of a place to hide. He brought her to a cabin he owned in the Berlin neighborhood of Buch, which became her safe haven until the end of the war. At times when he was in danger because of a police investigation, Dr. Helmy would arrange for her to hide elsewhere. When the danger passed, he would bring her back to his cabin. “Dr. Helmy did everything for me out of the generosity of his heart and I will be grateful to him for eternity,” said Ms Boros, who became Anna Gutman after the war. Quick Thinking Dr. Helmy also helped Ms. Gutman’s mother, Julie; step-father, Gerog Wehr; grandmother, Cecile Rudnik, providing for them and attending to their medical care. A moment of great danger occurred in 1944 when the Wehrs were caught and during their investigation revealed that Dr. Helmy was helping them and hiding their daughter. Dr. Helmy immediately brought the girl to another friend’s home and managed to avoid punishment by showing police a letter the girl had allegedly written to him, saying she was staying with her aunt in Dessau. After the war, Dr. Helmy stayed in Berlin and married his fiancée. He died in 1982. Missing the Opportunity Mervat Hassan, the wife of Dr. Helmy’s greatnephew rejected the honor from Yad Vashem saying, “If any other country offered to honor Helmy, we would have been happy with it.” Ms. Hassan said her husband’s greatuncle “was not picking a certain nationality, race, or religion to help. He treated patients regardless of who they were.” Yad Vashem expressed disappointment. “We regret that political sentiment seems to have overcome the human aspect, and hope that one day the latter will prevail,” said Yad Vashem in a statement.
Nazi Flag in Judea It is presumed that Dr. Helmy’s family refused the honor because they support the Palestinians. Ironically, for the second time in half a year, Arab residents of the town Beit Umar in the Palestinian Authority placed Nazi flags last month over a major thoroughfare where Jews pass in their vehicles. Beit Umar is located in Judea between Halhoul and the Etzion Bloc, not far from Hebron. A similar event took place at Beit Umar last May. Hundreds of residents of Gush Etzion driving down Highway 60, saw an oversized Nazi flag flying next to a mosque in the Arab town. In both cases, the flag was removed by Israeli soldiers. The Mufti’s Role In a recent speech delivered at BarIlan University, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu discussed the role of Mufti Hajj Amin Al-Husseini, the leader of the Palestinian-Arabs during the first half of the 20th century and “one of the initiators of the Holocaust of the Jews of Europe.” Throughout the war, Al-Husseini not only consistently encouraged Nazi leadership to annihilate the Jews, he even visited the gas chambers at Auschwitz with Adolf Eichmann. In general, glorification of Nazi Germany is not uncommon among Palestinians. Last month, Zayzafuna, a PA youth magazine, published a list of “words of wisdom,” attributed to Hitler in order to present him “as a sharp-witted and wise person.” Palestinian Media Watch, which monitors incitement and hate-speech in the PA, was unable to find any record of Hitler having made any of the comments published in the magazine, such as “If you were stabbed in the back, know that you are in front.” Another “quote” was: “Don’t find fault in your wife’s taste for she chose you in the first place.” In public interviews on PA TV, Zayzafuna’s Deputy Chairman, Abd Al-Karim Ziyada, has said that the PA funds the magazine with 10,000 shekels ($2,700) per month. “The Mufti is still a greatly admired figure in the Palestinian national movement. These are the weeds that need to be uprooted. The root of the conflict is the deep resistance among a hard core of Palestinians to the right of the Jewish people to its own state in Israel,” said Mr. Netanyahu.S.L.R.
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Arab Philatelic Propaganda against The State Of Israel
Your article on the battle waged by Phillip Karsenty against the Al-Dura hoax was very thorough [“Israeli Investigation Says the IDF Did Not Kill Mohammed Al-Dura; French Supreme Court Says New Evidence Cannot Be Used to Clear a Libel Case,” Sept 2013]. You mentioned that three Arab countries had issued stamps publicizing the affair in order to propagandize against the State of Israel. Slight correction: in addition to Egypt, Jordan, and Tunisia, stamps showing the boy and his father cowering behind a barrier were also released by Iran, Iraq, Morocco, Saudi Arabia (3 stamps), Sudan (2 stamps), and the Yemen Arab Republic. The stamps were also issued to express support for the Arab intifada against Israel Harvey D. Wolinetz. Surfside, FL SLR responds: Thank you so much for your kind words. Mr. Wolinetz is the author of “Arab Philatelic Propaganda against The State Of Israel.”
Running for Team Yachad
My wife, Lena Goffstein, and her sister, Chaikie Berg, will be running for Team Yachad in the Feb 2, 2014 Miami Half-Marathon. Yachad, the National Jewish Council for Disabilities, is an amazing and special organization, a thriving non-profit organization dedicated to addressing the needs of all Jewish individuals with disabilities and ensuring their inclusion in every aspect of Jewish life. The inclusive design aims to ensure persons with diverse abilities their rightful place within the Jewish community, while helping to educate and advocate to the Jewish world for greater understanding, acceptance, outreach, and a pro-disability attitude. My wife and her sister are looking for sponsors for their team. To donate please go to the following site: http://miami. teamyachad.com/team/berg-and-goffstein/57/ Any and all donations are greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance, Ken Goffstein Teaneck, NJ
Of Chanukah, Yeshivas, and Dreams
Chanukah mostly comes out during the week when we read the chapter of Yosef’s and Pharaoh’s dreams. There is a connection between the two incidents even though they are 1,500 years apart. Yosef the Righteous was named by his brothers a “dreamer,” a fantasizer, because of his dream that the sun, moon, and 11 stars would bow before him, meaning the entire family— father mothers, and brothers—which was not acceptable to his brothers. They decided to sell him as a slave to the Egyptians. However this “slave” became the most important person next to the King because he was able to interpret a very complicated dream which no one else could solve. His interpretation became a reality as well as his own dream. The comparable happened at the time of the Second Temple, only 1,500 years later, but history repeats itself. The Holy Land was occupied for 100 years by the Greeks, who ultimately forced the Jews to accept their philosophy of life, which was in direct contrast to Jewish belief.
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The Greeks forbade the Jews to keep Shabbos, did not approve the Jewish calendar, and then outlawed circumcision of newborn baby boys. These three elements were fundamental to being a Jew. There were no more prophets or the Urim v’Tumim who could be asked how to handle such a terrible situation, especially when a great part of the population had accepted the Greeks’ way of life. In a situation of this kind sometimes one does things that sound like a fantasy or dream. The brave Matisyahu and his sons decided to take a risk and take weapons to kill the enemy who was a thousand times stronger. Unimaginable things happened. Yehudis cut off the king’s head while he slept, and she took his head to Jerusalem to show the leaders of the army. The leaders and the soldiers ran away, and the Maccabees gained mastery of the situation. The land remained under Jewish control for 200 years until the destruction of the Second Temple. In short, the dream and fantasy of that family came to reality, resulting in not only physical freedom, but more importantly the miracle of the Menorah, which burned light for eight days. Thus the spiritual power of Torah was restored to its former glory. The Yeshivot thrived under the guidance of the giants Hillel and Shamai, and they and all their pupils brought back the days of Mordechai and Ezra the scribe, and the rest is history to this day. All this was thanks to the determination of one family— the Chashmonaim. History repeats itself again in modern times. During the terrible Holocaust, the true “yeshivos” of Klal Yisrael were wiped out. In the early 20th century, American Jews had yeshivos which soon became more like colleges and universities than places of Torah learning. When the last great true Gaon of Torah, Rav Aharon Kotler, arrived on the American shores, he was determined to restore a yeshiva to serve as an example of the traditional meaning. It would teach pure Torah and nothing else. It was a dream and fantasy, with only a handful of supporters. However the dream grew and became a reality. His small yeshiva, which began 70 years ago, numbers today over 6,000 students. This was unheard of since the time of the Gaonim 1,000 years ago. Rav Kotler was the Matisyahu of his time and the frum youth today realize that this is the only way to keep Torah alive in an environment of the terrible assimilation and intermarriage. May Hashem help us to continue the spirit of Chanukah for many generations to come and to the coming of Mashiach. Amen. Rabbi Jacob Eisemann Elizabeth, NJ
Don’t Hand Over Precious Jewish Treasures to Judenrein Iraq
The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has praised Sen Charles Schumer (D-NY) for asking the US State Department not to hand over to the Iraqi government nearly 3,000 priceless Jewish artifacts from Iraq’s 2,500-year heritage. These items, found in Iraq, had been looted by successive Iraqi regimes, stolen from Iraqi Jews who fled in the 1940s and 1950s. Senator Schumer has urged that this collection be placed in Jewish hands, not in the hands of the Iraqi government. The collection of Jewish artifacts had been warehoused by Saddam Hussein after he seized them from a Baghdad synagogue
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“Thought Is the World of Freedom” (R’ Dov Ber of Mazeritch) in 1984. The treasures had been originally deposited there between 1950 and 1952, when more than 130,000 Jews left Iraq and were not allowed to carry more than one suitcase each. The Iraqi-Jewish treasures include ancient Torah scrolls, prayer books, a Hebrew Bible with commentaries from 1568, a Babylonian Talmud from 1793, a Torah scroll fragment from Genesis, a Zohar from 1815, and other sacred ritual objects. They were found by American forces in a flooded Baghdad intelligence center after the deposition of Saddam Hussein’s regime in 2003. Now we learn that although the Iraqi-Jewish archive has been preserved by the National Archives in Washington, DC, at the cost of $3 million, the US has agreed to return the materials to Iraq in 2014. We join Sen Schumer in calling on the State Department to work with the émigré Iraqi-Jewish community to ensure that these priceless artifacts remains accessible to Jews worldwide rather than be returned to a Jew-free Iraq. “These sacred artifacts were taken from the Iraqi-Jewish community and, thus, do not belong to the Iraqi government; rather they belong to the thousands of Iraqi Jews, an ancient and once-vibrant community, who were exiled many years ago. The Iraqi government illegally obtained these artifacts, and I am urging the State Department to do everything in their power to ensure that these treasured artifacts remain available and accessible to Jews worldwide,” said Sen Schumer. We at ZOA strongly praise Sen Schumer for promoting what is right and just for the Jewish community and for raising this important matter at the highest levels of government in order to preserve this extraordinary archive, encompassing the heritage of one of the oldest Jewish communities in the world, from being returned to a government whose predecessors killed, robbed, and intimidated Iraq’s Jews into exile. It would be a crime and a travesty if this priceless collection, so providentially found and preserved from destruction, were now to vanish into the hands of an Iraqi government with no right or title to it. We support Sen Schumer in his continuing efforts on this front, and we urge all American Jewish organizations to take up the cause at the highest levels in Washington. Morton A. Klein National President, ZOA New York, NY
BetterCare Than ObamaCare
The ObamaCare website is crashing and we physicians need to be ready. Insurance companies are dropping individual insurance
plans—a total of 19 million nationwide. This just might be the opportunity for doctors to step up and solve the problem, one patient at a time. If NJ S-2231 becomes law, doctors will no longer have to purchase medical malpractice insurance, making private practice viable once again. People who are poor and do not have insurance need medical care, but taxpayers cannot afford to expand the Medicaid entitlement. As it is, taxpayers put $5,000 per Medicaid recipient into the Medicaid HMO coffers every year so that these patients are “covered,” and since fewer doctors take Medicaid, access to care remains poor for the poor. Nevertheless, Medicaid now consumes $13 billion in NJ, where the total state budget is $33 billion. ObamaCare will add one million more Medicaid patients, at a cost of $5 billion more. The federal government promises to foot the bill in the beginning, but the same taxpayers pay federal and state taxes, and the economy simply cannot tolerate this. A far better solution would be to have doctors of every specialty donate four hours per week (10% of a 40-hour work week) in or through a non-government free clinic at no cost to taxpayers. These would be established by religious and civic groups. Patients with little or no money would get care, provided by kind volunteer doctors, nurses, and support staff. In exchange, we are asking the State to protect the private practices of physicians who donate in this way, so that if a patient wants to sue a doctor who volunteers that significant amount of time, he must sue the State. The State already protects the attendings, residents and students in the medical schools, so the process is already in place. Just expand this program to doctors who care for patients in the free clinics. This would provide surgery as well, as patients would be referred through the clinics. Hospitals already have a charity care system to cover the hospitalization of indigent patients, so this would not change. Go to www.NJAAPS.org to read more about the NJ bill S-2231—a win-win-win for patients, physicians and taxpayers. Alieta Eck, MD Piscataway Township, NJ The Jewish Voice and Opinion welcomes letters, especially if they are typed, double-spaced, and legible. We reserve the right to edit letters for length and style. Please send all mail to POB 8097, Englewood, NJ 07631. The phone number is (201) 569-2845. The email address is susan@jewishvoiceandopinion.com
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Leaked to Iran clear weapons is as untrue as his health-care pledge to allow everyone to keep their insurance and doctors,” said Mr. Klein. Whether the story in the Post is true or not was less important to Mr. Langfan than figuring out why it was leaked. “Whether or not the leak is true, Obama’s clear sole tactical goal is to destroy IsraeliTurkish cooperation on Iran and Syria,” he said. “Mortally Wounded” Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said the allegations in Mr. Ignatius’s story were “without any foundation.” “This is just a smear campaign. This is not true. It is dirty propaganda,” said Mr. Davutoglu. Israeli leaders, on the other hand, seemed inclined to believe Mr. Ignatius’s report. Former Mossad leader Danny Yatom said that if the story
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continued from page 9 is true, Turkey has “mortally wounded relations with Israel.” Mr. Langfan said that reaction was the Obama administration’s goal. If true, Turkey’s betrayal of Israel came at an especially low point in the relationship between Ankara and Jerusalem. Turkey was demanding an apology and compensation for the Mavi Marmara incident in which nine Turkish nationals were killed by IDF commandos after Israeli troops were attacked in a failed effort to break the Jewish State’s naval blockade on Hamas. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan was calling Zionism “a crime against humanity” and proceeding to try Israeli officials in absentia. Soured Relations At the time, Mr. Erdogan was also seen as a close ally of Syrian President Bashar Assad,
one of Iran’s proxy-allies. Mr. Langfan suspects the TurkeySyria relationship was the basis of Mr. Obama’s sudden interest in Mr. Erdogan, whom the President singled out as his favorite Middle East leader. In March 2013, under extreme pressure from Mr. Obama, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu apologized to Turkey for the Mavi Marmara deaths and agreed to compensate the families of the Turkish citizens who were killed. Mr. Erdogan accepted the apology and while relations between the two governments are still chilly, negotiations on compensation are continuing. Turkey’s legal proceedings against Israel were cancelled. But for many reasons revolving about the civil war in Syria, relations between Messrs. Erdogan and Assad soured. They immediately deteriorated be-
tween Ankara and Washington, too. Mr. Erdogan supports the Syrian rebels against Mr. Assad; Mr. Obama supports the Iranian axis, which includes Mr. Assad. For Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and Egypt (all led by Sunni Muslims), part of the antagonism towards Shiite Iran is based on religion. This tribal hatred is being played out in Syria, where the Sunni rebels, including Al Qaeda, are supported by Sunni Muslims in the Middle East. Shiite Iran supports Mr. Assad, an Alawite Muslim (an offshoot of Shia) and Shiite Hezbollah in Lebanon. Saudis First Like Turkey, Saudi Arabia also has strategic reasons for opposing a nuclear-armed Iran. As Mr. Langfan pointed out, the eastern provinces of Saudi Arabia, which hold all the country’s oil reserves, abut on Iran.
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http://jewishvoiceandopinion.com “There is a Shiite majority in those Saudi provinces. Once Iran gains a nuclear arsenal, who is Iran going to attack first: a hardened Israel that might have a secondstrike nuke or a topographically defenseless Saudi Arabia with a totally ineffective army? Of course, Iran will roll over Saudi Arabia and control the world’s oil before it tangles with the Israelis,” said Mr. Langfan. Mr. Langfan pointed out that Mr. Obama’s infatuation with Iran, and dissatisfaction with traditional US Middle East Muslim allies such as Saudi Arabia and Egypt, were apparent as far back as 2002, when thenSen Obama (D-IL) voted against President George Bush’s war on terror in Iraq. “You want a fight, President Bush? Let’s fight to make sure our so-called allies in the Middle East, the Saudis and the Egyptians, stop oppressing their own people, and suppressing dissent, and tolerating corruption and inequality, and mismanaging their economies so that their youth grow up without education, without prospects, without hope, the ready recruits of terrorist cells,” said then-Sen. Obama, without mentioning Iran or Syria. Lifting Sanctions Despite impassioned calls from Israel and her supporters in the US to keep the pressure on Iran in the form of sanctions, Mr. Obama now seems very eager to lift or at least reduce the sanctions that had been placed on Iran. The ZOA’s Mr. Klein noted reports that indicate the President is “not only opposed to imposing further sanctions on Iran, he is prepared to weaken them and unfreeze some Iranian assets if Iran merely takes some steps to curb—not terminate—its nuclear program.” At a meeting with JewishAmerican leaders last month, Mr. Obama urged them to desist from pressing Congress for
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additional sanctions on Iran. Pres vs Senate At a meeting with the Senate Foreign Relations Committee last month, Mr. Obama’s Under-Secretary of State for Political Affairs Wendy Sherman told Senators the administration wants to ease some of the sanctions that had been imposed on Iran for refusing to comply with the UN’s resolution demanding a shutdown of its uranium enrichment program. There might be a showdown on this issue. Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ), who heads the Foreign Relations Committee, said he intends to submit proposals that would toughen the sanctions against Iran. Mr. Menendez was among the Senators and Congressmen who met with Mr. Netanyahu in Washington and told him they support his call for harsher sanctions on Iran. “Our determination to prevent Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons remains unchanged and we will not hesitate to sharpen the sanctions and use other options to protect US interests and ensure regional security. The new face of Iran looked and sounded very much like the old face, with a softer tone and a smoother edge. Even while the committee debated, Iran’s nuclear centrifuges were spinning,” said Mr. Menendez. Oil Industry At the beginning of Nov, the administration sent VicePresident Joe Biden, a longtime supporter of Iran, as well as Secretary of State John Kerry and Treasury Secretary Jack Lew, to persuade the Senate Banking Committee not to impose new sanctions on the Islamic Republic, but rather to give the President’s new diplomatic efforts a chance to work. The committee is considering whether to act on legislation targeting Iran’s
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oil industry. The House, with its Republican majority, overwhelmingly passed such legislation last July. It is not yet clear if the administration successfully convinced the Democratic Senators who control the committee to hold off on stiffer sanctions. So far, Democratic Senators seem to be split on whether to heed the administration’s call to hold back, or to go ahead and impose new sanctions now. The prospect of cancelling sanctions troubled Mr. Klein. “Why has President Obama not demanded as a condition of further negotiations with Iran that Teheran immediately stop its centrifuges and its Intercontinental Ballistic Missile programs for the duration of the talks?” said Mr. Klein. Join Forces Mr. Langfan believes the President and his Senior Advisor, Valerie Jarrett, have very different goals regarding Iran than Mr. Klein and most Con-
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gressmen have. Mr. Langfan pointed out that Mr. Obama and Ms. Jarrett, who was born in Iran and speaks Farsi, “have pushed every American foreign policy decision lever towards turning Iran into the one-nuclear-weapons superpower of the Middle East.” Their goal, Mr. Langfan said, is to see “the birth of Iran as a full-fledged unstoppable nuclear-weapons state.” “Unlike North Korea, Iran will have 60 percent of the world’s oil reserves’ supply within its nuclear grasp. A nucleararmed-Islamist-KhomaneistPersian-terrorist Iran will be unstoppable, and funded with the infinite billions of oil wealth of the Persian Gulf,” he said. Mr. Langfan has a suggestion: “Either Israel, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey join forces soon, and form a unified alliance to stop Obama’s Iranian nuclear express train, or Iran will soon have a robust arsenal of nuclear weapons.” S.L.R.
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