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OF BERGEN COUNTY Issue #42
July 31, 2014 • 4 Av 5774
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Foiling the Rosh Hashanah Surprise
Stop the Sirens: Federation Rallies for Israel
By Lawrence A. Franklin/ Gatestone Institute
By Stephen Tencer
DF excavation of the tunnels has resulted in the seizure of tons of Hamas supplies as well as the discovery of plans for future operations. Hamas had apparently been preparing a murderous assault on Israeli civilian tar- An IDF paratrooper officer emerges from a Hamas
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cross-border tunnel that his unit discovered, July 20, 2014. (Image source: IDF)
All-Volunteer CSS Works to Secure Community from Within By Elizabeth Kratz, with additional reporting by Benjy Kleiner and Yanky Krinsky
nglewood—Searching the blocks around Englewood’s BergenPAC Theater for a parking space, JLBC saw scores of Jews hurrying from wherever they had left their vehicles to get to a special rally called by the Jewish Federation of North Jersey (JFNNJ) and 60 area synagogues, over a dozen Jewish day schools, and two dozen of the area’s other major Jewish organizations. By the 7 p.m. starting time, there wasn’t an empty seat in the orchestra floor and people rushed to fill the balcony. Later arrivals filled overflow rooms in the theater, and when they were full, hun-
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dreds of others stood on Van Brunt Street in front of the theatre. Toward the end of the program, Jason Shames, JFNNJ CEO announced the unofficial crowd estimate at 2,200 people, consisting mostly of the community’s Jews, and also members of interfaith groups. No one could remember seeing such a huge crowd at any Federation event in the last 40 years. The idea and planning for the rally began earlier in the week. Joy Kurland, long-standing Exec. Dir. of the Federation’s JCRC (Jewish Community Relations Council), and many other Federation
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Rabbi Zev Goldberg to Lead Young Israel of Fort Lee By Robert Cordas
eaneck—Now more than ever, the Jewish community faces acute security challenges. With Israel under fire and anti-Jewish violence in Paris making headlines this week alone, the Jewish community continually seeks solutions to protect its members and keep David Dabscheck (CSS President) with
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Michael Wildes and Fred Horowitz (CSS Team Member).
Start-Up Life: Part I By Yali Elkin I’ve been asked to write about starting up a technology company. I should preface this by disclosing that I am, to some extent, learning as I go. Much of what I’ve done right has been thanks to helpful advisers, both professional and otherwise. I should also note that a lot of my mistakes key learnings have been through trial and error. Very often, there’s no better way to learn what works than by trying. That’s
one benefit of a technology company: you don’t have to build a whole factory to see what works. But much of it applies to businesses in any field, so if your dream is more old-economy than new, this still may help. But I’m getting ahead of myself. Let’s back up for a moment. My brother-in-law once told me that, if you’re thinking of opening your own restaurant, start by slipping the maître d $50 every time you eat there. You’ll get treated like an owner and it will cost far less. If you still want to do it,
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ort Lee—Just before Sukkot, Rabbi Zev Goldberg, a Teaneck native, will join the Young Israel of Fort Lee as senior rabbi. Rabbi Goldberg, his wife, Rebbetzin Dr. Michal (née Safier) Goldberg, and their two children, Meira and Yakir, lived in Beverly Hills since 2010, where he served as the assistant rabbi of Young Israel of
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Rabbi Zev Goldberg and his wife Michal.
Teaneck TBO 8U Summer Finishes First aseball season didn’t end in the spring for a group of determined and committed Teaneck boys playing summer travel baseball in the 8U division. The near daily practices and games for the past six weeks have resulted in an amazing 11-1 record in the Paramus Summer Tournament and a firstplace team finish in the regular season. The condensed schedule and more intense competition allowed for very little relaxation time, but any trepidation in
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the beginning of the season quickly faded into smiles after seeing
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