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inside this issue ■ Israel

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■ Jewish History

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■ People

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■ Sports

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from the editors The newsrooms in America were abuzz over the unhappy scandal in Happy Valley, Michael Jackson’s doctor’s fate, the Cain mutiny and the Perry senior moment. We learned about the insults to Netanyahu and the possible end to the NBA season. In Israel, the chatter has taken a more ominous tone. We mourn along with the more than 100,000 people that attended the funeral of Rabbi Nosson Tzvi Finkel, the head of the Mir Yeshiva , a friend to all that knew him a father to his students and a leader of the Jewish people. But the entire world awaits Israel’s preemptive strike on Iran’s nuclear arsenal. In every generation, an enemy arises to annihilate the Jewish people. In our day, it is Iran, with all its pawns in Gaza, Syria and Lebanon. Many think the world would be a better, simpler and even safer place without Israel. Well, without Israel and its innovation, imagination, ingenuity, creativity, determination and love of life, this world would be seriously lacking. It would be lacking life-saving medicines, time-saving inventions and world-saving innovations. The world would be without scientific advancements and creative artists, chemical, physical and aeronautic discoveries and a dozen or so million of Abraham’s favorite children. So, while eliminating Israel might be the politically expedient course of action, it is not in the world’s best interest—it is not in our best interest, for sure. As so well put by Mr Warren Buffet ”If you go to the Middle-East looking for oil, you do not need to stop in Israel. But, if you are looking for brains, for energy and for integrity, the only stop you need is in –Israel.” We have to keep making this world a better place, keep improving our community. We hope this issue makes our little part of the world a bit better. Enjoy reading about events in our community, sports at our schools and Thanksgiving recipes to enjoy. Congratulations to the WYHS women’s basketball team, winners of the Jewish Day School pre-season tournament hosted by the Hebrew Academy. Happy Birthday Barry Wasserstrom ! Happy Birthday Cindy Kay !

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American-born Rabbi Nosson Finkel, head of Mir Yeshiva in Jerusalem, said to be the world's largest Yeshiva with over 6,000 students, died in Jerusalem on Nov. 8 at 68 after suffering cardiac arrest at his home. More than 100,000 people attended his funeral. According to Israeli news sources, the packed funeral in Jerusalem, caused disruptions to the city’s light rail service. Finkel, was praised throughout the ultra-OrthoRabbi Finkel of blessed memory. dox and “Torah” communities for building Mir into a major institution with multiple branches, encouraging thousands to learn in yeshivas and adult kollels, and for personal warmth and generosity. But others mentioned the rarity of an American-born rabbi making such a mark in Israel's insular ultra-Orthodox world. Rabbi Eliyahu Fink of the Shul on the Beach in Venice Beach, California, said that Finkel's “primary legacy will not be the growth of the yeshiva. Rather, in my opinion, his legacy will be his life story. The only prominent Rosh Yeshiva living in Israel who was born in America, R’ Nosson Tzvi was a model to all American born Jews that the sky is the limit. He was not born to a family of Roshei Yeshiva, nor was R’ Nosson Tzvi born into the lap of Talmudic luxury. He grew up with public school, Americana and sports. That did not stop him from becoming who he was. R’ Nosson Tzvi earned everything he achieved as a Torah scholar through his own blood, sweat and tears.” At his funeral at the yeshiva's main campus in northern Jerusalem, family members and yeshiva rabbis spoke of Finkel's devotion to his school and students. According to Hamodia, a newspaper for the ultra-Orthodox, Rabbi Refoel Shmulevitz said Finkel’s “concern for and dedication to each and every individual...has produced what we see today, this great yeshivah, where each person feels that the other is his brother… ” Hamodia quoted Finkel's brother Gedalia as saying that Finkel loved every student in the yeshiva, and Finkel's son, Eliezer Yehudah Finkel, as saying his father “tried to spur his students...to 'think big' in their goals in learning.” Many noted Finkel's efforts despite his debilitating Parkinson's Disease, and his reported unwillingness to take medication, as it might limit his mental capacity and reduce his Torah study. One blogger wrote: “Every limb in his body trembled, swayed, and shook. He needed much assistance simply in order to walk or stand, if he could even manage that. His hands flailed at his sides and his head moved uncontrollably. The pain he experienced must have been horrendous." Finkel was born in Chicago and was named after his paternal great-

grandfather, founder of Lithuania's Slabodka yeshiva. He attended Ida Crown Jewish Academy, a mainstream, co-ed Orthodox high school in Chicago, where he played baseball and was known as Nathan. He married his second cousin, Rochel Leah Finkel, granddaughter of the last head of the pre-Holocaust Mir Yeshiva in Poland. When his father-in-law died in 1990, Finkel succeeded him at the yeshiva. Under Finkel’s leadership, the Mir became one of the largest rabbinical academies in the world with branches in two ultra-Orthodox Israeli communities, as well as its main location in Jerusalem's Ramat Shlomo neighborhood. He is to be succeeded by his son, Rabbi Eliezer Yehudah Finkel. The school draws many American students.

Rabbi Nosson Tzvi Finkel A Mir Kollel Wife Remembers R’ Nosson Tzvi Finkel zt”l This morning, when I heard that the Rosh Yeshiva of Israel’s largest yeshiva, Yeshivat Mir, had passed away, I began to cry. I never met this great man during his lifetime. But I still felt such a sharp sense of loss over the death of this man who was a living Torah. This man who, despite his long-term struggle with a crippling illness, was one of the greatest contributors to reigniting the great fire of Torah that was nearly entirely extinguished during the Shoah. Here is what one JewishMOM.com reader, a Mir Kollel wife, shared with me this morning about the Mir Rosh Yeshiva, R’ Nosson Tzvi Finkel zt”l. A giant has passed on to the World of Truth. We hear all the time “Yesomim hayinu v’ein av” (we have become orphans, without a father) but today I really feel it. I feel as broken now as I did when I lost my grandfather last year. I am certain that books and articles will soon be written, filled with stories about R’ Nosson Tzvi Finkel’s tremendous love of Torah and devotion to learning and how he managed to pass on his burning love of Torah to his thousands of students and their families. I am not equipped to memorialize such a great man. But I would like to try to share some brief anecdotes that provide, I hope, a tiny glimpse, from a woman’s perspective, of the Rosh Yeshiva’s true greatness. The Rosh Yeshiva was very connected to his many, many talmidim and he cared for them deeply. On one of our first Shabbosos in Yerushalayim, I accompanied my husband to the Rosh Yeshiva’s house. Even then, more than ten years ago, the Rosh Yeshiva was already so weak from Parkinsons disease that he was lying on his couch. When we walked in, the Rosh Yeshiva greeted my husband and then turned to me and said, “Thank you for letting your husband come back. We are glad to have him. Here he is like a fish in water” (a reference to the Gemara that a man without Torah is like a fish out of water). My husband and the Rosh Yeshiva spoke for several minutes and I waited on the side. When they finished speaking, the Rosh Yeshiva motioned for me to come closer to him. He told me with unmistakable seriousness, “If you need a cup of sugar, you know where to come…” I understood from his tone that the Rosh Yeshiva wasn’t really talking about a cup of continues page 15

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This week in news

Kenya asks Israel for Help in Fighting Terrorists

tional community must bring about the cessation of Iran’s pursuit of nuclear weapons, which endanger the peace of the world and of the Middle East.”

Raila Odinga, Prime Minister of Kenya, has asked for Israel’s support in stopping terrorist attacks in his country. He asked President Shimon Peres for assistance in building up the Kenyan police force to deal with attacks perpetrated by al-Shabab militants who are connected to al-Qaeda militant groups. He also met with Prime Minister Netanyahu. Last month, Kenya sent troops into Somalia to pursue members of alShabab. In response, al-Shabab has threatened to commit more terrorist attacks in Kenya’s capital.

Israeli Cartoon Endangers Lives?

France is Israel’s Security Partner French President Nicolas Sarkozy promised members of the World Jewish Congress that France would stand with Israel against Iran. “Israel has no better security partner than France when it comes to Iran,” he said. Ronald S. Lauder, the head of the World Jewish Congress asked Sarkozy to push for sanctions against Iran to prevent the development of nuclear weapons and Sarkozy responded positively to his plea. But Sarkozy also said that it would be a mistake for Israel to attempt a military strike against Iran. He describes an attack of that nature to be “disastrous.”

Dead Sea Not a Wonder The Dead Sea was one of the 14 finalists in a contest to be named one of the New7Wonders of Nature. Voting concluded on Friday of last week, and when the winners were announced, the Dead Sea was not listed among them. Prior to the conclusion of the vote, Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu and Tourism Minister Stas Misezhnikov urged Israelis to vote for the Dead Sea. Netanyahu said, “Winning will turn the Dead Sea into one of the world’s leading tourism sites, will contribute not just to us but to the rest of the countries in the region, and will boost regional cooperation.” But alas, it was not to be. The winners include Amazon, Halong Bay, Iguazu Falls, Jeju Island, Komodo, Puerto Princesa Underground River and Table Mountain.

Israeli newspaper Ha’aretz published a cartoon last week depicting Prime Minister Netanyahu instructing Israeli pilots to bomb the UN agency in Ramallah after hypothetically bombing Iran. The cartoon was meant as a reprimand at Netanyahu’s hard line government and his displeasure at the UN for accepting the Palestinian state into UNESCO. But UN officials did not get the joke, and last week, UN officials called in Israel’s ambassador, Nimrod Barkan and handed him a protest note saying the cartoon “endangers the lives of unarmed diplomats.” Barkan responded that his country has freedom of the press. Yigal Palmor, an Israeli spokesman, said, “We’ve heard of Islamists raging against supposedly disrespectful cartoons, but U.N. officials going down the same road — that’s a whole new ballgame.”

Iranian Leaders Warn Against Israeli Attack After the release of the IAEA report which stated that Iran appears to be working on an atomic bomb and conducting secret research, speculation rose that an attack by Israel on Iran was imminent, as Israel tested a longrange missile near Tel Aviv. Iran’s Supreme Leader, the Ayatollah Khomeini, warned against any military action and stated that any attack would be met by “iron fists.” The Ayatollah was reported as saying: “Our enemies, particularly the Zionist regime (Israel), America and its allies, should know that any kind of threat and attack or even thinking about any (military) action will be firmly responded to…The Revolutionary Guards and army and our nation … will answer attacks with strong slaps and iron fists.” Ali Baqeri, deputy secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, also warned against an Israeli attack. “If the Zionist regime allows itself such an oversight, a question of its existence will arise, not a question of its legitimacy but a question of its existence,” he said.

U.S. Officials to Visit Israel in Response Ma’ale Adumim: Palestinian Territory? When a 21-year-old resident of Ma’ale Adumim applied for a French passto IAEA Report David Cohen, under secretary of the treasury for terrorism and financial intelligence, who is charge of America’s economic sanctions on Iran, and Deputy Secretary of State Thomas Nides will be visiting Israel this week to discuss new proposed sanctions on Iran in response to the newest report on Iran’s nuclear program by the International Atomic Energy Agency. The U.S. officials hope to enlist members of the European Union to backlist Iran’s central bank. By blacklisting the central bank, it would ban all business with the bank and cripple much of Iran’s economy. Last week Cohen met with officials in Rome, Paris, London and Berlin and is set to talk with officials in the United Arab Emirates as well. So far, officials in Russia and China are opposed to instituting new sanctions on Iran. Iranian President Ahmadinejad rejected the IAEA report and said that Iran would not retreat “one iota” from its nuclear program. Israel released an official response to the report as well. “The IAEA report corroborates the position of the international community, and of Israel, that Iran is developing nuclear weapons. The significance of the report is that the interna-

port, he was in for a rude surprise. Eddy, who was born in Israel to French immigrants and is a citizen of both Israel and France, applied for the passport with his intention of studying in France. To his surprise, he noticed something strange when it listed his address in Ma’ale Adumim. Instead of listing Israel as his country of residence, the passport listed the words “Occupied Palestine.” Eddy, vows to fight for the right to have “Israel” printed in his passport. “I would have let it go if I lived in an outpost, but Ma’ale Adumim is the biggest city in Judea and Samaria, it’s located at the heart of the consensus, and it will remain within Israel’s territory as part of any future arrangement,” he said. The mayor of Ma’ale Adumim, Boris Grossman, said, “The territory was not seized from Palestine because there is no such entity… This is an Israeli and Jewish city whose origins are mentioned in the bible and its land does not belong to Arabs. It’s a pity to see a nation that calls itself a friend of Israel supporting the Palestinians and the rhetoric that that harms any chance of a peace process.”

Richest Irishman Goes Bankrupt

For the seventh time this year, the gas pipeline between Egypt, Israel and Jordan was blown up in the Northern Sinai by saboteurs. This is the first explosion since pumping resumed on October 24. It appeared as though the bombers detonated the IEDs from a distance. Egypt and Israel have a 20 year natural gas deal in which Egypt exports gas to Israel. But the deal is unpopular with Egyptians who say that the gas prices were too low. Earlier this month, the Egyptian government said that it would tighten security along the pipeline to prevent subsequent attacks from occurring.

In 2008, Forbes listed Sean Quinn as Ireland’s richest man, with a fortune of $6 billion. Last week, Quinn declared bankruptcy in Northern Ireland with debts of €2.8bn owed to the Irish state-owned lender Anglo Irish Bank. “I cannot now pay those loans which are due, following Anglo taking control of the Quinn Group of companies, which I and a loyal team spent a lifetime building, and I find myself left with no other alternative,” he said. At 14 years of age, Quinn left school to work on his family’s farm. He founded a quarry business with a £100 loan in 1973. Anglo is likely to contest the bankruptcy. “The Bank is examining the validity of this application for bankruptcy in the light of Mr. Quinn’s residency and extensive business interests and liabilities within the State.”

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Bersculoni Resigns Italian Premier Silvio Bersculoni resigned this weekend after parliament passed a package of measures to restore market confidence in Italy’s failing economy. His resignation was a happy event for many Italians; many Italians poured into downtown Rome to rejoice at the end of his reign. Handel’s “Alleluia” was performed by many musicians in front of the president’s palace and hecklers shouted “Buffoon, buffoon!” at his motorcade as he entered and exited the presidential palace to submit his resignation. "I resigned out of a sense of responsibility and of state, to ward off more speculative financial attacks on Italy," Bersculoni said in a statement.

“Super Mario” to Lead Italy Mario Monti, a university economics professor, has agreed to form a new government and lead Italy back from financial ruin. President Giorgio Napolitano tapped Monti to lead the country, in the hopes that “technocrats” like Monti will see that Italy is serious about improving its economy. Monti studied at Yale and spent 10 years at the European Commission. "By introducing more competition, we will in due course introduce more merit and less of a role for nepotism, clientism, corruption, whatever," he said last week. Monti was nicknamed “Super Mario” in his role as a European Union competition commissioner.

Venezuela: Baseball Catcher Wilson Kidnapped and Freed After more than 48 hours in captivity in Venezula, Washington Nationals catcher, Wilson Ramos, was freed from kidnappers. He was found 10 minutes away from where the car that was used to abduct him was abandoned on Thursday. Recently, Ramos purchased a new home for his family in a more affluent section of Valencia and they were planning on moving there next month. It is believed that he and his family will be traveling with bodyguards, like other Venezuelan baseball players, after this incident.

Chavez: Six Months to Live According to a former U.S. government official, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez’s cancer is spreading more rapidly than he lets on, and he may only have around six months to live. “Sources…indicate that Chávez’s cancer is spreading faster than expected and could kill him before the presidential elections in October 2012.” Chavez has been taking low doses of chemotherapy in an effort to hide the severity of his illness from his people. “Chávez wants his people to believe that he was ‘healed’ months ago and that the recent visits to Cuba have confirmed his miraculous recovery. However, his physical deterioration is speeding more rapidly than his doctors had predicted and, despite this serious situation, Chávez has insisted on receiving low doses of chemotherapy to avoid long absences from the political scene during this fragile period.”

Putin Wins China Peace Prize Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has been chosen as the latest winner of the Confucius Peace Prize. The Chinese award was launched last year as a counterweight to the Nobel Peace Prize when Liu Xiaobo, an imprisoned Chinese dissident, was chosen to receive the Nobel Prize. That action angered Chinese officials, who decided to launch their own prize. Putin will receive this honor and $15,000 in a ceremony to be held on December 9th. Other nominees for the prize this year included Kofi Annan and Bill Gates.

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Life Coach Founding Principal of Sha’arei Bina Launches New Career

Rabbi Elchonon Abramchik, who founded Sha’arei Bina seven years ago, has taken a new direction in his life. After being in Jewish education for close to forty years, he has come to the realization that people are constantly seeking advice and guidance with their lives, and have come to the Rabbi seeking his expertise. Based on this situation, he is launching his new career of “Coaching for Life”. “People should not get confused between being a Life Coach and Coaching for Life. They are two different programs designed to improve and enhance one’s situation towards reaching contentment with oneself”, said the Rabbi. The title of each profession should be understood as two different approaches towards growth. The Rabbi, as will be made clear by this article, is embarking on a very unique approach. “This idea of coaching people is not new”, said the Rabbi. The idea has been used for centuries by our great Rabbis as the people would always go to the Rabbi seeking His opinion on one matter or another. By meeting with the Rabbi the client walked away feeling better about himself and much more directed towards his goals. Coaching for Life is the practice of supporting an individual with the purpose of achieving a particular result of one’s personal goals. People need a sounding board as well as a motivator; “one needs someone to really listen to them and give honest feedback”, said Rabbi Abramchik. In today’s day and age there are many stresses in life. One is always in a hurry to get somewhere but may not know the exact road to take. Amongst the anxieties that one may have during the course of life would be job stress, building and keeping relationships, raising children, maintaining good marriages, financial stress and situational stress. One usually deals with healthy individuals who want to improve their lives in a specific way. I.e. changing careers, building a healthy relationship, losing weight, deepening self-understanding, and many other concerns. The aim of this new venture is to have the client focus on the present and future rather than dwell on the past. The Rabbi has indicated that his aim is to draw out a person’s potential rather than pull aims from outside the current domain. In addition, he will develop rather than impose, have the client reflect rather than direct, enable a person rather than train the person. Rabbi Abramchik made it very clear that, based on his training, he will not make any assumptions and he will be totally non-judgmental. The Rabbi indicated that he is embarking on this career as he genuinely likes people and wants to bring out the best in them. Since he has given advice for so many years, and it usually worked, his natural people skills will enhance his new role. “People are under stress and need guidance on how to handle multiple concerns going on in their lives without being overwhelmed”, said the Rabbi. He knows there is a need and because of his love and concern for his fellow man, he believes, based on past experience, that he will be successful. To make an inquiry and receive more information, feel free to call Rabbi Abramchik at 786-247-3961 or e-mail him at elchonon.coachingforlife@gmail.com

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sugar. He was telling me, a young bride living far from her family in a strange new country, that his door was always open for any concern or problem that I and my family might ever have. Rabbi Finkel zt"l blessing the son of one of his students before the boy's upsherin. And, over the years, I saw that the Rosh Yeshiva’s door hasn’t only been open to my husband and me. The Rosh Yeshiva’s door was open to the multitudes of people whom he advised on all areas of life– on personal matters related to family, finances, growth through Torah, as well as urgent matters of life and death. Several months ago, on the Rosh Yeshiva’s final visit to America, he met a former student whose brother is learning at Yeshivas Mir. The Rosh Yeshiva told him “Regards from your brother, he is my good friend.” And it was true. The Rosh Yeshiva strived to be a friend as well as father to my husband and to all of his thousands of talmidim. Years ago, one of the Rosh Yeshiva’s sons heard that his father knew the names of all of his 3000 students. So the son approached his father and asked him if this was true. R’ Nosson Tzvi answered him, “I don’t know if I know all of their names. But I do know that I love each and every one of them!” Just last night, during a simcha, the Rosh Yeshiva’s name came up, and I heard someone say: “He is a neshama without a guf, a soul without a body.” The Rosh Yeshiva’s soul now is soaring above a body that could hardly contain it for many years already. Whenever I saw the Rosh Yeshiva, I was humbled. Despite my personal attempts to be a positive, upbeat person, I can always come up with something to complain about– about my children misbehaving, about our financial struggles, about the aches and pains of pregnancy etc. But here was a SICK man. Every limb in his body trembled, swayed, and shook. He needed much assistance simply in order to walk or stand, if he could even manage that. His hands flailed at his sides and his head moved uncontrollably. The pain he experienced must have been horrendous. There is a reason that most people in that condition are heavily, heavily medicated. I have heard that the Rosh Yeshiva tried his hardest to avoid all but the most necessary medications because he didn’t want them to limit his mental capacities and his ability to learn Torah. Yet, despite the many years of suffering he endured, the Rosh Yeshiva didn’t complain. Not one word. He pushed himself on and on, using any capabilities he still had left in order to spread the light of Torah. In his crippled condition, R. Nosson Tzvi managed every detail of Mir Yeshiva, the largest yeshiva in Israel. Each prospective talmid was interviewed by the Rosh Yeshiva personally for acceptance. The Rosh Yeshiva personally went overseas to collect much-needed funds for the Yeshiva (which is in a very bad financial situation on account of the current recession).

And throughout this all, R. Nosson Tzvi SMILED! Another incredible thing about the Rosh Yeshiva was how he was able to understand others’ petty issues even if he saw above them. At one point, the Rosh Yeshiva asked that bachurim should eat their Shabbos meals at the Yeshiva. One bachur complained that he didn’t like Israeli gefilte fish (which really is different from the American gefilte fish that he was used to). That Shabbos, the entire Yeshiva enjoyed jarred, American-style gefilte fish. The Rosh Yeshiva was also a man with vision. Years ago, when Mir was housed in one small building, he used to speak of building a “Kiryat Mir,” an entire Mir neighborhood. And over the years, despite the Rosh Yeshiva’s debilitating illness, he managed to oversee the Mir’s growth by leaps and bounds. Today, the main Yeshiva in Bais Yisrael consists of over 10 buildings, each including a beis midrash, dorm, and dining room, and each of these buildings is packed beyond capacity with students. There are also branches for younger students in Ramat Shlomo and Brachtfeld. Bli Ayin Hara, there are well over 6,000 men dedicating their days to learning Torah in Mir daily. All of this Torah learning, thousands and thousands of pages every day, as well as the inspiration this learning provides to thousands of kollel wives, like me, and our children, are all in the merit of Rabbi Finkel’s unstoppable vision, commitment to Torah, and unshakable Yirat Shamayim. R’ Nosson Tzvi was always trying to increase both the level of Torah learning and the hours spent learning at the Yeshiva. He invested much effort and creativity in this, constantly thinking up new ideas and incentives: programs to promote extra minutes and hours, chaburas, tests, writing of essays on Torah, and much more. The Rosh Yeshiva told my husband of a boy who confided that he had a hard time getting up for Shachris. The Rosh Yeshiva personally called this boy’s apartment every morning at 6:45 AM to assist him in getting out of bed. R’ Nosson Tzvi’s favorite song over the last few years has been “Ashrei Mi ShAmlo BaTorah,” fortunate is the man whose toil is through Torah. And R. Nosson Tzvi was certainly fortunate! The Rosh Yeshiva left our world on the Yartzeit of Rachel Imeinu. He emulated our matriarch by selflessly dedicating every ounce of his being for the greater good of Klal Yisrael. May he be a Meilitz Yoshor for all of the Jewish people. May we each take inspiration from this great man into our lives and actualize it in a concrete way. In this way, we can finally give back to a man that gave himself for each and every one of us.

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Then he asked, “Who can tell me what the lesson of the Holocaust is?” He called on one guy, who didn’t know what to do—it was like being called on in the fifth grade without the answer. And the guy says something benign like, “We will never, ever forget…” And the rabbi completely dismisses him. I felt terrible for the guy until I realized the rabbi was getting ready to call on someone else. All of us were sort of under the table, looking away—you know, please, not me. He did not call me. I was sweating. He called on another guy, who had such a fantastic answer: “We will never, ever again be a victim or bystander.” The rabbi said, “You guys just don’t get it. Okay, gentlemen, let me tell you the essence of the human spirit. “As you know, during the Holocaust, the people were transported in the worst possible, inhumane way by railcar. They thought they were going to a work camp. We all know they were going to a death camp.

Rabbi Finkel of blessed memory.“After hours and hours in this inhumane corral with no light, no bathroom, cold, they arrived at the camps. The doors were swung wide open, and they were blinded by the light. Men were separated from women, mothers from daughters, fathers from sons. They went off to the bunkers to sleep.

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When I was in Israel, I went to Me’ah She’arim, the traditionally Orthodox area within Jerusalem. Along with a group of businessmen I was with, I had the opportunity to have an audience with Rabbi Nosson Tzvi Finkel, the head of the Mir Yeshiva seminary there. I had never heard of him and didn’t know anything about him. We went into his study and waited ten to fifteen minutes for him. Finally, the doors opened. What we did not know was that Rabbi Finkel was severely afflicted with Parkinson’s disease. He sat down at the head of the table, and, naturally, our inclination was to look away. We didn’t want to embarrass him. We were all looking away, and we heard this big bang on the table: “Gentlemen, look at me, and look at me right now.” Now his speech affliction was worse than his physical shaking. It was really hard to listen to him and watch him. He said, “I have only a few minutes for you because I know you’re all busy American businessmen.” You know, just a little dig there.

“As they went into the area to sleep, only one person was given a blanket for every six. The person who received the blanket, when he went to bed, had to decide, ‘Am I going to push the blanket to the five other people who did not get one, or am I going to pull it toward myself to stay warm?’” And Rabbi Finkel says, “It was during this defining moment that we learned the power of the human spirit, because we pushed the blanket to five others.”

And with that, he stood up and said, “Take your blanket. Take it back to America and push it to five other people.”Mr. Schultz is chairman and chief global strategist of Starbucks. This article is excerpted from his acceptance speech for the Columbia Business School’s Botwinick Prize in Business Ethics last September, as it appeared in Farbrengen Magazine.

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Orde Wingate and the Hagana During the Israeli War of Independence, many of the Jewish officers had previous training and combat experience that was gained by fighting alongside the British. A common misconception was that this experience was only first learned during World War II, where the British had created the Jewish Brigade—a unit that fought with distinction in Italy. However, in 1938 there was a special group of Hagana fighters that was trained by a British officer in Special Forces tactics. The group was called the Special Night Squad and the officer was Orde Wingate. Orde Wingate was an eccentric English Protestant who always felt a connection with the Bible. During his time in Israel, he claimed he felt a very strong bond to the land and became a Christian Zionist. He was stationed in Israel as an intelligence officer but rarely did anything in that capacity. Most of the British officers stationed in the Mandate of Palestine were openly pro-Arab and did nothing to derail attacks on Jewish towns. In any case, these attacks were carried out by Arab gangs that the British were afraid to fight. On his first night on station in September 1936, Wingate went to Har Carmel and met with Emmanuel Wilenski, who was chief intelligence officer of the Underground Jewish Defense Force, also known as the Hagana, and had this conversation with him. Wingate asked, "Do you believe in a Zionist State, in an independent State of Israel?” Wilenski answered, “I am not afraid of answering that. Yes. I do.” Wingate clambered to his feet and said, “Aha! You do? But do you know what it means? Do you realize that you will have to fight for your independence?” Wilenski replied. “I think, Captain Wingate that we do.” “But, fight! I mean fight! A bloody struggle!” shouted Wingate. “There will be no free Palestine for the Jews unless you fight and win.” He went up to Wilenski and prodded him in the chest. By this time, his eyes were blazing. “And you will not win, my friend, unless I teach you how to fight and I lead you into battle.” The situation was getting more desperate as the Arabs started an offensive where they would attack some British and many Jewish outposts without fear. The attacks were carried out at night and the Jews, hampered by anti-Semitic Brits, weren’t able to do much to derail the attacks. This is where Wingate came in with his brilliant idea of having night squads ambush the attackers. The problem was that the Jews didn’t trust him. He was, after all, a British officer and they were wary of his sincerity. It took a long time for him to be trusted. The British, however, were mostly upset at his love for the Jews and the land and some were infuriated when he answered the phone, “Shalom, Wingate here.”

He did have one ally in the British military command. General Archibald Wavell, of WWII fame, was the commander of the British forces in Palestine and usually gave approval for Wingate’s ideas. He convinced Zvi Brenna, a leader in the Hagana, Moshe Dayan and Wilenski to go out and fight the Arabs. He was finally granted the Hagana troops and immediately started training them in special night operations and tactics. Wingate, a whiz with excellent direction-finding skills and an uncanny ability to gauge distances, terrain, and the movements of others, led most of the attacks, which took place over the border and into Arab territories. The first attack, which took place in early 1938, was in Lebanon and was a typical ambush setup. One soldier, in this case Wingate himself, went alone into the open and started firing his gun. The Arabs started to chase him. The Jews, hiding in the bushes, sprang up and eliminated all of the Arabs. They also captured a weapons cache in the overwhelming victory. The raid caused quite a stir with the British who were less than happy with Wingate, but the Jews were ecstatic and quickly came to volunteer in the night squads. Wingate had earned their trust. Wingate, let off only with a rebuke and the blessing of Wavell, planned and led several more raids that were seen as reprisals and deterrent actions by the Arabs. Soon British soldiers were added to the squads making it a bit strange for both the Jews and Brits as they were used to the animosity between the two groups. Wingate always seemed to know where the Arabs would be and where to set up an ambush. As Moshe Dayan said, “He was never wrong. I never knew him to lose an engagement. He was never worried about odds. If we were twenty and the Arabs were two hundred, or if we were at the bottom of a hill and they were at the top, he would say, ‘All right, there is a way to beat them. There is some way in which, with a decisive stroke, we can turn the situation in our favor.’” Wingate’s base was at Ein Harod. He felt at home, as he sensed a connection to Gideon from Tanach. This is where he started a training school to teach “Jewish settlers in the art of making guerrilla war.” He was so successful in the suppressing of Arab terrorists that it was recognized back in England and he was awarded the Distinguished Service Order in 1938. The biggest operation fought by the Special Night Squads was at Dakumiyah, near Har Tavor, against one of the most problematic gangs on the area. The battle lasted two hours before Wingate called for it off. They had decisively won the battle, but their fearless leader was badly wounded. This was end for the night squads, for when Wingate had retuned from the hospital, a new general had replaced Wavell and disbanded the group. In late 1939, Wingate left Israel after the British government declared that his position as an intelligence officer was compromised because he was in complete confidence of the Jews. He vowed to come back. During WWII, he was stationed in Ethiopia, which the Italians had taken over in 1936. He organized the Gideon Force as he still felt a strong connection to him, and defeated the Italians who had about 12 times his strength in men. Wingate, now a major general, was nationally recognized as a great organizer of long-range penetration groups and was sent to Burma to form his most famous group, the Chindits. They were very successful in stymieing the Japanese advance into India. Wingate never had the chance to return to Israel. He was killed in a plane crash over Burma in 1944, and since most of the people on the plane were American, he was buried in Arlington National Cemetery. However, the legacy and the training of soldiers that remained were not lost on the yishuv, who used the Special Night Groups as the nucleus of their army after WWII. In honor of this great ohev yisrael, several places were named after him including Machon Wingate and Kikar Wingate in Rechavia.

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“You know what you call a Democrat whomakes as many verbal gaff es as Rick Perry? Vice President.” –Jay Leno

would want to come here’ — and we aren’t out there hungry, selling America and trying to attract new businesses into America.” -President Obama at a meeting with CEOs at APEC

“Someone told Rick Perry today that Obama, as he did, laid a wreath on the Tombof the Unknown Soldier. And Rick “When you call your own country ‘lazy’ Perry said ‘See, he blanks on names when you are abroad and you call it untoo.’” - Bill Maher ambitious and soft when you’re home, I think what you are showing is not “I feel we have an obligation to edu- tough love, but ill-concealed concate all of our children about the dark- tempt.” est moments of the past, so we can –Charles Krauthammer in response to avoid them in the future. That’s why President Obama when children - when my children were old enough, I took them…to Europe. “A guy named Reggie Love is leaving We literally fl ew into Germany, went the White House to get a degree at the down to Munich, got in a car and drove Wharton School of Business. I guess to Dachau, the first place they ever vis- he realized you can’t learn anything ited, because I wanted about economics in the Obama White them to understand what mankind is House.” -Jay Leno capable of… “…Folks, it’s more than just Zachor. It’s “The Republican presidential candimore than just remembrance. It’s an dates held a debate in Michigan. Just American national security interest that what Michigan needs: 12 more people Israel remain free, secure in a demo- looking for a job.” - Conan O’Brien cratic state in the Middle East…If there were not an Israel, we would have to in- “We do agree our country must take vent one.” - Vice President Joe Biden at action to address climate change. If the Yeshiva Beth Yehudah Dinner in De- enough of us demand action from our troit leaders, we can spark the innovation that we need.” - Newt Gingrich appear“President Obama attended the fi rst ing in a 2008 ad, while seated on a couch college basketball game ever played near then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on an aircraftcarrier. Don’t confuse that with the NBA. That’s a bunch of guys “Today’s date is 11/11/11! Or as Joe not playing basketball on a sinking Biden calls that, ‘A great email passship.” -Jay Leno word!’” –Jimmy Fallon “We’ve been a little bit lazy over the “My dear Binyamin, allow me to exlast couple of decades. We’ve kind of press my friendship for you. There is no taken for granted — ‘Well, people infl uence on this friendship from either

our divergent viewpoints or the stories that appear in the media.” –French President Sarkozy in an apology letter to PM Netanyahu for telling President Obama that Netanyahu is a liar and that he can’t stand him “With respect to the ‘hot mic’ in France, I’m not going to comment on conversations that I have with individual leaders, but what I will say is this: the primary conversation I had with President Sarkozy in that meeting revolved around my signifi cant disappointment that France had voted in favor of the Palestinians joining UNESCO, knowing full well that under our laws, that would require the United States cutting off funding to UNESCO, and after I had consistently made the argument that the only way we’re going to solve the Middle East situation is if Palestinians and Israelis sit down at the table and negotiate; that it is not going to work to try to do an end run through the United Nations. “So I had a very frank and fi rm conversation with President Sarkozy about that issue. And that is consistent with both private and public statements that I’ve been making to everybody over the last several months.” - President Obama discussing a conversation which was overheard between him and Sarkozy during which disparaging statements were made about PM Netanyahu

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This past Friday marked an unusual date; it was the 11th day of the 11th month of 2011. Many people celebrated the unusual date in different ways. In Malaysia, 1,000 Chinese couples were married on 11/11/11, a date that is viewed as lucky and romantic. Pua Kim Giok married Lee Chin Siong on that day. She explained, “The numbers rhyme with one husband, one wife and one soul in Chinese and signifies a marriage that would last a lifetime.” In Atlantic City, NJ, the Trump Taj Mahal planned drawings every 11 minutes for winnings of up to $1,111. Couples in the U.S. also chose to be married on Friday. Bryan Savage said it would be easier to remember his anniversary. "It's just kind of cool and we didn't really want Valentine's Day or a holiday, but we just wanted something memorable," he said. In Des Moines, Iowa, Dr. Ross Valone said he would refund all fees from any mothers who deliver their babies on Friday.

A Nation with Opportunity for All After elections held last week, Aredale, Iowa now boasts an 18-year-old mayor-elect. Jeremy Minnier, a high school senior, received 24 write-in votes. The incumbent mayor, Virgil Homer, 76, received only 8 votes. If you’re thinking that this is an extreme case of voter apathy, think again. Aredale has a population of only 74, so around 40% of the residents actually voted in this election. Minnier has big plans on how he can improve the town. "We have some things with the DNR and their septic problems with everybody needing leech fields or needing pods put in their property for their septic. Another thin is rural water because we all have our own wells in Aredale. And there's also things we can just improve the overall appearance of the city and make it a place people like to come to.” He will be living at home with his parents and attending community college after he is sworn in in January. In related, but not-so-related, news, Holyoke, MA (population: 40,000) has elected a 22-year-old mayor for their town. Alex Morse is a graduate of Brown University and said that he decided over a year ago that he was ready to make the move. He beat out his opponent by a sizable margin and explained that his style of door-todoor campaigning was what made the difference.

Stealing from a Baby Megan McGinnis was shocked when she found that she was a victim of a burglary but was even more astounded when she found out that the thieves stole ten boxes of diapers and a closetful of baby clothes from her newborn’s room. McGinnis and her baby were out of the house for an hour visiting relatives and were shocked when they discovered the break-in. “This is what really hurts me — stealing stuff from my baby … really bad, because she’s my world.” Among the items stolen was a camera containing photos of baby Bria at the hospital and clothing hand-knit by McGinnis’ grandmother.

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JCS ALLIANCE PERFORMS COLORFUL & CREATIVE MITZVAH Miami, FL — Despite the Amy Klosky, Laura y Lenner, Hinda Adler, Chad and darkened sky and threatening PHOTO: Dana Richards, Courtne members and JCS Alliance rain, over 100 members of Jew- Sheridan and Jonathan Raiffe, Event Chairs and Committee ish Community Services’ Al- Chairs liance, a group of young professionals improving the community through collaboration and hands-on service, gathered at the JCS Kosher Food Bank recently for a colorful and creative event. Participants ‘Spiced up the Food Bank’ by working with students of the MOCA Art Institute to paint canvases that now grace the walls of the facility. They also stocked shelves for clients who will be coming in over the next few weeks, especially those looking for items for the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday. NORTH MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (November 09, 2011) – Teaching Mandarin to inner-city kids, running triathlons to raise money for cancer reThis mitzvah was a huge team effort led by Event Chairs Hinda Adler search and donating to those in need in Israel are among the significant and Courtney Lenner; Committee members Amy Klosky, Dana Richards and Laura Sheridan; JCS Kosher Food Bank Chair Janice Lipton; and JCS accomplishments that earned six students merit-based scholarships this Alliance Chairs Jonathan Raiffe, Chad Klosky and Scott Singer. “The face year to The Samuel Scheck Hillel Community Day School | The Ben Lipof the Food Bank will never be the same,” commented JCS Board Chair son Hillel Community High School. The outstanding students in grades Shelley Niceley Groff. “It will be much more warm and lively and our 6-12 were recognized last week during an all-school assembly and formally inducted into the Jewish community day school’s Jaime and Raquel clients will know there is a whole community out there that cares for Gilinski Hillel Ambassador Program. them.”

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Created in 2009, the Gilinski scholarship program was designed to recognize students who demonstrate a commitment to learning in extraordinary ways, whether in the classroom, on the field, on stage, or through a community project. Since its inception, 26 students at Hillel have been awarded the generous scholarships.

As the largest non-profit Jewish social service agency in South Florida, JCS provides critical help in the community, such as care management for frail seniors; counseling for families in crisis; and employment skills for developmentally disabled adults. Each year, more than 30,000 people – of all ages, religions and ethnicities – benefit from our information referrals, diverse support initiatives and healthcare-related programs. For more information, please call JCS Access at 305.576.6550 or visit www.jcsfl.org.

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FOR JEWISH FEDERATION OF SOUTH PALM BEACH COUNTY An evening of elegance with one of the world’s most renowned broadcast journalists awaits top donors of the Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County at this year’s Major Gifts Event, on Thursday, December 1, 2011 at 6:00 p.m. The evening will feature a cocktail reception with live music, dinner and what’s sure to be a remarkable time with former CBS News Anchor and 60 Minutes Correspondent Dan Rather, at St. Andrews Country Club in Boca Raton. “We are thrilled to be celebrating our most generous donors with a night

of substance and sophistication amid the warmth of our Federation family,” said Wendy Pressner, chair of the Major Gifts Event. “The Major Gifts Event is the largest and most prestigious fundraising event of the Federation season.” “ “As continuing economic challenges bring ever-rising vital human needs to our community and our global Jewish family, we continue to depend on the great compassion and generosity of our major donors, the pillars of our annual campaign,” said Joseph Mishkin, 2012 Federation Campaign Chair. “It’s more important than ever for family to stick together.” The Ketubah Society Hall of Fame will be on proud display at the Major Gifts Event, and new members will be inaugurated. Named for the traditional, beautifully decorated Jewish marriage contract, this Society pays tribute to the dedicated and generous individuals, couples and families who have made cumulative financial commitments of one million dollars or more during the Federation’s 32-year history. The couvert of $125 includes valet parking. A minimum $10,000 combined gift to the 2012 UJA/Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County Annual Campaign is required to attend. For more information, contact 561-852-3160 or melissac@bocafed.org. The Federation’s Major Gifts Program is generously sponsored by Morrison, Brown, Argiz & Farra, LLC; Proskauer; and Steinberg Global Asset Management, Ltd. The Boca Raton Observer is Exclusive Magazine Sponsor.

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Benny Friedman, the most recent acclaimed Jewish Music Superstar, will be giving a live concert, where he will be getting the most exposure he has ever had in South Florida. Benny's bestselling debut album "Taamu"

In addition to Friedman, who originates from the Twin Cities, Minnesota and now lives in Brooklyn, the Festival will also feature the twin Chassidic Acrobats from France. A dazzling performance by these artists will provide Festival goers of all ages an experience that will last a lifetime. Also Starring at the 32nd Annual South Florida Chassidic Chanukah Festival, is young Yisroel Amar, recent Winner of the Jewish Junior Star. Yisroel is a homegrown local talent, from Golden Beach, Florida. Last year, the Chanukah Festival was seen live around the world via Jewish TV @ Chabad.org. It was the most watched Live Jewish TV Show in 2010. People from across the globe, from the Ukraine to Israel, from South America to Australia, were fixed to their screens for the three hour Chanukah production that warmed so many hearts and inspired so many souls. The Festival will be preceded by a one hundred Car Menorah parade, starting out from the Yeshivah Gedolah of Greater Miami, under the auspices of Florida Friends of Lubavitch. Other Festival highlights include the lighting of Florida's Largest Menorah, led by Cantor Rabbi Yossy Lebovics and a large lineup of Community Leaders and Dignitaries, free Chanukah gelt and goodies for the thousands of children in attendance, a delicious dinner (for a nominal fee), and scores of valuable prizes. Rabbi Levi Tennenhaus, the events' coordinator and Chabads' Program Director, encourages those who can afford to get reserved seating: "The event, as always, is free. However, in addition to our major sponsors, individuals are entitled to reserve VIP seats for $100 per seat. This will help both the Festival, which runs at an enormous cost as a service to the community, and individuals who want the luxury and convenience to sit up front with their seats reserved exclusively for them and their families.'' Chanukah marks the birthday of Chabad of South Broward. The first Chabad Center in Broward County, Chabad of South Broward now runs from their Headquarters in Hallandale Beach over forty programs and institutions throughout Broward county, including Project PRIDE, a nonsectarian drug prevention and education program, The Friendship Circle, an incredible interactive program for children with special needs, Florida's only Teachers Seminary for Women, the fast expanding CHAI TOTS Preschool and Hebrew Club, Bar and Bat Mitzvah Clubs, CTEEN Club, 3 Mikvahs accessible to the physically challenged, Camp Gan Israel, Kollel for Businessmen and Professionals, and 12 Synagogues. Chabad of South Broward is headed by Rabbi Raphael and Goldie Tennenhaus, who came to Broward County in December 1980.Log on to Chabadsouthbroward.com for to see the scope of Chabad's wide range of programs. Contact Us For More Information For more festival information, and to reserve VIP and box seats, please call 954-458-1877 or email levi@chanukahfestival.com, or log on to Chanukahfestival.com .

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REPAIRING THE WORLD… ONE DAY AT A TIME Join the Jewish Federation of Broward County on Sunday, December 11 from 12:30-4:30 p.m. at the Ann Storck Center in Fort Lauderdale for “Tikkun Olam Day” as hundreds of volunteer gather to ‘Make a World of Difference’ to those in need. Volunteers ages 10 and over will help build community by spending the day painting, landscaping, mulching and participating in other activities. In-kind donations are also be accepting – needed are native plant shrubs, paint brushes, mulch, storage shelves, gift cards, toiletries, non-perishable food items and shoes. “Being Jewish means being part of a community that stretches from here in Broward County, across the ocean to our spiritual homeland in Israel and around the world – connecting one another through shared values,” said Eric B. Stillman, president and CEO of the Jewish Federation of Broward County. “This day is dedicated to supporting our local community, helping another agency whose mission is to serves so many.”

Pictures-Lion of Judah Event Chair Ida Leightman, Federation Board Chair Karen Zemel, Guest Speaker Yanina Fleysher, Women’s Division Board Chair Cindi Samson, Annual Campaign Chair Laura Goldblum, Women’s Division Campaign Chair Lori Ben-Ezra and Lion of Judah Chair Lori Mizels

The Ann Storck Center, 1790 SW 43rd Way in Fort Lauderdale, enriches the lives of children and adults with developmental disabilities through residential, preschool, adult day care training and expressive arts programs. “We are so thrilled to be working with the Jewish Federation of Broward County,” said Charlotte Mather-Taylor, Executive Director for the Ann Storck Center. “We are grateful for the passion and enthusiasm that the volunteers have shown, and we know that they will do a wonderful job beautifying our campus and helping us in a variety of areas. They have amazing energy!” Now in its 7th year, “Tikkun Olam Day” was initiated as an opportunity to unite our community in an effort to adhere to the sacred Judaic value tikkun olam (to repair the world.) The event is presented by the Jewish Federation and area synagogues in collaboration with Rebuilding Together, Broward County, and co-chaired by Anita Platt and Stanley Leibowitz. “Giving back is in my blood. I have always been involved in charitable work,” said Anita Platt, co-chair of Tikkun Olam Day. “Tikkun Olam Day is a visible, tangible way to help the community. It is truly gratifying to participate in a community-wide endeavor like this.”

Women’s Endowment Chair Debbie Gober and Federation Board Member Elissa Mogilefsky

Lion of Judah The Women’s Division of the Jewish Federation of Broward County heard Yanina Fleysher , custom jeweler featured on the hit reality television show “Real Housewives of New Jersey” inspirational story at its Lion of Judah event on November 3 at Harbor Beach Marriott Resort & Spa in Fort Lauderdale.

Stanley Leibowitz, Anita’s co-chair, concurred adding that “Tikkun Olam Day is our way of enabling members of the community to give back and help repair the world. There’s so much we can achieve when we work together.” To volunteer for “Tikkun Olam Day,” please register at www.jewishbroward.org. For more information call Belkis Capua at (954) 252-6974 or e-mail bcapua@jewishbroward.org. The Jewish Federation of Broward County gratefully acknowledges Festival Flea Market Mall for being a participating sponsor.

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Rabbi Warren Kasztl We learned that there were six steps taken by Elisha the Prophet that prompted G-d to resuscitate the deceased son of the Shunamite woman. He closed the door, prayed to G-d, placed his mouth on the child’s mouth, his eyes on the child’s eyes, his palms on the child’s palms and caused his body to warm the body of the child. Having covered the importance of closing the door and the value of prayer in the workplace, we can now proceed to understand the importance of effective verbal –“mouth to mouth” - communication in the office. I call this an “art” because effective communication has the power to bring countless people together in the process of developing and transforming theoretical ideas into practical – profitable – realities.AMany volumes, Jewish & secular, have addressed how one should speak. And yet, it is still difficult to find people who have truly mastered the art of communication. One reason that the advice may go unheeded is because people do not appreciate how powerful the spoken word is. From the positive side, we all know how effective a good motivational speaker can be and how thoughts well expressed can change lives. Conversely we have seen how words can literally destroy a person or bury the best ideas and philosophies because they were expressed improperly. What advice can be offered within the confines of this article? There are two points that have the potential to heighten one’s communication skills so effectively that you can walk away from any conversation, business or personal, and know that you were understood properly. First recognize that everything you say represents you!! It does not represent the title before your name or the educational degrees following your name. Prefixes and suffixes may qualify you to make the statement or propose a plan, but it is you who is uttering the words. Therefore recognize that what you say is not near as important as how you say it. Within this rule there are subtleties that can make the difference between success and failure in whatever idea you are pitching. Every work environment has its politics and personalities. One very effective way to work above the politics is to stick to the issues. If within the conversation or presentation you find someone altering the focus by bringing a negative personal component into the exchange, you have the right, indeed the responsibility to say, “Let’s stick to the issue at hand” and get it back on track. Office gossip is another major factor. Whether in a meeting or “around the water cooler”, gossip (what the Torah calls “loshon hara” or “rechilus” depending on whether or not it’s true), is far more destructive than many realize. Having to look over one’s back to determine if you are the focus of S idle conversation can sap one’s emotional energy, and eventually deplete that of the entire office. Don’t think for a moment that this has no impact on productivity and/or creativity.

put anything in writing. People are generally shocked to find out that within the process of exchanging thoughts – speech – the words make up seven percent of the exchange. The other ninety three are almost equally divided between one’s tone of voice and non-verbal gestures; facial expressions, hand motions, & body language. When one writes a “controversial” letter or email, what they are doing is taking what should be seven percent of the message and using it to convey one hundred percent of their thoughts. The door is open for misinterpretation especially when emotions are running high. Phone conversations may lack the non-verbal element, but are far safer than written communiques. So within an office/business/sales environment, recognize how many tools you have at your disposal to convey your thoughts. Your eye contact, hand gestures, body posture and tone of voice are all part of the package. Recognize this and make it work for you! You can easily gauge how well your presentation is going by the body posture and facial expressions of your audience. Once again, remember they are listening to you, not your title or educational degrees. Stick to the issues, invite the audience to share their thoughts and invite them to participate with you. Understand that at the end of the day, the credit they get for their participation in a successful project will be because of your leadership role – all of which began with you expressing your thoughts properly and proactively. Judaism has always placed the power of speech on a pedestal. Consider this: In the days of the Holy Temple, a few words had the power to transform an object from the secular or profane – and sanctify that object, making it part of the Temple service or using it to financially support our Holiest structure. Similarly, our Torah teaches us that one who embarrasses another in public is the equivalent of murder. Recognizing how powerful our words are will go a long way in refining our character. The power of speech S represents the level of intellect that separates us from the animal world. Recognize the unique nature of this power in you, refine it and use is properly. By doing this, you will enhance the quality of the personal and business world that you’re an integral part of.

The second point is what transforms a word exchange into the art of conversation. As a lifecoach mediating disputes, I have been asked on many occasions, “Should I send an email”? www.thaitreat.com I generally advise my clients no to

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Red Lentil Vegetable soup

Pumpkin Crème Brulee

1 cup red lentils, sorted and rinsed 4 cups water Bay leaf Salt 2 Tablespoon olive oil 2 onions dices 4 cloves mince garlic 2-inch piece ginger minced 2 teaspoon cumin 1 teaspoon curry 2 teaspoon coriander 2 cups butternut squash cut into ½ inch dice 1 cup zucchini peeled and cut into ½ inch dice 1 medium parsnip peeled and cut into ½ inch dice 2 carrots peeled and cut into ½ inch dice 1 Tablespoon lemon juice 1 bunch spinach Pinch cayenne pepper

Ingredients: 3 cups Richs whip 1 cup plain soy milk 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon 1/8 teaspoon nutmeg ½ teaspoon ginger 10 egg yolks 1 cup granulated sugar + extra for sprinkling 1/2 cup canned pumpkin puree

Add lentils, water and bay leaf to a medium saucepan. Cover and boil on a simmer for 20 minutes until lentils are tender. Add 1 tablespoon salt and remove bay leaf and puree lentils in a blender. Add onions to a skillet and sauté until onions are soft. Add garlic, ginger, cumin coriander and sauté for a few more minutes. Add butternut squash, parsnip, carrots, salt, and 1-1/2 cups water simmer for 10 minutes until vegetables are soft. Stir lemon juice and spinach into pureed lentils then add the vegetables stir to combine. The heat will wilt the spinach. Add pepper and salt to taste.

Preparation: Preheat the oven to 300° F. In a medium pot, heat the Richs whip, soy milk, cinnamon, nutmeg, and ginger over medium heat, stirring occasionally, just until it just begins to bubble. Turn off the heat and set the pot aside to steep for 15 minutes. In a large bowl, whisk the egg yolks with the granulated sugar. Then gradually pour in the hot cream mixture. Mix in the pumpkin puree. Pour the mixture into 8 – 6 ounce ramekins. Place ramekins in a baking pan and fill pan with hot water about half way up the sides of the ramekins. Bake in oven until it is almost set, about 40 minutes. The custard should be mostly firm but still a little loose in the middle. Remove from the water bath and let cool for a few minutes. Place ramekins in fridge and cool overnight. When ready to serve, sprinkle 1-2 teaspoons of sugar over the top of each custard dish. Place ramekins on cookie sheet and under a preheated broiler to caramelize the sugar (about 3 minutes). Watch carefully to avoid burning the sugar. Alternatively, use a handheld propane or butane torch to caramelize the sugar.

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Ingredients: 1 (12 pound) whole turkey 1/2 cup olive oil 10 cloves frozen garlic cubes 2 teaspoons dried basil 1 teaspoon oregano 1 tablespoon paprika 1 teaspoon kosher salt 1/2 teaspoon black pepper 1 bottle semi dry white wine 2 granny smith apples, peeled and quartered

Directions: Preheat oven to 350°F. Clean turkey (discard giblets and organs), and place in a roasting pan. In a small bowl, combine olive oil, defrosted garlic cloves, dried basil, paprika, oregano, kosher salt, and black pepper. Using a basting brush, apply the mixture to the outside of the uncooked turkey, and if there is any left over, you can rub it with your fingers under the skin. Place the apple in the cavity of the turkey. Pour about ¾ bottle of wine over the turkey and into the bottom of the roasting pan, then cover the turkey.

Roasted Root Vegetables with spiced pecans 3 medium potatoes, peeled and cut into large bite size pieces 4 medium carrots, peeled and cut into large bite size pieces 3 small parsnips, peeled and cut into large bite size pieces ½ butternut squash, peeled and cut into large bite size pieces 1 head garlic, broken into individual cloves but not peeled ½ cup olive oil Salt and pepper to taste Spiced pecans ½ cup pecan chopped in a food processor or by hand into dime size pieces ½ teaspoon cinnamon 1 teaspoon allspice ½ teaspoon ground cloves 2 tablespoon sugar ½ teaspoon ground nutmeg Preheat oven to 400°. Mix all the vegetables with olive oil and season with salt and pepper. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper. Combine pecan and spices in a bowl and sprinkle over vegetables. Cover with foil and bake for 45 minutes until fork-tender, stirring 2-3 times to allow for even cooking.

Bake for 2 hours, or until the internal temperature of the thickest part of the thigh measures 180°F (82 degrees C). Remove bird from oven, and allow to stand for about 30 minutes before carving. Once the turkey has cooled, remove the apples and blend it in with the gravy. NOTE: For the last half hour, uncover the turkey so it browns nicely. I also like to baste it every half hour while it bakes.

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The Sages: Character, Context and Creativity Rabbi Binyomin Lau Review by Chaim Chernikoff A yeshivah student had once asked Rav Hutner zt”l whether he should adopt a certain religious outlook based on a formulation he came across in the Talmud. The Rosh Yeshivah discouraged the man from formulating firm sets of beliefs based on specific Talmudic passages, as those often seem to contradict one another. “How am I to know what to believe then?” asked the student. “That’s what you come to me for,” came the reply. The exchange amuses us with the display of Rav Hutner’s characteristic grandeur, but it also brings to focus a unique and fascinating quality of the Talmud and its authors. With scope and power unmatched by any work of Western literacy, the Talmud synchronizes polyphony of voices into a breathtaking composition, compelling and coherent in its moral message, yet subtle and sublime in its delivery. Naturally, nothing could develop in a reader an appreciation of the breadth and finesse of the Oral Law better than the study of the text itself. Yet, because of its sheer vastness, a student of the Talmud could easily loose the sight of its magnificent scope, a sense that is only acquired with context, which in turn comes about through years of diligent reading. But even among those well acquainted with the Talmudic discourse, there often lurks the danger of simplification, of crude quieting of the other voices in the text, of impoverishing the wealth of thought of our Sages. It may have something to do with our modern anxiety that makes us seek absolute certainties and renounce doubt. What we miss in the process are the subtleties of dialectic. If there is a popular book that could develop in a reader a deep appreciation of the Talmud and its authors, undoubtedly that book is “The Sages. Character, Context & Creativity” by Rabbi Binyamin Lau. Originally written and published in Hebrew, the first volume of the book, dealing with the Second Temple period, has been recently released in a superb English translation by Michael Prawer under aegis of Maggid Books, an imprint of Koren Publishers. Lau’s skill as a writer and his scholarly insight become apparent from the very first pages of the book. The latter is manifest in the number of quotations, the former in their relevance to the argument he is making. When we are introduced to the world of the Men Of The Great Assembly, a group of sages that lived in the beginning of the historical period considered in the book, we are shown a group of men with a revolutionary his-

toric mission of creating a religion that transcends time, location, ritual objects. We see men who formulate Judaism as we know it today, a religion that values the spiritual dimension above all and enables access to the Holy for all men in all situations. Lau carefully enumerates changes introduced by the Men Of The Great Assembly, such as enactment of prayers and blessings, public reading of the Torah, changing the script of the Torah, restoring religious observance by instituting certain laws of muktzeh, all directed towards bringing the religion from the Temple into the public realm. Each chapter contains careful quotations with well-researched footnotes for further research, the usual markings of a worthy book. Another display of Lau’s unique ability to bring out the wealth of Talmud thought could be found in a chapter, titled “Antigonus of Sokho, His World of Spiritual Elitism.” Much attention there is devoted to the famous statement by that sage: “Be not like the servants that minister to their master for the sake of receiving a reward, but rather be like servants who minister to their master not for the sake of receiving a reward…” (Avot 1:3). Lau considers the statement in the context of the normative religious notion of punishment and reward and invites us on a fascinating journey of exploration of various rabbinical attitudes towards Antigonus’ dictum, from the Rambam, through Markeves HaMishnah to the late professor Yeshaya Leibowitz. Besides being a talented scholar and writer, Lau is also a pulpit rabbi. All of these qualities result in a book that is fascinating, informative and scholarly and at the same time could be used as a running commentary on “Pirkei Avos,” one of the best published in the English language.

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At a GOP debate last week, the main issue was supposed to be the economy. But the most salient moment during the debate was one that was not said. When presidential hopeful Rick Perry described the three governmental departments he would eliminate upon his election, he was able to name two—education and commerce—but try for the life of him, he could not remember the third. For 53 seconds he stumbled to remember, and then said, “The third one. I can’t. I’m sorry. Oops.” The third department he wishes to have eliminated is the energy department.

X-mas Tax Delayed Last week, the White House announced a 15 cent “Christmas tax” on Christmas trees sold. The tax was supported by Christmas tree growers who wished to use this “tax” as a way to finance a new marketing campaign, such as the dairy industry has used funds to market their “Got Milk” campaign in the past. But the newly announced tax produced much criticism, as Republicans called the proposed tax a “Grinch” move by the Obama administration, and the tax is now officially “delayed.” "I can tell you unequivocally that the Obama administration is not taxing Christmas trees. What's being talked about here is an industry group deciding to impose fees on itself to fund a promotional campaign, similar to how the dairy producers have created the 'Got Milk?' campaign," said a White House spokesman. “That said, USDA is going to delay implementation and revisit this action."

Abramoff: Members of Congress Involved in Insider Trading In a recent interview, Jack Abramoff said that dozens of members of Congress and Congressional aides took part in insider trading. He said that they would brag to him about their stock trading skills that would earn them from $2,000 to several hundred thousand dollars. Abramoff said that he himself never played the market. "I was making far more money than they were," Abramoff said. "So I wasn't as impressed as perhaps they thought I'd be." He refused to name specific members of Congress. Abramoff says he now thinks insider trading is wrong. "These people should not be using whatever information they gain as public servants to benefit themselves, any more than they should be taking bribes," he said. It is very easy for congressional investigators to gain inside information and gain from it. "Hearings under almost every cir-

cumstance are going to have a bad impact on a company. And so some staffers I've seen in the past talking about the fact that, 'Oh, I'm gonna go out and short that company.'" Abramoff has been promoting his new book, "Capitol Punishment: The Hard Truth About Washington Corruption From America's Most Notorious Lobbyist," which went on sale Monday.

Obama: We’ve Been Lazy President Obama spoke to a group of CEOs at the APEC conference in Hawaii this week. He expressed his chagrin that America has been “lazy” over the past few years in inviting new businesses to the USA. He told them: “We’ve been a little bit lazy over the last couple of decades. We’ve kind of taken for granted—‘Well, people would want to come here’—and we aren’t out there hungry, selling America and trying to attract new businesses to America.” Chelsea Clinton Joins NBC

Chelsea Clinton has been hired by NBC news as a full-time special correspondent. She will be working on stories for their “Making a Difference” series. In a statement, Chelsea said: “I hope telling stories through ‘Making a Difference’ — as in my academic work and nonprofit work — will help me to live my grandmother’s adage of ‘Life is not about what happens to you, but about what you do with what happens to you.’” Both Jenna Bush Hager, daughter of President George W. Bush, and Meghan McCain, daughter of John McCain work for NBC as well.

Microsoft, Yahoo!, AOL Join Forces In an effort to increase revenue and sell more ad space, Microsoft, Yahoo! and AOL have joined forces. They plan on using each other’s technology to save money, increase ad sales and collect information on their target markets’ interests. They will be sharing resources but vow to maintain their independence and compete with each other with distinct sales teams. Because they will be keeping their independence, they don’t expect their alliance to be problematic with antitrust regulators. Microsoft, Yahoo! and AOL have been hurting from increased ad competition from Google and Facebook. Facebook has become the nation’s leader in display advertising, as it can collect information about its 800 million users’ interests and passions for their advertisers.

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People Passing of Evelyn Lauder marked by Jewish activists against breast cancer By Suzanne Kurtz

Target Workers Refuse to Work on Thanksgiving After a recent announcement by Target to open stores on midnight of Thanksgiving instead of at 5am on Black Friday, 80,000 people signed an online petition to ask Target to reverse the decision. Workers would be asked to show up at work at 11pm on Thanksgiving day to ensure the midnight openings. Anthony Harwick, a Target employee, was the one who launched the petition. “All Americans should be able to break bread with loved ones on Thanksgiving,” he said.”With the midnight opening, employees like myself will have to leave for work right in the middle of Thanksgiving dinner. We don’t mind hard work, but cutting into our holidays is a step too far.” Target, Macy’s, Kohl’s and Best Buy have all announced plans for midnight openings. Walmart, the biggest retailer of them all, has announced plans to open stores at 10pm on Thanksgiving day.

Bloomberg: Zucotti Park Cleared of Protesters On Monday, NYC Mayor Bloomberg ordered the evacuation of protesters from Zucotti Park. The protesters have been camping out in the park as part of their “Occupy Wall Street” protest. Bloomberg said that the park has become a health and safety hazard and that “we could not wait for someone in the park to get killed." He said that people were welcome to use the park to sit on benches and gather, but tents would not be allowed in the park. “Unfortunately, the park was becoming a place where people came not to protest, but rather to break laws, and in some cases, to harm others,” the mayor said. "There have been reports of businesses being threatened and complaints about noise and unsanitary conditions that have seriously impacted the quality of life for residents and businesses in this now-thriving neighborhood. Protesters have had two months to occupy the park with tents and sleeping bags. Now they will have to occupy the space with the power of their arguments." The park was cleared in three hours in an organized fashion by the NYPD. Many left peacefully; those who did not want to leave were arrested. The park was then cleaned and washed down, to be reopened for residents who wish to enjoy the park. The next morning, a judge filed a restraining order against police from preventing “protesters from re-entering the park with tents and other property previously utilized." Other “Occupy” protests have been shut down throughout the country, including protests in Portland, OR, Denver, CO, and Oakland, CA.

WASHINGTON (JTA) -- It’s hard to find a Jewish woman without a direct connection to breast cancer. With nearly one in 40 women of Ashkenazi descent possessing a genetic mutation that greatly increases their chances of contracting the disease, breast cancer, like Tay-Sachs and Gaucher’s, is a disproportionately Jewish disease. So it’s little surprise that the passing this weekend of Evelyn Lauder, the refugee from Nazi-occupied Europe credited with inventing the pink ribbon -- the global symbol of breast cancer awareness -- took on a special Jewish significance. “All across the breast cancer world, we are feeling the loss of Evelyn,” said Rochelle Shoretz, founder and executive director of Sharsheret, an organization that offers support to young Jewish women and their families facing breast cancer. “There is not a woman who has faced breast cancer or will face it who has not been impacted by her work.” Born in Vienna in 1936, Lauder fled Austria as a child. Her family arrived in New York City in the 1940s and Lauder grew up on the Upper West Side. As a college student she met Leonard Lauder, who would go on to earn a fortune from his family’s cosmetics company and become one of New York’s leading patrons of the arts. The couple married in 1959. In 1989, Lauder was diagnosed with breast cancer. Though she has been reluctant to speak about her own experience with the disease, Lauder has nonetheless become a major figure in the fight against it, founding in 1993 the Breast Cancer Research Foundation and helping to popularize the pink ribbon. In 2007, Lauder was diagnosed with ovarian cancer, the complications of which led to her death on Saturday. “We are great fans of Evelyn and the whole organization,” said Nancy Brinker, the founder and chief executive of Susan G. Komen for the Cure, the organization established in 1982 in memory of Brinker’s older sister, Susan, who passed away from the disease in 1980.”[Her passing] is very sad and a loss for all of us.” Like Lauder, Brinker is both Jewish and a survivor of breast cancer. Her organization and the BCRF have funded many of the same scientists over the years, including those in Israel doing groundbreaking research on the disease’s genetic component. In Israel, breast cancer is the most common form of women’s cancer, accounting for nearly 30 percent of all new cancer cases in the country, according to the Komen website. To help raise awareness and support breast cancer research efforts in Israel, Komen partnered with Hadassah and other Jewish organizations, and held its first Race for the Cure in Jerusalem last year. Shoretz founded Sharsheret in November 2001 after her own diagnosis of breast cancer at the age of 28. The organization, she said, has not been a direct benefit of the monies raised by Lauder and the BCRF. But her personal oncologist was honored recently at the foundation’s gala dinner in New York. “By their nature, Jewish women are strong advocates,” Shoretz said. “To meld our personal passions with a professional calling -- Evelyn Lauder was a tremendous example of that.”

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and Its Missions Avi Heigelman

One of the CIA’s main responsibilities is the oversight of espionage and undercover operations in foreign countries. (The FBI takes care of domestic situations.) The organization met its match during the Cold War (1945-1991) in the Soviet Union and other Communist-influenced countries, and one of their biggest concerns was Soviet atomic weapons and their manufacturing sites. In the time before satellite images were used for military use, the U.S. was always looking for a way to get aerial images. The use of the spy plane was not original but the technology put into the U-2 aircraft was. The U-2 was developed in the late 1950s as a reconnaissance jet that could fly at altitudes of more than 70,000 feet. To put this figure in perspective, commercial planes fly at 30,000 feet and most fighter jets have a ceiling of about 50,000 feet, but the disadvantages are that the plane is not armed and can’t take evasive maneuvering if fired upon. There are three still high-powered cameras onboard as well as a tracking video camera filming its flight path. In April 1960, the first U-2 mission over Russia took place. The plane, piloted by Bob Ericson, took off from a secret air facility in Peshawar, Pakistan. The Pakistani government had no idea that their country was being used as a base for a CIA spy mission into the USSR. The plane, which took surveillance pictures of four top-secret Russian military sites, was detected and pursued by enemy planes. Since he was flying at a high altitude, Ericson was able to escape and landed safely in Iran (which at that time was friendly to the U.S.). The stage was set for more U-2 spy missions. On May 1, Francis Gary Powers piloted a U-2 based in Peshawar under the codename Grand Slam. He was tasked with photographing Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles (ICBM) sites and was to land in Norway. Russian pilots and SAM (Surface-to-Air-Missiles) batteries were placed on high alert because of Ericson’s flight a few days earlier and a

follow up flight that was expected. Three Mig-19 chased Powers but weren’t able to catch him. One, piloted by Sr. Lt. Sergei Safronov, was shot down by a SAM, and Safronov was mortally wounded. Powers never made it to Norway. What actually happened is still up for debate, but the generally accepted story is that he was shot down by a SAM near Svedlovsk. He was under orders that if his plane was shot down he was to make sure the U-2 was destroyed and was given a poisonous capsule in case he was captured. He parachuted and was soon picked up by the Russians, who also captured the plane with many of its vital and secret parts intact. This incident got even worse when the U.S. attempted an unsuccessful cover-up. They had no idea that Powers had landed alive and announced on May 3, “A United States National Aeronautical Space Agency (NASA) unarmed weather research plane based at Adana, Turkey, and piloted by a civilian American has been missing since May 1. The name of the American civilian pilot is Francis Gary Powers.” They also asked Russia to launch an investigation and share all their findings. Russian Premier Nikita Khrushchev announced that a spy plane had been shot down but did not reveal that Powers had been captured. The Eisenhower Administration, thinking that Powers was dead and the plane destroyed, continued with their cover story about a weather plane and was in shock when Khrushchev produced Powers and the remains of his plane. There was a summit of the U.S., Russia, England and France on May 16, at which Khrushchev stormed out when Eisenhower refused to apologize for the incident. Powers was convicted of espionage and was exchanged less than two years later for captured Russian spy Rudolph Abel. This highly embarrassing episode stopped CIA U-2 flights over the Soviet Union for good. While they looked for other alternatives to gather nuclear information, the Department of Defense accelerated the development of the A-12 spy plane, the Corona spy satellite and unmanned drones. However, this wasn’t the end of the U-2 or its spying career. In October 1962, the U-2 was used during the Cuban Missile Crises to photograph Soviet military personnel installing nuclear missiles in the Communist country. On one of these missions, a U-2, piloted by Major Rudolf Anderson Jr., was shot down by two SAM. A year later, the plane took off from the aircraft carrier USS Ranger to observe France’s atomic bomb test in French Polynesia. The U-2 was used extensively during the Vietnam War, with only one loss and the pilot ejected safely near his base. NASA used the U-2 for filming shuttle launches. It has been used over Iraq, Afghanistan and detected nuclear facilities over North Korea. In March 2011, it was projected that the US's fleet of 32 U-2s would be operated until 2015. The Obama administration requested $91 million to maintain the U-2 program. There doesn’t seem to be a huge reason to keep the plane in service as satellite images and unmanned drones produce the same pictures at no cost to human lives and at a much cheaper price. While the U-2 is being phased out, the plane and the Gary Powers incident will be forever etched in an important place in American history.

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The President's Request In March of 1972, Rabin received a special request from Israeli President Zalman Shazar to bring birthday greetings, on behalf of both the Israeli government and President Shazar personally, in honor of the Rebbe's 70th birthday. Shazar, one of the most beloved Israeli presidents, had a unique and intimate relationship with the Rebbe. Their relationship included many meetings and an extensive correspondence which started well before his presidency. In Israel, Shazar was known as the "Rebbe's Chasid." Bashful around those whom he was unacquainted with, Rabin did not feel comfortable with the idea of meeting a rabbi he didn't know. In fact, this would be Rabin's first visit to a synagogue or meeting with any rabbi since he arrived in America four years earlier. It was with a measure of reluctance that he agreed to carry out Shazar's request.

First encounter with Chabad: Israel Defence Force (IDF) chief of staff, Yitzhak Rabin, dances with Chabadniks at a Simchat Torah celebration. Photo: Milner Moshe/Israeli National Photo Library

The Rebbe and Rabin By Dovid Zaklikowski After retiring from army service in 1968, Yitzhak Rabin, new to politics at the age of forty, was appointed as the Israeli Ambassador to the United States. Rabin was raised in a home where Jewish practice was foreign. His first encounter with Chabad was in 1966, when he was serving as Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces. The Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, of righteous memory, had charged his disciples with the task of encouraging and bringing hope to the brave Israeli soldiers who were risking their lives securing Israel's borders and protecting its citizens. Rabin did not pay much attention to these strange looking men; he could only smile, though, when seeing them with their long white beards trudging through the muddy terrain, meeting soldier by soldier— encouraging them and bringing them the knowledge that G d is watching over His nation. It was all alien to him.

Rabin was reserved as he approached "770"— Lubavitch World Headquarters; only uttering "Shalom" to Israeli consulate Michael Sheshar who arrived to accompany him. Sheshar was already acquainted with the Rebbe and knew what awaited Rabin. He had been a guest at 770 many times before and knew to expect an open arms welcome and possibly even a few hugs. Rabin made sure to be punctual for his appointment with the Rebbe. When he arrived, however, the Rebbe was meeting with President Nixon's representative, the famed author and writer, Herman Wouk. Rabin silently waited for his appointment in the Rebbe's secretariat's office. The ice was finally broken when one of the many guests who had arrived to celebrate the Rebbe's birthday entered the room. Rabin arose and hugged him tightly as if he were his best of friends. "I came to celebrate the Rebbe's birthday," the tall and bearded Israeli responded when Rabin asked him what he was doing in New York. Those who observed this spectacle in wonderment later discovered that the mysterious visitor had been honored with the "Brave of Israel" badge following the Six Day War, and had become a dear friend of Rabin's. The Audience Ambassador Rabin was finally summoned into the Rebbe's office for his audience. During the forty-five minutes, the conversation between the two covered many topics. Rabin, who after only a few minutes in the Rebbe's office felt comfortable and at ease, began telling the Rebbe his life story; how his father arrived in

America in 1905 and afterwards traveled on to Israel, where Rabin was born in Jerusalem. "It was a perfect Hebrew, but it was in an 'Ashkenazi' pronunciation, which took me time to get used to. Since I did not want to make any mistake in the understanding of what the Rebbe said, there were times when I requested that he repeat what he said," recalled Rabin regarding the language in which they communicated. One of the topics discussed was Jewish education. "This is my main purpose," the Rebbe said. "To be active and to send all my disciples to work on Jewish education whenever and wherever it is possible." They also discussed a matter that was not yet public knowledge: the Rebbe's efforts to penetrate beyond the Iron Curtain; to reach, inspire and educate Jewish communities in various parts of the Soviet Union. The Rebbe and Rabin also discussed current events and the relationship between Israel and the United States. Rabin told the Rebbe that as the Israeli ambassador he brings greetings to the Rebbe from the State of Israel in honor of his seventieth birthday. The Rebbe: Do you not feel alone as the representative of the land of Israel among 120 countries and peoples that are represented in Washington? Rabin: It is a great honor for me to represent the State of Israel in Washington even if I do feel lonely at times. More than half the countries represented in Washington do not recognize Israel, thereby removing the burden of being in contact with them. With the others, Israel has friendly relations. Israel is important to me, not what others say regarding Israel. The Rebbe: However, the United States takes into consideration what other nations say. Rabin: Not necessarily. And if yes, not too much. The Russian ambassador once told me, "You are a small country, but you are a proud country." Most countries are jealous of Israel. The Rebbe: We have to realize the uniqueness of the Jewish nation. With this the Rebbe began to explain the verse1 "A nation that will live in isolation": "Is it by choice or by force that Israel dwells alone among other nations?" the Rebbe asked. "It is both," the Rebbe explained. "Firstly it is a result of the Jewish people's own choice. The source of this phenomenon is their resolve to

"It is thus a combination of both choice and force which has kept us 'alone' amongst the nations. A combination of the positive and the negative. "But the first and foremost factor always was the Jewish faith, our adherence to our religion and our willingness to die, if necessary, for the sanctifying of G d's name. Regardless of all the persecution, the Jewish people remain faithful to their religion and tradition, and succeeded in surviving as no people anywhere in the world have proved successful in doing. They have never lost their beliefs, their hope to return to Jerusalem, and the land of Israel." "Correct," Rabin commented. "The nations do not understand why Israel is of concern to the American Jew. But we have concern for one another because we are a 'nation who lives in solitude.' However we should not be happy with our portion." "The Jewish nation is different than all other nations," the Rebbe said. "And the American Jew also possesses this feeling. A person has to know that even though he is an individual, every individual is also part of a certain community—the Jewish community worldwide." The Rebbe then began to explain the phrase, "Blessed is the one who is happy with his portion": "What does this mean? If an individual is content with what he has, what force drives him to achieve more and do better? Is there an innate contradiction between the saying: "Blessed is the one who is happy with his portion," and the nature of the human being to improve in every aspect of his life? "The answer is that one has to be happy with what he has in terms of physical wealth. However, for the purposes of self-betterment, doing better and improving, one should never be happy with what he has. Being happy with what you have at every stage, this should not prevent

you from being better—a better human being, a better Jew, always moving in the right and positive direction. "We always prayed every day to return to Israel. And in the end, the goal will be reached." With these words the Rebbe concluded the audience.

people, the way that he believed it has to be preserved. "I remember the meeting very, very vividly, because it was a special meeting; a special meeting in terms of the personality of the Rebbe, and the issues the way they were discussed and explained.

Thoughts on the Audience: In Rabin's Own Words "His eyes were the first impression that I remember. His eyes were a calm deep blue, they penetrated deep within the person. His eyes expressed what is going on in his heart and mind. From the whole conversation, this is what stayed with me from his appearance.

"I felt that I met a unique personality, no doubt an individual who serves as a leader for a tremendous number of Jewish people who admire him and obey every bit of word that he would say.

"I think that from a certain standpoint we came from totally different backgrounds. He, with all his scholarly understanding in the Torah and in the values of Judaism; I, as the offspring of the land of Israel, born to a non-religious home.

A Check for Israel Yitzhak Rabin returned to Israel in 1973 and that December was elected to the Israeli Parliament. After Golda Meir's government resigned, Rabin succeeded Mrs. Meir as Prime Minister of Israel on June 2, 1974.

"For me this was a great experience, to hear how he perceived, not necessarily from the 'halachic' perspective—although his views were certainly based on his beliefs—the meaning of 'A nation that will live in isolation'; and how it obligates us in our behavior as Jews. It does not occur often that I should speak on these topics with someone, and surely not with a person on a level like the Rebbe. "It was a kind of discussion that you don't have with political leaders. Normally, you deal with them on more practical issues. You would not discuss with any leader such subjects as I discussed with the Rebbe. "You cannot draw any parallels between this meeting and meetings I had with other leaders, politicians or presidents. I did not discuss these subjects with President Bush or with Chancellor Kohl, or with anybody else that I had ever met. It is a different area of interest I would say; it is more philosophical, spiritual; related mainly to the core of the existence of the Jewish people. "This was for me a start to get to know a new approach that I did not know before. And for sure, this is when an impressive personality presented itself to me and was presented in an impressive and convincing manner. "Here he was, a spiritual leader who had a practical approach, especially when we discussed the importance of Jewish education. A person who on the one hand lives in the world of the Torah, but has practical sense and is in tune with the realities of life everywhere in the world, and has great sensitivity for the preserving of the Jewish

"I came out with a sense of elation and inspiration, a sense that I've met a great leader of the Jewish people."

During a Farbrengen (Chassidic gathering) in 1976, the Rebbe announced that he would be sending a group of twenty Chassidic families to Israel to "build up the land"—ten to Jerusalem and ten to Safed. The Chassidim, hand-picked by the Rebbe, received his blessing as they embarked on their journey. The Rebbe appointed Rabbi Mordechai Mentlik, dean of the Central Lubavitch Yeshiva, as his personal emissary to accompany them to Israel. Before departing, Rabbi Mentlik met with the Rebbe many times and received detailed instructions regarding their mission. When the Chassidim arrived, they were received by large crowds with great enthusiasm. The next day, they met with President Efraim Katzir and Prime Minister Rabin. Rabin was taken aback when Rabbi Mentlik handed him a check for ten thousand dollars. "The Rebbe sent this to you," he said. "This is to be used at your discretion for the building of the Land of Israel." Rabin, overwhelmed by this gesture, merely shrugged his shoulders. Mentlik then added: "Do not forget what the Rebbe told you regarding 'A nation that will live in isolation...'" Compiled by Dovid Zaklikowski from the archives of Jewish Educational Media (JEM), Rabbi Menachem Wolf, Rabbi Yitzchok Y. Holtzman and Kol Israel radio for sharing the audio file of their interview with Mr. Rabin. Dovid Zaklikowski is the director of Lubavitch Archives and is on the editorial staff of Chabad.org. Dovid and his wife Chana Raizel are the proud parents of three: Motti, Meir, Shaina & Moshe Binyomin. Reprinted from The Judaism Website Chabad.org.

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hold fast to the Torah, to the Jewish faith and tradition which has kept them unique for two thousand years. This has preserved their uniqueness despite the lack of a country of their own, while enduring persecutions and the phenomenon of the 'Wandering Jew' who was always on the move because of the inquisitions, expulsions, pogroms and, most of all, the Holocaust. "On the other hand, the pressures from the outside also strengthened the core of Jewish belief and our loyalty to our traditions. And in instances where a Jew was embarrassed of his Judaism and tried to be what he is not, external forces forced his Judaism upon him. And this, too, prevented assimilation.

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CAFE VERT

4101 Pinetree Drive Miami Beach, FL 33140 305-535-4101 Rabbinic Supervision: Kosher-Miami

9490 Harding Ave. Surfside, FL 33154 305-867-3151 Supervision: OK

ASIA Sushi, Wok, Grill

CHAI WOK

7600 W Camino Real Boca Raton, FL 33433 561-544-8100 Supervision: ORB

1688 NE 164 Street North Miami Beach, FL 33162 305-705-2110 Supervision: Kosher Miami

ASI’S

CHINA BISTRO

4020 Royal Palm Ave Miami Beach, FL 33140 305-604-0555 Supervision: Kosher-Miami

3565 NE 207th Street Aventura, FL 33180 305-936-0755 Supervision: Kosher Miami

ASI’S GRILL AND SUSHI BAR

CINE CITTA MIAMI

4020 Royal Palm Avenue Miami Beach, FL 33140 305-604-0555 Supervision: Kosher Miami

9544 Harding Avenue Surfside, FL 33154 305-407-8319 Supervision: OK

AT HAGI

CUSINE BY SILVIA

5800 Stirling Road Hollywood, FL 33021 954-981-7710 Supervision: ORB

141 Via Naranjas, suite 45b Boca Raton Fl 33434 561-361-3939 Supervision: ORB

AVENTURA PITA 18129 Biscayne Blvd. Aventura, FL 33160 305-933-4040

AVIGDOR’S MOZART CAFE 4433 Stirling Road, Hollywood, FL 33021 954-584-5171 Supervision: ORB

B & H PIZZA 233 95th Street Surfside, FL 33154 786-245-5557 Supervision: Kosher Miami

BAGEL TIME 3915 Alton Road Miami Beach, FL 33140 305-538-0300 Supervision: Circle K

BOCA PITA EXPRESS Middle Eastern Israeli cuisine & grill 7185 N. Beracasa Way Boca Raton, FL 33433 561-750-0088 Supervision: ORB

BON AMI CAFE 5650 Stirling Road Hollywood, FL 33021 (954) 962-2070 Supervision: ORB

CAFE EMUNAH 3558 North Ocean Dr. Fort Lauderdale, FL 33308 954-561-6411 Supervision: ORB

ELIES CAFE 145 East Flagler Miami, FL 33131 786-594-0196 Supervision: Kosher-Miami

ELSIE’S CAFE Located in the North Miami Beach JCC 18900 NE 25th Avenue North Miami Beach, FL 33180 305-778-5946 Supervision: Kosher Miami FRESH CAFE 2214 NE 123 Street North Miami, FL 33181 305-891-8848 Supervision: Kosher Miami GIGI’S CAFE 3585 NE 207th Street Aventura, FL 33180 305-466-4648 Supervision: Kosher Miami GRILL TIME 16145 Biscayne Blvd. North Miami Beach, FL 33160 786-274-8935 | 305-491-3325 Supervision: ORB GRILL TIME RESTAURANT Fusion Steak House 8177 Glades Road Boca Raton, FL 33434 (561) 482-3699 | Fax: (561) 487-4044 Supervision: ORB

HARBOUR GRILL 9415 Harding Avenue Surfside, FL 33154 305-861-0787 Supervision: Kosher Miami HOLLYWOOD DELI 6100 Hollywood Blvd. Hollywood, FL 33024 (954) 608-5790 Supervision: ORB JCC CAFE American 9801 Donna Klein Blvd at Cultural Arts Center Boca, Raton, FL 33428 561-852-3200 x 4103 | Supervision: ORB JERUSALEM PIZZA 761 NE 167th Street North Miami Beach, FL 33162 305-653 6662 | Supervision: Kosher Miami JONA’S GRILL & BAR 2520 NE 186th Street North Miami Beach, FL 33180 305-466-0722 Supervision: Kosher-Miami JONAS PIZZA 2530 NE Miami Gardens Drive North Miami Beach, FL 33180 305-918-8998 Supervision: Kosher-Miami JONAS PIZZA 544 w 41st Miami Beach Fl 33140 305-397-8395 Supervision: OK JON’S PLACE OF BOCA Pizzeria 22191 Powerline Road Boca Raton, FL 33433 561-338-0008 Supervision: ORB KIKAR TEL-AVIV RESTAURANT Chinese and Continental Cuisine Carriage Club North 5005 Collins Avenue Miami Beach, FL 33140 305-866-3316 Supervision: OK Laboratories L’CHAIM MEE CHINA ORIENTAL RESTAURANT 3940 North 46 Avenue Hollywood, FL 33021 954-986-1770 Supervision: ORB

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PITA PLUS 1883w3 Biscayne Boulevard Aventura, FL 33180 305-935-0761

LUL GRILL CAFE 18288 Collins Avenue Sunny Isles Beach, FL 33160 305-933-0199 Rabbinic Supervision: OK

PITA PLUS 3801 N. University Dr. Sunrise, FL 33351 954-741-5844

MAOZ VEGETARIAN Town Center Mall 6000 Glades Road #1175 Boca Raton, FL 33431 561-393-6269 | Fax: 561-393-6532 Rabbinical Supervision: National Orthodox Rabbinical Organization MILKY CAFÉ 4579 N Pine Island Road Sunrise Fl 33351 954-533-5325 Supervision - ORB NEWTIME Moroccan and Spanish cuisine 2120 N.E. 123rd Street North Miami Beach, FL 33181 305-891-6336 Supervision: Kosher Miami ORCHIDS GARDEN 9045 La Fontana Boulevard Boca Raton, FL 33434 561-482-3831 Supervision: ORB ORIGINAL PITA HUT 5304 41 Street Miami Beach, FL 33140 305-531-6090 Supervision: ORD PISTACHIO GOURMET GRILL 740 41 Street Miami Beach, FL 33140 305-538-1616 Supervision: Kosher Miami PITA LOCA 601 Collins Avenue Miami Beach, FL 33139 305-673-3388 Supervision: Kosher Miami PITA PLUS 2145 Stirling Road Hollywood, FL 33312 954-241-2011

PRIME SUSHI 726 Arthur Godfrey Road Miami Beach, FL 33140 305-534-0551 Supervision: Kosher-Miami Cholov Yisroel PRIME SUSHI 18250 Collins Avenue Sunny Isles Beach, FL 33160 786-284-8430 Supervision: Kosher-Miami RARE STEAKHOUSE 468 W 41st Street Miami Beach, FL 33140 305-532-7273 Supervision: Kosher-Miami RITZ RESTAURANT 1678 NE Miami Gardens Dr. North Miami Beach, FL 33179 305-354-9303 Supervision: Kosher-Miami SAGI’S MEDITERRANEAN GRILL 22767 US Highway 441 Boca Raton, FL 33428 561-477-0633 Supervision: ORB SARA’S 3944 N 46th Street Hollywood, FL 33021 954-986-1770 Supervision: ORB SEVENTEEN 1205 17 Street Miami Beach, FL 33139 305-672-0565 Supervision: Kosher-Miami SHALOM HAIFA RESTAURANT 18533 W. Dixie Hwy Aventura, FL 33180 305-945-2884 Supervision: ORB SHEM TOV’S PIZZA 514 41st Street Miami Beach, FL 33140 305-538-2123 Supervision: Kosher Miami

SUBWAY 18900 NE 25th Ave North Miami Beach, FL 33180 305-663-9883 Supervision: Kosher-Miami SUNRISE PITA & GRILL 2680 N University Dr. Sunrise, FL 33322 954-748-0090 SUNRISE PITA TOO 5650 Stirling Rd. Hollywood, FL 33021 954-963-0093 Supervision: ORB TASTI CAFE 4041 Royal Palm Ave. Miami Beach, FL 33140 305-673-5483 Supervision: Kosher Miami Dairy THAI TREAT & SUSHI & BOMBAY GRILL 2176 NE 123rd Street North Miami, FL 33181 305-892-1118 Supervision: Kosher-Miami THE FAMOUS PITA BURGER BAR 18798 W Dixie Hwy North Miami Beach, FL 33180 305-682-9692 Supervision: Kosher-Miami URBAN BAGEL 2790 Stirling rd Hollywood Fl 33020

WEBER CAFE 3565 NE 207th Street Aventura, FL 33180 (305) 935-5580 Supervision: Kosher Miami WEST AVENUE CAFE 959 West Avenue Miami Beach, FL 33139 305-534-4211 Supervision: Kosher Miami YAMI YAMI 5021 State Road 7, Davie, FL 33314 954-534-1158 Supervision: ORB

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LEVY’S KOSHER OF HOLLYWOOD 3357 Sheridan Street Hollywood, FL 33021 954-983-2825 Supervision: ORB

Sports

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POSNACK SCHOOL KICKS OFF BASKETBALL SEASON WITH NEW COACH, NEW EXCITEMENT Davie, FL: Fischer High School at the David Posnack Jewish Day School (Posnack) begins the highly anticipated 2011-2012 basketball season with Head Coach Kenny Anderson, former NBA All-Star and second overall pick in the 1991 draft. "It is wonderful to welcome Coach Kenny Anderson to our Posnack Rams High School basketball team," said Head of School Dr. Richard Cuenca. "Our scholar athletes are sure to get outstanding instruction from one of the all-time greats." Former New Jersey point guard, Anderson, who currently resides in Pembroke Pines, is ready to get back into the game. When the opportunity presented itself to become a member of the Posnack coaching staff, Anderson couldn't resist joining the seasoned group of professionals, led by Athletic Director, Mitch Evron. "Our players can't wait to get on the court with Coach Anderson," said Evron. "What an honor and privilege to work with someone as talented and esteemed as Kenny Anderson. Our school is buzzing with excitement!"

Established in 1974 and home to nearly 500 students from Kindergarten to 12th grade, Posnack has been a consistent winner of local, state and national athletic titles over the last 10 years. Posnack boasts High School Heisman trophy recipients, including a national and state finalist, as well as Division 1A Sunshine Cup Champs for 2 out of the last 5 years. Recently, Posnack was awarded the 2011 Florida High School Athletic Association All Academic 1A State Championship. "I am so excited to be a part of the Posnack Rams community," said Anderson. "The School and I share core values and a commitment to academic and athletic excellence. They are my hometown team, and I look forward to getting back to my passion, coaching." Anderson's arrival onto the Posnack scene is just one of the exciting changes Fischer High has welcomed over the last year. With a new Head of School, Dr. Cuenca, new High School Principal, Danny Tuchman, and new home on a state-of-the-art, 40-acre campus in Davie, Posnack started the 2011-2012 school year stronger than ever.

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Hebrew Academy Annual Event Alumni Spotlight Honoree Tammy Fox Meyerson (left) and Jimmy Graham (right) hold photo of the Hebrew Academy gymnasium project that is about to break ground.

NFL Star Jimmy Graham Surprised Hebrew Academy Boys Basketball Teams With A Visit And A Gift New Orleans Saints Tight End Jimmy Graham surprised the JV and Varsity Boys Basketball teams during school on Tuesday. He spoke to the students about teamwork and the benefits of dedicating themselves to hard work on the court and in the classroom as well. Sponsored by Adidas, Mr. Graham and Adidas donated new basketball shoes to both teams comprising a total of 26 student-athletes. During a brief question and answer session Mr. Graham also signed autographs for the students.

Hebrew Academy Student Council President Ben Mitrani (left) receives basketball shoes from Mr. Jimmy Graham (right) of the New Orleans Saints.

Graham come to our school and meet with the boys. It is so amazing that he took time out of his busy schedule to speak to the students and provide such a wonderful gift to our teams. We would like to thank him and Adidas for their generosity.” The Hebrew Academy is an Orthodox Jewish Day School serving students from birth through Grade 12 that inspires and equips students to meet their fullest potential both academically and spiritually by focusing on their individual attributes and instilling eternal Torah values in a changing world.

Why would an NFL star visit a high school basketball team? Jimmy Graham actually got his start in basketball. Playing basketball for the University of Miami for four years, Mr. Graham thought he might have a shot at playing football as well so he gave it a try and successfully enjoyed a fifth year of college athletic eligibility as a member of the UM Football Team. Drafted by the New Orleans Saints in 2010, Mr. Graham’s success reminds us that anything is possible if we try. Boys Varsity Basketball Team Captain, Danny Abramowitz, says about the experience, “Mr. Graham was very inspiring. Although he came from a limited background he became successful and famous through hard work and focus. He made us feel like we are capable of anything if we put our mind to it.” Hebrew Academy Athletic Director, Craig Mankoff, shares, “We are hon ored and a privileged to have a great athlete and role model like Jimmy

Hebrew Academy JV and Varsity Basketball Team members pose with Mr. Jimmy Graham. Standing from left to right are: Hebrew Academy Athletic Director Craig Mankoff, Erik Moyal, Julian Eisenberg, Aharon DiVeroli, Michael Freund, Yosef Hochner, Ariel Pinkhasov, Jared Meyerson, New Orleans Saints Tight End Jimmy Graham, Danny Saka, Elan Paul, Michael Dahan, Ben Mitrani, Andrew Hayden, Isaac Schechter, Dylan Taieb, Varsity Team Captain Danny Abramowitz, Aaron Furst, Jonah Wachtel, Adam Eisenberg, Eric Shakib, Coach Chad Bishop, Daniel Dahan. Kneeling from left to right are: Raphael Cohen, Kobi Fox, Morris Esformes, Chad Masin, Sam Deutsch, and Gabi Rosenberg

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Sports Jewish ex-players join Israel's WBC bid

Associated Press JERUSALEM -- Three Jewish former major leaguers have joined Israel's bid for the 2013 World Baseball Classic, a move that could transform the baseball backwater into a legitimate contender. Shawn Green, Brad Ausmus and Gabe Kapler met this week in Los Angeles with Israeli baseball officials and committed to helping Israel field a competitive team in next year's WBC qualifying round, the three players told The Associated Press. While it remains unclear if the recently retired players will take the field themselves, their involvement provides an immediate boost to Israeli baseball, which remains a niche sport in a country where soccer and basketball reign supreme. “I'm pretty confident that it wouldn't be too huge a mountain to climb to get back and play. I feel a strong connection to Israel and it would be an honor to put on the uniform.” Former MLB player Shawn Green The 39-year-old Green, a two-time MLB All-Star, did not rule out playing, saying he would help the team "in any capacity." "If I felt like that was a role that the team needed, I would prepare for it ... I'm pretty confident that it wouldn't be too huge a mountain to climb to get back and play," he said. "I feel a strong connection to Israel and it would be an honor to put on the uniform." In Israel, a small, devoted group of American ex-pats make up the majority of the local leagues and the country has had moderate success in international youth competitions. A professional league was launched in 2007 but was dominated by foreign players and lasted just one season. But thanks to WBC tournament rules that allow countries to field players who are eligible for citizenship -- even if they are not actual citizens -- Israel can tap into the formidable pool of Jewish-American baseball talent that includes 13 major leaguers. Ausmus said that, if Israel gets through next year's qualifying round, it "could be a contender" in 2013. He said he would try to reach out to Jewish major leaguers. "My gut says they would consider playing," he said. "Today, the idea of bridging the gap between the generations of American/Jewish baseball fans and baseball fans in Israel is an enticing prospect," Ausmus said in an email. "Hopefully, this is the beginning of renewed and long interest in baseball in Israel."

The current crop of Jewish major league talent includes stars such as Ryan Braun of the Milwaukee Brewers, Kevin Youkilis of the Boston Red Sox and Ian Kinslerof the Texas Rangers. An Israeli "Dream Team" could also feature Ike Davis, Jason Marquis, Sam Fuld, Danny Valencia and Scott Feldman. "I think there will be a big interest. There are going to be a good number of guys who want to participate," said Kapler. "I think it makes sense to dream about it and imagine what could be if the stars align." Israel is among 16 countries invited to play in next year's qualifying round, with the top four teams advancing to the WBC. The 2013 tournament will be the third World Baseball Classic. Japan won the first two competitions, in 2006 and 2009. Peter Kurz, the secretary-general of the Israel Association of Baseball, said Israel would likely have to make it past the qualifiers before any professionals would consider suiting up for the team. He said the qualifying team would recruit recently retired Jewish major leaguers as well as players in the minor leagues and top U.S. colleges. The star power of Green, Ausmus and Kapler makes the team "much more attractive," Kurz said. He said one of the three is expected to become the team manager, and all are going to contribute in coaching, recruiting and fund raising. "Our main goal is developing baseball in Israel by putting together a team that can compete," Kurz said. Israeli baseball officials are hoping the trio will help draw quality players to upcoming team tryouts, as well as donations for a $3 million baseball complex being built in Raanana, in central Israel, which will become the country's central baseball hub. According to the association, some 2,000 youths and adults play baseball in Israel and it says the sport has enjoyed growth in recent years since the experiment with the professional league. But adding the former major league standouts takes the sport to a whole new level in the Holy Land. Green was perhaps the greatest Jewish baseball player since Sandy Koufax, hitting 328 homers in a 15-year career with the Toronto Blue Jays, Los Angeles Dodgers,New York Mets and Arizona Diamondbacks. Ausmus played 18 years in the big leagues, including in the 1999 All-Star Game, and was a three-time Gold Glove winner at catcher for the Houston Astros. Kapler had a productive 13-year career and won a World Series title with the Boston Red Sox in 2004. Kapler, known during his playing days as "The Hebrew Hammer," is very open about his pride in being a Jewish role model. He has a Star of David tattoo on his left calf -- with the inscription "Strong Willed, Strong Minded" in Hebrew -- and the post-Holocaust motto "Never Again" with a flame and the dates of the Holocaust tattooed on his right calf. He said he is eagerly anticipating his first visit to Israel. "It is a great thing when you can introduce a new sport to a place that doesn't have it in its blood yet," he said.

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His Father Founded Hamas, While Son Spied for Israel By Lee V. Howard South Florida Jewish Home

! You’ll never guess who the Israelis recruited to spy against Hamas Sheik Hassan Yousef founded Hamas. Yet, his oldest son, Mosab Hassan Yousef, worked as a secret agent for the Israeli Shin Bet. For more than ten years, Mosab Hassan Yousef disrupted dozens of suicide bombings and assassination attempts by the violent terrorist group, saving hundreds of lives. More than 450 people jammed into the Weston Hills Country Club, (nearly 100 others were turned away by fire marshals) to hear his gripping account of terror, betrayal and political intrigue. According to Israeli sources, the information the younger Yousef supplied prevented dozens of suicide attacks against Israelis, exposed numerous Hamas cells, and assisted Israel in hunting down many violent terrorists. “My job,” Yousef told the overflowing audience, was “to find and get dangerous terrorists, some of whom are more dangerous than Osama bin Laden.” It all started, “when I was growing up I wanted to be a fighter because that was expected of Arab children in the West Bank. I was first arrested when I was ten, during the First Intifada, for throwing rocks at Israeli settlers and soldiers.” He was further arrested and jailed by the Israelis numerous times. And as his father's eldest son, he was seen as his father’s heir apparent, eventually becoming an important part of the Hamas organization. Yousef claims that his doubts about Islam and Hamas began forming when he realized Hamas' brutality, and that he hated how Hamas used the lives of innocent civilians and children to achieve its goals. “When Hamas doesn’t know how Israel gets a piece of intelligence information, Hamas will torture people randomly. The torture is vicious. Moslems die from the torture. I saw many innocent people tortured, and I saw many innocent Moslems die from the torture by Hamas.” Yousef was held by Shin Bet agents again in 1996. He claims that while in prison, he became appalled as he compared Israel’s humane interrogation methods compared to how imprisoned Hamas operatives tortured suspected collaborators. He decided to accept a Shin Bet approach to become an informant.

On the World’s View of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Many countries think Israel’s defense is the same as Israel’s offense against the Palestinians. They don’t understand the difference. This is a dirty war. The world doesn’t understand how dirty a war this is. On the Cause of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: It did not start in 1948 or 1967. The problems started way back with the god of the Koran and his prophet. The prophet Mohammed did not like Jewish people. He says so in the Koran. Mohammed also cleansed the Arabian Peninsula of the Jewish communities. There is no reason why he did that, and today’s Moslems have no reason either. The only thing Moslems can say against Israel is that “Mohammed said that and he’s a prophet.” So of course Israel is an enemy of every observant Moslem. Their prophet and his actions is their identity. By fighting Israel, Moslems preserve their identity. On the Possibility of Coexistence: The Islamic situation is similar to the dark ages; religion has the upper hand in life. They need a civil constitution to give power. Now, their only reality is Allah and Islam. I believe that this is the time to revolt against Allah and access a civil government. Islam is a problem against the Muslims, and religion is a problem for humanity.

Lee V. Howard can be reached at Lee.V.Howard@SFJewishHome

On Osama bin Laden: Osama bin Laden just followed the footsteps of Mohammed, (in trying to kill infidels). That’s why the Moslem world loves bin Laden. But why is bin Laden a terrorist and Mohammed a prophet? On the Difference between Hamas and the PLO: Fatah (the PLO) is more dangerous to us than Hamas. That’s because Fatah knows how to ‘play the game.’ Fatah leaders get dressed up in suits and ties and go to the United Nations. After a Palestinian State is declared, Allah will still be Fatah’s supreme ruler, so the war situation will stay the same. On the Difference between Hamas and the Moslem Brotherhood: There is no difference (in the goals) of Hamas and the Moslem Brotherhood. My father was a leader in both organizations. They choose two different names to deceive people. The Moslem Brotherhood works out of Egypt and specializes in overthrowing the Egyptian government. Hamas works out of Israel and specializes in destroying Israel. The brotherhood and Hamas have the same ideology, the same goals… to replace existing governments with Islamic laws. On the Current Hamas Leadership: They care only about their bank accounts and positions. They care least about the Palestinian children.

Why can’t Moslems Change Their Attitudes: Moslems don’t question their realities. They don’t question their God or their Prophet. There’s a huge amount of deception going on amongst Moslems. On Relations with his Family: His father, presently in an Israeli jail, has publicly disowned his son. His brothers and sisters will not talk to him, either. There is one sister, however who does speak with her dishonored brother, but she will not tell her parents that she speaks to him. On His Future Plans: I would like to make a movie about Mohammed. My idea is to expose Mohammed based on his actual life. Did he rape women? Yes he did. Most Moslems do not know this. When Mohammed was 54 years old he asked to marry a 6 year old child, (Aisha). Most Moslems do not know this. I know it because I studied in the best madrassas (religious schools). A prophet has to have a prophecy. Mohammed died without telling his people any prophecy. Muslims need to know this. Moslems would not tolerate this kind of information in a mosque anywhere in the world. By making a movie… I have death threats anyway… so when a Moslem sees the movie he can ask, “is this the prophet I follow?” Lee V Howard

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SON OF HAMAS

So why did Yousef risk his life for the State of Israel? “Because we Moslems are the biggest enemies of ourselves. It was a cool relationship with Israel at first, but at some point we became true friends.” “You see, most people are afraid of the truth. Who wants to believe that everything my father worked for over 40 years was a lie? It would have been easier to stay with my family. But I didn’t want to stick my head in the sand and ignore it. Yes, it was hard for me to realize the pain and suffering my own people cause upon my own people.” For instance, “when the Israelis were searching for Yasir Arafat’s bodyguard because he masterminded attacks against Israeli civilians, I was the one who told the Shin Bet where he was eating. The terrorist was assassinated by Israel on the way home from the restaurant. And because the 17 year old dishwasher was the only person in the restaurant when the bodyguard left, the Palestinians assumed the teenager was the informant. So Hamas had him shot 24 times in his knees. Then, they tied the youngster up to a car and dragged his wounded body around the city until he died. He had nothing to do with the killing. I was the informant. He was killed by something much more dangerous than Israel could ever be.” Yousef says stories like the young dishwasher are never shown on TV. “The Middle East you see on the news is far from reality. Those who say that ‘Islam is a religion of peace’ are deceiving themselves and others.” Paul and Cynthia Weiss were part of the overflow crowd. They came from Aventura to hear Yousef speak. The couple said they weren’t disappointed with the insider’s account of the Middle East turmoil. “Only Jews know the truth about the occupation. The rest of the world believes any crap they see on TV,” Cynthia expressed. Yousef eventually became interested in Christianity. “I went to a bible study to learn from the Christian Infidels,” he joked. It was there that I heard new things that I’ve never heard before… things like ‘love thy neighbor,’ and ‘turn the other cheek.’ It changed me. After formally converting to Christianity, Yousef applied for asylum in the United States. Converting from Islam to another religion is a crime punishable by death. In addition, he says he knows Hamas wants him dead. He now lives in California, where he published an intriguing account of his life as a spy. The book is appropriately called “Son of Hamas.” The sold-out program was jointly sponsored by Chabad of Weston and the Daniel Cantor Wultz Foundation.

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1. No more “Say you’re sorry”. Part of life is making mistakes – we are all pretty good at that. Another part is admitting our mistakes (both those made in anger or just in clumsy behavior) and accepting responsibility to do what is needed to be done to correct them and that is a lot harder. Taking ownership of mistakes is something you can teach your child but it is a multi-faceted process. Telling your child that he must say “I’m sorry” doesn’t make him feel sorry, but has the potential to humiliate him and even to teach insincerity. Instead, when your child does err, allow him to learn and grow through sincere acknowledgment of the mistake and true ownership of the consequences.

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2. Remove the shame. To open his heart, your child first has to open his eyes and ears. This cannot happen if your child feels humiliated. Use a soft, even firm, voice and let your child know that he did something wrong, but leaving out judgmental statements of how disappointed or upset you are. Be careful to articulate your understanding that he is not “bad” but rather that his choice of action carries repercussions that you need him accept.

4. Demonstrate empathy for the emotion behind the mistake. When hearing your child out, separate the emotion that led to the poor choice of behavior from the actual behavior. You can empathize with your child’s frustration with his sibling for walking into his room without knocking even if you unequivocally feel that socking him in the nose was an inappropriate expression of that frustration. You can show you are understanding in that your

Your child may be in denial at first, which can be very frustrating. Or, your child may have done something so upsetting that you are simply steaming. Regardless, make sure that both your words and your voice are kind. You must role-model the kind of restraint you are asking of your child! And more, if you want your child to focus on himself, don’t give him a reason to get mad and shift the blame to you.

7. Let your child identify the consequence. Once your child acknowledges that his choice of behavior was a poor one, ask him what needs to be done to rectify the mistake. This is a critical lesson: we all make mistakes, but to the best of our abilities we must make up for them. At times you may need to tell your child that due to the severity of their behavior a punishment is necessary, but the more closely you can stick to consequences that directly undo the damage he caused the better.

8. Redefine apologizing.

3. Hear your child out. No different than you or I, your child wants the opportunity to share his perceptions and feelings. Hearing your child out will automatically bring his defenses down when he sees you care. It will offer you insight into what he was thinking so you can redirect him. It can provide you with some detail which may actually change your mind as to how you want to address the behavior. (Just watch out for good sob stories – a dramatic child can pull you off course!) Ask your child in an open ended way “what happened?’, and then ask HIM what was wrong with it.

6. Speak kindly.

child was just having fun even if you will not accept that as an excuse for smashing your china closet with his ball. Tell your child how sorry you feel that he was so frustrated; you can even tell him how upset you’d be if that had happened to you. Only then segue into an explanation of how while you appreciate his feelings, the way he handled them is not OK.

5. Teach alternatives. Before moving on to the consequences of his actions, brainstorm with your child about the alternatives that had been available to him and which he can choose from next time. Children need to be taught that if they are upset they can opt to ignore, use words to resolve, or seek help from an adult, but that negative behaviors are unacceptable and even counterproductive. Besides minimizing the chances of a repeat offense, teaching alternatives reduces the frustration your child is feeling and allows him to see for himself that he actually did err.

To many children, saying “I’m sorry” is the equivalent to saying “I am bad.” Teach your child that apologizing doesn’t automatically mean the other party was right or that he is “bad.” Rather it is an acknowledgment of an error and a readiness to let the other person know that he regrets it. Apologies are best when sincere; it is best to wait until your child feels ready to say it. Your child can clean up the mess he made without the words “I’m sorry” – hopefully the apology will come later if he is not pressured.

9. Your child must repair the damage. Apologies are an important step towards building emotional bridges but do little to actually fix a problem. If your child broke something, let him pay for it. If he spilled something, just hand him a towel. If he hurt someone’s feelings, he will need to figure out a way to make that someone feel good. Don’t pay or do it for him – he must learn that this mistake was his.

10. Model it. There is no shame in making mistakes; let your children see and hear that you make them too and that you can admit it and accept responsibility when you do.

Ill tell you one thing, if things Keep going the way they are, soon it's going to be impossible to buy A week's groceries for $10.00. Have you seen the prices on the New cars coming out next year? It won't be long before $1,000.00 Will only buy a used one. If cigarettes keep going up in Price, I’am going to quit. 20 cents a pack is ridiculous. Did you hear the post office Is thinking about charging 7 cents just to mail a letter? If they raise the minimum wage to $1.00, nobody will be able to hire Outside help at the stores. When I first started driving, who Would have thought gas would Someday cost 25 cents a gallon. I guess we'd be better off just Leaving the car in the garage. I read the other day where some Scientist thinks it’s possible to put A man on the moon by the end of The century. I heard they even have some fellows they call astronauts Preparing for it down in Texas. Did you see where some baseball Player just signed a contract for $50,000 a year just to play ball? It wouldn’t surprise me if someday they’ll be making more than the President.

I never thought I’d see the day All our kitchen appliances would Be electric. They're even making Electric typewriters now. It’s too bad things are so tough Nowadays. I see where a few Married women are having to Work to make ends meet. It won’t be long before young Couples are going to have to hire Someone to watch their kids So they can both work. I’m afraid the Volkswagen car Is going to open the door to a Whole lot of foreign business. Thank goodness I won’t live to See the day when the government Takes half our income in taxes.I sometimes wonder if we are really Electing the best people to government.

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