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5 Israeli issues unfolding in ’17

By Jacob Kamaras, JNS.org The onset of 2017 comes just three weeks before President-elect Donald Trump takes office, ushering in a new era in the U.S.-Israel relationship. The new year and new administration bring intrigue and unanswered questions on a number of major storylines that could shape the complexion of American-Israeli ties both this year and for years to come. JNS.org presents five potential major developments to watch for this year.

Embassy to Jerusalem?

Trump and his ambassador-designate to Israel, Five Towns resident David Friedman, have pledged to move America’s Israeli embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. Will they follow through?

Typically, any country’s foreign embassies are located in capital cities. Israel set up its capital in Jerusalem in 1948, but many nations, including the U.S., have established their embassies in Tel Aviv; since 1967, this has been part of a refusal to recognize Israel’s annexation of See NEXT! on page 21

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Paulina Khayumov and Skyler Vines colored T-shirts at Chabad of Hewlett’s Chanukah on Ice event in Grant Park. More Chanukah on p. 2.

103 hurt in LIRR crash The 7:18 am LIRR train out of Far Rockaway crashed through an end-of-the-line bumper at the Atlantic Terminal station on Wednesday, injuring 103 passengers.

Eleven people were transported by ambulances to Brooklyn hospitals, but none of the injuries were life threatening, according to the New York City fire department.

LIRR officials said the six-car train carried 430 passengers, many from the Five Towns.

As a result of the impact, the lead wheel assembly derailed as did one additional axle.

“The train was supposed to stop at a bumper and didn’t, but glad to report there were no deaths,” Gov. Andrew Cuomo said at the scene. “The most serious injury was a broken leg.”

“We need to make sure we determine what happened, and why it happened, so the matter is still under investigation,” said MTA Chairman Thomas Prendegast.

Huck, frum group, at Knesset

Gov. Mike Huckabee headlined an Orthodox Jewish Chamber of Commerce symposium at the Knesset in Jerusalem on Tuesday. A dozen MKs attended the special Knesset session on the first day of a U.S.-Israel Business Alliance mission, whose leaders included Long Islanders.

Huckabee delivered an impassioned speech highlighting the Biblical and historical connection between the land of Israel and the Jewish people, and deriding recent anti-Israel actions of the U.N. and Obama administration. Huckabee told an alliance dinner at the King David Hotel on Wednesday that Israel does not “occupy” Judea and Samaria. “They don’t occupy, because

they’ve owned it,” he said. “The only occupiers have been the Babylonians, the Assyrians, the Turks, the Brits.” Top left: Huckabee (flanked by chamber VP Dr. Joe Frager of Jamaica Estates) points to tiny Israel on a regional map. Bottom: Huckabee smiles as the session’s host, MK Micki Zohar, makes a point. Right photo, from left: MK Sharen Haskell (Knesset’s youngest member), MK Yoav Kisch, Zohar, MK Betzalel Smotrich; chamber President Duvi Honig, Huckabee, MK Moti Yogev, chamber vice presidents Dr. Paul Brody of Great Neck and Odeleya Jacobs of Kew Gardens Hills; MK Shuli Moalev, MK Yehuda Glick, and Frager. Dov Yarden

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Indian Chanukah Thousands of Indian citizens who claim to be Jews descended from the biblical tribe of Menashe gathered to celebrate Chanukah, according to an organization that helps lost Jews reconnect to their faith.

Women from the community gathered Dec. 28 in the town of Churachandpur, in the northeastern state of Manipur, to make sufganiyot, Shavei Israel said.

“The story of the Maccabees’ heroic determination to preserve their Jewish identity resonates very strongly with the Bnei Menashe who, with tremendous effort, have managed to cling to their faith and that of their ancestors through the centuries,” said Shavei Israel Chairman Michael Freund. “Even in far-off India, the flame of Jewish survival continues to burn brightly.”

Some 3,000 Bnei Menashe have immigrated to Israel in recent years, with another 7,000 remaining in India.

Hundreds marched down Merrick Avenue in the tenth annual Great Menorah parade on Sunday, Dec. 25.

The three-part Chabad Center for Jewish Life event began with a potato latke fry-off, during which Willi Miller, Carol Siegel and Ethan from the Israel Lacrosse team competed, with Siegel getting the most votes. Simultaneously, children decorated sandart menorahs and dreidels and participated in a trivia game.

Next, participants gathered outside to march in the Menorah Car Parade to the 12-foot menorah at the Merrick train station, led by a menorah-topped 1966 Pontiac GTO and trailed by a group of “dancing Rabbis.” Along the way, marchers were greeted by “Judah the Maccabee” who handed out glow-in-the-dark gifts and

joined in spontaneous dancing. Dreidelman greeted participants at the LIRR. Steve Bach from Merrick was honored with lighting the giant menorah.

“From Chanukah, we learn that if one is in a room that is filled with darkness, it takes only a small flame to illuminate it,” said Chabad Rabbi Shimon Kramer.

“When we’re done celebrating here tonight, go home and light the menorah with your family. Bring light to your home, and then to your street.

“If you know a Jewish home that is dark on Chanukah, go visit them, bring a menorah, candles, some latkes, a dreidel, and bring light into their lives. Become a lamplighter.”

Festivities ended with a fire juggling show.

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and a former head of Israel’s military intelligence, told JTA that he endorsed the plan, saying Israel had a “window of opportunity” with Trump.

“Israel should take this chance of a new administration with a new approach to promote the bottom-up independent shaping of its borders, even if the Palestinians are still holding their extreme position,” he said.

The main changes under the institute’s plan would be to Area C, the 60 percent of the West Bank under full Israeli control per the 1993 Oslo Accords. Besides carving out 17 percent of the area for the settlement blocs, where 86 percent of settlers live, Orion and Dekel suggest using up to 42 percent for development on behalf of the Palestinians

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By Andrew Tobin, JTA TEL AVIV – Israel’s leading security think tank has published a plan to redraw the map of the West Bank in a bid to consolidate major settlements and prevent the spread of others.

The plan, presented on Monday to Israeli President Reuven Rivlin as part of the Institute for National Security Studies’ yearly strategic survey, calls for the government to allow construction in West Bank settlement blocs and Jerusalem. At the same time, it recommends a halt to construction in the 90 percent of the territory outside the major settlements.

In laying out the plan, researchers Assaf Orion and Udi Dekel argue that negotiations with the Palestinians are unlikely to lead to a final-status agreement. With relations deadlocked, they warn, Israel is drifting toward a single binational state with the Palestinians, which threatens its democratic and possibly Jewish identity.

It is an analysis that echoes one put forth in a speech last month by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, although unlike Kerry’s plan it would proceed without direct negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians intended to reach a final-status agreement and without resolving what Kerry called “all the outstanding issues.”

To preserve Israel’s options, including the possibility of a Palestinian state, the researchers say, the government should implement their plan in coordination with the incoming administration of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, which has already signaled that it will not pressure Israel on the settlements or negotiations.

Amos Yadlin, the director of the institute

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and up to 33 percent for protection of “vital” security sites, including the Jordan Valley.

The rest of Area C would keep its current status, and settlers would be encouraged to relocate to the settlement blocs.

The Palestinian Authority would administer the major Palestinian population centers in Areas A and B, which comprise 40 percent of the West Bank and are home to 99.7 percent of Palestinians, as it already largely does. But the Israeli military would retain the right to act as needed.

The status of Jerusalem, which Israel governs as its capital but the Palestinians also claim as theirs, would not change. Most of the world considers all Israeli building in the West Bank and eastern Jerusalem illegal, but

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Orion and Dekel recommend that Israel and the world promote security and development in the West Bank. This could bolster the Palestinian Authority’s declining legitimacy on the West Bank street and help prepare the society for eventual final-status negotiations, they say. An alternative, they say, would be for Israel to take “independent steps” to politically separate from the Palestinians.

The Hamas-governed Gaza Strip would be handled separately, ideally with a combination of military deterrence, border security and development.

Yadlin said the Institute for National Security Studies had long preferred a negotiated final-status agreement with the Palestinians, but this year concluded that the prospects for success had gone from “very low” to “zero.”

The plan has elements that could appeal to the right and the left, said its architects.

Despite a rightward shift in recent decades, Yadlin said, the Israeli public was “ready to consider” the institute’s plan because the political left had given up the “illusion” that there was a Palestinian partner for peace and the right no longer supported the status quo. He cited Education Minister Naftali Bennett’s proposal that Israel annex Area C as an example of new thinking on the right, but said the Palestinians would need part of that territory to create a viable political entity.

Israelis “basically want to see a two-state solution, with a Jewish, democratic secure country, but not according to the Palestinian parameters,” Yadlin said.

Ideally, he said, the Palestinians would cooperate with the institute’s plan and evenSee West Bank on page 6

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len and longtime friend Harold Jacobs (a former president of the Orthodox Union), DanThe son of parents who founded the Yeshi- iel was executive vice president of company vah of Flatbush, Daniel J. Schrag was among Precisionware, which manufactured kitchen the founders of the Hillel School in Lawrence cabinets for apartments. In his eulogy, Bill said (now the Hebrew Academy of the Five Towns that he smiles every time he passes Co-op City in the Bronx, where the company’s cabinets and Rockaway).

A Lawrence resident for 61 years, he was were used.

Years later the company was niftar on Dec. 23. He was 93. sold and after a brief period of Born in Brooklyn, the oldest retirement, Schrag become a child of Carl and Sadie Schrag, stockbroker and a financial adin 1935 he was a member of the viser to many family members first graduating class of Flatbush, and friends working with Bruns, one of the first Modern Orthodox Nordeman, Rea & Company and Zionist day schools in the (which later became part of PruU.S. Flatbush didn’t have a high dential). school as it does today, so he atFollowing in his parents’ foottended James Madison HS and steps, he and Sondra helped to then NYU (where he was one of establish the Hillel School, and six family members to graduate). served as vice president. Bill A member of the “greatest and his brother, Barry, went to generation,” he earned the rank HAFTR. of master sergeant and served Carl and Sondra were also in the U.S. Army’s Air Corps Unit from 1942 to 1946 during World War II. among the first members of Congregation From basic training in Biloxi, Miss., he went Beth Sholom in Lawrence. He was an active to France, saw Paris and held an administra- member of the shul for many years, which intive position in the zone near the Battle of the cluded serving as vice president.

Bill said his father enjoyed playing golf Bulge.

After returning home, the romantic in him at the Lawrence golf course. He and Sondra inspired Schrag to propose to Sondra Singer were also avid travelers.

A levaya was held at Congregation Beth only a few dates after they saw “Allegro” on JANUARY Sholom 10, on 2017 Dec. 25. At the cemetery, a miliBroadway during Chanukah. According to son 14—APRIL Bill, it was a fairy tale wedding at the Waldorf tary honor guard played “Taps” and presented Astoria on May 9, 1948. A little more than a an American flag to Sondra. They were maryear later, the couple began a family and in ried for 68 years.

1955 moved to Lawrence after living in East Schrag is also survived by Bill’s wife DebRockaway for a year after leaving Brooklyn. bie, five grandchildren and five great-grandIn business with his father, his brother Al- children.

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“That day in court was after three solid months of being imprisoned in an isolation cell in Moscow’s infamous Chistopol prison,” Edelstein recalled. “I was taken straight from my prison cell to the court, and found it full of Russian military and security personnel, who had clearly filled the court room to ensure there was no room for any of my supporters; only my wife and mother managed to get into the courtroom to hear the sentencing.”

After the sentencing, the 26-year-old Edelstein was immediately surrounded by Russian security personnel. On his way out of the courtroom he managed to stick his head through the ring of security and had a moment to say something to his wife, whom he likely would not see again for at least three years, if ever. He had not seen his wife for three months; what would he say to her?

What one sentence was he driven to share with her? What was the question he asked her?

“Tonya! What candle is it?”

Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein, with President Reuven Rivlin and Prime Minister Netanyahu, at a Yom Hazikaron ceremony for Israel’s military, at the cemetery on Mt. Herzl on May 11, 2016. Edelstein was a Soviet prisoner of conscience.

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The security personnel who overheard him must have thought he had lost his mind; after all, he had just heard he was sentenced to three years of hard labor. Years later his wife would share with him that at first she thought the same thing. So again he yelled: “What candle is it today?”

Then she got it: So she yelled back: Tonight we light the second candle of Chanukah!”

He had been in an isolation cell for three months but when the judge read the sentence and announced the date, he realized it might be Chanukah; as it turned out, he was sentenced on the first day of Chanukah in 1984.

That night, no longer in an isolation cell,

but in the cell of sentenced prisoners, he managed to get hold of a couple of matches. And on the second night of Chanukah, Yuli Edelstein, son of two Russian assimilated Jews, who had come full circle back to Judaism, lit the Chanukah lights with two matches, standing in front of the barred window of his cell.

Reciting the blessings over the miracles Hashem had performed for the Jewish people so many years ago, he held the matches until the flames burnt down to his fingertips.

As he explained to the school children with whom he was speaking: “It may have been the shortest candle lighting in Jewish history, lasting only a few seconds, but that little bit of light for me pushed away an enormous amount of darkness.”

ow can such a little light push away so much darkness? Natan Sharansky, arguably the most famous Soviet Jewish prisoner of conscience, was imprisoned for many years and became a symbol of the movement to free Soviet Jewry in the 1970s and ‘80s. I was there with the thousands of supporters who welcomed him home to Israel when he was freed in 1986 and will never forget the moment he proclaimed, holding high his new Israeli identity card, “Am Yisrael Chai.”

I once had the privilege of sitting next to Sharansky at a dinner and asked him whether he still bore malice towards his Russian tormentors. His response, which remains with me, was that they were just doing their job, and he was too busy getting on with his life to hold on to any anger. Amazing.

This week’s parsha, Vayigash, actually tells the story of one of the most incredible such moments in human history: Yosef’s rapprochement with his estranged brothers.

Twenty two years after they threw him in a pit and sold him as a slave, and despite all he had endured, Yosef seems to bear no malice towards his brothers and forgives them with tears in his eyes (Bereishit 45:1-9).

While this is not the first time we sense forgiveness in the Torah, it is the first instance of one person’s real forgiveness of another. G-d ultimately forgives Adam and Eve, commutes Kayin’s sentence, and so on, but G-d does not really forgive because everything is part of His plan to begin with.

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Philosopher Lévy revisits Jewish roots in book profile trips to conflict zones, arguing for humanitarian intervention — “the Jewish element in me, it does not live in this time or the other,” he said.

An outspoken advocate of Israel and prominent supporter of the fight against anti-Semitism, Lévy is among several well-known French Jewish intellectuals — along with philosopher Alain Finkielkraut and historian Georges Bensoussan – who have come under attack recently from the far left, particularly in a secularist society where many resent ethnic and religious affiliations.

Not that Lévy minds.

“I was always proud to be Jewish,” he said. “I always believed it was a source of glory, never anything to question or be ashamed of. Let them call me what they want.”

In France, Lévy is revered by some and hated by others in part for his influential activism in conflict zones, including his perceived key role in bringing about France’s intervention in the former Yugoslavia and Libya, according to a 2014 documentary about him by the France 2 television channel. His support for Israel has not earned him many fans.

Vilified by nationalists and conservatives who resent his humanist agenda, he is also assailed by radical leftists, who accuse him of serving neo-colonialist governments that they say are seeking pretexts to invade foreign countries.

So intense is the hatred of Lévy in certain quarters that in 2010, Le Figaro published an article analyzing the sentiment. Titled “BHL, France’s most hated darling,” the story referenced countless death threats online, accusations of corruption and conspiracy theories.

Lévy insists that the considerable antagonism he provokes, particularly among leftwingers, is “primarily over support of Israel,” he said.

Despite his vocal criticism of its settlement policy, Lévy has consistently defended Israel. In a 2010 speech in Tel Aviv, he said of the Jewish state and its military: “I have

I was always proud to be Jewish.

I always believed it was a source of glory, never anything to question or be ashamed of.

Famously, Lévy — a former Maoist whose father was a decorated fighter in the Allied invasion of Italy — was filmed giving an interview in 1992 to a journalist in Sarajevo under mortar fire. During that visit to the former Yugoslavia, he arranged for then-French President Francois Mitterrand to visit the besieged capital, paving the way for the return of U.N. peacekeepers there.

In 1993, a suspension of air traffic left Lévy stranded in Sarajevo on his wedding day. So Mitterrand sent a plane to extract him and bring him to his bride, actress Arielle Dombasle, according to France 2.

He and Dombasle, his third life partner, are still married despite reports that he was seeing other women.

In addition to Lévy’s influence on women, “He has such a powerful gravitational force that even the president likes, perhaps even wishes, to work side by side with Bernard-Henri Lévy,” Bernard Kouchner, a former foreign minister of Bernard-Henri Lévy, shown wearing his trademark France, said in the Channel 2 documenwhite collar shirt, muses in his latest book about Talmu- tary. “It’s a great talent he has had, to persuade those in power.” dic sages and reflects on his life.

Ali Mahdavi But some critics of Lévy are irked prinever seen such a democratic army, which marily by what they regard as his vanity, asks itself so many moral questions. There is which they perceive in his trademark white something unusually vital about Israeli de- collar shirt — it is typically unbuttoned nearmocracy.” ly to his navel during public appearances.

Lévy said he also holds Israel to a high “Sometimes his views are consumed by moral standard for this reason. Israel’s “indif- his personality,” Anne Sinclair, a well-known ference when it comes to refugees from Syria French television journalist, told France 2. didn’t measure up to the stature of a Jewish “Seeing that black suit with the white shirt in state,” he said, adding that President Barack the dunes of Libya … I, too, find it annoying.”

Obama has a “crushing responsibility” for the But, Lévy says, “A vain person puts him humanitarian disaster there. or herself ahead of others. Honestly, I think Lévy, who with his two siblings sold a substantial part of my life was spent doing their late father’s wood-import empire for the opposite. Putting myself behind others, an estimated $155 million in 1997, has used sometimes while risking my life.” his wealth to become one of France’s most In “The Genius of Judaism,” Lévy recalls talked-about personalities, producing films, some of these adventures — including his books and publications, including the La Rè- reluctance to leave the relative safety of his gle du Jeu cultural review magazine that he hotel room in war-torn Sarajevo. Years later launched in 1990. BHL — as he is known lo- he would return to that moment, relating the cally — has also made countless appearances experience to the reluctance of the biblical on French talk shows and used his fortune prophet Jonah to preach. and celebrity to leave a remarkable impact And he revisits his disillusionment folon international politics. lowing the rise in fundamentalism, which In 2011, he toured Libya with private se- dashed his hope in 1979 that he was “at the curity guards to chronicle the bloody ouster apogee of the age in which God had died,” of its longtime tyrant Moammar Ghadafi. he writes. “It had been beautiful. It had been With a single phone call, Lévy arranged for huge.” rebel leaders to meet then-French President Suspicious of worship, Lévy said he has Nicolas Sarkozy. Lévy flew them to Paris at nonetheless striven to imbue his daughter his own expense — about $160,000 — ac- and son — novelist Justine, 42, and lawyer cording to France’s Channel 2.

Antonin-Balthazar, 36 — with Jewish values Weeks later, France intervened militar- and culture. ily in Libya, effectively ending Ghadafi’s 42 “I did not enroll them to Jewish schools,” years in power. Lévy was with Sarkozy on he said, “but I hope they will follow my travel stage when the president delivered a speech itinerary from the secular world to the treain Benghazi after Ghadafi’s fall. sure of Jewish wisdom.”

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By Cnaan Liphshiz, JTA PARIS — It’s a vague childhood memory, but the French celebrity philosopher Bernard-Henri Lévy still remembers the first time he was bullied for being Jewish.

“Three idiots in a Paris play yard tell me: ‘You don’t get to have Christmas presents because you’re a dirty Jew and Jews killed Jesus.’ Maybe I cry a bit on the street later, but first I start hitting,” the 68-year-old Lévy, who was born in Algeria but grew up in France, recalled in an interview with JTA. More than half a century later, Lévy — a slender man with wavy, gray hair who is one of France’s most recognizable individuals — is still embracing his Jewish identity and confronting anti-Semites.

But since that childhood incident, Muslim extremists have taken anti-Semitism in France from schoolyard taunts to terrorism, with multiple deadly attacks on Jewish targets.

This “return of anti-Semitism,” Lévy said, “perhaps” prompted him to pen one of his most Jewish books ever, “The Genius of Judaism.” The Englishlanguage translation that will be released on Jan. 10 in the United States. Lévy will do a Q&A with Charlie Rose at the 92nd Street Y in New York on Jan. 11.

In the book Lévy, a nonobservant Jew, traces the Jews’ “misunderstanding with the nations” to their definition as a “chosen people.”

Far from suggesting superiority, Lévy writes, this status means that Jews are the guardians of a “treasure of knowledge” found in sources that Lévy has studied for decades: the Talmud and such sages as Rashi, Rambam and the Malbim.

Much of the book is devoted to his musings about their writings, as well as reflections on his own past.

“The Genius of Judaism” is one of most personal books ever penned by Lévy — an influential, poker-faced intellectual who neither smiles much during interviews nor engages in small talk. The book “in a certain manner sums up my life, holds the key to my endeavors and traces the roots of my worldview,” he told JTA at a video editing studio in Paris, where he was preparing a documentary about Iraq.

In the book, Lévy advocates a definition of Judaism that emphasizes “work, not belief.

Study, not worship,” he said.

Unlike his role as a moral authority on current affairs – Lévy has made several high-

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had just sought to take the lives of IDF soldiers at the scene does not in itself justify disproportionate action.”

Azaria, a medic in the elite Kfir Brigade, came on the scene following a Palestinian stabbing of soldiers in Hebron in the West Bank.

One assailant was killed, and Abdel Fattah al-Sharif was injured. Minutes later, while Sharif was lying on the ground, Azaria shot him in the head in a shooting that was captured on video by a local resident for the Israeli human rights NGO B’Tselem. Azaria was arrested the same day and indicted nearly a month later. Autopsy reports showed that the shots by Azaria killed Sharif.

Prior to shooting Sharif, Azaria had cared for a stabbed soldier.

The case has been controversial in Israel, with some on the political right calling for soli-

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Jews, who make up 2 percent of the U.S. population, constitute 5.6 percent of the 115th Congress — 30 seats in total — an increase from 5.2 percent and 28 seats in the previous Congress, according to an analysis by the Pew Research Center published Tuesday. Hindu increased to three from one.

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darity with Azaria and others, including military leaders, suggesting such calls reflect a national crisis of ethics.

Azaria’s defense team said it would appeal the verdict. Many government ministers have called for a presidential pardon for Azaria.

Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman in an interview outside the courtroom called the decision a “difficult verdict” that “must be respected. ” Netanyahu joins many lawmakers in calling for a pardon for Azaria, including at least one member of the opposition.

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The verdict against Sgt. Elor Azaria, 20, was read out Wednesday by a panel of three judges at the Israel Defense Forces headquarters in Tel Aviv.

Prime Minister Netanyahu took to Twitter to call for a pardon for Azaria.

“This is a difficult and painful day for all of us — and first and foremost for Elor and his family, for IDF soldiers, for many soldiers and for the parents of our soldiers, and me among them,” Netanyahu said in a statement posted on Facebook and Twitter.

“I support a pardon for Elor Azaria” Hundreds of protesters outside the sentencing venue clashed with police and several were arrested over the course of the more than three hours it took to read the decision.

In his social media post, Netanyahu addressed the disorder, saying, “I urge all citizens to act responsibly toward the IDF, the officers, and the IDF chief. We have one army, which is the basis of our existence. The soldiers of the IDF are our sons and daughters, and they need to remain above dispute.”

The judges rejected the defense’s claims and version of what occurred in the March 24 incident.

“He opened fired in violation of orders, the terrorist did not pose any threat,” the judges wrote in their verdict. “The fact that the man sprawled on the ground was a terrorist who

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The icy relationship between President Obama and Prime Minister Netanyahu (pictured during September’s funeral for Shimon Peres) grew colder after the Obama administration refused to veto an anti-Israel resolution at the U.N. on Dec. 23.

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U.N. woes The Obama administration abstained from a Dec. 23 vote on a U.N. Security Council resolution condemning Israeli settlement construction beyond the 1967 lines, rather than exercising its veto power to block the resolution. And the Israeli government claims it has proof that Obama was behind the resolution’s orchestration. In allowing passage of the measure — which demands that Israel “immediately and completely cease all settlement activities in the ‘occupied’ Palestinian territory, including east Jerusalem” — Obama broke with the longstanding American policy of defending Israel against one-sided resolutions criticizing the Jewish state in the world body. America’s U.N. abstention came in the waning days of a tenuous and sometimes hostile eight-year relationship between Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and was followed by a lengthy televised speech in which Secretary of State John Kerry strongly criticized Israel.

It wasn’t the only jarring U.N. resolution for Israel this year. In Oc-

tober, UNESCO, the U.N.’s cultural body, adopted two resolutions ignoring Jewish and Christian ties to Jerusalem. The measures referred to Jerusalem’s Temple Mount exclusively by its Muslim names, Al-Aqsa Mosque/Al-Haram Al-Sharif.

The rise of Trump The anti-settlement U.N. resolution provided an opportunity for President-elect Donald Trump to prove his pro-Israel credentials. Egypt initially withdrew the resolution under pressure from Trump and Israel, before the measure was put forward again by New Zealand, Malaysia, Venezuela and Senegal.

In November, Trump’s election victory over Hillary Clinton ushered in the countdown to a new era in U.S.-Israel relations. Netanyahu and Trump will agree on at least one major issue: opposition to the Iran nuclear deal.

While Trump has enjoyed warm relations with many pro-Israel activists, many American Jews expressed concern over what they described as anti-Semitic undertones that surrounded his campaign, and similar

President Barack Obama sprang his much-anticipated “December surprise” on Israel at the United Nations, capping off 2016 with a bang as it relates to the secular year’s major events involving the Jewish state.

Here are 10 Israel news storylines that defined the year. have been done a long time ago. It’s overdue,” Zvi Mazel, the former Israeli ambassador to Egypt, told JNS. org in July regarding Netanyahu’s Africa trip.

Turkish reconciliation In June, Israel and Turkey agreed to normalize diplomatic ties following a six-year rift.

The former allies continue to take steps toward a full restoration of ties, including December’s exchanging of ambassadors, but their improving relationship may be more of an acknowledgement of regional reality than an expression of mutual admiration. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who once said the actions of the Israeli military constituted “barbarism that surpasses Hitler,” did not walk back that remark in an Israeli television interview in November, saying, “I don’t approve of what Hitler did, and neither do I approve of what Israel has done.”

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criticism accompanied his appointment of chief strategist Steve Bannon. The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) initially went after the Bannon pick because he “presided over the premier website of the ‘alt-right’ — a loose-knit group of white nationalists and unabashed anti-Semites and racists,” referring to the Breitbart News website. But the ADL later softened its stance, acknowledging, “We are not aware of any anti-Semitic statements made

by Bannon.”

Non-traditional allies Despite tension with Obama, Israel forged new ties and deepened bilateral relationships elsewhere.

“With President Obama and the left wing of the Democratic Party turning against Israel, Prime Minister Netanyahu has made a great effort to build better relationships with Russia, India, African countries and others,” said Dr. Ariel Cohen, director of the Center for Energy, Natural Resources and Geopolitics.

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By Rachel Gross Scaling the largest free-standing mountain in the world is an unbelievable accomplishment, a test of human endurance and tenacity. Raising a special needs child can require the same tenacity.

Thirty Jews from around the world climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro to raise $300,000 for SHALVA, the Association for Mentally and Physically Challenged Children in Jerusalem, an organization that helps the parents and children of SHALVA scale their own personal “mountains.�

The climb attracted an eclectic group of trekkers from around the world, spanning the spectrum from secular to Orthodox. “What started as a U.K. initiative became a global effort as the unique opportunity captured imaginations around the world,� said trip coordinator Gaby Hirsch.

John Corre, 71, a Jerusalem resident and grandfather of nine, said the climb “was the

most wonderful Jewish experience, with a group of wonderful people, who became one big happy family.�

For 25 years, SHALVA has been helping children with special needs move beyond their limitations. SHALVA programs and services provide individual treatment for the child while also strengthening the fabric of the family. SHALVA has been accompanying each of 500 children from birth to adulthood, tailoring programs to help participants reach their full potential and integrate into the community.

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The notice cited â&#x20AC;&#x153;economicâ&#x20AC;? as the reason for the â&#x20AC;&#x153;dislocation.â&#x20AC;?

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;No,â&#x20AC;? she said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;becuase I know thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s always in my life. Judaism will be number one.â&#x20AC;? She told Newsday that â&#x20AC;&#x153;I will always keep Judaism as my No. 1 priority.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;She had a Shabbos-over-sports moment,â&#x20AC;? said her father, Glenn Ackerman.

Last Thursday and Friday, she was randomly selected to play fifthseeded Prachi Jha, an 18-year-old from California. She lost both matches, but was thrilled by the experience. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Here I was, and all around me are the best players in America, Continued on page 2

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Estee Ackerman, of West Hempstead, may only be 14, but this thoughtful, well-spoken young lady is a serious table tennis player who was one of 16 women who competed last week at the U.S. Olympic Team Trials for Table Tennis in Greensboro, N.C. The team trials consisted of three one-day tournaments, Thursday through Saturday, but Estee played in only the first two, to honor the Shabbos.

In 2012, she was disqualified from the U.S. National Tournament after declining to play her final match on Shabbos. Channel 2 News asked her if she regretted that decision.

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Reported by Alex Costello Assemblyman Todd Kaminsky promised this week that on his ďŹ rst day in ofďŹ ce he would put forward legislation to ban outside income for Albany representatives.

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Contenders for the seat are Democrat Todd Kaminsky of Long Beach, a former prosecutor now in his ďŹ rst term in the Assembly, and Republican Christopher McGrath of Hewlett Harbor, a local attorney making his ďŹ rst run for public ofďŹ ce.

While Orthodox communities in and around the Five Towns do not constitute a majority of the districtâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s voters, their residents take civic responsibilities seriously â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and personally â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and so The Jewish Star will be covering this race from all angles, including those of special importance to the Orthodox communities.

Readers can follow The Starâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s coverage in the weekly print edition each Wednesday and online at TheJewishStar.com and at Facebook.com/TheJewishStar).

Voters in the Five Towns, Long Beach and surrounding South Shore communities will elect a new state senator on April 19 and in doing so may determine if Republicans continue their tenuous grip on the Senate or, instead, if the Senate will join the Assembly and all statewide ofďŹ ces in the hands of the Democrats.

The Senate is now evenly divided by party but controlled by Republicans with the support of independent Democrats. A swing of even one seat might tip the balance toward the Democrats.

The 9th District election, to be held on the same day as the stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s presidential primary, was called

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birth, ďŹ lmed for use in a $12-million rebranding campaign, is featured in a TV commercial that debuted within hours of his delivery. The commercial includes emotional footage of mother and child embracing for the ďŹ rst time and concludes with â&#x20AC;&#x153;Happy Birthday, Austin. We have a new name too â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Northwell North.â&#x20AC;?

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Daniella and Eli Malakovâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s baby was delivered at the stroke of midnight at Long Island Jewish Medical Center in New Hyde Park. just as that hospitalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s corporate parent changed its name from North Shore LIJ to Northwell Health.

While the hospital corporation took a new name on Jan. 1, Baby Malakov, of Flushing, who weighed in at 7 pounds, 4 ounces, will have to wait: His bris, Bâ&#x20AC;?H, is later this week.

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What to do as a terrorist action unfolds â&#x20AC;&#x201D; run, hide or ďŹ ght? â&#x20AC;&#x201D;will be discussed by Chris Zaberto, a retired NYPD Detective who is chief operating ofďŹ cer of the Ten91 security group. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s current climate we must all be vigilant to ensure the safety of our children, friends and family,â&#x20AC;? states the public invitation to Sundayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s event.

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By The Jewish Star The Five Towns will consider something of a worse-case scenario on Sunday, when a Cedarhurst shul hosts a community meeting on â&#x20AC;&#x153;surviving an active shooter event.â&#x20AC;?

The forum, open to the entire community, is set for 9:45 am at Kehillas Bais Yehudah Tzvi, 395 Oakland Ave. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re talking because itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s happenedâ&#x20AC;? elsewhere, explained Rabbi Yaakov Feitman, Bais Yehudah Tzviâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s spiritual leader. He emphasized that Sundayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s meeting was not the result of any speciďŹ c threat against a local insititution. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not trying to scare anybody,â&#x20AC;?

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A lunch and dinner menu will be served, and 15 beers will be available on tap and many more in bottles and cans, Kuritzky said.

The partners stressed that this is not a â&#x20AC;&#x153;sports bar.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;It is a family restaurant with a bar,â&#x20AC;? Kuritzky said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We we are targeting families.â&#x20AC;?

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occupied by the Basserie Halevi steakhouse, will be provided by the Vaad Hakashrush of the Five Towns and Far Rockaway. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We closed on the property two weeks ago and are now into the construction phase,â&#x20AC;? Hoenig said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We will change the dĂŠcor and there will be a lot of renovations.â&#x20AC;?

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Reported by Jeffrey Bessen Two lifelong Five Towners, both coaches of the boys varsity Hawks basketball team at the Hebrew Academy of the Five Towns and Rockaway, plan to open a sports-themed kosher restaurant in Cedarhurst.

Joey Hoenig and Steve Kuritzky hope their Courtside Grill, which will cater to families who want to watch sports as they eat and drink, will be ready to open in time for the NBA playoffs this spring.

Kosher supervision of the restaurant, at 600 Central Ave., in space formerly

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By Ed Weintrob Hillary Clintonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s track record on Israel is a good one, former Connecticut Senator Joseph Lieberman told a Westchester shul on motzei Shabbos.

To be clear, Lieberman wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t dishing out an endorsement â&#x20AC;&#x201D; he emphasized that all of the Republican candidates have sold proIsrael credentials â&#x20AC;&#x201D; but his remarks on Clinton were in contrast to widespread skepticism about the sincerity of her support for the Jewish state. Continued on page 4

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As part of the AdoptA-Survivor project, eighth graders at Yeshiva Darchei Torah met, interviewed and absorbed the life stories of a group of Holocaust survivors, including the great-grandparents of some students.

Boys at the Far Rockaway school pledged to keep those stories alive by retelling them to future generations. They recently presented PowerPoints, videos and dioramas to an audience of survivors, 'DUFKHL 7RUDK HJKWK JUDGHU parents and grandparents.

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tic, but a mission,â&#x20AC;? the Brach family said in a statement on Thursday.

Both Brachâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s and KRM/Moishaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, owned by Moisha Binik and Barry Binik, declined to conďŹ rm the identity of the new operator which was ďŹ rst reported by TheJewishStar.com.

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shelves and encountered employees who declined comment when asked if the store was going out of business. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are â&#x20AC;Ś thrilled that the baton is being handed to someone whose culture of offering the kosher consumer the best possible value on the ďŹ nest goods is not just a marketing tac-

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By Ed Weintrob Brachâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Supermarket in Lawrence will close after Pesach and it is expected that the cavernous site will eventually be ďŹ lled by KRM/ Moishaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, a Brooklyn discount kosher grocer.

ConďŹ rmation of Brachâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s closing came in a notice ďŹ led by Brachâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s with the state Depart-

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By Ben Cohen an. 18 marks the ďŹ rst anniversary of the death of Alberto Nisman, the Argentine federal prosecutor who spent a decade investigating the 1994 Iranian-backed bombing of the AMIA Jewish center in Buenos Aires. In that massacre, 85 people were murdered and hundreds more injured.

Nismanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lifeless body, readers will remember, was discovered in the bathroom of his Buenos Aires apartment the night before he was due to elaborate on his formal complaint against the government of President Cristina FernĂĄndez de Kirchner in front of the Argentine Congress. Nisman had concluded, based on the mountain of evidence that was available to him, that underpinning FernĂĄndez de Kirchnerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 2013 Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Iranian regime, which paved the way for restored relations between Buenos Aires and Tehran, was the abandonment of a demand that six Iranian suspects in the AMIA bombing be extradited.

The Argentine president made one spectacular miscalculation in all of this.

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More than 30 judges, lawyers and scholars representing a broad range of disciplines will participate in â&#x20AC;&#x153;Louis D. Brandeis: An Interdisciplinary Retrospective,â&#x20AC;? on March 31 and April 1, on the schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Central Islip campus.

The conference, which is open to the public, will consider Brandeisâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; work from legal, Jewish and historical perspectives, said Patricia Salkin, dean of Touro Law Center, who stressed that Brandeisâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; importance goes beyond his appointment as the ďŹ rst Jew to the high court to â&#x20AC;&#x153;his renowned defense of both free /RXLV & %UDQGHLV FLUFD speech and the right to privacy.â&#x20AC;? Library of Congress The event will explore topics that include the justiceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s groundbreaking work as a lawyer and a scholar, his commitment to his Jewish heritage and his jurisprudence on the court, she said.

ConďŹ rmed speakers include Lance Liebman of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit and former dean of the Columbia Law School and former director of the American Law Institute; Jeffrey Rosen, president of the National Constitutional Center; Kenneth Elzinga, the Robert C. Taylor Chair in Economics at the University of Virginia; Hasia Diner, Paul S. and Sylvia Steinberg Professor of American Jewish History and director of the Goldstein-Goren Center for American Jewish History at New York University; and Fred Lawrence, former President of Brandeis University.

For additional information, contact the conference organizer, Samuel J. Levine, professor of law and director of the Jewish Law Institute, at 631-761-7138 or slevine@ tourolaw.edu.

Long Islandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Touro Law Center and its Jewish Law Institute are planning a two-day national conference that will cover the path-breaking career of Justice Louis Brandeis, on the 100th anniversary of his appointment to the Supreme Court.

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weekend in Woodmere, with all of the â&#x20AC;&#x153;out of townersâ&#x20AC;? happily hosted by Woodmere students.

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Analysis by Andrew Pessin sk two Jews, you get three opinionsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; or is it four? Two millennia after the fall of the Second Templeâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;due, it is said, to the bickering among factionsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;not much has changed. From J Street to AIPAC, the Jewish house remains divided, with battles now, apparently, regrettably, touching even Jewish day schools. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Defend the Jewish People Against the Anti-Israel Lerner School,â&#x20AC;? proclaimed the

ominous online petition, bearing approximately 1,100 signatures before it was removed around Feb. 10. Formerly named the Sandra E. Lerner Jewish Community Day School, Lerner School is an elementary and preschool providing Jewish education in Durham, N.C. An â&#x20AC;&#x153;anti-Israelâ&#x20AC;? Jewish school is more than conceivable, considering how many Jews proudly campaign against the Jewish state. Nor is there any shortage of such Continued on page 18

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Thousands attended Rabbi Jungreisâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; levaya; police cars lined the street, and police helicopters ďŹ&#x201A;ew overhead in the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Missing Manâ&#x20AC;? formation to honor the rabbi.

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According to the Pew Research Centerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s survey of American Jews in 2013, the once-dominant Conservative movement has lost one-third of its members in the past 25 years. It now comprises merely 18 percent of American Jewsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and only 11 percent of those under 30. The Avi Chai Foundationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Day School Census determined that enrollment in the movementâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Solomon Schechter schools plummeted 44 percent in the past 15 years. Wernick responds to these daunting numbers by saying, â&#x20AC;&#x153;We need to stop shraying our kups about everything that is bad, and Continued on page 15

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By Rabbi Yaakov Menken and Rabbi Pesach Lerner Responding to a dramatic decline in membership, the Conservative Jewish movementâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s congregational arm has hired the Good Omen PR agency to survey hundreds of its members and â&#x20AC;&#x153;develop a new â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;position statementâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; for the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism (USCJ).â&#x20AC;?

Explaining their need, USCJ CEO Rabbi Steven Wernick described â&#x20AC;&#x153;a level of uncertainty about precisely where the â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;brandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; of Conservative Judaism sits in our membersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; lives.â&#x20AC;? The problem, however, is far more essential than branding.

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By Judith Dinowitz The New York State Education Department said this week that it will begin releasing the balance of $125 million for this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s payment of outstanding mandated reimbursements to nonpublic schools.

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If he wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t in his ofďŹ ce, Rabbi Jungreis was out visiting the sick, bringing challahs and food to members on Friday afternoon, or fulďŹ lling his duties as a Nassau County Police Department chaplain. As past president Dr. Gerald H. Bandes wrote, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Some men are in the Rabbi business. Some men are rabbis.â&#x20AC;?

Under his auspices, Ohr Torah was a beehive of activity; every-

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in his last days, fellow concentration camp survivors would visit and tell stories praising him for how he bolstered them, but Rabbi Jungreis would have none of it, and would insist they stop. This towering ďŹ gure would not hear nor speak a word of praise about himself.

When Holocaust survivors and ex-urbanites moved to North Woodmere, they found the existing synagogues did not fulďŹ ll their needs.

Instead of trying to make those synagogues change to accommodate them, with their new rabbi they started their own shul in a storefront, and then moved to a house. Finally, Rabbi Jungreis and his congregants built the magniďŹ cent ediďŹ ce that became Congregation Ohr TorahNorth Woodmere Jewish Center.

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The shul reports: At the dawn of World War II, Rabbi Jungreis, conscripted into forced labor in Hungary, was famous among his fellow conscripts for his encouragement and divrei Torah. His entire family, except for one brother, perished at Aushwitz, but Rabbi Jungreis survived at Bergen-Belsen, coming to America after the war and receiving a doctorate from Yeshiva University. He went on to write scholarly articles and books and lead several congregations. Among his outreach initiatives was giving divrei Torah on the Long Island Railroad.

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By Efrat Forsher and Israel Hayom Following an intensive manhunt, how important a home is to those who do the Israel Police and the Shin Bet secu- not have one. She took in two foster chilrity agency on Tuesday apprehended the dren, as well as mothering four biological suspected Palestinian terrorist who mur- children. She is survived by her husband, dered Dafna Meir, an Israeli mother of six, in her home in Otniel on Sunday.

The suspect is a 16-yearold resident of one of the Palestinian villages in the area whose distant relative was reportedly killed while trying to carry out a terrorist attack two months ago. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The terrorist found a breach in the fence and that is how he entered the community and carried out the murder,â&#x20AC;? said the head of the Mount Hebron Regional Council, Yochai Damari. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I trust the au- ,Q FHQWHU WKH KXVEDQG DQG FKLOGUHQ RI 'DIQD 0HLU ORRN GRZQ DW KHU JUDYH GXULQJ KHU IXQHUDO LQ -HUXVDOHP Yonatan Sindel/Flash90 thorities to settle the score with him to the fullest.â&#x20AC;?

Nathan, and children Renana, 17, Akiva, On Monday, friends and family gath- 15, Noa, 11, Ahava, 10, and foster chilered in Otniel to pay their last respects to dren Yair, 6, and Yaniv, 4.

Dafna Meir, the victim of the attack, who The funeral procession set out from would tell people that life was as â&#x20AC;&#x153;good Otniel, where her close friends and husas honey.â&#x20AC;? band eulogized her and wept while sayHaving been a foster child and a ward Continued on page 20

more exceptional for the Rybsztajns: both bride and groom survived several concentration camps as well as separate death marches.

Feb. 24 marked the anniversary itself, and far-ďŹ&#x201A;ung family members joined the Rybsztajns for Shabbos, where Jack davened at Ohr Torah in North Woodmere.

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After death march, 70 years of marriage

By Celia Weintrob The Woodmere home of Bonnie and Jack Rybsztajn is chockfull of photos of their three children and seven grandchildren; pride and love of family permeates the place.

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One of the emotional highlights of the evening was the tribute to Howard and Susan Zemser, parents of Justin Zemser, aâ&#x20AC;?h, a Navy Midshipman whose life was cut short at the young age of 20 in the Amtrak Train #188 crash of May 2015. Rabbi Boruch Ber Bender, president and founder of Achiezer, presented a beautiful painting of Justin to his parents.

Rabbi Bender related how people like the Zemsers give the Achiezer team the chizuk to make it through the difďŹ cult days. â&#x20AC;&#x153;A couple like the Zemsers,â&#x20AC;? he explained, â&#x20AC;&#x153;who experienced the indescribable pain of losing their only child, remained strong and, despite the horriďŹ c pain they endured, remained focused on kovod hameis and prompt burial. Now [they] spend their days connecting with G-d [and they] show us all how tragedy will not overtake us.â&#x20AC;?

Throughout the program, the dinner attendees were honored to be addressed by several notable people, including Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder, who addressed the crowd on behalf of the many elected ofďŹ cials in attendance. â&#x20AC;&#x201D;From Achiezer Look for more photos in The Jewish Star next week.

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On Sunday night, an unprecedented and incredible evening of tribute took place at the Sands Atlantic Beach. 1,500 people â&#x20AC;&#x201D; young and old, rabbonim, elected ofďŹ cials and community members from all walks of life, koined together in unity.

Those in attendance came bearing the very same testimony: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Achiezer is there for our community, guiding everyone who needs assistance throughout every step of the way.â&#x20AC;? Whether matching people with the proper referrals, directing community members to the proper doctors for the treatment they desperately need, coordinating meals and driving assistance, crisis management, emotional and ďŹ nancial support, and so on, Achiezer is the communityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s one-stop resource.

In a stirring program that lasted just under an hour, the gathering honored Ben Weinstock, Shlomo and Raizy Hackel, Dr. Deborah Dienstag. and Eliahu and Chaia Frishman, and celebrated the efforts of all those involved with Achiezer.

With its dinner theme of â&#x20AC;&#x153;We Are All Achiezer,â&#x20AC;? Achiezer showed a ďŹ lm, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Drama in Real Life,â&#x20AC;? that featured heartfelt accounts of community members whose lives have been touched

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of George Soros who opBy Ed Weintrob erates his own private inThe special election to vestment fund and philanďŹ ll Dean Skelosâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; state Senthoropic enterprise. ate seat turned this week There has been no on the relationship of the suggstion of a direct concandidates and their ponection by George Soros to litical parties to BDS and J the Kaminsky campaign.

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Meanwhile, a social media cam- Washington-based group that is sponded sharply to the social mepaign was seeking to tie the Dem- widely viewed by advocates for the dia campaign thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been trying to ocratic candidate, Assemblyman Jewish state as antagonistic to Is- raise doubts about his commitment Todd Kaminsky of Long Beach, to raeli interests. The Kaminsky Sen- to Israel. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not going to ďŹ nd a more George Soros, an anti-Zionist bil- ate campaign accepted an $11,000 lionaire philanthropist. Soros and contribution (the largest permit- staunch supporter for Israel than I members of his family have been ted) from Jonathan Soros, a son am,â&#x20AC;? he said. Continued on page 19

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Working with brides inspired her to create the Perfect Matches board game, now sold in Judaica stores around the world, to help newly engaged and married couples get to know each other better.

Lieber shared her top ten tips on how to make and keep a local business strong. First, she suggested, never give up. Second, take risks, leave no stone unturned. Third, ask for help, and network. Fourth, keep your eyes and ears open all the time. Fifth, have emunah, remember you are not in charge.

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Biz women network in Lawrence

By Celia Weintrob Seventy local women dined together last Wednesday, helping each other overcome business hurdles and hearing advice from the Aussie Gourmet.

The networking event, at Coffee Bar on Central Avenue in Lawrence, marked the ďŹ rst anniversary of the Five Towns/Far Rockaway chapter of Jewish Women Entrepreneurs.

Joy Glicker Lieber was named entrepreneur of the year for her accomplishments running the Bridal Secrets shop and Nip & Tuck alterations, at 415 Central Avenue in Cedarhurst.

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He doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t expect to draw a massive audience during halftime â&#x20AC;&#x201D; his broadcast will be carried on the Nachum Segal app and at NachumSegal.com â&#x20AC;&#x201D; but â&#x20AC;&#x153;weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re making a statement, people can enjoy it at any timeâ&#x20AC;? by ďŹ nding it in the Nachum Segal Network archives.

Segalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s halftime show will be taped the night before the game, starting at 9 pm motzei Shabbos, before a live audience at the Teaneck Dog House kosher sports restaurant.

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Hashem had accepted their teshuvah.

In this regard, Fiorettaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;authority was equal to that of men,â&#x20AC;? Abramson pointed out. This versatile woman â&#x20AC;&#x153;was well versed in the Mishna, Zohar and Torah, and gave classes behind a mechitza to men. There were many possibilities for women at that time.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;The fellowship was quite concerned with the status of women,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Even the smallContinued on page 22

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ed deputy mayor after Benjamin Weinstock became mayor following the death of Andrew Parise last year, has been on the village board since 2001. Prior to that, he served on the villageâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Board of Zoning Appeals for three years. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was born and raised in Cedarhurst and [have] seen the village evolve,â&#x20AC;? Lanzilotta said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s all about giving back to this great community and keeping on top of complaints.â&#x20AC;?

Zisman, 77, a trustee since 2006, moved to Cedarhurst in 1982 from Brooklyn, where she was involved in city politics. She was a member of the zoning appeals board before

she became a trustee. She also has been the villageâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s representative to the Town-Village Aircraft Safety and Noise Abatement Committee. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is my village. I love it,â&#x20AC;? Zisman said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not ready to retire.â&#x20AC;?

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She said: â&#x20AC;&#x153;I grew up in a strong Jewish household. It was a kosher home. We went to Shabbat services regularly and for all Jewish holidays.â&#x20AC;?

Observation: Jewish education and Jewish observance do not automatically transmit fundamental Jewish values.

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screens, LEDs, motors and sound units to stores such as Target and Best Buy. His parents, Burg said â&#x20AC;&#x201D; his father, Rabbi Melvin Burg, and his mother, Pearl â&#x20AC;&#x201D; were civically involved. His mother worked for former NYC Councilman Noach Dear. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I am involved in my shul, and now I want to be involved in the community,â&#x20AC;? said Burg, who, like

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On Tuesday, voters in Cedarhurst village will cast ballots for two trustees in the first contested election since 1989. The voting will take place at Village Hall, at 200 Cedarhurst Ave., from 7 am to 9 pm.

Incumbent Trustees Ronald Lanzilotta and Myrna Zisman, running under the Citizenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Party banner, are being challenged by Daniel Burg and Yoel Goldfeder, who are running together for the Village United Party.

It is an at-large election, meaning that the two candidates who collect the most votes will win. The trustee seats have four-year terms.

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hen is anti-Semitism not anti-Semitism? When propounded by the BDS (Boycott, Disinvestment, Sanctions) movement against Israel, this perverted hatred, dressed up as social justice, is not necessarily seen as such.

A panel discussion last month at an American Jewish Press Association event in California offered a touching, naive â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and dangerous â&#x20AC;&#x201D; insight into the mentality of a Jewish BDS proponent.

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The eyes of America are on Iowa as the state prepares to host the ďŹ rst-in-the-nation primary caucuses next Monday night.

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By Celia Weintrob On Rosh Chodesh Shevat, women who attended the Ohel Sara Amen Group in Lawrence enjoyed a lecture by the witty and informative Dr. Henry Abramson about the contribution of women to the Kabbalistic fellowship in Tzfat.

Identifying himself as a â&#x20AC;&#x153;specialist in the history of ideas,â&#x20AC;? Abramson, dean of the Lander College of Arts and Sciences at Touro College in Flatbush, explained why Tzfat was important as a major incubator of ideas. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Tzfat, a sleepy little town in the 16th century, never mentioned in the Tanach, experienced an explosion of Jewish spirituality,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It went from zero to 100 miles per hour over the course of about 80 yearsâ&#x20AC;? before dying out. But it affected Judaism for the next 400 years. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It would be like having 100 Nobel Prize winners living here in [Lawrence zip code] 11559. Imagine running into them at Seasons! Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what Tzfat was like.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Most women in Tzfat were as literate as their husbands, except it may have been in Portuguese or Spanish rather than Hebrew,â&#x20AC;? but there are few documented records of womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s voices in the fellowship, mostly hazy glimpses, Abramson said.

However, much is known about Francesca Sarah Fioretta of Modena, who was thought to have had prophetic abilities and was a dream interpreter. After dreaming that all of Tzfat would be destroyed by earthquakes and plagues, the rabbis coordinated a three day community-wide fast, which was followed by another dream that

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By Ed Weintrob While not every observant Jew is a football fanatic, those who are will join one of Americaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s largest television audiences on Sunday, Feb. 7, to watch the Carolina Panthers face the Denver Broncos in Super Bowl 50 at Leviâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Stadium in Santa Clara, California.

Even if the rough-and-tumble of the big game may be suitable viewing, much of the heavily-hyped and televised halftime show â&#x20AC;&#x201D; this year featuring Coldplay and Beyonce â&#x20AC;&#x201D; is not.

With that in mind, Nachum Segal, Jewish Americaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s leading broadcaster, three years ago began offering a kosher alternative during halftime.

For this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Kosher Halftime Show,â&#x20AC;? Segalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s headliner will be Jewish musical superstar Lipa.

Segal conceded that while some would argue that watching football is not an entirely appropriate activity, â&#x20AC;&#x153;the majority is excited about sports and appreciates a good football game.â&#x20AC;?

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By Vanessa Parker When Craig Smulevitz arrived at his Oxford Road home in Cedarhurst after a double shift as a paramedic and a Mount Sinai Hospital patient-transfer center employee in the early evening on March 7, he was shocked at what he saw drawn in chalk on the sidewalk in front of his house Initially Smulevitz thought it was an isolated incident. Then a swastika was drawn outside another house up the street later that same night. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s bizarre and uncomfortable,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There is an anxiety because of Israel and what is happening there. My family elsewhere is very nervous.â&#x20AC;?

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Singer would know. A survivor of the bombing on the No. 14 bus in Jerusalem on June 11, 2003, she has dealt with her share of personal trauma. Nearly 13 years later, she still poignantly recalls the scene of an 18-year-old Palestinian terrorist boarding the bus she was riding and detonating a bomb near her, killing 16 people and injuring more than 100. Singer was sitting by the window in the last row of the ďŹ rst secContinued on page 2

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By Maayan Jaffe-Hoffman, JNS.org Our social media feeds are clogged with news of terror attacks. One person is killed, another injured. We shed a tear during an Internet recap of the funeral. Then we forget and move on. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In the U.S., after the Boston [Marathon] bombing [in 2013], people watched the news, but then they just went back to their daily lives. For them, life goes back to normal,â&#x20AC;? says Sarri Singer, founder and director of Strength to Strength, a non-proďŹ t organization that brings bereaved family members and victims of terror from around

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By Stephen M. Flatow, JNS.org Last weekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s deaths of seven Hamas terrorists in the collapse of a tunnel they were digging coincided with complaints by residents of an Israeli town near Gaza that underground digging has come so close to their homes that they have felt their ďŹ&#x201A;oors shake.

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By The Jewish Star For Lipa Schmeltzer, the megastar who will headline Nachum Segalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Kosher Half-Time Showâ&#x20AC;? this weekend, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a philosophical message in the mid-Super Bowl event. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I like the word â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;kosher half-timeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; because to me kosher and Judaism is always to celebrate, even when itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s imperfection,â&#x20AC;? Lipa said on Segalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s JM in the AM radio program. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Even when itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s only halftime, even when you feel you reached half a goal you celebrate.â&#x20AC;?

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By Jeff Dunetz, Jewish Star columnist In one fell swoop on Tuesday, a quarter century of standard language about Israel by either party was tossed out and new GOP platform language adopted which places Republican Party squarely behind the unity of Jerusalem, against BDS and in favor of removing the label of â&#x20AC;&#x153;occupierâ&#x20AC;? from Israel.

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by South Carolina delegate Alan Clemmons, was adopted with a standing ovation by the Platform Committee and tears from some of those in the audience.

The new platform language keeps a previous reference to Jerusalem as Israelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s capital, but not as a shared city. The new wording emphasizes that â&#x20AC;&#x153;we recognize Jerusalem as the eternal and indivisible capital of the Jewish state, and call for the American embassy to be moved there in fulďŹ llment of U.S. law.â&#x20AC;?

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Bill Rothchild served as assistant director of development of AMIT from 2008 to 2014.

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in Great Neck; and Sami Schindelheim from AMITâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Daroma Chapter in Long Beach.

Braunstein, a graduate of the Midreshet AMIT, the organizationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s seminary in Jerusalem for post-high school women, presented the dvar Torah. She shared her personal story on the profound impact her year at Midreshet AMIT had and how it shaped the person she is today.

In addition, Sharon and Bill Rothchild, residents of Cedarhurst and members of the

Israel Hayom via JNS.org IDF tanks struck targets in the northern Gaza Strip on Wednesday, after a Gazan rocket landed on a residential street in the southern city of Sderot. No injuries were reported in the rocket attack, though paramedics treated bystanders for shock and a nearby house and car suffered damage.

The rocket attack came after a calm Rosh Hashana holiday. Following the IDFâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s retaliatory strike, Hamas ordered its operatives to leave their posts in western Gaza City.

The Islamic State-affiliated Ahfad alSahaba-Aknaf Bayt al-Maqdis terrorist group claimed responsibility for the rocket attack, though Israel holds Hamas responsible for all attacks launched from the Gaza Strip, which it controls.

Magen David Adom paramedics were among the first to arrive at the scene in Sderot. They reported glass shards from car windows scattered near the impact site.

A 15-year-old girl and a 60-year-old man were treated for panic attacks they suffered as a result of the strike.

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That was the goal of some congressional Whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s right?

As Kaine noted, Israelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s military brass has as- sanctions backers, particularly among Repubsessed that the deal has stopped Iran from ad- licans. The goal of the Obama administration, vancing toward a nuclear bomb â&#x20AC;&#x201D; but missing and some of its Democratic backers, was to put in place U.S. sanctions as a means of undergirdfrom his citations is the â&#x20AC;&#x153;for now.â&#x20AC;?

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those themes is anti-Semitism, which has had a presence throughout most of the current campaign cycle. Both candidates have had to deal with it. And both of them have done so in different ways.

Letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s consider Hillary Clinton ďŹ rst. Some readers will remember that during her speech to the AIPAC convention back in March, Clinton delivered a rousing message of support to Jewish students confronting anti-Semitism and anti-Zionism on university campuses. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I hope you stay strong,â&#x20AC;? she told them. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Keep speaking out. Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t let anyone siContinued on page 6

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mortalsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;the public will regard everything she says and does as a test of her basic integrity.

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s clear that many Americans regard the November face-off with Donald Trump as involving the selection of the least troubling candidate. In terms of making a decision in the voting booth, we will need to rely, perhaps to a greater extent than we would normally be comfortable with, on the public statements and on-the-record positions of both candidates, as well as on their reactions to the broader themes underlying this election.

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emocratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton is hardly in a happy place at the moment. Now that sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s avoided federal prosecution for compromising national security through her use of a private email serverâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;a breathtaking turn of fortune that, critics say, would be denied to lesser

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By Deborah Fineblum, JNS.org Inviting tomorrowâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s doctors to fall in love with Israel today.

Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the idea behind the American Physicians Fellowship for Medicine (APF), a specialized track within the Taglit-Birthright Israel program offering free trips to Israel for Jews ages 18â&#x20AC;&#x201C;26. For 11 years, APF has been showing tomorrowâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s medical professionals from across North America the Israel most of them have only seen in news reportsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;while creating memories, loyalties, and friendships designed to last a lifetime. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been to Russia and England, but when I met Israelis, especially the soldiers, the conversations were somehow personal as soon as we met,â&#x20AC;? said 22-year-old Brittany Bunkis, among 39 participants who returned from their APF experience last month.

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Analysis by Ron Kampeas, JTA Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump did not shake hands, and then they did. The Republican nominee called his rival the devil and said he would jail her. Clinton said that three minutes of a 2005 video in which Trump bragged about committing what constitutes sexual assault â&#x20AC;&#x153;represents exactly who he is.â&#x20AC;? He said it was â&#x20AC;&#x153;locker room talkâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x201D; pressed hard by a moderator â&#x20AC;&#x201D; said he did not commit the acts that he claimed in the video.

Those â&#x20AC;&#x153;highlightsâ&#x20AC;? from the debate are strewn throughout social media and were making headlines on Monday. But sown throughout Sunday eveningâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s presidential debate at Washington University in St. Louis, already dubbed the most intensely negative in modern history, were notes of substance and tone. Jewish and pro-Israel readers may want to heed a number of them.

Donald Trump mentioned Iran, often.

Trump slammed the Iran nuclear deal three times, emphatically, as had his running mate, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, in his debate last week with the Democratic vice presidential candidate, Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia.

The deal has become the Trump campaignâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s exhibit A in depicting the Obama administration as a foreign policy failure.

On Sunday night, Trump called it â&#x20AC;&#x153;the dumbest deal perhaps Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve ever seen in the history of deal-makingâ&#x20AC;? and again said it converted Iran within three years from a weak nation to a powerful one.

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tween Torah Learning and Torah Living? And If So, How Can We Connect Them? A Focus on Middosâ&#x20AC;? (published by Hakirah: The Flatbush Journal of Jewish Law and Thought).

With that as background, Mosheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s statement about being able to instruct children is actually profound. We tend to focus on our own connection to Judaism, and leave our childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s connection to their rebbeim and morahs. But Moshe does not say here, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Leave your childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s education in othersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; hands.â&#x20AC;? He says it is YOUR job.

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ing Israeli settlers as termites, his initial comments had referred to â&#x20AC;&#x153;corrosive settlement policiesâ&#x20AC;? that â&#x20AC;&#x153;undermine the ability of all citizens in the region to enjoy healthy, peaceful lives in safe communities.â&#x20AC;?

In his speech at the Philadelphia event, Johnson said that Jews are appropriating land that belonged to Palestinian â&#x20AC;&#x153;ancestors.â&#x20AC;? He also compared Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman to Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The fact is the Israeli government, which is the most right-wing government ever to exist in the state of Israel in its history â&#x20AC;Ś you got a guy like Trump who is now the minister of defense in Israel calling the shots on defense,â&#x20AC;? Johnson said. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; JNS.org

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Following the report and a request from the Anti-Defamation League to retract his statement, Johnson tweeted, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Poor choice of words â&#x20AC;&#x201D; apologies for offense. Point is settlement activity continues slowly undermine 2-state solution.â&#x20AC;?

The National Jewish Democratic Council argued that Johnsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s apology fell short, tweeting at the lawmaker, â&#x20AC;&#x153;@ RepHankJohnson, To refer to Jews as â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;termitesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; is deeply offensive and dehumanizing. Not just a â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;poor choice of words.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s dangerous.â&#x20AC;?

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Rabbi Avraham Fridman, general studies principal of Yeshiva of South Shore in Hewlett, was chosen to represent the interests of yeshivas and day schools at the ESSA Non-Public School Workgroup. He travelled to Albany the day after Rosh Hashana together with Sara Seligson of the Jewish Education Project and Avrohom Weinstock of Agudath Israel, where they met with officials of New York State Department of Education to discuss the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) governing K-12 education across the nation.

An important aspect of the law requires a higher level of accountability and participation by the local school districts in providing

private school students with mandated special education and related services.

To ensure that the local school districts are adhering to the new requirements of ESSA, the law has provisions requiring proper reporting by the districts and private schools.

The state education department has created the ESSA Non-Public School Workgroup to help NYSED develop the processes by which practices will meet the new requirements of this law. NYSED chose 27 public and nonpublic school representatives who will be meeting in Albany on a monthly basis.

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and the state of Israel at the U.N. and elsewhere, and reports suggest that more anti-Israel action at the U.N. will follow the U.S. elections.

In the UNESCO action, its executive board formally approved a resolution on Tuesday that denies a Jewish connection to the Old City of Jerusalem. The approval came five days after the resolution passed in a preliminary vote of the executive board, at which point there were 24 in favor and 6 against, with 26 countries abstaining. The United States, the United Kingdom and Germany were among those that voted against the resolution. They were joined by Lithuania, the Netherlands and Estonia. Other European countries abstained.

On Monday, Mexico changed its vote from â&#x20AC;&#x153;in favorâ&#x20AC;? to abstain, saying in a statement, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Changing the vote reiterates the recognition that the government of Mexico gives to the undeniable link of the Jewish people to cultural heritage located in East Jerusalem. It also reflects the deep appreciation that this government has for the Jewish community and in particular for their significant contributions to the welfare and economic, social and cultural development of Mexico.â&#x20AC;?

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the first time since 2010 that Mexico opposed a proposal by the Palestinian-Arab bloc in UNESCO. However, Mexico fired its Jewish ambassador to UNESCO, Andre Roemer, after Roemer walked out of last weekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s preliminary vote in a personal protest, leaving his deputy to cast Mexicoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s vote. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sadly, the ambassador to UNESCO was sacrificed, but it meant a change to the perennial tradition of following the vote of the Latin American bloc, which passed an absurd and biased resolution by a majority,â&#x20AC;? wrote Jewish Mexican news portal Enlace Judio.

The UNESCO resolution reportedly refers to the Temple Mount several times as Al Haram Al Sharif, its Islamic name, without mentioning that it is the holiest site in Judaism, according to UN Watch. It also uses the term Buraq Plaza, placing Western Wall Plaza in quotes, appearing to deny a Jewish connection to the site. The Tomb of the Patriarchs in Hebron is referred to as the al-aram al-Ibrahimi; Rachelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Tomb, outside Bethlehem, is noted as the Bilal ibn Raba Mosque.

Following the vote, Israel suspended cooperation with UNESCO. Education Minister Naftali Bennett accused it of ignoring â&#x20AC;&#x153;thousands of years of Jewish ties to Jerusalemâ&#x20AC;? and aiding â&#x20AC;&#x153;Islamist terror.â&#x20AC;?

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The Jewish Star Just as a phantasmagoric United Nations vote that the sun rises in the west and sets in the south would be ignored by thinking people, the latest anti-Israel vote by UNESCO (the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) would be better written about in satirical prose than discussed seriously in mainstream and Jewish media.

But UNESCOâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s harebrained repudiaton both of established history and G-dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s words to his holy nation is too toxic to ignore.

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During a speech at an anti-Israel event in Philadelphia, site of the Democratic National Convention, Georgia Rep. Hank Johnson said that â&#x20AC;&#x153;there has been a steady [stream], almost like termites can get into a residence and eat before you know that youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been eaten up and you fall in on yourself, there has been settlement activity that has marched forward with impunity and at an ever-increasing rate to the point where it has become alarming.â&#x20AC;?

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primaries, Trump said the agreement was a bad one, but was coy about whether he would rescind it, saying he would first consult experts once he was in office. It wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t a foreign policy priority like renegotiating trade deals or walling off Mexico.

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Facing intense pressure from liberal quarters â&#x20AC;&#x201D; including from some students and alumni of Ramaz, the Upper East Side Jewish day school he led for decades â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Rabbi Haskel Lookstein declined an invitation to deliver a benediction at this weekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Republican National Convention in Cleveland.

The Republican National Committee sparked the rhubarb when it included Rabbi Lookstein â&#x20AC;&#x201D; who worked with Ivanka Trump on her conversion â&#x20AC;&#x201D; in a list of speakers, without specifying that his role would have been to deliver an invocation. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Like my father before me, I have never been involved in politics,â&#x20AC;?

Rabbi Lookstein said in a statement to the Ramaz School and Kehilath Jeshurun family. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Politics divides people. My life has been devoted to uniting a community â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Ahavat Yisrael and ahavat ha-adam.â&#x20AC;?

This is the prayer Rabbi Lookstein said he had intended to deliver: Rabbi Chanina, the Deputy High Priest, said: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Pray for the welfare of the government â&#x20AC;&#x201D; for were it not for respect for it, people would swallow one another alive.â&#x20AC;?

Eternal G-d: We thank you for this blessed nation that for 240 years has translated into reality the Biblical command to â&#x20AC;&#x153;proclaim liberty throughout the land for all the inhabitants thereof.â&#x20AC;?

We thank you for our constitutional government that has created and fostered the American ideals of democracy, freedom, justice and equality for all, regardless of race, religion or national origin.

Almighty G-d: We know that we are living in very dangerous times, when all of these blessings are threatened from without, by forces of terror and unimaginable brutality, and from within, by those who sow the seeds of bigotry, hatred and violence, putting our lives and our way of life at risk.

And so we pray, Dear G-d: Help us to form a government which will protect us with sound strategy and steady strength; which will unite us with words of wisdom and acts of compassion; and which will thereby bring peace and harmony, safety and well-being to our beloved America and to all of humankind.

And let us all say, Amen.

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They contribute more than others to campaigns, and they vote more than others,â&#x20AC;? he said.

Will conďŹ&#x201A;icted Jewish voters choose Clinton or Trump?

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(UNSC), one of the six principle organs of the UN. The council is empowered to establish peacekeeping operations, place international sanctions, and authorize military action. â&#x20AC;&#x153;For 68 years, we have been a full member of the United Nations in writing, but this privilege has not been actualized,â&#x20AC;? Israeli Ambassador to the UN Danny Danon told JNS.org. â&#x20AC;&#x153;For 68 years, we have been on the fringes and for 68 years we have worked so hard for our chance to make a sincere difference, and to head a committee at the United Nations General Assembly.â&#x20AC;?

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always hoped to reframe this period of Jewish mourning into one of hope and change, highlighting that all of the prophets and sages of Israel have predicted the eventual peaceful rebuilding of the Temple in Jerusalem. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Temple service represents the purest connection between man and our Creator,â&#x20AC;? said Rabbi Chaim Richman, international director of the Temple Institute. â&#x20AC;&#x153;One third of the Torahâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s commandments pertain to the Holy Temple service.â&#x20AC;?

The institute is seeking to raise $75,000 for this project through Indiegogo.com.

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While this will likely constitute a review of the obvious for women in the Orthodox community, Shabbos Projectâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s goal is to encourage kiruv, with observant Jews using this special weekend to offer less religious relatives, friends and colleagues a taste of Shabbos. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was moved to tears at the sight of 1,000 women dancing, singing, and baking challah together,â&#x20AC;? said Teri Gatti Schure, executive director of the Cedarhurst Business Improvement District, who participated in a previous Challah Bake.

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Participants will learn the historical significance of this delicious bread as they prepare and braid two challahs. Admission, $36, includes baking supplies, instructions, musical entertainment, an apron, raffle prizes, and a recipe book.

Thursday nightâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Great Challah Bake is a precursor to the Shabbos Project weekend, on Friday and Saturday, Nov. 11 and 12, a coordinated event taking place concurrently in 500 cities around the world. Guidelines on how to observe the Sabbath will be distributed at the Challah Bake, showing how easy it is to do.

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In a fun evening of Jewish unity, over 1,000 South Shore women will partake next week in the aromatic spiritual tradition of making challah together. Similar events are scheduled throughout the metropolitan area and around the world.

The third annual Great Challah Bake â&#x20AC;&#x201D; kicking off the annual international Shabbos Project weekend â&#x20AC;&#x201D; is set for Thursday, Nov. 10, 6:45 pm, at the Sands Atlantic Beach.

Last yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s bake attracted a large and diverse group of local Jewish women: businesswomen, mothers of school children, daughters of Holocaust survivors, women with little or no knowledge of Jewish ritual tradition, ladies who bake their own challah regularly, and everyone in between. Many brought their daughters, sisters, mothers, aunts, nieces and cousins with them.

This yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s theme is â&#x20AC;&#x153;keeping it together,â&#x20AC;? tying together this ancient practice that all Jews enjoy taking part in.

1,000 women expected at Sands Atlantic Beach on Thursday evening, Nov. 10

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Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not going to suggest that itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s unimportant who you vote for â&#x20AC;&#x201D; of course, that does matter very much. But opinions in our community are mostly set, and at The Jewish Star we prefer to facilitate discussions rather than thumb the scale.

What we will say without equivocation, however, is this: It is paramount to our communityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s interests that we vote on Tuesday.

Whoever wins the White House â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and also of great importance, whoever wins the many state and local legislative and judicial races on the Election Day card â&#x20AC;&#x201D; must be reminded that we in the Orthodox communities on Long Island take our civic responsibilities seriously, that we follow the races and monitor the actions of our elected officials, and that we will respond if the issues we hold dear are ignored or mishandled.

Whether the issue is continuing Americaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s long tradition (sometimes threatened) of support for the security of the Jewish state of Israel, or insuring a fair shake for yeshivas in the allocation of state aid, or facilitating hearings for Shabbos observers who face discrimination in employment, or a myriad other concerns, voting might be the surest way â&#x20AC;&#x201D; itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s certainly the easiest way â&#x20AC;&#x201D; to let the pols know weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re watching them.

Ultimately, Israelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s safety, along with the solvency of our yeshivas and the success of our parnasa, rests with Hashem. But we each have a job to do. On Tuesday, that job is to vote.

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The Temple Institute in Jerusalem plans to open the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first school to teach Kohanim all of the practical skills required to serve in the Third Holy Temple.

The curriculum at Nezer HaKodesh will include courses on the Temple service, theory and practice, and the role and application of modern technology in the Third Temple. For example, courses such as The Sacred Temple Vessels: Aspects of Engineering and Design, and The Mathematics of the Holy Temple, will be taught.

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By Sean Savage, JNS.org With the United Nations long panned for harboring deep anti-Israel bias, Israelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s position within the international organization has often been deemed hopeless.

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I couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t stop laughing when I saw the article, not because of the absurd nature of the charges â&#x20AC;&#x201D; that Jewish students were somehow intimidating and silencing proPalestinian student activists just by virtue of speaking up about their own intimidation â&#x20AC;&#x201D; I laughed because of the accompanying photograph. In one concise image, it revealed the utter disingenuousness of the thousand words that followed.

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Roughly six out of 10 Americans dislike both candidates to some degree, according to a poll conducted last month for NBC News.

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;A vote for Hillary Clinton should be considered by people who are conservative on Israel policy,â&#x20AC;? Rabbi Billet said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If she gets our vote and wins, perhaps we will have an opportunity to hold her accountable to our concerns.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;People like Rabbi Hain who are uncompromisingly in Israelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s corner on both sides of the Green Line and who want a strong and secure Israel are doing a service in advocating for Mrs. Clinton,â&#x20AC;? Rabbi Billet said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If she is elected,

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By The Jewish Star Two of the leading Modern Orthodox rabbis in the Five Towns, Hershel Billet and Kenneth Hain, published articles the days leading up to the election in which they expressed support for Hillary Clinton over Donald Trump and urged a moderation in the level of angry discourse.

After Rabbi Hain, of Congregation Beth Shalom in Lawrence, wrote in the Jerusalem Post that â&#x20AC;&#x153;our country, and our Jewish community, would be fortunate to have Clinton serve as our next president,â&#x20AC;? he was criticized, often in intemperate terms, in social media channels.

Rabbi Billet, of the Young Israel of Woodmere, rose to Rabbi Hainâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s defense in a long Facebook post in which he discussed the complexity of an election campaign being fought in the wake of â&#x20AC;&#x153;eight dark years of President Obama.â&#x20AC;?

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Rabbi Chanina, the Deputy High Priest, said: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Pray for the welfare of the government, for were it not for respect for it, people would swallow one another alive.â&#x20AC;?

Eternal G-d: We thank you for this blessed nation that for 240 years has translated into reality the Biblical command to â&#x20AC;&#x153;proclaim liberty throughout the land for all the inhabitants thereof.â&#x20AC;?

We thank you for our constitutional government that has created and fostered the American ideals of democracy, freedom, justice and equality for all, regardless of race, religion or national origin.

Almighty G-d: We know that we are living in very dangerous times, when all of these blessings are threatened from without, by forces of terror and unimaginable brutality, and from within, by those who sow the seeds of bigotry, hatred and violence, putting our lives and our way of life at risk.

And so we pray, Dear G-d: Help us to form a government which will protect us with sound strategy and steady strength; which will unite us with words of wisdom and acts of compassion; and which will thereby bring peace and harmony, safety and well-being to our beloved America and to all of humankind.

And let us all say, Amen.

This is the benediction that Rabbi Haskel Lookstein, spiritual leader of Kehilath Jeshurun, a Modern Orthodox shul on the Upper East Side and rabbi to Ivanka, daughter of President-Elect Trump, wrote for last summerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Republican National Convention.

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Continued from page 11 ship race. Sen. Bernie Sanders appointed Israel critics James Zogby and Cornel West to the party’s platform committee. West is an activist in the anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement.

Minnesota Rep. Keith Ellison emerged as and remains a candidate for chairman of the Democratic National Committee. Ellison’s bid has been met with significant Jewish opposition — including from some Democrats — due to his vocal congressional support for the Palestinian cause, his urging of increased U.S. pressure on Israel and his past ties with antiSemitic activist Louis Farrakhan.

The Republican Party, meanwhile, in July reinstated language endorsing an “undivided” Jerusalem into the party’s platform, a tone that could be reinforced by the incoming Trump administration’s stated intention of moving America’s Israeli embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.

Action at northern border Israeli forces killed four fighters from the Islamic State-affiliated Yarmouk Martyrs Brigade in November after the terrorists had fired at Israeli soldiers in the Golan Heights border region. The exchange drew significant attention because it was the first report of an Islamic State attack on Israel from Syria during the nearly six-year-old Syrian civil war.

Earlier in the year, Israel moved to assert its sovereignty over the Golan Heights, a region the Jewish state has controlled for 50 years but which is still considered disputed territory by the international community. In April, in response to the circulation of draft talking points in U.N.-sponsored Syria peace talks that featured a call on Israel to return the Golan

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to Syria, the Israeli government’s ministerial cabinet chose to hold its weekly meeting in the Golan in order to affirm Israel’s sovereignty in the area.

All the while, Israel kept a watchful eye on the activity of the Iranian-funded Lebanese terror group Hezbollah, which has been increasing its military presence near the Syrian border with Israel in order to support Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s regime in the civil war. The Israel Defense Forces estimates that about 120,000 Hezbollah rockets are aimed at Israel, but the terror group is still reportedly preoccupied with the conflict in Syria.

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Assessing Iran deal’s fallout One year after the July 2015 signing of the nuclear agreement between Iran and the P5+1 powers — including the U.S., with the Obama administration brokering the deal — mixed reactions lingered.

“In terms of compliance with the deal itself, I think it is going very well,” Dalia Dassa Kaye, director of the Center for Middle East Public Policy at the Rand Corporation, told JNS.org in July 2016. “Basically, the bargain was Iran rolling back of key elements of the nuclear program in exchange for sanctions relief — those two key aspects of the deal have been met.”

But Ilan Berman, vice president of the American Foreign Policy Council think tank, said that while the deal is “holding for now,” the agreement has “not fundamentally changed Iranian behavior,” alluding to Iran’s continued military buildup, support for terrorist organizations and hostility toward Israel and the U.S. In August, Iranian state television broadcast live images of Russian-made, highly advanced S-300 surface-to-air missiles being transported by trucks to the Fordo nuclear facility south of Tehran. The move by Iran to further fortify one of its most secretive nuclear sites raised doubts about the country’s commitment to the nuclear deal.

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Attacks persist as terror abates The months-long wave of Palestinian terrorism that began in September 2015 in Israel, commonly known as the “knife intifada” because many of the attacks were stabbings, began to wane in March and April 2016.

But the relative silence was shattered April 18 when a bomb detonated on Egged Bus 12 in Jerusalem injured 21 people.

In June, four Israelis were killed and an additional seven were wounded in a Palestinian terrorist shooting at the popular Sarona food and retail market in Tel Aviv.

The wave of fires In November, a massive wave of wildfires in Israel caused an estimated $520 million in damage. For eight days, firefighters battled 90 fires in 1,773 locations, with the largest blazes occurring in Haifa.

Eight-hundred of that city’s apartments were rendered uninhabitable, leaving 1,700 people homeless. More than 32,000 acres of land across Israel were destroyed.

Israeli Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan said that between 40 and 50 percent of the fires were the result of arson, marking the emergence of a new form of Palestinian terrorism.

The international community, including several of Israel’s Arab and Muslim allies, was instrumental in helping the Jewish state combat the flames. Egypt, Jordan, Azerbaijan and Turkey all sent firefighting equipment to Israel. The Palestinian Authority also pitched in by sending fire trucks to Israel, representing a rare moment of Israeli-Palestinian solidarity.

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By Dawn Lerman, The Nosher via JTA I was the only person in Miss Duckler’s kindergarten class without a sibling. I had wished so long for a sister. But I had also wished on a star for a Baby Alive doll, and that never came true.

So when my Aunt Jeannie picked me up from school and shared the birth of my sister April, I couldn’t believe it. I started cheering and skipping in circles. “I have a sister, I have a sister!”

As we drove off in her silver Cadillac Eldorado, I was dying with anticipation. I wanted to see what April looked like, hold her, and be one of the first voices she heard. Breaking the news that we would have to wait till morning before we could go to the hospital, Aunt Jeannie pulled out a bag of her just baked chocolate chip mandel bread.

“They’re still warm,” she said, trying to comfort me.

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When we arrived at her house, she led me to her secret freezer — “the just in case” — hidden in the back of the basement and only to be opened on very, very special occasions. It was stocked with decorative cookies and cakes that we feasted on. When my belly was full, she taught me how to measure, whip, and separate eggs so we could restock for future festivities.

She also taught me the magic of transforming recipes using swaps from her bag of tricks, even though I never saw an actual bag.

“If you are missing a couple of ingredients and can’t get to the store, or if you wanted to lighten the sugar, butter or dairy content in a recipe to make it a little healthier and a little more waistline friendly, I have all the tricks!” my aunt boasted.

When I left Aunt Jeannie’s house, I not only had a new baby sister, but several baking secrets — many of which were top secret and could be used for baking desserts on nights that meat was served.

Ingredients: 3 cups of flour (plus more for kneading) 1-1/2 teaspoons aluminum-free baking powder 1/4 teaspoon salt 3 eggs, beaten 1 cup sugar 1 cup melted butter or oil

2 teaspoons vanilla extract 1 teaspoon almond extract or orange juice 1/2 cup chocolate chips, semisweet Butter, oil or parchment paper for the baking sheet Directions: In a large bowl, mix together the flour, baking powder, and salt and set aside. In another bowl combine the beaten eggs and sugar until smooth. Whisk in the butter or oil, the vanilla extract, and the almond extract or orange juice and then pour into the dry ingredients

until it turns into dough. Then stir in the chocolate chips. Make into a large ball and chill in a glass bowl covered with plastic wrap in the refrigerator for 2 hours.

Grease a baking sheet or cover with parchment paper and preheat oven to 350 F. Remove the dough from the refrigerator and wait 5 minutes so the dough is more pliable. Coat your hands with flour and remove the dough from the bowl. Knead the dough and divide into 2 pieces. Form each piece into a roll about 3 inches wide. Place the rolls side by side onto the prepared baking sheet. They should stretch the length of the sheet. Bake 20 minutes at 350, until the rolls have started to turn brown. Then reduce the heat to 250 and bake for another 15 minutes.

Remove the rolls from the oven onto a rack.

Let cool about 10 minutes, until cool enough to handle. Then slice them diagonally about every 1/2 inch.

Return the cookies to the baking sheet and lay them flat. Return to the oven and bake until lightly golden, about 30 minutes at 250. Allow to cool completely on a wire rack before serving. The cookies will get crunchier as they cool. Yield: 28 biscuits.

Recipe reprinted with permission from My Fat Dad, A Memoir, of Food Love and Family with Recipes by Dawn Lerman.

‘Young’ Tel Aviv is Israel’s new ‘aliyah capital’

By Andrew Tobin, JTA TEL AVIV — Meet Daniel Rubin, in many ways the new face of aliyah.

Originally from Los Angeles, Rubin, 27, moved to Israel a decade ago to study at a Jerusalem yeshiva. In the following years he served in the Israeli army and bounced back and forth between Israel and the U.S. for college and work.

But last month, he and his wife made aliyah. They settled in Tel Aviv so he could found a startup and they could enjoy the coastal city’s Mediterranean lifestyle. The couple were among about 3,000 new immigrants who made this city home in 2016, helping Tel Aviv earn the title as the “aliyah capital” of Israel for the third straight year.

“Tel Aviv is young, Tel Aviv is fun, Tel Aviv is exciting,” Rubin told JTA. “And I’m from L.A., so I love the beach.”

Rubin’s story reflects recent trends in aliyah.

As the wave of immigrants from the former Soviet Union has ebbed since the 1990s, aliyah has reached historic lows.

Among those who have continued coming, a greater ratio have been from Western countries, and they have been more likely to choose to launch their Israel experience in big cities. Tel Aviv, the nation’s cultural capital, is now the favorite destination.

“Israel rescued millions of people from disadvantaged societies in Muslim countries and Eastern Europe,” said Sergio DellaPergola, a preeminent scholar of Jewish demography and migration.

“But today, Diaspora Jews are overwhelmingly free people, mostly employed and mostly urban. There are no more rural Jews, no more persecuted Jews in ghettos, and therefore the whole migration balance is totally different. Aliyah is voluntary and based on Israel’s capability to offer employment and a good life.”

Israel was largely built by Jews escaping persecution. In the 19th and 20th centuries, Russian pogroms, European anti-Semitism and Nazi persecution populated prestate and early Israel.

The country’s Jewish ranks swelled with consecutive floods of Jews fleeing the Middle East from the 1950s, Ethiopia from the 1970s and the former Soviet Union countries from the 1990s.

In recent years, anti-Semitism in France and war in Ukraine have contributed to another uptick in aliyah, with Russian immigration hitting a 10-year high in 2016. But the broader trend since the early 1990s is downward. Aliyah from the former Soviet Union has largely run its course -- after bringing almost a million immigrants to Israel -- and overall numbers have reached lows only seen before in the 1980s, data from Israel’s Central Bureau of Statistics shows.

Meanwhile, immigration to Israel from Western countries -mostly Europe and the United States -- has remained relatively steady. Therefore, new arrivals from the West now account for a much larger percentage of the total.

And apparently, Western Jews prefer big cities. Since 1989, no Israel city has attracted more than 4 percent of new immi-

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grants, with Tel Aviv — which is Israel’s second most populous city, after Jerusalem — getting just 3 percent. But in 2016, Tel Aviv was the destination for 12 percent of new immigrants. The next three most popular cities were Jerusalem (10 percent), Netanya (9 percent) and Haifa (8 percent), according to the Ministry of Immigration.

In interviews with about a dozen people who had recently made aliyah to Tel Aviv or were considering it, the city’s startup scene and liberal, cosmopolitan lifestyle were cited as the biggest draws.

After a year in Jerusalem, Rubin and his wife, Talia, 23, moved to Tel Aviv. They loved Jerusalem, Rubin said, and the modern Orthodox community in the capital. But only in Tel Aviv could he launch The Pub Hub, his startup that turns bars into co-working spaces during the day. He opened the first location last month on Rothschild Boulevard, the city’s most happening thoroughfare.

“The vibe here — the energy and the opportunities — you just can’t find anywhere else,” he said.

Israel weathered the global recession better than most countries, and Tel Aviv is its financial and business center. The Israeli economy has grown by an average of nearly 4 percent annually over the past 13 years, and unemployment has fallen almost to 5 percent.

Much credit goes to Israel’s startups. According to Tel Aviv’s municipal government, the city is home to about 1,450 of the country’s 5,000 early-stage companies, which is more than one

startup for every 300 residents -- the highest ratio of any city in the world. Many of those startups look to reach the international market, providing plenty of jobs for native English speakers.

Groups that seek to attract young people to Israel have recognized the opportunity. Birthright Israel, which brings young Jews to visit the country free of charge, started an entrepreneurship program this year in Tel Aviv called Excel Ventures. And Nefesh B’Nefesh, the aliyah services provider, is opening a new office in the city next month to cater to the growing number of American, Canadian and British immigrants.

What those interviewed seemed to most appreciate was Tel Aviv’s lifestyle — the cafes, the nightlife and the beaches, plus the prevalence of English speakers. Tel Aviv boasts 1,748 cafes, bars and nightclubs — one for every 230 residents — along with some 1,500 restaurants, according to the municipality.

Uri Gafni, an official for Birthright’s Excel, summed up the sentiment.

“Tel Aviv embodies many of the things these young professionals are looking for when they come to Israel — they want the nightlife and the bars and the beach and this delicate balance between lifestyle and work in an environment that is liberal and open to a variety of people from all over the world,” he said.

“I think it’s easier for secular Jews around the world to relate to Tel Aviv than to Jerusalem. It’s much sexier for Jews to hang out in Tel Aviv, where they can finish the day and go drink a beer on Rothschild.”

Although Tel Aviv is said to attract a secular crowd, a growing number of Orthodox Jews like Rubin are coming to the city, according to Nefesh B’Nefesh officials. Seventeen percent of the immigrants they helped make aliyah in the past two years were Orthodox, the agency’s numbers show — similar to the community’s representation in all of Israel.

The Tel Aviv municipality has made quality-of-life investments in recent years, such as introducing bike sharing, renovating the central Dizengoff Square to make it more pedestrian friendly and creating open-air markets. At the same time, it has branded Tel Aviv as a “world city,” perhaps most effectively with Pride Week, which attracted more than 200,000 revelers and a handful of American celebrities this year.

A downside of all this choice, from an aliyah perspective, is that people can also choose to leave. According to DellaPergola, many immigrants to Tel Aviv return to their home countries at some point, or to move back and forth. Even those who build a life in Israel often get priced out of the city, where already high housing prices leaped 13 percent this summer from a year earlier. The internal migration rate from Tel Aviv to other parts of the country is among the highest of any city in Israel, said DellaPergola.

The good news, he said, is those who leave are replaced by a new generation eager for its turn at life in the big city.

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Yeshiva University has received a bequest of $1 million from the Dr. Joseph and Faye Glatt Estate to create a new program housed in the Center for Israel Studies on Israel and the Rule of Law. The program “will influence both the next generation and people far beyond YU through a broad and deep range of scholarship, programs and events,” said CIS Director Dr. Steven Fine.

Throughout their lives, the Glatts ardently supported the survival of Jewish communities around the world. Joseph wrote his doctorate at Columbia University on the Histadrut, the Israel federation of labor organizations founded in 1920, and Faye, who trained as a speech therapist, worked with Torah Umesorah in the establishment of Jewish day schools. They took pride in what they saw as the convergence of Israel and the rule of law and committed their professional lives to promoting this principle.

“This new program will focus on the relationship between Medinat Yisrael and Jewish values,” said YU President Richard M. Joel.

“With this bequest, Yeshiva University looks forward to sharing those values with the world through the Center for Israel Studies.”

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CAHAL Chanukah chesed at Nautilus The CAHAL Yeshiva of South Shore eighth grade class brought the light and simcha of Chanukah to residents of the Nautilus assisted living facility in Atlantic Beach.

Rabbi Chananya Grinberg, their rebbe, told residents a story set in the dark days of the Holocaust, which resonated deeply with them, many of whom are survivors.

The boys introduced themselves and shared their backgrounds. One of the students, a talented musician, played Chanukah songs on a keyboard. The boys, their rebbeim and teachers sang songs and danced, spreading simcha to all the men and women who attended the program.

The highlight of the event was when the boys connected with the residents in one-to-one conversations. Many of the residents shared their own stories of the Holocaust, and the students listened attentively and asked questions, eager to learn more.

Melody Kassover, Nautilus Activities director, called to thank CAHAL for sending the students. “It was a busy week with many visitors, but your boys were special. They stood out. The residents loved it!”

Shulamith Chanukah celebration Shulamith School for Girls in Cedarhurst celebrated Chanukah last week with an energetic chagiga that involved every grade in the school as well as friends from Kulanu.

Midreshet Shalhevet chagiga There were sufganiyot aplenty at Midreshet Shalhevet’s chagiga, organized by G.O. members Rivka Raizel Goldshein, Aviva Chait, Shifra Chait, Maayan Sandowski and Basya Borenstein.

At HANC’s Midreshet, weekly reunion

Basketball at YOSS

Zack Rosen, currently learning in Eretz Yisrael in Yeshivas Ohr Sameyach, visited Yeshiva of South Shore to share anecdotes from his life as a basketbll superstar playing for Penn State University with the junior high boys. The boys were inspired by his Divrei Torah, his personal story of increased awareness of Hashem, and his amazing basketball skills.

Midreshet HANC, providing a venue for 2014 and 2015 grads to reconnect with HANC and the Torah learning they experienced in high school, convenes weekly for a shiur on a timely topic. The inaugural semester culminated with a Chanukah gathering in the home of the menahel, Rabbi Shlomo Adelman, and his wife Chany that drew close to 40 young women — a testament to the strong bond that students feel towards their rabbeim, morot, and administrators, as well as the desire to remain connected. A Chanukah shiur was given by Rabbi Yisroel Weingot. The Midreshet was launched by mechanechet and assistant director of Israel guidance, Linda Nathan.

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Rav Pam’s legacy and the United Nations vote alan Jay geRbeR kosher Bookworm

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he eternal legacy of Rav Avraham Pam, zt”l, and his teachings, as applied to the horrific current events we are witnessing today, will be the focus of this week’s essay.

In an anthology of teachings by Rav Pam entitled “Shabbos With Rav Pam: The Rosh Hayeshivah’s Inspiring Thoughts on the Weekly Torah Readings” (Artscroll Mesorsah, 2014), we find an absolutely divine teaching as applied to Parashas Va’eira and Bo from the Book of Exodus, entitled “The Makkos and the U.N.” In an introduction written for this week’s review by Rabbi Yaakov Feitman, rav of Kehillas Bais Yehudah Tzvi of Cedarhurst, we learn the following teaching: “Rav Avrohom Pam, zt’’l, was known to most as the beloved Rosh Yeshiva of Torah Vodaas, a member of the Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah, and a man of impeccable middos. Indeed, most of his speeches and writings related in some fashion to mussar, character and personality development and, in general, to the improvement of our inter-

personal relationships, for which Rav Pam himself was an extraordinary role model. However, often in his writings, especially in his pioneering work Atarah Lamelech, Rav Pam demonstrated his far-seeing Torah views which become clear only years later.

“One of those extraordinary prescient comments was written for Parashas Bo regarding the United Nations. Rav Pam’s words were exactly on target then and even more so now in light of the recent outrageous condemnation of Israel, with the historically immoral abstention of the United States. We therefore are honored to quote here Rav Pam’s incisive passage which reads as if it was written in response to the sad and outrageous events of this past week. We hope that, as Rav Pam concludes, his words are ‘a source of consolation to us in trying to understand … our troubled times’.”

Rav Pam teaches us as follows: “The Exodus from Egypt is the prototype of the Final Redemption which will occur with the coming of Mashiach, whose arrival we pray for each day. It, too, will take place without the benevolent assistance of the nations of the world, even those whom the Jewish people consider their friends and allies. When the great day of the Final Redemption will come, Klal Yisrael will owe thanks to no one but the One Above.

“This insight sheds much light on the inexpli-

cable hatred the nations of the world have for Jews and for Eretz Yisrael. One would think that after the Holocaust, the greatest destruction the world has ever known, there would be feelings of sympathy, understanding, and mentschlichkeit by the world community for Klal Yisrael.

It is true that when the Nazi atrocities became known at the end of the war, coupled with the public disclosure of how the Allied powers stood by and did nothing to help while six million died, there arose, for a short time, feelings of sympathy for the Jewish people. This expressed itself in their willingness to give Jews ‘ah kleine vinkele’ (a tiny corner) in Eretz Yisrael. But this, too, quickly faded away and the eternal hatred for the Jews returned with a fury.”

Rav Pam continues: “Why is Hashem doing all this to our people and to His Land, a place which has not seen a day of peace and tranquility in many decades? The answer is that Hashem is paving the way for the

Final Redemption. Like its prototype, Yetzias Mitzrayim, Hashem does not want any nation to claim credit for any part of the geulah so that Klal Yisrael’s exclusive debt of gratitude will only be to Him.” And now, we come to the heart of the events playing out before our eyes: “This idea explains the purpose of the United Nations organization in Hashem’s grand scheme to bring the world to its ultimate fulfillment. The U.N. accomplishes very little and is virtually powerless to enforce its proposals and resolutions. What is its purpose?

“Perhaps the answer is, as the Talmud (Avodah Zarah 2b) says, that when the End of Days will arrive, all the nations of the world will come before Hashem and will demand reward for all the good they had done for the Jewish nation.

Each will describe how it built projects to make life easier for Klal Yisrael. Hashem will ‘seal their mouths’ and show them how everything they did was for their own benefit, to make money and to indulge in worldly pleasures, with the thought of helping the Jewish nation the farthest from their See Rav Pam’s on page 19

Joseph: Righteousness, truth and justice Rabbi david etengoff

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he Torah contains countless dramatic moments. One of the most powerful appears in this week’s parasha, Vayigash, when Joseph finally reveals himself to his brothers: “Now Joseph could not bear (l’hitapake) all those standing beside him, and he called out, ‘Take everyone away from me!’ So no one stood with him when Joseph made himself known to his brothers. And he wept out loud, so the Egyptians heard, and the house of Pharaoh heard.

And Joseph said to his brothers, ‘I am Joseph. Is

my father still alive?’ but his brothers could not answer him because they were startled by his presence. (Bereishit 45:1-3) The introductory phrase, “Now Joseph could not bear all those standing beside him,” has captured the attention of many classical Torah meforshim (commentators). Rashi, basing himself on the midrash, interprets l’hitapake as “to bear” (lisbol) and suggests that “he [Joseph] could not bear that Egyptians would stand beside him and hear his brothers being embarrassed when he would make himself known to them.”

Onkelos understands l’hitapake in a different fashion. In his view, the term is the equivalent of l’itchasana (Aramaic) or l’hitchazake (Hebrew, to strengthen one’s self). Onkelos, therefore, would translate our opening phrase as, “Now Joseph could not strengthen himself in the midst of all

those standing beside him.”

The Ramban (Nachmanides) builds upon Onkelos’ interpretation and reveals the “story behind the story”: “In my estimation, the correct interpretation is that there were numerous individuals present at that moment from the House of Pharaoh and the Egyptians. At this time, he [Joseph] began to feel remorse regarding Benjamin, since feelings of pity were bestirred within him as a result of Judah’s supplications. Hence, Joseph was unable to strengthen himself to control his emotions before all of them [the courtiers and the Egyptians]. Therefore, he called to his servants, ‘Remove all non-Jews (ish nachri) from before me, for I wish to speak with those who remain (his brothers).’ The members of the House of Pharaoh and the Egyptians went out from before

him, and when they left, Joseph raised his voice and cried aloud. The Egyptians and the courtiers who departed heard Joseph — for they remained in the outer courtyard.” ccording to the Ramban, and in notable contrast to Rashi, Joseph’s point of focus was not the potential embarrassment of his brothers, but rather, himself. In my estimation, an emotional outburst, such as the one that was forming in Joseph’s mind, would have been abhorrent in the eyes of the Egyptians, as it would have been interpreted as a sign of weakness and lack of authentic aristocratic bearing — two potentially powerful strikes against the sitting viceroy of Egypt. Therefore, if the courtiers had witnessed such an act, it would have called into question Joseph’s continued ability to effectively lead the famine-racked See Joseph on page 19

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Yosef’s ultimate blessing: Familial peace Rabbi avi billet Parsha of the week

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oday we’re going to explore a very simple question. Did Yaakov know that Yosef was alive? (Let us clarify: An answer of “yes” this does not mean that Yaakov knew Yosef was a ruler in Egypt.)

Let us consider the evidence: After hearing of Yosef’s dream of the sun, moon and stars bowing to him, the Torah gives us Yaakov’s reaction: “His father scolded him and said, ‘What kind of dream did you have? Do you want me, your mother, and your brothers to come and prostrate ourselves on the ground to you?’ ” Obviously this interpretation of the dream was incorrect (assuming Yaakov was interpreting) because Yaakov, Rachel (who was dead) or the 11 brothers never bowed to Yosef.

Shortly thereafter, Yaakov sent Yosef to find his brothers in Shechem. After Yosef is sold, the brothers present Yosef’s coat to their father who cries (37:33), “It is my son’s coat! … A wild

beast must have eaten him! My Joseph has been torn to pieces!”

Rashi, Targum Yonatan (and others) and a number of midrashim tell us that in referencing an animal tearing him up, Yaakov was referring to the wife of Potiphar who tried to seduce Yosef. If we think about it, this makes sense. The brothers produced a torn coat but no piece of a body. It stands to reason that Yaakov considered that Yosef was not dead.

What about the next two verses? In 37:34-35, we are told that Yaakov “tore his robes in grief and put on sackcloth. He mourned for his son many days. All his sons and daughters tried to console him, but he refused to be comforted. ‘I will go down to the grave mourning for my son,’ he said.”

However, using a principle of “al tikrei,” which is employed in the Talmud over 100 times, we can suggest that when it says “he mourned for his son” (b’no) the term could mean “for his sons” (banav) and when he says “I’ll go down to the grave mourning for my son” (b’ni) it could mean “for my sons” (banai). Why might he be mourning for his sons? For the rift between them, and their hubris in getting rid of their brother, and their lying to their father to cover up their shameful deed.

In this light, we can understand why his “sons and daughters” (possibly daughters-in-law or granddaughters) could not comfort him, because until they were able to face the devils in their hearts, he could never be comforted by them. ecall that all players involved in transferring Yosef down to Egypt were direct descendants of Avraham (Radak). Whether it was Yishmaelites (37:28, 39:1), Midianites (37:28), Medanites (37:36), they came from Avraham’s wife Hagar/Keturah (see 25:2). Kli Yakar suggests that when the brothers said “let’s sell him to the Yishmaelites and our hand will not be upon him for he is our brother” that the point of “he is our brother” was referring to the Yishmaelites, who would certainly not harm their second cousin.

Which leads us to the next piece of evidence.

In 37:25, we are told what the Yishmaelites were carrying down to Egypt — n’khot, tzri and lot (Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan translates these items to be gum, balsam, and resin, though their absolute identification is subject to dispute). In any case, when Yaakov sends the brothers to Egypt with Binyamin, he sends them with a peace-offering gift for the ruler in Egypt — tzri, d’vash, n’khot, lot, botnim and shkeidim (which Rabbi Kaplan translates to “a little balsam, a lit-

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tle honey, and some gum, resin, pistachio nuts and almonds”).

There is a much broader discussion to be had about what Yosef was trying to accomplish through getting Binyamin down to Egypt. Was he trying to save Binyamin from the dangerous brothers? Was he trying to reenact what happened to him, when a son of Rachel was brought down to Egypt potentially to be a slave, and would the brothers protect him?

Which brings us to Yaakov. Had he gotten a report from his cousins about their “special See Yosef’s on page 19

Correction In last week’s print edition, the Torah columns by rabbis Avi Billet and David Etengoff were transposed, with the headlines and stories misattributed. Rabbi Billet’s correct column was “Learning Torah in Hebrew: Nuance in every letter”; Rabbi Etengoff’s column was “G-d and man and the pursuit of justice.” They appear correctly online.

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“While the Talmud makes no mention of the U.N., it is safe to say that it will play a major role in refuting the claims of the nations of the world that they did things to help Klal Yisrael. The purpose of the U.N. in Hashem’s plan, is to serve as a permanent, unimpeachable record of the hatred of the nations for Am Yisrael. Every speech is recorded.

The tallies of every anti-Israel vote and resolution is documented. All the fiery condemnations by the Arab, Soviet and Third World blocs and the deafening response of total silence by the others will

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In our own time, Rabbi Moshe Sternbuch shlita expands upon Rashi’s interpretation of our narrative. In so doing, he adds to our understanding of Joseph’s righteousness and his singular dedication to truth and justice. He begins by explaining why it was initially necessary for Joseph to cause his bothers such significant anxiety: “In accordance with the halacha, and until this point, his brothers were obligated to undergo pain and emotional discomfort in order to rectify their sin [of having sold Joseph]. Therefore, Joseph acted in a just and legally defensible manner when he caused them anguish.”

At this juncture, Rav Sternbuch emphasizes Joseph’s singular orientation toward the twin values of truth and justice: “When, however, they

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guest” who had been delivered to Egypt? Did he know Yosef was alive, even if he had been sold as a slave? Perhaps Yaakov understood that Yosef needed to be away for a long time, because he had been away from his own parents for a long time.

Was Yaakov in on the plot to see his sons reunited? Why, for example, does Yaakov not accept the offer of Reuven to protect Binyamin, but jumps at accepting Yehuda’s offer? Who was more responsible for Yosef’s being sold — Reuven (who wasn’t present at the sale) or Yehuda (who had raised the idea, and was likely the broker for the exchange, if the brothers in fact sold him)? Yehuda needs to prove that he is a uniter now, and not a divider.

And the last piece of evidence is that when the brothers return after their reunion with Yosef, what gives Yaakov a new lease on life is the

he more you see Hashem as the center of reality and the person you love as so clearly created in Hashem’s image, the more ridiculous it becomes to get angry. To quote another line I recall from Rabbi Beller z”l: Forgiveness is an absolute refusal to live in a state of ill will. And the healthiest thing we can do with anger is simply to let it go.

And we do that by recognizing that whatever made me angry is really a gift from Hashem.

Incidentally, that is the difference between just letting go, as Esau does, and the forgiveness of Yosef. Letting go still leaves us apart, which is part of why Esau and Yaakov go their separate ways (ibid. 33:16-17).

Real forgiveness, based on love, brings us together, as with Yosef and his brothers. Certainly, we could use a lot more of that.

Shabbat shalom from Jerusalem.

serve as clear, undisputable evidence of the true feelings of the world toward Israel and the Jews.”

We now come to the final teaching: “What other purpose can there be for this ‘do-nothing’ organization? Its cynical, biased behavior should not shock us or depress us. It is merely the final step in Hashem’s plan to bring the geulah, following the prototype of Yetzias Mitzrayim. This realization should be a source of great consolation to us in trying to understand the happenings of our troubled times.”

I wish to thank my dear friends, Rabbi Chaim Israel and Rabbi Shmual Lefkowitz, for having brought this timely teaching to my, and now to your, attention. Also, please be aware that the above teaching by Rav Pam was first written and delivered, 33 years ago!

I conclude with the following teaching from Aish.com by the founding rabbi of the Young Israel of Oceanside, Rabbi Benjamin Blech: “For Jews around the world, this was the year that Chanukah did not live up to its traditional role as a happy holiday. Merging with the memory of a miracle of old was the contemporary reality of a bitter betrayal of the historic long-standing American friendship with Israel — and ironically enough centered on the very same theme which for more than two millennia gave Chanukah its spiritual meaning.”

Rabbi Blech continues: “It is more than ironic that the Chanukah story reminds us of a claim comparable to the shameful decision of the Security Council. Antiochus VII, ruler of the Hellenistic Seleucid Empire,

demanded that Simon, who led the Maccabees in their struggle for religious freedom, return to him the “illegally occupied” cities of Jaffa, Gezer and the coastal towns, which had previously been controlled by the Syrian-Greeks. Simon defiantly responded (Maccabees 1 Chapter 15): ‘We have not taken strange lands, nor are we ruling over foreign territory. We have returned to our ancestral inheritance, from which we had been unjustly expelled by our enemies. And now that we have been blessed with the opportunity, we will hold onto our ancestral land’.”

Rabbi Blech concludes: “Today we desperately need another miracle, a miracle of global enlightenment overpowering the age-old darkness of the world’s hatred of the Jewish people.”

had been sufficiently punished, and the time had arrived to reveal himself to them as [their longlost brother,] Joseph, even at this moment, did not repudiate the ethical characteristic of pursuing the truth. This was the case even though [the brother’s actions] led him to be brought by force to Egypt and to be imprisoned for 12 years.

Nonetheless we do not find that Joseph had any interest whatsoever in seeking revenge against them, instead, he acted toward them in a just and forthright manner — as he had done before [they had sold him].”

Rav Sternbuch concludes his presentation by providing a clear rationale as to exactly why Joseph had the Egyptian courtiers removed prior to revealing his identity to his brothers — “he sought to remove all of the Egyptians from before him so that his brothers would not be embarrassed and suffer distress beyond that which the din had mandated.”

As our sages teach us, Yosef Hatzadik was one of the greatest leaders of the Jewish people. As such, we have much to learn from him regarding the ethical values and practices that should inform our daily behaviors. Like Joseph, we must

strive to be righteous, seek justice and ever pursue the truth. By internalizing Joseph’s values and emulating his actions, we will be well on our way to fulfilling King David’s immortal words: “Kindness and truth have met, righteousness and

peace have encountered one another. Truth will sprout from the earth, and righteousness will look down from heaven.” (Tehillim 85:11-12) May this be so, soon and in our days, v’chane yihi ratzon.

news brought to him by his sons, the ones who had been divided so long ago, that (a) Yosef was alive, and (b) that he was a moshel (ruler) in Egypt.

Recall that the word moshel was one of the first sources for the breach of trust between the brothers and Yosef: “Do you intend to rule (timshol) over us?” (37:8) Now that Yosef indeed “rules” in Egypt, and the brothers are clearly OK with it, Yaakov sees that what he mourned over (the breach in the family relationships at home that caused him so much pain) are behind them.

It’s a fascinating vantage point to consider, that what caused more pain to Yaakov than the possible loss of his child is the deceit and friction that existed between his children. Anyone who suffers from a lack of communication from living children, or who sees siblings who do not get along or talk to one another, knows how painful such a reality can be.

May we all be blessed to find that familial peace, in much less time than the 22 years it took for Yaakov’s children to be reunited.

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Continued from page 7 not seem anything to let go of. And when Esau and his long estranged brother Yaakov finally meet many years after Yaakov “stole” the blessings, Esau does not actually forgive Yaakov; the topic does not even come up in their conversation (ibid. 33:1-17).

But with Yosef, there is no avoiding the topic. When Yosef finally reveals himself the brothers cannot speak; they are clearly terrified. f there ever was a person who had the right to be angry, it was Yosef. After all, his brothers robbed him of his youth — they stole 22 years of his life! And yet, finally

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life is not all about me.

And that is exactly what Yosef does. He does not see himself as the center of the story: “For G-d has sent me before you to provide sustenance” (ibid. 45:5). Life becomes less about what someone else has done to me, and more about why G-d is giving me such challenges. Which leads to the second aspect of forgiveness.

Many years ago a very special friend (Rabbi Danny Beller z”l) pointed out that to be forgiving is really to be for giving, about wanting to give rather than to take. The Hebrew word for love, ahava, means to give (le’havi is to bring) because love is all about giving, as opposed to lust which is all about taking. That’s why when you love someone they are your partner, but when you lust someone they become an object. That’s also why love grows, and lust wanes.

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given the opportunity to confront his tormentors, he not only seems to have no anger, he actually understands how terrified they must be and wants to comfort them! He not only seems to forgive them, he wants to help them! He immediately offers them a place to live, guarantees their sustenance and sets in motion the plan to bring Yaakov and Binyamin down to Egypt under his protection.

What is the secret to such magnanimity?

To understand forgiveness we first need to understand the anger and the sense of being wronged that necessitates forgiveness in the first place. Anger is about expectations — I become angry because I feel I deserve better or I am not sufficiently appreciated.

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Kerry ignores the primary obstacles to peace Jeff Dunetz politics to go

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ohn Kerry stepped up to the podium to deliver what was said to be the “vision” of the Obama administration for a Israeli/Palestinian peace. Instead he presented a one-sided 75 minute, fact-starved anti-Israel rant that subordinated the biggest roadblock to peace, the Palestinians’ refusal to recognize Israel as a Jewish state.

If one needs proof that Kerry’s speech was one-sided, just examine the words he used. In his almost 9,500 words, the secretary of state did mentioned threats to Israel — Iran 1x, Hezbollah 1x, Hamas 4x and terrorism 7x — but his primary focus was on Israeli policy — occupation 14x and settlements 42x. Twice he mentioned a draft bill in the Knesset that isn’t even law yet. And in Kerry’s prose Hamas wasn’t a terrorist organization, they were militants.

If creatures from another planet had observed Kerry’s bloviating, they might have come away the idea that Israeli settlers were akin to Stalin’s secret police, the NKVD, instead of what they are, families looking to peacefully raise their children. His use of a similar term “settlement units” was also misleading. A “settlement

unit” is not a new building, or complex; it is either an apartment or a house.

Despite the fact Kerry spent over an hour berating Israel about the settlements, Kerry himself said during his speech that settlements weren’t the primary problem: “Let me emphasize, this is not to say that the settlements are the whole or even the primary cause of this conflict. Of course, they are not. Nor can you say that if the settlements were suddenly removed, you’d have peace.” o the Obama team, Israel is an oppressing western power like the United States. Since the president couldn’t go around the world apologizing for Israel the way he apologized for the United States at the beginning of his first term, he’s spent his presidency trying to berate Israel into submitting to his will.

Obama/Kerry continue to refuse to acknowledge the primary issue obstructing peace, the Palestinian refusal to recognize the Jewishness of Israel. Anything short of that ignores the original U.N. partition plan (Resolution 181) which called for the creation of a Jewish and an Arab state. One of the stated strategies of the PLO is to flood Israel with Arabs so they can vote the Jewish state out of existence, retaining the country’s name but eliminating its reason for being.

How can Israel negotiate with an entity that refuses to recognize Israel as a Jewish state? How can peace be made when one side still wants the other destroyed? The Palestinian refusal to

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recognize Israel as a Jewish state is even at the expense of allowing Israel to build new housing units and communities (which would prompt a negative reaction by the Obama administration).

Al-Jazeera reported on Oct. 11, 2010 that Netanyahu was willing to extend Israel’s tenmonth-long unilateral construction freeze if the Palestinian Authority would recognize Israel as a Jewish state. According to the report, President Abbas mocked the request and rejected the offer outright.

The Al-Jazeera report was neither the first nor last time Netanyahu pointed out the lack of Palestinian recognition of Israel as the primary obstacle of peace. Netanyahu spoke about the need for recognition of Israel as part of his first public speech when he was elevated back into the prime minister position in 2009: “I want to make it clear that we don’t want to govern the Palestinians,” Netanyahu said.

“We want to live in peace with them. We want them to govern themselves, absent a handful of powers that could endanger the state of Israel.

And for this there has to be a clear goal. The goal has to be an end to conflict. There will have to be compromises by Israelis and Palestinians alike.

We’re ready to do our share. We hope the Palestinians will do their share, as well. If we resume negotiations, as we plan to do, then I think that the Palestinians will have to recognize Israel as a Jewish state; will have to also enable Israel to have the means to defend itself.”

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n May 2011, Netanyahu spoke before a joint-session of Congress and said: “If the benefits of peace with the Palestinians are so clear, why has peace eluded us? Because all six Israeli prime ministers since the signing of Oslo accords agreed to establish a Palestinian state. Myself included. So why has peace not been achieved? Because so far, the Palestinians have been unwilling to accept a Palestinian state, if it meant accepting a Jewish state alongside it. … Our conflict has never been about the establishment of a Palestinian state. It has always been about the existence of the Jewish state.”

How can Israel negotiate with a Palestinian Authority that rejects any attempt at peace? How can Israel sit down with a wannabe state that would rather have Israel build settlements than recognize Israel’s Jewishness?

Netanyahu has said repeatedly that Palestinian recognition of Israel as the Jewish state would be greeted with concessions from Israel.

In his last major speech as Secretary of State, John Kerry chose to do what the Obama administration has done since it took office in 2009 — delegitimize Israel over settlements, something even they admit is a secondary issue. At the same time, Kerry maintained another Obama tradition, paying no more than lip-service to the primary roadblock to peace, Palestinian intransigence over recognizing Israel as the Jewish state.

The only thing Kerry’s speech accomplished was to reaffirm that Obama’s foreign policy has been detrimental to America and her allies.

Viewing Kerry, and a graveyard of our enemies tehilla r. golDberg view from central park

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t started with the disturbing U.N. resolution that, by America’s calculated abstention, was disgracefully allowed to pass.

“Abstain.” It sounds harmless. But it was precisely what the anti-democratic, autocratic leadership of the U.N. needed.

What did we do? We came home, and standing with the reflection of the glass windows before us showcasing the bare cold wintry world outside, we lit a candle.

It seems like every day since that resolution, more and more upsetting news stories are being churned out quicker than you can read them.

And with each one, we come home as night sets, strike another match, and light another candle.

A Chanukah candle.

I wish it weren’t so, but to me this Chanukah doesn’t feel limited to celebrating a past historic event. I don’t mean to sound melodramatic. I feel so grateful for the freedom of our times; how blessed we all are. Yet somehow, if even subtly, this Chanukah feels different. will leave it to the political pundits to analyze why, despite the US vetoes at the U.N. during the Obama and previous administrations, this time was different. I will simply say that I listened to Secretary John Kerry’s speech, in which he attempted to justify the controversial move at the U.N., and I am flabbergasted.

Leaving everything else aside that is deeply upsetting about what that abstention means — the sense of personal betrayal of Israel and the Jewish people…

Leaving aside the sideshow of an administration attempting to ram through its “vision” for Israel in a last-ditch effort to acquire a legacy in this area and eclipse its profound humanitarian

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failure in Syria…

Leaving aside, pragmatically speaking, how incompetent Kerry’s speech came across, when it comes to the actual issues of safety and security on the ground for Jerusalem and the West Bank…

Leaving aside how imbalanced the speech was despite its woeful attempt at moral equivalency between the Israeli and Palestinian narrative…

Leaving all that and so much more aside, the thing that struck me the most was how out of touch with reality Kerry’s speech was.

Kerry said that the desire for a two-state solution is the expressed opinion of the majority of the people. He spoke of how crucial it is to rush to the finish line of making a deal for two states, while that option is still with us, before instability and conflict intensify in the region.

Seriously?

If anything, the U.N. resolution has fanned the flames of conflict by giving justification to

Palestinian methods for achieving a state: violence, not negotiation; and refusal to recognize Israel as a permanent Jewish state.

Israel is the locus of instability in the region?

Really? That instability lies in Syria and surrounding nations. Israel, thankfully, has been an island of calm and prosperity, able to extend aid in the crisis, not acting to exacerbate it.

It’s hard to take Kerry’s words to heart when it feels like he might as well have said: “We’ve watched Syria’s half a million civilians murdered. We’ve watched ISIS. We’ve seen the failure after failure in the region for the last eight years. So now, in the eleventh hour, please, let us tell Israel what is best for Israel.”

There still is an Israeli minority for whom a two-state solution remains alive and well. But for most, it’s not. That is why Netanyahu won.

Because after the unilateral and complete Israeli withdrawal from Gaza — of which Kerry conspicuously made no mention — Israelis have See Kerry on page 21

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saw higher-than-usual tension between the Israeli and American governing administrations. Will the post-Obama era reveal any new insight into how Obama feels about Israel, deep down in his heart?

The disagreements between Obama and Israel ranged from the presidentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s May 2011 comments that Israelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pre-1967 borders should be the starting point for an IsraeliPalestinian peace deal, to disputes over Israeli settlement construction, to Obamaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s support for the Iran nuclear agreement, to Netanyahuâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s March 2015 address to Congress without prior consultation of the White House, to arguably the climax of the tension last month â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the Obama administrationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s refusal to veto a U.N. Security Council measure against Israeli settlements, breaking with the longstanding U.S. policy of defending Israel against one-sided U.N. measures.

At the same time, those seeking to downplay concerns about a bilateral crisis have noted that American defense support for Israel reached all-time high levels during the Obama years, most recently with the signing of a new 10-year, $38 billion package for U.S. aid to the Jewish state.

Come Jan. 20, Obama will no longer be constrained by the rhetorical limits of his office. Will he go the way of President Jimmy Carter, whose criticism of Israel grew sharper after his presidency, or will his post-presidential tone simply echo his outgoing administrationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s current policies and statements on Israel?

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Continued from page 20 learned what happens when settlements are no longer there.

Kerry emphasized that the settlements are an extremist ideological issue, which for some no doubt they are. What he failed to mention was that for most, settlements are a pragmatic security issue.

Israelis donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want another terrorist state next door, like the one they got in Gaza (only this time, even closer). Ater Israelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s various iterations of rejected offers for Palestinian statehood, the concept seems dead.

Kerryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s reality is a wishful, artificial reality that has long since stalled. hat word, abstention. In our tradition, it carries a message. It is not as neutral as it might sound.

The Talmud recounts Pharaoh in Egypt discussing the problem of the Hebrews with his government ministers Balaam, Jethro and Job. Balaam advocated the Hebrewsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; destruction.

Jethro, despite endangering himself, advocated on behalf of the Hebrews. Job remained silent.

Abstained, if you will.

Abstaining is a choice, the creation of a vacuum that allows evil to thrive.

You donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have to get your hands dirty to be complicit.

Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve acknowledged with gratitude when the Obama administration gave support to Israel.

But time and again, its instincts and its foreign policy of â&#x20AC;&#x153;abstentionâ&#x20AC;? has, unfortunately, wrought a lot of damage.

But, readers, last week was Chanukah, and night by night we continued to light our menorahs. Not just for the past, but for the present.

And for the future too.

As a friend tweeted from the Metropolitan Museum this week, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hi from the Met, graveyard of our enemies.â&#x20AC;?

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Golan Heights recognition Member of Knesset Michael Oren (Kulanu), a former Israeli ambassador to the U.S. who currently serves as deputy minister for diplomacy in the Prime Ministerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Office, told Bloomberg News that he is urging Prime Minister Netanyahu to seek U.S. recognition of Israelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s control of the Golan Heights region after Trump takes office. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If it werenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t for Israelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s presence, the Syria war would be spilling over to Jordan.

So Israelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s presence in the Golan is indispensable for Mideast stability,â&#x20AC;? said Oren.

Israel gained control of the strategically important Golan from Syria as a result of the 1967 war, when Syria invaded northern Israel. In 1981, Israel extended sovereignty over the region, a status the international community has not recognized.

While the Obama administration consistently opposed Israeli control over territories the Jewish state acquired during the Six-Day War, the future Trump administration would seemingly be much more likely to back Israel on the Golan issue.

Yet Dr. Mitchell Bard, executive director of the American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise, said that timing and priorities might be obstacles to pushing through a new U.S. policy. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The issue of moving the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem seems like it will be a higher priority for the Trump administration, at least in its first months, than the Golan,â&#x20AC;? said Bard.

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deal, ambiguity that is â&#x20AC;&#x153;best exemplified by Trumpâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s claims of both renegotiating and tearing upâ&#x20AC;? the agreement, said Behnam Ben Taleblu, a senior Iran analyst at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies think tank.

One of Trumpâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Mideast advisers, Walid Phares, told BBC Radio that rather than â&#x20AC;&#x153;ripping upâ&#x20AC;? the deal, the president-elect â&#x20AC;&#x153;will take the agreement, review it, send it to Congress, demand from the Iranians to restore a few issues or change a few issues, and there will be a discussion.â&#x20AC;?

Tillersonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s stand on Israel While the proposed embassy move and opposition of the Iran deal represent positions that are strongly aligned with those of the Israeli government, Trumpâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pick for secretary of state, ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson, left more to the imagination.

As CEO of one of the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s largest oil firms, Tillerson spent many years cultivating relationships with top oil-producing Sunni Arab Gulf states such as Saudi Arabia, Yemen and Qatar.

Yet on Israel, which until recent years had not been a major player in the global energy market, Tillersonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s stances are relatively unknown.

Jewish organizations had mixed reactions to the Tillerson appointment. The American Jewish Committee noted that it is â&#x20AC;&#x153;unfamiliar with his larger geopolitical view of the world and Americaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s place in it.â&#x20AC;? But Zionist Organization of America President Morton A. Klein gave the incoming administration the benefit of the doubt, saying, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Since Donald Trump and most of his top aides are strongly pro-Israel, I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t believe they would have allowed this appointment if [Tillerson] were hostile [to Israel].â&#x20AC;?

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Continued from page 1 eastern sections of Jerusalem and the unification of the city following the Jewish stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s victory in the Six-Day War. Israel has been pressing nations for decades to move their embassies to Jerusalem.

In 1995, Congress passed the Jerusalem Embassy Act, calling for the U.S. embassy to be officially moved by 1999. But the measure included a provision in which the president could postpone the move every six months by executive order â&#x20AC;&#x153;to protect the national security interests of the United States.â&#x20AC;? Since the actâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s passage, Presidents Bill Clinton, George W. Bush and Barack Obama have each continuously exercised this provision.

If Trump wishes to move the embassy, all he would need to do is not sign the upcoming waiver, according to U.S. law. Yet Palestinian leaders have sharply panned the potential move. As such, Trump and Friedmanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s resolve to move the embassy in the face of Palestinian threats may represent a litmus test for an incoming administration that has been openly challenging the current nature of U.S. diplomacy toward Israel.

Iran nuclear deal Trumpâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s election victory immediately raised questions about the future of the Iran nuclear deal that was approved by the Obama administration and five other Western governments in July 2015.

As a candidate, Trump made a variety of comments regarding his opposition to the deal, ranging from calls for stronger nuclear inspections to entirely nixing the pact. Trump â&#x20AC;&#x153;has cultivated a fair amount of ambiguityâ&#x20AC;? on how he would approach the nuclear

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Archaeologist scolded for calling it ‘Temple Mount’

By JTA JERUSALEM — An eminent Israeli archaeologist was nearly ejected from the Temple Mount for calling it … the Temple Mount.

Gabriel Barkay was explaining the archaeological history of the site to a multi-faith group of UCLA students on Sunday when two guards of the Wakf, the Islamic authority that oversees the site that Muslems refer to as Haram al-Sharif, or the Noble Sanctuary, who had been shadowing the group, brought him to Israel Police officers there to complain.

A Times of Israel reporter, who was accompanying the students, witnessed the incident.

The police told the guards that they had no legal reason to eject Barkay, but also advised the Jerusalem Prize winner to stop using the term during the tour, according to The Times of Israel. He referred to the site as TM for the rest of the tour, according to the report.

Tour guides told the reporter that they had been reprimanded by Wakf guards in the past for using the term Temple Mount. Late last year, committees of the United Nations passed resolutions that referred to the site only by its Muslim name, seemingly denying the Jewish connection to the site of the Jews’ First and Second Temples.

The Wakf does not allow Jewish visitors to pray or perform religious rituals on the Temple Mount.

Ivanka, Jared reportedly moving near 2 frum shuls Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner are moving into a house near two of the Washington area’s most popular Orthodox synagogues.

Real estate sources told the Washingtonian on Tuesday that the power couple is moving to a house in the city’s tony Kalorama neighborhood.

Their reported address (2449 Tracy Place, NW) would put them within walking distance of the modern Orthodox Kesher Israel synagogue (about a mile away) and of Chabad’s The Shul (which is closer, perhaps a ten-minute walk).

Kesher Israel has a high-powered membership, including Leon Wieseltier, a leading Jewish intellectual, and former ambassadors Norm Eisen (Prague) and Alfred Moses (Bucharest), as well as Mark Mellman, a top Democratic pollster.

Former Sen. Joe Lieberman was a member.

The Chabad synagogue is lower key. Like other shuls in the movement, it welcomes all comers. Its location near embassy row and its affiliation with the charismatic movement have over the years attracted prominent guests, including both Israeli chief rabbis and Jewish ambassadors from countries as diverse as Argentina, Bahrain, Costa Rica and Georgia.

The Shul’s spiritual leader, Rabbi Levi Shemtov, declined to comment on whether the family had approached him.

“I haven’t commented, I can’t comment now, I won’t comment,” he said.

The property was sold for $5.5 million, but the Washingtonian reported that it was unclear if the couple bought the house or will be renting from a recent buyer.

Israel opens documents on Yemenite kidnappings JERUSALEM — Israel has opened an online database of some 200,000 pages of declassified documents about the long-controversial Yemenite children affair.

By making the documents public on Dec. 28, the state hopes to end the controversy, which has persisted in Israel for decades.

Since the 1950s, more than 1,000 Israeli families have alleged their children were systematically kidnapped from Israeli hospitals

briefs in the name of politics and religion, have led to much misery, and loss. We also have said goodbye to some great leaders,” Rivlin said, singling out his predecessor Shimon Peres, and Elie Wiesel.

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2 shuls near Jared and Ivanka’s new home Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump, pictured last April, are reportedly moving to Washington’s Kalorama neighborhood, within walking distance of two Orthodox shuls. See story in Briefs.

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and put up for adoption in the country and abroad. The claims of the families, mostly immigrants from Yemen, were generally dismissed by authorities.

Nurit Koren, a Likud party lawmaker who chairs the Knesset panel tasked with researching the affair, welcomed the release of the documents but said in a radio interview that it was “just the beginning of the path.” Her cousin was among the children who disappeared.

Koren said the database included just half of the 400,000 documents generated by the three investigative committees. She also noted that one committee found that the Yemenite children affair continued until 1966, while the database only includes documents from 1948 to 1954.

“We are obliged to give these families answers,” she said.

Kiev marchers: ‘Jews out’

Ukrainian nationalists in Kiev chanted “Jews out” in German at a New Year’s Day march celebrating the birthday of a Nazi collaborator whose troops killed thousands of Jews.

Thousands turned out to celebrate Stepan Bandera, a leader of Ukraine’s nationalist movement in the 1930s and ‘40s that included an insurgent army which fought alongside Nazi soldiers during part of World War II. Oleksandr Feldman, a Ukrainian Jewish lawmaker and president of the Ukrainian Jewish Committee, called on authorities to investigate the march and prosecute those responsible for the hateful slogans.

“I admit, I’m choking up with tears. I love Ukraine, love the Ukrainians,” Feldman wrote in an emotional post on Facebook. “I can’t ignore it when I, a man who worked so much for my country and city, created hundreds and thousands of jobs, am being screamed at by some bastards to leave my homeland.”

‘Mein Kampf’ a best-seller

The annotated edition of Adolf Hitler’s Mein Kampf, the first edition of the book published in Germany since World War II, sold 85,000 copies in the one year since its release.

“Hitler, Mein Kampf: A Critical Edition” is in its eighth printing, according to the Spiegel newspaper, which noted that the book topped its best-seller list in April.

The 70-year copyright in the German state of Bavaria for the anti-Semitic tract, whose title means “My Struggle,” expired on Jan. 1, 2016, allowing it to be published in the country. The publication was controversial: Some

Jewish groups endorsed the annotated edition and others opposed it.

The Munich Institute for Contemporary History said it published the book to preempt uncritical and unannotated versions, and that it hoped the new edition would help destroy the book’s cult status. Its first run of 4,000 sold almost immediately, the German dpa news agency reported.

“It turned out that the fear the publication would promote Hitler’s ideology or even make it socially acceptable and give neo-Nazis a new propaganda platform was totally unfounded,” institute director Andreas Wirsching said in a statement to dpa. “To the contrary, the debate about Hitler’s worldview and his approach to propaganda offered a chance to look at the causes and consequences of totalitarian ideologies, at a time in which authoritarian political views and rightwing slogans are gaining ground.”

Eye Argentine cover up

The appeals court in Buenos Aires has cleared the path to a criminal probe into former Argentine President Cristina Kirchner’s motives in cooperating with Iran on the investigation of the deadly 1994 bombing of the AMIA Jewish center.

In a 249-page ruling handed down Dec. 29, three judges wrote that the evidence presented “does not permit a justified dismissal of possible illicit actions” by Kirchner in connection with a deal between her and her administration with Iranian officials. Kirchner, who already is on trial over corruption charges, allegedly covered up evidence from the bombing in exchange for Iranian oil.

The allegations, made by prosecutor Alberto Nisman, who died mysteriously in January 2015, had been dismissed by a lower court.

Nisman accused Kirchner of trying to derail the investigation into the bombing of the AMIA Jewish community center, which killed 85 and injured 300. Argentine courts have accused Iran of orchestrating the attack, though Iran has denied any involvement.

Rivlin: High hopes for 2017

JERUSALEM — President Reuven Rivlin called for 2017 to be a year of “mutual respect, between people, and between nations.”

Rivlin issued the nearly 3-minute recorded message on Dec. 29 in advance of the secular new year.

“There is no ignoring the fact that 2016 was a very difficult year. Bloodshed and terror,

Facebook co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in a post that while he once questioned his Jewish upbringing, he now believes that “religion is very important.”

Zuckerberg once identified as an atheist.

In response to a comment asking, “But aren’t you an atheist?” Zuckerberg replied: “No. I was raised Jewish and then I went through a period where I questioned things, but now I believe religion is very important.”

Zuckerberg’s wife, Priscilla Chan, practices Buddhism. The couple met with Pope Francis at the Vatican last summer

Israel hold Hamas bodies JERUSALEM — The bodies of Hamas terrorists killed in attacks on Israelis will not be returned to their families and instead will be buried, Israel’s security cabinet said.

In a meeting Sunday, the security cabinet focused on bringing about the release of Israeli civilians and the bodies of Israeli soldiers held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip and came to the decision on the terrorists’ bodies.

Sunday’s decision came a day after Hamas released a video showing what it called a birthday party for Staff Sgt. Oron Shaul, who was killed during the 2014 Gaza war and whose body is being held by the terrorist group. Hamas also is believed to be holding the body of Lt. Hadar Goldin, also killed during the 2014 conflict. Two Israeli civilians who crossed into Gaza on their own, Avraham Mengistu and Juma Ibrahim Abu Anima, are believed to be alive and being held by Hamas.

A Hamas spokesman Sunday called the development “evidence of criminality and barbaric occupation” by Israel.

The Goldin family in a letter released Sunday before the security cabinet meeting said the government had not done enough to bring home their son’s body, criticizing the government for returning terrorists’ bodies and sending goods to Gaza, Ynet reported.

Dutch circumcision AMSTERDAM — The largest health insurer in the Netherlands defended its coverage of circumcision in boys younger than 18 for religious reasons amid criticism of the practice and the impact of Islam in society.

On Dec. 27, René van Rijckevorsel, the acting editor-in-chief of the conservative Elsevier weekly, wrote on Twitter that the insurer, Zilveren Kruis, was encouraging female genital mutilation. After Zilveren Kruis clarified that its insurance covers only males, va Rijckevorsel said he also considered this “mutilation.”

In northern Europe, non-medical circumcision of boys is under attack from critics who see it as a foreign influence by Muslims and by progressives who say they do not object to such influences per se but view this particular custom as violating children’s rights.

A similar debate has evolved around the ritual slaughter of animals. Both customs are partly shared by Jews and Muslims, though, among other differences, Judaism has stricter regulations on both.

Dutch Chief Rabbi Binyomin Jacobs said that Zilveren Kruis’ inclusion of circumcision is “clearly meant to benefit Muslims, not Jews,” as mohelim, or trained Jewish circumcisers, perform it for free.

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