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Vaccinate and live!

There’s no halachic wiggle room: OU, RCA The Orthodox Union and the Rabbinical Council of America said this week that “the vaccination of children who can medically be vaccinated� is both “absolutely the only responsible course of action� and an halachic obligation.

In a statement, the groups afďŹ rmed that “Orthodox Jewish parents, like responsible parents across the United States, overwhelmingly vaccinate their children against measles, mumps, rubella, polio and the other childhood diseases for which inoculations are now almost miraculously commonplace,â€? but that “as in many communities, a small minority of parents chooses not to do so.â€? “The ongoing measles outbreak demonstrates how this could bear very serious consequences, not only for their own children but others’ too, especially those medically unable to be vaccinated,â€? the OU and RCA said, continuing: “Parents who choose to not vaccinate often cite a medical study that purported to link autism and the MMR vaccine. The

C’hurst Mayor Parise WWII hero led village 20 years

‘The vaccination of children who can medically be vaccinated is absolutely the only responsible course of action’ study was discovered to be fraudulent and was withdrawn; its lead author was found to have acted “dishonestly and irresponsibly,� and his license to practice medicine in Britain was revoked. “Judaism places the highest value on preserving human life.

It is well known that those facing even a potential life or death situation are instructed to set aside the Sabbath and other key tenets of halachic (Jewish law) observance until the emergency has passed. Prayers for good health and for the complete and perfect healing of the ill are an ages-old aspect of Jewish tradition. “But prayers must go handin-hand with availing oneself of medical science, including vaccination. “There are halachic obligations to care for one’s own health as well as to take measures to

Andrew J. Parise, mayor of Cedarhurst for the last 20 years and lifetime Five Towns resident, died last Sunday, at age 90.

Deputy Mayor Ben Weinstock will serve as acting mayor through the end of the current four-year term later this year, said Village Administrator Sal Evola. A new election, previously scheduled, is set for Wednesday, March 18. The deadline for mayoral candidates to ďŹ le petitions to run was Tuesday. “The mayor was the most wonderful man you could know, a fanContinued on page 16

prevent harm and illness to others, and Jewish law defers to the consensus of medical experts in determining and prescribing appropriate medical responses to illness and prevention. “Therefore, the consensus of major poskim (halachic decisors) supports the vaccination of children to protect them from disease, to eradicate illness from the larger community through so-called herd immunity, and thus to protect others who may be vulnerable.�

During a measels outbreak in Boro Park and Williamsburg in 2013, Rabbi Aaron Glatt, M.D., assistant rabbi at the Young Israel of Woodmere and an infectious disease specialist, told The Jewish Star that refraining to be inoculated was “a mishigaas� (craziness) with no basis in Jewish law.

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Agudah Israel of the Five Towns said in a statement that its congregants repeatedly witnessed Mayor Parisiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;deep dedication and legendary work ethic for the public good [that] trumped all else. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Political afďŹ liation and personal needs were thrust aside when the issue was what was best for the people lucky enough to live in his village,â&#x20AC;? Agudah said.

The Jewish Starâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Bookworm columnist, Alan Jay Gerber, a resident of Cedarhurst, observed that Parise â&#x20AC;&#x153;stood up against those Archie Bunker bigots who sought to stem the growth of the Jewish community in the Five Towns.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was a brave action that could have cost him, especially in those earlier years, his political career,â&#x20AC;? said Gerber. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I suspect that his war years experiences, especially his presence in Buchenwald at liberation, were a major factor in this regard.â&#x20AC;?

Mayor Parise recalled the liberation of Buchenwald: Page 16.

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Nazi drum made of Torah scroll found in Poland A drum made out of an ancient Torah scroll and used by the Hitler Youth marching band was discovered recently in Poland and has been purchased by the From the Depths association, which aims to preserve the memory of the Holocaust.

Two weeks ago, one of the associationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s volunteers from the city of Lodz, Poland, received information about an estate sale at the apartment of an elderly member of the Nazi party who had no heirs. The associationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s representative was sent to the auction to purchase the unique drum, which was paid for in part by the Levkovich family in memory of relatives who perished in the Holocaust. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Once I saw the drum, I broke into tears,â&#x20AC;? said From the Depths chairman Johnny Daniels. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They probably thought the letters serve as nice ornaments. Over the years there have been reports by Jews regarding Nazi desecration of Jewish religious books and Jewish ceremonial art.â&#x20AC;?

Daniels said â&#x20AC;&#x153;we do not often purchase items dating back to the Holocaust period, but because of the drumâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s signiďŹ cance, we decided to buy it in order to convey a message and a lesson to the younger generation across the globe about the way the Nazis attempted to harm Jews in every possible way.â&#x20AC;?

Daniels has been planning to embark on a lecture tour in Poland and other countries across Europe and the U.S. After receiveing special permission from rabbis, he will travel with the drum to present it to his young audience. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We will use this drum as a pedagogical tool and allow people to physically touch a piece of history. We believe that through the personal stories, the Holocaust can be taught in a powerful and unique way. I feel this is our personal victory to have been able to bring this drum to Israel,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Israel Hayom via JNS.org

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Analysis by Alex Traiman, JNS.org While Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday that he remains â&#x20AC;&#x153;determinedâ&#x20AC;? to give his March 3 address before a joint session of Congress on the dangers of a nuclear Iran and radical Islam, the stakes surrounding the speech continue to rise. â&#x20AC;&#x153;American Jewish leaders are in a bind,â&#x20AC;? said Dan Diker, senior Middle East analyst at the Israel-based International Institute for Counter-Terrorism and former secretary general of the World Jewish Congress. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re being forced to deal with the perceived problem of dual loyalty, and no Jewish American ever wants to be in that position.â&#x20AC;?

Some prominent American Jewish leaders, including Anti-Defamation League President Abraham Foxman, have called for Netanyahu to cancel the speech. The J Street lobby launched an online petition headlined, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m a Jew. Bibi does NOT speak for me!â&#x20AC;?

On Monday, the Zionist Organization of America responded to Jewish-organizational critics of the Netanyahu speech, calling out those organizations in a press release and saying, â&#x20AC;&#x153;By not supporting Israelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s prime minister and Congress, we are sending a terrible message to Iran that we are not uniďŹ ed and strong in our resolve against this deadly enemy.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;What Prime Minister Netanyahu has to say is vitally important to ensure that any deal [with world powers] does not hand Tehran the prize they covetâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;the ability to quickly assemble a nuclear device, with an end to sanctions,â&#x20AC;? said Rabbi Abraham Cooper, associate dean of the Simon Wiesenthal Center.â&#x20AC;?

Critics of the speech say that if Netanyahu goes ahead with it, he risks alienating Israelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s bipartisan support in the American legislature and will face incessant attacks from his opposition as well as the media in the run-up to elections. On the other hand, if he cancels the speech, he risks losing support from his traditional voter base, a group that is critical of the Obama administrationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s treatment of Israel. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a high-stakes game,â&#x20AC;? Diker said.

Reports on Monday indicated that instead of addressing a nationally televised joint session of Congress, Netanyahu is considering the possibility of either giving a closed-door session to members of Congress, or only giving his other scheduled speechâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;at the annual American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) Policy Conference, which is attended by about 15,000 Israel supporters, including numerous members of the House

of Representative and the Senate. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The prime minister understands that thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a price to pay for any high-stakes decision with regard to countering the Iranian threat, and the price here could be steep, but it is ultimately up to the prime minister to make the calculation as to how high a price Israel should be willing to pay to effectively warn the state of Israelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s greatest ally on the dangers of a nuclear Iran,â&#x20AC;? Diker said.

Diker believes it is troubling that the speech has turned into a partisan policy debate. Israel has traditionally enjoyed bipartisan support, particularly on issues that are critical to its security, such as funding for the Iron Dome missile defense system.

Rice to attend Bibi speech South Shore Rep. Kathleen Rice released the following statement on Monday: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thwarting Iranâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s nuclear ambitions and ensuring Israelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s security should be something that unites both parties in Congress. But the recent controversy surrounding Prime Minister Netanyahuâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s visit threatens to drag this issue down to the level of divisive partisan politics. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I refuse to contribute to that. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Some people have urged me to sign a petition asking the Prime Minister to delay his speech, or to suggest that I wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t attend. I will not do either. I do agree that the invitation to the Prime Minister should have been arranged differently, but trading blame and pointing ďŹ ngers will only further divide us. Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s done is done â&#x20AC;&#x201C; the Prime Minister of our closest ally in the world is scheduled to address Congress on March 3rd, and when he speaks, I will be there to listen. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I made a commitment to the people of our district not to engage in the partisan politics that so often distract us from the real issues at hand and the real work to be done. That is what I will continue to do â&#x20AC;&#x201C; especially when it comes to advocating for the security of the State of Israel and the safety of the Israeli people.â&#x20AC;?

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Jew and a Catholic went to Congress sounds like the beginning of a joke, but it is what will be played out over the next few months. The Jew of course is Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the Catholic is Pope Frances. Each was invited to speak under the same circumstances, but the reaction to the invitations was totally different.

Speaker Boehner invited each of them to address a joint session of Congress. The speaker didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t check with the President before making either invitation (nor did he have to). Each of the speakers has something important to say to the members of Congress.

The Prime Minister of the Jewish State didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t accept the invitation until the President was informed. The head of the Catholic Church was invited and when he accepted no one asked if the President knew â&#x20AC;&#x201D; everyone just cheered.

Only the Jewish manâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s visit was criticized. I am not saying his visit was bashed only because he is Jewish â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m just pointing out a fact.

When the Jewish man was invited without checking with the President even though Obama was informed before the Jewish man said yes, the White House called it a breach of protocol. On the day the head of the Catholic Church accepted the invitation the President didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t call it a breach of protocol, he said he was eager to welcome the Pope to America: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Like so many people around the world, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been touched by his call to relieve suffering, and to show justice and mercy and compassion to the most vulnerable.â&#x20AC;?

It was strange that the President praised the leader of the Catholic Church but called the Jewish leaderâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s acceptance a breach of protocol.

A few months ago the President blasted the same Israeli Prime Minister for allowing Jews to purchase homes in certain areas of Jerusalem. It was a unique criticism. That President had never criticized people of any other faith for buying homes in any other spot

in the world.

On Thursday, Nancy Pelosi said that many members of her caucus would be too busy to show up when the Prime Minister Netanyahu addresses the Congress. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think anybody should use the word â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;boycottâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;,â&#x20AC;? Pelosi said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When these heads of state come, people are here doing their work, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re trying to pass legislation, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re meeting with their constituents and the rest. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not a high-priority item for them.â&#x20AC;? Just a few hours earlier when she heard that the leader of the Catholic Church was going to speak before Congress, Pelosi said in a written statement that she looks forward to â&#x20AC;&#x153;hearing his call to live our values, to protect the poor and the needy, and to promote peace.â&#x20AC;?

Why was Pelosiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s reaction different for the Jew and the Catholic? I am not saying it had anything to do with the Jewâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s faith; Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m just making a statement of fact.

Reps. John Lewis (D-GA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), and G.K. Butterworth (D-NC)

â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Voters were preparing this week to vote to approve the sale of the No. 6 school to HALB. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The Jewish Starâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lead story focuses on the predicament of Orthodox students on American campuses.

The storyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hook is a controversy close to home, at Brooklyn College. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Kosher Bookworm Alan Jay Gerber discusses the Jewish religious connection to Aleppo, Syria. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The Starâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;mench on the streetâ&#x20AC;? (inquiring photographer) asks, â&#x20AC;&#x153;What good advice would you give your children (or grandchildren)?â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Touro College mourns the losts of its founder and president, 94-year-old Dr. Bernard Lander. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Fiscally-challenged Yeshiva University lays off 60 to balance its budget. Meanwhile, in other news: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Confronting bias on campus: Portrayals of Israel as apartheid state coming soon to a campus near you.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Why Kiddush clubs must go: An explanation straight from the OU,â&#x20AC;? by Rabbi Dr. Tzvi Hersh Weinreb. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Jodi Bodner reports: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Saving our soldiers: A bullet-proof vest can mean the difference between life and death.â&#x20AC;?

all said they wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t attend the Jews speech because they were too busy. They havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t said whether they would attend the Catholicâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s speech.

Just because they will show up for the Pope and plan to be too busy for the Jew, it doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t mean they made they made the decision based on religion. I am just pointing out what is happening.

Essentially both leaders will be delivering a message about how we should be treating each other. The Pope is going to Congress to deliver a message of peace; his teachings are usually about how mankind should be nicer to everyone no matter who they are. He speaks of a Savior who saves souls. The Jewish Prime Minister is going to Congress to talk about preventing one evil nation from creating a super weapon to kill millions of people, both in his country and in this country. People of both parties share his opinion.

One of the speakers is talking about saving souls; the other is talking about saving lives. But only the Jewâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s message is criticized in the mainstream media as a â&#x20AC;&#x153;slapâ&#x20AC;? at the President. I am not saying itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s because he is Jewish, I am just point out a fact.

Two leaders are invited to speak before a joint session of Congress, both invited without ďŹ rst asking the White House although the president was aware of the invitations before each was accepted. Each of the leaders is a close friend of the United States and each will deliver an important message designed to make the world a better place. But only the Pope is being welcomed.

I am not saying the Prime Minister visit is being criticized because he is Jewish and he leads the only Jewish country in the world, a country which is threatened by terrorists and by Iranian nuclear weapons. There must be a more logical reason â&#x20AC;&#x201D; I just canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think of one right now.

ALAN JAY GERBER KOSHER BOOKWORM 3DUW 2QH s the yearly cycle of our religious observances marches on, we experienced the readings about Amalek a few weeks ago, and we are to further hear of that nationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hateful and violent legacy in the Torah readings ďŹ rst on Shabbat Zachor and then on Purim.

There is a lot to be said about Amalek, the quintessential example of hate and death.

Amalek is surely alive today and it behooves us to learn from our tradition about this eternal evil.

Among the greatest teachers of the Jewish tradition in our time, Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the Rav â&#x20AC;&#x201D;many years ago wrote on the meaning of Amalek from antiquity to our own day. In so many of todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s murderous events we witness the evil signature of Amalek written in the blood of its victims.

This column, this week and next, will be citing the Ravâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s teachings on Amalak to encourage a better appreciation of the meaning of Purim and how it meshes with current events.

In â&#x20AC;&#x153;Days of Deliveranceâ&#x20AC;? (Ktav/Toras HoRav Foundation), an anthology of the Ravâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s essays on Purim and Chanukah, we his concerns, fears, and hopes for the future.

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This anthology, edited by Rabbi Reuven Ziegler of Yeshivat Har Etzion, among others, devotes several chapters to the Amalek threat to the Jewish people and humanity.

In an essay entitled, â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Duality of Purim,â&#x20AC;? subtitled â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Encounter with Amalek,â&#x20AC;? the Rav teaches the following: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Deep down, the Jew maintained, and still maintains, there is something good in every man, something of G-d abides in man, even the sinner. The Jew believed and still believes in man. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The possibility of repentance and the expectation that mankind will ďŹ nally come back to the Almighty are based upon the principle that there is something intrinsically good in man.â&#x20AC;?

The Rav pauses and then, in a dramatic fashion, continues: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Then the Jew in Persia encountered Haman. The awakening was a rude one.

Haman proved to them that there is an alternative to being Divine, and that it consists in being satanic. In other words, the Jew in Persia met Amalek. Who is Amalek? He is not just a wandering Bedouin tribe; he is â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;man-Satan,â&#x20AC;&#x2122; man who personiďŹ es total evil, to whom immortality becomes a norm.â&#x20AC;?

Further on, the Rav teaches us the following (please keep in mind the evil nature of current events): â&#x20AC;&#x153;Amalek is not a race, nor is it a people, a nationality. I once heard my father, of blessed memory, in the name of my grandfather, that

any people or any group committed to destroy the Jewish people is to be classiďŹ ed as Amalek. One who writes on his banner, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Come and let us cut him off from being a nation; that the name of Israel be no more in remembranceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; (Psalm 83:5) acquires the

status of Amalek, and the commandment of â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;You shall blot out the remembrance of Amalekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; (Deut. 25:19) is applicable to him or to them. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Quite often, Amalek or â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;man-Satan,â&#x20AC;&#x2122; succeeds in his attempt to gain power and to cause untold suffering to millions or hundreds of millions of people. Our generation has encountered a few of them.

This is one discovery the Jew made in the Purim drama.â&#x20AC;?

Sounds scary? Well it should, and learning from the Ravâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s teaching should serve to us a clear clarion call for us to be prepared in both prayer and armaments for the battles both present and for those in the future to come. Failure to learn from these teachings will most certainly prove to be fatal.

Rav Soloveitchik concludes this section of his teachings with the following admonition: â&#x20AC;&#x153;These are the four conclusions that the Jews have derived from the Purim experience. Amalek incarnates total evil. Amalekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s central preoccupation is to hate the Jews.

The aim of this Jew-hatred is utter destruction. The hatred of the Jew is all-inclusive.â&#x20AC;?

1H[W ZHHN L\Âľ+ÂŤ I plan to pick up further on the Ravâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s teaching on this theme by citing his teachings from his classic speech and its elaboration upon it, entitled, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Kol Dodi Dofek,â&#x20AC;? coupled with a detailed commentary by Rabbi Reuven Ziegler in his in depth study and analysis of the Ravâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s teachings entitled, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Majesty and Humilityâ&#x20AC;?

(Urim Publications and the OU Press).

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ďŹ nally time to address U.N. anti-Israel bias BEN COHEN VIEWPOINT

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few months ago, I asked William Schabas, the Canadian academic who this week resigned as head of the United Nations Human Rights Councilâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s probe into last summerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s war in Gaza because of a conďŹ&#x201A;ict of interest involving his work for the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), whether I could interview him for a magazine piece I was writing. He replied promptly and courteously, explaining that he couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be interviewed because his commission hadnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t yet appointed a media relations ofďŹ cer.

I remember being rather staggered by that admissionâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;the Human Rights Council had already announced that Schabas, a frequent and intemperate critic of Israel, was to head an investigation into the most bitterly contested aspect of a war that electriďŹ ed the world, wrought devastation upon Gaza, and spawned anti-Semitic violence across Europe. And yet that same commission still didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have a member of staff appointed to liaise with the press.

Convenient, I thought, if they didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want people to know what they were up to. (Well, either that, or Schabas didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to give me his real reason for declining the interview.) In any case, this week the commission became considerably less opaqueâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;so much so that Schabas was forced to resign after it was discovered that, in 2012, heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d been paid $1,300 by the PLO to write a legal opinion for them.

In his resignation letter, Schabas said that he wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t asked â&#x20AC;&#x153;to provide any details on any of my past statements and

other activities concerning Palestine and Israelâ&#x20AC;? when he interviewed for the post.

That wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t quite the truth, but he was hoping weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d believe him so that he could present himself as having reluctantly resigned, in order to avoid a frenzied conservative media storm around the relatively harmless fact that heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d done a few hours of work for the PLO. But the blogger Elder of Ziyon helpfully dug out the application form that Schabas submitted to the U.N. In the section on professional ethics, Schabas answered â&#x20AC;&#x153;noâ&#x20AC;? to three separate questions asking whether there was anythingâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;like a conďŹ&#x201A;ict of interestâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;that might compromise his indepen-

dence and judgement. But we know now that he worked for the PLO and tried to hide that fact. And we knew when he was appointed that he regarded Benjamin Netanyahu not as the prime minister of Israel, but as a â&#x20AC;&#x153;war criminalâ&#x20AC;? who should be put on trial at the International Criminal Court (ICC).

Now Schabas is gone, but the work of his commission continues, guided by the New York jurist Mary McGowan Davis, who is said to be more balanced than her predecessor â&#x20AC;&#x201D;not that thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hugely difďŹ cult. Carrying on, though, is in nobodyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s interest. Schabasâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s personal struggle with transparency has left his commission with little credibilityâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;on top of the fact that in the eyes of much of the democratic world, the body which created it, the U.N. Human Rights Council, is tainted by a softness towards major human rights violators that is the natural partner of its obsession with Israel.

As the Jerusalem Post pointed out in an editorial, even if Israeli leaders were to be dragged before the ICC, the fact that some of the prosecuting evidence was gathered by a morally compromised commission would be a valuable card in their favor. And the commissionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s original mandate, described by the legal scholar Anne Bayefsky as â&#x20AC;&#x153;toxic for any self-respecting international lawyerâ&#x20AC;? but Schabas, remains in place.

There is another, more fundamental reason why the end of Schabas should be the end of his commissionâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;the U.N. has no moral authority to put Israel on trial. In my last column, I wrote about how Ron Prosor, the Israeli ambassador to the U.N., told a U.N. General Assembly conference on antiSemitism that the very same phenomenon stalked the halls of the world body. What I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t explain is how that works.

Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re often told that the U.N. â&#x20AC;&#x153;createdâ&#x20AC;?

Israel in 1948. (Actually, it didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t. The Zionist Yishuv built it, and the U.N. recognized reality by granting the nascent Jewish state

an international legal personality.) Less appreciated is the fact that the U.N. has, from the mid-1960s onwards, continually violated its own charter by allowing Israel to be abused in a manner no other state has had to endure.

The U.N. was the body that gave us a â&#x20AC;&#x153;Zionism is racismâ&#x20AC;? resolution, and then grumpily rescinded that determination in a single line resolution more than a decade later, when the damage had been done. The U.N. gave us the Durban anti-racism conference of 2001, which treated us to the spectacle of anti-Semitism being promoted in the name of universal tolerance. The U.N. gave us the Goldstone commission, that kangaroo court for the 2009 Gaza war, led by a vain, conceited judge who later disavowed his own ďŹ ndings. Every year, the U.N. spends millions of dollars on conferences and other jamborees organized by its Division for Palestinian Rights. The very fact that there is a Division for Palestinian Rightsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and not one for the rights of the Kurds or the Tibetansâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;tells you everything you need to know about the U.N.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s history of discrimination against Israel.

With all this baggage, how could anyone possibly assume that Israel would receive a fair hearing from a U.N. investigation? As the Goldstone Report proved, the real focus wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t on whether Israel had committed war crimes, but how and to what degree it had done soâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;there was, therefore, no presumption of innocence, the sine qua non of a fair trial.

For that reason, I want to go further than echoing the calls that others have made for the Schabas commission to close immediately. I want an undertaking that ensures there will be no further U.N. probes or investigations of Israel or its policies for as long as discriminatory mechanisms, like the Division for Palestinian Rights, remain in existence.

Schabasâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s resignation is an opportunity for Israeli and Jewish leaders to start working on precisely that.

Ben Cohen is the Shillman Analyst for JNS.org.

THE JEWISH STAR February 13, 2015 â&#x20AC;˘ 24 Shevat 5775

Recalling Amalek: Todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s reality of hate, death

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The answer to all of our problems is … Torah!

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eing in touch with the various Jewish media outlets, one is never at a loss for conversation. Topics that appeal specifically to Jewish interests keep us all on our toes.

Last week I came across a few items that struck chords, mostly because they all are reminiscent of how Albert Einstein is said to have defined insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.

The first item: the so-called shidduch crisis, in which Jewish girls past age 22 are no longer considered a “good catch,” in certain Jewish communities, leading to a “crisis” of thousands of wonderful young women who simply can’t find husbands.

The second (though this one has a better chance of success with the talented Allison Josephs being the brains behind solution attempts): that people who leave the Orthodoxy of certain right-wing communities often drop all measures of religious life rather than adopt a more centrist or even left-leaning halakhic lifestyle as an alternative.

The third: a study of where Orthodox singles who are engaged in amorous activity fit in the Jewish community.

The fourth: a viral video of Rabbi Jeremy Stern of the Organization for the Resolution of Agunot (ORA) insisting an 18-year getwithholder leave a Maariv minyan at the Yeshiva University Seforim Sale.

I believe that all of these are representative of problems which require a simple (though perhaps romantically naïve) solution: Follow what the Torah says!

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man whose marriage has ended has a commandment (see Maimonides mitzvah 222, and Sefer HaChinukh 579): write a get (or have it written) and hand it to your wife (Devarim 24:1). Your marriage together is over; demonstrate this fact through giving her a get, then move on with your lives.

That any rabbi supports get-withholders, for any reason, is shameful. There will sadly be fights over money, property and child custody, but the chaining of a woman to a non-existent marriage has zero halakhic validity. he Torah tells us this week in Parsha Mishpatim (22:15): “If a man seduces a virgin who is not betrothed, he must pay a dowry and must marry her.” I don’t want to get into whether this is a punishment, penalty, or responsibility — the Torah does not say a crime has been committed, it tells us that an act has consequences.

In the Jewish community, we look at the act of marital intimacy as a sacred connection that binds two people together in marriage. It is a stain on our singles that the broader society, whose values run counter to ours, has infiltrated our communities, in effect justifying bed-hopping. The Torah says, simply, that if you went so far, it is time to marry one another.

I once heard a very experienced rabbi suggest that there is a singles “crisis” because the singles don’t follow the Torah — which says to get married. While the statement is an ex-

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tremely sweeping generalization, at least with respect to marriage it has much truth in it.

The marriage commitment is not easy, and many people need help and guidance, even after they take the so-called plunge.

There is a world of people who earn a living writing books, speaking or counseling about how to improve marriage. G-d bless them.

But the fact that people hold off, sometimes for 15 or more years after reaching marriageable age/maturity, is a frightening statistic.

Of course, there are people who “aren’t ready” or who “did not find the right person.” There are always exceptions, and there are always explanations. But for a man who is told, “It’s not good to be alone” (Bereshit 2:18) and who has a mitzvah to have children (#1, according to Sefer HaChinukh), there has to be a better way than dating every girl on the Upper West Side without finding one to marry. And it begins with education — towards marriage, commitment, communication — at a younger age. am choosing to address the remaining two items together because they demonstrate that the problems are only getting worse in a community that digs its hole ever deeper without considering Einstein’s wisdom.

I promise that the case from our parsha mentioned above did not come about because a shadchan introduced two people. They met on their own. They talked on their own. And the man seduced the woman, leading to his obligation to marry her. And while I certainly

People need to have choices. The halakhic system wears many hats, and there is a place for everyone who respects it.

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believe the act they commit together is only appropriate after chuppah and kiddushin, it is the way they met and communicated which seems to be a much more natural form of leading to marriage.

A system in which young people are not permitted to meet naturally and without chaperones, in which parents have so much say as to who their marriage-age children can date (without giving any credit or respect to the choices their age 20-something children might make on their own), in which the communication after a date is through a third party always, is not going to lead to people actually building a relationship and working their way — positively — through their differences.

Going on five dates in four weeks doesn’t mean you’re ready to get married any more than dating someone for five years means you’re ready to get married.

Though to the five-years people, what are you waiting for? believe the dating game example is a microcosm, a minor example, of what causes people who leave the religious community.

People need to have choices. They need to be made aware that the halakhic system wears many hats, and that there is a place for everyone who respects it within its very wide spectrum. Nothing is only black and white. Grey, with reference to halakha is a beautiful color.

May our community be blessed to see the beautiful rainbow that different approaches to serving G-d within the boundaries of halakha has to offer. As long as we understand that following what the Torah and halakha actually have to say is our baseline (not twisted to meet our pre-conceived ideas, but what it actually says) our community will be in a much better place in dealing with all of these issues.

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Half a shekel reflects that we are not yet whole RABBI BINNY FREEDMAN THE HEART OF JERUSALEM

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long with all the challenging events of this part summer including the terrible kidnapping and murder of Gilad, Eyal and Naftali, I heard an incredible story: A teacher in a resource room for children with learning disabilities had a young student who joined the class and started taking lessons. He clearly had no difficulty with his lessons and consistently did well on tests, and yet continued to attend the classes as a remedial student. Try as she might, the teacher could not determine what learning disabilities this boy might have.

Assuming the boy was simply trying to find an easier path of study, she took him aside and explained to him that he could not continue to attend the remedial class as it was a waste of his time and unfair to the other students who were in much greater need of her attention.

Lowering his voice, the boy said he would tell her why he was in her class, begging her not to tell anyone.

“I have a friend with a learning disability, and our teacher told him he had to attend this remedial class, but he was really embarrassed to be singled out as having to attend this class. So I told him it was not a big deal as I also take remedial classes. And that’s why I come to you, so my friend will not be embarrassed.”

The boy who came to that class so as not

to let his friend be embarrassed was Gilad Shaar, one of those three kidnapped boys.

He was ten years old at the time.

How do we find the strength to rise to that level, to care so much about our fellow human being that we can put their pain ahead of our own pleasure? his Shabbat alongside the portion of Mishpatim, we also read an additional portion: Shekalim. This is the first of four additional readings on four special Shabbatot leading up to the festivals of Purim and Pesach, necessitating a second Torah scroll in shul.

In Shekalim (Shemot 30:11-16), Hashem commands each of us, as part of what would ultimately become the yearly census, to give a half a shekel toward the upkeep of the Beit HaMikdash, the holy Temple. This mitzvah is described (Shemot 30:12) as the opportunity to redeem one’s self, an atonement of one’s soul (kofer nafsho).

Today, when our Temple no longer stands, this mitzvah is commemorated with a gift of charity on Purim, whose festival falls in the month of Adar, when this contribution to the Temple was once made. And this is the reason we read this portion now, in the weeks when communities would once have been exhorting their members to donate the half shekel on time.

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mitzvah to redeem the newborn baby, on the thirtieth day after its birth with five shekalim given to a Kohein. Many of the commentaries connect these two mitzvoth.

What is this idea of redeeming ourselves with coin? And why the half shekel?

There is a fascinating idea that comes from the Jerusalem Talmud (tractate Shekalim 2:3): Four thousand years ago, when the brothers conspired to sell Joseph into Egyptian servitude, the Torah tells us (Bereishit 37:28) that they sold Joseph for “20 shekel” (20 pieces of silver). And the Talmud explains that these were actually 20 dinarim, equal to 5 shekalim in Talmudic times; exactly the amount with which we redeem our first born; and Joseph was the firstborn of Rachel.

Further, as there were ten brothers, the portion of each brother in the sale of Joseph was two dinarim which is the equivalent of half a shekel.

And so, for all eternity, Jews will contribute a half a shekel to the Temple in part to remember that terrible moment when we sold our brother into slavery for half a shekel. Perhaps it being a half a shekel recalls the true character flaw that resulted in the sale of Joseph. When Joseph finally finds his brothers in the field, and they first see him approaching, the Torah tells us they see him “from a distance.” (Bereishit 37:18). And the Ramban explains that it was

Shekalim reminds us how easy it is to become distant, to forget that we are all brothers and sisters, created in G-d’s image.

precisely the fact that they saw him from a distance that allowed them to conspire to kill him. It’s so much easier to dismiss people, even to hate them, when we keep them at a distance. n fact, this is what having a Temple all is about. The Beit HaMikdash was a place where all Jews would come, three times a year, to be together, in the presence of G-d.

It was, among many things, a celebration of Jewish unity, and ultimately a place where we could not only dream of peace, but practice it as well. It is so easy to preach about Jewish unity sitting at home; it takes a lot more work when we are all standing together.

Indeed, this is also the message of Purim, which is now just around the corner.

When Esther realizes the great danger in which the Jewish people find themselves from the Persian (read Iranian?) Haman, her first response is to “gather all the Jews” (Esther 4:16) — perhaps because our greatest challenge is not how we fend off our enemies, but how we put aside our differences and remember we are one people. In fact, when Haman first presents his plot to destroy the Jews he describes them as “one people who are scattered” (Esther 3:8). When we allow ourselves to become separate, we lose an essential piece of who we are.

The portion of Shekalim reminds us how easy it is to become distant, to forget that we are all brothers and sisters, created in G-d’s image. And it exhorts us to become better, to work harder, to learn to live together in harmony. Be’ezrat Hashem, perhaps this week each of us can find a way, in one moment, in one action, to make it a little closer to being so.

Shabbat Shalom from Jerusalem.

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By Alina Dain Sharon, JNS.org Most Jewish women have at least one childhood memory of wearing a Queen Esther costume for Purim. Estherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s image is ubiquitous in the collective Jewish consciousness, not only as the character in the Purim story who outwitted the villain Haman in order to save the Jewish people from annihilation, but as a symbol of a strong and intelligent woman. No wonder so many little girls want to dress up as Esther.

Like Esther before them, there are plenty of modern-day Jewish women leaving a strong mark on our society. Admittedly, the following list only scratches the surface of Jewish women making a difference, but here is a sampling of those who have made headlines for channeling their inner Queen Esther. ,ULV <LIUDFK %DW *DOLP 6KDDU 5DFKHO )UHQNHO PRWKHUV WXUQLQJ WUDJHG\ WR XQLW\ After Hamasâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s kidnapping and murder of Israeli teens Eyal Yifrach, Gilad Shaar, and Naftali Frenkel last summer, their mothers, despite their overwhelming grief, decided to campaign for Jewish unity. Since then, Iris Yifrach, Bat-Galim Shaar, and Rachel Frenkel, in partnership with Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat, have launched the Jerusalem Unity Prize in memory of their sons.

The prize of up to 100,000 shekels (approximately $25,600) will recognize â&#x20AC;&#x153;the efforts of organizations and individuals in Israel and the Diaspora who actively work to advance unity throughout Jewish communities and Israeli society.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;For many years, Eyal talked about unity and connecting to others,â&#x20AC;? Iris Yifrach said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The most appropriate way to pay tribute to his life is to commit ourselves to these ideals.â&#x20AC;?

6FDUOHWW -RKDQVVRQ SULQFLSOHG DFWUHVV Jewish-American actress Scarlett Johansson took a principled stand last year when she stepped down as a global ambassador for the non-governmental organization Oxfam International, which had criticized her for serving as a pitch woman for SodaStream, the beverage-carbonation company that has a factory in Judea and Samaria.

Johansson said in an interview with the British Observer newspaper that she was â&#x20AC;&#x153;aware of that particular factory before I signed [with SodaStream]. And it still doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t seem like a problemâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;at least not until someone comes up with a solu-

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tion to the closing of that factory and leaving all those people [working there] destitute.â&#x20AC;? She added that the SodaStream factory, which employs many Palestinians and has an on-site mosque, is â&#x20AC;&#x153;a model for some sort of movement forward in a seemingly impossible situation.â&#x20AC;?

2U &RKHQ IHPDOH ,VUDHOL 1DYDO FRPPDQGHU Israel Defense Forces Capt. Or Cohen, who is currently a navigation ofďŹ cer on a missile boat, will become deputy chief of a patrol boat pending ďŹ nal conďŹ rmation by the Israeli Navyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s commander Maj. Gen. Ram Rothberg, who gave the initial approval in November 2014. This is the ďŹ rst time a woman has been appointed as a vessel commander in the Israeli Navy. â&#x20AC;&#x153;My lifeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s dream is coming true,â&#x20AC;? Cohen said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m very excited and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m grateful for the opportunity and the trust the senior command has in me. As an IDF ofďŹ cer, I believe in the integration of women into meaningful combat roles and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m glad that Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been given the chance to have inďŹ&#x201A;uence.â&#x20AC;? *LOOLDQ 5RVHQEHUJ DQWL ,VODPLF 6WDWH Ă&#x20AC;JKWHU Canadian-Israeli Gillian Rosenberg, 31, stunned the world last November with the announcement that she had joined

Kurdish forces in their ďŹ ght against the Islamic State terror, becoming the ďŹ rst non-Iraqi woman to do so.

Rosenberg later put fears to rest by denying reports that Islamic State had captured her. â&#x20AC;&#x153;[The Kurds] are our brothers. They are good people.

They love life, a lot like us [Israelis], really,â&#x20AC;? Rosenberg, a former Israel Defense Forces soldier, told Israel Radio. /HRUD 0DFFDEHH ,WPDQ FRPPXQLW\ EXLOGHU In August 2014, NEXT: A Division of Birthright Israel Foundation and the Natan Fund announced three recipients for the 2014 Natan/NEXT Grants for Social Entrepreneurs.

Among the winners was Leora Maccabee Itman, founder of TC Jewfolk, a start-up that uses social media and communitybased journalism to connect, engage, and inspire young Jews in Minneapolis and Saint Paul, Minn.

TC Jewfolk promotes what it calls â&#x20AC;&#x153;a thousand ways to be Jewish,â&#x20AC;? bringing myriad Jewish voices together to reďŹ&#x201A;ect and forge diverse connections to local and global Jewish life.

Itman is also an attorney at Maslon, Edelman, Borman & Brand, LLP. 7KH ODWH %HVV 0\HUVRQ RQO\ -HZLVK 0LVV $PHULFD The only Jewish Miss America, Bess Myerson, died last December at the age of 90. Myerson is known not just for winning the 1945 Miss America crown, but for defending her Jewish identity during the competition. Organizers asked Myerson to change her name to Betty Merrick, but she refused.

Later on in life, Myerson campaigned against anti-Semitism for the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) and was named ADLâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Woman of the Year in 1965. +HVV\ 7DIW Âś$U\DQ¡ EDE\ Eighty years ago, 6-month-old Hessy Taftâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s picture was selected by the Nazis, reportedly chosen by Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels himself, as the image of the ideal Aryan baby. The picture was distributed on postcards far and wide, and nobodyâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;the Nazis includedâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;ever discovered that this puffy-cheeked baby was actually Jewish.

Perhaps the sweetest revenge of all is that Taft is still alive and still working, as a professor of chemistry in New York.

Taft, 80, never intended to be a symbol for the survival of the Jewish people, but she has become just that.

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Dirshu rabbanim daven at Chofetz Chaim kever kever of the Chofetz Chaim.

By Chaim Gold , Dirshu Then came the focal point of the trip - the Venerated Rabbonim and Poskim walked slowly, heads bent in hachnaah, as they ap- visit to the kever of the Chofetz Chaim which proached the admas kodesh (holy soil) where aroused a heartfelt outpouring of tefillos acthe Chofetz Chaim is buried in the ancient companied by copious shedding of tears.

As the group of talmidei chachomim finJewish cemetery Radin.

They wept openly as the Mashgiach, HaG- ished saying the Tehillim something absolutely aon HaRav Chizkiyahu Yosef Mishkovsky, sh- remarkable transpired. One of the Rabbonim lita, stood in front of the kever, hand raised started mentioning the names of the many to shomayim, eyes closed, saying, “How many people who had asked him to daven for them at tears have poured forth at this holy place the kever. This one desperately needed a refuah, begging Hashem that in your zechus, heiliger another had difficulties with a wayward child, the other had not yet been blessed with children Rebbe, Yidden should experience yeshuos!”

Rav Mishkovsky, continued, “Heiliger Reb- and the third desperately needed a shidduch. be, may your zechus be a meilitz yosher on Within moments, the others joined in, mentionall Yidden and on all lomdei Dirshu and in your zechus may Dirshu continue to facilitate so much limud haTorah, please grant them the siyatta diShmaya to help so many Yidden learn the seforim of the Chofetz Chaim and spread his Torah. We beg Hashem, halevai!”

The visit to the kever also featured tefillos and Tehillim led by HaGaon HaRav Binyomin Finkel, shlita, Mashgiach of the Mir Yeshiva and a potent tefillah to be said at the Chofetz Chaim’s kever especially written for the occasion by the well-known mekubal and Rosh Yeshiva of Ahavat Shalom, HaGaon +D5DY %LQ\RPLQ )LQNHO GDYHQLQJ DW WKH NHYHU RI WKH &KRIHW] &KDLP HaRav Yaakov Hillel, shlita.

The Dirshu delegation arrived in Radin on ing the myriad Yidden who had begged them to 13 Shevat (Feb. 2). The trip was undertaken daven for yeshuos and… the floodgates opened.

Hot tears flowed, reflecting the pain and torin advance of the siyum of the first machzor of Dirshu’s Daf HaYomi B’Halacha program. ment plaguing so many Yidden throughout the Dirshu’s Daf HaYomi B’Halacha, the popular world. The fountains of tears poured straight daily halacha program, features the learning from the hearts of each individual present as of a daily Daf of Mishnah Berurah along with they unburdened Klal Yisrael’s pain onto the a short daily portion of mussar from one of great oheiv Yisrael, the great defender and adthe Chofetz Chaim’s numerous mussar seforim. vocate of Klal Yisrael, the Chofetz Chaim.

HaRav Aharon Toisig, one of the great “Rebbe,” Rav Mishkovsky exclaimed, “this is what you wanted! That Yidden across the world mashpiim in Eretz Yisrael gave voice to the should live their daily lives in accordance with deep feelings that so many were feeling: “Rebhalacha by learning your Misnhah Berurah; that be, Yidden have started learning your Mishnah Yidden should live their lives in accordance with Berurah daily in great numbers. Yeshiva bayour Sefer Chofetz Chaim and Shmiras Halashon churim, kollel avreichim, baalei batim and even on the laws of Lashon Hara and your other mus- children in seventh and eighth grades are all sar seforim. In this zechus, may Hashem grant en-masse learning the Mishnah Berurah.”

Rav Toisig burst into tears, “Am Yisrael all lomdei Daf HaYomi B’Halacha — those currently in the program and those who have un- needs Rachmei Shomayim. Hashem from dertaken to join the program — hatzlacha in all upon high look at us! In the zechus of the of their endeavors, nachas from their children, heilige Chofetz Chaim see how every house in Klal Yisrael is suffering, people are cryyeshuos, refuos and parnassah!”

Upon arriving in Radin, the delegation en- ing, the malach hamashchis is everywhere! tered the building that housed the great Radiner The Mishnah Berurah tells us that if we propYeshiva. After Shacharis, Rav Dovid Hofstedter, erly observe Shabbos we will be saved from Dirshu’s Nasi, delivered the daily Daf HaYomi tzaros. If we learn Torah, the Chofetz Chaim B’Halacha shiur from the Sefer Mishnah Berurah tells us, the koach haTorah will help us. We written by the Chofetz Chaim in front of the beis beg Hashem give bracha to Klal Yisrael, both medrash founded by the Chofetz Chaim. The in ruchniyus and gashmiyus. Yidden need good health. So many are suffering! Yidden symbolism was not lost on anyone.

An ultimate purpose of the trip was on be- need parnassah, Yidden need hatzlacha in half of the Daf HaYomi B’Halacha program. chinuch. So many are falling, R”L!” Rabbi Avigdor Bernstein, a senior member Over the last few weeks Dirshu presented an enticing offer to all of Klal Yisrael. The offer of Dirshu’s hanhala, said, “No words could was that anyone currently learning the Daf describe the depth of emotion felt by all. The HaYomi B’Halacha or anyone who accepts silence reflected the emotion, an emotion so upon himself to start the program, whether powerful, so tangible it could practically be this week as the program embarks on the rele- cut it with a knife.”

That bracha and that special zechus of the vant halachos of Purim or for the next machzor in the month of Nissan when the program will Chofetz Chaim is available and ready to acagain begin Chelek Aleph, will be inscribed in a cess for anyone who accepts upon himself to begin learning the Daf HaYomi B’Halacha. special sefer entitled Sefer HaGibborim.

One of the moving moments at the kever Yidden are joining by the thousands. It’s time was when the beautiful leather bound Sefer you joined too!”

To join Daf HaYomi B’Halacha call 888HaGibborim, was placed for posterity in a secure place in the special ohel built around the 5-Dirshu or e-mail, info@kollelDirshu.org

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I tried on mermaid, ballroom, evening, sheath, A-line and trumpet style gowns â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the latter, in my opinion, should be kept in the band section and not on my body (hey, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m a realist!). I tried on gowns made of tulle, charmeuse, taffeta, organza, Chantilly lace and satin. Some were adorned with, bugle beads, sequins, pearls or rhinestones.

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She explained that these were samples and would be custom made to order.

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It was supposed to be just a tiny ďŹ sh tail in the back but because the gown was made for someone at least nine inches taller than me it was a train. But I loved it. I pictured it without all the seams bursting, in a champagne color and the correct length. The saleswomen said no problem, she would have the owner call me and discuss. That night I received a call from the owner/designer. That particular gown was made in Portugal but could be made here. The appliquĂŠs came from France, but he would try to match them and the work would be done with his seamstress, I told him I would get back to him â&#x20AC;Ś never.

I felt as if I was in a SNL skit half the time.

One of my favorites went like this: â&#x20AC;&#x153;I like that blue gown, does it come in champagne or blush?â&#x20AC;? I asked. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Yes it does,â&#x20AC;? she replied. It was a size 12 strapless and navy, yet I saw the possibilities. She used clothes pins to tighten it to my size and explained how they could add a sleeve.

I looked at Ellen and we both agreed this could be the gown. The seamstress took my measurements and the owner started to write the order.

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Parise among GIs who liberated Buchenwald “I’m no hero,” Cedarhurst Mayor Andrew Parise told a class of high school students last year, just before the 70th anniversary of D-Day, when Allied forces landed in Europe to defeat the Nazis. “I was one of thirteenand-a-half million soldiers that went to fight.

The heroes are there, they never came home, they are still there, buried.” His unit literated Buchenwald.

In Cedarhurst Town Hall, where he greeted the students, Parise sat at a table convered with artifacts from his time in Europe — a bayonet from an M1 rifle, a pin from a hand grenade, various Nazi knives and a framed case of Nazi paraphernalia. A framed case held Parise’s medals from his time in the Army.

The visitors accompanied their World History Regents teacher, The Jewish Star’s Bookworm columnist, Alan Jay Gerber, from Yeshiva Derech HaTorah in Brooklyn.

Rabbi Yaakov Feitman of Kehillas Bais Yehudah Tzvi in Cedarhurst told the students that his father was at Buchenwald, and “I am here because he [Parise] was there.”

“They almost succeeded in wiping out the Jews,” said Rebbitzen Cynthia Zalinsky, executive director of the Jewish Community Council of Queens, blinking back tears, as she thanked Mayor Parise. As a result of saving her father, Parise would see four generations — with Zalinsky, her son and his children in were the room.

She told the students: “You need to bear witness [and say], I met someone who freed the Jews in Buchenwald.”

Parise said thanked the speakers for their “kind remarks,” denied his heroism and briefly described his division’s record 154 days on the front lines under grueling conditions.

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He was awarded a Purple Heart when he was shot by a sniper in the backs of his legs shortly before the end of the war. “I was dismantling tank obstacles,” he explained. “The Germans would cut huge trees [down] so the tanks won’t pass.” He recalled fighting 30 days in the forest, with snow four to five feet deep, that soldiers froze to death and they had to chop them out of the ice and carried them on box springs they found to the trucks.

When he mentioned the difficult capture of the town of Metz in France, Rabbi Feitman pointed out that the Shaagas Aryeh, the noted Rabbi Aryeh Leib ben Asher Gunzberg, was there at the end of his life in the late 1700s.

The publisher and staff of The Jewish Star mourn the passing of

076 )6,:-? 2 8):1;longtime Mayor of Cedarhurst.

A member of the Greatest Generation, Mayor Parise fought in the Battle of the Bulge and was among the liberators of the Buchenwald death camp.

A life-long son of the Five Towns, he dedicated himself to public service and to his beloved Cedarhurst, which he served for over 43 years, the last 20 as mayor.

His kindness and compassion will be missed by the many people he helped throughout the years.

We extend our sincere condolences to his family and friends.

Ed Weintrob, Publisher

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Parise said that when his division entered Buchenwald, its prisoners and guards were not there, but he recalled the “trenches with remains, the beds – boards, stacked four or five high with hardly any room between” He said General Eisenhower sent the American troops to visit the camps “to tell folks back home.”

“I feel for the soldiers today,” he said. “In World War II the whole country was with you [and] you knew who your enemy was; now you don’t know. There is no front line where you can win any battles. Ttoday they come home [and people] don’t care. Then we had parades and a warm welcome.”

Parise enlisted in the Army after graduation from Lawrence High School in 1942.

Assigned to “C” company, the 312th Combat Engineers of the 87th “Golden Acorn” Infantry Division, he landed with his division at Le Havre, France, in November 1944.

A version of this article originally appeared in The Jewish Star on June 10, 2014.

Cedarhurst’s mayor…

Continued from page 1 tastic leader,” said Evola.

In 2011, Cedarhurst Park was renamed Andrew J. Parise Cedarhurst Park. Its namesake, with local organizations, refurbished the space, creating a water park, memorial area and baseball field.

His administration, in partnership with local businesses, established a summer concert series at the gazebo.

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Kristen Jones, Parise’s eldest granddaughgium and Luxembourg and his unit entered the Buchenwald concentration camp, an ex- ter, called her grandfather a “lion of a man” who had a soft spot for children but disciperience that created an indelible memory.

When Parise’s unit got to the camp, only plined them when needed.

Five Towns Community Chest Executive corpses had been left behind. “Eisenhower came out with an order — every soldier had Director Bob Block said that after working to visit the camps to witness what went on with Parise on many charitable and pubthere so there would be no question there lic events, he came to understand why the was a Holocaust,” Parise told the Jewish Star mayor garnered the respect he did, from members of the clergy to business people to in 2010. “It was horrific.”

After returning from Europe, he recon- elected officials.

Hempstead Town Councilman Anthony nected with his high school civics teacher and entered public service in 1954 as legislative Santino, who knew Parise for more than 40 aide for the New York State Assembly. Two years, called him “a giant of a man who was years later, he began a 40-year career with beloved by his village and by the thousands of the Town of Hempstead, working as chief of friends and colleagues whose lives he touched staff for seven supervisors. He joined the Ce- so deeply through countless acts of caring, darhurst village board in 1971 He served as generosity and kindness,” Santino said.

“He was the most caring, thoughtful perdeputy mayor under the late Nicholas Farina, son,” said Jo Marie Capone, the mayor’s asand became mayor in 1995.

From the “CEDMAYOR” license plate on his sistant for nearly 20 years. He loved CedarLincoln Town Car to being in his office during hurst. He loved his family. You couldn’t find emergencies such as Hurricane Sandy, Parise a better man.”

In addition to his children, Parise is surloved Cedarhurst, and loved being mayor.

Hit in the knee by sniper fire in Czecho- vived by nine grandchildren and five greatslovakia, he earned a Purple Heart the day grandchildren. A wake was scheduled for before victory was declared in Europe in Wednesday and Thursday at Perry’s Funeral Home in Lynbrook; a funeral Mass is sched1945.

“Mayor Parise was a true American hero uled for Friday at 10 am at St. Joachim R.C. and an ideal leader of the community,” said Church, 614 Central Ave. in Cedarhurst, with Gary Schall, superintendent of the Lawrence burial to follow at Greenfield Cemetery in School District. “He has been a role model for Uniondale.

A version of this story was prepared for the me personally and made everyone feel like a Nassau Herald by Herald Editor Jeff Bessen. member of his family.”

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LEGAL NOTICE PUBLIC NOTICE OF COUNTY TREASURER’S SALE OF TAX LIENS ON REAL ESTATE Notice is hereby given that I shall on February 17, 2015, and the succeeding days, beginning at 10:00 o’ clock in the morning in the Legislative Chamber, First Floor, Theodore Roosevelt Executive and Legislative Building, 1550 Franklin Avenue, Mineola, Nassau County, New York, sell at public auction the tax liens on real estate herein-after described, unless the owner, mortgagee, occupant of or any other partyin-interest in such real estate shall pay to the County Treasurer by February 13, 2015 the total amount of such unpaid taxes or assessments with the interest, penalties and other expenses and charges, against the property. Such tax liens will be sold at the lowest rate of interest, not exceeding 10 per cent per six month’s period, for which any person or persons shall offer to take the total amount of such unpaid taxes as defined in section 5-37.0 of the Nassau County Administrative Code. As required by section 5- 44.0 of Nassau County Administrative Code, the County Treasurer shall charge a registration fee of $100.00 per day to each person who shall seek to bid at the public auction defined above.

The liens are for arrears of School District taxes for the year 2013 - 2014 and/or County, Town, and Special District taxes for the year 2014. The following is a partial listing of the real estate located in school district number(s) 7, 15 in the Town of North Hempstead, Town of Hempstead only, upon which tax liens are to be sold, with a brief description of the same by reference to the County Land and Tax Map, the name of the owner or occupant as the same appears on the 2015/2016 tentative assessment roll, and the total amount of such unpaid taxes.

IMPORTANT THE NAMES OF OWNERS SHOWN ON THIS LIST MAY NOT NECESSARILY BE THE NAMES OF THE PERSONS OWNING THE PROPERTY AT THE TIME OF THIS ADVERTISEMENT. SUCH NAMES HAVE BEEN TAKEN FROM THE 2015/2016 TENTATIVE ASSESSMENT ROLLS AND MAY DIFFER FROM THE NAMES OF THE OWNERS AT THE TIME OF PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE. IT MAY ALSO BE THAT SUCH OWNERS ARE NOMINAL ONLY AND ANOTHER PERSON IS ACTUALLY THE BENEFICIAL OWNER. TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD SCHOOL:15 LAWRENCE UFSD Name Amount Parcel Group Lot KUIGHADUSH HAMID DANNY & FARID 3,651.71 39 A 05260 MICHELINA REALTY INC 30,102.29 39 A 10030 LANZILOTTA RONALD & JESSICA 9,878.82 39120 00330 ATTERITANO JOSEPH 10,787.17 39122 0116UCA01440 116A & B CA 144 UNIT 1 ATTERITANO JOSEPH 10,711.98 39122 0116UCA01440 116A & B CA 144 UNIT 2 ATTERITANO JOSEPH 10,933.38 39122 0116UCA01440 116A & B CA 144 UNIT 5 ATTERITANO JOSEPH 10,711.98 39122 0116UCA01440 116A & B CA 144 UNIT 6 ATTERITANO JOSEPH 10,711.98 39122 0116UCA01440 116A & B CA 144 UNIT 7 GAMPEL JULIA 7,763.65 39130 00310 31,218 HAMMAR DAVID & SYLVIA 4,933.48 39135 01280 BACHANA Y R 5,894.63 39138 00140 14-15,116 STULBERGER GLORIA 2,594.61 39148 00820 ZEILER SURVIVORS TR&ZEILER FAMI 8,468.92 39149 00630 63-65,79 CHESNER ROBIN G 6,664.76 39153 00590 59-61 Adelsberg & Assoc 6,945.44 39153 00770 77-80 EDNALINO EDGAR Y & LINDA E 10,934.71 39160 00430 SEPTMUS ALIZA 6,777.75 39163 00250 25-27 ALEX RIVERO LLC 2,387.05 39163 00680 68-71 PERSAUD MUNESH 3,776.49 39163 00760 76-80 BROWN VINCENT 1,893.38 39170 00540 SATTAR ABDUL & SHAZIA 5,557.27 39171 00170 17-20 GREENBERG ELIEZER 1,933.57 39176 00820 PAUL JENNI 1,475.64 39177 00840 BRODY STEVEN & SURI 11,116.08 39179 0139A 139A-139B MACKEY ANDREW 15,541.19 39189 00060 6-10 ROBINSON LOUIS & MARY 2,235.15 39192 00630 63-65 KONOSKI ILENE 2,905.29 39197 00610 FULDA YAAKOV & GOLDWASSSER ALEE 12,757.37 39230 10250 GELBTUCH ADEENA & DANIEL 18,745.86 39232 01960 FORTUNATO MICHAEL 2,987.82 39246 00170 JACKSON LE A KRAFTHEFER TR,JJ 5,249.92 39248 00050 5,106 JCC OF THE GREATER FIVE TOWNS 9,203.47 39253 02130 ALSA EQUITIES LLC 24,368.09 39261 00150 15-16 JU RO REAL ESTATE CORP 46,406.42 39264 01030

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TERMS OF SALE Such tax liens shall be sold subject to any and all superior tax liens of sovereignties and other municipalities and to all claims of record which the County may have thereon and subject to the provisions of the Federal and State Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Civil Relief Acts.

However, such tax liens shall have priority over the County’s Differential Interest Lien, representing the excess, if any, of the interest and penalty borne at the maximum rate over the interest and penalty borne at the rate at which the lien is purchased. The Purchaser acknowledges that the tax lien(s) sold pursuant to these Terms of Sale may be subject to pending bankruptcy proceedings and/or may become subject to such proceedings which may be commenced during the period in which a tax lien is held by a successful bidder or the assignee of same, which may modify a Purchaser’s rights with respect to the lien(s) and the property securing same.

Such bankruptcy proceedings shall not affect the validity of the tax lien. In addition to being subject to pending bankruptcy proceedings and/or the Federal and State Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Civil Relief Acts, said purchaser’s right of foreclosure may be affected by the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery and Enforcement Act(FIRREA),12 U.S.C. ss 1811 et.seq., with regard to real property under Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation(FDIC) receivership.

The County Treasurer reserves the right, without further notice and at any time, to withdraw from sale any of the parcels of land or premises herein listed. The Nassau County Treasurer reserves the right to intervene in any bankruptcy

case/litigation where the property affected by the tax liens sold by the Treasurer is part of the bankruptcy estate.

However,it is the sole responsibility of all tax lien purchasers to protect their legal interests in any bankruptcy case affecting their purchased tax lien, including but not limited to the filing of a proof of claim on their behalf, covering their investment in said tax lien. The Nassau County Treasurer and Nassau County and its agencies, assumes no responsibility for any legal representation of any tax lien purchaser in any legal proceeding including but not limited to a bankruptcy case where the purchased tax lien is at risk.

The rate of interest and penalty at which any person purchases the tax lien shall be established by his bid. Each purchaser, immediately after the sale thereof, shall pay to the County Treasurer ten per cent of the amount for which the tax liens have been sold and the remaining ninety per cent within thirty days after such sale. If the purchaser at the tax sale shall fail to pay the remaining ninety per cent within ten days after he has been notified by the County Treasurer that the certificates of sale are ready for delivery, then all amounts deposited with the County Treasurer including but not limited to the ten per cent theretofore paid by him shall, without further notice or demand, be irrevocably forfeited by the purchaser and shall be retained by the County Treasurer as liquidated damages and the agreement to purchase shall be of no further effect.

Time is of the essence in this sale. This sale is held pursuant to the Nassau County Administrative Code and interested parties are referred to such Code for additional information as to terms of the sale, rights of purchasers, maximum rates of interest and other legal incidents of the sale.

This list includes only tax liens on real estate located in the Town of North Hempstead, Town of Hempstead. Such other tax liens on real estate are advertised as follows: TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD Dist 1001 HEMPSTEAD/UNIONDALE TIMES, NASSAU COUNTY WEB PAGE, NEW YORK TREND, NEWSDAY INC., UNIONDALE BEACON, Dist 1002 HEMPSTEAD/UNIONDALE TIMES, NASSAU COUNTY WEB PAGE, NEWSDAY INC., UNIONDALE BEACON, Dist 1003 EAST MEADOW BEACON, EAST MEADOW HERALD, NASSAU COUNTY WEB PAGE, NEIGHBOR NEWSPAPERS NEWSDAY INC., Dist 1004 BELLMORE HERALD/LIFE MERRICK/BELLMORE TRIBUNE, NASSAU COUNTY WEB PAGE, NEWSDAY INC., Dist 1005 HICKSVILLE ILLUSTRATED NEWS, LEVITTOWN TRIBUNE, NASSAU COUNTY WEB PAGE, NEIGHBOR NEWSPAPERS NEWSDAY INC., Dist 1006 NASSAU COUNTY WEB PAGE, NEWSDAY INC., SEAFORD/WANTAGH CITIZEN, Dist 1007 BELLMORE HERALD/LIFE MERRICK/BELLMORE TRIBUNE, NASSAU COUNTY WEB PAGE, NEIGHBOR NEWSPAPERS NEWSDAY INC., Dist 1008 BALDWIN/FREEPORT TRIBUNE, NASSAU COUNTY WEB PAGE, NEWSDAY INC., POINT OF VIEW, Dist 1009 BALDWIN/FREEPORT TRIBUNE, FREEPORT BALDWIN LEADER, THE, NASSAU COUNTY WEB PAGE, NEWSDAY INC., POINT OF VIEW, Dist 1010 BALDWIN HERALD BALDWIN/FREEPORT TRIBUNE, NASSAU COUNTY WEB PAGE, NEWSDAY INC., Dist 1011 NASSAU COUNTY WEB PAGE, NEWSDAY INC., OCEANSIDE TRIBUNE OCEANSIDE/ISLAND PARK HERALD, Dist 1012 MALVERNE/WEST HEMPSTEAD HERALD, NASSAU COUNTY WEB PAGE, NEWSDAY INC., VALLEY STREAM/MALVERN TRIBUNE, Dist 1013 NASSAU COUNTY WEB PAGE, NEWSDAY INC., VALLEY STREAM HERALD, VALLEY STREAM/MALVERN TRIBUNE, Dist 1014 FIVE TOWNS TRIBUNE, NASSAU COUNTY WEB PAGE, NASSAU HERALD (FIVE TOWNS), NEWSDAY INC., Dist 1015 FIVE TOWNS JEWISH TIMES FIVE TOWNS TRIBUNE, JEWISH STAR, NASSAU COUNTY WEB PAGE,

NEWSDAY INC., Dist 1016 FRANKLIN SQ/ELMONT HERALD, FRANKLIN SQUARE BULLETIN, NASSAU COUNTY WEB PAGE, NEWSDAY INC., Dist 1017 FRANKLIN SQ/ELMONT HERALD, FRANKLIN SQUARE BULLETIN, NASSAU COUNTY WEB PAGE, NEW HYDE PARK ILLUSTRATED NEWS, NEWSDAY INC., Dist 1018 GARDEN CITY LIFE, GARDEN CITY NEWS, GARDEN CITY TRIBUNE, NASSAU COUNTY WEB PAGE, NEWSDAY INC., Dist 1019 EAST ROCKAWAY TRIBUNE LYNBROOK/EAST ROCKAWAY HERALD, NASSAU COUNTY WEB PAGE, NEWSDAY INC., ROCKAWAY JOURNAL, Dist 1020 LYNBROOK/EAST ROCKAWAY HERALD, NASSAU COUNTY WEB PAGE, NEWSDAY INC., ROCKVILLE CENTRE HERALD, Dist 1021 NASSAU COUNTY WEB PAGE, NEWSDAY INC., ROCKVILLE CENTRE HERALD, ROCKVILLE CENTRE TRIBUNE Dist 1022 FLORAL PARK BULLETIN, NASSAU COUNTY WEB PAGE, NEWSDAY INC., THE GATEWAY, Dist 1023 NASSAU COUNTY WEB PAGE, NEWSDAY INC., SEAFORD/WANTAGH CITIZEN, Dist 1024 NASSAU COUNTY WEB PAGE, NEWSDAY INC., VALLEY STREAM HERALD, VALLEY STREAM/MALVERN TRIBUNE, Dist 1025 MERRICK HERALD/LIFE MERRICK/BELLMORE TRIBUNE, NASSAU COUNTY WEB PAGE, NEWSDAY INC., Dist 1026 HICKSVILLE ILLUSTRATED NEWS, LEVITTOWN TRIBUNE, NASSAU COUNTY WEB PAGE, NEWSDAY INC., Dist 1027 MALVERNE/WEST HEMPSTEAD HERALD, NASSAU COUNTY WEB PAGE, NEWSDAY INC., WEST HEMPSTEAD BEACON, Dist 1028 LONG BEACH HERALD LONG BEACH TRIBUNE, NASSAU COUNTY WEB PAGE, NEWSDAY INC., Dist 1029 MERRICK HERALD/LIFE MERRICK/BELLMORE TRIBUNE, NASSAU COUNTY WEB PAGE, NEWSDAY INC., Dist 1030 NASSAU COUNTY WEB PAGE, NEWSDAY INC., VALLEY STREAM HERALD, VALLEY STREAM/MALVERN TRIBUNE, Dist 1031 ISLAND PARK TRIBUNE, NASSAU COUNTY WEB PAGE, NEWSDAY INC., OCEANSIDE/ISLAND PARK HERALD, Dist 1201 EAST MEADOW BEACON, EAST MEADOW HERALD, NASSAU COUNTY WEB PAGE, NEWSDAY INC., WESTBURY TIMES, Dist 1205 NASSAU COUNTY WEB PAGE, NEW HYDE PARK ILLUSTRATED NEWS, NEWSDAY INC., WEST HEMPSTEAD BEACON, TOWN OF NORTH HEMPSTEAD Dist 2001 MINEOLA AMERICAN, NASSAU COUNTY WEB PAGE, NEWSDAY INC., WESTBURY TIMES, Dist 2002 MINEOLA AMERICAN, NASSAU COUNTY WEB PAGE, NEWSDAY INC., WILLISTON TIMES, WILLISTON PARK EDITION Dist 2003 MANHASSET PRESS NASSAU COUNTY WEB PAGE, NEWSDAY INC., ROSLYN NEWS, Dist 2004 NASSAU COUNTY WEB PAGE, NEWSDAY INC., PORT WASHINGTON NEWS, Dist 2005

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Rambam advocates for Israel Rambam Mesivta Rambam Mesivta has always been at the forefront of providing its students with the knowledge and information necessary to combat the growing trend of anti-Israel sentiment and propaganda.

The driving force behind this program has been Rambam Principal Rabbi Yotav Eliach, one of the nationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s foremost experts in religious Zionism and Israel advocacy, who teaches a course in Zionism. Rambam student volunteer on Israeli Army Bases during winter break, and attend assemblies with members of Knesset, knowing and feeling what concerns Jews in Israel.

It is for this reason that when tragedy struck in Har Nof last month, Rambam students spearhead a fundraising drive which raised signiďŹ cant money for the families of the ictims of terror.

Last Friday, students heard from Rav Avichai Rontzki, former Chief Rabbi of the Israeli Defense Forces, who spoke in Hebrew and he mentioned that he was not religious when he entered the army. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I vividly recall the March our group took from the Suez Canal to what is identiďŹ ed as Har Sinai,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We climbed to the top of the mountain and there we were Jews, thousands of years later standing on the same mountain as the man who made Jewish history and forged us into nation. All of us were overcome by a strong feeling that we literally were one people united with one heart and one mission â&#x20AC;&#x201D; to protect and defend our people, heritage and our land. This inspired me to become religious.â&#x20AC;?

Banner week for Rambam In the wake of Rambam Mesivta once again being reaccredited as a Middle States School of Excellence and the news that Rambam is a Finalist for the Department of Educationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s prestigious Blue Ribbon Award, its teams put accolades into action.

The Rambam Mock Trial team defeated JFK High School in what is hopefully the start of another successful campaign. The Nassau County Mock Trial Tournament includes 44 schools and is one of the most competitive academic competitions.

Over the last three years, under the leadership of Professor Joanne Stevens, the team has ďŹ nished in the elite eight once and has had two ďŹ nal four appearances.

The Rambam College Bowl teams, both JV and Varsity, were also victorious, going a combined 5-1 at last weekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s meet.

Rambamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s JV Hockey team ďŹ nished its season going 10-0 on the year. With newly engaged Coach Avi Herschman, Rambam â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;09 at the helm, the team hopes to make it back to the championships for the second year in a row.

Meanwhile, the Rambam Mesivta Writersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Guild continues to grow. A group of students, dedicated to the craft of writing and appreciating literature, met with Assistant Principal and English teacher Hillel Goldman, in a small setting, and reviewed their stories.

Different realms, Law, Trivia, Writing, Hockey, but the same Rambam approach and commitment to good character, form, and excellence. All in a weekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s work.

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For the year and a half he hid with his parents, sister and a family friend, he was forced to spend virtually all his time lying prone, for fear of being discovered. With no food to be had, the Szenbergs all shared one slice of bread per day. When a young Michael came out of hiding, he was, in his description, â&#x20AC;&#x153;a malnourished midget.â&#x20AC;?

Dr. Szenberg related that near the end of the war, the people in whose home they were hiding hosted a major party and had 50 guests over. The Szenbergs remained quiet and still to avoid being detected, but at the end of the evening, the drunk host invited everyone up to his attic to view the â&#x20AC;&#x153;zooâ&#x20AC;? he had hidden upstairs. When they realized how many gentiles had seen them, the Szenbergs were convinced they were doomed â&#x20AC;&#x201D; certainly, at least one of the people among the guests would report them to the authorities, and they would unceremoniously be taken and killed.

Tearfully, they said their goodbyes, but miraculously no one told. After the war, the Szenberg family honored their host by enlisting them with Yad Vashemâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Righteous Gentiles.

Immediately after the war, said Dr. Szenberg, Polish gentiles continued to kill Jewish survivors on a daily basis. One day, he was accosted by two Polish ofďŹ cers who demanded to know the Szenberg familyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s whereabouts. Eleven-year-old Michael realized the potential danger of showing them his familyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hiding place and led them in the wrong direction. Even as a small child, he had the sense to understand that â&#x20AC;&#x153;If I was going to die anyway, why should my entire family be killed as well?â&#x20AC;? As far as how he survived, he simply explains that he repeatedly saw the Hand of Hashem throughout the war.

A witty and entertaining speaker, Dr. Szenberg has published numerous books on economics and other topics. He told the HAFTR students to always look forward, and not to allow a setback to get in their way.

He said that as they move on in life, they should not follow the latest fad but rather stay connected to Judaism. Throughout history, he said, those who ran after the latest fad perished, while the authentic Jews endured.

HAFTR This is a Shemitta year, when working and harvesting the land in Israel is strictly forbidden by Torah. At HAFTR, students have had an opportunity to focus on a universal element of the Shemitta year â&#x20AC;&#x201D; emunah, or belief in G-d.

Each grade, through a series of shiurim, touched the concept through anecdotes and enriching halachic interpretations. Each class in the Judaic Studies department focused on a different aspect of this important year.

Lashon teachers described the celebration of Tu Bâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Shevat in Israel and detailed the holidayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s intricacies. Senior girls were fortunate enough to have an Israeli Tuâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Bshevat Seder organized

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