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By Anna Hardcastle Following the tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School in December of 2012, issues beyond gun control reform were debated and brought to the forefront of American politics.

Citizens across the nation were blatantly alerted to the reality and necessity of protecting the children in our schools in order to prevent the murder of twenty more innocent school children.

Ideas have emerged across the board to increase security measures at both our public and private schools. Some extremists have proposed not only hiring additional security guards, but also arming teachers and administrators with guns and weapons in order to be more readily prepared to respond to an attack. A Tennessee senator has recently introduced a bill requiring the presence of an armed officer, teacher or staff member in every public school. Additional legislation has also been proposed elsewhere, such as in South Dakota, where a bill was passed in the House on January 29, 2013 to allow school districts to arm teachers and personnel with weapons.

More mild and easily-attainable ideas, however, call for increasing the number of lockdown drills performed in schools as well as the efficiency of such drills. While many schools routinely performed lockdown drills at least once a year prior to the Sandy Hook Massacre, state legislatures across the United States have since been stressing the necessity to regularly perform such security precautions. In order to simulate the anxiety and distress of an emergency, staff at a school in Illinois fired blanks throughout hallways during a lockdown drill last month. This unique incident was intended to familiarize the students and teachers with the terrifying sounds of gunshots in the event that an emergency should occur.

On a more local level, yeshivas across Long Island have been expanding and more firmly implementing their security measures.

Great Neck’s North Shore Hebrew Academy High School has been employing lockdown

By Malka Eisenberg Jack Ratz is a man on a mission.

The 88 year old Holocaust survivor harnessed his will to survive during the war years in Europe and now continues to muster his strength to tell his story, to speak the truth and educate, to shed light where there is darkness and denial.

He lives in his tidy Brooklyn home, surrounded by comfortable chairs and the mementos of the Shoah, his many laudatory letters from his speaking engagements, awards, certificates of appreciation and treasured photographs of his family, past and present. He speaks with a slight European accent, and stands about five feet tall, barrel chested, an image of strength in spite of some difficulty breathing and walking. His eyes are bright, warm yet worried. He wears a gray knitted kipa proclaiming “supper cool” on his thick gray hair, and clearly, the hand made cards from students across the United States back that up.

Ratz survived the war with his father, but lost an older brother to the war when he fought with the Russian army against the Nazis in Moscow, and lost his mother and three younger brothers when they were shot along with over 30,000 other Jews when the Nazis “liquidated” the Riga ghetto in 1941.

That Ratz survived against all odds and had hair-raising gutsy escapades with miraculous brushes with death are the stuff of movie making. He has told his life’s stories to his children and grandchildren repeatedly over the years; it both colors and frames his life and outlook, as well as those of his children and grandchildren.

“I grew up with the stories all the time, every Friday night,” recalled Dr. Jeffrey Ratz, Jack Ratz’s youngest son. “He was lucky, he took a lot of risks and never got caught.” Jeffrey noted that both he and his wife Pearl are children of survivors and feel that it is “important to carry on their message.” He also said that his son Mathew “spent a lot of time with my father” and that Mathew and Jack “collaborated on reprinting” Jack’s book and Mathew wrote the afterword.

Jack Ratz decided to begin telling his story to wider audiences about 30 years ago when he and his wife Doris, a”h, were at a hotel in Florida. Jack and Doris, he still calls her “my girl,” were married 57 years. “A man came to tell his story of hiding in the Nazi era,” he recalled. “I thought, ‘if he can do it, I can do it.’ I wanted people to now.” He plays a DVD that a school made of his story and sits watching, shaken and tearful. “There are less and less people to tell the story,” he said. “This is my mission.” Since then, he has delivered his message to Jewish and secular schools, synagogues, and meetings. He displays letters of gratitude from

JACK RATZ students, teachers, administrators, from Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan and Mayor Michael Bloomberg.

Jack was born in Riga, Latvia in 1925. The Russians attacked Latvia June 1940—a few months later his family celebrated his bar mitzvah in secret. At that time, Jack’s oldest brother was conscripted into the Soviet army. His family never saw him again.

In August, all Jews in the outlying areas were killed. Between then and the end of 1941, the Nazis isolated a ghetto in Riga and segregated a smaller ghetto within the larger ghetto for able-bodied men aged 16 and up. The Nazis then slaughtered the remaining 30,000 Jewish men, women and children in the larger ghetto section, swept it clean of corpses and refilled it with Jews from Germany, Austria and Czechoslovakia also destined for Continued on page 3

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Pleasing all the People all the Time The fourteenth century poet, John Lyndgate, famously wrote an axiom about one’s inability to please all people all the time. Though this quote is often attributed to President Abraham Lincoln, its roots are much older; older even than Lyndgate in the 1300s. As it turns out, Megillat Esther sends the same message, and this idea frustrates people, like me, who try to make everyone happy.

The very last pasuk of the Meglliah explains how Mordechai, now a close advisor to King Achashverosh, becomes â€œâ€Śgadol la’yihudim, v’ratzoi l’rov echav‌â€? “And grand among the Jews, and pleasing to most of his brethren.â€?

Reecting on the story of Esther, and the great, pivotal role Mordechai plays in ensuring the continuing existence of the Jewish people— both of Shushan (Persia) and of the world—it is galling to think that some members of Am Yisrael still weren’t 100% pleased with him.

The sages provide many MiJeffrey Ratz drashim about this phrase, and they shed some light on the ancient Persian history of Mordechai and his leadership roles in the municipality of Shushan; however, none of this historical retracing makes the pasuk any easier to swallow. Essentially, one could expend tremendous efforts on behalf of his entire community and his entire race, saving young and old alike, and some people will still complain!

I reect on this notion each time sometime criticizes a Chumash class I lead and each time someone heckles me during a d’var Torah at the Hashkama (early morning) minyan. While I don’t see anyone else waking up with the sunrise and preparing for weeks to deliver words of Torah, no matter the content, someone always has a critique.

I imagine, in my own humble way, that this was Mordechai’s reaction. An aghast “are you serious?!� to those who have wicked words to share despite our best intentions.

But, despite the criticism of some small percentage of the people—and the Megillah uses the word “rov,â€? majority, to indicate that the population of naysayers was truly small—it is vital to remember that we do mitzvoth, we speak Torah, we raise our children with derech eretz not to please others, but to bring fulďŹ llment to ourselves. At the end of the day, we are only responsible for our actions, not others’ reactions to those practices. I, like Mordechai, and like all the others within our community who try to be thought-leaders and action-leaders, can take solace in knowing that “rov echav,â€? the majority of our peers do ďŹ nd pleasure in our actions. Maybe please some of the people all of the time is reward enough.

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Continued from page 1 death. Jack’s mother and younger brothers were killed along with the 30,000. His older brother, hearing of their deaths, was determined to fight the Nazis and was killed in a battle near Moscow.

Jack and his father’s odyssey began at this point. A jeweler in Riga offered to make jewelry from any silver the residents of the ghetto could muster. Jack brought him a silver spoon from his family; the jeweler melted it into liquid, said Ratz, and formed it into a ring engraved with his initials in Hebrew: yud resh—Yakov Ratz—and the date his mother and brothers were killed: 8 XII 41. He wore his silver spoon ring throughout the war. “I wore it all the time,” he said. “Somehow they didn’t see it. It was a miracle. It gave me strength to keep me going.” He holds it as a monument, a tombstone, for his mother and brothers. When his father passed away years later, he died on the same English date that his mother and brothers were shot. Father and son were sent to Lenta Work Camp; while there, Jack was photographed by the Nazis as prisoner #281. Jack’s father worked as a tailor in Lenta; others were shoemakers, machinists, milliners, or repaired cars. Before he was in Lenta, he worked in swamps pulling up roots to dry to be burned as fuel; those working there had a life span of three months, said Jack. He was transferred to Lenta. Jack worked unloading water pipes and then in the kitchen, always on the lookout for ways to increase their chances of survival.

In his cubby, he hoarded leftover grease and fat to make into a spread for bread. When a Nazi commandant came in with his dog that sniffed it out and demanded to know

what it was, a Jewish doctor confirmed that it was ok and the Nazi let it go. “I could have been killed on the spot,” explained Jack. At one point he stole cigarettes to use as barter for food and another time he found a dead horse that he and others cut up and cooked for food.

In August 1944, Jack, his father, and other prisoners were taken on a death march to Salaspils concentration camp in Latvia. He saw Russian prisoners purposelessly forced to move a mountain, dragging the dirt walking in a figure eight pattern from one place to another. “They died like flies,” said Jack.

While there, he saw Jews tortured, put in cages, in lice-infested clothing to see how long they could survive. “At the end they went crazy,” Jack recalled. They were then taken to Stutthoff concentration camp, the first outside Germany and the last liberated by the Allies. Over 85,000 were recorded killed there, but there were many more unrecorded murders of Jews brought in and shot.

From there, they were shipped to Burgraben and, in February 1945, taken on a death march to Gottendorf death camp. On March 10, Jack and his father were liberated by the Russian Army, only to be hospitalized with typhoid. They miraculously survived, lying sided by side incoherent and delirious in a hospital bed.

He recalled the triple-decker beds in the work camp, with four inmates on the bottom bunk, three in the middle, three on the top.

He recounted one stint of grueling work— “we were full of lice, filth and dirt. We wore our clothes for six months with no possibility of bathing. We walked two hours to the pier, worked from 6 PM to 6 AM and walked back

to our barracks by 10 AM only to be ready at 2 PM to walk back.”

In May 1945, the Russians wanted him to be a spy. He “expropriated” a motorcycle and escaped with his father to the American Zone eventually, making his way to the U.S. He later brought his father and his father’s wife (he had remarried). While in Europe, he studied engineering and math and found work in the U.S. repairing televisions and later worked for the MTA. “I always wore a yarmulke,” he stressed. “When you are a mentsh and stick to your principles they respect you.”

Rabbi Shmuel Klammer, a resident of Woodmere and menahel of Shulamith School of Brooklyn, spoke highly of Jack Ratz. “I am very inspired by his ability to maintain his frumkeit,” said Klammer. “I know him for several years. He came and spoke in school.

He is incredibly engaging and connected with the girls. He has a zest for life. His story is very inspiring He is good-natured, good humored, warm and personable. He is an inspiration for adults and children.” He sets an example of “emunah and bitachon (faith and belief) and keeping a positive attitude towards life.”

When he speaks to students, he “sizes them up,” he said, shows them a DVD of his life and speaks about his life, about geography and history. He exhorts them, “you are the future. Now you met Mr. Jack Ratz, you have met a Holocaust survivor. Tell your children and grandchildren. Testify that there was a Holocaust. “ He tells them about the Holocaust, how it developed and “what the Nazis did to the Jews. A terrible thing. They killed six million Jews, mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers. All G-d’s children. How could

they kill them?!”

A flier in Flatbush advertising one of his talks proclaimed “What were you doing between age 14 and 18? Jack Ratz will tell you what he was doing.” “You were in high school,” he said. “Jack Ratz was in a ghetto.”

Inner city children asked him how their “ghetto” differed from his ghetto. He said his was surrounded by three rows of barbed wire with armed guards and anyone leaving would be shot and families were separated and shot to death.

“The message to live by,” said son Jeffrey, “is to live in the world, and appreciate everything Hashem sends us.” As a child of survivors, his outlook is “different than others, not better or worse, just different.”

Jack said that he “went through so much hell that I have no choice but to be religious and raise a family, with children, grandchildren and great grand children to be religious. Look what I have accomplished in life.

I came with nothing. You have to have hope, courage, faith in Hashem, be optimistic. I was on a death march; I didn’t expect to live.

“Sometimes when I sit and learn Gemarah (Talmud),” mourns Jack, “I see it happened 2000 years ago that they killed Jews. Now it’s the same thing! Iran is not the only one.

One girl (in one of the groups he spoke to) said that she ‘heard it never happened.’ ‘How can you say that!?’ I asked. ‘Where’s my family—who took pictures—the Nazis took pictures! How can you say it never happened?!

I was there!”

Mr. Jack Ratz is currently conducting talks on his life in his home and is happy to welcome visitors. He can be reached by calling his cell phone: 646-750-6740.

Dr. Zev Carrey: never far from Far Rockaway Protecting

By Malka Eisenberg As a pulmonologist and a long time member of Hatzalah, it was natural for Dr. Zev Carrey to have been at the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. “I was there after the buildings came down. What was notable,” he said, “ was that there was nothing to do.”

His choice of occupation also brought him into the maelstrom following Hurricane Sandy. “I did spend time in a mobile medical van in Belle Harbor,” he said. “I offered to see people who needed medical attention after the storm. They were in their homes without the ability to get medical care. I helped provide medical care to those who had no access to medical services and were homebound.”

Carrey has been a practicing pulmonologist for 24 years and will be working at Woodmere Medical Practice as part of the medical staff at Mercy Medical Center. He is working closer to home now, having lived in Far Rockaway for the last 24 years. Previously, he was program director for the Internal Medicine Residency Program for 15 years and Director of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine for 24 years at The Mount Vernon Hospital in lower Westchester. He commuted from there to his home in Far Rockaway.

He lived most of his life in Far Rockaway.

Carrey is a graduate of Brooklyn College and studied medicine at the State University of New York’s Downstate Medical Center. He lived on Ocean Parkway in Brooklyn during his residency in internal medicine at Brookdale Hospital there and lived in Montreal, Canada while training in a subspecialty of pulmonary and critical care medicine at Mc-

Gill University. He is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at New York Medical College in Valhalla, and serves on the Medical Board of Hatzalah of the Rockaways and Nassau County. Carrey is board certified in internal medicine, pulmonary medicine and critical care medicine.

He noticed an uptick in respiratory problems following Sandy, with patients having bronchitis, asthma or asthma like symptoms from exposure to the dust or mold. Some needed medical treatment, he said.

While he was working on the medical van in Belle Harbor, “one of the national guard guys came to us,” he recalled. “There were people stuck in the apartment buildings in Belle Harbor and he asked us to supply him with medicines to take to them. He figured out a way to get through to those in the building who needed elevators to get out, the shut ins. They were not allowed to bring prescriptions; we had to prescribe for people we didn’t necessarily see. People bent the rules to provide car for those who couldn’t get it. Many people worked together.”

Carrey is joining a hospital that is celebrating its hundredth year of pro-

viding service to the area. Mercy Medical Center is designated a Breast Imaging Center of Excellence by the American College of Radiology, and a Bariatric Surgery Center of Excellence® by the American Society For Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery.

“My goal,” stressed Carrey, “is to provide medical care to the community that I live in.

Medicine is a challenging environment nowadays with a lot of regulations. Mercy is trying to get excellent care to the community by the members of our community.”

the future Continued from page 1 and fire drills since its conception; however, security measures have been tightened since December 14, 2012. During an assembly just days after the Sandy Hook shooting, Dr. Daniel J. Vitow, Headmaster of NSHAHS, reiterated just how important lockdown drills are to the prestigious school and that they are by no means to be taken lightly. Dr. Vitow said, “One of the greatest responsibilities I have as Headmaster of North Shore Hebrew Academy High School is to provide a safe and secure environment for the hundreds of people who come through our facility each and every day. I take this responsibility with the utmost seriousness. From fingerprinting every employee to having strictly enforced security procedures and regularly scheduled practice drills, North Shore Hebrew Academy HS will always continue to review procedures and improve upon them. When things are quiet and normal, we tend to forget and let down our guard. We cannot do that. Under my watch, that will not be allowed to happen.

My hope is that other Yeshivas will begin to see it this way as well. Together, we need to professionalize our style as we provide the best education under the most secure conditions for our students and faculty.”

Many other schools across the country are steadily following suit, striving to improve the rigor of their security measures in order to emphasize how serious the security of each and every child is and solace parents with the knowledge that their children will be safely returned to them at the end of every school day.

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Opinion Letters to the editor Don’t fight Jewish EXCLUSIVE TO THE JEWISH STAR students’ battles To the Editor: To the Editor: Neither Kenneth Ryesky’s letter nor Bayla Brenner’s article addressed the substance of the Brooklyn College controversy or offered any meaningful solution to the issue of BDS on campus.

Censoring the event, as both the article and the letter suggest, would have been wrong, and in fact, completely contrary to Ryesky’s claim, there have been many right of center speakers at Brooklyn College, including verbal flamethrower David Horowitz in 2011, who used his lecture at the college’s library to call Palestinians “morally sick,” refer to Muslims as “Islamic Nazis” and ask whether there were any good Muslims in the United States. Letters like Ryesky’s suggest that some simply want to censor those views they disagree with.

Much as I do not doubt there are many professors at Brooklyn College with pro-Palestinian views, college President Gould made clear that sponsoring a lecture and endorsing it were two different things, and that there was no reason to believe the Political Science department would not sponsor a pro-Israel lecture. Indeed, the Department made good on that promise this week, agreeing to sponsor a lecture on campus by Elliott Abrams on his new book, Tested by Zion, about the Bush Administration and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

We ill serve Jewish students on campus when we fight their battles for them and encourage them to duck the views of those they disagree with. That’s not what college is about, and it makes for ill-prepared pro-Israel advocates who are unable to defend Israel properly in the public sphere. Likewise, the ill-advised campaign of some to censor views like those expressed by the BDS movement has the counterproductive result of giving BDS proponents, who remain a small, radical minority, undeserved publicity, and carries the risk that the same argument will be used to shut down events we favor.

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You have my permission to print my memorandum to the chancellery and to Hillel leadership below, as a response to Mr. Brenner. He is PURPOSEFULLY denying the tactics of the leftist / Islamist alliance. He is as thoroughly familiar with these tactics as am I. He is engaged in purposeful obfuscation. I will not allow it.

Ergo: let’s lay it ALL out in the open:

Written to Hillel leadership The inadequacy of the Hillel response in MOST campuses has me truly concerned.

Among those events I’ve heard about nationally from trustees I know, the recent Palestine Students for Justice (the same Hamas / MSU / ISNA-connected dreck we had at Brooklyn –) was pusillanimously handled by Brockman, the FSU (Florida State University) Boca Hillel guy.

With every pronouncement we ( we – Jewish-affiliated organizations) make, we begin with “While we believe in freedom of speech, academic freedom…..” as if we need to apologize, or as if we’re reciting hatzi-kaddish before mussaf. Do these leftists / Islamists talk about YOUR freedom of speech? Do they allow it, or do they disrupt it throughout America?

We are not dealing with “debaters”. These are Brownshirts. These people engage in disruption, exclusion, harassment and sometimes violence . They must be handled differently; the rules of academia and law does not apply to them. I wouldn’t say this at a press conference, (I’m branded already) but bad things happen when people are treated differently and have no recourse. When I resided in the South Bronx in the late 1960s ( we were poor and could not afford to move), defenseless elderly Jews were targeted for robberies and beatings. THAT, to remind you, was the origin of the JDL. When the law

– and academia – decides who is entitled to protection and equality, excluding some for “political correctness” (or fear of Islamist violence) come to the conclusion that we have to act unapologetically until there are brave administrators who will firmly clamp down on their outrageous and offensive behavior. I am hoping that it will be the one chancellor in America – other than the YU Prez, obviously – Matt Goldstein who will find a way to send a national message with some enforced restraint.

I have asked for some form of “prior restraint.” Groups which have a history of such tactics – demonstrable from other campuses – should be excluded. Further, No groups engaged in non-academic conferences should be funded by ANY public dollars. ALL should pay for facilities use with NO administrative sponsorship.

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Sent to Rick Schaffer, General Counsel at CUNY: Dear Rick: I am respectfully requesting that an acknowledgment be made, following a quick review by the chancellery and the Graduate Center, that there are no university tuition, tax-levied or public funds of any sort allocated to fund a so-called “Pinkwashing” Conference, sponsored by the Gay and Lesbian Studies Center at the Graduate Center, scheduled for April 10-11, 2013. Further, I am requesting that the “Pinkwashing” aspect not be an official function of the Graduate Center as it is outside the realm of any academic inquiry.

“Pinkwashing” is a nouveau term coined by anti-Israel / BDS activists to promote the imagined theorem that the Government of Israel protects the rights of gays, lesbians and transgender individuals and their rights to public affirmation, parades and so forth is an attempt by the Israeli government to “conceal their crimes against the Palestinians.”

In other words, blood libel accusations are made to affirm other blood libel accusations.

Coming from supporters of misogynist, racist, anti-Semitic, gay-stoning regimes, this is most ironic. While they are free to be as ironic as they desire, they are not free to engage in pure political propaganda with zero academic merit at public expense. It is my earnest hope that we can correctly assert that this is not so and that this can be documented under inquiry.

Even amongst enemies of the Jewish State, there have been no accusations of any such Israeli government policy to utilize gay civil rights as a cover for anything else. Further, there exists no evidence of any Israeli government edict, directive or correspondence of such a hypocritical connection.

Recent events of non-academic political propaganda, sponsored by units of the University and prohibited under the principles of the AAUP (American Association of University Professors) since 1916 bring shame and mockery to the University and not some imagined acclaim of pursuit of the “free and open exchange of ideas and of opinions.”

Further, as in the case of the Brooklyn college BDS conference, the seats are already filled and the attendees screened for conformity to the views of the organizers (see seat non-availability notice on the conference website).

The chancellor’s and the chairman’s legacy should not be sullied by this unadulterated, non-academic trash, but in the very least, we should be able to certify the use of no university funds of any kind, nor in-kind services in this matter.

I thank you and believe that it is time that discussion at board gatherings be dedicated to such matters.

Jeffrey S. Wiesenfeld, Trustee The City University of New York 535 East 80th Street New York, NY 10075 Editors Note: Coincident to our receipt of the letter from Mr. Brenner, we contacted Mr Weisenfeld who recently held a press conference on the topic. He felt the previous two letters adequately addressed Mr. Brenner’s thoughts.

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“If it extends aid to our building, I’m all for it,” Graber said of the legislation, adding that, up to now, houses of worship were eligible only for low-interest Small Business Administration loans. In addition, there were some instances in which federal aid was used to reimburse houses of worship for the social services they provided.

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Who’s in the kitchen

Breast of veal adorns your Purim Seudah table B

y the time you read this column it will probably be T-minus 2 days to Purim.

Are you panicking yet? Have your shaloach manot been packed? Your Seudah shopping completed? Your costumes picked out?

Back in the day, I don’t remember any panicking. Shaloach manot consisted of a few different pieces of elegant cakes, placed in pretty little colored paper cups and a fruit placed in the middle of the plate. Costumes consisted of girls as Queen Esther , or Vashti and boys as Mordechai or Haman. And mind you, they weren’t bought. You either borrowed someone’s gown they wore to a wedding a few years back, or wore a really pretty party dress (kids, don’t look for those today, not sure they even exJudy Joszef ist, which is a good thing, as I look back at photos of me in them, sigh), your mom’s costume pearls, “Shobbos shoes” and Mom’s make up, which for some reason always ended up looking like our lips were surgically enhanced as the stars’ are today. Piece de reistance? That glorious crown perched on our heads. It was made of cardboard that was shiny gold on the outside.

We had to assemble it. We didn’t have those fancy “Miss America” types.

The Seudah consisted of basic shobbos fare. Today, it’s a whole different ball game.

Seudahs are seven course meals, or they

take place in restaurants. Gone are the old favorites. We now have duck, veal, Cornish hens and lamb. Kugel is replaced by Potatoes Romanoff or Dutchess Potatoes and on the dessert menu you can find Cherry Clafoutis, Croquembouche and Pear Tarte Tatin.

Dressing up on Purim is a long-standing custom; the earliest record is found in the writings of the Mahari Mintz, a late 15th century Italian Rabbi and scholar. He writes that on Purim it is permitted for a man to dress up as a woman and vice versa.

Today, costumes are a family affair. The latest trend is for the entire family, yes parents and kids, to dress in a theme related to the shaloach manot.

If aviation is your thing, then you dress as pilots and stewardess’ and you deliver section trays with a roll, small muffin, chumus, drink and coffee packets.

Craving pizza? Have your family wear black shirts with homemade stickers printed with your family name and pizza. Add matching black matching caps. Either bake a flat round cake and decorate as a pizza with jelly and shredded white chocolate, or pick up a pie at your favorite pizza joint (mine is Shula’s), and add a can of soda.

Black and white your fancy? Dress in homemade domino costumes and send black and white cookies, chocolate covered pretzels with white sprinkles, black and white jelly beans and a can of Coke Zero.

Speaking of costumes, last year we were invited to a party. The theme? T.V. or movie characters from the 70”s. I figured Sandy from the movie Grease (in the last scene) would be simple enough. I bought a blond shoulder

wig, squeezed into a pair of my daughter’s black cropped paint on pants, added a black top and paired it with black 5” heels. If you had one drink too many or you took off your glasses I came pretty close. Jerry, inexplicably, thought that coming as a Black Panther would be the perfect date for Sandy. Coming as John Tavolta’s Danny Zucco was way too conventional. I made a paste out of cocoa, water and bit of oil. His face, neck and hands were transformed. He wore all black ,added a black beret and actually ordered Black Panther/Power buttons. On the way home from the party, at 1:30AM I realized we needed milk for morning coffee. We pulled into a 7/11 in town. My husband, who usually goes in wasn’t moving. I said “You don’t expect me to go in dressed like this do you? He responded, “I’m not sure it’s best I go in looking like this, “Hmmm, he had a point. I took off my wig and just as I was exiting the car I saw a man in his 50’s wearing a kippa, dressed as the black swan complete with tutu, tiara and and ballet slippers. ………Jerry could have gone in and not even be noticed .

Your family doesn’t have to dress as young calves to enjoy this delectable dish at your seudah.

Stuffed breast of veal 4 Tbs. canola oil 2 onions chopped 6 crushed cubes of garlic 1 C. minced fresh flat-leaf parsley

Men, Women, and Megillah:

Emotional vs Intellectual decision making I don’t care very much to compare women and men simply because I think the comparison isn’t fair. Human we all are, but other than the obvious physical differences, I believe that the natural differences that come from being different genders make comparisons ill-conceived.

It’s almost like comparing a tennis player to a soccer player, wondering which is a better athlete.

I first heard the following generalization from one Rabbi W/ Vunder who was one of the rabbis on the Heritage Tours trip to PoRabbi Avi Billet land that I participated in as a teenager, when I noticed Israeli girls weeping in Auschwitz while I was scribbling in my notebook and keeping my emotions to myself. He said, “That’s the way it is. Girls are more emotional.” The generalization is more supported in a simple Google search than the other way around, and it follows that males – in general, though by no means exclusively – make more decisions based on a rational or intellectual thought process, while females are (generally, though not exclusively) more prone to making decisions based on emotions.

With that in mind, I confess that this past week, in advance of one of my public speaking

engagements, I happened to run some of the ideas past my wife, who told me that one of the thoughts I planned to share – though heavily sourced in a comment of Tosafos (Yoma 72a) as well as by many Rabbinic sources from the last several centuries – was anachronistic and inappropriate for the intended audience.

Was her response emotional or highly thought out? It may have been both. But I can say with certainty that my defense was purely emotional. What’s wrong with it, I argued! Every person who studied in yeshiva knows this! Yes, she responded, but your audience is not a bunch of yeshiva guys. I realized I was letting my emotions dictate what my intellect was telling me should be OK to share. The emotion versus intellect roles, it seems, had been reversed.

As luck would have it a rabbi I admire happened to approach me before I spoke. I quickly asked his advice to which he responded quoting Bereshit 21:12: “All that your wife Sarah has told you, listen to her voice!” And I did. They were both right.

With all this background, I think there are two very worthy points we can take from Megillat Esther which can play a significant role in the male-female relationship: the first for spouses and the second for those looking to find spouses.

The Megillah is full of characters who are impulsive, who make every decision based on their emotions. Arguably the only exceptions to this are Mordechai explaining to Esther how she can not shirk her opportunity to save her people (which causes Esther to

change her emotional response to an intellectual response), and Haman’s wife Zeresh who lays out for her husband a logistical plan for how to rid himself of the nuisance called Mordechai who literally ruins Haman’s day every time he refuses to bow. She tells him, “Make a wood [gallows] 50 cubits high, and in the morning you will tell the king, Mordechai will be hanged, and you will come to [Esther’s second] party happy.” (Esther 5:14) The king’s insomnia may have uncovered his obligation to Mordechai for saving his life, but he may have chosen to honor Mordechai in a different way had Haman not shown up in the middle of the night and gotten tricked into playing into the king’s “trap.” Even if Mordechai had been otherwise rewarded that night, without a personal parade and Haman’s disgrace, were Haman to come along in the morning to say, “Since saving your life, Mordechai has become a traitor!” there is a reasonable chance to say the king might have allowed the execution after he had paid his debt to the man.

But everything changed for Haman because of his problem; he did not listen to his wife! His wife said, “Sleep on it. Wait until the morning.” But he had no patience. He let his emotions overtake him, and they told him, “You have to do this now.” Intellectually it made sense, but the intellect was really driven by the emotion.

The moral of the story: If your wife gives you good, sound advice, take it and follow it.

The second lesson about relationships is based on a comment made by Rabbi Eli-

4 C dried bread crumbs 2 1/2 lbs. ground veal 4 eggs, lightly beaten Salt and freshly ground pepper, to taste 2 bone-in veal breasts, 5 1/2 to 6 lbs each with pocket horizontal pocket Olive oil for coating Mikee Garlic Stir fry and Rib Sauce (can be found at Gourmet Glatt) Preheat oven to350F and grease two heavy baking pans.

Each roast will need it’s own pan.

In a pan over heat the oil on a medium flame. Add the chopped onion and garlic and sauté until translucent, about 5 minutes. Transfer to a bowl. Stir in the parsley, bread crumbs, ground veal, eggs, salt and pepper.

Coat the veal breast with olive oil, and season inside and out with salt and pepper. Stuff the bread crumb mixture into the pocket. Tie the meat closed with kitchen twine to hold in the stuffing. Place the veal, bone side down, in pans. Pour a half jar of the sauce on each roast.

Tent with aluminum foil so veal stays moist.

Roast until a thermometer inserted into the center of the meat reaches 160F .about 2 hours.

Let stand ten minutes then slice the veal between the ribs, and arrange on a large serving platter. The photo above is of one stuffed rib.

Judy Joszef can be reached at judy.soiree@ gmail.com jah Kramer, the Gaon of Vilna (Gra), when Achashveirosh crowns Esther queen. “Esther was brought to the king in the tenth month, Tevet, in the seventh year of his reign. And of all the women, the king loved Esther, for she found favor and kindness before him… and he placed the crown on her head, making her queen in place of Vashti.” (Esther 2:16-17) The Gra wrote, “He crowned her immediately, without waiting to see if there might be one more pleasing than she. He told himself there is none better than she.”

One can argue that a man who has spent every day with a different woman for four years either knows everything about women, doesn’t know what he’s looking to find, or knows exactly what he is looking for in a woman.

In light of the Gra’s interpretation, my vote is for the final possibility because I believe that the “Maybe there is someone better” attitude is one of the most destructive approaches to “shidduchim” out there. Too many people play games with others’ time and lives because they don’t really know what they are looking to find.

We can learn from Achashveirosh, however, to know what you’re looking to find so that when it comes your way there need not be hesitation. Go for it. Work at it. Make it work. Lightning doesn’t strike. Bells and whistles don’t sound. You just know. You make a decision, a commitment, and then a “go” at a life together. And with God’s help, it lasts a lifetime.

And when men listen to the sage voice of “all that Sarah says to you,” (not that men don’t have good advice, ideas, suggestions and encouragement to provide as well – it does take two to tango, after all) we can come out looking great for doing the right thing.

And our relationship is only strengthened as a result.

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Architect’s rendering of view from Ibsen Street

The FACTS About Our Plans for a New Outpatient Facility To the Community The outpatient medical office to be created in the Number 6 School has been the subject of many false rumors. If you are interested in knowing the truth, read this letter.

As an experienced developer, I understand and expect that there will be community concerns about any new project. First and foremost, I want to reassure everyone that my entire team is dedicated to benefiting the community with this project. We want this facility to be a wonderful healthcare center that looks beautiful and brings state-of-the-art medical treatment to the community. We also want it to fit harmoniously into its surroundings and not burden its neighbors.

Contrary to rumor, it is not a “hospital” or “mega-medical center” for 100 or more doctors. In fact, the current building will not be enlarged. Instead, it will be transformed from an abandoned school into a comprehensive outpatient medical office to be operated by the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. There will be 60 physicians in total, with about 100 support staff, offering patients Joseph Simone better coordination of primary and specialty care, all in one convenient location.

The building will not front on Ibsen Street and Church Avenue. In fact, the opposite is true. We will close all entrances on these residential streets and create a new entrance in the interior of the property facing the parking lot. We will plant abundant landscaping buffers to enhance the streetscape, with a special emphasis on the Church Avenue and Ibsen Street sides. Additionally, we will rebuild and enhance the popular community playground on the site.

The facility will not line residential streets with cars and school buses and will not adversely affect traffic. All of the medical center’s traffic will only enter from, and exit to, Branch Boulevard and Peninsula Boulevard and will not degrade traffic flow on any of the affected roads.

Under the slogan, “Save our fields,” some opponents of our plan have mistakenly claimed that the ball fields on the property would be preserved for public use if a yeshiva were developed on the property. While this is a very appealing and emotional argument, it is simply untrue. The realities of zoning and land use law make it impossible to keep the ball fields with any project. If the Number Six School were to be expanded, as proposed, to a 1300 student yeshiva for grades pre-k through 12, it must have parking for approximately 200 cars, or more. This leaves about one acre of open land to be divided by the yeshiva into a field for its exclusive use and a field to be shared with the public when not in use by the yeshiva.

Simone Healthcare Development Group and Mount Sinai are dedicated to partnering with the community to create a top quality medical office practice that welcomes the participation of local physicians, reduces medical costs by eliminating hundreds of ER visits and significantly reduces the time it takes to receive quality medical attention, all under one roof.

Instead of burdening taxpayers, our project reduces taxes. It provides millions of dollars to the school district in the short term and saves taxpayers millions more in the long term.

I thank you for allowing me to clear up some misconceptions about our project. I hope everyone votes YES on March 20th.

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Remembering To Remember: A Shabbos Zachor Review

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n a recent essay Rabbi Daniel Rose wrote the following that will serve as the keynote to this week’s essay: “These days of Purim,” the Book of Esther says, “should be remembered and celebrated.” On the Shabbos before Purim, we read about the Torah’s instructions that we never forget the cowardly attacks of Amalek, the primordial nemesis of the Jewish people.

“Remember,”…..This Shabbat is called Shabbat Zachor – the Shabbat of remembering.

“Even wine, the beverage which seems to feature in every significant event in the Purim story, is associated by the Torah with memory. ‘Its memory was like wine’ [Hosea, 14:8]. Clearly, there is something special about Purim and memory.” [Aish.Com] Over thirty years ago, the distinguished historian, Dr. Yosef Alan Jay Gerber Hayim Yerushalmi wrote a short yet profound book entitled, “Zakhor: Jewish History & Jewish Memory” [ Schocken Books,1982]. Within this little book, Yerushalmi details his views concerning the role that memory has within the relationship that the Jewish people have with their regard to the history of their faith and theology. Given the time of year it is my intent this week to focus briefly upon his treatment of the Purim holiday and its influence upon the Jewish people down through the ages.

There is a custom among our people for communities to celebrate the anniversary of their redemption from imminent destruction.

These special commemoratives are cast for the most part in the mold of “Second Purims” with their tone and themes thus resembling the atmospherics of a Purim celebration.

Yerushalmi in his work makes much refer-

ence to these and I will cite below some of his, as well as those of other citations intending to enrich your appreciation of both the theme of Purim and of its special influence on our people in years past, when tragedy ‘almost’ struck .Consider this: “’Second Purims’ were instituted in Jewish communities the world over to commemorate a deliverance from some danger or persecution.

I will cite only a few random examples, merely to indicate their diffusion and variety of circumstances that could give birth to them.”

“Thus, in Muslim Spain in the year 1038 a battle was fought near the village of El Fuente by the armies of Granada and Almeria. The vizier of the Kingdom of Granada was a Jew, the great poet and, scholar, and statesman, Samuel Ibn Nagrela, the only instance in the Middle Ages where a Jew occupied such a position of power. He had ample reason to fear that should Granada be defeated it would mean not only his personal downfall, but that of the entire Jewish community. Accordingly, when the Granadan forces were victorious he declared a Second Purim, and sent forth copies of a magnificent Hebrew poem he had composed for the occasion to Tunis, Palestine, and Babylonia, asking that the Purim be celebrated there as well.”

Yerushalmi continues with citations of similar Second Purims in Narbonne, France, in 1236, Syracus, Sicily in either 1380 or 1420, and in Morocco in 1578.I leave it to the reader to check out the details to these events.

Yerushalmi continues with the following relevant observations and one last citation that I am sure will peak your interest.

“A great many other ‘Purims’ are known, and almost all of them share certain common features. Unlike the original, biblical Purim,

these never became national holidays. They were always local in character or, at most, they were observed over a certain geographic area. For all of them the original Purim served as a paradigm, and the new events were interpreted accordingly. Apart from certain additional prayers the most distinctive aspect of these Purims was the composition of a megillah, narrating the events, consciously modeled in style, structure, and even language upon the Scroll of Esther” With the Pesach holiday just one month away the following example of a Second Purim observance and its locale should prove to be of interest: “In 1524 the governor of Egypt Ahmed Shaitan revolted against the Turkish sultan Suleiman the Magnificent, imprisoned twelve prominent Jews in an effort to extort money, and threatened to annihilate all the Jews of Cairo. His revolt, however, was crushed by the sultan’s forces and he was beheaded. These events gave rise to the ‘Egyptian Purim’, celebrated each year on the 28th of Adar with the public reading of the so-called Megillat Mizrayim.”

If you think that an Egyptian Purim sounds rather strange, consider another Second Purim commemorative more contemporaneous to our times. Two years ago the renowned Holocaust historian, Dr. Rafael Medoff penned an excellent and most informative essay about a “Hitler Purim”, entitled, “Megillat Hitler, FDR, and the Jews”.

Medoff begins his narrative as follows: “Among the more remarkable documents of the Holocaust is a scroll, created in North Africa in 1942, called ‘Megillat Hitler’. Written in the style of Megillat Esther and the Purim story, it celebrates the Allies’ liberation of Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia, which saved the local Jewish communities from the

Nazis.”

“The Jewish community of Casablanca, for its part, declared the day of the 1942 Allied liberation ‘Hitler Purim’ and a local scribe, P. Hassine, created the Megillat Hitler.

The seven chapters of the scroll poignantly blend the flavor of the tale of ancient Persia with the amazing stroke of fortune that the Jews of Casablanca had themselves just experienced. It uses phrases straight from the Megillat Esther, such as ‘the month which was turned from sorrow to rejoicing’ and ‘the Jews had light and gladness, joy and honor’, side by side with modern references such as ‘Cursed be Hitler’ and ‘Cursed be Mussolini’.

It should be noted that this “megillah” is on public display to this day at the United States Holocaust Museum in Washington.

This week Bar Ilan University’s Parashat Hashavua Study Center published an essay entitled “Measure for Measure in Biblical and Modern Times” by Dr. Dov Levitan wherein he cites the haftarah for Shabbat Zachor from the Book of Samuel a contemporary reference of a modern application of ‘measure for measure’.

Citing the great scholar Prof. David Flusser’s quote comparing the shared hate filled legacies of Haman and Hitler [Haggim u-Mo’adim, 1980] Levitan shares with us, in detail, the justice meted out to the commandant of Auschwitz- Birkenau, Rudolf Hoess.

Even unto the very last days of the war Hoess saw to it, personally, to the extermination of 430,000 Hungarian Jews.

After war’s end he hid out for ten months until he was finally captured by British troops on the 8th of Adar, right before Purim, 1946.

He was tried and executed a year later. Levitan notes in his sad conclusion , “To our great misfortune, the Nazis succeeded in their wicked plot and no miracle of Purim took place during the Holocaust.” This full essay, as with all Torah related essays from Bar Ilan, merits your attention.

May I take this opportunity to extend to you my dear readers my best wishes for a meaningful, joyous and safe Purim.

We are merely the vessel for something much greater, for the entire world.

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his week’s portion, Tetzaveh, opens with a particular mitzvah which seems at first glance to be rather out of place: Hashem tells Moshe: “Ve’Atah Te’tzaveh Et B’nei Yisrael, Ve’Yikchu’ Eilecha’ Shemen Zayit Zach- Katit La’Ma’or – Le’Ha’alot FROM THE HEART Ner Tamid.”

OF JERUSALEM “And you shall command the children of Israel, and they shall take to you pure olive oil which was crushed for the light, to raise up a continuous [daily] flame” (Exodus 27:20) Having just concluded a rather lengthy delineation of the specifics of building the Rabbi Binny Mishkan (Tabernacle) Freedman including a listing of all the vessels and their specifications, we now seem to begin the process of understanding exactly what are we meant to do with all the vessels we are building for the Mishkan (Tabernacle).

It is interesting to note that although the mitzvah discussed herein is the lighting of the menorah, the Torah here is really demanding the preparation of the wicks. The format in which the Torah presents us with this mitzvah is not a commandment to light the menorah, but rather an obligation to bring oil, in order that the wicks might one day be lit in the Mishkan.

Why is this commandment raised in such a roundabout fashion? Why not just state the purpose of this endeavor, which is to light the menorah daily in the sanctuary?

Indeed, the Torah here does not even mention the menorah itself?

And for that matter, why do we bring the oil to Moshe? Why not to G-d? (Especially as it is Aaron who does the lighting, so why not bring the oil to him?)

Interestingly, there is something very unique as well as highly unusual in this week’s portion: in all of the Torah, this is the only portion (since his birth in the portion of Exodus) where Moshe’s name does not appear.

The Midrash suggests that in the sin of the golden calf (32:33), Moshe says to G-d: “Me’cheini Na’ Mi’Sifrechah”, “Erase me from your book”. In other words, if I cannot achieve forgiveness for the Jewish people,

then I don’t want to be in the Torah. And, despite the fact that Hashem does indeed forgive us, nonetheless part of Moshe’s declaration came to pass, and thus, in this week’s portion, Moshe’s name is, indeed, not mentioned.

Of course, this leaves us wondering what all this has to do with our portion and the mitzvah of the menorah?

The past Lubavitcher Rebbe points out that, in truth, Moshe is very clearly mentioned in this week’s portion, though not by name. The entire portion begins with the word “Ve’Atah” “And you” which clearly refers to Moshe. In fact, it refers to Moshe on a much higher level than his name. Because a name, though certainly connected on a very deep level to who a person really is, nonetheless merely designates a person for everyone else. The person him or herself however, does not actually need their own name, because they are in touch with themselves on a much deeper level.

“Ve’Atah” refers to the essence of who Moshe really is, which is beyond his name.

Before we are named we have already come into the world, and we certainly exist; “Ve’Atah” then, refers to the essence of whom we really are.

Moshe’s greatest attribute was his ability

to recognize that he was really only a vessel for something much greater than himself.

The Torah describes Moshe as the greatest Anav, the most humble person that ever lived. More than anything else Moshe was able to get out of his own way.

How often do we get so wrapped up in our selves, and so caught up in making sure we get what we want, and what we need, that we forget that it isn’t and never was supposed to be about us; we are merely the vessel for something much greater, for the entire world.

Moshe was so in touch with the purpose for which he was meant to be a vessel, that he was able to demonstrate that without the Jewish people, there was no longer a point to his existence.

In a time when rulers and monarchs were acting as gods, and assuming that the people existed to serve them, Moshe was teaching the world that it is not the people who serve the leader, but the leader who is meant to be a vessel to serve the people, and indeed the world.

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Continued from page 10 describes a person, the soul is really beyond description. And most of all, getting in touch with your soul is about connecting with why you are really here in this world; Moshe understood his purpose; he understood that without the Jewish people, he had no purpose.

And that is what this week’s portion, and particularly this mitzvah is all about. It is about connecting to real purpose, and valuing the vehicle for achieving that purpose.

Just like Moshe, the Menorah was only the vehicle for bringing light into the world.

So often we are so dazzled by the Menorahs in this world, we forget they only have value if they are vehicles for light, which is why the menorah itself is not mentioned this week; so we can focus a little bit on the light. Our mission as a people in the end is simply to bring light into the world.

And indeed, the light of the menorah is not completely tangible. You can see light, but you can’t really touch it or hold it, it transcends the physical, and thus it and what it represents can never be destroyed. Just as the soul, which is beyond the name, needs the body to have an impact here on earth, we need the menorah and the wicks to light up the world.

The challenge for each of us is to find the “Atah” within, the essence of who we are, and the ultimate reason we are here, and bring it into the world And this is the reason this particular mitzvah is a Tzivuy, a command. The Midrash HaGadol suggests this is a Tzivuy le’Dorot: a

mitzvah for eternity. Long after the destruction of the temple and the loss of the menorah, Jews are still fulfilling the mitzvah of an eternal flame in synagogues and study halls.

Because this Mitzvah is the essence of the mission of the Jewish people forever: to be a light and illuminate the world.

May Hashem bless us soon, to become, as a people the vehicle for light we are meant to be, and create together a world of light and shalom, truly whole all of us together.

Shabbat Shalom, Binny Freedman Rav Binny Freedman, Rosh Yeshivat Orayta in Jerusalem’s Old City is a Company Commander in the IDF reserves, and lives in Efrat with his wife Doreet and their four children.

His weekly Internet ‘Parsha Bytes’ can be found at www.orayta.org

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Children look, listen, and have fun with picture books during our interactive Story Time which meets every Thursday at 3:30 and 5:30. Literacy connections are made through interactive stories that are centered on a theme. A final craft project ties in with the topic fostering a sense that stories are imaginative, yet lasting, and continue to enrich our creative thoughts & play.

5:30 - Story Time will feature guest story teller Tamir Goodman 6:30 - Life Lessons from the Basketball Court: An in-depth look at four concepts that are essential to basketball.

Tamir illuminates the deeper meaning of each concept and shows how the lessons learned from the court can be applied to and can enhance our daily lives.

Admission $5 Sport String Tzitzit will all be available for purchase.

Please consider making a donation to Tamir’s organization Coolanu Israel, a non-profit dedicated to strengthening Jewish identity and connection to Israel through innovative seminars, camps and clinics, sports based service initiatives, and multi-media projects for Jewish youth, college students, professionals, athletes, and coaches.

TAMIR GOODMAN: Tamir Goodman, dubbed “The Jewish Jordan” by the media, captivated the public’s attention with the intriguing combination of devout faith and basketball prowess on the court. Since retiring from playing in 2009, Tamir has established his reputation as a sought-after motivational speaker, coach, and educator. He is also the founder and director of the non-profit Coolanu Israel, creator and CEO of Sport Strings Tzitzit, partner in the Omri Casspi Basketball Camps, author of a soon to be published book, and the inventor of several

Calendar Submit your shul or organization’s events or shiurim to jscalendar@thejewishstar.com.

Deadline is Wednesday of the week prior to publication. basketball training aids. Tamir is a former soldier in the Israeli Defense Forces, holds a B.A. in communications, and is the father of four kids. For more information about Tamir, follow Tamir on twitter @tamirgoodman, like his Face Book page, or contact him through his website: TamirGoodman.com

Mar 2

Cong Beth Sholom Annual Dinner THE 61ST ANNUAL TESTIMONIAL DINNER OF CONGREGATION BETH SHOLOM SATURDAY, MARCH 2, 2013—8:15PM GUESTS OF HONOR MELODIE & MARTY SCHARF Dinner Chair: Lester Henner Lhenner@graubard.com Dinner Co-Chair: Rob Satran rob@leiberts.com Journal Co-Chairs: Annette Satran & Monica Glaubach Jewels & Dividends Co-Chairs: Nancy Hain, Estee Kornblum & Carrie Oliner Raffle Co-Chairs: Mordy Lent & Rony Oved Call Shul Office for Info/Reservations: 569-3600 x 21 Or visit our website: www.bethsholomlawrence. org The office will be open this Sunday from 9:15— 11AM to take your reservations & dinner ads & to purchase raffle tickets.

Mar 3

The ASKOU OUTREACH program of OU Kosher will present its first OU Kashrut Shiurim Weekend when it visits Washington Heights on Shabbat, March 2, Parshat Ki Tisa, and Sunday, March 3. Usually when ASKOU OUTREACH visits a community, it is for one session, which may have several speakers. This program will expand to cover the entire weekend.

All sessions will be held at the Mt. Sinai Jewish Center, 135 Bennett Avenue. They will feature Rav Hershel Schachter, Halachic Consultant for OU Kosher and Rosh Yeshiva and Rosh Kollel, Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary of Yeshiva University; Rabbi Chaim Loike, OU Kosher Rabbinic Coordinator and bird expert; and Rabbi Yosef Eisen, Rabbinic Administrator of the Vaad HaKashrut of the Five Towns and Rockaway.

There is free admission and the program is open to both men and women.

Rav Schachter will lead off the proceedings on Shabbat with a Q&A Kashrut session, at seudah shlishit following Mincha at 5:20. Priority will be given to questions submitted by email to Mt. Sinai’s Rabbi Etan Schnall, eschnall@ mtsinaishul.com.

On Sunday at 7:30 p.m., Rabbi Loike will deliver a live presentation on “Preserving the

Mesorah of Endangered Kosher Species of Birds,” followed at 8:30 with a session on “Proper Checking of Fruits and Vegetables” with Rabbi Eisen.

For further information, contact Rabbi Grossman at 212-613-8212, 914-391-9470, or grossman@ ou.org. The synagogue office may be reached at 212-568-1900, or office@mtsinaishul.com.

March 4

Strengthening Your Marriage “Dr. Deb” as she likes to be called has earned a Master’s degree in 1978 and a Doctorate in Marriage & Family Therapy in 2001 for a dissertation called, I Was Never Good Enough: Qualitative Interviews with Nine People about Their Verbal Abuse Experiences.

Since then she has written scores of articles for newspapers and magazines, has been on TV and radio and speaks publicly. She maintains a blog at http://drdeb.com where you can get a flavor of her positions on marriage, divorce, counseling, medication for anxiety and depression, Sandy Hook, celebrity splits, the new DSM5 about to come out and much more.

Dr. Deb began researching the areas of verbal abuse and domestic violence 20 years ago and has been writing and sharing ever since. She has authored and co-authored dozens of articles that appeared in both academic and lay publications and currently writes for the Five Towns Jewish Home. Dr. Deb’s media appearances include America’s Health Network, News with Jim Turner and News Radio 820 with Robin Hart.

She has recently released her new book The Healing is Mutual: Marriage Empowerment Tools to Rebuild Trust and Respect – Together as well as a Home Study Course and e-book that are available on her website.

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Purim, the Oscars and the Hollywood Ending

By Tammy Mark This weekend, Jews around the world will be celebrating the fun-filled holiday of Purim.

We will eat, drink, dress up and play makebelieve. We will commemorate a special story, a drama with plot twists and heroes and thankfully a happy ending. Seemingly similar activities will be happening in Hollywood that day.

For the most part, we put the outside world on hold when we enter the sphere of our holidays. Whether it’s observing last year’s Shavuos on Memorial Day, or missing the baseball playoffs that typically fall out over the high holidays, we know what truly takes priority.

With every holiday falling out “early” this year, I was surprised to find out actually how early.

I had already heard about how Rosh Hashana is on Labor Day and that Chanukah falls out on Thanksgiving, but I just realized that one of my favorite events, the Oscars, fall out on Sunday night, Shushan Purim. The Oscars may not exactly be a national holiday, but if you compare the event to the pinnacle of the football season, the Superbowl, you get where the comparison can be made by those who enjoy movies as much as sports.

The Oscars, formally known as the Academy Awards, recognizes motion pictures and the people who bring them to life. Actors, writers, producers, costume and set designers all have the chance for recognition by the Academy of Motion Pictures. There are usually a variety of films nominated for best picture. There is typically a documentary or period piece and one or two smaller studio films that many

haven’t seen by many. There are different ways to be noteworthy. Costumes, exotic locales, difficult subject matter and having the actors be able to portray and deliver those ideas to the viewers is what makes the voters, typically older Hollywood actors, vote.

Every year I look forward to Oscar Night. I even get caught up in all the “pre-game” hype – the predictions, the favorites, etc. I have seen and enjoyed quite a few of the movies that are nominated for best picture. The stories this year, and in most years, have discussed difficult topics, been shot in faraway locations, and deal with serious psychological issues. Two of the top contenders deal with battling and overcoming terrorism, in the same region as the Purim events unfolded. My favorites this year, and every year, have always had one thing in common - the Hollywood ending.

The Hollywood ending is the term to describe having the conflicts resolved at the end of the story line. Watching the characters’ ups and downs, trials and tribulations, with bad guys chasing good guys, and even rocky romances, all seem to be worth it in the end. Although the many “Walking Dead” fans may feel differently, I personally don’t enjoy the experience of sitting and watching terror or conflict without the reward of a satisfying resolution. I root for the Hollywood ending.

There are those who criticize the Hollywood and the Hollywood ending since it has been the cause of many unrealistic expectations in the home life. Having actors

read well thought-out prewritten lines and seeing hair and makeup done flawlessly can lead to the frustration that life isn’t always the fantasy that we enjoy on screen. We also know that unfortunately many of the players there are not role models, as the athletes on our favorite teams often aren’t. The pushing of thematic boundaries, as in all aspects of pop-culture, is antithetical to many of our values. What positive lessons can be drawn from Hollywood and the Oscars?

Other than the significance of the biblical story of Esther and Mordechai to our Jewish faith and history, we can also appreciate the story line of Purim - the drama, the royal characters and, of course, the happy ending.

The tale of the reluctant heroine, Esther, risking her life to save her people from a tyrant is epic. It has been a rich source of material for many school productions and always makes it easy to keep children engaged and entertained during the holiday. With the role of G-d hidden in this story, the tale evolves and flows as if it were written by a creative screenwriter, but in actuality it is G-d being the ultimate executive producer.

So is there actually any true connection to be made between Hollywood and Purim? If you examine Hollywood’s history you may see that there is a history, perhaps even a symbiosis, there. In an interview with award-winning Hollywood writer and orthodox Jew, David Sacks, he spoke about the idea that Hollywood endings were a Jewish creation. The original studios were established and built by Jews. In the early years of Hollywood, movie producers, holding on to their Jewish roots while living

and portraying the “American Dream”, developed the film industry. They may not have been religiously connected to G-d, but their collective cultural consciousness was guiding them.

We want to live our lives with purpose, always trying to find meaning in the tragedy, knowing that in one way or another, everything will turn out alright in the end. Even when there is tragedy, we are programmed to find the “Silver Linings Playbook”. Whether it’s with G-d’s help or from the mind of a script writer, the cliché of “happily ever after” is our ideal.

We root for the downtrodden and hope to witness the triumph of good over evil. How much more can it be displayed than in our story of Purim, where the players and plots all come together to portray the downfall of the Haman and highlight the heroic actions of Mordechai and Esther?

Shakespeare wrote tragedies, modern writers create all kinds of mind-blowing scenarios, but it seems the Jews may have established the element of the happy Hollywood ending onto the silver screen and into our psyche.

To those who enjoy a good tear-jerker or count the minutes until the next episode of the “Walking Dead”, continue to enjoy your pastime and appreciate that it’s all make-believe. This weekend, I am looking forward to enjoying the holiday with the family, celebrating friends’ bar mitzvahs, and eventually sitting down to catch the recorded show late at night or the next day.

And if the winner is “Les Miserable”, I will still enjoy the show. Most of all, I will enjoy the reallife celebration of Purim, the happy ending and the commemoration of the Jewish people being saved from the hands of the bad guys.

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Mazel tov!

Jeffrey and Ellen Bayer, Lauren Bayer, Shai Horowitz, and his parents Elliot and Shaindy Horowitz.

Jamie Kanarek and David Khukhashvili

Joshua Pianko and Lindsay Stadtmauer

Chaya Miriam Goldberg and Moshe Zharnest

Purim delights at Young Israel of North Woodmere Young Israel of North Woodmere Youth Department held its annual Purim Carnival this past Sunday February 17, 2013 at their shul on Hungry Harbor Road in North Woodmere.

Children enjoyed a puppet show from WonderSparks Puppet Theatre

“Esther Saves the Day - A Purim Shpiel�.

Afterwards the children enjoyed a Grand Carnival with many different booths, fun prizes to be won and great food in the shuls multi-purpose room.

After all the fun a group from the

Young Israel of North Woodmere went to the Bristal Assisted Living in North Woodmere and sang songs

of Purim and handed out hamentash to the very appreciative residents.

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Hebrew only please!

The Hebrew Speaking Donkey A group of Yeshiva students wished to visit Kever Rachel many years ago, before the creation of the State. However, Moshe found that he was unable to get his donkey to move at all! No matter what he did, the donkey remained immobile, until he spoke to it in Hebrew. Perhaps this is one of the messages of Purim; it`s necessary to combine the donkey (in Hebrew: it hints to the physical) with the spiritual ...

By Rabbi Noam Himelstein

HAFTR Varsity College Bowl Team at “The Challenge.” (left to right) Ben Dubow, Avery Feit, Matthew Goldstein, Chaviva Freedman, Austin Feit, Jakey Kaufman

HAFTR happenings

Rabbi Noam Himelstein studied in Yeshivat Har Etzion and served in the Tanks Corps of the IDF. He has taught in yeshiva high schools, post-high school women’s seminaries, and headed the Torah MiTzion Kollel in Melbourne, Australia. He currently teaches at Yeshivat Orayta in Jerusalem, and lives with his wife and six children in Neve Daniel, Gush Etzion.

HAFTR students have been very busy the last several weeks with many exciting events.

A major event was the 23rd Annual Yeshiva University National Model United Nations (YUNMUN), in which HAFTR students represented the countries of Mongolia and Belgium.

At YUNMUN, students were presented with opportunities to learn about international diplomacy and foreign affairs. “ YUNMUN was an amazing experience, that was intellectually engaging and socially enriching,” said Sarah Fuchs, a junior at HAFTR Lauren Pianko High School. As usual, YUNMUN was an experience to last a lifetime, which each student greatly appreciated. In addition, HAFTR’s mock trial team played Locust Valley High School, where they won the first plaintiff side of their two trials. “Every lawyer and witness played his or her part to perfection, which led us to winning our case,” said one student. The mock trial team is receiving their next case, as they move on

in the competition. HAFTR students also attended the 16th Annual Penn Model Congress (PENNMC), where over 700 delegates from schools across the nation met to learn, and talk about the most pressing and important issues that face our nation and world today. One phrase can summarize Amanda Kanefsky’s PENNMC experience-“loved it!” She also said, “it was a great social experience as well as an intellectual one.” Students are eagerly waitingfor next year, so they can attend PENNMC again. On February 11, HAFTR’s college bowl team attended trivia game show MSG’s “The Challenge,” to compete in round two of the competition.They played an exciting game against Paul D. Schreiber High School in Port Washington, but the team was not allowed to comment on the outcome of the match. Be sure to watch the game, which airs on Sunday, March 17, at 6:30 pm on Optimum Channel 14, or On Demand channel 614. Yet, as fan and team member Zachary Baker said,“it was intense throughout the entire meet, and was exciting to watch.”

Over the last week, it is evident that HAFTR students have been engaged in many challenging activities that have taught them new ideas, helped them form new friendships, and made memories that will last forever.

Houses of worship could be eligible for grants Continued from page 4 represents much of the Five Towns. “Our houses of worship and other religious institutions were hurt just as bad and responded just as vigorously as any nonprofits hit by Sandy,” McCarthy said, “and this legislation clears the red tape and bureaucracy so that our neighbors can get the help that they need.”

“The initiative to include churches and houses of worship eligible for disaster relief can only serve to benefit the larger community,” he said. “Far from being a government endorsement of religion, it is in fact a sound investment. Houses of worship know the needs of the local community, and often respond to them far more efficiently and costeffectively than government agencies.”

FEMA officials would not comment on the pending legislation that is headed to the Senate, but agency attorneys objected to the bill, noting in a memorandum that it signifies “an

enormous departure” from present law The new law would, they said, require FEMA to make a distinction between “worship space,” for which federal funds are not provided, and space owned and used by religious organizations for schools or a community center that can receive federal money.

County Legislator Howard Kopel (RLawrence) said he would encourage his constituents to contact Sens. Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand to push for the bill’s passage. “Our faith-based community organizations played an invaluable role in the overall response to Hurricane Sandy, first in the immediate aftermath, and ever since,” said Kopel, who represents the 7th District.

“Without the leadership, resources, and community knowledge these institutions provided in those first devastating days following Sandy, it’s possible that the degree of despair and disorder pervading storm-ravaged communities would have been too great to overcome.”

HAFTR students at 16th Annual Penn Model Congress. (left to right) Olivia Rudensky, Alex Feder, Rachel Gelnick, Julia Schwartz, Aliza Lifshitz, Daniella Seelenfrund, Alexandra Seelenfreund, Shelby Mandel, Pamela Klahr

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Showing support for Kulanu Supporters of Kulanu filled the ballroom at the Sands of Atlantic Beach on Saturday night, February 16 for their annual dinner.

The evening’s Guests of Honor were Brenda and Stanley Goldstein and Friendship award recipients Raquel Bernstein and Adam Steiglitz.

Jonathan Cooper, Director of Inclusion and Community Service spoke of the strong bond that formed between Raquel and Adam. “ It was a mutual friendship that started at camp. It happened at lunch. He helped her open the doors and cartons of milk. Raquel felt very strongly about Adam’s need to be independent and she encouraged him. Raquel herself was an early participant at Kulanu.

Raquel is a real go-getter . A high school senior, she researched schools to attend for college. She has a lot of confidence, and a lot of insight into other’s kids functions. She was able to see what other kids needed. In fact her experience at Kulanu as a shadow changed her career plans. Originally interested in marketing, she has decided to stay in the special education field.” ” Adam Steiglitz is one of the friendliest, and happiest person I know.

‘Everyone’s got an issue,’ is an example of how very well adjusted he is.” “ We don’t know what tomorrow will bring,” expressed Beth Raskin, Executive Director of Kulanu, discussing Adam. “You’ve got a typically developing child who develops pneumonia. From that moment on things changed. Through unfortunate circumstances Adam became a child with special needs.

You never know when you’re going to need us. “ Guests enjoyed a lavish dairy buffet dinner and an elaborate dessert spread. The overwhelming consensus was a shout out to Kulanu dinner committee who seemed to have the perfect template for a dinner, dairy buffet on a Saturday night, program and all in 2 hours!! Mazel Tov to honorees and to KULANU!!