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THE JEWISH March 13, 2015 • 22 Adar 5775

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Vol 14, No. 11 • TheJewishStar.com

THE NEWSPAPER OF LONG ISLAND’S ORTHODOX COMMUNITIES

Schumer: I’ll live up to my name and be ‘Shomer for Yisroel’ By Ed Weintrob Senator Charles Schumer told Achiezer’s gala on Sunday in Atlantic Beach the he would ďŹ ght any “bad dealâ€? with Iran and would continue his commitment to serve as a “Shomer Yisroelâ€? (guardian over Israel). “When Prime Minister Netanyahu comes to America and says that a nuclear Iran is an existential threat to the state of Israel, he means every word. Existential means the existence,â€? Schumer said. “Palestinians are trouble, but Israel can handle it,â€? he continued. “Hamas and Hezbollah are trouble, but Israel can handle it. But a nuclear Iran could wipe out the state of Israel.â€? Schumer said he would support tougher sanctions if there is no agreement, and “if there’s a bad agreement, Congress should have the ability to undo it.â€? Playing on his name, Schumer said his family had been shomrim of a ghetto’s wall in Europe. His name, modiďŹ ed at Ellis Island, was “Shoimer.â€? “I will always will be shomer Yisroel,â€? he pledged. “I will do everything I can to see that Am Yisroel chai.â€? Schumer praised Achiezer’s work and recounted how he helped Rabbi Yaakov Bender, the father of Achiezer’s president, establish Hatzalah on East 7th Street in Flatbush in 1977. Achiezer honored community leaders at its annual dinner at The Sands Atlantic Beach.

Political mavens urge Jews to break Dem tie

By Ed Weintrob Two political operatives told a Jewish political gathering in North Woodmere on Sunday that Jews should move past a traditional communal allegiance to the Democratic Party and its liberal politics. Support should go to whoever supports Israel, said Jeff Wiesenfeld, a resident of Great Neck, former aide to Senator Al D’Amato, and a City University of New York trustee. Hank Sheinkopf, a political consultant who estimates he’s worked on 700 political campaigns in 44 states and 14 foreign nations over 35 years, said he’s found that “the 10th commandment for Jews was you must vote, and 10A was you must vote Democratic.â€? This puzzled him. “I remember people talking to me as a youth about what a wonderful man President Roosevelt was,â€? he said. “It is hard to imagine crying about somebody who stood by and watched six million of your brothers and sister go up chimneys and did nothing.â€? Both Sheinkopf and Wiesenfeld explored the roots of the Jewish Democratic connection, and suggested that times have <,1: 6KXOV DQG WKRUXJKRXW /RQJ ,VODQG SDUWLHG KHDUWLO\ WKURXJKRXW changed. They spoke, along with several Long Island elected ofďŹ cials, at a 3XULP ZHHN 7KLV JLUO EHFDPH DQ DGRUDEOH SXSS\ DW WKH <RXQJ ,VODQG RI 1RUWK :RRGPHUH RQ WKH 6XQGD\ EHIRUH WKH WK RI $GDU symposium titled “The Future of the Jewish Vote: A Bi-Partisan Grassroots Forum,â€? hosted by Temple Hillel as part of its ongoing 60th anniversary celebration. Jewish immigrants in the early 20th century were workTemple Israel’s congregation must ing class people who “became By Jeffrey Bessen The JCC of the Greater Five Towns and vote to approve the sale. As required Democrats because they were Temple Israel of Lawrence have signed a by New York state law, the organization involved in bettering their lives letter of intent for the Cedarhurst-based will submit the sale documents to the and the lives of those around JCC to buy the temple’s property on Cen- state attorney general’s ofďŹ ce for its ap- them,â€? Sheinkopf said. Wiesenfeld referred to these proval, and ďŹ le the documents in state tral Avenue in Lawrence. immigrants as “Mayower Civil Court for ďŹ nal approval. The atThe tentative agreement calls for Temple Israel to lease space from the torney general will also review how the Jewsâ€? who established comContinued on page 11 Continued on page 8 JCC. OfďŹ cials from both institutions declined to disclose the purchase price, and the JCC declined to say how much rent it would charge Temple Israel. In 2010, Temple Israel signed a letter of intent to sell half an acre of its property, including two Fulton Street homes owned by the temple, to the Peninsula -&& RI WKH *UHDWHU )LYH 7RZQV SODQV WR EX\ WKH H[SDQVLYH VLWH RI 7HPSOH ,VUDHO RI Public Library for between $2.5 million /DZUHQFH WKH DUHDÂśV ODVW UHPDLQLQJ 5HIRUP V\QDJRJXH ZKLFK ZRXOG FRQWLQXH WR and $3 million. The library decided not RSHUDWH OHDVLQJ LWV VSDFH EDFN IURP WKH -&& -HIIUH\ %HVVHQ to buy the land.

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