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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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By Vanessa Parker Next Wednesday, March 18, the Village of Cedarhurst will hold its elections for its three at-large board positions — two trustees and mayor — from 9 am to 9 pm at Village Hall, 200 Cedarhurst Ave. Benjamin Weinstock was promoted from deputy mayor to mayor following Andrew Parise’s death on Feb. 8. Incumbent Trustee Ari Brown is running again, along with Israel Wasser who was appointed to the board by the village’s vacancy committee. All three are running unopposed for the four-year terms. Before Weinstock was appointed mayor, he served three terms as a trustee as deputy mayor. From %HQMDPLQ :HLQVWRFN 1994 to 2003 he was on the board and for ďŹ ve years prior to that he was the village’s attorney. A 1975 graduate of Yeshiva University and Brooklyn Law School in ’78, Weinstock, now 61, joined Ruskin Moscou Faltischek law ďŹ rm in Uniondale shortly after $UL %URZQ law school. He became a partner in 1984. He is married with ďŹ ve children. One of the major projects he has been involved with was the transfer of the village’s sewer system to Nassau County control. “At no extra cost to residents, we were ,VUDHO :DVVHU able to get a state bond, a stimulus package, and made several million dollars to pay for the costs for piping in our system with Bay Park’s,â€? Weinstock said. His present priority is to ďŹ x village roads and help resolve other trafďŹ c-related issues. “We get some state funding, but it’s not enough,â€? he said. “I’d also like to work with [Legislator Howard] Kopel on area roads with trafďŹ c jam problems, like Nassau Expressway Route 878. A reliable evacuation route out of the Five Towns and Rockaways is necessary.â€? Brown, 47, moved to Cedarhurst 24 years ago. Married with seven children, he is president of R. Brown Realty Corp., where he’s worked since 1983. He said his priority is ďŹ nding new sources of funding to save taxpayers money and to obtain funding used for improving Cedarhurst’s roads. “Everything we do in village hall is a team effort,â€? he said. “Having been on the Business Improvement District Board three years prior to becoming a village trustee, I focused and redoubled my efforts to beautify the down town and decrease vacancies. When I started working at Village Hall, vacancies were in the 12 to 14 percent range. I’m so thrilled that the fruits of our labors are being realized. Out of our 283 stores in the village, we now boast a vacancy rate of less than three percent.â€?

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Great-grandmother honored for resistance role By Adriana Janovich, Spokesman-Review A Spokane, Washington, great-grandmother will be honored for her work as a teenage Dutch Resistance operative during World War II. Carla Olman Peperzak, 91, helped hide approximately 40 Jews from the Germans. She also forged identiďŹ cation papers, served as a messenger and helped publish a newsletter for the underground movement. “There will be a time soon when there will be nobody left who was alive during this terrible period of our history, and that history has to be preserved after they are gone,â€? said Sen. Andy Billig. This May marks the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II in Europe.

Billig ďŹ rst heard Peperzak’s story about three years ago when the woman spoke to a group of children from a local synagogue. “Her story was incredible, but what was even more moving was the reaction of the kids,â€? Billig said. “It’s sometimes hard to get 12-year-olds to focus. And they were hanging on every word she said as she told them of when she was just a little bit older than them.â€? Peperzak was 16 when the German occupation started in her native Holland in the spring of 1940. She was 18 when she ďŹ rst helped a family go into hiding. “I did not have any responsibility — only for myself — and that made a big difference. I felt I could help. I had the opportunity,â€?

Peperzak said. Peperzak grew up in Amsterdam a block away from the Frank family: Anne, the famous diarist, as well as her older sister Margot and parents Otto and Edith. Peperzak was in the same Hebrew class as Margot, and they attended the same Reform temple. Otto Frank was the only member of his family to survive the Holocaust. Peperzak’s father was able to procure papers identifying his wife and two daughters as non-Jewish because Peperzak’s mother was born into a Catholic family. Holland had one of the highest Jewish death rates of Western Europe in World War II. About 35,000 of the approximately 140,000 Jews in Holland survived. Peperzak

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CAHAL described its sixth annual concert — a fundraiser for its community-wide special education program — a huge success, drawing a sell-out crowd of nearly 800 last Motzei Shabbos. The concert, at Lawrence High School, featured such outstanding Jewish performers as Baruch Levine, Dovid Gabay and Simcha Leiner. The always popular Shloime Dachs and the Shloime Dachs Orchestra accompanied the performers. YSTUDS, an up and coming Yeshiva University A-Cappella group, opened the show. CAHAL Founder and Vice President Richard Altabe said the program has helped hundreds of Jewish neshamos receive a yeshiva education in self-contained small classes with individualized attention. He described how CAHAL began, inspired by Dr. Norman Blumenthal and the principals of the founding yeshivas, and thanked the program’s directors, Naomi Nadata and Alice Feltheimer, for their years of dedication to the children. CAHAL has been able to mainstream many children from the program into the yeshivas attended by their siblings and friends, he said.

Blood drive Sun. The Young Israel of Woodmere will hold a Blood Drive this Sunday, March 15, from 7:45 am to 12:15pm. Those planning to participate are asked to email name and phone number to yiwoodmere@aol.com so the shul will know how many donors to expect, but walk-ins are also invited. Those planning to donate blood should eat and drink plenty of uids, and bring ID. For further information, contact Danny Frankel at 516-295-0950 x 2.

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Chametz food drive The JCC of the Greater Five Towns is requesting donations of leftover mishloach manot and chametz items for the Rina Shkolnik Food Pantry. Items can be brought to the Young Israel of Woodmere on Sunday, March 22, from 9 am to 1 pm. The chametz items will be distributed or used before Pesach or sold according to halacha and distributed after the holiday.

keep these restrictions in place until Iran signiďŹ cantly changes its aggressive behavior, including halting its support of terrorism and its calls to destroy Israel. Either way, under the existing deal, the sanctions will automatically be lifted in 10 years’ time and Iran will be free to build as many bombs as it wishes, and they will be able to do it in a very short time—perhaps even a few weeks.â€? The following is more from the interview: Q: Obama has also said that he will not allow Iran to develop nuclear weapons. How do you explain the disparity between your two positions? A: “We disagree on how to prevent it. The deal that the world powers are currently promoting is actually paving the path for Iran to arm itself with nuclear weapons. This agreement sends a clear message to Iran that if it honors the agreement for 10 years, it will be given the total freedom to use ďŹ ssile material to manufacture an unlimited number of nuclear bombs. ‌ The biting sanctions imposed on Iran in 2012 quickly brought them to the negotiations table — something they refused to do as long as the sanctions were softer. Sadly, the interim agreement that was signed released some of the pressure off Iran. ‌â€? Q: Have have spoken with the Saudis and other U.S. allies in the Middle East to coordinate a regional stance against Iran? A: “I don’t discuss our contacts with the Arab world, but I can say that there is a very wide consensus among key Arab nations on the stance I expressed at Congress. I told the Americans that this kind of thing doesn’t happen often in our region—Israel and Arab nations agreeing on something—and when it does happen, they should listen.â€? Q: Is there personal animosity between you and the American president? A: “I don’t look at things on a personal level.

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There are a lot of areas where we cooperated with one another, and I mentioned them in my speech. But here there is a point of contention on an issue that could jeopardize our future. On this I think that it is the Israeli prime minister’s duty to take a stand, even if it comes at the cost of disagreeing with the American president. ‌ The days when Jews remained passive and quiet in the face of calls for their extermination are over, and as long as I am prime minister of Israel, they will not return.â€? Q: There is a coalition comprising Tzipi Livni, Isaac Herzog, Yair Lapid, and others who claim that they will rehabilitate Israel’s relations with the U.S. A: “What does that mean, ‘rehabilitate?’ And allow Iran to arm itself with nuclear bombs? Absurd. The relationship with the U.S. is strong enough. It will experience ups and downs, currently on its way up. The sup-

port for Israel among the American public is at an all-time high. ‌â€? Q: Do you think that Herzog and Livni are not suited to serve as prime minister? A: “Precisely. I think they are unworthy. They will not last one day under the pressure. They will not be able to curb Iran’s nuclearization for one day. They have already admitted that the moment they are elected they will go to Ramallah. And I know exactly what will happen there: They will offer the Palestinians a state that would see Jerusalem divided. ‌ Then we will have a double Iranian threat: a nuclear threat and the threat of an Iranian proxy right here at the heart of Israel.â€? Q: You have been accused of reverting to the Iranian threat to divert attention from economic issues in Israel. A: “We have addressed the economic issue in a way that no government before us ever has. We accomplished a lot in the economic social realm. True, there is plenty of work left to do, but I would like to remind everyone of Israel’s economic growth. ‌ We increased participation in the work force, among the ultra-Orthodox as well. ‌â€? Q: Forty-percent of Israelis have overdrawn bank accounts. What kind of hope are you offering these people? A: “Our actions are designed to lift as many people as possible out of that situation, so that they are not living in debt. More commercial competition, a reform of the ports designed to lower consumer prices, low cost airlines, cheaper mobile phones, and Internet—all this has already been done, and there is still a lot left to do. ‌ We increased minimum wage twice. We brought more money into workers bank accounts and lowered expenses, and we will continue doing that.â€? This interview was condensed from a longer version published by Israel Hayom. —JNS.org

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By Shlomo Cesana and Mati Tuchfeld Israel Hayom After speaking to Congress on March 3 despite the objections of the Obama administration, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that “a prime minister in Israel must be able to stand up even to our closest ally and tell the truth.� In an interview published Friday by Israel Hayom, Netanyahu said his speech about the Iranian nuclear threat was “well worth the cost of confrontation� with President Barack Obama. “What are we expected to do with such a fateful issue?� Netanyahu said. “Put our heads down? Go back 80 years to a time when Jews were forced to cower before the nobility? Ignore a threat of annihilation? Not demand action? Stop interrupting? I refuse to accept that.� The prime minister said he believes his remarks “were very well received by the American public as well as the members of Congress, both Republican and Democrat.� “I met with the Senate leadership after the speech and it was clear to me that the key points I raised had settled deep in their awareness, creating a foundation for debate and certainly prompting quite a few people to rethink their views,� he said. While Obama said after the speech that Netanyahu “didn’t offer any viable alternatives� to the current nuclear negotiations with Iran, the prime minister told Israel Hayom that he “proposed two alternatives to the emerging deal.� “One was my demand to increase the time frame Iran will require to manufacture a nuclear weapon should they violate the terms of the agreement,� Netanyahu said. “This can be achieved by placing tougher restrictions on the Iranian program. The second was to

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ccording to the latest passive/aggressive tome by Washington Post Columnist Eugene Robinson entitled “Netanyahu goes beyond bluster on Iran,â€? the prime minister’s speech wasn’t as bad as he thought it would be. He examined some of the Netanyahu’s prose from a progressive standpoint, while ignoring the most important part of Netanyahu’s argument: based on the deal being negotiated, millions of people will be placed in mortal danger. Robinson starts his piece by insulting Elie Wiesel, describing him as a pawn who was taken advantage of by the evil Netanyahu: “The worst moment of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech to Congress, at least for me, came when he used Elie Wiesel, a great moral hero, as a Hollywood-style prop. “Presidents giving State of the Union addresses have the right to tug at our heartstrings by saluting honored guests in the gallery. Foreign leaders taking advantage of partisan invitations do not.â€? ollywood-style prop? This wasn’t a prop. It was Elie Wiesel who famously said, “Trust the threats of your enemies over the promises of your friendsâ€?. Elie Wiesel is a moral hero because he was able to explain to the world the horrors of the Holocaust and why mankind should never allow anything like that to happen again. Wiesel attended Netanyahu’s speech for the same reason. Wiesel supported Bibi’s speech because, like the Prime Minister, he is a Jew who knows Iran is trying to embark on a new genocide â€”ďŹ rst of the Jews in Israel, then all the citizens of the United States — the Great Satan — including its Jews. As a true progressive believer, Robinson doesn’t understand why a great moral hero like Wiesel could disagree with the President. As a non-Jew, Robinson could never understand 2,000 years of the Jewish experience, which taught us we could never totally rely on others for our protection. Because everywhere we’ve gone, even where we’ve lived for hun-

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dreds of years, the Jews become expendable. Wiesel wasn’t a there as prop. He was there to support Bibi’s cause. As to the charge of “partisanship,� if the columnist could pry his head out of the Obama administration’s talking points, he would have realized that the prime minister’s speech wasn’t partisan — until the Obama administration, fearful of a dissenting opinion, made it partisan. Most members of Congress from both parties agreed with Netanyahu, Michael Barone reported. Robinson summarized his theme in his concluding paragraph: “Netanyahu was full of bluster — perhaps mostly for the voters back home, who go to the polls later this month — but there were nuggets of realism. I hope Congress actually listened.� What Robinson called bluster was the sense of urgency of a leader whose nation was in danger. And perhaps the urgency was sprinkled with a sense of desperation because his nation was being treated like pre-WWII Czechoslovakia, being sold out for a President’s legacy. While picking on what he believed was bluster, interspersed with his party’s talking points, Robinson missed the most important part of Netanyahu’s speech and the real reason the Israeli prime minister was in Washington. “My friends, I’ve come here today because, as prime minister of Israel, I feel a profound obligation to speak to you about an issue that could well threaten the survival of my country and the future of my people: Iran’s quest for nuclear weapons. “We’re an ancient people. In our nearly 4,000 years of history, many have tried repeatedly to destroy the Jewish people. Tomorrow night, on the Jewish holiday of Purim, we’ll read the Book of Esther. We’ll read of a powerful Persian viceroy named Haman, who plotted to destroy the Jewish people some 2,500 years ago. But a courageous Jewish woman, Queen Esther, exposed the plot and gave for the

Jewish people the right to defend themselves against their enemies. “The plot was foiled. Our people were saved. “Today the Jewish people face another attempt by yet another Persian potentate to destroy us. Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei spews the oldest hatred, the oldest hatred of antiSemitism, with the newest technology. He tweets that Israel must be annihilated — he tweets. You know, in Iran, there isn’t exactly free Internet. But he tweets in English that Israel must be destroyed. “For those who believe that Iran threatens the Jewish state, but not the Jewish people, listen to Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of Hezbollah, Iran’s chief terrorist proxy. He said: If all the Jews gather in Israel, it will save us the trouble of chasing them down around the world. “Germany, indeed through 2,000 years of blood libels, crusades, inquisitions, etc., no one rose to speak out. Even FDR and Churchill refused to allow Jews sanctuary from the Nazis.â€? That history fueled Netanyahu’s speech. That history was his message to Congress. ill the United States allow Iran to get nuclear weapons today, or in ten years when the built-in expiration date of an agreement allows them to build a weapon, causing millions of ďŹ rst Jews and then Americans to be murdered? Will America allow a presidential desire for a political legacy to overshadow a looming danger, an ominous danger repeated through 2,000 years of history? Eugene Robinson made his choice. He ignored Netanyahu’s genuine concern, choosing to label it bluster. Robinson knowingly sided with a plan that doesn’t prevent genocide, but merely stalls it for a decade. And Robinson’s support does not spring from the efďŹ cacy of the proposed deal; instead, his loyal progressive support for Obama takes priority over lives. And in the end does it really matter? It’s only a few million dead Jews.

What Robinson called bluster was the sense of urgency of a leader whose nation was in danger.

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RABBI AVI BILLET PARSHA OF THE WEEK

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hen we read the parshas surrounding the building of the Mishkan, we are reminded of the fealty we, the Jewish people, are to have to Shabbat. The laws of Shabbat are derived from the proximity of the actual construction of the vessels and structures of the Mishkan to a reminder about Shabbat – both of which appear in Shmot chapter 35. Shabbat was also mentioned in last week’s Torah portion at the conclusion of the initial instructions for the Mishkan, in the V’shamru passage which is most famous because it is part of our liturgy as well (31:13-17). It’s not only that Shabbat is a day the descendants of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob are meant to rest to imitate G-d who “rested” on the seventh day after Creating. Shabbat is considered in the Talmud to be a gift that G-d gave to the Jewish people (Talmud Shabbat 10b). One who keeps or observes the Shab-

bat is considered to be attesting to God’s role in the creation of the world. Hillel Halkin, a secular Jewish writer who lives in Israel, wrote an article several years ago entitled, “You don’t have to be Orthodox to cherish the Sabbath,” which can be easily found through a Google search. The title almost says it all, though Halkin does a good job of explaining why he, as a secular Jew, cherishes the Shabbat and wishes (at least when he wrote the article) that other Jews could appreciate Shabbat more. Former Senator Joseph Lieberman also wrote a book to this effect, offering Shabbat as a needed respite for all of humanity. The Chofetz Chaim, whose rare image was recently uncovered in an old film reel from the 1920s, would describe the Talmudic sentiment of the gift given to the Jewish people like a groom giving his bride a present. If the bride returns the gift, it is a good indication that she does not want the groom

and the match is as good as over. His message was the same about Shabbat. If the Jewish people do not keep the Shabbat properly, they are essentially returning the gift to G-d, indicating they have no interest in the bond that unites the Jews to G-d. It is a sad state of affairs for the Jewish people when the attitude to Shabbat outside of the religious Jewish community (however people define “religious”) is the way it is today. Halkin, for example, at least respects the Shabbat, even if he does not observe. Some statistics from national polls of the last few years bear out the dire circumstances we face in terms of appreciation of this gift. A December 2012 Gallup poll said 41 percent of Jews say religion is important to them, while 65 percent said they attend religious services seldom or never; 22 percent of Jews have no religion at all. According to the Pew poll of 2013, 28 percent of Jews don’t believe in G-d, while 73 percent

If the Jewish people do not keep the Shabbat, they are breaking their marriage to G-d.

say that being Jewish means remembering the Holocaust. Those of us who love the Torah and cherish the Shabbat have a very big job ahead of us. So many Jews identify as Jewish for cultural reasons and on account of the ancestral heritage, without knowledge of a Torah, mitzvot, or any of the wisdom contained therein. Show an ignorant-of-Judaism Jew a Jewish library or Beit Midrash, and the eyes open up and the jaw drops at how much specifically Jewish knowledge and scholarship is out there. Sure they know that many Jews of the past were smart people — but the breadth of knowledge of rabbinic sages is what they hear about, if at all, from PJ library storybooks, which do not exactly come from a wellspring of Jewish tradition that goes back centuries or millennia. We have so much to offer, but despite all the efforts that are being made by those who reach out to lost or searching Jews, there is still a very long way to go in bringing Shabbat to the masses in a palatable way. We need the connection with Go-d more than ever. We have to earn back His trust through our retaking His gift of Shabbat.

As Pesach nears, discovering our tradition anew ALAN JAY GERBER KOSHER BOOKWORM

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ith the onset of Pesach, I find the study of the historical and philosophical side of our religious tradition to be of great inspiration in getting myself into the “holiday mood.” Thus, this week’s essay will focus on two works by Rabbi Dov Lipman that should help assist many in getting into this holiday mood. The spiritual quest that Rabbi Lipman focuses on in his works, “Discover” (Feldheim, 2006) and “Seder Savvy” (Targum Press, 2010) describe in eloquent and intelligent terms the basic elements that make up the beliefs of our sacred tradition. “Discover” goes to the very heart of our tradition by dealing, in great detail, with such topics as Torah MiSinai, Torah She’baal Peh, the purpose of Creation, and the role of prayer and study. Some profound and heartfelt teachings are found in his essays on Women in Judaism, Suffering and Tragedies, Death, the Resurrection of the Dead, and the coming of Moshiach. In his personal approbation to this work, Rabbi Aharon Feldman, Rosh Yeshiva of Ner Yisrael, wrote the following: “The Torah and Judaism proclaim that man is successful if he accepts the dominion of G-d and makes his life an expression of His will. This stands in stark contrast to much of modern culture whose premise is that human autonomy is the ultimate good and that man’s success lies in the fulfillment of his fantasies of power and pleasure. “A student in a modern day yeshiva high school is constantly — consciously or subconsciously — faced with this conflict of view. He needs to understand why he should accept upon himself the way of the Torah and why it is superior to the lifestyle he sees in the world around him. “Rabbi Dov Lipman, who has spent many years teaching these students, has produced a modern ‘Guide for the Perplexed’ for them. He explains why Jews must believe in Torah, and skillfully addresses many of the issues

confronting a modern student.” This approbation is reinforced within the text of this work wherein Rabbi Lipman notes the valued role that his Rosh Yeshiva, Rabbi Yaakov Weinberg, zt”l, influenced his teachings and writings. “The Rosh Yeshiva’s approach to learning, thinking and looking at the world impacted me greatly. His advice and answers to my many questions gave me direction in life. … The Rosh Yeshiva taught me not only that we should ask questions, but also that there are answers to these questions and that these answers can be found in the Torah. I have also gained approaches and answers to many questions from the works of Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan, zt”l, and Rabbi Yitzchak Kirzner, zt”l.” In the chapter entitled “Torah Study,” Rabbi Lipman, cites the influence of Rabbi Feldman with the following observation: “Most mitzvos are performed using our bodies. In the process, we elevate our bodies to a higher plane. Torah study is the mitzvah which elevates our minds. In fact, our minds need a mitzvah even more than our bodies since our minds are constantly working. Aside from the elevation, the way to simply insure that our minds are constantly in subordination to G-d is by occupying our minds with what G-d wants us to do — which is Torah study and thought.” In the footnote to this teaching, Rabbi Lipman informs us of the following: “My thanks to Rabbi Aharon Feldman, shlita, for teaching me this concept and for pointing out that Rabbeinyu Yonah explains that this is why the mitzvah to study Torah is found in the first paragraph of Shema, which deals with accepting the yoke of serving G-d. As a mitzvah of the mind it plays a central role in our accepting G-d’s authority and his mitzvos.” Rabbi Lipman’s commentary on the Haggadah, “Seder Savy,” deserves a rightful place at your seder table to help enrich the repetoire of Torah teachings to supplement the Haggada texts. In his introduction, Rabbi Lipman makes the following observation: “When we educate our children regarding Torah and Judaism, we should use the same care used to build a tower, whose endurance depends completely on the strength of its foundation. It is my hope that this work will

enable seder night to serve as the foundation for a lifetime of spiritual growth for ourselves and our children, while providing a solid basis for spiritual dialogue and spiritual relationship between grandparents, parents, and children.” I conclude this week’s essay with the following words of tribute by one of our community’s leading singers and music composers, Yitzy Bald of Bayswater, who wrote the following: “I have fond memories of Rabbi Dov Lipman from our time together at Mercaz Hatorah, Talpiot Yerushalayim, 1989–90. It was an amazing year. First and foremost, he was a Ben Torah with impeccable midos. He was learned and fun loving at the same time … a very well rounded and balanced attitude both in ruchniyus and gashmiyus.” This observation, in essence, reflects the quality of the man and of his teachings for all of us to benefit from. )25 <285 /($51,1* 3/($685( I am personally honored to inform you of the publication of a new Halachic work by Rabbi Ari Enkin entitled, “Eilu V’eilu: Halachic Insights and Responsa” (Mosaic Press). Within this work is a timely essay dealing with Parshat Para, whose reading will be re-

cited this coming Shabbat. There are several timely mitzva mandates that are discussed on this issue by Rabbi Elkin and below is a brief summary dealing with some of the salient points. “According to a number of authorities, it is actually a Torah requirement to hear Parshat Para read in the synagogue. One reason for this is that in addition to recalling the ancient purification procedure, the reading serves to recall the sin of the Golden Calf, which is a mitzva in its own right. In fact, there are actually six events that we are required by Torah law to always remember, and the incident of the Golden Calf is one of them. “In many congregations, it is customary for the gabbai to remind the congregation to have intent to fulfill the mitzva of remembering the sin of the Golden Calf while Parshat Para is read.” As for the popular notion concerning women’s participation in this mitzva, Rabbi Elkin teaches us the following: “Although women should make an effort to hear Parshat Para when it is read in the synagogue, there is no true obligation for them to do so. Indeed, it is argued that women should be completely exempt from having to hear the Parsha Para reading because they were not involved in the sin of the Golden Calf. Nevertheless, women were also subject to purification by means of the Para Aduma, should they have required it. For this reason, there is certainly value in women hearing the reading, just as men do.” This column is the fifth in a series on books devoted to practical Jewish law observance.

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Politics‌ Continued from page 1 munal norms including the belief “that liberalism and communism would be the cureall to the anti-Semitism they experienced in eastern Europe.â€? Before World War II, “it wasn’t the rabbanim who dominated, it was the secular Jews,â€? he said. Those who arrived after the Shoah — including concentration camp survivors and their children — were of a different mindset, he said. Sheinkopf asserted that the greatest threat to the Jewish community today is secular pluralism, because it asserts “that you can be a Jew and not be a Zionist, that you can be a Jew and not give charity to Jewish causes but instead write checks to non-Jewish causesâ€? in a bid to more easily ďŹ t into the larger society. Meanwhile, by changing their behavior to ďŹ t in, secular Jews are in fact working against the values of a “true pluralistic American society.â€? Wiesenfeld described his upset when the Congressional Black Caucus argued against Prime Minister Netanyahu’s appearance on Capitol Hill, considering that “as heroic as he sounded,â€? Netanyahu was “begging for the lives of the Jewish people.â€? “Per capita, who more than the Jewish people among Caucasians were involved in the civil rights movement?â€? he asked. “You must demand reciprocity.â€? He said tikun olum is “a wonderful thing,â€? but generally misunderstood when applied to issues beyond “improving the world by proclaiming G-ds sovereignty.â€? “You don’t need to go to shul to be with abortion rights, and Palestinian rights, and gay rights and everything else,â€? Wiesenfeld said. “A shul is to observe our tradition and to ďŹ ght for the Zionist entity, the State of Israel,

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Sunday’s event, organized by Cindy Grosz, also featured remarks by freshman Suffolk County Rep. Lee Zelden (R-Shirley), the only Jewish member of the House of Representatives, and state Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos (RRockville Centre), plus a panel consisting of Assemblymen Todd Kaminsky, Phillip Goldfeder, Brian Curran and David McDonough. To make the point that partisanship should not be a factor in -HII :LHVHQIHOG one’s position on Israel, Zelden recounted a meeting at which he spoke immediately after Democratic Senator Charles Schumer. Zelden said he began by stating he was in full agreement Schumer,

who had just voiced strong support for Israel, but said “the problem is the position he articulated is not the President’s position.â€? With Iran, “we are not negotiating with a country that is acting in good faith,â€? he said. “A bad deal with Iran can be worse than no deal at all.â€? Grosz urged everyone —“young and old, religious and non-religious, Jew and nonJewâ€? — to get involved politically. “It is easy to complain, it is easy to ďŹ nd faultâ€? with elected ofďŹ cials, she said. “But you should also thank them and communicate with them.â€? Goldfeder, whose district includes Far Rockaway, called apathy the “biggest threat to our community.â€? He said he was “looking for creative waysâ€? to help private school parents with skyrocketing tuition costs. Kaminsky of the Five Towns said “shul security and protecting our communities is right up thereâ€? as legislative priorities, along with the “challenge of conďŹ denceâ€? in the legislature exacerbated by the arrest of Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver.

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By Maya Rajamani, Riverdale Press That was the question author and historian Sander Gilman grappled with during a lecture at Manhattan College on Monday. Professor Mehnaz Afridi, the director of the college’s Holocaust, Genocide and Interfaith Education Center, said the recent Charlie Hebdo massacre in France gave renewed urgency to the topic. Gilman began his lecture by discussing a group of Oxford University researchers who claimed to discover a drug that could induce racial bias in 2012. The ďŹ ndings prompted some to argue that unconscious racial attitudes could possibly be modulated using drugs. But Gilman sounded a skeptical note, asking, “How did we get to the point of imagining that we could give people pills to cure racism?â€?

He went on to discuss 19th- and 20th-century attitudes toward race and mental illness. At the time, many believed “race scienceâ€? was a factor in deďŹ ning mental illness, with some scientists and historians going so far as to believe that “madnessâ€? and mental illness was inherent to groups like Africans and Jewish people. One famous forensic psychologist, meanwhile, argued that the Jewish people were “crazyâ€? due to the residual effect of persecution, which shifted blame from biological disposition to social context. “[But] if it is the result of anti-Semitism, the ‘madness’ of the Jews, what causes antiSemitism?â€? Gilman asked. In the 19th century, Russian physician Leon Pinsker, attempted to answer this question in his writings, Gilman continued. Pinsker argued that populations that in-

JCC buys Lawrence site‌ Continued from page 1 money from the sale will be used and how the temple will fulďŹ ll its religious mission after the sale is completed. “Essentially what will happen is, what is there now will remain, and the JCC is taking over the management and ďŹ nances of the property,â€? said Chumi Diamond, a member of the JCC’s board of directors. The JCC was established more than 35 years ago. For several years, it has been leasing space from Temple Israel for its Early Childhood Center and after-school programs. Diamond said that the center would maintain its Grove Avenue building, which houses

its administration ofďŹ ces, as well as several programs and activities, including its Russian Division, which offers educational programs for children and adults, a group for Holocaust survivors and services for specialneeds children. The center also runs several programs and activities that cater to adults, ranging from computer classes to Israeli dancing at Grove Avenue and other sites, such as Temple Hillel, in North Woodmere. Founded 108 years ago, Temple Israel is the oldest Reform congregation on Long Island and the only one on Nassau County’s South Shore. It runs a religious school. After a decline in membership as the com-

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cluded Jewish people suffered from “Judeophobia,� which he described as a hereditary “psychic aberration.� Racism, then, could be a product of a mental illness, as well as a crowd mentality, Gilman said. In Freud’s studies of racism in the 1930s. He attempted to understand German hatred toward Jewish people. Because Christianity was a relatively recent phenomenon, Freud argued, the “hatred of Jews is, at bottom, a hatred of Christians,� Gilman said of Freud’s argument. Gilman discussed the notion that self-hatred within groups could arise from mentalities related to an oppressed/oppressor relationship. He also discussed the resurgence of interest in mental illness after the Holocaust. In the 1950s, detailed studies made the claim that the Nazi leaders all suffered from

mental illness. But Gilman said that argument risked sidestepping morality. “What we have not been talking about is evil,� he said. He ended his lecture with a discussion of German political theorist Hannah Arendt’s “The Origins of Totalitarianism,� in which she argued that human beings make the choices to carry out evil acts. Arguments about madness then, he said, may not have been the best to use. “I’ll make a case that she’s absolutely right,� Gilman said. Manhattan College’s Holocaust, Genocide and Interfaith Education Center sponsored the annual lecture. Founded in 1996 to focus on the Holocaust, it broadened its mission in 2011, to examine connections between different faiths.

munity became more religiously observant, the congregation reports that in the past few years it has grown from about 225 families to nearly 400. “This enables us to take all of the maintenance off of our backs and ensure we continue for the next 20 years, at least,â€? said Temple Israel President Ken Shapiro. Last September, Temple Israel entered into a 20-year agreement with Carlyle Catering after its previous caterer, Morrell Catering, ďŹ led for bankruptcy. “I don’t think it would affect us, and I look forward to working with the JCC,â€? said Steve Squitiro, director of sales for Carlyle Catering. He added that more than 100 events per year are expected to be booked at Temple Israel. “It’s a beautiful facility, and we’ve done events for the JCC,â€? Squitiro said.â€? We have a good working relationship.â€?

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Jewish Star Schools Vacation week at HAFTR spells Kulanu Kulanu For the past 15 years, children with special needs who attend public schools have participated in a unique Kulanu Holiday inclusion initiative, providing a yeshiva experience over the year-end and Presidents Week public school breaks. Why would any child want to stay in school when they can be on vacation? Mrs. Tzippy Vinegray answered that question when she wrote to Kulanu that “Presidents Week has never been this much fun!â€? Kulanu has been the conduit between families and local yeshivot, arranging opportunities for elementary aged children to attend classes and join with other Jewish children during the school break. The children are accompanied by experienced student “shadowsâ€? from the host schools. Prior to the program, middle school HAFTR shadows are given a sensitivity training program by Kulanu’s Jonathan Cooper and child-speciďŹ c information is shared with the shadows. All shadows are asked to keep notes in a log and share with the next shadow, to ensure continuity for success. During the yeshiva school day, students who attend a pub-

lic school are able to reconnect or make new friends with the children from their community. “It is Jewish immersion for them and they love it,� says Cooper, coordinator of the Torah L’Kulanu Holiday Inclusion Program and Director of Inclusion and Community Support Programs for Kulanu Academy. Several students have been placed in yeshivas based on their participation in the holiday program. Kulanu presently partners with HAFTR and HALB to provide these exciting yeshiva experiences. Kulanu is grateful to the following administrators and staff who made this program a success: HAFTR Preschool: Cyndi Goldberg, principal. HAFTR Elementary School: Joy Hammer, principal. HAFTR Middle School: Dr. Rochelle Brand, principal, and Leslie Rappaport, administrative assistant. HALB Lev Chana Early Childhood Center: Lisa Zakutinsky and Felecie Akerman, co-directors, Rocky Green, administrative assistant. SKA HS: Yaffa Storch, assistant director of student programs, and Leah Faik, chessed coordinator. For more indoformation: Jonathan Cooper at Jonathanc@ kulanukids.org, or Vickie Lewinter at vicki@kulanukids.org.

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signed, the PA was established, and the U.S. began pouring $500 million per year into the new Palestinian regime. As part of the deal, veteran terrorists such as Achille Lauro mastermind Mohammed Abbas were declared “moderate� and permitted to move to PAcontrolled territory. When members of Congress protested, the Bill Clinton administration lamely claimed that the statute of limitations had expired on prosecuting Abbas. The Library of Congress’s Congressional Research Service weighed in, with a detailed report in 1996 which concluded that since Mohammed Abbas was fugitive from justice, the statute of limitations

did not apply. Unfortunately, neither Congress nor the American Jewish leadership pursued the issue. As the years passed, and the number of American victims of Palestinian terrorism increased, Jewish leaders began to take an interest in the issue. In August 2002, the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations ofďŹ cially called on the U.S. government to demand that the PA surrender suspects in such attacks. The George W. Bush administration ignored that request and so far, the Obama administration has, too. But it remains the ofďŹ cial position of the organized Jewish leadership. Now, the French authorities have forced the issue by issuing arrest warrants for the three killers in the 1982 Jo Goldenberg attack. The suspects’ names were not announced, but their places of residence were. One lives in Ramallah, the capital of the PA. Given the enormous size of the PA police, security, and intelligence forces—among the largest per capita in the world—it is inconceivable that the PA does not know how to ďŹ nd him. If PA President Mahmoud Abbas is not prepared to hand the terrorist over to the French, the U.S. should issue its own warrant for his arrest, since Americans were among those murdered. If Abbas claims that the PA police are unable to locate him, the FBI should send its agents to Ramallah to search for him. And the organized Jewish leadership should do everything in its power to galvanize the Obama administration to act. Stephen M. Flatow, an attorney in New Jersey, is the father of Alisa Flatow, who was murdered in a Palestinian terrorist attack in 1995.

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in the Arab world, including in Saudi Arabia, praised Netanyahu’s address, which called on American lawmakers to reject a “bad deal” with Iran that would allow it to retain significant portions of its nuclear program. “Who could believe that Netanyahu today has taken a better stand than Obama with regard to the Iranian nuclear file?” columnist Ahmed al-Faraj wrote in the Saudi daily newspaper Al-Jazirah. An editorial by Faisal Abbas, the editor-in-chief of the Saudi-owned Dubai-based news outlet Al-Arabiya, stated that Netanyahu’s Congress speech “hit the nail right on the head” in his assessment of the Iranian threats in the Middle East. Besides the alignment on the Iranian nuclear issue, Israel enjoys warm government-to-government relations with two Arab neighbors. As the only two Arab countries that have agreed to a peace treaties with Israel, Egypt and Jordan have recently increased security cooperation with the Jewish stare. Under President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi, Egypt has quietly worked closely with Israel on combating Islamic terrorist groups in the Sinai Peninsula such as Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis (which recently declared its allegiance to Islamic State), in addition to cracking down on Hamas, which draws support from Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood and uses the Sinai for smuggling weapons and other goods. El-Sisi also launched attacks against Islamic State terrorists in Libya after their execution of 20 Coptic Christians there. El-Sisi has also called for the formation of an Arab regional alliance to fight common threats like Islamic extremism and Iran. “We want to defend our nations and this is the time when we join our hands together,” he told Al-Arabiya before a visit to Saudi Arabia on March 1. “There is a good opportunity now for us to start a discussion about it.” The RAND Corporation’s Dassa Kaye said, “The relationship right now between the Saudis and Egyptians is a strong one. The more conservative Arab gulf states are bolstering the El-Sisi government as part of a so-called counter revolution to support anti-Islamist governments.” At the same time, the Wall Street Journal reported in late February that leading Arab countries, including Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Egypt, and the United Arab Emirates, have said that any nuclear deal that allows Iran to retain its capacity to enrich uranium— which can be used to produce a nuclear weapon—would likely force them to develop their own nuclear capabilities.

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Yeshiva University Stern College for Women student Sima Fried, of Woodmere, has been awarded a research fellowship in archaeology for the upcoming summer. The Ackerman Family Dig Fellowship covers the cost of room and board for the entire ďŹ eld season at Tell es-SaďŹ /Gath in Israel. Fried began her research last summer at the site of Tell es-SaďŹ /Gath, also known as Goliath’s hometown, under the supervision of Dr. Jill Katz, clinical assistant professor of archaeology at Stern College, who is one of the area supervisors at the site. Along with other Yeshiva University students, Fried focused her research on the city’s fortiďŹ cation wall, analyzing its initial construction 5,000 years ago and its subsequent re-use by the Philistines during the time of the First Temple. “By winning this fellowship, Sima had her contributions from last summer validated as well as receiving a vote of conďŹ dence regarding her potential to contribute to the team in a meaningful way next summer,â€? said Katz. “In the coming season, she will return with me as my ďŹ eld assistant.â€? For Fried, a sophomore studying anthropology, the dig is a fascinating intersection of history, sociology, biology and psychology. “I have always had a passion for history, and archaeology is a unique and intimate way to interact with the past,â€? said Fried. “There is something truly awe-inspiring being the ďŹ rst one to unearth a vessel, or even a sherd of pottery, that has not been handled for thousands of years. There is also the adventure and sense of mystery that accompa-

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nies every sunrise—you never know what you might ďŹ nd.â€? For instance, Fried recalled what appeared to be a cheap plastic bracelet that a volunteer at the dig picked up one morning near the main path. “The Tell is located in a national park and we initially believed the bracelet was litter from a tourist,â€? she said. “However, on closer inspection we realized that the bracelet was constructed from a beautifully decorated piece of glass—it was later identiďŹ ed as a Crusader Bracelet.â€? Ultimately, Fried hopes to pursue a career combining as many of her interests as she can, possibly in academia or even biblical archaeology, like Katz. “Dr. Katz was invaluable in helping me create my shaped major and she was the one who encouraged me to apply to the fellowship,â€? she said. “Who knows? Maybe I will return to YU to help her build the department here.â€?

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