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“I’m going to be the next Prime Minister of Israel.”

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Jerusalem bus bombed

Exclusive interview with Moshe Feiglin

By David F. Nesenoff

By Sergey Kadinsky Less than two weeks after the horrific murder of a Jewish family in Itamar, attacks against Israel are escalating, with rockets from Gaza shelling Beersheva, and a deadly bus bombing outside the Binyanei Ha’Uma convention center in Jerusalem on March 23.

A bag left at the bus station exploded, leaving 39 passengers and bystanders injured and one woman dead. “I see the escalation is already here in a number of fronts - in the south and also in Jerusalem,” Interior Minister Eli Yishai said during a visit to the attack site.

In the south of Israel, two rockets fired from Gaza hit Beersheva, with additional bombings in the Shaar Hanegev and Eshkol areas. No deaths were reported as of press time.

Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for the rocket attacks, but Israel blamed Hamas, which controls Gaza. Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu asserted that, like the Itamar stabbings, the ongoing incitement against Israel continues to inspire individual and coordinated attacks. “Israel has no intention of bringing about a deterioration of the situation, but at the same time, the IDF will continue to act decisively to protect Israeli citizens,” Netanyahu expressed in a statement.

Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat praised the police for preventing “99 percent” of terrorist attacks and encouraged Jerusalemites to resume their daily routines. Barkat vowed to run in the Jerusalem Marathon this Friday.

“It’s very hard right now to think of the response,” said Israeli Consulate spokesman Joel Lion. “The Palestinians are not negotiating. The rocket attacks, the Iranian arms shipments, it shows a return to violence, and the citizens are being targeted.”

David F. Nesenoff: Foremost on our minds is the killings of the members of the Fogel family. What is the message we take away from that?

Moshe Feiglin: When I came back from the funeral to my car and realized that the whole funeral was broadcast live on the second largest station in Israel, I felt that something dramatic has changed in the Israeli society. There’s a famous reporter in the Maariv, a leftist reporter, who wrote the day after, now he realizes that there is no peace process and there will be no peace. And he said that therefore he has the feeling he has to hide under the skirt of Daniella Weiss [a noted settlement activist], that’s the way he wrote it.

DFN: So the game has changed?

MF: The conscience of the Israeli society is beginning to change and they realize there is no peace process. And therefore they feel they need to get closer to the settlers as they might have the right ideas as to how to function in the land of Israel.

DFN: What is the relation with your Manhigut Yehudit and the Likud party?

I often think of Manhigut as the Tea Party to the Republican party. Is there a correlation like that?

MF: Yes, a little bit. We are all members of Likud. But we are offering a different kind of leadership for the Likud. Leadership that comes from the Jewish leadership point of view,

not just right wing or security, but Judaism.

DFN: When it comes to Judaism, do secular values and Jewish values need to be reconciled?

MF: Let’s face it. We have to admit it.

The basic Zionist concept is let’s be a nation like all the nations. That’s not what Judaism is about. We are looking to, on the one hand, combine with what the amazing Zionist revolution did… basing ourselves on what Zionism built, the State of Israel, and pour into it the right kind of spirit. Because without having the right goals, the State of Israel is crumbling down. You can be the strongest state in the world, have the strongest army, have the best hi-tech, very strong economy… and still get into a self-destruct mechanism when we don’t have the right ideas to justify our existence in the land of Israel. And this is what Manhigut brings to the picture.

DFN: If you were Prime Minister, what kind of changes would we see happen?

MF: Instead of running after our enemies all the time, offering them pieces of our land, fighting them and winning the wars we have with them… instead of looking to establish a Palestinian State… Look to establish a Jewish State. If we are doing everything we can do to convince ourselves and the world, that besides speaking Hebrew, we are not really a Jewish State, then what do you want from the world? After 60 years the world got convinced that if you don’t want to be a Jewish State then why should you be recognized as one?

DFN: What would make Israel more of a Jewish State?

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Kruger scandal can lead to Russian running

By Sergey Kadinsky The bribery case of Brooklyn State Senator Carl Kruger could provide an opportunity for the local Russian Jewish community to send one of its own to Albany. “He was never liked for his shenanigans. Kruger was widely perceived to be an operator, always maneuvering,” said Baruch College political science professor Douglas Muzzio.

Facing a federal indictment, the maneuvering allegedly includes accepting bribes for commercial developers and the owner of a defunct Queens’ hospital, to the tune of more than $1 million. With Kruger’s 18-year Senate career under threat, there is renewed focus on the Russian Jewish community of District 27, which includes Brighton Beach, Sheepshead Bay, Midwood, and Mill Basin.

Over the past decade, candidates from the Russian community emerged on Democratic and Republican lists for a variety of local offices, so far succeeding only with Assemblyman Alec Brook-Krasny, elected as a Democrat in 2008.

“Russians are no longer the poor recent immigrants who know nothing about politics. They are growing by leaps and bounds in socio-economic success,” said Sheepshead Bay lawyer David Storobin, 32, who is active in local Republican circles.

For his part, Kruger responded to the demographics by hiring Russian-speaking staff, attending community events, and advertising in Russian-language newspapers.

“Carl did a good job representing the Russian community and his friends will stick by him,” said community activist John Lisyansky. “He was a sharp Senator.”

Demonstrating his ability to represent the community, Kruger lobbied to have Russianlanguage election materials printed alongside Spanish and Chinese, in heavily Russianspeaking precincts. “He was one of the major cosponsors of this bill, pushing it through the Senate,” said Ari Kagan, a community journalist who ran for State Assembly in 2008.

Under normal circumstances, party leaders and fellow legislators would have stuck by Kruger’s presumption of innocence, but following the indictment, Kruger was stripped of his position as chair of the Senate Finance Committee.

“It seems the party is turning against him.

They lost the Senate majority last year and they must regain their momentum. They don’t want any negative affiliation,” Lisyansky said.

Last year, Democrat Igor Oberman, 38, attempted to oust Kruger, but his campaign abruptly stopped last July when he failed to submit enough signatures to run for office.

“Other names are floated about, and I think Lew Fidler is a more established name,” said Kagan. Fidler currently represents much of Kruger’s district in the City Council, and faces term limits in 2013. Storobin has also been mentioned as a possible contender, and his supporters have launched a blog urging him to run.

If an election were to take place, observers expect it to be competitive. “In presidential elections and foreign policy, Russian speakers vote towards the right, but on the local level, they vote Democrat because of social programs like senior centers,” Kagan said. In the 2008 presidential election, the district chose McCain over Obama, in contrast to the rest of Brooklyn. Aware of his constituency, Kruger voted against gay marriage last year, bucking his party’s view on this topic.

If Kruger succeeds in court, challengers would have to wait until the scheduled election in November 2012.

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Continued from page 1 MF: If we will live our life, try to live our national life in Israel, as much as we can, according to Jewish values and not according to the left politically correct values we see on TV or the last movie that came from America or Europe… if we’ll make peace with ourselves with our own identity or with who we are, we’ll be able to call it a Jewish State. Basically if we’ll try to do what G-d is expecting from us, we can call it a Jewish State.

DFN: How do the Mesorati, Conservative, and Reform movements fit into the future of Israel?

MF: They are not so dominant in Israel. In Israel, there are seculars, religious and traditionalists. The Reform and Conservatives are very minor. History shows that they were anti-Zionists from the very beginning and they said “Berlin is Jerusalem,” so what do they look now in Israel for?

DFN: Sarah Palin is now in Israel, Mike Huckabee just returned from Israel, it seems that people who are looking to take leadership in the United States are making their way to Israel. But Obama, as Presi-

dent, has not visited the State of Israel yet.

MF: I’m not eager for him to come, to tell you the truth. With all due respect to Obama and all the American leaders, and I really do have respect to some of the American values and what America did in history, and the part America took in history… The problems that Israel has to deal with, it has to deal with by itself. I don’t see these visits as important as maybe others do.

DFN: Do the changes going on in Egypt, Tunisia and Libya have an effect on the people and State of Israel?

MF: A tremendous effect. What we call the peace process appears as a big false. Dictators like Mubarak and others that helped Israel make an illusion of peace, and finally now the Israelis see that the people of these nations never had peace with them. The real masses never wanted peace, never had peace. Once Mubarack moved aside, the gas, which came from Egypt and fed the electric industry in Israel, stopped. The Minister of Justice in Jordan called to release the murderer of the six Beit Shemesh girls. So suddenly you see, that when the people talk, and not just the dictators because of their own

interests, there’s no real peace. We are standing in front of a big shift, a historical shift, and the conscience of Oslo is moving aside, it’s fading away. And a new conscience is coming in and only Manhigut Yehudit will be a relevant leadership for Israel.

DFN: What message do you want to give to someone sitting in the their house in Cedarhurst?

MF: A. Pack up and come to Israel and B. Help as much as you can the Manhigut Yehudit to take over the leadership of Israel, as fast as can be, so the State of Israel will be able to deal with the challenges it has as a real proud Jewish state in front of a new face of the world today.

DFN: What should we expect out of the future of Israel?

MF: Physically Israel is very strong. Economically it’s very strong and it’s going to be even stronger. I believe that Israel is going to be the richest country in the world. It’s on the way towards that direction. I think there is no future economy of the west besides Israel. So technically and physically militarily we are at the best point we could dream of.

Now it’s the time to give it a direction. And when you talk about direction, you talk about leadership, because a leader is like the one who sits behind the wheel. And if we want the State of Israel to be a Jewish State, to go in the right direction, we have the best opportunity, the best vehicle, physical vehicle, and now what we need is the right driver to steer it.

DFN: Do you think the public’s perception of you is becoming more mainstream and accepting?

MF: Yes. I can definitely feel it. Likud is a major party in Israel; people in the street are talking to me. Last primary I got almost a quarter of the votes. So I guess we are on the right direction.

DFN: Finally, I know the demand for the release of Jonathan Pollard is close to your heart.

MF: Pollard is in jail only because he’s Jewish, only because he did what he did for Israel. There’s no doubt about it. Any American president, who says that he is a friend of Israel and doesn’t release Jonathan Pollard, says one thing and proves the other.

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“I can forgive that they killed... but not that they made us kill.”

By Rabbi Noam Himelstein

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.

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Parshat Shmini

Deaths we do not understand W

hat brought about the deaths of Aharon’s older sons? Most discussions analyze the specific nature of the particular service they were performing. Were they drunk? Were they wearing the proper clothing? Did they enter an area prohibited to them? Did they perform a service reserved for their father alone?

Did they merely bring a strange fire?

The different approaches curtail our ability to know exactly what triggered their deaths. A thorough analysis, however, helps paint entirely different pictures, suggesting that perhaps Rabbi Avi Billet Aharon’s sons died for other reasons.

Picture 1: Shmot 29:43 says that when the Mishkan will be dedicated, “It is there that I will commune with the Israelites, and [the tabernacle] will thus be sanctified with My glory.” In other words, something big will happen which will demonstrate G-d’s awesome power. A sacrifice of some kind will be offered, which will consecrate the Tabernacle. It may or may not relate to the actions of individuals.

Picture 2: Shmot 19:22 says, “The priests,

who [usually] come near the Divine must also sanctify themselves, or else G-d will send destruction among them.” This verse leads us to believe that somehow, Nadav and Avihu did not properly sanctify themselves.

Picture 3: Shmot 24:911 presents a strange narrative of the actions of some of the leading figures of Israel. “Moses then went up, along with Aharon, Nadav and Avihu, and seventy of Israel’s elders. They saw a vision of the G-d of Israel, and under His feet was something like a sapphire brick, like the essence of a clear [blue] sky. [G-d] did not unleash His power against the leaders of the Israelites.” Targum Yonatan explains that G-d saved his punishment for them until the Yom HaShmini, ‘the eighth day’ of our parsha, while Rashi explains that they deserved to be killed at that time, based on the verse “And [G-d] said you may not see My face, for a human can not see me and live.” (Shmot 33) Picture 4: When describing why Elazar and Itamar are described by the Torah as “the remaining, or spared sons”, Rashi on Vayikra 10:12 says “Those spared – from death. It

teaches us that the death was also decreed upon [Elazar and Itamar] over the sin of the Golden Calf as it says ‘And G-d was angry enough with Aharon to destroy him.’ And destruction refers to the deaths of his sons, as it says (Amos 2) ‘I destroyed his fruits from above.’

Moshe’s prayer canceled half of the decree as it says ‘And I prayed on Aharon’s behalf at that time.’” In other words, according to Rashi, all four of Aharon’s sons should have died as punishment for his behavior in the Golden Calf story, but on account of Moshe, Aharon’s punishment was cut in half - he “only” lost two sons.

The point of the analysis is that we have no idea why things happen, or what truly constitutes G-d’s Master Plan. And it is obvious that in many cases, it is impossible for us to understand.

In Aharon’s case, he carries on. The lesson is learned. He must find solace in his other children, and do all he can to protect them.

He must make sure they follow the laws, and adhere to the instructions outlined for them

by G-d. And they do grow, in time, to become great men.

We must learn the lessons of how

to continue after

deaths we do not

Here and in Israel, we must learn the lessons of how to continue after deaths we do not understand. Security must be a top priority. Those who survive all kinds of attacks become the responsibility of all Jewish people. One supermarket owner, Rami Levy, has apparently committed to keep the Fogel family’s pantry stocked with food until the youngest Fogel child turns 18. This form of generosity knows no bounds.

Obviously there is no comparison between those who are taken by G-d versus those whose lives are snuffed out by monsters in the guise of men. But when human eyes view those who perish as “the death of innocents,” lessons to be drawn are one and the same.

Steps must be taken to assure that the young who remain will get a chance to grow old.

understand.

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Purim takes place on Passover

W

ith Purim now safely behind us, we are now ready to give our full attention to what is one of the most popular holidays on the Jewish calendar, Pesach.

In a recent essay by Shira Schechter, the Madricha Ruchaniyah of Stern College, titled “Purim and Pesach: Two Holidays, One Theme,” she notes the spiritually symbiotic link between these two festivals: “Every year as Purim approaches we already begin looking towards Pesach. Many begin cleaning, preparing menus, compiling guest lists and making sleeping arrangements, but there is actually a halachic requirement to start preparing for Pesach on Purim itself. The Gemara tells us that one should start to review the laws of Pesach 30 days before its arrival. The Mishna Berurah points out that the day Alan Jay Gerber on which we are required to start reviewing the laws of Pesach is indeed Purim.”

“On one hand, Purim completes the message of Pesach. We learn to recognize the hand of G-d that was clear in the miracles of Pesach in the ordinary miracles that take place each and every day,” Stern writes. “We take recognition of G-d’s revelation on Pesach to the next level, and see the ‘Pesach’ in Purim. On the other hand, we look to redemp-

tion of Pesach and realize that the redemption on Purim was not complete, and that we continue to be in a situation of incomplete redemption to this day.”

Schechter writes that in internalizing the message of Pesach and Purim, and using it to strengthen our belief in G-d through a recognition of his hand in everything, we will merit the coming of the final redemption; one that will be so great it will overshadow even the miracles of yetziat mitzrayim.”

A further thematic link between these two festivals is made by Dr. David Arnow, in his excellent work, “Creating Lively Passover Seders,” published this year by Jewish Lights.

Arnow cites the following passage from the Haggadah: “We praise… the One who has brought us forth from slavery to freedom, from sorrow to joy, from mourning to a festival, from darkness to great light and from bondage to redemption.”

“The phrase, ‘from sorrow to joy, from mourning to a festival ‘ comes near the end of the Book of Esther [9:22] when Mordechai institutes the festival of Purim. The Jews have just been saved from Haman’s genocidal plan, and Mordechai sends out instructions to observe Purim annually on ‘the same days on which the Jews enjoyed relief from their foes and the same month which had been transformed for them from one of ‘sorrow to joy and from mourning to a festival.”

“Purim and Passover both celebrate redemption from a genocidal tyrant. Purim sadly affirms the Haggadah’s claim that ‘in every generation they rise up to destroy us.’

Indeed, a careful reading of various dates in the Book of Esther reveals that the climax of the Purim story actually takes place during Passover.”

The author concludes by stating, ”In placing an allusion to Purim at the heart of the Seder, the compilers of the Haggadah call us, albeit subtly, to remember humanity’s responsibility for the res work of redemption wo at the very moment we celebrate G-d’s role in the process.” ro As we prepare for Pesach, we should Pe continue to be ever co mindful of both the m historic and spirih tual links that make tu tthis time of year so sspecial.

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Opinion “Come out with your tefillin up!”

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ergeant Poloni pulls up to the residence where Officer Mann already has the perimeter surrounded. “What’s the status?” Poloni asks.

“We’ve got the Jewish extremist trapped in the building,” Mann informs. “He’s not going anywhere for maariv.”

Poloni cautiously asks, “What kind of fanatic are we dealing with?”

“He’s got a rap sheet as long as a Shulchan Orech,” Mann advises. “When he’s not chanting Tehillim, he’s hanging out at the mikveh. His associates all have their own DAVID’S HARP chavrusas, and he’s been seen on occasion with tcheles in his tzistzis.”

“We better call for more back up,” Poloni orders. “This isn’t going to be a cake walk like that guy we picked up for kissing mezuzahs directly with his lips.”

“I remember that case, he didn’t touch his hand to the door post,” Officer Mann confirms. “I don’t want to alarm you but this guy only goes to glatt kosher restaurants, I’m David F. Nesenoff talking mehadrin, and get this… he orders fish.”

Poloni straps on his Kevlar vest, squats behind the patrol car, and continues his investigation. “Any thing else I should know?”

Mann wipes the beads of sweat that begin to form over his brow. “He learns Torah leshma, gemara regularly with tosefos and commentary by the Ran, that’s the small print in the back of the Talmud…”

The Sergeant interrupts, “I know, I know, Rab-

beinu Nissim, it’s brutal.”

“But get this,” Mann tries to explain. “This guy makes a modest salary and gives tzedakah like a Carlbach disciple singing on Simchas Torah.”

Poloni takes out the binoculars, “Anyone else in there?”

“No it’s just him.” Mann calculates. “And his fifteen children. We can’t seem to locate his Eshes Chayil.”

“An Eshes Chayil, who can find?” Poloni inquires.

Has the media been alerted?”

Mann glances at his iPhone and then Googles CNN. “Apparently Christiane Amanpour said that there are radical fanatical groups among all religions. I guess the word is out.”

Poloni isn’t taking any chances, “Do the Feds have any info about his ties with the Land of Israel?”

“This is where it gets scary,” Mann reveals. “He has a sister who actually lives on property that Abraham purchased with cash in parshas Chaye Sarah and once a year he goes there for Sukkos with an esrog that, mamish, is so smooth.”

“Not too smooth, I hope?” Poloni asks.

“No it has some bumps.” Mann adds. “And the reason Interpol hasn’t been able to track him down is because he is a master of disguise. Sometimes with the knitted yarmulke and sometimes with the velvet…

He can daven Kaddish Ashkenaz and Sephard.”

“Shalem or Derabinan?” Poloni knows to ask.

Mann quickly answers, “both and Mourner’s.”

The two law enforcement experts recognize that this is no typical Jewish extremist. This yid is a crazed fanatic; he might be a mensch or maybe even a tzadik.

Poloni grabs the megaphone, “Come out with your tefillin up! And I mean both!

I don’t won’t to find you hiding a Rabbeinu Tam set!”

Letter to the editor Where are those rabbis now?

To the Editor: Now that I’ve calmed myself down since the days that followed the execution murder of the Fogel family in Itamar by genocidal terrorists, I’m reflecting on a YouTube video I received depicting exceptional compassion and eloquence on the part of Glenn Beck concerning this horror, its perpetrators and supporters.

I now recall those rabbis who signed the expensive broadsheet advertisements on behalf of “Jewish

Fund for Justice,” in which they condemned Rupert Murdoch, Roger Ailes and Glenn Beck, for statements made by Mr. Beck concerning George Soros.

I wonder, after having spent a couple of hundred thousand dollars on ads in the New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and elsewhere, whether they might have a few dollars to question the determination of our “peace partners” to stop the murder of Jews.

THE JEWISH

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Stuxnet is the virus, which has infected the computers of the Iranian nuclear centrifuges, causing them to be damaged. The job of the centrifuge is to purify uranium so it could be used for reactors and/or weapons. Until recently Iran had repeatedly denied that the computer worm had affected its nuclear program. In November, the UN said Iran had temporarily halted most of its uranium enrichment. It is clear that this cyber-attack has slowed down Iran’s POLITICO march toward a nuclear weapon. Both the United States TO GO and Israel have pushed back their time-lines saying that Iran is now a few years away from achieving nuclear weapons.

While no country has taken credit for Stuxnet, there is evidence that Israel is probably behind the computer worm…evidence of biblical proportions. Computer scientists who are analyzing the Stuxnet virus file name that seemingly refers to the Biblical Queen Esther. The first directory inside the virus is named “Myrtus.” The person/people who developed the virus could simply be amateur horticulturists and the use of Myrtus could simply refer to the myrtle plant, which is indigenous to -- and prevalent in -- various Mediterranean, Middle Eastern and North African areas. On the other hand the Jeff Dunetz Hebrew word for myrtle is the root of Hadassah which is Queen Esther’s Hebrew name. Given Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad constant threats against Israel, that use of Myrtus could obviously indicate Jewish or Israeli involvement.

Since Iran is the modern day Persia (where Esther and Mordecai lived) and the computer virus is meant to stop the destruction of millions of Jews in Israel, this could be a message from Israel. Don’t look for Israel to confirm the story.

According to a New York Times report one former intelligence official who Continued on page 7

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Virus called Myrtus, Esther by any other name

David F. Nesenoff Sergey Kadinsky Helene Parsons Zelig Krymko Hy Spitz Rabbi Avi Billet Jeff Dunetz Samuel Fisher Rabbi Noam Himelstein Alan Jay Gerber Zechariah Mehler Aviva Rizel Ariel Rosenbloom Alyson Goodman Christina Daly

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The President’s coalition is falling apart and even his supporters are breaking up into opposing factions.

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Continued from page 6 still works on Iran issues said: “The Iranians are already paranoid about the fact that some of their scientists have defected and several of their secret nuclear sites have been revealed. Whatever the origin and purpose of Stuxnet, it ramps up the psychological pressure.”

During a conference on the Stuxnet virus Israeli cyber intelligence expert Nimrod Kozlovski, head of Altal Information Security, suggested that the Myrtus reference was an accident. “The development and execution of Stuxnet is a stroke of genius no matter what country is behind it or what real damage was done to Iran,” Kozlovski said. “It is a landmark activity that opens the battlefield for global cyber warfare. But the word Myrtus appears by chance, not as a signature. Why would any designer, especially an Israeli, leave a signature with such a trace to Jewish history in ancient Persia? It is farfetched.”

There is no way to determine where the virus came from …US, Israel or some crazy hacker living in his mother’s basement.

There are even reports that the virus may have come from Russia or China.

There are many reasons to suspect Israel’s involvement in Stuxnet. Intelligence is the single largest section of its military and the unit devoted to signal, electronic and computer network intelligence, known as Unit

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8200, is the largest group within intelligence.

Yossi Melman, who covers intelligence for the newspaper Haaretz and is at work on a book about Israeli intelligence over the past decade, said in a telephone interview with the NY Times that he suspected that Israel was involved.

He noted that Meir Dagan, head of Mossad, had his term extended last year partly because he was said to be involved in important projects. He added that in the past year Israeli estimates of when Iran will have a nuclear weapon had been extended to 2014. “They seem to know something, that they have more time than originally thought,” he said.

Wherever it came from, the use of the word Myrtus should remind us that any virus that slows down Iran’s quest for nuclear weapons, just like the Megillah of Esther who bears the name Myrtus herself, also has hidden within it …Hashem’s hand.

Jeff Dunetz is the Editor/Publisher of the political blog “The Lid” (www.jeffdunetz.com).

Jeff contributes to some of the largest political sites on the internet including American Thinker, Big Government, Big Journalism, NewsReal and Pajama’s Media, and has been a guest on national radio shows including G. Gordon Liddy, Tammy Bruce and Glenn Beck.

Jeff lives in Long Island.

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Confucius reveals Shabbat’s confusion “live in the moment.”

Finally it all came together. Despite geographic disparity, Jewish and Chinese cultures contained a consistent message, attesting to their truth-claims. Not only did Pó Pó’s advice now make sense but it reflected a life-changing perspective. Pó Pó was not suggesting we shirk responsibilities to constantly indulge in instant gratification. Rather she was teaching us to be aware of the present

rather than to concern only over the future.

The reality was that, by reading his book, Jonathan had removed himself from our family. My dad did not need help gathering the bags; but that wasn’t the point. Jonathan had missed the chance to help his parents, an opportunity far more valuable than reading a page of some book. Pó Pó was explaining that, before engrossing oneself in preparations for the future, one needs to make sure

he’s not failing to seize the present opportunity. Life’s riches are actually experienced in the very moment. Shabbat is that very moment each week.

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remember visiting my grandparents when I was 14. They live in Hong Kong. We met in the airport and headed to baggageclaim. At the conveyer belt, my fifteen-yearold brother Jonathan pulled out his assignedreading book, which he was pressured to finish before the weekend. He was engaged in the reading and didn’t notice when our bags arrived and we collected them. However trivial this overFROM THE HEART sight seemed at the OF JERUSALEM time, it did not go unnoticed by Pó Pó (Chinese for Grandma).

Later in the car, Pó Pó warmly but sternly criticized Jonathan’s inattention, explaining to him the age-old Chinese notion of (huo zai dang xia)—“living in the moment.”

As the years passed, this Chinese phrase Samuel Fisher continued to resurface in conversation every time we saw Pó Pó, and I pitied Jonathan who had been doomed to eternal censure for reading at the wrong moment. But Pó Pó’s message still didn’t make sense to me. Throughout our childhood, homework always came before television; broccoli always preceded ice cream. We were taught to work now and play later. But now we were told to “live in the moment,” a phrase I associated with hedonism and procrastination. When my understanding of Pó Pó’s advice presented this obvious contradiction to my values, I (in my adolescent foolishness) dismissed the ancient axiom as outdated, inapplicable to the industrial modern day.

But Chinese wisdom wasn’t the only ancient philosophy I was supposed to integrate into my life. I was also barraged by Judaism, an equally mystifying tradition. Many aspects of observance seemed arbitrary and I failed to see the underlying values. That was why I came to Israel for the year—to explore the deeper principles captured in halachic practice.

One piece of observance that most puzzled me was Shabbat. I thought Shabbat’s purpose was to be a day of rest. It didn’t make sense to me that once I had gotten enough sleep, I should still be forced into inactivity and in doing so intentionally stifle a powerful will to work and produce. It seemed glaringly counterproductive and unsophisticated.

And on my very first Shabbat at Yeshivat Orayta I saw how wrong I had been. At its core, Shabbat is not about prohibitions and inactivity per se. It is about the unique opportunity presented when unnecessary distractions are held back. After working towards a future potential for six days, Shabbat is the time to appreciate the present reality.

A person can work and work, promising that he’ll enjoy the fruits of his labor once he’s finished. This becomes endlessly frustrating when the work never finishes. Shabbat forces the Jew to value and enjoy where he is in his journey rather than only worry about where he wants to go. And that’s the key to happiness.

I was particularly struck when I heard the words Rav Binny Freedman chose to describe this opportunity—one day out of seven to

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The girls of the HAFTR Early Childhood Center celebrated Purim with variations on the Queen Esther costume, alongside other themes, as they learned the story of the Megillah.

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Changing the landscape of Kosher dining

Brooklyn’s Pardes makes La Difference F

or people who keep kosher, New York is rivaled only by Jerusalem as one of the great epicenters of kosher cuisine.

My father, who grew up in New York, often talks about how the kosher restaurant scene evolved into what it is today.

Originally the restaurants served simple but delectable food like deli sandwiches and knishes. Then a restaurant called La DifTHE KOSHER férence opened up in CRITIC the city and forever altered the kosher landscape of New York. La Différence, which was a fancy French-style restaurant, was a game changer in that it was the first kosher restaurant to offer what was considered fine dining. In the wake of its success other kosher restaurants began to follow suit. And as I Zechariah Mehler sat sampling the menu at Pardes Restaurant in Brooklyn, I had the same sense of excitement my father had when he went to La Différence knowing that I was eating in a restaurant that would change the landscape of kosher dining.

The first thing that sets Pardes apart from all other kosher restaurants is the location.

Nestled in amongst the trendy grittiness of the Boerum Hill neighborhood, Pardes is the

only kosher restaurant in the area making it a destination eatery well worth the trip to the fashionable side of Atlantic Avenue. It’s a small and intimate location with a window from the dining area to the kitchen that lets you watch owner and head chef Moshe Wendel work with his highly skilled team of sous chefs and chef de parties, creating food that stands out as some of the best kosher fare in all of New York. In the seven courses I sampled at Pardes, Chef Wendel brought me around the world applying his personal style of French cooking to a number of dishes that ran the culinary gamut.

He began with a Bronzino Ceviche with Jerusalem artichokes, walnuts and bergamot. This was also served with a walnut and potato blini. The light fattiness of the fish was perfectly complimented by the ceviche’s accompanying ingredients and was dressed with a mildly creamy dressing going perfectly with the sweetness of the blinis. Several equally amazing courses later I was served a Napoli style beef cheek pizza with 24 hour roasted tomato and fresh basil.

The crunch of the crust, mixed with the mild acidity of the tomato, the earthiness of the basil and the salty flavor of the cheek meat come together to create a magnificent flavor combination. What I loved most about the beef cheek pizza is Chef Wendel’s creativity in so perfectly applying an ingredient like cheek meat, which most consumers would never otherwise try. This creativity was further affirmed by Chef Wendel’s choice to add goat to his menu. The Goat which is served

both as a chop and as a crispy goat daube (a goat stew) stripped away unpleasant memories of past experiences eating this strong gamey meat. Pardes goat chop is cooked with a wonderful crust and served with caramelized carrot and prunes steeped in an Earl Grey tea. The sweetness of the carrot and prunes cut through the gameness and help to strengthen the savory richness of the meat.

The Doube, which after being stewed and fried in its own collagen, is crispy, tender and delectably melts in the mouth. Easily it was the best goat I have ever eaten.

Less then a week after reviewing Pardes my father came into town. He always de-

lights at going to high-end restaurants to eat the kind of food he can’t get back home in Chicago. When he asked where I thought we should go it wasn’t even a question in my mind that I needed to go back to Pardes.

From his creativity with ingredients to his deft use of complimenting flavors, Chef Wendel has created a restaurant whose growing success will shape the future of kosher dining. Thus far I have sampled almost a third of Pardes’s menu and I cannot wait to try the rest.

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8. What a nod means 9. Ranges 10. Squirrel’s stash 11. A map might have one 12. Food and water, for example 17. JNF medium 18. Sephardi stew 19. Young woman

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Dear Readers, Allow me to clear the air: Last week’s piece was written in the Purim spirit. Meaning, I did not go off the deep end (even my most supportive fans were fooled into thinking that I had lost my mind). In actuality, I embellished the question and wrote the opposite of what I would normally advise. Just to prove myself, I am addressing the same issue again with a sane spin to my response.

Dear Aviva, My family is in a lot of financial trouble.

There’s very little money coming in and it’s very stressful. I manage the bills and I keep trying to explain to my wife that we cannot spend on any extras. She claims she understands, but she still spends over our budget. If I confront her, she gives me an excuse like, “I was being careful—I only bought things that were on sale.”

Things are really stressful and her spending will get us into deeper trouble.

Any advice?

-Husbandry Husband

Dear Husbandry Husband,

sities. Then leave it out for a day or two. This may help because it will not attack her and she will keep her defenses down. Then she will be able to accept the harsh reality of the numbers and hopefully she will rectify things on her own. Basically, I want you to avoid anything that resembles a confrontation. It hasn’t worked with her in the past, so why should it suddenly make a difference?

You can address things directly with her, but the subject matter shouldn’t be about her overspending. The way I see it, you can start the conversation by making yourself vulnerable and pushing her out of the hot seat. Start by saying, “Honey, I am really scared.

I don’t know how we’re going to come out of this and it really frightens me.” The subject of the conversation should be your anxiety over your financial situation. And it should not be solution oriented. At least not from your end. Let her hear your fear and then if she verbally says she will try to be better, acknowledge that and thank her for it. You can (maybe, if you have a very strong marriage, and if not, don’t even try) explore with her why she spends more than she should. As an example, a wife who always wants to go out for dinner may simply hate cooking and would dine in if her hubby helped help in the kitchen.

So basically, involve her in your role. I’d also recommend involving yourself in her role. If she’s the one who buys the kids’ socks, you go ahead and do that. Who knows? You may find that your wife is more of a dealhound than you thought.

Work on your subtlety. Ask her to help you one time with paying a credit card bill.

Make sure it’s in a way that she sees how much you have, and how much she is giving away

I have one big piece of advice—get her involved in bill management.

There’s nothing like experiential learning to really get it. The question is how to get her involved without scaring her away.

Blaming, name-calling or whining wouldn’t be much of a motivator for her. Instead, work on your subtlety. Ask her to help you one time with paying a credit card bill. Make sure it’s in a way that she sees how much you have, and how much she is giving away. And make sure that it’s not in an instructional way either—make her think she is doing you a favor. You might also want to quietly make a list of your income and expenses. On this list, make sure not to include any of her frivolous expenses. Just write up your bare neces-

-Aviva Aviva Rizel is a Marriage and Family Therapist in private practice who can be reached at AvivaRizel.MFT@gmail.com.

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