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On Sunday, the Young Island of Woodmere will showcase a color that was largely forgotten but now represents a living mitzvah.

Sundayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s yom iyun (day of study) marks a quarter century since the renewal of tekhelet, Judaismâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s legendary blue dye.

The Talmud deďŹ nes the tekhelet dye as derived from the â&#x20AC;&#x153;bloodâ&#x20AC;? of a rare amphibious snail know as the chilazon. The mitzvah to wear a thread of that dye on oneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tallit is mentioned multiple times in the Torah, but the tekhelet supply disappeared after Muslims conqured the land of Israel in 638 CE. How a new source for tekhelet was discovered will be discussed at Sundayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s event, from 9 am to 2 pm. How the color is made will be demonstrated at 11:15 am, and tekhelet products will be available for purchase. The program is free and open to the public.

Featured speakers are Drs. Baruch Sterman and Ari Greenspan of Pâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;til Tekhelet, and Rabbis Hershel Billet, Ben Zion Halberstam, Aryeh Lebowitz, Hershel Schachter, Dr. Meir Soloveichik, Michael Taubes, and Dr. Tzvi Hersh Weinreb. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Tekhelet is a quintessential example of science and Torah working hand in hand,â&#x20AC;? Sterman said.

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The Jewish Star The parents of IDF Sgt. Ari Weiss bridged the mourning of Yom Haâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Zikaron and the joy of Yom Haâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Atzmaut last week as they spoke to a hushed crowd at a Five Towns commemoration of both days.

During the Yom Haâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Zikaron portion of the program at the Young Insrael of Woodmere on Wednesday night, Susie Weiss described a motherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pain over the loss of her son Ari Weiss, a member of an elite ďŹ ghting unit in the IDFâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Nachal Brigade who was killed in a battle at Hamas headquarters in Shechem in 2002.

Her husband, Rabbi Stewart Weiss, spoke a few minutes later, during Yom Haâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Atzmaut. â&#x20AC;&#x153;On Yom Haâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Zikaron, we are allowed to mourn and grieve openly,â&#x20AC;? Susie Weiss said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;After this, we crawl back into our grief and pretend that life goes on.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;When we think of Ari, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s when weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re slapped in the face with the reality of living in a Continued on page 23

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The advice was delivered amid a celebration of Hatzalahâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s good work and as recognization was bestowed on the volunteer organizationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s workers and supporters at its 35th annual BBQ Dinner, at The Sands Atlantic Beach.

Rabbi Yaakov Bender, a Hatzalah founder and rosh yeshiva of Yeshiva Darchei Torah in Far Rockaway, presented an award to longtime volunteer Rabbi Moshe Lerer for having â&#x20AC;&#x153;given mesiras nefesh to the organization.â&#x20AC;?

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Whether you have the â&#x20AC;&#x153;gift of gabâ&#x20AC;? and can convince people straightway to give something a try, or are a more informative and analytical type, there are concrete steps you can follow that will make a sale more likely to occur, the women were told by Estie Rand, founder of Los Angeles-based Strand Consulting.

Speaking on the topic â&#x20AC;&#x153;From Lead to Sale,â&#x20AC;? Rand provided high-energy anecdotes and common-sense ideas on converting prospects into paying customers.

Most people have heard of an elevator pitch (giving someone a 20-seond snapshot of what a business does), but tend to be pretty bad at distilling down the essence of what they uniquely offer.

As an example, Rand spoke of different massage therapists, and contrasted their styles: one focused on achieving wellness through massage and talk therapy; the second used massage to lead to spirituality and well-being.

Rand gave out a worksheet that started with discovering the core of a businesspersonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sales pitch (the â&#x20AC;&#x153;hook,â&#x20AC;? or initial attention-getter), then ďŹ guring out which business categories are a good ďŹ t for their products or services, then asking open-ended or â&#x20AC;&#x153;listening questions,â&#x20AC;? and ďŹ nally â&#x20AC;&#x201D; once the prospect is deemed a good match â&#x20AC;&#x201D; providing a detailed presentation. These techniques work well at networking events as well as in casual conversations you might have while standing in line or, yes, even in an elevator.

Rand also covered how to follow up effectively. Doing this this without being a nuisance is a something most business people struggle with. She stressed that many leads are lost due to lack of staying in touch. Yet follow up is crucial because many deals are made after as many as ten interactions.

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riencing Kabbalat Shabbat in the Altneu Shul of the Maharal in Prague. Having just heard this story, it recalled to my mind the verse spoken by G-d after Cainâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s murder of his brother Abel (Genesis 4:10): â&#x20AC;&#x153;Kol dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;mei achicha tzoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;akim elai min haâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;adamaâ&#x20AC;? (â&#x20AC;&#x153;The sound of the blood of your brother cries out to me from the earthâ&#x20AC;?).

This weekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s portion contains a famous verse (Vayikra 24:20) that gives one pause for thought: â&#x20AC;&#x153;An eye for an eyeâ&#x20AC;Śâ&#x20AC;? f someone hits or attacks his neighbor, causing him to lose an eye, he is â&#x20AC;&#x153;owedâ&#x20AC;? an eye. The verse seems to suggest that the consequence for the attacker or negligent

n a visit to the synagogue of the Maharal of Prague (Rav Meir Leibush Lowe, known as the Altneu Shul), you will immediately notice its most distinctive feature: with the exception of some Hebrew letters very high up near the ceiling, the walls are completely blank, devoid of any art or decorations. Standing in stark contrast to the other Jewish synagogues of Prague (not to mention all over Europe) this detail demands explanation.

On April 17, 1389, Easter Sunday, a priest apparently leading a procession past the Jewish community of Prague was hit with sand kicked up or thrown by a few Jewish children. The sand may have landed on the Host (the Eucharistic wafer representing their lord).

Claiming they had deni- 7KH VKXO RI WKH 0DKDUDO RI 3UDJXH ZKHUH WKH EORRG RI D SRJURP LQ grated Christianity and des- LV EXULHG LQ WKH ZDOOV ecrated the Host, his incitement led the clergy to encourage the mobs to damager is that he must forfeit his own eye. pillage, ransack and burn the Jewish quarter Our rabbis explain, however (tractate Baba for two days in what became known as the Kama 83b-84a), that we are dealing with Prague pogrom. Three thousand Jews were monetary value and not an actual eye. murdered, with countless more injured and This interpretation makes a lot of sense, maimed, many of whom had their limbs cut especially as it would be difďŹ cult back in biboff and eyes put out. Almost the entire Jew- lical times to ensure removing an eye did not ish community of Prague was wiped out. kill a person, and what would one do if the As there were not enough able bodied attacker was already blind, and so on. But it Jewish men left to give the dead proper leaves us with the question: Why didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t Toburial in a short period of rah simply tell us that the time, to prevent a further consequence for such an desecration of the dead, action would be to pay the the 3,000 bodies were victim the monetary equivstacked in the shul until alent of sight from one eye? little by little they were The Maharal of Prague able to be given a proper (in his Gur Aryeh) explains Jewish burial. By the time that in reality a person they were all buried, the should have had to pay with blood from their bodies his own actual eye, to teach had seeped into the walls that no monetary equivaall the way up to the tops lent could compensate a of the windows. For over person for a living limb or two centuries this was organ, save that Hashem is how the walls were left; merciful. the red-stained stones a A person might come to constant reminder of the mistakenly think that once price the Jewish community of Prague had paid, the debt is ďŹ nished, that he has compaid for their faith. pletely â&#x20AC;&#x153;compensatedâ&#x20AC;? his neighbor for the When the Maharal came from Poland to damage that was done. But in reality, such Prague in the latter half of the 16th century crimes can never be compensated for, and and saw the blood on the walls he imme- the damager must seek the forgiveness of the diately told the Jewish community that it victim. should not pray there as the blood needed Think about who those 3,000 murdered burial. Eventually they compromised by plas- Jews of 1389 would have been today. Imagtering the walls to â&#x20AC;&#x153;buryâ&#x20AC;? the blood behind ine that among those Jews were 300 couthe plaster. (As the blood had seeped into the ples, and that these couples had an average bones this was the only alternative to taking of three children each, which would have apart the entire building.) But every 100 meant 900 children in 1430 who themselves years or so the blood seeps through and the would have had 2,700 children by 1470, who walls need to be re-plastered. would have had 8,100 children by 1510, who Nonetheless, as part of the compromise, would have had 24,300 children by 1550, the walls remained blank without decora- and 72,900 by 1590, and 218,700 by 1630, tions out of respect for those who lost their and 656,000 by 1670, 1,968,300 by 1710, lives. Eventually Rav Yechezkel Landau (the and 5,904,900 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; almost six million Jews â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Noda Beâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;yehuda) convinced the community by 1740. So how many Jews would have been to decorate the tops of the walls with verses, born by 2016? but only using the ďŹ rst letter of each word.

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Nabka Day and the truth of who’s to blame for Palestinian refugees JEFF DUNETZ POLITICS TO GO

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akba Day (May 15) is the “day of the catastrophe” on which Palestinians “mourn” the creation of Israel. In truth the day became a catastrophe for the Palestinian Arabs thanks to the nations of the Arab League. Over the years, maintaining the refugee status of thousands of Palestinians became the Arabs’ best strategy in their quest to destroy Israel, a strategy endorsed in the 2012 Democratic Party platform.

Let’s start with the fact that there would have been no refugees if the Arab nations accepted United Nations Resolution 181, which called for dividing Palestine into independent Arab and Jewish states. (Yes, the U.N. said it was to be a Jewish state). Instead, the Arab League invaded the Jewish state and thereby created both Arab and Jewish refugees.

Despite what the propagandists may say, the Palestinian refugee camps were a catastrophe created by the Arab League and especially Egyptian President Nasser whose objective was to use them as a weapon against Israel.

Even though Israel offered the return of territories gained in the 1948 war (at the Rhodes armistice conference of February 1949), Arab leaders (among whom there were no representatives from the Arabs of the former Palestine) rejected Israel’s peace offers. Instead, they declared jihad, condemned the refugees to eternal refugee status, and In occupied the remaining areas which the United Nations had envisioned as a Palestinian state. Egypt herded Palestinian Arabs into refugee camps in its new fiefdom in the Gaza Strip, assassinated Palestinian leaders, and shot anyone who tried to leave.

Jordan annexed the West Bank and maintained martial law there for 19 years.

As the conflict with Israel hardened

throughout the 1950s, Nasser came to see that Palestinian nationalism, if carefully manipulated, could be an asset.

The Egyptian leader saw the value of cultivating the fedayeen (Palestinian terrorists) as a force that did his bidding but was not part of Egypt’s formal military. The fadayeen could make tactical strikes and then disappear into the amorphous demography of the West Bank or the Gaza Strip, giving Egypt plausible deniability for the mayhem it created. But Nasser’s ability to support such a group was limited by the failure of Egypt’s economy and so, in 1964, he was delighted to cooperate with the Soviet Union in the creation of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO).

While countries around the world are today being urged to absorb millions of Arab refugees, in 1948 Egypt and Jordan were allowed to keep out what the U.N. estimated as 711,000 refugees.

Meanwhile, at that time there was more than one “Middle East Refugee” problem —850,000 Jews were thrown out of Arab nations. Perhaps they were forgotten because Israel absorbed those refugees into her population. he Palestinian refugees are indeed part of the wedge preventing Arab peace with Israel, but not in the way one might expect.

In 2012, while it was estimated that approximately 30,000 of the 1948 Arab refugees were still alive, the U.N.’s estimate of Palestinian refugees topped 5 million!

That’s because the U.N. counts the original refugees, their children, grandchildren, first cousin twice removed on their mother’s side, friends, etc., as refugees. This is the only example in history where the number of refugees has grown without another population shift.

Usually the by the second generation people have been absorbed into their new homes, but the Arab countries have refused to allow the Palestinian refugees to become citizens of their new lands.

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“During its early years, Israel was often spoken of in such romantic terms. Today, such talk is considered naive, anachronistic, even insensitive, nothing more than Zionist myth designed to hide the true story, i.e., the Palestinian narrative of dispossession.

“Not so. Palestinian suffering is, of course, real and heart-wrenching, but what the Arab narrative deliberately distorts is the cause of its own tragedy: the folly of its own fanatical leadership — from Haj Amin al-Husseini, the grand mufti of Jerusalem (Nazi collaborator, who spent World War II in Berlin), to Egypt’s Gamal Abdel Nasser to Yasser Arafat to Hamas of today — that repeatedly chose war rather than compromise and conciliation.

“Palestinian dispossession is a direct result of the Arab rejection, then and now, of a Jewish state of any size on any part of the vast lands the Arabs claim as their exclusive patrimony. That was the cause of the war 60 years ago that, in turn, caused the refugee problem.

And it remains the cause of war today.” he reason the refugee issue remains today is it is the Arab’s most potent weapon to destroy Israel, tied to the Palestinian refusal to recognize Israel as the Jewish state.

Since they cannot defeat Israel militarily; one of the Palestinians’ strategies is to flood democratic Israel with many of those 5 million “refugees” so it will cease to exist as a Jewish state via election. It may retain the name Israel but it will be one more Arab Muslim country. They call it the right of return.

Palestinian President Abbas, in a November 2014 interview with the Egyptian newspaper Akhbar Al-Yawm, explained why he will not recognize Israel as the Jewish state: “There are six million refugees who wish to return — and by the way, I am one of them.”

In the end, Nabka Day is not about recognizing the Arab people displaced by Israel’s 1948 war of independence (there are only 30,000 left). Nabka Day is simply another approach to destroying the Jewish state of Israel.

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London’s new mayor, Sadiq Khan TEHILLA R. GOLDBERG VIEW FROM CENTRAL PARK

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’ve always been confused about what to call it: England, UK, Britain, or Britannia?

They are in my mind interchangeable. And just like that, the news from there became equally confusing. England is not normally on the radar of relevant Jewish news to us American Jews, and yet London is one of the most important capitals in Western Europe.

First it was news of the anti-Israel Jeremy Corbyn of the Labour Party and the antiSemitism within that party.

Then there was the hullabaloo centering around former mayor of London Ken Livingstone, who suggested that Hitler made a deal with the Jews before WWII. This news story was spinning out of control as quickly as the London Eye, when news of the new mayor of London elected as mayor

Sadiq Khan, the son of a Pakistani bus driver.

Khan’s is the story of the rise of an immigrant child from the bottom rung of society to its crest. It’s inspiring. But given that he is the child of immigrants, and a British Muslim, racists have been having a heyday with his victory.

There is the entrenched English, Welsh, Scottish or Northern Irish cultures that Londoners apparently feel could be threatened if the mayor of London is of immigrant background. There is discomfort.

Sadiq Khan appears to be a fine gentlemen who will hopefully be a fine mayor.

As a Jew, I was touched that his first act in office was attendance at a Holocaust memorial service.

At the same time, some of the concerns surrounding him are legitimate. It’s got nothing to do with him being a Muslim, per se.

It’s more a matter of where to place him on the spectrum of Islam.

Although he seems to be a citizen who respects all faiths and a leader who cultivates respect for all faiths, in the past Khan has

appeared alongside Suliman Gani, a South London imam, at an event hosted by an organization that counts among its supporters Anwar al-Awlaki, a terrorist sympathizer.

True, I am sure when in political office or running for office, a whole range of politicians from the right to the left have appeared alongside unsavory characters at various public engagements. It’s par for the course.

But in this case, it has happened a number of times. It’s one thing not to vet a program once, quite another when the mistake is repeated, and especially when your party already has aroused concerns that it is antiSemitic.

I am curious to watch and see where this new mayor goes.

Let’s hope he’ll take London to good places. Because whether you call it Britain, UK, England, or Britannia, what happens in an influential place like London matters to the world. It affects us all.

Let’s watch and hope for good things from London’s new mayor, Sadiq Khan.

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tary to quell resistance. Thousands of women in Japanese occupied territories from Korea to the Philippines were used as sexual slaves by Japanese ofďŹ cers, who referred to them insultingly as â&#x20AC;&#x153;comfort women.â&#x20AC;? Around 13,000 Allied POWs and 100,000 local slave laborers died during the construction of the â&#x20AC;&#x153;death railwayâ&#x20AC;? connecting Burma with Thailand, or Siam as it was then known. Thousands of American and Filipino POWs lost their lives during the infamous Bataan â&#x20AC;&#x153;death marchâ&#x20AC;? that ended at Japanese prison camps. And that is only a partial list.

Japan never paid meaningful reparations to the survivors of the imperial atrocitiesâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;a marked contrast not just in relation to Germany, but also to America that, under the Ronald Reagan administration, paid out $20,000 to

the families of Japanese Americans unjustly interned during the Second World War. In 1998, when Emperor Akihito visited London, surviving British POWs used the occasion to point out that they had received a paltry $200 as compensation for the torture and incarceration they endured at the hands of the Japanese. Thousands more victims in Asia received exactly nothingâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;no recognition, no compensation, and no apology.

Just last month, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe received harsh criticism for sending a ritual offering to the Yasukuni shrine in Tokyo, where some of Japanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s worst war criminals are honored. Abeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s spokesman defended his boss by saying that he had used his own funds for the offering, rather than public money, but when you consider who is commemorated at the shrine, you have to ask whether Japanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s elected leader really grasps the nature of his countryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s wartime atrocities.

Those commemorated at Yasukuni include 14 â&#x20AC;&#x153;Class Aâ&#x20AC;? war criminals convicted by the International Tribunal after the war. Among them you will ďŹ nd Heitaro Kimura, who bore prime responsibility for the â&#x20AC;&#x153;death railway,â&#x20AC;? Seishiro Itagaki, who commanded Japanese troops in China at the end of the 1930s, and Akira Muto, a former military attache to Nazi Germany who oversaw the Nanking massacre. Hearing the names of these men should arouse the same kind of revulsion we feel when we hear the names of Nazis like Eichmann or Goebbels. But it seems that we have largely forgotten their Japanese counterparts and their appalling crimes.

As of this writing, President Obama has not yet departed for Japan, and his Hiroshima remarks are, presumably, still to be written. If he does decide, in the end, to offer an apology for the nuclear strike on Hiroshima, perhaps he might also have the courage to demand that Japanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s present leaders engage similarly with their countryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s own gruesome record.

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espite leaving the world an unsafer place than when he found it, President Barack Obama isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t shying away from busting those foreign policy taboos. The president who brought us a nuclear deal with the Iranian mullahs, and who gave Cubaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fossilized communist regime a new lease of life, is about to ďŹ&#x201A;y to Japan. Once there, he will highlight the grave dangers of nuclear war in the city that has become a synonym for Armageddon: Hiroshima.

On May 27, Obama will become the ďŹ rst president to visit Hiroshima since the U.S. dropped an atomic bomb on the city on Aug. 6, 1945, claiming up to 150,000 lives. On Aug. 9, a second bomb hit Nagasaki, killing up to 80,000 people. As a result, the war in the PaciďŹ c against the Japanese Empire ended with Tokyoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s full surrender just six days later.

The human toll was dreadful and the attacks on Japan remain the only concrete example we have of the kinds of horrors that are visited by nuclear weapons. In that sense, the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings urge both grief and moral reďŹ&#x201A;ection.

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s expected that Obama will use his trip to Hiroshima to repeat the recent call of his secretary of state, John Kerry, â&#x20AC;&#x153;to create and pursue a world free from nuclear weapons,â&#x20AC;? issued during Kerryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s own visit to the Japanese city last month.

There has been much debate over whether Obama will offer an explicit apology for Hiroshima. For whatever itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s worth, the White House is currently denying that the president will do so.

Yet the very prospect of Obamaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s presence in Hiroshima is troubling, because of the enormous distance he has put between his own foreign pol-

icy and that of many of his predecessors. Several commentators have correctly pointed out the rich irony of an American president presenting a chastened account of Americaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s wartime actions when, in our own time, Iran continues to pursue nuclear weapons and North Korea already has them. Not to mention that the threat of nuclear proliferation in the Middle East and East Asia looms larger now than ever before.

On top of the burdens of the present, though, there are the burdens of the past. The problem with turning Hiroshima into a universal symbol is that the historical context around the tragedy is removed. We have to remember that Japan was still ďŹ ghting ďŹ ercely in August 1945, after its Nazi German ally had been defeated, and was prepared to sacriďŹ ce its entire population to counter the Allies. A land invasion in this environment would have cost the lives of hundreds of thousands of Allied troops. That was a key consideration behind the decision to end the war by dropping the bomb.

Nobody should celebrate that decision. But it is reasonable to say that any contrition on the part of America and its Western allies should be matched by equal, if not greater, contrition by the government of Japan. After all, Japan launched the war on America in 1941. Its subsequent treatment of the peoples in Japanese occupied territories as well as Allied prisoners of war is, alongside the Holocaust, one of the darkest chapters in the history of World War II. But post-war Germany has faced up to its past, has paid reparations to survivors, and continues to memorialize the 6 million Jews and millions of others murdered by the Nazis. Nothing remotely similar has taken place in Japan.

The catalogue of Japanese atrocities is long and grim. There was the massacre in the Chinese city of Nanking in 1937, in which up to 300,000 died. That was part of a reign of terror in China in which civilians were turned into slave laborers and poison gas was used by the Japanese mili-

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n Sunday we showered my daughter Jordana with good wishes at her bridal shower. Let me just say, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Boy, have times changed.â&#x20AC;?

When I ďŹ rst married 33 years ago my friends hosted a surprise bridal shower.

Somehow I found out about it but decided to keep it to myself and act surprised. The plan was to meet with the woman designing our ketubah, and stop by at my friend Lynn after. She was hosting the shower at her house.

I decided to have some fun, and put on an old pair of jeans and t-shirt. My mom said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to wear that?â&#x20AC;? Funny she said it the same as I ask that very same question to my husband on a regular basis. I replied to my mom â&#x20AC;&#x153;yes, why not, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not going anywhere special, whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s wrong with what Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m wearing?â&#x20AC;? We had a back and forth for a while and then I relented and changed into an appropriate â&#x20AC;&#x153;showerâ&#x20AC;? outďŹ t. Canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t remember what it was was, but chances are it had big shoulders. I still feel badly till this day that I tortured my mom for those ten minutes. She laughed about it after, though.

So there I was doing my best impression of a surprised bride-to-be. Apologies to all my dear friends.

The menu in those â&#x20AC;&#x153;showerâ&#x20AC;? days were blintz soufďŹ&#x201A;ĂŠ, bagels and lox, salads, and lasagna. The paper plates were usually adorned with a shower theme.

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giving you. My year was the year of the bowl â&#x20AC;&#x201D; salad bowls, crystal bowls, wooden bowls and lucite bowls.

For entertainment we had funny toasts.

Fast-forward 33 years There is usually a theme and the tables are decorated to match. Since Jordana loves MacKenzie Childs (which I will dearly miss when she takes them to her new apartment, they have been on loan to me in my kitchen for the last few months), we decided to go with that. Jordana doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t like surprises, so I was able to OK it with her. What made it easy was that she received so many beautiful MacKenzie serving pieces, canisters, cake plates, bowls, utensil holders, etc.

I ordered cupcakes and cookies with MacKenzie patterns, displayed all the pieces she received and then borrowed a few from friends. Thanks, Janet and Debbie! ince the patterns included the black and white checkered that MacKenzie is famous for, I incorporated it into everything. The cloth was white and aside from all the patterned serving pieces, I included apothecary jars in assorted sizes ďŹ lled with either white or black gum balls, foil-covered chocolates, meringues, black and white candy sticks. etc. Everything made it to the table except for the paper towel holder; try as I might, I couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t ďŹ nd a way.

The kitchen table was set up with cruditĂŠ, and also had right salads. There were three hot dishes, a sushi display, cheese display, and a choice of ďŹ&#x201A;avoured iced coffees brought in from outside (you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t expect these girls to drink any other coffee do you?) with MacKenzie straws.

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After eating lunch, the present opening began and her ďŹ ancĂŠ, Dan, arrived (yes with ďŹ&#x201A;owers). There were presentations from the bridesmaids and videos from the groomsmen on what to expect and what not to expect from Dan, and the bridesmaids cautioned Dan on how to treat Jordana.

It was was a great day ďŹ lled lots of fun and laughs. Thanks to all who helped make it special, including the wonderful bridesmaids and Darya, Elana, Deborah, Valerie, Barbara, Jodi, Esther, Tamar, Randi (for an amazing bride cake), Heather, and Janet.

Seven weeks until the big day. Every time I think about it I start to cry. It was just yesterday that Jordana as our adorable little Jordie Bordie, tom boy. I will forever cherish the wonderful memories we made together and look forward to the next chapter of your life. Dan, take care of our baby â&#x20AC;Ś or Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll make you cheer for Braves.

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93-year-old WWII hero visits Rambam Mesivta Sydney Rabinovich, a 93-year-old veteran of World War II and a ďŹ ghter in Israelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s War of Independence, was the keynote speaker at Rambam Mesivtaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s annual Yom Haâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;atzmaut assembly.

Rabbi Zev Meir Friedman, Rambamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Rosh Mesivta, introduced Mr. Rabinovich as a true hero who helped in the establishment of Medinat Yisrael by volunteering to ďŹ ght there immediately after he ďŹ nished his Army service in the United States miliary. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We take everything for granted,â&#x20AC;? Rabbi Friedman explained. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If you want to go to Israel, we call up a travel agent and book a ďŹ&#x201A;ight. Mr. Rabinovich did not have that luxury. There was no El Al, there was no State, and he didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have to go. Yet, Mr. Rabinovich chose to go, took a boat and stood ready to sacriďŹ ce his life for Klal Yisroel.â&#x20AC;?

The talmidim rose in respect when Mr. Rabinovich was introduced and sat mesmerized during his presentation. He spoke about the difďŹ culties of the battle, the paucity of weapons available to the Jews, the overwhelming enemy forces they faced, and the miracles that took place.

Upon the conclusion of his remarks he stopped and offered, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Wait, I have one more story to tell.â&#x20AC;?

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the needs of the day.â&#x20AC;? While in the navy, the few boats that the Israelis had were confronted by a destroyer and a battleship named the King Farouk.

He said there was no way to ďŹ ght the overwhelming forces given their military advantage. The Israeli forces had to swerve and constantly be on the move to avoid the Egyptian shells being ďŹ red at them. â&#x20AC;&#x153;One night we were given the order to withdraw and soon woke up to hear that the King Farouk had sunk.â&#x20AC;?

The withdrawal of the Israeli boats was a decoy to give the Egyptian ships a false sense of security. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;â&#x20AC;&#x2122;What happened was, Israel had developed an underwater torpedo that could be carried by frogmen, so our guys took the torpedo, jumped into the water and swam towards the Egyptians and ďŹ red â&#x20AC;&#x201D; that was the end of the King Farouk.â&#x20AC;?

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Rabbi Eliach screened several videos that depicted Israeli innovations and achievements, which were nothing short of inspirational. The students heard how scientiďŹ c advancements have been used not just to build Israeli society but to beneďŹ t many countries throughout the world.

With an emphasis on the religious signiďŹ cance of the day, its miracles and our obligation to recognize Hashem for providing us with this gift after 2,000 years of persecution, Rabbi Eliach said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hodu la HaShem ki Tov,â&#x20AC;? and explained why so many people both in Israel and in the United States say Hallel on this day. Rabbi Eliach mentioned that the religious Zionist community in Israel celebrates Yom Haatmaut joyously, like Chanukah.

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Shulamith comes together for Yom Ha’Atzmaut It’s been 16 years since Shulamith School for Girls opened on Long Island, and for the first time, three divisions of the school came together to celebrate an event — on Yom Ha’Atzmaut.

Unit this year, geography was always a factor (the lower and middle divisions were located more than a mile apart), but now, Shulamith’s spacious new Cedarhurst campus makes it possible for the school’s more than 450 students to celebrate together.

In the morning, as students entered the building, they were greeted with Israeli music playing over the sound system. The day began with a tefila chagigit in the auditorium. Grades 6–8 davened Shacharit together and were joined by grades 2–5 for the recitation of Hallel. The first and second graders then joined the program which began with Mrs. Yarmak’s moving words about the significance of this “shevet achim gam yachad.”

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HALB EC kids cheer, ‘Am Yisroel Chai’ The words “Am Yisroel Chai” were shouted repeatedly last Thursday, as the children of HALB’s Lev Chana Early Childhood Center celebrated the 68th birthday of the State of Israel.

As they alighted from buses and carpools, children pointed to their blue and white clothing and viewed the many Israeli flags. Huge smiles could be seen on their faces as they entered Lev Chana to begin the day-long festivities.

Passports were distributed, checked and stamped, because after all, how can we travel to Eretz Yisroel without proper identification? The children carefully boarded their planes/classrooms, found their seats, and davened Shacharit. Their Tefillot and Hallel were even more meaningful as they talked about how important the Land of Israel is to them and the world.

HALB’s kindergarten children did a magnificent job preparing and decorating the back room so that their friends could get a taste of Eretz Yisroel. Our first stop was Arrivals and Customs at Ben Gurion Airport, designed and created by morot Debra and Abby’s class, where our tourists were questioned as to their purpose in visiting and how long they intended to stay.

Then a hop on a bus to visit three of the main cities in Eretz Yisroel: Tzfat, Eilat and Yerushalayim, and a Kibbutz.

Lev Chana children meandered through the cobbled streets of Tzfat, gazing at colorful artwork created by morot Dawn and Lauren’s class. After a “long bus ride,” the children relaxed on the pristine beaches of Eilat, designed by morot Sheila and Sherry’s class, and took a glass-bottom boat ride so they could gaze at the many colorful fish.

They refreshed themselves with oranges at morot Blimi and Ruchie class’ Kibbutz Lev Chana, helped milk a cow and pick some vegetables and fruit. Their final stop was a visit to the beloved city of Yerushalayim, conceived by the children in morot Anita and Tali’s cIass. The children davened at the Kotel, took a shopping spree at Machane Yehuda and Ben Yehuda Street, and enjoyed some delicious pastries at one of the many outdoor cafes.

What a great tour! Throughout the day, the children smelled the delicious aromas of baking pita bread, frying falafel balls and cut-up Israeli salad. (They tasted as yummy as they smelled!) They went home with souvenirs to remember the places they visited.

Could a Yom Ha’atzmaut celebration be complete without the blue and white cookies and the melodious music of Gary Wallin? The children and morot danced, swayed and sang together, concluding with the tefillah, “Next Year in Jerusalem!”

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As Jews around the world celebrated Yom Haâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Azmaut, students who participated the Abe Scharf zâ&#x20AC;?l HAFTR Poland Mission were treated to a special dinner program at Chosen Island by Mr. and Mrs. Marty Scharf.

Rabbi Gedaliah Oppen, principal of Judaic Studies, related a story from the Ponovicher Rav who, while standing in front of the Arch of Titus in Rome, proclaimed: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Titus! Titus, where are you now? You thought you would destroy Klal Yisroel, but just look around, there is nothing left from you but an isolated stone structure, while Klal Yisroel is here alive and vibrant.â&#x20AC;?

Rabbi Oppen noted that â&#x20AC;&#x153;in Poland, we stood at the same place where Hitler ymâ&#x20AC;?s and thousands of Nazis stood spewing their venom of anti Semitism, hoping for the eradicating of the Jewish nation. And yet, there we were, a group of yeshiva students, proclaiming, where are you enemies of Israel and where are Klal Yisroel?â&#x20AC;?

The students shared reďŹ&#x201A;ections on the mission, as well as their gratitude to Mr. and Mrs. Scharf for making it possible. One student related that upon returning from the mission, he learned from his parents that he is a descendant of one of the rabbis of Tykocin, a shtietel whose Jews were massacred.

Rabbi Moshe Hubner, rebbe to the seniors, explained why it is essential to daven at the kevrei tzadikim, thereby deriving inspiration and strength from those who were closer to the source, Matan Torah.

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Faculty and students who participated in this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mission were: Rabbi Gedaliah Oppen, Rabbi Moshe Hubner, Mrs. Melodie Scharf, Rebâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Yehudis Oppen, Mr. Yehuda Moseson, Dr. Marvin Wertenteil, Rabbi Boruch Oppen, Shoshana Bach, Ashley Baruch, Henny Berkowitz, Andrew Bokor, Nery Braver, Caleb Brown, Hannah Chaikin, Tzvi Gettenberg, Alyson Glaubach, Jason Glaubach, Kelly Goldman, Shaindy Goldsmith, Yoni Kastner, Deena Kopyto, Ezra Lent, Yisroel Mindell, Coby Neumann, Chaya Oppen, Ayelet Rosenbloom, Allison Scharf, Yehuda Segelnick, Arielle SharaďŹ , and Jeremy Solomon.

Loving land and language At the Shulamith School for Girls in Cedarhurst, students begin learning Ivrit in preschool and strengthen their Hebrew language abilities throughout their years in school.

In addition to teaching a third grade class, Morah Rivka Holzman is the Hebrew curriculum coordinator for grades one through four. Under her direction, students entered a contest run by author Rika Berkowitz, in memory of her Holocaust survivor parents.

Every Shulamith third and fourth grader wrote a story that was entered in the contest. Liana Kollander and Leora Herrmann received a special mention and fourth grader Bracha Kupchik won a ďŹ rst place award.

Reknowned author Shoshana Vegh visited the school on Yom Hazikaron and presented Bracha with a ďŹ rst-place certiďŹ cate. Brachaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s story about a magic snowman will be published in a book which will be given to all winners in a grand ceremony in June.

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Shulamith comes togetherâ&#x20AC;Ś Shulamith girls add to chagâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s joy at JCC A group of seventh and eighth graders at the Shulamith School for Girls in Cedarhurst visited the Five Towns JCC on Yom Haâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Atzmaut to celebrate with local seniors. The girls who went were chesed heads Batya Altmark, Tamar Davies, YaďŹ t Bokobza, Rachel Sandler and Eleora Fine, along with seventh graders Sarah Leiderman, Frieda Vegh, Ariella Borah, Rachel Schwartz and Arielle Yarmish. They were chaperoned by Morah Pollak and Mrs. Leiderman. Pictured at the JCC is eighth-grader Rachel Sandler.

Continued from page 14 tion of Hatikva, with everyone singing along.

At the end of this most beautiful day, all students, faculty, and staff went outside to the huge yard for an unforgettable program.

The 4th graders performed the moving song â&#x20AC;&#x153;Eretz, Eretz, Eretz,â&#x20AC;? and the eighth graders performed a daglanut that they had learned that day, and were joined by the entire Mid-

dle Division. Everyone then posed for a picture taken by Morah Miri Fried who was 40 feet above on the roof of the school.

Then the dancing began! The Lower Division students marched around the perimeter of the yard while the Middle Division students danced in the center. Everyone was exhausted by the end of the day but all agreed that it was most memorable.

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At HANC, 68 reasons to celebrate Israel The Hebrew Academy of Nassau County High School imbues a love of Medinat Yisrael in every student, which was evident in the display of passion for Israel at the school’s annual Yom Ha’Zikaron commemoration and Yom Ha’atzmaut celebration on May 11 and 12.

On Wednesday, the 3rd of Iyar, the entire high school gathered in the auditorium to honor fallen Israeli soldiers and victims of terror who gave their lives to defend our homeland. Mrs. Penina Aronowitz, Chairperson of the Ivrit Department, organized a moving program for Yom Ha’Zikaron together with student volunteers. Students read poems which were guided by a studentproduced multi-media presentation.

As is done in Israel on this day, a two-minute siren was sounded during which everyone felt the solemnity of the day, remembering fallen soldiers. For the conclusion of the program, the school stood for Hatikvah, Israel’s national anthem.

The connection to Eretz Yisrael was evident the following day, Thursday, the 4th of Iyar, when the school gathered to celebrate Yom

Ha’atzmaut.

In honor of the 68th birthday of Israel’s independence, HANC High School welcomed two guests to celebrate.

The first was a former IDF tank commander, Ron Weinreich, who was seriously injured in the second Lebanon war when his tank was buried under a collapsed building. After recovering from his injuries and learning to deal with his new life in a wheelchair, he moved to California to pursue his music dream. His inspirational story, his singing, and his call to action to defend Israel on college campuses left an indelible impression on all of HANC’s high school students.

The students and faculty then participated in an incredible, spirited chagigah and concert by Eitan Katz and band which culminated with a moving kumzitz.

The ruach and the achdut among the students and faculty were palpable. The day was magnificent.

HANC thanks the Student Life Team for all of their time and effort in making Yom Ha’atzmaut 5776 such a memorable day for all.

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Israel’s consul general in Istanbul, Shai Cohen, affirmed that normalization talks between Israel and Turkey have seen “advanced momentum.”

“We hope the reconciliation process won’t be affected by the political shift in Turkey,” Cohen said, Reuters reported.

The two countries have been mired in a longstanding feud since the 2010 Gaza flotilla incident, in which nine Turks were killed in clashes after Turkish militants attacked Israeli commandos who had boarded a ship that was trying to breach the Gaza blockade. But more recently, the Turkish government’s offering of condolences to Israel in the aftermath of the March 2016 suicide bombing in Istanbul, in which three Israeli tourists were killed, was viewed as signaling a shift in Turkey’s outlook on the Jewish state. Additionally, Erdogan’s AKP political party expelled a low-level official, Irem Aktas, for tweeting that she “wished that the wounded Israeli tourists were dead.”

Yet after the announcement of the impending May 22 resignation of Davuto÷lu—who the West views as a more moderate leader than Erdogan—questions arose about the future of the Turkish-Israeli reconciliation effort. Davuto÷lu reportedly resigned because he opposes the presidential system that Erdogan wants to implement in order to consolidate his power in lieu of the current Turkish parliamentary system, among other reasons. Israel’s Cohen confirmed that the resumption of negotiations on normalization “will have to wait until the composition of the new Turkish government on May 22.”

Dr. Aykan Erdemir, a member of the Turkish Parliament from 2011-2015 and a senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD) think tank, told JNS.org that the perception of Davuto÷lu as a moderate is a misconception. In January 2015, Davuto÷lu accused Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of committing “crimes against humanity,” echoing Erdogan’s anti-Israel rhetoric at the time. In April 2016, Davuto÷lu indicated that Turkey wouldn’t normalize relations with Israel until the Jewish state lifts the maritime blockade of Gaza.

“At the core of his work, Davuto÷lu is a panIslamist who is more of an ideologue than Erdogan,” Erdemir said.

For a number of years under Erdogan, Turkey had sought to improve relations with its neighboring Muslim countries and cement itself as a regional leader. In the process, Erdogan’s government became increasingly Islamist, lending its support to the radical Muslim Brotherhood and its offshoot movements across the Middle East (including the Palestinian terror group Hamas). Erdogan also ramped up his anti-Israel and anti-Semitic rhetoric, including a comments that “Jewish capital” is behind the New York Times.

Turkey had also been courting Russia. In 2013, Erdogan indicated that Turkey would be willing to abandon its desire to join the European Union in exchange for membership in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, in which Russia is a member along with China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan.

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ne of the more blatant ways in which the Torah indicates an anti-cruelty manner of behavior is in the rule of â&#x20AC;&#x153;oto vâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;et bâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;noâ&#x20AC;? which creates an awareness that an animal and its offspring are not to be slaughtered on the same day.

(I am ignoring the viewpoint that any slaughtering animals is an act of cruelty.

Students of the Torah know that sacriďŹ ces and an order for how to take the life of an animal is a clearly deďŹ ned part of Jewish tradition.)

Just as the sending away of the mother bird is meant to instill in us a sensitivity to how the parent views its young, this mitzvah regarding the slaughtering of an animal and its offspring is meant to raise our sensitivity to not destroying an entire family â&#x20AC;&#x201D; even an animal family â&#x20AC;&#x201D; in one day. This mitzvah is particularly played out in Jewish law when an animal is sold on Erev Yom Tov; the purchaser must be told if its parent or offspring was sold that day, so as to be sure to avoid slaughtering the animal that day. (See Rav

Ovadiah Yosef, Yechaveh Daat 2:64) And so the midrash on this verse teaches us a profound lesson about the difference between how we operate â&#x20AC;&#x201D; even in the permitted realm of taking the lives of animals for food or sacriďŹ ce â&#x20AC;&#x201D; versus how the cruel enemies of Israel have always conducted themselves, if not in deed then certainly in mindset.

Haman is the classic example of a person who wanted to kill all of Israel, young and old, children and women.

Once the midrash (Vayikra Rabba 27:11) opens the door discussing Haman, it goes on to describe how the ancient Biblical enemies of the Jews each operated, hoping to succeed in destroying the line leading to or stemming from our forefather Avraham. isav declared Kayin a fool because he murdered his brother while his father was still alive. Sure enough, Adam had another son who opened the line to Noach.

Eisav said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;When my father dies, I will kill my brother!â&#x20AC;?

Pharaoh declared Eisav a fool because by

the time Eisav would have killed his brother, Yaakov had already fathered the next generation. This is why Pharaoh declared, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Kill the boys as soon as they are born!â&#x20AC;?

Haman declared Pharaoh a fool because he only targeted the boys.

Girls are those who perpetrate Judaism to the children they bear. And so Hamanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s decree was to kill every man, woman and child in one fell swoop.

Rabbi Levi says that Gog Uâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Magog (the enemy rulers who will organize their own attempt to destroy Israel in the time immediately before the Final Redemption) look to all of these failed attempts at destroying the line of Israel, and declare, â&#x20AC;&#x153;They were all fools. They were plotting to destroy Israel and they disregarded that fact they have a Heavenly protector. I will not be so foolish. I will ďŹ rst align myself with their G-d, and then I will destroy them.â&#x20AC;?

Are we living in the era that immediately precedes Gog Uâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Magog? It is impossible to know for sure. But the rhetoric espoused by

We have been champions of such an approach for a long time. Most of the civilized world gets it. Will those not yet civilized come to this realization?

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certain groups who want to wipe Israel and every Jew off the world-map certainly gives us pause to consider that the shofar sound weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve anticipated for millennia may be on its way.

We have always known that even when the taking of a life (in the form of an animal for food, etc.) is permitted, there are rules that nonetheless govern our course of action. And this sensitive approach has helped up reďŹ ne our character through the generations, to overwhelmingly oppose violence, except when necessary such as in self-defense, or to carry a moral compass of what is right and just when taking a life, because it is not a question which can ever be haphazard or untainted by the moral dilemma of right and wrong.

May our sensitivities continue to serve as a model for ourselves and the world, as those who do not yet share our values come to realize that the world is big enough for different views, and certainly open for people to live and let live.

We have been champions of such an approach for a very long time. Much of the civilized world gets it. Will those who are not yet civilized come to this realization and recognition? Hopefully, yes, and speedily in our days.

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The relationship between Shabbat and festivals RABBI DAVID ETENGOFF

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ne of the most unusual textual juxtapositions in parasha Emor occurs at the onset of the Torahâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s discussion of the moâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;adim (festivals) (Vayikra, chapter 23): â&#x20AC;&#x153;And the L-rd spoke to Moses, saying: â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Speak to the children of Israel and say to them: [These are] the L-rdâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s appointed [holy days] that you shall designate as holy occasions. These are My appointed [holy days]â&#x20AC;&#x2122;.â&#x20AC;?

Since the Jewish people are commanded to designate certain speciďŹ c days as holy occasions (mikraâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ei kodesh), one would naturally expect the following verse to speak about one of the festivals, such as Passover or Succot. The very next pasuk, however, focuses upon Shabbat: â&#x20AC;&#x153;[For] six days, work may be performed, but on the seventh day, it is a complete rest day, a holy occasion; you shall not perform any work. It is a Sabbath to the L-rd in all your dwelling places.â&#x20AC;?

On the surface, this pasuk seems to be out of place. After all, G-d, not man, sanctiďŹ es Shabbat, as we ďŹ nd in a very famous passage in Parashat Bereishit: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Now the heavens and the earth were completed and all their host. And G-d completed on the seventh day His work that He did, and He abstained on the seventh day from all His work that He did. And G-d blessed the seventh day and He hallowed it, for thereon He abstained from all His work that G-d created to do.â&#x20AC;?

Not surprisingly, a number of Torah commentators have addressed this exegetical

problem. Rashi, based upon the Sifra, the halachic midrash to sefer Vayikra, explains the placement of Shabbat at the beginning of the presentation of the moâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;adim in the following fashion: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Why does the Sabbath [designated by G-d,] appear here amidst the festivals? To teach you that whoever desecrates the festivals is considered [to have transgressed as severely] as if he had desecrated the Sabbath, and that whoever fulďŹ lls the festivals is considered as if he has fulďŹ lled the Sabbath, [and his reward is as great].â&#x20AC;?

In sum, Rashi presents the classic opinion that, in some very signiďŹ cant ways, the moâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;adim are equivalent to Shabbat, even though it is man, rather than G-d, who designates the actual calendrical dates of the mikraâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ei kodesh. abbi Yaakov Kamenetsky zatzal takes a different approach than that of Rashi in his response to â&#x20AC;&#x153;Why does the Sabbath appear amidst the festivals?â&#x20AC;?

His answer is at one and the same time sociological and spiritual in nature: â&#x20AC;&#x153;It appears to me that all nations and ethnicities have their different festivals and appointed times. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Given that this is the case, in order to prevent us from erring and thinking that our festivals are no different in kind or degree from those of the other nations of the world, the Torah begins with the notion that without the Shabbat there would be no importance whatsoever to the moâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;adim. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The reason for this is eminently clear â&#x20AC;&#x201C; for without the declaration of the holiness of Shabbat [by Hashem], no holiness would

inhere in the moâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;adim. (Emet lâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Yaakov, Emor 23:2) Thus, for Rav Kamenetsky, the holiness of Shabbat imbues the moâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;adim with their singular status and holiness. True, the Jewish people declare the dates for the onset of the mikraâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ei kodesh; yet, their kedushah ultimately derives from the Shabbat itself.

Rabbi Nissan Alpert zatzal was one of the great roshei yeshivah of Yeshivat Rabbi Yitzhak Elhanan and one of the greatest students of Rav Moshe Feinstein zatzal.

In his posthumously published work of Torah analysis entitled Limudei Nissan, Rav Alpert presented an independent examination of Shabbatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s connection to the moâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;adim that at once parallels and expands upon Rav Kamenetskyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s conceptualization: â&#x20AC;&#x153;[The reason why Shabbat appears in the midst of the festivals] is to emphasize that it is the mother of all the Moâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;adim, and the holiness of these [appointed] times ďŹ&#x201A;ows from Shabbat. â&#x20AC;&#x153;By way of explanation, this means that it is possible to extend the holiness of Shabbat to the other Moâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;adim. It is as if Hashem said, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;I have sanctiďŹ ed the Shabbat, now, I give you [the Jewish people] the power and the permission to consecrate the rest of the appointed times.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Moreover, just as it is the purpose of the Shabbat to cease from the creative activities of the workweek through complete and total [spiritual] relaxation in order to draw near to Hashem, so, too, this should be our orientation on the other yamim tovim. In other words, our actions and behaviors on these days should be aimed at strengthen-

The kedushah of the festivals ultimately derives from the Shabbat itself.

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ing our faith and trust in Hashem.â&#x20AC;?

Let us brieďŹ&#x201A;y review the far-reaching themes in Rav Alpertâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s compelling answer to our question: 1. Shabbat appears in the midst of the festivals because it is the â&#x20AC;&#x153;motherâ&#x20AC;? of the Moâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;adim.

2. The holiness of the mikraâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ei kodesh ďŹ&#x201A;ows directly from Shabbat.

3. Just as Hashem consecrates the Shabbat, we, too, are given the power and permission to sanctify the festivals.

4. The purpose of the Moâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;adim is similar in kind to that of Shabbat, namely, we should utilize the holy moments of both the Shabbat and the festivals to strengthen our faith and trust in the Master of the Universe.

With Hashemâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s never-ending beneďŹ cence, may we be zocheh to draw closer to Him each and every Shabbat and Yom Tov as we rededicate ourselves to the holy task of strengthening our faith and trust in Him. Vâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;chane yihi ratzon.

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Continued from page 7 attempt by some of the countries responsible for the most sinister destruction of a people in human history attempt to make some compensation for those crimes. And as the Torah suggests, there is a need for and a value to attempting some level of monetary compensation. But at the same time it is important to remember why the Torah states the consequence as â&#x20AC;&#x153;an eye for an eye,â&#x20AC;? because we need to remember that such things can never be ďŹ xed. his past Shabbat morning I was privileged to join the morning teďŹ llah at Pragueâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Jerusalem Synagogue. I got a bit lost on my way to shul and so ďŹ nally joined the services a bit late, just in time for the barechu prayer which requires a minyan. When I walked in, the cantor looked extremely relieved as I had just â&#x20AC;&#x153;made the minyanâ&#x20AC;? as the tenth Jewish man. It turned out we were praying in the â&#x20AC;&#x153;winter room,â&#x20AC;? a small space that could be more easily heated.

After services we were allowed to walk in to the main sanctuary, a magniďŹ cent hall that seats nearly 1,800 people. The echoes of the prayers still reverberate there, but the Jews who uttered them are no more, they were all deported to Terezin and eventually to Treblinka and Auschwitz. There were 56,000

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Jews in Prague before the war; there were 1,500 left in 1945.

The Czeck government in 1989, when Communism left, announced it would return all Jewish property to the Jewish community, and we heard a number of times while in Prague that the Jewish community (as opposed to Jewish individuals) in Prague is one of the wealthiest in the world due to the properties they own and the rents they can charge. But we dare not forget that such crimes can never be compensated for, and the Jewish community will never regain the true riches it once had: of Jews by the tens of thousands.

This need to strive to make amends, while being cognizant of things that can never fully be rectiďŹ ed, exists for us as individuals as well. Deep in the midst of the mission of the kohanim who were meant to be Judaismâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s educational role models, we are reminded of how important it is to be ever-sensitive to the â&#x20AC;&#x153;blemishesâ&#x20AC;? we may sometimes inďŹ&#x201A;ict on our fellow human beings â&#x20AC;&#x201D; physical, emotional and even psychological â&#x20AC;&#x201D; that cannot always be easily ďŹ xed or healed.

Shabbat Shalom, from back home in Jerusalem.

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ast weekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s essay on Israel Starckâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Holocaust memoir, â&#x20AC;&#x153;A Boy Named 68818,â&#x20AC;? gave voice to his daughterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s take on the purpose and goals that she intended for this gifted piece of history. This week, Mr. Starckâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s speaks. Based on my interview and notes, vetted by him, here are some of his reďŹ&#x201A;ections on his experiences as an author and a speaker of his Holocaust experiences. â&#x20AC;&#x153;On many occasions I have been privileged to speak to groups and institutions â&#x20AC;&#x201D; both to adults and youth, to Jews and non-Jews alike.

It is particularly special when I am invited to schools such as the one I recently visited in Cedarhurst, Shulamith School for Girls. For many, this was the ďŹ rst time that they met and heard a Holocaust survivor speak publicly of his experiences, especially someone who is not a family member. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Often before I would leave, I would speak with the school librarian and ask if young Sara or Atarah asked for a book to understand more about the Holocaust. â&#x20AC;Ś What books are offered? The librarian often turned up emptyhanded except for a copy of â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Anne Frankâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; perhaps. It became clear to me that there simply is not enough material out there that gives a well-rounded perspective for them to comprehend the true nature of the horriďŹ c tragedies that I experienced when I was their age. â&#x20AC;&#x153;As a result, I set out to put my story into words for the purpose of connecting todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s youth with Churban Europa, the Holocaust, with the goal in mind to preserve the memory of the experiences and the lessons learned from these tragic events. â&#x20AC;&#x153;However, it was never my intention to fo-

)25 <285 )857+(5 678'< With the above a prelude, recently Toby Press published an autobiography on Holocaust experiences by the late Ernst Israel Bornstein, translated by Noemie Lopian and David Arnold. Borenstein was the survivor of eight concentration camps. In a calm manner, he delivers gi a calm narrative from which the reader can learn much. A unique feature of this book is the introductory fullpage letter by the current Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, the Rt. Hon. David Cameron.

This letter alone makes this book worth your attention.

Another work recently published by the Jewish Publication Society, is titled, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Modern Orthodox Judaism: A Documentary Historyâ&#x20AC;? by Zev Eleff of the Hebrew Theological College in Chicago, with a forward by Rabbi Jacob Schacter of Yeshiva University. While this 520 page work will, with G-dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s help, be the subject to review before the summer, if you see it on sale, buy it, read it, and learn much history from its primary sources. Among some of the familiar names whose writings are to be found in this work are those of, Rabbi Ralph Pelcovitz, and Rabbi Gilbert Klaperman. Also included is an interesting press release from the National Council of Young Israel in 1953, dealing with the Rosenberg Case.

And, lastly, note is made of a new work by Cedarhurst resident, Yankie Schwartz entitled, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Keeping The Spark Alive: Making Your Year-InIsrael Experience Lastâ&#x20AC;? [Mosaica Press, 2016], with approbations by Rabbi Yaakov Feitman, and Rabbi Yisroel Reisman. There is much wisdom and advice in the words that Yankie presents to you, as parents, as well as students who plan that precious trip of a year to our holy land.

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Hatzalahâ&#x20AC;Ś Continued from page 1 ago on the ďŹ rst day of Pesach just before the second seder was to begin.

When he arrived at the home of a man in distress â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a generous benefactor of the community, a big tzadik who had come over from Europe â&#x20AC;&#x201D; he was having major cardiac arrest.

The man refused to ride to the hospital.

In Yiddish he repeatedly insisted that he would not ride on yom tov.

Rabbi Lerer pleaded with the man, arguing from the standpoint of â&#x20AC;&#x153;both yarmulkas â&#x20AC;&#x201D; my rabbi yarmulka and my Hatzalah yarmulka,â&#x20AC;? to no avail. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Now heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to die, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no question in my mind,â&#x20AC;? Rabbi Lerer recalled. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I said, OK, you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have to go. But I came and I brought the ambulance. If I go back empty [a violation of yom tov], itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s on you.â&#x20AC;?

So the man went to the hospital. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He got another 10 years â&#x20AC;&#x201C; he married off another child or two,â&#x20AC;? Rabbi Lerer said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thank you, Hatzalah, for giving me the opportunity to serve bâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;nai Yisroel.â&#x20AC;?

Hatzalahâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Shlomo Katz concluded with a

video demonstration of the value of the automated external deďŹ brillator (AED). â&#x20AC;&#x153;We do what we can to start the heart again,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We know that behind us you stand crying, saying tehillim,â&#x20AC;? but Hatzalah volunteers, â&#x20AC;&#x153;with all the right skills and all the training, without the right equipment they cannot save your family member.â&#x20AC;?

He launched a campaign to raise money for more AEDs â&#x20AC;&#x201D; $3,000 each. Several gala attendees quickly rose to the occasion and pledged their support.

More on the Hatzalah dinner, including an exclusive photospread, in next weekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s edition of The Jewish Star.

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Rabbi Weiss delivered words of chizuk for klal Yisroel and Midinot Yisroel. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is a unique moment in history, a time we have waited for and prayed for and begged Hashem for for 2,000 years,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It is in Israel where the history of the Jewish people will be played out, the destiny of Am Yisroel decided. And all of us need to be a part of that process â&#x20AC;Ś to build the state and reclaim our place as the preeminent nation on earth.â&#x20AC;?

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cus on the horror or graphic nature of what took place, or the sadistic hatefulness of the Nazis that was poured out upon the Jewish prisoners. Rather it was my goal to highlight the spiritual resistance that was displayed by these kedoshim, these holy martyrs, in the face of these cruel and impossible circumstances. â&#x20AC;&#x153;With this book now published and circulating, it is my greatest wish to see schools and institutions adopt this memoir into the educational curriculum of the study of the Holocaust. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I trust and sincerely hope that my story of personal faith, emunah, hashgacha pâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ratis, and true mesiras nefesh are themes that can come together to bridge all Jews of whatever denominational afďŹ liation, with the historic reality of the Shoah experience so as to enable all Jews to embrace the reality of this dark chapter of our shared history and to thus pass it on to all future generations as a true historical mesorah.â&#x20AC;?

In reading â&#x20AC;&#x153;A Boy Named 68818â&#x20AC;? we do not experience a passive narrative. This work can be read in a matter of days or studied for months. Investing time in this book means investing in endless possibilities of learning, experiencing, being inspired, and ever to be personally affected by its heartfelt narrative in a most very meaningful way.

This is not a work for the fainthearted, nor the sentimental. It is a straight autobiography that addresses itself directly to you the reader.

Now, go read.

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The legacy of a Holocaust survivor

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By Eliana Rudee It all started with a pain in my neck. Traveling in the Czech Republic, I woke up with a very sore neck that radiated down my back.

A few ibuprofens later, I was ďŹ ne. But when I returned to Israel, the pain came back and lingered.

As I tried to clean for Passover, my back stopped letting me bend down. I waited a week and decided to go to an orthopedic doctor. A CT scan and many ibuprofens later, I was diagnosed with a herniated disc in my lower back.

As I looked up â&#x20AC;&#x153;herniated discâ&#x20AC;? and its treatments on WebMD (never a good idea), I freaked out. How could this happen to me at such a young age? I felt somewhat helpless for the ďŹ rst time since moving to Israel.

Thankfully, the medical system in Israel is quite good. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also pretty different from the American system. First, appointments are only supposed to last 10 minutes. This is probably why a doctor can ďŹ t so many visits into one day, and also why itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s so easy to a see a doctor

within a day or two of requesting an appointment. It only took a week between the time I had my preliminary appointment with the orthopedist to the time I had a CT scan and diagnosis. The 10-minute appointments are really great for minor issues, but can be frustrating if you have many questions.

In addition, I pay very little for my health care coverage. For the mid-range health care option I chose, I pay just over $10 per month.

In Israel, you choose the health care company you prefer and all of your insurance is through them. I chose Maccabi health care. The closest branch to my house is only ďŹ ve minutes away!

When I call for an appointment, I usually get one for the next day.

In order to get the diagnostics test, I had to get an approval from the central insurance company of Maccabi. They granted me approval within 24 hours, and I scheduled a CT scan at Haddasah Ein Kerem Hospital a few days later.

The next business day, I was back with my

doctor who, in 10 minutes, diagnosed my problem.

So far, only one doctor out of three I have seen since Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been here did not speak English. And one of the two doctors who did speak English chided me for not speaking Hebrew to him after being in Israel for almost 10 months.

I could certainly communicate with him for simple things, but when it comes to medical issues, I want to understand everything.

Given that I do not know any medical terms in Hebrew and this is kind of an important issue, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d rather start speaking in English. After I explained this to him, he understood, but still seemed to judge me.

The next time I saw this doctor, I started by speaking in Hebrew to him and then switched to English as soon as we began discussing the medical aspects. It seemed to work â&#x20AC;&#x201D; he became much nicer.

One funny moment happened when I asked him how to best take care of my back, considering I will be traveling on two international

ďŹ&#x201A;ights and three cross-country ďŹ&#x201A;ights in the next 10 days. He suggested that I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t go, or make sure I have a night layover in London (neither of which is happening). He also advised me to go to a hot spring in Florida. I found that pretty funny, because he (like most Israelis) has no idea how far Florida is from Seattle.

As I attempt to take care of my back until I can return to Israel for some physical therapy, I am off to Washington, DC, and Hawaii for vacation, and ďŹ nally to Seattle, my other home!

This will be my ďŹ rst time back to Seattle since my aliyah 10 months ago (and most importantly, the ďŹ rst time seeing my dog since then).

Although Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be missing a lot in Israel over the next month and a half, including Israelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Independence Day, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m sure my month in Seattle will bring many insights into life as it was versus how it is now as a new immigrant to Israel.

Eliana Rudee is a fellow with the Haym Salomon Center and the author of the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Aliyah Annotatedâ&#x20AC;? column for JNS.org.

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)5,'$< 0$< %522./<1 +(,*+76 6+$%%$7 :,7+ 5$%%, /$,%/ :2/) Spend the evening with Rabbi Wolf, a teacher of spirituality for two generations trained in law and psychology, as he discusses â&#x20AC;&#x153;What Drives You? Money, Power, Happiness?â&#x20AC;? and how to enjoy lifeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s journey. $35.

Services at 7:30 pm, dinner at 8:30 pm. Congregation Bnai Abraham, 117 Remsen St., Brooklyn Heights. Call 718-596-4840 ext. 19 to register.

7+( '$7,1* 0$=( How Can Rabbis, Parents, and Community Members Assist?â&#x20AC;? YU Connects Breakfast will hear from Rabbi Allen Schwartz. Learn how to foster healthy relationship building towards marriage. (This is not a singles event.) 9:30 am at the home of Michelle and Eli Salig, 411 Mistletoe Way, Lawrence.

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6$785'$< 0$< (5(. 21 7+( /$:1 An afternoon of great snacks, great chats and a little bit of Torah too!

Free. 4:30 pm at home of Kiki and Steven Goldgrab, 14 Hawthorne Lane, Lawrence.

681'$< 0$< 37,/ 7(.(/(7 <20 ,<81 Marking 25 years since the Renewal of Tekhelet, the blue dye of the Chillazon, which was lost to history about 1,300 years ago. The efforts of great rabbis as well as scientists and archeologists has led to the conclusive identiďŹ cation of the snail 25 years ago.

The celebration will feature words from Rabbi Herschel Billet, Rabbi Hershel Schacter, Rabbi Dr. Meier Soloveichik, Rabbi Aryeh Leibowitz, and more. Admission is free and breakfast and light refreshments will be served. 9 am to 2 pm.

Young Israel of Woodmere, 859 Peninsula Blvd, Woodmere. Email tekhelet.com/5T-YomIyun to pre-register by May 15 and receive a 10 percent discount on Tekhelet products.

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0(6,97$ $7(5(6 <$$.29 ',11(5 â&#x20AC;&#x153;Building Our Future.â&#x20AC;? The Dinner will be honoring Mr. Menachem Lieber, Mr. & Mrs. David Brier and Mr. Avi Blisko, as well as the establishment of the Jack Merkin Memorial Scholarship and the establishment of the Rabbi Elchonon Zomber Arista Society. $300 per reservation. Reception begins at 6:30 pm; program to follow at 7:30 pm.

Congregation Ohr Torah, 410 Hungry Harbor Road, North Woodmere. Email dinner@ateresyaakov.com for reservations or donations. /2:(5 ($67 6,'( walking tour led by Urban Historian Barry Feldman. Trace the development of the typical tenement to contemporary housing styles; explore a middle class area predating the Civil war; and learn how building ornamentation inďŹ&#x201A;uenced residential architecture in this ever-evolving immigrant enclave. Adult tickets are

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',1( Âś1¡ 0((7 6,1*/(6 6+$%%26 The Young Israel of Woodmere is happy to host its fourth Shabbos for singles. This yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s event is geared towards â&#x20AC;&#x153;machmirâ&#x20AC;? young professionals ages 22-30 and it is held in conjunction with YUConnects. A coed Friday night with eight compatible singles will take place in hostsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; homes, and on Shabbos day all participants have an afternoon dessert Oneg at the shul, 859 Peninsula Blvd., Woodmere, followed later by Shalosh Seudos. $45 per participant, which covers Friday night, dessert reception and shalosh seudos but may be around $10 to $20 more if participants needs housing and Shabbos lunch.

To register visit support@dinenmeet.com or log into a YUConnects or SawYouAtSinai account.

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021'$< 0$< 6(),5$+ /($51,1* 6(5,(6 Ohel SaraAmen Group in memory of Sarit Marton aâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;h invites all women to attend our SeďŹ rah Learning Series.

This shiur will be given by Rebbetzin Tziorah Heller. Free. 1 pm. 2 Forest Lane, Lawrence.

78(6'$< 0$< $,3$& ),9( 72:16 community event featuring Bret Stephens of the Wall Street Journal, who will be interviewed by Ben Brafman, and Jonathan Kessler, AIPAC Leadership Development Director. Admission is free, but advanced registration is required, as space is limited. The Host Committee Reception (AIPAC Club Members who contributed a minimum of $1,800 to its annual campaign) begins at 6:45 pm and the Community Program begins at 8 pm. Congregation Beth Sholom, 390 Broadway, Lawrence. Free. Visit www. aipac.org/ďŹ vetowns for reservations.

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60,/( 21 6(1,256 Words of Inspiration by Chana Epstein. Smile on Seniors is a unique program created to enhance the lives of local seniors, with programs that include exercise, crafts, music and discussions with a light brunch to be served.

Free admission, 11 am to 12 pm. Chabad building, 74 Maple Ave., Cedarhurst. Contact Batsheva at 516-295-2478 ext. 13.

/$* %¡20(5 &(/(%5$7,21 Family fun for Lag Bâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Omer. Mark this auspicious day in the traditional way with a bonďŹ re, games and activities. Featuring the amazing Chicago Boyz Acrobatic Team. Food will be available for purchase.

Free admission. The celebration will be from 5:30 to 8 pm at the Andrew J. Parise Park in Cedarhurst. Contact Batsheva at 516-295-2478 ext. 13.

0(',&$/ $'9,&( for better health, with Dr. Zev Carry, part of Emunah Esther Phillips Chapter Meetings. Refreshments will be served. Free. 1:30 pm. Young Israel of Wavecrest and Bayswater, 276 Healy Ave, Bayswater. Call Alice at 718-868-3853.

&+(6(' %21),5( $1' %%4 hosted by HANC Plainview & Mid-Island JCC. A very special hair donation event will take place during festivities. Music, games, arts & crafts and food will be present. Women and girls can donate hair to Zichron Menachem who will make wigs for children with Cancer in Israel. Salon Entourage of Syosset is volunteering their time and expertise for cuts. Entry per person is $10, families $40.

7,)(5(6 026+( ',11(5 honoring Mr. & Mrs. Zvi Gluck, Mr. & Mrs. David Barg, Dr. & Mrs. Aleksandr Matayev, and Rabbi and Mrs. Aryeh and Shoshana Estersohn. $250. 6:30 pm.

Congregation Knesseth Israel, 728 Empire Ave., Far Rockaway. For reservations or to place an ad, visit ytmdinner.org or call 718-846-7300. <$&+$' *$/$ awards dinner honoring Meredith and Kenny Yager, Ethel and Stanley Scher, Rabbi Jay Weinstein, and Dr. Jeff Lichtman. The dinner will take place at Congregation Keter Torah, 600 Roemer Avenue, Teaneck, NJ. For reservations call 212-613-8350.

:('1(6'$< 0$< 686,( ),6+%(,1 visits YIW Sisterhood for a ďŹ&#x201A;avorful evening. Fishbein will demo a full 3-course tasting of recipes from her new cookbook, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Kosher by Design Brings it Home.â&#x20AC;? $54 per person, or $100 for preferred seating and an autographed cookbook. 7:15 pm at the home of Helena Rubin, 80 Willow Road, Woodmere. To reserve a seat, contact event chair Allison Hoschander at yiwoodmeresisterhood@gmail.com. /$* %¡20(5 9,'(2 with Rabbanit Yemima Mizrachi, part of the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ohel Saraâ&#x20AC;? Amen Groupâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s SeďŹ rah Learning Series. Women only. Free of charge. Shiur begins at 1 pm at 2 Forest Lane, Lawrence. ohelsaraamen@gmail.com

7+856'$< 0$< /DJ % 2PHU )5,(1'6+,3 &,5&/( 7 <$' Join T-Yad, a monthly program for teen and young adults with special needs, for a Lag Bâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Omer Celebration. $10 suggested donation. 6:30 to 8 pm at the Andrew

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78(6'$< 0$< 6+8/$0,7+ ',11(5 celebrating Yom Yerushalayim. The dinner will be honoring Menachem & Shayna Landan, Josh & Miri Lifshitz, Chaim & Rebecca Schreck, and Morah Naomi Hollander. Time TBA. The dinner will take place at the new Cedarhurst Campus, 305 Cedarhurst Ave. Cedarhurst. &(/(%5$7( <20 <(586+$/$<,0 with American Friends of Ateret Cohanim and support your brothers living in the Old City, Yemenite Village, Kidmat Zion and Maalei Hazeitim. Honorees include Bruce and Segal Blakeman, Dr. Steve and Hedy Rubel, Drs. William and Farla Frumkin, and Rabbi Joseph and Anne Stamm. $300. The dinner will begin at 6 pm at Terrace On The Park, 52-11 111 St., Flushing. For dinner reservations or journal ad go tojerusalemchai.org/dinner or call 212-216-9270. $&+,(=(5 9(1'25 (;32 features healthcare providers, advocacy, family resources, summer camp, emotional support, and more.

Presenters include Blima Druker, HASC Center Coordinator; Dr. Jeffrey Lichtman, International Director of Yachad; Andrew Cohen, Esq., Elderlaw and Special Needs Planning Specialist. Buffet Dinner provided. Free. 6:30 to 10 pm at Congregation Beth Sholom, 390 Broadway, Lawrence. To register, call 516-791-4444 ext. 113 60,/( 21 6(1,256 presents â&#x20AC;&#x153;Red, White, and You: A Discussion of the Current Political Climate.â&#x20AC;? Program is free of charge, and all seniors

are welcome. Discussion will begin at 11 am at the Chabad building, 74 Maple Ave., Cedarhurst.

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&21&(57 )25 ,65$(/ â&#x20AC;&#x153;For the Sake of Jerusalem, Be NOT Silent!â&#x20AC;? The concert, featuring Lipa Schmeltzer, Eitan Katz, Shloime Dachs and more, is in commemoration of 10 U.S. citizens murdered in Israel. U.N. ambassadors Danny Danon and John Bolton will be present. Free, rain or shine. Central Park Summer Stage, 5th Avenue at 72nd Street, Manhattan. IsraelDayConcert.com.

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2+(/ 6$5$ $0(1 SeďŹ rah Lecture Series presents Mrs. Chavi Alpert. Women only. Admission is free. Shiur begins at 1 pm at 2 Forest Lane, Lawrence. ohelsaraamen@gmail.com /,)( 352*5$0 *2(6 *2/),1* This social/recreational program brings together adults with special needs. Join your LIFE friends for Mini Golf and fun at the Batting Range! 12 per ticket, reservation required. We will meet at 7 pm Five Towns Mini Golf & Batting Range, 570 Rockaway Turnpike, Lawrence. Email debi.averbach@guraljcc.org to register.

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Festival runs June 1 to July 14 with a different ďŹ lm being shown every week. A Film Pass is $150 for non-members and $135 for members, and a Matinee Film Pass is $100 for non-members and $85 for members. Wednesday night ďŹ lms are shown at 7:30 pm and Thursday matinee are shown at 2 pm at the Sid Jacobsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s JCC, 300 Forest Drive, East Hills. To purchase tickets, and for a complete list of ďŹ lms, visit www.sjjcc.org/ďŹ lms. <(6+,9$ .(7$1$ of Queens 18th annual dinner. $500 per couple. Reception will be at 6:30 will dinner at 7:30. Eden Palace, 4120 Flushing Ave., Brooklyn. Email dinner@yeshivaketana or call 718-969-1000 ext. 103 for reservations. ),') $118$/ &20081,7< (9(17 Join our collective efforts in supporting the soldiers of Israel and help our south shore community make a greater impact than ever! If you or are family members are a current or former Lone Soldier, please be in touch with us to be included in our tribute. $180 for family members of a Lone Soldier and $250 general admission, per person. Buffet dinner begins at 7 pm with 8:15 pm program to follow. To register visit www.ďŹ df.org/FTGSS or email Deborah.Sason@ďŹ df.org.

6(),5$+ /($51,1* 6(5,(6 continues with Mrs. Leah Feinberg. Women only. Free. 1 pm. 2 Forest Lane, Lawrence. Ohelsaraamen@ gmail.com. )22' 7$/.6 $1' 7$67,1*6 with Steven Rothfeld, who has compiled the stories, recipes and photographs of Israelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s food culture today. $25. 7 pm at the 92Y building, 1395 Lexington Ave, Manhatten. Visit www.92Y.org to register.

63(&,$/ 0251,1* )25 526+ &+ 2'(6+ 6,9$1 Join the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ohel Saraâ&#x20AC;? Bracha Amen Group in their SeďŹ rah Lecture Series for Brachos at 8:15 am, Hallel at 9 am, and a shiur given by Rabbi Lazer Brody at 9:30 am. Women only. Free of charge. 2 Forest Lane, Lawrence. ohelsaraamen@gmail.com. &$5(*,9(5¡6 6833257 *5283 Explore your options, obtain practical information and referrals, share your experiences. Come for free. 7 to 8:30 pm at the Gural JCC, 207 Grove Avenue, Cedarhurst. Call Judy Goldberg, LMSW at 516-569-6733.

021'$< -81( 7+ $118$/ &21725,$/ &21&(57 featuring Cantor Yitzchak Meier Helfgot, Cantor Yaakov Motzen, and Cantor Charles Muhlbauer, and Cantor Joel Kaplan. Tickets can be purchased for $36, %50, $100, $180 or $250 at Judaica Plus in Cedarhurst. The concert will begin at 7:45 pm at Congregation Beth Sholom, 390 Broadway, Lawrence. Visit the Judaica store or go to www. bethsholomlawrence.org.

:('1(6'$< -81( &$5((5 )$,5 hosted by the Sid Jacobson Jewish Communityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Career Center. The Center has provided a continuum of support for those seeking employment and promotes services from career counseling and exploration to networking opportunities with potential employers. Representatives from nearly 20 businesses and organizations available to discuss job opportunities. The fair is free and open to all, and will take place from 2 pm to 5 pm at the Sid Jacobson JCC, 300 Forest Drive, East Hills.

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