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Cancer claims Rochelle Shoretz, Sharsheret founder By Leah Klahr Rochelle Shoretz, founder and executive director of Sharsheret, a national non-proﬁt organization supporting women who face breast cancer and ovarian cancer, passed away on Sunday from complications of breast cancer, at the age of 42. Her lifework was to prevent and ease the suffering of those battling the disease which ultimately cut her own life short. Her funeral, held Monday in Hackensack, New Jersey, drew 500 of the thousands of people who were touched by the life and work of this heroic woman. Dorit Schwartz, a Five Towns Sharsheret activist, described how she and other Five Towns volunteers were impacted by Shoretz. At Sharsheret’s beneﬁt event last year, they were inspired to strengthen Sharsheret’s presence in Long Island, meeting with Shoretz, Director of Operations Elana Silber, and Director of Support Programs Adina Fleischmann, to plan programming and resources for affected families in the area. “Our goal is that when a woman in Long Island is facing breast cancer or ovarian cancer in any way, she will know to call Sharsheret,” said Schwartz. Schwartz recounted that one of the recurring themes mentioned at the funeral was, “Despite her personal battle, she thanked G-d for each day, and Continued on page 20

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Kopel said that incumbents should not run unopposed. “I should have a challenger; no one should get a free ride,” he said. “I look forward to an interesting conversation and looking at [our] records.” In 2013, Plaut defeated Atlantic Beach resident Jesse Lunin-Pack in a school board election in which a recount was needed after a mistake was made when results were recorded on election night. Plaut has been the director of a private nursery school for the past decade. She was a recreational therapist and special education teacher at the school before she was promoted to director. She worked as a manager for the Thompson Medical Company prior to becoming an educator. As examples of her “interest in community,” she pointed to her position on the Lawrence school board; the volunteer work she did to help create and coordinate the Achiezer relief center after Hurricane Sandy; and ﬁnishing seven marathons, in which

she and her children raised several thousand dollars for Chai Lifeline, a charitable organization that provides year-round support for families with seriously ill members, offering them hospital services, counseling, crisis intervention and insurance support. Woodmere resident Michael Turi, acting president of the Five Towns Democratic Club, said his organization would support Plaut and the entire Democratic slate of candidates. “Tova is a proven community leader, a mother, and she is not coming in as part of an established team,” Turi said. “She will be an independent who will serve as a watchdog for her constituents and generally a positive face for the community. We look forward to working with her, and think she will be a fantastic legislator.” During her nearly two years on the school board, Plaut said, she has met “the most wonderful and dedicated parents, students, faculty and neighbors.”

Bibi warns of boycott impact By Ian Dietch JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel faces an “international campaign to blacken its name” aimed at delegitimizing its very existence, Prime Minister Netanyahu said Sunday. The international community disproportionally singles out the Jewish state for condemnation while remaining silent on major conﬂicts and human rights abuses in other countries, he said. “We are in the midst of a great struggle being waged against the state of Israel. … It is not connected to our actions; it is connected to our very existence. It does not matter what we do; it matters what we symbolize and what we are,” Netanyahu said. The Israeli prime minister said the Palestinian boycott is reminiscent of similar attacks the Jewish people faced in the past. “What hasn’t been said about the Jewish people? They said that we are the focus of all evil in the world. All of these things are being said about us today as well. It was not true then and it is not true today,” he said. Netanyahu said that he was pleased the Palestinian attempt to have Israel suspended from FIFA, world soccer’s governing body, was rebuffed in the end, but warned that Israel will face similar boycott efforts in the future. Israel accused the Palestinians of politicizing sports and insisted its security concerns are valid, especially regarding movement in and out of the Gaza Strip — which is ruled by the Islamic militant group Hamas. “We are not a perfect country, we do not pretend to be such. But they are setting standards for us that are both twisted and higher than those for any other country, any other democracy,” he said.

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By Jeffrey Bessen Growing up in a household where the phrases “Let me help,” “How can I help?” and “I’m on it” were heard often is what propelled Cedarhurst resident and Lawrence Board of Education Trustee Tova Plaut to get involved in politics, she said. Plaut has been tapped by the Nassau County Democratic Committee to challenge three-term incumbent Republican County Legislator Howard Kopel, a Lawrence resident, for a two-year term in the 7th Legislative District in November’s election. The 7th L.D. includes the Five Towns areas of Cedarhurst, Lawrence, Woodmere and a portion of Hewlett, as well as Baldwin, East Rockaway, Lynbrook, Oceanside, Rockville Centre and Valley Stream. Plaut is nearing the end of her second year of a three-year term on the school board. “My incredible parents have dedicated their lives to helping the community,” Plaut said, “and, while their service never included political office, their leadership and the daily assistance they gave to neighbors, friends and strangers taught me that our duty in this life is to use our blessings to help others, and we did so. My interest in politics is better defined as an interest in community and the individuals that make up our community.” Plaut, 45, has been married for 25 years to Danny Plaut, and the couple has lived in Cedarhurst for the past 19 years and have five children. Kopel, 63, has been married for over 35 years to his wife Esther, and has four children and five grandchildren. He is a congregant at several local synagogues, and a member of various local fraternal, service, and community organizations.

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The bells were made by the Colonial silversmith Myer Myers, among the leading silversmiths of his time. Touro has two sets, and they planned to sell one. Bazarsky said the sale to the museum accomplished the congregation’s two goals: to establish an endowment in an irrevocable trust that would ensure Touro would have the money to remain open in perpetuity, and that the bells would be on view to the world at a museum. He said a few days after they disclosed the sale, they received a letter from the New York congregation’s lawyers claiming ownership of the bells and to cease and desist. A later email to him said the New York congregation would agree to share the income from a deal for the bells, but that “the principal belongs to [Congregation Shearith Israel]; and there will not be a partial settlement of anything.” “We took it as being blackmailed,” Bazarsky said. The judge ordered the comment stricken. A lawyer for the New York congregation spent much of Tuesday going through documents stretching back decades to show New York’s involvement and relationship with Touro, including a 1945 agreement with the U.S. government describing it as owner and “lessor” and the Newport congregation as “lessee.” He also presented documents that showed the New York congregation responding to questions from the Newport congregation over the years, discussing payment of $1 per year in rent and other issues.

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By Michelle R. Smith PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The congregation that worships at the oldest synagogue in the U.S. felt “blackmailed” by the nation’s first Jewish congregation over the sale of ceremonial bells for $7 million, according to testimony Tuesday in a federal trial over control of the Touro Synagogue. The future of the 250-year-old synagogue, in Newport, hangs in the balance in the dispute between the congregation that worships there, Jeshuat Israel, and the New York congregation that owns it, Shearith Israel. A bench trial is being heard in U.S. District Court in Providence. Congregation Jeshuat Israel says Shearith Israel holds Touro in trust for the benefit of the Jews of Newport, which it embodies. Shearith Israel says it owns the synagogue and bells outright. David Bazarsky, a former board president at the Newport congregation, testified for a second day on Tuesday about why they decided in 2012 to sell the bells to the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston for $7.4 million. Bazarsky said the congregation was concerned about the future of Touro, which attracts tens of thousands of visitors a year from all over the world. He said its membership had been dwindling and it had slashed its expenses. He and other members of the congregation approached Sherith Israel twice to ask for support to help raise money to restore and maintain the synagogue, but were told “we have our own problems,” Bazarsky said.

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Violinist finishes father’s piece Nazis broke up By Aron Heller RAANANA, Israel (AP) — In 1933, the promising young Jewish-German violinist Ernest Drucker left the stage midway through a Brahms concerto in Cologne at the behest of Nazi officials, in one of the first anti-Semitic acts of the new regime. Now, more than 80 years later, his son, Grammy Award-winning American violinist Eugene Drucker, has completed his father’s interrupted work. With tears in his eyes, Drucker performed an emotional rendition of the Brahms Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 77, over the weekend with the Raanana Symphonette Orchestra. “I think he would feel a sense of completion. I think in some ways many aspects of my career served that purpose for him,” the 63-year-old Drucker said of his father, who passed away in 1993. “There is all this emotional energy and intensity loaded into my associations to this piece.” Thursday’s concert, and a second performance Sunday night, commemorated the Judischer Kulturbund — a federation of Jewish musicians in Nazi Germany who were segregated so as not to “sully” Aryan culture. After the humiliation in Cologne, the elder Drucker became a central player in the Kulturbund, a unique historical phenomenon with a mixed legacy. On one hand, it gave Jews the opportunity to carry on with their cultural lives and maintain a sense — some would say the illusion — of normalcy in the midst of growing discrimination against them. On the other, it served a Nazi propaganda machine eager to portray a moderate face to the world. It was a prototype for the “Judenrat” system in which relatively privileged Jews naively operated under Nazi auspices all the way down the road to destruction. Long before the Nazis placed Jews in

ghettos and gassed them to death in concentration camps, they were mostly preoccupied with “purifying” German institutions with racist laws and street justice. Jews were ﬁred from their government jobs, excluded from almost all organizations and public events and harassed into emigrating. For the largely assimilated German Jews, who had a deep connection to the country’s culture and history, the Kulturbund offered a much-needed creative outlet as their world was crumbling. “They wanted to show the Germans why it was important to preserve us and why we were better than they thought we were. There was this delusional sense that this may alter their fate,” said Orit FogelShafran, general manager of the Raanana Symphonette Orchestra. “This was their mistake. They thought this gave them some sort of immunity.” Initially, the Nazi culture ministry granted the Kulturbund relative freedom, so long as its performers and audiences were exclusively Jewish. At its height, thousands of musicians, theater actors and other performers took part, including some of Germany’s most notable artists, at dozens of venues across the country. As the years progressed, however, and the Nazi ideology took deeper root, greater restrictions were imposed until eventually they could only perform Jewish works, with Bach and Beethoven off-limits. The Kulturbund was reduced signiﬁcantly after the pogroms of Kristallnacht in 1938 — when Nazi-incited riots marked the start

of the campaign to destroy European Jewry. Musicians went underground or ﬂed, like Drucker’s father, who went to America. Many found their way to the Holy Land where they helped establish what would later become the world-renowned Israel Philharmonic Orchestra. Most of those who stayed until the end in 1941 were sent to concentration camps. Hillel Zori, a cellist and artistic director of the Raanana symphonette who initiated the event after much research, said he had mixed feelings. By organizing themselves, he says the Jews offered the Nazis a blueprint for “unwitting self-destruction.” Still, he said he was in awe of the way they preserved their humanistic values through Germany’s descent into genocide. “They felt ‘we are preserving our culture. We belong to the German culture,’” he said. In many ways, Ernest Drucker’s experience was a watershed moment that made the Kulturbund necessary. As a top student at the Cologne conservatory of music, he was scheduled to play the entire Brahms concerto at his graduation ceremony in the summer of 1933. Shortly before the event, he noticed his name had been crossed off the program. His teacher threatened to resign if Drucker’s name was not reinstated, and a compromise was reached with the school’s newly installed Nazi administrators whereby Drucker could perform the ﬁrst movement only before being replaced by a non-Jew. Drucker played in front of rows of Nazi Stormtroopers before

He was in awe how the Kulturbund preserved humanistic values through Germany’s descent into genocide.

being whisked offstage and ultimately into the refuge of the Kulturbund. “This showed the writing on the wall. The bells were ringing at full volume,” said FogelShafran, who traces her own family history in Germany back several generations. “But the German Jews didn’t want to believe it.” Drucker fled Germany in 1938 and moved to the U.S., where his son was born. The younger Drucker said the incident in Cologne was a “dramatic experience” for his father that stayed with him for years. “Music was practically everything to my father,” he said. Drucker, a founding member of the ninetime Grammy winning Emerson String Quartette, said he was not willing to criticize those who clung to their German culture in those difficult times. “It may have lulled some people there into thinking that they had more security existentially than they really had,” he said. “But it was an organization that kept the Jews culturally alive through the 1930s when they were increasingly segregated and kept out of most areas of personal fulfillment in the Third Reich.” Thursday’s performance in the central Israeli city of Raanana was preceded by a panel discussing just such dilemmas, as well as a musical rendition of the Jewish prayer Kol Nidre, with archival black-and-white footage of the Kulturbund showing in the background along with its logo of a flame inside a Jewish Star of David. Drucker said he didn’t know if it was “my place to correct a history wrong.” But backstage, after the performance, he was clearly moved. “As a musician I feel like the circle is never completely closed,” he said. “But I was standing there at one point … and I really did start to think about my father.”

Int’l reflief agencies view Israeli readiness drill By Daniela Berkowitz What would happen if missiles struck a school in central Israel? Eighty doctors, paramedics and EMTs from United Hatzalah on June 2 simulated this catastrophe, testing how volunteers might react and developing best practices if such a situation was to occur. Joined by volunteers from ZAKA, the responders worked under blasts of fireworks, smoke grenades and flocks of screaming children to treat and evacuate 500 children. They employed medical equipment, triage strategies and a cutting edge Mobile Command and Control Center in the training exercise, and were joined by international observers wanting to learn how to implement effective emergency responses. Delegates from Singapore’s national emergency services, International Committee of the Red Cross, USAID and other agencies watched the exercise, which was one of many tests as part of Israel’s five-day Turning Point 15 civil defense drill operated by the National Emergency Authority and the Home Front Command. The spectators attended to learn from United Hatzalah’s extensive experience in community-based emergency medical first response. “I am always very impressed whenever I look at exercises like this, because it is just to ensure that the community is protected,” said Wong Mum Thong, chief consultant of Singapore’s Ministry of Home Affairs Crisis Preparedness Directorate. “What I can see here today is that the players know exactly what to do and I love the [Mobile] Command Control. The Command Control gives

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very clear visibility in terms of the assets that you deploy and I think that is the most important thing; tracking the resources that you deploy so that you could be able to redeploy these resources. If you don’t have that visibility, you have a problem.” The United Hatzalah Mobile Command and Control Center is a man-portable selfcontained power and communication unit

that deploys LifeCompass technology capable of mapping incidents and dispatching responders from any location and under any circumstances. “Anytime, at any moment, these disasters can happen,” said Eli Beer, president and CEO of United Hatzalah. “Unfortunately in Israel we are so used to every once in a while having a war or a missile attack so we

want to make sure that our volunteers, who are professionally trained to treat incidents like car accidents, heart attacks, strokes and children downing, should know how to deal with any type of emergency including multi-causality incidents. When something like a missile attack happens, the first who will actually save and help are the neighbors and the people around the neighborhood. These are United Hatzalah volunteers who are spread all around the country in every neighborhood in every street so we train them to be ready for these disasters.” “I always look at community based first response as being the most important,” added Thong. “We need to bear in mind that the emergency response team that comes to the incident site could be delayed for various reasons – it could be delayed by traffic, by many other reasons – so the first person to be on the scene will be the one that comes from the community, and they are the people who will be in the best position to render first responses.” United Hatzalah operates a free network of 2,500 volunteer trained medics and emergency responders serving communities across Israel around the clock. In recent months, the organization has gained international recognition for its relief efforts in disasters worldwide, including most recently in Nepal, and for developing the advanced LifeCompass platform, which integrates mapping, GPS technology, photos and video to improve emergency response worldwide. Community-based response groups in the U.S, South America, Europe and Asia now are deploying these methods, developed in Israel, locally.

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The crowd, which had eagerly awaited the appearance of former Ambassador John Bolton, as well as entertainment stars, was naturally disappointed. Bolton has stated his belief that the nuclear threat of Iran is an exceedingly dangerous reality and that any agreement must include full and spontaneous inspection access.

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have a fear of driving on highways. It’s not that I’m afraid of driving. I have a fear of getting lost. Jerry, on the other hand, has no fear of getting lost, but does it all the time. To say he’s got a bad sense of direction is an understatement. He makes Hansel and Grettel look like Lewis and Clark. Attempting to overcome my fear, I’ve spent recent time driving on highways throughout New York and New Jersey. With moderate success, I’m happy to say that I’m writing this article from back home. Years ago when I started driving, I mastered driving from Brooklyn to Forest Hills, and then from Forest Hills to Woodmere (when we were looking for a house), and then from Woodmere to Brooklyn, where my parents lived. I got over my fear of driving next to 18-wheelers. It was easy. I just sucked in my breath when they got too close, and put my foot on the gas as hard as I could when I passed them. Another tactic I had was planting myself in the correct lane that I would eventually have to exit on, whether it was one mile or 20 miles ahead. Another standout panic attack that comes to mind, is the time I took my mom to Forest Hills, to visit her sister-in-law who wasn’t well. Being that It was 10 years since I had moved out of Forest Hills, and had not been back since, I guess I wasn’t that familiar with the route back to Woodmere. And this was before GPS! When I saw the Harlem-New England

sign ahead of me, it induced symptoms of a heart attack; when I saw signs warning “last exit before toll,” I was surprised that the Van Wyck Expressway now had tolls! It had, of course, been 10 years since I had driven that route. Needless to say, I was on the wrong road, headed in the wrong direction. As I inched up to the tollbooth on the Triborough Bridge, I told the toll collector, or should I say demanded, that he somehow stop traffic and let me make a U-turn, because there was no way I intended on going to the Bronx. He said, no worries, and directed me to a closed lane as he broadcast over the his walkie talkie, “Crazy lady in Lane 4, crazy lady in Lane 4.” Unfortunately, my plan was not to be. He explained what he thought were simple directions to get back to the Van Wyck and Long Island. If I had his phone umber, I would have called him two and a half hours later when I got back home, although home was only five miles away. Fast forward to the last few months. I decided the time had come to trust my built-in GPS. After driving to Teaneck countless times with my husband Jerry and following the route, I was ready! With that friendly voice guiding me I made it to the Van Wyck, Grand Central, the Tribough (aka RFK) Bridge, and now was looking for the Harlem River Drive. That friendly voice was leading me to the left which, it turned out was the Major Deegen. That wasn’t the plan, it wasn’t familiar. I had to get to the Harlem River Drive. So, as only a crazy panicked driver would do … I crossed over four lanes of traffic, then held my breath as I crossed over the solid diagonal lines I believe are under no circumstances meant to be crossed and zipped over just in time to get

into the exit lane. Of course there were short stops behind me and plenty of angry drivers, but, hey, did they expect me to drive on a highway I wasn’t familiar with? Seriously! The rest of the ride was a breeze and I arrived in Teaneck just as my brother called. I breathlessness exclaimed “I just drove to Teaneck by myself!” He continued talking. I said, “Did you hear me? I just drove to Teaneck by myself!” Had I ﬂown to the moon, it would have not been a bigger accomplishment for me. Oh, and let me ask you, is my GPS voice the only one that has one drink too many? She tells me to make a right, then another right, then yet another leading me back to the original street. After three times, you don’t want to know where I told her to go. Yesterday, I ventured to Teaneck for a close friend’s birthday lunch. I made it there with no problem. I felt so conﬁdent, that I told my daughter I would pick her up in the city, as she needed to be back in Woodmere last night. I programmed her address in the GPS and it insisted on taking me a different route. My

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n artist must have strong opinions or the canvas remains blank. Everyone has an opinion. Your son got married. You chose your photos. They are bound. You got the album. That was then. Today, your photographer first has to “design” the book — each page is laid out: single image, multiple images, background images, borders, colored borders, colored backgrounds — with consideration given to the relative size of each image. You must approve the design of the images you chose. This means an appointment often years after the event when you have finally chosen the photos. You then visit the studio and … and there you see it on the big screen … it chokes you up … so beautiful. And now that you see how the images were actually used, you start to wish you chose more and if you chose the right ones. “I love what you did Gary, but are you sure that is the best image of Dovid? Gary, my husband should see it; there were so many great shots of Dovid, I told him we should have picked more. He always has an opinion. Just to make sure. Could you put it online, Gary?” It may not look the same online. Things could look darker, lighter, bluer or yellow, on your monitor at home. “That’s OK. He’ll understand. I would just like him to see it, before you bind it. So the client is sent a link to view the album and see how the pages flow; just like in the stu-

dio, only smaller, with a border and a line going through the middle to denote the page fold. Weeks pass. From logins to the site it is obvious that many more than the husband are viewing the album. Over the course of four weeks, every page gets annotated with suggestions of how to change, alter, modify, and what might best be described as mutilate the design! Most fail to feel the ﬂow of the album as a whole or how the images had worked so well together. They suggest using another image here or moving that image to there. Soon we are changing already revised pages, often back to the original version, but sometimes to a totally different style from what the original instructions and client consultation emphasized as being the goal of the book. The client is sometimes unsure in what a very “talented” friend meant, but feels compelled to consider such wisdom anyway. Everyone has an opinion. You value each and every one. Approvals take months. Leather die lots change in that time, hard drives fail and are replaced. Any artist’s original feel and motivation for the design is long lost. No one gets to enjoy the originally beautiful layout done with thought, and based on style and substance. No one enjoys the images as much as it seems those that succeed in changing the design enjoy being creative experts on someone else’s dime with someone else’s album. You wanted something special but after all those opinions, it has been reengineered to be perfect for them, and perfectly ordinary to you, while you ﬁgure it is as it should be. You are just happy it is done. And that is an opinion I certainly can share. Gary Rabenko is artistic and technical director of Rabenko Photography and Video Arts. 516-5939760, gary@rabenko.com

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n a normal world, it wouldn’t be Israel that is the target of a campaign for boycotts, divestment, and sanctions. The tiny Gulf emirate of Qatar is a far better candidate. Why Qatar? There are many reasons. Let’s start with its internal system of governance. Although a smattering of ordinances inherited from the period of British rule remain in place, Qatar is a state based on Islamic sharia law. Practically, that means you can be stoned to death for blasphemy, apostasy and, of course, the paramount “crime” of homosexuality. And if you’re a non-Muslim about to fall in love with a Muslim in Qatar, don’t—such “illicit” sexual relations will result in your receiving several lashes. About 2 million people live in Qatar, but only 10 percent of the population, at most, possess the rights accorded to full Qatari

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which diligently monitors the barbaric treatment of Qatar’s slaves, predicts that 4,000 migrant workers will have died by the time the first ball is kicked in 2022. Now, I love soccer, but the idea of watching a competition built upon a foundation of death and exploitation leaves me physically sick. Just as sickening is the news that the callous Qataris refused to allow Nepalese migrant workers to return home after the recent devastating earthquake. Under the “kafala” labor system that operates in Qatar, employers seize the passports of their migrant workers, force them to work more than 12 hours a day in the searing heat, and then dump them in the squalid, unsanitary camps that pass for living quarters. Tek Bahadur Gurung, Nepal’s labor minister, recently revealed that his country had “requested all companies in Qatar to give their Nepalese workers special leave and pay for their air fare home. While workers in some sectors of the economy have been given this, those on World Cup construction sites are not being allowed to leave because of the pressure to complete projects on time. They have lost relatives and their homes and are enduring very difficult conditions in Qatar. This is adding to their suffering.” You, dear readers, know what to do with Qatar. Boycott. Divest. Sanction. Tell your elected representatives that this nasty and oppressive little emirate should not be honored with sport’s most popular and lucrative competition. Tell Qatari representatives on social media (the Qatar Foundation’s handle on Twitter is @QF) exactly what you think of their slavery policy, and ask them whether their “community development programs” apply to the migrant workers living in that desert hell. One final point of note: Qatar is the main financial backer of the Palestinian Islamist terror organization, Hamas. That truly is a match made in heaven.

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FC Barcelona, wear jerseys embossed with the Qatar Airways logo. Qatar also promotes itself through the grandly named Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development, a “non-profit” that is entirely funded by the royal family. In America, the Qatar Foundation partners with the Weill-Cornell Medical College and has enabled several prominent international universities, among them Carnegie Mellon, Texas A&M, and University College London, to set up campuses in the Qatari capital, Doha. But it is in the world of sport—and soccer in particular—that Qatar has established its dominance. Much of the slave labor in the country is used to build the stadiums for the 2022 World Cup that Qatar, for the moment anyway, is hosting. ike Russia, which hosts the World Cup in 2018, Qatar was awarded the 2022 World Cup thanks to its bribery of key officials at FIFA, world soccer’s governing body. This week, 14 FIFA officials were indicted by the U.S. on corruption charges, many of them related to Qatar. Those officials will stand trial here because, in using American banks to carry out these illegal transactions, they broke American laws. In the coming months, we can expect an endless stream of stories that will underline just how FIFA has become the most corrupt organization in the world, and many of those will have Qatar at the center. Now, therefore, is the time to say loudly and clearly that Qatar should be stripped of the 2022 World Cup. Other countries far better suited to hold such a competition, among them England, the United States, and Australia, had their bids dismissed simply because they are not in the bribery business. Handing the World Cup back to one of these democracies isn’t just the right thing to do in terms of morality—it will actually save lives. The International Trade Union Confederation,

ibril Rajoub, head of the Palestine Football (Soccer) Association, was all over the news last week, calling Israel various ugly names and, ever the showman, dramatically hurling red penalty cards in front of eager television cameras at the 65th Congress of FIFA (world soccer’s governing body). Most Americans and media consumers around the world don’t know the names of individual Palestinian Authority (PA) officials, so very few would have recognized Rajoub’s incredible hypocrisy. They had no way of knowing that the man who was loudly accusing Israel of being cruel and violent has a resume filled with terrorism, torture, and general thuggery. And for some reason, the major American news media declined to inform them. Rajoub was one of the original “child terrorists.” In 1968, at age 15, he was convicted of assisting fugitive terrorists and was jailed for four months. In 1970, he was arrested after throwing a hand grenade at an Israeli bus. Released in a 1985 prisoner exchange, he immediately resumed his terrorist activities, and spent time in Israeli jails in 1986 and 1987. Rajoub played a major role in the first wave of intifada violence, in 1987, and as a result, Israeli defense minister Yitzhak Rabin deported him to Lebanon. When Yasir Arafat established the PA in early 1994 (following the signing of the Oslo Accords), he handed out senior positions to

numerous veteran terrorists. This should have been a red flag. After all, if Arafat had truly reformed himself and abandoned terrorism, why reward terrorists with plum jobs? One of the biggest beneficiaries was Rajoub. He was appointed head of the Palestinian Preventive Security Services, a Palestinian equivalent of the KGB. And, no surprise here, Rajoub then turned around and handed out jobs in his security force to members of the younger generation of terrorists. Between 1996 and 1998, Israel submitted more than 30 requests to the PA for the extradition of terrorists. The Oslo Accords require the PA to honor such requests. Instead, it ignored them—and U.S. president Bill Clinton’s administration did nothing. But in making the requests, Israel publicized some of the details of Rajoub’s protect-the-terrorists racket. One was Bassam Issa, a suspect in the February 1996 bus bombing in Jerusalem, in which American students Matt Eisenfeld and Sara Duker, a schoolmate of my daughter Alisa, were murdered. After the attack, he was hired by Rajoub’s security force. Three others whom Israel identified as connected to that attack, Kamal Khalifa, Yasser Khasin, and Mahmad Sanwar, were also hired by Rajoub. So was Atef Hamadan, who had been involved the kidnap-murder of an Israeli soldier. Rajoub also used the Preventive Security Forces for thievery. The Jerusalem Report revealed in 1997, at the height of the huge wave of Palestinian thefts of Israeli cars, that a thief named Hamad Hamadi captured in Jerusalem’s Musrara neighborhood told police that he was acting on instructions from Rajoub, who paid 1,000 shekels for every stolen Israeli automobile.

Under Rajoub’s regime, the Preventive Security Forces were also used to settle personal scores. In 1997, a Palestinian journalist reported on a secret meeting between Rajoub and an Israeli official. Big mistake. Rajoub didn’t want the meeting to be known. He summoned the journalist to his headquarters in Jericho, and shouted, “I can call Arafat myself and tell him that I want to kill you, and the president will give his blessing.” The journalist got lucky; he “got away with being tortured” for two days, according to the Jerusalem Report. As a result of internal Palestinian Authority quarrels, Rajoub was ousted from the Preventive Security Forces in 2002. As consolation, he was put in charge of both the Palestine Olympic Committee and the Palestine Football Association. In the Olympics job, he is perhaps best known for his assertion in 2012 that Israel’s request for one minute of silence to remember the 1972 Munich massacre was “racist.” But it is as head of the soccer association that he is truly leaving his mark. Beyond the recent attempt to have Israel expelled from FIFA, Rajoub has acted to ensure that every young Palestinian soccer player reveres mass murderers. In city after city under PA rule, there are soccer fields, teams, tournaments named after Palestinian terrorists, including some who have murdered American citizens. Long after this week’s FIFA controversy is forgotten, long after Rajoub himself retires from public office, young Palestinians will continue to be reared in an environment that glorifies terrorists, thanks to Rajoub and his comrades. So much for co-existence and peace. Stephen M. Flatow, an attorney in New Jersey, is the father of Alisa Flatow, who was murdered in a Palestinian terrorist attack in 1995.

THE JEWISH STAR June 5, 2015 • 18 Sivan 5775

Say it loud and clear: No World Cup for Qatar!

June 5, 2015 • 18 Sivan 5775 THE JEWISH STAR

Positions of power, positions of inﬂuence RABBI BINNY FREEDMAN THE HEART OF JERUSALEM

ost of us get excited at the prospect of travel to new places, imagining unforetold adventures and magical moments that lie ahead. After a long period of studying in Israel, on a beautiful Sunday morning in June 1983 I was finally leaving the country on a trip. But this was a not a vacation; Israel was in the midst of the first Lebanon war and, five months into my Israeli army service, we were headed into Lebanon for the first time. I was anything but excited. After catching a public bus from Jerusalem to Tel Aviv and walking to Yad Eliahu stadium, we traveled by army bus up north to Kiriat Shmonah, where we got up on our gear. Standing in a U formation, our commanders had the dubious job of trying to snap us from our weekend back in civilian life back and into army reality. I had not slept much the night before and the thought of sitting in those trucks with no armor (we were, after all, trained as tank crews) was making me nauseous. How would I react if forced into combat? Would I know what to do? Would I ever see Israel, family and friends again? The movies always made it seem so easy, but there was no music in the background, and all I wanted to do was throw up. And the worst of it was I could not let on how nervous I was, and I kept wondering how the heck I had gotten myself into this mess; after all, I had actually volunteered for this madness! And then a small detail changed everything. We had just finished three months of basic infantry training followed by 10 weeks of tank school where we trained as tank crews, and for some reason the army had cancelled our expected week of leave so that we could relieve an infantry unit in Lebanon desperately in need of a break from the front lines. (I heard later that our battalion commander

was actually reprimanded for volunteering our company to such dangerous duty with so little training). Our sergeant, known to us as Samal Eli (Sergeant Eli), who had seen our squad of six through the last few months of training, actually seemed to us a pretty good commander, and had earned our respect. So when he called us around him just before we were meant to get on the trucks and cross the border, we all listened intently to whatever sage advice he intended to share with us. He had been in combat in Lebanon the previous summer and personally, I was desperate for any sage advice I could cling to that would get me through this. Which was why his words took me by surprise; “From now on, I’m not Samal Eli, I’m Eli; and we are in this together.” And with those words we all got on the truck. He had a quiet but serious voice, and somehow, those words, full of confidence and so unexpected, calmed me down. The Israeli army has a tradition that we call our commanders by their first name; years later when I became an officer, my men would never call me “Sir,” just Binny. And I think the reason those words really impacted me, was because I suddenly realized this seasoned commander, along with all the other commanders, were not on a power trip to send us into battle, they were with us. his week, in the portion of Be’haalotcha, there is a fascinating story about Moshe‘s need for help in his leadership of the people. After leading the people out of Egypt, through the Red sea and past the debacle of the Golden calf, with the miracles of the clouds of glory and the manna from heaven all around them, Moshe seems appalled that the people are still complaining, this time for meat. It seems Moshe has finally hit his breaking point, preferring to die rather than lead such a stubborn ungrateful bunch as the Jewish people in the desert. (Bamidbar 11;15) So G-d tells Moshe he can appoint 70 elders

to help him, but does not tell him who they will be. After drawing lots amongst the tribes, six men of stature from each tribe are chosen to receive prophecy at the entrance of the tent of meeting which is two men too many, so Eldad and Meidad remain in the camp, and the 70 elders gather by the tent of meeting. Yet, the unexpected happens: as Moshe lays his hands (semicha) on the elders and, with G-d’s help, grants them prophecy, Eldad and Meidad begin to prophesize as well, in the camp! Yet, while this might easily have constituted an act of rebellion on their part, Moshe magnanimously responds: “Are you jealous for my sake? I wish that all G-d’s people were prophets!” (Bamidbar 11:29) Impressively, it seems Moshe is not averse to sharing the reins of power with as many others as are willing to step forward. And yet, in just two weeks, after the debacle of the leadership of the ten spies in next week’s portion of Shelach, we will read of Korach’s quest for a “power share” arrangement which is summarily dismissed by Moshe as completely unacceptable, to the extent that Moshe prays for Korach and all of his followers to be swallowed up by the earth which is exactly what transpires! (ibid. 16:28-30) Why two such different responses? Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, in his Covenant and Conversation, suggests a beautiful idea: Perhaps we are discussing two entirely different roles here, which makes all the difference. The 70 elders are granted prophecy, but Korach is not interested in prophecy; Korach wants power. You see Moshe was the greatest prophet the Jewish people ever had, but he also functioned as their King, and was the undisputed leader and arbiter of all decisions, whether military, political or strategic. Indeed, at the end of his life, Moshe passes both these roles on to Yehoshua, laying his

When leadership is based on power, the more that’s shared, the less power there is.

hands upon him at G-d’s command (ibid. 27:18-20) which represents the gift of prophecy, as well as bestowing his honor, which was the mantle of Kingship. The King has a position of power, whereas the prophet has a position of influence, and these are two very different ideas. Indeed, when one’s leadership is based on power, the more you share it, the less you have. For power to really work it must be absolute; a ship cannot have two captains, someone must make the final decision. But a classroom can have many teachers; and the more we share our influence, the more influence we will have, because education is not about power; it’s about influence. Korach wanted to usurp Moshe’s power; and there can only be one ruler. And G-d decides who that will be. But Eldad and Meidad just wanted to make a difference and influence the people; and in this respect, G-d shares a recipe that allows any and all of us to have influence. And the more we share this, the greater we will be. It is interesting that Judaism does not seem so enthusiastic about a Monarchy, allowing us a King when we so desire one, but not viewing it as an ideal (See Deuteronomy 17:15-20, and I Samuel 8). Judaism’s mission in the world is much more about influence; about sharing a vision that will make a difference in the world. Maybe that was why Samal Eli’s words were so impactful; Israeli Commanders, like Israeli soldiers, are not on a power trip, they are in it to make a difference, willing to put their lives on the line to be part of making the world a little bit better, and in that mission we are all in it together. The Jewish people have never wanted to rule over anyone; all we have ever dreamed of is to share a vision, of a world where nation does not lift up sword against nation and we all learn to live together, in peace. And while it seems we are still a ways off from achieving that goal, we can, each of us decide to be a good influence on bringing that us closer to that dream, one day at a time. Shabbat Shalom from Jerusalem.

Moshe asks Yitro to be our inspiration RABBI AVI BILLET PARSHA OF THE WEEK

efore things begin to go sour with the complaints and offensive ways of the Jewish people in the wilderness, Moshe invites his father-in-law to join the Nation of Israel, and “to be our eyes.” (10:31) The simple understanding is that Moshe is asking Chovav/Yitro to be a guide for the Jewish people. Rabbenu Bachaye asks the obvious question: If the people are traveling based on the clouds (9:17-23), what need do they have for Yitro to be a guide? He gives four answers, the last two coming from the Midrash: 1. Moshe wanted to give encouragement to those who were of lesser faith, who were more comfortable following a human being than a cloud. 2. “To be eyes for us” (an alternative translation) means to serve as a witness for the nations of what you’ve seen with your own eyes, such as the signs and great wonders. This would allow the nations to learn the lesson that Korach experienced, and be

inspired to join the Jewish people. 3. “You’ll be our eyes” in that anything our eyes miss (or perhaps don’t understand), you will enlighten for us. 4. (loose translation) “You will be as beloved to us as the apple of our eyes” as the Torah says (Devarim 10:19) “You shall love the convert.” For the most part, these answers put Moshe’s request in a very different light. With the exception of the first approach, Moshe is not asking Yitro to be a guide for the people. In all the explanations, he is asking Yitro to serve as some kind of inspiration for whoever sees him at the shared helm of the Israelite nation. One might think that the first answer is problematic. Why accede to the of-little- faithfolk just because they need to see a figure head in front of them? Wouldn’t Moshe be good enough? And even if he doesn’t technically know the way, he seems to have found Mt. Sinai with G-d’s direction. Perhaps it would be good for the people not to second-guess his leadership! So why would Moshe yield to this idea, particularly since it seems to be his own initiative, and not coming from the people themselves? Maybe it was a premonition. The faith of the people changed very quickly after this exchange. Maybe Moshe knew that the people

would start doing the wrong thing, might make poor choices, might slowly challenge his leadership. Maybe he was aware and was trying to nip the problem in the bud. In hindsight, of course, we don’t know what Yitro chose to do. Knowing the rest of the story, the ﬁrst interpretation could suggest either that Yitro left, or that Moshe’s idea did not last long. Any inspiration was quickly lost to those of little faith. The other interpretations have a much more positive outlook of the role Yitro could have served for the mutual beneﬁt of himself, the nation of Israel, and the nations they would encounter. Once again, not knowing what he chose to do, our hindsight could indicate either that the thought was nice, but he didn’t show up, or that Moshe’s thought didn’t pan out for other reasons. The take-home lesson is that for any logistical arrangement, it is always a good idea to have a “Plan B.” There is evidence (see Rashi, Chizkuni) that Moshe was already aware that he was not going to enter the land (predating the spies incident and the hitting-the-rock incident). As Yehoshua had not yet been appointed successor, maybe Moshe was trying to give leadership to a man he trusted, who knew the terrain. Maybe he felt that there was a disconnect between himself and the people. Maybe he felt that a person of Yitro’s

stature could best demonstrate a positive image of this nation that might otherwise soon strike fear in the hearts of the nations of Canaan. From his own people, and even from Gd’s vantagepoint, Moshe’s plan had too many holes in it. Would the people be happy with extended travel? Did they like the format of travel? Were they content with the leadership? Could they offer a face to the world that would be appealing, for other nations to embrace? Moshe seems to have revered his father in law, so he invites him to be the solution to all the problems. But even Plan B doesn’t work, and there is no Plan C. And the proof is how quickly things sour, when Yitro’s role is not realized the way we anticipate, and the people quickly lose faith in Moshe’s leadership in the coming chapters. Too much of life is lost to poor planning and lack of contingency foresight. With the right systems and groups in place, we can hopefuly fulﬁll the dictum of Tamid 32a – “Who is wise? One who anticipates what is coming.” If only we could be blessed to be so insightful. If only we could plan for every possible outcome, and always be on top, no matter what curve ball life throws our way!

ALAN JAY GERBER KOSHER BOOKWORM

abbi Yaakov Horowitz is perhaps among the top experts in problem resolution in Jewish education in American today. This is his story. He was raised right here on the South Shore (Belle Harbor, to be speciﬁc). His education included attending Yeshivas Torah Vodaas where he developed a close relationship to Rav Avraham Pam, zt”l. He subsequently was to serve as an eighth grade Talmud rebbe for 15-years in Borough Park and Monsey, eagerly volunteering to teach the weaker tract of students for many of those years. It was this experience with such at-risk students that led to his serving as a valued resource to many parents who sought his advise and counsel in helping them cope with the needs of their progeny. This experience ultimately led Rabbi Horowitz to a writing career that involved publishing in the spring of 1996 of a 4,500word essay imploring other educators to closely and better address the urgent needs of these students. Subsequently, Rabbi Horowitz established in Monsey, Yeshiva Darchei Noam, geared to

the needs of these at-risk students. Currently, this school serves close to 300 students. In addition, Rabbi Horowitz is also director of Project Y.E.S. The Youth Enrichment Services was established in 19967 to help teens-at-risk lead more productive and spiritually more meaningful lives. Subsequently, Rabbi Horowitz has been recognized as a leading authority on raising children. As part of the Karasick Child Safety Initiative, he conducts child abuse prevention workshops and teleconferences around the world. Among the books he authored is “Living and Parenting,” based on his popular essays offering practical guidance for parents and educators alike, written in simple, nontechnical language, in a manner designed to go directly to the readers’ interests and concerns. Dealing with everyday true-to-life situations, and applying traditional Jewish religious teachings, Rabbi Horowitz imparts a unique common sense blend of creative and pragmatic advice designed to prevent trouble, both educational and emotional, for the many years to come. The reading style is breezy, to make life easier at this most stressful of times for these young people. This work, ﬁrst published in March 2008, witnessed two more impressions, in August 2008 and January of 2014.

important than ever that we train our children properly so they can remain safe and secure.” This work is linked to a video presentation at its website, kosherparenting. com which is a must for all parents to consult and utilize.

Rabbi Horowitz in C’hurst talks

Another book, attractively and graphically designed exclusively for the younger set, with graphics and an easy-to-read text, is entitled “Let’s Stay Safe.” It is themed, according to Rabbi Horowitz to “how can we insure the safety of our children?” “This question,” according to the good rabbi, “is at the top of every parent’s list of priorities, and in the complex and everchanging world in which we live, it is more

Rabbi Horowitz is scheduled to visit Cedarhurst this coming Shabbat, Parashas Bahalosecha, speaking ﬁrst at a special Oneg Shabbat Friday night at 9:30 pm, at the home of Penina and David Klein, 255 Oakwood Ave. On Shabbat morning he will be speaking at Congregation Kehillat Ahavat Yisrael at Peninsula and Branch boulevards. Rabbi Horowitz will be giving two special shiurim at the Red Shul, on Oakland Avenue and West Broadway, at 7 pm, and at Shalosh Seudot following the Mincha service. Both men and women are welcome to both shiurim. On Sunday morning, he will be the featured speaker at the community’s annual Madraigos Breakfast.

Hezbollah prepares for a summer war with Israel JEFF DUNETZ POLITICS TO GO

he reports keep coming, and from different sources; Hezbollah is gearing up for war against the State of Israel. In a report released by the Begin Center for Strategic Studies in January, former Israeli National Security Adviser Maj. Gen. (ret.) Yaakov Amidror outlined the threats to the Jewish State from non-state entities. Amidror concluded that the most serious existential threat by non-state entities is the terrorist group Hezbollah with 150,000 missiles. To put that arsenal into perspective, before last summer’s Operation Protective Edge it was estimated that Hamas had 10,000 missiles. According to the general, Hezbollah has a “rare and substantial firepower apparently even exceeded the firepower possessed by most of the European states combined.” It’s feared that Hezbollah, empowered by the Iranian negotiations against an impotent President Obama, was planning to use those missiles against Israel. Variations of this story have been bouncing around for the last few weeks. There were major pieces in the New York Times and Associated Press, where journalists were given the opportunity to look at IDF aerial photography showing that Hezbollah has moved the vast majority of its military infrastructure into Shiite villages in lower Lebanon, embedding it across hundreds of villages and probably thousands of homes, setting up Human Shields. The Iran-backed terror group has the ability to saturation bomb Israeli civilians with 1,500 projectiles a day, every day, for at least 100 days. They will try to bring down Tel Aviv’s skyscrapers with ballistic missiles. They will try to fly drones into Israel’s nuclear reactor. They will try to detonate Israel’s offshore energy infrastructure. They

will try to destroy Israeli military and civilian runways. And — mainly but not exclusively through their tunnels — they will try to overrun Israeli towns and drag away women and children as hostages. In other words, along with damage to its infrastructure, Israeli casualties would range in the thousands to tens of thousands. And should this scenario happen, the American media, President Obama as well as Israel’s supposed allies in Europe, will find a way to blame Israel for the attack and (G-d forbid) the Israeli casualties. Two weeks ago, a round of stories actually came from Hezbollah’s side. As-Safir, a Lebanese daily and a major Hezbollah mouthpiece, published a series of pieces about how Hezbollah has turned all of southern Lebanon into a vast military complex. According to As-Safir, Hezbollah has built a vast network of advanced tunnels along the border with Israel for use in a future war, using them to conceal tens of thousands of rockets aimed at the Jewish State. It should be noted that As-Safir, as a mouthpiece for the Shiite terrorist group, is not necessarily an objective news source. So there is a bit of extra testosterone in their reports but the reports do not conflict with what was heard from the IDF, Associated Press, or the New York Times. As-Safir reports, based on a tour of Hezbollah facilities given to the newspaper, that Hezbollah has up has built a sprawling underground array of tunnels, bunkers and surveillance outposts along the border with Israel, which it is manning at peak readiness for battle. The report of tunnels may sound a bit familiar, but the Hezbollah tunnels are miles ahead of the ones Israel had to destroy during last summer’s Operation Protective Edge.

The tunnels are said to be decidedly advanced with durable concrete, a 24-hour power supply via underground generators, a ventilation system to prevent damp from damaging military equipment, and a web of secondary escape shafts in case of attack. The tunnels are said to be housing tens of thousands of rockets ready for launch, carefully wrapped in protective materials in order ensure they will be ready when needed. Should a war occur, the IDF would have to move fast and to mobilize massive forces to shorten the duration of a future war as the longer a war lasts, the more missiles would be fired and Israeli citizens. One of the things they will most probably do is to move to eliminate as much of Hezbollah’s vast arsenal as possible as soon as possible. But that doesn’t really matter to the terrorist group. Remember much of their supply is stored in houses and villages. Hezbollah is counting on the resulting deaths of their human shields to turn Israel into an international pariah the way Hamas did in last summer’s Operation Protective Edge, when the American President, world-wide media and the world governments blamed Israel for the Hamas human shield losses (and based on where their placed the terrorists have guaranteed a civilian body count will be significant). But of course the Israelis can’t let Hezbollah level their entire country with indiscriminate rocket fire and advanced missiles, just because no one in Lebanon is willing or able to expel the group from Shiite villages. None of this is new. In early 2013 veteran Israeli war correspondent Ron Ben-Yishai did a deep dive into Hezbollah military posture. He revealed among other things that Hezbollah had given away thousands of homes to poor Shiite families on the condition “that at least one rocket launcher would be placed in

They will try to bring down Tel Aviv’s skyscrapers with ballistic missiles.

one of the house’s rooms or in the basement, along with a number of rockets, which will be ﬁred at predetermined targets in Israel when the order is given.” Then in 2014 air force chief Major-General Amir Eshel gave a speech outlining how Hezbollah has embedded its military assets in “thousands” of residential buildings, emphasizing that Israel would have no choice but to target that infrastructure in a war. Reuters picked up the speech under the headline “Hoping to deter Hezbollah, Israel threatens Lebanese civilians” And of course there is the more recent report from the Begin Center mentioned at the top of this article. here is a lot of “chatter” in the Middle East about a summer war between Israel and Lebanon, which there are stories about what that war may look like. Additionally Iran might be pushing the terrorist organization to launch something soon after a nuke deal is completed to deﬂect attention from what looks like a total sell-out of Israel and the more “moderate” Middle East countries. One crucial thing the Israelis and Hezbollah are both saying, all of southern Lebanon is now one big military compound. But only the Israelis are pointing out that Hezbollah has made sure that inside that military compound there are tens of thousands of civilians. If Israel needs to protect herself and it results in the deaths of Lebanese human shields will anyone care that Hezbollah planned it that way? Will they object to the fact that the only way to knock out the terrorist missiles, even via the most pinpoint of strikes will cause collateral damage? Yes they will care but not about the Hezbollah actions. Based on last summer’s war with Hamas, the media, president and other world leaders take a passive aggressive approach. They will say that Israel has the right to defend herself and at the same time they will condemn the Jewish State for reluctantly doing what’s necessary to protect her citizens.

THE JEWISH STAR June 5, 2015 • 18 Sivan 5775

Rabbi Yaakov Horowitz: A down-to-earth guide

Rochelle Shoretz…

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Adult Alliance. After ﬁve years of working exclusively as the executive director of Sharsheret, Shoretz returned to practice law at a large ﬁrm in Manhattan, while focusing on raising her two sons. However, in 2009, the breast cancer returned — this time as Stage IV metastatic disease. This second diagnosis helped Shoretz decide to direct herself fulltime to Sharsheret, and to once again take up the mantle of executive director. In 2010, she was appointed to the Federal Advisory Committee on Breast Cancer in Young Women, under the auspices of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. “Even though Rochelle accomplished more than most people do in a lifetime, and seemed larger-than-life, she was also so human, caring, and personal,” Silber explained. “Rochelle’s emails and notes were never thrown away, because you could feel how much genuine thought and care she put into each one.” Silber described how Shoretz would express deep gratitude to all of the women involved in Sharsheret, who enabled the organization to help and empower thousands of women and their families. In 2012 Shoretz wrote, “As I mark my 40th birthday this week, a two-time cancer survivor, I celebrate not only the life with which I have been blessed, but the lives of those … whose cancer journeys — no longer a forgotten whisper — have found their voice.” Sharsheret issued the following statement upon Shoretz’s passing: “Rochelle’s legacy is her children and an incredible organization that only she could have built. Her passion and drive will forever remain the foundation of Sharsheret. “No words can adequately express our sadness at Rochelle’s death or our gratitudfe for the opportunity to work with her. We will honor her memory by dedicating ourselves to continuing the critical work she loved so much. She is survived by her teenage sons, Shlomo and Dovid Mirsky; her mother and stepfather, Sherry and Jeffrey Tenenbaum; her father and stepmother, Morris and Carol Shoretz; and her siblings, Dalia Nagel, Sara Tenenbaum, Michael Shoretz, Selig Tenenbaum, Shayna Tenenbaum, Jenny Tenenbaum, and Lily Shoretz. She told the Forward in 2009, “I would love to see grandchildren, to see weddings, to be a part of these amazing things for more time, but I love life and don’t want to spend any of it mourning the loss of that which I can’t have. I’d much rather embrace that which I do.” Shoretz’s voice and mission of empowerment, strength and compassion continues to reverberate through the chain of support and love that she has created.

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FIDF, in 5 Towns, honors lone soldiers By Vanessa Parker Long soldiers who come from the Five Towns, surrounding communities, the U.S. and other countries to serve in the Israel Defense Forces were honored by more than 600 people at the Friends of Israel Defense Forces (FIDF) fourth annual South Shore dinner at the Sephardic Temple in Cedarhurst on May 27. New York-based FIDF provides lone soldiers with ďŹ nancial assistance and helps them ďŹ nd places to live, make social connections and ďŹ nd post-service educational programs. Lone soldiers are personnel serving in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) who do not have immediate family in Israel. Keynote speaker Ben Brafman, a Law-

rence resident and noted criminal lawyer who once again served as master of ceremonies, said that his usual jovial manner would be set aside as this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s dinner was a somber occasion. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is a serious program tonight,â&#x20AC;? he said, reďŹ&#x201A;ecting on the 70 lives lost in Operation Protective Edge in Gaza last summer. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There is nothing funny about what happened in the time between last yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s dinner and this year. The FIDF supports its soldiers. This is not a charity. It is our duty to be here tonight. It is only because of the IDF that we rest easy at night.â&#x20AC;? Rhea Grob of Lawrence attended the dinner to support her daughter, a college gradu-

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Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no lack of media coverage on Israel, the Middle Eastâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sole democracy with civil rights and a free press. What is lacking is objective coverage. This tiny Jewish nation, the size of New Jersey, with less than eight million people, a quarter of them non-Jewish, generally receives inaccurate, harsh, even hostile coverage from the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s press.

By Nedra Pickler WASHINGTON (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Declaring itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s never too late to make things right, President Barack Obama posthumously bestowed the Medal of Honor on two World War I veterans whose heroic acts nearly 100 years ago went unrecognized in an age of discrimination. In a tearful, joyful East Room ceremony recalling the battleďŹ eld triumphs as well as the prejudices of 20th century America, Sgt. William Shemin and Pvt. Henry Johnson were recognized with the nationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s highest military decoration for saving their comrades on French front lines. Shemin was Jewish and Johnson was black. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It has taken a long time for Henry Johnson and William Shemin to receive the recognition they deserve, and there are surely others whose heroism is still unacknowledged and uncelebrated,â&#x20AC;? Obama said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The least we can do is to say we know who you are, we know what you did for us, we are forever grateful,â&#x20AC;? he said. Obama applauded the tireless efforts of their advocates, who led Congress to pass an exemption from Medal of Honor rules specifying that heroic actions have to have taken place within ďŹ ve years to be considered. Sheminâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s daughters were full of emotion as Obama handed them the star-shaped medal hanging from a blue silk ribbon that they felt was long denied their father because of anti-Semitism. Ina Bass, 83, thrust the audience a thumbs up and planted a kiss on the presidentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s cheek, while 86-year-old Elsie Shemin-Roth smiled through her tears. Veterans of Johnsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s New York National Guard regiment, the 369th known as â&#x20AC;&#x153;Harlem HellďŹ ghters,â&#x20AC;? watched stoically as Obama described how he died destitute in his early 30s after his injuries left him crippled and unable to work. â&#x20AC;&#x153;America canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t change what happened

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low soldier came under attack by at least a dozen German soldiers while on night sentry duty on May 15, 1918. Both were injured, but Johnson single-handedly beat back the invading party and rescued his unconscious brother in arms, armed with just his Bolo knife after his jammed riďŹ&#x201A;e.

Obama said Johnson became famous â&#x20AC;&#x201D; feted at a victory parade down Fifth Avenue, his picture printed on recruitment posters and President Teddy Roosevelt writing that he was one of the bravest men in the war. The French, who commanded his unit because U.S. armed forces were segregated at the time, gave him the countryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s highest award for valor. A statue of Johnson is displayed in his hometown of Albany, NY. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But his own nation didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t award him anything, not even the Purple Heart, though he had been wounded 21 times. Nothing for his bravery, though he had saved a fellow soldier at great risk to himself,â&#x20AC;? Obama said before presenting the award to New York National Guard Command Sgt. Maj. Louis Wilson. Obama said it similarly took too long for America to properly honor Shemin, who was 19 when his platoon was involved in a bloody ďŹ ght on the western front beginning on Aug. 7, 1918. Obama said over the course of three days, Shemin repeatedly raced through heavy machine gun ďŹ re to rescue fallen comrades. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Eventually, the platoonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s leadership broke down. Too many ofďŹ cers had become casualties. So William stepped up and took command,â&#x20AC;? Obama said. A German bullet pierced his helmet and lodged behind his left ear. Shemin was hospitalized for three months and was left partly deaf. Shrapnel wounds eventually left him barely able to walk, although he earned a degree from Syracuse University and ran a nursery business in the Bronx before his death in 1973. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sergeant Shemin served at a time when the contributions in heroism of Jewish Americans in uniform were too often overlooked,â&#x20AC;? Obama said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But William Shemin saved American lives. He represented our nation with honor. And so it is my privilege on behalf of the American people to make this right.â&#x20AC;?

Israel honoring its overlooked WWII veterans By Aron Heller JERUSALEM (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; As a proud patriot, Brooklyn-born Dan Nadel enlisted in the U.S. army right after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. But there was another force driving him to battle â&#x20AC;&#x201D; his Jewish faith. â&#x20AC;&#x153;What Hitler was doing to the Jews, I knew he had to be killed and stopped,â&#x20AC;? the 95-yearold decorated veteran said from his home in Jerusalem. â&#x20AC;&#x153;That was my motivation.â&#x20AC;? Nadel is among a dwindling population of Jewish war veterans who battled the Nazis â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a group that until recently received little recognition in the Jewish state. Seventy years after the war ended, Israel is ďŹ nally paying homage to the 1.5 million Jewish soldiers with a planned museum and research center. Nadel became an ofďŹ cer and landed on Normandy shortly after D-Day. He went on to earn ďŹ ve battle stars while leading combat engineer troops in the Battle of the Bulge and the liberation of France. Eventually, he helped free his fellow Jews from Nazi concentration camps. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t imagine what it was like. The stench, people walking around just like skeletons, just bones and skin, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s all,â&#x20AC;? he recalled. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was terrible. Our general, Patton, when he went into the camps, he puked.â&#x20AC;? Stories of the death camps are wellknown in Nadelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s adopted home of Israel, but the odysseys of Jewish soldiers are less well chronicled. In Israel, World War II history is predominantly focused on the Holocaust and its 6 million Jewish victims. When Jewish heroism from that era is invoked, it typically refers to the rebels who resisted the Nazis in the ghettos or volunteers from the Holy Land

who later helped establish Israel. Earlier this month, both Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Reuven Rivlin attended Israelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ofďŹ cial ceremony marking 70 years since Victory Day in Europe and acknowledged that the contributions of Jewish veterans have often been overlooked. They said ďŹ nancing would be found to complete the construction of the planned museum, which has been bogged down in a bureaucratic stalemate for more than a decade. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We stand here as representatives of a people who gave their best sons in the battleground. While their brothers were being led to destruction, the Jewish warriors stood on the front lines,â&#x20AC;? said Rivlin. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Do our children know this? Do our grandchildren know that the Jewish people fought in the killing ďŹ elds of Europe?â&#x20AC;? More than 250,000 Jewish soldiers died in battle. Many were among the ďŹ rst to liberate the Nazi death camps, often comforting the dazed, emaciated prisoners in Yiddish. Zvi Kan-Tor, a retired Israeli general, has taken on the mission of preserving the memory of these Jewish war veterans, leading the efforts to establish the Museum of the Jewish Soldier in World War II in the central Israeli town of Latrun. A structure is already standing and some exhibitions are ready to be displayed, but the funding isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t there yet. His hope is that together with private donations and government assistance it can be completed while some of the approximately 5,000 veterans remaining in Israel are still alive. â&#x20AC;&#x153;World War II in our collective memory has been sealed by a single word: Holocaust,â&#x20AC;?

said Kan-Tor. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve heard about the victimhood â&#x20AC;&#x201D; letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tell this side too... This is the missing piece. Maybe we can ďŹ nally tell the full story of the Jewish people.â&#x20AC;? That story includes British signalman Norman Cohen, who landed on the beaches of Normandy on D-Day with the British 2nd Army. As a radio operator under the command of Gen. Miles Dempsey, he received the German transmission on their surrender and then stumbled upon the scene of Nazi leader Heinrich Himmlerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s suicide in Luneburg. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I did my job. You are in a place in a certain time â&#x20AC;&#x201D; it doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t make you a hero. You are just there,â&#x20AC;? said Cohen, 91, who had withstood the blitz in his British hometown of Coventry before enlisting â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and then dodging some close calls in combat. But in Israel he is often mistaken for a survivor, not a warrior. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It is very difďŹ cult to convey to the next generation what I feel,â&#x20AC;? he said. The Jewish ďŹ ghters who returned to their home countries were not part of the early Zionist narrative, said Tamar Ketko, the curator of the new museum. That honor belonged to the partisans, the Zionist volunteers and the plucky resistance in the Warsaw Ghetto uprising, who better ďŹ t the countryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pioneering ďŹ ghting spirit. Only after the mass immigration of Soviet Jews in the 1990s did the term â&#x20AC;&#x153;veteranâ&#x20AC;? make its way into Hebrew vernacular. Every year, they would strut out on Victory Day with their medals pinned on old uniforms. One such veteran, out of more than 500,000 Soviet Jews who took part in the ďŹ ghting, approached Kan-Tor and urged him to take on the project of a museum.

The Russian-centric celebrations, however, were not inclusive toward other nationalities, including Americans. The some 550,000 Jewish-American troops made up the largest Jewish ďŹ ghting force in World War II. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know that Americans were in the war,â&#x20AC;? bemoaned Nadel. He was a commander of the only post in Israel for American Jewish war veterans and his testimony is slated to be featured prominently in the future museum. The post used to have 200 members and now it is down to just 90. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are a dying breed,â&#x20AC;? he said. Nadel said that of the 55 men who hit the Normandy beach under his command only 12 survived. He credits his own miraculous survival to a Jewish amulet attached to his dog tags. He said he and other soldiers had no idea about the concentration camps and the scope of the genocide. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know anything about it until we actually came across it and saw it with our own eyes,â&#x20AC;? he said. After the war, his wife wanted to immigrate to the Palestine Mandate, where other Jewish World War II vets helped build up Zionist forces ahead of Israelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s war of independence in 1948. But Nadel said heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d seen enough ďŹ ghting and opted to stay in the U.S., immigrating to Israel only in 1977. There he became recognizable in his Jerusalem neighborhood for wearing a baseball cap that read â&#x20AC;&#x153;World War II veteran.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Every American who sees me says â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Way to go.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; They know what we did. But the story of what we did has never really been told in Israel,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And in a few years there wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be any of us left.â&#x20AC;?

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June 5, 2015 • 18 Sivan 5775 THE JEWISH STAR