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Koren’s easy prayers for frum campers

Crowd boos Lew, sends message to O

Solving Judaism’s great problem

Who’s In the Kitchen

Kosher Bookworm

Politics to Go

Rabbi Binny Freedman

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nates from Australia, and was raised in Israel, where he received his smicha. “My priority as a rabbi is to welcome in all people,� Rabbi Rappeport said. “Judaism belongs to everyone.� “While maintaining tradition and authenticity, I feel it is important to ensure that our Judaism remains relevant and meaningful to our contemporary modern lives,� he added. This is partly accomplished through Rabbi Rappeport’s weekly Talmud and parsha classes, and the many programs and special events that the shul hosts Continued on page 10 5DEEL 6KDXO 5DSSHSRUW 5HEEHW]LQ 0LFKDO 5DSSHSRUW DQG WKHLU FKLOGUHQ OHIW WR ULJKW 6KDLQD 6DUD DQG (OLH]HU SLFWXUHG LQ WKH \HDU WKH\ DUULYHG LQ /LGR %HDFK

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By Mark Sherman WASHINGTON (AP) — Siding with the White House in a foreignpolicy power struggle with Congress, the Supreme Court ruled Monday that Americans born in Jerusalem can’t list Israel as their birthplace on passports. In a 6-3 ruling, the court said Congress overstepped its bounds when it approved the passport law in 2002. The ruling ended a 12-year-old lawsuit by a Jerusalem-born American, Menachem Zivotofsky, and his U.S.-citizen parents. The law the court struck down Monday would have forced the State Department to alter its long-standing policy of not listing Israel as the birthplace for Jerusalem-born Americans. The policy is part of the government’s refusal to recognize any nation’s sovereignty over Jerusalem until Israelis and Palestinians resolve its status through negotiations. Justice Anthony Kennedy said in his majority opinion that the president has the exclusive power to recognize foreign nations, and that determining what a passport says is part of that power. “Put simply, the nation must have a single policy regarding which governments are legitimate in the eyes of the United States and which are not,� Kennedy wrote. “Recognition is a topic on which the nation must speak with one voice. That voice must be the president’s.� Justice Antonin Scalia challenged Kennedy’s analysis in a vigorous dissent that Scalia summarized from the bench. “Who says so?� Scalia said. “The text and structure of the

U.S. policy has long refrained from recognizing any nation’s sovereignty over Jerusalem and has held that the city’s status should be resolved through negotiations between the parties. Congress has for years tried to push administrations of both parties to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. The U.S. has never enforced the passport law, which has been on the books since 2002. President George W. Bush signed the 2002 provisions into law but noted that “U.S. policy regarding Jerusalem has not changed.â€? Obama has taken the same stance. Reacting to the ruling, Alyza Lewin, who argued the case for the family, said the decision “highlights the central fallacyâ€? of U.S. policy on Jerusalem. “Presidents have been permitted by Ameri an public opinion to maintain, as American foreign policy, the absurd position that no country is sovereign over Jerusalem, and that no part of 0HQDFKHP =LYRWRIVN\ VWRRG ZLWK KLV IDWKHU $UL =LYRWRIVN\ DQG DWWRUQH\ $O\]D /HZLQ RXWVLGH WKH 6XSUHPH &RXUW LQ :DVKLQJWRQ the city, including the western porDIWHU WKH MXVWLFHV KHDUG DUJXPHQWV LQ WKH FDVH ODVW 1RY AP / Carolyn Kaster tion of Jerusalem, is in Israel,â€? Lewin said. Constitution divide responsibility for of the Temple University law school, Ministry spokesman Emmanuel NahState Department spokesman Jeff foreign policy.â€? said the decision was signiďŹ cant be- shon said Israel does not comment Rathke said the decision simply conďŹ rmed the president’s longstanding Chief Justice John Roberts and Jus- cause the court held for the ďŹ rst time on rulings by foreign courts. Israel has controlled all of Je- authority in foreign affairs and addthat the president has exclusive power tice Samuel Alito joined the dissent. In a separate opinion, Roberts in an area of foreign affairs — recog- rusalem since the Six-Day War in ed, “We remain committedâ€? to the cast the court’s decision as danger- nizing foreign governments — even 1967 and has proclaimed a united policy on the neutrality of Jerusalem. The justices had Zivotofsky’s case ously groundbreaking. “The court though the Constitution does not Jerusalem as its eternal capital. The takes the perilous step — for the ďŹ rst explicitly say so. On the other hand, Palestinians have declared that east before them once before. In 2012, time in our history — of allowing Reinstein said, Kennedy went out of Jerusalem will be the capital of their the court rejected lower-court decisions that called the matter a politithe president to defy an act of Con- his way to say Congress retains sub- independent state. In the voting breakdown, the cal issue that should be resolved by gress in the ďŹ eld of foreign affairs,â€? stantial authority in providing money for embassies, imposing restrictions court’s four liberals, including the Congress and the president without he wrote. Justice Clarence Thomas agreed on trade and refusing to ratify treaties. three Jewish justices, joined Ken- the help of the courts. with the outcome of the case, but on The federal appeals court in Saeb Erekat, a senior Palestinian nedy’s opinion that sided with the narrower grounds. ofďŹ cial, said the ruling was a “very administration and against the Zivot- Washington then struck down the law. Robert Reinstein, the former dean important decision.â€? Israeli Foreign ofskys.

‘Rollicking’ Israeli political circus visits New York By Maayan Jaffe, JNS.org “Israel is the most embattled democracy on earth. And what a democracy it is—robust and rollicking, with an often rancorous parliament,� Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said via video feed on June 7, addressing 1,500 people at the Jerusalem Post’s annual conference in New York. “I can give you personal testimony: a thoroughly independent judiciary—it will stay that way; a free press—it will stay that way; a democracy that rigorously protects the equal rights of all its citizens without exception.� Indeed, “rollicking� is one way to depict the three-ring circus that performed at the Jerusalem Post event, held at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in Times Square. When World Jewish Congress President Ronald S. Lauder took the stage, he encouraged Jewish unity and mutual respect. “All

Jews want a safe and secure Israel. ‌ If we disagree in how we get there, let’s do it in private. In public let’s speak with one voice,â€? he said. Less than one hour later, a panel on Iran went in the complete opposite direction. Discussing the challenges of the framework nuclear deal reached in April, the panelists—former Mossad chief Meir Dagan, former IDF chief of staff Lt.-Gen. (res.) Gabi Ashkenazi, former IDF deputy chief of staff Maj.-Gen. (res.) Uzi Dayan, and Jerusalem Post Senior Contributing Editor Caroline Glick—all agreed there was cause for grave concern over the Iranian threat. But when Glick charged that Dagan and Ashkenazi’s prevention of a military strike on Iran in 2010, in deďŹ ance of the prime minister’s orders, is what led to the current situation in which Iran is on the verge of getting a nu-

Reform tops Zionist vote Associated Press The liberal Reform movement has emerged as the biggest winner in an election seen as a bellwether of American Zionist sentiment. The Zionist arm of Reform Judaism won the greatest share of delegates for the World Zionist Congress, which will meet this October in Jerusalem. The congress sets policies, elects members of key committees and helps oversee three

major Israeli bodies: the Jewish Agency, the Jewish National Fund and the World Zionist Organization. The U.S. election for delegates to the congress ran from January to April. The Reform movement won 56 of the 145 U.S. seats in the assembly, while the Conservative Jewish movement won 25 seats and the Orthodox won 24. The rest of the seats were split among several other groups. The results were announced Friday.

clear bomb, the stage became a boxing ring. “In 2010, according to a report from 2012 on the Israeli news program ‘Uvda,’ we learned that two of the gentlemen on this panel were given an order to prepare the military for an imminent strike against Iran’s military installations and they refused,â€? Glick told the crowd, with a ďŹ nger pointed at Dagan and Ashkenazi. “Because it was an illegal order,â€? Dagan interrupted. “We were always willing to obey any legal order by the prime minister.â€? “You were ordered by the security cabinet,â€? Glick said. “You were not there, you don’t know what happened there,â€? Dagan answered. “Had you not brought in your expert legal opinion to determine whether or not the prime minister of Israel and the defense minister of Israel have a right to order Israel to take action in its national defense, then we would not be where we are today,â€? Glick charged. “We would not be faced with a situation where no international coalition will be built. Where now we are seeing the United States moving forward at the end of the month to conclude a nuclear agreement with Tehran that will enable them to acquire the bomb. We would be in a different position.â€? Ashkenazi then called out, “It is stupid to say what you just said, and above all it is wrong.â€? “That is not how it played out in the media,â€? Glick pushed. “There was never a decision about it,â€? Ashkenazi nearly begged, acknowledging

that he recommended against a unilateral Israeli strike on Iran at the time. It was one of many such debates during the conference that kept members of the crowd on the edge of their seats, applauding and booing in turn. Gil Hoffman, chief political correspondent and analyst for the Jerusalem Post, called that kind of action “part of the fun.â€? “What the J Post conferences have done in the past is enabled the politicians to air their dirty laundry in front of a very different audience that is not used to seeing politicians act so disrespectfully,â€? Hoffman said. “On the one hand it’s problematic; there are those that will say ďŹ ghting for the world to see is wrong,â€? he continued. “On the other hand, showcasing Israeli democracy is what makes Israel look good.â€? Hoffman, who has been covering Israeli politics for 15 years on behalf of the newspaper, admitted, “It is a circus we bring to town.â€? The display is one that highlights how passionate Israel’s leaders are about a country that at only 67 years old “is a work in progress, whose fate is constantly being pondered. ‌ We are ďŹ ghting here over the future of our country,â€? said Hoffman. In remarks at the conference’s conclusion, Glick was upbeat about that future. “Our coalition building may look yucky, but if it falls, there will always be another one,â€? she said. “You can trust us [the Jerusalem Post] to bring our roadshow to New York every year.â€?

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By Vanessa Parker Residents of the Five Towns and other communities close to John F. Kennedy International Airport will have the chance to air their complaints about aircraft noise at a public workshop at the Radisson JFK Hotel in Jamaica on Wednesday, June 17, from 6 to 8 pm. The primary topic at the meeting will be the noise study that the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has been working on since the fall of 2013 in conjunction with the Federal Aviation Administration. The study monitors noise levels of aircraft arriving at and departing from JFK. It is intended to determine how that noise affects nearby residents’ quality of life over a period of three years. The research also includes LaGuardia and Newark Liberty airports, and is known in FAA parlance as a Part 150 study. Port Authority spokesman Ron Marsico said the goal for next week’s workshop is to inform the public about the study. It will feature displays with information about the study’s schedule and the methods used to measure and track aircraft noise. “The workshop will provide an overview of the Part 150 noise study and serve as an opportunity for the public to ask questions and gain information about the process,â€? Marsico said. “The Port Authority is hosting the workshop, but noise study consultants and FAA representatives will be there.â€? “There will be one large general session at the beginning of the program, then people will split up to explore the stations,â€? explained Kendall Lampkin, executive director of the Town of Hempstead’s Town and Village Aircraft Safety and Noise Abatement Committee. “They will try to have ďŹ ve or six

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It has challenged both agencies to improve the quality of life for residents and homeowners. Myrna Zisman, a Cedarhurst village trustee, has served as a TVASNAC representative for eight years. “I want somebody to take control, and make the changes that need to be made,� she said.

“The powers that be need to do something. We, as the citizens, are getting the brunt of the effects of the noise. The longer it takes to complete this study, we all suffer. It’s very important that people of the Five Towns come out in droves to learn about this study and make themselves heard. The more noise we make, the [less] plane noise will affect our daily lives.â€? With summer approaching, Lampkin said, more aircraft will be ying over the Five Towns and Nassau County. He added that he supported the Port Authority’s efforts to keep the public informed during a busy time of the year. “Aircraft noise is cyclical,â€? he said. “The air pressure is lower, which makes the planes noisier. With the summer being such a busy season, I especially applaud the Port Authority for having so many meetings during this time.â€? Larry Hoppenhauer, a TVASNAC representative from Malverne, said that the public workshop was planned as one of a series expected to take place as the study continues. “I believe the public informational workshops are part of the 150 study guidelines,â€? he said. “I’m assuming that the Port Authority needs to hold these public informational workshops to let the public know what their progress to date is on the 150 study, and solicit input from the public.â€? To access WebTrak, the website that records aircraft noise levels, go to www.panynj. gov/airports/aircraft-noise-information. html. To report aircraft noise in your neighborhood, go to www.planenoise.com/panynj/daPRAbr9/. Residents can also ďŹ le noise complaints through the Port Authority’s aircraft noise hotline, at 800-225-1071.

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Peace dividend: Billions for Israelis, Palestinians By Aron Heller JERUSALEM (AP) — Israelis and Palestinians would gain billions of dollars from making peace with each other while both would face daunting economic losses in case of other alternatives, particularly in case of a return to violence, according to a new study released on Monday. The RAND Corp., a U.S.-based nonprofit research organization, interviewed some 200 officials from the region and elsewhere during more than two years of research into the costs of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Its main finding was that following a peace agreement, Israelis stood to gain $120 billion over the course of a decade. The Palestinians would gain $50 billion, marking a 36-percent

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PARIS (AP) — France’s foreign minister is criticizing any boycott of Israel, amid uproar over French telecom giant Orange’s announcement that it wants to cut ties with Israel. Laurent Fabius said in a statement Friday that it is up to Orange to determine its business strategy, but “France is firmly opposed to a boycott of Israel.” Orange’s chief executive Stephane Richard said in Cairo on Wednesday he wants to end his company’s relationship with an Israeli partner because of sensitivity to Arab countries. The announcement angered Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and boosted a growing movement seeking boycotts of companies that operate in West Bank settlements. It’s unclear whether the French government, with a 13 percent stake in Orange, would try to influence the company’s actions in Israel. While distancing the government from Orange’s position, Fabius also reiterated Europe’s longstanding opposition to the settlements. Netanyahu said Friday that Richard’s “subsequent words of admiration for Israel don’t square with his unequivocally hostile remarks in Cairo.” Israeli officials say the movement to boycott aims to delegitimize the country’s very existence as a Jewish state. “It’s not about this or that Israeli policy. It’s about our right to exist here as a free people,” Netanyahu said in remarks sent to journalists.

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Hot town! Lido Beach is a hidden gem of frum LI‌ Continued from page 1 throughout the year. These include workshops before each holiday, chessed programs (such as delivering food packages to the needy before Pesach), guest cantors, and Shabbat scholars-in-residence. In the summer, when the community nearly doubles in size as people settle into their summer homes, the shul hosts lectures on topics ranging from medicine to books to works of art. •On July 24–25, Rabbi Marc Angel, rabbi emeritus of the Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue in Manhattan, author and editor of 28 books, and director of the Institute for Jewish Ideas and Ideals, will visit as a scholar-in-residence. •On Aug. 14-15, the community will host scholars-inresidence, Rabbi Ronen Neuwirth and Dr. Penina Neuwirth, prominent Jewish educators and co-founders of Beit HillelAttentive Spiritual Leadership, a Modern Orthodox organization aspiring to guide the Religious Zionist Community in a religiously tolerant and inclusive direction. The shul also has programs for children including a “mini minyan,â€? advanced childrens’ parsha classes, and a drama group. Another of its features is a year-round sit-down kiddish, catered by Shop Glatt Mart and sponsored by different shul members. The Rappeports host Shabbat meals in their home on a weekly basis, and families invite one another for meals as well. “Because the community is small, there is space for the input of community members and for our interests to be transformed into programs. This also takes our programs up a notch from the standard,â€? explained Margolin. Other events include a Purim Carnival, annual Labor Day BBQ, and just recently, an Israeli art fair. Community members agreed that tashlich is an annual highlight. “We all go down to the ocean together; it’s very special,â€? said Cindy Schaan. Rabbi Rappeport characterized the community as “very family-oriented.â€? In accordance with the Jewish principle that “all of Israel is responsible for one another,â€? he said, “everyone in the community together, including the summertime members, feels like one family. We are there for one another’s celebrations, funerals; whenever anyone needs anything, the community is there to help.â€?

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Not ďŹ ve minutes later, my phone rang and it was my daughter’s boyfriend, Dan. He and my daughter were in California visiting friends and relatives and taking in some baseball games. At ďŹ rst I was nervous that something happened to my daughter Jordana. He assured me that everything was ďŹ ne, and that he planned to propose the following night. To say I was shocked was an understatement. As far as I knew the proposal was going to take place late in July or August. He wanted to really surprise Jordana and by not telling her parents, who might just slip, he ďŹ gured Jordana would be shocked. I’ll tell you this much, I was certainly shocked. Shocked and thrilled! After dating for ďŹ ve and a half years, since Jordana was 17, I’ve really gotten to know Dan, and I love him and his family. The next day I pushed off writing the article till after I heard from my daughter that night. I’d write the article after I heard everything went well, which it did. But, hey, my daughter just got engaged; although it was almost midnight, my phone was ringing off the hook, my cell was pinging with texts and emails, and after my daughter’s friend posted the good news on Facebook, the messages kept on coming through the wee hours. My daughter was engaged. That constituted a pretty good reason to take yet another week off. But being that I love my publisher and editor, I didn’t want to take advantage. I’ll save those off weeks for before the engagement party, the shower, gown shopping, the wedding etc. Just kidding, Ed! For those of you who have have requested recipes for desserts that are served individually, and are creative, here is one that looks hard, but in reality just takes a bit more time. You can all ace this one.

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It’s summertime ‌ and the praying is easy ALAN JAY GERBER KOSHER BOOKWORM

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the way through with a smile of intellectual nachas on both your face and your heart. This commentary is written by Rabbi Dr. Jay Goldmintz, an adjunct professor at the Azrieli Graduate School and rabbi at the Maayanot High School in Teaneck. It is divided into four main segments for your learning pleasure and as an enhancement to your praying experience: 1. Biur TeďŹ lla helps us gain a thorough understanding of the basic text and context of the prayers. It examines and explains a speciďŹ c word or phrase in the prayer text and provides us with an informative understanding of the historical background of the prayer. 2. Iyyun TeďŹ lla explores the deeper meaning behind the prayer to include the philosophical and theological meanings of the text and its context to the overall placement in the prayer service. 3. Hilchot TeďŹ lla gives us the practical application of the prayer as it applies to ritual requirements throughout the text together with an appendix that focuses on the laws of prayer. 4. Ani TeďŹ lla is designed to encourage the worshiper’s connection to the prayer in a personal way, encouraging each worshiper to consider prayers in a experiential way, inspiring with thought-provoking quotes and narratives a mood of devotion that can enhance

one’s kavanah. The words of the siddur, according to Rabbi Goldmintz, “are not only to be taken literally, they are also signposts to help generate the range of thoughts and emotions and associations that reside within you on any given day.â€? This should give you the ability to thus think and feel beyond the words. Rabbi Goldmintz’s thinking on the basic foundational purpose behind his work can be seen as reected in his written to this reviewer: “One of the emphases of this siddur is for people to bring their own personalities to the prayers, to ďŹ nd their own kavana within the keva, the personal within the ďŹ xed. Many of us bring our own associations to words and concepts, but kids, as well as many adults, are associatively poor in this regard. They were never trained to go beyond the written word and its narrow literal meaning or, even if one wants to stick with the literal meaning, they were never trained to think about what it means to them

personally, what experiences, emotions, memories the words can evoke.’’ Lastly, I want to bring to your attention the work’s “Frequently Asked Questionsâ€? section. “I have appended a section on frequently asked questions about teďŹ lla that I have heard from young people and adults over the years,â€? Rabbi Goldmintz writes. “The answers are purposely brief. They should be considered introductions rather than comprehensive and complete. As Hillel said to the person who wanted to learn the entire Torah at once, ‘Go and learn.’ For rest assured that during the last 2,000 years, you are not the only one to have these questions, and others have no doubt come up with more if not better answers than I.â€? Thus speaks a good teacher. Now it is up to you to go read and learn. Pray, and through the teachings to be found in this new siddur, your prayers will most certainly be better understood by you and, through your heartfelt efforts, will be answered by Hashem.

‘Catch the Jew!’ eyes an ideological mineďŹ eld By Amelia Katzen, JNS.org Alan Dershowitz is fond of pointing out that, were a Martian to land in the middle of the United Nations, he would think that Israel was the worst place on the earth, which is oth-erwise perfect. In the recently published “Catch the Jew!â€? (Gefen Publishing House), Tuvia Tenenbom is a German journalist playing the role of that Martian, but he lands in middle of the state of Israel. His publisher has given him the assignment of writing about Israel by interviewing its inhabitants over the course of seven months. He arrives in Israel more or less a tabula rasa, a blank slate, with no political agenda or expectations. What does he ďŹ nd? People of all sorts, who are surprising, predictable, infuriating, self-serving, dedicated, funny, sad, uplifting, depressing, and enlightening. There’s something for everyone. Tenenbom was born in Jerusalem to an ultra-religious and anti-Zionist family, left the fold as a young man to live in the United States, and later moved to Germany, where he works as a journalist. He is uent in Hebrew, English, German, and Arabic, all of which he uses both as cover and to ingratiate himself as needed with the subjects of his inter-views. Tenenbom talks to Palestinians and Jews, the religious and the secular, leftists and conservatives, Bedouins and settlers, streetwalkers and Members of Knesset. He asks Jews what it means to be an Israeli, Palestinians

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what it means to live in Israel, Bedouin women what their sex life is like (and can they please invite him inside their house?), NGOs where they get their money. Though they are initially evasive, Tuvia persists, and what they tell him is amazingly revealing. Tuvia starts his Israeli sojourn with a visit to the Old City of Jerusalem and the Temple Mount. He is puzzled by his inability as either a Jew or a Christian (he tries both identi-ties)

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to visit the mosques without being denied access by Israeli police or chased away by Arabs. In contrast to other places in the world, he discovers, “Here the ones occupied, the Arabs, dictate to the occupiers, the Jews, that they, the Jews, must protect them, the Ar-abs, from their brethren, the other Jews, and from the Christians.â€? This type of insight is typical. Among the Arabs that “Tobi the German journalistâ€? befriends is General Jibril Rajoub, a charismatic leader jailed more than once by the Israelis for terrorism and previously head of the Palestinian Authority’s intelligence and security apparatus. Jibril invites Tobi to a Palestinian Independence Day party in Bil’in, site of ongoing protests against the separation wall and the star of the ďŹ lm “5 Broken Cameras.â€? As it turns out, Tobi is not the only guest, and it’s not exactly a party. He mounts a bus full of European diplomats and NGO workers, some wearing Hermes scarves with their kefďŹ yehs, which takes them to a spot guarded by a handful of Israel Defense Forces soldiers. European journalists set up their cameras in one area; Palestinians are praying in another. An imam

incites the crowd, youths start to throw rocks, the soldiers do nothing. Eventually the rocks become boulders, then ďŹ rebombs. Now the soldiers respond with tear gas, the cameras start to roll, and the party guests run for cover. Once the journalists have enough and begin to pack up, the “protestâ€? ends. As he travels through Palestinian towns, Tuvia learns that funding for the beautiful homes and Arab cultural centers comes from the European Union (EU), especially Germany. He visits Gerald Steinberg of the NGO Monitor research institute. Of 150 international NGOs operating in Israel, 50 are funded by Germany or German foundations, and all of them are pro-Palestinian. Tuvia wonders why these young Europeans are so dedicated to protecting the Palestinians from Israeli oppression. Tuvia ďŹ nds his answer as he follows a group of Italian youths touring the Yad Vashem Holocaust museum, led by an Israeli named Itamar, “a proud ex-Jew.â€? The educational trip has been arranged by an Italian institution in Milano and paid for by the EU. Tuvia wonders what these Europeans will think about the “Dead Jews’ Museum.â€? But Itamar the educator does his best to turn the World War II story into a contemporary one, by making comparisons between then and now—that is, between yesterday’s Nazis and today’s Israelis. Thanks to their guide, at each exhibit, the Italians see the dead Jews of the camps but hear the name “Palestine.â€? They watch a ďŹ lm of Nazi ofďŹ cers but hear the name Israel. As Tenenbom puts it, the Europeans are “using Yad Vashem, the monument for millions of Jews slaughtered at their hands, as a platform for poisonous propaganda against the survivors of their butchery.â€? “Catch the Jew!â€? is ďŹ lled with such realizations, small and large. It is at once a breezily written travelogue and a voyage through the political landscape, spotted with ideological landmines at every step. Even if you think you know everything there is to know about Israel, you’ll meet people you never knew existed and you’ll have fun getting to know them. But beware: in June, Tuvia told JNS.org, he will be starting his research for a new book—about the U.S.

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ne commentator suggested that booing Jack Lew at last Sunday’s Jerusalem Post conference would “piss off Obama.” Instead, the boos were the pro-Israel community’s way of telling the Administration that it is tired of being “pissed on by Obama.” Playing the role of the Obama “house Jew,” Treasury Secretary Jack Lew, an Orthodox Jew, addressed the fourth annual Jerusalem Post conference in New York. As he tried to defend the most anti-Israel administration in history, Lew was met with catcalls, screams of “nonsense,” and even some boos by the proIsrael crowd upset that the Administration official was figuratively “peeing on their legs and saying it was raining.” Arutz Sheva reported: As Lew proclaimed that “no administration has done more for Israel than the current

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one,” and that “we do not at all assume that Iran intends to act with innocent intentions,” a large number of audience members began hooting, booing, and yelling “nonsense,” as well as intoning sharper invectives. Lew continued, saying that the U.S. “strategically assists Israel daily, and we stand against those who question Israel’s legitimacy and right to exist.” This, too, earned audience opprobrium. At one point, Lew was forced to stop speaking and address the audience response, saying “I understand that we do not agree on everything, but there is no doubt of the commitment of President Obama to the State of Israel.” An Orthodox Jew, Lew did generate cheers when he invoked the name of Israel’s Prime Minister, saying, “Binyamin Netanyahu does not believe we can trust Iran.” But Obama does, apparently, which was why the audience reacted so negatively,” said one observer. “This was the worst I have ever seen a U.S. official ver treated in front of a proIsrael audience,” he added. hile Lew wasn’t the real target of the crowd’s anger (his boss the president was) he brought the crowd’s wrath upon himself by spinning Obama’s anti-Israel policies and acting as the Obama administration’s “house Jew,” joining other Jews such as Martin Indyk, the Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg, Abe Foxman of the Anti-Defamation League and the American Jewish Committee’s David Harris, whose Jewish origins were exploited by the Administration to either trash Israel or suppress criticism of Obama within the Jewish community. After Lew’s speech, Israel’s National Infrastructure Minister Yuval Steinitz took the stage to praise Lew’s actions in getting Israel included in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. And later Natan Sharansky came to Lew’s defense during his own speech, saying that as an aide to Senator Tip O’Neill in the late 1970s, Lew had played

a major part in bringing about the release of Soviet Jews. Both Steinitz and Sharansky were correct, but their points were irrelevant. The boos weren’t directed at Lew, they were directed at the most antiIsrael administration in history. Lew simply volunteered to be the Administration’s spokesman. The Jerusalem Post reported after Lew’s speech that Yair Lapid tried to “make nice” with the treasury secretary: “Yesh Atid leader Yair Lapid made a personal appeal to Lew in a meeting on the sidelines of the conference, telling US treasury secretary, ‘The boos that were directed at you represent an ugly and embarrassing act. Israel greatly appreciates the relations with U.S. administration.’ “Lapid added: ‘If we want to maintain good relations with the U.S. administration we need to know how to behave politely to all senior members of the Administration, and once again, we have failed and fallen at this’.” A friend of mine asked, “What good did the boos do besides allowing the hecklers to hear their own voices?” I responded with “What good has all the politeness done to get this administration to reverse their anti-Israel and anti-Semitic policies?” Perhaps it’s time for American Jews and all friends of Israel to boo the Obama administrations policies. Perhaps we should get even angrier when he uses a “house Jew” to help push his policies, believing they would be more acceptable coming from one of our own. It’s not as if the hecklers burst into a conference to show their displeasure with the Obama administration. They paid for their tickets, and representing the Administration, Jack Lew came to talk to them. How else were they expected to express their displeasure with Lew for doing little more than spewing Administration talking points? Boos and catcalls are an expression of free speech, it’s the only way for a crowd to non-vi-

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olently show their objections to being thrown a load of horse poop. Things have gotten desperate; Obama threatens to complete a pact which will allow Iran to get nukes, he threatens to abandon Israel at the United Nations, he makes demands on Israel but none on the Palestinians even when they fire missiles into Israel as they did this week. And don’t forget all the reports of Iran’s satellite Hezbollah putting 150,000 missiles on the Lebanon/Israel boarder. Perhaps organizations hosting conferences such as the JPost or AIPAC should tell the Administration that they are losing support within the pro-Israel Jewish community and they should expect catcalls if they present nothing but nonsense and spin. Or even better, perhaps they should forgo invitations to an anti-Israel administration. Let Obama administration figures speak to J Street, the faux pro-Israel organization deemed as illegitimate until Obama came into office and decided that they should have a seat at the table. Those who booed and let the Obama Administration hear their opinions should be very proud of themselves because they did the right thing.

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h, yes, you speak of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, which the then-Democrat-controlled Congress passed on a party-line vote back in 2009. It’s been the subject of lots of confusion and lawsuits ever since.” “I thought the Supreme Court ruled on ObamaCare in 2012.” “That ruling had to do with the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act’s individual mandate. The federal mandate requires individuals to purchase health insurance — but the Supreme Court ruled, 5-4, that this requirement is OK because it is really a tax.” “Congress may be incompetent in many areas, but it sure is good at creating new taxes.” “Well, a ruling is expected this month in the case now before the Supreme Court, which has to do with health-insurance subsidies. When the bill was written in Congress, four simple words were put in: ‘established by the state’ The idea was that subsidies would only be available to people who purchase insurance in a market exchange established by their state.” “Why would the drafters of the bill include a term like that?” “Some suggest it was done to force states

to set up ObamaCare market exchanges or risk losing federal subsidies that help those who can’t afford ObamaCare — no small number of people — afford their premiums. But 34 states still refused to set up exchanges.” “Which means?” “Well, since 34 states refused to set up ObamaCare exchanges, the federal government stepped into those states and set up federal exchanges that provide ObamaCare customers with federal subsidies to help them purchase ObamaCare policies. The IRS, the federal agency tasked with enforcing ObamaCare, decided to ignore the four words, ‘established by the state,’ even though they are plain as day in the law. So various states and local governments filed suits.” “So, what happens if the Supreme Court rules that only the state-run exchanges can receive federal subsidies?” “It means that 34 states that run only federal exchanges will no longer receive federal subsidies. Some 6.5 million people in these states will lose their subsidies and, analysts believe, many will drop their coverage due to the high costs.” “That sounds like a disaster in the making.” “It could lead to a ‘death spiral’ in which healthy people, who by law can now get coverage if they ever do get ill, will simply stop paying for it. They’ll buy it if they get sick. That means the people who keep their policies are more likely to be those with current health issues. Costs could spiral out of control.” “The politicians might take some heat for

that. Do you think Republicans in Congress are willing to take that heat?” “According to The Hill, ‘House conservatives are hinting at support for a temporary extension of Obamacare subsidies if the Supreme Court cripples the law, even as they set up a working group to develop their own plan.’ They are hoping there will be a Republican president in 2017 and they will then be able to reform or replace ObamaCare.” “It’s a heck of a mess, isn’t it?” “Yes, it is. This is why the wiser analysts in the country pleaded with our politicians not to attempt to reform one-sixth of the U.S. economy in one fell swoop. It is why we asked that our representatives read the bill before voting on it — not pass it to find out what was in it, as Democrat Nancy Pelosi, who was then House speaker, suggested.” “What we are finding isn’t very pretty.” “That’s right, and it’s likely to get a lot worse before it gets better. It’s amazing, the power that our plain-written words can have over an entire country.”

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Pharoah — yes, Pharaoh — and honoring G-d RABBI AVI BILLET PARSHA OF THE WEEK

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ast weekend earned some off-the-track Jewish attention. On Thursday, Mexican jockey Victor Espinoza made his way to the Chabad Ohel and the grave of the Lubavitcher Rebbe. The spiritual man was looking for some divine intervention to help him win the Triple Crown. On Saturday, the “Jewish horse,” the ironically named American Pharoah, owned by the Jewish Egyptian-American Zayat family, running under the aforementioned jockey, did indeed make history, being the first horse to win the coveted horse-racing triple crown in 37 years. A WCBS-TV report on Espinoza’s visit to the Rebbe’s grave noted that it was probably the first time anyone prayed for a pharaoh at the Ohel. But I suppose that the horse’s purposely misspelled name makes it alright. Watching Ahmed Zayat explain how G-d comes first for his family, and hearing of their plans to camp out at Belmont Park for Shabbos in order to be present for the race, one can’t help but think that while their horse’s name might include a nod to their Egyptian origins, they do not intend to ever return there. Not that this is surprising. Why would anyone who had suffered or been oppressed by Egypt ever want to return there? This is precisely the dilemma we are faced with when we read Bamidbar 14:2-4: “The entire community was saying, ‘We wish we had died in Egypt! We should have died in this desert! Why is G-d bringing us to this

land to die by the sword? Our wives and children will be captives! It would be best to go back to Egypt!’ The people started saying to one another, ‘Let’s appoint a [new] leader and go back to Egypt’.” Having been the victims of slavery and oppression, we wonder how the Israelites could possibly contemplate returning to Egypt, even when faced with what seems to be the dangerous nature of the Canaanites. Even if Canaan seems to be a less than favorable option, having seen that they can survive in the wilderness, wouldn’t noman’s-land be a suitable alternative over a return to bondage? The simplest answer is that they may not have preferred Egypt, but at least they were familiar with Egypt. They knew what to expect. And the Chizkuni interprets along these lines when he suggests that the Israelites were saying, “When we were in Egypt, when someone died he would leave his belongings to his relatives or neighbors. But now, anything a person leaves behind is lost.” Think about the negative episode of Korach, in which those swallowed by the ground lost everything, leaving nothing for whatever surviving children they may have had. Tzlafchad, who is much more positively portrayed in the Torah, also leaves nothing to his daughters upon his death (a controversial reality until the law is clarified). In this light, the desire to return to Egypt is really to return to a life that is relatively routine, when a nation is not living out of suitcases,

and when they can settle in a reality that is, at least to their knowledge and experience, normal. The Alshikh adds an insight that touches completely on the psyche of the people, due to their awareness of history. The people knew that the promise to Avraham had been for his children to be strangers in a strange land for 400 years. They also knew that from the time Yaakov came down to Egypt until the Exodus, only 210 years had passed. Many may have felt there were 190 years to go, albeit in a different location. And this was the rub, because they knew how their women and children had been treated in Egypt: relatively well. But there was a tremendous amount of uncertainty as to how a Canaanite or Emorite bondage would have translated into mistreatment of the women and children. And so, the return to Egypt was offered as an option because it seemed the better of two evils. We are the beneficiaries of 20-20 hindsight. We know that the choices and decisions, as well as the thought processes of the Israelites, were out of line. We know they followed the advice of 10 spies instead of the two righteous ones who were faith-driven men preaching what they knew to be correct on account of their relationships with the Divine. We know that if the incident of the spies had gone differently, the people likely would have been in the land within days or weeks, not 40 years. And we know that had Moshe led them into Canaan, they wouldn’t have experienced Canaan as “an evil” in any way. The question is, would we have behaved

The desire to return to Egypt is really to return to a life that is relatively routine.

any differently? How many people are ready to leave a less-than-perfect yet familiar life to branch off into the “eretz lo zarua” (the land of the unknown)? Who feels comfortable moving to a new place where the promises that have been offered haven’t been actualized yet? While hopefully our options are not even remotely similar to Egyptian bondage or Canaanite bondage, life presents its own set of challenges that sometimes push people to seek personally greener pastures in education, employment, self-employment, what neighborhood or state or country to live in, and in how to raise a family. ome people may not like that the Zayats attended the Belmont race. Perhaps horse racing is not in the spirit of Shabbos. But I think that with the bad press certain elements of the Orthodox world have been getting, the example the Zayats set in stating that G-d comes first, in wearing their Shabbos clothes to the races and in camping out so they could be in attendance without driving, is a welcome Kiddush Hashem. Seeing a Jewish family engage in their greener pasture while respectably honoring their G-d does not even fall into the equation of the lesser of two evils. Maybe not all of us would have done the same in similar circumstances (honestly, most Americans do not understand the subtleties of Shabbos questions). But the Kiddush Hashem aspect cannot be overlooked. This is something that the spies, and the people who followed them, overlooked. You honor G-d first. And then pray that everything else will fall into place. And for American Pharoah, it seems everything did.

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Perhaps it’s time for us to recapture our mission RABBI BINNY FREEDMAN THE HEART OF JERUSALEM

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hat is the greatest problem the Jewish people face today? Some would say assimilation: Of the estimated 13 million Jews worldwide, how many are committed to Jewish tradition and Jewish continuity? According to the recent Pew report, after factoring out the Orthodox community, in North America alone, upwards of 70 percent of the remaining 4.5 million estimated Jews are or will most probably intermarry. But assimilation is not the problem; it is only a symptom of the problem. Some would say anti-Semitism: The percentage of hate inspired crimes against the Jewish communities of Europe is clearly on the rise, and even in North America, over 50 percent of Jewish university students have experienced anti-Israel and anti-Semitic behavior on campuses. But again, anti-Semitism is not the problem; it is simply a symptom of the problem. Iran, Hezbollah, Hamas, and even Venezuela and Argentina are not the problem, nor is the Palestinian Authority, BDS, or Justice for Palestine on U.S. campuses; they are all just symptoms of the problem. So what is the real problem? It’s all about education. Jews willing to give up their Jewish heritage will rightly ask: “Why should I care about Judaism in the first place?” The same way Jews on campuses are often not at all sure why we even need a Jew-

ish state, much less what that really means. We need to change the way we educate ourselves, and our children, and we need to honestly examine the flaws in our current educational systems. And we are not just talking about Jewish schools or Jewish children; rather, we need to take a closer look at all the ways we educate ourselves, including the media and social networking. The level of negative messaging we are constantly exposed to, whether violence, objectifying the human body, materialism as an ideal, or character assassination, is astounding. So where can we start? Perhaps there is something simple we can do that is alluded to in this week’s portion Shelach. ashi notes (Bamidbar 13:2) that this week’s story of the spies, (who return with a negative report from their mission to spy out the land) immediately follows the story of Miriam who gossips about her brother Moshe and is punished with leprosy. Rashi explains that this is meant to teach us that the spies saw the seriousness with which Miriam was punished for slander, and yet did not heed the lesson as to the seriousness of negative speech, ultimately slandering the land, for which they were severely punished. The Torah’s order was not meant for the spies, who died 3,000 years ago in the des-

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If Jews are distant from their Jewish identity, it is because we are not sharing with them a Judaism worth embracing.

the events around us are all the clues we need to discern how to fix our own behavior. Indeed the Baal Shem Tov (Rav Yisrael Baal Shem Tov, 17th century founder of the Chassidut movement) suggests, as an example: When we see someone transgressing Shabbat, we should not assume we are seeing this so that we will start screaming about Shabbat; rather, it means there is a flaw in our own relationship with Shabbat which is what we first need to work on. Imagine what a different world we would live in if we all practiced this simple idea. This does not only refer to individual mistakes we may see others making, but also to flaws we perceive on a national and even global level. As an example, it is perhaps not an accident that the (by now generally accepted) debacle of expelling the Jews of Gush Katif from their homes in Aza and turning the Gaza strip over to the Arabs (ultimately Hamas) is referred to as the hitnatkut, or disengagement . I have a vivid memory of that terribly sad week in the summer of 2005, of watching a TV reporter asking random Israelis on an Israeli beach what they thought of the disengagement; most of them had no idea what he was talking about! Can you imagine? Eight-thousand Jews are being expelled from their homes, whole communities are being bulldozed, Arab terrorists are dancing on the ruins of burning synagogues, and Jews on the Tel Aviv beach are completely oblivious. Continued on page 20

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magine if President Obama gave an award to James Holmes, the shooter who slaughtered 12 people in a movie theater in Aurora, Colorado, in 2012. Well, Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas just did the next best thing. On May 28, Abbas awarded the Military Star of Honor to Fatima Barnawi, who planted a bomb in a Jerusalem movie theater in 1967. Miraculously, the bomb was discovered and defused. Both Barnawi and Holmes had the same intention: to slaughter innocent civilians. The only difference between them

is that the Colorado gunman was more successful. This is actually the second time in recent weeks that Abbas has heaped honors upon this particular would-be mass murderer. Abbas marked “Palestinian Prisoners Day,” April 17, by bestowing a medal on Barnawi, who was the first woman Fatah terrorist captured by the Israelis. Barnawi was sentenced to life in prison for the attempted massacre. But she was released after 10 years as a “gesture” in honor of the visit to Israel of Egyptian President Anwar Sadat. After the establishment of the PA in 1994, Barnawi was rewarded with the position of chief of the women’s section of the PA police. Interviewed on PA TV a few weeks ago, Barnawi made it clear that she does not have the slightest regret about trying to slaughter innocent Jewish civilians.

“All my life I had dreamed about it,” she said proudly. “We were supposed to place the explosives in the restroom or under one of the seats. I put them where we sat, near the middle [of the theater]... It was almost time. We left... While we were leaving, the bomb was discovered. An American sitting behind us said: ‘The ladies forgot their bag.’ The usher came to take the bag and found a ticking clock. There were only seconds left [until the explosion]. He called them [security]. They moved the people away and blew it up at the entrance... I say, this is not a failure, because it generated fear throughout the world. Every woman who carries a bag needs to be checked before she enters the supermarket, any place, cinemas and pharmacies... I don’t define that as a failure.” The PA TV host chimed in, “That is certainly not a failure. It is a success for the Pal-

estinian resistance that went into the heart of the Israeli occupation, into the cinema and created a state of panic, because [since then] they’ve taken extra precautions when each person enters a cinema or any public place.” (Translation by Palestinian Media Watch.) Obama seems to think that the main obstacle to peace in the Middle East is an Israeli family building another porch on a house in Jerusalem that is slightly beyond Israel’s pre-1967 borders. But is it just possible that a PA which openly glorifies and encourages terrorism against Israelis is the real obstacle to peace? And could it be that the Obama administration’s policy of giving the PA a $500-million blank check each year is therefore not the wisest move? Stephen M. Flatow, an attorney in New Jersey, is the father of Alisa Flatow, who was murdered in a Palestinian terrorist attack in 1995.

When a piece of paper meant life or death RAFAEL MEDOFF

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t is a fantastic commentary on the inhumanity of our times,” journalist Dorothy Thompson wrote at the height of the 1930s European Jewish refugee crisis, “that for thousands and thousands of people a piece of paper with a stamp on it is the difference between life and death.” Seventy-five years ago this month, president Franklin D. Roosevelt’s newly appointed assistant secretary of state sent his colleagues a memo outlining a strategy to “postpone and postpone and postpone” the granting of that “piece of paper” to refugees. Breckinridge Long’s chilling memo, more than any other single document, has come to symbolize the abandonment of the Jews during the Holocaust. Long, a personal friend of Roosevelt’s and a major donor to his first presidential campaign, was rewarded with the post of U.S. ambassador to Italy. Long’s dispatches to Washington from Rome in the early and mid

1930s praised the Mussolini regime for its “well-paved” streets, “dapper” black-shirted stormtroopers, and “punctual trains.” Eleanor Roosevelt once remarked to the president about Long, “Franklin, you know he’s a fascist” — to which an angry FDR replied, “I’ve told you, Eleanor, you must not say that.” In early 1940, Roosevelt promoted Long to the position of assistant secretary of state, putting him in charge of 23 of the State Department’s 42 divisions, including the visa section. Long joined a department that was wellschooled in suppressing immigration. From 1933 to 1938, the first five years the Nazis were in power, the Roosevelt administration had gone out of its way to restrict Jewish immigration from Germany to levels far lower than what the law allowed — the German quota of 25,957 was only 5 percent filled in 1933, and 14 percent filled in 1934. The only year that Roosevelt permitted the German quota to be filled was 1938-39, and only then because of tremendous international pressure following the German annexation of Austria and the Kristallnacht pogrom. By the time Long assumed his post at the State Department in early 1940, the old practice of actively suppressing immigration be-

low the quota had returned. In addition to the administration’s general hostility toward immigration—especially Jewish immigration—there was now the added fear of Nazi spies reaching the U.S., with FDR himself was fanning the flames. The notion that German spies would reach America disguised as refugees was baseless. There was only one instance in which a Nazi successfully posed as a Jewish refugee in order to reach the Western hemisphere—and he was captured in Cuba and executed. On June 26, 1940, assistant secretary Long composed a memo explaining to his colleagues how to keep out the Jews. “We can delay and effectively stop for a temporary period of indefinite length the number of immigrants into the United States,” he wrote. “We could do this by simply advising our consuls to put every obstacle in the way and to require additional evidence and to resort to various administrative devices which would postpone and postpone and postpone the granting of the visas.” Long’s plan was to use the “postpone and postpone” method as a temporary measure, until a way could be devised to make it permanent. And that’s exactly what happened.

Three days after Long’s memo, the State Department ordered U.S. consuls abroad to reject applications from anyone about whom they had “any doubt whatsoever.” The new instruction specifically noted that this policy would result in “a drastic reduction in the number of quota and non-quota immigration visas issued.” It worked as intended. In the year to follow, immigration from Germany and Austria was kept to just 47 percent of the quota, and the following year it was held to under 18 percent. Then, in June 1941, the Roosevelt administration adopted a harsh new policy, known as the Close Relatives Edict. It barred the entry of anyone who had close relatives in German-occupied territory, on the grounds that the Nazis might hold those relatives hostage in order to force the immigrant to become a spy for Hitler. No such cases were ever discovered, but in the meantime, countless Jews with relatives in Europe were automatically declared ineligible for immigration to America. Another “piece of paper” helped trap millions of Jews in Hitler’s Europe. Dr. Rafael Medoff is founding director of The David S. Wyman Institute for Holocaust Studies.

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he French, to the casual observer, are a real enigma when it comes to foreign policy. Sometimes it seems like they can be truly helpful, whereas other times they are truly awful. Take Iran. On the question of the mullahs’ nuclear ambitions, France has retained a healthy skepticism regarding the current negotiating process being pushed by the Obama administration. Yet we shouldn’t get overly carried away by Francophilia. Historically, France has never liked playing second fiddle to the Americans. But this has more to do with strategic calculation than emotion. In 2003, France vociferously opposed the American-led war in Iraq that led to the overthrow of Saddam Hussein’s dictatorship. At the time, the French figured that doing so would

push up their stock in the Middle East just as the stock of the Americans came crashing down. So it is with Iran. The French stance certainly boosts the Israelis, but it is among the Sunni Arab nations that they are reaping material rewards. The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is another aspect of the Middle East’s woes in which France is pursuing a policy of pleasing the Arab nations, only this time at the expense of Israel. Last year’s vote by French parliamentarians to unilaterally recognize a Palestinian state, then described as mainly symbolic, is steadily becoming official French policy. In March, the French government set in motion the drafting of a U.N. resolution to secure a final settling of the Palestinian conflict with Israel. As the Associated Press reported at the time, “While the substance of the French draft may not differ much from past failed efforts to revive Mideast peace talks, France is hoping this time to avoid a U.S. veto at the U.N. because of increasing American frustration with [Israeli] Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.” According to reports in the French press, the resolution uses Israel’s pre-1967 borders as its point of departure. Two states would be

secured on either side of the 1949 armistice line (Green Line), with land swaps implemented to compensate the Palestinians for any West Bank territory incorporated into Israel by such an agreement. The resolution would require the sharing of Jerusalem as the capital of both states. A “just” solution of the Palestinian refugee question—widely believed to focus on financial compensation—is also on the table. Here’s the kicker, though: If that resolution hasn’t led to the creation of an independent Palestinian state within 18 months of its passage, France—one of the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council—will go ahead and recognize one anyway. Either way, this poses a serious threat to Israel’s sovereignty, because unlike U.N. General Assembly resolutions, those agreed by the Security Council carry legal weight. Israel does have allies that are likely to oppose the resolution, such as the Canadians, about whom Netanyahu recently said that the Jewish state “has no better friend.” Some of the European states, anxious to avoid a situation in which they are eclipsed by the French on foreign

policy, might also raise objections. But Canada isn’t on the Security Council, and the only other Europeans who are there permanently are the British. In the final analysis, then, the French bid can only be thwarted by the U.S. Obama, though, has been hinting strongly that the U.S. would vote in favor of the resolution, thus breaking a long tradition of vetoing measures that would harm Israel’s security. As usual, Obama rationalized this position by playing up his personal animus towards Netanyahu. In a recent interview with Israeli television, the president described Netanyahu as “predisposed” to thinking that “peace is naive.” Hence, by the end of the year, we could be facing the prospect of an Iranian nuclear weapon and a solution to the Palestinian issue that would be imposed upon Israel, rather than arising from the consent that is essential for successful negotiations. In many ways, the French will be to blame for this. But the real responsibility will lie with the Obama administration, which continues to insist that it has Israel’s back while undermining it at every turn. Ben Cohen, senior editor of TheTower.org

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Rambam students join Farhud Day at U.N. Rambam Mesivta The call came in, the invitation was extended, the response was immediate and afďŹ rmative. Edwin Black, internationally acclaimed and best-selling investigative author invited students from Rambam Mesivta in Lawrence to join him in launching International Farhud Day at the United Nations. While everyone is aware of the Holocaust that targeted European Jewry, few were aware that Nazi collaborators in Iraq massacred the Jewish population of Baghdad in their desire to eliminate the Jewish presence in that country. Black, a periodic columnist for The Jewish Star, presented the history of Farhud on The Star’s front page last month. Students from Rambam, who are well-known for their activism in general and concern for commemorating the Holocaust in particular, made the trek to the city to participate in this historic event. Organizers and speakers at the event included Alyza Lewin of the international Association of Jewish Lawyers and Jurists; Rabbi Elie Abadie of Justice for Jews from Arab countries; Malcolm Hoenlein, Executive Vice President of the Conference of Presidents of Major Jewish Organization, and Israeli Representative to the UN David Roet. Speakers pointed out that the Jewish community in Baghdad lived in relative peace for over 2,500 years. They ourished in Arab lands until the fateful day of June 1, 1941 — Chag HaShavous — when Arab mobs, inspired by Nazi ideology, massacred hundreds, injured thousands, and destroyed countless synagogues and Jewish businesses. Lewin who along with her illustrious father, Nathan, is at the forefront of pursuing high-proďŹ le cases that represent Ju-

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mined to build a better life. Consequently since they became integrated into various societies and no longer had “refugee status,â€? in sharp contrast to the hundreds of thousands of Palestinians who remain in refugee camps and gain the sympathy of the world for their self-induced plight. Black, the keynote speaker, traced back the history of Jews in Arab lands to provide perspective. He said that in the year 627, Medina was a city that hosted “a large and signiďŹ cant Jewish population.â€? Muslims soon demanded that all Jews convert or be killed. Many in fact were beheaded publicly in the year 630. According to the Pact of Umar 929, Jews and Christians were labeled as Dimhi, lower class citizens, forced to pay tax and subjected to public degradation and humiliation. Even when Jews were encouraged to come to Muslim countries to help foster economic prosperity, they were still treated as Dimhis. Jews had to know their place, had to wear special clothing, and were restricted to riding donkeys and not horses. Hoenlein, began his remarks by asking, “Why did it take the United Nations 74 years to recognize this massacre?â€? He recounted the contributions of Jews to their host countries and said that Jews contributed in “limitless ways.â€? He informed those assembled that modern day Anbar was Pumpadisa and Faluja was Naharia, two cities which were the centers of outstanding Jewish scholarship. Roet spoke about the constant challenge faced by Israel in the United Nations and the historicity of the event that, for the ďŹ rst time ever, the plight of Sephardic Jewry and their forced exile from Arab lands was being recognized. It was mentioned that out of the hundreds of resolutions that the United Nations has passed about the worldwide refugee problem, not one ever dealt with Jewish refugees from Arab lands! Students from Rambam were given front row seats and were the largest contingent of any high school present. At the conclusion of the program, speakers and the students assembled for a picture to mark an important +$1& VWXGHQWV <DLUD *ROGUHVV DW WKH /LEHUW\ %HOO DQG $YD and unique day in Jewish history.

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HAFTR As the culminating event of the yearlong Names Not Numbers Holocaust Memorial Project, the HAFTR and Lawrence Middle School communities gathered on June 2 to view the documentary created by the eighth grade students of both schools. Through joint participation throughout the school year, select students from both schools studied the history of the Holocaust and visited the Museum of Tolerance and the Museum of Jewish Heritage. The students learned interviewing techniques from seasoned newsman Jeff Bessen, editor of the Nassau Herald, and honed their videography skills through Sandra Stakic. The students recorded their interviews with Holocaust survivors Ivan Gluck, Lisa Bernstein, Eva Rosner, Toby Levy, Judy Man-

del, Joseph Hecht, Blanche Hecht and Helene Wolfson, and wove the footage into a moving memorial to those who perished and a tribute to the heroes who survived. Over 300 guests ďŹ lled the auditorium at HAFTR High School. The program included reections by students Emilzy Zrihen of HAFTR and Jacqueline Blyudoy of LMS. Principal Willis Perry and Dr. Rochelle Brand both spoke about the importance of this project as a means of educating future generations to appreciate cultural diversity and promote tolerance. HAFTR Faculty Adviser Ariana Wolfson, in conjunction with LMS Guidance Counselor Brian Donaghy, guided the students throughout the year to see this project to fruition. This project was conceived by educator Tova Fish Rosenberg.

Life lessons for seniors at HANC HANC Each year, seniors are given the opportunity to choose between a professional internship and a week of dynamic seminars to culminate their high school experience. This year, there were a record number of seniors who completed internships, spearheaded by the College Guidance Department. The other students participated in a weeklong series of seminars consisting of innovative programming and speakers that addressed anti-Israel sentiment on college campuses, life and career planning, college safety, and health issues. Students who chose to intern did so in a variety of interesting settings. Several students worked with young entrepreneurs who run internet-based retail businesses, while others shadowed lawyers of all kinds. A handful of seniors worked in schools and early childhood centers, and some were learning the ropes in medical ofďŹ ces. A few even secured coveted spots in the fashion industry. At the conclusion of their internships, students submitted essays detailing their experiences and the impact they expect

it will have on their future. Students who chose to attend senior seminars participated in three daily programs on a variety of topics. All of the seminars were designed to help students with the transition from high school to college, Israel, and beyond. They included: College Cuisine, a demonstration by chef Naomi Nachman; College Round-Robin, with a representative from Adelphi University’s career center; Digital Citizen by Dr. Eli Shapiro; Finance Tips and Resume Building by Rabbi Mordechai Kruger, and seminars with representatives from the JCRC and the ORA. There were also Torah-based sessions which included Rabbi Aryeh Lebowitz on the Top Ten, Rabbi Josh Maroof on Engaging Checked-Out Seniors, and noted artist Stan Lebovic, who described his journey of becoming an observant Jew through his art display Black is Color. During each seminar, seniors were able to ask questions and learn more about issues that truly resonated with them. HANC wishes a mazal tov to the class of 2016 and looks forward to celebrating with them at graduation on June 16.

Rambam students meet Gladwell and a Nobel winner Rambam Mesivta Students of Rambam Mesivta heard Malcolm Gladwell, best-selling author of “The Tipping Point,â€? “Blinkâ€? and “Outliers,â€? interview renowned behavioral economist Richard Thaler at the 92nd Street Y. Thaler’s colleague and mentor, Nobel Prize Winner Daniel Kahnenman, was in the audience six seats away from the boys. Kahnenman, author of “Thinking Fast and Slow,â€? was there to hear Thaler discuss his new work, “Misbehaving: The Making of Behavioral Economics.â€? Members of Rambam’s Meet The Author Book Club immediatly recognized Kahnenman as they went to meet him. Malcolm Gladwell, whose name has become synonymous with outside the box thinking, has seen his books become staples at major corporations and marketing ďŹ rms as well as an integral part of the educational curriculum. The interview led to Thaler dis-

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HAFTR siyums HAFTR Rabbi Oppen and Rabbi Fogel’s 11th grade class made a BBQ siyum mesechta at the Lent home (right). Meanwhile, Rabbi Oppen joined Rabbi Chait at the 10th grade siyum in Traditions on Central Avenue.

cussing his work at General Motors as well as his short stint working as a consultant for the NFL’s Washington Redskins. When asked by Gladwell how turned out, Thaler responded, “We ended up ďŹ ring them,â€? since they never took any of his recommendations. Thaler has been one of the pillars of the Behavioral Economics movement which has gained tremendous prestige over the last few decades. He noted that “now, every NFL team has a behavioral economist on staff,â€? and that the movement has contributed greatly to the proliferation of the use of analytics in nearly every ďŹ eld. Following the event, the Club reunited with Kahnenman, who said he remembered the group from earlier in the year, and connected with Gladwell, before having their books signed by Thaler. This was the year’s ďŹ nal trip for the Club.

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