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Five Towns JCC brings home the silver

By Anna Hardcastle The Jewish Community Center of the Greater Five Towns recently sent their girls basketball team to the first ever JCC Maccabi Games in Israel. The girls’ team brought home a second place silver medal on Sunday, July 31st.

The girls not only spent their time in Eretz Yisrael playing and practicing, but they also had an opportunity to see some sights. For Shabbat, the team was invited by a JCC partner in Holon, which was arranged by the Jerusalem Jewish Community Center. The family that they stayed with took them on a tour of Jafa amongst other sights.

At the start of the excursion, the athletes and their chaperones attended the tournament’s opening ceremonies, which were held at the Kiryat Shomanah Soccer Stadium and seated 1,200 participants consisting of staff and team members. The JCC Five Towns team then played games at Metullah and Tel Chai. Furthermore, in the north, they attended parties and activities almost every night as part of the program itinerary, involving 50 different Jewish Community Centers from Israel, South Africa, Canada and the United States.

One of the best games of the tournament was one in which the Five Towns team won by only one basket, leaving the score a close 44-42.

Ally Goldstein, 11th grader at Ramaz High School and JCC team member, explained that the team played well together and were able to conquer the tough competition. “It was my first year playing in such a tournament and coming from a Yeshiva league, we were all nervous about competing against public

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Attending the first ever JCC Maccabi Games in Israel, the Five Towns JCC Girls Basketball team won silver medals.

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Coach Michael Alon, who worked with the team and accompanied them on the trip, was very proud and said, “It was an impressive accomplishment because all of the girls

were sixteen years old and under. It was a fabulous basketball experience as well as a meaningful Jewish experience for the girls and it was nice to be part of the first ever JCC Maccabi Games in Israel.”

The basketball team played a total of seven games, four in the preliminary round and three in the final rounds. They beat the Israeli National Team by eight points, bringing home the silver medal with them. Congratulations and Yasher Koach to the girls and the Five Towns Jewish Community Center.

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en years ago this week, on the 20th of Av (Aug. 9 2001) at 2pm, I was sitting in the back of the Sbarro’s Pizzeria in Jerusalem when a suicide bomber walked in and detonated the bomb belt he was wearing, murdering 15 innocent people and injuring scores of others. 10 years later, I can still hear the blast ringing in my ears, still hear the screams of the wounded, and still see the horrible images of that terrible afternoon.

FROM THE HEART I still get a lump in my OF JERUSALEM throat when thinking of Chana Nechenberg, a young wife and mother who has been in a coma these past ten years, or of Malki Roth, a 15 year girl full of so much life who is still, ten years later, a 15 year old girl, because she never reached her 16th birthday.

I can still feel the hug of my eldest Rabbi Binny daughter, who was 11, Freedman when I got home that evening; and I still shudder to think how close I came to missing these last 10 years.

The following is a letter written the next day to my father in an effort to collect my thoughts, and this article is dedicated to the memory of those who were murdered that day, and to those who still suffer from their wounds and losses, 10 years later.

Friday, Erev Shabbat, the day after: Her eyes, I think, will stay with me forever. Imploring, beseeching, full of so much sadness. I think the shock of where and how she was, was sinking in. I can’t begin to describe all that was in those eyes.

Yesterday, Thursday, August 9th the 20th of Av, on my way to work, I found myself walking down Yaffo street. Hungry, I decided

to stop and grab a quick bite... at Sbarro’s Pizza. In the past 5 years I have frequented this establishment exactly twice.

Walking into Sbarro, there is a larger area for sitting in the front, but the back looked a bit cooler and quieter, so I decided to grab a seat in the back. That decision saved my life.

Waiting on line, when they brought me the baked ziti I asked for, it was cold. So I asked the woman behind the counter if she’d mind warming it up. “Ein Ba’ayah,” “no problem,” she said with a smile. I will always wonder if that was her last smile on earth.

A couple of moments later, a fellow from behind the counter came to the back with my baked ziti. Then he started to speak to someone at one of the tables. That baked ziti saved his life.

At about 2 p.m., I felt and heard a tremendous explosion; and day turned into night.

And then the screaming began. An awful, heartrendering sound; the sound of people coming to terms with a whole new reality, of people not wanting to comprehend that life has changed forever.

Those of us sitting in the back were spared, but I was afraid of panic, so I started yelling at everyone to quiet down; not to panic. The ceiling looked like it might cave in, but there is always the danger of a second explosion, detonated on purpose shortly after the first.

But then I smelled smoke, and was suddenly afraid the restaurant might be on fire.

So we started climbing our way through the wreckage to the front. Would there be another explosion? Would the roof collapse?

Were we making the wrong decision climbing through? There are moments that last a lifetime.

There are no words to describe what the front of Sbarro’s Pizza looked like in the immediate aftermath of that explosion. A woman was lying near the steps to the back. Her eyes were staring straight at me, following me; so full of pain and longing, sadness and despair. I dropped down beside her trying

to elicit a response to see if she could speak.

And then I watched the life just drain out of her. I tried to get a pulse, to no avail. She died there, on the steps in front of me. She was lying by the table I had decided not to sit at.

There were bodies everywhere, and those images are in my mind; they won’t let go. A child’s body under the wreckage; a baby-carriage; limbs and a torso; A woman holding a motor-cycle helmet and screaming next to a person on the floor who had obviously been someone she was with.

And then the mad rush to help the ambulance and emergency crews get the wounded out. They were obviously afraid of a second bomb, so there was no medical effort inside, beyond getting the wounded on to stretchers and out. A religious Jew missing at least two limbs, in tears and shock; what do you say?

“Yehiyeh Be’Seder” it’ll be all right? Will it?

I happened to sit a bit to the left as you walk towards the back, and so the wall behind me shielded me from the blast. Another fellow whom we went back in to get wasn’t so lucky. Sitting only five or six feet to my right, he caught the full force of the blast and was thrown in the air. When we got him on the stretcher he was bleeding profusely and was missing a leg. There are no words to describe what that man’s hand, clenched around my arm, felt like. He just kept looking, from me to his leg and back again. I started saying Tehillim (psalms).

So many mixed emotions fill my head today. I came home last night and gave each of my children a very long hug. But there are so many families today who are waking up to the reality that life will never be the same.

15 funerals with friends and families saying goodbye to those they loved so, whose only crime was a desire for a slice of pizza on a beautiful Jerusalem afternoon.

I recall once, reading a story of a boy who was saved from a near drowning, by a stranger. As the fellow carried him ashore, the boy

looked up and said, “thanks for saving my life, mister.” To which the man responded: “Just make sure it was worth saving.”

Tonight we celebrate Shabbat. All over Israel, in 8 hours, parents will bless their children at the Shabbat table. I imagine we will all hug them a little tighter this week.

In a few hours we will light Shabbat candles. This Shabbat, in the wake of all this darkness, the Jewish people will do what we have been doing for 4000 years; what we have always done. We will pick up the pieces and light our candles, because that is all we have ever wanted; just to bring a little light back into the world.

After 2000 years of dreaming, we have come home. So many nations, and so many empires tried to stop us from getting here but here we are, nonetheless. Home; that word has such a beautiful sound to it, to a people that has wandered the globe for so long. We are not leaving. We will be here to celebrate this Shabbat and next Shabbat, and forever, until the end of time, here, in the hills of Judea and Gush Etzion and Jerusalem.

May Hashem, who in His infinite Wisdom, saw fit to allow me the privilege of celebrating one more Shabbat with my family, in the hills of Jerusalem, see fit to put an end to all of this pain and all of this suffering. Wherever you are, and whomever you are, you should be with us here, in Yerushalayim, and offer up a prayer for all those who lost loved ones in this terrible tragedy.

Yehi Ratzon, May it be G-d’s will, that soon, we will find the road to the peace we have longed for, for so long.

Shabbat Shalom from Jerusalem Rav Binny Freedman, Rosh Yeshivat Orayta in Jerusalem’s Old City is a Company Commander in the IDF reserves, and lives in Efrat with his wife Doreet and their four children.

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Woodmere flooding in Sunday rainstorm

By Ariel Rosenbloom For most cars, it was merely a washout.

For the neighbors however, last Sunday’s rainfall was more, as they feared for their basements. “There’s always been water but not to this degree. There has always been water that was teasing us to come to the top but today was the culmination,” said Woodmere resident Ed Sussman. “We’ve been waiting five years, we’ve all been waiting for this to happen and surely enough, it happened.”

The flood began in the early morning with to sewers clogged on Longacre Avenue and Ibsen Street, with water levels rising throughout the day. Several cars were parked safe and secure in the homeowners’ driveways but some were, unfortunately, not removed from the street in time to escape the devastating torrent. “What’s to say? You need a rowboat. It destroys property and the value of the house,” said Ray Oppenheimer.

“You know I’m the one who’s busy here doing the calling. We called The Highway Department, Sewer Department, we even called the Police Department; they don’t know what to do.”

More than a safety hazard, the water also posed a health threat with human waste floating around. Local residents compared the deluge to a similar flood five years ago, recalling their disappointment with the

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Residents of Woodmere’s Longacre Avenue waded through the street and were stranded in their homes while cars stood helplessly submerged.

Town of Hempstead’s inability to prevent another disaster. “This was like this five and a half years ago on Yom Kippur and everybody came out here and said it was fixed and repaired, and basically nothing has been done in five years to really repair the situation.

Every time it really rains like this, people

shouldn’t have to wait five years to have it fixed,” Sussman said. “The town should be out here trying to do something about it, cleaning the drains and making sure the water flows correctly down. That’s why we pay taxes.”

Many houses on this corner had water

flooding into basements. “It’s absolutely crazy. Flooded basements, clothing ruined.

I don’t want to collect insurance, it’s so stupid,” said Oppenheimer. “I just want a clean house.” Another fateful by-product of the flood was the extent of injuries suffered by some of those who attempted to drive through the water. “One gentleman across the street tried to start his car. All four airbags exploded into his face and he got slightly injured because of electrical damage with the car and he had smoke coming from the car,” said one Woodmere resident. “You have got to be really careful in the rain when starting cars.”

Among local synagogues, no substantial damage was reported, but because of leaks, the lower level minyan at Congregation Beth Sholom in Lawrence was relocated upstairs on Sunday evening and the following morning.

Those who tried leaving their houses earlier in the day noticed the cars that had to be towed out of the water after unsuccessfully trying to override the river of waste.

“There were six cars towed on my block alone. Probably all the cars are not salvageable. Thousands and thousands worth of damage,” Sussman said. “We all believe that the town should be doing something to take a more proactive approach.”

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Special election: a candid look

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he special election is on September 13, less than a month away. How ideal are the candidates seeking to represent us? In the 27th State Assembly District, a likable local Orthodox activist with government experience is also finding himself weighed down by less than likable support. Democrat Michael Simanowitz appears to be leading a fine campaign, introducing himself to voters around the district. Initially he had an easy time, as he was the only one running. Enter Republican Marco DeSena, 30, a College Point resident who teaches at Baruch College; and independent Justin Wax Jacobs, 22, a SUNY Albany student living in Briarwood.

A bright young talent with student government and internship experience, Jacobs contacted his former City Councilman Morton Povman about becoming the Democratic nominee for the seat. Not only did Povman refuse to grant him an interview, but also he flatly told Jacobs that the party line would go to Simanowitz as he was “entitled to the position.”

Undeterred, Jacobs collected more than 1,600 sig-

natures to get onto the ballot. Democratic Party lawyer Frank Bolz searched for missing items on Jacobs’ petition, and successfully argued for his ouster from the ballot. Without a lawyer to represent him, the kid stood no chance.

This is not the first time that the Queens County Democratic Organization has used its weight to bounce insurgent candidates from the ballot. Central Queens is in desperate need for democracy. Mayersohn was first elected in 1982, before Jacobs was born and when DeSena was only an infant. For seven of her past reelections, she ran unopposed. This would have been the year for voters in Kew Gardens Hills to vote in a truly competitive election.

Without a doubt, Simanowitz has the experience and talent to represent the community, but if he truly believes in government being a tool for the greater good, he must distance himself from his party’s bosses, those who have given him the candidacy, while denying others the ability to run.

Yankie & Luzer It’s less bumpy ahead.

Elul’s coming.

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In Far Rockaway, 23rd State Assembly District candidate Phil Goldfeder is demonstrating an ability to reach beyond his Orthodox base. While early editorials in The Jewish Home spoke of his ability to turn out the Orthodox vote, Goldfeder understands that he would be representing a much larger constituency, and is pounding the pavement beyond the eruv, knocking on doors in Broad Channel and Rockaway Park, and opening up his campaign office in historically Italian Howard Beach.

Goldfeder’s efforts to reach beyond his birthplace neighborhood demonstrate an understanding of leadership as a uniting tool of diverse communities.

But his Republican opponent Jane Deacy must still fight on. Even with most of the local yeshiva administrators, synagogue board members and rabbis standing behind Goldfeder, she should still visit the day school classrooms and speak at the pulpits. Deacy should be welcomed, regardless of how the Jewish community will ultimately vote. We should give all candidates a fair chance to be heard.

The eyes, nose, mouth, brain and stomach talk EYES: “That looks like delicious chulent. I like the way it appears chunky with meat and potatoes. I see beef flanken and some chicken on the bone. There seems to be some slabs of kishka as well. The beans and barley appear to be compact and not too runny.”

NOSE: “I have been smelling this chulent for so long now. It first was a faint aroma from the other room, but now it permeates through everything. It’s filled with richness and heaviness and sates each and every inhale; and even the exhale carries the savory and sweet heated scent and strength of the chulent.”

MOUTH: “I want to chomp down and chew it. I know the taste is going to be an extraordinary combination of elements and textures. I will need to cautiously maneuver as to not burn my buds killing off well needed taste sectors or crunch into a bone and crack the new crown that I needed like a luch in kup in the first place. I want to savor the taste by guiding the morsels without biting my tongue during those choice opportunities when this yente who operates me stops talking for just DAVID’S HARP a few moments.”

BRAIN: “I have to sit in the correct seat where the chulent is accessible and easily attainable and not next to a fresser who will get in there and grab and sift and surgically excavate. I also need to leave some room and pace myself and refrain from the other carbs and proteins on the table and take the appropriate amount of all the particles with a portion that will satisfy me without making me regret it later. I have been watching my calories and fat intake all week, so I must direct my mouth to keep in mind my waistline.”

STOMACH: “I don’t care.”

EYES: “Here it comes. It’s right in front of me. No, no it passed by. Where’s it going? That guys taking it to the other side of the table. Oh, here it comes. It’s staring right at me.

David F. Nesenoff I can see it perfectly. Look at it. It’s bigger and brighter and beefier than when it was just sitting in the kitchen.”

NOSE: “Wow. I can taste it; and I can’t taste anything. It smells so fresh and still there is a hint of a bit of burnt meat, which probably was kvetched into the edge of the bottom of the pot, but I oddly enough enjoy this singed aroma.”

MOUTH: “Ooh ooh. Hot hot. Nice and easy. Don’t do anything stupid. Just a little bit of bean and a flake of meat to start with. I’ve got to go for that potato.

HOT. Blow, blow. What a carnivore’s carnival. It’s a meat medley. A much mashed mush of many. Chew and taste and slur the sauce of small baby lima and quietly capture the kidney bean.”

BRAIN: “Oh this is Shabbos. I can feel it and touch it and taste it and see it and satiate myself with the entire day’s significance with each and every sense of chulent. I understand all the secrets and meanings of the moment. The work and pleasure of the week is of no concern, it is the soul’s turn to enjoy and regroup, to revitalize and become wise. The chulent is a dance and a poem and a nigun and a collage of artistry for a day when it does all the work while we luxuriate in its toil of boil and bone and banter. I could partake and rationalize away the ladles and dollops, the pounds and the pants and the Weight Watcher’s points. But I have got to think about my belly.”

STOMACH: “I don’t care.”

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The Crown Heights riot, 20 Years Ago: the true story, Part one For example, Rev. Desmond Tutu, in 1984 publicly complained about American Jews having “an arrogance—the arrogance of power because Jews are a powerful lobby in this land and all kinds of people woo their support.”

Jewish/Black relations rocky as NY City began the summer of 1991.

On July 20, 1991, Leonard Jeffries of City College who had a history of anti-Semitic slurs presented a two-hour long speech claiming “rich Jews” financed the slave trade, control the film industry (together with Italian mafia), and use that control to paint a brutal stereotype of blacks. Jeffries also attacked Diane Ravitch, (Assistant Secretary of Education) calling her a “sophisticated Texas Jew,” “a debonair racist” and “Miss Daisy.”

Jeffries’ speech received enormous negative press during the first weeks of August especially from leaders of the Jewish community who wanted Jeffries fired on account of his bigoted statements.

With each new criticism of the professor, leaders in the African-American community rushed to Jeffries’ defense. NYC’s two black newspapers as well as black radio station WLIB; joined activists such as Rev. Al Sharpton, Colin Moore, C. Vernon Mason, Sonny Carson, and Lenora Fulani to showcase their approval of Jeffries’s “scholarship” and to denounce the people who criticized Jeffries’ anti-Semitism as race baiters.

The Rev. Sharpton is credited with saying, “If the Jews want to get it on, tell them to pin

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their yarmulkes back and come over to my house” as a response the Crown Heights riot.

But this is a fallacy; he made that threatening comment to the Jewish community about the growing Jeffries controversy on August 18th the day before the riots began. Clearly something bad was coming.

Jeffries was fired because of his bigoted speech and pressure from the Jewish community (he was later reinstated and won a court case regarding his firing) leading to further resentment of the Jews from a black community already being barraged with anti-Jewish incitement from the African-American media.

Crown Heights Explodes: On Monday, Aug. 19, a station wagon driven

by Yosef Lifsh hit another car and bounced onto the sidewalk at 8:21 p.m. The station wagon was part of a three-car motorcade carrying the Lubavitcher Rebbe Menachem Mendel Schneerson. The Rebbe was in a different vehicle.

Horribly, the station wagon struck two black children, 7-year-old cousins Gavin and Angela Cato who were on the sidewalk. Lifsh immediately got out of his car and tried to help the children, but the gathering crowd started to attack him.

Within minutes, an ambulance from the Hasidic-run service arrived, quickly followed by two more from NYC’s Emergency Medical Service. Concurrently, the gathering crowd was becoming unruly. The police at the scene radioed for backup, reporting the station wagon’s driver and passengers were being assaulted.

Part Two will appear in next week’s issue.

Jeff Dunetz is the Editor/Publisher of the political blog “The Lid” (www.jeffdunetz.com). Jeff contributes to some of the largest political sites on the internet including American Thinker, Big Government, Big Journalism, NewsReal and Pajama’s Media Jeff lives on Long Island.

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wenty years ago a tragic car accident in Crown Heights Brooklyn escalated into a pogrom against the Jewish people. The media described it as violence between the area’s blacks and Jews. However the violence was not two-sided. The Crown Heights riot was an attack on the Hasidic community by some in the Caribbean community fueled by rumors and anti-Semitism.

In spite of the strong Jewish participation in the civil rights movement, the transformation from the peaceful marches to Black Power introduced considerable friction into African American-Jewish relations, especially within the “Black Muslim” movement.

During the 1970s and 1980s African-Americans stopped looking at POLITICO Jews as their allies but TO GO as their oppressors. The Jews were seen as having the political power that the African-Americans desired. Leaders, such as Louis Farrakhan, and Jesse Jackson, went public with anti-Semitic remarks.

Adding to the hatred were the leaders of the South African antiApartheid movement who traveled throughJeff Dunetz out the United States as conquering heroes, and spreading Jew-hatred.

Police officer Nona Capace ordered the Hasidic ambulance to remove the battered Yosef Lifsh, and his passenger from the scene.

The injured children took the NYC ambulances to Kings County Hospital. Gavin Cato was pronounced dead; his cousin survived. A rumor began to spread that the Hasidic ambulance crew had ignored the dying black child in favor of treating the Jewish men.

Charles Price, an area resident came to the scene of the accident and incited the masses.

“The Jews get everything they want. They’re killing our children,” he argued. Price later pled guilty for inciting the crowd to murder Yankel Rosenbaum.

On that first night, the New York Times reported more than 250 neighborhood residents participating in the riot, many of them shouting “Jews! Jews! Jews!”

A rumor spread that Lifsh was intoxicated.

A breath alcohol test administered by the police proved his sobriety. Other falsehoods were circulated; Lifsh did not have a valid driver’s license; he went through a red light; the police prevented people including Gavin Cato’s father, from assisting in the rescue.

Ignited by these falsehoods, the simmering resentment exploded into violence. Groups of young black men threw rocks, bottles and debris at police, residents and homes.

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Parshat Eikev

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Remember not to forget

A Jewish newspaper should have a Hebrew column. So here it is.

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ment of Moshe’s Wilderness History 101 crash course for the second generation entitled, “Where your parents messed up at the Golden Calf.” It includes Moshe’s account of how he went up the mountain for three 40-day spans, and how G-d wanted to destroy the people but didn’t, on account of Moshe’s prayer.

In the midst of all this, we are told one of the “Shesh Zekhirot,” the six remembrances, that appear at the end of Shacharit in many siddurim.

“Remember and never forget how you provoked G-d your Lord in the desert. From the day you left Egypt until you came here, you have been rebelling against G-d.” (Devarim 9:7) The other remembrances are understandably important daily reminders.

Remembering the Exodus reminds us of G-d’s presence and His covenant to watch over the descendants of Avraham. Remembering Shabbos is ostensibly one of the most distinguishing qualities of the Jewish people.

G-d’s presence at Mt. Sinai is the source for our devotion and dedication to the ToRabbi Avi Billet rah. What happened to Miriam is an ever constant reminder that even the greatest amongst us are at the perils of lashon hara, and that it is a draw that we ought to fight from the deepest depths of our souls. The reminder to destroy Amalek is a call to vigilance, for the Jewish people to never lose sight of the fact that there are enemies looking to harm them.

But a reminder about the Golden Calf seems counterintuitive. Why should we be reminded of a major sin? Why be reminded of a time when our ancestors angered G-d?

While it may be true that the generation that left Egypt rebelled against G-d over and over, does that mean their children were similarly rebelling? Furthermore, is this remembrance something that was meant to be applicable for all time, or was Moshe directing this memory-command at the people he addressed for only their time, and only their generation?

The obvious answer is that if we are reminded of how bad we were, the memory of the repercussions of such a sin might trigger an automatic forcefield against the inclination to sin.

The Torah Temimah (Rabbi Baruch HaLevi Epstein) struggled over how to explain this “remembrance.”

Firstly, the injunction to “Remember” is more than just feeling it in your heart. It is about repeating things over and over, saying things with your mouth. He mentions Ramban’s struggle over whether to count this as a mitzvah – was it a one-time instruction or was it for all future generations?

“I don’t know what are the qualities of this mitzvah,” Rabbi Epstein pondered. “What to remember, when to remember, because many of the parshas in the Torah talk about when Israel angered G-d. For example: desiring to return to Egypt, the collecting of the manna on Shabbos, the Golden Calf, the complainers, the spies, the Korach rebellion, and the Baal Pe’or debacle, etc.”

He goes on to compare this instruction to the instructions for wiping out Amalek, which includes a similar double language of “Remember, and do not forget.” Not to forget is an instruction to be reminded once a year.

But to ‘remember,’ that is something that must take place on a regular basis. It requires an active regular effort.

It might not be a mitzvah – Maimonides, for example, did not codify it – but there is something about the instruction that should strike a resounding chord in our souls. Which would suggest that it was not only meant for the wandering Israelites, but for us as well.

Rabbi J.J. Schacter shared a very interesting insight in his Tisha B’Av webcast, on an unrelated subject, that I believe has relevance here. He quoted Rav Kasher who said that sometimes when you see a verse quoted, it is meant to remind us of the context in which this verse appears. In our case, the next few verses describe how at the moment we generally, and Moshe most specifically, were closest to G-d, we somehow managed to turn in the other direction – a complete 180 degree turn.

In essence, this reminder is doubled (“remember and don’t forget”) because the draw of sin is so powerful, so enticing, so exciting, we need to put off safeguards at every turn.

Ramban wrote a very instructive letter to his son, encouraging him to read it once a week in order to stay on the proper path and veer away from sin. (It can be found in some prayer books near the six remembrances.)

Maybe we can find a mussar talk that we can read or some inspiring recording that we can listen to as a podcast or in the car.

If we can take the positive action of giving ourselves such constant reminders, with Gd’s help, we will succeed in warding off the yetzer hara as we continue to grow spiritually in our continued quest to get closer to G-d.

The truth is inside

By Rabbi Noam Himelstein

Rabbi Noam Himelstein studied in Yeshivat Har Etzion and served in the Tanks Corps of the IDF. He has taught in yeshiva high schools, post-high school women’s seminaries, and headed the Torah MiTzion Kollel in Melbourne, Australia. He currently teaches at Yeshivat Orayta in Jerusalem, and lives with his wife and six children in Neve Daniel, Gush Etzion.

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By Ariel Rosenbloom

Why don’t more people make aliyah?

“Because there is no ‘Cheese Store’ in Israel.”

MINDY TEPLER College student, Lawrence “They have most of their family living in the Five Towns or New York. Family is very important and that’s why I choose to stay in New York.”

SAM GREEN C.F.O., Silverstein Hebrew Academy Woodmere resident

“Because it’s hard to leave our families behind and neglect our family obligations in the states.”

“Well I would say because they’re settled here and it takes a lot of time to find a home, get a ticket and find a way to get a parnassah.”

LAURIE KIRSCHNER Salesperson “Esti’s” Cedarhurst

YOSSI KEILSON Student Yeshiva Darchei Torah Far Rockaway

“Probably due to the cultural adjustments they’d have to make, especially the kids.”

“I think that even people who want to go are afraid to leave what they have here.”

SORAH DAVID Personal chef Woodmere

RENA FISH Teacher “Magen David” Queens

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Chinese army chief visits Jerusalem The relationship between Israel and China continues to flourish with a first-ever visit to Jerusalem by Gen. Chen Bingde, the Chief of Staff of China’s People’s Liberation Army. The general visited the Western Wall, spoke of the longstanding friendship between the Chinese people and Israel, and stopped by the home of Israeli President Shimon Peres with his Israeli counterpart Lt. Gen. Benny Gantz.

In honor of Peres’ 88th birthday, Chen presented him with an ancient Chinese vase. “We wish you health and longevity and hope you will be awarded another Noble Peace Prize for your global efforts,” Chen said. Photo submitted by Yossi Zamir, Flash90.

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BACK TO SCHOOL GUIDE: QUEENS Ezra Academy 119-45 Union Turnpike Forest Hills, NY 11375 Tel: 718-263-5500 www.EzraAcademy.org Grades 7-12 Ezra Academy is beginning this academic year with a familiar face in a new position. Rabbi Eli Freilich, Dean, has announced that Sima Fish will be assuming the position of Assistant Principal of General Studies, joining Principal Francine Hirschman and Assistant Principal Rabbi Moshe Friedler. Ms Fish has been responsible for the development of AP and Honors courses and an award-winning Legal Studies Program at this school. One of her many proud achievements is the number of Ezra “Legal Eagle” team members – members of her Debate, Mock Trial, Moot Court and other extracurricular legal teams – currently enrolled in law schools throughout the metropolitan area.

Ezra Academy describes its approach as a “late pass” into Jewish education to students from immigrant and public school backgrounds. Founded in 1968 by Rabbi Eli Freilich, the school offers reasonable tuition, small class size and a loving and caring approach.

Yeshiva of Central Queens 147-37 70th Road Kew Gardens Hills, NY 11367 Tel. 718-793-1295 www.ycqweb.org Grades N-8 Almost 900 students attend this school, with many coming in from Long Island. The early childhood center has an immersion Hebrew program to begin the students’ journey to an “Ivrit B’Ivrit” curriculum. Kindergarten students go on monthly trips, including a farm, museums, and nature walks.

The elementary school division continues to develop a strong writing curriculum under the guidance of Department of Education consultants. This culminates in an end of year Writing Festival for all classes at which students present their best work.

Math groups are leveled beginning in the fourth grade so that every student can learn at his or her highest level. With our

“Central High School” 86-86 Palo Alto Street, Holliswood Tel: 718-479-8550 www.yuhsg.org Grades 9-12 This 250-student school is offering two new courses this year, sponsored by The Tikvah Fund. “In Search of Spirit” examines spirituality in Jewish texts and thinkers; and a course in western philosophies. A third class, “Politics and Memory: Israel in the Middle East,” examines the history, politics and competing narratives of Israel in the Middle East. “These innovative new courses will extend our students’ learning in ways that support their engagement with the enduring questions of our community,” said Chaya Batya Neugroschl, the head of the school. This year’s new faculty members include Bracha Rutner as Halacha/Talmud Chairperson and Keren Weinberger as the new Director of College Guidance.

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A highlight of this chessed is our annual 8th grade Yachad Shabbaton at the Young Israel of Hillcrest. Language Arts classes meet 6 times a week to focus on our Writing Workshop curriculum and our Science and Social Studies curriculum are skill-based to develop the research, collaborative, and teambuilding skills needed in the 21st century workplace. Mazel tov to our Boys’ and Girls’ basketball teams for winning the championships this year!

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Among the Israel programs, the school sent 10 students to a unique six-week exchange program at the Ulpanat Tzvia in Ma’aleh Adumim.

Another program is “Meet the Israeli Author,” where students write original Hebrew stories which are then critiqued by author Chana Bat Shachar. Students are able to “chat” with Ms. Shachar about their writing. The school works with parents on securing payment plans and scholarships based on each family’s situation.

YHT will continue to offer its elementary students the opportunity to participate in math enrichment, balanced literacy, the Moveable Museum, hands on learning and differentiated instruction. Middle School students will continue their learning outside of the classroom as students participate in the E2K enrichment program, conference call Torah learning and Math Olympiads. The boys’ and girls’ JV & Varsity Basketball teams continue to compete with menschlichkeit on the court and YHT’s hockey team, the Hat Trix, will look to regain their championship status this season.

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The Yeshiva of Belle Harbor, conveniently located just minutes from the Five Towns and Brooklyn, is preparing for a monumental and exciting year ahead. YBH will be having its first 8th grade graduating class since about thirty years! When interviewed about this Nursery through eighth grade program, Rabbi Dr. Boaz Tomsky, principal of the Yeshiva commented on this recent growth. “We have always been known for engaging in differentiated instruction, namely focusing on the strengths and abilities of each and every child to reach their true potential and for them to self actualize,” said Rabbi Tomsky.

The Yeshiva accomplishes this by offering smaller class sizes. “By limiting the amount of students per class,” explains Tomsky, who is also a professor of education at Touro College, “everyone benefits. Students no longer feel like a number and they feel comfortable to explore and ask questions. By also focusing on the social and emotional component of chil-

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BACK TO SCHOOL GUIDE: NASSAU COUNTY dren, our student’s self esteem and self worth sore to new heights. Once a child realizes they can accomplish, they are capable of doing anything.” YBH is currently accepting applications for the upcoming year for their early childhood, elementary and middle school divisions.

Hebrew Academy of Nassau County Plainview Elementary School 25 Country Drive Plainview, NY 11803 516-681-5922 www.hanc.org Grades K-6 HANC Plainview partners with Oorah to offer substantial tuition discounts including $2,500 off tuition for new students and up to $3,000 for families that are new to day school education. The student-run community food pantry will continue for a second year; the studentrun hair drive to raise money for charity will also be repeated. Students will visit residents of the Atria and Sommerset assisted living centers and performs the school’s annual play before an audience at the Gurwin Jewish nursing and rehab centre. HANC will also be hosting “New Parents” club for expecting families.

HANC will continue to offer Hebrew and basic Judaism classes for parents and the larger community. The school spent the last two years developing standardized assessments and workbooks for Chumash skills with the Consortium of Jewish Day Schools and will utilize the program this year to ensure that students are developing the skills necessary for a life of Jewish learning. This September, HANC will have its first school wide Shabbaton to bring families in the community together.

Hebrew Academy of Nassau County Elementary School 609 Hempstead Avenue West Hempstead, NY 11552 Tel. 516-485-7786

www.hanc.org Grades K-6 This year’s school theme is Hodaah; thankfulness/praise, dedicating this year to the positive: in literature, art, music and most important of all in our daily interactions with each other, our families and our students. The Torah curriculum will highlight and explicate tefilot of thanksgiving with a particular emphasis on Hallel, Modim, and the mealtime blessings.

School wide programs, siddur play, chumash program and zimriyah will all include songs of praise derived from tehillim.

For the past several years, the “HANC 609” building has been undergoing a building upgrade that has benefitted students and faculty.

This summer, the back yard has been given a new face with basketball and softball courts and equipment installed on a brand new surface.

On the academic front, all classrooms are equipped with SMART boards and there are plans for touch screen computers to be installed in the two resource rooms, general and religious studies. The HANC Prep program reviews and assists in promoting important math skills. HANC is piloting the school wide testing MAP-NWEA program in grades 3 and 7 in partnership with Nassau BOCES. This testing program allows teachers to track and monitor student growth and progress all year long.

The school wide Professional Development Workshop on Sept. 6 will feature YU President Richard Joel, who will be addressing HANC faculty from all four campuses, lay and professional leadership on the topic of HANC: ONE School, OUR School.

Hebrew Academy of the Five Towns & Rockaway 33 Washington Avenue Lawrence, NY 11559 Tel. 516-569-3043 http://www.haftr.org Grades K-12

The Hebrew Academy of the Five Towns and Rockaway welcomes more than 40 new families this year. To accommodate the new students, HAFTR’s Early Childhood Program is opening an additional four-year nursery class.

HAFTR is excited to open the doors of its newly renovated Lower School library, as well as the Middle School Science Lab and Beit Midrash.

HAFTR has increased the selection of extracurricular and after school activities in both the Early Childhood Program and the Lower School, offering a variety of classes including soccer, yoga, Spanish and comic book illustration. Our Lower School has expanded its Tal Am Hebrew Language Program, while the High School introduces a Hasmadah Enrichment Program geared towards students looking for an unique learning opportunity.

Long Island Hebrew Academy 122 Cutter Mill Road Great Neck, NY 11021 Tel. 516-466-3656 www.lihagn.org Grades T-5 The 155-student elementary school provides a quality education with numerous scholarships to assist parents, with funds provided by UJA, OORAH, SHAI, Nechanas Yisroel, and others to help out in these tough economic times.

The school offers a variety of co-curricular activities as well as an after school homework center and both Hebrew and English resource room services. Last year, the school participated in Newsday’s Futurecorps and Kidsday programs as well as those of the Chofetz Chaim Heritage Foundation. The school takes pride in its ability to score high on state exams, while providing small classes and a warm caring environment.

Silverstein Hebrew Academy Elementary School 117 Cutter Mill Road Great Neck, NY 11021 Tel. 516-466-8522 www.silversteinhebrewacademy.com Grades K-5 This 175-student school serves the North Shore community, and is currently undergoing construction on its $8 million campus on the shore of Long Island Sound in Kings Point, expected for completion in the spring of 2012. With a mixed Sephardi and Ashkenazi student body, this Chabad-run school teaches students about each other’s respective traditions with a sense of inclusion that counts numerous students from intermarried and nonobservant backgrounds.

The secular subjects begin in kindergarten with whole language programs, a full mathematics approach, and writing, aimed at success in state standardized tests. Average tuition ranges between $8,000 and $10,000, which various scholarships and payment plan options. Last year, the massive Facebook support effort resulted in 144,000 “likes,” and a grant of $500,000 from Kohl’s department store.

With a new Middle School for grades 6 through 8 opening up this fall on the temple Beth El campus at 5 Old Mill Road, there will be more space for the elementary school in classrooms and low class size.

Editor’s note: In order to prevent misunderstandings, we note that the following local schools have not provided us with information, including: Torah Academy for Girls, Hebrew Academy of Long Beach, Yeshiva of South Shore, Yeshiva Ketana of Long Island, Yeshiva Darchei Torah, and Shevach High School. If you are a school administrator, there is still time. Our deadline for part two is this coming Tuesday morning, Aug. 22. For maximum effect, we welcome advertising. Contact our Account Executive Helene Parsons at 516-569-4000 ext. 290.

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ccording to the teachings of Rav Kook, while most blessings are of rabbinic origin, one of the most popular ones is to be found in this week’s parsha, Eikev, the Grace After Meals - Birkat HaMazon.

This mitzvah comes from the verse, “When you eat and are satisfied, you must bless the L-rd your G-d…” [Devarim 8:10; Ein Eyah vol.1, page 103].

This blessing is further described by Rabbi Shlomo Riskin in his teachings as the “Mother of all blessings” inasmuch as it is in reality a grouping of various thematic blessings that are said after the performance of the eating act.

Inasmuch as everyone has to eat, it should come as no surprise that one of the most popular liturgical works of our faith is the bencher, the booklet containing the Birkat HaMazon and related liturgical works that are specifically designed in format and size to be used at the dinner table.

Whether it be at home, or at a festive occasion, the bencher is ever present for the convenience of those who had partaken of a meal with bread.

This popularity has, as a result, generated a plethora of benchers reflecting varied asthetic and ideological tastes.

Alan Jay Gerber Among some of the most recently published benchers is “The Koren Birkon” with an introduction and translation by British Chief Rabbi Jonathan Sacks.

In his learned introduction Rabbi Sacks teaches us that we should learn from the benching experience and Moshe’s command that, “the great danger to the soul is not poverty but affluence, not persecution but freedom. When Jews are poor, they thanked G-d. When they become rich, they stopped doing so. When Jews were persecuted, they stayed

Jews. When they found freedom, they lost their identity.

Moshe warned the Israelites that it was not the wilderness years that were the trial of faith. It would be having a land, a home, security and ease.” Rabbi Sacks then links this rather severe observation as a brief but telling analysis of the relevant verses mandating the Birkat HaMazon.

According to Rabbi Sacks, “Moshe sets out the point in two passages, both of which contain the phrase, ‘eat and be satisfied.’

“The first: ‘When the L-rd your G-d brings you into the land He promised to your fathers… with large flourishing cities you did not build, houses full of all good things you did not provide, wells you did not dig, and vineyards and olive groves you did not plant – then when you eat and are satisfied, be careful not to forget the L-rd who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery.’ [Devarim 6:10-12].

“The second: ‘When you have eaten and are satisfied, bless the L-rd your G-d for the good land He has given you.’

“That is the choice: to eat and forget, or to eat and remember. Giving thanks is what saves us from the decadence of affluence.”

Although this work does not contain a detailed commentary it is designed for practical use at the table, for Shabbat, festivals as well as for weekdays. Its layout, using the classic Koren Hebrew typeset makes it, text wise, one of the most attractive benchers on the market today.

Continuing on this theme, next week’s Kosher Bookworm will feature a review of a unique bencher/commentary entitled, “Shaarei Simcha – Gates of Joy” [Ktav Publishing,2007], a book of traditional prayers, songs and modern inclusive rituals together with extensive commentaries and notes by two very distinguished scholars and liturgists, Dr. Adena Berkowitz and Dr. Rivka Haut.

As you will see, this work earns its subtitle in that it includes such tefillot and kavanot as Simchat Habat, Zeved

Habat, a Miriam’s Well ritual for Havdalah, and numerous Yiddish techinot, long absent in modern day benchers and siddurim.

Till then, hearty appetite, and don’t forget to bench.

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New middle school opens in Great Neck HAFTR for 15 years, will direct the middle school. As the educational director, A sizable Reform temple campus will Rabbi Leibtag will instruct teachers on be hosting a yeshiva starting this Septem- using smart boards and iPads in the classber, a nod to the growth of the Chabad- room, taking inspiration from Chabad’s run Silverstein Hebrew Academy and a online teaching methods. “Chabad is at the forefront of online symbol of interdenominalearning. Their shlichim tional cooperation. “This are sophisticated in getting is a beautiful campus that their children to learn,” needs people. My grandfa- “Chabad is at the describing how children ther looks at all the Jews of Chabad emissaries in and connects them togethisolated regions used oner,” said Great Neck resident forefront of online line classrooms for their Michael Leventhal, touring studies. “Many of the apps the school with grandfather are amazing in addressStanley Silverstein, after learning.” ing math problems,” Rabbi whom it is named.

A founder of the high-end Nina Shoes Leibtag said.

Designed for families with nonobsercompany, Silverstein keeps close ties to local Orthodox, Conservative and Reform vant and traditional backgrounds, the leaders, securing the classroom space school will also offer lessons in commufrom Temple Beth El for the new middle nications, bar and bat mitzvahs, and lecschool division of the school. “We are up tures related to adolescence. Its secular to our sixth grade and we were running subjects aim to compete with local public out of space. Even our offices were being schools in exam scores. “As Chabad’s phiused for classrooms,” said general studies losophy says, it’s to stimulate the minds principal Gilda Tesser. The middle school and warm the hearts,” Rabbi Leibtag said.

Each class will hold 15 to 18 students, will host grades six through eight.

Besides the new facility, Rabbi David with the gym space of the nearby Young Leibtag, who served as the director of Israel of Great Neck used for recreation.

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Plotsker kids Haley 5, Jessica 13, and Justin 11 work along side Lauren Balsam to orangize school supplies according to grades.

Backpack collections in North Woodmere, Jericho The sky poured out a torrent on Aug. 14, but it did not deter volunteers and local families from stuffing backpacks with school supplies at Young Israel of North Woodmere, part of the Supplies for Success mitzvah project.

In total the five Towns community collected supplies for 600 students in need. Among the local participants were Young Israel of Bayswater, HAFTR, and the Jewish Community Center of the Greater Five Towns.

The project is part of a larger UJA-Federation initiative to collect school supplies that was followed in the same week by the Jericho community, which collected supplies at the Solomon Schechter School of Nassau

County on Aug. 17. In total, some 3,000 students on Long Island, across the denominational spectrum are expected to benefit from the yearlong effort. Begun in 2002, the Supplies for Success Give Back With a Backpack program has grown from its initial 68 backpacks in its first yearto an astonishing 2,552 backpacks last year.

The backpacks will be distributed to students through several UJA-Federation beneficiary agencies, including F.E.G.S., Sid Jacobson Jewish Community Center, The Jewish Community Center of the Greater Five Towns, and other local organizations.

Jewish children in the Mid-Island area will soon be eligible to receive free, age-appropriate Jewish-content books each month.

Any Jewish child from six months to 6 years old can be enrolled to receive the books in the mail. “There’s no catch, no hidden agenda; the books are free” says HANC Family Education Center Director, Lisa Fogelson “These are beautiful books that will enhance the Jewish life of any young family.”

It’s all part of a new program at the HANC Family Education Center, a project of the.

Called PJ Library, it is part of a national program based in Massachusetts. “PJ” stands for pajama - the books turn snuggly bedtime moments into Jewish moments.

Every month, families will receive a book or music CD in the mail.

The books are beautifully illustrated and are about Jewish holidays, values, and folk tales. The books come with reading guides to help parents discuss and do activities with their children around the themes found in the books. “The Harold Grinspoon Foun-

dation & The Steinhardt Foundation pay a large percentage of the cost of this amazing program,” says Fogelson “The HANC Family Education Center is paying the rest because we think it’s important to get young Jewish families off to a great start. You don’t have to be a member of a synagogue, or any Jewish organization to get PJ Library books. This is for everyone.”

With over 148 communities participating nationwide, this is the first time that a school is sponsoring the program for an entire community. “We approached PJ Library about our unique partnership because we saw the need for young Jewish families to be empowered to educate their children.” says school Principal, Rabbi Kalman Fogel “We are fortunate to be able take the lead by opening our new Family Education Center and providing this to the community.”

To sign your family up for PJ Library, simply go to www.hancplainview.com.

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West Hempstead Blood Drive JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF WEST HEMPSTEAD, located at 711 Dogwood Avenue, will be holding a blood drive on August 21. From 9:00 AM-1:30 PM. Donors must be between the ages of 16 and 75, weighing a minimum of 110 pounds.

Photo or signature identification must be brought. For more information, contact 516-5516693.

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NCSY AND OU are holding a first-ever convention on adolescent Jewish education, discussing the theme of “Times are Changing” in Jewish education. This program will also feature an hour-long live “Jewish Musical Experience.” The event will take place on from 9:45 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. at the Stamford Hilton, located at 1 First Stamford Place, in Stamford, Conn. More than 90 Jewish educational organizations will be represented at this event. For more information, contact info@ youthcon.org or go to www.youthcon.org.

When is Moshiach coming?

CHAZAQ is hosting lecturer Rabbi Yitzchok Fingerer, who will be speaking on the topic of “When is Moshiach Coming?” Rabbi Fingerer is the author of the book Search Judaism. The event will take place at Beth Gavriel Community Center located at 66-35 108 Street in Forest Hills.

The event begins at 8 p.m. with light snacks provided. For more information, contact 917-6173636.

Men’s night fishing YOUNG ISRAEL OF OCEANSIDE is holding a men’s fishing night at 6:45 p.m. at he Freeport Dock, located at 540 Guy Lombardo Avenue in Freeport.

The four-hour event includes the boat, bait & tackle, drinks and food. The event costs $45. For reservations, contact Benji Alper at benji.alper@ gmail.com.

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GREAT NECK SYNAGOGUE, located at 26 Old Mill Road in Great Neck is hosting Rabbi Baruch Simon, who will be speaking on the topic of “The Shabbat Payment Plan: Getting Paid on Shab-

YOUNG ISRAEL OF NORTH BELLMORE, located at 2428 Hamilton Road, will be hosting a blood drive and a lecture by Rabbi David Katz, who will speak on the topic “Is Blood Thicker than Water?”

Rabbi Katz is the director of Michlelet Mevaseret Yerushalyim seminary in Jerusalem. The blood drive will run from 3:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. The lecture will begin at 6:15 PM. For more information, contact Malka or Shoshana Sigal at 516-221-4423.

MADRAIGOS, the nonprofit that helps local teens handle life’s challenges, is holding its golf and tennis benefit at Fresh Meadow Country Club, located at 255 Lakeville Road in Lake Success.

The rates for golf is $500, tennis is $250, and dinner is $150, covering breakfast, lunch, dinner, and other services related to the event. For more information and sponsorship of this event, visit www.forethem.org or contact Rabbi Josh Zern at 516-371-3250 ext. 5.

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Meat Loaf rocks for UJA benefit More than 1,400 people attended the sold-out concert headlined by Meat Loaf at UJA-Federation of New York’s 21st annual Summerfest Concert on Aug. 10 in Westbury. The event raised a record $1.6 million for UJA-Federation of New York’s annual campaign. The event honored Brookville resident Scott Jaffee for his 20 years of support for the organization. “UJA-Federation is the catalyst for all my philanthropy,” Jaffee said in a video for the concert. bat?” Rabbi Simon is a professor of Talmud at the Yeshiva Program/Mazer School of Talmudic Studies. Rabbi Simon was a fellow of the prestigious Caroline and Joseph Gruss Kollel Elyon and a fellow of the Katz Kollel. The event begins at 8 p.m. For more information, contact 516-487-6100.

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Project Child after-school SAMUEL FIELD YM-YWHA is offering Project Child, an after-school program for children ages 5-15 with ADD, ADHD, Asperger’s syndrome, learning disabilities, and high-functioning within the Autism Spectrum. This program operates during the school year at the Bay Terrace Center, located at 212-00 23rd Avenue in Bayside. Homework help and snack are provided daily, as well as educational and recreational activities. Events are held daily from 2:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. during the school year. For fees, registration and more information, contact Meredith Zylberberg at 718423-6111 ext. 228 or MZylberberg@sfy.org

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There is a hint of vanilla and chocolate but also a good amount of cherry, blackberry and currants that lend a nice tartness and a hint of sweet fruitiness. The wine finishes with flavors of oak and spices that fade slowly and ephemerally from the palate. The way these flavors intermingle so perfectly compliments the initial flavors; it reminds me of a violin concerto I once heard played whose echo was intended to act as the closing notes to the overall piece.

While I can easily recommend the entire catalog of Psagot wines I am specifically enamored by the Edom because of how it so flawlessly showcases the spirit of the Psagot Winery, located in Psagot, a settlement community located above Ramallah. “The flavor comes from the mountains surrounding Jerusalem,” said brand founder Yaakov Berg.

“The soil is very rocky and in order to plant

ong before French viticulture made its attempt to assert itself as the epicenter of wine making, the absolute best wine makers in the world were all located in the hills of Judea. While it is true what these vineyards were producing was not anything that we would consider palatable by today’s standards, it nonetheless laid down the THE KOSHER groundwork for the deCRITIC velopment of modern day winemaking.

These ancient wine cellars that pepper Israeli archeological digs often give a tremendous anthropological insight into the food culture of a bygone era.

Once such cellar that dates back to the second temple is no more than 20 minutes north of Jerusalem. In this Zechariah Mehler cellar, overlooking the Edom Mountains, one of my absolute favorite wines is made; Psagot Edom.

Psagot Winery, which is owned by the Berg family, is a unique manufacturer of Israeli wines, having incorporated exceptionally modern wine making techniques to a restored ancient vineyard. The winery makes a number of exceptional labels but their showstopper is the Edom. A 75 to 25 percent blend of Cabernet and Merlot, the Edom is aged in oak barrels for at least 14 months. It

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Psagot produces about 80,000 bottles of wine a year that, believe it or not, makes it a modest sized winery. Regardless, because of their creativity and dedication, Psagot will become known as one of the finest kosher wines around.

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New in the hood jitters Dear Aviva, I just moved to a new community. I know that all beginnings are difficult, but it’s taken more of a toll on me than I had expected.

I feel overwhelmed with all my responsibilities of setting up a new home, making new friends, and getting to know the neighborhood. I feel that I have to live up to the expectations of the norm here, which include having a job, looking great, keeping a clean, modern home, and cooking superb Shabbat meals, all while maintaining a healthy relationship with my husband. But I don’t feel like Superwoman! How can I ease into my new community without feeling these pressures all at once?

-New Neighbor

Dear New Neighbor, Moving is huge. People don’t realize until they actually make the move. Moving is so disorienting, unsettling, costly and disruptive. Even more difficult than the move, however, is adjusting to it.

The first rule of thumb is prioritizing.

Settle in to your neighborhood from the inside out. I know you are itching to adapt, but you have to make sure your foundation is set.

What’s your foundation? Yourself, your marriage, your home. That means push yourself and keep unpacking. And don’t stop when you get to the “Miscellaneous” box. If you leave even one box of odds and ends, you will walk around with this dull nagging feeling that you are still not unpacked. Well, maybe

you wouldn’t, but I know that it’s been four and a half years and I still find myself glaring at the three boxes hiding in the basement closet. I wish I had my own Aviva to ask!

If you’ve read my column before, you know that “push yourself” includes taking breaks, listening to your body, and rewarding yourself after small intervals of success. It also includes asking for help. (That’s a biggie for any situation.)

So once you have settled your roots down, it’s time to branch out. I recommend taking walks, being friendly while waiting on the check-out line in the supermarket, and go to some of the local shiurim. You will have to be proactively friendly if you want to make any headway—don’t wait to be introduced.

Instead, go out on the limb and introduce yourself.

The second rule of thumb is to save your judgments for later. Here’s how it works: You meet someone, they make an impression on you, and you tell yourself, “This doesn’t define the person. I will see how she is next time.” Most likely you are meeting the crowds on Shabbos. Remember that everybody is dressed well on Shabbos. Obviously, some dress better, and some dress worse, but when you are meeting them in shul, you are meeting the people within the context of something else. The woman in the knockout dress and glam wig may be a sneakers and tichel kinda gal on Sunday. And, as always, the moody one who didn’t even look in your direction could have just had the hardest

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I do not recommend pushing yourself to try to be different than who you are. If the women really do dress up every day and your wardrobe doesn’t quite jive, don’t fake it. Be yourself externally and internally and then you will find true friends instead of resenting having to adapt to their standards.

Involve your husband too. That may make things easier for you and it will likely bring you two closer. It also helps to have him know what you’re talking about when you’re whining to him about how hard it is.

And in the moments when you’re not

whining I want you to seek out the good.

Notice the positives. Tell your husband five nice things about your neighbors for every one complaint. (The 5:1 ratio keeps spouses healthy and appreciative, and I believe it can be applied here as well.) I’m sure there are redeeming qualities, but you will not find them unless you search.

So set up house, dress in your favorite clothes, keep an open mind and go socialize!

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