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A tool to battle obesity are important. Some strategies are a major dent some not so much. How many miles do With the advent of the school year, the need you have to walk to burn off a can of soda? to link school, community and family efforts to How many PEs (physical education) do you combat a modern day scourge of children is have to add to negate the empty calories?

People say don’t regulate food, just add PEs. once again literally brought to the table.

Over the last 40 years, obesity rates have Is it enough? You have to do both sides; just skyrocketed across all age groups, increasing adding more PE sometimes is not enough.”

Wang and her colleagues developed this more than four times in children aged six to 11, with almost a third, or 23 million, of chil- tool over two years based on published literature, review of evidence and calculations dren and teenagers overweight or obese.

To try to get a grip on what measures can to obtain a “common metric for gauging the be taken to prevent or ameliorate this epi- effectiveness of obesity prevention strategies demic, researchers at Columbia University’s and policies,” she said. She noted that the Mailman School of Public Health developed upsurge in obesity began in the 1980s, citing the Caloric Calculator (CaloricCalculator. “many things” to cause the “energy intake to exceed energy expenditure at the org). This Calculator is a tool population level” and an “energy for educators, administrators, surplus” (too many calories conteachers, parents or others consumed) of 110 to 165 kcal a day in cerned with children’s health. children. Wang pointed out that The user can access the calculathe rise in obesity “affects all artor, choose a population, such eas and demographic groups, but as middle school girls and see some areas have more concentrathe obesity percentage for that tion of obesity.” group. It then indicates the avOverweight children have an erage calorie count needed to increased risk of heart disease, be eliminated daily to bring the stroke, and cancer and are alobesity rates for that group to Dr. Alex Sternberg ready developing high blood that of the year 2000 or the pressure and type 2 diabetes.

1970s. Fourteen methods of Dr. Alex Sternberg, technical director, reducing obesity are charted, including forgoing a can of soda, adding a set time of Pediatric Pulmonary Function and Exercise physical education or reducing time spent Testing Laboratory, Associate Professor, Diviwatching television. Each method is reflect- sion of Athletic Training, Health and Exercise ed on a graph showing the affect on obesity Science, Long Island University and Clinical Instructor, Department of Orthopedic Surfor that group.

“While childhood obesity can sometimes gery and Rehabilitation Medicine at Downseem like an insurmountable problem, there state Medical Center in Brooklyn, acceded are many proven interventions that can make that the Calculator “gives a certain amount a difference. The Caloric Calculator shows of guidelines” but said that the physical eduthat, when implemented in combination, cation time is comparing “apples to oranges.” they add up to what is needed,” said Claire (Sternberg is also 7th Dan JKA Shotokan, Wang, MD, ScD, Assistant Professor in the and a resident of Woodmere.)

He pointed out that he does “exercise testDepartment of Health Policy & Management, ing daily” and unless the exercise is “quanand the project’s lead researcher.

“It’s not designed for a weight loss tool,” tifiable,” measured either on a treadmill, or Wang stressed, but for “prevention and strat- with a heart rate monitor and according to egies on the community environment. There height and weight, it is just a “guess.”

“It’s a tool, and that’s well and good,” he are a lot of things that people think are good to do, such as eliminating sugary drinks or said. “The concept of advocating exercise making kids walk or bike to school. But and caloric restriction is always a good idea. there is no common metric to measure, to If the whole family gets on board, it’s more compare interventions, the relative impact successful, it’s most important for the whole against each other. If you want to reverse to family to want to reduce weight and exercise. ten or 30 years ago, you need to stack them In the Five Towns we have other issues. Look up. It empowers people. Parents advocate at the parents—they are often obese if the for intervention and policies because they Continued on page 3

By Malka Eisenberg

Photo by Rabbi Yaakov Barzideh

Beit Shoshanim, located at former site of Congregation Shira Chadasha, may be homeless.

Back to school?

Court will decide fate

By Karen C. Green On Wednesday, August 29, Nassau Supreme Court Judge Jeffrey Goodstein issued a temporary restraining order to stay the eviction, scheduled to happen as early as 8/30, of Beit Shoshanim Torah Learning Center (TLC), from its premises at Congregation Shira Chadasha, 695 Mid-

dle Neck Road., in Great Neck.

Beit Shoshanim, a Torah learning center, provides an opportunity for Great Neck area public middle school and high school girls to get a well rounded Judaic Studies education. It was founded three years ago as an attempt to assist parents of girls who could not afford Yeshivah education. “We took curriculum from Continued on page 3

Rabbi Elimelech Ashkenazi, z”l

By Malka Eisenberg Rabbi Elimelech Ashkenazi, z”l, thought to be the last surviving student of the founder of Daf Yomi, Rabbi Meir Shapiro of Chachmei Lublin, passed away at Mount Sinai Hospital in New

York earlier this week. He was 96.

In recent years he lived in Seagate, New York although he had ties as a rav to Melbourne, Australia’s and Brussels, Belgium’s chareidi communities. He was buried in Jerusalem on Wednesday.

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Continued from page 1 several yeshivahs and mimicked it and condensed it into a three hour program,” says Elisheva Hakimian, who is Director of the school that her father Farshid Liviem founded three years ago.

Both students and parents laud the school that on a daily basis starts at 2:30 p.m, offers a hot kosher lunch, and continues with lessons and activities till 5:30 p.m. Since its inception, TLC has educated 75 girls who attend following their days at Great Neck North Middle or High School. In addition to Chumash and Navi, students learn about the Chagim, Taharat Hamishpacha and participate in Chesed activities. Twelfth graders who have consistent attendance can even earn up to six college credits for their participation. Some of the Beit Shoshanim students stay throughout high school, others such as Leah Nouriyelian, 16 will transition into Yeshivah high school. “I’ve been able to cultivate my potential at TLC. I’ve learned the importance of taking care of myself and giving to others. I have developed strong relationships with my teachers who I can call, or text at any time. It’s more than just a school. We went on a Shabbaton in the Five Towns; it was an incredible bonding experience. I’ve learned that every aspect of Judaism applies to me. The school has given me confidence and enabled me to flourish.

It even has helped my family grow closer to Judaism. The location is so convenient. TLC has been an escape. It’s someplace that I can go where I can fit in.”

Advocates of the school, such as Naz Aziz, a former instructor and cousin of a current student, speak of how TLC provides lessons beyond the classroom. “I’ve seen the school help teenage girls who would otherwise be wandering the streets. The school helps them connect with their Jewish identity, ensuring their future as Jewish wives and mothers. Students create a lasting relationship with their teachers who often provide counseling and advice.”

Rabbi Yaakov Barzideh, of Great Neck has been an instructor at Beit Shoshanim since its inception. His involvement in the school has personal significance. “I attended Great Neck North. I learned in Sh’or Yoshov.

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In addition to Judaic studies, students at Beit Shoshanim value the strong bonds that they have established with their teachers.

Teaching here has given me the opportunity to give kids what I didn’t get in high school.”

Valley National Bank commenced foreclosure in 2009, with the actual sale to the bank’s subsidiary May 2011 for $2.8 million.

As part of the foreclosure proceeding, the bank didn’t name the school as a tenant. Attorneys representing the bank contend that the lease is questionable and believe that the school doesn’t belong there.

Jay Itkowitz and Daniel Spitalnic, attorneys for the girls’ school allege procedural errors. “Valley National Bank never named the girls’ school as a respondent in the foreclosure. Now they want to throw the girls’ school out without resorting to due process.

They are not entitled to do that. On a deeper level, representatives of the school have reached out to the bank and their President to try to negotiate a reasonable agreement.”

There are two viable and reasonable options, noted Itkowitz.

“They can give the girls’ school an opportunity to buy the facility at fair market value,

which is substantially less than the original loan ($3.5 million, 2 million purchase, 1.5 construction) that the bank foreclosed on.

Another option, is for the bank to continue to rent to the school until they find a buyer who will take occupancy.”

Attorneys for the school contend that the bank is treating the school as if they were the original mortgagor, which would elicit a higher price. The bank is seeking $4 million to close the deal.

The building also houses a mikveh which continues to be in use by the community, while the girls’ school is in operation.

The Law Firm of Itkowitz and Horowitz sent a proposal to the bank’s attorney, and they received a one word response, “Rejected.” According to Jay Itkowitz, “There was no indication that the bank was open to having any reasonable discussions that would accommodate the needs of the school, students or community while protecting the interests of the bank. Valley National Bank should act like a community bank which is supported by

many people in the community. It makes no sense for the bank to throw out the school and their girls when the bank has no alternative use in place, no buyer, no tenant. If they throw the school out no one will be in the building and they’ll have to pay someone to protect the building. Let’s hope that Valley National Bank agrees to sit down to negotiate a solution which will allow the girls to continue their studies there as back to school is next week. Let’s hope in the spirit of the new year, that Bank President Jerry Lipkin finds his way to the negotiating table resulting in a solution and a kiddush Hashem.”

Both sides go back to Nassau Supreme Court on Wednesday, September 5th when Judge Marber will hear the arguments from both sides as to whether the school will continue at its present location. Founder Farhid Liviem is hopeful that the community rallies around the school to offer their support.

Making life-style changes to fight obesity Continued from page 1 kids are obese. The schools have to get behind this.” He noted the connection between health issues and weight gain, and the difficulty of a ten year old surrounded by conflicting messages of excess food at shuls with kiddushes and at home. “They give all kinds of junk at kiddushes,” he said. “I make a kiddush twice a year for my parents’ yahrtzeits.

I’m almost afraid to make it healthy,” citing kugel and other empty, high calorie foods served at a typical kiddush. “If I made a really healthy kiddush they’d kill me, they’d put me in the chulent!”

Sternberg also advocated testing children in the area yeshivot for physical fitness. He noted that weight is not a measure of physical fitness, citing Sumo wrestlers weighing in at 500 to 600 pounds as athletes. He suggested measuring fitness annually as is done by the New York City Board of Education based on the President’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports guidelines. “We have to work on the culture, making exercise important to Orthodox Jews,” he said. “You never hear, ‘your child didn’t do well on his push ups.’” He has offered to train students in the local schools for physical fitness and coordinate diet, as well. “If you begin in the schools, you have a bigger opportunity to make an impact on

Photo courtesy of Alex Sternberg

Sternberg during a presentation on children’s fitness results in Baltimore at the Annual Meeting of the American College of Sports Medicine. them at home,” he added.

A Five Towns nutritionist pointed out the merits of the Calculator, calling it a “good teaching tool. Teachers can put it up on the Smart Board and show the class that a sugary drink is so many calories,” pointed out Mandi

Madowicz, RD, CDN, CDE. “While the calculator is designed to interface with larger groups, the information that is derived can be disseminated to the individual members of that group who can then use it to make changes in their personal dietary and exer-

cise regimen. It can be used by educators and parents to educate children, that even small modifications to their dietary and exercise habits can make a big impact on their weight.

The calculator also highlights the need for schools to incorporate sufficient time for physical activity in their daily schedule. That being said, while the calculator is helpful, it is not a substitute for the individualized nutrition care that can only be provided by a Registered Dietitian.”

“Establishing healthy eating and active living habits should start as early as possible,” said Wang, “and parents and educators need to keep supporting these good habits as kids grow older.” The Calorie Calculator should be used as a guide for overall good health with stress on proper diet and physical activity rather than a focus on dieting to lose weight, Wang noted. “Prevention is key.”

Said Madowicz, “Every small change does make a difference, but it needs to be cumulative; a bunch of small changes makes a difference.”

To use the Caloric Calculator go to caloriccalculator.org. Mandi Madowicz’s email is one2onenutritioncare@aol.com and her phone number is 516 374-1699. Alex Sternberg can be reached at alex.sternberg@ downstate.edu.

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Opinion Why does President Obama have anti-Israel activists on his list of rabbi supporters?

Note: I received a press release the other day from the Republican Jewish Coalition informing me that one of the Rabbis on the President’s “Rabbis for Obama” list (Gottlieb) was an anti-Israel activist. Over my lunchtime brisket sandwich. I decided to see if the President had any others like Rabbi Gottlieb on his list. Before I opened my can of Dr. Brown’s cream soda, POLITICO I found many more anTO GO ti-Israel activists on the list.

Earlier this week, the Obama campaign announced the formation of “Rabbis For Obama,” featuring over 600 rabbis from across the country and across all Jewish denominations dedicated to four more years of big government and anti-IsraJeff Dunetz el policies.

The campaign didn’t bother to check the list, or simply didn’t care who was on it, because at least eight of the Rabbis on the list are members of the Rabbinical Council of The Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP)--an organization named by the Anti-Defamation League as one of the 10 most anti-Israel organizations in America (I am sure their mothers are proud).

The Rabbis include: Rabbi Chava Bahle, Suttons Bay, MI Rabbi Rachel Evelyne Barenblat, Lanesboro, MA Rabbi Haim Beliak, Los Angeles, CA Rabbi Lynn Gottlieb, Berkeley, CA Rabbi Linda Holtzman, Philadelphia, PA Rabbi Rebecca Lillian, Chicago, IL David Mivasair, State College, PA Rabbi Brant Rosen, Evanston, IL According to the ADL analysis of JVP, the organization with which these Rabbis are involved: “…calls for an end to U.S. aid to Israel, accuses Israel of “apartheid” policies, and supports divestment campaigns against Is-

rael. Like other Jewish anti-Zionist groups, JVP uses its Jewish identity to shield the anti-Israel movement from allegations of anti-Semitism and provide a greater degree of credibility to the anti-Israel movement. JVP recognizes its role as such, specifically noting that the group’s Jewish nature gives it a “particular legitimacy in voicing an alternative view of American and Israeli actions and policies” and the ability to distinguish “between real anti-Semitism and the cynical manipulation of that issue.” JVP activists regularly attend anti-Israel events wearing t-shirts and holding signs proudly broadcasting their Jewish identity. In March-April 2010, leaders of JVP unsuccessfully lobbied for the passage of a divestment resolution at the University of California, Berkeley, targeting companies that do business with Israel.”

Some of the members of Obama’s anti-Israel Jew-crew can be considered “standouts.”

For example, Rabbi Chava Bahle is also a member of an organization called 14 Friends of Palestine, which advocated condemning Israel for the Gaza flotilla incident, in which a boat from Turkey filled with terrorists and weapons was stopped by Israel in 2010, resulting in several deaths. Bahle and the group also advocate the false meme that Israel is preventing food and medical supplies from reaching Gaza.

In his book Wrestling in the Daylight: A Rabbi’s Path to Palestinian Solidarity, Rabbi Brant Rosen wrote this about Operation Cast Lead, which was Israel’s response to thousands of rockets fired into her civilian areas from the terrorists in the Gaza Strip: “I remember reading this news with utter anguish. At the same time, oddly enough, I realized that I was finally observing this issue with something approaching true clarity: This is not about security at all -- this is about bringing the Palestinian people to their knees.

Once I admitted this to myself, I realized how utterly tired I had become. Tired of trying to excuse the inexcusable. Tired of using torturous, exhausting rationalizations to explain away what I knew in my heart was sheer and simple oppression.”

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Rosen is the number two guy in JVP. Rabbi Lynn Gottlieb’s history includes dining with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, and being the first American rabbi to visit Tehran. And through her organization, Shomer Shalom Network for Jewish Nonviolence, Gottlieb (as well as other rabbis on Obama’s list) thanked South African Judge Goldstone for his now discredited report on Operation Cast Lead that accused Israel of war crimes: ‘Judge Goldstone, we want to offer you our deepest thanks for upholding the principles of justice, compassion and truth that are the heart of Jewish religion and without which our claims to Jewishness are empty of meaning. We regret that your findings have led to controversy and caused you not to feel welcome at your own grandson’s Bar Mitzvah. We believe your report is a clarion call to Israel and the Jewish people to awaken from the slumber of denial and return to the path of peace.’

These eight rabbis were easy to find because they were all part of the same antiIsrael organization. Before finishing my diet cream I found another eight who were members of “Rabbi’s for Human Rights (RHR).”

Rabbis for Human Rights is another organization which promotes left-wing causes in the name of Judaism, and is a frequent critic of what they call Israel’s “occupation” of the disputed territories of Judea and Samaria.

They also created a website calling for an investigation of the Israeli “war crimes” during Operation Cast Lead (I couldn’t find any RHR site calling for an investigation of the 5,000+ rockets launched by terrorists from GAZA which caused Israel to defend herself.)

If each of the 600+ Rabbis were looked into, I am confident there would be similar cases to report.

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For example, one name I’ve recognized right off is “Rabbi” Arthur Waskow. Waskow calls himself Rabbi after receiving his “Smicha” from a “Bet Din” comprised of an unnamed Hasidic Rabbi, a Conservative Rabbi, a Reform Rabbi, and a feminist theologian.

Waskow’s work is as unusual as his ordination. He works closely with the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), which besides being created by the Muslim Brotherhood, and being named an unindicted coconspirator in the Holyland Terror Financing trial, is also on the ADL’s most anti-Israel group list.

In his description of the Rabbis for Obama group, Ira Forman, Jewish Outreach Director for the Obama campaign said: “Their ringing endorsement of President Obama speaks volumes about the President’s deep commitment to the security of the state of Israel and his dedication to a policy agenda that represents the values of the overwhelming majority of the American Jewish Community.”

I wonder if Mr. Forman and President Obama believe these anti-Israel activists represent the values of the overwhelming majority of the American Jewish Community (not true)--or, based on his policies since he took office, they simply represent the values of Barack Obama.

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

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

Jeff lives in Long Island.

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300 Jews to be evicted and their homes destroyed

By Malka Eisenberg The Israeli Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered all 50 families living in the town of Migron evacuated from their homes by September 4th and the homes to be demolished, except for a few on lot 10, by September 11th.

MK Danny Danon said that if the residents were Arab the court would not have ordered the evacuation. MK Tzipi Hotovely said that it is incumbent on the Supreme Court to protect the rights of Jewish settlers as well as Arabs, and pointed out that Ariel Sharon initiated the building of Migron.

Migron is a community of 300 Jews 14 kilometers north of Jerusalem, strategically overlooking Route 60 in Binyamin, built on government provided land designated for the community in 1999.

Israel Danziger, of Mishmeret Yesha, noted that the Israeli government is determined to focus on this destruction even though Israel is surrounded by existential threats, Iran’s nuclear arms ambitions, the upheaval in Syria and its overflow into Lebanon, repeated rocket attacks from Gaza, the Islamist government in Egypt and its threatening arming of Sinai. He disclosed the leak of an IDF civil administration document that the Israeli Government plans to destroy the towns, outposts, of Mitzpe Yitzhar, Migron, Givat Assaf, Ma’aleh Rechavam, Givat Hadegel, Givat Haroeh, Bnei Adam and Atzmona.

This, in view of the constant illegal building

by Arabs throughout Israel, including in Ye-

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An aerial view of Migron, in the Shomron, Israel. huda and Shomron, and their anti-Israel, anti-Jewish propaganda in the media, mosques and schools.

“Why is all this happening?” asked Helen Freedman of Americans for a Safe Israel. “I

don’t understand the machinations behind the scenes. The picture is much larger. Is this government pushing a two state solution even though there is no partner for peace?

“What happened to the Levy report?” con-

tinued Freedman. “I thought it would have a seismic effect. There was not even a bleep!”

She noted that all the protests, rallies, petitions, even the human ring from Gush Katif to Jerusalem did not stop the evacuation of Gush Katif seven years ago. Freedman said that the report was an “earthquake.

All these years they were talking about the ‘occupation’ and now it’s over, all of it belongs to Israel. It’s a landmark in Israeli history. Bibi (Prime Minister Netanyahu) has a perfect cushion and there is no evidence that the Arabs owned any land there (in Migron).” She said that when Peace Now and the ISM (International Solidarity Movement) protest, the courts decide in their favor even without proof, and the court then does not cancel the orders of eviction. She noted that they shouldn’t proceed with the eviction until they “establish the merits of the document (the Levy Report).”

Freedman pointed out that Jeff Daube, representative of the ZOA (Zionist Organization of America) in Jerusalem, opened an office in Migron to show support. People are writing and sending petitions, MKs are protesting, but there doesn’t seen to be any reaction.

When asked why the local Five Towns and other New York rabbis don’t address this issue to their congregants during davening on Shabbat or at shiurim, Freedman noted that there was silence and seeming disinterest during the Gush Katif expulsion and now as well.

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From Broadway to Delancey with a side of sour cream About 25 years ago, I had tickets to Jackie Mason on Broadway. We met our friends at the theater, since they still lived in Forest Hills, and we had already moved to Woodmere. By the time we parked and made it into the theater, we slipped in near our friends just as the curtain was rising. Almost in unison, my friend and I whispered, “where do you want to eat after the show?�

Needless to say, we were in stitches when Mason’s first act was comparing Jews to Gentiles. “How can you tell who are the Jews and who are Gentiles in the audience tonight?

The Gentiles will be asking, ‘Want to get a drink after the show?’ The Jews will be asking, ‘Did you eat yet?

Where should we eat?’ Gentiles never finish drinking, Jews never finish eating.� Though Judy Joszef he was hysterical and a bit exaggerated, it was, unfortunately, for the most part, true.

At lunch: “Where should we have dinner?�

Dinner: “Where should we have coffee?� “But we had coffee.� “But we didn’t have cake yet.� “Let’s go for a walk.� “We walked already, but we didn’t have cake yet.�

Jews walk into a restaurant and want their table immediately. They also want it

away from the kitchen, near a window, not near the bar or entrance and definitely not in the back. Anyone else walks in, waits quietly, and then sits wherever they’re seated. We expect huge portions; Jews and nouvelle cuisine just don’t go together. Can you imagine your parents or grandparents being a served a plate with 4 ounces of fish, 3 French green beans (tied of course with bows made out chives) and 2 roasted cherry tomatoes? Not only do we want sizeable portions, we want it custom ordered. Mason spoke of Gentiles ordering eggs. �I’ll have the eggs, and coffee, please.�

Ever hear a Jew order breakfast? Every Jew orders breakfast like this: “Listen, I want it once over light on this egg, and on the other egg, I want under the quarter. This’ll be under a half and this’ll be under a minute. I’d like a slight two minute egg on this side. ... I want the bread toasted... not very toasted... slightly toasted... not exactly toasted... I want the potatoes on a third plate. I want the coffee not to the top... closer to two thirds... not less than half.�

True to our word, after the show we continued our conversation as to where we should eat. We decided on Ratner’s. If Bernstein’s was the place to be seen and feast for meat, Ratner’s was its dairy equivalent. No frozen yogurt, whole wheat bread, low carb pasta, sushi, or egg white omelets. Rolls were huge and laden with onions, everything was fried, or made with butter or cheese and the

portions could serve an entire family.

When it was my turn to order, I asked for the sable, but didn’t want an entire platter of it. I asked if I could have a side, and maybe a few slices of tomatoes. I didn’t want a whole salad. I also ordered a cup of coffee. I wanted regular coffee filled halfway up and then additional boiling water almost up to the top so that it’s not “mud strength,� skim milk on the side, and told the waiter to make sure it’s skim milk because I would know if it’s not. Then as the waiter was walking away I asked if we could switch tables as the air vent was blowing on me. All at once we broke into uncontrollable laughter. I was Jackie Mason’s walking, talking paradigm of life imitating art. Tessie and Michael, remember that night?

Just like Grossinger’s and Bernstein’s, Ratner’s was an absolute classic that made it’s way to that great restaurant in the sky.

Sadly, we are reduced to reflecting on ghosts of memories of over flowing plates filled with comfort foods, their famous cheesecake and Jewish waiters doubling as comedians or Norman Bate’s character from Psycho. For those of you who yearn for Ratner’s famous cheese blintzes, here is the authentic recipe straight from their world famous meatless cookbook. The blintzes can be served plain, with confectioner’s sugar, strawberries or, for a taste of the ole’ days, top it off with a generous portion of full fat sour cream, or a dollop

of sour cream on the side, or a separate plate of sour cream....

BLINTZ BATTER

■4 eggs ■2 cups water ■2 cups sifted all-purpose ■½ teaspoon salt ■Filling (see below) ■1/3 cup melted butter

flour

1. In a bowl combine eggs and water and blend thoroughly. Beat in flour and salt. Mixture will be runny.

2. Pour 2 tablespoons of the batter into a hot, greased 7-inch omelet or crepe pan.

Rotate skillet so bottom of pan is covered evenly.

3. Cook until golden. Remove from pan and repeat process using all the blintz batter.

Pile one on top of the other, with a piece of waxed paper in between each one.

CHEESE FILLING

â– 2 8 ounce packages â– 2 egg yolks â– Âź cup sugar â– 1 teaspoon vanilla

farmer cheese

In a bowl, combine all ingredients and mix thoroughly. . Place 2 heaping tablespoons of cheese filling on one-half of the unbrowned side of the pancake. Fold pancake over once to cover filling. Fold in sides of pancake. Continue rolling.

Heat butter in a skillet until hot. Place blintzes, seam side down, in skillet and sautĂŠ until golden on all sides.

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Touro course links computer games and education

By Malka Eisenberg A workshop uniting computer games and education in a professional development course for teachers, enlightened some 40 participants earlier this month at Touro College’s Graduate School of Technology in Manhattan.

The six-hour one-day class was held twice

by E-Line Media, a publisher of game-based learning products and services. The course instructed participants in how to create educational games to use in classroom settings for students from age eight to 14 to hone technology-based skills.

Most of those who attended the class are teachers of regular subjects, stated Yevgeny Komm, assistant director of the Instructional Technology Masters program at the Touro College Graduate School of Technology.

“Some are aspiring to become teachers, some work with technology and some are looking to learn about technology.” Komm noted that overall, the “students loved it, they asked when we will offer this kind of class work again, they asked where the information will be posted. Because of this, many of them want to get into instructional technology, a field that allows them to do this on a daily basis with their various subjects.” They hope to offer the course again with the same company, address and location to be determined.

Katya Hott, the teacher of the course, has a Masters from New York University in Digital Media Design for Learning. “The course covered the basics of how to use game design in the classroom,” she said. “We looked at what comprises a game, why game design is

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Participants in Touro’s gaming workshop a beneficial learning activity, and how to use the platform Gamestar Mechanic as a design tool.” She noted that the students of the course who were already using technology were “interested specifically in using games and game design with their students.” The

goals of the course, Hott explained, “were to explore how game design can be used to teach systems thinking, collaboration, critical thinking, and problem solving in the classroom. By the end of the workshop, students should understand what makes a good

(challenging and fun) game, what game design can do for students, and how to design basic 2D games using Gamestar Mechanic.”

One of the participants in the course, Kathleen Hughes of the Bronx, has a Master of Science degree in Instructional Technology from Touro, and took the course because she said that she “would like to get back into teaching” and she wants to “stay current.

Technology is forever changing.” The course taught “how to make games and how to use the game program in the classroom,” she said. They “show how the students can play.

They start small and go through different quests and get more avatars and icons that they can use. Their supply and workshop grows. Students can design their own games and come across things that are broken and they have to fix. They drag and drop items as they design and fix the game and get to share games in Game Alley.” She noted that it teaches critical and higher order thinking skills, problem solving skills, creative thinking, collaboration, writing, storytelling, and STEM learning: science, technology, engineering, math. It also has resources for teachers, learning guides, and lesson plans.

Hughes said that the course was “geared for teachers to bring technology into the classroom.”

Hughes said that the course was “well done. It was a useful course, very engaging, It develops tons of skills and keeps kids interested. People had ‘wow’ moments. People were amazed in the use of the program.”

For more information contact Yevgeny Komm at yevgeny.komm@touro.edu or call 212-463-0400 x5248.

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Keep your word, keep the Torah! people (an organization committed to fighting the evils of Lashon Hara and gossip) take this verse to indicate a need to guard your lips from evil speech (a nice sentiment, indeed), they are taking the verse completely out of context, and are not even presenting it properly. The intent of the verse is for a person to be careful to keep promises. It is not a referendum against lashon hara. [There are other such referendums, of course, but this is not one of them.]

A grammarian can literally have a field day with this verse. Does one have to keep a vow that has already been made? A vow that you will have made? Or a vow that will be made in the future? What is the proper tense of the sentence? What is the intent behind the vow of which the verse speaks?

Many focus on the word “nedava,” as in a voluntary gift, to suggest the verse is referring to animal sacrifices, or other Templeworthy gifts (Rosh Hashana 6a). The Midrash and Talmud go so far as to include gifts that one has merely thought of giving in one’s heart – the word “nedava” is so often attached to a “n’div lev” that even just a feeling of dedication could be sufficient to make one obligated to follow through (Shavuot 26b).

This is not the literal meaning of the verse, of course, but which institution will turn down gifts people pledge in their hearts?

In a sense, the message is to be careful of what you say – not so much because it might be evil, but because it may end up costing you a lot of money. And if you pledge or make a financial commitment to the Temple

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This is why it says, “Guard what comes out of your mouth,” as if to say, “You must fulfill what comes out of your mouth.”

Rabbenu Bachaye concludes his kabbalistic interpretation, referring to the promise the people made in donating to the Mishkan.

But he also mentions that the people heard the Ten Commandments.

While he does not extend his thought further, I think he gives us enough of a hint of the identity of the promise referred to in the verse, that “was made” – as in, in the past tense.

When the people stood at Sinai and collectively cried out “We will do and we will listen,” they were essentially declaring a binding allegiance to G-d and His Torah for themselves and their posterity.

The instruction to “Guard and Do what comes out of your mouth” is a reminder of a commitment to the Torah, as it was originally intended in the manner transmitted and eventually recorded in the Talmud by the scholars and teachers of Israel. The “gift” vowed to G-d, perhaps even “voluntarily,” is our unchanging dedication to Him. It may have begun as volunteering, but, as Rabbenu Bechaye says, your word is your bond, even if you never said, “I promise.”

As we inch closer to Rosh Hashana, let us pray that the collective Jewish people will remember the declaration of our ancestors and strive to keep our ancestors’ word as we rededicate ourselves once again to keeping our promise to keep the Torah.

– your word is literally your bond. This is the general approach of Ibn Ezra and Rabbenu Bachaye. Chizkuni looks at the literal words attaching a traditional warning to the term “tishmor” (to guard) as if to say “Be careful and watch over what you have said you will not do” while the “V’asita” (and you should do) is a positive assertion to “do what you said you will do – as long as it is for G-d’s sake.”

Rabbenu Bachaye interprets the verse on three different levels: Pshat (the simple meaning), Midrashic, followed by a Kabbalistic interpretation, the latter of which will now be presented: What comes out of your mouth parallels what comes from G-d’s mouth – just as G-d does not need to swear He will do something He says He’ll do, every person should fulfill everything that comes out of his mouth, even if “he did not promise.”

This verse is an allusion to the covenant of the mouth, which refers to the power of speech that only humans possess. The mouth is the seventh of the openings of the face – two ears, two eyes, two nostrils and the mouth. G-d chose the number seven – He built 7 skies and chose the 7th (for his domicile); he made 7 days and chose the 7th for His special day; and He chose the mouth to be the greatest as it sings His praises (a warning not to misuse the mouth comes in Vayikra 22:32) When Israel violated or went back on their word, Moshe said to them “Why have you gone against G-d’s Word?” (Bamidbar 14:41)

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When one breaks down Devarim 23:24, properly, according to its cantillation marks, a proper translation could be “What has come out of your lips you must keep and carry out (or “do”); as you have vowed to Hashem your G-d a gift, that you have spoken with your mouth.”

Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan translated the same verse as follows: “But when you have spoken, be careful of your word and keep the pledge that you have vowed to G-d your L-rd.” And Artscroll: “You shall observe and carry out what emerges from your lips, just as you vowed a voluntary gift to Hashem, your G-d, whatever you spoke with your mouth.”

I like Rabbi Kaplan’s “translation” mostly Rabbi Avi Billet because it is not a translation. It is clearly an “interpretation” which aims to make the confusing language of the verse easily understood. Having said that, Rabbi Kaplan ignores the fact that following the rules of “munach etnachta” (the connecting cantillation mark that sometimes - and in this case - leads to the main break in the middle of the verse), the words “you must keep and carry out” (or “be careful and keep”) must go together.

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Sept 2 Bike 4 Friendship Join our 8 mile bike ride and raise funds for children with special needs. Proceeds from this event will benefit the Five Towns’ Chapter of the Friendship Circle. Bike ride will take place rain or shine. Please wear a bicycle helmet, and bring a chain and lock for use during the fair. Register!

Volunteer! Event is being chaired by Shlomie and Rivky Hartstein, Adam and Sarit Kramer and Avi and Chava Popack. Minimum commitment to fundraise is $180. Leaving from Chabad of the Five Towns 74 Maple Ave. in Cedarhurst and riding to Long Beach (Carnival/ Fair at the finish line) Family ride begins at 12:00 PM, Ladies/Girls ride begins at 12:15 PM, Boys Ride begins at 12:30 PM, Friendship Circle children’s bus leaves at 12:35 PM. Please be at Chabad 15 minutes prior to departure Donate today at www.bike4friendship.org/ fivetowns/ Or contact Batsheva at 516-295-2478 x13 or Batsheva@chabad5towns.com

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Sept 13 -14 Bake Sale

Sept 3 Chabad Welcome Back Family BBQ Chabad welcomes you back after a summer filled with family & fun. Join us for fantastic food, exciting activities and fabulous fun for all. $5 per person $36.00 max per family Chabad, 74 Maple Avenue, Cedarhurst Time: 5:00-7:00 pm Info: 516-295-2478

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(L-R) Chani Goldfeder, Judy Wagman, Rebbetzin Shani Lefkowitz, Batsheva Aaron, Shoshana Wagman, and Rebbetzin Lefkowitz’ granddaughters at Supplies for Success volunteer backpack fill in the Five Towns.

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Flower Arranging DemonFall Open Dinner Meeting stration Devora Group of Hewlett Hadassah at Chosen Island, Central Ave, Lawrence Guest Speaker: Dr. Lisa Feit, M.D., F.A.P.M. Psychiatry and Women: A Historical Perspective Please note: Men are welcome at this meeting! Hadassah cards will be available for sale…

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Sept 5 Frum Divorce “Second Chances: A Time for Hope and Renewal” with noted speakers Rabbi Paysach Krohn & Dr. David Pelcovitz Sisu V’Simcha Hall | 4127 18th Avenue, Brooklyn, NY,8:30 p.m.

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Sept 6, 13 and on JCC of the Greater Five Towns Thursday morning Yoga class, 9:15-10:30am on September 6, 13, 20; October 25, Nov. 1, 8, 15 & 29; Dec. 6, 13 & 20 - $200/season. This class will take place at the JCC, 207 Grove Avenue, Cedarhurst and will be taught by Miriam Abrahams.

For registration information please call Sheryl at (516) 569-6733 x 222.

more confident during the transitional period.”

Topics of discussion throughout the week will include: ·Monday, September 10: “Positive Limit Setting With Our Children” Rachel Pill, L.C.S.W. ·Tuesday, September 11: “Improve Your Children’s Self-Esteem and Motivate Them to Learn” Adina Soclof, MS, CCC-SLP ·Wednesday, September 12 “Communicating With Your Child’s School – How to Talk So They Will Listen” Alex Bailey, Ph.D. ·Thursday, September 13 “We’ve Got Ruach, Yes We Do! Transitioning the Spirituality of Summer Experiences into the Home” Rabbi Yaakov Glasser, Regional Director of New Jersey NCSY Further information can be found on the OU Community Engagement website, or contact Hannah Farkas at hannahf@ou.org or call 212.613.8351.

JCC of the Greater Five Towns Rose Edinger , 11am-12pm Learn how to create magnificent floral arrangements suitable for your Yom Tov table; $25. For information please call Sheryl at (516) 569-6733 x 222 or sheryl.wyszkowski@ fivetownsjcc.org.

Sept 8 PRE-SELICHOT PROGRAM Lido Beach Synagogue Oscar Nominated Israeli Film entitled: “FOOTNOTE” at 10:00 p.m. Discussion will follow Refreshments will be served Selichot Service will follow at 12 midnight Conducted by Cantor Yaakov Roston Lido Beach Synagogue is located at Lido Boulevard and Fairway Road

Sept 8 PRE-SELICHOT PROGRAM Congregation Beth Sholom, 10:30 p.m.

“G-d on Trial” An extraordinary film of Jewish prisoners in Auschwitz who put G-d on trial in absentia followed by a discussion with Dr. David Pelcovitz “The Modern Jew: Facing Our Spiritual Challenges” Gwendolyn & Joseph Straus Chair in Jewish Education at Yeshiva University’s Azrieli Graduate School of Jewish Education. Dr. Pelcovitz also teaches pastoral psychology at RIETS YU & serves as special assistant to the President of YU. Sponsored by Dr. Sherry & Joel Wiener

in memory of her brother Neil Steuer k”z & his father Paul Wiener k”z Followed by SELICHOT WITH CHAZAN JOEL KAPLAN - 12:00AM Congregation Beth Sholom is located at 390 Broadway in Lawrence.

Sept 10 – 13 The Orthodox Union Department of Community Engagement and the Life section on the OU website, www. ou.org, will present “Navigate the Back to School Daze” -- a week-long series of webcasts for a national audience by leading Orthodox mental health and rabbinic professionals focusing on how to transition from summer vacation back to the school year. The presentations, during which speakers will also be available for live interaction, will take place at 7:00 p.m. EDT from Monday, September 10 through Thursday, September 13.

The webcasts, coordinated by Hannah Farkas, OU Community Engagement Program Associate, are a component of the OU Community Engagement on-going “Positive Jewish Parenting” programs. Registration is found on the OU Community Engagement webpage, www.oucommunity.org. The webcasts will be featured, and later archived, on the same page.

According to Rabbi Judah Isaacs, OU Director of Community Engagement, “Helping children and parents to transition from the summer months of camp and vacation into the routine of school is always difficult. The OU is providing a unique opportunity for parents and caregivers anywhere around the country to learn tips from experts in an interactive online forum. We encourage parents to join us for an hour each night to strengthen their parenting skills and to feel

EMUNAH’s Annual Rosh Hashanah Bake Sale & Gift Boutique! We are hoping we can count on you, as an amazing baker, friend, and supporter of EMUNAH, to bake 2 items for this event. We are also including kugels and muffins this year !! The bake sale is on Thursday, September 13th, from 1:00pm - 7:00 pm, and Friday September 14th, from 9:00am to 1:00pm at the home of Nicole Spivak, 801 Keene Lane in Woodsburgh! THANK YOU IN ADVANCE for your help and support!!!!!!!

Sept 16-18 Rosh Hashanah Come to Chabad and pick up your Holiday Guide All are welcome regardless of background or affiliation. There will be a Youth Services & program for all children at the Chabad Center, 74 Maple Avenue, Cedarhurst.

Place: Services will be held at HAFTR High School, 635 Central Avenue, Cedarhurst Fee: Suggested donation of $120.00 per adult & $50 per child joining the youth services & program (lunch & snack included) for the High Holidays. No one will be turned away due to lack of funds.

Time: For a complete schedule and times of services please refer to the Holiday Guide Info: 516-295-2478 or www.chabad5towns.com/ seats

Sept 14– Oct. 12 The Chabad Center for Jewish Life of Merrick/ Bellmore/Wantagh presents Tots ‘N Challah: An exciting Mommy & me program for children ages 0-3 !

Join with your child and other moms/dads in celebrating Shabbat through Challah baking, story, song and art activities! · Knead the dough, Braid the Challah, Judaic Craft, Music and Song Fridays 10:30-11:30 A.M. Complimentary First Class! Cost is $25 for 5 week session or $8.00 per class. Includes snack and craft supplies.

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It was the height of the Intifada, and we were in the midst of a months’ worth of reserve duty....It is so easy to demonize the ‘enemy,’ but life isn’t always quite so simple.

Deep in the heart of Hebron was an Israeli lookout position, meant to spot trouble on the road below and protect Israeli civilians driving through.

Every day, when kids from the local village got out of school, a hail of rocks, bricks, and bottles would come sailing through the air FROM THE HEART up onto the lookout OF JERUSALEM post, endangering and sometimes injuring the few Israeli soldiers manning the position. Every time they would call local patrols in to try to catch the perpetrators, they would be long gone by the time the troops arrived.

One day, we decided to try a more innovative approach. The village where this rock throwing was taking place Rabbi Binny was on the side of a hill Freedman above a beautiful valley, so we decided we would hike up the valley arriving at the top of the village late in the morning, when everyone was already in school, and wait for the rock throwing to begin.

Our plan worked. By 12:15 we were in place behind the stone wall above the village, and the lookout post was clued in to let us know as soon as any action started. About 1 PM, the bottles and rocks started flying and we came out of cover, running down the hill.

Suddenly, a frantic cry over the radio alerted us that they had spotted a masked terrorist

(“Ra’ul Panim”) down an alley, out of range.

This was a serious matter; the men who wore those masks were usually members of the death squads that terrorized Arab and Israeli civilians alike….I took off down the alley following the directions via radio from the lookout post.

Coming around a corner, I spotted him, waving something akin to a medieval mace above his head with one hand, and holding a Palestinian flag with the other. He turned and saw me, dropped the flag and the balland-chain, and took off down the street.

As I was running down the side of a hill, he was lower than me, and I could only see the top of his body as he ran. After a couple of minutes, I saw that he was headed into a maze of alleyways, and, realizing I was about to lose him, stopped running and aimed my rifle at his back yelling “Stop!” (“Wakef”).

Technically speaking, in that situation, as he was a masked terrorist, once ordering him to stop I could shoot to kill to prevent his escape. I guess he realized this, and stopped running. To this day, I thank G-d he stopped, because when I got close enough to pull off his mask, I discovered he was an eight-year-old boy. Was this the enemy we were fighting against?

This week’s portion, Ki Tetzeh, seems to relate to this issue: “Ki Tetzeh Le’milchama Al Oye’vechah’….” “ When (If?) you will go out to war against your enemies….” (Devarim 21:10) There will come a time, suggests the Torah, when you will wage war. And there are specific mitzvoth (commandments) associated with such wars.

It is interesting to note that the verse here does not describe “waging” war; rather it speaks of “going out” to war. Is there some significant difference between fighting a war and “going out to war”?

The conclusion of this verse is: “…

U’Netano’ Hashem Elokecha’ Be’Yadecha’, Ve’Shavita Shivyo’.” “And Hashem your G-d will give him (your enemy) into your hands, and you will capture his captives.”

Does this mean: ‘If when you go to war, G-d will make you victorious….’Or perhaps: If you will go to war, then G-d … will make you victorious….

Which is challenging to say the least: why does going out to battle merit, perhaps even guarantee, victory?

And why does the verse add the seemingly moot point that we are going out to war “against our enemies”? Who else would we be fighting against if not our enemies?

Perhaps this is the key to this question.

To wage war, two conditions need to be met: One needs to have enemies, and one needs to be able to identify them. If you don’t know who your enemies are, there is no point in going out to war.

This may well be precisely the challenge we face today: there seems to be some confusion as to whom our enemies are, and whether indeed we need to wage war against them.

They say you don’t make peace with your friends; you have to be willing to make peace with your enemies, which is true. But you also can only make peace with an enemy who wants to make peace. Perhaps this is why no peace has ever been achieved without a war.

Sometimes, until you are willing to win a war, you cannot begin the process of creating peace. Indeed, sometimes, the hesitation to fight a war, impedes the pursuit of peace.

We so admire restraint, as a crucial ingredient to compromise and harmony. Yet, imagine if the Allies had shown a little less restraint when Adolph Hitler took over Austria. How many tens of millions of lives might have been saved if America had not waited essentially until 1942, seven long years lat-

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Going to war against the dark forces that lie within

er, and instead joined forces with England against Germany as early as 1935?

Perhaps this is why the verse speaks of “going out” to war, because going to war in a sense requires us to step a little bit outside of the box we normally occupy.

It is good, in the end, that we live in a world of tremendous desire for peace. And it may well be that the fact that our willingness to wage war is outside of our normal ‘box’ is what guarantees that it will be a war waged in the way only a nation striving to be an ethical light unto the world can hope to achieve.

More than any other experience, war and the battlefield determine whether we really believe that Hashem runs the world. Bullets don’t know about statistics, and if your number is up, it’s up. To run up a hill under enemy fire, you almost have to believe that it has nothing to do with you, because if you really thought your survival depended only on what you did, it would be madness to run up any hill under fire.

Perhaps then, war is almost an opportunity to step outside the reality we are so immersed in, and encounter a degree of truth, which often eludes us. Perhaps this is why we read this portion in the month leading up to Rosh Hashanah, the day when we re-discover the concept of Malchut, royalty, and the idea that it is really G-d who runs the world.

But before confronting the forces of evil and terrorism, we first have to begin with ourselves.

Every one of us, in this month preceding Rosh Hashanah, has an opportunity to go to war. Not against the forces of evil we read about in the papers, but rather against the dark challenges that often lie within.

If we really want this year to be different, if we want who we are to be different, the question is how far we are really willing to step outside of the box each of us has created for ourselves.

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Finding time for the big stones I saw the following story on a wall in my girls` school this week. It is a well known story (that is to say, I heard it years ago...) but the end is different from what I was familiar with....

A French Professor was lecturing about time management, and to demonstrate his concepts he filled up a flask with large stones, adding gravel, sand, and water...what can we learn from that? Not just what you thought ....

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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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