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Long delayed push for recognition of Jewish refugees from Arab lands By Malka Eisenberg

NSHA HS student takes aim at Apple By Karen C. Green Sammy Tavakoli, 16, of Great Neck, is like most other tech savvy teenagers who enjoy the latest ‘toy’ on the market. But the 11th grader at North Shore Hebrew Academy High School wasn’t smiling when he noticed that the new Apple map system doesn’t list Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. “I zoomed in on Israel and noticed Jerusalem wasn’t marked as the capital, no capital at all, but all the Arab countries had their capitals clearly marked and delineated,” he said. “I thought about it for a day and decided why not do something about it. I started a petition. I emailed Dr. Vitow to distribute it to the school and he did. My classmates are glad that someone is doing something about it. There’s a Zionist group at NSHA, Chovovei Tzion, and we are collaborating to get the word out,” noted Tavakoli. Thus far he sent it to his brother Ariel at Syracuse University and to Jewish communities in Washington, DC and Persian Communities in Los Angeles, but he’s hoping that his petition gains momentum and encourages all to participate. http://www.change.org/petitions/apple-identify-jerusalem-as-the-capital-of-israel-on-their-program-apple-maps-3.

Drora Brody’s maternal grandparents smuggled thousands of Jews from Yemen to Aden and on to Palestine from 1935 to 1944. They personally sewed dresses as disguises for the men in their clothing factory in Yemen and used their connections to the local sultan and their own funds to bribe border guards. In response to complaints by the Mufti of Jerusalem, the British effectively blockaded Palestine to prevent Jews from entering there. Jewish refugees came to Nissim and Mazal Hassan Yefet, Brody’s grandparents, from other areas of Yemen for help. The Yefets housed them in their home and in temporary caravans, set up for the overflow of refugees, erected around their home before smuggling them across the border. Hassan-Yefet was the religious and communal leader of Lahj and a confidant of the local sultan, Abed Alkarim Faisal, who authorized Yefet to deal with Jewish matters. Yefet was known as Abba Nissim because, said Brody, a resident of Great Neck, “he redeemed hundreds of orphans from being converted to Islam with his own money. He was a generous and caring man who personally paid for all circumcisions and weddings.”

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Dr. Paul Brody (L), Vice President of the International Committee for the Land of Israel (ICLI),introduced Councilman Dan Halloran( R), Congressional candidate for Queen’s 6th District, who he recently accompanied to Israel with Dr. Joe Frager, Chairman of the Board ICLI, to Ambassador Ron Prosor., at the recent UN special session to ofﬁcially recognize Jewish refugees from Arab lands. When the local sultan found out about their secret activities in 1948, the Hasan Yefets fled, leaving behind their textile factory, their home in Lahj, a fortified vacation house in Aden--all their wealth. In

1948, 63,000 Jews lived in Yemen and Aden, a British protectorate. Jews lived in Yemen since the third century C.E. By 1958, only 4,300 Jews lived there; no Jews Continued on page 3

Local Rabbis rallying for Romney By Malka Eisenberg A group of rabbis is coalescing into a movement to belay the misconception that all rabbis and Jews are supporters of President Barak Obama and the principles of the current Democratic Party. “Our main purpose is to counter the impression of Rabbis for Obama,” said Rabbi

David Algaze, co-chairman of Rabbis for Romney and Rav of Havurat Yisrael, in Forest Hills, Queens, New York. His goal is to dispel the notion that Jews and “especially rabbis” feel that President Obama is “the best president for the Jews and Israel. In fact, he is one of the most hostile we’ve had and I am very concerned if he is re-elected. Romney will do even better for Israel. We saw his

presentation of G-d and values rather than the atheistic and other values of Obama. We believe in freedom but not in anti-religious propaganda. People should be free to believe for themselves.” He cited a climate where “if one espouses religious values then you are attacked.” The founder of the movement is a New Continued on page 3

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By Malka Eisenberg A recent survey of housing prices in Israel over the past fifty years presents a picture of thriving real estate prices, regardless of wars, rockets or terrorism. In response to internet bloggers and commentators cries that prices on housing in Israel won’t go down until rockets fall on the land (G-d forbid), Israel’s online business news site, Globes, studied statistics from Israel’s turbulent history to determine the truth of this statement. Overall, in a survey in percent of changes in housing prices and changes in inflation from year to year from 1962, there were times when the rise in inflation exceeded the rise in housing costs but, prices rose in real estate in Israel except in 1966 and five years between 2000 and 2007. Thus housing prices in Israel rose, often in double digits, during 44 years. After the Six Day War, prices increased, according to the article in Globes, from euphoria and economic growth, in spite of the War of Attrition (between June 1967 and August 1970). After the Yom Kippur War in 1973, the economy was in crisis due to energy issues and a high rate of inflation. Even so, prices rose in real estate and all prices went up with the rise of inflation at the time, including the cost of housing. Globes discounted the years of the war when inflation was in triple digits, but after the war, after the economic stabilization program and instituting the new shekel, prices in real estate again rose. Prices rose even during the first intifada. Prices continued to climb for real estate in the 1990s during the Gulf War even when the scud missiles fell on Israel. During that time, there was an influx of immigrants from the Soviet Union and an increase in building, with over 140,000 apartments constructed during that time. Inflation hit zero in 1999. In the first decade of the 2000s, with the second intifada, housing prices began to go down, but with the greatest drop no more than 6%, compared to the double digit rises of other times. They noted that with a rise of 46% over the last four years, it seems as if there would not be a sharper drop than 6% in housing prices in Israel. In the wake of the second Lebanon War in the summer of 2006, there were moderate drops in prices with the sharpest drops in areas under rocket fire. Prices dropped in the north under Hizbullah rocket fire, with prices

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in Haifa down 10.5% in 2007 from 2006. In contrast, in 2008, housing costs dropped by 1.7%. Inflation was 3%. Various representatives of contractors and builders in Israel quoted in the article noted that the economy thrives after wars since the wars are relatively short and the rebuilding after helps the economy. One said that real estate pauses but doesn’t go down. Another said that during the scud attacks, people signed contracts in the dark because there was no electricity, and then came out of the shelters and bought homes. He added that during the second intifada fewer bought but then Jewish investors from abroad came to show support and bought. The report also noted that prices in Sderot continue to rise in spite of the rockets coming in from Gaza. One real estate agent there noted that initially prices were down, but have risen since Operation Cast Lead in 2008 and the relative quiet since then, coupled with the government reinforcing buildings and adding safe rooms to each apartment, and contractors fixing the infrastructure and beautifying the buildings. Another cause for the climbing real estate prices in Sderot could be attributed to an increase in students at Sapir College in Sderot looking for apartments and the projected construction of a railway station at the entrance to the city. When asked if housing costs in Israel rise regardless of the security situation there, Sarah Eiferman, CEO and Owner of Eiferman Properties LTD in Israel, responded in an email that, “I have found that people are concerned with the anti-Semitism and the unstable economy in their countries, and not with the ‘security situation’ in Israel. For an accurate picture, it is important for you to know that there are significant differences in different parts of Israel and there is a difference between new construction and resale sales. In the neighborhoods that overseas buyers are interested in, in the center and south neighborhoods, for resales, the prices are stable. There are some areas where prices have risen 10 - 20%. A seller who needs to sell will show flexibility in their asking price. In the north chareidi neighborhoods, prices are high. People can get more for their money buying in the Jerusalem suburban neighborhoods.” She noted that an increasing number of clients have bought more than one apartment in the last year and a half.

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Continued from page 1 live in Aden today and only 250 lived in Yemen by 2011. Much of Aden’s Jewish community was destroyed and 82 Jews killed in the wake of a Muslim pogrom after the 1947 partition vote on Palestine; the government of Yemen began evicting Jews in 1948. Between 1949 and 1950, Israel airlifted most of the Jewish community in Operation “Magic Carpet,” close to 50,000 refugees. None of this is new, but the injustice and inequality in addressing the Jewish refugee issue is now bubbling to the surface and being addressed in a recent UN conference, by Israel’s Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon, and in two pieces of legislation proposed in the United States Congress. The current interest in Jewish refugees from Arab countries was initiated by M.K. Rabbi Nissim Zeev of the Shas Party, when the Israeli Knesset passed a law on February 23, 2010 “obligating the Israeli government to act for the recognition of the rights of close to one million Jewish refugees from Arab countries with the framework of peace process negotiations.” The vote was 35 to one in favor and was supported by the Netanyahu government. On September 21st, a special session was held at the UN, “The Untold Story of the Middle East: Justice for Jewish Refugees from Arab Countries,” hosted by MK Ayalon and Israel’s Permanent Representative to the UN, Ambassador Ron Prosor. The meeting was intended to press the UN to recognize the Jewish refugees forced to flee their homelands in Arab countries at the time of the establishment of the State of Israel. It was co-hosted by the World Jewish Congress and by the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations. Some may consider this as a way to balance the political and diplomatic equation by bringing global acknowledgement of the hundreds of thousands of Jewish refugees from Arab countries to counterweigh focus on the Arab refugees from the State of Israel. Over 850,000 Jews were displaced from their ancient homes in Arab lands after 1948. Many of the communities can be traced back 2,500 years, predating by millennia the modern Arab states. In an article in Globes, Israel business news online, Ayalon said that, “Justice isn’t a term for just one side. The same criteria must apply to both sides.” Prosor wants the UN to set up a research center to document the economic and psychological damage incurred by the refugees who were ultimately absorbed by Israel. Each of their

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Nissim Hassan Yefet (center) surrounded by his family, including wife Mazal, holding youngest child Batsheva, and Drora’s mother, top row left, in a composite photo, circa 1951, photographed in Israel. stories should be told, he said. “The time has come to rectify this historical injustice by restoring the plight, as well as truth and justice, of Jewish refugees from Arab countries to the Middle East narrative from which they have been expunged and eclipsed,” said Shelomo Alfassa, staff consultant to the American Sephardi Federation, an author and historian, in an email. Alfassa is the former U.S. Director of Justice for Jews from Arab countries (JJAC), an organization that seeks to draw attention to the rights and justice of Jewish refugees from Arab countries. “Simply put, any narrative on the Middle East that does not include justice for Jewish refugees is a case study in Middle East revisionism. It is an assault on truth, memory and justice. Rights for Jewish refugees from Arab countries have to be part of any narrative – any peace process – any decisionmaking - if that narrative or peace process or decision-making is going to have integrity, credibility, and legitimacy. “In particular, the United Nations must bear express responsibility for this distorted narrative. Indeed, the U.N. is a case study in Middle East revisionism. Since 1947, there have been 842 resolutions adopted by the U.N. General Assembly that have dealt with the Arab-Israeli conflict. There have been 126 resolutions that have specifically dealt with the Palestinian refugee plight. In none of these U.N. Resolutions on the Middle East is there any reference to, nor any expression of concern for, the plight of the 856,000 Jews

living in, or having been displaced from Arab countries. “Jews and Jewish communities have existed in the Middle East, North Africa and the Gulf region in substantial numbers for more than 2,500 years,” Alfassa continued, “fully one thousand years before the advent of Islam. With the creation of the State of Israel in 1948, the status of Jews in Arab countries changed dramatically as virtually all Arab states in the region declared war or backed the war to destroy Israel. These events triggered a dramatic surge in a longstanding pattern of discrimination and abuse that made the lives of Jews in Arab countries simply untenable. Jews were either uprooted from their countries of birth or became subjugated political hostages in the Arab world’s struggle against Israel. In virtually all cases, as Jews fled, individual and communal properties were seized and/or confiscated without any compensation provided by the Arab governments involved. “When the issue of refugees is raised within the context of the Middle East,” he noted, “people invariably refer to Palestinian refugees, not former Jewish refugees from Arab countries. Yet, there were two major population movements that occurred during years of turmoil in the Middle East. In fact, there were more former Jewish refugees uprooted from Arab countries (over 850,000) than there were Palestinians who became refugees in 1948 (UN estimate: 726,000). “The legitimate call to secure rights and

redress for Jews who were forced to flee Arab countries is not a campaign against Palestinian refugees; nor is it about launching legal proceedings to seek compensation,” Alfassa explained. “It is an initiative to ensure that the plight of former Jewish refugees from Arab countries be placed on the international political agenda as a quest for truth and justice and that their rights be secured as a matter of law and equity. In the context of the Middle East, it would be an injustice to ignore the rights of Jews from Arab countries. As a matter of law and equity, it would not be appropriate to recognize the claim of Palestinian refugees to redress without recognizing a right to redress for former Jewish refugees from Arab countries. And because as time has gone by, more and more primary witnesses to the dispossessions caused by Arab countries against their Jewish populations have been dying. Over 75% of Jews who were made refugees—people who have lost everything they owned--have now since died. This is the last best chance to take action while there are still live witnesses to discuss these tragedies.” Alfassa noted that two bi-lateral Congressional Resolutions on this issue were passed in 2008 and there were hearings on Jewish refugees in the United Kingdom’s House of Lords, the Italian Parliament and in Geneva at the UN. It is also a major topic in the Israeli government and the Israeli media. Representative Jerrold Nadler (D-NY8) introduced House bill (H.R.) 6242 on July 31st “to direct the President to submit to Congress a report on actions the executive branch has taken relating to the resolution of the issue of Jewish refugees from Arab countries.” His bill seeks to tie any mention of Palestinian Arab refugees with mention of Jewish and Christian refugees and “other displaced populations.” The Yefets settled in Yafo, penniless, and there, grateful Yemenite Jews brought them food and clothing for a full year. They later turned to the welfare agency having gone from “riches to rags,” said Brody. Nissim became a gardener in Israel to tend to and beautify the Holy Land. Those children who were over age 12 worked to help the family. Brody’s grandparents are buried in Holon, her parents live in Bat-Yam and most of her aunts and uncles live in Israel, with some family in London and some in New York. Said Drora Brody, “Several books about Yemenite Jewry serve as testaments that my grandparents died rich in good deeds.”

Rabbis promote Romney, Israel and Jewish values Continued from page 1 want “daylight” between America and Israel, Jersey rabbi, Rabbi Bernhard Rosenberg, as Obama declared, or that the social views who has blogged about the need to counter- espoused by these Rabbis are rooted in our act the Rabbis for Obama. Rabbi Algaze is authentic tradition.” Rabbi Algaze cited President drafting a mission statement for Obama’s past association with the group and said that other rab“progressive” Jews including bis are stepping forward, includRabbi Arnold Wolf who met with ing Rabbi Yoel Schonfeld, of Kew Yassir Arafat, and others known Gardens Hills. to espouse anti-Israel views inThe prototype of Rabbi Alcluding Bill Ayers, Rashid Khalidi gaze’s document states that the and Reverend Jeremiah Wright. group seeks to “communicate Rabbi Algaze mentioned Lynn the concerns and interests of the Gottlieb, who met with Iran’s Jewish community during the president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad electoral process,” gleaning inforand is affiliated with an organizamation on candidates’ positions RABBI DAVID tion listed as an anti-Israel group on Israel’s security and issues of by the Anti Defamation league, ALGAZE import to Jewish voters, includas one of the Rabbis for Obama. ing “Biblical values.” He stressed “These rabbis want Obama to conthat, “We clearly deny the impression created by the Rabbis for Obama that American Jews tinue pressuring Israel to make concessions

that will endanger her security and the safety of her citizens,” noted Rabbi Algaze. The Rabbis for Romney declaration voiced concerns over some of Obama’s actions toward Israel. Some of these include his demand to freeze construction in towns in Judea and Samaria and in Jerusalem, that he wanted to put “daylight” between America and Israel, his insistence that Israel pull back to the indefensible pre-1967 borders, and his designation of Israel as “one of our closest allies in the region.” In contrast, Algaze points to Romney’s recent trip to Israel, his expressions of friendship to Israel and Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, and his statement that, “You export technology, not tyranny or terrorism… What you have built here, with your own hands, is a tribute to your people.” “This is hard for Jews who have been voting Democratic for generations to accept all

this,” concluded Algaze in the statement. “It would be easier to ignore the problem and pretend it’s not there. But the problem is there and we need to face it. This Democratic Party is not the party of Henry Jackson, Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Harry Truman or John F. Kennedy. We who care about Israel should not ignore her in times like these. “ He also pointed optimistically to a recent Investor’s Business Daily presidential poll (IBD/TIPP) that had only 47% of Jewish votes among likely voters supporting President Obama if the election were today. “Jews should know that there is not just one group,” he emphasized. “We don’t want the impression that all rabbis in America support Obama.” If you are interested in joining, please email ravalgaze@gmail.com.

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The first debate: Why Romney won—what’s next When it was all over, I was stunned. If it were a t-ball game instead of a Presidential Debate, Jim Lehrer would have stopped it early, invoking the slaughter rule. Not only did Romney win the first debate between the presidential contenders, but he won big. The strangest part was not only did he win on content, but on style. Mitt Romney looked like a man passionate about changing the country. POLITICO President Obama TO GO looked petulant, repeating the same false taking points over and over whether they were relevant to the point being made, or not. The President looked thin-skinned, like a man not used to having his policies questioned. The challenger’s task was to show he had a grasp of the issues, reasonable soluJeff Dunetz tions, and most important was that he had to show he wasn’t the evil villain, the hater of puppies and little babies portrayed in the Obama campaign advertising. Romney passed with flying colors. From the very beginning, the President was trying to avoid talking about his record, while Romney tried to make him wear it like Hester’s “A” in The Scarlet Letter. “You’ve been president four years. You said you’d cut the deficit in half. It’s now four years later. We still have trillion-dollar deficits. The CBO says we’ll have a trillion-dollar deficit each of the next four years. If you’re re-elected, we’ll get to a trillion-dollar debt.” When Obama tried to invoke George Bush with a “failed policies of the past” comment,

Romney countered with: ”Let’s look at history. My plan is not like anything that’s been tried before. My plan is to bring down rates, but also bring down deductions and exemptions and credits at the same time so the revenue stays in, but that we bring down rates to get more people working. He explained firmly that his tax plan was a restructuring of the Tax Code, not a cut to revenues or for the rich (and diplomatically pointing out that Obama was lying). “First of all, I don’t have a $5 trillion tax cut. I don’t have a tax cut of a scale that you’re talking about. “ “So if the tax plan he [Obama] described were a tax plan I was asked to support, I’d say absolutely not. I’m not looking for a $5 trillion tax cut. What I’ve said is I won’t put in place a tax cut that adds to the deficit. That’s part one. So there’s no economist that can say Mitt Romney’s tax plan adds $5 trillion if I say I will not add to the deficit with my tax plan.” “Let me repeat -- let me repeat what I said. I’m not in favor of a $5 trillion tax cut. That’s not my plan.” And my personal favorite: “Look, I’ve got five boys. I’m used to people saying something that’s not always true, but just keep on repeating it and ultimately hoping I’ll believe it. But that -- that is not the case. All right? I will not reduce the taxes paid by high-income Americans.” Each time Romney pushed back, Obama seemed to get angrier and less patient, he even sported the famous Obama grimace-the same one he had when Netanyahu “schooled” him in the oval office. When he wasn’t grimacing, Obama was looking down or away. Focus groups and pundits both commented that Romney looked at Obama, but Obama never looked at Romney.

Once the POTUS even emulated the famous Roberto Duran “no mas!” When he told Jim Lehrer Jim, I -- you may want to move on to another topic. Another time he had this childish confrontation with the host: “LEHRER: Two minutes -- two minutes is up, sir. OBAMA: No, I think -- I had five seconds before you interrupted me“ Romney scored points on energy, oil company taxes, and for the first time ever, explained the difference between Romneycare and Obamacare and after his explanation, he let the POTUS “have it.” I just don’t know how the president could have come into office, facing 23 million people out of work, rising unemployment, an economic crisis at the -- at the kitchen table, and spend his energy and passion for two years fighting for Obamacare instead of fighting for jobs for the American people. Ouch! That had to hurt! At times it looked as though the President wasn’t even paying attention. After a segment where Romney explained one change he would make in Dodd-Frank (the provision which creates banks that are too big to fail) and was cut off from explaining another, the President said: “He says that he’s going to replace DoddFrank, Wall Street reform, but we don’t know exactly which ones. He won’t tell us.” The excuses poured from the media and the spin room: Al Gore said it was the high altitude, some blamed Jim Lehrer (actually Obama had the floor four minutes more than Romney). Some pundits have offered up a valid point that generally a president does not do well the first debate in a reelection bid. Carter was awful, Reagan looked old, and both Bushes were awful also. The only exception was Clinton vs. Bob Dole (Dole was horrible). The counter of that argument is

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that every single flash poll taken afterward (CNN and CBS for example) reported that no president had lost so badly as Obama had done last night. So Romney won and won big, but it is by no means a game changer (debates rarely are). It certainly shifted the momentum, and made Romney look like a viable choice for president as opposed to a grandma-hating monster. I suspect that when the rolling average polls begin to show the effect of last night, there will be a Romney bounce, BUT as I said after DNC---they are called bounces because they go up--and they go down. Romney must continue to show the passion and aggressive defense of his policies shown last night to win this election. There are two more Presidential debates; Obama’s team is comprised of professionals. They will recover from last night and make changes in his debate preparation. I guarantee that when they meet at Hofstra University, Barack Obama will be a different and much more formidable opponent and Romney better be ready for this more difficult challenge. The topic for the Long Island debate will be foreign policy. The President will most assuredly be prepared for tough questions on his treatment of Israel, the 9/11 terrorist attack on our mission in Benghazi, and Fast and Furious, the scandal that lead to deaths both in the United States and Mexico. Foreign policy is an area most difficult for a challenger as the sitting president has all the “trappings” of the Commander-in-Chief. Make sure to look for this column the week after the Hofstra debate, as I will be live at the debate and in the spin room to give readers of the Jewish Star the real behind the scenes report. Jeff Dunetz is the Editor/Publisher of the political blog “The Lid” (www.jeffdunetz.com).

Letters to the editor Passing on the lies To the Editor Conservatives were ecstatic to see a compassionate conservative Willard Romney at the debate against Obama. They were pleased by his performance and declared him the winner. Romney lied over and over again disavowing everything he has stood for during his campaign. If the new standard for leadership is lying then i think i will pass. I am supporting Barack Obama for president. Obama has integrity, Romney does not. Dr. Robin Wieder East Rockaway, NY

What happened to Ed? To the Editor Dear Ed – You’re a lost cause on this one– but I do feel a change in the wind. We’ll win without you. I’d have preferred for you that you be with the winner. But it’s not just about winning – far from it. For me, it’s about America, Israel and the West. Note how your commentary yesterday has no substance whatsoever – rare - very rare – for Ed Koch. And all that you proclaim

about “solvency, stability” and the like – you can’t possibly believe that. Here is the purest effect of “charm” ever seen: the “charm” that Barack Obama has showered upon you. And why shouldn’t he? He’s desperate. The superfluous use of the yellow fowl proves it. You mention Obama’s “intelligence.” However, his entire administration has been about intellectual dishonesty, equivocation and worst of all, weakness in the international sphere. You support him despite your continuous admonitions of distrust for him on Israel. To paraphrase: “In his heart, he (Ed) knows he (Romney) is right.” All those who have admired you since the 1970’s – the same time during which we admired another of the great Democrats, Henry “Scoop” Jackson – will not be with you this time. This should have been a pinnacle of positive and intellectually honest influence for you. I still love you and I tell you so right here, and can never forget the early opportunities I had from you and your administration, but to believe that you are sincere in your professed advocacy for REELECTION of President Obama is to stop believing in Ed Koch. I prefer not to do that. Jeffrey S. Wiesenfeld Great Neck, NY

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he stage is set. The first two sons of Man have brought their offerings to their G-d, and He has favored the younger’s dedication. The older brother is disheartened, and it shows on his face. Says G-d, “Why are you so frustrated? Why has your face fallen? If you do good, you will lift up! But if not, then sin lies crouching at the door. It desires to get you, but you can rule over it.” (4:6-7) In the next verse Kayin kills his brother. The story is incomplete. Why Kayin killed Hevel is unclear. Was he provoked? Was it self-defense? Did he even understand that his act could be fatal? Was the murder premeditated? Or an error? There are a myriad of interpretations hinged on the question of what the “sin crouching at the door” might be. As G-d’s statement was the last thing Kayin heard before he committed murder, one can argue it was the trigger that unleashed his rage. But what did G-d mean? In a lecture on repentance delivered in 1987, Rabbi Aharon Rabbi Avi Billet Lichtenstein explained the “sin that crouches at the door” as the most blatant obstacle to proper observance of the Law and commitment to G-d which plagues a particular hashkafic (philosophical) community. “…[It] is not the same sin at every door. Each door, each domicile, each community has its particular sin, a specific spiritual danger indigenous to it, endemic to that group or that individual.” Quoting the Chafetz Chaim, he notes that different generations have different pitfalls. Some “succumb to idolatry, others to desecration of Shabbat, some to sins between man and his Maker, and others to interpersonal sins.” At the same time that he declared the sin plaguing the Religious Zionist community (i.e. “Modern Orthodox” community in the United States) to be one of “shikhecha,” forgetting G-d, or “lacking the immanent sense of G-d felt so deeply, keenly and pervasively in other parts of the halakhically committed Jewish world” (which is indeed a problem), he defined “avodah zara” – beyond idolatry – as “superstition and misguided conceptions of G-d.” Rabbi Lichtenstein does not need my stamp of approval. His assessment of our community is spot on. But I think his definition of avodah zara is also quite noteworthy. Looking to rabbis (people) as role models is wonderful. Idolizing them and turning them into flawless human beings is idolatry. Many rabbis exhibit excellent judgment all the time. Some make mistakes. The real Gedolim acknowledge their mistakes. Kosher laws are quite special. Making an obsession about invisible parasites – and

thus declaring water, lettuce, broccoli and strawberries unkosher – is idolatry. (No one is interested in eating infested vegetables. Remind people that bugs are not kosher, but don’t wage war on fruits and vegetables!). Modesty is one of the most important Jewish traits. But making a religion solely about personal definitions of such – when the law is somewhat flexible, and in some cases changes based on the standards of the general society – is idolatry! Modesty is not just about length of clothing and size of head coverings. A chupah is a public event that declares a man and woman united in marriage. This allows them to be seen together in public, and to sit together at a wedding or any simcha other than their own wedding. Who has separate seating at their family Shabbat table? Why do advertisements for communities and retirement homes in magazines only feature males in the photographs? Is it such a crime to see a photograph of a little girl, a mother in modest dress, or an elderly woman in a wheelchair? This is our world. This is life. Mandating to others how to live, and judging their “frumkeit” based on externals (not calling a Kohen or Levi to the Torah or not counting a bar mitzvah for a minyan on account of a T-shirt) is not only the most disgusting form of sinat chinam (baseless hatred), but is also a form of idolatry. I received the following email in response to a debate about metzitzah that I posted on my blog: “The ‘pious’ Jew who only cares about ‘G-d’ and His rulebook is clearly off the derech… whatever he is worshipping it is not G-d. He [has] invented a G-d to worship and [has] created an imaginary rule book… to replace the much more challenging reality [of what it means to be an observant Jew].” Kayin could not overcome his crouching sin, perhaps his passion, and it caused him to kill his brother. For some Jewish people, worship of the “avodah zara” I have described is their crouching sin. On account of it, Judaism is ultimately denigrated, the shouting matches which ensue, and the negative feelings exacerbated through criticizing others all come at the expense of the, perhaps unanticipated, desecration of G-d’s name which appears in television, newspapers and blogs fueled by misinformation, yes, but also improperly presented information which depicts Orthodox Jews as being hopelessly stubborn or blinded by their own faith. In Kayin’s case, his sin lay in his inabilities: to discern the flaw in his gift to G-d, to learn from his mistakes, and to see that he could live in harmony with his brother, despite their differences, and that each had a unique way of relating to G-d. If they could only respect the other approach – live and let live and stop telling the other what to do in the most intolerant of ways – they could have lived in harmony. The saga of brother versus brother need have never unfolded so tragically.

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Back to consistency We`re now “after the holidays,” that ubiquitous phrase that puts everything off for some time. Back to the daily grind ... What happened to all the excitement and enthusiasm we experienced over the past two weeks? The secret is to channel all of that towards the daily consistency of our actions, for it is only through consistency that we truly grow. 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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One is the newly elected international president of an organization with thousands of members; the other speaks her mind to elected officials on Capitol Hill and is about to launch her own weekly radio program. Perhaps most extraordinary is that both young woman, Ariella Freedman and Rivka Abbe, are still in high school at Yeshiva University High School for Girls, also known as “Central,” in Holliswood, Queens. Freedman, of Lawrence, NY, was recently elected to a one-year term as international president of the Orthodox Union’s National Conference of Synagogue Youth (NCSY). Her new responsibilities are in addition to her previous post as vice president of the organization’s New York region. Freedman, 17, is a senior and a member of ARISTA, the national honor society, as well as an active member of Central’s performing arts program, but in addition to schoolwork, most weekends find her on the road, travelling to NCSY Shabbatons and other events. “Most people mistake Ariella for a collegiate because she is so poised and full of passion that she gives off the impression of being much older,” said Rabbi Steven Burg, managing director of the OU and international director of NCSY. “Yet, she’s very down to earth and can speak to teens of any background and relate to them. Those are the qualities that we look for in a leader.” “We are so proud of Ariella’s achievements,” said CB Neugroschl, Central’s head of school. “But even more than specific roles that she has played, Ariella is a consummate mentsh. Her kindness and warmth are always apparent. She truly has a sense of the promise of leadership and we are excited for her to continue serving Klal Yisrael.” Abbe, a junior, will launch her own radio show, “Teen Spirit with Rivka Abbe” (Tuesdays from 7-8 p.m. EST) on the Nachum Segal Network beginning October 17. She hopes to use the weekly program as a platform to address issues that concern teens and to influence her listeners to become active in their communities and in the Jewish world. On Sunday, October 14, the 17 year old from the Upper West Side plans to convene 250 of her peers—Jewish students from high schools across the New York region—on Yeshiva University’s uptown Wilf campus to introduce them to the mechanics of lawmaking, Israel advocacy and lobbying. The next day, she’ll lead the group to Washington, D.C. to meet with members of Congress and discuss U.S. policy concerning Israel. The lobbying mission will be Abbe’s second. She developed the program after founding C-PAC, Central’s Political Awareness Committee. It was a response to “Israel Apartheid Week” programs on college campuses. “When Jewish students who received 12 plus years of a Yeshiva education cannot respond to these claims, and G-d forbid start to believe it themselves, we realize that we are creating a generation that is our own worst enemy,” said Abbe. “If our own people do not know the truth and cannot stand up for it, then who will do so and how do we expect others to believe it?” C-PAC, led by a board of Central students, educates the rest of the student body about Israel, Middle East politics and Jewish history, brings in outside speakers and arranges the lobbying missions. “Rivka has a true passion for Israel…that is inspiring for the entire school,” said Neugroschl.

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The Kosher Bookworm

Reality Genesis as seen in pictures that, “…the more we understand about the ancient world, the more we will understand what the Torah, Chazal, and the commentators are referring to. To this end, I have spent years studying ancient languages and the history of many of the cultures that existed in Biblical times.” This motivating factor serves not only to help develop a unique field of study through the use of pictures and archeology, but the very establishment of a museum, a special cultural and educational facility that gives our sacred writ a sophisticated treatment that was long overdue in our community. The Living Torah Museum, pointed out Rabbi Deutsch, has two branches, each with a distinct focus; one in Boro Park which features items mentioned in the Bible, and one in the Catskills featuring items cited in the Mishnah. A planned third branch in Lakewood will feature items that appear in the Talmud. As an educational tool that will enable students to better visualize the sacred texts, the museum is undoubtedly a facility of great value to all who choose to visit. Additionally, the book under review, enables us to take a portion of this great cultural gem into our homes, schools and shuls, to better assimilate and visualize that which Rabbi Deutsch has brought together with such great effort and loving devotion. Hopefully, in the years to come, this series will expand and be updated so as to help reinforce the museum’s sacred mission, thus enabling our people to better learn the true value of our people’s history and appreciate

the legacy of our sages and their teacheachings. Please note that this work is only available at this time at the museum seum or by phone at 877-752- 6286. With the reading of the Torah cycle about to begin anew, it is my pleasure sure to inform you of the publication n of “Understanding Onkelos: The Greateatest Bible Translator” [Targum Press, ess, 2012] by Rabbi Stanley Wagner and Rabbi Israel Drazin. Designed ass a guide for rabbis, teachers, and stutudents, this work is an apt introducuction to the authors’ distinguished ed translation of the five volume, me, “Onkelos on the Torah” that ought ht to have an honored place in your ur home library. This guide briefly treats each h parasha with a summary, two to o three topics of relevant discus-sion, and a concluding section n titled, “for further study,” meantt to prompt the reader to engage in further study and research. By example, note is made in Parashat Noach of how anthropomorphisms in the Torah text are handled by Onkelos, a classic method od employed throughout all of Onkelos’ work. This continued work of scholarship by Rabbi Wagner and Rabbi Drazin gives their previous work an introduction that is unfortunately absent in many other works. Besides making for some interesting reading, this

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abbi Michael Hattin, the gifted commentator and master teacher of Bible at Pardes Institute in Jerusalem, perhaps expressed this sentiment best when he wrote recently that, “The Torah is the most studied book in human history. It has been intensively studied and commented upon for thousands of years. It seems doubtful at this point that anything new could be added to the accumulated material.” Well, aside from his new commentary on the Chumash, “Passages: Text and Transformation in the Parasha” [Urim Publications, 2012], a work that deserves your immediate attention, another new work of a differing literary genre, was recently brought to my attention that will serve as the prime focus of this week’s essay. In, “Parashah Series: Sefer Bereishis” Alan Jay Gerber [The Living Torah Museum, 2012], Rabbi Shaul Shimon Deutsch presents a detailed 148 page photo essay of each sedra in the Book of Genesis, featuring many colored pictures of artifacts together with a very informative narrative related to the Biblical texts as housed and displayed in the The Living Torah Museum. As an introduction to what motivated Rabbi Deutsch to found this project, he states

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DRS’s largest grade together for Shabbos

DRS’s Class of 2016 at OHEL’s beautiful Camp Kaylie Campus

DRS prides itself on the “Achdus” it tries to foster between its students. That’s why, in just the second week of school, DRS took its new Freshman Grade to OHEL’s beautiful Camp Kaylie campus to spend Shabbos together. The new Freshman class, DRS’s largest in its 16 year history, includes 93 students from 15 different elementary schools, and 8 different communities. New friendships were fostered immediately over the weekend, as students had the opportunity to play ball, learn, and experience a DRS Shabbaton together with new classmates, and Rabbeim. The students all got a chance to taste the amazing Ruach and spirit of DRS that the school is so famous for.

Meet Daniel from Teaneck. YU educated, Harvard Med School bound. Pictured from Left to Right: Dr. Gerald Kirshenbaum, Principal, Benny Aivazi, Alex Selesny, and DRS Menahel Rabbi Yisroel Kaminetsky

DRS Seniors selected as Semi-finalists for National Merit Scholarship Award This year, two DRS Senior students, Alex Selensy and Benny Aivazi, have both qualified as semi-finalists for the National Merit Scholarship. Additionally, Senior Eitan Lipsky was chosen as a “commendee” for the scholarship, which means he scored within the top 96th percentile of PSAT scorers in the country. These are extremely prestigious honors, and they reflect the high level of education that DRS strives to deliver to their students, as well as the level of commitment and work they expect from them. The National Merit Scholarship Program is a United States academic scholarship competition for recognition and college scholarships administered by National Merit Scholarship Corporation, a privately funded, not-for-profit organization. Each year approximately 10,500 scholarships are awarded through NMSC programs, which represents less than 1% of the initial pool of entrants. Students who qualify as a Semifinalist have an outstanding academic record, are endorsed and recommended by school officials, and earn extremely high PSAT scores.

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Peninsula Public Library hosts first annual chol hamoed program for community children On Wednesday afternoon, October 3, 2012, the Peninsula Public Library hosted its first ever â&#x20AC;&#x153;Day of Playâ&#x20AC;? Program which was held on the intermediate days of Sukkot (also known as Chol Hamoed) for all the children of District 15, which includes Inwood, Cedarhurst, Lawrence, Woodmere and North Woodmere. The program was free and included a comprehensive arts and crafts program as well as a music and dance segment as well. Over 150 parents and children attended the festivities and were thoroughly delighted with the projects that they created. This program had been a long time in the planning said Peninsula Public Library Treasurer Jeff Leb. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Aside from the time and energy that the Library Board puts into making the PPL as welcoming and beneficial as possible, it is very rewarding to produce an event that is enjoyable to the all of the parents and children of School District 15.â&#x20AC;? Leb continued, â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are very happy that we were able to schedule this to coincide with a day that the private schools were off so that all the children in our community could partake in the programming.â&#x20AC;? Sarah Yastrab, Vice President of the Peninsula Public Library and one of the planners of the event was very happy with the program. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This was an extremely successful event for all the people in our community.

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at a wedding ceremony, at work, and even at my son Danielâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s law school graduationâ&#x20AC;Śhe understood, heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the same crazy fan as I am. And by the way, I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t only watch the Braves, I watched every team game in my division to make sure they lost. Yes, â&#x20AC;&#x153;weâ&#x20AC;? became any team that played against the Mets, Nationals, Marlins or Phillies. As the deadline for this article is before the wild card playoff game, I can only hope we win and that the umpires have their Seeing Eye dogs with them. Although a diehard Yankee fan, Jerry is an even more rabid Giants fan. No matter what part of the house Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m in, I know when they score or mess up a play. My leather sofas still have stress tears where he beat them mercilessly during the regular season last year, out of frustration. Many of my friends take their football seriously as well. My neighbor Brian Sand and his son Andrew are Dolphin fans. Letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just say when I watch a game at their home, and the Dolphins lose, I always pray there are no sharp objects near Andrew. Phil Sider and his son Adam have Jets season tickets and have been diehard fans forever. Another Jets fan is Jerry Richter of West Hempstead. He, along with his lovely wife Ilyce and his three boys, never a miss a game. They have a larger than life size blowup of a Jets player that sits in their front yard all season long. The only time it gets deflated is on Yom Kippur. Hmm, Jerry, was that last deflation an omen of your season to come? All kidding aside, Jerry hosts his buddies each Sunday and they feast on his BBQ specialties that heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s so famous for. Just ask Jason Feingold, Adam Dickter and Rafi Rimer--they swear these wings are the best they ever tasted. So whether youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re

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Dozen chicken wings Tbs garlic salt Tbs cayenne pepper (you can adjust the amount of cayenne to vary the heat.) â&#x2013; 2 Tbs black pepper â&#x2013; 2 Tbs dried oregano â&#x2013; 2 Tbs zaatar â&#x2013; 2 Tbs red pepper flakes Combine the spices in a large zip lock plastic bag. Coat the chicken wings with 3 Tbs. of canola oil and place them in the bag with the spices to coat. Let sit while you preheat the grill to a medium high heat and set for indirect grilling. When hot, place the chicken wings on the indirect side and grill until done, turning once. This should take about 20 to 25 minutes. Watch to prevent burning. Judy Joszef can be reached at judy.soiree@gmail.com

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cheering on your baseball team, football team, or keeping your spouse company (should they allow you in the room), enjoy Jerryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s recipe below. For those women who are not fans, but want to join the men during a game, follow these simple rules. 1. Never stand in front of the T.V. to get his attention, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what commercials are forâ&#x20AC;Śunless they are beer or sports car commercials. 2. Yes, he knows that flipping from channel to channel annoys you, but he needs to get in as much football as possible and this lets him check every game that is going on simultaneously. 3. When he cheers, you cheer. 4. Any comments about how cute a player looks, just keep to yourself, along with questions like â&#x20AC;&#x153;are the guys with the black and white stripes players, too?â&#x20AC;? 5. Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t ask, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Is that green line really on the field, and how come it keeps moving?â&#x20AC;? 6. Under no circumstance, EVER, if his team loses the game, should you say, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s only one game.â&#x20AC;?

Opinion

Facts in action: Obama and his support of Israel What can a young boy living in Israel teach us about American policy and the support of the American president for Israel? In an era when candidates tell audiences of all walks what they want to hear to steer votes their way, what should an electorate do to discern the truth from hyperbole? No matter which candidate or party one supports, the messages seem to change, the promises seem to adjust to the sounds of popular opinion and we are left each day being bombarded with pundits trying to interpret the newest campaign comments and gaffes into palatable positions. John Adams said, are stubborn Juda Engelmayer â&#x20AC;&#x153;Facts things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passion, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.â&#x20AC;? For the past nine years, Menachem Zivotofsky, an Israeli-born American citizen, has been fighting through his parents and attorney, Nathan Lewin, for the U.S. Congress to enforce a law that it passed overwhelmingly in 2002. Even after a resounding loss in the Supreme Court, with two of the judges appointed by President Obama voting with the majority, the President and the State Department do not allow American citizens born in Jerusalem to identify themselves on their American passports as being born in â&#x20AC;&#x153;Israel,â&#x20AC;? even those born in Western Jerusalem which many had thought was previously undisput-

ed. Remarkably, whereas anyone born in any other part of Israel can list Israel as their birth country on their passports, there is a U.S. accommodation for those opposed to Israelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s existence to list just the city of birth but without the country, in contrast to if they are born, say in Haifa or Tel Aviv. So, this administration is fighting an Americanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s right to list his country of birth as Israel even though he was born in Western Jerusalem, but a Palestinian American born in Ramat Gan, Israel can voluntarily leave Israel off his passport. About six weeks ago the Democratic Party held its convention in Charlotte, North Carolina and gasps of shock were heard that the issue of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel was removed from the Democratic position statements. Amidst the confusion and desperation to hide the truth, it was awkwardly placed back on its platform in an uncomfortable, highly questioned, public, televised vote that seemed to have actually failed. Then, the chair of the Democratic National Committee, Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz, declared that, â&#x20AC;&#x153;the personal views expressed by the Presidentâ&#x20AC;? are that â&#x20AC;&#x153;Jerusalem is and will remain the capital of Israel.â&#x20AC;? In another address, former Democratic Congressman and president of the Center for Middle East Peace, Robert Wexler said that President Obamaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s policy on Israel was an â&#x20AC;&#x153;unflinching commitment,â&#x20AC;? and assured the crowd that the President had â&#x20AC;&#x153;directly intervenedâ&#x20AC;? to have the Jerusalem language added to the platform. That fact must have fallen flat for White House spokesman Jay Carney when, prior to the Convention, at a White House press briefing on July 26, Carney refused to acknowledge that Jerusalem was considered

the Capital of Israel. This was subsequently reported on by media, and the video posted to Youtube, as indelible evidence of the less than certain policy on Israel. A U.S. Supreme Court ruling in March 2012 rejected the State Departmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s claim that Congress had no authority to require it to permit the identification of Jerusalem as being in Israel because it was a â&#x20AC;&#x153;political question, â&#x20AC;? in an 8-1 vote. The State Department is ignoring that ruling and the case is heading back to court. The secretary of state contends that requiring the State Department to allow Jerusalem-born citizens to identify themselves as born in â&#x20AC;&#x153;Israelâ&#x20AC;? unconstitutionally interferes with the presidentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s authority â&#x20AC;&#x153;to recognize foreign sovereigns.â&#x20AC;? Since 1948, successive administrations have declined to recognize any country as having sovereignty over Jerusalem. It is not an Obama issue alone, yet it is his administration that is rejecting even undisputed western Jerusalem while claiming to support Jerusalem as the capital of Israel when it comes to lobbying for votes. The President is trying to talk the talk, having it both ways. Yet, in action, he seems to want it just one way. On paper, and according to his supporters, President Obama has an indelible record on supporting Israel. The continued issuance of military aid and support for the Iron Dome missile defensive program and the administrationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s support for sanctions against Iran are solid. But the aid was committed by Congress and administrations prior to Obamaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s presidency, and he has not done a lot on his own, short of signing legislation that had enormous bipartisan congressional support. President Obama has said that he will

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not allow Iran to obtain a nuclear weapon. He pushed Congress to impose sanctions against Iran that appear to be affecting Iranâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s economy. However, in a July 2nd editorial in the Wall Street Journal, titled, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Obamaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Iran Loopholes: All 20 of Iranâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s major trading partners have sanction exemptions,â&#x20AC;? the ease of subverting those sanctions is evident. The editorial concluded, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve never considered sanctions likely to persuade Iran to drop its nuclear program, but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s dangerous to pursue them half-heartedly while claiming progress and keeping the international temperature down as Iranâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s centrifuges spin.â&#x20AC;? Facts are facts and talk is talk. Mr. Romney is prone to it as well, like when he poked fun at green initiatives at the end of his Convention acceptance speech and then endorsed them in the debate he apparently won more than a week ago. The difference for Jewish voters who support Israel is which set of facts and which campaign speeches will resonate the deepest. It is no secret that Russia supports the anti-Israel Syrian regime that is slaughtering its people and that is likely sending its weapons to Hezbollah militants who are already armed to the teeth. Nor is it a surprise that Russia has trained hundreds of Iranian nuclear scientists and blocked international action against Tehran. So when President Obama was unintentionally caught on an open microphone asking former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev for â&#x20AC;&#x153;spaceâ&#x20AC;? until after his reelection, when heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d have more â&#x20AC;&#x153;flexibilityâ&#x20AC;? on missile defense, Jews need to ask what may happen in an Obama administration that is not seeking Jewish votes, money or re-election. Juda Engelmayer is an executive with the NY PR agency, 5W Public Relations.

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Of course I knew what a busy “break” we were in for, after all I was responsible for organizing the details of our jam-packed itinerary. For the last few weeks we’ve been traveling the land of Israel, modern-day wandering Jews exploring this place we call MIRIAM’S MUSINGS home, rolling our bags beside us. We arrive at each relative eager to reconnect after two years’ absence. At each spot we lighten our load by dispensing gifts and light up our spirits with warm human interaction. Not virtually, but in person, the way it should be. Miriam Bradman We joined our Abrahams daughter in Baka, the charming Jerusalem neighborhood where she’s living. Together we went to Neve Zedek, the oldest part of Tel Aviv, where we rendezvoused with my Cuban cousin Eduardo who lives near Sderot. We were hosted for Shabbat dinner by Sarit, my friend since high school, our husbands and children becoming ever closer these last three decades despite geographical distance. Then we moved to Raanana for a sumptuous Sukkot at Carmen and Yossi, ex-neighbors from Woodmere’s “tree streets” who relocated to Raanana’s “bird streets” where the

natural and landscaped beauty rivals that of our area. Post-Yom Tov we all took a stroll to walk off heavy holiday meals. We’d heard enticing music coming from nearby Park Raanana and realized a big concert was beginning. Taking a shortcut to the entrance, we found out Shlomo Artzi was headlining. The venue was sold out and there was no convincing the guards to let my husband, a huge fan, pay for the lawn seating. Instead, with many others, we listened, watching the giant video screen, enjoying free entertainment. Next morning, we were picked up by David’s Hod Hasharon cousins. That town borders Raanana and Kfar Saba. In the old days, there was land between these central cities, but today, the skyline is filled with cranes balanced atop buildings, the air filled with constant construction sounds. Moshavim still dot the area, allowing for a respite from the urban sprawl. That day and the following two were spent driving to and from the north. We were interested in unique sights, not so simple in this small country we’ve been to so many times. Cousin Dov and family readily rose to the challenge. We visited the Binyamina and Tishbi wineries for delicious taste testing, the artist village Ein Hod where we were greeted by a flock of forty assorted color goats, and Daliat el Carmel, a Druze town filled with shoppers and the aroma of freshly baked laffa bread. We hiked Mount Meron, savor-

ing the view of the Kinneret and the Golan Heights, then lunched in Tzfat after negotiating the crowded, serpentine streets. We drove around Zichron Yaakov, drank “cafe hafuch” at Haifa’s highest point, and walked along the shore at sunset. Highways 4 and 6 got us speedily to our northern destinations (with aggressive drivers with whom I wouldn’t dare share the road), but our returns were traffic-filled with “pkakim,” traffic jams, everywhere. Chol Ha’moed is the ideal travel time for Israelis, parents filling in school holidays with day trips. I heard perhaps up to 1/5 of locals flee the country for Sukkot and Pesach. Whoever leaves is surely replaced by visitors like us, flying in for the festivals. Our next stop was Be’er Sheva, cousin Francoise’s home. We love staying with her family in their apartment at the edge of the desert. We had planned to get there via Tel Aviv’s train station Friday morning before transportation halts for Shabbat. Thursday night we heard a bike marathon was going to close all roads leading in and out of the “white city.” Hod Hasharon’s line to Tel Aviv was going out of service Friday. I feared an impossible Erev Shabbat southward commute and quickly called Francoise to ask if we could arrive on the last trains that same night. Without hesitation, she agreed and we quickly packed up our bags and set out. We love riding Rakevet Yisrael and within 90 minutes my cousin welcomed us warmly at

the last station. Be’er Sheva, the capital of the Negev, is slower paced, perfect for a long weekend. We visited cousin Eduardo in his newly built home on a kibbutz 30 minutes away. David ran on the “tayelet” and saw camels, goats and sheep shepherded by Bedouin women in black robes (and crocs!), a sharp contrast to our stop at Be’er Sheva’s modern mall. We headed back to Tel Aviv for the end of Sukkot. After the desert, we were ready for a hotel stay by the beach, a respite from imposing on/exploiting our family. A weekend with more cousins at a “tzimmer” up north awaits, then a final four nights at the B & B in Jerusalem. Though our travel adventures have always been this frenetic, we may be ready to slow down. Perhaps we’ll adopt the more “normal” option of having one home base. We chose our trekking style for its economic advantage, but also for the priceless opportunity to spend wonderful quality time with our cousins and friends, affording us a truly authentic, memorable experience. Miriam Bradman Abrahams is Cuban born, Brooklyn bred and lives in Woodmere. She organizes author events for Hadassah, reviews books for Jewish Book World and is very slowly writing her father’s immigration story. She can be reached at mabraha1@optonline. net

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Oct 13 Five Towns Community Chest Free Movie Night The Outdoor Movie Night featuring the blockbuster feature film E.T. will be presented on Saturday evening October 13th at 8:30pm in the Andrew J. Parise Park, Cedarhurst.

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Oct 12-14, 19-21, 26-28, Nov 2-4

‘Think Israel’ conference

“How to Benefit from Public Benefits and Available Cost Saving Programs” Congregation Tifereth Israel, Glen Cove, NY 10:00 a.m. - 12 noon Where: Congregation Tifereth Israel 40 Hill Street, Glen Cove, NY 11542

Organized by Nefesh B’Nefesh and The Jewish Agency for Israel, the conference, which is geared for Jewish students and young professionals, will focus on careers and life in Israel, and feature various workshops addressing Jobs in Israel, Higher Education, Building your Community, Social Justice, Israel Engagement and more. The event will also include an Israel Fair where people considering Aliyah will be able to meet with potential employers as well as a special workshop for physicians. There will also be a Tweet-up focusing on using social media to bridge the connection between Israel and the Diaspora. The ‘Think Israel’ conference (www. nbn.org.il/thinkisrael), which is expected to draw hundreds of attendees, will incorporate various breakout sessions covering a wide array of Aliyah and Israel related topics, including breaking into the Israeli job market, higher education and social action in Israel, army service in Israel, exploring The Jewish Agency’s Masa programs and a special presentation by Nefesh B’Nefesh Co-Founder and Executive Director Yehoshua Fass. The event can be followed on Twitter at #thinkIsrael. The conference will take place at 1:00 p.m. at the UJA-Federation of New York office.

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Five Towns Community Chest 5K Family Run/ Walk To register for the event click the run link at www.fivetownscommunitychest.org

Hewlett/Woodmere Street Fair Gala Street Fair sponsored jointly by Hewlett Woodmere Business Association and the HewlettWoodmere Public Schools Endowment Fund with the cooperation of the Five Towns Community Chest. Musicians including musical director, Toby Tobiasand 12 musical performers, including Jen Chapin, Doug Kwartler, Jeff Pearlman & Wigjam, The Welldiggers, Elie Massias, The Toby Tobias Ensemble, The Day Laborers, Josh Tobias will play on two stage areas. The Arts Below Sunrise aspect will include authors (including Jill Santopolo and Judith Caseley), children’s art activities and local artists, including our featured artist Charlotte Strongwater. Participants and spectators in the 5K Race & Walk will be able to head up Broadway into the heart of the Music & Arts Festival immediately after the race ends.

West Hempstead Street Fair The West Hempstead Chamber of Commerce, in conjunction with the West Hempstead Community Support Association, will host its 11th annual Street Fair at Hempstead Avenue between Westminster Road and Colony Street. For more information, call (516) 619-2045.

Yeshiva University 7th Annual Fuld Family Medical Ethics Society Conference Out of the Ashes: Jewish Approaches to Medical Dilemmas Born out of the Holocaust Human experimentation, mental health of 2nd and 3rd generations. 9 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. Yeshiva University, Wilf Campus located at 500 West 185th Street Pre-registration required. Register online at www.yumedicalethics.com

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avenue and 43rd Street Borough Park, Brooklyn To register go to www.crowdrise.com/masbiabiketour. Email Cindy@masbia.org for more information.

Chabad of the Five Towns had their Sukkah Mobile at the Simchas Beit Hashoeva celebration in Andrew J. Parise Park in Cedarhurst.

October 16 First Annual Community Chesed Fair and Food Drive The Brandeis School and Rambam Mesivta are jointly holding its first annual chesed fair and food drive to benefit RockCanRoll.org Many charitable organizations are coming to showcase their causes in hopes of informing everyone to the needs of our community. Our hope is to inspire and effect change. 6:30 p.m.

Library Dedication The Brandeis School honors Dr. Mildred David , former Head of School and longtime Five Towns resident. Dr. David provided years of outstanding leadership to The Brandeis School following her 30 year career at Hewlett Elementary School. Upon her retirement from The Brandeis School in June 2010, she received a gift from the faculty that was matched by The Susser Foundation to compile a Judaics collection which will enrich Brandeis students’ Jewish education. This dedication ceremony will take place on the same day as the Inaugural Brandeis School Community Chesed Fair and Food Drive which is being held in conjunction with Rambam Mesivta.

Indoor Playground The Samuel Field YM&YWHA located at 58-20 Little Neck Parkway, Little Neck, NY is offering a unique Indoor Playground for children 5 and under who must be accompanied with an adult, on Wednesdays from 10:45 AM – 11:45 AM. All participants must wear sneakers and NO PREREGISTRATION is required. Come on down and check out all the exciting equipment including

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By Rabbi Eugene Labovitz zâ&#x20AC;?l and Dr. Annette Labovitz Reproduced from â&#x20AC;&#x153;Time for My Soul: A Treasury of Jewish Stories For Our Holy Daysâ&#x20AC;? He never deviated from his customary preparations for Shabbos. Exactly at noon, each Friday, he immersed himself in the mikvah, returned to his room, changed his everyday clothing for his Shabbos clothing, stood before the shtender (raised reading desk) and recited Tehillim, Psalms. He began his recitation every week with chapter one, verse one; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Happy is the man who does not follow the advice of evil people.â&#x20AC;? Painstakingly, with great intent and concentration, and enunciating every word of the 150 chapters, he concluded with the last words of the last chapter: â&#x20AC;&#x153;With every breath of life in me, I will praise You.â&#x20AC;? Shmuel Kaminka had just finished Psalm 147 when he was interrupted by an urgent knock at his door. At first, he tried to disregard the knock, hoping that the intruder would think he was not home, but the knock turned into impatient pounding. Reluctantly, he opened the door. His friend stood in the doorway. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I have rushed over here from the bais midrash of Rebbe Tzve Hirsh Nadverna,â&#x20AC;? he blurted out breathlessly. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He wants to see you immediately.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Please tell our rebbe,â&#x20AC;? Shmuel answered impatiently, â&#x20AC;&#x153;that I am almost finished reciting the Psalms. I am already on the 147th chapter. I will come in about ten minutes.â&#x20AC;?

Shmuelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s friend returned to the bais midrash and delivered his message. Rebbe Tzve Hirsh snapped: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Go back to Shmuel. Tell him I need him immediately, and tell him that if he does not come now, he doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have to come at all.â&#x20AC;? When Shmuel heard the words of his rebbe, he closed his book of Psalms and ran to the bais midrash. As he ran, angry thoughts crossed his mind, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Why couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t he wait until I finished? I only had three more chapters left. What could possibly have happened that was so urgent that the rebbe demanded to see me this minute? What could be more important than my concluding the recitation of Psalms?â&#x20AC;? By the time Shmuel crossed the threshold of the study hall, he was enraged. He honestly believed that he was no longer ready to greet Shabbos. As he approached his rebbe, he tripped over the sprawled body of Avraham, the town drunk. Rebbe Tzve Hirsh paid no attention to the irate mood of his indignant student. He simply turned to Shmuel and said: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Take Avraham to the wash basin and clean him up. Then go with him to collect money so he can buy food for Shabbos. His wife and children are hungry. If he goes out to collect money alone, no one will give him anything because people are afraid he will spend it on liquor.â&#x20AC;? Shmuel could not believe his ears. He did not understand why he couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t finish reciting Psalms, why Avraham the town drunk could not wait. Angrily, he dragged Avraham to the washbasin. The drunk stood up slowly, tottering uncertainly. After Shmuel

washed his hands and face, he linked his arm with Avrahamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s and the two of them set out to collect money to buy food for Shabbos for Avrahamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s family. Shmuel finished his task and left Avraham on the doorstep of his cottage. Slowly, he trudged back to his room, trying to recapture the mood of Shabbos, trying to finish the recitation of the Psalms, so he could welcome Shabbos with joy. He did not succeed. Shmuel was troubled all of that Shabbos. He did not understand why his rebbe sent him when other students were available, why he had to help the town drunk rather than recite Psalms. He did not comprehend the intention of his rebbe, so he decided that he would seek out a different one. However, before he acted, he concluded that it would only be fair if he went to Rebbe Tzve Hirsh and asked him for an explanation. Determined in his resolve, after havdahlah, he timidly knocked on the door of his rebbeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s room Rebbe Tzve Hirsh was very gracious.. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Please come in, Shmuel,â&#x20AC;? he beckoned. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I hoped you would come. I knew you were deeply disturbed by what I asked you to do yesterday. I would like to teach you something, something that I think is the essence of Jewish life. There is a verse in Pirkai Avos that states:

This is the way of Torah, eat bread with salt, drink water in small measure, sleep on the ground, live a life of pain (Bâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;cha-yeh tzar techyeh), but toil in the Torah. Here in Nadverna, we translate the passage live a life of pain differently than in most places. In Nadverna we translate the passage to mean: When you see someone in pain, give him life (Bâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;chayeh tzar, tâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;chayeh). You see,â&#x20AC;? Rebbe Tzve Hirsh continued gently, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Avraham the town drunk was in terrible pain. He was in desperate straits. His wife and children depended upon him. They would not have had a morsel of food to eat for Shabbos. I called you to come immediately because I trusted you to help him. I knew you would be upset that you could not finish the recitation of Psalms, yet Avraham and his family could not wait. The Psalms could wait. Even the Almighty could wait.â&#x20AC;? Shmuel gulped. He sighed deeply. In his heart, he really had not wanted to leave Nadverna. He had only wanted to understand his rebbeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s intent. Sheepishly, Shmuel left his rebbeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s room. The following Friday afternoon, exactly at noontime, he immersed himself in the mikvah, returned to his room, changed his everyday clothes for his Shabbos clothes, stood before his shtender, and began, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Happy is the man,â&#x20AC;? hoping there would be another knock on his door.

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