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Where forgotten Jews lie buried, Jew in the City Touro consecrates sacred ground picks Orthodox ‘all stars’ team When patients died at the sprawling Central Islip Psychiatric Center, they were generally buried in unmarked paupers graves, Jew and gentile alike. To most of their relatives, shamed by a connection with someone in a psychiatric hospital, they were forgotten in death as they were abandoned in life. Only in the 1980s did Central Islip’s Jewish chaplain, Rabbi Melvyn Lerer, consecrate a designated Jewish burial ground and begin to mark some of the graves. The hospital closed in 1996 after operating for 107 years, and the cemetery, the ďŹ nal resting place of some 5,500 souls, including 500 in the Jewish section, was left to deteriorate. Development on site of the former psychiatric hospital included the Touro Law Center and a massive Federal courthouse. When Touro realized that its parking lot abbutted the cemetery, its leaders embarked on a campaign to bring dignity to the deceased. Now, restoration has begun, with the awarding of a $30,000 grant for new entry gates, security enhancements and benches, according to John Allen, special assistant to the state commissioner for the OfďŹ ce of Mental Health. When The Jewish Star visited one day

Ten “Orthodox Jewish All Starsâ€? were named this week by Jew in the City, an organization working to connect Orthodox Judaism with digital media. A red carpet gala is set for the Sunday night leading up to November’s once in 80,000 years overlap of Chanukah and Thanksgiving. The honorees include Cedarhurst resident Sarah Hofstetter, who was promoted last week to CEO of 360i in the US, the No. 2 advertising ďŹ rm on Ad Age’s Agency A-List; U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew, a Forest Hills Touro Law School is adjacent to this cemetery on the grounds of the former Central Islip native; Nobel laureate Psychiatric Center. Last week, as work began to make the site a respectable ďŹ nal rest- in economics Robert ing place for more than 5,000 souls, prayer books destroyed during Hurricane Sandy Aumann, a visiting pro6DUDK +RIVWHWWHU were buried. fessor at Stony Brook after a rededication ceremony last week, Once the cemetery is cleaned up and University; and Naama a neighbor reported having just chased security enhancements are in place, such ShaďŹ r, the ďŹ rst Orthoaway a group of young boys who were incidents will hopefully be rare, Samuel dox female professional shooting BB guns at a sign erected during J. Levine, director of Touro’s Jewish Law basketball player. “There is a common the ceremony. Institute, told the Star. misconception that being an Orthodox Jew means you don’t have many career options,â€? said Allison Josephs, award-winning Jewish author and founder of Jew in the City. These honorees prove that’s 5REHUW $XPDQQ not the case, she said. “Jew in the City is building awareness about a community that otherwise gets depicted as extreme and reclusive, and rarely is presented with any nuance,â€? Josephs said. The timing of this year’s awards presentation highlights the redemption from religious persecution of Chanukah coinciding with Thanksgiving’s celebration of religious freedom in the United States which has provided Jews with the opportunity to achieve the highest levels of professional success while maintaining their heritage, she said. Chanukah/Thanksgiving themed dishes will be served 7RP 6X]]RL DW 0RQGD\ÂśV 2UWKRGR[ 8QLRQ HYHQW ZLWK WKH 28ÂśV 1HZ <RUN GLUHFWRU RI SROLWLFDO at the midtown Manhattan event. DIIDLUV -HII /HE Meir Kruter Photography Continued on page 2

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Suozzi spoke about issues of importance to the Jewish community, including education, a proposed cap on property taxes and ďŹ nding synergies between the various districts within the county. He said he would work to create downtowns throughout the county, expanding

the tax base through the construction of ofďŹ ce buildings with ground oor shops and eateries that would bring in revenue from sales tax. When asked about his position on obtaining FEMA aid for houses of worContinued on page 2

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Democrat Tom Suozzi told the Orthodox Union on Tuesday that he supports efforts to funnel aid from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to houses of worship damaged by Hurricane Sandy. During the OU Advocacy-NY-sponsored forum, before Jewish community, synagogue and day school lay leaders at the OU in Manhattan, he vowed that if elected Nassau County Executive on Nov. 5, he would balance the county budget, establish a plan for growth, and work with the Jewish community on the issue of tuition affordability. The incumbent county executive, Republican Ed Mangano, is scheduled to participate in a similar OU forum next Monday. “Nassau County is a fantastic place, but we have stopped growing. We need to create environments where young people want to live,� said Suozzi, who was county executive between 2002 and 2009, but lost to Mangano by fewer than 400 votes in the 2009 contest.

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‘Orthodox All Stars’‌ Continued from page 1 Rounding out this year’s All Stars team are: • Ari Pinchot, co-executive producer of the star-studded and critically acclaimed new ďŹ lm, Lee Daniels’ “The Butler,â€? featuring Forest Whitaker and Oprah Winfrey • Joseph Shenker, chairman of Sullivan and Cromwell, the number 3 law ďŹ rm in the country according to Vault Rankings -DFN /HZ • Rama Burshtein, writer, director and producer of the awarding-winning ďŹ lm, “Fill the Void,â€? and the ďŹ rst Hasidic woman to make a ďŹ lm for general audiences • Anne Neuberger, Director of the National Security Agency’s Commercial Solutions Center • Issamar Ginzberg, a marketing guru who was named one of Inc. Magazine’s Top 10 Entrepreneurs — and is the grandson of prominent Hasidic rebbes) • Dr. Laurel Steinherz, Di- 1DDPD 6KDÂżU

rector of Pediatric Cardiology at Memorial Sloan Kettering and co-founder of Camp Simcha, a renowned camp for Jewish children with cancer. The inaugural “Orthodox Jewish All Starsâ€? began last year with a YouTube video written, directed, and produced by Josephs that featured a diverse group of awardees, including former Senator Joe Lieberman (who said his observance helped him in his rise), Top Ten Billboard Recording Artist Alex Clare, and NYTimes bestselling novelist Faye Kellerman — all people who have reached the pinnacle of their respective ďŹ elds while maintaining a religiously observant lifestyle. “There were so many more remarkably successful Orthodox Jews that didn’t make it to this year’s list; we’ll hopefully be doing this for many more years,â€? Josephs said. For more information, visit JewInTheCity.com

Suozzi speaks at OU‌ Continued from page 1 ship damaged by Sandy, Suozzi responded that he would support the bill “one hundred percent.â€? He also said that he would work to mitigate the ongoing effects of the storm on families who are still recovering, adding that “it doesn’t make sense that there is no database in the county of who’s still out of their houses.â€? OU Advocacy Director of State Political

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Affairs and Outreach Maury Litwack stressed the importance of community meetings with candidates and legislators for the Jewish community. “The way the Jewish community gets its voice heard is through participation in events like this candidate forum,� Litwack told the gathering. Information for this article was supplied by the OU.

Apple Bank for Savings has appointed Lauren Stamm as assistant treasurer and branch manager of its Cedarhurst ofďŹ ce. Prior to her promotion, she served as the branch’s Assistant Branch Manager. Stamm has been an Apple Bank executive for eight years. Prior to joining the Cedarhurst ofďŹ ce as Assistant Branch Manager, she was a member of the management team in Apple’s branch on Avenue J in Flatbush for four years. She is also licensed

to sell Insurance and Fixed Annuities (which are sold through a wholly owned Apple subsidiary), is a licensed Notary Public, and formerly served as an NYPD Auxiliary Police OfďŹ cer. Stamm, who lives in Forest Hills, has a deep understanding of the needs and expectations of the thriving Cedarhurst community. She hopes to leverage this knowledge to expand the branch’s already solid customer base, by building relationships with local residents and getting involved in community initiatives.

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level of coastal fortification that the Netherlands has, but it would be a start, Ovink noted. “If you do this on a regional scale, your region will be safer and more resilient,” he said. “Every dollar is worth four if you do it

FEMA extends Sandy deadline Homeowners in Sandy-devastated communities who are battling the Federal Emergency Management Agency over their losses and the repair process will now have an extra six months to file their paperwork. FEMA already had extended its usual 60day deadline to the storm’s first anniversary on Oct. 29. Now, the federal agency has extended the deadline once again, this time until April 28, 2014. “Sandy was a storm unlike any we’ve ever seen, and the rebuilding process is incredibly complex,” Sen. Charles Schumer said. “This extension takes that complexity into account.” Sen. Kirstan Gillibrand added, “Sandyimpacted homeowners who suffered damages from the storm should not be denied claims due to the timing of their paperwork.” account.” FEMA offers flood protection through the National Flood Insurance Program and enlists insurance companies to handle policies. By the new deadline in April, property owners must give insurers a “proof of loss” document that states the cost of the repairs and provides evidence supporting their claims. The Democrats Schumer and Gillibrand,

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along with a bipartisan group of New York and New Jersey representatives, wrote FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate last week to request this new extension. Chip Merlin, a lawyer who specializes in insurance claims, noted the federal rules were tougher than those of some states, and likened them to tax returns. “Honestly, the detailed estimates that are being requested by the National Flood Insurance executors are very difficult to get in the real world. Contractors doing the work don’t do detailed, line by line, room by room” estimates — let alone for free,” he said. Benjamin Rajotte, who runs the Touro Law Center clinic in Central Islip, said the forms are “deceptively simple-looking,” noting, for example, that a home’s cash value can be calculated in a number of ways. If policyholders disagree with an amount, they must assert what they think is the proper figure. Federal officials estimate they have closed 99 percent of the nearly 57,000 Sandy-related flood claims filed in New York State. Yet, consumer advocates say that doesn’t account for the hundreds, or perhaps thousands, of Long Islanders still appealing settlements. A version of this story first appeared in the Nassau Herald.

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Henk Ovink, director-general of national spatial planning and water affairs for the Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment, is helping to oversee Rebuild by Design, a program initiated by President Obama that aims to build greater resiliency into our coastline to hold back the ocean and protect our communities in a hurricane. Ovink is “on loan” for one year as a senior adviser to HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan, in part to spread the word about the need to rethink how we design our cities and suburbs in flood zones. The Dutch are considered the world’s leading experts in holding back the sea. They have been LI Herald file photo by Christina Daly at it for 1,000 years — 30 7KH /RQJ %HDFK ERDUGZDON QRZ PRVWO\ UHEXLOW ZDV GHVWUR\HG E\ percent of the Netherlands +XUULFDQH 6DQG\ lies below sea level, and 60 percent of the nation is in homes, businesses, roads, bridges, tunnels, a flood zone. Over the past four decades, the Dutch subways, railroads, harbors and beaches. In Sandy’s wake, with no electricity and have committed to employing cutting-edge heat and with winter just weeks away, we water-control technologies to keep the ocean felt desperate. We were far more exposed to back and construct coastal fortifications canature’s destructive elements than we had pable of withstanding a 1-in-10,000-year storm. By comparison, our Northeast was inthought. Long Islanders spent months reconstruct- capable of holding back Sandy, considered a ing their homes and businesses after Sandy. once-in-a-century storm. This summer, as part of Rebuild by Design, Many still have not rebuilt. The question is, when everyone is restored, the Hurricane Sandy Rebuilding Task Force do we simply move on, pretending that noth- put out a request for proposals for model ing happened? Or do we remake our coastline projects that would reinforce our coastline to ensure that our structures and infrastruc- and could be duplicated on a mass scale. No single project could give the U.S. the ture are protected in another Sandy? By Scott Brinton When Superstorm Sandy rolled across the Northeast last Oct. 29, it was among our worst nightmares –– a historic tempest that inundated entire swaths of coastline, pushing the Atlantic Ocean past points that we did not believe floodwaters could reach. In a day, Sandy wreaked $68 billion in damage to

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Yishmael’s inspiration: To end our lives righteously T he character Yishmael in the Torah is fascinating. Any honest opinion of Yishmael may be partially sympathetic to him, but will more than likely cast him as an unfavorable character until he undergoes his personal teshuvah (repentance) towards the end of his life, as indicated by the term “gviah” which describes his death. PARSHA OF Most of the negativTHE WEEK ity ascribed to Yishmael is not evident in the Torah. As I wrote in this space last week, even whatever caused Sarah to have him banished from the home may have had nothing to do with bad behavior — Sarah was uncomfortable because Yishmael was either being very nice to Yitzchak or he Rabbi Avi Billet was quite legitimately talking about his rights as Avraham’s first born. The Rabbis even depict him as one of the lads accompanying Avraham to the Akeidah (binding) of Yitzchak! Yishmael appears to be something of a victim, banished in utero and as a teenager (the latter time with a minimal amount of bread and water). He reappears at Avraham’s funeral. Avraham’s love for Yishmael is no secret. This is demonstrated when G-d tells him he’ll have a son with Sarah and Avraham says, “Let Yishmael live before You” (17:18), and

then when G-d tells Avraham to take his son, the one he loves, Yitzchak, to the mountain, and Avraham responds, as Rashi points out, “I have two sons, I love them both, o – You mean Yitzchak…” Would Avraham have such feelings for a son who is terrible? At the end of Yishmael’s life, when his death is recorded using similar language to Avraham’s death, we are told of his “descendants/ generations.” They are introduced using a familiar term, “v’eieh toldot Yishmael” (these are the generations of Yishmael). Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch points out that of all the times this phrase appears in the Bible, the word toldot is spelled four different ways: with either six, five or four letters. Yishmael’s case is the only time it appears with four letters. In Hebrew, the six letter version is called malei (full or complete) because it has two vovs as vowels. The five letter versions either has a vov for the first “o” vowel, or a vov for the second “o” vowel, while the other “o” vowel in the word is indicated by a dot after the consonant preceding it. The four letter version has no vovs as vowels. The two times it appears malei are in 2:4 – the toldot of the heavens and the earth, and in Ruth 4:18 – these are the generations of Peretz leading to David. The first vov is missing when describing the generations of

Avraham’s love for Yishmael is no secret. Would he have such feelings for a terrible son?

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Eisav (36:1,9) and Yaakov (37:2). The first vov is present, while the second vov is not for Adam 5:1, Noach 6:9, 10:1, Shem 11:10, Terach 11:27, Yitzchak 25:19, Aharon and Moshe – Bamidbar 3:1. For Yishmael – no vovs! Causing Hirsch to say, “All this says is ‘Explain me!’” The missing first vov (of the shoresh/root word) indicates an incompleteness in the children of that person. Eisav had many descendants, but they had no internal greatness, neither spiritually or ethically. And in the context in which the word appears for Yaakov, it is as part of the introduction to the fighting between his sons, which culminated with their selling their brother to Egypt. Missing the second vov (the vov that makes the word plural) hints to there not really being “generations” because the person only had one or two sons that carried his traditions. The heavens and earth are complete in quality and quantity, on the other hand, because they were made through a statement of God. The generations of Peretz is considered complete because of the responsibility it will bear in heralding the redemption of Israel, based on its worthiness. Yishmael is the only one spelled without vovs because he did not have as many descendants as, for example, Eisav had (compare Yishmael’s 3 verses to chapter 36!). And his sons were also not as complete in their

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character as the descendants of Yitzchak eventually proved to be. In essence, this one word indicates that Yishmael’s family — 12 princes and all — were nothing to write home about. He had the 12 children that were promised, but how he raised them did not reflect well on him. At the same time, when we examine Yishmael, we see a man who is loved by his father, who is viewed as a person who went through many personal struggles to unquestionably conclude his life as a righteous man. very person who becomes a parent has an important job in raising children. Hopefully we do our best, have our influence, and are listened to for as long as we are alive and have the ability to communicate. And of course, thereafter. But there comes a time when the children leave and they are, to a certain degree, on their own. When that happens, the focus must once again revert to each of us as an individual. There’s a joke about three religious leaders arguing over when life begins. One says, “At conception.” Another says, “At birth.” And the rabbi says, “Life begins when the kids move out and the dog dies.” This is not to suggest that when the kids move out we cut the strings. But we must also be able to focus on our own growth — spiritually, religiously, mentally and healthfully — so we can live out our days after “life begins” with the ever-present goal of concluding life unquestionably as a righteous person, following Yishmael’s example. Rabbi Avi Billet, formerly of Woodmere, is a mohel based in Florida. Reach him at AviBillet @gmail.com.

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here is a tradition in the Israeli army — we always bring our boys home. Until all the boys are back, we don’t really feel fully at home. Thus the Israeli Government is still trying, nearly 40 years later, to bring home the body of Eli Cohen, an Israeli agent, captured and hanged by the Syrians in the public square in Damascus, whose bones are buried in a public grave with the bones of a dog. Why is it so important to bury our dead FROM THE HEART at home? OF JERUSALEM “Chavah Leah,” radio code for “break formation and camp for the night,” brought relief to the men of the 195th battalion of the fighting 500, an armored brigade on the move during three days of intense fighting. People think the hardest thing in war is the fear of dying. That’s Rabbi Binny not true. The most difFreedman ficult aspect of battle is not being able to sleep. The intense, overwhelming depression that comes with being ordered to keep going, when all you want to do is just curl up and lie down even for a moment, is indescribable. So no one needed to hear the order twice. In the darkness, the men made a tragic mistake, encamping a few hundred yards from a heavily fortified Syrian position. Shortly after falling into an exhausted sleep, with only a few men on guard duty, they

came under heavy fire from anti-tank weapons below the ridge. By the time the sun rose, the bodies of eight Israeli soldiers were left in three smoldering tanks out in what was now no-man’s land. In one of the most daring missions of the entire war, Shimon Ben Maimon, the battalion commander of the 195th, risked his battalion and the lives of a full company of men, to bring the bodies back to Israeli lines, and ensure that these soldiers would receive Jewish burial at home in Israeli soil. Was he right? How could he risk lives to bring home bodies? And what difference does it make where a person is buried, or for that matter whether they are buried at all? Was there a point to all the efforts fire and rescue workers made, nearly two months after 9/11, to recover all the bodies still in the carnage of the World Trade Center? n this week’s portion, Chayei Sarah, the Torah spends an inordinate amount of time describing Abraham’s purchase of a plot of land to bury Sarah, his wife. Why was this so important? If the body is only a temporary vehicle used to affect good in this world, then what really matters is the soul, which does not end with death. So why does the Torah devote an entire chapter to the description of this purchase of a burial plot, noting twice that this land has become Abraham’s (Genesis 23: 17, 20). Nor is this desire to be buried at home unique to Abraham. Yaakov (Jacob), before his death at the end of the book of Genesis,

makes Joseph swear that he will bring Yaakov’s bones home for burial in Israel. And Joseph swears his brothers to do the same for him, bringing him home at last to the Land of Israel from whence he was so cruelly uprooted as a lad. The Canaanites (Hittites) are willing to give Abraham what they consider to be a useless plot of land. But he refuses, preferring instead to pay an exorbitant amount of money for it. Because ultimately, where I am buried is an enormous statement as to who I really am. Indeed, Abraham, in speaking with these same Canaanites, says, “Ger Ve’Toshav Anochi Imachem” (I am a stranger and temporary dweller in your midst). And that is the way Abraham wants it. Ever since taking a stand — that G-d was not a piece of wood or rock, but an endless reality, the source of all light — Abraham has been alone. Indeed, the word Ivri or Hebrew, means “he who is on the side,” with Abraham all alone on one side of the world, with every one else on the other side. The Canaanites wanted Abraham to be one of them. Even in death, if Sarah were to be buried in Hittite land, then in the end, she would be a Hittite. G-d tells Abraham his seed will be “like the dirt of the earth” (Genesis 13:16). Such a strange blessing! We will be like dirt. Over 2,000 years of exile, no people have been more trodden on, more despised and discounted, more often destroyed, than the Jewish people. The ideals we represent, and the ethical standard we aspire to, have mad-

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dened empires for centuries. But you can’t destroy dirt. You can step on it, throw it, attack it, and even burn it. But you can never destroy it, because it is the essence of all matter, all creation. Greater still, this same dirt is where the roots take hold, and the spring begins. And that is why the very next story in this week’s portion, is the marriage of Yitzchak. Because the Jewish reaction to death has always been life. Abraham ensures that Yitzchak will marry from within the family, and not from among the daughters of Canaan. This Shabbat, 4,000 years after Abraham purchased that plot of land, Jews will light Shabbat candles, sing the Lecha Dodi, and pray the evening services at the cave of Machpela, that special place where long ago an old man took a stand and made a statement about what was really important, what would matter for all eternity. And if you close your eyes on Friday night, and see the hills of Judea, and the windswept plains of the Golan, or the purple and pink stones of Jerusalem, then in a small way, you are home, with all the generations of Jews who dreamed the same dreams and who chose to lie in the same earth for eternity. May Hashem bless us all with the wisdom to make those choices about what really matters, so that soon, all of us will finally be home. Shabbat Shalom, from Jerusalem. Rav Binny Freeman, Rosh Yeshivat Orayta in Jerusalem’s Old City, is a company commander in the IDF reserves. He lives in Efrat with his wife Doreet and their four children.

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‘Zionist BDS’ does not exist I recently received an email from a friend who lives in Brighton, on England’s south coast. He told me about the success of a local organization, Sussex Friends of Israel, in VIEWPOINT countering the angry demonstrations organized by pro-Palestinian activists outside the store owned by Sodastream, an Israeli soft drinks company that is based in the West Bank. Sodastream employs about 700 Palestinian workers and also maintains an onsite mosque. But none Ben Cohen, JNS of that concerns these Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) propagandists, who would be quite happy for hundreds of Palestinian families to be left without an income for the greater “good” of destroying the Jewish state. In defending the right of consumers to purchase Sodastream’s products free of intimidation, Sussex Friends of Israel describes, correctly, the BDS strategy as one grounded in bigotry. And at a time when, according to a new European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights poll, three-quarters of European Jews sense growing anti-Semitism, it’s heartening to see supporters of Israel successfully engage weekend shoppers in an English seaside town with complimentary bagels and a calm explanation of why Israel isn’t the rogue state depicted by the BDSers. It’s also further evidence that the BDS movement is running out of steam. While many Jews and Israelis have been scarred by the experience of being targeted by BDS activists, the movement has not managed to penetrate the mainstream of politics. In a rational world, you’d think that the BDSers would have finally thrown in the towel. But the reverse is true. In fact, they’ve just added a new voice to their nefarious

campaign in the form of a Jewish lawyer who describes herself as a Zionist and who thinks that quarantining the Jewish state is compatible with Zionism. The woman in question is Kathleen Peratis, a founder of J Street, the leftist group that poses as a pro-Israel organization. In 2011, though, even J Street felt obliged to distance itself from Peratis, after she visited Gaza and met with Hamas leaders, showing off rather pathetically in a piece for The Nation that she’d ticked off these terrorist murderers over their contempt for women’s rights. Now, still calling herself a Zionist, Peratis has come out in favor of BDS, gushing that BDS is a “non-violent tool.” From the comfort of her New York law office, Peratis declares, “[N]ot buying Sodastream or Gush Etzion wine is a start,” displaying her utter indifference towards the effect that boycotting these enterprises would have on the Palestinians who work for them. Peratis embraces a strategy of 20th-century anti-Semites, from the German Nazis to the Arab League, who presented boycotts of Jews as a first step towards destroying the global Jewish power of their demented fantasies. My guess is that Peratis knows very little of history, because if she did, and if she had any humility, she would recognize that this poisonous tactic cannot be separated from the poisonous worldview that grounds it. Peratis is not the only American Jew to have jumped into bed with the anti-Zionists. Some readers will have heard of, for example, MJ Rosenberg, a blogger who trades on the fact that he once worked for the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, and Richard Silverstein, another blogger who fuses a kind of hippie Judaism with full-throated defenses of the Iranian regime. For those of us watching this public spectacle of neurosis masking as political analysis, it’s all weirdly amusing. But nothing is so exquisitely ludicrous as Peratis’s view that you can be a Zionist and support an anti-Semitic movement at the same time.

Nothing is as ludicrous as the view that you can be a Zionist and support an antiSemitic movement

He’s no liberal’s darling: Rabin was not a blind peace-maker Two weeks from now is the anniversary of Yitzchak Rabin’s death in the secular calendar (Nov. 4, 1995). Since his assassination 18 years ago, the myth of Rabin’s peacemaking expanded. He was the Prime Minister who began the “Oslo Process,” — but his final vision for the Jeff Dunetz process was to the right of supposedly “hawkish” Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu. Rabin did not support the creation of a Palestinian State, while Netanyahu does. Netanyahu agrees with Rabin that Jerusalem is the indivisible capital of the Jewish State. And before he was assassinated, Rabin — to whom Israel’s security was everything — was considering scrapping the Oslo Accords Rabin was not, as the liberal media paints him, a “sacrifice everything for the sake of peace” type. Nine days before he was assassinated, Rabin delivered a speech to the Knesset that laid out his vision for the future of Israel and the disputed territories, including: •No Palestinian State: “We view the permanent solution in the framework of State of Israel which will include most of the area of the Land of Israel as it was under the rule of the British Mandate, and alongside it a Palestinian entity which will be a home to most of the Palestinian residents living in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank. We would like this to be an entity which is less than a state, and which will independently run the lives of the Palestinians under its authority.” •No return to ‘67 borders: “The borders of the State of Israel, during the permanent solution, will be beyond the lines which existed before the Six Day War. We will not return to the 4 June 1967 lines.” •Control of Jordan Valley: “The security border of the State of Israel will be located in the Jordan Valley, in the broadest meaning of that term.” •Gush Katif as model: “The establishment of blocs of settlements in Judea and Samaria, like the one in Gush Katif.” •All settlements remain intact during interim period: We “committed ourselves before the Knesset, not to uproot a single settlement in the framework of the interim agreement, and not to hinder building for natural growth.” •United Jerusalem “which will include both Ma’ale Adumim and Givat Ze’ev — as the capital of Israel, under Israeli sovereignty, while preserving the rights of the members of the other faiths, Christianity and Islam, to freedom of access and freedom of worship in their holy places, according to the customs of their faiths.” •Security First: “The responsibility for external security along the borders with Egypt and Jordan, as well as control over the airspace above all of the territories and Gaza Strip maritime zone, remains in our hands.” Rabin was not a blind peacemaker who did not take into account his nation’s security or the evil he was negotiating with. For many years, Rabin’s legacy was defined by the dreams of the peace process that he was engaged in at the time of his murder. Whether this was what he would have POLITICS TO GO

wanted has been debated by his relatives and confidants, some of whom were aware of his growing doubts about the intentions of Yasser Arafat, who was already sabotaging the diplomatic process by ordering terrorist attacks before, during, and after the time of Rabin’s assassination. Between the day the Oslo accords were signed in September 1993 and the day Rabin was killed in November, 136 people were murdered in 58 separate terrorist attacks conducted by Arafat and his associates. The terrorism was getting so bad that Rabin was thinking of scrapping the Oslo Accords before he died. In October 2010, Rabin’s daughter Dalia told the Israeli magazine Seven Days: “Many people who were close to father told me that on the eve of the murder he considered stopping the Oslo process because of the terror that was running rampant in the streets and that Arafat wasn’t delivering the goods. Father after all wasn’t a blind man running forward without thought. I don’t rule out the possibility that he considered also doing a reverse on our side. After all, he was someone for whom the security of the state was sacrosanct.”

Terrorism was so bad in the months before he died, that Rabin was thinking of scrapping the Oslo accords.

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Cuba travel: Sweet To the editor, I enjoyed reading about the new opportunity to visit Cuba via a glatt kosher tour group [“To Cuba with love: Friends launch kosher tour to hard-to-reach isle, Oct. 18] I reported in The Jewish Star about my own visit to Cuba with my mother and sister [“Return to Cuba,” Jan. 28, 2009]. It was our first time there since my parents and I fled from Havana in 1962. We were led on a Jewish humanitarian mission by none other than Miriam Saul, who is now partnering with Marla Whitesman for the upcoming kosher trip in December. I can vouch for Miriam Saul as a caring, personable professional who was the reason our mission went off without a hitch. As a Cuban-born guide she has deep insight about the intricacies of tourism to Cuba, which is more complicated than an American traveller can imagine. Being Cuban born, my mom and I had specific issues re visas and hesitation about making such a unique trip back to our birthplace. All our concerns were addressed and Miriam’s leadership and Cuban connections made for an unforgettable tour which was educational, organized and emotional. I am sure any world traveller would gain much from this incredible opportunity to visit this beautiful island only 90 miles away from the US, which has been virtually off limits for half a century and is frozen in time. I long for another visit soon. Please feel free to contact me if you have questions. Miriam Bradman Abrahams, Woodmere mabraha1@optonline.net Send a letter for publication to: Letters@ TheJewishStar.com

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Orthodox Union This year’s Orthodox Union’s Jewish Medical Ethics Conference on Sunday, Nov. 3, will focus on Building Healthy Families: Fertility, Medicine, and Halacha. Lectures, workshops, and roundtable discussions led by rabbinic and medical experts will include topics such as BRCA: Ethics and Genetic Testing; Fertility Preservation: Hope For the Future; and Physicians and Rabbis: Working Together and Helping Couples Build Families. There will also be sessions for mental health professionals, marital education teachers, and religious advisors on Jewish family purity. Named after the biblical heroine in Exodus who served as a midwife to the Jews in spite of Pharaoh’s decree prohibiting Jewish birth in Egypt, the PUAH Institute provides counseling, referrals and support, free-ofcharge, to all those seeking professional help. Professional PUAH supervisors, under the guidance of Rabbi Menachem Burstein, certify the genetic integrity of fertility treatments worldwide, with its ofďŹ ces based in Brooklyn and Jerusalem. “The OU is proud to bring together rabbis, religious authorities in Jewish family purity, medical professionals and the general community to learn about the intersection of medicine and halacha, in strengthening and sustaining our Jewish community,â€? said Rabbi Judah Isaacs, director of the Department of Community Engagement. “For thousands of Jewish families, the name PUAH Institute evokes sentiments of

appreciation for a life-altering experience of profound magnitude,� said Lea Davidson, PUAH Institute’s executive director. Speakers at the conference include Rabbi Elie Abadie, founding rabbi, Safra Synagogue; Natan Bar-Chama, M.D.; Keith Berkowitz, M.D., medical director, Center for Balanced Health; Michael Glassner, M.D., director, Mainline Fertility Center; Richard Grazi, M.D., director, Genesis Fertility & Reproductive Medicine; Sue Gross, M.D.; Lawrence Grunfeld, M.D.; Rabbi Yaakov Kermaier, Fifth Avenue Synagogue; Joshua Klein, M.D.; Rabbi Elchanan Lewis; Harry Lieman, M.D.; Michelle Pfeifer, M.D.; Edward Reichman, M.D., professor of clinical epidemiology and population health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine; Peter Schlegel, M.D., professor of reproductive medicine and chairman of urology, Weil Medical College of Cornell University; Richard Schanler, M.D., director, neonatal services, Cohen Children’s Medical Center and North Shore LI Jewish Health System; Rabbi Richard Weiss, M.D., Young Israel of Hillcrest; Rabbi Gideon Weitzman, director, Puah Institute; Rabbi Mordechai Willig, rosh yeshiva, Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary, YU. This second annual event, organized by OU’s Department of Community Engagement and the PUAH Institute, will be convene at Manhattan’s Fifth Avenue Synagogue, 5 East 62 Street, on Nov. 3 from 9:15 am until 3 pm. For more information on free registration, call 212-613-8300 or visit www.oucommunity. org. Breakfast and lunch will be included.

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Chickpea Salad anything from tuna, to pasta salad and my fave, on Friday, fresh gefilte fish (made for Shabbat) on a challah roll. My husband Jerry had the same lunch every day: roast beef cut fresh from a prime rib that his mom made. Monday it was on huge slices of challah left over from Shabbat and Tuesday through Friday it was on fresh kaiser rolls that his mom bought each morning at the bakery. One roll was served with soft boiled eggs, which Jerry had right after his huge bowl of cereal along with freshly squeezed orange juice and prune juice (served in yourtzet glasses) ala Grossinger’s-style breakfast. It was ok for him to get to BTA late as long as the time was spent eating. (He actually gave the excuse that he

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Bush says Iran can’t be trusted, praises Israel By Jacob Kamaras, JNS.org During a surprise appearance at the 50th anniversary tribute gala of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations in New York, former President George W. Bush said Iran cannot be trusted when it says its nuclear program has peaceful intentions. Bush quoted from his May 2008 speech to the Israeli Knesset in which he said that America stands with Israel “in ďŹ rmly opposing Iran’s nuclear weapons ambitions.â€?At the Conference of Presidents event, he called that speech a highlight of his presidency. Bush was quoted by an attendee who spoke anonymously because Bush’s comments were off the record. “Permitting the world’s leading sponsor of terror to possess the world’s deadliest weapon would be an unforgivable betrayal of future generations,â€? Bush told the Knesset in 2008. “For the sake of peace, the world must not allow Iran to have a nuclear weapon.â€? Bush’s appearance before the Conference of Presidents was “enormously importantâ€? because Bush does not appear in public frequently and has intentionally taken a low proďŹ le since leaving ofďŹ ce, according to Tevi Troy, who served as White House Liaison to the Jewish community as well as deputy secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in Bush’s administration. In particular, Bush takes a low proďŹ le “on political issues of the day,â€? but broke that mold with his comments on Iran, Troy explained. “The fact that he would go to that kind of event, and also talk about the danger of Iran, which many people said was unďŹ nished business from his administration, for understand-

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able reasons given the economic collapse and the overstretch in Afghanistan and Iraq ‌ the fact that he would go and weigh in on that issue I think is extremely signiďŹ cant and worth noting,â€? Troy said. Bush also spoke about his relationship with the Conference of Presidents, the umbrella organization for more than 50 national Jewish groups. According to an attendee, Bush said the Jewish umbrella’s voice is well informed and helpful, and clearly respects the ofďŹ ce of the U.S. president. Israel is America’s best friend in the Middle East, and the defense of Israel is not only

an American value, but is in America’s strategic interest, said Bush, who entered the room to a prolonged applause from an audience previously unaware that he would appear. “[Bush] has long had very positive feelings toward the state of Israel and been a strong supporter of the security of the state of Israel, and this was really highlighted in the period after 9/11, when the intifada was also going on in Israel,� Troy told JNS.org. “He recognized that Israel’s struggle and America’s struggle were the same, and that Israel’s enemies and America’s enemies can overlap as well.�

The former president said he misses only three things from his time in Washington: not having to stop at stop lights, getting to salute men and women in uniform, and retired U.S. Senator Joe Lieberman. Lieberman, a vice presidential candidate who was the most prominent Sabbath observer on Capitol Hill, was in the room to hear Bush’s compliment, as he had just presented an award to former Conference of Presidents chairman James S. Tisch. Bush also said that it is not beneďŹ cial for the U.S. to have a past president “bloviatingâ€? while the current president is trying to run the country. The Conference of Presidents event honored Malcolm Hoenlein, the umbrella organization’s executive vice chairman since 1986. Bush joked that Hoenlein, unlike U.S. presidents, has no term limits. Alan Solow, former chairman of the Conference of Presidents, told JNS.org regarding Bush’s appearance, “I was delighted that he joined us at this event.â€? The gala also included an opening video message from U.S. President Barack Obama. Hoenlein said the fact that remarks from both Obama and Bush were featured demonstrates the Conference of Presidents’ objective of “unity, with diversity.â€? Unity is “the essenceâ€? of what the Jewish umbrella is trying to accomplish, while also building respect for diversity, he explained. “We brought all kinds of people from different points of view [to the gala],â€? Hoenlein said. “It was really an amazing demonstration both for the [Jewish] community’s political maturity and the importance of the community, and its sense of reach.â€?

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By Rafael Medoff, JNS.org “I could scarcely believe that such a thing could occur in a 20th-century civilization,” President Franklin Roosevelt declared in the wake of the Nazis’ Kristallnacht pogrom, which devastated the German Jewish community 75 years ago next month. Most Americans were appalled to read of Nazi stormtroopers burning down hundreds of synagogues, ransacking thousands of Jewish-owned businesses, murdering some 100 Jews, and hauling 30,000 more off to concentration camps, from Nov. 9 to Nov. 10, 1938. In the days following the pogrom, three American editorial cartoonists would try to channel the public’s sympathy for the victims into concrete steps to help German Jewry. In response to Kristallnacht, President Roosevelt recalled the U.S. ambassador from Germany for “consultations” and extended the visitors’ visas of the approximately 12,000 German Jewish refugees who were then in the United States. But at the same time, FDR announced that liberalization of America’s tight immigration quotas was “not in contemplation.” In the wake of Kristallnacht, humanitarian-minded members of Congress introduced legislation to aid German Jewry. The Wagner-Rogers bill proposed the admission of 20,000 German refugee children outside the quotas. Nativist and isolationist groups vociferously opposed the Wagner-Rogers bill. Typical of the opposition’s perspective was a remark by FDR’s cousin, Laura Delano Houghteling, who was the wife of the U.S. Commissioner of Immigration. She warned that “20,000 charming children would all too

FDR.” Mindful of polls showing most Americans opposed to more immigration, Roosevelt preferred to follow public opinion rather than lead it. Without his support, the Wagner-Rogers bill was buried in committee. Ironically, when Pets Magazine the following year launched a campaign to have Americans take in pure-bred British puppies so they would not be harmed by German bombing raids, the magazine was flooded with several thousand offers of haven for the dogs. Most American editorial cartoonists, like most Americans, exhibited little interest in the plight of Germany’s Jews. But there were exceptions. A handful of cartoonists used their platforms not only to express sympathy for the refugees but also to call for practical steps to help them. Six days after Kristallnacht, Paul Cormack, staff cartoonist for the Christian Science Monitor, drew a cartoon titled “The Courtesy of The David S. Wyman Institute for Holocaust Studies Best Answer to Race Persecution.” In the pages of the Chicago Daily News, It showed a large hand, labeled cartoonist Cecil Jensen pleaded for help for “Humanity,” handing a document titled “Assistance” to a crowd of Germany’s Jews. Jewish refugees. soon grow into 20,000 ugly adults.” Five days later, the Christian An appeal to FDR by First Lady Eleanor Science Monitor published another editorial Roosevelt to support Wagner-Rogers fell on cartoon responding to Kristallnacht, this time deaf ears, and an inquiry by a Congresswom- by J. Parker Robinson. It showed a mass of an as to the president’s position was returned people, labeled “Jews,” marching past a sign to his secretary marked “File No action pointing to “Exile,” with a giant question

mark looming over the horizon. He titled the cartoon “Wanted: A Christian Answer.” The question was the fate of the Jews; the answer, the cartoonist insisted, was for Christians to accept their moral responsibility to help the downtrodden. Meanwhile, in the pages of the Chicago Daily News, another cartoonist pleaded for help for Germany’s Jews. Staff cartoonist Cecil Jensen drew a group of Jewish refugees on a large rock, surrounded by turbulent ocean waves. They can see, in the distance, a 17th century-style ship, labeled “World Rescue Efforts.” Whether or not the ship will save the refuges is unclear. Jensen titled the cartoon “Mayflower,” invoking America’s own powerful historical symbol of refugees from religious persecution reaching a safe haven. Sadly, few Americans heeded the appeals of Paul Cormack, J. Parker Robinson, and Cecil Jensen, despite the horrors of Kristallnacht. When a “Mayflower” ship called the St. Louis approached America’s shores just a few months later, President Roosevelt turned it away. Expressions of sympathy were not matched by deeds. There were no U.S. economic sanctions against Nazi Germany, no severing of diplomatic relations, no easing of immigration quotas. The Roosevelt administration’s muted reaction to Kristallnacht foreshadowed the terrible silence with which it would greet the Nazis’ Final Solution. Dr. Rafael Medoff is founding director of The David S. Wyman Institute for Holocaust Studies. This feature is adapted from his forthcoming book,” Cartoonists Against the Holocaust,” coauthored with Craig Yoe.

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Surprise trip at Shalhevet After spending an intense morning taking the PPSAT, the ninth graders at Shalhevet High School in North Woodmere were treated to a surprise trip to the home of their principal, Mrs. Eisenman’s. Mrs. Eisenman greeted each student individually as she welcomed them into her home. The girls chatted with each other as they munched on a delicious Chinese buffet. Mrs. Eisenman played a game with the girls before serving scrumptious homemade desserts. The girls enjoyed quality time spent with each other and appreciated the opportunity to “hang” with their principal in an informal way.

Haircut milestone at HAFTR By Jamie Rohr, HAFTR The Hebrew Academy of the Five Towns and Rockaway (HAFTR) family celebrated a special milestone with one of its students on Oct. 4. Matthew Vinokurov turned three and his birthday was observed with a haircut. The Upsherin marks the time a Jewish boy is ready to take a leap in his education as person. Early Childhood Director Cyndy Goldberg brought all the 3-year-olds together to commemorate this exciting event with music and fun. Rabbi Dovid Kupchik, HAFTR Middle School principal, noted the importance of the haircut as the first step

in a Jewish boy’s journey to his bar mitzvah. To signify the sweetness of the occasion, Matthew was encouraged to place chocolate chips on each letter of the Hebrew alphabet to acknowledge the beginning of a long road of studying the Torah. Both his patents then snipped a piece of his hair, while his friends sang “Happy Birthday.” Through the ceremony, HAFTR was able to provide the Vinokurov family with a deeper connection to Jewish values, and the school was given an opportunity to serve as a supportive community during Matthew’s special day.

HANC recalls Rachel Imeinu On the 11th of Cheshvan, gourth grade girls at HANC’s Samuel & Elizabeth Bass Golding Elementary School in West Hempstead participated in a program led by Morah Dafna Berman, to honor the Yahrzeit of Rachel Imeinu. The students learned about Rachel and discussed the lessons they could learn from her. The students learned about the Midrash which explains the reason Rachel was buried on the way to Chevron and they learned about what Yaakov foresaw — that the chil-

dren of Israel would walk past Rachel’s grave on their way to exile while Rachel was crying and davening to Hashem to forgive them and bring them back home. The students learned the section in Sefer Yirmiyhu where Hashem tells Rachel to stop crying and tells her that as a reward for her davening, she will see her children return to their land. The students listened to the song, “Mama Ruchel” and viewed recent pictures from Kever Rachel. The inspiring program concluded with the students learning how to draw Kever Rachel.

Serving Avraham’s guests In honor of Parshat Veyeira, Nursery Bet students in Morah Jill and Morah Rachel’s class at the HANC Samuel and Elizabeth Bass Golding Early Childhood Center in West Hempstead learned all about Avraham and that he loved to have guests. The students learned the mitzvah of

Hachnasat Orchim and that Hashem brought angels to Avraham’s tent so that he would have guests to host and serve. After learning about the mitzvah, the students invited Morah Risa and Morah Adi’s class to join them for snack time so that everyone could participate in the mitzvah too!

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s the weather takes on an added chill and the nights get longer, reading indoors takes on added value to our quality of time. Therefore please note these brief suggestions for high quality reading and learning for the months to come. The recent publication of “Gates of Prayer: The Ten Terms of Tefillah” KOSHER [Feldheim,2013] by BOOKWORM the beloved Rabbi Shimshon Pincus, zt”l, marks a major milestone in Jewish publishing inasmuch as this is the first full sefer (book) that was penned by him to be translated into English. According to Rabbi Pincus, “The main goal of this book on Alan Jay Gerber tefillah (prayer) is not to arouse people to heartfelt prayer, or offer ways to attain purer kavanah (proper mindset for prayer). Its primary purpose is

rather to present the spectrum of prayer — to demonstrate the varied types of feeling that exist in tefillah and show how they differ from one another.” The Rav continues with the following observation: “In basing this book on the ten terms of tefillah, I followed in the footsteps of the saintly author of the “Be’er Mayim Chaim,” zt”l, who wrote “Sha’ar HaTefillah,” in which the chapters are arranged to the ten terms of tefillah.” These ten terms, in summary, are the following: 1. Shav’ah (hysterical outcry) 2. Tze’akah (wordless scream) 3. Ne’akah (groaning) 4. Rinah (singing) 5. Pegi’ah (relentlessly entreating) 6. Bizur (calling out in distress) 7. Keri’ah (calling to) 8. Nipul (throwing oneself down) 9. Pilpul (prayer) 10. Tachanunim (begging for grace). Through both wit and mussar (instruction), the Rav draws out the special and unique flavor for each of these terms as they relate to emotion and spiritual mean-

ing. He shows us how to utilize each of these diverse terms as a hub of spiritual resource to be utilized at all times within the context of an effective and meaningful prayer experience. Special note should be made of the translation that was made possible by the great efforts of the very talented Rabbi Shmuel Globus. I am delighted to note that former Cedarhurst resident, now of Jerusalem, Rabbi Eliyahu Touger, has recently translated and adapted the text to “A Path for Life” by Rabbi Sholom Yosef Klein [Judaica Press, 2013]. Co-titled, “A treasury of instruction from the early masters of Chassidus, this work was compiled to serve as a spiritual guide for living on a higher level based upon the teachings of Rabbi Klein of blessed memory who was a leading Chassidic scholar in the inter-war years in Europe. Born in Munkatch in 1880, he was a direct descendent of Rav Yehezkel Landau, the Nodeh B’Yehudah, Rashi, Rav Yochanan HaSandler, and King David. He passed away in 1940; however his wife and nine of his children were martyred in the Holocaust. According to Rabbi Touger, the focus of

this book centered upon the following four foundational sections: 1. “A collection of guidelines for daily living; beginning from arising in the morning to retiring at night, it focuses on the inner dimension of the practices that make up a Jew’s day to day spiritual schedule; 2. “A compendium of insights on different character traits, values, and modes of conduct as seen through the lens of the Chassidic masters; 3. “Chassidic conception of the mitzvah of Torah study, including guidelines for upgrading one’s study and the impression Torah study makes on our character; and 4. “A collection of Chassidic insights and practices focused on Shabbat and festivals.” This long overdue bilingual translation will surely go a long way in helping all of us — Chassidim, mitnagdim (opponents of the Chassidim) and masorti (Conservatives) — to better understand the Chassidic hashkafah (perspective) from the traditional sources so resplendently demonstrated in his sacred work. Alan Jay Gerber’s Jewish Star column appears weekly. Gerber is a resident of the Five Towns.

Jersey Shore v. Shakespeare: What the White House embrace of pop culture means for America’s Jews By Jacob Kamaras, JNS.org Yehuda Avner’s 2010 book “The Prime Ministers” reveals that Israel’s leaders have been voracious readers, their homes lined with books in multiple languages, something that reminds Tevi Troy of the residences of America’s founding fathers. But in America, times have changed, and Troy’s new book [“What Jefferson Read, Ike Watched, and Obama Tweeted: 200 Years of Popular Culture in the White House”] begins with President Barack Obama’s reference, during the Congressional battle over health care, to the cast of the “Jersey Shore” reality TV show. Troy, who served as White House Liaison to the Jewish community in the administration of George W. Bush, believes current Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s reading habits fall in line with the scholarly group of early Israeli leaders depicted by Avner. But in “What Jefferson Read, Ike Watched, and Obama Tweeted: 200 Years of Popular Culture in the White House,” Troy chronicles the opposite trend developing in the U.S. “Maybe there’s something about the original founding generation, that in order to establish a state or know what makes a good government, you need to be a reader to be steeped in these great questions that man has debated for centuries,” Troy tells JNS.org. “Whereas when you’re a caretaker leader, perhaps you don’t need to read as carefully.” Troy’s book lays out a historical trajectory in which the increasing prevalence of

pop culture in American society has meant that U.S. presidents must be in tune with that culture in order to both get elected and then be “men of the people” while in office. What presidents may sacrifice in the process of immersing themselves in pop culture, however, is their ability to be scholars and “men of higher understanding,” Troy writes. What does that trend mean for American Jews? Troy tells JNS.org that pop culture is disproportionately shaped by Jewish voices, so if a president needs to be aware of the culture, the president is “clearly aware” of Jewish influences on culture as well. Troy also chronicles a long history of American presidents welcoming Jewish artists to the White House. But he believes the era of Obama might mark a shift. “In some of these periods, Jews had a special status, because it was easier and safer politically to bring a Jewish artist than an African American artist [to the White House], for example,” Troy says. “So I think that Obama signals kind of the end of this special relationship between presidents and Jewish artists for two reasons. One is that just his existence signals that we are sufficiently post-racial; that kind of barrier that existed before doesn’t matter. And two, that Jews have made so much progress that nobody really thinks of every Jewish artist as the Jewish artist, so much as the American artist.” Troy’s book brings to light various unique

factoids about how U.S. presidents related to Jews, such as the fact that John Quincy Adams after his presidency began working on, but never completed, a written history of the Jewish people. Theodore Roosevelt, in a 1903 speech for B’nai B’rith, recalled that one of the colonels who fought with him at San Juan Hill was Jewish. Troy, who besides being George W. Bush’s Jewish community liaison was also deputy secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, writes in his book that Bush “was a reader and very few people knew it, until it was too late to change the public perception of him.” After losing a 1978 race for the U.S. House of Representatives, during which he was decried as a Harvard and Yale graduate who couldn’t connect with the people of Texas, Bush said he would not be “out-countried” again, and reinvented himself with a cowboylike persona. That image would get Bush elected as governor of Texas and eventually as president, but also made it difficult for the public to believe that he was a serious reader, according to Troy. “Someone like William Daroff (of Jewish Federations of North America), he’s the tweet master general of the Jewish community … and people are in some ways more aware of his organization than some of the others because of his activity on Twitter,”

he says. “A generation ago, it was [AntiDefamation League National Director] Abe Foxman’s ability to get quoted in the New York Times that made his organization better known. So I think the new generation of Jewish leaders needs to adapt to new technologies, just like political leaders need to take these technologies into account.” Troy said that the Orthodox Jewish community must balance Shabbat observance with society’s increasing expectation of its members to be wired 24/7, although he believes Judaism has benefited from having Shabbat “as a period when you step out and when you don’t have your eyes fixed on a screen, and you can connect with family and friends.” Orthodox Jewish parents should emphasize to their children the value “of breaking away from pop culture for brief periods, and then re-engaging later,” he said. Troy concedes that “I myself put down that PDA at the last minute [before Shabbat] and I pick it up after havdallah.” What lesson can the Jewish community as a whole glean from Troy’s book? “Jews should be appreciative of the home we found in America and the nature of the American community, and also of the role the presidents have played in this process,” he says. “But I also think that they need to, when they are in the entertainment world, take their role seriously and think about what messages they are conveying about the Jewish community when they’re creating and playing their product.”

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OU’s Five Towns forum eyes Orthodox affordability, more Orthodox Union With day school tuition, the cost of kosher food and paying a premium for housing within walking distance of shul, can a middle class person afford to be an Orthodox Jew these days? This troubling question opened a provocative panel discussion at the Young Israel of Woodmere on motza’ei Shabbat. The session, attended by more than 300 people, capped off an Orthodox Union Shabbat in Woodmere that featured several of the OU’s most prominent personalities, including Executive Vice President Rabbi Steven Weil,

who spoke during Shabbat at the Young Israel, and Executive Vice President Emeritus Rabbi Tzvi Hersh Weinreb, who spoke at Kehillas Aish Kodesh on Shabbat morning. The other members of the panel were YIW’s Rabbi Hershel Billet and Rabbi Yaakov Bender, Rosh HaYeshiva of Yeshiva Darchei Torah in Far Rockaway. The panelists also offered their views on teaching ethics and morality, and the future role of women in Orthodoxy. The panel was moderated by OU Chairman of the Board Stephen J. Savitsky.

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A day-long exploration of the Lower East Side’s Jewish history, including walking tours, vintage goods beneďŹ t sale, and “Gals From the Hoodâ€? (a presentation by four renowned guest speakers). Day begins at 10:45 AM at the LESJC Kling & Niman Family Visitor Center, 400 Grand Street, between Clinton and Suffolk streets. Admission for all tours is $12 for adults and $10 for students and seniors; children age 8 and under tour free. Visit nycjewishtours. org/calendar.htm#101313.

/XQFK /HDUQ With Rabbi Shalom Axelrod of Young Israel of Woodmere. Weekly at Traditions Restaurant, 302 Central Avenue, off Rockaway Blvd., Lawrence. 12:30-1:30 pm. Buy a $12 lunch, eat and learn. Alan Stern 516-398-3094.

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Sponsored by six Eastern Queens and Nassau County synagogues. 9 am to 2:15 pm. Young Israel of New Hyde Park, 264-15 77th Ave. People between 16 and 76 years, in good health, who weigh at least 110 pounds, may donate (people under 17 must have written parental permission to donate). Donors must bring identiďŹ cation that shows their signature and/ or photo. Donors will be served brunch and free babysitting is available. Reservations are not necessary, but to reserve a speciďŹ c time, call Joseph Varon in the evening at 718-5526449.

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+RRSV 'D\ Disabled and able-bodied athletes play basketball — in wheelchairs. Wheelchairs provided, 10 am to 12:30 pm (Asael Shabbo from the ISCD and others will show you how to play the game), followed by Rollin’ Knicks vs. Rollin’ Nets exhibition game, 1 to 2 pm. $10, children under 12 free. Food for sale. Greenberg Pavilion at the Henry Kaufmann Campgrounds, 75 Colonial Springs Road, Wheatley Heights. Call 516-677-1866 or 516504-2102.

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Rebbetzin Weinberger’s shiur for women. 11 am. Aish Kodesh, 894 Woodmere Place, Woodmere. 516-374-8596.

Judaism’s relevance in modern life is explored in this month’s Torah studies series, each Tuesday night with Rabbi Shimon Kramer. Open to all regardless of levels of Jewish knowledge. Chabad Center for Jewish Life, 2174 Hewlett Ave #101. 8–9 pm. Free (textbook $18). For info call Chaya at 516-833-3057.

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6DWXUGD\ 1RY 0XVLF RQ QG 6W Pianist Jonathan Biss and his mother, violinist Miriam Fried, join for a program comprised of violin and piano sonatas of Janå ek, Schumann and Beethoven. Fried has been recognized for many years as one of the world’s preeminent violinists. 8 pm. Tickets from $35. Call 212 4155500. 92nd Street Y, Manhattan.

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Queens Jewish Community Council and Young Israel of Hillcreast commemorate the 75th anniversary of Kristalnacht. Featuring the celebrated ďŹ lm “Nicky’s Family,â€? the story of Nicholas Winston who saved 677 Jewish children from the Nazis and kept it a secret for 50 years until his wife discovered in the attic of their home a suitcase with photographs and documents of the children he saved. He was knighted by the Queen of England for this heroic act. Sir Nicholas Winston is still alive, at the age of 104. 7:30 pm. Free. Young Israel of Hillcrest, 169-07 Jewel Ave., Flushing. 718-544-9033 or 718-969-2990.

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:HGQHVGD\ 1RY -&5& KROLGD\ SDUW\ Jewish Community Relations Council of Long Island event features “Four Artists Exploring Identity�— Stanley L. Covington Jr. (AfricanAmerican), Paul Koker (Jewish), Lisbeh Herrera (Latino) and Manu Kaur Saluja (Sikh). $18 ($25 at door). 6:30–8:30 pm. Chelsea Mansion, 34 Muttontown Lane, East Norwich. 516-677-1866 or NewmanD@jcrcli.org.

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Taxpayers CAN’T AFFORD Tom Suozzi Suozzi spent 8 years as Nassau County Executive spending your money on a luxury ofďŹ ce suite and a large pay raise, while setting a record for government waste and mismanagement. He claims he balanced the Nassau County budget.

Simple math shows all he did was

hike taxes and borrow millions. Here’s what it cost Taxpayers the last time Tom Suozzi was in ofďŹ ce: s 'AVE HIMSELF A GENEROUS PAY RAISE s (IKED PROPERTY TAXES * s 0LANNED ANOTHER HIKE* s 0ASSED A TAX ON HEAT AND ELECTRIC†s 3TUCK TAXPAYERS WITH A MILLION DElCIT s 3PENT NEARLY MILLION DOLLARS ON HIS OWN LUXURY OFlCE * Nassau Interim Finance Authority (NIFA) †Ed Mangano and the new Republican Legislative Majority repealed the Emergy Tax their ďŹ rst day in ofďŹ ce, LI Herald 12/21/09, Nassau County Public Records, News12.com

#OUNTY %XECUTIVE %D -ANGANO SPENT THE PAST YEARS CLEANING UP 3UOZZI S MESS CUTTING ENERGY TAXES AND FREEZING PROPERTY TAXES

Vote for ED MANGANO on Nov. 5th

SO HE CAN FINISH THE JOB. PAID FOR BY FRIENDS OF ED MANGANO

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October 25, 2013 • 21 CHESHVAN 5774 THE JEWISH STAR

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