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‘Israel will defend itself’

By Malka Eisenberg Naftali Bennett, pivotal Knesset member and head of the Jewish Home party, warned of the continuing Iranian threat and the importance of the eternity of Israel in a 35 minute speech Saturday night at the Young Israel of Woodmere.

He stressed the importance of Israel as the home of the Jewish people and not just as a “shelter state” and that Israel is a “lighthouse in the storm” of the turbulent Middle East.

“Is Israel really the safest place for Jews?” he asked. “There are other places: Teaneck, New Jersey; Woodmere; Perth, Australia. If our whole meaning is to be a shelter

MK Bennett reminds Woodmere YI that Torah is Israel’s raison d’être state, that’s not a good enough reason. There is a better reason — it’s the Torah [that is Israel’s] raison d’être.”

Bennett said the principal mission of his current U.S. visit is to raise alarms over the crisis with Iran.

“They don’t want to break out now, they want to keep the pipeline and are waiting for the right moment, when the sanctions are relieved, when the West is preoc-

cupied with something. Maybe in 10 months, 20 months, but the moment they break out it is done ala North Korea. The current deal of the P5+1 is a bad deal. They can keep the ability to break out at any given moment. A good deal would be to dismantle the whole thing.

Then it would take them three years to rebuild from scratch.”

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ure to enforce that rule against officers other than Fishel Litzman.”

“This is a great day for religious freedom in America,” Litzman, 39, said of the decision that “will enable me to carry out my life-long dream of serving the people of the City of New York as a uniformed police officer. I am very grateful for the

support I received from those inside and outside the New York City Police Department during this long ordeal.”

“The Lubavitch standard does not allow him to trim his beard,” Lewin told The Jewish Star. “He applied for religious accommodation. He had been training for months and was at the top of his class.

It was his life-long ambition to be a New York City Police Officer. It was unconstitutional to throw him out — of course they have to take him back.”

The next step for Lewin, who has argued 27 cases before the U.S. Supreme Court and is widely known as a champion of civil rights and Jewish causes, is to file a proposed order requesting that Litzman be reinstated.

Litzman, a resident of Monsey and father of five, worked since 2002 for Maimonides Medical Center as a paramedic and from 2006 for New York Presbyterian Hospital and the village of Kiryas Joel as well. In 2009 he took the Police Officer Continued on page 12

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By Jacob Kamaras, JNS.org Nov. 28 marks Thanksgiving Day, as well as the first day of Chanukah.

It would be a natural reaction for an American Jew, when noticing that overlap during a casual reading of the calendar, to smile or even laugh. But Dana Gitell took things much further.

A marketing professional living in Norwood, Mass., Gitell coined and trademarked the word “Thanksgivukkah,” launched a website as well as Facebook and Twitter pages for the joint holiday, and partnered with Juda-

ica retailer ModernTribe.com on a line of t-shirts and greeting cards to mark the occasion—one that, according to one analysis of the Jewish and Gregorian calendars, won’t occur again for more than 75,000 years.

Gitell, who had known “Thanksgivukkah” was coming for five years, said the more she thought about it, the more she came to appreciate the significance behind the overlap of two holidays which “both celebrate religious freedom” and have “similar themes.”

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By Jeffrey Bessen In the first 10 months of this year there have been three times as many bias graffiti incidents at Five Towns Long Island Railroad train stations as there were in 2012, according to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority.

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By Malka Eisenberg The first step in the reinstatement of a Chabad-Lubavitch New York City Police Cadet was handed down in a ruling on Friday by a federal district Judge in Manhattan who upheld the constitutional claim of the cadet that his First Amendment rights were denied.

Fishel Litzman was “thrown out” of the Police Academy for refusing to trim his beard to one millimeter in length, said Nathan Lewin, Litzman’s attorney.

Litzman has never trimmed his beard, as is customary with Chabad Chasidim, but even so, it naturally only grows about a half inch from his skin. Judge Harold Baer noted that there are many exceptions to the New York City Police Department’s unpublished rule limiting facial hair to a one millimeter length and the rule was not applied uniformly.

Lewin said that “Judge Baer’s opinion properly emphasizes the discrepancy between the NYPD’s announced limitation on facial hair and the Department’s fail-

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November, Thanksgivukkah would have occurred in 1888, according to Mizrahi.

Thanksgivukkah’s frequency can also depend on whether the first night or the first day of Chanukah is used as an indicator. This year, the first candles of Chanukah are lit the night of Nov. 27, while the first full day of the holiday is Nov. 28, corresponding with Thanksgiving. According to an analysis by Eli Lansey, who has a Ph.D. in Physics from the City University of New York and like Mizrahi used the Mathematica software program, the first night of Chanukah will correspond with Thanksgiving in the years 2070 and 2165— much sooner than 79811, the next time after 2013 that Mizrahi said Thanksgiving would fall on the first day of Chanukah.

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Continued from page 1 “You can celebrate Judaism, you can celebrate America, and you celebrate the JewishAmerican experience on the same day, because how would this be possible if we didn’t have a country as free and as welcoming as America?” Gitell asked.

How rare is Thanksgivukkah? Gitell did her due diligence through online research and taking a stab at the math herself, but said she ultimately leaves such matters “to the scientists.” Enter Jonathan Mizrahi, who has a Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Maryland and currently works for Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, NM. Mizrahi used the math software program Mathematica to chart the futures of the Jewish and Gregorian calendars, and the output “produced no results other than this year.”

According to an analysis posted online by Mizrahi, the Jewish calendar “is very slowly getting out of sync with the solar calendar, at a rate of four days per 1,000 years.”

“This means that while presently Chanukah can be as early as 11/28, over the years the calendar will drift forward, such that the earliest Chanukah can be is 11/29. The last time Chanukah falls on 11/28 is 2146. Therefore, 2013 is the only time Chanukah will ever overlap with Thanksgiving.”

“Of course, if the Jewish calendar is never modified in any way, then it will slowly move forward through the Gregorian calendar, until it loops all the way back to where it is now.

So, Chanukah will again fall on Thursday, 11/28 — in the year 79811,” he added.

After creating the Thanksgivukkah Facebook page with her sister Deborah, Gitell worked with graphic illustrator Kim DeMarco to design t-shirts and greeting cards, and approached ModernTribe.com about being the retailer. She said she got an email response from ModernTribe.com within five minutes of sending the inquiry.

“After talking with Dana, and seeing the modern designs and illustrations of Kim DeMarco, I knew that a collaboration to create Thanksgivukkah items was a perfect match for our mission to create ways for modern Jews to express their faith and keep our traditions alive, meaningful and fun,” Jennie Rivlin Roberts, president of ModernTribe. com, said in a statement.

The ModernTribe.com Thanksgivukkah merchandise employs the slogan “Light, Liberty, & Latkes.” Ten percent of its proceeds will benefit the nonprofit MAZON: A Jewish Response to Hunger.

“I felt like [Thanksgivukkah is] almost like a Woodstock-like event, we can tell our kids, ‘I was there, I lived through Thanksgivukkah. I remember that day, it will never happen again.’ So that gave me the idea for something akin to a concert t-shirt, expressing that you were there, you lived through it, as a memento,” Gitell told JNS.org.

Gitell said her childhood in Squirrel Hill, Pa., a neighborhood of Pittsburgh with a significant Jewish population, colored her passion for the Thanksgivukkah project. “[Squirrel Hill] was a place where most kids were Jewish, and people who weren’t Jewish, they felt left out,” she said. “NonJews wanted to have their own bar mitzvah in middle school. That’s the kind of experience that probably could only happen in America.”

While American Jews prepare for Thanksgivukkah, whether or not 2013 is the firstever occurrence of the “holiday” is up for debate. In 1863, President Abraham Lincoln enacted Thanksgiving to fall on the last Thursday in November. But Thanksgiving was changed to the fourth Thursday of November in 1942 under President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Using the former date of America’s Thanksgiving, the last Thursday of

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Setting up Yosef: The ďŹ rst conspiracy theory Y

osef is sent by his father to Shechem with a few tasks. Rabbi Mordechai Breuer divided Yosefâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mission to his brothers: See how they are, how the sheep are, and return to me with the update.

As his brothers are no longer in Shechem, only the ďŹ rst is partially achieved, and PARSHA OF Yosef never returns afTHE WEEK ter he is sold to Egypt.

Malbim and Rashbam credit Yosef for seeking them beyond Shechem.

Yaakov had made Yosef a â&#x20AC;&#x153;shaliach lâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;dvar mitzvahâ&#x20AC;? (an agent for fulďŹ lling a mitzvah) which would protect him in both directions.

Or Hachaim and Beit Halevi note that once he went to Dotan he Rabbi Avi Billet was no longer under the protection of his fatherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s command, and that is where the story turned sour for him.

Rabbi Breuer suggests that Shechem was not on the same crossroad that would have allowed the brothers to see the traveling caravans, so their location shift was not accidental, as it meant to set the stage for the national sojourn to Egypt.

After arriving in Shechem, Yosef is found by a â&#x20AC;&#x153;manâ&#x20AC;? who notices him lost in a ďŹ eld and who tells Yosef that he heard the brothers say, â&#x20AC;&#x153;We shall go to Dotan.â&#x20AC;? Most people assume that Dotan is a geographical location a short distance from Shechem (Rashbam 37:17). But using a play on words, Rashi

(37:17) raises the possibility that they went â&#x20AC;&#x153;to seek against you [Yosef] conspiracies of legal pretextsâ&#x20AC;? to put you to death. As Rabbi Yoel Bin Nun argues, Yosefâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s may later see this as a setup, a conspiracy against him.

What is the signiďŹ cance of Shechem, Dotan, the ďŹ eld and the â&#x20AC;&#x153;manâ&#x20AC;? who ďŹ nds him?

Many commentaries note that Shechem is a place set aside for difďŹ cult stories: Dinah, sale of Yosef, splitting of the kingdoms of Israel, and a place of murderers (Hoshea 6:9). If so, Yaakov sending Yosef there would seem to be poor judgment.

That the brothers were there may indicate the brothersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; independence.

They were comfortable going back to where the Shimon and Levi massacre had taken place, to the city they had all plundered.

Radak argues that their comfort level there made it seem as if nothing had ever happened.

Whether Yaakov thought out all the details is questionable. The Pesikta argues that for many years his calling Yosef, who said â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hineniâ&#x20AC;? (I am here, ready to take your mission upon myself), weighed very heavily on Yaakov, who felt responsible for Yosefâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fate.

Why were the brothers in Shechem?

Maybe for a macho reason â&#x20AC;&#x201D; they wanted to prove they had no fear of repercussions from the massacre (Radak). Or they were following the journey of Avraham, causing Yaakov to believe they had feelings of love for one

another (Shakh). Or to avoid their father sending Yosef â&#x20AC;&#x201D; after all, it was a dangerous place (Malbim); on the other hand, if he did send Yosef to join them, his death could surely be blamed on any of the locals who had it in for Yaakovâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s family.

And why did Yaakov send Yosef to them?

According to the Hadar Zekenim, Yaakov mulled over the safek (doubt) he had as to whether the brothers might harm Yosef, versus the vadai (surety) that the people of Shechem (or their inheritors) would kill all of them if they were found there (Targum Yonatan). Better to take the safek, that something may or may not happen to Yosef, over the vadai, that all of his shepherding sons will be killed. Radak posits, though, that on the one hand Yisrael (the name of innocence used to give Yosef the task) was completely unaware of the feelings the brothers had for Yosef (Alshikh), while on the other hand, he may have been aware but took Yosefâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s innocence regarding his brothers to mean the brothers had no ill feelings (Malbim).

Another line of thinking is that Yaakov or Yosef were aware that on this day the journey to Egypt would begin (Yonatan). But which family member would go down ďŹ rst?

Meanwhile, the underlying theme of Gdâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mighty hand assuring all goes according to the plan as promised to Avraham is not missed by Radak.

Sending Yosef was criminal enough that Yaakov was worthy to be sent down to Egypt in chains: Malbim

The Alshikh says Yosef was mistaken about the meaning of the ďŹ eld in his dream of the bundles that Yosef interpreted as saying, â&#x20AC;&#x153;I will go to the ďŹ elds where they are and theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll bow to me. Will they be able to cancel out what G-d has told me will happen?â&#x20AC;?

So the â&#x20AC;&#x153;manâ&#x20AC;?/angel was there to remove the toeh from his heart, that he shouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t believe in his dream [at this point]. Even if it is true, you canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t take away their choice, and they will not choose to bow to you. If all youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to do is incite jealousy, they will not respond positively, and your dream will never come true. Had the angel not come, he would have stayed with his pride against them, and they would have killed him.

There are plenty of indications that the brothers were not all lovey as Yosef may have assumed or liked to believe. Whether it is the extra Yud in Dotayna (they were ten brothers united, minus the sons of Rachel), or the message to Yosef that they had traveled from â&#x20AC;&#x153;Zehâ&#x20AC;? (Zeh = 12, literally â&#x20AC;&#x153;this,â&#x20AC;? but they have moved from the unity of being 12 brothers and you are out), the Alshikh argues Yosef was a goner before he even shows up.

This is why Malbim claims Yaakovâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sending him to them (when they felt that way) nonetheless was criminal enough that Yaakov was worthy to be sent down to Egypt in chains; sending Yosef down ďŹ rst was done for Yaakovâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s honor so that he came to Egypt royally.

The overall picture of this scene leads us to appreciate the depth of the tale, which was much more than just a string of coincidences.

This was all part of a divine plan, to send the nation to Egypt, with Yosef paving the way, ďŹ lling the promise made to Avraham that his children will be strangers in a strange land.

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then their eyes would give them away.

A few years ago, I told this story to a large audience, and an elderly gentleman came over to me afterwards and told me, with tears in his eyes, how much it meant to him that the story was still being told. He had been one of those children. That experience had been so powerful for him because until that point in his life, he had never felt like he belonged, and then, in walks this army Colonel, and starts saying words he could not understand, but he just knew he belonged. e all have a need to belong, and sometimes we respond to that need in unhealthy ways. We want to fit in, and will sometimes behave in a way that allows us to be accepted by our peers, almost as if to say: “Look at me!” Judaism, however, has a very different perspective: Rather than getting everyone to see me, Judaism challenges us to learn to see everybody else.

So how do we succeed in achieving this desire to belong, without losing perspective on why it is worth belonging at all?

One would assume that the most natural vehicle for accomplishing this goal is the family.

If there is any place in the world where I should feel like I ‘belong,’ it should be in the family, where I should know that I am loved, and I should be able to see and appreciate everybody else. And yet, that is not always so.

I remember once, in the middle of a Friday night dinner at Isralight, one of the students began to cry. She was trying to take it all in:

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the beautiful table and candles, everyone sitting around with nowhere to run to and no schedule to keep, singing Shalom Aleichem, and especially the blessing over the children.

If there were a moment in the week that I had to choose as my favorite, I would have to say it is Friday night when we bless our children. Blessings are about appreciating the gifts we have in our lives, and if we are willing to take a moment to appreciate what a gift an apple is, then taking such a moment with each one of our children is nothing short of magnificent.

In fact, there is a wonderful custom we follow in our home, that before you offer the traditional blessing to each of your children, you mention their name, and take a moment to appreciate all that they are for you in your life, and all that you hope they will ever be. All your hopes and dreams are encapsulated into this one moment: you step off the world, and it’s just you and your child.

I guess it struck a chord with this particular girl, because tears were streaming down her face. Later, while everyone was washing their hands, I took her aside, and she said it suddenly hit her, that she couldn’t remember the last time she had told anyone, including her parents, that she loved them. On Sunday afternoon, I took her into my office, gave her the phone, told her to call her parents, and

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stepped out of my office for lunch. She said it was one of the most meaningful experiences she had ever had.

So why is this so hard to do? In America today, we seem to be watching the family unit disappear; why is that?

In this week’s portion, VaYeshev, things at last seem to be headed in the right direction.

All twelve of Yaakov’s sons seem to be remaining in the fold, until, almost out of the blue, they are selling one of their own brothers into slavery, and it seems like the dream of a Jewish people, dedicated to creating a world of ethics and brotherhood, will never materialize. And then, somehow, it all works out, and (three weeks from now in the portion of Va’Yechi) the twelve sons of Yaakov gather together around Yaakov’s deathbed for their blessings which will result in the birth of the Nation of Israel, made up of these twelve tribes.

What went wrong, and then, what went right? And what does this mean for us today?

Two leaders emerge from the family of Yaakov: Yosef (Joseph) and Yehudah (Judah), and one wonders what happened to Re’uven, the rightful first-born heir?

A closer look at the story of Joseph seems to suggest that it is actually Re’uven who tries to do the right thing, not Yehuda.

When the brothers (Genesis 37:20) conspire to kill Joseph, Re’uven steps forward: “And Re’uven heard, and saved him (Joseph) from their hands, and said: ‘let us not kill him.’

And Re’uven said to them do not spill blood!

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It was difficult to Rabbi Binny find these children, Freedman much less to prove that they were really Jewish, but Rabbi Schacter had an ingenious way of discovering the Jewish children amongst the multitude of refugees.

While stationed in Poland, he would take a jeep and a couple of burly soldiers and visit the local churches on Sunday mornings during mass.

Rabbi Schacter would stride up to the front of the church in full U.S. military uniform and, staring out at the hundreds of children crowding the pews, would begin to recite, in a loud, booming voice, the Shema Yisrael. And

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t a recent meeting with Fatah lead- news headlines against Israel. ers in Ramallah, Palestinian Authority Black uncovered a systematic exploitaPresident Mahmoud Abbas stated what tion of children, putting them in danger and Israel and Israel’s true supporters have been in use as human shields by the NIF and its claiming is his position for a very long time: grantee B’Tselem for the purposes of choreo“We don’t accept the Jewish state or the graphing Israeli responses, which many have seen on anti-Israel websites, FaceJewishness of the state.… This is book and chain emails that get something that we won’t accept.” sent as propaganda.

This is a position taken by IN MY VIEW Evidence shows a massive Palestinian and Moslem leaders lobbying effort by NIF members throughout the Middle East since to achieve, modify and block IsIsrael was declared a country in raeli legislation to create an Israel 1948. The news is that it fails to devoid of Jewish identity. NIF raise eyebrows or concern among members seek to undermine the the liberal media and those who democratic process in Israel by profess to support Israel while convincing Israeli Knesset memclaiming that Israel is the obstacle bers not to show up for voting on to peace in the region. key issues, Black reports.

When news reports claimed NIF aside, “Financing the Egypt’s closure of tunnels used to Flames” conclusively documents smuggle weapons and other goods how, in line with MK Danny Daninto the Gaza strip caused monthJuda Engelmayer on’s charge, millions of American ly losses of $250 million to Gaza’s taxpayer dollars are funding the economy, all that was heard was salaries of specific terrorists sitthat commerce and trade was cut off, not that weapons and munitions traffick- ting in Israeli prisons; many of those salaries being the most lucrative jobs in the PA. ing was halted.

Then there is evidence brought that shows More recently, Knesset Deputy Speaker Danny Danon called for an end to funding of how U.S. taxpayer dollars are used to finance the Palestinian Authority (PA) until it genu- certain abuses and mistreatment of Jews by inely stops funding terrorism. Danon spoke Palestinians, which is encouraged, tolerated as an investigation found that the PA has and ignored by human rights groups.

Black’s book offers a frightening appreciagiven a $50,000 grant to each of the 52 convicted terrorists released by Israel as part of tion for the stubborn fact that Jews and those a deal to encourage the PA to pursue peace who parade as Zionists work hard daily at negotiations. The released prisoners, many delegitimizing Israel so that the Palestinian of whom were convicted of killing Israeli ci- mantra as spoken by Hamas leader Khaled vilians, are said to have also been assigned Meshaal, comes to fruition: “Palestine is ours, from the river to the sea senior positions within the PA government.

Edwin Black, in “Financing the Flames,” and from the south to the north … and therepublished on Nov. 1, outlines a troubling pat- fore there is no legitimacy for Israel, no matter tern by Jewish groups such as the New Israel how long it will take.”

Israel is not perfect, but the forces against Fund which claim to be supportive of Israel.

The book shows that there is a broad con- her seem intent on making it appear to be the sensus of Israeli military men and Knesset most imperfect society. When the PA leader’s members that the New Israel Fund (NIF) and comments which clearly deny Israel’s exisits NGO grantees are systematically destabi- tence go unchallenged, when we know that Hamas smuggles weapons and do not flinch, lizing the Israel Defense Forces.

This book charts money from United and when self-proclaimed Zionist and Israel States tax and charitable pockets to the advocacy groups seek to destabilize Israel ushands of terrorists and follows the actions ing American money, and when international of a U.S. government-sanctioned nonprofit taxpayers’ grants are used to pay Palestinian as it creates biased conditions, backs Israeli terrorists, something grave is wrong. Apathy soldiers into untenable corners, then films would be better than this intentional effort to the one-sided reactions which become liberal see the end of the Jewish State.

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n a closed door meeting with the Senate comes from Israel; most of the Sunni Muslim Banking Committee last Wednesday, Sec- world objects to any partial deal which would retary of State John Kerry, Vice President not reduce the Iranian ability to enrich uraniJoe Biden, and officials from the State and um, especially Saudi Arabia, which sees itself Treasury departments provided a briefing on as leader of the Sunni world (Iran sees itself the talks to halt the Iranian nuclear program as leader of the Shia Muslim world). and to urge the committee to back away from Not trusting the Obama administration, any discussion of new sanctions.

Israel is seeking allies elsewhere.

After the meeting, Sen. Mark Kirk (R-Il) The Sunday Times of London reports that angrily compared the administration’s ap- the Mossad is working with Saudi officials on peal to Neville Chamberlain’s “appeasement” a plan for an attack on Iran just in case the of Nazi Germany before World War II. “I do current talks do not curb its nuclear program. think we ought to accelerate sanctions,” said According to this report, as part of this Kirk. “The pitch was very uncongrowing cooperation, the Saudi’s vincing. It was fairly anti-Israeli.” have already given the go-ahead A Senate aide told BuzzFeed for Israeli planes to use its airspace POLITICS TO GO that during the meeting, “every in the event of an attack on Iran. time anybody would say anything “Once the Geneva agreement about ‘what would the Israelis is signed, the military option will say,’ they’d get cut off and Kerry be back on the table. The Saudis would say, ‘You have to ignore are furious and are willing to give what they’re telling you, stop Israel all the help it needs,” a diplistening to the Israelis on this.’ lomatic source told The Times.

“They had no details,” the aide Additionally, there are reports said. “They had no ability to verify that Saudi Arabia has agreed to anything, to describe anything, to support any Israeli raid with helianswer basic questions.” copters and drones.

“I was stunned that in a classiIsrael is also trying to strengthfied setting, when you’re trying to en its alliance with France, whose Jeff Dunetz talk with the very folks that would objections scuttled the deal two be originating legislation relative weeks ago. French President Franto sanctions, there would be such cois Hollande and Foreign Minisa lack of specificity,” complained Sen. Bob ter Laurent, who branded the deal originally Corker (R-Tenn.), a Banking panel member offered to Iran a “sucker’s deal,” went to Iswho is also the top Republican on the For- rael over the weekend to discuss alternatives. eign Relations Committee.

France is considered a hard-liner in the “It’s a bad deal — an exceedingly bad talks with Iran, but don’t be surprised if they deal,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu back down. At the end of the Second Lebatold Candy Crowley on CNN’s State of the non War, France was a hard-liner in insisting Union program this Sunday, in an interview that Hezbollah be disarmed but they eventuwhich seemed to be an attempt by Bibi to talk ally backed down. directly to the American people. White House In the short run, there’s probably no way spokesman Jay Carney countered on Monday to bridge the divide between Jerusalem that negotiations offer a diplomatic solution, and Washington unless Iran turns down the telling reporters that “rejecting negotiations “sucker’s deal” the U.S. is offering. The admeans choosing” the use of force to prevent ministration has flatly rejected Netanyahu’s Iran from developing nuclear weapons. objections and has instructed Congress “not n a sign of the expanding disconnect be- to listen” to Israel. tween the U.S. and Israel, the two counThe Jewish State realizes that in the end, tries could not agree when Kerry would the U.S. will enter into an agreement with next visit the Jewish State. Israel announced or without its consent. The way things now that Kerry would be in Jerusalem this Fri- stand, President Obama and Secretary of day, but the State Department announced he State Kerry are likely to do just that. would not travel to discuss the Iran deal until In the long run, America and Israel will after Thanksgiving. remain close allies, only perhaps not as close It is being falsely reported that the only as they were before January of 2008 and afobjections to the deal as presently structured ter January of 2016.

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mittee on Assassination took up the question of who killed Kennedy once again, agreeing with the Warren Commission that Oswald acted alone, but that the commission’s report and the action of the FBI in investigating the murder were “seriously flawed.” The House committee concluded that at least four shots were fired and that there was a “high probability” that two gunmen fired at the president that day. “The Warren Commission failed to investigate adequately the possibility of a conspiracy to assassinate the president.”

Those who favor the conspiracy theory and a governmental cover-up argue that there was witness tampering, intimidation and foul play involved in the investigation, that many witnesses to the event suffered strange deaths, that Kennedy’s body was altered before the autopsy, that it was impossible for the murder weapon to have fired the “pristine bullet” that reportedly killed Kennedy and then injured the Texas Governor who was riding in a jump seat in front of him.

There is the Grassy Knoll and the three “tramps” who were arrested there and then disappeared into history.

In 1996, author William Manchester wrote the seminal book on the assassination, “The Death of a President.” It brought together all the reports and conspiracy theories. ven today, however, authors continue to churn out works about the Kennedy assassination, some factual, others fanciful. All of them are entertaining in their own way.

In 2003, a Gallup poll indicated that 20 percent of Americans believed that Vice President Lyndon Johnson had a hand in the murder. Having lived through it, what do I believe?

First of all, three people can’t keep a secret, let alone hundreds. If there had been a wide-ranging conspiracy in 1963, we would have heard about it by now.

I do think, however, that Oswald was a dupe for the Cubans, the CIA and the mob.

Look at some of the Cubans who were later involved with the Watergate break-in — Bernard Barker and his crew. The Cuban ex-pats hated Kennedy because of the Bay of Pigs fiasco, where Kennedy decided not to back a CIA-funded attempt to retake Cuba from Castro and give it back to the mobsters.

So did the CIA. The mob hated Kennedy because it lost its final hope of recovering its gambling profits from Cuban casinos when the Bay of Pigs attack failed.

They were essentially one large group, the Cuban ex-pats, the CIA who funded them, and the mob that relied on them for control.

They got Oswald, who really thought that killing Kennedy would help his beloved brothers in Cuba and Russia, to do the deed for them and then walked away.

The debate rages (perhaps the word “rages” is too strong in 2013) even today. New books, both fiction and non-fiction, continue to pop up on e-readers throughout America.

Will we ever know the truth? Probably not. Many of those who were conjectured to be involved in a conspiracy are dead. Others have gone to dementia and nursing homes.

Howard Schwach is editor of Oceanside/ Island Park Herald, where this first appeared.

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Nov. 22, 1963, is an iconic date in American history, not unlike July 4, 1776, Dec. 7, 1941, and Sept. 11, 2001.

Howard Schwach It was a Friday, and I had travelled home from the Brooklyn Navy Yard to Far Rockaway. The ship upon which I served at the time, the USS Franklin D. Roosevelt (CVA-42), a 67,000 ton aircraft carrier, was in the sprawling yards for a refit and repairs and I had become something of a commuter for a few months, riding the A Train to and from the yard each day rather than sleeping on the ship.

I walked into the apartment I shared with my parents in Wavecrest Gardens and put on the television set.

The announcer said something about Kennedy sliding down into the backseat of his limo. My first thought was that the president had once again hurt his bad back.

I called my girlfriend (who became my wife four months later and remains so until this day) and she tearfully told me what happened. I rushed back to the television and remained glued to Walter Cronkite and the story for the remainder of the weekend.

On Sunday, however, I went to take part in my regular bowling league at the Woodmere Lanes. During a break in the action, I walked into the lounge for a coke and watched transfixed as Lee Harvey Oswald, who had been arrested for the assassination, was in turn shot and killed by Jack Ruby, the owner of a strip joint in Dallas and a police buff. e all accepted the “fact” that Oswald, an open supporter of “fair play for Cuba” and of Fidel Castro operated alone in killing the president.

On Monday, I went back to the ship and my duties as a court reporter. We had a muster on the flight deck and Captain Gerald Miller, the ship’s commanding officer, read the official orders from Robert McNamara the secretary of defense, announcing Kennedy’s death and the honors that were to be given by each of the armed forces. I still have a copy of those orders on my wall at home.

Fifty years later, the finding that Oswald had acted alone has been alternately challenged and supported in thousands of books and articles and by official investigations.

The first challenge came from author Mark Lane, who quickly wrote an article for the National Guardian in December, entitled “Defense Brief for Oswald.” Lane later wrote a book about the subject.

In 1964, the Warren Commission concluded Oswald acted alone and that there was “no credible evidence of a conspiracy that included others involved in the shooting.”

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One line in the story may be the key to unlocking this mystery. When Reâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;uven returns to discover that Joseph is sold into slavery, he says: â&#x20AC;&#x153;HaYeled Einenuâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Vaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Ani, Anah Ani Bah?â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;The boy is gone! And I-where can I go?â&#x20AC;? (Ibid.

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Josephâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s name does not even appear in the verse! How could Reâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;uven, reacting to Josephâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s being sold as a slave, not even mention him by name? Perhaps this is the root of the problem; Joseph simply isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t there, which is how this could have occurred at all. And when my brother isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t there, then in a sense, part of me isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t there either. In the end, it is speciďŹ cally when I can ďŹ nd my brother, and feel his pain, that I really ďŹ nd myself.

And this is the state the brothers are in: they throw Joseph, their own brother into a pit, and then sit down to eat lunch. (37:2425) The only way you can throw your brother into a pit and then sit down to lunch while his cries echo in your ears, is if that brother really isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t there.

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wo years ago Rabbi Moshe Sokolow of Yeshiva University penned an essay entitled, “Thanksgiving: A Jewish Holiday After All,” citing an excellent essay

by Rabbi Meir Soloveitchik of Congregation Shearith Israel entitled, “G-d’s Providence and the United States: A Thanksgiving Reader KOSHER on Judaism and the BOOKWORM American Idea” [Torah To-Go, Nov. 2013, YU].

“Fleeing from persecution in England, the Pilgrim passengers on the Mayflower brought along their principal source of religion and comfort: the Bible,” said Rabbi Sokolow.

“One particular edition of the Bible, published in 1618, is known to Alan Jay Gerber have been in the possession of none other than William Bradford, who would later serve as governor of Plymouth Colony. This edition was supplemented by the annotations of a Puritan scholar named Henry Ainsworth [1571–1622].

“Shortly after landfall in November 1622, Bradford led the new arrivals in thanking G-d for the safe journey that brought them to America by reciting verses from Psalm 107.

Curiously, Ainsworth’s annotations to verse 32 of that Psalm contain the following remarks [spelling in the Old English original]: “ ‘And from this Psalm, and this verse of it, the Hebrues have this Canon; Foure must confess unto G-d, the sick, when he is healed; the prisoner when he is released out of

bonds; they that goe down to sea, when they are come up [to land]; and the wayfaring men, when they are come to the inhabited land.’ The source for as cited by Ainsworth is ‘Maimony in Misn. treat. Of Blessings, chap.

10, sect. 8’.”

Rabbi Sokolow continues: “Ainsworth essentially copies over an English version of Maimonides’ Mishneh Torah, Hilchot Berachot 10:8, which prescribes the four conditions under which Birkat Ha-Gomeil, the blessing after being spared from mortal danger, is to be publicly recited.”

Rabbi Soloveitchik goes further: “That Bradford chose the 107th Psalm as the source of Puritan gratitude to G-d cannot be a coincidence, and it is not too much of a leap to draw an intellectual link between the todah [thanksgiving] and the Thanksgiving that we know today. As Rabbi Moshe Sokolow notes, this ‘vestige of Jewish influence on the religious mores of the United States is worth our acknowledgment and contemplation — and, of course, our thanksgiving’.”

In his analytical study of Psalm 107, Rabbi Elchanan Samet, notes: “Psalm 107 is not a psalm of thanksgiving in the usual sense of the term. It is not an expression of gratitude to G-d on the part of an individual speaking in the first person and recounting what had happened to him and how he feels about it. Nevertheless, it is appropriate to include our psalm among the psalms of thanksgiving in the book of Tehillim and perhaps even place it at the top of the list, because it spells out the ‘theory of thanksgiving’ — in what situations is one obligated to offer thanksgiving, and how does one fulfill this duty.”

[Virtual Beit Midrash: Sefer Tehillim, Lecture 54:Psalm 107.]

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echnology, or IT as it’s referred to these days, as great as it is, scares some people. When I say some people, I basically mean my husband Jerry. I kid you not when I tell you he actually leaves his office on the 18th floor, heads outside and down the block in midtown to the bank to check his balance.

(I can just imagine the excitement on the employee’s faces as he walks into the bank;there aren’t many people in banks these day).

WHO’S IN THE I told him I have it KITCHEN set up online and all he has to do is put in the username and the password, and that I would write it down for him.

“Nah. It’s easier for me to run over there.”

To which I responded, “you’re kidding me, right?” But, he wasn’t.

He was serious. Can’t wait to tell him he can take a picture of Judy Joszef a check and deposit it from his phone, that ought to be fun, no? He is also the reason why the firm he is a partner at still has a complete tax law library, which only he uses. He refuses to use the Internet; he much more prefers to have the volumes in front of him. The IT department loves him because Jerry alone assures that they will never lose their jobs, because without them, Jerry is lost. For some crazy reason, unbeknownst to me, he manages just fine, when trying to find Ebay, Amazon and a host of other websites that carry things that he never

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knew he needed until he comes upon them.

It’s hard to teach an old dog new tricks, though, I must say Jerry can now change air conditioning filters, raise or lower the thermostat and, oh boy, I guess that’s about it.

When Jerry’s firm provided cell phones to all the partners, Jerry refused his. He was told he needed to be reachable at any given time. Jerry thought to himself, that‘s the very last thing he would ever do voluntarily. Eventually he was forced to accept one, but he managed to still be as unreachable as ever.

Then came the Blackberry revolution. Now unfortunately he could be reached by phone, email or text — or not at all, Jerry style His firm changed over to iPhones a year and half ago. True to form, he refused to pick his up. He wanted to stick to his trusty Blackberry. I told him he would love the iPhone and all it had to offer. He wouldn’t hear of it, until last week, when his cell phone died.

The time had come to switch over. He called the IT department and asked that all his data be transferred to an iPhone. By all his data I mean emails.

There are no contacts, photos, videos, music etc. “How do you know everyone’s email addresses?” I asked. “Simple,” he said, “I just look back at the emails they send me and hit reply when I want to email them. I never delete the emails. The day he got his phone I called him at least 5 times to let him know how his mom was doing in the hospital. He didn’t pick up and I couldn’t reach him because he was at a client. When he got home he excitedly told me I was right and that he loved his new phone and that he was able to follow the Knick’s game on it on the LIRR. “That’s nice,” I said, “why didn’t you an-

swer the phone when I tried to call you?”

His response: “Oh, sorry, I saw that you were calling, but I didn’t know how to answer the call.” To which I responded, “You’re kidding me, right? You were able to figure out how to follow the Knicks game, but you couldn’t figure out how to answer the phone?” “Seriously,” he said, “I had my IT department add CNN and ESPN, and train me how to find everything pertaining to sports, but didn’t ask how to use the cell otherwise, so I didn’t how to answer the phone.”

Very patiently, or not, I grabbed the phone out of his hand and with my other hand dialed his number on my phone. I pointed to the phone and said, “You see the words ‘slide to answer’? I suggest next time it rings, you slide to answer!”

That said, this coming Thanksgiving why not try…

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INGREDIENTS •1-1/2 lbs of raw pumpkin cut into chunks •3 oz all-purpose flour •5 oz plain macaroons

•3 oz sugar •2 eggs •1 pinch cinnamon •2 tablespoons non dairy unwhipped whipped cream •1 tablespoon brandy •1/8 tsp baking powder •Pam or oil to grease the pan •Confectioners sugar to taste on top of finished pie PREPARATION Bake the pumpkin at 300°F for about 40 minutes so that it caramelizes.

Blend baked pumpkin so that it is smooth.

Separate the egg whites and egg yolks.

Whip the whites until soft peaks form.

In another bowl, whisk together the egg yolks with the sugar for a couple of minutes.

Then, continue whisking while adding, one at a time, the cinnamon, non dairy whipped topping, pumpkin puree and the flour (to which the baking powder has been added) divided into two or three parts so that it can be easily incorporated into the mixture.

Crumble the macaroons and add them to the dough. Mix well and add the yeast and brandy.

Add the whipped egg whites, folding them carefully into the mixture.

Grease a round pie dish with Pam or oil, dust with flour and remove the excess.

Pour the mixture into the pie pan, level it using a spatula. Bake in a 320°F oven for 45 to 50 minutes.

When the pie is done, remove it from the oven and let cool for at least an hour. Then, remove it from the pan and, if you want, dust it with powdered sugar.

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‘Israel will defend itself’…

Continued from page 1 itself and Israel will defend itself.”

He discounted current negotiations with the Palestinians, noting that the talks represent fewer than half of the Palestinians and that it “doesn’t make sense” to give up land especially since Hamas would continue fighting anyway.

Bennett said the Second Lebanon War in 2006 was a turning point for him. He saw homes in Lebanon with “a kitchen, family room, children’s room — and rocket room” with a rocket launcher — the roof pulls back, the launcher is fired, and then covered again, he said.

“I kept asking myself, ‘what do they want — why are they shooting missiles at my parents’ home in Haifa?’ They just don’t want us there [in Israel],” he concluded.

During the war he noticed that “something was missing — not tactics, not ammunition, but spirit.” He said that it was after the expulsion of the Jews from Gush Katif [in Gaza in 2005] and the army was demoralized. He was “shaken” and decided rather than go back to hi-tech business, he entered politics as Binyamin Netanyahu’s chief of staff, with a goal of “restoring the Jewish soul to the nation of Israel.” He said that “50 percent of new recruits have never been to the Kotel Hamaaravi,” and “if you don’t know why you are fighting how are you going to fight?”

He joined the Bayit Yehudi (Jewish Home) party after founding various groups to increase Zionism and dialogue between religious and secular Israelis. His party won 12 seats, becoming a major force in forming the next government. He stressed the need for education that “every kid should not only vis-

it the Kotel” but know our history — “Avraham, Yitchak, Yaakov, Moshe, David, Shlomo … to Yoni Netanyahu and Chana Senesh, Netzach Yisrael (the eternity of Israel).”

The “Arab spring morphed into the Moslem winter,” ushering in an “era of chaos, a Moslem storm” that is “here to stay,” he said.

But, he continued, “Israel is the lighthouse in the storm” with a “3,800 year history, a strong economy, the most powerful military [in the area], strong foundations.” Israel also “projects light with seven million Israeli Arabs with rights, women who can drive, and where people can protest.”

The Jewish Star met with Bennett in March 2012 for a personal interview arranged by the World Committee for the Land of Israel. At the time, he warned of Iran’s efforts to get nuclear capability and called for “crippling sanctions” against Iran. He said then that they might work but that Israel would defend itself and would not “outsource our existence.”

At the Young Israel of Woodmere, Bennett said that Iranian President Hassan “Rouhani has to face a clear decision: either retain the nuclear or relieve the sanctions — there is no third way.”

Failure may mean that, “G-d forbid, a nuclear suitcase would blow up in an American city or nuclear missiles from Teheran hit Paris or Tel Aviv.”

“The entire Arab world is saying if Iran gets a weapon we’ll get a weapon. We think this is the time for the free world to stand strong and not to let up,” Bennett said.

The men and women who filled the main sanctuary of YI Woodmere on motzei Shabbat listened raptly as Bennett detailed his background and launched into a discussion

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of Israel with humorous asides and quips. He described the tremendous strides in research and the economy Israel is making for itself and the world, citing Israel’s export of “water technologies, agriculture, energy, cyber security, throughout the world, India, China, Africa, Eastern Europe.”

Bennett was born in 1972 in Israel, grew up in the 1980s in a “regular childhood” during a period when many “took Israel for granted.” He grew up modern Orthodox in Haifa, his parents olim from California, and was a madrich (group leader) in Bnei Akiva.

Bennett served in the Israel Defense Forces in Sayeret Matkal, an elite unit, and is a Major in the reserves. He came to the U.S., worked in hi-tech, was cofounder and CEO of Cyota, an anti-fraud software company that he sold in 2005, making him a multimillionaire. He was a part of other hi-tech ventures in Israel as well.

Bennett said he owes “a huge debt of gratitude” to the U.S. and explained that when

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he and his wife Gilat moved to Manhattan they joined Kehilath Jeshurun’s beginner’s minyan, facilitating Gilat’s transformation from secular to Orthodox. He commended the mutual respect evident at the minyan.

“In Israel, we need to learn from you,” he added.

Vandals triple attacks…

Continued from page 1 “It’s annoying and upsetting that in this day and age, you have to put up with this in any public space,” said Leb, who reported it to Nassau County police at the 4th Precinct in Hewlett. “Vile messages against any group are unacceptable.”

According to the NCPD, four of the five reported incidents of offensive graffiti in the Five Towns in 2012 were classified as antiJewish; the other was described by police as ethnically offensive. This year, through Oct. 31, the NCPD has reported eight incidents — four fewer than the MTA — six of which it described as anti-Jewish, and two as antiblack.

Though the police offered no explanation for the increase in offensive graffiti, Inspector Kenneth Lack, commanding officer of the NCPD’s Public Information Office, said that each incident is taken “very seriously,” investigated thoroughly and tracked by the Bias Crimes unit.

Lack said that the department has separate annual security meetings with Jewish and Muslim community leaders to discuss these types of incidents and other safety issues.

“When you see something like bias graffiti, the best thing is not to touch it or remove it,” Lack said. “The police will document the evidence. The public should report it to the precinct or the MTA.”

In addition to the incidents at the LIRR stations, a derogatory comment — “Damn Orthodox Jews, you killed our schools” — was written on an Atlantic Beach boardwalk bench on Aug. 2. The sentiment was echoed in previous train station incidents.

Dr. Asher Mansdorf, a Woodmere resident who has a dentistry practice in Lawrence and is an 11-year member of the Lawrence Board of Education, said he thinks the written attacks on Orthodox Jews display an ignorance of the culture of the Five Towns.

“Overwhelming my feeling is sadness because it is written by an individual or individuals who harbors a great deal of hate and angst, and is not a knowledgeable person regarding the demographic changes in the community,” Mansdorf said, referring to the influx of Orthodox Jews in the Five Towns.

Bias graffiti incidents are also taken seriously by the MTA, spokesman Aaron Donovan said.

“We take immediate action to investigate it and remove the graffiti” after police have completed their documentation, Donovan said. “If it is reported to us, we do report it to the MTA police. They are involved with information-sharing with all regional law enforcement agencies on this.”

As late as 2009, the MTA reported no bias incidents at the Five Towns LIRR station.

Jeffrey Bessen is editor of the Nassau Herald, where a version of this story appeared.

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Continued from page 1 exam and scored 97.6 percent. In 2011 he was called for a medical exam and when he asked if he could keep his beard was told to request religious accommodation and did, but was not told that he would have to shave or trim his beard.

Litzman was accepted to the Police Academy and began studies there on Jan. 9, 2012, as a NYPD Probationary Police Officer and resigned from his jobs as a paramedic. Three times during January he was summoned to NYPD Headquarters and told to trim his beard; he explained that he could not for religious reasons. He was terminated in June 2012 just short of his graduation from his class of 850 where he ranked in the top 1 percent.

In the complaint to the U.S. District Court

for the Southern District, Lewin noted that LItzman was not given advance notice, that there is no known written regulation to this effect and no reason for it. He also pointed out that police in Washington, D.C., can wear beards and religious garb such as turbans.

Lewin stated it violates the constitutional right to free exercise of religion, effectively excluding Orthodox Jews, Sikhs and Muslims, and is “arbitrary and irrational.” It also deprives Litzman of the “opportunity to serve as a NYC Police Officer because of his religious observance,” denying him the “rights, privileges and immunities secured by the Constitution and laws of the United States.”

The stated policy also only requires a onetime trim of the beard, and “no legitimate governmental policy supports such a one time requirement,” Lewin said.

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Shalhevet’s in fashion Look out Heidi Klum — the girls at Midreshet Shalhevet are rocking the latest fashion trend: Tzniut!

Shalhevet held its first Fashion Week, with the girls dressing up in their most fashionforward and tzniut outfits to fit the theme of each day, ranging from formal wear, business attire, Shabbat afternoon and casual Sunday. Students voted on who they thought was best dressed and that led to a runway show on Friday with all of the finalists, who sashayed their way down the platform in the school auditorium.

Tali Roth won first place and received a $25 gift certificate to Forever 21. Runners up

Sifriyah Pijama at HALB

Over 60 families attended HALB’s first Sifriyat Pijama B’America event on Sunday.

Families with children in preschool through the third grade will receive Hebrew books by mail each month and HALB will host SPBA programs several times throughout the year, after school hours, to provide families with the opportunity to engage b’Ivrit with their children in a fun and meaningful way.

Sunday’s program began with a Hebrew story reading of the book Anashim Tovim, based upon Naomi Shemer’s well-known song. Children found the anashim tovim (good people) in the story while peering through their very own mishkafaim (glasses) and identified characters including sharat

(janitor), saba and savta (grandfather and grandmother), and rofeh chayot (veterinarian). The book reading was followed by an interactive and engaging music lesson with performer Sandy Shmuely, so that the children left Sunday’s program with the lyrics of Naomi Shemer’s song lingering in their hearts and minds.

SPBA tote bags, mishkafaim and activities in-hand, children and parents who participated felt enriched and enlivened, glad to have spent the morning speaking and learning b’Ivrit. Students, parents and faculty look forward to the next SPBA at HALB event!

Pictured: Daniella Weingarten and Isaac and Sammy Butler.

HANC students’ Election Day activity For 11 fifth and sixth graders at HANC Plainview, election day was personal. They exchanged ideas on how students can initiate positive change, with Nassau Legislator Judy Jacobs (pictured).

Principal Rabbi Fogel (center) stated, “These students possess the many qualities of leadership, and through their ideas and actions will serve as role models.” Pictured at right: Mrs. Karen Fleishman, student government advisor and 5th grade teacher.

Michal Ben Shabat and Tali Wilder received gift cards as well. All of the girls recognized

that you can be stylish for any occasion without compromising on tzniut.

Veterans Day at Rambam

In Kabul, Afghanistan, he exhibited courage under fire. When he came to Rambam Mesivta in Lawrence, he was teary eyed. Maj. David Chartier, commanding officer of the combat outpost Bala Hissar in Afghanistan was the keynote speaker at Rambam’s Annual Veteran’s Day Assembly.

Since its inception in 1992, Rambam has paid tribute to American forces fighting abroad. In some cases the servicemen were those who liberated concentration camps; at other times, they were those who served in Korea and Vietnam, and now in Afghanistan.

“It is our responsibility to express our hakarat hatov (gratitude and deep appreciation) to the brave men and women who risk their lives in order to ensure our safety and ability to live freely as Torah Jews in the United States,” said Rosh Mesivta, Rabbi Zev Friedman.

As a concrete expression of appreciation, the students sent packages to those fighting overseas.

“These packages contain more than the necessities that the soldiers asked for, it contains the intangible and extremely important message that we back at home

appreciate the sacrifices they are making and stand behind them,” said Rabbi Yotav Eliach, Rambam’s principal.

Chartier — whose unit in Afghanistan was the beneficiary of these items last year — shared his experiences and spoke about the challenges facing our soldiers. He also conducted a fascinating question-and-answer period with the entire school.

Students Porat Becker and Sam Cohen recited the Hebrew and English version of the prayer composed by the Orthodox Union for American soldiers.

Mr. Hillel Goldman, Rambam’s assistant principal, said, “The sincere appreciation and respect that the boys exhibited speaks volumes about their midos and sensitivity towards all people. It reflects the values that they learn at home which are also being reinforced here at Rambam.”

Rabbi Friedman presented the Major with a plaque expressing the appreciation of the Rambam community for all that he has done. Senior soloist Tani Martin sang a rousing National Anthem. At the conclusion of the assembly, Chartier presented Rambam Meisvta with an American flag and a special plaque.

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