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Thousands pack annual Chabad kinus By Sergey Kadinsky Amid the silent evening streetscape of Brooklyn’s Red Hook neighborhood, the couple of blocks surrounding the entrance to the Brooklyn Cruise Terminal were bursting with traffic. Vehicles were rushing to attend the annual Kinus Hashluchim, where emissaries of the Chabad movement gathered for inspiration and celebration. “This shluchim conference is the engine of Chabad, where we come to focus and reenergize ourselves, a reminder of our strength and learning,” said Rabbi Anchelle Perl, who is in his 21st year as the Chabad shaliach to Mineola. Rabbi Perl was among the 4,500 emissaries at the record-setting conference, where Cedarhurst-based caterer David Scharf organized a staff of nearly 350 waiters for each table within the 63,750 square foot warehouse. Joining the rabbis were some 500 guests that included noted philanthropists, community leaders and students. The guest of honor was British Chief Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, who spoke of his first encounter with Lubavitcher Rebbe Menachem Mendel Schneerson as a Cambridge sophomore in 1968. “I had no money in those days, and all I had was a Greyhound bus ticket. If you’ve ever ridden from Los Angeles to New York on a Greyhound bus… Seventy two hours nonstop I sat on this bus,” Rabbi Sacks said. The meeting inspired Rabbi Sacks to study at Kfar Chabad in Israel after graduating Cambridge. He then returned to the Rebbe to discuss his career options, choosing between becoming a professor, an economist, and a barrister. The Rebbe instead recommend-

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The vibrant skyline of Tel Aviv, where many of Israel’s start-ups are located.

On a rainy Tuesday evening at the Plaza Hotel’s magnificent ballroom, the America-Israel Friendship League held a dinner and a lively panel discussion, celebrating Israeli entrepreneurship, based on the bestselling book Startup Nation —The Story of Israel’s Economic Miracle by foreign policy experts Dan Senor and Saul Singer. The dinner was held on the 64th anniversary of Partition Day, when the United Nations voted to authorize the creation of the Jewish state. (Continued on page 3)

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By Karen C. Green The recent and growing SAT cheating investigation by the Nassau County District Attorney, resulting in the arrests of several local high school students, has dominated the news and should be reason for society to take a collective pause. It should also be the impetus for us to redefine how we define and measure success. Within the affiliated Jewish community, shared values in the commitment to chesed is evidence that we already ‘get it’. Sometime we need a reminder, embodied by Yaakov Hawk, 16, a junior at DRS High School with a huge list of causes to support. Hawk is the founder of Philanthropy for the Future, an initiative that combines chesed with fundraising. In its second year, the group encourages youths to volunteer, and take up social action. A natural leader, Yaakov mobilized upwards of 50 fellow students to participate in last week’s Mission to Masbia in Brooklyn on Thanksgiving. Closer to home, Hawk founded the “Bowling Buddies” program, where participants team up with special needs children on long Friday afternoons of spring. The bowling program, which is hosted at Woodmere Lanes, accommodates 15 special needs youths, ages 5 through 20, and 10 volunteers, providing parents with respite. Past campaigns promoted by Hawk have included selling bracelets to raise funds for the Susan G. Komen foundation for breat cancer research, and the Sharsheret Purim candy drive to benefit the Fogel family in Israel, letter writing to Israeli soldiers, and a Continued on page 3

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Led by Kenneth J. Bialkin of the white-shoe law Firm Skadden Arps, and Harley Lippman of the business technology firm Genesis10, the AIFL seeks to improve American-Israeli relations by having influential Americans meeting Israelis, and learning about their ability to bring innovations to reality. “They bring senators, congressmen, and judges,” said Five Towns resident Robbie Rothenberg, who has been involved in the AIFL for the last three years. “It’s rewarding in many ways.” Over the past year, AIFL brought leaders in business, politics, and students to Israel. Highlighting the practical benefits of the relationship, AILF Also brought veterans of the Iraq and Afghan conflicts to Israel, demonstrating the ability of Israeli veterans in rebuilding their lives and returning to the workforce. The dinner also marked the 40th year for AIFL, which was founded in 1971 with a diverse team of influential founders that include former Vice President Hubert Humphrey, Democrat Sen. Henry “Scoop” Jackson and his Republican colleague Nelson Rockefeller, and civil rights leader A. Philip Randolph. “It’s important to bring Jews and

non-Jews together. It restores the legitimacy of the U.S.-Israel relationship,” said AIFL Executive Director Alex Grobman. The distinguished panel for the event, which included Senor, former New York City Mayor Ed Koch and Dan Gillerman, the former Israeli ambassador to the United Nations, honed in on Israel’s unbelievable ability to form start-up companies, gain venture capital and create jobs worldwide. These Israeli start-ups are even creating jobs in America, according to panel moderator Jonathan Medved, a venture capitalist who founded the Israeli firm Vringo, which develops videos for mobile phones. In describing Israel benefiting the American economy, Medved spoke of a delegation of 27 lawmakers and community leaders from South Carolina, brought by AIFL to Israel, seeking to encourage Israeli start-ups to open branches in their state. Later in the year, a group from Evansville, Indiana, attempted to do the same, Medved said. Grobman added that economic relations between the U.S. and Israel are “stronger and more important than ever” and “beyond just the military.” Grobman stressed that agriculture, science, industry and education are now greatly discussed between the two na-

tions. Along with Senor, a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, and Singer, an editorial writer for the Jerusalem Post, the Partners for Democracy Awards dinner honored Better Place executives Idan Ofer and Shai Agasi. Undeterred by the lack of oil from their neighbors, this Israeli pair’s firm develops electric vehicle charging stations around the world with unparalleled success in the industry, including hundreds of millions of dollars being invested. Senor dubbed the firm as the poster child for the Israeli start-up movement. In their book, Senor and Singer provided insight into how a country like Israel has founded more start-up companies per person than Japan, China and India, and raised twice more venture capital per person than the United States. Israel created 600 start-up companies over the last year with a population of just seven million, while the entire continent of Europe, with 700 million people, created just 700 start-up companies, according to the panel. Incredibly, there are more Israeli companies than European companies listed on the NASDAQ stock exchange, a testament to the strength of Israeli ingenuity.

The dinner was “a great opportunity to see the innovations, design and leadership of Israel,” said Great Neck financial advisor Reuben Askowitz, who mentioned IBM, Microsoft, Cisco and Motorola among the companies relying heavily on Israel to develop their products. “Being creative is who we are,” said Ambassador Ido Aharoni, the General Council of Israel to New York. “It’s in our DNA.” Start-Up Nation reached as high as fifth on the New York Times Best-Sellers list and discussed Israel’s 60-year journey from being an undeveloped nation of Jaffa orange exporters, to one of the world’s dynamic economies for visionaries and entrepreneurs in all fields. Many of the top Internet and technology companies in the world, including eBay and Intel, rely heavily on Israeli technology and engineering to build and develop the world’s most innovative products. The panel posited that the nations of the world could view Israel differently through these start-ups in terms of respect for human rights, immigrants and minorities, and progress in health, education and energy efficiency. Another main focus of the event was to try to change people’s perceptions about Israel. Gillerman said that the only way to change the narrative of Israel “to a place of innovation and beauty” was bringing them to the country. “We have to combat bad images of people seeing Israel as an occupier,” said attendee Rabbi Joseph Potasnick. “We have to tell our version of the story.”

Yaakov Hawk: local master of chesed initiatives Continued from page 2 Beaver Lake blood drive. The eldest in a family of six children, Hawk credits his chesed commitment to his maternal great great grandparents, who by choice held the wedding meal for their daughter’s wedding at a Soup kitchen in Budapest, Hungary in the 1930s. Hawk’s smile widens as he describes his great grandmother, Hedy Mayer, 86, of Borough Park. “She’s worldly, gives great advice and she’s the only grandmother who texts and uses Skype.” The legacy of chesed continues through the family’s business, Jaclyn Wigs, which routinely provides their product to financially strapped brides and to Chai Lifeline recipients. A native of Passaic, and a former resident of West Hempstead, Hawk and his family have moved to Woodmere eight months ago. Hawk traces his first involvement with chesed activities to his kindergarten years when he collected money that he earmarked for bullet proof buses in Hebron. In second grade, he accepted donations for Hatzolah in lieu of birthday gifts. Within the last two years, under his leadership, Philantropy for the Future collected money to provide Chanukah gifts for his sister’s friend who had recently lost a parent, as well as Haiti earthquake relief fund. On top of all this, Hawk is the Editor in Chief of the school newspaper, Vice President of his student government, an avid Devils hockey fan, (he is adamant about Martin Brodeur being the best goalie ever), enrolled in three AP courses, and writes poetry. When asked how he has time to do so much volunteering, Yaakov responds in just two seconds. “I just have to do this.”

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“Bowling Buddies” enoying Friday afternoon fun (above) Yaakov and his sisters Gabrielle and Carrie are among the 200 volunteers who peeled potatoes, sliced carrots and chopped chicken in preparation for Masbia’s Thanksgiving dinner.

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The Barrony in Brooklyn

ometimes ignoring the problem will not make it go away. It would simply continue to fester, gradually gaining in momentum, peeling away support from the mainstream, speaking a message of irreverence and rebellion in a time of widespread disaffection. On Nov. 26, Brooklyn City Councilman Charles Barron announced his candidacy for Congress, challenging Democratic incumbent Ed Towns, and local State Assemblyman Hakeem Jeffries, who is also likely to run for the seat. In his decade on the City Council, Barron attracted plenty of attention with his invitation of Zimbabwe autocrat Robert Mugabe to City Hall, his proposal to slap the nearest white person “just for my mental health,” and most recently, eulogizing Moammar Khadafy as an “African hero.” Eager to retain his bully pulpit, the one-time opponent of repealing term limits ran for a third term once they were repealed. Now, he is running for a national audience. To educate Barron on Israel would be futile. His opposition towards Israel goes beyond the standard leftist boilerplate. In 2009, he crossed the Egypt-Gaza border on a self-described “relief convoy,” describing the situation in Gaza as a “death camp” with Israel as the “terrorist” state. The Anti-Defamation League certainly has no difficulty in compiling a dossier on Barron, who also argued that the true Semites are black and that Israel is an enemy to Africa. The black-Jewish relationship is among the most storied and complicated in American history, ebbing and flowing between the support of Martin Luther King, Jr. and the hostility of Malcolm X. As part of its proIsrael outreach, Christians United For Israel has

But to truly rebuild this complicated relationship, the Jewish leadership should recognize Barron’s hatred for what it truly is- envy that a fellow minority group that arrived in America much later than his own, has been able to largely prosper on these shores. Pastor Michael Stevens, touring around Brooklyn churches with a message of blessing for those who support Israel. But to truly rebuild this complicated relationship, the Jewish leadership should recognize Barron’s hatred for what it truly is- envy that a fellow minority group that arrived in America much later than his own, has been able to largely prosper on these shores. How can this envy be eliminated? By demonstrating mutual support for each other’s concerns, and working together to address them. To defeat Barron on the topic of Israel alone would be seen as self-serving, but to demonstrate that Barron is as harmful to his own community as to our own would be the most ideal method in defeating his candidacy. This is not difficult at all. With his divisive attitude, Barron found himself stripped of Committee assignments on the City Council, a political pariah whose ability in Congress to deliver results to his district would be severely limited.

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oriented individual, Green speaks with great enthusiasm of results achieved through identifying and cultivating relationships. She’s especially proud of facilitating an introduction between Kulanu and St. Joachim Parish leading to the purchase of Kulanu’s current location on Central Avenue. She shares the view that the community deserves a publication with a modern perspective, concise writing, and informed opinion columnists. She hopes that The Jewish Star will be a forum for the exchange of thoughts and ideas within the community and will additionally promote a greater understanding of Jewish life to the greater New York population. In sharing our goal of promoting unity and expanding coverage, The Jewish Star is GOING GREEN.

Letter to the editor Off The Grill responds To the Editor: As a hard working storeowner with a reputation for having a very accommodating restaurant I was appalled to have seen an article written bad mouthing me and my restaurant from your Zechariah Mehler. First of all, the account of what happened at my restaurant had nothing to do with the topic of his article. After writing his complaints from kosher fest without mentioning one name or booth he goes straight to me and calls me out publically. It was a blatant favor to a friend to badmouth me. Second of all considering Mr. Mehler was not here it is of no surprise that he had his facts wrong. Mr. Mehler quoted the family as saying the steak came out overly thin and leathery. First of all considering they didn’t even try the steak they had no way of knowing if it was leathery or not. Second of all the steak was not thin, but it was the proper size that he was just comparing to another dish. You can’t sit in a restaurant order chicken and then when it comes out say why doesn’t it look like that steak. Obviously the answer is because it is another dish. We always accommodate the customer when the dish comes out wrong but he got a perfect house steak and just changed his mind on what he wanted when he saw the other dish. The article also left out the part where he got up to publicly scream in the restaurant where all of my regular customers saw that he was out of place and mistaken. Nor did it mention the part where I was verbally threatened and almost had to call the police. This is all information that Mr. Mehler conveniently left out or was not informed of. Legally I believe it is slander and halachically as a Rabbi, where I make sure not to steal or unjustifiably serve my customers, this is clearly a case of Motzi Shem Rah. I do believe I am owed a public apology and if Mr. Mehler would like to speak to me about the event that transpired that evening I would be more than happy to speak to him, and clear up my name that was wrongly soiled. It personally is troubling to see a paper that is published to unite and inform a community of Jews to so lightly criticize and embarrass someone, especially without the full facts. Beside any possible business damage I have been hurt personally because we did our part and the customer was wrong and I’m made to look bad. Rabbi Moshe Orlofsky Off The Grill, Cedarhurst Editor’s Note: In my premiere issue as publisher and editor of The Jewish Star, there is no time like the present to right the wrong caused by an article published two weeks ago. From a journalistic and halachic perspective, stories should NEVER be reported based on ‘hearsay’. We apologize to the management

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Parshat Vayetze

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When we name Our Children

A Jewish newspaper should have a Hebrew column. So here it is. We will try to maintain a level of vocabulary so that it will be easy enough for students to read and interesting enough for those more fluent to enjoy.

The Torah never addresses when a newborn is to be named. Just about every Biblical figure introduced at birth is named right away. This would not come as much of a shock in a pre-Avraham and pre-bris era. But the fact that Yitzchak, Yaakov, Eisav, and all of Yaakov’s sons (perhaps with the exception of Binyamin’s second name) are named the moment they are born (or so it seems) stands to leave open the idea that in Biblical times, boys were named before the bris. In a pre-Sinai world, certainly girls were not named when the new father received an aliyah to the Torah – Dinah, for example, seems to be named at her birth. Why do we name our children when we do: the boy at the bris, and the girl at a Torah reading? Is there significance to the public display of naming a baby? Avram received his new name after his bris, and Yitzchak received his name the minute he was born. Yitzchak’s circumstance can be taken off the table, however, because his name was given to him by G-d, before he was even conceived. Rabbi Avi Billet Yossele Weisberg z”l, one of the most prominent mohels in Jerusalem until his passing around 10 years ago, dedicated a chapter of his magnum opus on the laws and practices of the Bris Milah experience, “Otzar Habris,” to the customs surrounding when we name both boys and girls. He records four reasons for why a boy is named at his bris: ■ At the time we are involved in blessing the child (ie. we say a “mi sheberach” after the bris), it is appropriate to refer to him by name. This would imply that the bris is the latest we can name a boy. ■ Until his bris, he carries the name of an “arel” (uncircumcised), which must be changed to a proper Jewish name as soon as possible after his circumcision. ■ When we give the name with the formula of “Kayem” (establish this baby to his mother and father with the following Jewish name…), we are asking for the name to carry with it “G-d’s approval,” which would surely be most forthcoming once the child is circumcised. ■ Once he is circumcised, and has arrived at his personal physical “completion” (shlemut), it is the right time for him to be given his name. The book Matamim, which explains the reasons for many customs, includes an explanation that focuses on the verse in Bereshit 2:19 – “Whatever the man called each living thing [would] remain its name.” He quotes

a thought from the book Toras Emes who points out that an acronym of the first five words of this phrase are the letters of the name Eliyahu/Elijah. The first letters of the next three words, Nun, Chet and Heh have a numerical value of 63 (50+8+5), which is the same value as the word Navi - prophet. The last word is “Sh’mo” (it’s name), Thus, when Elijah the Prophet is present, that is when “his name” [the child’s, that is] is proclaimed. The only problem with this teaching is that it presumably pre-dates any practice of including Elijah at the bris. As nice as it is, it cannot be used in practical terms to explain why the baby is named at his bris, and not before his bris. When it comes to naming girls, Yossele Weisberg records six different customs as to when it could be done: ■ The day she is born ■ On the first Torah-reading day closest to her birth ■ The Shabbos immediately after her birth ■ To wait at least five days from her birth (unless her 3rd or 4th day is Shabbos) ■ On the 2nd Shabbos of her life ■ 30 days after her birth. Rabbi Shabtai Lipschitz of Orsziwa wrote a book called Bris Avos, in which he explains this last custom based on a known connection women have to the moon and Rosh Chodesh. Just as the moon has a monthly cycle, women have a monthly cycle. The Rosh Chodesh connection is deeper, but no one suggests she be named specifically on Rosh Chodesh. Rabbi Lipshchitz’s final point is that just as the father provides the name to of his son to the one who announces it at the bris, he should verbally say his daughter’s name to whomever (Rabbi, gabbai, chazzan, etc) will be announcing it along with a “Mi Sheberach.” There might be room to suggest Yaakov’s sons were named after they were circumcised, but in the end, it does not matter whether they were or were not. Giving a name to a child is a significant event in and of itself. So significant, in fact, that Rabbi Jacob Emden declared “it is a mitzvah to rejoice and have a celebratory meal at the time one names his newborn daughter.” It would seem, therefore, that the naming of a boy at his bris, and a girl on a Torah reading day, particularly on Shabbos, would become a matter of convenience. The significance of the naming itself is a cause for celebration – so our tacking it onto a party we’re making in honor of a bris, or in honor of Shabbos (or even any Torah-reading day) makes sense from a practical point of view. May our children grow to fulfill our dreams and wishes for them, no matter when they are named. And may we merit helping them realize their potential in the best possible way.

To be able to see only until the heart!

By Rabbi Noam Himelstein

This week’s story is about Col. Dror Weinberg, killed in a 2002 terror attack in Hebron. When asked how he gets along with everyone, he quoted Rav Aryeh Levin, who was short, and “couldn’t tell if his friend was wearing a kippa or not; he could only see until the heart.” Rabbi Himelstein currently teaches at Yeshivat Orayta in Jerusalem, and can be reached at RavNoam@orayta.org.

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The boys of DRS High School were bundled up to play football at their annual Shabbaton in the Catskills last month.

What’s happening at DRS High School By Natan Farber

Open House On Sunday, November 6, DRS welcomed an exceptional turnout of prospective parents and students to its Open House. With standing room only in the Beis Medrash, Rabbi Yisroel Kaminetsky, the Menahel of DRS, made his introductory remarks, and informed the program’s attendees of the tremendous warmth, academic integrity, and religious spirit that DRS is so famous for. Parents and students got a chance to hear from DRS’s new General Studies Principal, Dr. Gerald Kirshenbaum. Dr. Kirshenbaum enlightened the parents of the many unique academic opportunities that DRS offers its’ student body, including a wide range of 14 AP courses, and opportunities for independent study. Parents and students alike were both treated to tours of DRS’s beautiful building and campus, and got a chance to experience what occurs in a DRS classroom. The Student Fair held in DRS’s gym gave visiting 8th graders a chance to taste all of the many extra curricular activities that go on in DRS, including a sample of the cooking and karate clubs, a shootout contest with the school’s most talented hockey and basketball stars, and a bowl of

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A shabbaton brought together current and prospective DRS students. chulent and kugel at the “DRS Shabbaton” station. Many student volunteers added energy to the tours as the boys eagerly shared their love for DRS with the prospective students. We look forward to welcoming the class of 2016!

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If you walked into DRS last Thursday morning, you would be able to feel the excitement for the annual school wide Shabbaton. The spirits were high amongst all students who were just counting down the minutes to perhaps the most anticipated event of the yearly DRS calendar. On Thursday night, November 5th, 250 students drove up to Kutsher’s Resort in the Catskills to begin the 15th annual DRS Shabbaton. The students were treated to a late night BBQ, followed by the traditional viewing of comedy videos. The boys woke up Friday morning, bundled up in their best football gear for an incredible full day football tournament. The weather could not have been better! Shabbos was absolutely beautiful, full of incredible zmiros, Torah, davening, endless tisches, bonding time with friends and Rabbeim, moving speeches by guest speaker Rabbi Moshe Benovitz, Inter-Shiur Family Feud competitions, and much more. The Shabbaton also featured a number of educational sessions, which focused on the Shabbaton’s theme: Judaism - The Individual vs. The Community. The various learning sessions taught the students how to properly use one’s personal talents for the betterment of the Jewish community as a whole. It was inspiring to see the sense of Achdus amongst all boys of all grades - the type of camaraderie that DRS is so famous for.

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Annual Chabad convention is ”one big mishpacha” Continued from page 1 ed that he take up the pulpit and train the next generation of British rabbis. “They will hear you give sermons and they will learn. You will train rabbis and you will become a rabbi,” Rabbi Sacks said. “I tried to do what I know the Rebbe would have wanted me to do. To build schools, to improve Anglo Jewish education, to reach out, and to make – not followers – but leaders.” Rabbi Sacks subsequently saw his other wishes coming true as well, in becoming a Cambridge professor, delivering economics lectures at respected forums, and holding an honorary barrister degree. “You know, you never lose anything by putting yiddishkeit first.” While the Rabbi Sacks spoke, at table E18, Chabad Director of Social Media Rabbi Mordechai Lightstone feverishly Tweeted excerpts of his speech to the world through the handle @Lubavitch. “The kinus inspired so many back and forth discussions,” Rabbi Lightstone said. “This was my small contribution to the divine revelation.” He shared his table with shluchim from Syracuse, Bangalore, Sao Paulo, and Greenfield, Mass. Rabbi Yaakov T. Rapaport of Syracuse said that besides the famous group photo and the dinner, the week of activities includes a variety of lectures to assist shluchim in their outreach work. “The workshops run from the mundane to the spiritual, from body language to social media,” Rabbi Rapaport said. “I learned about bookkeeping, to keep my shlichus running smoothly.” Among the topics in the news, noted psychiatrist Rabbi Dr. Abraham J. Twerski delivered the domestic abuse workshop, which Rabbi Perl

attended. “He said that rabbis don’t have to become therapists. We should be aware and empathetic, but we should refer people to experts,” Rabbi Perl said. “As well-meaning as we may be, we may not have the right knowledge and could be giving people the wrong advice.” Rabbi Perl was appointed this year to the Nassau County Domestic Abuse Coalition by County Executive Ed Mangano. He also attended an end of life seminar, seeking to apply the lessons taught for his other position as chaplain at Winthrop University Hospital. Thanks to the internet, any seminars that he missed can be watched at a later date from home. “The younger generation of shluchim has so many more tools, but none of us can say that we know it all,” Rabbi Perl said. Sharing the table with him was his guest, Glen Cove resident Eddy Hallak, who often travels to China on behalf of his textile importing business. “This is one big mishpacha. Everywhere I go, there is Chabad,” Hallak said. “When I spent Shabbat in Guangzhou, it felt like home.” At the roll call, the shluchim stood up when their countries were announced. The newcomers were Nigeria and Kenya. The birthplaces of Chassidus were also showing a robust Chabad presence, with 164 shluchim in Ukraine, and 45 locations stretching across Russia, according to Chabad.org. Russian Chief Rabbi Berel Lazar, who arrived in Moscow in 1990, headed the Russian delegation at the kinus. But for so many shluchim present, Rabbi Yossi Mendelson of Forest Hills said that the guest list still fell short. “There are things that are more important than the kinus. I had a pidyon haben in my shul and was late,”

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Eastern Europe’s Jewish remnants documented by local photographer By Sergey Kadinsky Growing up in Far Rockaway, advertising executive and photographer Ahron Weiner knew well the holocaust survival stories of his grandparents, the vibrant Jewish life in the prewar town of Vizhnitz, and the desolation that followed the holocaust. A decade ago, Weiner settled in Prague for work, and used the opportunity to travel around Eastern Europe documenting the unused synagogues and abandoned cemeteries, which are currently on exhibit at the J Greenstein Gallery in Cedarhurst. “To visit Prague was a total gift, with some spare time, we traveled in the first six months,” Wiener said. Not far from Prague is the site of Theresienstadt death camp, where Red Cross visitors were deceived by the Nazis with an image of a model camp. Part of the rouse included the play Brundibar, which the prolific children’s book illustrator Maurice Sendak adapted in 2003. Sendak’s illustrations of the death camp are based on photographs that Weiner sent to him. “He was also very influenced by the holocaust. We would get together twice a year, where my photos provided research for his illustrations.” Among the poignant images in the “Memorial Wall” exhibit is a photograph that

inspired the title, a Jewish cemetery wall in Krakow, Poland, comprised of fragments of desecrated tombstones. Another photo has a former synagogue sanctuary in the Czech village of Luze, surrounded by flood lights and a children’s film set. “This is a village on a hill, and the synagogue is atop the hill,” Weiner said. “The sets flanking the aron kodesh are bizarre, but in another town the former shul is now a barbershop.” In total, Weiner traveled across 10 countries and over 200 cities over the course of three years. His wife Pamela and son Moshe, 13, who currently attends the DRS yeshiva, accompanied Weiner on his travels. “We saw shadows of mezuzahs on doorways and one mikvah that is now a club,” said Pamela Weiner. “My son has an intense interest in the holocaust. These towns were the equivalent of the five Towns in being heavily Jewish before the war.” At the Nov. 26 opening of Weiner’s exhibits, the visitors shared their own stories of traveling by their ancestral homes. “The Dohany Synagogue in Budapest is magnificent,” said Lawrence resident Gloria Fremed Kaplan, who first visited Hungary at a time when communism was collapsing in the region. “Someone game me Israeli music to pass to another person, and a bencher and

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In the Czech village of Luze, a children’s ﬁlm set occupies the sanctuary of a former synagogue. tefilin to a bar mitzvah boy in Bucharest. They had nothing at the time.” Alongside photography, Weiner has also documented the subject of European Jewish life on film, collecting hours of stories from his grandmother, Toby Stern of Far Rockaway, who survived Auschwitz. His profession is also very visual, but as the founder of the Our Man In Havana ad firm, he handles mostly the “business side.” In selecting the photographs for the J

Greenstein Gallery, Weiner gave Sendak a peek, receiving a positive review ahead of the show. “This is more than just tourism. It is the ritual of mourning, a shivah postponed for most of world Jewry by circumstances of birth and by the currents of politics,” Sendak wrote in a statement. “You have lit my past.” Weiner will speak at J Greenstein Gallery, located at 417 Central Avenue in Cedarhurst on Dec. 4 from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. For more information, contact 516-295-2931.

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n school, students are supposed to take part in two different activities: learning and acting upon what they have learned. They perform these activities in order to help them mature and to help them grow. Students at HAFTR are always looking for new occasions to take part in these different activities. Last week they had the opportunity to do both. The first occasion that the students were allotted was at the annual blood drive that took place on Nov. 21. In the previous week, passionate student leaders went around the school and educated their classmates about how their blood donations could save numerous lives and informed them of the positive effects their donations would have. After hearing this, Michael Sosnick many students, myself included, took the initiative and eagerly donated blood. The pride that emanated from every donor based upon the knowledge that they had just saved a life was evident to everyone in and around school. The second chance that the students got to accomplish these aforementioned activities was at an assembly called “Hang Up and Drive: Jacy and Steve’s Journey.” In this assembly, eleventh and twelfth graders had the privilege to hear a true personal story of Jacy and Steve’s life changing experi-

ence. Retelling the story, Jacy’s parents’ car was hit by a truck whose driver was carelessly talking on his cell phone and running through a red light. Unfortunately, both her parents died as a result and Jacy was injured and lingered at the brink of death. Her difficult and slow, but miraculous recovery encouraged Jacy and her fiancée, Steve, to go tell their story to others. They inspired everyone in the room to seriously reexamine the way that they conduct themselves in a car. After learning new and startling facts about texting, calling, or talking while driving, they motivated the students to make a pledge. The pledge gave the students the opportunity to make an oath to drive safely, without recklessly using their cell phones. This pledge gave the students yet another way to act upon what they learned. In a time where education has become more and more impersonal it is heartening to see students learn with fervor, and passionately act upon their new knowledge. These are only two examples amongst many where students at HAFTR have done this. Students are already planning and organizing new ways to act upon what they have learned to give back to the community. In addition to writing for the school newspaper, Michael Sosnick, an 11th grader at HAFTR, participates in mock trial, college bowl, and is on the math team. He is currently actively involved in Write On For Israel , a program designed to educate high school students on how to be effective advocates for Israel on college campuses.

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HAFTR students got the message: Don’t text and drive.

Rabbi Jechiel Weinberg and the futile attempt to mollify Hitler

magine that you live in a country that has just elected Adolf Hitler as its head of state. Your name is Rabbi Jehiel Jacob Weinberg, rabbi, and a leading authority on Jewish law who is revered by many for your wisdom, knowledge and compassion. Your destiny has placed you to be present at a time of utter chaos for you, your family and your people. You are part of an orthodox Jewish leadership coming to terms with a force that will prove to become more dangerous than the Jewish people have ever confronted. Yet, a combination of optimism and denial is at play which impels you and others to attempt a path of soft appeasement of those, who, in the end will physically terminate the Alan Jay Gerber thousand year relationship between German Jews and their nonJewish compatriots. Dr. Marc Shapiroâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s excellent study of the lifeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s work of Rabbi Weinberg is not just a biography of one man, it is a biography of an era and of events that serve to define a special place in history that in turn has defined a peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s destiny for all time. Both events and ideas are given a readerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s front seat as one reads the gripping narrative alongside some of the most stellar footnotes and research. Surely, this is a scholarâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s master-

piece, indeed. It is the intent of this writer to focus on just one sad chapter of this book, and of Rabbi Weinbergâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s life, that will serve as an example of what faced German Jewry in that era and of the shocking response of the Orthodox Jewish leadership to the Nazi challenge. I do not envy Dr. Shapiro for the choices that he made in structuring the events about to be reviewed. To his everlasting credit, no attempt was made to cultivate myth or fantasy. Rabbinic rank and status was to have no impact as it concerned the chronicling the truth. In Oct. 1933 â&#x20AC;&#x153;an amazing letterâ&#x20AC;? was written to Hitler by the separatist Orthodox Jewish leaders of Germany seeking, in what they mistakenly thought was some honest attempt to explain to the newly elected German head of government the true nature of the Orthodox Jewish faith and its people. Never before was the entire text of this letter published until the publication of this work. In retrospect, it reads as a pathetic, naĂŻve missive, pleading at times, fawning to the point of groveling in an attempt to persuade a hateful maniac as to the righteousness of their faith. It was a bold and somewhat eloquent attempt to be â&#x20AC;&#x153;mefayeisâ&#x20AC;? a modern day Esau, when in reality, it served absolutely no purpose except to further self-humiliate those who signed it. Among those signers were three whose names many of you will easily recognize: Rabbi Dr. Eliyahu Munk of Berlin, Rabbi Dr. Joseph Breuer of Frankfurt Am Main; and World President of Agudath Israel, Jacob Rosenheim, also of Frankfurt.

According to Dr. Shapiro, the text stressed the Jewish commitment to anti-communism, the many contributions that Jews have made to Germany, as well of their strong opposition to the economic boycott against Germany. The authors, according to Dr. Shapiro, attempt to mollify Hitler by expressing their confidence that that do not believe it is his intention to destroy the German Jewish community, a community that loves the German soil and people and is bound to its culture. Now consider the following from Dr. Shapiroâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s narrative: â&#x20AC;&#x153;In concluding the letter the authors stress that they are not requesting the immediate abolition of anti-Jewish restrictions, for they do not wish to create difficulties for the government. They are ready to accept certain restrictions for the present. Distancing themselves from Reform, in a manner which Weinberg strongly opposed, the authors stress the uniqueness of Orthodoxy. They point out that Orthodox Jews never intended to acquire excessive economic influence, since the Sabbath laws prevent this. Furthermore, Orthodox Judaism has always been strongly opposed to intermarriage and Jewish apostasy. What the Orthodox desire, they continue, is the ability to practice their religion freely and earn a living without threats or abuse.â&#x20AC;? The letter concludes, â&#x20AC;&#x153;In accordance with our religious obligations we shall always remain loyal to the government of the country. As part of the German people, the German

Jew will gladly help in the construction of the German nation, and do what he can to gain it friends outside the German borders.â&#x20AC;? Dr. Shapiro goes to some length in describing the internal ramifications within the overall Jewish community that this letter had, and it wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t pretty. His analysis, given the events that were to follow over the next decade point to an unwarranted Orthodox self-centeredness. This, in turn, should serve as a lesson unto this day as it concerns Jewish unity in face of adversaries who are no less dangerous to us, after all Adolph Hitler never did live to have the atomic bomb, our adversaries in Pakistan, and possibly Iran do. This book contains the full text of the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Letter to Hitlerâ&#x20AC;?, dated October 4,1933, in Appendix 2 [page 225-233]. Appendix 3, contains the full text of a letter, dated May 14, 1934, that World Agudath Israel president Jacob Rosenheim sent to Agudahâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s head office in Vienna, with a copy marked to the Nazi Foreign Ministry in Berlin, boasting in detail the efforts to â&#x20AC;&#x153;stem the virulent boycott of German goods that is being mounted abroadâ&#x20AC;Śâ&#x20AC;? This letter warrants your attention. Not a day passes by when an anti-Semitic incident occurs somewhere in the world. Our leaders must learn from the actions described above, to be firm in their resolve to defeat their schemes of those who wish us ill, as well as to maintain the best in our relations with all those who truly see in us genuine friendship

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Scholar in residence CONGREGATION BETH SHOLOM, located at 390 Broadway in Lawrence is hosting Dr. Marc Shapiro as its Scholar in Residence. Dr. Shapiro holds the Weinberg chair in Judaic Studies at the University of Scranton. The Friday night topic, at 8 p.m. he will be discussing “The Yeshiva World and Modern Orthodoxy”. The Shabbat lecture at 11 a.m. is “Judaism and Islam”, and the minchah lecture at 4:15 p.m. will discuss “The Philosophy of Rav Kook: Is it Still Relevant?” For more information, contact 516-569-3600.

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ing institution in Far Rockaway, is holding its 45th Annual Dinner at The Sands, located at 1395 Beech Street in Atlantic Beach. The event honors Lawrence couple Ephraim & Rena Kutner as the guests of honor. Award recipients include Dr. Robert & Thea Block, whose late son Ari attended this yeshiva and has a sefer Torah named in his memory. Alum Rabbi Yechiel Weberman, who teaches at the DRS High School is the Harbotzas Torah honoree this year. The event begins at 7:45 p.m. For reservations and information, contact 516-239-9002.

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CENTER FOR RETURN, the kiruv organization that leads lunch & learn sessions in dozens of Manhattan office buildings, is holding its 30th Annual Dinner at the White Shul, located at 728 Empire Avenue in Far Rockaway. The event honors the couple Marat & Yelena Likhtenstein, Reuvain Stein, and Shmuel Schechter, among others. CFR was founded by Rabbi Avrohom Dov Kahn of Kew Gardens. Among the senior lecturers at CFR is Rabbi Akiva Schutz of Far Rockaway, who speaks at 13 current locations around Manhattan. For reservations and information, contact 718-8496787.

Oneg Shemesh concert ISRAEL SERVICE ORGANIZATION, a nonprofit that boosts the morale of IDF soldiers, on a model similar to the American USO, is holding a benefit concert at the home of Dr. Robert and Tania Materman, located at 307 Lester Court in West Hempstead. The cost is $36 per adult, children under 12 attend free of charge. The Israel Service Organization was founded in 2007, boosting morale with high production concerts for soldiers. For more information, visit onegshemesh.com

Chabad FiveTowns Dinner Hebron Fund Dinner THE HEBRON FUND, which supports the development of the Jewish community in Hebron, is holding its annual dinner at the New York Hall of Science, located at 4701 111 Street in Queens. This year’s keynote speaker is Fox News commentator Mike Huckabee, with a video presentation by Rep. Allan West of Florida. The reservation-only event is $300 per person, with accommodations for children. The event begins at 8 p.m. For more information, contact 718-677-6886.

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DRS junior Yaakov Hawk assisted Hillel Kornbluh of the Monsey-based A&B Famous Geﬁlte Fish, which donated its products to Masbia of Flatbush on Thanksgiving morning. Hawk was among some 200 local students who helped out at Masbia in chopping potatoes, peeling carrots, and cutting meat for the holiday.

Chanukah toy drive OSSIE SCHONFELD MEMORIAL TOY FUND is holding its annual toy drive at the home of Judy & Robbie Schonfeld, located at 850 Broadway in Woodmere. In partnership with the medical clowns of Lev Leytzan, the toys will be distributed in orphanages, hospitals and homes in Israel. The event begins at 8:30 p.m. For more information, contact 516-791-2158.

Piano kollel benefit DR. NORMAN & BARBARA KUPFERSTEIN and the Ganz family are holding an evening of chamber music to benefit Kollel Aliyos Shlomo Yerushalayim. Rosh Kollel Rabbi Dovid Lipson will play the piano, accompanied by Shlomo Luwish on the violin and Lanny PAykin on the cello. The music of Grieg, Chopin and Schubert is on the repertoire. The event begins at 8 p.m. at the Kupferstein home, located at 45 Washinton Avenue South in Lawrence. For sponsorships and information, contact 917-586-4421.

Dec. 4 Bet El Dinner AMERICAN FRIENDSOF BET EL are holding their 45th Annual Dinner, honoring the pioneering zionist yeshiva located in the yishuv of Bet El. The event honors Rabbi Etan & Esther Tokayer,Rubin

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Dec. 6 Themes in Tanach YOUNG ISRAEL OF WOODMERE, located at 859 Peninsula Boulevard, is holding a series of lectures by Rabbi David Fohrman on the life of Yaakov, the Patriarch with the most parshiot references. The free public lecture, which begins at 8:15 p.m. is cosponsored by the Hoffberger Foundation for Torah Studies. The next lecture of this series is scheduled for Dec. 13. For more information, contact 516-295-0590.

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Thursday night learning KEHILLAS BAIS YEHUDAH TZVI, located at 391 Oakland Avenue in Cedarhurst has a Thursday night learning program with video lectures by noted lecturers Rabbi Eli Mansour at 9 p.m. and Rabbi Yissocher Frand at 10:30 p.m. Hot chulent will be served, concluding with maariv services at 11:15 p.m. For more information, call 516-374-9293.

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A hoard of problems Dear Aviva, How do you settle a dispute between a husband who is a pack-rat and a wife who would love to purge everything except the bare minimum? This is our relationship and we can never see eye to eye on what to keep versus what to toss. Compromising on such an issue doesn’t seem to make sense in a situation like this! What to do? -Clean and Chaotic

Dear Clean and Chaotic, Calling all couples—listen up! We are going to use this example of the pack-rat hubby and minimalist wife as a template for solving all types of conflict. This is a great example because these spouses are at polar opposites here, and compromising doesn’t quite do it for either one. We could try a patch-work mediator sort of compromise—“The garage is your domain, I will not even attempt to go rappelling down your pile of old magazines and broken items campaigning for your fix-it ability,” says the wife. She states this while her husband so graciously leans against their living room wall, as he quietly waxes nostalgic for any semblance of seating other than the 2’x5’ hard black bench with clean modern lines. If we followed this well-intentioned couple who are trying to make room for the other over the course of a year or two, we will see the frustration that builds up to resentment and even contempt. So, a plain old compro-

mise within the same household would not breed good will and understanding. What to do? Just take out your handydandy John Gottman book—any of them! After studying couples using sound scientific research, Dr. Gottman has found that all couples (couples that rock and couples headed for divorce) fight. They fight over issues that can be resolved and fight over issues that can never be resolved. In fact, a whopping 69% of your arguments with your spouse will never be resolved. This is true within all sorts of marriages. What this means is that a great couple is not a couple that gets along or a couple that found their middle ground. A great couple, Dr. Gottman discovered, is a couple that can navigate conflict while living amongst it. How? Well, simply ignore the what of the fight and focus on the why of the fight. Then, show your spouse that you are attuned to the why and respect the why, even if you cannot meet the what. Now that I’ve confused you till you’re cross-eyed, allow me to use our letter-writer’s example. The wife may want to have a stark house because she is primarily with her young kids who wreak havoc, and found inanimate objects to actually listen to her at her will. Or, the wife came from a disorganized home where she couldn’t find clean clothes for herself while trying to make it to the school bus. Or it just helps her think straight. Either way, she wants to feel comfortable and in control in her own home.

Maybe the husband agrees exactly with her, even if it manifests in the opposite way. Perhaps the hubby is busy with his structured day (Shacharis at 6:45 a.m. Train at 7:56 a.m. Bus Transfer at 8:23 a.m.) Or, he came from a home that was tightly run. Or he’s too tired to care about order. Whatever the situation is, we can safely assume that this guy wants to feel comfortable and in control of his home as well. This, to him means being able to leave his tie on the dining room table and his socks on the kitchen floor, and his guitar string collection in the medicine cabinet. So how do we get these two people with the same starting point and opposite end points to live in harmony under the same roof? By doing my personal favorite activ-

ity. Open your mouth! Communicate. Talk about what it means for you to have an orderly house. Or, talk about what it means for you to be able to unwind in your own home. The goal of this conversation is not to solve anything. It is simply to see where the other is coming from and to be heard. John Gottman calls this “Finding your dreams within conflict.” Does it change anything on the outside? Barely. Does it breed mutual respect and understanding? Totally, plus. - Aviva Aviva Rizel is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in private practice in Lawrence. She can be reached at 347-292-8482 or AvivaRizel.MFT@gmail.com.

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Opinion Defying the natural order

here is war, and then there is madness. In war, one often has to fight, but when madness sets in, sometimes, perhaps one simply has to run. Such was the question on that dark October afternoon in 1973, when the quiet beauty and desolation of the Suez Canal was ruptured by the roar of an entire army crossing the water, bent on bloodshed. They said it could not be breached; they were sure the Arabs would not dare attack, especially after their humiliating defeat in the Six Day War a mere six years earlier. Only FROM THE HEART someone forgot to tell OF JERUSALEM the Arabs. Which is why there were less than five hundred Israeli soldiers, who were not even remotely prepared for what came storming across the canal that afternoon. On October 6, 1973, five hundred Israeli soldiers and only three Israeli tanks peered through the fog and Rabbi Binny smoke of the sudden Freedman artillery barrage, at a sight that must have been beyond terror: seventy thousand Egyptian soldiers crossing the Suez Canal. So what do you do, when there are so many enemy soldiers headed your way that you don’t even have enough bullets to slow them down? Obviously, you run! . Yet these brave men stood their ground, and all these years later, the State of Israel is still here to tell the tale. There is a story in this week’s portion, Vayetze’, which might help us understand what happened on that fateful day. Ya’acov after twenty-two years, is getting ready to make his escape in the middle of the night from the clutches of his cunning and wicked father-in-law Lavan. “And Lavan went to shear his sheep, and Rachel stole the terafim that were her father’s.”(Bereishit (Genesis) 31:19) While Lavan is off shearing his sheep at dawn, and Ya’acov is saddling up the camp preparing to steal away in the darkness (31:17-21), Rachel takes the time to steal her father’s… idols? What interest does Rachel, the righteous wife of Ya’acov, one of the four matriarchs of the Jewish people, have with the graven images of the father whose home and way of life she is clearly willing to leave behind (see verse 31:14)? Rashi, clearly bothered by this question, quotes the suggestion (from the Midrash) that she was trying to distance or separate her father from idolatry. However, the continuation of this story makes this suggestion even more tenuous. When Lavan finally catches up with Yaakov and his camp, and challenges his decision to flee with his (Lavan’s) children and grandchildren, he is especially upset that Ya’acov has stolen these idols. Searching for his idols in yaakov’s camp, cannot find them, because Rachel having hidden them beneath the camel’s cushion, is sitting on them! Now, if Rachel had really taken these idolatrous images just so they would no longer be an influence in her father’s home, the

logical thing to have done with them, would have been to get rid of them, or bury them in the earth, a seemingly simple thing to do? What a strange way to conceal something! Encamped as they are in the mountains of Gilad, in the middle of nowhere, with three days to think about it, this is the best Rachel can do? And why is she keeping these idols at all? Perhaps one way of understanding this strange story, is to place it within the wider context of the mission and struggle of the emerging Jewish people. Ya’acov, like his father Yitzchak and his grandfather Avraham before him, lived in a world steeped in pagan idolatry. The world was immersed in the power of nature, and the prevalent idea of the time was that there were hidden forces in nature that determined one’s destiny, and those who were sensitive to these forces of nature were able to intuit the future, and even manipulate the people and events around them. Interestingly, Judaism’s position has never been that these forces are not real. The issue Judaism has with astrology, is not that it is not true, but rather, that we are not bound by it, or limited to its interpretation. The astrologist will assume that whatever the star pattern teaches has to be, so if the stars say that you are an angry person, or that you will die young, then that is what will have to happen. But the promise G-d gives Avraham, Yitzchak and Ya’acov on different occasions, is that. “Your offspring will be greater than the stars.” We are not limited by the natural patterns of the constellations. As a people, we don’t fit into the normal trends of history, and just because the laws of nature would seem to dictate that the Jewish people should disappear, does not mean we will. In the natural order of things, 70,000 soldiers should not even blink when running through a scant five hundred men. And this may be the meaning of Rachel’s decision to sit on top of these idols. All of these forces of nature have power over us only if we give it to them. But if they are just pillows to sit on, then they no longer control our lives; we do. And we find this idea almost everywhere we look in Judaism. This is how David, at the time a simple shepherd boy, defeated Golaith when the entire army of Israel seemed helpless before him. If you see the man before you as a giant, then he is indeed a giant, and he will rule over you, one way or another. But if you see that he is just a fellow who needs a lesson in manners, then to you, that is all he will ever be. Thirty years ago, a small group of men, peering over the walls of the Bar-Lev line, saw something that would have, indeed should have, sent them running through the desert to escape with their lives. And the Egyptians, based on all the rules of military strategy, doubled and quadrupled to be absolutely sure, were counting on this. But they forgot to study their history; Jews don’t seem to be able to count too well. Rav Binny Freedman, Rosh Yeshivat Orayta in Jerusalem’s Old City is a Company Commander in the IDF reserves, and lives in Efrat with his wife Doreet and their four children. His weekly Internet ‘Parsha Bytes’ can be found at www.orayta.org

NBA lockout ends, Jewish Jordan returns to NJ Nets By Sergey Kadinsky Jordan Farmar, 25, the Los Angeles-born point guard for the New Jersey Nets, is returning to his home team following the resolution of the five-month lockout in the NBA, a result of a dispute in revenue sharing and salary caps. Since August, Farmar has been under contract for Maccabi Tel Aviv. At the time of his signing, there was reluctance on the Israeli basketball scene in signing up a player who would likely return to the U.S. once the lockout ends, but Farmar’s Jewish background and strong ties to Israel made him an exception. “I wanted to be in Tel Aviv where I have family and I’m familiar with the city and I know what it is all about,” Farmar told Jerusalem Post at the time. “I had seen Maccabi games when I was younger and it was my first choice.” In his adopted city, Farmar led the team in points, rebounds, and assists, greatly improving its standing in the Euroleague. In his last game for Tel Aviv on Nov. 26, Farmar’s team toppled the Croatian-based Cedevita with a 96-89 victory. Fellow Jewish hoospter Omri Casspi was also expected to play in Israel for Maccabi Tel Aviv, but with the lockout over, he will continue as the forward for Sacramento Kings. The reduced 66-game NBA season will resume on Dec. 25. “I had a great time, I’m glad to go out on top,” Farmar said. “I love these guys. They really hold a special place in my heart and I hope they feel the same

In 2008, Chabad laid teﬁlin on Farmarduring his visit to Israel (above) When the NBA is in play, he’s on the NJ Nets.

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Turn to South Nassau Communities Hospital for Gold Standard Cardiac Care For the third consecutive year, the Oceanside-based South Nassau Communities Hospital has been awarded a Gold Performance Achievement Award in Coronary Artery Disease from the Get With The Guidelines (GWTG) program. South Nassau is one of just 167 hospitals nationwide to receive the award, which is based on standard levels of care as outlined in the clinical guidelines and recommendations by the American Heart Association (AHA) and the American College of Cardiology (ACC) Foundation’s National Cardiology Data Registry (NCDR) ACTION Registry. To earn the Gold Performance Achievement Award, South Nassau adhered to the treatment guidelines in the ACTION Registry–GWTG for 8 consecutive quarters and met a performance standard of 85% for specific performance measures. Following these treatment guidelines improves adherence to ACC/AHA Clinical Guideline recommendations, monitoring of drug safety and the overall quality of care provided to ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) and nonST- elevation myocardial infarction patients (NSTEMI). What this honor means to the residents and communities of the South Shore is that in the event you, a loved one or a friend need expert, advanced, potentially life-saving cardiac care, you need look no further than South Nassau. Under the direction of Jason Freeman, MD, director of interventional cardiology, South Nassau’s center for Cardiovascular Health treats patients with the combination of advanced technologies and best practices and is equipped with the latest advancements in cardiac digital imaging systems. Its echocardiography lab is accredited by the Intersocietal Commission for Accreditation of Echocardiography (ICAEL). This prestigious accreditation is awarded in recognition of a commitment to quality test-

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