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By Yitzchak Carroll People of all ages converged on Andrew J. Parise Cedarhurst Park for Kulanuâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s annual community fair on Sunday, raising funds for the Cedarhurst-based center for special services. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Kulanu is a great institution, worthy of our

support, so we came here to support it,â&#x20AC;? said Cedarhurst resident Ed Silver, who attended with his three sons. â&#x20AC;&#x153;My favorite part of the fair was the bounce house because itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fun,â&#x20AC;? his son Nachum, 10, said enthusiastically.

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By Malka Eisenberg The Young Israel of Woodmere is hosting a wide-ranging educational conference this Sunday, June 29, bringing together 36 rabbis, teachers, and psychologists from across the Orthodox spectrum from the U.S. and Israel.

The Five Towns Community Collaborative Conference, the brainchild of Rabbi Reuven Taragin, dean of overseas students at Yeshivat Hakotel in Jerusalem, is focusing on educating parents on how to be educators of their children. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Schools are necessary to help parents educate their children, but education is primarily the parentsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; responsibility,â&#x20AC;? with the Torah charging parents with the responsibility, Rabbi Taragin told The Jewish Star from Israel.

The conference begins with Shacharit at 8:30 am, is free and open to the general public.

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By Malka Eisenberg More than 100 men and women poured into Jeffrey Resnick’s Woodmere home on Sunday in a bid to combine the inspirational power of two Jewish organizations —Partners in Torah and Birthright.

The goal of the combined effort of these two organizations is to provide an opportunity to students inspired by Birthright to sign up to continue learning about their Jewish heritage before they leave Israel.

Sunday’s event was led by Rabbi Eli Gewirtz, founder and national director of Partners in Torah, and the Orthodox Union Chairman and former President Stephen Savitsky.

Partners in Torah, an affiliate of Torah Umesorah, is a free program that links Jews seeking to learn more about their heritage to more knowledgeable Torah trainers or mentors, with ongoing study by phone or Skype for up to an hour a week.

Since its beginning 21 years ago, more than 58,000 have participated in the program, said Gewirtz.

Savitsky, a Woodmere resident, said the “concept of people in communities learning Torah with an unaffiliated Jew … can change your whole approach to life.” He took his challenge to different shuls in the neighborhood, recruiting mentors, rallying listeners and ultimately enlisting 125 Five Towners to join his effort to teach Torah on the phone.

“The results are incredible,” said Savitsky. “A fantastic relationship is built up between the Orthodox and these people.

It breaks down the barriers between affiliated and non-affiliated people. I’ve seen it myself — hundreds teaching Torah to those not well versed in Jewish life.”

“The purpose is to prevent intermarriage, to change the results of the Pew report,” he said.

“This summer more than 1,200 are going to Israel” on Birthright, he continued.

“The goal is to have mentors ready when they come back. Not just a teacher, a match with someone in the field they are interested in to strengthen them.”

Birthright, partially funded by the Jewish Agency, is open to people between the ages of 18 and 26 who were either never in Israel or were in Israel once. Birthright participants become “more affiliated and develop a close relationship to Israel and the Jewish people” as a result of their visit to Israel.

Many participants feel a void when they come back, said Savitsky. Noting that the Pew report on the status of Jews in America records a 70 percent intermarriage rate among unaffiliated Jews, he said, “We don’t have the manpower to deal with the numbers of people out there, we don’t have enough kiruv workers.”

“The only way to make a meaningful difference is to recruit average Orthodox men and women regardless of what they are doing (in their careers). If they are willing to give a half hour to an hour once a week to learn on the phone with a Jewish neshoma (soul), they can instill the love for the Jewish people and religion and hopefully (they will) become more traditional to their approach to Judaism and marry Jews.”

One Partners in Torah participant, Daniel Stern, spoke at the breakfast about his experience. He heard about Partners through Birthright and wanted to continue learning.

“Birthright has a fantastic track record for inspiring while in Israel,” stressed Gerwirtz, but there is “virtually no followup.

They come back inspired but lose the inspiration, [with] no ongoing personal reContinued on page 13

Israeli sci-tech program invigorates local highs

At left, members of the Hebrew Academy of the Five Towns and Rockaway High School Center for Initiatives in Jewish Educa-

By Malka Eisenberg HAFTR hosted 300 students from 19 tristate area Jewish high schools to showcase what they learned during two years of an Israeli high tech engineering course.

The Center for Initiatives in Jewish Education (CIJE) Tech High School Engineering Program and Young Engineers Conference “is one of the most exciting curricular initiatives we have done in years,” said Rabbi M. Shepard, principal of Torah Academy for Girls High School in Far Rockaway. “The students are engaged, involved and thinking, which is as much as you can ask for in any course.”

Area high schools at the May 21 conference included HALB’s DRS and SKA, HANC, Bnos Bais Yaakov, TAG, Manhattan High School for Girls, Yeshivah of Flatbush and MTA, as well as HAFTR. The program features a two-year introduction to physics and biomedical engineering for ninth and tenth graders, with the goal of facilitating creative, analytical and independent thinking across disciplines while fostering leadership skills and the ability to work in a group. To achieve this, CIJE trains and mentors teachers and provides the necessary materials for the course and its labs.

tion Tech High School Engineering Program Sci-Tech class. At right, members of the Hebrew Academy of Long Beach’s David

Adam Jerozolim, an engineering specialist with CIJE, said the program “is based off a company called Israel Sci-Tech who developed curriculums for a series of STEM schools in Israel called ORT schools. The goal is to open our students to STEM fields and to give them tools for thinking and discovery that are not currently utilized in the U.S. education system.” Jerozolim said that STEM — Science, Technology, Engineering and Math — education is now “the ‘hot’ topic in education and CIJE is giving yeshivas the leg up. We are way ahead of the game in terms of integrating STEM, robotics, programming, engineering, etc. into the high school classroom.”

Even yeshivas that seek to limit students’ exposure to the Internet and related technology have brought this into their schools. “We are bringing in a new way of thinking and learning, and their students love it,” said Jerozolim. “The goal is not to get students to become engineers, it’s to get them to become thinkers and problem solvers.”

CIJE was founded in 2001 to “enhance and enrich” Jewish education in the U.S., according to its website.

HAFTR chemistry teacher Rebecca Reinherz teaches the elective course that meets

Renov Stahler Boys High School with their sci-tech presentation at the CIJE and Young Engineers conference at HAFTR.

four times a week during the students’ lunch to ninth and tenth graders. “We assume they know nothing but are willing to put in the time to learn,” she said.

“It’s an amazing course, unlike any other,” where the students can say ‘I can learn it and build it myself.’ It gives them the skills and confidence to imagine something that doesn’t exist yet and build it themselves.”

One of the projects HAFTR students presented was a helmet with sensors that would indicate where the athlete got hit and with how much force to determine if the athlete can return to the game, noting that many get concussions and don’t realize it until it is too late. Another entry was a walking stick for the blind that beeps when sensing an obstacle and vibrates when contacting water.

Students at Tichon Meir Moshe, Bnos Bais Yaakov’s high school in Far Rockaway, report that they loved the program, said secular studies principal Adina Mandel. The course is taught by the school’s high school physics teacher Michelle Bistricer who trained over the summer at Bar Ilan in Israel.

The program exposes student “to a world of what they can do when they get older,” Bistricer said. “They are going to Israel to semi-

nary after graduation and on to college. It is expanding their horizons, introducing them to fields they can work in outside of the parameters before. And they can earn an income while their husbands may be learning in kollel.” Two of the inventions the girls’ submitted were a pill dispenser and a bracelet for swimmers that would alert a lifeguard when the swimmer is in danger.

“The fact that I have a physics class is unusual” for a Bais Yaakov type of school, said Mandel. “Science is a part of nature that Hashem created. [The students] should be familiar with it; the more they know the more they appreciate it.”

HAFTR high school’s general studies principal, Naomi Lippman, lauded the program, noting that it “meshes well with their science program” and is a “wonderful enhancement.”

It’s “learning how to be a scientist,” without using a textbook, to be able to “make mistakes, test hypothesis, go back and try again.”

“It’s also an opportunity to collaborate in small groups, to brainstorm as a group,” Lippman said. “Schools are not always structured for group work. Adults collaborate and brainstorm together; it’s an opportunity for real-world experience.”

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Partners in Torah and Birthright join forces

What does not break us only makes us stronger satisfied the tank was ready for battle.

Often, the failed inspections would be followed with forced runs around the tanks or similar exhausting consequences, such that we were extremely motivated to pass inspection as early as possible, especially when we were due for weekend leave; if the Commanders did not think we were taking the inspection seriously enough, we could lose our weekend pass in an instant.

But it seemed that no matter how hard we tried, it was never good enough. Our commanders always found something wrong, a smudge of grease left on the main gun, a few drops of water missing from the battery, not enough oil, or too much, on the heavy machine gun and so on. And then you had to start all over again.

Some guys just could not accept that all their efforts were meaningless, and they were often the ones who lost a weekend because they just could not cut it and just got more and more frustrated. They did not understand that we were never going to pass on the first inspection, or even the third.

Life does not always make sense. his week we read the portion of Chukat, which is all about the aspects of life we will never understand. The portion begins with the laws of the Parah Adumah (the Red heifer) and the system applied to purify those individuals who had become impure by their direct contact with death. Called the ultimate ‘chok’ or law we can never fully comprehend, the process purified those who were impure, but concurrently made impure those who administered the process and had been pure. In fact, many of the rules for this system make little sense, such as the fact that a cow meant to purify had to be red, usually the color of impurity.

Indeed the theme of this portion seems to be all about death, as we are told of the deaths

of Miriam and Aaron, and the decree that Moshe will not enter the land of Israel and will die in the desert.

Rav Moshe Feinstein, in his Darash Moshe, points out that the portion begins by saying “Zot Chukat HaTorah,” this is the (incomprehensible) law of the Torah, instead of calling it the law of the Red heifer, precisely because in every aspect of Torah and life in general, there will always be that aspect which is incomprehensible.

Even Mitzvot which seem eminently reasonable, contain some element of the incomprehensible. We are commanded not to charge interest, and yet we are commanded to lend money to those in need. A person killing someone accidentally must take refuge in an Ir Miklat (city of refuge), yet some might be forced to remain there a lifetime whilst others might be free to return home after a day (depending on when the Kohen Gadol, the High priest died) and so on.

And as such, suggests Rav Moshe, our fulfillment of these precepts can never depend on our comprehension; we will always need to accept that there are aspects to any commandment or experience we will never be able to understand.

Such is the nature of death; we can never fully comprehend it, and if we are dependent on being able to rationally make sense of all the experiences in our lives, we will always be left wanting.

I remember the first time my cousin Danny, whose son Benjy was killed in the second Lebanon War just a few weeks after his wedding, came to Yeshivat Orayta on the eve of Israel’s Memorial Day. After sharing Benjy’s story, he

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opened the floor to the students’ questions, one of whom asked him whether the loss of his son under such difficult circumstances had affected his faith. “Not at all,” he responded, and then obviously realized his response had shocked his audience.

So he explained: You either have faith, or you don’t; but it cannot be dependent on whether it makes sense, because then it was never really faith to begin with. And he added that he truly felt for the families he had met who had suffered similar losses but without the accompanying faith, because theirs must be a much more lonely and painful lot.

Ultimately, one of the most important lessons in life is to learn to accept that we are not always going to get it; we don’t get to make it all make sense.

On one level, it is precisely when we finally understand that we will never fully ‘get it’ that we actually start to get it.

So how do you wake up in the morning day after day, knowing your son has been kidnapped by Hamas terrorists and still believe in the power of prayer? How do the three incredible mothers of Naftali, Eyal and Gilad continue to believe that Hashem (G-d) loves us and that we need to have faith?

That is both the hidden question, and the point of the portion of Chukat; after two thousand years, and an endless series of impossible “inspections,” the Jewish people never stopped believing that there was a point to the exercise, even while realizing we might never get to fully understand it. And after all we have been through, we will persevere yet again, precisely because our enemies do not understand that what does not break us only makes us stronger.

May Hashem bless us to hear good news soon, and see our three boys, along with all the Israeli soldiers out looking for them, returned soon safely home.

Shabbat Shalom, from Gush Etzion, Columnist@TheJewishStar.com

With great sadness, The Jewish Star records the passing of

Mrs. Ruth Feig Faiga Rifka Bat Mordechai Beloved mother of our “Who’s in the Kitchen” columnist Judy Josef

The funeral was held on Monday morning at Boulevard Funeral Home in Hewlett.

Family members spoke of Mrs. Feig’s lifelong devotion to her family and friends, her caring, sense of humor and love of life.

May Hashem provide consolation to her and her family among the mourners of Zion and Jerusalem. May her soul be bound up in the bond of eternal life.

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sk any Israeli soldier who served in the armored corps what part of his army service he hated the most, and he will answer unequivocally “tipul shvui,” the weekly tank inspection.

After completing 10 weeks of basic infantry training, followed by an additional 10 weeks of FROM THE HEART tank crew school learnOF JERUSALEM ing the rudimentary skills of serving as tank crew members, we began one of the most difficult courses in the Israeli army. For 12 grueling weeks we averaged less than 15 hours of sleep a week, training day and night in our tanks in the field, with no showers, eating cold battle rations in the blistering heat of the Middle Rabbi Binny Eastern summer. HeadFreedman ing out of base in our tanks to the simulated battlefield environment on Sunday mornings, the entire week was one long nightmare of dust and diesel fumes, shell blasts and grease.

In an effort to simulate battle, we trained until we were so tired it was too dangerous to maneuver in tanks. We would finally head back to base in the early dawn hours of Thursday morning. And then the dreaded inspections would begin.

Forced to work on our tanks all day Thursday and into the night, we were not allowed to sleep or shower until our commanders were satisfied that every last screw was tightened, every last nozzle properly greased and every corner of the tank cleaned and scrubbed until it practically sparkled. And every week, no matter how hard we tried, we always failed the inspections time after time until they were finally

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n the beginning of Chapter 21, the Torah tells how an encounter with the Canaanites of the Negev concluded with the capture of a single captive – who Rashi identifies as a maidservant.

While I shy away from attempts at identifying why this might have happened, Targum Yonatan and others focus on the recent death of PARSHA OF Aharon, and the subseTHE WEEK quent disappearance of the clouds, as the opening that provided the chance for a military encounter to go sour.

The Torah continues by explaining that Israel made a vow to G-d saying, “If you give this nation into my hands, I will turn their city into a ‘cherem’ (and will forbid the taking of any booty).”

Rabbi Avi Billet G-d, in turn, listened to the voice of Israel and allowed them to defeat the Canaanites.

Two questions come to mind. Why wouldn’t Moshe pray on behalf of the people, as he has so many times in the past? Why is the language of Israel praying written in the singular – isn’t the whole nation, millions of people, praying?

The Shakh explains why Moshe might not have prayed on behalf of the people. Following a line of thinking that appears in many places in the Midrash and Chazal, the Shakh suggests (based on the Yalkut Shimoni) that when the people saw Moshe descending from the mountain with Elazar, and without Aharon, they were suspicious that Moshe had killed his brother.

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suspected Elazar of murder, and those who believed Aharon had died a natural death. To squelch all the rumors, the people were given a vision of Aharon being accompanied by angels to the point that all understood that he had died naturally.

Two out of three groups were suspicious of murder, rendering Moshe uninterested in praying on their behalf. Let them pray for themselves if after 40 years they could even conceive of such a notion that Moshe or Elazar killed their brother/father.

The singular language is more compelling of a question to me, but in light of recent events, I think nothing could be more clear as to why the people are depicted as praying in the singular, in the aftermath of one person being taken captive.

All I have read is that the country of Israel, as fractured as it sometimes is in times of peace, and when people have time to fight about things that, all told, are not that important, is a different country today than it was before Naftali, Eyal and Gilad were kidnapped. We could surely benefit from the prayer of Moshe at this time. But in the absence of a Moshe Rabbeinu, we are coming together to pray as one.

In ancient times all it took was one maidservant being taken captive, and the entire nation of Israel became one. “Israel took a vow (‘vayidar’ – in the singular), ‘If you place the Canaanites in MY hand, I will leave the city desolate (with the cherem)’.”

The nation and the country of Israel understands this well. The nation as one has taken a vow to “bring our boys back.” As of this writing

there was not much news or hopes to hang onto.

But the nation of Israel seems united as one, to rid its land of the evil of Hamas, and to destroy the infrastructure that allows evil people to roam freely, to kidnap innocent children because they “are frustrated with the occupation.” And of course, to see the three boys returned to their homes in safety.

Most of us do things, and sometimes even regrettable things, when we are frustrated. But we don’t kill people, or kidnap children. Moshe would be very frustrated with even the suspicion of such.

That the world accepts the Palestinian narrative that terrorism, and kidnapping, and taking soldiers is a direct result of frustration just speaks volumes of how liberal thinking goes. “If it’s Jews, they can’t be right. They’ve brought it upon themselves. And the frustrated are justified.”

Maybe Israel – the nation and the country – can take a vow, using the Torah’s precedent, that if You, G-d, will help rid this pestilence from our land – whether through political means, relocation strategies, etc, then we, united as one, will not take anything from the cherem, and we will not celebrate the emptiness of once inhabited lands.

We, as one People, will celebrate that we live in peace, and that our youth need not fear when they hitchhike, because they know they are in a “medinah yehudit” (Jewish country) in which chesed is the guiding principle of Jews helping Jews, because, of course, the person behind the wheel is concerned only for your welfare.

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Dassi Billet Jacobson reports from Gush Etzion Dr. Dassi Billet Jacobson and her husband Rabbi Dr. Dan Jacobson and their children live in Nevei Daniel in the Gush Etzion area of Judea. Dassi, a psychologist, is the daughter of Rabbi Hershel Billet, Rav of the Young Israel of Woodmere. She ďŹ led this report last weekend from Gush Etzion.

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t is hard to believe what weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve lived through this past week since the kidnapping of Gilad Shaar, Naftali Fraenkel, and Eyal Yifrach a few minutes from our home in pastoral Gush Etzion last Thursday night. The boys were waiting to catch a ride from a bus stop next to Alon Shvut junction in the direction of Bet Shemesh.

This is a place we drive past frequently, and it is also around the corner from two of our kidsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; (Teeli and Noam) schools, literally a ďŹ ve minute walk from there. While our hearts go out to the boys and their families, and to the boysâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; schoolmates, many of whom are our friendsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; sons, there is also a heavy feeling that comes from that this happened in our neighborhood.

Yes, we know we live over the green line, but Gush Etzion is safe. We donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t generally feel like we live in a war zone. We have all the freedom of movement that we were used to in America; in many ways things are safer here for kids, and our kids have more independence here than they would in New York. We work, we shop, we have moderate political opinions.

Dan and our big boys (Roni and Yehuda) run in these hills, 5K, 10K. Teeli has walked to friendsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Shabbat afternoon birthday parties in Elazar and Efrat, neighboring yishuvim, with a group of teens. Our large grocery store, Rami Levy, has an even mix of Jewish and Arab employees, and an even mix of shoppers from both populations. We greet each other, stand in line together. This is normal life in Gush Etzion.

And yes, our big kids, and we the adults, sometimes tremp (hitchhike) to get around.

There are safety rules of course. Try to tremp from inside a yishuv, try to get into a car with someone you know, travel with a friend especially at night, sit in the back, donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t say where you are going, wait for the driver to say his destination, try to take a bus. In a place where the cost of cars and fuel is prohibitive (both about twice the average American price), most people own one car, and have two working parents in the house.

Public transportation is infrequent and doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t always arrive reliably. So we tremp, giving and receiving rides, in the spirit of neighborliness. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s like an informal carpool. It is something that happens all over Israel, not just in the settlements. Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be mislead â&#x20AC;&#x201D;

onstration at the Alon HaBoded, the famous Lone Oak Tree, in Gush Etzion. It was organized by Im Tirzu, a student organization of secular and religious activists. It was uplifting to see the people from outside this area who turned out bedecked in ďŹ&#x201A;agsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;secular, religious, young and oldâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;to be together, to sing, to pray, and to hear the story of Gush Etzion.

We support each other. This morning as a psychologist I did a processing group for women in my house. I will do two more, bezrat Hashem, next week. Many people are suffering.

We reassure our kids, we tell them that bad people can do bad things, but largely we believe we are safe. We encourage them to tell us if they are feeling scared. We answer the questions of the more inquisitive ones (Tani!) as honestly as possible.

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behavior so we can help the kids ďŹ gure out why they feel extra upset. We try to help them be distracted. Last teens from Haifa, Netanya and Modiin ďŹ nd it small indeed. to be a fairly efďŹ cient and certainly cheap form So what do we do? We are blessed in Motzei Shabbat, Yehuda (12 years old) came of transport which can get them to the natural Gush Etzion with a wonderful supportive into our bedroom and said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;I need some spring theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d like to picnic at which is not on a community. The army is mobilized just South help calming down.â&#x20AC;?

We spoke for a while. Then Dan went to bus route- all over the country. It sounds crazy of our area, doing house to house searches to an American, and when we ďŹ rst moved here in the suburbs of Hevron, searching for the tuck him in. Yehuda, well versed in distracnine years ago I certainly felt that way. To this boys in operation Shuvu Achim. Soldiers are tion as a tool for allaying anxiety, said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Abba, day it makes me nervous. But itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s usually very literally everywhere. We are baking for them letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s count sheep. One sheep, ďŹ&#x201A;ying over the safe. Certainly for our teens it allows them and delivering cakes and drinks to the pina fence, two sheep, ďŹ&#x201A;ying over the fence. To the freedom of movement, a freedom which has chama, the warm corner for soldiers at the shochet. Just kidding!â&#x20AC;? So yes, we use humor, been intensely curtailed over the last week.

Gush Etzion Junction. They have been re- too. We are inspired by the amazing families But the tremping thing is the least of it, and ceiving over a thousand cakes a day. We buy of the boys who go on international TV and honestly Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not wringing my hands over it. drinks, half-liter sodas to be distributed by speak to us in such a digniďŹ ed way, with so The point is that the boys were doing some- our friends when they bring a whole car full much faith, with an encouraging word. They thing that is considered safe with the permis- of treats to their sonsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; unit of soldiers who are truly incredible. We are awed by the very sion of their parents. An act of war was per- are ďŹ ghting in Hevron. When we go to the real and special people in our midst. e also try to live life. It is complex. petuated against our kids (because they are local large chain supermarket, there are carts Two of our kids graduated this week. all our kids, and that is something we all very outside asking for donations of treats to be On Tuesday, we celebrated Roniâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 8th much feel) in our own backyard. distributed at the front.

On Wednesday, we as a community ďŹ lled grade graduation, on Thursday Teeliâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s from veryone is affected. Kids with increased anxiety, mothers and fathers with wor- 34 carts with goodies. There were chayalim High School. The evenings both began with ried faces, adults crying at random times. everywhere, at the junction, patrolling roads, Tehillim. Every speech mentioned Gilad, NafThis story is on everyoneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mind, and it is the and sitting in the cafe near the grocery store, tali, and Eyal, and the joy mixed with sadness only topic of conversation. We have friends in English cake, were a few high ranking of- that can be part of living and building Israel. both Talmon and in Nof Ayalon, the homes of ďŹ cers (2 or 3 felafels) drinking coffee. We Looking at the photo montages of the beauGilad and Naftali. In my WhatsApp group of thank the chayalim. But it is a strange feel- tiful, happy eighth grade boys and twelfth old college friends, there is one woman from ing. Since we moved here, there has never grade girls was heart warming but also heart each place. Between them and the four women been a war a few minutes away; we have wrenching. These kids, all our kids, are so from Gush Etzion (out of 11 women), and two never been able to sit quietly at night and beautiful and precious. G-d should protect women with sons who are students at Makor hear the drones. During the Second Lebanon them and give them mazal. We, the adults, Chaim, Gilad and Naftaliâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s school, the front War and the operations in the South, Oferet are not really in control, though sometimes lines are over-represented and Israel feels very Yetzuka and Amud Anan, Gush Etzion was we manage to believe that we are.

We can give them tools, educate them a refuge spot, a place for quiet respite, for the embattled residents of the North and the with values we believe in, teach them to be cautious, and live within appropriate boundSouth. It is strange and different. e pray. Last Friday, we went to a Te- aries. We can teach them to believe that they hillim gathering in a friendâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s house. are part of something bigger than any of us, The house and yard were overďŹ&#x201A;owing and we can be inspired, too, by their simple with men, women, and children. On Sun- faith, even the bigger kids who have seen difday night Teeli and I went to a special teďŹ lla ďŹ cult things.

We can love them inďŹ nitely but we can service for women and girls (Atzeret TeďŹ lla Imahot Ubanot) in Migdal Oz. The teďŹ lla, not fully protect them. But we also need to with hundreds of women and girls, the Bet help them learn how to take appropriate Midrash overďŹ&#x201A;owing, was fervent, uplifting, risks which are part of life and which make and full of singing. Yamim noraim style, with life richer and worth living. And we also additional special teďŹ llot for neâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;edarim (miss- need to let them be free. It is the story of the ing) and for chayalim. We daven for Gilad, life of a parent. But this week it has a differNaftali, and Eyal. And for our soldiers, our ent meaning.

At the graduations, they played a Hebrew boys, our friendsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; kids, who are ďŹ ghting. At the same time we hear reports of the 30,000 song by Arik Einstein called â&#x20AC;&#x153;Fly Little BIrd.â&#x20AC;? people strong teďŹ lla going on simultaneously The chorus [translated] is as follows: Fly, little bird at the Kotel. The Jewish people coming toCut through the sky gether for these boys.

Fly to wherever you want We demonstrate. Yesterday, more than Just donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t forget 200 Gush Etzion mothers at 5 pm, which Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an eagle in the sky we all know is crazy time at home with kids, Be cautious. gathered to sing and say Tehillim and hold May it be so. May our children be able signs at the kidnapping site, holding signs with the hashtag,â&#x20AC;?Bring Back Our Boys.â&#x20AC;? to live without fear, to have self-imposed Today, Teeli and Roni, who already ďŹ nished boundaries, but to be truly free. May G-d proschool for the year, wanted to go to a dem- tect them in their travels for always.

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By Jaime Geller, JNS.org My grandparents really knew how to cook. It seems to me that everyone born in “the Old Country” (in this case, Transylvania) was born with built-in cooking intuition.

Somehow they could create the most scrumptious meals using no fancy equipment, and not even measuring spoons. I recall that they hosted every holiday humbly, turning out the expected delicacies with what seemed like the simplest, most relaxed effort. No exotic flavor profiles, nor any food combos and wine pairing, because when the food is that good—no, make that superb—there’s no need to reinvent the wheel.

But since recipes evolve with each generation, I present some of my favorite traditional recipes with a few of my own twists.

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My grandfather, Poppy, was nicknamed “Chefu,” Romanian for chef. A butcher by trade, he was amazing in the kitchen. He and my grandmother each had their specialties.

Anytime we stopped by their house off Philadelphia’s Northeast Avenue, there was something tasty and fresh for us to eat.

I loved sitting at their tiny kitchen table enjoying sour cream potato soup. Poppy’s original rendition of this soup consisted simply of potatoes, water, salt, pepper, sour cream, and small square luckshen. (It may sound like Chinese, but it’s Yiddish for noodles.) I’ve beefed up his recipe by replacing the water with vegetable broth and substituting small red-skin potatoes (eye appeal) for his peeled, diced russets. This rich soup immediately transports me back to his kitchen table with my legs dangling above the floor.

Prep Time: 8 minutes Cook Time: 30 minutes Yield: 10 cups

Ingredients: 3 tablespoons butter 1 large onion, finely diced 1 quart vegetable broth, such as Manischewitz all-natural vegetable broth 1 pound very small red-skin potatoes, quartered One 16-ounce container sour cream Kosher salt Ground white pepper 2 1/2 cups cooked small pasta (such as square noodles, ditalini, or orzo) Directions: 1. Heat the butter in a large pot over medium heat. Add the onion and cook, stirring continually until translucent, about 10 minutes. Do not let the onion brown.

2. Add the broth and potatoes and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat and simmer until the potatoes are fork tender, 10-15 minutes.

3. Temper the sour cream by placing it in a large bowl and slowly, so that it doesn’t curdle, whisking in 1 cup of the soup. Pour the tempered sour cream into the soup. Mix well and heat through. Season with salt and pepper. Place 1/4 cup noodles in each of 8 bowls and ladle the soup over the top. Serve warm.

Quick tips: Small square noodles by Manischewitz can be found in your local supermarket under the name Egg Noodles Flakes. This recipe keeps the cooked noodles separate from the soup so they don’t get mushy. Portion the noodles into bowls and top with hot soup just before serving.

You can vary the recipe by serving it as a chilled soup. Omit the noodles and puree with a dash of nutmeg until thick and creamy. Top with chopped chives.

For a fun twist, dress it up with Poppy’s Potato Soup Cups. Make a spice rub to rim

mugs for a fun presentation. Combine 2 tablespoons each paprika and celery salt in a small bowl. Dip the edges of 10 eight-ounce mugs in water and then in the spice rub. Fill the mugs with soup and garnish with a dollop of sour cream.

This soup is perfect with fresh buttered pumpernickel rolls.

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I really should stop griping about being disadvantaged when it comes to cooking DNA. The fact is, Daddy is one of the best cooks on the planet. What gives his Mititei authentically Transylvanian flavor is the loads and loads of garlic—not at all for the faint of heart.

Warning: If you don’t like garlic, this recipe is not for you. If you just kinda like garlic, this recipe is not for you. If you love garlic, you will hug this book, hug me when you see me, tear out this recipe and frame it on your wall, ask for my dad’s number so you can call him, thank him, and arrange for a time to meet him in person, and hug him, too.

Tradition dictates that these are served with mustard, not ketchup.

Prep Time: 20 minutes Cook Time: 15-20 minutes Marinate Time: 24-48 hours Yield: 15 sausages Ingredients: 2 pounds ground beef (not too lean) 2 1/2 teaspoons ground caraway 1⁄4 teaspoon kosher salt 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper 1 large garlic head 1/2 teaspoon baking soda 2 cups club soda or seltzer Canola oil Spicy mustard, for serving Directions: 1. Place the beef in a large bowl. Add the caraway, salt, and pepper. Crush the garlic cloves with a garlic press and add them to the bowl.

2. Combine the baking soda with 1 cup of the club soda or seltzer in a small bowl and whisk to dissolve. Add to the meat and mix well by hand to fully incorporate. Once fully absorbed, mix in an additional 1/2 cup club soda or seltzer. Once that is fully incorporated, add the remaining 1/2 cup. Continue to mix by hand for 5 minutes.

3. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and let marinate in the refrigerator for at least 24 hours or up to 48 hours.

4. When you are ready to cook, preheat the grill to high.

5. Oil your hands, scoop 1/3 cup of the meat mixture, and form it into an oblong sausage about 3 inches long by 1 inch wide. Place the sausage on a plate or baking sheet. Repeat with the remaining meat mixture to form 15 sausages total. Lower the heat to medium and Continued on page 14

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By Leba Sonneberg Last week, Leba Sonneberg, a resident of North Woodmere, traced her fatherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s escape from Germany before the Shoah, and discovered what had happened to her grandparents and uncle during the war. She came upon this information late in her fatherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s life, and after he passed away her journey continued.

I resolved to travel to Mszana Dolna to visit Kever Avot and try to ďŹ nd more information about what had happened to my uncle from the day of the massacre (8/19/42) until the day of his death (12/25/42). I contacted a woman named Agnieska JozeďŹ ka who worked for the mayor and she agreed to ďŹ nd a guide to assist me, but the trip was delayed for various reasons, including my February wedding to Alter Glass; my granddaughter Sigalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Bat Mitzvah and Pesach were coming up soon after that.

During the wedding, my sister Rena encountered two of my fatherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s cousins, Josh Adler and Margaret Sussman, and mentioned my research into Mszana Dolna and my plan to visit Poland. As it turned out, Josh Adlerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s nephew, Rabbi Aron Adler of Yerushalayim, was leading a tour to Poland in July 2013.

The rest is history.

The 10-day tour was life-changing. We visited cities where Jewish life was active and rich before the war, saw magniďŹ cent restored shuls and the remnants of many that were left in destruction, visited cemeteries where gedolim and martyrs were buried, visited concentration camps and saw ďŹ rsthand the horrors that we read about for so many years. It was extremely difďŹ cult in the short time that we were in Poland to process all the history that was imparted to us by our brilliant guide Rabbi Aron Adler.

The highlight for me was the morning that my sister Rena and I spent in Mszana Dolna with Joanna Huber, our guide from the town.

We were shown where the shul once stood and where the Jewish neighborhood had once been. We visited the old cemetery which miraculously had not been destroyed by the Nazis. We were taken to a grave where 22 Jewish men were murdered by the Nazis on June 15, 1942. Then we came to the area of my grandparentsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; gravesite. Although I knew through my research that the area was well kept by the town I was not prepared for what I saw. At the road there was a brass plaque mounted on a large stone dedicated to the memory of the Jews of Mszana Dolna.

An attractive brick walkway named The Alley of The Holocaust led to the gravesite.

There is also a large sign with a full description, in Polish, of all that happened to the Jews of Mszana Dolna on Aug. 19, 1942. Rena and I walked the path walked by 881 Jews; we wept at the sight of the matzava and said the appropriate teďŹ lot and lit yahrtzeit candles. We left photos and a family tree of the 22 descendants (to date, kain yerbu) of Leibe Feige zâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;l and Nachum Stern zâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;l, who came to exist because their son, our father, Yisroel Yitzchak Stern zâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;l, had the foresight to leave Europe in 1937.

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Shortly before leaving the town, our guide there asked us if we knew Moses Aftergut, an individual who had been visiting the town every year on the yahrtzeit of the massacre.

The moment she uttered the name it triggered a memory. Rena and I looked at each other. We immediately realized that he was the person we were looking for, the man who disclosed our familyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s history to our father.

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She promised to email to me the information about Mr. Aftergut so that I might contact him. fter I returned home from Poland I was all the more obsessed with my family research project. I called Mr. Aftergut and he conďŹ rmed that he was the man who contacted my father to tell him what had happened to his family and to provide the yahrtzeits. I wanted to hear more from him but it was difďŹ cult on the phone. He agreed to meet with me in the near future.

Another strange turn of events occurred a few weeks later when I had dinner with two close friends from work. They both knew about my family research and were eager to hear about my trip to Poland. When I mentioned Moses Aftergut one of my friends, Carol Lempel, jumped out of her seat. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I know him,â&#x20AC;? she said â&#x20AC;&#x201D; her father knew him in Poland and Mr. Aftergut was at her wedding. She too wanted to meet with Mr. Aftergut because he had letters that her father, who passed away some years ago, had written to him.

Meanwhile, I learned from my friend Tamara that Mr. Aftergutâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s grandson was soon to be bar mitzvahed. Her cousin Chani graciously invited me.

At the bar mitzvah, in a shul in Flatbush not far from where I grew up, Mr. Aftergut told me about life in Mszana Dolna. He described the personalities of my grandparents and my uncle. He said that one day, while he and his friend Naftali (my uncle) were working on a road for the Nazis, a soldier approached and said that he was taking Naftali to a convalescent home in Rabka because he was too sick to do the work. Soon after that, Mr. Aftergut continued, he received a letter from my uncle which he recited to me verbatim in Yiddish, then translated.

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Shulamith School for Girls honors its top grads Shoshana Rockoff resides with her family in West Hempstead and attends Shulamith School for Girls. She is focused on achieving goals and has a deep appreciation for her schoolwork. A highlight for Shoshana was becoming a ďŹ nalist in the Yediot Klalliot competition, as well as in the Brachot Bee. Another achievement was winning ďŹ rst place in the Inter-Yeshiva HALB Science Fair in 2013 and again in 2014. Shoshana was also awarded the Keter Shem Tov Award for two consecutive years.

Shoshana embraces chesed opportunities and is always looking for ways to grow.in areas of Torah and Ahavat Yisroel. Shulamith has given Shoshana a deep appreciation for doing chesed. both inside the classroom and outside. Shulamith has been an integral force in her development. Shoshana is involved with the special needs population through her work with Friendship Circle and enjoys participating in programs with Yachad.

This year, Shoshana played for the Mustangs, the Shulamith Basketball Team, and was a Business Manager for the yearbook. Shoshana feels privileged to have been named Valedictorian of the Shulamith Class of 2014. She looks forward to attending SKA, IYâ&#x20AC;?H in the fall.

Racheli Brunner resides in Woodmere, where she was born and raised, and has attended Shulamith School for Girls since kindergarten. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not only Racheliâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s red hair and freckles that make her shine; her accomplishments are many and varied.

Racheli was on Math Olympiad and Torah Bowl in 7th grade. As captain of this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s

Torah Bowl team, Racheli studied the entire Chumash Bereishis with every Rashi.

As editor-in-chief, Racheli also led her classmates in producing a magniďŹ cent yearbook. Racheli has headed many choirs, has led younger grades in Shulamith in TeďŹ la, and has taught in Shulamith on several occasions.

As far as Chessed is concerned, it begins in the home. Racheli is a Bnos leader and takes her younger siblings to Bnos and Pirchei in the afternoons so that they can have fun while her parents rest. She uses the gifts Hashem has given her to tutor others free of charge.

Shulamith has helped mold Racheli into the educated, mature, nurturing young lady she has become. Shulamith has helped instill in her a love for Klal Yisrael, Eretz Yisrael, and Torat Yisrael. Racheli aspires to become a Chumash teacher because she loves studying Chumash and applying the lessons sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s learned for her personal growth. She is also considering becoming a professor in Math.

Racheli is looking forward to attending Manhattan High School for Girls next year, IYâ&#x20AC;?H, where they will continue to help her achieve these goals and more.

Racheli is thrilled to have been selected Salutatorian of this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s graduating class and has tremendous hakoras hatov to her family, to Shulamith, and to everyone involved in helping her arrive where she is today.

Yael Torczyner is a West Hempstead resident and attends Shulamith School for Girls. She is deeply devoted to her community and serves as a group leader at the Young Israel of West Hempsteadâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ECC minyan, as well as an umpire

in the West Hempstead shulsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; little league.

Yael enjoys spending time working on art and was the Layout Editor for the yearbook.

Yael has also been accepted to the Art Academy at SKA, which she will be attending in the fall.

During her time in Shulamith School for Girls, Yael has acquired many accolades including winning third place in the InterYeshiva HALB Science Fair in 2014. Yael has also had the highest individual score in Math Olympiad for three years in a row. In addition, she was also on the Shulamith Torah Bowl team this year. Yael feels honored to have been named Salutatorian for the Shulamith School for Girls Class of 2014.

Daniella Cohen is a proud Shulamith graduate who enjoys striving for excellence in all areas of her life. Daniella, a Lawrence resident, participated in Harmony in Ensemble where she used her graceful dancing skills and where she met girls from all over the Five Towns. She looks forward to making new friends next year in Manhattan High School. Daniella worked as Layout Editor of her yearbook, using her creativity and organizational skills to produce a beautiful product. Daniella spent last summer, and looks forward to spending this summer, in Camp Kaylie.

She developed a close relationship with special needs girls that she maintained throughout the year.

Daniella volunteered her time at a Gown Gamach and would like to continue doing this Chessed next year, too. While Daniella has many wonderful attributes that have earned her the Mordechai Gimpel Wolk Memorial Award for Midot Tovot and Academic Excellence, her most

outstanding quality is her sensitivity to her family and friends. She anticipates other personsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; needs and feelings and goes out of her way to include others in her activities.

All who know her are impressed with her loyalty, sincerity, and intelligence. Daniella would like to give a big Hakarat Hatov to Shulamith School for Girls for helping her develop into the person she has become.

Rachel Ash resides with her family in Cedarhurst, New York and has been a student at Shulamith School for girls since kindergarten.

She has always loved to learn and has excelled in her Judaic and secular studies. Rachel received a trophy two years in a row at the Interyeshiva Science Congress.

For her eighth-grade yearbook, Rachel was a business manager and worked very hard with the two other managers to raise money for their yearbook along with many other 8th grade functions. Rachel also loves to perform.

She was a drama head for the school Shabbaton in her eighth-grade year, and performed on many other occasions throughout her years in Shulamith.

Rachel is a strong supporter of Israel and the IDF; she participated in a chesed called Standing Together where she and her family visited soldiers on an army base.

A kind, sensitive girl who puts the feelings of others before her own, Rachel is a deserving recipient of the Mordechai Gimpel Wolk Memorial Award for Midot Tovot and Academic Excellence.

Next year, Rachel will IYâ&#x20AC;?H be attending Stella K. Abraham High School for Girls.

3 HANCsters receive W. Hemp scholarships

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Three HANC students have been awarded the West Hempstead Community Scholarship.

The scholarship, established in 1970, is open to students of the West Hempstead and Island Park communities. The West Hempstead Community Scholarship Fund is administered by a Board of Trustees and overseen by local residents who seek to promote the education of students in their community.

After a very selective application and interview process, seniors Ariel Golshan, Bassy Kimelfeld and Alex Sachs were selected to receive three out of the six scholarships awarded. Presenting the awards to our students, at a beautiful awards dinner at Pompei Restaurant in West Hempstead, were HANC Judaic Studies Faculty members, Rabbi Eliyahu Alpert and Rabbi Joshua Goller, and Director of College Guidance, Ms. Karen Sheff.

The program began with opening remarks from Mr. Thomas Kemnizer, President of the WHCSF, followed by an invocation given by Rabbi Goller, who also serves as the Assistant Rabbi at the Young Israel of West Hempstead. Also in attendance were Principal Rabbi Shlomo Adelman and Assistant Principal Ms. Tziporah Zucker, as well as many dignitaries from the West Hempstead Community.

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Mayor Oliner joins Huck in Jerusalem

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Lawrence Mayor Martin Oliner joined former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee on a fact-ďŹ nding mission to Israel this week, in conjunction with Ateret Cohanim. The group visited the family of American Israeli kidnap victim Naftali Frenkel and both chief rabbis.

Oliner, chairman of Religious Zionists of America, was accompanied

by Ateret Cohanim executive council member Robert Kopell of Woodmere and Dr. Paul Brody of Great Neck.

Huckabee, an ardent supporter of Israel who has visited the Holy Land

often, toured sites in Jerusalemâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Old City, met with both chief rabbis and with Knesset members.

Last year her visited Auschwitz.

Huckabee explained his support of Israel as standing on â&#x20AC;&#x153;a very short line.â&#x20AC;?

The only explanation for Israelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;existence in the modern world is Gdâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s providence,â&#x20AC;? he said. The line to stand with Israel is a very short one, he added. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And since I always like to get in the short line, I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t mind being at the very front of that line.â&#x20AC;?

Presbyterian Church divestment: Should we care?

Leaders of Presbyterian Church USA voted 310â&#x20AC;&#x201C;303 to divest from Caterpillar, Hewlett-Packard, and Motorola Solutions, all companies that do business with Israel.

But with Presbyterianism being one of Americaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s smallest Christian denominations, with a sharply declining membership base, does this decision even matter?

The latest effort represents the third Presbyterian biennial in a row in which a proBDS resolution appeared at the denominationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s general assembly, as BDS supporters who make up part of PCUSAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Israel/Pales-

tine Mission Network (IPMN) have gained momentum following a narrow loss in 2012.

Similar to past BDS resolutions, the current one called on PCUSA to label Israel as an â&#x20AC;&#x153;apartheidâ&#x20AC;? nation, while calling for divestment from major companies that â&#x20AC;&#x153;participate in the Israeli occupation of Palestine.â&#x20AC;?

The IPMNâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s efforts inside the church culminated in its January release of a virulently anti-Israel document, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Zionism Unsettled: A Congregational Study Guide.â&#x20AC;? Pro-Israel groups blasted the guide, with the American Jewish Committee calling it â&#x20AC;&#x153;a devastat-

ing distortion of Jewish and Israeli history, aimed at nothing less than eradicating the state of Israel.â&#x20AC;?

Yitzhak Santis, project director at the watchdog group NGO Monitor, said pro-BDS groups speciďŹ cally target churches, seeking to twist their Christian morality to ďŹ t an antiIsrael agenda.

Yet there have been efforts by some Presbyterian leaders to gain a more balanced education on the Arab-Israeli conďŹ&#x201A;ict. In February, a delegation of more than a dozen Presbyterian lay leaders visited SodaStreamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s

factory in the Israeli West Bank city of Maâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ale Adumim. The factoryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s location has made it the target of BDS attacks, but it is also touted as a unique model of Israeli-Palestinian cooperation since it employs nearly 500 Palestinian workers alongside Israelis.

Meanwhile, as the Middle East falls into more chaos and instability by the dayâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;with news of Islamic jihadists conquering cities in Iraq and Syria, as well as Iranâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s nuclear ambitionsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;observers may realize that Israel is not the source of the regionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s woes, Santis suggested. â&#x20AC;&#x201D;JNS.org

LIerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Shoah puzzleâ&#x20AC;Ś Continued from page 10 Stern in America if possible.

The letter contained an address in Boro Park and a telephone number which was the last contact information that he had. Mr. Aftergut told me that he was in Bolivia for some time after leaving Poland and he arrived in Boro Park in 1946, the contents of the letter in his head. When he met my father, Mr. Aftergut almost fainted because he looked so much like Naftali that he thought it was techiat hamaitim (resurrection of the dead).

With great difďŹ culty he gave my father the details about the 1942 massacre and he related the words of the letter he received from Naftali with his yahrtzeit. At the time of this meeting, Moses Aftergut was about 20 years old and my father was 25. He then went on to describe to me his many trips back to 6KRVKDQQD $IWHUJXW /HED 6RQQHEHUJ *ODVV DQG 0RVHV $UWHUJXW LQ SKRWR WDNHQ DW %DU 0LW]YDK RI WKH Mszana Dolna for the yahrtzeit of the massacre and the ceremonies that are conducted $IWHUJXWV JUDQGVRQ $IWHUJXW LV WKH ODVW NQRZQ VXUYLYRU RI WKH PDVV PXUGHU RI -HZV LQ 0V]DQD 'ROQD

Onboard at YI Oceanside On June 14, the Young Israel of Oceanside held its installation of ofďŹ cers for their Sisterhood and General Organization. Outgoing synagogue president Harley Greenbaum presented his Executive Board of Directors with a certiďŹ cate and gift thanking them for their service. From left: Ben Lipschitz; Sandy Glaser, incoming President; Harley Greenbaum; Leonard Mauskopf; Herb Wallenstein; Mark Burger; Benji Alper, and Dr. Judah Ausubel.

there each year by the mayor of the town, other dignitaries and school children. The matzava and the surrounding area are maintained by the municipality. He asked me to visit him at his home whenever possible in the near future so that we could talk further.

When we sat down to dinner I felt as if I ďŹ nally came as close to closure with the past as I will ever be. I was seated at the table near my dear friend Tamara of 30 years who â&#x20AC;&#x201D; unbeknownst to me all these years, through which we shared so many good times and hard times â&#x20AC;&#x201D; was strongly connected to me through family and past events. I sat next to Tamara Klein and her mother Bertha Kurtz and her sister-in-law Marcy Kurtz, all whom I have known for many years,and I listened to Moses Aftergut, my uncleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s friend from Mszana Dolna, speak words of inspiration in Yiddish to his youngest grandson. It was truly a feeling of great fulďŹ llment for me.

Once again, Rabbi Hershel Billet of the Young Israel of Woodmere has written his congregants urging both physical and spiritual caution during the summer months. As we did last year, The Jewish Star is pleased to disseminate Rabbi Billetâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s words to a wider audience.

Now that the summer is ofďŹ cially upon us, our kids will be scattering all over the world in the coming weeks. I am sharing some points I believe are worth noting when anticipating many summer activities we and/or our children might engage in. The ďŹ rst set of points concern safety concerns many of us are aware of, along with some reminders I think of every summer on account of sundry items that have caught my attention over the years. Please forgive me if I am saying things to you that you already know. When it comes to safety, a friendly reminder is appropriate.

This is essentially the same note as last year with a few added comments.

The second set of points concerns our summer attitudes towards Sanctity and Kedusha. On a metaphysical level our eternal values are as important as our temporal values.

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6XQVFUHHQ Just about every study and article about the dangers of the sun recommends putting sunscreen on exposed parts of the body, especially when one will be outdoors for a few hours. When in the sun for extended periods, heads should be covered! %LNH +HOPHWV Biking accidents are never good for riders, but while most injuries have a better chance of recovery, brain injuries donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have such luxuries. Please wear helmets - be a role model for the children of our community - and insist that kids do too, even when biking on your block +\GUDWLRQ We are not always aware how much the heat or humidity affects us.

In general, healthy consumption of water is at least 80 oz a day. On hot days spent outdoors, even more is recommended. It is important to remember to drink even when you are doing a water activity. Getting wet does not keep your body hydrated. If you are taking a long plane ďŹ&#x201A;ight, be sure to drink a good quantity of water.

1DWXUH SUHFDXWLRQV Every summer brings with it warnings of ticks that may carry diseases. Appropriate clothing, sprays, and general awareness of what to look for either in the tick itself or if you are bitten - are all important to bear in mind.In the Northeast USA use appropriate precautions and awareness to avoid Lyme disease.

D 3ODQWV DQG ZLOGOLIH When in the great outdoors, we come in contact with the beauty, but also the potential dangers of nature. Know what kinds of animals may be in your vicinity. Know what kinds of plants - whether dangerous by contact alone or through ingestion - are to be avoided.

Snakes are a particular issue in Israel this summer. There are poisonous snakes. A few precautions are in order. Do not hike in the dark. Do not step or place hands into covered areas where you cannot see what is beneath the covering. Snakes can also be found in water/swimming holes or lakes. Doors should always be closed and windows must have screens. If bitten, sit down, call for an emergency ambulance and get to the nearest hospital ASAP. A poisonous bite will include genuine swelling at the spot of the bite. It is important not to lose oneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s cool and not to be active after a bite. Do not tie a tourniquet, or make an incision or suction the bite.

E $OOHUJLHV I always carry Benadryl with me when I travel or hike. People can get allergic reactions from insect and bee bites even if they have no history of having a reac-

tion. Sometimes the reaction can be dangerously severe. Ask your physician what is the best precaution for you. +LNLQJ Hikers should stick to marked trails. Always have a map. And hike safely.

Every year Israeli news reports include too many stories of accidents and tragedies involving people unfamiliar with the desert who go hiking with no plan, map, or communication. Death by dehydration and exposure to the elements is usually the diagnosis.

Never hike alone and always have a reliable means of communication with you in case of emergency.

'ULYLQJ LQ WKH FRXQWU\ Relatively inexperienced drivers (kids under 21) must be reminded that the Catskills and Poconos are full of one-lane, challenging roads. Extra care should be taken on these roads â&#x20AC;&#x201D; day and night â&#x20AC;&#x201D; especially with young drivers who (percentage-wise) tend to be more reckless. Responsible driving will help prevent the fatalities we unfortunately hear about every summer. :DWHU 6DIHW\ Please use every safety precaution with home pools. No one should swim without a responsible and capable person supervising. Especially small children. Pool safety with young children is paramount. There is no margin for error!

Tragedy can strike â&#x20AC;&#x201D; literally â&#x20AC;&#x201D; in seconds.

If swimming at the shore or in a lake, familiarize yourself with important information like undertow or depth of the water. Do not swim without a trained water safety person present. Never swim alone! +LWFKKLNLQJ We are in the throes of an emotionally wrenching experience in Israel. Hitchhiking in Israel and in Gush Etzion is part of the culture and one may argue, almost a neceessity. We leave that for the Israelis to debate (as they already are) going forward. In the USA it is not a necessity. Staff members who are allowed to leave camp should only take rides from within the camp or outside the camp with people who they can be certain are trustworthy people.

Many camps arrange shuttle rides for their staff at ďŹ xed hours out and back to camp.

Such a policy is commendable.

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BEEN WARNED TO KEEP QUIET! There can be no mercy for a person who molests children. Such people are potential murderers!

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7]QLXW We are Orthodox Jews living in a very open society and we are exposed to the accepted norms of that society. Our standards of â&#x20AC;&#x153;kedoshim tihiyoo,â&#x20AC;? to be a holy people, often clash with the reality around us. Being a â&#x20AC;&#x153;holy peopleâ&#x20AC;? requires us to be separate and different in our behavior in general and in the choices we make in our dress. This applies to both men and women. For leisure

Partners in Torah...

Continued from page 13 lationship with a role model. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the purpose of the [Partners] program.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Every mentor said that they got more out of the experience than the partners,â&#x20AC;? Savitsky said, noting that mentoring someone else is the antidote for those who are Torah observant but sometimes feel empty and uninspired; even if they go to shul and learn daf yomi, they â&#x20AC;&#x153;need a spark,â&#x20AC;? he said.

When Stavisky asks shul members to join, their excuse is â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know enough.â&#x20AC;? He replies, â&#x20AC;&#x153;How could you not know enough? You live it every day. If they ask you questions you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know the answers to, why donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t you ask yourself those questions? Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a win for the teachers and a win for the students.â&#x20AC;?

When Cindy Rotkowitz was in Hunter College, she went on a Birthright trip and came back inspired â&#x20AC;&#x201D; but â&#x20AC;&#x153;I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have an outlet to continue learning.â&#x20AC;? Her high school friend

time and even for swimming, there are appropriate options available that preserve our sense of modesty when in the company of friends.

As the schools our children attend have dress codes, let those guidelines essentially determine how both parents and children choose to observe a standard of â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;tzniutâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; in dress, at least as far as how we cover our arms, legs, and torso. This is a standard we can all appreciate and respect. Summer footwear (sandals, socks, etc) are a matter of personal choice which I am not addressing here. I do think, that there is room in the halacha to allow people to wear comfortable footwear in warm and hot weather.

There are both objective standards of tzniut and subjective standards. But everyone has some concept of what is not appropriate.

It is a challenging task. But we must elevate ourselves in the same way that we sacriďŹ ce to keep Kosher and to observe Shabbat.

5HOLJLRXV VWDQGDUGV ZKHQ RQ YDFDWLRQ Daily prayers, tzitzit, teďŹ llin, kashrut, choice of entertainment, and full Shabbat observance is a sine qua non for the Orthodox family. An accepted halakhic practice, for example, is not to swim on Shabbat! Just as our community does not condone picking â&#x20AC;&#x153;the kosher item in a non-kosher menu,â&#x20AC;? we must live by the same standards we live by at home even when we are on vacation, away from anyone who knows us. We may go on vacation from the pressures of our daily routines, but there is no vacation from our covenant with HASHEM. Parents should set a high bar for themselves and their children.

CONSISTENCY IS A SPECIAL GIFT WE CAN GIVE OUR CHILDREN! May we be blessed to be avenues of Kiddush Hashem and the sanctiďŹ cation of G-dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s name in all that we do.

I wish everyone a pleasant summer.

Egypt hits Coptic man

By JNS.org An Egyptian court has sentenced a Coptic Christian man to six years in jail for â&#x20AC;&#x153;insulting Islam,â&#x20AC;? in the latest blasphemy case targeting Egyptian Christians.

Kirollos Shawki, 29, was convicted of blasphemy by a court in Luxor for â&#x20AC;&#x153;contempt of religionâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;stirring up sectarian strife,â&#x20AC;? his lawyer said, AFP reported.

spent a year learning in Israel and invited Cindy for her ďŹ rst taste of Shabbat, and she was hooked. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It opened my eyes, how could I not have this in my life?â&#x20AC;? asked Cindy. She had further Shabbat invitations and in response to her questions was guided to Partners in Torah. Her chevruta-learning partner, Bracha Krausz from Monsey, has become a close friend, and their learning is going strong after four years. Cindy is Shomer Shabbat and kashrut and continued at her job with a major news organization that was understanding of her change in status to Sabbath observer. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Partners in Torah changed my life,â&#x20AC;? she said, noting that she wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t able to attend seminary in Israel but accomplished a lot learning with Partners in Torah. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I have a lot more to learn. I look forward to continuing the journey,â&#x20AC;? she said.

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Shawki had apparently posted a picture of the Prophet Mohammed with an â&#x20AC;&#x153;insulting commentâ&#x20AC;? on his Facebook page.

Earlier this month, a court in Luxor sentenced a female Coptic Christian teacher to six months in jail after her students accused her of â&#x20AC;&#x153;evangelizingâ&#x20AC;? and insulting Islam.

Egyptian Christians have been disproportionately targeted in blasphemy cases. According to the U.S. State Department, nearly 40 percent of the defendants in blasphemy cases in Egypt are Christians, despite the fact that Christians constitute about only 10 percent of the population.

Islamists have also increasingly targeted Christian churches, homes, and businesses, in addition to abducting Christians for ransom or conversion to Islam. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In only one province (El-Minia), its Coptic bishop recently revealed that between June 30 and the present time, he recorded 90 kidnap cases of Copts, some of whom have been killed even after their families paid the demanded ransom,â&#x20AC;? Halim Meawadâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;the Egyptian-born co-founder of Coptic Solidarity, a U.S.-based international Coptic Christian human rights organizationâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; recently told JNS.org.

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It’s Rice v. Blakeman…

Sunday school event…

Continued from page 1 tured 56 percent of the Democratic vote to Abrahams’s 44 percent, and that Blakeman took 65 percent of the Republican vote to Scaturro’s 34 percent.

Blakeman also won the Conservative Party primary, with 66 percent of the vote, according to the board. His name was the only one printed on the ballot, but Scaturro sought to take the ballot line through write-ins, as he did in 2012.

The 4th CD has about 206,000 registered Democrats, 171,000 Republicans and 135,000 voters who are not members of either party, according to the State Board of Elections.

Just 12,300 Democrats, 13,000 Republicans and 951 Conservatives voted in Tuesday’s primaries, the County Board of Elections reported. Voter turnout is often low in primaries in midterm election years. This is also the first year the federal primaries took place in June. Primaries for state offices are scheduled in September.

Rice has, to date, widely outraised and outspent the other candidates in the race.

The most recent Federal Election Commission numbers, from June 4, show Rice has raised $2.1 million and spent $640,000.

Abrahams, on the other hand, spent most of his campaign’s war chest — $112,000 of $162,000. Blakeman has amassed $403,000 and spent $161,000, Scaturro $198,000 and $129,000.

The district attorney has the greatest name recognition of any candidate in the field. She also received the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee’s backing and the endorsement of Rep. Carolyn McCarthy, who is retiring. Jay Jacobs, the Nassau County Democratic Committee chairman, declined to back either candidate, citing the longstanding ties both have to the party and the county.

Both Rice and Abrahams said they support gun control measures, want to increase gender equality and protect women’s reproductive rights, and raise the federal minimum wage. Both touted their records and argued they were best qualified to fight for constituents’ interests in Washington.

When Blakeman announced his candidacy in a press conference earlier this year, several Nassau Republican heavyweights stood beside him, including Rep. Pete King. Blakeman received the endorsements of the Nassau Republican, Conservative and Independence parties, and that of the National Republican Congressional Committee. Scaturro was a

Continued from page 1 shiva of Yeshiva Darchei Torah in Far Rockaway, and Rabbi Naftali Jaeger, rosh yeshiva of Sh’or Yoshuv Institute in Lawrence.

From 10:20 am to 2:20 pm, there will be 36 breakout sessions led by shul rabbonim, representatives of community schools, roshei yeshiva and principals, speakers from seminaries and yeshivot in Israel, and speakers from other organizations.

At 2:20 pm, Rabbi Herschel Schachter, rosh yeshiva at Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary, Yeshiva University, in Manhattan, will deliver the third keynote address. The program will conclude with mincha.

Sheri Hammer, chair of the event, whose son attended Hakotel, said an event like this has never been organized before.

“We are trying to include everyone in the Orthodox community,” she said.“We are trying to cover a wide breadth of topics and have something for every parent. There is no parent guidebook (for educating children).

Hopefully, we could always learn.”

Rabbi Taragin said that he has plans for similar conferences in Chicago, Toronto, London and Israel. This Sunday, a similar conference is scheduled in Teaneck.

“The sessions highlight the importance of education and the important role parents play and can learn to do it as best as they can.” He stressed the “wide hashkafic

man without a party, but he petitioned his way onto the Republican primary ballot using the campaign experience and name recognition he had gained in two prior runs for McCarthy’s seat, in 2012 and 2010.

The two traded barbs over who is more truly conservative and who stood the best chance of beating the Democrats’ nominee in November. Both said they want to repeal the Affordable Care Act, reduce government spending and taxing, spur private-sector job growth, and they have criticized President Barack Obama’s record and that of congressional Democrats.

Rice, 49, of Garden City, became the first female district attorney in the county’s history after she won election in 2005. She was reelected in 2009 and 2013. In 2010, she lost a campaign for state attorney general. Formerly, Rice was an assistant U.S. attorney in Philadelphia and an assistant district attorney in Brooklyn.

Abrahams, 39, of Freeport, has been elected seven times to the County Legislature since 2002. His district now includes parts of Baldwin, East Meadow, Freeport, Hempstead, Roosevelt and Uniondale. With the support of his fellow Democrats, Abrahams has been the Legislature’s minority leader since 2012. He also works as a senior analyst for the North Shore-LIJ Health System. Formerly, Abrahams was budget director for the County Legislature’s Democratic caucus, a legislative aide to McCarthy and a legislative aide to Rep. Floyd Flake.

Blakeman, 58, of Long Beach, is an attorney and businessman who won election to the Town of Hempstead Council in 1993 and the County Legislature in 1995 and 1997.

With the support of his fellow Republicans, Blakeman was the Legislature’s first presiding officer from 1996 to 1999. In 1998, he was the Republican candidate for state comptroller, but he lost the election. He then lost his 1999 bid for re-election to the County Legislature. From 2001 to 2009, Blakeman was a Port Authority commissioner. He finished third in the 2010 Republican primary for the U.S. Senate seat that Kirsten Gillibrand holds.

Scaturro, 41, of New Hyde Park, is a partner at the law firm FisherBroyles, LLP. He was formerly a visiting professor at Hofstra University’s law school and counsel to Republicans on the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee. He lost Republican primaries for this congressional seat twice before to County Legislator Francis Becker. He beat Becker in the 2012 Conservative Party primary via a write-in campaign.

From the kitchen...

Continued from page 9 place the sausages on the grill. Grill for about 15 minutes, gently flipping and turning them often so they don’t burn and are evenly cooked through, until an instant-read thermometer registers the temperature at 160°F. (To cook on the stovetop, heat a grill pan over high heat, brush the Mititei with canola oil, lower the heat to medium, and cook as directed, or heat about 2 tablespoons canola oil until shimmering in a sauté pan or griddle over high heat, lower the heat to medium, and cook as directed.)

6. Serve with mustard.

Variations: My dad says, ideally, for “real” Mititei, use ground neck meat with 200 grams (in English that’s a little less than half a pound) of beef fat added in. Since I can’t even begin to go there, I just buy 2 pounds of ground beef for the pride of Romanian cuisine.

Dress it up by serving the Mititei with Peach

Kulanu’s Sunday fun…

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Continued from page 1 A large group of fairgoers recited psalms and prayers in unison by the park’s gazebo for the three teenagers who were abducted in Israel on June 12 – Gilad Shaer and Naftali Frenkel, both 16, and Eyal Yifrach, 19.

The fair included numerous activities and attractions, including pony rides, traditional carnival games, a carousel, Ferris wheel and a bounce house. In addition, fairgoers were entertained by interactive games of “Simon Says,” martial arts demonstrations and a magic show.

Various items were raffled off, including tickets to Mets and Yankees games and a Kindle.

The interactive arts and crafts booth and face painting activities attracted many kids.

The Nassau County Auxiliary Police Unit 109 was on hand to ensure everyone’s safety and gave youngsters tours of their mobile command post vehicle.

(perspective on Jewish law and philosophy) spectrum” that “shows achdut (unity), highlighting what unites us as opposed to what separates us. We are 99 percent similar, there is so much more we share.”

He stressed the maxim from Ethics of the Fathers, “Who is wise? One who learns from every person,” noting that is “true of all people, rabbis and educators.”

He pointed out that Yeshivat HaKotel initiated similar programs to bring together different yeshivot and recently did so, bringing rabbanim of different yeshivot to Hakotel on Hoshana Rabba.

For this Sunday’s event, “every organization was excited and jumped at the opportunity,” he said.

The conference is being held at this time in the year because it is “the seam,” between the school year and summer when people are away. He said it’s geared for parents but singles and college age students are welcome to attend as well. “The format brings schools and educators together, [so] it’s natural for them to be speaking about education.”

He anticipates future educational conferences. “They have a lot more to share with parents, a lot more material,” he said.

“I’m optimistic that it will be a success.”

Pre-registration is requested but not required; walk-ins are welcome. To register go to www.Bit.ly/hakotel5t. A full schedule appears on page 2 of this week’s Jewish Star.

Food was aplenty, and included hot dogs, hamburgers, popcorn and cotton candy. “My favorite part of the fair was all the food,” said Yosef Horowitz, 11, of Woodmere, while he ate ices.

The fair, staffed by volunteers, was sponsored by local individuals and businesses, including The Jewish Star.

“I think it’s a great event and it’s also great to help out Kulanu,” said Woodmere resident Jacob Goldsmith, 16, who helped out at the prize booth. “It’s important to get involved in the community,” he added.

“Kulanu is an organization that serves individuals with disabilities from preschool through the age of 21, and this fair is an opportunity for the entire community to come together and have a wonderful time, and the proceeds support the programs at Kulanu,” said Executive Director Dr. Beth Raskin.

Kulanu provides an array of services for special needs individuals and their families.

salsa: Combine 4 ripe peaches or nectarines, pitted and diced (about 1 1/2 cups); 1 small red onion, thinly sliced; 20 cherry tomatoes, halved; the juice of 1 lemon; 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil; 2 tablespoons torn fresh basil leaves or 2 teaspoons dried; 2 tablespoons torn fresh mint leaves (optional); 1 tablespoon honey; and 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt in a medium bowl. Toss well and serve on top or on the side of the warm Mititei.

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Farina dumplings are the Hungarian version of matzoh balls. A wonderful addition to a chicken, beef or tomato soup, they are so tasty that you may find yourself working them into your regular repertoire. If not serving immediately, place dumplings and some of the broth (just enough to keep them moist) in a sealable container, and store in the fridge.

Prep Time: 4 min Ready Time: 4 min Yield: 5 servings Ingredients: 1 egg 2 tablespoons plus 2 teaspoons farina 1/4 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon olive oil 1 chicken consommé stock cube 5 cups water Directions: 1. In a bowl, mix egg, farina, salt and olive oil until well combined. Let stand 30 minutes, either in refrigerator or at room temperature, until firm.

2. Place water and soup cube in a 4-quart stockpot and bring to a boil.

3. Using a tablespoon, scoop up farina mixture and drop in soup. Repeat, placing as many dumplings as you can in the pot without crowding.

4. Lower heat to a slow, rolling boil (too strong a boil will cause dumplings to fall apart).

5. Cook 15-20 minutes, or until a dumpling cut in half is no longer yellow on the inside. Repeat until finished with all the batter.

6. Place 2-3 dumplings in each bowl of your favorite soup and serve.

Jamie Geller is the creative force behind JoyofKosher.com and the new book,“Joy of Kosher: Fast, Fresh Family Recipes.”

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