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Israel v. Barbarism: No moral equivalence Huckabee afďŹ rms nation’s right to build on land given Jews in G-d’s Biblical deed By Ed Weintrob A folksy Mike Huckabee told several hundred enthusiastic supporters of the State of Israel on Sunday that the Jewish state has an “absolute right to exist as a secure, free and unfettered nationâ€? because Jews “own the land according to G-d’s deed from the Bible.â€? Huckabee, a past and present Republican presidential hopeful, delivered the keynote address at the thirty-second annual gala of the American Friends of Bet El, at the Marriott Marquis in Manhattan. A Baptist minister who hosts “Huckabeeâ€? on the FoxNews cable channel, he preached to the converted as he restated his broad support for the expansion of Jewish settlements in Judea and Samaria, an activity that has been strongly criticized by the Obama administraiton. Bet El is a community founded in 1977 on a mountain in Samaria near Ramallah. It is now home to 1,300 families. “Our government should be encouraging Israel to

build as many bedrooms as can be, in Samaria, Judea and throughout the land of Israel — and especially in the capital of Israel, in Jerusalem.� Huckabee said that he is “outraged that Israel has been given a sense of moral equivocation with the likes of the terrorists of Hamas.� “When Hamas was sending rockets by the thousands indiscriminately into civilian targets in Israel, there were people in the American government that had the audacity to suggest that maybe there wouldn’t be rocket launches if Israel would just abdicate its sovereign right to the land that G-d gave them,� he said. “There is no moral eqivalency between terrorism and the free state of the nation of Israel. One is evil and one is good. One represents civilization and the other represents barbarism.� Huckabee has been to Israel over 30 times, often leading tour groups. He recounted that he would sometimes stop in a Palestinian shop and pick up a map, pointing out to his group that Israel is not labeled on the map. “Palestinians continue to deny even the existence of Israel and continue to teach in their schools that the Jews are targets for murder,� he said. “The United States should send a simple message — until the Palestinians are willing to acknowledge not only the right of israel to exist but until it tears every page out Continued on page 6

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Riverdale looks ahead as Rabbi Weiss retires By Tanisia Morris When Rabbi Avi Weiss, the charismatic leader of the Hebrew Institute of Riverdale, told his congregants that he would step down as senior rabbi next spring because the institution needed stronger, younger rabbinic leadership, he already had a successor in mind. “It is my strong opinion that the best candidate is already here,â€? the seasoned spiritual leader told them on Shemini Atzeret. In his speech, he tapped Rabbi Steven Exler to take the helm at the Bronx synagogue which Rabbi Weiss helped found more than 40 years ago. “I get emotional when I talk about Rabbi Steven Exler,â€? Rabbi Weiss, 70, said in an interview.“He is such a gift. He’s one of the greatest young rabbis in America today. He’s brilliant. He is a genius in word craftsmanship, but [what is] much more important than all of that, is his heart.â€? A vote from the shul’s full membership will make the transfer ofďŹ cial in January, 2015. The executive committee and the board of trustees have already approved Rabbi Exler, who is currently an associate rabbi, to become senior rabbi. “We want this to be a transparent and fair process,â€? said Rabbi Exler. Rabbi Exler, 34, is a Maryland native who grew up in a Modern Orthodox family and received his ordination from Yeshivat Chovevei Torah in 2009. He has been a member of the Hebrew Institute of Riverdale, also known as the Bayit, for about six and a half years. He studied at Yeshivat Har Etzion near Jerusalem and attended Brandeis University near Boston, where he received a bachelor’s degree in biology in 2003. He went on to earn a master’s in Bible studies from Bernard Revel Graduate School and studied at Yeshivat Ma’ale Gilboa in Israel, he said. “He’s an excellent speaker and has a won-

ation would have a hard time adjusting to Rabbi Exler, and yet Rabbi Exler has connected to the seniors in such a powerful way,â€? she explained. “He connects people to one another so they really feel like they’re part of a community.â€? Rabbi Exler said, his only plan for now is to continue Rabbi Weiss’ message of openness and inclusion. “When I think about where we’re headed, this is not a process of a reinvention of our synagogue,â€? he said. “This is about continuing the path that Rabbi Avi has laid out.â€? During his decades at the head of Riverdale, Rabbi Weiss gained widespread notice for his activism. He lead efforts to help 5HWLULQJ 5DEEL $YL :HLVV DQG KLV VXFFHVVRU 5DEEL 6WHYHQ ([OHU LQ WKH Jewish people in the SoviVDQFWXDU\ RI WKH 5LYHUGDOH +HEUHZ ,QVWLWXWH LQ WKH %URQ[ 0DULVRO 'LD] et Union in the 1960s. He pushed the envelope of derful command of the language,â€? said BerModern Orthodoxy by ornard Horowitz, one of the synagogue’s Torah daining the ďŹ rst female rabbi in the country. reader. Most recently, he organized rallies for “He’s really quite bright. He has a wonder- murdered youths in Israel and kidnapped ful way of relating to people. All the things girls in Nigeria as part of the international you look for in a rabbi, he had them.â€? Bring Back Our Boys and Bring Back Our Ruthie Strosberg Simon, director of place- Girls campaigns. ment and alumni affairs at Yeshivat Chovevei That leaves Rabbi Exler with big shoes to Torah, said Rabbi Exler is known for his en- ďŹ ll. gaging sermons, which resonate with both Still, Rabbi Weiss said he does not expect young and older congregants. his successor to follow in his footsteps too “There was concern that the older gener- precisely.

“He has to be who he is, and who he is, is unique and different ‌ but the concepts, the general concept, of creating a place, open and inclusive and welcoming of all people, I’m very conďŹ dent that, that will continue,â€? Rabbi Weiss said. Rabbi Dov Lerea said the congregation has already grown to include everyone from special needs individuals to interfaith families. “It has changed by remaining reective and responsive to the needs of different constituency,â€? he said of the institution, whose programming has included progressive talks on subjects like gender issues in Orthodox day schools and addiction in the Jewish community. “It’s profoundly inclusive. It has become more and more diverse with a shared sense of purpose.â€? Both sides of the transition from Rabbi Weiss to the next generation — which includes Associate Rabbi Ari Hart and Associate Rabba Sara Hurwitz — voiced conďŹ dence about HIR’s future. “We’ve been preparing for this as a staff for a while,â€? said Rabba Hurwitz, whom Weiss ordained in 2009. “I‘m thrilled for Rabbi Weiss. He has given so many years to the HIR and I think he has so much energy left.â€? “In a certain sense, I am the founding rabbi of this place,â€? Rabbi Weiss said. “There is what’s called a founder’s syndrome. The founder’s syndrome is that once the founder leaves, the institution falls.â€? But Riverdale will only grow bigger and better once he relinquishes his senior rabbinic title, he said. “The test of an institution is that it transcends any personality and I’m feeling wonderful these days. I truly feel like the best is yet to come.â€? A version of this story ďŹ rst appeared in this week’s Riverdale Press.

Maloney hails deal to compensate French deportees By Jamey Keaten and Matthew Lee Associated Press PARIS — Thousands of Holocaust survivors and family members in the United States and elsewhere will be entitled to compensation from a $60 million French-U.S. fund announced Friday — reparations to those deported by France’s state rail company SNCF during the Nazi occupation. The South Shore’s retiring member of Congress, Carolyn B. Maloney, who had pushed the U.S. government to pressure France to agree to compensation, hailed the deal as a “breakthrough in a decades-long struggle for justice.â€? As part of the agreement, the U.S. government will work to end lawsuits and other compensation claims in U.S. courts against SNCF, which is bidding for lucrative highspeed rail and other contracts in U.S. markets. State legislators in Maryland, New York, Florida and California have tried to punish SNCF for its Holocaust-era actions. “This is another measure of justice for the harms of one of history’s darkest eras,â€? said the U.S. Special Adviser on Holocaust Issues, Stuart Eizenstat, who spent three years working with French ofďŹ cials on the agreement. SNCF transported about 76,000 French Jews to Nazi concentration camps, though experts disagree on its degree of guilt. SNCF has expressed regret for what happened, but argues it had no effective control over operations during the Nazi occupation from 1940 to 1944. The compensation fund will be ďŹ nanced by the French government and managed by

the United States. The accord will be signed Monday in Washington, but it still must get approval from the French Parliament, which could take months. France’s government has already paid more than $6 billion in reparations, but only to French citizens and certain deportees. The new accord is to help compensate Americans, Israelis and some others who were not eligible for other French reparations programs. Patrizianna Sparacino-Thiellay, a French ambassador for human rights who worked closely with Eizenstat on the accord, said “hundredsâ€? of people in the U.S. are eligible under the new fund as direct survivors or spouses, and several thousand could be eligible as heirs. The money should break down to about $100,000 each for survivors and tens of thousands of dollars for spouses, said Eizenstat. Only in 1995 did France acknowledge a direct role in the Holocaust, when thenPresident Jacques Chirac said the state bore responsibility. Subsequent compensation programs paid out compensation worth hundreds of millions of dollars. The German government has paid around 70 billion euros ($85 billion) in compensation for Nazi crimes, mainly to Jewish survivors. France already has international accords with four countries — Poland, Belgium, Britain and the Czech Republic — over compensation for deportation victims. Friday’s deal aims to ďŹ ll the remaining gaps in justice for others also affected. Although SNCF is not a party to the agree-

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ment, the company will contribute $4 million over the next ďŹ ve years to fund Holocaust memorials and museums in the U.S., Israel and France, according to Eizenstat. The French government has pledged to encourage French lawmakers to approve the deal, Eizenstat said. Patrizianna Sparacino-Thiellay said the French government wanted to ďŹ nish the deal by year-end in part for symbolic reasons: France is hosting several events marking 70

years since the Allies liberated France from the Nazis in 1944. Charles Srebnik, an 80-year-old Holocaust survivor from Belgium, said his family began its efforts for redress many years ago over the deportation of his uncle, Herschel Sluszny — a Paris electrical engineer who later died at Auschwitz. “The sad part of it is that in 1995, President Jacques Chirac admitted the complicity and the guilt involved in this,â€? Srebnik said by phone from New York, “and all these years, the French national railroad denied it.â€? He said the money would be useful for survivors: “At this point, a lot of survivors can’t meet their daily needs — they’re so badly off.â€? Abraham Foxman, national director of the Anti-Defamation League, a Jewish civil rights organization, said: “There is no amount of money that could ever make up for the horriďŹ c injustice done to these victims and their families.â€? “But agreements like this provide some modest redress, an important recognition of their pain, and acknowledge the responsibility of governments and institutions to leave no stone unturned in seeking every possible measure of justice for Holocaust victims,â€? said Foxman, himself a Holocaust survivor. The deal comes as France, home to western Europe’s largest Jewish community, is facing new concerns about anti-Semitism. France’s leading Jewish organization, CRIF, estimates that the number of anti-Semitic incidents has grown 91 percent this year compared to a year ago.

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ver the last fortnight, large parts of the country have seethed with anger, ďŹ rst at the decision of a grand jury in Ferguson, Mo., not to indict police ofďŹ cer Darren Wilson for the shooting of Michael Brown — 18 years old and black — and second, at the decision of a grand jury in New York not to indict Daniel Pantaleo, the Staten Island police ofďŹ cer who placed Eric Garner — 43 years old and black — in the chokehold that contributed to his death. The proximity in timing of the two killings, together with the proximity in the timing of the grand jury decisions, has dealt a blow to the artfully simplistic notion that with Barack Obama’s election in 2008, America entered a new, postracial era. Many Americans now believe that, as far as law enforcement is concerned, the lives of African-Americans — and particularly those of African-American men trying to eke out a living at the margins of the economy — are worth far less than the lives of everyone else. Moreover, it’s a belief that is spreading. Those persuaded that there were enough procedural and moral ambiguities in the Brown case are ďŹ nding it hard to reach the same conclusion in the Garner case, because we’ve all seen the video of the New York Police Department ofďŹ cers rounding on Garner, and we’ve all heard the pitiful plea of “I can’t breatheâ€? as he was wrestled to the ground. And I’m pretty positive I was not alone in reacting to OfďŹ cer Pantaleo’s claim that he was trying to protect Garner from being injured by his colleagues with an inner groan of contempt. In this charged environment, no mental

gymnastics are required to understand why slogans like “Black Lives Matterâ€? — something that really shouldn’t have to be said in a civilized, democratic society — become appealing. But therein lies the danger. Talk to some of the protesters (or just read their signs), and you will get the impression that police forces across the U.S. are targeting African-Americans with all the zeal of a Haitian death squad. So, instead of discussing policy remedies regarding policing methods in those African-American neighborhoods where distrust between the cops and the community reigns supreme, and instead of trying to understand the degree of racial bias that informed the actions of the police ofďŹ cers in the Brown and Garner cases, we default to the overarching explanation that America is an irredeemably racist society. As a result, a political approach based on ďŹ nding solutions is displaced by a political approach that compensates for a woeful lack of ideas with pure spectacle — furious protests, chants like “How do you spell ‘racist?’ N-Y-P-D,â€? and CNN reporters breathlessly charging after demonstrators blocking the main trafďŹ c arteries into Manhattan. All this, of course, gets picked up joyfully by media outlets like Russian mouthpiece RT and Iranian mouthpiece Press TV, whose mission is to portray America as both tyrant and hypocrite — because according to their warped logic, a country that criticizes the abuses of Vladimir Putin or the mullahs in Tehran while simultaneously murdering black people for venturing into the street hasn’t got a leg to stand on. I am fearful over where this stance will take us, for two reasons. Firstly, the policing of minority communities where there is an excess of poverty and lack of opportunity is not just an American problem, but one shared by many democracies. We are not Russia and we are not Iran; in our political system, all citizens are

equal before the law, regardless of ethnic or racial origin, and if that principle isn’t being applied consistently, then reform is needed. The key difference is that we can cite that principle as our point of departure, whereas we couldn’t do that in Russia or Iran, since that principle doesn’t exist in the ďŹ rst place. If you are a Baha’i or a Jew or a Christian in Iran, for example, the courts will, a priori, regard you as inferior to a Muslim. So these comparisons, as my old history teacher would have said, are odious. Secondly, the toxic politics of the Palestinian solidarity ,Q D 6HDWWOH SURWHVW RQ 1RY D VLJQ FRQQHFWV WKH VKRRWLQJ LQ movement has emerged in the )HUJXVRQ WR WKH VLWXDWLRQ LQ ,VUDHO The Mike Report Ferguson and New York provictims, a useful prop for left-wing radicals to tests. Essentially, those activist movements dedicated to the goal of eliminating proclaim the hogwash that the world is envelthe State of Israel have tried to hijack the debate oped by an imperial racism stretching from the about policing in America, and the standard, American midwest to the heart of the Middle predictable obscenities have owed as a con- East. Instead of solutions we will have slogans sequence. A journalist friend of mine who was — and if the slogan for the Middle East is that covering the Garner protests in Staten Island justice requires the destruction of Israel, then emailed me a photo of a sign laid on the spot shouldn’t the same apply to America also? Above all, let’s remember that we live in a where Garner died, bearing the words, “Resistance is JustiďŹ ed from Ferguson to Gaza.â€? Far country that gave the world Dr. Martin Luther worse, a Facebook group pushing the slander King. It is his example, rather than the irrelthat Israel is an apartheid state posted a photo evant agenda of the anti-Semitic murderers of Jewish concentration camp inmates behind of Hamas, that should inform the public debarbed wire with the tag line, “I Can’t Breathe.â€? bate about policing in the wake of the Brown It would, frankly, be suicidal for those who and Garner cases. All the Palestinian solidargenuinely want a different, more humane form ity movement provides are false and offensive of policing in America to embrace the strategy analogies that will only deepen the sense of of “Palestinianization.â€? If we end up analogiz- polarization in America, instead of bringing us ing African-Americans to Palestinians, then we closer together. Ben Cohen is Shillman Analyst for JNS.org. are condemning them to the status of eternal

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Multi accidents hit congested C’hurst, Lawrence By Jeffrey Bessen Ranging from multiple-vehicle accidents to pedestrians being hit to a driving-whileintoxicated arrest, 15 motor vehicle incidents were reported in Cedarhurst and Lawrence between Oct. 28 and Nov. 26, according to the Lawrence-Cedarhurst Fire Department. “These weren’t just fender-benders,� said John McHugh, chief of the LCFD. “In some instances the cars were destroyed and people were seriously injured.� McHugh could not say for certain what contributed to all of the accidents — see chart on page 9 — but he did say that speeding played a role in some, and others involved vehicles making left turns at busy intersections. “The severity is more troubling, including the serious pedestrian accidents,� he said, adding that the number of accidents is up compared with the same period in other years. In Cedarhurst, a pedestrian was struck and seriously injured on Oct. 29 at the intersection of Central and Columbia avenues. A day later, a bicyclist was hit by a car on Oakland Avenue. On Central Avenue in Cedarhurst — where the speed limit has been 20 mph since 1998 — there are three designated crosswalks: one on Columbia Avenue, one by Parking Field No. 6 and one between McGlynn Place and Locust Avenue. There are two more crosswalks on Cedarhurst Avenue, near the Number Five School, where signs inform motorists that state law requires that they

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hit them.â€? The mayor said it costs about $400 to replace one sign. Also on Central Avenue in the Village of Lawrence, there are two crosswalks, one at Frost Lane and another between William Street and Rockaway Turnpike. At the Dec. 11 village board meeting, the trustees held a public hearing to discuss reducing the speed limit from 30 to 20 mph along Central Avenue, from Washington Avenue to Rockaway Turnpike — a resolution that was submitted prior to the spate of accidents. Mayor Martin Oliner said he believed that slowing trafďŹ c down could be helpful in reducing accidents.

“Reducing the speed so people can’t go 30, hopefully it will be safer,â€? Oliner said. “On Thursdays and Fridays, trafďŹ c is impossible and it is slow by default, but in the early mornings, people go through like madmen.â€? In addition to potentially lowering the speed limit, Oliner said he was working on getting a trafďŹ c signal installed at the intersection of William Street and Central Avenue. William Street, a narrow, two-way roadway between Central Avenue and Mulry Lane, now has a stop sign at the Central Avenue corner. Right turns are permitted onto Central Avenue; left turns are not. For motorists who need a reminder, Robert Sinclair Jr., a spokesman for Garden Citybased AAA New York, said it is vital that drivers are alert to the driving conditions in places like parking lots, where, he said, 20 percent of all car accidents occur. “The lots create more conict points, more opportunities for vehicles to come in contact with each other,â€? he said. “Especially this time of year, it’s imperative that folk are extra cautious, extra observant. There is less daylight, and that adds complications of diminished visibility.â€? Sinclair said it is incumbent on pedestrians to do all they can to protect themselves. They should not jaywalk, he said, and they should remember what they were most likely taught as kids: “Cross at the green, not in between.â€? Jeffrey Bessen is editor of the Nassau Herald, where a version of this story ďŹ rst appeared.

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LI shuls‌ Continued from page 1 “Maybe it is time for synagogues ... to ďŹ gure out, if someone walks in with a knife, how do you defend yourself?â€? Chabad ofďŹ cials said security was tightened, but didn’t elaborate, and wouldn’t say what measures were in place at the time of the attack. Peters wandered into the building earlier Monday and was ushered out, then returned after midnight and asked: “Do you have any books in English?â€? before he was escorted out again, police said. The building, which also contains a shul, is open 24 hours a day. The jerky clip of the ďŹ nal confrontation posted online showed Peters in a waist-length

jacket and hat with a knife in his right hand, surrounded by ofďŹ cers with drawn weapons and Jewish students. Some of the students appeared to be trying to defuse the situation, urging Peters to calm down and asking ofďŹ cers not to shoot him. He eventually put the knife down at an ofďŹ cer’s urging and stepped away, but quickly picked it up again as the ofďŹ cer approached him, apparently to arrest him. OfďŹ cers yelled at him repeatedly to drop the weapon as Peters moved around, and a single gunshot could be heard. The shooting itself took place outside camera range. Peters had lunged at the ofďŹ cer with knife, which had a 4½-inch blade, police said. At least one witness said he heard Peters repeatedly saying, “Kill the Jews!â€? according to Rabbi Chaim Landa, a Chabad spokesman. Police quoted Peters as saying instead,

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“I’m going to kill all of you.â€? Mayor Bill de Blasio praised the work of the police. “These ofďŹ cers handled the situation very admirably,â€? he said. Peters had a documented history of mental illness and had been arrested 19 times since 1982, most recently in 2006 for drugs, police said. Attorney Jeffrey A. St. Clair, at the Peters family’s front door in Valley Stream, described him as bipolar. St. Clair said the family had no warning of an outburst. “Calvin Peters was a loving and devoted father,â€? he said. “And the family is quite frankly shocked and disappointed at what happened.â€? Next-door neighbor Lorraine McCartney called Peters as “a very nice manâ€? who had attended parties in her backyard. “I would never believe that of him. Never,â€? she said.

Huckabee‌ Continued from page 1 of every textbook that has that kind of antiSemitic hateful and unacceptable language,â€? the United States “will not send another dime of support to the PA —and the money that would have been given will now be used to send concrete to Israel so they can build the foundations for new apartment buildings and new neighborhood throughout Judea and Samaria and make sure that the world understands that the boundaries of Israel will not be determined by the United Nations because they were already determined by G-d Almightly about 3,000 years ago.â€? U.S. “friendship with Israel is not a mere convenience, it is a moral obligation,â€? he said.

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that the sanctions being considered include not vetoing U.N. Security Council condemnations of Jewish housing in Jerusalem, and/ or issuing clearer instructions to American ofďŹ cials about the ban on cooperating with the settlements or funding activity in them. Middle East scholar Barry Rubin, my friend and teacher of blessed memory, used to drill into my head that we should not be quick to believe stories coming out of the Middle East — think about the source, the timing, and where the news was leaked, he would say. Well, the sanctions story was leaked in Israel. If the purpose of the leak was to change a possible U.S. policy, it would have been leaked to the New York Times or another U.S. news outlet. But this story was leaked to Ha’arez, a newspaper whose editorial policy is to bring down the Netanyahu government. And the the leak just happened to be published right after new Israeli elections were announced and scheduled. Indeed Ha’arez alludes to the elections during in its story: “In addition, it isn’t yet clear how the decision to hold early elections will affect the White House’s decisions regarding the settlements. One of the aspects of this that is being looked into by the U.S. government is whether American action against the settlements at this point would weaken Netanyahu in Israeli public opinion, or do just the opposite, by portraying him as one who doesn’t cave in to international pressure.â€? The next day, both the White House and

the State Department refused to comment on the Ha’aretz story. “I’m not going to talk about any internal deliberations,â€? White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest told Fox News’ Ed Henry when he asked at the daily presser. According to The Washington Free Beacon’s Adam Kredo, members of Congress have warned Obama that sanctions against Israel will not be allowed. “We urge you and your administration to clarify these reports immediately,â€? Rep. Mark Meadows (R., N.C.) and nearly 50 other House lawmakers wrote Friday afternoon, according to a copy of the letter obtained by the Beacon. “Israel is one of our strongest allies, and the mere notion that the administration would unilaterally impose sanctions against Israel is not only unwise, but is extremely worrisome. Such reports send a clear message to our friends and enemies alike that such alliances with the United States government can no longer be unquestionably trusted.â€? Congress, which traditionally has purview over such measures, has never given the White House permission to sanction Israel. Which is another reason to doubt the story. “In fact, Congress has continued to show its unwavering support for Israel and has recently taken steps to increase our economic and military cooperation,â€? the letter said. President Obama has so many problems with Congress, does he really want his legacy to be a battle with Congress over sanctions against an American ally? A Daily Beast story by David Aaron Miller, who served in the State Departments of both Democratic and Republican presidents, said that there have been previous U.S. attempts to inuence Israeli elections. “With Israeli elections now scheduled for March 2015, there’s no doubt who the Obama administration is rooting for: Mr. or Ms. A.B.B.—Anybody But Bibi,â€? Miller reported. “But the president and secretary need to be very careful here. We don’t read Israeli politics very well; and we haven’t proven very effective in predicting, let alone orchestrating outcomes. The best advice to an administration that has proven anything but sure-footed in the Middle East, particularly in dealing with Israel, is to keep out of Israeli politics. “We say, of course, that we will work with any duly elected Israeli government. And so we shall. But ‌ the commitment to work with any leadership does not mean we don’t play and pick favorites.â€? Miller also warned that the most recent previous attempts by a president to inuence an Israeli election backďŹ red (Netanyahu vs. Peres, and Sharon vs. Barak — both were during the Clinton Presidency). I suggest that an attempt during the Obama’s Presidency would fail also. Israelis are divided in their political preferences and their electoral system (voting for a list instead of a candidate) promotes a divided government. But one thing Israelis are pretty uniďŹ ed in is their mistrust of Barack Obama. A recent poll reported 74 percent of Israelis do not trust Barack Obama to manage American-Israeli elections. While he may try to inuence the upcoming election, as evidenced by the Ha’aretz story, Obama will not be successful. And in the end he may help, rather than hurt, Netanyahu’s reelection effort.

THIS WEEK PAST: STAR FLASHBACK — “Contrary to popular notions in the Arab, European, and U.S. print media, Israel’s occupation of the West Bank and Gaza is not illegal,â€? writes columnist Jay Lerman. — Rav Moshe Weinberger of Congregation Aish Kodesh delivers the keynote address at the inaugural Scholarship Dinner for Kulanu Torah Academy. — Here’s The Star’s lead headline from a late-December edition: “Mossad: Iran Only Two Years Away From Nuclear Bomb.â€? — The week’s top story: “Safety ďŹ rst around Chanukah lights; 500 children admitted to regional burn center last year.â€? Also on page one: “New mikvah approved in Merrick; [Young Israel] hopes to build ‘most beautiful mikvah on Long Island’.â€? — Rabbi Yehuda Pearl of Congregation Anshei Shalom of West Hempstead sold his 51 percent interest in the Sabra Mediterranean dips and salad business to PepsiCo’s Frito-Lay division. — A woman writes about “the state of shidduchim ‌ and the desperation many singles are feeling.â€? — The Jewish Star’s Kosher Bookworm, Alan Jay Gerber,

considers Norman Podhoretz’s book which asks the question, “Why Are Jews Liberals?� — One’s “never too old to begin,� trumpets the Star’s cover story about 91-year-old Harold Wohl who, having barely opened up a gemarah seven and a half years earlier, completed learning the entire Shas. — The Star’s inquiring photographer (“Menschon the street�) asks, “How do you stay up to date on the news from Israel?� — Columnist Juda Engelmayer asks, “A Happy Chanukah or a Happy Holiday? That is the question.� — “5 Towns yoetzet tackles mikveh myths� is the Star’s lead story. Also on page one: “Mandela and Zion: It’s complicated,� and “Kulanu honors Sterbas and Star’s Joszef.�

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any years ago, I recall sitting with a newly married couple in their late thirties, who were struggling with making their marriage work after many years on the New York singles scene. Before I could start the conversation on a positive note, the husband began to describe why he was upset with his wife and what she was doing wrong in his eyes. Every minute his wife would interrupt him to express what she felt her husband was doing wrong from her perspective. After a few minutes I tried to get them to speak with one another with an eye towards eventually getting them to share what each felt they themselves needed to work on, instead of directing their comments to me. But try as I might, they would not speak with each other nor even look at each other. As long as people will not communicate, they will not be able to reach a peaceful compromise. This is obviously a major factor in the morass in which we find ourselves, Jews and Arabs, in the Middle East. This week’s portion, Vayeshev, is a case in point. How did things get so bad? One minute Yaakov is dreaming of angels and ladders up to heaven, and the next minute his sons are conspiring to kill their brother Joseph and leave him to die in a pit! Where did it all go so wrong? Clearly, Yaakov loves Joseph so much, it almost has to inevitably lead to the rest of his

sons feeling slighted, and Yaakov’s bestowing on his beloved son a special Technicolor coat does not help. But the verse that really suggests things are out of hand is in Bereishit 37:4: “And they hated him [Joseph] and could not speak to him in peace.” There is a powerful comment by the Ramban (Nachmanides) concerning the verse (when Joseph finds his brothers in the field and approaches them from a distance): “And they saw him from a distance, and before he came near, conspired to kill him.”( 37:18) “It was because they only saw him from a distance that they could hate him so…” Maimonides in his laws of character development (Hilchot Deot) points out that there is a prohibition in the Torah against hating; a person is not allowed to hate his fellow in his heart (Lo tisna et achicha bilvavecha; Leviticus-Vayikra 19 ). To avoid feeling anger and hatred towards someone we need to be willing to get close; to see their pain; learn to view things from their perspective. But how does one do this? In Deot 6:6, Maimonides suggests that when a person feels wronged, that person is not allowed to bear a grudge but must find a healthy way to share that they have been wronged, with an eye towards setting the

groundwork for an eventual rapprochement. But Maimonides begins by defining the relationship one wants to fix as one involving a chaver, or friend. For the process to be productive, the two parties must be friends. Note that the word for friend, chaver, is the same as chibur, or connection. There must be a connection to facilitate peace, forgiveness and understanding, but if two parties are not even speaking there is no connection. So how do we get started? The word teshuva, which we translate as “epentance” butreally means to turn or go back (lashuv) and describes the process in which a person can literally go back in time to become the person he or she always could have been. If a person has stolen as an example, it’s not just about giving back what they stole and asking forgiveness, it’s about trying to become the person who could never have stolen in the first place. How does one do this? The Rambam (Maimonides) in his Hilchot Teshuvah (Laws of repentance) suggests three stages: 1. Hakarat HaChet, or knowing I am mistaking a mistake. If a person does not even think there is anything wrong with what they are doing (‘what’s wrong w cursing? Or a little innocent cheating on one’s taxes?) they

If a person has stolen, it’s not just about giving back what they stole and asking forgiveness, it’s about trying to become the person who could never have stolen in the first place.

will obviously never be able to change their mistaken behavior. 2. Charata or regret. Just because I know something is wrong does not mean I regret it. 3. Kabbalah le’atid, or deciding the future will be different. a. Deciding where I want to get to. b. Figuring out where I am. c. Creating a plan as to how to move from point a. to b. All of which brings us back to the brothers: Do they realize what a mistake they are making? Do they regret their anger? Are they ready to create a systemic change in behavior? Precisely because they are not yet even close to taking those steps, Joseph will end up as slave in Egypt. A closer analysis of Joseph’s journey would suggest he does go through this process as a slave in Egypt, struggling with what he might have done wrong to end up in such a miserable situation, eventually creating a plan — implemented when he reencounters the brothers 22 years later — to change the course of history. Of course, this will only create the desired rapprochement when the brothers themselves are ready for the same process. It takes two parties to really make peace. And what of our Arab cousins, with whom it seems we have lost the ability to communicate, particularly on a national level? While certainly we have our own soul searching to do, until they are ready to see and regret their own mistakes, and decide a change of behavior is in order, sadly there is nothing to talk about, and we are stuck with Joseph wallowing in the pit. Shabbat Shalom from Jerusalem, Rabbi Binny Freedman

Yosef’s story … of butler(s) and of baker(s) RABBI AVI BILLET PARSHA OF THE WEEK

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fter discovering questions that never bothered me before, and using learning skills acquired in classes taught by the late Rabbi Mordechai Breuer, a new approach to the dreams that Yosef interprets at the end of our parsha became apparent. Wonderfully, some of these ideas are also shared by Abravanel and Alshikh (and others), both of whose interpretations of chapter 40 are essential. When the Torah describes for us the circumstances surrounding Pharaoh’s sending his servants into prison, the verses become inexplicably repetitive. 1. The king of Egypt’s butler and the baker sin to their master, the king of Egypt. 2. Pharaoh gets angry at his two officers: the officer of the butlers, and the officer of the bakers. 3. He placed them in the holding cell (mishmar) of the officer of butchers, to the prison (beit hasohar) where Yosef is imprisoned. 4. The officer of butchers appointed Yosef to be with them, and he served them, while they spent days (yamim) in the holding cell (mishmar). 5. The two of them dreamed a dream, each his own dream, and each his interpretation, the butler and the baker of the king of Egypt, who are imprisoned in the prison (beit hasohar).

6. Yosef came to them in the morning and saw they were perturbed. 7. And he asked the officers of Pharaoh, that were with him in the holding cell (mishmar) of the house of his master saying, “Why are your faces so upset today?” The most notable changes in the text from verse to verse are: a. the difference between referring to the singular baker and butler (verses 1,5) and the “officers over many” (verses 2,7) b. the sin (verse 1) vs. Pharaoh’s anger (verse 2) c. the location of imprisonment — a beit hasohar (second half of 3, 5) vs. a mishmar (first half of 3, 4, 7) d. the nature of the prison location — beit hasohar is where Yosef was at the end of chapter 39, while the mishmar seems to be a private prison in the house of the officer of butchers — Yosef’s former master e. those who work for the king of Egypt (verses 1,5) vs. those who have a relationship with Pharaoh (verses 2,7). While I am not familiar with Rabbi Breuer’s teachings on this chapter, I imagine his either saying there are two aspects (shtei bechinot) to what is going on here, or two different strings of action. If two aspects, one is on the micro level in terms of what happened to two specific workers, while the macro is the significance for the future of the nation of Israel, when Yosef, who is destined to be king, approaches people who are light years ahead of him politically, but who will be serving him (if they survive) within a short time. If there are two strings of action, there is a single butler and a single baker, each from

a full team of butlers and bakers, who sinned in some manner against the king. They are thrown into a prison for political prisoners, one from which there is theoretically no escape. Their overseers, officers, are also punished (after all, they bear responsibility for the flaws of their underlings), but are sent to a minimum security place called a mishmar. Because the mishmar is in Yosef’s master’s home, and because the officers were high ranking, the officer of butchers wants them to be pampered while in prison, so he takes Yosef out of the inescapable jail (beit hasohar) in order to be in the minimum security place (mishmar) from which cases are heard and people are given a chance at being reinstated to their former positions. There are commentators who suggest this whole exercise is a waste of time because the butler and the baker are the same persons as the Officer of the Butlers and the Officer of the Bakers. And yet a careful study of the verses leaves one wondering why there is so much repetition. Was Yosef wrong, and therefore punished by G-d, on account of asking the Officer of Butlers to remember him to Pharaoh? Or was his request reasonable, and the Officer of Butlers forgot (as people often do) in the heat of the moment? Was the timing perhaps not right for Yosef to get out of prison? Had he gone out then, what options

would have been before him — to work for Potiphar (not great, on numerous levels), to work for someone else (also not great), or to go home (why would he him think Pharaoh would ever send him home)? All options would have played against his getting a direct audience with Pharaoh and being subsequently appointed as viceroy. And remember that the main reason he gets that audience is because the officer of Butlers remembers him to Pharaoh. Whether there are two aspects to the tale, or two strings of action, the consideration that Yosef did everything correctly and that he was not a victim of circumstance, any more than he was a tool in G-d’s Divine Plan, needs revisiting. We don’t necessarily know why Yosef is thrown in a pit by his brothers and later into a pit in prison, but all of his adventures were meant to harden him and train him to be capable of rising to the position of viceroy when he was ready. Sometimes we look at events in our lives, and they don’t make sense. Or on our own micro level, they are difficult to comprehend. But if we can recall that we are all pieces of a much more macro image of the story of the Jewish people, perhaps we can sense that our lives matter, and that all the pitfalls and trials we undergo are cogs in the great wheel that will ultimately make our people ready to embrace the Final Redemption.

The trials we undergo will ultimately make our people ready to embrace the Final Redemption.

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Chanukah in the voice of a stone at the Kotel KOSHER BOOKWORM

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ith Jerusalem at the center of events affecting the safety of our people in the Holy Land, with the centrality of the sacredness of the city itself being the focus of questionable attention, it is fortuitous that a book was recently released that addresses the holiness of the Temple Mount in the simple voice of a stone from the Western Wall. The use of a stone as the voice of our faith is noteworthy in that Chanukah’s theme song, Maoz Tzur, gives rise to a stone metaphor. “A Stone Speaks: The Voice of the Kotel,â€? by Cooper Union graduate Israel Rubin (Mosaica Press, 2014), presents in a chronological sequence the voice of a Kotel stone’s impressions of the site’s history, from the construction of the Kotel to this very day. According to the author, in the voice of the stone, “This book is an outpouring of the ood of images that have ďŹ lled my mind over the past twenty centuries. No camera has ever been invented that can capture all that i have seen and experienced. I have encountered the full spectrum of happenings — from the sad, heartbreaking, and distressing to the happy, joyful, and lively — that have marked the years. I have chronicled every episode and can verify its authenticity. ‌ I have been blessed with an extraordinary memory, as you shall soon see. “The divine presence has never left us stones of the Western Wall.â€? Through this unique narrative the reader

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bath and festival observance was also forbidden. Anyone practicing Judaism or refusing to participate in pagan rituals was tortured. On December 25, 167 BCE, Antiochus deďŹ led the Holy Temple by offering pigs as a sacriďŹ ce to Zeus.â€? “The suppression of Jewish religious observance, the deďŹ lement of the Holy Temple, and the forced imposition of Hellenistic practices by Antiochus Epiphanes led to the Maccabean revolt, which began in the year 165 BCE and continued until 164 BCE, when Judah the Maccabee recaptured Jerusalem and restored the Temple. The independent Hasmonean Kingdom of Israel [Judea] survuved until the year 63 BCE when Roman general Pompey captured Jerusalem.â€? We all know how this ultimately ended, in the destruction of the Temple in the year 70 CE. The author presents a narrative time line throughout the book, writing in the ďŹ rst person as witness to the events of the next 2,000 years. We now go fast forward to after the Six Day War in the spring of 1967. Chanukah will now once again be observed at the Kotel. Below is the Kotel stone’s impression:

“The tradition of kindling Chanukah lights each night of the eight day long festival [at the Kotel] is exciting. The miracle of Chanukah happened at the Temple. It is most appropriate then, that the ceremonies recalling the miracles take place at the Kotel. ‌ The oil lights are lit at three different locations at the Western Wall. The uplifting events start at the back of the plaza where the yeshiva boys light their candles, followed by singing and dancing. Then there is the ofďŹ cial lighting of both the big ames on the balcony and on the huge Chanukiyah at the Kotel itself. Each day, three important people are honored with lighting the menorahs at the Kotel. These include the chief rabbis, government leaders, and prominent rabbis. The celebrations continue with dancing and music at the Kotel plaza.â€? As many of us have experienced in our visits to Jerusalem, the pull of the Kotel has served as a spiritual magnet that reignites within all of us the emotional and spiritual pull of Jerusalem and the Temple Mount. And it is not only Jews who are so affected, many people of the Christian faiths are drawn to the spiritual pull as well. Let us pray that Israel Rubin’s heartfelt tribute to a simple stone’s impressions serve for us as the model to our everlasting devotion to the centrality of Jerusalem and the Temple Mount in our devotion and worship of G-d Almighty forever more. To all my devoted readers may I take this opportunity to extend to you all my best wishes for a happy and meaningful Chanukah.

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Chanukah ďŹ re safety big hit with HALB kids HALB Chanukah is just around the corner, and the second most popular answer you get when asking children what they do on Chanukah — after getting presents of course — is that they light the chanukiah.

What better way to start our holiday preparations than learning about ďŹ re safety. FireďŹ ghters Jason, Ari and Evan of the Woodmere Volunteer Fire Department, drove into the HALB Lev Chana Early Childhood Center parking lot in their

shiny red pumper truck (which holds lots of water). Speaking with two classes at a time in the back play room, FireďŹ ghter Jason Hagler reviewed basic safety rules with our children — call 911 in an emergency, don’t go near ďŹ re (with a special emphasis made on candles), and if your clothes catch ďŹ re then stop, drop, cover your eyes and roll. He called on several enthusiastic assistants from among the children to help demonstrate the lifesaving concepts he was teaching. One question that stumped the children and morot was, “When ďŹ reďŹ ghters get dressed what do they put on ďŹ rst?â€? If you said boots, then you were right! A vital message that FireďŹ ghter Jason kept reiterating over and over again is that ďŹ reďŹ ghters are our friends even though they may look scary in their special clothing and equipment, especially the mask. As FireďŹ ghters Ari and Evan demonstrated the sequence of donning clothing and equipment, FireďŹ ghter Jason repeatedly asked the question, “Are ďŹ reďŹ ghters our friends?â€? “Do we run to them or away from them?â€? “Can ďŹ reďŹ ghters help us?â€? “Do we ever hide from a ďŹ reďŹ ghter?â€? He wanted the children to understand and internalize the fact that in an emergency the ďŹ reďŹ ghters are our friends and they will protect us. The ďŹ reďŹ ghters, in full gear, went around hi-ďŹ ving the children, talking and joking with them to show that they were the same people as before and the children need not be afraid. From our children’s perspective, the best part came at the end when they went outside and excitedly peeked into the many compartments on the sides of the pumper truck which were full of additional equipment the ďŹ reďŹ ghters need as part of their job, and then they actually got to climb into the ďŹ re truck with their friends. As FireďŹ ghters Jason, Ari and Evan drove away, they reminded us to keep safe and wished us a Happy Chanukah.

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sion with his HAFTR students. Last year over 85 percent of HAFTR’s graduating class went on to study for a post-high school year in Israel in over 20 yeshivot and learning programs. Rabbi Oppen is pictured at right shepping nacahs from students who attend Yeshivat Torat Shraga. At left, Rabbi Reisman of Agudat Yisrael, grandparent of Matthew Mizrahi, visited HAFTR before Thanksgiving, just after the Har Nof massacre, and spoke with students and faculty about having emunah and bitachon despite the trials and tribulations of life and, of course, how much we have to be thankful for.

Genetics talk for Shalhevet Shalhevet Shalhevet Scholars who participate in the school’s Science Enrichment Program attended a lecture at Stern College given by Dr. Susan Gross, Professor of Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology and Women’s Health at the Albert Einstein School of Medicine. Dr. Gross discussed both the ethical issues and benefits in prenatal testing. Traditionally, genetic testing has been conducted at a stage in pregnancy when the fetus is developed to the point where halacha limits the options to parents who receive devastating test results. Additionally, on occasion, test results have been misinterpreted, resulting in the termination of a healthy pregnanacy.

Dr. Gross is researching a new test that can be performed within the first few weeks of a pregnancy in which fetal DNA can be separated from maternal DNA and analyzed for abnormalities. The lecture was insightful and educational as the students learned new concepts and broadened their knowledge of genetics. Afterwards, they were treated to dinner at Mendy’s with Assistant Principal and Chairman of the Shalhevet Science Department, Mrs. Shaindy Lisker, at which time they continued to discuss the halachik and ethical issues of prenatal genetic testing. The Shalhevet Scholars are looking forward to future fun and academic programs.

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CRETEIL, France (AP) — France’s government has pledged more action to ďŹ ght antiSemitism after an attack on a couple revived worries about the rising number of incidents targeting Jews in the country. Several hundred people demonstrated Sunday in the Paris suburb of Creteil to draw attention to what France’s leading Jewish organization says is a nearly doubling of antiSemitic incidents this year compared to 2013. Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve

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France vows anti-Semitism ďŹ ght told those present that France “will defend you with all its strength,â€? and that the ďŹ ght against anti-Semitism “will be a great national cause.â€? Assailants forced their way into an apartment in Creteil this past week, tied up a young man and woman, demanded money and raped the woman, authorities say. The assailants allegedly talked about attacking Jews. France has Western Europe’s largest Jewish community.

Museum eyes Rome 1880 Ghetto ROME (AP) — Visitors to Rome’s Jewish Museum can now “walk� streets as they were before the Ghetto neighborhood’s demolition in the 1880s. Tucked behind Rome’s main synagogue, the museum on Thursday evening unveiled an interactive table that enables people, with hand movements, to simulate strolling the Old Ghetto. Researchers studied watercolor landscapes from the times, city property records as well as photographs taken before the dis-

trict was demolished during Rome’s makeover to be modern Italy’s capital. The neighborhood is home to one of the world’s longest continuously-inhabited Jewish communities. Sixteenth-century Pope Paul IV ordered Jews conďŹ ned there; papal edicts enforced the Ghetto’s duration until the mid-18th century. Many streets today look remarkably unchanged, but the interactive table shows how the Tiber lapped up against Ghetto buildings before river embankment construction.

Terminally ill Israeli gets a choice JERUSALEM (AP) — For the ďŹ rst time, Israel has invoked the provisions of its 2005 “Dying Patient Actâ€? to allow a terminally ill patient to die. A Tel Aviv court on Tuesday revealed that the amounts of oxygen and the rate of ventilation being given to the unidentiďŹ ed man gradually were reduced starting last week, resulting in his death. The man had been

suffering from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, a neurodegenerative disorder commonly referred to as ALS and Lou Gehrig’s disease. Attorneys representing the man said Israel’s attorney general had supported their client’s petition to end his own life. The attorneys said the man’s request to die stemmed from a recent deterioration in his condition.

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opportunity to touch the lives of thousands of Israelis, and bring immediate relief to those suffering from hunger. As Israel’s premier social services organization, with relief centers across the country, Meir Panim is ďŹ ghting the poverty and hunger crisis in Israel on a daily basis. Since 2000, the organization has served all Israelis, regardless of ethnicity or religious background, through food and social service programs that give dignity, respect and relief to many of the country’s neediest residents. In addition to serving festive holiday meals at the Meir Panim Free Restaurant branches, Chanukah parties will take place this year at all of its after-school youth club locations. The parties will feature music and dancing, arts and crafts, and a variety of treats — especially sufganiot. Hundreds of children will get to experience a Chanukah of warmth and fun at the Meir Panim events. For these children, the Chanukah party is the most special and memorable day of the year. “Everyone deserves a happy Chanukah, and the organization works tirelessly to make sure that they get it,â€? said David Roth, President of American Friends of Meir Panim. “Chanukah and Meir Panim are closely related,â€? he continued. “The Festival of Lights parallels the work that we do, which is lighting up the faces of those in need. Our programs ďŹ ll the needy with light and joy.â€? To contribute, visit the website meirpanim.org, email info@meirpanim.org, or call 877-736-6283. All contribu$ 0HLU 3DQLP &KDQXNDK SDUW\ RQH RI WKH JURXSÂśV DFWLYLWLHV WKDW EULQJV MR\ WR ,VUDHOLV LQ QHHG tions are tax-deductible. Meir Panim During Chanukah, our hearts and our homes are ďŹ lled with the warmth and light of the menorah. But for an impoverished family, Chanukah is a cold, dark time. Unable to afford holiday foods, let alone gifts, Israel’s poor ďŹ nd the winter months bitter. It’s even more painful when surrounded by holiday festivities they cannot share in. Meir Panim wants to reach out with warmth, and serve 8,000 free meals daily, across eight days, to needy Israelis. Join Meir Panim in spreading the miracle of Chanukah to thousands of hungry children, struggling families and impoverished elderly. Help set a historic record with this tremendous effort in easing the pain of Israel’s poor. This is an

JNF Instead of girls’ night out, try girls’ week out in Israel in March. See and feel Israel by connecting with the land and its remarkable women. This is a unique and unforgettable trip for women only — no husbands, no boyfriends– just women, experiencing life as our Israeli sisters do. The dates of this year’s Queen of Sheba trip are March 15-22. Meet a diverse group of Israeli women including a Bedouin entrepreneur, bereaved mother, IDF soldiers, top Israeli chef, wine expert, students, artists and more. The group will travel north along the scenic coastal route, visiting the vibrant city of Tel Aviv, experiencing Jerusalem’s multi-layered history and journeying through the Western Galilee to experience the food and wine of the Carmel Mountains. Mission trailers will relax and be pampered with optional spa treatments at Mitzpe Hayamim Hotel & Spa. They will explore, shop and dine in Jaffa and visit the beach in Tel Aviv for morning yoga. Visits to JNF’s projects and partners in Northern Israel — including Alexander Muss High School in Israel, Atlit Illegal Immigration Camp, Lotem, Akko Visitor Center, and the Hula Valley — will also be included. Visits to Jerusalem’s Machane Yehuda Market, Ammunition Hill, the 9/11 Memorial and American Independence Park are on the itinerary, and optional tours to Masada and the Dead Sea or the Israel Museum can be scheduled. The trip is priced at $4,495 per person for double occupancy. For more information, contact Sharon David at 212.879.9305 ext. 242 or sdavid@jnf.org.

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Israel and the betrayal of the intellectuals By Abraham H. Miller, JNS.org The problem with being an intellectual is that you rarely have your ideas tested in the real world. But sitting on the sidelines enables you to use extreme rhetoric to advance crackpot notions that, when embraced all too frequently, end up heaping tragedy upon humanity. It is not surprising, then, that 800 Israelis — with prominent intellectuals leading the charge — have “discoveredâ€? the road to peace between the Arabs and Israelis. They alone have found the path to peace that has eluded so many for so long. They are asking the European parliaments to pass a resolution that would call for the establishment of a Palestinian state based on the 1967 borders, with “Israeli recognition of Palestine and Palestinian recognition of Israel.â€? The letter went on to denounce the “political deadlock and ongoing occupation and settlement, which leads to conict with the Palestinians and torpedoes any possibility of an agreement.â€? This is all too reminiscent of the American intellectuals’ movement to bring about unilateral disarmament in the early 1960s. Harold Brown, President Jimmy Carter’s Secretary of Defense, revealed where such policy would have ended up. As Brown, himself a strong advocate of arms control and disarmament, stated after three years in ofďŹ ce: he ďŹ nally understood the Soviets. When we build missiles, they build missiles. When we stop building missiles, they build missiles. If Israelis have learned anything over the years, it is that when they make concessions, the Arabs up the ante. More Arab and Israeli blood has been spilled since the 1993 Oslo

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Accords than beforehand. Israel’s unilateral 2005 withdrawal from Gaza led to the creation of a terror state on its borders and death raining from the sky on its southern cities. The Palestinian Intifadas and the random violence of terrorism incited by both Hamas and the Palestinian Authority have decimated the Israeli peace movement. So, these intellectuals, holding to an ideal devoid of current experience, can no longer appeal to their countrymen. Taking formidable strate-

gic risks for peace no longer makes any sense in the face of the grim reality of day-to-day incitement followed by daily acts of brutality. Moreover, these intellectuals are faced with a political climate that the Arab terror has moved to the right, a climate that also increasingly sustains the religious Zionism of the settler movement, which is buttressed by its growing population rate. Unable to convince their countrymen that strategic risks for peace are worth it, the in-

tellectuals have appealed to the international community in what should be considered an act of treachery, because it bypasses Israel’s democratic process and seeks to inuence the upcoming parliamentary elections. Intellectuals imbibe the elixir of their own hubris. They believe they know what is best. But they actually know little, because they have refused to learn from experience. The very idea that recognition of a Palestinian state by the members of the European community will advance the peace process is an embrace of the absurd. The idea that even a return to the 1967 armistice line, what Abba Eban called the “Auschwitz borders,â€? would result in peace is wishful thinking. What will come of this? It will push Israel deeper into a corner, harden the resolve of the far right, and give incentive to Palestinian intransigence and incitement. All these intellectuals have done is to attempt to enhance their own status in the international community at the price of the real, complicated, and pragmatic quest for peace. Harold Brown was an idealist, but as Secretary of Defense, he eventually learned and accepted that idealism needs to be tempered by the reality of experience. The 800 Israelis who are demanding European recognition of a Palestinian state have learned nothing except that their fame will garner them attention, and most likely, it is the need to be seen as part of the process that motivates this egotistical exercise that will result not in peace, but in more violence. Abraham H. Miller is an emeritus professor of political science and contributor to Franklin Center for Government and Political Integrity.

Poll ďŹ nds Palestinians support attacks Young leaders JERUSALEM (AP) — An overwhelming majority of Palestinians support a recent spate of attacks on Israelis amid heightened tensions over the most sensitive holy site in Jerusalem, according to an opinion poll released Tuesday. The poll also found that more than half of Palestinians support a new uprising against Israel, and that the Hamas militant group would win presidential elections if they were held today. Palestinian pollster Khalil Shikaki said the results reected Palestinian anger over Israeli statements about the Jerusalem Temple Mount, which is revered by Jews and Muslims, as well as a loss of hope following the collapse of U.S.-brokered peace talks and Israel’s war with Hamas in the Gaza Strip. The Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research interviewed 1,270 people in the West Bank and Gaza last week. The poll had an error margin of 3 percentage points. “There is an environment in which violence is becoming a dominant issue,â€? said Shikaki. “This seems to be one of the most

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important driving forces.â€? Prominent members of Israel’s government have become more vocal in recent months about demands that Jews be allowed to pray at the Muslim-run site, which is home to the Al Aqsa Mosque and iconic Dome of the Rock and which abuts the Western Wall. Many Palestinians fear this is a pretext for a gradual Jewish takeover — a claim Israel denies. The poll found 86 percent of respondents believe the shrine is in grave danger from Israel. It said 80 percent supported individual attacks by Palestinians who have stabbed Israelis or rammed cars into crowded train stations. In London, Amnesty International said Tuesday that it believes Israel committed war crimes when it attened four landmark buildings during the Gaza operation. It said the airstrikes amounted to “the deliberate targeting of civilian objects.â€? Israel says the buildings were Hamas command centers. It dismissed the report as “unfounded.â€?

raise $500,000 More than 1,550 prominent young professionals and supporters of Friends of the Israel Defense Forces from across New York raised more than $500,000 for the IDF’s Iron Trails Brigade during the New York Young Leadership Division’s 12th annual gala last Saturday night at the Metropolitan Pavilion in Manhattan. The event, dubbed “the Jewish Oscarsâ€? by the New York Observer, raised funds to beneďŹ t the Iron Trails Brigade Program that allows supporters to go beyond their donation and become one with the soldiers they are supporting.

Vermont rallies against cyberbullying By Dave Gram, Associated Press MONTPELIER, Vt. — Students at a Vermont high school are winning praise for their efforts to ďŹ ght back against online bullying. After a burst of negative posts last week on an anonymous school news app, students at Rutland High School organized a counterattack. They petitioned the creators of the After School app to take their school’s message board down, and then launched a “Positive Post-itâ€? campaign, in which small notes offering praise and encouragement to fellow students were stuck to bulletin boards and windows around the school. The also petitioned the tech giant Apple to remove After School from its App Store. An Apple spokesman said Tuesday evening

that the company had agreed with that request and removed the app. The app’s intended use is to help students to form groups tied to a speciďŹ c school and post anonymous messages about local goings-on. Instead, comments on Rutland High School’s app were “negative, obscene,â€? said Principal Bill Olsen. “There was some sexual stuff (and) surveys about people that were not positive.â€? Senior Eric Gokee said he was labeled on the app as “the biggest Jew at Rutland High School.â€? He was one of ďŹ ve students who spoke Thursday during morning announcements, introducing himself by saying, “Some of you may know me as the biggest Jew at Rutland High School.â€? He added in an inter-

view a few days later he was voted as such in a survey on the app. “I never downloaded the app, but I knew what was going on just from my friends. Everyone was talking about it,â€? Gokee said. Sophomore Molly Engels, president of a student group, Cyber You, which is devoted to responsible Internet use, said Tuesday, “It was a big wakeup call to see so many people affected by it in a negative way.â€? The Rutland students’ anti-bullying efforts, ďŹ rst reported during the weekend by the Rutland Herald, drew praise Tuesday from Gov. Peter Shumlin. “The students’ campaign “makes me realize that people of all ages can do the right thing and doing so can send a powerful message,â€? the governor said in a statement.

By Maayan Jaffe, JNS.org It was an era of steel strings, guitar heroes, and storytellers — high on heroin, rebellious. Outlaw country music, the hallmark of Nashville’s powerful and angry music scene of the 1970s, was the brew of greats such as Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, and Townes Van Zandt. But there is another, little-known music hero of that era: Daniel Antopolsky. A Jewish lad from Augusta, Ga., grandson of immigrants who settled in the south and ran a hardware store on Main Street, the “Sheriff of Marsâ€? ed the aggressive U.S. music scene for a tranquil life on a farm in Bordeaux, France. Over the last 40 years, he has written nearly 500 songs. Now, for the ďŹ rst time, Antopolsky’s music is being shared with the world through a new documentary and music album, the latter produced in conjunction with some of country music’s ďŹ nest players and by award-winning producer Gary Gold. “There was a lost piece of history in this amazing musician who decided to disappear,â€? says documentary co-director and producer Jason Ressler. “This mysterious Daniel — no one knew where he went, what happened to him.â€? Ressler discovered Antopolsky by chance when he was introduced to him by a mutual friend in Tel Aviv, where Antopolsky’s daughter lives with her boyfriend, an Israel Defense Forces soldier. Traveling between Bordeaux, the U.S., and Israel — and different eras — Ressler ended up forging a friendship with the 66-year-old farmer. He says it was almost a year before he realized Antopolsky’s talent. “He usually would go upstairs to this little room and shut the door to write and play his songs,â€? recalls Ressler. “I didn’t think about it; I just ďŹ gured it was some guy who likes to play guitar. Then one night, we were alone in

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the house, and he played downstairs. And I couldn’t believe it. He’s country, but he’s optimistic. These are some of the best songs I have ever heard in my life.� Slowly, Antopolsky’s story began to unfold. Antopolsky graduated college in the early ’70s and was inuenced by the times: drinking and drugs, long hair and talk of revolution. One day, Van Zandt came to Athens, Ga., and Antopolsky went to hear him play. After the show, Antopolsky introduced him-

self to the artist. “They hit it off, and Townes invited him to come traveling with him,â€? says Al Low, who has known Antopolsky since they were in their teens. Antopolsky spent the next several years jamming across the U.S. with Townes. Legend has it that Antopolsky is Lefty in Van Zandt’s most popular “Pancho and Leftyâ€? single. “We were together in this hotel room and there was some kind of evangelistic thing going on so we couldn’t drive—the streets were closed,â€? Antopolsky tells JNS.org. “So we decided to have some fun. I went outside and sat under an oak tree and he sat in front of the hotel room and we gave each other 30 minutes to write a song and then both come back and sing those songs to each other. ‌ That night, he wrote ‘Pancho and Lefty.’â€? But Antopolsky ed the outlaw country music scene soon after that evening, after saving Townes’ life in Houston after an overdose on heroin, which left the young Antopolsky shaken. Low says that while Antopolsky was deep into the music and swayed by the times, he was never into heavy drugs and his optimistic love of life and country used to drive the brooding singers crazy. “I was just a young, wild hippie,â€? Antopolsky says with his modest chuckle. “I lost my parents when I was very young but I understood from my youth about World War II veterans, about the Holocaust and the Iron Curtain. And about Israel; I love Israel. No, I was never really radical or protesting. I always loved America.â€? He continues, “Music has sort of an elevated place, but it is also a place to do harm. People can have a lot of hatred in songs. ‌ What inspires my songs is to ďŹ nd what is good. ‌ With songs, we can leap over our problems.â€? Ultimately, Antopolsky was in search of

spirituality. He traveled around the world to ďŹ nd it—to Japan, to India, and to Hawaii. Finally, he returned to his Jewish faith, met his wife, had twins and moved to France. Today, on his farm, he ventures into the ďŹ elds like a modern-day Rebbe Nachman and, “I just speak to the Creator, make a relationship. Rebbe Nachman taught us that we can talk to Him ourselves.â€? This newest venture, the one that involves sharing his hidden tunes with the public and telling his endearing and incredible story to the world, is for Antopolsky humbling and sometimes uncomfortable. But Ressler is conďŹ dent that when the world hears Antopolsky there will be no going back. “Daniel is less famous, but he is no less of a great storyteller than Townes or Bob Dylan,â€? Ressler says. “The Sheriff of Mars,â€? for which there is a Kickstarter campaign closing on Dec. 15, is named for the cartoon character that Antopolsky has been drawing since the age of 4. Sometimes it has a mustache, sometimes it has guns or candy canes or stars. These images have ended up in the hands of many over the last four decades, including those of musical icons of the Outlaw Country period. The sheriff, says Antopolsky, was always given as a gift, as a way to make people happy. “Antopolsky is the cartoon character of happiness come to life,â€? says Ressler, who named the documentary that he hopes will be funded and debut soon in ďŹ lm festivals to help get the hidden artist’s music out. “This is the story of a wild man with a sweet heart who has lived an incredible life like no one else has,â€? Ressler says. “He has put it all into his music without expecting anything to come from it. Now they are all going to love Daniel and his music.â€?

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gether the butter, granulated sugar, and brown sugar with an electric mixer until light and uffy. Add the egg and orange juice and beat until combined. Add the our mixture and mix just until incorporated. 2. Wrap the dough in plastic wrap and chill in the refrigerator for 15 to 30 minutes. 3. Meanwhile, preheat the oven to 350°F. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper. Lightly our your work surface. 4. Flour your rolling pin and cookie cutters. Roll out the dough to 1/4-inch thick on the work surface. Cut into desires shapes and place them on the prepared baking sheets. Reroll the scraps and continue until all the dough has been used. Bake until the edges are just golden, 10 to 12 minutes. Cool two minutes on the baking sheet, then move to a wire rack to cool completely. 5. Place the confectioners’ sugar in a small bowl. Add water, 1 tablespoon at a time, and whisk until a smooth, thick but pourable consistency is reached. Drizzle the frosting on the cookies and decorate them with blue sugar or sprinkles. Variation: Use 1 cup all-purpose our and 1/2 cup whole wheat our, or 3/4 of each. %ODFN DQG :KLWH &KRFRODWH 'LSSHG &KDQXNDK &RRNLHV To make Chocolate Ganache¸ bring 1 cup of heavy cream to a simmer in a small saucepan over medium heat. Place 4 ounces chopped milk chocolate in a small bowl and 4 ounces chopped white chocolate in another small bowl. Pour half of the warm cream into each bowl. Let sit for a few minutes, then stir with rubber spatulas to melt the chocolates. Let cool slightly before dipping your cookies. Divide the cookies into two equal batches. Dip the cookies in one batch in the milk chocolate, covering each cookie halfway; dip the cookies in a second batch in the white chocolate, dipping each cookie halfway. Sprinkle the frosted parts of the cookies with gold and silver decorating sugar. Make it Pareve: These are so easy to make nondairy: just sub in margarine for butter. Because it’s traditional to eat dairy delicacies on Chanukah, and I rarely have occasion to make dairy desserts, I seize the opportunity to use butter in this recipe. But it’s a great quick cookie recipe and shouldn’t be relegated to Chanukah — just use cookie cutters that are nowt holiday themed. From “Joy of Kosher: Fast, Fresh Family Recipes by Jamie Geller.â€? Copyright 2013 by Jamie Geller. Reprinted with permission.

Perfect food turned latke, with boiling water bath By Melissa D’Arabian, Associated Press During college, I took a class on global populations and food (affectionately known as “pops and cropsâ€?). I’m sure it was a ďŹ ne class, but really only one lesson has stuck with me in the 25 years since. Professor Tremblay was adamant that if we ever were stuck on a deserted island and could take only one food with us, we should choose the sweet potato. “A nutritional bargainâ€? he called it. And he was right. One cup of the tasty tuber has seven times more vitamin A than you need in a day, more than half of the vitamin C, 7 grams of ďŹ lling ďŹ ber and 4 grams of protein. There’s also vitamin B6, potassium, calcium and iron. And of course they are wonderfully sweet — which comes at a price; sweet potatoes have about twice the sugar of carrots, ounce per ounce. (I suppose this is less of a concern if you are on a deserted island.) But the good news is that the sweetness really satisďŹ es, no sugary ketchup needed. But how to incorporate this natural little treat into our diets? Try sweet potatoes in-

stead of regular potatoes in your favorite recipes — oven-baked fries, for instance. In terms of avor, smoky and spicy play off the sweetness perfectly. Also try subbing sweet potato in some of your favorite root vegetable recipes. Roasted sweet potato and parsnip hash, anyone? With the coming of Chanukah, I was inspired to make smoky sweet potato latkes, which balance the sugar of the sweet potatoes with earthy cumin and smoked paprika. They are delicious and crispy and perfect accompanied by unsweetened applesauce and plain Greek yogurt or sour cream. While most Chanukah kitchens may prefer to deep-fry, I baked my latkes. To ensure they were still crispy (and oily!), both the pan and latkes get brushed with oil. Much easier, much less mess and a whole lot leaner. I also found a great way to cut the cooking time. I par-cook the shredded sweet potatoes by pouring boiling water over them. This not only speeds up the baking, it also

washes away some of the starch, which results in a crispier latke.

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Start to ďŹ nish for 16 latkes: 45 minutes 1 large sweet potato, peeled and grated (about 4 cups grated) 1/2 large yellow or sweet onion, grated (about 3/4 cup grated) 1 egg 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin 1/2 teaspoon smoked paprika 1/3 cup cornstarch 4 tablespoons canola or vegetable oil, divided Plain Greek yogurt and unsweetened applesauce, to serve Heat the oven to 400 F. In a large colander, combine the sweet potato and onion. Set over the sink. Bring about 4 cups of water to a boil. Slowly pour the water over the potato mixture, then let it drain and cool until easily handled, 8 to 10 minutes. A handful at a time, place the sweet potato mixture in a

clean kitchen towel and squeeze to extract as much liquid as possible, then transfer to a large bowl. In a small bowl, beat together the egg, salt, cumin and paprika, then stir into the sweet potato mixture. Sprinkle the cornstarch over the sweet potatoes and mix well. The mixture should be moist, but not wet. If needed, blot excess moisture and add a little more our. Use 2 tablespoons of the oil to evenly coat a rimmed baking sheet. Divide the sweet potato mixture into 16 mounds (each about 2 tablespoons) on the prepared baking sheet, leaving about 2 inches between them. Use the bottom of a glass or measuring cup to atten each. Using a pastry brush and the remaining 2 tablespoons of oil, brush the tops of the latkes with oil. Bake for 15 to 20 minutes, or until lightly browned and crisp. Serve the latkes with a dollop of yogurt and applesauce. Food Network star Melissa d’Arabian is an expert on healthy eating on a budget.

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Intergeneration Day at HALB’s Lev Chana HALB Intergeneration Day is an amazing, much beloved program that takes place annually at HALB Lev Chana Early Childhood Center. When the call goes out to grandparents and greatgrandparents to assemble in the SKA gym, many respond, some coming from as far away as Israel, Los Angeles and Pittsburgh, joining those close by in Woodmere and Hewlett. They shep nachas as they watch and listen raptly as their treasures, HALB’s Lev Chana kindergarteners, perform a medley of songs. They join their grandchildren at various centers in creating beautiful memories to take home. The children smile widely and wave happily as they spot their beloved grandparents, while the grandparents wave back and zip out their smart phones in anticipation of the childrens’ performances. Family portraits taken in front of a beautiful colorful backdrop created by the kindergarteners, are eagerly waited for by grandparents as they check their mail for the special manila envelope with the familiar Lev Chana return address. Mrs. Joyce Weiss, Ariella Melohn’s grandmother who ew in from warm and sunny Los Angeles, commented that “as a teacher I have done grandparent’s day. Today was calm, relaxed, no pressure and we enjoyed every moment of it. Thank you for inviting us!â€? Sammy Butler’s grandmother, Nina Butler, a principal in a day school, drove in from Pittsburgh to spend an hour with her grandson to create “priceless jewelry, family trees and enjoy a musical presentation.â€? Max Karkowsky’s grandfather, Irving GoldďŹ nger, succinctly summed up the sentiments of many there when he said, “Ă? have been a HALB parent and grandparent for 35 years. I just want to say thank you to the HALB yeshiva for doing such a great job. My older kids, who are now grown and who have their own children, are doing fantastic. I want to thank the HALB family for making them into the men they are today.â€?

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