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Dear Readers,I was on the phone with

my brother earlier today when I heard the news about the fa-tal Amtrak crash. Sometimes we hear about certain events and we move on, busy with our lives. But I stopped when I heard the news. This was not just a random crash. I have been on that train before as I used to have to visit clients in Washington, D.C., and my brother used to commute back and forth between Silver Spring and New York every week for a few months and he would trav-el on that route as well. It was jarring; we both thought to our-selves: it could have been us. As we boarded and disembarked so many times we never once thought of what could happen in the event of a tragedy, we nev-er once considered a fatal crash.

And yet, at least seven people lost their lives as the train hur-tled through the darkness.

And then I heard that one of those who lost their lives lived in our neighborhood. He was 21-years-old, the valedictorian of his high school class, study-ing in the naval academy and on his way back home. But his parents would never hug their only child again, as he perished in the crash.

I know that I have never met Justin Zemser. But my heart aches for his parents who lost their baby so young and for the precious life that was cut short.

This tragedy was a jarring wakeup call to me: as I go about my day I should constantly be grateful for the moments I have on this earth. I should not be taking for granted the mundane and I should not be taking for

granted the gift that Hashem gives me every second, every minute, every day. Life is just too precious.

Sefira is a time of reflection. As we count the days we also work on ourselves and strive to become better people worthy of receiving the Torah. Counting the days requires us to focus on each day and it gives us the opportunity to appreciate the time we have during this period between Pesach and Shavuos. Imagine if we lived our whole lives counting each day. Besides for being grateful, we would use each day to add value—to “ap-preciate”—to that time. The fo-cus on our lives would be differ-ent, and our lives would become elevated and more complete.Wishing you a wonderful weekend,Shoshana

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8 Letters to the Editor Dear Editor,

The national debt has increased over $7 trillion from $11 trillion to a record $18.2 trillion over the past sev-en years under President Obama with very little to show for it. The debate has already begun in Washington as part of the looming 2016 federal bud-get negotiations between the president and Congress about permitting our na-tional debt to grow even more. What’s another trillion or two between friends?

Isn’t it time Washington destroyed its credit cards and lived within its means just like you and I? Sincerely,Larry Penner

Dear Editor,Recently, many protesters have

been chanting the slogan “Black lives matter.” I heard that over the week-end some towns in Connecticut found signs around the neighborhood with the words “White lives matter.” I’d like to propose a new slogan for all of America: “Lives matter.”

Yes, every life matters. We are all people, all created by our Creator to bring good to this world. If we can all recognize the goodness in each per-son, we can bring respect and peace to our country. By recognizing that each person’s life is unique, is precious, is important, we will become better peo-ple. We will be able to connect better with others. There will be less “us” vs. “them,” and there will be more respect across all lines.C. Berkowitz

To the Editor, Thank you for your interesting pub-

lication. I read with interest your cover sto-

ry this past week about the practice of the first haircut custom with young boys in the Far Rockaway/Five Towns area. I would like to mention, however, some important additional information about the practice that people should be aware of, namely related to the dif-fering opinions about it among gedolei Yisroel, and its lack of universal ac-ceptance among Yidden. Many people may not know it, but great gedolim, such as the Brisker Rav (Uvdos Ve-hanhagos Liveis Brisk I, p.256), and the Steipler Gaon (Orchos Rabbeinu I, p.233), pointedly eschewed the custom (like the Brisker Rav), or even spoke out strongly against it (like the Steipler Gaon). There are even some Sfardim who do not do it. Also of interest is even among those who practice it, the form is not always the same. For ex-ample, Skvira Chasidim do upsherin at

two years of age, not three. Those who follow such gedo-

lim, and have traditions of minhagim without upsherin, such as many Lit-vaks, Yekkes, and Oberlander Yidden, for example, should have their tradi-tions respected and not be given the impression that their holy minhagim do not exist, or are not recognized, chas veshalom, by an important publication like yours.

Thank you for allowing me to bring this information to the attention of your readers. Sincerely, A Litvishe reader Dear Editor,

I truly enjoy reading Rivki Rosen-wald’s column every week. They’re always fun to read and impart a won-derful message to myself to slow down, enjoy life and search for meaning. You don’t have to learn life’s lessons by listening to a stuffy speaker; she gives over powerful lessons in an interesting, on-the-fly way. I love it!C. Singer

Dear Editor,I am happy to hear that the Orthodox

community is finally being vocal about something that’s been around for for-ever—divorce. We are finally speak-ing about divorce and the victims of divorce and trying to help the commu-nity understand and help those in need. Many people I know watched OHEL’s recent film on divorce and came away feeling extremely informed. Dr. Deb’s recent article in your publication also focused on divorce and how it’s im-portant to make sure the children don’t become hurt in the process.

I have a friend who knew from the beginning of her marriage that some-thing wasn’t right but by the time things came to a head there was a child in her arms and the stigma associated with di-vorce in our community was weighing on her head. She is still married for the sake of her children but every day is a struggle and her self-esteem and self-worth has been beyond damaged.

Perhaps if she would have felt the community’s support at the time she realized her dire predicament she would have been able to save herself so many hard years.S. W.

Dear Editor,One of our greatest presidents,

Abraham Lincoln, once observed, “America will collapse not from with-out—but from within.” A prosperous economy—coupled of course with a

constitutional order—is vital to our na-tion’s survival. But recent data on the debt, deficit and unfunded liabilities clearly underscores the fact that we are veering off course and are headed to-ward the very collapse we must eschew. You’ll hear in the mainstream-liberal media that our debt is currently $18 trillion—but when accounting for un-funded liabilities for such programs as Medicare, Medicaid and Social Securi-ty, the total is over $100 trillion! Fed-eral spending is spiraling out of control and taxes are continually increasing—and it must be stopped. Our current economic crisis is a result of ignoring free-market principles which can and have created untold prosperity.

I would like to propose—though of course not my own ideas—a rudimen-tary 10-point plan that will steer us in the right direction:

1. Decrease spending2. Deregulate the economy with

only essential government regulation3. Abolish ALL taxes and introduce

a Flat Tax of 17% with an exemption on the first $40,000 of income which helps the poor and middle class — as a result, abolish the IRS. The tax code is a monstrosity and with a flat tax is unnecessary

4. Abolish the minimum wage, as it hurts low-skilled workers — the very people it was supposed to help

5. Introduce school choice and thus abolish the Department of Education (Milton & Rose Friedman)

6. Privatize healthcare

7. Increase military spending to strengthen the U.S. and to combat ter-rorism and other issues

8. Seal the border and limit immi-gration to allow for assimilation

9. Provide welfare benefits only to those who absolutely require it, and let the states handle the issue

This last proposal may shock many people, but we have the power to do it, and for the sake of America and global security, it is absolutely necessary:

10. Obliterate Iran, Gaza and all other Islamo-Nazi regimes once and for all — either by pushing sanctions to the limit or by direct military action

It is noteworthy that the future is bleak, and almost any of these propos-als have a minimal-to-nothing chance of ever being put into practice. But someone has to tell the truth and crush the ever-so-attractive lies of Liberalism and Marxism. This is just a small dose of common sense in an insane world.Sincerely,Rafi Metz

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GlobalNepal Rocked by Another Earthquake

On Tuesday, Nepal was hit once again by another major earthquake, kill-ing at least 37 people while triggering landslides and toppling buildings less than three weeks after the Himalayan nation was ravaged by its worst quake in decades.

The magnitude-7.3 quake — cen-tered midway between the capital of Kathmandu and Mount Everest — hit hardest in districts northeast of the cap-ital. It terrified a nation already shell-shocked and struggling after a more powerful quake on April 25 killed more than 8,150 and flattened entire villages, leaving hundreds of thousands home-less.

Officials expect the death toll to rise as they sift through the rubble. At least 1,139 people had been injured by Tues-day’s quake, and in neighboring India, at least 16 were killed after roofs and walls collapsed onto them. One death was reported in Tibet.

Nepal was left reeling by the April 25 earthquake that took far too many lives. The impoverished country ap-pealed for billions of dollars in aid from foreign nations, as well as medical ex-perts to treat the wounded and helicop-ters to ferry food and temporary shelters to hundreds of thousands left homeless amid unseasonal rains.

Tuesday’s quake was deeper, though, coming from a depth of 18.5 kilometers (11.5 miles) versus the ear-lier one at 15 kilometers (9.3 miles). Shallow earthquakes tend to cause more damage. It was followed closely by at least 10 strong aftershocks.

Many buildings that did not collapse in the earlier earthquake could now be in danger of future collapse. At least two buildings crumbled in Tuesday’s earth-quake.

“Everyone was saying the earth-quakes are over ... Now I don’t want to believe anyone,” said 40-year-old produce vendor Ram Hari Sah as he

searched for a spot to pitch the orange tarpaulin his family would shelter in. “We are all scared, we are terrified. I would rather deal with mosquitoes and the rain than sleep in the house.”

Extra police officers were sent to pa-trol ad-hoc camping areas, while drink-ing water and extra tents were being provided.

“I thought I was going to die this time,” Sulav Singh, who rushed with his daughter into a street in the suburban neighborhood of Thapathali, related. “Things were just getting back to nor-mal, and we get this one.”

Spain’s Citizenship for Jews Program Snagged

In 2013, Spain announced that Sep-hardic Jews throughout the world would be eligible for Spanish citizenship under a proposed law. Many thought that the law would carry few requirements aside from vetting one’s ancestry. Portugal proposed a similar law after Spain and that law went into effect on March 1.

But Spain is still dragging its feet. Finally, this month, lawmakers are pre-paring to approve a law that potential-ly allows hundreds of thousands, and possibly millions, of Sephardic Jews around the world a shot at citizenship, though there are no reliable estimates of how many people might be eligible.

The hurdles are significant: Sephar-dic applicants must learn and be tested in basic Spanish if they don’t speak one of several Jewish languages rooted in Spanish. They also must pass a current events and culture test about Spain. And they have to establish a modern-day link to Spain, which can be as simple as do-nating to a Spanish charity or as expen-sive as buying Spanish property.

Alfonso Paredes Henriquez’s ances-tors lived in Spain and were driven into Portugal by the Inquisition. After wait-ing for years for Spain to finalize its citi-zenship law, Paredes Henriquez went to Portugal and submitted his application for citizenship in March.

“Spain came out saying they would make a law but Portugal did it first and it’s easier in Portugal,” said Paredes Henriquez. “Portugal just swooped in.”

In Portugal he only needed to provide family history and prove he has never been convicted of a crime punishable by three or more years in prison. He was able to bypass lots of red tape by shunning Spain’s slow, laborious pro-ceedings.

“Portugal is being more friendly about the process,” he said. Indeed, the country is currently examining its first round of applications with decisions ex-pected in a few months. “There’s more willingness to do it, and they’re doing it right.”

Spain’s Jewish federation has re-ceived more than 5,000 requests for information about the Spanish law. For now, they are telling would-be appli-cants to start gathering family history as evidence, to consider learning some Spanish and to think about establishing a link to Spain, said federation president Isaac Querub Caro.

The federation is also warning peo-ple the law isn’t expected to become open to applicants until October, in or-der to give enough time to create the Spanish language and citizenship tests and set up a digital application system.

Once the law is in effect, applicants will have a three-year window to seek

citizenship. Querub said the amend-ments added to the Spanish law were unexpected, but declined to criticize them.

Although it seems that Sephardic Jews will have to jump through hoops to obtain their citizenship, once they become Spanish citizens they will be allowed to have dual nationality, a priv-ilege only allowed in Spain for those from former Spanish colonies, plus An-dorra and Portugal.

89-year-old Mordechai Ben Abir said he’s not bothered by the extra steps he’ll have to take.

He completed a doctoral degree at a Barcelona university at age 82, and discovered his family’s historic links to Spain. Ben Abir’s thesis went back in time through 25 generations to tie him to the Caballero family that fled Spain.

Despite his age, Ben Abir, who was born in Argentina and moved to Israel in 1955, said he is “going to get a passport no matter what.”

“My goal is not to have a passport for the honor of having a European passport,” he said. “I want to feel that we returned to Spain, so it would be clear that we won. That we still exist. That we live.”

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Gulf States Voice Displeasure at U.S.-Arab Summit

The Camp David summit of U.S. and allied Arab leaders will be missing some key figures. This week, Saudi King Salman, who formally accepted an invitation from President Obama to at-tend the summit, announced that he will be skipping the meeting. Other Gulf leaders, such as long who head the Unit-ed Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Oman, never formally accepted an invitation but will not be attending as well.

The absences will put a damper on talks that are designed to reassure key Arab allies, and almost certainly reflect dissatisfaction among leaders of the six-member Gulf Cooperation Council

with Washington’s handling of Iran and what they expect to get out of the meet-ing.

Despite the announcement that Sau-di King Salman will not be attending, due to an ostensible humanitarian cease-fire in the conflict in Yemen where a Saudi-led coalition is fighting Shiite rebels known as Houthis, other repre-sentatives from Saudi Arabia will be at-tending. Crown Prince Mohammed bin Nayef, who is also interior minister, will lead the Saudi delegation and the king’s son, Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who is defense minister, will also attend. Obama had planned to meet with Salman one-on-one before the gathering.

The tiny island kingdom of Bah-rain, an important military ally of the U.S., said that its delegation would be headed by the country’s crown prince, Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa. It is the longstanding host to the Navy’s 5th Fleet, which is responsible for opera-tions around the Arabian Peninsula and northern Indian Ocean, and is Washing-ton’s main naval counterbalance to Iran. Bahrain’s leadership has close ties with the Saudis.

At the summit, leaders of Gulf na-

tions will be looking for assurances that they have Obama’s support at a time when the region feels under siege from Islamic extremists and by Iran’s rising influence. The Gulf states worry the nu-clear pact taking shape with the U.S., Iran and other nations may embolden Tehran to act more aggressively in the region.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Ne-tanyahu has expressed similar concerns, saying the emerging deal will leave too much of Iran’s nuclear infrastructure intact while giving it quick relief from economic sanctions. The U.S. hasn’t paid much attention to Israel’s concerns although Netanyahu is quick to point out that moderate Sunni Arab countries see “eye to eye” with Israel on this matter.

Abdulkhaleq Abdullah, a professor of political science at Emirates Uni-versity, said Gulf leaders were staying away from the Camp David gathering to signal their displeasure over the nuclear talks.

“I don’t think they have a deep re-spect, a deep trust for Obama and his promises. There is a fundamental differ-ence between his vision of post-nucle-ar-deal Iran and their vision,” he said. “They think Iran is a destabilizing force and will remain so, probably even more, if the sanctions are lifted. ... They’re just not seeing things eye to eye.”

Syrian Chief of Intel Under House Arrest

On Monday it was reported that Syr-ia’s intelligence chief has been placed under house arrest on suspicion of plot-ting a coup against President Bashar Assad. Brig. Gen. Ali Mamlouk, the head of the country’s National Security Bureau, is suspected of having spoken by telephone with Turkish intelligence officials amid turmoil in Assad’s “inner circle,” according to The Telegraph.

The embroiled Syrian leader Assad has managed to cling to power despite a civil war that has left hundreds of thou-sands of Syrians dead and ravaged the country over the last four years. Despite a number of high-level defectors, many of Assad’s closest confidants have re-mained loyal to the Alawite leader.

Monday’s news conflicts with a

report in Kuwaiti media that said that Mamlouk was fighting for his life in the hospital earlier this month after an at-tempt was made on his life. The Middle East Eye quoted Kuwait’s Al-Siyasah newspaper suggesting that Mamlouk was responsible for the assassination by cyanide injection of Rustom Ghaza-leh, Syria’s former political intelligence chief. Ghazaleh died in a Damascus hospital in April 2014, and Mamlouk himself was poisoned with cyanide, ac-cording to the report.

Other sources have said that Mam-louk is undergoing treatment for leuke-mia.

Should the intelligence chief die—whether in the hospital or under other circumstances—he will be the fourth suspect in the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri in 2005 to die under mysterious circum-stances.

UK’s Cameron Assembling All- Conservative Cabinet

As David Cameron celebrates his victory in last week’s elections, he is busy piecing together an all-Conserva-tive cabinet.

Prime Minister Cameron has prom-ised to lead a government for “one na-tion” after his party won its first majority since 1992 with 331 seats on Thursday.

Speaking on Friday, Mr. Cameron said he would “stay true to my word and implement as fast as I can the devolu-tion that all parties agreed for Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.”

The Conservatives have said they will seek to deliver all of their election manifesto in government, focusing on tax cuts, extending access to childcare, extending home ownership and giv-ing the public a say on the UK’s future membership in the EU.

Cameron was elected Conservative leader in 2005. He is one of the lon-gest serving Conservative leaders in the country’s history.

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Turkey and Saudi Arabia Join Forces against Assad

Turkey and Saudi Arabia have joined together on an aggressive new mission to overthrow Syrian President Bashar Assad. Turkey has a democratic govern-ment and Saudi Arabia is a conservative kingdom and both have shared this com-mon enemy for years. Due to what they are calling American indecision, they have created an alliance that is driving recent rebel gains in northern Syria and has helped strengthen a new coalition of anti-Assad insurgents, Turkish officials say.

Naturally this new alliance is raising concern in the United States and other Western counties, which does not want rebel groups, including the al-Qaeda linked Nusra Front, uniting and getting stronger even if it is to topple Assad. The Obama administration is concerned that the revived rebel alliance could po-tentially put a more dangerous radical Islamist regime in Assad’s place.

It’s not that Turkey and Saudi Arabia are the best of friends; they have their share of differences. Until now, Sau-di Arabia maintained its distance and funding from some anti-Assad Islamist groups. Saudi Arabia and Turkey also differed about the role of the interna-tional Islamist group, the Muslim Broth-erhood, in the Syrian opposition. Tur-key supports the group, while the Saudi monarchy considers it a threat to its rule at home. However, desperate times call for desperate measures, and the two countries have pushed their differences aside.

Turkish officials say the Obama ad-ministration has disengaged from Syr-ia as it focuses on rapprochement with Iran. While the U.S. administration is focused on defeating the Islamic State group in Syria and Iraq, they say it has no coherent strategy for ending the rule of Assad, Iran’s key ally in the region. This move may indicate that the Middle East feels that Assad is a bigger threat to the region than a nuclear Iran.

The Turkish-Saudi agreement has led to a new joint command center in the northeastern Syrian province of Idlib. The new partnership combines Saudi money with Turkey’s logistical support, a force to be reckoned with.

“It’s a different world now in Syr-ia, because the Saudi pocketbook has opened and the Americans can’t tell them not to do it,” said Joshua Landis, the director of the Center for Middle East Studies at the University of Okla-homa. “It’s quite clear that Salman [king of Saudi Arabia] has prioritized efforts against Iran over those against the Mus-lim Brotherhood.”

Military Plane Crashes in Spain

A military transport plane crashed near Seville airport in southwestern Spain last weekend, killing four crew members and leaving two seriously in-jured.

The plane, Airbus A400M, was un-dergoing flight tests at the airport when it crashed on Saturday. Spain’s airport authority AENA said that Seville airport was closed for just over 1 ½ hours as its fire crews attended to the plane crash outside its perimeter fence.

The accident has raised concerns about the safety of the new, propel-ler-driven transport aircraft. Britain and Germany immediately said they would suspend the use of their A400M aircraft until the cause of the crash has been de-termined. Before the impact, the pilots had communicated that a fault was af-fecting the flight, Spain’s air traffic con-trollers said.

Spain’s Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy offered his condolences to the families of the all-Spanish crew. “I hope there will be maximum transparency when explanations are made as to what happened here. That’s what I’m going to ask of Airbus,” Rajoy said.

Seville is the final assembly point for the A400M, a 20-billion-euro program; the first aircraft was delivered in 2013. Some 194 aircraft have been ordered by eight countries — including Spain — to replace their aging Hercules fleets. Airbus said the plane that crashed was

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scheduled to be delivered to Turkey in June as the country’s third such aircraft. Last month Airbus dismissed the head of its military program after govern-ments including Germany, France and Turkey complained about delays in the A400M.

James Darcy, a spokesman for Air-bus in the U.S., said the crash was the first for the aircraft since it entered ser-vice with the French Air Force in 2013. He said Airbus Defense and Space has been ramping up production of the plane “as part of the normal planned growth for the program.” The target for this year is 14 aircraft, up from eight last year, he said.

ISIS Prisoners Break Free

A prison break just north of Bagh-dad turned very bloody this week as 40 inmates escaped. The Islamic State took responsibility for the escape in which six guards and 30 detainees were killed.

“One of the prisoners seized a weap-on from a guard. After killing him,

the inmate headed up to the weapons storage and he seized more weapons,” spokesman Brigadier General Saad Maan told reporters. “Clashes erupted inside. We lost a first lieutenant and five policemen; forty prisoners fled. Nine of them were held on terror charges and the rest for common crimes,” he said. Maan added that 30 prisoners who had been held on terrorism charges were killed in the clashes.

Iraq has been plagued by several prison breaks over the past two years, including in the early days of a huge June 2014 offensive by ISIS. The ji-hadists freed and recruited hundreds of Sunni inmates in the cities of Tikrit and Mosul at the time.

A mass break-out at Abu Ghraib prison in west Baghdad during which

more than 500 inmates, including top Islamist militants, escaped in July 2013 is considered to be one of the key mo-ments in the rise of ISIS.

Typhoon Slows After Killing Two

Typhoon Noul weakened on its way to southern Japan after dumping heavy rains and bringing strong winds that flattened houses in coastal areas on the northeastern tip of the Philippines. Two people died when the tree-toppling, powerline-cutting typhoon made land-fall in the province of Cagayan in the Philippines. The rice- and corn-produc-ing region is about 250 miles north of

the capital, Manila.The typhoon was packing winds of

90 mph and gusts of up to 110 mph. British-based Tropical Storm Risk downgraded Noul on Monday to a cate-gory two typhoon from category five on Sunday. The national disaster agency said two men died from electrocution as they were strapping down a tin roof on a house during the height of the typhoon.

Despite the destruction wrought by Noul, it also brought much needed rains to rice and corn farms that had been hit by intense summer heat.

German Anti-Semitic Attacks Increasing

New statistics show there has been a sharp rise in anti-Semitic offenses in Germany last year, as well as in crimes against foreigners. Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere told reporters that anti-Semitic offenses rose 25.2 percent last year to 1,596 after declining in 2013. Crimes against foreigners were up 21.5 percent to 3,945.

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Europe has been on high alert in recent months amid a surge of anti-Se-mitic violence. France was left reeling in January after a series of jihadist at-tacks on satirical cartoonists and a ko-sher supermarket left 17 people dead. In February, a Jewish guard outside a Copenhagen synagogue was gunned down the morning after the jihadist who perpetrated the attack also fired at a car-toonist during a debate on free speech.

Following the attacks, governments across the continent scrambled to reas-

sure their Jewish communities. German Chancellor Angela Merkel has pledged to do everything to ensure the safety of Jews in a country whose very identity was shaped by the Holocaust. Her gov-ernment has been criticized, however, for creating a new commission on an-ti-Semitism without including a single Jewish person.

Germans don’t seem to be having too friendly a view on Jews and Israel. A November poll in Germany showed that one in four Germans equated Israel’s policies toward Palestinians with Nazi Germany’s treatment of Jews during World War II. Results showed a spike in negative views toward Jews and Is-rael between June and September, when Israel was at war with Hamas terrorists in Gaza. One in five respondents polled said that Israel’s policies made Jews in general less likable.

Busses Burned for Not Running Anti-Israel Ad

Four Danish buses were destroyed in a suspected arson attack that police

believe had an anti-Semitic motive. The buses were found on fire in the early hours of Friday morning in Copen-hagen. Another was found covered in anti-Israeli graffiti. The motive for the attacks seems pretty clear. Last week, the city’s transit authority ordered the removal of advertisements by a pro-Pal-estinian group calling for a boycott of Israeli goods.

The advertisements were paid for by the Danish-Palestinian Friendship As-sociation. It says it works “to influence the Danish public and the Danish au-thorities to do more for the Palestinians’ right to self-determination.” The notic-es, placed on 35 buses across Copen-hagen, showed two Palestinian women opposite the words: “Our conscience is clean! We neither buy products from the Israeli settlements nor invest in the set-tlement industry.”

Within four days of the ads going up, the bus company, Movia, removed them, saying they were “unnecessari-ly offensive.” Movia added that it had “received a significant number of in-quiries regarding the Danish Palestin-ian Friendship Association’s campaign against Israeli settlements.” The com-pany received close to 100 complaints, most of them in English.

In January, a gunman of Palestinian descent was killed by police in Copen-hagen after he attacked a synagogue and a free speech debate. A Jewish man and a film director were killed and five po-lice were injured by the Palestinian.

Russia Celebrates VE Day

New machines of war were on dis-play in Russia this week including a highly sophisticated tank. They were shown during the annual Victory Day military parade through Red Square that marks the surrender of Nazi Ger-many and the Red Army’s key role in the defeat. Victory Day is Russia’s most important secular holiday, both com-

memorating the Soviet Union’s huge suffering in the war and highlighting Russia’s portrayal of itself as a force for peace and security. This year’s parade, on the 70th anniversary of the surrender, was the biggest military parade since the Soviet Union’s collapse.

The Armata tank drew a round of strong applause as it rumbled through the square, part of a long convoy that ranged from the World War II era to the most modern. Also on view for the first time at the parade was a lumbering RS-24 Yars ICBM launcher along with sev-eral new, smaller vehicles. Afterwards, an estimated 300,000 people walked through central Moscow to Red Square, holding portraits of relatives who fought in the war. President Vladimir Putin joined them near Red Square, with a photo of his naval veteran father.

In his speech to the assembled troops and veterans, Putin said that the carnage of the war underlined the importance of international cooperation, but “in the past decades we have seen attempts to create a unipolar world.” That phrase is often used by Russia to criticize the United States’ purported aim to domi-nate world affairs.

An air of grievance mixes with the annual commemoration of the Nazi defeat, with Russians frequently com-plaining that the West undervalues the Red Army’s role and even tries to “re-write history.” Egyptian President Ab-del-Fattah el-Sissi, who met with Putin after the parade, echoed that strain. “No one can deny the role that Russia, the Soviet Union, played in the fight with Nazism and history will never forget,” he said.

For veterans of the war, in which the USSR is estimated to have lost 26 mil-lion people including 8 million soldiers, the parade was an intensely emotional experience. “When we fought, we had a couple of automatic pistols and a rifle — now look at all the amazing military equipment we’ve got,” said 92-year-old Valentina Schulgina, who fought in the Battle of Stalingrad, regarded by some as the bloodiest battle in history.

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Arrests in Thai Human Trafficking Industry

The recent discovery of jungle pris-on camps in a southern Thai province has led to the release of almost 200 captured migrants. Spurred by Thai jun-ta chief Prayut Chan-O-Cha’s calls to end the grim trade within 10 days, po-lice have launched an operation against smugglers in Songkhla, a province neighboring Malaysia crisscrossed by trafficking trails.

Gangs have long been known to be operating with the help of corrupt gov-ernment officials. The recent crackdown is the first time the smugglers are on the run in significant numbers. As a result, scores of desperate Bangladesh and Myanmar Rohingyas have been aban-doned as their gang masters go under-ground. Authorities have been at pains to show Thailand is serious about tack-ling people-smuggling after years of ac-cusations that they turn a blind eye to – and are even complicit in – the trade.

Four secret jungle camps have now been found in Songkhla since last week-end, alongside many buried bodies. Tens of thousands have braved the dangerous sea crossing to southern Thailand from Myanmar in recent years, with many headed for Malaysia and beyond. Many die at sea. But of those who make it, large numbers end up in remote camps across southern Thailand where inves-tigators believe traffickers demand up to $3,000 from relatives and friends for their release. Others are sold on to Ma-laysia, according to activists working to expose the trade.

The exodus of Rohingya – described by the UN as one of the world’s most persecuted minorities – has followed deadly communal unrest which broke out in western Myanmar’s Rakhine state in 2012. Rohingya living in Ban-gladesh, as well as Bangladeshis, have also been trafficked to Thailand, after being tricked with fake job offers or even drugged.

Thai national police spokesman Prawut Thavornsiri said 36 arrest war-rants were issued during the latest crackdown. More than 50 police offi-cers, including senior officials, have

also been transferred from their posts for complicity or failing to act against the trade.

NK Boasts of Submarine Missile Launch

North Korea has announced that the dictatorship has successfully test-fired a ballistic missile from a submarine. The information is troubling considering that mobile launching of nuclear warheads is a huge step that would mark significant progress in the secretive state’s military capabilities. It could pose a new threat to South Korea, Japan and the Unit-ed States, which have tried to contain North Korea’s growing nuclear and mis-sile strength, military experts said.

Kim Jong Un oversaw the test-launch from an offshore location as the submarine dived and “a ballistic missile surfaced from the sea and soared into the air, leaving a fiery trail of blaze,” the official KCNA news agency said. “Through the test it was verified and confirmed that the underwater ballistic missile launch from a strategic subma-rine fully achieved the latest military, scientific and technical requirements.”

North Korea is under United Na-tions sanctions banning it from develop-ing or using ballistic missile technology. The United States would not comment on the reported test but said launches using ballistic missile technology were a “clear violation” of U.N. Security Council resolutions. The test, if verified, would mean North Korea can move its missiles within range of the United States, said Korea analyst Victor Cha of the Center for Strategic and Interna-tional Studies in Washington. “The test shows that North Korea missile capa-bilities are advancing without any con-straints now despite a bevy of nonprolif-eration sanctions applied by the United Nations,” Cha said.

A South Korean military expert who saw still photos of the launch in

the North’s media said they appeared to show a ballistic missile being fired from a submarine in a “cold launch” through an ejection mechanism, a key element in a submarine launch system. “The po-tential of this is that existing missile de-fense against the North can be rendered useless,” said Shin In-kyun, who runs the Korea Defense Network, an inde-pendent forum.

Even so, Shin said a full deployment of the submarine-based missile system would still require a functional guided propulsion mechanism that can carry the missile vehicle from the water sur-face to a target. The North has yet to demonstrate it has successfully minia-turized a nuclear warhead to be fitted on a delivery vehicle for deployment, according to experts.

Is the Taliban Easing its Views on Women?

The Taliban in Afghanistan have long been condemned for their anti-women ideology. Women were brutally restrict-ed to the shadows during the Taliban’s

rule in 1996-2001, denied basic human rights and not allowed to leave their homes without a male chaperone. How-ever, at this week’s peace talks in Qa-tar, the Taliban were surprisingly open with female delegates and even pledged support for women’s education and their right to work in “male-dominated pro-fessions,” activists said.

Three women who were part of a 20-member Afghan delegation that held informal peace talks with insurgent representatives in Qatar last weekend said they were surprisingly receptive to their viewpoint. Former Member of Parliament and women’s rights activ-ist Malalai Shinwari, who attended the talks, also said the Taliban representa-

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tives voiced support for female law-makers and for the right of women to choose their own spouse. Shinwari said she went into the meeting expecting that the insurgent delegates would not even greet her, but one elderly Taliban mem-ber walked up to her and said he had tears in his eyes after hearing her speak.

Shinwari’s revelations, however, have triggered an avalanche of criticism from other activists who have accused the Taliban of phony assurances. It also remains unclear whether the Taliban members have the wider support of in-surgent commanders who have waged a war against U.S.-led forces for nearly 14 years.

“The Taliban often says one thing and does another. During the long conflict with the Afghan government, the Taliban have often attacked girls’ schools and teachers, and threatened and killed women’s rights activists and women in public life. These attacks con-tinue,” Heather Barr, a senior researcher on women’s rights in Asia in the wom-en’s rights division of Human Rights Watch, pointed out with skepticism.

Top Terror Spokesman Killed

The man who issued al-Qaeda’s claim of responsibility for the Charlie Hebdo attack and the attack on a kosher supermarket in Paris has been killed in a U.S. airstrike. The SITE Intelligence Group quoted al-Qaeda as saying in an online video that Nasser bin Ali al-Ansi was killed with his eldest son and other fighters in Yemen.

Ansi’s reported death suggests the covert U.S. drone program against the Yemeni branch of the global militant group is continuing, despite the evacua-tion of American military advisers from the country amid a worsening civil war. Ansi, an ideologue and former fighter, had appeared in several of the group’s videos. In a message on January 14, he said of the January 7 attack in Paris that

the “one who chose the target, laid the plan and financed the operation is the leadership of the organization,” without naming an individual.

In the Paris attack, 17 people, in-cluding journalists and police, were killed in three days of violence, in-cluding a mass shooting at the weekly Charlie Hebdo, known for its satirical attacks on Islam and other religions. The attackers, two French-born broth-ers of Algerian origin, singled out the magazine for its publication of cartoons depicting and ridiculing the Prophet Mohammad. The bloodshed ended on January 9 with a hostage-taking at a ko-sher store in which four hostages were killed.

Ansi had also called for Yemeni Sunnis to confront the Houthi mili-tia which has taken over large parts of Yemen since September. Al-Qaeda views Houthis as heretics since they be-long to a branch of Shi’ite Islam. Ansi had fought in Bosnia in the 1990s and worked for al-Qaeda in the Philippines and Afghanistan.

IsraelAnti-Semitism is Growing, Israel and Germany Say

On Tuesday, the presidents of Israel and Germany warned of growing an-ti-Semitism as they marked half a cen-tury of diplomatic ties, 70 years after the end of World War II and the Holocaust.

“I am very worried. Worldwide an-ti-Israeli and anti-Jewish slogans are on the rise,” said President Reuven Rivlin, who was on a state visit to Berlin to mark the anniversary of bilateral rela-tions.

“In the entire free world — and es-pecially in Europe, given its not too dis-tant past — alarm bells should be ring-ing,” he said in comments to Germany’s Bild daily and Israel’s Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper.

Rivlin’s German counterpart, Joa-chim Gauck, echoed Rivlin’s concern about rising hate speech against Jews and the state of Israel, both in his coun-

try and elsewhere in Europe.“In Germany too, during demonstra-

tions last year, we saw anti-Semitism, some of it cloaked as criticism of Israel, some of it open,” he said, referring to street protests against Israel’s bombard-ment of the Gaza Strip.

“In addition to a ‘traditional’ an-ti-Semitism we are increasingly con-fronted with anti-Semitism from immi-grant families,” he said, adding that this “made me and the overwhelming major-ity of Germans feel deeply ashamed.”

The presidents, who are both aged 75, stressed that German-Israeli ties had grown strong despite the enduring dark legacy of the Holocaust during which Nazi Germany killed six million Jews.

“You won’t find a Jew in the world who doesn’t think of the Holocaust when it comes to Germany. We carry the Holocaust with us. I think it’s the same for many Germans when they think of Israel,” Rivlin pointed out.

Netanyahu Forms Coalition with Bayit Yehudi

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanya-hu finalized his government just in the nick of time. Netanyahu informed President Reuven Rivlin on Wednesday night that he had succeeded in forming a government, just an hour and a half before the midnight deadline.

Before his final decision was an-nounced Netanyahu said, “We will build a government that is strong and stable for the people of Israel. We have work to do.”

The prime minister and Bayit Yehu-di agreed that the party will be given the Education and Diaspora Affairs respon-sibilities. Its leader is Naftali Bennett. MK Uri Ariel will be agriculture min-ister. Netanyahu appointed MK Ayelet Shaked to the Justice Ministry, a deci-sion many believe Bennett pressured Netanyahu into.

“It is not a government for the Right or the Left but for all of the people of Israel,” Bennett said. “I had a good conversation with the prime minister and told him I would be happy to en-

ter a nationalist government under his leadership. I told him we will stand be-hind him and we will work with all our strength to help the government and the country succeed.”

Bennett said he thinks the govern-ment can complete its tenure, which is set to end in November 2019. The new government is expected to be sworn in on Monday.

A Clinic in a Backpack

The Tar Village, Sidhupalcho-wk District, in Nepal is struggling to rebuild from the devastating earthquake that destroyed their homes, business-es and many lives two weeks ago. Is-raAID, Israel’s humanitarian response nonprofit organization, sent a medical team to the distressed village. Teams of aid workers have been transporting and re-setting up a clinic in different parts of the region. Together with Nepali doc-tors, IsraAID medics have been moving from place to place and setting up tem-porary facilities in remote mountain vil-lages. They pack all the supplies into 10 giant orange backpacks and three duffel bags; porters schlep the loaded bags to the top of a mountain where they are needed. But these duffels aren’t filled with hiking supplies. Those bags con-tain painkillers, anesthesia, IV drips, sy-ringes, eye drops, blood pressure cuffs, bandages, stitches, plaster for casts, and more.

The medics are extremely efficient as it takes less than half an hour to ar-range and unpack the bags and set up, usually in a school, and start treating patients.

The April 25 disaster killed at least 7,000 people. As part of the team in Ne-pal, 10 doctors, nurses, and midwives left their jobs in Israel for two weeks to volunteer.

IsraAID works in 29 countries and has responded to disasters in Haiti, Ja-pan, and the Philippines and to the Sier-ra Leone’s Ebola crisis.

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operations,” a statement by Saudia said. “The plane was off duty and under the management of the holding company at the time when it left Saudi Arabia on Sunday, May 3, for Brussels, Belgium, for routine maintenance,” the airline said.

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IDF’s Golden FamilyOne family living in the Arava re-

gion of southern Israel has perhaps the most elite IDF record of all. Without re-vealing names, five of them have served as combat soldiers in elite units, both in regular service and in the reserves. The last serving household member is Toby, a Belgian Shepherd and former service dog in the Oketz canine unit.

The five members of the family in-clude Major J., who is a deputy com-mander of an Apache squadron. Ar. is a soldier in the General Staff Reconnais-sance Unit who is currently in the IDF Officer’s Training School. Am. is a com-bat soldier in the Oketz canine unit in the Judea and Samaria Division (serving in the reserves), and T. is a combat sol-dier in the elite Shayetet 13 naval com-mando unit (also in the reserves). There is also An., a cousin of the four siblings who made aliyah from the U.S. and was adopted by the family as a lone soldier and served in the Paratroopers Brigade.

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opted for diversity and serve in different units in the IDF’s three service branches – air, land and sea.

During Operation Protective Edge last summer, the three branches crossed paths in operational activities in the Gaza Strip.

Y., a fighter pilot who has soared above his siblings during operations, said the differences between them were

apparent from childhood. “One liked soccer, the other basketball, and the third was good at track and field,” he said. “The question of where each would serve was meaningless – the important thing was to give as much as you could in the best way you could.”

N., the five siblings’ mother, has grown accustomed to the worry that is part of her children’s dangerous work.

“There were a few years that were not easy for me, but when I got updates from them I chose not to go into detail,” she says. “That’s the way to deal with the concerns – and also to stay busy at work.” Toby, their 13-year-old dog, was considered an expert in tracing explo-sives during his own military days and was decorated for locating an explosive device in Gaza.

NationalThousands Attend Funeral of NYPD Officer Moore

New York police officer Brian Moore, 25, was laid to rest last Friday. His funeral was attended by thousands of police officers, locals, friends, and fam-ily. He was described as a devoted son and brother and a rising star in an elite anti-crime unit of the NYPD.

Officers from as far as California and Louisiana united as a final salute to Moore. JetBlue Airlines offered free air-fare to any police officers attending the funeral.

At the service, New York City’s Mayor Bill de Blasio said Moore’s father and an uncle retired as sergeants from the NYPD. Three cousins were police offi-cers. Moore himself took the police en-trance exam at age 17. “He just couldn’t wait to be old enough to join the force,” de Blasio said.

“Brian Moore represents the best of New York City,” the mayor related. “He was brave for sure, but his bravery was matched by his compassion.”

Police Commissioner William Brat-ton choked up as he promoted Brian, posthumously, to detective first grade. Applause filled the church.

Bratton addressed the growing criti-cism facing police officers amid current events. “We cannot be defined by that criticism,” he said. “What is lost in the shouting and the rhetoric is the context of what we do. A handful of recent inci-dents, fewer than a dozen, have wrong-fully come to define the hundreds of millions of interactions cops have every year.”

Moore and a fellow officer Erik Jansen, 30, were shot while trying to question a man in Queens last weekend. Moore was struck in the head and was on life support for several days before his death; the other officer was not injured.

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Brady plans to appeal the decision. In a statement, his agent, Don Yee, said: “The discipline is ridiculous and has no legitimate basis. In my opinion, this out-come was pre-determined; there was no fairness in the Wells investigation what-soever.”

He continued, “The NFL has a well-documented history of making poor disciplinary decisions that often are overturned when truly independent and neutral judges or arbitrators preside, and a former federal judge has found the commissioner has abused his discretion in the past, so this outcome does not sur-prise me.”

In the release, the NFL said Patriots employees John Jastremski and James McNally have been indefinitely suspend-ed without pay by the club, effective May 6. They aren’t allowed to be reinstated without the NFL’s permission. If they are

reinstated, the NFL said, “Jastremski is prohibited from having any role in the preparation, supervision, or handling of footballs to be used in NFL games during the 2015 season. McNally is barred from serving as a locker room attendant for the game officials, or having any involve-ment with the preparation, supervision, or handling of footballs or any other equipment on game day.”

Jim McNally is the official locker room attendant who took the game balls to the field, and stopped in a locked side bathroom for a minute and 40 seconds with the balls inside. Jastremski is the Patriots’ assistant equipment man who prepared the game balls. The two text-ed about Brady’s preference over the air pressure. Brady has said his preference was to have it at the low end of the rule, which is 12.5 psi.

Deflate-gate came about after the AFC championship game against the In-dianapolis Colts. The Colts, who told the league the day before the game that they had concerns about the air pressure in the Patriots’ game balls, intercepted a Brady pass in the first half and examined it on the sideline. They told the league, and league officials re-inspected the game balls at halftime and found they were under the minimum allowed by league rules.

Brady denied any wrongdoing in January during a long news conference. During it, he said, “I have no knowledge of anything.” A little more than a week later at the Super Bowl, he had one of the greatest performances of all time, bring-ing the Patriots back in a nearly-perfect fourth quarter to knock off the Seattle Seahawks. It was his fourth Super Bowl title. He was named Super Bowl MVP.

Former CIA Officer Sentenced to 3 ½ Yrs

Jeffrey Sterling was sentenced on Monday to 3 ½ years in prison. His crime? Leaking details of a secret mis-sion to thwart Iran’s nuclear ambitions. The sentencing for the former CIA offi-cer was light considering that there was a decades-long term on the table.

Sterling, 47, of O’Fallon, Missouri, had faced federal sentencing guidelines calling for 20 years or more, as well as a push by prosecutors urging a severe sentence for a leak they said hit the na-tion’s security apparatus at its core. He was convicted in January of telling New York Times journalist James Risen about a classified plan to trick the Iranian gov-ernment by slipping flawed nuclear blue-prints through a Russian intermediary.

The classified operation at the heart of the trial involved using a CIA asset nicknamed Merlin, who had been a Rus-sian nuclear engineer. Merlin traveled to Vienna in 2000 to foist deliberately flawed nuclear-weapons blueprints on the Iranians, hoping they would spend years trying to develop parts that had no hope of ever working.

Risen published details of the Merlin operation in his 2006 book, State of War.

Former Secretary of State and Na-tional Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice testified at Sterling’s trial that the Merlin mission was one of the few op-tions available to the U.S. as it sought to stop Iran’s nuclear program.

Prosecutors seemed dissatisfied with the short sentence. Prosecutor James Trump pointed out that the 42-month term that runs concurrently on all nine counts of conviction allows Sterling to serve the same term as if he had been convicted of only a single count.

Sterling was charged in 2010 but the trial was delayed for years, in part be-cause of legal wrangling about whether Risen could be forced to testify. Ulti-mately, prosecutors chose not to call Risen as a witness, despite winning legal battles allowing them to do so. Without Risen’s testimony, the case against Ster-ling was primarily circumstantial. Prose-cutors introduced evidence showing reg-ular contact between Risen and Sterling by phone and email.

They argued that Sterling was mo-tivated by spite to retaliate against perceived mistreatment at the agency. Sterling, who is African-American, had unsuccessfully sued the agency for racial discrimination.

NSA Hoarding Phone Records

Whistleblower Edward Snowden is currently doing a happy dance…wherev-er he is.

On Thursday a federal appeals court announced that Americans’ phone re-cords being collected by the government exceeds what Congress has allowed. A

three-judge panel of the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan permitted the National Security Agency program to continue temporarily as it exists. Howev-er the court has requested that Congress gets involved again in order to determine how to appropriately balance national se-curity and privacy interests.

“In light of the asserted national se-curity interests at stake, we deem it pru-dent to pause to allow an opportunity for debate in Congress that may (or may not) profoundly alter the legal landscape,” said the opinion written by Circuit Judge Gerald Lynch.

“If Congress decides to authorize the collection of the data desired by the government under conditions identical to those now in place, the program will continue in the future under that authori-zation,” the ruling said. “If Congress de-cides to institute a substantially modified program, the constitutional issues will certainly differ considerably from those currently raised.”

The NSA’s collection and storage of U.S. landline calling records — times, dates and numbers but not content of the calls — was regarded as one of the most controversial programs disclosed in 2013 by former NSA systems administrator Edward Snowden.

Companies we Love and Those that we Hate

There are some national companies famous for their “customer is always right” attitude and others that Americans are not so fond of.

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The Harris Poll Reputation Quotient measured the public opinion of the na-tion’s most recognizable companies by asking respondents to rate companies based on six components: emotional ap-peal, products and services, vision and leadership, workplace environment, so-cial responsibility, and financial perfor-mance.

Bank of America, AIG, and Goldman Sachs, for example, are three companies in the financial service sector with bad reputations. Many blame these big banks for directly contributing to the financial crisis, and the banks are still struggling to regain the public’s trust. The financial sector overall received a score of 35 out of 100. Any score below 50 is considered a “critical” reputation.

Conversely, many of the companies with the best reputations are in tech-nology. On average, companies in this industry scored 77 overall. By compari-son, the next-highest industry, travel and tourism, scored 62.

“The products and services provided by these companies often make your life easier, are fun and essential to our pro-ductivity, and in many ways create posi-tive experiences for consumers,” accord-ing to Aneysha Pearce, vice president of consulting reputation management and public affairs at Nielsen.

Which companies do Americans love and which ones do we love to hate?The Best:1. Wegmans Food Markets Reputation score: 84.42. Amazon.com Reputation score: 83.7 3. Samsung Reputation score: 82.0 4. Costco Reputation score: 81.75. Johnson & Johnson Reputation score: 80.96. Kraft Foods Reputation score: 80.87. L.L. Bean Reputation score: 80.88. Publix Supermarkets Reputation score: 80.79. Apple Reputation score: 80.710. Google Reputation score: 80.4The Worst:1. Goldman Sachs Reputation score: 55.12. AIG Reputation score: 55.23. Dish Network Reputation score: 58.14. Monsanto Reputation score: 59.25. Halliburton Reputation score: 59.6

6. Sears Holdings Corporation Reputation score: 59.87. Koch Industries Reputation score: 59.98. Comcast Reputation score: 60.09. Charter Communications Reputation score: 60.310. Bank of America Reputation score: 60.7

Etan Patz Mystery Remains Unsolved

It’s been close to four decades since innocent Etan Patz went missing on his way to school, and 36 years later the case still remains unsolved.

In 1979 Pedro Hernandez was a stock boy at a Manhattan convenience store near where Etan Patz was last seen on May 25. Hernandez was accused of kill-ing the young boy. On Friday, the mur-der trial of Hernandez ended with the jury deadlocked after 18 days of delib-erations. Jurors said for a third time that they were hopelessly deadlocked in the case against Hernandez, and the judge declared a mistrial. Hernandez will re-main behind bars while a new trial date, requested by prosecutors, is pending.

When Etan was reported missing, NYC detectives desperately searched for him and any clues that could lead to him while Hernandez moved back to his home state of New Jersey and was never given a second glance. In 2012 he confessed to choking the boy in the basement of the shop, and then hid the evidence. Police were alerted by Hernan-dez’s brother-in-law who had seen news reports of an FBI excavation in the SoHo neighborhood of New York City linked to the case, after it had been dormant for years. He testified he had long suspected that his brother-in-law had been involved in the death of the child. Several mem-bers of a prayer circle, an ex-wife and a friend testified that Hernandez had told them at different points during the past three decades that he’d harmed a boy in

New York. Sadly, Etan’s body was nev-er found, nor a trace of his belongings. And to date there is no physical evidence linking Hernandez to the crime; the shop where he worked shut its doors for good in the early 1980s.

The jury watched hours of his con-fession and heard from Julie Patz, Etan’s mother, who recounted in clear, sad de-tail the last time she saw her son.

“Etan is larger than his very little im-portant life,” Assistant District Attorney Joan Illuzzi-Orbon said during closing arguments. “He represents a moment in this city where there was a loss of inno-cence.”

“As I told you in the very begin-ning, Pedro Hernandez is the only wit-ness against himself,” defense attorney Harvey Fishbein said during closing ar-guments. “The stories he told over the years, including in 2012, and since, are the only evidence. Yet he is inconsistent and unreliable.”

“Pedro Hernandez is not a child kill-er,” he concluded.

Fishbein argued that the confession was fictitious and Hernandez suffers from mental illness. She redirected the blame to a previous suspect, Jose Ramos, a convicted child molester who admitted to a federal prosecutor that he had been with Etan the day he vanished. Howev-er he was never charged with the crime since Manhattan prosecutors never felt there was enough evidence against him.

Hernandez’s attorneys attempted to put Ramos on the witness stand but he refused saying it would invoke his right against self-incrimination. He has re-fused to comment about this case, and now claims he didn’t have anything to do with Etan’s disappearance.

Etan was among the first missing children pictured on milk cartons. His parents were huge advocates for law enforcement advances to make tracking missing children more likely by bridging the communication between agencies. When Ronald Reagan named May 25 National Missing Children’s Day, the Patzs were in attendance.

Starbucks Doesn’t Have to Pay for Officer’s Distress

No, officer. You can’t have your cof-fee and sue for it too.

A jury has found that Starbucks should not be forced to pay for the med-ical fees and emotional suffering that a police officer claimed he allegedly en-dured after accidentally spilling a cup of

the chain’s hot coffee on his lap.

Lt. Matthew Kohr suffered third degree burns when he said that the lid on his coffee popped off and the paper cup crumbled. He and his wife, Mela-nie Kohr, were suing the coffee giant for $750,000, citing his medical expenses that came from a surgery to remove part of his intestine.

The officer said he suffered from Crohn’s disease before the accident and that the burn caused a massive flare. He related how he was forced to be in and out of the hospital because of the burns.

A manager from coffee shop testified that the coffee chain’s manual dictated that hot beverages served in Venti cups should be handed over with a protective sleeve or a secondary cup, neither of which were used in Kohr’s case, though that was not enough to convince the ma-jority of the jury of the company’s fault.

Verizon to Buy AOL

Two major names in America will now be joining forces. Verizon Commu-nications Inc. is buying AOL Inc. in a $4.4 billion deal aimed at advancing the telecom giant’s growth ambitions in mo-bile video and advertising.

The acquisition would give Verizon, which has set its sights on entering the crowded online video marketplace, ac-cess to advanced technology AOL has developed for selling ads and delivering high-quality Web video.

The U.S. wireless business has ma-tured in recent years, leaving carriers like Verizon, AT&T Inc. and Sprint Corp. in-creasingly fighting to steal market share from one another. Offering digital video over wireless connections represents a growth avenue in coming years for Veri-zon, which last year brought in $127 bil-

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Verizon has said it plans to launch a video service focused on mobile devic-es this summer. The company has of-fered few details, but last month Chief Financial Officer Fran Shammo said the service will offer a mix of paid, free and ad-supported content and won’t try to replicate traditional TV. The service will feature shorter snippets rather than 30 or 60 minute shows. It also could in-clude multicast programming—a sort of broadcast service that uses cellular air-waves—for delivering live content like sports and concerts, along with on-de-mand viewing.

For AOL, the sale is the latest chapter for a company that has redefined itself in recent years as a significant player in digital media and marketing, after origi-nating as a pioneer in the dial-up Web ac-cess business and being involved in one of the most disastrous corporate mergers ever.

Under the leadership of Tim Arm-strong, a former Google Inc. executive who took over as chief executive of AOL in 2009, the company has invested heav-ily in ad technology—including an auto-mated or “programmatic” platform that allows marketers to bid for inventory

electronically. AOL also built a stable of content including online news sites such as Huffington Post, TechCrunch and En-gadget. In 2014, AOL generated revenue of $2.5 billion, about 9% higher than the previous year, and a profit of $126 mil-lion. The company has been successful in growing the part of its business that helps other companies sell ads, but late-ly has struggled to grow ad sales for its owned-and-operated properties. AOL has cut costs by shutting down some of its core sites and through layoffs.

In an interview, Mr. Armstrong said that the combination of Verizon and AOL will “create what I think is the largest mobile and video business in the United States.” Mr. Armstrong said he believes that AOL will now not only be able to compete with digital advertising giants Google and Facebook Inc., but will also be able to play in the rapidly emerging connected TV and mobile media and advertising sectors. “This gives us a real seat at the table for the future of media and technology,” he said.

The deal is expected to close this summer, pending regulatory approvals. Mr. Armstrong will continue to lead AOL’s operations, the companies said.

The Drowning of America’s Oldest City

Is St. Augustine drowning?America’s oldest city sits right next

to the Atlantic and about ten times a year the waters slowly flood the Floridian city’s streets, a problem worsening as sea levels rise. The city has long relied on tourism, but visitors to the fortress and Ponce de Leon’s mythical Fountain of Youth might someday have to wear wad-ers at high tide.

“If you want to benefit from the fact we’ve been here for 450 years, you have the responsibility to look forward to the next 450,” said Bill Hamilton, a 63-year-old horticulturist whose family has lived in the city since the 1950s. “Is St. Augus-tine even going to be here? We owe it to the people coming after us to leave the city in good shape.”

St. Augustine is one of many chron-ically flooded communities along Flori-da’s 1,200-mile coastline, and officials in these diverse places share a common concern: They’re afraid their buildings and economies will be further inundated

by rising seas in just a couple of decades. The effects are a daily reality in much of Florida. Drinking water wells are fouled by seawater. Higher tides and storm surg-es make for more frequent road flood-ing from Jacksonville to Key West, and they’re overburdening aging flood-con-trol systems.

But the state has yet to offer a clear plan or coordination to address what lo-cal officials across Florida’s coast see as a slow-moving emergency. Florida’s en-vironmental agencies under Republican Gov. Rick Scott have been downsized and retooled, making them less effective at coordinating sea level rise planning in the state.

“I think he’s really got to grab ahold of this, set a vision, a long-term vision, and rally the people behind it,” Eric Buermann, the former general counsel to the Republican Party of Florida who also served as a water district governing board member, said. “Unless you’re go-ing to build a sea wall around South Flor-ida, what’s the plan?”

A plan could cost billions of dollars here and nationwide. Additionally, com-munities like St. Augustine can do only so much alone. If one city builds a sea-wall, it might divert water to a neighbor.

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Cities also lack the technology, money and manpower to keep back the seas by themselves.

Across coastal Florida, sea levels are rising faster than previously mea-sured, according to federal estimates. In addition to more flooding at high tide, increasing sea levels also mean higher surges during tropical storms and hurri-canes, and more inundation of drinking wells throughout Florida.

Water quality is a big concern for many communities. It’s especially bad in South Florida — just north of Miami, Hallandale Beach has abandoned six of eight drinking water wells because of saltwater intrusion. Wells in northeast and central Florida are deemed at risk too.

Fake Police Department Operating in California Leads to Arrests

Brandon Kiel, David Henry and Tonette Hayes concocted an elaborate scheme. According to authorities, the three claimed to be operating a police department with jurisdiction in 33 states and Mexico that traces its roots back 3,000 years. They were taken into custo-dy on April 28 on suspicion of imperson-ating officers as members of the Masonic Fraternal Police Department, Los Ange-les County sheriff’s officials said.

Sheriff’s spokeswoman Nicole Nishida said that detectives strongly sus-pect that other people are involved in the operation. ID cards, uniforms and law enforcement-like vehicles along with other official police equipment were dis-covered during a search of a home and office linked to the group. Nishida said there were no indications the group was stopping the public or conducting other law enforcement activities.

State records show Hayes, 59, is li-censed as a security guard and has a firearm permit. She previously owned Masonic Security Service, and she and Henry run the Beverly Hills-based MIB Investigative Agency, though its state license is suspended. Henry, 46, is a li-censed security guard and also has a fire-arm permit. Kiel, 31, worked as deputy director of community affairs at the Cal-ifornia Department of Justice since July

2013. He has been on paid administrative leave from his $67,416-a-year civil ser-vice job since Thursday.

The investigation began after numer-ous police chiefs in California received a letter in January announcing new lead-ership for the Masonic Fraternal Police Department. The January 20 letter was written by Kiel, identified as its chief board of director, and Hayes, the grand chief director, and includes a badge em-blem with Henry’s name.

In the letter, the group claims it is registered with the state and is informing the chief it will be working with “grand-masters, as well as fraternities and soror-ities throughout Sovereign Jurisdictions around the country.”

The letter claims there are 5,686 lodges and that the department “will be able to acquire intel that is not accessible to non-fraternal entities.” It said one aim of the department was to restore public trust.

Capt. Roosevelt Johnson of the sher-iff’s department’s Santa Clarita Valley station said he met with members of the Masonic Fraternal Police Department on February 4. Supposedly Henry and Hayes turned up in black jumpsuits with Masonic Fraternal Police patches and stars on their collars. Hayes had a hand-gun on her utility belt, Johnson said. Kiel was there too, wearing a dark navy busi-ness suit. They told Johnson they were opening a new Canyon Country police station. Johnson said he grew wary when they couldn’t answer questions about where they derived their authority or ju-risdictional issues.

“Brandon Kiel gave me a business card from the Department of Justice, showing he worked out of Kamala Har-ris’ office,” Johnson said. “That really raised red flags for me.”

The exact motive and precise benefits from this elaborate scam have yet to be revealed.

Senate Approves Bill Allowing Congress to Review Iran Nuke Deal

The U.S. Senate has contributed to President Barack Obama’s talks to curb Iran’s nuclear program, overwhelmingly backing legislation that allows Congress to review and possibly reject any final agreement with Tehran. The vote was 98-1 for the bipartisan bill that would give Congress the authority of an opinion in what could be a historic accord that the United States and five other nations are

trying to finalize with Iran. The single no vote was from Senator Tom Cotton, a Republican who thought it would be better for the administration to submit any agreement to the Senate as a treaty. Under the Constitution, that would re-quire approval of two-thirds of the Sen-ate. The House is expected to vote next week on the measure.

The Republican leader of the House, Speaker John Boehner, said in a state-ment moments after the vote that the “goal is to stop a bad agreement that could pave the way to a nuclear-armed Iran, set off a regional nuclear arms race, and strengthen and legitimize the gov-ernment of Iran.”

Senate Republican Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said the bill “offers the best chance for our constituents through the Congress they elect to weigh in on the White House negotiations with Iran.”

The United States and other nations negotiating with Tehran have long sus-pected that Iran’s nuclear program is se-cretly aimed at atomic weapons capabil-ity. Tehran insists the program is entirely devoted to civilian purposes. The talks resume next week in Vienna, with a tar-get date of June 30 for a final agreement.

NY Times Report Reveals Dangers in Nail Salon Industry

Fresh nail polish from the nail salon is one of those smells that you either love or hate. A weekly exposure is probably not all that harmful but exposure on a daily basis can lead to a whole host of medical issues from miscarriages, respi-ratory problems, and skin infections.

Manicurists specifically in the U.S. are exposed to a high levels of poisonous

chemicals that are found in nail polish remover and nail polish, such as dibu-tyl phthalate, toluene and formaldehyde. These toxicants are banned in the EU’s cosmetic world and in Australia they come along with health warnings, but in the U.S. they are used freely and perhaps irresponsibly.

“The safe and historical use of these ingredients is not questioned by the F.D.A.,” Lisa Powers, a spokeswom-an for the cosmetics-industry lobbying group Personal Care Products Council, told the New York Times. Cosmetic prod-ucts and ingredients do not need FDA ap-proval before being put on shelves.

The New York Times conducted a study on the effects of these chemicals on workers by interviewing over 125 nail salon workers over a 13 month span. Researchers found that the chem-icals cause obvious and serious harm. In some regions workers are recommended to wear gloves and other protection but many salon owners openly discourage their employees from wearing “unsight-ly” protective gear like masks and gloves to protect themselves.

One manicurist told the Times that nail salon workers can easily spot each other on the street from the “coffee-col-ored stains on their cheeks” and oth-er skin discoloration that is caused by touching nail hardeners and glues day in and day out.

Airway ailments, constant nose-bleeds, and perpetual sore throats are ever-present as well. “They come in usually with breathing problems, some symptoms similar to an allergy, and also asthma symptoms — they cannot breathe,” a doctor in Queens related.

“Judging from the symptoms with these women, it seems that they are ei-ther smokers, secondhand smokers or asthma patients, but they are none of the above,” he added. “They work for nail salons.”

Even more frightening, often babies born to manicurists are born with birth defects or developmental problems. Sad-ly, it’s not uncommon for pregnant nail salon workers to miscarry. One salon worker told the Times that she has mis-carried five times in five years. She says she laughed, however, when her doctor told her to quit her job as a manicurist.

“Who is going to pay my bills?” she asked.

Of the 20 common ingredients list-ed in nail products that can cause health problems in the appendix of a safety brochure put out by the Environmental Protection Agency, 17 are hazardous to the respiratory tract, according to the agency.

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That’s oddA Vacation that’s More than Nice

Need a vacation? I know a good place for you to work.

Recently, the billionaire chief ex-ecutive of the Chinese conglomerate Tiens gave 6,400 of his best salespeo-ple a vacation that started in Paris and ended with a parade on France’s Cote d’Azur.

What was the cause for celebration? CEO Li Jinyuan said he was cele-

brating the company’s 20th anniversary by rewarding his staff and aimed for the

world record in spelling out a phrase in human bodies. As their vacation wound down, the employees on Friday massed on the coastal promenade in Nice and, dressed in identical sky blue hats and T-shirts, spelled out the words “Tiens’ dream is Nice in the Cote d’Azur.”

How much does it cost to take thou-sands of your employees on a grand vacation? French media estimated

the trip’s cost at 13-20 million euros ($14.5-$22.3 million).

Wonder if he has room for one more employee.

Don’t Ring My Be(nga)l“Oh say can you see” that the na-

tional anthem can’t be used as a busi-ness tool, says Bangladesh’s Supreme Court. The court banned the use of the Bangladeshi national anthem as a ring-tone for mobile telephones or for any other commercial purpose.

The national anthem, Amar Shonar Bangla or My Golden Bengal, is based on the first 10 lines of a 1905 song writ-ten by Rabindranath Tagore, the first non-European to win the Nobel Prize for literature. The song was adopted as the anthem in 1972.

Bangladesh is one of the fastest growing telecom markets in the region, with 124 million mobile phone users. I guess they’ll have to make do with other ringtones like the calming sounds of a doorbell or an insect buzzing.

Jumping from Building to Building

What do you call someone who does handstands on edges of buildings and walks and climbs things at dizzying heights? Some would call him crazy, others would call him brave, and still others may just call him Oleg Sher-styachenko. The Russian daredevil is known to perform stunts that bring our hearts into our mouths and his latest in-sanity involves leaping from ledge to ledge on a 43-story skyscraper in Dubai without a safety net.

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to introduce the video: “Silly Man With Death Wish Does ‘Parkour’ on a Sky-scraper.” Parkour is a training discipline using movement that developed from military obstacle course training. Sher-styachenko, meanwhile, introduced the video of his latest stunt on Instagram by saying, “Clear your mind. Just relax.”

Yeah, just relax.

“I was not afraid to do this because at the height I feel like a bird in the air,” he said. “I just enjoy life, just live, and do video and pictures for other people.”

When he was asked if he knew that one misstep meant certain death, Sher-styachenko replied flippantly, “Yeah, sure.”

Oleg Cricket, as he goes by on Tum-

blr and Instagram, wrote that he rode the elevator of the Sofitel Hotel to the 37th floor and took the stairs to the roof where he snapped several photos before spontaneously doing his parkour stunt, taking five giant leaps from ledge to ledge.

“Everything happened without in-cident,” he wrote in broken English on

Tumblr. “I did a little more shots on the balcony and constantly thinking for a few seconds, I roughly counted how many steps I fit on every balcony, I pressed the shutter button the camera moved back, gasped and ran.”

Afterward he climbed back onto the roof and was escorted off by hotel se-curity.

“I was very surprised to thank them once again for a great warm welcome,” he wrote. “That this was one of the memorable moments in life.”

Emphasis on life.

Picasso Sets World Record

$179 million was the mind-numbing price that a vibrant, multi-hued painting from Pablo Picasso fetched on Monday night, setting a world record for artwork at auction.

“Women of Algiers (Version O)” was part of a sale at Christie’s auction house that also featured Alberto Gia-cometti’s life-size sculpture “Pointing Man,” which was poised to set a record as the most expensive sculpture sold at auction. They were among two doz-en masterpieces from the 20th century Christie’s offered in a curated sale titled “Looking Forward to the Past.”

Experts say high art prices are driv-en by artworks’ investment value and by wealthy new and established collectors seeking out the very best works.

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42 The Week In Newsinterest rates drop sharply, which I don’t see happening in the near future,” Man-hattan dealer Richard Feigen said.

Impressionist and modern artworks continue to corner the market because “they are beautiful, accessible and a proven value,” added Sarah Lichtman, professor of design history and curatori-al studies at The New School. “I think we will continue to see the financiers seeking these works out as they would a blue chip company that pays reliable dividends for years to come,” she said.

“Women of Algiers,” once owned by the American collectors Victor and Sal-ly Ganz, was inspired by Picasso’s fas-cination with the 19th-century French artist Eugene Delacroix. It is part of a 15-work series Picasso created in 1954-55 designated with the letters A through O. It has appeared in several major mu-seum retrospectives of the artist.

The most expensive artwork sold at auction had been Francis Bacon’s “Three Studies of Lucian Freud,” which Christie’s sold for $142.4 million in 2013. This recent sale outdid that price by quite a few million.

Don’t let this whopper of a price tag give you an art-attack.

A Pretty Good Tip

These waitresses just keep on scor-ing.

Recently, “Maureen at Donohue’s” received a $50,000 tip from a loyal cus-tomer in his will. Robert “King of Ming” Ellsworth, a wealthy Asian-art collector, left his favorite waitresses at an Upper East Side steakhouse a whopper of a tip. Although he loved their service, he didn’t know their names and referred to them as “Maureen at Donohue’s” and “Maureen-at-Donohue’s Niece Mau-reen” in his will.

“I was shocked,’’ one of the waitress-es, Maureen Donohue-Peters, 53, who was bequeathed the tip with niece Mau-reen Barrie, 28, related. “I just couldn’t believe it. I didn’t expect anything.”

Ellsworth, worth an estimated $200 million when he died in August, had been a regular at the joint for decades, she said. “Out of eight meals, he ate seven here. We were his dining room,” Donohue-Peters said. He would usually show up with his personal assistant for lunch and order a grilled cheese with ba-con, workers said. He would return with a friend or two for a sirloin steak for din-ner. His meals were completed with a Jim Beam bourbon and he always tipped twenty percent without even looking at the bill.

Donohue-Peters said Ellsworth “was more than just a customer to me.” “I had known him for 53 years — my en-tire life,” she said. Her father owned the store.

Ellsworth, called the world’s wealth-iest Asian-art collector, never graduat-ed high school but earned the moniker “King of Ming” through an expertise in Ming dynasty furniture. His 20-room Fifth Avenue apartment was full of trea-sures, including a rug from the emperor’s quarters in Beijing’s Forbidden Palace. Much of the childless Manhattan native’s fortune is going to his live-in chef and friend of more than 40 years, Masahiro Hashiguchi. Hashiguchi was left $10 million, in addition to jewelry, furniture, real estate, crystal and a dog.

Crying Over Vacation

Ever go on vacation and need a good cry? Well, perhaps you’ll be crying if you’re headed to Japan. But don’t wor-ry—hoteliers in Tokyo are now offering women the opportunity to cry their eyes out in the privacy of “crying rooms.”

Female guests at the Mitsui Garden Hotel can reserve one of 12 special spac-es to wipe away their tears as a form of therapy “because Japanese ladies in their 20’s-40’s are often said to live a life of stress,” a spokesperson said.

For 10,000 Japanese Yen (or $83 a night), women can cry themselves a riv-er in the fancy suite that comes equipped with soft tissues, tearjerker movies, makeup remover and a warm eye mask that can help hide the red eyes and puffy face. Comic books and extra warms

sheets to soothe you in the wailing rooms are also available.

This news moves me to tears.

To Mom with LoveAfter more than 70 years a loving

tribute to a soldier’s mother is finally back home.

As he was preparing to head to war in 1942, Dominic O’Gara sent his mother an elaborate pillow sham with the word “Mother” from his army base in Califor-nia. Just last month, Donald Lamoureux, who lives in Millville, Massachusetts, discovered an envelope on eBay and paid $5 for it. When he opened it up, he was stunned. “There was this pillow sham that had been sealed away for 73 years, and it looked brand new,” he said.

Although it had deep creases from be-ing folded for decades, it wasn’t frayed, stained or faded. The white pillow cov-er has a blue fringe, and in addition to the word “Mother” in blue, is decorated with red roses with green stems, and the words “Camp McQuaide, Calif.,” where O’Gara was stationed.

The hope now is to put the sham on display in the town’s senior center, just yards from the house where the O’Ga-ra family once lived. “To me, it’s come back to where it belongs,” said Margaret Carroll, chairwoman of the town Histor-ical Commission. “It’s as close to Mrs. O’Gara as it can get.”

Where the pillow sham has been the past 70-plus years is a mystery. The 6-cent airmail stamp on the envelope was canceled, indicating it had been delivered. But the cover appeared pris-tine. O’Gara’s mother, Catherine, died in 1956.

Of course, Lamoureux wanted to re-turn the pillow cover to O’Gara’s family, but he couldn’t find any living relatives. He found that O’Gara, the son of Irish immigrants, was an artilleryman who served in Italy in World War II, then lived for years in the nearby town of Milford before dying in 1998. His wife died in 1974.

Just in time for Mother’s Day, the pil-low is finally back at home.

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The goals of the leagues program for the eighth grade in Bais Yaakov of Queens go beyond learning to play bas-ketball and machanayim and having a great time. “The most important lesson is for our girls to realize that everyone counts on the team, as in life, where each and every individual is important and adds her uniqueness to the klal,” ac-cording to Mrs. Bergman, who created the extracurricular program.

Morah Chaviva Pfeiffer coordinates the program, teaches the girls the sports, coaches the games, motivates and infus-es the girls with positive energy. Mrs. Reisbaum collaborates with Morah Pfieffer in the scheduling and planning, adjusting the classroom learning curric-ulum because of the importance of the program’s objectives. “Working togeth-er is an important life skill, and Morah Pfeiffer makes sure each girl is involved

and feels valued.”Morah Pfeiffer also teaches the

girls leadership skills. It is the role of the captain who makes sure that every-one pulls together and feels important for the team. The team captains were Baumskiys (Aliza Mandelbaum and Adina Tzibulevskiy), the Crew (Rivky Frank and Yael Simon), the Micitovas (Tova Friedman and Michal Kaplowitz), and the Sharks (Shani Bennet and Esther Deutsch).

The entire eighth grade is divided into four teams who compete against each other; everyone plays! Watching the game, you can feel achdus among the entire grade, and it is heartwarming. Congratulations to the teams, captains, grade, coach, school and hanhallah for recognizing the need for training in true sportsmanship for the game and life!

BYQ 8th Grade Basketball Leagues Crowns Champions

Rav Binyamin Kamenetzky dancing with talmidim at the eighth grade Lag B’Omer hilula at Yeshiva of South Shore

Pictured are eighth grade talmidim at Yeshiva Darchei Torah working on their science project for the SET-cubed competition, held under the auspices of the Center for Initiatives in Jewish Education (CIJE). Darchei Torah has competed in the contest for the last several years. Last year the Darchei team won, having come out ahead of the seven other yeshivos and day schools. This year’s primary challenge is to create a workable model of a warehouse for FEMA, the Federal Emergency Man-agement Agency, in which to efficiently store, distribute and coordinate relief supplies in case of an emergency.

The Stella K. Abraham High School for Girls is proud to an-nounce that 12th Grader Adina Singer has been named a 2015 National Merit Scholarship winner out of more than 15,000 finalists in the 2015 National Merit Scholarship Program. We are also proud to announce that 12th Grader Ilana Radinsky has been awarded a Marsh and McLennan Company Schol-arship, administered by the National Merit Scholarship Program.

Mazel tov to Adina and Ilana on all your accomplishments!

SKA Seniors Awarded Scholarships

Adina Singer Ilana Radinsky

Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder and the Bayswater community have an-nounced that they are offering a $2,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of three young men suspected in an attack on a local man occurring on Bessemond Avenue late last month.

“As the father of two young chil-dren, I am disgusted by this horrible crime. Our families in Bayswater de-serve to see these criminals off the streets,” said Assemblyman Phil Gold-feder. “I encourage anyone with infor-mation on this deplorable act to reach out and help us bring these perpetrators to justice.”

According to reports, at around 9:30 p.m. on Sunday, April 26, 2015, a man was assaulted and robbed by three as-sailants on Bessemond Avenue, near Bay 25th Street. The assailants were de-scribed by witnesses as males in their

late teens to early twenties. In an effort to bring the perpetrators

to justice, Goldfeder and local Bayswater residents are offering a $2,000 reward to the person or persons that provide credible information lead-ing to their arrest. The assemblyman and local residents have pledged to work closely with the NYPD 101st Precinct in their efforts to aid the on-going investigation. Anyone with tips or information regarding the incident is encouraged to contact Assemblyman Goldfeder at (718) 945-9550 or via email at [email protected].

“I was born and raised in Rockaway and my wife and I are now raising our two young children here. Every family in the community deserves to feel safe in their home and around the neighbor-hood,” concluded Goldfeder.

Assemblyman Goldfeder and Bayswater Community Offer $2K to Catch Bayswater Muggers

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Local principals like Barbara Deutsch of Hebrew Academy of Nassau County and Dr. Evelyn Gross of Shu-lamith School for Girls need a forum for cultivating their skills as school leaders, and that is where Hidden Sparks steps in. Mrs. Deutsch and Dr. Gross, along with their colleagues in the Hidden Sparks School Leader program, partic-ipated in this school year’s culminating principals’ program with a meeting with Shimon Waronker, Founder & CEO of The New American Initiative, Inc., to discuss the best practices of school lead-ers. Mr. Waronker, a renowned educator and Lubavitcher Chasid who has trans-formed a violent NYC public school and opened three flourishing schools wel-comed the school leaders to his Brook-lyn Charter School, the New American Academy, on May 11.

The morning began with participants observing collaborative team meetings, an important component of Mr. Waronk-er’s innovative model. Participants also heard from Mr. Waronker, who made a dynamic presentation on tenets of lead-ership and his philosophy of focusing on teachers and the degree to which he em-powers his teams of teachers to be active

decision makers. He stated, “We focus on teachers like a laser beam because we believe that teachers are the key to un-locking kids’ potential.”

Debbie Niderberg, Executive Direc-tor of Hidden Sparks, commented that the presentation was both valuable and meaningful for participants. “Shimon Waronker talked about humility, empa-thy, and courage as important qualities to being a Jewish leader, and that’s what you see when you visit the New Amer-ican Academy schools he and his team have transformed. As school leaders from across a range of day schools and yeshivas, each of us was so inspired by what they have managed to create, and by Shimon’s vision for shared and em-powered teacher,” she related.

This program follows on the tail of a leadership training day that Hidden Sparks hosted this past winter featuring Professional Learning Community ex-perts Melanie Eisen, Associate Director for Professional Development at Yeshi-va University’s Institute for Universi-ty-School Partnership, and Jane Rotun-da, the former principal of the West Side Collaborative Middle. On that day, ad-ministrators were presented with a panel

discussion and structured consultancies which provided time for exploring the particular needs of individual schools in an atmosphere of peer support and col-legiality.

Mrs. Deutsch of HANC appreciates the range of programming for adminis-trators that Hidden Sparks provides, “I know I have a forum where I can be open and comfortable… I need opportunities to grow and adjust my thinking,” she states, and that is what Hidden Sparks provides.

Hidden Sparks is a nonprofit whose purpose is to help children with learn-ing differences reach their full potential

in school and life. Founded in February 2005, Hidden Sparks’ goal is to increase the capacity of Jewish day schools to ad-dress the varied needs of children with learning difficulties, particularly children whose struggles might otherwise elude identification. In 2014, Hidden Sparks was recognized for the fourth year in Slingshot and was included in the new-ly released Supplement for Disabilities. Now in its eighth year, Hidden Sparks has trained 150 coaches and is being used in 50 Jewish day schools in four U.S. states and Israel, creating a unique community of educators and learners.

Local School Leaders Focus on Best Practices

The boys at Yeshiva Ketana of Long Island really got into the spirit of Lag B’omer this year. Following davening, the boys were invited to the side yard of the building where a beautiful fire was set up. Singing and dancing followed as they sang the famed niggun of “Bar Yochai” and “Omar Rebbi Akiva” led by the S’gan Menhael Rabbi Shlomo Dovid Pfeiffer. There was a feeling of tremendous achdus in the yeshiva as all talmidim from nursery through eighth grade got to share in the spirit of the great Tanna Reb Shimon bar Yochai. The boys then went to the many different parks with their rabbeim.

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Rav Mordechai Stern, Mara D’asra

Beis Medrash Heichal Dovid,

speaking at the mesibah

Rav Yerachmiel Scheiner, Rosh

Yeshivah, speaking at the mesibah

At the Mesivta Shaarei Chaim Lag B’omer Mesibah Hosted by Yitzy & Nechama Halpern

Partial view of the kumzitz

Partial view of the dancingPHOTO CREDIT AKP PHOTOS

The 22nd Israel Day Concert will be held on Sunday, May 31 at Summer-Stage in Central Park – enter Park at 5th Ave. & 72 St. from 2:30-7:30 PM, rain or shine. Free admission.

This year’s concert is dedicated to the memory of Gilad Shaar, Naftali Frenkel and Eyal Yifrach Hy”d.

Let your voices be heard! Jerusa-lem, the undivided capital of Israel; sup-port for all communities of Israel; thwart the Iranian nuclear threat; fight the vir-ulent BDS movement; 10th anniversary

of Gush Katif Expulsion.Riveting remarks by presidential

hopeful Gov. Mike Huckabee; MK Dan-ny Danon; former UN Ambassador John Bolton and others. Musical performanc-es by Gad Elbaz, Alex Clare, LIPA!, Shloime Dachs and much more!

Due to tight security, come early. No large bags or backpacks will be allowed into park. For more information, view www.IsraelDayConcert.com or call 917-650-5623.

22nd Israel Day Concert in Central Park

By Elana FoxThis past Shabbos, we went as lead-

ers to a JEP Shabbaton in Cedarhurst, NY. It was an experience that we will never forget. When we signed up for the Shabbaton, we were ready to give and spend time with the JEP kids, but when we left, we realized that we had received more from the kids than we could ever give them. When we first reached the Red Shul on Friday afternoon, we played an “ice-breaker” game of elbow tag. It surprised us how the girls were so friendly even though they had just met. It seemed like we instantly became best friends, even though we all came from such different backgrounds.

The Shabbaton was augmented by the atmosphere of color war. The girls and counselors were divided into two teams: Green for Shavuos and Brown for Pesach. All through Shabbos, the spirit was high with cheers and games for the competing teams. When the judges announced the winning team af-ter Shabbos (Go Brown!), it came as no surprise that it was a very close call!

After an intense round of Crazy

Olympics, the girls were treated to a guest speaker, Mrs. Devorah Resnick. Mrs. Resnick shared with the girls a brief background of herself as well as some powerful insights on the impor-tance of prayer.

There was a Stump the Rabbi session where the girls asked many thoughtful questions about life and Judaism. One question that stands out was, “How could the Bible call Israel the Holy Land when Israel only began about 60 years ago?” It was interesting to see how they were trying to figure out how to fit Juda-ism in to their view of life and also how little many of them knew about Judaism.

Throughout Shabbos, it was not un-common to see participants and leaders arm and arm with each other, laughing together and having a great time. Ev-eryone was so comfortable with each other and by the time Shabbos was over, everyone was exchanging numbers and promising to keep in touch.

Shabbos ended with a beautiful ha-vdala with girls arm in arm saying good-bye to the Shabbos that we will never forget.

A Shabbaton I Will Never Forget

The public has come to expect greatness from Mehadrin and Mehadrin doesn’t disappoint. Just made avail-able, the Mehadrin’s new Very Vanilla, Mini Ice Cream Sandwiches are as Very Delicious as it sounds. Packaged in a box of 12, the vanilla ice cream sandwiched be-tween two richly choc-olate cookies is a true family pack.

The ice cream sand-wich was originally created by an unknown New York City pushcart peddler in 1899, using two wafer ends with a slab of vanilla ice cream in the center. Today, there are various different deviations from this wildly popular treat, some bordering on in-sane, like the Chocolate Chipotle BBQ Jack Daniels ice cream, or the lox and bagels ice cream sandwich! The classic vanilla ice cream sandwich is by far the most popular.

Velvety vanilla, rich chocolate cookies, ice cream, and Mehadrin—all in one! Mothers! Guaranteed – finally

the sandwiches that will never leave any leftovers and literally melts away… even before you can say gimme too! OK, OK, maybe you wouldn’t mind leftovers with this sandwich, but hey, it’s a pack of twelve! Come on and help yourself to another one!

Mehadrin Mini Ice Cream Sandwiches Very Vanilla, Very Delicious

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The Spirit of Lag B’Omer at Chabad of the Five Towns 20th Annual Lag B’Omer Family Fun Day

At this week’s Learn & Live Program, R’ Avi Frank a rebbi in Yeshiva Spring Valley as well as one of Monsey, NY’s Hatzalah members, came and present-ed the mitzvah of v’nishmartem me’od l’nafshosaichem—safety and junior first aid. R’ Frank spoke about the importance of wearing bike helmets and how to treat burns chas v’shalom and of course what to do in case of emergency—call Hatzalah right away and run to a clear area. R’ Frank told the boys how Hatzalah started and showed them lots of the equipment that any Hatzalah member carries with him to help save the day. For the finale of the night, Mr. M. Brescher from Far Rockaway Hatzalah brought one of the Hatzalah trucks and the

boys got a chance to walk through and received a guided tour by R’

Frank. Thank you Hatzalah for all that you do.

Safety First

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With the Yom Tov of Shavuos fast approaching, it is most appropriate that Kollel Tiferes Avos will be hosting its fifth annual breakfast at Congregation Shaaray Tefila, Central Ave, Lawrence, on May 17th at 9:30 AM. All are encour-aged to attend and give chizuk to the vari-ous Torah activities of this unique Kollel.

Under the leadership of Rabbi Dov Bressler and with the assistance of Rab-bi David Scheiner, the Kollel provides shiurim and chavrusos for Jews of all ages and backgrounds. The Kollel at the completion of a half decade looks back at its accomplishments of having united Jews of all ages and occupations, across Far Rockaway, Bayswater, and the Five Towns, in a unified learning experience. It has injected an air of enjoyment, inter-active learning and stimulation into the regular study of the Torah. The Kollel looks ahead to accommodate increasing number of “Chaverei Hakollel.”

This year’s Guests of Honor will be Mr. & Mrs. Sender Schwartz for their dual commitment to Torah and the tzib-bur. The breakfast will be dedicated in

memory of Sender’s beloved mother, the esteemed Rivka Bas Yitzchok Eizik a”h. Mr. Sender Schwartz is a true commu-nity treasure involved in many tzibbur projects ranging from representing the community in its relationship to the po-lice and fire departments and local politi-cians and to advocate for the ill and hard pressed members of the neighborhood. In all of these activities, he has been strongly supported and aided by his wife Leanne.

The Kollel will also present its annu-al “Torah V’Avodah” award to its “Daf B’Iyun Chaburah.” This Chaburah is su-perbly led by Rabbi Eliezer Einhorn and includes Mr. Tzvi Gastwirth, Mr. Yosef Katz and Mr. Shlomo Salomon as col-leagues. They are committed to the daily Daf, not simply as an overview, but also to penetrate its depth and breath. This task inevitably requires several hours of continuous Torah learning every day. Such a commitment should be admired and emulated.

A crowning feature of the morning will be the address of the guest speak-

er, Rabbi Noach Isaac Oelbaum, Morah D’Asra of Khal Nachlas Yitzchok, Kew Garden Hills.

Rabbi Oelbaum is among the most sought after tabbinical speakers. A re-nowned talmid chacham, author of many seforim in halacha and drush, posek and consultant on contemporary Jew-ish issues, he will electrify the audience and impart a message preparing all for Shavuos. The entire breakfast program will adroitly be led by Rabbi Bezalel Korn who will move the proceedings with dispatch.

Kollel Tiferes Avos holds sessions weekdays at Shaaray Tefila on Central Ave in Lawrence. A day at the Kollel begins with a 9:45 shiur in Sefer Hachi-nuch and insights into the Parsha given by Rabbi Dovid Scheiner, distinguished talmid chacham. It is followed by a daily shiur in Masechta Avodah Zorah given by Rabbi Dov Bressler, noted ex-positor of divrei Torah and Rav of HILI Bais Medrash. Simultaneously, chavru-sos study the same mesechta, albeit at a more advanced and intricate level. Side

by side, the shiur in Daf Yomi B’Iyun attracts its special constituency. Probing vaadim on Torah machshava and mussar are also presented at the Kollel.

In addition, for those who cannot at-tend in the morning, evening shiurim in Mesachta Moed Katan are given every Tuesday at 8:00pm and on Shabbos in Masechta Megilah.

The Kollel looks forward to the par-ticipation of every individual in the com-munity.

New Vistas for Kollel Tiferes Avos Breakfast on May 17

CAHAL, the Community Wide Spe-cial Education Program, held a Shavu-os Cooking Class by Naomi Nach-man, The Aussie Gourmet, on Tuesday night, May 6 at the home of Joy Losev. Joy, along with Breezy Beckerman of Breezy’s on Central Avenue, Teri Lubin, Aliza Lieberman, and Michal Wein-stein chaired the event. Naomi Na-chman demonstrat-ed several delicious dairy recipes includ-ing a pesto sauce, chocolate martini, salads, and crepes. Over 100 women at-tended the event. The chairwomen along with Shira Cohen of CAHAL collected an extraordinary list of raffle prizes that were sold at the event.

Noach Haller, CAHAL Director of Development, was impressed by the strong turnout. “I was pleasantly sur-prised when told that the women in at-tendance were CAHAL parents, dedicat-ed staff and people from the community

who came to the event to support CA-HAL.” Naomi Nachman commented about the impressive crowd. “I could not have imagined that I had to prepare for such a large turnout.”

Shimmie Ehrenreich, CAHAL’s Ex-ecutive Director, thanked the attendees and the indi-viduals who worked so hard to guarantee the success of the event. Naomi Nadata, CAHAL Program Direc-tor, spoke about how in the past 23 years CAHAL has successfully educated hun-dreds of local children in the yeshivas in the community who were not succeeding in the mainstream classes. CA-HAL has been able to main-stream a large percentage of the children back to the classes in the yeshiva where

they began. Mrs. Mimi Schreiber, a CA-HAL parent, spoke passionately about how CAHAL has changed her daugh-ter’s life in less than two years in the program. She described how her daugh-ter’s self-esteem and learning skills have dramatically improved in such a short time. Naomi Nachman then proceed-

ed to dazzle everyone with her cooking demonstration. The event was a huge

success and raised money for CAHAL’s Scholarship Fund.

Naomi Nachman, the Aussie Gourmet, giving over her cooking tips

Mrs. Schreiber speaking

CAHAL’s Shavuos Cooking Class

What can you do to alleviate the tuition crisis in our community?

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Three weeks ago when the Jewish community was shaken by news of the passing of Rav Ahron Lichtenstein, zt”l, countless shuls and yeshivos spoke that day about the impact that this To-rah giant had on so many. Hespedim from Har Etzion were streamed and

viewed by thousands of people. Rab-bis Friedman and Eliach assembled the talmidim from Rambam and attempted to impart some of Rav Lichtenstein’s greatness and what he stood for. As the Shloshim approached, talmidim got to-gether once again to hear perspectives

from Rabbi Billet. After Shacharis, Rabbi Friedman

mentioned that the greatness of a per-son is not measured by externals, but rather by the way they live their lives, their knowledge and actions. “While we are certainly incapable of recognizing

the greatness of Rav Lichtenstein and unworthy of eulogizing him, it is clear that he was a true gadol whose sensi-tivity towards others emanated from his vast scope of chochmas haTorah. Lis-tening to one of his recorded shiurim, learning his writings will give one a glimpse of Rav Lichtenstein’s chidu-shei Torah. However, learning about the greatness of his personality so that we can improve ourselves and become inspired can only take place by hearing someone who was very close with him. We have asked Rabbi Billet to join us today and speak davka about the human side of Rav Lichtenstein,” said Rabbi Friedman.

Rabbi Billet, who studied under Rav Lichtenstein in Yeshiva Universi-ty for two formative years, recently re-turned from paying a shiva call to the family. He said that he was charged with a mission to “do something on behalf of Klal Yisrael” by his Rebbe, Rav Lichtenstein. Rabbi Billet spoke about his Rebbe’s honesty, integrity and compassion for all human beings. He vividly recalled one winter day when Rav Lichtenstein summoned his boys to get up early, daven Vasikin, prepare for early shiur, and after learning for a few hours, participate in a rally on behalf of the Ibos people being murdered in Bi-afra. He explained that everything that Rav Lichtenstein did stemmed from his Torah outlook. Rabbi Billet explained that Rav Lichtenstein did not believe in synthesis in the sense that the secular world is an addition to Torah, which im-plies Torah is lacking. He believed that secular knowledge can be used to eluci-date and explain certain Torah concepts, but it was very clear that every decision and outlook on life was based on Torah.

Rabbi Billet also shared many sto-ries that shed light on his Rebbe’s way of life and personal conduct. He said that his Rebbe would never make believe he was trying hard in a game with his grandchildren, lest he do something that was not 100% emes. He explained that Rav Lichtenstein always challenged his talmidim to do their best, to strive for the next level, to challenge themselves and act properly. Rav Lichtenstein once warned students not to cut the line when they anticipate a long wait, telling them that they have to always act in accor-dance with the golden standard of kid-dush Hashem.

It was clear to all that klal Yisrael truly lost a giant.

Rabbi Billet Commemorates Rav Lichtenstein zt”l at Rambam


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By Joshua E. LondonAs we leap into the spring season

and start thinking about lighter warmer weather meals and the traditional dairy foods of Shavuos, kosher wine lovers will once again be contemplating their white wine options. Two grape varieties that have much to offer, both in terms of range and food paring adaptability, are Chenin Blanc and Riesling.

The Chenin Blanc grape is believed to have been first cultivated in the Loire Valley of France in the ninth century, though it has long since migrated across the globe from California to South Africa, and most recent-ly to very good effect in Israel where it seems to grow nicely with the climate. Indeed, when made with a little ten-der loving care and attention, like with Pierre Miodownick’s brilliant Domaine Netofa white wines, Chenin also pairs particularly well with Mediterranean foods.

Chenin Blanc is one of the most versatile white wine grapes that can produce amaz-ing tasting, gener-ally light-bodied or delicate, wines across the spec-trum: dry, off-dry, very sweet or even sparkling. Chenin Blanc offers a flavor profile that is typi-cally quite appealing, with melon, apple, and pear characteristics, along with good acidity, minerality and sometimes chalky-ness and also what some folks think of as “leafy” elements. Chenin aromas can range from spicy to citrusy to floral and even tropical, depending on the place where it is grown as well as the viticultur-al and vinification techniques employed in turning the fruit into wine. When giv-en the over-cropped, jug-wine treatment, Chenin tends to produce drinkable and enjoyable if typically uninspiring plonk, but when accorded the respect it deserves Chenin can produce wines of tremendous depth and complexity. Indeed, when done right, Chenin Blanc tends to display its particular growing location and condi-tions, or terroir, particularly well.

This is all part of what makes Chenin Blanc such a fabulous grape varietal to explore.

Similarly, the Riesling grape—which originated in the Rhine region of Germa-ny, but has also migrated across the globe—is thought of as a generally flexible varietal because it too is especially good at transmitting into the final wine the character of whatever its local soil and climate, or terroir, happens to be. Indeed, even more than Chenin Blanc, Riesling is consid-ered by many wine connoisseurs to be the white wine grape equivalent of Pinot Noir in Burgundy. For Riesling, like the mighty Burgundy red grape varietal, typically offers a bright, at times brilliant, acidity and bewitching aromas of miner-als, florals and fruit. Unlike the cherry and red fruit notes of Pinot, however, the fruit elements in Riesling tends to be something more like peach, pear, nectarine, apricot, hon-ey-crisp apple, and even lychee.

Because of these singular qualities, the wide variety of styles, and their easy food pairing characteristics, Chenin Blanc and Riesling wines routinely en-chant oenophiles the world over. These are two grape varietals that are well worth your time and attention. L’chaim!

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Rabbi Eliyahu Saldinger was honored with kindling the bonfire

Fiery Spirit of Lag B’omer at Yeshiva Darchei Torah

With musical accompaniment, talmidim and rabbeim danced and sang to the special niggunim of Lag B’omer

Rabbi Gedaliah Weinrib enthralls the talmidim of grades one through five with an inspirational story in the Diamond Bais Medrash

Warmth and enthusiasm permeated the Sands of Atlantic Beach on May 5 as hundreds of supporters came to-gether to catch up with old friends and reaffirm their excitement about Yeshiva Sh’or Yoshuv at one of its most success-ful Dinners ever. The Rosh HaYeshi-va, HaRav Naftali Jaeger, shlita, was visibly moved by the outpouring of

excitement expressed by guests who were made up of Far Rockaway/Five Towns community members, parents of students, alumni, etc. HaRav Jaeger presented his vision for the future – one in which Sh’or Yoshuv will continue to provide its diverse programs for Jews from all ends of the spectrum, united in their desire to learn Torah and grow in

their avodas Hashem.The evening also featured words of

inspiration by Rabbi Chaim Nate Segal and uplifting music provided by Sim-cha Leiner and the Yedidim choir’s a capella performance. It was clear from the warm accolades expressed by the guests how beloved and admired this year’s honorees Mr. & Mrs. Moshe

Majeski, Rabbi & Mrs. Yaakov Barzi-deh, and Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Aryeh are. Following the award ceremony and the moving video presentations, the guests enjoyed a beautiful kumzitz with Sim-cha Leiner and the Yedidim choir. It was certainly a memorable evening.

Yale Fishman, Rabbi Aaron Kagan, Yaakov Barzideh, Alumnus of the Year, Rabbi Naftali Jaeger, Moshe Feuer

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Moshe Feuer, Moshe Majeski, Guest of Honor, Rabbi Naftali Jaeger, Rabbi Aaron Kagan, Yale Fishman

Yale Fishman, Rabbi Aaron Kagan, Joseph Aryeh, Kesser Shem Tov Award-ee, Rabbi Naftali Jaeger, Moshe Feuer

An Outpouring of Rejuvenation and Excitement at Sh’or Yoshuv’s 48th Annual Dinner

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The Middle Division of Shulamith School for Girls celebrated Lag B’Omer in Cedarhurst Park on an exceptionally beautiful day. The girls played kick-ball, basketball, elimination, and much more. The administration and faculty joined in some of the games, and ev-eryone enjoyed the beautiful weather. The girls ate lunch and savored some delicious ice cream from the ice cream truck sponsored by the Shulamith Wom-en’s Organization. The G.O. planned

an exciting scavenger hunt, which kept those who participated quite busy col-lecting the necessary signatures! A very special and unexpected part of the day was the opportunity for Shulamith stu-dents to help set up for the evening’s community-wide Lag BaOmer celebra-tion. It was impressive to watch the girls rush over to assist with the place-ment of tables and chairs.

All in all, it was a fun day, filled with achdut and love!

Achdut and Fun for Shulamith Students on Lag B’Omer

Team spirit abounded in the Stel-la K. Abraham High School for Girls on Lag B’Omer, Thursday, May 7, but this time it wasn’t only the student body who cheered! The second annual Stu-dent-Teacher Dodgeball Tournament was held on SKA’s lawn and the weath-er, refreshments and contagious enthusi-asm were spectacular!

The tournament wasn’t the only event held in honor of the day. Erev Lag B’Omer at SKA was celebrated with the ninth grade’s Light Up the Night Program. The hallways of SKA

echoed with the sounds of laughter as the freshmen cap-tured glowsticks in a Glow in the Dark Hunt. Almost the entire grade attend-ed and bonded over searching through-out the building and grounds of the school. At the moving evening kumzitz, the ninth graders shared stories of ha-karat hatov for a wonderful school year

and sang. Student achdut was solidified as those girls who live out of the area were invited for dinner and sleepovers; the grade has certainly become a cohe-

sive unit in a relatively short time.Lag B’Omer at SKA was a great

way to wrap up the year before exams!

Lag B’omer at SKA

Gan Chamesh, Chabad’s Early Childhood Center ,celebrated Lag

Ba’Omer with an exciting Trike-a-Thon. The children came to school with bicycles, tricycles, scooters and helmets. Clad in brightly colored Gan Chamesh shirts and with personally designed drivers’ licenses hanging around their necks, they scooted and pedaled furiously around the delineat-ed Gan Chamesh racetrack. The sun-ny sky, cheers, applause and swaying balloons all contributed to the festive atmosphere. The children were care-ful to follow the traffic rules as they rode. In their minds, this race felt like the Olympics. They were rewarded for their hard work with gold medals and refreshing ices. The children’s bright smiles rivaled the beautiful, shining sun in the sky on this amazing day. It was a very special way to cele-brate Lag Ba’Omer. Thank you to all who sponsored this great event.

Lag Ba’Omer Trike-a-Thon at Gan Chamesh

In honor of Lag B’omer, Midreshet Shalhevet students went on a fabulous trip to Chelsea Piers. The girls began the morning by ice skating around a freshly smoothed rink before continuing on to rock climbing at various intervals. They practiced their hitting at the batting cag-es and started a pick-up style basketball game. Laughter resonated off the walls as they bounced away on trampolines and jumped into pits of foam. Following a de-licious lunch of pizza and French fries, the girls enhanced their gymnastic abilities on the balance beams and floor mats. They made a quick stop at Off the Wall to cap off the day before heading back to school.

This was a fantastic trip as each girl was able to find activities that she enjoyed while hanging out with her friends outside of school.

Lag B’Omer Fun

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The 9th Annual New York NCSY Five Towns Community Basketball Tournament took place this past Sunday, May 3. Round Robin play for 5x5 teams took place at different gyms around the Five Towns. This year’s event featured the return of an extremely competi-tive 3x3 Tournament as well as a new event—a closely contested 3 Point Shoot Out featuring players that participated in the Basketball Tournament. The daylong event began at 9am and concluded at 5. Every player that participated received an official NCSY cinch sack and water bottle; in addition, each member of each team received a colored NCSY t-shirt which displayed their team’s sponsor prominently on the front of the shirt. (Each team’s shirt was a different color.)

Each of the participating teams was sponsored by different businesses and organizations. In addition, corporate sponsors were secured with all the mon-ies raised going towards the continuation of NY NCSY programs. The list of spon-sors for this year’s tournament includ-ed – Andrew Sicklick, DDS, Goldberg family, JH Darbie Insurance, Ring Ring, LLC, Shani’s Tahini Sauce, Rogoff Fam-ily, Hillel and Judy Olshin, Approved Funding, Lyons Global Insurance, Cross

River Bank, Carlos & Gabby’s, Shalom Maidenbaum, Yeshiva Gedolah, LOBOS (Chaim Brill), Jerusalem Pizza, Seasons, Marks Bros, Law Offices of Uriel Co-hen, Kenny and Bonnie Sicklick, Esther and Jerry Williams, and BACH (Mr. and Mrs. Haberman).

After concluding the morning rounds of 5 on 5 games, where each team played 3 games, all of the teams gathered at Lawrence High School for a pizza lunch

and the much anticipated Sweet Sixteen 5x5 Championship Bracket.

As in the past, this year’s tourna-ment was highly competitive, attracting top basketball players from across New York and New Jersey. During the after-noon games, children of all ages were treated to entertainment including a trav-

elling petting zoo and a moon bounce. In addition, there was a performance by the Y-Studs—an up and coming men’s

Jewish a cappella group – many of the youngsters were featured in the group’s video.

In the afternoon, sumptuous BBQ food as well as snacks were available for purchase.

This event is the largest fundraiser of the year. The mission of the NCSY’s An-nual Tournament is to provide a day of enjoyable basketball and family fun for the Five Towns community, as well as to

build awareness and support for NCSY’s programming and activities throughout the New York area. Each year, New York NCSY engages thousands of Jewish teens in social, educational, and leader-ship opportunities, and provides schol-arships for those with little or no Jewish background that are looking to enhance their Jewish identity through NCSY summer programs or post-high school study in Israel.

Throughout the day, tickets were sold for the Spring Scholarship Raffle – with a grand prize of “WIN THE COW” which also includes a freezer to store all the meat.

On the court:3 Point Shootout—A new feature

of this year’s Tournament was the first ever NCSY Basketball Tournament 3 Point Shootout. Each participant had 30 seconds to score as many 3 point shots from beyond the arc, with the assistance of several other players rebounding the shots. The Champion of this inaugural event was Yosef Rosenthal.

3 on 3 Tournament—This year’s 3 on 3 Tournament took on a brand new for-mat- instead of teams of players signing up together as teams, each player signed up individually and teams were set up through a lottery system. This made for a random and highly competitive Tour-nament. Among those that participated this year was Rabbi Glatt from the Young Israel of Woodmere. Each team played 3 games and the top 4 teams advanced to the playoffs. The champions of the event was the team that featured Alan Shap-iro, Jason Badian and Jonathan Meyers, Team Yeshiva Gedolah.

5 on 5 Tournament—This year’s 5 on 5 Tournament featured the best players and the most competitive play in years.

As all the teams convened at Lawrence High School following their morning games, there a great sense of anticipa-tion. Once the Sweet Sixteen Tournament Bracket was revealed, there was a buzz in the air that permeated the gym for the rest of the day. This section of the Tour-nament is single elimination – “WIN OR GO HOME.” There were upsets, some bigger than others, as well as games that went according to form. The event is a grueling marathon and a survival of the fittest. Finally after a full day of non-stop basketball, two teams remained standing – the team sponsored by Andrew Sick-lick, DDS, captained by Eitan Golan, and the team sponsored by Carlos & Gabby’s captained by Burry Klein. The Champi-onship game was a back and forth con-test and did not disappoint. The lead kept changing hands especially in the 4th quarter. The game was tied with under a minute left when Jonathan Greenberg hit the game winning shot and Carols & Gabby’s were able to hold on for the 42-40 Championship victory. The entire winning team was comprised of play-ers from the Five Towns area including some stars of this year’s Yeshiva League – Burry Klein, Gabriel Leifer, Abie Per-low, Jonathan Greenberg, Dan Wechsel-baum and Dovi Grosser.

Special thanks to all that contributed the overwhelming success of this Annu-al Mega Event – sponsors, players, (and wives of the players) guests and attend-ees, food suppliers, vendors, children’s entertainment, NCSY staff, refs , gym hosts, and all who participated in con-tributing to this great cause..

Plans are already underway for next year’s Tournament to make it even better.

NY NCSY 9th Annual Basketball Tournament is a Slam Dunk Success

2015 NCSY basktball 3 on 3 champions

NCSY 2015 basketball 5 on 5 champions

3 point champion Yosef Rosenthal

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Rabbi Dovid Sapirman, founder of the Ani Maamin Foundation, is dedicat-ed to strengthening the emunah of our generation. When an unscheduled op-portunity to have Rabbi Sapirman visit Bais Yaakov of Queens presented itself, Rabbi Mordechai Gewirtz, the dean, enthusiastically welcomed him. “We live in a world that does not see, recog-nize, or even admit to the Ribono Shel Olam’s hashgachah pratis. It therefore behooves us to constantly seek out ave-nues through which we can be mechazek ourselves and our children in the area of emunah. Rabbi Dovid Sapirman has sin-gle-handedly undertaken a true avodas hakodesh to address this most critical

issue,” said Rabbi Gewirtz.The junior high students, moros

and hanhallah were gathered together. Mrs. Jurkowitz, Limudei Kodesh prin-cipal, explained how important it is to seize an opportunity and grow from ev-ery experience. Rabbi Gewirtz, a person-al friend, warmly introduced the rabbi.

Rabbi Sapirman captivated the girls as he spoke about the existence of G-d clearly proven in the creation of the world. As evidence, one need to only look at each and every creature and the wisdom with which it was created. One of the many examples Rabbi Sapir-man used was an in-depth analysis of the anatomy of the woodpecker whose

seemingly in-nocuous wood pecking is in it-self a testimony to Hashem.

The speech was followed by an optional question and answer session which almost all of the stu-dents chose to attend. In it, he addressed topics such as “Why do bad things happen?” and “How do we know that we are the chosen nation of Hashem?” Witnessing the interest the

girls showed, it is clear that the students’ minds and hearts were sparked and their emunah was uplifted and strengthened!

Bais Yaakov of Queens Junior High Students Inspired by Rabbi Dovid Sapirman of the Ani Maamin Foundation

Rambam Mesivta’s 23rd Annual Scholarship Dinner held at the Sephardic Temple in Cedarhurst, NY

Rambam Honorees Mr. Howard and Mrs. Barbara Cinamon, Grandparents of the YearRambam Honorees Rabbi Pinny and Marie Rosenthal, Guests of Honor Rambam Honoree Leon Mayer, Alumnus of the Year, class of 2005

Recently, the sophomore girls at HANC High School participated in a night out at Bounce Trampoline Sports in Syosset. A delicious dinner catered by Carlos & Gabby’s kicked off the eve-ning. This was followed by an action-packed session at Bounce, where the girls played dodgeball, jumped into foam pits, and bounced on giant trampolines.

The sophomore girls appreciated this opportunity to spend time and have fun together in a relaxed atmo-sphere, and a spirit of camaraderie was evident throughout the event.

Special thanks to Student Senators Rachel Canter and Hannah Daitch for

planning this exciting event, and to their mechanechet, Morah Leigh Henoch, for coordinating the trip. A great time was had by all!

HANC High School Sophomore Girls Night Out

With the opening of Seasons Express just down the block from Yeshiva Ketana of Long Island, Rabbi Pfeiffer took a group of boys who were excelling in their learning to take a taste test of the many different flavors of Slurpees this week.

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Five Towns Marriage Initiative Finding Favor in Each Other’s Eyes


Ronald Lowinger, president of Yeshiva Darchei Torah and founder of the Weiss Vocational Center, with Elisha Brecher

Dovid Bloom and Rav Moshe Bender

Dovid Tillim, a talmid of Mesivta Chaim Shlomo and the Weiss Vocational Center, addressing the crowdYoav Taub, Avi Weinstock, Ely Tendler, Rav Mordechai Stern, Dovid Scharf and Benny Bobker

PHOTO CREDIT: NAFTOLI GOLDGRAB

A Strong Show Of Support For Special ProgramsScenes from the Annual Breakfast for the Rabenstein Learning Center and Weiss Vocational Center

Dovid Scharf, host, and Rav Yaakov Bender

Michael Fragin, Yoel Ganz and Rav Shimon Dachs, director of the Weiss Vocational Center

Nechemia Rabenstein, founder of the Rabenstein Learning Center, with Rav Yaakov Bender

Dovid Scharf and his father-in-law, Shmuel Fuhrer

Dovid Scharf with his father, Tommy Scharf

The Pela Yoetz states that it is possi-ble for two individuals to say or do the exact same act, but while one can find fa-vor in the eyes of others, the second per-son can be viewed with contempt or dis-interest. For this reason, we pray daily, at the end of Birchas Hashachar (the morn-ing blessings), that we should find favor in the eyes of all who see us. This is im-portant because as a person that was cre-ated in Hashem’s image, by finding favor in the eyes of man we are strengthening Hashem’s glory in this world. Therefore, a person should not even speak or take any action unless they are certain that the

speech and/or actions will be viewed in a positive light by others.

Finding favor in the eyes of man is only secondary to being viewed in a pos-itive way by Hashem’. It’s not logical to do or say something which will find favor in man’s eyes while going against Hashem’s will and somehow think that by at least finding favor in the eyes of man you will be strengthening Hashem’s glory. The only purpose to working on finding favor in man’s eyes is if it’s being done in conjunction with Hashem’s will, and if not this actually decreases Hash-em’s honor in this world.

There are people who think the only way to be popular and liked is to gossip or to make a mockery of others, but these methods are short-sighted and will only bring temporary gain. In the long run those living for momentary personal gain will always lose out, very likely in this world, but most certainly in the World to Come.

As a spouse, we constantly have op-portunities to treat our spouse in a man-ner that will allow us to be viewed in a positive light. We need to constantly reflect on the great opportunity we face daily to sanctify Hashem by going out

of our way to treat our spouse like roy-alty with humility, restraint and love. We should merit to act towards our spouse in ways that find favor in the eyes of Hash-em and in the eyes of our spouse.

Five Towns Marriage Initiative pro-vides educational programs, workshops and referrals to top marriage therapists. FTMI will help offset counseling costs when necessary and also runs an anony-mous shalom bayis hotline for the entire community Sunday, Tuesday and Thurs-day evenings, 9:30-11p.m. For the ho-tline or more information, call 516-430-5280 or email [email protected].

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By Tammy MarkA walk through the hallway of Law-

rence High School is a feast for the senses. Music emanates from the audi-torium where budding musicians prac-tice their chords in anticipation of their next performance. The art gallery, filled with original artwork and sculptures, includes striking paintings memorializ-ing the Holocaust created by Lawrence students of various backgrounds; one can’t help but be moved by their beauty and depth. The bulletin boards proudly announce the honors and achievements of the senior class, while display cases line the walls, showcasing the athlet-ic accomplishments of the high school teams. The hallways of Lawrence are abuzz with a palpable energy.

This is just a glimpse of the Law-rence School District 15 today. District 15 is flourishing under the direction and guidance of its School Board and admin-istration. District leaders have kept the schools on a path of success—maintain-ing high academic standards, offering enrichment and support services and de-veloping top quality programming for all students. As Lawrence Public Schools have grown into premier educational es-tablishments, Lawrence is on the verge of a new era and on a trajectory to be a model of success for other communities.

They are now implementing plans for renovation in preparation for the next phase of excellence. Some of the most noteworthy improvements will include the revamping of Lawrence Middle School to accommodate newly realigned grade levels and provide ren-ovated suites for music, art, technology and guidance. This is the first major renovation to the Middle School build-ing with a vision towards restoring the stately building’s previous grandeur. Due to prudent fiscal management, the District has funds in place to fully fund the repairs and renovations, to fund the reserves and to increase innovative pro-gramming as they move forward.

As of the 2015 academic year, the student body will be housed across four school buildings with grade levels organized around the New York State Standards, Curriculum and Assessments guidelines. This dynamic accentuates the current cohesiveness of the organi-zation, maximizing shared resources and reinforcing its clear and common goal. The efficient configuration utilizes the District buildings in the most beneficial

way to each age group, and appropriate renaming is in the plans.

The Lawrence School Board, ad-ministration and educators are all com-mitted to ensuring a smooth start for the upcoming school year, for children and their families. In letters sent to the parent body, Superintendent Gary Schall detailed the exciting new developments:

The Number Four School, a pre-school and kindergarten facility, will be the “Lawrence Early Childhood Center,” with all of the amenities and programs geared to developing the youngest minds. The children’s first ex-periences will be framed with the rich-ness and warmth that Lawrence parents have come to expect. The Number Two School, “Lawrence Primary School,” caters specifically to the youngest grade school children, maintaining an intimate school environment. As the children begin the first grade, they will be met with all the attention and guidance they need to succeed. The close grouping of the grade levels enables increased spe-cialization in programming across the schools.

The third through fifth graders will find their home at the current Middle School building, revamped in anticipa-tion of their arrival. The “Lawrence El-ementary School at Broadway Campus” will include a newly reconfigured wing for the incoming students, complete with their own cafeteria, gym and recess ar-eas. The separate bus routes, entrances and offices ensure attention will be indi-vidualized for each age group.

Similar to the organization of elite private schools, with many grades in close proximity, having grades three through eight under the same roof of-fers many opportunities for learning and growing. The larger Middle School fa-cility offers a tremendous benefit to the younger students, including the larger auditorium, science labs, indoor spaces and much more.

With the diversity of the student body and the community at large, Dis-trict 15 accommodates a wide range of needs. The special education program is continuously expanding, surpassing those of private institutions. Referred to as “a cultural mosaic,” inclusion and integration are the norm. With a total of 70 programs district wide, afterschool programs provide cultural and academic enrichment.

Of the students who begin their ed-

ucation at the Lawrence Public Schools in kindergarten, the graduation rate is at 99%. Lawrence aims to bring out the finest in its students across the spectrum at every level of need: from those who have recently arrived in the country to those who are ready to achieve award winning academic work.

School Board Trustee Asher Mans-dorf explains, “Moving forward, we are working to create an educational envi-ronment that is supportive of the chil-dren who come from outside the country, to successfully deal with the challenges and be an example for others.”

Across the grades, Lawrence sur-passes other districts in offerings and accomplishments, beginning with providing the only universal full day pre-k program in Nassau County, estab-lished before the New York City Pub-lic Schools’ program. Music and art is considered a fundamental piece of the educational puzzle at Lawrence, and music programs begin in the third grade. As the students become young adults, middle school programming includes “Character Education” within the curric-ulum. With a constant emphasis on the future, there are 18 Advanced Placement offerings currently available at the high school, as well as the competitive level DECA Business club program for bud-ding entrepreneurs.

This spring brought truly newswor-thy accomplishments out of Lawrence High School. Several special needs students from the Life Skills program joined a group of 250 Lawrence stu-dents on a March trip to Disney World and performed on stage with their “Life Rhythms” percussion ensemble. This remarkable group was featured on News

12; a true and shining example of the in-clusion and achievement that is possible in the Lawrence Public Schools.

Lawrence High school students rank in county, state and nationwide science and math competitions. Seven high school seniors will be presenting behav-ioral research studies at the Psycholog-ical Science Convention in Manhattan this year, delving into such topics as body image, family conflict and guilt. With a full athletic program at Law-rence, the Golden Tornedoes football champions have received county-wide recognition and are another source of pride for the District. Individual suc-cess stories, from the accomplishments of special needs student Oliver Miller, to the athletic achievements of super-star football player Jordan Fredericks, to the countless others who have been able to shine in their own way, illustrate the uniqueness of the Lawrence School District.

The administrators and educators of Lawrence share in the common goal of leading each child to personal success. As new programs are implemented and the renovations move along, the Law-rence School Board and administration continue to work enthusiastically to bol-ster District 15 as a home for all of its students, while expanding the possibili-ties of what can be achieved.

With a clear vision and excitement the future, Schall says, “I truly believe the best days of Lawrence are yet to come!”

School Board elections will be held on May 19th. Polls will be open from 7:00 AM to 10:00 PM. Contact the Dis-trict Clerk at 516-295-7032 for more in-formation.

Lawrence District: A New Era

Students from the Life Skills Group performing at Disney World

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The Camp HASC Run


It was an unforgettable sight to behold as one after another in wheel-chairs, adaptable strollers, on crutches and by foot dozens of special children from Camp HASC crossed the finish line in Prospect Park, Brooklyn, in the first ever Camp HASC Run this past Sunday.

Along with the children and adults with special needs from Camp HASC who participated in the race, over 500 runners, family members, friends, staff, alumni and supporters of Camp HASC participated in the amazing event, run-ning, biking, walking and cheering in support of Camp HASC. Highlighted by a10K Run and Bike-a-thon and live concert and BBQ in the park, it was a beautiful, sunny day filled with inspira-tion, achdus and fun.

State Senator Simcha Felder, a close friend and dedicated supporter of Camp HASC, remarked how the event succeeded in bringing the magic of Camp HASC from “Upstate, down to Brooklyn.”

For over 40 years, Camp HASC –

The Hebrew Academy for Special Chil-dren – has been the Jewish community’s flagship summer program for individu-als with special needs, intellectual, and physical disabilities. Camp HASC is a unique fusion of world-class academic, therapeutic and recreational program-ming which enables the development of each individual’s potential in a magical summer camp environment often called “the happiest place on earth”.

Mrs. Alyssa Sterba of Long Is-land who participated in the race with her son, Garrett, a camper at HASC, praised the “sense of community and friendship” in the Park: “It is so great for Garrett to connect with the staff who love and appreciate him for who he is… Every interaction with the Camp HASC family is meaningful.”

Noted askan and long-time supporter of Camp HASC, Reb Abe Eisner, com-mented on how “emotional it is to see the special campers being reunited with and running toward their counselors… The love between them is palpable”

The live concert filled Prospect Park

with high energy ruach and the sound of Jewish music, and in classic Camp HASC fashion, featured a dazzling ar-ray of musicians, including Aryeh Kun-stler, Mordechai Shapiro, Shlo-ime Kaufman and starring Lipa Schmeltzer.

A s s e m b l y -man Dov Hikind and Pini Ringle joined the event to show their support, which drew participants from all Five Boroughs, from all over the New York and New Jersey area and drew participants who flew in from Israel, Canada and California. Mrs. Shaindy Lisker, a proud Camp HASC parent, thanked the organizers for creating a “beautiful opportunity for the com-munity to come together and support the wonderful work that Camp HASC

does. Eli is so thrilled to spend time with his counselors and friends!”

Camper Elie Rosenthal came out of his specialized, adaptable stroller

to finish the race and cross the fin-ish line on foot as his parents and family looked on with tears in their eyes, cheering him all the way. Mrs. Rosenthal was filled with emo-tion and pride, and heaped praise on the Camp HASC staff for enabling such “an unforget-

table moment for our family.” Indeed, it was an unforgettable and

uplifting day for all of those who were fortunate enough to have participated. Looking forward to another amazing Camp HASC Run next year!

Eighth graders in Rabbi Sussman’s shiur in Yeshiva Darchei Torah enjoying a Lag B’omer kumzitz

There’s lots of innovative tech enhancing our learning in the HAFTR middle school. The eighth grade girls in Mrs. Teitelbaum’s Chumash class had a fun and informative time this week. In lieu of a written test, the girls were placed in groups and assigned a portion of Parshat Balak (the story of Bilaam and his talking donkey) to “teach” the class using the ShowMe app on our school iPads.The students upload photos or videos and use their own artistic talents as they write on the “whiteboard” screen while recording their voices to explain the material they were responsible to cover. Then, to present their work, they projected their iPads onto a large screen for the class to share.

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Young Israel of New Hyde Park is pleased to announce the official opening of the Beautiful Memories Gemach, lo-cated on their lower level at 264-15 77th Avenue in New Hyde Park. The Gemach was created as a labor of love by Dr. Beth and Mark Krieger in memory of their family members, Dottie & Sidney Bern-stein, Mollie & Samuel Krieger, Mollie & Meyer Steinmetz and Barbara Krieger.

The Gemach carries only dress cloth-ing, shoes and accessories from business casual up to formal wear, including tuxe-dos, evening gowns and wedding gowns. All of the clothing is offered free of charge to anyone in need. The Gemach has both day and evening hours, but is open by appointment only for the com-fort of those needing clothing and to keep it confidential. When a person in need comes to the Gemach, they are treat-ed like family and shown the utmost in kindness and respect. Tuxedos, evening gowns and wedding gowns are loaned, since they are typically worn only once. All other clothing and accessories are given for permanent use.

The name, “Beautiful Memories Gemach,” was chosen by Dr. Beth and Mark Krieger because just as they have beautiful memories of family occasions and other simchas, those who will benefit from the Gemach will be able to create beautiful memories of their own in their new clothing.

While the Gemach carries clothing that would be appropriate for a formal event, there is also a practical side to it. They are very well stocked with suits, shirts, ties, slacks, sports jackets, belts and shoes for men, as well as skirts, blouses, dresses, shoes and handbags for women, all of which would be appropriate to wear to work or to religious services.

Mark and Beth Krieger are quick to remind us that they did not do all of this alone. In addition to the support of Young Israel of New Hyde Park and all those who donated clothing, they had a crew of volunteers, whom they lovingly refer to as “the Gemacheteers” who helped trans-port, sort and display the clothing and staff the Gemach when people come to select clothing.

The official launch of the Gemach took place on December 2, 2014, with a grand opening celebration, which was very well attended by friends, family, volunteers, Rabbi Lawrence Teitelman along with members of the staff and congregation of Young Israel of New Hyde Park and representatives of 14 lo-cal synagogues and JCCs, including Sid Jacobson JCC – Engage Jewish Service

Corps, Community Synagogue, Congre-gation Tifereth Israel Glen Cove, Mid-way Jewish Center, North Shore Jewish Center, Old Westbury Hebrew Congrega-tion, Shelter Rock Jewish Center, Tem-ple Beth Israel Port Washington, Temple Beth Sholom Roslyn, Temple Isaiah of Great Neck, Temple Israel of Great Neck, Temple Judea, Temple Sinai Roslyn and

Mid-Island Y JCC.Through the efforts of all of the vol-

unteers, the clothing stock of the Beauti-ful Memories Gemach continues to grow. If you know of anyone who is in need of clothing, whether due to ongoing finan-cial strain or a sudden loss, like a fire or flood, please refer them to www.beauti-fulmemoriesgemach.org or they can call

Mark Krieger directly at (917) 703-4694.Beautiful Memories Gemach carries

clothing for men, women and children suitable for work, religious services or any simcha. It is located at Young Israel of New Hyde Park and was founded by Dr. Beth & Mark Krieger. It is open by ap-pointment only. Call (917) 703-4694 or visit www.beautifulmemoriesgemach.org.

Beautiful Memories Gemach Opens at Young Israel of New Hyde Park

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After the petira of Aaron Shalom Tepfer in August 2013, the Tepfer fam-

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borhood ample op-portunities to do chessed. Aaron Tep-fer a”h was known for his beautiful smile, kind words, unbelievable middos tovos and simchas hachayim. Aaron’s Way continues his special legacy with unique programs de-signed to provide numerous options to get involved and help others.

One of the many inspiring programs is the A+OK Homework Program:

The A+OK Homework Program for sixth and seventh grade boys is held ev-ery Monday from 7:00 to 8:15 PM in Yeshiva Sh’or Yoshuv. It’s an opportu-nity for the boys to learn with chavru-sas and do homework together. In Shor Yoshuv’s Beis Medrash you can hear the laughter and sounds of learning. Rabbi Eleazer Baruenstein, a rebbi in Darchei Torah, oversees the homework program and tells a very exciting story to the boys when their homework is completed followed by a raffle. Some of the raffle prizes include gift certificates to Carlos & Gabby’s, Gourmet Glatt and Brachs. The basketball courts are rocked out by the sixth and seventh graders bouncing the ball and shooting hoops. There are snacks and drinks prepared and distrib-uted in the hallway. Everyone leaves ele-vated and happy that they came and were part of something fun while also learning and gaining from their friends. When it’s over everyone is thanking Mrs. Tepfer for a great time and looking forward to the next week when they will get togeth-er again.

Any boys who have not come yet it’s not too late as there is one more week left for this year. Please come next Monday night and be part of a great program. All boys from sixth and seventh grade are welcome!

If you want to donate towards any of the special programs please go to www.aaronsway.org and click donate. Tizku l’mitzvos.

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By Jennifer JaffeFrom a rough beginning in the proj-

ects of the South Bronx, to a reward-ing 14 year basketball career leading to six NBA All Star Games and an NBA Championship with the Boston Celt-ics, through his 1991 induction into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of

Fame, Nate “Tiny”Archibald has never stopped working hard and never stopped giving. After retirement he continued his commitment to the youth of NYC by running a basketball school for under-privileged kids and as an athletic director for a homeless shelter.

On Monday evening, May 4, Tiny Archibald came to speak to over 60 Ye-shiva of Central Queens student athletes and gave them an inspirational talk on the importance of staying fit, focusing on their education and following their dreams, as well as dedicating the new YCQ gym floor donated by the NBA in conjunction with SnapSports®.

The event was kicked off by official-ly breaking in the new floor with a pass of the ball by Tiny, to a successful basket made by eighth grade student Ethan Aar-on. “I liked that this event isn’t just about basketball. It is about how important it is to be fit and to eat the right things in

order to stay healthy,” said Mr. Aaron.Multiple fitness stations were set up

and students participated in a variety of activities coached by Tiny and the NBA crew with assistance from YCQ admin-istration and teachers. “Mr. Archibald helped us and coached us through the in-tensive drills. That was pretty cool, but

I liked that he talked to us and inspired us about how important it is to stay in school,” said student Zach Blitz.

It was through con-tinued perseverance and a never-quit attitude that guided Tiny throughout his basketball career and throughout his life. This attitude was encouraging to the students as they in-tently listened to his every word. He spoke of his struggle to get started and about all the chances he

was given based on hard work and prac-tice. He reiterated, “You always have to work hard, but you have to work even harder for something you really like to do.”

This point really hit home with student and girls basketball team member, Shayna Orlow, “What re-ally touched me was when Tiny said even if people put you down, you should not let that bother you or keep you from doing what you want. It is something that is important for us to remem-ber and never forget.”

As the only player to lead the league in both scoring and assists, 6,476 of those assists during regular season play, Tiny really understands where effort and determination can lead. “He reminded

us that we should always work hard and to our fullest ability. I though that was most important,” said Ezra Perlmutter, 8th grader.

He discussed how important it is to always remember the fundamentals and to think first and foremost about how to be a better person, then go out and have fun and work for what you want.

It is not only fate and persistence that leads to success. It is fortitude and the ability to face life and have fun follow-ing your dreams. This entire event came

to fruition through a connection made by Moshe Becker from the NYC Board of Education between the NBA and YCQ.

This is how YCQ got involved with the NBA through “NBA Cares.” Students were encouraged to keep in mind the NBA Cares fitness theme: Be Active, Eat Healthy, Play Together. Girl’s basket-ball team player Kyra Appel said, “The whole thing was a lot of fun, but I liked that we didn’t just do basketball, we did all types of fitness activities. And Tiny gave a great speech, that if you have a dream, you should follow it no matter what anyone says.”

The students had fun, received au-tographs, and learned a lot about commitment and the importance of being a team player. “It was cool meeting Shorty. Doing the drills and learning about the im-portance of being part of a team,” said Aytan Waxman, YCQ Hock-ey, team Captain. Mrs. Laurie Golubtchik, Assistant Principal JHS General Studies and one of the main organizers of this suc-cessful event, said, “This program was an amazing way to bring all of the YCQ athletes together in one place.”

Tiny recapped for all in atten-dance the program’s main mes-

sage: “The game of basketball is good, however, it is short-lived, but hard work and an education, now that is timeless.”


From the South Bronx to YCQ: A New Gym Floor and Some Inspiration

The boys in Rabbi Messner’s third grade class of Yeshiva Ketana of Long Island recently celebrated the completion of Parshas Miketz with a gala pizza siyum. The boys were very happy to share their pizza and nosh with Rabbi Shlomo Dovid Pfeiffer, the S’gan menahel. A good time was had by all.

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AY 14, 2015Everyone asks us: what can be done about the cost of a day school education?

Week after week, the tuition crisis comes to our attention, front and center. Rabbis, couples and concerned mem-bers of the community call us, email us, and approach us after davening re-garding the financial pressures threat-ening our schools and squeezing our middle class families. Sometimes, they are parents squeezed by the prices who somehow make it work, but are always asking when it will ever get better. And sometimes, it’s extremely generous and charitable individuals looking to quiet-ly help the community at large in this struggle.

This problem has been given a name, “The Tuition Crisis,” and is fu-elled by the issues we all know:

• A slow economic recovery has too many families still hurting financially.

• Security costs have spiked. As we look around the world, and sadly, very close to home, we understand why.

• Energy costs are also on the rise. And technology in the classroom is an increasing, and increasingly expensive need.

• Salaries, benefits and annual raises for dedicated teachers and staff – which account for almost 90 percent of a school’s operating budget – must remain in place to recruit and retain high quality educators.

Likewise, we know what needs to be done. Our local schools must contin-ue to be recipients of our tzedaka (char-ity) dollars, not just as a token of our

appreciation for educating our children but also because halacha (Jewish law) directs us to prioritize our local insti-tutions when determining giving. And while some schools have undertaken

innovative tuition reduction initiatives, many have not, and it’s still too much to ask of the schools alone.

We can’t fix this without help from our government leaders. We must lob-by those in state and local office.

In fact, on each issue we have raised, there is constitutionally sound political action happening right now that could fix this crisis.

• A tuition tax credit to help provide millions in scholarship dollars is ready for a vote in Albany.

• Bills to provide security for our schools and allow them to pay

cheaper rates for energy – a rate currently only available to some public schools.

• Technology assistance is another area in which we see activity.

Already, dedicated leaders in our community, along with professionals working for a variety of Jewish organi-zations, are reaching out to our elected officials to press them to support these programs. They are also partnering with other faith communities that have sim-ilar issues, such as the Catholic Church and other Christian schools, so every-one knows this isn’t “just” a Jewish is-sue.

But they cannot do this alone. It is not enough to vote. It is not

enough to be a member or donor to one of these organizations. And it is not enough to be a concerned parent.

Our elected officials must hear from us as a community.

They hear from us on the threat of a nuclear Iran. They hear from us on the

need to stand with Israel. They must hear from us on the need

to support our children, our schools and our community.

Very soon, many of our local day schools and yeshivot will be hosting our local politicians. They do so in partner-ship with the Orthodox Union, one of the key organizations involved in this effort.

When they come to school they will see our unique brand of education in action, and they will meet our children. But they should also meet you. You should attend these meetings. Please contact your school and ask when the meeting is, and please make every ef-fort to be there.

We will be there. Our communi-ty advocacy leaders will be there. Our kids, our teachers, and our school lead-ers will be there. You should be there too.

We’ve all at points taken off work to travel to Washington, DC, to lobby and to rally on behalf of our brothers and sisters in Israel, or skipped our lunch break to protest at the UN.

Now, your community needs your help and attention too.

It does not matter whether you are a family on scholarship, a family work-ing hard each day to make ends meet, or a dedicated supporter of Jewish ed-ucational needs. You should call your school and arrange to be there.

It also does not matter whether you know your own elected official supports us. They must be able to go back to their colleagues and say, “This issue really matters to my constituency.” You really should be there.

As we approach the holiday of Shavuot, we are reminded that every Jew stood at the foot of Sinai. Every Jew said “Na’aseh V’nishma” – we are ready to do whatever is needed of us.

Well, every one of us is needed now to step up on this crucial issue.

May we merit to see results that are at least equal to our communal effort.

Rabbi Shmuel Marcus is the Rav of Kehilas Ishei Yisrael in Kew Gardens Hills. Rabbi Jonathan Morgenstern is the Rabbi of the Young Israel of Scarsdale.

Rabbi Shmuel Marcus and Rabbi Jonathan Morgenstern

OpEd

Every one of us is needed now to step up on this crucial issue.

Rabbis Take On The Tuition CrisisYou Can Help

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7078T J H C E N T E R F O L D • T J H C E N T E R F O L D • T J H C E N T E R F O L D

Yankel and Moishele are sitting on the boardwalk in Miami debat-

ing whether Hawaii is pronounced “HaVaii” or “HaWaii.”

After a few minutes they see a man walking by so they de-cide to ask him. Without hesitat-ing he answers, “Havaii.”

“Thank you,” says Yankel“You’re velcome,” replies the

passerby.

You Gotta be Kidding!John Smith, a used car dealer, sold 9 cars last

week. However, John never writes the dates on his contracts. He can remember the colors of the cars but not what days they sold on. Now, as the manager of the dealership, you are the one who has to sort this out. The colors of the cars are: green, blue, black, red, yellow, white, gold, purple, and silver. John’s Used Cars is only open Monday through Saturday (for the Motzei Shabbos special).

This is what John remembers:

1. John sold 2 more cars on Tuesday than he didon Wednesday – his slowest sales day

2. The cars with primary colors were sold on Monday, Tuesday, and Saturday

3. The purple & gold cars weren’t sold at the beginning of the week, but they were sold on the same day

4. The silver & yellow cars were sold 3 days before the white car (2 days between), the white car was sold 2 days before the blue car (1 day between)

5. The cars sold on Tuesday were sold to people who said that they wanted cars that were the colors of two popular apples

6. The black car was sold the same day as the gold car

7. Friday was John’s busiest sales day8. Only one car was sold on Thursday and

Saturday

See answer on next page

Riddle!

✪ Amanda Lynn

✪ Anita Bath

✪ Dusty Sandmann

✪ Ernie Coli (E. Coli)

✪ Estelle Hertz

✪ Evan Keel

✪ Iona Frisbee

✪ Les Plack

✪ Lisa May Dye

✪ Lou Zar (loser)

✪ Marsha Mellow

✪ Marshall Law

✪ Mel Loewe

✪ Nick O. Time

✪ Owen Cash

✪ Paige Turner

✪ Pat Downe

✪ Doug Graves

✪ Phil Rupp

✪ Polly Ester

✪ Post, Mark

✪ Price Wright

✪ Ray Zenz

✪ Raynor Schein

✪ Robin Banks

✪ Russell Sprout

✪ Sal A. Mander

✪ Sam Manilla

✪ Sally Forth

✪ Sue Flay

✪ Sue Ridge

✪ Sue Yu

✪ Tom Morrow

✪ Warren Peace

✪ Will Power

✪ Warren T.

Whata Name!

Princess Charlotte Elizabeth Diana? What? How boring! How about one of the following names, which are real names listed on birth certificates:

79ANSWER TO RIDDLE: Monday - 2 cars - yellow & silverTuesday - 2 cars - red & greenWednesday - 0 carsThursday - 1 car - whiteFriday - 3 cars - purple, gold & blackSaturday - 1 car - blue

GOT FUNNY? Let the Commissioner decide Send your stuff to [email protected]

T J H C E N T E R F O L D • T J H C E N T E R F O L D • T J H C E N T E R F O L D

1. After hitting his 661st homer and passing Willie Mays on the all-time home run list, A-Rod* is now 4th on the all-time home run list behind who?

a. Babe Ruthb. Barry Bondsc. Hank Aarond. Frank Robinson

2. Nelson Cruz of the Seattle Mariners hit 13 homers in the first 24 games of 2015. Who are the only players in MLB history to hit more in that span?

a. Albert Pujolsb. Barry Bondsc. Alex Rodriguezd. Ken Griffey

3. Which player has the most home runs in MLB history?a. Hank Aaronb. Barry Bonds c. Babe Ruthd. Mark McGwire

4. Over a course of 8 games in July of 1987, how many home runs did Don Mattingly hit?

a. 5b. 7c. 8d. 10

5. What amazing feat did Josh Willingham accomplish in a game in 2009 while playing for the Washington Nationals?

a. He hit 4 homers in 4 at batsb. He hit a 2 run homer, a 3 run home and a grand slam in the same

gamec. He hit 2 grand slams in the same game, in back-to-back inningsd. He robbed 5 players of home runs by making incredible catches

along the right field wall

6. In the final game of 1961, Roger Maris eclipsed Babe Ruth’s single season home run record. How many homers did he have that season?

a. 54

b. 61c. 72d. 77

7. Which father and son duo made history for hitting back-to-back home runs while playing for the same team?

a. Bobby Bonds & Barry Bondsb. Steve Swisher & Nick Swisherc. Ken Griffey, Sr. & Ken Griffey, Jr. d. Cecil Fielder & Prince Fielder

8. Which Mets player has the most homers as a Met?a. David Wrightb. Mike Piazzac. Howard Johnson d. Darryl Strawberry

Answers:1. A (Ruth hit 714)2. A & C3. B (762)4. D—Mattingly hit a homer in each game and two homers in two

of those 8 games5. C6. B7. C—Ken Griffey, Sr. and Ken Griffey, Jr. They became Mariner team-

mates in 1990. On September 14, in the top of the first, the pair hit back-to-back home runs, becoming the first and only father-son duo to ever accomplish such a feat.

8. D—252 homers as a Met; David Wright is in second place with 231 homers.

* Steroids. Steroids. Steroids. Steroids. Steroids. Steroids. Steroids. Steroids. Steroids. Steroids.

Scorecard:6-8 correct: It is high…it is far…you are a genius!3-5 correct: Not bad…you would have

done better with some steroids.0-2 correct: Hmmm. Stick to

whiffle ball.

Home Run Trivia

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Yankel and Moishele are sitting on the boardwalk in Miami debat-

ing whether Hawaii is pronounced “HaVaii” or “HaWaii.”

After a few minutes they see a man walking by so they de-cide to ask him. Without hesitat-ing he answers, “Havaii.”

“Thank you,” says Yankel“You’re velcome,” replies the

passerby.

You Gotta be Kidding!John Smith, a used car dealer, sold 9 cars last

week. However, John never writes the dates on his contracts. He can remember the colors of the cars but not what days they sold on. Now, as the manager of the dealership, you are the one who has to sort this out. The colors of the cars are: green, blue, black, red, yellow, white, gold, purple, and silver. John’s Used Cars is only open Monday through Saturday (for the Motzei Shabbos special).

This is what John remembers:

1. John sold 2 more cars on Tuesday than he didon Wednesday – his slowest sales day

2. The cars with primary colors were sold on Monday, Tuesday, and Saturday

3. The purple & gold cars weren’t sold at the beginning of the week, but they were sold on the same day

4. The silver & yellow cars were sold 3 days before the white car (2 days between), the white car was sold 2 days before the blue car (1 day between)

5. The cars sold on Tuesday were sold to people who said that they wanted cars that were the colors of two popular apples

6. The black car was sold the same day as the gold car

7. Friday was John’s busiest sales day8. Only one car was sold on Thursday and

Saturday

See answer on next page

Riddle!

✪ Amanda Lynn

✪ Anita Bath

✪ Dusty Sandmann

✪ Ernie Coli (E. Coli)

✪ Estelle Hertz

✪ Evan Keel

✪ Iona Frisbee

✪ Les Plack

✪ Lisa May Dye

✪ Lou Zar (loser)

✪ Marsha Mellow

✪ Marshall Law

✪ Mel Loewe

✪ Nick O. Time

✪ Owen Cash

✪ Paige Turner

✪ Pat Downe

✪ Doug Graves

✪ Phil Rupp

✪ Polly Ester

✪ Post, Mark

✪ Price Wright

✪ Ray Zenz

✪ Raynor Schein

✪ Robin Banks

✪ Russell Sprout

✪ Sal A. Mander

✪ Sam Manilla

✪ Sally Forth

✪ Sue Flay

✪ Sue Ridge

✪ Sue Yu

✪ Tom Morrow

✪ Warren Peace

✪ Will Power

✪ Warren T.

Whata Name!

Princess Charlotte Elizabeth Diana? What? How boring! How about one of the following names, which are real names listed on birth certificates:

79ANSWER TO RIDDLE: Monday - 2 cars - yellow & silverTuesday - 2 cars - red & greenWednesday - 0 carsThursday - 1 car - whiteFriday - 3 cars - purple, gold & blackSaturday - 1 car - blue

GOT FUNNY? Let the Commissioner decide Send your stuff to [email protected]


1. After hitting his 661st homer and passing Willie Mays on the all-time home run list, A-Rod* is now 4th on the all-time home run list behind who?

a. Babe Ruthb. Barry Bondsc. Hank Aarond. Frank Robinson

2. Nelson Cruz of the Seattle Mariners hit 13 homers in the first 24 games of 2015. Who are the only players in MLB history to hit more in that span?

a. Albert Pujolsb. Barry Bondsc. Alex Rodriguezd. Ken Griffey

3. Which player has the most home runs in MLB history?a. Hank Aaronb. Barry Bonds c. Babe Ruthd. Mark McGwire

4. Over a course of 8 games in July of 1987, how many home runs did Don Mattingly hit?

a. 5b. 7c. 8d. 10

5. What amazing feat did Josh Willingham accomplish in a game in 2009 while playing for the Washington Nationals?

a. He hit 4 homers in 4 at batsb. He hit a 2 run homer, a 3 run home and a grand slam in the same

gamec. He hit 2 grand slams in the same game, in back-to-back inningsd. He robbed 5 players of home runs by making incredible catches

along the right field wall

6. In the final game of 1961, Roger Maris eclipsed Babe Ruth’s single season home run record. How many homers did he have that season?

a. 54

b. 61c. 72d. 77

7. Which father and son duo made history for hitting back-to-back home runs while playing for the same team?

a. Bobby Bonds & Barry Bondsb. Steve Swisher & Nick Swisherc. Ken Griffey, Sr. & Ken Griffey, Jr. d. Cecil Fielder & Prince Fielder

8. Which Mets player has the most homers as a Met?a. David Wrightb. Mike Piazzac. Howard Johnson d. Darryl Strawberry

Answers:1. A (Ruth hit 714)2. A & C3. B (762)4. D—Mattingly hit a homer in each game and two homers in two

of those 8 games5. C6. B7. C—Ken Griffey, Sr. and Ken Griffey, Jr. They became Mariner team-

mates in 1990. On September 14, in the top of the first, the pair hit back-to-back home runs, becoming the first and only father-son duo to ever accomplish such a feat.

8. D—252 homers as a Met; David Wright is in second place with 231 homers.

* Steroids. Steroids. Steroids. Steroids. Steroids. Steroids. Steroids. Steroids. Steroids. Steroids.

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The emphasis that the Torah places on the location – Mount Sinai – where Moshe received the Torah

and its commandments and the particular commandment regarding the observance of a sabbatical year has been an issue of much interest to the commentators on the Torah over the ages. Rashi, quoting the famous rabbinic dictum, states that the words “Mount Sinai” indicate to us that just as this particular commandment of the sabbatical year was taught to Moshe on Mount Sinai so too are we to under-stand that all of the commandments of Judaism emanate from the revelation at Mount Sinai.

But perhaps there is another nuanced lesson here in the mentioning of Mount Sinai, as being the location where this commandment regarding the sabbatical year was first uttered and delivered. The Sinai desert is one of the most barren and inhospitable geographic areas on our globe. The Torah itself describes it as a great, awesome and frightening place, parched of water and short of sustenance, a place of snakes and scorpions.

To speak of a sabbatical year in this context, where and when fields and crops are not to be tended to, seems at first glance to be incongruous, to say the least. We could understand the statement of such a commandment when the Jew-ish people stood on the brink of entering

the Land of Israel or, even more so, when they actually entered the land.

Hearing the command of letting one’s fields lie fallow for a year while living in a trackless and arid desert certainly seems to be strange. But the Torah, which is eternal and not bound by time or place, comes to teach us an important lesson regarding life generally and Jewish life particularly.

I had a friend and congregant of mine

during my years as a rabbi in Miami Beach fifty years ago. He was a Holo-caust survivor, a man of material wealth and clever intellect. He once told me that he was a very wealthy man in Hunga-ry before World War II. In the very late 1930s he visited the Land of Israel and

on a whim purchased an apartment here in Jerusalem.

In late summer 1944, together with hundreds of thousands of other Hungari-an Jews, he and his family were deported to Auschwitz. His family could not sur-vive the ordeal, though somehow he did remain alive, and eventually he rebuilt his life and once again created a family and material success in America.

He told me that every night in the

barracks of the labor camp, to which he was assigned, lying on the wooden pal-let that served as his bed, in his mind he furnished the apartment that he purchased in Jerusalem. In his mind, he bought the finest furniture and wall coverings and ar-ranged them so that the apartment shone in splendor, good taste and elegance.

He said it was this imaginary scene of the better tomorrow that kept him alive and gave him the spiritual and mental fortitude not to give up completely and just pass away, as unfortunately so many others did. To survive the desert of Sinai the Jewish people had to imagine the lush fields of the Land of Israel and a sabbat-ical year that would bring blessing and prosperity upon those fields and their owners.

The Torah emphasizes to us that the sabbatical year was commanded to Israel in a forbidding and dark place because of the fact that it would give hope, optimism and vision for the great blessings of the Land of Israel that they would yet live to experience.

Shabbat shalom.

Rabbi Berel Wein

Parshas Behar

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Parshas BechukosaiIf You Will Labor in Torah Study

R’ Ben Tzion Shafier

The Shmuz

For the neshama, Torah is like rocket fuel.

“If you will follow My decrees and observe My commandments and perform them. . .” — VaYikrah 26:2

The Torah lays out two divergent destinies for the Jewish people: “If you will go in the ways of my

statues. . . I will give you rainfall in its time, the land will give forth with abun-dance, the trees of the field will produce fruit…you will eat until you are satisfied. . . There will be peace in land...”

However, “if you do not guard my statutes . . . you will suffer diseases and famine. . . you will plant and not harvest. . . your enemies will chase you. . . the skies will turn to iron. . . wild animals

will attack . . . [and finally,] an avenging sword will come into the land.”

Rashi explains that the pivotal point of these two paths is: If you will labor in Torah, then you as a nation will find great success. Your enemies will fear you, and you will rise ever higher. If, however, you cease to labor in Torah study, then curses will befall you. In short, our suc-cess or failure as a nation hinges upon this one activity.

However, as Rashi also points out, this concept of laboring in Torah study is not found in the posuk. The words are, “If you will go in the ways of my stat-utes.” Nowhere does it specify what this refers to. Rashi explains that it cannot re-fer to keeping the mitzvos because that is specifically mentioned at the end of the posuk. So by process of elimination, he reasons that this must be referring to la-boring in Torah study.

This Rashi is difficult to understand. There seems to be no indication of the concept in the posuk. Granted, learning Torah is very significant, and we may know from other sources that laboring in

Torah study is central to serving Hash-em, but there doesn’t seem to be any in-dication here that this statement is speak-ing about laboring in Torah study. How does Rashi know that this statement of, “If you will go in the ways of my stat-utes,” refers to laboring in Torah study,

as opposed to any other mitzvah? The answer to this question stems

from understanding the inner nature of man. The Chovos Ha’Levovos (Shaar Avo-das Elokim) explains that Hashem created man from two very distinct elements. Part of man is pure intellect and wis-dom. This part of the per-son only wishes to do that which is noble and prop-er. It desires to be gener-ous and giving. It needs to do that which is good and right. This part deep-ly hungers to experience Hashem. Chazal call this

segment the “Nefesh Ha’Sichili” – the pure soul.

However, there is another compo-nent of the human personality that is pure instinct and desire. That part of the individual doesn’t care about anything but fulfilling its needs and wants. It is comprised of base appetites and inclina-tions. This is referred to as the “Nefesh Ha’Bahami” – the animal soul.

The Human is in a Constant State of Flux

When Hashem created man, He took these two diverse segments and mixed them together, creating a new synthe-sis called man. Man has two competing sides to him, each one crying out to ful-fill it needs, each one demanding its fill. These two elements are in competition for dominance of the person. Much like a muscle that grows stronger with use and atrophies with disuse, each side is constantly being strengthened or weak-ened. If a person gives in to his animal instincts, those instincts become stronger and more dominant. If a person listens

to his spiritual soul, it becomes stronger, gaining primacy over his personality. The human is in constant flux, with one side or the other always growing, always gaining supremacy and control over the person.

Man was put on this planet to grow.

By resisting the pull of the animal soul and allowing the pure soul to flourish, man elevates himself and reaches the state of perfection of which he is capa-ble. On the other hand, if he gives in to the cries of the animal soul, he elevates it, allowing it to take control of him. His appetites become stronger and dominate him until they effectively rule over him. He becomes more animal than man.

The Torah: the Ultimate Guide for Self-Perfection

The Torah, which is the ultimate guide of human perfection, warns us against certain activities that give an un-usual advantage to the Nefesh Ha’Baha-mi. These are the sins as outlined in the Torah. We are cautioned to avoid certain foods, and we are warned against certain activities because they give an unfair edge to the animal soul.

However, any activity that a person engages in strengthens one side or the other. When a person eats, sleeps, works, or goes about all of his daily activities, these physical actions strengthen the Nefesh Ha’Bahami. In a sense, there is

an unfair lead given to the animal soul. All day long it is in its element, and by being utilized, it is thereby strengthened.

To bring balance to the equation, Hashem gave us specific mitzvos to nourish the Nefesh Ha’Sichili. The sin-gle greatest nutrient of the neshama is learning Torah. For the neshama, Torah is like rocket fuel. When a person learns Torah, his neshama is strengthened and invigorated. It becomes fortified and then takes the lead in the battle against the Nefesh Ha’Bahami. However, with-out it, the neshama doesn’t stand a fight-ing chance because the animal soul is so much more in its element in this world.

This seems to be the answer to Rashi. Since this expression “If you will go in the ways of my statutes” is the pivotal point of the Jewish people’s destiny, it must be referring to that element that is the key to the equation: laboring in Torah study. Therefore, Rashi points this out al-most as the translation of the words.

There is a great lesson for us in this concept. The Jewish people is never stagnant. We are either going up towards great heights or down to the lowest abyss. The single greatest nourishment for the soul of the individual, and there-fore for the soul of the nation, is laboring in Torah study. If we engage in it, sup-port it, and actively pursue it, we will flourish as a people and enjoy unparal-leled success. If not

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My wife remembers spend-ing most of our engagement parked outside of Shom-

rei Shabbos in Boro Park. It’s a shul known as a “Minyan Factory” because they have minyanim around the clock. The shul is open daily from 4:00 am to 2:15 am for learning and davening. I’m not exactly sure why they close for those two hours, I mean, just add a soda fountain, put a sign on the door that the gabbai has no access to the pushka and never has more than $50 on him, and call it a convenience store.

But be that as it may, we often found ourselves in Boro Park when I wanted to daven Mincha, and she dutifully waited in the car as I ran in. Davening Mincha can be challenging as we go about our busy lives, especially in the winter when the days are so short.

That’s one reason Chazal say that Mincha is so important. Because it’s in the middle of a day, it’s a bigger chal-lenge to stop what you’re doing and daven to Hashem. Even Eliyahu HaNavi was answered at Har Carmel because he davened Mincha. Many people are for-tunate to have a minyan close to them, and those who, like me, often find them-selves at different places on different days of the week have to learn where there are minyanim.

One place I often go for Mincha is a Jewish bookstore. One afternoon I pulled into the parking lot as they were beginning and ran inside. They had just started Shemona Esrei so I had to grab a spot quickly and ended up standing all

the way at the front of the store, right by the picture window. Sometimes there are posters hanging and I can stand be-hind one of them so if I open my eyes I’m not looking out at the lot, but that day was not one of those days.

As I had been snacking on some po-tato chips as I drove, I ran my hand over my beard to make sure I had no crumbs in it. I would not want to look foolish to anyone walking by – and that’s when it hit me.

I was worried that people walking past the window might somehow notice me, and if they did, that they might see a small crumb in my beard. But here I was, standing in front of the King of Kings, Hashem Himself, and was think-ing about potato chip crumbs while He

was focused on me! Why was I more worried about the people outside the window than about how I appeared to HaKadosh Baruch Hu?

With Him listening and paying at-tention to me, it seemed ridiculous that

Hashem was more concerned with what I had to say than even I was! I was thinking about how other people would perceive me, but not what the Al-mighty would see when He looked at me. To make matters worse, it’s much deeper than a stain on a shirt or a crumb on the mouth.

Hashem sees deep into our hearts and knows what we’re thinking. He knows when we’re focused on tefila and when we’re thinking about what we have to do when we get back to the office. He can hear our thoughts and notes just how in-volved in our prayer we truly are. We’re standing in front of a big picture window

and have to remember we’re on display.I was glad I had that insight that af-

ternoon because as foolish as I felt when I realized what I was doing, I would feel far more foolish if I ignored that lesson and pretended it never happened. I’m glad it did because it enabled me to gain a new perspective on prayer. Our minds wander; it’s natural. We think of other things; it happens.

When we’re in our daily lives and nobody sees us, we’re tempted to do things that perhaps aren’t so kosher. That’s also natural. So what to do? Re-member that Hashem is there, focused on you, and watching your every move. Don’t look left and right and figure,

“Nobody’s watching.” That’s just peo-ple. Look outside and then inside, and realize Hashem is watching, like I did as I stood before that window.

It’s natural to want people to like us, but now that I’ve brought it to your at-tention, you, like I, can try to be more fo-cused on looking good for the One who matters, Hashem Yisbarach. Of course, we need to make a good impression on others and a kiddush HaShem, but that begins with looking out the window, and seeing Him standing there. Then we will act as we should, and never have a reason to be embarrassed.

Jonathan Gewirtz is an inspirational writer and speaker whose work has appeared in publications around the world. You can find him at www.facebook.com/RabbiGewirtz and follow him on Twitter @RabbiJGewirtz. He also operates JewishSpeechWriter.com, where you can order a custom-made speech for your next special occasion.

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I Saw Him Standing There

Rabbi Jonathan Gewirtz

The Observant Jew

We’re standing in front of a big picture window and have to remember we’re on display.

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Bechukosai begins with a signifi-cant shift, one in which the pro-verbial “good guys” are quickly

trumped by their nefarious co-religion-ists. Thirteen pesukim are devoted at the beginning to detail the promises of peace, prosperity and intimate spiritual connec-tion for those who dutifully adhere to Hashem’s precepts.

If you walk in My statutes, and keep My commandments, and do them, then I will give your rains in their season, and the land shall yield her produce, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit... And I will give peace in the land, and you shall lie down, and none shall make you afraid… And I will walk among you, and will be your G-d, and you shall be My people… (Vayikra 26:3-13)

The subsequent twenty-seven pe-sukim detail in multiple stages many om-inous, heart-wrenching consequences for those who are repulsed by Hashem’s will and refuse to hearken to His Word.

Some obvious questions emerge from this sharp contrast. First, why is the list of consequences for those who fail to em-brace the Torah’s mandate significantly more extensive than the list of positive outcomes for those who do adhere to Hashem’s word? Second, why is it that the list of punishments is presented in stages which build off of each other (four times we find the admonition that “if you will still not hearken to Me, then I will chastise you seven times more for your sins”), but no additional benefits are of-fered to those who remain loyal to Hash-em and His Torah?

I believe that the answers to these questions stem from the core relationship between those who engage in Torah and

mitzvah observance and their just reward. Rambam (Peirush Hamishnayos,

Sanhedrin, Chapter 10) explains that the material promises which we read daily in krias Shema (Devarim 11:13-15) for one who diligently follows Hashem’s com-

mandments are not to be understood as a true reward for an upstanding lifestyle. Rather, Hashem intended for these bless-ings to reinforce the path that we have already chosen, by allowing us the physi-cal resources with which to achieve even more in the spiritual realms.

Rav Dessler elaborates further on this idea. He quotes the Gemara which asserts that “there is no reward in this world for spiritual achievements.” Rav Dessler ex-plains this to mean that even if we were to compress all of the joy and physical pleasure ever experienced by all of man-kind throughout history into one intense moment of satisfaction, it would not even add up to the pleasure that one can re-ceive from a “whiff” of Olam Haba, let alone a direct experience of life in the World to Come.

The reasoning for this is simple. Mitzvos are spiritual deeds with eternal implications for one’s neshama. They transcend time and space in their impact and create the basis for the bond that a person’s neshama will ultimately form

with its Maker. As such, mitzvos can only be “compensated” with a spiritual reward that is intrinsically timeless and without physical limitation. Any material reward, as appealing as it may, is intrinsically re-stricted. As such, the pleasure associated

with it is also fleeting in nature and fails to offer sustained satisfaction.

When the Torah details the rewards associated with kiyum hamitzvos in our parasha, it speaks in physical terms. Cer-tainly, this is not the end goal; peace, pros-perity and the like are simply means with which to achieve even more in the spiritu-al realm. In the words of our sages, “The reward of a mitzvah is (another) mitzvah” (Avos 4:2). As a result, there is no inher-ent need for the Torah to add layer upon layer of reward for proper conduct (qual-itatively, not quantitatively), since addi-tional physical reward would not neces-sarily encourage further adherence to the Divine Will. In contrast, a person who is motivated by his physical wants must be spoken to in physical terms and must be made to understand how his physical re-ality, let alone his spiritual outcome, will be impacted.

It also bears mentioning that one need not refrain at all from mitzvah ob-servance in order to raise Divine ire and consequence. Rabbeinu Yonah (Shaarei

Teshuva 3:160) explains that one can ful-fill all of the mitzvos to the fullest degree and still be one who hates Hashem if he is bothered when he sees others serving Him as well. Such a person is not serving their Maker out of a true desire to fulfill His will, but rather for the purpose of en-hancing his own personal stature.

This is what caused the death of Rab-bi Akiva’s students during the sefirah period. The grudge that they held against each other was caused by jealousy, an inability to truly appreciate each other’s greatness. Rather than looking up to their colleagues and continuously aspiring to reach their lofty levels, they sought to bring their friends down by belittling (ever so imperceptibly) their accomplish-ments.

These great scholars died because they made improper, selfish use of the To-rah. “He who makes improper use of the crown of Torah passes away” (Avos 4:5). They were punished specifically during the sefirah period because they failed to uphold the honor of the Torah and its Au-thor during the period in which we ready ourselves to properly receive it.

It can be challenging for all of us to see beyond the immediate wants and pleasures of the moment, to table our primary reward for a different time and realm. Yet, that is exactly what Hashem expects of us, so that we can truly benefit from the close spiritual proximity that our neshamos deeply yearn.

Rabbi Naphtali Hoff is an executive coach and president of Impactful Coaching and Consulting (ImpactfulCoaching.com). He can be reached at 212.470.6139 or at [email protected].

Means to a Higher End

Rabbi Naphtali Hoff

A Fulfilled Life

The grudge that they held against each other was caused by jealousy, an inability to truly appreciate each other’s greatness.

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Every year the Celebrate Israel Parade, also known as the Israeli Day Parade, makes it way down Fifth Avenue in June, and this year is no exception.

Thousands come from all over to show their support for the Jewish State and to celebrate the only democ-racy in the Middle East. Numerous interest groups, as well as synagogues and temples, schools and or-ganizations, walk the walk of support for the Jewish homeland. Aside from the marchers, thousands of on-lookers cheer along the procession, proud to be part of this yearly momentous occasion. Those participating may be very different; many come from different sects of Judaism and have different levels of observance. Some of those who march do not belong to the Jew-ish faith at all, but all are united in one thing: their love of Israel and support of the sole haven for Jews in the world. Unbeknownst to many, however, is that some groups that march down Fifth Avenue are ardent supporters of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement and economic warfare on Israel. These groups are being allowed to march despite their anti-Israel activities, and it’s causing waves among Is-rael supporters who are fighting to keep them out of the Celebrate Israel Parade.

The Jewish Community Relations Council of New York (JCRC), led by Michael Miller, organizes the parade, and this year they have implemented

new guidelines that help them decide who can march and who can’t. One of those rules states: “All Parade groups must identify with Israel as a Jewish and demo-cratic state” and interestingly, a new rule was added stating, “All groups must oppose, not fund, nor advo-cate for the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions move-ment (BDS) against Israel, which seeks to delegitimize the State of Israel by not recognizing it as a Jewish state.” One would think the language is pretty clear on what is deemed unacceptable actions for a group that wishes to march, and that it would be simple to decide who can be involved and who can’t. But parade orga-nizers have approved applications from controversial groups that support BDS such as the New Israel Fund and others.

The New Israel Fund (NIF) has been trying to keep its anti-Israel efforts under wraps, but they have more recently come to light. The group funds legal battles that help terrorists rather than support victims of ter-ror. They have been known to sling mud at Israel’s leadership, calling some individuals murderous and racist. They support boycotting goods made in Israel and engage in other anti-Israel behavior. Other groups such as the Partners for a Progressive Israel call for boycotting Israeli companies on their website for all to see and call on people not to buy products such as SodaSteam and Ahava products, Israeli companies based in Yehuda and Shomron. Yet despite all these actions, they still claim to be pro-Israel organizations. Therefore, the question everyone is asking is why is

the JCRC letting them march?Michael Mittelman, director of Celebrate Israel,

has been avoiding answering the question as to why the organization is allowing these groups to be included in the parade. In a statement, Mittelman said, “This new rule will be enforced in keeping with national level def-initions, including those from the Jewish Federations of North America and the Jewish Council for Public Affairs, as well as other major American metropolitan Jewish communities and major American Jewish orga-nizations.” To many this means that since the JCRC is supported by much bigger and broader organizations, some of which support the BDS movement, they will broaden their definition or turn the other cheek so to speak and allow these groups to march.

The New Israel Fund’s name may allude to a pro-Israel stance, but they are far from a friend of the Jewish State. Sympathy with Israel’s enemies

seems to be how they choose their friends, and any-one who opposes their anti-Israel actions is branded an enemy. Supporters and donors to the NIF have “un-leashed hell” on those who have stood up against the movement’s twisted ideologies. Some real pro-Israel organizations have cut off ties with the New Israel Fund, such as Birthright Israel, who has banned the organization from partnering with them and is encour-aging other organizations to follow in their footsteps.

Should Pro-BDS Groups be Allowed to March in the Celebrate Israel Parade?

BY SHIRA DIAMOND

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But more needs to be done, because their hatred of Israel runs deep. In fact, during the much applauded ruling by the Manhattan Federal District Court stating that the PA and PLO were responsible for funding and inciting terror during the second Intifada, Israeli At-torney Michael Sfard (an attorney for many organiza-tions run by the New Israel Fund) testified as an expert witness for the PLO. He has also worked tirelessly in Canada seeking an official judicial declaration that Is-rael is guilty of war crimes. This is a man employed by groups run by the NIF. The NIF also contributed to the infamous Goldstone Report which accused Israel of war crimes and recommended they be prosecuted by the International Criminal Court. So why do orga-nizations that promote BDS and who obviously have hatred for Israel want to march in the Celebrate Israel Parade? It’s all part of the scheme, says Matan Peleg, CEO of ImTirztu, a grassroots Zionist group. “The participation in the parade of organizations that pro-mote delegitimization and at the same time claim to be Zionist is a serious problem. These organizations, using the terminology of the boycott while calling themselves Zionist, pose a greater threat to Israel than any boycott organizations worldwide. The New Israel Fund sees participation in the parade as a strategic step in being accepted as a Zionist organization, in spite of the fact that they have encouraged a boycott of prod-ucts and companies in Judea and Samaria.” So it is quite clear that the New Israel Fund is anything but pro-Israel and has been using their supposed pro-Israel stance to gain support from uninformed people and to get into the pro-Israel arena. And it seems the JCRC is naively falling for the act.

Many are livid about the fact that these groups are able to march in a parade that is meant for those who hold Israel dear. The head of the group fighting for these pro-BDS organizations to be denied the right to march is Richard Allen, founder of JCC Watch. His group, called “Keep the Celebrate Israel Parade Pro-Israel,” is fighting to keep the New Israel Fund out of the parade due to their blatant hatred of Israel. At first, when the parade coalition released their registra-

tion packets for 2015, Richard Allen and others like him were happy to see a clause in it specifically relat-ing to groups that support BDS and the fact that they won’t be able to march. Mr. Allen was then stunned when groups that advocate for BDS were given the green light to march; it seems that this rule was meant to be broken. The “Keep the Celebrate Israel Parade

Pro-Israel” group was formed as a response, and they have their work cut out for them. The JCRC has been a closed door to most who seek an-swers, and although most have met with little success trying to reach Mr. Mittelman of the JCRC for a re-sponse, Ronn Torossian, an activist who wrote an article for the New York Post, was a tad more successful in re-ceiving answers about the organiza-tion’s decision to allow these groups to march. When he questioned the JCRC about how they could let the New Israel Fund march in the Cel-ebrate Israel Parade, they answered him that the new rule only applies to anti-Israel and pro-BDS signs be-ing allowed at the parade. While this may be the method in which they are defending their actions, their new rule in the registration packet clearly states groups that support BDS can-not march.

The Jewish Home spoke with Rich-ard Allen about his activities to halt pro-BDS movements in the

parade. Mr. Allen got started four years ago, when JCCwatch.org was formed by a group of people from the Jewish community who were con-cerned about the JCC of Manhattan’s embrace of groups that support the BDS movement. The organization soon realized that not only does the JCC support these groups, but the UJA Federation and the Jewish Community Relations Council of New York does as well. JCCwatch.org was formed specifi-cally to fight the BDS movement within communal organizations. Mr. Allen points out, “The current sala-

ried leadership of the JCRC and UJA federation, Michael Miller and Eric Goldstein, were hired by the ultra-radical UJA-Federation board leadership to push the pro-BDS policy onto the Jewish com-munity.” Miller and Goldstein are only following orders from Alisa Doctoroff, the UJA Board President, says Mr. Allen. Mr. Al-len and the group have organized rallies held in front of the UJA building in Manhattan in order to make their voices heard. The rally held last year was called “100 Shofars” and was a “rallying cry” for the UJA to cease and desist from sponsoring BDS groups. A

follow-up rally took place this week on Monday, May 11. More than a hundred demonstrators showed up to voice their protest.

Dr. Paul Brody, Vice President of the Jewish Politi-cal Education Foundation and one of the organizers of this week’s rally, told the protesters, “We are here to notify the UJA that there’s something defective with

them supporting the NIF.” He added, “We are here to change BDS into BSD—b’siyata d’shmaya. Only with G-d’s help can we thwart the BDS movement, and we will continue to work and rally to make our concerns heard.”

Mr. Allen points out that it’s important to under-stand the JCRC never voted on this matter. They are simply following the wishes of Alisa Doctoroff and ex-ecutives at the UJA. “Sadly, the indecent JCRC board does not have the moral will to exert its legal authority to vote down the JCRC organizations’ policy. Frankly, they are pathetic leaders who have shown zero courage in this matter.” Mr. Allen does have hope, though, that they can halt groups like the New Israel Fund from marching. They have assembled a growing coalition which includes Jewish day schools such as Westches-ter Hebrew High School, Rambam Mesivta, and North Shore Hebrew Academy and esteemed rabbis such as Rabbi Elie Abadie of Safra Synagogue, Rabbi Allen Schwartz of Ohab Zedek, and Rabbi David Algaze of Havurat Yisrael. Major leaders in the effort including Irwin Hochberg, former Chairman of the UJA-Feder-ation; Mort Klein, president of the ZOA; and Helen Freedman of Americans for a Safe Israel are actively involved in calling for the UJA Federation President Alisa Doctoroff to stop supporting the New Israel Fund. “There is a growing consensus within the Jew-ish community that the UJA Federation and the JCRC are being controlled by the Boycott Israel supporters to kosher their groups through participation at the Is-rael Day Parade,” says Richard Allen.

So why does the NIF get to march along with other anti-Israel groups? Why is the JCRC, who themselves

PHOTO CREDIT: LARRY DOMNITCH

A rallying cry at this week’s protest in the front of the UJA. Organizers and speakers included (left, from podium) Dr. Paul Brody, Vice President. Great Neck-based Jewish Political

Education Foundation, blasting a winding Sephardic Shofar; Rabbi David Algaze, Havurat Yisrael of Forest Hills and Richard Allen of JCCWatch.org. At left, a Christian woman sounds a Sephardic Shofar in solidarity with the protestors. Charlie Bernhaut is at rear hoisting a

powerful protest sign.

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supported a prominent actress for dropping Oxfam when they criticized her for being the spokeswoman for SodaStream (an Israeli company with a factory in the West Bank) running in circles trying to come up with excuses as to why the NIF can march? Interest-ingly, not all JCRC and UJA members are peaceful Israel lovers as many have thought. Several members are supporters and donors of groups like as the NIF, such as UJA President Alisa Doctoroff and Karen Adler, a JCRC board member. However, the message from all those who truly support Israel is that there is no room in the parade for a group that spends $27 mil-lion a year on anti-Israel activity.

It’s not just seeing pro-BDS groups marching in the parade that bothers many Israel supporters. Even the State of Israel is taking a stand when it comes to NGOs (non-governmental organizations) that call for boycotting Israeli goods. In what is being labeled one of the most groundbreaking decisions of this era, Is-rael’s High Court ruled that the finance minister can serve fines and withhold funding from Israeli NGOs that call for the boycotting of Israeli goods from any-where considered part of Israel. It may also file law-suits against them. The Knesset felt compelled to act after BDS movements have been gaining traction and recognition as legitimate movements against Israel. The Knesset views anti-boycott laws as much needed self-defense against the onslaught of anti-Israel pro-paganda.

Recently, the government ruled that BDS speech is not protected speech and is akin to political terrorism. New Israel Fund and its many sub-organizations such as Gush Shalom and Adala (the Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel) appealed to the Supreme Court to rescind this ruling. They still have the nerve to claim they don’t support BDS, after trying to get the courts to reverse this decision. During the appeal, the Supreme Court upheld two core rulings against BDS but struck one down. The laws that remain include the finance minister being able to issue fines and withhold funding from these groups. It also upheld its right to file lawsuits against such groups. The court, though, struck down a part of the law allowing for punitive damages in these lawsuits. This anti-boycott law con-tains a clause which states that it applies even if the boycott only calls for post-1967 territories boycotts and was passed narrowly by a 5-4 vote in favor. Clearly New Israel Fund and its many arms were not happy with the rul-ing. Adala said the court has failed to protect free speech, calling the “anti-boycott law a law for shut-ting people’s mouths, with its entire purpose being silencing legitimate criti-cism.” Gush Shalom and the Association for Civil Rights in Israel were also livid about the ruling.

Throughout this heated controversy, both sides have been fighting a tug of war. The JCRC stands in the middle, but has not

swayed with all the action on both sides. The Jewish Home reached out to Michael Mittel-man of the JCRC for comment on why pro-BDS groups are allowed to march in the pa-rade, but he did not respond to our requests for explanation. Many well-known rab-banim and public figures are stepping into the role of fighting for the exclusion of these groups. We spoke with Rabbi Pesach Lerner, executive Vice President, Emeritus, of the National Council of Young Israel and Co-Chairman of the American Friends of the In-ternational Young Israel Movement, Israel region. He is also involved in trying to keep groups like the NIF out of the parade. Pro-BDS groups have been allowed to march in the past, but this year has been the first

year pro-Israel groups are strongly fighting it. Rabbi Lerner explains that the BDS movement is becoming more emboldened and louder and even more anti-Is-rael. It recently came to light just how bad and how

anti-Israel the New Israel Fund is, and they felt they had to put up a good fight. “One leader, Richie Allen, emerged and took the lead. Often, when that one great person emerges, the sol-diers come out to support him. He galvanized the support, and once he did others became involved and active,” Rabbi Lerner pointed out.

So what exactly is be-ing done to halt the march of these groups from tak-ing place? There is defi-nitely a lot of noise being made, explains Rabbi Le-rner. “For one thing, there are demonstrations in front of the New York Federa-tion which sponsors the JCRC. There is pressure from Israeli government officials. Organizations

that had floats in the parade in past years are refusing to sponsor a float this year due to the allowance of the BDS organizations to march. The media has been reporting on it.” He continued, “There are several people who have financially sponsored the parade and are not doing so this year. There is also much pressure being applied to the JCRC.”

Rabbi Lerner adds, “Because of this pressure the JCRC changed its guidelines on who can march. But now they refuse to implement these guidelines.” They are looking for any word they can use as a loophole to claim NIF doesn’t really support BDS. As the JCRC seems to be digging their heels into the ground, is there even a listening ear anywhere in the JCRC? Are they willing to hear people out? Rabbi Lerner isn’t sure, “but that doesn’t mean that we should be quiet. We need to keep fighting. The New York Federation and the JCRC are looking over their shoulder, being more careful, making sure not to do anything to attract more media attention. The activities have also woken up our community to the issue and about the dangers of anti-Israel organizations posing as Israel-loving groups.”

Anyone can be helpful in the effort to fight this. Rabbi Lerner says one can call the JCRC and protest their inclusion of these groups. Encourage your fellow shul members to do the same. A student can encourage their school to write letter of protest. And most im-portantly, the average person needs to “educate them-selves,” he says. “The next time someone says it’s not so bad, that person will have ammunition with which to respond.”

As with many things Jewish, even the Celebrate Is-rael Parade is filled with opposing views and those who disagree with each other. However, no one

who loves and supports Israel agrees with the decision to allow groups that engage in anti-Israel activities and support the BDS movement to march in the parade. There are so many arenas out there that are used to at-tack and degrade Israel and accuse the country of hor-rible actions. The Celebrate Israel Parade is an event for those who hold the Jewish State close to their heart and wish to come and join with others in an expression of love and celebration. Organizations like the New Is-rael Fund and Partners for a Progressive Israel have no place in the parade, and organizations like the JCRC must take a stand against those whose actions prove they do not support the Jewish State. Our voices will be louder and more effective if we can come together and make a lot of noise, showing that we will not toler-ate those who hate Israel raining on our parade.

“ONLY WITH G-D’S HELP

CAN WE THWART THE BDS

MOVEMENT, AND WE WILL

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Right after the Allied victo-ry at the Battle of the

Bulge during the winter of 1944-1945 the German high command knew that WWII was lost. The last ditch effort had failed but Hitler ym”sh in a weakened mental state re-fused to hear of surrender of any kind. His death on April 30, 1945 changed the picture and a week later the Germans capitulated on all fronts. This included three major fronts and May 8 is celebrated worldwide as VE-Day – Victory in Europe.

After the Allied invasion of France on June 6, 1944, the Germans were being at-tacked on three fronts and had troops in all of the conquered countries in Europe. By the winter, they were so spread out that many commanders tried to convince Hitler to give in—at least to the western Allies. He refused to lis-ten and began ordering units to defend Germany’s extended borders. The problem was that these units were either long gone or in no shape to defend the millions of men coming from the west. Still deter-mined to push the Allies back into the Atlantic, Hit-ler took divisions away from the Russian front and attacked the American lines in the Ardennes Forest. After the initial shock, the Allies recovered to push back the Germans into Germany. The Russians in the east, now facing a depleted German army, made significant gains and soon were preparing to attack Berlin.

The attack on Germany was a shocker for the Allies as they discovered the concentration camps and the horrors of the Holocaust. Large amounts of stolen treasures and gold were also discovered (and are still being uncovered today). The attitude in the Allied ranks quickly changed from that of saving countries to one of anger against the Nazis’ atroci-ties. It would take years to clean up the destruction that the Nazis wrought upon Europe. Although we won’t go into the details, churban Europa devastat-ed generations of Yidden. Finally three years later, in 1948, our people had a home to go to when the State of Israel was founded. Many others settled in the U.S. and joined the military to fight in the Korean and Vietnam Wars.

On March 7, 1945, the Americans crossed the Rhine River into Germany to begin

the final assault. In April they had encircled a large German contingent in the Ruhr valley. Two and half weeks later 300,000 Germans surrendered and the Americans continued with the advance. President Roosevelt died on April 12—on the same day that Buchenwald was liberated. The stage was now set for the end of two fascist dictators who had caused so much destruction and ruin.

Benito Mussolini was the dictator of Italy until he was overthrown in 1943. Hitler had rescued “Il Duce,” whom he considered a personal friend. On April 27, 1945, Italian underground forces captured him as he was escaping to Switzerland with other fascists. The next day he was executed along with several other Italian fascists.

Two days after Mussolini was executed, Hit-

ler killed himself and had his body burned. There are conspiracy theories that he es-caped to South America (in particular Ar-gentina which was a haven for ex-Nazis) but there is proof that he died in his underground bunker in the chancellery (his personal head-quarters). He had married only two days pri-or and his new wife committed suicide right before him. Reports were coming in that the Russians were a mere day away from tak-ing his headquarters and Hitler proclaimed that he wouldn’t be taken alive. Accounts by personal assistants and guards confirm these details and they also said that his body was burned and covered in a bomb crater.

The death of Hitler paved the way for the three main Allies, U.S., Britain and Russia, to pursue unconditional surrender. This term

was coined in January 1943 at the Casablanca Con-ference and meant that Germany was to stop fight-ing immediately with no preconditions. On May 2, the Germans surrendered in Italy, and the Russians took control of Berlin. Troops across Europe were surrendering. During the next week German troops that were spread out throughout the continent sur-rendered and for the Allies the most important place they conquered was Bavaria in Austria. There had been intelligence that reported a secret base where SS troops guarding high-ranking officers were to have held out for as long as possible. The capture of this region proved that this “national redoubt” was non-existent and the end of the war was only a few days away.

On May 8, Hitler’s successor, Admiral Karl Doenitz, who was the commander of the menacing U-boats submarine campaign in the Atlantic, or-dered General Alfred Jodl to sign the unconditional surrender. Representatives of all four countries gath-ered in Reims, France, for the ceremony. Originally the Germans only wanted to surrender to the west-ern Allies and keep Russia out of it but Eisenhower, keeping the U.S. promise to Russia that they would be included, refused to accept those terms. Jodl fi-nally convinced Doenitz, who was not present at the negotiations, to sign the surrender agreement. In part the document read, “All forces under German con-

Forgotten HeroesAvi Heiligman

VE DayCelebrating Germany’s Unconditional Surrender

Germany surrending to the Allies on May 7, 1945

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trol to cease active operations at 2301 hours Central European Time on May 8, 1945.” Russia signed a separate surrender agreement in Berlin claiming that their representative in Reims didn’t have the author-ity to sign. Besides for a few minor skirmishes, the war was over.

Following the an-nouncement

the world celebrated. At home in the U.S. and En-gland families of servicemen and women were ex-cited that their boys would finally be coming home. On the frontlines, bottles of champagne were opened in celebration of the victory. Speeches were given by Truman and Churchill to exuberant crowds. The only victors who did not feel the excitement were the Allied troops fighting the Japanese in the Pacific. The Battle of Okinawa was raging and many ma-

rines and soldiers did not hear the news until much later. It would take four more months before the Japanese signed the unconditional surrender of their forces.

General Eisenhower as the Commander in Chief of the Allied Expeditionary Forces in Europe ordered the disbanding of the Nazi Government. A month later the four Allies, U.S. Britain, France and Rus-sia, signed a declaration to govern former German lands. Soon this created tension between the Allies as the Cold War began to settle over the region. The U.S. today still has military bases inside Germany even though it is now an autonomous country.

Many Nazi officials and soldiers were on the run. In the next few weeks thousands were captured and were brought to trial in the subsequent months. Germany had a plethora of scientists that worked on many dangerous weapons and projects. The U.S. made a list of the top ten scientists and brought them to America. However, they made a big mistake in allowing Russia to capture the hundreds of others. During the Cold War, these scientists worked on the Russian nuclear program that almost brought the world to its knees for the third time in a half a century. Realizing the potential of these scientists, Operation Paperclip commenced to identify and gather as many of these people as possible. Alto-gether thousands of other scientists and their fam-ilies did settle in the U.S. and helped with projects such as advanced nuclear weapons, operational jet fighter planes, medicine, electronics and the space program. In addition to the manpower brought back to the U.S., actual projects, such as the world’s first operational jet plane, that the Nazis were working on were gathered by American forces. Officially

anyone who was a member of the Nazi party was not to be “picked up,” however, there were exceptions. Wernher von Braun was a member of the Nazi Party and the SS and was secretly brought into the States, worked for NASA on the Saturn launch vehicle, and is considered one of the great rocket scientists in history.

VE Day (Victory in Europe Day) is celebrated

worldwide on May 8 except in Russia when it’s on May 9. WWII was the bloodiest conflict in history and we may never know how many people perished. May the memories of the six million Jews who died during the Holocaust not be forgotten.

Avi Heiligman is a weekly contributor to The Jewish Home. He welcomes your comments and suggestions.for future columns and can be reached at [email protected].

Dwight Eisenhower, supreme commander of the Allied forces, making a V for victory after the surrender

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Gain the Torah, Not the Weight

Shavuos is my favorite holi-day. Usually only two days long (not this year!), with no

intense cleaning required beforehand, warm weather, and beautiful flowers. The only negative is the exceedingly caloric, heart-stopping, artery-clog-ging, deliciously decadent cheese-cake! There are many other healthy, hearty, and nutritious options avail-able. Try to diminish consuming too much dairy, for cheese is a high fat, high calorie food, and opt for other al-ternatives such as:

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2. Sushi: For you non-fish lovers, try vegetable sushi, but opt for the brown rice version and avoid the fried rolls! Try the “Aliza Beer” roll at Simply Sushi for a lower carb option. Eggs are another great light meal alternative. Egg whites are pure protein, and an omelet with veggies can be a terrific dairy alternative.

3. Fill Up on Fruits/Veggies: Prepare a salad and/or cooked veggies at every meal and fill up half your plate with these low-calorie, highly nutritious foods. They also make great snacks between your meals. The new crop of summer fruit has arrived! Peaches, plums, nectarines, and cherries are all here and delicious. Fruit is nature’s candy, full of vitamins, and there is a growing selection of organic fruits available as well.

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David Elazar Simai, MD

Health & Fitness

Let’s Get Physicals

Dear Parents,As the summer approaches, many of

you will be coming into your pediatri-cian’s office with your children for their annual physical exams. While most of you probably associate the physical exam with camp or school forms, my focus is entirely different. The camp forms are the last thing I have in mind, but the patient in front of me is my first priority.

During the well exam, I have a chance to focus on the entire wellbeing of my patient. The main challenge for me is not to overlook any issue – be it a medical or emotional issue. Physical exams could be perceived as “boring” or as they are sometimes called “rou-tine” but when a routine exam yields an unusual finding, we all become aware and thankful for having gone through it.

Today, I will share with you some of the many unusual physicals that are deeply engraved in my heart. In a sys-tematic fashion, I will start with symp-toms ranging from “head to toe.”

About 10 years ago, I saw a young chassidish teenager who came home for the sum-

mer and visited our office for a pre-camp physical. He was 16 years old and was studying at a Yeshiva in Lon-don. The initial report was smooth: he had no complaints other than a mild fungal rash. He seemed mature and apparently, learning in England helped his English become more “polished.” I did notice a small “bulge” in his shirt pocket so after the examination was

over, I proceeded to ask him about his smoking habits. He said he has been smoking about a pack a day for the past two years. The reason he gave was be-cause “everyone does it.” I asked if he had any stress; he said no. I asked if he felt sad, depressed or threatened – no was the answer. He seemed to be happy but a bit irritated by my questions. So I asked the final question that my great mentor Dr. Debra Esernio-Jenssen taught me: “Yossi, there is just one more question I have for you and we will be done. If you could have three wishes, what would they be?” Yossi paused for a few minutes and then replied, “I want everyone to die.” I tried not to express shock, but to make things clear I asked him, “Do you want everyone except for you to die?” He said, “No, I want to die as well.” I will not expand further on the case, but I think that Yossi’s mother was appreciative that he expressed his feelings and subsequently was able to get the neces-sary counseling.

Moving along a few years later, another inter-esting “incidental” find-ing: Moshe Cohen was the first boy born after five girls. I was really de-lighted to see him grow to be a sweet and handsome little toddler. Moshe had the common pediatric ill-nesses, such as ear infec-tions and a few episodes of wheezing. Today Moshe was in for his 3-year-old phys-ical. At this age, there are no vaccines necessary, which takes away from the usual excitement that surrounds the visit. Moshe’s development seemed to be excellent in all areas. Although he was the only boy, he did not appear to be overly spoiled and his mother had him dressed impeccably, as usu-al. I discussed his development, diet, sleep and bowel habits with mom and proceeded to ask about recent illness-es. Moshe was feeling very well in the past few months. To finish off the visit, I started the actual examination. Start-ing with the head first, I checked his scalp and eyes and went on to quickly peek into the ears – and low and behold

I thought something seemed wrong; his right ear did not look right! I took another look, studying the contour of the eardrum more closely - and there it was – I saw a “cyst-like” mass be-hind his ea drum. With G-d’s help, I diagnosed Moshe with a cholesteatoma – an internal cyst that grew in his ear and would slowly “eat away” the entire middle ear if left untreated. A subse-quent MRI confirmed the diagnosis and a few months later Moshe had the cyst removed by Dr. Thomas Roland who is a world renowned specialist in otology.

One of the most challenging conver-sations I have at the office during well exams are the discussions surrounding dental hygiene. It seems that many parents have a certain notion or phobia that their loved ones will literally die of dehydration if their bottles are taken away at the proper age. The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends to

stop bottle-feeding between 12 and 15 months old in order to avoid dental cav-ities and to decrease the amount of milk a toddler consumes (should be under 16 ounces per day!). It is very rewarding to hear parents come to the next physical and thank us for changing their chil-dren’s diets. Giving less milk encour-ages children to develop more normal appetites and prevents anemia. Iron pro-motes proper neurological development and milk prevents iron absorption in our guts. I often have to literally guarantee that the kids will not dehydrate if their bottles are taken away, and although the conversation is time-consuming and not always productive, I feel that parents should at least be informed.

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Sleeping habits – both teenagers and toddlers often have sleeping is-sues. Toddlers often get out of bed to join their parents in middle of the night. Teenagers often ruin their nor-mal sleep patterns by staying up late for a period of a few weeks. Recent-ly, I met Gianna, a 6-year-old girl who slept with her mother every night “be-cause she was scared.” At the office she seemed perfectly comfortable, even when we drew her blood. She was a great student and did not appear anxious or fearful. When we ended the visit I took out our “grand prize” and showed it to Gianna. “If you sleep in your own bed for two weeks, I will give you this beautiful prize,” I said. Gianna has slept in her bed for the past five weeks!

Teenagers pose a bigger challenge (the grand prize is not so grand in their eyes). But when I notice that the teen-ager has ruined their sleep cycle with late night charades, I privately tell them that they have to help themselves by re-setting their sleep cycles. Medicine will not help. These young adults have to be in bed at 10pm and turn off their phones (or any other reading and play-ing devices).

Lastly, I routinely check the boys’ privates for any abnormalities. Certain abnormalities necessitate corrective sur-gery – as in hernias (which are intestines

“bulging” in the scrotum) or hydroceles (which are fluid collections around the testes). But teenage boys often develop venous varicosities around their testes, known as “varicocele.” They feel like a “bag of worms” on the superior as-pect of the testes. They usually form on the left side. I have seen about 100 cases of varicoceles on routine exams and referred only 3 or 4 boys for sur-gery. The boys that have small, pain-less varicoceles and whose testicular sizes are similar on both sides do not require surgery. The boys who have se-vere pains in their scrotums require sur-gery. The choice of surgeons is key. I have seen only two pediatric urologists who perform the surgery with extra care and prevent causing damage to the area. One of my first patients was seen at a top Manhattan hospital and operat-ed on by the chief of pediatric urology at the hospital. His varicoceles were painful. Initially, I suggested that he should avoid surgery and rest. But this teenager could not stop working out, and the weight lifting and chin ups he performed put extra pressure on his var-icoceles. Unfortunately, he came out of surgery with very large fluid collection around his testes. He also developed a painful hydrocele after the surgery and was in some discomfort. A second sur-gery corrected this hydrocele almost

completely. Surprisingly, I once saw a teenager

with a very large varicocele. He did not experience pain maybe partly because he did not exercise at all, but learned Torah with extra diligence. I did refer him to Dr. Israel Franco - one of the urologists who performs this surgery very well (the other one I recommend is Dr. Lane Palmer). Dr. Franco did not suggest to operate immediately, but gave him the option of waiting. On the next visit, his mother told me that her husband also has a large, painless var-icocele that was not operated on. It re-assured me to see that these varicoceles, no matter how large, can be left alone sometimes. This was the advice of my close friend Dr. Albert Katz – not to correct painless hydroceles unless they retard the growth of the testes.

To conclude, it seems that physi-cals pose a double challenge for physicians: the first is to form

a bond with the patients and their par-ent, encourage healthy habits and find abnormalities. The second and harder goal is not to overreact, to know what is worrisome and what is not. For the first challenge, we ask G-d to open our eyes in order to help our patients and

find their illnesses. As for the second task, we pray that our advice will not be a stumbling stone in the eyes of our patients, and that we will be surround-ed and cared for by competent, devoted specialists whose first and last priority is our patients’ well beings.

Wishing you healthy, happy visits with your doctors!

David Elazar Simai, M.D.

Dr. David Simai is a Board Certified Pedia-trician from the Five Towns. He is a full time attending in his own private practice since 2007 in Cedarhurst, New York. In addition, he is an Attending Physician at LIJ-Cohen Children’s Hospital, North-Shore Manhas-set University Hospital and South Nassau Communities Hospital. He can be contact-ed for consultation at 516 374-2228 or via email at [email protected].

NOTE: name, gender, geographical area and other identifying information were deliberately altered in this article in order to protect the patient’s privacy. This arti-cle is not intended to help diagnose or treat any specific disease. Always consult your personal physician before diagnosing or treating yourself or your child for any of the above mentioned illnesses.

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They went round and round, Sylvia and Shloimy. “That’s not the way to talk to me!” Sylvia re-

peated to her husband, Shloimy. “I deserve better! I’m not the waitress or the maid. In fact, I would talk more respectfully to the maid.”

“What did I do that was so terrible?” Shloimy want-ed to know for the fortieth time. “You asked me what I was interested in for dinner. You are the one who asked. So I told you what wanted.”

“Yes, boy did you tell me. You rattled off a list of what ‘you’ll have’ as if this was a restaurant. No, ‘Is it too much trouble?’ ‘Do you mind?’ None of that. Just a list of ‘I’ll have’ this and that. That is not nice, not polite, not considerate, not respectful.”

And then the punchline that always came before Sylvia would sigh deeply and walk off with a shrug. Shloimy would counter with, “Whaddaya want from me? This is the way I always was. This is the way I was brought up. And furthermore, this is how I was when we met.”

It would seem as if Shloimy has a good argument. It might appear that Rabbi Dessler would even agree with him. In his sefer, Michtov Me’Eliyahu, translated as Strive For Truth!, Rav Dessler claims that it is very easy for most of us to go about our lives without a struggle over how to handle things because we generally don’t en-counter our “bechira point.” While free choice (bechira) is available to all of us, we don’t find ourselves struggling over what to do when the issue before us is not a challenge.

For example, a bank robber seeing a one hundred dollar bill on my table would not be challenged by its presence. If no one was watching, he would help him-self to it without a struggle. A tzaddik also would not be challenged by that bill; he wouldn’t dream of taking what didn’t belong to him. Neither of these people was operating at his bechira point.

For Rav Dessler, the bechira point is the point of struggle between truth and falsehood. In the two cases above, the robber and the tzaddik, there was no clash, no struggle. When a person does struggle and they make the wrong choice, they are trying “to accept false-hood as a reality.”

Rav Dessler gives the example of a person who should not smoke cigarettes. He knows that if he does, he will experience pain from his emphysema later on. This is so odd, Rav Dessler notes. He realizes he will suffer. Every day he swears he will not smoke, and yet every day he rationalizes that one cigarette won’t hurt, knowing full well that it will lead to another. In losing his bechira struggle, he has accepted falsehood.

What does this mean? How can it be? The answer is that he decides that false is true in order to satisfy his desire – his yetzer hara – to smoke. “The freely choos-

ing person himself” has lost his struggle. He has called false (“The cigarettes won’t hurt me”) true. Further-more, the person who wins the struggle will clearly see that he has, indeed, “opted for the truth.”

Now, what of Shloimy? Here is what Rav Dessler says about him: “Someone who has never made the necessary effort to subdue the evil side of

his nature will never be able to understand this. He has always given in to his ‘will’ as soon as it presents itself, and he therefore believes himself to be at the mercy of ‘the stronger will’ at all times. He cannot appreciate the reality of bechira because he has never in fact made a bechira.”

I misunderstood Rav Dessler for some time. I thought he was saying that at those points where we

don’t struggle, we don’t have bechira. Not at all! Quite the opposite in fact. We always have bechira. It’s that for the most part, we don’t exercise it.

To exercise it is precisely to create a struggle where none existed. It is for Shloimy to hear his wife’s pain and say to himself, “Well, I was brought up this way but maybe it is causing someone I care about pain. Maybe – even though I see nothing wrong with my behavior – I ought to try to see it from her perspective. Maybe there is something wrong with it.”

The reality is that if he is treating Sylvia as though he took her for granted, then he is in the wrong. The To-rah requires us to be maker tov (to recognize the good). If Torah is truth, then Shloimy is caving in to falsehood – without a struggle. The fact that he is not struggling does not mean that he lost his bechira! As Rav Dessler says, he simply never bothered to exercise it.

Interestingly, Rav Dessler points out that we learn from Torah that if a person such as Shloimy acts better and makes an effort, his reward will be much greater than that of the person who was brought up in a more polite and caring home. Lot learned hachnassas orchim (receiving guests) from Avraham, his uncle, so that he is not given “credit” for taking in the strangers (who were

disguised angels). On the other hand, he is given credit, big time, for not telling on Avraham when Avraham called Sarai his sister. Why would that be? Because if the king killed off Avraham, Lot, a greedy man, would have stood to make some serious money! Yet, Lot kept his mouth shut. Now, that was a true exercise of bechi-ra. It is for this reason that G-d wanted to save Lot.

So it is in the world of punishments that we can see what it is that G-d wants of us. It seems like He wants us to move that bechira point ourselves. He wants us to create a struggle where none existed. He wants us to care enough to stop listening to and believing in false-hood. Here is a true life example (told with permission):

A woman, Sharon Rawitz, was struck with several medical problems including a stroke. She went from being active in the community, a school counselor, and

a ballet dancer and teacher to being unable to talk, walk, read, or write. But she had a will, a desire to live a complete and full life. I learned today from Rabbi Eytan Feiner that Will, ratzon, has the word “rutz,” run, in it. Ratzon is to want something so badly you run for it. Sharon ran toward health. Against all predictions that she would remain a vegetable, she willed herself to walk, talk, read, and write again. She even is teaching herself violin these days. And yes, she is back to teaching dancing lessons in her studio on the corner of B. 9 and Cornega.

We need to desire Truth. Sharon could have adopted the rationalization that it is hard to fight a complete physical breakdown. Well, it cer-

tainly is. But the truth is that it is possible nevertheless. Falsehood would have been to say that it is impossible. Rabbi Moshe Feinstein zt”l explained that it is for this reason that street drugs are not permitted: they take away bechira. Mental illness leads to the same conclu-sion: Don’t blame your behavior on it; get a therapist.

We are not allowed to avoid the bechira struggle. And if we are not struggling, that itself is a sign of a problem. Go, Shloimy! You can do it! We’re with you, man! Struggle! Struggle!

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AY 14, 2015Everyone knows about the opti-mists—they’re the ones who see the glass as half full. And then

there’s the pessimists—they see the glass as half empty. The realists? They know the glass is completely empty.

I have met job hunters who think they are realists. They tell me, “Listen, I have to take any job I can get. I don’t have experience or any skills that could make an employer choose me out of a crowd. I just have to get a job.” In a competitive, crowded job market, these clients think they’re being realistic by planning to set-tle for whatever comes along. Are they right?

The phenomenon of looking for a job with no particular job skills to speak of is more common than many realize. Al-though in our community it sometimes involves a young man who has been studying for many years in a yeshiva and has not planned for his transition to the workforce, that is hardly the only scenar-io. Nor is it a uniquely Jewish problem. There are workers whose jobs have been shipped overseas or eliminated by auto-mation everywhere. There are college graduates with degrees in Theater Arts, and workers who have just had their fill who desperately want to find another field. There are divorcees who suddenly have to support themselves, and emp-ty-nesters that want to find a new chal-lenge. Any of these who have had the good fortune of following this column know that the most effective job hunt be-gins with identifying the strongest skills that one has and deciding how they could be assembled into a job description. These folks have surveyed their toolbox-es and found that there’s nothing there.

A commonly suggested solution to this problem is to look for some training, a course, something that offers a quick entry to the workforce. But such offer-ings are often overhyped, either because much more training is needed to actually work in the field or because there aren’t enough openings to absorb the available trainees. There are also some training op-portunities that are effective, but only for a very specific type of job hunter. So we are left with many job hunters that need to make a fast move into some type of job and no fast way for them to get there. Maybe they need to take another look at that empty glass.

When a job hunter makes a thorough survey of his past, of things he’s done and what was accomplished, the result can be very surprising. Lurking there in the shadows may be something that looks a lot like a job skill. Anyone who has organized something, who has joined in a team effort, who has coordinated,

delegated, negotiated, or arbitrated has actually used a skill that is in great de-mand. Too often we think that if no pay-check is forthcoming, then no work was done. The truth is that as we pursue our daily chores, we may also be sharpening skills that could be important at work. If we can combine them in some valuable

way, we may be well on the way to find-ing a really good job.

The always valuable advice of the job hunter’s Bible, What Color is Your Para-chute?, is to write short autobiographical vignettes of memorable life events (he insists that it takes seven to do the trick). Then by analyzing the stories, unrecog-nized skills will surface. I find my clients hesitant to accept such a large writing as-signment, so I guide them on verbal ex-plorations, many of which have uncov-ered valuable skills, lying undiscovered in a toolbox that, at first, seemed to be empty.

One client of mine was looking for her first job, armed with her soon-to-be finished Masters degree. At the interview, she was asked if she had led a team, and what had the team accomplished. As a new job hunter, she had no work expe-rience to point to, so she shared an an-ecdote that many of us would overlook. She explained how she and the other

womenfolk of her family handled pre-paring for a three-day yom tov. She de-scribed it as serving Thanksgiving dinner twice a day for three days in a row, with all the cooking being done ahead of time. That was a challenge that the interviewer could understand. So she described how the task was broken down into compo-

nent parts—appetizers, main courses, sides, desserts—and each member of the team selected the items she would contribute. Then a calendar was created so each could reserve kitchen time and schedule shopping trips to supply needed ingredients (the male contribution). The accomplishment was six beautiful festive

meals with minimal stress. Definitely an example of teamwork, and the interview-er was very impressed.

Another recent candidate was try-ing to think of instances where he had

shown resilience, adaptability, coolness under stress, and he wasn’t coming up with any good ideas. I asked him what had happened to his family during Hur-ricane Sandy—and the memories came gushing out. His home had been heavi-ly damaged, he had to move his family, deal with FEMA and the insurance com-pany, help keep his kids safe and sane, all while keeping up at work. Altogeth-er, it showed pretty clearly that this is a guy who can stay cool when the stress level rises.

Anyone who is seriously looking for a job must be prepared to articulate the skills and talents that he feels make him particularly qualified for the position. And don’t get me wrong—it is much eas-ier to do that if you have had education and work experience that relate directly to the job at hand. But that doesn’t mean that everyone else is out of luck.

Many people are surprised to find that their best work skills are their own daily life skills, the talents that they have found within themselves and brought out in order to accomplish something that they see as important and valuable. But a job hunter that sees his work as an op-portunity to make a unique and personal contribution to the world around him is not surprised at all.

Rabbi Mordechai Kruger is the Director of Pathways to Parnassa, an organization dedicated to educating our community in all aspects of career choice and job search. Individual coaching is available. He can be reached at [email protected].

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The Changes to the Worker’s Compensation Law

Edmond J. Hakimian, Esq.

Ask the Attorney

The process for getting something as simple as additional therapy or chiropractic care is very complicated and longwinded.

The workers’ compensation law has been in effect in New York for just over 100 years. Until

about ten years ago, there were rare-ly any major changes or new devel-opments in the law. That all changed in 2007 when several new laws were passed. When the new laws began to be implemented, confusion was wide-spread among injured workers, doctors, attorneys, and even judges. One of these major changes became effective December 1, 2010. After December 1, 2010, all treatment involving the mid and low back, the knees, the shoul-ders and the neck was now subject to the new Medical Treatment Guidelines (MTGs), regardless of the date of injury. On March 1, 2013, a new Carpel Tunnel Syndrome MTG and an updated version

of the initial four MTGs became effec-tive and covered treatment performed on or after March 1, 2013, regardless of the date of injury.

These changes drastically affect the treatment of injured workers. Prior to the Medical Treatment Guidelines, any treatment which cost under $1,000 was done by the doctor and if the carrier disputed the bills, it was sent for arbi-tration and usually resolved between

the carrier and the treating physician. However, under the new rules, if a pro-cedure or treatment that a doctor per-forms is not pre-authorized under the

new MTG and a proper variance is not secured by the treating physician, the doctor will never be paid and will have no recourse against the carrier. The new Medical Treatment Guidelines are convoluted and confusing; as such it has caused most doctors to not proper-ly follow them and get frustrated with the new protocol. Therefore, numerous doctors have begun to reject workers’ compen-sation patients for fear of not being paid. In turn, this causes many injured workers to be aggravat-ed, as they are unable to get the treatment they so desperately need.

Under the new guidelines many proce-dures and treatments are pre-authorized. Howev-er, if the treatment is not covered then the doctor must then request a variance in order to obtain authorization, while giving detail into how the extra treat-ment will benefit the injured work-er. For example, if someone injures their neck, back, shoulder, or knee or is diagnosed with Carpel Tunnel Syn-drome, then a set amount of therapy is automatically authorized depending on the body part. But once the limit is reached, a variance will be needed for any further treatment. The doctor will need to meet the burden of proof in order for it to be granted. Typical-ly, the carrier denies the variance, and then the only way to get it granted is to timely request a hearing or arbitration. If an arbitration is requested then no more evidence or testimony of the doc-tors will be produced; as such it’s not

as desirable. However, the alternative choice of requesting a hearing also has its shortcomings. It could take several months for depositions of the doctors to be conducted and then for the hearing to be scheduled. Then, even if the judge grants the request, the carrier will likely appeal, which could cause another de-lay of 12-18 months. All through this time if any treatment is rendered, the doctor won’t be paid. If someone has a chronic condition, different rules and guidelines will apply.

This article is only the tip of the ice-berg in reference to these new changes, as the new guidelines rules and proce-dures are hundreds of pages long. As you can see, the process for getting something as simple as additional ther-apy or chiropractic care is very com-plicated and longwinded. Therefore, it is very valuable to immediately obtain an attorney to ensure all you rights are

properly protected from the inception of the case.

This article is part of a series on re-cent developments in the law.

No column is a substitute for com-petent legal advice. Please consult with the attorney of your choice concerning specific legal questions you may have.

Edmond J. Hakimian, Esq. specializes in workers’ compensation law and social se-curity disability. He is an associate attorney at the Law Offices of Lee S. Braunstein PC, which serves Long Island and all of New York City. Please send your questions or comments to [email protected] or you may call the office at 516-739-3441.

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“Say What?”Compiled by Nate Davis

Notable Quotes

A lot of folks like to joke about the odd couple that was Ted Kennedy and Orrin Hatch, but I think Mitch McConnell and Barack Obama may have them outdone. I had to warn reporters not to faint last week before offering the president some praise on trade. I’m even getting handwritten notes from the president these days. He sent one the other day to thank me for supporting the nomination of Loretta Lynch. - Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-WI) noting a thaw in his longtime adversarial relationship with the president

I love free speech, but what I see in Pam Geller’s behavior is causing people to lose their focus on free speech as the essential right of American life – instead they are focusing on her antics because she engaged in gratuitous offensive behavior that led to the deaths of two people. - Juan Williams on Fox News (The “two people” that “died” were ISIS terrorists who were killed when they tried shooting up a gathering of people who were present at the Muhammed cartoon contest organized by Pam Geller)Give me the ball and get out of the way.

- LeBron James to teammates before hitting a buzzer-beating three-pointer to win game four of the Eastern Conference Semi-Finals

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I am happy we chose principles and not portfolios. What’s being built is not a national camp, but a government that smacks of opportunism…This government has no intention of overthrowing the Hamas regime - Avigdor Liberman announcing that the Yisrael Beytenu party will not join the new Israeli government

Every member of “The Price Is Right” studio audience has a chance to be selected to play. Prizes are determined in advance of the show and are not decided based on the contestants. - A rep for the CBS show, “The Price Is Right,” after a wheelchair-bound double amputee won a treadmill on the show

Good, bad, indifferent, there are a lot of people that don’t like Tom Brady, and I’m OK with that. Like I said, I have teammates that I love and support that love and support me. I have fans, I have family. I’m very blessed.- Tom Brady, in an interview with Jim Gray

We deeply apologize for causing trouble to many people over the naming of the first baby [monkey]. We take these opinions seriously. - A Japanese zoo’s apology after being criticized for naming a baby monkey Charlotte after the newborn British princess

A zoo in Japan had to issue an apology today because of the name they gave a newborn monkey. They named her Charlotte after the new royal baby in England. The zoo was flooded with angry calls and emails. Can you imagine calling a zoo to complain about what they named a monkey? – Jimmy Kimmel

When you think about it, this monkey will be fed and housed in comfort for the rest of its life. The only thing it has to do is get looked at by people. It’s the same thing that a member of the royal family does. – Ibid.

The zoo has apologized and they are going to consult the British embassy to find out what to do about it. Meanwhile, if you remember, William and Kate named their first kid after Curious George, which is a monkey by the way. – Ibid.

The birth certificate of the royal baby lists her parents’ occupations as being “the prince and princess of the United Kingdom.” It says that under occupation, which I guess sounds better than “unemployed.” – Conan O’Brien

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A lot of folks like to joke about the odd couple that was Ted Kennedy and Orrin Hatch, but I think Mitch McConnell and Barack Obama may have them outdone. I had to warn reporters not to faint last week before offering the president some praise on trade. I’m even getting handwritten notes from the president these days. He sent one the other day to thank me for supporting the nomination of Loretta Lynch. - Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-WI) noting a thaw in his longtime adversarial relationship with the president

I love free speech, but what I see in Pam Geller’s behavior is causing people to lose their focus on free speech as the essential right of American life – instead they are focusing on her antics because she engaged in gratuitous offensive behavior that led to the deaths of two people. - Juan Williams on Fox News (The “two people” that “died” were ISIS terrorists who were killed when they tried shooting up a gathering of people who were present at the Muhammed cartoon contest organized by Pam Geller)Give me the ball and get out of the way.

- LeBron James to teammates before hitting a buzzer-beating three-pointer to win game four of the Eastern Conference Semi-Finals

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I am happy we chose principles and not portfolios. What’s being built is not a national camp, but a government that smacks of opportunism…This government has no intention of overthrowing the Hamas regime - Avigdor Liberman announcing that the Yisrael Beytenu party will not join the new Israeli government

Every member of “The Price Is Right” studio audience has a chance to be selected to play. Prizes are determined in advance of the show and are not decided based on the contestants. - A rep for the CBS show, “The Price Is Right,” after a wheelchair-bound double amputee won a treadmill on the show

Good, bad, indifferent, there are a lot of people that don’t like Tom Brady, and I’m OK with that. Like I said, I have teammates that I love and support that love and support me. I have fans, I have family. I’m very blessed.- Tom Brady, in an interview with Jim Gray

We deeply apologize for causing trouble to many people over the naming of the first baby [monkey]. We take these opinions seriously. - A Japanese zoo’s apology after being criticized for naming a baby monkey Charlotte after the newborn British princess

A zoo in Japan had to issue an apology today because of the name they gave a newborn monkey. They named her Charlotte after the new royal baby in England. The zoo was flooded with angry calls and emails. Can you imagine calling a zoo to complain about what they named a monkey? – Jimmy Kimmel

When you think about it, this monkey will be fed and housed in comfort for the rest of its life. The only thing it has to do is get looked at by people. It’s the same thing that a member of the royal family does. – Ibid.

The zoo has apologized and they are going to consult the British embassy to find out what to do about it. Meanwhile, if you remember, William and Kate named their first kid after Curious George, which is a monkey by the way. – Ibid.

The birth certificate of the royal baby lists her parents’ occupations as being “the prince and princess of the United Kingdom.” It says that under occupation, which I guess sounds better than “unemployed.” – Conan O’Brien

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The truth of the matter is that Elizabeth is, you know, a politician like everybody else.- President Obama in an interview with Yahoo! News, calling out Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) for being a vocal opponent of an international trade deal that he is pushing

I think the president was disrespectful to her by the way he did that...made this more personal. I think referring to her as her first name, when he might not have done that for a male senator, perhaps…I’ve said enough.- Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH), criticizing President Obama’s treatment of Senator Warren

As potentially the first African-American first lady, I was also the focus of another set of questions and speculations, conversations sometimes rooted in the fears and misperceptions of others. Was I too loud, or too angry, or too emasculating? Or was I too soft, too much of a mom, not enough of a career woman?- First Lady Michelle Obama in her commencement address at Tuskegee University, describing the trials and tribulations she believes she has faced as the first African-American first lady

A holistic doctor has developed a trick to help you fall asleep in 60 seconds. The doctor says all it takes is $99 and a Mayweather-Pacquiao rematch. – Conan O’Brien

He’s my friend, he’ll always be my friend. I don’t know what happened, I don’t have much more than that for you.- Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning when asked about Tom Brady being implicated in “Deflategate”

Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaign announced that it raised over $1.5 million in the 24 hours after he announced his bid. Meanwhile, a 12-year-old on Kickstarter just raised $7 million in five minutes after announcing his idea for juice box water guns. – Jimmy Fallon

It obviously was a provocation. But this is America. Do we not have the right to draw whatever we want? [To blame Pamela Geller for the violence] assumes that we just have to accept that Muslims are unable to control themselves the way we would ask everyone else in the world. To me that’s bigotry. That’s the soft bigotry of low expectations.- Bill Maher, HBO, defending the right of Pamela Geller to hold the Muhammed cartoon contest

I wonder if any aspirant for the presidency except Hillary Clinton could survive such a book [Clinton Cash]. I suspect she can because the Clintons are unique in the annals of American politics: They are protected from charges of corruption by their reputation for corruption. It’s not news anymore. They’re like … Bonnie and Clyde go on a spree, hold up a bunch of banks, it causes a sensation, there’s a trial, and they’re acquitted. They walk out of the courthouse, get in a car, rob a bank, get hauled in, complain they’re being picked on—“Why are you always following us?”—and again, not guilty. They rob the next bank and no one cares. “That’s just Bonnie and Clyde doing what Bonnie and Clyde do. No one else cares, why should I?” - Peggy Noonan, Wall Street Journal

A lot of people outside New York City understand what happened in the first year of New York City better than the people in New York City. But I’m convinced something very special happened here. - Mayor Bill De Blasio in an interview with Rolling Stone Magazine

I mean, for G-d’s sake, when there was a critical op-ed in The New York Times about Goldman Sachs, he went to Goldman and gave a pep talk to the employees! When a struggling school was having troubles in East New York, he didn’t go there and give a pep talk.

- Ibid, talking about the perception that NYC Mayor Bloomberg was rich enough to not be beholden to money interests

I agree that he was good at selling himself, and a lot of media over-accepted his version of the story. So, yeah, do you give him credit for figuring out a way to get more credit than he deserves? Sure, if that’s credit. - Ibid., dismissing the notion that former NYC Mayor Rudy Giuliani deserves the bulk of the credit for restoring order and safety to the city

In New Hampshire, a 95-year-old World War II veteran successfully defended himself against a mugger by hitting him with his cane. The veteran will now face Floyd Mayweather next Saturday on pay-per-view. – Conan O’Brien

You still don’t believe me? No it’s me! Okay, give me a test ... Ask me about anything.- President Obama to Patricia Church when he called to wish her a happy Mother’s Day and she said that she didn’t believe that it was actually the president on the line with her

Happy Mother’s Day. Yesterday, President Obama personally called three mothers who had written him letters recently. Man, do I feel sorry for any of their kids who forgot to call. – Seth Myers

I would have and so would have Hillary Clinton, just to remind everybody. And so would almost everybody that was confronted with the intelligence they got…So just for the news flash to the world: if they’re trying to find places where there’s big space between me and my brother, this might not be one of those.- Jeb Bush on Fox News, stating that he would have authorized the 2003 invasion of Iraq just like his brother, George W. Bush, did

The 89-year-old queen of England met her new great-granddaughter for the first time. Both cried a little, burped, and then fell asleep. – Conan O’Brien

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Krissah Thompson

Politics Today

What Kind of Ex-President will Barack Obama Be?

POTUS Plans for the Future

Ahhhh, t h e post-pres-

idency! Our commanders-in-chief are always rhapsodizing about their retire-ment years to come.

“We could play some dominoes to-gether,” President Barack Obama sug-gested wistfully to the soon-to-retire David Letterman last week. “We could, you know, go to the local Starbucks, swap stories.”

We’ve heard this kind of chatter from all our lame-duck presidents, a wink at how great it will be to get out of Washington, relax and let someone else lead the free world for a change.

But the days when an ex-president and his wife could step off the world stage and retreat into private life are long gone. Like their recent predeces-sors, the Obamas are quietly devoting some of their final months in the White House to laying the groundwork for a very busy life after it: a free-form ca-reer that is expected be very public, very active and — owing to their rela-tive youth — very long.

On Tuesday, the president’s founda-tion is expected to announce the loca-tion of the Barack Obama Presidential Library, which early reports have indi-cated will be on the South Side of Chi-cago. And the president and first lady have started giving some hints of their plans following the next president’s in-auguration on January 20, 2017.

“I’ll go back to doing the kinds of work that I was doing before — just trying to find ways to help people, help young people get educations, help people get jobs, help bring business-es into neighborhoods that don’t have enough businesses,” Obama recently told a group of middle school students. “That’s the kind of work that I really love to do.”

Chicago, where Michelle Obama grew up and her husband began his po-litical career, is where his presidential foundation is already based. But unlike Harry S. Truman returning to Indepen-dence, Missouri, the Obamas have said

they may remain in Washington until their younger daughter, Sasha, com-pletes high school. Associates have suggested that the first couple may make a more permanent home in New York.

The president recently announced that My Brother’s Keeper, the White House program he established to help young men of color, will form an in-dependent nonprofit organization that

will raise money from corporations. Michelle Obama’s Let’s Move cam-paign is already affiliated with a non-profit independent of the White House. The president and first lady also recent-ly launched a program to boost girls’ education around the world, in part-nership with the State Department and the government of Japan. Any of those programs could be part of their post-White House work.

While taping the interview with Letterman, Obama told the talk-show host that he plans to take off only about a month after leaving office.

The Obamas’ moves are part of the ongoing

evolution of the lives of ex-presidents, said Burton Kaufman, author of “The Post Presidency: From Washington to Clinton.”

“In the old days, presidents died after they left office,” Kaufman said. Teddy Roosevelt, Calvin Coolidge,

Dwight D. Eisenhower, Lyndon B. Johnson — none survived more than a decade after their presidencies. Ronald Reagan, suffering from Alzheimer’s, lived quietly in California. “What pres-idents do now,” Kaufman added, “is they make lots of money.”

That evolution has been a crooked path. George Washington retired to his plantation, as did Thomas Jefferson, who also spent his time building up the

University of Virginia. They both re-mained involved in politics, but just a little, Kaufman said.

But John Quincy Adams ran for Congress in 1830, the year after he left the White House, and served in the House of Representatives until he died in 1848. Andrew Jackson also remained very active in politics, in a manner that would today be deemed uncouth: To keep his successor Martin Van Buren from regaining the White House in 1844, he actively backed James Polk, who won. And when Benjamin Har-rison returned to his law career after failing to win re-election in 1892, those who faced him in court balked at going head-to-head with a former president.

What was the young nation to do with these men who had held such im-mense power? Grover Cleveland, the 22nd and 24th president, wrote a jok-ing letter to a friend during his last year in office: “And still the question, ‘What shall be done with our ex-Presidents?’ is not laid at rest; and I sometimes think

[newspaper editor Henry] Watterson’s solution of it, ‘Take them out and shoot them,’ is worthy of attention.”

Lawmakers once mulled strategies for keeping ex-presidents off the streets — giving them a job, such as an ex-of-ficio position in the Senate or an infor-mal role in the Cabinet. Those ideas fizzled, and the ex-presidency instead became a time for former presidents to focus on their legacies.

To do that, presidents must raise money, said Julian Zelizer, a professor of history and public affairs at Prince-ton University. But the easiest time for them to do that is when they are still in office — which, for all the good inten-tions and worthy causes, “will natural-ly raise questions,” he said.

Mark Updegrove, director of the Lyndon B. Johnson Library and author of “Second Acts: Presidential Lives and Legacies After the White House,” said a modern-day “president can make a few speeches and line his coffers and ensure financial security in a way that Harry Truman couldn’t have imagined and wouldn’t have participated in.” Truman thought accepting money from corporations would tarnish his former office. Gerald Ford, who needed to earn a post-White House living, caught flak for joining corporate boards.

Those kinds of questions are being raised about the fundraising juggernaut that is the Clinton Foundation. Bill Clinton has been an unusually success-ful charity fundraiser in his post-White House years — though much of that success, involving overseas donors with questionable business practices, has been uncomfortably proximate to his wife’s bid for the presidency.

Yet the ambitions of the Clintons’ global foundation has a clear anteced-ent in the later years of another former head of state: Jimmy Carter. Carter, who has written more than a dozen books engendering healthy royalties, raised money to build an institution to promote his policy agenda

“He is the beginning of the modern

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post-presidency,” Kaufman said.The former president uses the Car-

ter Center, which describes itself as “a nonprofit public policy center founded to fight disease, hunger, poverty, con-flict and oppression around the world,” as his base of power. Through the cen-ter, Carter has remained a very public figure — often deeply involved in in-ternational relations. In 2002, he was rewarded with the Nobel Peace Prize. Just this week, the 90-year-old former president was in Guyana to observe elections there. He cut short the trip af-ter falling ill.

A former constitutional law profes-sor, Barack Obama has said he loves teaching. And he can always look to the model of William Howard Taft, who left the White House to become a law professor at Yale — and was later appointed to the Supreme Court.

The future for Michelle Obama is less obvious.

As the first presidential spouse to have her own social media accounts, she’s not expected to retreat from public life completely. But will she follow the model of Eleanor Roosevelt, who be-came delegate to the United Nations, or Betty Ford, better known for the found-ing of the alcohol treatment center that bears her name than for anything she did as first lady?

“Once you remove some of the security and political constraints one operates under in the White House, the possibilities are enormous — partic-ularly for first ladies,” said Carl Sfer-razza Anthony, a historian with the National First Ladies’ Library. “I think that is a really intoxicating recogni-tion.”

Last year, Laura Bush spent a little time with Michelle Obama. Bush came away from their encounter feeling that the current first lady was already dreaming of life after her husband’s presidency. Bush, who has traveled more frequently and kept a higher pro-file than her husband since they left the White House in 2009, knew the feeling.

“When I first came home, I said, ‘I didn’t realize I was under so much stress when I lived at the White House,’ “ Bush told The Washington Post then. “Those first few weeks at home I would get in bed at night and think, ‘Oh, now what do I have to do tomorrow?’ And then I would take this deep breath and think — ‘I don’t have to do anything tomorrow.’ It was sort of nice, but it’s still great to be able to work on the issues that were important to us, and we’ll do that for the rest of our lives.”

As Laura Bush knows, the modern bully pulpit is ever available for former presidents and their wives, but how to

use it is up to them, said Katherine Jel-lison, a professor of women’s studies at Ohio University, whose research in-cludes first lady studies.

“They are always going to be celeb-rities, but when they stay in the lime-light they leave themselves open to criticism,” Jellison said.

White House aides are reluctant to speak publicly about the Obamas’ fu-ture. They would like the conversation to remain focused on the 21 months

the president has remaining in office. But part of what makes the modern post-presidency unique is that it has be-come a virtual Round 2 for presidents, said Brandon Rottinghaus, a professor of political science at the University of Houston.

“It reflects a wish list of what they wish they had done in the office,” he said.

The health-conscious Obamas, who will be in their early 50s when the pres-

ident’s term ends, could be working through their wish list for decades.

“They get the best care ever, and they live for a really long time if they are well,” Anthony said.

So, the proper salutation when this first couple leaves the White House won’t be “goodbye,” but “see you around.”

(c) 2015, The Washington Post

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Rivki D. Rosenwald Esq., CLC, SDS

Life Coach

So you’ve got a million things to take care of today. Welcome to everyday! But you want to

daven first. Except your son missed the bus so someone’s got to drive him to school. And ... oh look at this, the guy finally showed up to fix the Internet. Well, someone’s got to show him where the control panel is and help clear away the ladders blocking access to the room it’s in!

And what about the shower, and brushing your teeth, flossing, getting dressed, makeup... Coffee, breakfast, checking responses to your email. And maybe if you could just take care of those few calls you’ve got to make first, you’ll feel like you’ve got things in motion so your day will go smoother. Maybe you could take a little time to just get those reports out. You know, then you’d know you can put your mind at ease. Perhaps you could just blend your in-gredients so your dough can rise while you’re pray-ing or alternatively call in your stock order so again, your dough could rise while you’re praying.

There’s just so much you need to get done to make sure your day gets started right. If you could just take care of all of that first then you’d have the peace of mind and leisure to pray that your day goes right! So what’s wrong with this picture?!

Wouldn’t you think your day would go a lot smoother if you just davened first? Isn’t it funny we always push it off? But hey, listen, we just don’t have time for it just yet ‘cause there’s all this weighing on our mind! And if we don’t get it done first thing in the day, our day will be all messed up. However, wasn’t part of the praying supposed to be asking that our day goes right? So do you see the cyclic, or might I say almost even sick-like, thinking many of us kind of have?!

So how do we get that prayer in

before we launch into our active, ac-complishment-oriented day? Should we tape a bunch of prayer sheets to our eyes? Wake up and see it imme-

diately. No other distractions. Just pray away first thing. There are some advantages to this solution. It could even save you money on room-darkening shades.

Should we use the siddur app on our phone to pray? After all who

doesn’t use their phone for everything these days? It’s got to be right there at your bedside waking you, right? Isn’t that your alarm? And aren’t you checking your messages almost before you get out of bed? It’s in your hand already, so just hit the siddur app!

OK, maybe you’d like to get dressed first. But that’s where the

danger starts. Any distraction could be lurking around the bend. Your kid, your computer with all those beckoning emails to check, or your exhaustive to-do list! Noth-ing is more dan-gerous than a to-do list! It is anxiety at a glance. Sure it helps organize you, however, it

also gets your adrenaline going and you want to start ticking those items off. And then where does the davening fit in?! Unless, of course, you’re smart enough to put it on the top of your list. In fact, first, second, and third might help in case you’re tempted to start skipping around this way you’ll see it as a priority.

So stop facing your day with a wing and a prayer. Start it with a prayer and a prayer and you’ll hopefully get through it with a lot more help and avoid a lot more of the winging it!

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11480 Great Kosher FoodElan Kornblum

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This recipe was reprinted from the 2015 Edition of Great Kosher Restaurants Magazine.Elan Kornblum, a.k.a. “The Restaurant Guy,” is the publisher of Great Kosher Restaurants International Magazine and its accompanying web-

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DirectionsMarinate the salmon with all the ingredients for 15 minutes. Bake for 20

minutes at 350°.

Teriyaki Sauce: In a saucepan make a caramel with the sugar; add the soy sauce and bring to a boil on a high heat. Reduce the fire, and add orange juice and tomato sauce. Cook until there is a reduction.

Garnish: Mix the mayonnaise with the wasabi powder and soy sauce, add it to the kani.

To plate: Put the Kani salad on the plate, then the salmon on top and drizzle with the teriyaki sauce. Finish with a sprinkling of sesame seeds.

IngredientsSalmon:8 oz. salmon filet 4 oz. light soy sauce 2 tsp fresh ginger 1 oz. sesame oil

Teriyaki Sauce:8 oz. sugar8 oz. regular soy sauce 4 oz. orange juice2 oz. tomato sauce

Garnish:Kani (imitation crab) 1 tsp wasabi powder 8 oz. mayonnaise2 tsp light soy sauce

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116100Naomi Nachman

In The Kitchen

Pesto Alfredo with Goat Cheese

Naomi Nachman, the owner of The Aussie Gourmet, caters weekly and Shabbat/ Yom Tov meals for families and individuals within The Five Towns and neighboring communities, with a specialty in Pesach catering. Naomi is a contributing editor to this paper and also produces and hosts her own weekly radio show on the Nachum Segal Network stream called “A Table for Two with Naomi Nachman.” Naomi gives cooking presentations for organizations and private groups throughout the New York/New Jersey Metropolitan area. In addition, Naomi has been a guest host on the QVC TV network and has been featured in cookbooks, magazines as well as other media covering topics related to cuisine preparation and personal chefs. To obtain ad-ditional recipes, join The Aussie Gourmet on Facebook or visit Naomi’s blog. Naomi can be reached through her website,www.theaussiegourmet.com or at (516) 295-9669.

Ingredients1 box fettucine, cooked according to package5 tablespoons butter1 clove garlic, crushed¼ cup flour¼ cup sour cream2oz goat cheese 4 tablespoon prepared pesto (I used Sabras brand or similar)1 ½ cups whole milkKosher salt and fresh cracked pepper to taste

PreparationIn a deep sauté pan on low heat, melt butter and then add in clove of garlic and stir. Add ¼ cup flour and mix

in with butter till it becomes a thick paste. This is called a roux. Cook for 1 minute on low.While continuously stirring, add the sour cream and goat cheese, then add pesto until it also becomes thick.

Add in the milk slowly, and continue to whisk till it becomes thickened, which will happen at boiling point.Season with salt and pepper. Toss in cooked pasta and mix well. Serve with a poached egg on top.

Note: The sauce can be made up to 3 days in advance and placed in the fridge. When reheating the sauce which may have thickened from being in the fridge, add a little milk to loosen the sauce, and re-season with salt if needed.

Many of my readers know of my

obsession with goat cheese.

With that in mind, I wanted to create

an exciting new recipe for Shavuot

combining two of my family’s favorite

flavors: pesto and goat cheese. Goat

cheese has become very popular in the

past few years – especially popular

among elderly and children who are

more likely to show low tolerance to

cow’s milk. Also, goat cheeses are

lower in fat, and higher in vitamin A

and potassium. They serve as a perfect

substitute for many dieters.

Goat cheeses have a gamey, tart,

earthy flavor that sets them apart from

cow cheeses. This distinctive tang and

aroma grows robust and bold as it ages.

Goat cheeses are excellent dessert

cheeses, often served as snacks or

before dinner drinks.

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Naomi Nachman

In The Kitchen

Pesto Alfredo with Goat Cheese

Naomi Nachman, the owner of The Aussie Gourmet, caters weekly and Shabbat/ Yom Tov meals for families and individuals within The Five Towns and neighboring communities, with a specialty in Pesach catering. Naomi is a contributing editor to this paper and also produces and hosts her own weekly radio show on the Nachum Segal Network stream called “A Table for Two with Naomi Nachman.” Naomi gives cooking presentations for organizations and private groups throughout the New York/New Jersey Metropolitan area. In addition, Naomi has been a guest host on the QVC TV network and has been featured in cookbooks, magazines as well as other media covering topics related to cuisine preparation and personal chefs. To obtain ad-ditional recipes, join The Aussie Gourmet on Facebook or visit Naomi’s blog. Naomi can be reached through her website,www.theaussiegourmet.com or at (516) 295-9669.

Ingredients1 box fettucine, cooked according to package5 tablespoons butter1 clove garlic, crushed¼ cup flour¼ cup sour cream2oz goat cheese 4 tablespoon prepared pesto (I used Sabras brand or similar)1 ½ cups whole milkKosher salt and fresh cracked pepper to taste

PreparationIn a deep sauté pan on low heat, melt butter and then add in clove of garlic and stir. Add ¼ cup flour and mix

in with butter till it becomes a thick paste. This is called a roux. Cook for 1 minute on low.While continuously stirring, add the sour cream and goat cheese, then add pesto until it also becomes thick.

Add in the milk slowly, and continue to whisk till it becomes thickened, which will happen at boiling point.Season with salt and pepper. Toss in cooked pasta and mix well. Serve with a poached egg on top.

Note: The sauce can be made up to 3 days in advance and placed in the fridge. When reheating the sauce which may have thickened from being in the fridge, add a little milk to loosen the sauce, and re-season with salt if needed.

Many of my readers know of my

obsession with goat cheese.

With that in mind, I wanted to create

an exciting new recipe for Shavuot

combining two of my family’s favorite

flavors: pesto and goat cheese. Goat

cheese has become very popular in the

past few years – especially popular

among elderly and children who are

more likely to show low tolerance to

cow’s milk. Also, goat cheeses are

lower in fat, and higher in vitamin A

and potassium. They serve as a perfect

substitute for many dieters.

Goat cheeses have a gamey, tart,

earthy flavor that sets them apart from

cow cheeses. This distinctive tang and

aroma grows robust and bold as it ages.

Goat cheeses are excellent dessert

cheeses, often served as snacks or

before dinner drinks.

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Every year, “true crime” fans look forward to the IRS Crim-inal Investigation Unit’s annual

report detailing their efforts to combat the cheats who don’t pay their share. This year’s edition is no exception, with dozens of entertaining stories about clever scammers who just...weren’t...clever...enough.

You would think accountants would be the last group of people to try and game the system. That guy with the green bow tie in the H&R Block commercials? He wouldn’t even bend the rules, let alone break them. But the Criminal Investigation report reveals that accountants are actually some of the worst scofflaws. In fact, there’s an entire criminal pro-gram targeting crooked tax preparers, and it launched 1,063 investigations last year! Here are four outrageous stories you might enjoy:

• Haydee Guerra Neff operated a tax-prep business out of her home in Casa Grande, Arizona, a sleepy desert town about halfway between Phoenix and Tucson. She prepared perfectly legitimate returns for her clients to sign. But then she slipped in fake education credits, mortgage interest deductions, and residential energy credits before she filed them. Then she used Form 8888 to send the legitimate part of the refunds to her clients and the keep the rest to herself. (She must have missed class the day her criminal mastermind program covered “paper trails.”) Now she owes the IRS $435,280 in restitution. But it’s gonna be tough finding new clients among the “cellies” at her California prison camp.

• Steven Boitano was a partner in a CPA firm in San Jose, where he prepared tax returns for his clients and even his own firm. He did well for himself, earning $275,000 per year. But for a guy who made so much money preparing taxes, he sure didn’t like paying them. In fact, he never even filed. When he finally showed up at the IRS office, returns in hand, he claimed he had made $121,000 in estimated payments. (Then his pants literally burst into flames, right there in the office!) His lies cost him $181,910 in restitution and 41 months in jail.

• John Hoang is a CPA and attorney convicted felon who operated a tax-prep business in Woodbridge,

Virginia. His “eureka” idea was to make up fake losses from fake technology licensing businesses for his clients, which defrauded the government out of $1.5 million. He earned $6 million for himself while running his scam. (Apparently, the wages of sin aren’t bad.) Of course, he didn’t bother sharing any of it with the IRS. Now he’s enjoying government hospitality in a federal prison camp, where he’ll be lucky to license dial-up internet technology for 20 minutes every other Thursday.

• Paul Daugerdas was another attorney/CPA with big ambitions. Daugerdas put on a worsted wool suit and opened tax shelter labs. He cooked up schemes to create false tax losses with names like SOS (for “short options strategy”), HOMER (“hedge option monetization of economic remainder”) and COBRA (“currency options bring alternative rewards”). When clients screwed up the details implementing his ridiculously complex schemes, he helpfully backdated documents and authored false opinion letters describing when transactions had supposedly occurred. He shaved $7 billion off his clients’ tax bills. He made $95 million for himself along the way — but naturally used his own scheme to pay less than $8,000 on that income. It took a while for the IRS to shut Daugerdas down — but when they did, he wound up with 15 years in prison and $536 million in fines and restitution.

Some guys have all the fun. Steal from the government and party like a boss, at least until you get caught. Then it’s time for jailhouse nicknames and prison tattoos. Sign us up. Seriously, what are these people thinking?

You know better than that. You know the best way to pay less is to plan to take advantage of all the legal deduc-tions, credits, and strategies available. So if you think you paid too much on April 15, start planning now. All you need is a plan to share less with Uncle Sam — and avoid having to take advan-tage of his hospitality, too!

Allan J Rolnick is a CPA who has been in practice for over 30 yea rs in Queens, NY. He welcomes your comments and can be reached at 718-896-8715 or at [email protected].

Allan J. Rolnick, CPA

Your Money

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I take spring seriously. And as a painter, I take painting spring seriously. Like the coming holiday of Shavuos, I am adorning my paintings this

month in flowers. I feel blessed to have the ability to express myself and the joy of the seasons with some paints and some knives (palette knives that is), some brushes and some canvas cloth.

Like everyone, I find it hard to slow down and take in the season. I’m work-ing, and I’m running. So what amused me about these particular paintings is that both were the result of what I’ve come to call “drive-by shootings.” I lit-erally pull the car over—usually after glancing at my watch and noticing how I don’t have the time for this—and then, with the car idling, I snap away with my phone.

On the one hand, it’s sad that life moves that quickly. On the other hand, though, how lucky to have been inspired by some fleeting sight and to have had the quick reflex to stop. After all, this might be the painting... I can’t let it slip away.

About three weeks ago, while deliver-

ing some paintings to a gallery not far from Baltimore in historic Ell-icott City, Maryland, I was enchanted by the way the bright, warm sunlight fell across this cottage and the way it made the pink blossoms twinkle. I would guess my stop was not more than a minute, but I knew I had stumbled upon a “painting waiting to hap-pen.”

The next week I found myself travelling through the city to spend Shabbos with family on the Upper West Side. Making my way west from the Upper East, this brownstone, in bright sunlight with its shock of white blos-soms above and its manicured edging of tulips from below, made me do a similar pull over. This being Manhattan, I didn’t have the luxury to leave my car, but with traffic moving at a typical crawl all that was necessary was for me to open the window.

Like I said, drive-by-shooting.Beauty, in spring, takes many different shapes. But for me, the most ser-

endipitous thing about the beauty in these paintings completed this week in my home studio is how the two balance each other. Spring on a gently rolling Maryland Hill is greatly enhanced by an elegant Manhattan brownstone bejew-eled in flowers. And vice versa.

Brocha Teichman owns the Brocha Teichman Gallery and the Art Studio of the Five Towns in Lawrence, NY. Brocha can be reached through her website, www.brochateichman.com, or through email, at [email protected].

By Brocha Teichman

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