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THE JEWISH STARKindness campaign kicks off in LawrenceBy Brigitte Fixler

With Elul ushering in the High Holidays, a group of local women are seeking to “tip the scales in our favor,” with a campaign of kindness, with a kick-off event on Tuesday at Lawrence Middle School. Guided by Rabbi Dovid Weinberger of Lawrence, the event in-cludes a website, literature, and lectures.

“It was started by a group of local women in response to tragic events by generating acts of chesed in the neighborhood,” Rabbi Weinberger said. “Our hope is that more than talk, there will be action.”

Looking to scripture for inspiration, the organizers cite tractate Kiddushin 40a. “The response to evil is to put good into the world” The program promotes good will, love, friendship and unity amongst individu-als through acts of kindness, organizing the mitzvah through six different goals focusing on various aspects of human relationships, with one goal for each week from Rosh Ch-odesh Elul through Yom Kippur.

The idea for this program developed at the monthly challah shiur led by Rabbi Wein-berger at Congregation Shaaray Tefi llah. The name of the initiative, ‘A.O.K. Acts of Kind-ness,” is credited to his rebbetzin.

The kick-off event hosted noted speakers Rabbi Paysach Krohn and Woodmere resi-dent Charlie Harary. Both speakers are re-nowned for their storytelling abilities, with numerous examples of inspiration provided at the event. “It really is a frightening time we’re going through,” Rabbi Krohn said. “We have to ask ourselves, what is it that Hashem wants from us? Hashem wants chesed.”

This week’s goal is to “smile until it hurts,” with participants encouraged to smile more

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By Sergey Kadinsky

The warnings were dire, with a man-datory evacuation order issued for the 330,000 residents of Zone A, the low-lying coastal section of New York City that in-cludes Staten Island’s south shore, Coney Island, and the Rockaway peninsula. “This is the storm where if you’re in the wrong place at the wrong time, it could be fatal,” New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg

said. “Comply with the mandatory evacu-ation.”

On a sunny Friday afternoon, ambulettes lined up outside the 298-bed Brookhaven Rehab & Health Care Center in Far Rocka-way, complying with the order by evacuat-ing every elderly patient to locations fur-ther inland ahead of Hurricane Irene. “We are getting calls from all nursing homes for the evacuation,” said medical supplier Abraham Krus.

As the vans fi lled up, reinforcements ar-rived with Satmar school buses from Wil-liamsburg. Closer to the shore on Seagirt Boulevard, the West Lawrence Care Center had its windows taped up in anticipation of Hurricane Irene, which had already caused massive fl ooding in Puerto Rico, Bahamas and North Carolina, as it barreled up the east coast.

But not all residents were heeding the

Photo by Monica Rzewski

Hurricane Irene caused most streets off of Peninsula Blvd to be fl ooded and inaccessible.

Woodmere under water

Coping with evacuation, Shabbos and the storm

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By Sergey Kadinsky

When rabbis graduate from Yeshiva Uni-versity, they are offered placement in com-munities around the nation, and under its Institute for University-School Partnership, 20 fellows are dispersed among 16 schools, with full tuition and stipends provided, so that they could focus fully on teaching in their new homes.

Among the recipients is Daniel Loewen-stein, 25, a native of Woodmere who left this week for Skokie, Illinois, to spend the next four years teaching English literature and Hebrew language in Skokie’s Fasman Yeshiva High School. “It’s a fantastic op-portunity to get into teaching, a job for two years and a full scholarship, both very help-ful resources,” Loewenstein said.

The two-year training fellowship pro-vides training and support from YU’s Azrieli Graduate School of Jewish Education and Administration, funded by the Legacy Heri-tage Fund Limited. Over three summers, teaching fellows will also earn a masters de-gree in education from Azrieli.

Three addi-tional teachers in the program also hold sponsorships from the GiveBack Fellowship, a pro-gram that identifi es dynamic gradu-ates in assist with student activities, observing class-room teachers and providing support in other aspects of school program-ming.

They offer a supportive structure in which to grow as a new teacher and a trans-formative experience for the students who are inspired by these young, energetic edu-cators,” said YU School Partnership director Dr. Scott Goldberg. “Schools asked us to get them teachers, and we’ve sent them much more.”

For Loewenstein, the inspiration to teach came from DRS high School and Yeshivat Kerem B’Yavneh, a hesder yeshiva outside Ashdod where Loewenstein spent his post-high school year. Giving back to his alma mater, he taught formal learning sessions at DRS while studying at YU. “My lectures have consistently focused on the experien-tial, human dimension of Judaism, often drawing upon contemporary music, books and movies to better develop and communi-cate my ideas,” Loewenstein said.

When he is not teaching, Loewenstein is picking up another degree as a semicha student at Hebrew Theological College, also located in Skokie.

The Legacy Heritage Teacher Training and GiveBack Fellowships are open to stu-dents from all colleges. Visit the YU School Partnership’s Web site at www.yu.edu/azri-eli/schoolpartnership for more information or to apply.

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mayor’s call. “I’ve lived here for 40 years, and I live inland on Central Avenue in a build-ing. My main concern is getting to work,” said Neil Last, who runs the coffee shop at St. John’s Episcopal Hospital. Closer to the shore, Aviva Goldman strolled across the soft sand with her son Binyamin Gitnik, 6, shrug-ging off the apocalyptic warnings. “The city overreacted, it caused more trouble because people had a hard time getting back,” Gold-man said. Most of her neighbors on Beach 9 Street evacuated, giving her waterfront block a ghost town appearance. “It was a very quiet shabbos, and my son was watching the waves from our window.”

In a sense of irony, while Far Rockaway sustained minor fl ooding, communities fur-ther inland wit-nessed power out-ages and damage from fallen trees. “We live two homes from the ocean and we got out,” said Atlantic Beach resident Stanley Nussbaum, who stayed with his niece in Weston, Conn. “We came back on Sunday, and to our sur-prise, there was no fl ooding nor loss of elec-tricity; but our niece lost power at her home.”

The collapse of trees and power lines shut off electricity in heavily wooded areas, including Jamaica Estates and Great Neck. “Our power went out around 1:30 a.m. on Sunday morning, and we still don’t have power,” said Randy Agadi, whose Great Neck home was still in the dark on Monday after-noon. Con Edison reported 25,000 customers without power throughout Queens, the high-est fi gure among the fi ve boroughs.

Far Rockaway resident Phil Goldfeder stayed home, but praised the mayor for is-suing the call to evacuate. “It’s better to be safe than sorry, nobody could have predicted how the storm would go. We prepared the people and set up information centers in the White Shul and Young Israel of Far Rocka-way,” Goldfeder said. Outside his Howard

Beach campaign offi ce, Goldfeder praised the city for its street clearing efforts, in quickly mobilizing to remove numerous fallen trees after the storm.

Avi Goldstein cleared out his basement and kept his battery-operated radio on dur-ing Shabbat, as advised by the Vaad of Far Rockaway and the Five Towns. While his par-ents were evacuated to his sister’s home in Flatbush, Goldstein ventured out to a friend in nearby Lawrence on Saturday evening for a kumsitz, where neighbors listened to gui-tar music as the rain intensifi ed. “We stayed there overnight and on Sunday walked to the beach,” Goldstein said. Inspecting his Far Rockaway home, Goldstein was glad that the electricity was on, but unsure how to handle the fallen tree sprawling in his backyard.

Woodmere insurance agent Monte Rosen-zweig also stayed home, fi nding the storm to be more of a nuisance, but he reminded cus-tomers that offi cially, the Atlantic hurricane season runs through November 30. Rosenz-weig received plenty of calls in the week be-fore the storm, but the newly signed policies could not cover damage from Irene. “Since a fl ood policy does not take effect until 30 days after purchase, Allstate encourages residents to consider their home’s risk for fl ooding and talk to their local insurance agent well before the waters rise,” Rosenzweig said.

Upstate, the storm wreaked havoc with fl ash fl oods that took two lives in Spring Val-ley and Fleishmanns further upstate. Seeing his neighbor’s son outside in the rain playing with a downed power line, David Reichen-berg, 50, rushed to save six-year-old Reuven Herbst, but was himself electrocuted by the wire. Herbst and his father, whose name was not immediately released, survived with mi-nor injuries. In Fleishmanns, elderly Brook-lyn resident Rozalia Gluck, 82, was found dead as a fl ood carried her hotel building downstream. The Romanian-born holocaust survivor was buried Sunday evening. In total, 16 people across the east coast were killed by the storm.

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Yitzchak Vidom-lansky rests for a moment on one of the many fallen trees in Far Rockaway, making the best of his evacuated neighborhood.

Photo by Ruth Vidomlansky

Photo by Monica Rzewski

This Woodmere doctor’s home took a hit, but the car remained unharmed.

Photo by Ayton Rice

A downed tree blocked Main Street in Kew Gardens Hills requiring massive effort to clear the roadway.

Photo by Sergey Kadinsky

Far Rockaway resident Binyamin Gitnik and his mother Aviva Goldman survey the storm’s aftermath near Beach 9th Street.

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The end of summer is a time of cam-paigns, when we are faced with back to school mania, primary elections,

purchasing High Holiday seats, checking to make sure we have fl ood in-surance against Nor’easters so powerful they make Irene look like a trickle. The weeks of comfort dwindle as we count off Re’eh, Shoftim, Ki Teitze… like stations on a train line as we approach our fi nal destination, where our deeds are held to account.

Amid the stress, three local women, under the guidance of Rabbi Dovid Weinberger of Lawrence, launched the widely promoted Acts of Kind-ness initiative. This community generously opens its lawns for benefi t concerts serving a variety of causes, where Yeshiva Gedolah of Five Towns students keep up the eruv each week, Hatzalah trucks blare to the rescue, Madraigos and Priority-1 maintain Torah observance among our teens, while Project Inspire spreads Torah observance to the wider public. Kulanu looks out for the special needs that go beyond the parents’ abilities, and Achiezer appears to fulfi ll al-most anything related to crisis. Perhaps we missed out on an organization? Of course we did, there are so many acts of kindness in the community.

As each of us adopts a top cause, put-ting our hands, time, and funds into it, we should not neglect interpersonal relations and the ability to help each other. Each of us has stories where we have provided or received kindness. Rabbi Paysach Krohn is

a leading maggid living among us, collect-ing thousands of stories of kindness for his books and lectures. Likewise, Charlie Hara-ry, a man of many professions, but to most

of us, he is better known as an inspiring storyteller. Within the 40 days of Elul and the Yamim Noraim, our community can add to their collection of stories.

It’s simple. We will listen, guide, lift, feed, host, watch, guard, comfort, teach, and more. As the yamim noraim approach, many of us will make calls, asking for mech-ila but not remembering the specifi cs. This year, we

can accompany this perfunctory phone call with acts of kindness. What can this news-paper do at this time? We will continue to promote gemilut chasadim on these pages.

On occasion, notices of the numerous fundraising concerts and dinners do not reach us, and we must catch up after the event. When an advertisement or invitation gets lost, we still write about the event in our news coverage and community calen-dar.

A newspaper is a business, but it is also a mission with a message. We do so with accuracy and to the benefi t of those fi ne institutions and individuals. When we have missed the mark, we enter this month with pause, and ask for mechila. In Elul, Rabbi Weinberger best summarizes the mission. “Our chesed will bring rachamim from above. It will tip the scales in our favor.”

OpinionEditorial

Month of community kindness L et’s just have Tishri. Sound the shofar, wear the white, beat the chest, bend the knee and round the challah. Why do we need Elul? Why don’t we just jump into the pomp and the pomegranate, the penance and the

piyyut? Why do we need Elul? Say the slichos and the ‘sorrys,’ shlep out the tshuvas and shlug kaparos. Why do we need Elul? Don the kittel and dip the apple, really fast and release the vows. Why do we need Elul? Get the Chazan, open the Machzor and make shehechiyanu.Why do we need Elul? Cook the teiglach and cast thetashlich. Why do we need Elul? Let’s just start Tishri.Get the book; write the name, eat the honey cake andseal it. Why do we need Elul?

I recently heard about a groom, on the day beforehis wedding, who noticed that the ring was missing. He searched and searched and could not fi nd it. Hethen came to realize that perhaps the unthinkable hap-pened; perhaps his pet dog swallowed the ring. He tookthe dog to the radiologist and sure enough there wasthe evidence on fi lm; a ring was sitting in the canine’sstomach.

At the wedding, under the chuppah, the groompresented to his bride an x-ray outlining a dog with a

spherical metallic object in its belly. He said to his beloved, “It’s gonna takea little time.”

Why do we need Elul? Because “it’s gonna take a little time.” We need Elul.

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It’s time to end Mike and The Mad Dog’s decade of 9/11 antisemitism denialOn 9/11/01 I was in my offi ce and re-

ceived an IM from my brother telling me of the fi rst plane crash. Taking ad-

vantage that my employer was Nickelodeon and there was a TV in my offi ce, I tuned into the news and saw what I thought was a re-play of the crash…it wasn’t a replay, it was

the second plane. Soon my entire

team crammed into my offi ce. They stared in disbelief as the news grew worse, an attack on the Pentagon, and the horror of each of Twin Towers crashing to the ground. Just thinking about it brings back memories of fear and horror.

The city felt like a prison. All bridges and tunnels leading out of Manhattan were closed. The second the news announced east side river crossings

were reopened; I rushed out of my offi ce and began to drive home.

Manhattan streets were almost devoid of cars, but traffi c moved slowly because they were packed with dazed people trying to make their way out of the city. It was a surre-al picture reminiscent of those movies where Godzilla’s attacking Tokyo. The 59th Street

Bridge was no different, dazed people, strug-gling to get off the island prison, desperate for the “safety” of Queens.

From my high perch on the bridge, I looked out to what would soon be known as ground zero and saw an impenetrable curtain of black over the East River. The air seeping into my car had a “smoky” taste and a texture like sand paper.

The next day I also drove to work, almost as an act of defi ance toward the terrorists. Memory of the drive home on 9/12 is just as vivid, not because of another terrorist in-cident, but because of something I heard on the radio.

On the way home I tuned into to Sports radio station WFAN and their afternoon stars, Mike Francesa and Chris Mad Dog Russo. Instead of talking sports that after-noon, the two launched a fact deprived com-mentary blaming Israel and American Jews for the horrible attacks the day before. Russo said (Francesca agreed) that American Jews needed to prove their loyalty as Americans; choose between Israel, which Mike called “a failed experiment,” and the U.S.”

How Did WFAN react to this blatant Anti-semitism? One would think that they would have reacted strongly, as they did six years later by fi ring Don Imus, their number one money-maker, for calling the Rutgers girls basketball team “nappy-headed hos.”

Sadly WFAN reacted by sweeping it un-der the rug while the pair of bigots denied it ever happened. The station ignored my com-

plaints and those of other listeners, includ-ing NY Post columnist Phil Mushnick.

Flooded with calls, the ADL sent a letter to the station which said in part:

“Since September 12th, ADL offi ces in the tri-state area have been fl ooded with calls complaining about comments made by “Mike and the Mad Dog” show hosts Mike Francesa and Chris Russo. The complaints focus on the hosts suggesting the motive behind the World Trade Center attack is U.S. support for the State of Israel or, more importantly, sug-gesting a divided loyalty for American Jews between our country and Israel.”

The ADL never received a response from their letter:

“From: ADL Media [mailto:[email protected]]

Sent: Tuesday, November 03, 2009 11:42 AM

Subject: RE: Abraham H. Foxman’s let-ter to WFAN in 2001

As far as we can recollect, we had no response from WFAN”

To this day the two deny what thousands heard with their own ears.

When the NY Post’s Mushnick wrote about the incident in the weeks after 9/11, the sports talkers used some of their radio time to express their denial.

Mushnick wrote in 2002: “… Francesa’s claim that I fabricated

quotes, then attributed them to him is a total lie because I never quoted either Francesa or Russo in that column. I couldn’t quote them

because WFAN claimed that it did not tape that particular segment.

But I did hear them - fi rst-hand, not “sec-ond or third-hand” - then wrote a column critical of them for characterizing the 9/11 attacks as the fault of Israel, and by exten-sion, American Jews……The fact that no tape was, in Francesa’s words, “ever found” - he failed to mention WFAN’s claim not to have taped the segment I wrote about - was used by Francesa, Monday, as proof that I fabricated a story about him.”

Like most Americans who suffered through those horrible days, the sounds, tastes and pictures of the horrible attack em-bedded in my memory. On 9/12 most Ameri-cans, stood united against the hatred of al Qaeda. But here in New York, two sportscast-ers on WFAN chose not to stand against ha-tred, but to create even more.

In a few days we will commemorate the tenth anniversary of that horror. It is about time WFAN, Francessa and Russo fess up and apologize for their hatred. If you agree please contact WFAN program manager Eric Spitz here [email protected] or call the station at212-314-9200 to comment on Francesa. For Mr. Russo you can call his new home Sirrus/XM corporate offi ces @ 212-584-5100. Tellthem a decade of denial is enough. Frances-sa and Russo should fess up and apologize.

Jeff Dunetz is the Editor/Publisher of the political blog “The Lid” (www.jeffdunetz.com).

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In describing the formula for how we turn to our teachers for guidance and for psak (rabbinic decisions in Jewish law), the Torah enjoins us to follow the rulings that are handed to us. As many a rabbi will tell you in conversation, “Are we just having a discussion? Or are you asking me what to do? Because if you are asking a ‘shay-lah,’ you have to follow what I tell you. Whereas if we are just having a conver-sation, you will go home and decide for yourself what is the best avenue to pursue in this matter.”The Torah says “Based on the Torah which they show you and the ruling they will tell you to follow, do not veer from what they tell you right or left.” (Devarim 17:11)This enigmatic passage is the base for some discussion in the Midrash, and much more amongst commentators.Rashi, based on Shir HaShirim Raba and

the Pesikta, explains quite literally that you must listen when they tell you right is left and left is right, and certainly when they tell you right is right and left is left. Ram-ban elaborates, saying that you might think they are totally wrong, but if they have the halakhic insight you do not possess, they must be listened to [pre-sumably in matters of halakha – rather than

for every question under the sun].The Riva (Yitzchak ben Avraham, a Tosaf-ist) asks an obvious question. What if they are totally out to lunch? What if they are saying that something that is forbidden is permitted, that something which is tameh is really tahor? He answers his own ques-tion, saying that in such a case it would be wrong to listen to them. The examples he brings are more along the lines of when there are two legitimate opinions and the scholar sides with an approach which might be objectionable, but is valid. Obviously declaring a horse to be a tahor animal would not fi t into such a rubric (my example). But saying that we should not blow shofar on Rosh Hashanah that falls on shabbos is a decree which is valid (Riva’s example).I would like to offer a different approach, equally literal, yet considerably more homiletical, based on the well-known sug-gestion of Maimonides at the beginning of Hilkhot De’ot – the laws of Worldliness.When the verse says “Do not veer from what they tell you right or left,” perhaps they mean “do not veer too much, neither to the right nor to the left.” In other words: don’t be an extremist, be a moder-ate. Take a stand, but don’t go crazy.The Rambam famously wrote, “The proper

path is the middle road from every choice a person has in front of him. It is equidis-tant from the two extremes, and is not ‘almost’ one or the other. The early schol-ars commanded us to follow this road of moderation in order to live a more fulfi ll-ing existence. For example, don’t be easy to anger, but also don’t be a stiff with no emotions. Find a middle road. Save anger for a really big deal, so it will [hopefully] not come up again. Otherwise be easygo-ing…”The key is moderation, and avoidance of extremism.In our times, this is very easily under-stood, because the image the Torah uses to describe the directions in which a person can turn (right or left) are the actual terms used to describe the place on the religious or philosophical (and even political) scale on which a person’s approach to life might lie.The Torah’s instruction, therefore, is not to lean too far to the right, or too far to the left, but to fi nd a more centrist viewpoint that is far more moderate and far less extreme.This is a highly signifi cant message for all of us to take home. Too often, people rush to a rabbi for guidance on every mat-ter under the sun. Too often, people on one extreme try to “outfrum” themselves (separate yichud rooms at a wedding comes to mind). At the same time, people on the other extreme tend to push the envelope as far as they can, to see how far then can take certain practices before be-ing called on them and being subsequently persuaded that “this far is OK, but this far is crossing the line.”We should not be looking to churn out clones and carbon copies. Every person is created in the image of G-d, is a unique individual, and should therefore make a unique mark in the world.But the underlying philosophy that should work for everyone, is that of Maimonides. While we will not agree on everything, we work hard to change our approach to life and Judaism. There need not be a negative attitude towards others, trying to either get others’ goat or make their lives diffi cult. Nor should we push the envelope to such a degree that will spark namecall-ing, lashon hara, animosity, or worst of all, hatred.Taking the road less traveled may make all the difference to Robert Frost. But taking the middle road – not too much to the right and not too much to the left – is what makes all the difference in creating a wholesome Jewish experience.

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The middle road

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On an unassuming suburban block in Rockville Center, Dr. Herbert Ausubel’s home has a lawn matching the neatness of his neighbors, but inside is a mixture of medical knowledge, world music, and fi ne art. The soft-spo-ken Ausubel, 80, speaks in length about a family name stretching back to biblical times, one that tra-versed Turkey, Hungary, and less Jewish places in-cluding China and Mon-golia. “It’s important to know how they survived and retained their identity through faith,” Ausubel said.

Describing his newly released book “Flow-er of God” as a Jewish version of Alex Haley’s Roots, Ausubel spoke of his mixed Sephardic-Ashkenazic background, and the ancient origin of his last name. “I remember visit-ing ancient Ephesus in Turkey. There was an apothecary with the name Ausubel. Another one of my ancestors served as a physician to Suleiman the Magnifi cent, he fl ed to Vienna in the sixteenth century,” Ausubel said.

Raised in once-Jewish East New York, Au-subel’s parents treasured an heirloom scroll written by a baker in medieval Granada, Spain, from a time when it was ruled by a tolerant Muslim regime. “Since the time of the Rambam, Jews have served as chief phy-sicians for caliphs,” Ausubel said.

Following in his father’s career, Ausubel was admitted to Harvard Medical College

in 1950, one year after the school abolishedreligious quotas on incoming students. A un-dergraduate history major, Ausubel lectured the Harvard dean for six hours on his family’s history of practicing medicine, securing ac-ceptance to the school.

While tending pa-tients, he often shared his “geshichtes” with them,which eventually inspiredhim to take the stories toprint and beyond. “I had adying elderly patient and one day her daughter over-heard my stories, Ausubelsaid. “She shared my sto-ries with her boss, a mannamed Steven Spielberg.”

Ausubel was able to secure a lunch with the Hollywood director’s mother, but no word onany contracts. For now, his story is told in the book, the medical offi ce, and YouTube.

Dr. Dov Bienstock, who is Ausubel’s part-ner at his Valley Stream medical offi ce, spoke of Ausubel’s encyclopedic knowledge, as well as care for patients. “He has a following among his patients, they’re all on a fi rst namebasis,” Bienstock said. “They talk politics andhe takes care of them emotionally and psy-chologically.”

Speaking about the origin of his last name, Ausubel describes a plant, the ezov, used in the Holy Temple as well as medicinal purposes. The plant forms the root in his last name and book title. “The hyssop is a fl owerconverted into s spice, but it could also beused as an antiseptic. You could say that it’s for spiritual cleansing.”

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Rabbi Krohn explained that when Moshe Rabbeinu saw the burning bush, the pasuk tells us that he “turned and saw it.” The word “turned” seems superfl uous, but it teaches us that Moshe had a personality where he turned to look at the suffering of his nation. It was because of this compassion that he was ultimately chosen to lead the Jewish people.

Harary spoke about the spiritual power of the month of Elul, explaining that the month fully spelled out as “Ani L’Dodi V’Dodi Li” [I am to my beloved and my beloved is to me], we can learn that Elul is a month that is all about love and relationships. For more infor-mation on AOK, visit arewedoingaok.com.

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Two words; two chilling words, that have haunted a generation of Israelis, Jews, and innocents around the world, were

heard yet again, piercing the peaceful quiet of the Negev desert this past week, as all too suddenly, a quiet peaceful afternoon sud-denly fi lled with the screams of the dying and the wounded as Arab Hamas-sponsored

terrorists once again targeted the innocent in a horrifi c series of attacks.

Ten years ago on the twentieth of Av, the two words the suicide bomber shouted as he detonated his deadly bomb belt in the Jeru-salem S’barro’s Pizzeria I happened to be sitting in were :

“Allahhu’ Akbar” “G-d is Great”.

For a long time after that attack, and ever since, these two words captured my imagina-tion.

Think about it: here is a person, who be-lieves he is making the ultimate sacrifi ce for G-d, and interestingly enough Jewish tradi-tion is clearly of the opinion that Muslims and Jews share the same, one G-d. So the G-d he is speaking to, or at least thinks he is

speaking to, is the same G-d we speak to. And in his mind, he believes deeply in G-d and is committing the ultimate act of faith and self-sacrifi ce in the name of… G-d. And he is living the ideal that no less than a hundred million Muslims agree with, and perhaps even aspire to.

So how do you argue with that? After all, faith is a pretty subjective thing; hundreds of millions of people have been murdered and even butchered in the name of that same G-d, and if that’s where faith leads you, may-be we’d be better off without G-d and all of his fanatical followers?

Of course, a world with no G-d isn’t much better. At the beginning of the 20th cen-tury, with the dawn of enlightenment and the weakening and perhaps even (from a Western global perspective) marginalization of organized religion, the pundits foresaw a brave new world embracing an enlightened social order. Communism and socialism pre-dicted that once mankind put aside their dif-ferences and all shared the burden of creat-ing a better world along with its imminent rewards we would discover cures for all the diseases ravaging the world, solve poverty, and end all confl icts. In fact, the First World War was called “the war to end all wars”, and the league of Nations was created, deter-mined to see an end to all confl icts and usher in a world of peace and harmony. Yet, the twentieth century which witnessed amongst its confl icts Stalin’s Russia, Mao Tse’ Tung’s

China, the Holocaust, the killing fi elds of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia, and the geno-cide campaigns in Armenia and Rwanda, saw more human beings massacred than in all the previous centuries of the world com-bined. After all, if there is no G-d, then it is only man with his (by defi nition subjective) perspective who determines what is right and what is wrong.

So where does this conundrum leave us? How do we make sense of a mother and her child murdered by terrorists in the name of G-d on a long and lonely road from Eilat, as they scream and revel in the glory of … G-d? Has nothing changed since fi f-teen innocent people were murdered ten years ago by these same terrorists, a.k.a. religious fanatics? Is there hope that things ever can change?

Rav Avraham Yitzchak HaKohen Kook, the fi rst chief Rabbi of Israel (be-fore it was a state) in his article Mimrakei Emunah (literally: pollutions of faith) suggests, that all the baggage we carry with us, all the mistakes we make, and all the fl aws we so often see in those around us, all stem from our relations with and perspective of G-d. If a person’s perspective of G-d is fl awed, then he or she will be living a fl awed life, and if a person’s relationship with G-d is healthy and balanced, then they will live a healthy and balanced life.

And one need not get to the extremes of terrorism and suicide bombers to understand this fundamental idea; this is true every time we see a newspaper headline of someone de-fi ned by the press as being ‘religious’ , caught in a very non-religious act, and we ask our-selves how a religious person could do such a thing?

Most of us will often simplify the issue by suggesting that the person in question is not really religious if they could embezzle mon-ey, lie in court, or abuse their fellow human being.

But that’s not really true, because when those same people are in shul (synagogue) on Yom Kippur, going to great lengths to honor and respect their parents, helping the needy or even dancing with a Torah scroll on the festival of Simchat Torah, they are liv-ing a deeply religious experience. Yet when they are embezzling money from orphans or slandering their fellow human being they are committing a deeply irreligious act. Much as we would often like to, putting people into a black or white box of ‘religious’ or ‘not reli-gious’ is an oversimplifi cation of the human and religious experience; people are more complex than that.

What Rav Kook is suggesting is that in any action or experience, the root of the issueis where G-d is in the equation. If a person was experiencing a clean, healthy balanced relationship and connection with G-d, they would not be capable of experiencing such an irreligious moment at the same time. In-deed this is the essence of perhaps the high-est level of a healthy relationship with G-d, known as Yirat Shamayim. Often, people translate this as ‘ Fear of Heaven’. But the root of Yirah could be re’eh, which means to see. If we could see G-d in every moment we

would not lose our selves,in any moment.

What remains then, is the decision to attemptthat journey; to explorewhat we think G-d reallyis, and how we develop a healthy relationship withG-d. So often, when the topic of G-d comes up,people debate whether G-d exists, or whether G-dis ethical, especially af-ter events like those thatstruck Israel this week.

But in order to decidewhether we believe in G-d,we fi rst have to decidewhat we think G-d is, and

whether G-d is even relevant in our lives, and that takes a lot of work. Judaism sug-gests that given the fact that G-d is beyond our comprehension, the only way we couldbegin an attempt to understand the nature of G-d and how we can relate to what G-d wants of us, is if no less than G-d him/her-self tellsus how to do it. For too long we have ne-glected the essence of this journey; perhaps it is time we consider the value of strugglingwith this question. Obviously the Torah’s pa-rameters of what human ethics are meant to be, and how we can pursue a deeper relation-ship with G-d, preclude the erroneous con-clusions of the suicide bomber. But that stillleaves us with the challenge of deciding what that relationship is indeed meant to be. And perhaps the fi rst place to begin the journey, is with our selves.

With prayers for a speedy recovery for the wounded, and nechama (comfort) for those who have so suddenly and tragically losttheir loved ones, and the hope that perhaps one day soon we will be able to experience a world where such pain is no longer a part of our experience,

Shabbat Shalom from Jerusalem.

Rav Binny Freedman, Rosh Yeshivat Orayta in Jerusalem’s Old City is a Company Com-mander in the IDF reserves, and lives in Efratwith his wife Doreet and their four children. His weekly Internet ‘Parsha Bytes’ can be found at www.orayta.org

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On Sept. 7, Priority-1 and Yeshiva Zichron Aryeh, which are based in the Five Towns and Far Rockaway, will hold their 24th anniversary dinner. Founded in 1987 in Cedarhurst, Priority-1 addresses “at-risk” teen-agers, those who feel alienated by the Jewish educa-tional system, and more susceptible towards reckless behavior. Yeshiva Zichron Aryeh and its Kollel Ner Ye-hoshua, is a mainstream yeshiva located in Bayswater, NY with a program of advanced Torah learning, which also provides extensive training to students to prepare them for the world of Jewish education.

Through its Community Training Initiative, Prior-ity-1 provides free professional counseling for parents, teachers and students, in preventing substance abuse, addressing psychological needs, and learning disabili-ties. The Jewish Star spoke with founder and dean Rab-bi Shaya Cohen on Priority-1’s mission in strengthening observance among teens that are born observant.

SERGEY KADINSKY: What is the best-known aspect of Priority-1? How do you identify signs of at-risk be-havior?

RABBI SHAYA COHEN: We’ve pioneered that fi eld with our alternative high school, the Torah Academy High School. It’s for young men whose needs were not being met in other schools; those who’ve found them-selves pulled from the classrooms. We’ve given them insights and guidance. The key to recognizing this prob-lem is to train teachers and parents to understand their needs, temptations and diffi culties. The students deal with these issues. We’ve recognized the early signs of drifting.

SK: How does Priority-1 promote a positive image of the Torah among teens who are “drifting” from the Torah?

SC: The strongest insurance policy that we have against drinking, drug abuse, and gambling, among other addictions, is an appreciation of the Torah lifestyle and its benefi ts.

SK: What makes for a positive and inspiring learning experience?

SC: The learning experience has to be very interac-tive, more than lectures for a generation that was raised on sound bites. Lectures are not our mode of choice and as you can see, schools are no longer building huge lec-ture halls, but smaller rooms for sessions. We teach that the Torah will benefi t you and is a source of happiness.

SK: From a nonobservant point of view, the Torah has so many restrictions. How can this be interpret-ed as a positive thing?

SC: It gives a person a good feeling to be able to con-trol and maintain their behavior. Thinking is exciting. The Torah stimulates answers to diffi cult questions. Par-ents know their children are special, but when a strang-er recognizes “I am special,” it makes them feel good.

SK: Is there a fear that a student who attended a program for at-risk teens would be stigmatized?

SC: Our program is geared towards mainstreaming the students. This includes our yeshiva in Israel and post-high school yeshiva and Kollel programs.

The dinner will take place on Sept. 7 at Lawrence Country Club at 7 p.m. For more information, contact 516-295-5700 or visit www.priority-1.org.

Priority-1 marks 24th year in counseling and educating:

An interview with founder Rabbi Shaya Cohen

Rabbi Tzvi Wachsman raises a point with students at the To-rah Academy High School

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Sept. 4Torah Vodaath breakfastCONGREGATION OHAB ZEDEK, located at 134-01 Rockaway Beach Boulevard in Belle Harbor, is hosting an annual breakfast reception to benefi t Yeshiva & Mesvita Torah Vodaath. Rabbi Fischel Schachter, the noted Dial-a-Daf lecturer will be speaking on the topic of Elul- Z’man Teshuvah. The event begins at 8:45 a.m. for more informa-tion, contact 718-474-3300.

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Sept. 7Anniversary DinnerPRIORITY-1 is holding its 24th anniversary dinner at Lawrence Country Club, located at 101 Cause-way in Lawrence, honoring its programs aimed at retaining Torah observance among at-risk teens, including its Torah Academy High School, Yeshiva Zichron Aryeh and Community training Institute. The event begins at 7 p.m. For reservations and information, contact 516-295-5700.

Sept. 13-15Nesenoff fi lm premiereSIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER, will be showing a fi lm by The Jewish Star’s publisher David F. Nesenoff at its Museum of Tolerance, located at 226 East 42 Street in Manhattan. The fi lm “Three Thousand Miles” documents Nesenoff’s

travels across the county discussing the topic of anti-Semitism. The screenings will be on Sept. 13, 14, and 15 at 6:30 p.m. To reserve your free seat, contact [email protected] or contact Da-vid F. Nesenoff at [email protected]

Sept. 17Elul KumsitzYOUNG ISRAEL OF LAWRENCE-Cedarhurst, located at 8 Spruce Place in Cedarhurst, is holding a special Elul Kumzitz featuring divrei Torah from Rav Moshe Weinberger and the music of Yonatan Razel, composer of V’hi Sheh’amda. The kumzitz will take place on Motzai Shabbos, at 9:30 p.m. Admission is $15. The seating will be separate.

For more information, contact 516-569-3324.

Sept. 20Harry & Eddie: Birth of IsraelJCC OF THE GREATER FIVE TOWNS presents Harry & Eddie: The Birth of Israel, a play by Mark Weston on the relationship between President Harry S. Truman and his Jewish friend Eddie Ja-cobson, who was infl uential in Truman’s decision to recognize the state of Israel. The event will be at Temple Israel, located at 140 Central Avenue in Lawrence. Weston will answer questions from the audience after the play. The event begins

at 8 p.m. Tickets cost $18. For reservations and information, call 516-569-6733.

OngoingProject Child after-schoolSAMUEL FIELD YM-YWHA is offering Project Child, an after-school program for children ages 5-15 with ADD, ADHD, Asperger’s syndrome, learning disabilities, and high-functioning within the Au-tism Spectrum. This program operates during the school year at the Bay Terrace Center, located at 212-00 23rd Avenue in Bayside. Homework help and snack are provided daily, as well as educational and recreational activities. Events are held daily from 2:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. during the school year. For fees, registration and more information, contact Meredith Zylberberg at 718-423-6111 ext. 228 or [email protected]

Community Bais MedrashYOUNG ISRAEL OF QUEENS VALLEY, located at 141-55 77 Avenue in Kew Gardens Hills is hosting a weekly Torah learning event for men, where men may learn on any Torah topic of choice with a kollel member of Yeshivas Chofetz Chaim. The learning takes place every Wednesday from 8:15 p.m. to 9:15 p.m. For more information, contact Rabbi Noach Rabovsky at 561-702-9351 or [email protected]

Great Neck Sisterhood “Flower Power Fundraising”GREAT NECK SYNAGOGUE, located at 26 Old Mill Road in Great Neck has an account with Flower Power Fundraising and encourages the public to place orders at fl owerpowerfundraising.com under the name “Sisterhood of Great Neck Synagogue.” 50 percent of every purchase on this website foes to synagogue’s sisterhood. For more information, contact 516-487-6100.

Membership Drive THE SUBURBAN PARK JEWISH CENTER, located at 400 Old Westbury in East Meadow, is conduct-ing a membership drive. The Jewish Center has the lowest membership dues in the area and membership includes free Hebrew School tuition and free High Holy Days tickets. There is no building fund and special discounts are offered to new members. For more information, call the synagogue at 516-796-8833.

Dr. Joseph Frager (L) and Dr. Paul Brody, who brought Glenn Beck to the Knes-set last month, together with Odeleya Jacobs (not shown), for a Hasbara cam-paign for Israel and the Jewish people, fl ank Glenn Beck in Jerusalem, who or-ganized a series of rallies from August 21-24 to speak out to the world on behalf of Israel and the Jewish people. Beck’s Knesset presentation was coordinated with Knesset Deputy Speaker, MK Danny Danon, (2nd from right) and MK Nis-sim Ze’ev (not shown). At right is Nitsana Darshan-Leitner of Shurat HaDin-Is-rael Law Center who represents hundreds of terror victims and is credited with stopping the fl otilla from Greece by legal means. During a masterful oratorical presentation, Glenn Beck proclaimed that he would be the fi rst to literally give his life for the State of Israel and its people.

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W ith this summer’s unusual earthquake and a hurricane now safely behind us, our minds and reading habits are

shifting towards the high holidays and new school year. Even for many of us who do not have children in school anymore, our interest in education transcends generations and is the hallmark of our sacred faith.

With this in mind, there are three wonder-ful books that I wish to bring to your atten-tion, all themed towards education, unique in their presentment yet united in the Chas-sidic point of view on the topic.

Two of the books are published by the Crown Heights-based Kehot Publication So-ciety; and the third by Gal Einai of Kfar Chabad in Israel. They share a passion of edu-cation as an enhance-ment instrument in the service to G-d in an in-formed and intelligent manner.

“The Principles of Education and Guid-

ance” fi rst published in 1990 with a second revised printing in 2010 is a treatise by Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn, of blessed mem-ory. This discourse was fi rst written and de-livered in 1898 in Yiddish, and fi rst published in Hebrew in 1944 entitled, Klalei Hachinuch Vehahadracha. A half century later it was translated in English for wider dissemina-tion.

Among the topics addressed in this work are the following:

The student’s character; and classifi cation of people based on four determinants to in-

clude Torah scholars, business people, class, and place of residence. These distinctions are further broken down and evaluated as to their impact upon education. The section on the environment, poverty and wealth has an uncanny contemporary ring to it. The role of the educator is addressed in terms of an edu-cator’s self-understanding of his or her own limitations, as well as those of their charges, and of the impact these factors have upon the total educational picture.

The second work is an anthology from the works of Rabbi Menachem M. Scheerson, of blessed memory, and is titled, “The Educa-tor’s Privilege”, compiled by Rabbi Eliyahu Friedman and translated by Rabbi Aryeh Leib Solomon [2010].

This work is organized into six parts, deal-ing with the obligation of education, the hap-py lot of the educator – a must read for every teacher and administrator, the uniqueness of chinuch as a sacred calling, the legacy of the previous six rebbes as spiritual role models in education, the role that words of encourage-ment can have upon the education of a child, and lastly, fi ve brief essays on the role of the festivals in education.

These writings by the late rebbe provide for all of us a series of inspiring teachings that should help to further encourage all of us in dedicating much of our communal re-sources to guaranteeing to our youth the best quality education.

What makes this work so special is the inclusion of a philosophy and values system in the rebbe’s remarks that help frame those teachings by giving them, and the readers in turn, a better appreciation as to what really is education in the eyes and mind, as well as heart of our sacred faith.

The third book is titled “The Art of Educa-

tion” [2005] written by American-born Rab-bi Yitzchak Ginsburgh, a graduate of Yeshiva University, where he received an MS in math in 1965. Soon after graduating, he made aliya to Israel where he took on a career in teaching and lecturing on mysticism and Jewish theology, relating them to contempo-rary subjects and disciplines in science, poli-tics, the arts, and psychology.

The book under review is a very compli-cated one wherein the author attempts to weave together his concepts of what consti-tutes education and relates it to various kab-balistic concepts and teachings as well as its application to a values system that all work in tandem with his view of what the Jewish

religion and the education of its youth con-stitutes.

Studded throughout is an uncanny ele-ment of self-refl ection and a sharp attemptat giving the reader the impression that kab-balistic teachings are at the heart of Jewishtheology, something that to this writer is of dubious credibility.

Nevertheless, this work deserves your at-tention if education is of interest to you for herein Rabbi Ginsburgh presents an interest-ing take in the book’s fi rst section titled, “The Roots of Education”, especially where he develops his take on Abraham as a model educator, the role of prayer, willpower, andself-discovery.

Read, enjoy, and learn.

The Kosher Bookworm

It’s Labor Day. Can school be not too far ahead?

Alan Jay Gerber

I t is a plus that so many kosher restaurants have stellar menus. But that makes it diffi cult to choose just a few items to try. That is why I love the growth of multiple

course tasting menus that allow you to try a smaller quan-tity of a number of items. These menus succeed in providing a snapshot of a restaurant’s culinary style. One of the fi rst kosher dining establishments to integrate a tasting selection on their menu was Mike’s Bistro on the Upper West Side of

Manhattan.A comfortable but classic American

Fusion style restaurant, the bistro is styled with raw brick and blond wood. The ambiance manages to strike the ever-important balance between high-end dining and friendly neighborhood restaurant. Mike’s provides plenty of el-bowroom at its tables so that you never feel like your meal or company is over-crowding you. I sat down to my meal knowing that I would be eating the sev-en course tasting menu, and expecting a positive experience, what I didn’t ex-pect was to be blown away by the food that Mike’s Bistro presented me with.

The small cup of porcini mushroom consommé tasted like a hot distilled essence of mushroom with an earthy depth of fl avor that opened up that pal-

ate putting me in the mood to eat more I was then served a grilled watermelon and tomato salad with endives and bal-samic. Though very different tasting, the sweetness of the balsamic, watermelon and tomato harmoniously combined the various elements in the dish. Next was a red snapper with a corn sauce and a sofrito of onion and pepper.

The fi sh had a crispy skin and perfectly fl aky meat. The

light fl avors were enhanced by the addition of the corn sauce making this an amazingly light but fl avorful dish. Three dish-es in and I was cruising. The portion sizes were very man-ageable and the progression of dishes was well thought out so that it capitalized on what fl avors the palate would want after each successive dish. Fourth in line was gnocchi with a chicken and duck confi t and portabella mushrooms. The gnocchi was light and airy, soaking up the delicious fl avor of the confi t. This was by far my favorite Mike’s Bistro item. My fi rst entree course consisted of an oven-roasted chicken breast served over beluga lentils and black truffl es with a small side of English peas, baby corn and apple cider au jus.

The chicken breast was impossibly moist, going perfectly with the earthy fl avor of the lentils and the mild sweetness of the peas. Tying it all together was the mild acidity that came from the apple cider au jus. This was a truly amazing take on roast chicken and what made it even better was the knowledge that I would usually not order a chicken dish at arestaurant that serves red meat.

Having tried Mike’s Bistro’s oven roasted chicken breast however I will have to rethink the way I order the next time I go there. By course number six I didn’t even feel like slow-ing down. I was given a braised boneless short rib with sweetpotato, kale and cilantro turnip sauce. The rib was cooked to perfection and literally melted in my mouth. Its fl avor was sweet but robust and quite phenomenal. I particularly like the kale and an alternative to something more common like spinach but I did feel that the sweet potato felt a little redun-dant in both fl avor and texture. The may also be because I am personally not the hugest fan of sweet potato. The mealconcluded with a simple yet delicious mango sorbet and a fresh blueberry crunch. It was just the right amount of sweet to end the meal.

At the end of these seven courses I had a defi nite snap shot of what Mike’s Bistro’s food is all about. It’s about creatingsimple home-style dishes with elegance and sophistication. It makes all of the food have a comforting feel to it whilemaintaining an upscale personality. Mostly I was impressedthat after seven courses I felt full but not so much that I was bursting at the seams. There was a particular attention given to insure that everything presented was done so with serious skill and thought as to complimentary fl avor profi les and the consumers palate. Should you fi nd yourself going to Mike’s Bistro I strongly urge you to call ahead and order the seven course-tasting menu. I also would recommend splurging the extra twenty dollars and including the wine paring with your tasting. If and when you go make sure to stop and say hello because I will defi nitely be their enthusiastically eating thegnocchi

Zechariah Mehler is a widely published food writer and ex-pert in social marketing. Follow him on Twitter @thekosher-critic

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Dear Aviva,My close friend just told me that his father is nearing the

end. I have been very close with him ever since his father was diagnosed with cancer several years ago, and I can’t stop thinking about him now. How can I be supportive of my friend while allowing him to undergo his personal grieving process? What should I be doing?

-Feeling Friend

Dear Feeling Friend,Your friend is lucky to have you—you are someone who is

thinking of him, who wants to be supportive on your friend’s terms, and you are one who realizes your limitations and seeks guidance for the sake of another.

Now, to answer your question: I can’t answer it. I have no idea what your friend needs, but I believe there is one way to fi nd this answer.

It is to be a daily presence in his life in some fashion or another. If you pop in, call, text or email, you will be more likely to fi gure out what your friend needs. Often, someone in your friend’s situation doesn’t even know what he will need that day until the moment of need arises. That is why I think you should be pushy in a gentle way here—so that when your friend needs someone or something, all he will have to do is text back, “Yes please.”

Additionally, a person’s life is so rocky during this sort of time that your daily check-in can serve as one of the few constants that your friend can rely on.

So how can we make this whole thing of you actually

helping him happen? Well, fi rst rule is to cut out the vague style of offering assistance. Be direct. “What can I do for you now?” “Can I do a shift in the hospital?” “How can I help you today?” “I’m in the neighborhood. What can I pick up for you?” “Would you like me to ___?”

Some people are stuck playing martyr and have a very hard time asking for or accepting help. So you can either chalk it up and say to yourself, “I’m doing my part, and it’s his choice whether or not to take the bait,” or you can try to make it look like he is doing you the favor. Not an easy task when someone is clearly in need. You can also sneak things in, like when you offer to park his car after driving with him to the hospital, go the extra mile and fi ll up the tank with gas and don’t even mention it. You cannot imagine how much little things mean when a person is putting his life on hold to watch a loved one pass on.

Even if he doesn’t take you up on things outright, your effort will mean something to him. If he keeps refusing your help excessively, it may mean that you need to step back and give him space. Don’t stop suddenly, and don’t get all huffy on him. Instead, tell him that you want to be there for him, but you don’t want to smother him. Let him know that you will tone it down but are still eager to help him in any way.

And now for the help with grieving: The grieving is al-ready starting and you can help him by using your ears. You will have to catch snippets of this randomly. As you pass him a take-out menu, he may let out, “I never thought I would see my father so feeble.” That’s when you put your keys down and look at your friend and give him a chance to continue talking. Don’t try to make it better, because you cannot. Just

sit with it. Another word of caution—before getting any third par-

ties involved to help your friend, run it by him. He may re-ally appreciate it, but if he doesn’t then you would be addingunnecessary stress to his life by hooking him up with mealsfrom the shul. Especially if you know that he’d be more than ok with a Honey BBQ steak sandwich from Shnitzel Time.

So, Feeling Friend, continue feeling. These feelings, acted out, will catapult you two from friends to family.

-Aviva

Aviva Rizel is a Marriage and Family Therapist in private practice that can be reached at 347-292-8482 or [email protected].

Ask Aviva

Supportive and grieving

By Ariel Rosenbloom

A zoning variance appeal by HAFTR gained the Lawrence Village Board of Ap-peals’ approval, moving forward the expan-sion plans for the school’s gym on Washing-ton Avenue. “The building does have a gym but that gym is woefully inadequate on many levels,” said HAFTR’s attorney Ronald Gold-man. “In terms of its size, in terms of facili-tating and allowing spectators.”

With an expanded gym, HAFTR would be able to play regulation games on home turf. Goldman said that traffi c would not be a con-cern, as the number of spectators would re-main the same, even as the number of games at the future facility picks up. “The current gym will not be attracting more people, it will just be facilitating the activities that much more.”

In addition to interior expansion, this vari-ance will also give birth to a sports facility that is both accessible and simply devoid of causing any possible interference with Cen-tral Avenue traffi c and the nearby residents.

Under architect John Capobianco’s design, there will be more parking spots on Frost Lane, where the buses are usually parked, re-ducing competition for on-street parking on nearby streets. “There were 38 existing park-ing spaces existing north of Washington and now there’s an additional 75 which would be on the existing academy area,” Capobi-anco said. “The way the gym works is that it’s an addition to the existing school. This is attached to the elementary school, you have access through the elementary school and there are additional outlets in the back so that the visiting team and spectators can come in through the back rather than walk-ing in through the school.”

HAFTR’s appeal was backed by Congrega-tion Beth Sholom, the Lawrence-Cedarhurst

Fire Department and the Brandeis School, drafting letters of support for the gym expan-sion. “Whether it be to neighbors, adjoining facilities or institutions, the new gym would be put in a location that would absolutely have no detriment to the community,” Gold-man said. “In times past, people were con-cerned in terms of height. It’s all being con-sistent and it’s all interior so there won’t be any impact on anyone, certainly no impact on the environment.”

HAFTR’s previous attempts at accommo-dating its growing student body include a brief partnership with Rambam Mesivta (and later on Shalhevet), in forming the Machon HaTorah sports and academic facility. At the Sept. 2008 groundbreaking ceremony, the new “Torah and Athletic Center” that would have hosted sports games, shiurim, minyanim and assemblies for all three Machon HaTorah Divisions. Unfortunately, those plans remain in the ground to this day.

Goldman and Capobianco argued that the new facility would produce an upward effect on the neighborhood’s market value. “People would want to move into the com-munity knowing that it has a school with these facilities,” Capobianco said. “Just by virtue of its location and where it is, next to Beth Sholom and with the Brandeis School behind it, it’s in an area where its commen-surate with the space.”

Lawrence Village approves HAFTR gym expansion

Photo courtesy of John Capobianco

Architectural rendering of the proposed HAFTR gym expansion.

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Across1. Year during the Geonic period5. Pitches9. Metal wastes14. Typical Al Jazeera viewer15. Unnamed others, briefl y16. ___ incognita17. Jerome who composed “Smoke Gets in Your Eyes”18. “That’s ___!” (angry retort)19. Empire that destroyed the Second Temple20. Rosh Hashana snack23. Used cars, say24. Tamar’s second husband25. Nonkosher lunch, for short26. Slip a Mickey to28. Levin who wrote “The Stepford Wives”31. Midrash on Numbers and Deuter-onomy34. Righteous gentile Miep35. Injure badly36. 1938 meeting to discuss refugees39. Technion trial40. ___ Israel (D.C. synagogue)41. “I Stand Here Ironing” author Tillie42. Villain’s laugh43. ___ HaTorah (outreach organiza-tion)44. One-time bane of refuseniks45. Title for Heinrich Heine47. Halachist Moses Isserles51. Most widely circulated newspaper in Israel54. Wall Street and Madison Avenue55. Sharon’s nickname56. Burden57. Grammy winner Gorme58. Series opener?59. She played Simka on “Taxi”60. Fashion designer Zac61. Complimentary ticket62. Egg cream ingredient

Down1. Senegal capital2. Blintz relative3. Gefi lte fi sh fi shes4. Golden Age of Spain commentator Dunash5. Child’s china6. “___ Shrugged” (Ayn Rand)7. Noah’s bane8. Bob in the Olympics?9. Able to bench a lot, perhaps10. Helmsley dubbed the “Queen of Mean”11. Residents of a certain quarter of Je-rusalem’s Old City12. Like overcast weather13. Start for Diego or Francisco21. “Sea of Love” star Barkin22. Perennial Vegas winner26. Talk show hostess Shore27. Football fi eld fi gures29. Pulitzer-winning playwright Elmer30. Response to a blessing31. Actor Rogen of “Knocked Up”32. “___ pretty taste for paradox...” (line from “I Am The Very Model of a Modern Major General”)33. 20-Across alternative, at some peo-ple’s tables34. Monotheistic impossibility35. “Silent Movie” man37. Al Qahirah, to Arabs38. “The Boys of Summer” writer Kahn43. Gotten out of bed44. Business casual choice46. Cantor of American music47. Diets, with “down”48. Psychoanalysis’s fi rst patient49. Pitcher’s platform50. “Victory ___” (Rodgers score)51. Doofus52. Pack fi rmly53. “Bess, You Is My Woman,” for ex-ample54. Abbr. that applies to Eric Cantor in two ways

Answers will appear next week

The Jerusalem Post Crossword Puzzle

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The storm made a mess of the beach with sand blowing into the streets and the shore-line reaching to the board-walk.

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When the water receded there was a mess left on Broadway.

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The force of the waves knocked lifeguard headquar-ters off of its foundation and into the boadwalk.

Irene fl oods the towns

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