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THE JEWISH STARProject Frumway

Models androle modelsBy David F. Nesenoff

The NCSY and JSU Project Frumway’s fourth annual fashion show fundraiser wel-comed Jewish teenagers from across Long Is-land, Brooklyn and Westchester on March 1st at Congregation Beth Sholom in Lawrence.

The runway event which focused on mod-est fashion and tzinius honored two young women for their exemplary conduct in the

c o m m u n i t y . Amanda Esrae-lian of Roslyn High School and Pamela Goldberg of Smithtown High School re-ceived the “Jew-ish Woman Lead-ership Award.” “In one weekend I went from see-ing Shabbat as that one time during the week that I can’t use my cell phone to that one time

during the week where I could enjoy all other aspects of life,” Esraelian said of her experiences entering Jewish observance. She is presently the international president for NCSY and has had the opportunity to attend Shabbatons all over the United States.

“One of the most infl uential things I have learned from my advisors and friends is the concept of Bat Melech and dressing mod-estly,” the other Frumway honoree, Goldberg said. “I now dress in a tzanua way all of the time, but it has been a challenge dressing this way in public school and fi nding cloth-ing that is appropriate.”

NCSY’s COO Carol Rhine offered advice, as the models presented outfi ts for Back to School, Spring into Fashion and Fun in the Sun. “Tznius is not just a way to get dressed, but a way to live by.”

By Sergey Kadinsky

Arnold Breitbart has a training routine and neighbors have spotted him in shorts running in the rain, snow, and heat. On March 25, the plastic surgeon from Great Neck and his wife Viviane will be making history, running in the fi rst-ever Jerusalem Marathon. “I’ve been running for charity for years and this is an opportunity I could not pass up,” said Dr. Breitbart.

A veteran of numerous marathons, including Boston, Philadelphia, Wash-ington and Tel Aviv, he has been running in recent years on behalf of Shalva, a 20-year-old Israeli or-ganization that serves mentally and physically challenged children in Israel. Bre-itbart, 51, began run-ning back in medical school and gradu-ally increased his distances toward marathon levels. “New York has a great marathon because of its crowds, but I’ve

enjoyed them all. Every time you run, you discover new challenges,” Breitbart said.

Up until now, Israel had marathons in Tel Aviv and Tiberias, with a half-marathon in Jerusalem. But Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat is a veteran marathon runner and brought the 26.2-mile race to the Jewish capital city. “Few cities in the world can combine breathtaking inspirational views like Jerusalem’s famous historical sites and amazing landscapes into their marathon

course,” Barkat wrote on the web-site of the Jerusalem Marathon.

The route of the race will begin at the Knesset and will run past the post-modern Supreme Court building and the newly developed Mamilla neighborhood. The run will

continue to the Old City through Jaffa Gate

and out through

Zion Gate. In contrast to the relative fl at-ness of many marathons, the Jerusalem route will dip past the Sultan’s Pool and rise atop Ammunition Hill and the Armon Hanatziv Promenade before concluding at the Mount Scopus campus of Hebrew Uni-versity.

“For most people, the challenge is the distance, not the hills,” Breitbart said.

In addition to his Shalva support, Bre-itbart will also be running on behalf of Blue Card, an organization that assists holocaust survivors. “I fi rst heard about Blue Card when they put up a team in the New York City Marathon. I was instantly enamored with it because it’s so close to my heart,” Breitbart said. He is running in memory of his father Morris Breitbart who jumped off a Nazi deportation train bound for Treblinka and ultimately survived in a Polish farm attic.

“During the war he kept a diary. He died in 1976, and I learned about it much later,” said Breitbart of his father. After translating the diary from Polish, Breitbart published it in 2007, donating the original diary to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Mu-seum in Washington. “This diary is a trea-sure map. We visited the towns listed in the diary and we knew the name of the woman who rescued him,” Breitbart recalled.

Blue Card expects to raise $1,000 each from its dozen team members, with the proceeds to be split with Yad Vashem. Bre-itbart’s sister Shoshanna Rabkin of Bethes-da, Maryland will also be running.

Viviane Breitbart said that her hus-band’s marathon diet includes rolls with pasta, but as he gets older he concedes that speed is no longer a great priority. “Look-ing at the altitude maps, I know that it won’t be my fastest marathon,” Breitbart said. “All these years I’ve been watching him run, now I will be training and I will better understand the race by running with him,” said Viviane Breitbart. This year also marks the 25th wedding anniversary for the couple.

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By Sergey Kadinsky

The largest bakery in Jerusalem suffered a tragedy as a Romanian foreign worker named Yulia is killed in a suicide bus bomb-ing, but without a family to claim her body, it is up to the bakery’s human resources man-ager to track down the relatives and improve the image of a business accused of indiffer-ence towards its workers.

Adapted from the novel A Woman in Je-rusalem by acclaimed Israeli novelist A. B. Yehoshua, director Eran Riklis, 56, brings the story to fi lm with Mark Ivanir playing the stressed title character who is in the midst of a strained marriage, a failed relationship with his daughter, and a disappointing job. Faithful to the novel, Riklis follows the rule of keeping all the characters nameless, ex-cept for the deceased Yulia.

Riklis takes the back roads through Roma-nia, fi nding Yulia’s violent ex-husband who lives in a crumbing apartment; her teenage son, who lives with a gang amid urban ruins; and her disappointed mother, who lives in a shtetl of muddy roads. Neither has a strong connection to Yulia, as her HR manager struggles to fi nd an appropriate family mem-ber to take the body off his hands.

Gradually, the characters begin to develop emotions and empathy for the deceased and for each other, as they struggle to give Yulia a dignifi ed burial.

Shooting the fi lm over a span of just 31 days, Riklis expressed gratitude to the locals. “Romania was great. Friendly, professional and yet full of surprises,” Riklis said. Born in the U.S., Riklis spent part of his childhood in Brazil before making aliyah.

“My family came from all over, the Ukraine, Lithuania, Austria and Russia, so I guess somewhere deep inside me I knew what to expect when I came to Romania and it made the whole production easy despite the freezing weather,” Riklis said.

The fi lm opens this Friday in participat-ing local indie theaters, including Sunshine Theater on Manhattan’s Lower East Side, Malverne Theaters on Long Island, and Kew Gardens Cinemas in Queens.

Riklis’ recent fi lms have also focused on minorities in Israel. The Syrian Bride focus-es on the Druze of Golan Heights and their relationship to neighboring Syria, and The Lemon Tree focuses on a Palestinian widow’s property.

Traveling through the Romanian country-side, the fi lm shows no hints of anti-Semi-tism. Instead, the driver, the Israeli ambas-sador’s Romanian husband, the ex-husband, and the deeply Christian villagers all appear to suggest that there is a good reason why people migrate to Israel.

With a respectful burial for one of its own by the Israeli title character, perhaps the im-age of Israel could improve for the average Eastern European, as the otherwise indiffer-ent secular sabra reveals his hidden compas-sion for a colleague from work.

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GO HOME ! The inside story of what Helen Thomas

said to me at the White House saaid to me at the White House

Rabbi David Nesenoff

Rabbi Nesenoff video interviewed Helen Thomas, the dean of the Washington press corps, at the White House on May 27, 2010 when she said that the Jews should “get the hell out of Palestine” and “go home” “back to Poland and Germany”. After international furor, she subsequently retired from a career that encompassed six decades, ten U.S. presidents and an unprecedented front row seat in the White House Briefing Room.

The circumstances leading up to that moment on the White House front lawn and the events that followed are insanely outrageous, biblically miraculous and personally and globally monumental. The story is one of divine intervention, extreme coincidence, cyber hatred, media bias, anti-Jewish/Israel transparency, intense humor and profound danger.

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GOD’S SENSE OF HUMOR

MEDIA BIAS / ETHICS

INTERNET GONE VIRAL

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M erchants rushed around frantically trying to pull in customers. Shoppers dashed through dense crowds to grab

their purchases and get home while tourists observed the Friday afternoon frenzy in the Jewish shuk at Machane Yehuda. Enveloped in this unmitigated commotion of sight and sound, one man stood out in my mind. He held a long stick reaching to the ground in front of him, feeling around cautiously. He was blind.

I can’t begin to imagine the struggles of a blind person. But I can say the closest I’ve come to experiencing blindness was Thurs-day, February 17th when Yeshivat Orayta hiked through Hezekiah’s Water Tunnel. Flashlights would have been a good idea. We didn’t have a single one.

It was several steps into the tunnel when I froze. I couldn’t see anything. My heart sunk into my stom-ach as claustrophobia gripped me. I closed and opened my eyes—there was no differ-ence. I stood stunned in place, immobilized by dread. I was at the whim of the tunnel, un-able to defend myself or choose my route. I could not see my friend who had been standing inches in front of me when we entered the tunnel. I tried to feel for him with my hands. I couldn’t fi nd him. I

groped the dank stone walls cautiously, feel-ing around in all directions—to my left, right, in front of my head, by my knees, above my head. I made my way tediously slowly. Each step was a battle against excruciating anxi-ety. My hands were limited to two places at once, and in the remaining darkness I began to imagine sharp ledges jutting out of the walls, sudden drops in the ground, and low ceiling points. My hands shook with reluc-tance to venture out undefended and touch the unknown.

Then there was the noise. Voices all around were yelling. All different voices—some excited, others panicked. Mind-split-ting cacophony blasted my ears. Sounds ricocheted off the stone walls and rang shril-ly. In my moment of sightless vulnerability, the noise only deepened my confusion. I couldn’t take the noise. I needed to block the noise. I needed to do something. I started singing softly.

My voice collided with the vast commo-

tion like a child standing under a crashing wave. I held my ground. I wasn’t singing loudly, just enough to try to block out the noises throbbing in my eardrums. But after half a minute, I heard a second voice joining me from far behind. Then another joined. Suddenly I realized we were gathering vol-ume, actually battling with the jumbled yell-ing and crying. And I realized we had the upper hand. While the chaotic noise came from disjointed individuals, our singing came from a powerful group. Soon forty voices were singing together. The chorus echoed and vibrated through the stone walls. From this collective voice emanated a foundation of great security. I couldn’t see any individu-als; all I heard was one voice.

I had been walking for twenty minutes, the group carrying me along. I could hear my friend singing a couple feet in front of me, and I followed his voice. My step was easy. I felt in front with my hands, but I was really seeing with my ears. I was moving as a part of a larger group through the unknown with a great anchor pulling us all.

When sight is taken out of the equation, noise can take the foreground. Such was my experience in the tunnel and no doubt the experience of the man in the shuk. But re-ally, the noise represented far more. Clamor was the clashing of individuals in dishar-mony which turned to chaos. And singing was union into a single, mighty body that rose into a guiding beacon. That day in the tunnel, the people remained the same. Their individual voices and accents remained the same. But their decision to act together made all the difference.

Samuel Fisher grew up in Newton, Mas-sachusetts and graduated from Maimonides School in 2010. He is spending the year study-ing in Yeshivat Orayta in the Old City of Je-rusalem after which he will attend Harvard College.

Hezekiah’s Tunnel Vision

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FROM THE HEART OF JERUSALEM

Samuel Fisher

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By Rabbi Noam Himelstein

Rabbi Noam Himelstein studied in Yeshivat Har Etzion and served in the Tanks Corps of the IDF. He has taught in yeshiva high schools, post-high school women’s semi-

naries, and headed the Torah MiTzion Kollel in Melbourne, Australia. He currently teach-es at Yeshivat Orayta in Jeru-salem, and lives with his wife and six children in Neve Dan-iel, Gush Etzion.

My friend told me when he was studying...

■ Julian Assange of WikiLeaks com-plained that Jewish reporters are out to get him as posted by British magazine Pri-vate Eye.

■ Fashion designer John Galliano, re-portedly said to a woman in Paris, “Dirty Jewish face, you should be dead.”

■ Charlie Sheen slammed Chuck Lorre, referring to him as “Chaim Levine.” He went on to describe the Long Island-raised sitcom producer as a “contaminated little maggot.”

■ Look into the crowd of Libyan rebels, and you will fi nd the Jewish Star of David on an effi gy of Muammar Kaddafi .

■ The Iranian Olympic Committee pro-

tested the artistic logo of the 2012 Olym-pics set for London, as they believed the abstracted numbers looked like the word “Zion.” They threatened to boycott the games unless the logo is changed.

Anti-Semites this week

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Shortly before Thanksgiving, a video en-titled “Yeshiva Guy Says Over a Vort” was posted on YouTube and made its

rounds through many of our emails. In it, two animated bears discuss a Torah thought related to the traditional interpretation that the forefathers kept the commandments of the Torah before Sinaitic revelation. The darker bear begins the conversation saying, “Can I say over a vort that I heard by my reb-be’s house last shabbos?”

The listening bear asks several questions, raises important challenges to the premise of the original speaker, and seems to come out the victor in a mini-debate.

Some viewed the dialogue as a spoof, many took it as a joke, and others were of-fended by the video’s premise: that a person who listens to his rebbe and repeats thoughts without questioning anything is a fool.

There were several video responses, in-cluding “Yeshiva Guy Responds,” in which an attempt is made to say that in an argument of ideas one fi rst has to respect the other’s right to an opinion.

Then he must respect that the opinion has validity and argue with it. There are more rules of engagement when it comes to argu-ing, of course, but this is a summary of bear dialogues.

Bearing all this in mind (pardon the pun) and without passing judgment on these vid-eos, per se, there is an ailment which plagues individuals in our communities in particular, a signifi cant population of recent products of yeshiva and seminary education.

To illustrate, let us fi rst read through the Midrash Yalkut Shimoni 415 on our parsha:

“Betzalel son of Uri son of Hur of the tribe of Judah did all that G-d commanded.” It does not say Moshe commanded. He did not neglect a single thing from all that G-d commended Moshe. It does not refer to all that Moshe commanded. It says, ‘All that G-d commanded Moshe.’ This includes even things Moshe did not personally tell him. Rabbi Huna said [quoting Malachi 2:6], ‘The Torah of truth was in his mouth’ – these are the things he heard from his rebbe. ‘And no falsehood could be found on his lips’ – refers

to things he did not hear from his rebbe.”Betzalel was in charge of creating every

item for the Mishkan. And he relied heav-ily on the instructions Moshe gave him. But while Moshe may have known every detail himself, he may not have given Betzalel ade-quate instructions for each item. This caused Betzalel to fi nd the answers himself, answers which the Torah tells us were exactly what God had commanded.

I believe it extremely important for every person to have a “rebbe” or mentor or guide to help a person fi nd answers to important questions or to give a “Torah perspective” on issues which arise in our lives.

But we have to remember that we cannot guide our lives by “My Rebbe said” as much as we have to live our lives based on “What G-d commanded.”

Firstly, we must all become thinking indi-viduals in our own right.

Secondly, we must challenge our teachers to show us the sources for different things they say or prove to us how the Torah sup-ports their opinions.

Thirdly, we must not become complacent in our own search for truth. One rebbe’s or teacher’s opinion is always a great start. Seek out two, three, four opinions. And open the books they open and read the texts for your-self.

Finally, we must strive to get the levels of Betzalel and Yehoshua insofar as how their relationship with their master-teacher devel-oped. If we can become completely in tune to the teachings of our mentors, we too will be able to do God’s bidding exactly right, even when we have not been given complete instructions, and all the details, from our teachers.

Because we’ll have found the answers for ourselves.

Parshat Pekudei

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A health professional who used to give freely of his time to help the needy in Israel and the U.S. has himself become

needy. For the past 5 years Moshe has suffered from a series of debilitating diseases, which has led to the amputation of

both his feet and part of his leg, just last week.

Medical bills and the daily living expenses have become extraordinary.

Please open your hearts, as we approach Purim, to help in Moshe’s daily struggle for a chance to lead a life of dignity.

Contributions can be made to Chabad at La Costa, 1980 La Costa Ave., Carlsbad, Ca. 92009,

Attention: Rabbi Michoel Shapiro.(Kindly specify in memo: Moshe Refuah Shleima). You can also go to www.ChabadAtLaCosta.com,

click on “Contribute,” then click on “Donation Center,” and indicate Moshe Refuah Shleima, in the Comment box.

Moshe has received, in writing, the blessings of Rav Chaim Kanievsky, SHLITA, and other leading Rabbis.

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W ill the last wealthy person leav-ing New York State please turn off the lights? While leftists across the

country are tied up in their underwear try-ing to fi nd ways to punish success with over-taxation, New York has lost taxpayers at an alarming rate. Not all taxpayers actually, just

the ones who pay the highest taxes.

Most of the state coffers in this country are close to insolvency; New York is closer to the edge than most. Be-ing one of the “bluest” of states in 2009, New York’s lawmakers ad-opted a surcharge on personal income taxes for those making more than $200,000. The Partnership for New York City, an organi-zation dedicated to maintaining NYC as the world’s business center, explains: “The

surcharge was structured to sunset after three years, at the end of 2011, to mitigate the impact of this signifi cant tax increase on affected taxpayers, who tend to be major contributors to job creation and employment

in the state”Many progressives are now calling for

that “millionaire’s tax” to be extended, or even permanently added to the New York state tax law (it’s called the millionaires tax even though 76% of the people who pay it are not millionaires.)

The “progressive bible,” the New York Times recently editorialized: “Wealthy fami-lies got a generous break from Washington with the extension of the Bush-era tax cuts. Mr. Cuomo should extend New York’s sur-charge for two more years.”

I always wonder why progressives always call it a “break” when people are allowed to keep their own money. New York already has the second-heaviest state tax burden in the country; the Tax Foundation reported that “in 2009, the residents of three states stand above the rest, paying the highest state-local tax burdens in the nation: New Jersey, New York and Connecticut. They’re the only three states where taxpayers give up 12+ percent of their income in state-local taxes, a full per-centage point above the next highest state, Wisconsin.” It is that heavy Wisconsin tax burden along with an increasing defi cit that led the state to enact the policies that caused the national labor movement (with a little help from the President Obama’s Organizing for America PAC) to show up and protest at the state capitol.

The progressives fi ghting for the exten-sion of the tax are ignoring a key philosophi-cal question about taxation. What if you raised taxes and there was no one around to pay it? For years the most successful New York-ers have been leaving the state for places where the tax burden is less.

Between 1999 and 2008, according to a study by the Center on Wealth and Philanthropy, the average net worth of households leaving New York State was rough-ly $338,000. For those households moving from New York to Connecticut and New Jersey the aver-age net worth was about $625,000 and nearly $653,000, respectively.

A signifi cant portion of the relocation from New York was to Florida and Texas, two states with no state or local income taxes, a very low cost of living, and a reasonable and predictable regulatory environment in which to conduct business. Both states have pros-pered as a result.

Since the “millionaires’ tax” was passed, things have gotten worse. The number of New York taxpayers worth $1 million or

more fell 9.4% from 2007 to 2009, from 381,786 to 345,892. It will only grow worseif the surcharge is extended.

So the progressives may get their way andforce the governor and thestate legislature to increasethe tax burden on NewYork’s most successful, butit doesn’t mean they will getthe revenue for which theyare looking. The part of the“soak the rich” strategy thatprogressives never consid-er is that those people withupper incomes can vote withtheir feet. They can affordto pick up their toys and goelsewhere. And when theymove with their toys theyalso pack up their tax reve-nue, their job creating busi-

nesses, and the best hope to return New YorkState to a successful growing economy.

Jeff Dunetz is the Editor/Publisher of thepolitical blog “The Lid” (www.jeffdunetz.com).Jeff contributes to some of the largest politi-cal sites on the internet including American Thinker, Big Government, Big Journalism, NewsReal and Pajama’s Media, and has beena guest on national radio shows including G.Gordon Liddy, Tammy Bruce and Glenn Beck. Jeff lives in Long Island.

There will be no New Yorkers left to tax

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I always wonder why progressives always call it a “break” when people are allowed to keep their own money.

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OpinionEditorial

Is it U.N. or un?A fter thousands of car crashes, a stop

sign was installed at the dangerous in-tersection. The building burned down

and then a fi re alarm was placed on top of the ashes. Immediately after the patient died he was brought into the OR for sur-gery.

And a year after the United Nations elected Libya to serve on the UN Human Rights Council it ordered an inquiry into that country’s “alleged abuses” and recom-mended that its membership in the coun-cil be suspended. What is the UN Human Rights Council? It’s website suggests that it is a special body within the UN member-ship that is responsible for strengthening the promotion and protection of human rights around the globe with its main pur-pose to address situations of human rights violations and make recommendations on them. How did Libya become a member of the UN Human Rights Council? There are a total of 192 countries that make up the UN and 97 votes are needed to place a country on the Human Rights Council. Libya re-ceived 155 votes. 58 countries more than it needed showed their support for Libya. Over 80% of the members of the United Na-tions voted for Libya to be on the UN Hu-man Rights Council.

The UN’s overwhelming support for Libya to actually serve as the judge and jury for global human rights is just one

absurd drop in an ocean of a UN tsunami of outrageous, maddening, dangerous ac-tivity that transpires on the East Side of Manhattan. Although the NYPD has suc-cessfully decreased the violent crime rate in the fi ve boroughs of New York, a clus-ter of murderers still congregate with life threatening activity along the East River. These co-conspirators to the proliferation of unjust in the world disguise themselves behind business suits, townhouses, diplo-matic license plates, committees, dinners, emergency meetings, speeches, reports, press conferences, and votes. The intricate sophisticated expensive translating system that hangs over the ears of the members attending their meetings should be imme-diately ripped out and examined to fi nd out what these people could possibly be listen-ing to. Better yet, its tall waterside building can fi nd better use as a low-income housing project with a perfectly good wall to play handball against. The shorter building, with its curved roof, would be appreciated by skate boarders.

The UN Human Rights Council is the very same body that condemned Israel for “grave violations” of human rights.

At some point the United Nations has to be accountable for its decisions. The US has to be accountable for its membership in such a dangerous global body. And New York has to be accountable for its real estate.

Headline hairlinesTo the Editor:Since David Nesenoff took over

the Jewish Star I have noticed the following: featured on the front page were David Nesenoff, Ari Fleisher, Joel Lion and baby Avra-ham Natanel Libin. What is the connection? They are all bald! As a man with thinning hair, I thank you for your choice of cover stories.

Yitzchak MoskowitzCedarhurst

Republicans AnonTo the editor: [RE Liberals anonymous, Feb.

18] “Hi, my name is Heshy. I’m a Republiholic. For years now, I’ve thought being Republican is synonomous with being Ortho-dox. I thought supporting Repub-licans, who outdid each other to make the most right-wing political statements on Israel, was the only thing that mattered for Orthodox Jews, whether their rhetoric pro-vided any real benefi t for Israelis

or not. While doing so, I helped turn Israel into a partisan issue in America by claiming, falsely, that the Democratic Party was not pro-Israel.

In the American Orthodox world, being politically right-wing is often confused with being Jewish. Being pro-Israel is not enough; we have to be substan-tially to the right of Israel, because right is right and anything else re-quires brainpower.

Someone, please, help me.”Michael Brenner

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One across is a fi ve-letter word “what people are wanting,” ending in “y.” Hmm. Well that

could be money or happy. Let’s see, three down is seven letters, “the pur-pose of our existence.” Hmm. Has to be either “eat food” or “educate.” I’ll fi gure that out as soon as I get seven across. “Gross food for children,” starting with a “t.” That’s easy either “tongue” or “tofu.” They both don’t

fi t. So let’s try 15 down: “Lady blank.” Could be “Di” or “Gaga.” Oh no, I need 11 letters. Hmm. “And the Tramp,” that’s 11, but it doesn’t work. Oh, of course, “Byrd John-son.” Got it.

18 Across, “Yankee stadi-um sights” and it should end in “s” since it’s

plural. That’s simple… “baseballs.” No. “Pitchers,” no. “Coaches,” doesn’t fi t. “Players,” no, not enough letters. “Millionaires,” that’s funny, but still not enough letters. Oh, “multi-mil-lionaires,” fi ts perfectly. Okay, now we’re getting somewhere. 11 down: “Prefi x for bias.” Oh boy, there are so many choices: “Non, anti, sexual, racial, gender, age, ethnic, main-stream, liberal and media.” I can’t fi ll that one in yet.

22 across will help. “A leader whois respected by Muslim extremists.” Asheik could be the answer or perhapsImam. Ayatollah is a high-ranking cleric title. Then there’s Mufti, Mul-lah, Caliph, Sahib and Mujtahid. None of them fi t. What’s left? Let me read the clue again: “A leader who is respected by Muslim extremists.” Hmm. Oh, of course, Jimmy Carter.That leads me to 14 down, the oppo-site of “right?” Liberal, socialist, anar-chist, communist, pacifi st, democrat, leftist… I’m not sure but it seems like the opposite of right is wrong. 37 down: Birthplace of the president ending in a vowel? Hawaii, Kenya or Malaysia. I’ll have to get back to thatone. Here’s an easy one, 42 across:Actress who said, “The homeland was originally Palestinians’ and it’s now occupied by Israel.” That’s Rosie O’Donnell, and it fi ts exactly.

50 down is going to be more diffi -cult. A country that doesn’t like Israel and it has an “i” in its name. Here we go: Iraq, Iran, Syria, Saudi, Argen-tina, Emirates, Kuwait, Abu Dhabi,Libya, Malaysia, Indonesia, Russia,Pakistan, Brazil, Bolivia, Algeria, Tu-nisia and Bahrain. I guess if any Pal-estinian leader would have followed any of the dozens of peace plans, mandates, agreements, accords, ne-gotiations, handshakes, summits or treaties in the last six decades, Pales-tine might have been part of that list.

62 across: Can senselessly de-stroy the world in a short period oftime with the letters b, o, m. Nu-clear bomb, Atom bomb, A-bomb…Obama.

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“Any place with my wife; we love each other.”

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“Ko Phi Phi, Thai-land, because it’s paradise over there, and we at Sushi Metsuyan are in touch with our oriental side.”OSHRI TURJEMANManager of Sushi Metsuyan, Cedarhurst

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DRS senior Avi Moisa’s project, “Can Your Eyes Defi ne You? A Correlation of Dis-sociative Capacity to Personality Traits and Learning Styles,” has been accepted for pre-sentation at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association this au-gust in Washington, D.C.

The opportunity to present one’s research at this professional meeting is quite an achievement. The review committee of APA Division 15 (Society for Educational Psychol-ogy) received hundreds of proposals, and it is rare for college seniors, let alone high school seniors to have their work selected. In fact, Avi is one of just a handful of high school students ever chosen as lead author on an APA presentation in the convention’s 127 year history.

The acceptance of Avi’s abstract signals that his work is regarded very highly, even when compared to the submissions of gradu-ate level scholars. Avi was honored along

with his academic advisors and DRS faculty members Mr. Stephen Sullivan and Mr. Ger-ald Schmugar.

DRS senior Yonatan Edelstein recently submitted his science research project, “ZNP-1: A new stain for cell populations in Rabbit Retina,” to the Long Island Science and En-gineering Fair. This project, prepared under the direction of DRS Science Research Advi-sor Dr. Winston, used ZNP-1, a stain used to identify certain cell populations in mice, in rabbit retinas.

Yonatan’s research lead to the discovery of new cell populations, and it is hoped that this discovery will help medical researchers learn more about diseases of the retina in the hu-man population, such as glaucoma.

Yonatan’s project was selected as one of 12 LISEF fi nalists in the state for his category, and he is one round away from making it to the international science fair competition.

DRS yeshiva seniors honored at science expo for exceptional work

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Forty-eight hours before the Kosher Food and Wine Experience (KFWE) began, disas-ter struck. I fell victim to a horrifi c stomach virus that I feared would keep me from at-tending. Determined not to miss the crown-ing event of the kosher culinary year, I healed

myself through positive thoughts and over-the-counter pharmaceuti-cals.

I arrived promptly as I tend to do for these sorts of things so that that I am able to take in the unadul-terated scene before the various attendees have enough time to fall upon the vendors and decimate the im-maculate presentation. What I saw at Chelsea Piers is best described as a gourmand’s great-est dream.

Present were some of the best restaurants and wineries in ko-sherdom showing off their top creations. Because I have been to many of the restau-rants in attendance and previously sampled a number of the available wines, the KFWE seemed like a gathering of old friends telling stories in the form of food and wine.

There was Prime KO with their crispy rice with spicy tuna and sweet jalapeño aioli, an excellent appetizer and probably the best fi sh

offering of the night. Jack’s Gourmet had bratwurst sliders with sauerkraut and brown mustard. Elvi Wines brought their amazing EL26 and a really wonderful Classico as well as their 2007 Makor that is intensely ripe and fruity. Noi Due was in the corner brewing their fabulous coffee.

I ran into an old friend named Ari White who was at KFWE showing off his catering company Got Cholent? Inc. During my time as a student at Yeshiva University, I remem-ber Ari for his hole-in-the-wall sandwich shop. His fresh deli food and homemade chipotle made the shop a regular stop for me. Every Thursday Ari would make cholent that was always out of this world. Now Ari caters kiddush and other events all over New York featuring the same amazing cholent from my college days.

Normally, I am not a huge fan of the famed Le Marais restaurant but I sampled its smoked duck breast served on a french lentil salad with a mustard vinaigrette which was perfectly cooked and fork tender. The duck itself was smokey with a mild gamy fl avor. Paired with the lentils in the vinaigrette, the overall effect was a smokey zing that really tasted unique. Knowing that Le Marais is able to make offerings like that I will certainly go back to their restaurant with an open mind for another try. I also found Pardis’ lamb meatball with fi g puree and olive to be the best food item of the event. The combination of the sweet fi g, fatty lamb and salty olive paired brilliantly with each other and really stood out in a room of outstanding dishes.

The wine side of KFWE also produced surprises. There was an excellent Grand Cru made by French producer Corton Char-lemagne. It was strong with vanilla and spice but left a beautiful smokey taste and texture in the mouth once it was swallowed. I also thor-oughly enjoyed the offerings from Alexander, an Israeli winery founded in 1996. In particu-lar I liked their Alexander the Great Cabernet Sauvignon. This wine is deep red to almost black and has a hearty richness to it that is bal-anced well by just a mild touch of acidity.

As the night came to an end, the crowd

began to make its way out and I looked outat the ruins left in the wake of hundreds ofattendees. Each booth began to pack up andas they did I felt a slight pang as I realized itwould be a whole year before I get to go tothe KFWE again. Immediately I felt better re-alizing that in just a year’s time I will be ableto come back and see even more old friendsand hopefully make lots of new ones.

Zechariah Mehler is a widely published foodwriter and expert in social marketing. Followhim on Twitter @thekoshercritic

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Across1. Item for the “Festival of Lights”5. B’nai Brith alternative9. Tefi llin-making, e.g.14. Count on it!15. Borscht ingredient16. Golden ___17. Bit of Schoenberg18. Bris participant19. Canteloupe, e.g.20. He preceded Bernanke22. Correct, as a text23. “American Judaism” historian Jona-

than24. Jazz genre26. Entrance exam for Brandeis wannabes29. Antsy33. Yiddish for “nothing”38. Crispy-O’s is one for Passover39. “___’s Irish Rose”40. Dentist’s concern42. Philosopher Fackenheim43. More dangerous, perhaps45. Israel’s ___ Fence47. Jewish Nazi collaborator Kubler48. Knesset votes against49. Gangster Lansky52. Baron Cohen of “Borat” fame57. Diminutive for Ephraim60. Rabbi Solomon Luria, for short63. Menacing look64. Muslim holy man65. N.Y. Congresswoman Lowey66. Boarded67. Fourth-century Babylonian sage68. ___ Ha’ezer (Jewish legal work on

marital relations)69. Used up precioius shekels70. “___ Wars” (Natalie Portman fran-

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Down1. Pines (for)2. 67-Across, e.g.3. It’ll get you a fair price in a Jerusalem

cab4. Primp5. Drops off6. ___ year (5771, e.g.)7. It may be made of lamb8. “Gypsy” songwriter Jule9. A person10. Diarist Victor11. Inactive12. ___ of Judah13. Emulate Shylock21. Mishnah redactor Rabbi Judah Ha-___25. TV producer Steven

27. Off the mark28. “___ Jewish Book of Why”30. Half31. Trot or canter32. Holocaust survivor-poet Gross33. Frolics (about)34. Life lines?35. “Street Scene” playwright Elmer36. TV and movie producer, often of mu-

sicals37. Yiddish letter41. Commandments number44. Neon, e.g.46. Refusenik’s location50. Mideast leaders51. ___ Beit Shemesh53. “Mary Tyler Moore’s” Grant54. Kind of onion

55. Acted like a Nazi56. 20-Across and others57. Shakshuka ingredients58. Desire of the producers in “The Pro-

ducers”59. Cost to stay at the King David61. ___ Nagila62. Sephardi Chief Rabbi Shlomo

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Dear Aviva,I have one married son who lives out of

town. My relationship with my daughter-in-law was rocky from the beginning. But over the years we have been able to have a solid relationship and be cordial with each other. Recently, I feel that she isn’t calling me enough. She never calls me to tell me what is going on with her and my son, or to even put my granddaughters on the phone to wish me a good Shabbos. I don’t feel like I should call her- I have tried to put in the effort but she never reciprocates so I have just given up. How do I get past this so that I can continue to have a relationship with my out of town children and grandchildren?

-Perplexed Mother-In-Law

Dear Perplexed Mother-In-Law,Oy! This sort of issue is so rough because

it’s laden with emotions. I think the best way to handle this is to take emotions out of the picture for now. Let’s just look ahead and see what you can do to change your situation. As long as you’re not the meddling type who arrives unannounced for two weeks or of-fers your daughter-in-law $20 for every post-partum pound she loses (true story!) I think Stephen Covey’s “7 Habits of Highly Effective People” could be a good framework for you.

■ 1: Be Proactive. This means to make your own reality. The opposite of this is to react. Sorry to say, but you’ve been reacting thus far. “If she doesn’t call me, I’m certainly not going to call her.” Instead, take her out of the picture. If you want to see how your son

is doing, call your son. If you, rightfully so, want to speak to your granddaughters before Shabbos, then call before Shabbos and ask to speak to them.

■ 2: Begin with the end in mind. Set goals. But make sure they are realistic. An unreal-istic goal would be to get her to call me, or to talk on the phone for an hour with my daughter-in-law. It should be small goals that you can attain. Something like, “I’m going to wish my granddaughters a good Shabbos this week.”

■ 3: Put First Things First. To meet this goal, don’t wait till the 18 minutes to call. This is important to you, so make sure you call before the other major Shabbos prepara-tions.

■ 4: Think Win-Win. This is not a com-petition or a war between you and your daughter-in-law. You are both on the same team. You want your granddaughters to have good relationships with their mother and with you. So make sure to give off messages of support. Do not transmit messages like, “Does it bother you that your mommy is so controlling?”

■ 5: Seek First to Understand, then to be Understood. If your daughter-in-law puts up obstacles, be open to what she is saying. If she tells you that you shouldn’t call as soon as the kids come home from school, try to hear her rationale behind the request.

■ 6: Synergize. Do your best to meet her request. If there is no way for you to do so, then explain, with the goal in mind, how you are not able to accommodate the request and ask her if she can think of an alternative or you can even offer one.

■ 7: Sharpen the Saw. Allow yourself to rejuvenate, or in the broader sense, allow yourself to go on vacation. In your case, I think it means take a break from this issue. If you see it is eating you up, distract yourself with a mental vacation.

Stick with this, even when it seems to not make a difference. But balance your persis-

tence and grace—we don’t want them to suf-focate from your drive.

-Aviva

Aviva Rizel is a Marriage and Family Ther-apist in private practice who can be reached at AvivaRizel.MFT@gmail.com.

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Mutual respect for another person’s be-liefs and opinions is in very short supply. It is most heartening when we encounter an episode that demonstrates when two great rabbis are placed into a situation wherein they demonstrate mutual respect to the en-tire world.

This coming Shabbos will be the 25th yahrtzeit of the great gaon and tzaddik, Rav

Yaakov Kamenetzky. The legacy that Rav Kamenetzky left in the world of rabbinical and communal leadership is not only witnessed in his position as Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshiva To-rah Vodaas but it lives on to this day in our own community for over fi fty years within the Five Towns by his eldest son, Rav Binya-min Kamenetzky and grandson, Rav Morde-

chai Kamenetzky.As a member of Agudath Israel’s leader-

ship during the three decades following the Holocaust, Rav Kamenetzky came to symbol-ize the steady hand of both responsible lead-ership and the exercise of profound wisdom, combination and balance. This exquisite bal-ance was recently illustrated in a new autobi-

ography written by Rabbi Shlomo Riskin, one of the most outstanding leaders of modern orthodoxy and a pioneer in Jewish education both here in and Israel.

The growing ideological cleavage between modern Orthodox and chareidi Judaism has served as an unfortunate distraction to all of world Orthodoxy in its attempt to staunch assimilation in this country and to enhance the quality of Jewish religious observance among all Jews.

These personal and institutional antago-nisms exist to this day and serve as blight upon the intellectual productivity that would otherwise serve us well in our struggle to maintain our faith within the context of American Judaism.

The chapter in Rabbi Riskin’s book, “Lis-tening to G-d,” that demonstrates what could happen when men of goodwill and great understanding take hold of a situation, is entitled “A Meeting with Rav Yaakov Kame-netzky: How to Take Criticism.” Within this brief , yet inspiring episode, we witness how an unfortunate rabid reaction to the granting of an award for “Educational Creativity” by Torah Umesorah to Rabbi Riskin in the mid-70’s by so-called ultra-orthodox elements was turned into an act of mutual respect and Ahavas Yisrael by Rav Yaakov Kamenetzky.

Torah Umesorah saw fi t to honor Rabbi Riskin for his efforts in the founding of his yeshiva, Ohr Torah in Riverdale, an institu-

tion that pioneered in the teaching of Talmud to women.

Despite the unseemly pro-testations Rav Kamenetzky insisted that the award be given at their annual dinner, and, as if to underline his sup-port even further, he elected to present the plaque himself to Rabbi Riskin. This gracious, and in my opinion brave ac-tion, served to silence all open opposition.

Rabbi Riskin leaves us with was what Rav Kamenetzky said to him at the conclusion of this meeting. “This is my message to you, my young friend,” Rav Kamenetzky concluded. “Zei muzzen shrayen un ihr must tuhn. They have to shout and you have to continue to do.” Rabbi Riskin says, “I left the sage’s home gratefully and humbly; somehow, I never minded criticism so much after that meeting”.

This powerful and love-fi lled encounter is an episode in American Jewish history that deserves emulation by all of us if we are to survive to continue G-d’s work.

The Kosher Bookworm

When Two Great Men Meet : Upon the 25th yahrtzeit of Rav Yaakov Kamenetzky

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March 4-5Yehuda Green daveningYOUNG ISRAEL OF LAWRENCE-CEDARHURST, located at 8 Spruce Street in Cedarhurst will have Yehuda Green leading the kabbalat Shabbat and Shabbat morning prayers in the style of Reb Shlomo Carlebach. The Oneg Shabbat service begins on Friday night at 8:30 p.m. For more information, call 516-569-3324

March 5Kosher Komedy for EmunahEMUNAH OF AMERICA is holding a comedy fundraiser at Kulanu Center for Special Services, located at 620 Central Avenue in Cedarhurst. Co-medians Rick Colon and Oceanside native Lenny Marcus will perform. Marcus’ career includes ap-pearances on HBO, NBC and Comedy Central. The cost is $50 per person and includes dinner. The dinner begins at 8 p.m. with the comedy show at 9:30 p.m. For reservations, contat Elana Oved at 516-984-4799 or Shari Shapiro at 516-413-6927.

Kosher wine tastingYOUNG ISRAEL OF WOODMERE SISTERHOOD, located at 859 Peninsula Boulevardin Woodmere, is holding a wine tasting event by Chateau de Vin with new wines and old favorites. There will be exciting boutiques and a dairy buf-fet. The doors open at 9 p.m. The cost is $15 per person and $25 per couple.

March 6YCQ 70th Anniversary DinnerYESHIVA OF CENTRAL QUEENS is holding its 70th anniversary dinner at The Sands, located at 1395 Beech Street in Atlantic Beach. The yeshiva will be honoring its executive director Rabbi Menach-em Rottenberg and chairman emeritus Seymour N. Chesir, who have been involved in leading the yeshiva for more than 50 years, as it moved from Jamaica to its current home in Kew Gardens Hills. Ruth and Arthur Quint will be honored as Parents of the Year, and Miriam Silverstein will receive the educator award. For more information, call 718-793-8500.

Yeshiva Science OlympiadLANDER COLLEGE FOR MEN, located at 75-31 150th Street in Kew Gardens Hills will be hosting the Yeshiva Science Olympiad, a contest that measures high school students’ abilities in science, technology, and engineering. The event is co-sponsored by Jewish Education Project. Participating local schools include Hebrew Academy of Long Beach, DRS Yeshiva High School for Boys; North Shore Hebrew Academy High;

Stella K. Abraham High School for Girls; Samuel H. Wang Yeshiva University High School of Girls; and Yeshivah of Flatbush.

March 9Community BowlathonMADRAIGOS is holding a bowling marathon at Woodmere Lanes, located at 948 Broadway in Woodmere. Proceeds will benefi t Madraigos’ programs serving at-risk youths. Registration is

at 7:30 PM and bowling begins at 8:15 PM. Follow-ing bowling, the event continues at Magraigos, located at 936 Broadway in Woodmere, with a dinner, awards ceremony, and raffl e drawing.

Ongoing Support groupTHE JCC OF THE GREATER FIVE TOWNS will sponsor a new support group for the economi-cally challenged as a result of the economic downturn. Key themes will include unemploy-ment, fi nancial issues, empowerment and support. Please join us on Thursday mornings at 10:15 a.m. at Temple Israel, 140 Central Ave, Lawrence until January 20th. This group is part of Connect to Care, an initiative funded by UJA-Federation of NY. For further information and to pre-register, please contact Talia Rapps, L.M.S.W. at 516-569-6733 x213.

Calling all Senior Song Birds THE JCC OF THE GREATER FIVE TOWNS, located at 270 Grove Avenue in Cedarhurst, hosts a choir for seniors every Tuesday morning at 11 a.m. for a joyful hour of singing with choir master Zvi Klein.We sing songs in all languages and we perform for local venues. There is a $5.00 optional con-tribution requested per session. For information please call Sheryl at 516-569-6733 x222.

Movement class for special needsTHE JCC OF THE GREATER FIVE TOWNS of-fers “Movement with Mary Moshos,” a class for children with special needs ages 5 and up, designed to enhance interaction with the environment through work with music, bubbles, and various textures. Wednesdays, 5:30-6:30pm at the JCC, 207 Grove Avenue, Cedarhurst. 12 sessions/$240. Please call Sharona Arbeit at 516-569-6733 x218 for more information.

Parkinson’s Support GroupTHE JCC OF THE GREATER FIVE TOWNS, located at 207 Grove Avenue in Cedarhurst, hosts every Tuesday a Parkinson’s Support Group from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. The purpose of this group is to bring together Parkinsonians, spouses and their fami-lies in order to help them better understand the nature of the condition, gain confi dence and join in community activities. For further information, please contact Cathy Byrne at 516-569-6733 x220.

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