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Around the Community . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 Purchasing Chometz after Pesach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Community Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

JEWISH THOUGHT Rabbi Zvi Teichman. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Rabbi Motty Rabinowitz. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Stop Wishing Away Your Problems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Hyssop Pie. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Rabbi Wein . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

PEOPLE Fighting for His Faith and His Country . . . . . . . . . . 66

HUMOR & ENTERTAINMENT Notable Quotes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Centerfold. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

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613 Seconds - Chai Lifeline Mid-Atlantic . . . . . . . . 19 When Does Your Food Actually Expire? . . . . . . . . . 32 Jewish Marines on the Solomon Islands. . . . . . . . . 34 Dating Dialogue. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 A Penny A Jew. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Yom HaShoah in Israel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Jewish History. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Political Crossfire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Mental Health Corner. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Your Money. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Gluten Free Recipe Column. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Cooking for the King. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Dear Readers,

Ah…the taste of freedom. Beautiful, sweet, and exhilarating. Like a return to our natural selves, free from external pressures and distractions. Free to be who we are. Wouldn’t it be nice if we’d experienced the ultimate freedom already this Pesach? We’re told that a great calamity befell the students of Rabbi Akiva because they didn’t show the proper respect for one another. Ahavas yisroel they had; it was respecting one another which was lacking. One can have a strong love for their fellow Jew, yet not have the proper respect for them. In fact, at times it’s the love itself which may fuel disrespect: “it’s because of my care and concern that I want the best way of life for them”. And if they have a different style, nusach, or minhag than how can I accept that?! Respecting our fellow Jew means exactly that: respecting their differences and accepting that perhaps what’s right for me isn’t for them. Or, better: maybe we can even learn from the area of yiddishkeit they do emphasize. This is especially important as we witness the ugly face of Anti-Semitism raring its head once again. In a twisted way it reminds us that the haters see us

as one people and that they got right. A fault here, a deficiency there, but who are we? One people. As a parent there is nothing more rewarding than watching children play together and rejoice in the success of the other. Let us resolve to do the same for our Father in heaven. The next time we have the urge to speak loshon hara, or to relate a juicy experience, let’s simply switch gears and find something nice or uplifting to say. If you notice something nice about someone, take the time and let them know. Sometimes a simple compliment can go a long way. If at times it seems jealousy and divisiveness are too overwhelming to resist, we need only look to the survivors of the Holocaust who have shown us the infinite reservoir of inner strength we posses. Surely we can win over our own negative traits, as well. The stronger we become as a people, the more prepared we will be for the great day of the ingathering of the exiles promised us so long ago. The survivors didn’t give up their faith, neither should we. May we have a peaceful Shabbos of Jewish unity,

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The “Abner Doubledays” of Chesed? BCL Wraps its Successful 1st Season

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he Baltimore Chesed League wrapped it’s inaugural first season with a flourish including two more Sundays of chesed missions and a grand finale barbeque banquet. Here’s a selection of highlights from weeks 5 and 6: Coach Ed Miller reported Team Flamm Nationwide assisted a senior member of our community with her Pesach cleaning. The boys (and two additional chesed volunteers) scrubbed the fridge, vacuumed the couch and dining room, switched the chometz and Pesach dishes and utensils and carried up the Pesach groceries and supplies three flights. In addition to a heartfelt thank you, they also received a tremendous bracha (and a powerful life lesson in chesed). Team ARI Concrete was given the chance to serve dinner to the residents of The Sterling. Said coach Ari Lichtman, “We were a first class wait staff from setting the table, bringing the residents to the dining room, serving, and even helping wash netilas yadaim at their seats. Our boys sang and danced to Pesach songs during dinner and then cleared the dirty dishes before serving dessert.” Yitzy Shnidman pinch-mentored

Team David Flamm Nationwide Insurance who helped clean the NWCP patrol car for Pesach (Coach Yitzy adds “they had a great time doing it”) and got complimentary chametz-free mugs from NWCP. Team AMUZE.com had the pleasure of visiting the The Macks Center for Jewish Education and participating in arts and crafts activities with the members of the Friendship Circle MD. It was an enjoyable and meaningful experience for all who were involved. FP of MD met Rabbi Pinchos Rabinowitz, the executive director of Baltimore’s Bikur Cholim at the BC Pantry in Sinai Hospital to clean up and begin preparing the shelves and drawers for Pesach. After a quick tour of the room and it’s purpose, the boys got right to work as a team: cleaning, wiping, lining shelves, reorganizing food items so it would be easier to prepare the room for Pesach. Said Coach Samet, “It was really meaningful to provide their chesed hour this week to an incredible community chesed organization - and begin to learn how so many chesed volunteers do for others on a weekly basis.”

bunctious trivia game at Tudor Heights and continued the “season” even after the official season had concluded, as members of the team carried out their idea for a thoughtful pre-Pesach visit to Levindale.

Led by Coach Dr. Roni Samet, the team finished up the season a week later with a thorough Pesach cleaning of Kehillas Derech Chaim. From moving chairs, wiping down refrigerator and freezer shelves, putting away chametz in storage (and destroying by way of ingesting and digesting), all had a cheilik in chesed and biur chametz before the YT of Pesach. All 5 boys on the team were joined by a special guest, Tiki, a pet bird who ensured there was no chametz left on the boys’ shoulders! Sage Management, with Nechemia Isbee at the helm, hosted a ram-

The Banquet The boys and their parents enjoyed a sumptuous barbeque banquet courtesy of Jon Kaplan with a tremendous assist by “Uncle Mike”. Rabbi Silber, mora d’asra of Suburban Orthodox Toras Chaim and spiritual advisor to the BCL, spoke movingly to the crowd, remarking how the Chesed League imparted life lessons that would live on without the constraints of a structured program. Coach Nechemia Isbee noted that the boys were pioneers; that chesed leagues would proliferate in cities around the country and how the boys would be able to look back at this first season and view themselves - l’havdil! - as modern day Abner Doubledays (considered to be the founder of Baseball). The banquet ended with BCL “players” Zevi Miller and Noam Elbaum speaking from the heart about what the league meant to them and how they valued the opportunity to be with friends, have a lot of fun, and make a big difference in the community. Ellie Ziffer produced a captivating slide show documenting the full season along with recorded testimonials from many of the BCL partner organizations. DJ Balagan, AKA Aaron Schiller, provided the A/V equipment masterfully operated by Moishe Abramson. Organizers reported the banquet marked a perfect cap to a meaningful and exciting season. Plans are underway for a forthcoming season two. Questions about the Baltimore Chesed League can be sent to davidziffer@gmail.com.

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Mesivta Kesser Torah Of Baltimore: Strong 9Th Grade Enrollment Signals Promising Start

n a move that put a new mosad firmly on the map, the founders of Mesivta Kesser Torah of Baltimore, have signed a rental lease with Etz Chaim Center, Baltimore’s flagship outreach organization. The beautiful, spacious facility, home to Etz Chaim Center’s many learning and outreach programs, will now, in addition, host a promising new mesivta that is poised to take its place alongside Baltimore’s other flourishing mosdos haTorah. In welcoming Mesivta Kesser Torah to Baltimore, Rabbi Shlomo Porter, president and dean of Etz Chaim, said, “We are delighted with our wonderful partnership with this new yeshiva. We welcome the opportunity to provide a warm, comfortable setting that will enhance the students’ ability to shteig. We couldn’t wish for better neighbors.’” The lease-signing followed weeks of interviewing and farhering applicants from Baltimore and nearby communities. With close to 20 high caliber students enrolled to the ninth grade for the 5778 school year, the new mesivta is confident of a strong start. Rabbi Chaim Schwartz of Baltimore cited his confidence in the mesivta’s directors, Rabbi Tzvi Mordechai Feldheim and his son, Rabbi Avrohom Feldheim, as the defining factor in his decision to enroll his son. “This father-and-son team combines vision, experience and talent,” remarked Rabbi Schwartz. “In terms of chinuch, they represent the very best of two leading approaches; Rabbi Tzvi Mordechai Feldheim’s time-honored derech halimud and the innovative, creative methods of his son, Rabbi Avrohom Feldheim. Judging from the phenomenal energy and commitment they are investing in this endeavor, they will b’ezras Hashem see much brocha.” The senior Rabbi Feldheim made his mark as a master mechanech in the past two decades he served as menahel and 9th grade rebbe at Yeshivas

Toras Chaim of Denver. His son Gemara instruction at evhas served as rebbe and mashgiery grade level, as well as ach for the past five years at the a system for evaluating Mechina of South Florida, where each stage of a bochur’s he designs his own professional, development and idenhighly visual teaching materials tifying potential lapses that target a wide range of student or deficits. The Guide is needs. eloquent testimony to a As co-founders of Mesivta consummate mechanech Kesser Torah, father and son enat the helm of this mosad vision the new mosad filling a who will allow no student strong need in the Baltimore comto be left behind. munity and beyond, and have reMesivta Kesser Torah Rabbi Moshe Dovid Robinson – English Principal, Rabbi Tzvi Mordechai ceived encouragement from local bochurim will have the Feldheim – Rosh Mesivta, Rabbi Avrohom Feldheim – Menahel rabbonim. benefit of a full yeshi“The city’s yeshivos will be va schedule even as they graduating about 150 8th graders at enjoy the advantages of the end of the school year,” notes residing at home, RabRabbi Avrohom Feldheim. “More bis Feldheim note, with and more boys are looking for a parental and community local yeshiva in which to continue involvement playing an their studies, as opposed to going important role in the yeto yeshivas out of town. There is shiva’s success. simply not enough room for all of The mesivta boasts a them in the local mosdos.” fully accredited secular Asked how the idea for Mesivstudies department under ta Kesser Torah first germinated, the leadership of Rabbi Rabbi Feldheim recalls being apMoshe Dovid Robinson, Founding Members proached, on a visit to Baltimore an enthusiastic and talenton each bochur’s strengths, develop to visit family, by fathers of 8th ed educator who holds a graders who asked him about the pos- his abilities and his personality, and Masters in Education. Graduates will sibility of starting a new high school promote his success,” he said. be empowered with the skills to sucHe notes that many bochurim en- ceed in today’s world. in town. The parents were looking for th a mesivta that would offer the warmth tering 9 grade are faced with a sharp As a veteran mechanech whose and individual attention not always transition when it comes to learn- harbotzas Torah, in addition to the available in the larger mosdos and ing Gemara. “A certain percent are decades spent teaching talmidim, inwould accommodate a wider range of equipped to navigate the Gemara with cludes many hundreds of shiruim disRashi and Tosfos but for many, there’s seminated over Torah Communication students. “That is how the concept of Mesiv- a serious gap between their level of Network, Rabbi Tzvi Mordechai Feldta Kesser Torah first took root,” recalls proficiency and what they’re expected heim stresses the critical ingredient of to know on entering mesivta.” Rabbi Feldheim. a strong sevivah in the building of a “The curriculum we’ve worked successful in-town mosad. The goal of the Mesivta Kesser Torah, says Rabbi Tzvi Mordechai out is designed to ease the transition “Sevivah is a powerful force in th th Feldheim, is “to mold young men into from 8 to 9 grades,” he explained. shaping a person. We count on that in wholesome b’nei Torah who have a “The overall, long-range goal, of helping a bochur to mature into a ben love for Yiddishkeit and learning, and course, is to equip each and every bo- Torah who wants a kesher with the Ritake pride in their identity.” The ye- chur to enter the Beis Medrash of his bono Shel Olam. The geshmackeit in shiva will cater to students who will choice upon graduation.” learning… the intensity… the kavana A perusal of the Curriculum Guide in tefilah are all a part it. But ultimatethrive best in a warm, nurturing atmosphere with a close rebbe-talmid rela- for Mesivta Kesser Torah reveals a ly, the goal is to instill the chaishek to meticulously crafted formula for hold the Ribono Shel Olam’s “hand” tionship. “Our aim is to find the unique bal- reaching this goal. The Guide contains wherever life takes him… That is our ance in this atmosphere that will build a cogent outline of the objectives in dream.”

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15-Year-Old ‘Repeat Violent Offender’ Arrested After Series Of Carjackings Thank You Councilman Schleifer By: Staff Reporter BaltimoreJewishLife.com/Jeff Cohn

15-year-old suspect who police described as a “repeat, violent offender” was arrested for a series of carjackings reported in the Park Heights neighborhood on Sunday. The carjackings were reported between 1:45 a.m. and 8:25 p.m. 1:45 a.m.: 6300 block Park Heights Ave (Maxima) 10:30 a.m.: 3100 block of Bancroft Rd (Honda Accord) 3:20 p.m.: 3500 block Bancroft Road (Chevy Impala) 8:25 p.m.: 3200 block of Szold Drive (Hyundai) According to investigators, the juvenile suspect committed “at least” four other offenses earlier this year, in January, February and March. Police noted there was a juvenile warrant out for his arrest after he removed a monitoring box from his ankle on April 12. He was due in court on April 13, where

he didn’t show up, police said. “We’ve talked over and over again about juveniles and juvenile crimes,” Baltimore Police Spokesperson T.J. Smith said in a briefing on Monday. “This case is going to sound very familiar to a lot of people because they’ve heard me, they’ve heard the commissioner, they’ve heard other commanders stand up here before you and talk about this ongoing problem with people who have proven themselves to be criminals, to consistently get out.” A community group, Shomrim of Baltimore, was credited by investigators on Sunday for helping to apprehend the suspect. “I was notified by a few different community members, community leaders as well as the safety patrol group that was responding to these incidents,” Baltimore City Councilman Yitzy Schleifer said Monday. “I immediately got in contact with the police major who did not skip a beat, and immediately allocated additional resources to the area in pursuit of these individuals.”

Councilman Schleifer described the third carjacking; “The individual was getting out of his car and these three guys came up to him, put a crowbar in his door, preventing him from closing his door. They took off with that car which was a Chevy Impala which they later used to get to the fourth incident, which occurred at the corner of Szold and Bonnie.” The only car still missing is the Honda Accord, Councilman Schleifer noted at the briefing. The teen was arrested Sunday evening, on Eutaw Place near Robert Street, and investigators say they expect additional arrests to be made in connection with the carjackings. Since the suspect is a juvenile, his identity was not released. “I just ask of you, what trajectory do we think that this young man is going in, if other facets of the criminal justice system don’t intervene and do what they can to stop it,” Smith said at the briefing. “We’re tasked with arresting

him for a crime that was committed, but we don’t want this to escalate. An armed carjacking is a violent crime.” According to investigators, the series of carjackings may be connected to a gang. The incidents remain under investigation. “The collaboration between the community and the officers, we want to stress that for the rest of the city,” Smith said Monday. “Don’t allow these folks to come into your communities and wreak havoc and accept it. Do something about it. They did something about it yesterday.” Anyone with information is asked to call detectives at 410-396-2100 or Metro Crime Stoppers at 1-866-7Lockup.

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RF: I love the crazy enthusiasm and high energy in the office every day. There is no downtime. We hit the ground running every morning. In any given day, I am in and out of hospitals, in schools, in family’s homes, meeting with doctors, or even presenting a Jewish cultural sensitivity training seminar for 60+ Social Workers. We have 120 diverse volunteers from TA, Beth Tfiloh, Bnos, Bais Yaakov, Berman Academy, Yeshiva, and even public schools. These are the “cool kids” who have made doing chesed cool which is beautiful to see. They are willing to drop their entire lives and run to Johns Hopkins because a 6-year-old kid on chemotherapy is craving sour sticks.

BJH: What is your professional background? RF: I received my Masters in Social Work from University of Maryland. Prior to joining Chai Lifeline, I was working for 8 years with children and families in Baltimore City.

BJH: Is there anything unique to Chai Lifeline’s approach? RF: Chai Lifeline stresses the importance of approaching pediatric illness and care with a holistic perspective. We address the devastating impact of illness on the child, his or her siblings, the parents, and the community. Chai Lifeline understands that the parts are intimately interconnected and explicable only by reference to the whole. TH: We don’t stop until the family and child are through the dark tunnel. We have no control over where that tunnel may lead, but Chai Lifeline is committed to making sure that the tunnel is full of confetti canons, celebrities, excitement, laughter and hope every step of the way.

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RF: That it’s exclusively for children with cancer. Chai Lifeline services 8,000 children worldwide, and only 35-40% of those children have cancer. The rest have a whole host of different genetic and/chronic illnesses. If you’re not sure if Chai Lifeline offers services for your child, just pick up the phone and call. We work closely with JCN and Bikur Cholim with each of us filling an important and vital role in caring for each family. BJH: So how can the community get involved? TH: Great question! We have an exciting community fundraiser coming up Trivia Panoply - in a few days. May 9th. It’s a fun night out with friends and family and the proceeds are going directly to help fund the Mid-Atlantic region of Chai Lifeline. Our kids. Our families. In OUR community. If you or anyone you know have ever been on the receiving end of Chai Lifeline’s programs or services, now is the chance to really step up and give back. Sign up at www.chailifeline.org/panoply BJH: What is that incredibly loud noise I’m hearing in the background!? TH: A few volunteers just came all dressed in super-hero costumes. They’re on the way to the hospital and are testing out the Bluetooth speaker system for the kid’s hospital room. BJH: Would you say this is “classic Chai Lifeline”? TH: No. This is classic… Chai Lifeline Mid-Atlantic.

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families in our community. Chai Lifeline’s approach to case management is revolutionary as it is unique. More than a listening ear, a Chai Lifeline Case Manager serves as a guiding force for families in the throes of a medical crisis. TH: I was initially exposed to Chai Lifeline by attending their pediatric summer camps seven years ago. After seeing the way that Chai Lifeline operates - how they will stop at nothing in the way of helping a child- I was blown away. The following year I was in Israel and saw their Israel office in action, I became passionate about opening a regional office for the community where I grew up. Now, I oversee our program and volunteer developments.

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woman whose name was on the prescription bottles was traveling to Israel to seek treatment for cancer. Shin Bet security services stopped the entry of the explosives. The two women are being accused of aiding terror activity on behalf of Hamas. Shin Bet released a statement in which they said the explosives were “sent by Hamas and it is believed that they were meant to be used to carry out attacks in Israel in the near future.” They say that the materials were going to be used to manufacture improvised explosive devices. “Unfortunately, this is more proof that terror groups in Gaza are continuing to take advantage of humanitarian channels to export terror into Israel’s heartland,” Defense Ministry Crossing Points Authority head Kamil Abu Rokan said in a statement. “The security checks at the crossing worked exactly as we expect and with notable professionalism.” Tens of thousands of Palestinians are allowed to come into Israel each year for medical attention. In March, Deputy Defense Minister Eli Ben

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NYT Blasted for Whitewashing Palestinian Terrorist Liz Spayd, the public editor of The New York Times, has come out criticizing the paper for running an op-ed that failed to list the terror crimes that Palestinian terrorist Marwan Barghouti committed to earn his five life sentences. Spayd blasted the writers and editors of the op-ed that was under Barghouti’s name, saying that such information is left out repeatedly and it discredits the entire newspaper.

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The Big Cheese Scottie’s Pizza Parlor in Oregon knows that pizza is all about the cheese. That’s why, for the second annual Portland Mercury Pizza Week, Scottie’s featured Centouno Formaggio, a pizza featuring 101 cheeses. Centuono formaggio means 101 cheeses in Italian.

The pizza oozing with cheese was featured for one day only. The inspiration for 101 cheeses on a pie came from the “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” 2014 movie, in which there is a pizza with 99 cheeses. To make it more over the top, Scottie’s added mozzarella cheese to the pizza’s crust.

“We’re big ‘Ninja Turtle’ fans,” explained owner Scottie Riviera said. “We wanted to do something insane like that, and anything pizza related is up our alley.” After doing a bit of research, Riviera discovered that world champion

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Another Declaration of Independence The original Declaration of Independence resides in the National Archives in Washington. But this week Harvard researchers discovered another original Declaration of Independence – something no one knew was even around. Researchers Emily Sneff and Danielle Allen were the duo who discovered the rare manuscript at the West Sussex Records Office in Chichester, England. The Sussex archive listed the document as “manuscript copy, on parchment, of the Declaration in Congress of the thirteen United States of America,” in its online catalog. “I’d found vague descriptions of other copies of the Declaration that turned out to be 19th-century reproductions of the signed parchment in the National Archives, so that was what I was expecting,” Sneff told

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ou open the fridge, grab the milk, and take a sniff before pouring it into your coffee. Or at least that should happen, before tossing the milk into the trash simply because of the date written on the bottle. Most foods are still suitable to eat past the labeled date. Experts say consumer confusion over product date labels increases our food waste. Many are unsure of the true meaning of the vague product date labels and end up tossing food products that are actually still edible. This brings us to terminology. The actual term “expiration date” refers to the last date a food should be eaten or used, meaning after the expiration date, eat at your own risk. However, most of the dates labeled are not actually expiration dates. Many products are labeled with the term “sell by”. The sell by date is more of an inventory tool for the stores. That date tells the store owner to take this product off the shelf. The fresher products are usually stuffed in the back, since the storeowners have to sell the product before the sell by date. So if you prefer a fresher product, reach for the products all the way in the back. Even if the stores decide to sell the item past the sell by date, it might not be at its highest quality, but it is still edible. When storing products in your fridge at home, use the method of FIFO, first in, first out – use the older product first. Using the FIFO system helps maintain order of inventory in

your refrigerator and decreases the risk of letting your products go past their sell by date. Another popular product date label is “best used by.” This date refers to quality, not safety. The date is recommended for best flavor, not quality. Yogurt is already spoiled milk; it’s not getting any more spoiled if eaten passed the “best used by” date.

Meats should always be stored on the bottom shelf of the refrigerator since it’s the coldest part of the refrigerator. Additionally, in terms of food safety and infection control, always store raw meat on the bottom of the fridge. If stored above cooked food, the raw meat can drip onto the cooked food or other food products thus risking

When storing products in your fridge at home, use the method of FIFO, first in, first out – use the older product first.

So when is food safe to eat and at what point should it be discarded? • Milk – unopened – is usually fine until a week after the “sell by” date. About a week and a half after a bottle of milk is open, it may start to smell bad, even before the sell by date. Milk also tends to absorb other smells from the refrigerator, so even if it has a funny smell, the taste might be unaffected. Sniff the milk first, if unsure if it’s still good, taste a sip. • Meats should be cooked or frozen within 3-5 days. After that, the meat will begin to smell, decreasing in freshness, and start to spoil.

contamination. Raw meat is a breeding ground for salmonella and other bacteria. • Eggs are good for at least 3 weeks. They might go down a grade after a week of storage in the fridge, but will still be perfectly edible. Store them on a shelf, as opposed to the door of the fridge. When eggs are kept on the refrigerator door, they’re more susceptible to temperature fluctuations from the door opening and closing. • Poultry should be cooked or frozen within 2-3 days. To tell if raw chicken has gone bad check the color, smell, and texture for ir-

regularities. Fresh chicken has a bright pink color, while chicken that has gone bad will appear paler, with a grey tint. Spoiled chicken has a foul, slightly sweet smell, and will feel slimy, rather than moist, on its surface. • Canned goods seem to last for forever. Since you might be restocking after Pesach, you don’t have to worry about canned products going bad. Highly acidic foods like tomato sauce can keep 18 months or more. Other low-acid foods like canned green beans are probably risk-free for up to five years. Keep canned foods at 50-70 degrees Fahrenheit in a dry, dark place. Dented or bulging cans should be discarded. Hopefully, you now have some more knowledge about proper storage and safety of food products. All things considered, experts say it’s best, and safe, to give your food a chance – at least a smell or a taste test – even if it’s past the “sell by” date.

Cindy Weinberger MS, RD, CDN, is a Master’s level Registered Dietitian and Certified Dietitian-Nutritionist. She graduated CUNY Brooklyn College receiving a Bachelor’s in Science and Master’s degree in Nutrition and Food Sciences. She is currently a dietitian at Boro Park Center and a private nutrition consultant. She can be reached at CindyWeinberger1@gmail.com.

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he Solomon Islands in the South Pacific were named after Shlomo Hamelech (King Solomon) because the first European thought that the islands contained great riches. Spanish navigator Álvaro de Mendaña mistakenly thought that they were a paradise in the world’s largest ocean. In fact, the 900 islands are made up of marshes, dense jungle, and insect-infested landscape. This became all too apparent for the American Marines who were tasked with taking Guadalcanal, one of the group’s largest islands, in August 1942. The Battle of Guadalcanal lasted a grueling six months, marking a turning point for Japanese “land grabs” in the Pacific. American soldiers and marines after the battle were on the offensive fighting for islands taken by the Japanese to secure their perimeter. On Guadalcanal itself, 15,000 Allied men became casualties while annihilating half of the Japanese 36,000 man detachment (the other half were evacuated). Most of the American land forces were Marines. Skill and bravery prevailed throughout the harsh battle because of the terrain and lack of supplies and reinforcements. Over 250 Silver Stars – the military’s third highest decoration for gallantry in battle – were awarded, and a few of the recipients were Jewish. Internet research reveals some of their names but not much of their stories. Information on Ernest Grausgruber was not available for inclusion in this article other than he was a Jewish recipient of the Silver Star on Guadalcanal. The background for Lt. Col. Herman Abady was a little more accessible.

Barney Ross, a supporter of the State of Israel

He was born in Richmond, Virginia, and joined the Marine Reserves as 2nd lieutenant in 1940, before the U.S. was attacked at Pearl Harbor. A Japanese attack on his platoon on September 1213 on Guadalcanal saw Abady saving the lives of his men, earning him the Silver Star. Later in the battle he was wounded and was awarded the Purple Heart. The most famous of all Jewish Silver Star recipients was known not for his fighting on the battlefield but for his achievements in the boxing ring. Barney Ross was a boxing champion before he

attack on December 7, 1941 Barney enlisted in the military instead of waiting to be drafted. Even though he was older than the limit to join the Marines he was allowed to enlist because the corps thought he was going to stay stateside to promote serving in the military. Instead, Barney insisted on having a combat role and in 1942 was shipped out to the Pacific with the 8th Marine Regiment of the 2nd Marine Division. On the night of November 19, 1942, Barney was on patrol with three other marines. Suddenly they were caught

30 bullet creases in his helmet showed how close Barney was to getting fatally hit as well.

joined the Marine Corps. He was born in New York City, and the family moved to Chicago while Barney (Dov Ber) was young. Tragically, Ross’s father, who was a talmid chachom (Talmudic scholar), was killed while resisting a robbery at a grocery. Soon after Barney befriended Jack Ruby (who later killed JFK’s assassin Lee Harvey Oswald) and for a time was employed by mobster Al Capone. Ross turned to boxing as a source of money and during the Great Depression became a celebrity sports figure. For a bit he invested in a local business to keep himself busy after retiring in 1938. Like many Americans who were deeply affected by the Pearl Harbor

in a firefight in which all the marines were wounded. Barney was the only one able to fight and quickly put the wounded men in a foxhole. Two soldiers from the army joined them in the makeshift foxholes that were really artillery shell holes. Throughout the rest of the rest of the night Barney fought off over two dozen Japanese soldiers with the guns, ammunition and grenades from his wounded fellow marines. Mortar and machine gun fire poured onto the American position. After Barney shot off 200 rounds of ammunition and hurled 22 grenades the Japanese fire ceased. The next morning Barney discovered the area that littered with the Japanese platoon that failed to

Lt Col Herman Abady

capture Barney’s foxhole. Sadly, two of the three marines who were wounded with Barney died that night. Barney carried the third to safety. 30 bullet creases in his helmet showed how close Barney was to getting fatally hit as well. For his exploits Corporal Barney Ross was awarded the Silver Star, Purple Heart and Presidential Citation. He also received shrapnel wounds in his arm and leg to go with the malaria he had contracted. The Marines sent him back to the States to recuperate. After recovering from his wounds he became an anti-drug advocate and later was a staunch supporter for the State of Israel. As a side note, the three sports players in the Jewish American Hall of Fame are interestingly all WWII heroes. They are: Barney Ross, whose exploits are depicted in this article; Moe Berg, a catcher who became a leading spy during the war; and Hank Greenberg. Greenberg served almost four years in the military including in the Army Air Corps and was the longest serving baseball player in military uniform during the war. Receiving the Silver Star for bravery in battle is a much respected honor in the military and especially in the Marines. These men’s stories – and many that haven’t been told yet – depicted heroes during a long and tough battle that changed the tide of the war. Avi Heiligman is a weekly contributor to The Jewish Home. He welcomes your comments and suggestions for future columns and can be reached at aviheiligman@gmail.com.

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With Friends Like That, Who Can Have Enemies! By Rabbi Zvi Teichman

It is reported in the name of the Holy Rebbe, Reb Bunim of Parshischa, that the month of ‫ר‬-ָ‫י‬-‫י‬-‫ ִא‬is an acronym for the phrase ‫ה רו־‬-‫ו‬-‫ה‬-‫אני י‬ )‫פאך (שמות טו כו‬, the verse where G-d asserts that all suffering and illness serves to cleanse man from sin, and His intent to influence man to repentance and ultimately cure him. In regular years (non-leap) the portion in the Torah that deals with the affliction of Tzaraas, halachic leprosy, coincides with the onset of Iyar. Tzaraas is the paradigm of that relationship between our physical welfare and our spiritual state. This ‘disease’ attacks one who is smitten with the ‘malady’ of arrogance, among other numerous deficiencies. The month of Iyar also encompasses the bulk of the days of mourning for the students of Rabbi Akiva who died during this period. The Midrash attributes their deaths to the character flaw of ‫צרות עין‬, the ‘stingy’ view they had of one another that lead to their not respecting each other appropriately. )‫(מדרש קה"ר יא ה‬ This idea as well relates to ‫צרעת‬, leprosy, whose root ‫צרע‬, is a contraction of the word ‫ צר‬and the letter ‫ע‬, expressing this notion of the ‫= צָ ר‬ ‘narrow’, and )‫‘ = עַ (יִן‬eye’, the spiritual bacteria that causes this sickness to fester. ‫ פעה"ת לרבינו חיים‬,.‫(ערכין טז‬ )‫פלטיאל‬ It seems evident then that in an atmosphere where the generosity of spirit prevails we can successfully ward off all that ails us. The Talmud ).‫ (נדרים מ‬states that one who visits the sick will merit friends of the sort that came to the aid of Naaman, a general of Aram, who was stricken with leprosy and helped cure him of his ailment. This story is retold in the Haftorah associated with the portion of Tazria.

Naaman had a young Jewish maidservant who observing his distress suggested he approach the Prophet Elisha who could cure him. When Naaman arrives at the abode of Elisha, Elisha dispatches a messenger to greet Naaman at the door and tell him that he should bathe seven times in the Jordan river. Naaman scoffs at the impudence of Elisha in not greeting him, as well as at the notion that the Jordan is more effective than Naaman’s local rivers in Damascus. Naaman’s friends nevertheless encourage him to give it a try. Lo and behold he is cured and his skin restored to that of a lad. What was so unique in the behavior of these friends that serve as the model of friendship? In what way is this the particular reward for one who visits the infirm? Who were these compassionate buddies? Rashi reveals who was indeed his ‘special’ friend. ‫ שריפאוהו מצרעתו כגון אלישע‬:‫ריעים כנעמן‬ )‫דהוה נביא וזקן והשיאו עצה לנעמן (רש"י שם‬ Like Friends of Naaman: Who cured him from his leprosy, such as Elisha, who was a Prophet and a Sage, and advised Naaman with his counsel. Is Rashi merely teaching us that despite Elisha’s stature as a Prophet and Sage he nevertheless stooped to help the Aramean general, and therein lies his grandeur as a friend? Perhaps Rashi is seeking to teach us a profound lesson in human relationships. Elisha instructs his disciple to simply give over the advice to Namaan. There is no grandstanding nor dramatic affect. The Prophet could have easily capitalized on the resulting sanctification of G-d’s name that would ensue from this episode, were he to have made a spectacular display of his prowess. Naaman, the verse reports, was

disappointed. He was expecting some remarkable and dramatic mystical feat that would remove his affliction. Naaman couldn’t believe that it was a simple dip in the Jordan river that could do it. His friends tell him: ‫אבי דבר גדול הנביא דבר אליך הלוא‬ ‫תעשה ואף כי אמר אליך רחץ וטהר (מל־‬ )‫כים ב ה יג‬, My Father, had the prophet told you to do a difficult thing would you have not done it ?- surely since he has told you only to bathe and become cleansed.(Translation according to Targum Yehonoson) The great Gaon Harav Yeke’l the Av Bais Din of the town of Ushpitzin in his Sefer Darkei Yosher )‫(בסוף הספר‬ interprets this verse differently, in a most remarkable way. There is a reference in a later chapter regarding the great feats Elisha performed, describing them as: )‫הגדולות אשר עשה אלישה (שם ח ד‬, all the great things Elisha has done. The Talmud says that "‫"גדולות‬, refers to Elisha’s prayers, because all of his accomplishments were done ‫ברחמי‬, through prayer. What the friends of Naaman were really telling him was that this Prophet is not simply a magician, he sincerely cares. They pleaded with him; ‫דבר גדול‬ "‫”הנביא דבר אליך‬, the Prophet is praying for your welfare, ‫ואף כי אמר אליך‬ "‫”רחץ וטהר‬, and he is truly desiring and hoping that you will indeed bathe and be healed. Loud and obvious displays of expression are often doused of their power by the competing prosecuting angels in heaven. It is the quiet, constant and sincere concern, that one emotes silently and genuinely, that penetrates the Gates of Heaven unimpeded. This attitude of caring is what so transformed Naaman. The Talmud ):‫ (סנהדרין צו‬tells us that he went on

to become a Ger Toshav, formally accepting the G-d of Israel and His direction, rejecting totally his former idolatrous ways. The arrogance Naaman previously possessed was reduced by the sincere and heartfelt pleas of the Prophet for his wellbeing. There is no more curative medicine than that. This is what Rashi was so subtlety instructing us. The ‘Prophet and Sage’ put aside all the pomp and circumstance and simply gave him good, honest and earnest advice. That is true friendship. The Talmud )‫ (שם‬reports how there was a student of Rabbi Akiva who fell sick, and his colleagues did not come to visit him. Rabbi Akiva visited him and made sure to sweep and clean the premises. The student recovered, and attributed his restoration to health to his Rebbe. Rabbi Akiva subsequently declared that anyone who does not visit the sick is equivalent to one who murders. This act of kindness that cured the student wasn’t anything but a simple display of sincere care and concern. Sometimes just tidying up a room, nothing dramatic or gravely significant, is what it takes to revive a person’s spirits. It wasn’t contrived nor a gimmick, just an act of pure caring. Were these the same students who were guilty of lacking true concern for one another? Perhaps. It is alleged that the passage in the Talmud ).‫ (סנהדרין צו‬that reports of the children of “Haman” who studied Torah in Bnei Brak, should more correctly read “Naaman”. )‫(מרגליות הים שם‬ Bnei Brak, the hometown of Rabbi Akiva, was worthy of descendants of Naaman who absorbed the vital lesson that was taught to their grandfather many generations earlier. Together with Rabbi Akiva, the exemplar of love and kindness, the message of sincere friendship permeated this town. As we mourn the tragic loss of the students of Rabbi Akiva we would be wise to contemplate the cure to the epidemic of self-absorption. By caring deeply for one another, constantly being concerned for each other’s welfare, we will succeed in warding off all physical ailments and radiate a healthy attitude that will bring about a remedy for all that ails us!

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Parshas Tazria Metzorah – Food for Thought

By Rabbi Motty Rabinowitz

Pesach has always been a calorie-packed smorgasbord of special one-time-a-year dishes and no, the scales don’t lie. While the whole of Pesach features food, the Seder night essentially revolves around it. Most of the Mitzvos are food oriented, matza, marror, the rest of the Seder plate, and of course the 4 cups of wine. But it is not just what we ingest that is the focus of the night, it is also what we verbally express. We fulfill ‘‫’והגדת לבנך‬, describing to our children the detailed story of leaving Egypt. Pesach is a

Yom-Tov that focuses wholly on our mouths. We are told that the word ‫פסח‬ is a contraction of two words ‫פה סח‬, the mouth speaks. Why does Pesach focus so emphatically on the mouth? Last week we read the parsha of Shemini which specifies what we may ingest - the laws of kosher consumption. The most detailed laws revolve around which animals, birds and fish may be eaten. But it is not only what we may eat that is detailed. The Torah tells us: ‘‫ –אל תשקצו את נפשותיכם‬do not

abominate your souls’ The Talmud (Shabbos 90b) relates that this refers not only to eating non-kosher foods which contaminate our souls, but also to things that are technically permissible for consumption, yet are inappropriate and despicable. How we eat is no less important than what we eat. It is told that Rabbi Tzvi Yehuda Kook, Rosh Yeshiva of Mercaz HaRav, would eat a banana with a spoon. Admittedly, this seems foreign and bizarre to us. Rabbi Kook’s practice however, was focusing on how we eat. We can choose to eat with our hands like parts of the animal world and lower ourselves to our food, or we can eat with human dignity, using utensils, and bring the food up to us. What enters our mouths is indicative of our humanity and spiritual level. Moving forward to this week’s double Torah reading, we again focus on our mouths. A person, his materials or house, can be afflicted with the condition of ‫צרעת‬, for speaking Loshon Horo, slanderous talk. This individual or his possessions must go through a long and arduous process to be cleared of this condition, all with the aim of shaking up the individual to the folly of his actions. He must learn that what comes out of our mouths can have dire effects to those around us, and must be carefully filtered. The juxtaposition of these Torah portions is not coincidental. The Sforno throughout the book of Vayikra thematically explains the order of the topics as being driven by the concept of Kedusha, holiness. As the Jewish Nation, we are instructed to lead our lives with holiness. This holiness has many forms, starting from the public sacrifices in the Temple, but continuing to how we lead our lives privately.

This includes our food, our speech, holiness in the realm of sexuality, inter-personal behavior, and the holy days of Yom Tov. On most years, we read these Torah portions around Pesach as they, like Pesach, are focusing on a critical point. We are now free. We are now a Jewish nation. With freedom comes responsibility and with the Torah comes a higher standard of behavior. This is all reflected in our mouths. Our mouths are ultra-powerful tools. How we eat and bring material into our bodies affects us, but also reflects on who we are. Do we eat as dignified human beings? No less importantly, what we let come out of our mouths and how we communicate with others speaks volumes to how refined we are, what we have heard from others and who we aspire to be. Interestingly, the period we are in now, the days of Sefiras Haomer, further highlight this point. We are told that Rabbi Akiva’s students died during this period due to the lack of respect they communicated to each other. Specifically at this time, as we transition from receiving our physical freedom at Pesach to receiving the Torah on Shavuos, we must consider how the powerful vehicle of speech can affect others. It can build or it can destroy. We have seen how Pesach, the Torah readings and the period of Sefiras Haomer all point to the importance of carefully controlling our mouths. As the Jewish people, we must be careful to always communicate respectfully and honestly with those around us, whoever they may be. We must ensure that our political and religious discourse remain courteous, in a way that befits a Holy nation.

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I cannot say whether things will get better if we change; what I can say is they must change if they are to get better. – Georg C. Lichtenberg

he finally moved forward with a sale. As I pondered Dan’s maritime tale, I thought about just how many of us do the same thing all the time. We encounter a problem, whether it’s a foul relationship (with a boss, co-

Quit tolerating the things in your life that you know you don’t want and figure out how to move forward.

into countless pieces. This would have gotten him an insurance check without having to go through the trouble of selling his erstwhile vessel. But when Dan went out to inspect his boat at the docking harbor after the storm had passed, he found that while all of the other nearby boats were in ruins, his was ironically untouched, as if G-d was playing (not so) funny games with him. And so he was forced to stay in this unwanted relationship a little bit longer, until

worker, spouse, etc.), a product (car, boat, home, etc.) that we regret purchasing, a program that we wished we had never signed up for, or some other issue in our lives and hope that somehow we will be miraculously saved without having to put in any effort of our own. Perhaps, you think, my boss will leave and find a new job. Or maybe I will be recruited to go elsewhere or at least move to a different team/ division within the company. Maybe

if I yell loudly enough at customer service (a personal favorite or mine) I will get them to take their hunk of junk back (didn’t quite work with my daughter’s overpriced hoverboard). And on and on. In most cases, if we want to experience change in our lives we need to be less reliant on outside intervention and take steps that will bring us to a better place. Quit tolerating the things in your life that you know you don’t want and figure out how to move forward. Car keeps breaking down? Sell it and move on. The same goes for any other item that you should never have purchased. If you are in a toxic relationship, own the problem as best you can and do what’s reasonable (and perhaps a little more) to fix it. But if you must get out, then you need to be proactive and not sit around until the other party makes the decision for you.

Rabbi Naphtali Hoff is an executive coach and president of Impactful Coaching and Consulting. He can be reached at 212.470.6139 or at nhoff@impactful coaching.com.

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recently had a conversation with a financial executive who we’ll call Dan. At one point the conversation shifted to personal matters, such as where he lives and details about his family. Dan told me that he lives in Central Long Island (NY) and is the proud father of four children. I asked Dan if he had a boat and he responded that he once did and that the kids used to love going out on it. But the two best days of boat ownership for Dan were the bookends, the first day that he got it and the day when he got rid of it. The time in between was full of more anguish, between lack of function and reliability, as well as maintenance and care, than he ever would have signed up for. I asked Dan what happened to the boat during Hurricane Sandy. A big smile spread across his face as he

thought back to that event from five years ago, not because of the general impact, but due to its specific effect on his boat. Dan was really hoping that Sandy would put him out of his marine misery by carving the boat

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I like to stay happy. I can’t stand an old grouch, so I sing to myself. – Eugene Ruf, in an interview with MSN, on his 108th birthday, talking about his keys to a long life

- Eugene Ruf’s daughter, 61, talking about her father, who was orphaned at 12 in 1921 after his parents and a younger brother died of the Spanish flu in a matter of days, and who fought in WWII and the Korean War

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You’ll hardly ever hear him say anything negative. It’s always positive.

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I thought it was important that people on the other side of the DMZ see our resolve in my face.

I really am amazed that a judge sitting on an island in the Pacific can issue an order that stops the president of the United States from what appears to be clearly his statutory and constitutional power. - Attorney General Jeff Sessions talking about a judge in Hawaii preventing Trump’s immigration order from taking effect

Nobody has a sense of humor anymore.

A New Jersey man recently admitted to stealing $20,000 worth of ginger ale from a grocery store. He said he wasn’t planning on stealing so much, he just got Schwepped up in it.

Time Magazine today released its annual list of the “100 Most-Influential People in the World.” Making the list this year, Vladimir Putin, Kim Jong Un, Pope Francis, James Comey, and, of course, Donald Trump. Hillary Clinton did not make the list. Which is really crazy. Hillary Clinton influenced a whole half of a country to vote for Donald Trump for president. You’d think that would be worth something. – Jimmy Kimmel

This weekend, Bill Clinton tweeted that he was in Houston visiting former President George H.W. Bush. However, he ended the tweet with #Alibi.

A recent security purge by Facebook has unintentionally gotten rid of millions of “likes.” Just think...all those wasted hours, wasted.

- Conan O’Brien

– Conan O’Brien

– Seth Myers

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- Ibid., on ABC’s “This Week,” when asked about his referring to Hawaii as “an island in the Pacific”

- Vice President Mike Pence, in an interview with the Washington Post, explaining why he went to the demilitarized zone (DMZ) on the border of North and South Korea during a visit to South Korea last week

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All the other companies offered me money, but they [Nike] couldn’t offer me money because they just started. So he said something about stocks: “I’m gonna give you a lot of stocks.” I didn’t know nothing about stocks. Boy, did I make a mistake. I’m still kicking myself. Every time I’m in a Nike store I get mad. – Magic Johnson, in a recent interview, discussing his biggest regret

I don’t think I ever heard of him until he surfaced with the Trump campaign and I had no idea that he was profiting from the work of industrious Jews! – Seinfeld co-creator Larry David, upon learning that Trump advisor Steven Bannon (who the alt-left media claims is an antiSemite) was an early investor in Seinfeld and has made millions off of the show

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During his daily briefing Sporty Spice, as he is known, made an absolutely incredible statement about Syrian President Assad, that if it wasn’t so disturbing, would have been Hitlarious. He said, even someone as despicable as Hitler didn’t sink to using chemical weapons, which of course is very wrong. Sean Spicer might be the only press secretary who needs a press secretary. - Jimmy Kimmel

If the powers in 1942 had acted against the death camps — and all that was needed was repeated bombing of the camps — had they acted then, they could have saved four million Jews and millions of other people. -Prime Minister Netanyahu at a Yom HaShoah ceremony at Yad Vashem

That the missiles are called tomahawks must enrage a lot of Native Americans. - Tweet by Clara Jeffery, editor of Mother Jones media, after Trump struck Syria with Tomahawk Missiles

UPS announced yesterday that it will begin delivering packages on Saturdays. Unless, of course, you plan on being home on Saturday. - Seth Myers

You guys all collectively lived through Trump knocking off the Republicans, Trump knocking off Hillary, being wrong about all of it at every stage, and you turn around and play the same old conventional wisdom. If your universe is right, Hillary Clinton’s president. If our universe is right, Donald Trump is president. – Newt Gingrich on ABC’s “This Week,” talking about the mainstream media

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I read the article in The New York Times Sunday which presented arch-terrorist Barghouti as a “leader and parliamentarian.”... Calling Barghouti a political leader is like calling Assad a “pediatrician.” - Prime Minister Netanyahu, criticizing The New York Times for printing an op-ed by Palestinian terrorist Marwan Barghouti who murdered countless Israelis

– The New York Times’ tepid clarification, in response to Prime Minister Netanyahu’s criticism

A new study found that plastic surgeons make an average of $354,000 per year. “I am shocked,” said one woman’s face but not her mouth.

How do I turn out the lights on such a venerable and amazing show? I can’t. It’s not my show and it’s not my place. So on behalf of all of us on “The Factor,” good night and Godspeed.

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This article explained the writer’s prison sentence but neglected to provide sufficient context by stating the offenses of which he was convicted. They were five counts of murder and membership in a terrorist organization. Mr. Barghouti declined to offer a defense at his trial and refused to recognize the Israeli court’s jurisdiction and legitimacy.

- Fox News’s Greg Gutfeld hosting the final episode of “The Factor” after Bill O’Reilly was fired

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– Seth Myers

Congrats, you survived the Boston Marathon! - Email subject line sent by Adidas to 2017 Boston Marathon runners (they have since issued an apology)

– Conan O’Brien

Drunk lives matter! A package of salad mix that was sold in a Florida Walmart was found to contain a dead bat. This is shocking news – someone shopping at Walmart bought a salad? - Conan O’Brien

– The t-shirt Elwood Gutshall , 44, of Newville, PA, was wearing when he was arrested this week for drunk driving

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Scientists are now claiming that every hour spent running increases your lifespan by seven hours. In other words, a majority of Americans died three years ago.

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You gotta be kidding A helicopter carrying passengers suddenly loses engine powe r and the aircraft begins to descend. The pilot safely performs an emergency landing in water and tells the passengers to remai n seated and to keep the doors closed, stating that in emergency situations, the aircraft is designed to stay afloat for 30 minutes, giving rescuers time to get to them. Just then a man gets out if his seat and runs over to open the door. The pilots scream s at him, “Didn’t you hear what I said? The aircraft is designed to stay afloat as long as the doors remain closed?!” “Of course I heard you,” the man replied, “but it’s also design ed to fly, and look how good that one worked out!”

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With airlines taking a beating over the past few weeks, if you see the following slogans, you probably should stay away from the respective airline:

“We’re Amtrak with wings.”

“You think it’s so easy, get your own plane!” “Join our frequent near-miss program.” “On flights, every section is a smoking section.”

Moishele walks up to the airline counter and tells the rep, “I’d like this bag to go to Berlin, this one to California, and this one to London.” The rep says, “I’m sorry, sir. We can’t do that.” Moishele replied: “Nonsense. That is what you did last time I flew with you.”

“Complimentary champagne during free-fall.”

“The kids will love our inflatable slides.”

“Which will fall faster, our stock price or our planes?” “A real man lands where he wants to.”

“We may be landing on your street.”

“Are our jet engines too noisy? Don’t worry. We’ll turn them off.”

“Don’t worry, terrorists are afraid to fly with us.”

“Ask about our outof-court settlements.”

What is the oldest airline still operating under its original name? a. Deutsche Lufthansa b. KLM c. Northwest Airlines d. Qantas

3. What is the longest non-stop flight in the world? a. Dallas-Ft. Worth, Texas, to Sydney, Australia b. Johannesburg, South Africa, to Atlanta, Georgia c. Dallas-Ft. Worth, Texas, to Hong Kong, China d. Doha, Qatar, to Auckland, New Zealand 4. How many people fly per day in the U.S.? a. 700,000 b. 1.2 million c. 2 million d. 7 million What is the typical cruising air speed for long-distance commercial passenger flights? a. 370-410 MPH

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this?

2. 3.

Which airline is the world’s largest (by fleet size and revenue)? a. American Airlines b. Lufthansa Airlines c. Qatar Airways d. Air France

8. What did a 2007 investigation by The Wall Street Journal reveal about airline blankets? a. Airplanes only carry enough blankets for 37% of passengers b. They are sometimes used as towels when the crew runs out of towels on long flights c. Their size is purposely small so that they don’t cover passenger’s toes because if they did cover toes it would encourage passengers to take

4. 5. 6. 7.

B- KLM (Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij) has been in existence since 1919. Qantas is the world’s second oldest airline, established in 1920. A D- Qatar’s flight 921 is the longest flight in the world, traveling 9,032 miles. On average, it takes an average of 16 hours and 10 minutes for this whopper of a flight. C B C A- American Airlines’ average yearly revenue is $40 billion. The five largest airlines in the world, by fleet size, are 1) American Airlines; 2) Delta Air Lines; 3) United Airways; 4) Southwest Airlines; 5) FedEx Express (in that order) D (Sorry, did I just kill your inflight chill?)

Wisdom Key 7-8 correct: You are a real frequent flier…enjoy the blanket! 3-6 correct: Not bad, you are coach class…middle seat! 0-2 correct: You have airplane amnesia…maybe it was that 16-hourplus flight that you took from Qatar to New Zealand, while stuck in the middle seat between Bobuwee and Mustafa!

A new traffic control officer was in charge of a runway that could only fit one jet plane at a time. He accidentally had one jet take off and one jet land at 11:48 pm on the same runway. Thankfully, though, the planes didn’t crash and the traffic control officer was not fired. Why didn’t the planes crash?

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2. In 1987, American Airlines famously saved $40,000 by doing the following: a. They removed 1 olive from each salad served in first class b. They made their pilots pay for their own dry cleaning c. They stopped serving chocolate bars to passengers in coach d. They stopped turning the AC on before takeoff

6. How many people can an Airbus A380 carry officially? a. 490 b. 638 c. 853 d. 985

off their shoes and smell up the plane d. They are only cleaned every 5 to 30 days

Answer to riddle: The two planes took off and landed on different days

b. 546–575 MPH c. 670-700 MPH d. 801- 830 MPH

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Between the Lines

Hyssop Pie

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By Eytan Kobre

True humility is not thinking less of yourself; it is thinking of yourself less. -C.S. Lewis

hortly before Kol Nidrei, the mood in the shul was palpably tense, the solemnity of the day weighing heavily upon the congregation. Overcome with feelings of remorse, the rabbi ran to the ark spontaneously, lifted his hands heavenward, and cried out, “Ich bin a gornisht! Ich bin a gornisht!” (I’m a nothing! I’m a nothing!). Moved by the rabbi’s display of humility, the shamash (beadle) followed the rabbi’s example and did the same. The community leaders and then the congregation at large followed suit, appearing one-by-one before the ark and yelling, “Ich bin a gornisht! Ich bin a gornisht!” A wayfaring beggar sitting in the rear of the shul was bewildered by the strange and sudden commotion but assumed it was all just a local custom. So, as everyone else had, he rushed to the front and cried out, “Ich bin a gornisht! Ich bin a gornisht!” The rabbi turned to the beadle with an air of absolute disdain. “Look who thinks he’s a nothing.” The joke (and its many variations) exposes a common misperception about what humility is – and what it is not. As part of their purification process, those suffering from spiritually-induced leprosy must offer a sacrifice that includes a hyssop for their malady is the result of arrogance – “the hyssop symbolizes the humility that the leper should have had” (Rashi, Vayikra 14:4; Erchin 16b). Humility is a trait so fundamental that while some count it as one of the Torah’s express commandments

(SeMaG, Prohibition 64; Sefer Yereim 332:22 [R’ Yehudai Gaon]), others regard it as the basis for all commandments (see e.g. Migdal Oz, Dei’os 2:3; Sefer Yereim 332:22). So we are to be “very, very” humble (Avos 4:4) – even to an extreme (Rambam, Dei’os 2:3) – because humility is the foundation of the Torah (Ta’anis 7a; Sota 21b; Avos 6:5). To some, humility is the single most defining characteristic in the wide array of human attributes (Avoda Zara 20b; Pele Yoe’tz, Anava; Chovos HaLevavos, Gate of Humility, Chapter 8; Iggeres Ramban). Even great people – or is it especially great people? – are humble. Ralph Waldo Emerson was spot-on when he observed, “A great man is always willing to be little.” The story is told of an American horse rider during the Revolutionary War who happened upon a group of soldiers trying unsuccessfully to move a heavy log. Seeing the soldiers’ corporal standing idly by, the rider asked him why he wasn’t helping in the effort. “Oh, I’m the corporal. I give the orders. They do the work.” The rider dismounted his horse and helped move the log. “The next time your men need help,” he said to the corporal, “send for the Commander-in-Chief.” It was only then that the corporal and his men realized that the rider was none other than George Washington. While our leaders may possess a small measure of arrogance so that their authority is accepted, the apparent consensus is that even a scholar should “have no part of” arrogance whatsoever (Sota 5a; Rambam, Dei’os 2:3). And our leaders, more so than others, have lived that principle. R’ Akiva Eiger and R’ Yaakov Lorberbaum of Lisa (the Nesivos) once traveled together to Warsaw. As would be expected, the local Jews flocked to

the city gates to welcome the two Torah giants. The people dislodged their carriage from the horses and began to pull the carriage themselves, singing and dancing. When R’ Akiva Eiger realized what was happening, he assumed that the honor was for his friend, the Nesivos, so he dismounted and joined the crowd pulling the carriage. At the same time, the Nesivos assumed that the honor was for his friend, R’ Akiva Eiger, so he too alighted and joined the crowd pulling the carriage. And so the crowd – and the two great men being honored – pulled the carriage until they realized that no one was inside. That’s humility. Humility exists not in spite of greatness but because of it. So “wherever you find the greatness of the Holy One, blessed is He, there you find His humility” (Megilla 31a). In the absence of greatness, there can be no humility because there is nothing to be humble about. As my father-in-law is quick to recount, Winston Churchill observed that British politician Clement Attlee “is a very modest man. Indeed he has a lot to be modest about.” Or, as Golda Meir said to one of her cabinet ministers, “Don’t be so humble – you’re not that great.” That is the reason that G-d rests His Divine spirit only on one who is wise, strong, wealthy, and humble (Nedarim 38a). Strength and wisdom and wealth are pre-requisites for humility because only the strong, wise, and wealthy have what to be humble about (Ruach Chaim, Avos 4:1 and 4:4). Humility has no meaning unless it is accompanied by greatness. R’ Yechiel Michel of Zlotchov, a disciple of the Baal Shem Tov, once remarked how, in the World to Come he will be able to answer for all his actions except for his lack of humility. “When they ask why I didn’t master the entire Torah, I will respond that my intellectual capabilities were limited. When they ask why I didn’t fast to mourn the destruction of the

Temples, I will answer that my physical composition was weak. And when they ask why I gave so little to charity, I will explain that I was a man of modest means. “But then they will ask me why – for a person of small mind, weak composition, and modest means – I was so arrogant. And for that, I will have no answer.” But for all its primacy, humility is not about self-effacement or the suppression of talent or the denial of significant accomplishments. Indeed, Moshe wrote of himself that “the man, Moshe, was very humble, more so than any man on the face of the earth” (Bamidbar 12:3). And, after the passing of R’ Yehuda HaNasi, Rav Yosef noted that there was still humility in the world because he was alive and well (Sota 49b). These weren’t boasts; they were simple assertions of fact. The spiritual leper therefore takes both the hyssop and the cedar (a symbol of pride) because, according to the Chiddushei HaRim, the hyssop teaches what humility is; the cedar teaches what humility isn’t. R’ Yechezkel Abramsky once was required to testify in a court case in which a shochet sued the Beis Din of London, where R’ Yechezkel served as a judge. When R’ Yechezkel’s attorney asked him whether it is true that he was the greatest living authority on Jewish law on the European continent, R’ Yechrzkel answered, “Yes, that is correct.” The judge could not help but interject. “Rabbi Abramsky, is that not haughty of you? Don’t your laws and ethics teach you to be humble?” “Yes, we are indeed taught to be humble,” R’ Yechezkel replied. “But I am under oath.” Humility doesn’t mean you’re always nothing – it means you’re never everything. Eytan Kobre is a writer, speaker, mediator, and attorney living in Kew Gardens Hills. Questions? Comments? Suggestions? E-mail eakobre@outlook.com.

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Moderated by Jennifer Mann, LCSW of The Navidaters

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What Would You Do If… Our daughter Gitty got engaged to Michael close to two months ago. Since that time, we’ve spent some significant amount of time with the two of them and have been able to observe them as a couple and see how they interact with one another.

We know that the engagement period is a stressful time, but we’re shocked to see the two of them fighting so much. We don’t actually see the fights, but it’s clear that often they are not talking to one another and there is obvious strain between them. When they are not “fighting,” they seem to be so in love. Our daughter looks to Michael with such admiration and love and he responds accordingly. But they seem to be very volatile. It’s very hot or very cold between them.

I’ve suggested to them that they should see a couple therapist NOW, before they actually marry, to make sure that they are well suited for one another. They refuse. My husband feels that unless they agree to go for help, he’s going to literally pull the plug on the wedding. Though we’ve already booked a hall and scheduled everything else, he’s ready to cut our losses. He claims a broken engagement is a lot less serious than a broken marriage. Though I agree in theory, it seems too drastic to me. I’m afraid if we cancel the wedding, Gitty will never forgive us. And knowing her, I wouldn’t be surprised if they somehow ran off and eloped! Do you think my husband has the right idea and that we should suspend the wedding until they’ve worked with a therapist and figured out how to get along?

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Gitty has always had a temper and I wouldn’t be surprised if she were to blame for some or even most of the tension between them. But despite who is responsible, I’m worried about them getting married. If they fight this much now, what is their marriage going to look like?

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he bad news is that the two of you have boxed yourselves into a corner. Your husband wants to pull the plug on the wedding. Gitty and Michael have refused your suggestion to go for couple’s therapy. And they clearly have very alarming communication issues that they need to work on. It seems to me that they may not be the only couple with communication issues. You and your husband have neither worked as a team nor have been able to communicate and intervene successfully to get them to take steps to help themselves in the short and long term. The good news is that you can get others to help you and them. At this stage of the game, you need someone neutral, central to all stakeholders, and with authority. The two of you need to confide in your rabbi who will be involved halachically in the actual wedding. Be open with him about your own communication issues and the immediate subject at hand. He will certainly send the two of you for couple’s therapy. But he can also get the kallah teacher, the chosson teacher and the young people’s mentors involved in bringing up the need for communication skills improvement and conflict resolution training. They need to work as a team with this couple. They can all suggest that the couple enroll in the Shalom Workshops offered by the Shalom Taskforce, which is a nationally acclaimed evidence-based healthy marriage training customized for the observant Jewish community. They can have private sessions with a trained facilitator, not merely participate as part of a group series. And the rabbi will probably make this and other conditions critical to the performance of the marriage. He will probably conduct some counseling sessions with them as well as urge a waiting period, if he supports the going ahead with the marriage, and he will also mandate counseling for the first year of marriage at a minimum besides

other precautions. Follow the leadership of the rabbi and your couple’s therapist. This is no longer in your hands. These workshops have become standard among today’s young couples and it will not be a big deal for Michael and Gitty to enroll and participate. Everyone finds the Shalom Workshop training beneficial – engaged couples as well as long married partners. But sometimes engaged couples learn enough about themselves and each other to realize that they are not well suited and break off their engagement as a result. Whether or not this happens, the kids need to acquire and practice these skills. Pray, work with your rabbi, and work on your own relationship. It’s going to have to improve and be resilient enough to handle what happens next with Gitty and Michael.

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ou are a lucky mom. You don’t need a crystal ball or an Ouija board to foretell the fate of Gitty’s marriage to Michael. You have seen the fighting, the volatility, the hot and cold shoulders, and the silent treatment played out in your living room during the engagement period. Yes, I agree with your husband. Put public opinion aside and do not proceed with the wedding arrangements unless and until Gitty goes for pre-marital counseling (either alone or with Michael). You admit that Gitty has always been temperamental – perhaps, impulsive and immature. What’s worse, she has you wrapped around her beringed finger; you shudder to think she’ll elope if she doesn’t get her way. She may balk, she may scream, but without your financial and emotional support, there will be no wedding. Discuss your change of plan with the mechutanim who share an equal stake in their son’s happiness. If they are at all astute, they may be

as concerned as you. With both families on the same page, enlist the help of a trusted third party; your rabbi, her kallah teacher, Michael’s rebbe, even Michael (who may be more than happy to cooperate) to convince Gitty about the benefits of therapy. Best case scenario, the couple will acquire the tools needed to make their marriage succeed; alternatively, the couple may discover their temperaments are not compatible and reconsider their future.

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s we all know, these days parents of young men and women, who are beginning the journey of being set up and going out, are enormously involved in setting the stage for the first date. Phone calls go back and forth, references are checked out, notebooks quickly become filled up with names and numbers, and some parents actually consider this process a full time job. Whether or not all of this research is necessary is debatable. But these days – this is how it typically is. Most parents do whatever they can to ensure the happiness of their children. However, once the deed is done and the ring is on the appropriate finger, occasionally the heretofore overly involved parents sometimes believe their work is done and they

Just because a couple gets engaged doesn’t mean that everything is alright.

can now take a vacation to Florida and exhale. In reality, that couldn’t be further from the truth. Just because a couple gets engaged doesn’t mean that everything is alright. Often couples need and certainly benefit enormously from participating in some sort of pre-marital couple therapy. That’s when and where the real important work is done. I think your husband is spot on. There is no doubt that there is trouble in paradise. For now, you still hold some power over your daughter. Once she’s married, that power will dwindle or possibly even completely fade away. At this moment in time, it’s important for you to seize your power and use the wedding as a bargaining chip to force them into therapy. Sounds like Gitty could use some personal therapy and the two of them could definitely use some serious couple therapy. Don’t let your fear of her reaction hold you hostage. It’s never wise to cave into threats. I doubt that Gitty and Michael will elope. But worst case scenario they do – you’ll know in your heart that you weren’t party to this really

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ou’re right – the engagement period is often a very stressful period. People are nervous and there is so much pressure to plan, accomplish and think about. But that doesn’t mean that a couple should behave in such a dysfunctional way

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again. Do not move. Tell her we are staying put.” Though the urge to run with your daughter is understandable, I think the parental thing to do is to stand firm with your husband and set the example of the appropriate response…and hope that Gitty follows. You mentioned that Gitty has always had a temper. I am wondering if this is not the first time you have felt a strong pull to help Gitty out of a bad situation from her own making by “fixing” everything around her. Gitty makes a mess or creates drama and chaos and because you love her (and fear her response) you come to the rescue. You manipulate her environment, changing the consequences of her behavior. You feel better momentarily because you have avoided the wrath of Gitty and you have Gitty’s love and approval but Gitty never learns. And so the message is Gitty can do whatever she wants and Mom will allow it. Dad’s opinion doesn’t even matter. I also wonder if Gitty’s sense of entitlement is playing a role in her relationship

two and there’s power in numbers. Regardless, I think you need to stay strong, follow your intuition, and do what’s right for the long term.

essary steps to work on and correct the hurtful way you treat each other. [Premarital counseling!]” If Gitty and/or Michael cannot accept this game plan, then they are absolutely not ready for marriage – not to each other, or anyone else. And if they hem and haw, or do something drastic such as elope and/or not speak to you, then there is your proof that will have done the right thing by acting as a unit with your husband and putting a stop to their impetuous, volatile relationship. You can’t stop someone from doing something rash and ridiculous, but you don’t have to enable it. And, at the very least, you will have improved your marriage by supporting your husband (which is actually the very best). It’s time to be strong. Sincerely, Jennifer

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very normal parent wants the love and approval of a child. I understand your hesitation to go along with your husband’s seemingly drastic plan of pulling the plan on this wedding. What if Gitty never forgives you or never speaks to you again? What if this makes her wild with anger, and she and Michael elope? All options are scary and preferably avoidable. However, enabling Gitty and Michael to get married by paying for this wedding, at a time when their relationship is so utterly dysfunctional and destructive, will only harm your daughter. Imagine you, Gitty, and your husband are walking through the forest. And you see a bear approaching. You immediately tell Gitty, “Gitty, stand very still. Do not run, do not make a move.” Gitty responds, “No Mom, I think we should make a run for it. I’m telling you! Let’s go! Mom, come on! If you don’t run with me, I’m going without you and I’ll never forgive you! I hate you!” You know that when a bear approaches you are supposed to initially remain utterly still. Your husband gently reminds you, “Do not move. Hold Gitty’s hand and tell her

with Michael. This isn’t easy. An adult child who is still up to these antics is terribly draining. You already spoke with Gitty and Michael and to no avail. What’s next? Step One: Approach your husband and tell him you are on board with his game plan. Apologize to him and explain what has been holding you back from taking a firm stance. (By the way, being firm does not mean you don’t love Gitty or that you have to be strict or distant from her. The opposite! You are doing this from love and you can act extra loving to her if desired.) Step Two: As a couple, approach Michael’s parents. Explain the scary dynamic you have noticed and get their input. Come up with a plan that the four of you agree upon and work together. Ultimately, this wedding should not happen until you see drastic changes in the kids’ relationship. Step Three: The four parents will sit down with Gitty and Michael and tell them something along the lines of “We know the two of you love each other and want this marriage to happen. And so do we! We want your happiness. We all have noticed the volatility of the relationship [get specific!] and we know that this needs to get worked out now before the wedding. We will gladly pay for the wedding after you have taken the nec-

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daughter being angry at you? She’ll get over it and someday realize that you protected her in a very brave way. Are you afraid of the loss of deposits? That will look like pittance compared to the money you’ll waste making an actual wedding. Are you afraid of Gitty and Michael eloping? Sounds like a stretch, but if they choose that route, they are even more immature than you know. It would probably be helpful to have a conversation with Michael’s parents and see if you can encourage them to join forces with you in your quest to convince the young couple to get into couple therapy ASAP. Four voices are better than

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that they don’t even talk to one another. And to behave this way in public, in front of you and your husband, says a lot about their inability to stay on top of their emotions and behave in a mature way. I agree with your husband – they most certainly need professional help and they need it now, before they get married. Because once they are married, it will only get worse. Probably far worse. I think you need to think about what’s stopping you from joining your husband’s mindset. Are you afraid of what people will say? Next week they’ll have something new to talk about. Are you afraid of your

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A Penny A Jew By Assemblyman Dov Hikind

nfortunately, if we set aside a day for every tragedy in Jewish history, the calendar would be full. But the scope, circumstances and impact of the Holocaust are so immense that a special day of remembrance was deemed appropriate. I never discussed the day itself with my parents – both survivors, both in Heaven now – but I suspect they would have agreed. My mother, z”l, warned against getting comfortable with the memory. As a child of survivors, and as a student of history, I have sought to understand as much as I can about what occurred during those tragic years. It’s not a morbid fascination; it’s a thirst for knowledge that might somehow be useful in dealing with today’s issues that endanger the Jewish people…and help prevent future tragedies. No one can deny that a generation has not passed where many people – not just an isolated madman – have expressed their eagerness to finish what Hitler started. Did my mother have these fears as a child in pre-war Czechoslovakia? I doubt it. Her memories of life before Germany invaded were happy ones; the Jewish community got along fine with their Czech neighbors, she recalled. Then the Nazis came and the town’s Jews were rounded up. My mother’s most vivid memory of that day was how the non-Jewish neighbors came out

to watch. And no one said a word. “Do you know about antiSemitism?” I asked my 14-year-old granddaughter. She was sitting with me as I prepared to speak on the subject over the holidays. “Yes,” she said. “We saw a video about it.” The video presented other young teens being asked about their perceptions of Jews. “They’re all rich,” said one.

In France. While in the Middle East there are Muslim leaders who have openly stated their desire to see all Jews return to Israel as soon as possible, so they can kill them all at once. You would think that Muslim leaders in the Middle East would be most concerned with their people’s quality of life, but killing Jews is a

Remembering our loved ones, these six million innocent souls, brings a sense of them back to life. That’s the least we can do. “They have all the power,” said another. Nearly a century later and nothing has changed. Except for one thing: now, there is a State of Israel. So the chants of “Jews, go back to Palestine,” have ended, and the existence of a Jewish State has joined the list of “reasons” to call for Jewish extermination. I repeat: it’s not morbid fascination. It’s a matter of paying attention. A single day does not pass without an incident or a threat. If you follow international headlines, this is not news to you. There are a half million Jews in France who no longer feel safe looking like Jews.

higher priority. Despite all my years of reading, I never understood how the Germans could concentrate their efforts on anything but saving their own soldiers once the Allied invasion proved that their march to world domination had come to an end. But killing Jews was such a high priority to the Nazis that they studied its efficacy like a science. In The Holocaust, a new 500-page study by Laurence Rees, we learn how the Nazis were able to reduce the cost of murdering Jews to about two German pfennings a person. Less than one U.S. cent. Another new historical study by Peter Hayes

entitled Why demonstrates how the Nazi regime used just two trains per day from 1942-44 to move three million people to the death camps. In 1944, as the Allies closed in, three trains per day deported 440,000 Hungarian Jews in eight weeks. Priorities. My mother recalled standing on Mengele’s infamous life-ordeath line. Trains had arrived from everywhere. Elderly men, pregnant women, children, the sick, the hungry… Her three-year-old nephew stood with the family and asked his mother, “M’geit ins hargenen?” Are they going to kill us? One sister whispered to my mother, “M’ken nisht lozen Mommy alein.” We can’t let Mommy go alone. So she went to the gas chamber with her mother. Why recall all this? Because we must. Because remembering our loved ones, these six million innocent souls, brings a sense of them back to life. That’s the least we can do. But more, we remember for us. We remember because we live in a volatile world and it’s critical to be honest about anti-Semitism, to call it out and to stand up to it. Even when things simmer down and look fine, it can grow dark very quickly. And if you don’t believe me, just ask my mother. Assemblyman Dov Hikind represents the 48th District in New York.

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Israel at 69 By Rabbi Berel Wein

created the necessity to dream again, but now differently than we did before. This truth lies in the ancient verse in Psalms that “that when the L-rd returned the exiles of Israel to their home we will be but dreamers once more.” The State of Israel has evolved in an unexpected and unpredicted manner. And it is still certainly but a work in progress. Its founders envisioned a rigidly secular – almost an-

who actually built it. Truly, we are but dreamers. The country possesses an inner dynamism that raises it beyond predictability and ordinary patterns of growth and development. Its rate of absorption of new immigrants and its ability to blend them into the fabric of the country within a generation or two is testimony to the accuracy of what was said by the prophets of old. It is stated that after the time of the return of the Jewish people, the

ti-religious nation – very left-leaning in politics and diplomacy and committed to doctrinaire socialist if not even Marxist economic and social programs and ideologies. Sixty-nine years later the country is more traditionally religious than ideologically secular, more robustly capitalist in its economy than socialist and a bastion of Western democratic government – with all of the wranglings and inefficiencies that this system inevitably entails – and less of a completely state controlled society than previously envisioned. It has surprised everyone, even those

great and lengthy exile would finally begin to end. Out of the babel of different languages and differing cultures, a cohesive, whole nation, diverse and fractious as it is, has nevertheless emerged and prospered. Those ancient prophets predicted it, in the long of night of exile and persecution, Jews continued to believe in it and at great cost and sacrifice, our generations have lived to see it become real and vital. What hath G-d wrought! Israel has produced Nobel Prize winners and scientists and profes-

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Out of the babel of different languages and differing cultures, a cohesive, whole nation, diverse and fractious as it is, has nevertheless emerged and prospered.

sors of worldwide acclaim. It has pioneered medical research, technological innovation, and industrial and agricultural advancements and creativity. Almost every computer-like device in the world – and there are billions of such products in daily and constant use – have a piece of Israel inside of it. This fact alone confounds all of the nefarious evil of the Jew-hating Israel boycotters that still abound. G-d’s promise to our father Avraham, that the whole world would benefit and be blessed through the achievements of the generations of his descendants, has been vindicated time and again by the accomplishments of the State of Israel. And, most important of all, Israel has remained true to its mission of supporting Jewish values and Torah study as an integral part of its society and the fabric of the state. There has been no single greater supporter of Torah study in all of its diverse and holy forms than the State of Israel. That fact alone should draw forth gratitude and loyalty from the community most directly benefiting from this policy. Old prejudices and theories, disproved by the realities of history, should finally be abandoned and a joint effort by all Jews to continue to build the Jewish future through a strong and secure Israel should be encouraged and executed. Shabbat shalom.

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he State of Israel celebrates its sixty-ninth Independence Day. Those of us who were alive in 1947 when the state came into being cannot help but be amazed and impressed by our feisty little country and its achievements. Israel has never been as secure and strong as it is today. It has also, at the very same time, never been so vulnerable, demonized and beset with vicious uncompromising enemies as it is today. So again we find ourselves in the best of times and in very difficult times at one and the very same time. But, I believe that by any measure, our glass is more than half full, especially in comparison with where we were sixty-nine years ago. And it is in this respect that Israel is and remains the absolute miracle of our time, if not even of the ages. The impact that the existence of the State of Israel has had on the Jewish world over the past sixty-nine years has been incalculable. This includes all of the different groupings and factions that constitute the Jewish people today. Even the naysayers and the misguided BDSers amongst us cannot help but admit that they too are affected by the existence of the Jewish state. Israel has pricked the Jewish conscience everywhere and that has caused discomfort to some, exultation to others and challenges to all. It has shattered all previous illusions amongst Jews about their place in the world, broken previously cherished and warmly held dreams and

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ax Privler was elevenyears-old when he lost his father, mother and baby brother to the Nazis. A small boy from Poland, Max tasted German hatred in a harsh and bitter way. It all started when the Nazis told him and his father to stand in front of a mass grave alongside dozens of other Jewish men. As the Nazis began to shoot, Max’s father pushed him into the grave and shielded his body, granting Max lone survivorship of the massacre. Days later, once he determined it was safe, Max decided to return home to his mother and brother, only to find them harassed by German soldiers. Trying to protect her younger son, Max’s mother pushed a soldier to the ground. This ultimately led to the demise of both her and her child. Max’s mother was hanged; her son dismembered. As an eleven-year-old boy witnessing these atrocities, Max could only think of one thing: revenge. He went on to join the resistance and helped save many others from such a terrible fate.

Now, 86-year-old Max lights a torch to commemorate both the martyrs and heroes of the Holocaust. Along with five other survivors, he tells his story to Israel in the hopes of passing on the message to never forget.

hu addressed the audience and introduced the six torch lighters. Each with his or her unique story; each with his or her own memories to bear. Unlike in the United States, Holocaust Remembrance Day in Israel

Six torch lighters. Each with his or her unique story; each with his or her own memories to bear.

I, along with hundreds of others, sit in the audience and watch in awe as Max shares his story. I knew the ceremony would be moving, I just didn’t anticipate how much. Every year, the State of Israel welcomes Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Day with an official ceremony at the state’s Holocaust museum, Yad Vashem. President Reuven Rivlin and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanya-

is celebrated by everyone. All schools host assemblies and at 10 a.m. a national siren is sound. At my school, the assembly coincided with the siren blast. Immediately, all students and staff bowed their heads in silence. We all thought of our grandparents or friends’ grandparents who survived the Shoah. We all remembered the children and adults who perished under Nazi rule. We all cel-

ebrated the partisans who fought for Jewish freedom. We all recognized the importance of ensuring this doesn’t happen again. At the national ceremony, Netanyahu said, “The strong survive, the weak are erased.” He explained that “the existence of the weak is in doubt.” In order to stay strong and survive, we must not doubt our purpose. We must stay loyal to our background and heritage. To witness the strength of the Jewish people on a day that commemorates the Holocaust – an era in which the Nazis tried to erase the Jewish nation – is not only inspiring. It leaves me with a sense of pride to be part of a thriving people and to volunteer in a country built by Jews for Jews. Am Yisrael chai. The nation of Israel continues to live. Elana Dure is a resident of Woodmere and recent graduate of the University of Maryland. She is currently teaching English in Petach Tikva through Masa’s Israel Teaching Fellows program.

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Memoirs of a Forgotten Rabbi The Troubled Life of Rabbi Tzvi Hirsch Ferber By Rabbi Pini Dunner

abbi Tzvi Hirsch Ferber (1883-1966) was a Lithuanian-born Torah scholar who spent most of his adult life as the spiritual leader of a small community in the West End of London. He remained there for over 50 years, struggling to maintain his dignity and his principles in a setting that was completely indifferent to the things he found important. His relationship with the lay-leadership of his community, as well as with his fellow employees, was fraught with difficulty and tension, as they were all people devoid of any sensitivity to Jewish ritual law and they tended to run the synagogue as a moneymaking operation, without taking Jewish law or the rabbi into consideration. In 1938, Rabbi Ferber began writing his memoirs, recording his life story, including the history of his hometown, Slabodka, and details of his family origins and how he had ended up as an immigrant rabbi in England. The memoirs disappeared after his death and resurfaced at auction a few years ago, eventually ending up in the hands of Rabbi Pini Dunner, who at that time lived in London. After introducing us to the fascinating story of the memoirs and how they ended up in his possession, Rabbi Dunner now reveals Rabbi Ferber’s own narrative and presents the memoirs, translated and published here for the very first time

since they were written. This is excerpt resumes the story of Slabodka. The translation presented here is not a word-for-word rendition of the original Hebrew, although Rabbi Dunner has stuck to it as closely as possible, with the exception of when

movement, but critics claimed the new administration did not know what they were doing and were not fulfilling the yeshiva’s core mission. The main teacher at the yeshiva, Rabbi Yitzchak Yaakov Rabinowitz, had just been appointed as the

To this day their inspiration feeds into the sermons I give on High Holidays, inspiring the community to connect with G-d. the Rabbinic Hebrew makes an exact translation difficult or where ambiguities need to be corrected. The material has also been abridged where necessary, excluding extraneous details that disrupt the narrative.

THE SLABODKA YESHIVA SPLITS The Controversy at Slabodka Yeshiva After the passing of Rabbi Yitzchak Elchanan Spektor, opposition erupted in Slabodka against the new administration of the yeshiva. The yeshiva had originally been established according to the principles of the “Mussar” (Jewish ethics)

rabbi of Gorzhd, which meant that the principle figure of authority had left, resulting in the controversial changes in the way the yeshiva was run. Students at the yeshiva openly rebelled against the new administration, and Rabbi Yitzchak Yaakov Rabinowitz also joined the chorus of opposition. Another significant rabbi opposed to the new administration was the chief rabbi of Ritova, Rabbi Avraham Aaron Burstein, the celebrated illui of Kamenitz, later chief rabbi of Tavrig, who was a teacher at the yeshiva before Rabbi Yitzchak Yaakov Rabinowitz arrived. Leading the opposition to the new administration was Rabbi Yitzchak Elchanan’s son, the new rabbi of

Kovno, Rabbi Tzvi Hirsch Rabinowitz, together with the rabbi of Slabodka, Rabbi Moshe Danishevsky. There were others as well – Rabbi Tzvi Yaakov Oppenheim of Kelm; Rabbi Meir Feimer of Slutzk; Rabbi Lipa Sharshevski of Nyesviz; Rabbi Chaim Segal, chief rabbi of Ratzk and later Yanove, who was born in Slabodka; Rabbi Tzvi Hirsch Mayofis of Volkovisk – and others too. The controversy escalated until eventually the yeshiva split into two separate camps. The Mussar faction was forced to leave the building where the yeshiva had been accommodated for years, and this group moved to the “Zovchei Tzedek” study hall. Meanwhile, the group that remained formed a new yeshiva called “Knesset Beit Yitzchak” named in honor of the late Rabbi Yitzchak Elchanan, under the leadership of his son, Rabbi Tzvi Hirsch Rabinowitz. After the departure of Rabbi Yitzchak Yaakov Rabinowitz, the new administration that headed the group which eventually split off engaged two rabbis to teach the students: the great scholars Rabbi Moshe Mordechai Epstein and Rabbi Isser Zalman Meltzer, who were brothers-in-law. Meanwhile, “Knesset Beit Yitzchak” engaged Rabbi Moshe Danishevsky to teach the boys who remained in the yeshiva building, but it became apparent that notwithstanding his qualities as an expert in Jewish law, he was not a particularly good teacher, as he lacked the necessary peda-

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gogic skills. After about half a year “Knesset Beit Yitzchak” hired Rabbi Chaim Rabinowitz, the rabbi of Meishad who later taught in Telz yeshiva — a brilliant scholar and an excellent teacher. He remained in Slabodka yeshiva for many years until taking up the position in Telz with Rabbi Yosef Leib Bloch. In 1900 I left Slabodka and went to Shavel, and from that point on I lost touch with the details of what was going on with the yeshiva there.

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delivered by Rabbi Eliezer Gordon, the rabbi of Telz and head of Telz yeshiva, as whenever he passed through Kovno on his travels he would visit Slabodka yeshiva and teach. His lectures were spellbinding, delivered with incredible passion. I also heard lectures from Rabbi Tzvi Hirsch Rabinowitz and from Rabbi Moshe Danishevsky. In the main, however, I studied at “Reb Abba Chatzkel’s” study house, which was where my father regularly prayed. He was heavily involved in its upkeep. Originally the study house had been a wooden building, until they built a new brick structure, and my father told me that he personally hauled the bricks for its construction. Despite this personal involvement, he chose to sit in the most inconspicuous location of the sanctuary for prayers, in the northwestern corner. My Talmud study partner, a boy called Tanchum, who was from Kraknova, and I studied Shulchan Aruch with the rabbi of “Reb Abba Chatzkel’s” study house, Rabbi Zelig Halevi Tarshish, brother-in-law of Rabbi Yosef Yoizel Horowitz, the “Elder” of Novardok. I received my rabbinic ordination from Rabbi Mordechai Latzkover, one of the rabbis in Kovno, and Rabbi Binyamin Meisel, rabbi of Paneman – and they testified that I was so familiar with the relevant material that I knew it almost totally by heart.

My Studies in Shavel As my father got older, he became weaker and it became hard for him to earn a living. As a result of this, and after I was released from conscription into the Russian Army, I traveled to Shavel in 1900, where I studied for a year before I got married. I studied together with a group of advanced Talmud scholars, supported by a man called Yaakov Stein, who worked tirelessly to sustain us in our studies. It was in Shavel that I began to speak publicly for the first time. Initially I was tremendously apprehensive of speaking to an audience, but eventually I got used to it, and soon I became known as an accomplished orator.

My Parents I was born to my parents in 1883. My mother was already 50-years-old when I was born, and she already had grandchildren. I was their youngest child, and their favorite. My oldest brother, Rabbi Eliezer Lipman Ferber, a very special person and a profound scholar, was chief rabbi of Koznitza at the time of my mother’s pregnancy. One day, he arrived to visit my parents and found her – a woman with grandchildren – pregnant and weak, laid up in in her bed. My brother told her not to worry and remarked that perhaps she would have cause to be even more proud of this child than of all her previous

children. As I grew up I witnessed my parents decline in health, and I experienced what it meant to go without. My parents ate less so that their children could eat. They also regularly hosted Torah scholars and yeshiva students to eat at our home on Shabbats and weekdays, and numerous famous rabbis began their rabbinic careers around my parents’ table. Although my father was not himself a learned man, he loved Torah with all his heart, and had a profound respect for all Torah scholars. He often told me about the speeches and sermons he had heard from the famous rabbinic leader, Rabbi Yisrael Salanter. The wealthy philanthropist, Markil Kadishzon of Kovno, was his uncle, and when Sir Moses Montefiore and his wife passed through Kovno in 1846, they stayed at his home. Sir Moses later said that they had not experienced such a wonderful hosted stay throughout their many travels over the years as they had at the home of Markil Kadishzon. To be continued...

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Growing up, I lived at home with my parents, and they took care of all my needs, as a result of which I was not bound by the study schedule at the yeshiva in Slabodka. I did not attend prayers at the yeshiva, nor did I attend the Mussar study sessions that took place there daily, although I very much enjoyed hearing the ethical discourses delivered at the yeshiva by the great rabbis Rabbi Yitzchak Blazer and Rabbi Naftali Amsterdam. I would always go to hear them speak, and they both had a profound influence on me. To this day their inspiration feeds into the sermons I give on High Holidays, inspiring the community to connect with G-d. Despite not being officially registered at the yeshiva, I studied the same Talmudic tractate that they were studying, and I regularly attended the Talmud lectures there. I was even privileged to hear lectures

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With North Korea, We do have Cards to Play By Charles Krauthammer

he crisis with North Korea may appear trumped up. It’s not. Given that Pyongyang has had nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles for more than a decade, why the panic now? Because North Korea is headed for a nuclear breakout. The regime has openly declared that it is racing to develop an intercontinental ballistic missile that can reach the United States – and thus destroy an American city at a Kim Jong Un push of a button. The North Koreans are not bluffing. They’ve made significant progress with solid-fuel rockets, which are more quickly deployable and thus more easily hidden and less subject to detection and pre-emption. At the same time, Pyongyang has been steadily adding to its supply of nuclear weapons. Today it has an estimated 10 to 16. By 2020, it could very well have a hundred. (For context: the British are thought to have about 200.) Hence the crisis. We simply cannot concede to Kim Jong Un the capacity to annihilate American cities. Some will argue for deterrence. If it held off the Russians and the Chinese for all these years, why not the North Koreans? First, because deterrence, even with a rational adversary like the old Soviet Union, is never a sure thing. We came pretty close to nuclear war in October 1962. And second, because North Korea’s regime is bizarre in the extreme, a hermit kingdom run by a weird, utterly ruthless and highly

erratic god-king. You can’t count on Caligula. The regime is savage and cult-like; its people, robotic. Karen Elliott House once noted that while Saddam Hussein’s Iraq was a prison, North Korea was an ant colony. Ant colonies do not have good checks and balances. If not deterrence, then prevention. But how? The best hope is for China to exercise its influence and induce North Korea to give up its programs. For years, the Chinese made gestures, but never did anything

of war is rising. They know that the ICBM threat is totally unacceptable to the Americans. And that the current administration appears particularly committed to enforcing this undeclared red line. — Chinese interests are being significantly damaged by the erection of regional missile defenses to counteract North Korea’s nukes. South Korea is racing to install a THAAD anti-missile system. Japan may follow. THAAD’s mission is to track and shoot down incoming rockets from North Korea but, like any mis-

Karen Elliott House once noted that while Saddam Hussein’s Iraq was a prison, North Korea was an ant colony.

remotely decisive. They have their reasons. It’s not just that they fear a massive influx of refugees if the Kim regime disintegrates. It’s also that Pyongyang is a perpetual thorn in the side of the Americans, whereas regime collapse brings South Korea (and thus America) right up to the Yalu River. So why would the Chinese do our bidding now? For a variety of reasons. — They don’t mind tension but they don’t want war. And the risk

sile shield, it necessarily reduces the power and penetration of the Chinese nuclear arsenal. — For China to do nothing risks the return of the American tactical nukes in South Korea, withdrawn in 1991. — If the crisis deepens, the possibility arises of South Korea and, most importantly, Japan going nuclear themselves. The latter is the ultimate Chinese nightmare. These are major cards America can play. Our objective should be

clear. At a minimum, a testing freeze. At the maximum, regime change. Because Beijing has such a strong interest in the current regime, we could sweeten the latter offer by abjuring Korean reunification. This would not be Germany, where the communist state was absorbed into the West. We would accept an independent, but Finlandized, North. During the Cold War, Finland was, by agreement, independent but always pro-Russian in foreign policy. Here we would guarantee that a new North Korea would be independent but always oriented toward China. For example, the new regime would forswear ever joining any hostile alliance. There are deals to be made. They may have to be underpinned by demonstrations of American resolve. A pre-emptive attack on North Korea’s nuclear facilities and missile sites would be too dangerous, as it would almost surely precipitate an invasion of South Korea with untold millions of casualties. We might, however, try to shoot down a North Korean missile in mid-flight to demonstrate both our capacity to defend ourselves and the futility of a North Korean missile force that can be neutralized technologically. The Korea crisis is real and growing. But we are not helpless. We have choices. We have assets. It’s time to deploy them.

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Dirshu Dirshu Embarks on Third Machzor of In-Depth Kinyan Halacha Program Role of HaGaon HaRav Shmuel Wosner, Zt”l, in Establishing Program Highlighted There is a thirst for yedias halacha, for knowledge of in-depth halacha in Klal Yisrael that defies the imagination. Thousands of yungeleit, numerous entire kollelim have undertaken to join Dirshu’s Kinyan Halacha, halacha program. Kinyan Halacha is Dirshu’s in depth Halacha program that serves as a foundational learning syllabus that ultimately produces legions of poskim muvhakim. The third machzor began this week. This past 29 Nissan/April 25, Dirshu’s Kinyan Halacha program held its final test completing the second machzor of its five and a half year Kinyan Halacha program. Nearly 1,000 talmidei chachomim who have been toiling over the most intricate sugyos in horaah over the past five and a half years and taking comprehensive tests as well as chazarah tests every half year have now completed the program and have amassed the tremendous amount of knowledge that will enable them to serve Klal Yisrael as poskim muvhakim for decades to come. In addition, for those who have finished the five and a half year program that covers all of the major areas of horaah, Dirshu also has an advanced second track five and a half year program of Kinyan Halacha where additional important sugyos in halacha from Yoreh Deah, Even Ha’Ezer and Choshen Mishpat will be learned with the trademark attention to detail, constant chazarah and testing. Thus, there are lomdei Kinyan Halacha that began with the first machzor in 2006 have now completed 11 years of sustained halacha b’iyun! Transformative Learning of Halacha HaGaon HaRav Moshe Shaul Klein, shlita, a talmid muvhak of HaGaon HaRav Shmuel Wosner, zt”l, Rav of the Ohr Hachaim neighborhood of Bnei Brak and posek of the Mayaanei Hayeshua Hospital, related

that in the eleven years since its inception, the Kinyan Halacha program has wrought a transformation in the way halacha is learned in kollelim the world over. “Certainly, before Kinyan Halacha there were many kollelim learning halacha and horaah, but it was often not done in an orderly, comprehensive fashion. It was possible for a yungerman to learn with great diligence in a halacha kollel for ten years and still not possess the clarity in the corpus of halacha needed to become a morah horaah. Yes, he learned everything necessary with hasmada and iyun, but not in the proper order, not with constant chazarah on what he had already learned, nor with constant tests. Thus, even though he had learned everything he did not retain it in a way that he could use it to pasken. What Kinyan Halacha has done,” continued Rav Klein, “is that it has infused the learning of halacha with clarity and seder. Each area of halacha is learned comprehensively, it is reviewed and there are tests every half year. On every test, in addition to questions on the new material, there are questions on the material previously learned and tested as well. Budding poskim who participate in the program become cognizant of the tremendous responsibility not just to learn with diligence but to constantly review. It is clear that in the zechus of Dirshu’s Kinyan Halacha program there are hundreds of talmidei chachomim who have become truly proficient in the halachos that they have learned.” Leading Poskei Hador Instrumental in Guiding the Program Before the program’s inception in 2006, when HaGaon HaRav Yosef Shalom Elyashiv, zt”l, was presented with the details of the Kinyan Halacha program by Dirshu’s hanhala led by its Nasi, Rav Dovid Hofstedter, he was extremely impressed saying, “…

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Bnei Brak. The Power of A Rebbi’s Smile and Love Rav Shmuel Eliezer Stern was asked about the deep bond that Rav Wosner had with his talmidim and the secret of his ability to connect with his talmidim and groom so many poskim. Rav Shmuel Eliezer replied, “The Gemara says, ‘If one sees a student who is having difficulty understanding or explaining what he has learned, the reason for this is that his Rebbi is not smiling at him and encouraging him.’ Our Rebbe, Rav Wosner, infused us with such love, with such encouragement! He cared about us and worried about us, akin to the way a mother treats her child. The love that he infused in his talmidim created an unbreakable bond between us and him.” 3,700 Applicants for New Machzor of Kinyan Halacha! As the lomdim in the second machzor took their last test this past 29 Nissan/April 25 Dirshu’s hanhalah has been overwhelmed by requests to join the third machzor of Kinyan Halacha which begins this week, Rosh Chodesh Iyar. According to senior Dirshu hanhalah member, Rabbi Avigdor Bernstein, over 3,700 people have signed up for the third machzor! As Dirshu embarks on the third machzor of Kinyan Halacha and scores of elite talmidei chachomim join the comprehensive halacha b’iyun program, Rav Wosner’s great talmidim expressed their deep satisfaction that their Rebbe’s effort into helping launch the program and the trust that he placed in Dirshu to properly execute his wishes, has resulted in a tremendous revolution in the world of limud halacha and will ensure that Klal Yisrael will have the halachic guidance that it needs.

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a simple process. First one receives information through vision, hearing and other senses. This information must be encoded, which means that the information needs to be processed into a coherent and understandable memory. For example, if you see a phone number, it is converted into a memory of a sequence of numbers, and not as an image of the phone number. This processed information then gets stored in one’s short term memory. Some of those short-term memories get transferred into long-term memory. This explanation is an oversimplification, but the bottom line is that the memory creation process is complex with many levels and stages. It is therefore understandable that when one’s brain is impaired due to depression then the creation of memories would be greatly affected. The good news is that depression-related memory issues are not permanent, and with proper treatment one can regain normal cognitive functioning. This is a service of Relief Resources. Relief is an organization that provides mental health referrals to the frum community. Rabbi Azriel Hauptman is the director of the Baltimore branch of Relief. He can be contacted at 410-448-8356 or at ahauptman@reliefhelp.org .

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stenographer, writer, comedienne, actress, and engineer. In 1903, she patented The Landlord’s Game to reveal the evils of “land monopolism” — basically, profiting from the rent you can charge for the use of land. (Evil, right?) Her solution was the philosopher Henry George’s “single-tax” theory, which holds that people should own the fruit of their own labor, but that land and natural

may sound downright Marxist to contemporary ears. But economists argue that a land-value tax is more efficient than income or sales taxes because it doesn’t reduce productivity. Adam Smith advocated for a land-value tax in The Wealth of Nations. And Milton Friedman, certainly nobody’s idea of a commie pinko, called it the “least bad tax” that government can impose.

He argued in 1942 that in a time of such grave national danger, “no American citizen ought to have a net income, after he has paid his taxes, of more than $25,000 a year” – about $350,000 in today’s dollars.

resources should be shared equally by everyone. George believed that taxing land value is the fairest form of tax, and a properly-administered land-value tax can help society reduce taxes on labor or other investments. “Georgism,” as it’s now called,

Ironically, Monopoly’s ”income” tax — 10% of your assets, capped at $200 — isn’t an income tax at all. It’s a wealth tax. And it takes the exact opposite approach of the president occupying the White House at the time the game debuted. The Revenue Act of 1935 applied a special 75%

rate on income above $5 million, although just one lucky winner — Standard Oil heir John D. Rockefeller, Jr. — actually paid it. (As high as Roosevelt’s depression-era taxes sound to us today, he wanted to go even further after Pearl Harbor. He argued in 1942 that in a time of such grave national danger, “no American citizen ought to have a net income, after he has paid his taxes, of more than $25,000 a year” — about $350,000 in today’s dollars. Roosevelt’s simple solution? A 100% top rate on anything above that amount!) Today, of course, “Monopoly money” has become synonymous with worthless paper. And paying your taxes is about as fun as landing on Boardwalk, with a hotel! But paying less is no game. It takes careful work and planning. So make sure you have a plan when you’re ready to play — and do not pass Go before you do! Allan J Rolnick is a CPA who has been in practice for over 30 yea rs in Queens, NY. He welcomes your comments and can be reached at 718-896-8715 or at allanjrcpa@aol.com.

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n 1935, Americans were mired in the depths of the Great Depression. Gross domestic product had shrunk from $103.6 billion in 1929 to $73.3 billion. Unemployment stood at a horrendous 20.1%. Even the suicide rate was higher during those dark years. And on February 6th of that year, the Parker Brothers company started selling an escape from all that misery: a family-friendly board game that anyone could afford, called Monopoly. When most of us picture the Monopoly board, we see the familiar rows of streets, named after those in Atlantic City: Boardwalk, Park Place, and all the rest. (Some contrarian always says that lowly Baltic Avenue, priced at just 60$, is their favorite. That someone always goes bankrupt first.) Some players prefer “Chance,” “Community Chest,” or taking a ride on the Reading Railroad. And if someone tells you their favorite squares are the Luxury Tax (pay $75) or Income Tax (pay $200 or 10%), you give them a funny look and wonder what went wrong in their childhood. But how many of you know that Monopoly was originally created back in 1903 to illustrate a theory about taxes? Elizabeth “Lizzie” Magie was a

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he nine and a half decades of Mr. Edmund “Eddie” Rosenblum’s life have been eventful and full of accomplishments. He escaped Europe during the Holocaust, fought in World War II as a member of the Unites States military, ran a successful business for over 40 years, and became a beloved member of the West Hempstead community, where he has raised an expansive family of children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. Now retired, Mr. Rosenblum possesses a joyful and enthusiastic attitude that belies his 95 years. In addition to delivering lectures at area schools about his life and its historical context, he also enjoys biking, skiing, and horseback riding. During our conversation, he was gracious and forthcoming as we discussed some of his experiences and the lessons he hopes to impart to today’s generation. Mr. Rosenblum, tell us a little about your background. Where does your story begin? There’s a little headline that I use to summarize the journey of my life: “From Vienna, to the USA, to the Philippines, and through it all, I’m ever so grateful.” I’ve had many experiences and been all over the world, and I’m thankful that I was able to lead a life full of great joys and accomplishments. My story begins in Vienna in 1920, where I was born and lived until 1938, when my family and I fled the Nazis. My parents were from Poland, but they had settled in Austria after World War I. My father ran a tailor shop, a profession I also went

into once I came to America. I had a normal childhood, but life began to change for us when Hitler came into power in the early 1930s. Anti-Semitic persecution began to seriously affect the Jews in Vienna. By the time I finished high school, higher education was forbidden for Jews. Lawyer, doctor, professor: all these professions were closed off for me. With my options limited, I went to work as my father’s assistant in the tailor shop. All that changed in March of 1938,

mazel and the kindness of several Austrians who assisted us. At first, our gentile landlady hid us on in her roof and gave us food. After that, we had to go on the run. The fact that my father had been a sergeant in the army of Kaiser Franz Joseph ended up playing a major role in our survival. He had been very popular and well-respected and had made many friends in the military. During the time when we were fleeing from the Nazis, many of those military friends

I made three flags – for McNutt’s office, car, and building – and I earned the nickname of “Betsy Ross of the Philippines.”

when Hitler annexed Austria in what was known as the Anschluss. What happened to your family after the Anschluss? Life became very chaotic once the Nazis came to Vienna. They came in their trucks and immediately began to terrorize the Jewish community. Jewish businesses, including my father’s tailor shop, were vandalized and destroyed. Synagogues were burned to the ground. They used gasoline and dynamite to blow up any Torah scrolls that they found. To escape from the turmoil, we went into hiding. We survived through

came to our aid and helped us evade capture. I will always be grateful to them because they really saved our lives. How did you finally make it to America? We were on the run for almost a full year. As Austrian citizens, my sister and I were able to secure passports after many months of effort, and we came to America at the end of 1938. My parents, however, were Polish citizens, and therefore were restricted by the United States immigration quotas. They stayed behind, but miraculously were finally able to

escape to America in 1940. How did you acclimate and adjust to life in America? I moved in with my aunt and uncle who lived in the Bronx, on the Grand Concourse, right down the block from Yankee Stadium. After I arrived, I began to work as a tailor, but I soon found that I wasn’t so happy with the salary. I started complaining to my aunt, and she said, “This is America. if you don’t like this job, get a new one!” This was a new experience for me, coming from Austria, where it was so difficult for a Jewish person to find work. I followed her advice and went out and got another job that paid better, and I continued working for the next few years. In 1940 my parents arrived, and thankfully, with the family reunited, we were able to attain some measure of calm in our situation. Then, on December 7, 1941, my life changed again with the attack on Pearl Harbor. America entered the war, and an edict came down from General Hershey that anyone between the age of 18 and thirty had to register for the draft. Since I was physically and mentally fit, I registered. How did you feel about having to go to war and potentially returning to the turmoil you had escaped in Europe? Well, I can tell you my mother wasn’t too happy. But I felt good. I was confident and ready to fight for my country. This was partially because I had been fortunate to avoid the atrocities that had happened in

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Can you share some of the details of your wartime experiences? I went to basic training in New Jersey and Virginia. When I finished, I was placed in the 28th division, an infantry outfit. I shipped out from Boston to Liverpool. My first battlefield experience came during one of the turning points of the war, the Allied invasion at Normandy.

What sort of role did you play in the unit? While my English was not so well developed at that time, I was fluent in German and French. I was placed in a combat unit where I could use my language skills to communicate with locals and German soldiers that we captured. We moved around Europe by truck or by train. I was an interpreter, and whenever we captured a German, I would talk to them, tell them to cooperate and give them instructions. As a European Jew who had suffered at the hands of the Nazis, how did you feel about having to interact with German soldiers? It was hard to view these soldiers we captured as the fanatical anti-Semitic Nazis who had instigated the war. These weren’t the high command; they were just German G.I. Joes from the countryside. A lot of them were shocked when I told them I was Jewish: they had never seen a Jew before! We put them to work, and they were good workers. I did not feel a fanatical hatred for them. My attitude was, unfortunately we are at war, let’s get through it, and get back home. Hatred was never my cup of tea. You could communicate with German prisoners and the local French people that you encountered, but did your lack of familiarity with English create any challenges for you

during your time in the army? Not really, besides for one incident where my European background almost got me in big trouble. When we traveling through France, there were rumors that there were German paratroopers who had jumped behind the lines, taken the uniforms of dead soldiers, and were posing as Americans to elude capture. We had roadblocks set up all over, looking for

these German impostors. One night, I was napping in the back of a truck when we came to one of these roadblocks. I woke up with a flashlight in my face and an MP asking me to identify myself. Right off the bat, he became suspicious because I was answering all his questions in German and French. He wanted to see if I was an American, so he asked me, “Who plays first base for the Yan-

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It must have been a very tense, to say the least, to be entering the fray at such a critical juncture of the war, and especially during such a dangerous operation. Of course we were scared. On the landing barge on the way over the Channel, our company commander, Captain Bliss, calmed us down with a little bit of battlefield gallows humor. He said, “I want you boys to relax. There are two things that can happen today. If you get wounded, the war is over. You get the hospital, white sheets, nurses taking care of you, and you go home. And if you get killed? The war is over. So why don’t you guys relax, keep your guns low and your ammo on your belt?” I was part of the subsequent waves after the initial troops had landed and established a beachhead. By the time I landed on Omaha Beach, things had started to calm down somewhat. The Germans had run out of ammo and abandoned the machine gun nests, and we began to gain ground and

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Europe. If things had been different I don’t know how easy it would have been for me to go back there to fight.

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Visiting the shul in Vienna

kees?” Now, even though I had lived down the block from Yankee Stadium, I didn’t care for baseball. I didn’t have a clue who played first base, or anything about baseball for that matter. All I could do was stammer in French and German. The MP had a gun to my chest when, fortunately, Captain Bliss came over and said, “Hold it, this is Rosenblum. Show him your dog tags.” Once I showed them the tags, they could identify me, but I was almost taken for a Ger-

man imposter. Saved by the dog tags! The European campaign ended on VE day, May 8, 1945. Did you return to America after that? Not then, because after VE day, my unit was chosen to go the Pacific. Our outfit was stationed in Reims, outside Paris, where our POW camp was located. The orders came down for us to go to the Pacific, so we headed south and boarded a Japan-bound

ship in Marseilles. As we were passing near the Panama Canal on August 16, we received word that Japan had surrendered and that the war was over. After a stop in Okinawa, we headed to the Philippines, which at that time was under the jurisdiction of the United States. Why did you have to go the Philippines if the war was over? What did the Army want you to do there? My outfit was a unique group. It was comprised entirely of craftsmen: electricians, plumbers, shoemakers. We used our skills to get people back on their feet. I taught the locals how to use a sewing machine. By teaching them these skills, we could promote industry and help people recover from the ravages of the war. My skills as a tailor came in very handy as well. Paul V. McNutt was appointed to be the overseer of the territory, and they needed an American flag to greet him. They looked in the Army record and found that there was one soldier named Rosenblum who was a tailor. So the job of making the flag fell on my head! I had never made a flag before, but with some hard work and improvisation, I produced one in a matter of two weeks. My resources were limited, so to make up the flag I used the red silk of supply parachutes, blue material from the bunting used by MPs, and for the white stripes, I used the general’s own bedsheets! In the end, I made three flags – for McNutt’s office, car, and building – and I earned the nickname of “Betsy Ross of the Philippines.” There was another effort I undertook during that time that I’ll always be very proud of. There was a syna-

gogue In Manila that the Japanese had used to stable horses and mules. We decided to get some money together to fix up the synagogue and make a memorial there to commemorate all the Jewish boys who had given their lives in the Philippines. They made me a lifetime member of the synagogue, so if my shul in West Hempstead ever gets too crowded, I know I have a seat in the shul in Manila to fall back on. When were you finally discharged from the army? I was discharged in 1946, one of the last ones from my unit, since I was still single. I went from Manila to San Francisco, then to Trenton and Fort Dix, where I finally got my discharge papers. I bentched goimel and that was it. I was out of the army. What did you do after you left the service? One of the first things I did was finally meet Shirley Levine, the girl I would eventually marry. I had been corresponding with her at that point for around four years, but I had never met her in person. Back when I started basic training, I had met her brother-in-law, Manny Davis, and he told me his wife had a nice sister named Shirley, who I should write to. We began a correspondence then, and I continued writing her letters through all my time in Europe and the Philippines. As you could imagine, I was very glad to finally see her face-to-face when I returned home. We got married in 1947, and boruch Hashem, we spent 66 wonderful years together until her passing three years ago. We have ka”h 4 children, 11 grandchildren and 12

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Sewing an American flag in the Philippines

Since your retirement, you’ve developed a bit of a second career, giving lectures in schools about history and your experiences. How did that come about? After I retired and sold my business, I didn’t want to rest on my laurels. I had a desire to continue my education, so I registered for classes at Adelphi University. Some of the students were a little surprised to see a man in his seventies walking the halls of their college, but I was

democracy and the unique privilege of living in America. I always quote Abraham Lincoln: “Government of the people, by the people, for the people.” Our form of government is eminently fair and guarantees freedom for all. I feel that as a Jewish person it is important to show gratitude to the country we live in for the extraor-

The MP had a gun to my chest when, fortunately, Captain Bliss came over and said, “Hold it, this is Rosenblum. Show him your dog tags.”

What do you speak to the students about in your lectures? I find that it is illuminating for today’s students to hear about the background of World War II and some of the events that surrounded it. It’s unfortunate that people today are unfamiliar with the details of what was a very pivotal time for our people and the world, so I try to give them a sense of what that era was about. I explain how the fallout from World War I and the terms of the Treaty of Versailles led to the rise of Hitler. I also focus on how collaborators from around the world aided the Nazis, and how Hitler used his anti-Semitism and propaganda to convince the Germans that the Jews were the only obstacle between the German nation and its destiny of triumph and dominance. I also try to highlight the value of

dinary kindness it has shown us and to understand how its Constitution and laws have made this place a haven for people of all races and backgrounds. That appreciation, which is sometimes taken for granted, is what I try to express in my lectures. My wife and I used to travel. I remember one summer we spent a Shabbos in Nice, in the south of France. I went to daven in a shul there, and after davening the rabbi got up to make an announcement. He said, “When you leave shul, please take off your yarmulkes. Don’t congregate outside the shul. For your own safety, go home or to your hotel as quickly as you can.” After living in America for so long, it was shocking to experience the reality of Jewish people living in fear. That Shabbos in France, I saw that the anti-Semitism of my youth still lives on in Europe. Compare that to what we have here in West Hempstead: after a Shabbos

davening, we can have 200 people standing outside shul, talking to each other, all proudly Jewish, with no fear. It gives you an appreciation for what we have in America. We are living in a country where the Constitution allows this sort of freedom. This is a theme I always return to in my lectures. Mr. Rosenblum, thank you so much for your time and for speaking with us. Do you have any final thoughts? I’ll leave you with a general thought and a personal reflection. A lot of people are nervous about recent political developments and negative ramifications they might have. I remind them that the kind of government we have has been very protective towards us and will continue to be. Certainly, there are problems that face the world today. Hatred will never be eradicated. The only thing that can mitigate it is education and learning to get along with each other. I always tell the students I speak to, who come from all backgrounds, races, and countries, that you are the future of the country. You are going to maintain the democracy. My many years have taught me to be an optimistic realist. Jewish people have always been persecuted and we always survive. On a personal level, after all the experiences I’ve had over the last 95 years, I look over my shoulder and see the accomplishments of a life. Fighting for my country, my marriage, the way I raised my children, the way I ran my business: I’m thankful that I was given the opportunity to accomplish all these things, and I’ll always be proud of the way I lived my life.

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Where did you and your wife live after you got married? Initially we settled in Sheepshead Bay. I went to designing school to learn patternmaking so I could expand my work as a tailor. In 1955 I moved to West Hempstead, where I still live today, a community that I’m privileged to have been a part of for all these years. When I came to West Hempstead, HANC was just starting, and my sons were in the first few classes that the school ever had. At around that time I opened a tailor shop in Garden City that I ran for forty years. Through all the years of my business, I worked hard to prove myself as an honest and sincere craftsman. Over the years, I provided suits for everyone. From Joe Namath to county executives, lawyers, doctors, judges: they all knew that they could get a well-made suit and attentive service from me. I’m very proud that I could make a kiddush Hashem in the way I ran my business and treated my customers.

there to learn, just like them. Eventually, I graduated and received a diploma, which was presented to me by then-New York Senator Hillary Clinton. Adelphi asked me to return and speak to the students about my life, which I was glad to do, and since then I’ve lectured at several of the local schools.

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Preperation:

½ cup oil ¾ cup sugar 2 eggs 1 ½ cups mashed bananas ¾ cup gluten-free cake meal ½ cup potato starch 1 tsp baking soda 1 tsp. vinegar ½ tsp cinnamon

Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees. Coat muffin pan with cooking spray or line with paper liners. Beat oil and sugar together. Add eggs, individually. Add mashed bananas and combine. In a separate bowl, combine gf cake meal, potato starch, vinegar, baking soda, and cinnamon. Blend well. Add dry mixture to banana mixture, until just combined. Fill muffin pans with about ¼ cup batter in each holder. Bake for 20-25 minutes until tops are brown and toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. (These will not rise much.)

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One Pan Roasted Salmon with tomatoes and asparagus in herb sauce Pareve or Dairy / Serves 4 / Active time 15 minutes / Total time 1 hour Ingredients: salt and pepper to taste 4 (4 ounce) pieces salmon 2 tablespoons cream, white wine or broth 1 tablespoon chopped fresh herbs of choice

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5 tablespoons unsalted butter, cubed; or olive oil 1-1/2 pounds grape tomatoes, halved 1 bunch asparagus, trimmed 5 cloves garlic, peeled and smashed

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Preperation: 1. Preheat oven to 375°F. In a large sheet pan, place 4 tablespoons of the butter or 4 tablespoons of the olive oil and heat in the oven until sizzling, about 5 minutes. 2. Remove pan from oven and add tomatoes, asparagus and garlic to the pan. Sprinkle generously with salt and pepper. Toss with the butter or olive oil. You can keep the tomatoes and asparagus separate in the pan or mix together. Roast in the pre-heated oven for 20 minutes. 3. Remove pan from oven and make a space for the salmon. Place salmon, with 1 inch space around each piece, in the pan. Sprinkle fish generously with salt and pepper. Top with one teaspoon butter or olive oil on each piece. Return to oven for 15 minutes or until fish is firm and flakes easily. 4. Remove pan from the oven and transfer the roasted vegetables and fish to separate plates, keep warm. While the pan is still hot, add the cream, wine or broth and herbs to the pan drippings. Mix well, crushing the roasted garlic into the sauce. Add a splash more liquid if the sauce is too thick. Check for salt to taste. Serve warm, drizzled with sauce

Meat / Serves 6-8 / Active time 15 minutes / Total time 1 hour

Try this versatile recipe using different vegetables. Some ideas to experiment with are fennel, brussel sprouts or winter squash.

Ingredients:

52 pounds chicken parts 10 carrots, chopped into ¼ inch thick sticks 1½ pound small baby red potatoes, quartered 2-4 teaspoons kosher salt

2 teaspoons pepper ½ cup prepared basil pesto 2 cloves garlic, minced 1 tablespoon olive oil 2 teaspoons balsamic vinegar

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1. Preheat the oven to 400°F. Spread the carrots, potatoes, and chicken out on a large baking pan. Generously sprinkle with kosher salt and pepper 2. In a mixing bowl, stir together the pesto, garlic, olive oil, and vinegar. Rub the mixture all over the chicken and veggies. Place pan in the oven and roast for 40-50 minutes, or until vegetables are tender and chicken is firm to the touch and juices run clear when pierced with a fork. RubyLaskerDesigns

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