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Tov Pizza. My little sister was proudly showing the plaque off to all our neighbors and friends!” Awards ranged from Beth Tfiloh students raising money for Chai Lifeline to two Talmudical Academy teachers saving student’s lives by performing the Heimlich maneuver. Community Liaison Officer Bill Currie was awarded a plaque for his continuous efforts to help keep the Baltimore community safe. Major Richard Gibson of the Baltimore Police Department was also recognized for helping

to apprehend suspects in the string of recent carjackings. New this year was a special Rabbinical Award in memory of Rabbi Simcha Shafran A”H given to Rabbi Meyer and Beth Pasternak for their dedication to the tzibor. Another new award, the Good Neighbor Award, in memory of Paul Naden A”H, was presented to Deborah Montague for bravely stopping someone from physically threatening her neighbor Toby Passe who had infants in her care. Mr. Bruce and Lois Kauffman,

sponsors of the event, were on hand and very much enjoyed the warm and proud feelings shared between friends and family. As Master of Ceremonies, Frank Storch was grateful to be able to acknowledge the good work of close to 40 individuals in our community. He said “There are so many great people doing great things all the time and it is important for them to be recognized and for us to show our hakoras hatov.”

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his past Sunday, June 4th, the Chesed Fund and Project Ezra recognized and awarded individuals who went above and beyond in areas of community service, safety, or security. Winners were chosen based on nominations received from community members. Akiva Horan, won an award for collecting over $1,500 for Ahavas Yisroel on Purim while standing in the cold with his brother Ari and sister Chayale. Akiva, said “I was so excited to get my award and gift certificate to

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Around the Community . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 Our Battle with Lyme disease. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Community Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

JEWISH THOUGHT Rabbi Zvi Teichman. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Rabbi Motty Rabinowitz. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

PEOPLE 613 Seconds with Izzy Patoka . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

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

JEWISH LIFE The Healthiest Fish. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Jewish History. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 On the Streets of Israel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Life Coach. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Dating Dialogue. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Stories Of Inspiration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 BizWiz. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Forgotten Heroes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Your Money. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Mental Health Corner. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Political Crossfire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Gluten Free Recipe Column. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Cooking for the King. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Hitting a Tax Gapper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Dear Readers, When the “outside street” loses its moral compass, we Jews dig into our roots and connect with our teachings which gives us strength to stay the course. The feel-good movements come and go while eternal truths are always here to stay. We were given these axioms by our forefathers who toiled, sweated and at times gave their lives to remain G-dly, moral and compassionate individuals. Our ancestors didn’t make online statements, hug trees, or seek media attention for their kindness. They were focused on their studies, their marriages and the future of their family. They built Jewish communities and shared their extra bread with a stranger. That’s how one creates real change. Running to help a foreigner before protecting one’s own family or having misplaced pity rather than mature insight, might create the extra news item, but is ultimately destructive. We have a daunting, and at times seemingly insurmountable task, of ignoring the popularity polls and trudging ahead with the essential truths we’ve been teaching from the times of Avraham Avinu. It is the creator of the world who enshrined a

moral code for all to follow. Whether the winds of times are idolatry, worshiping the power of the dollar or perceived progressivism, we stay with the basic values from bygone days. Some things don’t change. Being kind to one’s spouse, studying with our children, being good neighbors and, by example, teaching others how to do the same, is still the best way to repair the world. One would be amazed if they experienced their first sunrise later in life. We have become so reliant on the miracle of our existence that we take our very lives for granted. Even though events in the Middle East change at a moment’s notice, we are certain that G-d will continue protecting his people alongside the rest of humanity. Two years ago we united as one family for our three kidnapped brothers in Israel. Let us tap into that unity and reach out to one another so that our Father in heaven will embrace his exiled children and return us to our Land. May it take place sooner than we imagine. Have a wonderful Shabbos, Shalom

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0-year-old Emma Michelsohn was the fifth top individual fundraiser at this year’s JCN Women’s 5K Care Run & Walk event held at the Maryland Zoo of Baltimore, on June 4. Bringing in $2,370, her fundraising success helped her team (“Team Giving Back”) meet its goal to raise $10,000. Thanks to her efforts, the team blew past that goal and hasn’t stopped yet. “Last year, I was unmotivated to raise money, and just showed up to the race,” recalls Emma, one of 650 participants. “I know a lot of people are like me, very shy or introverted, and they feel uncomfortable soliciting people for sponsorships. The Jewish Caring Network is such an amazing organization; it really speaks for itself. People want to give tzedakah; it’s such a big mitzvah and they have maser to give. Just ask the question; it won’t hurt. People shouldn’t be shy.” Once again, Rochel Ziman, who headed the 67-member “Team Bonnie”—this time, in memory of her mother, Bonnie Ziman, a”h-- clinched the trophies for both the top team and individual fundraiser, raising $31,700 and $7,700, respectively. “People asked us in the shiva house, ‘What can I do for you?’,” relates Rochel, who fundraised together with her sister, Devora. “We told them there’s not much they can do, besides helping us show our hakaras hatov by giving back to JCN. We surpassed

our original team goal of $20,000 because everyone saw what JCN did for everyone in the family, and they were moved.” Last year, Yona Openden, whose husband, Yossi, owner of Elle Remodeling (an event sponsor), placed second. This year, she ran the course in 26:18.5 minutes, clinching first place by .3 seconds. Despite the fact that Janine Chapman, who did the 5K with her 5-yearold granddaughter, came in second to last, she shared, “I don’t care which place I came in. I feel so accomplished that I actually walked it and raised money for JCN and all the good they do. I set my fundraising goal at $180, and I raised over $1,000…The achdus of women coming together from different segments of the Baltimore Jewish community and all walks of life was incredible.“ “Darrell and I had been running charity races and thought it would be a great thing for JCN, so I mentioned it to JCN Director of Operations, Stacey Goldenberg; two years later, it organized its first run,” notes Sherri Zaslow. This year, instead of cheering and

waving participants over the finish line, she ran it, together with out-oftown relatives and others who joined her “Doing It for Darrell” team, in memory of her recently deceased husband, who ran it every year. “This year, we will have a “Doing it for Darrell” team for the men’s 5K, too [Sunday, June 25, at the Timonium Fairgrounds],” says Sherri. “We are determined to raise a ton of money for JCN. I loved them before, but now, it’s personal. I’m indebted to JCN more than ever and I’m determined to start a JCN Charity Team in “The Princess

Half Marathon”, in Orlando, in 2019.” “This year’s 5K gave equal recognition to those who placed tops in fundraising and in the actual race,” concludes JCN 5K Race Director Vicki Reches, who also added how incredibly inspiring it was to watch the cohesiveness among the teams in order achieve one common goal. As Emma Michelsohn put it, “If ten people give ten dollars each, it adds up to $100! No amount is too small; it all adds up and will help so many families.”

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Gov. Hogan Signs Teach MD Security Grant Bill By: Staff Reporter

each MD, a project of the Orthodox Union, praised Gov. Larry Hogan for signing a new school security bill (HB 1661). Teach MD worked with Maryland Parents for Education (MPFE), Delegate Joseline Pena-Melnyk, and Senator Roger Manno to draft and advocate for the legislation. The new bill will authorize the Maryland Center for School Safety to make grants for security related projects. Schools and childcare centers deemed at risk for hate crimes or ideo-

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lations Council of Greater Washington, and Agudath Israel of Maryland,” said Yehuda Neuberger, Co-Chair of Maryland Parents for Education. “Too many religious schools, of all types, face threats, and these sponsors have recognized that the state has an important role in ensuring the safety of all our children.” “HB 1661 is a tremendous victory

in the face of a tough environment, but there is more work to be done. We look forward to working with the legislature and the governor to secure direct funding allocation for the legislation,” said Sam Melamed, Co-Chair of Maryland Parents for Education. “The Teach Advocacy Network has worked to increase security for school children for several years, but the recent increase in anti-Semitic incidents brings a new urgency to this mission,” said Maury Litwack, Teach Advocacy Network’s executive director. “We are heartened that Maryland is taking a leadership role in protecting all our children.”

n the Sunday before Shavuos, Yeshivas Ner Yisrael hosted a Yarchei Kallah for four local shuls: Khal Ahavas Yisroel Tzemach Tzedek (Rabbi Dovid Heber’s Shul), Kehillas Bnei Torah (Rabbi Yonason Aryeh Seidemann’s Shul), Kehillas Kol Torah (Rabbi Yosef Berger’s Shul) and Kehillas Derech Chaim (Rabbi Pinchas Gross’s Shul). This pre Shavuos Yarchei Kallah was started by Rabbi Dovid Heber for his Kehilla. It has expanded to include other Kehillos. There was a full day program of learning with shiurim from Rabbeim and Yungeleit.

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Rabbi Menachem Goldberger on the Yovel Anniversary of Yerushalayim’s Liberation By: Talia Raun

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here may not be a word in our vocabulary adequate to express the depth of our gratitude to the Ribono shel Olam for returning Yerushalayim to Jewish hands in our lifetime after two thousand years, Rabbi Menachem Goldberger said Tuesday night. “At the same time,” he said, “words are all we have.” In a talk delivered at Congregation Tiferes Yisroel, entitled “Jerusalem: Fifty Years Since the Liberation,” the shul’s founding rav offered personal memories, historical accounts, stories of tzadikim in Yerushalayim and Eretz Yisroel, and political and kabbalistic perspectives to portray the relationship of the Jews to the Holy City from ancient through modern times. The talk was sponsored by Eliahu and Leah Weinberg, l’ilui nishmas Eliahu’s father, Lev Shalom ben Eliahu, on his yahrzeit. Rabbi Goldberger recalled hearing, as a young boy in the early 1960s,

his parents’ account of the shul trip they had led to the Holy Land. They could see the Western Wall from a distance, they said, but they were not allowed any closer than that. The Jordanians who then controlled the area did not permit Jews to go near the Kosel. The Rabbi articulated the feeling he had at the time: “It’s ours, but we can’t have it. It belongs to us, but it’s out of reach.” Next, the Rabbi recalled the tension of the adults in his life during the Six Day War in 1967, when he was nine, and said that “the great and open miracles that Hashem showed us are unmatched in contemporary times.” He quoted at length from the recently republished 28th of Iyar by Rabbi Emanuel Feldman of Atlanta, who was on sabbatical in Israel with his family when the war broke out and chronicled in his journal the events as they unfolded. One anecdote detailed an argument that broke out almost immediately upon the capture of the Kosel, as to whether tehillim should be recited, or whether the time for “both-

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ering” the Almighty with requests was now past, and only Hallel should be said. Rabbi Goldberger shared many stories of tzadikim whose lives shaped and were shaped by Yerushalayim, beginning with Dovid HaMelech, who established his throne in Yerushalayim over 3,000 years ago. Rabbi Yehuda Halevi, the preeminent Jewish poet and author of The Kuzari, traveled to the Holy Land in 1145, at age 65. It is said that upon his arrival, he knelt to kiss the ground, and at that moment, he was trampled to death by an Arab horseman. Rabbi Goldberger ventured that it was perhaps in the merit of Rabbi Yehuda HaLevi’s death al Kiddush haShem that, a century later, Rabbi Moshe ben Nachman, the Ramban, who arrived in Eretz Yisroel in 1267, at age 73, was able to lay the foundations of Jewish community in what was then a desolated Yerushalayim. As is recounted in Rabbi Dovid Rossof’s Where Heaven Touches Earth: Jewish Life in Jerusalem from Medieval Times to the Present, the Ramban gathered a minyan where there was none and established a shul in one of Yerushalayim’s many ownerless ruins. Five hundred years later, students of the Baal Shem Tov and the Vilna Gaon founded a new community in Eretz Yisroel. The two leaders, though, each tried and failed to reach the Holy Land and concluded, separately, that Heaven did not permit them to go. Rabbi Goldberger compared their longing to that of Moshe Rabbeinu, who pleaded with Hashem 515 times to enter the Land but was not allowed. “We still feel that,” the Rabbi said, “and we long to be there.” He mentioned the halacha of facing toward Eretz Yisroel to daven, toward

Yerushalayim when in Eretz Yisroel, and toward the Bais HaMikdash when in Yerushalayim; when in doubt as to the direction of Eretz Yisroel, one should turn one’s heart to the Kodesh HaKedoshim. Thus, said the Rabbi, the prayers and the tears of Jews flow like converging rivers from all over the world toward Yerushalayim, in a daily rehearsal for the ingathering of exiles at the end of history. A brief study in other nations’ evaluation of Am Yisroel and its land was encapsulated in the story of Alexander the Great and Shimon haTzadik at the time of the Bais Sheini. When Alexander approached Yerushalayim, Shimon haTzadik, the last living member of the Anshei Knesses HaGedola, donned the clothing of the Kohen Gadol and went out with his entourage to meet the Emperor of half the known world. Alexander’s men were astonished to see their leader dismount from his horse and bow down before a Jew, and they asked him why. The military genius replied that, each night before a battle, he received a vision of a man who told him he would be victorious. Before him was that man. By contrast, Rabbi Goldberger said, Kaiser Wilhelm would later require that the arch he would pass under to enter the city be raised so he need not bow. In our time, he said, “there are people who deny the historic and religious connection of the Jewish people to Yerushalayim. Aren’t they embarrassed—UNESCO—to proclaim their ignorance to the world? They are unreachable. But we have to know, ourselves, that we are bound and tied to the city of Yerushalayim.” Rabbi Goldberger noted that the date of the liberation of Yerushalayim, in terms of the middos of Sefiras haOmer, is Chesed sheb’Malchus. “It is a chesed [a kindness] of Malchus Shamaim [the Kingdom of Heaven],” he said, “that on this day, Hashem returned Yerushalayim to his precious nation, Am Yisroel.” Concluding his talk, the Rabbi offered a prayer that, like our prayers and our tears, the river of the Jewish people should flow into Eretz Yisroel and into Yerushalayim from the four corners of the world at the time of our ultimate redemption, bimheira b’yameinu.

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Our Battle with Lyme disease By Tobey Finkelstein

This is our story -not intended as medical advice– and I share it to illustrate the debilitating and complicated nature of untreated Lyme and the contradictory medical views anyone dealing with a possible Lyme case should be aware of. I personally know 10 people in our community who have been diagnosed and treated for lyme, some successfully, others not. A Positive Lyme Test A little more than two years ago, around Sukkos, my son came home from a friend’s house with a scratch on his side. It became irritated and a large rash developed on his stomach, and due to yom tov, I procrastinated taking him to the doctor. B’hashgachah, I met Dr. Susan Schulman in Shomrei on Simchas Torah, and she diagnosed his rash as the result of a tick bite. After yom tov, we went to our pediatrician who immediately put him on the recommended three-week course of antibiotics, and she sent us for blood work that came back positive for lyme. We felt lucky we’d treated it immediately, as untreated lyme disease can result in debilitating long-term health issues. A Negative Lyme Test A few months later, my son began complaining of intense pain in his arms and legs, headaches, and double-vision. I took him back to the doctor, and we went back to Labcorp to retest for lyme– and his results indicated he was ‘clean.’ We began scheduling ophthalmology appointments, MRIs, and neurology appointments. The ophthalmologist and the MRIs offered no explanations - everything looked fine. Encephalitis? Then Shavuos came. For three

days – he ran a high fever, could not stand, seemed catatonic, and his head and throat hurt. And then it seemed to pass, he was able to sit up, but still felt weak. It wasn’t strep. On motzei yom tov, I googled Lyme disease. I couldn’t believe what I read. There are two battling medical societies who completely conflict over the diagnosis and treatment of lyme disease. Simplistically – the top qualified infectious disease doctors in the world (Infectious Disease Society of America) believe that once Lyme disease is treated with one threeweek round of antibiotics, it’s gone. Any lingering issues are from something else or results from damage done to the immune system: which antibiotics can’t cure – and prescribing antibiotics further is bad medicine. These are the standard guidelines. The second side (ILADS: International Lyme and Associated Disease Society) believe that the Lyme bacteria can withstand 3 weeks of antibiotics and that someone who experiences symptoms (rash, headaches, etc.) should actually take a longer course of antibiotics (4-6 weeks) initially. They contend that the standard lab tests for Lyme and other tick-borne illnesses are often inconclusive, and that Lyme needs more rigorous antibiotic treatment, without which some patients could experience what looks like extreme neurological, rheumatoid, and other issues long-term. A Positive Lyme Test I immediately called my pediatrician to update her about my son’s condition and what I’d learned about lyme, and she called the neurologist. He asked to see him within 10 days. He

was lyme-literate and categorized himself as “middle of the road” on the Lyme controversy. I asked whether I should get my son’s bloodwork redone by a lab that specializes in tick-borne diseases ($1000+, not covered by insurance, and not recommended by the mainstream infectious disease medical community). He confirmed. I got an “attagirl” from the doctor for my sleuthing after the bloodwork came back with the results that my son was strongly positive for Lyme disease. Interestingly, he asked if I lived in the Cross Country corridor – as he said he sees a growing number of Lyme cases from our community. So What Should I Do? Meanwhile, I connected with more people in town who’d been diagnosed and treated for Lyme disease. Their stories were similar: misdiagnoses, pain, fatigue, roller coasters of treatment, dead ends, and then a Lyme diagnosis, antibiotics, then some relief. I spoke with a leading infectious disease doctor who warned me against the antibiotic treatment path, as there was no reliable research he knew of to back the belief that there was active Lyme to treat. One Shabbos, I visited a neighbor whose son had been treated for lyme, who later had been wheelchair bound for several months due to chronic leg pain. She was convinced it was the Lyme disease and wanted to treat it again, but her doctor disapproved. She finally prevailed, but after a short time on the antibiotics, he started feeling worse, so they stopped treatment. Lyme practitioners document a phenomenon called a “Herx-

heimer” reaction as bacteria die off from the reintroduction of antibiotics. Most of our regular doctors wouldn’t necessarily know / accept any of this, as leading infectious disease doctors don’t treat again with antibiotics. She began her own research, and their lyme battle began again with new tests, new doctors, and new antibiotics, resulting in more gains, and likely a multi-year-course of antibiotics due to the severity and length his lyme had not been treated. I felt I had no choice. My son was in constant excruciating pain. The research-backed majority was essentially telling me that there was nothing to do for him. The lyme practitioners were saying the longer you don’t treat, the longer and worse it will be when/ if I finally do. Treatment Our neurologist scheduled my son for a spinal tap and for the insertion of a PIC line to give him IV antibiotics for the next couple of months. The spinal tap would test and relieve the pressure in his skull. Our surgeon, before the procedure, took extra moments to make sure I understood how it was unlikely that it was an active Lyme infection causing my son’s symptoms. The results indicated quite an elevated level of pressure. He got his PIC line – and a summer of no camp, limited activity, medications, and rage ensued. His pain wasn’t going away. The treatments, the pain, and being limited by the PIC line were driving him crazy. After three months, we removed the PIC line. Due to my son’s continuing pain, I decided to take him to the most celebrated Cont. on P. 16

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infection were down. He did not think we needed more antibiotics. Lyme Over? Several months after finishing the antibiotics, my son’s symptoms eased up dramatically. He was essentially symptom-free for three months straight while antibiotic-free, earning him “Lyme free” from the doctor whom the medical community accuses of over-prescribing antibiotics. I still cannot say that it was the antibiotics that helped him, but I am grateful to our doctors for his current health. We were blessed with finding it early, positive lyme tests, and an outstanding mainstream doctor helping us make the choices we made. Lyme Disease Info Called “the great imitator,” lyme disease often gets misdiagnosed (as fibromyalgia, migraines, arthritis, etc.), with ap-

proximately 50% of lyme patients not even remembering a tick bite. The CDC quotes that 70-80% of lyme cases start out with the telltale “bulls eye rash” (erythema migrans rash) from the tick bite, while lyme practitioners quote a figure that falls closer to 9%20%. The longer lyme disease is in the body, the more difficult it is to treat, and for those who believe they are experiencing a recurrence and want to treat it- it seems like no two doctors’ treatment paths are the same. Your initial treatment will be covered - so check the IDSA and ILADS websites when speaking to your doctor. The repercussions of untreated or long-term lyme disease can be debilitating: chronic headaches, high fever, fatigue, facial palsy, neck stiffness, inflammation of the brain, joint pain, short-term memory issues, and shooting pain, and food sen-

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Islamic Extremists Seize City in the Philippines

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Trump Puts Embassy Move on Hold Any plans that President Donald Trump had to move the U.S. embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem have been put on an at least six month hold. Trump signed a waiver this past week that backs him out of his campaign promise – at least for now. When making the announcement, the White House maintained that its support for Israel has not weakened. “While President Donald J. Trump signed the waiver under the Jerusalem Embassy Act and delayed moving the U.S. Embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, no one should consider this step to be in any way a retreat from the president’s strong support for Israel and for the United States-Israel alliance,” the White House statement said. “President Trump made this decision to maximize the chances of successfully negotiating a deal between Israel and the Palestinians, fulfilling his solemn obligation to defend America’s national security interests. But, as he has repeatedly stated his intention to move the embassy, the question is not if that move happens, but only when.” Since he took office, Trump has distanced himself from the promise he made. He did not mention the move last week during his trip to Israel. Reportedly, conversations with many Arab leaders, especially King Abdullah II of Jordan at the National Prayer Breakfast in February, led to Trumps cooling toward the idea. They claim that an embassy move at this time would cause further unrest in the region and make it difficult for their countries to play a role in any peace process. A 1995 law requires the U.S. Embassy to be moved to Jerusalem but allows the president to postpone the move for national security reasons. Presidents Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, and Barack Obama had all exercised that right every year since the law was drafted. The most recent waiver expired on June 1. Israel captured East Jerusalem and the West Bank from Jordan during

the 1967 Six Day War – 50 years ago. Israel’s annexation of East Jerusalem has never been formally recognized by the international community. Palestinians claim that East Jerusalem is the capital of their future state. Moving the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem would be seen as endorsing Israel’s claim to the entire city and rejecting the Palestinians’ rights to East Jerusalem as their capital.

Hamas Members Booted From Qatar Members of the terrorist organization Hamas have been asked to leave the Persian Gulf nation of Qatar. The request came following “external pressures” to pressure the Gaza-based terrorists, according to an unidentified Qatari government source. A list of Hamas members that were required to leave the country was given to senior Hamas officials in Doha last week. The Qatari envoy, according to Lebanese news sources, expressed “regret” over the decision. The news agency also hinted that Israel was responsible for putting pressure on Qatar. The source claims that those on the expulsion list were put on the list after Israeli officials arrested and interrogated other Hamas members. MK Isaac Herzog praised Qatar’s decision. “The decision by U.S. President Donald Trump to declare Hamas a terrorist organization, and Qatar’s decision to distance itself from the group, foretells unprecedented movement in the Middle East,” Herzog said in a statement. “There’s no doubt that there is an unprecedented opportunity in the region.” President Trump called out Hamas as a terrorist organization in front of the leaders of 55 Muslim countries in Riyadh last month. “The true toll of ISIS, al-Qaeda, Hezbollah, Hamas, and so many others must be counted not only in the number of dead; it must also be counted in generations of vanished dreams,” Trump said.

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hether dieting or not, fish makes a great meal – both nutritious and delicious. Experts recommend eating fish at least twice a week. What makes fish such a healthy choice? Fish is a great source of lean protein and heart healthy fats such as omega-3 fatty acids. Omega-3 fatty acids are anti-inflammatory agents that help protect the blood vessels and arteries, thus promoting heart health. Fish is shown to boost brain health, fight heart disease, and have many other great benefits. But here’s the catch: some fish have high mercury levels and eating too much too often can raise the mercury levels in your body. All fish contain trace amounts of mercury. For most people, small amounts of mercury are okay; however, mercury is very dangerous for a fetus and a newborn baby. Therefore, pregnant and nursing women should closely monitor the fish they eat. According to the FDA, pregnant women and children under the age of 6 should not consume fish more than twice a week and should be careful to eat fish that are low in mercury. What are the dangers of mercury? Low mercury levels are normal. But mercury is toxic to the central nervous system and can cause irreversible damage.

The brain of unborn babies and children are especially susceptible, and therefore should be fish containing high amounts of mercury should be limited. The effects of mercury poisoning include cerebral palsy, blindness, deafness, impaired mental functioning, impaired lung function, growth problems, and having a small head. How does mercury get into the fish? First, mercury is released into the air and then settles onto the land and into the water. Bacteria and other microorganisms convert the mercury into methylmercury, the form found in fish. Then, fish in the water to absorb the methylmercury. Fish that eat other fish and that live longer have higher levels of methylmercury. Large fish have more mercury for the simple reason that big fish usually live longer. They have more time to build up higher levels of mercury in their bodies. For example, sharks have very high levels of mercury since they eat a lot of other fish and live a long time.

FISH LOWEST IN MERCURY, WITH THE MOST HEALTH BENEFITS Eat two to three servings a week of the following fish (pregnant women and small children

should not eat more two servings a week): Anchovies Flounder Haddock Herring Mackerel (North Atlantic, Chub) Pollock Salmon Sardines Tilapia Trout Whitefish

Tuna (canned albacore, yellowfin) This isn’t meant to scare you away from eating fish, it’s meant to steer you in the direction. As dangerous as high mercury levels can be, eating fish is very important and very healthy. Like I said, fish is one of the healthiest meals you can eat. Include low mercury fish in your diet two to three times a week to promote a healthy heart, a sharp brain, and a smaller waistline.

FISH WITH MODEST AMOUNTS OF MERCURY Eat six servings or fewer per month (pregnant women and small children should avoid these): Bass Carp Cod (Alaskan) Halibut Perch (freshwater) Snapper Tuna (canned chunk light)

FISH HIGH IN MERCURY Eat three servings or less per month (pregnant women and small children should avoid these): Sea Bass (Chilean) Mackerel (Spanish, Gulf) Sablefish Perch (ocean)

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. Her Dietetic Internship was completed under Brooklyn College primarily in Ditmas Park Care Center and Boro Park Center where she developed clinical and education skills to treat patients with comprehensive nutrition care. 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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Don’t Put Your Kids to Sleep! By Rabbi Zvi Teichman The school year has once again ended. The children are joyous, happy to be free from the ‘constraints’ of school and eagerly awaiting the joys of ‘liberation’ and summer vacation. When the Jewish nation embarked on their initial journey from Mount Sinai, nearly a year after having received the Torah, we are told that they fled like a ‫תינוק הבורח מבית הספר‬, a child who flees from school. ‫(מדרש יל־‬ )‫ ד"ה פורענות‬.‫מדנו מובא בתוס' שבת קטז‬ The Talmud reveals that it was this negative attitude that served as the catalyst for their eventual complaining about entering the great unknown wilderness which led to their subsequent expression of dissatisfaction with the ‘monotonous’ manna and their gluttonous desire for real meat. As a consequence a consuming fire erupted as well as a plague that afflicted many of them. Certainly we can forgive children who gleefully escape the confines of the classroom, but the Torah here is taking to task the 600,000 adults who behaved like children in their celebration of freedom from the ‘school’ at Sinai. Why do adults remain children? How is it that this magnificent nation who was so privileged to receive the Torah at the greatest revelation in all of history, remained so childish in their attitude and didn’t mature from the experience? At a Yeshiva for disillusioned adolescents in Israel they recently celebrated the Yom Tov of Shavuos. With special programming and inspiring speakers throughout the night, delicious food, inspiring singing and a kumzits, even the most hardened hearts among them experienced the joy of Torah and Yiddishkeit.

Yet there was one student missing. The Rosh Yeshiva searched through the campus to find him. He finally discovered him in the stable of horses they maintained as a healthy distraction for the students, sitting all by himself . Surprised to see the Rosh Yeshiva roaming the campus the young man cynically blurted out, “Don’t you belong in the study hall Rebbe?” After responding that he was out looking for him he then inquired of his charge as to why he was here. The youth told him that he was in good company as both he and his ‘fellow’ horses both couldn’t fathom why anyone would have to stay up learning all night and be deprived of sleep. After all, he pondered, why should we have to stay up to atone for our ancestors having slept in at the giving of the Torah? The Rosh Yeshiva lovingly told him, that he was welcome to go to sleep and that there were no expectation of, nor disappointment with him and he was free to choose to do as he pleased. With an incredulous look on his face he exclaimed “What do you think I am, a little kid? No one sleeps on Shavuos night!?” The perplexed look on the face of his Rosh Yeshiva in reaction to his angry response prodded him to open up and explain. Years ago as a young boy he would accompany his father each Shavuos night to his local Shul. Restless as he was he would learn as long as he could but would inevitably end up gallivanting outside all night with his friends, having the time of their lives. An elderly neighbor whose sleep was disturbed by these well inten-

tioned, albeit playful boys, stormed into the shul confronting his father as to the propriety of bringing children to frolic all Shavous night and disturbing the innocent neighbors. The irate father who was deeply engaged with his chavrusa turned to his son and exclaimed out loud, "!‫ לך לישון‬,‫"כנראה שאתה עוד ילד קטן‬, “You are obviously still a little child, why don’t you just go to sleep!?” So this deeply traumatized young man from that painful moment and on subconsciously dedicated his life to prove he was ‘not a small child’ and would defiantly choose to do as he pleased in order to prove his father wrong! Perhaps the people felt so puny in contrast to the fabulous Torah they were presented with and miniscule in stature as compared to their great teacher Moshe who fathomed 49 of the 50 Gates of Wisdom falling short only by one. They were certainly inspired but couldn’t picture themselves ever attaining significant levels of Torah. So as soon as the lesson was over they breathed a sigh of relief, acting as children often do, looking for adventure and excitement. This pursuit led them to cynical about their abilities which resulted in defeat and the quest for additional more satisfying pleasures. So would Moshe reel them back to reality and a perception of themselves as ‘adults’ who could accomplish great things? There was once a father who had a child who seemingly couldn’t absorb or focus on his learning whatsoever. Frustrated the devoted father went from teacher to teacher, tutor to tutor, seeking out the one who might succeed with his son, but to no avail. Finally he naively decided that if the regular teachers couldn’t pull it off, then he would go directly to the Rav of the town, the greatest scholar in the region, and ask him to tutor his beloved child. To everyone’s surprise the great Rav agreed. At first there seemed to be a repetition of all of those who preceded him, without any noted improvement. But the Rav persisted and after several weeks and then months the young boy blossomed, eventually becoming proficient in his studies and many years later becoming a Rav in his own right. They inquired of the great Gaon ,

the town Rav, as to what was the secret of his success. He responded by telling them that when all the others sat down to teach this young boy they all realized the great disparity between their level of scholarship and that of their very ignorant and learning disabled child. However, he went on to tell them, when he approached the child, he first pondered the reality that in the endless vastness of Torah knowledge that exists although he was erudite and brilliant he was nevertheless still a child himself despite all of his accomplishment and acquired knowledge. In the greater scheme of the greatness and size of Torah, the difference between that boy and himself was negligible. When a child senses a teacher that regards him with the same respect as he does himself, putting his disciple in the same category of growth, that feeling of ‘maturity’ will assure his willingness to give his all to attain even what which may seem impossible. In Moshe enlisting the ‘Seventy Elders’ perhaps his goal was to display that despite the great gap that divided him from them they were able to nevertheless obtain the same ‘spirit that was upon him’, achieving an otherwise unobtainable level of prophecy. These remarkably devoted Elders, who had served as taskmasters in Egypt who allowed themselves to be beaten rather than their brethren should suffer, would be the ones who would ‘identify’ with these children, inspiring them to ‘mature’ and grow with them. They would never callously regard them as ‘little children’ dispatching them to their figurative beds telling them to ‘go to sleep’! We are all children. We should all be in a state of constant process of maturation and growth. We must identify ourselves as such when dealing with our own children and students. We must never make a children feel ‘small’ because if we do they may dedicate their lives to proving us wrong by selecting to assert their ‘maturity’ in areas that are very far removed from the values we cherish and hold to be true. If we perceive and portray ourselves correctly and honestly they will in turn join us in this fabulous journey of Torah and mitzvos that is the only path that guarantees true happiness in life.

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Looking through the newsreel footage of the period before the SixDay-War, which occurred this week 50 years ago, it is apparent how the war effort effected every Jew around the globe. While the IDF was fully mobilized, across Israel the average citizen was filling sandbags, preparing shelters and digging graves, to prepare for all eventualities. World Jewry enthusiastically attended marches, raised funds and volunteered en masse to assist the nation. Every individual made a difference. The importance of such grass roots participation is highlighted in the intriguing story of Eldad and Meidad.

We are told that when Moshe was instructed to gather seventy elders and appoint them to the Sanhedrin, two sages, Eldad and Meidad, remained in the ‫מחנה‬, the camp, while the other elders gathered around the Mishkan. The Talmud (Sanhedrin 17a) describes the reason they were left out. Given 12 tribes and Moshe’s desire to give equal representation to each tribe, Moshe wanted to assign six elders to each. However, that would total 72 elders. Moshe therefore drew lots to decide which 2 individuals would be excluded from the gathering. Eldad and Meidad were the ones not chosen, but felt absolutely no hard feelings for this

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litical subtext to this whole story. Until this point in time, the Jewish People were led by one individual, Moshe, Even now, with the election of seventy elders, only a small group decided the fate of the nation. Eldad and Meidad remaining in the ‫ מחנה‬with the people, and rejecting their place in the aristocracy, was an emphatic statement highlighting the need for communal participation in the process, and not only top-down leadership. Their three prophecies were in line with their bold assertion. They foresaw the death of Moshe - the fact that any supreme leader is replaceable, and they predicted the dismantling of the tyrannical leadership of Gog and Magog. Understandably, Yehoshua viewed these ideas as tantamount to rebellion against Moshe. Moshe however, felt otherwise. The goal of true leadership should not be control, or merely yielding power over others. A true, caring leader seeks to empower his subordinates and coach them to become leaders themselves. Just as an educator does not seek to keep his students at their current level, but encourages their growth, a national leader should also intend to drive the entire nation to an elevated stature. While Torah leadership and political leadership will always be necessary, Moshe agreed with Eldad and Meidad that the future cannot be dependent on a small number of leaders. It necessitates communal involvement, lay leadership and individual investment in the national project. Living in a democratic society, we can perhaps appreciate our role in the political process. In the life of the Jewish Nation, our individual participation is no less critical. The weeks surrounding to the Six-Day-Way, or unfortunately any other war, provide ample example to how this can be successfully accomplished. We each have a role that we can play - even in times of peace!

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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. Rabbi Dunner has already introduced us to Rabbi Ferber’s memoirs in his previous articles, allowing us to glimpse the life of this revered rabbi for the very first time since he began recording it in vivid detail in the year 1938. This is the next excerpt from the memoirs and continues the story of Rabbi Ferber’s brother, Rabbi Eliezer Lipman Ferber, whose great scholarship and piety seemed to forestall a great future. The translation is not a word-forword rendition of the original Hebrew, although Rabbi Dunner has stuck as closely as possible to the original, except when the rabbinic Hebrew makes an exact translation difficult or where ambiguities need to be corrected. The material has also been abridged where necessary, excluding details that disrupt the narrative or expanding where more details are required.

THE LIFE OF MY BROTHER, RABBI ELIEZER LIPMAN FERBER When the time arrived for my brother to get married, he came to the attention of a wealthy, G-d-fearing man by the name of Chanan Barkovsky, who lived in Shaki. Barkovsky was so intent getting my brother for his daughter that he promised him 1,500 rubles – which was an absolute fortune in those days – to become his son-in-law. Bar-

chief rabbi of Shad. He later moved to London, where he became the rabbi at Great Garden Street Synagogue, in London’s East End district. Barkovsky’s fourth son-in-law was Rabbi David Kabinet, son of Rabbi Yehuda, who became chief rabbi of Lubova, near Kalvary. After my brother’s marriage to Barkovsky’s daughter he began to travel around the country for business, while his partner looked after their finances. But in truth, my brother was far more suited to Torah scholarship than he was to business, and within a very short time he lost

His words would reach deep into people’s hearts, even the toughest and most cynical of those who heard him, making an indelible impression.

kovsky had four daughters in all, but no sons, and he was determined for all his daughters to marry only the finest Torah scholars. His first sonin-law was my brother. The second was also a great scholar, Rabbi Isaac Sapir, who later authored a number of learned books and was the chief rabbi of Ratzk in Lithuania, although he eventually moved to Jerusalem, where he passed away. Barkovsky’s third son-in-law was Rabbi Eliyahu Shalom Regensberg, son of Rabbi David Regensberg,

most of the money he had only just received from his father-in-law and was left with about one hundred rubles, which he then used to marry off our sister, Feige Beila. When my mother heard that my brother had lost all his money, she had a complete meltdown, but he consoled her and told her how happy he was to be free of all that money, which had occupied all his time. Now that he had lost it, he told her, there was plenty of time for him to devote

to his beloved Torah studies. As soon as it became known that my brother was no longer able to support himself, he was headhunted by a number of communities and offered a range of distinguished rabbinic posts. In the end he accepted the position as chief rabbi of Koznitza, a small town near Grodno. The rabbi who preceded him there was a man called Rabbi Mordechai, a great rabbi who regularly corresponded with Rabbi Naftali Tzvi Yehuda Berlin, the acclaimed Netziv of Volozhin, and one of their exchanges was published in the Netziv’s halachic book, Meishiv Davar. But although he was a brilliant Torah scholar, Rabbi Mordechai suffered endless indignities in his role as the rabbi of Koznitza. There was another rabbi who served in Koznitza called Rabbi Avraham Aaron Yudelevitch, author of the halachic work “Beit Av” who afterwards served as the rabbi of Kapolia, near Minsk, and later as a rabbi in Manchester, England, and then in New York, where he passed away and was buried. He was a celebrated scholar and a highly impressive orator, but he nonetheless endured terrible treatment at the hands of the Koznitza community. There was, for example, one incident when a Kotzker Chassid slapped Rabbi Yudelevitch around the face. It happened during his public eulogy for the recently departed Rabbi Raphael Yomtov Lipman Halpern, chief rabbi of Bialystok, and author of the halachic responsa Oneg Yom Tov, who had been known for his vehement opposition to the Chassidic rabbi of Radzyn and his controver-

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MY BROTHER’S WISDOM IN HIS DEALINGS WITH PEOPLE On one occasion a wealthy wedding party arrived from Warsaw to

celebrate the marriage of their children in Koznitza. While at a local hotel all of the bride and groom’s clothes were stolen, along with many other valuable items that they had brought with them on their trip. Evidently, they were completely devastated, and they came to see my brother deeply distressed by what had happened. He advised them to postpone the wedding until after the weekend and invited them to his join him for all the Shabbat meals at his home – which was hardly surprising, as he was well-known for his incredible generosity and hospitality and for taking care of guests just like a father looks after the needs of his children, as well as concerning himself for widows and orphans, looking after all of their needs and giving them a Torah education. That Shabbat in the synagogue my brother addressed the community, and expressed his deep disappointment at the tragedy that had been endured by this family from Warsaw, and while he made it clear that he was not suggesting anyone in the community was guilty of the theft, surely there was someone who knew something about this awful crime and unless they did something to rectify the situation, they too would be guilty. His words generated a lot of unease among those who knew something about the theft, as they knew it did not bode well for them if they did nothing. My brother informed the com-

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sial book on the Talmudic tractate of Toharot. The violent reaction by the Kotzker Chassid was prompted by Rabbi Yudelevitch’s public recitation during the eulogy of the “Dayan Ha’emet” (True Judge) blessing, including G-d’s name, which indicated his exceptional respect for the recently deceased rabbi. I once heard from Rabbi Arye Bernstein, the rabbi at Bethnal Green Synagogue in London’s East End, who was previously a preacher in Grodno, which was close to Koznitza, that when my brother became the rabbi of Koznitza in around the year 1880 many people in the community dismissed and disparaged him, figuring that he was a feeble inexperienced novice from Lithuania with a prejudice against Chassidim, not worthy of their respect. He complained bitterly that he would never prevail against such hardcore opposition, but it did not take long for him to gain their respect, and it soon became apparent that those who antagonized him would never get the better of him. He was a powerful speaker and always made a strong impression, and soon enough everyone in the community began to take him seriously.

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As a young man, my brother’s diligence and concentration while studying Torah was exceptional – he studied literally day and night with complete absorption and nothing whatsoever could distract him if he was in middle of his studies. Even when he became a full-time community rabbi, nothing changed. He was constantly engaged in his Torah studies, and there was no difference between night and day as far as he was concerned. He studied on his own, and he also taught others. Moreover, he was incredibly pious

in his Judaism – I clearly remember his annual visits to my parents and how he prayed the weekday evening services with such devotion – he was devout with every fiber of his being. His public addresses cut deep into people’s hearts. Although all his speeches were themed around aspects of Jewish law, he would always insert ethical ideas into them that would resonate with the audience, an expression of his integrity and authenticity as a person. His words would reach deep into people’s hearts, even the toughest and most cynical of those who heard him, making an indelible impression. I recall his wondrous eulogy in Slabodka in 1883, at the old synagogue, for the leading rabbi of our time, Rabbi Yisrael Salanter – and despite the fact that he was a mere 29-year-old at the time – Rabbi Salanter’s primary student, Rabbi Yitzchak Blazer, made sure to attend so that he could to hear my brother deliver his superlative tribute. To be continued...

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munity that there would be a door open from his house into the adjacent alleyway on Saturday night after Shabbat was over,so that the stolen items could be returned in secret. That night all the stolen items were returned, and the parents of the bride and groom were overjoyed by this turn of events. The wedding went ahead with great festivity and elation, and my brother also attended and joined in the celebration.

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Today I Wear Shoes

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oday I am wearing white Nike sneakers. It is May 16th and I am visiting what remains of the Warsaw Ghetto Wall. “To have shoes and to not have shoes in the Warsaw Ghetto is the difference between life and death,” says our tour guide, Rachel, who traveled with us to Poland all the way from Israel. Rachel is a full-time tour guide at Yad Vashem and made her first voyage to Poland 20 years ago. I, along with 27 other participants of various Masa programs, joined an initiative to visit Poland through the Masa-GLI Holocaust Education Program. Despite its misleading title, the journey is not a Holocaust trip. While learning about the past, we will also focus on the present and future of Poland’s Jewry. Over the course of a week, we will examine the challenges of Poland’s Jewish community, including its task of pushing beyond the stigma of its troubled history. It is only our second day in Warsaw and we have already met with the country’s Chief Rabbi Michael Schudrich as well as learned about the history of Jews in Poland at the Polin Museum. We will later visit the

JCCs of both Warsaw and Krakow, as well as witness the remnants of a Jewish shtetl and the memorial at Treblinka. *** Today I am wearing white Nike sneakers. It is May 18th and I am at the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum. Before me, in a glass display case, lay 80,000 pairs of shoes. I stare at

to choose whether or not to return to their hometowns in Poland. In the end, many chose to move away from the destruction of the past. Before the Nazi occupation of 1939, Poland was home to the largest Jewish diaspora in the world with a population of 3 million. Today the census lists approximately 1,000 Jews, although the population is growing as the Jewish community welcomes Poles who learn they are

Each shoe represents a life lost; a person who lost his opportunity to live. the overwhelming pile in disbelief. The grays and browns of the shoes mesh into a blob of conformity. No shoe is identifiable; its match hidden underneath thousands of other lonely soles. The symbolism of these shoes is striking. At once I am hit with a wave of sadness and shock. Each shoe represents a life lost; a person who lost his opportunity to live. After the Holocaust, survivors faced a dilemma. They were forced

Jewish later in life. After the Shoah, during communism, many Jews were too scared to outwardly celebrate their Judaism. They hid their religion from everyone, including their families. Now, children of the third generation are learning from their grandparents that they do, in fact, have Jewish roots. As such, members of the community must face a new dilemma. They must choose whether or not to em-

brace their Judaism. *** Today I wear white Nike sneakers. It is May 22nd and I just landed at Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv. Despite walking down this path a handful of times before, the ground feels more welcoming, more stable, more significant. There exists a Jewish homeland. We have a Jewish homeland. Despite the atrocities of Europe, our nation persevered and found its promise land. Then I pause, and remind myself that this is the narrative I learned as a child, not the story I heard on this trip. Because despite the atrocities of the Holocaust, Poland’s Jewish community survived and it is flourishing. They are welcoming. They are significant. They are stable. Today, the Jews of Poland wear shoes too.

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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Enjoy the Simplicity While You Can

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By Rivki D. Rosenwald Esq., CLC, SDS

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here’s a time in a toddler’s life when you can give them a little pasta, a little pizza, and they are a happy camper! But somehow, you’re not! Oy, you think, I wish they’d eat something besides pasta and pizza, even though you know they sell healthy, whole wheat pasta, completely protein-enriched! Then there’s that moment you regret that wish! That pivotal point where you realize all I’m ever thinking is, “What should I make for dinner?!” And you start longing for those simpler times. The ones you didn’t know to appreciate back then. So, for all you young moms and dads, go ahead – keep enjoying the variety you’ve learned to appreciate in your own life. But for them, just keep boiling the water for the pasta and do it with a smile! Because soon enough things do change! They discover steak, and quiche, and stews, and salad, and many other things that keep you busy buying, and making, and slicing, and dicing. Things that you cannot simply toss in a Ziploc and use on the go. Things that require menu planning and cooking time. And you get to a point where you think there are just so many permutations of dinners that you can make. And then, added to that, they develop their own philosophies as well. For instance:

Philosophy 1: “I don’t eat left overs!” What does that mean?! Do they think we are some kind of savants? Do they imagine we’ll know right to the bite just how much they will eat? And, after all, if you didn’t make enough would they be happy?! These are not leftovers, these are extras!

did that already 10 times that day! Philosophy 3: “I decided to be a vegan!” Yes, OK, that’s wonderful for you, whatever! “However, couldn’t you have waited till you moved out and started to cook for yourself?!” unless they need no variety and are happy for you to pull out the little Ziploc

Should you open an account at every restaurant in the neighborhood and tolerate a traffic jam of deliverymen at your front door?! What should you do with them once they’ve served their usefulness? Toss them?! Refrigeration must be understood in a more kindly light. It allows them to eat more of what they loved last night instead of it becoming public enemy number one! Philosophy 2: “I’m not in the mood of that tonight.” Now, trust me I get this feeling! But it’s not like it’s a flavor of yogurt! You can’t just switch it on a moment’s notice. This took time to prepare. Maybe they can work on changing their mood instead. That, after all, might be a lot simpler. They probably

bag you saved with the whole wheat pasta in it alongside their memorable bronzed baby shoes. Cooking for a family is not an easy feat. After all, not everyone likes the same foods. So, you must own a wellstocked cabinet filled with a variety of breakfast cereals for the outlier. Not everyone arrives home at the same time. So, if you take out what you served earlier at the meal is that considered leftovers?! And not every day is it easy to make things from scratch. So, is something made fresh and then fro-

zen OK with them? Do they look for proof it was made fresh that day?! Even when you try and simplify by ordering in not everyone wants the same food! Should you open an account at every restaurant in the neighborhood and tolerate a traffic jam of deliverymen at your front door?! What I’m telling you is if you have a simple eater, a repeat eater, or an undemanding in terms of variety eater in your life, just check that the dish has nutritional value and then sit back and enjoy the ease of it all. Because just like moods change, tastes change. And before you know it you’ll be plenty challenged to come up with variety, freshness, and pot and pan proof of recent production. So, while a Ziploc bag, sitting prepared on the shelf, can provide satisfying sustenance – wish no more! Don’t feel pressured to introduce new choices; soon enough they’ll figure it all out on their own. Just grab that bag and go, especially while you still have time to go other places beside the supermarket, the kitchen, or the witness stand to take an oath you just made it all fresh that day! Rivki Rosenwald is a certified relationship counselor, and career and life coach. She can be contacted at 917-705-2004 or rivki@rosenwalds.com

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“Say What?!”

– Jimmy Fallon

A sitting president of the United States and his grown children and the first lady are personally trying to ruin my life forever.

The accidental war and stunning victory also made the Israelis occupiers. - From a New York Times article, rewriting history and referring to the Six Day War as accidental even though Israel’s enemies prepared for a full three years for the war and were set to simultaneously attack Israel from all sides

- Secretary of Defense James Mattis when asked on CBS’s “Face The Nation,” “What keeps you up at night?”

I went on CNN yesterday … for 16 minutes. 16 minutes. For 16 minutes, the host wanted to talk about the president’s tweets. There are 7 people dead in the UK – our close allies – 48 in the hospital, half in intensive care, and the media wants to talk about a tweet? It is just an “Alice in Wonderland” reality. -Trump advisor, Sebastian Gorka, highlighting the absurdity of the media, in an interview with NewsMax

- Kathy Griffin, who recently released a photo of herself holding a mask that looked like President Trump’s bloody severed head, at a press conference, after she lost her job at CNN because of the backlash

I’m not afraid of Donald Trump. He’s a bully. I’ve dealt with older white guys trying to keep me down my whole life, my whole career.Ibid.

I’m going to be a terrorist. –Youssef Zaghba, one of the three Islamic terrorists who carried out the attack in London last week, to security when he was questioned at an Italian airport last year

Jared’s actually become much more famous than me. I’m a little bit upset about that. – President Trump poking fun at Jared Kushner during a meeting with Congressional leadership

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A college student in Florida is accused of breaking into a building and changing his grade from an “F” to a “B.” His parents were like, “Really? You can’t even get an ‘A’ when you’re cheating?”

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I get the nomination, so I’m now the nominee of the Democratic Party. I inherit nothing from the Democratic Party. I mean, it was bankrupt. It was on the verge of insolvency. Its data was mediocre to poor, non-existent, wrong. I had to inject money into it. - One of several excuses Hillary Clinton gave last week for losing the 2016 elections

DNC data folks: today’s accusations are [baloney] and I hope you understand the good you did despite that nonsense.

- Angry tweet by Andrew Therriault, the former director of data science for the Democratic National Committee, in response to Hillary’s claims

– French President Emmanuel Macron after President Trump pulled out of the Paris Climate Agreement

What are we doing? - Golfer Tiger Woods to police officers giving him a field sobriety test before his DUI arrest on Memorial Day

I was elected to represent the citizens of Pittsburgh, not Paris. – President Trump while announcing that the U.S. is withdrawing from the Paris Climate Agreement

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To all scientists, engineers, entrepreneurs, responsible citizens who were disappointed by the decision of the president of the United States, I want to say that they will find in France a second homeland. I call on them: come and work here with us.

Am departing presidential councils. Climate change is real. Leaving Paris is not good for America or the world. - Tesla CEO Elon Musk tweeting that he will no longer be part of the president’s business council since he pulled out of the Paris Accord

In support of Paris, CA billionaires pledge to never again fly private, will only fly commercial. J/K – will quit symbolic councils instead. – Sen. Ted Cruz response tweet to Elon Musk

Great news for scientists – you no longer have to be a radical Islamic extremist to be welcomed into France. You can also get in if you are a scientist. – Mark Stein

Today, President Trump had lunch with French President

Emmanuel Macron, who was just sworn in 11 days ago. Trump was like, “Well, 11 days, you must be on your, like, 50th scandal by now?” – Jimmy Fallon

Mr. Kushner, an observant Jew, spent the Sabbath in fretful seclusion with his wife, Ivanka Trump, at his father-in-law’s resort in Bedminster, N.J., unplugged, per religious custom, from electronics. – From a New York Times article purporting to paint a picture of Jared Kushner’s anxiety-ridden Shabbos, after it was disclosed that he had backchannels with Russia.

This … paragraph raises the obvious question: Who, among Kushner’s associates, is both intimate enough to see his demeanor while “secluded” on Shabbat — and also two-faced enough to share that information with Times’ reporters for an obvious hit piece. – Breitbart.com, pointing out just how pathetic The New York Times reporting has become

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Exchange between the moderator and Hillary Clinton at the Recode convention in Palo Alto, California

Moderator: Goldman Sachs… You knew you were going on run for president or you thought might, or probably, you were thinking about it. You had to be thinking about it as a possibility. Why did you do those [speeches]? Hillary: Why do you have Goldman Sachs here? Moderator: Because they pay us. Hillary: They paid me. Moderator: I know they paid you and they paid you a Hillary: Yes. Moderator: You’re not somebody who needed that money for the next week’s shopping and you knew you might have run. So why do it? Hillary: Well, I gave speeches to many, many groups. I spoke to camp counselors, I spoke to health care executives. I spoke to just a wide range of groups. And not just in the United States, particularly in Canada

At least 7 dead and 48 wounded in terror attack and Mayor of London says there is “no reason to be alarmed!”

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lot.

– Tweet by President Trump after London terror attack

Do you notice we are not having a gun debate right now? That’s because they used knives and a truck! – Ibid.

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My handshake with him, it’s not innocent. It’s not the alpha and the omega of politics, but a moment of truth.

Bill Maher is one of the good guys in this fight against Trump right now. - Joy Behar, co-host of “The View,” urging people to give Bill Maher a pass for using a racial term for blacks, since he is a “fellow Trump-basher”

It’s easier to say that it’s not our [U.S. Democrats’] fault, but Russians’ fault, to say “that they interfered with the elections.”... It reminds me of anti-Semitism, when everything is Jews’ fault. Someone is a mutt, can’t do a thing, but the Jews are to be blamed. But we know where such an attitude leads to, it never ends well. - Russian President Vladimir Putin at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum when asked about the allegation that Russia interfered in the U.S. elections

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– French President Emmanuel Macron talking to the Journal du Dimanche about his now infamous handshake with President Trump when he squeezed Trump’s hand tightly for an extended period of time

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You gotta be kidding An American tourist was riding in a taxi in Israel. As the taxi approached a red light, the tourist was shocked to see the driver drive straight through without even slowing down. Surprised as he was, he didn’t say anything, feeling like a “guest” and not wanting to make waves. The trip continued without event until the next intersection. This time the light was green and, to the American’s dismay, the cab driver brought the vehicle to a grinding halt. Unable to contain his astonishment, he turned to the driver. “Listen,” he said. “When you went through the red light, I didn’t say anything. But why on earth are you stopping at a green light?” The Israeli driver looked at him as if the American was deranged: “Are you crazy?!” he shouted. “The other guy has a red light! Do you want to get us killed?”

Riddle me this? Two spies want to get in an enemy’s military base. In order to get in they have to give the correct countersign to the guard at the gate after he gives them the sign. So they wait hidden near the gate so that they will overhear the countersign from another soldier. One soldier comes and the guard gives the sign: “6.”The soldier answers “3.” The guard lets him pass. Another soldier comes. The guard says “12,” and the soldier gives the answer “6.”The guard lets him pass. The first spy goes to the gate and the guard says “10.” The spy, sure that he knew what the answer was, says “5.” Immediately, the guard shoots him dead. The other spy, who saw that the first spy was killed when he gave the wrong countersign, now understands what the countersign is. He walks to the gate and the guard says “8.” The spy gives the correct answer and the guard lets him in. What was the answer that the spy gave? See answer below

Answers to six day war trivia 1. B- Israel captured the Golan Heights from the Syrians in the Six Day War. During the battle in the Golan Heights Israel gained invaluable assistance from Eli Cohen, an Israeli spy who reached the upper levels of government in Syria and was the Chief Advisor to the Syrian Minister of Defense. Before the war he suggested to the Syrian army that they should plant eucalyptus trees to keep the Syrian soldiers cool. When fighting in the Golan began, whenever IDF soldiers saw eucalyptus trees, they knew that there were Syrians nearby.

2. C 3. B- After destroying more than 60% of Egypt’s planes, including the most advanced ones that they recently got from Russia, Israel turned its attention to Syrian and Jordanian airfields and destroyed 57 Syrian planes, which was 75% of their fleet, and all of Jordan’s 28 aircrafts. By the end of the war, the Arabs had lost 450 aircraft, compared to forty-six of Israel’s. 4. A 5. A 6. OK, you are on your own with this one…it’s below my dignity to answer this one, even in an answer key.

Wisdom Key 5-6 correct: You are an Israeli military expert. How’s your garinim skills…maybe you can become a major general? 3-4 correct: Nu?! 0-2 correct: Did someone preemptively attack your brain cells? Try question 6 again…take it real slow and use your fingers.

Answer to riddle: 5. The countersign is the amount of letters the number had.

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Egypt? a. The Sinai Peninsula and the Gaza Strip b. Judah & Samaria c. The West Bank and the Gaza Strip d. East Jerusalem and the Sinai Peninsula 5. Who was prime minister of Israel during the Six Day war? a. Levi Eshkol b. Menchaem Begin c. Yitzchok Rabin d. Yitzchok Shamir 6. How many days was the Six Day War? a. 5 days b. 6 days c. 7 days d. 66 days

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1. What did Israel capture from Syria during the Six Day War? a. Gaza b. The Golan Heights c. The West Bank d. East Jerusalem 2. Who was the U.S. president during the Six Day War? a. Richard Nixon b. Harry S. Truman c. Lyndon B. Johnson d. Jimmy Carter 3. The Six Day War started when the Israeli air force preemptively struck Egyptian airfields. How many Egyptian planes did Israel destroy in less than three hours? a. 78 b. 293 c. 475 d. 934 4. Which territories did Israel capture from

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You’ve been in Israel for too long when… You can split a sunflower seed from its shell with just your teeth while at the same time raising your eyebrows to indicate to your friend that you totally find his story not credible. It’s been 20 years since you had a conversation where the other guy was able to finish the sentence.

Your favorite song is, “Velcom to zee hotel Caleeefornya...” You don’t cut lines, you just go to the front “to ask a question”...and once you’re there, you might as well just pay. You show up late wearing flip flops to a wedding....at which you are the groom.

You can run towards a bus while shlepping two suitcases and simultaneously eating a shawarma in a laffa. You think that it is normal to drink 3 “cafe hafuchs” (cappuccinos) before noon, and you woke up at 10AM. When someone tells you that they live in New York, you ask them. “Atta yodeya hachaver sheli, Shalom? [Do you know my friend Shalom?]” You consider yourself to be a professional photographer because when you were in America 15 years ago you bought a camera at B&H.

You talk more with your hands than your mouth. You exhibit withdrawal symptoms if you don’t have hummus. You are excited about the trip to Thailand that you are taking in 3 ½ years.

You fought in three wars but you have daily anxiety about people slamming your car doors too hard. You argue with the technician who asks you to remove the Bluetooth device from your ear before undergoing an MRI.

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Every conversation ends with, “Nu.”

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Dating Dialogue

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Moderated by Jennifer Mann, LCSW of The Navidaters

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Disclaimer: This column is not intended to diagnose or otherwise conclude resolutions to any questions. Our intention is not to offer any definitive conclusions to any particular question, rather offer areas of exploration for the author and reader. Due to the nature of the column receiving only a short snapshot of an issue, without the benefit of an actual discussion, the panel’s role is to offer a range of possibilities. We hope to open up meaningful dialogue and individual exploration.

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When the name “Baruch” came up, I was a bit intimated to go out with him. had heard that his mother was an attorney, his father was a doctor, and he was in medical school. I come from a very different background. My father has a small business and my mother has never worked a day in her life. But his name came up a few times and people seemed to think that we would be very good together, so I decided to give it a shot. We’ve gone out a few times and Baruch is a really wonderful guy. However, what I’ve since discovered is that his sisters and brothers are all professionals. Every one of them! I did graduate from college, but never went further with my education. I don’t consider myself a stupid person. In fact, I think I’m smart enough. But I’m a creative sort. I love to paint and create and have always loved makeup. To me, a woman’s face is like a canvass and I love to create beautiful looks. So naturally I pursued the career of being a makeup artist. That’s what I do and I love it. However, when Baruch talks about his family and when their lifestyles come up, I feel so small, like I want to crawl under the table. And though I like Baruch very much at this point and he seems to like me as well, I can’t even imagine how I would feel sitting around a table with his family, all of whom are highly educated and successful and all I would have to offer in terms of conversations about work is my knowledge of makeup. It just seems like a disaster waiting to happen, and I will be forever insecure around them. I have heard from some people who know the family well that they are a pleasant enough group and don’t act superior. But I guess it’s more about me and how I feel about myself in contrast to all of them. Mind you, when I’m with my family and friends, I feel full of confidence. So I’m wondering whether going further with Baruch is ultimately not a good idea for me because it could lead to my own permanent state of insecurity and that maybe the best thing to do would be to just end it now. I think it’s a lot to handle and I don’t want to feel like the low man on the totem pole. Am I being over-reactive? Is there a way for me to handle my fears or are my fears valid and I need to find someone from a family that is a better match to my own?

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t sounds like you and Baruch are foils for one another. Perhaps he is attracted to you because of your warmth and creativity. Whatever it is attracting the two of you to one another, explore it. Go ahead; it’s about what you see in each other, not his family. Yes, you need to get over your lack of confidence and that is going to be a process. It’s not about this specific shidduch possibility. This is about you. Get help and commit to growing in self-confidence and maturity. At the same time, keep going out and see where it goes. Bring up the differences between your families

as the relationship deepens. Discuss what it means to be married to a doctor. Discuss what doctors’ personal lives are like and don’t expect instant answers. Explore the relationship as you deal with your own insecurities. They are not just related to this young man’s family.

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ou guessed it, sweetie. Your question is all about you and your “permanent state of insecurity.” I’ll leave it to the MSW and the therapists on the panel to advise you on how to overcome your insecurity/inferiority complex that

is hampering your dating life and self-actualization. Just a bit of motherly advice. A college degree can open many doors but, sadly, even a doctorate does not guarantee one’s innate intelligence, common sense, or empathy. You and Baruch seem to be getting along just fine in spite of your disparate levels of education. Your connection to Baruch may transcend your respective GPAs; he feels comfortable around you for all the right reasons. It’s time to sit down with him and discuss your insecurity regarding your imagined educational deficits. His response may reassure you that he respects you as a person – graduate degree or not. Ask to meet his parents; they may be more down-to-earth and non-judgmental than you fear.

It just seems like a disaster waiting to happen, and I will be forever insecure around them. Whether or not you continue in this relationship, your work is cut out for you. You’ve stated loud and clear that you derive satisfaction and fulfillment as a makeup artist. It’s up to you to not only “talk the talk” but do the work through

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he panel is right on target…your job right now is to flex that confidence muscle. Walking into a

room of professionals/ intellectuals (astro-

A college degree can open many doors but, sadly, even a doctorate does not guarantee one’s innate intelligence, common sense, or empathy.

can definitely understand why it could feel intimating thinking about sitting around a table of highly educated people who all have successful careers going for them. Who wouldn’t be? It’s a natural reaction. Just like if you were standing around with people who are all over six-feet tall and you were only five-feet tall. You’d feel different and self-conscious. That’s a kneejerk reaction to being the odd man out. However, that feeling should only be temporary and, frankly, not all that significant once you get past the superficial stuff and allow Baruch’s family to get to know you the person and vice versa. Obviously, Baruch is no slouch, and

he finds you appealing and probably very refreshing, after spending so much time with “book smart” types rather than a creative type such as yourself. Whatever a person’s profession – whether one is a waiter, a mailman or an Indian chief – everyone has the ability to elevate themselves and their profession through the dignity and expertise they bring to whatever they do. You shouldn’t put down your work. Frankly, it’s possible that Baruch’s family is clueless when it comes to looking their best and depend on people like yourself for the most important moments in their lives. Your challenge is to own your talent, feel proud of it, and never feel “less than” anyone else, no matter what their job might be. If you believe in yourself, other people will too. And there’s no reason why you shouldn’t. And when you command yourself with confidence, you send out a vibe that you are worthy.

nauts, NBA players, famous singers… the list goes on and on) can absolutely be intimidating. But intrinsic in your e-mail is your deeply held belief that these professionals are better than you. They are not holding the sign that says, “Makeup Artists under the Table” – you are. You assign

their careers or accomplishments a greater value than your father’s business, your mother’s homemaking, and your makeup artistry. And I have to wonder where you got the idea that because someone went to medical school or law school (or walked on the moon or has millions of dollars etc.) makes them better than you. I have several questions/areas of exploration for you to consider. 1. Does anyone in your fam-

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he issue you are grappling with is an inner tension relating to self-confidence more than anything else. Although you can’t judge your unworthiness in their eyes, you feel unworthy in your own eyes. Some call this “Grasshopper Syndrome” – referring to when the Meraglim (spies) “were in (their) own eyes like grasshoppers.” But these are valid feelings: given your own background, this is a new situation for you, as you never had to incorporate yourself in a circle of what our society calls “professionals” (although your dad owning a small business is not too shabby!). Therefore, you don’t know what to expect when you find yourself among people who are uniformly accomplished academically. The main and most reassuring point is that nothing hints to Baruch or his family looking down on you for any reason. It is your own inner voice that is feeding you these insecurities in front of his

exercises to reflect and mentally prepare yourself to this new situation. Remind yourself of the reasons Baruch is drawn to you. You will send your insecurities crumbling, eliminate the voice of insecurity, and find a new level of self-confidence overcoming you. You will come to a place where you feel amazing about yourself, your own passions, and goals. Once you reach that point, you will feel comfortable and accepted no matter whose presence you’re in. Hatzlacha!

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professional family. A friend of mine had a similar scenario: she is a semi-professional hobbyist who routinely works with world-famous “stars” in the field of her hobby. She too felt intimated by these people, wondering if she’d be accepted and treated as an equal. She was pleasantly surprised to find that while her star colleagues were proud and happy with their accomplishments in their field, they were just as approachable and down-toearth as anyone with good middos. Today, she is comfortable among her famous friends as she is with her own circle of family and friends. If you and Baruch enjoy each other’s company, it indicates that he appreciates you for everything you are, including your chosen professional and family background. There is so much to you and there are plenty of unique aspects within you which are admirable and fascinating. Just listen to how you talk about what motivated you to become a makeup artist! Perhaps he finds your creative smarts refreshing and likes your path better than he would any doctor or lawyer type. Or maybe he just doesn’t find it an important issue. After all, people routinely marry into families that are professionally different from their own, and, as you expressed, having a professional career doesn’t automatically make people snobs. In order to overcome this obstacle, set aside some “alone time” for mental

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whatever self-help modality and become a more secure, confident adult. Think about it: Estee Lauder felt at home in Buckingham Palace. Bobbie Brown is a celebrity in her own right. Surely you can find happiness as Dr. Baruch’s talented, creative wife.

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It is your own inner voice that is feeding you these insecurities in front of his professional family.

ily share the same concerns? What messages are your parents or siblings sending you about you and Baruch? If your parents are supportive and encouraging and building you up, then there is nothing to look at here. But if people in your family are nervous, uncertain, feeling unsettled, discouraging you, or outright telling you that you are no match for this family, then the issue goes deeper and you should reach out to a therapist right away to begin to separate your thoughts from your parents’. I hope this is not the case, but I couldn’t neglect this point. If you are surrounded by negativity, it becomes natural to feel negatively about circumstances or oneself. 2. Has this insecurity been triggered by other life situations? If yes, this has nothing to do with Baruch and his family or their careers. 3. Are you truly happy/fulfilled with your career? If you are not, then you will be triggered everywhere you go and by everyone you meet. If you are fulfilled and genuinely love being a makeup artist, we move on. 4. I may sound a bit firm right now, but only to make a point. Please consider that with your line of reasoning, another person could view you as closedminded. I’m laughing right now imagining a table of doctors and lawyers around a Shabbos table only talking “shop.” Can you imagine this scene? Let me tell

you the nitty gritty details of this case I was put on, says the attorney. OK, and then I’m going to tell you all about the surgery I performed, says the doctor. And yes, let’s not talk to each other about anything else. After all, we have NO other interests besides our fascinating careers. We really are the greatest people in the universe. No non-doctors or non-attorneys allowed! Are some people this conceded? Unfortunately, yes. But not Baruch’s family! Most evolved and modest people do not lead with their careers. Their goal will be to get to know you and make you comfortable. 5. The fanciest doctor or lawyer goes home at night and wonders what to eat for dinner, just like you do. He has a challenging child. She kicks herself for saying something she regrets. He has a shameful secret. She feels insecure about something or other. My point is that we are all just people. 6. If you were to see a therapist about this issue, you would probably do a little digging to figure out where this is coming from and then create new awarenesses and insights. Being that I don’t know anything about the who, what, where, when, and why, I can only offer you a practical strategy to try to help you. Sometimes the best way to get rid of a negative thought is to… replace it with a positive thought. Take out a notebook and write down everything you love about makeup artistry. When you feel down in the dumps, review this list. The second thing I would like you to do is to start to see doctors and lawyers as regular people. So… you’re going to find a great autobiography or biography of a doctor or attorney. You are going to read about all aspects of this person’s life. If you have any attorney/doctor friends or relatives, I want you to spend casual time with them. My goal is for you to see that they are just people and are so much more than their intellect or careers. (If Baruch wears his stethoscope to the table…that is another sto-

ry! And if his father sleeps in his white coat, run! Ha!) And third, you are going to chant your new mantra morning, noon and night: I am so blessed to love what I do and be good at what I do. Thank you Hashem! And, When I am tuned in to my gratitude, the right people will love me in return. Good luck! Sincerely, Jennifer P.S. – I know many “professional” types who would give anything to make a career out of a passion like cooking, writing or makeup artistry. They feel trapped and filled with regret at never having had the opportunity or the guts to go after what they love. And they have nothing but respect and admiration (and even a little bit of envy) for those who make a career out of it. You are one cool chick! Woman to woman, I really hope you don’t let your insecurity ruin

a great thing. I think life is presenting you with an opportunity to think better of yourself and grow. So, go to it and grow through it. Are you going to not reach for the stars because you don’t believe you deserve it ? Esther Mann, LCSW and Jennifer Mann, LCSW are licensed psychotherapists and dating and relationship coaches working with individuals, couples and families in private practice in Hewlett, NY. To set up a consultation or to ask questions, please call 516.224.7779. Press 1 for Esther, 2 for Jennifer. Visit www.thenavidaters.com for more information. If you would like to submit a dating or relationship question to the panel anonymously, please email thenavidaters@gmail.com. You can follow The Navidaters on FB and Instagram for dating and relationship advice.

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“During the Yom Kippur War (1973), I fought in Sinai. The captain of my platoon was very religious,” mumbled Dan. “His name was Avner. As we fought, side by side, he chanted, ‘Shema Yisrael Hashem Elokeinu Hashem Echad...’” I was very annoyed with his chanting, because I was the typical secular, non-observant Jew. You see, I did not believe that there was a G-d. In fact, I had even raised my two children to believe that the concept of G-d is the biggest hoax and that the Jewish people are no more holy than any other people. During the fighting, I was positioned behind Captain Avner. I heard his continuous, persistent chanting. As soon as he finished Echad, he began again with Shema. Raising his arm, motioning the soldiers to follow him into battle, he repeated over and over: “Shema Yisrael Hashem Elokeinu Hashem Echad.” I think I was the only one in the platoon who was annoyed by his chanting. Can you imagine, day after day, hour after hour, minute after minute, the sound of Shema Yisrael? I literally felt that the chanting would drive me out of my mind. I could not endure his foolish praying. Finally, I could not contain myself any longer. At the top of my voice, I shrieked: “Why don’t you stop chanting Shema Yisrael? You are driving me crazy! You know that I don’t believe the way you do. Why can’t you lead this platoon with neutral words of encouragement like naylech (let’s go) or halah (forward)?!” Avner didn’t pay too much attention to my shrieking at first, but at last he said patiently, “Know that the two of us have different ways of fighting. You remember, of course, King David’s message to Goliath the Philis-

tine: “You come at me with a sword, but I come in the name of the L-rd, the G-d of Israel”? Do me a favor, you fight your way, and I’ll fight my way.” The fighting on the battlefield intensified. I never stopped pleading with Avner to stop chanting and he never changed his answer. You fight your way, and I’ll fight my way. The more the fighting intensified, the louder Avner chanted. It seemed that the rhythm of his chant kept pace with the exploding bombs in the distance. On the fourth day of the battle, I thought that Avner had finally heeded my plea to stop chanting. He had advanced a short distance ahead of me when I realized why his chanting had stopped. He was lying on the sand of the Sinai Desert, blood gushing from his mouth but still breathing. I ran for-

ward and felt his chest. His breathing was painfully difficult. He opened his eyes, and I grasped his hand in mine. Choking, I said, “Dearest friend, please forgive me for arguing with you, for insisting that your chanting was annoying me. I would do anything to retract those words.” As the tears streamed down my cheeks, I saw that he was trying to speak. I asked him if there was anything I could do for him. I laid my ear close to his mouth. He asked me to swear that I would chant Shema Yisrael in his place! I swore to him that I would fight chanting Shema Yisrael. I don’t know if he heard me, for he died a moment later. I lay beside him for a while, thinking about the holiness of the moment, realizing what Shema Yisrael really meant. It was as if he had bequeathed me his message from

Heaven, a message that suddenly turned on a light in my head. I knew then that there is only One G-d. So, with as much energy as I had denied G-d, I took it upon myself to proclaim Him. That night as I lay under the stars, trying to sleep, for the battle had turned in favor of Israel, I thought about my children. I had neglected to teach them what every Jewish father is supposed to teach his children. As soon as the rays of days appeared in the desert sky, I ran toward the regiment commander. Breathlessly, I shouted: “I must go home for twenty-four hours. It’s a matter of life and death.” I was so agitated, the he did not even question me. He just nodded his head and waved his hand in the general direction of Israel’s border. All the way home, I chanted Captain Avner’s melody: Shema Yisrael Hashem Elokeinu Hashem Echad. I burst into my house, blurting out, “I want you to know children, Shema Yisrael Hashem Elokeinu Hashem Echad. There is One G-d. The Jewish people are a holy people.” The next day, I returned to my unit. The war ended with Israel’s victory. Since then, I have more than fulfilled my vow. My family and I slowly became observant. We started by placing mezuzot on our doorposts. Then we kashered our kitchen. We now observe Shabbat. We try to inspire others to follow our example. Shema Yisrael Hashem Elokeinu Hashem Echad! Reproduced from: A Touch of Heaven: Spiritual and Kabbalistic Stories for Jewish Living by Rabbi Eugene Labovitz z”l and Dr. Annette Labovitz.

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Finding a new job can be very, very difficult. In fact, according to Glassdoor.com, the employment “funnel” looks like this: on average, 250 applications are received for a single job, of those applicants only 4 to 6 will get an interview, and of course, only 1 will be offered the job…. maybe. Sounds pretty intense and discouraging, doesn’t it? In simple terms, it means that on average, an applicant has a less than one percent chance of getting that job. As someone who is frequently on the hiring side of this process, I can tell you that it’s not fun and games for us either. So, I thought I would share some insights from the hiring side about what works or doesn’t work, what helps or hurts your chances, and how I would “hack” the system knowing what I know if I was hunting for a job today. QUALITY, NOT QUANTITY: 250 applications is the average, and sometimes it is much more. I can tell you from experience that there is a lot of volume in applications that is

neither thoughtful nor relevant. When we receive a resume for an administrative position and the resume starts with “Seeking to further develop my career in education” that applicant has been eliminated. Did you know that according to BeHiring, review time can be as short as 5-7 seconds? If you are serious about finding a job you need to hunt, thoughtfully, and apply to jobs you really want with a resume that represents you as a qualified candidate. FIRST IMPRESSIONS: In most cases, we receive your resume as an email with your resume attached or linked and your cover letter as the body of the email. This is a HUGE opportunity. It takes great effort to say a lot in few words, a skill I am clearly still working to develop ;). This short, but extremely influential contact point says a lot about you as an applicant in subtle ways that make a big difference. A generic, clearly copied and pasted, and sometimes in mixed fonts, font colors and sizes “cover letter” is just noise and can be a big turnoff. No cover letter can be equally unimpressive. Remember, you are trying to be noticed, and we have hundreds of these emails. When a candidate addresses the company directly, makes specific reference to the position, and shows specific interest in THAT job, it really helps us get excited about you as a candidate even before seeing your resume.

THE RESUME: One spelling mistake, one silly formatting issue, or one poorly worded sentence and you’re out. Like it or not, with so many resumes to review, the first round is about looking for reasons to eliminate candidates. Unfortunately, it’s obvious from this side of things that many applicants are just throwing themselves out there in the hopes of finding anything. And please… have someone proofread it! DO YOUR RESEARCH: This important tip impacts the content of your cover letter and resume. When we receive applications with cover letters that mention things about our company “I noticed you recently got X award and would really love to work for a company that…” or review resumes that have been tweaked to highlight skills that are most relevant to our open position, it really puts you on the radar and can get you that interview. Which leads me to the next tip... COME PREPARED: If you do land that interview, please don’t make it an awkward first date. Research the company, and the people you will be meeting with. Have a plan that goes beyond answering the questions you will be asked. Ask questions. Show that you are excited about the company and that you want THAT job, not just A job. SOCIAL MEDIA: 37% of employers admit to screening candidates on social media, and a third confirmed they have eliminated candidates based on what they saw. Your name, your mobile number, and your email address are easy ways to find your social media accounts. Nobody wants to

hire angry, inappropriate, irresponsible, irreverent or lazy candidates. The normal laws apply regarding hiring practices, but you really can’t blame anyone for judging your behavior if you display it online. And finally; NETWORKING: As a member of a closely connected community don’t underestimate or abuse this incredible network. Including in your cover letter that your brother davens at the same Shul as the business owner’s family, or that the hiring manager’s sister was your teacher or colleague at a previous position is powerful and helps you get noticed. On the flip side, I have been contacted in very unprofessional ways based solely on the fact that I am a “frum” business owner. Remember that even though a business is “frum-owned or operated,” the interactions should always maintain the highest level of professionalism. Instead of causing you to reduce your levels of professionalism and tact, use your network of friends and family as a very powerful asset that can help you create a connection and stand out, so you can beat the odds, get the interview and hopefully land that next job! I hope this helps you and in turn helps the employers too! Happy hunting! Azi Rosenblum is a business consultant and the founder and CEO of RemSource, an outsourced provider of administrative and bookkeeping services for small businesses. To suggest a topic or ask a question for a future #BizWiz column, email BizWiz@ baltimorejewishhome.com.

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of the war. At the Battle of the Coral Sea the Japanese thought they had sunk two carriers and the Americans had no battleships available since the attack on Pearl Harbor. They were right about the battleships but the carrier USS Yorktown was still afloat – barely. She made an emergency trip to Pearl Harbor for repairs, and 72 hours later was steaming to join the rest of the U.S. fleet near Midway. Admiral Chester Nimitz knew from intelligence that the Japanese were planning another attack and had the Yorktown join the carriers USS Hornet and the USS Enterprise in making a beeline for Midway. Midway was a remote island that served as a seaplane base as well as a refueling station for airliners and ships. The Japanese were led by the planner of the Pearl Harbor raid, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto. His plan, called Operation Mai, was extremely complex and it included several naval forces coming from a multitude of directions. One force consisted of his carriers, another with the actual landing forces, a

third with the submarines, and then a main battle force with the largest battleship afloat, the Yamato. Yet another task force was sent as a diversionary tactic for an operation to be launched before the Midway attack. This part of the operation was to land troops on three of the Aleutian Islands off the coast of Alaska. The Aleutian part of the plan was to draw the American ships to that area while Midway, the Japanese main target, was invaded. Yamamoto was expecting the Americans to fall into this trap. The Hornet and the Enterprise would be destroyed trying to fight off the overwhelming Japanese forces. But there were some major flaws in the plan. Firstly, the Americans had broken the Japanese naval code and discovered that Midway was to be the focal point of the attack. Captain Joseph Rochefort had a team of cryptanalysts in Pearl Harbor who had broken the Japanese naval code (more on this story in a future article). Nimitz knew where and approximately when the Japanese would strike as well as the composition of their forces. Secondly, the Japanese

ships were coming into battle in many units and they were forgetting a tactical piece of strategy in naval warfare – strength in concentrated numbers will have a major advantage over an enemy who throws in their units piecemeal. Thirdly, two of the Japanese carriers, the Shokaku and the Zuikaku, were being repaired and did not join in the attack. Had they had waited about a month the Japanese would have had six carriers instead of four and the results probably would have been very different. Lastly, the Yorktown was ready to fight despite Japanese intelligence telling them otherwise. In total, the Japanese also had four carriers, two battleships, two heavy and one light cruiser, and 248 aircraft. The Americans had 233 planes on their carriers and another 127 aircraft based on Midway. However, many of the American planes were outdated and were outclassed by the Japanese fighter planes. What the Americans did have was surprise. The Japanese weren’t expecting much resistance and if there were any American ships in the area they would be notified by sub-

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his past week marks 75 years since the battle that is widely considered the turning point of the war in the Pacific. However, the fight for Midway began much earlier and was fought in ways the world had never seen. Intelligence played a huge part in the battle – a fact that the Japanese did not realize until it was too late – and the surface ships never fired at one another. It was a strange naval battle for both navies but the Americans quickly adapted (a rarity during WWII) and were able to deliver a devastating blow to Japanese forces. From Pearl Harbor to the Battle of the Coral Sea in early May 1942 the Allies couldn’t check the Japanese advance anywhere. In April the Americans launched a surprise attack of land-based bombers that only strengthened the Japanese resolve to conquer the rest of the Pacific. They thought the Americans had a secret base somewhere, and they were determined to prevent another attack on their capital. In reality, the American bombers had been launched from an aircraft carrier which was kept a secret until the end

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marines patrolling from Midway to Pearl Harbor. However, the Americans left before the subs were in place and were able to set up an ambush against the Japanese carriers. At 12:30 PM on June 3, the battle began with nine American B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bombers attacking the transport and landing group, although they didn’t score any hits. The next morning, an American Catalina flying boat scored a torpedo hit on a Japanese tanker. Early on June 4, Japanese bombers, torpedo planes and fighters took off to bomb Midway Island installations. They started their attack at about 6:20 AM. Defending U.S. Marine Corps Brewster Buffalo and Grumman F4F Wildcat fighters suffered disastrous losses in the first minutes of the battle and the Japanese inflicted major damage to the facilities on Midway. Motor Torpedo Boat PT-25 was also damaged by strafing in Midway lagoon. However, a third of the Japanese planes were destroyed and Midway’s airfield was still functioning. If the Japanese were to continue with their plan to land troops on June 7 they would need to bomb Midway again. While that attack was taking place, all available planes on Midway had taken off and were headed toward the Japanese carriers. They found them but suffered several losses while causing no damage on the ships. After this attack, the Japanese began to recover their planes and starting rearming them on the carriers when word came in from a

cruiser’s floatplane that he had seen the American fleet. This changed Admiral Nagumo’s plan and he was in a quandary as whether to attack Midway or the carriers. It proved a costly error as he decided to rearm the planes with anti-ship ordinance, like torpedoes, instead of heavy bombs to attack the island. At 9:20 AM, American Devastator torpedo bombers from the Hornet led by Lieutenant Commander

Leslie, went for Soryu, scoring hits. The dive-bombers left Soryu and Kaga ablaze within six minutes. Akagi was hit by just one bomb (dropped by Lieutenant Commander Best), which penetrated to the upper hangar deck and exploded among the armed and fueled aircraft there. Soryu took three bombs in her hangar deck, and Kaga was hit at least four, possibly five times. All three carriers were out of action and were

The ship was sinking and the captain ordered, “Abandon ship!”

John C. Waldron commenced the attack on the Japanese carriers. With no fighter cover, it was slaughter for the Americans as all of their planes were shot down. It was the same way for the torpedo bombers coming from the Enterprise. No hits were scored as there were problems with the torpedoes not exploding. After the torpedo bombers were wiped out, the dive bombers came in for the attack on the Japanese carriers that changed the course of history. Enterprise’s air groups split up and attacked two targets. Beginning at 10:22, Wade McClusky and his wingmen scored hits on Kaga, while to the north Akagi was attacked four minutes later by three bombers, led by Lieutenant Commander Richard Halsey Best. Yorktown’s dive bombers, commanded by Max

eventually abandoned and scuttled. The one Japanese carrier that was not attacked (as of yet) was the Hiryu, and she sent 24 planes to hit the Americans. Several planes were shot down but eight made it through and three dropped bombs on the Yorktown. The Japanese thought they had sunk her but in an hour damage control parties had controlled the fires and got the engines running again. However, two torpedo planes attacked the Yorktown and scored hits. The ship was sinking and the captain ordered, “Abandon ship!” In return, dive bombers from three American carriers (planes from the Yorktown had landed on the two other ships) mortally damaged Hiryu in a strike around 5:00 that afternoon. The destruction of

the four carriers in the Carrier Strike Force compelled Admiral Yamamoto to abandon his Midway invasion plans, and the Japanese fleet began to retire westward. At 2:55AM on June 5, two cruisers that were from the bombardment group, the Mikuma and the Mogami, collided while trying to evade an attack by an American submarine, the Tambor. When the sun came up, American dive bombers sank the Mikuma while the Mogami eventually made it back to home waters for repairs. On June 6, the Japanese submarine I-168 sent a spread of three torpedoes at the crippled Yorktown and the destroyer USS Hammann. Both ships were sunk and thus ended the Battle of Midway. The diversionary raid on the Aleutians was a victory for the Japanese as they had landed on three islands. However, it did not divert the American carriers from the main battle which were ultimately able to destroy the Japanese carriers. Not only did the Americans sink four of the six Japanese carriers that bombed Pearl Harbor, they had successfully turned away for the second time a superior enemy that was trying to land on strategic Pacific bases. The sinking of the carriers turned the tables of the balance of power in the Pacific and the Americans were now able to go on the offensive in August.. 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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He’s stewing at the thought of five years of meals in a place where the soup probably isn’t very tasty.

nancial trouble sometimes “borrow” from the IRS by failing to make those deposits. (Just until business gets better, they tell themselves. Right...) Failure to pay those taxes deprives the government of much-needed revenue, of course. And it cheats those employees out of future social security benefits. For those reasons, the IRS is even more obsessive about collecting payroll taxes than the Soup Nazi is about

problem souping up the pressure to hold you personally liable even if you had no idea the taxes weren’t being paid. (Did you just discover your payroll service made off with the money? Stinks to be you...ladle up!) You can probably see where we’re heading. On May 23, federal prosecutors indicted Soup Man’s chief financial officer, Robert Bertrand, on 20 counts of failing to pay. They reported that from 2010 to 2014 he

paid some employees in unreported cash and others in unreported stock awards to the tune of $2.8 million. And they alleged that his actions fleeced the government out of $593,971.52. Bertrand pled not guilty and walked out of court on $50,000 bond. But he’s stewing at the thought of five years of meals in a place where the soup probably isn’t very tasty. And he’ll have a hard time pleading ignorance — the indictment reports that his outside auditor warned him as far back as 2012 that he needed to report those payments. (At least you can still buy the soup on Amazon. com!) Fortunately for the rest of us, there’s no need to risk years of watery, tasteless soup in order to pay less tax. You just need a plan. That’s where we come in, and we can promise better service than the Soup Nazi. Call us when you’re ready to discover our recipe for Savings Gumbo! 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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