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une becomes confusing. I lose track of days. When the month began, there were a few weeks left to school. Now, as we pack away our Shavuos dishes, there are just days. I have to constantly check my calendar to remind myself: my daughters will be ending school next week and my sons the week after. Where has the year gone? Perhaps I’m getting older, but the year has flown by. Or maybe it hasn’t. Maybe it was slowly loping by, dragging, in January and February and even in March. Now, when there’s a handful of days left, it seems as if it all went by too fast. I remember the euphoria of the last day of school when I was younger. It was a thrill to empty out my locker, throwing miscellaneous items into the garbage, which overflowed at the end of the day. I would pack my knapsack with all my books – I wanted to bring home all my workbooks and sheets to look back upon my accomplishments. Can you believe we finished (OK, maybe only up to chapter 10) this whole book? Can you imagine that I actually completed all these assignments and put together all these projects? There was a restlessness to the last day of school. We finished; we’re done; we can’t believe we did it all. And there was a certain sadness that the year was over. Our teachers – whom we loved and connected with throughout the year – would no lon-

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Contents LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

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Readers’ Poll Community Happenings

NEWS Global

National

Odd-but-True Stories

ISRAEL

Israel News

My Israel Home

PARSHA Rabbi Wein

Human Blessings vs. Divine Blessings by Rav Moshe Weinberger

Parsha in Four by Eytan Kobre

Growing, Giving, and Gratitude by Shmuel Reichman

PEOPLE Speedy Beatie on a Mission

Giora Romm: Conquering the Skies by Avi Heiligman

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HEALTH & FITNESS Adversity by Dr. Deb Hirschhorn

How You’re Consuming More Calories than You Think by Aliza Beer, MS RD CDN 98 FOOD & LEISURE The Aussie Gourmet: Caprese Summer Salad 100 LIFESTYLES

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Dating Dialogue, Moderated by Jennifer Mann, LCSW 92

Dear Editor, I always enjoy reading The Jewish Home. I appreciate your articles and your consistent reporting on certain issues. I especially like reading your “feature” articles, where you highlight an event or person each week. They’re always well-written and engaging. This week, I enjoyed your article on the Liberman/Netanyahu rift. It was well-written and touched on so many points that I never considered when thinking about what happened in Israel last week. One thing I’d like to point out, though. There is a lot of time between now and September. Many, many things can happen. So although Liberman thought that pulling this charade may help him, in three months’ time, he may be smacking his head against the wall, wishing that he joined the coalition. Alternatively, he may be jumping for joy. In politics – especially in Israel – you can never predict what will happen. Sincerely, Roni Katz

Dear Editor, It is incumbent upon every person whose grandparents or great-grandparents survived the war in Europe to take a few minutes to think about what happened 75 years ago, on D-Day. Thousands of soldiers – many of them not even 20 years old – were sacrificed on that

day in the name of freedom. Because of them, because they pushed forward amidst the hail of bullets and torrential waves, your grandparents or great-grandparents were saved. We owe them a tremendous amount of hakaras hatov. There are many documentaries and books written about D-Day. You will never regret reading about their sacrifice and courage. Chana Leroy

Dear Editor, Kudos to Mr. Altabe and the whole HALB family for starting such a wonderful, important program. They looked at children who don’t necessarily have the same capabilities as others and reached past their physical limitations to help their hearts soar. Your article was heartwarming and inspiring. I learned a valuable lesson: there is always a way to reach a child when it comes to ruchniyus. A song, a story, the words of davening…these are powerful connections. Much hatzlacha, Robin N.

Dear Editor, Upon leaving Eretz Yisroel, my late relative, Rav Avrohom Genecovsky, z”l, gave me a few eitzos and one of them was to establish a makom kavua in shul. He didn’t tell me Continued on page 10

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Senate Republicans Won’t Save Mexico From Trump’s Tariffs by Marc A. Thiessen 106 The Democrats’ Fairy-Tale Campaigns by Robert J. Samuelson CLASSIFIEDS

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to know Shas cold or write a commentary on the Ketzos. I always looked for the deeper meaning behind this advice and I think it came to me this past Shavuos. In shul there happened to be a person who took different seats for the davenings. This was the first observation that struck me. Then I went to eat by somebody, and lo and behold his rav’s drasha was about makom kavua. He said that his rav mentioned there is one opinion that the whole shul itself is considered a makom kavua, and a specific seat wasn’t necessary, but of course this wasn’t fulfilling the ikar din to have a makom kavua. With all the pondering the advice became clear to me. If you want to be part of G-d’s army you must establish a place. Famously, Yaakov states that he triumphed b’charbi u’bekashti, with my sword and bow, and Onkelos translates b’charbi to be tefillah and u’bekashti as petitions. Tefillah is a sword that we bring to shul to try to daven to pierce our enemies and bring bracha to ourselves. Certainly, we must

keep this sword steady and treat it with care and not haphazardly move it to different seats at different times. When rearranging the work keva, we come up with word beka, reminding us of the silver talents that were beka la’gulgelat, to represent the “head” of each person from Bnei Yisroel in terms of their Mishkan contributions. Firmness and a consistent place originate from the “mind” that can logically say I must represent myself in a consistent manner. May we all try to use our “sword” from one established place. Steven Genack

Dear Editor, As the school year comes to a close, we look upon the wonderful year that our children have had. Day-in, day-out, we’ve sent them to school to learn and to grow. And every day, they’ve come home bursting with knowledge and excitement, developing and maturing. This time of year is very busy. But please make sure you don’t forget your children’s hardworking

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morahs and rebbes who have spent the past ten months pouring their hearts and souls into your beautiful children. They have spent countless nights grading papers and organizing lesson plans. They’ve spent many hours conferencing with other teachers and with principals and parents to ensure that your children are taught in the best manner and in the best way. A note expressing your hakaras hatov and acknowledging their

hard work is so important – for you and for your children. Each year I ask my children to write a note to their teachers to thank them for a great year. This reminds my children about the great year that they’ve had and the lev v’nefesh their teachers put into the year, and fosters appreciation for someone’s hard work. A little gift is also nice, too! Sincerely, A devoted TJH reader

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The Week In News

Saudi Arabia’s Missile Program is Accelerating

The U.S. government has received intelligence suggesting that China has been assisting Saudi Arabia in accelerating its ballistic missile program, CNN reported. If true, Saudi Arabia’s missile program threatens decades of effort by the United States to prevent the production and use of ballistic missiles in the Middle East. According to the report, highly classified intelligence indicates that

Saudi Arabia had expanded both its infrastructure and missile technology via a secret deal with China. The sources said that while the Kingdom’s final goal remains unknown, its expanded missile capabilities could be used to launch nuclear weapons in the future. In addition, the report alleged that the Trump administration did not disclose its knowledge of Saudi Arabia’s accelerated missile program to Congress despite knowing about it for months. In January, experts began sounding the alarm regarding Saudi Arabia’s activities after analyzing satellite images of a secret base in the heart of the desert. The facility is apparently used for ballistic missile testing and production and was staffed by Chinese scientists. Jeffrey Lewis, a weapons expert at the Middlebury Institute, told CNN that a second satellite image of the same facility showed increased activity at the site as recently as May. “Saudi Arabia’s reported interest in domestic ballistic missile production should rightly raise eyebrows,” Lewis said. “Both the reported missile base and Riyadh’s interest in a domestic fuel cycle indicates,

however nascent, a desire to hedge against Iran.” Adding to the possibility that Riyadh is developing missiles that can be used to deliver atomic warheads comes from remarks by Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman, who warned last year that his country would not hesitate to develop nuclear weapons if Iran were to do so. Ballistic missiles can carry nuclear warheads and strike targets thousands of miles away. Although Saudi Arabia is one of the largest purchasers of U.S. weapons, it has been prohibited from acquiring ballistic missiles in accordance with an unofficial agreement in 1987 to prevent the sale of missiles capable of carrying weapons of mass destruction.

Huawei Signs 5G Deal with Russia Chinese smartphone behemoth Huawei has announced that it has inked a deal to develop 5G infrastructure in Russia, a sign that the company plans to move forward in

its activities despite being blacklisted by the U.S. The deal with MTS, Russia’s biggest mobile carrier, mandates Huawei to build the next generation 5G platforms all across Russia.

“The deal will see the development of 5G technologies and the pilot launch of fifth generation networks in 2019 and 2020,” said MTS in a statement. Huawei Chairman Guo Ping said in a statement he was “very happy” with deal that focuses “in an area of strategic importance like 5G.” The agreement was announced as Chinese President Xi Jinping embarked on a three-day trip to Russia. According to Russian news service TASS, Russian President Putin said that cooperation between Russian and China “is now at an unprecedently high level.” The deal comes as the U.S. has been pressuring its allies to restrict

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IAEA: Iran Continuing Uranium Enrichment

International Atomic Energy Agency director general Yukiya Amano said on Monday that Tehran has resumed enriching uranium, adding that he cannot certify its compliance with the 2015 Iran nuclear deal. Speaking at a press conference in Vienna, Amano said that the IAEA could not be sure that Iran is sticking to the terms of the 2015 deal, a first since the agreement was signed. The deal in question restricted the amount of uranium Iran can enrich in exchange for the international community scrapping sanctions on Iran. While the nuclear watchdog has certified Iran’s compliance in every report it has issued since the deal was ratified, Amano admitted that “it

is inappropriate for me to make the same statement of business as usual.” Acknowledging that the deal is “under tension,” Amano confirmed that Iran’s “production rate (of uranium) is increasing.” Amano added that he was concerned about the growing tension over the Iranian nuclear program and called on the U.S. to open a dialogue with the Islamic Republic. Amano’s comments appear to support Iran’s declaration in May that it would begin enriching uranium following a new round of sanctions by President Donald Trump. A vociferous opponent of the agreement who once called it “the worst deal in the history of deals,” Trump had pulled the U.S. out of the accord in 2018 and summarily re-imposed sanctions on the Islamic Republic. Trump then followed up with a new round of sanctions that targets Iran’s oil industry, seeking to bankrupt the rogue state until it scraps its nuclear program. The U.S. president also designated the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terror group, leading Tehran to threaten the United States with war should tensions continue.

A CIA Agent?

According to the Wall Street Journal, Kim Jong Nam, the murdered half-brother of Kim Jong Un, was an informant for the Central Intelligence Agency who met on several occasions with agency operatives. According to a person knowledgeable with the arrangement, “there was a nexus” between the U.S. spy agency and Kim. Kim Jong Nam was killed in Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Malaysia in February 2017 when two women smeared his face with the nerve agent VX. U.S. and South Korean officials have blamed the attack on North Korea, which it denies. Both women have since been freed from prison. As of now, details of Kim Jong Nam’s relationship with the CIA are not clear. Because he lived out

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of North Korea for many years and did not have a relationship with the leader of North Korea, it’s doubtful Kim Jong Nam had much to offer U.S. intelligence. Even so, Kim Jong Nam was in contact with other security services in other countries – particularly China’s. There has been speculation among former U.S. officials and analysts that outside countries, including China, saw Kim Jong Nam as a possible successor to Kim Jong Un should the latter’s rule be in danger. But U.S. intelligence agencies concluded that Kim Jong Nam was ill-suited to fill such a role. Immediately after Kim Jon Nam’s death it was not revealed that he was a source for U.S. intelligence. Since then, though, in May 2017, the Japanese newspaper Asahi Shimbun reported that while in Malaysia, Kim Jong Nam met with a Korean-American whom Malaysian officials suspected was a U.S. intelligence officer. Kim Jong Nam’s role as a CIA informant is also described in a book about Kim Jong Un, The Great Successor, written by a Washington Post reporter and published on Tuesday. Kim Jong Nam was Kim Jong Il’s eldest son.

U.S. Resident Freed from Iran

Nizar Zakka is finally a free man. After spending four years behind bars in Iran, the U.S. permanent resident and Lebanese national was released on Tuesday after many months of effort by Lebanese officials to secure his release. Zakka, who was arrested in 2015 and convicted of spying for the U.S. government, was headed back to his native Lebanon after his release. An Iranian court had sentenced him to 10 years in prison on espionage charges — accusations he denies. “After more than 1,350 days in captivity in Iran, we have received excellent news: Mr. Nizar Zakka is a free man,” his Washington-based lawyer, Jason Poblete, said. “Nizar looks forward to reuniting with family and

friends. Nizar expresses his sincerest thanks to those who never forgot him.” The move to free Zakka, 52, was the result of intense negotiations and high-stakes diplomacy between Lebanese and Iranian officials, who said he was released out of respect for the leader of Lebanon’s Hezbollah, a powerful paramilitary group backed by Iran. Hezbollah, which is part of Lebanon’s coalition government, helped facilitate the diplomacy behind his release, Iran’s judiciary spokesman said on Tuesday. “There were no negotiations with any other individual or government,” Iran’s semiofficial Fars News Agency quoted an Iranian official as saying on Monday, in an apparent reference to Zakka’s status as a U.S. resident. The Trump administration has not said whether it was involved in the efforts to free Zakka, who was detained in Tehran after attending a conference at the invitation of the Iranian government. “The United States continues to call on the Iranian regime to release missing and wrongfully detained American citizens,” a State Department spokesman said after Zakka’s release. “We will continue to do all we

can to achieve their immediate and unconditional release.” Iran holds a number of dual nationals, including Iranian Americans, as well as Chinese-born U.S. citizen and Princeton scholar Xiyue Wang. A court in Tehran convicted two Iranian Americans – Baquer Namazi, 81, and his son, Siamak Namazi – of collaborating with the U.S. government in 2016. Their convictions were upheld earlier this year. U.S. Navy veteran Michael White, 46, was arrested in July after traveling to Iran to visit his girlfriend. In 2016, Washington Post correspondent Jason Rezaian, a U.S.-Iranian dual citizen, was released from an Iranian prison after 544 days of captivity. Bob Levinson, a former FBI agent, went missing after traveling to the Iranian resort island of Kish in 2007. His whereabouts are unknown. At the time of his arrest, Zakka, an IT expert and internet freedom advocate, was the secretary general of the Arab-ICT Organization, or IJMA3, a nonprofit group promoting access to information technology in the region. He attended the 2015 conference at the behest of Shahindokht Molaverdi, a senior advisor to President Hassan Rouhani and then Iran’s vice president of women and family affairs.

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In an effort to avoid being perceived as biased, the British Broadcasting Corporation has decided to stop using the word “terror” in its reporting, the Daily Mail newspaper reported on Sunday. The report quoted “well-placed BBC sources” as saying the worldwide network’s management is “eager to report terror attacks consistently, regardless of the terrorist’s political ideology.” Instead of calling all incidents “terror attacks” and risk accusations of bias, the BBC will be changing its editorial policy to remove the word “terror” from its lexicon unless it is contained in a direct quote. “It boils down to that phrase, ‘One man’s terrorist is another man’s freedom fighter,’” a senior news source

told the Daily Mail. To explain the new rule, the BBC website noted, “There is no agreed consensus on what constitutes a terrorist or terrorist act. The use of the word will frequently involve a value judgement. As such, we should not change the word ‘terrorist’ when quoting someone else, but we should avoid using it ourselves.” The world’s largest broadcast news operation has come under criticism in the past, accused of bias in reporting on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict for not calling attacks terrorism and for suppressing a 2004 internal inquiry into its coverage of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Conservative member of parliament Andrew Bridgen criticized the reported move to stop calling attacks “terrorism,” telling the Daily Mail that “the BBC should not try to sanitize the behavior of terrorists by not calling it out.” BBC editorial guidelines already require journalists to avoid using the terms “terrorist” and “terrorism” in their reporting, saying reporters “should consider how our use of language will affect our reputation for objective journalism.”

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French police have busted a neo-Nazi cell accused of plotting attacks on Jewish or Muslim places of worship. Five members of the group, who were “close in ideology to the neo-Nazi movement,” were charged between September and May over the alleged plot. The plot and the arrests were revealed on Tuesday. “The investigation suggested they were developing an ill-defined plot to carry out an attack, likely to target a place of worship,” the judicial source said. Police in the southeastern city of Grenoble first arrested a man on weapons charges in September

2018. The investigation led them to the four other suspects, two of them minors. Anti-terrorism investigators took over the investigation in January and charged the suspects with terror offenses, including making and transporting explosive devices and being part of a terrorist conspiracy. While France has repeatedly been targeted by jihadists since 2015, a handful of alleged plots involving far-right extremists have made headlines in recent months. In November, six people were arrested over an alleged plot to attack President Emmanuel Macron. In July 2017, a 23-year-old was charged with plotting to assassinate the president at France’s Bastille Day military parade. The man told investigators he wanted to kill Macron along with “Muslims, Jews, blacks and [others].” Three kitchen knives were found in his car. In June 2018, 13 people with links to the radical Action des Forces Operationnelles (Operational Forces Action) group were arrested by anti-terrorist police after their plot to attack Muslims was uncovered.

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neighbors handle the influx, which is taxing the region’s health, education and social security systems. “These alarming figures highlight the urgent need to support host communities in the receiving countries,” said Eduardo Stein, the special representative for Venezuelan refugees and migrants for UNHCR and the International Organization on Migration. “Latin American and Caribbean countries are doing their part to respond to this unprecedented crisis, but they cannot be expected to continue doing it without international help.” Venezuela has been trapped in an economic and humanitarian crisis for years amid falling oil production, hyperinflation, and widespread corruption and mismanagement by leader Nicolas Maduro. Recently, Maduro lost an election to Juan Guaido, head of congress, although he has refused to give up his hold over the country, even as it descends into chaos. More than 50 countries around the world – including the United States – recognize Guaido as the new president of Venezuela.

Canada to Ban Single-Use Plastics

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has declared war – on plastic. He announced the measure to ban single-use plastic items by 2021 on Monday, describing “a problem we simply can’t ignore.” The ban will target bags, straws, cutlery and stirring straws. “Plastic waste ends up in our landfills and incinerators, litters our parks and beaches, and pollutes our rivers, lakes, and oceans, entangling and killing turtles, fish, and marine mammals,” the Canadian leader said in a statement. “Less than 10 percent of plastic used in Canada gets recycled. Without a change in course, Canadians will throw away an estimated $11 billion worth of plastic materials each year by 2030.” According to the Canadian government, every year 1 million birds and more than 100,000 sea mammals

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German Nurse Sentenced for Killing 85 Patients

Niles Hoegel, a 42-year-old nurse viewed as Germany’s worst post-World War II killer, was sentenced to life behind bars last week for killing at least 85 of his patients. Upon delivering the ruling, Judge Sebastian Buehrmann from the Oldenburg district court called Niels Hoegel’s killing spree “incomprehensible” and “unfathomable” and said that reading the charges made her feel “like an accountant of death.” While Hoegel was convicted of killing 85 patients under his care at various hospitals, police say that the death toll is likely much higher. Authorities believe that the nurse killed over 300 people, but were unable to find sufficient evidence to include the majority of the deaths in the indictment. The murders occurred when Hoegel was employed as a nurse in Oldenburg and Dalmenhurst, two cities in northern Germany. Hoegel would commonly inject patients with drugs that would result in a heart attack in order to enjoy the attention he got after he resuscitated them. His deadly game, however, resulted in a trail of patient casualties. During the trial, Hoegel admitted to killing 43 patients, denied responsibility in five of the cases, and said he did not remember whether he killed an additional 52. Prior to his sentencing, Hoegel asked forgiveness from the victims’ families. “I want to apologize to each and every one of you for everything I did,” Hoegel said. “I am sitting here today, convinced that I have to give each of you family members an answer.”

British and Israel Intel Foiled Hezbollah Bomb Plot

A new bombshell report alleges that British intelligence discovered four warehouses filled with explosives in London back in 2015 that were owned by the Iranian-backed Hezbollah terror group. According to the report in the Daily Telegraph, the warehouses were filled with three tons of ammonium nitrate, a substance used to make explosives that is popular with terror groups. The large quantity of the material found at the site shocked British security officials, as it would have allowed Hezbollah to build thousands of explosives. The raid came following a tip by an unnamed foreign intelligence agency, which many assume to be Israel’s Mossad. Sources involved in the operation told the Telegraph that it was a “well-organized terrorist plot” and that the explosives would have caused enormous damage had they not been not discovered. The targets and purposes for the deadly material remain unknown. While then-British Prime Minister David Cameron and Interior Minister Theresa May received real-time developments and updates regarding the raid, the entire affair was hidden from the public and members of parliament. Coming only a few months after Iran signed a deal with the major world powers to stop enriching uranium in exchange for the removal of sanctions by the international community, the Daily Telegraph alleges that UK leaders were afraid of the fallout should the news go public. With the Iran nuclear deal a result of years of negotiations between the two sides, England feared that the agreement would collapse should the public find out about Iran’s nefarious activity in the heart of its capital.

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and spot the mottled green, brown, and yellow frog sitting atop a bag of rice. “You could say it found us, rather than we found it,” says Oliver, who officially described the new species, Litoria pinocchio, the northern Pinocchio frog, in the latest issue of Zootaxa. The Pinocchio frog is just one of a handful of New Guinea treefrogs in the same genus that sport these spiky

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said this week that the United States would protect British Jews should the anti-Semitic Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn be elected as the UK’s prime minister. Pompeo’s comments came during a meeting with leaders of England’s Jewish communities in Washington. According to The Washington Post, Pompeo was asked at the sit-down if he would be willing to work with English Jews “to take on actions if life becomes very difficult for Jews in the UK.” “It could be that Mr. Corbyn manages to run the gantlet and get elected,” answered Pompeo to applause from participants. “It’s possible. You should know, we won’t wait for him to do those things to begin to push back. We will do our level best. It’s

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calling them his “friends,” and has declined to cut his ties with them despite their history of murdering Jews. Corbyn also visited the grave of the terrorist who killed 11 Israeli athletes at the 1972 Olympics in Munich. As a result of the anti-Semitic attitude by Corbyn and other Labour members, a significant number of British Jews have left the party which they used to call home.

Organizers of Migrant Caravan Arrested

Mexican police have arrested two leaders of a prominent caravan of immigrants that attempted to infiltrate the United States in a bid to calm tensions between the two countries.

Irineo Mujica was taken in by authorities on Wednesday in the Mexican state of Sonora and is facing charges of facilitating illegal immigration into the United States. Cristóbal Sánchez was arrested by detectives amid suspicions that he helped Central American migrants enter Mexico on their way to the U.S. despite not having documentation. The arrests come as Mexico attempts to crack down on illegal immigration in order to avoid a trade war with the United States. Mexico has signaled that it will act to prevent Central American migrants from entering the U.S. after President Trump announced a 5% tariff on Mexican goods last week as retribution for Mexico’s failure to stem the flood of illegal immigration. With a large part of Mexico’s economy based on exports to the U.S., Trump’s 5% tariffs would deal the country a significant blow and likely lead to widespread job losses. Since Trump’s announcement, Mexico has deployed 6,000 members of its National Guard on its southern border with Guatemala and has blocked a convoy of about 1,000 migrants from making its way across its border with the U.S.

Israel Ex-General Suddenly Quits Politics

Major General Tal Russo announced on Monday that he is quitting politics for good, only four months after joining the Labor party. Russo had been installed as number two on Labor’s list and was sworn into the Knesset following the elections in April. With the Knesset voting to dissolve itself earlier this

month, Russo said this week that he decided not to return to his spot on the party’s slate. Announcing the news on Facebook, Russo had agreed to join politics after a long military career but was discouraged by the internal strife that plagues the Labor party. “I entered politics about four months ago with major plans for change in the Labor Party and no less for the State of Israel,” Russo wrote. “The reality we have encountered – early elections and the election of a party chairman in such a short period of time – does not allow me to do the things that I had hoped. I do not want to be a partner in the succession battles and therefore I am removing my candidacy for the position of chairman and from the list for the 22nd Knesset.” Labor leader Avi Gabbay responded by thanking Russo for the contributions he made to the party in the short time he spent in the Knesset. “I had the privilege of knowing Tal and to be with him before and after the elections,” said Gabbay. “From the moment that he joined [Labor], Tal worked without stopping. He got to every place that he could influence things and speak with the public,” Gabbay continued, adding that Russo was motivated purely “by values and hard work.” Russo was seen as a senior Gabbay ally and his selection to such a high spot on Labor’s Knesset list was meant to beef up the slate with military experience. However, Labor only won six seats in the April elections, a historic low, and Gabbay is facing an internal revolt by lawmakers who blame him for the poor electoral showing. With Labor holding new elections for party leader next month, Gabbay is not expected to stay in the party – his political career appears to be over.

U.S. Ambassador: Israel Has Right to Annex the West Bank U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman caused a furor by saying that Israel “has a right” to annex some parts of Judea and Samaria. Friedman’s comments came during an interview with The New York Times. After being asked how Washington would respond to a move

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estinian Authority official, derided Friedman as a “spokesman for the settlers.” The Palestinian Authority also said on Sunday that it was considering filing a complaint against Friedman with the International Court of Justice for his comments, which it said violated international law.

“In what logic does Friedman think that Israel has the right to annex parts of the West Bank?” queried the Palestinian Authority in a statement. “On what reality did he base his conviction? On international law prohibiting the annexation of territory by force? Or the reality imposed by the occupation authorities?”

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by Israel to annex some parts of the disputed territories, Friedman said that under certain circumstances, “Israel has the right to retain some, but unlikely all, of the West Bank.” “We really don’t have a view until we understand how much, on what terms, why does it make sense, why is it good for Israel, why is it good for the region, why does it not create more problems than it solves,” added Friedman. “These are all things that

we’d want to understand, and I don’t want to prejudge.” Friedman’s comments mark a significant change from U.S. policy, which traditionally discouraged settlement building and vehemently opposed any annexation move. However, another U.S. official told Reuters that Friedman’s remarks did not signify any change in America’s position and said that “no plan for unilateral annexation by Israel of any portion of

the West Bank has been presented by Israel to the U.S.” Friedman’s statements enraged Palestinians, who said that his statements “showed Friedman’s true face” as a non-partial arbitrator in peace negotiations between the two sides. “Their vision is about annexation of occupied territory, a war crime under international law,” fumed Palestinian chief negotiator Saeb Erekat. Mustafa Barghouti, a senior Pal-

Dean Issacharoff, a prominent member of the controversial Israeli left-wing NGO Breaking the Silence, has been appointed to be the parliamentary aide to anti-Zionist legislator MK Ayman Oden. Breaking the Silence is a group that opposes Israel’s presence in Judea and Samaria. Comprised of former IDF combat soldiers who were once deployed in the region, the group regales audiences around the world with tales of war crimes and atrocities they claim to have committed against defenseless Palestinians. The group is widely reviled by Israelis across the political spectrum, who view their activities as treason and question the veracity of

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their claims. Issacharoff, the group’s speaker since 2016, has come under fire for making false claims and is widely seen as the face of the organization. On Monday, Issacharoff announced that he was leaving Breaking the Silence to become an aide to MK Ayman Odeh, the leader of the anti-Israel Arab party Hadash. In his new position, the left-wing activist will be in charge of Odeh’s legislative agenda and will be his spokesperson vis-a-vis the media. Announcing his decision on Facebook, Issacharoff praised his former employers as “one of the leading organizations in the struggle against the occupation” that would continue to highlight the fact “that we have no right to deny the rights of millions of other people.” Issacharoff concluded by calling on Israelis everywhere to join the group in order to force Israel to leave the disputed territories. “Break the Silence,” Issacharoff wrote. “Speak about it. For our Palestinian victims, so that more Israelis will not need to do what we did there, and also for yourselves.” The son of Israel’s current ambassador to Germany, Issacharoff served as an officer in the IDF’s Nahal Brigade and was deployed in Chevron for over a year. After his discharge, Issacharoff joined Breaking the Silence and served as its spokesperson since 2016. The former officer made headlines in 2017 after he publicly claimed to have assaulted a blameless Palestinian while making an arrest in Chevron. After he reiterated his role in the alleged beating at a conference, then-Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked ordered the State Prosecutor to open a probe into Issacharoff for war crimes. Following an investigation, the State Prosecutor concluded that the assault never happened and said that Issacharoff fabricated the event.

No More Cartoons in NYT Int’l Edition Just weeks after apologizing for publishing a caricature of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that caused an uproar for its apparent anti-Semitism, The New York Times has announced that it will no longer include daily political cartoons in its international edition starting July 1.

The original cartoon, published in April, depicted Netanyahu as a guide dog wearing a Star of David collar and leading a blind U.S. President Donald Trump who was wearing a yarmulke. Editor James Bennet said the paper had planned for a year to cease running political cartoons in the international print version of the Times, in line with the U.S. edition. Patrick Chappatte, one of the paper’s leading cartoonists, said the decision was directly related to the Netanyahu cartoon. He condemned the publication of the caricature at the center of the controversy but said he was concerned that media outlets were increasingly buckling under political pressure and criticism from “moralistic mobs” on social media. “Over the last years, some of the very best cartoonists…lost their positions because their publishers found their work too critical of Trump. Maybe we should start worrying,” Chappatte wrote on his personal website. New York Times publisher A.G. Sulzberger announced in May that the editor who published the anti-semetic cartoon would be disciplined.

UK Accuses Israel of Human Rights Violations

The United Kingdom has accused Israel of being responsible for continuous violations of Palestinian human rights as well as international law in a report spotlighting democracy around the world. The findings were part of a 78page document the UK released entitled “Foreign and Commonwealth Office’s Annual Human Rights & Democracy Report.” The UK says that the report “provides an assessment of global human rights developments in 2018 and reports on the human rights situation in the 30 human rights priority countries.” In the document, the British government alleged that the violence Palestinians suffer at the hands of Israelis living in Judea and Samaria has reached a five-year high and ex-

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tionality Law” Israel passed last year to legally anchor its status as a Jewish State. According to the report, the legislation is undemocratic and is detrimental to Israel’s Arab minority. In addition to Israel, other nations accused in the UK report of widespread human rights violations included Bangladesh, Myanmar, Eritrea, Iran, Russia, Somalia, Zimbabwe, Yemen, and Saudi Arabia.

Collaboration to Save the Coral Reefs

Israel will cooperate with a slew of hostile Arab nations in an international program aimed at saving the Red Sea’s coral reefs. Led by Prof. Maoz Fine from Bar

Ilan University, the new Red Sea Transnational Research Center will be comprised of Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Jordan, Eritrea, Sudan, Yemen, Israel, and Djibouti. The Center will be led and organized by Switzerland’s Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), which aims to act as a “neutral umbrella” between the disparate nations. As Saudi Arabia, Sudan, and Yemen do not recognize Israel, the new initiative is a rare moment of cooperation between the Jewish State and its Arab neighbors. Fine has noted that the research center will enable countries to avoid working directly with their regional neighbors should they desire in order to mitigate tensions. “If countries don’t want to work together, they can work only in their own country,” said Fine. The effort aims to save one of the world’s last coral reefs in the Red Sea and will include researchers from various fields, such as oceanographers, biologists, geneticists, ecologists, geologists and experts from natural and environmental sciences. Currently, coral reefs all over the world are in danger due to pollution, illegal fishing, fluctuations in tem-

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court in his first speech since being nominated to the prestigious position. Ohana had been chosen by Prime Minister Netanyahu to replace Ayelet Shaked as Justice Minister late last week after Bibi fired her and Naftali Bennett from their positions a few days prior. Under Israeli law, ministers do not need to be Knesset members, and the two had kept their jobs despite their New Right party failing to cross the electoral threshold in the April elections.

The appointment of Ohana had enraged National Union faction leader MK Bezalel Smotrich, who contended that Netanyahu had promised the job to him in a deal before the elections. Smotrich, a far-right lawmaker, had wanted the job in order to rein in the widespread judicial overreach by Israel’s Supreme Court. Ohana harshly criticized Israel’s highest court in his inaugural address since taking the position, alleging that the Supreme Court needed to be told it had no business intervening in governmental decisions and legislations. While acknowledging that “Israel’s judicial branch is one of the cornerstones of any free and democratic state,” Ohana stressed that it was not above criticism. “There is no such thing as it being forbidden to criticize [the Judicial Branch],” Ohana told a crowd of newly-minted attorneys at Jerusalem’s International Convention Center. “Just like criticizing the Knesset is crucial, criticizing the judicial system is essential to advancing the values of freedom and democracy,” Ohana continued. “Those who want a just and powerful justice system should be prepared to criticize it and to correct and change it. “There is no statement that criticism of the judicial system is not allowed; it’s essential for democracy. There is a claim that anyone who would dare reform the justice system wishes to destroy it. Anyone who wants a just justice system must be willing to criticize it. Fixing it won’t come if we give in to hysterical cries

over the end of democracy,” added Ohana. “Isn’t there critical importance to a multiplicity of opinions? Is the legal system transparent enough? Those who feel the need for justice and the search for truth should ask these questions. The judiciary is the least democratic of the other authorities.” Many Israelis have long protested the Supreme Court’s judicial overreach due to its tendency to weigh in on government matters outside of its purview. In recent years, Israel’s right-wing parties have made the Supreme Court’s powers one of their most important issues, leading to charges from the left that such a move would turn the country into an undemocratic state.

Tragedy at West Point

Christopher J. Morgan from West Orange, New Jersey, has been identified as the West Point cadet killed in a training accident last week. He was 22. Morgan was killed after the Light Medium Tactical Vehicle (LMTV) he was riding in overturned on the way to a land navigation drill at the U.S. military academy. Paramedics rushed to the site but were forced to declare him dead at the scene. Another 22 cadets were wounded in the accident, with the injuries ranging from face abrasions to a broken arm. In a statement on Friday, West Point announced that Morgan “died due to injuries sustained from a military vehicle accident at a training area.” Lt. Gen. Darryl A. Williams, the superintendent of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, called Morgan “a valued member of the Corps of Cadets” and added that “he will be missed by all.” “Our thoughts and prayers are with the Morgan family,” he said.

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Morgan was part of the class of 2020, as were all of the wounded. A Law and Legal Studies major, he was a star athlete at his West Orange high school and a starter on the Army’s wrestling team. He came from a family with a strong military tradition, with multiple relatives serving in the armed forces. President Donald Trump tweeted his condolences from Europe soon after the accident, where he was marking the 75th anniversary of D-Day along with other world leaders. “So sorry to hear about the terrible accident involving our GREAT West Point Cadets. We mourn the loss of life and pray for the injured. G-d Bless them ALL!” the president wrote.

Researchers: Dodgeball Causes Oppression Calling it “miseducative,” a team of Canadian researchers says that dodgeball is oppressive and recommends that the game be outlawed in schools. The findings were the results of research carried out by a trio of ac-

ademics and presented last week at the Canadian Society for the Study of Education conference in Vancouver. The study posits that dodgeball is inherently violent as it remains the only sport in which participants are directly encouraged to target their opponents with physical force.

After years of playing dodgeball, children may become used to regularly hurting others, the researchers say. This can result in bullying and other negative tendencies in society, all started by a middle school gym sport. In addition, researchers noticed while studying middle school dodgeball games that more athletic and authoritative students in the class decided the rules and practices without asking others, leading them to dominate their peers socially. This, concluded the study, leads to the five faces of oppression as defined in a

famous academic study, including marginalization, powerlessness, and helplessness of those perceived as weaker individuals through the exercise of violence and dominance by those who are considered more powerful. University of British Columbia professor Joy Butler, who led the study, called on schools to begin banning dodgeball due to the “violent nature” of the classic children’s game in order to avoid instilling oppressive tendencies in children. “When you’re setting up the environment for students to learn, and you introduce the idea that it’s OK to slam the ball at whomever you like, even if it’s with a soft ball, the intention is there,” Butler told The Washington Post. “Physical education class should be an arena where teachers are helping students control their aggression and move on instead of expressing themselves through anger.” She added, “When students think it’s OK because they’re being told it’s OK to do that, what do they learn? People say dodgeball is being used as an outlet for aggression or catharsis. I suspect that this is where they’re learning that.”

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Newly-released figures show homelessness skyrocketing in Los Angeles, joining a trend that has plagued California in recent years. Despite millions of dollars directed towards the problem, Tinseltown has experienced a 16% increase in homelessness since last year. According to the data released last Tuesday by the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority, there are nearly 59,000 homeless individuals across Los Angeles County, a 12% increase over the prior year, and 36,300 people on the streets within the city limits of LA, a 16% increase since last year. There are many contributing factors to the issue, among them a shortage of affordable housing and rising rent costs. Furthermore, for

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thousands of people living with mental health problems, addictions, and/or criminal history, there is no cohesive safety net to keep them from living on the streets. “It is the height of contradiction that in the midst of great prosperity across the Golden State, we are also seeing unprecedented increases in homelessness,” lamented Los Angeles County Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas. “This is a state that is the wealthiest in the nation, and, at the same time, it is the most impoverished.”

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The Keystone Pipeline received a major boost last week after an appeals court ruled in their favor, ending a decade-long battle with environmentalists. On Thursday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit overturned a ruling by a lower court blocking Calgary-based energy behemoth TC Energy from starting construction on the 830,000-barrels-per-day pipeline. In the decision, Judge Edward Leavy ruled that an injunction filed by the court in January based on the pipeline’s permit didn’t apply. As the original permit was replaced by the Trump administration three months ago, the injunction no longer holds. The ruling is a significant victory for the Trump administration, which has put increased emphasis on supporting the energy sector from environmentalists. The pipeline, which brings oil from Canada all the way down to Texas, has become a major lightning rod for environmentalists, who have mobilized to fight it ever since construction was started in 2010. The White House had said after President Trump decided to issue a new permit that the action “dispels any uncertainty” that the pipeline would move forward. “Specifically, this permit reinforces, as should have been clear all along, that the Presidential Permit is indeed an ex-

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“Merger of Equals”

On Sunday, United Technologies and Raytheon announced that they are joining forces to create an aerospace and defense powerhouse. It is one of the biggest corporate mergers of 2019. The two companies said that they have agreed to combine in an all-stock deal they termed a “merger of equals.” The new company would have an annual revenue of about $74 billion. Together, UTC and Raytheon are worth about $166 billion in market value now. UTC makes up

the lion’s share of that. Under the terms of the deal, United Technologies shareholders would own 57% of the combined company, with Raytheon shareholders owning the rest. “The combination of United Technologies and Raytheon will define the future of aerospace and defense,” Greg Hayes, United Technologies chairman and CEO, said in a news release. UTC is an industrial conglomerate, and makes everything from jet engines to elevators. It owns the Pratt & Whitney engine maker as well as Collins Aerospace. Raytheon is rooted in defense and produces missile defense systems and cybersecurity solutions. The companies supply the likes of Airbus and Boeing. The combined company will be named Raytheon Technologies Corporation, according to a statement from the companies. It will offer “expanded technology and R&D capabilities to deliver innovative and cost-effective solutions aligned with customer priorities and the national defense strategies of the U.S. and its allies and friends.”

VA Owes Veterans Millions

A new investigation has found that the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) owes hundreds of millions of dollars to veterans in refunds they were entitled to but never received. According to a probe by the VA inspector general, more than 50,000 veterans are owed more than $190 million for home loan fees that they never should have paid in the first place as part of the VA’s Home Loan Guaranty Program. While veterans are supposed to pay loan fees upon purchasing a home through the VA’s Home Loan Guaranty Program, they are exempt if they were disabled over the course of their service. With the fees comprising 3.3% of the home’s value, these demobilized soldiers are now entitled to refunds ranging between $5,000 and

$20,000. The inspector general harshly criticized the VA for the mishap, which he said was a result of negligence by the infamously bureaucratic organization. More egregiously, the report found that managers did nothing despite being aware of the problem for years. “OIG finds it troubling that senior [Veterans Benefits Administration] management was aware that thousands of veterans were potentially owed more than $150 million yet did not take adequate actions to ensure refunds were issued,” said the report. While the VA is supposed to inform veterans when they erroneously pay for things they shouldn’t have, managers refrained from doing so, citing overwork and a lack of interest from veterans.

Man Arrested for Planning Times Square Attack A 22-year-old Muslim man was arrested by the FBI last week for planning a grenade attack on New York’s bustling Times Square.

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Ashiqul Alam, an immigrant from Bangladesh, remains in custody after he was denied bail. He was arrested on a weapons charge after a long sting operation by agents. According to authorities, Alam told an undercover FBI agent that he aimed to commit a terror attack in Times Square by way of a shooting spree with a suicide vest.

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As part of his preparations for the attack, Alam scouted out the area on several different occasions with the undercover agent and told him that an attack with high casualties would make them into “legends.” Alam, a devout Muslim, was a fervent supporter of ISIS as well as Osama Bin Laden and constantly spoke of the need to commit additional terror attacks against non-Muslims. “He did what he is supposed to do,” said Alam, referring to the 9/11 attacks. “Now it’s up to us.” He was eventually taken on after attempting to buy a pair of Glocks with their serial numbers scratched off in a sting operation led by New York’s Joint Terrorism Task Force. Known as the JTTF, the unit is a multi-law enforcement agency that includes NYPD detectives and FBI special agents who investigate terrorism in the New York City metropolitan area and around the world. Authorities stressed that Alam’s plans were “aspirational,” with his plans never reaching a stage in which they could have become an actual threat to the public. However, a senior FBI official told the Associated Press that “there is more to this case than just talk and the desire to carry out a terrorist attack.” “Individuals who believe in the distorted and deadly propaganda of terrorist organizations and work toward acting on those deadly impulses are incredibly dangerous and unpredictable,” noted William Sweeney, who serves as the assistant director of the FBI’s New York field office.

Former Red Sox Slugger David Ortiz Shot

Former Boston Red Sox star David Ortiz is in stable condition after being shot in the Dominican Republic on Sunday. According to police, Ortiz was walking with friends on Sunday evening when an unidentified male pulled up on a motorcycle and shot him and a friend at point blank range. The alleged gunman, who was identified as Eddy Vladimir Féliz García, was disarmed by a crowd of people nearby and handed over to authorities. Ortiz was evacuated to a clinic and underwent surgery to stop the bleeding from his liver. Doctors said that they had removed portions of his intestines and colon and that his gallbladder had been removed in order to stop the bleeding from spreading. The former baseball star’s condition is listed as stable. He was transferred to a hospital in Boston on Monday. The motive for the shooting remains unclear, as the gunman did not attempt to demand money from Ortiz before shooting him. Police say Garcia is guilty of a prior drug offense. They are looking for a second suspect. Affectionately known as “Big Papi,” Ortiz was one of baseball’s biggest stars during his 20-year career, the majority of those years with the Boston Red Sox. During the 14 seasons he spent with the team, Ortiz was a ten-time All-Star, led the Red Sox to three world series titles, and was a seven-time Silver Slugger winner. The holder of the Red Sox’s single-season record with 54 home runs, Ortiz was a fan favorite who is considered a shoo-in for the Hall of Fame.

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He noticed that the numbers on the safe’s dial went from zero to 60, so he went with the numbers 20-4060. “I took the numbers out of thin air, like right out of my head,” he said. “20 three times to the right, 40 two times to the left and 60 one time to the right, and tried the door and it cracked open.” The museum staff were astounded. “Right away, I stood up, and I was like, ‘I’m buying a lottery ticket tonight,’” Stephen recalled. So what was being hidden all this time in the huge safe? Unfortunately it wasn’t gold or silver or even jewels. Instead, a few scraps of paper and a pile of dust were left for the museum-goers to see. The papers, which were all dated from 1977 or 1978, included part of a waitress’s pad that had an order for a mushroom burger and a pay slip for a hotel employee who received a “total payout of $9 and some cents,” a museum docent said. Sometimes the journey is more exciting than the destination.

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Locked and Loaded For almost 30 years a 2,000-pound black metal safe has been tucked away in the basement

of a museum in Canada. No one has been able to open up the huge safe, although museum officials have tried many times. They had locksmiths attempt to open it; had reached out to the former owners; and had even called the manufacturer of the safe – but to no avail. It seemed like the safe was fated to be sealed forever. Until last month. That’s when Stephen Mills and his family decided to visit the small

museum. It took the 36-year-old a mere 30 seconds and a few flicks of the wrist and then it was “open sesame.” “I’m pretty sure my jaw dropped to the floor,” Stephen, a resident of Fort McMurray in Alberta, said. “I was like, ‘Oh, my goodness.’” The safe was originally owned by the Brunswick Hotel, a local establishment that closed in the 1970s. It was donated to the museum in the

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tune. Recently, the North Carolinian stopped in the North Carolina Education Lottery headquarters to claim $344.6 million. He had used the numbers he found on the paper in a fortune cookie his stepson’s daughter gave him a few years ago to buy his lotto. He always plays those same five numbers. Jackson initially thought he had won just $50,000 and was heading to Raleigh to collect his prize but then looked again and saw he’d won a lot more. “I said, ‘Dang, I got them all,’” he recalled at the news conference. Jackson doesn’t watch the news on TV. Instead, he found the jackpot winning numbers online. Once he saw his numbers match up, he told his wife, “You ain’t going to believe this – I got it all.” This was the largest jackpot ever won in the North Carolina lottery by a single ticket. Jackson chose the $223 million lump sum payment and said he would donate some of it to several charities. He also gave $1 million to his brother to make good on a deal they made – that if any of them won the lottery, they’d give the other $1 million.

“I called him when I got here and said, ‘Are you ready to be a millionaire?’” Jackson said. His brother initially wondered if Jackson was kidding, but had a quick response after realizing he was serious. “He said, ‘But I’m your only brother – can’t you give me $2 million?” Jackson recalled. Hoping that the massive amount sitting in his bank account won’t change him, he told those at the news conference, “I’m pretty happy with the way things are,” adding, “I’m still going to wear my jeans – maybe newer ones.” Oh, and while you’re at it, maybe buy a new shirt or two.

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The Chicken Bouquet The ideal candidates are “smartphone addicts, social media experts and tech geeks,” the company said, and “bonus points go to applicants who have an active social presence or are willing to vlog their experience.” In other words, you have to really enjoy your smartphone and be willing to part with it. Those willing to take part will receive $1,000 if they can complete the challenge successfully. They will also receive a “survival kit” that includes a road map, a pocket phone book, a notepad with a pen, and a pair of 1990s-era CDs to make the flip phone experience extra nostalgic. Can we also have a camera, a tape recorder, and a VCR while we’re at it?

Winning by a Hair Here’s a hair-raising tale. Noemi Elizabeth Romero Huaman is racing to win a spot in the Guinness World Record. Her feat? The 24-year-old has hair that measures a jaw-dropping 5.8-feet. Noemi has been dubbed the “Peruvian Rapunzel.” She has been growing out her hair since she was born. Standing at just 5-feet tall, Noemi’s hair is now longer than she is tall. Perhaps she can use it as a broom when she cleans her home? Noemi is attempting to nab the world’s longest hair title from 17-year-old Abril Lorenzatti. Abril’s

What more can a graduate want than a bouquet of flowers? (OK, money is nice, too.) This graduate, though, wanted something she could sink her teeth into. Lucy Zhao and her friend, Gabriel You, have always enjoyed eating fried chicken. In fact, they dine at KFC a few times a week. And so, to celebrate her graduation, Gabriel presented 22-year-old Lucy with a bouquet of fried chicken. Gabriel purchased the chicken wings and popcorn chicken from the local KFC and then put them onto skewers. Their florist made the “bouquet.” “It looked great,” Lucy said. “On my graduation day, all these other students were looking at it and asking me what it was because it looked like chicken. I said, ‘It is chicken!’ and gave them some to eat.” Talking about their KFC habit, Lucy admits that it’s not too great for her waistline. “We both love KFC,” she said. “We always go there at night, and we’ve both put on lots of weight…but we call it the fat of love.” Um, can we get fries with that?

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Shulamith HS Class of 2019 Honorees Valedictorian: Hana Adler As a former G.O. president and color war captain, and as a current school ambassador and yearbook layout editor, senior Hana Adler is no stranger to leadership. Now, Hana is once again leading the first-ever graduating class of Shulamith High School as esteemed valedictorian. For the four years Hana has attended Shulamith, she has demonstrated not only leadership qualities, but strong sportsmanship and teamwork while participating in numerous clubs and teams, including Volleyball, Interior and Fashion Design, Photography, Newspaper, and Set Design for the school play. Alongside all her extracurricular activities, Hana has also demonstrated tremendous academic integrity and diligence, maintaining four years on Principal’s List and partaking in challenging academic extras such as STEM and computer coding courses. Hana is a volunteer for Chai Lifeline and enjoys participating in kiruv initiatives as well. She was a madricha at a kiruv camp called “Or Haner” this past summer for Spanish-speaking girls from South America and was a volunteer at the San Diego Shabbos Project Challah Bake in 2017. Hana’s passion lies in fashion and design, and she has been granted a scholarship to PRATT institute for next year. Currently, she is interning in the Aleph Beta art department. Hana plans on deferring college for a year to attend Michlala Yerushalayim and then pursuing a degree in the field of digital arts.

Valedictorian: Avigail Sassoon The award of valedictorian is the capstone on Avigail’s long list of high school accomplishments. Over her four years at Shulamith, Avigail has taken on the roles of editor-in-chief of the yearbook, AIPAC delegate in 2017 and 2018, Shulamith Summer Scholar (2016), Shulamith iLead Scholars Program (2018), CIJE STEM Fair competitor, finalist in the Technion Jewish Day School Challenge, captain of the volleyball team and stage manager in the school play. Avigail has also sustained consistent academic accomplishments through her years: four years on Principal’s List while immersing herself in rigorous AP and Honors courses and electives, including an Honors Physics course through the John Hopkins Center for Talented Youth. Passionate about giving back, especially to those less fortunate, Avigail is also a consistent volunteer in the Ohel Bais Ezra Women’s Division. Avigail thanks Shulamith for the “well-rounded education and the confidence” that has helped her reach all these tremendous milestones. Avigail is currently interning in WayFind Careers, doing data analytics, with plans to attend MMY and then the Queens College Scholars Program. Salutatorian: Mindy Schrek As a member of the iMovie club, head of sound and lighting for the school play, annual iPad-demo coordinator at Open House and point person for school films (Mindy produced a video for Tekes Yom YaZikaron, the

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Purim Schpiel and an Open-House presentation, among others), Mindy is the unofficial in-house techie. She feels very comfortable in that role since, as she says, “Shulamith taught me how to step up and assume leadership.” Whether it’s leading in the tech department, or leading on G.O., leading as two-time winner of the schoolwide “Shark Tank” innovation competition, or leading in chessed (Mindy is a recipient of the Shulamith Community Service Award), Mindy has taken the initiative many times throughout her high school career. She has taken numerous AP and Honors courses, maintained a spot on Principal’s List, and has been involved in Mock Trial, STEM and Israel Activism. Outside of school, Mindy volunteers at Tomchei Shabbos and NCSY. Currently, Mindy is interning in the Bnei Akiva marketing department, with plans to attend Michlala Yerushalayim and then Queens College. Keter Shem Tov Awardee: Sela Pollack As a former G.O. President, choir head, school ambassador and production head, Sela has been busy during her four years of high school. That’s not to mention her out-of-school extracurriculars: participation in Shu-

Mindy Schrek

Sela Pollack

lamith’s Scholars Research Summer Program, volunteer at Harvard’s Teaching Hospital: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Brookline, MA, and avid pro-Israel activist (Sela attended the AIPAC conference twice over the course of high school). In addition to her impressive academic accomplishments, including maintaining a place on Principal’s List for four years of high achool, Sela is recognized for her outstanding character and middot and was unanimously voted by peers and teachers alike to receive the Keter Shem Tov award. Sela is an active volunteer for both Bais Ezra and Friendship Circle, tutors multiple kids after school on a volunteer basis, and has teamed up with one of her teachers to start an after school “Mishmor program” for after-school “lishma learning.” As someone who is passionate about helping others, Sela has received the Certificate of Excellence award from the Social Work department at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and the Good Citizen Award from the Lawrence Association. Sela is currently interning at Five Towns Medicine and Cardiology. She plans on attending MMY next year and then continuing on to the Queens Scholars program at Queens College where she plans to major in biology.

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MAY Graduation Awardees 2019 Meet MTA’s Senior Class Honorees

Shlomo Burg

Shmaryahu Friedman

Shlomo Burg Valedictorian Shlomo Burg’s pursuit for academic achievement is parallel to none. Shlomo was the 2018-2019 president of the Arista Honors Society at MAY, was a commended student in the National Merit Scholarship Competition, and was one of three students to receive a State Regents Scholarship this year. He was editor-in-chief for the Ateres Yaakov Star newspaper, G.O. representative, and organizer of a multitude of school activities. It may seem as if Shlomo does not have any time for anything else but, incredibly, he always has time to help a friend and serve as an integral member of both the Mesivta’s football and softball teams. Shlomo was mesayem both Masechtas Beitzah and Seder Nezikin this year alone and is graduating with an amazing 99.45 combined GPA. Although accepted to Queens College’s Freshmen Honors Program, Shlomo plans on spending next year learning in Yeshiva Toras Chaim in Eretz Yisroel. Shmaryahu Friedman Limudei Kodesh Salutatorian Shmaryahu Friedman has the very finest characteristics and middos one can find. He is a 4-year member of the Arista Honors Society at MAY, assistant editor-in-chief of the Ateres HaShavua Torah Publication and a key member of the Mesivta’s Torah Bowl team. Shmaryahu does not miss an opportunity for growth in limud haTorah, having taken full advantage of every optional learning

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program offered in the Mesivta including the pre-Shacharis Gemara chaburah, the post-Shacharis Mishnayos chaburah, the Project 24 Bein HaZmanim learning incentive, the Shnayim Mikrah program and every optional mishmar available. He is graduating with a 99.68 Limudei Kodesh GPA and this year was mesayem Masechtos Kiddushin, Beitzah, Rosh Hashana, Seder Zera’im and Seder Mo’ed, as well as 11 total siyumim throughout Mesivta. Shmaryahu will be taking his incredible hasmadah and dedication to Yeshiva Yishrei Lev in Eretz Yisroel next year. Dovi Maltz Limudei Chol Salutatorian Dovi Maltz is a cultured, well-rounded and stellar student at Mesivta Ateres Yaakov. As Torah Bowl captain, Ateres Yaakov Star newspaper editor, Ateres HaShavua Torah Publication editor and editor-in-chief of the 2019 Yearbook, Dovi has had his plate full for the past four years. He was a 4-year member of the Arista National Honors Society at MAY, Student Government Treasurer, and also received a State Regents Scholarship this year. Dovi firmly believes that if it is worth doing, it is worth doing right and doing right now. He has an ironclad honor code for which he is respected by his peers and he is never afraid to stand up for what he believes. Dovi is graduating with a 99.34 General Studies GPA and has been accepted to the Dean’s Scholar’s Program at Baruch College.

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Noam Mayerfeld Valedictorian Noam Mayerfeld of Teaneck, NJ, is this year’s MTA senior class valedictorian. Noam loved his four years at MTA, where he built relationships with rebbeim and faculty members, made new friends from different communities, and participated in various extracurricular activities. He served as president of the Debate Club for two years, captain of the Mock Trial Team, and president of the Hatzioni Israel Advocacy Club. He also helped organize the MTA Political Action Club’s lobbying trip to Washington, D.C., served as a Yeshiva Fellowship Chaburah Coordinator, and spent time as a member of the Torah Bowl Team and the Polis publication. Noam greatly enjoyed serving as a Cub2Lion Senior mentor for freshmen this year, creating bonds with the next generation of MTA students. He was also selected to participate in the Senior Fellows Program, where he had the opportunity to work one-on-one with Rabbi Jeremy Wieder, Yeshiva University’s Joseph and Gwendolyn Straus Professor of Talmud and Adjunct Professor of Bible. Noam was named a Commended Student in the National Merit Scholarship Competition. He looks forward to attending Yeshivat Kerem B’Yavneh next year, followed by the Jay and Jeanie

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Ephraim Crystal

Schottenstein Honors Program at Yeshiva University. Ephraim Crystal Salutatorian Ephraim Crystal of Edison, NJ, is this year’s MTA senior class salutatorian. Ephraim writes for the school newspaper, The Academy News, and is a member of the National Honors Society. He was the first place winner of the Bronka Weintraub High School Bekiut Program in his Sophomore year. Ephraim is also the recipient of Yeshiva University’s Torah U’Madda Book Award and the College Board’s AP Scholar With Honor Award. He has won several online computer programming contests and plans to major in Computer Science. Ephraim will attend Yeshivat Kerem B’Yavneh next year, followed by the Jay and Jeanie Schottenstein Honors Program at Yeshiva University.

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HANC HS Announces Top Honors

he Hebrew Academy of Nassau County is proud to announce the class of 2019 valedictorians and salutatorian. HANC High School’s Menahel, Rabbi Shlomo Adelman, proudly remarked, “David Reitano, Adena Cohen, and Jonah Rocheeld embody the core values of our yeshiva. Each of them in their own unique way personifies excellence as scholars, leaders, and ba’alei middot. The HANC community is incredibly proud of these well-deserving honorees who excel in their academic and religious studies.” Academically, valedictorian David Reitano is a star. His teachers rave about him, and his peers admire him. David is a member of the National Honor Society, also named to both the General and Judaic Studies Honor Roll every quarter of his high-school career. He is a National Merit Commended Student, and he was selected by the administration as the recipient of the University of Rochester’s Bausch & Lomb Honorary Science Award. While this award was earned for his excellence in the sciences, if there were awards for every subject, he would deserve those too, as he excels in all areas. David will graduate with eleven AP courses under his belt, earning AP Scholar with Distinction honors for his performance on the subsequent AP exams. He is also a student of the challenging and prestigious Bet Midrash program. David is multilingual as well, as his first two languages were Russian and Italian. David is an unassuming young man who is humble about his accomplishments. Although his academics play a large role in his daily life, he still has found time to pursue extra-curricular interests. Currently, he is co-captain of the award winning Mathletes Team. He is captain of the College Bowl Team, a member of the Chess Team, a member of Model UN, and he contributes articles to the STEM Journal. David enjoys reading, writing short stories,

Jonah Rocheeld

Adena Cohen

and for the past twelve years, he has studied martial arts. In order to explore his science interests, this past summer, David was in Israel where he volunteered for the organization Rescue Israel. He received training as an Emergency Medical Responder and went on calls helping those in need of medical assistance. This summer, David plans to continue his training, so he can be certified as an EMT. After a year at Sha’alvim in Israel, David will be attending Binghamton University as a member of the Scholars Program. Valedictorian Adena Cohen is a young woman of superior intelligence, unwavering focus, and steadfast determination. She is a leader and an intellectual in every sense and elevates the level of discourse in every classroom that she enters. Adena has made her mark in every way at HANC. Academically, she constantly looks to challenge herself, enrolling in the most difficult AP and Honors classes each year, including the prestigious Bet Midrash program, and has been on the Honor Roll every quarter of her high-school career. She has been a member of the National Honor Society for two years and was elected Vice President in 11th Grade and Co-President in the 12th Grade. She is also a University of Rochester George Eastman Young Leaders Award recipient and a recipient of HANC’s Nechama Leibowitz Passion for Education Award. With regard to extracurricu-

David Reitano

lar activities, it might be easier to list what Adena is not involved in, as Adena is a leader in numerous activities. She is the Chairperson of the Yachad Committee, the editor-in-chief of The HANC Herald and editor-in-chief of the hanc yearbook. Adena is the founder of the STEM Journal and serves as editor-in-chief as well. She is also Chairperson of HPAC, Captain of Girls’ Torah Bowl, Captain of the Girls’ Hockey Team, and a Student Senator who was elected vice president of the student body as a junior. And if these leadership roles weren’t enough, she is also a Mathlete, a member of the Astronomy Club, a volunteer with the Jewish Elderly Committee, a member of Mock Trial, a competitor on College Bowl, and a writer for Midrashei HANC. Next year, Adena will be attending MMY in Israel and later will attend Brandeis University in the fall of 2020. Salutatorian Jonah Rocheeld is a teacher’s dream. He is the student on whom they can count, always willing to learn and always ready to actively engage and debate the topic at-hand. Jonah is often the first student in class to suggest an answer to a question. This is due to his uncanny ability to critically evaluate complex information at lightning speed. When he arrives in the classroom, he does so excited to learn and with self-amassed background knowledge. Jonah is a student who is curious and enjoys learning even

when not in school. He is very proud that he learned Masechet Shabbos on his own time. Not that he doesn’t learn anything during the school day, given that his three-year Judaic studies average is a 100, a remarkable achievement given that he was a student in the highly regarded Bet Midrash program. Jonah is one of the most memorable students to have entered a HANC classroom. His intellect, his quick wit, his excellent debating skills, and his passion for academics has earned him many accolades over the past four years. Jonah is a member of the National Honor Society and an AP Scholar with Distinction who will graduate having taken ten Advanced Placement classes. Additionally, he was named to both the General and Judaic Studies Honor Roll every quarter of his highschool career. The administration and faculty further selected Jonah as the recipient of the Rav Avraham Yitzchak Kook Passion for Education Award, the Rensselaer Medal, and the Yeshiva University Torah U’Madda Book Award. Despite his academic time-constraints, Jonah still manages to find time to help those around him. This has led him to take on leadership roles, including shouldering the responsibility of leading the Torah Bowl Team to victory after victory. Last year, after an undefeated championship season, Jonah was named as the unofficial team MVP. This year, his dominance continued, and to no one’s surprise, he led the team to another amazing season. Jonah is also co-captain of the Mathletes Team and is the gabbai and organizer for HANC’s minyan sefardi. Outside of school, Jonah serves as the ba’al koreh at his local Chabad and runs their teen minyan as well. Jonah is a leader, a mentor, and a friend to many. Next year, he will be attending Yeshiva University as a member of their Honors Program. Mazal tov to our awardees and to the entire Class of 2019.

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An Inspiring Women’s Initiative

he Orthodox Union Women’s Initiative hosted its inaugural Leadership Summit, a lay leadership conference designed to encourage and develop women serving as lay leaders within their communities. The 100 participants were nominated by 56 communities around the United States, Canada, Israel, the United Kingdom and South Africa to attend the summit which took place May 20-21 at the Hilton Woodcliff Lake in New Jersey. Sessions focused on leadership strategy and communication, public speaking, engaging and retaining volunteers, creating compelling programming, effective use of social media, honing and growing one’s personal leadership strengths and work-life balance, community spiritual growth, board and donor relations and other lay-leadership challenges for 21st century Orthodox women. Expert lecturers, educators and leaders in the field – including Erica Brown, Avital Chizhik-Goldschmidt, Allison Josephs, Chani Neuberger, Amy Katz, Dr. Leslie Ginsparg Klein, Dr. Marian Stoltz-Loike, Miriam L. Wallach, Suzy Schwartz, Dr. Linda Goldmintz, Judith Rubin, Rachel Cyrulnik, Faige Horowitz, Tamar Snyder, Dr. Rochelle Cooper Schneider, Susan Weiss, Cynthia Darrison and Lisa Schneider – delivered workshops, sessions and other presentations throughout the program. “The goals of the program were to nurture lay leadership, enhance leadership skills and create a collaborative space,” said Founding Director of the OU Women’s Initiative Dr. Adina Shmidman. “It was inspiring to see a group of women, incredibly diverse in age, experience and hashkafa, coming together to share their passion for the Jewish community.” Executive Vice President of the OU Allen Fagin addressed the summit and recognized the many contributions of the successful professional women in the room who volunteer in their communities as officers, members of executive committees and board members of synagogues, yeshivas, day schools, mikvaot, chevra kadisha, bikur cholim, youth committees, adult education and a wide variety of community groups and institutions. “You recognize the enormity of

Mrs. Nechama Wolfson speaking at the conference

our communal challenges and, even more importantly, the enormous opportunities we have to meet those challenges, to benefit our communities and reach out beyond them,” said Fagin. “And you each recognize what I believe is the most important lesson of leadership, and that is the power of one – the ability of one person. One person with the right drive, energy, skill and ambition to singlehandedly inspire a community; transform a shul; propel a yeshiva to new heights and drive organizational change through the formulation of strategy and mission.” Orthodox Union President Moishe Bane added: “The Orthodox community is indebted to the lay activists here today, who, along with Jewish women throughout history, have committed countless hours of their precious time and tremendous energy to ensure the blossoming of Torah Judaism in America and around the globe, and who have been pivotal to the success and impact of our most valued institutions and programs. These women exemplify the oskim b’tzarchei tzibur be’emunah, building our communal ‘homes’ with passion and wisdom.” The OU Women’s Initiative works with Orthodox nationwide communities to identify and address women’s spiritual, educational and communal needs by expanding and enhancing Torah learning opportunities by women and for women and by creating innovative programming to meet the needs of women at all ages and phases. The Women’s Initiative focuses on the development of professional and lay leadership training for women in the Orthodox Jewish community. For more information, visit https:// www.ou.org/women/.

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A “Grad” Finale

ast Thursday, the Shulamith Middle Division Class of 2019 celebrated their last day of school with a lavish breakfast catered by Bunch o Bagels. Guided by Rachel Steiner, Director of Student Activ-

ities, eighth graders Emma Fox and Arbel Ifergan planned the event from beginning to end. The girls enjoyed watching a video presentation created by Ora Zeitlin, playing a game of Kahoot designed by Emma and

Arbel, and listening to divrei Torah by Rebecca Schoenfeld and Eliana Sacknovitz. An added surprise was the distribution of their magnificent yearbooks by editors-in-chief Aliza Coronel and Atara Ginsburg. The

title of this year’s book is The Grad Finale, and this event was truly a marvelous way to celebrate the culmination of eight years for elementary school education!

Touro’s Lander Colleges Celebrate the Class of 2019 at Commencement

raduating seniors at Touro’s Lander Colleges marched into Lincoln Center’s David Geffen Hall last Sunday. Before an audience of family members and friends, they received their diplomas at the 45th Annual Commencement of Touro College. In all, 608 graduates were awarded baccalaureate degrees from Lander College of Arts and Sciences in Flatbush, Lander College for Women and Lander College for Men. Eighty students received associate degrees from Machon L’Parnasa/The Institute for Professional Studies and The School for Lifelong Education. Touro also awarded an honorary doctoral degree to Professor Jonathan Halevy, co-director general of Shaarei Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem. Professor Halevy established the hospital as a center of excellence and has played a central role in the Israeli healthcare system. He urged students to “keep reading and learning, and always maintain your curiosity…once you become a leader in your discipline, become a mentor yourself.” Valedictorians Moshe Baitelman, Sarit Hadi, Eric (Yitzy) Klipper and Rebecca (Rivka) Melka all looked

beyond “adulting” to talk about becoming leaders and contributors to society. They thanked Touro for preparing them to become successful professionals while maintaining Torah values. Moshe Baitelman, valedictorian of Lander College of Arts and Sciences Men’s Division, an alum of Yeshivas Beis Dovid Shlomo in New Haven, moved from Vancouver, BC, to attend the college. Next year he will start medical school. He thanked his biology professors who “took the spark of scientific curiosity in me and turned it into a roaring flame.” Moshe also thanked his family for their unending support. Moshe served as the president of the science society and executive editor of the science journal at the Lander College of Arts and Sciences. Sarit Hadi, valedictorian of Lander College of Arts and Sciences Women’s Division in Flatbush, told her classmates, “our careers may identify what we do, but they do not identify who we are. Who we are is not determined by what we acquire, but rather, paradoxically, by what we give.” Sarit attended seminary at Lahav Bais Yaakov. She is following in the

footsteps of her mother and sister, who are both Touro alumnae, and plans to become a speech-language pathologist, a field that will enable her to help people find their voices. She has been accepted to the graduate programs at Brooklyn College and Touro and the doctoral program in audiology at the CUNY Graduate Center. She lives in the Midwood section of Brooklyn. Eric (Yitzy) Klipper, valedictorian of Lander College for Men, quoted former General Electric CEO Jack Welch, who said, “Leaders create a vision, articulate the vision, passionately own the vision, and relentlessly drive it to completion.” Yitzy said, “whether it is a class project, helping an individual through hard times, creating the next technological advancement, or running a country, we as the future leaders must nurture a vision of what we want to accomplish, and do everything we can to achieve it.” A highly motivated student who previously spent two years studying at Yeshivat Shaalvim in Israel, Yitzy will begin Rutgers School of Dental Medicine this fall. He is a native of Elizabeth, NJ. Rebecca (Rivka) Melka, the vale-

dictorian of Lander College for Women, also spoke about leadership and determination. She said, “If we have a vision of who we want to be and what we want to accomplish, with determination and self-confidence, we can and will rise to the occasion.” Rebecca cultivated this spirit during college, seeking out internships with local dentists and working as a research assistant while maintaining a near-perfect GPA. Rebecca will enroll this fall in Columbia University Dental School. She attended Michlalah Jerusalem seminary and grew up in Waterbury, CT.

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Rav Yaakov Bender, Rosh HaYeshiva, at Yeshiva Darchei Torah’s alumni asifah in Lakewood

MTA Celebrates Incredible Milestones

ore than 500 talmidim, rebbeim, parents, grandparents, YU roshei yeshiva, and friends joined MTA on Tuesday, June 4, for its Yeshiva-Wide Seudas Preidah and Siyum celebrating the Torah learning accomplishments of all talmidim and the culmination of its Annual Scholarship Campaign. The evening began with a very special Hachnasas Sefer Torah, dedicated in memory of Al Burger, a”h. The donor family, along with MTA talmidim and rebbeim, joined together to complete the Torah prior to the start of the Seudas Preidah and Siyum. Then, they joyously welcomed the Torah to the MTA family, as they sang and danced it into the aron. “The Seudas Preidah is a celebration, a dedication, and a culmination. It is a celebration of the impressive Torah learning accomplishments of each of our talmidim. It is a dedication of a new Sefer Torah and the culmination of a very successful Scholarship Campaign,” said Head of School Rabbi Joshua Kahn. “The event highlights why our Scholarship Campaign is so critical. Seeing

the celebration of 300 talmidim who have worked hard throughout the year to grow in their Torah learning, along with their parents, grandparents, roshei yeshiva, elementary school rebbeim, and administrators, is a powerful reminder of why it is so important to provide every talmid with an MTA education regardless of their family’s financial ability.” The evening was a true celebra-

tion of both Torah learning and the entire educational experience. More than 500 donors participated in the Scholarship Campaign, which raised over $600,000, highlighting the importance of supporting Jewish education. “I am passionate about supporting our Scholarship Campaign because every child is entitled to a Jewish education,” said campaign co-chair

Mordy Rothberg. “With the help of our dedicated Scholarship Campaign Committee, as well as MTA’s leadership, faculty, and student body, we are able to ensure that the exceptional educational experience provided by MTA is accessible to everyone.” The Yeshiva-Wide Seudas Preidah and Siyum was a fitting way to celebrate the success of the Scholarship Campaign, as the event itself demonstrated the tremendous impact of a Jewish education. Talmidim Shlomo Fink (‘22) and Tzvi Zigelstein (‘20) made siyumim on Maseches Bava Kama and Maseches Megilla respectively, on behalf of the 100 talmidim who completed the masechtas. The event featured remarks from Rabbi Kahn as well as divrei bracha from Yeshiva University President Dr. Ari Berman (‘87), and a d’var Torah by Yochanan Zupnick (‘19). Attendees were also privileged to hear divrei Torah from RIETS Rosh Yeshiva Rav Hershel Schachter (‘58), shli”ta, with whom many MTA talmidim have had the unique opportunity to learn with on a weekly basis as part of the Yeshiva Fellowship program.

HALB Lions Win MJDSAA Soccer Championship

n another undefeated season, the seventh and eighth grade HALB Lions girls’ soccer team took on the RYNJ Jaguars. The two teams had played each other twice during the regular season, and the games were both nail biters. In this game, the Jaguars were off to an early lead of 2-0, when the lions began to fight back, and Simona Goldberg

tied the score. Shots were strong on both sides, with excellent saves by HALB Goalkeeper Tamar Lewin. RYNJ stayed strong, and tied it up once again, when Naomi Sigman scored twice to put the Lions in front. At halftime, the score was tied at six goals apiece. In the second half, both teams came out fighting. With a penalty shot scored, and another goal

scored by Jordana Stern, HALB took the lead, and this time, didn’t look back. The final score was 14-11. Congratulations to the entire HALB Lions team for a great season and becoming the 2019 MJDSAA champions. Everyone on the team worked hard to develop their game and support each other. HALB wishes to extend an extra hakarat hatov

to coach Susie Lewin, for not only leading the Lions to back-to-back championships, but always modeling sportsmanship and good middot for the team. Thank you to assistant coach Shelly Forkosh. Good luck to all the graduating eighth graders, as they bring their talents to high school!

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The delighted talmidos of TAG enjoyed a real tasty treat when the ice cream truck visited TAG on Tuesday, June 4. The fact that it was also Rosh Chodesh added to the joy and happy faces pictured here. TAG extends much hakaras hatov to Mr. and Mrs. Moshe Majeski who sponsored the end of year event and to the Women’s League for facilitating it

HAFTR HS Seniors Engage in Unique Seminar

n preparation for graduating from HAFTR High School, seniors participated in HAFTR’s unique, week-long senior seminar. The students enjoyed an educational and informative week of stimulating speakers and workshops on topics that are important to their future as Orthodox Jewish young adults. The Senior Seminar opened with a compelling presentation on mental health from a personal perspective. Mrs. Aliza Starashefsky-Blumenthal, the director of Student Life at Bruriah High School, spoke about her struggles as a yeshiva high school student with an eating disorder, depression, and anxiety. She emphasized the importance of understanding and addressing mental health issues in our community, and students processed steps they can take to recognize and support peers dealing with challenging mental health issues. Students received a comprehensive introduction to financial planning from Mrs. Tamar Snyder, senior director of Marketing & Communications at the Jewish Communal Fund.

Mrs. Snyder, who created a financial literacy curriculum for teens, familiarized students with the basics of money management and reviewed strategies for budgeting smartly and investing smartly. Rabbi Shalom Axelrod of the Young Israel of Woodmere and Mrs. Shira Dubin Boshnack described the Orthodox Union’s Jewish Learning Initiative on Campus (JLIC). JLIC has religious couples on 21 college campuses and positively impacts many aspects of the students’ Jewish life on campus. Mrs. Boschnack, a HAFTR alumna, and her husband are the couple on campus at Brooklyn College. She explained to our students how JLIC can help the students navigate college in a meaningful way, while helping to facilitate their religious growth. Students benefited from a meaningful presentation by Stand with Us on combating the anti-Israel BDS (Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions) movement on college campuses. The speaker, Ms. Maria Ntourlia, reviewed the history of the BDS move-

ment and provided the students with excellent resources and practical strategies for responding to BDS initiatives on campus. Seniors had the opportunity to learn about two additional critical and sensitive issues in our community. Mrs. Estie Rose, a genetic counselor who works for JSCREEN, taught students about the importance of testing for genetic diseases, including those that are commonly found in the Jewish population. Representatives of the Shalom Task Force led workshops for students on how to identify behavioral predictors of potentially healthy and unhealthy relationships, and how to apply healthy boundaries. Mrs. Allison Josephs, aka “Jew in the City,” offered a dynamic and thought-provoking presentation to the seniors. Mrs. Josephs described how she found G-d and meaning in Orthodox Judaism and how much it impacts her daily life. She also showed a video that she made with renowned actress Mayim Bialik, who was her Partner in Torah. The senior seminar concluded

with a panel discussion on chessed in the Jewish community. The students heard powerful presentations from Rabbi Boruch Ber Bender from Achiezer, Ms. Rachel Alexander from Gift of Life, Mrs. Gitta Neufeld from Chevra Kadisha, Dr. Steven Krauss from Hatzolah, and Ms. Sara Epstein from Ora. The panelists described the services provided by their respective organizations and offered poignant examples of their impact on people’s lives. The panelists spoke about how they have the privilege and responsibility to make a kiddush Hashem on a daily basis, how they balance their community work with their family life, and the importance of giving back to the community. The presenters for HAFTR High School’s Senior Seminar imparted valuable knowledge and acted as important resources for the students as they move on to the exciting new stage in their lives. Many thanks to Mrs. Rivka Cohen, HAFTR High School social worker, for coordinating this invaluable experience for the students in the senior class.

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Ma’alin BaKodesh at Mesivta Chaim Shlomo

Rav Elysha Sandler

mesibah was recently held at Mesivta Chaim Shlomo in honor of the 170 bachurim who participated in a special ke-

dusha initiative from Purim to Shavuos. The brainchild of Rav Dov Keilson, mashgiach ruchani of the Mesivta, this program is done l’zech-

er nishmas Aryeh Leib Rabinowitz, a”h, a 17-year old talmid of the Mesivta who was niftar eight years ago. The guest speaker at the mesibah

Rav Dov Keilson

was Rav Elysha Sandler, mashgiach ruchani of Sh’or Yoshuv and rav of Kehillas Bais Yisroel.

Yeshiva Zichron Aryeh and Priority-1 Annual Dinner

his coming Monday, June 17, Yeshiva Zichron Aryeh and Priority-1 are proud to host a dinner event to celebrate the 32nd anniversary since its founding. The mis-

sion of Priority-1 is to give educators the tools to reach the next generation of students, as well as to help cultivate a resurgence in impassioned Emunah and Bitachon in communities around

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the world. Over the past 32 years, Priority-1 has grown under the singular vision of the Rosh Yeshiva, Rabbi Shaya Cohen, to become a highly successful organization with institutions and branches around the world. Priority-1’s flagship initiative, Yeshiva Zichron Aryeh, and its affiliated yeshiva network is a comprehensive yeshiva system spanning from high school until advanced graduate level programs that have successfully implanted a chinuch model to help create generations of rabbis, educators, and community leaders. The upcoming event gives us the chance to highlight the incredible work of Dr. Irving Moskowitz, z”l. Dr. Moskowitz spent his life rebuilding the Jewish community in America and Israel. A successful doctor and businessman, Dr. Moskowitz spent his efforts building up East Jerusalem and created a charity empire based on the precept, “He who has saved one life, it is as if he has saved the world.” The Moskowitzs have been close friends of the yeshiva and Rabbi Cohen, (to the point having gone so far as to name a building in the Old City “Beit Gita,” after Rebbetzin Cohen, a”h). It is our honor to formally dedicate the Dr. Irving Moskowitz Beis Medrash in recognition of his tireless dedication to Klal Yisroel. During the upcoming event, Priority-1 will also be formally dedicating the Ezras Nashim of the yeshiva in honor of Mrs. Barbara Gold. Mrs. Gold

was a person who lived with the Ribbono Shel Olam every waking hour. A mother of talmidim in the yeshiva, Mrs. Gold’s dedication to tefillah was an inspiration to all those who knew her. May her neshama have an aliyah. The 32-anniversary Priority-1 dinner will be honoring Shmuli and Deena Schwebel. A dear friend and partner with the yeshiva, the Schwebels have dedicated enormous time and effort to help the yeshiva and Rabbi Cohen. Well-liked and always ready with a smile, the Schwebels are pillars of the Cedarhurst community and exemplify Torah true role models. They have hosted a shiur given by Rabbi Cohen in his home every Monday to help strengthen emunah and bitachon in the community. We are pleased to take this opportunity to express our hakaras hatov for everything Mr. and Mrs. Schwebel have done for the yeshiva over the past number of years. The dinner will be held on Monday, June 17 at 7:30 pm on the Zichron Aryeh campus, 1213 Bay 25th St, Far Rockaway, NY, 11691. The dinner will feature Sharmel Caterers, as well as live musical entertainment. Complimentary valet parking will be available for dinner guests. All guests will also receive an advance copy of Rabbi Cohen’s upcoming new book, Impassioned Chinuch. To reserve your seat, please contact Priority-1 at 516-295-5700 x 108 or email info@priority-1.org.

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At Yeshiva Darchei Torah, Mrs. Nussbaum’s sixth grade students collaborated on a detailed mural of the periodic table of elements. It extends nearly from floor-toceiling and is displayed prominently in the ground floor hallway of the yeshiva.

Remembering Leah Adler, a”h

Chabad of Valley Stream, under the leadership of Rabbi Yitzchak Goldshmid and Rebbetzin Itty Goldshmid, presented Hempstead Town Receiver of Taxes Don Clavin with the Leadership Award at their Silver Anniversary Gala Concert Dinner last week

Investment Club at Mesivta Yesodei Yeshurun

ook out Wall Street! Starting late November 2018 through May 17, 2019, five teams of students from Mesivta Yesodei Yeshurun in Queens participated in a stock market investment contest. Each team started with a virtual portfolio of $100,000 and through monthly meetings and trading activity sought to increase their portfolio’s value. The winning team increased their portfolio to $107,071, an annual return of 14.1%, and received a monetary prize from the school. Pictured here is the school’s

principal, Rabbi Gopin, awarding the prize to the winning team members, Shloimy Sambrowsky, Benny Inslict, and Elchanan Bakhshi.

he Yeshiva University community mourns the passing of Leah Adler (nee Jeselsohn), a”h, Head Librarian of the Mendel Gottesman library, long-time Five Towns resident, and member of Shaaray Tefila in Lawrence, New York. Born in Tel Aviv, Leah moved to Switzerland at age 11, where she later studied Microbiology at the Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology) in Zurich before marrying Dr. Mark Adler and moving to the United States. Leah was fluent in English, Hebrew, German and Swiss German. She served as Head Librarian for more than 33 years and played an integral role in the library’s movement into the digital age as well as in the recent library renovation. Leah worked with scholars from far and wide, a position for which her knowledge of Judaic Studies and languages served her well. She held various roles for the Association of Jewish Libraries on both a national and local level. She published a number of publications in the field of Judaic librarianship, which contributed significantly to the field.

Leah was brilliant: a gifted librarian with expertise in Jewish Literature, classical and European languages, and technology. She was a warm, supportive person – always kind. Her absence will be deeply felt. A tribute remembering Leah Adler will take place on Wednesday, June 26, 2019 at 6 p.m., at the Mendel Gottesman Library, fifth floor. The address is 515 West 185th Street, New York, NY 10033. Enter through the Glueck Center on the 185th Street Plaza. RSVP to dalen@yu.edu and request parking if necessary. Refreshments will be served and the event is sponsored by the Yeshiva University Libraries and Office of the Provost.

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Talmidim Completing Meseches Kesuvos

TwentyFifth Annual Siyum

‫ישיבה דרך איתן‬ Yeshiva of Far Rockaway

You are cordially invited to join in the celebration of our

Twenty Fifth

Annual Siyum

‫הננו מתכבדים בזה להזמין את‬ ‫הורי ותלמידי הישיבה‬ ‫וכל הציבור של שכונתנו‬ ‫לבא ולהשתתף בשמחתנו לרגל‬

‫סיום‬

‫מסכת כתובות‬

Marking the completion of Meseches Kesuvos ‫ע״י תלמידי הישיבה‬ Sunday, ‫שתתקיים אי״ה ביום ראשון‬

June 16th, 2019

‫י״ג סיון תשע״ט‬

12:00pm AT YESHIVA OF FAR ROCKAWAY 802 Hicksville Road, Far Rockaway, NY

‫לעלוי נשמת‬ BLUM ‫מאיר אריה בן יצחק ע״ה‬ MELOHN ‫יוסף ב״ר אריה הכהן ע״ה‬ BLUM ‫ שפרה בת יעקב ע״ה‬MELOHN ‫מלכה פערל בת ר׳ מאיר ע״ה‬ ‫משה יצחק בן יוסף בנימין ע״ה‬ WOHL ‫ר׳ דוד אריה בן יהושע ע״ה‬

Guest Speaker: Harav Moshe Zev Katzenstein, Shlita ROSH YESHIVA – YESHIVA GEDOLAH OF THE FIVE TOWNS

Rabbi Yechiel Perr Rosh Yeshiva

Rabbi Mordechai Miller Menahel

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Gesher’s Second Annual Dinner Draws Hundreds

undreds of guests came out last Tuesday evening to celebrate the Gesher Early Childhood Center’s seven years of leadership in education. This year’s dinner was held at the newly renovated ballroom of Congregation Ohr Torah in North Woodmere. The inviting buffet, presented by Oasis Catering, made for an enjoyable reception for the many guests. Mr. Eric Austein, a Gesher grandparent, served as Master of Ceremonies for the evening. He opened by expressing his personal appreciation for the Gesher program and by describing the pedagogical mantra of the Gesher administration to individualize the learning process for each and every child. Before calling on the honorees to receive their awards, a special gift was presented to Gesher grandparents Rabbi and Mrs. Basil and Sherri Herring. Journal chairman and current Gesher parent Isaac Zafir represented the parent body in expressing appreciation to the Herring Family for the establishment of the Gesher Grandparents Dividend Fund. Consistent with the messages shared in the video segment, Mr. Zafir pointed out that the creation of the fund is the visionary confluence of Rabbi and Mrs. Herring’s care and concern for Klal Yisroel together with their love and dedication to their family. The program continued with the presentation of the Kesser Shem Tov award to Ilan and Haviva Kranz. The Kranzes are well regarded in their community for their good nature and selfless devotion to other. Themselves former Gesher parents, they

see firsthand how important Gesher is for the children in our neighborhoods. Mrs. Kranz has remained professionally connected to Gesher through her practice as a speech pathologist and her social awareness programing. As noted in the award video, her vital work has changed the lives of many children and their families. Dr. Oscar Kranz proudly presented the award to his children. The program continued with the recognition of the Guests of Honor, Ari and Chanie Friedman. They were met with a resounding greeting from their family and friends, indicative of the high esteem in which they are held. As current Gesher parents, the Friedmans are keenly aware of the need to ensure Gesher’s place in the community. The specificity of their appreciation of Gesher’s programming was evident in their video segment. Mrs. Friedman referenced Gesher’s teaming and focus on educating the whole child, and Mr. Friedman described the importance of the successful transition. Mr. Mayer Friedman enthusiastically presented his children with their award and added his reflections about his personal pride in his family and his appreciation of Gesher. The program closed with a message about leadership and a feature video depicting Gesher’s focus on educational leadership. Gesher expresses its appreciation to the Herring, Kranz, and Friedman families for making the dinner campaign a success. Special thank you to Mr. Eric Austein for representing the Gesher family.

Dr. Oscar Kranz with Rabbi and Mrs. Bodner and Mr. Eric Austein presenting the Kesser Shem Tov Award to Ilan and Haviva Kranz

Mr. Mayer Friedman with Rabbi and Mrs. Bodner and Mr. Eric Austein presenting the Guest of Honor Award to Ari and Chanie Friedman

Mr. Isaac Zafir together with Rabbi and Mrs. Bodner presenting a special gift to Rabbi and Mrs. Herring

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Shulamith Annual Dinner

Adina Goldstein, Dinner Co-Chair; Malka Fishman, Executive Director; Adina and Yossi Hollander, Parents of the Year; and Ari Cohen, President of the Board

Adina Goldstein, Dinner Co-Chair; Malka Fishman, Executive Director; Idy and Moshe Jacobowitz, Keter Shem Tov Awardees; and Ari Cohen, President of the Board

Adina Goldstein, Dinner Co-Chair; Malka Fishman, Executive Director; Harriet Cohen, Hakarat Hatov Awardee; and Ari Cohen, President of the Board

Adina Goldstien, Dinner Co-Chair; Malka Fishman, Executive Director; and Ari Cohen, President of the Board, with members of Global Operations, Company of the Year

n Wednesday, June 5, the Shulamith community celebrated its Annual Dinner with over 500 people in attendance at the Sands Atlantic Beach. The theme of this year’s dinner was “One Shulamith: One Vision, One Heart, One School.” This year’s honorees reflected that by highlighting the many dimensions of the school. We are proud of this year’s worthy honorees: Global Operations Company of the Year for their dedication to the safety and security of our school; Yossi and Adina Hollander - Parents of the Year; Moshe and Idy Jacobowitz - Keter Shem Tov Awardees; and Harriet Cohen - Faculty Hakarat HaTov Award for eleven years of service and commitment to Shulamith. Board Member Moshe Pilevsky finished the program by recognizing the Class of 2019, which is

The first graduating class of Shulamith High School with founding Principal Rina Zerykier

Shulamith High School’s first graduating class. Each of the eleven seniors was presented with a plaque applauding the achievements and

pioneering spirit. The dinner culminated with the premier of the new school song, sung by Ari Goldwag, lyrics by Chumie Srulowitz. The

night was filled with everything Shulamith encompasses: high standards in education, warmth, and hakarat hatov.

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Generation to Generation

he love in the air was palpable last Wednesday night, as HAFTR Lower School presented its “Generation to Generation, M’dor L’dor” program. Third grade students journeyed back in time and learned about family stories of those that came before them. They also learned valuable lessons in the power of storytelling and that with the passing of generations, stories can be kept alive and passed down with the use of artifacts, objects, documents and photographs. The students each had an artifact from their own families, to which they learned its significance. The students proudly displayed their beautiful and unique artwork in an elegant, museum-like exhibition. The artwork featured a photograph of each student’s artifact, along with a picture of the person in his/her family to whom the artifact belonged. The artwork also featured a handmade “coat of arms” on a metal shield, custom-made by each student to represent his/her own family. Students not only learned stories of their own families, but were able to learn family stories of their classmates as well. Proud smiles lit up the room as the third graders sang songs about continuing the rich heritage of their grandparents. The children sang a song set to the tune of “A Million Dreams,” with lyrics describing the Jewish homes that they will one day build as well as their love for their grandparents. These original lyrics, written by HAFTR’s music teacher, Janet Goldman, and her husband Ronald Goldman, captured the essence of the evening: grandparents are the grandchildren’s link to the past and grandchildren are grandparents’ link to the future. “Boys and girls, the people who are sitting here, watching you, are multi-generations: parents, grandparents and great-grandparents. There were times not that long ago, where parents didn’t even know their grandparents. It is such a bracha to have them sit in our audience,” said Joy Hammer, HAFTR Lower School’s principal. “We are so fortunate to have so many grandparents here with us today.” Tova Zucker, HAFTR Lower School’s assistant principal, added,

“This program is all about keeping your families’ memories alive.” She thanked the many students and teachers who worked so hard to make the memorable evening come together, along with the event sponsors. Families viewed the gallery of student works and walked through memory lane with their children as they saw faces from the past accompanied by personalized bronze etchings created by the students. “We asked our students where their families came from, whether they are a Kohen or Levi, Ashkenazic or Sephardic, and to find out more so they can get connected to it and think about how to create their spe-

cific works,” said Royce Maron, HAFTR’s Lower School art teacher, who has been a part of this project for over nine years. “I heard every story and tried to make the children feel like I never heard it before; each one is special.” HAFTR parent Stacey Zrihen said this was her fifth Generation to Generation event and her last one, at least for this generation of her children. “It’s the same idea each year but it’s also new and different for each person. It’s a wonderful program,” she said. Charlotte Dachs, great-grandmother to Daniel Abrahams, was especially proud to attend the event. “It’s a zechus and pleasure for me to

be here and see all the work they did. They even featured one of me!” There was a photograph of Daniel holding a doily crafted by Mrs. Dachs’ grandmother which was brought over to America from Poland in the early 1900s. Grandparent Harvey Dachs, former HAFTR president, and wife Shelley Dachs said, “It’s an even greater zechus for Daniel to have her here.” The warm feelings could best be described by Ms. Hammer’s touching statement to the audience: “I’m not really sure in which way I looked to get more nachat – was it looking at the boys and girls or was it looking at your very proud faces.” It was a most memorable and meaningful evening.

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The Ateres Aaron Mordechai 26th annual community-wide Hasmoda Program of Yeshiva of Far Rockaway, named in memory Rav Aaron Mordechai Brafman, zt”l, ended last Thursday night. The program is now administered by Rabbi Shmuel Ullman, a son-in-law of Rav Brafman, zt”l. Boys are awarded sefarim and bicycles based on a raffle drawing.

Rambam Targets Insidious Anti-Semitism

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nternational bankers from New York,” “It’s all about the Benjamins,” and other similar statements are allusions to Jews and taken by many to be anti-Semitic tropes. Many are of the opinion these “dog whistles” justify and, in fact, incite anti-Semitism. Since its founding over 25 years ago, Rambam Mesivta has dedicated itself to educational excellence and social activism. The school has held multiple rallies on various topics with the first rally being in 1995, in Norwood, Massachusetts, to protest the presence of Alexandras Liliekas, a Nazi war criminal involved in the murder of thousands of Jews in the forest outside the city of Vilna. The school has also held rallies protesting French anti-Semitism, Saudi support of terror, the legitimization of Hamas, anti-Israel bias found in the United Nations, and other Jewish causes. Additionally, responding to issues in the community at-large, they helped raise funds for victims of the tsunami and offered support to the families and victims of Parkland. Learning about the issues surrounding the history curriculum in Newton High School, Rambam students investigated further and were distressed to find that, in fact, there were strong allegations of a skewed view of Hamas being presented to students who attend those schools. Most notably, students who were being taught the Hamas charter were not made aware that the charter specifically calls for the killing of Jews. Article 7 of the Hamas charter, which is expunged from the textbooks in Newton, states, “Islamic resistance movement looks forward to

fulfill the promise of Allah no matter how long it takes because the prophet of Allah says, ‘The day of judgment will not come until the Muslims fight against the Jews and the Muslims kill the Jews, and until the Jews would hide themselves behind a stone or tree and a stone or a tree would say, Muslim or servant of Allah there is a Jew behind me come and kill him.’” Students, under the leadership of Rabbi Zev Friedman, Rambam’s Dean, decided to speak out against this half-truth and lack of transparency. Rabbi Friedman stated, “Expunging some of Hamas’s murderous intentions from the charter and hiding from the students conveys the notion to impressionable students that Hamas is not a terrorist group but rather a social and political organization which pines for peace in the

Middle East. It is clear from reading their charter that they are engaged in a religious war against all infidels (Jews and Christians alike) and hope to occupy Israel questing to live under the banner of Islam exclusively. If students in Newton were aware of this, they would have a different view of Hamas. It is important that they be taught the entire charter and let them decide for themselves how to view Isis, Hamas and those who seek the destruction of Western type democracies.” To help shine the light on this issue, a busload of students made a four-hour trek from New York to Newton South High School and held signs that portray the inaccuracies and half-truths of the Newton curriculum. The rally was generously sponsored by the Hofstetter family.

Hearing from many that students in school were actually intimidated by the anti-Israel bias, the Rambam students chanted in unison, “Educate, don’t intimidate.” Drawing support from over a dozen members of the local community who thanked the students for coming and speaking out, the Rambam students stayed for about an hour and continued to chant, “teach the truth” and “speak out against hate.” The boys from Rambam departed back to New York having left a mark on the Newton community. Following the rally, Rabbi Friedman sent an invitation to Mr. Stembridge and the entire Newton Board of Education. Two weeks have elapsed and there has not been a response.

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At the White Shul’s Annual Dinner Honoring Rabbi Motti and Rebbetzin Avigayil Neuberger

PHOTOS BY YOEL HECHT

Community Unites 4Hashem

By Jennifer S. Zwiebel

n the final tense minutes of JEP/ Nageela’s biggest fundraiser of the year, 4Hashem, the Five Towns community joined in with friends from all over the world last week to help the organization reach its goal. Volunteers, board members, and staff pushed their limits into the exciting last moments to finish strong in the 30-hour matching campaign

where each dollar was matched X4. This year the campaign headquarters was right on Central Avenue at the magnificent venue of 925 Sterling & Art, thanks to Chaim and Esther Holzberg. The celebration continued with a lavish buffet sponsored by Gourmet Glatt, Simply Sushi, and Camp Romimu. All this generosity and hard work translates into more children who can reap the benefits of a Joyfully Jew-

ish experience at Camp Nageela this summer, along with more wonderful Torah-infused programming by JEP throughout the year. Generous matchers of the campaign include members of JEP/Nageela’s “Choose Life” society, a pillar of support for the organization, and the Harold Grinspoon Foundation. Much of the campaign’s success is due to JEP/Nageela’s volunteers, alumni and family who posted “Shout

Outs” online as they raised funds for the organization. Thank you to all who helped make our campaign a success! JEP/Nageela is a volunteer-based organization. The more volunteer support, the more good work that can be done 4Hashem. To continue our efforts to support JEP/Nageela and contact Rabbi Dovid Shenker, call 516-374-1528, ext. 203 or visit jepli. org/4Hashem.

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YUConnects and YIW Welcome Singles

UConnects, together with Young Israel of Woodmere, recently hosted its seventh Springtime Shabbos for singles, dedicated in memory of Linda Mitgang, a”h. Offering a fun, comfortable environment to mix and mingle, Shabbos, June 1 was a wonderful weekend of neighborhood hospitality with multiple meeting opportunities. Each event targets different ages and religious orientations. This year, Woodmere welcomed 56 guests, ages 22 to 27, evenly mixed between men and women. Friday night was an elegant catered meal at Young Israel of Woodmere with participants enjoying the delicious food and making new friends. Conversations flowed freely, divrei Torah were offered and many of the participants formed their own walking groups back to their hosts’ homes. Shabbos afternoon offered something for everyone. A dessert oneg with an interactive group speed dating game allowed each person to meet one another. Afterwards, ten excellent local matchmakers volunteered to informally meet with those who wished to speak to them; other guests preferred to play board games and relax for an hour or so. A highlight of the Shabbos was

the joint shalosh seudos hosted by Dr. Josh and Melissa Mitgang in their home. With the community pitching in to create a gala spread, each guest was amazed at the tastefulness (and tastiness) at the lovely house. Of course, the organizers also offered icebreakers and contests like giant Jenga and other team-building challenges which encouraged further meeting. One young man remarked that he was impressed by the warmth at the musical havdala and was “bowled over” by the caravan of cars waiting outside the Mitgang home after Shabbos to chauffer each person back to their host. Most importantly, there were many dates already made from the Shabbos. A few couples went out the

next day and others are requesting information and making arrangements. There are over 145 separate requests to the connectors and considerate shul members are eagerly calling YUConnects with dating ideas for some of the young people they encountered. This year, like last year, the event was underwritten by the Mitgang, Silvera, Silver, and Kaminetzky families in memory of their dear wife/mother, Mrs. Linda Mitgang, a”h. Linda was a beloved community member, wife, mother, and grandmother. She was the ultimate eishes chayil who loved her family and wanted to see others happily married and living a Jewish life. For this reason, her family thought that sponsoring this annual weekend together with YUConnects

and Young Israel of Woodmere would be a loving tribute to her memory. YUConnects, a project of Yeshiva University’s Center for the Jewish Future, offers unique social events, targeted matchmaking, and educational programs to foster healthy relationships toward marriage. Celebrating its 363rd engagement, YUConnects is self-funded, open to the entire Jewish community, and maintains a friendly office at Yeshiva University. Sponsorships of future programs are excellent ways to honor or memorialize a loved one.

cast, crew and extra helpers worked together as a team and covered for each other, assisted with set changes and did everything necessary to ensure the success of the show. A special thank you to Mrs. Kahn and

Mrs. Nurieli for all their hard work in making sure the show went on. Additional thanks to Gitty and Keira Kahn for running the professional lights and sound system, and to the PTA for their generous support.

To learn more about YUConnects, email yuconnects@yu.edu, call 646592-4259, or visit www.yuconnects. com.

Broadway Comes to HANC

roadway came to HANC’s Samuel and Elizabeth Bass Golding’s Elementary School in West Hempstead last week as the Performing Arts Club presented a wonderful rendition of the play, A Walk in the Woods. Under the direction of Mrs. Sari Kahn, a HANC parent and the Director of NCSY’s Camp Maor (an overnight performing arts camp), and assistant director, Mrs. Kira Nurieli, the children performed with confidence and enthusiasm. For the fourth year, this performance marked the culmination of six months of work on developing acting skills that included line interpretation, improvisation, blocking and character development. Fifteen children from grades 3-6 performed in the play, and they were assisted by three children working the technological elements, and five seventh grade “graduates” who came back to help out as well.

Every aspect of the play, from the costumes, to the sets, to the sound, were professionally done and very impressive. The sold-out audience was delighted with the funny, whimsical and entertaining show. The

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Shulamith and Quorum’s Special Cause

n Wednesday, June 5, a group of students and faculty members from Shulamith School for Girls participated in a very special chesed event at Quorum Salon on Central Avenue. The girls cut their beautiful long hair to be donated to Zichron Menachem in Israel, an organization dedicated to helping victims of cancer. The hair will be used to create wigs for

cancer victims. This event was made possible by the generosity and whole-hearted participation of Quorum Salon. For the fourth consecutive year, Anthony, Davey, and their team of super stylists selflessly donated their time and professional skills to wash, cut, style, and blow dry every donor’s hair. The girls arrived at the salon with

a mixture of excitement and trepidation and left feeling beautiful, inside and out! We applaud our participants, first grader Yehudis Jacobowitz; third graders Temima Hirsch, Michal Jakubowitz, and Naomi Jansenson; fourth grader Evie Miller; fifth graders Aliza Ash and Dennie Bokow; sixth grader Tamar Jansenson; seventh

grader Adina Traube; eighth graders Lani Schneider, Gitty Sharf, and Hannah Zucker; alumna Rochel Katz; and faculty members Mrs. Danyel Goldberg, Mrs. Zehavit Mandelbaum, and Mrs. Rachel Steiner. In addition, sixth grader Adina Smith, and Shulamith Alumna Rivky Katz Silverman each cut their hair earlier in the year and saved it to donate with our group.

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The “Poppy” Perspective A New Approach to Beauty Opens on Central Ave By M. K. Parrish

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ou have to treat the person as a whole,” Naema Sharon, head aesthetician and owner of the highly anticipated POPPY Medi-Boutique, which opened its doors on May 1, proclaims as her client philosophy. ”If you only treat the physical and neglect the spiritual, or treat the spiritual but neglect the physical, you’re not going to feel good or exude beauty. Each part affects the other. Everything I do, from how I conduct my facials, to the products that I carry in the boutique, is rooted in identifying how to treat the physical and spiritual barriers that we as humans face.” Naema understands that everyone faces different insecurities about their outward appearance that, once resolved, creates space for them to focus on their inner selves and truly be present in the moment. Naema has always been an ex-

tremely strong woman determined to achieve success. From her early life, Naema Sharon worked hard to put herself through college and secure her future. She graduated top of her class and enjoyed a successful 20-year career as a senior account

executive in the kids’ accessories industry. However, Naema realized that the life she had worked so hard to create wasn’t fulfilling her. It was lacking in what was most important to anything she achieved in life: a true connection to people and the ability to make a difference in their lives. In 2006, after going back to school for her aesthetics license while working full-time, Naema created a bank-ready business plan for what is now POPPY, Central Avenue’s long awaited medi-boutique. She faced countless rejection from potential lenders, with no knowledge of the impending 2008 financial crisis that was undoubtedly cause for any investor’s refusal to assist her in bringing her vision to light. Two years ago, Naema decided to battle for her life passion once again. She kicked fear in face, starting in her house, then moving to a salon space on Spruce Street in Cedarhurst., to her current location on Central Avenue, making her dream a reality. She is widely known as “The Brow Dr.” for her extraordinary ability to transform even the most challenging of brows with a loyal clientele who will travel across state lines for her artistry. Her signature “Everything Facial” is just that; a thorough cleansing and resurfacing of the skin with muscle melting massage of the arms, upper back, décolletage and scalp. From next level ”vampire” facials to a medical thread face lift and injectables, Naema has partnered with

a highly trained Aesthetic Nurse Injector Debbie Shafran to provide her clients with the latest in medical aesthetics to achieve the same life-changing, highly transformative results that Naema provides with her expertise in brow, facial and laser procedures. Her unflagging pursuit of passion is tangible in her voice as she speaks about the business and her clients. Naema is the perfect example of determination and resilience, refusing to let any obstacles discourage her from what she always knew would be her unique contribution to this world. She is breaking down barriers between aesthetic and spiritual improvement, providing clients with a sleek and bright yet positive and warm environment, and will even go so far as to make sure you are staying hydrated, having her clients download apps to track water consumption that she remembers to hold them accountable for. Naema and her business are a refreshing (no pun intended) journey to hear about in today’s highly segmented, self-help society. Her wholeness approach will only continue to grow as the boutique develops from its infancy. Naema and her POPPY perspective are crucial components to the evolution of the beauty industry and its untethered connection with spiritual improvement as she strives to provide her unique approach to beauty. Her clients exude confidence and joy, which are the most beautiful characteristics any person can exhibit. Naema is the ideal representation of what determination, passion, and pure innate ability create. Few women, even in 2019, have the bravery to risk it all for a dream, with the ultimate goal of helping others, inside and out. We thank her for not giving up on her dream and look forward to hearing more about Naema and POPPY in the months to come. POPPY is located at 527 Central Avenue in Cedarhurst, NY on the mezzanine level of Prestigio Wigs. Naema can be reached at 516-447-1151.

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Author Meish Goldish Visits IVDU

he students of IVDU Long Island were privileged to meet and hear from well-known and prolific author Meish Goldish. Goldish has authored hundreds of fiction and nonfiction children’s books, as well as poems for children. Meish Goldish entertained and engaged the students with a read-aloud of two of his engaging books. The students were also treated to spirited singing, with the musical accompaniment of his guitar. The IVDU students were excited to meet a real author and actively participated during the book readings. They learned the words to the educational and humorous songs and enjoyed singing along. IVDU thanks Meish Goldish for giving of his time to visit the students of IVDU Long Island, where learning comes alive every day.

The author visit was part of the End of Year literacy celebration at IVDU. The celebration will culminate in interactive parent events, including a publishing party and a student performance.

BYAM’s Bas Mitzvah Brunch

ast week the sixth graders at Bais Yaakov Ateres Miriam celebrated becoming a bas mitzvah at a beautiful Mother-Daughter Brunch. The girls watched a video presentation culminating their tzinius discussions throughout the year. Their teacher, Morah Bitan, went to many prominent people that the girls know and videoed them answering the question posed to them: “What does tzinius mean to you?” It was a beau-

tiful compilation of videos, and the girls and their mothers enjoyed it immensely. Each girl spoke and brought out a point from Pirkei Avos that personified a trait in their mother. Then they presented her with a rose. The girls each received a beautiful leather Tehillim. The importance of becoming a bas mitzvah was not lost on them as they celebrated with their mothers and classmates.

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TJH A Horse is a Horse, Of COurse, Of Course

Centerfold You gotta be kidding Jimbo was in the finals of the state spelling bee. “Okay, your word is ‘farm,’” the moderator said to him. Jimbo sat there for a few minutes with a puzzled look on his face. “Um... Can I have a definition, please?” “Sure,” the moderator said. “It is a plot of agricultural land, used for the raising of crops and livestock.” “Uhhh...” Jimbo sat there for several more minutes, continuing to ask for alternative pronunciations, word origins, etc. The moderator began to get frustrated. Finally, the Jimbo asked, “Uh, can you use it in a sentence?” “Old MacDonald had a FARM!” the moderator shouted. “Oh!” said Jimbo. “E-I-E-I-O!”

Which of the following is not the name of a horse that ran in any of the three legs of the Triple Crown this year?

The Real Champs Are... Who of the following was not one of the winners (that’s right there were multiple winners this year – they are just smarter than the dictionary) of the 2019 Scripps Spelling Bee?

Omaha Beach

Alwaysmining

Game Winner

Long Range Toddy

Roadster

Country House

Improbable

Gray Magician

Maximum Security

Bourbon War

Code of Honor

Anothertwistafate

Senderfolda Sommishioner

Cutting Humor

Warrior’s Charge

Shruthika Padhy

By My Standards

Laughing Fox

Win Win Win

Market King

War of Will

Center Fuld Commish

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1. Auslaut

2. Erysipelas

A. A diamond or other gemstone cut in the form of a pear B. An ornament on some military and naval uniforms, consisting of braided loops hanging from the shoulder and on dress uniforms ending in points

3. Palama

C. The webbing on the feet of aquatic birds

4. Aiguillette

D. A disease caused by a bacterial infection

5. Odylic

E. Bending or hanging downward

6. Cernuous

F. An ornamental climbing plant that is widely cultivated in the tropics

7. Pendeloque

G. A force or natural power formerly held by some to reside in certain individuals and things and to underlie hypnotism and magnetism and some other phenomena

8. Bougainvillea

H. Final sound in a word or syllabus

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1. H

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Parshas Naso By Rabbi Berel Wein

he Torah reading this week begins with a commandment to Moshe to count the Levites, especially the family of Gershon. The Hebrew words that are used to make this count, literally translated, mean “raise the head” of the family of Gershon, who are an important section of the tribe of the Levites.

There are many different interpretations as to why the Torah chose to use this formulation of words to indicate a count of that family. The Torah certainly could have used a simpler and more direct verb to indicate to Moshe that he was to take a census of that family of the Levites. I remember that when I attend-

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ed law school long ago, we students had to prepare the cases that would be discussed in the lecture of the professor for that day. The professor had a very prickly personality and oftentimes was even slightly inebriated when teaching the class. His methodology was to call upon a student to read and discuss a case at first before expounding upon what principle of law that case illustrated. The professor was very short-tempered and usually skewered the hapless student attempting to read and explain the case. Because of this, no one in our class ever wanted to volunteer to read the case and lead the discussion about it. So, at the beginning of every

tasks in the service of the Temple and the Tabernacle. It is a privilege to be a Levite, to be in the service of the G-d of Israel and the people of Israel. It is a matter of pride and accomplishment and not to be viewed as a burden or something to be minimized. One has to volunteer enthusiastically for the work in the service of G-d in Israel. If one is proud and enthusiastic about one’s role within the Jewish community and sees one’s self in the perspective of generations and tradition as doing holy work and contributing to eternal projects one can really feel the pride and joy of being a Levite…and in fact, of being a Jew. The Torah abhors slackers. Those

Only by raising one’s head and, in effect, saying count me in, can one expect blessings of eternity.

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class, all of us had our heads lowered and refused to make any eye contact nor any other apparent physical connection with the professor. He was, hands down, a terrible person and we put our heads down to avoid having to deal with him. Perhaps this is the reason why the Torah use this phrase of “raising the head” when discussing the role of the Levites in Jewish public life and their

who attempt to escape or avoid the necessary commitment and effort to be Jewish and to serve the cause of Jewish survival and success eventually are not destined to remain part of the eternal people. Jewish history testifies to this basic fact of Jewish life. Only by raising one’s head and, in effect, saying count me in, can one expect the blessings of eternity. Shabbat shalom.

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Parshas Naso Human Blessings vs. Divine Blessings By Rav Moshe Weinberger Adapted for publication by Binyomin Wolf

e are zocheh to be blessed with Birkas Kohanim, the blessing the Kohanim give the Jewish people, on yomim tovim here in the exile and every single day in Eretz Yisroel. Before the Kohanim begin Birkas Kohanim, the chazzan gives an amazing introduction to their blessing. He says, “Bless us with the triple blessing of the Torah through Moshe which is spoken from the mouth of Aharon and his sons, Your holy people, as it says, ‘May Hashem bless you...’” On a simple level, it is called the “triple blessing” because it uses Hashem’s four letter name three times. The medrash (Tanchuma Bamidbar 8) explains that the Jewish people were not happy that Hashem told the Kohanim to bless them. According to the medrash: The Jewish people said before the Holy One blessed is He: “Master of the world, you have commanded the Kohanim to bless us. We need no one’s blessings but Yours! We only want to be blessed from Your mouth!” As it says (Devarim 26:15), “Look down from Your holy dwelling place.” The Holy One said to them, “Even though I have told the Kohanim to bless you, I am standing with them and blessing you.” Therefore, the Kohanim stretch out their hands as if to say, “The Holy One is standing behind us!” Thus, it says (Shir Hashirim 2:9), “Behold He is standing behind our wall,

watching from the windows and peeking from between the lattices,” from between the fingers of the Kohanim. The Ksav Sofer (the son of the Chasam Sofer) offers a beautiful explanation of the Jewish people’s objection to Birkas Kohanim. He explains that human beings cannot truly understand what “blessings” will truly be good for a person. Everyone wants the blessings of wealth and long life, for example. The truth is that very often, these things are not good for a person. I have read that for the majority of people who win the lottery their lives turn out very badly afterward. As it says in Koheles 5:12, “Wealth is kept by its owner for his harm.” Others detest their own old age and wish they could end their lives, although they are prevented from doing so because it is forbidden. According to the Ksav Sofer, the Jewish people were saying that no human being knows whether wealth, long life, or any other “blessing” is truly good for a person. Only Hashem, Who looks into someone, sees his entire past and all of his past lives, as well as his future, and can truly know what is good for a person. That is why Hashem told the Jewish people He would stand with the Kohanim and bless the people with the specific words of Birkas Kohanim, which are worded generally, and not in the form of specific blessings. It says, “Hashem should bless you and watch over you” generally. It

does not say, “Hashem should bless you with wealth.” For some people, wealth is a blessing, and for others, poverty is the biggest blessing. Such a person’s life would fall apart if he were “blessed” with wealth. That is why the Torah says (Bamidbar 6:23), “Thus shall you bless the children of Israel.” The Kohanim may only bless the Jewish people with the general blessings of Birkas Kohanim, through which Hashem will give the people whatever blessings they truly need. They do not have the discretion to “customize” Hashem’s blessings. When I was thirteen years old, and we lived in Eretz Yisroel, there were two boys in the class whose last names were Mizrachi, one was a Kohein, and the other was Amrami, who had a habit of stealing Mizrachi’s bike. One time, when Mizrachi was saying Birkas Kohanim, he said, “May Hashem bless you and watch over you, except for Amrami!” The Kohanim are not allowed to customize Birkas Kohanim!

Past, Present, Future The Belzer Rosh Kollel, Rav Friedman, expands on this concept and explains why Birkas Kohanim is called a triple blessing. Rav Friedman emphasized that Hashem’s intention in establishing Birkas Kohanim was (Bamidbar 6:27 “and you shall place My name on the children of Israel and I will bless them.” Rashi there explains that the words

“My name” mean that the Kohanim in the Beis Hamikdash should say Birkas Kohanim b’shem ha’miforash, by pronouncing the four-letter name of Hashem. That name of Hashem, which is composed of the letters yud hei and vav hei, is an abbreviation of the words “Ha’yah hoveh v’yehiyeh, He was, He is, and He will be.” This emphasis on Hashem’s eternal presence in the past, the present, and in the future is especially relevant to Birkas Kohanim, where only G-d, Who can look into a person’s past, see inside of him in the present, and see how the blessing will affect him in the future, knows which blessings are truly good for a person. As Shlomo Hamelech said in Mishlei 10:22, “Hashem’s blessing will make one wealthy and will not add any sadness with it.” Because only Hashem’s blessings, and not any human being’s blessings, come with an ability to see into the recipient’s past, present, and future, and only Hashem’s blessings carry no sadness with them. Therefore, because Hashem stands with the Kohanim and they bless the people with Hashem’s four-letter name, which invokes His eternal nature that looks into the past, present, and future of the recipients of the blessing, Birkas Kohanim is truly a blessing. Hashem’s triple vision of each person’s past, present, and future is why Birkas Kohanim is called a triple blessing. The Chozeh (“Seer”) of Lublin from the time he was a child, had

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the gift of “seeing” things no one else could see. As a child walking through the streets, he would tell people their thoughts and sins by looking at their foreheads. Because of that, the people began wearing their hats over their foreheads so he would not see their deepest secrets. His parents also used to place a kerchief over his eyes when he went out into the streets to prevent him from revealing everything about the people they passed. After the Chozeh became wellknown and was a rebbe in Lublin, he once had to leave Lublin for two or three days. He was concerned about the people who came to him in dire straits for blessings so he asked his close talmid and tzaddik in his own right, the Yid Hakadosh (the “Holy Jew”), from Peshischa, to meet with the people who came to him for blessings in his absence. The Yid Hakadosh protested that he did not have the Chozeh’s eyes and could not see everything about a person in order to know the right blessing for each person. The Chozeh therefore told him that while he was away, he was placing his eyes in the Yid Hakadosh to enable him to bless the people. When the first person came into the Yid Hakadosh during the Chozeh’s absence, he poured out his heart to the Yid Hakadosh, telling him all of his troubles and needs. At first, the Yid did not know what to do. Then, suddenly, the face of the man before him disappeared and he began seeing other faces in its place, the faces of the past lives of the soul possessed by this man. The faces got earlier and earlier until they stopped and the only thing the Yid Hakadosh could see was the silhouette of a man with the name “Adam” engraved on his forehead in fire. Then, as suddenly as the vision had begun, the Yid Hakadosh once again saw the man before him. Understanding what he needed, he was then able to bless the man with exactly what he needed.

A Match from Hashem The Gemara in Kesubos 17a says that “Rav Shmuel bar Rav Yitzchak would dance before the bride with three,” which Rashi explains means

that he would dance holding three hadassim, myrtle branches. We gain a new insight into this practice based on Rav Friedman’s teaching. One could ask: how can we dance at a wedding? Who knows whether this marriage will work out?! It must be that we have hope in the success of the marriage because the union between a bride and groom comes from Hashem (Bereishis 24:50), “Mei’Hashem yatzah ha’davar, the matter [marriage] comes from Hashem.” In other words, marriage comes “Mei’Hashem, from [the four letter name of] Hashem.” The couple unite because Hashem, Who knows

it was Hashem who looked into the past, present, and future of the couple and brought them together. That is the couple’s triple blessing.

Shabbos Preparations There is a story that one Shabbos, because the Rebbe, Reb Mendel Rimanover, was very poor, there was literally nothing to eat for Shabbos. On Thursday afternoon, the Riminover’s Rebbetzin asked the Rebbe’s meshores, assistant, Reb Herschel (who later became the Rebbe), to tell the Rebbe that there was no food for Shabbos. Although he was hesitant to bother the Rebbe with such

Suddenly, the face of the man before him disappeared and he began seeing other faces in its place, the faces of the past lives of the soul possessed by this man.

their past, present, and future, matches them together. Perhaps that is why it says in the tena’im, the marriage contract families enter into with one another before a wedding, “[Hashem] Who tells the end at the beginning, may He give a good name and a remnant to these contractual promises where were spoken and conditioned between these two parties...” Why, specifically by a wedding, do we refer to Hashem as the One who tells the end at the beginning? And why do we express a hope that the words and promises between the two sides will “give a good name and a remnant” between the two sides? It must be that we are expressing our faith that Hashem, Who was, is, and will be, Who tells what will happen at the end in the beginning is the one who brought this couple together. That is why Rav Shmuel bar Rav Yitzchak danced with three myrtle branches before the bride. The three branches correspond to the fact that we rejoice at a wedding in the fact that

a “detail,” he went into the Rebbe, but the Rebbe was in the middle of deep mediations and yichudim, and he was afraid to speak with him. He told the Rebbetzin he would try again in the morning, but when he came to the Rebbe Friday morning, again, the Rebbe was in a very high place and Reb Herschel was afraid to approach him. Finally, Friday afternoon, Reb Herschel came into the Rebbe’s study to tell him that he and his Rebbetzin had nothing to eat at all for Shabbos. The Rebbe then instructed Reb Herschel to begin heating up one pot on the stove for the fish and another pot for meat. Reb Herschel did as he was asked but asked why he was doing so since there was no food to put in the pots. Reb Mendel answered that the pasuk by Birkas Kohanim (Bamidbar 6:23) says “Speak to Aharon and his sons saying, ‘Thus shall you bless the children of Israel, say to them...’” Rashi there explains the construction of the Hebrew word for “say” as

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being similar to the construction of the command to “observe” and “remember” Shabbos in the Ten Commandments. There are many words with that construction in Tanach. Why did Rashi choose to connect Birkas Kohanim to two pesukim that use that construction, both of which relate to Shabbos? It must imply that there is a connection between Birkas Kohanim and Shabbos, but what is that connection? With respect to Shabbos, the pasuk (Shmos 16:5) says, “You shall prepare that which you shall bring.” The Rebbe explained that this means that one’s only obligation is to prepare. The second part of the pasuk, “what you shall bring” is in Hashem’s hands. All we can do is prepare by heating up the pots and trust that Hashem will do His part and provide for us. A few minutes later a chassid knocked on the door wanting to visit the Rebbe for Shabbos, and he brought along everything they would need for Shabbos with him. Just like we see from Birkas Kohanim that Hashem knows everything that people need and provides the blessing that will ultimately benefit the person, Hashem provides for Shabbos in the same way. We simply have to be a vessel, prepared to receive Hashem’s blessings and He will give each person what they need. Similarly, with respect to Birkas Kohanim, all the Kohanim can do is wash their hands, remove their shoes, go up to the duchan, spread their hands, and say the words. The rest is up to Hashem Who was, is, and will always be. May Hashem help each of us reach a level of trust in Him where we appreciate the fact that poverty and wealth, sickness and long life, all as blessings from the One Who sees our past, present, and future and knows what is truly good for us, and may we see the coming of Moshiach soon in our days, amen.

Rav Moshe Weinberger, shlita, is the founding Morah d’Asrah of Congregation Aish Kodesh in Woodmere, NY, and serves as leader of the new mechina Emek HaMelech.

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Weekly Aggada Hashem should bless you, and He should guard you (Bamidbar 6:24) What is meant by “bless” you and “guard” you? Guarding the blessing. This is like a king in Rome with a servant in Syria. Once, the king summoned the servant to Rome, where he bestowed upon the servant treasures and gold. The king then dismissed the servant and sent him back to Syria. En-route, the servant was accosted by bandits who stole not only the treasure

and gold the king had given him but also the servant’s own possessions. Could not the king have guarded his servant from such bandits? So Hashem blessed the Jewish people: “Hashem should bless you” – with wealth; “and He should guard you” – from “bandits” (Bamidbar Rabba 11:5).

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A nazir may not come near a dead body, explains the Baal HaTurim, because, if G-d’s Divine Presence rests upon him due to the spiritual heights he attains through his status as a nazir, we don’t want people to conclude (incorrectly) that he was impermissibly divining through the dead. But are we really concerned that the nazir will attain such a degree of holiness that G-d would openly rest His Divine Presence upon him? What has the nazir really accomplished? Refrain from wine for thirty days? Not cut his hair? Is that all it takes to merit the Divine Presence? People believe mistakenly that spiritual heights can be attained only through major achievements. Not so, explains R’ Zeidel Epstein. The same lofty spiritual status can be attained even through small acts – provided they are performed with purity, sincerity, and the right intentions. That is the reason the nazir might merit the Divine Presence. His acts may not be earth-shattering but they are done with purity and sincerity and for the right reasons. And that may well merit the Divine Presence.

Weekly Anecdote And they shall confess their sin that they have done; and he shall make restitution for his guilt in full, and add one-fifth thereof to it, and he should give it to him towards whom he has been guilty (Bamidbar 5:7) A village leaseholder, his daughter, and his soon-to-be son-in-law once set out for Belz to receive the pre-marriage blessings of the Sar Shalom, R’ Shalom of Belz (17811855). As the trio set out, the leaseholder’s wife called out, “Don’t forget to ask the Rebbe to pray that we earn

a decent living!” After some traveling, they finally reached Belz and the Rebbe, from whom the leaseholder requested blessings for his daughter, her upcoming marriage, and his own livelihood. “The proper thing for a man on a journey,” replied the Rebbe, “would be to confess his sins.” The leaseholder didn’t grasp the Rebbe’s cryptic words, so he continued to request the same blessings for his daughter, her upcoming marriage, and his own livelihood. But the Rebbe just repeated his prior admonition that the leaseholder should confess his sins, intentional or otherwise. The leaseholder simply did not understand, and so, with no choice, he took leave of the Rebbe to return home, emptyhanded. On the way home, the trio got lost in a thick forest, where they soon slid – the three of them and their horses and wagon – into a deep swamp. Try as they might to free themselves, they simply could not escape. Standing waist-deep in the swamp, the leaseholder now recalled the Rebbe’s admonition to confess. No sooner did he begin to confess his sins than they heard a gentile wagon driver approach. Without uttering a word, the wagon driver pulled them all out of the swamp and brought them to a nearby inn. The leaseholder and his daughter and his soon-to-be son-in-law thanked G-d for the salvation and asked the gentile wagon driver how he came to be in such a remote forest at just the right moment. “Let me tell you a story,” the gentile wagon driver began. “I was hired by my master to drive his carriage and to take care of his stables. Well, just my luck, two of his

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prized horses were stolen, and he suspected that I had made off with them and sold them and pocketed the money. At first, he tossed me into one of his dungeons for a while. But then he decided that he would be better off freeing me so I could search for and recover his horses. “As I began my search, I decided to make my way to the ‘holy man’ in Belz, for I had heard he was a miracle worker. When I told the ‘holy man’ my sad story, he guaranteed that I would find the horses in the town of so-andso...provided I agree always to be friendly to Jews. Obviously, I agreed. And true to form, within a few days, I located the horses in the appointed town and brought them to my master, who not only compensated me for my ordeal but also freed me. “Well, just last night, the ‘holy man’ from Belz came to me in a dream and reminded me of my commitment to be friendly to Jews. He told me to get up immediately and save a few Jews stuck in a swamp in

a certain forest. I was tired, though, and decided to shrug off the dream and roll back to sleep. But then the ‘holy man’ appeared to me again. ‘Why haven’t you gone?’ he yelled at me. I was still tired, though, and went back to sleep. And then he appeared to me a third time and yanked my hair and would not let go until I had dressed and harnessed my horses. I galloped off to the specific spot he mentioned, only to find the three of you there, stuck waist-deep in the swamp!”

Weekly Halacha Speak to Aharon and to his sons, saying: So shall you bless the Jewish people, say to them (Bamidbar 6:23) One of nine decrees promulgated by R’ Yochanan ben Zakai was that Kohanim are not permitted to perform Birchas Kohanim while wearing shoes (Rosh Hashana 31b). Two

reasons are offered for this decree: (i) since shoes are invariably dirty, wearing them while performing Birchas Kohanim fails to show proper respect for the congregation; or (ii) we are concerned that a kohen’s laces will become untied, that he will miss Birchas Kohanim while tying them, and people will say that he is avoiding Birchas Kohanim because he is disqualified (Sota 40a). As such, Kohanim are not permitted to perform Birchas Kohanim wearing shoes; rather, they must do so “barefoot” (Rambam, Tefilla 14:6; Shulchan Aruch, Orach Chaim 128:5), which, in this context, means without shoes. It is unbecoming for a kohen to perform Birchas Kohanim actually barefoot (Mishna Berura 128:18). Because of the concern that laces may become untied, wearing even indoor shoes (slippers) with laces may be prohibited, despite the fact that there is no concern of dirt (Aruch HaShulchan, Orach Chaim 128:12). In cases where a kohen cannot re-

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move his shoes, there may be room for leniency if the kohen is standing on the same level as the rest of the congregation (i.e., not on a platform) and his shoes are without laces, since neither concern underlying the original decree is present (Tzitz Eliezer 14:11; Yechaveh Daas 2:13; Igros Moshe, Orach Chaim 2:32; but see Kaf HaChaim, Orach Chaim 128:107). The shoes removed by Kohanim should be left in a discreet place or under a chair so as to preserve the shul’s sanctity (Mishna Berura 128:15; Kaf HaChaim, Orach Chaim 128:30). The Weekly Halacha is not meant for practical purposes and is for discussion purposes only. Please consult your own rav for guidance.

Eytan Kobre is a writer, speaker, and attorney living in Kew Gardens Hills. Questions? Comments? Suggestions? E-mail eakobre@outlook.com.

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Think, Feel, Grow

Growing, Giving, and Gratitude The Three G’s of Happiness By Shmuel Reichman

f you ask people what they want in life, they will most probably answer with one word: “happiness.” Many people’s lives are cena tered around this goal. Every big decision – such as who we marry, where we live, the jobs we take, the people we interact with – and the smaller decisions – such as what we eat, how we dress, how much sleep we get – are made with the goal of attaining a greater state of joy and happiness. However, we often find that people who appear to have lives set up for happiness are actually living lives stuck in misery. Conversely, those who seem destined for a life of anguish are sometimes living lives of great happiness. We all know that person – let’s call him Yoni – who is good-looking, comes from a very wealthy family, and always had the best of everything in life. He is skilled, capable, funny, and extremely popular amongst his peers. Nevertheless, Yoni spends his entire adult life in and out of drug rehab centers, dealing with non-ending cycles of depression and addiction. How did this happen? Then there is Eli, a boy whose father passed away when he was just three years old. His mother was constantly struggling to make ends meet – luxuries were out of the ques-

tion. At the age of six, Eli’s doctor discovered a severe heart defect that left Eli in and out of hospitals his entire childhood. After living a life of extreme poverty with very limited opportunity, Eli was able to create an extraordinary life for himself and is the happiest person you will ever meet.

When You’re Happy & You Know It The Torah lists the many curses that will befall Klal Yisrael if they do not observe Hashem’s commandments. When describing these terrible curses, Hashem tells us that the reason we will receive them is because we did not serve Him with happiness (Ki Savo- Devarim 28:47). Additionally, the pasuk in Tehillim (100:2) states, “Ivdu es Hashem b’simcha,” serve Hashem with happiness. Clearly, happiness is a fundamental Jewish value. The question now becomes: what is the deep nature of happiness and how does our lack of happiness warrant these terrible curses to befall us? Happiness should not be confused with pleasure. Pleasure is instant gratification, a fleeting sensation that is gone as quickly as it comes. Unhealthy food, wasted time spent on meaningless entertainment, and

other quick fixes all fit into the category of pleasure. The moment you’ve finished enjoying pleasure, it fades away. Happiness is of a fundamentally different nature and fits into a different category altogether. True happiness is what you experience when you are working towards becoming the person you are meant to be. When you use your challenges as a means to grow, when you expand as a person and achieve constant internal growth, that is happiness. You needn’t be smiling at every step of the way, for genuine growth usually involves significant pain and hardship. However, as long as you know that you are heading where you need to go, that you are building the person you are meant to become, then even with that pain comes a feeling of happiness. External displays of success pale in comparison to the joy of internal progress necessary for true existential happiness. The essential complementary component of happiness is a deep sense of self-esteem. Genuine self-esteem stems from knowing who you are, what you must become, and the fact that you are on your way to becoming that person. When you know that you are fulfilling your potential and becoming the very best you can

be, you will have such a rich sense of self-worth that you will glow with confidence and positivity.

Self-Expansion As we begin developing, growth is the underlying root of deep existential happiness. When you are growing and maximizing your potential, fulfilling your purpose, you feel happy! This is because the deepest human desire is to express our unique purpose in this world. The ba’alei machshava explain that all happiness stems from self-expansion. This is because Hashem is the all-encompassing Creator of this world, and each of us, as a tzelem Elokim, has an infinite root as well. As we expand ourselves, we tap into our inherent oneness and feel existential happiness as we do so. We experience this truth in our everyday lives. When you expand your mind by understanding a new Torah concept, understanding something new about the universe, human psychology, or about yourself, you experience a deep state of joy. The same is true when expanding your inner awareness of self or when expanding past boundaries and becoming a greater version of yourself. The greatest paradigm of self-expansion is when you expand your sense of self

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to include others. Marriage is the ultimate opportunity for this, and having children allows for both you and your spouse to collectively expand out into the world even further. However, all forms of giving to others, whether it’s giving time, love, money, or anything else, is a form of self-expansion that allows you to expand your sense of self to include others.

Enjoy the Process There is an essential aspect of this category of happiness that is crucial to understand. Many people believe that growth and personal development will one day result in happiness. The mistake they make is thinking that happiness will only come once they reach their destination, once they achieve total perfection. As a result, they end up miserable, longing for a goal they will never achieve. This is because true perfection is impossible – we will never be perfect, we will never be a finished product, we will never be “done.” These people often give up, or at the very least, rush the process for the sake of reaching the end. The key is learning to enjoy the process of growth. There are always extremes, those who refuse to strive for perfection and those who blindly chase after a state of perfection that can never exist. Once you realize that the goal of self-perfection is only there as a direction, as a means to create the journey of growth and self-development, you can find happiness in the process of becoming. We will never be perfect, but that’s okay; the goal is to become more and more perfect. The vision and goal are important but only because it helps create your journey of self-improvement. Happiness is when you live fully in the present moment of growth and becoming, enjoying every step of the process. In truth, you will never be “happy,” fully satisfied and in a state of existential bliss. You should constantly be happier, as you embark on the journey of growth and becoming. The goal is not to be – it’s to become.

The Right Attitude The second key to happiness is mindset. The same letters that make up the word b’simcha, happiness,

form the word machshava, thought. This is because your thoughts, mindset, and attitude have a tremendous impact on your internal state of being. No matter how much you are growing and achieving, without the right attitude and mindset, you will not be happy. As simple as it sounds, making the decision to be happy is one of the greatest strategies to achieving happiness. We all know people who wait around for something great to “happen” to them, claiming that only when “such and such” happens will they be happy. Proactively deciding to be happy, for no external reason at all, can fundamentally change the way you perceive happiness. There is, of course, a deeper layer to this. When you apply the principle of hakaras ha’tov, gratitude and recognition of all the good in your life, it fundamentally changes your perspective and allows you to see things as they truly are. In truth, we don’t deserve to be alive in the first place. We never earned the right to exist. There was no guarantee that we would wake up today and there is no guarantee that we will wake up tomorrow. There are lots of people who were here yesterday, and they’re not here today. Our life is a gift, a constant gift from Hashem. If we could genuinely feel the joy, gratitude, and explosion of bliss that comes from this realization, our lives would never be the same.

A Part of the Klal The last key to happiness is recognizing that the goal of life is not only self-perfection but devoting all of your self-development into something greater than yourself, contributing it to Klal Yisrael. When you are able to get outside of yourself and focus on becoming part of the klal, part of the collective community, you automatically feel an inner sense of happiness. This is why happiness is connected to the chagim in which the Jewish people were oleh l’regel, when they are joined together as a collective whole in Eretz Yisrael. When we can expand beyond our own personal struggles and problems and become devoted to others, our worries fade away and what takes its place is a rich sense of inner peace. Using these three strategies, we

can now understand what it means to serve Hashem with happiness. It is when we realize that being a true eved Hashem – devoting our life to Hashem – is our purpose in life and should be the focus of all our self-development. We can only be miserable while serving Hashem when we view it as a burden; when we do it robotically, out of habit, just going through the motions. When this happens, Hashem sends us challenges through the form of the curses as a wake-up call. When we realize that the only way to fulfill our purpose and actualize our potential is by completely devoting ourselves to Hashem, to our root, to our source, then we can truly be happy. Happiness is neither a means nor an end. it’s what manifests when you are becoming the person you are destined to become. In essence, happiness is a revelation that you are on the right track. Yoni and Eli are two different people with two different life cir-

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cumstances. We don’t get to control our circumstances. We choose only how to respond to our surroundings. Happiness is not the goal of life – living a life of truth is. But happiness is still important; it is the gift Hashem gives you when you are heading on the right path towards your correct goals in life. It is there to help you continue down the right path. It comes from growth, from enjoying the process, from the right mindset, and from devoting our life towards something greater than ourselves. May we be inspired to serve Hashem with genuine happiness and enjoy the process of becoming the very best that we can be.

Shmuel Reichman is an inspirational speaker who has spoken internationally at shuls, conferences, and in Jewish communities. You can find more inspirational shiurim, videos, and articles from Shmuel on Facebook and Yutorah.org. For all questions, thoughts, or bookings, please email shmuelreichman678@gmail.com.

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My Israel Home

How to Properly Budget By Gedaliah Borvick

his is the next installment in the series of “how to” articles that focuses on various aspects of purchasing a home in Israel. We will discuss how to identify all potential costs when determining your total budget. Please note that the numbers are approximate.

Contract Signing When buying an apartment, overseas purchasers will have associated expenses that can add almost 15% above the purchase price to the final tally. These costs include: (1) Acquisition tax for overseas buyers and Israelis buying an investment property is 8% for the first 5,100,000 NIS ($1.4m), and then rises to 10% for the portion of the price above. For Israeli residents buying a primary residence, the tax is 0% for the first 1,650,000 ($455,000), 3% for the next 300,000 NIS ($83,000) and then 5% above. Generally, the tax must be paid within 60 days of contract execution. (2) Attorney: usually 1% plus 17% value added tax, known as VAT, bringing the total cost to 1.17%. (3) Real estate agent fee: 2%+VAT. The attorney’s and agent’s fees are paid upon contract signing.

(4) If you obtain a mortgage in Israel, mortgage brokers charge approximately 1% to 1.25%+VAT, depending on the mortgage size. In addition, banks usually charge a .25% application fee. (5) Cost to convert foreign currency to shekels – reputable forex companies charge .5%. (6) When buying on paper, there is a 5,000 NIS+VAT ($1,400) fee for the developer’s attorney to register the apartment in your name. (7) When buying on paper, the unpaid portion of the purchase price will be subject to the building construction index, which is akin to the CPI index and has fluctuated over the past half-decade from as low as under .5% to about 2% per annum.

Renovations If one purchases an older apartment that requires work, the cost for a complete gut renovation, including finishes and furnishings, will cost you minimally $2,000 per sqm.

Buying on Paper When buying “on paper” in a new project under construction, there will be additional costs to finish your apartment.

In most projects, the standard kitchen provided by the developer does not cut it for most clients. You should expect to spend another $10,000 to $20,000 to upgrade the kitchen cabinets, plus you will need to buy kitchen appliances and a washing machine and dryer, which will add another $10,000 or more. Sometimes, clients want to add extra electrical outlets or an alarm system and possibly upgrade the central air conditioning system. Depending on how much or how little work you do, and the level of upgrades, you can expect to pay anywhere from $2,000 to $20,000. In most projects, you will need to install light fixtures throughout the unit and recessed lighting in the kitchen, hallways and salon (living and dining room). Figure you will pay $2,000 to $5,000 for this work. In Israel, most bedrooms do not have walk-in closets. Therefore, you will need to build wall closets in all the bedrooms. The cost for each bedroom is from $800 for standard closets to $3,000 for custom-built closets. Many clients hire designers to help them plan the apartment, including moving walls and choosing

finishes. Using a designer will cost you anywhere from a few thousand dollars and up, depending on the scope of work that the person will be doing on your behalf. If you are purchasing the apartment to rent out, we recommend not doing any upgrades; rather, take the standard developer finishes, as the tenant brings in their own appliances, closets, and furniture. The final cost is to hook up the electric, gas, and water meters. The total cost is under 1,000 NIS or $280. Keep in mind that we have not discussed furniture. In Israel, you have a wide spectrum of options, from Ikea to the most expensive Italian custom furniture. Figure furnishing a three-bedroom apartment will cost $10,000 and up, depending on the level of quality that you want.

Gedaliah Borvick is the founder of My Israel Home (www.myisraelhome.com), a real estate agency focused on helping people from abroad buy and sell homes in Israel. To sign up for his monthly market updates, contact him at gborvick@gmail. com.

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Speedy Beatie on a

Mission

Charedi mother of 5 marathon champion Beatie Deutsch is running for a cause By Michael Bachner

Beatie with her husband, Michael

ltra-Orthodox “Marathon Mother” Beatie Deutsch from Jerusalem has had a stellar career full of firsts, since discovering her talent for running at age 26 and wowing crowds by completing a full marathon while seven months pregnant. She has won the Tel Aviv and Jerusalem marathons as well as the national championship. Recently, she became the first ultra-Orthodox woman to win an international athletics competition, finishing first among the women in the 21-kilometer (13-mile) half-marathon race on Sunday, May 19, in Riga, Latvia, clocking at 1 hour, 17 minutes and 34 seconds. Deutsch, who is known for running in modest clothing including a skirt, sleeves below her elbow, and headscarf, is now eyeing her next goal: the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. But for Deutsch, her career is about much more than running and smashing stereotypes. Since December 2017 – when her husband’s cousin Daniella Pardes, 14, died by suicide after a struggle with anorexia nervosa – Deutsch has been using her running to raise

awareness and funds for a new day center called Beit Daniella, a rehabilitation facility for adolescents with eating disorders and other psychiatric disorders who have been hospitalized or dropped out of school. Beit Daniella – which is situated at a horse farm in Tzur Hadassah, a small community west of Jerusalem, and has been treating patients for several months – officially launched on Friday, May 17 with an opening ceremony in which family members related the tragic story and spoke about their mission to help other kids who struggle to integrate back into society after a long-term hospitalization. Deutsch also spoke at the event, before rushing to the airport to make it to Latvia before Shabbat and prepare for her race.

“Who is This Lady?”

Deutsch, 29, immigrated from New Jersey in 2009, then married, and had four kids within six years. “Three and a half years ago I was just another out-of-shape mother,” she told The Times of Israel in a recent interview, near her home in the

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Daniella Pardes, a”h

Har Nof neighborhood of Jerusalem. Deutsch, the oldest of five siblings, says she has always been naturally athletic and played sports as a kid. Her family would have races on the beach, and she was usually the fastest. But in 2015, the family held another race and she came dead last. “I couldn’t even recognize myself. I was, like, ‘What happened to me?’” she says.

Beit Daniella in Tzur Hadassah

She ended up clocking in at 3:27:26 hours, placing sixth among the women. “Four months before I couldn’t even run six miles and didn’t think I could run four and a half hours. Had I not pushed myself out of my comfort zone I wouldn’t have discovered this talent I have,” Deutsch says. “And I was obviously hooked on running after that. I hadn’t even

“H ad I not pushed myself out of my comfort zone I wouldn’t have discovered this talent I have.” It was then that she made the highly unusual decision – especially in the ultra-Orthodox community – to “go all in” and run a full marathon. Deutsch says she trained for her first event in a very basic manner. When she signed up for the Tel Aviv Marathon in February 2016 she didn’t know what to write when asked to fill in her estimated time for the 42-kilometer run. In the end, after consultations, her husband filled in four hours and forty minutes.

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realized how badly I needed that.” The following year she amazed organizers and crowds by completing the Tel Aviv Marathon while seven months pregnant with her fifth child. In 2018 she was the fastest Israeli woman at the Jerusalem Marathon, and last January she became the national champion, winning the official championship in Tiberias with a time of 2:42:18 – the fifthbest result for an Israeli woman in history. Deutsch – whose moniker on

social media is “Marathon Mother” – has also been running shorter distances. In December she won the national half marathon championship in Beit She’an, “and they didn’t even know who I was, people in the Israeli league were, like, ‘Who is this lady?’” This year, she has won the Tel Aviv half-marathon and came second in the Jerusalem half-marathon, as well as being the runner-up in the national 10k and 15k championships. (In all cases, this means she won among female competitors.) The string of successes has convinced her to shift from an amateur to a full-time professional runner. Her aim is to be the first ultra-Orthodox athlete to compete in the Olympics, which will be held next year in Tokyo, Japan. That will be tough, though, since the International Association of Athletics Federations has made the qualifying standards drastically harder than in the past. Instead of 2:45:00 – the marathon threshold in the 2016 Olympics, which Deutsch has achieved – the automatic qualifying time will now be 2:29:30. Only 80 women will qualify, with a cap of three per country. Since fewer than 80 women have run a marathon in less than 2:29:30, approximately half of the qualifiers will be selected through a new, complicated ranking system, which prioritizes how runners place in relation to others and the quality of the race over the times achieved. That

is how Deutsch will try to qualify, since improving her personal best by 13 minutes at this level within a year is highly unlikely. Her first international full marathon is likely to be in September, although she hasn’t yet decided which one she’ll attend.

“No Other Professional Runner Looks Like Me”

Asked about difficulties she faces as a religious athlete, Deutsch says: “For a while I didn’t see any difficulty – as a runner it’s really not a big deal – but the more I get into the field the more I see there are certain challenges that come up. “First of all, when you focus on your time, your clothing makes a difference. I’m running in twice as much clothing as any other runner. I’m sponsored by Nike but what they send me is stuff I can’t wear, so it’s kind of frustrating. I’m an anomaly; there’s no other professional runner out there who looks like me.” She says she has yet to find an outfit that is both appropriate for an ultra-Orthodox woman and light enough to run in comfortably. Then there is the issue of Shabbat, the Jewish day of rest. Many of the major international competitions are held on Friday night or Saturday, meaning Deutsch cannot participate. “I don’t feel like I’m giving up something. There isn’t even a question in my head. It’s a choice I own that I am proud of,” she says. “But

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Beatie with one of her children after winning the Tiberias Marathon on January 4, 2019

The Deutsch family

I’m very respectful of everyone else, and I don’t think anyone owes me anything extra because I’m different.” Another challenge is raising five small children while maintaining the intense lifestyle of a professional runner. Deutsch says she often comes home exhausted after workouts and training sessions and it is “a constant juggling act” but she is also thankful that she is getting paid to do what she loves. “I want to set an example for [my kids] that whatever they want to pursue in life they can. It doesn’t matter if it’s in the box or out of the box.”

between the mission of Beit Daniella and the whole idea of running,” she says, explaining that running for her is about empowering herself and discovering inner strengths she never knew she had, while Beit Daniella “is specifically to help kids who have come out of the hospital and are at a place where they haven’t yet integrated back into their lives. The whole mission of Beit Daniella is to empower them and to give them the skills and tools to go back into their regular daily life and be able to handle it.” The new therapeutic center treats patients aged 12-18 and provides schooling; work with animals such as dogs and horses, as well as in agriculture; psychological group counseling, supplementing each patient’s private ongoing treatment; and help in doing regular daily chores outside of the center, with the aim of integrating them back into their lives within 6-12 months. “After a kid has been in the hospital for three, four, five months, they’ve been cut off from their lives,” says the center’s founder Hadassa Jakobovits Pardes, Daniella’s mother and aunt of Deutsch’s husband, Michael. “In addition to their illness they have the trauma of hospitalization. They often have no friends left, or at least not friends with whom they

“We all miss Daniella”

The Jerusalem Marathon last year came several months after Daniella Pardes’s death, with the family and friends already envisioning Beit Daniella and seeking ways to raise funds. Deutsch says that she agreed to run the 42 kilometers in the marathon wearing a Beit Daniella shirt, despite it not being dri-fit. She opened a makeshift online fundraiser using her own bank account and raised $25,000 within a year. “That’s when I realized my running was a great platform to share Beit Daniella’s mission.” “For me I see a lot of connection

have a common language,” Jakobovits Pardes says. “They’ve changed, they’ve been thinking about life and death and very tough things for the past few months and then they go home and their friends are talking about normal things.”

tients and a reason to get out of bed, since they are in charge of work and feeding the dogs. For those suffering from eating disorders it has a therapeutic kitchen, specially renovated with the money raised by Deutsch, and featuring a unique approach to

“I’m an anomaly; there’s no other professional runner out there who looks like me.” “Our daughter tried to go back to her school and after two-three weeks we saw that it wasn’t going to work,” she says. “So she stopped going to school and there was just no alternative for her. She needed to be with her family because she was very close to her family. She had to be at home but she needed to have a reason to get up in the morning, a structure, people who would help her eat all the meals of the day – and there really is no such thing in Israel.” Now, she says, her center provides a daily structure for the pa-

meal support under the guidance of Koli, the Jerusalem Center for Eating Disorders. “We all miss Daniella,” Deutsch concludes. “She loved my kids; she was very good at taking care of other people. Every race I run, I have Beit Daniella on my shirt. For me there’s nothing more amazing than being able to do what I’m already doing – running – and channel it to something positive.” This article and accompanying photos have been reprinted with permission from The Times of Israel, www.timesofisrael.com.

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Dating Dialogue

What Would You Do If… Moderated by Jennifer Mann, LCSW of The Navidaters

Dear Navidaters,

My neighbor is a very nice woman, and I’ve always enjoyed talking to her. We’ve enjoyed a warm and friendly relationship for many years. Ever since I started dating, she has wanted very badly to make my shidduch. Somehow, it seems as though she wants to be the hero of my story. Anyway, though I’m pursuing the usual routes of speaking to shadchanim and people I know, I have allowed my neighbor to set me up twice already.

Each of these dates was a disaster. It’s like she picks a random name out of a box and tells me that this man is the most amazing person for me. The first time I went out with one of her “ideas,” it was awful, but I figured she somehow messed up. I know that she knows me well and so it’s so confusing that she would talk about some random guy with such excitement when really there was nothing to be excited about. After I went out with the second person she suggested, I realized that something was really wrong here and I wouldn’t put myself through going out with one of her “ideas” ever again. The problem is that I know she is constantly talking to people about me and calling me about prospects. How do I get her off my case? I know her intentions are good but apparently she is either clueless about putting two people together or she thinks it’s a random hit or miss. I don’t want to be rude to her and I am grateful, but I refuse to suffer through one more of these ridiculous encounters. Of course, my parents think it would be rude to say anything and that I should humor her and go out, because…hey, you never know.

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Our intention is not to offer any definitive

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The Panel The Rebbetzin Rebbetzin Faigie Horowitz, M.S. ake the bull by the horns and communicate effectively with your neighbor. Thank her for her friendship, interest, and ongoing efforts on your behalf, and tell her that you have recently begun a new practice of only dating people who are suggested by someone who knows them. While it is kind that concerned friends, relatives and acquaintances try to fix you up, often these dates are truly blind dates. It is helpful when people who know the other person and know you fix you up. Otherwise, it’s just a pair of pants that you are set up with. Appreciate her efforts again and talk about how you value your longstanding relationship. You can tell her again that you know she wants you to marry the best guy around and is trying to make it happen. In other words, use the sandwich method of bracketing your direct talk with positive words of thanks and recognition of the caring she is showing. You may need to do this a few more times in different variations of this themed sandwich. Keep at it. This is the policy you have decided on for many reasons. Articulating a policy works. Others can’t argue with it. A policy is firm by its very nature. Going out randomly is a waste of time and very frustrating. Don’t do it just because you never know. The person must be in the ballpark of your general needs and wants. That’s why shadchanim and others insist on meeting people before they suggest a date. There needs to be an alignment of personality, goals, hashkafa, professional interests and more. You understand this. Act on it. Your characterization of your neighbor shows insight. Turn the lens on yourself. Why are you afraid of being assertive and clear with your neighbor? Think about the answers to this question and dig deep. You will grow in understanding of yourself.

The Mother Sarah Schwartz Schreiber, P.A. n this one, I’ll have to side with the New York Lottery and your parents…because in the area of shidduchim, you never really know where the shidduch will come from, or, more to the point, who Hashem will designate as His shaliach, the shadchan. You may not value your neighbor’s dabbling in your dating life, but kol hakavod! Kudos to her and all the neighbors, classmates, cousins and shul friends who care and respect you enough to suggest a shidduch. That does not absolve you and your parents from performing your due diligence and checking out each and every prospective match. And if the suggestion doesn’t sound suitable, you can always decline with a sincere, humble and heartfelt, “Thank you, Mrs. Schwartz, for thinking of me but not at this time.” And to all the Mrs. Sterns, Friedmans, Cohens out there: even if you’ve never redt a shidduch, even if the last match you set up blew up in your face, keep trying! It doesn’t take a license to be a shadchan…just two singles and a dream.

The Shadchan Michelle Mond hh, the stereotypical yenta; don’t worry, everybody has one of those! I will tell you something that might come as a surprise, but it is undoubtedly true. Hashem can make your shidduch come from anywhere! While you should surely vet all future ideas from the neighborhood matchmaker to make sure the idea is somewhat on target, don’t shut the door on her completely. As you said yourself, people love to call the block yenta for the inside scoop on people. As the famous quote by Michael Corleone goes (and I have taken the liberty to change): “Keep your friends close and the neighborhood yentas closer.”

Next time your neighbor approaches you with the perfect match, give her a big hug and thank her for thinking of you. Then you may look into the idea further to see if it sounds somewhat appropriate for you. If, after looking into it, the idea sounds like a dud, there are a plethora of excuses you can give without sounding ungrateful. Here are a few suggestions to pull out of the same hat she takes her shidduch ideas from. “He sounds great, but after looking into him, it seems he is looking for a different type of girl. We really appreciate the thought!” “Thank you *Yenta, we have this idea on the back burner because we received a few suggestions right before this one. I will keep you posted!” “He sounds like such a nice boy! However, after doing research he doesn’t sound right for me. I may have a friend who he sounds more shayach for.” “I just gave

As the famous quote by Michael Corleone goes, “Keep your friends close and the neighborhood yentas closer.” a ‘yes’ to another idea but thank you so much for thinking of me.” Or a simple “Thank you so much for thinking of ideas for me. I’ll get back to you if I think he sounds right for me” should

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do the trick. The name of the game here is to be friendly and appreciative no matter what answer you give. It could be one of her ideas will eventually be a good one – you never know. I hope that the right shaliach sends your bashert very soon!

The Single Tova Wein e’ve all heard wonderful stores about matches that worked out

beautifully, despite having been made from the most unlikely of sources. Sometimes, it’s a complete accident or even a miracle. Crazy stories! It does sound as though your neighbor is not putting a lot of thought into her actions and is just very anxious to be the one to make your shidduch, which is actually kind of sweet. But every single woman and man who has gone out with enough “duds” knows how painful these set-ups can be and how a person would rather go to the dentist than sit through another totally off-the-mark date. Therefore, rather

Pulling It All Together The Navidaters Dating and Relationship Coaches and Therapists

y question is: how do we get your neighbor on everyone’s case? A person who is constantly thinking of you and talking about you in the highest regard is a gift that most single men and women do not have. I understand that the first two guys she set you up with weren’t for you. I am curious if they weren’t for you because your values, life vision and hashkafas were out of whack, or if their personalities/looks were not in line with what you find attractive. If your neighbor got it right in the arena of life goals and values, then she’s a pretty good shadchan. If you are, however, say clearly Modern Orthodox and she set you up with a chassidishe man, that would raise an eyebrow. As the other panelists suggested, keep this woman in your corner. I wouldn’t say anything that would offend her in the slightest. If you haven’t already had a sit-down with her to discuss what you’re looking for, call her and ask her if there might be a good time to do so. Bring a bouquet of flowers or her favorite treat to show your gratitude for her care and effort. I wonder if you hemmed and hawed

a bit when you spoke w ith your well-meaning neighbor the first time. This time, be very clear about your Top 5 Priority List. Your Top 5 are your non-negotiables. (An example of a meaningful and helpful Top 5 might be hashkafah, easygoing, plans to make aliyah, will earn a living and lives an active, healthy lifestyle. Everyone’s Top 5 is different. Sometimes there is some flexibility to be found, but these are your fundamental guides to help create a healthy filtration system for finding your husband.) The next time she suggests a young man for you, give her a big “thank you!” Now is the time for you (and your parents) to do your work. If you don’t see a reason to go out with him, call your neighbor, and let her know that you won’t be going out with him. The panelists gave wonderful suggestions as to how to approach this conversation. Unfortunately, I find that shidduch dating leaves many people jaded and fatigued – understandably so. However, I have worked with enough people and heard enough inspirational stories

than dismiss her, I would be more invested in checking out any name that she brings to you. If somehow, by accident, the prospect sounds great (not according to your neighbor but according to outside sources), obviously, go for it. But if your research uncovers the fact that he is a bad fit for you (for instance you clearly told your neighbor that you are looking for someone with a professional career trajectory, and the man she suggested barely got through high school), you should honestly explain to her specifically why he is not right for you. Hopefully, as a result, she will learn that she has to finetune her search because you

to tell you and the readership, beyond any shadow of a doubt, that one should never shut down an avenue because of one blocked off street. We simply don’t know whom Hashem will use to send you your husband or wife. For anyone who finds dating stressful (which is most people) or anyone experiencing any kind of stress at all (which is most people, self included) I recommend starting a regimen of mindfulness. Mindfulness is the practice of focusing on the here and now and deeply experiencing the moment, as opposed to doing what our brains do in their natural setting…ruminating on the past or worrying about the future. Dating can be ripe with anxiety and regret but neither are helpful. Mindfulness can help daters move into a state of curiosity and hopefulness. The beauty

Never shut down an avenue because of one blocked off street.

aren’t going to just go on any random date without first checking off the necessary boxes. As she continues to come up with unlikely matches, she will learn more and more about your needs and hopefully stop wasting her time and your time as well! And, as you yourself said, you never know!

of mindfulness is that you can use it anywhere… especially on a date to increase your presence and maybe even have some fun! Google “mindfulness” for helpful visualizations, mantras, exercises and meditations. Sincerely, Jennifer 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. Jennifer is looking forward to teaching a psychology course at Touro College in the fall. 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.

Hi Readers! Receiving your enthusiastic emails wanting to participate in the Reader’s Respond section has been wonderful! Just a reminder about how Reader Response works. Email thenavidaters@gmail. com with the subject line “Reader Response.” We will then ask you, in the order we receive your email, if you would like to respond to the coming week’s email. If you would like to respond to an already printed Navidaters Panel, please submit your answer to the editor at editor@fivetownsjewishhome.com. You can also join us on our FB page @thenavidaters on Sunday evenings to post your response to the week’s column. Interacting with you has been a pleasure! Thank you for all of your feedback. Esther and Jennifer

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Dr. Deb

Adversity By Deb Hirschhorn, Ph.D.

few weeks ago, Rabbi Avi Zakutinsky shared a famous bit of our history. Beitar, a city that held out for three and a half years against the Roman Empire, finally fell in 135 CE. When the Jews returned many years later to Beitar, they discovered a miracle had happened: there were a thousand

dead Jews there and their bodies had not decomposed. From this, we got the special prayer of praise, hatov u’meitiv (Who is good and does good.) Huh? What is good about that? A thousand deaths makes for lots of tears. The G-d that permitted the bodies to

stay intact also permitted these people to die. How is that good? Makes no sense. Not only that, but this very special bracha is reserved for moments of supreme joy and only can be recited in those conditions. It should be noted that Rabbi Zakutinsky brought this up in the context of the tochacha (reprimands). Hashem created gravity, temperature, all the earthly forces which aren’t supposed to change. (It would be pretty chaotic if they did.) So, too, He created the rule that if we turn our backs on Him, He will do likewise. It’s unfortunate, but that is the only way to give us free choice. So those people had to die. That was the decree. And yet – and yet – HaKadosh Baruch Hu clearly demonstrated His love for us by being there, in Person, creating a miracle to show us His Presence in the hardest of times. And that’s why we said hatov u’meitiv. And why we still say it. We find it incredibly hard to think gam zu l’tovah. We say it but we don’t mean it. Yet I recently read a book written in 1938 that was just released in 2011 by a guru of those times, Napoleon Hill, who said that all of adversity has the seed within it of something new and potentially great. In fact, he said, we are such creatures of habits – bad habits – that we need disasters of all kinds to compel us to snap out of our habit of “drifting” through life and become our greatest selves. When faced with

radical challenges, we are forced to plan and think our way out. This process can lead to incredible creativity. This is a whole new approach to understanding things. We often have said, for example, that the terrible tragedy of the Holocaust was responsible for the State of Israel. What if it were even greater than that? We know that the world felt sorry for us and granted us our beloved country. But could it also be that what we had gone through in Europe gave us the strength and determination to settle the land, build homes, and protect it? How does this relate to our personal lives? Penicillin was discovered through a mistake. Alexander Flemming left dirty petri dishes on the lab table and went happily off to vacation, so the story goes. When he returned, bacteria were growing in all of the dishes – except one. Oddly enough, there was a “thing” growing in one which prevented the spread of the staphylococcus. But this was a “mistake,” not adversity. However, adversity works the same way. It comes into our lives and if we can do some alchemy with it, we can turn it into gold. Eban Pagan wrote a book called Opportunity in which he tells how he and his wife would argue in the early years of their marriage. They got professional help and learned to regulate their emotions so as to continue to discuss matters but in a calm way. After that, he goes on, their daughter was born and she was

prone to tantrums. He considers the early fights with his wife – and particularly their attempts to regulate their emotions afterwards – a true blessing because it helped them stay cool while their baby was screaming. An even bigger story is the one of Tony Robbins’ life. Robbins is a well-known inspirational speaker and life coach. His father left the family when he was young; his mother was a substance abuser and, as a result, abused him as well. He explained that she did, indeed, love him and told him so. The problem was that when you’re high on drugs, your behavior becomes totally unpredictable. She could be loving or smacking him – or worse. As a result, little Tony said he had to learn to “read” his mother. That was, literally, a matter of life and death. This horrible experience is what he attributes to the “skill sets” he acquired of being able to read people – and become the multi-million-dollar coach who has helped,

literally, millions of people. His father felt worthless because he couldn’t support the family. Tony recalls a stranger bringing food one Thanksgiving but his father wouldn’t take it because he was humiliated. From this, Tony said he learned that

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was so impoverished, he was “freaking inside” about how he would survive as a kid. If he went to the store for groceries, he ate the food in the store, knowing it was stealing because he couldn’t buy it. It was then that he decided he simply would no

“The question isn’t whether or not you’re going to meet adversity, but how you’re going to meet it.”

you can make any meaning you want out of your experiences. He chose to make a different meaning and have gratitude for the good people in the world who would reach out a hand. His mom threw him out at 17. He

longer be poor. All it was was a decision. But he took action on it and started to make serious money at only age 19 by giving inspirational talks. Aimee Mullins is an athlete. Her legs were amputated at age one due

to a medical condition. She learned to walk on prosthetic legs and competed against able-bodied athletes and won an NCAA track and field event. That was only the beginning. She eventually also became a fashion model, actress, and inspirational speaker. She stated, “Adversity isn’t an obstacle that we need to get around in order to resume living our life. It’s part of our life…. The question isn’t whether or not you’re going to meet adversity, but how you’re going to meet it…. “Perhaps the existing model of looking at what is broken in you and how do we fix it serves to be more disabling to the individual than the pathology itself.” This is true of all of us. We’ve all faced adversity. Let’s face it well. Dr. Deb Hirschhorn is a Marriage and Family Therapist. If you want help with your marriage, begin by signing up to watch her Masterclass at https://drdeb. com/myw-masterclass.

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Health & F tness

Sneaky Calories How You’re Consuming More than You Think By Aliza Beer MS, RD, CDN

o you’ve been doing everything a good, dutiful dieter should do. You’ve been Pinteresting every healthy sheet pan dinner, snacking on pepper slices, and even working out a couple of times a week, yet you still can’t lose those stubborn pounds. The truth is, despite your best efforts to rid your house of Lay’s potato chips and Pirate’s Booty, sneaky calories tend to make their way into diets if you’re not careful. This sort of calorie intake does not fall under the slice of birthday cake or extra portion of kugel category. Extra calories from unsuspecting sources represent a large portion of weight gain even in people who are trying to maintain a healthy diet or lifestyle. People who count calories often don’t account for things like actual amount of dressing or sugar in coffee and end up undercounting their calories consumed. So, even if you’re not counting, you may not be gauging your intake accurately. For example, a free sample at Costco could be 100 calories while nabbing some French fries from your spouse’s plate could cost you upwards of 200. While these may seem a little more obvious, some are not! Here are a few sneaky calorie culprits and how to stop them: • Dips, Condiments, and Sauces – No one really thinks about the mayonnaise in their tuna sandwich or the garlic dip they smother on their challah. One tablespoon of a classic Shabbos dip has about 93 calories. It’s safe to say people rarely stop at one tablespoon. Even if you’re ordering a healthy sandwich, there’s no way to really know

if they are slathering the bread, albeit whole grain, with butter. Healthier dip options, such as hummus, can also pack a lot of fat in one serving, so if you’re trying to lose weight, limit that as well. If you need a good dunk, matbucha, the Mediterranean tomato-based dip, or roasted eggplant contain less calories than the aforementioned options. If you want to liven up a sandwich, swap out mayo for Dijon mustard. It’s not the same but it’ll trim off at least 100-150 calories off your meal. • The Juice Bar – Juice seems to be the health conscious beverage of choice these days. However, if you’ve been spending heaps of money on green power juices, you may want to think twice. It turns out some juices,

celery or kale, so it’s likely that you’re downing a lot of fruit juice. Naturally occurring sugar in fruits and vegetables is still sugar and with the fiber stripped away, you won’t feel as full. Don’t misinterpret this and start eliminating fruits and vegetables from your diet! As an alternative, eat the real fruits and veggies. A bag of carrots provides many more nutrients than a bottle of carrot juice and nothing beats a refreshing, whole fruit. • Salad Toppings – You’ve made the tough choice of ordering the Greek salad over the pulled beef brisket sandwich only to layer on croutons and douse it in Caesar dressing. Salads can be an amazing source of healthy fats, fresh vegetables, and lean proteins.

When dressed up with frothy milk and caramel sauce, that latte could be sabotaging your diet.

despite containing only natural fruits and vegetables, can have as much sugar as a can of Coke. A study from Harvard University found that drinking one or more servings of fruit juices like grapefruit, apple, orange, among others, can actually increase the risk of type 2 diabetes by 21%. Most green juices don’t only contain

Many menus, however, have been sneaking in all sorts of tantalizing goodies that drastically increase the calorie count of salads. Candied nuts, full fat cheeses, and those creamy dressings can quickly add about 600 calories to an otherwise low-cal meal. With the addition of half an avocado at 160 calories, a salad can easily reach up

to 900 calories. More times than not, a salad is the better option but why toss those benefits out with unhealthy toppings and add-ins? Stick to mostly vegetables in your salad, very minimal non-sugar-coated nuts or no more than ¼ of an avocado, and a lean protein like turkey, grilled chicken, egg whites, or fish. Instead of the creamy high-fat dressings, try using a little bit of olive oil, lemon juice, salt and pepper. • Granola – For years, we all assumed granola was just a better tasting way to consume oats, which in part is true, but most people are unaware of the excess sugar and fat that comes with it. Granola, whether in the form of bars or breakfast cereal, is often marketed as a health food to consumers. A Nature Valley granola bar has 11 grams of sugar, 7 grams of fat, and not much else in the nutrient department that would justify those numbers. If you want to curb your calorie intake, make a low-sugar homemade granola instead of purchasing a store-brought variety or get your oat fix from plain oatmeal topped with fruit and a little almond butter. Companies have the authority to sneak in a lot more sugar and fat than they let on so homemade is always better. • Marinade Mania – Most prepared sauces/marinades contain enormous amounts of sugar and calories. Drowning your chicken and meats in these sauces will contribute significantly to your calorie intake for that meal. Two tablespoons of Jack Daniel’s Barbeque sauce have 60 calories and 13 grams of sugar! Use a little

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olive oil, spices and herbs to marinate your chicken and grill or roast them – never fry. • Hiding Fat – Roasted vegetables have fat? If you’re pouring olive oil over your broccoli, that may be the reason why you’re not losing weight. The concept is similar to dressings and dips. People often don’t count add-ins as calories when, in reality, they’re the main source. Grilled vegetables absorb a lot of the oil brushed on pre-grilling so take caution before you slather. To control the amount of fat in a dish, fill a spray bottle with olive oil and use it to coat your food. This method helps control the amount and allows for a more even distribution so you’ll find yourself using less as a result. If you’re buying already grilled veggies, use a paper towel to pat them down and absorb excess oil. • Morning Coffee – Don’t worry, I’m not taking away your AM Joe! A plain cup of coffee has roughly 5 calories and zero fat. However, when dressed up with frothy milk and cara-

mel sauce, that latte could be sabotaging your diet. People end up drinking way more calories than they think especially if they are buying coffee as opposed to making it at home. According to research done by University of Illinois and University of California, more than half of coffee drinkers have milk, sugar, whipped cream, and other calorie-heavy add-ins in the coffee. It’s OK to dress up your java to your lik-

ing but the crucial part is to factor that in as calorie consumption. When you are ignoring crucial sugar intake daily, those amounts add up and could result in weight gain. Plus, most coffee shops add syrups and cream to improve the flavor. Wean yourself off of cream and sugar gradually, use a little less everyday, and experiment with unsweetened almond milk instead. It has much less calories and no sugar when compared

to skim milk. There are nutritional implications to everything we eat. This isn’t to say you should cut out all of the above mentioned foods. Rather, you should monitor and be mindful of what you’re actually consuming. There is no reason to eliminate nut butter from your daily routine, but if you’re heaping a few tablespoons onto your Greek yogurt, the fat content could really add up. A better option would be to use no more than one tablespoon or switch to a low-fat powdered nut butter like PB2. Making small changes like these can trim several hundred calories a week from your typical consumption, and this will lead to significant changes to your scale and general health. Aliza Beer is a registered dietitian with a master’s degree in nutrition. She has a private practice in Cedarhurst, NY. Patients’ success has been featured on the Dr. Oz show. Aliza can be reached at alizabeer@gmail.com, and you can follow her on Instagram at @alizabeer.

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Caprese Summer Salad By Naomi Nachman

This salad screams summer. Now is the perfect time to serve this salad for a light spring or summer dinner. Tomatoes and basil make a great marriage of flavors, which synthesize beautifully with the cheese and balsamic glaze. It’s a winning recipe that’s easy to make.

Ingredients 3 vine-ripe tomatoes, ¼-inch thick slices 1 pound fresh mozzarella, ¼-inch thick slices 15 to 20 basil leaves Extra-virgin olive oil, for drizzling Toscanini balsamic reduction Coarse salt and pepper

Preparation Layer alternating slices of tomatoes and mozzarella, adding a basil leaf between each, on a large, shallow platter. Drizzle the salad with extra-virgin olive oil, balsamic reduction, and season with salt and pepper, to taste.

Naomi Nachman, the owner of The Aussie Gourmet, caters weekly and Shabbat/ Yom Tov meals for families and individuals within The Five Towns and neighboring communities, with a specialty in Pesach catering. Naomi is a contributing editor to this paper and also produces and hosts her own weekly radio show on the Nachum Segal Network stream called “A Table for Two with Naomi Nachman.” Naomi gives cooking presentations for organizations and private groups throughout the New York/New Jersey Metropolitan area. In addition, Naomi has been a guest host on the QVC TV network and has been featured in cookbooks, magazines as well as other media covering topics related to cuisine preparation and personal chefs. To obtain additional recipes, join The Aussie Gourmet on Facebook or visit Naomi’s blog. Naomi can be reached through her website, www.theaussiegourmet.com or at (516) 295-9669.

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Notable Quotes “Say What?!”

Treat my first like my last, and my last like my first! - Cryptic tweet by Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, along with several photos of himself participating in minicamp last week

John’s been a loser for a long time. We know that. I think he was disbarred, and he went to prison. Other than that, he’s doing a great job. - President Trump talking about John Dean, who was Nixon’s counsel before turning on him, after Dean was brought into a Congressional hearing to say that President Trump is worse than Nixon

I said, “Dang, I got them all.” - Charles W. Jackson, Jr. of North Carolina at a press conference last week recalling what happened when he went online to check the winning lotto numbers and realized that he won the $344.6 million Powerball

I don’t know what to do with it. I hope it won’t change me a lot. I’m still going to wear my jeans – maybe newer ones. - Ibid.

If you want to be an entrepreneur, the most important thing is to be customer obsessed. Don’t satisfy your customers – figure out to how to absolutely delight them. That is the number one thing, whoever your customers are. - Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos at the ReMARS conference last week in Las Vegas

It’s really clear that forces of white supremacy have been unleashed. A lot of folks used to be told it was unacceptable to be anti-Semitic, it was unacceptable to be racist, and now they’re getting more permission. - NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio talking about numerous recent attacks on Orthodox Jews in Brooklyn this year and blaming them on white supremacy, even though most of the perpetrators of those attacks have been non-whites

Climate change is one of the main drivers of our public health. So the difference between, say, 1.5 degrees of warming – which is the least that folks think that we can get – to 2, you are talking about 150 million deaths. That’s 25 holocausts, right? So how is that not a health issue? How is that not about health care? - Rhiana Gunn-Wright (age 29 and not a scientist) who drafted the Green New Deal, on MSNBC making a completely baseless claim which even global warming advocates disagree with

We know that people, especially people of color, are dying daily from fossil fuel pollution. - Ibid.

Fish are sentient individuals who feel pain. – Tweet by PETA last Friday, urging people not to eat fish

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I don’t want to see him impeached; I want to see him in prison. - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) during a meeting with senior Democrats over whether to begin impeachment hearings into President Trump

What’s important for people to know, first of all, I travel all the time in the country. Do you know most people think that impeachment means you’re out of office? Did you ever get that feeling that you’re just in the bubble here? They think that if you get impeached, you’re gone. And that is completely not true. So when you’re impeaching somebody, you want to make sure you have the strongest possible indictment because it’s not the means to the end people think. All you do, vote to impeach, byebye, birdie. It isn’t that. It’s an indictment, so you have the best possible indictment, go through the legal process in a way that shows accommodation that we need to get the courts to rule in our favor because we’ve done it correctly and the rest. -Ibid., at a press conference trying to temper the calls by her base to impeach President Trump by trying to educate them about what impeachment is and what it is not

I don’t think you can overestimate how much people have been choking on political correctness and hate it…. No one likes to be living on eggshells. - Bill Maher, HBO

It boils down to that phrase, “One man’s terrorist is another man’s freedom fighter.” - A senior member of the BBC explaining to the Daily Mail why the BBC will no longer use the word “terror”

I’ve lived here, I really enjoyed the people and their passion and excitement for not only the game, but just when you come into town they just enjoy life and they’re nice people. Very confused around that reaction. It’s not my experience with the people of this city. - Warriors basketball player Steph Curry after game 5 of the NBA Finals when asked about Toronto Raptor fans cheering when the Warriors’ Kevin Durant injured himself in the second quarter of the game

I don’t know him. I don’t care to know him. He showed his true colors at the time. And you show what you’re really about in that time and at that moment. – Raptors point guard Kyle Lowry after Warriors part-owner Mark Stevens pushed him when he fell into the stands during game 3 of the NBA finals

They were hitmen from Colombia who weren’t very bright. They were looking for someone else. Faye Resnick was a heavy cocaine user with a heavy debt. She was living in the house until the day before, and a decision was made to kill her… But when the boys went to do it, they found Nicole, and they had an argument with her on the street corner, and they drove away and went around to the back of the house and came in and cut her up with a knife. Ron Goldman was just very unfortunate. - F. Lee Bailey, who was on the OJ Simpson defense team, in a recent interview with the Huffington Post, putting forth his theory of who killed Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman in 1994

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It’s hard to imagine a complete break of the United States from China or of China from the United States. We are not interested in this, and our American partners are not interested in this. President Trump is my friend and I am convinced he is also not interested in this. - Chinese President Xi Jinping, while speaking at an economic forum in Russia last Friday

I’m tired of living in Trump’s country; I’m tired of Trump being president. We have to make sure that housing is being legislated as a human right. What does that mean? What it means is that our access and our ability and our guarantee to having a home comes before someone else’s privilege to earn a profit.

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Senate Republicans Won’t Save Mexico From Trump’s Tariffs By Marc A. Thiessen

enate Republicans are pushing back on President Trump’s plan to impose tariffs on Mexico. But if Mexican officials think these Republicans are going to save them from Trump’s tariffs, it’s time for them to think again. So far, congressional Republicans have managed to remain bystanders in Trump’s trade wars. If anything, they thought they would be voting on a new free-trade deal, the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, that would lift tariffs on trade among the three countries. But if Mexico does not come to an agreement with the Trump administration, that’s about to change. Until now, Republicans have not been forced to vote on Trump’s tariffs because Trump imposed them using provisions of our trade laws, including Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 and Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974. But to impose tariffs on Mexico over its failure to stop the flow of illegal migrants, Trump is using a different law, the International Emergency Economic Powers Act of 1977 (IEEPA). This law gives the president authority to “regulate” the importation of “any property in which any foreign country or a national” has an interest. But he can do so only “to deal with an unusual and extraordinary threat with respect to which a national emergency has been declared.”

So, to impose tariffs on Mexico, Trump must declare a national emergency – and an emergency declaration means a vote in Congress on a resolution of disapproval. Ah, you say, Republicans should be off the hook because Trump already declared a national emergency on the southern border in February, which allows him to use military construction funds to build a border wall.

a new vote in Congress. It gets worse. Many of the Republican senators who voted to support Trump on his emergency declaration in March say they would vote to disapprove of Trump’s tariffs today. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Tex., who supported Trump in March, says he will oppose the Mexican tariffs because they represent a $30 billion tax increase on his Texas constituents. And he’s not alone.

Senate Republicans could be left with the worst kind of vote: one that rebukes the Republican president but has zero effect on stopping his tariffs.

In March, Congress passed a resolution of disapproval, Trump vetoed it, and Congress failed to override it. No need to vote again, right? Sadly, no. It turns out that the administration failed to reference IEEPA as one of the laws underpinning Trump’s February executive order. So to impose tariffs under IEEPA, Trump either has to (a) issue a brand-new executive order or (b) amend his earlier executive order to include IEEPA. Either action triggers

Cruz told White House officials who briefed senators this week to tell the president that “you didn’t hear a single yes” from the Republican conference. Unlike his first executive order, this time there may even be enough Republican votes in the Senate to override a Trump veto. Trump has warned Republicans that they would be “foolish” to try to stop him. And if he wants to make it difficult for them to vote against him, there is a simple way he can do so. If

he issues a new order and Republicans vote to disapprove it, they will be voting only to stop the tariffs. But if Trump amends his existing order and Republicans vote to disapprove it, they will be voting to invalidate the entire emergency – terminating not just the tariffs but also his authority to build the border wall. That is the last thing Senate Republicans want to do. Moreover, even if Republican senators did vote to override Trump’s veto of a disapproval resolution, it is not clear that House Republicans would join them in doing so – especially if such a vote were to strike down border-wall funding, as well. So, Senate Republicans could be left with the worst kind of vote: one that rebukes the Republican president but has zero effect on stopping his tariffs. Mexico needs to understand that Senate Republicans won’t likely be riding to their rescue anytime soon. The Washington Post reports that Mexico is offering to dramatically increase its enforcement efforts and change asylum rules in an effort to stave off Trump’s tariffs. They had better offer a deal that can win Trump’s approval. The only way for Mexico to avoid a trade war that would be devastating to both of our countries is to reach an agreement with the president on securing the border – fast. (c) 2019, Washington Post Writers Group

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The Democrats’ Fairy-Tale Campaigns By Robert J. Samuelson

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nd so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you – ask what you can do for your country.”-John F. Kennedy’s inaugural speech, Jan. 20, 1961 Watching the Democrats’ presidential campaigns, it’s hard not to be struck by the huge gap that has opened up between Kennedy’s goal and what ordinary Americans now believe and practice. Kennedy urged us to be unselfish, but broad sectors of the American public now repudiate Kennedy’s rhetoric. They expect the government (aka, “the country”) to do for them what they don’t want to do for themselves, or are incapable of doing. The result is an air of unreality to the campaigns, as if the energetic expansion of government can solve most problems and cure most defects of American democracy. The lessons of the past do not seem to have been absorbed or analyzed with significant rigor. Anyone who has paid the slightest bit of attention knows that government has expanded substantially over the past half century. Government today does more things for more people than ever in U.S. history. To describe the change: in 1960, defense outlays were 52% of total federal spending; in 2018, the comparable figure was 15%. Still, we seem to have more problems than ever requiring a whole new set of “solutions” to improve society – or, in practice, make it worse. Consider some of the ideas brandished by the various candidates:

universal health coverage, whether “Medicare for all” or some other scheme; “free” college at state schools; subsidies for child care; “infrastructure” expansion; acrossthe-board salary increases in teachers’ salaries; so-called “baby bonds” (annual contributions to savings accounts of children); plans to control climate change. Doubtless, there will be more. What are we to make of this? Consid-

should be gradually raised. Health care spending should be controlled for similar reasons. But proposals to address these problems have been around for years with little action. Second, although the campaigns have focused on domestic issues, the most important tasks of the next president will involve foreign affairs – repairing the United States’ damaged reputation with the rest of the world. If Trump wins a second term,

For too many years, Americans have asked what the country could do for them instead of what they could do for their country.

er some initial observations. First, let’s admit that some government programs do need “fixing.” But the programs that most need it are the least likely to get it because they’re too popular or too complex to change. The immigration system is a mess. It neither limits the flow of immigrants nor promotes the assimilation of those here. Likewise, spending for older Americans – mainly on Social Security and Medicare – is crowding out other programs. To reflect longer life expectancies, eligibility ages

this obviously won’t happen. But if he doesn’t, his successor will need to focus intensely on strengthening military alliances, rebuilding trade relations and dealing with potentially hostile actors – Russia, China or rogue states. The United States remains the world’s most powerful nation, even if its economic, military and cultural power is much reduced from its peak. Isolationism won’t work in a world so tightly interwoven. Third, no matter which Democrat wins in 2020 – assuming one does – many of the proposals now being peddled by the hordes of hopefuls

will probably not be adopted. The costs will prove too high. Recall: between now and 2029, federal budget deficits already will total about $11 trillion, according to estimates by the Congressional Budget Office. No one knows how much all the new proposals would cost, but the amount would probably be in the trillions of dollars over a decade. Even if this were fully covered by tax increases, the price would be enormous. The conclusion that emerges from this overview is that the campaigns – and remember we’re still about 18 months away from the election – are promoting fairy tales. They concentrate on a domestic agenda, a shopping list of liberal and progressive favorites, when the most pressing issues and problems facing the next president will probably involve foreign affairs. We can’t easily judge who’s best equipped for the job as it will actually evolve as opposed to how we imagine it will evolve. There’s a fundamental mismatch that reveals a political culture exactly the opposite of what Kennedy recommended. For too many years, Americans have asked what the country could for them instead of what they could do for their country. There may be a final irony here. Even if some of the campaign promises are adopted in the future, it seems unlikely, based on historical experience, that they will produce all the desired benefits. This disappointment, if it occurs, may well be laid at the feet of government’s strongest advocates. (c) 2019, Washington Post Writers Group

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Forgotten Her es

Giora Romm Conquering the Skies By Avi Heiligman

ive kills for a fighter pilot is considered elite status, and with it, he or she is given the title of ace. A kill is downing an enemy aircraft – whether it is a fighter, bomber, cargo, observation plane or any other type of

manned vehicle that flies (The author is not sure about the status of drones, though.) Pilots in the Israeli Air Force have been respected for their tenacity and ingenuity in air battles. Dozens have achieved the distinction of be-

coming an ace. The first of Israel’s jet aces and the first to kill five enemy planes while fighting for the IAF was Giora Romm. He accomplished the feat during the Six Day War and went on to become one of the IAF’s most respected pilots in history. Romm’s parents emigrated from Poland and resettled in Israel. He was born in Kiryat Motzkin in 1945 while the country was still under British Mandate. When Romm was just 17 he joined the Israeli Air Force after graduating from the Military School of Command near Haifa. During training he flew French-built Dassault Ouragan and Mystère. After graduating, he was the youngest pilot flying the frontline fighter the Mirage. In June 1967, he was just 22 when the Six Day War took place. He was assigned to the 119th Squadron. The 119th Squadron was a vital part of the attack and only a few of their battle-tested Mirage IIIs weren’t tasked to bomb land targets on June 5, 1967. Romm and his wingman Eitan Karmi were circling an Egyptian base searching for any enemy planes that escaped the bombing. Sure enough, they saw several MiG 21 fighters and each downed two and then went back to base to refuel. In his second mission of the day, Romm’s wingman was Asher Snir. Romm called over the radio, “Two MiGs, 12 o’clock high.” Snir positioned himself behind one and shot him down. However, the second was on the tail of

Romm and fired a missile which failed to lock on the Mirage. Frustrated, the MiG-21 pilot shot cannon fire at Romm but his aim was off. Finally, Romm was able turn the tables on him and shot the enemy out of the sky. On June 6, Romm was shot down by anti-aircraft fire. Although he was injured, Romm was safe in friendly hands. The next day, he was back flying and shot down two MiG-17s. These were Romm’s fourth and fifth kills, which made him an ace. After the Six Day War, Romm served as an instructor at the flight school. Before the squadron was able to switch to the newly arrived American F-4 Phantoms, they were called to fight during the War of Attrition. On September 9, 1969, the IDF launched Operation Raviv, sometimes referred to as the Ten Hour War. Two days later, Romm’s squadron of Mirage fighters had to scramble to respond to a largescale Egyptian counter-attack. Romm was going after MiG-21s when another one came up behind him at 20,000 feet. The Mirage was hit by a missile, although Romm was able to eject. On the way out, his arm and elbow were injured but he managed to reach the ground safely. Landing in the Nile Delta region of Egypt, he was held in harsh conditions in a prison near Cairo. During his incarceration, was beaten, tortured, and held in solitary confinement. On December 7, 1969, Romm was released in a prisoner exchange. Another pilot, Nissim Ashkenazi, and

two Israeli male passengers who were kidnapped on a plane in Damascus were also part of the prisoner exchange. It took months of rehabilitation but Romm was able to gradually return to flying. In 1972, Romm was appointed deputy commander of the 113th Squadron that was flying Neshers. On October 3, 1973, the 115th Squadron lost their commander in a training accident. Two days later, Romm was asked to take over the squadron despite having no experience at all in the American A-4 Skyhawk. The very next day, on October 6, the Yom Kippur War broke out suddenly, and all available units scrambled to react to the surprise attack. The versatile pilot familiarized himself with the A-4 Skyhawk on the way to his very first mission as squadron commander. It was the first of dozens of sorties that he led against the Egyptians during the war. Their target for the first mission was codenamed “Budapest” on the Suez Canal, and he was the number four plane in the formation. He later said about the mission:

“Only three pilots in the entire history dared to go on a combat sortie in an aircraft they never flown before. I am about to become fourth…. The jet responds well to me, and Kochva [the flight leader] assists with weaponry controls. Fi-

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dive towards ‘Budapest.’ I spot the bright yellow light of SAM-2 missile launched in my direction from Port-Said. What a negative day. I complete the attack and join the formation. ‘4, your missiles did not deploy.’”

The very next day, on October 6, the Yom Kippur War broke out suddenly, and all available units scrambled to react to the surprise attack.

nally, we lower down and prepare to attack the outer perimeter of the ‘Budapest’ post. ‘3 pull out,’ the leader says, and I pullout following the jet ahead of me. I roll over and

Romm continued to command the 115th Squadron until 1976. In 1974 he led them on an attack on Syrian positions in the Golan Heights. Later on, he served as the commander of the Ramon

Air Base and then the Tel Nof Air Base. While stationed at Tel Nof, he flew one of the ten F-15 Eagles that attacked PLO strongholds in Tunisia. After serving at Tel Nof, he held a few other positions including becoming deputy to the IAF commander. By this time, he was a major general and played a role during the Gulf War in 1991. Before retiring in 1996 he served as Israel’s military attaché to the U.S. and Canada. Giora Romm spent 34 years in the Israeli Air Force and wrote an autobiography detailing his time as a pilot. Becoming an ace is no small task and rarely do the public get to hear their stories. Romm may not have won all of his air battles but he did make life very difficult for Israel’s enemies – and conquered the skies while doing so.

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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Coach Your Workplace to Success By Rabbi Dr. Naphtali Hoff

ne of the biggest challenges for leaders is to create and maintain the proper conditions for worker engagement and productivity. We know that if we are to maintain high levels of workplace output and morale we need to ensure that our employees feel valued and challenged. We also recognize that if we want to be able to respond to, if not stay in front of, marketplace change we need to develop workers who are comfortable thinking independently and contributing to the collective brain trust. Too many leaders and managers, however, fail to achieve this because they do not understand how to motivate today’s workers or how to empower them to think and act independently and more positively. In generations past, people would be told what they needed to do from their earliest years. Parents would instruct children on how to behave at home and teachers would demand student compliance in school. Failure to obey would result in corporal punishment or other heavy-handed responses. In the workplace, employees would be given orders and were required to dutifully implement them if they wanted to hold onto their positions for any meaningful duration. But times have changed. As younger workers make their way into the workplace, they expect to play by a different set of rules. They want to be given the freedom to experiment, a voice with which to weigh in at staff meetings and the ability to pursue what they view as meaningful, engaging work. Anything

less they view as limiting, which spells dissatisfaction, and, for the most part, underperformance (if not outside job seeking). Leaders also would be wise to guide their teams in a way that offers them the sense that they figured things out on their own. Not only does this build deeper connections to the work, but it develops resiliency and fortitude. (While this may not be feasible at the beginning of an onboarding or job transition process, it should become the normative assumption once folks have had opportunity to get themselves settled.)

coaching tend to adopt a far more optimistic view of their people. Instead of strictly measuring performance, leaders who coach are likelier to look beyond what people have done to what they can do and become. Let’s look at an example. John has been working at the company for the past six years. During that entire time, he is tasked with jobs that fall into a tight range of responsibility. It is simply assumed, by John’s superiors and by John as well, that he is not able to complete tasks that are more complex and demanding or require different skills than what he has been doing un-

As younger workers make their way into the workplace, they expect to play by a different set of rules.

One of the best ways to achieve these goals is through coaching. The goal of coaching is to help people bring out their own abilities and find solutions that already lie within them. The coach achieves this through a series of questions that help the coachee to get beyond their mental blocks and limiting beliefs to achieve things that they may not otherwise have seen as possible or desirable. Moreover, organizations that use

til now. Not surprisingly, John is never promoted and fails to live up to his potential. But say, instead of accepting John’s limitations at face value, John’s superior were to give him a “growth exercise” and ask him to go beyond what he’s done in the past. Perhaps John would resist at the beginning and default to his own set of perceived limitations. However, with a healthy dose of encouragement and some coaching

aimed at helping John succeed, the likelihood of him making a concerted effort to achieve the task would be greatly increased. Coaching helps higher up the ladder as well. For example, let’s say that Jane, an experienced programmer, was having difficulty completing an order. Her manager could jump right in and offer a solution. What if, instead, she says something like this? “I will be over to assist you in a bit. See if you can identify where the problem is so that we can jump right into it when I arrive.” I think that we would agree that such an approach is likelier to achieve a breakthrough than would the former approach. Building a coaching workplace encourages everyone to see opportunities rather than obstacles and to view each person as a source of limitless potential rather than possessing finite capacity. Leaders who train themselves and their leadership teams in the art of coaching will open up new opportunities, build resilience, increase engagement, and raise morale, all while maximizing effort and impact throughout their organizations. Rabbi Naphtali Hoff, PsyD, is an executive and business coach and president of Impactful Coaching & Consulting. For a free, no obligation consultation, please call 212-470-6139 or email info@impactfulcoaching.com. Check out his new leadership book, “Becoming the New Boss,” on Amazon. Download his free eBook for understaffed leaders at ImpactfulCoaching. com/EPIC.

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Summer Reading for Tax Geeks By Allan Rolnick, CPA

emorial Day has come and gone, and while summer doesn’t officially unlock the door and open for business until June 21, who’s waiting? Craft beer fans are swapping out those dark malts that taste like tree bark and stocking up on summer brews with hints of lemon, lime, and cherry. Sports fans are turning their eyes towards baseball’s upcoming All-Star game. (Yeah, hockey and basketball are still going on – but aren’t those supposed to be winter sports?) And readers across America are combing shelves for the summer’s hottest summer beach reads. Beach books typically don’t ask you to do much heavy intellectual lifting. They’re usually the literary equivalent of bingeing an entire season chick flicks in a single weekend. Some readers don’t even bring books at all — they drop a kindle or an iPad in their bag to hide the latest cheap novel from the folks on the next towel. Occasionally, though, you find something weightier catching readers’ eyes. So if that’s what you need, NYU Professor Jonathan Choi has assembled a list of the 50 most-cited law review tax articles

of all time. Boring, you say? Prepare to be surprised! Taking home the gold, with 1,220 total citations, is William D. Andrews’ 1974 thriller, A Consumption-Type or Cash Flow Personal Income Tax. The plot follows a plucky tax professor challenging the conventional wisdom that taxable income should equal the

tations, we have Harvard professors Louis Kaplow and Steven Shavell arguing Why the Legal System Is Less Efficient Than the Income Tax in Redistributing Income. This is a classic legal thriller in the vein of John Grisham or Scott Turow. Except, in this case, the parties are “legal rules” and “the income tax system.” Kaplow

Kaplow and Shavell out them both on trial and declare taxes to be the victor.

sum of personal consumption plus accumulation. But that plot is really just an excuse to propose a graduated consumption tax. The story also takes us down subplots involving cash-flow accounting for loan proceeds to curb tax shelter abuses, nontaxation of reinvested capital gains, and a proposed zero basis for inherited assets. (See? Riveting!) Claiming the silver, with 992 ci-

and Shavell put them both on trial and declare taxes to be the victor. Finally, taking the bronze with 762 citations is Boris Bittker’s 1967 classic, A Comprehensive Tax Base as a Goal of Income Tax Reform. Bittker argues that it’s simply too hard to define a neutral, scientific measure of taxable income and that each policy proposal should be judged provision by provision. (It’s easy to

be disappointed with Bittker’s meek conclusion — after all, isn’t the whole point of a law review article to propose something with no chance of real-world success?) The rest of Choi’s top 50 cover the same beach book ground you’d find at your local bookseller. There’s rich historical drama. (Edward Zelinsky’s James Madison and Public Choice at Gucci Gulch: A Procedural Defense of Tax Expenditures and Tax Institutions.) There’s gripping family conflict. (Paul Caron’s Tax Myopia, or Mamas Don’t Let Your Babies Grow up to Be Tax Lawyers.) So, tax articles are fun, right? Unfortunately, you can read these tomes all summer long without learning anything about how to pay less. This summer, before you head to the beach or the lake or the mountains, make sure you formulate a plan to have your finances and taxes work for you while you’re enjoying your summer reads. Allan J Rolnick is a CPA who has been in practice for over 30 years in Queens, NY. He welcomes your comments and can be reached at 718-896-8715 or at allanjrcpa@aol.com.

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What’s Your Address? By Rivki D. Rosenwald Esq., MFT, CLC

he 49 days from Pesach to Shavuos. The holiday called “weeks.” The Three Week. The Nine Days. The Ninth of Av. The first of the year. We are in the time of the Jewish calendar when it’s all about numbers. The rest of the year we’ve got: The Day of Atonement, Sukkos, Simchas Torah, Chanukah, Purim, Pesach… So what’s with all the numbers all of a sudden? You want to get somewhere? You need an address. And that’s usually a number. As the warm months descend upon us, we’ve got more hours to fill, more time to get out, more days to take off. And we may forget what counts. The numbers seem to help us stay aware of time. And being aware of time helps us be aware of each day. During the colder months we

are happy to be given things to do. We are even looking for things to occupy us. So the holidays keep us busy. First, we’ve got the triple header: Rosh Hashana, Yom Kip-

And then Pesach certainly keeps us quite busy! But when the summer gets here, Hashem gives us the space and the weather to keep ourselves busy. And

They remind us not to lose time – rather to use our time!

pur, and Sukkos. That kind of takes care of September/October. When that threesome is gone, we look forward to Chanukah and Purim. The nights, the lights, the eats, the treats, the guise, the disguise! And so goes December through March.

we are pretty good at taking advantage of it. And that’s a time when we can possibly lose our focus. So, ta-da, the march of the numbers appears! They keep us on our toes. They let us know weeks and days matter.

They remind us not to lose time – rather to use our time! The message clearly is to enjoy our time, but to still keep an awareness of our values and priorities. How’s that for a challenge?! Go do stuff...bike, hike, go walking. Eat out at sidewalk cafes, barbecue, swim, visit the beach, stroll the boardwalk, go to amusement parks, play sports. Get out, live, have fun. But stay aware of your address! Where are you heading...and where you should always come home to. Where your heart is and where your priorities and most precious things reside. The goal is be aware – moments matter!

Rivki Rosenwald is a certified relationship counselor, and career and life coach. She can be contacted at 917-7052004 or rivki@rosenwalds.com.

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