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CONTENTS
They blew it
l As of Sunday, a maven has been or-
biting Mars.
The Mars Atmosphere and Volatile
Evolution (MAVEN is the official
NASA acronym) space probe aims
to determine what happened to the
Martian atmosphere, which once was
so dense that there was liquid water on
the planets surface.
The probe will study what little
atmosphere remains, and in particular
the rate at which it is escaping into
space.
LARRY YUDELSON
Candlelighting: Friday, September 26, 6:28 p.m.
Shabbat ends: Saturday, September 27, 7:25 p.m.
Where no Yiddish
word has gone before
l To national reporters in-
cluding WNYCs Matt Katz, who
took this picture in South Caro-
lina Governor Chris Christies
cross-country barnstorming tour
speaks to his continued presi-
dential ambitions.
Why else would he plan to
visit half a dozen states this
week alone?
But those of us on his home
turf know better.
Hes clearly just looking
long and hard for the perfect hat when he starts a post-political career as a kollel
student in Lakewoods Beth Medresh Govoha yeshiva. LARRY YUDELSON
l Did you hear it?
Last Sunday, a shofar record was
broken south of the border the
Passaic-Morris border, that is.
The Partnership for Jewish Life
and Learning in Whippany brought
together 1,043 shofar blowers from as
far away as Texas.
In the 5 minutes it took us to blow
shofar together we accomplished
some amazing things. We celebrated
our unity; we created a sound that no
one has ever heard before; we raised
our shofar voices in joy and song and
hope, and we set a new Guinness
World Record, said Robert Lichtman,
executive director of the Partnership,
which is sponsored by the Jewish
Federation of Greater MetroWest.
No formerly horned rams were
immediately available for comment.
LARRY YUDELSON
Wanted: Mossad agents
l Does your dream job involve
flying drones? Infiltrating bar-
ricaded facilities? Targeting
suspects recognized via secu-
rity cameras? Telling all your
friends you work in marketing?
Then maybe the Mossad is
for you.
Israels top-secret overseas
intelligence agency just put
out a flashy Hebrew-language
recruitment video that looks
like it was taken from a
Mission: Impossible video
game. The bizarre clip goes
from an image of a satellite
over the earth to a woman helping
her son fly a remote-controlled
airplane and then to a man drinking
coffee.
From there, we see more images
of drones, people checking their
smartphones, breaking into server
rooms and office buildings, walking
across roofs, looking at infrared
images, wearing suits. You get the
idea.
Throughout, a woman and a man
say things like My job isnt exactly
nine-to-five, Life is what you make
of it, and All my friends think Im
in marketing. Sometimes, the two
supposed agents speak in unison and
sound like a robot.
The video leads to a website
launched to recruit Israels best and
brightest to the Mossad. The site
is also available in English, French,
Russian, Arabic and (of course) Farsi.
A form that seems oddly like a
BuzzFeed quiz asks which qualities
best describe you (sociable? highly
self-confident? fond of routine?),
how you prefer to spend leisure
time, and the like. It puts the image
of a fingerprint on the answers you
choose. Answer some questions
about work, education, and travel
records, fill out some security
questionnaires and a medical history,
and Mazel tov! Youve applied to be
a Mossad agent.
The sleek site and special effects-
laden video are part of a change
the Mossad has gone through since
its early days, when its director was
identified by only an initial and the
agency clandestinely sought out
specific recruits.
The first open recruiting campaigns
began more than a decade ago, and
now the Mossad is upping its game
perhaps to compete with the start-up
ecosystem thats poaching Israels
prize minds. In that vein, the video
may be aiming to show that a life of
secret missions is more enticing than
days spent in front of a laptop at a
Tel Aviv cafe. Though either way, it
seems, youll get to drink coffee. A lot
of coffee. BEN SALES / JTA WIRE SERVICE
Picture this
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a robbery at his busi-
ness. (The killer is now in
prison.) Ebner didnt play
high school football but
was a very good rugby
player. He made the Ohio
State University team as
a walk-on and excelled in
special team play. Barely
drafted, he shocked pun-
dits with outstanding play
on special teams during
his rookie pro season in
2012, and he played in
all but one of the teams
regular and playoff
games. Ebner repeated
these stats last year and,
this season already leads
Patriot special team
players in tackles. ERIK
LORIG, 27, fullback, New
Orleans Saints. After four
years with Tampa Bay
(2010-13), Lorig signed
a four year $4.8M dol-
lar contract with the
Saints. TAYLOR MAYS,
25, strong safety, Cin-
cinnati Bengals. 2014 is
Mays fourth season with
the Bengals. If he stays
healthy, this may be his
first really good season.
GEOFF SCHWARTZ, 28,
offensive guard, NY Gi-
ants. Schwartz, a six-year
veteran, signed a $16.8M
four year contract in the
off-season. In 2013, with
Kansas City, he started
seven games. He was in-
jured in early September
and is not expected back
before October. MITCH-
ELL SCHWARTZ, 25,
offensive guard, Cleve-
land Browns. (Mitchell is
Geoffs brother). In 2012,
his rookie season, Mitchell
started all 16 games and
repeated this stat in 2013.
Other Notes: ADAM
PODLESH, 31, punter, has
been in the NFL since
2007 and didnt struggle
until last season. He was
signed in the off-season
Gabe Carimi
STEPPING LIVELY:
Fancy footwork
on, off the field
Erik Lorig
Taylor Mays Marc Trestman
The new season
of ABCs Danc-
ing with the
Stars began on Septem-
ber 15. Two of the celeb
dancers have Jewish ties
actor and fashion mod-
el Antonio Sabato, Jr., 44,
and actress Lea Thomp-
son, 53. Sabato, who
wasnt raised Jewish, had
one Jewish grandparent:
a Czech Jewish mater-
nal grandmother who
was the only member of
her immediate family to
survive the Holocaust.
Sabatos maternal grand-
parents eventually settled
in Italy, and thats where
Sabatos mother met and
married his Italian father.
His maternal grandmoth-
er, like many Holocaust
survivors with a non-
Jewish spouse, chose not
to tell her children that
she was Jewish until they
were adults.
Thompsons roles
include playing Michael
J. Foxs young mother
in Back to the Future,
playing Caroline in the
90s sitcom, Caroline
in the City, and play-
ing Kathryn Kennish in
the ABC Family series
Switched at Birth. Her
husband of 25 years
is film and TV direc-
tor HOWARD DEUTCH,
64. (They met when
he directed her in the
1987 film, Some Kind of
Wonderful.) Their two
daughters, ZOEY, 19, and
MADELYN, 23, both are
actresses with a number
of quality credits. They
were raised Jewish and
each had a bat mitzvah.
Zoey is the more famous
sadly, two films that
she recently co-starred
in that were supposed
to be hits didnt: 2013s
Beautiful Creatures
and Vampire Academy,
which opened early this
year. Like her mother,
Zoey likes to dance. She
referenced her dancing
while blogging for Teen
Vogue last year right
after attending her first
Video Music Awards. She
wrote: Im pretty sure I
danced harder during the
show than I did at my bat
mitzvah party, which is
saying a lot.
The following
players were
on an NFL
roster as of September
18: GABE CARIMI, 26,
guard/tackle, Atlanta
Falcons. An outstand-
ing college player, Carimi
was severely injured in
2011, his rookie season
with Chicago. He was
traded to Tampa Bay in
2013 and started in only
three games last season.
Released in February, he
was quickly signed by
Atlanta and has played in
the first two 2014 season
games. NATE EBNER, 25,
free safety, New Eng-
land Patriots. Ebner has
an unusual personal and
football story. His father,
the owner of an auto
yard and the principal of
the Sunday school at the
familys Ohio synagogue,
was murdered during
New TV season note
A to Z, a comedy that shows us one romance from
start to inish, is starting on Thursday, October 2, 9 p.m.
on NBC, starring Cristin Miloti and BEN FELDMAN, 34
(Mad Men). N.B.
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Pittsburgh, but is now
listed on their reserve/
did not report roster. He
didnt report because his
wife was recovering from
a complicated pregnancy
and delivery. (All are well
now.) Its likely Podlesh
wont play in 2014 and its
possible his career is over.
Also: MARC TRESTMAN,
58, a former University of
Minnesota quarterback,
has begun his second
season as the coach of
the Bears. Hes the only
Jewish head coach in the
NFL.
By the way, he is from
Saint Louis Park, a Twin
Cities suburb that has
long been a very Jew-
ish town. Trestman is a
graduate of Saint Louis
Park high school. Also
graduating from this high
school were filmmakers
JOEL and ETHAN COEN,
N.Y. Times columnist TOM
FRIEDMAN, and U.S.
Senator AL FRANKEN
of Minnesota. (Thanks
to Jewish Sports Review
magazine for its help.)
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Middle East expert hopes to motivate young people during Paramus appearance
JOANNE PALMER
I
t is hard to defend something you dont
quite understand.
That is, its hard to defend it effec-
tively, with ideas rather than raw
emotion. Often young Jews find that their
attempts to explain their support fail in the
face of what seems to be superior knowl-
edge often it is just louder emotion and
so they fall silent. Even those who think they
know a great deal find that they dont know
quite enough to be able to counter assertively
worded disagreements.
Sometimes they just give up.
Dr. Eric Mandel will offer his perspective
on the Middle East at the Jewish Community
Center of Paramus on Sunday. A policy ana-
lyst and the founder and director of the Mid-
dle East Political and Information Network,
Dr. Mandel is not a lobbyist, he stresses.
Instead, he is passionate and dedicated to
providing a clear-sighted view, as he sees it,
based on a great deal of research, both of the
literature and from first-hand reporting.
Dr. Mandel, who lives in Manhattan, fre-
quently briefs members of Congress and their
foreign policy legislative aides, he said; They
like me because for 15 years I have been pro-
viding very good and insightful analyses that
they are not getting elsewhere, and I have
been correct on a number of issues.
He speaks frequently on college campuses,
and I am very troubled, he said. Most peo-
ple on college campuses, whether they are
Jewish or gentile, just dont care about Israel.
Israel is not on their radar screens. The ones
who do care, who do realize that Israel is
directly part of American national security
interests, feel inadequate in confronting peo-
ple who have their own set of facts.
What I try to do is give them information,
and put it in context. Its not always pretty,
but it enables them to feel stronger, to know
more about what theyre talking about and
advocating for, not just as a propagandist but
as someone who can explain why the Ameri-
can relationship with Israel is so important.
Why is it so hard for young Jews to care for
Israel the way their elders do? Our kids
secular young people have been taught uni-
versal principles, he said. Particularism and
tribalism are frowned upon. A Jewish state,
seen that way, seems almost racist to them, so
without knowing the full facts, they are able
to put the template of apartheid South Africa
on Israel.
They are clueless about the facts. They
want to know, but mainly its about being
ill-informed.
They have grown up in a place where
whoever is perceived as the weaker party
is always seen as the victim. The victim is
always in the right, and the powerful one
the occupier is always in the wrong.
The anti-Israel movement has many
faces, but a lot of it has morphed into true
anti-Semitism. The best way I know to define
anti-Semitism is to use the European defini-
tion of xenophobia and racism. Using that
definition, if you treat Israel different than
any other country in the world, or say that it
has no reason to exist that, by definition, is
anti-Semitism.
People come out with slogans. Somebody
says, Im pro-peace, Im with a human rights
group, and you assume they mean it, but
how can you explain those people of the far
left who align themselves with people who
dont believe in pluralism at all? Its illogical.
Basically, Israel has become the stand-in
for anti-colonialism, the idea that America is
wrong, in the wrong, has done more harm
than good and Israel is seen as a little
America.
The only way to get out of this situation
the only way to get out of most deeply dis-
turbing situations, in fact is education, he
said. Young people should be idealistic, but
they need to know the facts in context. We
will always have to deal with people who
have their own set of facts, but we always
have to have the truth available.
One of our problems is that too many
of our young people get their news from
Jon Stewart. That shouldnt be our primary
source of news. Many news sources, both in
print and in social and electronic media, are
echo chambers. To be a good consumer of
news, you have to read multiple sources.
Dr. Mandels own education in Middle East-
ern affairs was largely self-taught, at least at
first, he said. He always had been interested
in politics; in 1983, he worked for the presi-
dential campaign of Alan Cranston, the Cali-
fornia Democrat who made a brief stab at
the nomination. Thats when his education
began. Politicians had to be able to rely on
sources to fill them in on the many subjects
that demanded their attention but whose
intricacies they did not have the time to
Who: Dr. Eric Mandel
What: Talks and then takes ques-
tions about Israels Challenges in
the Aftermath of Operation Pro-
tective Edge.
Where: The Jewish Community
Center of Paramus/Congrega-
tion Beth Tikva, 304 Midland Ave.,
Paramus
When: Sunday, September 28, at
7 p.m.
Why: Sponsored by the JCC and
the Jewish Federation of North-
ern New Jersey
How: Free and open to the public
Dr. Eric Mandel, center, talks with IDF soldiers during Operation PIllar of Defense in 2012. Inset: Dr. Eric Mandel.
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but a lot of it has
morphed into true
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East. But his honorific, doctor, does not
come from an advanced degree in political
science. Dr. Mandel is a physician he is a
corneal micro-surgeon who has pioneered
laser vision-correction surgery.
He is also a master multitasker. In his life
outside medicine, he is active in Jewish orga-
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years and has just finished creating the Five
Synagogues of White Plains, an Israel advo-
cacy group that brings together Orthodox,
Conservative, Reform, and Reconstruction-
ist shuls to advocate for Israel.
As his expertise grew, Dr. Mandel branched
out from the secondary sources that gave him
his initial education to meet actors on the
Middle East stage. I have met Israeli leader-
ship, interviewed Hamas and Muslim Broth-
erhood members, and been at Syrian refugee
camps, he said.
He also has talked to Rachel Fraenkel,
whose 16-year-old son, Naftali, was one of
the three Israeli teenagers whose murders
led to Israels war with Gaza this summer.
At her sons funeral, she said that there are
two Jews, three opinions and one heart,
Dr. Mandel said. There is no such thing as an
unaffiliated Jew at least on that inchoate,
preconscious level.
And there are so many ways to be pro-
Israel, he continued. We should take
pride in our 3,000-year history. It is one
of the unique civilizations in the world.
People often dont realize the modern
miracle of this country, which after 2,000
years came back into existence. It should
be one of the great success stories of the
20th century. To turn that into something
horrible is obscene.
I could write three long volumes of whats
wrong with Israel. But I could write 10,000
volumes on whats right with it. Its army is
not perfect but it has the most moral army
in the world. I know that from the many inter-
views I have done. I wish that my own army
was that moral. This is something that people
should be proud of but they have learned to
demonize it, which is mind-boggling.
People say that if there wasnt an Israel,
there would be a better Middle East. But
the Gordian knot is not Israel versus the
Palestinians. It is the Sunni versus the Shia.
If we could untie that one . But America
should embrace Israel, both because of
Americas own needs and because it is the
right thing to do.
So does Dr. Mandel see any hope
anywhere?
He does.
The miracle of Israel takes my breath
away, he said. It is amazing. We know about
the innovation nation. We know that like your
voicemail, your smartphone, the medical
cures that are coming down the pipeline
because of Israel. It is in the forefront of the
world in terms of knowledge and innovation.
Dr. Mandel, right, on the Gaza border in 2012. ERIC MANDEL
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Dancing in the street
Chabad celebrates its new synagogue in Hoboken
ABIGAIL KLEIN LEICHMAN
I
ts not every day that a new synagogue opens in
Hoboken.
In fact, the September 14 dedication of the Weis-
feld Family Chabad Jewish Center of Hoboken at 80
Park Avenue marked the first time since 1947 that a new
synagogue building opened in this Hudson County city of
50,000 residents.
That milestone alone was enough to bring out the
press, the mayor and about 300 participants for a police-
escorted parade with floats and live music, a ribbon-cut-
ting and mezuzah-affixing ceremony, and a celebratory
outdoor luncheon.
But there was another special element to the days
festivities.
Chabads grand opening was highlighted by the comple-
tion of a new Torah scroll and a scroll of the haftarah read-
ings, brought over by scribe Shaul Baruch from Jerusalem.
In the Sephardic tradition, both scrolls are enclosed in
elaborate silver-plated cases. The case surrounding the haf-
tarah scroll is inscribed with the names of the 64 Israeli sol-
diers recently killed in action in Operation Protective Edge.
A young member of our community, Ori Cohen, com-
missioned this beautiful Torah to be written and we planned
a couple of months back to dedicate it before Rosh Hasha-
nah, says Rabbi Moshe Z Schapiro. After the 64 soldiers
died, we asked the fellow who built the boxes in Petach Tik-
vah to engrave all their names on the cover of the haftarah
scroll.
The artisan subsequently received orders from 22 other
synagogues also wanting Torah cases inscribed with the
soldiers names, says Rabbi Schapiro.
And when a young Israeli locksmith came to secure the
invaluable scrolls in the ark, Rabbi Schapiro showed him
the case. He said his roommate died in Gaza last month
and he found his name there. He was very moved. Now
we have a wonderful picture of this young locksmith put-
ting on tefillin.
Mr. Cohen also donated the labor of his carwash con-
struction team to renovate the Jewish centers new home.
He explains: I thought, if Im going to donate a Torah,
lets have a beautiful place to put it.
The Israeli army veteran says he commissioned the
Torah in gratitude for the birth of his daughter nearly two
years ago; now he and his wife also have a month-old son.
The haphtarah scroll was dedicated to the memory of a
cousin who passed away three years ago. Following the
war in Gaza, he felt that adding the fallen soldiers names
was something we had to do.
Rabbi Schapiro relates that the Chabad of Hoboken,
which until now has met in various rented spaces, was
established just after 9/11. The terror attack on the Twin
Towers claimed more lives from Hoboken than from any
other New Jersey municipality.
The citys proximity to lower Manhattan makes it popular
with young white-collar workers, and many Israeli singles
and families have moved in. There are three buildings they
call the little kibbutz because so many Israelis live in them,
says Rabbi Schapiro.
The Chabad started a Sunday school with two children
three years ago, and now boasts 35 children, all of whom
participated in the dedication festivities.
The true message of completing a Torah is that children
are our future to make sure the words of the Torah will be
kept, says the rabbi, recalling Elie Wiesels memory of a
Jewish child standing in for a Torah scroll on the night of
Simchat Torah in Auschwitz.
The Chabad center also offers a Monday night class on the
weekly Torah portion and a monthly Shabbat dinner that
attracts up to 80 people. Planned next is a monthly social
event for young Jewish professionals, featuring a full meal
and an open bar. Hoboken has the most bars per capita in
America, so well bring the bar to us, says Rabbi Schapiro.
The 1,840-square-foot building, whose entrance is on
Newark Street, has two main rooms one for the sanctuary
and one for childrens services and Kiddush in addition to
a kitchen and offices. Rabbi Schapiro says Shabbat services
are attended by between 30 and 50 people, and on the High
Holidays he expects more than 100 worshippers from Hobo-
ken, Jersey City, and surrounding communities.
The grand opening began with the completion of the
Torahs final 25 letters, followed by the parade and dancing
in front of City Hall just across from the famous Carlos Bak-
ery where the cable TV series Cake Boss is filmed.
It was truly something extraordinary, says Rabbi
Schapiro.
Mayor Dawn Zimmer presided over the ribbon-cutting
with Alan Weisfeld and family, who sponsored the reno-
vation of the building. Mr. Cohen put the mezuzah on the
doorpost. A shofar blast capped off the ceremonies followed
by the sit-down lunch under a tent for 200 people.
It was amazing, says Mr. Cohen. I felt like I was at
my wedding. There were so many people, Jewish and not
Jewish, dancing in the streets. All of the effort I put in, I got
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Engaging in prayer
Teaneck educator provides commentary to siddur for students
ABIGAIL KLEIN LEICHMAN
T
he High Holidays motivate many
of us to devote a little more
thought to our daily or weekly
dialogue with our Maker. Some-
times that effort can be helped by a new sid-
dur (prayer book), especially one geared to
greater engagement.
Koren Publishers new Ani Tfilah Week-
day Siddur for Reflection, Connection and
Learning features an English translation
and foreword by Rabbi Lord Jonathan
Sacks, and commentary by veteran educa-
tor Rabbi Dr. Jay Goldmintz of Teaneck.
Intended for the inquiring high school
student and thoughtful adult, Ani Tfilah
was published in partnership with Yeshiva
University with the goal of effecting a more
meaningful individual connection with the
litury.
Rabbi Goldmintz says his commentary
provides a variety of approaches to each
prayer and to each pray-er. He included
personal anecdotes, textual insights, histori-
cal context, quotations, questions for self-
reflection, and rules of ritual.
Rabbi Goldmintz, who has lived in
Teaneck for 27 years, was headmaster of
the Ramaz Upper School in Manhattan from
1999 to 2013. He now teaches at Maayanot
Yeshiva High School in Teaneck and in the
doctoral program at YUs graduate school
of education.
In recent years I became more and more
interested in the subject of spirituality and
religious development among children and
adolescents, he said. I was surprised that
it took me so long in my career to actually
study this, and surprised even more to dis-
cover that no one in the Orthodox Jewish
world had done much research on it.
His own research convinced him that
many people, especially educators, were
looking for direction and connection in
prayer (tfilah in Hebrew). He went back
to school in 2005 and earned a doctorate
on the influence of family environment on
the religious development of children and
adolescents.
Those interests meshed well with my
long-term interest in tfilah education,
which is one of the biggest challenges that
all day-school educators face, he said. I
had been experimenting for years trying
to find what works and what doesnt, what
expectations should be, what was impactful
for kids and what was not.
As a result of his articles on the topic,
Rabbi Goldmintz became a kind of go-to
person for lots of professionals out there,
and so he was approached by Dr. Scott
Goldberg, who is YUs vice provost for
teaching and learning and chairman of the
Koren Educational Editorial Board for its
new series of prayer books for children and
teenagers.
The truth is that I had already started
writing long before, Rabbi Goldmintz
said. I would write thoughts on slips
of paper and leave them on kids chairs
before prayers got started; I produced a
newsletter for kids in the school so they
could ask questions about prayer; I col-
lected quotes and triggers that could be
used during prayer services and devised
different strategies for making tfilah more
meaningful.
Such strategies are sought eagerly. As
he wrote on Lookjed, a Jewish educational
listserv, At its worst, tfilah has become a
place where incredibly caring profession-
als find themselves becoming policemen.
At its best, there is rote tfilah service tak-
ing place, but there is an overall sense that
some part of the soul or heart is missing.
Jewish schools are not only purchasing
Ani Tfilah, but some even are crafting les-
son plans around the 805-page volume.
Rabbi Goldmintz has been gratified
to hear anecdotes about a teacher who
bought a copy for herself, the 40-year-old
yeshivish guy who was spotted using one
claiming that its just what he was looking
for, or the 82-year-old woman who said
that it made a difference in her life just at
a point when she had given up hope on
prayer.
He cant say for sure if todays Jews have
more difficulty engaging with and concen-
trating on prayer than did past genera-
tions. But I do think that any problems
we have with prayer are symptomatic of
a larger problem we have with belief, pas-
sion, spirituality, and connectedness. I
Reform movement has new kids siddur
Illustrated prayer book more comprehensive, editor says
LOIS GOLDRICH
I
t was time for the Reform movement
to develop a new prayer book for
children, said Rabbi Paula Feldstein,
rabbi/educator at Avodat Shalom and
editor of the newly published Mishkan
Tfilah for Youth.
After all, said Rabbi Feldstein, who has
worked at the River Edge congregation
for the last five years, Gates of Prayer for
Young People had come out in 1997, and
the English readings in the movements reg-
ular prayer book, Mishkan Tfilah, are on
a level too adult for children.
In addition, there was nothing out there
at this point meeting the need for both reli-
gious school services and family services, so
there was a lot of discussion in the move-
ment about developing a new book.
Drafted to edit the new publication,
Rabbi Feldstein working with Hara Per-
son, CCAR Presss publisher and director
pulled together a committee and began
work on Mishkan Tfilah for Youth. The
book, for third to fifthgraders, was fash-
ioned to meet a whole bunch of goals,
she said.
It was time to do some updating based
on how our education techniques have
changed, she said, noting that to create
an easy transition later on, the book was
designed to resemble Mishkan Tfilah. In
addition, its more user-friendly for kids
and has beautiful illustrations, containing
original drawings by artist Mark Podwal,
based on the alef-bet.
Rabbi Feldstein said the new siddur also
has many English teaching notes.
We really wanted that for the kids, and
to educate parents, she said, pointing out
that the siddur includes a combined Shab-
bat evening and morning service for fami-
lies. It also contains a weekday evening and
morning service for schools, along with a
Torah service. Rounding it out is a song sec-
tion as well as readings for special holidays
and community events.
I want kids to be asking questions and
engaging in prayer by thinking a lot about
God and the possibilities of God and what
prayer can be for them, she said. In the
world we live in, we cant take for granted
that children will learn the words and find
them compelling.
I love the notes at the bottom, she con-
tinued. If youre not engaging with the
prayers and your eyes drift down, thats
amazing as well. Or, she said, the chil-
dren can study the illustrations, thinking
about the lessons they teach. Each child
will connect to the prayers differently.
Because the Reform movement has
become more traditional in recent
years, Rabbi Feldstein said that one thing
that had made her uncomfortable about
previous books was that the editors
took out certain prayers.
Synagogues teach different things
in a different order, she said. Since she
wants to be able to choose what to use in
her classes, we wanted to put in every-
thing possible. Thats a big issue for me.
Leading services every week for three
different grades, she often was reduced to
using cut and paste to give each group
what it needed. Now, with all the material in
one place, she will be able to work with dif-
ferent pieces of the service for each group.
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Rabbi Feldstein said the committee also included
transliteration in the services designed for families.
Some parents cant read Hebrew, she said. In the
services designed for the school day, however, there
is no transliteration.
We dont want the kids using transliteration, she
said. We want them to learn Hebrew.
Rabbi Feldstein said that most of the 10 people serv-
ing on her committee were rabbi/educators, though
some were congregational rabbis. Committee mem-
bers wrote educational notes for the bottom of the
pages and did translations.
We wanted the language to be accurate to the
prayer but user-friendly for kids, she said, adding
that the committee included any prayers we thought
a movement congregation would want to do.
As the editor, Rabbi Feldstein pulled everything
together, including readings, translations, and English
interpretations. She also did some writing and figur-
ing out what went where.
While the siddur is being marketed primarily within
the Reform movement, the editor hopes it also will
appeal to the Conservative movement, as well as to
Jewish summer camps.
Rabbi Feldstein noted that there are plans to cre-
ate visual tfilah to go with the siddur, so that the
prayers can be projected on a screen. You wont need
to have a book in your hands at all, she said. A lot of
shuls are moving toward visual tfilah. It provides an
interesting prayer experience.
think people crave the latter in their religious lives in
general, and so need a portal to finding those within
the siddur as well.
Rabbi Goldmintz said he tried to make the commen-
taries and appendices both educational (Where are
these prayers from, how do they fit together, what do
they mean?) and meaningful (What does it mean to me
in my life today, this morning or afternoon? How do I
incorporate this into my being and my day?).
The first part was an enormous amount of work and
research, but the latter part was the most challenging,
he said, adding that the former chief rabbi of Britains
translation makes the English rendering very smooth
and elegant and accessible, though he was mindful
in his commentary to provide alternative meanings
because translation is always an interpretation.
Did the project enhance his personal tfilah
experience?
I run workshops for teachers now, and I tell them
that you cannot teach tfilah unless you are striving to
be a better pray-er yourself, he replied.
The same is true for parents. Our kids generally fol-
low our lead and our passion, or lack thereof. I may
know a lot more about the words and the structure of
the siddur than I did before I got started, and probably
know more than the average person, but in the end, as
Rabbeinu Bachye said, the words are but the shell or
peel; it is the fruit that one brings to prayer with ones
heart.
In that sense, my struggle is no different than that of
the average high school student or senior citizen.
The Koren Ani Tfilah Siddur is part of the Koren Mag-
erman Educational Siddur Series launched in February
2014. The series will consist of four developmentally
appropriate prayer books. Ani Tfilah and the illus-
trated Koren Childrens Siddur, geared to kindergart-
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Local Jewish gun club enters the contentious weapons-control debate
JOSH LIPOWSKY
A
rmed self-defense is a value
strongly supported in Jewish
law, according to a statement
issued last week by a local
Jewish gun club, which is urging two of
the largest Orthodox organizations in the
country to reconsider their positions on
gun control.
On July 16, the Rabbinical Council of
America, an organization representing
Orthodox rabbis in the United States,
issued a statement recognizing the rights
of private citizens to own weapons and
engage in violence for self-defense, but
also calling for the restriction of easy
and unregulated access to weapons and
ammunition, and denounced recre-
ational activities that desensitize partici-
pants or glorify war, killing, physical
violence, and weapons.
The RCA resolution came just over a
year after the Orthodox Union issued a
similar resolution citing its longtime com-
mitment to common sense gun safety
legislation and calling on U.S. senators
to pass legislation to ensure a safer and
more secure American society.
These statements ignore basic facts and
fail to recognize Judaisms strong support
for the value and practice of armed self-
defense, said a statement issued last week
by the Golani Rifle & Pistol Club, a Jewish
gun club with members throughout New
Jersey and Pennsylvania, but mostly in
northern New Jersey.
The Golani Club wants to encourage all
Jews to think about the best ways to pro-
tect their families and communities in
accordance with Jewish law and with the
awareness that Jews have suffered greatly
throughout history because their enemies
were better armed, said Joshua Levy of
Teaneck, a Golani member who signed
the statement. The club isnt pushing for
the RCA and OU to side with any particular
pro-gun politicians, but it does hope that
the organizations will reconsider their
positions to do whats best to ensure the
survival of Jewry and to follow the Torah,
he said.
Discouraging gun ownership seems
dangerous for Jews, who perhaps more
than any other people have faced constant
threats, large and small, through the ages,
Mr. Levy said. The RCAs discouragement
of gun ownership and preparation for
armed self-defense invites greater danger.
According to Mr. Levy, Jewish gun-own-
ers, like other Jews, are dedicated to their
families and communities, cautious, and
lovers of life, taking reasonable precau-
tions to preserve their own lives and the
lives of those in their communities. At a
time when Jews face increasing danger
around the world, the RCA and OU are
sending the wrong message, he said
Every Jew is capable of training them-
selves to protect their families and their
community, he said. And in fact its
very Jewish according to the Torah to pro-
tect your family and community. Were
required to preserve Jewish life and the
lives of those around us.
The Golani statement, which is posted
as a PDF at golanirpc.com, was signed by
12 rabbis from across the country, includ-
ing Rabbi Steven Pruzansky of Teanecks
Congregation Bnai Yeshurun, Rabbi
Ephraim Simon of Friends of Lubavitch of
Bergen County, and Rabbi Ephraim Slepoy
of Passaic, who teaches in a yeshiva that he
declines to identify. Rabbi Simon told the
Jewish Standard that he signed the letter
because of his individual beliefs, and that
it does not represent the views of Chabad
locally or nationally. He declined further
comment.
Rabbi Pruzansky pointed to the Jewish
teaching of Haba lehorgecha, hashkem
lhorgo Someone who comes to kill
you, rise up and kill him first. The rab-
bis certainly do not support the unlimited
distribution of firearms, Rabbi Pruzansky
said, agreeing with the ban on criminals
and the mentally ill owning guns. But,
he said, the directive to kill your enemy
before he kills you can only be done by
someone who is armed and can defend
himself.
Jews have the right and halachic obliga-
tion to exercise the right of self-defense,
Rabbi Pruzansky said. The only way to
stop a bad guy with a gun is by a good guy
with a gun. That should be obvious.
Rabbi Pruzansky, a member of the RCAs
executive committee, said only about 7 per-
cent of the RCAs 1,000-plus members voted
in favor of the gun-control resolution. More
than 800 abstained, he said. The RCA is a
big tent that welcomes differing views,
but the gun control resolution was drafted
by a small committee with a heavy and dis-
proportionate liberal tilt. It is therefore nec-
essary to set the record straight.
Many people felt that the RCA state-
ment was unnecessary, misplaced, and did
not fully represent the Torah viewpoint on
self-defense, nor even the majority opinion
in America, he said. It is important to set
the record straight and underscore how the
Torah and the realities of Jewish history
demand that the Jewish people exercise
our right of self-defense vigorously, and cer-
tainly in accordance with the law.
The Golani Club would like the RCA and
OU to encourage sensible gun ownership
and training, Mr. Levy said. Guns are tools,
he added, and are used every day to pre-
serve the peace. More often than not, they
dont even have to be fired to stop an attack.
As a practical matter, theres no better
defense against an attacker than a gun, he
said.
That doesnt mean that Mr. Levy advo-
cates vigilantism, though. He expressed a
deep appreciation and respect for police
officers who risk their lives every day to pro-
tect people. But the police cant be every-
where, he said, and people have an obliga-
tion to take all reasonable precautions to
protect themselves and their families.
Preparing ourselves for self-defense is
the opposite of vigilantism, he said. Dis-
arming ourselves puts us at the mercy of
bad men who seek our harm. The Torah
requires us to defend ourselves and we
cant defend ourselves unless we have
adequate means of defending ourselves.
OU policy positions are developed at
the organizations biennial conventions,
where delegates from across the coun-
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gun regulation, said Nathan Diament,
executive director for Public Policy for
the OU.
On a topic like this, theres a diversity
of opinion among rabbis, Mr. Diament
said, but he noted that there hasnt been
any other response to the resolution.
The next OU convention will take place
this December in Westchester, he said,
and the process for submitting resolu-
tions is open.
The RCAs halachic rulings, such as
declaring the ordination of women a vio-
lation of Jewish law and tradition, carry
much greater weight than the organiza-
tions political statements, Rabbi Pru-
zansky said. Still, he would rather the
RCA support the liberalization of fire-
arm carry laws for self-defense and as
a crime deterrent than issue a blanket
condemnation.
Given the realities of Jewish life even
today, that would have added the weight
of the RCAs opinion in the debate in a
more productive manner, he said.
The RCA respects the opinions of all
of its members, said the organizations
president, Rabbi Leonard Matanky of Chi-
cago, but despite objections from one of
its senior members, the RCA now has no
intention of reconsidering its statement.
One of the wonderful things about
our organization is we have members
from a wide area of the Orthodox move-
ment with various opinions. Members dis-
agree, he said.
Rabbi Matanky recognized that there
are circumstances in which Jews are obli-
gated to defend themselves, but, he said,
there is no specific Jewish law that says a
Jew must own a gun.
Nor is there a law that says he cannot
own a gun, he said. This is why there is
room for debate and why it is appropriate
under the circumstances.
The Golani statement is a direct
response to the RCAs statement earlier
this summer, but the Jewish community
has been wrestling with the issue of gun
control for years, and the question leads
to very different answers outside the
Orthodox world.
A week after the 2012 Newton, Conn.,
school shooting, Orthodox, Conserva-
tive, and Reform leaders issued a joint
statement calling for greater gun con-
trol. Our worship of guns is a form of
idolatry, Rabbi David Saperstein, direc-
tor of the Reform movements Religious
Action Center, said then at a joint press
conference with Rabbi Julie Schonfeld,
the executive vice president of the Con-
servative movements Rabbinical Assem-
bly, and the OUs Mr. Diament.
The Religious Action Center has
issued several resolutions calling for
sensible gun control policies, includ-
ing a 2012 statement in the wake of the
Newton shooting calling for the renewal
of the ban on assault rifles. The United
Synagogue of Conservative Judaism also
passed a resolution in 2012 calling on
Congress and the president to support
restrictions on assault rifles and high
capacity magazines.
In the RACs 2012 statement, deputy
director Rachel Laser cited the Talmudic
teaching of He who takes one life it is as
though he has destroyed the universe.
The loss of so many lives, including
children, is not just devastating it is
unacceptable, she said. We call on
members of Congress, the president and
people committed to the well-being of all
Americans to find shared values on gun
control measures that will help ensure
the safety of us all.
The RAC website hosts a Gun Violence
Prevention Resource Guide, which cites
Rabbi Joel Mosbacher of Beth Haverim
Shir Shalom in Mahwah. Rabbi Mosbach-
ers father was shot to death in a bungled
robbery. A world ended that day, Rabbi
Mosbacher said in the Resource Guide.
And yet, the murder of my father, Les-
ter Mosbacher, didnt make it onto CNN.
Neither Fox nor MSNBC broke into their
regularly scheduled programming to
cover the end of a world. In fact, most
of the names of the tens of thousands
of people whose lives are ended with a
gun in this country each year are anony-
mous to us, unless we are the husband,
the wife, the child, the grandchild, or the
friend.
Last year, the Jewish Council for Pub-
lic Affairs, an umbrella group of national
Jewish communal organizations, issued
a contentious resolution at its annual
plenum in support of legislation to
control the sale of certain firearms and
boost background checks. The JCPA
met with resistance from some of its
member groups that wanted softer lan-
guage than other member organizations
demanded. In the end, the resolution
also reaffirmed the right to bear arms
and gun-owner rights, which several
members wanted to remove in favor of
harsher anti-gun language.
One of the
wonderful things
about our
organization is
we have
members from
a wide area of
the Orthodox
movement with
various opinions.
Members
disagree.
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How Israel spent its summer vacation
College students explain Operation Protective Edge to Ben Porat Yosef middle schoolers
LARRY YUDELSON
W
hats a Jewish day school
to do when important
events in Israel happen
during the long summer
vacation?
Last week Yeshiva Ben Porat Yosef in
Paramus brought in a group of Israeli col-
lege students to discuss this summers war
with Gaza to its junior high school students.
The Israelis are participants in Genera-
tions of Israel, a program that trains Israeli
students to serve as ambassadors abroad.
They are really the elite of the elite,
said the schools principal, Rabbi Tomer
Ronen, who noted that there were 1,300
applicants for the 120 slots in Generations
of Israel.
The trip abroad follows a year of weekly
seminars on Zionism and Judaism.
The group visiting America prepared
nine presentations. Rabbi Ronen selected
two of them for his students: Jewish unity
for the fifth-graders, and Operation Pre-
ventive Edge for the older middle-school
students.
The Israelis told the Americans what it
was like to live in Israel during the war.
They taught us about how in differ-
ent places they had different amounts of
time to get to a shelter once they heard
a siren warning of incoming rocket fire,
said Idan Glickman, a seventh-grader.
They showed us some of the bomb
shelters in schools, said Maayan Werten-
theil, also in seventh grade. How they
tried to not scare the kids, how they tried
to explain that the booms and crashes of
Iron Dome were protecting them.
The New Jersey students also learned
about the effort to locate and shut down
the tunnels that Hamas built into Israel.
One of the Israelis had served in Gaza
during the war, in an elite commando
corps.
He described how, on finding a tunnel
from Gaza in Israeli territory, the army
would pump it full of smoke, so they
could find the entrance by smoke com-
ing out in Gaza.
They showed us how they tried to do
everything in a humane way, Idan said.
This was a very different perspective
than what was on the news.
Rabbi Ronen said he has one more pre-
sentation planned on the war for his stu-
dents. This will concern his own summer
vacation how he and his wife flew to
Israel when their son, a soldier in the para-
troopers, entered Gaza. Ill share with
them the story and the pictures, he said.
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LOIS GOLDRICH
R
abbi Yizchok Lerman has done
a good deal of traveling and
illed an impressive number of
roles. Now, the new religious
leader of Temple Beth-El in Rutherford will
marshal his many skills to help grow the
60-year-old Bergen County congregation.
Rabbi Lerman, who will lead High Holy
Day services in Rutherford together with
his brother-in-law, Rabbi Eliezer Perlstein
Weve done some singing together, he
said. He has a nice voice. studied in
Morristown, Canada, and London, receiv-
ing smicha from Rabbi Yisrael Meir Lau,
former Ashkenazi chief rabbi of Israel.
I was studying at the Rabbinical College
of America in Morristown, he said. Rabbi
Lau came from Israel to test us.
Having led classes and outreach pro-
grams in the United States, Australia, Eng-
land, and Israel, Rabbi Lerman who will
move here from Brooklyn with his wife,
Bina, and their three young children also
has created many videos on Jewish topics
for the online academy Torahcafe.com and
was the founder of the Chitrik Academy,
which offers interactive video classes on
the Talmud.
In his message on Beth Els website, he
wrote out that although I strongly hold
onto our rich Jewish heritage, [I also]
embrace the technoloy and advances of
our times. I teach Torah using PowerPoint,
Prezi [a cloud-based presentation soft-
ware], and video presentations.
Rabbi Lerner chose the Rutherford con-
gregation because my wife and I wanted
to join a warm community. We feel we
can help it expand, he said, noting that
we have a lot of experience in outreach.
Among other things, he said, he will try to
attract younger families to the synagogue
and expand classes and programs.
Ive done all types of outreach, said
the rabbi, who is afiliated with Chabad.
I was brought down by different shuls to
help expand their programs. For example,
he said, he went to Denver to help develop
classes and build membership.
He has been doing this kind of work
since he was a teen, he said. Id meet unaf-
iliated Jews and encourage them to take lit-
tle steps. People can feel threatened they
dont want too much all at once. You help
them take small steps.
I enjoy interacting with people from all
backgrounds, regardless of their religious
afiliation, he added. I feel this could ben-
eit [the Rutherford] community in a per-
manent way.
Now teaching 10th grade students at a
yeshiva in Forest Hills, Queens, Rabbi Ler-
man also is trained as a Red Cross lifeguard
and volunteer prison chaplain.
His decision to train as a lifeguard was
also a kind of outreach effort. As a teen-
ager I always wanted to help people, so I
learned CPR and irst aid, he said. While
he never worked full time in that capac-
ity, he has had the opportunity to help
people in distress. Similarly, while he has
not worked as a prison chaplain, he took
advantage of the opportunity to receive
state training in that ield.
I learned a lot about the prison system,
he said.
Rabbi Lerman said he spent a year in
London helping out with different youth
groups and creating programs. I did public
speaking on different Jewish topics, taught
at a seminary, and [addressed] womens
groups.
I hope we can establish a strong com-
munity in south Bergen County, he said.
Well see what the needs of the commu-
nity are and go from there. Our goal is to
make a place where everyone can feel wel-
come, regardless of their past afiliation.
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Remembering Max Prager of Englewood
DR. KENNETH PRAGER
M
y father, Max Prager, who died at the age
of 96 on August 16, was fond of describ-
ing all of his grandchildren and great
grandchildren as unusual. Unusually
bright, unusually good looking, unusually good natured.
Whether these descriptions were always appropriate is
perhaps questionable. But one thing is certain to all who
knew Max: he was unusual.
To begin with, my father might return as the Messiah.
He jokingly said so himself, many times, to anyone who
would listen. That, he said, was because he was born
in Brooklyn on Tishah BAv, which, according to Jewish
tradition, is the birthday of the Messiah. But aside from
his claim to possibly being the Messiah, my father was a
unique man in many other ways.
Max led a charmed life. For a starter, he was tall and
blessed with extraordinary good looks. He was smart
and possessed the most incredible memory of anyone
I have ever known. At the age of 85 he decided, at the
urging of my brother Dennis, to write his autobiography.
This project took him a year. The only written data he
had for his book were his wartime diary and the awards,
financial records, and memoranda that he collected over
his lifetime. The rest was taken from memory. (His book,
Attitude and Gratitude is available free online at max-
prager.com.)
My father was blessed with extraordinary good health.
Not until he turned 93 did he experience any signifi-
cant medical problems. Photos of him when he was 90
showed a man who looked 20 years younger. He was
fortunate to be the youngest of four children of a very
poor family whose parents immigrated to the United
States from Poland at the turn of the 20th century. His
three older siblings worked to support the family, and
that freed him alone to pursue a college education. He
graduated from City College of New York and passed the
notoriously difficult CPA exam on his first try. He swore
that he never studied for the test. Having a profession
gave him job satisfaction and enabled him to have the
means to travel and live a comfortable middle class life.
And he was fortunate in having two sons from whom he
shepped, as he said, much nachas.
Perhaps my fathers greatest stroke of luck was meet-
ing my mother, Hilda, when he was 17 and she was 16.
They met, appropriately enough, on the joyous holiday
of Simchat Torah, when Jews rejoice after completing
the annual cycle of Torah reading. The gathering was
sponsored by the Zionist youth organization Hapoel
Hamizrachi. Although she was on a date another young
man, my mother told me many times that she returned
home that night and told her mother that she met the
man she would marry.
Four years later they wed when they could support
themselves and they went on to celebrate 69 years of
marital bliss. My mother died five years ago, at 89. My
father never recovered from that blow. I had seen him cry
briefly only twice until he was 91 years old. After my moth-
ers death, he cried virtually every time we were together,
as he regaled me with stories of my mothers virtues.
But my father was not only lucky. He was a man of
principle: a proud and observant Jew, honest and charita-
ble, and he took upon himself the often thankless burdens
of community leadership. He was chairman of the board
of Yeshiva Rambam, the elementary school my brother
and I attended, and he did their books for years. He was
president of Kingsway Jewish Center, a large and presti-
gious synagogue in Flatbush. He was generous and chari-
table, having learned from his mother the importance of
tzedakah. He repeated stories of how she collected money
for destitute Jews in her community and never turned
down a needy hand despite her own poverty.
Max was a proud member of Tom Brokaws Greatest
Generation, growing up in the Depression and fighting
in World War II. My father told me of feeling guilty rid-
ing the subway in 1942 and seeing uniformed Gentile
soldiers off fighting Hitler while he was hiding behind
Kennys diapers. He enlisted in the Navy in the spring
of 1943 and saw combat in the Pacific as a supply officer
aboard the USS Bollinger, a troop transport that brought
Marines to many island battlegrounds.
While aboard the Bollinger, my father prayed every day
and held Friday evening services for the Jewish marines
aboard his ship. For this unsolicited activity he received
a plaque from the Jewish Welfare Board after the war
acknowledging this service to his fellow Jews. He was a voice
for justice aboard his ship, and he earned the eternal respect
and gratitude of the black stewards on board by threatening
Max Prager served in the Navy in the South Pacific
during World War II.
Max and Hilda Prager went on to celebrate 69 years of marriage. He was 17 and she was a year younger
when they met.
But my father was not
only lucky. He was a
man of principle: a
proud and observant
Jew, honest and
charitable, and he took
upon himself the often
thankless burdens of
community leadership.
DR. KENNETH PRAGER
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Yeshiva High School for Girls
Invites you to join us for our annual
Sunday, September 28, 2014 4 Tishrei, 5775
9:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Men and Women Welcome

This event is generously sponsored by the Staiman family in commemoration of
the yahrtzeit of Mr. Kalman Staimans father, Shalom Tzvi ben Aharon,
Sholom Staiman, zl.

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Maayanot Yeshiva High School for Girls
1650 Palisade Avenue Teaneck, New Jersey 07666 www.maayanot.org
Keynote Speaker:
Mrs. Leah Herzog,
Tanakh Teacher and Director of Israel Guidance
Why Remember? The Role of Memory in Jewish Life
With additional shiurim by members of our distinguished faculty, including:
Mrs. Rivka Kahan, Principal
Going His Way? An Analysis of Vhalachta Bederakhav
Ms. Elana Flaumenhaft, Assistant Principal
Will Hashem Accept Teshuva From Anybody?
Rabbi Donny Besser
Two Voices: Trei Kali in Jewish Law and Thought
Mrs. Dena Block
Kol Nidrei: The Communal Experience of Yom Kippur
Mrs. Suzanne Cohen
Intuition vs. Objectivity: King Tzidkiyahu and Gedaliah ben Ahikam
Rabbi Dr. Jay Goldmintz
Teaching our Children Gratitude: Yonah and Connecting
Mrs. Melissa Kapustin
From Medieval Blood Libels to Modern-Day Pogroms: Keeping the Faith Despite Continued Persecution
Ms. Ora Laufer
Ideal Idealism: Distinguishing Between Dissent and Defiance in Sefer Yonah
Mrs. Shifra Schapiro
Gedaliah ben Ahikam: Finding Hope in a Lost Generation
Mrs. Yael Weil
Pinocchio, Finding Nemo, and the Book of Yonah - Life Lessons From the Belly of the Fish to God
Community Yom Iyun
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505 Ramapo Valley Rd Mahwah, NJ
All Programs Free and Open to the Public
THE GROSS CENTER FOR
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FALL PROGRAM 2014
TUESDAY, SEPT. 30, 2 P.M.
Film Screening: Kinderblock 66
Rob Cohen, Director and Steven Moskovic,
Executive Producer Big Foot Productions, Inc.
Ramapo College, Trustees Pavilion (PAV 1, 2 & 3)
Co-sponsored with Communication Arts Cinematheque Series
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 8, 7 P.M.
Panel Discussion
Islamacized Armenian Women and
Orphans and the [Re]emergence
of Armenian Identities in Turkey a
Century after the Armenian Genocide
Ramapo College, Trustees Pavilion (PAV1&2)
THURSDAY, OCT. 23, 9:45 A.M.
Film Screening:
The Search for the White Rose
Peter Logue, Filmmaker
Ramapo College, H-wingAuditorium (H129)
Co-sponsored with Communication Arts Cinematheque Series
SATURDAY, NOV. 8, 7 P.M.
Kristallnacht Commemoration
Featuring a talk by Dr. Peter Appelbaum on
Loyal Sons: German Jews in the First World
War with the participation of Rabbi Joel
Mosbacher, Cantor David Perper and the Adult
Choir of Temple Beth Haverim Shir Shalom
Temple Beth Haverim Shir Shalom
280 Ramapo Valley Road (Route 202), Mahwah, NJ
SUNDAY, NOV. 16, 10:30 A.M.
A Stranger in My Own Country:
Growing Up Jewish in Germany
Yascha Mounk Author of Stranger in
My Own Country: A Jewish Family in
Modern Germany (Farrar, Strauss & Giroux, 2014)
Temple Israel
475 Grove Street, Ridgewood, NJ
TUESDAY, NOV. 11, 1-2 P.M.
The World War One
Jewish Refugee Crisis
in Austria-Hungary
Dr. Rebekah Klein-Pejov Assistant
Professor of History Purdue University,
West Lafayette, Indiana
Ramapo College, Trustees Pavilion (PAV 1)
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to court martial an officer who made racial slurs directed
at them. (African-Americans were only allowed to serve as
stewards and cooks aboard ships in World War II.)
Before the war, my father reluctantly worked on Shab-
bat after searching exhaustively but fruitlessly for a job
that did not require Saturday work. He told me how he
cried the first Shabbat he went to work on the subway.
During the war he vowed that if he survived, he would
never work on Shabbat again. He kept his vow, and was a
strict Sabbath observer the rest of his life.
My father was scrupulously honest in his work as
an accountant. During the nursing home scandals of
the 1960s, when a number of Orthodox Jewish nurs-
ing home owners were jailed for cheating the govern-
ment, my fathers nursing home clients were spared this
humiliation. My brother and I were deeply influenced
by my fathers sense of justice and honesty. My brother
Dennis is well-known for his writings and speeches on
many subjects that touch on ethics and morality, and I
am director of medical ethics at my hospital.
At the age of 80, when many people his age head south
to retire, my father sold his winter apartment in Miami
Beach and his home in Brooklyn and bought a home in
Englewood, just a short walk from me. The wisdom of
this move became apparent when my mother became
ill 10 years later, and I made the brief trip to my parents
home repeatedly both to visit and supervise her medical
care. Three years later the story repeated itself when my
father suffered a devastating complication after a medi-
cal procedure.
My father retained his sharp wit and sense of humor
even as he lay dying. His caregiver, to test his mental sta-
tus after noticing him lying for long periods with his eyes
closed, once asked him: Max, do you know who I am?
Opening his eyes my father whispered: the president
of the United States. A few days before he died, my son
Benjy visited my father, who was smiling. His eyes were
closed. Papa, why are you smiling? he asked. Im think-
ing of my eulogies, Max replied, and his grin broadened.
My father and mother were admired and looked up to
by their friends and many members of Congregation Aha-
vath Torah in Englewood. At the shiva, people told how
they admired their warmth and love of life. They were
indeed a stunningly handsome couple well into their
eighties and their personalities matched their looks.
My father asked that his tombstone bear the inscrip-
tion from Psalms 145:20, the Lord watches over all who
love Him. My father had a close relationship with God;
he spoke to God every night before closing his eyes.
He felt that God was responsible for his charmed life,
which he did not attribute to his own merits. He actually
was puzzled by his good fortune (why me?) and con-
cluded, after much rumination, that his blessings were
due to zechut avot, the merits of his fathers.
My fathers stock answer to anyone who asked him
questions about his fabled life was: its in my book. He
was right. Attitude and Gratitude is quite a read.
Dr. Kenneth Prager of Englewood is a professor medicine,
director of clinical ethics, and chair of the medical ethics
committee at Columbia University Medical Center, New
York Presbyterian Hospital. His brother is the radio host
and writer Dennis Prager.
But my father was not
only lucky. He was a
man of principle: a
proud and observant
Jew, honest and
charitable, and he took
upon himself the often
thankless burdens of
community leadership.
DR. KENNETH PRAGER
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OHEL meeting diverse needs in northern New Jersey
Ohels New Jersey School-
Based Services program is
providing a number of work-
shops, seminars, and training
programs this school year for
teachers, students, and par-
ents in various schools, includ-
ing Frisch, YBH of Passaic-Hil-
lel, Clifton Cheder, Ben Porat
Yosef, and Joseph Kushner
Hebrew Academy.
Ohel also has provided rec-
reational and respite services
to students with developmental disabilities. It has part-
nered with schools in Passaic to present free educational
workshops for parents on building stronger and happier
families.
New staff was brought on board to supervise the
increasing services. Among them is Rabbi Jeremy Donath,
Ohels community outreach and programming coordina-
tor. Rabbi Donath is also the leader of Congregation Dar-
chei Noam in Fair Lawn and a rebbe at Torah Academy of
Bergen County.
Ziporah Torbiner, Psy.D., the coordinator of Ohels
Mobile Crisis Team and the clinical coordinator of Ohels
Project Hope in Brooklyn, will add her expertise in mental
health services and programs to Ohels New Jersey office.
Tzivy Reiter of Passaic is the new coordinator of services
for individuals with developmental disabilities. Ms. Reiter,
a licensed clinical social worker, is a director at Ohel Bais
Ezra.
Ohel also will provide school based services, geriatric
care management, community resources, and respite and
other care services to people with developmental disabili-
ties, in addition to providing behavioral health services by
their therapists.
Jessica Kornwasser of Teaneck, a co-chair of Ohels
northern New Jersey leadership advisory group, said:
The expansion of OHELs northern New Jersey services
holds tremendous promise for our community. We will
benefit from a seasoned staff of clinicians with diverse
expertise, dedicated to meet the increasing needs of our
community on the individual, family, school, and commu-
nal levels.
The Ohel northern New Jersey regional family cen-
ter is also place for families to learn about Camp Kaylie,
Ohels integrated summer camp for kids of all abilities.
Robert Katz, Ohels chief development officer, will over-
see the new office. For information, call Wendy Levites at
(201) 692-3972, email nj@ohelfamily.org, or go to www.
ohelfamily.org.
Jewish Home Family appoints
Carol Elliott as president/CEO
Carol Silver Elliott will
become the president and
CEO of the Jewish Home
Family effective Novem-
ber 3. Eli Ungar, who is
chairman of JHFs board,
announced her appoint-
ment. Ms. Elliott comes
to the JHF after serving
seven years as president
and CEO of Cedar Village
Retirement Community in
Mason, Ohio.
Ms. Elliott holds a masters degree
in health care administration and is a
licensed nursing home administrator
and a certified aging service profes-
sional. She is the national chair of the
Association of Jewish Aging Services,
the association of nonprofit community-
based senior living homes and organiza-
tions throughout the United States and
Canada, and she sits on the board of
Leading Age, a national elder care orga-
nization comprised of over 6,000 non-
profit eldercare groups. Ms. Elliott has
spent 35 years in the health care field,
largely focused on elder care.
In making the announcement, Mr.
Ungar said, For the past 44 years
the Jewish Home has benefited from
the exemplary leadership of Chuck
Berkowitz. When Chuck announced his
intention to retire, we
formed a search com-
mittee, chaired by our
former board chair,
Ary Freilich, to iden-
tify a visionary leader
capable of leading our
organization forward
with the same com-
mitment to innovation
and excellence that
has marked the past
44 years. I can think of no
greater tribute to Chucks legacy and
no greater evidence of our longstanding
commitment to the seniors of our com-
munity than the hiring of Carol Silver
Elliott as our CEO. As CEO of Cedar Vil-
lage in Mason, Ohio, and as national
board chair of the AJAS, Carol brings
a wealth of experience, energy and
accomplishment to our community.
The Jewish Home Family and its mem-
ber entities, the Jewish Home at Rock-
leigh, Jewish Home Assisted Living, Jew-
ish Home at Home, and the Jewish Home
Foundation, are not-for-profit organiza-
tions, providing long-term and subacute
care, outreach programs, and outpatient
services for the elderly and their families
in Bergen, North Hudson, and Rockland
counties. For more information, go to
www.jewishhomefamily.org.
Carol Silver Elliott
JWV post invites new membership
Veterans are welcome to join the James I.
Platt Jewish War Veterans Post 651 in Fair
Lawn. The group meets monthly, contrib-
utes to many charitable causes, and works
to help veterans in the community, in vet-
erans hospitals, and in retirement homes.
Family members can become associate
members and join the monthly breakfast
meetings. The group also holds lunches,
arranges trips to a dinner theater, and
offers weekly bingo games with residents
of the New Jersey Veterans Memorial Home
in Paramus. For information call post com-
mander Mel Kaplan at (201) 796-3795.
Rachel Coalition lunch
scheduled October 20
The Rachel Coalition
will host its annual
Women to Women lun-
cheon on October 20
at 11:30 a.m. at Crest-
mont Country Club in
West Orange. Joshua
Safran, an author,
attorney, and advo-
cate for domestic vio-
lence awareness, is
the speaker. His 7-year
legal battle to free
a battered woman from prison was featured in an
award-winning documentary, Crime After Crime. He
also wrote a memoir, last years Free Spirit: Growing
Up On The Road and Off The Grid.
Proceeds from the luncheon support the Rachel
Coalition, the Jewish Family Service of MetroWest New
Jerseys domestic violence prevention division. The
coalitions mission is to improve the lives of victims of
domestic violence by providing a comprehensive and
coordinated local response to it.
The Rachel Coalition is a partnership of nine north-
ern New Jersey organizations including Hadassahs
northern New Jersey region and Jewish Women Inter-
nationals North Atlantic region.
A kosher buffet lunch will be served. For informa-
tion call (973) 765-9050, ext. 1708, by October 15 or go
to www.jfsmetrowest.org.
Joshua Safran
Rabbi Jeremy Donath Tzivy Reiter Ziporah Torbiner
Project Sarah targets domestic violence
Football star Ray Rices well-publicized phys-
ical abuse of his wife has focused national
attention on the problem of domestic vio-
lence. With that in mind, Project Sarah, the
New Jersey-based organization dedicated to
helping victims and survivors of domestic
violence and sexual abuse, will run its annual
Many Voices, One Message campaign in
conjunction with National Domestic Violence
Awareness Month in October.
The organizations hotlines get calls
from victims every day. Elke Stein, the
groups director, encourages families to
use the Ray Rice incident as a springboard
to discuss the usually taboo topic around
their Shabbat and kitchen tables. Football
fans of all ages and the average housewife,
who sees her sons and husband idolizing
football players like Ray Rice, need to real-
ize that domestic violence doesnt just
happen in an elevator.
For the Many Voices, One Message
campaign, outreach coordinator Rabbi
Michael Bleicher solicits the support of
rabbis throughout New Jersey to unite in
their support of Project Sarahs commit-
ment to prevent domestic violence and
sexual abuse and treat victims with dignity
and care and to serve as a resource to their
congregants. In 2011, 180 rabbis signed on;
last year there were 225, and even more
are expected this year.
Through its Aleinu Safety Kid Program,
Project Sarah reaches thousands of New Jer-
sey children, their caretakers, and educa-
tors by providing a comprehensive personal
safety awareness program. Esther East,
executive director of the Jewish Family Ser-
vice of Clifton-Passaic, which houses Project
Sarah, added, The award-winning domestic
violence treatment teams are on the front
lines, providing essential services to the Jew-
ish community statewide that are not always
either known about or publicized. For infor-
mation, call Ms. Stein at (973) 777-7638 or
email info@projectsarah.org.
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What a
difference a
day makes
H
ere we go again.
Three weeks out of the next four,
including this week, a two-day
observance is actually three days,
for all practical purposes. That is because Rosh
Hashanah, the first two days of Sukkot, and
the two days of Shmini Atzeret (erroneously
referred to as the last two days of Sukkot) all fall
out on Thursday and Friday, with Shabbat fol-
lowing immediately after.
This places an excessive burden on the hala-
chically observant Orthodox or Conservative Jews.
It also leads the non-observant to mock Jewish law
as silly and irrelevant.
Take cooking, for example. While it is biblically
permitted to cook foods on the first two days of
Sukkot to be eaten on
those two days, it is not
biblically permitted to
cook on those days for
the day after the festi-
val, unless the next day
is Shabbat.
The sages of blessed
memor y, however,
feared that peopl e
would get the wrong
idea. If the second day
of Sukkot was a Friday
and they were allowed
to cook on that day for Shabbat, then next year
they might cook on the second day of Sukkot, a
Tuesday, for Wednesday. So they banned cooking
on the second (or last) day of a festival even if the
next day is a Shabbat.
Having forbidden the practice, they had to come
up with a way to allow it nonetheless, because
Shabbat has three required festive meals. So
the sages conjured up a bit of legal legerdemain
known as an eruv tavshilin. This is done by indi-
viduals and, often, by rabbis for their communi-
ties. I make one to cover the members of my com-
munity, for example.
To the non-observant, this is one huge reason
why they are non-observant. Not only are some
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This time, there is only one side
S
o say that you have a wheel-
chair-bound 69-year-old New
York Jew, a retired appliance
manufacturer, on what proba-
bly would have been the last vacation he
could take with his cancer-riddled, soon-
to-die wife.
It would be logical for a Palestinian ter-
rorist (oh sorry, do I mean militant? Or
do I mean freedom fighter?) to shoot that
man and then throw him and his wheel-
chair overboard, right? Nothing could be
more likely to catch the worlds sympa-
thy, could it?
So we already are in topsy-turvy land,
where good is bad, evil is glorified, and
the romance of underdog piracy on the
high seas trumps decency. Hands down.
So what do we do with this ugly story?
I know, guys! Lets write an opera!
Somehow, astonishingly, the next
steps in upside-down world were to take
that jaw-droppingly outr murder and
glamorize it, write an opera about it, and
declare to the world that it is through this
work that the nuances of the situation
best can be explained.
Et voila! The Death of Klinghoffer,
soon to grace the Metropolitan Opera in
Lincoln Center.
There are many heated voices raised
to defend this production. According to
the New York Times, in its September 19
editorial, Music critics and opera lovers
have found the opera, by John Adams,
moving and nuanced in imagining a trag-
edy that gives voice to all sides, from the
ruthless and aggrieved terrorists to Mr.
Klinghoffer, an innocent Jewish-Ameri-
can who makes some of the operas most
powerful points in denouncing violence
as a political tool.
There is no doubt, the Times editorial
board no doubt would say, that it takes
an unsophisticated mind to believe that if
there are nuances to a dead body bound
to a wheelchair bobbing and sinking in
the sea, they are so subtle as to be mean-
ingless. They most likely would go on to
say that of course all voices in this trag-
edy should be heard; that murderers
and victims have equal rights to our ears
and our brains.
Others have pointed out that very few
people actually have heard the opera,
so how can any but the most Philistine
among us possibly judge it? Nothing, my
deah, possibly can be more important
than art!
Although most of us have not heard
The Death of Klinghoffer, and many
if not most of us believe that there are
some values even more important than
every operas right to a full production
on one of the worlds most pre-eminent
opera stages, as it turns out our reviewer
has.
Warren Boroson, a lifelong operagoer
and longtime reviewer, wrote about
a video of The Death of Klinghoffer,
filmed in 2003, in our June 27 issue.
I found the music to be unmelodious
and unmemorable, Mr. Boroson wrote.
Yes, Death of Klinghoffer is obviously
biased. The composer and librettist say
that they had agreed to try to be neutral
pro and con Israelis, pro and con the Pal-
estinians. Hence the title: not murder,
just death. The late Samuel Lipman, a
renowned music critic, wrote in Com-
mentary: [T]he pretense of not taking
sides, of even-handedness, is just that
a pretense. For in treating the murder
of Klinghoffer as a death, and in view-
ing the incident through the lens of moral
equivalence, the opera for all practical
purposes endorses the claims of the Pal-
estinian assassins.
Mr. Boroson also quotes another music
critic, Newsdays Pulitzer Prize-winning
Tim Page, as calling the opera pomp-
ous, turgid, derivative, and hopelessly
confused.
So we have an opera that is judged
to be a failure musically and hopelessly
biased historically set to open now, at a
time when anti-Jewish sentiments, some-
times masked as anti-Zionism, some-
times unmasked, are running high and
threatening to go higher still.
And we must not forget that although
the opera causes abstract pain to many
Jews and other decent people, it causes
very real and personal pain to two
real people. Those are Leon and Mari-
lyn Klinghoffers daughters, Lisa and
Ilsa, who have to add the indignity of
this nuanced look at both sides of
this conflict to the heartbreak of their
fathers murder and their mothers
death, which followed closely after the
murder and no doubt was hastened by it.
There also have been many voices
raised against the opera. There were
protestors picketing at Lincoln Center
as the Mets season opened on Monday,
and there will be another demonstration
when the opera opens on October 20.
One of the most powerful words
against the opera came from Judea Pearl,
whose son, the journalist Daniel Pearl,
was slaughtered in 2002. He died for the
same sin as Leon Klinghoffer because
he was a Jew.
In joining you today to protest the
New York Metropolitan Opera production
of this opera, I echo the silenced voice of
my son, Daniel Pearl, and the silenced
voices of other victims of terror, includ-
ing James Foley and Steven Sotloff, and
including thousands of men, women and
children who were murdered, maimed
or left heartbroken by the new menace
of our generation, a menace of savagery
that the Met has decided to elevate to a
normative, two-sided status, worthy of
artistic expression, Dr. Pearl wrote.
I submit to you that choreograph-
ing an operatic drama around criminal
pathology is not an artistic prerogative,
but a blatant betrayal of public trust, he
continued. We do not stage operas for
rapists and child molesters, and we do
not compose symphonies for penetrat-
ing the minds of ISIS executioners.
No! Composer John Adams, some
sides do not have two sides, and what
was done to Leon Klinghoffer has one
side only. What we are seeing here in
New York today is not an artistic expres-
sion that challenges the limits of morality,
but a moral deformity that challenges the
limits of the art.
We agree. We hope without hope that
Lincoln Center officials will be brave and
honest enough to admit that they made
a mistake, and withdraw the produc-
tion. Barring that, we hope that there
are no murderous, hate-filled ideologues
enabled by it, and that no deaths result
from it. There have been enough deaths.
JP
Shammai
Engelmayer
Shammai Engelmayer is rabbi of Temple Israel
Community Center | Congregation Heichal Yisrael
in Cliffside Park and Temple Beth El of North
Bergen.
What a
difference a
day makes
H
ere we go again.
Three weeks out of the next four,
including this week, a two-day
observance is actually three days,
for all practical purposes. That is because Rosh
Hashanah, the first two days of Sukkot, and
the two days of Shmini Atzeret (erroneously
referred to as the last two days of Sukkot) all fall
out on Thursday and Friday, with Shabbat fol-
lowing immediately after.
This places an excessive burden on the hala-
chically observant Orthodox or Conservative Jews.
It also leads the non-observant to mock Jewish law
as silly and irrelevant.
Take cooking, for example. While it is biblically
permitted to cook foods on the first two days of
Sukkot to be eaten on
those two days, it is not
biblically permitted to
cook on those days for
the day after the festi-
val, unless the next day
is Shabbat.
The sages of blessed
memor y, however,
feared that peopl e
would get the wrong
idea. If the second day
of Sukkot was a Friday
and they were allowed
to cook on that day for Shabbat, then next year
they might cook on the second day of Sukkot, a
Tuesday, for Wednesday. So they banned cooking
on the second (or last) day of a festival even if the
next day is a Shabbat.
Having forbidden the practice, they had to come
up with a way to allow it nonetheless, because
Shabbat has three required festive meals. So
the sages conjured up a bit of legal legerdemain
known as an eruv tavshilin. This is done by indi-
viduals and, often, by rabbis for their communi-
ties. I make one to cover the members of my com-
munity, for example.
To the non-observant, this is one huge reason
why they are non-observant. Not only are some
Editorial
of the rules burdensome (What do you mean I can-
not carry a handkerchief in my pocket on Shabbat?),
but the ways to get around these rules seem way too
silly to them (You mean I can carry a handkerchief
if someone ties a string to all the telephone poles in
town?).
Cooking, of course, is the least of the problems cre-
ated by three-day festivals. So many observant Jews
(again, both Orthodox and Conservative) are involved
in businesses and professions where the extra day
imposes serious hardships. It is not uncommon to hear
someone say, after havdalah on the Saturday night fol-
lowing the two days of Shmini Atzeret, Thank God
thats over with. That is the wrong attitude, but an
understandable one.
The three-day conundrum, when it occurs at this
time of year, also has a corollary on Pesach, because
it means the first day of that festival will be a Shabbat.
Because the second seder should not begin before the
end of Shabbat, that means that in our area, people
will have to wait until sometime around 8:10 p.m. to
sit down to the seder table.
What makes this even more confusing to many, and
off-putting, is that there does not have to be a second
seder, and there does not have to be a three-day mara-
thon observance because there is no second day,
either at the start or the end of a festival. That second
day is rabbinically ordained, not Torah-mandated. It
was created in the days before there was a fixed cal-
endar. Since we could not be certain exactly when a
month began, the extra day was added to assure that
festivals were observed at their proper time.
Our calendar is fixed today. We know to the millisec-
ond when a new month begins. In many synagogues,
the time is publicly proclaimed on the previous Shab-
bat. (The new month will be born at 7:27 p.m. on
Tuesday.) Rather than invent loopholes that both the
observant and non-observant mock, why not get rid of
the extra day entirely?
Even if there was a more valid reason for it than we
have been doing it this way for 2,000 years, halachah
allows dropping the day if it brings people closer to the
Torah and to God.
Maimonides states this concept clearly. In Mishneh
Torah Mamrim (2:4), he says of the rabbis: If they
should conclude that it is necessary to suspend a posi-
tive commandment or nullify a negative one in order
to restore the people to the faith, or to save many Jews
from otherwise becoming lax in matters [of obser-
vance], they may act as the needs of the time require.
Elsewhere (MT Sanhedrin 24:4), he pointedly adds
this note of caution: In all matters, he writes, the
rabbis acting as decisors shall act for the sake of
Heaven and not take lightly [the effect an action
or ruling may have on] human dignity, for consid-
eration of human dignity may require setting aside
rabbinic injunctions.
There even is a principle in halachah that gives the
public the ability to annul burdensome laws. It is stated
in various ways in various talmudic tractates (see, for
example, the Babylonian Talmud tractate Bava Batra
60b, BT Avodah Zara 36a, and the Jerusalem Talmud
tractate Avodah Zara 2:8). Maimonides brings it all
together in his Mishneh Torah (MT Mamrim 2:5-7):
[If ] the people resist it and a majority in fact refuses
to adhere to it, [a positive or negative decree] is invalid
and it is not permitted to force the people to follow it.
A qualification: Rosh Hashanah should remain a
two-day observance. The why of that will await a
future column.
May we all be inscribed in the book of life, health,
and happiness for 5775.
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Offer associate status to non-Jews
D
emilitarized Zone, South Korea Stand-
ing on a hilltop and peering into the most
repressive regime on earth, the Stalinist
prison camp that is North Korea, got me
thinking about Israel.
How is that the Middle Easts only democracy comes
out only a hair better in world opinion polls? How could
Benjamin Netanyahu, Israels freely elected leader, be
as disliked as the young monster dictator Kim Jong-Un
of Pyongyang?
Might the small number of Jews in the world be a
consideration?
In Israel recently I was amazed to see how many preg-
nant women there were. Everywhere. On planes, at the
beach, and at the parks, there were children galore.
Israel loves kids, and the Jewish state has one of the
highest rates of births per family in the Western indus-
trialized world, averaging close to 3 per family.
Not so in the U.S. Jewish community. On the Upper
West Side of Manhattan, youll see some pregnant
moms. But youll see 10 Jewish singles for each of them.
The American Jewish singles scene is a crisis that well
leave for another time. For now well focus on how few
Jews it produces.
The world Jewish commu-
nity has been shaken to its
core by the tsunami of anti-
Semitism that has broken out
in the wake of Israels third
Gaza war. World media has
condemned the Middle Easts
only democracy for the simple
act of defending itself against
terror rockets and tunnels.
In London and Berlin theyre
chanting, Hitler should have
finished off the Jews and
Ham-As rhymes with poison
gas. Weve seen pogroms in synagogues in Paris. Most
of all, we have wondered how a civilized world with lib-
eral values could choose the women-honor-killing, gay-
murdering, free-speech-suppressing Hamas terrorist
death cult over democratic Israel.
Heres one of the reasons its happening. Theres a
heck of a lot more of them than us.
The greatest challenge facing the world Jewish com-
munity is its puny size. The number of Jews in the world
has fallen below a critical mass, and our paucity suggests
unpleasant consequences. Foremost among them is our
inability to fully defend the State of Israel. Will govern-
ments choose to side with 14 million Jews over half a
billion Arabs?
In America, where there are nearly 6 million Jews, our
large and well-organized communities are able to cre-
ate an effective political lobby that has yielded positive
results in American support for Israel. Compare that to
the 230,000 Jews of Britain, who live in a population
of 64 million. Such a paltry number has virtually con-
demned the supporters of Israel to being completely
overwhelmed by Britains growing Muslim community.
We Jews, whose biblical mandate is to be a light unto
the nations, are meant to leave a mark on the world.
Real influence, to be sure, comes from quality and not
quantity.
Yet numbers still matter greatly.
Kicking up Jewish numbers isnt going to be easy, and
vastly increasing the Jewish birthrate, as well as revers-
ing assimilation, is key. But it is high time we addressed
the issue that Jews have traditionally shied away from:
actively attracting non-Jews to Judaism.
The Mormons have grown in just 150 years to roughly
14 million, the same as the number of the worlds Jews,
even though we have been around about 3,000 years
longer. The reason: They field a global missionary force
of some 60,000.
There are other considerations as well. What of the
millions of offspring in the world who have a Jewish
father and a non-Jewish mother and thus are not con-
sidered halachically Jewish? But with a Jewish parent,
the connection is strong. Should we not be connecting
them with their Jewish roots?
The same applies to millions of Europeans who stem
from Jewish ancestry, like the Marranos. These people
feel themselves to be partially Jewish, but we allow
them to founder and never connect them with the Jew-
ish people.
It is those people, and the countless without any reli-
gion at all, to whom we should be offering Judaism as
a monotheistic alternative and actively promoting the
Torah as wisdom by which to master life. Should they
not wish to become fully Jewish, we should be creating
a Jewish confederation of Noachides who identify with
Jewish spirituality but do not embrace all the mitzvot.
We should be funding billboards with Jewish teachings
for non-Jews, offering classes in synagogues where Gen-
tiles can discover Jewish spiritual essentials, and engag-
ing in social media outreach to those unaffiliated with
a faith.
The Oxford University LChaim Society, which I
founded in 1988, had thousands of non-Jewish members.
Many of its officers like Senator Cory Booker of New
Jersey and President Mike Benson of Eastern Kentucky
University, the grandson of the Mormon Churchs Presi-
dent Ezra Taft Benson were not Jewish. Their intention
was not to convert to Judaism but to lead lives based on
universal Jewish values including the oneness of God,
the emphasis on deed over creed, and the belief in the
creation of all mankind in Gods image.
Saul of Tarsus saw that the ideas and values behind
Judaism were so revolutionary that they could change
the world, if only they could be stripped of their ritual.
Thus, from the foundations of Jewish spirituality, Chris-
tianity and later Islam were born. Its time to offer the
world the original source by reviving an ancient associ-
ate status that allows non-Jews to live lives deeply influ-
enced by Jewish spiritually and values while retaining a
distinct identity.
In ancient Rome, as Rodney Stark writes, Jews con-
stituted ten percent of the Roman world, and attracted
many pagan God-fearers to their synagogues. Jews
in general and the synagogue in particular were
attractive even to non-Jews. The simplicity of Jewish
Rabbi
Shmuley
Boteach
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its puny size. The
number of Jews in the
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theology (belief in the one God),
the ethical standards (the Ten Com-
mandments), and the many festi-
vals exercised a certain fascination
among many in the Greco-Roman
world. Some even made a full con-
version to Judaism. Others remained
in a kind of associate status what
Luke in Acts refers to as God-fear-
ers perhaps unwilling to take
upon themselves the peculiarities of
Judaism. It is very likely that many of
the non-Jews who embraced Christi-
anity were first exposed to the Jew-
ish scriptures and Judaism through
their association with the urban
diaspora synagogues in the Roman
Empire.
Could this be revived?
Becoming a Judaizer would entail a
seven-step program of living:
1. Observe Friday night as fam-
ily night by tuning out all electronic
interference and focusing on chil-
dren, friends, and community.
2. Eat kosher food (20 percent of
Americans already look for kosher
symbols as a symbol of cleanliness
and purity) and separate milk from
meat as a symbol of the affirmation
of life and its negation from all forms
of corrosion and death.
3. Celebrate the themes of the Jew-
ish festivals. Passover seders, empha-
sizing the human capacity to rise
above material enslavement (Presi-
dent Obama already hosts his own
annual seder at the White House),
dismissing material comforts by
returning to the essentials of nature
on Sukkot, lighting lamps on Chanu-
kah as a symbol of the human capac-
ity to illuminate a dark earth and heal
a painful life, and so on.
4. Studying Judaisms great texts,
from the Torah portion of the week
to selections of the Talmud to the
epistles of Maimonides to mystical
and kabbalistic works.
5. Observing the marriage laws,
including the monthly erotic barrier
of sexual separation, thereby enhanc-
ing desire and lust.
6. Appreciation of, and respect for,
the feminine, including codes of allur-
ing modesty for women and domestic-
ity of marital commitment for men
7. A commitment to acts of commu-
nal kindness, like regular visits to hos-
pitals and homes for the elderly and
giving 10 percent of your income to
charity.
Then there is the need to offer Juda-
ism as a religion to those who wish to
become full-fledged Jews. If we could
agree on moderate yet essential hala-
chic norms of conversion that focus
on observance of the Sabbath and fes-
tivals, a kosher home, and the laws of
niddah (mikveh and sexual purity),
we could add millions to the Jewish
people and strongly redress depleted
Jewish numbers.
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach of Englewood
is founder of This World: The Values
Network and has just published
Kosher Lust: Love is Not the
Answer. Follow him on Twitter @
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Shmuley
FROM PAGE 23
A view from the pew
I
recently had lunch with
a local Christian minster,
who reminded me of the
first time he and I met,
some 16 years ago. He and a Cath-
olic colleague came by to pick me
up at my temple and heard me
talking to someone about High
Holy Day tickets. At that 1998
lunch, my new friend asked if it
werent awkward to require tick-
ets to enter a synagogue on the
holiest days in the Jewish year.
At our 2014 lunch, my friend reminded me
that my instant retort was: If you were for-
bidden by your tradition to pass a collection
plate on Christmas and Easter, what would
you do? The minister had answered: I
guess I would sell tickets too
This month, our conversation centered
on the need for churches and synagogues
to rethink how we raise funds, and how we
provide for the spiritual, social welfare, and
educational needs of both the people within
our congregations and the ever-growing
number of people who choose to not affili-
ate but still turn to us in times of need.
For a rabbi, the Days of Awe are truly
awesome in multiple ways. The task I am
most grateful to have had lifted from me
is dealing with the issue of membership
and finances. Yet in the spirit of teshuvah,
which calls upon us to take responsibil-
ity for both our actions and our inactions,
perhaps, now that I am retired, it is my
task this year to raise questions about how
our synagogues can be houses of prayer,
study, and social service for all who enter,
and even for those of our community who
choose to stand on the outside until events
in their lives, or the lives of loved ones,
cause them to seek communal support.
Returning to my lunch conversation
with my Christian colleague, we agree that
since so many of our houses of worship are
aging, the cost of maintaining and updat-
ing them for the 21st century is taking away
from funding our members programmatic
demands. Our institutions and those of
our sister faith communities are, like pub-
lic schools and other town-based services,
very much tied to our counties political
and geographic boundary lines. Those
lines were designed by new immigrants to
suburban Bergen and Passaic counties at
the end of WWII, and I question whether
they speak to the demographic and socio-
logical realities of the 21st century.
Unlike the Catholic church, whose local
institutions are governed by the diocese, in
the Jewish community, every synagogue,
community center, school, and social ser-
vice agency is governed independently
and the buildings are owned individually.
Therefore, during these days of reflec-
tion and introspection I wish to raise the
question: Can we in northern New Jer-
sey commit ourselves this year to begin
a real conversation on how we can share
our resources and work
together to plan for the
future of Jewish life in our
community?
I admit that the question
of whether suburban syna-
gogues, JCCs, and the fed-
eration and its agencies can
respond to the needs of the
next generation of diverse
and diffuse American Jews is
not merely a local question. It
is a national issue. However, I
believe that with resources such as the Taub
and Berrie foundations and the Jewish Fed-
eration of Northern New Jerseys Synagogue
Leadership Initiative, whose commitments
to Jewish continuity are exemplary, and with
the crises that many of our institutions are
facing in financing the repairs of our com-
munal structures and funding the salaries of
Jewish communal workers, including rabbis
and teachers, makes our community a great
candidate to model what I would call a year
of communal heshbon hanefesh, an intro-
spective critical self- evaluation.
Northern New Jersey is a diverse Jewish
community, with strong congregations in
all streams as well as a large contingent of
Jews born in both Israel and the FSU, who
have added themselves to the mosaic first
formed by the American-born Jews whose
roots go back to the 19th and early 20th cen-
turies. Moreover, there is a disproportionate
number of Jewish academics and profession-
als who live in our community. We can and
should call upon their expertise to guide us
in this adventure.
My intent in writing this column is to open
up a discussion. I hope that many of you will
use both the online and the print resources
of our Jewish Standard to respond to this
challenge, and that we will inscribe our-
selves in the Book of Life for a year of com-
munal reflection and introspection that will
lead us to innovative ways to perpetuate our
eternal heritage.
The Torah portion this week is called Ha-
azinu. The Sabbath is called Shabbat Shu-
vah, which can translate as the Sabbath of
Return, the Sabbath of Repentance, or the
Sabbath of Turning. Pete Seeger, who died
this year, brought the words of Kohelet into
the popular culture of the mid 20th century
when he wrote To everything/Turn turn
turn/There is a season/Turn turn turn. May
5775 be a time when we turn our attention
to how we must turn our community into a
more effective vehicle for helping each of us
find a personal path to teshuvah.
Rabbi Neal Borovitz is rabbi emeritus of
Temple Avodat Shalom in River Edge,
past chair of the Jewish Community
Relations Council of the Jewish Federation
of Northern New Jersey, and a member
of the board of Jewish Council for Public
Affairs and the Rabbinic Cabinet of Jewish
Federations of North America.
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Borovitz
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A view from the pew
our resources and work
together to plan for the
future of Jewish life in our
community?
I admit that the question
of whether suburban syna-
gogues, JCCs, and the fed-
eration and its agencies can
respond to the needs of the
next generation of diverse
and diffuse American Jews is
not merely a local question. It
is a national issue. However, I
believe that with resources such as the Taub
and Berrie foundations and the Jewish Fed-
eration of Northern New Jerseys Synagogue
Leadership Initiative, whose commitments
to Jewish continuity are exemplary, and with
the crises that many of our institutions are
facing in financing the repairs of our com-
munal structures and funding the salaries of
Jewish communal workers, including rabbis
and teachers, makes our community a great
candidate to model what I would call a year
of communal heshbon hanefesh, an intro-
spective critical self- evaluation.
Northern New Jersey is a diverse Jewish
community, with strong congregations in
all streams as well as a large contingent of
Jews born in both Israel and the FSU, who
have added themselves to the mosaic first
formed by the American-born Jews whose
roots go back to the 19th and early 20th cen-
turies. Moreover, there is a disproportionate
number of Jewish academics and profession-
als who live in our community. We can and
should call upon their expertise to guide us
in this adventure.
My intent in writing this column is to open
up a discussion. I hope that many of you will
use both the online and the print resources
of our Jewish Standard to respond to this
challenge, and that we will inscribe our-
selves in the Book of Life for a year of com-
munal reflection and introspection that will
lead us to innovative ways to perpetuate our
eternal heritage.
The Torah portion this week is called Ha-
azinu. The Sabbath is called Shabbat Shu-
vah, which can translate as the Sabbath of
Return, the Sabbath of Repentance, or the
Sabbath of Turning. Pete Seeger, who died
this year, brought the words of Kohelet into
the popular culture of the mid 20th century
when he wrote To everything/Turn turn
turn/There is a season/Turn turn turn. May
5775 be a time when we turn our attention
to how we must turn our community into a
more effective vehicle for helping each of us
find a personal path to teshuvah.
Rabbi Neal Borovitz is rabbi emeritus of
Temple Avodat Shalom in River Edge,
past chair of the Jewish Community
Relations Council of the Jewish Federation
of Northern New Jersey, and a member
of the board of Jewish Council for Public
Affairs and the Rabbinic Cabinet of Jewish
Federations of North America.
Letter from Sderot
Praying for a year
of peace and security
E
arlier this month, I had the honor to usher
in the start of the new school year for the
students of Sderot in the presence of our
nations prime minister, Benjamin Netan-
yahu. In that moment, as I looked at the innocence of
school children amidst the entourage of our countrys
most protected leader, I breathed the deepest sigh of
relief that I had allowed myself in nearly two months.
For in that scene I saw the very epitome of Israels
existence a bright and committed future combined
with the strength and resilience that brought us to that
place and time.
Let there be no doubt that the last several months
of the lives of the residents of Sderot and the sur-
rounding regions have been wholly defined by ten-
sion and uncertainty. I fully admit there were times
when I feared I would never have the chance to
breathe normally while watching schoolchildren
head off to their classes.
The situation was so dire that even when we had
the rare privilege of making it through the night with-
out the interruption of sirens, we would always awake
without knowing what the day would bring. The
sounds of warfare were almost constant, and deprived
us of all the normal joys that we so long for during the
lazy months of summer.
Indeed, for the residents of southern Israel there
was no summer of 2014.
Instead, this was the summer where the word tun-
nel became associated with intense fear.
This was the summer where we became experts in
differentiating the sound of a rocket impact from one
deflected by the Iron Dome.
This was the summer when we looked on from our
homes and were able to see our soldiers advancing
towards Gaza to protect our lives.
This was the summer of Tzuk Eitan, Protective Edge.
Sadly, we will never get this summer back. The pain
and loss of July and August 2014 is likely to remain
with us for the rest of our lives.
Yet now I feel that the State of Israel can and should
take pride in its accomplishments. Indeed, my military
and my government have taken the prudent steps to
defend its citizens and for that they deserve our unmit-
igated gratitude.
Certainly there will remain debates over whether
we won this war in the classic sense, and I know that
the future is far from certain.
I also am fully aware of the fact that we cannot let
down our guard. We in Sderot live under
a constant threat that requires special
defenses to remain prepared for any possi-
bility. This will require the continued sup-
port of our government and our friends
around the world.
The traumas of the last two months, and
indeed the past 14 years, caused by the often
incessant rocket attacks, cannot be healed
with even the best intentioned agreement
or policy paper. There is work to be done,
businesses, homes, and lives to be rebuilt.
We are committed to doing all that is pos-
sible to ensure our citizens safety and well-being.
And while I am forced to acknowledge that the future is
uncertain, I also firmly believe that we deserve to hope.
Even with the challenges and doubts that surround our
current existence, we must recognize that our nation has
given us the ability to believe that a safer
tomorrow is possible.
So as I watched these children and looked
upon my prime minister, I welcomed those
dual emotions of optimism and strength
represented in both. Because as intent as
our enemies might be on our destruction, I
am more convinced than ever that these are
ideals of the modern State of Israel that will
never be taken from us.
And with that conviction in mind and as
we look ahead to the New Year, I know we
can all be united in the prayer that it will
be one of peace and security, not simply for the people
of Sderot and Israel but indeed for all the Jewish people
around the world.
Alon Davidi is the mayor of Sderot, Israel.
Alon
Davidi
Sadly, we will never
get this summer
back. The pain and
loss of July and
August 2014 is likely
to remain with us for
the rest of our lives.
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Shmitta
time
is here
again
When you come into the land which I give you, then shall
the land keep a sabbath unto God. Six years you shall sow
your field, and six years you shall prune your vineyard,
and gather in its produce. But in the seventh year shall be a
sabbath of solemn rest for the land, a sabbath unto God;
you shall neither sow your field, nor prune your vineyard.
Leviticus 25:2-4
Top and throughout, the harvest at Adamah Farms. Above, Nigel Savage holds a
basket of newly picked onions.
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For thousands of years, Jews have observed every seventh year as a
sabbatical, or shmitta. Here, we give you an in-depth look at shmitta,
its observance, and its meaning for us, far from the Holy Land.
Shmitta
time
is here
again
When you come into the land which I give you, then shall
the land keep a sabbath unto God. Six years you shall sow
your field, and six years you shall prune your vineyard,
and gather in its produce. But in the seventh year shall be a
sabbath of solemn rest for the land, a sabbath unto God;
you shall neither sow your field, nor prune your vineyard.
Leviticus 25:2-4
Jewish time
A new vision of shmitta
JOANNE PALMER
T
he shmitta year gives us an
unusual chance to think about
Jewish time, Nigel Savage said.
The nattily dressed, Manches-
ter-accented Mr. Savage is the founder and
president of Hazon, whose name means
vision. Hazon, which is headquartered
in Manhattan and based more pastorally
and picturesquely in Camp Isabella Fried-
man Jewish Retreat Center in Falls Village,
Conn., is an organization whose mission,
according to its website, is to work to
create a healthier and more sustainable
Jewish community, and a healthier and
more sustainable world for all. It spon-
sors retreats and bike rides in the United
States and Israel and works with Adamah,
a working Jewish farm, among many other
programs.
Before he got to the content of shmitta,
Mr. Savage talked about its form about
how it fits into Jewish time. Jewish life
runs on Jewish time, he said. Each holi-
day, major and minor, has its own themes,
feelings, melodies, and season Rosh
Hashanah cannot be mistaken for Pesach
or Shavuot, or, for that matter, for Cha-
nukah or Purim. And every shul across
the spectrum, from ultra-liberal to ultra-
Orthodox, will recognize Rosh Hashanah,
he said. The only piece of the Jewish cal-
endar we dont recognize is shmitta.
Of course, he acknowledged, part of that
lack of recognition is that the observance
of shmitta is limited to produce coming
from the land of Israel, so if we were to
look at it only literally, most of us here
would be entirely unaffected by it most of
the time.
But we are Jews. We do not limit our-
selves to the literal. We find meaning, met-
aphor, wisdom, and depth in unexpected
places.
So, Mr. Savage said, let us look at the
shmitta year and see what there is in it for
us. If we do, we will see great opportunity.
To begin with, the seven-year cycle
that will start a year from now, once the
shmitta year is over, and will end in the
next shmitta year, will form a discreet
cycle in Jewish life. It is an open ques-
tion for any Jewish institution shul, day
school, JCC, private business, federation
how this year is going to be different from
the other six years of the cycle, and how
you will think of the cycle.
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The first thing to do is to start to think about Jewish
life in terms of Jewish time. A shul might say, OK, we will
use the shmitta year to reflect on where we have come
in the last six years, what we have learned, and how
we have changed. Are our members older or younger?
More or less observant? And it might start to vision the
next seven-year period, on what should be its focus
on learning, on families, on the relationship with Israel,
whatever but the notion of reconnecting to Jewish
time is an incredible gift of shmitta.
Its really interesting, thinking in terms of a seven-
year cycle, he said. The electoral cycle is four years.
The stock market really runs on a one- or two-year cycle.
Undergraduate school and high school are four years.
Seven years is interesting. Its not pie in the sky its not
50 years from now, or even 20 but it is a slightly longer
time frame than were used to.
The thing for organizations to do might be to take
staff, some board members, and other key people to a
retreat where you think about those questions. That is a
gift of the shmitta year.
Then Mr. Savage began to talk about the content
what the shmitta year actually demands, and what that
might mean.
The primary texts about shmittah in the Torah are
slightly contradictory, he said. Some of them are about
letting the land lie fallow. Its not totally clear why, but
in at least one of the texts, the larger reason seems to be
not for sake of the land, but for people who are poor.
It really seems to be about reducing the difference
between people who have more and people who have
less. (Thats from Exodus 23:11, where we are told that
For six years you are to sow your land and to gather in
its produce, but in the seventh, you are to let it go and
to let it be, so that the needy of your people may eat.)
So what does it mean for Jews in the 21st century?
Could it be about Israel? Could people say Davka, this is
the year that I will go visit there, learn more about food
systems there? Is it about learning more about how to
help people in need in Israel? About maybe giving a little
money to an Israeli nonprofit like Leket, which essen-
tially redistributes leftover food from those who have it
to those who need it and which, coincidentally, was
started by Joe Gitler, who made aliyah from Teaneck?
Shmitta rules apply to annual crops corn and wheat
and soy, among others but they do not apply to peren-
nial crops, including fruits and nuts. So someone might
say, OK, the way Ill observe shmitta in New Jersey this
year is to become more aware of the difference between
annual and perennial crops, and make sure that there
are perennials at every one of my Shabbat meals, and to
point them out to my guests.
Mr. Savage said that Rabbi Nina Beth Cardin of Balti-
more points out that although the most vibrant aspects
of Jewish life tend to have a lot of ritual associated with
them, there is no ritual for shmitta. She suggests creat-
ing such a ritual, Mr. Savage said. What if we created
a shmitta seder plate to have on Rosh Hashanah? A
seder plate has seven things we already have apple
and honey and challah and wine, so what should the
other three things be? Maybe one is a pomegranate. And
then what about the other two? It leaves us a space both
to be creative and to think about tradition.
He has some suggestions for a shmitta observance
outside Israel. Shmitta means letting go. We all have to
figure out what to let go, he said. It is that act of letting
go, of making do, of creatively repurposing, of working
with whats there, that is the essence of the concept.
In my household, that might be buying books, he
said. That is a habit to which he is addicted. Several
months ago, I started taking books I havent read off my
shelves and wrapping them in newspaper. We now have
a stack of newspaper-wrapped books, at least 60 or 70
of them. They are not labeled.
Seven years is
interesting. Its not pie
in the sky its not 50
years from now, or even
20 but it is a slightly
longer time frame than
were used to.
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Pruning Jewish law
Teaneck woman dives deeply into shmitta
LARRY YUDELSON
P
eninah Feldman of Teaneck spent the sum-
mer toiling in the scholarship of vineyards.
The budding agronomist has graduated
from Cornells College of Agriculture and Life
Sciences and is applying for graduate school to study
pest control. She recently spent a month studying at the
Yeshivat Chovevei Torah in Riverdale.
This year, the Orthodox rabbinical seminary focused
its summer program of intense study on the upcoming
shmitta year, and opened it to non-rabbinical students.
It was a really wonderful experience, Ms. Feldman
said. Im really glad I was able to take a month off from
my life and just do it.
Ms. Feldman graduated from the Maayanot Yeshiva
High School for Girls, and studied in yeshiva in Israel for
a year before Cornell. She said that it was wonderful
to be part of the Chovevei community and the teamwork
of the summer program.
The program began with
the group studying the
Mishnaic tractate of Sheviit,
which deals with the sab-
batical year. After that, the
students mostly studied on
their own, delving into the
thickets of topics that inter-
ested them particularly.
For Ms. Feldman, that
topic was the question of
pruning vineyards during
the shmitta year. Pruning
is one of the agricultural
activities that halacha bars
during the sabbatical year.
In the modern era, this has
become a much bigger issue
than it was, because the grape vines we have now are
so vigorous that they have to pruned every year, she
explained.
Grapes grow only on newly sprouted tendrils. The
next year, the tendrils turn to wood, which sends out
new tendrils that will yield new grapes. If they are not
pruned, the vines will produce too many shoots. That
means too many grapes, which turn out small and
mushy and mealy and dont get any of the flavors that
would make good wine, Ms. Feldman said.
That wouldnt affect only the sabbatical years har-
vest, but the following years as well.
Pruning the vines before the sabbatical year begins on
Rosh Hashanah only would make the problem worse.
You get an explosive rate of growth from the vine, she
said. It wants to grow more. Thats why pruning takes
place, at least in Israel, in February, when the vines are
dormant.
In her study of Jewish law about pruning during
shmitta, Ms. Feldman discovered that the topic was
long dormant. The Mishnah and the Jerusalem Talmud
discussed the topic in the first few hundred years of the
common era, while Jews still lived in the Land of Israel.
After that, commentators on the Talmud discussed that
discussion, but with virtually no Jewish agricultural
presence in the Land of Israel for 14 centuries, the ques-
tions were abstract. That changed with the return to the
land in the 19th century.
In the 1880s, after Edmond
James de Rothschild helped the
Jews of the First Aliya plant their
first vineyards near Rishon Letzi-
yon, the topic was no longer
moot and halachic discourse blossomed.
I was surprised by how the Torah says you cant
prune your vines, and every modern posek halachic
arbiter says, heres how you prune your vines. I was
surprised by the resourcefulness of the poskim, Ms.
Feldman said.
Different authorities dealt with the problem of permit-
ting pruning in different ways.
Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook, who would later become
the first chief rabbi of Palestine under British rule, is
famous for solving the problem of shmitta through heter
mechira permitting the land to be temporarily sold to
non-Jews.
But in addition to the broad, general, and controver-
sial solution, he also addressed the specifics of agricul-
ture in the shmitta year.
In terms of pruning, Ms. Feldman said, Rav Kook
imagines that the Torah is only talking about pruning
the very tips of branches, but the modern way, when
we prune down to the bottom of the branches, is sort of
a lower level of transgression and youre able to do it to
preserve the tree.
The Chazon Ish Rabbi Avrohom Yeshaya Karelitz,
who led Israeli charedi Judaism until his death in 1953,
and rejected Rabbi Kooks approach has his own pic-
ture. He has a very complicated ruling, where he says
only a professional can do a good job, and only that is
SEE PRUNING PAGE 30
Peninah Feldman on a tractor
at Cornell and holding a giant
etrog in Israel.
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One of my ideas is to disable the one-click on Amazon
to take my credit card off. That will make it a lot harder
for me to buy books. So every time I have the craving for a
new book I will go into my study and pick one of the books
and unwrap it. And then I will say, Oh my God, I always
wanted to read this.
Similarly, he said, an artist friend has decided not to buy
new art materials, but instead to use what he has and to
try to work with found objects for the year.
Shlomo Carlebach said that the Torah is a commen-
tary on the world, and the world is a commentary on the
Torah. True to his idea of recycling, Hazon has taken that
saying and applied it to shmitta. It means that the con-
versation goes both ways, Mr. Savage said. Shmitta is a
great time to go between tradition on the one hand and
new ideas on the other.
Hazon has created a sourcebook for shmitta. Its online;
you can find it by googling Shmitta Hazon sourcebook.
prohibited by the Torah. As a result, pruning could
be done by amateurs, if they were careful to be indis-
criminate about it.
It was a very cool journey, she said of her research,
which she collated in a paper for the yeshivas forth-
coming journal on shmitta.
Ms. Feldman came to her study with hands-on expe-
rience in shmitta research. She worked as an intern
two summers working on projects for the Israel Min-
istry of Agricultures Unit for Agriculture According to
the Torah.
One of the projects was a spray that you spray on
flowers of grape vines which stops them from turn-
ing into fruit, she said. Because the flowers are so
sensitive, they can be disrupted by the chemical
that doesnt harm the vines leaves. As an intern, she
helped harvesting and weighing the grapes from the
sprayed vines.
The immediate purpose of the spray was for orlah
the produce of a tree or vines first three years, which
the Torah says cannot be eaten. Instead of having to
produce all this non-usable fruit and send in laborers
to remove it, it would be much cheaper to just spray
this spray and take down the yield.
And it would have applications for shmitta:
Destroying the flowers helps the vine produce a
moderate number of fruits, even if there are a lot of
branches. But the best way to use it would be in con-
junction with another form of pruning.
She compared her interest to the halachic issues of
pruning to her professional interest in pesticides.
Im interested in giving both growers and poskim
as many tools as possible to solve problems, she said.
Theres a lot to be said about shmitta on a concep-
tual level, but on a practical level, just dropping every-
thing and walking away doesnt work. In the Torah,
God says, Im going make you miracles and youll be
able to eat all your stored food from before shmitta.
I dont think we live in a world where God is going to
give us miracles for our economy to function.
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Local Conservative rabbi explains
JOANNE PALMER
R
abbi Dr. Mayer Rabinowitz of
Teaneck, a halachist at the
Jewish Theological Seminary,
is used to taking the long view
on issues.
That is particularly useful for a discus-
sion of shmitta, a biblically mandated
but not detailed agricultural practice
that affects produce grown in the land
of Israel.
There is much that is not clear about
the original mandate, found in Leviticus
25, verses 1 though 7, but what is clear
is that it applies only to the land of Israel,
so that once the Temple is destroyed and
most of the Jews no longer live there, it
wasnt being observed, Rabbi Rabinow-
itz said. And it became onerous for the
few Jews still farming to take the year
off and actually it was more like two
years, because there would have been
neither reaping nor sowing during the
shmitta year.
So Judah HaNasi, who died at the
beginning of the third century, started
limiting the laws of shmitta for those Jews
who still lived there, because if they didnt
have the money to pay their taxes to the
Romans, theyd be putting themselves
in trouble. So already, at the end of the
second century, there was a tendency to
limit shmitta. The borders around the
area affected by shmitta were tightened,
people who were suspected of nonobser-
vance were forgiven, and there was some
talk of annulling it altogether, he said.
That lasted for a very long time, and
then Jews started coming back.
Once Jews started to return to the land
in significant numbers, and to cultivate it,
they had to start dealing with the laws of
shmitta, Rabbi Rabinowitz said. It was a
major issue the first pioneers came to
found kibbutzim, which were agricul-
tural in nature.
But the economy had changed since
pre-exilic times. It would have threatened
the economy. And what was true a cen-
tury or so ago is even more true today.
Even though many of the kibbutzim and
moshavim have diversified, or given up
agriculture entirely, still you have all
sorts of agricultural companies producing
Once Jews
started to return
to the land
in signicant
numbers, and to
cultivate it, they
had to start
dealing with the
laws of shmitta.
SEE WHAT IS SHMITTA? PAGE 32
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all sorts of exports and serving the people of Israel. If the laws
of shmitta were followed strictly, the entire economy would
be in trouble.
There have been a number of ingenious solutions to the
problem. The Chazon Ish, a charedi scholar who died in
1953, and whose opinions are highly influential in that world,
said to sow winter crops early, so they are done before
the shmitta year begins. Other solutions include growing
crops hydroponically, so they do not touch the land. People
appointed as agents of a rabbinic court could harvest crops,
and then sell them to court-held warehouses. These legal
fictions worked because the law was said to apply to indi-
viduals, and they werent working as individuals, Rabbi
Rabinowitz said.
Some charedi kibbutzim were supported by a shmitta foun-
dation; money raised abroad helped its residents weather the
two lean years in the cycle.
The first Ashkenazi chief rabbi of Israel, Abraham Isaac
Kook, came up with the idea of a heter mechira, Rabbi
Rabinowitz said. Just as a heter mechira allows Jews to
sell their chametz to non-Jews before Pesach, and then
reclaim it for the same nominal sum after the holiday,
the legal fiction allows Jews to sell land to non-Jews for
a two-year period. There would be five actions sow-
ing, pruning, reaping, harvesting grapes, and plowing
that would have to be done by non-Jews. Jews could
do the rest.
There were ideological problems with these solu-
tions, however. Being supported from outside Israel
contradicted the vision of Zionism, and Kooks idea
means selling the land of Israel to non-Jews, he said.
Stores that sell produce in Israel during the shmitta
year now inform their customers about the methods
used. One will say we have only Arab produce, and
another will say heter mechira, and another that its
been grown hydroponically, or it is from places where
the laws do not apply.
Rabbi Rabinowitz is Conservative; the movements
counterpart in Israel is called Masorti, and its prime hal-
achist is Rabbi David Golinkin. Rabbi Golinkin said that
farmers who cant observe shmitta for either personal
or financial reasons may do all the acts necessary to
their business during the shmitta year, but they should
do it in a different manner than usual.
For example, They might say, I wont turn the light
on with my hand, but I will with my elbow. (No, it is
not forbidden to turn lights on during the shmitta year;
it is just hard to come up with an example about farming
that speaks to non-farmers.)
Rabbi Golinkin also said that you should avoid plant-
ing and tending to ornamental gardens, although if such
gardens are necessary to prevent erosion, or for reasons
of that nature, you could do it.
And he also suggests that all Jewish farmers donate a
portion of their shmitta year profits to the poor.
The idea of using the shmitta year to provide for the
poor, as the Torah verse suggests we do, resurfaces
often.
Ruth Calderon, a secular Israeli talmudist and a mem-
ber of the Knesset, recently came up with a great idea,
Rabbi Rabinowitz said. Since shmitta is about the for-
giving of debt, she is trying to get the banks to lower the
interest rate, or to forgive some debt. The forgiving of
debt doesnt apply only to the land of Israel, he said.
And environmental values also are bound up in the
concept of shmitta, he said. How should we treat
the land? We should consider the values that underlie
shmitta, even if they are not mentioned specifically.
There are now a lot of Jews in North America setting
up organizations for sustainable agriculture, sustainable
meat production, and tying agriculture back into their
Jewish culture and identity. They are taking metaphoric
ideas that are not part of the legal system as it is writ-
ten, and using that to expand the idea of shmitta into
the modern period, to give it meaning and value today.
After all, Rabbi Rabinowitz said, We dont live in
the same society that people in the biblical period lived
in. We mostly dont grow our own food.
What is shmitta?
FROM PAGE 31
The idea of using
the shmitta year to
provide for the poor,
as the Torah verse
suggests we do,
resurfaces often.
Dont fear the shmitta
LARRY YUDELSON
R
abbi Chaim Jachter doesnt
want the shmitta year to turn
into a boycott of Israeli fruit
and produce.
Rabbi Jachter leads Congregation Shaa-
rei Orah, the Sephardic Congregation of
Teaneck. He also heads the bible depart-
ment at the Torah Academy of Bergen
County. And as the author of three vol-
umes tracing the halachic discussions of
various issues, he may be the areas most
published writer on Jewish law.
My opinion is to rely on the heter
mechira the process by which the
Israeli rabbinate permits agriculture dur-
ing the shmitta year by selling the land of
Israel to a Gentile, much as chametz is sold
before Passover.
He has advice for consumers in New
Jersey who want to observe the laws of
shmitta when they shop. When they buy
packaged goods made in Israel, he said,
there is no need to worry about eating
produce from the shmitta year that might
have been grown improperly. Kashrut
agencies such as the Orthodox Union take
care of that for you, he said.
The Orthodox Union, for its part, does
not rely on the heter.
All OU-certified products use either
pre-shmitta produce, produce grown out-
side the halachic boundaries of Israel, or
produce grown by non-Jews, according
to an article in the organizations Jewish
Action magazine.
Rabbi Jachter said that the OU is follow-
ing the lead of Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik
and the charedi world in rejecting the
heter.
But though Rabbi Jachter was ordained
at Yeshiva University, where Rabbi
Soloveitchik taught, he said he preferred
the view of Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, who
ruled that one who wants to can rely on
the heter, he said. I would think you
should follow Ovadia Yosef s opinion at
a time when you should be supporting
Israel.
I know its very controversial, but Jews
should always be supporting the Israeli
economy.
Those who dont rely on the heter
mechira will not be able to eat produce
exported from Israel that was grown dur-
ing the shmitta year.
If religious Jews are going to boycott
Israeli produce, people in Costco are going
to see that Israeli produce is not selling,
Rabbi Jachter said. Thats terrible. We
should go out of our way to buy Israeli pro-
duce. If our great-grandparents had had
the opportunity to buy Israeli produce in
their markets, they would have gone crazy.
For the mitzvah of supporting the Israeli
economy and our brothers and sisters who
are in Israel, and especially after this past
summer, you can rely on the heter.
However, he said, Israeli produce from
the shmitta year which would could
include fruit that was harvested after next
year, but blossomed this year has a spe-
cial sanctity that requires special care.
It must be eaten, not discarded. Which
means to eat it all something our great-
grandparents would have understood.
If there are any leftovers of Israeli
produce, put them in a plastic bag and
let them rot, he said. Once it spoiled,
shmitta produce loses its sanctity and can
be thrown away.
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Study find impatience
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the governing coalition in Israel has
passed legislation to extend the nations
mandatory conscription to the charedi
Orthodox a group now exempted from
military service and Knesset leaders
have advanced bills that would allow for
civil unions and ease restrictions on Jew-
ish conversions.
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with the amount of religious influence
on Israeli life and law.
The annual report, which was released
Monday by Hiddush a 5-year-old orga-
nization that lobbies the Knesset to pro-
mote religious freedom revealed that
61 percent of Israelis support increased
religion-state separation and 78 percent
are dissatisfied with the governments
actions on religion-and-state issues.
Specifically, two-thirds of Israelis back
legalizing civil marriage, up from 61 per-
cent in 2010. And 64 percent of Israelis
support recognizing Conservative and
Reform conversions, a slight rise from
the 60 percent in 2010.
On both issues, no less than 100 per-
cent of charedim polled supported Isra-
els longstanding policies, which have
the Orthodox chief rabbinate maintain-
ing control over Jewish marriages and
recognizing only Orthodox conversions.
Still, one-third of charedi respondents
joined the 71 percent of Israelis who dis-
approved of the chief rabbinate.
For charedim who think Israel should
be a theocracy, its described as a gov-
ernment of destruction, said Rabbi Uri
Regev, the CEO of Hiddush.
On the other side, [those favoring
religion-state separation feel] the gov-
ernment has never really been atten-
tive, said Regev, noting that successive
governments have prioritized defense
policy over religious liberalization.
The Knessets largest party, the cen-
trist Yesh Atid, pushed through a law
this year to include charedim in Israels
mandatory draft. The mandate doesnt
go into effect for another three years,
and 61 percent of Israelis including 98
percent of charedim themselves dont
believe charedi Jews ultimately will be
drafted.
The passage of the draft law this year
came amid rising charedi-secular ten-
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and that influences public opinion.
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lis have bridged a once-stark religious-secular divide.
Among the 800 total respondents, 49 percent identi-
fied as secular, 17 percent as traditional-not-so-reli-
gious, 13 percent as traditional-religious, 12 percent
as religious, and 9 percent as charedi.
According to the survey, 42 percent of Israelis
observe the Sabbath in some way, whether accord-
ing to traditional Jewish law or through such customs
as lighting candles and blessing wine.
Simplistic divisions are really missing the point,
Regev said. Respect for Shabbat is not only the
domain of those who define themselves as religious.
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in
response to a Reuters report that Iran is willing to
work with the United States and its allies to combat
the Islamic State terror group in exchange for more
flexibility on uranium enrichment, warned against
any collaboration with Iran.
They are saying that the major powers need
to go easy on Irans nuclear program so that Iran
will fight ISIS, Netanyahu said in a speech at the
Menachem Begin Heritage Center in Jerusalem
on Sunday. Iran is fighting ISIS for its own inter-
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entire world. It is as if [Bashar] Assad would say,
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ed autumn hue to wake up that work
wardrobe. An emerald green sweater?
A cobalt blue dress? A red suede jack-
et? Pack a colorful punch into getting
dressed every morning and youll put a
smile on your face and your co-workers
too.
Accessorize. Its the little things that
often make the biggest difference. You
can wear the same suit several times
and change up the accessories to always
add a fresh twist. Go for unique and
interesting details try a wide belt to
cinch in your jacket; an eye-catching
bib necklace or a handmade-jeweled
cuff bracelet.
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for designers, but the plus-
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and Tammy was turned
down by several and had
to settle for an off-the-rack style that
landed her not on a fashion hit list, but
on a fashion miss list.
So Ms. McCarthy, who had studied
fashion design at New Yorks Fashion
Institute of Technology, decided to team
up with an old friend, couture designer
Daniella Pearl, to launch Pearl, which
will offer fashionable clothing for
women of substance.
When I go shopping, most of the
time Im disappointed, Ms. McCar-
thy reportedly said at the time she
announced her intention. The new
design line, the actress-turning-entre-
preneur hopes, will put an end to the
often frump and frumpier look for larg-
er-sized women.
In fact, many retailers have come to
recognize this, and know that there is
revenue in dressing real-sized women.
From labels that offer a plus-size
to the explosion of online retailers,
big is beautiful is big business being
embraced in a big way.
Closer to home, retailers and fashion
mavens have recognized that all women
want to look great and not be made to
feel that if they arent a size 6, they cant
dress like their single-digit sized coun-
terparts.
Less than a year ago, the owners of
Ginger N Cream in Westwood launched
Ginger Love, a fashion emporium that
carries sizes 12 to 22. Since its opening
in November, the branch has been a
resounding success.
Response has been fantastic, says
owner Sue Bahng. Women are so
happy that they can come in and nd
something quick or outfit an entire
wardrobe.
We love to dress women
from head to toe and take
great pride in making them
feel great for everyday or
for any special event. From
just our original womens
store, Ginger N Cream,
we were not able to do this
for beautiful women of all
sizes. This is where Ginger
Love comes in. We can pro-
vide the same up-to-date
styles with great service in
a comfortable boutique
setting, all under one roof.
Bahng continued, Women are beauti-
ful no matter what size. There should
be more offered to real size American
women.
Real-size women are being celebrat-
ed and refected more and more these
days. From actresses like Lena Dunham,
who has filmed herself unclothed in
her breakthrough, award-winning show,
Girls, to television personality Mindy
Kaling, to comedians Rebel Wilson
and songstress Adele, actress Melissa
McCarthy stands in good company with
many women in the public eye who
are proudly displaying their curvy phy-
siques sans apologies
Paula Parlato, owner of The Engle Shop
in Englewood, said a customer came
into the store recently who was look-
ing for a mother-of-the-bride dress, but
specifcally told Parlato that she did not
want to look like a mother-of-the-bride.
The woman, who wore a size 20,
picked out a beautiful black lace num-
ber in a smaller size, and Parlato took
her measurements and will have the
dress custom-made to specications
and it will look just like the smaller sized
one. That is one of the popular services
offered at The Engle Shop, says Parlato,
a native of Italy and a designer herself.
Not everybody is a size 6, says Parlato.
Every women is entitled to wear some-
thing beautiful. Even a size 20 wants
to look and feel sexy. When they come
into the shop they can get a dress with a
shape. They dont have to buy a dress that
looks like a tent and has no shape.
Likewise, Mishelynes Fashions in
Teaneck has been dressing women of
all shapes and sizes and carries its line
of casual clothing, evening and formal
wear in a range of sizes from 0 to 24.
We cater to every size, says its
owner, Sara, who has been in the busi-
ness for decades and notes that fash-
ion has come around for the larger size
woman.
The styles are more updated and not
as frumpy as years ago.
As it should be, she says, women want
what women want: Women want to be
stylish, in-style and trendy.
Every women
is entitled to
wear something
beautiful.
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to see why.
Walking into this beautifully styled
boutique is like opening a treasure
chest and nding any designer goodie
you can imagine. Savvy Chic has an
amazing selection of womens cloth-
ing, shoes, handbags, jewelry, and accessories ranging
from Chanel to Tory Burch.
The owner of Savvy Chic, Randi Morein, says her
customers liken their shopping experience to treasure
hunting: They love finding unique and interesting
items.
Everything in the boutique is in pristine condition.
Most of the items are new or in near-new condition,
and each item is inspected before it goes out on the
foor. It is not unusual to fnd items with their tickets
still on them from the store they were bought at. At
Savvy Chic, you can fnd a Chanel handbag with the
tags still on it, Christian Louboutin shoes never worn
before, or a fabulous Carolina Herrera gown for a third
of its retail cost.
As one of the largest consignment
stores in the area, Savvy Chic has an
entire evening wear department for that
special occasion dress. That is in addition
to shirts, pants, dresses, coats, jewelry,
and handbags, They also have beauti-
ful high-end pant and skirt suits for the
working woman. Brands like Gucci, Dior,
Tahari, Nanette Lepore, and more are
waiting for the smart woman who doesnt want to
spend a fortune to look like one.
Designer jeans are another big seller at Savvy chic.
Imagine paying $60 for a pair of jeans that retail at
the store for $180-$250. Then imagine they still have
the tag on! Looking for a high end purse? This is the
store to fnd that elusive Louis Vuitton, the Chanel you
always wanted, or that hard to fnd Prada purse.
Sunglasses are another fun fnd at Savvy Chic as well
as wallets, Herms scarves, and belts. There is fine
jewelry such as Yurman, Cartier, Bulgari, and Tiffany as
well as vintage and costume jewelry.
Savvy Chic Consignment Boutique is located at 30
Cottage Place in Ridgewood. For more information,
call (201) 389-6900 or visit savvychicconsignment.com.
Mixed metals, the universal complement
What type of jewelry satisfies and
fatters every woman?
Mixed metals do.
Randi Shinske, owner of Red Velvet
Luxe in Ridgewood, talks about how
her customers label themselves as
wearing either white or yellow gold
jewelry. They get comfortable in one
color of metal, build their jewelry
wardrobe around that color, and
cant seem to take a leap to the other
side.
Two-tone jewelry blends the cool
color of white with the warm tones
of yellow to complement and satisfy
all skin tones.
How do you know whether you
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Cool skin tones are identifiable
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veins. People with warmer skin tones may notice yel-
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always have warm skin tone. People with darker skin
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As for diamonds they are truly a girls best friend,
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Portage & The Jewelry Box has long
been known for its service and collec-
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Portage & The Jewelry Box features
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NY, Lauren Merkin, Whiting & Davis, as
well as the latest must have trends.
Portage & The Jewelry Box offers
specialty jewelry and accessories
not found anywhere else in the area.
Buyers bring customers a broad
and extensive offering. The boutique
proudly boasts the largest evening bag selection in
Bergen County.
Patrice and Hilda cumulatively have more than 40
years in specialty retail and their expertise is evidenced
by the boutiques diverse selection.
Patrice, Hilda, Anne or Lara are eager to assist you
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conditioner or a wide-tooth comb.
Dont use a hair dryer. Let it air dry or use a diffuser.
Dont use regular shampoo. Try to shampoo only
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Use extra conditioner. Your curls thirst for moisture,
so add a good amount. You can leave some in.
Dont towel dry. A regular towel will soak up all the
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Choose gels wisely. Use a styling gel that is alcohol-
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ouve heard the real
estate adage location,
location, location as the
golden rule of a homes
desirability. But today,
homebuyers are thinking
features, features, fea-
tures ones that add
convenience, livability, and energy eff-
ciency to a home, according to a recent
survey by the National Association of
Home Builders.
Inspired by HGTV real estate shows
and by images of gorgeous home
designs on Pinterest, buyers espe-
cially younger buyers who want a home
to be turn-key, not needing upgrades
or repairs look for the following top
features, and may put higher bids on
homes that have them:
An open floor plan. Buyers love to
see wide-open spaces, with the kitch-
en open to the dining room and great
room, as opposed to each room being
blocked off by walls. An open foor plan
fits with their dreams of entertaining,
as guests can be in different spaces, yet
all in the same area together. Guests are
not out of view, sequestered in different,
closed-in rooms.
Big kitchens with lots of counter
space and granite counters. With fami-
lies cooking together more, and again
with entertaining high on the home
buyers lifestyle wishes, a roomy kitchen
with plenty of space for the preparation
of meals and the display of buffet-style
platters is a must. Granite counters,
especially on a kitchen island with its
own sink (making this grand kitchen a
double-sink design), offer beauty as well
as easy maintenance, as do tile foors,
another wish list feature.
Updated kitchen and bathrooms.
Buyers prefer updated kitchens with
modern appliances and designer hard-
ware and faucets. Since buyers plan to
put most of their budget on the down
payment for a home, they prefer to see
that they wont have to then spend a
fortune on bathroom and kitchen
remodels, which are among the prici-
est home projects. Kitchens are gather-
ing spaces, a hallmark of the owners
style and affuence, and bathrooms are
now considered the homes peaceful
oasis, so they may have glass-wall show-
ers, steam rooms, multi-jet showers and
claw-foot baths as well as chandeliers
and replaces.
High ceilings. The National Asso-
ciation of Home Builders says that the
desirability of high ceilings is important,
perhaps a deal-breaker, with frst-foor
ceilings at least 9 feet high to begin with.
20-foot ceilings impress homebuyers
who love the lofty, open look.
A home office. Buyers who work
from home full time and those who
have ofce spaces but spend time work-
ing from home as well want a sizable,
well-decorated, modern home office,
not a corner of the dining room with a
laptop. They desire a large room, con-
nectivity, great lighting, and a view, in
addition to plenty of storage space.
The experts at Bankrate say that female
homebuyers are especially interested in
home ofces, although both genders list
this feature as among their preferences.
A laundry. Buyers want efficiency,
and they also want their laundries to
be presentable, well-designed, and
modern, with the latest technology and
organizing space.
Outdoor living spaces. The 2011
design survey from AvidBuilder.com
says that 31.4 percent of buyers moving
to a larger home said they must have, or
really want, an outdoor replace. Again,
the appeal of HGTV real estate designs
feeds a need for outdoor entertaining
features as well as cozy relaxing spaces
for the family. Outdoor patios also have
stone paver grounds, water features,
outdoor lighting, and even sound sys-
tems. And fire tables may be brought
in by the buyer to add to the allure of
the outdoor space, extending its use to
most seasons.
Walk-in closets. In the master bed-
room, in guest bedrooms and in kids
rooms, walk-in closets especially
those that are more like actual rooms
with a central island and clothing and
accessory display style are another
mark of affuence and a desired feature.
Energy efficiency. Homebuyers are
invested in finding a home that wont
cost a fortune to run. So theyre look-
ing for low-E windows, a good home
energy ratings score, eco-friendly foor-
ing materials, radiant heating, energy-
effcient cooling, Energy Star applianc-
es, and more for an earth-smart home.
Theyre also looking for room in the
yard for a garden and expansive, tall
window to let in warming sun and cre-
ate a grander design effect.
Technology. From eco-friendly ther-
mostats to home settings accessed
via apps, to other high-tech capabil-
ity, buyers love modern, if not futuris-
tic features that add to the efficiency
and energy-friendliness of a home. In
addition, buyers want to know that the
home has good cell and Internet service
for optimal livability.
A two-car garage with organized
workspace and storage systems. A two-
car garage is, for many buyers, the mini-
mum. New home designs often offer
three-car garages. And storage and
workspace areas allow space for proj-
ects and hobbies.
If your home on the market has many
of these features, youre in good shape
to attract decent offers. If youre look-
ing to sell a few years from now, it may
be wise to incorporate some of these
features into your home now to help its
selling strength later.
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H
ow do you decorate your home
from 6,000 miles away?
You hire the design firm that
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Jeffrey Mark of J. Mark Interiors is
always on the move. From his New York
headquarters to the hills of Jerusalem to
trade shows throughout Europe, Asia,
and North America, Mr. Mark travels
the world to accommodate the growing
needs of his discerning clients.
The dream of owning a home in Isra-
el is now becoming a reality for many
Americans and Europeans. With the
recent increase in vacation home own-
ership in Israel, Mr. Mark has developed
a very specialized market. Currently,
several of his largest design projects are
underway in Israel. Very often, Marks
international clients turn to him for
advice even before taking the leap. His
constant presence in both countries
allows his clients to feel at ease with
their new home purchase.
After the purchase is complete, Mr.
Mark and his J. Mark Interiors team get
to work developing and mapping out a
unique design thats tailor-made to the
clients individual needs. His designers
in New York can be found on daily con-
ference calls with the Israel ofce, dis-
cussing details of each and every inter-
national project. The goal is to ensure
that each new home surpasses the cli-
ents expectations.
Blending old world tradition with
innovative design, Mr. Marks love for
the land of Israel and passion for his
craft are evident in all of his projects.
In Israel, he oversees all aspects of the
building, renovation, and design. After
the project is offcially completed, Mr.
Mark follows up throughout the year to
make sure that every last need is met.
He typically forms long-lasting rela-
tionships with his clients and considers
them friends.
Nothing makes me happier than
helping my clients create the home of
their dreams, Mr. Mark says. That goes
for any client, but when its somebody
fulfilling a lifelong dream, its beyond
exhilarating.
Some of Mr. Marks notable projects
are in Jerusalems most desirable loca-
tions. He recently completed work at
the King Davids Crown Jerusalem, the
prestigious residence adjacent to the
world famous King David Hotel. The J.
Mark Interiors New York showroom has
also been designated as the U.S. sales
offce for the King Davids Crown.
J. Mark Interiors is still as commit-
ted as ever to providing its local cli-
ents with the same attention to detail
and customer service they have come
to expect over the past 20 years. Now
located at the 5 Towns Design Cen-
ter in Cedarhurst, the 6,500 square
foot showroom features ever chang-
ing displays that represent the latest
interior design trends and the finest
quality products. With all of his glob-
al resources and staff in place, Jeffrey
Mark and J. Mark Interiors can accom-
modate any project, big or small, at
home or abroad.
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our dining room is an impor-
tant gathering place for dinners,
brunches, and cocktail parties. The
dining room has experienced an
evolution in remodeling popularity lately,
thanks to breathtaking design projects
shown on popular home decorating web-
site Houzz, as well as Pinterest. No matter
how large your dining room, you can give
it a makeover. Here are the top trends in
dining room remodeling projects:
1) Add interesting lighting. Julia
Buckingham Edelmann of Buckingham
Interiors + Design says, A chic dining room
is no longer defned by an opulent crystal
chandelier; instead make a statement with
a one-of-a-kind piece.
Examples include a trio of pendant
lamps, a rustic wood round holding frosted
glass lights, or a rainfall-like efect of crystals
surrounding lights.
Unique lighting allows you to put your
thinking-outside-the-box skills to work and
serve as a conversation-starting focal point.
Guests will appreciate your use of the
unexpected to light their meal, she says.
Add your new choice of lighting fxture
above the dining room table.
With portrait lights on the walls, and
perhaps uplighting placed behind potted
trees, the easy task of installing a dimmer
switch will give you the option of diferent
light intensity whenever you wish.
2) Choose a new paint palette. Jeanine
Hays, an AphroChic design blogger says,
Move over white walls; in 2014 well be
seeing rooms with a lot more drama and
glamour. Dining room walls might fnally
get a makeover from their boring beige hue
to stand out in deep navy blue, which style
blogger Mark D. Sikes says is a big trend for
2014. Im seeing a lot of the shade on the
runways, on the streets, in chic interiors,
he says.
While navy blue can sometimes look a bit
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country, gleaming metal fxtures and
accessories (also a big trend) create more
of a formal, modern, and stylish look.
Other popular shades for dining
rooms include cranberry and eggplant
for warmer tones, and, if youd still
prefer a neutral shade, slate gray and
chocolate brown are topping the trends.
3) Chair rails and molding. Adding
new chair rails and molding to the
dining room adds an upscale fnishing
touch to the room, and may hide those
less-than-perfect paint lines where the
ceiling meets the wall. A chair rail also
invites the trend of having one paint
color above the rail and another color
or wide paint color stripes below for
creative fair.
If youre doing the project yourself,
buy extra lengths of wood to allow for
some inevitable miscuts and wood
splits. Its better to have extra than to
have to go back to the lumber store.
4) Knock out a wall. According to
Realtor Magazines recent Cost vs.
Value Report, the average return on
investment for home remodel projects
is 66 percent, and creating an open
foor plan is one of the most requested
features by new homebuyers. Even if
you wont put your house on the market
any time soon, you may still want that
open, airy arrangement.
5) Refresh with trendy furniture and
accessories. Dining rooms have gotten
more eclectic, which means youre not
limited to the all-matching dining room
chairs. Now a trend is to mix up chairs
and benches or alternate chair fabrics
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CARL E. GUZMAN
Autumn is here and its a great time to
plan. I constantly hear the question:
Is it more difcult to get a loan today?
Not really.
The passing of the Dodd Frank bill
eliminated stated income and low or
no doc loans, which were blamed for
significant mortgage defaults. Bor-
rowers who would have qualified
under one of those programs are left
in the cold and really need to pay
attention to the income reported on
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employed). Although stated programs
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on your mortgage application, and if you
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are important.
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product choice, lower down payments,
and more favorable rates.
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stability, great income, and liquidity.
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is needed: using the stronger borrower
and removing the weaker one; waiting to
try and increase a credit score; or wait-
ing for the higher income tax return to be
led.
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grams to get you into the home of your
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bath plus office w/French doors, enchanting gardens.
ENGLEWOOD STUNNING UNDER CONTRACT
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houses of worship.
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lined street across
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dining room, living
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eat-in kitchen w/
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opens to private
fenced yard, 3
bedrooms, 3 baths,
hardwood foors, walk-out basement w/tiled rec room,
lovely plantings.
ENGLEWOOD COMMERCIAL - $2,250,000
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standing building w/
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Also for rent.
ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS BRIGHT - $769,000
Spacious 4 bedroom,
2 bath home in
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comfortable ground
foor recreation room,
cheerful living &
dining rooms, sunny
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bedroom, 2.5 bath
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living room w/freplace,
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deck w/hot tub, bright
family room, master
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throughout.
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2 bedroom, 2 bath
on low foor, modern
kitchen w/breakfast
nook & separate
dining alcove, winter
garden sunroom,
excellent closet space,
building offers pool,
gym, valet parking,
laundry on every foor, near bus, park & houses of worship.
ALPINE - STUNNING - $3,588,500
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plan, 9 ceilings, dining
room w/marble foor,
library w/gas freplace
opens to manicured
property w/fowering
trees, gourmet kitchen
w/wine cooler, master
suite w/freplace &
whirlpool bath, fnished lower level accesses a lovely courtyard.
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201-461-6764 Eve
201-970-4118 Cell
201-585-8080 x144 Ofce
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The interior also features a new design, combin-
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Looking at the center console, a centrally positioned
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with a diagonal screen of 7 inches or 8.4 inches if
Multimedia Package is selected. New for the C-Class
is the innovative touchpad within the handrest over
the controller on the center tunnel. Developed in-
house at Mercedes-Benz, this provides very simple
and intuitive operation of all the head-unit functions
using nger gestures.
Mercedes-Benz has also introduced the highly
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an SUV in compact form. Although compact, the GLA
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GLA250 4MATIC featuring a turbocharged four cyl-
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speed regulation and an off-road transmission mode as
standard. It has a top speed of 145 mph and the engine
is mated to a seven-speed dual clutch automatic trans-
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Rounding out the latest models in the Fall 2015 Mer-
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breathtaking version of our new fagship S-Class. The
two-door S550 Coupe, which replaces the CL-Class
vehicles, will be available in the U.S. as a 4MATIC only
with a 4.7L V8 biturbo engine. The S550 Coupe has
an output of 449 hp and its torque level peaks at 516
lb-ft. The sporty driving experience is significantly
enhanced by the emotional sound produced by the
exhaust system. The interior of the S-Class features a
dashboard that wraps around the front passengers,
extending to the doors, engulfing them all with an
expansive array of options.
Benzel-Busch represents the Mercedes-Benz, Audi,
Maybach, and Smart brands. Family-owned and oper-
ated for nearly half a century, Benzel-Busch takes a
personalized approach, tailoring services to match
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visit at 28 Grand Ave. in Englewood.
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Camp Open Houses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
A fall fun day to make happy campers
Crafts for the Holiday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Homemade creations for Sukkot and Simchat Torah
Unbraiding the Knot of Homework. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Getting organized and staying the course helps
Super Soup Recipes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Scrumptious dishes to enjoy for Sukkot
Helping Children Thrive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Key ingredients in getting the best from your child
Fall Fun . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Apple picking, animal petting and more outdoor activities
Bracing for Braces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
High-tech orthodontia comes of age
Pets for the Family . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
How to find the right animal member for your clan
Fitness for Every Season . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Tips to keep in shape inside and outside
Getting to the Core . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Apple activities for your children
Generation G. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Bound in name and game
Where Chocolate and Tzedakah Meet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Teaneck teen raises money to fight poverty
Share and Share Alike . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Teaching toddlers the art of sharing
Simchas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Celebrating our lifecycles
Top Choices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
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M
y frst Sukkot, and I was a bride-to-be.
My brother Ronald and my sister-
in-law Meryl invited my husband-to-be
Jeff and me for the holiday and, happily, it has
become a wonderful family tradition.
There is nothing like spending the Yom Tov
with family, but Ronald and Meryl were not
only our family, but also our ambassadors into
a new chapter of our lives. Married for many
years, with three young children and a fourth
on the way they were, by default and design,
going to help shepherd us into a life of marriage
and children, whom we wanted to raise in a tra-
ditional way.
I remember their sukkah. It was a spacious,
royal blue structure usually put up right af-
ter Yom Kippur and decorated with artwork
by their children and pictures of Torah greats.
Over the years, it also has been adorned with
pictures that were created by our children,
assorted hanging chains of fruit and sundry
things, and a funky crystal chandelier lit by a
bulb that changed colors as we sat there. It was
a conversation piece.
I remember the food. Oh, do I remember
the food. That frst Sukkot came at the end of
September, when we sat outside and had to
sweater up. Meryl, who is a great cook, baker
and hostess (Ive been hocking her to write
a cookbook for years!) pulled out all stops.
That year, Meryl made her special caramel-
ized onion soup, a recipe that takes a copious
amount of onions that have to be peeled and
sliced and simmered for hours (Oy! Think of
the tears shed!) and requires an inordinate
amount of patience to bring forth its savory
sweetness. It is an incredibly delicious soup. I
was touched that she served it. I also remem-
ber the sweetbreads that she served. Some of
you may be oohing and ahhing others say-
ing yuck but sweetbreads, a real delicacy,
not only sate my palate, but reminds me of my
mother, of blessed memory. (In fact, that was a
must-have at our wedding. Sweetbreads on the
smorgasbord!)
I remember the feeling. Warm and loving
all around. Lots of laughs at their table. Ronald
and I would joke that we needed at least one
big belly laugh, a guffaw that would go deep
inside, each yontif. It was usually something
quite silly that would set us off, but it would
make us laugh and laugh.
I remember that their sukkah was open. It
was not only for family, but also for friends and
members of the community who needed a meal
in the sukkah. Now, some of these young boys
who learned their way at Ronald and Meryls
table are family men or their own, presiding
over their own meals in their own sukkahs.
I remember a few years later, when our chil-
dren were little, one of the highlights of being at
Uncle Ronald and Aunt Meryls on Sukkot was
sukkah hopping, an activity anticipated by all
the neighborhood children who went door to
door, through the backyards of this Brooklyn
neighborhood, bringing home treats galore (as
if all the dessert Meryl served was not enough!).
And here we are this year. Since that frst
Sukkot, theres been the addition of a few fam-
ily members, and sadly, the loss of others.
But there are things that never change. The
joy of holiday. The faith that we demonstrate
by being in the sukkah. The tradition that we
pass down to our children. The memories that
we create when we celebrate the holiday to-
gether. And of course, Meryls delicious food.
Cheers,
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HE I DI MA E B RAT T
M
emories of camp are not too much in the dis-
tance, as the school year gets underway. That
still doesnt mean that you cant be thinking
ahead to next summer. Many camps send their camp-
ers home and nearly right away, even before the last
camper departs the bus, sign them up for the next sea-
son.
Plenty of camps are taking advantage of the lovely
weather in the beginning of the fall, hosting open hous-
es on their sprawling grounds during the month of Oc-
tober as a way of reuniting campers and their families
and yes previewing the next summer season.
At Camp Veritans, a fall festival will be happen-
ing on Oct. 19 from 2 to 4 p.m. on the campgrounds in
North Haledon. The day is set be a fun family-oriented
event with a plethora of activities including hayride
tours, arts and crafts, glitter tattoo-ing, face painting
and more, says Carla Rudow, camp director.
The early-bird special for registration runs until
Oct. 15 where campers can save $250 off an eight-week
summer or $150 off four to seven weeks. Rudow says
that if campers sign up on the day of the open house on
Oct. 19, they too will get a discount for the next season.
Camp Veritans is celebrating its 60th anniversary
and is constantly adding programs. Its latest addition,
the Yeladim program, is geared to the youngest camp-
ers 4 years old. The Jewish day camp now serves
about 300 youngsters ages 4 through 15 or 10th grade.
At Blue Rill Day Camp in Airmont, N.Y. , October will
be a month of many different open house opportuni-
ties, says Greg Schreiner, camp director.
The Big Festival is on Oct. 11 from 1 to 5 p.m. on the
campgrounds. It will be a fabulous fall fun day, which
will include lots of activities such as soccer, basket-
ball, pumpkin decoration, rock wall climbing and more.
There will be infatables on hand for jumping action.
And because the camp that accommodates about 700
youngsters a season is celebrating its 65th anniver-
sary, anyone who enrolls for the 2015 summer season
will get a commemorative feece pullover jacket, says
Schreiner.
Blue Rill Day Camp will also hold open house tours
on Oct. 18 and on Oct. 26.
At Deer Mountain Day Camp, in Pomona, N.Y., the
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Homemade Crafts to Heighten
the Joy of Sukkot and Simchat Torah
R I V K Y KOE NI G
T
he holiday of Sukkot is tailor-made
for do-it-yourself-ers who love
building forts or home additions
and who feel more at home on a ladder
than on the ground. For many people,
the really fun part of the chag is deco-
rating the sukkah, the temporary home
away from home that commemorates
the booths that God created for the Jews
in the desert after they had left Egypt.
Decorations glitter in the candlelight
and the sound of happy singing is heard
through the bamboo or leafy schach
that serves as its roof. You can craft
so many decorations. Whatever you
choose, youll feel even happier during
this time of rejoicing surrounded by
your familys own creations.
As Sukkot ends, we greet the holiday
of Simchat Torah during which the con-
gregation celebrates the cycle of Torah
readings. They circle the bimah with the
Torah scrolls to the fanfare of waving
fags, stamping feet and voices raised in
song. Proudly joining the circle of danc-
ers, children will be thrilled to display
the fags that they created to hold their
very own cuddly Torahs made of felt.
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When my daughter was in Mo-
rah Ellens class in Bais Yaakov
of Queens, she made this beauti-
ful fag for Simchat Torah. I had
never seen such an unusual fag
before and immediately knew
that I wanted to craft this project
as well. The overhead projector
transparencies can be found in
most craft, offce and school-
supply stores.
Stained Glass Flag
What you will need
scissors
1 piece shiny paper
pencil
metallic marker
decoupage medium, such as
Mod Podge
2 (8 1/2-inch by 11-inch) overhead
projector transparencies
pastel-colored tissue paper
paper clips
hole puncher
wooden dowel or round cardboard
stick from dry cleaners clothes
hanger (you can paint it rst to
match your ag)
glue gun and glue sticks
pastel yarn
How to do it:
Using a template of a small Torah,
trace the Torah twice onto the back
of the shiny paper and cut out the
two traced Torahs. Use the metallic
marker to write Simchat Torah or
your favorite Simchat Torah phrase
on the front of each Torah.
Coat the front of one Torah with a
thin coat of Mod Podge and glue it
to the center of a transparency.
Take 3 or 4 large pieces of tissue
paper and cut into 2-inch squares
(approximately they dont have to
be perfectly straight).
Working with a small area at a time,
spread a thin coat of Mod Podge
on the transparency and place tis-
sue paper squares on the coated
area, overlapping slightly. Continue
spreading Mod Podge and sticking
on squares, until the transparency is
covered. Let dry.
Coat the back of second Torah with
a thin coat of Mod Podge; glue it to
the back of the Torah on the rst
transparency. Let dry
Place the second transparency
to the back of the paper-covered
transparency and clip together with
several paper clips.
With the hole puncher, punch holes
1/2-inch to 1-inch apart, around
the outer edge of the whole ag.
Line up the dowel with the top left
corner of the ag. Carefully sepa-
rate the transparencies slightly and
insert the dowel between them;
glue into place with the glue gun
and glue sticks.
Double a long piece of yarn and
knot one end. Thread into the hole
at the top left corner of the ag.
Weave yarn through holes around
the dowel and continue around the
rest of the ag, removing paper clip
as you weave. Knot the yarn and
trim.
Estimated time: 1 hour, divided
Drying time: 4 to 6 hours, divided
This stunning chain is simple to
make and can be customized to
your decorating taste by using
the ribbons and fake fruits of your
choosing. It is perfect for sukkah
decoration.
Ribbon Bow and Fruit Chain
What you will need:
long cording or thin ribbon
fake fruit with stems and /or
berry picks
1/4-inch to 1/2-inch wide ribbons of
your choice; sheer ribbons work best
scissors
How to do it:
Decide how long you would like your
chain to be and cut a piece of
cording or ribbon 12 inches longer
than that length.
Knot a small length of ribbon tightly
to the stem of a fruit and tie the other
end around the cording. Continue to
tie additional fruits on to the cord-
ing in this manner, at approximately
3-inch intervals. If you are using
berry picks, bend the end of the pick
around the cording until it is securely
attached to the cording.
Tie ribbons into bows between fruits.
To hang the chain, loop each end
around a sukkah beam or piece of
bamboo and knot securely into place.
Estimated time: 30 minutes
This delightful fag is the
perfect size for small hands
to hold while dancing in
shul on Simchat Torah. The
glittery design will capture
everyones attention and
the pompom on top is there
to ensure that no ones eye
is accidently poked by the
stick.
Mini Flag
What you will need:
1 (12-inch by 18-inch) sheet
stiffened felt in the color of
your choice
pencil
scissors
craft glue or glittering glue
with brush
glitter in assorted colors
paper plates
double-sided red liner
tape (we used Provo Craft
Terrically Tacky Tape)
X-Acto knife
chopstick or small dowel
large pompom
metallic dimensional
fabric paint
curling ribbon, optional
How to do it:
Cut the stiffened felt into at
7-inch by 9-inch rectangle.
Brush a thin line of glue
around 3 edges of the ag.
Working over a paper plate,
cover the glued areas with
glitter and shake the excess
onto the paper plate. Pour
the extra glitter back into the
container.
Cut a 1-inch by 2-inch rect-
angle of the double-sided
adhesive sheet and stick the
shape onto the left side of the
ag to form the Torah.
Peel the top paper from the
adhesive rectangle and sprin-
kle glitter on. Shake off any
excess over a paper plate.
Use stripes of tape to craft the
top strip of the Torah cover
and the top and bottom han-
dles. Add glitter as in step 3.
Use the X-Acto knife to cut a
1/2-inch horizontal slit near
the top and bottom of the left
side of the ag. Thread the
dowel through the slits. Spread
some craft glue on top of the
dowel and glue a large pom-
pom to the top. Let dry.
Use a pencil to outline the let-
ters in the center of the ag.
Trace and ll in the outlined
letters with fabric paint and
let dry.
Optional: Tie strands of curling
ribbon around the top of the
dowel, under the pompom. To
curl the ribbon, pull each rib-
bon strand against the blade
of the scissors.
Estimated time: 30 minutes
Drying time: as recommended
on the fabric paint bottle
Reproduced from Crafting Jewish by
Rivky Koenig, with permission of the
copyright holders, ArtScroll / Mesorah
Publications, Ltd.
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Getting the Thorns Out
of Doing Homework
DE NI S E MOR R I S ON Y E A R I A N
H
omework is an important component of a childs
educational experience. For many children its a
given. They just do it without complaining. But
for others, its a battleground, a place where war ensues
every weekday evening.
Even in well-functioning families, homework can be
one of the hottest parent-child crisis buttons. So how
can you, as a parent, keep the battle to a minimum and
make homework a positive experience?
A childs ability to be successful with homework be-
gins with the value parents place upon learning. Success
in this department requires helping your child develop
essential homework skills, creating a working alliance
with your child and his teachers, and learning to deal
with common homework problems. Following are a few
tips to help get homework done, without the battles.
Hand over the reigns
While asking about homework and helping out is an
important part of guiding your child through his assign-
ments, excessive involvement may stife his ability to
learn to work independently. Be available for assistance
and feedback, but do not jump in too quickly to correct
homework, or wait until the eleventh hour when, out of
frustration, you end up completing his homework for
him. Remember, the more responsibility you assume,
the less responsibility your child will take. Hand over
the reigns. This will give your child responsibility and
ownership for his homework.
Eliminate excuses
From time to time, children will make excuses to avoid
doing homework. While there may be times the ex-
cuse is valid, at other times it could be just a ploy to
avoid the unpleasant. For this reason, parents should
familiarize themselves with their childs abilities. Then
theyll know if Junior is really struggling or just wanting
to take the easy way out.
Establish Rules And Routines
One way to avoid homework hassles (and help your
child become an independent learner) is to establish
rules and routines. This should include a regular place
and time for doing homework, as well as guidelines re-
garding television, telephone and device usage. Try to
create a pleasant homework environment. For example,
if you decide to work at the kitchen table, make sure its
clean and that you have ample supplies within reach.
You might even include a healthy snack or drink. Some
children work better with quiet music playing or a win-
dow open for fresh air. Others are easily distracted and
need absolute quite. Try to fgure out what works best
for your child and stick with it.
Guidelines regarding device and phone usage
should be established from the very start. While es-
tablishing these rules, remember that there may be a
circumstance in which your child needs to call a class-
mate to double check an assignment. If this is the case,
set a time limit on the calls, fve minutes or so. This
should be ample time to write down any information
needed. From time to time, a television special may
rouse your childs interest. If the special comes on dur-
ing homework time, give your child the option of do-
ing his work early, or offer to videotape the program so
he can watch it at his leisure. Above all, be consistent
with rules and routines. This avoids procrastination
and lets your child know his boundary lines and your
expectations.
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Some Super Soup in the Sukkah
for Soul Satisfaction
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RAC HE L HA R K HA M
I
ts uncanny how Sukkot almost al-
ways presents itself at the perfect
moment in autumn. For a holiday cel-
ebrated outdoors, the scenery and the
climate doesnt get any better than early
October in the northeast. The fery-hued
foliage and the invigorating crispness
in the air are enjoyed from the vantage
point of a sukkah, hopefully with family
and friends. And the only other thing
needed to complete this setting is a cozy
sweater and a bowl of delicious soup.
The sweater I cant really
help you with, but I have a few
soup recipes that will surely
add seasonal favor and deli-
cious warmth to your autumn-
in-the-sukkah experience.
Roasted Potato Soup is
a simple vegan soup that is
loaded with toasty and satis-
fying roasted vegetable favor.
The slightly sweet edge of the roasted
onions and garlic mixes nicely with the
solid earthy savory favor of the roasted
potatoes.
If you like you can substi-
tute sweet potatoes for the
regular potatoes for a dulci-
fed version of the soup.
The Chicken Meatball and
Kale Soup is a one-bowl meal.
It begins with satisfying but
not-too-heavy ground chicken
meatballs. The chopped kale
adds a nice leafy texture and
offers a nice helping of healthful greens.
And little pasta shapes are in there
just for fun (you can substitute rice or
leave it out completely to keep the soup
gluten-free).
The rich and palate-pleasing favor
in the Flanken Soup is achieved by sim-
mering fanken, bones and all, with aro-
matics for two hours on the stovetop.
The savory, meaty broth that results
is irresistible when combined with
chopped tomatoes, carrots, and celery.
A steaming bowl of any of these soups
enjoyed in the sukkah will make your
Sukkot a celebration of seasonal beauty
and delicious favor.
Roasted Potato Soup
3 large russet potatoes, peeled and
cubed (about 2 pounds)
1 large onion, peeled and quartered
6 garlic cloves, crushed
2 tablespoons olive oil or safower oil
salt and pepper
6 to 8 cups vegetable stock
Place a rack in top third of oven.
Preheat oven to 400F.
Toss together potatoes, onion and
garlic in olive oil on a baking sheet
or roasting pan. Season with salt and
pepper. Place in oven.
Stir and rotate pan every 15 minutes.
Vegetables are ready when the potato
is tender when pierced with a fork
(about 45 minutes). Remove from
oven.
Pour vegetable stock into stockpot and
gently heat. Combine the roasted veg-
etables with the vegetable stock. With
an immersion blender puree soup to
desired consistency. You can alternate-
ly puree in blender in batches. Season
with salt and pepper, to your taste.
Recipe makes 6 to 8 servings..
Chicken Meatball and Kale Soup
1 pound ground chicken
cup fresh breadcrumbs
3 garlic cloves, minced
1 large egg, lightly beaten
teaspoon salt
teaspoon pepper
2 tablespoons extra-virgin
olive oil
1 onion, chopped
8 cups chicken stock
1 carrot, peeled and cut
into coins
cup ditalini or other small
pasta shape
1 bunch of kale (about 6
ounces), center ribs and
stems removed, leaves
torn into pieces
Mix ground chicken, bread-
crumbs, garlic, beaten egg
in a medium bowl. Add salt
and pepper. Form mixture
into meatballs.
Heat oil in a heavy pot
over medium high heat.
Sear meatballs until golden
brown (about 3 minutes).
Transfer to a plate, they will
nish cooking in the soup.
Add chopped onion to pot
and saut, stirring often
until translucent and golden
around edges (about 3
minutes). Add stock, and
bring to boil. Stir in carrots.
Add meatballs and pasta.
Simmer until pasta is al
dente. Stir in kale. Once the
kale has wilted season to
taste with salt and pepper.
Recipe makes 6 servings
Rich Flanken Soup
3 to 4 pounds anken
salt and pepper
1 tablespoon olive oil
2 onions, peeled and
quartered
4 garlic cloves, smashed
1 tablespoon + 1 teaspoon
Worcestershire sauce
10 cups of beef stock or cold water
2 bay leaves
2 carrots, peeled and diced
2 ribs of celery, thinly sliced
1 15-ounce can diced
tomatoes
Season anken with salt and pepper.
Heat oil in a large heavy pot set
over medium heat. Sear anken on
all sides until lightly browned about
2 to 3 minutes on both sides. Work
in batches, if necessary, so as not to
overcrowd the pot. Transfer seared
anken to a plate and set aside.
Add onions to pot and cook for 3
minutes, add garlic and cook until
garlic browns. Add a cup of water
or stock and scrape the bottom of
pan to lift up any avorful bits. Put
the anken back in the pot, pour
in the rest of the water or stock,
Worcestershire sauce, and the bay
leaves. Raise heat to medium-high
and bring to a boil. Skim off any
foamy scum that rises to the top.
Reduce to simmer and cover. Skim
off any fat that rises to the surface
periodically.
Simmer until meat is fork tender
about 2 hours. Remove from heat.
Use a slotted spoon to remove
meat and bones from pot, let cool a
little. When meat is cool enough to
handle, discard bones, and trim off
any fat and cut beef into bite-sized
chunks.
Strain broth with a sieve set over a
bowl or another pot. Discard any
solids (onions, garlic, bay leaves).
Return liquid to a boil, mix in diced
tomatoes with juices, carrots and
celery. Cook until veggies are tender
about 10 minutes. Return meat to
soup and season to taste with salt
and pepper.
Recipe makes 6 servings.
Rachel Harkham is a recipe developer, cookbook author
and chocolatier. She lives in Rockland County with her fam-
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Giving Our Children What They Really Need to Thrive
S L OV I E J UNGR E I S - WOL F F
W
hat do children require in or-
der to thrive? Here are fve vi-
tal things we must give to our
children.
Self-Worth
All children have the need to feel accept-
ed. When we nurture our childs feelings
of self-worth, we create a sense of pride.
There is an atmosphere of belonging so
that the child does not feel the necessity
to fnd acceptance elsewhere. We want
our sons and daughters to know that
we love them for who they are and that
each child possesses a unique gift given
by God. For each child the gift is differ-
ent. It can be brains, personality, sports,
art, baking, music, friendship, even the
ability to care for a baby. Our role as
parents is to help the child discover the
magic within instead of focusing on the
perceived gifts that others possess.
Once we are able to do this, we can
help each child feel stronger with who
he is. Self-confdent children can deal
successfully with the ups and downs
that life brings. Children who possess
self-worth will better navigate future re-
lationships, feel resilient enough to try
and risk failure, and become a source of
strength to future generations.
I do not mean a child who is full of
himself. Some children perceive them-
selves to be superior and knock others
down. This type of self-esteem is super-
fcial and creates an arrogant monster in
the home. Instead, I am speaking about
the unearthing of what lies beneath the
soul. If we can then show our children
that they can use their gift to make this
world better, we transmit to each child
a confdent awareness that I make a
difference and I have value. When a
child feels inadequate we hear lines like
I cant, No one likes me, and Im not
good enough, smart enough, and popu-
lar or pretty enough.
Parents who appreciate their chil-
drens differences, interests, and talents,
encourage their children to grow conf-
dent and be happy with who they are.
Security
We live in a frightening world. Our chil-
dren are aware of current events, pain-
ful tragedies and images that boggle the
mind. Words like kidnapping, missiles,
terrorist attacks and killings are no lon-
ger scenes from Hollywood movies. A
generation is growing up surrounded by
loss. And it is not just grim world news
that kids must confront. I have spoken
to parents whose children are fearful of
returning home from summer camp be-
cause each year there are couples who
announce their pending divorce. Do you
feel confdent that you have given your
child a sense of security?
We can help assure our children by
creating an atmosphere of trust. Despite
the diffcult world out there, know, my
child that you can always count on me.
Here are practical ways to make this
happen: rid yourself of chaos and com-
mit to routines and schedules that work;
try to de-clutter so that your home envi-
ronment does not feel messy and over-
whelming. Keep your word; when you
say you will be there dont disappoint,
and honor your promises.
A lack of consistency in rules makes
a child unsure of what to expect. Wishy-
washy discipline does not allow a child
to anticipate proper consequences and
strips away the security of knowing right
from wrong.
Most of all let us recognize the de-
structive power we possess when we
scream at our children. All it takes is a
few moments of outrage to cause a child
to feel that he is living with a parent who
is out of control. Anger, yelling, sarcas-
tic put downs and belittling removes
the inborn trust that a child had but is
now lost. Why would I want to connect
with you if I do not feel safe at your side?
Once the bond between parent and child
is destroyed, it becomes very diffcult to
rebuild. Even if you try afterwards to
spend time together and offer sooth-
ing words, lose it often enough and the
harsh image and tone simmer within
your childs heart. Your son or daughter
is always second guessing-will this be
a safe conversation or will I feel vulner-
able? Creating a stable home instead will
enable your child to grow knowing the
defnition of dependable, reliable and
trustworthy.
Relationship Skills
Our children need to learn how to deal
with others. Too often parents make
excuses for their childs misbehavior
or hurtful words. Instead let us concen-
trate on helping our kids handle their
encounters. Practical ways for us to do
this is to open our eyes to teaching mo-
ments where kids can learn about apolo-
gies, forgiveness, gratitude, sharing, not
interrupting, allowing others to be in
the limelight, listening skills, overcom-
ing the desire to hit or scream, dealing
successfully with tantrums, and learning
how to quell angry reactions.
At the same time it is important to
impart the deference required when en-
countering authority. Discuss the proper
derech eretz - standard of respect - while
speaking to rabbis, principals, teachers,
parents, relatives, and elders. Just as
crucial is the knowledge of how to act
in a synagogue, bar and bat mitzvah,
airplane, restaurant, hotel, and other
peoples homes. I have seen children de-
stroy hotel lobbies while parents watch
and laugh that it is not their home. Lack-
ing social skills produces children who
either bully or withdraw into painful
silence. Providing the proper relation-
ship know-how gives children character
traits like loyalty, respect, unselfshness
and honesty.
Sensitivity
Teach your children to be considerate of
other peoples feelings. When a sibling
or classmate has been pained, it is okay
for a child to be aware and feel empathy.
If possible, give your children opportuni-
ties to cultivate compassion. The unpop-
ular kid in class who never gets invited
how do you think he is feeling? How
can we try to make this better? There are
many chesed kindness projects that we
can get our children involved in, instead
of just focusing on themselves. This past
year a group of bat mitzvah aged stu-
dents whose mothers I teach collected
hundreds of coats that we shipped off to
Israel. We discussed how there are kids
their age who are freezing during the
winter months because they cannot af-
ford a coat. It was an incredible day that
opened up the eyes and hearts of these
young girls to the suffering of other chil-
dren. Compassion must be nurtured. It
will not happen by itself.
Children notice if their words bring
a smile or a tear. They recognize from
early on if theyve brought pleasure or
pain. We cannot afford to shy away from
allowing them to confront their behav-
ior and deal with poor decisions that
theyve made.
As parents, we must replace angry
reactions with frm but loving discipline.
We cannot expect to raise sensitive chil-
dren if we, ourselves, are insensitive to
our childrens needs.
Love, Love, Love
Of course, all this is not possible if we
lack the ability to make our children feel
loved. Be generous with your affection.
Hug more, laugh more, say I love you
more. Stop making your child feel as if
he is never good enough. Allow your
children to see that you appreciate and
are affectionate with your spouse. Give
words of gratitude and admiration.
When you have family time, dont
seem bored and uninterested. Turn off
your devices and tune in to the ones who
count on you most in this world. Watch
that the pressures of school, homework,
carpools, bedtime and daily life do not
ruin the precious moments you have
together. Our families are our greatest
assets. Let us create homes flled with
peace so that we can transmit our legacy
to the next generation.
Slovie Jungreis-Wolff is a parenting educa-
tor and the author of Raising a Child With
Soul (St. Martins Press).
Reprinted with permission of Aish.com
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Have an Outdoor Fun Fall Time
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utumn is when the start of school collides with
the start of the holidays heralding the Jewish
new year. The leaves fash their awe-inspiring
colors and the weather turns crispy cool. Its the per-
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chol hamoed Sukkot before winters chill hastens us
back inside soon enough.
Here are some suggestions for some local outings
to make your fall fun.
Abmas Farm & Market
700 Lawlins Road
Wyckoff
201-891-0278
www.abmasfarm.com
This historic farm dates back to the 1790s. The 200-year-
old Dutch-style barn is among the few that are still stand-
ing in Bergen County. No longer a barn, it is a retail mar-
ket. So if you venture here, while the parents shop for
fresh produce in the market, the children can head over
to the barnyard and pet and feed the animals. The farm
is featuring hayrides through the month of October.
Brookhollows Barnyard
301 Rockaway Valley Road
Boonton Township
201-400-4505
www.brookhollowsbarnyard.com
During the fall, this family-run petting zoo operates a
pumpkin patch and is open on weekends through Oc-
tober. Come along and shoot the corn cannon, enjoy a
hayride, take the children on one of their train rides,
Moo Moo Choo Choo or the Cow Train. There is also an
alpaca clothing shop where yarn, hats, sweaters, gloves,
blankets and other items are sold.
Dr. Davies Farm
306 Route 304
Congers, N.Y.
845-268-7020
www.drdaviesfarm.com
Family run since 1891, Dr. Davies Farm is as American as
apple pie, which you can whip up from the fresh apples
that you pick here. With more than 4,000 trees on 35
acres, you can pick a plenty. There are also hayrides, a
farm market through November and more fun.
Demarest Farms
244 Wierimus Road
Hillsdale
201-666-0472
www.demarestfarms.com
Pick your own apples; there are more than 14 varieties of
pick-your-own apples. If you like, you can take a hayride
or go through a corn maze. The farm features a store
with a bakery, apple cider, salad bar and fresh produce.
Hayrides available. Through November, the farm fea-
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hayride, take the children on one of their train rides,
Moo Moo Choo Choo or the Cow Train. There is also an
alpaca clothing shop where yarn, hats, sweaters, gloves,
blankets and other items are sold.
Dr. Davies Farm
306 Route 304
Congers, N.Y.
845-268-7020
www.drdaviesfarm.com
Family run since 1891, Dr. Davies Farm is as American as
apple pie, which you can whip up from the fresh apples
that you pick here. With more than 4,000 trees on 35
acres, you can pick a plenty. There are also hayrides, a
farm market through November and more fun.
Demarest Farms
244 Wierimus Road
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201-666-0472
www.demarestfarms.com
Pick your own apples; there are more than 14 varieties of
pick-your-own apples. If you like, you can take a hayride
or go through a corn maze. The farm features a store
with a bakery, apple cider, salad bar and fresh produce.
Hayrides available. Through November, the farm fea-
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300 W. Grand Ave.
Montvale
201-391-4576
Maneuver through the giant hay maze. Open all year,
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Flat Rock Brook Nature Center
443 Van Nostrand Ave.
Englewood
201-567-1265
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A 150-acre preserve and education center located on the
western slope of the Palisades in Englewood established
in 1973 by citizens, offers a chance to be in the city and
explore nature. There is a network of self-guiding trails
leading to a cascading stream, wetlands, pond, wildfow-
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Festival is scheduled for Sunday, Oct. 19 featuring music
and a barbeque.
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725 Pines Lake Drive West
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property featuring woodland trails and gardens, wildlife,
two ponds, streams and hundreds of varieties of rhodo-
dendrons, azaleas and other unusual species of plants
and trees. Gravel paths wind and connect through the
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High-Tech Braces
Are Hip and Happening
L
ook at yearbook or prom pictures from the 1950s
or 1960s and youll see many smiles framed with
heavy metal braces. Its a sight that is less com-
mon in high schools today. Why the change? Children
today tend to get braces at a much earlier age. Some
patients with special problems begin orthodontic treat-
ment at age 7 or younger. Not only that, the heavy metal
braces have given way to more refned material that is
more aesthetic and much better for the patient.
About Our Children asked Dr. Adam Schulhof, di-
rector of the Schulhof Center with locations at Kinder-
Smiles in Oradell and in Manhattan, a few questions
about orthodontia.
Q: At what age should a parent frst consult an
orthodontist?
A: The American Association of Orthodontists rec-
ommends that every patient have an initial consulta-
tion at age 7. That does not mean that every patient
who has that initial consultation is going to be ready
for treatment at that time. It is just a recommendation
so that the orthodontist can determine if, in fact, the
patient is going to be a candidate for any kind of early
intervention of treatment.
Q: If a parent misses that window, is it ever too late
to get braces? What are the consequences of waiting?
A: Its actually never too late to get braces. In fact,
my practice in the city is about 95 percent adults. I be-
lieve my oldest patient is about 78 years old. We now
know a lot more about not just tooth movement, but
also bone biology, and so we really have a better grasp
on how to move teeth regardless of the age group. The
issue with really getting your child into that time frame,
the 7-year-old time frame, is sometimes there are situa-
tions where if we kind of nip it in the bud, if we treated
now prophylactically, we can avoid certain things later
on such as surgeries or extraction of teeth or extensive
orthodontic treatment. If we do miss that window of op-
portunity, we obviously can still treat any patients at
any age. The issue may be that we just possibly wont
have growth working on our side, and we may have to
fght growth, [that is] work against growth, which can
sometimes happen. There are some situations where a
child has a growth opportunity, and if the orthodontist
assesses a child and its need for growth in a certain di-
rection or direction, we can actually modify that growth
pattern so growth can work very much with us at the
right point in time.
Q: Are there times that an orthodontist would not
make a recommendation for braces even though the
child has teeth that need correcting?
A: Yes. There actually are there are number of rea-
sons, and some of them may include, for example we
talked about growth opportunities. There are some
children who have certain types of growth patterns that
we recommend the only way to properly correct with
sometimes include not just orthodontics but perhaps
orthognathic surgery, as well. In those situations, those
surgeries are typically done when growth and develop-
ment has been completed. So we would possibly rec-
ommend waiting until getting close to that opportune
time so that the orthodontics can be done and then the
surgery can be done simultaneously with the orthodon-
tics. There are other situations where a patient may be
dentally prepared for orthodontics but emotionally, or
possibly even hygienically, unprepared for that. For ex-
ample, there are some children unfortunately even at 12,
13, or 14 year-old that are just not brushing their teeth
as well as they could or should. The orthodontist may
say you know what we can get nice straight teeth, but
we do not want to harm the child or their teeth and give
them a mouthful of cavities. Therefore perhaps we are
better served by waiting until the patient is more ma-
ture and can handle the little bit of responsibility that
we like them to be responsible for during treatment.
Q: What are the most common types of braces
these days?
A: Fortunately we live in an age with so many new
cutting-edge materials and orthodontic options avail-
able to us. Some of the most popular include clear
ceramic braces and invisaline, and incognito, which
are braces placed behind your teeth. Traditional met-
al braces have kind of come and gone. There are still
practices that utilize them. However, in the newer age,
braces and some of the ceramics there are certain new
technologies that really beneft the patient, including
certain types of glues that seal the brace to the tooth
with a much more complete seal to really help avoid
some of the cavities and white spot lesions that have
traditionally occurred with regular braces. Invisalign is
a very popular product and can be used in more lim-
ited cases. Unfortunately, it is used at times beyond its
means just because the patient or the doctor would love
to use it in specifc situations, and it results in less then
perfect results. However, there are so many other beau-
tiful aesthetic types of orthodontic treatments now that
I can fnish cases to the perfect results that orthodontist
always want to achieve. One example is incognito. with
your braces place behind the teeth. These are custom
made and therefore, aside from just being completely
hidden behind the teeth, actually can offer better more
customized results. With traditional braces an ortho-
dontist uses a standard prescription for most of their
patients. With custom braces such as incognito, each
and every patient has her own custom set up and cus-
tom treatment plan, so each smile will be as individual
as every single patient. The newer types of ceramic
braces arent just clear, but they actually are translucent
to the point where they take on the color of the patients
individual enamel. These look really wonderful on every
single patient the yellowing or discoloration that were
seen in previous generations of ceramic orthodontics.
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Getting the Family Ready
for Fido, Tabby or Tweety
I
ve been in the doghouse lately. Its
not that Ive done something wrong,
I just havent done what my children
think is right get a dog. It started sev-
eral months ago when random pet items
suddenly appeared on my shopping list:
dog food, pet dish, leash. You get
the idea. Then there was the begging,
pleading, whining and tears.
Dont get me wrong. Its not that I
dont want a four-footed, furry friend. But
having grown up with a sundry of dogs,
cats, birds, and rabbits, I know what a
huge responsibility it is to own a pet. So
before we get one, I want to be sure were
making the right choice.
Bringing a pet into your home can
lead to years of joy and happiness. But
choose the wrong animal, and it can end
in frustration for you and your pet. So
how do you decide what is the right pet
for you?
First hold a meeting to discuss out
what kind of animal your family would
like. While discussing potential pet choic-
es, consider your familys lifestyle and
needs. Do you travel much? What kind of
living quarters do you have, a large home
or small condo? Are there young children
in the home? Does anyone have pet al-
lergies? Do you have time to devote to
an animal? Can you fnancially afford the
licensing, regular veterinary visits, food,
and potential kennel costs? The answers
to these questions will vary according to
the kind of pet you choose.
Next consider the animals needs.
Think about the breed, size, tempera-
ment, and tolerance of the animal. Are you
in the market for a large dog? Better have
plenty of room for it to run and play. Do
you have young children? You may want
to choose an animal that is not too large
or small, has a calm temperament, and
is tolerant with children. Some breeds of
dogs, such as Retrievers and Dalmatians,
are ideal with children, while others, such
as toy-sized poodles, are more suited to
adult households.
If you are uncertain about a particular
breed, have family members do research
to fnd out more. You may also consider
talking with a vet, family members, or
friends who are familiar with that type
breed. One word of caution: If you are
considering a puppy, plan to make your-
self available, since house-training pups
need constant attention.
Also consider your lifestyle. If your
family is active and spends little time at
home, you may consider a cat, hamster,
or rabbit over a dog. Dogs require much
more attention than felines and rodents. If
you are active but still want a dog, choose
a smaller breed so you can take it with you.
Other lifestyle issues to consider include
fnances, health matters, costs, shedding,
animal scents, cleanliness, and time to ex-
ercise and/or play with your pet.
While discussing potential pet choic-
es, share your expectations about animal
care and maintenance. Who will care for
the pet? Where will it sleep? Who will be
responsible for feedings, walkings, vet
visits, clean ups, and grooming? How of-
ten will these things occur? Be sure your
children understand the magnitude of
the pet ownership a responsibility and
time commitment of up to 15 year may-
be more.
One problem many parents run into
is a child who begs for a pet, promises
to take care of it, and then doesnt own
up to the responsibilities. To avoid this,
consider your childs age. Most children
under the age of 10 or 11 are developmen-
tally able to care for a pet entirely on their
own. While this is a good way to teach
your child responsibility, for the time be-
ing you will need to act as an administra-
tor, checking to see that the work is done.
To help your child establish a pet
care routine, create a job chart. Make two
lists. One will contain daily tasks; another
should have weekly pet care chores. Place
the list on a large poster board with box-
es to check off when the job is done. Put
the chart in a conspicuous place so your
child will see it. To help him remember to
do these chores, link the responsibilities
to other daily routines. For example, feed
the cat before dinner or walk the dog be-
fore going to the bus stop.
If your child forgets to carry out his
responsibilities, use natural consequenc-
es as simple reminders. If, for example,
he forgets to clean out the hamster
cage, dont let him play with his pet for
the day. If he forgets to take the dog out,
make him clean up the mess on the foor.
If your child doesnt take care of his pet
responsibilities before leaving for school,
tell him you will do it for him and, in ex-
change, he can do some chores for you
after school. This way the animal doesnt
suffer at your childs expense.
When you bring your pet home, es-
tablish house rules. This includes where
the animal can and cannot go and what
it can and cannot do. If your children are
small, safety rules are especially impor-
tant. This will keep both your children
and your pet safe. Talk about how to
(and not to) touch the animal, as well as
signs your pet wants to be left alone. Ad-
here to strict rules about tail pulling and
leaving the animal alone while it is eat-
ing and sleeping. While all this may seem
like common sense to you, it may not be
to your child. Also, show your little one
how to pick up and carry the animal so
injury to either party is not incurred.
Give your pet a retreat so it will al-
ways have a place to go when it wants to
be alone. This private area could be an
extra bedroom, laundry room, hallway,
or a corner of a quiet room where youve
placed the pets bed. If you have toddlers,
a baby gate can be used to protect your
pet from your child.
Finally encourage positive play. Show
your child the right way to play with
your new pet. Give him a piece of yarn,
paper bag, or ball on a string and let him
wiggle it in front of the cat. Teach him
how to play fetch or hide and seek with
your dog. Avoid potential attack or chase
games where an overzealous animal may
inadvertently pounce on, or run down
your child. If your child is under 5, always
supervise the play.
Above all show your child how to love
your new pet. It is, after all, a new mem-
ber of the family. During the holidays,
wrap up a special gift for it, celebrate its
birthday, and buy it special treats. Most
important, love your pet, play with it, and
enjoy it.
Denise Morrison Yearian is the former editor
of two parenting magazines and the mother of
three children.
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Lets Get Physical (Fitness)
Indoors and Outdoors
ME R I L E E K E R N
N
o matter the season, its impor-
tant to ensure children get up and
moving so they stay on track with
their physical ftness. Here are some tips
with many that offer the opportunity for
some good old-fashioned family time.
Exercising need not be reserved for
the outdoors as there is plenty children
can do inside of the house to get ft. Here
are just a few good ideas:
Walk or run up and down a stairwell
multiple times (skip a step for added in-
tensity and effectiveness).
Jump rope, yes, indoors, too. Just
make sure that the child has enough
clearance from that cherished vase
Dance. Let the children boogie
away those calories.
Calisthenics (push-ups, sit-ups,
jumping jacks, etc.) are great exercise
and you can hold a friendly competition.
Hula-hoop where, again, clearance is
key here.
Crunches. Sure, let the children
watch television but challenge them to
do as many sit-ups as they can while the
commercials are on. Do this for at least
one full television program, which usual-
ly has at least 3 or 4 commercial breaks.
Shadow boxing is a great way to
work the arm, leg and core muscles
while also getting the heart pumping for
some nice calorie-burning cardio. And,
its fun. Children will have fun showing
you how they can foat like a butterfy
and sting like a bee.
Yoga is great for developing body co-
ordination and balance.
Stretching helps with fexibility,
which is another sign of a healthy body.
Prefer the great outdoors? No prob-
lem. Outdoor ftness ideas abound,
including:
Take a walk, jog, or hike. Raining?
Walk the mall double time.
Ride a bike, skateboard, or scooter.
Roller skate or in-line skate.
Catch a pickup game for basketball,
baseball, football, tennis and others that
get your heart pumping and muscles
working.
Swim. Forget doggie paddles; in-
stead, do laps up and down the pool or,
for the ambitious types, try butterfies!
Jumping rope is an old standby that
offers an array of health benefts.
Take casual activity to the next level
and add excitement. Seek out communi-
ty events, such as a walk-a-thon, bike-a-
thon, or even a triathlon that accepts mi-
nors. However, competition should not
be the focus. Instead, the focus should
be on doing ones best. These events are
often in support of a good cause, so chil-
dren can also learn the value of fundrais-
ing and giving to those that are in need.
Let children pick a cause that is impor-
tant to them and make sure the activity
matches their physical abilities. Families
can even spend a couple of weekends
prior to the event in training, getting
conditioned and practicing team-build-
ing skills.
Take advantage of local activity
courses. Many area parks and schools
are set up with physical activity courses
that span across felds and trails with
exercises stations interspersed through-
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out. These courses are good for all ages
and levels of ftness. Consider having
your child visit these courses with each
session having a different theme or pace.
For example, Boot Camp might be one
such theme for your aspiring soldiers.
Children can even walk briskly between
stations and then attempt to perform
given exercises (push-ups, sit-ups, jump-
ing jacks, balance beams, etc.) with par-
ents encouraging them along the way.
Children can set goals, such as trying
to beat their time from last week, spot-
ting animals along the route, or fnding
treasure along the way. The course can
be followed with a healthy family picnic
lunch in the park. Doing so will also
teach children how to prepare healthy
foods.
Take some lessons. Find an after-
school program or community center
that offers lessons or activities that are
physical ftness-oriented. Your options
are unlimited and may include tennis,
dance, kickboxing, golf, swimming and
self-defense. These lessons will help
your child become more well rounded in
many areas of ftness and may possibly
help them fnd one that they enjoy and
where they might want to take advanced
lessons.
Enjoy an extreme family vacation.
Get your children involved in planning
a dynamic family vacation that includes
physical activities for everyone, both
together as a family and individually.
Each family member should be able to
plan a physical activity whether it is tak-
ing a walking tour of a city, playing vol-
leyball, kayaking, white water rafting,
snorkeling, skiing or snow boarding,
hiking a trail or climbing a summit. To-
gether, your family can take the months
prior to the trip to build up the endur-
ance, strength, and skills necessary to
enjoy your active plans. The vacation
can even be a simple day trip in your
own neighborhood or something much
more extravagant. Children can save al-
lowance money for cool ftness gear or
earn money to be used toward the pur-
chase of specialty equipment by achiev-
ing physical ftness-oriented goals (like
getting a yellow belt in karate or com-
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team). This will not only teach children
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Apple Print Tote Bag
paper plates
red and green fabric paint
knife
apple
plain tote bag, lined with protective newspaper
1. Place red paint on one paper plate and green paint on
the other. Set aside.
2. Turn an apple on its side and slice it across the middle
to reveal a star shape where the seeds reside. Remove the
seeds.
3. Take one end of the apple and dip the at side in paint.
4. Hold it over your tote bag and press down lightly without
shifting the apple stamp. Lift the stamp.
5. Repeat steps 3 and 4 with the other portion of the apple
and a different colored paint until one side of the bag is
replete with designs.
6. Let dry then turn the bag over and stamp the other side.
Pared Down Puppets
apple with stem
apple corer
paring knife
lemon juice
string
glove
1. With the apple turned upside down, remove the bottom
half of the core using an apple corer. Leave upper stem
intact.
2. Use a paring knife to cut away the skin of the apple in a
smooth, circular direction.
3. Cut out facial features, making sure you leave enough
room between them because the apple will shrink as it
dries.
4. Soak the apple face in lemon juice for 10 minutes to pre-
vent browning.
5. Tie a string around the stem and hang in an undisturbed
location where nothing can touch it for three weeks. Let dry.
6. As it begins to dry occasionally redene the facial fea-
tures.
7. Once dry, remove the stem.
8. Place a glove in your hand and insert your middle nger
into the bottom where the apple core was partially removed.
Use your thumb and pinky nger to create arms. Then put
on a play.
Core Candlesticks
apples, 2 with at bottoms
apple corer
tapered candles, 2
waxed paper
pen
knife
lemon juice
paintbrush
1. Use an apple corer to cut vertically halfway through the
core of each apple. Carefully remove each core half, leaving
the remaining portion of each apple intact.
2. With a pen, draw a design (hearts, stripes, zigzags, etc.)
around the skin of the apple.
3. Use a paring knife to carve out the design.
4. With a paintbrush, apply lemon juice to the carved parts
of each apple to prevent browning.
5. Place a tapered candle into each partially hollowed-out
core. Use a knife to widen the holes or wrap waxed paper
around the candles if the holes are too large.
Autumn Apple Crumble
whole-wheat our, 2 cups
salt, 1 teaspoon
baking soda, 1 teaspoon
brown sugar, 1 cup (packed)
oatmeal, 1 cup (coarsely ground)
margarine, 1 cups
apples, 6 cups
lemon juice
nutmeg
cinnamon
mixing bowls
greased baking pan, 9 x 13-inch
1. In a bowl, mix our, salt, baking soda, brown sugar and
oatmeal.
2. Cut in 1 cup of margarine until crumbly.
3. Press half of mixture into baking pan.
4. In a separate bowl, slice apples into thin wedges, sprinkle
with lemon juice and toss with small amounts of nutmeg
and cinnamon.
5. Place apples over mixture in the pan.
6. Sprinkle the remaining crumbs over the apples and apply
small pats of margarine to the top.
7. Bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes. Cool and cut into
bars.
Denise Morrison Yearian is the former editor of two parenting
magazines and the mother of three children.
Carve Out Some Core
Time with Apple Activities
N
early 200 years ago Johnny Appleseed planted
apple trees from Ohio to Indiana because he had
a dream that no one would ever go hungry. Origi-
nally known by the name of John Chapman, this simple
man slept outdoors, hiked barefoot and wore sackcloth
clothing and a tin pot hat, even in the winter.
Although there werent many apple varieties in his
day, thanks to this American legends fruitful efforts,
farmers have been able to develop more than 7,500 dif-
ferent kinds for us to enjoy today.
This season of autumn is the height of the apple.
And autumn and apples go together like horse and car-
riage. So after youve spent some time apple picking on
the farm or apple picking at the supermarket why
not try these few apple activities to make the delicious
fruit that keeps the doctor away part of your family fun.
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Concentration
Coordination
Mood
Verbalization
Social Interactions
Independence
OPEN HOUSE &
INFORMATIVE TALK
BY DR. KERRY
WED., OCT 22
7PM
The Two Yehudas Bound
by Name and by Game
E d Si l b e r f a r b
T
hey were an unlikely pair Yehu-
da D., a year-anda half older and
a head taller, wearing a multi-col-
ored Bukharan kippa; Yehuda Silberfarb,
awaiting his bar mitzvah and his teenage
growth spurt and inexplicably wearing
a Chicago Bulls cap though, from Bal-
timore, he had no affnity for the Bulls,
Bears, Cubs or any other Chicago sym-
bol of heroism.
Yehuda D. was preparing for a two-
week stint at a standup comedy camp in
New York; Yehuda S. was awaiting a ye-
shiva-sponsored day camp in Baltimore.
Each displayed an inscrutable mask: Ye-
huda D., a quizzical expression; Yehuda
S., a dreamy one. Yehuda D. had been
elected president of his school, and de-
livered the 8th grade graduation speech.
Yehuda S. was an entrepreneur, selling
candy bars, honey buns and drinks to
his classmates on the school bus.
And so they made arrangements
to meet in New York when Yehuda S.
came to visit his grandparents. After a
sleepover at the grandparents home,
they headed to Prospect Park in Brook-
lyn where Yehuda S.s cousins kinder-
garten class was having its graduation
picnic. It was a strange setting for the
two Yehudas, suddenly in the midst of
screeching 6-year-olds, not the way they
would have chosen to begin the day, but
it was a brief detour en route to Coney
Island the aquarium and the amuse-
ment park.
The sea lion show at the aquarium
seemed routine to the two sophisticates
until one of the animals on cue boosted
itself on the pools edge and doused the
audience with its fipper. Bagel lunch was
followed by a favorite Dippin Dots a
dish of bb-sized particles of ice cream in
favors that ranged from the standard
mint chocolate to rainbow and moose
tracks. And then the amusement park.
The venerable Cyclone, one of the
nations oldest roller coasters, dating to
1927, a national historic landmark, was
still rolling and rattling. The grandpar-
ents passed it up, but the two Yehudas
were eager, and away they went at $9
a ride. A Cyclone ride in 1927 cost 25
cents.
If the Cyclone seemed expensive at
$9, the new Thunderbolt topped it at $10.
Yet if you gauged your moneys worth,
then dollar for dollar, the Thunderbolt
provided at least 10 percent more terror.
The chairs climbed perpendicular to the
ground to a height of about a 12-story
building, then they dropped precipi-
tously more than 50 miles an hour, then
spun around on the next upward climb,
turning the riders upside down as they
leveled out for the next horrifc drop. At
the end, the grandparents, mere specta-
tors, looked around for a paramedic, but
the two Yehudas were aglow and ready
for the next terror test.
They chose the Tickler, mild by com-
parison, with a ghoulish, grinning clown
face on the superstructure. Each group
of riders was spun deliriously while the
car gave one spine-wrenching lurch after
another.
Walking along the boardwalk, we
were stunned when two bodies, splayed
horizontal and strapped on a wire con-
veyance, zoomed above us, then were
pulled back. We learned that was the
Slingshot, another of the parks new tor-
tuous thrillers. The two Yehudas looked
longingly, but we hurried along before
they could react and request.
Looming above the park was the
84-year-old Wonder Wheel circling up-
ward to 150 feet, and offering a spec-
tacular view of the park, the beach and
the ocean, a pleasant comfortable ride in
cabins that rocked gently as the wheel
turned.
No way! was the double Yehuda re-
sponse to the grandparents suggestion
that the four of us take a relaxed ride
in the Wonder Wheel. It was as if John
Glenn and Scott Carpenter were invited
to spend the afternoon rocking on a
porch swing.
Whats that? the Ys asked, point-
ing to what looked like a giant umbrella
on the far side of the park.
That, said Grandpa, is the famous
parachute jump. It was in the old New
York Worlds Fair, then moved here.
You got strapped into a little chair, got
hoisted up a couple hundred feet, then
dropped, and caught just before you hit
the ground.
Agape, the Ys were properly
impressed.
It was so scary, they dont use it
anymore. Its now a historic landmark,
but Grandma and I did it when it was still
working.
Awesome!
Thus the grandparents scored a few
much needed bragging points, and orga-
nized a subway ride home, stopping for
pizza. Yehuda D. wanted his with green
olives; Yehuda S. with mushrooms. So
the pie was divided. Yehuda D ate the
olives, leaving most of the crust, which
had served primarily as an olive convey-
ance. Yehuda S. lubricated his with a
strawberry milkshake.
After an afternoon of high intensity
thrill seeking at Coney Island a more
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How Sweet It Is
Teen Fights Hunger Through Chocolate Business
S
weet success is
when you can
help other peo-
ple. It is even sweeter
when its done in
chocolate.
Rachel Meier, a
17-year-old senior at
Frisch and Teaneck
teen, has been mak-
ing fanciful choco-
late favors and cen-
terpieces for a few
years, selling them,
and donating 100
percent of the profts
to Yad Eliezers Feed-A-Baby Program, in an effort to
banish poverty and hunger.
What began as a fun hobby has morphed into a
marriage of confection, entrepreneurial spirit and phi-
lanthropy, all in the shape of chocolate painted fowers,
carousels, bar mitzvah boys and an array of other cre-
ative chocolate sculptures.
When I frst started out, says Meier, I thought it
would be fun. I loved putting a smile on peoples faces
when they got the chocolate treats.
But the passion gave way to a business, which
gave way to a tzedakah. Now she has a website (www.
simplysweetbyrachel.com), sells her chocolates at dif-
ferent venues and online, and teaches classes.
I soon realized that the art of chocolate-making
could extend beyond a simple pastime. Not only did
I enjoy crafting chocolate, but people enjoyed buying
and eating it as well. Suddenly, it hit me, something as
simple as sweets could save the lives of people, she
writes on her website.
The creative chocolate passion went back a genera-
tion starting with Rachels mother, Elizabeth Meier. The
creative streak went back a generation earlier with Eliz-
abeths father, Aaron Zanker, who also lived in Teaneck.
He was a painter and a designer. Elizabeth, who started
painting at a young age, had a yen for the creative arts.
One of the ways in which Elizabeth Meier, whose
husband Ronny Meier is an ob/gyn, expressed her cre-
ative self was in her cooking and baking and in creat-
ing chocolate sculptures. Making beautiful chocolate
became a way to share her love.
So Rachel, who is the youngest of the seven Meier
children, watched as her mother made the sweets and
learned the craft. Now Rachel creates her confections
in the Meiers chocolate kitchen, which has been fash-
ioned in the basement of their Teaneck home and desig-
nated for chocolate-making.
I think what she is doing is just wonderful, says
Elizabeth Meier.
Rachel Meier is encouraging others to help her fght
poverty through her creative chocolate effort.
Today, we invite you to join the movement. As a
high school student, I make use of Moms famous choc-
olate kitchen and her supplies. With practically zero
overhead, 100 percent of profts go towards improving
the lives of those without the luxury of chocolate, she
writes on the website.
Remember, youre not just treating yourself; youre
treating someone truly in need.
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subdued activity seemed appropriate
for the next day. The venue would be
the wax museum where life-like famous
fgures had been created with astound-
ing accuracy from every feld of en-
deavor the Incredible Hulk and King
Kong, Marilyn Monroe and Woody Allen,
George Washington, Abraham Lincoln,
Michelle and Barack Obama, Neil Arm-
strong and Buzz Aldrin, Babe Ruth and
Eli Manning.
The photo ops were endless. Yehuda
S. put his feet on the desk in the Oval Of-
fce, and then proofread the Declaration
of Independence with Thomas Jefferson.
Yehuda D. sparred with Muhammed Ali,
then rode a bicycle with E.T., the Extra
Terrestrial.
Posing with wax fgures is intrigu-
ing, but has limitations. Fortunately
there was an opportunity for chaos
next door a video game arcade. The
boys worked their way across the foor
through the cacophony of shrieking
crowds, and selected a target shooting
device, which enabled them to match
scores with each other and the many
mystery players who had preceded
them.
Amusement park thrill rides, wax
fgure fantasies, and video game immer-
sion, the two Yehudas had been going at
a frenzied pace. All that remained was a
plan for a reunion.
Ed Silberfarb was a reporter for the Bergen
Record in New Jersey, then the New York
Herald Tribune where he was City Hall
bureau chief. Later, he was a public infor-
mation ofcer for the New York City Transit
Authority and editor of one of its employee
publications.
Two Yehudas continued from page 21
The venerable Cyclone in Coney Island.
Rachel Meier
One of Rachel Meiers chocolate creations.
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W
hen toddlers have
play dates, territorial
battles are bound to
ensue. To foster sharing skills
in young children, experts sug-
gest parents start early, look for
learning opportunities and offer
plenty of praise.
Lisa Crim, early childhood
program director, says parents should
lead by example. Children naturally
want to mimic adults so as soon as your
child can hold objects, begin modeling
the behavior. If youre eating a cookie,
break it in half and give part to your
child while you explain, Im sharing this
cookie with you, so he starts to associ-
ate the word with the action, she says.
Tonjia Coverdale believes show
and tell is an effective way to teach
her 14-month-old sharing skills, and she
does it through every day childs play.
This morning at a Mommy and Me Mon-
tessori class, Anna was playing on this
little staircase and another child tried
to join her, but Anna pushed him off,
says the mother of two. I stepped over,
took her by the hand and looked her in
the eye to make sure I had her attention.
Then I said in a frm but loving tone,
This staircase is for everyone to share.
Let this little boy play with you. I then
put the child back on the staircase and
they began to play on it together.
Animated activities can provide
powerful lessons in sharing.
Children love to engage in imagina-
tive play so it can be a natural platform
for teaching these skills, says Early
Childhood Educator Fran Walls. Place a
puppet in each hand and have them talk
about and act out sharing situations.
Tea parties and play kitchen are great
avenues too.
Thats what Joy Krupka uses. Mi-
kayla has a small kitchen set where she
pretends to cook, and shes eager for
me to share what she has made, says
Krupka of her 2-year-old. First shell
feed me then shell give herself some
and well talk about how shes sharing.
If her father is home, shell give some to
him too.
Juvenile books that parallel shar-
ing and giving can be used to reinforce
these skills, particularly when refection
is part of the process.
Read childrens stories about shar-
ing then talk about past experiences: Do
you remember when you shared your
toy with Jordan yesterday? Thats what
the children are doing in the book, says
Crim. Parents can also help little ones
create a personalized sharing book with
easy-to-do pictures and words that focus
on real people in their lives.
Before play dates talk it up. Remind
your child how much fun it is to play
with friends and tell him he will need to
share his toys. Even so, realize truly trea-
sured items may need to be stashed for
a spell.
Coverdale does this. When children
are coming to play, Ill get Anna to help
me put away things I know she really
likes and will be reluctant to share. As
we put them into the basket Ill say, Well
see these toys later, then we take them
upstairs so they are out of sight, out of
mind, she says. Then Ill pull out dupli-
cates identical toys she or (her 4-year-
old brother) Benjamin have received
during birthdays and holidays so
theres more than one of the same item
for the children to play with.
Good idea, says Walls. Having simi-
lar items allows children to play along-
side of and imitate one another. It may
also avoid an offense.
Crim says collaborative activities
work well, too. In addition to unstruc-
tured playtime with toys, pull out a large
roll of paper and box of crayons or give
each child a handful of Playdough any
kind of group activity will do. As the chil-
dren work together, talk about sharing
and how well they are interacting with
one another, she says.
Active participation in childs play
may nip a battle in the bud and teach
kids to give and take. It has with Cover-
dales kids. The other day Anna was
playing with Benjamins trains and he
started to get upset. So I suggested he
get on one side of the train table and I
put Anna on the other. Then I directed
them to take turns rolling the train back
and forth to one another, she says.
Most important, when you catch
your child sharing, capitalize on it by
offering an abundance of praise. And
remember be patient. Although you are
laying the foundation, dont expect your
child to begin grasping the concept until
he reaches age 3 or 4.
Thats what Krupka is holding out
for. The other day we were at a friends
house and Mikayla grabbed a toy cell
phone the other child was playing
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with not w one but three times. Then
she started to cry. I put her in my lap
until she calmed down, then we talked
about it, she says. I know this is just a
developmental stage, but Im hoping the
more we talk about it and put sharing
into practice, the more likely shell be to
outgrow it.
Denise Morrison Yearian is the former editor
of two parenting magazines and the mother
of three children.
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SAM ANGUILLA
Sam Anguilla, son of Leslie Borow and
Peter Anguilla of Closter, celebrated
becoming a bar mitzvah on September
13 at Temple Beth El of Northern Valley
in Closter.
MICHAEL BRESTIN
Michael Brestin, son of Randi and Darren
Brestin of Palisades Park, celebrated
20 at Temple Emeth in Teaneck.
JAKE DORFMAN
Jake Dorfman, son of Lori and Mathew
Dorfman of New City, N.Y., and brother
of Allison, celebrated becoming a bar
mitzvah on June 14 at Nanuet Hebrew
Center of New City.
KYLE DUBROFF
Kyle DuBroff, son of Kim Borzi of
Waldwick and Jim DuBroff of Ramsey,
and brother of Gillian, 10, celebrated
20 at Temple Beth Haverim Shir Shalom
in Mahwah. He is the grandson of Lyn and
Roger DuBroff of Upper Saddle River.
JOSHUA EPSTEIN
Joshua Epstein, son of Matt Epstein
and Penina Grossberg of Teaneck and
brother of Aaron, celebrated becom-
ing a bar mitzvah on September 13 at
Congregation Beth Sholom in Teaneck.
AUSTIN GELLER
Austin Geller, son of Jennifer and Richard
Geller of Haworth, celebrated becoming
a bar mitzvah on September 6 at Temple
Beth El of Northern Valley in Closter.
JUSTIN KELLNER
Justin Kellner, son of Denise and Wayne
Kellner of Ridgewood, celebrated becom-
Temple Israel and Jewish Community
Center in Ridgewood.
BENJAMIN POLSON
Benjamin Polson, son of Lori and
Steven Polson of Woodcliff Lake and
brother of Jessie, 9, celebrated becom-
Temple Emanuel of the Pascack Valley in
Woodcliff Lake.
JULIA SCHWARTZ
Julia Schwartz, daughter of Lauren and
Jamie Schwartz of Woodcliff Lake and
sister of Matthew, celebrated becoming a
bat mitzvah on September 20 at Temple
Beth Or in Washington Township.
MATTHEW SHINKAR
Matthew Shinkar, son of Lil and Alex
Shinkar and brother of Zachary, celebrat-
ed becoming a bar mitzvah on August
23 at the Fair Lawn Jewish Center/
Congregation Bnai Israel.
NOAH SIRKIN
Noah Sirkin, son of Anne Sirkin of
Hillsdale and sister of Emma, celebrated
becoming a bat mitzvah on September
13 at Temple Beth Or in Washington
Township.
LEO STRIZHEVSKY
Leo Strizhevsky, son of Marina and
Vadim Strizhevsky and brother of Ariel,
celebrated becoming a bar mitzvah
on August 30 at the Fair Lawn Jewish
Center/Congregation Bnai Israel.
ARIEL WILK
Ariel Wilk, son of Laura and Ronen
Wilk and brother of Daniel, celebrated
13 at the Fair Lawn Jewish Center/
Congregation Bnai Israel.
SARAH WINSTON
Sarah Winston, daughter of Dr. Alison
and Andrew Winston of Woodcliff Lake
and sister of Erica and Noah, celebrated
becoming a bat mitzvah on September
13 at Temple Beth Or in Washington
Township.
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Cantor Barbra is available to serve your needs whether
it is a bar/bat mitzvah, wedding, baby naming, funeral
or unveiling. Ordained at The Academy For Jewish Re-
ligion, NYC in 1998, Cantor Barbra Lieberstein served
Reform and Reconstructionist pulpits in New Jersey
and Long Island. As a cantor, she built up adult and
childrens choirs, developed curriculum for the Bar/
Bat Mitzvah students and taught adult Bnai Mitzvah
classes. She is a member of both the Cantors Assembly
(Conservative Movement) the American Conference of
Cantors (Reform Movement) and the Women Cantors
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The childrens bluegrass band Astrograss will perform a concert for families
on Sunday, October 12 at 11:30 a.m. at The Jewish Museum in Manhattan.
Presenting a rich blend of bluegrass, old-time, and folk music, Astrograss
will lead the audience in sing-alongs to traditional classics and high-energy
ddle hoedowns. The band will also perform tunes from their 2012 album,
Colored Pencil Factory, as well as songs celebrating the natural world in
honor of the holiday of Sukkot. The band consists of Jordan Shapiro on
guitar, Sarah Alden on ddle, Dennis Lichtman on mandolin, Jonah Bruno
on banjo, and Tim Kiah on bass. This lively concert is for children age 3 and
up. Adults are asked to accompany their children. The Jewish Museum, 1109
Fifth Ave., Manhattan. 212-423-3200, www.thejewishmuseum.org
Astrograss Plays Special
Show on Sukkot
Big Apple Circus
Where The Thrills are Up Close
COMP I L E D BY HE I DI MA E B RAT T
The thrilling yers of the trapeze
swooping and swirling through the
skies. The razzle-dazzle of the rolla-
bolla, an act that teeters on the edge
of equilibrium. The dynamo of the
diabolo, the whirling doubletops
of the Big Top. Welcome to the Big
Apple Circus where no one sits more
than 50 feet from the ring. The Big
Apple Circus opens its 37th season,
unveiling Metamorphosis in its New
York premiere on Oct. 17. The show,
which runs through Jan. 11, 2015, also
features the rhythms of the Risley
team, twisting and turning, topsy-turvy,
the cadenzas of camels and horses
and the playful pooches. The Big Apple
Circus Band presents under the direc-
tion of maestro Rob Slowik, alongside
ringmaster John Kennedy Kane. The Big
Apple Circus, Damrosch Park at Lincoln Center, 62nd Street between Amsterdam
and Columbus Avenues, Manhattan. www.bigapplecircus.org.
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Strum the worlds largest playable guitar, a 2,255-pound, 43-foot long Gibson. Test your
musical memory by playing challenge riffs on a virtual fretboard. Design your own dream
guitar. That is just some of the fun to be had at Guitar: The Instrument that Rocked the
World, a new exhibition opening Oct. 4 at the Liberty Science Center. Tracing evolution of
the guitar from 3,000 BCE to the present, the exhibition offers visitors a chance to inter-
act with rare instruments, such as Early Fender, Gibson, Ovation and Martin guitars. Learn,
play and even take the stage what a great photo op as the guitars profound effect on
American culture is revealed. Liberty Science Center, 222 Jersey City Boulevard, Jersey
City. 201-200-1000, www.lsc.org
The Intrepid Sea, Air & Space
museum will host a historic talk
with crewmembers of the Space
Shuttle Atlantis, titled Last
Mission to Hubble on Nov. 12 at
6:30 p.m. at the Intrepid Sea,
Air & Space Museum, located at
Pier 86 (46th Street and 12th
Avenue) in Manhattan. The con-
versation is part of the Intrepids
HUBBLE@25temporary exhibit opening on Oct. 23, celebrating the 25th anniver-
sary of the Hubble Space Telescope. When Space Shuttle Atlantis launched in May
2009, all involved knew the repair mission would be the nal visit to Hubble the
last chance to upgrade its systems and install new equipment, including a new
wide-eld camera, and if successful, ensure its operational future for years to
come. Join STS-125 mission commander Scott D. Altman; pilot Gregory C.
Johnson; and mission specialists Mike Massimino, Megan McArthur and Michael
Good; along with moderator Charlie Gibson, journalist and former ABC news
anchor, for this special reunion. Tickets will go on sale to the public on October
1, and to Intrepid Museum members on September 29th at Intrepidmuseum.
org. Space is limited. This event is $20 for the general public and $10 for Intrepid
Museum members. Pier 86 W 46th St and 12th Ave, New York, NY 10036
(212) 245-0072 www.intrepidmuseum.org
Crew of Space Shuttle
Atlantis Reunites on Intrepid
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Tuesday, October 14
Sept. 26-May 31
Friday, September 26
Rosh Hashanah at Temple Emeth: Healing
service as part of the service starting at 10 a.m.
Themes of hope and renewal will include prayers
for acceptance and healing. Temple Emeth, 1666
Windsor Road, Teaneck.
Saturday, October 4
Sibling Preparation Class: Valley Hospital pres-
ents a class for sibling preparation for ages 3 to 7.
10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. The Dorothy B. Kraft Center,
15 Essex Road, Paramus. $40 per family. 201-291-
6151, www.valleyhealth.com
Sunday, October 5
Candlemaking Workshop: Mind your beeswax
and create an assortment of beeswax candles
to enjoy. 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wave Hill House. $15
materials. Wave Hill, W. 249th St, Bronx, N.Y. 718-
549-3200.
Sunday, October 5
Honey Tasting: Sugar, sugar. Oh, honey, honey.
Gourmet honey producers and chocolatiers are
bringing their sweets for sampling. Sign up for a jar
of Wave Hills own honey while supplies last. The
Shop at Wave Hill. 11 a.m. to 43 p.m. Wave Hill W
249th St., Bronx, N.Y. 718-549-3200.
Wednesday, October 8
Foster & Adoptive Care Seminar: NJ Department
of Children and Families, Division of Youth and
Family Services holds seminar 6 p.m. at the
Hackensack Public Library, Johnson Public Library,
274 Main St, Hackensack. For information, 201-
996-8900 x 339
Tween Scene at YJCC: Come and use the pool or
gym, play in the lounge, watch a movie and more.
From 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. YJCC, 605 Pascack Road,
Township of Washington. 201-666-6610.
Fire Department Appreciation at the Intrepid:
The Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum, in part-
nership with FDNY, will salute the bravest with
a weekend of events at the Intrepid Sea, Air &
Space Museum, located at Pier 86 (46th Street
and 12th Avenue) in Manhattan. To honor the
FDNY Marine Fleet, a ceremony at 11 a.m. will
include a water display by the FDNY and proces-
sion of reboats up the Hudson.
Tot Shabbat at Temple Israel: Services from
11 to 11:45 a.m. Open to all interested families.
Refreshments will be served. Temple Israel and
JCC, 475 Grove St., Ridgewood. 201-444-9320.
Sunday, October 12
Fire Department Appreciation at the Intrepid:
Cheer on your favorite musical act as active and
retired reghters hit the stage for our 4th annual
Battle of the Bands performances beginning at
noon at the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum,
located at Pier 86 (46th Street and 12 Avenue)
in Manhattan.
Astrograss Concert: Childrens bluegrass band
Astrograss will perform for families at 11:30 a.m.
at the Jewish Museum presenting a rich blend of
bluegrass, old-time and folk music. Recommended
for children 3 and older. The Jewish Musuem, 1109
Fifth Ave., Manhattan. www.thejewishmuseum.org.
Tuesday, October 14
What is Cord Blood Banking?: This one-session
class will discuss the topic of cord blood banking,
which is the collection and storage of the stem
cells found in your newborns umbilical cord. From
6:15 to 7:15 p.m. at the Destination Maternitys
Learning Studio, 35 Plaza on Westbound Route
4, Paramus. To register online, www.ValleyHealth.
com/FamilyEducation. 201-291-6151.
Tuesday, October 14
Breast Cancer Prevention: Get information at
a lecture Breast Cancer Risk Lifestyle ver-
sus Genetics at 7 p.m. at the Valley Hospital
Conference Center. Drs. Tihesha Wilson and Nelly
Oundjian will be leading the program. 223 North
Van Dien Ave., Ridgewood. 800-825-5391, www.
valleyhealth.com.
Goldas Balcony: Starring Tovah Feldshuh, a
four-time Tony nominee, who recreates her award-
winning performance as Golda Meir, the longest
running one-woman show in Broadways history. 3
and 8 p.m. Also on Sunday, Oct. 19, 2 and 7 p.m.
NJPAC, One Center St., Newark, www.njpac.org.
Sunday, October 19
Kids Help Seniors: Bring joy to Senior residents
by creating owerpots for their own indoor garden.
1:30 p.m. $10 per child. Lunch included. Meet at
The Chabad Center-194 Ratzer Road, Wayne. For
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information, Chanig@optonline.net or 973-694-
6274.
Saturday Night Out for Kids: New program for
children in grades one through four will include
dinner and activities from 6 to 9 p.m. The theme of
this Saturday, Art Attack, and evening of creativ-
ity. $30 for members. YJCC, 605 Pascack Road,
Township of Washington. www.yjcc.org, 201-666-
6610.
Tuesday, October 21
Bounce! Slam Dunk Basketball Contest:
Bounce! is hosting its second Slam Dunk
Basketball Team Challenge from 7 to 8 p.m. $5
per team member to participate. Teams are 3 to
10 members. Contest open to boys and girls 13 to
17. Come play for a chance to win $150. Bounce!
Trampoline Sports, 612 Corporate Way, Valley
Cottage, NY. 845-268-4000.
Vienna Boys Choir: World famous singers come
to Bergen Performing Arts Center 7 p.m. bergen-
PAC, 20 North Van Brunt St., Englewood. www.
ticketmaster.com or www.bergenpac.org, 201-227
1030.
Friday, October 24
Games Galore: Teaneck General Store presents
Leora Verbit who will show why games are so
popular and how they can improve our skills
and be a way to connect with family and friends.
Stations for children of different ages. Noon to
3 p.m. Teaneck General Store, 502 Cedar Lane,
Teaneck, 201-530-5046.
See Fly Guy & Other Stories, Sunday, October 26, .
Friday, October 24
Tot Shabbat at Temple Israel: Services
from 7 p.m.. Open to all interested families.
Refreshments will be served. Temple Israel and
JCC, 475 Grove St., Ridgewood. 201-444-9320.
Sunday, October 26
2nd Annual Friendship Circle Walk: Sponsored
by the Friendship Circle of Passaic County the
wheelchair accessible walk consists of a walk
around the Wayne Valley High School Track, 551
Valley Road Wayne, N.J. Registration/ Check-in
starts at 1 p.m. Everyone is invited to stay for fun
activities afterwards, including a BBQ. www.friend-
swalk4friends.com. 973-694-6274.
Sunday, October 26
Fly Guy & Other Stories: A new musical revue
based on favorite childrens books including Fly
Guy Meets Fly Girl, Diary of a Worm, Fluffy the
Classroom Guinea Pig, Horace & Morris But
Mostly Dolores, Kittens First Full Moon, Lillys Big
Day and Paper Bag Princess. 2 p.m. JCC on the
Palisades, 411 E. Clinton Ave., Tenay. www.jccotp.
org.
Movie and Discussion: The Orangetown Jewish
Center is presenting a series of speakers who
will discuss how to foster educational, spiritual,
social and cultural aspects of all children, includ-
ing those with exceptionalities at 7 p.m. at the
Orangetown Jewish Center, Independence Avenue,
Orangeburg, N.Y. 845-399-3982.
Assist in planning
From time to time, children feel over-
whelmed if they have to complete a
long-term assignment, such as a report
or special project. As a parent, you can
alleviate some of the stress by helping
your child divide the work into bite-
size chunks. For example, if your child
has to do a book report and its due by
the end of the month, set a date when
he should have the book read, another
date when the rough draft should be
done, and another date when the fnal
report should be completed. Do not
nag, but follow up when the allotted
dates arrive.
Eliminate careless mistakes
A lot of children rush through their
homework to get it over and done
with. In general, this is not a problem
if the work thorough and complete.
But if your child is rushing through his
homework and, as a result, makes care-
less errors, has sloppy handwriting or
fails to pay attention to directions, its
time to intervene.
Explain to your child that you want
him to do his best work, not his fastest.
Suggest that he underline or highlight
important words or phrases in the as-
signment directions so he will remem-
ber what needs to be done. Also, en-
courage him to look over his work for
accuracy.
Each night before the homework
gets put into the backpack, review his
assignments. Check for neatness and
accuracy, as well as for interesting
ideas and good organization. Encour-
age, but do not demand that all the
mistakes be corrected. Remember, the
goal of some assignments is creativity
and original ideas, in which case spell-
ing and grammar can be worked on at
a later time.
If you suspect your child has made
Breastfeeding Program
The Valley Hospital Center for Family
Education is offering a program that
explores the advantages and benefts
of breastfeeding. There will also be
discussions regarding techniques
that work, positions that are comfort-
able, common problems, pumping and
storage of breast milk and the correct
use of the breast pumping equipment.
This class should be taken during the
Playgroups for Little Ones
Temple Emanuel Playgroup, for new-
borns to 12 months and parents Fri-
days monthly, (October 24, November
21, December 19), 10:15 11:15 a.m.
Free. Temple Emanuel of the Pascack
Valley, 87 Overlook Drive, Woodcliff
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973-661-9368
Assist in planning
From time to time, children feel over-
whelmed if they have to complete a
long-term assignment, such as a report
or special project. As a parent, you can
alleviate some of the stress by helping
your child divide the work into bite-
size chunks. For example, if your child
has to do a book report and its due by
the end of the month, set a date when
he should have the book read, another
date when the rough draft should be
done, and another date when the fnal
report should be completed. Do not
nag, but follow up when the allotted
dates arrive.
Eliminate careless mistakes
A lot of children rush through their
homework to get it over and done
with. In general, this is not a problem
if the work thorough and complete.
But if your child is rushing through his
homework and, as a result, makes care-
less errors, has sloppy handwriting or
fails to pay attention to directions, its
time to intervene.
Explain to your child that you want
him to do his best work, not his fastest.
Suggest that he underline or highlight
important words or phrases in the as-
signment directions so he will remem-
ber what needs to be done. Also, en-
courage him to look over his work for
accuracy.
Each night before the homework
gets put into the backpack, review his
assignments. Check for neatness and
accuracy, as well as for interesting
ideas and good organization. Encour-
age, but do not demand that all the
mistakes be corrected. Remember, the
goal of some assignments is creativity
and original ideas, in which case spell-
ing and grammar can be worked on at
a later time.
If you suspect your child has made
mistakes due to poor understanding,
provide assistance. If you continue to
see the same type problems cropping
up, talk with the teacher or consider
hiring a tutor.
Increase self-condence
If your child lacks the confdence to
work independently, he may perceive
himself as destined to fail and see oth-
ers as having all the answers. If this
is the case, spend time encouraging
him, not only in the area of homework,
but with other school-related activi-
ties. Emphasize your childs strengths
rather than his weaknesses. When you
do review homework, start with what
has been completed correctly before
focusing on the revisions.
Easing the overload
If you suspect your child is receiving
more homework than he can handle,
talk with his teacher. Find out how
much time the assignments should
take. Based on what you learn, set a
specifc amount of time for homework
to be done. If fnishing the homework
continues to be a problem, return to
the teacher and explain the situation.
Perhaps its more than your child can
handle. Teachers are often willing to
make adjustments in quantity of home-
work assigned when they understand
a problem exists. Above all, remem-
ber the importance of down time. Like
adults, children need time to wind
down from a busy school day, to think
or simply rest.
In conclusion, as parents we want
our children to get the best education
possible. To achieve that goal, we must
show them how to be independent,
responsible learners. If we do the job
right, education will continue long af-
ter their school days are over.
Denise Yearian is the former editor of two
parenting magazines and the mother of
three children.
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Breastfeeding Program
The Valley Hospital Center for Family
Education is offering a program that
explores the advantages and benefts
of breastfeeding. There will also be
discussions regarding techniques
that work, positions that are comfort-
able, common problems, pumping and
storage of breast milk and the correct
use of the breast pumping equipment.
This class should be taken during the
eighth month of pregnancy.
The course will be held from 7 to
10 p.m. on October 9, 11 and 25 at the
Dorothy B. Kraft Center, 15 Essex Road,
Paramus. To register online, please
visit www.ValleyHealth.com/FamilyE-
ducation. For more information or if
you have any questions, please call
201-291-6151.
Playgroups for Little Ones
Temple Emanuel Playgroup, for new-
borns to 12 months and parents Fri-
days monthly, (October 24, November
21, December 19), 10:15 11:15 a.m.
Free. Temple Emanuel of the Pascack
Valley, 87 Overlook Drive, Woodcliff
Lake, 201-391-8329, lisa@tepv.org. Par-
ents can connect with other parents of
young children as their babies play in
the stroller-accessible Youth Lounge.
Playgroup ends with a music time. Call
for other programs.
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Indyk describes Americas no-win dilemma
RON KAMPEAS
WASHINGTON What was supposed to
have revived the Israeli-Palestinian peace
talks allowing negotiations to develop
organically instead helped kill them, Mar-
tin Indyk, until recently the top U.S. peace
broker, said in a candid and wide-ranging
interview.
Speaking by phone on September 19 while
in transit to his native Australia for the High
Holidays, Indyk described the collapse of the
talks in April and the opportunities that have
emerged from the war that ensued. He also
opened up about his own return to the think
tank world, where he faces accusations that
foreign donors particularly Qatar, which
funds Hamas and other extremist groups
exert undue pressure on domestic policy
discussions.
The process that ultimately hurt the peace
talks entailed teasing out advances from
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu,
adding some flesh to them, and then bringing
them to Palestinian Authority President Mah-
moud Abbas, also known as Abu Mazen, for
consideration. But the United States refrain-
ing from imposing ideas inhibited the sides
particularly the Palestinians from embrac-
ing them, Indyk said, describing what he
said was a damned if we did, damned if we
didnt dilemma for the Americans.
Indyk, who Secretary of State John Kerry
tasked with restarting peace talks from July
2013 until June of this year, recalled an opti-
mistic phone call he made to Jewish commu-
nity leaders in January.
We had the sense then that Netanyahu
had moved, and that had given us some opti-
mism that we would be able to move for-
ward, he said.
Among the ideas that Indyk hoped to
advance was the introduction of complex
security arrangements for the Jordan Valley
that would mitigate against Israels perceived
need to maintain a military presence there.
Other ideas put forth: language that would
address Netanyahus demand to have the
Palestinians recognize Israel as a Jewish state
and land swaps allowing up to 80 percent of
West Bank Jewish settlers to stay in place.
But things went south, Indyk said, after
the U.S. side met with Abbas in February.
Abu Mazen, at the critical moment when
we needed to respond after we had spent a
lot of time negotiating with Prime Minister
Netanyahu and moved him into the zone of a
possible agreement, didnt respond, he said.
We were sensitive to the charge that the
Palestinians used to make in earlier efforts
that the United States is Israels lawyer, it
just cooks everything with Israel and seeks
to impose it on the Palestinians, Indyk said.
Ironically, we purposely avoided pre-
cooking our ideas with Netanyahu, and the
response from the Palestinians was how
can you expect us to accept them if you
havent got Bibi Netanyahu to accept them
first? In a way we were damned if we did
and we were damned if we didnt.
Indyk said that in a May speech to the
Washington Institute for Near East Policy.
He did not blame Netanyahu personally for
the settlement expansion. He has said the
Jury makes landmark decision
Arab Bank held liable for supporting Hamas
BATYA UNGAR-SARGON
NEW YORK Following a five-week land-
mark civil trial and two days of delibera-
tion, a Brooklyn jury found Arab Bank lia-
ble of knowingly supporting terrorism in
Israel, the West Bank, and the Gaza Strip.
According to the U.S. District Court rul-
ing on Monday, the Jordan-based bank
provided material support to Hamas.
That backing helped facilitate 24 terror
attacks between 2001 and 2004.
The case was brought by nearly 300
U.S. citizens who had been injured or
lost family members in the attacks, which
took place during the second intifada.
It was the first civil case against a bank
to be tried under the Anti-Terrorism Act
of 1991, which allows victims of foreign
terror attacks to sue for damages in the
United States. The case had been tied up
in litigation for a decade before finally
going to trial in August.
The plaintiffs team of lawyers, led by
Gary Osen, who practices in Hackensack
and Manhattan, argued that Arab Bank
knowingly processed large payments to
Hamas leaders from a Saudi charity, as well
as martyr payments payouts of $5,300
to the families of suicide bombers.
Shand Stephens, a lawyer for the defense,
contended that the bank had followed
all the guidelines set forth by the United
States and other governments in determin-
ing which payments to allow and which to
block. Stephens said that Arab Bank used
software designed to flag the names of ter-
rorists designated by the U.S. government.
The defense insisted that the financial
institution should not be held liable for
transactions that passed muster with the
U.S. government.
Among the plaintiffs in the case was Sarri
Singer, who was injured in a 2003 suicide
bombing.
I started crying when the email came
in, Singer, the daughter of New Jersey state
Senator Robert Singer, said shortly after the
verdict was announced.
Singer was on the No. 14 bus in Jerusalem
on June 11, 2003, when the suicide bomber,
who was standing a few feet from her, blew
himself up. Sixteen people on the bus were
killed and 100 others were injured. Singers
clavicle was broken, and she still has shrap-
nel lodged in her mouth.
Martin Indyk said that the United
States restraint in imposing ideas on
the Israelis and Palestinians inhibited
both sides from embracing them.
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settlements helped scuttle the talks.
It was a kind of a situation in which the
prime minister was very determined to try
and reach a deal and he had ministers in his
Cabinet who didnt believe in it, Indyk said.
Theres something structural about Israeli
politics because of the nature of having to
build coalitions its very difficult for a prime
minister to move forward.
Another non-starter, Indyk said, was Isra-
els insistence that it maintain a permanent
military presence in the West Bank.
I do not underestimate the Israeli security
climate in the wake of this summers Gaza
war and the Islamist insurgency in Iraq and
Syria, but Israeli troops staying in place is a
perpetuation of the occupation. Its not pos-
sible to work that out in the area thats sup-
posed to be the Palestinian state.
Indyk praised the pro-Israel community,
and he singled out the American Israel Public
Affairs Committee. His team maintained out-
reach through a full-time State Department
staffer, Laura Blumenfeld, and through Rob-
ert Wexler, the former Democratic congress-
man who now helms the Center for Middle
East Peace.
We put a lot of effort in trying to get them
to understand what we were trying to do,
he said, referring to the Jewish and pro-Israel
leadership. In general, they want peace,
they want a two-state solution if it means a
secure Israel. It was gratifying.
Cooperation from AIPAC and other groups
also helped reduce congressional resistance
to Kerrys efforts to nil, Indyk said.
I dont think that during those nine
months we faced any backlash on the Hill,
he said, acknowledging his surprise at that.
I spent a lot of time on the Hill and got very
strong support from the appropriators,
Republicans and Democrats.
After Abbas refused to commit, Kerry and
Indyk failed to get the sides to extend the
talks beyond the April deadline. Abbas Fatah
party later joined Hamas in backing a govern-
ment of technocrats, leading Netanyahu to
threaten to isolate the Palestinian Authority.
Then in June, there was the kidnapping
and murder of three Israeli teenagers. The
next month brought the revenge murder of a
Palestinian teenager and the launch of Israels
military operation against Hamas in the Gaza
Strip, which lasted into late August.
Indyk left his State Department post in late
June and returned to the Brookings Institu-
tion as its vice president and director for for-
eign policy.
He said the war may have presented oppor-
tunities to boost Abbas and contain Hamas
influence. As Abu Mazen said, hes not going
to be a fez on the scarecrow, hes not going to
be a beard for Hamas, Indyk said. Support-
ing him with funding is essential.
Before he launched his career as a dip-
lomat during the Clinton administration,
Indyk worked for AIPAC and founded the
Washington Institute for Near East Policy,
a think tank with strong ties to the Israeli
and U.S. governments.
Given that background, he sounded more
nonplussed than infuriated although he
was infuriated by the argument, published
recently in Tablet, that Qatars funding of
Brookings may have influenced his outlook
during his most recent stint at the State
Department.
The conspiracies of me serving as the
agent of Qatar are as credible as those hav-
ing me acting as an agent for Israel when that
was put forward by Walt and Mearsheimer,
Indyk said, referring to the 2007 book The
Israel Lobby by John Mearsheimer and Ste-
phen Walt, which posited undue Israeli influ-
ence in Washington.
Indyk noted that until this year, Brook-
ings Middle East branch was named for the
Israeli-American entertainment mogul Haim
Saban, who has close ties with Israeli govern-
ment officials.
Haim has been a bigger donor to Brook-
ings than Qatar has, he said, comparing
the more than $20 million Saban has given
Brookings to the $14.8 million from Qatar
most of it for a Brookings campus in
Doha. In both cases, they respected our
independence. JTA WIRE SERVICE
I feel very validated and acknowl-
edged as a victim of terror, Singer
said. The jury has given us a sense that
there is someone responsible for what
happened to us.
A separate phase of the trial will
determine how much the bank must
pay the 297 terror victims and their
families.
In a statement following the verdict,
Arab Bank vowed to appeal and said
the court proceedings amounted to
a show trial. Specifically, the bank
said that due to foreign privacy laws,
it could not turn over the documents
requested by the plaintiffs lawyers
in the lawsuits pretrial phase. As a
result, sanctions were imposed and the
bank was not allowed to refer to those
documents, precluding much of their
defense, according to the statement.
Todays deci sion, if it stands,
exposes the banking industry to enor-
mous liability for nothing other than
the processing of routine transactions
and the provision of conventional
account services even if all governmen-
tal requirements are followed and the
parties receiving services were in good
standing with these governments, the
bank wrote in its statement.
This precedent, the bank wrote, would
create vast uncertainty and risk in the
international finance system, thus limit-
ing access to financial services in parts of
the world. Other terror-financing trials are
pending.
The case is significant in that financial insti-
tutions can be held responsible for the actions
of their clients. A similar case was thrown out
over this issue by a U.S. District Court in 2012.
Hamas is not the defendant, the judge, Jack
Weinstein, wrote in explanation at the time.
JTA WIRE SERVICE
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structural about
Israeli politics
because of
the nature of
having to build
coalitions its
very difcult for a
prime minister to
move forward.
A New York jury found Arab Bank liable for this Hamas suicide bombing
in Jerusalem on June 11, 2003, which killed 16 people, because the bank
knowingly processed martyr payments to the families of suicide bombers.
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is gaining with Jews
Taking tough stance on Arab anti-Semitism
CNAAN LIPHSHIZ
F
rom the window of his Paris
home, Michel Ciardi can see
into the waiting room of a
government welfare agency,
where a predominantly Arab and Afri-
can crowd awaits government checks.
A former communist, Ciardi once
believed the scene at the agency was
a necessary element of French efforts
to help integrate new immigrants. But
that changed in 2000, after the second
Palestinian intifada triggered a massive
increase in anti-Semitic violence, much
of it committed by Arab and African
immigrants.
The violence was enough to shift his
political allegiance to the National Front,
a far-right party long demonized by
French Jews as anti-Semitic and a threat
to republican values.
I never considered voting National
Front, Ciardi said. But I realized you
need to defend yourself, your commu-
nity, society, and country against those
seeking to subdue us.
For a long time, French Jews have
seen the National Front as an enemy, an
abominable vestige of the pro-Nazi Vichy
state. But under the leadership of Marine
Le Pen, the photogenic daughter of party
founder Jean-Marie Le Pen, a political
provocateur convicted many times for
hate speech and Holocaust denial, the
party has tried to shed its image as decid-
edly outside the mainstream.
The younger Le Pen has courted Jew-
ish voters aggressively by emphasizing
the partys opposition to the Islam-
ization of France, and asserting that
Jews have far more to fear from Arab
anti-Semitism than from the racist rhet-
oric of some far-right activists.
Her strategy appears to be working.
A recently published survey of 1,095
self-identified Jews showed that the
National Front had more than doubled
its share of the Jewish vote in the 2012
presidential elections, earning 13.5 per-
cent of Jewish support. That finding
has set off alarm bells among leaders of
Frances major Jewish groups.
Rich community bosses and well-
educated students dont understand
whats happening because they dont
live with the Muslims in the workers
neighborhoods, Ciardi said. There
Jews are realizing that the immigration
policies and political correctness of past
governments created a reality where
they cannot wear their kippah outside.
Marine Le Pen assumed the leader-
ship of the National Front in 2011. She
replaced her father, who had run the
party with his deputy, Bruno Gollnisch.
Both men were convicted of denying
the Holocaust, though the ruling was
overturned by a higher court. Together
they seemed happy to make the National
Front the bete noire of the political
establishment.
Since taking the helm, Le Pen has
worked to elevate the party to a level
of respectability it could never achieve
under her father, whose often blunt rac-
ism cost National Front many votes and
left the movement isolated.
After assuming the party leadership,
Le Pen stripped Gollnisch of his duties at
the European Parliament, leading him to
observe last year that she seeks to keep
me and her father in a certain state of
virginity a phrase pundits took to be
National Front leader Marine Le Pen speaking after the presidential election
in April. Her party finished third. RAMI NOYON VIA CC
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a euphemism for impotence. She repeatedly
has condemned anti-Semitism and punished
a party official who made anti-Semitic state-
ments. In 2011, Le Pen dispatched her life part-
ner, National Front Vice President Louis Alliot,
on a bridge-building mission to Israel.
The fact that Marine Le Pen took the party
in a more moderate direction is a major factor
for many Jews, said Gilles Goldnadel, a prom-
inent attorney and a former member of the
executive board of CRIF, the umbrella group of
French Jewish communities. Today in France,
there is a greater danger from Islamo-leftism
than the danger posed by the far right. Its not
surprising some Jews, like non-Jews, vote for
the far right as a reaction to this threat.
Under Marine Le Pen, for the first time
party officials began courting Jewish votes by
addressing letters to their communities. One
such letter was sent this month by Julien Leon-
ardelli, a party regional secretary from the
Toulouse area, to a local Jewish community
center that assailants attacked with firebombs
earlier this year.
Leonardelli wrote of his grave concern at
the increase of anti-Semitic attacks in France,
which he said were the result of irresponsible
immigration policies by the Socialist Party
and the UMP party of former President Nico-
las Sarkozy.
As a National Front representative and
spokesperson for Marine Le Pen, I express
deep indignation over these acts and assure
all our Jewish compatriots of our full support
in the fight against all forms of anti-Semitism,
Leonardelli wrote.
Within the party, such efforts have
prompted a backlash from the old guard.
That includes Le Pens father and Gollnisch,
who wrote a 1,700-word blog post earlier this
month in response to the IFOP survey. In his
post, he bemoaned the partys failure to follow
the ideological course set by its founders.
After Le Pen briefly removed her fathers
blog from the party website after he said that
a Jewish singer should be put in the oven,
he accused his daughter of cowering before
the blood hounds that constantly search for
anti-Semitism.
She is being criticized internally within
National Front for her choices because there
is still an anti-Semitic, Holocaust-denying ele-
ment within the party, Ciardi said.
With Jews representing less than 1 percent
of the French population, the bump in sup-
port is negligible in electoral terms. But the
survey by the IFOP polling company grabbed
headlines in major publications because it was
seen as a worrisome indicator that a party
once shunned by the mainstream is gaining
traction.
The glass ceiling that prevented National
Front from becoming a majority party is
beginning to seriously crack, Valerie Igounet,
a historian who specializes in the French far
right, told Le Figaro.
Among Jewish leaders, the party remains
well beyond the pale. CRIF President Roger
Cukierman recently told the RCJ Jewish radio
station that Le Pens disavowals of anti-Semi-
tism are mere lip service from a party that
still harbors Holocaust deniers and anti-Sem-
ites in it ranks.
But even he credited Le Pen with taking
care not to offend our community and making
a step in the right direction.
JTA WIRE SERVICE
The fact that
Marine Le Pen
took the party in
a more moderate
direction is a
major factor for
many Jews.
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magine taking the 6-year-old nongovernmental organi-
zation United Against Nuclear Iran and swapping out
the word Iran with violent extremists.
That pretty much sums up the Counter Extremism
Project, an NGO launched Monday that aims to expose the
financial, ideological, and recruitment architecture that
supports violent Islamic extremists.
The new project will be led by many of the same people
behind the anti-Iran organization, one of several pressure
Countering violent Islamists
Backers of anti-Iran group create new organization
groups on Iran with influence
in Washington.
Mark Wallace, who served
as U.S. ambassador to the
United Nations under President
George W. Bush, is the CEO of
both groups, and former U.S.
Sen. Joseph Lieberman is one
of several Washington heavy
hitters serving on both boards.
While the Counter Extrem-
ism Projects published materi-
als do not specifically identify
Islamic extremists as the target,
organizers made clear at the
launch event which extremists
they have in mind.
I think the real hope here
i s to empower the maj or-
ity within the Muslim world,
who are as horrified as we
are outside the Muslim world
by violent Islamic extremism,
to stand up and fight back,
Lieberman said at a news conference Monday in New
York unveiling the organization.
Governments and armies may do the lions share of
the work, but there is a distinct role for private citi-
zens, organizers said.
As United Against Nuclear Iran does with Iran, the
Counter Extremism Project plans to help identify the
sources of funding and support for violent extremists
and share the information with lawmakers in a bid to
propel government action. The project also plans to
shame publicly those who do business with extrem-
ists, such as the buyers of oil from the fields in Iraq
seized by ISIS, the extremist Sunni group in Iraq and
Syria also known as the Islamic State.
We will hopefully be fearless in calling out, Wal-
lace said. We want to affect what we think is a very
grave foreign policy challenge.
Wallace said he wants to work with governments
across the world, not just the usual suspects. Though
the Counter Extremism Project is backed by a host of
pro-Israel stalwarts, Wallace sought to put distance
between his group and Israel when asked if any part-
nership was planned perhaps in an effort to leave
the door open for partners who wouldnt want to be
seen as working with Israel.
Id like to say that Im collaborating with all friends
and allies, and maybe even others in the region at
some point, Wallace said. This is an all-hands-on-
deck time.
Some of the projects work overlaps with that of
existing organizations. For example, the project plans
to compile daily translations of Arabic media related to
extremism; the Middle East Media Research Institute
already does selective translation of Arabic, Persian,
Urdu-Pashtu, and Dari media.
And notably, some of the Counter Extremism Proj-
ects work might seem to fall under the purview of the
U.S. Treasury Department, which enforces U.S. laws
barring financial dealings with terrorist organizations
and implements U.S. sanctions legislation against Iran
and other countries.
But Lieberman said its not clear the Treasury
Department has the statutory authority to do the same
against ISIS at least, not yet.
Thats where I think this Counter Extremism Proj-
ect and the resources were going to build will supple-
ment what the Treasury Department is doing, he said.
Fran Townsend, a former Homeland Security
adviser to President George W. Bush who is on the
board of the new organization (and that of United
Against Nuclear Iran), said the idea is to create an
effective public-private partnership.
We all have the experience in government. This is a
problem that cant be attacked by government alone,
Townsend said. This is a problem that cant be solved
by military power by itself.
Were working together with a broad-based coali-
tion. Its a bipartisan effort.
The project has opened offices in New York and
Brussels, where the European Union is headquar-
tered, and plans more. Wallace declined to identify
the projects sources of funding except for Thomas
Kaplan, a billionaire commodities investor who also
backs United Against Nuclear Iran and, along with Wal-
lace, runs the Tigris Financial Group.
Kaplan, who comes from New York and was edu-
cated at Oxford, is married to Dafna Recanati, a scion
of one of Israels wealthiest families, and has focused
his philanthropy on Jewish causes, medical institu-
tions, and animal conservation.
Among the board members of both the Counter
Extremism Project and United Against Nuclear Iran
are Gary Samore, who formerly served under Presi-
dent Obama as White House coordinator for arms con-
trol and weapons of mass destruction and is now at
Harvards Kennedy School; August Hanning, a former
director of Germanys secret service, the BND; ambas-
sador Dennis Ross, an adviser on Middle East affairs to
Presidents Clinton and Obama and now a fellow at the
Washington Institute for Near East Policy; and Irwin
Cotler, a Liberal parliamentarian and former justice
minister in Canada. JTA WIRE SERVICE
Mark Wallace, CEO of the new Counter Extremism Project, is flanked by
board members Fran Townsend and Joseph Lieberman as he announces
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of Teaneck members who changed the Torah
mantles in the shuls Pressburger Sanctuary.
n 4 Rabbi Moshe Grossbaum, director of
Friends of Lubavitch of Bergen Countys
Living Legacy program, brought a sho-
far factory to students at Lubavitch on the
Palisades. Preschoolers felt a rough sho-
far and then sanded and shellacked one.
n 5 Early childhood students from Yeshivat Noam
prepared for Rosh Hashanah with an apple-
picking trip to Demarest Farms in Hillsdale.
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Outcry over hosting a sex offender
Baruch Lanner appearance seen as emblematic of communal failings on abuse
LARRY YUDELSON
T
he head of the Yeshiva Uni- versity High School for Boys is under fire for hosting a convicted child molester at his Teaneck synagogue and home as recently as February, even as the high school and the parent university was sued this week for $380 million for damages growing out of alleged sexual abuse at the high school three decades ago. Rabbi Baruch Lanner is the former New Jersey director of the Orthodox NCSY youth group. In 2000, a Jewish Week report documenting his long history of emotional and sexual abuse finally ended his career at the Orthodox Union; in 2002 he was convicted of molesting two girls at the Hillel Yeshiva High School in Deal. On Purimthis year, Lanner was a guest at the home of Rabbi Michael Taubes, who is both the rosh yeshiva of the YU high school (or MTA, as it generally is called) and the spiritual leader of Congregation Zichron Mordechai in Teaneck. Lanner was paroled in 2008 and has been seen at Zichron Mordechai since then. David Cheifetz of Teaneck raised the issue publicly on June 30 in an address to the annual conference of the Rabbinical
Council of America. How is it possible? he asked the 50 rabbis who attended the session, the first of the convention. It staggers the mind, really, that the principal of MTA would be hosting the most notorious pedophile in the history of modern Orthodoxy, Cheifetz told the Jewish Standard. This was even more true, he said, in wake of the revelations, first published in the Forward last December,
of alleged abuse by the schools former principal, Rabbi George Finkelstein. Reached at his MTA office, Taubes said, Imnot going to comment at this time. The public affairs office of Yeshiva University declined to comment on the propriety of Taubes hosting Lanner. The Standard has spoken to three Teaneck residents who saw Lanner at Taubes Purim meal, which was open to the public, seated in a position of respect,
or at Zichron Mordechai. Two of those witnesses, who prefer not to be identified, are Orthodox rabbis who work at YUs Washington Heights campus. The third, Jordan Hirsch, is a member of a nearby Orthodox congregation that met in Zichron Mordechai while its own building was under renovation. Cheifetz said that after he posted a copy of his RCAtalk on Facebook, and then later on a blog, the Jewish Community Watch, Taubes called him. Although Taubes downplayed the significance of Lanners visits, Cheifetz said, He did not deny that Baruch Lanner was at his shul.
Couldnt send himaway
He said it was only two times in three years, Cheiftz said. He mentioned that those Shabbosimwhen Lanner was there, he was a guest at Rabbi Taubes home. He did not deny that Baruch Lanner was in his house on Purim. He said that Baruch Lan- ner, he claimed, came to deliver shaloch manos and he couldnt ask himto leave so he stayed for a little bit. Cheifetz said he told Taubes, You as the head of a synagogue and as a principal of MTA are not just yourself. You are a symbol. You are a role model. What about all the victims of Baruch Lanner? What do you think this is doing for them?
Giving voice to victims
Teanecks David Cheifetz works to establish newwatchdog organization
LARRY YUDELSON
David Cheifetz is not the first victim of childhood sexual abuse in the Orthodox community to come forward. But he may be the first who also is an executive at McKinsey & Company, the New York-based hi gh-profi l e management consulting company. He sees the problem of sexual abuse as reflecting the failure of the institutions that allowed it to happen. And he is working to build his own institution, with the tentative name of Mi Li Who Is For Me? This is not intended as a one-man shop, he said. There are many activists who have done fantastic work on a limited budget. This is meant to address it on some degree of scale. Activists have had a profound impact on helping victims, he said. In Lakewood, he said, Rabbi Yosef Kolko eventually pleaded guilty of abusing a
child, after years of denial, because of activists behind the scene, whose names are not known, working very hard to identify other victims who were willing to step forward. The next stage, he said is to step forward and create an organization of scale, with employees. We need to move
from what has been to a great degree a guerrilla battle against overarching, large-scale, institutionally powerful organizations whether Agudah, NCSY
and OU in the days of Lanner, whether its Yeshiva University, whether its Lakewood, whether its particular chasidic sects we need to assemble an operation that is of scale to help victims and their families. Chei fetz, who i s a member of Congregation Rinat Yisrael in Teaneck, envisions a two-prong mission for the organization. The primary objective would be to serve as an ombudsman, to help victims and families go through the entire process, both in terms of managing the legal and social welfare systems and getting pro bono support. The other prong will deal in more general advocacy. We need to fundamentally change the thinking of the community, including the modern Orthodox community, in terms of how we relate to victims and accusations, he said. We need to give the benefit of the
doubt to victims. So far, Cheifetz has begun recruiting members for two boards: a governing board that would handle the financial side, and an advisory board. He has incorporated the organization and has begun the paperwork of setting it up. And he is holding lots of meetings. Im currently focused on growing a network of rabbis who are committed to the core principles, engaging with psychologists, psychiatrists, and social workers, and others with relevant insights and experience, he said. Im also engaging with members of other faith groups. In general, the proposal has been greeted with enthusiasm. Major efforts are underway to build funding and other support, and I am delighted to speak to people who want to help create an institutional solution to this terrible problem, which has been largely ignored and hushed up by our community for far too long, he said.
David Cheifetz: It is easier to punish the victimthan it is to punish the perpetrator.
Rabbi Norman Lamm: I acted in a way that I thought was correct, but which now seems ill conceived.
Rabbi Michael Taubes is head of the Yeshiva University High School for Boys and leader of Teanecks Congregation Zichron Morechai.
Major efforts
are underway to
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Outcry over hosting a sex offender
Baruch Lanner appearance seen as emblematic of communal failings on abuse
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T
he head of the Yeshiva Uni- versity High School for Boys is under fire for hosting a convicted child molester at his Teaneck synagogue and home as recently as February, even as the high school and the parent university was sued this week for $380 million for damages growing out of alleged sexual abuse at the high school three decades ago. Rabbi Baruch Lanner is the former New Jersey director of the Orthodox NCSY youth group. In 2000, a Jewish Week report documenting his long history of emotional and sexual abuse finally ended his career at the Orthodox Union; in 2002 he was convicted of molesting two girls at the Hillel Yeshiva High School in Deal. On Purimthis year, Lanner was a guest at the home of Rabbi Michael Taubes, who is both the rosh yeshiva of the YU high school (or MTA, as it generally is called) and the spiritual leader of Congregation Zichron Mordechai in Teaneck. Lanner was paroled in 2008 and has been seen at Zichron Mordechai since then. David Cheifetz of Teaneck raised the issue publicly on June 30 in an address to the annual conference of the Rabbinical
Council of America. How is it possible? he asked the 50 rabbis who attended the session, the first of the convention. It staggers the mind, really, that the principal of MTA would be hosting the most notorious pedophile in the history of modern Orthodoxy, Cheifetz told the Jewish Standard. This was even more true, he said, in wake of the revelations, first published in the Forward last December,
of alleged abuse by the schools former principal, Rabbi George Finkelstein. Reached at his MTA office, Taubes said, Imnot going to comment at this time. The public affairs office of Yeshiva University declined to comment on the propriety of Taubes hosting Lanner. The Standard has spoken to three Teaneck residents who saw Lanner at Taubes Purim meal, which was open to the public, seated in a position of respect,
or at Zichron Mordechai. Two of those witnesses, who prefer not to be identified, are Orthodox rabbis who work at YUs Washington Heights campus. The third, Jordan Hirsch, is a member of a nearby Orthodox congregation that met in Zichron Mordechai while its own building was under renovation. Cheifetz said that after he posted a copy of his RCAtalk on Facebook, and then later on a blog, the Jewish Community Watch, Taubes called him. Although Taubes downplayed the significance of Lanners visits, Cheifetz said, He did not deny that Baruch Lanner was at his shul.
Couldnt send himaway
He said it was only two times in three years, Cheiftz said. He mentioned that those Shabbosimwhen Lanner was there, he was a guest at Rabbi Taubes home. He did not deny that Baruch Lanner was in his house on Purim. He said that Baruch Lan- ner, he claimed, came to deliver shaloch manos and he couldnt ask himto leave so he stayed for a little bit. Cheifetz said he told Taubes, You as the head of a synagogue and as a principal of MTA are not just yourself. You are a symbol. You are a role model. What about all the victims of Baruch Lanner? What do you think this is doing for them?
Giving voice to victims
Teanecks David Cheifetz works to establish newwatchdog organization
LARRY YUDELSON
David Cheifetz is not the first victim of childhood sexual abuse in the Orthodox community to come forward. But he may be the first who also is an executive at McKinsey & Company, the New York-based hi gh-profi l e management consulting company. He sees the problem of sexual abuse as reflecting the failure of the institutions that allowed it to happen. And he is working to build his own institution, with the tentative name of Mi Li Who Is For Me? This is not intended as a one-man shop, he said. There are many activists who have done fantastic work on a limited budget. This is meant to address it on some degree of scale. Activists have had a profound impact on helping victims, he said. In Lakewood, he said, Rabbi Yosef Kolko eventually pleaded guilty of abusing a
child, after years of denial, because of activists behind the scene, whose names are not known, working very hard to identify other victims who were willing to step forward. The next stage, he said is to step forward and create an organization of scale, with employees. We need to move
from what has been to a great degree a guerrilla battle against overarching, large-scale, institutionally powerful organizations whether Agudah, NCSY
and OU in the days of Lanner, whether its Yeshiva University, whether its Lakewood, whether its particular chasidic sects we need to assemble an operation that is of scale to help victims and their families. Chei fetz, who i s a member of Congregation Rinat Yisrael in Teaneck, envisions a two-prong mission for the organization. The primary objective would be to serve as an ombudsman, to help victims and families go through the entire process, both in terms of managing the legal and social welfare systems and getting pro bono support. The other prong will deal in more general advocacy. We need to fundamentally change the thinking of the community, including the modern Orthodox community, in terms of how we relate to victims and accusations, he said. We need to give the benefit of the
doubt to victims. So far, Cheifetz has begun recruiting members for two boards: a governing board that would handle the financial side, and an advisory board. He has incorporated the organization and has begun the paperwork of setting it up. And he is holding lots of meetings. Im currently focused on growing a network of rabbis who are committed to the core principles, engaging with psychologists, psychiatrists, and social workers, and others with relevant insights and experience, he said. Im also engaging with members of other faith groups. In general, the proposal has been greeted with enthusiasm. Major efforts are underway to build funding and other support, and I am delighted to speak to people who want to help create an institutional solution to this terrible problem, which has been largely ignored and hushed up by our community for far too long, he said.
David Cheifetz: It is easier to punish the victimthan it is to punish the perpetrator.
Rabbi Norman Lamm: I acted in a way that I thought was correct, but which now seems ill conceived.
Rabbi Michael Taubes is head of the Yeshiva University High School for Boys and leader of Teanecks Congregation Zichron Morechai.
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Haazinu: Heaven, earth, and hope
G
ive me your ears,
Moses says at
the beginning of
the weeks Torah
portion.
But for a change, hes not
addressing us the Israel-
ites about to enter the Land
of Israel. He is addressing
heaven and earth he is sum-
moning them as witnesses to
his parting poem.
Why them?
Because, Rashi explains, the heaven
and earth are witnesses that endure for-
ever. Rashi adds a second reason: Heaven
and earth will be the instruments of Gods
punishment to Israel if we violate the cove-
nant. Heaven will dry up, the earth will fail
to yield produce, and Israel will be dealt
famine as a warning and prelude to the
ultimate exile from the land. Heaven and
earth may endure forever, but as Moses
warns, our continued presence between
them is conditional.
We have just finished celebrating Rosh
Hashanah, the birthday of the world the
heaven and the earth. Now, on Shabbat
Shuva, we are engaged in the pre-Yom Kip-
pur introspection, contemplating how we
live our lives on the earth
and beneath the heavens.
At the same time, as we
begi n the shmi tta year,
the Sabbath of the land,
we are reminded that the
land and the heavens have
an existence independent
of us.
In that context, it makes
sense to consider how our
lives are affecting the earth
and the heavens.
As world leaders gathered this week
at the U.N. world climate summit, the
news wasnt very good. Carbon dioxide
levels in the atmosphere are higher now
than in more than 5775 years in fact,
than any time in human history. Worry-
ingly, there are many signs that feedback
loops are beginning to melt arctic glaciers
and bring frozen methane into the atmo-
sphere faster than the worst-case predic-
tions made only a few years ago.
Thats why more than 100 Jewish
organizations joined last weeks climate
march in Manhattan, to raise awareness
and call for action
Shmitta teaches us that we dont own
the earth a message brought home
further by the Torahs teaching of the
jubilee, which mandates that after a cycle
of seven shmitta years, ownership of land
is redistributed, returned to the original
families.
Known reserves of fossil fuels, if burnt,
are so large that they would put enough
carbon dioxide into the atmosphere to
guarantee a greenhouse catastrophe.
Stopping that will require the worlds
largest companies to write assets now
valued at trillions down to zero, as the oil
remains untapped. (This is why divest-
ing from fossil fuel companies makes not
only moral but also financial sense.)
Shmitta reminds us that really, the land
and the untapped oil and unmined
coal belongs not to the companies that
bought mining rights, but to God.
Putting the needs of the planet ahead
of those of investors requires a reorien-
tation. But that rethinking of our human
desires is in fact an ancient Jewish teach-
ing, argues Rabbi David Seidenberg.
In his book, Kabbalah and Ecology:
Gods Image in the More-Than-Human
World, he writes: Humanity as a social
order, as a species, and all the more so as
a collection of individuals, has no moral
standing when its interests conflict with
the intrinsic interests attributed to the
land, who will enjoy her Sabbaths
even if that means seeing the humans
who dwell on her exiled or wiped out.
Given the stark nature of Mosess warn-
ing in this weeks parsha, we shouldnt be
surprised. But the magic of the pairing of
Haazinu with Shabbat Shuva is that we
believe we always have a choice. Our
resolve, and our actions, make a differ-
ence. This new year, we are told, can be
different. We begin every year with ten
days of repentance granting hope its
annual triumph over experience.
That spirit of hope has enabled us to
end its year by chanting Haazinu, with
its horrible warnings that more than once
have come true.
And as we watch world leaders again
pledge to make a difference in the health
of this earth beneath its increasingly
carbonated heaven, let that spirit help
us approach this challenge with action
rather than cynicism.
Larry Yudelson is associate editor of this
paper, and responsible for editing the Dvar
Torah column. Local rabbis who wish to
contribute to this column should write to
him at larry@jewishmediagroup.com.
Larry
Yudelson
BRIEFS
Cantor to be deposed
in Bank of China case
WASHINGTON The plaintiffs in a terrorism money-laun-
dering case against the Bank of China can subpoena former
House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, a federal court ruled.
Cantor, who resigned from Congress in August shortly after
his defeat in a Republican primary election in Virginia, will
be deposed Sept. 30, as ordered by the U.S. District Court in
the Southern District of New York, the New York Observer
reported Monday.
Nitsana Darshan Leitner, a lawyer for one of the plaintiffs,
told the Observer that she wanted Cantors testimony because
Cantor had discussed Israels refusal to allow a former Israeli
intelligence official to testify in the case with Israeli Prime Min-
ister Benjamin Netanyahu in 2013.
According to reports, in 2005, the former intelligence offi-
cial, Uzi Shaya, alerted Chinese security officials to suspicious
transactions, including transfers of money to terrorist organi-
zations such as Hamas and Islamic Jihad. Israel says if Shaya is
forced to testify, he could reveal state secrets.
Daniel Wultz, an American teenager killed in a 2006
suicide bombing in Tel Aviv, was Cantors cousin. The Wul-
tzes are one of 23 families filing lawsuits accusing the Bank
of China of funding terrorist organizations through U.S.
accounts. Darshan Leitner is representing the family of
another victim, Emil Almaliakh. JTA WIRE SERVICE
Obama, Netanyahu
to meet Oct. 1 in D.C.
WASHINGTON President Obama and Israeli Prime Minister
Benjamin Netanyahu will meet next week at the White House.
The Oct. 1 meeting, which was announced Monday, will
follow a series of meetings that Obama is having with world
leaders in New York at the United Nations General Assembly.
There, he is focusing on the U.S.-led effort to crush the Islamic
State, or ISIS, a jihadist group grabbing swaths of land in Syria
and Iraq.
Netanyahu is focused, however, on nuclear talks between
the major powers and Iran. He and other top Israeli officials
have said repeatedly that a nuclear Iran poses a greater threat
to the Middle East than ISIS.
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British candidate suspended
for trashing Israel on Twitter
A British candidate for Parliament was suspended by the
Labor Party following a series of anti-Israel tweets, including
asking why ISIS has not yet attacked it.
Vicki Kirby cannot run in the general election in May, the
Sunday Times reported. She was a candidate for a seat in Wok-
ing, a town west of Surrey.
In one of her Twitter posts, Kirby called Hitler the Zionist
God, the newspaper reported. Also, according to the Labor
Party, she wrote: We invented Israel when saving them from
Hitler, who now seems to be their teacher and I will never
forget and I will make sure my kids teach their children how
evil Israel is!
Another tweet said, Apparently you can ask IS/ISIS/ISIL
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theyre not attacking the real oppressors #Israel?
Jennifer Gerber, director of Labour Friends of Israel, said
she welcomed Kirbys suspension. Her tweets were utterly
vile and have no place in British politics, Gerber told the Brit-
ish website Jewish News. JTA WIRE SERVICE
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45. Support the synagogue
46. Acting surname of Winona Horowitz
49. It shall be burnt in the ___ depository
(Lev. 4:12)
51. With 34-Across, acclaimed film director
(Amadeus, Ragtime)
52. Lies the ___ that with the suns love...
(The Rose lyric)
54. Synagogues do it to many piyyutim on
Rosh Hashanah
56. It often includes matzah meal and a
ton of eggs
62. Frank-ly speaking, she gave a damn?
63. Richard Simmonss Deal-___
64. ___ Sprach Zarathustra (theme from
a 1968 Kubrick film)
66. Steinsaltz of the Koren English Talmud
67. Kind of music at Steve Rubells Studio
54
68. Suffix for up and down used by Brin
and Page all the time
69. Like good Jaffa oranges
70. What food cant be at a seder past
midnight
71. Earring for a hip rabbi
Down
1. With Sachs, a Jewish disease
2. Sharansky became one in 1986
3. Actress Kunis, whose significant other
is Ashton Kutcher
4. Kind of day mentioned 11 times in the
Torah
5. George Burns and John Denver film
of 1977
6. Inconceivable?
7. The Warsaw Ghettos was a very
cramped 1.3 square miles
8. More than one of the weapon used in
2012 to rob Justice Breyer
9. Ravina or Rav Ashi
10. David removed Goliaths own sword
from it before beheading him
11. The holy One, blessed be He
12. Wiesel who told a U.S. President that
Bitburg is not your place
13. Third word in Do-Re-Mi
21. Wave in Spielbergs Deep Impact
22. Uri Gellers <cough> ability
25. Make a sacrifice at the Temple
26. Haim of Hollywood
27. Halachic prenups are a growing one
29. Harvey Fierstein and John Travolta
were prominent ones in Hairspray
31. Kind of Conservative Jew who is willing,
learning, and striving
32. Payis program for Israeli gamblers
33. Beshtimmt!
35. Loc. of one of the northermost syna-
gogues in the world
37. Mosess turned into a snake
40. Allan Blooms milieu
41. The late great Joan Rivers, e.g.
42. Y, H, W, and H are Gods
47. Pharisee rival
48. ___ Speedwagon (rock band co-found-
ed by Alan Gratzer)
50. Kallen of cultural pluralism
53. Way to win a game of British
Haganah
55. Fruit with seeds Israelis enjoy
56. Jack of all trades: author, radio star, TV
comedian, and talk show host
57. First Jewish Bachelorette Dorfman
58. Sound at a brit milah
59. The movie star, and the ___ (early
version of a Sherwood Schwartz TV
theme song)
60. The Elders of Zion supposedly had one
61. Mean Biblical character who made a
mean lentil stew
65. Like Neil Simons couple The solution to last weeks puzzle
is on page 65.
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Israeli cabinet
approves Gateway
to Jerusalem
mega-project
Israeli cabinet has approved the Gate-
way to Jerusalem project, which seeks to
transform the western part of the city into
a world-class business, cultural, and resi-
dential destination.
The approximately $410 million project
includes the construction of 12 high-rise
buildings on more than 200 acres of land
that will be used as offices, hotels, residen-
tial areas, and cultural and tourism cen-
ters. It will also upgrade the nearby Inter-
national Convention Center.
This is an exciting and important deci-
sion that will make the old entrance to the
capital of Israel modern, accessible and
convenient creating the perfect connec-
tion between the present and past that
represents the Eternal City, Israeli Minis-
ter of Housing and Construction Uri Ariel
said, the Jerusalem Post reported
JNS.ORG
Israel approves
Intel plan to invest
in Jewish state
The Israeli finance and economy minis-
tries on Monday approved a plan by Intel
to invest $6 billion in upgrading its chip-
manufacturing plant in Israel, marking
the largest-ever single international invest-
ment in the Jewish state.
Intels investment is a strategic asset
for Israels industry, Finance Minister Yair
Lapid said, Reuters reported. This is the
biggest investment by a foreign company
ever in Israel and is further proof that
Israel is at the forefront of technology.
According to the investment plan, the
U.S.-based chip maker plans to hire nearly
1,000 more workers at its plant in Kiryat
Gat. Intel will also receive a $300 million
grant from the Israeli government and a
corporate tax rate of 5 percent.
While Intel has not yet made an
announcement on the plan, the Israeli
finance ministry believes the investment
by Intel will be used to manufacture its
new advanced 10-nanometer chips.
Intel has been operating in Israel for
nearly four decades, investing more than
$10.8 billion there and employing 10,000
people. JNS.ORG
Arts & Culture
JS-59*
Rediscovering
a lost giant
Jacob Dinezons
short stories,
in translation,
are offered
to a new audience
CURT LEVIANT
J
acob Dinezon (18561919), was a Yid-
dish novelist and short story writer,
as famous during his lifetime as were
his contemporaries, the three pillars
of late 19th and early 20th century Yiddish
literature, Mendele Mocher Sforim, Y.L.
Peretz, and Sholom Aleichem. All of these
masters knew and were impressed with
Dinezons work.
During his period of literary activity in
the latter half of the 19th century, Dine-
zon at times even outshadowed the three
founding fathers, because his books, which
touched thousands of readers, were more
widely sold. In fact, one of his novels sold
more than 200,000 copies, an unheard-
of success in Yiddish literature. Dinezon
achieved fame at 20 with the publication of
his irst novel, and remained famous until
the day he died. He was so well known and
beloved that every major igure of Yiddish
literature came to his funeral in 1919.
Even encylopedias in English recognized
him. The early 20th century Jewish Ency-
clopedia lists Dinezon as an important
Yiddish writer (like other classical Yiddish
writers, he also established a reputation as
a Hebrew author), praise that is echoed in
the contemporary Encylopedia Judaica.
Sometimes mazel plays a role in literary
fame. But in Dinezons case it seemed to
express itself in income and not in posthu-
mous regard. And now that the worldwide
Yiddish-reading community is vanishing, a
writers lot can be determined by transla-
tion, which can bring fame, and to discov-
ery, which in turn can prompt translation.
If a writer doesnt ind his translator/editor
in another language, he suffers the misfor-
tune of neglect, which is what happened
with Dinezon. If you ask any knowledge-
able reader familiar with Sholom Aleichem
and other famous Yiddish writers if he has
ever heard of Jacob Dinezon the answer
probably would be no.
Until now we have not had any work by
Dinezon in English. But this lacuna has
been successfully illed with the wonder-
ful book of 11 Dinezon stories, beautifully
translated by Tina Lunson and edited by
Scott Davis, who has also provided an illu-
minating introduction.
Dinezon was a social realist, accurately
depicting small town (shtetl) Jewish life.
With a cinematic eye he zeroes in on his
characters, deftly telling fascinating stories
while at the same time giving an accurate
portrait of the mores, attitudes, speech,
and foibles of the men, women, and chil-
dren whom he depicts.
Like Dickens, Jacob Denizon wrote
about the downtrodden and about poorly
treated students in Hebrew schools with
such realism that he actually brought
about reforms. A cross-section of Jewish
society in Poland lives in his pages: the
young and old, chasidim and enlightened
Jews, simple workingmen and rich house-
holders. Every single one of his stories
breathes with life and verisimilitude.
In this book of stories, a collection pub-
lished after Dinezons death in 1919, we
have inely crafted tales so in keeping
with Jewish short-story writing at the turn
of the 20th century that recall vividly
portrayed shtetl characters from Dinezons
childhood years and memories of such lit-
erary igures as Mendele Mocher Sforim
(Sholem Abramovitsh), I.L. Peretz, and the
playwright Avrom Goldfaden.
Jacob Dinezon also played an impor-
tant historical role in the development of
Yiddish as a literary language. In fact, he
mentored, advised, and befriended almost
every major Jewish writer of his day. The
list reads like a whos who of late 19th and
early 20th century modern Yiddish liter-
ature: Mendele Mocher Sforim, Sholem
Aleichem, I.L. Peretz (whose irst book
of stories Dinezon published), Abraham
Goldfaden, Sh. Ans-ki, David Frishman,
Shimon Frug, Sholem Asch, David Pinski,
and Avraham Reisen.
In one of the superb stories, Mayer
Yeke, we see how a boys great fear of
the shtetls most righteous Jew, Mayer
Yeke, turns to love and respect after he
witnesses Mayers mitzvah in assisting the
town drunk. Sholem Yoyne Flask shows
a mild-mannered tailor transformed by the
liquor in his flask into a iery defender of
the towns poor folk. Then something hap-
pens when a surprising discovery is made
about his flask.
With Motl Farber, Purimshpieler, we
are introduced to a housepainter who
Memories and Scenes: Shtetl, Child-
hood, Writers by Jacob Dinezon,
translated from the Yiddish by Tina
Lunson, edited and with an Introduc-
tion by Scott H. Davis.
languishes during the winter when he can-
not work, but who at Purim time becomes
the leader of a band of Purim players.
When the troupe is arrested by the new
Russian police chief, an unlikely Esther
comes to their rescue.
Another story, Yosl Algebrenik and
His Student, achieves the psychological
depth of a Dostoevsky tale. It tells the story
of Yosl, an outstanding Talmud scholar, a
genius some said, destined to become a
great rabbi, who has a singular passion
for mathematics. But at 30, for reasons no
one remembers, he tosses away the Tal-
mud and its commentaries for the study
of algebra and algebraic logic. From then
on he spends all his time studying algebra,
except for the few hours a week he devotes
to tutoring children to eke out a living.
Another moving and profound story
is called Borekh, after the name of the
hero, a poor orphan living in the yeshiva.
He doesnt do too well in talmudic stud-
ies but he has a talent for wood carving,
making dreidls, Purim groggers, and toy
animals for the children of the town. One
day he decides to leave the yeshiva and
start a new life, with the hope of making
a great Holy Ark, one that people have
never seen before. And when he does
that he will send the ark to his friend in
the yeshiva whom he knows will become a
great scholar. And then Borekh leaves the
yeshiva without saying goodbye.
Some of Dinezons autobiographical
sketches are as engaging as his iction. In
My First Work, Dinezon relates the child-
hood experience of reading his irst Yiddish
novel, a Jewish version of Robinson Crusoe.
He is so taken by the book, he writes his
own adventure story. In Sholem Yankev
Abramovitsh, Dinezon tells how his debut
novel, The Dark Young Man, was pub-
lished, and how he acquired his irst copy
in Moscow. At the same time he learns that
the Yiddish writer Mendele Mocher Sforim
and the Hebrew author Sholem Abramov-
itsh actually are the same person.
It is not often that we are privileged
to make a literary discovery of our own.
With this book by Jacob Dinezon, the irst
in English, we happily encounter a master
writer who deserves to be ranked with the
great Yiddish writers whom he befriended
and who admired him.
Curt Leviants most recent book is the short
story collection, Zix Zexy Ztories.
Calendar
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Friday
SEPTEMBER 26
Rosh Hashanah in
Emerson: Congregation
Bnai Israel holds a
community service, 9
a.m.; junior congregation
services for 6- to 11-year-
olds are at 10. Guest
tickets available. 53
Palisade Ave. (201) 265-
2272.
Rosh Hashanah in
Teaneck: Temple Emeth
offers community Rosh
Hashanah services, 10
a.m. 1666 Windsor Road.
Lee Stein, (201) 833-1322.
Rosh Hashanah in
Teaneck: The Jewish
Learning Experience
offers free services at
Maayanot Yeshiva High
School for Girls, 10 a.m.,
followed by a kiddush.
Services also for Yom
Kippur. 1650 Palisade
Ave. (201) 966-4498 or
www.jle.org.
Rosh Hashanah in
Closter: Temple
Beth El in Closter has
community services;
no ticket needed. 10:30
a.m. Shabbat Shuvah
service at 6:30 p.m. 221
Schraalenburgh Road.
(201) 768-5112.
Saturday
SEPTEMBER 27
Rabbi Lawrence Zierler
MICHAEL LAVES
Shabbat in Teaneck:
Rabbi Lawrence Zierler
offers a Shabbat Shuvah
talk on The Bold,
Brave and Courageous,
Chiddush and
Hitchaddshut: Mastering
Change and Novelty, a
Manual from Tradition,
following services
that begin at 9 a.m. at
the Jewish Center of
Teaneck. Kiddush served.
70 Sterling Place. (201)
833-0515.
Sunday
SEPTEMBER 28
Eric Mandel
Discussing Israels
challenges in Paramus:
Dr. Eric Mandel discusses
Israel and the challenges
it faces at the JCC of
Paramus/Congregation
Beth Tikvah, 7 p.m.
Dr. Mandel is founder
of the Middle Eastern
Political Information
Network and a co-chair
of StandWithUs, an
international organization
dedicated to combating
extremism and anti-
Semitism. 304 East
Midland Ave. (201) 262-
7691 or www.jccparamus.
org.
Monday
SEPTEMBER 29
Hadassah meets:
Licensed New York City
tour guide Marty Schneit
presents an illustrated
talk, The History of
NYCs Lower East Side,
for Fair Lawn Hadassah
at the Fair Lawn Jewish
Center/Congregation
Bnai Israel, 7:45 p.m.
10-10 Norma Ave. (201)
791-0327.
Tuesday
SEPTEMBER 30
Music and poetry in
Teaneck: The Teaneck
General Store Caf
presents Berkowitz,
Coultas, and November:
Soulful Images and
Spiritual Words, an
evening of literary magic,
7:30-9 p.m. Presenters
include poet/author/
freelance writer/editor
Aaron Berkowitz, author
Brenda Coultas, and
poet Baruch November.
Refreshments. 502a
Cedar Lane. (201)
530-5046 or www.
teaneckgeneralstore.com.
Wednesday
OCTOBER 1
Rabbi Steven Weil
Teshuva lecture in
Paramus: Rabbi Steven
Weil, senior managing
director at the Orthodox
Union, discusses The
Fascinating World of the
Yom Kippur Machzor to
mark the Aseret Yemei
Teshuva the 10 days
between Rosh Hashanah
and Yom Kippur at
Yeshivat Noam Middle
School, 8:30 p.m. 70
West Century Road.
(201) 261-1919.
Friday
OCTOBER 3
Yom Kippur in Teaneck:
The Jewish Learning
Experience offers free
services at Maayanot
Yeshiva High School for
Girls, 6 p.m. Also October
4 at 10 a.m. 1650 Palisade
Ave. (201) 966-4498 or
www.jle.org.
Temple Emeth offers a
community erev Yom
Kippur tot service for
children up to 5 with
their families, 6:45 p.m.
1666 Windsor Road. Lee
Stein, (201) 833-1322.
Saturday
OCTOBER 4
The Jewish Learning
Experience offers free
services at Maayanot
Yeshiva High School
for Girls, 10 a.m. 1650
Palisade Ave. (201) 966-
4498 or www.jle.org.
Yom Kippur in
Montebello:
Congregation Shaarey
Israel offers a community
Yizkor, 11:45 a.m. 18
Montebello Road,
Montebello, N.Y. (845)
369-0300.
Yom Kippur in Emerson:
Congregation Bnai Israel
holds Yizkor, 12:30 p.m.,
a healing service at 4:15,
and Mincha and Neilah
at 5:20. Guest tickets
available. 53 Palisade
Ave. (201) 265-2272.
Yom Kippur in Glen
Rock: The Glen Rock
Jewish Center offers a
community Yizkor, 12:45
p.m., and Neilah at 6. 682
Harrison Road. (201) 652-
6624.
Yom Kippur in Leonia:
Congregation Adas
Emuno has family/
childrens services, 2 p.m.
Tickets are not required.
254 Broad Ave. (201)
592-1712.
Yom Kippur in Closter:
Temple Beth El has
services for families with
young children, 2:30
p.m.; Yizkor/Neilah are at
3:30. 221 Schraalenburgh
Road. (201) 768-5112.
Temple Emeth offers
a Yom Kippur family
service, 2:30 p.m.;
afternoon and Yizkor
services at 3:45, and
Neilah and concluding
services at 5:45. 1666
Windsor Road. Lee Stein,
(201) 833-1322.
Yom Kippur in Tenafly:
Temple Sinai of Bergen
County offers a young
family service, 2:45
p.m. Children, 2- to
6-years-old, must be
accompanied by a
parent. 1 Engle St.
(201) 568-3035.
Yom Kippur in
Orangeburg: The
Orangetown Jewish
Center has family
services, 3 p.m., and
Yizkor at the same time.
8 Independence Ave.,
Orangeburg, N.Y. (845)
359-5920 or office@
theojc.org.
Yom Kippur in
Paramus: The Jewish
Community Center of
Beth Tikvah offers a
community Yizkor
service, 4 p.m. East 304
org.
Yom Kippur in
Mahwah: Beth Haverim
Shir Shalom offers a
p.m. 280 Ramapo Valley
Road. (201) 512-1983.
Sunday
OCTOBER 5
Games in New City:
The West Clarkstown
Jewish Center hosts
Military Mah Jongg,
where players move from
table to table, at noon.
Event includes lunch,
refreshments, and prizes.
195 West Clarkstown
Road. (845) 352-0017.
In New York
Sunday
SEPTEMBER 28
Mama Doni
ROBERTA GINSBURG
New Year concert:
Acclaimed kids band
Mama Doni, led by
Doni Zasloff Thomas,
celebrates the Jewish
new year with Apples
and Honey in the Big
Apple, at the Museum
of Jewish Heritage A
Living Memorial to the
Holocaust, 2 p.m. 36
Battery Place. (646) 437-
4202 or www.mjhnyc.org.
Wednesday
OCTOBER 1
Film screening: The
Museum of Jewish
Heritage A Living
Memorial to the
Holocaust screens the
restored print of the 1939
Yiddish film, Kol Nidre
in Yiddish with English
subtitles 7 p.m. 36
Babies and toddlers and their parents are
welcome to a program at the Museum
of Jewish Heritage A Living Memorial
to the Holocaust on Sunday, October
5, at 10:30 a.m. The musical group Yellow Sneaker
(Brooklyn-based performers/teaching artists Ora and
Yoshie Fruchter)and their puppet pals will entertain as
they connect to Jewish life and traditions. Programs
continue November 16, December 14, January 25,
February 22, March 22, and April 26. Light snacks. 36
Battery Place. For information, (646) 437-4202 or
www.mjhnyc.org.
OCT.
5
COURTESY OF MELANIE EINZIG
Calendar
JS-61*
8 Independence Ave.,
Orangeburg, N.Y. (845)
359-5920 or office@
theojc.org.
Yom Kippur in
Paramus: The Jewish
Community Center of
Beth Tikvah offers a
community Yizkor
service, 4 p.m. East 304
org.
Yom Kippur in
Mahwah: Beth Haverim
Shir Shalom offers a
p.m. 280 Ramapo Valley
Road. (201) 512-1983.
Sunday
OCTOBER 5
Games in New City:
The West Clarkstown
Jewish Center hosts
Military Mah Jongg,
where players move from
table to table, at noon.
Event includes lunch,
refreshments, and prizes.
195 West Clarkstown
Road. (845) 352-0017.
In New York
Sunday
SEPTEMBER 28
Mama Doni
ROBERTA GINSBURG
New Year concert:
Acclaimed kids band
Mama Doni, led by
Doni Zasloff Thomas,
celebrates the Jewish
new year with Apples
and Honey in the Big
Apple, at the Museum
of Jewish Heritage A
Living Memorial to the
Holocaust, 2 p.m. 36
Wednesday
OCTOBER 1
Film screening: The
Museum of Jewish
Heritage A Living
Memorial to the
Holocaust screens the
restored print of the 1939
Yiddish film, Kol Nidre
in Yiddish with English
subtitles 7 p.m. 36
Friday
OCTOBER 3
Yom Kippur: The East
Side Synagogue offers
free community Kol
Nidre services at All
Souls Sanctuary in
Manhattan, 8:55 p.m., and
on Yom Kippur, 10 a.m.,
with afternoon services
at 2:45 p.m., Yizkor at
4:45, and ending with
Havdalah, singing, and
dancing. 1157 Lexington
Ave., between 79th and
80th streets. Participants
must call the information
line, (212) 560-2222.
Singles
Sunday
OCTOBER 12
Senior singles meet in
West Nyack: Singles
65+ meets for brunch
bagels and lox at the
JCC Rockland, 11 a.m.
450 West Nyack Road.
$8. Gene Arkin, (845)
356-5525.
Sunday
OCTOBER 19
Singles meet in
Caldwell: New Jersey
Jewish Singles 45+ meets
for lunch, Pictionary,
prizes, and mingling at
Congregation Agudath
Israel, 12:45 p.m. $10. 20
Academy Road. (973)
226-3600, ext. 145,
singles@agudath.org, or
slg@bellatlantic.net.
Fall term for Kaplen JCC classes
Registration is open for the fall term of
the JCC University at the Kaplen JCC on
the Palisades in Tenafly, which begins
on Thursday, October 2.
Top professors and experts will pres-
ent on music, literature, ilm, econom-
ics, psycholoy, architecture, and poli-
tics in the program, which is in it its
third year. Classes will meet from 10:30
a.m. to 2:15 p.m. on four Thursdays:
October 2, 23, and 30, and Novem-
ber 6. Sessions begin with coffee and
conversation at 10:30, followed by a
presentation; lunch with classmates
(bring or buy), and another presenta-
tion. People can sign up for the whole
term or individual sessions. Some of
the programs are co-sponsored with
the James H. Grossmann Memorial
Jewish Book Month. There will be a
book sale and signing after the classes.
For information, call Kathy at (201)
4081454 or email her at kgraff@jccotp.
org.
Park Ridge shul sisterhood
plans benefit Dalias Walk
The sisterhood of Temple Beth Sholom
is sponsoring the irst annual Dalias
Walk. It is in memory of Dalia Leibow-
itz, the wife of shul Cantor Joel Leibow-
itz, who died of cancer last year at 53.
Proceeds will be used to improve the
daily life of women ighting cancer.
The sisterhood plans to assist with
transportation, meals, shopping, pet
care, and the other everyday needs
that often become dificult for a family
to manage when a mother becomes ill.
The 5K walk will begin and end at
Temple Beth Sholom, 32 Park Ave., at
9:30 a.m. Check-in will begin at 8:30.
To register to walk or sponsor a walker
or a mile marker, call Lisa at (201) 446-
1436 or Lori at (201) 3149204. More
information is available at Beth Sho-
loms website, www.temple-beth-sho-
lom.org.
Expert to explore
Dead Sea Scrolls
Dr. Adolfo Roitman, cura-
tor of the Dead Sea Scrolls
at the Israel Museum in
Jerusalem, will discuss
The Meaning of the Dead
Sea Scrolls for Judaism:
Myth and Reality, on Sun-
day, October 12, at 11 a.m.
at the Glen Rock Jewish
Center. Temple Beth Sho-
lom of Fair Lawn is co-
sponsoring the talk.
The Shrine of the Book
houses the Dead Sea Scroll
collection at the Israel
Museum, which is one of the worlds leading archaeologi-
cal museums. Dr. Roitman is curator of Envisioning the
Temple Scrolls, Stones and Symbols, on display there.
The GRJC is at 682 Harristown Road. Registration is
requested by October 8. Call (201) 7979321, ext. 415.
Dr. Adolfo Roitman
Sharsheret sending a team
to Central Park fund-raiser
Team Sharsheret, a national not-for-
proit organization supporting women
and families of all Jewish backgrounds
who face breast or ovarian cancer,
joins the American Cancer Society
Making Strides Against Breast Cancer
walk on Sunday, October 19, at 8 a.m.
Women, men, and children can par-
ticipate in the family-friendly walk in
Central Park; the group will meet at
the park entrance at 69th Street and
Fifth Avenue.
This years sponsors include team
sponsor Campmor Inc.; team sup-
porter Yeshiva Universitys Stern Col-
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Lillian Davis
Lillian Betty Davis, ne Henry, 88, of
Wayne, formerly of London, Paterson,
Boston, and Pembroke Pines, Fla., died
on September 17.
Predeceased by her husband, Harry,
she is survived by sons, Robert (Karen)
of Niantic, Conn., and Allan (Donna) of
Pompton Plains; sisters, Ginger Crees
(Len) and Susan Menham ( John), both
of England; two grandchildren, and
great-grandchildren.
Donations can be sent Compassionate
Care Hospice, Fair Lawn. Arrangements
were by Louis Suburban Chapel,
Fair Lawn.
Stanley Domb
Stanley Domb, 85, of Fort Lee, died on
September 18.
Born in the Bronx, he owned
Phelps Time Recording Lock Corp. in
Manhattan. He was a member of Young
Israel of Fort Lee.
He is survived by his wife, Doris,
ne Sakofs, daughters, Susan Fuld
of Brookline, Mass., and Mindy of
Amherst, Mass.; a brother, Edward of
Englewood Cliffs, and six grandchildren.
Arrangements were by Eden Memorial
Chapels in Fort Lee.
Bruce Erlebacher
Bruce H. Erlebacher, 56, of Glen Rock,
formerly of Passaic, died on September 18.
Predeceased by his father, Henry,
and mother-in-law, Mary Bendit, he is
survived by his wife, Tina, ne Bendit,
his mother, Florence, children, Jeremy
and Jenna, sisters, Jacki of Wallington
and Roz Weiss Rosenthal ( Jeffrey) of
Wayne, and father-in-law, Benjamin
Bendit.
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Scotlands Jewish golf club
Menu just one sign of changing character
BEN SALES
EAGLESHAM, SCOTLAND As teen-
agers in the 1960s, Lewis Geneen and
Colin Black liked to spend their summer
Sundays playing rounds at the Bonnyton
Golf Club course, breaking only for a
lunch of fish and borscht.
Sitting atop a hill on the outskirts of
Glasgow, Bonnyton was then a social
hub of the local Jewish community.
Teenage boys would hang out on the
links while older men rested from the
course by playing cards in an upstairs
room, sometimes gathering for a Mourn-
ers Kaddish to save a member a trip to
the synagogue.
On Saturday nights, families who had
congregated earlier in the day in syna-
gogue would come to Bonnyton for what
Geneen calls a proper meal, an upmar-
ket meal.
Now in their 60s, Geneen and Black
still are members of Bonnyton. But
50 years later the membership has
changed, and with it the clubs char-
acter. Once almost exclusively Jewish,
today only about 30 percent of the clubs
approximately 700 members are Jewish.
The change is felt even on the club-
house menu.
Its more pies and mince and, you
know, goyish food, Geneen said. You
wouldnt be able to have borscht and
chopped fish. Theres no point in having
it on the menu.
It was in 1951 that a group of Jews
began raising money for a private golf
course; six years later they bought
Bonnyton. At the time, Scottish clubs
accepted members based on religion;
even Catholics and Protestants mostly
played on different courses.
Excluded from both, Glasgows Jew-
ish golfers were left to play their coun-
trys national pastime at public courses,
where they would hold an annual tour-
nament to benefit the local Hebrew
school.
Harvey Livingston, one of the clubs
first teenage junior members, said Jew-
ish golfers wanted the club as much for
its course as for the high-class social life
it offered.
A private club is a better type of club,
and you can socialize a lot more because
there were so many people, Livingston
said. Everybody knew that the other
local clubs wouldnt accept Jewish
members.
Bonnyton lies just beyond a sprawling
suburb of Glasgow, at the end of a nar-
row, mile-long road flanked by grazing
sheep and cows. A blue and white sign
nothing to do with Israel, the clubs
chairman says welcomes members
to a clubhouse that was all but empty
on a warm Tuesday morning. One club
member, dressed in a blazer and slacks,
sat in an armchair by a window looking
out on a rolling course lined with ever-
greens. At the members-only restaurant,
a lone server waited for golfers soon to
return from a morning round.
The names on the trophies and
plaques Goldberg, Shenkin, and
Caplan mixed with Haggerty, McFarlane,
and Gilchrist are the only clear hints of
the clubs Jewish roots. Howard Beach,
Bonnytons chairman, says the clubs
location is what attracts members.
It always was a local club, Beach
sai d. Theres a very harmoni -
ous arrangement between Jews and
non-Jews.
In recent years, the club has had
trouble attracting members of any kind.
After the United Kingdom prohibited
discrimination in club membership in
the 1960s and 70s, options widened
for Jewish golfers, many of whom opted
to play in clubs on the coast, where the
weather is better. Meanwhile, the wider
Jewish population has been shrinking
by nearly 10 percent between 2001 and
2011, according to official government
figures. This contraction also is felt in
Scotlands synagogues and other com-
munity organizations.
But Bonnyton has been hit as well by a
wider decline in golf club membership in
Scotland. Since 2004, total membership
at Scotlands nearly 600 golf clubs has
dropped by 17.5 percent, according to the
Scottish Golf Union. The union blames
the predicament on a bad economy and
recent inclement summer weather.
In an interview with The Scotsman last
year, the unions chief executive, Hamish
Grey, acknowledged that consumer
behavior is changing. Golfers today are
more likely to bounce among courses
than become members of any one club.
Beach has tried to bring golfers
into Bonnyton by offering discounted
memberships and promotions. He has
extended the junior membership up to
30 and recently tried to attract members
with an online coupon. But theres only
so much he can do.
You have to be careful not to cheapen
the offering, Beach said. If you dont
want to play on a good golf course, there
are plenty of mediocre courses available
to you.
Confident of the courses quality,
Beach expects the club to weather its
membership challenges, even as other
Scottish clubs may shutter. But even if
it does persevere, what made Bonnyton
a fixture of local Jewish life is unlikely
to remain.
You had to wander about playing golf
in other peoples golf courses, member
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Yaghob Khalosaghian of Oradell died on September
18 in Westwood.
Before retiring, he was a merchant and a member of
the Jewish Community Center of Paramus/Congregation
Beth Tikvah.
He is survived by his wife of 60 years, Baher,
his children, Mahnaz Kashani (Yahya) of Paramus
and Ebrahim Saghian (Ilana) of Closter, and four
grandchildren.
Arrangements were by Gutterman and Musicant
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Classes begin Wednesday, September 24, for ages 7
to 11 into the world of circus. In this class, children get
to experience circus arts including hula-hooping, jug-
gling, balance (partner and solo), and basic tumbling.
The class will help your child with coordination and
strength.
Cresskill Performing Arts features small classes,
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have a history of blood clots are encouraged to attend.
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includes a physical examination and a thorough review of medi-
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October 7, from 4 to 7 p.m.
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englewoodhospital.com and click the Classes and Support
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10 LEXINGTON COURT
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35 KING STREET
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Ruth Miron-Schleider
Broker/Owner
Miron Properties NJ
Our warmest wishes to you and all your loved ones for
A Very Happy, Healthy, Sweet and Peaceful New Year!
NJ: T: 201.266.8555 M: 201.906.6024
NY: T: 212.888.6250 M: 917.576.0776
ENGLEWOOD SHOWCASE
Jeff@MironProperties.com www.MironProperties.com
Ruth@MironProperties.com www.MironProperties.com/NJ
Each Miron Properties office is independently owned and operated.
Contact us today for your complimentary consultation!
Nina Eizikovitz joins Links Residential Real Estate
Nina Eizikovitz recently joined Links Residen-
tial Real Estate of Teaneck. Originally from
Fair Lawn, she has lived in Bergen County
her entire life and currently resides in Ber-
genfield with her husband and four children.
Ms. Eizikovitz has spent more than a
decade working with nonprofit organizations
in both professional and volunteer capacities.
With a background in marketing, she prides
herself on her patience and listening skills, as
well as being the person friends, colleagues,
and clients turn to for advice. Her attention
to detail and creativity brings a commitment
to go above and beyond for her clients in the
real estate industry.
We are honored to have Nina join our
Links team, said Marc Stein, broker/owner
of Links Residential Real Estate. She is an
excellent addition to our hard-working team.
Links Residential is a premier Bergen
County real estate company, with a focus on
harnessing technoloy to make real estate
transactions as seamless as possible.
For information on buying, selling, or
exploring the market with Ms. Eizikovitz, call
(201) 992-3600 or visit LinksNJ.com.
A grand day with Bob McGrath
at the Teaneck Farmers Market
Sesame Street icon Bob McGrath and
kindergarten students from the Bryant
School drew a sing-along crowd with
The Hokey Pokey, If Youre Happy
and You Know It, When The Saints Go
Marching In, and other favorites at the
Teaneck Farmers Market.
It also brought out Teaneck Commu-
nity Charter School kindergarteners on
their first field trip.
Helping with the audio portions was
musician and educator Loren Daniels.
Mr. McGrath and Bryant School music
teacher Alan Greene had only a few
rehearsals with the students, but they
performed with great charm and excite-
ment during each number.
Both groups of schools made it a
memorable day with photos and vid-
eos being taken. The Teaneck Traffic
Department pitched in by placing the
electronic sign to help promote the
event.
The market is open every week
from now until the end of October,
weather permitting. Vendors can take
pre-orders through their on-line shop-
ping service. Nonperishable foods are
still being accepted by Helping Hands
and the Center for Food Action during
Thursday markets. Drop-off times are
9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. for the Center for
Food Action and 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. for
Helping Hands.
59 Friend Terr.
Harrington Park
$799,000
Open House
1-4 p.m.
Resort Style Living
for this fabulous
newly constructed
home on enclosed
property with
in-ground heated swimming pool, huge garden and patio.
MSTR suite is king sized. Second Mstr suite and 2 more
bedrooms and bath with laundry on the second foor. Granite
chefs kitchen, family room, fnished basement, powder room
and much more. Two-zone C/AC and heat, hardwood foors,
2-car attached garage with double newly paved driveway.
Call Nicole Idler for any
information at 201-906-9338 and
to list or buy in Bergen County.
201-894-1234
Happy New Year
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566 RIDGELAND TER $698,000
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Jeffrey Schleider
Broker/Owner
Miron Properties NY
Ruth Miron-Schleider
Broker/Owner
Miron Properties NJ
Our warmest wishes to you and all your loved ones for
A Very Happy, Healthy, Sweet and Peaceful New Year!
NJ: T: 201.266.8555 M: 201.906.6024
NY: T: 212.888.6250 M: 917.576.0776
ENGLEWOOD SHOWCASE
Jeff@MironProperties.com www.MironProperties.com
Ruth@MironProperties.com www.MironProperties.com/NJ
Each Miron Properties office is independently owned and operated.
Contact us today for your complimentary consultation!
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