New Jersey Jewish Standard, Feb. 14, 2014

Josh Gottheimer of Wyckoff
worked for Lautenberg,

Clinton, Clark, and Kerry.
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Bean bombshell from Manischewitz
Life just got a little better for
American Sephardim and for ev-
eryone who doesnt follow the Ash-
kenazic custom of abstaining from
rice and beans, as well as grains, dur-
ing Passover.
Manischewitz has introduced a line
of certified kosher-for-Passover-for-
Sephardim products that contain kit-
niyot the term used for rice, beans,
and other legumes under the su-
pervision of the Orthodox Union and
the Badatz Bet Yosef kashrut agency
founded by former Chief Rabbi Ova-
dia Yosef.
This new brand is called Kitni, and
includes canned chickpeas, popcorn,
peanut butter, tahini, rice cakes, and
lentils.
While being marketed as for Sep-
hardim only, supermarkets that stock
Kitni are not expected to demand
proof of Sephardi-ness from its
customers before they will make the
sale.
The Kitniyot Liberation Front,
which has advocated that Ashkenazi
Jews eat kitniyot as permitted by the
Talmud, declined to comment on this
development. LARRY YUDELSON
Candlelighting: Friday, February 14, 5:11 p.m.
Shabbat ends: Saturday, February 15, 6:11 p.m.
ITS YOUR PAPER TOO!
Were looking for
last years Purim costumes
The countdown to Purim has
begun.
In one month comes the joyous
holiday of megillah reading, noise
making, and dressing up. (And
yes, parody articles in newspa-
pers.) Every year, as soon as the
holiday is over, people send us
wonderful pictures of beautiful
children in adorable costumes.
And while we publish some of
them in our Gallery section, truth
is that a week after Purim, we
feel a bit sated, overstuffed with
hamantaschen and perhaps a bit
hung over.
So this year wed like to change
the order, and run costume pho-
tos before the holiday.
If youre one of those people
who start costuming the day after
Tu Bshvat, this wont be a prob-
lem.
If youre like the rest of us, then
please send us your pictures
from last years celebration. Your
Queen Esther or Young Ahasu-
erus may have grown an inch or two
since 5773 but that doesnt make last
years pictures any less adorable.
Please email high resolution photos
to jstandardletters@gmail.com with the
subject line Purim photos.
Kosher cheddar for a day
Mark Bodzin of Highland Park
dreams of a fine kosher cheddar
cheese, and he is trying to make this
dream come true.
He found an award-winning
cheese maker willing to make a
batch of kosher cheese under rab-
binic supervision using kosher veg-
etarian rennet.
All he has to do is order 600
pounds worth one days run
and Shelburne Farms will go kosher
for a day, with the Massachusetts-
based KVH kosher supervision
agency looking on.
So he has taken to Kickstarter.com
to raise the money.
A pledge of $32 will bring you one
pound of kosher Shelburne Farms
cheddar cheese. $600 will bring you
40 pounds.
All told, Mr. Bodzin is looking to
raise $16,000.
In the video promoting the project
on Kickstarter.com, Mr. Bodzin tells
of his experience with non-kosher
cheddar cheese. It was grassy-smell-
ing, crumbling, melt in your mouth,
phenomenal-tasting, he said.
Unfortunately, the product out
there thats kosher doesnt quite fit
the bill.
The producer, Shelburne Farms, is
a nonprofit farm in Vermont; it has a
herd of free range grass-fed Brown
Swiss cows.
The cheese will be aged from six to
12 months.
More details are at http://kck.st/
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Almost all longer bi-
ographies of Hoffman
note that a critical mo-
ment in his career came
in 1984. Hoffman, then
17, met two arty teen-
age Jews from suburban
New York City while at-
tending a Saratoga, N.Y.,
arts camp. They became
his life-long friends and
sometime professional
collaborators. One was
DAN FUTTERMAN, now
46, an actor (Judging
Amy, DANIEL PEARL
in A Mighty Heart) and
screenwriter (his scripts
include Capote, for
which he received an
Oscar screenplay nomi-
nation). The other was
director BENNETT MILL-
ER, now 47 (Capote,
Moneyball).
Just before the 2005
Oscars ceremony, I inter-
viewed Miller, who was
nominated for best di-
rector for Capote. Miller
didnt win that Oscar,
but Hoffman went on to
win the best actor Oscar
for playing the films title
role.
One comment that
Miller made about Hoff-
man always stuck with
me. He said that Phil,
as he called Hoffman,
wasnt a comic impres-
sionist who could turn
into Truman Capote at
a moments notice. He
required a long period of
solo concentration to put
on that persona. I got the
strong sense from Miller
that Hoffman had ex-
pended himself greatly,
Jason Brown
GOOD SKATES:
Olympic update
is on firm ice
Mark Helprin
Dan Futterman Bennett Miller
In my last col-
umn, I noted that
American SIMON
SHNAPIR, 26, was com-
peting in pairs figure
skating and that Cana-
dian DYLAN MOSCO-
VITCH, 29, was compet-
ing in the same event.
One I missed: American
JASON BROWN, 19. He
earned a spot on the
United States mens
figure skating team with
an upset performance at
the Olympic trials, where
he finished second. Hell
skate in individual events.
Brown celebrated his
bar mitzvah in 2007 and
grew up in Highland
Park, a Chicago suburb.
Winters Tale,
a 1983 novel by
MARK HELPRIN,
67, often has been listed
among the best Ameri-
can novels of the 20th
century. It may be the
crown jewel in Helprins
literary career which
includes other novels,
short stories, 20 years
of New Yorker columns,
and, sometimes, pro-
Israel polemics. Helprin,
an American, is a veteran
of the Israeli air force and
infantry.
The film version of Hel-
prins novel, also called
Winters Tale, opens on
Friday, February 14. The
official publicity descrip-
tion of the film is short
and pretty vague: Set in
a mythic New York City
and spanning more than
a century, Winters Tale
is a story of miracles,
crossed destinies, and
the age-old battle be-
tween good and evil.
This is as good a short
description as any. The
novel is a 700-page
opus, with scores of
characters, and even
reviewers who loved
the book were unable
to write a concise plot
summary. Still, almost all
reviews agreed that Hel-
prin had pulled off a rare
trick: writing a sprawling
fantasy novel that went
beyond just being coher-
ent. It was literary art.
Now critics will judge
if AKIVA GOLDSMAN,
51, who adapted the
novel for the screen and
directed the film, has
been able to transform
literary art into film art.
Two positive omens:
Goldsman did manage to
turn the life of a Princ-
eton mathematician into
a highly dramatic film (A
Beautiful Mind) and win
an Oscar for his script
and he coaxed an all-star
cast to appear in Tale
for less than their usual
star salaries (Colin Far-
rell, William Hurt, Eva
Marie Saint, and Beauti-
ful Mind co-stars Russell
Crowe and JENNIFER
CONNELLY, 43).
Philip Seymour
Hoffman (1967-
2014). No, he
wasnt Jewish. Not even
a little.
Bobs in drivers seat,
even with Beatles
BOB DYLAN, 72, is still pretty irmly in the public
eye. The recent Super Bowl featured Dylan in a long
Chrysler commercial, pushing the virtue of buying Amer-
ican-made cars. The ad was a bit weird and edy in text
and cinematic style but somehow that it Dylan. No
doubt Dylan also picked up a big paycheck from the use
of his 1965 song I Want You in another Super Bowl ad
featuring a grizzly bear crazed for Chobani yogurt.
Meanwhile, the ongoing celebration of the Beatles
50th anniversary arrival in America prompted Roll-
ing Stone magazine, in its January 16 issue, to recount
the Beatles irst meeting with Dylan. That happened in
August 1964. It isnt new news but many people dont
know that Dylan introduced the Beatles to pot at their
very irst meeting. Theres also this nice quote from Paul
McCartney: We were kind of proud to have been intro-
duced to pot by Dylan.
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both mentally and
physically, to reach inside
and pull out his amaz-
ing transformation into
Capote. Later, whenever
I saw Hoffman in another
screen role, I wondered
what inner resources had
he used up to bring us
another bravura perfor-
mance.
Knowing this, I was
less surprised than some
about his emotional tur-
moil and drug addiction.
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From Haifa, with love
Israeli symphony orchestra to play snow date at bergenPAC
LOIS GOLDRICH
While its members may not be used to
snow the group had to cancel its Febru-
ary 5 concert because of the omnipresent
white stuff blanketing our area the Haifa
Symphony Orchestra certainly is familiar
with beautiful music.
Indeed, says Motti Eines, the orchestras
general director, when the group plays in
Englewood on February 17, it will bring the
best of Israeli music to bergenPAC.
Now on an eight-week concert tour of
the United States, the HSO one of only
three symphony orchestras in Israel, Mr.
Eines said is led by music director Mae-
stro Xu Zhong. While Israel has many
chamber orchestras as well as a philhar-
monic orchestra, symphony orchestras
can be found only in Jerusalem, Rishon
LeZion, and Haifa.
Mr. Eines said that Haifa created its own
orchestra because its in the DNA of the
city, which, he said, is devoted to the
arts and education. Its in the culture of
Haifa, he added, citing the citys two uni-
versities and the Haifa Theater, Israels first
municipal theater.
Founded in 1950 and boasting some
75 musicians, the group recently has
expanded its activities, serving as the focal
point of musical life in Haifa and the north
of Israel. According to its general manager,
the musicians hail from all over the Israel
as well as from other countries including
five members originally from the United
States.
In addition, Mr. Eines said, members of
the orchestra perform all over Israel, offer-
ing not only traditional concerts but par-
ticipating also in childrens events, operas,
and light music programs.
Altogether, our members participate in
about 90 concerts a year, he said.
While Mr. Eines has been to the United
States before, the current concert tour is
a first for the orchestra, which has on its
agenda performances in places such Flor-
ida, Virginia, California, and Colorado.
Concerts include both old and new music.
We play a lot of Israeli compositions
but we focus on everything, including clas-
sics and romantics, Mr. Eines said.
According to the groups website, the
orchestra encourages the promotion of
Israeli culture and often provides oppor-
tunities to showcase Israeli soloists and
conductors. In recognition of its efforts,
the HSO received the Prime Ministers
Award for its leading role in promoting
original Israeli music. At the February 17
concert, the orchestra will showcase a new
viola concerto by composer Uri Bracha,
called Melodies for Mount Carmel.
Haifa has one of the best orchestras
in Israel, Mr. Eines said. And we love to
make music.
What: Haifa Symphony Orchestra
concert
When: February 17 at 7 p.m.
Where: bergenPAC, 30 North Van
Brunt St., Englewood
For more information, call the box
office at (201) 227-1030.
Breaking bread together
Interfaith Brotherhood/Sisterhood of Bergen County hosts annual breakfast
PHIL JACOBS
Three weeks ago, while
most of their neighbors
were talking about Super
Bowl parties and pre-
game events, others were
busy spreading the word
about sex trafficking.
Some left leaflets at
hotels near MetLife Sta-
dium, and some distrib-
uted special bars of soap
that included a hotline
number for victims on its
wrapping.
Among the participants
in that effort, which was
organized by the New Jer-
sey Coalition Against Human Trafficking,
was the Interfaith Brotherhood/Sister-
hood of Bergen County. Now, that group
is getting ready to hold its 28th annual
breakfast, from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on
Presidents Day, Monday,
February 17, at the Hasb-
rouck Heights Hilton. (The
registration deadline has
passed, but there are some
limited seats available. For
information, call the JCRC
at 201-820-3944. Admission
is $30 for adults and $15 for
students.)
Al t on Wi l l i a ms of
Teaneck, a member of the
Bahai faith, was the chair-
man of the ei ght-fai th
group this year. He said
that the pre-Super Bowl
human trafficking effort
was an example of the sort
of work the interfaith orga-
nization does between annual breakfasts.
We heard there were arrests made, so
we are hopeful we made a difference, he
said.
This Monday, he said the group was
praying collectively that
snow wouldnt get in the
way of its keynote event.
Our goal is to show peo-
ple how interfaith groups
and di f ferent rel i gi ous
groups can form friendly
partnerships, Mr. Williams
said. Each year, a different
faith group takes the lead.
After the breakfast, which is
expected to draw about 400
participants, is over, it will
be the Catholic communitys
turn to lead until next years
breakfast.
Before that occurs, participants will
hear from Dr. Dorothy Marcic, a play-
wright, author, and Columbia University
professor. A member of the Bahai faith,
she will talk about Faith and Values in
Our Contemporary Society.
Joy Kurland, the director of the Jew-
ish Federation of Northern New Jerseys
Jewish Community Rela-
tions Council, said that
the group is made up
of members of the Jew-
ish, Catholic, Sikh, Prot-
estant, Bahai, Muslim,
Hindu and Jain faiths.
Each year the faiths
rotate as hosts, Ms. Kur-
land said. The Jewish
community last hosted in
2008, bringing in Rabbi
David Saperstein, head
of the Union of Reform
J udai sms Rel i gi ous
Action Center.
Like Mr. Williams, Ms. Kurland said
the group gets together for other events
and efforts, including prayer vigils in
times of crisis. The group stood in soli-
darity and condemned last years Bergen
County area synagogue attacks. When a
Sikh temple was attacked and six of its
Bahai playwright
Dorothy Marcic will
speak at this years
annual interfaith
breakfast. JFNNJ
Joy Kurland JFNNJ
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Federation to
showcase early
childhood programs
LARRY YUDELSON
So youre looking for a place for your
child. Maybe you need day care for an
infant, or a nursery school, or an after-
school program for your kindergartener.
You can check out 17 different pro-
grams for children from as young as six
months through kindergarten at the first
Shalom Baby Early Education Fair. Its
sponsored by the Jewish Federation of
Northern New Jersey and will take place
at the Frisch School in Paramus next Sun-
day, February 23.
The programs range from day care to
after-school programs. Geographically
they range from Oakland and Closter to
Paramus and Teaneck and Tenafly. They
include synagogue, day school, JCC, and
independent locations.
And while youre speaking to the rep-
resentatives of the programs, you dont
need a sitter for your child: Federation is
bringing Penny and the Puppettes to keep
children entertained.
The program fair is part of the federa-
tions mission of fostering Jewish commu-
nity and education in northern New Jer-
sey, and the particular goal of promoting
Jewish early childhood programs.
For many families, registering their
child for an early childhood program is
their entrance to the Jewish community,
said Ellen Finkelstein, who coordinates
the Shalom Baby program at the federa-
tion. Its at that point they decide to join
a synagogue or celebrate Shabbat or holi-
days as a family.
Last year, the federation expanded its
efforts in this area by printing 10,000
postcards promoting Jewish early child-
hood education, customized with contact
information for each of 14 different pro-
grams. Some of the programs mailed the
cards; others left them in libraries, pedia-
tricians offices, and other places where
parents of young children gather.
Anecdotally, that effort seems to have
been a success; some of the programs
reported a rise in their class size this year,
What: Shalom Baby Early Childhood
Education Fair
Where: The Frisch School, 120 West
Century Road, Paramus
When: Sunday, February 23, 9-11:45 a.m.
according to Stephanie Hauser of the federa-
tion Synagogue Life Initiative.
Shalom Baby is a long-standing program
that aims to connect Jewish families one
baby at a time, Ms. Finkelstein said.
Shalom Baby offers parents of newborn and
newly adopted children a gift bag including a
baby blanket, toys, books on Jewish parent-
ing, Jewish board books, and Shabbat music
CDs. The bag is brought by a volunteer, who
puts a face on our program and invites the
families to participate in the play groups that
Shalom Baby runs throughout the area sev-
eral times a month.
The playgroups, for children just a few
months up through three years old, offer
songs, stories, crafts, play time, and per-
haps most importantly a way for parents
to meet each other and develop relationships
within the Jewish community.
Shalom Baby recruits through sites like
Facebook and Meetup and through www.
jfnnj.org/shalombaby. Parents can sign up
for gift bags or their friends and relatives can
sign them up. Often it is the new grandparents
who make referrals.
The groups are a way to connect and
have support and for their children to make
friends, Ms. Finkelstein said. For many of
them, its a way to get a little Judaic content.
For some it may be their first introduction to
Jewish holidays or concepts.
Last year I remember a parent, with tears
in her eyes, saying that had been invited by
another Shalom Baby family to attend a Purim
megillah reading. She had never been before,
and she loved it.
She said that given the growth of the Sha-
lom Baby play groups over the past couple of
years, the fair was a logical next step.
We are uniquely positioned in the com-
munity to provide this service, she said. We
host play groups at a number of these loca-
tions, working hand-in-hand with rabbis and
early childhood directors.
With the connections to the early child-
hood programs and access to families who
might not be aware of them, we could act as
the shadchan the matchmaker to make
some of these matches, she said.
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Black humor, comedic gold
Director of Sholem Aleichem film to speak in Glen Rock
JOANNE PALMER
Tradition! Tradition!
(Bah-bum-bum-bum-bum-bum)
Thats what Sholem Aleichems most
well-known character, Tevye the dairy-
man, sings in the most well-known retell-
ing of his story.
Nostalgia! Nostalgia
(Deedle-deedle-dum)
That, on the other hand, is what most
of us hear.
In fact, Sholem Rabinowitz to give the
writer his birth name meant us to hear
neither of those things. An immensely
complicated writer whose frequently
deployed humor and often underlying
anger were used in the service of highly
literary fiction, he was describing a world
he knew inside and out as it fell apart.
Fiddler on the Roof is brilliant and jus-
tifiably successful musi-
cal theater, but it is not
an accurate rendition of
shtetl life. It is generally
a whirl of bright colors;
the shtetls mud and dust
would have turned those
colors, had they existed
in the first place, to dun.
Director Joseph Dor-
man has made a docu-
mentary film, Laughing
in the Darkness, that
traces the writers life and
times. The underlying theme, Mr. Dorman
said, is the search for Jewish identity.
Its about the transition of Jews from the
traditional to the modern world, he said.
It is not for nothing that Sholem Aleichem
wrote Fiddler on the Roof rather than
Brigadoon. The shtetl a small town,
possibly a market town, somewhere in the
Eastern European Pale of Settlement, occu-
pied mainly by Jews never was a timeless,
static place. Nor was it imaginary; instead,
it was as subject to changing economics
and demographics as anyplace else. By the
time Rabinowitz wrote about it, the life he
chronicled was ending anyway.
Rabinowitzs life was bumpy, taking
him from wealth to poverty so often that
it is not surprising that it became hard for
him to regain his balance. He was a strong
proponent of Yiddish, writing his stories
in that language as it burst from its folk
roots to flower on the page, but he did not
teach it to his children. To them, he spoke
Russian. Although he made fun of this ten-
dency in others in his writings, his photo-
graphs show him to have been a fop.
The film weaves about 300 still photo-
graphs from the period with interviews
with experts Hillel Halkin, Ruth Wisse,
Aaron Lansky, David Roskies, and Sholem
Aleichems granddaughter, Bel Kaufman,
among others. It also includes readings
from some of his stories.
Rabinowitzs humor often was black,
Mr. Dorman said. Humor often can have
its roots in anger and hostility. He knew
how to spin comedic gold out of his own
internal anger, and a lot of the anger felt by
the Jewish community, which was in dire
straits at the time.
One of his classic jokes was about the
two guys talking about the misery of their
lives. And then one of them says, Enough
with the misery. Lets talk about the
cholera epidemic.
Another great story is about a guy com-
plaining about the pogrom hes heard
about. It couldnt hold a candle to the
pogrom hes been through.
Its the humor of the oppressed. Its a
survival mechanism.
Indeed, the movie includes photographs
of pogrom victims as well as of beautiful
children, some smiling at the camera,
some with haunted eyes; men and women,
well-dressed or in rags; skinny horses,
tables set for Shabbat, and dead hanging
chickens.
I would venture to say that there was
not another man or woman on earth who
was able to mine that humor as effectively
or brilliantly as Sholem Aleichem could,
Many Jews traveled by the third-class compartment; many stories came out of those trips.
Sholem Rabinowitz transformed him-
self into Sholem Aleichem.
The writers funeral drew unprecedented crowds.
Joseph
Dorman
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Laughing in the Darkness
Who: Filmmaker Joseph Dorman
What: Screening and then discussing his
documentary, Sholem Aleichem: Laughing In
the Darkness
When: Sunday, February 16, at 4 p.m.
Where: Glen Rock Jewish Center, 682
Harristown Road
How much: $10 per person, $8 for anyone 65
and older. Includes popcorn, snacks, soft drinks,
coffee, and tea.
For more information: Call the shul office at
201-652-6624.
Mr. Dorman said. He was a master at it. That is what
was so remarkable about him this feat of being able
to tell the absolute truth to an audience that is suffer-
ing from that truth, and to make them laugh and make
them able to face that truth.
He wasnt about to let you escape, because escape
doesnt help. In the end, you are still tagged by the
shadow. But if you can face it head on and still laugh
at it, thats therapeutic.
Thats why he was so incredibly popular. Thats
what made him the writer he was.
The film includes footage from Sholem Aleichems
funeral, the biggest in the United States up to that
time; people jammed the streets, tens of thousands of
them, to honor the writer who had died fairly young
and whose work until then they had scorned.
Why?
Almost immediately after the Jews came here,
they were cut off from Eastern Europe, Mr. Dor-
man said. So almost immediately they thought of it
nostalgically.
Identity was one of his major questions. It grew to
be a stronger and stronger threat as the shtetl begins
to dissolve at the beginning of the 20th century. And
the effects of assimilation and the breakup of religious
Orthodoxy became more and more the focus of his
work.
He was a man between two worlds. His stories
were both an affirmation of Jewish identity and an
exploration of it.
One of Rabinowitzs last stories was about a travel-
ing salesman who ended up in a third-class compart-
ment thats the low-end one with an attractive,
bourgeois-looking young woman. The two flirt. At
one point, they are getting to the womans station,
and she starts to blush. She is embarrassed. It turns
out that she is being greeted by a relative who is a cha-
sidic Jew.
He gets off at the next station, and it is clear then
that he too is a Jew.
There is a Yiddish greeting, Vos macht a yid? Its a sort
of general whats-up kind of greeting, but its literal meeting
is How does a Jew do? For years, in the shtetl, you always
knew who a Jew was, Mr. Dorman said. Jews didnt look like
Ukrainian peasants. The question was safe. But all of a sud-
den, when Jews are moving to the cities and assimilating, all
of a sudden Jews dont look or act like Jews any more. So you
have this bizarre tragicomedy; you run away from who you
are, but youre also truly attracted to it.
He has his own similar story.
Years ago, I was at B & H Photo, he said. The store, in
midtown Manhattan, is owned and in large part staffed
by Satmar chasidim. I was talking to the young chasidic
woman at the cash register when I was checking out, and
she said to me, in great surprise, You are a Jew?
I was so shocked. Id always thought that I had a neon
sign across my forehead, blinking JEW, and here she cant
recognize me as a Jew.
I think that somehow, deep inside every Jew who identi-
fies, there is a commandment: Thou shalt be a Jew.
It is that commandment given and clung to, somehow
or other, as the world shifts violently and it is impossible
to retain balance until the shaking stops that Sholem
Aleichem understood profoundly, and it is that command-
ment that is the subject of Joseph Dormans Laughing In
the Darkness.
These young girls lived in Sholem Aleichems
world.
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Creating opportunities to lead
Local man is Orthodox Unions new regional youth group director
ABIGAIL KLEIN LEICHMAN
P
eople often ask Rabbi Ethan
Katz of Fair Lawn why he con-
tinues taking New Jersey Jew-
ish teenagers to lend a hand at
natural-disaster scenes across the United
States. He is heading his 22nd such mis-
sion on February 19, bound for the 11th
time to New Orleans.
Rabbi Katz will arrive with
30 students and a new title
on his business card: regional
director of Teaneck-based
New Jersey NCSY.
The city was hit with Hur-
ricane Katrina eight years
ago, and there is still at least
10 years of work to be done
by dozens of organizations,
he said. Our group is not
going to rebuild the city alone. But there
are lessons to be learned that have little
to do with the work, and those lessons
are about leadership and volunteering.
Rabbi Katz, 48, places a high prior-
ity on building future Jewish leaders
through his career with NCSY, the youth
arm of the Orthodox Union. The recently
released Pew Research Center report
on American Jewry reinforced his con-
tention that leadership is lacking, and
he intends to create opportunities for
the 1,500 Jewish day school and public
school teenagers in his regions purview
to fill that void.
I want to increase our chesed [charita-
ble] missions, because I believe they are
key, he said.
It is logical to speculate that Rabbi
Katzs own leadership trajectory began
when he served as a paratrooper in the
Israel Defense Forces.
Born in Boston, he spent his child-
hood in a variety of Israeli and American
communities. Returning to the United
States in 2005 after 18 years in Israel,
he became an NCSY chapter
adviser in Cherry Hill, and in
2009 was promoted to associ-
ate regional director. For the
last two years, Rabbi Katz has
been preparing to take over
as director from Rabbi Yaa-
kov Glasser, who has moved
on to a position at Yeshiva
University in addition to his
pulpit at the Young Israel of
Passaic-Clifton.
Rabbi Glasser said of his successor:
Rabbi Katz has a track record of success
in inspiring individual NCSYers to grow in
their commitment to Torah and mitzvot,
and at the same time has brought some
of the most creative programming to the
growing New Jersey region.
Rabbi Katz heads a full-time staff of
seven, a part-time staff of 20, and more
than 50 volunteers.
Founded in 1954 as the National Con-
ference of Synagogue Youth, the infor-
mal Jewish educational, social, and rec-
reational organization has evolved from
a synagogue-based structure to a more
community-based model.
New Jersey NCSY now i ncl udes
chapters in Fair Lawn and Teaneck, Fri-
day Night Lights programs in Livingston
and Englewood, and 15 Jewish Student
Union clubs. In Bergen County, those
weekly clubs are held at Fair Lawn, Para-
mus, and Teaneck high schools, Ber-
gen County Academies, and the Bergen
County High School of Jewish Studies.
Our main objective with these clubs is
creating a sense of Jewish identity, pride and
values, and to inspire these students to go
on summer programs in Israel, Rabbi Katz
said. In a typical summer, about 100 NCSY
teens take part in Israel programs. One-third
of them come from public schools and two-
thirds come from Jewish schools.
In addition, NCSY city directors run
programming out of their homes, serving
Twin Rivers (Southern New Jersey, East
Windsor); Monmouth County (Manalapan,
Marlborough, Englishtown); Highland Park,
and West Orange.
My vision for the region includes slowly
increasing the number of full-time couples
serving as city directors, a program we
started five years ago, Rabbi Katz said. We
no longer have synagogue-based chapters
because you dont find kids in shuls you
find them everyplace but shuls. We con-
tinue to work in conjunction with local syn-
agogues, but this new approach creates a
different atmosphere and more flexibility.
He hopes to revive the Junior NCSY divi-
sion that was phased out two years ago, and
to establish a Torah High in South Jersey.
And, of course, he intends to continue
participating in disaster relief work with
local teens.
I view this as a continuation of the
work of the State of Israel, the num-
ber one responder worldwide to natu-
ral disasters, Rabbi Katz said, pointing
out the tremendous kiddush hashem
aspect of the missions. Kiddush hashem,
the sanctification of Gods name through
public deeds by Jews on behalf of others,
is a primary Jewish value.
He emphasizes to participants that as
identifiable Jews, they represent Judaism
and must comport themselves accord-
ingly not only on the scene, cleaning up
or fixing houses, but also on the airplane,
in the hotel, and in local stores.
We are a group of Orthodox Jews that
sticks out like a sore thumb, and as a
result, for many people in New Orleans
their only impression of Jews is that they
come to help others, Rabbi Katz said.
The groups also interact with the local
Jewish community.
The kids walk away saying, Wow, I
really made a difference and a difference
for Orthodox Jews. Now, after a disaster,
the kids call to say: What can we do to
help?
Rabbi Katz and his wife, Debbie, have
four children: Shani, 23; Talia, 22, Shm-
uel, 19, and Naama, 12. Talia and Shmuel
live in Israel, and Shmuel has followed in
his fathers footsteps as an Israeli soldier.
Rabbi Ethan Katz
Polish chief rabbi speaks at SSDS
The Solomon Schechter Day School
of Bergen County is adding a stop to
its annual eighth grade trip to Israel:
Poland.
To prepare the students, last week
Rabbi Michael Schudrich, Polands
chief rabbi, came to the New Milford
school and fielded questions. Much of
his job, he told the students, revolves
around preserving the remnants of
the countrys 1,400 demolished Jew-
ish communities. He also works with
many Poles who are rediscovering for-
gotten Jewish roots, he said.
Schechter gets Covenant grant
The Solomon Schechter Day School of
Bergen County in New Milford got a vote
of confidence in its plans for Holocaust
education, as the Covenant Foundation
awarded it a $20,000 grant.
The grant, to finance Schechters new
multimedia-based Holocaust curriculum,
was one of only eight ignition grants that
Covenant gave for innovative projects in
Jewish Education.
It follows a major gift announced last
year from Beth and Freddie Kotek, whose
children attended Schechter. That donation
is making possible the creation of a multi-
media Holocaust resource center within
the schools library. Those renovations are
scheduled to take place over the summer.
The new middle school curriculum will
combine teaching the facts about the Holo-
caust with the skills of digital storytelling.
Students will learn about the Holocaust
and the history behind Eastern European
Jewry through first-person testimonials,
said Amy Glazer, the schools director of
institutional advancement
Eventually they will be taught to
make their own documentary film utiliz-
ing either the resources available online
through IWitness a collection of 1,300
survivor interviews digitized by the Uni-
versity of Southern California or by
doing their own interviews with survivors
and second generation.
This, Ms. Glazer said, ties into the
schools goal of inquiry-based learning.
Among the subjects the curriculum will
bring into the Holocaust study is music.
Students will study radio the communi-
cations technology of the era and listen
to news and music broadcasts from the
period. They will also learn digital mixing
technology, and put it all to use when pre-
paring the soundtracks for their films.
LARRY YUDELSON
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I Kings and us
Israeli teacher re-examines I Kings in new book, local talks
JOANNE PALMER
The Book of I Kings the fourth book of
Prophets, or Neviim, and so the middle
section of the Tanach deals with nation
building, national identity building, ideol-
oy, corruption, and the role of religion in
national life, Rabbi Alex Israel said.
But despite its place in the core of our
canon, it is seldom read, and infrequently
commented upon.
Rabbi Israel has just published I Kings:
Torn in Two, a book that looks closely at
the oddly obscure text, with an eye toward
both the traditional understandings and a
new close read.
He plans to discuss the book at a num-
ber of places in the metropolitan area;
locally, he will teach in an open meeting
at Congregation Rinat Israel and privately
at Maayanot High School for Girls, both in
Teaneck.
I Kings story starts with Solomon and
the building of the Temple, Rabbi Israel
said. It is about Solomons sins and how
he fell from grace, the kingdom is split,
and instead of the whole Jewish state,
we have the northern and southern king-
doms. The rest of the book is the struggle
between the prophets and the kings.
The book has a huge amount of rel-
evance to things going on today, even
though it is so ancient, Rabbi Israel said.
I Kings has not always struck its readers
as one of the more interesting books of the
Bible. I come from England, Rabbi Israel
said unnecessarily in a recent phone
interview; his accent is bell-clear and
unmistakable, even after the more than
two decades that have passed since he
made aliyah. We had to learn the whole
list of the kings and queens of England. It
was terrible. The Book of Kings in a way
seemed similar. A lot of people get turned
off by it. Its seen as very technical.
I wanted to rise above the technical
side, and give it more meaning. More con-
text. The ability of the Jewish people to
split itself apart is one of the reasons why
this material is so relevant, even though it
is so ancient.
His technique is to give the text depth
and texture, he added. Just a close read
can be a bit myopic. There is no big pic-
ture. I try to give reads of character and
look at the groundswell of history; how
events really do affect outcomes. I try to
look at realpolitik.
Sometimes, he said, I think people
come at these texts with a very midrash-
based approach that gives them an almost
unrealistic approach to some characters,
a sort of simplistic understanding. People
who are sensitive to the text, on the other
hand, say thats not what the text actually
says.
I have tried to retain, on the one hand,
the rabbinic, traditional sense of who the
heroes are and who are the villains, but on
the other I also try to read it closely, with
an eye toward what is really said. He has
tried to strip away some of the layers of
accreted myth.
As an example, he discussed chapter 7,
where Solomon marries Pharaohs daugh-
ter, and chapter 8, where the Temple is
dedicated. According to the midrash, Rabbi
Israel said, there were two parties given at
the same time. One was for the Temple,
and the other for Pharaohs daughter. Sol-
omon did not know which one to choose,
and he picked the wrong one Pharaohs
daughters party. The keys to his new Tem-
ple were under his pillow, and his guards
didnt want to wake him to retrieve them.
Looking at it as metaphor, the image
that his relationship with a foreign woman
is subverting the order of the Temple is
very powerful, Rabbi Israel said.
He tries to look beyond the literal mean-
ing of the midrash, he said. There is a
verse in Kings that says that Solomon
talked to the animals, the birds, and all
the insects and the ish. When I was a little
child, I was taught that Solomon actually
could talk to them.
We are also taught that he knew every-
thing there was to know, and that people
flocked to Jerusalem to learn from him.
I ind it hard to believe that the world
was flocking to Solomon in the belief
that he personally knew everything. He
was just one person. But there are other
instances in the Tanach where he imports
artisans, and we learn from that, that it is
most likely that he imported men of let-
ters. He tried to make Jerusalem the Har-
vard and Yale, the Oxford and Cambridge
of the Middle East, such that they would
flock there.
He also hoped that once they were
there, it would lead people to acclaim the
Lord.
Solomon was not an entirely un-under-
standable person, as far away as he is from
us. He was a very religiously motivated
person, Rabbi Israel said. Beyond that, all
the characters in the stories were genuine
people. We could learn a lot from them.
Rabbi Israel is moved by the story of
King Ahabs desire to take his neighbors
vineyard. In taking the innocent mans
land, he has him killed. Elijah, who is
fearless, stands up to the king.
Living in the climate that we live in,
when so many times you see people in
senior positions getting away with so many
things, when you see so much corruption,
we long for the national prophet who will
stand up to the king.
We hope for such a clear moral voice in
our own world.
Rabbi Israel, who is 46, grew up in a
modern Orthodox family in London and
then went to Israel for a few years to
study. Back at home, he concentrated
on computers and economics at the
London School of Economics. I was
actually thinking of going into what was
then a very cool thing management
consultancy, he said. But the truth is
that during my student years, I got very
involved in Jewish youth work. I loved it.
I loved Jewish education.
I was sending out all these appli-
cations for management consultancy
work, and I was so unexcited by it. So I
decided to follow my heart.
That organ led him to a yeshiva,
where he studied for a year that turned
into six years and ended in rabbinical
ordination from the chief rabbinate.
That was 18 years ago.
Ever since then, Rabbi Israel has been
teaching and lecturing in yeshivot and
other modern Orthodox institutions in
Israel, including Pardes Institute of Jewish
Studies. He is also active in Tzohar, the reli-
gious Zionist organization that has been
most active in providing Orthodox, state-
recognized weddings to secular Israelis. I
am quite passionate about it, Rabbi Israel
said. I would like to see greater unity
between groups in Israel, and I would like
to build bridges between them.
I am a passionate Zionist, he contin-
ued. I love living in Israel.
I love turning on the radio and hearing
Hebrew. I love driving around the country
and seeing the places Ive read about in
the Bible. I love taking my students to see
those sites.
Loving Israel and living here and being
involved in the dramas that include poli-
tics and religion and the military and cor-
ruption and culture all this has helped
me read the Bible less as an antiquated
reality. You can see almost all of it in a very
real way.
My living here has brought the Tanach
alive for me.
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Cong. Rinat Israel in Teaneck on
Sunday, February 23, at 9 a.m. and
at Drisha in Manhattan on Thursday,
March 20, at 6:30 p.m. He will also
be at YUs Seforim Sale on Wednes-
day, February 19, from 8 to 9:15.
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members were murdered in Wisconsin in 2012, the
group responded by going to a program supporting
tolerance at the Sikh temple in Glen Rock.
Its a group providing mutual support, coopera-
tion and collaboration in so many ways, Ms. Kurland
said. Wonderful friendships have developed over
the years. The fostering of interfaith understanding
and mutual respect promoted has been incredible.
So much so that the Interfaith Brotherhood/Sister-
hood Committee received the Community Diversity
Advocate Award from the American Conference on
Diversity last October.
Ms. Kurland has participated in the breakfast for 23
of its 28 years; the group behind it stands up against
racism and bigotry, she said. She will moderate a wom-
ens empowerment program on March 18 at 7 p.m. The
program, which is being hosted by the federation, will
include a panel discussion on how women incorporate
faith and religion into their lives.
Ms. Kurland said that the discussion typically is
faith-based, and political issues arent part of the
groups primary focus.
Clearly there is some information that is shared,
she said. But we havent dealt with issues that are a
little more sensitive in the political arena. There have
been political issues shared at times when it involves
Israel. The Bahai group has experienced dificult
issues of persecution in Iran, and weve all rallied
around that. We were also so involved in discussion
about nuclear proliferation in Iran.
Ms. Kurland said that the groups primary goals
are to experience brotherhood and sisterhood
together, breaking bread together and inding a way
to better understand your neighbor.
Asked for one story that sums up the group, Ms.
Kurland talked about the teenaged daughter of a
rabbi who went to an annual breakfast. She sat at a
table for teenagers; when she got there, she didnt
know anybody else. She and a young Hindu woman
started talking, inding shared interests. Then the
Jewish teenager transferred from one high school to
another. Who did she run into there? The Hindu teen
she met at the breakfast. Ms. Kurland said the two
now are fast friends.
Those kinds of things happen as well with many of
the adults, she added. You just see the universality
of a particular theme that relates to all faith commu-
nities, whether you are of one faith or another. Even
though our speaker this year is Bahai, she will be
speaking from a place of inclusivity of all religions.
Or, as Mr. Williams said, its all very impressive.
The groups are lovely to one another. The fellowship
is beautiful.
Breaking bread
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Wonderful friendships
have developed over
the years. The
fostering of interfaith
understanding and
mutual respect
promoted has
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Rutgers program aims to bridge gaps
Shalom/Salaam shatters stereotypes, local activist says
LOIS GOLDRICH
Rutgers University junior Shelley Friedman
of Fair Lawn believes strongly that people
can learn to look beyond stereotypes. And
as co-president of the universitys Shalom/
Salaam a nonpolitical student organiza-
tion she is working to prove that.
A product of New Milfords Solomon
Schechter Day School and the Frisch School
in Paramus, Ms. Friedman wants Jews and
Muslims to set aside their differences and
come together to work toward positive
causes.
The way I see it, if I can forge strong
bonds between myself and Muslims my
age, we can form a steady foundation of
trust and understanding that will affect the
way Jews and Muslims see each other in the
future, she said.
According to Ms. Friedman, Shalom/
Salaam was formed several years ago by
Jewish student Will Eastman and a Muslim
friend, Bahaa Hashem.
They realized that it was important for
the gap between Jews and Muslims to be
bridged, she said. There are a lot of ste-
reotypes splitting them apart. They thought
that if they could work through peace, not
politics, coming together for things like
community service, they would learn to see
each other as people.
Ms. Friedman, who said she came to
Rutgers well rooted in her Jewish back-
ground, participated in community service
projects throughout her school years but is
new to this kind of outreach.
Ive done a lot of community service,
like working in soup kitchens, but I never
did social outreach work, she said, adding
that she served on the Hillel board during
her freshman year at Rutgers. I enjoyed
that, but I also realized that it is important
to reach out to others.
In my sophomore year, I was elected co-
president of Shalom/Salaam. It was helpful
to have both connections, since I could get
more Jewish kids involved. Her co-presi-
dent, Saira Shakir, was working with Mus-
lim students at the time, affording her the
same opportunity to reach out to members
of that group.
We try to show that we are all people
and want similar things, Ms. Friedman
said. Most of us want to work together with
others.
Of course, discourse and dialogue are
good, but extremism is not, she said, point-
ing out that most people are not extrem-
ists. Theres a better way to share political
views.
Her group maintains that by fostering sit-
uations where people from the two groups
can work together toward something posi-
tive, Muslims and Jews will have the oppor-
tunity to realize that they might like each
other, despite preconceived notions.
The groups board meets every two
months, with a general meeting once a
month. The number of participants var-
ies according to the activity and may range
from 40 to several hundred students, Ms.
Friedman said. Members are fairly evenly
divided between Jews of all streams and
Muslims, although some Christians partici-
pate as well. The organization receives fund-
ing from the university.
We have a lot of social exchanges and
community service projects, Ms. Friedman
said. For example, students recently came
together to make sandwiches and deliver
them to the homeless in Newark. The
organization also held a Friday night inter-
faith dinner including both kosher and
halal foods where the several hundred
attendees talked about
their cuisines, cultures, and
customs.
We call it breaking cul-
tural barriers, Ms. Fried-
man said. We get to know
each other and embrace
our differences. The main
purpose of the organization
is to work toward mutual
understanding at the grass-
roots level. If we can foster that, it will posi-
tively impact the way we interact in the
future.
I definitely think the pay-it-forward
model is a good philosophy for life. You
do your little thing and that will set the ball
rolling, and then everyone will make their
impact.
Over the last year, students have been
involved in the creation of a large tapestry,
which was presented to the United Nations
Association-USA Region 7 at a ceremony in
the United Nations Assembly Hall on Feb-
ruary. The tapestry now will be circulated
among the chapters of the association. On
its return, it will be given a permanent home
in a still-to-be-determined location.
The tapestry is made up of 140 distinct
cloth patches, each selected by participants
and bearing the contributors name, place
of birth, and ancestry.
The purpose of the tapestry is to dem-
onstrate that personal efforts toward tol-
erance and understanding can patch up
unfortunate issues of mistrust or miscom-
munication from stereotypes, precon-
ceived notions, and assumptions, Ms.
Friedman said.
The group is now considering the idea of
continuing the project on a smaller scale,
creating mini-tapestries or blankets to dis-
tribute to the homeless.
Ms. Friedman said the Shalom/Salaam
project already has borne fruit, with
friendships developing between the two
groups.
Weve noticed that a lot of people
realize they like one another and go out
for coffee together, she said. Thats the
beauty of the whole organization.
People realize they like each other
and can get along. While we dont expect
to change the world, every little step is
important.
If every Jew could speak to one Muslim
on a human level, the way the dialogue
could unfold would be more civil. Wed
have a more empathetic view of other
side, as humans not as the enemy.
Shelley Friedman presents the tapestry to the U.N. Flanking her,
from left, are Tiffany Taylor, Laura Friedman, Donna Rosa, and
John Vincent.
Many students from a wide range of backgrounds
put their pieces together to form this brightly
colored quilt.
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Israeli activist attorney leads fight
against terrorists worldwide
ABIGAIL KLEIN LEICHMAN
Israeli activist attorney Nitsana Dar-
shan-Leitner recently told a New Jersey
audience about her 12 years battling
Arab and Islamist terrorist organiza-
tions in Israeli, American, Canadian,
and European courtrooms.
As director of the Israel-based
civil rights nonprofit group, Shurat
HaDin Israel Law Center (www.
israellawcenter.org) she has brought
hundreds of legal actions against bod-
ies such as Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran,
Syria, Egypt, North Korea, the Arab
Bank, and the Bank of China.
Shurat HaDin has succeeded in win-
ning more than $1 billion in judgments,
freezing more than $600 million in ter-
rorist assets, and collecting $120 mil-
lion in payments to victims and their
families.
My message is that terror victims
can be major players in the war against
state-sponsored terror and the banks
that support them, by bringing lawsuits
against those entities to bring them into
bankruptcy and block their pipeline of
money, she said in an interview from
her office in the Tel Aviv suburb of
Ramat Gan.
We must understand that govern-
ments often cannot take the initiative
because of political considerations.
But we at Shurat HaDin dont have to
be politically correct.
One relevant example is the organi-
zations billion-dollar lawsuit against
the Bank of China for providing ser-
vices to Hamas and other terrorist
organizations through its New York
City branch between 2003 and 2008.
The lawsuit, filed in the New York State
Supreme Court in October 2012, repre-
sents five American families who lost
loved ones in a 2008 terrorist shooting
in Jerusalem.
The banki ng gi ant knowi ngly
assisted the Islamic group to carry
out this Jerusalem attack with the full
approval of the Chinese government,
Ms. Darshan-Leitner charged. Some 22
victims families are now involved in
the suit.
The case has gotten complex, as the
Attorney Nitsana Darshan-Leitner of the Israel Law Center is on a speaking
tour of the United States. SHURAT HADIN/ISRAEL LAW CENTER
My message is
that terror
victims can be
major players in
the war against
state-sponsored
terror and the
banks that
support them.
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Israeli government initially a partner in
the lawsuit is now trying to block the
testimony of an agent expected to have
affirmed that Israel notified the bank in
2005 that specific client accounts were
being used to launder funds for terror
operations. Concern for national security
is the official reason given for the change
of heart, but it is widely believed that
Israel backed off for fear of jeopardizing
its burgeoning ties with China.
The Israeli government has the free-
dom to stop cooperating in the case
because theyre under Chinese pressure,
but we can see it through to the end,
said Ms. Darshan-Leitner, 39, who earned
her law degree from Bar-Ilan University
and her MBA from Manchester Univer-
sity, and in 2012 won the Lion of Zion
Prize and was named one of the 50 most
influential women in Israel.
Her audience of more than 150 people
was gathered in the Bnei Tikvah Syna-
gogue of North Brunswick for a Janu-
ary 26 fundraiser for Yashar Lachayal, a
charity that donates basic items to needy
Israeli soldiers.
At the synagogue, she also spoke about
Shurat HaDins success in grounding
Freedom Flotilla 2, a convoy of about 10
ships intending to break Israels naval
blockade of the Hamas-controlled Gaza
Strip. Her staff worked through legal
channels to persuade maritime insur-
ance companies not to insure the ves-
sels because they would be aiding and
abetting terrorism. They also pressed
the Greek Port Authority to question the
ships recorded destination of Alexan-
dria, Egypt, and stop them from illegally
running the Israeli blockade.
In the end, the anarchists planning
the flotilla held a press conference in
Greece stating that because of this law-
fare organization in Tel Aviv, they had to
cancel the flotilla, Ms. Darshan-Leitner
reported. We dont wait until some-
thing happens, because the best defense
is offense, and we will not work with our
hands tied behind our backs.
She said non-governmental organiza-
tions can take a critical role against ter-
rorism as well as anti-Israel boycotts,
divestment and sanctions couched in the
legal framework of freedom of speech.
As the battlefield moves from armed con-
flict to the courtroom, you have to find
much more creative ways to fight them
back, she said.
For instance, were thinking of filing
a lawsuit against the American Studies
Associations proposed boycott of Israeli
academic institutions. If we have the
information we need, we can act against
Israels enemies. And whoever wants to
be a partner is welcome. We need law-
yers and medical, financial, psychology
and terror experts to prove our cases.
Give us information, so we can step in
and lead these fights.
Shurat HaDin has 50 or 60 open cases
in Israel, the United States, and other
countries. Ms. Darshan-Leitner employs
five lawyers and four support staff; law
firms in several countries act as co-coun-
sel pro bono, or on contingency if a case
goes on for many years.
She modeled her organization on the
Southern Poverty Law Center in Ala-
bama, a civil-rights organization that
tracks the activities of hate groups and
domestic terrorists across America,
launching lawsuits meant to cripple them
financially.
We are a nonprofit, so we also wel-
come desperately needed financial sup-
port and partnerships with individuals
and organizations, she said.
Ms. Darshan-Leitner said she will come
to speak with any group in the United
States that wants to learn more about
how to aid the work of her organization.
The mother of six children said she never
loses her drive to see terrorism thwarted.
There is nobody else to do it, so you
get up every morning and know you have
to keep going, she said. As a lawyer, you
get so irritated by the wrongdoings hap-
pening to our people. But there are ways
to defeat them, so you must take action.
There is an obligation not to sit idly by
your brothers blood, and we will not,
she said.
The Israeli
government has
the freedom to
stop cooperating
in the case
because theyre
under Chinese
pressure, but we
can see
it through to
the end.
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Making
relationships better
Rabbi Yechezkel Freundlich of Beth Jacob, an Ortho-
dox shul in Atlanta, is the scholar in residence at Con-
gregation Darchei Noam in Fair
Lawn for Parashat Vayakhel,
February 2122.
The weekend will feature
marriage workshops, with
multiple sessions of inter-
active activi ti es of feri ng
practical tools and effective
techniques to strengthen rela-
tionships. The first one will
be during an Oneg Shabbat
on Friday, and another, Motzi
Shabbat, at the shul, 10-04 Alexander Ave. Both will
be at 8 p.m. Rabbi Freundlich also will give shiurim
and drashot during Shabbat.
Congregation Darchei Noam is a relatively new
modern Orthodox shul in Fair Lawn with more than
65 families.
The weekend is for couples of all ages. Babysitting
will be available on Saturday night. It costs $25 per
couple and sponsorships are welcome. For informa-
tion, call Rabbi Jeremy Donath at (952) 412-5707 or
email him at rabbidonath@gmail.com.
Shira and Rabbi
Jeremy Donath
with their baby,
Yael.
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Rabbi Yechezkel
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Touro students offer tax help
Accounting students at Touro College
have trained with the IRS to provide free
volunteer tax assistance. The program
offering tax preparation guidance is at
Touros Avenue J campus in Brooklyn. It
begins on Sunday, February 16, and con-
tinues every Sunday through April 13,
except for March 16.
Last year, Touro students assisted
nearly 130 people through the Volunteer
Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program,
who had an average adjusted gross
income of $17,169. Refunds from the
Touro VITA program averaged $1,568,
with the total amount of refunds coming
to $155,545. Sessions will be held on the
main floor at LAS, 1602 Avenue J, Brook-
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COURTESY TOURO
Tenafly shul preps for Purim
Rehearsals are under way for The Megillah of Broadway Sentimental
Shushan, Temple Sinai of Bergen Countys Purim shpiel on erev Purim, Sat-
urday night, March 15. The show, developed and directed by Honey Chanin-
Gorenberg, is produced by Paul Seitelmank, with musical direction by Annice
Benamy. The cast, from left, includes Sandy Gabe, Phyllis Betancourt, Paul
Seitelman, Barbara Rosenfeld, Irwin Brownstein, Ethel Abrams, Fran Silver-
man, and Sheldon Burnston, from Temple Emeth in Teaneck. Annice Benamy
is on keyboard. OPHELIA ADIAO YUDKOFF
Temple Emeth to honor five leaders in May
Temple Emeth, a Reform congrega-
tion in Teaneck that draws mem-
bers from across Bergen County, will
honor five of them at a dinner dance
on Saturday evening, May 3.
Wendy Wineburgh Dessanti and
Richard Buchbinder are the main
honorees; Mimi Sigel will receive a
Lifetime Achievement award; and
Rhona Herman and Eva Sandrof are
Temple Emeths Devotion award
recipients.
The fundraising event co-chairs are
Ellen Buckwalter and Jill Kantor.
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Join us to explore the answers to these timeless
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KEEPING THE FAITH
Trade land,
but only for
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P
resident Obama and Prime Minister Benjamin
Netanyahu are scheduled to meet on March 3 to
discuss the soon-to-be-revealed United States pro-
posals for a framework agreement meant to kick-
start Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations.
Even before the actual proposals are unveiled, their author,
Secretary of State John Kerry, has come under harsh, even
demeaning, criticism from the Israeli right, mainly because
the plan is expected to call on
Israel to trade lots of land for the
chance of a little peace. No one on
the nationalist right or the religious
right is willing to give up an inch,
and they tend to loathe anyone
who suggests that they do.
There is no argument anyone
can make against the secular-
ist nationalists, because for them
compromise is not possible They
will not accept an Israel that does
not encompass all the land on both
sides of the green line. Let us be
honest about that: When we prayed for 2,000 years to return
to our homeland, we were more in mind of the Old City of
Jerusalem, Hebron, Bethlehem, and Nablus (Shechem), not
Haifa or Caesarea or Eilat. That is where so much of our his-
tory played out and those place all are on the wrong side
of the line.
For that segment of the religious right that accepts Israel
as legitimate, the argument goes deeper: Jewish law forbids
giving up even a single dunam of the land of Israel, for any
reason. Holders of this view cite a commentary to the Babylo-
nian Talmud tractate on pagan worship, Avodah Zarah, and
another commentary on Deuteronomy to support their posi-
tion. In both instances, the commentary says that settling the
Land of Israel is of greater merit than all the other mitzvot
combined.
They are correct; the cited commentaries say this. However,
it is also true that the sages of blessed memory used hyperbole
as a device to underscore the importance of a mitzvah, and
this is no exception.
Thus, according to BT Mnachot, wearing tzitzit is the com-
mandment that outweighs all others combined. In BT Bava
Shammai Engelmayer is rabbi of Temple Israel Community
Center | Congregation Heichal Yisrael in Cliffside Park and
Temple Beth El of North Bergen.
JS-20*
Set Pollard free now
I
ts time.
Jonathan Pollard must be
set free immediately.
Convicted of spying for
Israel, sentenced to life in prison
in 1987, he is now at the Butner
Federal Correction Complex in
North Carolina, and due for a
parole hearing in November 2015.
For years, his incarceration has
been a bargaining chip in peace
talks between Israel and the
Palestinians.
Mr. Pollards case was brought
to the forefront agai n l ast
week, when former CIA direc-
tor James Woolsey suggested
in an interview with Israel TV
that anti-Semitism very well
could be the reason why he is
still in prison. We knew that the
late Caspar Weinberger was no
friend of the Israel or the Jewish
people when he served as sec-
retary of defense in the Reagan
administration.
Mr. Woolsey, who held his posi-
tion during the Clinton administra-
tion, noted that since 1987, Ameri-
cans who spied for other nations
have been freed from prison. He
told Israel Channel 10, I dont
think that it is universally true, but
in the case of some American indi-
viduals, I think there is anti-Semi-
tism at work here.
Mr. Woolsey even said that
within the intelligence commu-
nity, the Pollard case is ancient
history.
His assessment got no argu-
ment from the Anti-Defamation
Leagues national director, Abra-
ham Foxman, who said a month
ago that Mr. Pollards ongoing
imprisonment is on the verge of
anti-Semitism.
Mr. Pollard, who turns 60 later
this year, should be able to live the
rest of his life as a free man.
If it doesnt happen soon, per-
haps Mr. Woolsey is correct. Per-
haps it is act of anti-Semitism.
-PJ
Israel Our Home?
D
avid Rotem said last
week that the Reform
movement is not Jew-
ish. It is another reli-
gion, he is reported as having said.
Mr. Rotem represents Yisrael
Beytenu in the Israeli Knesset.
Given that the party name trans-
lates to Israel Is Our Home, the
question of exactly whose home it
might be inevitably presents itself.
Mr. Rotem is chair of the Knes-
sets Constitution, Law and Justice
Committee. In 2010, he spear-
headed a bill on conversion that
would have consolidated all power
over conversion in the office of the
chief rabbinate, and so invalidated
most non-Orthodox conversions
around the world. After an out-
cry from the diaspora, the bill was
dropped.
A similarly loud outcry from
many corners of the organized
Jewish world met Mr. Rotems
comments this time, and he apol-
ogized quickly. I had no intention
of hurting anyone or the Reform
movement, he said, adding that
any child of a Jewish mother is
Jewish. (By not recognizing the
Jewishness of any convert he
seems to have at least attempted
to sidestep the conversion issue.)
But it is time for us as a commu-
nity to consider the deep chasms
that divide us from each other. To
be sure, those divisions are not
new, but they seem to be widen-
ing. Perhaps it is the weather that
brings such images to mind, but it
seems as each small subgroup of
us is on our own ice floe as they
bang into each other before they
float separately down the river and
out of view.
It is normal and human to
assume that no matter where were
are on the spectrum, we are in full
and sole possession of the truth.
But we all are human, and so that
cannot be true. Each of us, even
the most self-assured and self-
righteous among us, can see only
a fraction of the truth.
We are all part of one people. In
the most practical sense, if Israel
were to alienate the non-Ortho-
dox who make up a majority of
Jews outside its borders, its situ-
ation would go from todays grim
to absolutely dire. And in a larger
sense, we all depend on each oth-
ers partial view to combine to a
full one.
It is unfortunate, given his
responsibilities, that Mr. Rotem
seems to have such disdain for
Jews unlike himself. It would be
disastrous would his sensibilities
be allowed to guide Israels policy.
-JP
Shammai
Engelmayer
Op-Ed
Batra, it is tzedakah. In BT Shabbat, it is the study
of Torah [that] surpasses them all.
It is also true, as some on the religious right note,
that halachah permits buying parcels of the Land
of Israel from non-Jews, even on Shabbat.
On the other hand, there is biblical evidence
to suggest that giving up land is not so great a sin,
or may not be a sin at all, if what is received in
return is worth the price. Solomon swapped 20
cities in the Galilee for the building materials he
needed to complete the Temple, yet the biblical
text offers no condemnation. Certainly, if land
can be traded for cedar wood, it can be traded
for peace, because the preservation of human
life is the goal of peace.
In the current case, the price would be worth
it, too, if the peace offered is a true peace, and
that includes recognition of Israel as a Jewish state.
Such recognition is an apparent red line for the
Palestinians at the moment. It is one they never
will cross, if we are to take the word of the Pal-
estinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas,
who reiterated this position in an interview last
weekend.
There are other sins, however, that are great
sins according to all authorities, and these, too,
must be considered, because halachah has always
insisted that avoiding these sins is paramount.
These sins are pikuach nefesh (threat to life)
and shfichut damim (the needless spilling of
blood). Shfichut damim is why King David was
denied the honor of building the Temple, the Tan-
ach tells us; his hands were too sullied with blood.
Pikuach nefesh is considered to be pre-emi-
nent in religious Judaism, and not just hyperboli-
cally. Almost nothing not even Shabbat or the
laws of kashrut takes precedence when life is
threatened.
Here, the religion-oriented spokesmen for not
trading land for peace offer a simplistic and wholly
unrealistic (even absurd) solution: If the Arabs in
the territories will not live in peace, throw them
out. Then there would be no pikuach nefesh.
No consideration is given to the almost certain
violent response from the Arab world, and the con-
demnation and reprisals that will come from the
rest of the world.
For many on the extreme religious right, how-
ever, such things are of no concern. At work for
them is a theological premise we have seen before.
It is a premise that always ends in disaster for us;
something, in fact, that halachah itself specifically
forbids: reliance on a miracle. The religious nation-
alists truly believe that if they start the war, God
will finish it.
That did not work for the Zealots in the year 70.
It did not work for Bar Kochba in the year 130. And
for those who argue that it has worked in modern
times, please note that the war that began in 1948
is still ongoing.
There is only one legitimate consideration
for Israel in deciding on whether to sign a peace
agreement with the Palestinians: whether its
security concerns are more than adequately met.
Only if the planners and strategists of the Israel
Defense Forces are fully satisfied with an agree-
ment not the politicians, not the ideologues, not
the religiously rigid, but the people charged with
winning every war because losing one is not an
option only then may an agreement be signed
and implemented.
That is enough of a hurdle to overcome.
JS-21*
KEEPING THE FAITH
Trade land,
but only for
true peace
P
resident Obama and Prime Minister Benjamin
Netanyahu are scheduled to meet on March 3 to
discuss the soon-to-be-revealed United States pro-
posals for a framework agreement meant to kick-
start Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations.
Even before the actual proposals are unveiled, their author,
Secretary of State John Kerry, has come under harsh, even
demeaning, criticism from the Israeli right, mainly because
the plan is expected to call on
Israel to trade lots of land for the
chance of a little peace. No one on
the nationalist right or the religious
right is willing to give up an inch,
and they tend to loathe anyone
who suggests that they do.
There is no argument anyone
can make against the secular-
ist nationalists, because for them
compromise is not possible They
will not accept an Israel that does
not encompass all the land on both
sides of the green line. Let us be
honest about that: When we prayed for 2,000 years to return
to our homeland, we were more in mind of the Old City of
Jerusalem, Hebron, Bethlehem, and Nablus (Shechem), not
Haifa or Caesarea or Eilat. That is where so much of our his-
tory played out and those place all are on the wrong side
of the line.
For that segment of the religious right that accepts Israel
as legitimate, the argument goes deeper: Jewish law forbids
giving up even a single dunam of the land of Israel, for any
reason. Holders of this view cite a commentary to the Babylo-
nian Talmud tractate on pagan worship, Avodah Zarah, and
another commentary on Deuteronomy to support their posi-
tion. In both instances, the commentary says that settling the
Land of Israel is of greater merit than all the other mitzvot
combined.
They are correct; the cited commentaries say this. However,
it is also true that the sages of blessed memory used hyperbole
as a device to underscore the importance of a mitzvah, and
this is no exception.
Thus, according to BT Mnachot, wearing tzitzit is the com-
mandment that outweighs all others combined. In BT Bava
I have bipolar disorder.
W
ell, thats out
of the way.
About half
the people
who know me are aware of
this fact. It probably doesnt
come as a shocker for the
other half it just never
really came up in conversa-
tion. Its not like I announce
it to the world, just as some-
one with diabetes or cancer
or MS wouldnt announce
their medical conditions, either. But, as
Ive been given the opportunity to reach
a multitude of readers, I figured, hey,
why not, lets make some good of this.
But this isnt about me. Its about the
rest of the roughly 9.5 percent of the U.S.
population including those in the Jew-
ish community who have been affected
by a mood disorder mostly depression,
but bipolar disorder and variations of the
two as well. Its also about their loved
ones, who want to help but who may
not know how or where to seek treat-
ment. Its about a stigma that has no rea-
son to exist and only exists because we
arent talking. And its about the shame
that so many people feel about disorders
that cannot always be seen, that may be
viewed as all in your head, but that are
very, very real.
Lets have an open and honest dia-
logue about the many people within our
community who are struggling in the
dark mainly because the stigma-induced
shame, ignorance, and misinformation
that exist within our community, and in
the world at large, are inhibiting them
from seeking the appropriate treatment
and care that would allow them to better
manage and understand these disorders
and go on to build productive lives that
extend beyond and despite their strug-
gles with mental health.
A conversation, of course, involves
more than one person, and as men-
tioned, Im not the only Jew in town who
has experienced the highs and/or lows
of a mood disorder, and my family and
friends arent the only ones around who
want to know what they can do to help.
So, I invite anyone reading this to join in
the conversation, whether via the Jewish
Standard or in other forums or by talking
with the person sitting right next to you
as you read this.
Speaking of which, the adult sit-
ting right next to you has a roughly 6.7
percent chance of experiencing major
depression in his or her lifetime, and a
2.6 percent chance of having bipolar dis-
order. If youre the only one in the room,
the same statistics apply to you. A child
or adolescent sitting next to you has a
3.7 percent chance of having a mood
disorder.
Statistics are helpful
in that they illustrate the
scope of a given illness
how prevalent it is, how
color blind, how age-
and gender-specific, and
so on but whats more
shocking than the num-
bers is that we arent talk-
ing about them.
Why dont we talk
about these things?
Whats the embarrass-
ment about? Why the shame? Are we
so 19th century that we still view the
mentally ill as lunatics who are
thrown into insane asylums and for-
gotten about? Why do I need to use
a vehicle such as this op-ed to come
out to the world in order for people to
wake up and start publicly addressing
something that is in our communities
and that will not be leaving our com-
munities no matter how much we try
to ignore the facts?
We use the term disorder but
what of disease? Is it too brash to
throw that word out there as it relates
to depression and bipolar disorder? I
mention disease because I wonder if
people would be more inclined to talk
about mood disorders if they under-
stood them as real, concrete, actual
diseases as opposed to disorders of the
mind that is, all in your head. Well
then, evidence shows depression and
bipolar disorder very clearly present
physically, neurologically, and behav-
iorally. Neuroscientists have studied
them using brain imaging technolo-
gies (MRI, PET, SPECT), and specific
brain regions have been linked to men-
tal processes evident in certain mood
disorders. In addition, mood disorders
often present alongside other psychi-
atric disorders and conditions (such
as anxiety, substance abuse); have
been found to negatively affect the
heart, blood vessels, and bones, and
can adversely affect the course and
outcome of common chronic condi-
tions, such as arthritis, asthma, car-
diovascular disease, cancer, diabetes,
and obesity, to name a few. Socially,
they cause great suffering work and
school productivity drop, relatives
must stay home from work caring for
their loved ones, lives are cut short by
mood disorder-related suicide, and
there are inter-episode effects where
people arent fully back to themselves.
Most recently, depression has been
dubbed the second leading cause of
disability worldwide, after back pain.
And yet we dont talk about such
things. We say oh, hes having a bad
day or maybe its just a stage or shes
being overdramatic, or maybe we dont
detect any inner struggle there at all. We
either dont see the reality, or we do but
choose to sweep it under the rug.
What Im saying here, if you catch my
drift, is lets talk about this. Lets end the
unnecessary stigma. Lets pull these dis-
orders or illnesses or diseases or what-
ever you want to call them out from
under the rug. Because by keeping all
these people under the rug, in hiding,
afraid to come out, like I was once upon a
time, what were really doing is stepping
on them over and over again.
There are so many available ways to
manage and treat these disorders all
sorts of medication, different types of
therapy, certain medical procedures,
exercise, diet, sleep regulation, light
therapy, peer support groups, and vari-
ous lifestyle changes, among others. If
only we all knew this information so
that we could make educated choices
and take advantage of the many exist-
ing resources. If only I had known these
things back at age 14, when I experienced
my first depressive episode, rather than
having suffered on and off through 10
more years with no diagnosis and then
misdiagnosis. How much mental anguish
could be eliminated if people were better
informed and werent feeling so alone in
their struggle?
What I propose: Lets start talking
about mood disorders in our schools,
in our shuls, and with each other. Lets
learn the facts and reduce the stigma
surrounding mood disorders and men-
tal illness in general. Lets learn about
the numerous forms of help and how to
get it. Lets show each other continuous
support.
There is so much that we can and
should be doing. By staying silent, we
are failing our community. Every single
person reading this has the ability, and
I would argue even the responsibility, to
help others in need, whether on a small
scale or a large one. If were still unclear
on how to do so, then lets talk about
it, out loud, in broad daylight not in
hushed tones behind closed doors or
after a completed suicide. Our family,
friends, and neighbors (and in some
cases ourselves) are suffering greatly, not
only from struggling daily with disease
(and yes, Id argue thats what they are),
but also from the shame that our silence
brings upon them. We need to start talk-
ing, and fast.
And if we dont well, then shame
on us.
Dena Croog is a writer and editor
in Teaneck whose work has focused
primarily on psychiatry, mental health,
and the book publishing industry.
More information is available at www.
denacroog.com.
Dena
Croog
Op-Ed
JS-22*
Thank you, Scarlett Johansson
How much do I love Scarlett Johansson
speaking up for Israel?
Im so excited Im going to down a big
glass of bubbly bubbly water, that is, cre-
ated in my own SodaStream, made in Israel.
For those oblivious to all news, whether
from CNN, ESPN, or TMZ, Scarlett Johans-
son stood up to the bullies in the BDS (boy-
cott, divestment, and sanction) movement
who pressured her to drop her endorse-
ment of SodaStream as part of their ongoing
effort to harm
Israels econ-
omy. SodaS-
t ream i s an
Israeli-owned
manufacturer
of home soda-
making appli-
a nc e s , a nd
maintains a fac-
tory in Maale
Adumim, a sub-
urb of 50,000
as close to Jeru-
salem as Englewood is to New York. BDS
advocates label the city an illegal settle-
ment despite the fact that Jews have lived
there since biblical times and there is no
international law prohibiting their ongoing
presence.
Not only did Johansson maintain her
relationship with SodaStream, but she
also ended her eight-year relationship with
Oxfam, an anti-hunger organization that
also happens to support the anti-Israel BDS
movement.
This story is so gratifying because Johans-
son actually examined the issue and con-
cluded that SodaStream, not BDS advocates,
had the moral high ground. Boldly standing
up to those who hide their anti-Israel views
behind a mask of alleged human rights
advocacy, she said that she has fundamen-
tal difference of opinion in regards to the
boycott, divestment and sanctions move-
ment. She further praised SodaStream for
its commitment to building a bridge to
peace between Israel and Palestine, sup-
porting neighbors working alongside each
other, receiving equal pay, equal benefits
and equal rights. That is what is happen-
ing in their Maale Adumim factory every
working day.
SodaStream employs over 500 Arab
workers from across the Green Line (and
another 450 Arab Israelis and 350 Jew-
ish Israelis), treating its workers equally
regardless of their origin. It offers pay
and benefits that on average are double
to triple the normal compensation in the
area, affords equal prospects for advance-
ment, and provides an on-site mosque. One
Gawker reporter accurately wrote that it all
sounds too kumbaya to be true, before a
Palestinian worker at the plant volunteered
to a reporter: Hell yeah, Im happy. Were
like family. We have fun. We are Jews and
Muslims here. We are here peacefully. We
have no problems.
And yet in the face of Syrian gassing of
children, not to mention the ongoing ter-
rorism actively encouraged by the Pales-
tinian Authority, this example of peaceful
cooperation is what the hypocrites in the
BDS campaign choose to protest, because
they are categorically against Israeli pres-
ence in the area. For decades now, the exis-
tence of so-called Israeli settlements (in
fact, many described as such are ancient
or long-established Jewish communities)
has been trumpeted as the obstacle to
peace. Critics routinely ignore the reali-
ties, including the fact that the Jewish areas
stand on less than 2 percent of the land
in Judea/Samaria; that many of the new
settlements so often referred to are in fact
just extensions to existing communities
or are in Jerusalem, which is part of Israel
proper, or, critically, that the so-called ille-
gality of these communities is a lie. (The
law most often cited as the basis for this
spurious claim is Article 49 of the Fourth
Geneva Convention, which was drafted to
outlaw the horrors of Nazi mass deporta-
tions, and in fact prohibits individual or
mass forcible transfers, as well as deporta-
tions of protected persons... It has nothing
to do with voluntary choice to live in any
particular area, disputed or otherwise.)
In truth, discussion of Jewish presence in
Judea/Samaria is at best a distraction from
the real issues, such as the ongoing celebra-
tion of terrorism and violence by the Pales-
tinian leadership and their complete lack of
accountability or authority to uphold any
agreements, past or future. Twice Israel
has offered to trade land for peace (95 per-
cent and 98 percent of disputed territory
in 2000 and 2008), seeking to retain only
a narrow perimeter for security reasons;
Israels desire to reach a final agreement
is clear. Yet more than 20 years after Oslo
neither the Palestinian Authority nor any
of its key leaders will even acknowledge
Israels fundamental right to exist as a Jew-
ish homeland. Now theres an obstacle to
peace!
Sadly, many ill-informed but well-mean-
ing people fall prey to the lies dispersed
by anti-Israel propagandists, who have
had devastating success in selling BDS as a
human rights issue when it is in fact an
attempt to undermine Israels right to exist
in any borders whatsoever. Which is why it
took such courage, and creates such hope,
for someone like Johansson to refuse to
bend to BDS pressure.
Its inspiring. Encouraging. And like a
cold glass of bubbly, truly refreshing.
Laura Fein is the executive director of
the Zionist Organization of Americas
New Jersey region. An attorney, she lives
in Teaneck with her husband and five
daughters, who attend local Jewish schools.
Laura
Fein
Mahmoud Abbas flunks history
Palestinian Authority President Mah-
moud Abbas has repeated that he wont
recognize Israel as a Jewish state, and hes
claiming support for that position from
an unlikely quarter: former U.S. President
Harry S. Truman.
A closer look shows that Trumans
words are being misrepresented.
In a February 3 interview with the New
York Times, Abbas was asked about rec-
ognizing Israel as a Jewish state. That is
something both the Israeli government
and President
Obama have
said the Pales-
tinian Author-
i t y must do.
This is out of
the question,
Abbas said. To
j us t i f y t hat
position, Abbas
handed t he
Ti mes i nt er-
viewer a packet
of documents,
the first of which was a statement by Tru-
man from 1948 in which the words Jewish
state were crossed out and replaced by
State of Israel.
Someone who didnt know better might
think Abbas had scored a point. But in
fact, the document in question does not
provide evidence of American opposition
to a Jewish state.
Heres how that cross-out came about:
On May 15, 1948, just before David Ben-
Gurion announced the establishment of
the State of Israel, Truman decided he
would extend U.S. recognition to the state
as soon as it was proclaimed. A senior
aide to the president, Clark Clifford, tele-
phoned Eliahu Epstein (who later changed
his surname to Elath), the state-to-bes
chief representative in Washington. Clif-
ford told Elath to submit a formal request
for recognition as soon as possible.
Elath wrote up the request during the
minutes before the state was proclaimed.
He did not yet know what its name would
be, so he typed the Jewish State. He gave
the document to his assistant, Zvi Zinder,
who ran outside to get a taxi to the White
House.
Moments after Zinder left, Elaths secre-
tary rushed in to say she had just heard
on their shortwave radio that the state
had been declared, and it would be called
the State of Israel. Elath sent his secretary
after Zinder, who caught up with him at
the gates to the White House.
Elath didnt want to delay recognition
by having Zinder return and retype the
letter, so he had instructed his secretary
to make the correction by hand.
Hence the famous cross-out to which
Abbas referred. It was not a political or ide-
ological statement; it was the equivalent of
a typographical correction.
But none of this is a secret. Ambassador
Elath described it in his book, The Strug-
gle for Statehood: Washington 1945-1948,
which was published in 1979, and it has
appeared in other books since then. Its
required reading for scholars and diplo-
mats who have a serious interest in Amer-
ica-Israel relations. Its difficult to believe
that Abbas, and the PA aides who helped
assemble his packet of clippings, are unfa-
miliar with these well-known facts.
On the other hand, history has never
been Mr. Abbass strong suit.
Last year, he told a Lebanese television
station that David Ben-Gurion and the
Zionist movement collaborated with the
Nazis. I challenge anyone to deny the
relationship between Zionism and Nazism
before World War II, he said. He claimed
to have written 70 books on the topic.
So far, only one of those 70 books has
been published. That 1983 book, based on
Abbass Ph.D. dissertation at Moscows Ori-
ental College, argued that fewer than one
million Jews were killed by the Nazis, and
that those Jews were the victims of a secret
partnership that Ben-Gurion and other
Zionist leaders formed with the Nazis in
order to have a basis for demanding a state.
Since Zionism was not a fighting part-
ner, it had no escape but to offer up
human beings, under any name, to raise
the number of victims, which they could
then boast of at the moment of account-
ing, Abbas wrote. Having more victims
meant greater rights and stronger privi-
lege to join the negotiation table for divid-
ing the spoils of war once it was over.
The historical record can play an impor-
tant role in addressing the conflicting
claims by Arabs and Israelis about territo-
ries, refugees, and other issues. But that
record is ill-served when Holocaust his-
tory and American history are twisted into
political cannon fodder by those who are
less interested in the facts than in scoring
points against Israel.
JNS.ORG
Dr. Rafael Medoff is director of the David
S. Wyman Institute for Holocaust Studies
in Washington, D.C., and co-author, with
Chaim I. Waxman, of the Historical
Dictionary of Zionism.
Dr. Rafael
Medoff
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Rabbi Sacks dignity
I learned something quite disappointing from Rabbi
Shmuley Boteachs recent column on the chief rabbin-
ate and Rabbi Jonathan Sacks (Why America has no
chief rabbi, February 7). The lesson I intuited was that
Rabbi Boteach has an easier time writing about the
praises of such personalities as Michael Jackson than he
does in addressing the work of a personality as dignified
as Rabbi Jonathan Sacks. The column purported to be a
discussion about the chief rabbinate but it was instead
a discussion on the failures of Rabbi Sacks.
Having a column read by thousands places a moral
burden on the writer. The column requires fairness and
balance. Neither appeared in last weeks article.
Surely Rabbi Sacks has his shortcomings. We all do.
Perhaps he should have spoken up more often on more
issues. I lack the information to judge. But he was a sym-
bol for Jews world-over of dignity, and of the radiance
of Torah scholarship. No small feat. His soaring words
brought ancient teachings to life. Perhaps his successor
will build on his strengths and learn from his mistakes.
Rabbi Boteach convinced me that Rabbi Sacks is fal-
lible, like us all. He neglected to remind me of the inspi-
ration and pride Rabbi Sacks gave to thousands of Jews
in the U.K. and elsewhere. That was no small feat. That
oversight is what made last weeks column a disappoint-
ment. Rabbi Boteach can be very inspirational. A reader
would not know that from last weeks column.
Martin Rosenfeld, Fair Lawn
Someones lying
A news item in the January 31 Jewish Standard (Ter-
ror attacks in West Bank doubled but toll dropped)
reported that according to the Shin Bet, Israels general
security service, Arab terrorists attacks in the West Bank
more than doubled last year to 1,271, up from 578 in 2012.
Five Israelis were murdered and dozens injured in last
years attacks.
The very same week, Secretary of State John Kerry
said (in a Munich press conference on February 1) that
last year, not one Israeli was killed by a Palestinian from
the West Bank. And Thomas Friedman (in his Febru-
ary 5 column in the New York Times) claimed that the
Palestinian Arabs are now carrying out an intifada not
with stones or suicide bombers, but one propelled by
nonviolent resistance and economic boycott.
Somebody is lying, and its not the statistics.
Moshe Phillips, president
Benyamin Korn, chairman
Religious Zionists of America Philadelphia Chapter
Shout-out to the Ice House
I am cheering for the ice skaters representing Israel at
the Olympic Games in Sochi (For Israels skaters, Olym-
pic training is New Jersey state of mind, February 7).
Given that I ice skate at the Ice House in Hackensack and
love the sport, it was exciting to learn that the Ice House
has been home to figure skaters Evgeni Krasnapolsky,
25, a Ukrainian, and Andrea Davidovich, 16, an Ameri-
can, and to Alexei Bychenko, 25, also a Ukrainian, who
grew up in Israel. They are representing Israel at the
Olympic Games. They have been in training year-round
at the Ice House due to a lack of ice rinks and top-notch
coaches in Israel. The Ice House is a terrific training
ground known internationally.
While in training, most of the skaters live in Hacken-
sack, less than a mile from the Ice House, and Andrea
Davidovich lives with her family, a 40-minute drive away.
Good luck to the skaters representing Israel. May they
bring home the gold!
Grace Jacobs, Cliffside Park
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JOANNE PALMER
O
kay. Lets start with this amaz-
ing and unavoidable thing first.
Joshua Gottheimer of Wyck-
off was a speechwriter for the
president of the United States when he
was 23 years old.
There. We have to deal with it. Neither
I nor any of you will ever be able to say
that, and the odds are steep that neither
our children nor our grandchildren will be
able to either.
Now that weve all taken a minute to get
over it, lets meet Mr. Gottheimer, whose
work with Bill Clinton was not a fluke
but a logical step in a variegated career.
He is a lawyer, and has enough technical
expertise in communications to be almost
a geek; hes also a writer, policy analyst,
and public speaker. Now, he works for
Microsoft.
Mr. Gottheimer spent many years living
in Washington, but his roots are deep in
New Jersey soil, and not the transplant-
from-the-Lower-East-Side kind either. Hes
from West Orange, his fathers father had
a store in Newark, and his stepfathers
father had one in Jersey City. (Thats seri-
ous MetroWest yichus; when he moved to
Bergen County, it felt like I needed a pass-
port, he joked.)
Mr. Gottheimers interest in govern-
ment work began early; when he was 16,
in 1991, he was a Senate page for then
Senator Frank Lautenberg. He got the job
through a family friend. He wanted it not
only for the cachet but also because back
then, people believed in service, and that
by working there you could bring change.
Pages could work either during the school
year or, as he did, during the summer.
Youd help the senator, getting an easel,
a cup of coffee, whatever they wanted,
and youd also get exposure to the Sen-
ate. I fell in love with the process.He both
admired and respected Mr. Lautenberg,
the Paterson-born Democrat who ran for
public office after having made a fortune
in a private company, Automatic Data
Processing. He was a wonderful model,
Mr. Gottheimer said. My father was a
small businessman, and he started work-
ing when he was 8 years old. I had a deep
respect for the entrepreneurial system.
Mr. Gotthei mer spent hi s hi gh
school and college summers at various
And then the phone rang
Wyckoff mans
adventures in
politics and
public service
Joshua Gottheimer wrote speeches for this hero, President Bill Clinton, when he was only 23 years old. Its a whole other level of awe.
internships in Washington, working for
the secretary of the Senate and a former
House Speaker, Rep. Tom Foley (D-Wash.),
among others. One summer, as an intern,
he worked with C-Span to figure out the
then-startlingly-new idea of closed cap-
tion television broadcasts, not as a coder
but as a project manager, which is sort of
still what I do now, he said. I still dont
know how to code, but I do know how to
talk to coders.
Mr. Foley became a mentor to Mr. Got-
theimer, and his idea that government
service truly is service that is, that it is a
very real and direct way to improve lives
grew.
It was a crazy idea, but I really felt that
even at a very young age I could really help
people, he said. Thats what drives you
in service, that you can directly make a dif-
ference in peoples lives. The clich is that
you can pick up a phone and help fix pot-
holes and find lost Social Security checks.
Its true. It is very rewarding.
It goes back to what my parents taught
me, and what I learned in Hebrew school.
If you have, you should give back. (His
Hebrew school was at Temple Shalom of
West Essex in Cedar Grove.)
That ideal is changing now, he said, and
he mourns that change as a very real loss.
Mr. Gottheimer earned his undergrad-
uate degree from the University of Penn-
sylvania, where he also joined the Jewish
fraternity Alpha Epsilon Phi, but his heart
was not in Philadelphia but in Washington.
Bill Clinton was my Jack Kennedy, he
said. Back in West Essex High School, he
had played his idol in a mock debate. I
thundered on stage, he said, in what was
a very conservative neighbor-
hood and a fairly Republi-
can town. He worked in Clin-
tons first campaign, stuffing
envelopes.
So in 1995, when he was
tapped to join President Clin-
tons re-election campaign, I
was over the moon, he said.
He was on the rapid response
team, he explained. We spent our days
tracking Bob Dole Sen. Robert Dole of
Kansas was the Republican presidential
nominee and responding to him.
I stayed on the campaign during my
senior year in college, and commuted
back and forth to Penn.
It was my dream. I was commuting on
Amtrak, with no money and a huge credit
card bill. I went to Costco for baked beans.
The person who owned SlimFast was a
huge donor Danny Abraham and he
donated a large skid of slims and shakes.
It was pure heaven for him, but it was
also a dietary low point.
After he graduated from college, with
Bill Clinton back in the White House, Mr.
Gottheimer went to Oxford University
for a year hed received the Thouron
award from Penn, which gave him the
right to do so. Perhaps ironically, given
the ancient, very beautiful, and very Eng-
lish surroundings, he studied modern
American history.
I was very interested in the intersec-
tion of womens rights and American civil
rights, he said. It was hilarious. They
consider modern history as starting in
the 1500s. His mentor was Mary Francis
Berry, the African-American social activist
for whom he later would work and with
whom he would later edit a book.
After his Oxford year, Mr. Gottheimer
came back to Washington, where he con-
tinued to work on his research it was to
have been a doctoral dissertation. He sup-
ported himself by scooping ice cream at a
Ben & Jerrys in Georgetown. And then I
got a call, he said.
A speechwriting job at the White House.
It was really what I wanted to do, so
I put down my scoop and picked up my
pen.
As so often is true when Mr. Gottheimer
talks, there was a story. Two days later,
my manager at Ben & Jerrys called and
said Josh, youre in big trouble. There was
a guy from the Secret Service here, asking
a lot of questions.
I said, Its okay. I got a new job.
Mr. Gottheimer found that speechwrit-
ing for President Clinton was the great-
est experience I have ever had. He is my
political hero.
I was 23, he said. There were eight
speechwriters; I did a combination of get-
ting my bosss dry-cleaning and writing for
the president.
I was in the Oval Office several days a
week, he continued. I will never forget
the first day I was in the Oval yes, thats
the august spaces nickname and it was
my first speech for the president. Policy
advisers would be there to answer techni-
cal questions, but it was the speechwriter
who had the job of explaining, defending,
and refining his work. He was it.
I dont remember a thing about it. The
office was spinning around, and
I was sweating. Youre just
its one thing working in the
White House holy cow! but
then youre actually seeing the
president.
Its a whole other level of awe.
The more he got to know Presi-
dent Clinton, the more awed Mr.
Gottheimer became. Arguably,
no president in our memory is as smart
and has a better understanding of policy
and politics and communications and
how they all come together, he said. He
also cared deeply about the staff. He was a
remarkable mentor.
I think what I learned as a speechwriter
was how to think quickly, he continued.
You are the last stop before the presi-
dents desk. You bring it all together. And
you are handing it to someone you have
to impress.
You cant hand over a B product to the
leader of the free world.
The intellectual, emotional, and even
physical intensity of his experiences will
remain with him for the rest of his life, Mr.
Gottheimer believes.
He continued working for Mr. Clinton
until after the extraordinarily contested
presidential election that narrowly ush-
ered George W. Bush into office. He went
to Florida to work on the investigation of
Katherine Harris, the secretary of state
who oversaw the contentious vote that
eventually gave both the state and the
White House to the Republicans.
Next, Mr. Gottheimer went to work for
his mentor, Mary Frances Berry, on the
federal Civil Rights Commission, and then
he began law school at Harvard.
Just before law school and into his first
year, the clearly hyperactive and extraor-
dinary driven young man also worked
on a compilation of great civil rights
speeches; he read thousands to choose
the few hundred that made it to print, and
he also wrote the explanatory copy. The
book, called Ripples of Hope, looks at
the movements for civil rights for women,
African Americans, Hispanics, and the
LGBT community, among others. Then,
in my third year of law school, Wesley
Clark was running for president, and a
friend of mine called me from Arkansas
and said, Come here and set up a speech-
writing operation for him. (Some con-
text Gen. Wesley Clark ran in the 2004
presidential election; after a few months,
he withdrew and threw his support to the
eventual Democratic nominee, Sen. John
Kerry.)
I went and I didnt leave, Mr. Got-
theimer said. What about law school? I
was sending papers back and forth. I was
showing up for exams and doing my work.
Meanwhile, back in campaign head-
quarters, it was wild, Mr. Gottheimer
said. Hed never done this before. Hed
never run for dogcatcher. But he got in too
late it was too much too quickly.
I really admire him, he continued. I
really respected his military service. I am
a conservative Democrat.
It was a great experi ence, he
summarized.
The campaign over, Mr. Gottheimer
went back to Cambridge, where now
Supreme Court Justice Elana Kagan was
an adviser.
And then I finished a paper, and then
the woman who ran John Kerrys cam-
paign called me, Mr. Gottheimer said.
They were looking for a new speechwriter
to travel with him.
I said, I cant. I have to finish law school.
She said, come here for just a week. I said,
I cant. Ive seen this movie before. So he
finished law school and then he joined
the Kerry campaign.
After Kerry lost, Mr. Gottheimer said, he
decided I need a break from all this. Los-
ing stinks. I need to win. So I went to work
for Ford Motor Company.
Mr. Gottheimer, then 28, took a senior
post and worked on messaging. I loved it,
he said. I got to bring what I knew mes-
sage discipline and lighting-quick nimble
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I did a combination of
getting my bosss
dry-cleaning and writing
for the president.
Josh Gottheimer also wrote speeches for John Kerry during his presidential
campaign.
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I realize that people are much better in the public sec-
tor after they already have been in the private sector, he
said. It is important for people in government to have
worked with people who know how things really work.
After his stint at Ford, and one at the giant PR firm
Burson-Marsteller, I felt I could better relate to where
businesses are coming from, and also be much smarter
about policy solutions to real challenges in the private
sector, he said.
It was going from the abstract ideal to dealing with
real issues. It makes you a better public servant.
Mr. Gottheimer always had nursed an interest in tech-
nology, so he re-entered public life as a senior counselor
to the chairman of the Federal Communications Com-
mission. (Coincidentally and parenthetically, that chair-
man, Julius Genachowski, is a first cousin to Rabbi Men-
achem Genack of Englewood, who is both CEO of the
Orthodox Unions kosher division and the recent author
of Letters to President Clinton.)
At the FCC, Mr. Gottheimer focused on such issues as
broadband; he worked on net neutrality and, he said,
was depressed with the recent court rulings against it.
I started the first office of public/private initiatives,
which goes back to my theory about the public and pri-
vate sectors working together to unleash solutions that
are not regulatory, he said. We looked for anything
that you could get away with not regulating.
He also worked again with his old mentor, Ms. Berry,
on another book, Power in Words, an exploration of
the stories behind President Obamas speeches.
About a year or so ago, Mr. Gottheimer and his family
moved back to New Jersey. He had left the FCC because
it was time to settle in a place where the children can
have the space to run and thrive, and to be closer to
his family. And then, after he had made the decision to
become a tech consultant, his phone rang.
It was Microsoft.
So now Mr. Gottheimer works for Microsoft; he spends
half his time in his office in Ridgewood and the other
half in the companys Washington State headquarters.
He is back to his roots in many ways. He is an active
member of Barnert Temple in Franklin Lakes. He is
married to another lawyer, Marla Tusk, who is a total
rock star, he said. She was a federal prosecutor who
did counterterrorism work in Virginia; she now works
locally. Mr. Gottheimer and Ms. Tusk have two children
Ellie, 4, with crazy red hair and a personality to match,
and 2-year-old Ben.
In a recent talk at the Jewish Federation of Northern
New Jersey, Mr. Gottheimer talked about the problems
posed by the partisanship now on flamboyant display
in Washington. The situation is not new, he said, but
it has reached toxic levels. What do we have to do to
repair the breach? he asked. This is from the talk that
he gave:
According to my rabbi, years ago there was a debate
among the sages, captured in the Talmud, about the
right way to position a mezuzah on your door. Should it
be positioned upright or lying flat?
After a lengthy debate, they reached a compromise:
The mezuzah should be fastened diagonally.
Why? Because every time we enter or exit a door, we
should be reminded that there are things that we just
cant be certain about.
Thats why we should remember to maintain peace
and stay open-minded, he said.
So a meteoric career, zooming between public service
and private sector work, heading ever upward, always
influenced by Jewish values as he rose, not only brought
Mr. Gottheimer home to New Jersey but also gave him a
clear understanding of the importance of balance and
fair-mindedness, career and home. Surprisingly, he is
not cynical about the world around him.
It is likely that we will hear much more from him.
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URIEL HEILMAN
HOLLYWOOD, FLA. At the Urban Rustic Caf, a res-
taurant in a strip mall here, north of Miami and south of
Palm Beachs retirement communities, the line for a table
stretches out the door and into the parking lot.
Inside the kosher establishment, the volume is loud.
An elderly Orthodox man sitting near the window leans
across a table to hear what his wife is saying. At the des-
sert counter, a gaggle of boys with tzitzis fringes hanging
from their shirts press their noses against the glass.
Nearby, two stylishly dressed 30-something women
chatter away in Spanish, as one of them rocks a young
baby. As the blond waitress trying to serve them bumps
hips with a busboy, the two have a brief exchange in rapid-
fire Hebrew.
Welcome to South Floridas Jewish community, an
amalgam of retirees, Latin American immigrants, Ortho-
dox families, Holocaust survivors, and plenty more.
More than half a million Jews live in three counties
there Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach mak-
ing the region Americas third-largest Jewish metro area,
behind only New York and Los Angeles. And then there
are the smaller Jewish communities elsewhere in Florida.
One of every 10 American Jews lives in the Sunshine State.
While many are retirees, Florida isnt a place for just
elderly Jews. A combination of factors lower costs of
living than in the Northeast, the lack of state income tax,
Jewish institutional infrastructure, the draw of Miami to
Latin American immigrants and, yes, the weather has
helped turn Florida into one of Americas largest, most
diverse, and most unusual Jewish communities.
I think today we are no longer simply a retirement com-
munity, said Jewish demographer Ira Sheskin, a profes-
sor of geography at the University of Miami.
The Jews of South Florida boast several distinctions.
Palm Beach County has the oldest median Jewish age
in the country, 70, according to the last Jewish commu-
nity study of the area. The southern part of Palm Beach
County has the highest density in the country of Jews pro-
portionate to the total population: 49 percent, according
to the same survey.
In the Miami area, a massive influx of Latin American
immigrants since 2000, particularly from Venezuela,
Argentina, and Mexico, has reduced the Jewish commu-
nitys average age and brought far more Latin American
diversity to a population whose Spanish speakers once
were overwhelmingly Cuban exiles. The last Jewish pop-
ulation study conducted in Miami-Dade, in 2004, found
that the county had the largest percentage of foreign-born
Jews of any Jewish community in America.
Were such an international community, said Jacob
Solomon, CEO of the Greater Miami Jewish Federation.
Clearly, the big story is the continuing Latin immigration
and what that means.
Nobody knows for certain how many Jews live in South
Florida, because the most recent community studies are
about a decade old. At last count, local federation stud-
ies found 256,000 Jews in Palm Beach County (2005);
186,500 Jews in Broward County (2008); and 113,000 Jews
in Miami-Dade (2004). Miami began work on a new sur-
vey last month, but the results are not expected until fall.
Even without solid numbers, however, there are some
clear signs of the changes under way in South Florida
Jewry, especially growth beyond retirees.
As in many other regions across the country, there has
been a significant expansion over the last decade or two
in Orthodox synagogues, kosher restaurants, and Jewish
day schools, suggesting that the areas Orthodox popula-
tion is growing, particularly in Hollywood, Miami Beach,
Aventura and Boca Raton.
Boca has the largest density in the Miami area of Jewish
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piro, manager of loyalty marketing at the
big-box grocery retailer Winn-Dixie, which
conducted extensive demographic research
in the area before investing $3 million to
revamp its Boca Raton supermarket last
year to focus on kosher consumers.
Since completing the remodeling the
stores kosher offerings now include a pizza
shop, fresh sushi counter, bakery, and meat
and deli counter business in the stores
kosher departments has tripled, according
to Ms. Shapiro. Winn-Dixie has two other
stores in South Florida one in Aventura,
the other in Tamarac that have in-store
kosher operations and full-time kosher
supervisors.
In Miami Beach, the story has been the
growing number of young families, prompt-
ing the recent construction of a new build-
ing for a JCC, which had been housed in a
1920s-era mansion for years. Completed
in October 2012, the 37,000-square-foot
Miami Beach JCC already has 1,700 member
units. Thats about 5,000 people.
The influx of young families and the
role that the center can play for them gave
momentum to the project, Jay Roth, the
JCCs executive director, said. This is a
community that is committed to culture
and growth.
A few miles to the north, the commu-
nity around the Michael-Ann Russell JCC in
North Miami Beach, near Aventura, also is
growing, thanks to Latin American Jewish
families.
Located between an Orthodox-run,
1,000-student day school on one side and
a 440-student Reform Jewish day school
and synagogue on the other, the JCCs sin-
gle-largest constituency is Latin American
Jewish immigrants who have moved to the
area since 2000, fleeing economic or politi-
cal insecurity at home. At both day schools,
too, the students are overwhelmingly Latin
American.
In the last 15 years, especially since 2001,
theres been a gradual increase in the num-
ber of Spanish-speaking kids, said Nancy
Posner, head of the Reform day school,
Jacobson Sinai Academy. Now we have
students from 17 different countries. Its a
microcosm of Miami.
While Miami-Dade has the fewest Jews
of the three counties, its population is the
most stable because it has more young peo-
ple and fewer retirees.
It gives us a more normalized age period
and more stable base, the Miami federa-
tions Mr. Solomon said. The northern
South Florida communities still have to go
through that demographic adjustment.
Farther north, in Broward County, losses
from mortality have prompted a steep
decline in the Jewish population. It went
down by about 55,000 between 1997 and
2008. Far fewer new retirees are moving in.
Over the course of the past 20 years or so,
there clearly has been a drop-off as retirees
have passed away or moved back north to
move in with their adult children, said Eric
Stillman, CEO of the Jewish Federation of
Broward County.
The story is different in Palm Beach
County, which remains the No. 1 destina-
tion for Jewish retirees in America. The
countys Jewish population exploded in the
1990s and early 2000s. While growth prob-
ably has leveled off, according to Mr. She-
skins demographic estimates, the expected
retirement of the baby boomers is likely to
help Palm Beach keep up its Jewish num-
bers in the coming years.
I think were losing an older generation,
but were getting new people to retire here
all the time, said Matthew Levin, CEO of
the Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach
County.
The story of Florida Jewry has not been
one of unchecked growth. The Jewish com-
munity of Miami is still far below its peak,
when it numbered nearly 250,000 in the
late 1970s, and Broward is down from its
high of nearly 300,000 in 1990.
Whats different about South Florida
today is that the region increasingly is a
place where second- and third-generation
Jews are being born, growing up, and choos-
ing to raise families of their own.
Increasingly, Florida is a place where
people come and stay, Mr. Roth of the
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WASHINGTON The Obama administration is pushing back
hard against Israeli critics of its peace efforts, enlisting Ameri-
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of State John Kerry.
In recent weeks, administration officials have strongly con-
demned Israeli critics of Mr. Kerrys peace bid. In response
to some of the harshest anti-Kerry rhetoric, Jewish groups
weighed in with their own denunciations.
Obama administration insiders and Jewish communal
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by administration officials. But the responses from the Jewish
groups also reflect a concern that the tone of some of the Kerry
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and the Israeli government.
Even if people, be they in Israel or in the United States,
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absolutely essential that those disagreements are expressed
on the substance and not through personal attacks, said
Nathan Diament, the Washington director of the Orthodox
Union, which issued a statement condemning a small number
Fighting back
Obama administration enlisting Jewish groups to counter attacks on Kerry
of Israeli rabbis who warned that Kerry could face divine
punishment.
But defending Mr. Kerrys future proposals may be
one of the motives behind the administrations aggres-
sive pushback. Administration officials and Jewish groups
sympathetic to his initiative say there is a longer-term
agenda in pre-empting attacks on the framework peace
agreement that the Obama administration is expected to
propose soon.
The administration has tapped sympathetic Jewish
figures and groups to prepare the ground in the Jewish
community for the difficult compromises on territory
and Jerusalem that will be embedded in the framework
peace plan.
Robert Wexler, a former Florida congressman, is trav-
eling to Jewish communities around the country advo-
cating for the compromises likely to appear in the frame-
work proposal. J Street, the dovish Israel policy group,
has launched a campaign of town hall meetings across
the country to support a two-state solution.
As Kerrys initiative gathers steam and Israeli and Pal-
estinian leaders near a moment of decision, we expect
sadly to see more outrageous attacks on one of the
greatest friends Israel has, J Street said in a February 4
statement.
The harshest public attacks on Mr. Kerry the ones
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groups have come from fairly marginal Israeli figures.
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Senior Obama administration officials said that Mr.
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Netanyahu.
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and secure peace with the Palestinians, Ron Dermer, the
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to Nebuchadnezzar, the Babylonian king who destroyed
the First Temple, and warning that the secretary of state
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The letter was issued by a group calling itself the Com-
mittee to Save the Land and People of Israel, which said
on its website that dozens of rabbis had signed on,
though it named only five, all of whom are affiliated with
Israeli municipalities.
But Israelis closer to the center of power also have criti-
cized Mr. Kerry.
Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon was quoted in the
Israeli media last month privately calling Mr. Kerrys peace
efforts messianic. Mr. Yaalon later said he apologized if
the remarks attributed to him had offended Mr. Kerry.
Last week, after Mr. Kerry had warned that a failure
to achieve a peace agreement could spur more boycotts
against Israel, Economy Minister Naftali Bennett accused
him of amplifying the boycott movement and Stra-
tegic Affairs Minister Yuval Steinitz called the warning
intolerable.
Administration insiders say the Bennett and Steinitz
attacks rankled Mr. Kerry more than those by Mr. Yogev
and the rabbis.
Ad hominem, on-the-record attacks by a series of
senior Israeli officials against Secretary Kerry were
deeply concerning and crossed the line, a White
House official said.
In a series of Twitter postings Monday, Susan Rice, the
national security adviser, called personal attacks in Israel
directed at Sec Kerry totally unfounded and unaccept-
able. John Kerrys record of support for Israels security
and prosperity rock solid.
Even as they condemned Mr. Yogev, Jewish groups
have not necessarily been on the same page as the Obama
administration about the remarks from more influential
Israeli officials.
Mr. Foxman called the furor over Mr. Yaalons alleged
comments a tempest in a teapot, noting that they were
made in private. The ADL also issued an open letter to Mr.
Kerry criticizing his warning that a peace setback could
fuel boycotts of Israel.
Mr. Kerrys boycott remark, the Foxman letter said,
will inevitably be seen by Palestinians and anti-Israel
activists as an incentive not to reach an agreement.
Still, Jewish groups have tried to strike a support-
ive tone. Mr. Foxmans letter criticizing Mr. Kerry also
stressed that the ADL backs his efforts to achieve peace.
The day after Ms. Rices tweets, the AJCs executive direc-
tor, David Harris, said that Mr. Kerry deserved plaudits.
Bravo, then, to Secretary of State John Kerry, for his
current effort to reach peace between Israel and the Pales-
tinian Authority, he said in his weekly radio commentary.
The Obama administration, meanwhile, has been
responding not only to attacks from Israeli officials but
also from nongovernmental groups. Mr. Kerrys spokes-
woman, Jen Psaki, cited among other mischaracteriza-
tions of his record a satirical video in which an Israeli
actor bewigged with a gray bouffant declares Jerusalem
holy to Klingons and hobbits, among other groups.
The point of criticizing the video, Obama administra-
tion officials said, is that it was funded by the Yesha Coun-
cil, the umbrella body for West Bank settlers funded indi-
rectly by government subsidies for settlements.
Dani Dayan, a senior Yesha Council official, said he was
amazed at Ms. Psakis reaction. The satire in the video was
aimed at Mr. Kerrys policies, not his person, he said.
Its nonsense, Mr. Dayan said. Hes not anti-Semitic
I even suspect hes philo-Semitic. His policies are
misguided, the solutions he proposes do not solve the
problems.
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Whom and what you will tell should be
guided in part by your family values and
in part by each childs individual ability
to handle the information. In many fami-
lies, there is one child who has special
issues involving money. This could be
the result of bad habits, or maybe a phys-
ical, mental, or emotional challenge. If
this is the case, you might need to have a
separate conversation and create a spe-
cial arrangement that will work for that
person and her special circumstances.
However, in general, I think a bal-
anced approach to sharing information
about the family wealth and any special
arrangements for members is the best
option. You will still need to take into
account each childs individual readi-
ness and maturity. Obviously, the con-
tent and nature of the talk will change
over time as the kids mature and dem-
onstrate responsible behavior, and as the
parents age and feel the need to share
more information. However, whenever
you approach the process, it is best to
keep it simple.
One idea to help with the communi-
cation is to have your attorney draft a
simple summary that can be understood
by a nonprofessional and distribute it to
your heirs. Then, hold a family meeting
to review the summary and answer any
questions. Of course, family dynamics
can interfere with this type of meeting.
Some families may be concerned about
protecting assets because they are wor-
ried about a potential divorce, or they
may not trust their in-laws to use the
information wisely. In general, how-
ever, it is best to at least tell all family
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members where the important financial
documents are located, what to expect
in the will, and what roles the heirs
might play in the future, well in advance
of any wealth transfer taking place.
Dont forget to account for personal
property. One of the most contentious
aspects of settling an estate is the distri-
bution of moms diamond engagement
ring, dads collection of abstract expres-
sionist artwork, or great-grandmas gold-
plated china. And this is just as true for
personal property that has little more
than sentimental value.
I recommend my clients have a meet-
ing with their children to specifically dis-
cuss personal property. Give each child
a chance to talk about his favorite items
and come to a resolution on how every-
thing is going to be divided in advance.
Not only does this allow family members
to share stories and talk openly about
items that may have sentimental value,
but it also encourages a healthy dialogue
and cooperative spirit regarding estate
matters. This will prove to be extremely
valuable down the road.
Dont overlook the potential advan-
tages of having a trusted and competent
adviser accountant, attorney, finan-
cial advisor or other wise family counsel
present to help run these meetings and
make sure that there is an atmosphere
of tolerance, patience and impartiality.
You are ultimately responsible for cre-
ating healthy family intergenerational
patterns and ensuring successful money
transfers.
Excerpted by permission from The
M Word: The Money Talk every Family
Needs to have about Wealth and their
Financial Future, published in 2013 by
McGraw Hill. The book offers families
strategies for discussing the taboo topic
of money and approaching it without
anxiety. Ms. Sacklers five-step action
plan helps families tackle issues that
accompany lifes financial transitions,
creates a process for keeping finances
intact, and facilitates why communicat-
ing about money is critical.
Ms. Sackler, a Tenafly resident, is a
senior vice president, senior investment
management consultant with Morgan
Stanley Wealth Management in Paramus
and can be reached at (201) 967-6267.
She is also the creator and host of The
M Word: Money, Family and Communi-
cation, airing on WOR 710 AM in New
York, a radio show on which she and
her distinguished guests discuss money
issues.
Morgan Stanley investor poll
measures New Jersey pulse
Parallel with a rising stock
market in 2013, Tri-State
region investors are optimistic
about their portfolios for 2014,
according to a nationwide poll
conducted for Morgan Stan-
ley Wealth Management. The
survey, known as the Investor
Pulse Poll, pointed to a num-
ber of key points on which our
region differs from the rest of
the country.
For instance, one of the
respondents biggest concerns was stock
market volatility.
How prescient! The poll was conducted
in the fourth quarter of 2013 and, based
upon the volatility of the past several
weeks, indicated that clearly the inves-
tors had a good feel for what we have
experienced.
Were the investors prescient, as well,
when it comes to picking specific invest-
ments for 2014? Of course, no poll can be
relied upon as a predictor of the stock mar-
ket. And, as always, history is no guarantee
of future performance.
Nevertheless, it is inter-
esting that some industries
with a significant presence
in the New York Metro area
were mostly out-of-favor by
investors both nationally
and regionally. Not favored
by Tri-State and national
investors for 2014 were
aerospace ( just 25 percent
said it was a good choice
for 20414), insurance, (30
percent good) and tourism (31 percent
good).
The area sectors most favorably cited
were technology (79 percent good),
energy (77 percent good), bio-technol-
ogy (63 percent good) and pharma-
ceuticals (56 percent good). Unlike the
national results, those surveyed in the
Tri-State area viewed healthcare among
the favored sectors for 2014 (55 percent
good in Tri-State vs. 45 percent good
nationally).
SEE POLL PAGE 40
Lori R.
Sackler
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Notably, investors in the New York
Metro region expressed greater concern
for terrorism in the U.S. versus investors
in other regions of the county: 82 per-
cent in Tri-State versus 66 percent in San
Francisco and 63 percent in Denver, for
example.
Other significant findings included:
70 percent of Tri-State investors sur-
veyed expressed concern over their fami-
lies financial well-being versus 59 percent
nationally and, for example, 53 percent in
Atlanta.
70 percent of our areas investors sur-
veyed said they were concerned about
having funds for the unexpected, versus
58 percent nationally.
Regional investors also were more con-
cerned about the ability to retire: 63 per-
cent in Tri-State, versus 53 percent nation-
ally, 41 percent in Houston and 51 percent
in Chicago.
61 percent of Tri-State investors said
dividend-bearing stocks are a good invest-
ment, versus only 46 percent in Denver.
44 percent of New York Metro investors
said they like gold as an investment for
2014, versus 32 percent in Los Angeles.
Surprisingly, in the Tri-State region 23
percent said that cash was favored for
asset allocation despite the sharp rise in
the stock market in 2013 and the near zero
return on cash-related instruments. As in
an earlier poll in 2013, the most favored
type of investment remained equities.
Asked to classify investment prospects
for 2014 as good, bad or neutral, investors
favored dividend-bearing stocks (61 per-
cent good versus 48 percent in 2013) and
S&P 500 index funds (54 percent good
versus 44 percent in 2013).
It seems to me that Tri-State investors
have more realistic expectations than
many investors outside of our region.
Those in Tri-State, at least at the time they
were surveyed, did not seem ready to sim-
ply take their profits from the market rise
in 2013 and get out of the market. Rather,
they apparently are using a little more
caution as indicated by their preference
toward dividend-yielding stocks.
Meanwhile, the January-February mar-
ket volatility is not necessarily a bad thing.
Dips in carefully selected stock prices can
present buying opportunities, particularly
in those higher-yielding dividend blue
chips that Tri-State investors seemingly
prefer. The key, however, is in having
the type of portfolio where investments
can be properly managed in a volatile
atmosphere.
Investors classified corporate and gov-
ernment bonds and treasuries having the
lowest good investment prospects, likely
reflecting the continued low interest rates
paid by these instruments.
The pulse poll also measured prefer-
ences for foreign investment, with results
pointing to a cache of in-favor and out-of-
favor countries:
Tri-State, 61 percent of those polled said
the U.S. was their first choice for a posi-
tive investment outlook for 2014, versus 52
percent nationally.
India, Japan, China and Brazil were the
next choices both nationally and region-
ally, viewed favorably by more than a third
of those polled.
Interestingly, 14 percent of Tri-State
investors said the Middle East had a good
investment outlook for 2014 versus 5 per-
cent nationally.
Russia was not viewed favorably for
2014 in both Tri-State (9 percent positive)
or nationally (8 percent positive).
Thanks to the investors who responded
to the poll, we now have a better under-
standing of where we might tread more
carefully and where we might forge ahead
with the knowledge that many around the
country are doing likewise.
Lori R. Sackler is a senior vice president,
senior investment management consultant
with Morgan Stanley Wealth Management
in Paramus. She can be reached at (201)
967-6267. She is the author of a new book,
The M Word: The Money Talk Every Family
Needs to Have about Wealth and Their
Financial Future, published by McGraw
Hill this year.
Poll
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R
ecently, several readers sent
me yet another in the long line
of damnable lies that are being
spread in cyberspace about
Social Security.
The salacious email reads, in part:
Once again the government has shown it
cant do anything right. The Social Secu-
rity Administration reports that it has
hundreds of billions of dollars in unspent
funds sitting around in something called
the suspense file. This is further proof
that we cant let the b------- in Washington
raise our taxes by one nickel until they get rid of all the
waste, fraud and mismanagement of the tax money
they already collect from us!
The email goes on to accuse President Obama
of instituting the corrupt policies that led to all this
waste.
I will use this column to give you the facts about the
so-called suspense file that the Social Security Admin-
istration maintains.
The suspense file, which has been around since
the 1930s (before President Obama was even born),
doesnt contain even one nickel in funds. It simply
contains paper and electronic records of unreportable
income. Let me explain.
When people work at a job, their employer with-
holds Social Security taxes (and matches that tax pay-
ment with an equal amount of money). Those with-
held funds are sent directly to the U.S. Department
of the Treasury about $2.5 billion deposited to the
Treasury every day in Social Security tax collections.
The government instantly spends that money for
whatever the federal government spends money on
everything from veterans hospitals to National Park
Service employee salaries to NASA rockets to air traf-
fic control computers. At the same time, the Treasury
Department deposits a Treasury note into the Social
Security trust funds for the money received. (Social
Security currently has more than $1 trillion in Trea-
sury notes in its funds.) Social Security checks are paid
three times a month. So three times each month, SSA
redeems enough Treasury bonds to cover the billions
of dollars worth of Social Security checks it is send-
ing out that day. The Treasury Department credits the
Social Security funds for those bonds with interest.
Social Security has been working this way for about
80 years now.
But none of this has anything to do with the sus-
pense file. So why did I bring it up? Well, you have to
go back to that employer sending the tax collections
to the Treasury. At the same time it sends the money
to the Treasury Department, it sends a paper or elec-
tronic report to SSA listing the names of all its employ-
ees, their Social Security numbers and the total earn-
ings reported to that person. So it is simply a report
that goes to SSA. The agency takes these reports and
posts earnings to the Social Security record for every-
one listed on the employers report. That is a big part
of its job to maintain earnings records for all Ameri-
cans while they are working and to pay benefits based
Social Security myth debunked
Suspending belief over the suspense file isnt warranted; no money is involved
on those records when they retire. More than
95 percent of the time, there is no problem.
These earnings are posted to the proper
record, and all is right with the world.
But occasionally, there is a glitch. The
name and/or SSN reported by the employer
does not match the name and/or SSN in
Social Security records. SSA makes some
attempts to resolve the problem. It first
applies tolerances to fix the issue. For exam-
ple, if it sees wages reported for Tom Mar-
genau and Social Security records show
Thomas Margenau assuming all other
information matches it will make the logical assumption
that Tom Margenau and Thomas Margenau are the
same person.
Or if it sees wages reported for Steve Jackson with SSN
123-45-6789 but Social Security records show his SSN as
being 123-45-6798, it will simply presume (again, assuming
all other information matches) that the last digits were trans-
posed in processing, and it will post the income to Steves
Social Security record.
If these tolerances dont work, it will contact the employer
to attempt to resolve the discrepancy. Or it will attempt to
contact individual employees.
If these and other procedures dont work, then SSA
doesnt know whose record should be posted with the
proper earnings, so then these reports go into the suspense
file. (Think of it as the reports being suspended until the
discrepancy can be resolved.)
Again, there is no money in that file. The tax collections
long ago were deposited into the Treasury. Its just the earn-
ings report that is in suspense.
Many of these discrepant reports are eventually straight-
ened out, properly posted to the correct SSN record and
removed from the suspense file.
However, because we are talking about millions of paper
reports coming in every day over the nearly 80-year his-
tory of the Social Security system unresolved reports have
built up to the tune of tens of millions of records represent-
ing hundreds of billions of dollars in unreportable wages. (I
cant emphasize enough: not billions of dollars in money
but billions of dollars in reports of unreportable wages.)
Obviously, there are certain classes of workers who con-
tribute most to the suspense file. The biggest one is kids
teenagers getting their first jobs at McDonalds, for whom
Social Security means almost nothing. They frequently give
their employer faulty data. Other big contributors to the
suspense file are new brides who change their names and
report those new names to their employers but forget to
tell the government; Social Security still has the old name.
Seasonal and migrant workers for example, those doing
agricultural, landscaping or construction jobs are big con-
tributors to the file, too.
One final point: If you wonder whether some of your
earnings were properly reported to your Social Security
record, it is a simple matter to go to www.socialsecurity.gov
and check your earnings files.
Tom Margenaus weekly column, Social Security and You,
can be found at creators.com.
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Reverse mortgages
How do they work and who do they work for best?
VALERIE LEMKE
Given todays economic conditions, more and more seniors
are finding themselves without sufficient funds for basic liv-
ing expenses, according to Meg Burns, former director of
the Federal Housing Associations Single Family Program
Development.
Maybe they face immediate large medical expenses, or
they dont have sufficient funds to cover the increases in
food, gasoline and utilities, Burns says. Whatever the rea-
sons, sometimes there are financial needs that cannot be
met on fixed incomes.
Enter the Home Equity Conversion Mortgage, or HECM,
FHAs reverse mortgage program, which enables seniors to
tap into their home equity to create additional income. Only
available to individuals who are 62 or older and own their
homes outright or have low mortgage balances, the program
requires that borrowers live in the homes and pay real estate
taxes, insurance and other payments, such as utilities.
The loans are deferred until they no longer occupy the
dwellings and then are repaid through the sale of the homes
or from the estates.
If there are heirs who intend to keep the homes, they are
obligated to pay off the liens, Burns says.
Is the reverse mortgage only for seniors in desperate
financial need?
We say no, says Burns, who served
as the manager of HECM, which admin-
isters and insures 95 percent of all
reverse mortgages made today. Often
when I talk to seniors, there are many
who are mainly worried about future
access to funds. What if the car breaks
down or the roof blows off ? They are
looking for peace of mind. Its a great
product for so many people.
It is also becoming increasingly popu-
lar. Since its development, in 1987, the
HECM program has provided financial
security to a half-million seniors.
The first step in the process to obtain
an FHA reverse mortgage is to con-
tact a counselor in your area. Advice
administered by a trained counselor
is required. A document certifying
you have received and understand the
product is issued before you visit a
lender to get the loan.
You can contact a counselor and get a list of FHA-
approved lenders in your area by going to http://bit.
ly/hud-rm.
You will receive a package from the National Coun-
cil on Aging, including complete information about
the product.
The counseling appointment, which can be con-
ducted by telephone or in person, may cost $125.
The lender will charge basic mortgage loan costs,
including appraisal, pest inspection, title insurance,
FHA mortgage insurance protection and county and
state recordings, all of which can be paid from loan
proceeds.
Using a formula based on age and the interest rate
of the loan, the reverse mortgage counselor and
lender will calculate for you what you will receive.
There are also a variety of options available for
receiving reverse mortgage payments. Depending on
your needs and wishes, you may have monthly pay-
ments sent to you as long as one borrower continues
to occupy the property as a principal residence, or
equal monthly payments may be selected for a fixed
period of time.
Another option is a line of credit. There are also
packages that include a line of credit combined with
monthly payments.
Should the mortgage reversal process be a family
affair?
We recommend that if seniors trust and are com-
fortable with their children and heirs, their involve-
ment is a positive addition to the process, Burns
says. In fact, we are seeing more seniors enter the
program at the urging of their children.
Finally, what if the loan is used inappropriately?
We do not mandate how the money is used,
Burns says. But even when it is spent in what some
might feel is an unwise way or for a nonessential,
there often is a positive outcome.
I hear people say, I was able to visit children and
grandchildren I havent seen in years, and it was
wonderful, she says.
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Dvar Torah
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Ki Tisa: The great compromiser
W
e are created in the
image of God, the
Torah tells us. What
it does not tell us is
what that means, especially con-
sidering that God has no image in
the traditional sense. Maimonides,
the Rambam, made this his Third
Fundamental Principle of Jew-
ish belief (see his introduction to
Mishnah Sanhedrin 10:1): God, he
said, has no body at all, actually or
potentially.
Yet the Torah is clear that God
created man in His image (Genesis
1:27). As such, we need to determine
what Gods image means.
The image of Him, in the first
chapter of the Torah is that of Creator. God
created a world that was very good, but
not perfect; He then created humankind
and gave it the task of making the world
better still.
In other words, the image of God
means we are to emulate Him. We are
to walk in all His ways at all times, as
Deuteronomy 19:9 puts
it. (Similar expressions
are found throughout
the Torah and the Tan-
ach, the Bible.)
To walk in His ways
has multiple mean-
ings. The most obvious,
of course, is to obey
His commandments.
Another is to examine
His behavior and try to
emulate it as best we
can.
Contrary to popu-
lar belief, God is not
perfect. We are told in
various biblical verses
that His ways are perfect, His teachings are
perfect, His justice is perfect, His under-
standing is perfect, but never are we told
that He Himself is perfect. In fact, time and
again we see that He is not. How else can we
explain the Torahs statement (Genesis 6:6),
And the Lord regretted that He had made
the human on earth? God made a mistake
and He regretted that mistake. A perfect
God does not make mistakes. Our God does
but He also owns up to His mistakes and
acts to correct them.
Thus, to emulate God, we humans must
own up to our mistakes, regret having made
them, and then act to correct them.
Sometimes, to correct a mistake requires
compromise. The truth is, all of Gods
mistakes involve His expectations for His
unique creation: people. The first time
they do not live up to His expectations, He
sends a Great Flood, only to realize that, too,
was a mistake. Instead, He adopts a com-
promise. Because humankind had demon-
strated a lust for blood especially killing
animals for food God compromises by
allowing humans to eat meat (see Genesis
9:3), albeit within defined parameters.
This week, in Ki Tisa, we see one of Gods
most glaring compromises. He said noth-
ing about sacrifices when He appeared at
Sinai, and actually never raised the subject
before, with Moses, or with any of the patri-
archs. While He did not prohibit sacrifices,
however itself an apparent compromise
He did ask that the Israelites keep it sim-
ple. Make for Me an altar of earth, or
of unhewn stone (Exodus 20:22-23), He
declares. All He wants is for Israel to behave
in a certain way, and to demonstrate to the
world at large how God wants all human-
kind to behave.
This week, however, He sees that Israel
is not prepared to accept His message. The
people create a Golden Calf and offer sacri-
fices to it, because they are hopelessly stuck
in the ways of the pagan world from which
they emerged. God, therefore, puts forth
a huge compromise: He instructs Israel to
create a portable sanctuary. Soon, He will
detail the rules for the sacrificial cult that
will go with it. He wants a relationship with
Israel and the only way that is possible is
if He is prepared to make concessions, as
indeed He is.
We all tend to dig in our heels when we
think we are in the right. Yet, if we want a
relationship with others, we need to emu-
late God. If He is willing to compromise, so
must we be willing to do so.
After all, we are created in His image.
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Jerusalems Damascus Gate
A charedi man was stabbed several times in the upper torso
by an Arab assailant near the Damascus Gate in Jerusalem on
Sunday afternoon, Israel Hayom reported.
The man was walking near the Old City walls when he was
approached by an Arab man, who grabbed him and stabbed
him before fleeing the scene.
Magen David Adom paramedics treated the Jewish man at
the scene and transferred him to the Shaare Zedek Medical
Center in Jerusalem. He was treated and released from the
emergency ward several hours later.
Security forces canvassed the area, but made no arrests.
The police said they believed the stabbing was nationalisti-
cally motivated. JNS.ORG
Bill would amend Israels
education law to emphasize
teaching of Jewish state
The Israeli ministerial committee on legislation approved a bill
Sunday to amend Israels national education law to include a
clause emphasizing teaching the importance of Israel as the
Jewish state, Israel Hayom reported.
There is public agreement that there are attempts to
diminish the special connection of the Jewish people to our
land. Therefore, education of the younger generation must be
intensified, says the introduction to the amendment, which
was initiated by MK Shimon Ohayon (Likud-Beiteinu).
Justice Minister Tzipi Livni (Hatnuah), Finance Minister Yair
Lapid (Yesh Atid), and Health Minister Yael German (Yesh
Atid) opposed the bill. Its progress is conditional on a legal
review to be undertaken by Professor Ruth Gaviszon and on
the approval of Education Minister Shai Piron (Yesh Atid), who
opposes the current wording. JNS.ORG
Iranian TV airs video showing
simulated strike on Israel
Iranian TV recently aired a video showing a simulated drone
and missile attack on Israel. The video was meant to illustrate
what a counter-strike on Israel would look like following an
Israeli attack on Irans nuclear facilities.
Among the targets attacked in the Iranian video are the
Israel Defense Forces headquarters in Tel Aviv, the Azri-
eli shopping and business complex, the nuclear reactor in
Dimona, Ben-Gurion International Airport, and the oil refin-
eries in Haifa.
At his cabinet meeting on Sunday, Prime Minister Benjamin
Netanyahu said regarding the video, The international eas-
ing of the sanctions against Iran has not led Iran to moder-
ate its international aggression; the complete opposite has
occurred, according to Israel Hayom. JNS.ORG
Obama, Netanyahu to meet
at White House in March
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will meet with
President Obama at the White House and deliver a speech at
the American Israel Public Affairs Committees annual con-
ference in Washington during his five-day U.S. visit in the first
week of March.
According to the prime ministers office, the date of the
meeting with Obama has yet to be set, but the details are
expected to be finalized soon. Netanyahu and Obama last met
in September 2013, when Netanyahu traveled to the United
States for the United Nations General Assembly.
An Israeli political official on Sunday said no surprises are
expected, with the meeting between Netanyahu and Obama
likely to focus on the Iran nuclear program issue and the
U.S.-brokered Israeli-Palestinian conflict negotiations, Israel
Hayom reported.
The leaders will coordinate their positions during a private
discussion, the official said. JNS.ORG
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Shore
33. ___ Joey (West End show for Lou
Jacobi)
36. She plays a KGB spy in The Americans
on FX
39. In Israel, it goes Meh, not Moo
41. Gay Avek!
42. Jews ___ horns (anti-Semitic com-
ment)
43. Saturday Night Live cast member, 1996-
2003
46. Abbr. that applies to Eric Cantor in two
ways
47. Voice in the Mishnah
48. ... would my servants fight, that I
should not be delivered to the Jews:
but now is my kingdom not from ___.
(New Testament quote)
50. ___ by Adversity (1971 book of essays
about American Jews)
53. Part of a geniza
57. Hole frontwoman
61. Eric of Steven Spielbergs Munich
64. More valuable manuscript, for example
65. Brouhahas
66. TV characters Levinson (L.A. Law) and
Gold (The Good Wife)
67. The Gershwins Porgy and Bess
68. E followers in a farm tune
69. A Shot in the ___ (Sellers film)
70. ___ of Peace (Maine summer camp that
brings Palestinian and Israeli children
together)
71. Aarons and Mosess were famous
Down
1. One place to put your falafel
2. I dont give ___! (second to last sentence
in Abbott and Costellos Whos on First
routine)
3. He tested Jobs faith
4. Striped ones can be found in the Negev
5. Enjoy a Shabbat afternoon
6. Former Israeli President Moshe Katzav was
born there
7. Sauces at restaurants like Mi Tsu Yan and
Yossi Peking
8. Marylands Charles E. ___ Jewish Day
School
9. William Shatners breathing disorder
10. Anti-Semitic term for Jews who stick
together
11. Holy Moses!
12. Tillie Olsens Tell ___ Riddle
13. He wrote words to Kanders music
21. Yeshiva Mercaz HaRav ___ (school named
after Palestines first Ashkenazi chief
rabbi)
22. Sen. Bernie Sanders and others
25. Lend ___ (meaning of the name of the
Torah portion Haazinu)
26. Split a bagel down the middle
27. Lug in Yiddish
29. Drama ___ Awards, of which Adam
Guettel won two for The Light in the
Piazza
30. Film that aped Spielbergs Jaws
31. The House of ___ (Edith Whartons anti-
Semitic novel)
33. Covenants
34. Otobus Mispar ___ (Israeli song mean-
ing Bus #1)
35. Emmy-winning Michaels
37. Fifty shekels an hour, perhaps
38. Ukraine pilgrimage site
40. It may contain Manischewitz
44. Baron who wrote 50-Across
45. Young Judaea alternative
49. Sweet nosh
51. A thousand shekels are worth about 200
of them
52. Kind of shmatte, perhaps
54. Copland 1942 work
55. Entire novel written by Georges Perec
without a single letter E
56. Santiago shekels
58. Lemon ___ (Peter, Paul, and Mary song)
59. Woody Allen type
60. Seleucid and Hellenistic
61. ___-Stuy (Brooklyn neighborhood with
many Jews)
62. Judah P. Benjamins state during the Civil
War
63. Israeli director Bergman (In Treatment)
The solution for last weeks puzzle
is on page 53.
Four prime ministers and a press aide
Yehuda Avners memoir is rich in anecdotes of Israels top leaders
JONATHAN E. LAZARUS
W
hi l e Yehuda
Avner waited
to present his
c r e de nt i a l s
to Queen Elizabeth as Israels
new ambassador to the Court
of St. Jamess, he kept mentally
rehearsing the protocol: Follow
the chamberlain, two steps, a
bow, another two steps, another
bow, and then instant deference
to her Britannic majesty.
It was 1983, and Avner had
been named to replace Shlomo
Argov, one of the countrys most
respected diplomats, who had
been gravely wounded during
an assassination attempt and
returned home in a vegetative
state. This violent act and the rag-
ing Lebanon war, just the latest
in a series of seemingly unending
conflicts, were much on Avners
mind as he steadied himself for
the ceremony.
Elizabeth had been through the ritual
dozens of times. She opened the conver-
sation by noting that Avner was born in
Britain and left for Palestine in late 1947.
She then stressed the irony of his being
a birthright Englishman and
returning as ambassador
from another nation.
Avner felt somewhat con-
stricted in his formal dip-
lomatic attire. Even after
decades of high government service,
which had placed him in the penumbra of
four Israeli prime ministers, he rarely had
to disport himself in a waistcoat, winged
collar, and striped pants.
Yet as uncomfortable as
he was sartorially, he did
not hesitate to tell the queen
that although he might be
British by geography, he was
an ardent Israeli spiritually,
religiously, by patrimony, and with a sense
of Yiddishkeit although not in so many
words. Elizabeth immediately switched to
tune-out mode and began discussing the
weather.
The scene must have been one of
complete circularity for Avner. Here he
was, the former teen from Manchester
who had sailed optimistically to Pales-
tine as part of the Bnei Akiva youth Zion-
ist group on the cusp of Israeli statehood.
And now he was back in Britain, in court
no less, being ever-so-slyly dissed by the
queen.
Did the royal disconnect stir memories
of an insulting teacher who kept thrum-
ming about ingrate Jews tormenting their
British protectors? Was he remember-
ing Harold Wilson ushering Levi Eshkol
out of 10 Downing Street without so much
as a tank? Or was he recalling Lord Car-
ringtons demeaning remarks to Men-
achem Begin during negotiations presided
over by Margaret Thatcher, who let Car-
rington play pit bull to her pussycat?
Avners proximity to power during Isra-
els most combustible decades forms the
beguiling basis for The Prime Ministers.
Although technically a career civil ser-
vant in the Foreign Ministry, he was bor-
rowed by four leaders of various shadings
and temperaments to serve as speech-
writer, press aide, and faithful Boswell. His
Arts & Culture
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From left, Levi Eshkol, Golda Meir, Yitzhak Rabin, and Menachem Begin. Each faced nation-threatening challenges.
Yehuda Avner served the varying talents and temperaments of four leaders during some of Israels most critical years.
SEE AVNER PAGE 57
Jonathan E. Lazarus is a former news
editor of the Star-Ledger
The Prime Ministers
Yehuda Avner
The Toby Press,
731 pp., $29.95
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Friday,
FEBRUARY 14
Shabbat in Washington
Township: Temple
Beth Or offers Shabbat
Hallelu, a musical family
service including singing,
clapping, and birthday
blessings for children,
7:30 p.m. 56 Ridgewood
Road. (201) 664-7422 or
www.templebethornj.org.
Isaiah Gafni
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Shabbat in Teaneck:
Isaiah Gafni, professor
of Jewish history at
Hebrew University, is
the scholar-in-residence
for Congregation Rinat
Yisraels adult education
program. The weekend
theme is The World
of the Sages: Ancient
Debates, Modern
Revisions. He will speak
at an Oneg Shabbat
tonight at 8:30 p.m.,
during 9 a.m. Shabbat
services and after
Minchah at 5:15 p.m. 389
West Englewood Ave.
(201) 837-2795.
Saturday
FEBRUARY 15
Torah yoga in Franklin
Lakes: Barnert Temple
offers yoga, prayer,
and renewing body
and spirit using themes
inspired by the Jewish
calendar and teachings,
9 a.m. Bring a yoga mat
and wear comfortable,
nonrestrictive clothing.
747 Route 208 South.
(201) 848-1800 or www.
barnerttemple.org.
Bazaar in Washington
Township: Temple
Beth Or holds a bazaar,
7-9:30 p.m. and Sunday,
9 a.m.- 1:30 p.m. Items
include gently used
household goods, clothes
and toys. 56 Ridgewood
Road. (201) 664-7422 or
www.templebethornj.org.
Sunday
FEBRUARY 16
Camp open house:
White Pines Day Camp
holds an open house
at the Wayne YMCA,
11 a.m.-2 p.m. The Metro
YMCAs of the Oranges
is a partner of the YM-
YWHA of North Jersey.
1 Pike Drive. (973)
595-0100 or www.
wayneymca.org.
Sholem Aleichem
Film series: The Glen
Rock Jewish Center
shows Sholem
Aleichem: Laughing
in the Darkness,
4 p.m. The films director,
Joseph Dorman, will
lead a discussion. 682
Harristown Road. (201)
652-6624.
Monday
FEBRUARY 17
Womens program
in Teaneck: Esther
Rachel Russell offers an
evening of fun, laughter,
and breaking barriers
for Chabad of Teaneck
Womens Circle, 8 p.m.
513 Kenwood Place.
Desserts by Rivky. $18
suggested donation.
(201) 907-0686 or
rivkygee@aol.com.
Tuesday
FEBRUARY 18
ORT party in
Edgewater: The
Englewood & Cliffs
Chapter of ORT America
holds a winter party
with cards and games at
the River Palm Terrace
Restaurant, 11:30 a.m.
$40. 1416 River Road.
Flora, (201) 638-0084.
Detecting Alzheimers:
The greater New
Jersey chapter of the
Alzheimers Association
presents Know the 10
Signs: Early Detection
Matters at the Kearny
Public Library, 1 p.m.
(973) 586-4300.
Performance in River
Vale: The Hadassah
Players of the Pascack
Valley/Northern Valley
chapter of Hadassah
perform The New View
at the Jewish Home for
Assisted Living, 2 p.m.
685 Westwood Ave.

Refreshments. (201) 261-
3107.
Mindfulness in
Emerson: Congregation
Bnai Israels ongoing
Spiritual Conversations
led by Rabbi Debra
Orenstein continues with
Cultivating Mindfulness,
7:30 p.m. The discussion
is on distraction, wisdom,
and finding (rather than
losing) your mind. Bring
nonperishable food items
for the High Holy Days
food drive. 53 Palisade
Ave. (201) 265-2272 or
www.bisrael.com.
Wednesday
FEBRUARY 19
Yiddish club: Khaverim
Far Yidish (Friends for
Yiddish) of the Jewish
Community Center of
Paramus/Congregation
Beth Tikvah meets to
celebrate and discuss
American presidents,
2 p.m. Group meets the
third Wednesday of the
month. East 304 Midland
Ave. Varda, (201) 791-
0327.
Book discussion in Fair
Lawn: Congregation
Darchei Noam continues
a book group, The
Jewish-American
Experience in Literature,
with a discussion led by
Marshall Wilen on Daniel
Fuchss Summer in
Williamsburg, 8:15 p.m.
10-04 Alexander Ave.
(201) 773-4080 or
mrkw01@gmail.com.
Friday
FEBRUARY 21
Shabbat in Washington
Township: Temple Beth
Or holds Mishpacha
Shabbat for very young
children and their
families, with songs
and Schmuley the Bear,
6 p.m. Regular services at
8. 56 Ridgewood Road.
(201) 664-7422 or www.
templebethornj.org.
Shabbat in Wayne:
The Chabad Center of
Passaic County hosts a
homemade Italian-style
Hebrew school Shabbat
dinner with songs and
performances led by
the girls Hebrew school
class, 6 p.m. 194 Ratzer
Road. (973) 964-6274 or
www.jewishwayne.com.
Shabbat in Jersey
City: As part of Jewish
Federation of Northern
New Jerseys One
Book One Community
program, Temple Beth-
El offers a pre-Shabbat
service, paper bag
Shabbat dinner, and a
film screening/discussion
of Expulsion and
Memory: Descendants
of the Hidden Jews,
6:30 p.m.; services at
8. Bring a kosher-style
supper. This years book
selection is By Fire, By
Water. 2419 Kennedy
Boulevard. (201) 333-
4229, (201) 820-3904, or
www.jfnnj.org/onebook.
Shabbat in Wayne:
Temple Beth Tikvah
offers tot Shabbat for
children up to 8 and their
families, with stories,
songs, parades, and
prayers, 7:15 p.m. Bring
candlesticks; candles
will be provided. Snacks
served at oneg. Casual
dress. 950 Preakness Ave.
(973) 595-6565 or email
tbtmembers@aol.com.
Shabbat in Woodcliff
Lake: Temple Emanuel
of the Pascack Valleys
Cantor Mark Biddelman,
on guitar, hosts Shabbat
Yachad, Hebrew prayers
set to easy-to-sing
melodies, accompanied
by flutist Debra Blecher,
keyboardist Jonathan
Hanser, bassist Brian
Glassman, and drummer
Gal Gershovsky, 8 p.m.
Free copy of CD with
service melodies available
at the shul. 87 Overlook
Drive. (201) 391-0801 or
www.tepv.org.
Saturday
FEBRUARY 22
Shabbat in Teaneck:
Temple Emeth presents
Jacques Offenbachs
Tales of Hoffman
on DVD, with a live
introduction by Mark
Shapiro of Englewood,
the music director/
conductor of Cecilia
Chorus of New York,
12:15 p.m. Buffet lunch
between the lecture and
the opera screening. 1666
Award-winning British songwriter/performer Daniel Cainer
makes his New Jersey debut with Jewish Chronicles on
Saturday, February 15, at the Teaneck General Store, 8 p.m.
$10. 502A Cedar Lane, Teaneck. (201) 530-5046 or
www.teaneckgeneralstore.com.
FEB.
15
Grand & Essex marks
its first anniversary
Grand & Essex Market in Bergenfield celebrates its first
anniversary on Sunday, February 16, from noon to 5
p.m., with music, live animals, clowns, a caricature art-
ist, face painting, inflatable rides, magicians, and draw-
ings for tzedakah donations to your charity of choice
and for a shopping spree.
At 1 and 1:45 p.m., Lauren Greene will lead a Zumba class
for women; at 3, children can bake for Tomchei Shabbos.
The store is at 89 New Bridge Road. For information, call
(201) 244-9955.

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Local artist exhibiting in New Rochelle
Englewood artist Rachelle Weisberger will exhibit her acrylic
paintings at Iona Colleges Brother Kenneth Chapman Gallery
in New Rochelle, N.Y., from February 24 to April 3. The group
show, Seen and Unseen, is co-sponsored by the New York
Society of Women Artists. There will be an artists reception
on Sunday, March 2, from 1 to 3 p.m.
Ms. Weisberger is the author of Biblical Beauty: Ancient
Secrets and Modern Solutions. She is a member of the East
Hill Synagogue and an associate member of Congregation
Ahavath Torah, both in Englewood. She is a lifelong supporter
of Israel and is affiliated with Amit, Emunah, and Hadassah,
and she is an active board member of the NYSWA and of the
Contemporary Artists guild.
The gallery is at 715 North Ave. For information, call (914)
637-7796 or go to www.rachelleweisberger.com.
Windsor Road. (201) 833-
1322.
Wine tasting
in Englewood:
Congregation Ahavath
Torah hosts its annual
wine tasting and a
Scotch seminar,
8:30 p.m. Snacks and
beverages. Sponsorships
available. $20 per
person, $36 per couple
in advance; $25/$45
at the door. 240 Broad
Ave. (201) 568-1315 or
www.ahavathtorah.org/
community/sisterhood/
events.
Sunday
FEBRUARY 23
Early childhood fair
in Paramus: Shalom
Baby of the Jewish
Federation of Northern
New Jersey holds a
fair where parents can
meet representatives
of a wide range of local
Jewish early childhood
programs at the Frisch
School, 8 a.m.- 12:30 p.m.
Includes entertainment
for children, snacks. 120
West Century Road.
Nancy Perlman, (201)
820-3904 or nancyp@
jfnnj.org.
Hebrew reading in
Emerson: Congregation
Bnai Israel holds a three-
session Hebrew reading
crash course for adults
and teens, 10 a.m. All
levels are welcome. 53
Palisade Ave. (201) 265-
2272 or www.bisrael.com.
Jewish short stories in
Washington Township:
Rabbi Harvey Daniels
discusses the short
works of I.B. Singer,
Amos Oz, Steve Stern,
Etgar Keret, and classics
from Chelm and Joha,
in a four-session class,
Spice: Jewish Short
Stories, Classic and
Contemporary, at the
Bergen County YJCC,
10:30 a.m. 605 Pascack
Road. Jill Brown at (201)
666-6610, ext. 5812, or
jbrown@yjcc.org.
Film in Franklin Lakes:
As part of its Israel
Film Series, Barnert
Temple presents The
Bands Visit, 7 p.m.
747 Route 208 South.
(201) 848-1800 or www.
barnerttemple.org.
In New York
Thursday
FEBRUARY 20
Celebrating American
history in West
Nyack: The Rockland
Jewish Academy
offers Presidents
Palooza, a celebration
of American history
with leadership and
learning, story and crafts,
10-11:30 a.m. 450 West
Nyack Road. Judy, (845)
627-0010, or kleinj@
rocklandjewishacademy.
org.
Singles
Saturday
FEBRUARY 22
Dance party: North
Jersey Jewish Singles
group, 45-60s, at the
Clifton Jewish Center
hosts the Boomers
Nostalgia Dance with
DJ Allan Bolles, 7 p.m.
Refreshments. $20. 18
Delaware St. (973) 772-
3131 or www.meetup.
com.
Library to showcase teen jazz
The Friends of the Englewood
Library will present a concert fea-
turing the Teen Town Jazz Big Band
and the Jazz Faculty Quintet of the
Kaplen JCC Thurnauer School of
Music on Sunday, February 23, at
5 p.m., at the Englewood Public
Library. This is the first of a series of
concerts that will showcase a part-
nership between the Thurnauer
School and the Englewood Public
School District and will highlight
the Friends commitment to bring-
ing cultural programs to the young-
est members of the community.
Emma Brondolo will lead a free
music class for 3- to 5-year-olds at
4:30 at the library.
The concert features JCC staff and
students with a repertoire of jazz
favorites. The Faculty Quintet is
comprised of Debbie Keefe Johns on
saxophone, Michael Cochrane on
piano, Steve Johns on drums, and
special guest artists Kenny Berger
on baritone saxophone and Daryl
Johns on bass.
Co-directors Debbie Keefe Johns
and Steve Johns founded the Teen
Town Big Band in January 2013. It
offers young musicians an oppor-
tunity to study and perform various
styles of jazz big band repertoire
and improvisation including swing,
blues, bebop, Latin, and jazz rock.
Kenny Berger of Englewood has
performed with many groups,
including both the Thad Jones-
Mel Lewis and the Duke Ellington
orchestras, the National Jazz Ensem-
ble, and both the Dizzy Gillespie
and the Dave Brubeck big bands.
Guest pianist Michael Cochrane is
on the faculty of Princeton Univer-
sity and Arts, Culture, and Media
on Rutgers Universitys Newark
campus, and has performed and
recorded with many, including
Sonny Fortune, Hannibal, Jack Wal-
rath, Eddie Gomez, Valery Pono-
morev, Paul Nash, and John Clark.
Thurnauer students have per-
formed with music luminaries
including Itzhak Perlman, Pin-
chas Zukerman, Wynton Marsa-
lis, Joshua Bell, Paquito DRivera,
David Finckel, and David Broza in
venues that include Lincoln Center,
Carnegie Hall, Bergen Performing
Arts Center, and the Metropolitan
Museum of Art.
All are welcome to the concert.
The Englewood Library is at 31 Engle
St. Call (201) 569-7900, ext. 1465, or
email thurnauer@jccotp.org.
The Teen Town Jazz Big Band of the JCC Thurnauer School of Music.
MICHAEL REINGOLD
Conception by Rachelle Weisberger.
PHOTO PROVIDED
Clay nights for women at Bergen YJCC
The ceramics studio at the Bergen County YJCC hosts
Claydies night on Tuesdays, March 4 and 11, from 7
to 9:30 p.m. The fee is $50 per evening for YJCC mem-
bers and $60 for nonmembers. Participants will create
a ceramics piece suitable for use on the Passover seder
table. When they are done, instructor Teela Banker
will fire and glaze the creations to be ready for pick up
before Passover.
Each evening is limited to eight participants. The YJCC
is located at 605 Pascack Road in Washington Township.
Register online at www.yjcc.org or call Jill Brown, (201)
666-6610, ext. 5812.
Grand & Essex marks
its first anniversary
Grand & Essex Market in Bergenfield celebrates its first
anniversary on Sunday, February 16, from noon to 5
p.m., with music, live animals, clowns, a caricature art-
ist, face painting, inflatable rides, magicians, and draw-
ings for tzedakah donations to your charity of choice
and for a shopping spree.
At 1 and 1:45 p.m., Lauren Greene will lead a Zumba class
for women; at 3, children can bake for Tomchei Shabbos.
The store is at 89 New Bridge Road. For information, call
(201) 244-9955.

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Runners will help Rachel Coalition
The Rachel Coalition, Jewish Family Ser-
vice of MetroWests domestic violence
prevention division, is holding its Run
Kick-Off on March 12 at the Wilshire
Grand Hotel in West Orange from 4:30 to
6:30 p.m. Participants who are interested
in forming teams should come for tips on
how to maximize fundraising potential.
Members of clubs, organizations, busi-
nesses, and houses of worship who are
interested in participating to represent
their organizations in the run are encour-
aged to attend as well. Refreshments will
be served.
Each year, the Rachel Coalition holds
its annual Run for Rachel at the Livingston
Memorial Oval. This years run, on Sun-
day, May 18, will include a Fun Run of
one mile for children and families to sup-
plement the 5K Run. Proceeds from the
Run support the services of the Rachel
Coalition.
For information call (973) 765-9050,
ext. 1708, or email sheller@jfsmetrow-
est.org.
The Rachel Coalition is a partnership
of nine northern New Jersey organiza-
tions working together to respond to
domestic violence. Hadassah: North-
ern New Jersey Region and Jewish
Women International are among the
partners.
Wayne Y schedules adult
special needs fitness classes
The Wayne YMCA offers Movin and Groovin, a pro-
gram for adults with special needs, on Tuesdays from
3:45 to 4:30 p.m. through March 4. The Y also will offer
special needs Aquacise for adults who are 18 and older
beginning on March 3 on Fridays from 3:15 to 4. The
Metro YMCAs of the Oranges is a partner of the YM-
YWHA of North Jersey. The Y is located at 1 Pike Drive
in Wayne. For information, call (973) 595-0100.
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to collect books for underprivileged students
To ensure that students in underserved
communities have access to a broad
range of books in their school class-
rooms and libraries, the Kaplen JCC on
the Palisades is partnering with Project
Cicero to collect and distribute new and
gently used books to schools in need.
Books, both hardcover and paperback,
must be in new or excellent condition
and can include fiction, nonfiction, cur-
rent reference books, biographies, and
science and math texts for early read-
ers through high school. Picture books
also are welcome. Donations can be
brought to the JCC and deposited in col-
lection bins any time between February
17 and March 6, when the books will be
distributed.
Project Cicero, founded in 2001, is
named in honor of the Roman states-
man, orator, and philosopher Marcus
Tullius Cicero, who created extensive
libraries in the first century B.C. So far,
Project Cicero has delivered two million
new and gently used books to more than
11,000 classrooms and school libraries,
reaching more than 500,000 students.
It also distributes books to many other
locations including homeless shelters,
juvenile detention facilities, and com-
munity centers. Once the books are
collected, participating teachers get to
select books in March.
Go to the projects website, www.
projectcicero.org/wish-list/, for a list of
books that are in great demand by par-
ticipating teachers. Monetary donations
also are welcome.
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beginning at the Bandshell in
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40 children
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formed in the Wayne YMCAs Rosen The-
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of more than 40 children from the com-
munity and is produced in partnership
with Pushcart Players.
The Metro YMCAs of the Oranges is a
partner of the YM-YWHA of North Jersey.
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Michele and Steven
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tion of lunches, served in local homes and venues.
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Temple Sinai of Bergen County in Tenafly.
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hood breakfasts on various American Jew-
ish perspectives on the U.S.-Israel relation-
ship. It was made possible with the support
of congregant Carol Silberstein, at left
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Fair Lawn Jewish Center/Congrega-
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for pre-bnai mitzvah students, teaches
about tfillin; students create their own
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Dr. Benjamin Fialkoff
Dr. Benjamin Saul Fialkoff, 71, of Fair
Lawn, formerly of New York City,
Monsey, and Spring Valley, died on
January 12.
Born in Williamsburg, N.Y., he received
his Ph.D. in clinical psychology from
Yeshiva Universitys Ferkauf Graduate
School of Psychology. A senior staff
psychologist at Saint Vincents Hospital,
New York City, he was in private practice
in Greenwich Village until 2008. He also
had an office in Ridgewood until 2012.
He is survived by his wife, Kay, daugh-
ter, Nikah, and siblings, David of Jerusa-
lem, Shifra Horowitz of Suffern, N.Y., and
Annie Rosen of Clifton.
Donations can be sent to the Camper
Scholarship Fund at Eden Village Camp,
Putnam Valley, N.Y.
Arrangements were by Louis Subur-
ban Chapel, Fair Lawn.
Al Harris
Al Harris of North Bergen died on Feb-
ruary 10 at home.
A World War II veteran, he is sur-
vived by his wife, Margot Harris, sons,
Dr. Robert (Ann) and Warren (Adri-
anne); four grandchildren, and two
great- grandchildren.
Arrangements were by Robert
Schoems Menorah Chapel, Paramus.
Belle Lind
Belle Lind, 83, of Mahwah died
February 6.
Arrangements were by Louis Subur-
ban Chapel, Fair Lawn.
Edwin Kabakow
Edwin Kabakow, 78, of Demarest died
on February 8 at the Jewish Home at
Rockleigh.
Born in New York City, he gradu-
ated from Hunter College, worked in
publishing at Hearst Corp., and was
president of Campbell-Reynolds before
founding Media People in 1976. He
served on the boards of Hunter College
and Bergen Family Center and sup-
ported many causes. He was an active
member of Temple Sinai of Bergen
County in Tenafly.
Predeceased by a sister, Milli Jacobs,
he is survived by his wife of 52 years,
Peggy, ne Weil, sons, Jim and Robert;
two grandsons, nephews, and a niece.
Arrangements were by Eden Memo-
rial Chapels, Fort Lee.
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New Spanish legislation will allow
Sephardic Jews to claim dual citizenship
Spains Justice Ministry has announced
a new law that will allow descendants of
Sephardic Jews who were expelled during
the Inquisition to pursue Spanish citizen-
ship without giving up the citizenship they
already hold.
The law weve passed today has a deep
historic meaning: not only because it con-
cerns events in our past of which we should
not be proud, like the decree to expel the
Jews in 1492, but because it reflects the real-
ity of Spain as an open and plural society,
Spanish Justice Minister Alberto Ruiz-Gallar-
don said.
An estimated 300,000 Jews lived in Spain
before their forced conversion or expulsion
under Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand
during the 15th and 16th centuries. More
than 3.5 million people from the Middle
East, Europe, and North and South America
claim Sephardic heritage today.
The law does not require prospective cit-
izens to be a practicing Jew, but requires
them to prove their Sephardic background
through their surnames, language, or
ancestry, as well as obtaining approval
from the Jewish federation in Spain.
Despite the Justice Ministry endorsement,
the law still needs approval from the Span-
ish parliament. JNS.ORG
Iran unveils new generation of centrifuges
Iran has unveiled a new generation of
nuclear centrifuges that are 15 times more
powerful than the countrys current ones,
Iranian nuclear chief Ali Akbar Salehi said
Monday.
We unveiled a new generation of cen-
trifuges that surprised the Westerners,
Salehi said, Iranian state broadcaster IRIB
News reported. This new machine is fif-
teen times more powerful than the previ-
ous generation.
Salehi said the new centrifuges do not vio-
late the interim nuclear agreement between
Iran and the P5+1 powers. Iran will not give
up its right to enrich uranium, he added.
We have met our needs to the 20-per-
cent-enriched fuel (for the Tehran research
reactor and medical purposes) and we have
enough fuel, but we have not lost our right
to produce 20 percent fuel, Salehi said,
according to Fars News Agency.
JNS.ORG
Hamas seizes rare Apollo statue
discovered by Gaza fisherman
An extremely rare and partially intact statue
of the Greek god Apollo, possibly worth tens
of millions of dollars, has mysteriously resur-
faced in Gaza, only to be seized by Hamas,
the Islamic terror group that controls the
coastal enclave.
The statue was claimed to be found by a
Gaza fisherman named Jouda Ghurab last
August. Ghurab says that it took six men to lift
the statue out of the water and that he used a
donkey cart to transport it back to his home.
Eventually, news of the rare find spread and
caught the attention of Hamas, whose author-
ities seized the statue to investigate it. It even
appeared briefly on eBay with a $500,000
price tag.
Our investigations are still going on,
Muhammad Ismael Khillah, assistant under-
secretary at the Gaza Ministry of Tourism and
Antiquities, told Bloomberg Businessweek.
According to archaeologists, the statue
looks like it was made between the fifth and
first century BCE, making it more than 2,000
years old. JNS.ORG
Pro-Israel groups divided on support
for anti-boycott bill in Congress
Pro-Israel organizations are divided over
a new bill in the U.S. Congress that would
pull federal funding from universities that
boycott Israel.
The bill, titled Protect Academic Freedom
Act, proposed by U.S. Reps. Peter Roskam
(R-Ill.) and Dan Lipinski (D-Ill.), has garnered
polarizing reactions over whether or not it is
constitutional by limiting free speech under
the First Amendment.
This bipartisan legislation seeks to pre-
serve academic freedom and combat big-
otry by shielding Israel from unjust boy-
cotts. It is ludicrous for critics to go after
our democratic friend and ally Israel when
they should be focusing on the evils perpe-
trated by repressive, authoritarian regimes
like Iran and North Korea, Roskam said in
a statement.
The bill is aimed at targeting groups like
the American Studies Association, which
recently voted to boycott Israeli academic
institutions.
We welcome any effort to challenge or
fight the boycott, divestment, and sanc-
tions movement in colleges and univer-
sities, Anti-Defamation League Chair-
man Abraham Foxman said, Buzzfeed
reported. However well-intentioned, we
are not sure that this bill would be the
most effective means of recourse.
According to sources, the American Israel
Public Affairs Committee may also come out
against the bill.
In a statement to the Washington Free
Beacon, an AIPAC spokesperson said the
group is reviewing the proposed legisla-
tion. Nevertheless, several other groups
came out in support, including the Simon
Wiesenthal Center, Christians United For
Israel, and the Israel Project, according to
the Free Beacon. JNS.ORG
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A graduate of Hobart College, he continued his
education at Columbia University. George was a partner of
the Paterson Bowl-a-Mat and a partner of B&W associates
of Morristown which ran the Hackettstown, Arrowhead,
and Randolph Hills Tennis clubs. George was also a
commercial developer and a partner at Chandler Associates
of Clifton.
After caregiving for his parents, George along with his
siblings, Robert and Alma, founded the Nina and Sam
Wol Caregivers Foundation for families experiencing
dementia. He was also active in Hobart College and the
Morristown Jewish Center Beit Yisrael. His most important
role was taking care of his family. He spent his time with his
wife, Ilene (ne Lakind), son, Steven (Amanda); daughters,
Abby (Noah Levenson), Rachel (Evan Brustein), and
Sandy; and a grandson, Nathan.
Donations can be made to Hackensack University
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Foundation, Attention: Sharon Lee Parker, 92 Second St.,
Hackensack, NJ, which funds novel research projects in
Leukemia and Lymphoma therapies; or Wol Caregivers
Foundation at Jewish Family Service of North Jersey, 1 Pike
Drive, Wayne, NJ.
Arrangements were by Bernheim-Apter-Kreitzmans.
Irene Katsman
Irene Katsman, ne Belenky, 90, of New York City,
died at home on February 11.
Born in Belarus, she was predeceased by her hus-
band, Khaim, in 2009, and is survived by a daughter,
Regina Lyandres of Blauvelt, N.Y., and a son, Leonard
Gassman of Fort Lee.
Arrangements were by Eden Memorial Chapels,
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Jack Lapidus
Jack S. Lapidus, 92, of Boca Raton, Fla., formerly of
Bayonne, died on February 7 at Hospice by the Sea in
Pompano Beach, Fla.
Before retiring, he was a builder and electrical con-
tractor in Bayonne for many years.
Predeceased by his wife, Elaine, ne Gordon, and a
son, Randy, he is survived by his children, Marty of Com-
mack, N.Y., Barbara Sunberg of West Orange, and Pam
Brown of Sarasota, Fla., and six grandchildren.
Fort Lee.
Andrew Rossmer
Andrew H. Rossmer, 67, of River Edge died on
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Born in Washington Heights, N.Y., and raised in Engle-
wood, he graduated from Boston University Law School.
He was a trial attorney for many years, most recently
in the Family Court in the Bronx. He also had a private
practice in general law in River Edge. He was a former
president of the Jewish Community Center of Paramus.
He is survived by his wife of 41 years, Carol, ne Miller,
and sons, David and Jacob.
Services were at the JCC of Paramus/Congregation
Beth Tikvah. Donations can be sent to the JCCP/CBT or
the American Heart Association. Arrangements were by
Robert Schoems Menorah Chapel, Paramus.
Hannah Schachtel
Hannah L. Schachtel, ne Voos, of Hackensack died on
February 3.
Born in Germany, she was a homemaker.
Predeceased by her husband, John, and a brother,
Kurt Voos, she is survived by children, John (Debo-
rah), Stephen (Linda), Janet, and Amy, and three
grandchildren.
Arrangements were by Gutterman and Musicant
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Estelle Silver
Estelle L. Silver, ne Brustein, 87, of Paramus died on
February 5.
She was a singer, bookkeeper, and real estate agent.
She is survived by her children, Laurie Silver Lewis
( James), Michael (Lori Jean), and Debra Ekizian (Robert);
a brother-in-law, Charles Stendig; four grandchildren,
and a companion, Richard Richardson.
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still use your appliances?
Keep things organized. You dont want the kitchen
to ever feel cramped, especially since it always ends
up as the social hub of the house, she said.
For starters, Gorder suggested keeping all of your
pots and pans similar in style and color and hanging
them from a simple pot rack mounted to the ceiling.
Beneath the pot rack position, use a salvaged cabi-
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enough to allow for walking room around it.
Then go to the lumber yard and have a piece of
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Any wall space provides room to install extra shelves.
Stock your plates and bowls on them, Gorder said.
Colors in small kitchens should be bright and airy,
she said. I love crisp, pale colors inspired by lettuce
and endive with accents of charcoal and walnut.
Keep window coverings light, too. Dont put heavy
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or caf curtains in delicate linen to keep the feeling
light and airy throughout the year, she added.
The tiny powder room presents different decorating
challenges. Since it is often used for guests, Gorder
offered some creative fun ways to make the space
functional as well as attractive.
One way is to display the towels and soaps. I roll tow-
els and stash them in a basket tucked in a corner by the
sink. Soaps are also fun to display. Stack them in small
mesh sacks and hang them by nails next to the sink.
There is probably room for a ledge shelf above the
toilet, which can be used for storage.
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full-tiled wall, perhaps of marble or glazed Moroccan
brick, behind the sink and mirror, or an accent wall of
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For small windows, always play to the vertical. Gorder
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behind.
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the bed or along a wall for additional bedding and out-
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t is said that the easiest way to get a point across
in a way that will sink in is to use a story. So, this
week, let me share three stories related to real
estate in Israel.
An investor who owns three investment apartments
came to my office to talk to me about taking over the
management of his units. Some probing questions
brought to light the fact that he was undercharging on
the rents. We were able to bump up the rental income
by almost $11,000 a year almost immediately!
Lesson: You might be leaving money on the table.
Whens the last time you checked your income vs. what
the market is charging for a similar rental?
Next story: Just yesterday, I met an attorney to dis-
cuss an apartment for which I am the buyers broker and
expert representative.
I had gone to personally inspect the apartment sev-
eral days earlier. During the discussions with the law-
yer I realized that part of the great value of this apart-
ment was the seller attempting to sell a crevice in the
hill behind the property... which wasnt his! This find
was the reason for the seller asking for 500,000 shekels
more than a similar apartment. If it would have been
useable by the buyer, based on access rights, then it
might have still been a good deal. However, in this case,
there were other neighbors with an equally valid chance
to claim access rights and equal access. This awareness
changed the spin from the property being a wonderful
bargain to being a sour, overpriced investment.
Lesson: Especially in Israel, everyone wants a unique
twist when they buy property to show how smart they
are and that they got the best deal. Sometimes its buy-
ing an apartment with a storage area that can be used to
expand the apartment size in the future, roof rights, or
a garden that has private access, which makes the apart-
ment more valuable. Being eagle eyed and careful can
help you get the right deal that works for you without
getting burnt.
Next story: A client contracts with us to renovate a
property near Shaarei Chesed to split it into several short
term rental units. Being that the property is located at
the foot of a hill (somewhat similar to the story above,
except here he was the only one with access) we under-
stood that we could dig into the side of the hill to create
more area and bigger units.
The contractor quoted a seemingly fair price of
400,000 NIS for the digging and removal of the rock and
debris. But did we pay it because it was the best price
from the several contractors we knew and trust? No!
Instead, we first dug a hole in the rock and inspected
it, to see what the debris consisted of. To the excite-
ment of the owner, we discovered that it was simply
large boulders that would have to be transported
elsewhere, but not anywhere near as many stones or
dirt as anticipated. And so were able to get the price
reduced by 210,000 to just 190,000. Music to the own-
ers ears!
Lesson: you can overpay even when you pay an
honest wage. Take extra steps to safely minimize your
expenses where you can.
Like an American going to court in China without an
attorney or speaking Chinese, when you work in a coun-
try with different laws and culture, sometimes people
get taken advantage of.
No matter how good a deal sounds, you should seek
counsel before you sign anything or put down any
money.
During these last eight years of my experience manag-
ing, brokering, and renovating different properties and
dealing with brokers, attorneys, government agencies,
and contractors, Ive seen more mistakes then many
people see in a lifetime.
Especially those who already have apartments in
Israel but want the additional income that renting it out
for the short term provides, it is imperative that you do
it right. When done right, you can continue to enjoy its
use when you are here, while leasing it when you are
away while keeping your investment and Jerusalem
home in pristine condition.
Shia Getter is the CEO of the Shia Getter Group, a full-
range real estate services irm in Jerusalem. He is author
of Everything You Need to Know about Buying Real Estate
in Israel (Feldheim 2014). For more information and to
schedule an appointment, call Sarah at 9720772346011
or email sarah@thegettergroup.com.
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North Jerseys 70th anniversary gala on October 19.
Established in 1944 and originally housed in downtown
Paterson, Jewish Family Service of North Jersey is a multi-
function, nonprofit, nonsectarian family and social service
agency that has served the New Jersey residents of Passaic
and northwest Bergen counties for over 60 years. Jewish
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life and enhance the welfare of the North Jersey community,
in accordance with Jewish traditions and values. For more
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branches in 144 communities serving 16 counties through-
out North and Central New Jersey, Manhattan, Brooklyn,
Queens, and Long Island. Valley National Bank is one of the
largest commercial banks headquartered in New Jersey.
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fluid prose and insiders perch coalesce snugly in this
well-wrought chronicle of a nations coming of age,
and of the principals who helped make it happen.
In opening this intimate window, Avner avoids the
impulse to dish and tell without sacrificing the essen-
tials about Eshkol, Golda Meir, Yitzhak Rabin, and
Begin. While they came to appreciate his speechwrit-
ing and talents with the press, he, in turn, derived
career nourishment, political wisdom, and the art of
absorbing setbacks from each. The Prime Ministers
actually is gilded by the familiarity factor.
Avners putative favorite is Begin, the outlier whose
picture looms above the others on the cover. His ini-
tial brush with the Irgun leaders notoriety came after
disembarking in Haifa and catching a bus to Jerusalem.
While contemplating his new life with exuberance and
apprehension, the first image to greet him upon enter-
ing the city was a poster of Begin. He was a wanted
man; the reward for finding him was 10,000 pounds.
Dead or alive.
Avners subsequent adventures in the besieged
metropolis throb with a Hemingway-esque feel. Train-
ing at the Machon (Institute for Overseas Youth Lead-
ers) put him near the center of chaotic events as inde-
pendence was declared and Arab armies surrounded
the city. He and his classmates endured daily artillery
barrages and food shortages, tempered by the youth-
ful excitement of knowing they were part of something
historic.
When his group made it out by convoy to Tel Aviv,
they witnessed the shelling of the Atalena, a ship laden
with arms for the Irgun. Begin stood on the deck,
preaching calm and compliance with orders to aban-
don the vessel issued by rival David Ben-Gurion. Over-
seeing the withering mortar fire leveled at the Atalena
was Yitzhak Rabin, a commander of the larger resis-
tance group Hagana.
Even before arriving at Kibbutz Lavi, west of Tiberias,
Avner had witnessed in microcosm a nations birth struggle.
Once there, his assignment consisted of harvesting rocks
and digging latrines. He must have done a creditable job,
because in 1949 Bnei Akiva summoned him back to Britain
as its general secretary. After several years and a new wife
and family, Avner did a second stint at Lavi, then decamped
to a Jerusalem apartment where he worked as a writer until
a friend called about a government opening created by For-
eign Minister Golda Meirs charm offensive in Africa.
Avner didnt belong to the omnipotent Mapai or Labor
Party, usually a prerequisite for virtually all govern-
ment appointments. A backer of the left-leaning Zionist
Hapoel Mizrach, he was, nonetheless, taken in and further
advanced when his benefactor was named director of the
prime ministers bureau. In moving up, Avner became the
English speech writer, note-taker and letter responder for
the earthy, ebullient Levi Eshkol.
The shtetl Jew from Ukraine, a kibbutz pioneer and water
expert, loomed rather small in the shadow of Ben-Gurion.
Early on, Eshkol scolded Avner, always referring to him as
boychik, for trying to embellish his speeches. Later, he
professed bafflement when Lyndon Johnson took him on
a careening automobile tour of his Texas ranch and used
down-home barnyard analogies.
Vuss rett der goy? Whats the gentile talking about?
he asked incredulously.
Yet at this same meeting Eshkol passionately convinced
a Vietnam-preoccupied Johnson to replenish the depleted
Israeli Air Force after it triumphed in the Six Day War. Col-
leagues consistently underestimated his abilities. Abba Eban
tendentiously lectured Eshkol on prime ministerial duties,
comparing them to an orchestra conductor. Menachem
Avner
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Begin implored him, face-to-face, to resign on the eve of the
Six Day War. Yet he endured and patiently persuaded Begin
to serve in a unity government.
This utterly un-charismatic leader then proceeded to
guide the nation to victory, culminating in the dramatic
recapture of Jerusalem. He died in 1969, but not before
establishing a vital arms link and diplomatic channel with
the United States that his successors could build on. His
intriguing choice for ambassador to D.C.: Yitzhak Rabin.
When Golda Meir succeeded Eshkol, their only common
threads were Ukrainian birth and bedrock socialism. After
growing up in Milwaukee, training as a teacher, and mar-
rying Morris Myerson, Mrs. Meir migrated to Palestine and
kibbutz life in 1921. Two children later, she separated from
her husband and began a whirl of service as ambassador to
the Soviet Union, the head of two different ministries, and
secretary-general of the Labor Party. Her resume bulged
where Eshkols seemed thin.
Avner served as head of the foreign press bureau during
her tenure. He describes a courageous, steely-minded leader
who could lecture Austrian chancellor Bruno Kriesky, also a
Jew, for caving to Kremlin pressure and closing a key transit
point for Soviet migrs, or disarm the mercurial journalist
Oriana Fallaci with her own self-proclaimed shortcomings
as a wife and mother.
Meirs bete noire was the October 1973 Yom Kippur War.
Faulty intelligence left IDF forces reeling in Suez and the
Golan Heights. She stoically absorbed the brunt of the criti-
cism especially withering from Begin in the Knesset. But
she also held steady and refused Moshe Dayans offer to
resign as defense minister, then rallied her diplomats to
convince President Nixon and Secretary of State Henry Kiss-
inger that a massive airlift of war materiel would turn the
tide, and it did.
Avner movingly recounts her secret visit to the troops on
the Golan Heights on Sukkot, as bombardments and tank
duels raged. Exhausted but resilient, she stared across the
Vale of Tears, smoking a cigarette. Then she moved to a
sukkah that had been jury-rigged atop a personnel carrier.
Both martial and motherly, she answered questions about
the mission, greeted soldiers with chag sameach, and dis-
pensed the kind of encouragement only she could.
Although Labor won the next election with a narrowed
majority, Meir made good on a vow to resign. Yitzhak Rabin
subsequently edged out Shimon Peres in a vote by party
leaders to become the first sabra to occupy the nations
highest post. A professional soldier who served as chief of
staff during the Six Day War, he abruptly shifted gears in
1968, when named ambassador to Washington. Avner rates
the rumpled, dour-faced, hard-bargaining Rabin as a quick
study and savvy player, who brought a different vibe and
skill set to the premiership.
His big challenges were negotiating the Sinai withdrawal
and effecting the Entebbe rescue. The first was protracted
and tedious; the second was condensed and seat-of-the-
pants. In both, he displayed temper, flair, intellect, and
forbearance. Sinai consisted of matching wits and stamina
with Kissinger; Entebbe entailed overcoming inertia from
Defense Minister Peres (who Rabin could hardly abide), fol-
lowed by a hastily designed operation of pluck and luck.
Rabin helmed the nation until 1977, when a controversy
over his wife Leahs bank account in Washington precipi-
tated his resignation. In 1992 the soldier-statesman returned
as prime minister. He served with distinction until he was
cut down by a Jewish extremists bullet 1995. Avners respect
for him is evident and abundant. But his next boss, Men-
achem Begin, a diametric and dramatic opposite, would
take the feeling to an even higher plateau.
Begin tested Avner on his first day in office, after the
upset 1977 elections in which the Sephardim flexed their
new demographic muscle by ousting Labor and ushering
in Likud. The courtly, classically versed, Bible-quoting,
impeccably groomed Begin, who always had been defined
by oppositional counterpoint, suddenly found himself the
nations linchpin, at the epicenter of power.
But decades in the Irgun underground and politi-
cal wilderness had seasoned Begin. He told Avner to
forget their different party affiliations; he wanted him
to become the aide who would Shakespearize his
grammatically pure but starchy Polish-English. And
he wanted it done without Avner misting any of his
adjectives. He then handed the startled aide a letter
from President Jimmy Carter, told him to parse the
nuances, explain what he thought it meant in terms of
policy, and draft a reply.
Avner survived the quiz, remonstrating with Begin
only about addressing the letter to His Excellency.
The new PM, a formal European at heart despite
his family loss in the Shoah and his gulag jailing by
the Soviets for Zionist activities, initially resisted but
relented on Dear Mr. President after consulting his
protocol experts.
Begins two terms were beyond eventful: Anwar
Sadats visit to Jerusalem, the Camp David accords
facilitated by Carter, the Nobel Peace Prize shared with
Sadat, who, as Avner relates, became a fast friend,
along with his wife, Jehan, the rescue of black Jews
from Ethiopia, the Israeli air forces destruction of
Iraqs reactor, the invasion of Lebanon and the result-
ing massacre at Sabra and Shatila.
For an observant Jew like Avner, Begin seems to
have touched a receptor that the deeply ideological
Laborites Eshkol, Meir, and Rabin could not. Begin
was defined by the Holocaust and his desire to see
the Jews of Israel proudly survive and flourish from
a position of strength. Yet, collectively, so were the
other three prime ministers. With Begin, perhaps, it
was more dogmatic, more mystical, more a command-
ment to Israeli exceptionalism.
Little did the boychik from Manchester realize
when embarking on his journey just how rich it would
be, or how rewarding for us that he chose to share it.
Avner
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