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f we learned anything from the coronavirus era, it’s that plans are bound to change. For instance, I was supposed to take vacation this week. Well, that didn’t happen, and now I’m set to take time off next week. But then again, perhaps things will change once more. Who knows? It’s all good. We all try to teach our kids to be flexible and resilient. Today’s circumstances have proven that they can roll with the punches. No school? No matter – these kids learned on phones or on Zoom or on computers. They learned about hand sanitizers and masks and social distancing. And they understood when we told them that they couldn’t make playdates or spend time with relatives. They showed us that it’s OK to bend when life sends detours your way. Every summer, we try to spend as much time as a family as we can outdoors. We plan trips on Sundays so we can explore the world around us and soak up the season. This year, though, things have changed. Not all our summer haunts are open, and some of them are not as relaxing to visit while wearing a mask. And so, our summer will

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Contents LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

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Holy Retaliation by Rav Moshe Weinberger 58

PEOPLE The Wandering Jew

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Dear Editor, The person writing into the dating column this week has a real problem on her hands. If her roommate is impersonating a shadchan and creating a fake name, then she is definitely not a stable person. She is someone who does not have a conscience, and that is truly dangerous. My concern is not necessarily for the letter-writer. It’s for all those boys who this roommate is going to be dating or is dating. They could be walking into a literal trap. This girl will spin lies for them and make up stories and shenanigans – and they could be marrying a really insane person. I hope that if the letter-writer knows of any boys this roommate is dating she lets them know (according to halacha, so please ask a rav) what the circumstances are. Great column, by the way! We always read it first! Sincerely, Ariella Baum Dear Editor, Gedaliah Borvick cannot be more right when he says that he wishes that people would come to live in the Holy Land because they want to, instead of being forced to. With so much upheaval around the world, Jews are beginning to feel uncomfortable. Truthfully, we aren’t meant to feel comfortable in galus. We are supposed to always have on our minds that we are not living in a utopia. That will come – hopefully soon! Today! – when Moshiach comes. Until then, we should always have our

brothers and sisters in Israel on our minds. We should have a yearning to be reunited with all of those in our nation soon. And we should hope and pray for a time when Hashem will be recognized as the King of the world. Kol tuv, Ruvy Porowitz Dear Editor, I have always loved your Notable Quotes page and am happy that you are bringing it back. That being said, recently, the quotes have become quite political – along with the cartoons. Is there a way you can bring some “lighter” content onto those pages? I used to love the jokes and one-liners. Thanks, Sruly Hertz Dear Editor, You clearly don’t like Governor Cuomo, as your letter to readers suggests. But don’t you ever think about the role of a governor? Isn’t he supposed to take care of his constituents? And isn’t that what he’s trying to do? So what if your kids aren’t in sleepaway camps. They’ll deal with it for a year. It’s more important to ensure that the people in New York are safe. I, for one, am happy with all the rules and regulations. This way, I know that I will be safe walking around New York. Oh, and if you are one of those who doesn’t wear masks, then, yes, I believe you should be penalized and fined for not following the rules. Ariel Koenig

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POLITICAL CROSSFIRE Notable Quotes

The Media’s Mischaracterization of Trump by Marc A. Thiessen

Trump Doesn’t Understand That Putin is in the Payback Business by David Ignatius

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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau suspended an extradition treaty with Hong Kong in response to China’s new national security law. “After studying the legislation and its impact, Canada will treat exports of sensitive goods to Hong Kong in the same way as those destined for mainland China,” Trudeau said on Friday. Apart from the scrapped extradition treaty, Trudeau announced a slew of other measures including banning exports of sensitive military and defense technology to Hong Kong and issuing a new travel advisory warning. Trudeau added that Canada was examining even harsher measures in the coming weeks. The steps come after Hong Kong passed a controversial national security law that erodes its independence from mainline China. Signed into law by Chinese President Xi Jinping last week, it went into effect on Friday and effectively criminalizes anti-China dissent and activity. The legislation had been immensely unpopular in Hong Kong and caused hundreds of thousands of Hong Kong nationals to take to the streets. “Canada is a firm believer in the one country, two system framework,” Trudeau said. “We will continue to support the many connections between Canada and Hong Kong, while also standing up for its people.” The passage of the legislation in

Iran recently fired off a letter to the European Union asking to activate the dispute clause of the 2015 nuclear deal. According to Tehran, Britain, Germany, and France are failing to uphold their side of the agreement. The missive, which was given to EU Foreign Minister Jossep Borell by his Iranian counterpart Javad Zarif, states that the Islamic Republic seeks to utilize “the dispute resolution mechanism, as set out in paragraph 36 of the agreement.” Paragraph 36 gives both sides a month to reach a resolution after one side triggers the mechanism. It had previously been activated by the EU in January but was later suspended. “I have received today a letter from the Foreign Minister of Iran [Mohammad Javad Zarif] referring Iran’s concerns regarding implementation issues by France, Germany and the United Kingdom,” Borrell confirmed. Known officially as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), the accord was signed in 2015 by the United States, U.K, Germany, France, China, and Russia and removed sanctions in exchange for Iran’s agreement not to enrich uranium for 10 years. The deal has been unraveling ever since President Donald Trump abandoned the agreement in 2018. Since then, the EU has attempted

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Australia implemented a new round of lockdowns that affected more than 300,000 people after a sudden spike in daily coronavirus cases. In Melbourne, which has seen a particularly large outbreak, people are forbidden from leaving their house for any reason other than going to work, school, to get exercise, or buy food. In addition, the 3,000 residents of a nine-building tower block in the city are banned from leaving the complex for any reason after tests showed that the housing estate had 23 new cases over the

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Andrews. Australia had been optimistic as the number of cases steadily fell in recent months. One of the first countries to seal its borders after the initial outbreak in early 2020, Australia has had only 7,400 total cases and 104 deaths. The considerable early success against the pandemic enabled the country to lift lockdown restrictions in early May, allowing its citizenry to visit family members and reopen businesses. However, the island nation has been experiencing an outbreak that saw new infections spiral over the past weeks. On Saturday, Acting Chief Medical Officer Paul Kelly warned that Australia was facing a “new phase of the pandemic” and ordered an inquiry into the Victoria’s handling of the pandemic. “For the first time in Australia it’s an actual complete lockdown,” said Kelly. “That will be a very difficult but important step. We know from previous pandemics…that it was a tower block [in Hong Kong] which was part of the major spread of that Sars coronavirus.”

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At least 50 people are dead after driving rain led to floods and mudslides in Japan’s southwestern Island of Kyushu on Monday. Included in the death toll were 14 elderly people who perished after a mudslide swept away their nursing home. According to eyewitnesses, residents of the nursing home, many of them confined to wheelchairs, had been preparing to evacuate but were trapped after the building’s ground floor was filled with water. “I’m so sorry. I really wanted to help them, but I couldn’t. I had no strength left,” a caregiver told Japan’s Asahi newspaper. At least 40,000 military troops have launched a rescue effort alongside the flooded Kuma River. Television footage showed rescuers using a crane to extricate a man from a toppled car and pulling people out of dozens of feet of mud. The tragedy occurred after 381 milliliters of rain fell on Kyushu in under six hours on Monday, an alltime record. Authorities had issued Japan’s highest flood warning but didn’t make evacuation mandatory before the Kuma River overflowed. The flash flooding is the country’s deadliest natural disaster since 90 people died from Typhoon Hagibis in October. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe called for solidarity in a special cabinet meeting and urged his citizenry to listen to evacuation orders in the future.

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Cities and states in Brazil last month began lifting restrictions that had been imposed to control the spread of the virus, as their statistical curves of deaths began to decline along with the occupation rate of its intensive-care units. Brazil, the world’s sixth most populous nation with more than 210 million people, is one of the global hot spots of the pandemic. Over the weekend, the Brazilian leader celebrated the U.S. Independence Day with the nation’s ambassador to Brazil. The U.S. Embassy said on Twitter on Monday that Ambassador Todd Chapman is not showing any COVID-19 symptoms, but would be tested. Bolsonaro tested negative three times in March, after meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump in Florida. More than 65,000 Brazilians have so far died from COVID-19 and more than 1,500,000 have been infected. Both numbers are the world’s second-highest totals and are considered to be undercounts due to the lack of widespread testing.

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Mali President Meets with Protesters

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Following weeks of demonstrations, Mali’s embattled President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita met with the leader of the massive protests that call for his resignation. In a video clip Keita shared on Twitter, the president can be seen huddling with social activist Imam Mahmoud Dicko on Saturday. The meeting was the first time the two had met since hundreds of thousands of Mali citizens took to the streets in early June. “We talked about everything that concerns this crisis and the country

smoke to billow out over the city and left the area without electricity for hours. Government officials told Iran’s IRNA news agency that the explosion occurred after one of the plant’s transformers overheated. Plant safety manager Mohammad Hafezi said that authorities are investigating the incident. The explosion was the fifth such incident in Iran since a detonation at a missile base in Parchin last Friday, only a few miles south of Tehran. Additional explosions have occurred at a military base in Natanz and a petrochemical plant on the border with Azerbaijan. According to a report in Kuwait’s Al-Jarida, the explosion in Natanz was the result of an Israeli cyberattack that set back Iran’s nuclear program by at least two months. Beneath the Parchin and Natanz bases are believed to be a highly elaborate tunnel system used by the Islamic Republic to conduct nuclear tests. On Monday, a spokesperson for Iran’s energy body admitted that the site at Natanz was used to enrich uranium, adding that the blast caused “significant damage.” Alon Ben Da-

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vid, an Israeli military correspondent, corroborated the report and alleged that the explosion set back Tehran’s nuclear program by at least a year. “Those were centrifuges that were supposed to be installed underground at the Natanz facility; they were intended to replace the old centrifuges and produce a lot more enriched uranium, a lot more quickly,” reported Ben David. “They suffered a blow. It

has to be assumed that, at some stage, they will want to retaliate.” Iranian officials have accused Israel and the U.S. to be behind the attacks and have threatened to retaliate if their culpability could be proven. Speaking with Reuters, three Iranian defense officials fingered Israel as the culprit behind the cyberattacks, while Tehran’s official media outlets have promised that such action would arrive imminently.

According to state news agency IRNA, “If there are signs of hostile countries crossing Iran’s red lines in any way, especially the Zionist regime (Israel) and the United States, Iran’s strategy to confront the new situation must be fundamentally reconsidered.” “If it is proven that our country has been attacked by cyberattacks, we will respond,” warned General Gholam Reza Jalali.

According a recent report, the Mossad recently foiled planned or attempted Iranian attacks on Israeli diplomatic missions in Europe and elsewhere. The report by Channel 12 said the names of the countries where attacks were prevented remain under censorship, but cooperation with them helped to thwart the attacks. “Frustration is growing fast in Iran,” the report noted. In 2012, Iran and its Lebanese proxy, the terror group Hezbollah, seemingly attempted to carry out a number of attacks against Israeli diplomatic missions in India, Georgia, Thailand, and elsewhere. Monday’s Channel 12 report also said that an attack on the Natanz nuclear facility in Iran, credited to Israel, had managed to set back Tehran’s uranium enrichment program for a significant amount of time. On Sunday, Prime Minister Netanyahu said that he would extend Mossad chief Yossi Cohen’s term until June 2021, citing unspecified “security challenges.” The spymaster is famed in the Mossad ranks as an operations man. Under his watch, the Mossad has grown in personnel and budget, and has reportedly focused on espionage operations targeting the Iranian nuclear program. An Israeli TV report said on Friday that Israel was bracing for a possible Iranian retaliation if it determines that Jerusalem was behind the Natanz explosion. Even so, Defense Minister Benny Gantz played down the speculation on Sunday, saying that not everything that happened there could be blamed on Israel. Iran admitted on Sunday that Natanz incurred “considerable” damage from the fire last week, as satellite pictures appeared to show widespread devastation at the sensitive facility. Iran had sought to

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Israel’s Spy Satellite Blasts Off Israel’s new Ofek 16 spy satellite blasted off into space on Monday morning. The satellite was sent into orbit

from a launch pad located in Palmahim air base near Rehovot. “The Defense Ministry and Israel Aerospace Industries successfully launched into space the reconnaissance satellite ‘Ofek-16,’ which entered into its orbit,” confirmed the ministry.

After entering into orbit, Ofek 16 will perform a series of tests to verify its integrity before becoming operational. “Under the original launch plan, the satellite entered orbit around the Earth and began to beam back data,” said the Defense Ministry. The launch marks another stage in Israel’s entry into the information revolution. With advanced reconnaissance capabilities, the satellite is able to provide key intelligence on

enemy weapons systems and strategic sights. According to military officials, Ofek 16 catapults Israel into a regional power and enables it to peek into virtually any country on the globe. Among other things, the satellite utilizes its electro-optic infrastructure to snap photos in all weather conditions and upgrade the image’s sharpness from space. It also has its own independent power system. Israel’s fleet of spy satellites remain highly classified and little is known about them or the units responsible for controlling them. Israel first joined the small family of nations with spy satellites when the 500-point Ofek-3 lifted off in 1995. Since then, Israel has sent 11 more satellites into space, with the most recent launch prior to Monday morning occurring in 2016. With Israel surrounded by hostile entities, the constant stream of imagery the satellites provide is crucial for deciphering enemy weapons systems such as Iran’s missile project in Syria. “The Ofek-16 is highly advanced, including breakthrough ‘blue and white’ technology that serves our de-

fense interests,” said IAI head Shlomi Sudari. “Our network of satellites lets us watch the entire Middle East – and even a bit more than that.” The lift-off comes as tensions between Israel and Iran continue to escalate. Over the past month, Israel has increased its attacks on Iranian infrastructure in Syria as part of its “war between the wars” designed to thwart Tehran’s weapons buildup on its border, In addition, at least four nuclear plants were rocked by a series of explosions over the past week that were attributed to Israel, causing Iranian officials to vow retaliation. However, Sudari dismissed claims that the launch was scheduled as a message to the Islamic Republic. “The timing was planned far in advance,” Sudari said.

Israel Clamps Down The Israeli government approved a series of sweeping measures re-

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stricting crowd sizes in malls, bars, and prayer services, as the number of daily coronavirus cases continues to soar. The new guidelines went into effect on Monday evening and capped the number of participants allowed to dine at restaurants at 20. Public transportation will be reduced; bars, movie theaters, and other forms of entertainment will be shut down; and a maximum of 19 people can pray at synagogues.

Meanwhile, all summer schools and camps will be closed besides for grades 1-4, university finals will take place online, and only 70% of public sector employees can show up to work. Upon announcing the new restrictions, Health Minister Yuli Edelstein warned that Israel is close to another full lockdown despite the exorbitant economic cost. While acknowledging the public anger at the government for its inability to stem the rise in infection, Edelstein said that following the guidelines now would prevent even greater economic damage. “Citizens of Israel, today was a tough government meeting, and at the end we made a decision,” said Edelstein in a Monday evening primetime address. “Each section, each clause, has an impact on the lives of many citizens – their livelihoods, leisure time, and lifestyles. This should not be taken lightly.” During the debate on Monday morning, Deputy Health Minister Yoav Kisch presented the cabinet with a sobering analysis of the current spike in coronavirus infections. According to estimates by an IDF intelligence unit tasked with tracking Israel’s fight against COVID-19, the country will likely hit 500 deaths by August if current trends continue. Kitsch also recommended instituting even harsher restrictions despite the fallout it would cause Israel’s already-struggling economy. While difficult, Kitsch contended that this was the only way to avert a full shutdown similar to what Is-

rael experienced in April that would harm the economy even more. “We’re facing a long war of attrition,” said Kisch. “We are in the second wave [of the pandemic] and it’s worse than the first – we must bring back restrictions. “We must act to significantly limit mass social events. If we don’t do this, the price we will pay in two weeks could be super-dramatic, and I think this is the point that must be made clear,” he added. “All the restrictions are aimed at avoiding a lockdown. I feel everyone’s pain, but if we don’t take these significant measures today, tomorrow we will pay a far steeper price in terms of health and the economy.” The government had shuttered restaurants, movie theaters, and places of worship along with other significant parts of the workforce in March as part of its strategy in dealing with the initial coronavirus outbreak. The strict measures played a large part in keeping Israel’s overall death toll among one of the world’s lowest, leading the country to relax most restrictions in May. However, new coronavirus cases have skyrocketed over the past two weeks, forcing officials to return to the prospect of widespread shutdowns and restrictions. The current “second wave” has already led the government to scrap its plans to readmit tourists from countries with a low rate of COVID-19 transmission and left Israel off the EU’s “white list” of approved countries from which tourists to the EU reside.

MK Ignores Poverty Levels

Tzachi Hanegbi, a senior Likud minister and Netanyahu ally, found himself in hot water after deriding claims that some Israelis were going hungry due to the economic collapse devastating the country. Speaking on a popular Friday afternoon television program last Friday, Hanegbi said that he didn’t be-

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lieve claims that some Israelis were left without the wherewithal to put food on the table. “This nonsense that some people have nothing to eat – it’s garbage,” said Hanegbi. Hanegbi’s remarks caused a firestorm, with tens of thousands of Israelis taking to social media to describe their own personal battles with unemployment and debt. Opposition lawmakers also seized on his statements to prove what they said was the government’s disconnect from the people. “Go Tzachi, go meet the self-employed, the unemployed, the businessowners whose lives have fallen apart. The only thing we regret is the disconnected government you are a part of,” said opposition head Yair Lapid. “Many in the Israeli public are mired in economic hardship due to the coronavirus pandemic. My associates and I are committed to doing everything in order to embrace everyone and give them all the assistance they require, until we get to a more secure future. Do not make accusations,” added Finance Minister and fellow Likud MK Yisrael Katz.

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As the outrage mounted, Hanegbi issued a public apology and clarified that he had not meant to belittle the suffering many Israelis are undergoing. “I apologize for the strong remark that I made during an interview yesterday,” he tweeted. “I wanted to say to the interviewers that their extreme and callous criticism created panic in the public instead of hope.” Israel is currently battling one of the worst economic disasters it has ever experienced due to the fallout from COVID-19. As of early July, the unemployment rate skyrocketed to 21% from only 4% prior to the onset of the pandemic, the highest in the OECD. Accompanying the plummeting economy is rising public criticism of Prime Minister Netanyahu’s handling of the health crisis. As per a survey carried out last week by Channel 12, only 35% of the public said that they approved of how the premier is handling the economy, while 58% said that they disapproved. When asked the same question in a poll on May 8, 53% had approved and 43% disapproved.

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Top Public Health Official Resigns

Israel’s chief of public health resigned this week amid differences in how to combat the country’s skyrocketing daily cases of COVID-19. Siegal Sadetzki, the Health Ministry’s now-former director of public health, announced her resignation on her personal Facebook page on Tuesday morning. In a scathing letter, she detailed the numerous failures that have resulted in the current “second wave” of infections that is devastating the Jewish State. “I acknowledge the privilege it was for me to play a significant role in leading the fight against the spread of the coronavirus epidemic, at critical moments for the State of Israel and its citizens,” Sadetzki wrote. However, she warned that “Israel is heading to a dangerous place.” Sadetzki then condemned the decision to reopen the Israeli economy after new infections began to drop last month, contending that the recklessness resulted in the current second wave that the country is experiencing. While acknowledging the economic factors that played a large part in the rapid relaxation of restrictions, she pointed out that no other country worldwide was experiencing such a resurgence of the deadly pandemic. “To my regret, for a number of weeks now, the handling of the outbreak has lost direction,” she wrote. “Despite systematic and regular warnings in the various systems, and discussions in various forums, we watch with frustration as the hourglass of opportunities runs low. Against this backdrop, I have come to the conclusion that, in the newly created conditions under which my professional opinion is not accepted, I can no longer help to effectively cope with the spread of the virus.” Sadetzki added that “too much

time is invested in debates, discussions, consultants, forums, and those acting for themselves, while the level of operation and details required for the success of the various operations do not receive the proper attention.” Sadetzki’s dramatic resignation comes after the Israeli government implemented a slew of draconian restrictions amid soaring infection rates. Over the past week, new COVID-19 cases have tripled since earlier this month, with more than 1,000 new cases being discovered on Monday alone. The new guidelines include limiting public transportation; closing bars, movie theaters, and swimming pools; capping prayer quorums at 19; and banning nightclubs from opening.

Reaching Out to World Jewry

For the first time ever, the Israeli government adopted a strategic multi-year plan aiming to improve its relationship with World Jewry. The plan was approved during the weekly government meeting on Sunday after it was presented by Diaspora Minister Omer Yankelevitch. As per the effort, the government will focus on expanding its ties with Diaspora Jewry in six main areas, including formal and informal education, Israel advocacy, “Tikkun Olam,” innovation, and fostering a common purpose. In a statement, Yankelevitch said that the initiative would “focus on strengthening ties with Jewish communities worldwide based on an approach grounded in partnership, investing in formal and informal Jewish education, and reinforcing Jewish identity and the sense of connection to Israel through multiple channels.” The plan is based on the findings of a panel tasked with finding ways to strengthen the country’s relationship with Jews throughout the world. First established in 2018, the panel

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is headed by South American-born Intel executive Maxine Fassberg and Hebrew University Professor and economics whiz Eugene Kandel. After hearing from Jewish leaders throughout the world, the committee recommended that the State of Israel sign off on an official blueprint on how it will manage its ties with the Diaspora. While the details of the Diaspora Ministry’s strategic plan remain sparse, Kandal said that it will be based on the changing relationship between Israel and World Jewry. This includes recognizing that almost half of all world Jewry now resides in Israel and the difference between the styles of Judaism practiced in different parts of the world. Acknowledging that Israel has never managed its ties with its brethren in an organized fashion, Kandal contended that the time had come for adopting an official strategic plan spanning multiple years. “In order to alter the trends, there is an immediate need for a long-term strategic process backed by resources from the Israeli government, in partnership with all world Jewish communities,” Kandel said. “Only thus do we stand a chance of preventing the collapse of many Jewish communities within a single generation and the severance of ties between many young Jews and their People.”

Redskins Redo?

our country and feedback from our community, the Washington Redskins are announcing the team will undergo a thorough review of the team’s name,” said the team. “This review formalizes the initial discussions the team has been having with the league in recent weeks.” The announcement came after growing pressure on owner Dan Snyder from sponsors and franchise partners to change the name. Earlier in the week, team partner FedEx asked Snyder to rename the team, while Nike removed all Redskins apparel from its online store. The request from FedEx is said to be particularly sensitive as it owns naming rights to the Redskins’ 82,000-seat stadium. Another 87 investment firms fired off a missive to FedEx and fellow Redskins sponsors PepsiCo demanding that they end their relationship with the team over the name’s “offensive nature.” “‘Redskins’ remains a dehumanizing word, characterizing people by skin color and a racial slur with hateful connotations,” read the letter. New names in contention for the storied franchise are said to be the Redtails, the Warriors, and the Monuments. The Redtails would be in homage to the Tuskegee Airmen, a group of African-American and Caribbean-born military pilots who fought in World War II. The nickname “Redtails” emerged from their planes, which had a distinct crimson tail.

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This past Tuesday, we had a visitor at the Tehillim Kollel office. A fine yungerman came over to personally arrange his membership. He actually was already an active member and sought to extend it for another three months. The story he shared was not very dramatic, but deeply heartening, especially in these challenging financial times. “For the last few years, I’ve had the zechus of having my name and the names of my family members on the list repeated daily by the dedicated Tehillim Kollel delegates. Throughout this time, I can attest to many wondrous yeshuos in my household, and I am certain that I can thank the deep power of Tehillim for them. “Just a few days ago, I lost my job and with it, the modest income I earned to support my family. Luckily, I did not allow myself to become dejected, but told my children, ‘Hashem has caused me to leave my current job because He has a much better one waiting for me!’ “Indeed, I lost my parnassah. But my connection with the Tehillim’l I will never lose, be’ezras Hashem. I myself say plenty Tehillim, yet I still wish to be a part of the pious minyan reciting Tehillim daily. I am sure that the power of this tefillah b’tzibbur will bring a shower of blessing and bounty to me very soon.” With a cheerful disposition, this faithful young man ended his moving tale, “Even though the yeshuah is not here yet, we sing the songs of David Hamelech enthusiastically.”

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The NFL’s Washington Redskins announced that it would “review” its name amid a growing controversy over the moniker’s alleged racial connotations. In a statement last Friday, the Redskins said that it would “undergo a thorough review” that would likely result in changing its name. “In light of recent events around

President Donald Trump warned of a “left-wing cultural revolution” during a fiery July 4th speech and fireworks display at Mount Rushmore. Standing before 7,500 people who had traveled to South Dakota to celebrate America’s birthday, Trump unleashed a withering address against the often-violent rioters who have torn apart the country in recent

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weeks. Flanked by the iconic carved images of past presidents on Mount Rushmore, Trump slammed the protesters toppling statues of America’s founders and accused them of seeking to “end America.” Rather than fighting for racial justice, Trump said that they were engaging in a “merciless campaign to wipe out our history, defame our heroes, erase our values, and indoctrinate our children.” “We will expose this dangerous movement, protect our nation’s children, end this radical assault, and preserve our beloved American way of life,” Trump vowed. Later on his in his speech, Trump called those toppling monuments of America’s founders “a new far -eft fascism that demands absolute allegiance.” “Angry mobs are trying to tear down statues of our founders, deface our most sacred memorials, and unleash a wave of violent crime in our cities,” Trump said. “Many of these people have no idea why they’re doing this, but some know exactly what they are doing. “They think the American people are weak and soft and submissive. But, no, the American people are

strong and proud, and they will not allow our country, and all of its values, history, and culture to be taken from them.” The speech was Trump’s most explosive one yet since the rioters erupted following the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis last month and could signify that his reelection campaign is changing its strategy. According to reports last week, Trump has been distancing his son-in-law Jared Kushner from his campaign over concerns that his message of racial reconciliation was off-putting to the Republican base concerned about law and order. With only five months to go until election day, Trump trails challenger Joe Biden by an average of 10 points and has seen his approval rating plummet in the polls amid the coronavirus, an economic collapse, and widespread race riots.

It’s a Dog’s Life Your family pet may be much older than you previously thought.

Traditionally, humans have calculated the relative age of their favorite canines by multiplying a dog’s by seven. For example, a four-year-old dog would be equivalent in age to a 28-year-old human.

But now, a group of researchers say that they have developed a more precise formula that accurately determines the age difference between humans and dogs. According to the researchers at the University of California at San Diego, the “multiply by 7” method is often inaccurate. Finding that dogs age at a much faster rate than humans, they say that looking at methyl groups in dog and human genomes is a more precise way at determining aging patterns. The new formula looks at the changes in cells to decide how old an organism truly is. It is applicable not only in regards to dogs, but to all animals, and would give veterinarians and researchers better insight into how to treat our furry friends. In the study, researchers examined changes in the blood of 105 Labrador retrievers. The results showed that the changes in the genes of a fiveyear-old animal often parallels those seen in a 30-year-old human. But by the time a dog is 10 years old, its aging slows, making them closer to a 70-year-old person than a 100-yearold human than the “multiply by 7” method would suggest. “This makes sense when you think about it – after all, a nine-month-old dog can have puppies, so we already knew that the 1:7 ratio wasn’t an accurate measure of age,” notes study author Trey Ideker.

Rare Dangerous Amoeba Florida health officials have confirmed that a rare case of a brain-eating amoeba was found in Hillsborough County. “One person contracted Naegleria fowleri in Hillsborough County.

Naegleria fowleri is a microscopic single-celled living amoeba,” announced Florida’s Department of Health. It did not mention what state the patient is in or how he contracted the rare disease. The amoeba thrives in warm freshwater environments and penetrates the body through the nose. It often results in a rare brain infection called primary amebic meningoencephalitis (PAM) that destroys brain tissue and is usually fatal. Symptoms of the disease are usually fever, nausea and vomiting along with a stiff neck and a splitting headache. Most carriers usually succumb to the amoeba within a week. The infection cannot be transferred between people and is considered relatively rare, with Florida experiencing just 37 total cases since 1962. Infections are normally found in the southern U.S. during the warm summer season. Because of the deadly consequences it causes, state officials issued a public health warning calling on residents to avoid putting their noses in contact with tap and lake water. “Infections usually occur when temperatures increase for prolonged periods of time, which results in higher water temperatures and lower water levels,” warned health officials. “Remember, this disease is rare. Effective prevention strategies can allow for a safe and relaxing summer swim season,” added the Department of Health.

Kanye for Prez?

Kanye West, a prominent African-American musician and social activist, announced this week that he will run for president in November. The 43-year-old hip hop artist made his surprising announcement on Twitter on July 4th. “We must now realize the promise of America by trusting G-d, unifying our vision and building our future. I am running for president of the United States,” tweeted West. He later posted an American

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would need to work quickly to get his name on the ballot in time for November. In order to qualify as an independent candidate, West needs to gather the requisite number of signatures before each state’s deadline. The cut-off date has already passed in several major states and is rapidly approaching in many others. Nevertheless, West already earned the public endorsement of Telsa CEO and billionaire Elon Musk, who tweeted that he has “his full support.”

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ing more kids in your home.’ And then, we got rid of the mental health institutes in the ‘80s and the ‘90s, and the prison rates just shot up.” West had previously announced his intention to run for the job of commander-in-chief back in 2015 but quickly reversed course. His tweet notwithstanding, it is unclear if West is actually serious about pursuing a presidential run. The singer has not yet registered with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) and

Gun violence has skyrocketed across the United States to levels not seen in years only a few weeks after mass protests called to “defund the police.” Several cities have been experiencing unprecedented surges in gun violence in recent weeks. But the 4th of July weekend saw shootings jump even more, with a series of shootings killing dozens in urban cities all across America. In Chicago, 80 people were shot, with 14 killed over this past weekend alone in 49 separate shooting incidents. Included in the death toll were a 7-year-old girl gunned down at her grandmother’s house and a shooting spree that killed eight at a Fourth of July party. Another city experiencing a spike in shootings is Philadelphia, where 7 people were shot during a 3-hour period on Monday. Overall, shootings have risen 57% since 2019 while murders have jumped 24%. In California, the Los Angeles Police Department says that murders rose by at least 250% compared to the previous week. Meanwhile, New York City is being plagued by a spate of gun violence not seen since the crimeplagued 1980’s. Eleven people were killed in a two-day period, with

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30 shootings occurring on Sunday alone. Overall, 48 people were shot in New York City over July 4th weekend, including one that victimized a man and his six-year-old daughter in broad daylight that was caught on camera. America’s spiraling gun violence comes amid a policing crisis and a general breakdown of law and order that followed the death of George Floyd. As millions nationwide call to

“defund the police,” law enforcement has been fighting a crisis in morale and a wave of retirements. Police unions have also spoken of a general unwillingness to fight crime due to feelings that officers will not be backed up by politicians in the event of a shooting. NYPD Chief of Department Terence Monahan noted, “Rikers Island (jail) in New York is empty. Between COVID, between bail reform, the protests caused animosity towards

the police, which took us out of neighborhoods that needed us the most.”

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In recent years, the term has taken on a negative connotation as it “often results in the displacement of earlier, usually poorer residents.” In a survey carried out by the National Community Reinvestment Coalition, researchers looked at data from the American Community Survey to rank regions by order of increasing gentrification. According to the findings, California has the most amount of gentrification in the U.S. No less than 5 of the top 20 most gentrified cities in all 50 states were located in the Golden State. This includes San Francisco-Oakland, San Jose, Sacramento, San Diego, and Los Angeles. “The coastal cities always show up as most gentrifying, so it’s not surprising at all,” said Karen Chapple, who directs the Urban Displacement Project at University of California, Berkeley. Topping the list was San Francisco-Oakland, whose abundance of highly-paid tech workers combined with restrictions on new construction have resulted in soaring rents all across the city. Coming in second was Denver, followed by Boston, Miami-Fort Lauderdale, and New Orleans. While Washington, D.C., came in first place in last year’s survey, the spike in crime and other factors dropped the nation’s capital to number 13. New York City remained at number 7, while Dallas made the top 20 for the first time. “NCRC once again found that gentrification and displacement was highly concentrated, and that most low-income neighborhoods, and the vast majority of cities, continued to deal with a chronic lack of investment,” concluded the study.

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Members of the Electoral College need to vote for a state’s popular vote winner in presidential elections or face punishment from the states. That was the unanimous ruling of the Supreme Court this week, regarding Electoral College members. In 2016, 10 of the 538 presidential electors went rogue, attempting to vote for someone other than their pledged candidate. In all, 32 states and the District of Columbia have laws that are meant to discourage faithless electors. But until 2016, no state had ever actually punished or removed an elector because of his or her vote. “Today, we consider whether a State may also penalize an elector for breaking his pledge and voting for someone other than the presidential candidate who won his State’s popular vote. We hold that a State may do so,” Justice Elena Kagan wrote. “The Constitution’s text and the Nation’s history both support allowing a State to enforce an elector’s pledge to support his party’s nominee – and the state voters’ choice – for President,” she added. Three presidential electors in Washington state, for example, voted for Colin Powell in 2016 rather than Hillary Clinton and one voted for anti-Keystone XL pipeline protester Faith Spotted Eagle. A $1,000 fine was upheld by the state Supreme Court. In Colorado, the legal outcome was different when Micheal Baca sought to vote for John Kasich instead of Clinton. Baca’s vote was rejected and he was removed and replaced with a substitute who voted for Clinton. Baca was referred for potential perjury prosecution, although no charges were filed. He filed suit, and ultimately won when the 10th US Circuit Court of Appeals held that while the state does have the power to appoint electors, that does not extend to the

Deutsche Bank has been hit with a $150 million penalty for failing to monitor Jeffrey Epstein’s accounts even though they could have been linked to crimes. The bank did not scrutinize hundreds of transactions totaling millions of dollars by Epstein between 2013 and 2018 despite clear warning signs they could be linked to crimes, New York State’s Department of Financial Services said. “Banks are the first line of defense with respect to preventing the facilitation of crime through the financial system, and it is fundamental that banks tailor the monitoring of their customers’ activity based upon the types of risk that are posed by a particular customer,” Financial Services Superintendent Linda Lacewell said. “In the case of Jeffrey Epstein in particular, despite knowing Mr. Epstein’s terrible criminal history, the bank inexcusably failed to detect or prevent millions of dollars of suspicious transactions.” The shady transactions included payments to Epstein’s alleged enablers, more than $7 million in settlement payments and $6 million payments to law firms along with payments to Russians, for women’s school tuition, hotel and rent expenses, and payments to “numerous women with Eastern European surnames,” the agency said. Epstein also made “periodic suspicious cash withdrawals” totaling more than $800,000 over four years, according to the Department of Financial Services. The state probe found that Deutsche Bank failed to follow proper

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protocols for monitoring the Epstein account. In general, the problems were exacerbated by a “series of procedural failures, mistakes, and sloppiness,” the state agency said.

FBI Warns of Chinese Widespread Theft

FBI Director Christopher Wray warned Americans this week that the Chinese government’s theft of American information is taking place on such a large scale that suspected incidents make up nearly half of his bureau’s counterintelligence cases. Speaking at an event hosted by the Hudson Institute in Washington, Wray said that Chinese thefts amount to “one of the largest transfers of wealth in human history” and that the American people are the victims. “Of the nearly 5,000 active FBI counterintelligence cases currently underway across the country, almost half are related to China,” Wray said. “And at this very moment, China is working to compromise American health care organizations, pharmaceutical companies and academic institutions conducting essential COVID-19 research.” In fact, Wray said that most Americans have already been affected. “If you’re an American adult, it is more likely than not that China has stolen your personal data,” he said. As an example, Wray noted that in 2014 Chinese hackers stole more than 21 million records from the U.S. Office of Personnel Management. The Chinese Communist Party “uses a diverse range of sophisticated techniques – everything from cyber intrusions to corrupting trusted insiders” and even “outright physical theft.” To do this, he claimed, they use “a wide range of actors – including not just Chinese intelligence services, but state-owned enterprises, ostensibly private companies, certain kinds of graduate students and

researchers, and a whole variety of other actors working on their behalf.” Wray’s remarks came a day after Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the Trump administration is considering restricting United States’ users’ access to the Chinese social media application TikTok over concerns it is potentially being used by the Beijing government as a means to surveil and propagandize people. Pompeo warned Americans that they should be cautious in using the video app, lest they want their private information “in the hands of the Chinese Communist Party.”

Atlantic Coast Pipeline Cancelled

Dominion Energy and Duke Energy announced that they are scrapping their plans to construct the Atlantic Coast Pipeline, a project that was slated to traverse West Virginia, Virginia, and North Carolina. The energy giants cited “legal uncertainty” as the reason, despite a recent victory in the U.S. Supreme Court. The mammoth infrastructure project had been attacked by a flurry of lawsuits by environmental groups, putting the pipeline’s economic viability in question. First launched in 2014, the $8 billion Atlantic Coast Pipeline would have transferred natural gas originating in West Virginia to the southern United States. The infrastructure initiative was expected to bring economic prosperity to a host of disadvantaged regions, including cheaper fuel costs and job creation. However, the pipeline had been opposed by an unlikely coalition of coal executives, environmentalists, and farmers, who challenged it repeatedly in courts all across the United States. In the most recent decision, the Supreme Court ruled 7-2 in early June that the pipeline can be permitted to cross the Appalachian Trail. Upon announcing the cancella-

tion of the project, Dominion Energy Chairman Thomas Farell warned that the thicket of regulation and legal challenges threatened the U.S.’s quest for energy independence. “This announcement reflects the increasing legal uncertainty that overhangs large-scale energy and industrial infrastructure development in the United States,” said Farrell. “Until these issues are resolved, the ability to satisfy the country’s energy needs will be significantly challenged.” Farrell added that the companies had “worked diligently and invested billions of dollars to complete the project and deliver the much-needed infrastructure to our customers and communities” since the pipeline was first announced. “Sadly, when jobs are needed the most, the pipeline construction people, their families and the businesses that support them will not be going back to work,” added Greg Kozea, a spokesperson for natural gas advocacy group Shale USA. “Before the ‘antis’ celebrate too much, I suggest they visit a pipeline worker and their family to see the real damage done to real people. A few low-wage solar panel installer jobs

won’t replace the pipeline and manufacturing jobs the pipeline would have brought.”

Train Hotel

If you want to experience something truly novel, consider Kruger Shalati: The Train on the Bridge on your next vacation. This hotel, located in South Africa, is being constructed from an old train on the Selati Bridge over the Sabie River in Kruger National Park. It features 24 carriage rooms in the train that is permanently stationed on the bridge’s disused tracks. The view is most impressive. The

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glass-walled train rooms overlook the river. Additionally, there are separate dining areas and a swimming pool – also on the bridge. Stays at the hotel, which include meals and guided vehicle tours of the park’s wildlife, begin at $520 per night. The national park opened in the early 1920s. Back then, trains would park overnight in the exact spot where Kruger Shalati will be positioned when it opens after the pandemic is over. The resort is adjacent to the Skukuza Camp inside Kruger National Park, where the so-called “Big Five” – lions, leopards, rhinos, elephants and African buffaloes – roam freely. Kruger Park is one of the largest game reserves in all of Africa. Covering 2 million hectares of land, it’s filled with hundreds of animal species as well as cultural heritage and archaeological Stone Age sites. Considering sleeping in a train on your next vacation? Leave the kids at home. Only children over the age of 12 are allowed to stay in the train cars. Sounds like a great vacation – full-steam ahead!

Paragliding on a Couch

Paragliding may be the best sport you can do during these times – you can even do it from your living room. Hasan Kaval, a paragliding instructor, recently rigged up a couch and a TV so he could become a “couch potato” hundreds of feet in the air. The 29-year-old from Turkey created a miniature living room, complete with a couch, a lamp and a TV set, and rigged it to a parachute harness to take on the paragliding track at Babadag Air Sports and Recreation Center. Kaval and his friends shared a video of the stunt. In it, Kaval is seen cruising through the air on a red sofa. At one point, he kicks off his shoes over the water and puts on slippers so he could settle in and watch cartoons from his cozy perch.

He even pulls some snacks and drinks out of his bag in the air to enjoy during his TV time. In due time, Kaval and his flying contraption landed safely. That was Kaval’s goal the whole time: to prove how safe paragliding can be. I’d rather watch cartoons while sitting on my couch – in my real living room.

Money Pit

Wynn Hall made a surprising discovery when he drained his pond recently. The Nebraska farmer found an ATM at the bottom of the water. Hall had started the process of draining the pond, which is used for pumping waters off his fields, and checked on it the following morning. Initially, he thought there was a household appliance at the bottom of his pond. “I thought, who would throw a refrigerator or a stove and put it in the pond, in fact, the deepest part of the pond?” It wasn’t until he took a photo of the object and zoomed in – and then he realized it was an ATM. The last time Hall drained the pond was in 2019. After he called the sheriff’s office to collect the ATM, he was told that an ATM had recently been stolen in the area. Don’t you wonder how much cash was left inside?

Mask of Gold

Forget those flimsy blue masks you’ve been wearing. Shankar Kurhade has a different approach to face coverings. The Indian businessman said he paid about $4,000 for a bespoke gold face mask to protect him from the coronavirus raging in the country.

The precious metal covering weighs 60 grams and took craftsmen eight days to make. “It is a thin mask and has tiny pores that is helping me to breathe,” Shankar said. “I am not sure if it will be effective to protect me from a coronavirus infection but I am taking other precautions,” he added. Shankar likes jewelry. When going out, he wears a bracelet, a necklace, and rings on each finger on his right hand. Kurhade said he got the idea for the gold face mask after seeing a media report about a man wearing one made from silver. “People are asking me for selfies,” he noted. “They are awestruck when they see me wearing the gold mask in markets.” Maybe they’re just shocked by his absolute brilliance.

3,666 Miles in 20 Days “I am the fastest woman to cycle across Canada, so I still have some sort of a record,” Bianca Hayes said. Hayes said this after accomplishing a harrowing feat: biking from Vancouver, British Columbia, across Canada, to Halifax, Nova Scotia. Her 3,666-mile trek took her a mere 20 days. Still, despite the amazing fortitude Hayes showed in accomplishing this feat, she did not reach her original goal of finishing in less than 15 days. Completing the ride in less than 15 days would have allowed her to beat the male record. Instead, she “only” set a new record for female cyclists. Hayes’ ride raised more than $22,000 for ovarian cancer research. Her sister had succumbed to the disease in 2018. Hayes, who estimated she changed 15 to 20 flat bike tires during her journey, said she has not ruled out making a second attempt at a cross-Canada ride. “We’re hoping in a couple years we can attack this again and, now that we know what we’re up against, maybe we can anticipate some more things and be a little bit more prepared for those,” the cyclist said. “It was obviously a massive physical undertaking, but it was well worth it for what we’ve been able to do.” We just wish we could get off the couch more often.

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Rambam Graduation: Live and in Person!

he Rambam Mesivta Graduation of the Class of 2020/5780 was held live and in person – yes, live and in person in the Rambam backyard on Monday, June 29. After months of speculation about no live graduations taking place on Long Island, Rambam held one of the first graduations to feature students and parents present and seated at a real graduation ceremony. The program was held in accordance with the state issued guidelines that permitted in-person graduation ceremonies as of June 26. The evening began, appropriately enough, with principal Rabbi Yotav Eliach welcoming all the guests. In the spirit of hakarat hatov, he immediately put into perspective just how much effort and work went into creating this meaningful, one-of-a-kind experience. Rabbi Eliach then called up members of the Rambam a capella group, The Harmonides. Seniors Abie Hersh, Eitan Auerbach, and Avi Balsam filled the evening sky with beautiful renditions of “The Star-Spangled Banner” and “Hatikvah.” Their singing was heartfelt and set the tone for what a live graduation can truly be. Rabbi Zev Meir Friedman, rosh mesivta of Rambam, next addressed the graduates. He, too, expressed his thanks and shared with the talmidim the importance of patience and perspective. He highlighted the need for the graduates to understand that, as the Covid crisis revealed, despite man’s best efforts to plan, everything is ultimately in Hashem’s hands. It is important to appreciate what we have and to look at the big picture. Rabbi Friedman then turned the stage over to Avi Balsam, the 2020/5780 salutatorian. Avi, who spent last summer at the Garcia Center at Stony Brook and plans to study in Yeshivat Har Etzion-Gush in September, delivered a speech that focused on going above and beyond what one “needs” to do. His message to his fellow graduates was that “Torah and middos aren’t two things, but one thing.” Next up was National Merit Finalist and visionary HaMasmid editor-in-chief, Uriel Sussman, the valedictorian. Uriel, who also is going to Gush in September, emphasized the significance of “The Rambam Man,” the school’s “ideal graduate” and something that his fellow classmates should continually aspire to be. He concluded by noting that “the common thread, the value of Rambam, is best summed up by one of Shammai’s remarks in the first perek of Pirkei Avos, ‘Emor me’at va’aseh harbeh,’ say little and do a lot.” He concluded confidently that his fellow classmates would take this mission to the world and do a great deal of good. Following Uriel’s speech was a rain delay. Indeed, despite patience and preparation, the clouds rolled in, and the rain came down. Nevertheless, the crowd was undaunted. Graduates and their parents returned to their cars for a 15-minute break, after which time the sky cleared and everyone returned to the field. Administration, faculty, students, and parents swiftly wiped down chairs, and the Rambam graduation of 2020/5780 continued with the Award Ceremony. Students were asked to stand

when their name was called and be recognized for their individual achievements. The awards highlighted kodesh learning, academic excellence, leadership, Zionism, chessed and so much more. Every student was acknowledged and awarded for their individual strengths and accomplishments. Matt Bach, Rambam Class of 2012 alumnus, presented the Phillip Bach Memorial Keter Shem Tov Award to Marc Landsberg. Rabbi Friedman concluded the first portion of the Award Ceremony by honoring all the Masmidim learners, and Rabbi Eliach concluded part two by recognizing the graduating class’ Arista Academic Honor Society members. Next the Yearbook editors, Eli Boord and Josh Goldenberg, made a surprise presentation. With Josh holding the Yearbook, Eli discussed all the worthy candidates for a yearbook dedication. In the end, they chose to dedicate the yearbook in memory of Yuvie Figueroa, the late wife of Jeff Lara, the school’s Security Guard, who keeps the school safe while giving everyone a smile. Jeff, with tears in his eyes and accompanied by a standing ovation, went up to accept his copy of the yearbook. Another memorable event soon occurred as Mr. Hillel Gold-

man, associate principal, called up SGO President, Eitan Auerbach, and Senior Council co-presidents, Moshe Goldfeder and Avi Koenig who took the stage to discuss senior gift. Taking funds they raised for what would have gone toward their senior trip, they chose to give $3,000 to tzedakah, a sum that was matched by Rabbi Friedman, Rabbi Eliach, and Mr. Goldman in a statement they hoped would send the message that education and life are about giving, not taking. Rabbi Eliach next shared words of chizuk to the seniors, giving them a plan for having a meaningful Israel experience. He emphasized not to make Israel a fifth year of high school but rather to “hit the ground running” regarding Torah learning and experiencing the land, culture and language of Eretz Yisrael. It was then time for the diploma ceremony. Due to social distancing guidelines, there was concern that the graduates would not be able to receive their diplomas and take actual pictures with the administration. Undeterred, Rabbi Friedman revealed a life-size cardboard cutout of himself, Rabbi Eliach, and Mr. Goldman. Each graduate was called up, received a diploma, and, to the delight of students and parents alike, posed with “The Administration.” Graduation concluded with Mr. Goldman’s message to the graduates. He stressed the importance of having higher standards than the world at large and staying true to the idea that adversity should bring out the best in all of them, as indeed it had during the COVID crisis when “The Class of 2020/5780 became the leaders via Zoom, creating tremendous programming and leading the way on learning and chessed.” He asked the graduates to stand and, under blue skies, declared them “The Class of 2020/5780!” After graduation, the newly minted alumni received swag bags with their awards, a book on Israel and Zionism, Rabbi Eliach’s Guidebook to Israel, and their yearbooks. They then had a “Drive-by” or “Drive Bye” where they said goodbye to rebbeim and faculty who came to wish them mazal tov and good luck. It was the culmination of four years of hard work, months of planning, and a message that, as Rabbi Friedman stated at the outset, patience and perseverance pays off – a truly fitting denouement to give to the class of 2020/5780.

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Specialists’ Clinic to Open in Ramat Givat Zeev

ven before the current wave of Aliyah, Ramat Givat Zeev had been one of Israel’s most sought-after neighborhoods for American olim – and now all the more so. Great news! The neighborhood’s developers, the well-established Kass Group, have decided to open in the neighborhood a medical clinic with specialists such as dentists, ophthalmologists, etc. for doctors who will be making Aliyah. The project was highly praised by the Israeli government for its dual purpose of assisting new olim while filling the growing need in Israel for

specialists. From its inception, Ramat Givat Zeev was designed to meet the distinctive needs of American olim. Today, the more than 200 satisfied American families living there agree with real estate experts who describe it as one of the most beautiful neighborhoods ever built in Israel. Located about 20 minutes from the center of Jerusalem, Ramat Givat Zeev offers American buyers everything they are accustomed to and more: luxury apartments and villas in an upscale neighborhood with the added bonus of a warm, welcoming community.

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ummer vacation is in full swing but the learning isn’t stopping at HANC Plainview! In May, school librarian Francie Goldberg decided to create a cooking club for the fifth and sixth graders, and it has expanded into a summer learning program for students entering sixth, seventh and eighth grade at HANC. “Towards the end of the school year, I noticed the students started to focus on all the things they were missing out on due to Covid-19, like canceled day trips and a ‘normal’ graduation, so I decided to offer something exclusive to the students and change their perception of the end of the year with a positive experience they would look back on with a smile. It was so well received that when I was asked to continue through the summer I couldn’t say no,” said Mrs. Goldberg. Titled “The Culinary Institute of Covid-19” (each summer attendee gets their own t-shirt with the name on it), culinary students bake a dessert and create a side dish for Shabbat on Thursday nights. The students and their parents are always providing positive feedback about the food. One parent, Jaimie Shein, whose son has been a participant since May, said, “He loves the class and really looks forward to Thursday nights. Everything is delicious and looks so impressive, he has even repeated recipes on his own and takes over cooking for Shabbat!”

Almost all of the recipes used are those most frequently cooked by Mrs. Goldberg herself for her family and received copyright permissions from the cookbook authors to use their recipes in this format. “Each week my table is filled with amazing food created by a combination of Susie Fishbein (The Kosher Palette and Kosher By Design series), Daniella Silver (The Silver Platter series), Chanie Apfelbaum (Busy in Brooklyn and Millennial Kosher), Batsheva Weinstein (The Bais Yaakov Cookbook), Esther Deutsch (Chic Made Simple) and close family friend’s family recipes. Participants never repost the recipes on social media, and I always credit the original source each week in addition to sharing the story behind how that recipe ended up as a Shabbos staple in my home. It is important for me to teach the value of copyright permissions while cooking and baking, especially since so many people share recipes online so freely these days,” notes Mrs. Goldberg. While spring sessions were filled with deli rolls, squash pie, blondies and mandelbread, summer session is filled with cakes, salads, and pasta dishes. As Mrs. Goldberg ends every email, “Looking forward to making something delicious together.” Everyone who participates in eating the final dishes together wholeheartedly agree – it is delicious indeed.

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Building Foundations: In Memory of our Beloved Morah By Shira Frechter

hile the classrooms may be but a distant memory to most, it wasn’t so long ago that I can remember sitting in a desk in MSHS listening to the lessons of my teacher, Miriam Kayla Adler. Whether the subject was Chumash, Navi, or Jewish History, her classes all had one underlying purpose—to prepare her talmidos for the future. She taught us how to build foundations. The foundation for a happy, successful life according to the Torah. The foundation for a healthy and loving marriage. The foundation to build a Bayis Neeman B’Yisroel. While these memories are now almost five years old and her first Yahrzeit passed just a couple of weeks ago, the lessons taught by our dear Morah Adler are still prevalent and fresh in the minds of her students today. And as my classmates and I take the next step

in our journeys in becoming kallahs, wives, and eventually mothers, those lessons are all the more essential to us. The COVID-19 pandemic took much from us. Schools and stores were closed for months. Many lost their jobs. Many had financial struggles. Most unfortunate, we lost too many loved ones too soon. But life goes on, even during a pandemic. And while we are now hopefully emerging on the other side of this calamity, we still have the foundations upon which we can begin rebuilding. We have our families. We have our shuls. We have our community. And while we begin to rebuild, we need to look out for those others who can’t do it on their own. The Be’er Miriam Tziporah Hachnosas Kallah fund has been doing just that for years—stepping in to help build the foundation for those who don’t have the tools. When a cou-

ple gets engaged, and all they have to contribute to their wedding is excitement and prayers, it is the Hachnosas Kallah fund that takes care of it all. From the details of the wedding night itself, including—but not limited to— the hall, band, caterer, photographer, gown, and staff, to even after the wedding is over and the couple goes on to begin their new lives together, with providing apartment essentials, such as furniture, linen, and kitchen supplies, the fund steps up to take care of this future community family. The goal is to provide and support a solid foundation on which the couple can successfully build a home together. This provision is more than financial. Wedding planning can be stressful, and the Hachnosas Kallah fund strives to eliminate as much of that stress as possible in order to allow the Chosson and Kallah to focus on each other and their future, together. In these difficult and unprece-

dented times, we are all building and rebuilding, and the most important thing we, as a community, can do right now is to support each other. We need to ensure that everyone’s foundations are as strong as they can be. We need to support the new homes and families that are developing around us, for their sake, and for the sake of our community. The Be’er Miriam Tziporah Hachnosas Kallah fund may have been established before her petirah, but the message and motivations behind it reflect exactly what Miriam Kayla Adler taught and stood for, and therefore it is so fitting for her name to be associated with it as well. Now more than ever, we must remember the lessons she so lovingly taught. Not only must we remember to build and upkeep our own strong foundations, but we also must do all that we can to support those who are building around us.

Having a Great Time at Camp Atara

e are having a fabulous “TIME” in Camp Atara! The summer began with an overflowing bubble of joy in our amazing foam pit. The ”time” continues to flow with a surprise trip to the sprinkler park and a blind man’s hike for our older divisions. Our campers received adorable camp bags to be packed up so they can be on “time”

to camp. Our younger division enjoyed “story time” about a petting zoo and then realized a petting zoo was waiting for them outside! The older division enjoyed a “story time” about all the colors of the world and then enjoyed an activity of airbrushing towels! The week concluded with a “Magical Time” and an amazing, wondrous magic show!

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This past Friday, Pesach Osina teamed up with Assemblymember Stacey Pheffer Amato, Senator Joe Addabbo, Rockaway Nassau Safety Patrol, New York City Mayors office, Ready Rockaway and community census partners JCCRP and Yeshiva Darchei Torah to distribute free masks to community residents

Meng Announces $1.6 Million in Federal Funds to Help Queens Jewish Facilities Improve Security Nonprofit Security Grants will help 16 borough synagogues and educational institutions with protecting their properties against threats and attacks

.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-Queens), a member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security, announced last week that $1.6 million in federal funding for security improvements has been awarded to 16 Jewish facilities throughout Queens. The funds are allocated through the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Nonprofit Security Grant Program, the initiative that provides houses of worship and nonprofit entities with funding to protect their properties against threats and attacks. The grants, which are administered by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), cover target-hardening and other physical security enhancements such as barriers, gates, safety gear, surveillance equipment, and other safety measures. Each Queens facility receiv-

ing funds, which consist of synagogues and educational institutions, was awarded the maximum grant amount of $100,000. They include the following: • Reform Temple of Forest Hills $100,000 • Young Israel of Hillcrest $100,000 • Rabbinical Seminary of America in Kew Gardens Hills $100,000 • Young Israel of Queens Valley in Kew Gardens Hills $100,000 • Torah Center of Hillcrest $100,000 • Forest Hills Jewish Center $100,000 • Jewish Center of Forest Hills West in Middle Village $100,000 • Shaarey Bnos Chayil Institute in Kew Gardens Hills $100,000

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• Congregation Ohr Menachem in Forest Hills $100,000 • Utopia Jewish Center in Fresh Meadows $100,000 • Young Israel of Kew Gardens Hills $100,000 • Touro College in Forest Hills $100,000 • United Talmudical Seminary in Glendale $100,000 • Jewish Institute of Queens in Elmhurst $100,000 • Bais Yaakov Academy for Girls in Kew Gardens $100,000 • Yeshiva of Central Queens in Kew Gardens Hills $100,000 “Following the increase in hate crimes and anti-Semitic incidents, it is vital that Jewish facilities have the resources they need to protect themselves, and these critical funds will be a huge help in guarding against attacks here in Queens,” said Meng. “For years, I have worked to expand funding and awareness of these grants, and after last Decem-

ber’s horrifying attack in Monsey, I urged more local facilities to apply. Many did so, and I’m pleased to have worked with several of them to help secure this money. “We cannot let our guard down for a moment. Safety and security must continue to be the number one priority, and I remain committed to doing everything possible to ensure that Jewish facilities are protected from those who seek to do harm.” The grant awards come after Meng held a workshop in Queens this past January that helped houses of worship and nonprofits in the borough learn about the Nonprofit Security Grant Program and how they could successfully apply for funding. The Congresswoman hosted the event in Kew Gardens prior to this year’s application deadline which was in March. As a member of the House Appropriations Committee – the panel that funds all U.S. government agencies, programs, and projects, including the Nonprofit Security Grant Program – Meng has helped to increase funding of the grants over the last several years, boosting the initiative to a record $90 million for current fiscal year 2020.

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YIJE: Taking It One Step at a Time

hances are, if you ask a dentist over age 65 he may tell you, “I remember when we didn’t even wear gloves.” Will we be telling our grandchildren that we remember when we didn’t have to wear masks to shul? I hope not. But for now, we in Jamaica Estates, will take comfort in the baby steps that are allowing us to return to some form of “normal.” Our Youth Department at Young Israel of Jamaica Estates finished the season with a bang. Capitalizing on the gorgeous spring nights, our Youth Director Zach Herskowitz arranged a special event inviting families from all over to an old-fashioned drivein movie. We enjoyed “Zoolander” as a community. It was a chance to relax and socialize at a safe social distance. Unfortunately, there were some technical issues getting the movie started…well, not really… That was just Zach’s creativity at work using this opportune moment for a one-of-a-kind Color War Breakout! How can we add a special twist to a mid-COVID Color War? By having

loads of crazy innovative DIY challenges. Also, for the first time ever, we competed against another shul, the Young Israel of Lawrence-Cedarhurst. The weeklong event between teams Aish and Mayim reached its finale in head-to-head exciting Zoom competitions and fantastic prizes for all. Meanwhile, the backyard minyanim were expertly arranged by the hard-working health committee at YIJE. We had a surprisingly comforting transition. They provided an intimate setting for tefillah, eliminating chit-chat, but offering the much needed and missed face-to-face (or mask to mask) interaction that we have all craved. The weather was often pleasant and enabled people to start lingering just a bit longer in the street afterward to catch up and engage in ways we had almost forgotten. For the Jamaica Estates community, these hard-won baby steps have finally culminated in the long awaited re-opening of our shul building. Just in time for the extreme heat

and humidity, this past Shabbat, we smiled (beneath our masks) and cried as Rabbi Lerner said the Shehechianu aloud in appreciation of this momentous day. He shared a thought from the parsha about how Aaron’s staff in the aftermath of the Korach rebellion was made to bloom in the darkness, symbolizing that growth often comes from the depths of darkness and leaving us with the inspiring

message that we can only rise higher and higher from what has been a dark few months. Of course, minyan still requires pre-registration, as capacity was limited, the singing was curtailed, and the children stayed home – so we have a long way to go. But for now, with fierce emunah and donning masks, we finally pray together in body and spirit and keep taking it one step at a time.

Rep. Rice Announces Over $1.3 M in Security Grant Funding for Faith-Based Nonprofits

.S. Representative Kathleen Rice (NY-04) announced this week that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has awarded $12.6 million for security enhancements to nonprofit organizations in the greater New York City area, including over $1.3 million to fourteen Jewish and other faith-based organizations in New York’s fourth congressional district. The funding was awarded through DHS’s FY 2020 Nonprofit Security Grant Program (NSGP), which supports target hardening and physical security enhancements at non-profit organizations that are at a higher risk of a terrorist attack. “This past year, we have seen an alarming rise in anti-Semitic incidents in New York and across the country, and it hasn’t stopped even during this pandemic, when Jews have been faced with hateful conspiracy theories accusing them of spreading the virus,” said Representative Kathleen Rice. “We must

respond to this threat by protecting potential targets in our community. This federal funding will provide several faith-based organizations with the ability to enhance their security and emergency response capabilities. I was proud to help secure these grants, and I will continue to fight in Congress for the resources and federal support our communities need to remain safe.” “I want to thank Congresswoman Rice,” said Rabbi Zvi Ralbag of Congregation Bais Ephraim in Woodmere. “Security is of paramount importance in today’s day and age, and when we reached out to the Congresswoman she really came through for our synagogue and our community. She’s always there for us. She’s a real representative of the people.” “The significance of these grants in providing safety to citizens as they exercise the right to freedom of religion cannot be understated,” said Rabbi Eli Biegeleisen of the

Lido Beach Synagogue. “No American should have to be afraid of acts of hate or terror in public gatherings. These funds help secure our houses of worship from becoming easy targets. We greatly appreciate the efforts of Congresswoman Rice, her colleagues in the federal delegation, and her staff in providing these much-needed funds.” Each of the following NY-04 organizations received NSGP funding for FY 2020: • Bais Medrash of Harborview (Lawrence) $80,000 • Chabad Lubavitch of the Beaches (Atlantic, Long, Lido) $99,871 • Chabad of the Five Towns (Cedarhurst) $100,000 • Chabad of West Hempstead $100,000 • Congregation Bais Ephraim (Woodmere) $100,000 • Congregation Beth Tikvah (Wantagh) $100,000 • Congregation Eitz Chayim of Dogwood Park $100,000

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Lido Beach Synagogue $100,000 Oceanside Lutheran Church $22,600 • Temple Bnai Torah A Reform Congregation (Wantagh) $99,000 • Temple Hillel Southside Jewish Center (Valley Stream) $100,000 • Temple Zion Atlantic & Long Beach Jewish Center $99,015 • Yismach Moshe (Woodmere) $100,000 • Young Israel of Oceanside $100,000 This is the fifth consecutive year in which Rice helped secure funding for faith-based nonprofit organizations in New York’s fourth congressional district. In FY 2019, Rice helped secure $1.7 million for seventeen organizations, in FY 2018 she helped secure nearly $1.2 million for eight organizations, in FY 2017 she helped secure $450,000 for six organizations, and in FY 2016 she helped secure $575,000 for eight local organizations.

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ssemblywoman Stacey Pheffer Amato (D-South Queens) launched her annual Summer Reading Program this week for all students from 3-K to 12th Grade throughout the 23rd Assembly District.

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Bike4Chai 2020 Rides into Uncharted Territory

n Thursday, August 13, nearly 500 cyclists will ride more than 50,000 combined miles as part of Bike4Chai. Now in its 11th year, the annual cycling event raises funds for Chai Lifeline, the international children’s health support network which provides emotional, social, and financial assistance to children with life-threatening and lifelong illnesses and their families. “Bike4Chai is one of the world’s largest experiential fundraisers,” said Yoel Margolese, director of Bike4Chai. “Each cyclist enjoys taking part in the world class ride, but more importantly, they appreciate the opportunity to have a profound impact on the lives of children and families living with pediatric illness.” This year’s one-day ride will feature three scenic but challenging route options of 80, 100 and 120 miles. Cyclists will depart from Mountain Creek Resort in Vernon, NJ, at staggered intervals to maintain proper distancing and ride until they reach the gates of Camp Simcha Special, Chai Lifeline’s summer camp for children with chronic illnesses and disabilities in Glen Spey, NY. There, the riders will enjoy an outdoor gourmet barbecue lunch just outside of camp before returning to Vernon. “Bike4Chai may look different this year, but ultimately, our ‘finish line’ and our objective remain unchanged: to be there for our fami-

lies when they need us most,” said Rabbi Sruli Fried, director of Chai Lifeline NJ/PA and executive director of Bike4Chai. “COVID-19 presented us with numerous obstacles this year. However, the cyclists were inspired by our brave Chai Lifeline Warriors and rose to the challenge. They shifted gears and went that extra mile to raise critical funds which will help our most vulnerable families during this health crisis.” The event will carry extra significance for the cyclists this year as they will ride in memory of Moshe Deutsch, a Bike4Chai volunteer who was tragically killed in December’s Jersey City shooting, and Yosef Klein, a fellow Bike4Chai cyclist who was lost to COVID-19 in March. A special badge will be added to each cyclist’s jersey to honor their memories. Bike4Chai benefits Chai Lifeline’s more-than-two-dozen yearround programs and services, including professional case management and counseling, meal delivery to hospitals and homes, transportation to medical appointments, emergency financial assistance, Project Chai crisis intervention, insurance advocacy, i-Shine afterschool national programs for children living with illness or loss in their homes, Camp Simcha and Camp Simcha Special, and more. To learn more, visit www.bike4chai. com.

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Camp Simcha Without Borders Kicks Off Summer with Rocking Drive-in Concert

hildren with serious illnesses and their families enjoyed a much-needed night out from the comfort and safety of their cars at Chai Lifeline’s Summer Kickoff Concert in Monsey, NY, on July 1. The concert was the first in a series of programs and events for “Camp Simcha Without Borders,” Chai Lifeline’s new initiative to bring the magic of Camp Simcha to communities across the country this summer. Social media personality Meir Kay emceed the program, which featured performances by Beri Weber, Avraham Fried, Yoni Z, Eli Gerstner and the Yeshiva Boys Choir, and others. Close to 1,000 excited children and families sang and danced along to the music in their cars and enjoyed boxed dinners prepared by

Chai Lifeline volunteers. “Chai Lifeline’s children have been locked down, isolated, and quarantined for months,” said Rabbi Simcha Scholar, CEO of Chai Lifeline. “If they cannot come to Camp Simcha, we are thrilled to be able to bring Simcha to them and their families.” Interactive games took place in between each musical performance, with costume-clad members of the Simcha Squad, consisting of Camp Simcha counselors and staff, distributing prizes to families in their cars. “Chai Lifeline has always been there for my son and my family,” said one father, who, along with his family, took in the concert from his minivan. “Due to my son’s condition, tonight was the first opportunity we

have had to enjoy a fun and safe evening away from home since COVID-19 began.” Camp Simcha and Camp Simcha Special are Chai Lifeline’s flagship programs for children with cancer, blood disorders, and all forms of chronic illness. For the first time in its history, Camp Simcha will run day camps in cities across the United States, giving children who are unable to travel the opportunity to enjoy Simcha in their own hometowns. In addition, two modified sessions

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Shema! (Listen!) SHEMA: Studies in the Holocaust – Education, Memories and Awareness

he Five Towns, Far Rockaway and neighboring communities are united by their passionate commitment to Holocaust survivors, studies and awareness. The Marion and Aaron Gural JCC has long been serving, supporting, and nurturing the precious Holocaust survivor population. We are a safe haven for them and have been a welcoming harbor to thousands of survivors and their families over the last three decades, bringing them into our fold, embracing their unique and painful histories, offering enti-

tlements services, education, socialization, acceptance and a home away from home. As this frail and slowly diminishing group ages and, unfortunately leaves us, the urgency of preserving their stories and their memories increases. We have been privileged to be privy to countless survivors’ histories and have formed lasting bonds with struggling, vulnerable family members. As such, we announce a new initiative – SHEMA! (Listen!) Studies in the Holocaust - Education, Memories and Awareness – where we welcome sec-

ond generation Holocaust survivors who want to preserve the legacy of their parents and participate in a project-oriented support group. We are looking to create our own archive of vignettes with pictures and artifacts of survivors that will be sent out to our JCC friends on a regular basis and made accessible online and could be used for educational purposes, and shared with public and private schools. SHEMA – Listen! is our vision of an invaluable source of Holocaust survivor testimonials, memories, exhibits,

educational and awareness projects, used to perpetuate the memories of our beloved survivors for their families, neighbors, local synagogues, schools and all community members. Please contact Judy Goldberg or Rachayle Deutsch at the Gural JCC to become involved and for additional information. Call (516)569-6733 or email judy. goldberg@guraljcc.org or rachayle. deutsch@guraljcc.org. The Marion & Aaron Gural JCC is a UJA-Federation of New York proud non-profit partner.

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he talmidim of Siach Yitzchok are very much enjoying the last month of Cheder. The smiles on the boys’ faces as they walk into their classrooms are priceless. What a zchus it is to end off the year with such a high quality and personal learning. The Pre1A and kindergarten classes are extremely busy preparing for the end of year Siddur and Chumash Mesibas, and many other classes are preparing for their siyumim. After so many months of not learning with their rebbe in person and missing out on the classroom experience, there is no better way to end the year.

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Golf Truisms Although golf was originally restricted to wealthy, overweight Protestants, today it’s open to anybody who owns hideous clothing. - Dave Berry It took me seventeen years to get three thousand hits in baseball. It took one afternoon on the golf course. - Hank Aaron If you think it’s hard to meet new people, try picking up the wrong golf ball.- Jack Lemmon

Riddle me

this?

John, Bob, and Steve all played golf recently. One played at Augusta, one played at Pine Valley, and one played at Pebble Beach. If only one of the following four statements is true, who played where? 1. Steve played at Augusta.

We learn so many things from golf – how to suffer, for instance. - Bruce Lansky

2. Steve did not play at Pine Valley.

I have a tip that can take five strokes off anyone’s game: I t’s called an eraser. – Arnold Palmer

4. John did not play at Pebble Beach.

3. John did not play at Pine Valley.

see answer below

If you watch a game, it’s fun. If you play at it, it’s recreation. If you work at it, it’s golf. – Bob Hope Show me a man who is a good loser, and I’ll show you a man who is playing golf with his boss. - James Murray I know I am getting better at golf because I’m hitting fewer spectators. – President Gerald Ford Golf is played by twenty million mature American men whose wives think they are out having fun. - Jim Bishop

They say golf is like life, but don’t believe them. Golf is more complicated than that. - Gardner Dickinson Golf is a game whose aim is to hit a very small ball into an ever smaller hole, with weapons singularly ill-designed for the purpose. - Winston Churchill There is no movement in golf that cannot be made more difficult through diligent study and practice. -Henry Beard

Bonus Riddle: Why did the golfer wear two pairs of pants?

Answer: The third statement is the only one that can be true and satisfy the conditions of the puzzle. Therefore, Steve played at Pine Valley, John played at Pebble Beach, and Bob played at Augusta.

Golf is a game in which you yell “fore,” shoot six, and write down five. -Paul Harvey

Answer to bonus riddle: Just in case he got a hole in one!

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GOLF TRIVIA 1. What is the maximum number of clubs you are allowed to carry in your bag during a PGA governed competition?

1-B; 2-D; 3-A; 4-C

Jack Nicklaus (18); Tiger Woods (14); Walter Hagen (11); Ben Hogan (9); Phil Mickelson (5)

Three strokes under par Two strokes under par One stroke over par One stroke under par

a. b. c. d.

Eagle Birdie Albatross Bogey

1. 2. 3. 4.

2. Match the words with the correct definitions:

9 12 14 20

a. b. c. d.

 Answers

 Scorecard 5-6 correct: We got a scratch golfer! 3-4 correct: Want to take a mulligan?

3. What do you say when you hit a golf ball and you want to warn someone who might get hit by it? a. b. c. d.

Mulligan! Head’s up! Fore! Four!

4. Which state has the most golf courses per square mile? a. b. c. d.

Florida Rhode Island Maryland California

5. When a golfer is referred to as a “scratch golfer” what does that mean? a. He has a handicap of zero or better b. If he is not winning when he enters the last three holes, he will make up a reason why he can’t complete the game c. He takes a practice shot before each hole d. He has a handicap above 100 6. List the following players in order of amount of golf Majors that they have won: a. b. c. d. e.

0-2 correct: Fore! Watch out… we have a real brain surgeon here!

Phil Mickelson Walter Hagen Jack Nicklaus Ben Hogan Tiger Woods

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Yankel comes home after his regular Sunday golf game, and his wife asks why he doesn’t play with Moishe Goldman anymore.

Yankel asks, “Would you want to play with a guy who regularly cheats, makes a fuss over everything, lies about his score, and has nothing good to say about anyone else on the course?” “Of course, I wouldn’t,” replies his wife. “Well,” says Yankel, “neither does Moishe Goldman.”

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Torah Thought

Parshas Pinchas By Rabbi Berel Wein

he Torah traces the lineage of Pinchas back to his grandfather Aaron. At first glance, there are no more disparate characters that appear to us in the Torahâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s narrative. Aaron is gentle and kind, compromising and seeking peace between differing people and factions, noble in character and beloved by all of Israel. When Aaron passes from the world, the entire Jewish people without exception mourned his passing and felt a great loss that his departure meant to them. Aaron was not only the first high priest of the Jewish people to serve in the tab-

ernacle but was also the prototype for all later high priests that would occupy that position in future generations. In contradistinction to this assessment of character and behavior, the Torah describes Pinchas as a zealot who takes violent action against those who publicly defame and destroy Torah values and the Jewish people. He rises to the occasion by killing one of the leaders of the tribes of Israel. He is criticized by the Jewish people for such behavior, and they attributed his conduct to his lineage. Pinchas was not

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only descended from Aaron but he also was descended from non-Jewish priests, and his violent characteristics are attributed to his non-Jewish grandfather. Yet, the Torah chooses to emphasize the priestly lineage of Pinchas and attribute his behavior and his response to the public defamation of G-d in Israel specifically to his grandfather Aaron. There is a strong lesson being taught with this nuance of lineage that appears in this weekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Torah reading.

the gentle priest becomes a man of war, who can and must take decisive and even violent action to preserve the integrity of Torah and Jewish life. The Torah is generally not in favor of zealotry. However, as in the case of Pinchas, and later Elijah, sometimes zealotry is not only acceptable but necessary for Jewish survival. The problem always is how can a person measure whether the situation calls for such zealotry and even violent behavior.

When the situation demands it, the gentle priest becomes a man of war

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We will find later in Jewish history, at the time of the Greek persecution of the Jews and of Judaism, that another descendent of Aaron, Matityahu, together with his family, also kills a renegade who defames the G-d of Israel and the Jewish people publicly by sacrificing to idolatry. Here we again see that within the holy and gentle character of Aaron and the priestly clan of Israel, there resides an iron will to stand strong against the defamation of everything that is holy and eternal. When the situation demands it,

This eternal difficulty of life is presented to us. We can rarely be certain as to the correctness of our attitudes and behavior under a given situation or in response to a certain challenge. The Torah does not demand from us the wisdom of angels. But it does show us that there are different, even opposing responses, that are valid in difficult situations in both public and private life. The wise and holy person will be able to choose correctly. Shabbat shalom.

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From the Fire

Parshas Pinchas Holy Retaliation

By Rav Moshe Weinberger Adapted for publication by Binyomin Wolf

he pesukim (Bamidbar 25:1112) contain a seeming contradiction: “Pinchas the son of Elazar, the son of Aharon the kohein, turned My anger away from the children of Israel by zealously avenging Me among them so that I not destroy the children of Israel in My jealousy. Therefore, I say, ‘Behold I give him My covenant of peace.’” How does Hashem’s characterization of Pinchas as a zealous avenger of His honor square with the presumably appropriate blessing of peace?

Loving or Exacting? Chazal speak about the personality traits of kohanim in many places. The Mishna (Avos 1:12) says, “Be among the students of Aharon, loving peace, pursuing peace, loving every person and drawing them close to Torah.” Similarly, the Navi (Malachi 2:6) says about the personality of the kohein, “In peace and uprightness he went with Me, and he brought back many from sin.” Kohanim are known as being so humble that, according to the Gemara (Kiddushin 70b), if one finds a kohein who is brazen and lacks shame, it is doubtful whether he is truly a kohein. Every time the kohanim bless the Jewish people, he make the blessing,

“Who has sanctified us with the holiness of Aharon and commanded us to bless His people Israel with love.” On the other hand, the Gemara also says (Bava Basra 160b) that kohanim are generally very exacting in their dealings with others. And Levi, the progenitor of the kohanim, (along with Shimon) avenged the horrible mistreatment of his sister Dina by Shechem, saying (Bereishis 34:31), “Shall our sister be made into a harlot?” And it was the tribe of Levi who answered the call (Shmos 32:26), “Whoever is for Hashem, come to me!” They heeded Moshe’s request and slaughtered thousands of other Jews who participated in the worship of the Golden Calf. Even in the daily life of the kohanim in the Beis Hamikdash, they were constantly involved in slaughtering the sacrifices, catching blood, carrying blood, and sprinkling blood. Their lives were surrounded by blood. Additionally, at the time of the Greek occupation of Eretz Yisroel, it was the Chashmonayim, the kohanim, who would no longer tolerate the degradation of the Jewish people and led an ultimately successful revolt against the Greeks. On one hand, the kohanim are associated with peace, love, and bless-

ing. And on the other hand, they are associated with blood, zeal, vengeance, and an exacting nature. How do we reconcile these two conflicting descriptions of the personality of the kohanim?

Pinchas and Eliyahu It is known (Zohar Ki Sisa 190a) that Eliyahu Hanavi has the same soul as Pinchas. But this connection is fraught with apparent contradictions as well, as illustrated in the piyut we sing after Shabbos about Eliyahu Hanavi: “The man who was zealous for Hashem’s sake; the man for whom peace was announced through Yekusiel [Moshe Rebbeinu].” Eliyahu was known as a very strong zealot in Navi. Because of the Jewish people’s sins, he decreed a famine in Eretz Yisroel (Melachim I 17:1). He also personally slaughtered 400 prophets of the Baal (ibid. at 18:40). And when a captain and fifty men were sent by Achazia to capture Eliyahu, he called forth a fire from Heaven which burned all of them alive (Melachim II 1:10). Eliyahu Hanavi was an uncompromising zealot for the truth and radiated a sense of great awe and fear. Eliyahu even said about himself (Melachim I 19:14), “I

have been zealous for Hashem.” Yet, on the other hand, the last prophet in Tanach (Malachi 3:2324) tells us that at the end of days, it will be Eliyahu who will come and “turn the hearts of the fathers back through their children and the hearts of the children back through their fathers.” This navi who is otherwise known as the ultimate zealot will bring peace between the generations and, in his prior life as Pinchas, was blessed with peace. How do we reconcile this apparent contradiction in the characterization of Pinchas/ Eliyahu as both a zealot and a bringer of peace?

Love and Jealousy The reality is clearly that the two seemingly opposite characteristics of love/peace and zealousness/jealousy are not contradictory at all. The pasuk in Shir Hashirim (8:6) says, “Place me like a seal upon your heart because love is strong as death, jealousy is as powerful as the depths, its coals are like coals of fire, the flame of G-d.” True zeal and jealousy are the natural result of love. The Midrash (Shir Hashirim Raba 8) says that “Hashem loves you” and goes on to explain the pasuk as

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follows: “‘Love is strong as death.’ In the future, the Holy One will avenge Zion with great jealousy, as the pasuk (Zecharia 8:2) says, ‘Thus says Hashem, I have become jealous of Zion with a great jealousy.’” Real love naturally results in jealousy when someone from the outside drives a wedge between two people who love each other or if someone attempts to or actually succeeds in hurting one of them. The Zohar (Vayechi 245a) says, “The love of a person that is not accompanied by jealousy is not love.” If one is not bothered when someone he or she loves is hurt, it is a sign that the person does not love that person at all. This is therefore the source for the holy aspect of the quality of retaliation. To be clear, I am not talking about the degraded, cruel form of retaliation we saw when an innocent Arab boy was allegedly killed in a horrible way by Jewish people. Such an act is a terrible sin, endangers our entire nation, and creates a terrible desecration of G-d’s name. The Ramchal describes the relationship between zealousness/jealousy and love in the life of a pious Jew as follows (Chelkei Hachassidus): “It is obvious that if one loves his friend, he cannot tolerate seeing another hitting him or denigrating him. He will undoubtedly go out to assist him. So, too, one who loves the Name of G-d cannot tolerate seeing people desecrate It, G-d forbid…” It is therefore clear that the root of jealousy and zealousness is a love that does not allow one to be indifferent or apathetic to the subject of his love. This love is why the Torah (Bamidbar 5:14) describes the reaction of a husband whose wife has secluded herself with another man by saying, “And a spirit of jealousy came upon him and he became jealous of his wife.” This is why the kohanim, Pinchas, and Eliyahu, who had such great love for Hashem and for the Jewish people, are also known as being zealots. Expressing this idea, the Sfas Emes explains that the pasuk (Bamidbar 25:7), “And he took a spear in his hand” as follows: The root word for spear, ramach, has the same letters as the Aramaic word for love,

rachimusa. Pinchas killed Zimri and Kozbi, but his entire motivation was a love for Hashem and the Jewish people and a desire that the relationship between them not be defiled.

expresses itself in different ways. As we see with Eliyahu Hanavi, an intolerance for those who would hurt our people is the only way to achieve true peace.

True zeal and jealousy are the natural result of love.

Hashem loves us and that is the source of His “jealousy.” It is as if Hashem is telling us (Amos 3:2), “You are the only one I love of all of the families of the earth.” This is reflected in halacha as well. According to most poskim, shituf, believing in Hashem along with some other power, is not punishable, and is perhaps even permissible, for non-Jews. But it is forbidden and punishable for Jews. Hashem’s love for us is so great that He lets nothing come between us. But His relationship with the nations of the world is more distant, such that if they engage in shituf, it does not shake that relationship to the same extent. There is simply not as much intimacy there. Hashem descr ibes Himself (Shmos 20:5) as a “jealous G-d.” That is why He says (Shmos 22:19) that we may not sacrifice to anyone “other than Hashem alone.” Our relationship with Hashem is like a loving husband and wife. Of course one of them would be jealous if someone else inserted him or herself between the two. In Pinchas’s time, there were those who stood by and were able to tolerate those who brought idolatry and immorality into our relationship with Hashem. They were complacent. But Pinchas was not one of them. Pinchas realized our relationship cannot be with anyone “other than Hashem alone.” That is why the Navi (Malachi 2:5) says about Pinchas/Eliyahu, “My covenant of life and peace was with him.” Kohanim also come from a perspective of great love, and depending on the circumstances, that love

With this in mind, we can appreciate the words of the piyut we sing after Shabbos: “A Tishbite man will save us from the mouth of the lions.” It would be too much of a compliment to the Hamas terrorists to call them “lions,” but with Hashem’s help, the Israeli Defense Forces will

save our people. May Hashem keep everyone in Eretz Yisroel safe, may He protect the soldiers in the Israeli Defense Forces, and may he make them successful in rooting out the terrorist infestation in the south of Eretz Yisroel. And then, with G-d’s help, we will merit to see the fulfillment of that which we sing in the piyut: “He will announce good news for us, he will cause the sons to rejoice over the fathers after Shabbos… Fortunate is one who sees his [Eliyahu’s] face in a dream, fortunate is he who merits to greet [Eliyahu] with ‘Shalom,” and who [Eliyahu] answers with ‘Shalom.’ May Hashem bless his nation with peace.”

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

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The Wandering

Jew

Heritage Journey with the Boys Part II By Hershel Lieber

This article is a continuation of my trip with the boys of Yeshiva Ohr Shraga Veretzsky

t was late Wednesday afternoon on August 11, 2004, when our bus arrived in Rzeszow. This fairly sized Polish city once had a large Jewish population before the war and was called in Yiddish Reisha. When we came with the boys, there was truly little left to see of our past heritage except for the bais olam. Since I had a close relationship with the Bluzhever Rebbe, Rav Yisroel, zt”l, I involved myself with building an ohel over the kevorim of his ancestors, the previous Rebbes. I took the boys there to be mispallel at the ohel and to place kvitlach listing their family members’ names and their bakoshes on the kevorim. After davening Mincha, we boarded our bus for the long ride to Krakow. The boys were exhausted, and this was an opportunity to catch up on some well-deserved napping. Arriving late in the evening and settling into our hotel, we did not get to eat before 11 p.m., after which we enthusiastically welcomed a good night’s sleep.

Feeding pigeons at the Main Square in Krakow

We had an early start Thursday morning. After davening at the historic Isaak Jekeles Shul, which was

At the Altneuschul in Prague, the shul of the Maharal

turned into a museum, we ate breakfast and went off for the day. It was not going to be an easy day since it

Pesi davening in the shul of Oswiecim

would include coming face-to-face with the notorious Nazi concentration camps Auschwitz-Birkenau. We had a wonderful Polish guide whose narrative was both educational and moving. Our hearts were filled with agony and tears flowed readily as we witnessed the final destination of millions of our people which included so many members of our own families. As we walked along the barracks, we constantly made stops to say Tehillim whenever our emotions determined the need. Suffice it to say, this day will always remain in our memories. The only synagogue building that remained in the city of Oswiecim (Auschwitz) is the over-one-hundredold Chevra Lomdei Mishnayos Shul, which is now a museum and Jewish center. I took the boys there to overcome the traumatic experience of the death camp. We davened Mincha and leined the Torah, which we could not do in the morning. Being in that shul felt so comforting and gave us chizuk and hope for the future. On the way back to Krakow, we diverted to visit an abandoned castle where the boys had a chance to release their energies

Davening at the kever of the Tosfos Yom Tov in Krakow

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At the entrance to Auschwitz-Birkenau

by climbing along the stone walls and ascending to the towers. We returned to our hotel where we prepared and ate dinner, and after nightfall, we gathered at the plaza in front of the six-hundred-year-old Stare Synagogue. My nephew, Mechel, brought along his guitar, and we held a kumzitz. The singing was captivating, with Carlebach songs dominating. The harmonious voices rafted throughout the entire square, and soon we had a crowd of onlookers. Our audience was so pleased that many began throwing coins and bills into the open guitar case. We continued this impromptu concert until the

A parade in Krakow

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In front of the Remu shul in Krakow

police came and asked us to leave, as we were keeping up the neighborhood residents. I asked them to allow us a

about the diverging lessons of this momentous day. Friday was the day we reserved

Our audience was so pleased that many began throwing coins and bills into the open guitar case

final song, and they acquiesced. To the final strums of “Am Yisroel Chai,” we headed back to our hotel to reflect

to see Krakow. Jewish sights abound in the city of the great personalities such as the Remu, the Bach, the Me-

Laining in the last shul of Oswiecim Auschwitz

gale Amukos, Rebbe Rav Heschel, and the Tosfos Yom Tov, who lived there and are buried in the old cemetery. The newer bais olam has the kevorim of the Meor v’Shomesh and Rabbi Shimon Sofer, among other talmidei chachamim. There are also many famous shuls there such as the Old Synagogue, the Remu, the Isaak Jekeles, the Kupa, the Wolf Popper and the High Synagogues. These are all located in the former Jewish section known as Kazimierz. Later in the afternoon, Pesi and I took the boys to the main town square (Rynek Glowny) where they shopped for souvenirs and fed the pigeons.

An impromptu boys’ concert at the plaza of the Old Synagogue in Krakow

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A well-deserved nap

We were the subject of many photos as we stood out with our crisp white shirts, black pants, and tzitzis neatly hanging from the sides. On the way home, we were treated to a military parade with many participants wearing colorful Polish folk costumes. The multi-faceted experiences of this day came to a halt as we ushered in the Shabbos at the Remu Shul which was followed by a lavish Shabbos tish where we joined other foreign guests singing zemiros and giving over divrei Torah. I also invited some local Polish Jews to participate in this joyous and inspiring encounter with

A l’chaim with Pilsner beer during a boat ride on the Vltava River in Prague

our yeshiva boys. They were not disappointed. Our Shabbos in Krakow was absolutely beautiful. We davened in the Remu Shul, which in itself was awesome. My good friend, Duvid Singer, who does tours to kivrei tzaddikim in Poland, was there with a group.

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We worked out an arrangement so that we all ate the Shabbos seudah together. The camaraderie between our groups was exciting as were the rousing zemiros and meaningful divrei Torah. Again, we were joined by a number of local Polish Jews. The respectful behavior of the boys created a kiddush Hashem that was conveyed to me numerous times over Shabbos, by other Yidden, the hotel staff, and our Polish tour guides. Motzei Shabbos was a mad rush. We made Havdalah at 9:15 p.m. and had to rush to the railway station to be on board by 10:42 p.m. when the overnight train was leaving to Prague. On top of this pressure, I could not locate my wallet and was close to frantic since my credit cards and a considerable amount of cash were inside. I had to put this impediment aside since any more time spent looking for it would cost us to miss the train. We arrived with only minutes to spare, boarded the train, and entered our sleeping compartments. It was only then, as I was rearranging my luggage, that I discovered my wallet tucked into a double zippered

section of my handbag. What a relief! I was ecstatic with joy. Since we had adjoining compartments, we were able to spill out into the corridors and join together in a melave malka. We made cold cut sandwiches and gave out sodas and had Danishes for dessert. We had to be quieter since other passengers were trying to sleep, but we managed to sing a song or two in honor of the occasion. The next three days were a whirlwind of activities. We said Tehillim by the kever of the Maharal, and we davened at the Altneuschul, where his seat is still preserved. We also went to the kever or the Nodeh B ’Yehuda at the other bais olam. We toured five synagogues, each one unique and centering on a different theme. We also visited many secular sites, including the Charles Bridge, Old Town Square, and the Royal Palace where we saw the changing of the guards. One day we went to Terezin (Theresienstadt), the ghetto and concentration camp that the Nazis created to fool the world into thinking that Jews were being treated humanely. There, we watched a documentary about the camp, toured the various buildings, and were able to finish Sefer Tehillim at the makeshift cemetery. After the distressing visit to Terezin, I balanced the seriousness that enveloped us by providing a more lighthearted activity. We took a two-hour boat ride on the Vltava River where we had a most enjoyable kumzitz singing our lungs out while drinking bottles of Pilsner beer. This was followed by barbequed franks back at the hotel. Our trip came to a close Tuesday afternoon when we boarded our plane to return to New York. I was true to my word that the boys would have a most meaningful trip and lots of fun. Pesi and I were also proud of what we provided for our charges and what we accomplished. We were also quite tired!

Hershel Lieber has been involved in kiruv activities for over 30 years. As a founding member of the Vaad L’Hatzolas Nidchei Yisroel he has traveled with his wife, Pesi, to the Soviet Union during the harsh years of the Communist regimes to advance Yiddishkeit. He has spearheaded a yeshiva in the city of Kishinev that had 12 successful years with many students making Torah their way of life. In Poland, he lectured in the summers at the Ronald S. Lauder Foundation camp for nearly 30 years. He still travels to Warsaw every year – since 1979 – to be the chazzan for Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur for the Jews there. Together with Pesi, he organized and led trips to Europe on behalf of Gateways and Aish Hatorah for college students finding their paths to Jewish identity. His passion for travel has taken them to many interesting places and afforded them unique experiences. Their open home gave them opportunities to meet and develop relationships with a variety of people. Hershel’s column will appear in The Jewish Home on a bi-weekly basis.

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Israel Today

Rav Amnon By Rafi Sackville

av Amnon Bo-Aron is a man constantly in motion. As head of Ma’alot’s Religious Council, he oversees 40 synagogues, four mikvaot, the eruvim and the kashrut of 60 eateries. When he’s not involved in that work, he’s helping families in need or giving shiurim. Rav Amnon does this with such affability and optimism that one can be forgiven for thinking there isn’t a problem in the world that can’t be solved. Born in Netanya, he is the youngest of eleven brothers and sisters. When he was 14 years old, in 1974, Ma’alot was the scene of one of Israel’s worst terrorist attacks. The event left such an impression on him that he felt drawn to the community. When he arrived here in 1977, there were only 2,800 residents. Today, the city is home to a population of 28,000. He had come to join the Hesder Yeshiva program. Learning aside, one of his first jobs was organizing a 24-hour guard duty for the city. The massacre, in which 31 Israelis were killed and 70 wounded, left deep, psychological scarring in the community. Children were fearful of leaving their houses. For three years, this became the norm. “We tried for months to get the children outdoors,” Rav Amnon recalls. “I then came on an idea. I bought a lot of candy and traveled down to Nachal K’ziv, just outside the border of Ma’alot, where I tied the candy to the branches of trees. “I announced that there had been a miracle in Nachal K’ziv. I told them candy was growing on trees. A couple of young boys took me up on my word and came back laden with candy. The word spread. I then did the same thing, but around the city. It wasn’t long before children were out playing again.”

The success led Rav Amnon to form an afternoon club that ran activities like helping children with their homework. He was then instrumental in helping establish the local chapter of Bnei Akiva. Rav Amnon is always ready with a story. In fact, you might say that his life is one long story. When I asked him where his family came from, he said, “Libya. And you’re not going to believe this! The mother of the former Libyan dictator, Gaddafi, was Jewish. Even more amazing is that her name was Rezala Bo-Aron; she was from my family. She was very beautiful and was forced to marry Gaddafi’s father.

“It’s miraculous,” he says and he makes a large circle with his arm as if drawing the city under his wings. “This place is full of miracles. Seven years after that terrorist attack there was another attempt in 1981. By the grace of G-d, they tried to attack the Hacienda Hotel, which happened to be where a group of on duty soldiers was staying. It was 2 a.m. in the middle of summer, and the air conditioner in one of the soldier’s room didn’t work. His name was David Rebibo. He walked out onto his porch just as the terrorists threw a grenade in his direction. He swatted it back at them like a tennis ball, killing them all.” Rav Amnon leans forward and

“I told them candy was growing on trees.”

“My eldest brother, Zevulun, was a doctor. He once met Achmad Tibi, the Knesset member from the Arab party. He asked Tibi how it was that Gaddafi, an Arab, was killing his fellow countrymen. Tibi answered that Gaddafi, the Jew, was killing Arabs.” I ask Rav Amnon about his latest project. With the local cemetery fast running out of burial plots, he was instrumental in purchasing a plot of land in Ga’aton, not far from Ma’alot, where there will be 250,000 burial plots. He mentions how proud he is of my non-religious students who, before being taken on a trip to the Ma’alot-Tarshicha mosque, asked to know more about synagogues. Rav Amnon spent a morning with them in our shul teaching and answering their questions.

places his two large hands on his knees. He has more stories for me. “Years ago, a woman came to me in tears. Her name is Fibi Cohen. She had been married for years, but had no children. I told her to speak to the balanit, and instructed her to do whatever she was taught. She started going to the mikvah. “There was one winter night in Ma’alot when the temperature dropped to -2 degrees (28 degrees Fahrenheit). Unfortunately, the heating in the mikvah had broken down. To make matters worse, it was a Friday night, so there was nothing we could do to fix the heating unit. “A few women came to the mikvah, summed up the situation, and decided to wait till Motzei Shabbat. Then Fibi Cohen walked in. Despite not being

observant, she insisted on toiveling, which convinced the other women to do the same. “Not only did she become pregnant, but she subsequently had six children, all of whom became religious.” Rav Amnon talks so lovingly about Ma’alot you’d think he was talking about one of his own children. He wants to see a greater investment of time and effort put into those who have come from Russian speaking countries. “There are so many embers lying deep in their souls that need reawakening. “Let me give you an example of how deep this vein runs.” He tells the story of David Navot, the famous Israeli artist of international acclaim. He was born in Ukraine in 1907 and was one of the founding members of the secular Hashmoer Hatzair Kibbutz Bet Hashitta, in 1928. Navot came to live in Ma’alot in 1965 and stayed here until his death in 1989. “He asked to speak with me a few weeks before he died. As a boy he had been sent to learn in a cheder in Germany. He told me that he couldn’t get the picture of his Rebbe out of his head. He gave me instructions, which he included in his will, to be buried in Bet Hashitta, but according to H=halacha. “He was buried k’dat v’kadin. It was very moving. The old-time members of the kibbutz were impressed and answered amen to the Kaddish. You see, there’s a spark inside all of us.” Rav Amnon looks at his watch and excuses himself. “I have a shiur to give, but I’ve got more stories,” he calls after me. “Come back. You won’t be disappointed.” Rafi Sackville, formerly of Cedarhurst, teaches in Ort Maalot in Western Galil.

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he political and social crisis in Lebanon continues to escalate with seemingly no end in

sight. Recently, local media reported on yet another eruption of nationwide demonstrations protesting the country’s deteriorating economic situation. The protests turned violent after activists set fire to tires and waste containers to block traffic throughout Lebanon’s cities. Violent protest activity has been on the rise for the past three weeks. Over the weekend of June 14, gatherings of hundreds took place in cities around the country to protest the government policies. In several locations, demonstrators attacked security forces by hurling rocks and even Molotov cocktails. Police, in turn, responded with tear gas, firing rubber bullets. At least 120 were injured in Tripoli alone, with dozens of additional cases reported in other cities including the capital Beirut. The escalation of activists and their clear willingness to execute organized attacks on the police and military has elicited a strong stance from authorities. The government vowed to meet force with force and arrest those who confront security forces. In a statement released by Prime Minister Hassan Diab, the Lebanese leader condemned acts of “sabotage” by demonstrators in Beirut and Tripoli. “Thugs have no other motive than vandalism, and they should be

thrown in jail, period,” he said. The tough stance by policymakers further enraged activist groups, most of whom have continued to provoke civil disruption throughout Lebanon. The recent violence is only the resurgence of a long saga of civil unrest that has been plaguing the country for months. While the COVID-19 pandemic may have put things on hold, the Lebanese people have been out in the streets protesting their government since late last year. The series of demonstrations that has come to be known as the “October Revolution” was originally triggered by government plans to institute new taxes on commodities the likes of gasoline and tobacco. Government fees were even imposed on private activities such as WhatsApp and other VoIP calls. These duties were a last-ditch attempt to draw more government revenue as the country slid deeper and deeper into a financial crisis years in the making. Institutional corruption and inept monetary policies have been sucking the country’s resources dry for the better part of the last decade. The country’s economy took a steep dive in late 2019 as the Lebanese pound began to tank. The Lebanese currency has, to date, lost seventy-five percent of its value since the final months of 2019. As Lebanon relies heavily on foreign imports, the drop in its currency strength has resulted in severe shortages of goods. The sheer weight of economic collapse in Lebanon is astounding. Already in February, the country’s

unemployment rate reached a staggering forty percent. A month later, the Lebanese government defaulted for the first time in their history on billions of dollars in debts to international creditors. Ministries tasked with addressing the crisis are now even lacking the experts necessary to deal with the situation. On June 29, the longtime director of Lebanon’s finance ministry, Alain Bifani, formally announced his resignation citing poor management of the crisis on the part of his colleagues. “There is very little time left. I decided to resign because I refuse to be a partner or a witness to what is happening,” Bifani said at a news conference in Beirut. While on the ground, events in Lebanon are certainly alarming in and of themselves, street violence, economic hardship, and the scrambling of politicians to contain the situation form only the tip of a giant geopolitical iceberg. To understand the full implications of the Lebanese crisis, one needs to examine the roots of the rampant dysfunction that now permeates the halls of power in Beirut.

In the Grips of the Shiite Axis On October 18, 2019, pretty much the very first day of organized violence in the October Revolution, activists in Nabatieh and Tripoli vandalized offices of the Shiite militant group Hezbollah. Attacks on Hezbollah-owned buildings were not random. Also tar-

geted during this first wave of riots were locations belonging to the political parties Amal and the Free Patriotic Movement (FPM), both open supporters of Hezbollah. Indeed, central characters in the loosely knit protest movement, from journalists to activist organizers, see Hezbollah as the central problem – one in the governmental decay they’re trying to address. This is hardly a surprise for those that have followed Hezbollah’s rise in Lebanese politics over the years. From its civil-war era origins as a humble militant faction, Hezbollah today is a fully legitimate political party and one of the most important powerbrokers among Lebanese political organizations. The key to Hezbollah’s success has been the winning combination of fomenting populist sentiment (largely by beating the anti-Israel drum and supporting social welfare programs) and the gradual but persistent gaining of control over key state institutions. In the Lebanese parliament, Hezbollah exerts this influence with thirteen seats of its own and the additional 28 of its close allies, the Amal and FPM parties. Among the government agencies which Hezbollah’s sway is most felt include Lebanon’s Foreign and Health Ministries. But Hezbollah’s influence is far from limited to the offices in which its members occupy positions. Through populist tactics that have earned it the strong support of its constituents, along with the constant implicit threat of violence to silence its opposition (Hezbollah is the only Lebanese

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political group that maintains its own private army), the group has, over the years, achieved the dream position of any political organization. Today, the “Party of G-d” controls the full spectrum of power mechanisms in Lebanon to the point that it is difficult to imagine an important decision being made in the country without Hezbollah being the one making it, or at the very least giving it the green light. However, with the country now teetering on the brink of total collapse, the position Hezbollah has carefully maneuvered itself into over the past decade and a half has turned into a major liability. As the Lebanese state began to rapidly fail, blame for that decline naturally coalesced around the one party that has most permeated state institutions. What’s more, the crisis has laid a critical blow to the narrative Hezbollah seeks to present to the public. The impression Hezbollah adamantly wants to create is that the Lebanese state is fundamentally weak and therefore cannot function with “normal” political parties alone. It is this impression that justifies the very abnormal existence of Hezbollah, a rogue military force that enjoys the same legitimacy and powers as any other political group. Over the past several months, though, the Lebanese people have seen their government’s efficacy deteriorate before their eyes. It seems that the presence of Hezbollah has not insured the survival of the “weak state” after all. On top of all this, Hezbollah has been actively opposing the one possible lifeline Lebanon has left. Back in April, the desperate situation prompted leaders to seek emergency aid from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). By mid-May, the government was engaged in talks with the IMF and had requested $10 billion in aid money. Hezbollah opposed the IMF assistance – as it opposed similar offers in the past – for the simple reason that such bailouts always come with conditions. The IMF is demanding fundamental reforms of state management within the monetary and financial systems in exchange for aid. As many reports indicated, un-

Hezbollah members carry the coffin of top Hezbollah commander Mustafa Badreddine, who was killed in an attack in Syria in 2016

der the terms, certain aspects of the state would be taken under direct IMF control. These include institutions that allow Hezbollah to operate its region-wide patronage network, a key element to maintaining its power. Violence at protests has largely consisted of attacks on activists by Hezbollah operatives and their supporters. In the first several months of the movement, dozens of incidents in which Hezbollah members targeted protesters were reported all over the country. These included every-

national aid. The willingness of Lebanese leaders to confront Hezbollah as well the acceptance by Hezbollah of the IMF plan are both welcomed signs. But forcing the party to actually abide by the terms of the deal is easier said than done. Conditions laid out by the international community for Lebanon to receive any monetary assistance are rather demanding. In addition to combating corruption and reforming the state apparatus is implementing the infamous

Only one thing is for sure: the old status quo has been collapsed thing from torching protest tents, to motorbike-mounted men harassing demonstrators, to actually firing on protest marches. With public opposition surging, politicians who on other occasions would never utter a word against the party, began to call out Hezbollah’s tactics. The looming catastrophe has brought tremendous pressure from the highest levels of the Lebanese government on Hezbollah, warning the group it must be prepared for major concessions. Lacking all other options and under immense political pressure, Hezbollah has begrudgingly indicated its willingness to take inter-

Security Council Resolution 1701, the U.N. motion that ended the Second Lebanon War in 2006. The Resolution calls for the disarmament of Hezbollah and pushing its forces out of their strongholds in the Lebanese south. But, as regional observers have pointed out, the entrenchment of Hezbollah as a power player in Lebanon has made such a move practically impossible. Lebanon’s current Prime Minister Hassan Diab is simply unable to undertake such an overhaul of the system. What’s more, by going after Hezbollah – and by extension their allies – Diab would essentially be undercutting his own power base

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since his parliamentary coalition was built through the support of the Hezbollah “bloc.” In fact, no Lebanese premier has ever been able to take a strong stance against Hezbollah since Resolution 1701 was passed nearly fifteen years ago. This includes prime ministers far more powerful than Diab, the likes of Saad Al Hariri and Fouad Al Siniora. Hezbollah holding out on relinquishing its power is presenting a serious thorn in the sides of government leaders. Desperate for cash, top ministers understand the IMF will not budge until they see “more unity” (read: “Hezbollah cooperation”) on implementing necessary measures and bringing about reform. While Hezbollah is showing no willingness to undergo real change, the party may very well be forced to the table as the very stability of the organization is being threatened.

Faltering Financially For the last two years, Hezbollah has faced perhaps its most difficult period since its formation. The indications that Hezbollah is faltering financially have been circulating for quite a while now. Already in May of last year the organization was failing to pay salaries to fighters in Syria and was forced to withdraw many of its militants from the country. More recently, Hezbollah’s vast network of illicit businesses – which includes smuggling, drug marketing, and counterfeit merchandise sales – received a huge hit when Germany, the center of its operations in Europe, outlawed the group and labeled it a terror organization. The decision by Germany resulted in countrywide raids of Hezbollah-linked locations and the shutting down of institutions with ties to the party. The roots of Hezbollah’s rapidly escalating funding problem go all the way back to 2018 when President Trump removed the United States from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, the international accord between the United States, several of its European allies, and the Islamic Republic of Iran. In short, JCPOA outlined the terms by which Iran could

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continue its nuclear energy activities and be relieved from sanctions and other international consequences. JCPOA was a godsend, not just for Iran, but for all of its regional proxies who could now rely on steady funding from the Ayatollahs. Almost immediately after JCPOA came into effect, Tehran’s militant activity spiked. Iran increased its involvement in the Syrian conflict and projected itself further into the country with bases and

Portraits of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomenei, and Hassan Nasrallah, leader of Hezbollah, adorn a street in Jibchit, Lebanon

permanent installations, mainly at the hand of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), the military organization tasked with protecting the regime and spreading the Islamic Revolution. Iran increased funding for rebel factions in Yemen, giving them ballistic missile capabilities that continue to threaten Saudi Arabia and others to this day. Funding for Hezbollah specifically increased by a factor of four through mid-2018.

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Through this lens, Trump’s real reason for leaving JCPOA is quite clear. The reason had little to do with the actual subject of the accord itself and everything to do with countering Iran’s broader regional strategy. JCPOA was, from its inception, a blunder for the West in that it freed up a radical, militant, state sponsor of terror along with all its cohorts. In its haste to prevent the unthinkable scenario of Iran possessing nuclear

weapons, the West developed a rather naive view of the threat posed by the Shiite axis. For three years after the signing of the accord, Hezbollah was able to grow by leaps and bounds and make further inroads into Lebanese affairs. Once the U.S. withdrew from JCPOA and re-imposed harsh sanctions on the Iranian state, the funding for these activities was virtually cut off. To get a perspective on how des-

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perate this financial blow has been, one needs to look no further than Iran’s own collapse over the past year and a half. Debilitating restrictions on Iran’s ability to engage in international trade, especially those pertaining to its energy industry, have laid waste to Iranian businesses. According to the latest numbers, the repercussions for the Iranian citizenry include an 80% inflation of the country’s currency and a near doubling of households that live in poverty. Additionally, for the past four months, Iran has been reeling from corona devastation, with nearly 12,000 fatalities to date. Facing an unprecedented national crisis, the Ayatollahs are in no position to offer support for their Lebanese satellite.

The Coming Ultimatum There is still much disarray at Lebanon’s leadership level on how to proceed with emergency measures. The team of negotiators tasked with hammering out a deal with the IMF can’t even agree on the figures of Lebanon’s national debt. Two of the negotiators have already resigned in frustration. Despite the dysfunction, a consensus is emerging among policymakers in Beirut that whatever the IMF arrangement may be, it will require a massive governmental overhaul and a brutally honest accounting of where Lebanon’s institutions have gone wrong. A week ago, the new finance minister Ghazi Wazni presented steps taken on the cabinet’s decision to carry out an audit on the accounts of Lebanon’s Central Banks. This audit will no doubt shed much light on the extent of corruption and mismanagement throughout the government. For Hezbollah, the audit will only further indict the organization already suffering in its public image. The various factions within the government seem increasingly on the same page that Hezbollah and their Iranian patrons are a major liability. In a shocking move, Lebanese authorities recently blocked an Iranian

tanker from docking, despite the fact that its cargo contained vital commodities including food, fuel, and medicine. Lebanon watched carefully when the United States blocked Iran’s request for IMF aid back in April. Beirut does not want American ire over connections with Iran to prevent their own bid for IMF assistance. Furthermore, Washington has signaled that

Hezbollah’s position.

The Impending Change Caught between a rock and a hard place, Lebanese leadership will almost certainly be forced to go after Hezbollah’s influence over the state. To this end, the United States and others will most likely draft a list of specific demands.

In its haste to prevent the unthinkable scenario of Iran possessing nuclear weapons, the West developed a rather naive view of the threat posed by the Shiite axis. it is the very presence of Hezbollah itself that will hinder international aid. In late June, U.S. Ambassador Dorothy Shea made local headlines when she accused Hezbollah of being the obstacle to Lebanon’s recovery. “By its actions and threats, Hezbollah destabilizes the country and jeopardizes the country’s economic recovery,” declared Shea. While the ambassador later rolled back her comments after the backlash erupted from Hezbollah supporters, the message had been delivered: the Unites States will not allow any international assistance plan to go through that does not significantly undermine

First on the list will be ensuring Hezbollah ceases all its activities in supporting the Assad regime in Syria. For years, Hezbollah agents have smuggled resources ranging from food to petrol over the border to support the government and pro-government militants. Over the past two months, in particular, there has been a dramatic increase in these cross border operations, specifically those transporting fuel and flour. The group must also be forced to relinquish much of its control of the country’s borders. Indeed, it is Hezbollah’s control of Lebanon’s eastern border which allows it to run these

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and other smuggling operations with ease. Another important condition must be the restructuring of many Hezbollah-run systems in Lebanon including many aspects of the banking and financial system. For now, the only open questions relating to state reform in Lebanon are “when” and “how.” Firstly, how long will it take government leaders, in their current impotent state, to show the international community they’re prepared to move forward with reform? At this stage, that seems to be unanswerable. Frankly, there have yet to be any positive indicators. Second, how will Hezbollah and its allies respond when the demands come? As the IRGC’s Lebanese branch, the raison d’etre of Hezbollah in Lebanon is to capitalize on state institutions to further Iran’s Islamic Revolution. If reforms force Hezbollah to relinquish their control over those institutions, the Party of G-d may see itself as existentially threatened and resort to violence to maintain power. Such a scenario could plunge the nation into another civil war. It is doubtful how Hezbollah would fare in such a conflict with its main supporter Iran in shambles and the vast majority of international players either critical of the party or outright antagonistic. On the other hand, Hezbollah may take the more pragmatic stance: if Lebanon collapses, there will be no state to manipulate. This thinking might urge party leaders to accept change with hopes to regain some of their influence later on. Only time will tell how the change in Lebanon will come to pass. Only one thing is for sure: the old status quo has been collapsed. Lebanon will only be saved by a combination of massive international aid and fundamental transformation of government. When that transformation comes, it will have lasting effects on the power dynamics of the Middle East.

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Dating Dialogue

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

Dear Navidaters,

Binyamin and I started dating months ago. We’ve gone on many dates and have spent tons of time together. We’ve met each other’s families and get along really well with them. From the start, we really connected – we could talk to each other for hours and never get bored. Things have been really great between us, and we even began to discuss marriage and a future

together. About a month ago, Binyamin began learning with a chavruta. We both come from Modern Orthodox families and communities, so it wasn’t odd for him to start learning with someone, even though learning hadn’t been something important to him beforehand. I very much supported and encouraged his new chavruta. He learns with a nice guy named Chaim, and they learn together every day. But I began noticing differences in his behavior as the chavruta has gone on. As he’s begun learning more, he’s started canceling on dates to learn, answering his phone very infrequently, and has started commenting about wanting to become more religious. When we do go out, he only wants to discuss his Torah learning and what he plans to learn next. It’s starting to worry me tremendously that the more he falls in love with learning, the less he’ll fall in love with me. Any advice is appreciated. Thank you, Riva Disclaimer: This column is not intended to diagnose or otherwise conclude resolutions to any questions.

Our intention is not to offer any definitive

conclusions to any particular question, rather offer areas of exploration for the author and reader. Due to the nature of the column receiving only a short snapshot of an issue, without the benefit of an actual discussion, the panel’s role is to offer a range of possibilities. We hope to open up meaningful dialogue and individual exploration.

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The Panel The Rebbetzin Rebbetzin Faigie Horowitz, M.S. ou fear losing Binyamin to his increased religiosity since your relationship developed before this new direction. While one month is not a major sign of a long-term commitment to a different lifestyle, knowing him well as you do, you are afraid that he is shifting in his values. Being aligned spiritually and on the same level of religious commitment is very important for a Jewish couple. Nonetheless, people make journeys and grow; generally, it is much healthier that they grow in the same direction, even if not at the same pace. If something is very meaningful to a partner, s/he shares what is going on with the other. If Binyamin is sharing Torah and spiritual quest with you now, he is sharing his soul with you. If you are neither on the same page at present nor interested in hearing about his feelings and progress, you are not connecting on a deeper level. You may want to join him at religious experiences and Shabbos dinners to see what this is all about and whether it is just Torah learning that is a new interest. Although one month of serious Torah study is not a long time, if this continues with increased focus on meticulous mitzvah observance and seriousness, you will both be growing in different directions. For now, listen, talk, and communicate. Explore your own self and feelings about which Orthodox lifestyle you want to live. Your interests may remain the same; your Jewish trajectory could be in either direction. It could be that you will both agree that your paths are diverging. Meanwhile, be grateful that this came up now. You both can explore this separately and together as unencumbered singles.

The Shadchan Michelle Mond would like to first address the basic rule of thumb for dating couples who are on two different religious levels. It all boils down to the “R” rule: Respect vs. Resent.

Nobody will be happy with a spouse whom they resent, however, a spouse that is respected, regardless of religious similarity, can have a very happy marriage. Becoming more religious is not a rarity; it is actually quite common. There are many couples I know who became more religious after marriage. Sometimes, it starts with one on a loftier level bringing the other one up. In some cases, the other spouse saw the beauty in the new lifestyle and passion for learning, yet caught up slowly. In other cases, the not-as-religious spouse gave the other space to grow, showed admiration and respect, and they are still very happy, although the two are still on different levels. In all three of these cases there is a heavy dose of respect that keeps the marriage sustainable. In any of these cases, if there was spousal judgment and resent, it would be over as soon as the growth process began. Riva, you have a choice here. You mention that you have been dating Binyamin for months now; this is no small feat. I can presume that there are many characteristics which you admire about him that have kept you in the relationship for this long. If you choose to let resent into the relationship, everything you have built will crumble to the ground. However, if you embrace his love for Judaism and Yiddishkeit, and be open to learning more yourself, his excitement to spend more time with you will undoubtedly grow. My advice to you is to think about a book or sefer that intrigues you and ask Binyamin if he would like to learn it together. If you can bring yourself to feel proud of him, an idea might be to suggest starting all your dates with a quick lesson (either halacha or hashkafa) so you can feel part of the growth process. Once he recognizes that you respect him and do not resent him, he will be excited to spend more time with you and he might even answer the phone more often. You can go back to building your relationship with a deeper side than before. Make sure to communicate how you are feeling in a non-threatening way so he understands that you miss spending more time with him. Also, make sure you have similar values

when it comes to childrearing, schooling, etc. If, however, you cannot bring yourself to respect this newfound passion of his, it may mean the two of you are growing apart. Realize this could mean that you are no longer a match for each other if you cannot respect this change. Good luck in your endeavors figuring this all out! It is not simple, but definitely doable.

The Zaidy Dr. Jeffrey Galler ld Joke: A member of a Reform Temple has a problem and goes to the rabbi for counseling. “Rabbi,” he says, “my wife and I are so upset! Our son decided to become ultra-orthodox and become a fulltime student at a black-hat yeshiva. How could such a terrible event happen in our family!? We attended High Holiday services, and we al-

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ways took him to the Temple’s Saturday afternoon Little League Baseball program. How could our son turn against us like that?” The Reform rabbi considered the problem, and advised, “Maybe you should check your mezuzot.”) Okay, Riva, I don’t mean to make light of your problem. The point I’m trying to make is this: if someone we love decides to alter his religious affiliation, isn’t it better for that person to turn toward the right rather than toward the left on our religious spectrum?

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The first question that you need to clarify is the lifestyle impact of Binyamin’s newly acquired love of learning. Does he envision a major, radical change in the life you had envisioned? For example: Will he drop out of law school in order to attend yeshiva fulltime? Will he abandon his career in accounting in order to become a rabbi? If so, you, as a “Modern Orthodox,” might decide that this drastic change is not a path in life that you wish to share. On the other hand, Binyamin’s new direction might be less radical and be more acceptable to you. Perhaps he

will not radically change his life and career but merely become what we would classify as “more yeshivish.” For you, this might involve transitioning somewhat from your Modern Orthodox lifestyle. Possibly, you might, for example, need to dress more modestly, have less access to unfiltered computer technology, live without a television, accept a ban on mixed swimming, and always keep your hair covered in public. And, you’d need to reconcile with the probability that your husband would most likely choose to go to a shiur rather than watch a Disney movie or a base-

ball game with your children. Objectively, these changes are neither good nor bad. It all depends on where you wish to position yourself on Judaism’s religious spectrum. Communication is the key. After the two of you develop a clear picture of what a future together would be like, you’ve got a major decision to make. Do you wish to grow together into that new lifestyle? Or, are your goals and aspirations so different and irreconcilable that it is time to amicably end the relationship? Hatzlacha on whichever path you choose.

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ear Riva, Thank you for writing in! An awful lot of people do not maintain their religious status quo the rest of their lives. While some are steadfast in their observance or lack thereof, many others experience an ebb and flow. One’s religious/spiritual journey is ever-changing and moving forward. Oftentimes, this may present as challenging to a couple. We all know of married couples in which one spouse began taking on more and more or practicing less and less. I believe that one key to making such a situation work is whether or not the “other” partner respects and

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appreciates the cha nge being made. The other key is how the changing partner communicates the change and acknowledges and accommodates his/her partner’s feelings about the change. There are a few points to be touched upon in your relationship with Binyamin. The first is that, at the end of the day, you will have to trust your intuition about this. This goes for you and everyone reading... if something feels wrong, pay attention to that feeling. I’m not suggesting that anyone who has any concern or negative feeling run away from a relationship; rather to pay attention and explore and communicate it to the person you are dating. Most often, concerns are best worked out within the relationship (not in ignoring, having anxiety, talking to your two best friends and mother, etc.). Have you thought about the lifestyle you would like to lead? If you

haven’t already, I think you need to have a heartto-heart with yourself first to really think about whether you want to lead a more “yeshivish” lifestyle or stay true to your Modern Orthodoxy. You then need to have a heart-to-heart with Binyamin about this recent change. Ask him about it. Talk about what this would look like for you two as a married couple. Talk, talk, talk, talk. Sometimes couples grow together and sometimes they don’t. Sometimes one partner can “change,” and it can be completely supported by the other. And sometimes it can’t. If you do not enjoy listening to Binyamin’s new pursuits, this may be a sign that this new lifestyle is not for you. Better to know this now than after the chuppah. If you can’t respect it or will resent him, then you need to think about if this is a relationship worth pursuing. I’m wondering if, during your time together, you have tried to talk about your life, your interests, your worries. How have you been emotionally showing up on your dates? Is there no longer room for you or have you been purposely taking a backseat? I

think it’s important to see if there is still space for you in the relationship. In order to move forward with Binyamin in a healthy way, you would have to respect his change, and he would have to respect you and where you are in your life. As my Grandma used to say to me in her thick Brooklyn accent, “It’s a mutual admiration society, baby!” Make sure that you and Binyamin are part of that mutual admiration society (baby!) All the best! Sincerely, Jennifer Jennifer Mann, LCSW is a licensed psychotherapist and dating and relationship coach working with individuals, couples, and families in private practice at 123 Maple Avenue in Cedarhurst, NY. She also teaches a psychology course at Touro College. To set up a consultation or to ask questions, please call 516-224-7779, ext. 2. Visit www.thenavidaters.com for more information. If you would like to submit a dating or relationship question to the panel anonymously, please email thenavidaters@gmail.com. You can follow The Navidaters on FB and Instagram for dating and relationship advice.

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Health & F tness

Keeping Kids Satiated By Cindy Weinberger MS, RD, CDN

n response to a beloved reader’s letter to the editor: Sharone Cohen wrote being that being quarantined at home with her kids, she finds them often in the kitchen claiming they are hungry (when they cannot possibly be hungry, as they just ate lunch or dinner or a snack). She asked for ideas of what is both satisfying and healthy to feed her kids. Sharone, there is light at the end of the tunnel. If you sent your kids to camp, I hope you are enjoying the nice break from your kids and some time to yourself! You may have noticed though, that kids, much like adults, tend to eat more when they are home a whole day. When kids are at school (it might be too long ago to

remember), they eat whatever snacks and lunch they are provided with.

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They might trade snacks or share with their friends, or buy a snack if they have that option, but for the most part, you know that whatever you send them to school with that is what they are eating. Chances are, that if they eat all that they are provided with at school, they are not hungry. The same goes for camp. Quarantined at home might lead to boredom, or emotional eating. Start with getting to the root of the problem. First ask yourself: did my child eat a solid meal? How long ago was that meal? If the last meal was more than two hours ago, a snack should hold them over for the next meal. If they are constantly in the kitchen as you say, then I agree with you that they are probably not hungry. They simply want something to munch on. Additionally, many times kids confuse their feelings of hunger and thirst. One might claim he/she is hungry while they are actually feeling thirsty. Try offering a drink or even an ices to hydrate your child. See if that does the trick. Either way, it’s important to constantly give your kids drinks throughout the day, especially while playing outside on these hot summer days. However, when your kids are actually hungry in between meals, try to

give them nourishing snacks. Fruits and vegetables are the ideal snacks for all stages of life. Encouraging kids to eat fruits and vegetables instead of sugary snacks can help avoid obesity. Fruits and vegetables are loaded with fiber which helps keep one fuller for longer and helps keep the digestive system happy. According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, constipation in kids can often be eased by eating more high-fiber fruits and vegetables such as prunes, apricots, plums, peas, beans, and broccoli. Fruits and vegetables also have a high-water content which helps keep kids hydrated. In addition, fruits and vegetables are low in calories and high in vitamins and minerals. The vitamins and minerals help supply the growing bodies of children with the essential nutrients they need to develop properly. Citrus fruits and strawberries are packed with vitamin C which helps boost the immune system. Apples are loaded with antioxidants and health-promoting properties. Carrots are rich with vitamin A, which is important for the development of good eyesight. Spinach is packed with iron, which helps fight anemia that is quite common in children. The variety of vitamins and minerals also helps fight heart disease, high blood pressure and some cancers later in life. Furthermore, a study published in the Journal of School Health found that children who had healthier diets consisting of fruits and vegetables performed better on academic tests than children who consumed fewer fruits and vegetables. Lastly, fruits and vegetables are a quick, natural and convenient snack. Fruits and vegetables are easy to grab on the go and are nutritious in every form: fresh, frozen, canned, dried and juiced. There’s such a variety when it comes to fruits and vegetables. After fruits and vegetables, the next best snack would be something

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satiating like crackers, rice cakes, granola bars, or pretzels with a protein. For example, serve them rice cakes and peanut butter, pretzels and chummus, or crackers with a string cheese. Chips and candies are empty calories that provide absolutely zero nutrition, are addictive, and are not filling at all. The right snacks go hand-in-hand with proper meals. Your child’s meal should consist of a protein, a starch, and vegetables. Even if you give them vegetables for snacks, offer them at mealtimes, too. There can never be too many vegetables in one’s diet. A solid protein such as eggs, chicken, fish, or meat will provide your child with the essential amino acids that their body needs to function and grow properly as well as satisfying them as best as possible. A starch by each meal is important, too. Whether it is rice, pasta, bread, or potatoes, starch will help fill them up. The best choice of starch is whole grains. Whole grains are packed with nutritional value and provide fuel for

those young, active bodies. Not every kid will agree to eating whole grains, though. For those who will (or don’t notice the difference), serve whole grain bread, whole grain cereals, whole grain crackers, and whole

When children fill up on the right foods – nutrient-dense foods that are needed for their bodies and brains – they will naturally have less room for nutrient-poor choices (like chips, candy, desserts).

Fruits and vegetables are the ideal snacks for all stages of life

grain pastas. Quinoa, whole wheat couscous and brown rice are great options as well. Try to stick in three servings of low-fat dairy throughout the day as well. Whether it’s a glass of milk, a yogurt (which makes a great breakfast or snack), or even a string cheese, your kids need the calcium and potassium to help develop strong bones.

An incomplete meal and/or the wrong snacks can and will cause hunger. However, if fed proper meals and snacks, you can rule out actual hunger in your child and try to eliminate constant trips to the fridge. Next time your child moseys around the kitchen out of boredom, steer them elsewhere. Encourage your kids to play outside and be active. If they prefer

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to play inside, set them up with a game or arts and crafts. Try to limit screen time to the best of your ability. If they enjoy being in the kitchen, bake or cook with your kids (and try to make it something nutritious as a bonus). Sometimes kids need a little distraction or something else to keep them occupied, or they tend to stray to the pantry. And don’t worry. Hopefully with camp and G-d willing with school, with children out of the house for much of the day, this incessant hunger will cease. Cindy Weinberger MS, RD, CDN, is a Master’s level Registered Dietitian and Certified Dietitian-Nutritionist. She graduated CUNY Brooklyn College receiving a Bachelor’s in Science and Master’s degree in Nutrition and Food Sciences. She is currently a private nutrition consultant and conducts nutrition workshops in assisted livings, senior centers, and nursing homes. She can be reached at CindyWeinberger1@ gmail.com or 917-623-6237. Follow us on instagram @EatBetterandFeelBetter.

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Can We All Please Calm Down? By Hylton I. Lightman, MD, DCH (SA), FAAP

n transparency, these musings are being written over what should be my lunchtime. However, I have no appetite (a rare occurrence) following a harrowing morning. The phones have been ringing off the hook, a scene that is repeated daily nowadays, and I understand why. But we all need to take one big collective step back, inhale deeply, exhale slowly, and recalibrate. Day camps commenced last week, much to the relief of parents. After 3 ½ months of children home, Zooming through learning yet confined to the premises with no playdates, many day camps opened. Kids were excited. Their parents breathed sighs of relief, grateful that they would have a semblance of summer (meaning children outside the home for a good chunk of the day, duly occupied). OK, so there are carpools rather than universal bussing. But no one realized there is a price to be paid. It’s called angst. Uncontrolled angst that has rattled parents and caregivers as well as pediatricians and their teams. During this summer of Covid-19, camps have instituted a daily protocol that parents sign a Daily Health Questionnaire. Questions include: • Since yesterday, were you exposed to anyone with fever, cough, or appeared ill? • Since yesterday, were you exposed to anyone diagnosed with Covid-19? • Since yesterday, did you develop any fever (100.4 or greater)? • Since yesterday, did you develop any chills, or appeared flushed,

felt warm to touch, or complained of a headache or feeling feverish? • Since yesterday, did you take any Tylenol (acetaminophen) or Motrin/Advil (ibuprofen) for any reason? • Since yesterday, did you develop a sore throat, congestion, or a runny nose? Parents then call. They are concerned and don’t know how to filter out what matters and what does not, asking, for example, whether their 11-year-old needs a Covid swab because the 18-month-old has a runny nose. I understand these questions

and why they are important. But other than the question specific to Covid-19, there are more likely diagnoses than Covid-19 for children and teens. Please note that the laboratories are overloaded with requests for nasal Covid swabs, and they cannot process them in a few hours but rather about a week. Interestingly, when Covid-19 slammed us almost four months ago, strep throat, rashes, broken bones and stitches – among the “mainstays” of pediatrics – disappeared. Completely. Children were not socializing outside the home. They weren’t in school, sharing toys, food

and many other things. A local pharmacy corroborated that there were no medications for strep throat prescribed for weeks and weeks during the spring. Now that kids are back together, even in small groups, they are getting sick again. Within a recent 10day span, my colleagues and I saw eight cases of broken bones (not a fun way to spend the summer). One morning last week, several families called, seeking medical attention for various ailments. Each arrived at the office masked and were examined. Within a span of five minutes, three kids from two different families tested positive for strep throat.

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My team and I were excited because it was only strep throat for which the parents were grateful. Summertime is active time. Children will go outdoors, swim, ride bikes, walk – whatever. They will then leave the humidity and go back indoors at least a half-dozen times daily into blasting air conditioning. Have we forgotten that this contrast in environments can be an invitation to the common cold to take up residence in our noses and respiratory systems? Common colds, allergies and viruses were here last summer, and they are here now. Not everything is Covid-19, although the symptoms may overlap with Covid-19. Each parent has seichel when it comes to their children, and they should access and use it. This is why we need to slow down and think before allowing anxiety to creep into this part of our lives. By no means am I saying Covid is gone and not to worry. Far from it. The daily news is replete with the escalating numbers in our country

which I believe are due in no small measure to expanded testing and that people have become far too relaxed too quickly about social distancing. This is not a call to panic you but to urge you to return to the behaviors of vigilance we exercised a few short months ago and adapt them for the

Better yet, stores should only allow adults with masks to shop and children should be left at home. Remember that when sneezing, try to sneeze into your arm. We need to step up our game. The beginning of the 2020-21 academic year is only eight weeks away. The Yamim Noraiim are within days

Use your maternal and paternal instincts to filter out what matters and what does not.

present time. The boxed meal for a kiddush, seudah or whatever is an excellent idea, and this way, hands are not grabbing food that other hands have touched. When anyone comes through the door, wash hands for 20 seconds, and then dry thoroughly. Wear a mask into a store.

thereafter. Flu season is not far behind then. My readers know I advocate for vaccines including the flu vaccine, which assumes special importance this year. What does this mean for your child and camp? Send them off with hugs and kiss-

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es, telling each one you love them (no child can hear this enough). Welcome them home with a big smile and bottle of liquid soap, directing them to the sink to wash their hands. Encourage them to change their clothes. Play outside but do not share food or drink. Don’t enter other people’s homes – rather, come home to use the bathroom. Know that your children – now that some sense of “new normalcy” is being created – are going to get sick. Use your maternal and paternal instincts to filter out what matters and what does not. If your child needs medical attention at 4 p.m., then call the pediatrician then and not at 8 p.m. that night or 6:30 a.m. the following morning. As always, daven.

Dr. Hylton I. Lightman is a pediatrician and Medical Director of Total Family Care of the 5 Towns and Rockaway PC. He can be reached at drlightman@totalfamilycaremd.com, on Instagram at Dr.Lightman_ or visit him on Facebook.

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Strawberry Soup By Naomi Nachman

ne of my best friends, Alison Gross, makes this soup every year when we spend Shavuot together – at this point, it’s been more than 11 years. She knows my family always loves her strawberry soup and makes it for us. I asked her if I can have the recipe to share in my book, and she told me it’s originally from her Aunt Marsha in Los Angeles.

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In a large pot, bring water, sugar, and tapioca to a boil over high heat. Boil for 5 minutes, stirring a couple of times to break up tapioca lumps. Set aside to cool. Blend strawberries in a food processor fitted with the “S” blade or with an immersion blender until smooth. Add to tapioca mixture. Add lemon juice and mandarin segments. Serve chilled.

Ingredients 6 cups water 5 tablespoons tapioca pearls ½ cup sugar 32 ounces frozen strawberries 2 (11-ounce) cans mandarin oranges Juice of ½ lemon

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

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Notable Quotes “Say What?!”

I quit Amazon [forget] that driving… I left the van on 12 mile and Southfield y’all can have [the van] and it’s full of gas wit the keys in the IGNITION. - Tweet by Derick Lancaster, a Detroit-area Amazon delivery driver who quit his job last week. He abandoned a van full of packages at a gas station

Ayo!! My packages might be in there you gotta chill! - One of the tweets that Derick received in response

Mount Rushmore was built on land that belonged to the Lakota tribe and sculpted by a man who had strong bonds with the Ku Klux Klan. It features the faces of 2 U.S. presidents who were slaveholders. On behalf of environmentalists everywhere, I would like to formally apologize for the climate scare we created over the last 30 years. Climate change is happening. It’s just not the end of the world. -Climate activist Michael Shellenberger, who was a Time Magazine “Hero of the Environment” and Green Book Award Winner and who testified in Congress about climate change, in a bombshell article titled, “On Behalf Of Environmentalists, I Apologize For The Climate Scare,” in which he exposes that many of the ominous facts that indicate that climate change is dangerous are actually not true

Until last year, I mostly avoided speaking out against the climate scare. Partly that’s because I was embarrassed. After all, I am as guilty of alarmism as any other environmentalist. For years, I referred to climate change as an “existential” threat to human civilization, and called it a “crisis.” - Ibid.

But mostly I was scared. I remained quiet about the climate disinformation campaign because I was afraid of losing friends and funding. The few times I summoned the courage to defend climate science from those who misrepresent it, I suffered harsh consequences. And so, I mostly stood by and did next to nothing as my fellow environmentalists terrified the public. – Ibid.

- Tweet by The New York Times, in advance of President Trump’s visit to the iconic site on July 4

Here it comes... Not long now, and we’ll see very serious NYT columnists call for the dynamiting of Mount Rushmore. - Federalist political editor John Daniel Davidson

The New York Times building is located on land the Dutch colonists swindled from the native population. They must abandon their stolen land and donate the proceeds to BLM. - Buck Sexton

It’s not our movement. This is a movement that was given to us by, you know, George Soros and his … boys. Because they saw how things were going and they didn’t want to go back to the ‘60s to where we started having our own organic movements. That was a big … problem for them. So let’s give the people a movement that we can control. We’ll provide them the leaders and all this type of [stuff]. That’s what black lives matter is. - Rapper Lord Jamar, explaining in a viral video why he doesn’t support the Black Lives Matter movement

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What are superheroes except cops with capes who enact justice with their powers?... It’s not just that superheroes act like members of law enforcement; sometimes they interact with them directly. SpiderMan has long had a complicated relationship with the NYPD. Last year’s Spider-Man video game received some pushback over what many critics called “copaganda.” In that game, Peter Parker is a fan of the police, even fantasizing about being “Spider cop.” He spends much of the game fixing surveillance towers for the NYPD. -From a Time Magazine article calling for canceling superheroes because, supposedly, superheroes are racists

We’re asking our federal partners to step up and help our communities recover. - Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D), asking the federal government to help pay for the over $500 million in damages caused to his state by rioters

The patriots who built our countries were not villains; they were heroes whose courageous deeds improved the Earth beyond measure. If you believe in justice, if you believe in freedom, if you believe in peace, then you must cherish the principles of our founding. American heroes defeated the Nazis, dethroned the Fascists, toppled the Communists, saved American values, upheld American principles, and chased down terrorists to the very ends of the earth. We are now in the process of defeating the radical left, the Marxists, the anarchists, the agitators, the looters and people who in many instances have absolutely no clue what they are doing. - President Trump speaking at Mt. Rushmore on July 4

This is directly related to coronavirus. This is a very serious situation… As we’re getting into warmer and warmer weather, we’re feeling the effects of people being cooped up for months, the economy hasn’t restarted – we have a real problem here. - New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio at a press conference blaming the eight murders and 44 shootings last weekend on coronavirus

Joe Biden posted a campaign video accusing President Trump of endangering the safety of U.S. troops with his reckless policy. That’s so true. U.S. troops were SO much safer when they were in Syria battling ISIS than they are back home in America defending our statues against Democrats. - Argus Hamilton

Black ppl have been dehumanized, brutalized, criminalized + terrorized by America for centuries, & are expected to join your commemoration of “independence,” while you enslaved our ancestors. We reject your celebration of white supremacy & look forward to liberation for all. – Tweet by Colin Kaepernick on July 4, 2020

Happy 4th of july everyone I hope everyone has a blessed day. - Tweet by Colin Kaepernick on July 4, 2011, before he was benched for not being a good quarterback anymore and became a social justice warrior

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Not every incident that transpires in Iran necessarily has something to do with us. - Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz, in a statement to Reuters after a massive blaze at one of Iran’s main nuclear facilities

I was asked probably 12 questions about the Confederate flag. This President is focused on action, and I’m a little dismayed that I didn’t receive one question on the deaths that we got in this country this weekend. I didn’t receive one question about New York City shootings doubling for the third straight week. And over the last seven days, shootings skyrocketed by 142 percent. Not one question. I didn’t receive one question about five children who were killed… We need to be focused on securing our streets, making sure no lives are lost because all black lives matter They say Black Lives Matter. You killed your own. - The father of an 8-year-old black girl, Secoriea Turner, who was shot and killed by Black Lives Matter rioters in Atlanta last weekend when her mother accidentally drove into their “autonomous zone”

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— White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany scolding reporters for being obsessed with removing monuments while totally ignoring the current crime wave caused by the protests about defunding the police

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Political Crossfire

The Media’s Mischaracterization of Trump’s Mount Rushmore Speech By Marc A. Thiessen

missed President Donald Trump’s Mount Rushmore speech Friday night, so when I read the press coverage over the weekend I braced for the worst. The New York Times reported that Trump had delivered an “ominous depiction of the recent protests over racial justice” and “exploit[ed] race and cultural flash points to stoke fear among his base of white supporters.” The Associated Press declared that he had “accus[ed] protesters who have pushed for racial justice of engaging in a ‘merciless campaign to wipe out our history.’” Then I watched the full address. None of it was true. “We embrace tolerance, not prejudice,” Trump said. “Every child, of every color – born and unborn – is made in the holy image of G-d.” He praised great black Americans including Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman, Jesse Owens, Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald and Muhammad Ali, declaring that “only America could have produced them all.” Standing beneath the image of Abraham Lincoln, Trump declared, “Lincoln won the Civil War; he issued the Emancipation Proclamation; he led the passage of the 13th Amendment, abolishing slavery for all time.” The crowd cheered at his mention of the abolition of slavery, which got zero mentions in the coverage of his address. Trump explained that “by tearing down Washington and Jefferson, these radicals…would tear down the principles that propelled the abolition of slavery in America and, ultimately, around the world, ending an evil institution that had plagued humanity for thousands and thousands of years.” He declared,

“Our opponents would tear apart the very documents that Martin Luther King used to express his dream and the ideas that were the foundation of the righteous movement for Civil Rights.” To the Times, this amounts to “stoking racial fears to pit a white voting base against nationwide calls for social justice.” The mischaracterization of the Mount Rushmore speech is not an anomaly. Trump’s critics in the media have fallen into an insidious habit of taking his quotes criticizing the hordes who burn buildings and tear down statues and reporting them as criticism of “racial justice pro-

ago, he warned that if we take down statues of Robert E. Lee, soon they’ll come after George Washington. Well, as Megan McArdle pointed out in The Washington Post, he was pre-

Trump says and tweets plenty of outrageous things but that doesn’t give reporters license to make them up.

testers.” This is dishonest. Trump has said more than once that he is “an ally of all peaceful protesters.” He’s not the one blurring the lines between violent mobs and peaceful protesters; his media critics are. They know most Americans oppose the mob but support racial justice, and so they twist Trump’s words to make it seem like he opposes both. Trump says and tweets plenty of outrageous things but that doesn’t give reporters license to make them up. Trump believes that if you give an inch to the “cancel culture,” it’s a slippery slope. Nearly three years

scient. I happen to think we should have a national conversation about Confederate monuments, and that Trump would be in a stronger position to defend the American founding if he led one. But you can’t have a national conversation with a mob. And the rioters tearing down and defacing statues and memorials of Washington, Lincoln, and Ulysses S. Grant have proven they are not just opposed to the Confederacy – they’re opposed to the Union. What about the charge that he declared a culture war? That is like saying that America declared war

on Japan; it’s technically correct but misses the point. The left launched the culture war and the cancel culture that, as Trump said, is “driving people from their jobs, shaming dissenters and demanding total submission from anyone who disagrees.” The president is simply fighting back against this war of political intolerance – and it’s about time someone did. The iconoclasm we see today is rooted in a broader movement that seeks to cancel and discredit the American founding. (One Times reporter’s Twitter header photo literally shows the words “July 4, 1776” with a line drawn through, replaced by “August 20, 1619,” the date the first enslaved Africans arrived at Jamestown.) At Mount Rushmore, Trump declared that no one will cancel the American founding on his watch. That is only controversial in bluest reaches of blue America. If celebrating and defending our founding principles on the Fourth of July is “dark and divisive” that tells us less about Trump than the sad state of our country. (c) 2020, Washington Post Writers Group

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Political Crossfire

Trump Doesn’t Understand That Putin is in the Payback Business By David Ignatius

basic truth about Russian President Vladimir Putin, which President Donald Trump evidently doesn’t understand: Putin is in the payback business. He believes the United States destroyed his former country, the Soviet Union. He likes the United States to feel pain, in Afghanistan and everywhere else. Trump has his own, much rosier take on Putin. And I can’t help wondering whether that explains why, assuming his account is true, the American president was never briefed about intelligence reports early this year that Russia was offering bounties to Taliban fighters to kill U.S. and coalition troops in Afghanistan. Perhaps Trump’s national security aides were afraid to upset him. When it comes to the military, Trump has the opposite of a Midas touch. Everything he handles becomes tarnished. That was true of his meddling last year in the discipline case of Navy SEAL Eddie Gallagher; his encouragement of the firing of Capt. Brett Crozier as skipper of the USS Theodore Roosevelt; and his enlistment of Gen. Mark A. Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, for a publicity stunt at St. John’s Episcopal Church near the White House. There’s a lot we still don’t know about the Russian bounties in Afghanistan. But sources have provided some basics that allow us to see this incident in context. First, we must understand that the Russians wish us ill in Afghanistan. Putin’s generation remains bitter about their forced withdrawal that finished in 1989, under American pressure, which presaged the collapse of the Soviet Union. There’s a tiny Afghan War Museum in Moscow’s Perovo district: two dark rooms, pictures

A convoy of Soviet troops waves to crowds during its withdrawal from Afghanistan on May 15, 1988 of the fallen, guns, maps and other trinkets of a war that broke the Soviet Union’s spirit. About 15,000 Soviet soldiers were killed in their nine-year Afghanistan war. By comparison, the United States has suffered 2,372 military deaths in our Afghan war, waged for more than twice as long. What makes Afghanistan espe-

assistance to the mujahideen, the United States “should take no action limiting U.S. options” until the Moscow-backed Afghan government fell. For the first 15 years of the U.S. war in Afghanistan, in which our former allies were now mortal enemies, the Russians played along. They were happy to let Americans kill the same Islamist militants that had

About 15,000 Soviet soldiers were killed in their nine-year Afghanistan war

cially painful for Russia is that the Soviet Union’s final defeat resulted from a secret CIA program to supply the Afghan mujahideen with Stinger antiaircraft missiles, which could shoot down Soviet helicopters and were a death sentence for Moscow’s recruits. The Soviet Union might have hoped that the United States would help it escape the Afghan quagmire, but life doesn’t work that way. A declassified Feb. 13, 1989, National Security Directive specified that if the Soviets wanted a cutoff in U.S.

used U.S.-supplied weapons to kill Russians. But starting in 2018, U.S. commanders noticed a difference: the Russians appeared to be helping the Taliban. Gen. John “Mick” Nicholson Jr., who commanded U.S. forces in Afghanistan for more than two years, revealed the secret Russian aid for the Taliban in a March 23, 2018, interview with the BBC. He said Afghan leaders had showed U.S. commanders Russian-supplied weapons that had been smuggled across the border to Taliban fighters. He said the Russians

were also peddling a false narrative that the United States was fostering a buildup of Islamic State fighters in Afghanistan to justify their actions. Nicholson’s 2018 interview was a rare public protest by a U.S. official. Trump didn’t press the Russians to stop, and so they continued. The GRU military-intelligence units that were helping smuggle weapons to the Taliban in 2018 may have been the forerunners of GRU operatives who U.S. intelligence analysts suspect are the new bounty hunters. Through this January and February, as the CIA and military surveillance gathered reports about a cash stockpile in northern Afghanistan and other indicators of a possible Russian operation, U.S. military and intelligence officials became increasingly concerned, several told me. By March, they were pressing for a top-level review by senior Trump administration officials of this still-unconfirmed threat to U.S. soldiers. Through this agonizing period, Trump kept up a buzz of happy talk about improving relations with Putin, including the possibility of inviting him back into the Group of Seven. Were Trump’s commanders too afraid to warn him off this folly? Trump isn’t the only one who knows too little about Afghanistan. Our forces there are so hunkered down, I’m told the military hasn’t allowed any significant embeds by journalists. Gen. Austin “Scott” Miller, the admirable commanding general, avoids briefing the press or Congress, perhaps for fear of unintentionally offending the White House. Trump is an obstacle to good policy. Either people don’t tell him the truth, or he doesn’t want to hear it. Whichever way, he’s defaulting on his most basic responsibility as commander in chief. (c) 2020, Washington Post Writers Group

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Horses in the U.S. Army By Avi Heiligman

rmies have been using horses for as long as history has been recorded. A skilled horseman in the military was essential in many of history’s battles as tactics and their maneuverability changed the dynamics of how generals planned and fought battles. Egyptian chariots gave way to the mounted soldier. Cavalry and dragoon units were very common in modern militaries until the end of the 19th century. The idea of cavalry moved westwards, and the British even hired German Hussars to fight in the American Revolutionary War. The Americans soon added horse units into their army, and they participated in several battles throughout the years. Confederate commander General Robert E. Lee became a legend upon his horse, Traveller. Lee had one of the best cavalry officers under his command, General J.E.B Stuart. Most of the Northern soldiers were city boys but the Southern troops grew up on farms and were excellent horsemen. Stuart’s objective was to be the eyes and ears of the army and to hold off the Union cavalry should they be a threat to the infantry. Stuart had an impeccable record that was marred at the crucial Battle of Gettysburg. He left the main Confederate encampment exposed, and the Union cavalry under General John Buford held off a big Confederate attack until infantry support came up from the rear. After the Confederate surrender in April 1865, the soldiers were allowed to keep their horses as most horses were provided by the soldiers themselves. Not all cavalry charges end in victory as was evident in June 1878 during the Battle of Little Big Horn. Known as Custer’s Last Stand, it pitted the U.S. 7 th Cavalry under General George Armstrong Custer against Native Americans led by Chief Sitting

Theodore Roosevelt, in suspenders and a black shirt, and the Rough Riders atop San Juan Hill Bull and Chief Crazy Horse. Custer had been a Civil War hero for the Union while leading a cavalry charge during the Battle of Gettysburg. However, his flair and bravado got the best of him during the Battle of Little Bighorn as five companies in the 7 th Cavalry were wiped out completely. The cavalry was outnumbered after Custer divided his forces, and the Native Americans surrounded Custer’s unit. Custer and all of the men with him were killed. It took a year for the U.S. Army to defeat the Native Americans in the Great Sioux War. One of the most famous equine units in American history is the Rough Riders. Founder and future President Theodore Roosevelt raised the unit during the Spanish American War. Teddy had no battle experience, and therefore asked Colonel Leonard Wood, an army doctor who had won the Medal of Honor during the American-Indian War in the 1880s, to lead the regiment with

1,250 men in their ranks. On June 14, 1898, the men shipped out from Tampa and arrived on Cuban soil eight days later – without a third of the regiment and practically all of their horses. This put the men at a major disadvantage because they weren’t used to marching and fighting as foot soldiers. Two days later, on June 24, the Rough Riders saw their first action during the Battle of Las Guasimas, a Spanish outpost. Weary from the trek to the outpost, many men fell out of position and more couldn’t make it up the steep hill. They went into the hour-and-a-half battle with less than 500 men but were able to root out the enemy from entrenched positions. The Americans lost only eight soldiers; thirty-one were wounded. The first Rough Rider to die in battle was Trooper Jacob Wilbusky, a Jewish cowboy from Texas. Before the Battle of San Juan Heights, Roosevelt was promoted to full colonel and was made command-

er of the Rough Riders. The battle took place on July 1 on San Juan Hill and Kettle Hill but at the beginning they were only to be a diversion for the main assault. Roosevelt noticed that his men were exposed and taking advantage of loose orders. Realizing that he was the highest-ranking officer in the vicinity, he charged up the hill with his men following. The unit had three Gatling guns (an early version of the machine gun) in support that took care of 600 advancing Spanish soldiers. The heights had been taken – the first man to the top was Jewish Corporal Irving Peixotto. The Americans suffered many losses including fifteen Jewish Rough Riders who had been wounded or killed. Once the heights had been conquered, the Spanish were forced to fall back on the city of Santiago, and after a few minor battles, they surrendered to the Americans on August 12. After the Civil War, the U.S. Army maintained several regiments of cavalry with the 9th and 10th Regiments comprising of African-American soldiers. These horsemen were given the nickname of Buffalo Soldiers and participated in the Indian Wars. In 1898, they fought alongside the Rough Riders during the Spanish-American War. Horse cavalry units remained in many armies, especially those in Europe, during the bitter fighting of World War II. There were at least fifteen cavalry charges made by the Polish forces and an American cavalry charge by the U.S. Army’s Philippine Scouts (26th Cavalry Regiment) on the Bataan Peninsula in January 1942. The 10th Mountain Division’s horse cavalry troop made the last horse charge during the war while in Austria in early 1945. Since World War II, horses have rarely been seen in battle with one

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Special Forces soldiers on horseback in Afghanistan major exception – Special Forces operating in Afghanistan. Just weeks after the 9/11 attacks, a Green Beret team, the 5th Special Forces Group’s Operational Detachment Alpha 595 under Captain Mark Nutsch plus two other Green Beret detachments, were sent near the northern city of Mazar-e-Sharif. The teams of twelve were told that the best way to get around the unforgiving terrain was to ride

horses. However, only a few had ever ridden horses before. The animals and equipment were to be provided by the Northern Alliance. The Green Berets quickly adapted to the Afghan saddle and easily maneuvered around Taliban and al-Qaeda forces that ironically were fighting in tanks left over from the 1980’s war with the Soviet Union. Liaisons from the Air Force were also with the Green Berets and called in air

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U.S. Recon Patrol in Italy, 1943 support from gunships patrolling from the skies. Within weeks, the Taliban was surrounded, and the city fell to the Northern Alliance with no major American casualties. Today, cavalry units are mechanized. The horses maintained by the U.S. Military are mainly used for ceremonial and outreach purposes. For all intents and purposes, the use of horses in combat is a thing of the

past. However, cavalry units and the servicemembers associated with those units will always be remembered for their bravery and heroism.

Avi Heiligman is a weekly contributor to The Jewish Home. He welcomes your comments and suggestions for future columns and can be reached at aviheiligman@gmail.com.

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olleges looking to compete for students have added new fields like cybersecurity, political campaign management, and even beer fermentation. (That last one seems a bit indulgent, given how many college students pursue rigorous self-study programs in malt beverages with no promise of academic credit at all.) Perhaps it shouldn’t surprise you, then, that a Japanese man has earned the first-ever master’s degree in Ninja Studies after two years studying the history, traditions, and fighting techniques of Japan’s legendary stealthy soldiers at Mei University’s International Ninja Research Center. Ninjas date back as far as the 12th century but reached their zenith during the Sengoku period from 1467-1615. This was a chaotic era, with a series of weak emperors nominally pretending to rule the country but various daimyo, or samurai warlords, fighting for real power. The ninja hired themselves out as stealth soldiers and mercenaries to the daimyo, especially for operations forbidden by the code of honor. Naturally, that got us to wondering (because we clearly don’t get out enough), what sort of taxes did those ninjas pay? A quick visit with Mr. Google reveals that taxes in feudal Japan were based on rice. In fact, taxpayers delivered their share at every level of government in the form of grain and much of Japan’s transportation infrastructure developed specifically to get those taxes delivered. Typically, farmers paid about 40% of their crop in taxes, regardless of the price at the time (which created its

or Roth accounts (that let you save it until you take your money out). They could choose to be assessed annually (kemi). Or they could choose every five years (jomen), which meant less time dealing with crooked tax collectors, at the risk of crop failures leaving them short.

A quick visit with Mr. Google reveals that taxes in feudal Japan were based on rice.

own problems in times of inflation). Villages paid tax as a unit, with the head of the village deciding how much each individual farmer paid. Naturally, some villages went the extra mile to pay less. They plied visiting tax assessors with alcohol and showered them with gifts for lighter loads. Farmers even faced a planning choice similar to today’s decision between traditional IRAs and 401(k)s (that let you take your tax break today)

Actual ninjas were farmers themselves, typically born into ninja families and trained from childhood. As they grew older and more experienced, they hired themselves out to daimyo. It’s likely they paid no tax on the income from the spying, the sabotage (mainly arson), and the assassinations they carried out. As we’ve seen, taxes in Sengoku and Edo Japan weren’t based on earned income. And even if there

had been such levies, the ninjas’ paymasters were the same lords who were responsible for collecting rice-based taxes from everyone else. Today, the ninja lives on mainly in myth. There’s no evidence they ever dressed in the allblack garb you see them wearing in popular depictions — they dressed like ordinary peasants to blend in with everyone else. If they really could make themselves invisible or walk on water, those secrets are lost to us. (And really, if you could make yourself invisible, wouldn’t it be worth paying a little extra tax to get away with it?) But the ninja tradition lives on in a surprising corner of the world, and that’s tax planning. One professional association for tax-planning professionals even urges graduates of its flagship “Green Light Academy” program to style themselves as “tax ninjas” to attract clients. (That’s us.) So, let us put our skills to work for you, and see how much grain you can save! Allan J Rolnick is a CPA who has been in practice for over 30 years in Queens, NY. He welcomes your comments and can be reached at 718-896-8715 or at allanjrcpa@aol.com.

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A Daily Workout By Rivki D. Rosenwald Esq., MFT, CLC

o you live in a house? Does it have a staircase to a second floor? Do you find yourself using it – a lot? In fact, like a million times a day: Run up for your pocketbook! Whoops, back up, forgot your wallet! Oh no, where are your sunglasses? Up again!

other weight classes. Feel like you need even heavier weights? Do the Costco shopping! And don’t forget changing the Poland Spring water bottles or lugging the laundry upstairs from the basement. These are awesome weightlifting opportunities! What about squats? Don’t you get up from the couch to get a snack more than once?

When you’re feeling overwhelmed or overworked, how about looking at it as gym-ed out?

Back up – for your phone charger. And again – should have changed your shoes, clothes, jacket! Oh no, one more time. Where’s your credit card holder?! By the way, do you belong to a gym? Wait, don’t say no, yet! Isn’t this experience like being on a stair-master all day? Sometimes, the best way to embrace the strenuous activities we do all day is to interpret them as the exercises we say that we need to do more of, such as walking, or running, or working out. When you lift a baby – think of it as lifting a weight. How about when you carry those supermarket bags in from the car – think of that as covering some of the

There’s a few squats right there. Planks? Didn’t you look under the couch for the shoe you couldn’t find? Abs: I’m sure you put on your socks and shoes today. And what about bending down to scratch those endless mosquito bites? That’s maybe like a hundred reps right there! So, when you’re feeling overwhelmed or overworked, how about looking at it as gym-ed out? Why work so hard and then on top of it be so hard on yourself?! You know, by feeling: I need to do more exercise. I’m not saying that you don’t have to. How would I know?! I’m just saying, try thinking of what you do already as legitimate exercise. Because that helps you embrace it more enthusiastically. And on top of that, it

lets you give yourself a little credit, too. You are, after all, getting a workout in! OK, now for those of you who say, “Nah, I’m at a computer or desk all day. I really do nothing.” Don’t forget that you very well could be doing isometrics. Isometrics is the static contraction of a muscle. You may be isometric-ing like crazy for hours and failing to give yourself all the deserved recognition! How about ... The next time you feel like beating yourself up for not going to the gym. first stop and freeze in one po-

sition for a few minutes really hard. That will cover the isometrics piece! Then, extract the KitchenAid you’ll need for Shabbos cooking or, alternatively, lift and check out the glitches at the bottom of your printer. That way, you can celebrate this necessary work as that fitness training you’ve been longing to pursue. So, here’s three cheers for you!

Rivki Rosenwald is a certified relationship counselor, and career and life coach. She can be contacted at 917-705-2004 or rivki@rosenwalds.com.

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Southern Peaches

99¢

$ 49LB

$ 99 12 oz

Beef Pa�es

Green Squash

Sour Lips

Meal Mart Pastrami Kishka

Macabee Pizza Bagels

59¢

$ 99 13 oz

99 LB

99¢

Baby Flounder Family Pack

99 LB

15 oz

Mehadrin Sausages

$ 99 8 oz

Family Pack

5 oz - 6 oz

PR or B&B Sugar

Bowl & Basket Spring Water

Rib Steak

Pereg Couscous, Rice & Quinoa Mixes

Fruit-a-Peel Sweet Mango Fruit Tape

$ 39 64 oz

99¢

$ 99 32 oz

Devash Fruit Punch or Pink Lemonade

KolSave Extra Long Grain Rice

Slim & Trim Popcorn

White Meat Albacore Tuna Salad

$ 99 LB

Empire Sliced Turkey

$ 99 LB