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Five odd moments from Trumps Israel trip
l Donald Trumps trip to Israel passed
by in a flash after all, the president
only stopped in the Jewish state for
two days.
Nevertheless, Trump managed to
do plenty of things during his visit.
He checked out the Western Wall,
Yad Vashem, and the Israel Museum,
and he met with Israeli Prime Minister
Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli President
Reuven Rivlin, and Palestinian Authority
President Mahmoud Abbas.
The trip also managed to produce
some awkward moments involving
Trump and his administration.
Here are some of them.
1. Trump pays a visit to Vad Vanshem
and has an amazing time
The White House made an unfortunate
typo in a live video feed of Trumps
visit to Yad Vashem, Israels Holocaust
memorial, by incorrectly spelling the
museum Vad Vanshem something
that sounds closer to the name of a
Dutch count.
Before leaving, Trump signed the
guest book with a short message in
which he wrote about the museum
being so amazing. To many on
Twitter, the note (which read in full, It
is a great honor to be here with all of
my friends. So amazing + will Never
Forget!) seemed lighthearted given
the museums harrowing content.
Fashion statement
l Israels culture minister dismissed
criticism about the dress she wore
to the opening of the Cannes Film
Festival.
The bottom of the dresss skirt is
a picture of Jerusalem that wraps
around the wearers body.
It was lovely to see how much
affection the dress received at
Cannes, Miri Regev, a member
of Prime Minister Benjamin
Netanyahus rightist Likud party,
told Ynet in an interview about the
dress.
Regev was in Cannes to represent
Israel at the event, which had an
Israeli pavilion.
On social media, users
manipulated the image and
reposted it with various images
superimposed on the Jerusalem
one, including the security barrier,
which Israel built to keep out
terrorists, running along some of
Jerusalems municipal borders.
The upper part of the dress was
sewn from gilded mesh, trimmed
with gems, crystals, and hammered
copper strips, in a possible allusion
to the song Jerusalem of Gold.
The designer was Aviad Arik
Herman, an Israeli based in Sweden,
who said he had worked on the dress
for six months at Regevs request
2. In Jerusalem, Trump forgets
hes in the Middle East
Trump praised Secretary of State Rex
Tillersons trip-organizing skills during
a meeting with Israels President Rivlin
in Jerusalem. The secretary of state
has done an incredible job. We just got
back from the Middle East, we just got
back from Saudi Arabia, Trump said.
But theres a problem with that
statement: Israel is in the Middle
East. And just after Trump makes the
statement, Israels ambassador to the
United States, Ron Dermer, is seen
running his hand through his hair a
and with his mothers help. Herman
told Army Radio that Regev rented
the dress from him; she paid him
approximately $2,000 for designing
it and another $600 in rental costs.
The rental costs came from her own
pocket, he added; he did not say if
she paid for the design costs herself.
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move that some have interpreted as your delegation, youve shown a great
embarrassment on the presidents commitment to Israels future and to its
behalf. security, the Israeli leader said.
The sentence itself sounded strange,
3. Secretary of State Tillerson calls but the fact that Melania actually is
Tel Aviv the home of Judaism Trumps third wife is what made it
Before the trip, a Trump official got cringeworthy.
in a heated argument with Israelis
after claiming the Kotel was part of 5. The White House cant decide
the West Bank. So en route to Israel, if Jerusalem is in Israel, or if it
Tillerson evaded questions about recognizes Palestine
whether the Western Wall is part of the The status of Jerusalem is the subject
Jewish state. But he did make waves of a longstanding U.S. policy debate
across the internet for another reason: and it showed during Trumps trip.
He said that Trump was on his way to In a live stream of Trumps remarks
Tel Aviv, home of Judaism. with Netanyahu on Monday, the White
Critics, like Morton Klein of the Zionist House listed the meetings location as
Organization of America, insisted that
Jerusalem, not Tel Aviv, is Judaisms
historical and spiritual home.
Jerusalem, Israel.
But during the presidents visit to
the Israel Museum on Tuesday, the
live stream called the location simply
4. Netanyahu calls Jerusalem. The White House also
Melania Trump First Wife referred to Abbas as president of
Yes, English isnt Netanyahus first Palestine in a schedule, despite the
language, but the Israeli prime minister fact that the U.S. does not recognize
made a particularly awkward comment a Palestinian state. It later corrected
during an address at the Israel Museum. his title to president of the Palestinian
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MEDAL OF HONOR:
A dentist fought
a heroic battle
Recently, I was
telling a dentist
friend about BEN
SALOMON (1914-1944), a
Jewish dentist who
posthumously won the
Medal of Honor. Our
conversation led me to
find a YouTube video
tribute to Salomon.
Through this video, I
learned a great deal
more about him. Last
November, the American
Friends of Dental
Volunteers for Israel
sponsored a lecture
about Salomons life at
the NYU School of
Dentistry. (The group
runs a free clinic in
Jerusalem for poor kids
of every background). I
urge you to watch the
25-minute video, which is
much better than my
brief summary of
Salomons incredible
story. JACK JACOBS, 71,
a retired Army colonel
who won the Medal of
Honor for gallantry in
Vietnam, spoke at the
Salomon tribute.
Salomon, a Wisconsin
native, graduated from
dental school in 1937.
In 1940, he was drafted
into the army during the
first peacetime draft.
The army thought it had
enough dentists already,
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Some idiot Dem congressman
on MORNING JOE says hes never
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A tweet by John Podhoretz, editor of Commentary
magazine and columnist for the New York Post.
so Salomon was sent 22 days before they
to an infantry unit. He were to take their vows.
had a great aptitude But instead of canceling
for military tactics and the reception venue,
weaponry and became booked for the eighth
very skilled with ma- day of Chanukah, she
chine guns. In 1942, with trusts that fate in the
America at war, the Army form of the Almighty
decided it needed more will provide a willing
dentists, and ordered replacement and that
Salomon to transfer to the ceremony will
the dental corps, where go on.
he would be an offi- Reviews have been
cer. He reluctantly had Ben Salomon Jack Jacobs Noa Koler excellent. Michals un-
to comply. expected toughness
In 1944, Capt. Salo- and, yes, feminism,
mon was sent to Saipan, and because of time- South Vietnamese head- Americans, as well as animates the film. She
where a fierce battle limit regulations. They quarters tipped off the many allied soldiers. doesnt wait for God
raged. He volunteered didnt even give him a Viet Cong, and Jacobs Alone, he dispersed sev- to drop a new groom
to be a frontline surgeon Purple Heart until 2002. and other advisors, along eral Viet Cong squads in her lap, but actively
and was sent to a field Jack Jacobs, too, has with South Vietnamese with well-directed gun- seeks one out. Still, she
hospital. The Japanese, a short (11 minute) trib- troops, walked into a fire. (For Salomon video, wont settle for any guy.
who were running out ute video on YouTube well-planned ambush. enter in YouTube search She bluntly turns down
of ammunition, were in which he explains the Jacobs was heavily box: The Story of Cap- unacceptable men in a
ordered to attack the events that won him the wounded in the first mo- tain Ben L. Salomon; speed-dating marathon
Americans in a final, all- Medal of Honor. Watch ments of the ambush. His for Jacobs: Jacobs and she even rejects a
out suicide attack. Solo- it. Jacobs, who some- company commander Jack SD.) proposal from a famous
mon, alone, held the at- times appears on NBC and another American Jacobs is a graduate Israeli pop singer whom
tackers off as 30 injured as a military expert, is advisor were hit and left of Woodbridge High she meets near the
soldiers were evacuated very articulate and even near death. School and Rutgers Ukrainian grave of a fa-
from the hospital. His funny at times. (He told Jacobs realized he had University, where he was mous chasidic rabbi. The
body was found the the Salomon audience to assume command, in the ROTC. He lives in film ends with a happy
next day, slumped over that Its lucky Im short. and to do what it took Far Hills. and unexpected twist.
a machine gun. The Two inches taller and to get himself and the Worth looking for Look for Plan on
bodies of 98 enemy Id have been dead [in others out alive. At that make a note The Netflix and/or other
soldiers whom he had combat]. Plus, I have moment, he said, a quo- Wedding Plan, an premium services in a
killed were found near a lesser carbon foot- tation from Hillel raced Israeli comedy/drama, few months. It opened
his body. His Medal of print.) through his mind: If not stars NOA KOLER, 35, in New York and Los An-
Honor was not awarded Jacobs was serving you, who? If not now, as Michal, a 30-some- geles on May 12, but its
until 2002 because of as an advisor to South when? thing ultra-Orthodox unlikely it will open in a
confusion about wheth- Vietnamese troops in He managed to save Jewish woman who is theater near you.
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Climbing Capitol Hill
Norpac mission brings 1,000 pro-Israel activists to Washington
JOSH LIPOWSKY
WASHINGTON, D.C. On Wednesday,
May 17, some 1,000 pro-Israel advocates
descended on Capitol Hill to meet with
nearly every member of Congress. They
were part of the annual Norpac mission
to Washington, which this year pro-
moted a continued focus on Iran and its
terrorist proxies.
Buses from Englewood, Fair Lawn,
Monsey, N.Y., and New York City carried
the advocates to the Capitol on behalf of
the northern New Jersey-based pro-Israel
political action committee. The advocates
met with staffers at the offices of more
than 90 percent of House and Senate
members to press them or thank them for
their support. This years Norpac talking
points focused on four themes: contin-
ued security assistance for Israel; ensur-
ing Iranian accountability, both in terms
of the 2015 nuclear agreement and Irans
sponsorship of global terror; broader and
harsher sanctions against Hezbollah; and
educating against the anti-Israel Boycott,
Divestment, and Sanctions movement.
Were citizen advocates, Norpacs presi-
dent, Dr. Ben Chouake of Englewood said;
Norpacs trip is not a lobbying mission, he
added, because lobbyists are registered
and paid professionals. When somebodys
meeting a paid professional versus a volun-
teer whos doing it from their heart travels
hours in a day, takes off from work its a
lot more powerful a statement.
Generally, the members recognize the
power of citizen advocacy. They feel a
certain camaraderie with the people who
come in.
Upon arriving in Washington, the advo-
cates were greeted by some friendly voices
in Congress before splitting into groups at
the Capitol. New Jersey Democratic Sena-
tor Bob Menendez addressed the crowd at
the historic Warner Theater in downtown
Washington. American Jews have as much
right as any other Americans to engage in
the political system and affect the course
of events, Mr. Menendez said, calling Dr.
Chouake the ultimate Zionist.
It is in the national interest and security
of the United States to have a strong, unwav-
ering relationship with the State of Israel,
the one true democracy in a sea of autoc-
racy, Mr. Menendez continued. He cited
the passage of last years Memorandum of
Understanding, which provides Israel with
$38 billion in funding over a 10-year period
beginning in 2018.
Mr. Menendezone of the architects of
the U.S. sanctions package against Irans
nuclear programsaid that despite claims
6 JEWISH STANDARD MAY 26, 2017
From left, delegation members Rabbi Stephen Roth of Eitz Chaim in Passaic,
Rabbi Andrew Markowitz of Shomrei Torah of Fair Lawn, mission co-chair Dr.
Laurie Baumel, and Rabbi Benjamin Yudin, also of Shomrei Torah in Fair Lawn.
Senator Benjamin Cardin (D-MD)
that its nuclear program is for energy and
research, Iran doesnt need nuclear power
for energy because of its vast oil reserves.
Iran continues to represent an existential
threat to Israel and the United States must
do everything it can to restrain Iran, he said.
One of the pieces of legislation the Nor-
pac members advocated for was the Senate
bill called the Countering Irans Destabi-
lizing Activities Act of 2017. Mr. Menendez
called the bill a critical piece of legislation
to counter Irans continued destabilizing
activities in Syria, Yemen, and elsewhere.
The bill calls for terrorism sanctions on any
entity affiliated with Irans Islamic Revolu-
tionary Guard Corps, the paramilitary orga-
nization tasked with protecting and spread-
ing the ideals of the Iranian revolution.
The United States already has sanctioned
the Quds Force, the IRGCs external wing
that liaises with Hezbollah, Houthi rebels
in Yemen, and other international terror-
ism groups. The new bill calls for sanctions
Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ)
against the IRGC as a whole. In the House,
representatives are considering the Iran
Ballistic Missiles and International Sanc-
tions Act, which threatens sanctions on any
person or entity facilitating Iranian develop-
ment of ballistic missiles.
Addressing another of Norpacs con-
cerns, Mr. Menendez called the BDS move-
ment a material threat to Israel, and said
that no country that wants access to U.S.
markets should be allowed to participate
in BDS against Israel. Acknowledging that
members of President Trumps administra-
tion recently said that the Western Wall is
not part of Israel, Mr. Menendez reaffirmed
that the Western Wall and Jerusalem are
both part of the Jewish state.
Its critically important that there be no
separation, none whatsoever, between the
United States and Israel, Democratic Sena-
tor Ben Cardin of Maryland told the Norpac
group. BDS is an effort to challenge the
legitimacy of the state of Israel and its used
to hide anti-Semitism and sometimes they
dont even hide it.
Maintaining Israels qualitative military
edge and missile defense, as well as educat-
ing about the existential threat of Iran, have
been among Norpacs main goals for several
years, mission co-chair Dr. Laurie Baumel of
Teaneck said. This years mission continued
to focus on those key issues as well as on the
ongoing threat of Hezbollah and BDS.
In December 2015, President Obama
signed the Hizballah International Financ-
ing Prevention Act, which threatened sanc-
tions against Lebanese financial institutions
tied to Hezbollah. A draft bill is circulating
in the House to add an amendment target-
ing Lebanese political leaders.
After he was elected president of Leba-
non last year, Hezbollah ally Michel Aoun
has made public statements supporting
Hezbollah and indicating that the Lebanese
Armed Forces would fight in conjunction
with Hezbollah against Israel. The House
draft bill could target Aoun and other Leba-
nese politicians allied with the terror group.
Norpac members also asked members of
Congress to reevaluate U.S. financial aid to
the LAF, which receives $200 to 250 mil-
lion annually.
One time that was a benefit, because
there was the assumption it was an offset
to Hezbollah, Dr. Chouake said. Theres
no daylight between the Lebanese army
and Hezbollah any more, so giving money
to the Lebanese army is giving money to
Hezbollah.
Dr. Chouake and Dr. Baumel both
praised Norpacs volunteers for taking
time away from work or school to spend
the day in Washington. This dedication has
not gone unnoticed on the Hill.
Norpac is looked upon as the shining
example of how a community can come
together to have impact in our politi-
cal system in the right way, Mr. Cardin
said. Norpacs involvement has inspired
communities in Baltimore, Chicago, Los
Angeles, and elsewhere to be increasingly
active, he added.
Though Norpac is a bipartisan organiza-
tion, growing divisiveness in Congress has
affected Norpacs strategy, Dr. Baumel said.
While Israel used to be one of the few solidly
bipartisan issues in Congress, that is no lon-
ger the case. They no longer have Israel as
that only point they agree upon, so we have
to work harder, she said. Our goal is to
come to Congress to cultivate broad bipar-
tisan support for legislation that will secure
Israel and the U.S.-Israel relationship.
For more information on Norpac, its
activities, and how to get involved, go to
www.norpac.net.
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A gap year in Israel for Israelis

Raising Zionists in the footsteps of Yigal Allon
LARRY YUDELSON

H
ow do Israelis spend their gap year?
It is fairly common for kids from New Jersey
to spend the year between high school and
college in Israel. But I never thought about
what a gap year might mean for Israelis until I spoke to Eran
Schwartz this week.
Post-army year of travel, sure. Maybe hiking in South
America or meditating in India or even weve all heard
the stories selling Dead Sea products in a Paramus mall.
Yet it turns out that a pre-army gap year is a small but
growing phenomenon particularly among the upper
classes who can afford it. Mr. Schwartz heads the Yigal Allon
Educational Center in northern Israel, which offers such a
program for high school graduates.
The center is named for Yigal Allon, one of the founders
of Kibbutz Ginosaur on the Kinneret, who went on to be
one of the founders of Palmach, the pre-state militia; a lead-
ing general during Israels War of Independence, and then
a government minister in the 1960s and 70s. He died at 62
in 1980.
The goal of the Allon Center gap year program is to The Yigal Allon Education Center.
pull people out of their homogeneous environments, Mr. the marginal, Mr. Schwartz said. We Israelis Eran Schwartz, left.
Schwartz said. Israel is small, but you can live in a bubble do not give Arab Israeli citizens really equal
and not know people who are five kilometers from you. opportunities. We give them seemingly formal If you take Allons spirit, the Palmach
The program aims to broaden the horizons of potential opportunities, but not enough in real life. spirit, of being together, of being part of a
leaders, using tools that would be familiar to many Ameri- He wants to help tear down the walls between greater cause than yourself, theres a lot
cans who spend a gap year in Israel: informal education and Jews and Arabs. Beside the gap year program, to be learned from him, he said.
travel around the country to get to know its difficulties and Allon Center activities include educational semi- He sees all the centers activities as pro-
societies, he said. It aims to fill the gap in Israeli schools, nars for the army and long-term leadership training. moting a humanistic Zionism.
which Mr. Schwartz accuses of failing to answer questions At the center, you can see soldiers studying about lead- Its the recognition of the Jewish peoples right to have
about identity and why even students and their families ership and ethical dilemmas and at the same time see Arab a culturally Jewish state, that should not be at the expense
should continue live in Israel. and Jewish kids getting to know each other, he said. of other people, he said. Being a home for the Jewish
Mr. Schwartz was in the United States this week to forge So now the center is starting a new gap-year program people is a huge challenge, but were just at the beginning
connections with American Jews. He spoke in Teaneck at the that will include Arabs and Jews. For this first year at least, of it. We still have not solved the other problems we have
Ethical Culture Society on Redeeming Zionism: A Humanist its recruiting Christian Arabs. Its a new challenge, recruit- to solve.
Perspective, co-sponsored by Partners for Progressive Israel. ing Arabs for a gap-year program. Its hard to convince One big issue is how to deal with minorities and the
Mr. Schwartz, 34, came to the Allon Center after 10 years them to even come, he said. On the one hand, we want Palestinians.
in the Israeli army, where he was a pilot and commander. them to be part of Israeli society. At the same time, we try Second of all, Zionism has to also focus on the socio-
While I was serving in the army, I felt that as much as it is to understand their resentments and build bridges. economic sphere, he added. Israel is growing in the
needed to protect the outside of Israel, theres no less a need Mr. Schwartz recently completed the second round of wrong direction. The gaps are bigger. More and more peo-
to work on the inside, he said. I decided to work in educa- interviews for Christian Arabs looking to join the gap-year ple are becoming poor. Israeli identity is being fractured
tion. Which was very weird to my pilot friends. program. You need to really explain what theyre going into different sectors charedi, Mizrachi, Ashkenazi.
Israel faces a leadership challenge, he said. Right wing or to get from the gap-year program, he said. They dont Mr. Schwartz can boast one clear-cut Zionist success on
left wing, we hardly have leaders with a vision bigger than get the degree they would from a formal educational his part. Hes proud of convincing his French-born wife
themselves. I wanted to help a new generation be charged program, so often they and their parents do not see the to make aliyah and of bringing her mother, and,, a few
with the values of belonging to something greater than benefit to it. months ago, her 81-year-old grandmother, with her.
themselves. At the core of the center is a museum established by The couple has a baby girl.
Part of this vision of societal responsibility, of a new Zion- the government of Menachem Begin after Mr. Allons I have to give her a good reason to grow up in Israel, Mr.
ism, involves concern for minorities that is, for Arabs. death. But Mr. Schwartz is proud of moving the center Schwartz said. With all my heart Im trying to make Israel
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Much to remember on Memorial Day

Especially for our veterans
LOIS GOLDRICH

Harry Feinbergs life has been so full, his

talents so varied, and his memories so
vivid, that his wife, Edith, says she doesnt
know which Harry shell wake up with in
the morning. I dont know if hell be the
veteran or the musician, she said.
But whichever Harry is on hand, hell
have powerful stories to share about his
military life under the command of Gen.
George S. Patton life on the road with
the Harmonica Rascals, and, now 97, his
many years as a veteran.
As we approach Memorial Day, we have
to pay tribute to men such as Feinberg,
said Edward Rosenblatt, commander of
Fair Lawns Jewish War Veterans-Lt. James
Platt Post 651 and this years Grand Mar-
shal of the towns annual holiday parade.
As he stands up in a convertible car
and waves, Mr. Rosenblatt said, he will
remember that he is among the few Jews
to have been given this honor over the last
decade. There are 1,300 veterans in Fair
Lawn, he noted, and about 7 percent of
them are Jewish.
Mr. Rosenblatt is proud of the post he
heads. In addition to providing services for
its members, We work with Boy Scouts Harry Feinberg, above, with some of his ribbons and medals, and below right
and Eagle Scouts, he said. We attend the as a young man, when he was a tank commander under General George Patton.
ceremony for Eagle Scouts and give them
certificates and medals from JWV.
Some veterans, like Harry Feinberg,
have that rare ability to bring history to
life. This is not the first time he is being
highlighted.
Ive been written up in four books
and in newspaper articles, including
the Jewish Standard, said the nonage-
narian, whose nearly four-year stint in
the army included fighting in the Battle
of the Bulge and participating in the
liberation of two concentration camps.
Still sharp as a tack, and clearly still
smitten by his wife of 70 years he
met her on a blind date, while he was
still recovering from a Dear John
letter he received at wars end the
World War II veteran paid tribute to
the leaders he served. Division as a captain, a West Pointer, Mr. were sparked by his experiences not only His recurring nightmares, it would seem,
I was in the army one of Gen. Pat- Feinberg said. Before you knew it, he in battle but in liberating the survivors of are understandable. At Buchenwald, not
tons tankers, he said. He was a colorful was a major, then a lieutenant colonel, the Ohrdruf and Buchenwald concentra- only did they see the ovens, but they saw
bandito. He wore two guns with ivory han- added the veteran, who called the Battle tion camps. two boxes of baby shoes beneath it. Gener-
dles. I would love to have one. of the Bulge the biggest battle we lived We didnt know anything about the als Eisenhower, Patton, and Bradley were
What kind of commander was he? He through. He has two Purple Hearts hang- camps, he said. Coming face to face with equally devastated they demanded that
was the best that America had. He and ing on his wall. the horror they found there, Feinberg said all the townspeople who lived close to the
another guy, Creighton W. Abrams. They I can still think about it and picture the American soldiers asked one another site march up to the camp to see what had
were special because they were leaders. it, he said. I remember Patton as a real how anyone could perpetrate such evil. He been done there. One German woman
They didnt sit in the background. They tough boychik, about 6 l/2 feet tall. Fein- did, however, help save one life, he said. went hysterical, he said.
stayed up front and led us into the Battle of berg recalled that the general always got Noting that one of the survivors lying on Several years ago, Ms. Feinberg said,
the Bulge. Patton was a four-star general. into the middle of everything, telling the the ground among many dead bodies on a visit to the United States Holocaust
Abrams wound up the same, although soldiers where to go and what to do. seemed to be moving, he knelt beside him Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C.,
he was still a lieutenant colonel when Mr. Sometimes, he said, his wife has to to comfort him and then called a medic, the couple saw a photo of the three gen-
Feinberg served under him. wake him, when too-real dreams cause who called an ambulance. He doesnt erals at Ohrdruf. Thats where it was,
He came into the Fourth Armored him to shout out at night. No doubt, they know what happened after that. exclaimed the veteran, going on to recount

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the national organization of the Fourth Armored Divi-
sion and has remained involved with veterans affairs
as secretary/treasurer of the New York chapter of that
association, and he is a past president of the Garden
State Harmonica Club.
A visit with Mr. Feinberg yields not only wartime
memories but music as well. While we were speaking,
he pulled out his three-octave chromatic harmonica
and reeled off not only his audition piece for the Bor-
rah Minevitch Harmonica Rascals who made the
harmonica a legitimate instrument, accepted by the
musicians union, he said but selections from Fid-
dler on the Roof. His daughter, sitting nearby, pointed
out that he has neither practiced nor played in years.
All he needs is an audience, she joked.
Mr. Feinberg, who learned the instrument as a child,
after he mastered the trumpet, noted proudly that
the group played at Broadways Paramount Theater
as well as in several movies, rubbing shoulders with
the likes of Mae West and Misha Auer. Wherever they
played, he said, we were always the headline act.
Today, the former harmonica pro born in Minsk
and raised in Passaic by parents Joseph and Celia
Feinberg lives in Elmwood Park, in a home filled
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Grand theft blessings

Rebecca and Jacob go on trial on Shavuot in Franklin Lakes
JOANNE PALMER

When Rebecca and her son Jacob joined

forces to take the birthright that should
have gone to Rebeccas other son, Jacobs
decidedly non-identical twin, Esau, what
was that?
A crime? A straightforward working out
of Gods will? A crime and at the same time
a straightforward working out of Gods
will? If its a crime, by whose law? Biblical
law? Later Jewish law? American law?
And what about the personal relation-
ships that drive all the actions in the story?
The relationships between Rebecca, cer-
tainly the feistiest of the matriarchs, and
her husband, Isaac? The relationships
between each parent and each son?
Between the brothers?
Are the women in the Bible forced to
act more deviously than the men because
they have less power? Is there more hid-
den power when it is worked in the shad-
ows than in sunlight?
Do the ends justify the means? In this
case? In some cases? Always? Ever?
So many questions! Luckily, theres all
night to answer them.
Rabbi Joseph Prouser of Temple Emanuel
of North Jersey plans to devote this years
tikkun layl Shavuot the learning that
traditionally goes all through the night on
Shavuot, but here will stop well before day- This painting of Isaac blessing Jacob, painted by Govert Flinck in 1638, is in the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

break to The Trial of Rebecca and Jacob.

The mother and son team are charged
with Grand Theft Blessings. The victim
is Esau.
We will be exploring, in considerable
detail, both the biblical narrative in which
Jacob first wrests the birthright from Esau
in return for the proverbial mess of pot-
tage, and the later narrative in which he
dresses up as his brother and tricks his
blind father into giving him the blessing,
Rabbi Prouser said.
Its an appropriate discussion for Sha-
vuot, the time of our national spiritual
birth, because Jacob is our eponymic
founder the name he later earned was
Israel so what the Torah says about
Israel goes to the heart of our national
identity, he said. The Bible is straightfor-
ward about its protagonists, later rabbinic
whitewashing notwithstanding. Jacob is
an underdog, and also a heel. Jacob was
born clutching his brothers heel, we are
told, and his name, Yakov in Hebrew, says
so. The word for heel, in Hebrew as in Eng-
lish, means both the body part and some-
one who is a cad, Rabbi Prouser said.
Jacob was a heel.
Jacob and Rebecca will be represented
by Deb Gaston and the prosecution will be
led by Robert Rosenblith. Both are lawyers
and members of Emanuel.
Adriana Wos-Mysliwiec Robert Rosenblith
Ms. Guston, who grew up belonging to
Emanuel and so did her mother, Sheila
Eckhaus Guston, when it was in Paterson
and now lives in Teaneck, specializes
in adoption, estate planning, and related
issues. This is among other things an
estate dispute, she said. It is about a
birthright.
She is comfortable defending the pair
because I think that sometimes difficult
choices are be made to achieve the right
outcome. Also, she added, as a lawyer
I believe that everyone has the right to a
defense, and I was asked to provide that
defense.
And there are genuine arguments to be
Deb Guston
made. I think that it is interesting to ask
questions about biblical stories, and about
what our system of law and sense of moral-
ity today tell us about the circumstances.
There probably are a lot of people who
will look at the facts and think, Gee, this
is wrong. They shouldnt have done it.
And there are others who will look at it as
a bigger-picture issue.
If you can understand what happened
and why it happened the way it hap-
pened, then you can put it in proper con-
text, either in its time or in our time. I am
going to be looking at what we think mod-
ern American law and sensitivities would
say, but also try to put it into context for
its time.
Is it fair for one lawyer to represent
both Rebecca and Jacob? Are their motiva-
tions and actions the same? Not necessar-
ily, Ms. Guston said. In real life, here and
now, they would not be represented by the
same person. One of them might have a
defense that might make it seem as if the
other is wrong. Luckily, the stakes here
are theoretical.
As they do so often perhaps as they
do almost always relationships between
people are at the core of dry property
issues. I see a lot of that in my law prac-
tice, where children believe they are enti-
tled to inherit from their parents, and their
parents feel obligations to certain children
based on who is the oldest, who is the first-
born male. When you try to follow certain
societal or cultural norms, you may feel
that you are doing your duty, but maybe
you are making bad choices, bad either
for the people or for the community. And
it always is possible that the outcome that
results from your decision is not necessar-
ily the one you were working toward or
hoping for.
When do you have the courage to say
no? To say I dont want to do it? When do
you break a cycle?
Robert Rosenblith of Upper Saddle

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River, the prosecutor, is a commercial liti-
gator and a former Brooklyn assistant dis-
trict attorney.
I feel very strongly that Jacob and
Rebecca did connive and abet, and in fact
did steal the birthright, he said.
Jacob and Rebecca perpetrated this
crime long before the Israelites were given
the Ten Commandments at Sinai, but one
of those commandments is Thou shalt not
steal. If you look at the Bible, starting with
Eden, all the way through, you see the
same nasty things that we see today.
Brothers jealous of brothers, moth-
ers favoring one child over another. In
my view, the fathers in the Bible, all of
them, were wusses. They were dominated
by strong women who called the shots.
Women did whatever they wanted to do.
In this particularly case, it is clear to me
that Jacob was his mothers favorite son,
and when it came down to the nitty gritty,
Rebecca did not want Esau, whom she did
not favor, to get any special benefit com-
mon at the time. So she connived with her
son Jacob.
Rebecca went to great lengths, and
her son did not say, Mom, this is wrong.
Im not going to do it. And Esau, con-
trary to what some people might think,
was a nice guy. Not the brightest light on
the lamppost, but a nice guy. And when
he came in and said, Im hungry, thats tion, Ms. Wos-Mysliwiec said. I wont be
because he was hungry. And then his
wussy little brother came in and offered
food for the birthright.
When youre starving to death, your
birthright doesnt mean anything.
He summed up. I think that Jacob and
Rebecca took advantage of an opportunity
and perpetrated a horrible crime. It was a
mother conniving with a son to steal some-
thing of benefit from another son. Thats
my view.
Adriana Wos-Mysliwiec, another lawyer,
will be the presiding judge. She specializes
in immigration, foreclosure defense, and
related matters; she also brings special
expertise to her role because shes been
both a prosecutor and a judge in the Cen-
tral Municipal Court of Bergen County.
She also is Roman Catholic; her distance
from the ways in which the Jewish world
usually sees this story will provide her
with the dispassion a good judge needs.
I plan on having both attorneys give
their opening statements, where they will
set out their facts, and then I will question
them as I would at a moot court competi-
meeting and experience to experience.
introducing facts that everyone knows
the storys in the text, and neither time nor
attention are entirely unlimited but as
far as the rest of the discussion, we have
to see what the attorneys present.
How will Ms. Wos-Mysliwiec approach
the case as a 21st-century American or
as a jurist time-traveling from the distant
past? We can only see things through the
eyes God gave us, she said. Looking at it
pursuant to New Jersey law would be doing
it in one particular way, and based on bibli-
cal approaches it is a completely different
kettle of fish. That kettle probably isnt
one either she or anyone else owns now.
We can discuss what is moral or immoral,
but that is personal, she continued. We
can outline the outer boundaries of moral-
ity, but this is the gray area. And of course
its easy to say this is black and this is white,
but its much harder with gray.
Shes excited about this opportunity
to look deeply into a question of law and
morality. Our lives are filled with day-to-
day experiences, feeding everyone, taking
care of the kids, running from meeting to
Very rarely do we have the chance to do
this, to ask ourselves deeper questions. I
cant wait!
Dr. Ora Horn Prouser is Rabbi Prousers
wife; she also is not only the executive
vice president and dean of the Academy
for Jewish Religion, she also wrote a book
called Esaus Blessing. She has studied
the story and the periods in which it was
set and during which it was written. It is
a text I have spent considerable time on,
she understated.
The Torah is a living document, Dr.
Prouser said. We continue to come to it
with our own thoughts, approaches, moral
values, views of the world, and the psycho-
logical insights from our own time.
That is not a negative. That is what
keeps the Torah living. In this program,
I assume and hope that we will bring our
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Tour de Simcha
Local woman ride for children with cancer and themselves
ABIGAIL KLEIN LEICHMAN
Put away the Passover dishes, take out the
cycling gear.
That was the order of business for 251
Jewish women 19 of them from North Jer-
sey getting ready to participate in the Tour
de Simcha bikeathon planned for July 19.
Each woman commits to raising a mini-
mum of $2,500 from sponsors for the ben-
efit of Chai Lifeline, an international non-
profit organization whose many services
for Jewish children with life-threatening
illness include kosher summer sleepaway
camps: Camp Simcha for children with
cancer and blood disorders, and Camp
Simcha Special for children with chronic
conditions. There are separate sessions for
boys and girls.
Training begins post-Passover to make
sure everyones in shape for the ride,
which is scheduled for the middle of Camp
Simcha Special Girls. The women finish
the 75-mile journey (shorter routes are
available) by riding triumphantly into the
camp in Glen Spey, New York, to the great
delight of campers and staff.
We cheer them on and dance with
them, said Mindy Tyner, coordinator of
Tour de Simcha, describing the happy
14 JEWISH STANDARD MAY 26, 2017
Chaya Goldsmith
scene over the past five summers of the
bikeathons existence.
Last year we had 170 riders and raised
almost a million dollars, she added. This
year our unofficial goal is one-and-a-quar-
ter million, which goes toward Chai Life-
lines $23 million budget. A nice chunk of
that is for the free Camp Simcha programs
Joan Enker
for 430 kids from all over the world.
A 180-mile mens ride, Bike4Chai,
started a couple of years before and is
timed for the middle of the boys session
in August.
Remarkably, nine of the registered
Tour de Simcha riders are 60 and older.
We spoke to three of them from Teaneck:
The start of last years Tour de Simcha.
Joan Enker, Chaya Goldsmith, and Susan
Alpert.
I had a long hiatus of 17 years since I
last biked, but I used to bike and wanted
to start again, Ms. Enker said.
Yet her old Trek bike might have stayed
in mothballs if it werent for a visit to Camp
Simcha last summer to see her daughter,
Jennifer, a pediatric oncology nurse at
Memorial Sloan Kettering who has volun-
teered at Camp Simcha for a decade.
She has talked about Camp Simcha for
years but I was never there, Ms. Enker
said. Last summer my husband and I
went to visit, and I had to lift my jaw off
the floor when I saw the camp. They have
a helipad and an ambulance and an infir-
mary that is functioning like a hospital.
Jenn has talked about some of the issues
they have to deal with. But these kids are
really in camp, like kids who dont have
cancer, even if theyre walking around
with an IV pole.
Every accomplishment is celebrated
by the whole camp, and theres so much
spirit and compassion and caring.
Ms. Enker had found her inspiration for
joining Tour de Simcha. I felt this would
be a great thing to do, having seen this
place and what it takes to run it, she said.
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Life throws us many challenges we dont
want, and this was a challenge I chose.
She didnt started training until the
beginning of May. I waited until I was cer-
tain I would feel comfortable. Im 66 and I
cant be cocky about it because thats how
you get injured, she said; she has had
back problems. But I took a few rides and
it felt great, so I got serious about it.
Chai Lifeline provides a coach to answer
questions and distribute suggested training
schedules. In addition, riders form neigh-
borhood WhatsApp groups to commu-
nicate with the coach, with one another,
and with neighborhood ambassadors
who provide encouragement. Many of the
women train in groups or pairs.
Ms. Enker recently went with her Tour
de Simcha group to ride at the boat basin
in Englewood. We did 10 miles altogether,
with 5 of the miles uphill. It felt absolutely
exhilarating to know I could do this. I
rode up another hill when I got home, just
because I could.
Ms. Goldsmith, 60, has done the 40-mile
Tour de Simcha route the past three sum-
mers. She found out about it during an
online search for charitable bike rides.
Tour de Simcha is very tough because
of the July heat, extreme elevations and
distance to cover in a short time, she
said. That is why she recommends that
potential participants test-drive the route
beforehand.
The hilly ride starts at Crystal Springs
Resort in Vernon at 6:30 a.m. The women
spend the previous night there, are treated
to a pasta party, and hear a camper talk
about Camp Simcha.
Every 10 to 12 miles along the route,
theres a rest stop and all riders have the
option of finishing the route in a support
vehicle. Everyone meets up half a mile
from camp and arrives as a group at 3
oclock. By that time, the temperature can
climb pretty high.
Ms. Goldsmith said she had been an avid
cycler as a child but hadnt ridden in a long
time. I had to get a new aluminum-and-
carbon bike because my old one was too
heavy to get up hills. Now I have an all-car-
bon bike with electronic gears.
The first time Ms. Goldsmith partici-
pated, she became riding partners with
Leslie Morrison of Passaic, the only other
new rider from northern New Jersey that
year. They still cycle together.
Our training rides vary from flat road to
a five-mile hill with 1,283-foot elevation,
Ms. Goldsmith said. We also ride in many
other organized rides, like the Hudson Val-
ley Ride and the TD Five Boro Bike Tour.
This year Ms. Goldsmith successfully
encouraged several other Teaneck women
to register for Tour de Simcha, because
the experience is amazing and the reward
for doing the ride is the happiness we
bring the campers.
One of those friends is Susan Alpert, 68.
At my age, its important to think out-
side of your normal box and push your-
self in different ways, mentally and physi-
cally, Ms. Alpert said. Chaya has been
riding three years, and some other friends
decided to do it, so I thought it was a nice
thing we could all do together. I could get
some exercise and do something meaning-
ful for these kids at the same time.
Ms. Alpert hadnt been on a bicycle in
about 45 years, aside from a short ride
around the block 15 years ago. So she
bought a new bike and tested it out.
The first time I zigzagged for a few min-
utes and then it came back to me. I got that
feeling of freedom I remember from when
I rode as a kid. My body had to get used to
it, but I figured my thighs hurting is noth-
ing next to what these kids in Camp Sim-
cha face every day.
Unfortunately, however, during her
third training session she took a spill in
Saddle River Park after finishing eight
miles out of a planned 20. Though the cast
will be off her leg by July 19, she will have
to drive, rather than cycle, to Glen Spey.
I spoke to Mindy Tyner, and she said
wed put the pledges I raised toward next
year, Ms. Alpert said. Im sending a note
to everybody who donated to tell them Im
going to be riding virtually. My heart is still
in it although my leg isnt.
Ms. Tyner admires Ms. Alperts devo-
tion to the cause and invited her to attend
the pre-bikeathon pasta party in Vernon.
Ms. Alpert would have been the oldest
participant this year. That distinction now
belongs to a 67-year-old rider.
Ms. Tyner reports that Tour de Simcha
bikers have ranged in age from 9 to the late
60s. We had one woman who signed up
when she was 50 years old, and she had
never worked out a day in her life, Ms.
Tyner said. Her longest training ride that
first year was 11 miles and she did 22 miles
on the ride before hopping into one of our
support vehicles. The next year she rode
50 miles!
Supporters can contribute to Tour de
Simcha at www.tourdesimcha.org. All
donations are 100 percent tax-deductible.

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Its never too late
Two 90-year-olds celebrate becoming bnot mitzvah at a Teaneck high school
BANJI GANCHROW
The DJ is playing traditional Jewish music.
The room is decorated with streamers and
balloons. The refreshments are plentiful
and look delicious. Sign-in boards display
pictures of the guests of honor. Hundreds
of girls dance in a big circle with friends
and family joining in.
Its a great party. But what makes it so
special?
This party is celebrating the bnot mitz-
vah of two women in their 90s. Yes, you just
read that correctly. Maayanot Yeshiva High
School for Girls in Teaneck played host to
this unique celebration as Mitzi Krampf and
Ruth Weiss, who live at the Jewish Home at
Rockleigh, were bat mitzvahed.
The bat mitzvah was the brainchild of
Maayanot seniors Michal Rosenfeld and
Shira Rothwachs of Teaneck and Yonina
Segal of Manhattan,. As part of their Senior
Encounter program, which requires stu-
dents to take on a project that is presented
to the teachers, the three students wanted
to do something with real meaning. In
years past, the school has hosted bat mitz-
vahs for girls who either couldnt afford a
bat mitzvah or came from unaffiliated fam-
ilies, this year we wanted to do something
a little different, Yonina said. The girls
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got in touch with Sunni Herman, the Jew-
ish Homes executive Vice president. We
asked Mrs. Herman to specifically find us
someone who hadnt had a bat mitzvah,
and she found us these two very special
women, Yonina said.
This was all the girls idea, Ms. Her-
man said. And this went beyond just the
glitz and glam of a party. It wasnt just
about hair and makeup.
Orthodox bat mitzvahs differ from bar
mitzvahs in that the young women dont
read from the Torah. Instead, many girls
choose to learn something of significance.
In this instance, the Maayanot seniors
picked the topic of challah to learn with
the honorees.
The girls learned with Mitzie and
Ruth, Ms. Herman said. They studied the
mitzvah of challah and then baked challah
with them as part of the experience. As a
bat mitzvah gift, the girls presented Mitzie
and Ruth with electric Shabbos candles
that they can light in their room.
The word bat means daughter and
everyone is somebodys daughter. Age is
not a factor in becoming a bat mitzvah.
This program was just one example
of the relationship that the Jewish Home
has with Rockleigh, she continued. This
is what young Jewish women should be
doing helping better the lives of others.
Ruth Weiss was born in McKeesport,
Penn., near Pittsburgh, and Mitzie Krampf
comes from Brooklyn. Both women were
excited to be a part of the bat mitzvah. It
just wasnt something we did back then,
Ms. Krampf said. I was the youngest of six
children and just never had a bat mitzvah.
But now, the girls told me to get dressed
in my nicest gown and here I am. Ms.
Krampf, who has lived in the Jewish Home
for three years, also has been the homes
prom queen and acted in some of its dra-
matic productions.
Both women had friends from Rockleigh
join them at their celebration.
Rabbi Shimon Feld, the chaplain of the
Jewish Home, was especially impressed by
the Maayanot seniors program. In all of
my years being involved with the elderly, I
have never seen a yeshiva invite residents
to their school for a bat mitzvah, he said.
The mitzvah that focuses on the elderly is
only mentioned once in the Torah because
it is so important. It is the elderly who con-
nects the generations.
The entire school was invited to cel-
ebrate this special occasion. Sophie Lerer
of Teaneck, a sophomore, said, We really
take for granted how we all had bat mitz-
vah parties. When I learned about these
Ruth Weiss, left,
and Mitzi Krampf
celebrate at
Maayanot.
KRUTER PHOTOGRAPHY
women, and how they never had the oppor-
tunity to celebrate this milestone with their
families when they were younger, it really
made me appreciate what I have and how I
was able to have a bat mitzvah. Eliana Wag-
ner of Englewood, a junior, said, I love that
we get to be a part of this special mitzvah.
Having things like this is just one of the rea-
son why Maayanot is such a special place.
The three students who initiated this
event left no detail unturned. They began
with the ladies having their hair and make
up done. Kruter Photography donated its
services and took pictures with the bat-mitz-
vah women and their families. Kenny Yager
and Elliot Rosenfeld donated the refresh-
ments for the collation, Maayanot senior
Dina Jawetz of Teaneck created a beauti-
ful cake, and Jeff Neckenoff of Azamra DJ
donated his time to make sure the music
was perfect and the dancing was kept lively.
Every bat mitzvah must have a montage,
so this bat mitzvah was no exception. The
girls put together a moving collection of
photos, and both Ms. Krampf and Ms.
Weiss were able to share their sentiments
about the occasion on video. I was not
as fortunate to have a bat mitzvah when I
was younger, Ms. Weiss said. But I truly
thank you for giving me the chance to have
this special simcha now.
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Yishai and Yael Eisenberg
YU awards prestigious
scholarships to local students
Karen Neugroschl of Bergenfield and sib-
lings Yael and Yishai Eisenberg of Pas-
saic were among five students chosen
for Yeshiva Universitys Bertha Kressel
Research Scholarship in 2017-2018.
The scholarshipestablished in 2008 by
Dr. Henry Kressel, YU chairman emeritus,
managing director of Warburg Pincus LLC,
and a Yeshiva College graduateoffers stu-
dents the opportunity to craft a year-long
intensive research project under the direct
supervision of YU faculty.
The scholars will each receive a stipend
of $4,000 for the year, along with appro-
priate research-support expenses. Fol-
lowing their research tenure, they will be
encouraged to share their work in profes-
sional and peer circles to stimulate a larger
intellectual discussion on their chosen top-
ics, which range from nanophysics to Eng-
lish literature to breast cancer research.
Under the supervision of Dr. Marian
Gidea, professor of mathematics, Yael
Eisenberg will conduct research in Bar-Ilan
University this summer as she uses mathe-
matical analysis to investigate brain activity.
Ill be operating the magnetoenceph-
alography machine, or MEG machine,
which is a non-invasive technique used
to collect brain data, she said. Im look-
ing to see if different areas of the brain are
stimulated when a simple arithmetic prob-
lem is presented in numbers versus words.
If the research supports the hypothesis
that different areas of the brain are used
to answer the same question when its pre-
sented in different ways, that information
can empower people who are stronger in
one area of the brain or who have brain
damage in a specific area of the brain to
use that strength to solve problems they
previously thought were beyond their
capacity.
Ultimately, Yael hopes to pursue a doc-
toral degree in mathematics. I believe
that the Kressel fellowship will give me the
tools necessary to set myself up for future
math research in graduate school and
beyond, she said.
Her brother, Yishai Eisenberg, will be
advised by Dr. Fredy Zypman, professor
of physics, as he studies charge density
measurement with nanometer precision.
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Photos courtesy YU
Karen Neugroschl
We will attempt to create algorithms for
interpreting results of an Atomic-Force
Microscope scanning, he said. The
microscope scans an object a few nano-
meters in length with a needle. As the nee-
dle vibrates, the microscope can interpret
its position as a function of the voltage
between the needle and the specimen.
Using this voltage, we will try to recon-
struct a map of the charge on the objects
surface. Yishai says that his research with
Zypman at Yeshiva College has been the
most exciting part of his undergraduate
education. I specifically recall hypoth-
esizing a certain model and after weeks of
computer programming and debugging,
we found it consistent with the theoretical
results, he said. This scholarship gives
me the opportunity to conduct this fasci-
nating research and present my results to
a larger academic community.
Karen Neugroschl will study truth in
American politics by assessing partisan
differences in factual accuracy with Dr.
Joseph Luders, YUs David and Ruth Got-
tesman Professor of Political Science.
My research project will explore to what
extent ideology plays a role in partisan pol-
icy agendas over facts, she said. Focusing
on statements made by members of Con-
gress, I will create a dataset of references
to academic scholarship or expert infor-
mation in order to determine if there is a
difference between the overall frequency
in which Democrats and Republicans cite
such sources. In addition, through several
steps, I will evaluate the reliability of the
sources and the individual scholars that
are cited. Through this process, I hope to
be able to determine the degree of accu-
racy and reliability for both Democratic
and Republican lawmakers. Karen, who
also will be student council president next
year, hopes to pursue a career in law. In
2015, just 19 percent of the country was
estimated to have trust in government,
she said. This incredibly low number is
certainly related to the belief that Ameri-
cans are being misled by their politicians.
If through my research I can determine to
what extent facts or ideology are involved
in politics, it can help shape the publics
perspective on government.
Onward to Israel
A final orientation session was held last week at Jewish Federation of Northern New
Jerseys offices for the 25 participants leaving on June 14 for eight-weeks in Israel at
various internships. Some will be spent in high tech companies, start-ups, hospitals,
and financial institutions. Onward Israel is a program of the Jewish Agency. The north-
ern New Jersey cohort is funded in part by Jewish Federation. For information on next
years cohort, call Ethan at (201) 820-3955 or email ethanb@jfnnj.org.
Schlussel is fourth from left in the group photo. Photos courtesy YU
Fort Lee man inducted
into YU Hall of Fame
The Yeshiva University Depart-
ment of Athletics recently held
its inaugural Hall of Fame din-
ner and ceremony in the Weiss-
berg Commons on the Wilf
campus. The first class of Hall
of Famers were inducted in
front of 125 people; that audi-
ence included YU student-ath-
letes, coaches, staff, families,
alumni, and friends. Herbert
Schlussel of Fort Lee, class of
1957, who played basketball,
was among the 11 inductees.
It was an honor for all of us Herbert Schlussel shows his varsity jacket
here to have the opportunity to from his playing days in the 1950s.
pay homage to these legends,
Yeshiva Universitys assistant director Those unable to attend the ceremony
for athletic recruiting and alumni rela- were represented by family members,
tions, Josh Pransky, said. For us, this teammates, and friends. After the cer-
was a passion project to make sure emony, the group walked to the Max
these people were marked for poster- Stern Athletic Center to see the newly
ity. To see how much this meant for installed Yeshiva University Athletics
the families of the honorees drove Hall of Fame wall.
home the importance. Joe Bednarsh, A second annual Hall of Fame cer-
YUs director of athletics ,was the mas- emony and dinner will be held in the
ter of ceremonies. The 11 inductees spring of 2019.
received a plaque and Yeshiva Uni-
versity Athletics Hall of Fame jacket. More Briefly Local page 23
 Womens Philanthropy 2017 Annual Spring Luncheon

On May 17, almost 500 women gathered at the Rockleigh Country Club to celebrate Jewish
Federation and the impact women have on philanthropy in the Jewish community.
This year, Lauri Bader, Jodi Epstein, Merle Fish and Donna Weintraub were honored for their
commitment to the work of the Jewish Federation. Their passion for Zionism, Tzedakah, and Tikkun
Olam has made a significant impact on the northern New Jersey community. We pay tribute to
them and all the women of Womens Philanthropy.

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Jennifer Weiner talks to the Womens Philanthropy division in Rockland
BANJI GANCHROW

On May 18, the Jewish Federa-

tion & Foundation of Rockland
Countys Womens Philan-
thropy division hosted Cel-
ebrate the Power of Women,
featuring best-selling author
Jennifer Weiner.
According to Lisa Green,
the president of JFF of Rock-

PHOTOS COURTESY ROCKLAND FEDERATION

land County, We secure a
popular female Jewish speaker
each year who is the focus
of the evening. We do this
because the annual gala is all
about community outreach.
We are trying to broaden the Event chair Bonnie Werk; author Jennifer Weiner;
reach and appeal of Womens Gary Siepser, CEO of the Jewish Federation and
Philanthropy to a wider audi-
ence in Rockland County and
Foundation of Rockland County, and event chair
Andrea Weinberger, who also is immediate past
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Northern New Jersey. Having president of the Jewish Federation & Foundation R
a well-known guest speaker of Rockland County. Jewish Federation of Rockland Lions of Judah and Pomegranate Society Women. m
to attract a large audience to e
the event achieves that goal. knows Jennifer Weiner and millions have on behalf of Israel, including fighting anti- O
There are other events during the year that (including myself ) are women, she said. read her bestselling books, she added. And Semitism and BDS, and convening the local
recognize individual honorees and celebrate Also, there are currently eight women serv- if you follow Jennifer on social media or have Jewish community to take collective action
their achievements. ing on our 2016-2017 board of directors, read her op-ed pieces, you know she has a whenever necessary,
The Womens Philanthropy is federations including our immediate past president, wonderful sense of humor and offers can- Ms. Weinberger, who co-chaired the com-
focus on womens giving toward the annual Andrea Weinberger; our vice president, Bon- did and honest anecdotes on life as a Jewish mittee that created this years party (the
campaign, Ms. Green continued. We know nie Werk; and our secretary, Melinda Levin. woman. other co-chair was Bonnie Werk), said that
that women are looking to have a social com- Events such as this gala reinforce the impor- Funds raised from the Womens Philan- the gala drew over 250 guests and inspired
ponent to their volunteering and giving and tant roles that women have in community thropy gala are used to support federations many to become involved in or to renew
Womens Philanthropy committee helps outreach and other areas, she added. annual campaign, which looks to help Jews their commitment to Womens Philanthropy.
fill that need. Ms. Green has been the fed- The event committee wanted a woman in Rockland County, in Israel, and around It was amazing to look around the room and
erations president since July and was on the who was both entertaining and well known the world, Ms. Green concluded. Federa- see how so very many people were moved by
executive board three years before that. and respected, Ms. Green said. Two years tion has tried to summarize its purpose with the impact of federation.
Women have played an impressive role ago, the comedian and writer Carol Leifer three points: Helping Jews though compel- We all felt part of something greater than
in JFF. Four of the past seven presidents was the guest speaker. Almost everyone ling need grants, advocating and educating ourselves, Ms. Weinberger concluded.

Honorees at the dinner, are from left, Sheila Reiter, Fran Satran,
Mimi Rosenstock, and Sue Ecker. JOANNA LABENDZ SEGAL

Film about heroic spy Eli Cohen

to be shown in Rockland
Israels national hero Eli Cohen, whose
spying mission in Syria helped save Israel
during the Six-Day War, will be honored on
the 50th anniversary of his mission with
the showing of the true-story film The
Impossible Spy. The screening, sponsored
by Beth Am Temple in Pearl River, the Jew-
ish Federation & Foundation of Rockland,
and the JCC Rockland, will be at the JCC
Rockland on Sunday, June 4, at 7 p.m.
Harvey Chertok, the films producer, is a
member of Beth Am Temple. He will open
the screening by providing some insight into
the films backstory and some of the chal-
lenges of its production, and he will conclude
with a Q&A after the movie. For information,
call (845) 362-4400 or go to JCCRockland.org
or www.TheImpossibleSpy.com.
Rockland women are honored
The MetroNorth Region/Hudson Val-
ley Area of the Womens League for Con-
servative Judaism held its annual Torah
Fund dinner on April 26 at Bet Torah in
Mount Kisco. Sheila Reiter of the Nanuet
Hebrew Center, Mimi Rosenstock of the
Orangetown Jewish Center, Susan Ecker
of the Montebello Jewish Center, and Fran
Satran of the New City Jewish Center, were
the Rockland honorees. They, along with
honorees from sisterhoods in Westchester
County, received Woman of Achievement
awards.
There was a raffle to benefit She Plants a
Seed for the Future, a Torah Fund special
project. The Torah Fund supports the Jew-
ish Theological Seminary and other Conser-
vative movement educational institutions.

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Penguin theater has Womens network honors three women

new productions
Penguin Rep Theatre, the award-winning
professional Equity theater in Stony Point
under the leadership of founding artis-
tic director Joe Brancato and executive
director Andrew M. Horn, announces its
40th anniversary season.
Penguins season features three
premieres and two revivals. The sea-
son opens in May with Trayf, a new
comedy by Lindsay Joelle, followed by
three main stage productions, includ-
ing Fall River, a new play by Frederick
Stroppel, and revivals of Lee Blessings
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The Rockland Business Womens Network will honor three
distinguished Rockland County women on Thursday, June 8,
at 8 a.m. at breakfast at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Suffern.
Risa B. Hoag of GMG Public Relations, Inc., is this years
RBWN Service Woman of the Year, and Courtney E. Boniface
of Cane & Boniface, PC, and Dr. Mary Jean Marsico, COO of
Rockland BOCES, are the Women of Achievement. Marion
Winik, a writer and University of Maryland professor, is the
guest speaker.
For information, go to RBWN.org or call (845) 535-1011. Risa Hoag
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Knee, and the return of Emmy Award-
winner Robert Wuhl in his latest work,
Shistory Happens!
Rockland JFS celebrating 30 years
Rockland Jewish Family Service will
mark its 30th anniversary with a cel-
ebration called Nostalgia Celebrating
Our Past and Inspiring Our Future on
Crickettown Road.
For information, go to www.penguin-
rep.org or call (845) 786-2873.
Sunday, June 25. The party will be at the
DoubleTree by Hilton in Nanuet. For
information, call (845) 354-2121 or go to
www.rjfs.org.
The Ramah Day Camp in Nyack Schol-
arship Run is set for June 11 at Rock-
land Lake State Park, 299 Rockland
Lake Road in Valley Cottage. It will
begin at 10:15 a.m. with a 5K run/walk;
at 11, there will be a camper fun run.
From noon to 3 p.m., participants are
offered a barbecue, family fun day,
and ribbon cutting ceremony for the
new kitchen at 303 Christian Herald
Road in Nyack.
A $25 registration fee includes admis-
sion to the post-run barbecue and
events for the participant and family,
and an official Scholarship Run tee
shirt. There is a $100 minimum fund-
raising requirement. The first 15 run-
ners to register will receive a custom
Ramah Nyack technical training shirt.
All proceeds benefit the camper schol-
arship fund. Last summer, Ramah Nyack
provided more than $100,000 in camper
tuition assistance. No camper is turned
away from camp for financial reasons.
For information, call (212) 678-8884 or
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Garage sale in New City Local students win museum Holocaust contest
The West Clarkstown Jewish Center holds a sale on Sun-
day, June 11, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. It will sell something for For the third annual Amud Aish
everyone. The shul is at 195 West Clarkstown Road in New Memorial Museum and Klein-
City. For information call (845) 352-0017. man Holocaust Education Center
Student Visual Arts and Literacy
Contest, a panel of staff members
reviewed submissions from 1,525
sixth- through 12th-graders from 127
schools in 14 states and three coun-
tries. The museum used stories of
the Holocausts hidden children as
an opportunity to connect with and
teach students.
This years contest was called
Born to Live: Remembering the
Children of the Holocaust, focus-
ing on the items children took with
them when they escaped or were Winning art by Gila Goldman
sent to a ghetto. Students responded
to six choices, including a letter that a boys father wrote to Yeshiva Meon Hatorah in Monsey won second place in the
him just before he escaped on a Kindertransport; a doll that
was a little girls sole connection to home while she was in
The same steps my shoes were
taking, they had taken, too. She
concluded her essay with And my
shoes they deserve someone to fill
them to their capacity. Every morn-
ing when I put them on, I pause and
think of all those empty shoes. And I
think, what can I do to fill my shoes
today? Because Hans, you and I are
alike. Our shoes have someone to fill
them.
Gila Goldman of Ateres Bais Yaa-
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and 10th grades, and Faigy Israel,
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Cover Story
Siggy Fried of Teaneck was in
Israel during the Six-Day War,
and he wrote about it.
Jerusalem is ours!
Excerpts from
a journal of the
Six-Day War
SIGMUND FRIED
Monday, June 5
As I write these words, jet fighters are
battling above us, bombs are explod-
ing around us, and the nation of Israel is
at war.
I arrived in Israel late last night as part
of a group of American volunteers. Our
objective: to show solidarity with Israel
and to offer whatever help we were capa-
ble of, at this terribly frightening time. We
left our jobs, schools, families and friends,
and our mothers crying at the airport.
Everyone understood, war
was imminent.
Gamal Abdel Nasser, ruler of Egypt
had just closed the Straits of Tiran to
Israeli shipping.
24 Jewish standard MaY 26, 2017
S
iggy Fried and his wife, Elayne, have lived in Teaneck
with large boxes containing gas masks.
They were marked Ft. Bennings Georgia.
for 40 years, and they brought up their three children,
We later learned that the Egyptians had
stored massive quantities of poison gas in
Adam, Avraham, and Allison, there. But on June 3, 1967, the Sinai, ready for use against Israel.
as soon as Shabbat ended, the 23-year-old, a Brooklyn native,
As we approached Israeli airspace and
could almost make out the Tel Aviv shore-
then a student at the City College of New York, got on a plane line in the distance, somebody called
and headed toward Israel and toward history. out look at the wings. We could barely
believe our eyes. Two Mirage fighter jets,
Mr. Fried kept a journal, and every evening during that one on each wing tip, were there to escort
extraordinarily momentous week he pulled out his pad and us in. Our spirits now soared, and as the
his pen, and wrote about the days events. plane touched down, a spontaneous cho-
rus of Hevenu Shalom Aleichem broke out.
Years later, he found the journal again, and sent us an except. Emotions were high. We felt as if we had
finally come home..
He ordered the United Nations peace- with Syria, while Jordan, Iraq, and Leba- To our amazement, Lod airport was
keeping force to leave the Sinai imme- non all expressed their readiness to sup- effectively closed. It was dark, almost
diately. He replaced them with 10 highly port his attack on Israel. Those countries nobody there, and there was not a single
mechanized Egyptian military divisions, also publicly proclaimed their inten- plane on the tarmac. We were greeted
approximately 120,000 men, with tanks, tion to destroy Israel and kill every Jew by a representative of the Jewish Agency,
trucks, artillery, and all stationed adjacent there. Some 20 plus years after the Holo- then by a representative of Americans and
to Israels southern border. His 500-plane caust, just 19 years in the life of Israel, Canadians for a Safe Israel, given some
Soviet supplied air force was there to sup- the world again stood quietly by as Jews useful gifts, and thanked for our dedica-
port his army. He proudly proclaimed for were threatened. tion to Israel. Then we were dispatched
all to hear that his soldiers were ready to They just watched. immediately to our assigned destinations.
throw every last Jew into the sea. Our flight from New York went without Our group of eight volunteers arrived at
Egypt then formed a military alliance incident, but we shared fully half the cabin Kibbutz Lavi at 11:30 p.m. Israel time.

We were met by a member of the kib-
butz assigned to us, given rooms and bed-
ding. He apologized for the lack of official
welcome, as he said the situation did not
allow it. We were told that morning prayers
begin at 5:30 and breakfast at 6, and in
order to get a good start we should be there
by on time.
At 7 a.m. our orientation began. It con-
sisted of a thank you from the state Israel
and the kibbutz, a description about what
was expected of us, and a short tour of
the kibbutz.
Kibbutz Lavi is an Orthodox farming set-
tlement, founded by a group from England
in 1949. Located in the hills of the southern
Galilee at an elevation of 600 feet above
sea level, its views are magnificent. The
holy city of Safed and Mt. Meron are to the
north, Lake Kinneret and the mountains of
Syria are to the east, and Mt. Tabor is to
the south.
While the kibbutz is primarily agricul-
tural, it had several thousand chickens,
about 200 cows, a shop that produces fur-
niture for synagogues, and a guest house
its largest source of income. The dining
hall is the fulcrum of the community and
is surrounded by beautiful lawns, gardens,
living quarters, and one of the most beauti-
ful synagogues in Israel.
As our rather hurried tour concluded,
again we were reminded that time was
short and there was much work to be done.
Our first job was to dig ditches to be used
as shrapnel shelters around the dining hall,
schools, and the various buildings that chil-
dren occupied.
Shortly after we began, a kibbutz mem-
ber came running over to our instructor
and informed him that the Egyptians
had started. They invaded in the Negev.
Within a few minutes, the kibbutz was in
an uproar.
We were at war, and I was in disbelief.
Here I was, not even a day in Israel, and all
hell was breaking loose.
We were instructed to start digging
immediately. Dig fast and deep. You might
need these ditches yourself.
Immediately after lunch, an emergency
meeting was called, during which the kib-
butzs military commander instructed us
about the necessary precautions. Dinner
was to be served before dark, and there
was to be a total blackout. No one was to
leave the residential area for any reason
and excessive walking about was prohib-
ited. An army truck had brought a supply
of rifles and submachine guns, and the
night patrol was to be tripled. The tele-
phones were to be attended at all times.
At the conclusion of the instructions, the
military commander informed us that he
had received word from the central mili-
tary command that Israel was in the pro-
cess of repelling the Egyptian attack, and
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that more than 130 planes at the Cairo air-
port had been completely destroyed. That
news certainly brought a momentary sigh
of relief, but we were now at war.
Things started happening at a fantastic
pace. Fighter jets and bombers were fly-
ing directly above us towards
Syria, and bombs were heard
exploding on every side. The
number of downed Egyptian
planes had risen to 149, but
had not yet been officially con-
firmed. Every radio on the kib-
butz was at full volume, and
at every new broadcast work
stopped as groups gathered
to listen. From left, Israeli
In the interim, Radio Cairo paratroopers Tzion
broadcast that the Egyptian Karasenti, Yitzhak
army had split Israeli forces Yifat and Chaim Oshri
in the Negev into two, thereby stand at the West-
dividing them completely. ern Wall after Israel
They reported that Tel Aviv and captured the Temple
Natanya were bombed heavily. Mount in Jerusalem
As the day progressed, on June 7, 1967.
several other kibbutz mem-
bers joined the ditch-digging
crew. By now it was mutually
agreed that there would be no
room for any of us because the
women and children would be
the first ones in.
All sorts of rumors were
floating around, most positive
but some negative. The radio
reported progress in Syria but
said nothing about the war in
the Negev against Egypt. That
led to a fear that Radio Cairos boasts
might be true.
At about 2:20 in the afternoon we were
all startled by a tremendous noise in
the sky.
Above us, slightly to the north, there
were three planes that seemed to be in an
air battle. They were flying, turning, and
diving in all sorts of ways. Then suddenly
we saw a parachute open carrying a man
earthward, while his plane burst into a
ball of fire, and crashed into a moun-
tain. A helicopter then approached and
picked up the man. The plane continued
to smoke for 4 hours afterward.
At first we heard the downed plane was
an Israeli Mirage. That was followed up
by a report that the downed plane was a
Russian Ilyushin from the Syrian air force.
As night approached, there was an official
confirmation of 130 Egyptian and 12 Syr-
ian jets destroyed. This brought a certain
feeling of relief to us.
By now it was completely dark, except
for the fires in the distance. All of us Fifty years later, the same soldiers from left, Tzion Karasenti, Yitzhak Yifat and
expected to be hit at any minute. We were Chaim Oshri stand with Siggy Fried (in the striped shirt, second from the right.)
only five miles from the Syrian border.
Nevertheless, many people had gathered
in the dining hall to hear the news together.
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At about 10:30 p.m., feeling extreme
fatigue from 10 hours of work, I went to
bed. I thought of my mother, and of how
she must be worrying. If only there were
some way I could get a message to her.
Tuesday, June 6
We awoke this morning after a night of
very little sleep. Bombs continued to
explode around us, and the steady drone
of air raid sirens from Tiberias were clearly
audible. The war was now in full swing.
At about 3 a.m. a huge convoy of tanks
and trucks had driven by on the road
below, and during the two and a half
hours it took to pass, no one got any sleep.
Between the rumble of the tanks and the
deadly explosions in the distance, a sort-of
extra closeness began developing between
our group and the kibbutz members.
During the news broadcast at breakfast
we learned that Tiberias, the Hula valley,
and the kibbutzim on the Syrian border
were being shelled heavily. Those were
the massive fires that we had seen in the
distance. We also were told that Israel had
now taken the battle to Jordan.
The morning was again spent digging
ditches, and the afternoon in the vineyards
pruning grape vines. The work hours were
from 7 a.m. to noon, and then from 12:30
until 4:30 p.m. A total of 9 hours. But there
were breaks every hour for news, and with
more breaks every time jets flew overhead,
not too much can get accomplished.
For the most part, the news was
very positive.
As evening approached, the war was
reported as being one-sided. Israel had
downed no fewer that 400 Arab planes.
That was a truly unbelievable number. Not
only that, but Israel had lost only 16 planes
and 7 pilots as it did so.
Israel was bombing Syria, but still there
was no word from the Negev. All sorts of
theories were advanced explaining why
there was no news. The prevailing opin-
ion was that we did not want the world to
know how far we had advanced, for fear
that it would stop us in mid-battle.
That evening there was a gathering of
all the volunteers workers, the regular
work-study groups, and some of the kib-
butz members. It turned out to be a beauti-
ful little party; we sang Hebrew songs and
danced Israeli dances all by the light of
two little candles.
As soon as darkness came, the roads and
fields again were filled with troop and artil-
lery movements. It soon became apparent
that this nighttime movement was one of
the Israeli armys main tactics. Imagine an
Arab attack forces surprise! It expects a
position to be held by a certain number of
soldiers, and suddenly finds itself attacked
by ten times that many.
During the day, troops kept off the
roads, instead moving through fields. That
kept their positions and concentrations
secret. Its plain to see that in order to do
this successfully, soldiers must have an
excellent knowledge of the terrain. And I
26 Jewish Standard MAY 26, 2017
A building on Kibbutz Lavi in 1967.
think that no one knows their country bet-
ter than Israelis.
And so, off to sleep. The bombing con-
tinues, and the fires burn across the coun-
tryside. Our kibbutz still is blacked out,
and again we prayed we would not be hit.
Wednesday June 7
Jerusalem is ours. Israel is ecstatic.
Today certainly was the most eventful
day of the war. Certainly the most interest-
ing day in my life, and certainly a day that
will be remembered forever in Jewish his-
tory. People are hugging each other, danc-
ing and crying in the streets.
The day started once again with the
sounds of the air raid sirens in Tiberias,
and with exploding shells on the Syrian
border. We turned on the news broadcast
the moment we awoke and heard that
Israel had completely repelled the Egyp-
tian attack, and that Israel had captured
Gaza. Each broadcast brought something
new, and more interesting than the previ-
ous one.
At 10 a.m., the broadcast reported that
Israel had entered deeply into the Sinai.
This brought great relief to the many bor-
der settlements in the area, and particu-
larly to Nachal Oz, which had been under
attack for 72 hours and had been badly
damaged. The radio reported that the chil-
dren of that kibbutz had come up from the
shelters for the first time in four days to
breathe fresh air. There also was to be a
wedding for five couples.
The big news, however, was on the Jor-
danian front. Jenin, the Arab stronghold
from which settlements in the Bet Shean
valley were being bombed, was captured.
Kalkilia, the site from which Tel Aviv and
Netanya were shelled, was near surrender,
and so was Tulkarem.
In early morning, Jerusalem still was
being heavily shelled. We heard that the
Jordanians had thrown the U.N. out of its
strategic positions between the old and
new cities. The U.N. asked the Jordanians
to leave, but they did not. Israeli soldiers
then attacked and took those positions.
The U.N.s secretary general, U Thant,
then asked the Israelis to return the posi-
tions to the U.N. Israels reply, we were
told, was not fit to print.
Fighting continued on the road to Mt.
Scopus, site of the old Hebrew University
and Hadassah Medical Center. Both were
lost in the War of Independence in 1948
and soon were to be liberated. Fighting
The significance
of this liberation
of Jerusalem
was beyond
belief. The heart
had returned
to the body.
Israel was now a
whole country.
too continued in the Hula Valley and the
upper Galilee. Syria was still bombing the
border settlements and Israel could make
no headway there, because Syria still con-
trolled the surrounding mountains.
The 2 p.m. news was astounding. Israel
was now deep into the Sinai, approaching
the Suez Canal, and El Arish was taken.
The Egyptian air force was annihilated,
and its army was in retreat. The Straits of
Tehran were cleared, and Share El Shekh
was about to surrender.
On the Jordanian front, following the
surrender of Kilkilya, battles for Jericho,
Bethlehem, Shechem, and Ramallah
would cause them all to surrender later
that day. The road to Mount Scopus now
was open and Israel took Latrun too. This
news was particularly good for Israels
morale. These places had been of tremen-
dous emotional significance since 1948.
On the Syrian front, more and more set-
tlements were being shelled and burning.
There were air battles between Israeli and
Syrian and Iraqi planes, but Israel had
shown significant air superiority against
both countries. Lebanon had made its
entry into the war by sending over one
plane, which immediately was shot
down. There were no further incidents
with Lebanon.
Work ended at about 4, and dinner
again was early, so that there would be
no difficulty in maintaining a full black-
out. The early evening news confirmed
that more than 500 Arab planes had been
destroyed, and Egypt was begging for a
ceasefire. But the same dreary news was
reported from the Syrian front, much
burning and destruction.
At 8 that evening the report mesmerized
all of Israel. Everybody sensed that it was
imminent, but no one had really expected
or believed it could happen. Everyone in
every corner of the kibbutz indeed in
all of Israel was glued to the radio. In a
clear and steady voice, the announcer said
that after two days of intense fighting, the
battle for Jerusalem was over.
Hair ha-atika shelanu. The Old City
is ours!
From early morning, something inside
of me said watch the children today.
Their eyes and their faces were aglow.
It appeared as if they sensed they were
experienced something remarkable,
something that comes only once in thou-
sands of years. A mystical air had fallen
over everyone.
The adults tried to hold their tears,
but to no avail. I could never describe
the emotion in that room that night, but
it was something that I know I will never
ever feel or see again. For the first time in
2,000 years, a Jewish army had conquered
Jerusalem. The Western Wall, the Temple
Mount, the City of King David, the holiest
places in all of Judaism were now returned
to the Jewish people.
The radio switched to a recording of
the proceedings at the Western Wall.
Rabbi Shlomo Goren, chief rabbi of all
Israeli forces, with machine gun in hand,
and canon fire in the background, led
the Mincha services. He recited kaddish,
his voice trembling with overwhelming
emotion, and then picked up his sho-
far and had a soldier blow several long-
lasting, piercing tekias. Then he recited
the twice-annual 2,000-year-old Jew-
ish prayer but with one word changed.
Leshana hazot bYerushalayim. THIS
year in Jerusalem.
Soldiers in their late teens and 20s as
well as older soldiers and officers many
of whom lived all their lives in the shadow
of the Old City but were never allowed to
enter stood as tears flowed. Religious
and nonreligious alike participated. The
significance of this liberation of Jerusa-
lem was beyond belief. The heart had
returned to the body. Israel was now a
whole country.
The news was coming fast and furious.
Essentially Israel now was in full control
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of all the west bank of the Jordan River.

Many historical sites really Jewish bibli-
cal sites were now liberated. Bethlehem,
with the resting place of Rachel, wife of
Jacob; Hebron, the resting place of Abra-
ham, Isaac, and Jacob; Shechem, Jericho,
and an untold number of others all now
were in Israels hands. What an outstand-
ing victory.
In another context, another amazing
victory took place on this day. The Etzion
Gever block, home of both religious and
non-religious settlements, which was lost,
with horrific casualties, virtually the day
before the war ended in 1948, also now
was in Israeli hands. The survivors of these
settlements had extra reason to celebrate,
and perhaps even to return to their origi-
nal settlements some day.
As I get ready to sleep, as tired as I am I
find myself unable to sleep. The events of
the day what an amazing day! go round
and round in my head. I feel as if this was a
day directly out of the Tanach. A day today
transposed from 2,000 years ago. A day
that will go down forever in Jewish history.

Thursday, June 8
Once again I awoke to the sounds of rum-
bling tanks and bombing in the north. The
midday report put a few issues to rest.
Egypt had accepted a ceasefire. Egyptian
planes and 600 Egyptian tanks were cap-
tured or destroyed, and Israel took count-
less numbers of trucks, Jeeps, artillery,
and many other military items. Only the
mopping up remained, in both the West
Bank and the Sinai.
Interestingly, much of the booty
the planes, the tanks, the Jeeps, and so
on were American-made. My hard-
earned taxes had gone for a worthy
cause, although admittedly in a rather
roundabout way. The Israeli government
announced that it was extending civilian
services to the captured cities in Jordan.
This we saw as an indication that Israel
had planned to keep these captured cities.
We all hoped so.
And now the focus was on Syria. The
terrain in the Hula Valley is not to Isra-
els advantage. From the Kinneret north
to Kibbutz Dan, Israel is deep in a valley.
The heights occupied by the Syrians are
extremely steep and rocky, and the Syr-
ians further protected their positions with
barbed wire and mines. Their artillery was
so deeply entrenched underground that an
air attack does no good at all. From these
high positions, the Syrians damaged Tibe-
rias and had almost completely destroyed
several border settlements. Something had
to be done to stop the shelling.
Much of the day passed without further
significant news. Israel will, however, face
a new future and certainly many new prob-
lems. I finally got to bed at about 11 p.m.
Friday, June 9
The shelling continued and so did the
blackout, but now Israel was able to con-
centrate fully on Syria. All day and all
The Western Wall, a week after liberation.
night, convoys passed on the road below
us, which was closed to all but mili-
tary traffic.
At about 3 p.m. it was announced that
Israel captured Kunitra, a city about
40 kilometers into Syria. Several other
smaller cities were overtaken, but still the
Syrian gun positions on the heights were
impregnable, even though they were sur-
rounded. The Syrians, realizing their even-
tual defeat, concentrated on the settle-
ments closest to them. They did not leave
a single building standing.
Syria, then, to everyones surprise,
announced that it had accepted a U.N.
Security Councils ceasefire, and they said
Israel would go along with it.
The kibbutzs Shabbat preparations also
were affected. Kibbutz members were to
have dinner at home instead of in the
dining hall; working groups and volun-
teers would eat there, though. Shabbat
prayers also were divided. Nevertheless,
the prayers were wonderful and spirited.
Somehow it added a little bit to the ser-
vice, as many daveners carried rifles and
were dressed ready for combat.
As night fell, again we saw fires across
the entire countryside. One particular
fire, at Kibbutz Almagor, engulfed about 11
fields. The flames were said to be 30 feet
high. Many of these fields were just about
ready to be harvested. What a shame.
Once again I went to sleep to the sounds
of bombs and shells, but our feeling was
that soon it would be over. As soon as those
Syrian gun positions would be taken, Israel
would respect the ceasefire now in place.
It was common knowledge in the kibbutz
that Israel had disregarded the ceasefire in
order to knock out those positions.
As elated as I was, as the tension of the
war eased, I was sad that night, because I
was so far from the people I love. I won-
dered what Elayne, my wife-to-be was
thinking, and if my parents still were wor-
ried about me.
Shabbat, June 10
Never a dull day goes by in Israel, but
this day was more than just interesting.
The shul davening was beautiful and lunch
was the best I have ever had on a kibbutz
it included roast beef and chulent. (Roast
beef is rarely seen in this country.)
Jets continued overhead, and after lunch
I climbed the water tower. The tower is
about 100 feet high, and it is the central
lookout point for low-flying planes in this
area. The two soldiers stationed up there
had binoculars, and were connected by
phone to the central military command.
They had exact information about every
plane in the area.
I borrowed a set of their very powerful
binoculars and was able to see the fight-
ing in Syria. While the tanks and planes
were barely visible, it was interesting to
see a group of planes circle an area, and
then watch as a pillar of black smoke rose
from it. From the tower, it was plain to
see that the Syrian gun positions were no
longer firing, and that parts of Syria were
in flames.
At last, there was some relative peace
and quiet. After lunch, almost everybody
retired for a much-needed Shabbat after-
noon nap.
The roads still were filled with convoys,
but by this time they were flying captured
Jordanian and Egyptian flags. Every sort
of vehicle, hundreds of them, newly cap-
tured, were passing by, filled with troops.
It was an amazing sight to behold, the
Israeli Army in all its glory. Victorious in
Jordan, victorious in the Sinai, victori-
ous in Jerusalem, they were on their way
to capture the Syrian Heights. It made
me feel so proud. That evening our small
group celebrated again, singing to com-
memorate the end of the war.
Sunday, June 11
Last night, for the first time since I came
to Israel, sleep was peaceful and quiet. It
was a fantastic victory. Within three hours
almost the entire combined Arab air forces
were demolished, and within days their
armies utterly defeated.
Israel now controlled all of the Sinai and
the entire West Bank and was 50 miles
deep into Syria. Truly this was a miracle
in our time.
We wondered, with Israel now the rec-
ognized military power in the Middle East,
how would all these new territories be
integrated into Israel?
As I laid down to sleep that night, a new
passion had overcome me. It was time to
leave the kibbutz and join my cousins, who
also had volunteered, on a new adventure.
There was a whole new Israel now, more
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President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meet at the Israel Museum on Tuesday.
Israel gave Trump the royal
treatment he longs for back home
ANDreW TOBiN
JerUSALeM President Donald Trump must have felt
like he was back behind his desk at Trump Tower.
During his whirlwind visit to Israel and the West Bank
on Monday and Tuesday, the U.S. leader was treated
with the deference befitting a CEO. His words were
greeted with rapturous applause and vows of support.
After one of many standing ovations during his speech
at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem on Tuesday, a beaming
Trump joked with the crowd, Thank you. I like you, too.
And instead of headlines describing the latest twist in
the Russian elections probe or his firing of FBIs Direc-
tor James Comey, he woke up to the front pages of Israel
newspapers celebrating his visit to the Western Wall.
Trump even made a photograph of his brief moment
of solitude there the cover image on his Twitter page.
WIFI
A pool in Jerusalem that pilgrims to the Second
Temple used some 2,000 years ago, according to
soon-to-be-published research. Dr. DAviD GUrevicZ
Avi OHAYON/GPO
Beyond the niceties, Trump won some real conces-
sions during the trip. As he noted repeatedly, both
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Pales-
tinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas pledged
to work with him toward his ultimate deal without
mentioning preconditions. But there is little faith in
either leaders ability to deliver much for peace, and no
specifics were announced.
Speaking before Trump at the Israel Museum, Netan-
yahu said, President Trump, working with you, I
believe we can advance a durable peace between Israel
and its Arab neighbors, as well as the Palestinians,
because of the common danger that the Arab world and
Israel face from Iran, and because of the leadership that
you bring to this process.
In Bethlehem hours earlier, Abbas said he hoped
Trump will go in history as the president who finally
Research describes
ancient Jerusalem
reservoirs
The massive ancient reservoirs that remain visible today
in Jerusalems Old City had served Jews making pil-
grimages to the Second Temple some 2,000 years ago,
according to a soon-to-be-published research paper.
Jerusalem contains a large number of these ancient
pools. A massive cistern named the Pool of Israelmore
than 360 feet long, 111 feet wide, and 78 feet deeplies
next to the Temple Mount. The Pool of Hezekiah sits
among the houses of the Christian Quarter. Jerusalem
residents also are familiar with the Sultans Pool, which
was converted into an open-air venue for public per-
formances; two pools on the property of the Church
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achieved Middle East peace.
Daniel Shapiro, the U.S. ambassador
to Israel under President Barack Obama,
said both leaders appeared eager to
accommodate the new president partly
in fear of how he would react to rejection.
Because hes an unusual person
and unpredictable, he has some lever-
age, Shapiro said. Nobody wants to
get caught saying no, and they havent.
They havent necessarily said yes, but it
explains why the initial resistance others
have encountered, that we encountered,
Arab support from the outside. While
Trump benefits from growing Arab inter-
est in working with Israel to counter Iran
and the Islamic State group, Shapiro said,
not much could be inferred from Israeli
and Palestinian acquiescence to talks.
The parties are very well practiced at
making generally positive noises without
really changing their behavior, he said.
Its possible the president and his team
are going through a learning process
where thats the nature of the conversa-
tion theyre having.
long, given the investigations into potential
collusion between his associates and Russia.
If I put myself into the shoes of the min-
isters or MKs [Knesset members] right now,
why should we get excited? he said. The
clock is ticking, the countdown has begun,
and all we have to do is wait and see, and
not get into too many confrontations with
the administration.
But Brom and Shapiro agreed that
Trumps domestic situation does not affect
his clout with Israel and the Palestin-
ians. They said that if Trump managed to
convince each side to call the others bluff
for long enough, he might just end up mak-
ing significant progress toward peace. But
that would require skillful diplomacy.
When the United States has a serious
policy and people who are good at moving
forward this policy, to some extent it can
move the two sides to agree on things they
didnt previously agree on, Brom said. So
far there is no reason to be optimistic that
this administration is capable of doing that.
Weve seen complete chaos.
JTA Wire Service

may not be as strong this time. Shlomo Brom, the head researcher
Trump made it relatively easy for his on Israeli-Palestinian relations at the
hosts to agree with him by demanding Institute for National Security Studies,
little during the visit. Apparently satis- said that if and when Trump presents

fied with recent tweaks in Israels West
Bank policy, Trump made no reference
to Jewish settlements in the territory.
Nor did he mention the Palestinian state
that the United States and Israel offi-
cially support establishing there, but
that Netanyahu has ceased mentioning.
On Monday, responding to a request by
Education Minister Naftali Bennett at Ben
Gurion Airport to recognize Jerusalem
as Israels capital, which would reverse
decades of U.S. neutrality on the city,
Trump replied simply, Thats an idea.
Trump did, however, subtly repeat his
admonition of the Palestinian Authority
to stop encouraging terrorism, telling
Abbas, Peace can never take root in
an environment where violence is tol-
erated, funded and even rewarded. We
must be resolute in condemning such
acts in a single unified voice.
And he seemed to reject Netanyahus
preferred plan to normalize Israeli-Arab
relations as a step toward a peace agree-
ment with the Palestinians, describing
the reverse chronology: I also firmly
believe that if Israel and the Palestinians
can make peace, it will begin a process
of peace all throughout the Middle East.
Shapiro said that Trump already has
said enough to make clear that his vision
of peace is not much different from
Obamas: direct Israeli-Palestinian peace
talks toward a two-state solution, with
Sandi M. Malkin, LL C
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the Palestinians would likely go along,
with each waiting for the other to play
spoiler. But ultimately, he said, they
would struggle to summon the neces-
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Some Jewish groups breathe relief

as Trumps woes distract him from his agenda
Ron Kampeas
WASHINGTON Its not quite schadenfreude, but some Jew-
ish organizational officials are sighing in relief at President
Donald Trumps cascade of domestic woes, saying it may pres-
ent opportunities for their relatively liberal agenda.
Domestically, some Jewish groups are welcoming the pros-
pect that scandals and distractions besieging the White House
could delay if not scuttle what they fear as radical changes
in immigration, education, and health care.
On foreign policy, a president wounded by domestic scandal
is working all the harder to score a win on Israeli-Palestinian
peace. Trump wrapped up a two-day visit to Israel on
Tuesday, wowing Israelis with visits to the Western Wall
and Yad Vashem, the Holocaust memorial, and insisting
that both Israel and the Palestinians are ready for peace.
As a result, liberal pro-Israel groups have tamped
down their sharp criticism of Trump, and hawkish pro-
Israel groups now are spooked.
Scandals surrounding allegations of ties between
Trumps presidential campaign and Russia are pro-
liferating instead of abating. His own perceived mis-
steps have not helped: In recent weeks, these include
blabbing to Russian government officials about highly
secret intelligence reportedly sourced from Israel, and
sacking his FBI director and offering the Russia probe
as a rationale.
Now Republicans, who lead Congress, are treading
carefully around the health care bill and Trumps bud-
get proposals, which would slash benefits. They are
joining calls for broadening the probe into the Russia
allegations signals they may be less willing to have the
presidents back.
That, coupled with the Justice Departments appoint-
ment of a special counsel to investigate the scandals
a development likely to further preoccupy the White
House staff is seeding hope among some liberal Jew-
ish groups.
This is slowing things down, and thats not necessar-
ily a bad thing, said Melanie Nezer, the vice president
for policy and advocacy at HIAS, the lead Jewish group
on immigration and refugee issues.
Nezer said the scandals could compound the trepi-
dation among lawmakers on the Hill already unsettled
As with immigration, there already was a sense that
Congress was retreating from the more dramatic policy
shifts contained in the health care bill Republican
senators had said they would substantially revamp the
House bill.
The center of gravity has shifted to the Hill, said one
top Jewish organizational official, who asked to speak
anonymously to protect relationships. The White
House is nowhere to be seen.
The official said the White Houses absence reinforced
a natural advantage for the Jewish groups, whose lob-
byists have longstanding relationships with members of
Congress. The White House, on the other hand, barely
has established Hill relationships yet.
Mark Olshan, the associate executive vice president
at Bnai Brith International, which maintains a network
of Jewish homes for the elderly and advocates on health
care issues, described a mixed blessing resulting from
the White Houses preoccupations.
Bnai Brith was especially concerned that the Amer-
ican Health Care Act could make it harder for seniors
with preexisting conditions to afford quality health care.
Olshan said that health care advocates hoped for a delay h
in the Senate so cooler heads would prevail and that
the scandals seemed to be providing that delay. n
t
d
e
i
Turmoil at home has t
led Trump to look c

by the protests and court stays that followed Trumps overseas for relief. He w
executive orders banning entry to refugees and travelers
from some Muslim majority nations.
has seized on his trip s
e
There was already a lot of hesitation in Congress this week to Saudi i
about the travel ban and the refugee ban and this could
cause increased concern about moving forward on
Arabia, Israel and the t

[Trumps proposals on] refugees and immigration, Palestinian Authority, l

she said.
Abby Levine, who directs the Jewish Social Justice
and the Vatican as p
a
Roundtable, an umbrella organization for Jewish groups a way to change s
that pursue a largely liberal agenda, said the scandals
were relieving pressure on her constituent groups.
the narrative. s
(
The scandals of the past few weeks are clearly the i
focus of attention of the White House, and its very Clearly with what is going on, the attention has f
hard for them to get anything else done, she said. In a shifted, Olshan said. But he said that was true on the e
sense, there are positives to that in that theres not the Hill as well and that was a problem. What were try-
capacity to change legislation. ing to get accomplished on the health care side is not d
Levine said that a White House too preoccupied with getting the attention it should. t
scandal to deal with Congress enabled Jewish organiza- The scandals also could inhibit ambitious overhauls y
tions to dedicate resources to other areas where they to the education system favored by Education Secretary t
could push back against the Trump agenda, citing as Betsy DeVos, including shifting $1 billion in federal funds b
examples litigation by HIAS against the travel bans and toward promoting school choice, allowing parents a
advocacy by the same group and others on behalf of to choose to spend government funds on private and P
undocumented immigrants facing deportation. charter schools. Orthodox Jewish groups have backed
Jewish groups dealing with health policy also are feel- DeVos proposals eagerly, while the Reform movement s
ing relief at the White House retreat from advancing a has opposed them.
version of the health care overhaul bill the U.S. House Turmoil at home has led Trump to look overseas for
of Representatives passed earlier this month. An array relief. He has seized on his trip this week to Saudi Ara-
of Jewish groups decried the bills cuts to state-run pro- bia, Israel and the Palestinian Authority, and the Vatican
grams for the poor, among other rollbacks of Obama- as a way to change the narrative.
era policies. The critics included heavy hitters like the His Twitter page now is graced with a background
Reform movement, the Jewish Federations of North photo of Trump, clad in a yarmulke, touching the stones
America, and the National Council of Jewish Women. of Jerusalems Western Wall, and is peppered with the

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President Donald Trump waits for Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos
at the White House on May 18.
hashtag #POTUSAbroad.
The liberal pro-Israel community has
noticeably eased its public opposition to
the Trump agenda as he becomes more
deeply invested in forging an Israeli-Pal-
estinian peace. J Street, which presented
itself as the home for the Trump resis-
s tance in February, has tamped down its
criticisms.
Asked for comment, a J Street spokes-
e woman declined, but pointed to a May 18
p statement by the groups president, Jer-
emy Ben-Ami, who describes his linger-
i ing concerns about Trump but welcomes
the direction of his foreign policy.
If the Trump administration does fol-
, low a serious and pragmatic course that
s pushes both sides to take proactive steps
and make compromises toward a two-
e state peace agreement, J Street would
. support such an effort, Ben-Ami said.
(Right-wing groups have correspond-
ingly expressed alarm at Trumps push
for peace and his friendliness to the Pal-
estinian leadership.)
Trump would not be the first presi-
dent to look overseas when faced with
troubles at home. In the final two
years of their presidencies, Bill Clin-
ton and George W. Bush were besieged
by domestic woes and sought success
abroad, including among Israelis and
Palestinians.
Engaging with Americas allies makes
sense as a strategy, said David Makovsky,
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Trumps rabbis dont know

who let Jared and Ivanka fly on Shabbat
BEN SALES
Which Orthodox rabbi gave Jared and
Ivanka permission to fly on Shabbat?
We dont know who it was, but we know
who it wasnt.
It wasnt Haskel Lookstein, who oversaw
the first daughters conversion to Judaism.
It wasnt Marvin Hier, who gave the
invocation at President Donald Trumps
inauguration.
It wasnt Levi Shemtov, the spiritual
leader at the synagogue in Washington,
D.C., that Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump
have attended.
And it wasnt Shmuley Boteach of Engle-
wood, the celebrity rabbi who writes a col-
umn for the Jewish Standard and has lavished
praise on the president and has taken a series
of selfies with his advisers.
Those rabbis, on the record, denied giving
at Harvard, where Kushner was active as a
student, was unavailable for comment.
Flying in an airplane is one of many activi-
ties prohibited by Jewish law from sundown
Friday to nightfall Saturday, principally
because igniting the engine involves lighting a
fire. Shabbats laws can be broken, however,
to save a life, a concept known in Hebrew as
pikuach nefesh.
The question much debated on social
media by both fans and detractors of Trumps
daughter and son-in-law is whether partici-
pating in Trumps first foreign trip as presi-
dent qualifies as life-saving. (Some of the dis-
cussions were respectful inquiries into Jewish
law. Others were, lets face it, pure snark of
the frum-shaming variety.) Observant Jews
with political power have faced questions like
these for ages most famously, perhaps, Sen.
Joe Lieberman of Connecticut and Jack Lew, Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner leave after the presidential inauguration at the
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their stamp of approval to the Friday night
flight to Saudi Arabia though none of them
criticized the decision, and all refrained from
commenting on it.
Rabbi Hirschy Zarchi, who ran the Chabad
When dealing with the fate of a nation,
how far does pikuach nefesh stretch?
If a person would be in that circum-
stance, with that level of responsibility,
its not just that isolated event he has to
calculate, said Rabbi Menachem Genack the consequences down the line? The defi-
of Englewood, CEO of the kosher divi- nition of pikuach nefesh might be broader
sion of the Orthodox Union. Hed have to than it usually is.
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the horror witnessed at the concert.
Paul Harris, editor of the citys Jew-
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graph, said that in general he agrees that
Manchesters Jewish community is well
prepared to deal with any emergency or
fallout from one, but he also flagged one
weak point. On evenings and afternoons,
the citys observant Jews congregate out-
side their synagogues. That is a habit that
makes them an easy target and which, for
that reason, has largely been abandoned in
at-risk communities in France and beyond.
Maybe that will change now, Har-
ris said.
In a statement following a suspects
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an easy target.
The attack happened a little more than
two weeks before the June 8 general elec-
tion, in which hardliner Theresa May from
the Conservative Party is running against
Jeremy Corbyn, the leader of the Labour
Party. The attack may increase Mays lead
in the polls even further. Corby is a left-
leaning promoter of outreach to Muslims
who has called Hezbollah and Hamas
his friends.
Last year, Corbyn amid intense criti-
cism in the media and from members of
his own party for his perceived failures
in curbing expressions of anti-Semitism
within Labours ranks said he regretted
expressing affection for the two Islamist
terror groups. After the attack, all par-
ties agreed to suspend campaigning for
three days.
At a joint news conference with Presi-
dent Donald Trump, who was visiting
Israel, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin
Netanyahu mentioned the attack in criti-
cizing incitement to terrorism by the Pales-
tinian Authority under its president, Mah-
moud Abbas.
President Abbas condemned the
horrific attack in Manchester, Netanyahu
said, while standing next to Trump. Well,
I hope this heralds a real change, because
if the attacker had been Palestinian and the
victims had been Israeli children, the sui-
cide bombers family would have received
a stipend from the Palestinian Authority.
Thats Palestinian law. That law must
be changed.
Speaking in Bethlehem, Trump joined
other world leaders who condemned
the attack. I wont call them monsters
because they would like that term, Trump
said. I will call them losers.
Back in Manchester, Rabbi Shneur
Cohen of the Chabad Manchester Center
City organized people who distributed
food and drinks to police officers who
were stationed outside the arena where
the attack took place.
We are Manchester, Cohen told report-
ers at the scene. we stand together.
But Harris, the Jewish Telegraph editor,
said that despite such gestures, there is
definitely a silence, a shocked silence in
the city in response to the attack.
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Editorial
POINT

Thank you, Mr. President

I
am very proud of President
Donald Trump and was deeply
touched by his words from
this weeks trip to Israel.
There. I said it.
I admire his willingness to try to
broker the ultimate deal in what
many consider an impossible deal
brokering a peace agreement in the
Middle East.
I see an image of Prime Minister
Benjamin Netanyahu and President
Trump and I smile. I see two strong
men, a real friendshipwhere two
men clearly understand the good,
the bad, and the ugly.
Trump is not about just words. He
clearly has Israels back, and for that,
I am thankful. You should be as well.
Trump reaffirmed his unwaver-
ing support for Israel, and said he
stands in awe of the accomplishments
of the Jewish people. He added, the
ties of the Jewish people to the Holy
Land are ancient and eternal.
Powerful words indeed, but there
are those who never have a good
word to say about him.
Im often asked where do I stand
politically. Are you a Democrat or a
Republican? I always pause and say
well, Im just rational.
Im not to the left of Nancy Pelosi
or to the right of Pat Buchanan. I am
somewhere down the middlewell,
Im rational.
I can lean to the left or right
depending on any given issue. Ive
never needed a label.
Im well aware that Ive already
alienated a percentage of you as we
live in a divided country politically.
As Americans, can we agree to
disagree?
In weeks, President Trump will
return to all the other issues, includ-
ing taxes, health care, the budget,
Flynn, Comey, Russia, etc. Im not
lessening their importance.
Was Trumps trip to Israel a suc-
cess or not is up to you to decide.
But President Trump deserves our
thanks for reaffirming Americas
commitment to Israels survival. I Donald Trump is the first sitting U.S. president
certainly hope American Jews can to visit the Western Wall.
at least agree to rally around that.
 James Janoff

COUNTERPOINT
middle, between people who read the
On the other hand New York Times and the Washington Post
and people who read Breitbart and watch

O
kay. So its out now. There
is a great difference of opin-
ion in this office, as there is
in the Jewish world, as there
is in the United States, as there is in the
West, as there is in the world, on just about
everything.
Is Donald J. Trump a good man, search-
ing for a good deal, in Israel as elsewhere?
A man whose position and business skills
leave him uniquely situated and capable of
bringing peace in the region?
Some people in this office believe him
to be.
Others, including me, instead find him to
be dangerously unequipped for the presi-
dency, and insulated by his great wealth
and family connections from the conse-
quences of the failed relationships and busi-
ness deals that litter his past. The world is far
less safe with him in office.
We disagree on Mr. Trumps trip to Israel;
where some people find inspiration in his
standing at the Kotel, others, including me,
are embarrassed by the puerility of his reac-
tion to Yad VaShem and the clumsiness he
displays in talking to other leaders, includ-
ing his inability to stop making the fact that
he gave away Israels spy secrets to the Rus-
sians worse and worse.
Here, we agree to disagree. We try not to
argue. We understand that the strength of
our relationships to each other, to the web
of shared interests, love of this newspaper,
love of this community, and love of each
other keep us safely above the abyss. At
least so far.
Memorial Day and Shavuot both are com-
ing, and they relate to our disagreements
over President Trump.
Memorial Day is when we remember the
people who sacrificed their lives to keep
us free. This is an extraordinary country.
Thomas Jefferson told us that We hold
these truths to be self-evident, that all men
are created equal, that they are endowed
by their Creator with certain unalienable
Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty
and the pursuit of Happiness. By now, we
think yeah yeah yeah, right right right, but
those literally were fighting words. Weve
never quite gotten there and we may be
detouring now but it is a goal well worth
fighting for.
We are very lucky to be living here, and to
be part of this polity.
Shavuot was when the Israelites national
identity and purpose were forged. Everyone
stood at the foot of the mountain men,
women, children; from every tribe and from
no tribe. The Torah was given to all of us,
every last one of us.
We are very lucky to be part of the Jewish
people.
So now, we look at the disagreements
between us in the office and more gen-
erally between Democrats and Republi-
cans, between liberals and conservatives,
between the coasts and the countrys
Fox News, really at its core between Us and
Them and I feel a complicated mixture of
annoyance, disbelief, and at the bottom a
very real gladness.
The biggest problem in the country is
the huge division. Its that people on either
side of the divide dont know each other,
dont talk to each other, dont want to
know each other.
We know each other. Weve known each
other for years. We care about each other.
We love each other.
Just like on Shavuot, where the whole of
the Jewish people came together; just like
on Memorial Day, when we realize that peo-
ple from all ethnic and religious groups in
this country fought and died to protect all of
us, no matter where we came from, we can
get over this divide.
We can disagree about politics and noth-
ing else has to change, if we really work at
it. We are working at it, and we hope you
do too.
Chag sameach. joanne palmer

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36 Jewish Standard MAY 26, 2017


A view from the pew
T
his Shabbat we begin the reading
of a new book of Torah. In Eng-
lish, the book is known as Num-
bers, because its opening chap-
ters deal with the first census of the Jewish
people. In Hebrew, in accordance with the
tradition of using the first significant word of
the book or the weekly Torah portion as its
name, its name is Bamidbar, which translates
into In the Wilderness. In fact, this census
takes place in the wilderness of Sinai, soon
after the Exodus, when Moses and the Israel-
ites believed that their conquest of the Land
of Israel was imminent.
We readers of Torah, with the benefit of
20/20 hindsight, know that of the generation
counted in this census, only two men, Joshua
and Caleb, would enter the land of Israel. The
rest of those counted in Numbers would die
bamidbar in the wilderness.
Like the people mentioned in our Torah
reading in Numbers, we 21st-century Jews
also are being challenged to count ourselves
in, and to be counted by others, as members
of the Jewish community. Another parallel
between our biblical narrative and today is
that now, as was true then, we encounter
external enemies that threaten us, as well as
internal divisiveness, animosity, and rivalry
over religious and political issues that chal-
lenge our unity.
This weekend we Americans will com-
memorate Memorial Day, which was estab-
lished as a commemoration of Americas
bloodiest conflict, the Civil War. Memorial
Day is a reminder to me, as an American and
as a Jew, that internecine conflicts are the
bloodiest but also the most easily avoidable.
Learning for the sake of heaven
B
oundaries help us define the
guidelines that enable us to
decide who is in and who is out
of any group.
For the Jewish community, this raises
a question what constitutes boundar-
ies for our community today? And more
importantly, how do we imagine a path for
Jewish life going forward, where boundar-
ies are being used not to define us as Jews,
but rather to divide us?
For example, not too long ago, observing
Shabbat had defined a Jew, but today, when
most Jews do not observe the Shabbat, what
defines us as a community? This was the
topic of a lecture that Rabbi Donniel Hart-
man, who is the executive director of the
The opinions expressed in this section are those of the authors, not necessarily those of the newspapers editors, publishers, or other staffers.
Saying that my brother is also an other, to
whom I owe and am owed respect and love,
is simple to state and very hard to achieve.
I truly believe that the whole of Torah is
an answer to Cains question. Yes, I am my
brothers keeper and I would add my sis-
ters as well. In this second half of the second
decade of the 21st century, the greatest chal-
lenge to America is not our external enemies,
but the lack of civility in our public discourse.
I do not believe that American politics have
been less civil since the Civil War.
This week it also falls between the Hebrew
and secular commemorations of the Six Day
War of June 1967. For me, as a 19-year-old
college student, that war marked the begin-
ning of my journey as a Jewish activist. Fifty
years ago, I believed that the miracle of that
military victory would lead to peace between
Israel and the Arab world. Ten years later, my
hopes, which had dimmed over the decade
of conflict that followed, were renewed when
Anwar Sadat came to Israel in November 1977.
When peace between Egypt and Israel did
not lead to an end of the conflict, my belief
that peace soon would be achieved were
deeply challenged. Fifteen years later, the
Oslo Accords of 1992-93 gave me new hope
which were shattered by the assassination
of Prime Minister Rabin and the Al Aksa Inti-
fada and the homicide bombings that accom-
panied it. The failure of American mediation
in 2000, 2008, and 2015, under each of the
last three American presidents leaves many
convinced that a two-state solution to the
Palestinian-Israeli conflict is unachievable.
President Trump, on the other hand, sees it
as the ultimate deal!
Shalom Hartman Institute and a friend of
mine, gave at Congregation Bnai Jeshurun
on Manhattans Upper West Side last week.
This stimulating and erudite lecture left
me thinking about my own path as a mod-
ern Orthodox Jew more modern than
Orthodox about how I fit into my com-
munity in Englewood and about how my
children and their families will fit into theirs.
I became a practicing Jew in my twen-
ties, and if that was not enough of a life-
changing event, I moved to the United
States from Israel, which required a lot
of learning and even more adapting to
what it meant to be an American Jew.
There was a lot to learn, even with my
wifes guiding hand. When we eventually
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Opinion
As a 69-year-old retired and recognition for Jews of dif-
rabbi with a lot of time to fering religious streams and
read and think and continue political parties, both within
my journey as a Jewish activ- Israel and within our American
ist, I actually share President Jewish community.
Trumps optimism that a As an American, on this
deal can be achieved, and Memorial Day weekend, 152
that Israel and Palestine can years after the end of the Civil
live side by side in peace. War, I invite you all to join me
Before progress can be made Rabbi Neal in the great debate over the
between these two commu- Borovitz future of American democ-
nities, which share roots and racy, liberty and justice, and to
rights in the land we call Eretz do so with civility and respect
Yisrael, however, each side needs to under- for those with whom we disagree.
take a process of true reconciliation within its As we begin the reading of the Book of
respective communities. Numbers, may we all count ourselves in as
For the Jewish people, both within Israel Americans and as Jews. May we also willingly
and in the diaspora, our first necessary step count in to our Jewish community and to our
is to end the bitter civil war over who is and American society all who wish to cast their
who is not a Jew, a war in which we have lot with ours. Then, and only then, can we
engaged for much of the last 50 years. On the find ourselves a path out of the midbar the
50th anniversary of the unification of Jerusa- wilderness of our time.
lem, we, the Jews of the diaspora, along with As I said in blessing the 12th grade gradu-
our Israeli sisters and brothers, must affirm ates of the Temple Avodat Shalom Hebrew
that Jewish unity does not require unanim- High School recently, their challenge and
ity of religious or political opinion. From the ours was stated most eloquently by my hero
census in Bamidbar, the people Israel always David Ben-Gurion, in the aftermath of the
has been a family with many tribal branches. Six Day War: Time works both for us and
In the Torah, these divisions are identified against us depending upon how we use it.
by the names of Jacobs sons. Today, our reli- Within America, within the Jewish world,
gious streams and our political affiliations and in the world at large, may we use our
serve a similar role in distinguishing one time, as Psalm 34 mandates us, to seek
group of Jews from another. Therefore, as peace and pursue it.
I commit myself, 50 years after the Six Day
War, to continue to fight for Israels right to Neal Borovitz, rabbi emeritus of Temple
exist as a Jewish democratic state in the land Avodat Shalom in River Edge, is a past chair of
of Israel, I also re-commit myself to the battle the Jewish Community Relations Council of the
for Jewish pluralism and for mutual respect Jewish Federation of Northern New Jersey.
moved to the burbs from and that there was no pro-
New York City, 27 years ago, verbial temple where people
I had no idea what Engle- didnt go. Thus, in Engle-
wood was all about, other wood, the boundaries are
than that it had a large and not keeping us out as much
strong Jewish community. as bringing us in.
It turned out that being This doesnt mean that
young and trusting, and people agree on everything.
knowing very little, can be After all, two Jews equals
a blessing when we allow Soli Foger three opinions! As matter of
divine providence to guide fact, weve had some lively
us. Over the years, I learned debates and disagreements,
that there is something unique and won- but its been clear that we were debating
derful in Englewood, something not them not only civilly, but also with empa-
found in other Jewish communities. I thy. I believe this has occurred because our
learned that most congregants belong to wise rabbis have inspired us to become
all four Orthodox synagogues in town, See Learning page 40
Jewish Standard MAY 26, 2017 37
Opinion

Sanctuary cities
Balancing immigration enforcement and mandates of city life

O
n April 21, 2017, Alan R. Han-
son, the acting assistant attor-
ney general at the U.S. Depart-
ment of Justice, sent letters
to eight so-called sanctuary cities Sac-
ramento, Chicago, New Orleans, Philadel-
phia, Las Vegas, Miami, Milwaukee, and
New York City warning their local govern-
ments that they were required to cooperate
with federal immigration authorities seek-
ing information regarding the citizenship
or immigration status, lawful or unlawful,
of any individual. The letter advised these
cities that failure to comply and provide this
information could result in the withholding,
suspension, or termination of federal funds
which these cities receive.
The April 21st letters issued by the USDOJ
follow executive orders issued by President
Trump, who has vowed to overhaul the
U.S. immigration system and deport those
people who are in the United States without
authorization and have committed serious
crimes. In order to carry out his promise,
President Trump and Attorney General Jeff
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enforcement officers assist federal immi-
gration officials in identifying and detaining
foreign nationals who are in the United
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be addressed. While some believe that the
presidents executive orders and his efforts
to reform the U.S. immigration system may
be well intended, the administrations actions
also are leading to a deterioration of commu-
nity morale, and are having a chilling effect
on the nations justice system.
Under the U.S. Constitution and estab-
lished case law, the federal government
enjoys wide authority and discretion in
creating laws that regulate which foreign
nationals may enter the
United States and which
may be deported. Local gov-
ernments enjoy discretion
in determining what role, if
any, their police forces play
in enforcement of these fed-
eral laws. Even though the
federal government enjoys
this wide discretion and Michael
authority, it cannot com- Wildes
mandeer local governments
to serve federal immigration
authorities. A report written by Michael
John Garcia and Kate M. Manuel for the
Congressional Research Office says that
Congress may also permissibly condi-
tion the receipt of federal funds on state
compliance with federal policy prefer-
ences. Conditioning the receipt of federal
funding is generally permissible so long
as the conditions bear some relationship
to the purpose of the federal spending
and the conditioned funds are not so sub-
stantial that the inducement to comply
with federal preferences is so coercive as
to pass the point at which pressure turns
into compulsion.
The Department of Justice
has threatened to revoke bil-
lions of dollars in federal grants
that are used by these sanctu-
ary cities local governments to
pay for police training; police
protective gear and body cam-
eras; forensics lab testing;
programs for crime victims,
J. drug, and alcohol treatment
programs, and programs for
missing and exploited chil-
dren, to name a few. Accord-
ing to a CNN report, New York City could
lose up to $53 million in grants that it uses to
pay for crime lab equipment, violent crime
task forces, police protective gear, crime
prevention programs, and domestic vio-
lence. These monies are used for essential
and critical needs namely to protect local
law enforcement officers, to prevent crime
where possible, and to provide crime victims
with the assistance that they need to survive.
The threat to remove this substantial fund-
ing from local governments clearly moves
beyond the realm of pressure into compul-
sion, forcing Sanctuary Cities to comply with
federal immigration law mandates.

Re-membering on Yom HaZikaron

W
hile I was in Israel for
a month to celebrate
Pesach with my daugh-
ter, Nomi, whos study-
ing in Jerusalem, I had the added gift of
being there for what some call the mod-
ern Jewish calendars three High Holy
Days Yom Hashoah vHaGevurah, Yom
HaZikaron, and Yom HaAtzmaut. On each
of these days everyone goes to a tekes, or
ceremony, whether its an official one at
the Kotel or Rabin Square, or a smaller,
community-based one. Israel does com-
memorative rituals well; theyre evocative,
dignified, and brief. Some also are contro-
versial. But its not their content thats so
troubling, its the behavior of those who
feel it is.
This Yom HaZikaron, Israel mourned
the 23,544 soldiers lost in battles to estab-
lish and defend the State, and it mourned
victims of terrorism. Few people can help
being touched personally by Yom HaZi-
karon. Most have lost a relative, friend, or
member of their unit. Empty streets and
shuttered cafes mirror the inward-turning
that grips the country on this solemn day,
as families gather and people visit those
mourning loved ones.
On the eve of Yom HaZikaron, we
watched the broadcast of the official cer-
emony at the Kotel from our apartment in
Tel Aviv. Then we hailed a taxi and drove
through the darkened boulevards to a
tekes at the Tel Aviv basketball stadium
cosponsored by Combatants for Peace and
the Parents Circle Families Forum. Com-
batants for Peace unites former Israeli sol-
diers and former Palestinian militants who
have put down their weapons, disavowed
violence, and committed to building col-
laborative steps toward reconciliation. The
Parents Circle Families Forum represents
more than 600 Israeli and Palestinian
families who have lost close members in
the prolonged conflict. This would be the
organizations 12th joint Yom HaZikaron
ceremony, where they mourn their loved
ones and rededicate their memories to the
pursuit of peace.
Unsure of what to expect, we imagined
that this gathering, and the others like it
throughout the country, would draw a
small crowd. But when our taxi came to
a halt half a mile from the stadium in the
traffic trying to get to the parking lot, we
realized that we were part of something
much larger.
We soon realized we also were part of
something deeply contentious.
Escorting more than 4,000 into that attack was ongo-
of us into the arena were vol- ing. So, in addition to groups
unteers shielding us from the watching from every corner
aggressive taunts of protest- of the globe, including North
ers registering their disgust and South America, Europe
with the very idea of such a and South Africa, Palestin-
ceremony. Whores. Nazis. ians in the West Bank joined
Amalek. We were spared no us virtually.
profanity by those convinced We heard haunting music
that our coming together Rabbi Adina by well-known artists in
with the enemy to honor Lewittes Hebrew, Arabic, and English,
each others losses and seek including a moving perfor-
an end to the suffering would mance by a mothers chorus.
undermine, if not completely defile, the We heard poignant poetry and personal
memories of Israelis who made the ulti- stories. There was no suggestion of any
mate sacrifice for our continued safety and moral equivalency between the murder
wellbeing. of innocent civilians and the deaths of
Israeli organizers welcoming the stand- those caught in the crossfires as the army
ing-room-only crowd were followed by defended itself from attacks. There was no
Arab leaders who livestreamed their greet- diminishing of the passion for a free, safe,
ings from Ramallah and Beit Jalla. More thriving State of Israel, even as there was
than 200 Palestinians in the West Bank recognition of the Palestinians desire to
who wanted to join the tekes were denied live freely and with dignity, too.
permits to enter Israel by the IDF as a con- An Israeli daughter spared no details
sequence of the terrorist attack a week ear- or emotions when she told the story of
lier in Tel Aviv. That had been committed her father being axed to death by Pal-
by a man who had been granted a similar estinian terrorists in 2013. A Palestinian
one-day permit. The military didnt feel it father described the death of his son,
could distribute those permits and ensure who was walking home from school in
the publics safety while the investigation the West Bank when he was caught up

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 Opinion

In January, demonstrators at JFK protest President Donald Trumps executive order
banning immigrants from some Muslim countries.
Commandeering local law enforcement
into enforcing federal immigration laws thus
has a chilling effect on the criminal justice sys-
tem. Foreign nationals who are in the country
without documentation fear communicating
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with police if they believe that the disclo-
sure of their immigration status will result
in their arrest and removal from the United
States. Local police rely on all community
members citizens or non-citizens, lawfully
or unlawfully admitted for cooperating on
criminal investigations, reporting crimes, and
assisting in locating witnesses and offenders.
Without this mutually beneficial relation-
ship, which is built on trust, crime preven-
tion, investigation, and criminal prosecution
efforts clearly would suffer.
Moreover, federal immigration enforce-
ment at the local level in sensitive areas
have also caused a deterioration in the jus-
tice system itself. There have been reports of
U.S Immigration & Customs officers arrest-
ing witnesses and victims of violent crimes
who appear for court hearings. This has
resulted in courts writing to the U.S. Depart-
ment of Homeland Security, which oversees
immigration enforcement, to appeal for
assistance. On April 19, 2017, Stuart Rabner,
the chief justice of New Jerseys Supreme
Court, wrote a letter to Secretary of Home-
land Security, John F. Kelly, which said, In
recent weeks, agents from the Immigration
and Customs Enforcement Agency arrested
two individuals who showed up for court
appearances in state court. I write to
urge that arrests of this type not take place
in courthouses. A true system of justice
must have the publics confidence. When
individuals fear that they will be arrested
for a civil immigration violation serious
consequences are likely to follow. Witnesses
to violent crimes may decide to stay away
from court and remain silent. Victims of
domestic violence and other offenses may
choose not to testify against their attackers.
Children and families in need of court assis-
tance may likewise avoid the courthouse.
And defendants in state criminal matters
may simply not appear.
As a partner in a law firm dedicated to
practicing U.S. immigration law for more
than a half century, I understand the dire
need to reform our nations immigration sys-
tem. These efforts, however, must balance
our national enforcement interests with our
local interests, and take into account that
immigrants are woven into every fabric of
American society. Regulating immigrants in
one area can have enormous impacts on life
in other areas of our cities.
Michael J. Wildes of Englewood, a former
federal prosecutor, is the managing partner of
Wildes and Weinberg, P.C., at www.wildeslaw.
com. He is a former mayor of Englewood.
Reach him at michael@wildeslaw.com.

in a skirmish between the IDF and Pal-
estinian protesters. Roni Hirshinzon, an
Israeli founder of the bereaved families
group, told how he lost one son, Amir, a
soldier, in a terrorist attack, and another,
Elad, to suicide, after his best friend
On Yom HaZikaron, Rabbi Adina
Lewittes and her daughter went to
a Tel Aviv basketball stadium for a
tekes cosponsored by Combatants
for Peace and the Parents Circle
Families Forum. Rabbi Adina Lewittes

another soldier was killed.

What united these families wasnt the
effort to prove the primacy or legitimacy
of their suffering. Rather, they shared the
strength to refuse to allow their pain to
harden their hearts and cement hatred
and enmity. They shared the courageous
conviction that their pain be used to create
a new reality one of hope and possibility.
In a genius twist, the tekes concluded
with a rendition of Chad Gadya the
rhythmic final song from the Pesach seder,
which ends with the slaughtering of the
Angel of Death.
As people exited the arena, protest-
ers erupted even more intensely. They
wished cancer upon bereaved parents.
They prayed we all would be blown up by
a suicide bomber. Police restrained some
of them from getting physical.
Walking home through the still, silent
city, proud to have stood with these brave
families, we wondered: Does acknowledg-
ing the losses sustained by our in this
case former enemies compromise the
legacy of our own? Do these alternative
gatherings on Yom HaZikaron tarnish the
memories of fallen IDF soldiers and vic-
tims of terrorism?
The next week, Yoaz Hendel, an Israeli
military historian and journalist, pub-
lished a provocative op ed in YNetnews.
com criticizing these ceremonies as mor-
ally confused. ...[A] healthy society has
no need to acknowledge its enemys disas-
ter, their suffering. Without that loss, we
would not exist...The alternative Memorial
Day ceremony is therefore, in my opinion,
a case of moral confusion. We cannot sus-
tain a society, educate children in school,
and order 18 year olds to enlist into the
army out of a statement that everyone is
right: The winner and the loser, we and
the Palestinians, the IDF and its enemy...
A healthy society mourns its dead and its
soldiers and not the other side, regardless
See Yom HaZikaron page 40

Jewish Standard MAY 26, 2017 39

Opinion
Learning
from page 37
empathetic to each other and con-
nected to our Jewish tradition much of
which is based on constructive debates.
In Hebrew, a debate is called a
machlochet, and the term machlochet
lshem shamayim can be translated to
disagreement for the sake of Heaven,
but it is not really a disagreement.
Rather when we bring heaven into the
picture, it changes everything.
Thousands of students study debates
in the Gemara every day. Thus, it turns
out that in this context to debate means
to learn, which defines a Jewish debate
as one where we learn, and the learning
is done to advance our Judaism that is,
it is for the sake of Heaven.
Jews learn every day, through a com-
plex process of biblical and oral Torah,
about what makes us Jews and how to
practice our Judaism. It is done while
Yom HaZikaron
from page 39
of the lightness or severity of the actions
committed by the dead on the other side.
Justice and truth are always subjective, but
a state cannot be sustained without them,
especially here. The thought that truth
is by your side and that your way is the
right way is simplistic but necessary. And
yes, this justice is based on the belief that
we are better, we are more ethical, more
enlightened and more advanced. A light
unto the nations.
Hendel, too, expressed irritation at the
vitriol of the protesters, saying, ...any-
one whose entire identity focuses on hat-
ing Arabs and leftists, is a threat to our
future. Only a person who has not fought
or carried a stretcher alongside a person
with different views is capable of call-
ing leftists traitors or religious people
Hezbollah.
But he concluded by asserting, A lead-
ers job... is to develop a healthy society
that believes in its rightness, mourns its
dead and celebrates its victories. A lead-
ers job is to set red lines, to protect the lit-
tle that we have. Whoever is afraid should
not be a leader.
Separating the remembrance of fallen
soldiers and victims of terrorism from
building bridges with Palestinians obvi-
ously keeps the emotional and psychic
burdens of the conflict cleaner and easier
to bear. But I disagree that these ceremo-
nies are a reflection of betrayal or moral
confusion.
Judaism mandates that we mark the
40 Jewish Standard MAY 26, 2017
maintaining this debate as an intellec-
tual form of arguing halacha, consid-
ering the boundaries that constitute
Judaism. This form of talmudic debate
is responsible for passing on our tra-
ditions as a live religion, and helps us
to learn and adapt it to our time and
circumstance.
I love learning, and recently Ive been
attending a weekly class a shiur with
Rabbi Moshe Genack, the son of Rabbi
Menachem Genack. Rabbi Menachem
Genack is the head of the Orthodox
Unions kosher division and the inspir-
ing and esteemed rabbi of Shomrei Emu-
nah, one of four Orthodox synagogues
in Englewood. For me, the interesting
part is that many of its congregants are
more strictly observant within Ortho-
doxy than I am, and I always thought
that Id have a hard time fitting in there.
Yet it seems that their stricter adher-
ence to halacha still leaves them room
to include me within their boundaries,
suffering of our enemies even as we
lament our own or celebrate our tri-
umphs. We remove wine from our seder
cups to diminish our joy as we recount the
plagues that secured our freedom but dev-
astated the Egyptians. The shofar sounds
echo the wailing of Siseras mother; Sisera
was a Canaanite general killed by Yael
after losing a battle against the Israelites.
Zaka volunteers collect body parts of both
victims and terrorists after suicide bomb-
ings to ensure respect for all human life,
no matter whose.
Weve never feared complexity. Were
known as Yisrael, wrestlers with God
with faith, with morality, and with justice.
Our willingness to step into places that
lack clarity and embrace struggle is core
to our history and our destiny.
Moral introspection doesnt make
us weaker. It makes us stronger. It also
doesnt make us less of a light unto the
nations. It makes us more of one. Imag-
ine how different the world would be if
nations and leaders were more, not less,
mindful of their actions and those actions
consequences.
Insisting that our narrative is irrefutable
flies in the face of our 2,000+ year talmu-
dic tradition of discussion, argumentation,
and debate, including the preservation of
minority opinions. Our belief that truth is
contextual and evolving belies the legiti-
macy of insisting on the incontestable cor-
rectness of our positions.
A leader isnt someone who charts a
course and sticks to it no matter what, deaf
and blind to the realities around them. A
leader is responsive to circumstances, and
We in Englewood are
fortunate that we can debate
our Jewish differences in a
healthy and constructive way,
and now we need to learn to
do it as Americans.
and so we learn together how to debate
for the sake of heaven.
I enjoy the fabulous weekly class, and
on occasion I enjoy attending their syna-
gogue services as well. I am grateful both
for having such leadership and for the
tradition that allows Jews from all walks
of life and all ideological beliefs to sustain
a community that debates its boundaries
while respecting one another.
We in Englewood are fortunate that
we can debate our Jewish differences in a
healthy and constructive way, and now we
What united these families
wasnt the effort to prove the
primacy or legitimacy of their
suffering. Rather, they shared
the strength to refuse to allow
their pain to harden their hearts
and cement hatred and enmity.
leads accordingly. The righteous bloom
like a date-palm; they thrive like a cedar in
Lebanon (Tehillim), meaning they know
when to bend and when to stand firm. A
leader is one who turns his enemy into his
friend (Avot DRabbi Natan), and A hero
is one who conquers his instincts (Pirkei
Avot) in this case, instincts to hate, to
deny, or to justify at all costs.
In Judaism, remembrance isnt just
about recollecting facts or events; it always
has a redemptive purpose. Our re-mem-
bering together with our former enemies
at the tekes in Tel Aviv was a form of tik-
kun, of healing of self and of the world. To
remember means to reconnect ourselves
to the members of the human family of
which we, and all others, are a part.
These ceremonies are planned with
bereaved families. Who are we to dictate
or judge how they mourn their dead, much
less hurl insults and threats at them? Maybe
sitting with bereaved Palestinians doesnt
sully the memories of fallen Israelis but
ennobles them, preventing their deaths
from being meaningless as the conflict
rages on. By changing that reality to one of
need to learn to do it as Americans. Our
political landscape badly needs the les-
son of Jewish debate, where we know that
at the end, no matter what we disagree
about, well remain friends, poised to learn
together again, rather than becoming a bit-
terly divided community.
Soli Foger, who is an architect, grew up in
Israel. He and his wife, the educator Dr.
Tani Foger, have lived in Englewood for
27 years. They have four sons and four
grandchildren.
empathy and hope, it can provide signifi-
cance to those deaths, helping as they did
to enable this fellowship to emerge.
For others, its too complicated, too pain-
ful. And thats ok. Mourn, and let mourn.
Condemning those who wish to engage
with Palestinians on Yom HaZikaron to
help end cycles of hatred and violence
risks the unity and future of our nation in
more serious ways than any risks under-
taken by sitting together with grieving
families from the other side of the secu-
rity fence who similarly, and desperately,
want peace.
The moral confusion wasnt inside the
arena that night. But it was on full display
amongst the protesters outside.
Rabbi Adina Lewittes of Closter is the
founder of Shaar Communities, which
promotes an innovative, pluralistic
approach to building Jewish identity by
creating multiple portals into Jewish life
and community. She also speaks and
publishes widely on the topic of modern
Jewish identity.
 Opinion

Trump crisis shouldnt mask

new opportunities for Middle East peace

B
y any standards, it
was an extraordinary
week for U.S.-Israel
relationsand that
was before President Donald
Trump even arrived in Israel for
his official visit.
It began with what sounded
like a brawl between Ameri-
can and Israeli officials laying Ben Cohen
the groundwork for Trumps
May 22-23 visit. U.S. officials
appeared irritated by an Israeli request that Prime Minis-
ter Benjamin Netanyahu accompany Trump on his visit to
the Western Wall in Jerusaleman image that would send
the unmistakable signal that the new U.S. administration
regards a united Jerusalem as Israels eternal capitaland in
the end Netanyahu did not go with Trump. But seemingly in
response to the request, David Berns, a political counselor at
the U.S. Consulate in Jerusalem, reportedly responded that
the Jewish holy site is in fact part of the West Bank.
The Israelis were stunned and said as much to the White
House; by the end of the day, the White House had clarified
that Bernss comment did not reflect the position of the
administration on Jerusalems status.
But what is the position of the administration? More con-
fusion on this point came the following day. At a press brief- Israeli President Reuven Rivlin guides President Donald Trump at Ben Gurion Airport on May 22.
ing on Trumps itinerary in Israel, National Security Adviser aVI OhayON/GPO/flash90

H.R. McMaster was askedtwicewhether he regarded the

Western Wall as part of Israel. McMaster declined to answer
the question by describing it as a policy decision.
In the same briefing, McMaster confirmed that no Israeli
leaders would accompany Trump at the Western Wall,
encouraging speculation that the U.S. doesnt recognize
Israeli sovereignty over Jerusalem. McMaster revealed that
Trump would visit Yad Vashem, the Holocaust remem-
brance centerbut only, it was reported later, for 15 min-
utesand made no mention of Trumps much-anticipated
speech at the ancient Jewish fortress of Masada, which ulti-
mately was scrapped by the Trump team, reportedly due to
logistical challenges. (In the end, Trump spent a little less
than half an hour at Yad Vashem.)
How, then, did this high-profile spat between longtime
allies not dominate this weeks headlines around the world?
Its because this week was also, by any standard, an extraor-
dinary one for U.S. politics in general.
With all the flair of a political thriller, and just hours after
McMasters comment, Israel suddenly found itself inserted
into a story that was tearing its way across the networks, as
the New York Times revealed that the deeply sensitive intel-
ligence Trump is said to have shared with Russian officials
originally had been supplied by the Israelis. Then came the
revelation that James Comey, the FBI chief fired by Trump,
had written up the notes of a meeting in which Trump
reportedly asked him to drop the investigation into the con-
tacts between former National Security Adviser Michael
Flynn and the Russian governmentthe very issue behind
Flynns rapid departure from the White House.
The cumulative effect of all this for the Trump administra-
tion is terrible, on fronts both foreign and domestic. It sug-
gests, especially to Europeanseven those who tend to give
Trump the benefit of the doubtthat all their worst fears
and entrenched, particularly when he is simultaneously
asking NATO member states to increase their budgetary
contributions.
Much the same argument could be made in the context of
Japan and South Korea, both stalwart allies now living under
the shadow of the North Korean threat, who nevertheless
are deeply nervous about Trumps ability to handle Kim
Jong-un. It might even extend to Israel, whose government
seems unable to grasp what Trumps policy agenda actually
is, and whose intelligence services are likely thinking about
how to present important intelligence to the Americans in
the futurein a sufficiently Trump-proof manner.
But this shouldnt lead us to conclude the U.S.-Israel
relationship will end up as one more casualty of Trumps
unprecedented presidency. There is a natural tendency
among political journalists to concentrate on the policy
flips and hyperbolic statements that make politics so com-
pelling, rather than upon the duller consistencies that make
our democratic system more or less reliable. From the latter
vantage point, there are some key points worth emphasizing
about current American-Israeli ties.
First, Trump isnt the first president to have waded into a
disagreement with Israel. We can think of numerous clashes
during the last 50 years, from Ronald Reagan to Bill Clinton
to Barack Obama, which the relationship easily has survived.
Second, its clear that there are a variety of voices within
the administration speaking on this issue, with U.N. Ambas-
sador Nikki Haley and Ambassador to Israel David Friedman
following up McMasters remarks with assurances that in
their view, the Western Wall belongs to Israel. This height-
ens the insecurity that only Trump knows what he is really
thinking (and rethinking), and we should not expect this to
change while hes in office.
Trump isnt the rst
president to have waded
into a disagreement with
Israel. We can think of
numerous clashes during
the last 50 years, from
Ronald Reagan to Bill
Clinton to Barack Obama,
which the relationship
easily has survived.
Fourth, does anyone doubt that Trump, once in Israel,
will use his showmanship to publicly soothe the rattled bilat-
eral relationship? That his immediate goal is to leave the
Israelis asking themselves what they were worried about?
For as long as Trump is consumed by his domestic cri-
sis, it is unlikely a final deal between the Palestinians and
Israel will remain anything more than a lofty ambition. But
Trumps crisis doesnt change the fact that there is a realign-
ment in the region between Israel and the Arab statesand
potentially the Palestiniansbased on shared interests, from
economic development to confronting the Iranian threat.
These opportunities really do form the basis for a meaning-
ful peace processone, moreover, that wont depend on the
fate of a single president. JNs.ORG

about his presidency are coming true, and that the man who
roasted Hillary Clinton over her email server is even more
careless and indiscreet now that hes in office. This is not
the message Trump should be sending to a continent where
public distaste for military action is already widespread
Third, it should be remembered that many on the politi-
cal right in Israel made the mistake of taking Trumps cam-
paign rhetoric at face value. They might not have been as
shocked by this weeks events had they not suffered from
these delusions in the first place.
Ben Cohen writes a weekly column on Jewish affairs and
Middle Eastern politics. His writings have been published in
Commentary, the New York Post, Haaretz, the Wall Street
Journal and many other publications.

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Dvar Torah
Bamidbar: Building and rebuilding community

P
arashat Bamidbar begins with a
census. The census is taken as the
Israelites are preparing to depart
from Mount Sinai, after building
and inaugurating the Mishkan, the portable
sanctuary where we worshiped God during
desert travels. We are commanded to orga-
nize ourselves into a war camp for safe travel
through the wilderness on our way to the
Promised Land. No doubt this is a necessary
starting point for any journey through poten-
tially hostile territory. But oy how I yearn
for the day when the only requirements for
travel along paths inspired by Torah wisdom
are that a people be organized by great inner
strength and courage!
Despite the need to arrange ourselves for
protection, not everyone in our Torah por-
tion is counted by military might. There
are those Israelites who, for whatever rea-
son age or sex or ability are not counted
for bearing arms. This excluded women as
a whole. Additionally, for other reasons,
another class of people, the Levites, are
exempted from military censuses. They are
exempted because they are needed for logis-
tical support for the Mishkan. Although the
Levites are not to be counted in the military
census, they are counted in their own census.
In fact, there are two censuses for Levites in
our parashah.
In the first census, (Numbers 3:5 and fol-
lowing), Moses counts the number of male
Levites age one month and older. This is a full
accounting of the Levites numbers, if full
in those days meant counting just boys and
men. In the second census, (Numbers 4:2 and
following), Moses takes stock of the Levites by
their numbers in ages of service. Only those
Levites between the ages of 30 and 50 are
subject to serve and counted. In this second
Levitical census, one might ask whether we
are counting how many Levites there are in
service or how many Levites are needed to
perform their sacred service and whether it
matters? Since this is a census, we are more
concerned with figuring out how many Lev-
ites there are in service. If we read ahead, we
can find the answer in next weeks parashah,
Naso. There were 8,580 Levites between the
ages of 30 and 50 who were engaged in sanc-
tuary service at the time of the census. That
sounds like an awful lot of people trying to
break down or put back up the Mishkan at
any given moment. Back to our earlier ques-
tion: just how many people does it take to
transport and care for the sancta of a com-
munity? Either too many people or too few, I
can imagine, could create problems. Is there
a magic number, and are we to conclude that
8,580 is it? And is this the number of Levites
needed only for portable sanctuaries that
had to be ready for travel at any time, or can
we extrapolate from this number an optimal
ratio of helpers for a fixed sanctuary?
If we draw a parallel between the sacred
logistical work performed by the Levites dur-
ing the time of the Mishkan and the sacred
logistical work that is performed in our syna-
gogue communities today, we might think of
lay leaders as Levites. Perhaps today the Lev-
ites would be leaders or perhaps they would
simply be any volunteer, since community through major
the call to build community has transition, or to thrive and
at its base an element of good- grow. After all, at RCBI we have
ness that we could call Divine. done well with smaller num-
In either case, when a syna- bers of exceptional volunteers.
gogue today decides to move, it But I can say with certainty
takes many Levites to trans- that no matter how many we
port and care for the sancta have, each of these volunteer
and soul of the community. leaders counts, and their con-
For proof of this, ask outgoing Rabbi Jacob tributions are immeasurable.
president Christine ODonnell, M. Lieberman Those of us involved in syn-
of Reconstructionist Congrega- Reconstructionist agogue life gather this season
Congregation Beth
tion Beth Israel (RCBI), the next Israel, Ridgewood for annual congregational
time you see her in her newly- meetings. In these public
found free time. Christine and forums, it behooves us to take
her husband, David Volin, were two of the stock of those lay leaders, like Christine,
Levitical chieftains who spearheaded and David and other leaders at RCBI, whose
oversaw our move from the synagogues long- contributions build our various communi-
time home in Maywood to our current loca- ties. Like a census, we too can count our
tion in Ridgewood, where we share space, volunteer leadership. We can thank and
community and programming with our stra- honor them for their hard work and vision.
tegic partner, Temple Israel. We cant thank We can do our best to help them to feel
Christine and David enough for their vision, doubly valued, not only by their congre-
their hard work, and their willingness to be gational partners, but by the Jewish com-
counted among the sacred team that decon- munity at large. Whether the analogy to the
structs and rebuilds our community. Levites holds or not, lay leaders do perform
Every journey has a starting point, and sacred service. As we gather in the coming
often a destination. But as everyone knows, days and weeks, I pray that our communi-
sacred journeys are not solely about ori- ties are blessed to count many lay leaders.
gin points or destinations. They are most I pray that we count these volunteer lead-
importantly about the stuff that happens in ers twice, thanking and honoring them
between, the things that are only possible for their sacred service. May the Source of
because we have enough helping hands to Salvation bless them and the work of their
make it possible to get up and go. As a rabbi, I hands. May we and the entire Jewish peo-
cant say that the example set in our parashah ple be built up through their hard work and
of 8,580 Levites is a magic number to see a vision. Ken yehi ratzon.

Shemtov would help Lieberman find ways BRIEF

Ivanka
FROM PAGE 32
Genack and Shemtov both cited Israeli offi-
cials who were given permission to pick up the
phone also prohibited to give or receive
directives on Shabbat, even if the call was not
directly related to military operations. Likewise,
religious Israeli soldiers will continue serving on
Shabbat when necessary, even during (relative)
peacetime.
Shemtov, who runs the Washington syna-
gogue commonly known as the Shul, generally
has a narrow definition of saving a life. He will
give elected officials who consult with him per-
mission to break Shabbat laws only if they are
personally needed in the situation, it cannot be
deferred until Saturday night, and someones life
actually is at stake.
He also said there is no blanket answer for
this question; it must be dealt with on a case-
by-case basis.
Ive been getting questions like this for about
20 years, and Ive only found it appropriate twice
to allow any exemption from the rules, Shemtov
said. They involved immediate and unequivocal
situations affecting preservation of life.
to fulfill his public duties on Shabbat, walking
miles with him from synagogue to the Capitol for
votes. Lew also endeavored not to break Shab-
bat, but told Tablet that he would take calls and
drive in a car when necessary.
Although a range of activities are prohibited
on Shabbat, Jewish law does not treat them all
equally. Some are deemed to be prohibited by
the text of the Torah, while others are prohibited
by rabbinic consensus, which is considered less
severe. Genack noted, for example, that driving
a car, which involves igniting the engine, is con-
sidered more severe than riding in a car.
As it happens, Kushner and Trump also
reportedly received permission to ride in a car
to celebrations of Trumps inauguration, which
was on the evening of Friday, January 20. Which
rabbi gave that allowance? Thats also unknown.
But every rabbi interviewed for this article cau-
tioned against criticizing these decisions without
being privy to all of their details.
Whats at stake long term or short term?
Genack wondered. You never know what
the next steps will be. Im happy that Im
not in that situation, that I have to deal with
these problems. JTA WIRE SERVICE
SodaStream rehires 74 Palestinian
employees following renewed work permits
SodaStream, the Israel-based pro-
ducer of a popular beverage carbon-
ation machine, announced it will
rehire 74 Palestinian employees after
the Israeli government restored their
work permits.
We are delighted to welcome back
our 74 devoted Palestinian employees,
who are able to join their 1,500 friends
at our Rahat facility in the Negev, said
Daniel Birnbaum, CEO of SodaStream,
the Jerusalem Post reported.
The Israeli government did the
moral and honorable thing to grant
work permits to our employees, who
can now provide for their families
and also prove that coexistence is
possible, he said. home, said Ali Jafar, one of the Pal-
SodaStreams former headquar-
ters were in Mishor Adumim, which
is located beyond Israels pre-1967
lines, making the facility a high-profile
target of the anti-Israel BDS movement.
Before the relocation, SodaStream had
employed 1,300 workers, including
500 Palestinians who were given the
same pay and benefits as their Jewish-
Israeli colleagues.
Following SodaStreams October 2015
relocation to Israels Negev desert, the
company was forced to lay off most of
its Palestinian workers, while retaining
74 of its most experienced Palestinian
employees, who commuted to the new
location. Yet after a permit dispute with
the Israeli government, the company
was forced to lay off those 74 Palestin-
ians in February 2016.
SodaSt re am i s our second
estinian workers who has worked
for SodaStream for three years.
When you have the opportunity to
return home, you return. JNS.ORG

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The Frazzled Housewife
Baseball, soccer,
and Mothers Day oh my!
BANJI GANCHROW
A
s a mom of boys, I have been
exposed to the things that
other mothers, specifically
mother only of girls, might not
have the pleasure of being exposed to.
It can start with the whole idea of toi-
let training a member of the opposite sex.
How many times in one week can I say,
I dont have one. How am I supposed ball. I do not understand football. How-
to know if you should be sitting down
or standing up? I did my best. We put
Cheerios in the toilet for target practice, the cover of the Wheaties box, and started
and I learned that gravity plays a big part
when the only bathroom avail-
able is a tree. Those were good
times. And I am proud to say
that all of my boys will be toi-
let trained by the time they get
married. (They are already, just
to be very, very clear.)
And then there were the
toys. My home has never
housed a Barbie doll. This is
probably a good thing, since I Banji
used to scalp all of my Barbies. Ganchrow
(Their hair doesnt grow back,
FYI). We had blocks and trains
and action figures and Legos and balls.
Lots and lots of balls. Unfortunately, we
never had a pump to blow up the balls,
so after some time, we had a lot of balls
that lost their bounce, much like me since
I have turned 45.
I tried with arts and crafts, purchased
paints, brushes, those pens that made the
big circles (never really sure what the point was going to be in Columbus, Ohio, for
of those were, aside from giving my boys
the opportunity to smash them repeatedly
on the paper), and we had some quality
time down in the basement. The wet bar
that we have which when I bought the
house I thought would be used for parties
and making cocktails became the clean-
ing area for my Monet-inspired crafts. I
am still hopeful, though, that one day, the
wet bar will be used for a bar. It has served say when he invites you to go anywhere.
its purpose.
And then there are the games. I do not
speak of Scrabble or Monopoly. I speak of
the games that require a ball. I have writ-
ten about the baseball road trips or What
its like to share a bed with two of your
kids on your 17th wedding anniversary
because the motel ran out of cots. Ahh,
the stories I could tell you. One year, on
our road trip to Chicago (Cubs and White
Sox) and Detroit (Tigers and really good
cocktails at Comerica park), my family left
my suitcase in front of the hotel. I had put
everyones stuff in the car and said, Could Banji Ganchrow never wanted to have
someone please just put my bag in. No
one was listening, for a change, and when
we got to Detroit and started to unpack
the car, I realized that it wasnt there. The And this wasnt said in a good way.
44 JEWISH STANDARD MAY 26, 2017
rest of the story is kind of a blur, but my
boys have assured me that I did yell a lot
and a pizza box may or may not have been
thrown at husband #1s head.
Good times.
But I went to all of these games because
if you have boys you will watch zillions of
hours of sporting events. I have never been
to a football game, though, because that
is where I draw the line. I do not like foot-
ever, I am probably the only mom who got
excited when she saw Adrian Peterson on
squealing with glee because she knew how
happy it would make son
#1. (For those of you mere
mortals, Adrian was on the
Minnesota Vikings, son #1s
favorite team. Remember
how I said I had never been
to a football game? Well, I
have been to two football
training camps. Minnesota
for the Vikings and St. Louis
for the Rams, who are now
in Los Angeles, where they
started many years ago, but
who really cares.)
Mothers Day, though a distant mem-
ory, always has been a bone of contention
in my house. This is probably because I
have very high expectations. And you
know what happens when you have
high expectation for one day of the year?
Nothing good. So this year, I set the bar
pretty low. Son #2 is in Israel and son #3
some baseball thing. (Balls, balls, balls.)
It was all on husband #1 and son #1, and I
was prepared. Son #1 invited me to a Red
Bulls game. Red Bulls play soccer. I still
have nightmares from my days as a soc-
cer mom, watching son #3 play goalie in
40 degree weather. But what do you say
when your son asks you if you want to
go to a soccer game? The same thing you
You say yes.
So there I was, Mothers Day 2017, the
best mom in the world enjoying a Red
Bulls game with the young man who made
her a mom. It wasnt as bad as I thought
it would be. The stadium, in scenic near-
Newark, was quite lovely, and watching
the game was like watching a real-life foos-
ball table.
But being with the boy who is now a
man and one year away from graduating
college (gasp) was priceless.
daughters. This is a direct result of all the
times her mom would scream, One day
you should have a daughter just like you.
Crossword
DOUBLE BILL BY YONI GLATT
KOSHERCROSSWORDS@GMAIL.COM
DIFFICULTY LEVEL: MEDIUM
Across
1. Notable Frank work
6. Wedding fragments
11. Org. of Stern and Silver
14. Lauder of note
15. Tref sounds
16. It might be in a warehouse in
Nevada, according to Spielberg
17. Bribe Leibovitz?
19. Ending with no-good or beat
20. Aaron Coplands was 551-20-4475:
Abbr.
21. Paskez and Orbit makes it
22. Biblical preposition
23. Having Haman and Hitler for a meal?
28. ___ Mae Brown (Oscar winning role
for Whoopi Goldberg)
29. -Cone that wouldnt last long in the
Negev
30. Subsection of the Shulkhan Arukh
31. Bruno who has a Jewish grand-
mother
33. Texts referencing Him?
36. Evil individual
40. The start and finish of 17, 23, 51, and
60-Across, e.g.
43. An animated twin voiced by Julie
Kavner
44. Played a Hannukah game
45. Shrimp
46. Lee who directed Kevin Kline in
The Ice Storm
48. Southern Hem. country where kudu
shofars are obtained
50. Snake in a plane with Indiana Jones
51. A stunning sheitel?
55. Kind of Torah
57. ___ Gabriel
58. Div. of Lerners Nationals
59. One can keep the matzah off your
clothes
60. It is often higher than Skokies for
apartments
65. Storm rarely experienced in Israel
66. Code abided by the Israel Prison
Service
67. It once made more than 50% of
Israels cell phones
68. Start of a major Israeli city
69. Like Degas
70. The E of E.L. Doctorow (or Degas)
The solution to last weeks puzzle
is on page 51.
Down
1. B.S. from YU, e.g.
2. ___air
3. Participated in a siyum
4. Make like one requesting to convert
to Judaism
5. Kens
6. ___ long way (like the Jews in the
desert)
7. Mamet writes it well
8. Per ___ (parnasah term)
9. Acts like a shnorrer, perhaps
10. Beer Sheva to Dimona dir.
11. TV job for Fran Fine
12. Weisz, Garfield or Radcliffee, e.g.
13. Another way to spell Israels Acre
18. Demand from one insisting a Seder
finish already
22. Like Israels treatment at the UN
23. Starting points?
24. ___ you! (challenge one to dunk
for two minutes in the Dead Sea,
e.g.)
25. Comic Kane
26. Catatonic states (for Ariel Sharon
and others)
27. Shows on Yes
32. Archangel (of death, at times) men-
tioned in Talmud
34. Make like a shyster
35. Blue animated character in a 2011
film with Hank Azaria
37. Eilat tank?
38. ___ Hannah
39. Sacrifice site
41. Carvey who played Garth for
Michaels
42. Like a hero not (yet) recognized as
a Righteous Gentile
47. A rock hit by Moses, for one
49. Do we not have ___ father?
(Malachi 2:10)
51. Famous tower locale
52. Make a sacrifice impure
53. Peruvians that would have had
an extra long night when Joshua
stopped the sun
54. He did major Temple renovations
55. Last words on Arthur Miller
56. Sefardic food on Passover
60. Deg. for one doing the books at
Goldman Sachs
61. Reisman of Olympic fame
62. Readout in the ER, but not a
Hatzalah ambulance
63. Actress Long in Ben Youngers
Boiler Room
64. Translation that goes with gum
 Arts & Culture
Magdala Stone, known as Jewish-Christian
crossroads, gets its public debut
SEAN SAVAGE

D
escribed as one of the most sig-
nificant archaeological finds
in modern Israel, the Magdala
Stone, unearthed near the
shores of the Sea of Galilee in 2009, has
been unveiled to the public for first time
as part of a joint exhibition between the
Vatican Museums and the Jewish Museum
of Rome on the history of the menorah. It
will be on display from May 15 to July 23.
This is a dream that finally comes to ful-
fillment, Father Juan Solana said. Solana,
a Mexican priest, is the general director of
the Magdala Center, whose work focuses
on the stone dubbed a crossroads of Jew-
ish and Christian history.
As a Catholic priest, I feel so proud that
the first time it will be displayed at such
an exposition with amazing collaboration
between Jewish and Catholics in Rome,
which is the capital of Catholicism and
one of the oldest Jewish communities in
the world, he added.
The discovery of the Magdala Stone in
Migdal, Israel, already has reshaped schol-
arly understanding of 1st century C.E.
Judaism and early Christianity. The stone
was unearthed as part of a routine archae-
ological examination before the construc-
tion of a Catholic retreat center.
Archaeologists from the Israel Antiquities
Authority uncovered a well-preserved 1st-
century synagogue and a larger town pre- The Magdala Stone gets its public debut at the Nel Braccio Di Carlo
sumed to be the hometown of Mary Magda- Magno Museum in the Vaticans St. Peters Square. The stone has a
lene, whom the Christian Bible describes as menorah carved into it. MAGDALA CENTER AND ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITY

one of Jesus Christs most faithful followers.

Some have even speculated Jesus who grew up in the Gali-
lee region, according to the Christian Gospels even may
have visited or worshipped in the synagogue.
It was a true miracle when we found the site, Solana
said. Most of the ancient towns have been destroyed and
rebuilt several times. It is a really extraordinary thing to
have survive.
We found a lot of parallels between the Herodian ( Jew-
ish) Quarter in Jerusalem and Magdala, which drove many
people to speculate that one of the priestly families at the
time was from Magdala, he added.
The Magdala Stone, which was found inside the syna-
gogue, offers scholars and archaeologists significant
insight into 1st-century Jewish life and the Second Temple
era in Jerusalem.
The stone is believed to be one of the earliest artistic
depictions of the Second Temple, according to the Mag-
dala Center. It is believed likely that the artist who made
the stone saw the Second Temple.
The stone has the highest number of symbols of the
Temple ever found together in one object, Solana said.
The stones long side shows the side of a building with
pillared archways and a three-dimensional design to cre-
ate the illusion that it appeared in the Temple. The back of
the stone also shows a pillared structure, with two wheels
above a geometric shape, illustrating fire.
Presumably, the front and sides of the stone carvings
represent the Second Temple in Jerusalem, and the back
side depicting wheels and fire represents the Holy of
Holies, according to the Magdala Center.
Among all its features, the stones menorah depiction
arguably has produced the most intense excitement among
archaeologists. Scholars and archaeologists contend that
it is the oldest carved image of the Second Temples seven-
branched menorah ever found, and the first menorah
image to be discovered in a Jewish religious context.
Fittingly, the Magdala Stone and the menorah carved on
it will take center stage at the exhibition at the two Rome
museums, titled The Menorah: Worship, History, and
Legend.
According to the exhibitions organizers, the roughly
130 pieces on display will tell the story of the menorah
from antiquity until today, as well as its significance in
Judaism, and to a lesser extent in Christianity.
Intertwining history and myth, the story of the meno-
rah is depicted in the exhibition through major works of
art from antiquity to the present, including archaeologi-
cal objects, sculptures and paintings, architectural and
decorative artifacts, manuscripts and illuminated books,
exhibition organizers said. It was in Rome, at the height
of the Imperial era, that the menorah became the symbol
that most powerfully encapsulates the culture and religion
of Judaism.
The exhibition also will examine theories on the loca-
tion of the solid gold menorah taken from the Second
Temple by the Roman general Titus during his siege of
Jerusalem in 70 C.E.
More than 20 museums around the world have loaned
their pieces to the exhibit, including Pariss Louvre, Lon-
dons National Gallery, and Viennas Albertina Museum.
It is a great opportunity to bring Catholic and Jewish
communities together in the Holy See for an encoun-
ter and dialogue about our common history and faith,
Solana said. The message we are trying to deliver from
Magdala is this respect of the commonality between our
faiths, he added. We have much more things in common
than the differences we have. JNS.ORG

JEWISH STANDARD MAY 26, 2017 45

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Shavuot in Paramus:
Friday The JCC of Paramus/
MAY 26 Congregation Beth
Tikvah offers a
Shabbat in Jersey City: community Torah
Bnai Jacob hosts a learning session
special dinner celebrating with Dr. Raisy Weiss
Shabbat and Jerusalem following Mincha,
Day, led by Rabbi Aaron 8 p.m. After Maariv,
Katz, 7 p.m. 176 West from 9 to midnight,
Side Ave. Reservations, Rabbi Arthur Weiner,
(201) 435-5725 or www. Cantor Sam Weiss, and
bnaijacobjc.com. congregants will teach.
Dairy delicacies. Annual
Shavuot luncheon follows
Sunday services, Wednesday, at
MAY 28 9 a.m. East 304 Midland
Ave. (201) 262-7733 or
jccparamus.org.

Israeli film in Tenafly: JUNE The Kaplen JCC on the Palisades will host its annual Yoga on the
IAC Cinematec, a Green on the JCC grounds, 411 East Clinton Avenue in Tenafly,
series of Israeli films
with English subtitles at
the Kaplen JCC on the Rabbi Jennifer
11 with yoga instructors Alison Miller, Robert Hoon, John Quirk,
and Jill Schwalbe, Sunday, June 11, from 9 to 10:30 a.m. Opening
Palisades, concludes
Schlosberg meditation led by MaryBeth Sigler. People of all ages and proficiency levels
with Is That You?
7 p.m. 411 E. Clinton Ave. welcome; bring a mat, towel, and water bottle, and wear sunscreen. The
(201) 408-1409. program will be held indoors if the weather is bad. Register online at www.
jccotp.org/yoga. Even though the class is free, participants must click add
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MAY 29
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Shabbat in Fort Lee:
One Man with One Heart:
The Sources of Jewish The JCC of Fort Lee/ Tuesday
Unity, 11-11:45 p.m. Congregation Gesher JUNE 6
Rabbi Jacob Lieberman Shalom hosts BBQ
Light refreshments. At
midnight, Yigal Gross Before Barechu, 6 p.m., Caregiver support
discusses Negotiating followed by services group in Teaneck:
Beliefs: How to Achieve at 7. 1449 Anderson CareOne hosts a support
Jewish Communal Ave. Reservations, group for sandwich
Debate Where Everyone (201) 947-1735. generation caregivers
Wins. 70 Sterling Place. that is, people who are
Shabbat in Jersey taking care of both their
Rabbi Hershel Schachter (201) 833-0515 or www. City: Bnai Jacob hosts
Rabbi Shammai elderly parents and their
jcot.org. Millennial Shabbat
Pre-Shavuot shiur: Engelmayer own children. 7 p.m. 544
Rabbi Hershel Schachter, for Jewish millennials Teaneck Road. (201) 862-
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Park: Congregation couples, and friends,
Universitys Rabbi Isaac MAY 31 20s-40s), with food,
Elchanan Theological Shavuot in Glen Rock: Beth Israel of the
conversation, celebration,
Seminary, discusses
Shavuot and Practical
Three rabbis David J.
Fine, Jacob Lieberman,
Palisades hosts Torah
study as Rabbi Shammai
Shavuot In Franklin
Lakes: The Chabad
and cocktails, led by In New York
Hilchot Yom Tov at and Jennifer Schlosberg Engelmayer examines Rabbi Aaron Katz,
Jewish Center hosts a
Congregation Beth discuss Your People Shabbes Goy Kosher?
9 p.m.-1 a.m.; preceded
dairy dinner with an ice
7-9 p.m. 176 West Side
Ave. (201) 435-5725 or
Sunday
Aaron in Teaneck, 9 a.m. Shall Be My People, cream bar, a childrens
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(201) 945-7310 or shul@
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Celebrate Israel Parade,
during a joint program rabbi@chabadplace.org.
cbiotp.org. JUNE 3 celebrating Israels 53rd
Tuesday with the GRJC,
Temple Israel, and anniversary, marches
MAY 30 Reconstructionist
Shavuot in Franklin
Lakes: The Chabad
Friday Casino night in Teaneck: up Fifth Avenue from
Temple Emeths 57th to 74th streets,
Congregation Beth
Jewish Center holds its JUNE 2 spring Casino Night, a 11 a.m.-4 p.m. There are
Shavuot in Englewood: Israel, at the Glen Rock
TED Talks, short talks professionally run event, more than 30 floats with
Shaar offers Tikkun Leyl Jewish Center, 8 p.m. Shabbat in Fair Lawn:
showcasing inspiring includes blackjack, craps, musical performers, 15
Shavuot, a night of study, 682 Harristown Road. Rabbi Marvin Tokayer, an
Jewish ideas, 9 p.m. poker, roulette, and a marching bands, and
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Jewish World

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Tel Aviv is the home of Judaism.

So is Boston, Sao Paulo, Marseille ...
ANDREW SILOW-CARROLL

D
onald Trump and his staff may have left Israel
feeling pretty friendly to the Jews, but man, we
dont make it easy for them.
Flying with reporters from Saudi Arabia to
Israel on Monday, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson announced
that they were [o]nto the second stop, Tel Aviv, home of Juda-
ism. Critics were not kind.
Jordan Schachtel of Conservative Review noted that
because Tel Aviv does not have the religious significance of
Jerusalem, Tillerson managed to insult the people of Israel
and Jews worldwide. Washington Post columnist Jennifer
Rubin accused the former ExxonMobil CEO of bumbling
his lines and committing gaffes a junior Foreign Service
officer would never make. And Morton Klein of the Zionist
Organization of American fumed that Only those who are
blind cannot point to Jerusalem as the center of Judaism and
Israel. (I am anxiously waiting a comment from the Jewish
Institute for the Blind.)
Granted, Tel Aviv, home of Judaism, is about as awk-
ward as it gets. Besides sounding like the worlds least
promising tourism slogan, its inaccurate for all the reasons
Schachtel and Klein pointed out. And theres a backstory
here that makes people worry that it wasnt a simple mis-
take on Tillersons part.
In the days leading up to the presidents big trip to Israel,
there was much conjecture about how Trump would or Ivanka Trump prays at the Kotel during her fathers visit to Israel. MENDY HECHTMAN/FLASH90

wouldnt tweak U.S. policy toward Israel, and especially Jeru-

salem, which no president has recognized officially as Israels
capital, or even, technically, as part of Israel.
The back and forth on the issue was enough to give you
whiplash. Trump seemed pretty committed to moving the
U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem from Tel Aviv until he wasnt.
A White House live feed of Trumps meetings was briefly
labeled Jerusalem, Israel until it wasnt. Trump became
the first sitting president to visit the Western Wall but only
days after some U.S. Consulate staffers managed to tick off
Israelis before the trip by sniping that the Western Wall
doesnt belong to Israel.
As for Tillerson, when he was asked aboard Air Force One
whether he agrees with U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley that the
Western Wall is part of Israel, he replied, The wall is part of
Jerusalem. That, to be fair, is a fine bit of Jesuitical rhetoric,
which Cullen Murphy once defined as language that on its
face was unassailably true and that all parties could solemnly
accept, even as it deliberately settled nothing whatsoever.
It really isnt up to Tillerson to set new U.S. policy on the fly,
and Haley was definitely going rogue when she tried. As mad-
dening as it can seem to Jews who feel Israel should be able
to pick its own capital, Israel stands virtually alone in insisting
that the status of Jerusalem is a settled matter.
But I am less interested at the moment in the political
discussion than the theological one. The idea that even Jeru-
salem is the home of Judaism is both obvious and con-
tentious. Obvious because, as Klein points out, it is the site
of the First and Second Jewish Temples, the seat of King
Davids Jewish kingdom and the focus of a peoples 2,000
years of longing for return. Contentious because, while a
Jews eyes gaze toward Zion, they also have settled on
places and communities around the world where Judaism
has found a home. It was Heinrich Heine who called the
Torah the portable homeland for the Jews, and Judaism
Donald Trump and his
staff may have left
Israel feeling pretty
friendly to the Jews,
but man, we dont
make it easy for them.
The idea that God dwells in one place hardly is alien to Juda-
ism. The building of the Mikdash (the Holy Place) is a central
theme of the Torah, and Jerusalem is understood as the place
where God was to dwell among the people specifically, in
the Holy of Holies. The Western Wall actually a retaining
wall built to shore up the Temple Mount is revered because
of its proximity to what would have been the seat of the Holy
of Holies, whose exact location was lost to history after Rome
sacked the city in 70 C.E.
These were the terms of the debate that sprang up after
Ivanka Trump tweeted, in all innocence, It was deeply
meaningful to visit the holiest site of my faith and to leave a
note of prayer. Observers harrumphed that the wall wasnt
the holiest site that would be the Temple Mount itself.
Tablets Yair Rosenberg, saying Ivankas people botched an
important piece of Jewish tradition, suggested that the mis-
taken idea that the Western Wall is Judaisms holiest site is
a result of the custom, widely but not universally observed,
that Jews are not to set foot on the mount lest they trample
the original site of the Holy of Holies.
David B. Green, writing in Haaretz, defended Ivanka.
wrote, certainly the holiest place they may visit, because it is
part and parcel of the Temple Mount, and because the exact
coordinates of the holy of holies are unknown and would be
off-limits if they were known.
So there.
There is a camp that worries about all this focus on place
ends up fetishizing walls and stones and archaeology in a
way that feels well, un-Jewish. People like these often quote
Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel, the 20th-century theologian
who insisted that Judaism is a religion of time, not space, and
that Jews were given a temple only as a sort of concession after
they showed their weakness by worshipping the Golden Calf.
The Sabbaths are our great cathedrals; and our Holy of
Holies is a shrine that neither the Romans nor the Germans
were able to burn, Heschel wrote.
According to this view, the home of Judaism is wherever
a Jew learns Torah, or performs a mitzvah, or sits down to a
Shabbat meal.
Judaism needs its holy places as much as it needs the flexi-
bility and creativity to flourish wherever Jews find themselves.
I feel an extra measure of holiness whenever I visit Israel, but
honestly thats more likely to be when I see kids romping in a
playground in a Tel Aviv suburb than when I stand among the
tourists at the Western Wall.
The late great Israeli poet Yehuda Amichai has a lovely
poem, Tourists, about how our focus on space can distract
us from whats really holy. The narrator is shopping for grocer-
ies in the Old City of Jerusalem when a tour guide points out
the Roman arch just above his head.
Amichai writes, I said to myself: redemption will come
only if their guide tells them, You see that arch from the
Roman period? Its not important: but next to it, left and
down a bit, there sits a man whos bought fruit and vegeta-
bles for his family. JTA WIRE SERVICE

flourished in places from Babylon to Brooklyn, as it were For Jews who focus their religious devotion on physical
when the Land of Israel seemed out of reach. locations, it is indeed the holiest spot in the world, Green Andrew Silow-Carroll of Teaneck is JTAs editor in chief.

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 Real Estate & Business

Teaneck Memorial Day
family festival
Community activist Angelae Wilkerson will head a
distinguished list of honorees at this years Cedar
Lane Management Groups annual Family Festival on
Memorial Day, May 29, from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., on Cedar
Lane between American Legion Drive and Elm Avenue
in Teaneck. She will receive the second annual Lizette
Parker Award named for the late Teaneck mayor who
passed away in 2016 after being elected in 2014 as the
From 2 to 6 p.m., the stage will present an afternoon
of live music. Leading off will be the acclaimed Teaneck
Community Chorus, which performs songs recognizing
that each ones own culture may be unique, but all have
their own values. The chorus is interested in a reper-
toire of compassionate music music that unites peo-
ple in good causes and helps singers and audiences feel
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Friends will perform a program of doo wop favorites.
From 4 to 4:45 p.m., Jimmy Merchant and The Teenag-
ers, which began its career many years ago as the Ameri-
can doo wop group Frankie Lyman and The Teenagers,
will perform some of the many doo wop hits the group
has had over the years.
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serve as a mayor. High-Return
The other honorees are: Judy Distler, Teaneck Inter-
national Film Festival co-founder; Jonathan D. Salant,
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FountainView at College Road and BeThere24 improve life for seniors

The old saying goes, One parent can take
care of ten children but ten children cant
take care of one parent. A group of Teaneck
residents has found their ideal solution to
caring for an elderly parent: FountainView at
College Road, a senior living community in
Monsey, New York. On May 10, Michael and
Fayge Novogroder, along with several other
couples, hosted an informational presenta-
tion in their home to show others why they
should consider Fountainview for their aging
parents.
Fountainview is a warm, caring place and
I wanted to show my appreciation for what
they do for my mother, Fayge Novogroder
said before the presentation. Her parents
had moved to FountainView together and
her mother stayed after her father passed
away. Shes so busy now, I have to make an
appointment to see her, Novogroder said,
incredulous but pleased. My mother made
friends, she goes to the rabbis classes and
she has entertainment. FountainView main-
tains a residential atmosphere where you can
retain your independence.
Simcha Katz, one of the evenings hosts,
said his mother has been there for two years.
Would I do it again, knowing what I know
now? he asked rhetorically. Absolutely. premises; a morning kollel for residents and
FountainView is a continuing care rental
community with a host of services and ame-
nities on a ten acre campus. Three buildings
for independent living have one and two
bedroom apartments; the Springs for assis-
tive living has studio and one bedroom apart-
ments. Although all the apartments have full
kitchens, Glatt Kosher meals, including a full
Shabbos dinner and lunch, are provided in
the bistro caf (lunch) and dining room. Resi-
dents of the Springs can contract for addi-
tional help, from hourly to 24/7. A fitness
center and indoor pool help residents keep
up their strength. Buses take residents to
supermarkets and transportation is provided
for doctor appointments. Trips to places
like Empire Casino in Monticello, the Bronx
Botanical Gardens and Ellis Island keep resi-
dents engaged. Families who want to visit for
Shabbos can stay in guest accommodations.
Rabbi Yerachmiel Seplowitz told the doz-
ens who attended that FountainView takes
care of their parents spiritual needs as well
as their physical ones. If your life revolves
around minyanim, Shabbos and Yom Tov,
observance becomes difficult when your
mobility is impaired, he noted. Fountain-
View has three minyanim each day on the
remembered and said, this is my home.
men who come there to learn; shiurim and
classes, including a womens halacha class.
He told the story of a man who was so
happy to be named Chatan Bereishit; it was
another chance for him to shine and be the
center of attention. There is a Friday night
womens kiddush after davening with cake,
wine and grape juice. Rabbi Seplowitz talked
about a woman who joined him for a scotch
at kiddush until she passed away at 100 years
old. At one point, word had gotten out and
another woman wanted to join them, only
she asked for bourbon. So he bought bour-
bon. After she passed away, her bemused
son said she had never before had bourbon
in her life!
The caring and comradery helps the
residents feel like they are at home, Rabbi
Seplowitz said. Moving is a challenge; some
have an easier time adjusting than others. His
own mother-in-law lived at FountainView for
six and a half years. He told the story of a res-
ident whose eyesight, hearing and memory
were diminished and then he broke his hip
and had to go to rehab. When he was recov-
ering, but not flourishing, his daughter sug-
gested they take him back to FountainView
to revive his flagging spirits. He immediately
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FountainView has introduced BeThere24, a
system residents can purchase monthly that
monitors their movements and sends alerts
when a lack of movement or fall is detected.
BeThere24 uses strategically placed motion
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for an individual and can tell when there is a
change in behavior patterns.
The next enhancement will be a bracelet a
caregiver can wear to block the system so it
does not include that persons movements.
The system can also be set for certain time
periods so a senior who is only alone at night
can have the system set to operate then,
either in the whole house or just one area,
like the bedroom and bathroom.
Rabbi Moshe Heinemann of Baltimore
ruled that the system can be used on Shabbos
and that caregivers and family are permitted
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when visiting.
BeThere24 is a retail product anyone can
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