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Marie, what
can we do to
keep Israelis
safe?
I have
an idea
Dark days, darker humor

l The wave of kill-
ings and attacks has

sent some Israelis into
states of panic, fear,
and depression.
And then there are
those who respond to
black times with black
humor.
Early this week,
the mood lightened
briefly as Israelis
fought off their
attackers.
On Monday, in
the fourth attack in
Jerusalem that day,
a 22-year-old from
the West Bank who
was taking the 185 bus in Jerusalem
suddenly stabbed a soldier and tried
to take his weapon.
Passengers managed to stop the
attacker. And passerby Yair BenShabat boarded the bus with his
nunchucks. (Nunchucks are Japanese
weapons made of two sticks joined
by a chain. A quick Internet search
shows that it is not clear whether
they are legal in New Jersey, but they
can do a great deal of damage.) I
jumped onto the bus and helped
them fight the terrorist, Mr. BenShabat told Yediot Aharonot. I took
nunchucks out and hit him where
I had to for them to be able to pry
loose the weapon he held.
He was hailed as a hero.
He was recast on TV comedy show
Eretz Acherets Facebook page as a
Teenage Ninja Mutant

Turtle.
But he was
criticized by comedian
Yoav Rabinovitz.
For 39 years were
been trying to teach
the Jewish Zionist
fighting values called
Krav Maga and in one
post-Zionist Japanese
nunchuck moment
it went down the
drain, Mr. Rabinovitz
complained. Two
thousand years of
exile so we could fight
like the Japanese?
What have we done?
On Tuesday, in Raanana, a real
estate agent Michael Rehavi heard
a knifing victim scream. He ran out
of his office, grabbing an umbrella,
which he used to neutralize the
terrorist, though by the end the
umbrella pretty much broke apart
and disintegrated, he told Haaretz.
In Jerusalem, a bystander told a
television reporter that he rushed
to take on a terrorist with a selfie
stick helping to save not only the
day, but the reputation of the much
maligned smartphone accessory.
All of which led Eretz Acheret
to design a logo for a new
Neutralization Force which is not
really ridiculous as the country faces
a terror war being fought with knives
on the home front.
Larry Yudelson
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Getting them
to eat cake
l Terror is not good for business.
With people being stabbed in the

streets of Jerusalem (and elsewhere in
Israel), people are staying home.
So how to lure them back to
restaurants and cafes?
After two Israelis were killed in a
Jerusalem bus knifing that is believed to
have been an effort to hijack the bus and
kidnap the passengers, this is how one
enterprising enterprise tried to attract
customers.
Did it work?
As one Israeli friend posted to Facebook
this week: There are diet days, and then
there are macaroni and cheese days.
Guess what today was? :) Larry Yudelson
Candlelighting: Friday, October 16, 5:56 p.m.

Shabbat ends: Saturday, October 17, 6:54 p.m.
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Noshes
At most Jewish dinner tables,

@BernieSanders would be considered
to be whispering.
Minneapolis attorney Steven Silton, commenting on Twitter on Tuesday
nights Democratic debate. Also on Twitter, Kveller editor Molly Tolsky
wrote: Bernie Sanders doesnt sound exactly like Larry David. He sounds
exactly like Larry David doing George Steinbrenner.
AT THE MOVIES:
Spielberg, Hanks,
a winning team
Bridge of Spies is
based on the
events leading up
to the 1962 real-life
exchange of convicted
Soviet spy Rudolph Abel
for American spy plane
pilot Francis Gary
Powers, who was shot
down in 1960. It stars
Tom Hanks as an American lawyer who represented Abel and later
aided the Cold War
swap. Directed by
STEVEN SPIELBERG, 68,
Bridge is the fourth
Spielberg film starring
Hanks, his old friend.
ETHAN and JOEL COEN
co-wrote Bridge.
Goosebumps is an
interesting comedic take
on the best-selling scary
childrens book series by
R.L. STINE, 71. The movie
begins with teen-age
Zach Cooper (Dylan Minnette) upset about moving to a small town. The
silver lining is that Hannah Stine (ODEYA RUSH,
18), a beautiful teenage
girl and the daughter
of famous author R. L.
Stine (JACK BLACK, 46),
lives next door. The action takes off when Stine
reveals that the creatures
in his stories are real,
and that he protects his
readers by keeping them
locked in his books. Well,
of course, they get out,
and Zach, Hannah, and
everybody else have a
wild night trying to get
them back in the books.
This is Rushs second

feature film lead and may
be her breakthrough role.
She was born in Israel,
and moved to the States
in 2010 when her father
took a security job. She
now lives in Los Angeles with her parents and
four younger brothers
two sets of twins. Her
two older brothers live in
Israel.
The very pretty
HALSTON SAGE, 22
(Neighbors) has a big
supporting role, and R.L.
Stine told EW: I went
down to the set we
shot in Atlanta and did
a little walk-on cameo.
Yeah, I actually had a line.
I had one line. And Jack
and I had a really good
time.
Casual, a 10-episode original Hulu
series, premiered
on October 7, with the
release of the pilot and
the second episode.
Produced and directed
by JASON REITMAN, 38
(Juno), it stars MICHAELA WATKINS, 43,
as Valerie, a therapist
with a teen daughter
whose husband has
recently left her. The
reviews for Watkins and
the series are stellar, and
Watkins, who has done
everything from supporting film parts to a year
on SNL, now has a
career role. Typical is this
Roger Ebert site review
excerpt: She doesnt
Odeya Rush
Jack Black
Michaela Watkins
Paul Reiser
Richard Kind
Matt Jackson
overplay Valeries
neuroses or fear of the
dating world. Every line,
every action, every
subtle moment seems to
come from some
genuine place. Shes
fantastic.
Watkins real-life husband, FRED KRAMER,
41, is a successful businessman who took five
years off (2008-2013)
to be executive director
of Jewish World Watch,
a Los Angeles based
anti-genocide non-profit.
Since 2008, he has been
on the board of IKAR, a

new and growing Jewish
community in L.A., and
hes served as its board
chair.
Red Oaks premiered
on Amazon TV on
October 9; like Netflix,
Amazon released the
whole first season at
once. Oaks has received good if not great
notices. It is set in 1985
and most of the action
centers on Red Oaks,
a mostly Jewish New
Jersey country club. The
central character is David
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Meyers, a Jewish college student who works

at the club. Getty (PAUL
REISER, 58), one of the
clubs richest guys, takes
an interest in David and
mentors him. Meanwhile,
Davids father, played by
RICHARD KIND, 58, is
more working class; he
and Getty sometimes
clash.
As I write this,
MATT JACKSON,
23, a Washington,
D.C., paralegal, has won
almost $340K in 11
straight Jeopardy
game matches through

October 9. Even if he
isnt still winning as you
read this, look for him
during the shows next
tournament of champions. Early on, when
host Alex Trebek asked
him about his very
different parents,
Jackson replied: My
mother is white, liberal,
and Jewish, and my dad
is black, Christian, and
conservative. After he
won his seventh game,
he was asked how he
knew so much. Jackson
answered that his
biggest influence was
his grandfather, BARNETT BERMAN, a Johns
Hopkins physician who,
Jackson recalled, went
on a long digression at a
Passover seder trying to
figure out who wrote
the Torah. He added
that his grandfather had
A big collection of
books. He got a computer, a PC, at a very
early stage, and he
taught me to use it.
The Arizona State
football team
defeated UCLA in a
big upset on October 3.
What was more remarkable is that both Division
I teams had Jewish
starting quarterbacks
(MATT BERCOVICI, 22,
Arizona, and JOSH
ROSEN, 18, UCLA). No
Jewish sports maven can
recall this ever happenN.B.
ing before.
California-based Nate Bloom can be reached at

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Who was that with Cory Booker?
Adam Szubin, Iran deal defender, on loving Israel and growing up in Teaneck
JOANNE PALMER
dam Szubin has been in New

Jersey recently; his most public appearance and his most
controversial has been standing slightly behind and to the side of Senator Cory Booker as the Democrat from New
Jersey defended his choice to vote in favor of
the nuclear deal with Iran in front of Jewish
groups a few weeks ago.
Mr. Szubin was a logical presence at those
meetings. He now is the acting undersecretary for terrorism and financial crimes at the
U. S. Treasury Department, and last month
he spoke to Congress at the hearing that is a
necessary step toward making that position
permanent.
But his roots in the state go back much further than that and so does his commitment
to Israel.
Mr. Szubin (the initial S in his name is irrationally silent, so when its said aloud it begins
with the Z) is Teaneck born and bred; he went
to Yavneh Academy until high school, when
he commuted across the river to Ramaz, the
I was raised with

an appreciation
for all that Israel
is, and all that it
represents. My job
is to represent
the United States,
and I never lose
sight of that.
modern Orthodox day school on Manhattans
Upper East Side. He and his family went to
shul at Congregation Rinat Yisrael; There is a
whole population there of people who spent
time in yeshiva, a well-educated congregation, and a thoughtful rabbi, said Mr. Szubin,
whose career makes clear that his respect for
education is deeply held. The rabbi, Yosef
Adler, is wonderful, and incredibly welleducated he continued. He aims his divrei
Torah at a very high level, and believes that
you can follow him.
Mr. Szubin grew up in a household surrounded by formidably accomplished people. His father, Rabbi Dr. Zvi Szubin, escaped
the Nazis by going east, then west, then to
Israel, as a teenager. Dr. Szubin came to the
United States and established himself as
a scholar whose deep understanding and
heartfelt love of tradition, coupled with a willingness to look at text with a dispassionate,
analytic eye, allowed him new, groundbreaking insight. To listen to him explain the meaning of such liturgical tropes as lolam vaed,
which we understand to mean forever, as also
a legal term meaning a very specific period of
time, based on other Near Eastern formulations, simply is to marvel.)
The family was Orthodox, but the fact that
my father was affiliated with JTS the Jewish Theological Seminary, in upper Manhattan, is the academic center of Conservative
Judaism and that he had
such an innovative and open
approach, really did leave me,
I think, more predisposed to
dialogue and conversation
than some of my peers, Mr.
Adam Szubin stands by Senator Cory Booker as Mr. Booker defends
Szubin said. I was always
his decision to back the Iran deal with Iran during a meeting with
raised to be respectful of other
Jewish leaders in Livingston last month.
peoples ideas regardless of
their religion or background
wrote my college thesis on the Branch Davidevery Wednesday he would go
and I give my parents tremendous credit for that.
ian siege, he continued. (The Branch Davidskiing with other people who
TREASURY DEPARTMENT
ians were a cult that set up a compound in
He also went to Camp
had careers where they could
Waco, Texas; members were suspected of a
Ramah in Wisconsin for many years, he
take off Wednesdays, Mr. Szubin said. Two
number of illegal activities, including unlawadded. His father was on staff there as a
or three times a year, my father would take
ful possession of firearms. The siege, conteacher; the camp is run by the Conservative
my sister and me out of school. One of my
ducted by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco,
movement.
favorite memories is playing hooky. My father
and Firearms and the FBI, led to a fire, the
Mr. Szubins mother, Laurie Goldstein Szusaid, You shouldnt let school get in the way
bin, had a less dramatic childhood than her
deaths of most of the cult members, includof a childs education.
ing many children, and decades of rumors
husbands. When first her daughter, Lisa, and
When his mother was in school, and his sister was away in college, Zvi and Adam Szubin
and mythology.)
then six years later Adam were born, she
started eating out a lot, Mr. Szubin recalled.
That was in April 1993, and I started
was a pretty traditional stay-at-home mom,
We didnt know how to cook. I wrote my colresearching my thesis in 1994, Mr. Szubin
her son reported. She dedicated so much
lege essay about how my dad and I figured
said. I was fortunately able to make contact
of her time to raising us. And then, when I
out how to cook together.
with a number of people who survived the
got to high school and was a little more selfAfter high school, Mr. Szubin went to Israel
fire. I interviewed probably 10 of them, and I
sufficient, she took the LSATs and applied to
for his gap year. Although now it is almost
wrote my thesis about their world view.
law school. She always had wanted to pursue
entirely de rigueur for graduates of modern
I expected them to be very nave, or creda career. So from my sophomore through
ulous, or maybe uneducated, he continued.
Orthodox day schools to do that, when he
senior years she was at Cardozo. I thought it
On the contrary their average education
went that was not yet the case.
was so impressive at the time; later, when I
was college level or beyond. There was nothHe studied at Yeshiva Har Etzion in Gush
went to law school, I understood how impressive it really was.
ing distinctive about the survivors except that
Etzion. It was probably the most intellectually demanding place I have ever been,
Laurie Szubin took the bar exams in both
they were fortunate, but they believed themselves to be unfortunate. Their religious
including college and law school, and cerNew York and New Jersey and was accepted
tainly the hardest Id ever worked, he said.
beliefs taught them that the Branch Davidians
to both; eventually she became an administrative law judge in New York City. She is
We were in class from 8 a.m. to 11 p.m., and
who had burned to death had been taken
such an impressive woman! her son said.
it required a pretty high level in Aramaic. I
in the initial culling and that this was a
Her court ruled on parking and traffic tickwasnt used to it.
good thing. The survivors were left in a lot
ets. Imagine the stories you get when you
People said that when you came back
of doubt and disappointment, Mr. Szubin
do that, he continued. For example, a taxi
from that year, college would be easy by comsaid. That was fascinating.
parison. I didnt believe them but they were
driver who has gotten 45 tickets tells you that
When he looked at what distinguished a
right.
theyre all erroneous.
group like the Branch Davidians, he found
From Israel, Mr. Szubin went to Harvard,
Lisa Szubin and her husband, Jay Katzman,
something he called its present orientation.
where he concentrated in social studies. I
who live in Englewood, both are doctors;
Most major religions, particularly Judaism, have a focus on the past and on the disfocused on the sociology of religion, he said.
eventually, Laurie Szubin grew tired of practicing law and became the business manager
tant future, and often picture themselves at
I was specifically drawn to messianic movements, and to religious groups that were
of their practice. Despite my urging, she
the bottom of a U-shaped curve, he said. The
expecting apocalypse or redemption within
shows no sign of slowing down, her son said.
dim past was glorious, and the unattainablythis generation.
Because Dr. Szubin had an academics
far-away future will be too, but the present is
I started looking at Christian groups, and I
schedule, he spent a lot of time at home, and
not at all good. But the groups he studied see
Local
a steady growth, with their generation at the
very top, so they dont even have to forecast a
distant future, or even a medium future. The
people in Waco werent sending their kids
to school, or training them for a profession.
They expected the rapture within the next
10 to 15 years, so they had no need for job
training.
After he graduated from college, I knew
I wasnt going to be academic, Mr. Szubin
said. I knew I was going to law school. So
I applied for a fellowship, and went to Israel
on a Fulbright scholarship to study Lubavitch
chasidism. It was a logical move Chabads
headquarters is in Brooklyn, but its second
largest center is Kfar Chabad, in Israel.
It was fascinating to be there at that time,
because you could see a beginning of a rift
opening between the more and less messianic strands within Lubavitch, he said. It
was manifest in things like how they would
end their prayer services. There was a line
that the messianists would proclaim at every
opportunity Long may he live forever.
The people who believe he had passed away
werent comfortable with that, although
they still believe that he was the greatest
Lubavitcher rebbe. You would watch certain
people get up and silently walk out. Those
types of small things are the indicators of a
potential rift. Next, you have different types
of services, where people dont have to hear

what they dont want to hear.
I ended up writing a chapter in a book
about it, published by Brill Academic Press,
he added.
Next, Mr. Szubin returned to Harvard
for law school. I pretty much knew that
I wanted to do public service, he said. I
clerked for an appellate judge, Ronald Gilman, in Memphis, and I applied and was
accepted to the Department of Justices honors program. Its how they do a lot of their
entry-level hiring out of law school.
I knew that I wanted to help the world,
and I also was mindful that some of the public
service career routes just didnt pay enough
for what I would need to earn to start a family.
DOJ seemed like the perfect balance, he said.
He was a trial lawyer in the Justice Departments civil division for three years. After
9/11, I wanted to do counterterrorism cases,
he said. He did; when three Islamic charities
whose funds the Treasury Department withheld from them sued the United States government, Mr. Szubin was on the team that
defended the government, and won.
That got me working on terror financing,
he said. Ultimately, I followed Stuart Levey,
the first undersecretary for terrorism and
financial intelligence, when Mr. Levey moved
from Justice to Treasury. He took me along
to be a senior advisor in 2004.

In August of 2006, Henry Paulson, then
the secretary of the treasury department,
named Mr. Szubin to head the Office of Foreign Assets Control; he was there until he
became acting undersecretary for terrorism and financial crimes. (It feels obligatory
to add here that despite the organizations
name, it is not for terrorism and financial
crimes but rather works to stem them.)
Mr. Szubin has maintained his strong connection to the Jewish community. Married
and the father of three sons, he is one of
the founders of the DC Minyan. It grew out
of his friendship, begun at Harvard, with
the founders of Hadar, the very traditional,
very serious, and fully egalitarian minyan on
Manhattans Upper West Side. The DC Minyan does not quite use Hadars model, nor is
it quite a partnership minyan. Instead, it has
established its own form of egalitarianism,
with separate seating, both men and women
leading, and the need for a (small-m) minyan made up of 20 people 10 men and 10
women. I am comfortable with the halachic
underpinnings of our egalitarian approach,
Mr. Szubin said.
Mr. Szubin supports the nuclear deal with
Iran, and he does so as a strong supporter of
Israel.
I have very strong pro-Israel feelings, he
said. I was raised with an appreciation for all

that Israel is, and all that it represents.
My job is to represent the United States,
and I never lose sight of that, he continued.
The message I hope to send is that I believe
the deal with Iran addresses what has been
one of the leading threats to Israel. People
who are pro-Israel should take a careful look
at the agreement, because I believe that it is
in the interest of stability and safety in the
region.
Adam Szubins father, Zvi Szubin, talks
about his son and, he is quick to add, his
daughter, as exceptional kids.
They were taught to love Israel and also
to love, honor, and respect their identities as
Americans, he added. We instilled in our
children a love for Judaism and Israel and a
love for America and its exemplary democratic system that accommodated newcomers, their aspirations, and their traditions,
he said.
With Adam, I remember that he was
always protecting the underdog, whether
someone was being bullied on the bus or
at school. He always had a soft spot for the
oppressed. Sometimes I had to tell him to
temper it a bit.
As Mr. Szubin sees it, he still is protecting
the underdog but now he has a federal
office to help him do it.
Local
Teaneck Holocaust memorial moves forward

Plan to pair it with slave memorial in front of towns municipal building
council meeting.
discussions of the Holocaust memorial.
something concrete, Mr. Fox said. After
The outer ring would be made of stones;
After council members advised the groups
Tuesday nights council meeting, the
plan to erect a Holocaust
donors could use those surfaces to memoto work together, We invited representamoment of concrete planning has gotten
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Mr.
received a go-ahead from the
element of plans presented by the memoFox said. They were
town council Tuesday night.
rial committee, headed by Steve Fox and
thrilled. While Mr. HantThe plan would pair the memorial with
Bruce Prince.
mans plan does not proone commemorating the plight of enslaved
After the presentation, the council voted
pose any details for that
Africans.
to approve the spirit of the proposal and
memorial, it gives them
The approval is a milestone in a threeauthorize the townships legal counsel to
a complementary
EXISTINGspace
- MUNICIPAL BUILDING
year effort by the Teaneck Holocaust
begin drafting the ordinances that would
and footprint in the
Memorial Committee. It paves the way
be required to implement it. Those ordimunicipal green.
for township officials to begin drafting the
nances will have to be ratified by the
The Holocaust memonecessary legal documents.
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The Moriah School

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7:00 pm
Tuesday, October 20, 2015

7:30 pm
Rosenbaum Yeshiva of North Jersey

666 Kinderkamack Rd.
River Edge, NJ 07661
Yeshivat Noam
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What is
a love
story?
Memoirist of
chasidic world
talks about autism,
childhood,
and leaving
JOANNE PALMER
ometimes it seems that those of

us outside the ultra-Orthodox
world see it in very stark terms
as if its as black and white as the
clothes many of its men wear.
Too often, it seems that to the rest of
us either its a world of happy, dancing
chasidim, arms flung skyward, eyes rolling up too, beards and glasses framing
ecstatic beaming smiles, or its
a cesspool of unwashed schnorrers, living off food stamps and
welfare, having child after child
after neglected child.
Neither of those extremes are
true, novelist and memoirist
Judy Brown tells us.
Ms. Brown grew up in that
world; she has chosen to leave
it, but much of her family is still
there, and she writes of it with a
clear-eyed love. The stories she
tells her semi-autobiographical
first book, Hush, was about
sexual abuse, and her second,
a just-released memoir, This Is
Not a Love Story, is about growing up with an autistic brother
are not always flattering to the community, but they reveal it as a world full
of recognizable human beings, in some
ways far removed from the rest of us and
in other ways absolutely indistinguishable
from us.
Both Ms. Browns books are written
in a childs voice a smart, self-aware,
limit-testing, often obnoxious little girl,
self-centered as happy children often
are, secure in her parents love and her
place in the world. Hush, published
in 2010, conflates three stories of sexual
abuse that she had heard when she was a
child. People find it politically incorrect
to say that sexual abuse is endemic in the
community, but the simple fact is that the
more denial there is in any given society,
the more freedom the pedophiles have,
she said. It is not a subject about which
most people are particularly forthcoming
in most places, although the silence

around it in the outside world is lifting
somewhat now, but in her time (she was
born in 1980) and place (Brooklyn), it was
shrouded in ironbound silence.
She does not think that there are more
pedophiles in ultra-Orthodox culture than
anywhere else, she continued, but those
there are find themselves more enabled
by the silence.
The title of Ms. Browns second book
has to do with the place that romantic love
has in ultra-Orthodox culture. That place,
in short, is no place. God has arranged
all matches, and it is up to rebbes, parents, and matchmakers to figure out who
belongs with whom. Romantic love, as the
Western world knows it, would be disruptive, getting in the way of Gods plan. It is
taboo, Ms. Brown said. Stories from the
outside world are dangerous because they
often traffic in tales of love; Ms. Browns

alter ego in This Is Not a Love Story,
8-year-old Menucha, gets her hands on
a book of fairy tales, ingests them, revels
in them, and is exposed to contaminating
ideas through them.
Menucha is one of the five children of
Israeli-born parents. (Although this is a
memoir, most of the names have been
changed.) Her father, born poor to Holocaust survivors, is self-made and wealthy;
her tall, red-haired, fierce mother is the
youngest daughter in a dynasty of chasidic
rabbis and scholars. Neither is average in
any way. Eventually, Menucha learns that
her parents had fallen in love, and that
their marriage was a result not of matchmaking but of that love.
Her fear is that her autistic brother was
born with that syndrome in punishment
for their parents legal-but-still-illicit love.
This Is Not a Love Story in fact is a
love story; a story of the love that binds
together families, that makes parents fight
for their children, that allows families to
heal. Not only do Menuchas parents love
each other, her mothers love for her
son pushes her to find if not a cure then
at least a better way of life for him. My
mother is a larger-than-life person, Ms.
Brown said. God really did know what
he was doing, giving her this child.
As Ms. Brown carefully does not say,
either in print or in conversation, but
the Internet makes clear, her mother is
Ruthie Lichtenstein, a direct descendent
of the Gerer rebbes and the publisher of
the English-language edition of the ultraOrthodox newspaper Hamodia.
What she does say, though, is My

mother grew up with a kind of confidence
and self-worth that nothing can break.
Nothing would convince her to give up her
son. Nothing on earth could break though
that. It became her mission.
In pursuit of her goal to help her son
live the best possible life Ms. Browns
mother sent her son to Israel, a country
with a long tradition of caring for children
with special needs, which then had (and
This Is Not a
Love Story in
fact is a love
story; a story of
the love that
binds together
families
perhaps still has) cutting-edge programs
for autistic children and adults. There
was no way that you could raise an autistic
child and five other children, Ms. Brown
said. It was him or us. Instead, he went
to live with an aunt and uncle and their
two adult daughters. They worked with
him for years. They are beyond ultra-religious, and it was so clear to him that this
was the right thing to do. My cousin slept
in the same room with him for years, until
he didnt need it anymore.
Between his relatives love and the
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therapeutic programs he went to, something happened. Something clicked,
Ms. Brown said. Her brother still is autistic, but he looks her directly in the eyes,
talks to her, jokes with her, is emotional
with her, and openly loves her. Today, he
lives a somewhat curtailed but still highfunctioning and happy life in Israel.
Meanwhile, Ms. Browns writing separated her from the world in which she
grew up. Hush first was attributed
to the clearly pseudonymous Eishes
Chayil a Woman of Valor. She had written it because she felt compelled to write
it. The only thing worse than publishing
it would not have been publishing it, she
said. There really was not a choice for
me.
She had written for ultra-Orthodox
newspapers, though, and her family was
widely known, so it took maybe two or
three months for people to realize who I
was. I got threatened, she said. And then
I dropped the name soon afterward, and it
started a whole downward process.
The end of that process was her discovery of modern Orthodoxy, which to me
is a place of complete freedom, she said.
When you are raised ultra-Orthodox,
you cant leave completely but then
you have children and you realize that it

just cant work. I have such an appreciation of modern Orthodoxy the idea that
you can be both Jewish and somewhat
normal.
We were raised to believe that there
was no bridge to anywhere for us you
were either Jewish the way that we were
or you were not Jewish, or maybe, I dont
know, you were on drugs and you
absorb that over a lifetime, and it is very
hard to get out. To discover the modern
Orthodox world was a miracle for me.
Although there is a great deal of good in
ultra-Orthodoxy, the best of people can
get caught up in a system that is impossible to sustain, she said. Ultra-Orthodox
adults often are the victims of their own
society. Its like any subculture there is
a high price to pay for crossing any line.
Books are censured because the
threats they pose are real, she continued. It is exposure to outside ideas,
through books, libraries, television, or
more recently the Internet that has caused
huge chunks of those people who leave
either in body or in mind.
That number of people leaving it is
growing, she said. Those who leave in
mind but not in body are a vastly growing
group. Once you get to a point where you

have more than three children, you cannot leave. You are bound. And if you are
a woman, with five children where are
you going to go? What will you do? Who
will support you? The rules are stronger
than any bricks. You dont need any physical restrictions.
The ultra-Orthodox world is poor, she
said. It is one of the poorest communities in the country. It survives because it
is an ethnic socialist world. They created
something really beautiful there but it
also keeps you poor.
It is supported by a few rich families,
she said. Thats who keeps the safety net
going.
Now, though, there are so many children, and proportionately fewer rich
families. What will happen? Thats the
discussion that is starting to happen on
the inside, she said. How will it maintain itself? It is a constant back-and-forth,
as more practical people try to create
other options, create some courses that
can allow some people to get jobs. As it
is now, few people are trained to work in
the outside world and bring home enough
money to keep their families going.
For some people who do not believe
but stay, the economics are part of what

keeps them there.
Still, despite some of the strictures and
insularity of the chasidic world in which
she grew up and about which she writes,
people are still the same, and this is more
a book about family than it is about ultraOrthodoxy. The strain in the family that
was not an ultra-Orthodox thing.
I come from a very complex world,
she concluded. I was never a rebel. I
loved my world, and I compartmentalized most of what happened in it. Its still
a shock to me, what happened.
Who: Judy Brown

What: Will talk to the Jewish
Federation of Northern New Jerseys
Womens Philanthropy group, as well
as the rest of the community, about her
memoir
Where: At the federations offices, 50
Eisenhower Drive, Paramus
When: Tuesday, October 20, at 7:30 p.m.
How much: $20
What else: Includes a copy of the book
and a light dessert
RSVP: www.jfnnj.org/judybrown
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A year of service
Fair Lawn graduate works with Avodah in New Orleans
LARRY YUDELSON
illian Lansey lives in a commune in
New Orleans.
Ms. Lansey grew up in Fair
Lawn. Last spring she graduated
from Muhlenberg College in Allentown,
Pennsylvania.
Now she is part of Avodah: The Jewish
Service Corps, working in a New Orleans
anti-AIDS organization and sharing meals
and educational programs with seven
other Avodah corps members living in her
communal home.
Across the country, 69 recent college graduates are in the Avodah corps, living in New
Orleans, New York, Washington, or Chicago.
All work for grassroots social service organizations, take part in Avodah-sponsored programs exploring their Jewish identity and
how it relates to their commitment for fighting for social justice, live in communal residences where residents cook together and
decide questions such as how kosher to keep
their kitchen, and receive modest stipends
for their efforts.
Avodah is now in its 18th year. It was
founded in part as a response to President
Clintons calls for a year of national service
from young people, and modeled after similar service organizations established by Christian denominations, explained Cheryl Cook,
Avodahs executive director.
Doing a deep year of service grounded
in Jewish values and Jewish learning really
speaks to the kind of values we as Jews want
to give our young people, she said.
It helps set the path for a lifelong commitment to social justice and doing good
in the world. We are playing an important
role in building leaders who care about
alleviating poverty and understand how
to do this work.
The Avodah group in New Orleans
Doing a deep
year of service
grounded in
Jewish values and
Jewish learning
really speaks
to the kind of
values we as Jews
want to give our
young people.
CHERYL COOK
Jillian Lansey says she learned to think globally, act locally.

The year-long experience often has a
major impact on participants. It helps
some of them decide between law or medical school. It leads others to a commitment to a career in the nonprofit sector.
One small Brooklyn organization, Neighbors Together, is now headed by a former
Avodah corps member who had spent her
year working there.
Last year, Meredith Mitnick of Tewksbury
was in the Avodah corps in Washington. She
stayed in Washington after she finished the
program in August, and now she works for

the American Bar Associations commission
on domestic and sexual violence.
She said she gained a lot from her year
in the corps. It was extremely eye opening, she said. It brought my understanding of what social justice means to a new
level, it made me realize how many different issues we talk about are very connected
and helped me realize my own privilege and
my own ability to effect change.
I learned a lot just from my fellow corps
members. It was a great opportunity out of
college to continue learning, both on the job
and around the people and in the programming, she said.
Two months into her year in New
Orleans, Ms. Lansey already appreciates the
community Avodah provides. Were able
to connect with one another about what
our work involves, she said. We use each
other as a support system, too.
Ms. Lansey works as a life skills project
coordinator with the NO/Aids Task Force.
She receives a stipend, rather than a full salary, and pays a small rent to Avodah. She
runs a weekly support group. Shes found
the people she works with super welcoming. And while shes aware of her status as
an outsider coming to New Orleans for a
one-year stay, she notes that half of the people who have come on the program end up
staying in the city.
She attributes some of her devotion to
social justice to her family. Her mother is

a preschool teacher in Paterson; Shes
the only Jewish woman in her office, Ms.
Lansey said. She says that in some ways
Paterson and New Orleans have much in
common though New Orleans has palm
trees and better food, she said. A major
influence was a five-day regional leadership program run by Rotary she attended
in high school.
We learned about the concepts of thinking globally and acting locally, that if youve
got it, give it back, she said. I was told,
Youre a leader, you can do this. In college, she took part in a leadership program
that included studying the art and science
of philanthropy.
A crucial juncture in her road to New
Orleans was her freshman Birthright trip to
Israel. That led to working as a community
engagement intern, getting other Jewish students involved in campus Jewish activities.
She went on to an alternative spring break
program to New Orleans, painting houses
and helping out in the community.
One night we went to the bayit, the Avodah house where she now lives, she said.
They talked about Avodah. I felt very comfortable and at home.
All of which made it logical for her to
apply to join the corps when figuring out
her post-college plans.
In school, she majored in neuroscience,
and is thinking about becoming some kind
of therapist. Im looking into social neuroscience, which looks at the interplay
between social context and brain functions.
Her work this year has her thinking about
how social context may be correlated with
how you treat certain diseases.
And looking forward, she knows that
whatever her path, shell be part of
an 800-strong community of Avodah
alumni.
Its great to have that future, she said.
Local
Yachad
The Taub family, along with a performer, is together at one of the concerts.
From left, Benay, Steven, Mickey, and Sarah, Judy Gold, klezmer musician
Mitch Smolkin of Toronto, Shelley Taub, Ron Gold, and Ira Taub.
More than just concerts

Yiddish music fests resonate with
the audience, bring back memories
AnnuAl
BeRgeN couNty
BReakfaSt RecePtioN
SuPPoRtiNg iNdiVidualS with SPecial NeedS
iN tRiBute to:
rabbi michael
& baSSie taubeS
& family
Sunday,
OctOber 25, 2015
Guests of Honor
LOIS GOLDRICH
Its little wonder that the Kaplen JCC on
the Palisades is located on what is called
the Taub campus. After all, Henry and
Marilyn (Mickey) Taub of Tenafly were
among the founders of the JCC, and
Henry, who died in 2011, served as its
first president after it moved from Englewood to Tenafly.
Mickey Taub is still active and,
according to Judith Davidsohn Nahary,
the JCCs director of senior adult services,
she continues to sponsor programs that
enrich the center immeasurably.
Shes a class act, Ms. Nahary said.
Mickey has strong convictions and is
unbelievably sharp and involved, always
eager to help. Since the mid-1980s, one
way she has helped is to sponsor the
Esther and Julius Adler Semi-Annual Yiddish Concerts at the JCC, drawing some
450 people to each event.
Weve just had our 25th concert,
Ms. Nahary said, noting that the Yiddish
musical events are held in May and October. The next one, featuring Tony-nominated director and international concert
artist Eleanor Reissa, will be held on
October 21.
More than 20 years ago, Mickey
established the concert program to keep
her parents memory alive, Ms. Nahary
continued, explaining that Ms. Taubs
parents had spoken Yiddish and were
deeply immersed in Yiddishkeit. When
she saw how many people came and
how they were enjoying themselves, she
began to do it twice a year, and its been
like that every year since.
We do the research and bring her
choices of performers and bios. She
approves the talent, Ms. Nahary said.
In addition to bringing in major klezmer
New JeRSey
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teaneck, nJ 07666
liNda & MaRk kaRaSick

Community inClusion
AwA r d
lillian lee
Michelle Levine, who performed

at the concert last year, left, with
Mickey Taub.
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BreAkfAst Committee:
Shira & dOuG markS
ruthy & JOey bOdner
atara & eric mauSkOPf
rabbi ShalOm baum
arielle & chanan

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JOy & barry Sklar

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dr. Jeff lichtman
bryna & david malitzky
meredith & kenny

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rayzel & rOnn yaiSh
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rhOnda & marty

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Concert-goer Ilsa Heller dances with

a performer, klezmer musician Mitch
Smolkin.
and other Yiddish performers, Ms. Taub

funds a lunch for all the attendees, she
added. And then, together with her children and grandchildren, she helps serve
the food.
rABBiniC Committee:
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Norpac hosts
Rep. Steve Israel
On Sunday, October 18, at 10:30 a.m., Batya and Ben
Klein will host Representative Steve Israel (D-NY), who
represents part of Long Island, at their Englewood
home for Norpac. For information, email Avi@NORPAC.net or call him at (201) 788-5133.
Representative Steve
Israel (D-NY)

COURTESY NORPAC
ADL honors PSE&G leadership

The Anti-Defamation League will honor
Ralph A. Larossa, president of the Public
Service Enterprise Group, New Jerseys
oldest and largest regulated gas company, with the ADL Americanism award
in recognition of his positive impact in
the business and philanthropic community. The honor will be given at ADLs
annual New Jersey gala celebration, set

for October 21 at the Liberty House in Jersey City. It will be hosted by the Leagues
regional board chair, Ross Pearlson, and
ADLs national director, Jonathan Greenblatt, will be the keynote speaker. For
information, go to www.adl.org/njgala.
Son of former Jewish Standard

editor publishes novel
Matthew Boroson, son of longtime Jewish Standard
editor Rebecca Boroson and Jewish Standard writer
Warren Boroson, all formerly of Bergen County, has
published his first book.
The novel, The Girl with Ghost Eyes, to be
released in November, got a starred review from Publishers Weekly, and LibraryReads has called it one of
the 10 best books published in November. The story is
a tale of magic, monsters, and kung fu, set in the San
Francisco Chinatown of 1898.
Calling all lone

soldiers and their parents
Friends of the IDF will honor lone soldiers at its 11th annual New Jersey tribute dinner on Monday, November 23, at
the Sheraton Parsippany. Photographs
of the states lone soldiers will be displayed, so parents are encouraged to
send a clear, high-resolution photograph of their lone soldier in uniform,
along with his or her full name, unit,
hometown, and whether he or she is
a current or former lone soldier. Send

them to Cara at Cara.Chernin@fidf.org
by November 6 if you wish them to be
included in the lone soldier tribute.
Current lone soldiers will be guests at
the dinner as a thank-you. There will be
a special price for parents of lone soldiers who are now serving or who have
served in the last three years. Call Cara
at (646) 274-9646.
JCCs Chuck Guttenberg Center

holds annual special games in Tenafly
Nearly 100 differentlyabled athletes and more
than 75 volunteers turned
out for the annual Special
Games, a field day celebration and community event
presented by the Chuck
Guttenberg Center for the
Physically Challenged at
the Kaplen JCC on the Palisades in Tenafly. For the
first time since the games
were launched over 20
years ago, they were held
indoors in the JCC gym.
Activities for children,
teens, and adults with special needs from Bergen
County included golf putt, basketball, softball throw, Frisbee toss, scooter races, and
beach ball bop. All attendees wore Special
Games tee-shirts and received ribbons for
every event they participated in.
The Special Games is supported through

the Chuck Guttenberg Center for the Physically Challenged, established by Adele
and Bill Guttenberg in memory of their
son, Chuck.
Challah bake in Passaic

Hundreds of women are expected to
gather on October 22 at Congregation Tifereth Israel in Passaic to bake a communal
challah.
The event, Passaic/Clifton Comm-Unity
Challah Bake, is part of the global Shabbat Project (www.theshabbosproject.org),
which aims to mobilize more than one million Jews worldwide to pause and observe
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anything, we celebrated Federations mission of
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Editorial
The Jewish Home Family
o not forsake
me when I
am old.
That heartrending plea comes from
Psalm 71. We learn from it that
the desire shared by everybody
who has not yet hit old age to
move away from it, to hide ourselves away from it, to separate
ourselves from the elderly or
more realistically to hide the
elderly away from us, to run
away quickly as they stumble
after us is a very old one.
The impulse to run away is
understandable. If we are lucky,
we too will be very old one day;
its only in fiction that someone gets to reach some peak
in middle age and then somehow re-young backward. (And
how unpleasant would that
be, knowing that diapers and
bland food and long hours in
the crib staring at some dumb
mobile await us.) Often (but
not always) age comes along
with increased understanding,
patience, insight, and compassion. It also can bring physical
disabilities and dementia. It
also often is accompanied by
fear, because the strange physical phenomena people experience as they age lead inexorably
toward death.
So we are lucky enough to
live in a time and place where

most people are well-nourished, get at least adequate
and often state-of-the-art
healthcare, and are not prey to
predators or natural disasters.
Many people live far longer
than anyone since the biblical
generations before the flood.
This is both a wonderful
thing and a challenge. How do
we help very old people? Its a
new dilemma, only a few generations old. Can they live at
home alone? Yes, sometimes,
usually with help. No, often,
its just not possible. Can they
live with their adult children?
Yes, sometimes, usually if the
house is big. No, often, its just
not possible. Can they live in
run-of-the-mill assisted living
facilities or nursing homes?
Yes, they can, assuming they
can afford it, but often its a
very diminished kind of a living
thats available to them.
Thats where the Jewish
Home Family comes in. The
organization, created in 1915
to take care of poor Jewish children whose families
were stretched so thin that
they relinquished them to an
orphanage, the Hebrew Home
in Jersey City, quickly became
a refuge for the elderly as well,
as we detail in the cover story.
TRUTH REGARDLESS OF CONSEQUENCES
Soon, the organization, which

has renamed itself a few times
during its first century, dedicated itself solely to the elderly
and the infirm.
As Eli Ungar, who chairs the
Jewish Home Familys board,
points out, there is a great
deal of need in this community, and there also is a great
deal of affluence. The Jewish
Home Family requires a lot of
money to keep providing the
kind of care that it gives. It also
requires a lot of time from volunteers, and attention from
the community.
In return, it gives all of us,
no matter how old we are, the
chance to understand how
to grow old with grace, love,
and understanding. It gives
the communitys children an
opportunity to demystify aging
by allowing them to spend
time with people generations
older than they are. It gives
the elderly a chance to live
not only with dignity but with
verve, and it allows the middleaged the opportunity to model
the kind of old age into which
they would like to grow.
We salute the Jewish Home
Family, and we hope that the
whole community comes to
share the love we feel for it.
JP

Trouble in Israel
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we should
acknowledge
the nightmare
now going on in Israel but we
do not know what we can say.
These attacks are so personal. It is impossible to imagine being a young teenager
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is what Israelis are facing.

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Susan Rice tells Abe

Foxman Bibi is a racist
sraelis are being knifed every

day in the streets of their cities. Iran has just violated the
American nuclear accord
before the ink was even dry by testing a ballistic missile. The new Labor
leader in the UK will not even mention the word Israel. But if you were
to ask Americas national security
adviser why Prime Minister Netanyahu opposes Barack Obamas
policies, she would tell you it is not
because of this global outbreak of
mayhem and anti-Semitism.
Rather, it is because Bibi is a
racist.
Under President Obamas watch,
death and chaos are
proliferating across
the Middle East. Syria
has been massacring
civilians in the hundreds of thousands
and using chemical
weapons with impunity. ISIS is committing genocide against
Rabbi
Christians as well
Shmuley
as anyone else who
Boteach
does not swear allegiance to it. Russias
bloodlust for more territory and
world influence is increasing daily
and it is killing thousands of Ukrainian civilians in the process. Iran is
threatening to wipe out the Jewish
state in a second holocaust while
simultaneously doing everything
it can to acquire nuclear weapons.
Yet President Obama has never once
condemned the daily Iranian genocidal threats against the Jewish state
a point Prime Minister Netanyahu
made powerfully in his powerful 44
seconds of silence in his UN address.
Does Susan Rice really believe
that the prime ministers opposition to the administrations policies

stems from the fact that the president is black?
Back in February of this year, my
organization, the World Values Network, took out an ad in the New
York Times that highlighted Susan
Rices inaction during the Rwandan genocide, when she served
on President Clintons national
security team. She and her colleagues stood by and let 800,000
men, women, and children be massacred. Our ad connected Rices
response to this genocide with her
condemnation of Benjamin Netanyahus address before
Congress. During that
speech, Netanyahu,
the leader of a nation
that experienced the
worlds worst genocide, was asking the
worlds most powerful legislature to take
Irans annihilatory
threats against Israel
seriously.
I later apologized
to Ms. Rice for the ad
because the public perception of
the ad was a personal rather than a
policy critique.
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The job of a communicator is to
communicate effectively. When
we fall short we must take responsibility for our failures. I issued an
apology that clarified my belief
that Rice truly wants to stop Iran
from acquiring nuclear weapons,
and will stand by her pledge that
she will take dramatic action on
any future genocides and never be
a bystander to wholesale slaughter
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These new allegations from a high-ranking Obama
insider are shocking. That Rice ordered her subordinates to withhold information about the negotiations from Israel, Irans principal target, is deeply
troubling. Implications that Susan Rice does not see
Israel as our closest friend and ally, or the possibility
that she would do anything to keep Israel in the dark
or strain ties with the Jewish state due to a combative mind-set, are disturbing in their own right.
But what I find truly outrageous are her insinuations that Netanyahu is some sort of blatant racist
who harbors prejudicial malice towards President
Obama.
Dennis Rosss new book provides behindNetanyahu, like the vast majority of Israelis,
the-scenes details about the Iran deal.
believes that Iran will acquire nuclear weapons as a
result of this feeble Iran deal. He has a responsibilagain. Nonetheless, I reiterated my strong dis- ity to challenge the administration, especially when
agreement with her overall approach in dealing that same administration chooses to withhold inforwith Iran, her overly sharp criticisms of Israel, and mation about an agreement that could seal the fate
my conviction that her stance toward Netanyahus of the Jewish state.
That Netanyahu is motivated by racism in his relaconcerns was unfair and inappropriate.
Now, following a string of revealing interviews tionship with President Obama is malarkey. Its a
and tell-all books by former members of Presi- pretty serious libel. In fact, Netanyahu presides over
dent Obamas administration, there is a new book one of the few countries in history that performed
out by former Obama senior adviser Dennis Ross. an airlift rescue operation to save Africans facing
The book, Doomed to Succeed: the US-Israel persecution and death, when the Jewish state saved
relationship from Truman to Obama, provides thousands of Ethiopians and brought them to Israel
new details of the behind-the-scenes diplomacy in 1991.
vis-a-vis the United States, Israel, and the Iran
Over the years Israel has taken in over 90,000
agreement.
Ethiopians, who today live as full and equal citizens
The book gives us new insight into Susan Rices in the Jewish state. Netanyahu himself, in response
approach toward Netanyahu and how she herself to Israeli-Ethiopian protests against forms of discrimination, said, I cannot accept this. Not in our
let things between them get very personal.
In November 2013, Ross was in Jerusalem and country. Not in the Jewish state. I have set up a spemet with Prime Minister Netanyahu, who had just cial ministerial committee to deal with these issues.
gotten off the phone with President Obama. The One principle is clear: There is no place for racism
call had left the Israeli prime minister feeling alone and discrimination in our society.
That Rice would make this heinous charge of racand completely un-reassured about Obamas plan
of action for Iran. Ross writes: Only a week ear- ism against Netanyahu and turn things personal is
lier, Israels Iran team was briefed on the status of deeply disappointing. And given this revelation I
the talks, but National Security Adviser Susan Rice have to ask, does my friend Abe Foxman, who pubhad not authorized the Israelis to be briefed on the licly condemned our ad by saying there was no jusactual state of play in the negotiations. This call tification for this incendiary personal attack, addhad convinced Netanyahu that the Obama admin- ing it was not only an ugly distraction from the real
istration had caved to pressure and was going to issue, it is reckless, not believe that Rices personal
engage in serious appeasement of the murderous attack on Netanyahu is unacceptable? Did it take
Iranian mullahs.
Dennis Ross to reveal Rices accusation that Bibi is
Ross tried convincing the Israeli prime minister a racist?
Foxman, to whom Rices comments were
that this couldnt have been Obamas intention. He
asked John Kerry to try to reassure Netanyahu as made, should condemn them, now that they
well. But what Netanyahu needed was clarification have been made public. Im aware that Foxman
brought Susan Rice to deliver a huge public ode
from Obama himself.
Ross pointed out that had Tom Donilon still been to him at his farewell dinner this summer as he
national security adviser, he would have called his left the stage at the ADL. He may feel he owes her.
Israeli counterpart on the spot, and if necessary But he still can respectfully dismiss her ridiculous
allegations.
had Obama call again to reassure Netanyahu.
Ms. Rice has every right to promote the Iran deal
However, neither Rice nor Obama ever made
a follow up call to ensure that Netanyahu under- if she thinks its good policy. But playing the race
stood their position. Instead, Rice, reflecting her card against a Jewish prime minister who believes
generally more combative mindset, would say to it endangers the survival of his people, who have
Abe Foxman, national director of the Anti-Defa- themselves experienced centuries of bigotry and
mation League, that in reacting to the Joint Plan slaughter, is outrageous.
of Action, Netanyahus posture was outrageous,
Perhaps Ms. Rice will follow the example I set
Ross wrote. In her view, the Israeli leader did in my own relationship with her and apologize to
everything but use the N-word in describing the Prime Minister Netanyahu for uncalled for personal
president.
attacks. Saying he all but used the N-word is insultRoss explains that Susan Rice is part of the facing and beneath her dignity. Apologizing would be
tion within the White House that sees Israel as the right thing to do. It even may help in revitalizing
more of a problem than a partner. His conclu- the relationship between Israel and America, which
sion is that the entire diplomatic process surround- is so precious to both nations and vital to the secuing the Iran talks damaged our relationship with rity of the world.
Did we get what

we need from the
fall holidays?
A rabbi reflects
hile there are those who see the empty seats in the
pews, I always marvel at how many are full. In the
midst of the general decline in mainstream religious
affiliation, and knowing about everyones busy lives, I
find it extraordinary to see so many people come together at one time,
to see each other and to worship together.
Despite the many pulls on peoples attention, there still is something
in this book that answers our needs, I think to myself as I look at the
machzor. Or something in the general experience of coming together.
Or, as unlikely as it should be, something in what I have prepared to
say in my sermons.
The most difficult and important decision a rabbi makes each summer is what to speak about on the holidays for the brief time that
we make use of our pulpits. Get political or stay away from politics?
Address timeless subjects or the issues of the day? Be heady or emotional? Sometimes the world writes our sermons for us, as when Rosh
Hashanah came a week after 9/11. This year, when the Iran deal was
taken off of the Congressional agenda just
before the holidays, the question many of
us struggled with was how much to engage
an issue so controversial.
I did speak about Israel, although more
generally and not focused on Iran. In recent
years rabbis have become more nervous
about talking about Israel, although this
year I felt it was particularly important.
There was a time when I always gave one
Rabbi
of my holiday sermons on Israel. Now less
Dr. David
so, but given the terrible and disturbing
J. Fine
increase in Palestinian violence against
Jews in Israel these past few weeks, we
must come together in asserting our love of Israel and our commitment to an ultimate vision of peace. I also addressed racism, still feeling the pain of the eruptions over race in our country over the past
year. And I addressed same-sex marriage in the wake of the Supreme
Court decision.
Did I make the right choices? I received comments this year ranging from That was the best sermon you ever gave to That sermon
was completely inappropriate on so many levels. I learned back in
rabbinical school that if we give a sermon that no one dislikes then we
have said nothing. My question to myself after the holidays is never
Did people like what I said? because, as always, some will and some
wont. Rather, I ask myself: Did I say something to connect people?
To bring them back? Will those members on the brink stay in the
synagogue? Will those prospective members join? Will those college
students go to Hillel a bit more this year? Will that man come to my
class? Will that woman learn a Torah reading? Will those people who
never have been to Israel make this year the year? Will they come to
synagogue on Shabbat and hear another sermon before next Rosh
Hashanah?
Before I even can assess anything, I am busy preparing for Sukkot,
which for some reason comes only four days after Yom Kippur. I am
purchasing the lulav and etrog sets for the synagogue and putting up
my sukkah. Then I find myself leading a holiday service again, but this
time the attendance has dropped about 98 per cent from what it was
on Yom Kippur. I first fret over what I could have done so wrong just
a few days before on Yom Kippur. Then I remember that this happens
every year.
I remind myself that I should not be upset or discouraged. How can
I expect people to take off work for Sukkot when they have just taken
off for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur? How can I expect families to
gather for holiday meals when the leftovers only now are gone? And
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Sometimes it just doesnt quite work
o, nu? How were your holidays?

to be moved. I danced. I sang. I snuck up to
A great deal of planning. A great
the balcony to watch the festivities from that
deal of cooking. Time spent, in
incredible vantage point.
advance, planning to find meaning.
I felt guilty. Truly, truly, I am not the only
Wait, what?
one coming into that room with life pressures.
I spend time each year discussing the conI am well aware of a few others in the room
cept of crafting a meaningful high holiday
who are dealing or have dealt with great tragedy. Yet they found joy. I could tell. No one
experience with synagogue professionals.
would know the difficult times they have gone
(Beyond logistics, that is.) This year, I even
Lisa Harris
through from their exuberant participation.
spent time crafting my high holiday dinner
Glass
I admired how they could be in the moment.
experience, right down to the conversation
I wanted to know how to do it. I descended
topics.
into trite-fest. The phrase time heals all
I gave it a shot. Did it work? Not completely.
wounds popped into my mind. I know there is some truth
Eventually, the momentum of un-yom-tov-like conversation
in this. Time heals the wound, but it leaves a scar. Closing
came back like a boomerang. At least, though, that happened during the lag time between dinner, tashlich, and
the wound leaves a space for newfound sources of love
dessert, and so it did not derail the ambiance of dinner as
and inspiration. This is the ying and the yang; the pendulum swing, the juxtaposition of great joy and great sadness.
much as it could have.
Achieve a balance. Find a new normal.
The outside world intrudes. It compels us.
Disgusted with myself and a little ashamed, I tried again
Fast forward to Simchat Torah. When a friend invited me
to hurl myself to joy. I accepted an honor to dance with a
to experience it at Bnai Jeshurun in Manhattan, I knew I
Torah embraced in my arms. I closed my eyes and swayed
was in for an experience. The sanctuary alone provides an
and listened to the singing. Felt the breeze of whirling bodatmosphere of joyful celebration. I was wowed by two great
ies in motion surrounding me, smelled the salty, sweaty air.
banners suspended from the ceiling, hanging above the
I had a moment. I felt something flicker. I longed for it. I
ark. How will you create meaning? one asked. Where do
tried to focus on it. To fan this ember into flame. I failed but
you find joy? the other questioned. (Certainly BJs leadership gave plenty of forethought to crafting its high holiday
it left an echo of hope. A promise that when next year it is
experience.)
time to celebrate Simchat Torah that I will be present.
I wondered if it worked. Certainly, there was no logical
Adjusted to my new normal.
reason to think that it didnt.
Lisa Harris Glass is the managing director of community
My head, though, was not totally in the game. Life pressures had me distracted, and I was not in the right frame
planning and impact at the Jewish Federation of Northern
of mind for the occasion. I should have been moved. I tried
New Jersey.
Holidays
FROM PAGE 17
to think about it conversely, perhaps it was because Rosh

Hashanah and Yom Kippur were so meaningful that there
was no need for Sukkot and Simchat Torah?
It is, of course, a shame that more of us do not celebrate
Sukkot. The sukkah is a wonderful experience for a family to
build and decorate together. And the lulav and etrog provide
a sense-oriented ritual that screams out from a sea of intellect and books. I remind those who are in synagogue that in
ancient times Sukkot was the high holidays. Rosh Hashanah
and Yom Kippur were mere purification rituals purposed
to get the Temple ready for the real holiday, which was the
ancient thanksgiving festival for the bountiful harvest, and
the opportunity to pray for the rains in their season.
But maybe we dont need a harvest festival anymore,
because we are not farmers. Maybe because we dont gather
in synagogues beseeching for divine intercession to increase
our investment dividends. Maybe the fun aspects of Sukkot are not what we need as much as the serious introspection of the high holidays.
As I sit in my sukkah and ponder the fragility of comfort
when we have no real roof to speak of, I consider what it is
about the high holiday services that is so needed by so many
of us.
A moment to pause in time. A song to sing that opens our
hearts. A reflection together on those we have lost. A handshake. A hug. A smile.
And also the humility. The ability to stand up next to
spouse, child, and parent and say Ashamnu, that we have
sinned, that we have fallen short, and that we will try better this time. I feel closer with those around me after the
Jewish Federation of Northern New Jersey is incensed by

the escalating wave of terrorism in Israel. In four separate terrorist assaults on Tuesday, three people were killed
and dozens wounded. This continued wave of violence by
terrorists and incitement by Palestinian officials and leaders must end. The violence and terrorism across Israel
is deeply disturbing, and the lack of response from the
international community to this rising campaign of terror being waged against innocent Israelis is unacceptable.
On Tuesday, two men were killed and 16 wounded in a
combined shooting and stabbing spree by two terrorists
on a bus in the Armon Hanatziv section of Jerusalem; one
man was killed and several wounded in a car-ramming
attack on Malchei Yisrael Street in Jerusalem; one person
was badly wounded and two slightly wounded in a stabbing in Raanana, and one person was slightly wounded in
a second Raanana stabbing. We mourn for those who were
killed and pray for the recovery of the injured and for the
solace of their loved ones and their community. We offer
our condolences to the families of the deceased.
We support the government of Israels efforts to provide
the necessary security for its citizens. It is deplorable that
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas continues to support and even incite terrorism by calling for the
killing of Israelis and Jews and his lack of actions to quell
the violence.
We appreciate the statement from the U.S. Department
of State condemning the terrorist attacks against Israeli
civilians in the strongest terms. We urge President Barack
Obama to support the Israeli governments security efforts
without reservation and ask him to call on the Palestinian
Authority to use all possible measures to end this violence
now.
It is clear that one side is provoking violence against
innocent people. Too often, we have seen other nations
and in particular the media issue even-handed, balanced statements calling on both sides to work for calm,
as if both sides were contributing to the violence This is a
case where there is indisputably not a shred of contribution of violence on the part of the people of Israel, except
to save more lives from being taken. There is no moral
equivalency in this case. Any such statements, from any
government or media outlet, must be considered shameful, repugnant, and morally unacceptable.
Jayne Petak, President
Jason Shames, CEO
Jewish Federation of Northern New Jersey
Request from Westchester
holidays. I have let my frustrations go. They are a thing of the

past. A new year has begun. Good intentions. Good feelings.
Renewed commitments.
These are things I am thankful for. It is not rain or the
blessings of prosperity that we pray for when we shake the
lulav, but appreciation for the blessings of relationships and
community, the intangibles that a synagogue can foster, and
that we all feel on Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur.
As I strike my mallet against the cross beams to take down
my sukkah one afternoon, pushing myself to get it done
before it rains, I see myself sitting in that sukkah with my
family, and smile, knowing that my prayers on Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur already have been answered.
David J. Fine, the rabbi of Temple Israel and Jewish
Community Center in Ridgewood, earned his doctorate in
modern European history at CUNY. He is also an adjunct
professor of Jewish law at the Abraham Geiger and Zacharias
Frankel Colleges at the University of Potsdam, Germany.
Greenburgh Town Hall in Westchester County is hosting

an anti-Semitic event on October 19, sponsored by groups
working for the destruction of Israel. The administration of
Paul Feiner, the town supervisor, refuses to cancel it on the
basis of First Amendment concerns. It is on the wrong side
of the moral compass, and in doing so, Mr. Feiner has put a
permanent stain on his decades-long administration.
The sponsors of the event promote the anti-Semitic Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement. BDS proponents hope to replace Israel with a Palestinian state from
the river to the sea. They describe their hatefest as an
event focused on human rights, innocuous enough to draw
attendees before inculcating them with anti-Israel venom
and lies. The New York State Assembly passed a resolution
condemning BDS and several states and the federal government have passed legislation outlawing BDS but Greenburgh begs to differ.
In Greenburgh the hate speech is welcome.
According to the Committee for Accuracy in Middle East
Reporting in America, the events featured speaker Gideon
Levy, is known in Israel as an acrimonious, anti-Israel
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A Palestinian rioter throws a tire into a fire, blocking a road during clashes
with Israeli police in eastern Jerusalem, on October 7.
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Intifada or not,
Palestinians have anger
without leadership
n the days that have passed since

what they would do. The March 2002
Palestinian Authority President
bombing of a Passover seder at a hotel
Mahmoud Abbas told the United
in Netanya, in which 30 Jews were murNations General Assembly that
dered and more than 100 injured, was
he was abrogating previous agreements
the bloodiest conirmation of that.
with Israel, Palestinians in the West
Yet that intifada petered out too, for
Bank and eastern Jerusalem have carmany reasons, not least Israels conried out dozens of terror attacks, some
struction in the teeth of heavy Arab
of them deadly, against Israelis.
and world opposition, along with a
Its a situation that has led many anarising tide of anti-Zionism and antilysts to speculate about the possibility
Semitism among Western publics of
of a third intifada against
a security barrier along
Israel, and to worry about
its border with the West
where such an enterprise
Bank. One can only shudwill lead.
der at the thought of how
Intifada number one
many Israelis might have
broke out in 1987 and
been killed in the latest
petered out in the early
round of violence had the
1990s. In propaganda
barrier not been there.
terms, it was a deinite vicIn that sense, the Paltory for the Palestinians,
estinians have a strategic
Ben Cohen
as the world media was
decision to make. If they
peppered with images of
do launch intifada nummasked, protesting Palber three, what is their
estinians throwing rocks at the wellultimate goal? How will they prevent
armed IDF. Politically, it was distinit from failing like the last two? Put
guished by the fact that it was led by
another way, will it leave their people
the nationalist and leftist Palestinian
in a better or worse position, both durfactions.
ing and after its execution?
Intifada number two, launched by
Palestinian leaders, whether nationthe late PLO leader Yasser Arafat in
alists or Islamists, dont care about the
2000, was a far more dangerous affair,
day-to-day welfare of their people. They
involving both the armed wing of Fatah,
view the entire Palestinian population
the main nationalist faction, as well as
as an instrument of struggle, rather
the Islamists of Hamas. Throughout the
than as a collection of people and famiearly part of the previous decade, Israel
lies who aim for a better quality of life
was under physical and psychological
for themselves and their nation.
siege from suicide bombings and other
Some groups, like the Al-Aqsa Briatrocities perpetrated by Palestinian
gades of Fatah or the Qassam Brigades
terrorists who demonstrated that, like
of Hamas, engage Palestinians in vioIslamic State now, there are no limits to
lence: sniper attacks on Israeli vehicles
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Its quite possible that the
succession battle that will follow
the departure of Abbas could
result in a civil war for the
second time, in fact, when you
remember the bloody conflict
between Hamas and Fatah
in Gaza in 2007.
in the West Bank, rocket attacks from
Gaza, stabbings of the sort witnessed
this week in Jerusalem and other locations, training and building up of terror
cells across the West Bank, organizing
confrontations with the Israeli army, and
so on. As the three wars in Gaza over the
last decade have proven, their overarching goal is to drag the Israelis into a prolonged armed conflict that will turn the
world against the Jewish state.
Abbas himself goes both ways. Sometimes he encourages violence, at other
times he urges a quieting of confrontation. Abbas approaches Israelis in a spirit
of diplomatic confrontation. Domestically,
for example, he rebuffs attempts by the

Jerusalem municipality to improve living
conditions for Palestinians in the eastern
part of the united city. Internationally, he
continues to pursue a strategy of gaining
unilateral recognition of a Palestinian state
with or without the Israelis.
But that is not leadership, and Abbas is
not really the leader of the Palestinians
anymore. That, perhaps, is the gravest
crisis they face. Abbas has become a classic Arab gerontocrat, an old man clinging
onto power through corruption and bullying, and with no obvious successor in
the wings. Indeed, as the Israeli journalist Nahum Barnea explained in a recent
Yediot Ahronot article, its quite possible

that the succession battle that will follow
the departure of Abbas could result in a
civil war for the second time, in fact,
when you remember the bloody conflict between Hamas and Fatah in Gaza
in 2007.
As any revolutionary worth his or her
salt will tell you, without proper leadership you cant win. It was the Bolshevik leader Vladimir Lenin who came up
with the widely adopted concept of the
vanguard party: in essence, a cadre
of professional revolutionaries who will
guide, shape, and direct the struggle of
the working class and the oppressed.
Right now, Hamas looks a much more
credible candidate for that position than
does Fatah.
Israel is capable, in military terms, of
containing a Hamas-led intifada in the
West Bank, which is arguably the worst
scenario that could emerge from the
present situation. It will be an ugly conflict that could well see the introduction
of Islamic State terrorists into the equation. But the continuing brutal wars in
Syria and Iraq, now under the joint control of Moscow and Tehran, will limit,
in practical terms, any assistance for a

renewed Palestinian front in the Islamist
war against Israel and the West.
Youll notice that I havent mentioned
American policy once in this discussion.
Thats because, tragically, the United
States has become a virtual irrelevance
in the Middle East. President Barack
Obamas attempt to achieve a peace settlement was derailed by Abbass duplicity and by Obamas own antagonism
toward Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin
Netanyahu. Since then, American policy in the wider region has served only
to strengthen Israels mortal enemy,
Iran. Israel is now living with the consequences of Americas retreat from the
Middle East, which means it has to worry
about far greater problems than the occasional rap over the knuckles from a disengaged White House.
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CELEBRATING 100 YEARS
Living longer,
living happier
Board chair Eli Ungar talks about the Jewish Home Family
JOANNE PALMER
Jewish Home at Rockleigh resident Irwin Brownstein takes part in the annual
Jewish Home Olympics. Residents compete against Gallen Adult Medical Day
Care program participants and residents of the nearby county-run nursing home.
n the one hand, people live

there.
Most of the residents of the
Russ Berrie Home for Jewish
Living at the Jewish Home at Rockleigh are
old, many are frail, and all need help with
at least some of the physical demands of
ordinary life.
They come to the light-flooded, alwaysclean-but-never-sterile building with long
histories, with memories of joy and frequently with more-recent memories of
sadness, with fear, pain, and fatigue, as
well as with hope and love. Many of them
are fragile, and they bring their entire lives
to the building.
They must be treated with respect,
attention, and care.
On the other hand, the Jewish Home
is a big institution, part of an even larger
one, called the Jewish Home Family, which
oversees assisted living, adult daycare
programs, and services that allow people

to age in place at home, and provides cutting-edge social services to participants.
Those two truths the delicate, everchanging, and always individual reality of
every human life and the large-scale needs
of a complex, financially and organizationally demanding organization meet at the
Jewish Home Familys various institutions.
The corners have to meet with precision.
According to Eli Ungar of Englewood,
the president of the Jewish Home Familys
board, they do.
Although most people would acknowledge the importance of institutions like the
Jewish Home Familys constituent parts
along with the Berrie home, they include
the self-explanatory Jewish Home Assisted
Living Kaplen Family Senior Residence
in River Vale; the Jewish Home at Home,
which provides in-home services; and the
Jewish Home Foundation, responsible
for fund-raising not many are attracted
intuitively to adopting them as primary
Eli Ungar speaks at the centennial

gala celebration last Sunday night.
charitable causes.
That once was true of Mr. Ungar as well,
he said. I became involved with the Jewish Home a number of years ago, when a
friend who was on the board asked me to
go to a meeting, he said. I said that I am
happy to go with you, but this is not something that I had thought about.
If you had asked me to come up with a
list of things I was interested in, it wouldnt
have been first. Or fifth. Or seventh. Or
tenth. But I did go.
What Mr. Ungar saw at that first meeting foreshadowed what he came to learn
about the entire organization.
Jewish Home at Rockleigh resident Mary Sussman with her aide at the Jewish Home Olympics.
At first, I was taken aback by the age

of most of the board members, he said.
I admit to a certain set of preconceived
notions. It looked more like a gathering of
grandparents. I was about 39 then Im
49 now and the average age in the room
probably was 80.
The evening began with dinner, and
once people started talking, I was utterly
stunned by their sophistication and

thoughtfulness, and by their range of perspectives. One person after another spoke,
each more thoughtful than the last one. It
was a remarkable collection of talented,
accomplished people, who had come
together to make the organization work
and prosper.
Many of them had made significant
financial contributions, but that wasnt

what made it interesting to me. It was that
this was a group of people who could have
been doing other things, but who considered this not only a worthwhile but an
essential thing to do.
Over the ensuing weeks and months,
I got to understand the organization
and the people better, and I also learned
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A look back over 100 years of serving the elderly
in Bergen, North Hudson, and Rockland
2015
Jewish Home Family celebrates its
centennial with a yearlong series of
events open to the community.
Jewish Home at Home opens @
HomeCare, providing home care
services to seniors in the community.
Jewish Home at Home incorporates
@Home Safely (formally known as
Jewish Federations Bonim Builders)
offering services to people who need
home renovations services.
2014
JH Family welcomed Carol Silver
Elliott as she began her tenure as
president and CEO.
JHR & JHAL operated with an

average daily census of 98 and 90
percent respectively.
JH Familys president and CEO
began full-time oversight over all
facilities, programs, and services.
Boneh Olam Annual Giving
program exceeds $1 million mark.
2009
JH Family Board approved the
launch of a new eldercare agency for
the elderly living at home Jewish
Home at Home. Geriatric Care
Management was initial program.
JHR awarded 5 stars by the Centers
for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
JH Family honored Charles P.

Berkowitzs 44 years of commitment
to the Jewish Home as he stepped
down as president and CEO.
JHAL declared deficiency-free for

second year by the N.J. Department
of Health and Senior Services.
Jewish Home Assisted Living

offers college courses to residents
in conjunction with Montclair State
University.
2008
2013
JH Familys combined agency
budgets exceeded $35 million.
Hot Kosher Holiday Meals program
deliveries by volunteers to seniors
continues to expand.
National documentary program,
Visionaries, selected Jewish Homes
continuum of Alzheimers care as
topic for TV show.
2012
JH Family dedicated the Charles P.
Berkowitz Gardens, honoring Chuck
Berkowitz 40 years of service to the
elderly, on the grounds of the Jewish
Home at Rockleigh.
JHAL celebrated its fifth
anniversary and JHR celebrated its
tenth.
2011
JH Family adds a full-time director
of volunteer services to expand the
number of volunteers helping seniors
living at home and in JHR and JHAL
facilities.
Jewish Home at Home continued
to expand network of services to
seniors in the community who live at
home.
2010
JHatH began providing geriatric
care management services to the
community.
Jewish Home corporate restructure

established a parent entity JH
Family for broad oversight of
four subsidiaries Jewish Home
and Rehabilitation Center, Jewish
Home at Rockleigh, Jewish Home
Foundation, and Jewish Home
Assisted Living.
2007
JHAL facility opened in May 2007,
expanding services to the elderly.
JHR completed $3 million capital
initiative.
2006
JHF looked at new communitybased services designed to keep
elderly at home.
JHF re-energized endowment/
planned giving committee to build a
significant endowment to enable it to
meet the needs of the elderly.
2005
JHR resident Mitzie Krampf and its director of recreton, Tracey Couliboly, enjoy
each others company.
more about why it is so important. Chuck

Berkowitz the institutions long-time
head, who retired last year spent time
with me, touring Rockleigh and River Vale.
He and others introduced me to nurses
and residents and aides and others who
worked throughout the organization.
It was this consistent commitment to
help people age with dignity, and to infuse
that part of their lives with vitality that
was profoundly different from what I had
expected to find there, and from what I
assumed about nursing homes in general.
In talking to other board members,
and in learning the story of how the organization evolved over time, and the facilities in Rockleigh and River Vale came into
existence, I heard a remarkable story of a
community simply deciding that it would
do something on the highest possible level
and refusing to accept anything less.
The Jewish Home Family, which is celebrating its centennial this year, began as
an orphanage in Jersey City; it was incorporated as the Hebrew Orphans Home of
Hudson County in 1915. In the 1930s, as
the depression wore down people who
hadnt begun the decade comfortably, the
need to provide housing for the elderly as
well as for the abandoned young became

clear. The institution began accepting
the elderly, and its name was changed to
Hebrew Home for Orphans and Aged of
Hudson County. It chugged along, serving both those groups but focusing more
and more on old people, until after World
War II. Then, as the waves of returning GIs
and the Bill that helped them get started
streamed out of Hudson County, heading
northward to Bergen, the Hebrew Home
followed the pull of the tide.
Throughout the next decades, the
Hebrew Home added services and facilities, changing along with the constituency,
following its needs and its demographics,
until, within the last few years, it took the
shape it has today.
Its typical of the community, Mr. Ungar
said. I was born here he is one of the
sons of Andre Ungar, rabbi emeritus of
Temple Emanuel of the Pascack Valley in
Woodcliff Lake and one of North Jerseys
eminences grises and I spent most of
my adult life here, so I cant speak to other
communities, but I do know that here we
have a fierce pride in preserving and protecting and growing the Jewish community
SEE UNGAR PAGE 29
Construction on assisted living

project began.
Established nonsectarian
congregational nursing program with
federal funding through the Naturally
Occurring Retirement Community
program through efforts of UJA-NNJ.
Continued relationship with
Dominican College to train nursing
students.
JHR indebtedness reduced to $18.8
million with major refinance package.
Gallen Adult Day Health Care
Programs average daily census rose
to 44 clients.
Residents take part in a pink-themed Dancercize in honor of Sharsherets Pink

Shabbat program and Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
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Pace of change accelerating at Jewish Home

New CEO, Carol Silver Elliott, favors a global viewpoint
Also new is a private duty homecare
business, @HomeCare.
Ive got experience with this, Ms. Silver Elliott said. While the laws here are
different and the structure is different,
the services are the same. These include
the full range of non-medical services for
people living in their own homes, from
personal hygiene to light housekeeping to
driving clients to doctors appointments
or grocery stores.
We opened in June, and its been growing faster than we anticipated, she said.
The people that we hire are certified
home health aides. We employ some of
them in our buildings as well. Were hiring people as fast as we can, she added,
because of the high demand, but its a
good problem to have.
Ms. Silver Elliott sees the increasing
demand for more services in the home as
a result not only of an aging population
but of the desire to want to age in place
as long as possible.
I think our role is really to understand
as best we can the demographics, market
needs, and opportunities, but also what
is taking place in the field, she said. In
other words, those who work with the
aging need to have a global viewpoint,
both macro and micro.
The shape of this industry is changing. In my crystal ball, I think were going
to see an emphasis on people living at
home, and we will continue to support
people living at home. Thats huge, and
were working hard on that, she said,
adding that Jewish Home Family also
embraces Safely@Home, formerly Bonim
Builders.
Residential care will be provided
LOIS GOLDRICH
ime was, residents of the Jewish Home at Rockleigh received

their meals, pre-selected,
on trays put together in the
kitchen and taken to the units on large
carts.
But now, says Carol Silver Elliott president and CEO of the Jewish Home Family
the seniors in her care have more of a
say in what they eat.
Weve gone away from the tray line,
Ms. Silver Elliott said, pointing out that
the organization has completely shifted
to steam tables.
The food comes up in quantities hot
when its supposed to be hot, and cold
when its supposed to be cold, she continued. Residents can choose then and
there what they want. They can ask for
more, and switch if they dont want what
they ordered.
If residents have difficulty communicating, staff can show them the options
and they can choose without verbalizing.
This new system stimulates residents
appetites by sights and smells, Ms. Silver Elliott said.
The Jewish Homes new approach to
food presentation is not strictly about
food. Instead, she said, its about choice.
What we should be asking, she said, is
Whats important to you? What matters
to you in your life?
Were working to incorporate the concept of self-determination, regardless of
age or illness. Theyre adults. Its important to facilitate their making choices.
The CEO, who took up her position in
November, said that she came into an
Jewish Home Family CEO Carol Silver Elliott with residents and volunteers taking part in the Opening Minds Through Art program, which aims to give autonomy and decision-making through artistic expression to residents with dementia.
organization I saw as being very solid,

with a strong history, and saw an opportunity to help grow it. To that end, she
intends to add some of the newer programs and services to make sure we
remain viable in every respect.
In the long-term care arena, for example, she is looking to import what she
learned from her experience at Cedar Village a not-for-profit retirement community in Cincinnati in the area of rehabilitation services.
We expanded our short-term rehabilitation program in Cincinnati and I look
forward to doing that here, she said. Its
2004
2002
The Assisted Living Facilitys

plans completed.
JHR was fully operational,

providing kosher meals, with
RCBC supervision, to elderly
in their homes, and to facilities
in Bergen, Hudson, Rockland
and Passaic counties, and
providing sub-acute, hospice,
long-term, rehab care.
First on-site training program

for certified nursing aides
completed.
Expansion of outpatient
services, including medical,
rehab, adult day health care,
and kosher meal program.
Increased services in Rockland
County.
2003
JHR reached 99 percent
occupancy.
JHR synagogue opened to
unaffiliated members of our
Jewish community.
JHF introduced Boneh Olam
Annual Giving program.
2001
JHR was licensed and
opened to its first resident in
November.
JHR took over kosher meal
program in Bergen, Hudson,
Rockland, and Passaic
counties.
2000
Capital Campaign for JHR
eclipsed $23 million milestone.
of huge importance, and something were

spending our time and energy on.
Since her arrival, Ms. Silver Elliott has
spurred the creation of the SeniorHaven
Elder Abuse Shelter, the first such facility
in New Jersey and the 12th such shelter in
the United States. SeniorHaven profiled
in the Jewish Standard in July offers
community education as well as emergency short-term shelter for victims.
Its such an important program, she
said, noting that education sessions have
been scheduled throughout the community. Were in the process of building
awareness.
Preliminary site plans for an

Assisted Living facility in River
Vale developed.
1999
Contracts for the Rockleigh
facility signed, and
construction begun.
Assisted living facility
on River Vale property
planned; market/financial
feasibility studies completed,
in cooperation with UJA
Federation of Bergen and
North Hudson.
1998
Capital campaign for JHR
gained momentum throughout
Bergen, Rockland, and Hudson
Jewish communities.
1997
1994
Won Certificate of Need for

an Assisted Living Facility in
Bergen County.
16-acre site, including a

160,000 square foot building
in Rockleigh, bought, for
conversion into state-of-theart long-term care center.
1996
The Patrons program
Own A Day in Jewish Life
launched.
River Vale Adult Day Care
program expanded, using
facilities of YM-YWHA of
Bergen County.
1995
Harwood Pavilion
affordable housing for the
elderly opened.
1993
UJCs task force reaffirmed
need for JHRC facility in
Bergen County.
1992
Personal endowment
program launched.
Bergen County expansion
sites considered.
First Golf and Tennis Outing

held at Edgewood Country
Club in River Vale.
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differently in the future, she said. Were
looking to create a smaller, household
kind of feeling. People thrive in that kind
of environment, and we want to help
them thrive as best we can.
Also, in dealing with the aging of the
generation of baby boomers the silver tsunami she foresees a continuing
emphasis on wellness, with seniors asking themselves, How do I maintain my
1991
Plans for affordable
housing facility in Jersey City
implemented.
Relationship with Rockland
County Jewish Home for the
Aged developed to provide
long-term care services for
Jewish elderly there.
Kosher Meals on Wheels
expanded to Bergen County
sites.
1983
Planning committee
identified need for added
health and stay as vital and healthy as

long as I possibly can?
Were learning new things every day
about how to work with elder adults, she
said.
She also is learning more about hospital
relationships.
Every community is unique, Ms. Silver Elliott said, noting that in this community, relationships with hospitals are
an increasingly significant factor when

people deal with long-term care. Im getting a sense of the landscape.
Apparently, the new CEO is generating
a good deal of excitement in the Jewish
Home Family, with the volunteer training
program continuing to attract the support staff necessary to maintain all these
programs.
There is a lot of support for change,
long-term care beds in

Bergen County.
Handicapped Children
established.
1970s
50-bed nursing facility

opened in River Vale.
First adult day care

program in New Jersey
established at Jersey City
facility.
Kosher nutrition site served
more than 100 people/day in
Jersey City; Kosher Meals on
Wheels delivered 80 meals/
day to homebound elderly.
Outpatient dental, medical
and podiatry clinics and
Rose Gross Center for
Rehab and skilled nursing

facility completed in Jersey
City; name changed to JHRC.
1960s
Rehabilitation services
added.
1950s
Hebrew Home and Hospital
began serving needs of
chronically ill from Bergen
she said. I walked into a group anxious

to do these things. The pace of change is
accelerating.
The newfound passion and energy at
the Jewish Home Family reflect Ms. Silver
Elliotts own passion and energy.
Ive worked in hospitals for a long time
in various roles, whether in marketing,
communications, fundraising, or strategic
planning, she said. But I wanted to be
and Hudson counties. Joseph

Gross Hospital Pavilion built
with 150 beds largest
specialized hospital in New
Jersey (total 325 beds).
1940s
Harry Yager long-term
custodial and nursing care
building built.
David Kahn infirmary
added to provide custodial
and nursing care.
1930s
increased. Childrens
cottages remodeled.
Institutions name changed
to Hebrew Home for
Orphans and Aged of
Hudson County.
1915
Small cottage on Stevens
Avenue, Jersey City bought
to provide housing for
Jewish orphans. Formally
incorporated as the Hebrew
Orphans Home of Hudson
County.
Number of elderly unable

to care for themselves
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Rochester, N.Y.
I loved being a CEO, but I didnt have
the same passion for helping people
find fulfillment in their work lives as
I did for human services, she said. I
went to the Jewish Home in Rochester,
then to Cedar Village. I love working on
long-term care and meeting peoples
needs. You have a chance to develop
relationships with people.
In this job, she said, you cant help
but fall in love. You walk down the hall
and get a hug or a kiss, or someone says
how nice you look.
Ms. Silver Elliott said she has derived
job satisfaction from building strong
teams, developing really wonderful,
supportive relationships with boards,
having successful fundraising, and creating new programs and services. Not
only does she want to meet community
needs, but we want to be seen as a vital
part of the community, she said.
So far, the Jewish Home Family has
forged working partnerships with the

Jewish Family Service, the JCC on the
Palisades, the Jewish Federation of
Northern New Jersey, and the Hebrew
Home in Riverdale. In addition, said
Ms. Silver Elliott who is the immediate past national chair of the Association of Jewish Aging Services the Jewish Home works closely with state and
national groups that serve the elderly.
Because its very important to
develop a strong strategic plan, the Jewish Home Family is about to embark
on that important task as well as on a
master campus plan, Ms. Silver Elliott
said. Because the organization recently
bought land next to its existing property, we need to consider the best way
to expand. She pointed out that the
organization commissioned a market
research study, conducted by a group
that specializes in the needs of senior
adults. Well work with the strategic
planning committee to develop a business plan to maximize opportunities,
she said.
Ms. Silver Elliott lives in River Vale
with her husband, Tom. All the children are grown, she said. Between
them, they have seven.
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through BPY's halls, we heard Hebrew and English spoken interchangeably. We could see and feel
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exposed to more than what is found in their books. Whether it's learning different traditions for
holidays or celebrating together on Yom Ha'atzmaut, BPY is truly a blended family of Jews from all
around the world. Being able to bridge the divide, by exposing our children to Sephardic,
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Whats a Jewish orphanage?

JOANNE PALMER
The Hebrew Orphans Home of Hudson County opened in 1915 and was
certified the next year.
Its notable in the context of a
story about the Jewish Home Family because all the rest of the organization began right there. Its also
striking for modern readers because
the concept of a home for Jewish
orphans seems odd. We dont have
orphanages much any more luckily, we dont need them much any
more and somehow it seems that
Jewish children bereft of their parents always would have families to
take them in.
When we think that, we forget
about the realities of immigrant
early-20th-century life.
Dr. Reena Sigman Friedman, a
historian who now teaches at the
Reconstructionist Rabbinical College in Philadelphia, studied Jewish orphanages for her doctoral dissertation, and then turned it into a
book, These Are Our Children: Jewish Orphanages in the United States,
18801925.
The great majority of the orphans
in the orphanages I studied were not
full orphans, Dr. Friedman said.
They were half orphans one
of their parents had either died or
deserted the family or they were
the children of destitute parents,
or one or both of their parents had
tuberculosis.
Some of the children would stay in
the orphanage for short stints, while
others would be in, on average, for

four to 10 years, she said. When parents, other family members, or older
siblings could bring them home,
they did. While there were asylums
for babies, most infants were able to
stay with family members; the youngest children in orphanages generally
were about 5. They aged out at 16
often the orphanages would find
apprenticeships for those teenagers, and at times their families could
take them back when they were old
enough to contribute rather than take
from the family coffers.
Sibling groups often were broken
up, Dr. Friedman said. On the other
hand, parents often were allowed to
visit, particularly in smaller orphanages, like the Jersey City one. They
were trying to Americanize the kids,
so they didnt want too much contact
at first, but those rules liberalized
over time, she said.
Jewish orphanages, like their Catholic counterparts, often were created to offer an alternative to the
Protestant institutions that took in
Jewish children but either overtly or
covertly tried to convert them. Jewish orphanages taught Jewish values,
but at least at first those values were
specifically liberal, and often unlike
those the children would have known
from home. Later, Orthodox orphanages were created; food would no
longer be kosher-style but actually
kosher, Dr. Friedman said. There
were a lot of similarities between Jewish and non-Jewish orphanages, but
my sense is that because there was a
long history of Jewish child care institutions in Europe,
and because there
are the biblic al
mandates to take
care of orphans, in
general there was
somewhat more of
a Jewish sensibility,
and a little more
compassion, she
added.
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and its organizations. We have a wonderful balance between being patriotic

Americans and proud Jews. Many of the
people who built the Jewish Home, as
well as the JCC hes talking specifically
about the Kaplen JCC on the Palisades in
Tenafly were veterans. There was a
long-term perspective that permeated all
the discussions.
As the board chair, I am heir to all
this enormous work that preceded me,
Mr. Ungar said. We define our success by trying to do those things that
will allow future generations to look at
our accomplishments as we look at our
predecessors.
Although the board is now more representative of the communitys demographics than it was when he joined it,
for a lot of reasons, there are logical
impediments to people in their 30s joining it, he continued. They are not necessarily ready to become deeply committed to an organization that might not
resonate with them as educational institutions might.

And lets be clear. The truth of death
and of course the older you get the
closer you come to it makes it all the
more important that we find a way to
make ourselves known and compelling
to people not just when they or their parents look to us as service providers, but
before then, as part of a community.
Many of us have been blessed with
grandparents, and we have enormously
fond associations and relationships with
them, he said. There is nobody who
would say I dont want my grandparent
to be treated in a respectful and thoughtful and proactive way. And thats the
beginning of empathy.
No one in our organization thinks
of what we are doing as managing or
overseeing a nursing home. We would
describe what we are involved in as making sure that everyone is being treated
as we would like our grandparents or
parents or spouses or siblings or anyone
else we love to be treated.
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Jewish Home at Rockleigh residents Joanie Koch

and Edith Post watch themselves on a reporters
mobile device as part of a story on their fan club for
American Idol star Jax, who later visited them at the
Jewish Home.
This is in some ways a very intimate conversation. It is

not about budgets and financing and property management
although it is also about those things. It is about our loved
ones, and making sure that they have what they need to live
actively, even when they no longer can live independently.
I once heard someone involved in building in Rockleigh
say, We built the Jewish Home as if it were for us as if we
would be moving into it.
You can see that in the details, he continued. There
are no shared rooms at the Jewish Home at Rockleigh, even
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though at times that was a great expense. But there is a dignity and a quality of life that we wanted to make a reality.
Talking about reality, there is no question that there is
a business component to this, Mr. Ungar said. The Jewish Home has done a wonderful job over the years in sustaining itself and being proactive. The financial piece is the
insufficient but necessary starting point. The real heart of
the effort is to create homes that are joyous and engaging
and diverse, so that people who interact with our organization, in any capacity, feel that it is an uplifting and engaging
part of their lives, not the unfortunate but unavoidable last
chapter, which often is the case in nursing homes.
This is the reality through modern science we live longer, and so we have the privilege of dealing with more and
more medical conditions than our predecessors did. So we
have to make sure that the goal is not just living longer, but
living happier.
The Jewish Home encourages intergenerational programming in a way, it is echoing its origins as a haven for both
abandoned children and enfeebled adults. It encourages its
residents to use technology to connect with their families
if they cant make the Skype or FaceTime on their iPads
work, volunteers can do it for them. Residents not only
can email their grandchildren, they even can play bridge
online. It also encourages the volunteers, whose expertise
and time are so valuable. There are ways to contribute
that go way beyond writing a check although we are not
averse to people writing checks! Mr. Ungar said. Whether
its putting up a sukkah for someone who cant do it, or getting a senior to communicate with grandchildren online,
to helping beautify the building or delivering kosher meals
on wheels there are hundreds of ways to support seniors.
Some of them are easily done and take little time; others
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NIGHT
This is in some ways

a very intimate
conversation It is
about our loved ones,
and making sure that
they have what they
need to live actively.
take much more time and are more engaging.
All the local day schools have programming that
connects with the Jewish Home, he continued. They
come in and break down what historically has been a
divide between children at home and older people in
the homes. The more we can eliminate that divide, the
better for everyone.
Jewish Home at Home is the continuation of a newer
trend than nursing homes the move to keep older
people living at home as long as possible, perhaps for
all of their lives. The program, among other services,
helps people modify their houses to make them safer
and to allow them to use specialized equipment that
otherwise theyd have to go out to get.
All this takes money, Mr. Ungar acknowledges. We
live in a community where some people struggle every
day, and others struggle on no day, not ever, he said.
Something our community has done masterfully is
create accessible programming, and those who can
afford to pay for the services can and do pay for them,
while the community does its best to make those services available to everyone else. Our definition of success is to be able to help as many people as possible in
a sustainable way.
We measure success not by revenue but by the
extent to which we can enable someone in our care
to live fully and safely and joyously. These things are
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ideologue and activist, recently arrested for spitting

and cursing at IDF soldiers, who often invents his
own facts to support his radical agenda. His fan base
consists primarily of fellow Israel haters and activists,
while mainstream Israelis and journalists dismiss him
as a dishonest propagandist.
The ADL lists one of the events sponsors, Jewish
Voice for Peace, as one of the most anti-Israel groups
in America. Like other Jewish anti-Zionist groups, JVP
uses its Jewish identity to shield the anti-Israel movement from allegations of anti-Semitism and provide a
greater degree of credibility to the anti-Israel movement, it writes. The other sponsors are all anti-Israel
extremist groups that support BDS.
These organizations are evil, and they promote hate
speech and violence. And especially given the outbreak
of Palestinian terrorism in Israel, the last thing that
Greenburgh should be hosting is an anti-Israel hatefest
sponsored by promoters of terrorism and the people
committing it, who are the foot soldiers in a war to
destroy Israel.
The Jewish Rapid Response Coalition has organized
a rally in front of the Greenburgh Town Hall, at 177 Hillside Avenue, this Sunday, October 19 at 5:30p.m. We
want to make our voices heard and let our neighbors
know that anti-Semitic hate speech is not welcome here.
I urge everyone in the tristate area to attend.
As Rabbi Hillel said, If I am not for myself, who is
for me? And if I am not for myself, who am I? And if not
now, when?
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Irvington, New York
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Nazareths Arab mayor

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members for ruining
coexistence
The Arab mayor of Nazareth, Ali Salem, harshly criticized Arab Knesset members for ruining coexistence with Israel for their roles in ongoing violent
demonstrations.
I blame the leaders. What is happening is not
appropriate, Salem, who heads the largest Arab
municipality in Israel, told Israels Army Radio on
Sunday. It is just ruining our future, ruining our
coexistence.
Several MKs from the Joint Arab List political party
have been involved in organizing and leading protests
against Israel, including a demonstration in Nazareth
last Thursday that turned violent. Salem said he saw
Joint Arab List chairman MK Ayman Odeh at that protest and told him to leave.
I said to him, get out of here I dont need to see
you in Nazareth, said Salem.
In another interview, while Salem said he disapproved of Israels actions on the Temple Mount
holy site, he criticized Israels Arab leaders for their
approach to the issue. We need to find a way to live
together. We cannot fight like this. We are damaging
ourselves, Salem told Israels Walla news.
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Get ready for some laughter, smiles and applause! This
exciting professional theater series introduces children ages
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presented by a top-level professional company that travels
all over the US, bringing our community the best of the best.
Call Hagit Harel at 201.408.1493 for more info.
Sundays, 2 pm, $12 advance sale per show,
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Stone SoupA Musical for Everyone
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Yiddish Concert
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Each year, the JCC hosts two annual concerts

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GOP in disarray
D.C. Jews search memories and Rolodexes
RON KAMPEAS
WASHINGTON Do I know this person?
That has been a common refrain in the Washington offices
of national Jewish organizations since Rep. John Boehner
(R-Ohio) resigned as House speaker last month and his chosen successor, Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) the majority
leader, flamed out last week.
Every day sees a new Republican contender named in
the media. Some, like Rep. Pete Roskam of Illinois, are well
known to Jewish officials. Others, like Rep. Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee, have community professionals flipping
through their virtual Rolodoxes trying to pinpoint the last
time they had a meaningful chat.

The community has a history of building relationships,
and well reach out and build relationships where they do
not exist, not just in D.C. but in field offices, said Richard
Foltin, the American Jewish Committees national and legislative affairs director. To the extent that I have concerns,
its having voices who oppose compromise and who are not
comfortable with the notion that governing is about reaching accommodation both within the party and the other
side.
Rabbi Levi Shemtov, the director of American Friends of
Lubavitch, said that his Chabad-affiliated group already had
ties with a broad swath of the 247 GOP members, noting
that Chabad had offices in 320 of 435 congressional

districts.
If its not one of the members we know, well have
someone we can connect to them, he said before noting that Blackburn recently met with a Chabad rabbi
from Tennessee.
Among the half dozen or so unconfirmed contenders for the post are Blackburn and Roskam, who led
House opposition to the Iran nuclear deal, as well
as Texas Rep. Bill Flores, who chairs the Republican
Study Committee, the partys more established conservative caucus. Declared candidates include Reps.
Jason Chaffetz of Utah and Daniel Webster of Florida,
members of the harder-line conservative wing of the
Republican Party that prompted Boehner to step
down.
Hovering above them all is Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wisc.),
the chairman of the tax-law writing Ways and Means
Committee. Ryan has indicated that he does not want
the top spot, but is under pressure by the party establishment to step into the breach.
The GOP caucus is overwhelmingly pro-Israel
each of the prospective speakers put out a statement
in March welcoming Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin
Netanyahus speech to Congress, an address that riled
the White House and congressional Democrats.
But the Jewish community has closer ties to the
establishment figures who have fallen out of favor
among Republican conservatives. Boehner, who
orchestrated the Netanyahu speech, has ties to Jewish
federations in Ohio dating to his days as a municipal
official in the Cincinnati area in the 1980s.
McCarthy and Ryan, together with former Rep. Eric
Cantor (R-Va.), were the self-described Young Guns
who rode the wave of GOP disaffection in 2010 to win
the House and assume party leadership positions.
Cantor is Jewish and has longstanding ties to national
Jewish groups. Ryan, Mitt Romneys 2012 vice-presidential pick, grew close to Romneys Jewish backers.
And McCarthy is a favorite of the Republican Jewish
Coalition his speech to the group in April generated
vice-presidential buzz.
In recent years, however, the Tea Party insurgents
have been gunning for the Young Guns they had raised
to leadership, saying they were doing too little to
reverse President Barack Obamas agenda, particularly
his signature health care reforms. Cantor was ousted
by an anti-immigration candidate in the primaries, losing his historic post as the first Jewish majority leader
in the House of Representatives.
McCarthy succeeded him as leader and seemed
eager to step into Boehners slot. But he withdrew last
week upon realizing that he would not win the speakership on GOP votes alone and would have to benefit
from votes from Democrats.
Ryan does not appear ready to give up the chairmanship of his committee one of the most powerful in the House assuming the speakership would
require that move.
One worry for pro-Israel groups is that while the
newcomers are broadly pro-Israel, they may not yet
get the nuances of the pro-Israel lobbys agenda
for instance advancing funding not only for Israels
defense, but for other nations as a means of maintaining U.S. influence abroad.
A staffer for a senior GOP House member said the
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turnover in the caucus presented a challenge for pro-Israel groups who seek to
educate lawmakers.
About half if not more of the GOP
conference has changed in the last six
years, said the staffer, who asked not to
be identified.
In a New York Times op ed on September 25, Cantor decried the unwillingness
of the partys hardline wing about 40
or 50 members to accommodate
Obama on any level.
Somewhere along the road, a number of voices on the right began demanding that the Republican Congress not
only block Mr. Obamas agenda but enact
a reversal of his policies, Cantor wrote.
Strangely, according to these voices, the
only reason that was not occurring had
nothing to do with the fact that the president was unlikely to repeal his own laws,
or that under the Constitution, absent
the assent of the president or two-thirds
of both houses of Congress, you cannot
make law.
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running. Freed from threats from the
right to unseat him, Boehner can use
his lame-duck period to pass spending
laws, including a defense bill that boosts
Israels anti-missile capability. Boehner
originally said that he would leave on
October 31, but later said that he may
stay until a credible array of candidates
emerges.
The AJCs Foltin named immigration
reform, voting rights, and energy security as issues the AJC and the broader
community want addressed in the longer run.
We have to be able to move forward
on the basis of negotiation and compromise, he said. How will we deal with
the big picture on these issues?
Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-N.Y.), now the only
Jewish Republican in Congress, said he
was confident that whoever became
speaker, that person would protect proIsrael funding. I would not anticipate
any delay whatsoever with regard to
any legislation that strengthens the relationship between the United States and
Israel, he said in an interview.
The Republican Jewish Coalition
spokesman, Mark McNulty, said his
group had ties to virtually every caucus
member and was ready to educate anyone who got the slot.
Thats why were here, we have the
resources to educate people, he said.
We have a lot of confidence in the
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accustomed to dismal news in the past few
weeks, their mornings and evenings punctuated by stabbings, car attacks, and rock
throwing.
The cycle of random violence has left
dozens of Israelis and Palestinians dead,
and many fearing the worst: The start of a
third intifada, or armed Palestinian uprising, that could claim hundreds more lives.
But since the second intifada started
in 2000, fears of a repeat have proved
unfounded. Conditions in Israel and the
Palestinian territories have changed since
that time, and short bursts of low-level violence are the new normal.
Its a matter of days until this stops,
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Israel completed the first part of a security barrier near its pre-1967 border with
the West Bank. Part fence and part wall,
the barrier has proved controversial. Its
route cuts into the West Bank at points in
what critics call an Israeli land grab. And
the restrictions on Palestinian movement imposed by the barrier, as well as
the fence around Gaza, have led some to
call Gaza an open-air prison.
Still, the barrier coincided with a sharp
decrease in Israeli deaths from terrorism. Terrorists have infiltrated it repeatedly, but successful Palestinian terror
attacks dropped 90 percent between
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from Gaza now shoot missiles over the
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the ongoing violence just as she did in
the second intifada. Whoever wants
to be a shaheed a so-called martyr
takes a knife and stabs people.
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they dont know when the end will be,

what will stop it. Last time people knew
to stay away from buses. Now you dont
know who to be afraid of.
Another significant obstacle to a third
intifada has been the West Bank Palestinians themselves, who have worked with
Israel to thwart terror attacks for eight
years. In 2007, Hamas seized full control
of the Gaza Strip, violently ousting the
moderate Fatah party, which controls
the West Banks Palestinian Authority.
Since that takeover, the P.A. and Israel
have viewed Hamas as a shared enemy
and coordinated on security operations aimed at discovering and arresting
Hamas terror cells.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin
Netanyahu has accused P.A. President Mahmoud Abbas of inciting the
ongoing violence. But Abbas has maintained security coordination with Israel
through the clashes and has a history of
opposing violence. Nuriel said that while
Abbas is not to blame for the attacks, he
stands to benefit from them.
He has an interest for the conflict to
get headlines, Nuriel said. He wants
to show theres chaos here. He wants to
show its in places that Israel controls.
But a majority of Palestinians are fed
up with Abbas and oppose his stance on
nonviolence. Rather, Palestinian society
as a whole appears to support violence
against Israelis. A poll by the Palestinian
Center for Policy and Survey Research
last week found that 57 percent of Palestinians support a return to an armed
intifada, an increase of 8 percent from
earlier this year. Half believe the P.A. has
a mandate to stop security coordination
with Israel, and two-thirds want Abbas
to resign.
This is an explosion of a whole generation in the face of the occupation, said
Shawan Jabareen, director of Al-Haq, a
Palestinian civil rights group. No one
can say when it will stop unless people
get hope that things will change. But if
they see theres no hope, I dont know
which way it will take.
Even if the attacks continue, according to former Israeli National Security
Adviser Yaakov Amidror, Israel will
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force.
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WASHINGTON For the past 10 years, Rabbi Steve Gutow
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other, especially in debates about political issues.
But now, as he prepares to step down from the helm of the
Jewish Council for Public Affairs, the community seems even
more bitterly divided than it was when he started his tenure
in 2005.
Its become much worse, Gutow said with an exasperated
sigh, and then a smile, at the JCPAs annual conference, which
met here from Sunday to Tuesday. I see people say anything,
and they dont listen to your side.
The JCPA is the national umbrella body for Jewish community relations councils, the local advocacy groups that work
with the broader community on such public policy issues as
Iran sanctions, U.S. energy independence, and hate crimes
legislation.
Gutows signature issue while leading the JCPA was being
civil to one another. He talked about civility constantly, and
in 2010 he hired Rabbi Melissa Weintraub to travel to communities and help set up local initiatives to advance it. At this
weeks conference, the focus was on the deterioration in Jewish discourse, particularly focusing on this summers debate
on the Iran nuclear deal.
The overall takeaway, Gutow acknowledged in an interview
before delivering his valedictory speech on Sunday, is that the
Jewish community has not heeded his appeals indeed, his
institutional commitment to more civil engagement. In fact,
if anything, the corrosive tone he identified in 2005 has grown
worse.
Gutow, who is stepping down at the end of December, was
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Im not sick of the Jews, Gutow said with a laugh,
brushing off a question about whether he is burned out
from Jewish organizational work. The Jews are a tough
row to hoe, though.
Gutow said in the interview that there still are a number of issues where there is consensus: defending Israel,
protecting Jews abroad, addressing hunger, championing rights in Sudan, combating man-made climate
change, advocating for the disabled, and combating discrimination against women and minorities.
But in his speech, Gutow focused on the vitriol in
debates about issues on which American Jews were
divided, notably the Iran nuclear agreement reached
between the Islamic Republic and six world powers
led by the United States. He said that the deals backer
depicted its opponents as warmongers, while deal supporters were compared to Neville Chamberlain, the British prime minister who appeased Nazi Germany.
The very notion that those who opposed the Iran
treaty simply wanted war flies in the face of most of
those people whom I know, Gutow said in the address.
And equally far-fetched is the idea of opponents of the
treaty that those who supported it were traitors, and
Obama was Neville Chamberlain.
The aftereffects of the debate over the deal, which
trades sanctions relief for nuclear restrictions and which
pitted the administration of President Barack Obama
against the American Israel Public Affairs Committee,
are still being felt, according to many participants at the
JCPA conference.
In a workshop after Gutows speech, Jeremy Burton,
the executive director of the Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Boston, pushed back against an
argument by his metro Washington counterpart, Ron
Halber, that the Iran debate was a one-off, and that the
national community would settle back into a calmer
discourse.
All the underlying stuff that came out is still with us,
and we still need to deal with it, Burton said. We need
to figure out a way to make it less damaging.
Dov Waxman, a professor of political science at Northeastern University, said during the same workshop that
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RABBI STEVE GUTOW
Rabbi Steve Gutow, right, with Michele Jawando,

V.P. for legal progress at the Center for American
Progress. Her husband, Will Jawando, a Democratic candidate for Congress, is at left. On Monday,
Michele Jawando took part in a discussion about
race relations organized by the Jewish Council for
Public Affairs.
JEWISH COUNCIL FOR PUBLIC AFFAIRS
In his speech, Gutow singled out efforts to keep J

Street, a Jewish Middle East policy group that has been
harshly critical of the policies of the government of
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in communal isolation.
The way some speak viciously and negatively about J
Street, a clear supporter of Israel as a Jewish state, cannot possibly do anything but drive those on the moderate left away from Israel, he said.
The Conference of Presidents of Major American
Jewish Organizations, the communitys foreign policy
umbrella group, rejected J Streets application for membership last year.
Gutow blamed donor-driven demands in part for creating a divisive discourse. One of the troubles in our
culture is that wealth seems to control decision making,
he said in the interview. Its a mistake. The community
has gotten much worse that way. JCPA policy is driven
by the decisions of the local community relations councils and synagogues across the country, not by top-down
decision-making, he said.
In the broader community, conservative donors set
terms on pro-Israel activity that marginalize the left,
argued Gutow, who helped launch the National Jewish
Democratic Council in 1990. But the native Texan said
he has seen liberal donors also act as spoilers. As an
example, he cited liberals making their donations contingent on advancing specific rights for the gay community that tend to alienate more traditional groups.
Everyone needs to support what I support on LGBT
marriage is what they say, he said.
So what is the relevance of a consensus-driven organization to a community that finds it harder and harder
to arrive at consensus?
Gutow says that when he speaks to non-Jewish leaders, including lawmakers, on such consensus issues as
defending Israel, protecting Jews abroad, or addressing
hunger, he is able to say confidently that he speaks for
the community. An example he cites is the annual hunger seder that the JCPA organizes on Capitol Hill an
event that advocates for increased food subsidies for the
poor and draws lawmakers from both parties.
Im much stronger when I speak to a congressman
if I can say I have the community behind me, he said.

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Europeans covering violence in
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t an Israeli bus station, several uniformed officers surround an Arab

woman before opening fire on her,
dropping her to the ground. Standing
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another officer chases away a bystander documenting the scene on his cellphone.
Thats how the Dutch public broadcaster NOS
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perceived bias from both sides and noted that the
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The Cleveland Clinic and The Hebrew University of Jerusalem plan to form the Center for Transformative Nanomedicine, a virtual incubator designed to lead to breakthroughs
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Indian President Pranab Mukherjee, who will arrive in

Israel Tuesday for the first-ever visit to the Jewish state
by an Indian head of state, said at the University of Jordan in Amman that Palestine belongs to the Arabs in
the same sense that England belongs to the English and
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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is also
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India supports a negotiated solution resulting in a
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secure and recognized borders, Mukherjee said.
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Israeli Jews assaulted

with Molotov cocktail
in New York City
An unidentified attacker threw a Molotov cocktail at
two Israeli rabbinical students in midtown Manhattan
in New York City last Friday.
Nineteen-year-olds Yosef Rachimi and Yisrael Gadas,
who are studying for a year in a Brooklyn yeshiva,
were attacked near the corner of West 37th Street and
Ninth Avenue around 1:30 p.m. Friday. They were not
injured and spoke about their ordeal with the New
York Post on Sunday.
Im in complete shock, Rachimi said, that in
2015, an explosive bottle was thrown at a Jew in the
streets of New York.
It is conceivable that the attacker sees these boys
every Friday and prepared this bomb to ambush them.
A firebomb is not the kind of thing you have sitting in
your car or in your bag unless you have someone to
throw it at, said Barry Sugar, director of the Jewish
Leadership Council.
Shopkeeper Shalom Hegazy, who witnessed the
assault, said the attacker lit something in the bottle, I
think alcohol. Hegazy doused the flames with water.
While the motive for the attack remains unknown,
officers from the New York Police Departments Hate
Crimes Task Force are investigating.
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Finance & Planned Giving
Kids and finances

Teaching kids the value of money
Diane Schlindwein
arents automatically give health

and safety advice to their children, but teaching your youngster about finances is one of the
most important life skills you can provide.
As a parent, grandparent and veteran
financial adviser, I can talk all day about
what I can do for an individuals specific
needs, but so much of it comes down
to the basics of how were raised, says
C. Ernie Nivens, the author of Bakers
Dozen: Thirteen Insights from Highly
Successful Financial Advisors. When
children are spoiled and never taught the
value of money, parents have neglected to
empower them with the ability to budget
and prioritize resources.
Financial professionals, such as Nivens,
often note that kids are never too young
to begin learning lessons about money.
Discipline expert and author Amy Morin
agrees; she believes that one of the best
ways to help kids start learning about
money is to let them earn it.
Give your kids age-appropriate chores

that are assigned daily or weekly, she
says. If your children want to earn more
money, provide them with opportunities
to do more chores. If your children want a
higher-priced item, such as a video game,
explain to them how long it will take them
to earn enough to pay for it.
Help your children set financial goals.
Saving for a car or college is a realistic goal
for a young teenager. A tween might put
away money for a bike or a skateboard,
whereas a very young child might save for
an inexpensive toy or even a trip to the ice
cream parlor.
Nivens says that when children earn
money or are given monetary gifts, that
should be divided or placed in one of these
four pockets: a college savings pocket,
because they need to understand the
concept and need for establishing a budget
for their future betterment; a dream pocket,
because children need to understand that
the entertainment they consume on a
regular basis isnt free; a God pocket, which
might include donations to a synagogue
or charity or even a gift for a

friend, because money isnt
the ultimate goal in life; and a
saving for the future pocket,
because no one can predict
money needs down to the last
dollar.
Children can also learn
Financial adviser C. Ernie Nivens suggests that
valuable money lessons just by
children have four pockets in which to put
observing daily activities. They
their money a college savings pocket, a dream
need to understand that money
pocket, a God pocket, and a saving for the fujust doesnt pop out of an ATM.
ture pocket.
Explain what you are doing

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when you write a check, use an
ATM card, or pay for groceries.
For example, explain how the ATM
days you have to work to pay just that one
holds money you earned by working at
bill. When a child is old enough, explain
your job. When you take money out of
how much interest is charged when you
the ATM, that amount (and sometimes a
use a credit card.
service charge) is taken from your bank
Most importantly, remember that your
account, so you will now have less in your
kids are watching you. Setting a good
account to spend later.
example will provide the strongest lessons
Compare prices at the supermarket, and
for your child. Youngsters are naturally
show your children how to choose the best
observant and will eventually begin to
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Apple Bank has announced the opening of its newest branch office in Monsey, New York. The branch
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Retirement funds
How important is having
a 401(k) account?
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Companies cannot financially
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payments to them, if not terminating
these plans altogether, says Jim
Sampson, co-founder and the managing
principal of Cornerstone Retirement
Advisors. The lack of confidence in
Social Security is well-documented, and
now its imperative that people recognize
that the 401(k) plan is most likely going
to be one of their two largest sources of
wealth, alongside their home.
Buying a home or refinancing?
401(k) Benefits
The 401(k) is one of the best ways to

grow wealth, says financial adviser Laurie Itkin of Coastwise Capital Group and
author of Every Woman Should Know
Her Options: Invest Your Way to Financial Empowerment.
Setting up a 401(k) retirement savings
plan is essential for your financial
future. The money you contribute can
be automatically deducted from your
check and deposited into the retirement
account.
The plans allow you to invest pretax
dollars, which allows your investment
to appreciate faster, says Levar
Haffoney, principal at Fayohne Advisors
LLC.
Once you reach 59 1/2, you are able to
withdraw the funds and pay taxes at that
time, he says.
Another 401(k) benefit comes from an
employer willing to match contributions.
In 2015, the maximum pretax
contribution for employees under 50 will
increase to $18,000 and for 50 and older
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An employer who is willing to match
some or all of the contributions receives
tax deductions, and its a definite morale
booster for employees, too.
Before the economic downturn of
2008, some employers matched 401(k)
contributions at 100 percent. Nowadays,
most companies arent matching at that
level anymore. For example, companies
may match half of the employees
contribution up to six percent of the
employees salary.
Many companies no longer provide a
match, and it is a tragic loss of benefits,
says Itkin. However, it still makes sense to
contribute, if just to avoid federal and state
income tax on your earnings.
Contributions
Whether or not your employer contributes

to your retirement plan, how much should
you stash away in your 401(k)?
There is no specific rule of thumb
for how much one should contribute to
a 401(k) plan, but the simple answer is
the more the better, says Igor Tiguy,
certified financial planner and wealth
adviser of Twelve Points Wealth. If one
can afford to max-out their 401(k) plan, in
most cases it is a good idea to do so. If the
employer matches contributions up to a

certain amount, it would be a mistake not
to contribute the maximum amount the
employer will match. Missing out on this
is akin to refusing a raise, typically in the
neighborhood of 3 percent.
Saving 10 to 15 percent of your annual
income, including contributions from your
employer, should set you up for a good
retirement. The sooner you start saving
the better.
Cashing In
Money in your 401(k) is best if left

untouched. This way it can grow and youll
have a sizable nest egg when you need
it. But what if you need the cash before
retirement?
You can take a hardship distribution,
roll the money over into another 401(k) or
get a loan from your 401(k).
Early withdrawals are one of the
biggest problems in 401(k) plans, as they
defeat the purpose of having the account
in the first place, says Sampson.
The amount they withdraw will not only
be taxed upon withdrawal, but if under the
age of 59 1/2, comes with an extra penalty
of 10 percent, he says, noting getting a
loan from a 401(k) will be paid back with
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taxes twice on the amount you borrow
from your 401(k), assuming you pay it back
to your account.
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Finding the right financial adviser
Carrie Schwab-Pomerantz
re you considering a financial

adviser?
Financial advice can come in
a lot of forms and be delivered
by a variety of professionals. Just wading
through what has been referred to as the
alphabet soup of financial certifications
RIA, CFA, CPA, CFP, to name just a few is
enough to make you hesitate.
The positive side is that you have a
choice. But finding appropriate and
reliable advice at a reasonable cost takes
careful thinking and research.
Start by deciding how much

advice you need
Financial advice isnt all or nothing. You
are in control and can choose the type and
amount you want.
One-time or periodic consultation.
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If you just want help keeping your

portfolio on track, you could simply
check in with an adviser now and then.
A consultation would give you the
opportunity to discuss strategy and
review investments. For a little more
help, you could arrange to meet with an
adviser on a regular basis. Either way,
after the advisers recommendations,
youd be the one making the decisions.
This is often a good choice for young
adults or others who are just starting out.
Ongoing management. This is a
bigger proposition and is generally bestsuited for people with at least $250,000
in assets to manage, although minimums
vary. In this arrangement, an adviser
will work with you to devise a long-term
investment strategy and then manage your
accounts for you. Youre still very much
involved, but you turn day-to-day control
over to your adviser.
Complete financial plan. Basically,

this includes all aspects of your financial
picture investments, retirement
planning, estate planning, taxes and
insurance and makes sure that all the
parts are working together. In my mind,
almost everyone could benefit from having
this type of holistic analysis on a periodic
basis. However, it also takes a fair amount
of your time and effort as you gather all the
necessary information and communicate
your long-term goals.
Understand what
the credentials mean
Its important to understand that there
is a wide variety of financial credentials,
representing an equally wide variety of
experience and regulatory oversight.
Perhaps the most important distinctions
(and most often confused) are those
among a broker, an investment adviser
and a financial planner.

A broker works for a broker-dealer and
is registered with the Financial Industry
Regulatory Authority to buy and sell
securities on your behalf. A broker can
help you evaluate your portfolio, make
buy and sell recommendations, and
execute trades.
In contrast, an investment adviser
is registered with either the Securities
and Exchange C ommi ssion or a
state securities regulator specifically
to provide financ ial advice and
management, which can include buying
and selling securities. A distinction is that
registered investment advisers are held
to a fiduciary standard, which means
they are required to act in your best
interest at all times, whereas a broker is
held to a different suitability standard,
meaning recommendations must be
appropriate to your needs.
Another option is to work with a

certified financial planner, who is
required to complete extensive training
and continuing education and can help
you with big-picture planning, as well as
portfolio management. A good resource
for finding a CFP is the Financial Planning
Associations website, at http://www.
plannersearch.org.
potential conflicts of interest, so you

should understand whether your adviser
stands to benefit from incentives such
as commissions by selling you a specific
type of investment. The bottom line
is that your goal is to make certain an
advisers counsel is based on whats best
for you, not whats best for his or her own
paycheck.
Know what
youre paying for and how
Ask the right questions
Another important issue is compensation.

A one-time consultation might be free, or it
could be charged by the hour. For ongoing
management, its common to be charged
a percentage of assets managed, typically
averaging about 1 percent. A comprehensive financial plan may be included in your
investment management service, or it may
entail a separate fee.
Its also critical to look out for
Finding the right adviser is about asking the right questions. Arrange for an
initial consultation (its usually complimentary), and ask about education, time
in the business, number of clients, types
of services and the amount of money
under management. Find out about the
persons investing philosophy and preferred types of investments. And get very
specific about how you would be charged
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Lastly, even with an adviser, stay on top
of things. Meet with your adviser regularly. Make sure you understand the
thinking behind any recommendations
and advice. And remember that its your
money; the final decisions are ultimately
yours.
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Dan Shlufman
Even though most of what I do as an attorney and mortgage broker is to help people
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of these transactions. This involves helping
people save their homes through a mortgage modification. Though it is late in the
mortgage modification game since there
are only a couple of years left on the Home
Affordability Modification Program (i.e.
HAMP), there is still a lot of help available
for struggling homeowners. And, even if
a homeowner has tried before to modify
their loan by themselves or with one of
the less scrupulous mortgage modification
companies it is still very possible that we
can help them obtain one in 90-180 days.
There are several avenues available to

a homeowner who is either behind on
their mortgage (even if foreclosure proceedings have started) or unable to make
their monthly payment due to a financial hardship. Below are some of the
results that are possible with a mortgage
modification.
In a modification, the bank looks to
create a payment that a homeowner can
afford based on their current financial circumstances (i.e. not the ones that existed
when they originally took out the loan).
This will start by reducing the interest rate
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Often coupled with the interest rate reduction is an extension of the loan term to 40
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are parceled out of the new loan amount.
These deferred amounts are then separated from the main loan into a second
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To lease or to finance
The choice is a personal one
Teresa Cortes
onsidering that the scenario of

an individuals buying a new car
upfront with cash is an uncommon one, leasing and financing remain the two considerable options
when it comes to acquiring a new vehicle.
However, many auto consumers are puzzled over which approach may make the
most financial sense for them. Indeed,
there are a number of financial factors
to consider when ruminating over the
option to lease or to finance.
First and foremost, there is often
a sizable difference in the initial
financial investment between the two
options. Leasing a car often requires
a significantly lower down payment
than financing. Sometimes lessees can
even drive away with a new car after
no money down at all. On the other
hand, Liz Opsitinik of U.S. News & World
Report points out the much steeper
financial expectation when financing
a car: Many lenders require about 10
to 20 percent down when taking out a
car loan. On a $30,000 vehicle, thats
$3,000 to $6,000. For those with little
money to put down on a car, it appears
that leasing is the better option.
Of course, in both scenarios, the
higher the down payment, the lower
the monthly payment one will be
responsible for. Yet in general, monthly
lease payments are much lower than the
monthly loan payment on a car one pays
while financing. This is because when
you lease a car, payments are based off
the difference between a cars starting
value and its residual value (described by
leading automobile experts at Edmunds.
com as the amount you can buy the
car for at the end of the lease, if you
decide you want to purchase the car).
Therefore, the monthly payment for
leasing a vehicle is based on the value of
the car that you use during the time that
you lease it. Manufacturers will anticipate
what the residual value of a car would
be at the end of your lease term based
off of data collected on similar vehicles
when making up a contract. Again, for
those who have little money to put toward
a monthly payment, leasing a car seems to
be the more sensible option here.
The lower payments of a lease may
appeal to most automobile consumers;
however, there is one potential problem
that can arise from this process. That
is, some manufacturers will inflate the
residual value in order to offer a lower
monthly payment (making a lease much
more enticing), also called a subvented
lease. This means that if you decide to
purchase the vehicle after the lease term
ends, its very likely that you will end up
paying more than you could for a similarly

used vehicle that could be purchased on
the market, since you pay the amount of
the residual value that was agreed upon
in the contract, which was inflated and
will be more than it should be. If you
believe that you may wish to purchase
the car at the end of the lease, Edmunds.
com recommends anticipating this as a
potential problem and to consider and
investigate residual values before signing
a lease contract. Unfortunately, there are
still unpredictable factors that can affect
the residual value of a car at the end of
a lease term, such as a recession, which
cannot be prevented.
One of the greatest advantages of
financing a car over leasing one is that
each monthly payment made builds
equity while financing. Of course, this
is simply because those who choose to
finance a car will keep the car at the end
of the term, whereas lessees must return
it to the dealership. Therefore, for those
who know or even have an inkling
that they would like to keep their car,
financing may be the better option
because purchasing after leasing runs
the financial risk of the residual values
being higher than the actual value of a
car by the time the lease is up.
There are also mileage restrictions and
potential impending charges per mile
over the limit that lessees must be aware
of. This could be a problem, depending
on the lifestyle of the lessee and how
many miles he or she anticipates driving.
The consensus among experts in the
finance industry seems to be that the
best overall decision between leasing
and financing is based substantially on
lifestyle preferences and situations.
For those who do not have as much
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monthly payments, leasing may be the
better option. However, those who find
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when everyone is cuddled under their blankets, and
also turn the thermostat down when everybody is out
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Dont pay to heat the whole house if you are not
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thermostat lower (60 to 65 degrees). Do not close
off registers in the unused rooms, or you may risk
damaging your furnace. If you find you need more
portable heaters, then you will probably spend more
to run those than by heating the whole house. Lower
interior temperatures generally experience less heat
loss to the outside chill, so there is no need to keep
rewarming the house to higher temperatures in the
colder weather.
Check your insulation, and block drafts. Because
heat rises, the attic tends to be the greatest source of
heat loss in the home. The Environmental Protection
Agency recommends air sealing the attic before
installing additional insulation. Check for sources
of air leaks in the attic such as open support beams,
soffits, recessed lighting, etc. Use plastic garbage bags
filled with insulation to fill large open areas, and then
cover with regular insulation. Be careful around heatgenerating sources such as flue pipes, chimneys and
electrical wiring. Check your local building codes for
the minimum distance required from combustible
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around electrical junction boxes.
Insulate the attic with loose, batt or fiberglass roll
insulation. You can lay the new insulation over the old,
but there should be no vapor barriers to hold moisture
in. Dont roll insulation over vent soffits or electrical
boxes. If you are adding a new layer of insulation, lay
Turn the thermostat

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at night when
everyone is
cuddled under
their blankets.
it perpendicular to the original and cover the joists.
The Department of Energy recommends no less than
19 to 22 inches attic insulation. Be sure to use safety
glasses, gloves and a dust mask for safety. Use higher
rated insulation closer to outer walls where more heat
loss occurs.
In your home, cover window glass with heavy gauge
plastic sheeting; install precut foam insulators under
electrical outlet covers; and add weather-stripping
around exterior doorframes, and caulk around
window frames to help reduce heat-stealing drafts
and air leaks. Insulate both the hot water and cold
water pipes one to prevent heat loss and the other
to prevent burst pipes from the cold. Set your water
heater to 120 degrees and wrap it with an insulation
blanket (do not cover the thermostat or heating
element). Replacing bulbs with energy efficient
models and turning lights off when the room is empty
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Israeli school builds

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Imagine the perfect classroom for kids with attention and
learning disorders: bouncy chairs made from yoga balls,
distraction-free dcor, walled-off study/tutoring cubicles,
desks on wheels, and a touch of the outdoors.
Only theres no need to imagine it. The unique Yes I
Can! classroom at Darca High School in Kiryat Malachi
opened this school year. And if it proves to be a good working model, the Darca network will implement this totally
The students report that it is much easier for them

to study and concentrate in the distraction-free
classroom.
PHOTO BY ROI MIZRAHI/XNET
Israeli innovation in its other 24 high schools serving the

socio-economic periphery of Israel.
The students already report that it is much easier for
them to study and concentrate in the new classroom,
thanks to the clean design no notice boards, posters,
accessories, decorations etc., as in a regular classroom,
says principal Michal Hazan .
This helps to create a calm atmosphere and minimize distractions. The three enclosed workstations for
individual study also help in isolating students from the
noise made by their classmates, as well as from visual
interferences.
Architect Lior Ben-Sheetrit, 32, chose the design details
and furnishings for the 60-square-meter room after extensively observing the 55 students and talking with them and
their teachers about the difficulties they experience in a
standard setting.
For example, the students explained that it is very hard
for them to sit on regular chairs and concentrate, while
the teachers said that the students keep moving and shifting during classes, says Hazan. Thus, the chairs made
of yoga balls within a frame were designed to channel the
students energy and give it an outlet.
Inspired by watching some of the kids playing the popular video game Minecraft in which players break and
build with blocks to create imaginative structures the
architect decided to incorporate simple geometric shapes
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environment.
Ben-Sheetrit was working with a $12,000 budget
provided by donors including Israels Harel Insurance
and Finance company, Kol Yisrael Haverim (KIAH)
and the Rashi Foundation. The Darca network was
established five years ago by the Rashi Foundation
and KIAH with the support of the Education Ministry,
joined in 2014 by the US-based Youth Renewal Fund.
As a network, Darca joined forces in this project
with Kol Yisrael Haverim and Harel Insurance company to experiment with different ways of dealing with
challenges teachers face, says Darca CEO Gil Pereg.
He explains that Darca takes over poorly performing
schools and brings in new management and leadership from excellent schools throughout Israel to work
with the existing staff. The 700-student junior-senior
high school in Kiryat Malachi became part of the network two years ago.
In Kiryat Malachi, we also built the kids a new
library and weve added more teaching hours and
STEM [science, technology, engineering and math]
instruction, and new innovations like the Yes I Can!
Classroom, Pereg says.
Some of these ideas we find from other places
around the globe, because we see ourselves as a laboratory for experimental solutions to the challenges of
education in the 21st century. The [Yes I Can!] classroom is an example of Israeli design innovation, and in
our Ashkelon and Bat Yam schools weve done something similar in the English language classrooms.
However, he emphasizes, In the end, its not about
computers and walls, but about changing the way
these kids see themselves, noting that Darca schools
are experiencing a huge rise in the number of students
earning academic diplomas and considering higher
education.
Pereg adds that Darca places an emphasis on involving parents in the educational journey. What we do
with the kids often has a direct effect on functioning
of the entire family, he says.
Hazan reports that parents of kids with ADHD and
learning disabilities are very excited both about the
idea of creating a special class and about its beautiful
realization.
But nobody is as excited as the students themselves.
They greatly appreciate the efforts that were made
for their benefit, and feel that the concept was developed with much respect for their needs and wishes
and with the aim of creating a welcoming and aesthetic learning environment, Hazan says.
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Your multifocal glasses are all set for a revolution

Israels DeepOptics is developing a liquid-crystal alternative to multifocal lenses, eliminating
distortion and segmentation to deliver sharp vision
Wearers of multifocals (progressive eyeglasses)
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through the middle for intermediate distance and
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find it hard to adjust to the limited field of view per
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Already in development for three years, Omnifocals
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lenses ever created.
They will consist of two layers: a regular static lens
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spurring the interest of potential investors and partners including manufacturers of optics for eyeglasses
as well as virtual and augmented-reality goggles.
with the lenses and sensors. We plan to achieve that by

summer 2016. Then well put the technological challenges
behind us and start working toward design and miniaturization, which will take about another year and a half.
DeepOptics may launch an investment round in the next
year as it continues its discussions with commercial partners for manufacturing, sourcing and possibly also distribution and sales.
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implementing liquid crystal into lenses, but DeepOptics took a revolutionary approach, developing
and patenting a method using a pixelated array. This
approach offers several advantages, including the ability to change the eyeglasses prescription without the
need for new lenses.
We dont know of others developing the type of
glasses we are, and thats interesting for many lens
companies, says Haddad. Attempts have been made
to do what were doing and so far we have the most
promising results.
Haddad has a background in high-tech R&D management in animation technology, medical technology and electro-optics for mobile phone cameras. He
met his two cofounders, CTO Yoav Yadin and Chief
Scientist Alex Alon, at Dblur Technologies, which was
acquired by Tessera in 2009.
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After graduating, she attended George Washington
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times, presented her research at several national meetings, and was awarded a $10,000 research grant from
AO Trauma North America. While in Cleveland, she
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top prize at the Brain Inspired Technology for Education (BITE) Hackathon held recently at the TechnionIsrael Institute of Technology in Haifa, for a prototype
application that screens for early indications of attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
The idea came from Anat Dahan, a doctoral student
at the Technions Virtual-Reality and NeuroCognition
Lab. Noting that individuals with ADHD have atypical
muscle movements, she asked for IBM researchers
help in developing a self-screening application that
puts together machine learning with data from wearable devices to determine the need for further evaluation of ADHD.
Their simple smartphone tool asks users to draw a
rectangle 10 times, while accelerometers and sensors
in their phone or their wearable track the movement.
This helps identify and classify those individuals who
have difficulty initiating and maintaining continuous
motor activity.
According to the researchers, the application provided preliminary evidence for a possible relationship
between mental and motoric characteristics within 25
seconds of the subject drawing the rectangles.
Although the project has no consumer component and was done only for the hackathon, the IBM
researchers believe this type of analytics can help
identify different types of ADHD, not just a single classification of those with difficulties in concentration,
according to an IBM Research statement.
In related news, IBM Israel also has a prototype
smartphone technology to detect dementia at an early
stage by analyzing voice and speech patterns. This
technology has shown an 85 percent accuracy rate in
preliminary trials.
First described last year in Alzheimers & Dementia,
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French and Dutch Dem@Care project seeks to enable
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Every pregnant mother worries whether her baby
will be healthy. But invasive tests for genetic abnormalities chorionic villus sampling and amniocentesis present a small risk of miscarriage.
In a groundbreaking development, genetics experts at Jerusalems Shaare Zedek Medical
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screen a fetus for genetic diseases using a blood
sample from the mother. A paper just published in
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Dr. Gheona Altarescu, director of Shaare Zedeks
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small pieces of fetal DNA float freely in the mothers bloodstream. This led to the development of
Every pregnant
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The next development in this field of noninvasive
prenatal testing was to detect not only the chromosomes of the baby but also mutations coming from
the father.
You can test for a genetic disease passed [only]
by the father, because if you can detect it in the
sample taken from the pregnant mother, it has to
be from the fetus, she says. We took it a step further, developing an algorithm to detect diseases
coming also from the mother, which is much more
complicated.
Altarescu worked in collaboration with computational biologist David Zeevi; neurologist Dr. Arndt
Rolfs, CEO of Centogene-The Rare Disease Company, in Germany; and Dr. Ari Zimran, director of
the Gaucher Clinic at Shaare Zedek.
Their first trial focused on Gaucher disease,
caused by a genetic mutation particularly prevalent
in Jews of Ashkenazi (primarily Eastern European)
descent. One in 1,150 babies born to Ashkenazi Jewish couples inherits the disease.
Gaucher is recessive, meaning two healthy
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all of them, we were able to detect accurately the
mutations from both mother and father, confirming
our findings after the babies were born or through
amniocentesis, Altarescu says.
Gaucher was our example to show this is possible, she added. The same test could also be used to
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In another first, the collaborators used a new
computerized system to compare healthy and
mutated genes of the expectant parents and their
own parents.
Altarescu believes that once the algorithm is patented and the published paper spurs interest, the
technique could be commercialized. In its present
form the test is very expensive. Our hope is that it
will be used routinely in the future, she says.
The test also could be a boon for patients in her
preimplantation genetic diagnosis program, which
she established in 2004 with funds from a U.S.
donor, Rabbi David Fuld.
She explains that parents are always urged to confirm the results of the preimplantation genetic testing during the pregnancy, using chorionic villus sampling or amniocentesis. This new test could confirm
results without any danger of miscarriage a major
concern for patients who had difficulty getting pregnant and went through the IVF process.
Altarescu adds that Shaare Zedeks Preimplantation
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of a normal child to a woman with achondroplasia (a
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marrow perfectly matched to an older brother in desperate need of a bone marrow transplant.
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Although there has been some discussion in recent years as to how often
a woman should have a mammogram,
theAmerican Cancer Society and most
medical associations now agree that a
woman should have her first, or baseline, mammogram between ages 35
and 40.
Here are a few other important
facts about breast cancer statistics,
mammograms and breast cancer
screenings:
After age 40, a woman should have
a yearly clinical breast exam and a
mammogram as long as they are in
good health. She should also perform
monthly breast self-examinations.
Women ages 20 to 39 with no risk factors for breast cancer should have a
clinical breast exam performed every
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After age 40,

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A mammogram is a low-dose X-ray
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evaluate changes in the breast, such
as calcification, masses, and distortion. Women who undergo mammograms at The Valley Hospital Breast
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of conventional X-ray film. 3-D breast
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findings by providing physicians with
a clearer look through the overlapping
structures of breast tissue.
Breast self-exam is an option for
women starting in their 20s. Women
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their health professional right away.
Women who are at high risk for
breast cancer should be considered
for additional imaging, such as the
combination of yearly MRI and mammography. Women at high risk should
consult with their doctors about the
best age at which to begin screening
for breast cancer, based on their personal medical history.
Risk factors include a previous history of breast cancer, a mother or sister who had breast cancer, or a precancerous breast condition. Women
can reduce their risk for breast cancer by maintaining a healthy weight,
exercising regularly, employing stress
reduction techniques, and eating a
diet low in animal fat diet. Understanding the family history for cancers
and being proactive for early detection and possible surgical risk reduction are important aspects as well.
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RICHARD PORTUGAL
In our society, aging is measured in years. It is a time
thing measured in birthdays and anniversaries; it
is a counting thing additional numbers piling up as
the years pass; it is a situational thing lets take an
accounting of where we are medically and financially.
But, it is also a psychological thing to measure where
we are versus our lifelong expectations. By these measurements, are our senior years the golden years or the
tarnished years?
As a youth, I remember looking at older people, like
my grandparents, as exotic animals cloistered protectively behind thick spectacles and drab clothes. They
were limited physically and socially. Whereas my young
friends could run and jump, ride their bicycles, and
eat what they wished, seniors walked slowly, ate limited menus, and participated in diminished socialization depending on which acquaintances had recently
departed. We seemed free; they seemed to be behind
bars. From my youthful perspective, older persons were
relevant only in how they defined some end of life scenario that seemed light years in my future.
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Oh how quickly those light years have passed; and
how quickly those senior years had to be re-examined.
For now I am looking outward from the spectacles (ok,
contact lenses); and I realize, I am that exotic animal!
But were those once observed bars really so limiting?
Was the observation of youth valid or merely distorted?
Were the illusory bars truly restrictive or merely defining? Is the perspective gained with age able to conquer
the hubris of youth?
Age certainly presents limitations both physically and
financially. The expectations of a life lived in emotional
security has been challenged by a reality of financial
uncertainties and medical concerns.
But aging is a time in life not to be defined by limitations. As there are today no bars which limit a seniors
life, there is also no promised security and diminished
concerns. We really have not changed from our youthful observances, except to define the adventure of life
from a more practiced and mature view. If age does
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of protection and confidence, not limitations. And those
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These may not be the golden years, but for those
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Valley Health System is a leader in heart care. Now weve advanced our care even further with a new affiliation
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Thats two perfect unions, Valley Health System and Cleveland Clinic and Valley Health System and you.
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Outperforms 92% of scored hospitals in the nation
Holy Name Medical Center ranked first in Bergen County
and fourth in New Jersey in the new Leapfrog C-section
survey. The medical center surpassed Leapfrogs target
rate of 23.9 percent, outperforming 92 percent of 3,403
hospitals nationwide in reducing the number of Cesarean births with a score of 16.1 percent, according to The
Leapfrog Group, one of the countrys leading nonprofit
medical grading organizations.
Most hospitals have been trying to reduce the number of Cesarean births, which typically pose a greater
risk of infection, result in longer hospitals stays, and can
amount to 50 percent higher costs compared to vaginal
births. Overall, fewer than half 39.1 percent of scored

hospitals nationwide met Leapfrogs target rate. Holy
Name is one of only 13 hospitals in New Jersey to meet
or exceed Leapfrogs standard.
At Holy Name, doctors, nurses and maternal-child
staff hold themselves to a higher standard to ensure safe
short- and long-term outcomes for both mom and baby,
said Michael Maron, president and CEO of Holy Name
Medical Center. Our staff is always sensitive to families
birth plans, which typically have been shown to lower
C-section rates, and were proud our efforts have gained
us this national recognition.
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During the last 40 years, C-section rates have

been climbing steadily in the U.S., often for the
convenience of the mother or physician.
This means that far too many women are undergoing a major abdominal surgery without medical necessity with all the risks that any surgery
entails, said Leah Binder, president and CEO of
The Leapfrog Group. The good news is that by
reporting to Leapfrog these hospitals are transparent about this problem, which is an important step
toward solving it.
There will always be cases where C-sections are
medically required, said Debra Bingham, a member of Leapfrogs Maternity Care Expert Panel and
vice president of Nursing Research, Education,
and Practice at the Association of Womens Health,
Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN). However, hospital leaders and clinicians need to reduce
the number of women having major surgery who
At Holy Name,
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do not face a health risk to either herself or baby

during labor and birth. The health care community
must play an active role in educating women and
their families on the risks associated with C-sections so they are able to make informed decisions.
The Leapfrog Groups findings came from its
annual hospital survey, for which 1,122 hospitals
reported a C-section rate. Endorsed by The Joint
Commission, National Quality Forum (NQF), and
CMS, the C-section measure identifies pregnancies
that are unlikely to need surgical intervention during labor. The measure counts first-time pregnancies that have reached the 37th week or later mark
(term) and consist of one fetus in the head-down
position.
Leapfrogs panel of experts recommended an initial target rate of 23.9 percent. Each year, the panel
will review the target rate to ensure hospitals are
held to the highest standards of care.
Holy Name Medical Center was honored with an
A grade from The Leapfrog Group, in its Hospital
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Alzheimers Week in Fort Lee

For five days from October 18-22, Fort Lee is sponsoring its first Alzheimers Awareness and Support Week,
coordinated by the Home Helpers home care agency
and supported by the Fort Lee Chamber of Commerce,
as well as CareOne Management.
Alzheimers disease is the sixth leading cause of
death in the U.S. It afflicts 5.3 million Americans and
more than 150,000 New Jersey residents.
During the week, a series of educational seminars
will offer advice and support on Alzheimers disease.
The program begins with a Is it Dementia or Normal Aging? presentation by Kelly Flister, executive
director of Hearthstone Alzheimer Care, which will
take place at the Fort Lee Senior Center. The week
ends with a screening and discussion at the Fort Lee
library by screenwriter/director Tim Jeffrey of You are
Here, a drama about Alzheimers disease.
Other seminars include presentations on the dementia specific legal and financial considerations, practical
solutions and guidance for caregivers, care options for
those suffering from it, and problem solving suggestions for caregivers.
These programs can make a huge difference in the
lives of individuals who have been diagnosed with
Alzheimers and their families, said event coordinator
Vivian Green Korner, who brought similar awareness
weeks to Cresskill, Ridgewood, and Paramus over the
last four years. Our goal is to support caregivers so
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that they are better equipped in their responsibilities

and to wake up the community to understand and support families who are dealing with Alzheimers disease
or a related form of dementia.
Doug Feltman, president of Home Helpers in Fort
Lee and the Fort Lee Chamber of Commerce, called
Alzheimers an impending epidemic and said he asked
Korner to organize a set of events for the caretakers
of people with Alzheimers, usually their children,
who are overwhelmed and struggling to cope with the
disease.
Were hoping that they can better learn the tools
they can use to deal with their parents so they can
have a much easier life and a happier life, he said.
Feltman said Fort Lees large senior citizen community would especially benefit from discussions on the
symptoms and stages of Alzheimers while the community at large would gain an increased awareness
of how families are affected by Alzheimers and what
they can do as a community to make Fort Lee more
dementia-friendly.
As part of that awareness campaign, the Alzheimers Association will also provide dementia training
to Fort Lees police, fire personnel, and emergency
medical technicians during October and November,
said Korner.
For a complete schedule of event and locations, call
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treating prostate cancer with the latest
form of radiation therapy that significantly
reduces the number of treatment visits and
may eliminate uncomfortable side effects
associated with traditional methods.
The therapy, called prostate stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT), relies
on beacons the size of rice seeds that are
placed in the prostate, used to define the
target area using 3D imaging technology. A
machine then delivers the radiation treatment in conjunction with a special system
that provides real-time position tracking
during treatment so the beam remains
aimed at the prostate tumor without harming nearby healthy tissues. Each treatment
takes about 20 minutes and is noninvasive.
SBRT is helping us to improve quality of
life for our patients, said Dr. David Dubin,
chief of radiation oncology at Englewood
Hospital. What typically used to take 45
treatments over the course of up to nine
weeks can now be done in just five treatments in one to two weeks using SBRT.
Previously, patients faced a range of lifealtering side effects that included frequent
or painful urination and abdominal pain,
and impotence. With SBRT, the results have
been very promising, with mild fatigue as
the primary side effect.
Its like a GPS for the body, Dr.
Michael Speiser, chief physicist at Englewood Hospital, said of the tracking
Hernan Castro, 71, of Teaneck,

talks with Dr. David Dubin, chief of
radiation oncology at Englewood
Hospital and Medical Center. Castro,
a patient at Englewood Hospital,
chose the latest type of radiation
therapy, called SBRT, to treat his
prostate cancer. This treatment uses
GPS-like tumor mapping technology,
which significantly reduces the
number of treatment visits and may
eliminate uncomfortable side effects
associated with traditional methods.
system. Here at Englewood, we bring

together advanced technologies and
techniques that allow us to target cancer
more effectively and precisely. These
technical elements are meant to provide
an additional level of safety to minimize
side effects and uncertainty.
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The Gym set to help raise funds

for Breast Cancer Awareness Month
The Gym, a complete lifestyle and fitness
center, is once again opening their doors
to support Breast Cancer Awareness
month. In the last two years, The Gym
raised over $11,000 for the Triple Negative Breast Cancer Foundation (TNBCF),
a local charity. TNBCF funds breakthrough research to support the discovery of promising new treatments and
services for patients with triple negative
breast cancer. Triple negative tumors
generally do not respond to receptortargeted treatment, can be particularly
aggressive, and are more likely to recur
than other subtypes of breast cancer.
We are grateful to have the generous
support of The Gym and its members
in the fight against breast cancer. Dedicated and longstanding partners like The
Gym enable us to fund groundbreaking
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battling triple negative disease, said

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and co-founder of the Triple Negative
Breast Cancer Foundation.
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offer any kind of help in the fight against
this disease, said Nurit Chasman, group
fitness director in Englewood. We are
delighted to work together with our
members to show our support. We hope
to be able to raise more than we did last
year, and we look forward to having fun
while we do it!
Both The Gym of Englewood and
Montvale will be conducting fundraising classes throughout the month and
will have T-shirts for the cause on sale at
both locations.
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Israel approves 300 extra security guards

for public transport after bus attack
After two Palestinian terrorists boarded
a bus in Jerusalem and killed two Israelis in just one of Tuesdays terror attacks
in Israel, the Israeli security cabinet
announced that 300 additional security
guards will be recruited for public transportation in the capital city.
Other measures approved by Israel following Tuesdays deadly terror attacks
include the demolition of Palestinian terrorists homes, the confiscation of property of terrorists who perpetrate attacks,
the revoking of permanent residency
rights of terrorists, the expansion of the

operational force of the Israel police, and
the deployment of IDF units to reinforce
the Israel police in cities and along roads.
Additionally, according to the prime
ministers office, The IDF will be
instructed to deploy units in sensitive areas
along the security fence in the immediate
term. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
directed that work be done on completing
the security fence including in the southern Hebron Hills area.

JNS.ORG
Palestinian terror wave

hits Jerusalem businesses hard
Across
1. Auror who helped Radcliffes Potter
6. Israel ___, 2009 film
9. Makes like Israel across the Sinai
14. Rabbi Isaac of Kabbalah renown
15. Cry when understanding E=mc2
16. Bar Mitzvah fund, e.g.
17. Actor Zach whose middle name is
Israel
18. NYC neighborhood of Cong. Kehilat
Jeshurun
19. Tree for Canada, not Israel
20. Last Seder round
23. Singer Loeb
24. Arch of Titus locale
27. ___ Paulo, home of Brazils largest
Jewish population
28. Builder of 7-Down
30. Gershwin wrote some
32. ___ hath G-d...
34. Need for Nachman?
35. Actor who played (Danny) Tanner
36. Under Siege star
38. This clue about Eshkol has it
39. One might be filled before Shabbat
40. Ariyot abode
44. Closet fixture that might be rotated
before a simcha
46. Country Ahasueruss empire extended into
47. Amt., when making Hamantaschen
50. Joes jolt, briefly
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52. Where 7-Down was built
54. With Ram, a notable Jew
56. Make a yutz out of
57. Lashon ___
58. You need it to get up Masada
quickly
61. Convenient ways of storing Torah
63. The Holy Lands BBC
64. Five time Olympic gold winner
Kolati
68. Go under the chuppah again
69. Tamid preceder
70. Brandeis classmates
71. Paskesz item
72. HeBrew makes it
73. Eppes follower
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Dratch
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4. With 37-Down, What was created at
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6. Actress Prepon
7. Ancient biblical structure
8. Small amount for Susie Fishbein
9. Simon of The Simpsons fame
10. Work by the Sons of Korah
11. Make like Absalom
12. Bully who might eat at Krusty Burger
13. Spots for incoming Prime Ministers
21. Letters before Kirks ship
22. It might cause a rip in a talit
24. A Friend
25. Major export from singer Ben Lees
homeland
26. Star level of Harrison Ford
29. Home of Tempio Maggiore di Roma
31. Prison chanted by Pacino in a Lumet
film
33. A Levi washes one
36. What one might do at Maravi Beach
37. See-4 Down
41. Possible time for Purim in March
42. Nudge and then some
43. Chutzpah
45. Prominent Spock features
47. Fonzie wear
48. ___ of Worlds, Marvel character who
has interacted with Ben Grimm
49. Hoffman in Hook, e.g.
51. The Fat Jews might be above 25:
Abbr.
53. Composer Boulanger who taught at
the Yehudi Menuhin School
55. Former Knicks teammate of Carmelo
59. Fey who sat Shiva in a 2014 film
60. Samsons hair covered it
62. Make a shabbat table
65. Its a miracle
66. ...the lions shadow ___ himself...:
The Merchant of Venice
67. Aaron Coplands was 551-20-4475:
Abbr.
The recent surge in Palestinian terrorism

has hit business owners hard in Jerusalem.
Deterred by the ongoing attacks, the number of tourists visiting the city has dropped
significantly, leading to a drastic decline in
revenues.
The ongoing situation has dealt a fatal
blow to business owners, the head of the
Jerusalem City Center Merchants Association, Eli Levi, told Israel Hayom on Sunday. Levi is the owner of the Eldad Vezehoo restaurant, a longstanding Jerusalem
institution.
People are not going out and our workload has dropped by 60 percent to 70 percent, he said. If this continues we will
have to send people [employees] back
home. Coffee shops and restaurants are
empty. No one wants to go and have fun,

because people are scared of terrorists.
Dror Babay, who operates the Black
Bar n Burger restaurant in Jerusalem,
said, People are staying home because
they are scared, and our revenues have
dropped significantly, by more than 50
percent. People are not in the mood to go
out. There are less teenagers who go out
either, because their parents are afraid,
and there are no tourists.
The Jerusalem municipality said it was
premature to take action on the situation.
At this point, it is not possible to determine whether the ongoing situation has
any long-term economic consequences
on the city, since only a short period has
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Letters to Sala
MIRIAM RINN
henever I think we have

heard every possible
variation of the Holocaust
experience, Im surprised
by yet another aspect of that monumental historic event. A new off-off-Broadway
play, Letters to Sala, by Arlene Hutton,
focuses on the network of labor camps the
Nazis established across Europe, and the
experiences of the mostly young people
who were forced to work there. There
were more than 30,000 of these camps,
and millions of people went through them.
Huttons play has a fascinating and complicated back story, which becomes part of
the action, not always to the plays benefit. Sala Garncarz was a teenager when she
stepped in for her sickly older sister and
reported to the Geppersdorf labor camp in
Germany. Geppersdorf was one of dozens
of camps operated by Nazi leader Albrecht
Schmelt to provide the German army with
uniforms and other materiel. Sala was an
experienced seamstress and a capable
worker. Schmelt got his labor force from
the Judenrat, or Jewish community leadership, at Sosnowiec, Salas home town.
Schmelt did not care if his workers stayed
in contact with their families via mail or
received packages from home as long as
they produced the products he needed.
He barely fed them and housed them in
unheated barracks; if and when they fell

ill, they were shipped out to death camps
and replaced by a new group of workers.
It was a profitable business.
Very little of this context is clear in the
play, so an uninformed viewer might come
away with the impression that a Nazi labor

camp was a bit like a rough outdoor-adventure trip. Indeed, Sala says It will be an
adventure when she tries to convince
her mother that she should go in her sisters stead. Sala doesnt look any worse for
Daniel Cainer:
21st Century Jew
MIRIAM RINN
ownstairs at the Soho Playhouse on Vandam Street, singer/songwriter Daniel

Cainer is telling Jewish stories.
Some are about his observant grandparents, some about his somewhat less rigorous parents, and others are about his own mish-mash Jewish life. Together they make up a charming one-hour
performance called 21st Century Jew. Cainer is a
middle-aged Brit who grew up in Leeds and southeast London in a kosher Jewish home. Hailed as
the comic bard of Anglo-Jewry, he uses music and
clever lyrics to talk about what it means to be Jewish
today or at least what it means to him. The songs
range from the very mildly naughty to the deeply
poignant, especially when he sings about his grandfather Isaac. Isaac may have taken little Daniel to a
cricket match rather than a baseball game, but the
emotional resonance is the same.
Most of the songs are lighthearted, but Cainer

does not shy away from difficult experiences. He
sings about being beaten up on his way to synagogue
and about the improbability of having Jewish grandchildren. His song about his feelings for Jerusalem
is admirable for its nuance. The overall mood of the
show is a kind of aching nostalgia: Cainer does not
want to live an insular Jewish life, as his twin brother
chose to do, he says, but something calls him to
remember and appreciate it. Its a familiar feeling.
This is Cainers second song-cycle show. He previously made waves at the Fringe Festival with his production of Jewish Chronicles, which was renamed
Gefilte Fish and Chips for the American audience.
That first show focused on his colorful extended
family, while this one deals with his own grappling
with his Jewish identity, a struggle that many will recognize. Although the show is explicitly Jewish, the
wrestling with identity, heritage, and our connection
SEE CAINER PAGE 68
wear, either, as the years pass; her shoes

dont even scuff.
Sala received more than 300 letters,
photos, and cards while she was held in
seven labor camps over the five years of
SEE SALA PAGE 68
Calendar
Engle St., next to library.
(201) 568-2215 or www.
englewoodlibrary.org.
Modern physics in
Ridgewood: Dr. Joshua
Holden begins an adult
education course,
Modern Physics: The
Jewish Science Who
Knew? at Temple Israel
& JCC, 10:30 a.m. Topics
include atoms, quarks,
lasers, GPS, light bulbs,
and exploding stars. 475
Grove St. (201) 444-9320
or www.synagogue.org.
Military bridge in
New City: The West
Clarkstown Jewish
Center hosts military
bridge with lunch,
refreshments, and
prizes, noon. 195 West
Clarkstown Road, New
City, N.Y. (845) 352-0017.
Thread, an evening
with Martin Greenfield,
5:30 p.m., at the
Lafayette Theater
in Suffern, N.Y. Mr.
Greenfield, a tailor
in Brooklyn who
dressed celebrities
and presidents, wrote
a memoir, Measure
of a Man, last year.
(845) 368-1889 or visit
www.JewishSuffern.com.
Art in Fair Lawn: Artist

Jeffrey Packard has an
art show at Congregation
Shomrei Torah,
7-10 p.m. 19-10 Morlot
Ave. (201) 791-7910.
Marty Schneit
Borscht Belt: Marty
Film in Franklin Lakes:
Caf Europa, a social program sponsored

by the Jewish Family Service of Bergen
and North Hudson for Holocaust survivors,
funded in part by the Claims Conference
on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany and the
Jewish Federation of North Jersey, meets at Temple
Emanu-El in Closter on Wednesday, October 21, from
11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Kosher lunch. Entertainment by
the Odessa Klezmer Band. 180 Piermont Road. Shari
Brodsky, (201) 837-9090, ext. 237, or sharib@jfsbergen.
org.
OCT.
21
Friday
OCTOBER 16
Blood drive in Teaneck:
Holy Name Medical
Center holds a blood
drive with New Jersey
Blood Services, a
division of New York
Blood Center, 1-7 p.m.
718 Teaneck Road.
(800) 933-2566 or www.
nybloodcenter.org.
with guest jazz violinist

Joe Deninzon, aka the
Jimi Hendrix of the
Violin, 7:30 p.m. He has
performed with Bruce
Springsteen, Cheryl Crow,
Smokey Robinson, Deep
Purple, and on Broadway.
221 Schraalenburgh Road.
(201) 768-5112 or www.
tbenv.org.
Sunday
OCTOBER 18
Atlantic City trip:
Joe Deninzon
Shabbat in Closter:
Rabbi David S. Widzer
and Cantor Rica Timman
lead services at Temple
Beth El of Northern Valley,
Hadassahs Fair Lawn

chapter takes a trip
to the Resort and Spa
Casino. A bus leaves the
Fair Lawn Jewish Center/
Congregation Bnai
Israel at 8:30 a.m. $30;
includes $25 slot play
money. Bring ID. Checks
payable to Hadassah.
10-10 Norma Ave. Varda,
(201) 791-0327.
School open house in

Teaneck: Maayanot
Yeshiva High School
for Girls holds an open
house. Registration,
9 a.m.; program, 9:45.

1650 Palisade Ave. Nina
Bieler, (201) 833-4307,
ext. 255, or admissions@
maayanot.org.
Film in Teaneck: Back

to the Future, now
30 years old, is at the
Teaneck Cinemas, 10 a.m.,
for Holy Name Medical
Center in conjunction
with Team Fox and the
DebbieLou Charitable
Fund. Proceeds benefit
Parkinsons research.
Debbie, (551) 486-5756,
louflancbaum@aol.com,
or backtoafuture.com.
Temple Emanuel of
North Jersey offers
Be Yourself, a light
comedy-drama about
Fanny Brice and the
Roaring 20s, 1:30 p.m.
Popcorn and ice cream.
558 High Mountain Road.
(201) 560-0200 or www.
tenjfl.org.
Awareness walk in
Westwood: The social
action committee of
Congregation Bnai Israel
in Emerson co-sponsors
the Walk for Water
with the Westwood Area
Clergy Council to raise
awareness for the women
of Rwanda at Westvale
Park on Sand Road,
1:30 p.m. (201) 666-8998
or www.bisrael.com.
Concert in Rockleigh:
offers a nostalgia concert
with Marvin Eiseman
and Sons performing
Yiddish and other
favorites, accompanied
by musician Zhana
Rubinstein, at the Jewish
Home at Rockleigh, 2:30
p.m. Part of the JHFs
Centennial celebration
and also in celebration
of Mr. Eisemans 89th
birthday. 10 Link Drive.
(201) 784-1414.
Cantor Sam Weiss
Schneit, a licensed New

York City tour guide, gives
an illustrated lecture,
Memories of the Borscht
Belt, at Heritage Pointe
in Teaneck, 4 p.m. 600
Frank W. Burr Boulevard,
Teaneck. Joel or Janice,
(201) 836-9260 or
HeritagePointeofTeaneck.
com.
Cantor Randy Herman

Music in Paramus:
The JCC of Paramus/
Congregation Beth
Tikvah offers a concert
with Cantors Sam Weiss
of the JCCP/CBT and
Randy Herman of Bet
Torah in Mt. Kisco, N.Y.,
performing American
standards, original
songs, and Yiddish
and Hebrew favorites,
7 p.m. Refreshments.
E. 304 Midland Ave.
(201) 262-7691
Author in Scotch Plains:

Dr. Michael Curtis,
distinguished professor
emeritus of political
science at Rutgers
University and Middle
East expert, discusses
his book Jews, AntiSemitism, and the Middle
East, at Temple Sholom
of Scotch Plains, 7 p.m.
Refreshments. 1925 Lake
Ave. (908) 889-4900 or
www.sholomnj.org.
Monday
OCTOBER 19
Marthe Cohn
Heroic spy in Nazi
Germany: Valley Chabad
and Eternal Flame offer
a lecture, Behind Enemy
Lines, by Holocaust
survivor/author Marthe
Cohn at Pascack Valley
High School. Doors open,
6:30 p.m.; program at
7:15. Introduction by
Dovid Efune, editor-inchief of the Algemeiner
newspaper, who will
discuss World AntiSemitism and the BDS
Movement on College
Campuses. 200
Piermont Ave., Hillsdale.
(201) 476-0157 or www.
Eternalflame.org.
Author in Paramus:
Judy Brown, author
of Hush and a new
book, This is Not a Love
Story, is at the Jewish
Federation of Northern
New Jersey, 7:30 p.m. 50
Eisenhower Drive. JoAnn,
(201) 820-3906 or www.
jfnnj.org/judybrown.
Feature film: The Kaplen
Book sale: Friends of

the Englewood Library
holds its bargain book
sale, including Judaica
titles, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Fill
a grocery bag for $5.
At Renaissance Office
Center (side entrance), 15
New Jerseys Gross

Center for Holocaust
and Genocide Studies
screens Zemene, about
an Ethiopian girl who
is saved by a doctor
working for the American
Jewish Joint Distribution
Committee, at Ramapo,
1 p.m. 505 Ramapo
Valley Road, Mahwah.
(201) 684-7409.
Martin Greenfield
Entertainment in
Suffern: The Chabad
Jewish Center of Suffern
hosts Hanging by a
Film in Mahwah:
JCC on the Palisades in

Tenafly screens Gett:
The Trial of Viviane
Amsalem, 7:30 p.m.,
as part of a series, Top
Films You May Have
Missed or Want to See
Again. Introduction and
sessions. 411 E. Clinton
Ave. (201) 408-1493.
Ramapo College of
Calendar
Tuesday
Friday
OCTOBER 20
OCTOBER 23
Jews in NYC: Thorin
Tot Shabbat in Closter:
Tritter begins a four-week

program, The History
of the Jews in New
York City, at the JCC of
Paramus/Congregation
Beth Tikvah, 8:15 p.m.
East 304 Midland Ave.
(201) 262-7691 or www.
jccparamus.org.
Wednesday
OCTOBER 21
Help for posture/pain in
Teaneck: Joyce Bendavid
offers a Feldenkrais
Awareness Movement
class for posture and pain
at Congregation Rinat
Yisrael, 11 a.m. Program
is sponsored by Nerot
womens organization.
Bring a mat. Many other
sessions follow. 389
West Englewood Ave.
Joyce, (201) 759-4222 or
Jbendavidotr@gmail.com.
Yiddish concert in
Tenafly: The Senior
Adult Department at
the Kaplen JCC on the
Palisades offers the
Esther and Julius Adler
semi-annual Yiddish
concert and luncheon,
11:30 a.m. Program
features Eleanor Reissa.
(201) 408-1450.
Yiddish club: Khaverim

Far Yiddish (Friends for
Yiddish) of the JCC of
Paramus/Congregation
Beth Tikvah meets,
2 p.m. Group meets
the third Wednesday
of the month. East 304
Midland Ave. Varda,
(201) 791-0327.
Temple Beth El has a

family service, 6:45 p.m.,
led by Rabbi David S.
Widzer and Cantor Rica
Timman and joined by
Rinat Beth El Junior
Choir. 221 Schraalenburgh
Road. (201) 768-5112 or
www.tbenv.org.
Shabbat in Fort Lee:

JCC of Fort Lee/
Congregation Gesher
Shalom offers a
contemporary Shabbat
service featuring the J.
Lewis Musical Ensemble,
which was featured at
High Holy Day services,
7 p.m. 1449 Anderson
Ave. Reservations,
(201) 947-1735.
Shabbat in Jersey
City: Congregation
Bnai Jacob has Friday
Night Live! services with
musical instruments and
original music by RabbiCantor Marsha Dubrow,
8 p.m. 176 West Side
Ave. (201) 435-5725 or
bnaijacobjc.org.
Saturday
OCTOBER 24
Shabbat in Glen
Rock: Rabbi Jennifer
Schlosberg leads a Torah
study course, 10:30 a.m.,
as part of Shabbat
morning services at
the Glen Rock Jewish
Center. 682 Harristown
Road. (201) 652-6624 or
office@grjc.org.
Thursday
OCTOBER 22
Film and dinner in

Hoboken: United
Synagogue of Hoboken
screens the awardwinning documentary
Deli Man, after
Havdalah and deli dinner,
6:30 p.m. 115 Park Ave.
(201) 659-4000 or office@
hobokensynagogue.org.
Concert in Upper
Nyack: Peace Ensemble
A Faith Initiative, an
ensemble of Christian
and Jewish clergy, gives
a benefit concert for
Congregation Sons of
Israel, 7 p.m. Performers
include Cantor Michael
Kasper of Sons of Israel,
Rabbi Zoe B. Zak of
Temple Israel of the
Catskills, and Pastor
Everett Newton of First
Immanuel Missionary
Baptist Church, Central
CBI holds its book club

with a review of The
Paris Architect by
Charles Belfoure, 10 a.m.
Breakfast. 10-10 Norma
Ave. (201) 796-5040.
Street. (212) 423-3337 or

TheJewishMuseum.org.
Wednesday
OCTOBER 21
Naomi Miller
Cabaret in Englewood:
Singer Naomi Miller
presents From
Klezmer to Broadway
at Congregation Kol
HaNeshama, on the
premises of S. Pauls,
8 p.m. Admission includes
hors doeuvres and wine.
113 Engle St. (201) 816-1611
or info@khnj.org.
Jewish Association
for Developmental
Disabilities holds its
annual walkathon,
rain or shine, at the
Englewood Boat Basin
recreational area, 11 a.m.
Proceeds benefit adults
with developmental
disabilities.
(201) 457-0058, ext. 13,
or www.J-ADD.org.
In New York
Tuesday
OCTOBER 20
Sunday
OCTOBER 25
The JCC of Paramus/
Congregation Beth
Tikvah continues a
Sunday Special series
for 4- to 7-year-olds with
a nature program, Fun
in the Woods, by Elinor
Grayzel, a Flat Rock
Brook Nature Center
educator, 9:30 a.m.
Arts and crafts and
kosher, nut-free snacks.
East 304 Midland Ave.
(201) 262-7733 or www.
jccparamus.org.
Alzheimers walk
in Paramus: The
Alzheimers Association
Northern Regional
holds a Walk to
End Alzheimers at
Bergen Community
College. 400 Paramus
Road. Registration,
8:30 a.m.; walk at 10.
(201) 261-6009 or
ewinter@alz.org.
A multifamily garage
sale with proceeds
benefitting Hadassah
ETC chapter in Bergen
County, is at 9 Oxford
Place, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Rain
date, Sunday, Nov. 1.
Amie, (201) 615-1244.
Garage sale in New City:

The West Clarkstown
Jewish Center hosts a
garage sale, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.
195 West Clarkstown
Road, New City, N.Y.
(845) 352-0017.
Preschool program in
Woodcliff Lake: Temple
Emanuel of the Pascack
Valley holds Club Katan
for children who will
begin kindergarten in
September, 10:15 a.m.
87 Overlook Drive.
(201) 391-0801, ext. 12.
Book review: The

sisterhood of the Fair
Lawn Jewish Center/
Kenny Goldsmith
CATHARSISTUDIO
Author/poet talk:
Kenneth Goldsmith
discusses his new book,
Capital: New York,
Capital of the 20th
Century, in conversation
with Jens Hoffmann,
deputy director of
exhibitions and public
programs at the
Jewish Museum, at the
museum, 6 p.m. 1109
Fifth Avenue at 92nd
OCTOBER 19
Support group in
Tenafly: The Kaplen
Roger Cohen
Wednesday
Columnist in NYC: New
OCTOBER 21
York Times columnist

Roger Cohen discusses
his memoir, The Girl
from Human Street,
at the Museum of
Jewish Heritage
A Living Memorial
to the Holocaust,
7 p.m. 36 Battery Place.
(646) 437-4202 or www.
mjhnyc.org.
Singles
Childrens program:
Monday

begins a seven-session
group with therapist
Judy Brauner, Widows
and Widowers: You Are
Not Alone, 6:15 p.m.
411 E. Clinton Ave.
(201) 408-1456.
Walkathon: The
Garage sale in Cresskill:
Preventing child
sexual abuse: The
Wayne YMCA hosts a
program by the Wayne
Police Department, Tell
Someone Now, 11 a.m.
-12:30 p.m. Speakers
include Maureen Simons,
Metro YMCAs of the
Oranges child safety
director, and Leslee
Frederickson, founder of
TELLSOMEONENOW.org,
and Wayne Township
Mayor Chris Vergano.
Light lunch. Q&A with
community resource
organizations including
Jewish Family Service
and Passaic County
Womens Center, noon12:30. The Metro YMCAs
of the Oranges is a
partner of the YM-YWHA
of North Jersey. 1 Pike
Drive. (973) 595-0100,
ext. 259 or preventnow@
metroymcas.org.
Nyack. 300 North

Broadway, Upper Nyack,
N.Y. (845)-358-3767.
Sunday
OCTOBER 18
Brunch/mingle: North
Jersey Jewish Singles
45-60+ at the Clifton
Jewish Center offers a
bagels-and- conversation
brunch, 12:30 p.m.
Activities, music, and
speakers. 18 Delaware St.
Karen, (973) 772-3131 or
45-60s, at www.meetup.
com.
Singles dinner: The 65+

singles group of the JCC
Rockland meets at the
Hard Wok Buffet, 6 p.m.
All welcome, particularly
if you are from Hudson,
Passaic, Bergen, or
Rockland counties.732
Route 304, New City,
N.Y. Call Seymour,
(845) 848-2038 by Oct
18.
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Bike with Schechter Westchester

Solomon Schechter School of Westchester will host the Tour de Schechter, a
community-wide, family-friendly, multidistance bike ride, on Sunday, October
18. It is part of a yearlong schedule of
celebration to commemorate Schechter
Westchesters 50th anniversary.
The bikeathon offers several routes,
including 54-, 36-, and 18-mile rides.
Each route will encompass Westchester
Countys scenic and challenging roads
and offer riders rest stops with snacks
and drinks. For children under 12, there
will be a Fun Ride at Schechter Westchesters Upper School campus, 555

West Hartsdale Avenue, in Hartsdale,
N.Y. The fee includes a tee shirt and barbecue lunch.
Every rider must wear a helmet,
agree to follow the rules of the road,
and sign appropriate waivers. An
adult must accompany children under
15. For more information or to register, call (914) 948-8333 or go to www.
schechterwestchester.org.
Three Dog Night at bergenPAC

The legendary pop group Three Dog Night celebrates its fourth decade at the Bergen Performing
Arts Center in Englewood on Thursday, November
5, at 8 p.m. Their songs include Mama Told Me
(Not To Come), Joy to the World, Black and
White, and Shambala.
Tickets for the Grammy Award-nominated band
are available at www.ticketmaster.com or www.
bergenpac.org, or at the box office, (201) 227 1030.
Calendar
From Above and Beyond.
October 22nd 8PM
October 25th 3PM
November 4th 7:30PM
Fri November 6th 8PM
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Above and Beyond screening

at Schechter New Milford benefit
Solomon Schechter Day School of Bergen County in New Milford will host its
fourth annual Israel Night on Sunday,
October 25, at 7 p.m., at the school,
with a showing of the film Above and
Beyond.
A question and answer session with
the films writer, Sophie Sartain, will
follow the screening of the critically
acclaimed film. Produced by Nancy
Spielberg, Above and Beyond follows
the heroic stories of Jewish American
fighter pilots who, at great risk, flew
for Israel in its War of Independence.
All proceeds benefit the Stephanie Prezant zl Israel Scholarship Fund, which
provides support to SSDS students who
need financial assistance for Schechters
8th Grade Israel Encounter. The fund
is named in memory of SSDS alumnae
Stephanie Prezant (04) zl, who had a
lifelong love of Israel. Students will travel
to Israel in May.
General admission is $18; more ticket
and sponsorship information is at ssdsbergen.org. SSDS is at 275 McKinley Ave.
For information, call Amy Glazer, at (201)
262-9898, ext. 277.
Daytime film series in Tenafly

Dr. Eric Goldman, a film
professor and film critic
for the Jewish Standard,
leads an exploration of
four Academy Awardwinning foreign films with
English subtitles at the
Kaplen JCC on the Palisades. Participants can
attend the whole series or
individual screenings.
D r. G o l d m a n , a n
adjunct professor of cinema at Yeshiva University, received his Ph.D. in
From Barbarian.
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cinema studies from New
York University and was a
The series opens on November 5 with
fellow at Columbia University. His most
Barbarian Invasions, and continues
recent book, The American Jewish
November 19 with The Lives of OthStory Through Cinema, was published
ers, December 3 with The Secret in
last year by University of Texas Press.
Their Eyes, and December 17 with A
He is the founder and president of Ergo
Separation.
Media, a video publishing company. He
All sessions will be on Thursdays at 10
also recently joined Robert Osborne as a
a.m. Call Judy Lattif at (201) 408-1457.
co-host on the TCM-Turner Classic Movies cable network.
Arts & Culture

Sala
FROM PAGE 64
war and managed to save them all. She

never spoke of these letters or of her
ordeal to her daughter Ann Kirschner until
she was facing open-heart surgery. Then
she gave Ann the box containing the letters. Kirschner, dean of the Macaulay Honors College at City University, published
the memoir Salas Gift in 2007, which
tells her mothers story and the surprising
reaction of Kirschners own two daughters
when she wanted to donate the letters to
an institution. They are now part of the
Dorot Jewish Division at the New York Public Library.
Co-produced by the Journey Company
and F.A.B. Women@TBG at the TBG Theatre, 312 West 36th Street, Letters to Sala
imaginatively interweaves Salas story with
that of her daughter Ann and her two teenage granddaughters. Hutton introduces
and then skirts fascinating questions in
relation to Holocaust memory: How great
a responsibility do survivors have to tell
their stories? How much right do we have
to demand that they do? Do their experiences belong to themselves or to history?
At what point does the desire to share
those experiences become exploitative?
What is the value of personal memorabilia
that reflects on an important historical
period?
Featuring a huge cast for an off-Broadway production, Letters to Sala attempts
to draw connections between the teenage
Sala and her giggly granddaughters. Sala

makes friends in the camp and flirts with
some male prisoners; she forges a close
bond with an older woman who tries to
protect her. She receives birthday greetings when she turns 20, and we see her
try to celebrate Shabbat with paper candles. Meanwhile, her granddaughters are
arguing with their mother about whether
to donate Bubbies letters. For some reason thats never made clear, the girls dont
want to, insisting the letters should stay
in the family. There is an opportunity
here for a deeper conversation, but Hutton does not seize it. That may be out of
respect for Kirschner and her family, often
a problem with commissioned pieces.
Britian Seibert plays Sala as a young
woman, and Anita Keal portrays her when
she was older. There are many young
female characters in the play, and the
playwrights note says that she developed
Letters to Sala to give young women an
opportunity to perform Salas story and
so share it with another generation. This
production, directed by Eric Nightingale,
feels teen friendly, from the focus on
Salas friendships to her dalliances with
two young men in the camps. Sometimes,
a choice such as the girls waltzing with
camp guards seems odd, even tasteless.
Is the implication that the young women
were forced or chose to become sexually involved with the guards? Thats a
legitimate issue to address dramatically,
but here it is so vague as to seem weird.
Performances continue until October 18.
Cainer
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to the past is universal.

Cainers British background makes
him a bit more fearful than most American Jews. London after all is much
closer to Paris and to Brussels than we
are, and the English Jewish community
is more tightly knit than its American
counterpart. Its odd that while most
religious hate crimes in the United
States are directed at Jews, few of us feel
frightened in the way Jews in Europe
do. Thats something we can feel grateful for.

The Fringe Encore Series is in its 10th
season of producing the best of both
the NYC International Fringe Festival
and, now, the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. By giving these shows continued
production opportunities, the Encore
Series serves to help performers hone
their skills and gain further invaluable
chances to showcase their art.
21st Century Jew is playing through
Sunday.
Jerry and the Falafel and other Israel-themed Seinfeld episodes
RON KAMPEAS
erry Seinfeld is set to perform in Israel for the first
time, with four stand-up comedy shows scheduled
for December in Tel Aviv.
Thus, in the spirit of Modern Seinfeld an alwaysfunny Twitter feed that imagines new Seinfeld episodes
in the age of social media and Netflix here are some
potential plots for Jerry going to Israel.
As in at least a couple of real episodes, imagine Jerry is
traveling for a gig and he brings the whole gang.
George and the Shiva: The favorite uncle of Georges
new Israeli girlfriend dies. Hoping to earn boyfriend
points, George attends the shiva but first he spends
some time in the Israeli sun. He notices a mark on his neck
and worries that he is getting skin cancer. He checks the
mirror every five minutes to see if the mark is growing. At
the shiva, he keeps lifting up the drapes over the mirrors,
upsetting the mourners. Eventually he gets into a shoving
match with the dead mans widow.
Elaine and the Dark Side: J. Petermans clothing company has a surplus of black mens briefs and has to unload
them. Peterman has an outrageous pitch for the catalog:
Dark Side of the Moon Mens Underwear. He tells Elaine
to get former Pink Floyd frontman Roger Waters to sign
off on the idea. She meets Waters on a rainy day in London, stopping over on her way to Tel Aviv to join Jerry
and company. The meeting goes fabulously theres a
spark between them and he insists on driving her to
Jerry Seinfeld speaking in New York earlier this year.

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Heathrow. Once theyre at the airport, and Waters realizes Elaines destination, he earnestly starts explaining
BDS to her. She thinks hes referring to BVDs. He thinks
shes mocking him and drives off, hitting a puddle and
soaking her with water.
Kramer and the Soda Maker: Kramer falls for a beautiful, well-known left-wing activist. When they return to
the Tel Aviv apartment Jerry has rented, she notices a
SodaStream machine in the kitchen. She tells Kramer
she could never date anyone whose lips had touched the
product of a settlement manufacturer, and he swears he
knows nothing about it. But in her absence, Kramer is
drawn to the machine and falls in love with the noise it

makes when it pushes air into cold water. I cant stop
pumping, Jerry, he explains. Kramer is making himself
a soda when the activist comes by the apartment for a
surprise visit. She catches him in the kitchen pumping
passionately.
Kramer loses the girl but cant get over the SodaStream.
He obsesses over the variety of soda flavors, trying each
one and ranking them until he inadvertently mixes berry
and peach, coming up with what he hopes to copyright
as his own flavoring: Beach. He starts angling for a meeting with SodaStreams CEO and finally secures it. In the
middle of the meeting, the activist calls him, wanting to
put the SodaStream episode behind them. Kramer pulls
out his smartphone, but fumbles with it and it lands on
the desk the anti-SodaStream activists face visible to the
CEO, who calls security.
Jerry and the Falafel: Jerry bonds with a model at a
Tel Aviv cafe when she explains to him hafuch the
upside-down Israeli latte in which the espresso is added
to the milk rather than the other way around. Jerry riffs,
saying the upside down idea could launch a trend
two beef patties surrounding a bun would be an upside
down hamburger. They start to date, and hes into her
until she takes him out for street food. He cant stand the
way she gets sauce all over her face when she eats falafel
and only wipes it off when shes finished. You bite, then
wipe. Bite, then wipe. Its simple, he tells George. Jerry
breaks up with the model, and she accuses him of being a
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Obituaries
Zohar Jacobs
Zohar F. Jacobs, 91, of Oradell,

formerly of Dumont, died on Oct. 8.
A nurse, she worked at Doctors
Hospital in New York City and then
at the Florence Shop in Bergenfield.
Predeceased by her husband,
Dr. Lewis, she is survived by
her children, Ellen Schultz of
Oradell, Dr. Bruce (Kimberly)
of Pennsylvania, and Dr. Steven
(Anne) of Wisconsin; a brother,
Marnin Feldman (Sylvia); and six
grandchildren.
Arrangements were by Louis
Suburban Chapel, Fair Lawn.
Shirley Pullman
Shirley Pullman of Fort Lee,

formerly of Teaneck, died on
Oct. 7.
Bernie, and a son, Clifford, she is
survived by a daughter, Marjorie
Pollock (Stephen); siblings,

Florence, Gloria (Aaron), and
Lester (Toni); daugther-in-law, Lori
Seader; three grandchildren; nieces
and nephews.
Arrangements were by Eden
Memorial Chapels, Fort Lee.
Mary Rosensweig
Mary Rosensweig, 96, of Fort Lee,

died on Oct. 7.
Before retiring, she worked in
sales for many years.
Abraham, she is survived by a
daughter, Diane Delmar; siblings,
Rose, Ada, Norma, Jack, Joseph, and
Nathan; a grandson, Steven; nieces
and nephews.
Contributions can be made to
the American Heart Association.
Arrangements were by Robert
Schoemss Menorah Chapel,
Paramus.
Dr. Eugene Sherman
Dr. Eugene N. Sherman, 86, of

Hackensack died on October 5.
A New York University College of
Dentistry graduate, he served in the
U.S. Army. Before retiring, he was a
dentist in Hackensack.
Predeceased by his wife,
Patricia, ne Starr, he is survived
by a stepdaughter, Debra Costa; a
grandchild, and a great-grandchild.
Donations can be made to
the Alzheimers Association or
the American Lung Association.
Arrangements were by Louis
Suburban Chapel, Fair Lawn.
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cultural center hours
after car bomb explodes
Just hours after an attempted terrorist attack rocked
Maaleh Adumim, a Jerusalem suburb in the West Bank,
on Sunday, a new culture center was inaugurated in the
citys center. Israeli President Reuven Rivlin and Culture
and Sport Minister Miri Regev attended the dedication
ceremony.
In the attempted attack, a Palestinian woman detonated
a car bomb after being pulled over by Israeli police near
Maaleh Adumim on Sunday morning. A police officer was
lightly injured in the blast, and the terrorist was seriously
wounded.
Speaking at the dedication ceremony hours later, Rivlin said, I had prepared remarks for this festive occasion
today, but I would be remiss if I ignored the attempted
attack today. Right now, the home front is a front of its
own. We cannot let the terrorists dictate our lives. We will
not rest until we restore calm to the streets of Jerusalem,
to the streets of Israel and to every one of its citizens.

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U.S. urged to cut funding if

Palestinians fail to curb terror
The Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish
Organizations, an umbrella body representing 53 national
Jewish groups, on Thursday urged the Obama administration to demand that Palestinian officials act decisively to
curb the current wave of terrorism against Israelis, arguing that a failure by the Palestinian Authority to stem the
violence should bring a cut in funding from the United
States
The leadership of the Palestinian Authority, and in
particular, President Abbas, must be held to account for
their direct and indirect roles in inciting the populace,
especially the frequent references to Al-Aqsa being under

siege, when they know that not to be the case, said Stephen Greenberg, chairman, and Malcolm Hoenlein, executive vice chairman/CEO, of the Conference of Presidents.
The U.S. funds the PA by about $500 million annually.
Greenberg and Hoenlein said, We call on the United
States governmentto demand that Palestinian officials
act decisively to curb the violence. We know that President Abbas can impact the Palestinian street when he
wants to. His failure to do so should bring a cut in funding
and the isolation of Abbas until he takes concrete steps.

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As Palestinian attacks cause

panic, Israelis prepare for
self-defense
The recent Palestinian terrorism wave has brought a surge
in calls by Israelis to police emergency hotlines. While
police normally receive about 600 calls a day reporting
suspicious activity, that number has soared to 25,000.
While panic rises, Israelis are preparing for self-defense.
The outdoor equipment retailer Rikushet reported a
400-percent increase in the purchase of self-defense
products, mainly pepper spray. Other similar chains have
also reported increases in the sales of pepper sprays, stun
guns, clubs, and plastic restraints.
Rikushet CEO Dudi Mantin estimated that last week
alone, Israelis spent about $78,000 on self-defense products, Israel Hayom reported.
We sold three weeks worth of inventory in a single
day, about 100 items in total, said Eyal Daniel, co-owner
of Tel Avivs Haboleshet Spy Shop, the Times of Israel
reported.
Josh Carr, a former commander at the IDFs Krav Maga
martial arts instructors school, posted a Facebook invitation for Israelis to join a free self-defense course.

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Mickey brings her entire family and they all take back
row seats to allow the seniors to sit up front, Ms. Nahary
said. Its Mickeys way. She is Yiddishkeit personified, a
person who takes great joy in making other people happy.
During these concerts, everyone in the room becomes
her extended family.
Ms. Nahary said the audience for the concerts includes
not only JCC members but also people who have never
been here before or who come only for the concert. They
wait all year for the announcements and they start calling immediately. In fact, she said, we have a waiting list.
In Bergen County we have a large senior population,
Ms. Nahary said; for many of them, Yiddish is the language they heard at home and it resonates with them.
They hear a concert, have lunch, and go back in time,
remembering their parents.
Its more than just a concert, she said.
Not everyone who comes to the concert speaks Yiddish,
Who: The Kaplen JCC on the Palisades presents
What: The Esther and Julius Adler Semi-Annual Yiddish Concert featuring Tony- nominated director and
international concert artist Eleanor Reissa
When: Wednesday, October 21, at 11:30am
Where: Kaplen JCC on the Palisades, 411 East Clinton
Avenue, Tenafly
Admission is free; lunch is provided
For more information, call Judith
Nahary at (201) 408-1450 or email her at jnahary@
jccotp.org
but that isnt relevant. Theres an energy and happiness in

the room. The overall emotional connection comes alive.
Indeed, she noted, attendees often sing along, and some
get up to dance. They find room, she said.
The Taub children daughter Judy Gold and sons Ira
and Steven have attended the concerts from the beginning and have brought their own children to listen, learn,
and help out. Ira Taub is a member of the JCC board, as is
Stevens wife, Benay.
We always go. Its meaningful to us, Ms. Taubs sons
said during a conference call. We grew up hearing Yiddish from our grandparents.
In addition, they said, their grandparents were steeped
in Yiddishkeit and determined to instill that same love for
their heritage in their children. To keep that spirit alive,
their mother decided to create Yiddish concerts for senior
citizens that would, Ms. Nahary said, pay tribute to her
parents love of Yiddishkeit and provide something meaningful for the community at the same time.
Ms. Taubs children said the concerts give attendees a
wonderful afternoon. They think about their childhood
and it brings back memories of youth. Attendees, they
said, react strongly to the songs, whether they sing along,
get up and dance, clap, or sometimes cry.
While there is a space limitation, the brothers said they
would like to see more children at these events. Its nice
for our kids to try to understand how we grew up, they
said. They noted as well that its very special for our mom
when she sees the satisfaction glowing from the audience.
When people have tried to thank her, they said, she tells
them that seeing their happiness is thanks enough. We
watch her at the concerts, one of the brothers said. It
brings her back to another time. She had sweet memories
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of her past and of her family and others. My father felt the
same way when he was around.
Performers at the semi-annual Yiddish concerts have
included the Hester Street Troupe, Zalmen Mlotek, Adrienne Cooper, Laura Wexler, the Golden Land Trio, Avram
Grobard, Ron Eliron, Hal Jeffrin, and comedian Modi.
According to a statement from the JCC, Octobers performer, Eleanor Reissa, appeals to a wide audience, and
her performance is sure to have the JCC crowd singing and
dancing in the aisles even if they dont speak a word of
Yiddish.
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emblematic of how missing or misleading

context distorts public perceptions of the
recent upsurge in violence in the region
mostly to Israels disadvantage.
No media in Europe have recognized
whos attacking whom, to my knowledge, said Simon Plosker, the Israelbased managing editor of HonestReporting.com, which monitors international
news coverage of Israel. Palestinians
who are carrying out the attacks are
being portrayed as victims who are presumably being driven to desperate measures by Israeli policies.
On the website of Londons Daily Mail, a
right-leaning tabloid, the Afula footage was
presented under the headline Amateur
footage shows Palestinian woman executed in Afula, though executed later
was changed to shot. The paper posted
39 seconds of the video. That was enough
to show the standoff with Abed, but not
enough to see that Abed was still alive after
being shot.
The BBC also changed a headline in its
coverage of the recent violence. The story
was about a Palestinian who was killed by
Israeli security forces after stabbing two

Israelis to death. Initially the headline read
Palestinian shot dead after Jerusalem
attack kills two. Following complaints, the
BBC changed it to Jerusalem: Palestinian
kills two Israelis in Old City.
Salomon Bouman, a former Israel correspondent for NRC Handelsblad, a daily
considered to be the Netherlands newspaper of record, attributed the problem
in Europe to a scaling back of coverage of
Israel in general.
The extent of reporting on Israel has
diminished considerably in Europe
because of local problems, such as the
refugee issue, Bouman said. And while
concern over the arrival of hundreds of
thousands of Muslims resulted in more
sympathy for Israel on the one hand, the
de-prioritization of news about Israel leads
to shorter pieces with less context, which
to some extent comes at Israels expense in
the final product.
During the last wave of Israeli-Palestinian violence, in 2014, coverage in Europe
was more balanced than it has been of late,
Plosker said. During the earlier round,
European and other foreign journalists
reported extensively at least initially
on the targeting of Israeli civilians by

Hamas, which clearly was portrayed as
the aggressor.
But in coverage of the recent spate of
attacks much of it perpetrated by lone
Palestinians armed with knives rather than
organized terror groups perpetrators
are not seen as affiliated with either Fatah
or Hamas, just desperate people who
are being portrayed as taking desperate
actions with the only weapons they have
access to, Plosker said.
Compared to the European media,
American news coverage has been more
mixed, Plosker said. Some U.S. media
reported what Plosker deemed an accurate cause-and-effect scheme, but others
Palestinians
who are
carrying out
the attacks
are being
portrayed as
victims
SIMON PLOSKER
led with headlines that emphasized Palestinian assailants as victims. On October 10,
the Los Angeles Times website carried the
headline Four Palestinian Teens Killed In
Israeli Violence, which later was changed
to 6 Palestinians dead as violence grips
Gaza, Jerusalem.
In Norway, the online edition of the
countrys second-largest newspaper,
Verdens Gang, informed its readers on
October 10 that a Palestinian was killed
in East Jerusalem in the headline of an
article that also noted that the Palestinian
had died while stabbing a Jew.
Other recent headlines in leading Norwegian media included 2 teenagers killed
by Israeli forces, 20 Palestinians died in
October and 2 knife attacks committed
on Friday.
To Eric Argaman, a pro-Israel activist
from Oslo, the trend in coverage shows
that some European media outlets will do
anything to fit the facts to an enshrined
narrative of Israeli aggression.
I dont blame Norwegians for being
one of the most anti-Israel countries in
Europe, Argaman said. The right to the
truth has been robbed from the public.

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Despite terror wave, 65 North American olim

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Despite the current wave of terror attacks against Israelis in recent days, 65 new immigrants, or olim, from
the United States and Canada landed in Israel Wednesday morning. They arrived via El Al Israel airlines on a
Nefesh BNefesh group aliyah flight which was facilitated
in cooperation with Israels Ministry of Aliyah & Immigrant Absorption, the Jewish Agency for Israel, Keren
Kayemeth LeIsrael, and JNF-USA.
The immigrants, who range in age from 10 months to
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New Jersey, Illinois, and Maine.
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women who are volunteering to serve in the Israel
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We are truly inspired that despite the extremely difficult times Israel is currently experiencing, olim are
undeterred and are still making aliyah. They are coming
not only with the desire to build their homes and lives in
Israel but to express that modern-day Zionism is thriving
while displaying their deep responsibility towards the
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Their choice to leave a comfortable life and move to
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We are proud to accompany each immigrant through
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Lb
Lb
Traditional Only
62
$
FOR
lb.
Chicken
Cutlets
$ 19
Beef
Stew
55
$
Fresh
Family Pack
Whole
Chicken
Pink Meat
Grapefruits
MARKET
Cedar Markets Meat Dept. Prides Itself On Quality, Freshness And Affordability. We Carry The Finest Cuts Of Meat And
The Freshest Poultry... Our Dedicated Butchers Will Custom Cut Anything For You... Just Ask!
Fresh
Sweet
Cello
Mushrooms
10 lb Bags
FOR
Snow White
Green
Cabbage
Cello
Onions
6 $2
lb.
Sunday Super Savers! Farm Fresh Locally Grown
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at:
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use of the recipient and their household members. Card is not transferable. We reserve the right to
change or rescind the terms and conditions of the Cedar Market loyalty program at any time, and
without notice. By using this card, the cardholder signifies his/her agreement to the terms &
conditions for use. Not to be combined with any other Discount/Store Coupon/Offer. *Loyalty Card
must be presented at time of purchase along
with ID for verification. Purchase cannot be
reversed once sale is completed.
CEDAR MARKET
Sweet
Tangerines
29
lb.
lb.
New Crop!
Local
Carrots
49
49
Loyalty
Program
ORGANIC ORGANIC ORGANIC
YOUR
CHOICE!
Farm Fresh Locally Grown

Squash-Acorn, Butternut,
Red Delicious CHOICE!
YOUR Spaghetti or Kabucha
CEDAR MARKET
ORGANIC ORGANIC ORGANIC
PRODUCE
Sunday Super Savers!
Fine Foods
Great Savings
3.75 OZ.
FOR
Lb
Save On!
Pillsbury
All Purpose
Flour
5 LB.
2 $5
24
$
2 3
$
FOR
Dole
Whole
Strawberries
16 OZ
$ 99
HOMEMADE DAIRY
10 Inch
Pizza
499
EACH
$ 99
EACH
BAKERY
Save On!
Ortega Chocolate
Taco Babka
Shells
5.8 OZ.
$ 79
Of Tov
$ 99
10.8 OZ
LB.
Check Out Our New

Line of Cooked Fish
FOR
$ 99
Birds Eye
Steamfresh Mixed
Vegetables
$ 99
Manischewitz Baked
Tam Tams Ziti
9.65 OZ.
LB.
Mahi Mahi
Fillets
Original or
Everything
Yummy Numbers
Chicken Nuggets
1199
FOR
Amnons
Pizza
Original
36 OZ
Save On!
Scottish Salmon
32 OZ
Yonis Cheese
Tortellini
15 OZ
$ 99
Golden
Pierogies
2 $6
16 OZ
FOR
$ 49
20 oz.
Tiramisu
Cake
$ 49
Dairy
Cheese
Florets
5 inch
$ 99
14 OZ
PROVISIONS
Aarons
Smoked
Turkey
4 OZ
2 $4
FOR
Empire
Chicken Franks
16 OZ
2 $4
FOR
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