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Sometimes the face of evil is so stark, so naked, that its hard
not to recoil at its ugliness. Last weeks attacks in Paris were
evil cru-el and sadistic. They were perpetrat-ed by bloodthirsty
murderers who kill in the name of their religion. One wit-ness said
that he saw the face of one of the terrorists and although he
looked young, his eyes were empty, hollow, and frightening. It
wasnt the face of a madman; it was the countenance of someone whose
deepest desire was to inflict pain, suffering and mass mur-der.
That is evil.
Throughout history, evil has reared its head but the face is not
always the same. Just a few decades ago, it looked like the Nazis;
a few years earlier it was the Cossacks; and before that it was the
Crusades. We can never understand how such evil can exist. We can
never under-stand how people can justify and enjoy killing. One
thing we can understand and believe is that history has proven time
and time again that evil does not prevail. Yes, evil is frightening
and it is powerful but up to a point. We know that there will come
a time when this evil will be destroyed and we hope that we will
see that time soon.
The world was created with two op-posing, equal forces. Evil has
its ad-versary in Good. Although evil may scream from the headlines
and seems to make the loudest noise, Good is just as powerful. But
Good is not as loud. It whispers as it helps others, cares for
others, comforts others. It softly tip-toes as it brings happiness
and joy and contentment. But despite its gentle-ness, it is strong.
And yes, we believe it will ultimately be the force that will see
victory in the end.
I think that in the wake of terror it is easy to point fingers
and pontificate on what needs to be done. Most of us, though, are
not the ones who will de-cide to bomb our enemies, bring them to
trial, or raze their homes. But we can quietly, softly bring more
Good into the world. We can care for one another and reach out to
each other. We can be-come more thoughtful, more consider-ate, more
understanding. We have the power to make Good even stronger.
On Chanukah, we see that a lit-tle light can illuminate a whole
room. When we do Good we can hopefully brighten the world.Wishing
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Dear Editor,Your new dating dialogue column
is a great twist on the generic shid-duch columns that have been
circulat-ing in our community. I like how each person involved has
their own per-spective and adds their own insight into the question
presented.
Looking forward to reading next weeks question!A Reader
Dear Editor,The media is up in arms about
protesters at University of Missouri who are pouting that people
arent paying attention to their plight af-ter the horrific massacre
in Paris last week. If anyone thought they were sincere about their
situation, you can look at this to see that its all about petty,
immature people trying to insti-gate and brew up controversy. These
students were never told their place in life; they were never told
that its not respectful to shout and castigate others just because
you feel that you are slighted. Sadly, the way the col-lege is
handling it is showing these students that if they throw a tantrum,
people will give into their demands. At some point theyll have to
join the real world and realize that life doesnt and shouldnt work
that way.
But I wanted to bring up another point. Prime Minister
Netanyahu, when speaking about the tragic events in Paris last
week, equated it with the terror going on in Israel. I agree with
Netanyahu: terror is being perpetrat-
ed by terrorists in the Holy Land and 129 people were killed by
terrorists in Paris. But I felt that his comments were distasteful.
Didnt his mother ever tell him that when someone is in pain you
dont bring up your painful circumstances? A person should lis-ten,
empathize, and extend sympathy. But dont try to match your pain
with theirs. That is not only not comfort-ing; it is almost
considered rude.Sincerely,Jay BergsteinKew Gardens, NY
Dear Editor,The attacks in Paris remind us
that evil is alive in this world. Sadly, I feel that there are
still those around us who are nave or maybe they wish that we can
turn back time and go to a place when this type of evil did not
ex-ist. Its important for us to be vigilant. You know the adage, If
you see some-thing, say something. Its now more important than ever
to do just that.
In Israel, because they are unfor-tunately surrounded by those
who hate them, they live their lives look-ing over their shoulders.
And many attacks were thwarted because con-cerned citizens or
authorities noticed something that didnt look right.
Now many presidential candi-dates are saying that the United
States should only accept Christian refugees because terrorists
around the world are generally Muslim. I think back to just a few
decades ago when some of
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR 8
COMMUNITY
Readers Poll 8
Community Happenings 42
NEWS
Global 13
National 25
Odd-but-True Stories 33
Terror in Paris by Susan Schwamm 102
ISRAEL
Israel News 18
Filling their Bellies; Warming their Souls by Baila Rosenbaum
94
Smiling Through the Pain: A Conversation with Eli Borochov as He
Heals after a Terrorist Attack 78
PEOPLE
Remembering Yisroel Simcha Possick ah 80
Yisroel Simcha Possick ah: A Life of Giving 81
Dinner for Five Thousand Plus, Please! How Chabad Prepares for
the Annual Kinus Shluchim by Malky Lowinger 98
Submarines: Ruling the Oceans Depths, Part III by Avi Heiligman
128
PARSHA
Rabbi Wein 84
The Shmuz 85
JEWISH THOUGHT
What Can I Do? by Rabbi Jonathan Gewirtz 86
JEWISH HISTORY
The Infamous Case of the Get of Cleves, Part I by Rabbi Pini
Dunner 90
HALACHA
Birchas Habanim by Rabbi Moishe Dovid Leibovits 88
PARENTING
How Parents Can Speak to Children of all Ages about Tragedy by
Dr. Hylton Lightman 101
Anger, Part III by Rabbi Daniel Staum, LMSW 122
HEALTH & FITNESS
Working with Teens A Fourth Way by Deb Hirschhorn, PhD 124
FOOD & LEISURE
The Aussie Gourmet: Shakshuka 116
LIFESTYLES
Dating Dialogue, Moderated by Jennifer Mann, LMSW 118
Show Me the Money! by Rabbi Mordechai Kruger 127
From My Private Art Collection 134
Your Money 140
You Say Tomato, You Say Tomahto by Rivki Rosenwald, Esq., CLC
142
HUMOR
Centerfold 82
Uncle Moishy Fun Page 130
Rockys Rant: Brooklyn Blues 132
POLITICAL CROSSFIRE
Notable Quotes 108
The Most Revealing Debate Yet by Charles Krauthammer 112
Dont Feed the Islamic State Narrative by Michael Gerson 114
CLASSIFIEDS 135
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our brothers and sisters were turned away because America had
strict im-migration quotas at that time. I would hate to do that
same wrong to others who are not deserving of it. So, no, I dont
think we should only allow Christian refugees onto our shores. (And
who is to say that members of Al Qaeda or ISIS wont pose as
Christians to be allowed entry.) But I do think that as a country
that is rightfully con-cerned with the safety and security of our
citizens, we should thoroughly vet those who are seeking refuge
here. There is nothing wrong with being cautious. And I know that
those ref-ugees who do find their homes in the United States will
also appreciate our vigilance when they see they can live safe
lives here. Sincerely,Aliza S.
Dear Editor,Your son has cancer! Those were
the dreaded words my wife and I were told in November 2001.
Our son, now a healthy twenty-two year old, was cured through
the grace of Hashem and with the participa-tion of our doctors and
friends but our efforts continue to support Chai
Lifeline.Throughout our ordeal, Chai Life-
line stood by our side and helped Jo-nah and us tremendously
from pro-viding our children with big brothers and sisters,
emotional support, pro-viding us with home-cooked meals in the
hospital and sending Jonah to Camp Simcha, in the mountains where
he always had a blast.
Children with serious illness face a host of challenges on
numerous fronts, challenges that immeasurably compound the
difficulty of their ar-duous struggle to combat the disease itself.
Chai Lifeline is a not-for-prof-it organization dedicated to
helping children suffering from serious ill-ness as well as their
family members.
As the father of a child who had cancer, I can never do enough
to help the organization that was by our side during the entire
ordeal. Chai Lifeline addresses the full spectrum of needs, from
logistical to social, recreational to psychological. Chai Lifeline
reach-es out not only to patients, but also to parents, siblings,
classmates, school faculty, and the community as well.
It has been a few years since I last ran in the ING Miami
Marathon, because of knee injuries. Now after two surgeries and
with my new knee,
I cant wait to run again to help the families of Chai
Lifeline.
As a hakoras hatov (means of showing my gratitude) while
run-ning the marathon on behalf of Chai Lifeline, I hope to raise
more than $30,000 by race day. I hope you will help me reach this
goal by making a generous tax-deductible donation. Your support is
a critical part of this effort and I know that together we can make
a difference to these chil-dren. All donations are 100%
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Thank you for supporting me, and in doing so, helping children
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Dear Editor,The state of our countrys nation-
al security is severely perilous. The interminable tide of
illegal immi-gration is unconscionableyet still endorsed by the
various presidential candidates. Perpetuating our culture and
language and promoting a policy of integration will ensure our
con-tinuity as a nation. The 20th century commenced a massive wave
of legal immigration through Ellis Islandan estimated 24 million
personsinto the U.S. But Ellis Island was merely a waiting room as
in a doctors officeintensive background checks and screening were
performed on all new-comers. Entry to Ellis Island did not
constitute entry to the U.S.many were denied admittance. After this
colossal influx of immigrants, legal immigration was suspended pro
tem-pore for about 20 years, so the new-comers could integrate
themselves into American society by learning English and embracing
the American
culture. Now we have millions of illegal
immigrants in the U.S. and some of the candidatessuch as Marco
Rubio and Jeb Bushadvocate amnesty to assuage the issue. Were
unceasingly assailed for not being compassionate towards
immigrants, since we are a nation of immigrants, right? Actually,
were a nation of American citizens; Senator Ted Cruz said so
eloquently in an interview with Fox News an-chor Sean Hannity that,
in terms of the economic consequences of illegal immigration,
Theres nothing com-passionate about giving away jobs from American
citizens to illegal im-migrants. Even more paramount are the human
consequences of unfet-tered immigration. According to the Texas
Department of Public Safety, in its 2013 Threat Overview report,
since 2008in Texas aloneover 2,000 American citizens were killed by
ille-gal immigrants. Likewise, we are im-porting thousands of
Syrian migrants into the countryeven though only 1 in 5 are
actually Syrianand FBI di-rector James Comey testified before
Congress that is nearly impossible to vet even most of the
migrants, since most birth records and other signif-icant
information have either been lost or destroyed in the ongoing civil
war in that region, and Syrias civic institutions are almost
non-opera-tional. (It is noteworthy that one of the terrorists in
last weeks heinous and hideous Paris attack was a mi-grant posing
as a refugee.)
If were serious and candid about protecting American citizensour
primary concernit is cardinal that we seal our borders, expatriate
illegal immigrants to their home country, temporarily demur legal
immigra-tion, assimilate those here legally, reject the immigration
viewpoints of Rubio and Bush, and instead embrace those of Ted Cruz
and Donald Trump, in order to preserve and protect our beloved
country, the United States of America. Sincerely,Rafi Metz
Continued from 8
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The Week In News
Bombings in Beirut Claim 44 Lives
Seven out of the eleven people who were arrested for last weeks
Beirut bombings are from Syria. 44 people were killed in the
attacks whose original target was a hospital, officials said. The
Islamic State ter-ror group claimed responsibility for the attacks
which hit a busy shop-ping street in a mostly Shiite Hez-bollah
area in Beirut, Lebanon.
The detained include seven Syr-ians and two Lebanese, one of
them a (would-be) suicide bomber and the other a trafficker who
smuggled them across the border from Syria, Interior Minister Nuhad
Mashnuq related. The whole suicide bomb-ing network and its
supporters were arrested in the 48 hours following the explosion,
Mashnuq added, calling the arrests an extraordinary achievement. He
said the seven Syrians were detained in a Pales-tinian refugee
camp. Security forc-es arrested the Lebanese would-be suicide
attacker in the northern port city of Tripoli after he had failed
to detonate his suicide belt.
The initial plan was apparently to send five suicide bombers to
a hos-pital in the neighborhood, but heavy security forced them to
change the target to a densely populated area of the capital.
Mashnuq hinted that he expect-ed further attacks: When they send
five suicide attackers to one place, it means ... it wont be the
last. Sadly, it seems he was correct. Just days after his
statement, 129 people were killed in multiple attacks in Paris.
The Beirut blasts were the first
to target a Hezbollah-dominated neighborhood since mid-2014,
af-ter a string of such attacks rocked the city in 2013 and 2014.
Those ex-plosions were ostensibly in revenge for Hezbollahs
military support for regime forces in neighboring Syr-ias civil
war. Last weeks attacks were the largest ISIS attack ever in
Lebanon and among the deadliest bombings to hit the volatile
country in decades.
Kenyan Troops Involved in Smuggling Ring
Kenyan troops stationed in So-malia are allegedly involved in a
$400 million sugar smuggling ring that also involves the militant
group Al-Shabab, according to a report by investigative journalists
in Kenya.
The report, issued on Thursday by the Nairobi Journalists for
Jus-tice group, accuses Kenyan Defense Forces (KDF) stationed in
Somalia of illegally taxing every bag of sug-ar and every piece of
charcoal that leaves the Somali port of Kismayo. Al-Shabab, which
is based in Soma-lia but frequently launches attacks in Kenya, also
has a sizeable stake in the racket.
KDF forces are currently sta-tioned in Somalia as part of the
Af-rican Union Mission in Somalia, a 22,000-strong peacekeeping
mis-sion trying to stabilize the country and disrupt Al-Shababs
activities. Nevertheless, Al-Shabab still man-aged to launch an
attack in April on Garissa University in Kenya, killing 148
people.
The Kenyan government dis-missed the report, with a
spokes-person calling it absolute garbage, according to Reuters
Africa.
The reports findings are based on interviews with United Nations
officials and current Kenyan mili-tary officers. Supposedly,
150,000 tons of sugar enter Kenya illegally via Kismayo each year.
The scheme is worth between $200 million and $400 million, the
report states, and
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the KDF, Al-Shabab and the admin-istration of Jubalandan
autonomous region in southern Somalia all have substantial stakes
in the profits.
The report also accuses Kenyan forces of extensive human rights
vi-olations and of conducting airstrikes in Somalia that target
civilians rath-er than Al-Shabab training camps.
The corruption and human rights abuses undermine Kenyas goals in
Somalia, provide funds and propaganda to Al-Shabab, and ulti-mately
result in the deaths of hun-dreds of innocent Kenyans, the re-port
concludes.
A spokesperson for the Kenyan army, Colonel David Obonyo,
denied
all the allegations and rejected the notion that the military
was coop-erating with Al-Shabab in the sugar or charcoal trade. How
can you sit down with [Al-Shabab] one minute, and the next you are
killing each oth-er? said one official.
Police Foil Attack Planned for Europe
An Islamic State terror plan was foiled by police last
Thursday.
Seventeen arrest warrants were issued and 13 people were
detained in Italy, Britain and Norway, according to Eurojust, the
EUs Judicial Coop-eration Unit. The group was planning to kidnap
diplomats and carry out attacks to try to spring its leader out of
detention in Norway. The other wanted suspects were believed to be
fighting in Iraq or Syria for the Islam-ic State (IS) group,
according to Ital-ian police, who led the operation.
Giuseppe Governale of the Italian polices Special Operations
Group told journalists the operation had dismantled an integrated
cell that included in addition to Italy Brit-ain, Norway, Finland,
Switzerland and Germany. The sting on the cell, which was
affiliated with IS, was the most important police operation in
Europe in the last twenty years.
Investigators said the network was attempting to free
Norway-based fundamentalist preacher Najmuddin Ahmad Faraj also
known as Mullah Krekar who is listed as a terrorist by the United
States and United Na-tions. Krekar has been serving time on and off
since 2012. He was freed in January after completing his sen-tence
for intimidation and death threats, but rearrested at the end of
February for inciting crime. Krekar founded the radical Islamist
group Ansar al-Islam, but insists he has not led it since 2002.
The network developed on the dark web, little-known [Internet]
platforms that we have managed to penetrate, Governale said, adding
that the swoop has allowed police to spoil a process of
recruitment, of sending [fighters] into combat abroad. The network
was about to continue sending many other ji-hadists abroad; it was
about to carry out attacks, including suicide bomb-ings, to try to
free their chief, Mullah Krekar.
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Norways Justice Minister Anders Anudsen said Italy had requested
Krekars extradition but Oslo would first need assurances that Italy
would not send Krekar to Iraq. If granted, the extradition would be
done as quickly as possible, he said.
Italy said the arrests were the cul-mination of an investigation
dubbed Jweb launched in 2010 after the discovery of a website
called jar-chive, which contained material related to Al-Qaeda and
its affiliate organizations. A probe led first to Kurdish Iraqi
Abdul Rahman Nauroz, who visited the site and showed clear signs of
radicalization, after which investigators wire-tapped his phone and
discovered a network of people headed by Krekar.
Rouhani: U.S. Should Apologize
Iranian President Hassan Rou-hani says that the United States
and Iran could have a better relationship as long as the U.S.
apologizes for past behavior. Rouhani, who championed the July 14
deal, has pushed for closer
engagement with the West since his 2013 landslide election
win.
However, Irans top authority, Su-preme Leader Ayatollah Ali
Khame-nei, has continued to rule out normal-izing ties with the
Great Satan, as he routinely calls the United States. In a recent
interview, Rouhani suggested that the United States and Iran could
open embassies in each others capi-tals after decades of mutual
hostility, but said Washington should apolo-gize, without going
into further de-tail. One day these embassies will re-open but what
counts is behavior and the Americans hold the key to this.
Tehran and Washington severed ties shortly after the 1979
Islamic rev-olution when radical students seized the U.S. embassy
in Tehran and held 52 Americans hostage for over a year.
Relations came under further pres-sure in the last decade over
Irans nu-clear ambitions.
Under the nuclear deal reached in July, Iran will curb its
nuclear program in exchange for an easing of sanctions on its
economy. Tehran denied Western suspicions it wants to develop an
atomic bomb.
Khamenei, who has the final say on all state matters, gave his
condi-tional approval to the deal with six world powers including
the United States, but has warned against allow-ing any U.S.
political or economic in-fluence on Iran.
Jihadi John Targeted In Airstrike
Months of planning and tracking led to the bombing and assumed
kill-ing of Mohammed Emwazi, a.k.a. Ji-hadi John.
Last week, two U.S. and one Brit-ish MQ-9 Reaper drones cruised
above Raqqa, the Syrian heart of the Islamic States self-declared
caliph-ate. Two people were seen getting into a car. One of those
observed was Mohammed Emwazi, the Brit-ish computer programming
graduate who catapulted to infamy in August 2014 when he presented
the behead-ing of American journalist James Fo-ley, the first of
several grisly videos in which he presided over the behead-ings of
foreign hostages.
Brandishing a knife, dressed head to toe in black, and speaking
with a London accent, Emwazi became known as Jihadi John, the most
po-tent symbol of ISISs brutality and a high-value target for U.S.
and British intelligence agencies. U.S. officials said the U.S. and
British military op-eration to kill Emwazi had been in the works
well before the drones finally unleashed their missiles.
U.S. and British agencies had tracked the Islamic State
propagan-dist and executioner for months be-fore delivering
information on his movements and location to the U.S. military,
officials said. The subse-quent U.S. and British operation
unfolded quickly. Two missiles de-stroyed the car targeted in
the strike.
Were 100 percent sure the guy we hit is dead. We are reasonably
sure the dead guy is Jihadi John, said one U.S. official, speaking
on condition of anonymity. The strike illustrates an apparent
improvement in Western intelligence gathering over the past year or
more in a rugged region where reliable on-the-ground information is
scarce and where the United States has struggled to infiltrate the
extrem-ist group.
The attack on Emwazi follows a series of strikes by the United
States and Britain against other relatively well-known British
recruits to the Is-lamic State movement. In August, a man from
Birmingham regarded as one of Islamic States top computer experts,
Junaid Hussain, was killed in a U.S. drone strike. Around the same
time, two other British recruits to Is-lamic State, Reyyad Khan and
Ruhul Amin, were killed by drone strikes launched by British
forces.
Jewish Man Stabbed in Milan
A Chareidi man wearing a yar-mulke was attacked with a knife
last week in the heart of Milan, Italy. Na-tan Graf was stabbed 75
feet from his home, leading police to boost security at the citys
Jewish sites.
Natan, a husband and father in his forties who holds Israeli
citizenship, was stabbed nine times after leaving the kosher
restaurant Carmel on his way home. Thankfully, he only sus-tained
light to moderate injuries.
According to Rabbi Moshe Shaikevitz, director of Beit
Chabad-Milan Jewish Center, sev-eral young Israeli students
standing not far from the scene heard Grafs screams and came to his
aid, while the attacker, who they said appeared to be an Arab, fled
with a waiting accomplice. There is always police protection
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school, the Chabad school, syna-gogues and other Jewish
institutions, and there is also a local Jewish pro-tection group,
explained Shaikevitz. We all hope and pray nothing like this
happens again.
One of the leaders of the Jewish community in Milan, Raffaelo
Baso, said that the attack took place near our community. In the
past we re-ceived threats, but this is the first time such an
incident has occurred in Italy.
Police are prioritizing the attack as a hate crime but an
attacker has yet to be apprehended.
Tel Aviv Hearts Veggies
Tel Avivs latest recognition may not appeal to my dietary
tastes, but it still very impressive. According to Conde Nast
Traveler, Tel Aviv has
the worlds best vegetarian food. Au-thor Raphael Kadushin
describes the Israeli city as an herbivore smorgas-bord.
According to the activist group Vegan-Friendly, Israel is home
to approximately 300,000 vegans, the highest per capita vegan
population anywhere in the world. A separate survey found that 8
percent of Israe-lis are vegetarian and nearly 5 percent are
vegan.
Spending a week going meatless in Tel Aviv isnt just easy; it
lets you sample the citys best bites, Kadush-in writes. The article
lists several rec-ommended vegan and veg-friendly restaurants in
the White City, includ-ing one devoted to vegan Georgian food and
an Ethiopian vegan cafe. Vegan diets omit not just meat but all
animal products, including eggs and dairy.
So shwarma is out but falafel fits the bill.
Father and Son Tragically Slain by Palestinian Terrorists
Rabbi Yaakov Litman, 40, and his son Netanel, 18, who were
viciously killed by Palestinian terrorists out-side Otniel south of
Hebron on Fri-day afternoon, were laid to rest in Yerushalayim on
Motzei Shabbos.
Five other family members Rab-bi Litmans wife, three daughters
aged 5, 9, and 11, and a 16-year-old son suffered minor wounds. The
family was driving to the aufruf of their oldest daughters chosson
when the gunmen opened fire on their vehi-cle. All five were
lightly wounded by shrapnel and the resulting crash, but were not
shot.
Noa Litman, Rabbi Yaakovs wife, described to ordeal to Arutz
Sheva. At a curve in the road they started shooting at us, she
said. Our car was stuck on the side of the road, but the terrorist
came out to the mid-dle of the road and continued firing at us from
the front. The first bullet struck my husband Yaakov. Netanel was
driving, and Dvir, my other son, screamed, Save Aba! Save Aba! But
Yaakov did not answer back thats when I realized he was no longer
alive.
Netanel, who was still alive, opened the door to the car to try
to call emergency services. The terrorist then shot him dead. Dvir
managed to call for help.
At that moment, a Red Crescent ambulance passed by and Noa tried
to flag it down. But they refused to do anything. All they did was
tell us to call Magen David Adom and they drove on. Dvir told them
that there were injured people, but they told him in English to
call the emergency phone number 101 and they left.
As a member of the Internation-al Committee of the Red Cross,
said Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, the Red Crescent is
required to help
all people who need assistance re-gardless of their affiliation.
Failure to do so, he said, was a violation of their mission, and
Netanyahu said that Is-rael would demand answers about how and why
the ambulance left the scene without helping.
Army units have since launched an intensive search and imposed a
siege on the nearby Arab village of Yata. On Sunday, one
Palestinian was taken into custody in connection to the attack.
Following the attack, Prime Min-ister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed
to hunt down the killers and bring them to justice. We will find
these low-life murderers and we will prosecute them to the fullest
extent of the law, just as we have done in the past, Netanyahu
asserted, adding that Is-rael will continue to fight terrorism
wherever it strikes.
Speaking at the funeral, President Reuven Rivlin said even in
the face of terror we are not afraid, we do not surrender and we do
not back down. Our history is intertwined with this land. The
president praised Rab-bi Yaakov Litman for his work as a teacher,
and Netanels work as MDA volunteer.
Hamas praised the killers as he-roic, although the group did not
claim responsibility for the attack. Meanwhile, Palestinian sources
in Gaza said passersby handed out can-dy in the streets to
celebrate the mur-ders.
PA: Mossad Behind Paris Attacks
According to the Palestinian Au-thority, ISIS and Israel are
equal in how they commit terror. The PAs ruling party, Fatah,
recently showed the Palestinian flag next to the flags of Russia,
Lebanon and France in a Facebook post.
The flags refer to recent ISIS terror attacks that took place in
and against
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these countries. On October 31, a Rus-sian plane exploded in
Egypt killing 224 people. A double suicide bomb-ing in Beirut,
Lebanon, on November 12 killed 44 people and wounded over 200. Last
Friday, the attacks in Paris killed 129 and wounded over 300 in
several simultaneous shooting and suicide bombing attacks.
Terror is terror and we condemn all terror, Fatah said in a
post. Be it destroying houses in Nablus (a.k.a. Shechem) and
killing our children by Israel or hitting a Russian plane over
Egypt. The Paris attacks are criminal acts done by coward
terrorists.
Not surprisingly, an Op/Ed in the official PA daily, Al-Hayat
Al-Jadida, claimed that the Mossad orchestrated the Paris attacks,
insisting that it was a hit designed to cripple Europe for deciding
to label goods made in Ju-dea, Samaria, Jerusalem, and the Go-lan
Heights. The author added that Israel is the one benefiting from
these attacks and that they serve the goals of Israeli Prime
Minister Netanyahu, who hides in his soul enough evil to burn the
world.
Several PA officials also intimated Israel as being behind the
attacks, in-cluding Palestinian Legislative Coun-
cil member Bassam Abu Sharif, Dr. Jamal Nazzal, spokesman of
Fatah in Europe, and the spokesman for the PA National Security
Forces, Adnan Damiri.
White House Approves EUs Labeling of Jewish Products
Barack Obamas administration has voiced its approval of the
discrim-inatory EU decision to label Jewish goods from Judea,
Samaria, eastern Jerusalem and the Golan Heights. The
administration said the move is only a technical guideline and
is
not a boycott, despite the obvious as-sumption that consumers
would fol-low the labeling when choosing what products to buy.
U.S. State Department spokes-person Mark Toner said, We do not
believe that labeling the origin of products is equivalent to a
boycott. And as you know, we do not consider settlements to be part
of Israel. We do not view labeling the origin of prod-ucts as being
from the settlements as a boycott of Israel. Despite Toners words,
an expert at NGO Monitor has revealed that the move is the first
step in a planned total boycott of Is-rael based on the stated
goals of the groups who brought about the label-ing.
The U.S. had been slightly vague before the decision by the EU,
with Toner saying the U.S. opposes boycot-ting Israel but that the
EUs position shouldnt come as a surprise given Israels continued
presence in its Bib-lical heartland of Judea and Samaria. Toner
also said, We understand the objective is to provide EU consumers
correct information on the origin of products, as required by EU
law. The EU has made clear that measures are not a boycott, and the
EU has also
made very clear that they oppose boy-cotts against Israel. EU
guidelines for products that are sold in EU countries are for the
EU to determine.
Toner went further by saying the U.S. similarly labels imports
from Ju-dea and Samaria, noting such prod-ucts must be marked
products of the West Bank, although there is no distinction between
Jewish and Arab products, as is the case with the EU.
Israel reacted to the recent an-nouncement by the EU by pointing
out the discriminatory nature of the EU labeling, with many noting
that there are hundreds of territorial dis-putes around the globe
which have not been targeted for labeling or boy-cotts by the EU,
such as in Western Sahara, Tibet, and northern Cyprus.
Three Israelis on Impressive MIT List
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Cigall Kadoch, and Rikky Muller all satisfy the main criteria of
the pres-tigious Boston-based university as people who are driving
the next generation of technological break-throughs.
Since 1999, MITs 35 Innovators Under 35 list has selected young
in-novators whose work, the university believes, has great
potential to trans-form the world. The awards, which cover fields
such as biotechnology, materials, computer hardware, ener-gy,
transportation, communications and the web, were presented last
week at EmTech, the annual confer-ence of the MIT Technology
Review.
Evrony was recognized for his work developing a new way to look
at brain cells analyzing the DNA of single neurons in order to
under-stand how they mutate and how the brain grows and develops.
The tech-
nology has shown that every persons brain is sprinkled with
countless ge-netic mutations invisible to prior research, which may
help explain some of the many neurologic and psychiatric diseases
whose causes are not known, Evrony explained.
A graduate of MIT, Evrony com-pleted Harvard Medical Schools
MD-PhD program where he worked in the laboratory of Christopher
Walsh, chief of genetics and genom-ics at Boston Childrens
Hospital. There he developed a way to read the tiny amount of DNA
inside single brain cells, which led to a surprising discovery that
every neuron in a persons brain contains many genet-ic mutations
that occur as the brain develops in the womb and through-out
life.
Early during his studies, Evrony managed to take off three years
to serve in the IDFs Intelligence Divi-sion, in the Israeli armys
elite com-munications and technology group whose graduates have
made a huge impact on the Israeli start-up scene. It was there I
realized I could do this kind of work, where I was en-couraged to
think outside the box and learned the power of technology
innovation, Evrony said.
Rikky Muller and her colleagues are focused on developing
innovative medical devices to study and treat neurological
disorders. Under her leadership, Cortera Neurotechnolo-gies, a
company she co-founded, is a key contributor to a DARPA program
aimed at developing neurotechnolo-gy as a therapy to treat
neuropsy-chiatric disorders such as major de-pressive disorder and
posttraumatic stress disorder.
Cigall Kadoch, while completing her PhD at Stanford, discovered
a link between a genome regulator in cells called the BAF protein
complex and a rare cancer called synovial sarcoma. She and
colleagues later showed that mutations of BAF are involved in at
least 20 percent of hu-man cancers, opening the door for research
on drugs that target mutat-ed BAFs.
Got Milk?
Children who do not drink enough milk will be 1.5 inches
short-er than they could be, according to a new Israeli study. Dr.
Tali Sinai from the School of Nutritional Sci-ences at Hebrew
Universitys Faculty of Agriculture conducted the study together
with the Assaf Harofeh Medical Center.
The research was conducted on 100 twenty-year-old subjects.
Twen-ty is the age almost everyone has already reached their full
growth potential. Some of the subjects were allergic to milk and
had therefore never consumed it, while the rest drank milk
regularly. According to Dr. Sinai, a clinical dietician, the
re-search findings determined unequiv-ocally that the subjects who
never consumed milk were shorter than the ones who consumed the
product. The study further found that those who did not drink milk
were shorter than the general average in the pop-ulation.
The heights of the parents of the subjects who have never drank
milk were also analyzed. Sinai found that the parents, who have
been drinking milk all their lives, were 4 centime-ters taller than
their children, on
average. In other words, if their chil-dren had drank milk, they
would be a few centimeters taller, according to the research. Some
of these children are even 10 centimeters shorter than their
parents, Dr. Sinai points out. These are clear statistical
differenc-es. Its not a coincidence.
Milk is a source of energy, of high-quality biological protein,
of vital fatty acids, of vitamins and of minerals, which are all
concentrated in one type of food, Sinai explained. Children who
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Israel Bans Islamic Movement
On Tuesday, Israel declared the northern branch of the Islamic
Move-ment in Israel an unlawful gathering, effectively outlawing
the group led by Sheikh Raed Salah. The decision, made by the
Security Cabinet, means that any person or group that official-ly
associates with the organization from now on will be subject to
crim-inal penalties, including arrest. In addition, the
organizations property can be confiscated.
Following the decision, police searched more than a dozen of the
groups offices around the country, seizing computers, files and
funds. Authorities also froze its bank ac-counts and said that 17
organizations affiliated with the party were served with orders to
close down. Police also called in several of the movements members
for questioning, including Salah, his deputy Sheikh Kamal Khat-ib,
and the organizations head of Je-rusalem and Al-Aqsa mosque
affairs, Dr. Salman Abu Ahmad.
Police and Shin Bet investigators, who gathered the evidence to
back the decision at the governments behest, will now have more
leeway in acting against the northern branch of the Is-lamic
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ered showed, among other things, the tight ideological
connection and pub-lic relationship between the northern branch of
the Islamic Movement to Hamas and the Muslim Brotherhood.
Security officials made a distinc-tion between the northern and
south-ern branches of the Islamic Move-ment. While the northern
branch is considered radical, the southern branch is considered
moderate, and has not been sanctioned.
The movements connection to Hamas was a major factor in the
Cab-inets decision. The two collaborated in joint ventures through
the north-ern branchs institutional activities, and for years, the
northern branchs activities have been funded by organi-zations
connected with Hamas.
The leader of the northern branch of the Islamic Movement,
Sheikh Raed Salah, called the decision un-acceptable, and said the
Islamic
Movement will keep on its path un-til its victory, especially on
the issue of Al-Quds (Jerusalem) and Al-Aqsa mosque.
Salah, who is set to start serv-ing an 11-month prison sentence
for inciting violence in a 2007 sermon, vowed to take all measures
to undo the governments decision.
The Security Cabinet decision was made following a series of
in-depth discussions with all relevant
legal and security elements, said Prime Minister Benjamin
Netanyahu. The goal is to stop the dangerous in-citement at home
and prevent harm to innocent life. My government will continue to
act as necessary against incitement and terrorism; at the same
time, we will continue to invest re-sources for the betterment of
Israels Arab and Jewish citizens alike.
Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan added, The State of Israel
must set an example and spearhead the fight against radical Islam,
whose messengers we witnessed slaughter-ing innocent people in
Paris, New York, Madrid and Israel.
The Islamic Movement, Hamas, ISIS, and the other terror
organi-zations have a common ideological platform that leads to
terror attacks in the world and the wave of terror attacks in
Israel. It is time we use all the tools at our disposal in the
fight against terror and those inciting to it, Erdan said.
Hamas saw the decision to out-law the northern branch of the
Is-lamic Movement in Israel as a badge of honor, but said the
decision was racist, and hurts Israeli Arabs. The terror
organization called on the in-ternational community to take
re-sponsibility for the decision.
Salah has alleged in speeches and annual rallies under the
head-ing Al-Aqsa is in Danger that Israel plans to expand its
control there.
Since 2001, the Islamic Movement has bused tens of thousands of
sup-porters to the Al-Aqsa mosque com-pound every year to
strengthen its Muslim presence. Several years ago, the movement
helped form groups of male and female activists, known as
Morabitoun loosely translat-ed as defenders of Islamic lands who
spend hours each weekday at the shrine trying to disrupt visits by
Jews. During periods of tension, po-lice at times block busloads of
Islamic Movement supporters from Jerusa-lem. Earlier this year,
Israel outlawed three associations suspected of fund-ing the
Morabitoun and later declared the groups illegal.
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they step foot in Spain after a judge there issued an arrest
warrant stem-ming from a deadly 2010 Gaza flotil-la raid; Israel is
dismissing the move as a provocation.
In the 2010 incident, a group of human rights activists which
in-cluded members affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood boarded
sev-eral aid ships to try and break an Israeli naval blockade of
the Gaza Strip. Israels navy was able to stop several of the ships
without incident, but its commandos were attacked when boarding the
Mavi Marmara, leaving 10 activists dead in an ensu-ing gun
battle.
Three Spanish nationals who were onboard the ship then sued
Netanyahu and other Israeli gov-ernment officials, who at the time
made key security decisions for Is-rael. Among the officials are
former Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman; Moshe Yaalon and Ehud
Barak, the former defense ministers; former Interior Minister Eli
Yishai; former Intelligence Minister Dan Meridor; and Bennie Begin,
minister-with-out-portfolio.
A judge in Spains National Court in 2010 determined that the
coun-try no longer has the authority to file lawsuits in
international inci-dents and referred the case to the International
Criminal Court, which dismissed it. But on Friday, Judge Jose de la
Mata found a loophole that would allow Spanish authorities to
re-open their investigation of the raid if any of the officials
enter Spain.
Its a provocation, Foreign Ministry spokesman Emmanuel Nahshon
told The Times of Israel on Tuesday. The Israeli Embassy in Madrid
is in touch with Spanish General Prosecutor in order to close the
file as promptly as possible. We hope that this will be over
soon.
If the seven officials enter Spain, a judge could question and
detain them for their alleged role in the incident. But Netanyahu
could be exempt if the Spanish government determines he has
diplomatic im-munity.
Controlling Parents More Likely to Have Obese Children
Bad habits, like constant snacking and overeating, are
contributing fac-tors to childhood obesity but a new study suggests
that caregivers par-enting style is a contributing factor as
well.
Researchers at Montreals Con-cordia University studied how
par-enting styles and social environment affect childrens risk of
obesity. Per-haps unsurprisingly, the study re-vealed that parents
play a crucial role in their childrens eating habits.
According to the study released last week, preschoolers with
author-itarian parents (described as not responsive but demanding)
were 35 percent more likely to be obese than those with
authoritative parents (described as both responsive and demanding).
For school-age chil-dren, the likelihood went up to 41 percent.
The study, Parenting style and obesity risk in children, was
pub-lished in the journal Preventative Medicine.
It could be that a controlling parenting style essentially
overrides a childs own internal satiety and self-regulation
signals, so that when the opportunity to overindulge is presented
and the child is not being monitored, the child is less able to
self-regulate, Lisa Kakinami, an as-sistant professor in Concordia
Uni-versitys Department of Mathematics and Statistics who led the
study of more than 37,000 kids, said.
Another theory is that a con-trolling style may increase stress
lev-els in the child, which has also been linked with obesity. Its
likely that the answer is not simple, and several dif-ferent
factors are likely interrelated.
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A staggering 17 percent of children ages 2 through 19 (thats
12.7 million people) are classified as obese, ac-cording to the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The World Health
Organization warns of the se-rious health risks for obese children
such as cardiovascular disease, insu-lin resistance, cancer, and
disabling degenerative joint disease.
The family environment is im-portant to help turn the tide for
the millions of kids facing an overweight future, Kakinami points
out.
Experts suggest parents loosen on up on the finish whats on your
plate demands and get more involve in eating, choosing, and serving
food. A combination of warmth, while also enforcing rules with an
open dia-logue, has been shown to be best for a childs social and
emotional develop-ment, Kakinami explains. And this research
indicates that its also good for a childs health development as
well.
Mizzou Protestors Dont Want to Share the Spotlight
Black Lives Matter and Mizzou protesters took over campuses last
week protesting racial injustice. But since Friday nights tragic
Paris at-tacks they are upset with the media. Activists and
protestors turned to Twitter to complain that the non-stop news
coverage of the Paris at-tacks and the developing IS threat is
hogging the spotlight.
Students at the University of Missouri are protesting several
ra-cial incidents they claimed were mis-handled by university
officials. Uni-versity President Tim Wolfe, who is white, was
forced to step down last week amid the controversy. Missou-ri
Student Body President Payton Head, who is black, apologized last
week after it was revealed that he
lied about a confirmed Ku Klux Klan threat on campus.
On Twitter, Mizzou protestors spoke about how their struggles
with racial oppression were being erased by the overwhelming news
coverage of the killings of 129 people at the hands of Islamic
State extrem-ists. Racist white people kill me, you want everyone
to have sympa-thy for YOUR tragedy, but you have none for ours, one
user tweeted, adding #Mizzou.
Disgusted @ white conserva-tive Americans using Paris as a see
black people, your woes here w/ us could be more extreme, but not
sur-prised, another user tweeted.
Protestors and leaders of the Black Lives Matter called racial
in-justice at college campuses acts of terrorism and drew
similarities to the attacks in Paris. Interesting how the news
reports are covering the Paris terrorist attacks but said nothing
abut the terrorist attack at #Mizzou, one user tweeted reads.
Paris attacks were terrorism. black students getting death
threats on their college campuses (A SUP-POSED SAFE SPACE!!) is
also TER-RORISM, another tweet reads.
There is no rank order to injus-tice, DeRay McKesson, a
prominent civil rights activist, tweeted. We fight for #Mizzou,
#PrayForParis, and seek justice for #SandraBland at the same
time.
In response to the outrageous, insensitive and harsh tweets, the
University of Missouri released a statement on Saturday night. Our
hearts go out to the citizens of Par-is and all those affected by
the tragic events of last night, the universi-ty said. While our
community has faced difficulties over the past week, we express our
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Want to Be Happy?
Adults and kids alike are addicted to social media and choose to
spend their time on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter instead of
doing more productive activities. The negative ef-fects seem pretty
obvious but a recent study actually proves them.
The Happiness Research Institute conducted a study involving a
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ple of 1,095 people in Denmark who were divided into two groups,
half of whom continued using Facebook while the others stopped.
We focused on Facebook because it is the social media that most
people use across age groups, Meik Wiking, HRIs chief executive
said on Tuesday in Copenhagen, the Danish capital.
The sample of people who re-frained from Facebook activity
re-ported being more satisfied with their lives after a week; 88%
described themselves as happy compared with 81 percent from the
second group. Some 84% percent said they appreciated their lives
compared with 75 percent in the other group, and only 12 percent
described them-selves as dissatisfied, compared with 20 percent
among those who contin-ued using Facebook.
In short, Facebook users are 39 percent more likely to feel less
happy than non-users is it worth it?
The group that continued to use Facebook reported no change in
so-cial life. Its been said that one needs to disconnect to
connect, and the abstainers reported having a rich-er social life
and fewer difficulties in concentrating by the end of the
ex-periment.
Instead of focusing on what we actually need, we have an
unfortu-nate tendency to focus on what other people have, the
authors of the study wrote.
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The Facts of our States Taxes
Generally people consider real es-tate, community, job
opportunities, and schools when choosing where to settle down. But
there is another factor that can greatly impact your quality of
life and your bank account. Each state regulates its own state
taxes, creating a large range of taxes across the nation.
There are several states that boast low income taxes but many
compen-sate with high property taxes. Most states allow cities and
counties to add their own sales taxes to statewide sales levies,
boosting combined sales taxes in some cities to 10% or more. Before
you turn to Zillow.com to search for a new home in these states,
keep in mind that in some circum-stances states that have
aggressively cut taxes have less money circulating for things like
social services, roads and education.
Looking to pay less state taxes? Consider these ten states with
the lowest taxes in the nation:
1. DelawareState income tax: 2.2% - 6.6% State sales tax: None2.
WyomingState income tax: NoneState sales tax: 4%3. AlaskaState
income tax: NoneState sales tax: None4. LouisianaState income tax:
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sales tax: 4%6. MississippiState income tax: 3% - 5%State sales
tax: 7%7. ArizonaState income tax: 2.59% - 4.54%State sales tax:
5.6%8. New MexicoState income tax: 1.7% - 4.9%State sales tax:
5.125%9. NevadaState income tax: NoneState Sales tax: 6.85%10.
South CarolinaState income tax: 3% - 7%State sales tax: 6%
San Fran is the Most Kind
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The network is encouraging view-ers to engage in random acts of
kind-ness, from something as simple as holding open a door to
giving some-one your seat on the bus.
A random act of kindness can be the smallest thing in the world,
but it can change everything, said TO-DAYs Hoda Kotb.
As part of NBCs mission they teamed up with chalk artist Hans
Honschar, who makes it his duty to improve New Yorkers days, one
sidewalk message at a time. Hon-
schar chalks messages around Times Square and other New York
side-walks, always drawing a large crowd.
Im always a crowd stopper, he related. People will stop in their
tracks whatever theyre doing and theyll kind of be in awe of the
human typewriter. Theyre always curious what the message will be.
Usually I let them wait until Im finished.
Kindness is the first step to great-ness. You cant have
greatness with-out being kind, Honschar said. So I always try to
keep it positive and uplifting.
Participants are sharing pictures, videos, and stories on social
media using the hashtag #ShareKindness. Each day NBC broadcasts a
tip or inspiration for kindness. On Sun-day, day 4, they revealed
the results of a poll regarding the kindest states. Participants in
the NBC News State of Kindness poll, which was conduct-ed online by
SurveyMonkey, were asked to rank some large cities in terms of
their kindness quotient a whopping 36% of survey participants
ranked New York as least kind (hey, thats not very nice!). Detroit
got 15% of the least kind vote, followed by Washington, D.C., at
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Conversely, San Francisco was
named most kind by 20% of the surveyed, followed by Dallas at
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Remember to do a random act of kindness; you never know whose
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NYU Langone Medical Center Performs Extensive Face
Transplant
The latest technology and skill in medicine is nothing short of
a mir-acle. NYU Langone Medical Center completed an extensive face
trans-plant on a volunteer firefighter who was severely injured in
a 2001 blaze.
He was badly burned on his face, skull, and much of his
neck.
The surgery took place in August, however, the patient, Patrick
Hardi-son, 41, is still undergoing physical therapy at the
hospital. Hardison and his doctors hope that he will be able to
return home to Senatobia, Mississip-pi, in time for Thanksgiving.
He will have to continue taking medications to prevent his body
from rejecting the transplant.
One of the major goals of the sur-gery was for Hardison to
regain nor-mal vision. In an interview last week he said that
hopefully this will allow him to go back to normal life. Ill start
driving again, Hardison antic-ipated.
Since the first face transplant in 2005 in France, over two
dozen have been performed. Dr. Eduardo Rodri-guez led the surgical
team that did Hardisons transplant and recently wrote a review of
the field. He claims this specific case is by far the most
extensive transplant performed suc-cessfully in terms of the amount
of tissue transferred.
The surgery was conducted on Au-gust 14 and lasted 26 hours.
There are no visible scars on Hardisons new face because the seam
of the trans-
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planted tissue runs down the back of his skull. The transplant
extends from the top of the head, over Hardisons skull and down to
the collarbones in front and in back. The transplant in-cludes a
new scalp and two ears.
The donor was 26-year-old New York artist and competitive
bicyclist David P. Rodebaugh who died when he passed away from
injuries from a biking accident on a Brooklyn street.
Hardison was tragically burned on September 5, 2001 in Senatobia
in northwestern Mississippi. At the time, he was a 27-year-old
father of three whod served for seven years as a volunteer
firefighter. He had heroically entered a burning house to search
for a woman trapped in-side. The roof collapsed, giving him
third-degree burns on his head, neck and upper torso. The injuries
were irreparable; he had lost his ears, lips, most of his nose and
virtually all of his eyelid tissue.
With no eyelids, Hardison was un-able to blink and doctors were
forced to use skin grafts to reinforce what re-mained of his
eyelids and sewed them nearly shut to protect his eyes. That left
him with only pinhole vision. I was almost totally blind, he
recalled. I could see just a little bit.
Since his injury, Hardison en-dured 71 surgeries. He did his
best to return to norma