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Five Towns yeshiva growsBy Sergey Kadinsky

The storefront yeshiva needed space. Its reputation attracted college-age and mar-ried kollel students from far and wide. Three blocks away, a rundown corner property offered an ideal possibility to expand. On May 22, hundreds gathered in Woodmere to break ground on the Yeshiva Gedollah’s future home, as prominent rabbinic leaders and elected offi cials spoke of its potential.

“We are limited in our storefront and it’s packed every night. We have all types of shi-urim,” said Woodmere resident Steven Fox, a board member at the yeshiva. “With more space, it will become a household name and a true institution.” An attorney during the day, Fox is among a number of local profes-sionals who count on the yeshiva to meet their Torah learning needs.

Though the post-high school yeshiva counts approximately 70 students within its yeshiva and kollel, the Mosher Avenue prop-erty allows for a sanctuary fi t for 200 wor-shippers, alongside classes and a dining hall. In total providing space for a 17,000 square foot building. “The yeshiva is trying to meet the demand. Right now, the shiurim happen in shuls and homes. The need is great,” said board member Motti Fox, whose son Aharon, 9, had his bris in the storefront yeshiva. On the sidewalk behind the crowded ground-breaking, a cherry picker signifi ed the ye-shiva’s other major contribution to the com-munity, the maintenance of the eruv. “Our guys out on the eruv truck at three in the

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The following are excerpts of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech de-livered to U.S. Congress this week.

“Israel has no better friend than America. And America has no bet-ter friend than Israel. We stand together to defend democracy. We stand together to advance peace. We stand together to fi ght terrorism. Con-gratulations Ameri-ca. Congratulations, Mr. President. You got bin Laden. Good rid-dance.”

“In an unstable Middle East, Israel is the one anchor of stability. In a region

of shifting alliances, Israel is America’s unwavering ally.

Israel has always been pro-American. Israel will always be pro-American.”

“My friends, you don’t need to do nation building in Israel. We’re al-ready built. You don’t need to ex-port democracy to Israel. We’ve already got it.

You don’t

need to send American troops to defend Israel. We defend ourselves. You’ve been very generous in giving us tools to do the job of defending Israel on our own. Thank you all, and thank you President Obama, for your steadfast commitment to Israel’s security. I know economic times are tough. I deeply appreciate this.”

“A nuclear-armed Iran would ignite a

nuclear arms race in the Middle East. It would give terrorists a nuclear umbrella. It would make the nightmare of nuclear ter-rorism a clear and present danger through-out the world. I want you to understand what this means. They could put the bomb anywhere. They could put it on a missile. It could be on a container ship in a port, or in a suitcase on a subway.

Now the threat to my country cannot be overstated. Those who dismiss it are

sticking their heads in the sand. Less than seven decades after six mil-

lion Jews were murdered, Iran’s leaders deny the Holocaust of the Jewish people, while call-ing for the annihilation of the Jewish state.”

“Leaders who spew such ven-om, should be banned from ev-ery respectable forum on the planet. But there is something that makes the outrage even greater: The lack of outrage. In much of the international community, the calls for our

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Bibi speaks“Jerusalem must remain

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destruction are met with utter silence. It is even worse because there are many who rush to condemn Israel for defending itself against Iran’s terror proxies.”

“Two years ago, I publicly committed to a solution of two states for two peoples: A Palestinian state alongside the Jewish state. I am willing to make painful compromises to achieve this historic peace. As the leader of Israel, it is my responsibility to lead my people to peace.”

“This is not easy for me. I recognize that in a genuine peace, we will be required to give up parts of the Jewish homeland. In Judea and Samaria, the Jewish people are not foreign occupiers. We are not the Brit-ish in India. We are not the Belgians in the Congo.”

“This is the land of our forefathers, the Land of Israel, to which Abraham brought the idea of one G-d, where David set out to con-front Goliath, and where Isaiah saw a vision of eternal peace. No distortion of history can deny the 4,000-year-old bond, between the Jewish people and the Jewish land.”

“But there is another truth: The Palestin-ians share this small land with us. We seek a peace in which they will be neither Israel’s subjects nor its citizens. They should enjoy a national life of dignity as a free, viable and independent people in their own state. They should enjoy a prosperous economy, where their creativity and initiative can fl ourish.”

“You see, our confl ict has never been about the establishment of a Palestinian state. It has always been about the existence of the Jewish state. This is what this confl ict is about. In 1947, the United Nations voted to partition the land into a Jewish state and an Arab state. The Jews said yes. The Pales-tinians said no. In recent years, the Palestin-ians twice refused generous offers by Israeli Prime Ministers, to establish a Palestinian state on virtually all the territory won by Is-rael in the Six Day War.”

“They were simply unwilling to end the confl ict. And I regret to say this: They con-tinue to educate their children to hate. They continue to name public squares after terror-ists. And worst of all, they continue to per-petuate the fantasy that Israel will one day be fl ooded by the descendants of Palestinian refugees.”

“My friends, this must come to an end. President Abbas must do what I have done. I stood before my people, and I told you it wasn’t easy for me, and I said… “I will accept

a Palestinian state.” It is time for President Abbas to stand before his people and say… “I will accept a Jewish state.” Those six words will change history. They will make clear to the Palestinians that this confl ict must come to an end. That they are not building a state to continue the confl ict with Israel, but to end it. They will convince the people of Is-rael that they have a true partner for peace. With such a partner, the people of Israel will be prepared to make a far reaching compro-mise. I will be prepared to make a far reach-ing compromise.

This compromise must refl ect the dramat-ic demographic changes that have occurred since 1967. The vast majority of the 650,000 Israelis who live beyond the 1967 lines, re-side in neighborhoods and suburbs of Jeru-salem and Greater Tel Aviv.”

“We will be very generous on the size of a future Palestinian state. But as President Obama said, the border will be different than the one that existed on June 4, 1967. Israel will not return to the indefensible lines of 1967.

As for Jerusalem, only a democratic Is-rael has protected freedom of worship for all faiths in the city. Jerusalem must never again be divided. Jerusalem must remain the united capital of Israel. I know that this is a diffi cult issue for Palestinians. But I believe with creativity and goodwill a solution can be found.”

“This is the peace I plan to forge with a

Palestinian partner committed to peace. But you know very well, that in the Middle East, the only peace that will hold is a peace you can defend.”

Arab truck driver hits Gush Etzion residentsAn Arab truck driver plowed his truck towards Israeli motorists on May 24 outside the Gush Etzion community of Neve Daniel, killing Tzomet Institute educator and author

Rabbi Uri Dasberg, 66; Elazar resident Yoch-eved Altshuler, 55; and Elana Olach, 55 of Efrat. Rabbi Dasberg served as a stepfather to two of his grandchildren after his daugh-ter and son-in-law were murdered in a 1996 terrorist attack near Bet Shemesh. Initially suspected as a terror attack, the crash was ruled an accident.

Shalit supporters block cash truck outside Gaza

A Brinks armored truck carrying cash bound for Gaza was stopped by activists at the Yad Mordechai junction on May 24, blocking the road with their bodies. “The money won’t

pass until Gilad is returned,” the protesters chanted. Police attempted to remove them from the road, but after an hour, the truck turned around without reaching its destina-tion. A day earlier, Noam Shalit, the cpative’s father called on Congress to freeze American funds to the Palestinian Authority until hisson is released.

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A 1967 lesson of charity

Rabbi Noam Himelstein studied in Yeshivat Har Etzion and served in the Tanks Corps of the IDF. He has taught in yeshiva high schools, post-high school women’s seminaries, and headed the Torah MiTzion Kollel in Melbourne, Australia. He currently teaches at Yeshivat Orayta in Jerusa-lem, and lives with his wife and six children in Neve Daniel, Gush Etzion.

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When Michelle Obama is 63 she looks in the mirror and decides she needs to see a plastic surgeon. She fi nds one of the best doctors

who also happens to be a dear friend of the family. She makes an appointment and goes to see him. She says to the doctor, “I would like to look exactly like I looked 44 years ago when I was 19.” The

doctor looks over her weath-ered body that appears to have survived a couple of battles in her time. He delicately says to her, “Because we’re friends I can talk to you this way and I’ll tell it to you straight.”

The doctor explains. “Some of the geography of your body has changed in the last 44 years. Your west bank has fi lled out in ways that does not lend itself to a simple complete re-versal of mass. The tone and tension itself will never snap back no matter what I do to negotiate that region. And with regard to up north, I’m afraid that if we pull it back to your

youthful shape you will be in a dangerously vulner-able state and may suffer irreparable damage in the future. I see you’ve already surgically removed your Gaza strip, and I can’t believe you’re even still

breathing without your sinus peninsula.”“Oh but doctor,” Michelle pleads. “My husband

said it’s just a starting point the way I looked back in 1967. He said that you could swap a little here and there, that’s entirely up to you.” The doctor says, “That’s very kind of him to leave the swap details up to me with the starting point of a 19 year old body, but it’s clear that your husband doesn’t understand human nature, science or history. Or for that matter, I don’t think he has a clue as to how one bargains for success. You don’t start at disaster and work your way to the goal. You must begin with reality and parley your way to a safe and sound deal.”

Michelle says. “My husband says that everyone wants to look like they did in 1967 and he’s just being blatantly honest in vocalizing this fact.” The doctor laughs. “Michelle, sure everyone wants to be 19 years old again, but have you seen any, I mean even one, 63 year old who even looks close to what she looked like 44 years ago? That’s fanta-sy world. I mean I could do it, but after I removed all the vital parts and returned all that dangerous stuff that was no good for you, even years ago, you’d be dead in a few moments.”

Michelle goes home and consults with her hus-band and returns to the doctor the next day. Mi-chelle says to the doctor, “My husband is willing for me to take that chance, he doesn’t want to miss this opportunity …for himself.”

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Conserving innovationTo the Editor:[Re: Conservative Jewish hechsher…]How does Rabbi Mendelson know using the Ma-

gen Tzedek Hechsher results in “a pure heart but not a kosher pot”? Why does Agudath Israel claim this is “an attempt to redefi ne Kashrut”? Orthodoxy’s Hechsher Tav HaYosher came after one introduced by Conservative Rabbi Allen. These are destructive statements. In my opinion, the Conservative move-ment has compromised issues of halacha. However, practices were innovated and Judaism conserved be-cause of the movement. Briefl y; R. Solomon Schech-ter’s USY inspired NCSY, Schechter persuaded his student Rabbi Dr. Hertz (Chief Rabbi of Britain) to create the fi rst authentic Pentateuch in English with commentary, Matilda Schechter infl uenced the start

of Young Israel, R.Kaplan established the Bat Mizt-vah, R. Lieberman innovated “the Lieberman clause” in the ketubah adapted by Orthodoxy in protection of Agunah, R. Heschel infl uenced the Church to change the claim that Jews killed Jesus. Heschel wrote in the 60’s he was pleased seeing hechshers in restau-rants but felt they were also needed in business of-fi ces. The chillul Hashem from Pottsville leading to this kiddush Hashem innovation of Magen Tzedek should be celebrated not denigrated. Paraphrasing Heschel....”what is worse: blood found in an egg, or blood spilled from wrongful business or by embar-rassing another. When the agadda of not embarrass-ing one’s fellow becomes a halacha, then Moshiach will come.”

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There is no “the” (and no 1967 Borders)

L ast week President Obama called for any Israeli-Palestinian peace agree-ment to be based on the pre-June 1967

borders:Forgetting for a moment whether

Obama was right or wrong for making that declaration, there is a serious problem with his statement, as a pre-1967 border does not exist!

That “green line” run-ning through the West Bank is the 1949 armi-stice line. This line was created solely because that’s where Israeli and Arab forces stopped fi ghting at the end of the 1948 War of Indepen-dence. It was as if the whistle blew and every-one dropped their gear. That 1949 line, which people call the 1967 bor-

der, is only a military line. Don’t take my word for it; take the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan’s. Article II of the 1949 Armistice Agreement with the Jordanians explicitly specifi ed that the line that was designated did not compromise any future territorial

claims of the two parties, since it had been “dictated exclusively by military consider-ations.”

The “famous” UN Resolution 242 which was passed by the UN Security Council fi ve months after the Six-Day War recognized that the 1949 armistice line wasn’t sup-posed to designate fi nal Israeli borders.

Anti-Israel forces changed the meaning of 242 by adding one simple article to the resolution, the word “the.” They claim that 242 calls for Israel to withdraw from “the” territories taken during the Six-Day War (meaning all territories.) The resolution actually says “Israel should withdraw from territories” taken during the war (no “the”-meaning some of the territories.)

It was no accident “the” was left out. During the negotiations to create resolu-tion 242, Arab governments tried three times to have “the” inserted in the resolu-tion and their request was rejected. By re-peating what they wanted the resolution to say all these years, the Arabs succeeded in convincing many people to accept their dis-torted interpretation of 242.

Statements made by the drafters of 242 prove there is no ambiguity about what they meant. Michael Stewart, the British Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs said in 1969, “The

Resolution speaks of secure and recognized boundaries. These words must be read concurrently with the statement on with-drawal.”

George Brown, British Foreign Secretary in 1967, on January 19, 1970 said, “I for-mulated the Security Council Resolution. Before we submitted it to the Council, we showed it to Arab leaders. The proposal said ‘Israel will withdraw from territories that were occupied’, and not from ‘the’ ter-ritories, which means that Israel will not withdraw from all the territories.”

Arthur Goldberg, US representative, in the Security Council in the course of the discussions which preceded the adoption of Resolution 242 said, “To seek withdrawal without secure and recognized boundar-ies … would be just as fruitless as to seek secure and recognized boundaries without

withdrawal. Historically, there have never been secure or recognized boundaries in the area. Neither the armistice lines of 1949 nor the cease-fi re lines of 1967 have answered that description… such boundaries have yet to be agreed upon. An agreement on that point is an absolute essential to a just and lasting peace just as withdrawal is…”

When it comes to Israel, President Obama has a very short memory. Not only were there no 1967 borders, there was

never an intention for Israel to move back to the 1949 armistice lines. That’s also why the President’s call for Israel to stop build-ing communities outside the 1949 armistice lines is so absurd. It’s also why the UN is be-ing disingenuous every time they call for Is-rael to retreat to the 1967 borders; after all it was the UN who fi rst declared that there was no such thing as 1967 borders.

Jeff Dunetz is the Editor/Publisher of the political blog “The Lid” (www.jeffdunetz.com). Jeff contributes to some of the largest political sites on the internet including Amer-ican Thinker, Big Government, Big Journal-ism, NewsReal and Pajama’s Media, and has been a guest on national radio shows in-cluding G. Gordon Liddy, Tammy Bruce and Glenn Beck. Jeff lives in Long Island.

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morning. We serve the community,” said Fox. “Thoughout our history, yehivas were

always a part of klal Israel. The building of a yeshiva is so much a simcha to the klal and the local community,” said Rabbi Yitz-chok Knobel, director of the kollel. Rabbi Mattisyahu Salomon, head of the famed Bais Medrah Govoha in Lakewood offered an endorsement and congratulations at the groundbreaking. “I didn’t come here to give chizuk, I got chizuk, and I am not disappoint-ed,” said Rabbi Salomon. “The person who studies Torah is a witness to the holiness of Torah.”

The corner property was purchased fi ve years ago, and its efforts were boosted by an anonymous donor who paid off the mortgage in full, leaving only the building expenses, estimated around $5 million. Following the groundbreaking, demolition commenced on the site’s vacant structures. “The idea is to have the foundation poured in the summer and complete the construction in 18 months,” Fox said. “With a building like this, people want to see progress then they will give.”

The construction of a large study hall for adults on the eastern edge of the Five Towns serves as a counterpart to the Darchei To-rah and Sh’or Yoshuv kollels on the western edge. Bookends in the story of a burgeoning Jewish community.

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There are seven instances in the Torah when a tally of army-aged males is given to us. Twice they are rounded to “600,000 foot soldiers” (Shmot 12:37 and Bamidbar 11:21). The fi rst three times they are counted to more exact specifi cations, fi rst with the half-shekel (38:26) and twice in our parsha. (1:46 and 2:32) The census result is 603,500. The last two “exact numbers” are different: 601,730 (Bamidbar 26:51) and 675,000. (Bamidbar

31:32)While the fact that

the two censuses in our parsha return the same numbers is not surpris-ing, the fact that they are the same as the census at the end of the book of Shmot is quite surprising.

Since Vayikra began on the fi rst of Nissan, and Bamidbar begins on the fi rst of Iyar, we can suggest equal num-bers are on account of a minimal passage of

time.And yet, we know that people die every

day. Certainly individuals between ages 20 to 60 died during that month. Nadav and Avihu died. The blasphemer presumably died (the

Meshekh Chokhmah points out that the To-rah does not say that “he died” in Vayikra 24:23, but it is pretty clear that he did.)

There is a discussion in the Midrash Eichah Rabba as to how many people died during the years in the desert. Was it 15,000 per year? Was it 15,000 plus a little? Did the numbers fl uctuate year to year? Did only 60 year-olds perish, or did people get to live lon-ger even though the exodus generation was all destined to die in the desert? The Ritva on Baba Batra 121a explores all the particulars, recognizing that the arguments only become relevant after the incident with the spies, (Bamidbar 13-14) when the forty-years de-cree is made.

In our parsha, we are still a few months before that episode.

I believe this is the explanation for why there is no discrepancy in the censuses of 603,550.

Until the incident of the spies, the path of the Israelite nation was to march to the land of Canaan, to take it over as

per G-d’s promise and command, and to build a temple in the “place that God will choose” (Devarim 12).

With a mishap here and there, God surely foresaw what would transpire and knew the numbers would somehow remain balanced because 603,550 was supposed to be the size of the army conquering the land – no more

and no less.Once the setbacks begin in Bamidbar 11

and culminate with the spies, three chapters later, the natural order of the world could continue. 24,000 die in Bamidbar 25:9, and yet the difference in numbers from our par-sha to the census that takes place one chap-ter after that plague, (around 38 years after the original census) is a little less than 2,000 people. The next census, a few chapters later, records a quick population explosion of over 73,000 newcomers to the 20-60 club.

The ways of G-d are unknown to us, but

the power of the human spirit is something we see very often. Sometimes doctors will give a person a limited amount of time tolive, only to see the person defy the medical textbooks, and then some.

Sometimes a marriage of fi ve or six de-cades ends with a death, and a perfectlyhealthy widow or widower dies shortly there-after, having wanted only to “be with” the spouse who passed fi rst.

While I cannot account for how individu-als did not enter the 20-year-old zone, I imag-ine that those Israelites who experienced the Exodus and wanted only to see the Promised Land were able to mobilize the incredible hu-man spirit to delay the course of how things“might have been.”

In this week following our president’s fl ip-fl op in his hopes for Israel, and the af-termath of a strong AIPAC conference, let us hope that the human spirit of our people and the State of Israel will retain its resolve to see the Promised Land for what God promised it would be in good times (in last week’s par-sha Vayikra 26:3-13): “A land where the rainfalls and the crops grow, where you can live securely without the sword passing through.Where a minimal army will easily defeat amultitude of enemies, who will be chased away and fall by the sword if they choose to fi ght. Where our numbers will only grow, and G-d’s sanctuary will forever be in our midst.”

Parshat Bamidbar

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Dear Aviva,I have a minor problem that’s not so mi-

nor. I hate my son’s carpool. The moms are often late and unreliable. When they can’t make it, they call me to do it because I’m the only one who is not working. It is really disruptive to my routine and messes up my baby’s nap schedule. I made up my mind to fi nd other people to drive with next year, but I’m not having any luck. It looks like I am stuck with this one again, and I want to set the rules down right away. Any tips?

-Carpool in Chaos

Dear Carpool in Chaos,Sounds like they’re driving you crazy. Sor-

ry, I couldn’t resist. Forgive me.Ok, let’s get to work. The basic rule of

thumb is that you are only as much of a door-mat as you let yourself be. The application of this rule is a very fi ne balancing act of stand-ing up for yourself without looking like a jerk. The best way to keep your jerk hat off is to ward off any bedlam in advance. So what I want you to do is fi rst sit and think. Figure out what is best for you. You prefer morn-ings, afternoons or alternating? Keep in mind that they will be late, so fi gure out when it matters less to be kept waiting. Which days do you want to stay away from? Now, ask

your fellow cohorts what works for them and then start a spreadsheet with a set schedule. Tell each member individually that you won’t be able to substitute last minute and need a day’s warning.

Now you have to stick to it. You know what this will mean? It will mean that when one mom calls you frantically at 2:15 asking you to pick up the boys for her (and this par-ticular mayhem mom asks you to fi ll in for her at least once a week), tell her it doesn’t look like you can do it. Sorry. And then hang up. Because if you stick around on the phone, you will easily sway yourself and the next thing you know, you’re waking up your baby so that you can play “count the Odys-seys” while trying to cajole pre-schoolers to sit on their tushies all the while attempting to tune out Uncle Moishy in stereo. (Though Contemporary Uncle Moishy far exceeds Old School Uncle Moishy on the adult listening-ability scale.) Basically, say no and mean it. After a while the mom will feel the weight of her responsibility and carry it.

A few disclaimers: If you are in a car-pool with somebody who is actually in need of help, then these rules do not apply at all. A qualifi er would be a parent of a dis-abled child, an avel, a single parent, some-body with chronic illness or somebody with chronic illness in the family, or a post-partum

mom (and I’m sure there are more that I’ve overlooked.) If you have somebody in need in your carpool, the rest of you should light-en her (or his) load. But it would be best if this could be built into the system so that you are not left with surprises. For example, you each can drive one extra run for the person and if the person sees that he/she is available then you are off the hook. A spontaneous call of “stay home!” is far less chaotic than one of

“go get the boys!”And if you can’t tolerate the tardiness,

then speak up about it, with a smile. Lay down the law and you’ll be cruising in con-trol.

-Aviva Aviva Rizel is a Marriage and Family Ther-

apist in private practice who can be reached at [email protected].

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I did not come to Israel to learn Torah. At least not in the traditional sense. I wasn’t thirsting for more Gemara nor was I ach-

ing for Rambam’s insights on halacha. I came here because of one dry question:

Is it in my best interest to follow halacha? Struggling very much with theological ques-tions, I did not know what to make of the Jewish lifestyle and I saw serious decisions

accompanying the ap-proach of college. Be-fore committing to a lifestyle, be it secular or religious, I just wanted to do exhaustive re-search.

I am thankful to say that my yeshiva experi-ence has clarifi ed the issue. I have tasted the riches offered by the Jewish life, the joy and purpose its value-system instills in my teachers and Jews throughout Israel. How could I not want to be a part of that? So now I sit in the Beit Mi-

drash and refl ect with pleasure on my year’s great success.

What now? It is very tempting to feel sat-isfi ed—call it a day and pack for America.

But for some reason, that’s not the plan. My yeshiva has me here for another month. And it’s very hard to know what to do with that.

Meanwhile I feel each passing day like the loud ticking of a clock’s second-hand in the dead of night. The counting of the omer pronounces the passage of time with thun-derous clarity. Day after day I stand in the same place, at the same time, and continue the count.

This daily routine imposes a powerful and inescapable time-consciousness. It is easy to feel like I’m slowly, methodically count-ing down the days of my yeshiva year. But this attitude actually captures a fundamen-tal misunderstanding of the omer. The omer is not a count-down—it is a count-up. Each subsequent day labels the next higher num-ber. This seemingly trivial detail makes all the difference.

When does a person count down? When he worries about reaching a deadline; when he awaits the end of work; when he dreads the impending fl ight back from Hawaii. A count-down looks ahead and engages aware-ness of the future. It highlights a world of change that is independent of the one count-ing. This change may permit a reaction from the person, but the count itself does not cap-ture any personal dynamic.

When does a person count up? To fi nd out how many pushups he can do, to see how many books he can read over vacation, to test

how long he can hold his breath underwater. At its core, a count-up evaluates the present moment and concretizes progress from the past. It pushes the one counting to realize his unknown potential. It centers on a change or improvement of himself rather than his ex-ternal environment.

With this in mind, it is interesting to take another look at the traditional context of the omer. Each year we count the days from Pesach to Shavuot, the bridge between the Exodus and the giving of the Torah. It seems counterintui-tive not to frame the omer as a countdown, as we eagerly anticipate what are the most signifi -cant moments in Jewish history. Instead, we count up away from the Exodus.

Theoretically, a countdown would breed a misconception of what it means for us to re-ceive the Torah. A period of counting down implies a period of intense efforts as we ap-proach a set date. And after that date, the deed is done, we can relax and forget about it. But that is not the nature of our relation-ship with Torah. Receiving the Torah is not a one-time event but rather a dynamic process. In every moment that we choose to live the Torah life, we reaffi rm the Torah’s presence in our lives.

The Exodus was the birth of our nation, just the very beginning. From that point we focused on how we could grow as a people as we advanced through the desert wilder-ness. The goal was to better ourselves. And

eventually, after pushing our limits everyday, we merit the Torah’s initial entrance into our lives, the constantly renewing gift.

And now I return to my question of how tonavigate this challenging but pivotal time in my yeshiva year. The omer count-up certain-ly lends a unique perspective. After months of “counting down” to the day when I would see whether or not the halachic lifestyle isfor me, I now begin the upward count. All I know is that I now have a new objective; my potential to actualize this ambition is yet unknown.

Like the Jews after leaving Egypt, I now know what I need to do. And if I want To-rah to be a part of my life forever, I have one month to rise, push myself day after day, un-til the Torah fi nally enters my life with heavy, fortifi ed durability. I must condition myself until I have the strength to reaccept the To-rah everyday, regardless of my surroundings. There will never be a point when the count hits zero because the struggle is ongoing and ‘upgoing.’ Each day is a new, higher num-ber, a next opportunity to push myself to the limit. What now? Now it begins. I’m count-ing on it.

Samuel Fisher grew up in Newton, Mas-sachusetts and graduated from MaimonidesSchool in 2010. He is spending the year study-ing in Yeshivat Orayta in the Old City of Je-rusalem after which he will attend Harvard College.

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Opinion

FROM THE HEART OF JERUSALEM

Samuel Fisher

Lag B’Omer on Long Island

(clockwise) Young Israel of Woodmere celebrated with a BBQ melaveh malka dinner.

Magic Jeff performed for children at the Chabad of Merrick.

Young Moussia Cohen performed on stage with The Jewish Star publisher David F. Nesenoff, at the Chabad of Stony Brook concert.

Students of Cheder at the Ohel paraded through Valley Stream. The march was organized by Rabbi Yitzchak Goldshmid, local Chabad shaliach.

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Akiva Ackerman, 12, a resident of West Hempstead, NY won three gold medals in table tennis at the Mid-Atlantic Junior Maccabi Games held on May 22 at the Katz Jew-ish Community Center in Cherry Hill, NJ. Ackerman won the round robin competition, open singles tournament and doubles event fi nishing with a perfect record of 13-0. Acker-man the only representative from New York defeated players from Baltimore, Philadelphia, Delaware and New Jersey. The games bring together athletes from all along the east coast for competition in basketball, soccer, tennis and baseball in a display of Jewish pride and unity. Ackerman was on the Mid-Westchester JCC team. Ackerman is a 7th grader at the Hebrew Academy of Nassau County. His goal is to keep prac-ticing and get better to try to make the USA table tennis team for the 2013 Olympics.

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Running for Rambam Over 150 participants ran in the fi rst ever Rambam Mesivta 5K run on May 22. In excess of $10,000 was raised for tuition assistance. “There was a great amount of spirit and camaraderie,” said Rambam principal Rabbi Zev Friedman.

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I used to frequently eat at Le Marais after I fi rst moved to Manhattan, and ordering only a steak and fries, I thought of Le Marais as a simple steak joint and wrote it off in my mind. Then at last year’s Kosher Food and Wine Experience the Le Marais presentation changed my perception with a plate of their Chili Marocaine, which was a spicy lamb chili, served with a dollop of avocado rel-

ish. That chili made me realize that I had been drastically underesti-mating Le Marais be-cause of my failure to order more adventur-ously. I went back to Le Marais to sample some of the best and unfor-tunately least ordered dishes on the menu.

I took a seat in a comfortable leather chair at a table situated in their upstairs dining area, ordering a fl ight (sampling) of beers from their truly impres-sive selection and told

the restaurant manager to bring me anything and everything that was different or rarely ordered. Rising to the occasion, the kitchen fi rst sent me out Les Rillettes du Boucher. Made from confi t duck and veal and then turned into a pate, this dish is creamy, rich and delicious. Eaten with French bread cros-tini and a small slice of cured veal, this dish is by a wide margin one of the most extrava-gant and wonderful things I have ever eaten.

Following this dish was an equally excel-

lent Magret de Canard Fume, a smoked duck breast that was served on a bed of French lentils that had been lightly dressed in vinai-grette. The duck was tender with a delicate smokey fl avor that paired nicely with the al dente lentils.

For my main course I deviated from the standard steak and tried the Flat Iron Steak with a celery root puree and shimeji mush-rooms. The steak is served with an Asian style barbecue sauce that is sweet and earthy and brings out fl avor of the dry aged meat.

This in combination with the creamy cel-ery root makes for a very hearty yet elegant dish. I also sampled the Jarret d’ Agneau that is a braised leg of lamb in mustard sauce. The lamb was so perfectly cooked that it melted in your mouth and the tangy mustard fl avor had been perfectly infused into the meat. This dish was paired with a rosemary spaet-zel that helped temper the fat of the lamb with its mild ‘herbiness.’

Desert came next and resulted in one of the cleverest dishes I have ever been served the Fluffernutter a la Francaise, a comi-cal twist on the common children favorite. Two slices of pistachio cake are sandwiched around a peanut butter mousse and then glazed with a marshmallow meringue. This amazingly delectable confection is nestled in a small pool of chocolate and banana sauce. This desert was the perfect end to a meal that was a truly unique dining experience.

Eating my meal, sipping one of my craft beers, I noticed the tables around me. They were fi lled with businessmen, shidduch dates, theater patrons, and countless others who like me in the past were eating steak and fries. I couldn’t help but want to jump up on

my seat and yell “for G-d sakes people try the Rillettes du Boucher.” I know that sooner or later you will go to Le Marais. You will have tickets to a show or get set up with a girl or maybe your fi rm will be hosting a dinner there. I am begging you to be bold with your

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I never met him. But of his many written works, I have read.

The recent untimely passing of Rabbi Dr. Aaron Levine, whose sheloshim was ob-served this past week, represents the loss of one of American Jewry’s top rabbinic intel-lectual leaders who truly, as one former stu-dent described it to me, represented and personifi ed the ideology of Torah U’maddah, the syn-thesis in which all areas of knowledge unite as aspects of a single truth.

A practicing rabbi for over three decades at the Young Israel of Avenue J in Brooklyn he was much be-loved by his congregants for his humility as a person in interpersonal relations as well as for his competence in the fi eld of Jewish Law. Two factors stand out as his life’s credo and eternal legacy that should serve as a model for all to emulate.

Elected to Phi Beta Kappa at Brooklyn College, Rabbi Levine was awarded his MA and Ph.D by New York University and was ordained a rabbi by Yeshiva Rabbi Jacob Jo-seph in Jewish ritual and civil law. His pro-fessional career was to witness his becoming a pulpit rabbi and a full time professor and chairman of the Department of Economics at Yeshiva University.

As both a rabbi and economist, Levine became a recognized authority on Jewish commercial law and his studies and research was to refl ect his stellar expertise in bring-ing together these two fi elds of study in both his teachings and writings.

Among his major literary contributions were his fi rst, “Free Enterprise and Jewish Law”,

[Ktav, YU, 1980] wherein Rabbi Norman Lamm states that “Prof. Levine has orga-

nized the vast halachic material on the key issues of free enterprise theory in a manner that will make it possible for other schol-ars, in fi elds such as law, history, econom-ics, and Talmud, to gain new insights and information, and help advance still further the course of scholarship.” This work was continued seven years later with the pub-

lication of “Economics and Jewish Law” [Ktav, YU, 1987] wherein Rabbi Lamm states that, “In the present volume, our author casts a wider net, touching on a variety of topics and analyzing the ethical and legal views of Jewish law…..”

Among the many diverse topics dealt with are adver-tising , social welfare, supply-side economics, infl ation, and speculation, as they are

treated in Jewish law, most for the fi rst time by any rabbinic authority in the English lan-guage. Other works dealt with Jewish busi-ness ethics, and the many moral issues of the market place as discussed in and gov-erned by Jewish law.

In his last work titled, “The Oxford Hand-book of Judaism and Economics,” [2010] which he both edited and wrote, the authors of the essays in this anthology explore how Judaism, as a religion and Jews as a people, relate to the economic sphere of life in mod-ern society as well as in the past.

We should consider the insight and depth of feeling from my dear friend Rabbi Gil Student: “Rabbi Levine was not just a formidable talmid chacham, he was a gen-tleman with a kind soul who showed respect for every person he came across and me-ticulous care for proper expression, both of which inspired me to try harder to become the mensch that he was.”

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By Sergey Kadinsky

How is Gilad Shalit feeling? What could be on his mind as he enters his 256th week of captivity under Hamas? Only his captors know, but a few dozen Israelis could offer clues, having experienced imprisonment un-der Hamas’ patron, Syria.

“They covered my eyes with a mask and I found myself in a one by two meter cell with two dirty blankets,” said Rabbi Noach Hertz, a veteran of the Yom Kippur War whose fi ght-er plane crashed outside Damascus during a bombing mission. Hertz spoke on May 24 at Yeshivat Ohel Simcha in Kew Gardens Hills in a lecture sponsored by Chazaq, a local out-reach organization.

“Everyone of us is a pilot and we have many tests and diffi culties. Thank G-d we have Torah and we know how to fl y through our lives,” Rabbi Hertz said. He did not al-ways share this view. On the eve of Yom Kippur, he was a secular newlywed engi-neer with a pregnant wife and child, when the alarm sounded and he scrambled to the nearest air force base. “I was in the cockpit in three hours but we were not prepared. They astonished us,” Rabbi Hertz said.

Flying towards Damascus, he witnessed his colleagues shot down, as he dodged mis-siles, fl ying low to the ground to avoid ra-

dar detection. Of the ten planes that were hit, only fi ve pilots succeeded in parachut-ing alive. Rabbi Hertz also jumped, losing conscience. He awake in a Syrian hospital without his right leg. After three days, he was thrown in a dimly lit cell and subject to interrogation. “They hit and gave you elec-troshocks. You can’t imagine, Rabbi Hertz

said. After six weeks, he had his fi rst shower, removing layers of bandage encrusted with dried blood. “I’ve never drank that much water and today I say to my grandchild how thankful I am for water.”

For four and a half months, Rabbi Hertz was isolated from the world. “The most dif-fi cult thing is to be alone and you don’t know how the war fi nished and if my wife had a boy or a girl. I cried out like a child because I did not know how to pray,” Rabbi Hertz said. It was then that he cried out shema Israel, the most basic Jewish prayer. “Every time

I remember it, I get excited, the feeling of prayer at that time.”

Eventually, the captors allowed the pilots to speak to each other and all shared their own recollections of discovering faith. “No one was religious, but we collected oil from the soup in a silver paper with two match-es and lit candles. The spirit of Shabbas kodesh,” Rabbi Hertz said. By June 1974, the remaining Isralei captives were repatriated in a prisoner exchange with Syria.

“I returned to the air force as a helicop-ter pilot. One of my offi cers was a chozer b’tshuva,” rabbi Hertz said, using the Hebrew term for newly observant Israeli Jews. Set-tling in Bnei Brak, he enrolled at the NetivotOlam yeshiva, becoming a rabbi. Many of his study partners were also veterans who found faith under diffi cult conditions.

“You shouldn’t wait for a tragedy. Look at him and his story and realize how much HaShem loves you,” said Forest Hills residentItzhak Saviel, who attended the Chazaq lec-ture the previous night in Forest Hills.

The last image of Shalit publicized by Hamas shows him holding a newspaper titledto Sept. 14, 2009. Hamas has not provided proof of Shalit since then. “I am sure with-out a doubt that he is praying because hehas nothing else,” Rabbi Hertz said. “May his prayers be answered.”

“They covered my eyes with a mask…”

Gilad Shalit who still remains in cap-tivity is understood by Rabbi Hertz.

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By Sergey Kadinsky

Five minutes from North Woodmere lies a community of neat suburban homes, close to the train station, and with a sizable park at its edge. Its synagogue boats a sanctuary bathed in the color of stained glass, a wood-paneled dining hall, and basement classrooms, all hearkening to a faded Rosedale community.

“We’re almost done. It’s been sold and we are only awaiting fi nal approval on the build-ing,” David Pecoraro said. Years earlier, the lifelong resident of Rosedale, learned in the packed classrooms of the synagogue. On May 22, the dust-covered seforim were reopened once more, as a ketuba was signed in one classroom for a modest wedding, possibly the last one for the synagogue, as Zalman Nemtzov, 29, signed his vows to bride Sheri Dunner, 25.

“The Conservative Jewish population has diminished, and my generation abandoned Rosedale,” Pecoraro said. Taking stock of the demographics, the synagogue attempted an Orthodox makeover in 1993, hiring Carle-bach-trained Rabbi Yisroel Finman. The mi-crophone was removed from the pulpit, and a makeshift mechitzah hung in the center aisle, but it divided the congregants. “The majority of congregants wanted to worship with their spouses,” Pecoraro said. As a re-sult, while the mechitzah stood, some men continued to sit with their wives.

The decline did not abate. “We’ve lost Morris, we’ve lost Fred. Mostly we lost peo-ple through death. We’ve tried everything, renting out the classes to a local nursery, but we still could not afford to pay for the upkeep,” Pecoraro said. Since 2003, anoth-er Carlebach-trained cantor, Rabbi Shalom Nemtzov, 66, has given his effort to reviving the shul. A father of ten, he invited his grown children to Rosedale to encourage the aging congregants.

The Nemtzov wedding is likely the last time that Mi Adir would be heard in the parking lot, and the Sheva Brachot in the dining hall. Among the remaining congre-gants, Adele Weinstein, who owns a local dance school, expressed sadness as the music played. “I am truly heartbroken that it’s clos-ing. We did not want to sell, but that was the decision,” Weinstein said. A half century ago,

most of Weinstein’s students came from the Hebrew school. “When it opened, I had only one black student, now they are all black,” Weinstein said. Blaming the Jewish decline on fear of crime, Weinstein defended her neighbors as quiet middle-class people.

Such is the story of white fl ight that shut-tered numerous New York City shuls in the second half of the 20th century, as once-Jew-ish East New York, Brownsville, and Grand Concourse, experienced a mass exodus of Jews. But Rosedale was different, a suburb whose potential to become a “Sixth Town” never came to pass, as children moved out, and seniors moved south.

Taking on the challenge in true Chabad form, Rabbi Nemtzov served as a rabbi and cantor, laining the weekly parsha and hafto-rah. Even after the parsonage was sold, he commuted from his Borough Park home on Fridays, staying in shul over Shabbat. “It’s important to have simchas in the shul and not just davening. The shul is a holy place and it enhances the simcha.”

Though Zalman Nemtzov lives in Califor-nia and met his wife on JDate, he returned to his local roots in respect for his father and family. “All of my relatives and cousins live in New York. It’s hard to ask 100 people to fl y to California,” Nemtzov said. A separate secular celebration will take place in California for the couple’s friends.

The chuppah was held by family mem-bers, as a two-person band accompanied the groom down the aisle. Brother Shaul Nem-tzov played a guitar, with cousin Tzadok Gable on the electric piano. In his address, Rabbi Nemtzov said that the couple was destined to marry in his shul. “Zalman Tu-via Nemtzov’s name contains mazal tov and his bride Shoshana is a rose. So they had to come to Rosedale to get married,” Rabbi Nemtzov said.

As the guests dispersed to more heav-ily Jewish locales, the congregants returned to a more serious state, pondering on their future. “The memorial plaques will go to Temple Hillel, and that’s where most of us will go,” said synagogue vice president Jack Goodstein. Both Goodstein and Pecoraro in-tend to remain in Rosedale, treasuring their homes. They expect the last service to occur before Rosh Hashana.

Final chuppah for “The Sixth Town”

Photos by Sergey Kadinsky

Rabbi Sholom Nemtzov is mesader kiddushin for son’s wedding in Rosedale.

As membership dwindles, Rosedale Jewish Center will soon close its doors.

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Inwood Memorial Day ParadeVETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS is holding its Memo-rial Day Parade honoring local veterans and active duty members. The parade begins at 11:30 a.m. on the corner of Nassau Expressway and Bayview Avenue, proceeding towards the VFW Post at Doughty Boulevard and Mott Avenue. For more information, call 516-239-9275.

In whom do we trustCHAZAQ is hosting The Shmuz founder Rabbi Benzion Shafi er at Congregation Torah Ohr, locat-ed at 575 Middle Neck Road in Great Neck. Rabbi Shafi er will be speaking on the topic “Emuna…In whom do you trust.” The free event begins at 8 p.m. For more information, contact CHAZAQ at 917-617-3636 or email [email protected].

May 30Lawrence-Cedarhurst Memorial Day ParadeVILLAGES OF LAWRENCE AND CEDARHURST are sponsoring a Memorial Day Parade honoring local veterans and members of the armed forces. The event begins 10:30 a.m. with a short service at the Lawrence Veterans Memorial, located at Central Avenue and Lawrence Avenue. The parade will then proceed on Central Avenue, end-ing at Cedarhurst Memorial Plaza, at Cedarhurst Avenue and Summit Avenue.

June 1Jerusalem Day DinnerAMERICAN FRIENDS OF ATERET COHANIM/JERUSA-LEM CHAI is holding its Jerusalem Day dinner at Terrace on the Park, located at 52-11 111 Street inCorona, Queens. The event marks the 32nd year

for the Old City yeshiva. The keynote speaker will be Deputy Knesset Speaker Danny Danon. The cover fee is $300 per person. For more informa-tion, contact Shani Hikind at 212-216-9270 or [email protected].

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Ronald Spirn, who will speak on the topic of “El-der Law, Estate Planning and Special Needs.” The free event begins at 7:00 p.m. For more informa-tion, call 516-569-6733.

June 5 For the sake of Jerusalem: ISRAEL DAY CONCERT will take place on the Sum-mer Stage of Central Park following the Celebrate Israel Parade. The fi ve-hour event begins at 2:30 p.m. Performers include Avraham Fried, Shalshe-

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Rofeh Cholim barbecueROFEH CHOLIM CANCER SOCIETY is holding its Five Towns barbecue fundraiser at the homes of Ahron Solomon and Tuli Tepfer, located at 370 and 376 Rugby Road in Cedarhurst. For more in-formation, call Yoni Brill at 718-473-3659 ext. 612

June 12 Three Cantors performSUBURBAN PARK JEWISH CENTER, located at 400 Old Westbury Road in East Meadow, is holding a concert featuring cantors Eitan Binet, David Kras-ner, and Steve Shor, who will perform cantorial, Israeli, hasidic, and popular songs. The general admission is $18. The event begins at 7 p.m. For sponsorship and information, call 516-520-5733 or visit www.suburbanparklevtorah.com

June 15Cantorial concert at Beth SholomCONGREGATION BETH SHOLOM, located at 390 Broadway in Lawrence, is holding its annual Cantorial Concert featuring cantors Yitzchak Meir Helfgot, Binyamin Muller, David Berson, Joel Kaplan, Daniel Gildar, and the Beth Sholom Choir. The event begins at 7:45 p.m. Tickets priced at $36 and $50 are on a fi rst-come basis, and may be purchased online at http://bethsholom.us/cantorialconcert2011.html. For more information, call 516-569-3600

OngoingPictures of partisan resistance exhibitHOLOCAUST MEMORIAL AND TOLERANCE CENTER OF NASSAU COUNTY, located at 100 Crescent Beach Road in Glen Cove, is hosting “Pictures of Resistance. The exhibit runs through July 15. Open daily from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and Sunday 12 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Suggested donation is $10.00 for adults, and $5 for students and seniors. For information and directions call 516 571-8040 ext. 100 or visit www.holocaust-nassau.org.

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SKA students Yakira Fruchter, Jennifer Schertz, and Tamar Kwestel toured Ber-lin by bike during this month’s NCSY-sponsored trip to Germany, where the girls connected with their peers from Lander Yeshurun Midrasha in learning Torah, baking challahs, and meeting local Shoah survivors.

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• DR. ABRAHAM ABELOW • HY ARBESFELD • MEIR APPEL• AHARONOFF FAMILY In memory of Shmuel (Sam) Eliyahu by Avraham z”l • DR. JASON & RACHEL APPLEBAUM In memory of Dr. Shalom Zev (Seymour) ben Avraham z”l and Dr. David Yaakov ben Emanuel HY”D and Naava bat David Yaakov HY”D• DR. ALAN & DEBORAH BERGER • SOL & ZELDA BERGER • BLUMNER FAMILY In memory of Tzvi Yehoshua (Henry) ben Chaim and Leah Liba (Lillian) bat Simcha Dovid z”l• HARVEY & ANNE BRENNER In memory of Yosef ben Tzvi Dovid z”l • DRS. GARY & LILLIAN CHUBAK In memory of Ita Roiza (Ida) & Binyamin Tzvi (Benjamin) Chubak z”l• JACK COHEN In memory of Moshe Dovid & Faige z”l & Malka (Malvina) Graf z”l• CYWIAK FAMILY In memory of Elchanan Ben Ahron Mordechai z”l• DOV & ROZ DAVIDOVICS In memory of R’ Dr. Shamai ben Shmuel Chaim HaLevi z”l & Chaya Tzivia (Helen) bat Dov z”l• HAROLD & LORRAINE DOMNITCH In honor of Dr. Paul Brody • DR. YEHUDA & JUDY ELIEZRI In memory of HaRav Avraham ben HaRav David & Shalva bat HaRav Avraham z”l • EDWARD FISCHBEIN • GLASER FAMILY In memory of Yechiel Avraham Avigdor z”l ben Eliyahu• DRS. FELIX & MIRIAM GLAUBACH • DR. ELLIOTT & ANN GREENFIELD• MARK & SANDY GOLD In honor of Dr. Paul Brody • DR. DOVID HURWITZ • HOWARD & SUSY KAGAN In memory of naftali (Tuli) ben Chayim Shraga z”l • MICAH KAUFMAN• JAY KESTENBAUM • DR. RICHARD KROL • DAVID & SURI KUFELD In memory of Ze’ev Menachem (Bill) ben HaRav Mordechai z”l, Frayde (Freida) bat Levi HaKohen z”l, HaRav Menachem Nuchum (Norman) ben Shlomo Antzis z”l • HERMAN & MINA KOTLER In memory of Louis & Esther Kotler z'l and Noach & Pearl Rodzynek z”l• LEE & CHERYL LASHER • SAM LEVITT In memory of Devora z”l (Deborah) Ron Bat Shmuel Yacov HaCohen• DR. HOWARD & GOLDIE LORBER In memory of Chana (Hannah) bat Asher z”l & In honor of their children Dr. Mark & Jennifer Lorber and Dr. Robert and Jill Kaufman and families • MARCUS & SARA LEHMANN In memory of Aryeh Isser (Leo) Ben Zvi Hersh Stein • PHIL & TINA MACHNIKOFF In memory of Zev Wolf ben Dovid Moshe & Sosya (Sophie) bat Pesach z”l• DR. ALAN & KAREN MAZUREK & FAMILY In honor of the birth of their grandson Yehoshua Gavriel (Jesse Gabriel) Muskatt • RUBIN & CECELIA MARGULES In memory of Menachem Mendel (Manny) ben Yisroel Aryeh z”l & Moshe (Morris) ben Zishe Berkowitz • ROB MUCHNICK In Honor of Dr. Paul Brody • JONATHAN & DINA OHEBSHALOM • MICHAEL & DR. BONNIE ORBACH• MANNY POLAK • DR. JOSEPH & JUDY POLLAK • DR.MICHAEL & NICOLE POLLAK• J. PHILIP & MALKI ROSEN In memory of Yitzchok Yair (Irving) ben Yehoshua Tzvi z”l & Tova Rivka (Toni) bat Zvi Yehuda z”l• DR. RICHARD ROLNICK • STUART & TEENA RUBINFELD• DR. ISAAC & FARAH SACHMECHI In memory of Chaim Sender Yosef (Joseph) ben Chaim z”l• DR. JONATHAN SCHEINER • MARK & CHANI SCHEINER • DR. JUDAH & GAIL SCHORR• ALVIN & JUDY SEGAL • SHAKARCHI FAMILY In memory of Ahuva & Zvi Shakarchi z”l • JOSEPH & SUZY SOKOL In memory of Rosa-Velya bat Rav Yosef (Judith) Sokol and Shifra Rivka bat Chaim Meir (Sharon) Sokol Heisler • MICHAEL & SANDRA STERN In Memory of Chicken Lady Of Jerusalem, Chaya bat R' Meir, Clara Hammer z”l • CHAIM STERN • NESSIM & LYNNE TAMMAM In memory Of Shaul Ben Yosef z”l & Yosef Ben Shaul z”l • JAY & HILLARY TERLINE • BOB & PHYLLIS UNGER In honor of the memory of Rabbi Meir Kahane z”l • WEISS FAMILY In memory of Chaya Basya (Bertha) bas Pinchas z”lMEDIA AFFILIATES: NACHUM SEGAL SHOW www.nachumsegal.com • ARUTZ SHEVATOVIA SINGER/YISHAI FLEISCHER • A CABLE TO JEWISH LIFE www.cablejew.com• TALKLINE COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK - ZEV BRENNER

SPECIAL THANKS: BARRY BROWN PHOTOGRAPHY • DR. MARVIN BELSKY • CHARLES BERNHAUT• HELEN FREEDMAN • DR. STEVE & ODELEYA JACOBS • BUDDY KORN OF JEWS FOR SARAH.COM• CHAIM KISS • CHAIM LEIBTAG • SARA LEHMANN • RABBI PESACH LERNER • RUTH & MILT MITZNER• YISHAI FLEISCHER OF ARUTZ SHEVA • TOVIA SINGER • MOSHE ROBBINS • JEFF WIESENFELD• SHERINE LEVINE & RITA PINE of NCYI • REUVEN A. STONE In memory of Baruch (Stone) ben Yisroel Mendel• HAINA JUST MICHAEL • RONN TAROSSIAN of 5WPR • RABBI ARYEH SPERO & BETH GILINSKY• JONATHAN ZWEBNER of Tightrope Productions in memory of Rabbi Isaac Menachem Zwebner z”l

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The 44th Anniversary of the Miracle of the Six Day War and the Reuni�cation of Jerusalem