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Sign of the times
l Rabbi Shmuel Goldin will leave Con- to come, a more tangible sign of his The Tehran Times
they are a-changin
gregation Ahavath Torah in Englewood presence went up on Tuesday, as Engle-
when he retires this summer and moves wood renamed the section of Broad
to Israel. And while his influence will Avenue in front of the synagogue in his
reverberate in the community for years honor.  LARRY YUDELSON l It was a happy Nowruz indeed
for Dylan fans who celebrated
the Iranian new year, which oc-
curred on Tuesday.
Thats because on Saturday,
the Iranian publisher Donya-ye
Eqtesad announced the publica-
tion of a Farsi translation of Bob
Dylans autobiography Chroni-
cles: Volume One.
Or so, at least, the Tehran
Times reported.
According to the Tehran Times,
a selection of Dylans songs al-
ready had been published in Farsi
by Gol-Azin.
According to an article last
year in the Financial Tribune,
which bills itself as the first Ira-
nian English Economic Daily, this
is Borgheis first published book
as a translator. the Ministry of Culture and Islam-
I started translating the book last ic Guidance.
year, the translator was quoted as So yes: The memoir of the
saying in December. It took me four American Jewish Nobel laureate has
months to finish it then I handed been certified as kosher for de-
it to Donya-e-Eqtesad Publication vout Muslims.
and it is currently waiting for the At least for Shiites.
publishing license to be issued by  LARRY YUDELSON

This chasidic Haggadah rocks

l Lipa Schmeltzer is a rock star of the Orthodox world.
Hes been called the chasidic Lady Gaga.
A native of New Square, home of the Skverer chasidim
in upstate New York, he has performed concerts, recorded
albums, visited the White House, and even starred in a
Pepsi commercial.
Now he has his own Haggadah.
Actually, it was published in 2010, but it just came to our
attention this year. Were a bit out of the chasidic music loop.
Lipas Haggadah features the traditional text, of course, but
is illustrated with photographs of. Lipa!
Lipa and the four sons.
Lipa and the plague of blood.
Lipa, Lipa, Lipa!
As the title of his 2009 album has it, Non Stop Lipa.
Like we said, hes a rock star. 
 LARRY YUDELSON

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quietly tie the knot
People reports that the first actor to have a worked as a TV news
ALISON BRIE, 34, starring role as a Jewish producer until, in 2001,
(Community) and character in three TV he formed a produc-
DAVE FRANCO, 31, series (Taxi, Num- tion company with Ms.
(Neighbors) got 3brs, and Superior Reese. They are on a hot
married in a secret Donuts). Theres more streak their first film,
ceremony around March bad news about another Zombieland (2009),
12. No details of the senior actor: ELLIOT which they co-wrote,
nuptials like whether GOULD, 78. His CBS was a very clever satire
or not it was a Jewish series, Doubt, was about a zombie apoca-
wedding were re- canceled (February 22) lypse. This flick some-
leased. Both actors have after two episodes. Oy! how managed to be fun-
described themselves as Sabans Power ny and exciting at the
Jewish and both are the Rangers references Alison Brie Dave Franco Judd Hirsch same time. (It starred
children of Jewish the name of the produc- JESSE EISENBERG,
mothers and non-Jewish er (HAIM SABAN, 72) now 33, and a then-
fathers. The couple dated and of course the Power almost unknown Emma
for three years before Rangers franchise, Stone.) Their second
getting engaged in 2015. which began as a film, Deadpool (2016),
Daves brother, actor Japanese TV series, echoed Zombieland in
JAMES FRANCO, 38, had became an American TV that it was both funny
an intimate bar mitzvah series in the 90s, and a and exciting. Pool
in 2015, presided over feature film (Mighty was a huge hit, and
by a rabbi. This was fol- Morphin Power Rang- sequels for both it and
lowed by a celebration at ers) in 1995. The capsule Zombieland are in
the Hollywood Palladium plot of Saban: Five the works. Nice to note:
that 4,000 attended. teens become the Wernicks father recent-
Miley Cyrus sang. SETH newest generation in a ly celebrated his second
ROGEN, 34, and many line of warriors known as Dean Israelite Daniel Clowes Paul Wernick bar mitzvah.
others did comic shtick the Power Rangers. They By the way, Jake
and it raised more battle Rita Repulsa on the characters in the Wilson is based on a national Space Station Gyllenhaal is starring
than $2 million dollars (ELIZABETH BANKS, 70s TV series of the graphic novel of the as they capture a space through April in a Broad-
from ticket sales for a 43) a powerful witch and same name about the same name by DANIEL probe with a sample way revival of the musi-
foundation which funds former Power Ranger. California Highway CLOWES, 55 (Ghost inside that may contain cal Sunday in the Park
care for people suffering The director is DEAN Patrol. Dax Shepard stars World). The title alien life. Well, as you with George. He got
from Alzheimers. ISRAELITE, 32, who was as Baker, a veteran character (played by may have guessed stellar reviews. Tickets
Sadly, Superior born and raised in South officer, and Michael Pena Woody Harrelson) is a there is alien life inside are available, so if you
Donuts, a CBS Africa. His cousin and plays Ponch, his rookie lonely, neurotic and and, without spoiling can, go see it. A rehears-
sitcom starring JUDD mentor, director JONA- partner. The twist: Ponch hilariously honest the surprises this alien al tape of Jake singing
HIRSCH, is plunging in THAN LIEBESMAN, 40, is an undercover federal middle-aged misan- creature presents big a Sunday song has
the ratings, and a often directs franchise officer investigating thrope who reconnects difficulties for the crew. just been released. His
second season is series, too the 2006 possible corruption with his ex-wife (Laura JAKE GYLLENHAAL, 36, singing voice, which is
doubtful. The cast is sequel to Texas Chain- within the highway Dern). He gets a shot at stars as Dr. David quite good, is very simi-
talented, but the humor saw Massacre and the patrol. ADAM BRODY, 37, happiness when he finds Jordan. lar to the singing voice
is stale. Hirschs charac- 2015 reboot of the Teen- and MAYA RUDOLPH, out he has a teenage The Life screenwrit- of MANDY PATINKIN,
ter was identified as age Mutant Ninja Turtles 43, have big supporting daughter hes never met. ers, PAUL WERNICK, 64, who originated the
Jewish in the first series. roles playing, respective- Life, a big-budget 48, and Rhett Reese, role that Gyllenhaal is
Donuts episode, and I CHIPS is a buddy ly, a CHP officer and a sci-fi thriller, follows a met in high school now playing.
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Orthodox rabbi, now pro-peace settler, to speak with Palestinian activist in Hoboken
JOANNE PALMER

I
ts easy when you have a binary
world view. Everything is black or An area where
white, good or bad, right or wrong.
You know exactly where you stand there is much
in that kind of world. stereotyping,
Its hard to be confronted with evi-
dence that the world is not binary. Its much rage, and
not exactly a matter of shades of gray, much fear that
either; its more like your black and white
is someone elses white and black, wrong each side feels
or right, bad or good. And it doesnt toward the other.
change your own understanding of the
world, either. Its like youve discovered or occupied territory or liberated terri-
that there are parallel universes, and all tory or Judea and Samaria? he asked.
of a sudden they intersect. It is an area where there is much ste-
Rabbi Hanan Schlesinger, an Ortho- reotyping, much rage, and much fear
dox rabbi and a settler and now also that each side feels toward the other.
a strong proponent of dialogue, and of It is a place where the two sides, the
seeing Palestinians, like Israelis, as real Israelis and the Palestinians, live right
people will be talking about that shift next to each other, but they have no con-
in vision in Hoboken on April 2. (See the tact. There are separate towns and vil-
box for details.) lages, languages, school systems, munic-
Rabbi Schlesinger is a Long Island- ipal systems, legal systems. Everything
born Jew who made aliyah in 1975, when is separate, even time zones we switch
he was 18 years old. I had lived in Gush to and from daylight savings time at dif-
Etzion, a municipality in Judea, for about ferent times. Different media, different
33 years, and until about three years ago, world views, different takes on reality.
I had never met a Palestinian in any seri- And add into that, both sides are
ous way, he said. unaware of the violence that their side
Its not that hes nave; hes spent does to the other. Everyone just knows
much of his career going back and forth that the other side is violent, full of ter-
between the United States and Israel, rorists, and inhuman.
and hes met many people of all sorts of Three years ago, everything began to
backgrounds. But until three years ago, change, he said.
he had not met a Palestinian as an equal. Three years ago, a small group of
Judea, he said; that brings up the kinds Israelis and Palestinians met locally, he
of questions to which he now has devoted said. The Israelis were students of the Rabbi Hanan Schlesinger, top, and Palestinian activist Antwan Saca will talk
his life. What do you call the place where iconoclastic settler rabbi, Menachem about peace at the United Synagogue of Hoboken.
he lives? Its the heart of the conflict Froman, a pioneer in interfaith dia-
zone, but is it the West Bank or Palestine logue between Jews and Palestinians, or that someone had given it to him. That was the first time I had ever
who died in 2013. In the wake of his So I asked him, and he began to heard anyone use the term Israeli occu-
Who: Rabbi Hanan Schlesinger and death, many of his students felt that they describe a summer camp in Maine pation. I had no idea what he was talk-
Antwan Saca of Roots were called upon to continue his legacy, that takes kids Israelis and Palestin- ing about.
What: Are Unlikely Partners for Rabbi Schlesinger said. Although he was ians for a summer of recreation and I couldnt not believe it, because he
Peace as they talk to each other not one of Rabbi Fromans students, he reconciliation. wasnt angry. He wasnt giving a political
Where: At the United Synagogue was invited to a meeting with a Palestin- He came back having met Israeli kids, speech. He was just talking about the way
of Hoboken, 115 Park Ave. ian family, the Abu Awwads, from the and his mind and his heart were trans- he grew up, about the conditions that
town of Beit Ymar. I had great fear and formed, and now he wants to devote his drove him to be a fighter.
When: On Sunday,
April 2, from 10 to noon trepidation about going to the meeting, life to creating peace between the two He talked about how he threw many
because I had never met Palestinians, peoples. rocks at Israelis. And you know what?
Why: To explore the possibility of
he said. And that evening, I had conver- I remember being deeply unsure of Some of those rocks maybe hit my fam-
peace in the West Bank
sations that completely and absolutely whether or not I should believe him. ily car. I have been attacked many times
What else: The talk is free
challenged me, in ways that I never could I just couldnt wrap my head around in my life.
and brunch will follow.
have imagined. what he was saying. And that was just Mr. Awwad also talked about how he
Reservations are encouraged at
office@hobokensynagogue.org One small story, he continued. I met an example of four or five conversations changed. He was tortured in an Israeli
a 17-year-old man who was wearing a wind- that I had. jail, and went on an open-ended hun-
And also: The pair also will speak
at Congregation Bnai Jeshuruns breaker that had three English words writ- We also sat together and a spokes- ger strike. He was a 17-, 18-year-old kid
community house, 270 W. 89th St., ten on it. Seeds of Peace. I had no idea man from each side described who he in prison, demanding to see his mother,
Manhattan, on Thursday, March 30, what that was, but I knew that Palestinians was. The meetings convener, Ali Awwad, who was in another prison. After 17 days
7-8:30 p.m. and peace didnt go together, so I figured described his life, living in Beit Ymar, of fasting, the Israeli authorities gave
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Universes
FROM PAGE 6

in, and in that moment he learned the And then I

power of nonviolent resistance.
And then there were Rabbi Schlesing- realized that I
ers own bedrock views which remain could maintain
unchanged.
I made aliyah out of a deep sense of my identity, but
the fact that Jewish destiny has come to a it had to grow to
deep consummation, and I wanted to be
part of the Jewish destiny, he said. include another
In front of my eyes, I saw the fulfill- truth, to become
ment of 2,000 years of Jewish dreams
and hopes, and the resilience of a peo- more inclusive. I
ple, after so much destruction. I saw the had been blind
triumph of the spirit, the fulfillment and
consummation of our people, and I saw to the story of Rabbi Hanan Schlesinger, left, began this work with Palestinians after meeting
tremendous justice in it. I saw the tri- Palestinians. Ali Awwad, left.
umph of the human spirit. I saw justice
all around me. going through the process of learning And people who have heard us in liv-
And suddenly I hear that our triumph and spiritual expansion, I find that the ing rooms sometimes gather up the cour-
is another peoples tragedy. Palestinian and Israeli partners Im learn- age to come to our center and they find
It was extraordinarily painful, he ing from and talking to are undergoing themselves in a whole new world. We created
added. I was deeply challenged and similar processes, he said. And then, Friendships develop, and people start
confused and confounded by what I six months after we first met, we see that thinking and reading and then they come Roots as a
heard from Ali and the other people, all we have created something. to our lectures, to our dialogue events, to framework to
their personal stories. I went home and Something was born. interfaith activities, and they send their
I thought, and I became spiritually very We created Roots as a framework to kids to our summer camp. bring these two
sick. I was ill, I was nauseous, I was very bring these two sides together, to listen Its not exactly the same in the Arab sides together, to
sick spiritually for many months. very deeply to each other, and to find a community, he added. Its not really
I went back and met Ali a few more way to absorb some of the Others truth home meetings; much more word of listen very deeply
times, and I talked to other Israelis who and fear and narrative and identity into mouth, within the clan, and through wid- to each other,
had met Palestinians, and I went through our own identities. ening circles of friends. In other words,
feelings of depression and loss of iden- Roots its full name includes Sho- both cultures use their own means and to find a way
tity, loss of mooring. I became angry and rashim/Judur, the word roots in Hebrew toward the same end. to absorb some
guilty and confused. and Arabic works with Israeli Jews and The goals arent entirely mirror images
And then I realized that I could main- Palestinians. The Abu Awwad family has of each other either. We have a strong of the Others
tain my identity, but it had to grow to loaned the group the land where Rabbi tendency among ideological Jews to say truth and fear
include another truth, to become more Schlesingers first encounter happened, that there is no such thing as Palestin-
inclusive. I had been blind to the story dedicated to creating better futures for ians, but here is a Palestinian sitting in and narrative and
of Palestinians, so I began to develop the these families, Rabbi Schlesinger said. front of you, telling the narrative. And identity into our
religious ideology that is based in the Its not easy going. I like to say that there is a strong tendency among Pales-
mysticism that sees God as the infinite only the majority of settlers are against tinians to tell Israelis that Jews are a reli- own identities.
collection of partials truths. us, he said. There is animosity, because gion, not a people, so what do you need
Rabbi Schlesinger had always been a listening to our message is very challeng- a nation for. first time I have ever spoken in an event
teacher, working mainly in seminaries ing, but we do open houses in settle- So the Palestinians learn that the Jews related to my family. The talk is in mem-
for college-age students, most of them ments around the area. People open up are a people, and the Israelis learn that ory of Louis and Edith Scheinberg, who
English speakers; one of his main areas their living rooms. People come to listen the Palestinians exist as a people. was a great uncle of Rabbi Schlesingers
of interest was mysticism. So I began to us because they are upset with and In Hoboken, Rabbi Schlesinger will father. Hes also Rabbi Scheinbergs
to study the sources in Jewish mysticism want to vent, or because they are curi- engage in public dialogue with Antwan great-grandfather, Rabbi Schlesinger
and in chasidic literature that talk about ous, or because they want to tell us how Saca, a Palestinian activist who, unlike said; Rabbi Robert Scheinberg leads the
how you bring many sources of conflict- bad we are. But because the Palestinian many of the Palestinians in Root, is not Mus- United Synagogue of Hoboken, which is
ing and partial truths into your soul. I speakers are so charismatic and so real, lim but Christian. Hes the program director hosting the talk. We just learned were
took it upon myself to be that collector in people listen. You can see their faces as for the Holy Land Trust in Bethlehem. related, Rabbi Schlesinger said, proving
my soul, he said. they listen; people are challenged and Theres one other personal note Rabbi that no matter how weighty the issues
As he did that spiritual work, he under- confused and thinking and processing. It Schlesinger is enjoying. The lecture is in under discussion might be, Jewish geog-
took practical efforts as well. As I am is really something. memory of a relative of mine, and its the raphy is inescapable.

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Reflections on two decades as science correspondent

MIRYAM Z. WAHRMAN PH.D.
Science correspondent

T
wenty years ago, scientists announced the cloning
of a lamb they called Dolly.
This feat the production of an exact replica
of an adult mammal was unprecedented, and
it suggested the possibility of human cloning.
Some people reacted with trepidation, as the power to
clone was viewed as playing God. Some speculated that
the first people to be cloned might be celebrities, such as
Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton even back then those
two were high enough on the popular radar to appear on
such a list.
As a biology professor and observant Jew I wondered
how Jewish law and tradition would view human cloning.
I was inspired to dig deeply into the Jewish side of cloning,
and I wrote an essay called Bone of my bones and flesh of
my flesh: The cloning of sheep and humans.
The article was published in the Jewish Standard on
March 7, 1997; it was my first publication in the print
media, and opened a floodgate for me, giving me a place
to express my views on science and Judaism. It was a new
avocation for me. Although I had published scholarly arti-
cles before, writing about science for a broader audience
was a new experience, and I loved it.
Rebecca Kaplan Boroson, then the editor of the Jewish
Standard, encouraged me to write more, and sent me out Dr. Wahrmans world changed as science and Judaism and newsprint came together for her right here.
on assignment the very next week to cover a symposium
for Jewish women called It Takes a Jewish Village. I was expertise in genetics, reproductive biology, and biotechnol-
such a novice that my hands shook as I conducted those ogy led to my reporting in 1997 on the newly discovered BRCA
first interviews. But I was hooked; I continued to write genes, which are associated with elevated risk of breast cancer
on many different topics, and soon I was appointed sci- Studying science in and occurence in Ashkenazi Jews. I revisited that topic many
ence correspondent by science enthusiast Rebecca Boro-
son and by visionary publisher James Janoff. The Jewish
the context of the times in the last two decades as science advanced to practi-
cal clinical applications, including screening and surveillance.
Standard was proud to be the only Jewish newspaper with Jewish faith opened the Similarly, writing and reporting opened doors to scholarly
a science correspondent.
In the two decades since, scientists still have not cloned
door for me to explore and interdisciplinary experiences that enriched my accom-
plishments as professor. As correspondent, I covered contro-
humans (not even Hillary or Donald) but I still am explor- the emerging field versial issues such as abortion, genetic screening, embryonic
ing science and Judaism as part of the Jewish Standard
staff. My 20 years as correspondent opened doors I never
of bioethics. stem cells, and the vaccine controversy. Studying science
in the context of the Jewish faith opened the door for me to
imagined, and provided opportunities for me to enlighten, explore the emerging field of bioethics. I developed one of the
educate, and inform myself and the community. University Holocaust program and subsequently write about first graduate courses in bioethics, and I continue to update
As a Jewish science correspondent, I explore issues her work. I wrote about Chabad Rabbi Ephraim Simon, who it and teach it every year at WPU. I supervise student projects
from a unique perspective. For instance, in one of my is a remarkable, selfless man who became an altruistic kidney in bioethics and continue research and writing in the field.
early articles I wrote about the appearance of Comet Hale- donor. I met patent attorney Barry Schindler when I inter- Some stories I covered touched me profoundly. I wrote an
Bopp, explaining the science of comets, but also explor- viewed him for a story in 2007. He deals with legal and bioethi- essay, Torahs in Space, celebrating Israeli astronaut Ilan
ing traditional Jewish sources revealing how our prophets cal issues in the pharmaceutical industry, and he continues to Ramons 2003 Columbia space shuttle mission. Days later, in
viewed comets as swords of angels. visit my bioethics classes at William Paterson University and Seven Heavenly Souls, I mournfully reported on the tragic
In subsequent pieces I wrote about many other topics, share his expertise with my students. loss of the shuttle and its crew.
including new reproductive technologies, teen smoking, the The brilliant and articulate author Walter Isaacson was a Over the years as a Jewish Standard correspondent I
new drug Viagra, and genetically modified plants and animals. pleasure to interview, as his breadth and profound depth had the opportunity to travel to Israel, where I visited the
For Rosh Hashanah, I wrote Honey: Healthy or hazardous. of knowledge in so many areas was exciting to experience. prestigious Israeli research centers at Technion, the Weiz-
Many of my articles also appeared in other publica- I spoke with him and wrote about his book on Albert Ein- mann Institute, and Hadassah Medical Center. I met Israeli
tions, including the newspaper Allgemeine Judische stein. I met and interviewed Professor Avram Hershko, researchers and wrote about scientific breakthroughs in
Wochenzeitung, which translated them into German. For Israels first Nobel laureate in science (2004) and Profes- nanotechnology, embryonic stem cell research, robotics,
example, my in vitro fertilization article became Mame, sor Ada Yonath, Israels first female Nobel laureate (2009). reproductive medicine, satellite technology, and energy, as
Tate, Petrischale (Mother, Father, Petri dish) in German. I also would add to this list of remarkable people two young well as other cutting-edge areas.
I wrote about topics of the day and new breakthrough people I met in 2010, siblings Sarah and Jeffrey Yourman, My first book was inspired by and emerged from my
research in schizophrenia, aphasia, ADD/ADHD, neuro- who inspired me with their pluck and optimism in the face writings on science and Judaism. Called Brave New Juda-
plasticity, and the new HPV vaccine. of serious medical challenges. ism: When Science and Scripture Collide, it addresses
In my years as correspondent I got to interview some My full-time position as professor involves scientific issues in Jewish bioethics and biomedical sciences. In
extraordinary people. I was inspired by Jewish bioethicist research and scholarship, teaching, and administrative ser- 2002, shortly after the book was published, the Jewish
Rabbi David Feldman and the visionary founder of Sharsheret, vice, all of which helped to enhance my skills as correspon- Standard named me a Newsmaker of the Year for stir-
Rochelle Shoretz, both of whom gave so much to the com- dent. For instance, as head of the Holocaust and Genocide ring the communitys interest and/or emotions for years
munity. Holocaust scholar Deborah Lipstadts work, and her Center at WPU for many years, I had the opportunity to as science correspondent of this newspaper [and lead-
courage in exposing Holocaust denial, has spanned decades. oversee and run educational programs on the Holocaust. I ing] us through the thicket of modern science as it relates
It was my privilege to work with her on a William Paterson expanded my writings to include Holocaust-related issues. My SEE SCIENCE PAGE 60

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A giant wind chime voices the sounds of memory for three fallen soldiers
ABIGAIL KLEIN LEICHMAN

Andarta.

T
hats a word I did not know
until I moved to Israel. It means
monument or memorial.
The land of Israel is filled
with monuments. There are monuments
to Nazi victims and monuments to fallen
soldiers from specific units and specific
battles. Theres a memorial to the spy Eli
Cohen, hanged by the Syrians in 1965.
There are monuments in homage to John
F. Kennedy and to the Americans killed
on 9/11.
Then there are countless smaller memo-
rials, sometimes a plaque dedicating a
playground or park, sometimes no more
than an engraved stone by the side of a
road, marking the spot where a soldier or
a civilian was murdered.
Each one pays silent tribute to the
deceased and to the hope of the ever-griev-
ing families that their loved one will not be
forgotten.
On a recent Friday morning, I discov-
ered that not every memorial is silent.
While strolling through a part of our
city wed never explored before, my
husband and I came across a huge wind
chime installed at the edge of a park, like a
vertical xylophone played by the invisible
hands of the breeze. The chimes, above, stand at the edge
A metal sign hammered to the frame of of a park in Rosh Pinah with plaques,
the outsized instrument revealed that it left, dedicated to the memories of
was created in 2016 by Jerusalem Chimes Capt. Haggai Bibi and Sgt. Stav Far-
in the Upper Galilee city of Rosh Pinah, toush.
whose motto is May the wind always
whisper in your heart.
At first we assumed it was just another angel always standing by your side.
art installation, like others scattered Why werent the guardian angels of Stav
around Maaleh Adumim for the sake of and Haggai standing by their sides at those
aesthetics. fateful moments? God only knows.
Upon closer inspection, we saw a series But in the absence of answers there are
of flower-bordered plaques mounted on memories.
wood next to the chimes, explaining that The Bibi and Fartoush families chose
it is a musical andarta dedicated to the an extraordinarily meaningful way to
memory of Capt. Haggai Bibi of Maaleh no more will they bless him; no more will Stavs photo bears an inscription similar to keep the memory of their children alive
Adumim, killed in December 2003 in he be blessed. Lord, Lord, Lord, if only Haggais. It says that the chimes will con- for those who knew these two young sol-
the Gaza Strip along with Lt. Leonardo you had blessed him with life. tinue to play the melody of her life. And diers and for those, like us, who did not.
Weissman. As we stood quietly, so touched by the another line at the bottom reads simply: It seems to me a very Jewish approach to
One plaque bears an inscription telling sight and the sound, suddenly we noticed Autumn is over and gone. channel unbearable pain into something
us that the 24 wind chimes equaling the another flower-rimmed plaque on the Stav means autumn. of everlasting beauty.
number of years he lived will continue to other side. This one was in memory of Sgt. A flagstone path leading up from the Every time the wind wafts over the
play the song of Haggais life. Stav Fartoush. chimes brought us to another andarta, the musical andarta, the air is filled with a new
Another plaque is inscribed with a Stav didnt die in the line of duty. She circular Haggai Lookout over the Judean dulcet blessing bestowed on the souls of
stanza from Lu Yehi (May It Be), was killed in a bus accident on November hills, and a cluster of olive trees. Simple Haggai and Stav. May they rest in peace.
Naomi Shemers Yom Kippur War ballad: 26, 2015, in which 41 other soldiers were benches line the circle, and a marker is
Then grant tranquility and also grant wounded. The daughter of a Maaleh Adu- engraved with the encouraging words Abigail Klein Leichman has been a
strength to all those we love; all that we mim firefighter, Stav had planned to cel- Capt. Bibi spoke to his troops in 2001 at correspondent for the Jewish Standard
seek, may it be. ebrate her 20th birthday with her twin the end of their training. He wished them since 1994. She moved from Teaneck
Still another plaque quotes from a Six- brother on December 22. It gave me goose- a life of joy without loneliness, a loving to Maaleh Adumim with her family in
Day War ballad, How Shall I Bless Him, bumps to read that Haggai died on Decem- spouse and supportive friends, a rain- August 2007, and shares her impressions
written by Rachel Shapira in memory of a ber 22, 2003, Stavs eighth birthday. bow in the cloud, faith to strengthen their of life in Israel in occasional Letter from
fallen soldier: This boy is now an angel; The flower-rimmed plaque bearing hope, desires fulfilled, and a guardian Israel columns.

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The $36,000 questions

Unlocking the secrets of Moriahs prize-winning Talmud curriculum
LARRY YUDELSON rotation, and 15 percent is a passion
project, he said. The passion proj-
Rabbi Yoni Fein believes in data. ect could be making a song, a skit, a
Rabbi Fein, who is assistant principal website. Ive seen some very creative
of Judaic studies at the Moriah School work, he said.
in Englewood and teaches Talmud to The Talmud chapter his eighth-grad-
a class of eighth-grade girls there, says ers are studying deals with returning
that when they are crunched properly, lost objects. So one student put together
the numbers on students tests can a website to help students see whats in
help him teach them better and help the schools lost and found box. The
them learn better. pile in the box is getting smaller and
And now theres a big number vali- smaller, Rabbi Fein said. The child
dating his approach 36,000. Thats learned about web development, tak-
the number of dollars he was awarded ing a leadership role, and teaching
by the Kohelet Foundation as one of practical halacha. I did nothing.
the six winners of the foundations Does his approach work?
prize for excellence in Jewish day I can actually prove it, Rabbi Fein
school education. This was the first said. I can see the data. There is not
year the prize was offered; Rabbi Fein a single student in my class who is not
won in the category of differentiated fully at grade level right now. Everyone
education. is caught up to speed, which is rare.
But lets back up. How many schools are using data
Before there was the prize, which to answer that question? he contin-
is not for the school but goes to Rabbi ued. I have a student I was told was
Fein personally, there was the project: the weakest student in the grade. She
a personalized, data-driven Talmud is excelling in the class. She does fly
curriculum. under the radar. She has a lot of capa-
And before that, there was a major Rabbi Yoni Fein leads a class of eigth-graders at the Moriah School in Englewood. bility, but was never given the individ-
grant from the Avi Chai foundation, ual instruction she needs.
which enabled Moriah to introduce per- academic goals. in the Talmud indicate the structure of the In a class where people ask kids to raise
sonalized instruction in all its classes. Some of them also are hard goals to vali- 1,500-year-old dialectical arguments, ask- their hands to thrive, she doesnt thrive.
With personalized instruction, Instead date with data. ing a question, introducing a proof, or giv- Moriah students have one thing going
of teaching 20 kids at the same time, we But as Rabbi Fein says, How do you ing a second opinion. for them that helps Rabbi Fein immensely
get real-time data on students and create know youre successful in what you do At last, there were concrete goals. in personalizing his instruction: Every
learning pathways for them. There might unless you can prove youre successful? And then came the innovation that was student has his or her own Chromebook
be three or four stations set up in a room. How do you know students arent falling simple in hindsight, relatively simple in laptop computer. That means that Rabbi
A teacher will have a collaborative station, through the cracks? execution, and made all the difference. Fein can create online worksheets and
an independent station where people are As he worked with his faculty to bring He had the teachers break down the even solicit instant feedback at the end of
reading and working on activities, a digital personalized learning to their classrooms, questions on their tests into the three cat- a class. Tell me three things you learned,
station, and a station where a teacher can the meetings sometimes became heated. egories of content, vocabulary, and under- two things you feel youre not so clear
target three or five kids in a small group. He had his teachers tell him what their def- standing the structure. With help from on, and one question you might have,
Throughout a 40-minute class, groups of inition of success in the classroom looked friends who work in finance and are profi- he asks. He can look at the responses on
students will rotate between the stations. like. Sixty percent said they wanted their cient in spreadsheets, he created an online his computer at home and adjust the next
We are fully personalized in the lower kids to be inspired. grade book so teachers could record each days lessons for each student.
school, Rabbi Fein said. The data is He told them: That is not a goal. students results in each category. Rabbi Fein said that one of the successes
showing a double-digit percentile improve- They yelled at me. They screamed at This gave a precise measurement of of his approach is that it has reduced the
ment in proficiency. If a child is not pro- me. What are you talking about? We want students strengths and weaknesses. It stress of his students, who are anxious
ficient in a specific skill, he or she is not to inspire the kids! revealed that for many students, a single about their grades and worried about the
moving forward to the next unit. He responded: Tell me what inspira- numerical grade was disguising specific high school application process, which
Bringing that philosophy to bear on the tion looks like. How do you achieve it? problems. Three quarters of my class was they are about to begin.
Jewish studies component of the curricu- Not that he was opposed to inspiration: incredibly advanced in two categories but Hes proud of his teams work so
lum was a much harder task, however. Inspiration should happen every day with low in another, Rabbi Fein said. There proud, in fact, that he split some of his
For one thing, there is no infrastructure your interactions with the kids, he told are students who are getting 95s who are prize money with its members.
of off-the-shelf computerized programs to his teachers. You can inspire them, they getting hundreds in two domains but 70s We broke every myth, Rabbi Fein said.
match students to curriculum to learning can learn to love Torah, through working on the third. We took a relatively low-tech team and
goals to standardized tests to benchmarks. on academic skills and achievement. I had students who were getting 70s in just six months we turned that into an
Not only is the Jewish educational mar- He walked his faculty through the pro- and I was able to look at them and see that exciting educational culture around per-
ket a tiny fraction of the general education cess of thinking about what constituted in vocabulary they were getting 100 and sonalized learning. We were able to take
market, but even the top schools with the mastery of Talmud study. Theres learning tell them Youre not a horrible Gemara something that every school in the country
best reputations dont really have clear the Aramaic vocabulary. Theres knowing student. was doing the same way for twenty years,
standards and benchmarks in Judaic stud- the content of the Talmud passage theyre This differentiation enabled him to per- change it, and show it can be replicated with
ies, Rabbi Fein said. Oftentimes the goal studying. Theres being able to read the sonalize instruction. He knew which stu- free technology. You dont need to change
is to inspire kids, or to finish a tractate, text (which, like the text of a Torah scroll, dents needed to focus on which skills. everything youre doing; you just need to
or to teach vocabulary, or to have them lacks vowels and punctuation). And In his class, 50 percent is whole group be more focused on specific skills. You just
want to learn Gemara. These are not all theres understanding how certain words instruction, 35 percent personalized have to input numbers on a spreadsheet.

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Art, life, and antiques

Hohokus merchant explores his eclectic beliefs through poetry
LOIS GOLDRICH New Milford for nine years, simultane- Some clearly are Jewish. One, called

Y
ously opening Grannys Attic. Or that Mitzvahs, expresses the certainty
ou cant judge a book by its one of his English professors at Fairleigh that doing good ultimately will pay
cover, says Maury Alan Lubman Dickinson University taught classes while off even if you have to wait a long
of Wayne poet, former English sitting in the lotus position. time. Another, Prayer, tells of the
teacher, and founder and owner Mr. Lubman says he started writing poets guilt when praying for personal
of Grannys Attic Antiques in Hohokus. poetry during the Vietnam years, when needs in a world with so many truly
A case in point: On the cover of his self- the injustices of war, the poor, and societys needy people. Still other poems are
published book Michagoss, Mr. Lub- victims became haunting issues. His poems universal. In My Sons, Mr. Lubman
mans face is superimposed on a painting a mixed bag of rhymes, prose, metaphors, expresses equal concern for young
of Mona Lisa. and messages are written in user-friendly soldiers, scared and standing alone,
Strange, but no stranger than the fact language. Indeed, he subtitled his book whether they hail from Israel or
that the store proprietor remembers, Poetry for People Who Hate Poetry. Hezbollah.
in detail, the furnishings he saw in his Many of the poems are declarations of
mothers friends apartment when he love for the person who served as his muse Maury Alan Lubmans face
was only a small child. Or that he was a and inspired him to return to writing. Oth- is superimposed on a painting
pre-med student at the University of Ken- ers express frustration and despair in the of Mona Lisa on the cover
tucky who ended up teaching English in face of war and inequality. of his book, Mishagoss.

An ascending voice
Simi Fromen of Englewood writes poetry about divorce and yoga
BANJI GANCHROW I would be waiting in the hallway of

M
court for hours, and I would write, she
arch 21 was World Poetry said. One of the pieces in my book is
day but every day feels called Divorce Court Poetry. It was writ-
like poetry day to Simi ten in the courthouse cafeteria. My writ-
Fromen of Englewood. ing was inspirational and empowering
In a world where we can post things rather than angry and resentful. However,
on Facebook and Tumblr, write our own it was healing to touch pen to paper again
blogs and tweets and texts, the art of put- after so many years without it.
ting pen to paper and then turning those Divorce can be isolating in a commu-
papers into an actual book still is a sacred nity of couples. My wish is for others to
one. Ms. Fromen knows this firsthand as read my book and not feel alone, and
the author of a book of poetry, Ascend- know they will make it to the other side.
ing Voice. What might have started as an She also was inspired by the author and
exercise in social media posting evolved screenwriter Jonathan Tropper, whom
into so much more than that. she met after her divorce. He read my
Growing up in Rockland County, Ms. poetry and said I should just write a book
Fromen always was influenced by the strong about being in the throes of divorce, she
women in her life. Both of her grandmoth- said. He too was divorced and Ms. Fromen
ers were Holocaust survivors, and were instinctively knew that he was right. It
vocal about their experiences. My mater- also made me realize that this could be a
nal grandmother was the most resilient real vehicle for inspiration and empower-
woman and survivor I have ever known, ment for anyone going through something
Ms. Fromen said. She went through the challenging in their lives.
worst death camps in the Holocaust, yet she We all have something and words can
always had a smile on her face. Her faith in be really comforting. I know that they
God never faltered, and I learned so much have always been like that for me. If I can
about believing and knowing there is more reach others and help others, that is just
to the story from her. a bonus.
Ms. Fromen always enjoyed writing, With the support of her family and
which she began doing when she was 12. friends, Ms. Fromen decided to post one Simi Fromen of Englewood, with copies of Ascending Voice, her book of
But then school and life got in the way of her poems on the social media platform deeply personal poetry.
and she never took her first love to heart. Instagram. The response was incredible,
She even attended the Fashion Institute of she said. The writing community that I platform for Ms. Fromen. It was a cathar- Ms. Fromens brothers, Heshy and Allan
Technoloy. She got married. have connected with on Instagram has tic process, she said. I connected with Fromen, who both live in Englewood, are
And then she got divorced and then been so empowering. Several have even so many writers and became part of a col- very proud of their sister and boasted that
she channeled her feelings of loneliness become close friends. laborative group of inspiring artists. So the Lianne Rimes, the country singer, follows
and isolation into words. Instagram became an important book was an organic process. our sister on Instagram!

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While the Jewish nature of his work is not overt, Mr.
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dinner, but I told him I wasnt really religious. I thanked
him for the invitation, and gave him a copy of my book. your furniture or starting anew.
The next time I saw him, he said, Maury, youre more
religious than many of my members.
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Local

So whats it like to be 100?

JAMES JANOFF

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ell, Hon Hantgen can be a woman of few
words, but she tells it like it is. You take what life
You take what life gives you, and you
take it as it is she says, with a big smile. gives you, and you
Hon, who lived in Englewood with her husband, George, take it as it is.
the community builder, JCC founder, and federation execu-
tive who died in December 2014 at 98, has just turned 100.
When asked about existing for over a century, she actu- Well, last Sunday, this favorite resident at the Jewish
ally will question you about your question. What are you Home at Rockleigh was treated to a birthday party by
talking about? she demands. family, friends, Jewish Home staffers, and two students
When I tell her not many people will get to experience from the Thurnauer School of Music at the Kaplen JCC
her longevity, she gives me a firm stare and says Really, on the Palisades.
thats their problem! So I know you really want to know how to live to be
Funny lady, that Hon. 100. So did I. But at some point, toward the end of our
Well, maybe not knowing is a good thing, but inquiring conversation, she said abruptly, You know, you ask
minds really wanted to know. too many questions!
She says she smoked at one time (yeah, Marlboros, Even I know when to end an interview.
those things in the red box), but that vice ended long ago. Longevity probably equals brisket with gravy, and
She even admits to some exercise and just a lot of good of course a kasha knish and a Dr. Browns cherry soda.
eatinglike kreplach. We love you, Hon, and mazal tov even if you have
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Briefly Local

Solomon Schechter will honor Norpac invites

four champions of community Sen. Menendez
Esther and Ben Chouake will welcome
The Solomon Schechter Day Community Synagogue Senator Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) for
School of Bergen County will of Tenafly and Engle- a Norpac brunch in their Englewood
honor champions of Jewish wood and the parents home on Sunday, March 26, at 9:30
education at its 43rd annual of three Schechter a.m. Moshael and Zahava Straus serve
Community Celebration students. as the event chairs. For more informa-
on Sunday, April 2, at the Rhonda and Richard tion or to make reservations, email
Hilton Pearl River. The pro- Kahn are active alumni Avi@NORPAC.net or call (201) 788-5133.
gram, which begins at 5 parents at Schech- Senator Robert Menendez, left, and
p.m., supports Schechters ter. They have been Moshael Straus COURTESY NORPAC

cutting-edge curriculum and involved with Schechter

provides tuition assistance David and Jody Perla since its days in the Jew-
for students in need. ish Center of Teaneck Boys Town Jerusalem welcomes
Honorees Jody and David and both have served Trump lawyer Jason Greenblatt
Perla and Rhonda and on its board. Longtime
Richard Kahn all embody members of Congre- Trump adviser Jason Greenblatt of Teaneck
Schechters mission of edu- gation Beth Sholom in met Maj. Gen. Yoav Mordechai, a 1982 grad-
cating children to be inde- Teaneck, Richard also uate of Boys Town Jerusalem, in Jerusalem
pendent thinkers and com- is the secretary of the last week. Mordechai, the coordinator of
passionate adults who will Masorti Foundation for Israeli government activities in the West
contribute to the Jewish and Conservative Judaism Bank, briefed Mr. Greenblatt on security
greater global communities. in Israel. He is co-man- issues.
Following the example set Richard and Rhonda aging partner in the law
Maj. Gen. Yoav Mordechai, left,
by their families, Schechter Kahn PHOTOS COURTESY SSDS firm Winne, Banta, Bas-
and Jason Greenblatt
parents Jody and David Perla ralian & Kahn. Rhonda
are committed to the growth of a strong is the communications director of Wom-
Jewish day school community as well as ens League for Conservative Judaism.
to building Jewish communities and insti- They are the parents of three Schechter
tutions in Israel and here in the United graduates and have three grandchildren. A few special Purim celebrations
States. They have taken on leadership Sarah and Robert Goodman, Arielle
On Purim at Temple
roles in many organizations, including and Yoni Saposh, and Harley and Eli
Emeth in Teaneck,
the Schechter Day School Network, Camp Ungar are event chairs.
Rabbi Steven Sirbu,
Ramah in the Berkshires, and Leket Israel. For tickets, go to ssdsbergen.ejoinme.
center, and Cantor
David has been on the Schechter board of org/celebration, call Michelle Weinraub
Ellen Tilem read
trustees since 2012. Jody and David are at (201) 262-9898, ext. 277, or email
f ro m R a b b i L e o
active members of Kehilat Kesher The mweinraub@ssdsbergen.org.
B a e c k s Me g i l l at
Esther. The Museum

BARBARA BALKIN
of Jewish Heritage in
Wayne Chabad to host Queens Tea Manhattan loaned
the scroll to the shul.
The Jewish Womens Circle of the Chabad Center of Passaic
Congregants were
County presents a program it calls Queens Tea Celebrating
invited to get an up-
the Royalty of the Jewish Woman. The Sunday, April 2 event
close look at the scroll and its decorative box on Shabbat Zachor the Shabbat
at the Packanack Lake Clubhouse, set for noon, will benefit
before Purim and after the service on Purim.
the Friendship Circle, which serves local children with special
needs and their families. Bella Mendel will receive the Friend
of the Friendship Circle of Passaic County award; Staci Heske
and Jessica Heske will receive Young Leadership awards, and
Jennifer Metz-Langbaum will receive the Friend of the Chabad Judith Alter-
Center of Passaic County honor. Kallman
Judith Alter-Kallman will tell her story of Holocaust survival,
COURTESY VALLEY CHABAD

as she told it in her book, A Candle in the Heart. In addition, there will be a tricky
tray auction, including prizes, baskets, and gift certificates.
Reservations are due March 30. Call (973) 694-6274 or go to jewishwayne.com.

NCJW offers college scholarships

The Bergen County section of the This longstanding NCJW BCS program
National Council of Jewish Women will recognizes outstanding graduates and Hundreds of children and adults came in costume to celebrate Purim at Valley
award several endowed scholarships to helps with the increasing cost of higher Chabads Purim In Israel at the Tices Community Center in Woodcliff Lake. Par-
young Jewish women who are gradu- education. Information and applica- ticipants could squeeze their own orange juice, take photos at the Western Wall,
ating from Bergen County public high tions are available through high school buy Israeli art, and sample Mediterranean cuisine. Three Israeli soldiers also were
schools and planning to attend a four- guidance offices. Applications must be there; their visit was arranged by the FIDF of New Jersey.
year college or university in Septem- received by April 17 to allow time for Adults in the back, standing, are Diana Warshaw, a parent from River Vale; Navy
ber. Academic achievement, significant scheduling interviews for semifinalists. electronics commander Capt. Michael; Rabbi Yosef Orenstein, dressed as Moses,
involvement in school or community For information, go to www.ncjwbcs. and Rabbi Dov Drizin. Captain Avidav, commander of the 414th Field and Intel-
activities, and financial need are among org/advocacy-education/scholarships. ligence Battalion, center row, left, is in green, and Lt. Itay, deputy company com-
the criteria to be considered. mander of the Operations Division, is in gray.

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Cover Story
What you see
is what you get
Englewood Councilman Michael Cohen,
Wiesenthal Centers eastern director,
brings together disparate worlds
JOANNE PALMER have only a 25 percent chance of surviv-

M
ing the experimental new surgery, but
ichael Cohen of Englewood a 0 percent chance of surviving without
rushes in to meet you. Hes it. He was not expected to make it into
late. Thats not surprising. adulthood.
Hes constantly rushing, He died at 62, a few years ago, Michael
often late, because there is so much that Cohen said. And if he hadnt needed that
he has to say, so much that he urgently surgery, the family would have stayed in
has to do. Chile, and I would never have been born.
He brings such a powerful, intense waft His parents met at Grossingers, the
of energy with him that he nearly knocks iconic Catskill Hotel that was responsible
you over. That, you learn quickly, isnt for so many Jewish marriages. In the end,
surprising either. Talking to him is an this one didnt take Mark and Sandra
exercise in keeping up with the rush of got divorced when Michael was 20 but
words and ideas and stories in which he at least they met cute.
clearly revels. Michael grew up in Midwood, on Ave-
Mr. Cohen is the eastern regional direc- nue K. His family rented their house, and
tor of the Simon Wiesenthal Center and the landlords lived there too.
represents the second ward on Engle- It took me years to realize who our
woods city council. Not yet 40, with a landlords were, he said. They were
history of accomplishments and politi- Sonia and her husband, Zoosh. Zoosh
cal relationships that seem to fill at least was Zus Bielski, the second oldest of the
a physics-defying six decades, he has four fierce Bielski brothers, the wild-fight-
brought together seemingly irreconcil- ing partisans who lived in the forests of
able people and politics. Poland, fought the Nazis, and rescued
As a very young man, he ran political other Jews from the Holocaust. Grow-
campaigns. An Orthodox Jew, he worked ing up, I had no idea who he was, he
extensively in the African-American continued. Mr. Bielski would always sit
community, developing relationships there, on his beach chair, with his shirt
that went beyond the workplace to turn untucked, a big magen david hanging out,
into real friendships, based not on expe- and a lot of chest hair. And he always had
diency but on trust. And as a Brooklyn a big cigar.
boy, a serious New Yorker, hes become I wasnt allowed to throw a ball against
rooted in New Jersey. the stairs when he was there, so I always
So, meet Michael Cohen. wanted him to move, so I could play ball.
Michaels grandfather, Irwin Cohen, a He did see that his father treated their
third-generation Brooklyn native, who landlord with unusual respect. There
was president of his shul, Young Israel are always landlord-tenant issues, but
of Flatbush, one of the major Orthodox synagogues in their cars, he said. my father always had a respect for him, and a feeling that
Brooklyn, and at a time when there wasnt a synagogue Michaels mother, Sandra Wolf Cohen, was born in San- there are certain lines you dont want to cross.
on every other block, is Michaels role model; He still tiago, Chile, the daughter of Holocaust refugees. The fam- He looks back with some regret. When you are a kid,
inspires me to do what I do, he said. And his great-uncle ily probably would have stayed there, but one of Sandras you dont think about this, but now I realize the conversa-
was the president of the Yeshiva of Flatbush. The Cohen identical brothers was born with a hole in his heart a tions I could have had with him.
family lived with the assumption that community service hole that could be fixed in the United States, but not in Michael went to the Yeshiva of Flatbush for elementary
was an unshirkable responsibility. Chile. (It probably was a very good thing for the Wolfs and most of high school. But he wasnt doing well, his par-
Mr. Cohens father, Mark, who now lives on Long Island, that they left; there was a military coup six months later, ents didnt particularly like his friends, and they thought
worked in the family lighting business that his father and and interesting times rarely are comfortable times.) Mean- I would do better with a change of environment.
uncle started in the 1940s, working out of the backs of while, the family was told that little Martin Wolf would Thats how Michael found himself, for his senior year

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 Cover Story

The Moriah School in Englewood ran a program teaching kids to fight hatred online with the Simon Wiesenthal Center.

of high school, at the New England Academy of Torah, in

Providence, R.I. It was a very good year, he said. The
schools secular academics didnt compare to the Yeshiva
of Flatbushs, but he was able to get a real sense of how
a serious religious life could be lived from the teachers
there; certainly such seriousness of purpose was avail-
able at Flatbush, but he wasnt able to look beyond the
familiar to see it there. And he also learned that there is a
universe beyond Brooklyn. Growing up where I did, you
think that the world starts and ends on Flatbush Avenue,
he said. You didnt even think that there was another part
of Brooklyn. It really opened my eyes. The students were
all Orthodox Jews, but they came from such exotic places
as Canada and Massachusetts.
After he graduated from high school, Michael spent a
year in Israel. It really is a profound experience, he said.
He went to Shaare Yerushalayim, a yeshiva that had the A young Michael Cohen with an even younger
philosophy that if all you want to do is learn, you can learn Ethiopian-Israeli child.
in Brooklyn. This philosophy was about taking you to the
places that you were learning about, so that if you were informally and learn from each other. We were showing
learning about Hebron, say, or Sfat, you would spend a them that we care, and that here they were in a foreign
weekend there. land, but they were not foreigners.
What affected me most was that it insisted that we They were Jews, just like everyone else. And I had
do community service, and I chose a program called some of the most beautiful Shabbats of my life there.
Achim. Brothers. Back in Brooklyn, Michael lived at home and matricu-
This was the mid-1990s, and there was an influx of Ethi- lated at Brooklyn College. He interned for a local Jewish
opians who lived in caravan camps in the north of Israel. newspaper, and as a sophomore, in 1998, he volunteered
The program wanted to do outreach to these people, for an up-and-coming local politician, Noach Dear, who
who were new to Israel, new to the culture, new to every- was running in the Democratic primary for Congress.
thing. So once a month, on a Thursday, the young men Mr. Dear, who now is a judge, did not win that race, but
would go north; in the morning, theyd take the Ethiopian Michael Cohen learned a great deal from it.
kids buses to school with them, and theyd spend Shab- I just walked in and asked if I could volunteer, he
bat with the children and their families. Theyd tutor them recalled. I knew his name because he lived down the Michael spent his gap year in Israel.

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block from my grandparents. I was interning for the paper to work for Mark Green, who then was New York Citys
then and they said that you can either write about it or you public advocate; Mr. Green went on to run for mayor
can affect what happens. My internship was about to end and lose against Michael Bloomberg, in the primary
anyway, so I said I wanted to be there, and they put me in election that was set for September 11, 2001. And then,
the finance office. after an internship program run by the Orthodox Union,
I was there for three days, and the entire finance team Michael went to work for Congressman Ed Towns. His
was fired, and they asked me if I could hold down the fort first stint with the congressman was during a summer
for three or four days, until they hired someone new. And when he was in college.
then the new team came in, and the new finance director Mr. Towns, who is 83, retired in 2013; a Democrat, he
said he needed someone local, who knew the system. So represented his Brooklyn district from 1983, through a
I was hired as deputy finance director on a congressional redistricting, until then. As befits his seniority, he became
campaign. I had been there for maybe a week. powerful, at one point chairing the House Oversight and
I was 19. Government Reform Committee. (In 2011, when the House
Michael spent the summer with the campaign, putting became Republican, he gave that seat over to Darrell Issa,
in insane hours, and helping wherever they needed help. who holds it now.)
One thing they knew how to do was raise money, and I One of the first lessons he learned, Michael said, is that
learned how to do that. like the Jewish world, the political world is small and tight-
The Democratic congressional primary had four candi- knit. Youre never too many degrees away from anyone
dates, who all came within 1,500 votes of each other. The else.
winner, who held onto the seat through a few elections When he went to his office to meet Mr. Towns for the
until his career ended in an unsavory and highly public first time, Michael said, he had to wait while Mr. Towns
way, was Anthony Wiener; Michael worked for him on took a phone call. During that call, the congressman
that campaign. looked at the young man, and then said, Youre Mikey
And then, at the end of the summer, I went back to Cohen.
school to start my junior year. Not surprisingly, he I said yes, and wondered how he knew that, Michael
majored in political science. said.
The famously tall mayor of New York, Bill de Blasio, Next and while he still was in college Michael went Then he asks me if I have my baseball glove with me,
towers over Michael and a colleague.

Mr. Cohen and Michael Kaufman of Englewood

are at the N.J. League of Municipalities
Michael Cohen and the president of Turkey, Mr. Cohen is at an anti-BDS rally; here he stands next to a Muslim conference in Atlantic City. Mr. Kaufman is
Recep Tayyip Erdogan. woman who also is opposing BDS. Englewoods chief financial officer.

That day, Mr. Cohen accompanied his employer, Ed Towns,

At the congressional conference on black-Jewish relations that was his brainchild, Mr. Cohen talks and Malcolm Hoenlein, then as now head of the Conference of
with congressmen, from left, Alcee Hastings, John Lewis, and Ed Towns. Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations.

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and I said yes, back in my apartment in brief you tomorrow.

Foggy Bottom, and he got back on the And then I had an epiphany. I realized
phone and said, Dont worry. Hell be that Ed Towns had one of the largest, if not
there soon. the largest Jewish constituency of anyone
And then he hung up and said, That in the black caucus, and he is asking me, a
was Congressman Weiner. He knows that 22-year-old intern, for a briefing.
you played high school baseball, and he So, Michael thought, the light bulb going
has a pickup game on the Capitol lawn. off over his head, We should have a con-
He wants a ringer to play shortstop. So go ference about it for the all the members of
back to your apartment, get your glove, the Congressional Black Caucus.
and meet him on the lawn. Michael tried to sell his idea to Mr.
So my first official assignment was to Towns chief of staff early the next morn-
play baseball for Anthony Weiner. And the ing. After she talked him down, sobered
information came from one of his staffers, him up, and made him refine his ideas
who knew me from high school. into a workable form, the chief of staff
But beyond the baseball games seri- presented it favorably to Mr. Towns, who
ously competitive but otherwise not seri- always had been reliably pro-Israel and
ous important issues waited. friendly to Jews, but was not a leader in
Ehud Barak had just been elected as that area. And he said that you can do the
Israels prime minister, Michael said. conference but with a caveat. We have to
And he was scheduled to meet with one get two co-sponsors James Clyburn and
of the congressmans committees in about John Lewis.
two weeks. So we started getting calls Mr. Clyburn, a Democrat who has rep-
from Jewish institutions that wanted to resented South Carolina since 1993, has
meet him. So Congressman Towns called been, among other things, the House
me into his office, and said that tomorrow majority whip; he is now the third rank-
morning I have a meeting on this, and can ing Democrat in the House of Representa-
you brief me on it. tives. Mr. Lewis, a Democrat from Georgia The Cohens on swearing-in day in Englewood; state Assemblyman Gordon
I told him that I could either give him who has been in the House since 1987, is Johnson of Englewood joins Elana and Michael Cohen and three of their five
a quick overview or do some research and an iconic civil rights leader, who led the children, Lexi, Jesse, and Zeke.

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Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, led the Free- who John Lewis was! Thank god for my naivety. The conference happened, and I was working on it
dom Riders, worked closely with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., So I walked down the hall to John Lewiss office, and I for a few weeks, and then we had two incidents. There
and was beaten almost to death crossing the Edmund Pettus dont know the protocol yet, so I see a senior staffer and I say were three shuls burned to the ground in Sacramento,
Bridge in Selma, Ala., on Bloody Sunday. that I have a message from Ed Towns that I have to deliver and then a man in Texas it was James Byrd Jr. was
All in all, the two men had a formidable moral presence; in person. That staffer could have said no, but instead he pulled behind a truck in Texas. He was brutally mur-
they were not likely to be swayed by a 22-year-old unless walked me right in, and I start pitching John Lewis I, a dered; the case was a national outrage. All of a sudden,
they believed in what that young man was offering them. 22-year old, start pitching John Lewis! on the importance the calls for the two communities to work together was
When Michael Cohen was told that he had to get approval of black-Jewish relations. much enhanced and here we had this conference.
from those two giants for the conference he was proposing And he looks at me, and he says, Son we may all have In the end, 24 of the 34 members of the Congressio-
in many ways, this sounds like the fairy tale quest that gotten here on different ships, but were on the same boat. nal Black Caucus came to the conference, and so did
will get the hero what he wants, the broom that can get I admire your passion, and we will get together and do it. Jewish leaders. They talked about how we could work
Dorothy back home, the answer to the riddle that will grant And it was so. Representatives Lewis and Clyburn both together. There were national headlines, and a lot of
the prince the princesss hand or turn the beast back into a agreed to the conference. the relationships really stayed.
handsome young man its embarrassing, but then I didnt Some of his staff was baffled, Michael said of Mr. Lewis. Michaels relationship with Ed Towns is ongoing,
recognize either name, Michael said. I didnt even know But a man of his caliber, he saw so many moves ahead. and the now-retired congressman, is glad to talk about
his protg. He had tremendous organizing skills,
and he is truly a coalition builder, Mr. Towns said.
He can work in every neighborhood, every section,
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He is one of the most personable individuals I have
ever met in my life. He loves people, and he finds great
satisfaction in being able to assist folks. He takes great
pride in that. He was a delight to have on staff.
He didnt give up, Mr. Towns said. The issue of how

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One of the ways that Michael, as an observant Jew,
was able to be comfortable in other words, includ-
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office, was to talk about his religion and his religion
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At the same time, Michael went to graduate school
at his alma mater, Brooklyn College, earned a mas-
ters in political science, and went back to work for
Mr. Towns, this time as a staffer, in charge of his rela-
tionships with the Jewish community.
Michael worked for and with a number of local Dem-
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We had incredible trust in each other. And we were
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Michael did a huge amount of fundraising. The
Democrats retained the Senate majority for just a
short time, but while it lasted, We were really taking
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was, an Orthodox Jew, as chief of staff, he said. while all the kids who look like mine suffer?
In a sense, I really felt a lot of weight on my shoulders. My son was in kindergarten at the time, and I said, If
It was my responsibility to carry the weight of the Jewish my son is in public school, and all the kids around him
world in the New York Senate. I was the gatekeeper, and are eating nonkosher food in the lunchroom, then his first
I was maybe 32. impression of his heritage will be negative. And what if
Sampson embraced it immediately, he continued. there is a party on Saturday, and he cant go? Then his
He embraced every Jewish group, invited them to brief- second impression of his heritage is negative.
ing sessions, was interviewed on the Jewish radio shows. What we have to worry about is not the quality of edu-
The Jewish world quickly came to have respect for him. cation. We are not sending them to yeshiva for better aca-
One of the programs he worked on, Michael said, was demics. We are sending them to yeshiva because in their
getting the Tuition Assistance Program TAP for rabbini- formative years, we need their environment to be positive.
cal students. The Jewish community convinced Sampson And he said to me, There is one major problem I have
that he needed to pass it. They hadnt been able to pass it with your argument, and that is why is it that I have been
before, but we walked him through it, with meeting after in the Assembly for 20 years, and you are the first per-
meeting after meeting, and then when he realized that it son to make that argument to me? Everyone has always
had to be done, he went to the leadership and sold it. thought that because I am an African American, I would
It was amazing, how you had an African American not be an ally of yours. I feel that your community has
leader selling TAP for rabbinical students. We had a rela- been alien to me.
tionship, and I was in the position to facilitate it. But now I understand, and now I can sell it.
In 2011, he left New York State politics to work for the Emotional and mental changes like this take time,
Orthodox Union, running the New York offices political Michael said, and they do not yield quick results. But we
operations. I was there for a year, and we made some real are playing a long game here. Before we can advocate, we
progress. Given his background, he was able to show how have to educate. It will take time.
to communicate with people beyond your comfort zone. After the OU, Michael decided that with children
I was lobbying an assemblyman, an African American approaching school age, he should consider a more lucra-
who had been there for at least 20 years, Michael said. tive career. He became the political affairs director for a
It was an off-the-record conversation, and he asked me, lobbying firm, Pitta Bishop Del Giorno & Giblin, for three
Why would I want to convince inner city public school years, mainly working on public interest clients, includ- The whole family clockwise from top left, parents
parents in my district that the yeshiva world should get all ing the Simon Wiesenthal Center. The more he worked Michael and Elana with Eitan, Alex, Lexi, Jesse, and
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The leadership of the Wiesenthal Center were and
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They are not in a box, and they are not stagnant in
their ideas. They are constantly adapting to new reali-
ties and welcome aggressiveness.
I really wake up every day smiling, thinking that I
can do this, he said.
My wife says that she has never seen me work
harder or be as happy. It doesnt mean that every-
thing is good in the world, but I am happy to be in a
position where I can do something about it. The tools
and resources the Wiesenthal Center brings to bear are
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growing of late, Michael said carefully.
Meanwhile, Michael moved to Englewood in 2005;
he is married to Elana Cohen and is the father of three
children Jesse, 10, Zeke, 8, and Lexi, 7 and the
stepfather of two, Eitan, 13, and Alex, 10. He joined
Congregation Ahavat Torah.
His political career in Englewood probably was inevi-
table, but he did not see it coming. One of the reasons
I moved to New Jersey was that my political life was so
overwhelming in New York, and I wanted the separa-
tion, he said. But after I was here for about four or
five years, hearing about problems at Shabbos table
after Shabbos table, I would say. Why dont you guys
go to council meetings? Why dont you do this? Why
dont you do that? So when there was a vacancy in the
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was about to begin the program for the Norwood, Closter, Midland Park, Little
swearing in, he said, I dont think weve Ferry, New Milford, Bergenfield, Haw-
ever had the senate majority leader from thorne, Livingston, Tenafly, Paramus, and
another state at one of these before. Caldwell.
Michael has continued to build bridges Many of Michaels other accomplish-
among ethnic groups in Englewood. ments are the stuff of city councils every-
The first resolution that I forwarded and where he found a way to lower taxes
passed was to make Juneteenth, the day through greater efficiencies, he found open
that commemorates the end of slavery, lines on budgets, he coordinated police
an official holiday in Englewood. overtime so officers did not have to waste
In September, Michael was able to use time sitting around in court, instead show-
his relationships and his understand- ing up closer to when they actually were
ing of how local politics work when he needed. He introduced automated garbage
shepherded a resolution through the city trucks, which did not cost people their jobs
council rejecting the anti-Israel Boycott, but did keep them from hurting themselves.
Divestment and Sanctions movement. Its It is through such necessary, unglamor-
a nonbinding resolution, but it is a strong ous work that a city can function; it needs
statement of the communitys position. both big grand gestures and detailed
The resolution passed unanimously, with housekeeping.
the support of the citys ethnic communi- Through his background in local poli-
ties; a similar bill already had passed the tics, his alliances with the African Ameri-
New York City Council, with Michaels can community and his deep rootedness
behind-the-scenes help but with much in the Jewish world, and his work at the
more controversy. In Englewood, commu- Simon Wiesenthal Center, Michael Cohen
nity-building paid off. is uniquely situated to do all these things.
Since then, with Michaels help, simi- And knowing him, hell do them with Michael Cohen speaks at a rally outside the French consulate in Manhattan to
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Georgia Democrats harbor hope

with one of three Jewish candidates
RON KAMPEAS is local; attracting jobs to the district and
improving mass transit are major cam-
WASHINGTON One candidate has paign themes.
the endorsement of a civil rights giant. The election is atypical, however, in two
Another boasts that he changes his oil in ways: Democrats see it as their first oppor-
his pickup truck. A third coached soccer tunity to wound President Donald Trump,
at the local community center. and the presence of the Jewish candidates,
Its politics as usual in Georgia, except notably Jon Ossoff, a Democrat who is
that these three candidates who are attracting national media attention as the
among the 18 running in the special elec- likeliest to pull off an upset.
tion on April 18 in Georgias 6th Congres- That one-sixth of the candidates are Jew-
sional District are Jewish. ish in the 6th is something of an anomaly,
The election is a jungle or blanket said Steve Oppenheimer, a businessman
primary, an open race in which the top who backs Ossoff. (Five of the candidates
two vote-getters, regardless of party, face are Democrats.)
off against one another in a June 20 runoff What are we, two percent nationwide?
barring the unlikely event that one can- asked Oppenheimer, who has served on
didate tops 50 percent. the national boards of the American Israel
Race figures prominently in this election Public Affairs Committee and Hillel, talk-
in the Atlanta suburbs, as does traditional ing about Jewish voters. If we were twice
values (another candidate is prominent in that here and that may be a stretch we Jon Ossoff is one of three Jewish candidates in a field of 18 vying for a congres-
the right-to-life movement). But all politics are not going to be the swing vote. sional seat in Georgia.  COURTESY OF THE OSSOFF CAMPAIGN

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includes a requisite skeptical note from in the town of Johns Creek, has an ad that uncovered video from his days at George-
impartial observers of Georgias politics: opens with Trump pledging to drain the town University where, costumed as a bare-
Ossoff, they say, is gobbling up Demo- swamp. It fades to Gray, in overalls, drain- chested Han Solo, he wielded a light saber
cratic support, and likely will place on ing a swamp literally to the twang of and extolled the virtues of beer.
April 18, but the notion that he can win blues chords on an acoustic guitar. Not ready, the ad said.
in the runoff in the historically red dis- Republican ads target Ossoff as an inter- Ossoff says that a national superPAC
trict is far-fetched. loper in a conservative redoubt. The Con- attacking him is a sign of how serious his bid
Kerwin Swint of Kennesaw State Uni- gressional Leadership Fund, a national is. His current incarnation clean cut, well
versity is typical of those pundits. On Republican political action committee, SEE GOERGIA PAGE 34
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Georgia Democrat, Hank Johnson, who tured Ossoff and two other candidates:
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also has endorsed him.) Ron Slotin, a former state senator who
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That biography and Trumps surpris- also is Jewish, and Sally Harrell, a former BRISKET OF BEEF ............................................................................................. 25.99 LB
ingly poor performance in November state representative who since has with- ROAST CHICKEN, 2 1/4 LB AVERAGE-BY THE CHICKEN ............................. 6.99 LB
in a district that for decades has been drawn. Instead, 200 people packed the STUFFED CHICKEN BREAST W/VEGETABLES - BY THE PIECE .................. 14.00 LB
solidly Republican has propelled Ossoff room. STUFFED CORNISH HENS ............................................................................... 14.95 EA
to the front of the diverse pack of candi- Ossoff said he was wowed by the SWEET & SOUR MEATBALLS, 1 1/2 LB., BY CONTAINER .......................12.95 TRAY
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dates. A poll commissioned by zpolitics, turnout.
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a website tracking politics in Georgia, Jewish women are leading a lot of the OVEN BROWNED POTATOES, 1 1/2 LB., BY TRAY .....................................9.99 TRAY
had him at 41 percent on Monday, while political engagement in the community, CARROT TZIMMES, 2 LB. - BY CONTAINER ..............................................15.95 TRAY
his closest two contenders, both Repub- he said. MATZO PUDDING - BY TRAY ...................................... SMALL $11.95 LARGE $27.95
licans, are tied at 16. Still, Labovitz is reserving judgment MATZO STUFFING - BY TRAY ..................................... SMALL $11.95 LARGE $27.95
Tom Price, the previous incumbent, on a final call until she sees which of POTATO PUDDING - BY TRAY .................................... SMALL $11.95 LARGE $27.95
won the district by more than 20 points the 11 Republicans in the race emerge to BROCCOLI SOUFFLE - BY TRAY ............................... SMALL $11.95 LARGE $27.95
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in November, but Trump beat Clinton in compete with Ossoff.
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the district by barely a percentage point. Its a gerrymandered district, she POTATO PANCAKES, 2 PER PACKAGE - BY PACKAGE ............................. 6.00 PKG.
Trump tapped Price to be his health sec- said. Can a Democrat make the runoff? MUSHROOM ONION FARFEL, 1 1/4 LB - BY TRAY ..................................11.95 TRAY
retary, and Trumps poor performance I really think so. Can a Democrat win? I MATZO BALLS, 6 PER TRAY - BY TRAY .......................................................7.80 TRAY
led Democrats to smell blood. (Ossoff s would like to think so. STUFFED CABBAGE - 2 PER TRAY - BY TRAY...........................................11.00 TRAY
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Ossoff, young and personable, soon in polls would provide a sharp contrast GEFILTE FISH, BY EVEN NUMBER ONLY .......................................................... 3.59 EA
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emerged as a national Democratic favor- with Ossoff.
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ite, and a fundraising drive led by the Karen Handel earned national noto- CHAROSES, 1 LB. MINIMUM, BY THE POUND ............................................. 11.99 LB
liberal website Daily Kos, among other riety in 2012 when, while she was vice CRANBERRY PINEAPPLE RELISH, BY THE POUND ....................................... 7.99 LB
factors, has made him the candidate to president at Susan G. Komen for the SEDER PLATES ................................................................................................. 18.95 EA
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his campaign coffers. The Democratic cancer, it cut off its relationship with
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campaign. thropist, Nancy Brinker, who named it
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the national media, including front-page tionship with the reproductive rights
Opp Lord & Taylor
treatment in the New York Times and and womens health group. Handel then
profiles in the New Yorker, Esquire, and left the organization, becoming some- Paramus, NJ 201-262-0030
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Alexander Syrah $32.00 Dalton Single Vineyard Meron Cab Sauv $35.00
Barkan Classic Cabernet (M) $9.50 Dalton Reserve Cab Sauv (M) $32.00 Matar Cumulus
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Alexander Syrah $32.00 Dalton
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Impression CabImpression
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Barkan ClassicClassic
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Reserve Shiraz
(M) Cab Sauv (M)
$9.50
$32.00
Dalton$32.00
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Classic MalbecDalton
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Barkan Classic Merlot (M)
Barkan Classic Malbec (M)
$9.50
$9.50
Dalton Alma GSM (Grenache Blend)
Dalton
$25.00 Montefiore
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Sauv$17.00
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Adama Mt
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Merlot
Essence Cabernet Sauv
Essence Merlot $12.00
$30.00Essence Chardonnay
$30.00 Teperberg $26.00
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Shiraz (M) $9.50
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Classic Sauv Blanc Du Castel Blanc
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$20.00 Du Castel Grand Vin
Domaine $65.00
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ClassicReserve
Sauv Blanc
Cabernet(M) (M) Barkan$9.50
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$17.00 Domaine
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Netofa RosGrand$9.50Vin $65.00
$19.00
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Tabor Cabernet
Adama Adama Teperberg Teperberg
InspireEssence
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ClassicReserve
ShirazChardonnay
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$14.00 Domaine
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$34.00
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Tabor
Netofa Ros
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$16.00 Merlot Adama $16.00
Tabor Adama II Zohar $23.00 TeperbergTeperberg
Inspire Devotage
Essence (M)Fortesse $21.00 Teperberg
$33.00 Inspire Series
BarkanBarkan
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Cabernet $17.00
$17.00 Flam Syrah
Domaine Reserve
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$19.00 Tabor Merlot Adama Tabor$16.00
Shiraz Adama $16.00
Barkan Reserve Chardonnay $14.00 Domaine Netofa Latour Red $34.00
Tabor Adama
Tabor II Storm
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Inspire Meritage (M)
Inspire Series $21.00
Teperberg Inspire Devotage (M) $21.00
BarkanBarkan
ReserveAltitude Cab 412
Chardonnay Barkan
$38.00
$14.00
Reserve Merlot
Flam Blanc
Domaine Netofa Latour$17.00 Red $27.00
Flam$34.00
Syrah Reserve $39.00 Tabor Adama II Zohar Legacy Series $23.00
Teperberg Herzog Late Harvest Chenin (M)
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Tabor II
Adama Thunder
II Zohar $23.00 $23.00 Teperberg Inspire Devotage (M) $21.00Inspire
Teperberg Meritage (M) $21.00
Barkan Reserve Merlot Barkan$17.00 Flam
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412 Syrah SyrahReserve
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Tabor Adama II ThunderLegacy Petite Sirah (M) $23.00$64.00
Teperberg Series
Barkan Superior Cabernet (M) Barkan Altitude CabFlam
$64.00 624 Blanc
Flam Merlot Reserve $35.00 Flam $27.00
Classico
$53.00 Or Haganuz Amuka Shiraz $27.00 $17.00 Teperberg
Teperberg Legacy Series
Herzog Late Harvest Zinfandel (M)
Herzog Late Harvest C
Barkan Altitude Cab 624 Barkan$35.00
Altitude Cab Flam
720 Classico $38.00 Flam $27.00
Rose Or
Tabor Adama II Thunder
Haganuz Marom Cab $27.00 $27.00
$23.00Tishbi
Or Haganuz Horkenus
Sauvignon Blanc $80.00$14.00 Teperberg Legacy Cab Franc
Herzog (M)
Late Harvest White Ries $64.00
(M)
Barkan Superior Merlot $64.00 Flam Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve $53.00 Or
Or Haganuz
Haganuz Horkenus
Horkenus $80.00 Teperberg Legacy Cab Franc (M) $64.00Legacy Petite Sirah Herzog
Teperberg (M) Late Harvest
$64.00 O
Barkan Altitude Cab 720 $38.00 Flam Rose $27.00 Or Haganuz Namura French $53.00 Blend Or HaganuzTishbi
$60.00 Amuka Emerald
ShirazRiesling (M) $17.00$14.00 Herzog Napa Cabernet Reserve
Barkan Assemblage Eitan Barkan Superior Cabernet
$28.00 (M)
Galil Barbera $64.00 Flam Merlot Reserve
$15.00 Teperberg Legacy Petite Sirah (M) $64.00 Herzog Late Harvest Z
BarkanBarkan
Superior CabernetReichan
(M) $64.00 Flam Or Haganuz Amuka Shiraz $17.00 Tishbi
Or Haganuz Marom Cab Cabernet Syrah (M) $27.00 $14.00 Tishbi Sauvignon Blanc
Herzog Cab Sauv Variation $14.00
Five
Assemblage Barkan Superior Merlot
$28.00 GalilMerlot
Alon Reserve $64.00 Flam $53.00
$16.00 Psagot Merlot
Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve $53.00 $23.00
Tishbi
Tishbi Sauvignon
Sauvignon Blanc
Blanc $14.00 Herzog Late Harvest W
BarkanBarkan
Superior Merlot Tzafit
Assemblage Barkan$64.00
AssemblageFlam
$28.00 GalilCabernet
Eitan Ela Sauvignon $28.00Reserve Galil $53.00
Barbera
$18.00
Or Haganuz
Psagot Cabernet Marom Cab $15.00 $28.00 $27.00Tishbi
Or Haganuz Namura Cabernet
French Sauvignon
Blend (M) $60.00$16.00 Tishbi Emerald Riesling
Covenant(M)
Israel Syrah $14.00
Or Haganuz Namura French Blend $28.00 $60.00 Tishbi
Tishbi Estate Emerald
Cabernet Riesling (M) $25.00 Tishbi
Sauvignon $14.00
Cabernet Covenant
Syrah (M)CabernetHerzog Napa$14.00 Caberne
BarkanBazelet
Assemblage Eitan
HaGolan Magma $28.00
Barkan $28.00 Galil
Galil Barbera
Barbera
Galil Meron
Assemblage Reichan $28.00 $15.00
$25.00
Galil Alon
Psagot Cabernet Franc
$16.00 Psagot Merlot $23.00
Psagot
Psagot
Psagot Edom Red Merlot
Merlot $33.00 $23.00 Tishbi Tishbi
Estate Cabernet
Merlot Syrah (M) $25.00 $14.00
Tishbi Cabernet Covenant
Sauvignon Red C
(M) Herzog Cab Sauv Vari
$16.00
BarkanBazelet
Assemblage
HaGolanReichan
Chardonnay Barkan$28.00
AssemblageGalil
$34.00 GalilAlon
Tzafi tYiron $28.00 $16.00
$24.00
Galil Ela $18.00 Psagot Cabernet $28.00
Psagot
Psagot SingleCabernet
Vineyard Cabernet $60.00 $28.00 Tishbi
Tishbi Estate Cabernet
Pinot Noir Sauvignon (M)$25.00 Tishbi $16.00
Estate Covenant
Cabernet SauvignonCovenant
Sauvignon BlancIsrael Syrah
C $25.00
BarkanBazelet
Assemblage
HaGolanTzafi t
Cabernet ReserveBazelet$28.00
$48.00
HaGolan Magma Galil
GalilElaCabernet Sauvigon$28.00 $18.00
$11.00
Galil Meron $25.00 Psagot Cabernet Franc $28.00
Psagot PeakCabernet Franc $44.00 $28.00Tishbi EstateTishbiGewurtraminer
Estate Cabernet Sauvignon $15.00 $25.00 Covenant Tribe White
Covenant Cabernet
Bazelet
BazeletBazelet HaGolan
HaGolan
HaGolan Merlot Reserve
Magma
Magma $48.00
$28.00 GalilMeron
Galil Ros $11.00 Psagot $33.00$15.00 Tishbi Estate Merlot $25.00
Bazelet HaGolan Chardonnay $34.00 Galil $25.00
Yiron Psagot Rose $24.00 Psagot Edom
$19.00
Red
Tishbi Estate
TishbiChardonnay
Estate Merlot $25.00 Covenant Tribe Red
Covenant Red$25.00 C
BazeletBeit El Cabernet
HaGolan Sauvignon
Chardonnay $22.00
$34.00 GalilYiron
Galil Pinot Noir $15.00
$24.00 Psagot Edom Red $33.00
Psagot Single Vineyard Cabernet $60.00 Tishbi Estate Pinot Noir
Bazelet HaGolan Cabernet Reserve $48.00 Galil Cabernet Sauvigon
Recanati Yasmin White $11.00 $10.00 $60.00Tishbi EstateTishbiShiraz
Estate Pinot Noir $25.00 $25.00 Hagafen CellarsCovenant
Cabernet (M) Sauvignon
Beit El Carignan
Bazelet HaGolan Cabernet Reserve Bazelet $22.00
$48.00 Gilgal
GalilReserveCabernet Sauvigon
Cabernet Sauvigon$48.00 $13.00
$11.00 Psagot Single Vineyard Cabernet Psagot Peak $44.00 Tishbi Estate Gewurtraminer $15.00
Tishbi Single Vineyard Malbec Hagafen Cellars Chardonnay (M)
Binyamina Bin Cabernet (M)
HaGolan Merlot
$12.00 Gilgal Chardonnay
Galil Ros
$13.00 Recanati Yasmin Red
Psagot Peak
$11.00 $11.00
$44.00 Tishbi Estate Gewurtraminer $40.00 Tishbi $15.00
Estate Chardonnay Covenant Tribe White
Bazelet HaGolan Merlot Reserve $48.00 Galil Ros $11.00 Psagot RoseTishbi Single Vineyard Ruby Cab $19.00 $40.00 Hagafen Cellars Merlot (M) $15.00
Binyamina Bin Chardonnay (M) Beit El Cabernet $12.00 SauvignonGilgal Merlot $22.00 Galil Pinot Noir Recanati Reserve White $15.00
$13.00 Psagot Rose
$52.00
$19.00 Tishbi Estate Chardonnay $15.00 Covenant Tribe Red
BeitElElCabernet
Beit CabernetSauvignon
Sauvignon Beit El$22.00
Carignan Galil Pinot Noir $22.00 Gilgal$15.00 Recanati Special Reserve $13.00
Cabernet Sauvigon Recanati
$44.00 Yasmin WhiteVineyard Petit Verdot $10.00$40.00 Tishbi Estate Shiraz
Tishbi Single Hagafen Cellars Sauv Blanc (M)$25.00
Binyamina Bin Merlot (M) $12.50 Gilgal Sangiovese $13.00 RecanatiYasmin
Recanati YasminWhiteWhite $10.00 Tishbi Estate Shiraz $25.00 Hagafen Cellars Cabe
Beit El Carignan $22.00Bin CabernetGilgal
Gilgal CabernetSauvigon
Cabernet Sauvignon $13.00 Recanati Tishbi Jonathan
Yasmin Red Special Reserve $11.00$53.00 Tishbi Single Vineyard HagafenMalbec
Cellars Wht. Ries-Lake $40.00
(M)
Binyamina Bin Shiraz (M) Binyamina $12.50 Gilgal (M)Syrah $12.00 Gilgal ChardonnayRecanati Syrah
$13.00 $13.00 $16.00
Tishbi Single Vineyard Malbec $40.00 Hagafen Cellars Char
Binyamina
Binyamina BinCabernet
Bin Cabernet (M)(M) $12.00 Gilgal Recanati Yasmin Red $11.00 Titora Cabernet
White Reserve $52.00$24.00 Tishbi Single Vineyard
HagafenRuby CabPinot Noir (M)$40.00
Cellars
Binyamina Res Cabernet (M) Binyamina $20.00 GilgalChardonnay
Bin Chardonnay (M)
Cabernet/Merlot $12.00 Gilgal$13.00
Merlot
$13.00 Recanati Sauvignon Blanc $13.00 Recanati Reserve
$14.00
TishbiShiraz
Single Vineyard Ruby Cab$24.00 Tishbi $40.00 Hagafen Cellars Merl
Binyamina Bin Chardonnay (M) (M) Binyamina $12.00 Gilgal Recanati Reserve White $52.00 Titora Merlot/ Reserve Single Weinstock
Vineyard Cellar
Petit Select
Verdot Cab (M)
$40.00
Binyamina Res Chardonnay $19.00
Bin Merlot (M) Merlot
Givon Emerald Riesling (M) $12.50 Gilgal$13.00
SangioveseRecanati Rose
$6.50 $13.00 $17.00
Recanati Special Reserve
Tishbi
Titora Petitora Single Vineyard
$44.00
Petit Verdot $40.00
$24.00 Tishbi JonathanWeinstock Hagafen Cellars
(M) Sauv
Cellar Select Chard $53.00
Binyamina Bin Merlot (M) (M) $12.50 Gilgal Sangiovese $13.00 Recanati
Recanati PetiteSpecial
Syrah Reserve $27.00 $44.00
Recanati Syrah $16.00 Special Reserve
Binyamina Res Merlot Binyamina $20.00
Bin Shiraz Gros
(M) Family Winery Onyx$12.50 $45.00
Gilgal Syrah $13.00
Recanati
Recanati Merlot Syrah
Reserve $26.00 $16.00 Tulip SyrahTishbi Jonathan
Reserve Special Reserve$36.00 $53.00 Weinstock
Titora Cabernet Reserve CellarHagafen
Select Cellars
Zin (M) Wht.
$24.00
Binyamina Bin Shiraz
Binyamina (M)
Res Sauvignon $12.50
Blanc (M)Binyamina$14.00 Gilgal
Res CabernetGvaot Syrah
(M)Merlot (M) $20.00 $13.00
$26.00
Gilgal Cabernet/Merlot $13.00 Recanati Sauvignon Blanc $14.00
Recanati
Recanati Merlot Sauvignon Blanc $16.00 $14.00 Tulip MostlyTitora
Titora CabernetReserve
Cabernet
Shiraz Reserve $34.00 $24.00 Weinstock CellarHagafen
Titora Merlot/ Shiraz Reserve Select Cellars Pino
$24.00
Binyamina Res Cabernet (M) $20.00Res Chardonnay
Binyamina Gilgal
GvaotCabernet/Merlot
Cabernet Sauvignon (M)
(M) $19.00 Givon$13.00
$26.00
Emerald Riesling (M)Chardonnay $6.50 Recanati Rose $17.00 Alicante Bouschet
GvaotEmerald
Vineyard Dance (M)(M) $26.00 Recanati
Recanati Rose $16.00 $17.00Tulip Cabernet
TitoraReserve
Merlot/ Shiraz Reserve $36.00 Titora Petitora Weinstock WhiteWeinstock
$24.00 Cellar Sele
$24.00
Binyamina Res Chardonnay (M) $19.00
Binyamina Res Merlot (M)Givon
Givon Emerald Riesling
Riesling (M)
$20.00 $6.50
Gros Family Winery Onyx Cabernet Reserve $45.00 Recanati Petite Syrah
Tulip Black Tulip Petitora $27.00 $66.00 Zinfandel
Recanati
Recanati Petite Syrah $26.00 $27.00 Titora $24.00 Weinstock Cellar Sele
Binyamina Res Merlot (M) Binyamina
Hacormim
Gros
$20.00Res Sauvignon
Gros Family
Family AdiWinery
13 Petit Verdot
BlancWinery
(M) Onyx Onyx
$14.00
$9.00
Gvaot$45.00
Merlot (M) Recanati Cabernet Sauvignon $26.00 Recanati Merlot Reserve
Tulip White Tulip $26.00$21.00 Tulip Syrah ReserveShirah Bro-deux $36.00
Hacormim Collage Semi Dry Red (M) $8.00 Recanati Merlot Reserve $16.00 $26.00 Tulip
Tulip Syrah
Syrah Reserve
Reserve $36.00 Weinstock Cellar Sele
Binyamina Res Sauvignon Blanc (M) $14.00 GvaotMerlot
Gvaot Merlot(M) (M) $26.00 Recanati Merlot
Tulip Espero $16.00$32.00 Tulip Mostly ShirazShirah Pinot Noir $34.00
Hacormim Collage Semi Dry White (M) Gvaot Cabernet Sauvignon
$8.00 Recanati
(M)Red (M)
Segals Fusion
Merlot
$26.00 $13.00
$16.00 Tulip Mostly Shiraz $34.00 Weinstock Cellar Sele
Gvaot Cabernet Sauvignon (M) Gvaot $26.00
Vineyard Dance (M)
Segals Fusion White (M) $26.00 Recanati Chardonnay
$13.00 Tulip White Franc $16.00$21.00 Tulip Cabernet Reserve
Shirah Geshem
Alicante Bouschet
$36.00
Hacormim Adi 13 Merlot (M) $9.00 Recanati Chardonnay $16.00 Tulip Cabernet Reserve Tulip$36.00
Black TulipShirah One-Two Punch $66.00
Gvaot Vineyard Dance (M) $26.00 Ugav Cabernet
Recanati Cabernet Reserve Sauvignon $26.00$12.00 Weinstock White Zinf
Hacormim Adi 13 Cabernet Sauv (M) $9.00 Adi 13 Segals
Hacormim Cabernet Reserve (M)$9.00
Petit Verdot $17.00 Tulip Black Tulip $66.00
HacormimAdi
Hacormim Adi1313 Petit
Petit Verdot
Verdot $9.00 Recanati Cabernet Reserve
Segals Merlot Reserve (M)
$26.00
Recanati
$17.00 Ugav Merlot
Cabernet Sauvignon $16.00 $12.00 Tulip White TulipTwin Suns Cabernet Sauv
Shirah Bro-deux
$21.00
Hacormim Konditon Hacormim
$19.00 Collage Semi Dry Red (M) $8.00 Tulip White Tulip $21.00 Twin Suns Reserve Cabernet $32.00
Hacormim Collage Semi Dry Red (M) $8.00 Recanati
Segals Cabernet
Chardonnay ReserveSauvignon
(M) $16.00 Ugav Cabernet/Shiraz
Segals Fusion Red (M)
$15.00 $13.00 $12.00 Tulip Espero
Hai Noah Merlot (M) $11.00 Collage Semi Dry White (M)
Hacormim $8.00 Shirah Pinot Noir
Hacormim Collage Semi Segals
Segals Fusion
Fusion RedRed(M) $13.00Yarden MtTulip HermonEspero
Red $10.00 Tulip$32.00
White Franc
Twin Suns Chardonnay
$21.00
Binyamina Res Shiraz (M) $20.00 Hai Moshe Cabernet (M)Dry White (M)Hacormim $8.00
$11.00 Segals Dishon
Adi 13 Merlot (M)
Cabernet
$9.00
$30.00
Segals Fusion White (M)
Tulip White Franc
$13.00
$21.00 Twin Suns Syrah Shirah Geshem
Hacormim Adi 13 Merlot Segals
Segals FusionCabernet
Unfiltered White (M) $63.00 $13.00Yarden Mt Hermon White $10.00 Ugav Cabernet Sauvignon $12.00
Binyamina Yogev Cabernet $13.00 Hai Ely Emerald Riesling(M) (M) $9.00
$11.00
Hacormim Adi 13 Cabernet Sauv (M) $9.00 Segals Cabernet Reserve (M) $17.00 Twin Suns Grand Select Blend Punc
Shirah One-Two
Segals
Shiloh Heroes Cabernet
Edition Reserve (M) $55.00 $17.00 Yarden SyrahUgavCabernet
Ugav CabernetSauvignon
Sauvignon $23.00 $12.00
Binyamina Yogev Cab/ Merlot $13.00 Hacormim
Har BrachaAdi 13 Cabernet
Highlander Merlot Sauv
S.R.(M) $9.00
$30.00 Segals Merlot Reserve (M) $17.00 Ugav Merlot $12.00
Hacormim Konditon $19.00 Ugav Merlot $12.00 Twin Suns Cabernet S
AUSTRALIA
Binyamina Yogev Cab/ Petit Verdot $13.00 Har BrachaKonditon
Hacormim Highlander Cab Sauv $30.00
$19.00 Segals
Shiloh Merlot Reserve (M)
Shor Cabernet $27.00 $17.00Yarden Merlot $23.00
Ugav Cabernet/Shiraz $12.00
Hai Noah MerlotShiloh
(M) Legend $11.00 Segals Chardonnay Reserve
Yarden Cabernet (M)
Sauvignon $15.00$24.00 Teal Lake Chardonnay (M) Reserve Ca
Twin Suns
Binyamina Yogev Chard/ Sauv $13.00 Segals Chardonnay Reserve (M) $32.00 $15.00 Ugav Cabernet/Shiraz $12.00
Binyamina Res Shiraz
HarNoah
Hai
Hai BrachaMerlot
Noah
(M)
Jozef Cabernet
Merlot (M)(M) $20.00 $21.00
$11.00
Hai Moshe Cabernet (M) $11.00 Segals Dishon
YardenCabernet
Katzrin Chardonnay $30.00$25.00 Yarden Mt Hermon TealRed
Lake Cabernet/Merlot
Twin Suns (M)$10.00
Chardonna
Jerusalem Vineyard Vintage White (M) $11.00 Shiloh Mosaic
Segals Dishon Cabernet $53.00 $30.00 Yarden
Yarden Mt
MtHermon
Hermon Red
Red $10.00
Yarden Mt Hermon White $10.00
Binyamina Res Shiraz
Binyamina Cave (M) $20.00
$70.00 Hai Moshe Cabernet (M) $11.00 Segals Unfi ltered
Yatir Cabernet
Cabernet $63.00 $42.00 Teal Lake Shiraz (M)
Twin Suns Syrah
Binyamina Yogev Cabernet $13.00
Jerusalem Vineyard Vintage(M) Red (M) Hai$11.00Ely EmeraldShiloh
Riesling (M)
Barbera
Segals Unfiltered Cabernet
$11.00 $29.00 $63.00 Yarden Mt Hermon White $10.00
Binyamina
CarmelYogev Cabernet
Appellation Cabernet $13.00
$16.00
Binyamina Yogev Cab/ Hai Ely Emerald
Merlot Riesling $13.00 $11.00
Har$11.00
Bracha Highlander
ShilohMerlot
ChardonnayS.R. $30.00 Shiloh Heroes
$24.00 YatirEdition
Forest $55.00$68.00 Yarden Syrah Teal Lake Res Cabernet Twin Suns(M) $23.00
Grand Sele
CarmelYogev
Appellation Cab/ Shiraz $16.00 Jerusalem Vineyard Vintage Merlot (M) Shiloh
ShilohHeroes
HeroesEdition
Edition $55.00Yatir Syrah Yarden Syrah $23.00 Teal Lake Res Shiraz (M)
Binyamina Cab/ Merlot $13.00 Har
Har Bracha
Bracha Highlander
Highlander Merlot
MerlotS.R.S.R. $30.00 Shiloh Shor Cabernet $27.00 $42.00 Yarden Merlot $23.00 AU
Binyamina Yogev Cab/ Petit Verdot $13.00 Har Bracha Shiloh
Highlander Secret
Cab SauvReserve Cab. $30.00 $39.00
CarmelYogev
Binyamina Appellation Carignan
Cab/ Petit Verdot $16.00
$13.00
Jerusalem Vineyard Vintage Cab (M)
Har Bracha Highlander Cab Sauv
$11.00
$30.00 Shiloh Shor Cabernet $27.00Yatir PetitYarden
Verdot
Merlot
$38.00
$23.00
Yarden Cabernet Teal Lake Moscato (M)
Sauvignon $24.00
Binyamina Yogev Chard/ Sauv
Jerusalem Vineyard Premium$13.00Cab Har Bracha
$16.00 Jozef Shiloh Secret Reserve Merlot$21.00
Cabernet Shiloh
$39.00 Legend Yarden Cabernet $32.00
Sauvignon $24.00 Teal Lake Chardonnay
CarmelYogev
Merlot Shaal Sauv $28.00 Shiloh Legend $32.00Yatir Mt. Amasa Teal Lake Red Moscato
Binyamina Chard/ $13.00 Har Bracha Jozef Cabernet Pinotage $16.00
Jerusalem Vineyard Premium
$21.00
Jerusalem Vineyard Shiloh Privilege
Vintage White (M) $11.00 Shiloh Mosaic
$20.00
Yarden Katzrin Chardonnay $53.00$38.00 Yarden Katzrin Chardonnay
$25.00 Teal $25.00
Lake Cabernet/M
Carmel Moscato Di Carmel (M) Binyamina$8.50
Cave $70.00 Shiloh Mosaic $53.00 Yatir Voignier $29.00 NEW ZEALAND
Jerusalem Yatir Cabernet $42.00
Binyamina
CarmelCave $70.00 JerusalemVineyard
Jerusalem Vineyard
Vineyards Vintage
Vintage
Premium White
White
Shiraz (M)(M)$16.00
$11.00
Jerusalem Vineyard Vintage Red (M) $11.00 Shiloh Barbera Yatir Cabernet $29.00 Teal Lake
BlancShiraz
(M) (M)
Emerald Chenin/Ries (M) Carmel $8.00
Appellation Cabernet
Jerusalem
$16.00 Shiloh Barbera $29.00Zmora CabYatir Cabernet
Semi-Sweet (M) $8.00 Yatir$42.00
Forest
Goose Bay Sauvignon
$68.00
Carmel
Carmel Appellation
Carmel KayoumiCabernet
Appelation Cabernet
White Riesling Carmel $16.00
$24.00 JerusalemVineyard
VineyardsVintage Red (M)
Special Edition $11.00
$17.00
Jerusalem Vineyard Vintage Merlot (M) $11.00 Shiloh Chardonnay Yatir Forest $24.00 Goose Bay Pinot Teal
Noir Lake
(M) Res Cabern
Appellation Cab/
GersteinShirazChardonnay $16.00 Shiloh Chardonnay $24.001848 Cabernet Special Reserve $55.00 Yatir$68.00
Syrah $42.00
CarmelCarmel
Appellation
KayoumiCab/ Shiraz
Shiraz $16.00
$33.00 Jerusalem Vineyard Vintage Merlot (M) $11.00 Shiloh Secret Reserve Cab. $39.00 Goose Bay Pinot Teal Lake
Grigio (M) Res Shiraz (
Carmel Appellation Carignan $16.00 Jerusalem Vineyard Vintage Cab (M)
Shiloh Secret Reserve Cab. $11.00 Yatir Syrah
$39.001848 2nd Generation Cabernet $20.00 $42.00
JerusalemVineyard
VineyardsVintage
Special Edition $17.00
CarmelCarmel
Appellation Carignan
Mediterranean $16.00
$45.00 Jerusalem
Gerstein Gewurztraminer
Cab (M) $11.00
Jerusalem Vineyard Premium Cab $16.00 Shiloh Secret
1848Reserve
7th YatirMerlot
Petit
Generation Verdot
Cabernet $39.00$34.00 Yatir$38.00
Petit Verdot Teal Lake Moscato$38.00(M
Carmel Merlot Shaal $28.00 Shiloh Secret Reserve Merlot $39.00 Yatir Mt. Amasa
CarmelDalton
MerlotCanaan
ShaalRed (M) $12.00
$28.00 Jerusalem Vineyard Premium Cab
Jerusalem
$16.00
Jerusalem
$17.00 Vineyard Premium Pinotage $16.00 Shiloh Privilege Yatir Mt.CALIFORNIA $20.00 Teal Lake Red$38.00Moscat
Carmel Moscato Di Carmel (M) Vineyards Special $8.50Edition
Shiloh Privilege $20.00 Amasa
Yatir
$38.00
Voignier $29.00
Dalton Canaan White
Carmel Moscato Di Carmel (M) (M) $12.00
$8.50 Jerusalem
Gerstein Vineyard
Marselan Premium Pinotage $16.00 Baron Herzog Cabernet (M) $11.50 NEW
Carmel Emerald Jerusalem Vineyards Premium Shiraz $16.00 Yatir Voignier $29.00
CarmelDalton Estate
Emerald Cabernet Sauvignon
Chenin/Ries (M) $16.00 Chenin/Ries
$8.00 Jerusalem(M)
Jerusalem Vineyards
Vineyards RSV $8.00
Premium
Cab Sauv Shiraz $24.00 $16.00 Baron Herzog Pinot Noir (M) Wine Coun
$11.50 Zmora Cab Semi-Sweet (M) Goose Bay Sauvignon $8.00
Carmel Kayoumi White Riesling $24.00 Jerusalem Vineyards Special Edition $17.00 ZmoraCab
Zmora CabSemi-Sweet
Semi-Sweet (M)(M) $8.00
Carmel Kayoumi White Riesling $24.00 Jerusalem Vineyards Special Edition $17.00
Gerstein Chardonnay 1848 Cabernet Special ReserveGoose Bay Pinot
$55.00
Noir
Carmel Kayoumi Shiraz
Gerstein Chardonnay $33.00 1848Cabernet
1848 CabernetSpecial
Special Reserve
Reserve $55.00
Carmel Kayoumi Shiraz $33.00 Jerusalem Vineyards Special Edition $17.00 1848 2nd Generation CabernetGoose Bay Pinot
$20.00
Grig
Carmel Mediterranean $45.00
Jerusalem Vineyards Special Edition $17.00 1848 2nd Generation Cabernet $20.00
Carmel Mediterranean $45.00 Gerstein Gewurztraminer 1848 7th Generation Cabernet $34.00
Dalton Canaan RedGerstein
(M) Gewurztraminer$12.00 Jerusalem Vineyards Special Edition $17.00
1848 7th Generation Cabernet $34.00
CALIFORNIA
Dalton
Dalton Canaan
CanaanRed
Red(M)
(M) $12.00 Jerusalem Vineyards Special Edition $17.00 CALIFORNIA
Dalton Canaan White (M) $12.00 Gerstein Marselan Baron Herzog Cabernet (M) $11.50
Dalton Canaan White (M) $12.00 Gerstein Marselan BaronHerzog
Baron Herzog Cabernet
Cabernet (M)(M) $11.50
Dalton Estate Cabernet Sauvignon $16.00 Jerusalem Vineyards RSV Cab Sauv $24.00
Dalton Estate Cabernet Sauvignon $16.00 Jerusalem Vineyards RSV Cab Sauv $24.00 Baron Herzog Pinot Noir (M)
Baron Herzog Pinot Noir (M)
$11.50
$11.50
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 Baron Herzog Chardonnay (M) $11.50 Goose Bay Blanc De Pinot Noir (M) $22.00 Chteau Guiranne Ros $18.00 Kedem Concord Kal 750 ml $4.00
Baron Herzog Chardonnay (M) Baron$11.50
Herzog Merlot Goose (M) Bay Blanc De Pinot Noir (M)
$11.50 $22.00Creek
Odwyers
Odwyers Creek SauvSauvBlancBlanc
Chteau 2015 (2015) Ros$15.00
Guiranne Ch De$18.00
LAnglais Kedem
Troisgros Concord
Cotes De Kal 750$21.00ml $4.00Concord Kal 1.5L
Kedem $7.00
rzog Chardonnay (M) $11.50 Goose Bay Blanc De Pinot Noir (M) $22.00 Chteau Guiranne Ros $18.00 Kedem Concord Kal 750 ml $4.00
Baron Herzog Merlot (M) Baron$11.50
Herzog Old Vine Odwyers
Zin (M) Creek Sauv Blanc $11.50 2015 $15.00Creek PinotChNoir
Odwyers De 2014
LAnglais Troisgros $27.00
Cotes De Castillon
$21.00 Kedem Concord Kal 1.5L $7.00Cream Malaga 750 ml
Kedem $4.00
rzog Merlot (M) $11.50 Odwyers Creek Sauv Blanc 2015 $15.00 Ch De LAnglais Troisgros Cotes De $21.00 Kedem Concord Kal 1.5L $7.00
Baron Castillon La Tour Pavee (Bordeaux) (M) $12.00
rzog Old Vine Herzog
Zin (M) Old Vine Zin$11.50
(M) Baron$11.50
Herzog
Odwyers Creek Pinot Odwyers
Jeunesse NoirRed2014 (M)Creek Pinot$27.00 Noir 2014 Castillon$27.00
$11.00 SPAIN Kedem Cream Malaga 750 ml Kedem Cream $4.00Malaga 750 ml $4.00Cream Malaga 1.5L
Kedem $7.00
Baron Herzog La Tour Pavee (Bordeaux) (M) Les $12.00
Remparts de Bel Air (Bordeaux) (M) $13.00
rzog Jeunesse Red (M)Jeunesse Red (M)
$11.00 $11.00
Baron Herzog Jeunesse White (M)
SPAIN SPAIN
$11.00 La Capcandes
Capcanes
Tour Pavee PerajPeraj Haabib
Haabib
(Bordeaux) (M) $12.00 $52.00 Kedem Cream Malaga 1.5L Kedem Cream
$7.00Malaga 1.5L $7.00Cream Red 750 ml
Kedem $4.00
Baron Herzog
rzog Jeunesse White (M)Jeunesse White
$11.00(M) Baron$11.00
Herzog
Capcanes PerajJeun. Capcanes
Blk
Haabib MuscatPeraj (M) Haabib $11.00
$52.00 $52.00
Les Remparts
Capcanes dePeraj
Bel Air Les Remparts
(Bordeaux)
Petita (M) de Bel Air$16.00
$13.00 (Bordeaux)
Kedem(M) Cream $13.00
Chateau
Red 750Camplay
ml (Bordeaux)
Kedem Cream (M)
$4.00Red 750 $12.00
ml $4.00Cream Red 1.5L
Kedem $7.00
Baron
rzog Jeun. BlkHerzog
Muscat Jeun.
(M) Blk Muscat
$11.00 (M) $11.00
Capcanes
Baron PerajSauv
Herzog Petita Capcanes
Blanc (M) Peraj Petita $16.00
$9.50 Chateau Camplay
$16.00
Capcanes Flor delChateau
La(Bordeaux) (M) Camplay
Flor (Bordeaux)
$12.00 $60.00(M)Kedem Cream $12.00
Chateau Jaumard (Bordeaux)
Red 1.5L Kedem Cream (M)
$7.00Red 1.5L$12.00 $7.00Burgundy Royal 750 ml
Kedem $4.00
Baron
rzog Sauv Herzog
Blanc (M) Sauv Blanc$9.50
(M) $9.50
Capcanes
Baron La Flor del
Herzog Pinot Grigio Capcanes
Flor (M) La Flor del Flor $60.00
$9.50 Chateau Jaumard (Bordeaux)
$60.00Peraj Petita Dolc
Capcanes Chateau
(M) Jaumard (Bordeaux)
$12.00 $21.00 (M)
Kedem Chat
Chat
Burgundy$12.00
Bellerives
Royal 750DuBois
Bellerives mlDuBoisRedRed
Kedem (M) (M) Royal$11.00
Burgundy
$4.00 750 ml $4.00Burgundy Royal 1.5L
Kedem $7.00
rzog Pinot Grigio
Baron (M) Pinot Grigio$9.50
Herzog (M) Capcanes
$9.50 PerajChenin
PetitaCapcanes
Dolc Viognier Peraj Petita $21.00
Dolc Chat Bellerives DuBois RedChat (M) Bellerives$11.00 DuBois $12.00
Red (M)Kedem BurgundyChat$11.00Royal 1.5LDuBois
Bellerives $7.00 Royal$11.00
WhiteBurgundy
(M)
Baron Herzog Blanc $9.50 Elvi$21.00
Elvi HerenzaRioja
Herenza Rioja Kedem 1.5L $7.00Chablis 750 ml
Kedem $4.00
Chat Bellerives DuBois White (M) $11.00 White (M)
rzog Chenin
BaronBlanc
HerzogViognier $9.50
Chenin Blanc Viognier Elvi$9.50
Herenza Rioja Elvi Herenza Rioja $12.00
Baron Herzog Chenin Blanc (M) $7.50 Clos Mesorah Chat Bellerives DuBois $60.00
Elvi$12.00 Kedem Chablis $11.00
Chateau750 mlMame RosKedem Chablis $4.00 750 ml $35.00 $4.00Chablis 1.5L
Kedem $7.00
rzog Chenin Chateau Mame Ros Chateau Mame$35.00
BaronBlanc
Herzog(M) Chenin Blanc
$7.50
(M) Elvi$7.50
Baron
Clos Mesorah Elvi Clos Mesorah $60.00
Herzog White Zinfandel (M) $7.50 Elvi $60.00
Vina Encina Red Ros $9.00 Kedem Chablis Chateau1.5L Greysac Kedem Chablis
$35.00 $7.00 1.5L $24.00 $7.00
Rashi Light Pink 750 ml $4.00
eries
rzog White Zinfandel (M) $7.50 Elvi Vina Encina Red $9.00 Chateau Greysac $24.00 Rashi Light Pink 750 ml $4.00
Baron Herzog White Zinfandel (M) Baron$7.50
Her Res Cab Alex. ElviValley
Vina Encina
(M) Red $34.00 Elvi$9.00
Vina Encina Chateau Greysac $24.00
Rothschild Haut MedocRashi Light Pink 750 ml$30.00 $4.00
retRes
Sauv
Cab(M)
Alex. Valley$9.00
(M) $34.00 Elvi Vina Encina White $9.00 Rothschild Haut MedocWhite $30.00 $9.00 Rashi Light Pink 1.5 L $7.00
Rashi Light Pink 1.5 L $7.00
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Baron Her Res Cab Alex. Valley (M)
Res Chard Russ. River$9.00
(M) $26.00 Baron$34.00
HerEncina
Elvi Vina Res Chard Elvi Vina Encina White$26.00
Rose Russ. River (M) $9.00 Elvi$9.00
Chateau Encina RoseRothschild Haut$50.00
VinaSeran
Tour
Medoc$9.00 $30.00
Chateau
Rashi Light Red 750 ml
Tour Seran Rashi Light Pink 1.5 L $50.00
$4.00
$7.00
Rashi Light Red 750 ml $4.00
ry
rzog
Baron Her Res Chard Russ. River (M)
White (M)age $9.00
Camoufl $26.00 Baron$26.00
Herzog Camoufl
Elvi Crianza
Elvi
ageVina Encina Rose$24.00 $26.00 Chateau Crianza 2014 Chateau Tour Seran
Elvi$9.00
Rossignol $12.00 $24.00 Rashi LightChateau
$50.00Rossignol 2014
Red 1.5 L
Rashi Light Red 750 ml$12.00
$7.00
$4.00
Rashi Light Red 1.5 L $7.00
Baron Herzog Camouflage $26.00 Elvi Crianza En
Chateau $24.00
Fuego
Bois Tempranillo
Cardonne MedocChateau
(M)2014 Rossignol 2014$8.00
$20.00 $12.00Bois Cardonne
Chateau RashiMedoc
Light 2014
Red 1.5 L $20.00 $7.00
Rashi Light White 750 ml $4.00
En Fuego Tempranillo (M) $8.00 Rashi Light White 750 ml $4.00
(M) $9.00 ALLOCATEDEnITEMS IN STOCK
Fuego Tempranillo (M) Joseph $8.00Sancerre Chateau Bois Cardonne Medoc 2014 Joseph $20.00Mellot Sancerre
Rashi2014Light White 750 ml $24.00 $4.00
o Series En Fuego Cabernet Sauvignon $8.00 En Mellot
Fuego Cabernet2014 Sauvignon $24.00 $8.00 CHAMPAGNES & SPARKING WINES CHAMPAGNES & SPARKING WINES
En
Ramon Cardova Rioja Tinto (M) Fuego Cabernet Sauvignon
$14.00 Chateau Haut
$8.00 Piquat Joseph
Ramon Cardova Rioja Tinto (M) Mellot Sancerre
$24.00 2014 $24.00
Chateau
$14.00 Bartenura Prosecco (M) Haut Piquat CHAMPAGNES$15.00 $24.00
& SPARKING WINES
Bartenura
Bartenura Prosecco
Prosecco(M) (M) $15.00
o (M)
(M)
$10.00
$10.00
Covenant Red C Rose
Ramon Cardova Crianza Ramon Cardova Rioja Tinto (M)
$18.00 Bordeaux
Ramon Chateau
$14.00
Cardova DArveyresChateau Haut Piquat
Crianza $16.00 $18.00 BartenuraBordeaux $24.00Moscato
Sparkling Chateau(M) DArveyres
Bartenura$15.00Prosecco (M)$16.00 $15.00 Sparkling Moscato (M)
Bartenura $15.00
St. Julien$18.00
Chateau Moulin Richie Bordeaux Chateau DArveyres
$49.00 $16.00Chateau
sion Series Padis Brilliance
Ramon Cardova Garnacha Ramon Cardova Crianza
Tobia Tempranillo (M)Ramon Cardova Garnacha
$17.00
$9.00
Ramon Cardova Garnacha
Rhone Cuvee$17.00Du Centenaire St. Julien $12.00
Chateau
$17.00 BartenuraSt.
Moulin Richie
Bartenura
Julien
Sparkling
Asti
Rhone$49.00
Mos. RoseMoulin
(M)
(M)Cuvee Du Centenaire
Richie
Bartenura $15.00
Bartenura$16.00Sparkling Mos.
$49.00(M)
Sparkling Moscato
$12.00
Rose (M)
$15.00 Sparkling Mos. Rose (M)
Bartenura
$15.00 Asti (M)
$15.00
ab Sauv (M) $17.00 Tobia
Tobia Tempranillo
Tempranillo (M)(M) $9.00 Bartenura $16.00
ab Sauv Semi $17.00 Herzog Clone 6
Tobia Tempranillo/Garnacha (M)
Tobia Tempranillo
Volcanus TempranilloTobia Tempranillo/Garnacha
$9.00
(M)
Chateau Les Riganes
Tobia
$14.00 (M) Butchers$9.00
$9.00
Tempranillo/Garnacha
Daughter Cabernet
Rhone Cuvee
Sauv
$10.00
(M) Du Centenaire
$10.00
$9.00
Baron Herzog Brut (M)
$12.00
Chateau Les RiganesBartenura$13.00 Asti (M) $10.00 $16.00
Baron
Baron Herzog
Herzog Brut (M)(M)
Brut $13.00
Volcanos
Volcanus Tempranillo
Tempranillo Chateau Les Riganes $14.00 Baron Herzog Brut Ros
$10.00
Butchers
Butchers (M) Cabernet
Daughter
Daughter Baron $13.00
Sauv
Herzog
Cabernet Brut (M) $10.00
Sauv $13.00
Baron Herzog Brut Ros (M) $13.00
hardonnay (M) $17.00
Teperberg TRB
Volcanus Rioja
Volcanus Tempranillo
$12.00 Butchers Daughter
$14.00Rioja
Volcanus
Merlot
Butchers Daughter Chardonnay
$10.00
Butchers Daughter Cabernet
$10.00 $12.00
Borgo Reale Prosecco
Sauv (M)
$10.00Daughter
Butchers Merlot
$15.00
Baron Herzog Brut Ros$10.00 (M) $13.00
Borgo
Borgo Reale
Reale Prosecco
Proseco (M)
(M) $15.00
Volcanus Petite Verdot $20.00 Butchers Daughter Merlot Borgo Reale Asti Spumante (M) $12.00
erlot (M) $17.00 Jezreel Argamon Volcanus Rioja
PORTUGAL Butchers $12.00
Volcanus Petite
Daughter Verdot
Muscat Sparkling $15.00
Butchers Daughter Chardonnay
$20.00
$10.00
Butchers
Notte Italiana Prosecco
Daughter Chardonnay
$10.00Daughter Muscat
Borgo Reale Prosecco (M)
$12.00
$10.00 $15.00
Borgo Reale Asti Spumante (M) $12.00
e Series Quevedo Port
Volcanus Petite Verdot $17.00 La Fille Du$20.00 PORTUGAL
Boucher Rsrv (Bordeaux) (M) $12.00 Tishbi Brut
Butchers Borgo Reale Asti Spumante
Sparkling
$23.00
$15.00(M) $12.00
Notte Italiana Prosecco $12.00
rnet Sauv $30.00 Matar CB ITALY PORTUGAL Quevedo Port ARGENTINA Butchers Daughter Muscat Sparkling La Fille $15.00
$17.00 Yarden Blanc de Blanc Du Boucher Rsrv Notte Italiana
(Bordeaux) Prosecco
$25.00 (M) $12.00 $12.00
Tishbi Brut $23.00
Quevedo Port $17.00 La Fille Du Boucher Rsrv (Bordeaux) (M) $12.00 Tishbi Brut$18.00 $23.00
donnay $26.00
Flam Noble
Bartenura Moscato (M) $10.50 Guillermo
Guillermo
De Mendoza Malbec
De Mendoza Cab(M)
(M)
ITALY
(M)(M)
$8.00
ARGENTINA
$8.00
Elvi Cava Brut ARGENTINA
Yarden Blanc
(M)de Blanc $8.00
Yarden Blanc de Blanc $25.00
ot $30.00 Bartenura Malvasia (M) ITALY
$10.50 Bartenjura
Bartenura Moscato
Moscato $10.50 GuillermoSPIRITS
De Mendoza Malbec Elvi$25.00
Cava Brut $18.00
sse $33.00 Tulip Black Tulip
Bartenura Pinot Grigio Bartenura
(M) Moscato (M) $12.00 Eli Montero
Bartenura
Flechas De
Malbec
$10.50 Malvasia (M)
Los Andes Cab/Syrah
Guillermo De Mendoza $9.00 MalbecAskalon
$10.50
(M) Arack
$20.00 Cab (M)Askalon Arack
$8.00
Guillermo
80 Proof De Mendoza ElviCab
Cava (M)Brut
$14.00 $8.00 $18.00 SPIRITS
Bartenura Rosso Toscano (M)
Bartenura Malvasia $6.00
(M) $10.50 Guillermo De Mendoza Eli $8.00
100
MonteroProof Malbec $17.00 $9.00
SPIRITS
Bartenura Pinot Grigio (M) $12.00 Askalon Arack 80 Proof $14.00
$15.00
Series
age (M) $21.00
The Cave Old Vine
Bartenura Umbria Rosso (M)
Bartenura Pinot Grigio$6.00(M) Flechas De Los Andes Gran Malbec
$12.00
Bartenura
Eli Montero Malbec
Rosso Toscano (M)
$26.00
$6.00
Boukha FigFlechas$9.00De
Brandy Liter
Los AndesAskalon
Cab/Syrah $25.00
Arack 80 Proof$20.00 $14.00
Askalon Arack 100 Proof $17.00
ate Harvest Chenin (M) $17.00 Bartenura Ovadia Barbera $14.00(M) CHILE Flechas De Los Andes Cab/SyrahDistillery No. 209 Gin
$20.00 $33.00
age (M) $21.00 Bartenura Rosso Toscano $6.00 Umbria Rosso
Bartenura (M) $6.00 Flechas De Los AndesAskalon Arack
Gran Malbec 100 Proof$26.00 $17.00
Boukha Fig Brandy Liter $25.00
ate Harvest Orange Muscat (M) $17.00 Bartenura Ovadia Chianti $12.00 Lanzur Chardonnay Flechas De Los Andes $7.00 Gran Distillery No. 209
Malbec Vodka
$26.00 $33.00
Series HerzegLate
Herzog LateHarvest
Harvest Bartenura
Chenin
Chenin (M)(M)Umbria Rosso (M)
$17.00 $6.00
Bartenura Ovadia Barbera $14.00 Boukha
CHILE Fig Brandy Liter $25.00
Distillery
Distillery No.
No.209
209GinGin $33.00
ate Harvest Zinfandel (M) $17.00 Bartenura Ovadia Montepulciano $12.00 Lanzur Merlot $7.00
Herzog Late Harvest Chenin (M) $17.00 Bartenura Ovadia CHILE
ancHarvest
ate (M) White Ries $64.00
(M) $20.00 Herzog LateOvadia
Bartenura Harvest Orange
Rosso Muscat (M)Barbera
$17.00
$12.00 Lanzur
$14.00 Sauvignon
Bartenura
CabernetOvadia Chianti $7.00 $12.00 Lanzur ChardonnayDistillery No. 209 Gin $7.00
Lanzur Chardonnay $33.00No. 209 Vodka
Distillery $33.00
Herzog Late Harvest Lanzur Chardonnay $7.00
Sirah
apa (M) Reserve
Cabernet $64.00 Orange Muscat (M)Herzog
$36.00
$17.00 Harvest Zinfandel
Borgo Late
Bartenura Ovadia Chianti
Reale Primitivo Di Salento(M) (M) $17.00
$14.00 Lanzur $12.00Pinot
Bartenura
Reserve OvadiaNoirMontepulciano $9.00 $12.00 Lanzur Merlot Distillery No. 209 Vodka$7.00 $33.00
Herzog Late Harvest Zinfandel (M) $17.00 Bartenura Lanzur Merlot $7.00
ab Sauv Variation Five$14.00 $20.00 Herzog
Borgo Late
RealeHarvest
SangioveseWhite Ries Ovadia
Di Puglia (M)
(M)
Montepulciano
$20.00
$11.00 Lanzur $12.00Cabernet
Reserve
Bartenura Sauvignon
Ovadia Rosso $9.00 $12.00 Lanzur Cabernet Sauvignon $7.00
Herzog Late Harvest White Ries (M) $20.00 Bartenura Ovadia Rosso Terra Vega$12.00
Cabernet Lanzur Cabernet
Sauvignon Sauvignon
$8.00 $7.00
Lanzur Reserve Pinot Noir $9.00
(M)
Israel Syrah $14.00 $54.00 Herzog
Borgo Napa Cabernet
Reale Chianti (M)Reserve $36.00
$14.00 Borgo
BorgoRealeRealePrimitivo
Primitivo Di Di
Salento
Salento (M)(M) $14.00
Herzog
Cabernet Napa Cabernet Reserve
$80.00 $36.00
Borgo Reale Moscato Borgo
DAsti Reale
(M) Primitivo Di
$12.00Salento (M)
Terra Vega$14.00
Syrah Lanzur Reserve$8.00 Pinot Noir $9.00
Lanzur Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon $9.00
M) $14.00 Herzog Cab Sauv Variation Five $20.00 Borgo Reale Sangiovese Di Puglia (M) $11.00
C Herzog Cab Sauv
Red(M) Variation Five
$40.00 $20.00
Borgo
Covenant Reale Pinot
Israel Borgo
Grigio
Syrah (M)Reale Sangiovese $12.00 Terra Vega
Di Puglia (M) Sauvignon BlancLanzur Reserve$8.00
$11.00 Cabernet Sauvignon Terra Terra$9.00
Vega
VegaCabernet
Cabernet Sauvignon
Sauvignon $8.00
on $16.00 Covenant Israel Syrah $54.00 Borgo Reale Chianti (M) $14.00
Covenant
Sauvignon Blanc Israel
C Syrah $21.00 $54.00
Borgo Reale Pinot NoirBorgo
(M) Reale Chianti (M)
$14.00 Alfasi Cabernet
$14.00 Sauvignon Terra Vega Cabernet $7.50 Sauvignon $8.00
Terra Vega Syrah $8.00
auvignon $25.00 Covenant Cabernet $80.00 Borgo Reale Moscato DAsti (M) $12.00
Tribe White
Covenant Cabernet $27.00 Borgo Reale Monte DAbruzzo
$80.00 Borgo Reale (M) Moscato$11.00 DAsti Alfasi Cabernet Mistrico Terra Vega Syrah $8.50 $8.00
$25.00 Covenant Red C $40.00(M) Borgo$12.00
Reale Pinot Grigio (M) $12.00 Terra Vega Sauvignon Blanc $8.00
Tribe Red $32.00 Borgo Reale DolcezzaBorgo Semi Dry RedPinot
(M) Grigio
$10.00(M) Alfasi Chardonnay Terra Vega Sauvignon $7.50 Blanc $8.00
Covenant Red$25.00 C $40.00
Covenant Sauvignon Blanc C Reale $21.00 $12.00 Alfasi
Alfasi Cabernet
Cabernet Sauvignon
Sauvignon $7.50
Cellars Cabernet (M) $42.00 Borgo Reale Ros (M)Borgo Reale Pinot Noir $11.00 AlfasiBorgo
MerlotReale Pinot Noir (M)
Alfasi Cabernet$7.50 Sauvignon
$14.00
$7.50
miner Covenant Sauvignon $15.00 Blanc C $21.00
Covenant Tribe White (M)
$27.00 AlfasiBorgo
$14.00
Malbec Reale
SyrahMonte
Reserve DAbruzzo (M) $8.50 $11.00 Alfasi Cabernet Mistrico $8.50
Cellars Chardonnay (M) $22.00 Borgo Reale Barolo $40.00 Alfasi Cabernet Mistrico $8.50
Covenant Tribe
yCellars Merlot (M) $15.00 White $27.00
Covenant Tribe Red Borgo Reale Monte DAbruzzo
$32.00 (M) Borgo$11.00
Reale Dolcezza Semi Dry Red (M) $10.00 Alfasi Chardonnay $7.50
$26.00 Borgo Reale Brunello $40.00 Alfasi Pinot Noir Reserve $8.50
Covenant Tribe Red $32.00 Borgo(M) Reale Dolcezza Semi Dry RedDon
(M) Alfonso
$10.00 Alfasi Chardonnay $7.50
Alfasi Merlot $7.50
Cellars Sauv Blanc (M) $25.00 $18.00 Hagafen
Hagafen Cellars
Cellars
Contessa Lambrusco Cabernet
Cabernet (M) $42.00
$10.00 Borgo Reale Ros
Cabernet (M)
Sauvignon $6.50 $11.00 Heavens Artisan Chocolate $17.00
Hagafen Cellars Cabernet (M) $42.00 Borgo Reale Ros (M) $11.00 Alfasi Merlot $7.50
Alfasi Malbec Syrah Reserve $8.50
albec Wht. Ries-Lake$40.00
Cellars (M) $17.00 Hagafen
ContessaCellars
Carino Chardonnay (M) $22.00
$10.00 Borgo Reale
Don Alfonso MerlotBarolo $6.50 $40.00 Kawar Arak $15.00
Hagafen Cellars Chardonnay (M) $22.00Moscato Borgo Alfasi Malbec Syrah Reserve $8.50
uby Cab
Cellars Pinot Noir (M)$40.00 $26.00 Hagafen
ContessaCellars Merlot (M) Reale Barolo $10.00 $26.00 Don Alfonso
Borgo$40.00
Sauvignon
Reale Blanc
Brunello $6.50 $40.00 Kedem Vodka Alfasi Pinot Noir Reserve $12.00 $8.50
Hagafen Cellars Merlot (M) $26.00 Borgo Alfasi Pinot Noir Reserve $8.50
k Cellar
etit Select Cab
Verdot (M)
$40.00 $18.00 Hagafen
Cantina Cellars
GabrieleSauv
Chianti (M)Reale
Blanc (M) Brunello $18.00
$11.00 $40.00Lambrusco
LaylaContessa
Cabernet
Contessa Sauvignon
Lambrusco $6.00 $10.00 Louis RoyerDon Don
CognacAlfonso
VS Cabernet
Alfonso Cabernet Sauvignon $38.00
Sauvignon $6.50 Heavens Artisan Chocolate $17.00
k CellarHagafen Cellars
(M) Sauv Blanc (M) $18.00 Contessa
Red (M)Lambrusco $10.00Carino Don Alfonso Cabernet $6.00 Sauvignon $6.50 VSOPMerlot Heavens Artisan $46.00 Chocolate $17.00
Reserve Select Chard $53.00 $18.00 Cantina
Hagafen GabrieleWht.
Cellars Dolce.Ries-Lake (M) $7.50
$17.00 LaylaContessa
Merlot $10.00 Louis RoyerDon Cognac
Alfonso $6.50 Kawar Arak $15.00
k CellarHagafen
Select ZinCellars Wht. Ries-Lake
(M)$24.00 $18.00 (M) $17.00
Cantina GabrielePinot
Dolce.Contessa
Wht(M) (M)Carino $7.50 $10.00Moscato Don Alfonso Merlot
Layla Chardonnay $6.00 Moses DateDon $6.50
Vodka
Alfonso Sauvignon KawarBlancArak
$30.00 $6.50 $15.00
Kedem Vodka $12.00
Hagafen Cellars Noir $26.00 Contessa $10.00
k CellarHagafen
Select Cellars Pinot Noir (M)
$18.00 $26.00
Cantina Gabriele Contessa
Moscato (M) Moscato $9.50 $10.00 SOUTH Don
AFRICA Alfonso Sauvignon Blanc Moses Vodka
Layla$6.50
Cabernet Kedem
Sauvignon Vodka
$30.00
$6.00 $12.00
Louis Royer Cognac VS $38.00
serve $24.00 Weinstock
Weinstock Cellar
Cellar Select
Select Cab Cab(M) (M) $18.00 Cantina Gabriele Chianti (M)
Cantina Gabriele Chianti (M) $11.00 Layla Cabernet Sauvignon
Bouschet Cantina Gabriele Pinot Grigio (M) $11.00(M) Villa Cape$11.00
Chardonnay Layla Cabernet$8.50 Sauvignon Zwack Slivovitz Plum Brandy Louis Royer
$6.00 $21.00
Cognac VS $6.00 $38.00
Weinstock Cellar $24.00Select Cab (M) $18.00
Weinstock Cellar SelectCantina
Chard Gabriele
(M) Chianti
$18.00 Cantina Gabriele Dolce. Red (M) $7.50 Layla Merlot Louis Royer Cognac VSOP $46.00
k White Zinfandel $7.00 Binayamina Liqueur Amaretto $16.50
Weinstock Cellar $36.00Select Chard (M) Cantina
$18.00
Weinstock
Gabriele Pinot
Cellar Select
Noir (M)Gabriele Dolce.
Cantina
Zin (M)
$11.00Red (M) VillaCantina
$18.00
Cape Pinotage
$7.50Gabriele Dolce. Layla Merlot $8.50
Wht (M) $7.50 Binayamina Layla Chardonnay Louis Royer Cognac VSOP
$6.00 $6.00 $46.00
Moses Date Vodka $30.00
o-deux $55.00 Cantina Gabriele Sangiovese (M) $10.00 CANADA Layla Chardonnay Liqueur
$6.00 Banana Moses Date $16.50
Vodka $30.00
Weinstock Cellar Select Zin (M) $18.00
Weinstock Cellar Select Cantina Gabriele Dolce. Wht
$18.00 (M) $7.50
Cantina Gabriele Moscato (M) SOUTH AFRICA Moses Vodka $30.00
not Noir $34.00 $55.00 Cantina Gabriele Ros (M) $7.50 Tzafona Riesling $16.00 $9.50 Binayamina Liqueur Chocolate Moses Vodka $16.50
$30.00
Weinstock Cellar Select $18.00
Alicante Bouschet Cantina Gabriele Moscato (M) $9.50 SOUTH AFRICA Villa Cape Chardonnay $8.50 Zwack Slivovitz Plum Brandy $21.00
eshem $36.00 $55.00 Cantina Gabriele Malvasia (M) $10.00 Cantina
Tzafona Gabriele
Cellars Vidal IcePinot Grigio (M) $29.00 $11.00 Binayamina Liqueur Limoncello $16.50
Alicante Bouschet Weinstock Cantina Gabriele Pinot$7.00 Grigio (M) $11.00 Villa Cape Chardonnay $8.50 Zwack Slivovitz Plum Brandy $21.00
ne-Two Punch $66.00 $45.00 WeinstockWhite White Zinfandel
Zinfandel Cantina Gabriele Pinot Noir (M)
UKRAINE $11.00 Binayamina Villa CapeSour
Liqueur Pinotage
Apple $16.50 $8.50 Binayamina
BinayaminaLiqueurLiqueurAmaretto
Amaretto $16.50
Weinstock White Zinfandel Cantina
$7.00 Gabriele Montepulciano (M) $11.00 Binayamina Liqueur Amaretto $16.50 Liqueur Banana
Shirah
Shirah Bro-deux
Bro-deux Cantina Gabriele Pinot Noir
$55.00 (M) $11.00 Villa Cape Pinotage $8.50 Binayamina $16.50
s Cabernet Sauv $21.00 $13.00 Cantina Gabriele Cabernet Sauv (M) $10.00 Butterfl y Chizay
Cantina Cherry Sangiovese
Gabriele 500ml (M) $6.00 $10.00 Binayamina Liqueur Triple Sec CANADA $16.50
Shirah Bro-deux $55.00 Cantina Gabriele Sangiovese $55.00 (M) Butterfl CANADA Binayamina Liqueur Banana $16.50 Liqueur Chocolate
s Reserve Cabernet $32.00 $24.00 Shirah
CantinaPinot Noir Chianti
Giuliano $16.00 y$10.00
Chizay
Cantina Peach 500ml
Gabriele Ros (M) $6.00 $7.50 Morad Double Tzafona Riesling
Espresso Liqueur $19.00 $16.00 Binayamina $16.50
Shirah
s Chardonnay Pinot Noir $13.00 $55.00 Cantina Gabriele Ros (M) $7.50 Tzafona Riesling $16.00 Binayamina Liqueur Chocolate $16.50
$21.00 Shirah
Rashi Geshem
Joyvin Red (M) $55.00
$7.00 KEDEM
Cantina Gabriele Malvasia (M) $10.00 Morad Limoncello
Tzafona Liqueur
Cellars Vidal Ice $19.00 $29.00 Binayamina Liqueur Limoncello $16.50
s SyrahShirah Geshem $13.00 $55.00
Shirah
Rashi One-Two
Joyvin White Punch
(M)Cantina Gabriele Malvasia $45.00
$7.00 (M) $10.00Grape 750ml
Kedem Concord Tzafona Cellars$4.00 Vidal Ice Morad Amaretto $29.00 Binayamina
UKRAINE
Liqueur Limoncello
$19.00 $16.50
Binayamina Liqueur Sour Apple $16.50
on $12.00 Cantina Gabriele Montepulciano (M) $11.00
s GrandShirah
Select One-Two
Blend Punch $30.00 $45.00 $7.00UKRAINE Morad Chocolate Binayamina Liqueur Sour Apple $16.50
$12.00 Twin
Twin
RashiSuns
Suns Cabernet
Claret (M)
Cabernet Cantina
Sauv
Sauvignon $13.00 (M)Kedem
Gabriele Montepulciano
$9.00 Concord
$11.00Grape 1.5L
Cantina Gabriele Cabernet Sauv (M) $10.00 Butterfly Chizay Cherry 500ml$19.00 $6.00 Binayamina Liqueur Triple Sec $16.50
Twin Suns Cabernet Sauv
AUSTRALIA $13.00
TerraSuns
Di Seta Cantina
MeshiCabernet
Toscana RoseGabriele Cabernet
$13.00 $10.00750 ml Butterfly Chizay$4.00
Sauv (M)Kedem Malaga Cherry 500mlMorad Lychee $6.00 Binayamina Liqueur Triple Sec
$17.00 $16.50
$12.00 Twin Reserve $24.00 Cantina Giuliano Chianti $16.00 Butterfl y Chizay Peach 500ml $6.00 Morad Double Espresso Liqueur $19.00
$17.00
Chardonnay (M) Reserve Cabernet
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He turned up at Atlantas Hartsfield-Jack- other is a
son International Airport on the Satur-
day night that Trumps first executive
medical student
order banning refugees and other trav- at Emory, and
elers from Muslim-majority countries
went into effect, and he identifies with
she needs to
them as a matter of heritage. walk to work.
American Jews all share that immi-
grant story, and that perspective hard- Democrat who likely wont make the
ens my resolve to fight for an open and cut. The zpolitics poll, with 625 respon-
optimistic vision of our country where if dents and a margin of error of 3.8 per-
you work hard you can get ahead, where centage points, had him just ahead of
we welcome those who come here to Abroms at 3 percent. A state senator in
build the country, he said. the 1990s who ran unsuccessfully against
Ossoff also signals familiarity with the Cynthia McKinney for Congress McKin-
Middle East. His campaign biography ney went on to become one of the bodys
notes that when he was at Georgetown, most strident Israel critics he is reviv-
he studied under Michael Oren, the his- ing his slogan from that era, Votin Slo-
torian and former Israeli ambassador tin, and campaigning on bipartisanship
to Washington. Oppenheimer, Ossoff s and bringing jobs to the district.
backer, says that when he was a congres- Slotin, 54, is an executive headhunter
sional aide Ossoff helped draft Iran sanc- who once owned the Atlantic Jewish Life
tions, but also is quick to note that Ossoff magazine and coached soccer at a local
had left the job by the time Democrats JCC. He touts his role as part of the gov-
were backing the Iran nuclear deal that ernment team that crafted tax credits
so riled AIPAC. that brought TV and movie production
He was not involved in the deal Presi- into the state.
dent Obama made, Oppenheimer said What I bring to the district is stronger
with emphasis. against any Republican candidate than
If Ossoff and his backers are right, and what [Ossoff ] brings to the district, he
distaste for Trump and hardline con- said.
servatism threatens to turn this district The zpolitics poll suggests that might
blue, then David Abroms would be a for- be true: A question asking for a second
midable adversary in the runoff. But this choice indicative of how the runoff
Jewish Republican is not registering in might play out had Slotin by far the
the polls, finishing next to last among the leader with 34 percent, while Ossoff got
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Trump era prompts Jewish donors

to step up giving to liberal causes
BEN SALES When its time to step up, we have to step proposed federal budget that reduces
up, said Marcella Kanfer Rolnick, the found- funding for social services and the arts.
ATLANTA For decades, the Lippman Kan- ing director of the Lippman Kanfer Foun- But Trumps support for school choice
fer family has focused its philanthropy on dation for Living Torah. Were grappling could also aid funders supporting Jew- Were grappling
local Jewish communities and national initia- with how much we step up fast, where the ish day school.
tives to teach Torah funding causes from urgency requires us to act quickly. I dont think private foundations with how much
the Anshe Sfard Congregation in Akron, Trumps election has pushed the can make up for draconian social ser- we step up fast,
Ohio, to a Jewish day school network. Lippman Kanfer family and other Jewish vice cuts in the federal budget, said
But since November 8, Election Day, the mega-donors to refocus their giving on Susie Gelman, who chairs the center- where the
family has been talking about another set domestic causes that reach beyond the left Israel Policy Forum and whose urgency
of issues refugees, voting rights, and civic Jewish community. The donors, some of family funds programs for Jews in their
engagement. Like so many other things, whom had already funded liberal causes, 20s and 30s. But I think funders can requires us to
its giving has been shaken by the Donald cite the countrys political divides, the pres- be strategic and smart, and form part- act quickly.
Trump administration. idents policies targeting minorities and a nerships and try to address some of the
issues now under threat. president, Andres Spokoiny. Funders
Discussions of Trumps election can [instead] fund organizations and
and its fallout have coursed through people that strengthen civil discourse,
the Jewish Funders Network Inter- that create spaces for dialogue and
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Trump era school prohibitively expensive.

FROM PAGE 36 There could be some positive things in terms of fund-
donors he knows now plan to donate to politicians who sup- ing, he said. Day school funding could receive a boost
port arts funding. from a government that believes in school choice. In the current
For many funders, the political and public sector envi-
ronment over the last decade was supportive and inclusive
Even Jewish programs with no political dimension have
made adjustments in the Trump era. PJ Library, a program
environment, they
of their vision, so they didnt feel the need to operate in that that sends Jewish books to children, has posted guidelines realize they cant
sphere, he said. In the current environment, they realize
they cant only fund the arts directly. They also have to try
on its Facebook page to help parents broach the topics of
anti-Semitism and hate with their children.
only fund the arts
to influence the political sector. Were terribly saddened that childrens lives are being directly. They also
Spokoiny noted that Trumps policies also may serve Jew-
ish interests, given Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos sup-
disrupted and that parents have to face this issue and
be prepared for their childrens questions, said Winnie
have to try
port for tuition vouchers for private schools. Jewish lead- Sandler Grinspoon, president of the Harold Grinspoon to influence the
ers long have fretted about rising tuition making Jewish day Foundation, which funds the program, referring to the
political sector.
some 150 Jewish community centers and other insti-
tutions that have been hit with bomb threats since
perfect gifts the start of this year. But if were a trusted source
for the holidays in engaging around parents topics, this is a topic we
have to address.
Combating Trumps agenda may be a boon for
organizations seeking to engage younger philanthro-
pists. Michael Littenberg-Brown, 35, president of the
Council of Young Jewish Presidents, a consortium of
young donors, said his generation is more attracted to
tabletop, hostess gifts, groups that provide a Jewish entry point to address-
tabletop. hostess gifts. bridal registries
bridal registries, judaica ing global injustice, like HIAS, which advocates for
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Jewish World

Why Netanyahu is threatening once again

to dissolve the government over a TV station
ANDREW TOBIN On Thursday, hours after Kahlon
announced a public break with his long-
TEL AVIV What is Bibi up to? time ally Netanyahu over the conflict, the
That was the question many people in two Likud party ministers reached a com-
Israel were asking last Sunday morning, after promise that would have seen Kan launch
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu report- on April 30. Netanyahu would have agreed
edly threatened to bring down his own gov- to drop his opposition in exchange for
ernment to cancel reforms to state media. Kahlons support for legislation that would
According to Hebrew reports, Netanyahu told give the government oversight of all televi-
ministers on Saturday that unless the creation sion and radio stations in the country.
of a new government-funded broadcaster is But in a Facebook post Saturday, Netan-
aborted, well go to elections. yahu said he had changed his mind, leav-
Netanyahu ignored questions about the ing observers to puzzle over why the prime
reported comment as he boarded a plane minster, a master of political survival,
for a diplomatic visit to China on Saturday would risk his perfectly good right-wing
evening, and his office declined a request government over the reforms.
for comment. These are some theories being discussed
Netanyahu and Finance Minister Moshe in Israel.
Kahlon have clashed publicly for months
over the planned launch of the new broad- 1. Netanyahu is heartbroken Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at a news conference in
caster, which was supposed to be more On Facebook, Netanyahu attributed his Jerusalem on March 14. YONATAN SINDEL/FLASH 90

politically independent than the current about-face to the heartbreaking stories

one. After supporting the 2014 legislation he heard on Friday, when he met with closed, and many have been protesting. any case, the [new] corporation will not
to create the Israel Broadcasting Corp., employees of the current broadcaster, the Netanyahu also cited estimates that shut down, Yossi Verter wrote Sunday in
or Kan, Netanyahu led efforts to bury it. Israel Broadcasting Authority. Some 1,000 it would be cheaper to fix the existing Haaretz. With or without elections, it will
Kahlon has insisted that Kan move forward. employees were to lose their jobs when it broadcaster than to start the new one. launch television, radio and digital broad-
So what do we need the [new] corpo- casting on April 30, and the Israel Broad-
ration for? he asked. casting Authority will cease to exist.
But Finance Ministry statistics contra-
dicted Netanyahus price estimates. And 3. He is trying
Youre invited to join few Israelis believed that he suddenly to avoid being indicted
developed a soft spot for broadcasting Police have questioned Netanyahu four
authority employees. After all, he had times as part of two corruption investi-
JEWISH FEDERATION together with
criticized them previously as left wing and gations. Although Netanyahu has said
HACKENSACK AND TEANECK PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS supportive of terrorism. repeatedly of the investigations, There
to celebrate On Thursday, Finance Ministry sources will be nothing because there is noth-
told the Hebrew media, Netanyahu ing, some have speculated that he may
Bergen Reads seems to have forgotten who called them want an excuse to call new elections to
Hamas members and legislated a law prevent the police from recommending
limiting their absorption into the [new] an indictment against him something
Thousands of Learning to Love Reading broadcaster. they would customarily refrain from
Hundreds of
VOLUNTEERS + PUBLIC SCHOOL = Forming Friendships doing until after the polls close.
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Both critics and allies have suggested TV news suggested that the investigations
that Netanyahu opposes the new broad- could be a motivating factor for the prime
Thursday, April 20, 2017 | 7:00 pm caster because he fears it will turn minister. But Netanyahu must know that
against him. David Bitan, the chairman after the elections, there would be noth-
Nellie K. Parker Elementary School of the ruling coalition, said in Novem- ing preventing the wheels of justice from
261 Maple Hill Drive, Hackensack
ber that Kan already had been hijacked moving forward and all the more easily
Dessert reception RSVP at jfnnj.org/books by people whose agenda is leftist and if he were no longer the prime minister.
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The broadcaster has already been 4. He wants to bring
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OF NORTHERN NEW JERSEY staffed and said it was ready to go on air his coalition to heel
at the start of this year. Netanyahus coalition has looked
Questions? Email DavidS@jfnnj.org or call 201-820-3944 In August, Netanyahu himself report- increasingly unruly recently. In addition
edly asked TV and radio employees of to the falling-out between Netanyahu
A celebration of the Israel Broadcasting Corp. a rhetorical and Kahlon, on Thursday Knesset mem-
question: What if everyone in the [new] ber Yehuda Glick posted a 700-word
corporation were from [the left-wing vet- treatise on Facebook despairing at what
Bonding Through Books erans group] Breaking the Silence?
But some commentators have argued
he said was a culture of fear in his Likud
party.
that Netanyahus alleged desire to control Earlier in the week, Education Minis-
and coverage cannot explain his threat to call ter Naftali Bennet and other members
new elections because he could not really of the government publicly sparred with

15 years of Bergen Reads expect any future government to help him

quash Kan either.
Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman
over his threat to cut state funding for a
First of all, lets make clear that in SEE NETANYAHU PAGE 60

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Jewish World

AIPAC 2017 preview: Seeking bipartisanship

in an extremely polarized atmosphere
RON KAMPEAS Representative Steny Hoyer, (D-Md.), the
minority whip in the U.S. House of Representa-
WASHINGTON Maintaining Iran sanctions, tives, and Representative Ed Royce, (R-Calif.),
crushing BDS, and ensuring aid to Israel are the chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Com-
high on the agenda, of course. mittee. Vice President Mike Pence is speaking,
But the overarching message at this years and so are the leaders of each party in both
conference of the American Israel Public Affairs chambers.
Committee is, if you want a break from polar- But it also will feature Representative Jamie
ization, come join us. Raskin, (D-Md.) , a freshman who had the back-
This is an unprecedented time of political ing of Bernie Sanders, the Democratic presi-
polarization, and we will have a rare biparti- dential candidate who had his request for a
san gathering in Washington, an AIPAC leader satellite feed at last years conference turned
said about the March 26-28 confab. One of the down. Also present this year and absent last
impressive aspects of our speaker program is year, for the most part: Democrats who backed
that we will have the entire bipartisan leader- the Iran deal.
ship of Congress. Among the other speakers are Obama
That might seem a stretch following two administration architects and defenders of the
tense years in which AIPAC faced off against nuclear deal, which traded sanctions relief for
the Obama administration and by extension a rollback of Irans nuclear program. Last year, the crowd at the AIPAC conference at the Verizon Center in
much of the Democratic congressional delega- One striking example is Rob Malley, a Washington, D.C., listens to Hillary Clinton speak. SAUL LOEB/AFP/GETTY IMAGES

tion over the Iran nuclear deal. National Security Council official who didnt
But check out the roster of conference speak- join President Barack Obamas team until his that both Israelis and Palestinians were to are three areas:
ers and you can see the lobby is trying hard. second term in part because pro-Israel objec- blame for the collapse of talks in 2000.) Iran: Democrats still are resisting leg-
Among Congress members, for instance, tions kept him out in the first four years. (Mal- If theres a let-bygones-be-bygones flavor islation that would undo the nuclear deal,
there are the usual suspects, including stal- ley, a peace negotiator under President Bill to all this, it results in part from anxieties but they are ready to countenance more
warts of the U.S.-Israel relationship like Clinton, had committed the heresy of insisting pervading the Jewish organizational world narrowly targeted sanctions. AIPAC is help-
about polarization in the era of Trump. ing to craft bills that would target Irans mis-
Jewish groups get their most consequential sile testing and its transfer of arms to other
policy work done lining up backers from hostile actors in the region.
both parties. Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions:
We continue to very much believe in the AIPAC will back a bill modeled on one
bipartisan model because it is the only way introduced in the last congressional ses-
to get things done, said the official, who, sion by Senators Rob Portman, (R-Ohio)
as AIPAC officials are wont to do, requested and Ben Cardin (D-Md.), that would extend
anonymity. This is the one gathering 1970s laws that made it illegal to participate
where Ds and Rs come together for high in the Arab League boycott of Israel to the
purpose. BDS movement.
J Street, the liberal Middle East policy Foreign assistance: AIPAC activists will
group, demonstrated at its own policy lobby the Hill on the last day of the confer-
conference last month that it was only too ence with a request to back assistance to
happy to lead the resistance to President Israel (now at $3.1 billion a year, set to rise
Donald Trump, who has appalled the lib- to $3.8 billion next year). Support for such
eral Jewish majority with his broadsides aid is a given, despite deep cuts to diplo-
against minorities and his isolationism. J matic and foreign aid programs in Trumps
Streets president, Jeremy Ben-Ami, explic- budget proposal.
itly said he was ready to step in now where The activists insistence that aid to
AIPAC would not. Israel should not exist in a vacuum and
AIPAC also is under fire from the right. should be accompanied by a robust
Republican Jews, who consider the groups continuation of U.S. aid to other coun-
bipartisanship a bane rather than a boon, tries also will be a given. With a Trump
were behind the party platforms retreat administration pledged to slashing for-
last year from explicit endorsement of the eign assistance by a third and wiping out
two-state solution. More recently, Trump whole programs, AIPAC is returning to a
also has marked such a retreat, at least posture unfamiliar since the early 1990s,
rhetorically. when it stood up to a central plank of a
The Israeli American Council, principally Republican president.
backed by Sheldon Adelson, the casino bil- Any item that robustly declares support
lionaire who fell out with AIPAC in 2007, for a two-state outcome is notably absent
in part over its embrace of the two-state from the agenda. AIPAC officials say the
outcome, has attempted to position itself longtime U.S. policy remains very much
as the more conservative-friendly Israel on their agenda, but the lobbys apparent
lobby. The right-leaning Christians United soft pedaling of the issue is notable at a time
for Israel similarly is assuming a higher pro- when other mainstream groups, including
file on the Hill. the American Jewish Committee and the
And so, in forging its legislative Anti-Defamation League, have been asser-
agenda, AIPAC is doing its best to find tive in urging the U.S. and Israeli govern-
items both parties can get behind. There ments to preserve it.

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BRIEFS

Israel plans evacuations where we understand there is a great danger to civilians, Barghouti has advocated for the destruction of
for example, where we wont be able to supply defenses Israel, saying in 2013, We are witnessing the rapid
to counter terror threats or supply deterrence...we will evacuate. JNS.ORG demise of Zionism, and nothing can be done to save
Israel is developing contingency plans to evacuate up to itI, for one, support euthanasia.
250,000 civilians living in border communities if a war BDS movement founder  JNS.ORG

should break out with Hamas, Hezbollah, or other Islamic

terror groups. arrested for tax fraud
The contingency plan, codenamed Safe Distance, was Israeli authorities have arrested Omar Barghouti, co- Irans supreme leader
initiated in response to Hezbollah and Hamass stockpil- founder of the anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions blames Zionist plot
ing of large new weapons caches capable of striking all of movement, for evading taxes on $700,000 of his income.
Israels territory. According to a senior Israeli security offi- The Israeli business news outlet Globes reported for objectifying women
cial, since its war with Israel in 2006, Hezbollah has signifi- that Barghouti is suspected of evading taxes on some Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei took
cantly expanded its arsenal to a stockpile of approximately $700,000 that he earned between 2007 to 2017 while to Twitter to share his views on gender issues. He
150,000 missiles. serving as the director of the Ramallah-based National asserted that the objectification of women in Western
The implementation of the evacuation plan would leave Computing Resources, which markets and rents ATMs and society is the product of a Zionist plot.
the traditional targets of terrorist rocket fire communities other technology within the Palestinian Authority. In a series of tweets for Iranian Mothers Day,
close to Israels borders with Lebanon and Gaza empty The BDS founder, who lives in the Israeli city of Acre, marked on the anniversary of the birth of Fatimah
of civilians. had attempted to conceal his income from authorities Zahra, the Prophet Muhammads daughter, Khame-
The idea to implement the Safe Distance plan is based by hiding money in a bank based in Ramallah. Barghouti nei said the West considers women to be goods, and
upon insights gained in Israels 2014 war with Hamas, which also allegedly hid income from book royalties and a global means of pleasure, a perception he attributed to a
saw civilians living in areas adjacent to Gaza evacuating on speaking tour in a U.S. bank account. Zionist conspiracy to destroy human community.
their own initiative. The Israel Police supported the charges against Bargh- Khamenei said men and women are different in
Col. Itzik Bar of the Israel Defense Forces Homefront outi with transaction records and credit cards discovered aspects like duties in handling life, and criticized the
Command told the Associated Press that the purpose of the at the his home. West for humiliating housewives. Men and women, he
plan is to remove the threat by not having civilians there. Following an interrogation by authorities in Haifa, Barg- said, are no different in some aspects like spiritual ascen-
We want a meeting of army and Hezbollah forces, and houti was released on bail, but he is subject to a travel ban sion, leadership power or ability to guide humanity.
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Jewish World

New immigrants soccer team hopes to beat Israel

at its own bruising level of competition
ANDREW TOBIN

TEL AVIV Vamos! Pass it! Ladrao!

For most of the match, played on a local
field, the Inter Aliyah Club soccer players
speak a variety of languages. But when the
ball hits the back of the opposing teams
net, they join in soccers universal victory
cry: Goooal!
Inter Aliyah, a team of Jewish immigrants
to Israel, mostly from Europe and South
America, is playing its first season in the
national soccer league. Bonded by their
immigration experience and a love of soc-
cer, the players endured early losses and
now are on a month-long winning streak.
Manager Ricardo Horvaths long-term
goal is to build a topflight team of olim, or
immigrants, with a fan base of diaspora
Jews. We have made huge progress already
this season, he said. Eventually we want
to be the home for new immigrants to Israel
from all over the world. It will be a team the Inter Aliyah players pose for a team photo on their home field in Tel Aviv last November.  COURTESY OF INTER ALIYAH CLUB

diaspora can identify with.

In his office after losing 5-1 to Inter Ali- immigrants arrived in Israel, a 12 percent the new players, Leonardo Fingerhut, a damn sport like its a religion, and we get
yah on Friday, Michael Demo, the long- dip from the previous year. 25-year-old forward from Sao Paulo, Brazil, on really well, Katz said. We have sweet-
time coach of Beitar Jaffa, an all-Jewish Horvath, who has a day job in high tech, had an assist and a goal in Fridays game. hearts on our team. I can tell you, the more
Israeli team in the historically Arab district began working on the team soon after he After working on a kibbutz for several you move up, the more it can destroy the
of southern Tel Aviv, says he knows from immigrated to Tel Aviv last May. He started months, Fingerhut moved to Tel Aviv this chemistry of a team. You bring in people
experience how hard it is to move up in by convincing the players of Inter Tel Aviv, month, in part to be closer to the team. He with talent who dont necessarily fit in.
Israeli soccer. His team has gone the other a team that had just won the recreational was sleeping on teammates couches while But Sam Sank, 26, a British Israeli who
direction over the decades, falling from Olim League, to sign onto his project. With he looked for a job and an apartment in plays defense and manages social media
the third division to a spot below Inter Ali- their help, in the few months before the Tel Aviv. for Inter Aliyah, points out that it has been
yah in the fifth division after the loss. But Israel Football Associations registration We are all like family, like broth- done before. He cites the example of RB
he has nothing but praise for the victors. deadline, he held tryouts, found sponsors, ers, Fingerhut said. Everybody helped Leipzig, which pledged to and then did
They are a very good football team, complete with the team logo of a lion, a me when I needed it in a lot of different advance from the bottom of Germanys
Demo said. They are physical. They Star of David, and a map of the world. senses. Im also really grateful to the Israeli national league to the top Bundesliga in
run the whole game. They listen to their The players, all unpaid, come from the players on the team who helped me find eight years. The secret there was the will-
coaches. With four more quality players, United States, Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina, work at a restaurant. ingness of the owner, Red Bull, to invest
they will take the championship of the Peru, Ecuador, Germany, Sweden, Spain, Other players and coaches had simi- in the team.
division and qualify for a higher league. England, and Italy, along with Israel. lar stories. In addition to weekly games Inter Aliyah has sponsorship from Cross-
Horvath, a 26-year-old recent immi- Because the national league is open and biweekly training sessions grueling Fit Tel Aviv and 90min, a digital media
grant from Quito, Ecuador, came up with only to Israeli citizens and permanent CrossFit workouts on Sundays and soccer company based in Tel Aviv that relies on
the idea for Inter Aliyah a few years ago residents, several Inter Tel Aviv players on Wednesdays the teammates spend olim from around the world to cover world
while earning a masters degree in sports quickly changed their status and several much of their free time together. Their international soccer in about a dozen
management at New York University. The others were unable to play, including one Facebook page, beautifully curated, serves languages.
plan is for the team to compete in Israels non-Jew who didnt qualify for fast-track largely as a message board for players and I think the hardest stage is now, Sank
Premier League, which would mean ris- citizenship under Israels Law of Return. their friends and family. said. Once we get out of this league we
ing through the four lower leagues of the He was the best of those players, too, Beneath a photo of winger Fernando can start attracting money and looking for-
Israel Football Association. Horvath said sadly. Zatz celebrating a three-goal hat trick ward. But listen, all these crazy stories have
At the same time, Horvath says, he Inter Aliyah started the season last Octo- posted Saturday night, his father wrote, to start somewhere. I really think because
wants to create a full-fledged sports club, ber losing 11 of its first 19 games. In addi- Thats my boy with two heart-eyed of the uniqueness of our team, and all the
on the model of the national sports giant tion to adjusting to the bruising Israel emoticons. attention were getting, we can do it.
Maccabi Israel, but with Hebrew lessons competition, the team struggled to field Hall of fame for you, Horvath com- Horvath already is looking for new
and other absorption services as well. a consistent lineup. Some of the players mented in Spanish. sponsors and players, whom he hopes to
Other immigrant teams have tried and had to work or had other priorities, and at Jerome Katz, 33, a native of Zurich, Swit- be able to pay next season. He says he has
failed to make it big in Israel, but Horvath least one starter always seemed to be back zerland, who helped found Inter Tel Aviv three good prospects and will hold try-
says they lacked the grand vision required. home, visiting family. and coaches Inter Aliyah, says he isnt sure outs again next summer. In July, he will
He also notes that social media now makes But Inter Aliyah has found its footing how far Inter Aliyah realistically can go in be recruiting at the Maccabiah Games, the
it easier to gain visibility. He envisions immi- over the past several weeks, winning its the Israeli league, and he worries the team Olympics-style competition for Jewish ath-
grant teams playing at all levels, although he last four games following a draw. It now will lose its distinctive character as it tries letes held every four years in Israel.
acknowledges that the top teams in the club has a record of 8-11-5, putting the squad in to become more competitive. Katz says You have the top 20 Jewish players
might lose their olim identity as players go 10th place out of 16 clubs in the Tel Aviv he saw it before on his Swiss team, which from every country. So thats obviously
to the highest bidder. Horvath predicts that subdivision. moved up to the third level of the national a huge opportunity for us to find talent,
there would be a steady stream of olim into The January addition of four talented league. Horvath said. Ive just got to convince
the lower level teams. players, including some Israelis, gave Inter Aliyah is basically a bunch of these guys to make aliyah.
Last year an estimated 27,400 new the team a much-needed boost. One of guys from around the world who love this  JTA WIRE SERVICE

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Editorial
This is true . . .
KEEPING THE FAITH

Haggadahs hidden lessons

and this also is true

O I
n just a little more than two weeks, most Both are correct within their own traditions.
ne of the main chal- issues to be presented on their own Jews around the world will sit down to at The Four Questions, the Mah Nishtana, is
lenges that the mod- merits rather than as symbolic of least one seder. considered a fixed text but the text we have
ern Jewish community other, unstated-but-hinted-at ideas We will open our Haggadot and go is not the original one. Again, changing times
faces and its a strug- and issues. through its texts, and ideally find lessons therein bring changing circumstances, requiring
gle shared by many other ethnic As the eastern director of the that spark discussions. changes in the text.
groups, with different specifics Simon Wiesenthal Center, Mr. Cohen There are lessons buried within the Hagga- The Jerusalem Talmud (and very early manu-
but the same general truths is is wonderfully positioned to use the dahs text, however, that go unnoticed by too scripts of the Mishnah) preserve an earlier text,
the tension between the particular friendship and understanding hes many of us and they are lessons we sorely with just three questions: (1) why we dip vegeta-
and the general. developed not only to help the Jew- need to learn: Jewish law and tradition are not bles twice at the seder; (2) why we only eat mat-
Yes, I know, duh. Its so obvious as ish community but the wider world. monolithic and may change over time as cir- zah on this night; (3) why we may eat meat that
to barely be worth saying, but thats Intolerance, unfortunately and talk cumstances change; diverse opinions, if they was roasted, stewed, or boiled on other nights,
true of most obvious things, and that about duh! is a problem for all of us. stem from authoritative sources and are held by but only roasted meat on this night. (See the
does not negate their importance. And then, in Israel, we have Rabbi enough people, are acceptable; ritual texts are Jerusalem Talmud, tractate Pesachim, 70a.)
In our stories this week, our pro- Hanan Schlesinger, talking about his not immutable. The Babylonian Talmuds version (BT Pesa-
tagonists seem to run headlong into realization that we are not the only Take, for example, the ritual of the four cups of chim 116a) records four questions, putting mat-
that tension and solve it, at least for people with a story. wine. Each cup is said to symbolize zah first, and adding a fourth question
themselves and for us at least for Rabbi Arthur Hertzberg often used an aspect of the deliverance God in the second slot: On all other
the time being. to talk about how no solution to the mentioned in Exodus 6:6-7I will nights, we eat other vegetables; on
In the United States, Michael Israeli-Palestinian problem was pos- free you and deliver you from this night, bitter herbs (maror).
Cohen shows us how working with sible until both the Israelis and the bondage; I will redeem you and Neither version, of course, is
other communities, focusing on Palestinians understood that their I will take you to be My people. the version we use. Early in post-
shared values and experiences as stories, which are mutually con- Originally, though, there was a talmudic times, the roasted
well as the exoticness of distinct val- tradictory, must somehow coexist. fifth cup, because there was yet meat question was dropped,
ues and wildly disparate backstories, There is no strictly logical solution, another aspect, found in Exodus apparently because it was too
helps all of us. It seems so obvious he said, but emotions often over- 6:8: I will bring you into the closely related to what hap-
but its so hard to do. Its hard to come, preclude, and supersede logic. land. Rabbi pened in Temple times, and a
overcome our fear of the unfamiliar. Rabbi Schlesinger talks about how The fifth cup disappeared Shammai new fourth question was added:
In his work with the African Amer- he, as an Orthodox Jew and a settler, because we lost the land and Engelmayer On all nights, we eat sitting or
ica communities of New York, Mr. had to come to grips with the fact were di spersed among the leaning over; tonight, were sup-
Cohen broke down those barriers, that the Palestinians also are peo- nations, so it became a cup of despair, not joy. posed to lean over.
and ended up not only with an inter- ple, living, breathing people. Rabbi In many homes today, it has returned, albeit Different times required changes to the text.
esting career and some measure of Hertzberg used to say that to a large symbolically, thus representing yet another Interestingly, both versions of the Talmud list
behind-the-scenes power, but also extent he understood the Palestin- change to the seder ritual. the questions to be asked, and then provide the
with lifelong friendships and the ians narrative. (Please note that Each cup, of course, is preceded in our Hagga- proper answer. That answer is not we were
kind of real mutual respect that will does not mean that he sympathized dot by the blessing for wine, borei pri hagafen. slaves unto Pharaoh in Egypt (Deuteronomy
get him far. with Yasser Arafat or his henchmen. Having made the blessing in reciting the Kiddush, 6:21), which we have in our Haggadot. Rather, it
Now, as an Englewood City Coun- He did not. Not at all.) But he was however, the blessing over the second cup could was a fugitive Aramaean was my father, a text
cil member, he was able to get an a Jew, he said; both peoples narra- be regarded as an illegal extraneous blessing. from Deuteronomy 26.
anti-BDS measure passed, not by tives were true, but his heart and Because the third cup is recited after the meal This switching of texts probably is meant to
strong-arming anyone but by using soul always and forever were with has ended and grace (birkat hamazon) has been reflect one side of a talmudic argument about
the power of respect and friendship the Jews. That truth was another ten- said, that blessing is not extraneous, but the what it is we are to do at the seder. One side
to get other people to listen to him, sion that lived in him. So for Rabbi blessing over the fourth cup also could be seen argued that it was to dwell on the story of the
and to consider the issue on its mer- Schlesinger, as for Rabbi Hertzberg, as extraneous. Exodus. The other side argued that it was to
its rather than on the political bag- understanding the truth of someone Sefardim do not recite a blessing over either cup study the laws of Passover.
gage that comes along with it. More elses story does not mean giving up number two or cup number four. Ashkenazim do, The we were slaves answer reflects the side
than that, he was able to get other the truth of his own. because of an opinion that since four cups are that argues for a study of the laws. In the Torah,
New Jersey towns to get similar mea- It also does not mean that he is required at the seder, each deserves a blessing. Deuteronomy 6:21 is preceded by this verse:
sures passed. He shows the value of nave about the dangers ahead. He What do the decrees, laws, and rules mean that
disarming hostility with friendship, is not. But he, like Michael Cohen, Shammai Engelmayer is the rabbi of the Lord our God has commanded you? It is fol-
of replacing knee-jerk disregard knowing what he knows, still can Congregation Beth Israel of the Palisades in lowed by these verses (24 and 25):
with trust, and of allowing ideas and be hopeful. JP Cliffside Park. Then the Lord commanded us to observe all

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these laws, to revere the Lord our God, for our lasting
good, and for our survival, as is now the case. It will A view from the pew
be therefore to our merit before the Lord our God to
observe faithfully this whole Instruction, as He has The time is short and the task is great so get involved

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commanded us.
The text of todays Haggadot actually continues on ver these first few months of 2017, I have often My point is simple. The proposed changes in federal
this legal theme for the most part, but with a short thought of the words of Charles Dickens: funding for health and welfare programs will affect you
. break to include the wandering Aramaean para- It was the best of times, it was the worst of and me, our families, and our community. Moreover, as
graph and some other passing texts. times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age I prepare for Passover, Hillels maxim, If I am only for
We see this in the discussion of the Four Sons. In of foolishness. myself, what am I? reminds me that more than 30 times
the Haggadah, the Wise Son actually asks the ques- These words, from mid-19th century England, seem to the stranger is listed in the Torah, along with the widow
tion posed in Deuteronomy 6:20: What do the be an apt description of 21st-century America. So too, I and the orphan, as someone for whom we have specific
decrees, laws, and rules mean, and so on, which would argue, are the teachings of two rabbis whose words responsibilities.
- the Torah then says should be answered we were were redacted in the second century in the land of Israel.
, slaves. The Haggadah answers, And you should say In Pirke Avot, we are taught, in the name of Hillel the sage: Here is my Passover plea to all of you:
- to him regarding the laws of Passover, and nothing If I am not for myself who will be for me? 1. As a Jewish community, we must become even more
- shall be eaten after the afikoman. If I am only for myself what am I? politically active than we have been in the past. Working
t That does not mean the story-telling side has And If not now, when? through the Jewish Community Relations Council of the
, no representation beyond a wandering Aramaean. And in the name of Rabbi Tarfon, Pirke Avot reminds us: Jewish Federation of Northern New Jersey, we must lobby
Almost immediately after the paragraph beginning The time is short and the task of redeeming the world actively against the cuts in Medicaid in the health care bill
with we were slaves, there is the story of a seder is great now before Congress. We almost must lobby against the
- celebrated by five Sages of blessed memory, who Even if we are not destined to see its completion we still proposed cuts in social welfare, human services and child
- discussed the Exodus through the night. have a responsibility to work toward it. care in the proposed federal budget.
The news of the day or should I say the 2. We also must do more individually to
r hour or the tweet easily can lead us to a support efforts in our Jewish community to
cascade of emotions, ranging from anguish feed the hungry here in northern New Jersey.
and anger to despair and disappointment. In addition to the Center for Food Action,

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The Haggadah Dickens opening words in A Tale of Two
Cities are as concise a definition as I can
which always needs our donations, many
of our synagogues participate in the Family
celebrates differences find of the economic disparity in America Promise daily meal program, which feeds
, of opinion. It chooses today. The proposed changes in health
care, especially the cuts in Medicaid and
more than 100 people a day in Hackensack.
Most of the guests at this meal actually are
- compromise over the dramatic elimination of support for pro- working at minimum wage jobs and without
Rabbi Neal I.
a
:
conflict. Minority grams such as Meals on Wheels and after-
school child-care, coupled with tax cuts for
Borovitz
it they would have to choose between paying
rent and buying food.
r opinions are not the wealthiest Americans, may result in the 3. We must reach out through our two
- dismissed out of hand. best of times for some; and they certainly will usher in
the worst of times for many others.
Jewish homes and our Jewish Family Service to find ways
to give our time and our charitable dollars to help sup-
I chose to draw a connection between Dickens and the port those in our community who are going to be most
t This account appears nowhere else in rabbinic litera- Hillel quote from Pirke Avot because I truly believe that directly affected by any cut in federal funding for health
ture. There is a rabbinic text, however, that reports on a the proposed cuts in federal funding for social welfare care and social services.
seder at which Rabban Gamaliel and other sages were and health care programs have serious implications for As I celebrated Purim earlier this month, I really
y occupied with studying the laws of Passover all night our American Jewish community as well as for American wished that somehow our groggers actually could blot
t until the rooster crowed. (See Tosefta Pesachim 10:12.) society as a whole. out the voices of hate that keep rising up around our
t The story was changed for the Haggadah in order to Listening to many politicians, you would think nation and throughout the world. They couldnt and
give the other side of the debate its due. that more services can be provided with less money, shouldnt. As I sat down to write this column, I hoped
The seder is a unique event in Jewish life, because and that many of the recipients of programs such as to find a way to write about the best of times by looking
t most Jews the world over actually attend one. On the Medicaid, Meals on Wheels, school lunches, and food forward rather than backward. I hoped to focus upon
first night, at least, nearly all Jews are engaged in pretty stamps are gaming the system or otherwise are not the themes of Passover and the joy of liberation; sunset
much the same activity, most even using the same text, worthy to have our tax dollars used for providing them on Monday, March 27, will mark the beginning of the
regardless of labels and differences in practice. What a assistance. month of Nissan.
unifying moment that is. Few of us realize, until it affects a member of our own According to the Mishna, Rosh Chodesh Nissan is the
The Haggadah reflects that unity amid diversity. family, that more than 50 percent of the funding for New Year for Kings, and the story of Passover can be sum-
, There are many other examples one could cite to sup- sponsored nursing homes comes from Medicaid. The marized as a chutzpadic Jew named Moses demanding jus-
: port this. The Haggadah celebrates differences of opin- cost of long-term health care averages $150,000 a year. tice for a bunch of slaves from Pharaoh. That makes me
t ion. It chooses compromise over conflict. Minority opin- When people need care for many years, often it bank- realize that the quote from Rabbi Tarfon at the beginning
- ions are not dismissed out of hand. rupts them. Even with Medicaid reimbursements, which of this column speaks directly to our responsibilities as
May these be lessons we learn when we sit down to cover only about 50 percent of the cost of care, in qual- Americans and as Jews today.
engage with the Haggadahs text. ity nursing homes such as the Jewish Home in Rockleigh The time is short. If we do not act now, changes in
or Daughters of Miriam in Clifton, our Jewish commu- health care and social welfare will change the nature of
nity must raise millions of dollars annually to provide America dramatically. And yes, Rabbi Tarfon is correct,
care and dignity to our seniors. many of us may not live to see an America where hunger
Our Jewish community, Kosher Meals on Wheels, and and homelessness are only memories, and where qual-
funds that help aging Holocaust survivors locally and ity health care truly is a reality for all. Nonetheless, all
The opinions expressed in this section are those of across America also receive considerable federal money, of us are responsible to work toward these goals for our-
the authors, not necessarily those and that funding now is in peril of being eliminated. As selves, for our community, for all Americans, and for all
we look back with pride upon our success in absorbing of humanity.
of the newspapers editors, publishers, or other
hundreds of thousands of Soviet Jews into our communi-
staffers. We welcome letters to the editor.
ties in the 1990s, let us not forget that Medicaid helped Neal Borovitz, rabbi emeritus of Temple Avodat Shalom
Send them to jstandardletters@gmail.com.
cover their medical expenses, and that Congress and in River Edge, is the immediate past chair of Jewish
Presidents Bush and Clinton lifted immigration quotas Community Relations Council of the Jewish Federation of
to allow our refugee siblings into America Northern New Jersey.

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California dreaming: From Disney to Soloveitchik

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was raised in California, and anyone was and remain a regular visitor to the hap- all of [Gods] ways and quoted in the world, and does so by
who knows me can tell you I remain a piest place on earth. Growing up, I would Sifri: Just as He is merciful, so entering the covenantal com-
California girl at heart. memorize the minute details of the park and should you should be mer- munity and subduing his pas-
I visit the state often, have pictures all its attractions, and constantly wonder how ciful, and just as He is com- sions in order to be part of it.
and mementoes of my favorite beaches and this magical place came to be. Only now as passionate, so should you be Adam 2 embraces ritual and
haunts all over my house, and still will some- an adult do I understand that I was asking compassionate. the halacha in order to form a
times get honked at in the tristate area, where the same thing of the state as well, with both Rav Joseph Soloveitchik, relationship with God and with
Ive lived for more than 20 years, for not mov- landscape and theme park silently interrogat- the 20th-century Jewish theo- others in his faith community.
ing quickly enough at a light. ing me, asking What creative endeavor will logian, deepened my under- The relationship this Adam
You can tease me all you want about Cali- you undertake? standing of imitatio dei, con- Tikvah forges with his Creator, the
fornians laid-back, slow-moving ways, but I dont mean to gloss over the states flaws necting it to creativity in his Wiener Rav believed, mimics a mother-
when Im out on the West Coast, I always Don DeLillo, in his novel White Noise, explanation of Adam 1 and child one, which is based on
remember why people there dont seem to credits California for having invented the Adam 2. According to Rav Soloveitchik, the intimacy and emotion. Instead of seeking
mind just about anything: the persistently concept of lifestyle, and he doesnt really fact that man was made, in the Torahs first the childs independence, this parent wants
sunny weather and the paradisiacal palm do so as a compliment but the problems account of Creation, in the image of God closeness and interdependency.
trees and other magnificent flora remind a didnt overly concern me. Sure, I noticed how means that s/he is inherently a creative In an essay about the Ravs religious
person that life is for savoring. superficial L.A. life could be, but I was able to being. Adam 1, a majestic creature, conquers philosophy, Professor Lawrence Kaplan
But the California landscape offers some- compartmentalize: here was the vacuousness the world by imposing order on it by cre- explains Rav Soloveitchiks thinking. The
thing more. Its an artists palette of moun- of a life lived in pursuit of wealth, fame, a fan- ating mathematical models, religious values Rav sees the relationship between Adam
tain ranges and cerulean skies; flowers of tastic car, and good looks, and here were the and ethics, art, and anything his/her mind 1 and Adam 2 as dialectical: the man and
deep red, pink, yellow, soft lavender, and values of my religion, which called on Jews to can conceive of. This Adam is glorious, and woman of majesty use his/her creative pow-
light blue; cacti and succulents that attract be servants of God, to develop a rich spiritual gloriously imitates God, the Creator of the ers to form a covenantal community. In fact,
and bewitch; and trees and vines that life, live humbly, and care for others. world. In this conception of man, the Rav the Rav married the creative spirit with the
shade, but also burst from sidewalks or What interested me, actually, were the sees a father-son relationship: a father wants Jewish mandate to live a halachic life and
twist around gates and fences, as if theyre ways I saw Judaism as aligned with the cre- his child to become independent by master- a life devoted to helping others. His state-
taking over the land. ativity California inspired. One of the con- ing the skills the father has. God the creator ments on this are an epiphany:
The state is a place that sets the imagina- cepts that captured my interest early on in wants his son, man, to create. The realization of the ideal of justice con-
tion on fire. school was the notion of imitatio dei. What Adam 2, who is based on the second stitutes the fulfillment of the duty of creation
Its no wonder Walt Disney chose the a redemptive thought, that we are capable account of Creation, is a more inward and that was placed on man.
Golden State to house his first theme park. of being like God. My teachers told me that lonely creature, more beset by existential Man as creator has an obligation to
Like most residents of Southern California, I Deuteronomy 10:12 exhorted us to walk in doubts. This Adam searches for meaning redress the grievances of those who are

Religious unity for religious liberty

Why all Jews should rally to protect the freedom of their day schools

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n 2017, the American Jewish com- Consider one 2016 case that is most rel- and a pattern of challenging this connection in our com-
munity faces a series of govern- evant to our Jewish communities in New and circumscribing the min- munities, and we continue
mental actions and court rulings Jersey. The Jewish community largely has isterial exception becomes to articulate it most clearly
that threaten to undermine reli- been silent while a guidance counselor precedent, it will lead to today.
gious liberty in the name of preventing sues a Paramus Catholic high school, open season on religious Judaism teaches that teach-
discrimination. claiming that the school illegally termi- schools. Employees will be ing our children religious law
We face both a crisis and a good oppor- nated her employment after she entered free to violate their schools is fundamentally important.
tunity to unite strongly across denomina- into a same-sex marriage, thereby violat- religious policies at will, con- And as Maimonides and
tional lines. ing school policy. The school asked the fident that they can threaten other Jewish sages explained,
We have banded together before to pre- trial court to dismiss the lawsuit, on the to bring lawsuits that, while Rabbi this necessitates teaching
serve our freedom of worship. In 1993, grounds that its decision should be pro- they will likely be dismissed Mitchell both the law and general
Congress passed the Religious Freedom tected by the Supreme Courts precedent later due to the ministerial Rocklin knowledge, since the law is
Restoration Act to protect religious liberty on the ministerial exception that pre- exception, will cost schools only understandable within
from the impact of laws that incidentally vents the government from dictating who large amounts of money to defend for the context of a general education. There
burden it. This law was passed nearly may function in roles that are important to many months. is, therefore, no purely secular edu-
unanimously and without controversy, religious education. But the judge decided Jews have a particularly unique perspec- cation. Jews of different denominations
and its supporters included some of the that since the faculty member functioned tive to contribute to this case. agreed on this point until very recently. In
most progressive politicians and advocates as both a basketball coach and a guidance Opponents of discrimination are well- 19th and 20th century Germany, for exam-
in the United States. counselor, the court would not defer to the meaning in their arguments that a trial ple, both Reformist and Orthodox schools
But the tides have been shifting. And schools contention that she functioned in court must decide whether an employee emphasized the intrinsically religious
while liberals and conservatives con- a ministerial capacity. The case therefore is enough of a religious employee to war- nature of education in their dual curricula.
curred on this issue in the 1990s, this continued, and the school will be required rant an exemption from anti-discrimina- We would lose much if we were to lose
mutual agreement broke down during the to spend an enormous amount on legal tion laws. But Jews understand more than the independence of our Jewish schools
last several years. In a series of controver- fees to prove that the employee a guid- others that education is intertwined inher- and their ability to offer integrated educa-
sial cases decided between 2012 and 2017, ance counselor whose job involves helping ently with religion. Indeed, it always was tions. As the Pew Report and other data
Jews often have split along the same lines form the character and personal decisions among Christians and Muslims as well. For have demonstrated, day school atten-
as most other Americans, with conserva- of young religious students is employed most of U.S. history, Bible readings were dance is the top factor associated with
tives supporting religious liberty and liber- in a ministerial role. the norm in schools. But Jews have an even limiting assimilation and promoting Jewish
als opposing it. If this decision turns against the school, longer history of understanding and living demographic survival. Data similarly has

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about what children and adults need in

order to learn, and indeed to live and thrive.
Picasso has a saying, Every child is an art-
ist. The problem is how to remain an artist
once we grow up. We can expand Picassos
idea of what it means to be an artist and say it
refers to our human capacity to create in any
form we imagine, cat videos notwithstand-
ing. The desire to live artfully seems basic to
the human condition, and so its vital that we
give creativity the prominence in school that
it so richly deserves.
I have no doubt that Walt Disney would
approve. In fact, one of the things I love so
much about California is that it encourages
you to honor your inner child, as Picasso
hopes you will. The state allows your won-
der at the magic in the world to be a freeing,
nourishing, and inspiring force, so that you
never let go of your artistic, creative spirit.
Judaism provides a complementary and
equally important message: let whatever you
design, imagine, and generate be in service of
the Divine, which demands much from us in
Californias endless vistas and beautiful shorelines enhance introspection about living a just and compassionate life. terms of living a just and compassionate life.
Dont forget: when we are creating, we are
abandoned and alone; protect the dig- creator of equations that represent the our creative powers and by seeking to harmo- imitating God.
nity of the poor and save the oppressed sense world in which we live. nize them and set them in dialogue with our
from the hands of the oppressor. For But the Rav also honored humanitys cre- religious selves. Tikvah Wiener of Teaneck will open the Idea
the Rav, of course, living a halachic life ative spirit by acknowledging the myriad One of the wonderful developments in School, a Modern Orthodox coed high school,
is as important as pursuing justice, and ways it contributed to the world, and by ask- the field of education over the last decade in Bergen County in fall 2018. She is the
he sees the halachist as creator of for- ing us to use those contributions to serve has been an increased emphasis on creativ- co-founder and director of the I.D.E.A. Schools
mal structures of Jewish law in the same God. He challenged us to rid ourselves of ity. We seem to be emerging from a culture Network and chief academic officer at Magen
way that a mathematician-physicist is a hubris by acknowledging a divine source for of over-testing and uncovering some truths David Yeshivah High School in Brooklyn.

demonstrated that informal or part-time that religious schools could lose their tax sector of society. As a military chaplain, I
educational programs are inadequate to exempt status if they oppose gay marriage. am obligated to help commanders provide
the task of ensuring and promoting the Tragically, many Jews, in their zeal to service members with religious accommo-
sort of cultural formation and socializa- We Jews, who protect the dignity of individuals, have dations whenever possible. The only time
tion that is key to Jewish continuity. The forgotten their own experiences as a religious accommodations are not granted
legal and political conditions that allow at times have minority. We Jews, who at times have is when they would inhibit the military
day schools of any Jewish denomination to been forced to been forced to embrace other religions, from carrying out its mission. People are
exist and function well must be protected. ought to be outraged by lawsuits that pun- respectful to each other, and no one is
Yes, the reality is that most Jewish day embrace other ish people on religious grounds. Instead, expected to engage in activities that violate
schools are Orthodox-run. They teach religions, ought some Jews are now involved in the fight to his or her religion when there are perfectly
traditional views concerning family life, impose the majoritys morality on minori- viable alternatives.
and they are demographically successful to be outraged ties, using the same line of reasoning used If we use this same standard with our
because of the traditional lifestyles that by lawsuits that in too many attempts to bring truth to Jews businesses, charities, and schools, we
they promote. But Jews of all denomina- whose souls seemed to need saving. have nothing to fear from discrimination.
tions ought to support the freedom of punish people on This does not mean that religious liberty In a free society, everyone ought to be free
all schools Orthodox, Conservative, religious grounds. functions as a license to discriminate based to send their children to the schools of
Reform, pluralistic, and others to make on peoples characteristics. RFRA already their choice, to be taught by the teachers
decisions independently for their own the United States joins some European requires that federal laws that incidentally of their choice. If members of the Jewish
good and for the good of the Jewish peo- countries in penalizing kosher slaughter. burden religion must advance a compel- community unite behind this conviction,
ple. Not everyone has to agree with Ortho- Circumcision is not immune from attack ling governmental interest and must con- we might make a currently divisive issue
dox social views, but we all ought to be either, as we have seen from events in Cali- stitute the least burdensome means pos- into a victory for unity in the Jewish com-
able to protect the right of Orthodox Jews fornia, in which anti-circumcision activists sible. This standard works. It does not lead munity, New Jersey, and the nation.
to educate their children in line with the have attempted to put a ban on circumci- to discrimination. It allows people freely to
traditional values that allow them to con- sion on local ballots. Nor do we need to choose to participate in activities that they Rabbi Mitchell Rocklin of Teaneck is a
tribute so much to Jewish growth. use our imaginations to imagine what support, while ensuring that everyone has resident research fellow at the Tikvah Fund,
Moreover, the battle over religious lib- governments could do to organizations options. a chaplain with the rank of captain in the
erty will not stop. While it might seem that fall out of favor with majority beliefs. The best example is provided by the New Jersey Army National Guard, and a
preposterous now, if the fight continues to The Obama administrations solicitor gen- military, where operational necessity is a doctoral candidate in U.S. history at the
go badly, it is only a matter of time before eral, after all, told the Supreme Court greater concern than in perhaps any other City University of New York.

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Jordan protects a killer of Americans

Wheres the outrage (and action) in Washington?

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he Trump administration has and convicted, but she served just eight actually was indicted back in word critical of Jordan for
revealed that four years ago, the years in prison before she was released in July 2013. There was no expla- refusing to hand her over.
United States secretly indicted a an Israel-Hamas prisoner exchange. She nation about why the Obama Even worse, the department
Palestinian-Jordanian terrorist then became the host of a television show administration kept that infor- actually provided Jordan with
who was involved in the murders of Amer- in Jordan and has boasted on air about her mation secret for nearly four an excuse to continue refusing
ican citizens. role in the Sbarro massacre. years. to comply: Jordans courts
So why is Jordan still refusing to hand The Sbarro victims were among the 144 So for the past four years, have ruled that their constitu-
over the killer? Americans who have been murdered in Pal- the Jordanian government tion forbids the extradition of
The case involves Ahlam al-Tamimi, a estinian terrorist attacks since the 1960s; has known that one of its citi- Jordanian nationals.
Palestinian terrorist with Jordanian citizen- 196 others have been wounded. Most of the zens a TV personality, no Stephen M. For some reason, the Justice
ship. In August 2001, she played a major suspects are being sheltered by the Palestin- less is wanted for murder Flatow Department did not explain
role in the bombing of a Sbarro pizzeria ian Authority; some even are serving in the in the United States. Yet Jor- just what it is that the Jorda-
in Jerusalem. Fifteen people were killed PAs police or security forces. dan has refused to hand her over. And the nian constitution says on the subject. Here
including American citizens Malki Roth The United States government never has United States has not imposed any finan- it is, in Article 21(1): Political refugees shall
and Shoshana Greenbaum and four brought any of the suspects to America for cial or other penalties to pressure the Jor- not be extradited on account of their politi-
Americans were among the 122 people prosecution. danians on the issue. cal beliefs or for their defense of liberty.
who were injured. The Department of Justice revealed this Remarkably, the Justice Departments Get it? If the Jordanian government
Tamimi was captured by Israel, tried, week that one of the suspects, al-Tamimi, announcement did not include a single is claiming that its constitution forbids

Pointed advice for Trumps would-be peacemaker

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ar Mr. Greenblatt, I wish you Most of us Israelis, for this reason too, are We didnt always mistrust Peacemaking requires both
only success as you set out on baffled by calls from some on the politi- Abbas as much as we do decisive leadership and grass-
your bid to pave a path to prog- cal right to annex much or all of the West today. We concluded, after roots support each benefit-
ress on the Israeli-Palestinian Bank. Why would we choose to have mil- the 2000 attempt at peace- ing from the other.
front. You may be as surprised to be here as lions of hostile Palestinians forced to live making under the Clinton There is grassroots Israeli
we all are to see you. And Ive no idea how under our rule? administration was doomed support in principle for an
much authority you actually have, or what We also tend to think time is working by Yasser Arafat, that Arafat agreement because most
is supposed to happen when you head back against us. Demographers argue among never was going to genuinely Israelis, as I noted above,
home from the region. You may not know themselves, and many of us argue with the come to terms with Israel the regard separation from the
either. demographers, but the general consen- Jewish state, and we saw him David Palestinians as a vital Israeli
But since this has not hitherto been sus is that you should come back in a few return from those talks to Horovitz interest. And I would argue
your prime preoccupation, and since you decades, and the Jews will be outnumbered foster the strategic onslaught that Israel has chosen lead-
are the first official dispatched here by the between the river and the sea. There is thus of suicide bombings against us in the sec- ers down the decades who proved their
new president for the purpose of peace- an urgency for separation. ond intifada. But we did not regard Abbas readiness for peacemaking, and has ousted
making, allow me to offer some insights, Why, if this is so obvious, have we not as an Arafat-style duplicitous sponsor of leaders including Benjamin Netanyahu in
from the perspective of an Israeli who then disconnected ourselves from the Pal- terrorism, even though we lamented that 1999 when it feared that opportunities for
has unhappily watched well-intentioned estinians? Why did we so frustrate your Abbas failed to counter the false narrative peacemaking were being missed.
efforts at peacemaking fail time and again predecessors in the Obama administration, bequeathed by Arafat, to the effect that But there is no parallel on the Palestinian
over the years. spurning their entreaties to take territorial there were no Jewish temples in Jerusa- side. It seems to me that there is woefully
The Israeli mainstream wants to sepa- risks for peace, deriding their talk of multi- lem, and thus that we Jews have no right inadequate grassroots Palestinian support for
rate from the Palestinians, not necessarily layered security fences and other arrange- to be here. an accord, because the widespread Palestin-
out of any particular love of our neighbors, ments that would ostensibly keep us safe In recent years, however, we have also ian conviction remains that the Jews have no
but out of simple self-interest. This is the after a withdrawal to a slightly amended watched Abbas preside over a hierarchy right to be here, and that if they hang tough
only country on earth with a Jewish major- version of the pre-1967 lines? that relentlessly defamed and demonized enough, for long enough, they will be able
ity. And we insist that it remain a democ- Why? Because we dont trust the Pales- Israel, that incited his Palestinian people to see off this iteration of Jewish sovereignty.
racy. Since there are today almost as many tinians. We think we would be vulnerable against us, and that did encourage ter- Any Palestinian leader who thus agrees to the
non-Jews as Jews between the Mediterra- to aggression they might initiate. And even rorism. We saw his Palestinian Authority far-reaching compromises an accord would
nean Sea and the Jordan River, we need to if we were to put aside our doubts about immortalizing terrorists by naming streets necessitate will be regarded as a traitor and
separate from many of the Palestinians or the regime of Mahmoud Abbas, we know and squares in their memory, and pay- betrayer of the cause.
risk losing our Jewish state or our democ- he could be easily swept aside by Hamas ing salaries to families of terrorists. And As their veteran, ultra-credible leader,
racy. We emphatically assert a historic or other extremists were the Israel Defense latterly, we saw him personally escalate Arafat could have worked to change the
right to the disputed West Bank, the bibli- Forces no longer deployed in the West the tensions surrounding the incendiary mindset of his Palestinian people more eas-
cal Judea and Samaria, but exercising that Bank. And were Hamas or other extremists Temple Mount, by hailing the pure blood ily than Abbas. Arafat could have impressed
right risks dooming Jewish-democratic to take over there, as they took over in Gaza of Palestinian martyrs spilled in defense upon them that the only viable path to their
Israel, so we recognize the imperative to after we left in 2005, Israel would be para- of Al-Aqsa directly contributing to the independence winds via true recognition of
compromise with the millions of Palestin- lyzed. Everywhere in Israel is within rudi- hysteria surrounding the site, and thus Israel. But he had no desire to do so. Abbas
ians who also have rights in this land. mentary rocket range of everywhere in the to the car-rammings and stabbings and would likely have been risking his life in
Plenty of us also believe it is bad for West Bank. We managed to function, some- shootings. seeking to tell his people the inconvenient
them and corrosive for us to be running how, during 50 days of war with Hamas in How, then, in this near-impossible con- truth that the Jews have rights here too. He
the lives of the Palestinians, to the reduced Gaza in 2014. We would not be able to func- text, Mr. Greenblatt, as a lover of Israel and chose not to.
extent that we still do. (Israel does not con- tion for a single day with Hamas in control doubtless as a seeker of peace, are you to How to shift this picture, Mr. Greenblatt?
trol day-to-day life in the West Bank cities.) of the West Bank. succeed in your mission? One word: Education.

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 Opinion

sabotage, crimes against internationally conditional on Jordan surrendering killers

The U.S. gave Jordan $393 protected persons, including diplomats, of Americans?
million in aid last year. Is that hostage-taking, narcotics trafficking, and
other offenses for which the United States
Until the United States takes concrete
steps to turn the symbolic indictment of
just a blank check? Or is it and Jordan have an obligation to extradite al-Tamimi into concrete action to put her
time, perhaps, to make some of or submit to prosecution by reason of a mul-
tilateral international agreement or treaty.
behind bars, legitimate questions will con-
tinue to be raised about whether our gov-
that aid conditional on Jordan Sure, its good that al-Tamimi is now on ernment is serious about bringing Palestin-
surrendering killers of Americans? Americas Most Wanted list. But when will
the Palestinian killers of some 142 other
ian killers of Americans to justice.

Americans be added to the list? This op ed first appeared in the Jewish Press.
extraditing al-Tamimi, it has to claim that The Treaty further represents an impor- More important, when is the U.S. gov-
the Sbarro massacre was a political crime. tant step in combating terrorism by exclud- ernment finally going to put meaningful Stephen M. Flatow of Long Branch, a vice
Thats outrageous. ing from the scope of the political offense pressure on those who shelter killers of president of the Religious Zionists of America,
The United States has an extradition exception serious offenses typically com- Americans? is an attorney who practices in Plainfield. He is
treaty with Jordan. When President Clinton mitted by terrorists, e.g., crimes against The U.S. gave Jordan $393 million in aid the father of Alisa Flatow, who was murdered
submitted the treaty to Congress on March a Head of State or first family member of last year. Is that just a blank check? Or is in Israel during an Iranian-sponsored
28, 1995, his letter said: either Party, aircraft hijacking, aircraft it time, perhaps, to make some of that aid Palestinian terrorist attack in 1995.

Change what Palestinians are taught however reluctantly, if we are to serve our
and told about Israel in their schools and long-term imperative to separate from the
mosques, by their political leaders and via Palestinians.
social media, and you begin to create a There is also more that can be done to
climate in which, one day who knows, help bolster the Palestinian economy and
perhaps even in your era? genuine prog- freedom of movement, within the limita-
ress toward an accommodation becomes tions of Israels valid security concerns. A
possible. thriving West Bank economy is unfortu-
And how do you achieve that change? By nately not a sufficient condition for peace,
insisting upon it, and using Americas lever- but it is a necessary one.
age to have others insist upon it, too as Mr. Greenblatt, you begin your mission
a condition for financial aid to the Palestin- in, potentially, a slightly more encouraging
ians, and diplomatic support for the Pales- era than some of your predecessors. Shared
tinians. Make the inculcation of a culture concerns about Iran mean that others in
of peace a core element of your efforts this region are more ready than in the past
at peacemaking. In the Obama adminis- to ally with Israel, privately if not publicly.
trations predictably abortive attempt at There was dismay in parts of this region
forging a deal in 2013-14, the two sides did at the perceived weakness of the Obama
make some progress toward a joint docu- administration failing to support reform-
ment devoted precisely to this issue to ists in Iran; failing to intervene when Syrias
fostering tolerance and understanding and Bashar Assad gassed his own people.
mutual respect. Israels one-time chief nego- You have a clean slate.
tiator, Tzipi Livni, gave me some details in Your administration is deemed unpre-
an interview in September 2014. Go back to dictable. And your president relishes
that document. Revive it. deal-making.
Educate, open minds, boost understand- What would seem to have been logical for
ing, and you start to change the nature of years the need to invest strategic efforts
interaction. You give your mission some in education in order to create a grassroots
prospect of success. Palestinian climate that backs compromise
Im not saying that all the onus is on the was ignored by your various predeces-
Palestinian side. Plainly, your administra- sors. They instead followed decades of con-
tion is already giving some thought as to ventional wisdom and sought to strong-arm
how Israel could contribute to the begin- the sides into an impossible deal within an
ning of a change in climate. Already, the impossible time frame. I urge you to defy
president has indicated some concerns conventional wisdom. Do the unexpected.
over the settlement enterprise. Presi- It happens to be the smartest course.
dent Obamas mistake was to castigate all Assuming, that is, that your mission actu-
building beyond the 1967 lines as a crime ally has presidential potential to lead any-
of equal gravity. A wiser approach would where at all. TIMES OF ISRAEL

be for Israel, in coordination with your

administration, to refrain from building David Horovitz is the founder and editor in Jason Greenblatt of Teaneck in a conference room at Trump world
in areas that we will have to relinquish, chief of the Times of Israel. headquarters in Manhattan.  URIEL HEILMAN

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Letters
Thank you, Rabbi Goldin Doesnt like gay lifestyle Yiddish channel. There are over 1,700 Holocaust memorial
Last Sunday Rabbi Shmuel and Barbara Goldin were the I strongly feel that no Chabad rabbi would agree with a books that are at risk of being entombed behind a language
guests of honor at Congregation Ahavath Torahs annual congregants gay lifestyle (How to make a Jewish activ- barrier, as Yiddish like Ladino experiences the forces of
dinner. During their tenure over the past 33 years, the ist, March 9). senescence and fading into nearly invisible obscurity. Profes-
shul has grown to become one of the largest and most The late Lubavich rebbe was very understanding of gay rela- sor Naar is absolutely correct in his statement that To lose a
influential Orthodox synagogues in the country. Shm- tions, but as young people. He stated that when boys mature, language is to lose a world, and we are on the cusp of that.
uel Goldin is an individual whose character, sense of they would have to transfer their attraction to people from I am unsure as to whether any palliatives or corrective mea-
responsibility to the Jewish community, leadership, and men to women. I feel the article on Steven Goldstein misrepre- sures are available. Philologists have estimated that it takes
devotion to the continuity of Jewish life, tradition and sented the Chabad position. Simply, it is akin to Sabbath viola- one million speakers to sustain a language and preserve its
learning, is unquestionable, unwavering, and inspiring tors. They are welcome to pray and Chabad does not concern idioms. I am not optimistic about this possibility.
to us all. itself with how they arrived in the shul. Even in many loca- Yet I would like to offer the fact that this was not always
Throughout, Rabbi Goldin has demonstrated a life- tions, they will not close their parking lot, as many Orthodox so. One of the great linguistic tragedies of the late 19th and
time commitment to Israel, Jewish religious life, and synagogues do. However, the hope is that the Sabbath viola- early 20th century was the battle-to-the-death in the choice
the betterment of humanity. I am grateful for his end- tor will eventually move towards full Orthodoxy. Same thing between Hebrew and Yiddish as the language of the Jewish
less encouragement, unwavering support, and constant here. The hope is that Mr. Goldstein choose Orthodoxy and people. Hindsight teaches us, underscored by the cataclys-
friendship. He is a man who demonstrates vision, gen- this would include ceasing gay relations and marry a female mic finality of the Holocaust, that there need not have been a
erosity, and an unfailing belief that every Jew, whatever and hopefully have a family. This is the Chabad position, not winner and a loser, because our loss is almost immeasurable.
his denomination or level of observance, is a part of am as stated in your article, that everything is OK as long as you Lost in this irrational zealousness was the millennial old his-
Yisrael the Jewish people. have a Jewish home. tory of how creatively Aramaic became infused into our Holy
Rabbi Goldin is a true patriarch of our community, a I would encourage Steven to fully give himself over to God, Writ. Indeed, Aramaic was the lingua franca of most of the
kind and princely man, who has a smile and a good word and with help from above, he can live a full and complete Middle East for centuries. Despite being an ancient tongue,
for everyone he meets. He is a rare and special individual, Orthodox life. and very obscure in modern times, it is easy to lose sight of the
who Ill always remember as a caring and passionate man Paul Frazer, Fair Lawn rich life that it continues to enjoy because of Jewish scripture
who did his best to bring our Jewish community together. and liturgy. Half the Book of Daniel is written in Aramaic. The
In all his endeavors, Rabbi Goldin has been motivated Rallying Jewish students Babylonian Talmud is largely an Aramaic text, something that
by the value of tikun olam, the desire to make the world Jewish students, particularly freshman at our universities and remains an object of intense study in most advanced Jewish
a better place. As a Jewish communal leader, his dedica- colleges, should be prepared to support the Jewish state ver- religious academies. When we recite the Kaddish, it is Ara-
tion, commitment, and guidance were well known and bally against the onslaught of BDS supporters and virulent maic. Soon, during Passover, we will refer to the bread of
recognized within the local, state, and national Jewish anti-Israel individuals and organizations that are thriving on affliction as Ha Lakhma Anya, an Aramaic incantation. Not
community. many campuses (How to talk about Israel, March 17). Cer- to mention everyones favorite Passover ditty: Chad Gadya.
On a personal note, as my religious leader and teacher, tainly the majority of Jewish students at many universities What this history tells us is that the Jewish people did not
Rabbi Goldin, you inspired me. I always will be indebted have been abused not only verbally but physically, not sim- fear or resist the infusion of Laaz, the language of
to you for the caring messages you left me and my visits ply because they have voiced support of Israel but for being alien peoples into their worship, and in fact canonized it. So
to your office, where you reminded me, during times of Jewish. Academicians at the same universities have expressed what happened? The exigencies of diaspora life caused Jewish
my own and my familys distress, that nothing is more support for a terrorist Palestinian state in the heartland of leadership to circle the wagons in the interest of conservation,
important than mishpacha family and klal Yisrael Israel. preservation, and survival. The canon became frozen, and
the Jewish community. I cherish those memories. Rabbi The need for education about our democratic Jewish state then ossified. It became unable to acknowledge the beauty
Goldin, your life is defined by gemilut chasadim, deeds is now. The Jewish organizations that are devoted to having that could be obtained from Laaz. Over the course of 1,000
of loving kindness, and kvohd habriyot, respect for Jewish students not only to appreciate their heritage as being years, despite the flourishing of Ladino in the Sephardic lands,
the individual. You are deeply loved and will be sorely important but also respect for the State of Israel against the and Yiddish in the Ashkenazic lands, there is scant evident of
missed, and true to who you are, you are leaving Bergen falsehoods now being disseminated on college campuses, are any incorporation of such writing into our liturgy. So Ochos
County a better place because you were here. to be thanked. Candelikas Para Mi becomes a quaint song that is trotted out
Shmuel, you are and have been mekadesh shem sha- Nelson Marans, Manhattan during Chanukah, if there is somebody who cares. Nobody
maim, a rabbi who hears the message of the prophets knows the haunting plea of Gott fun Avrohom that the Jew-
and values the ethical principles that must guide a per- Not lost in translation ish woman of the house might whisper after Havdalah on a
sons life. The article that described the initiative of Professor Devin Saturday night.
From the bottom of my heart, it has been an honor Naar of the University of Washington in Seattle to preserve My response to this problem, in the narrow channel of
and a privilege to know you, to feel your passion for Ladino struck a very profound and resonant chord within me Holocaust memorial books, is translation into English. As a
am Yisrael, to share your dream for building commu- (Sephardi studies professor, March 17). fluent Yiddish speaker, I am well aware of the limitations of
nity and to have been your colleague, as the CEO of the Some readers of this letter may recognize me as having been bringing flavor across a language barrier, but I do the best I
Kaplen JCC on the Palisades, in pursuit of those goals. a devoted translator of Holocaust Memorial Books (sometimes can. I do know that I can capture the zeitgeist of the people
From our shared love of Yiddishkeit to our hopes called Yizkor Bikher), from mostly Yiddish and some Hebrew who wrote these books, and convey a sense to the English
and dreams for our peoples future, I feel especially into English. An article in the Jewish Standard Briefs sec- reader of what those who lived that experience felt about it.
fortunate and shall always treasure the time we spent tion of February 17, 2017 highlighted my most recent endeavor It is an ongoing source of wonder to me that despite condi-
together, and the special friendship we have. Our com- in supporting the Zembrover Benevolent Association, in the tions in Eastern Europe that bordered on being wretched, the
munity will miss you, and I will miss you. release of an English translation of the Zambrow Memorial people who live it cherished it, with a warmth and a longing
Avi A. Lewinson, Demarest Book. In the course of a generation, I have translated 12 such that is almost incomprehensible to those of us who have been
(Avi Lewinson was CEO of the Kaplen JCC on the Palisades in books, and am preparing a thirteenth as I write. privileged with a more fortunate life.
Tenafly from 1995 to 2015.) I feel that I am a fellow traveler with Professor Naar, in the Jack Berger, Wayne

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Turkeys Erdogan looks abroad with menace

I
recently heard one of
Israels leading national
security experts opine
that when it comes to
the sectarian conflicts of the
Middle East, Jerusalems strate-
gic interest lies in maintaining
Turkey as an effective counter-
weight to Iran, despite the tor-
rid experience of dealing with Ben Cohen
the countrys dictatorial leader,
Recep Tayyip Erdoan, during
the last decade.
That experts view seems correct to me. Turkey
maintains diplomatic relations with Israel, as well as
bilateral economic relations worth an annual $2.7 bil-
lion to Turkish businesses. And thats not forgetting
the mutually beneficial Mediterranean natural gas
contracts now waiting to be signed. Iran, by contrast,
wants to wipe the Jewish state off the map. Iran has the
potential to weaponize its nuclear program; Turkeys
civilian nuclear program doesnt begin construction
of its first power plant until next year. And as a Sunni
Muslim state, Turkey, like Israel, is a natural partner
for those Sunni Arab states facing the rise of Iranian
power from Syria to the Gulf.
None of that should mean, however, that Turkey can
be regarded as just another more-or-less reliable friend Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan shakes hands with United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
of Israel like, for example, those countries in Africa in 2014. Israel maintains fragile ties with the country. UN PHOTO/AMANDA VOISARD

that are developing warm bilateral ties with the Jewish

state, but historically have supported the Arab posi- been shunted aside by Islamist values and neo-Otto- opponents. Erdoans tendency to bash other nations
tion at the United Nations. man imperatives. But the older version of Turkey and ethno-religious groupsparticularly Jewswith pain-
Turkeys attitude to Israel is poisoned by both ideo- sticks around because, unlike Iran, Turkey is much ful episodes from their own history was the main focus
logical animus and strategic jockeying. The fact that more globalized, and historically an ally of the West, of an interview he gave to a prominent Israeli journal-
Turkey unquestionably is a preferable alternative to and the country is therefore deeply embedded into ist last November, when he defended his drawing of a
Iran its more accurately described as a choice in international institutions. Nothing symbolizes that moral equivalence between Nazi Germany and Israel.
the Henry Ford/Model T sense of that wordshouldnt state of affairs more than Turkeys status as the only (His precise words: I dont approve of what Hitler did,
blind us to those realities. Muslim member of NATO. and neither do I approve of what Israel has done. When
Listen to Erdoans rants against Judaism and Israel Judging by Erdoans current behavior, it seems he its a question of so many people dying, its inappropri-
instances of which I and others have documented wants nothing more than to throw off the shackles of ate to ask who was the more barbarous.)
over the years more times than we care to remember globalization for populism, Ottoman-style. To under- Not inappropriate, apparently, is calling the Dutch
and you hear an unmistakable, simmering loathing. stand what that looks like, examine Erdoans antics Nazis and declaring that they have nothing to do
Erdoan has stoked hatred against Jews by employing with regard to fellow NATO member Holland. with the civilized world. Such comments have left
language about global Jewish power and Israels sup- Last week, with Dutch voters preparing for a March many Dutch citizens wondering why, if their country
posed bloodlust that is straight from the playbook of 15 election that has placed security and immigration is so awful, 400,000 Turks have chosen to make their
classical anti-Semitism. issues at the heart of their national debate, Erdoan homes there. And when they see Turkish newspaper
Nor is Turkeys foreign policy any more encouraging. dispatched two of his own ministers to the Nether- headlines screaming that 48,000 Dutch soldiers count
Already vulnerable to both nationalist and Islamic forms lands. The emissaries planned to speak at Turkish for little against these same 400,000 Turks, its no
of chauvinism, Turkey under Erdoan has become a immigrant rallies in support of Erdoans constitu- wonder that growing numbers of Dutch voters feel that
destabilizing force in the Middle East. It wages a brutal tional referendum on April 16which will, assuming there is a civilizational threat in their midst.
war against the Kurdish minority, whose goal is simply he wins, massively concentrate political power in the As the Turkish referendum approaches, the gap
independencenot the destruction of Turkey as a sov- presidents office. between Erdoans rhetoric and the reality he is
ereign state. It is closely aligned with the Palestinians of Justifiably, given the potential for public disorder, the shaping is narrowing. What Erdoan imposed upon
Hamas and with the Muslim Brotherhood in general. It authorities in the Dutch port city of Rotterdam withdrew the Netherlands during the last week amounted to a
has dropped its opposition to allowing the Syrian tyrant, a permit for a rally at which Turkish Foreign Minister violation of Dutch national sovereignty, with Turkish
Bashar al-Assad, to remain on his Damascus throne. It Mevlt avuolu was due to speak. For its part, the ministers attempting to enter the country in spite of
has enabled, through illicit oil sales and other measures, Dutch government denied landing rights to the plane bans, and pro-regime media outlets brandishing the
the financing of Islamic States reign of terror through carrying avuolu. Erdoans family affairs minister, Turkish presence in Holland as a weapon. A danger-
Syria and Iraq. It continues to bully other countries who Fatma Betul Sayan Kaya, also traveling to Rotterdam, ous precedent has been set, and any European coun-
seek to commemorate the genocide of the Armenians was escorted to the German border by Dutch police tries with significant Turkish populationsespecially
under Ottoman rule. while an angry, chanting crowd of Erdoan supporters France, Germany, Austria and Belgiumare now fair
None of that should leave a Jewish-majority state gathered outside the Turkish consulate in the city. game. What started with Erdoans referendum wont
feeling particularly secure. But if Israel and its friends Once across the border, Kaya began tweeting about end with it. JNS.ORG

are still conflicted about Turkey, its because theyre Dutch authorities fascist practicesrich, indeed, com-
aware that it wasnt always as bad as it is now. ing from the representative of a regime that has purged Ben Cohen, senior editor of TheTower.org and the
As Erdoan has cemented control, the modern Tur- the universities, the army, the civil service, and the Tower magazine, writes a weekly column on Jewish
key known to Western politicians and business execu- media since the murky coup against Erdoan last year. affairs and Middle Eastern politics. His work has been
tivessocially liberal, politically repressive, militarily But there is nobody rivaling Erdoan when it comes published in Commentary, the New York Post, Haaretz,
powerful, defiantly secular, deeply nationalistichas to invoking history as a form of abuse against his the Wall Street Journal and many other publications.

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 Dvar Torah

Vayakel-Pekudei: The sacred map distant. Animal sacrifice

is not a meaningful way in

T
which we would choose to
he Central Ontago Rail Trail in on earth, it is also a map. food. Just as the four corners interact with God. But under-
southeast New Zealand contains We can draw out a map of the Mishkan, of the altar define the place standing that our ancestors
a model of our solar system. with its most holy place from which Gods where we bring the product used the Mishkan as a sacred
With the sun at the trails head, blessing of fecundity flows. This sacred cen- of our work, the four corners map means that we can con-
the orbits of the planets extend for several ter, called the Holy of Holies, is separated of our fields define the place tinue to apply this map to our
miles with mostly empty space between by a curtain, protecting us from Gods awe- where we grow our produce. own lives just as the Rabbis
them. The beauty of scale models is that some power. Around the sacred center is What is grown on our four- Rabbi Barry have done for millenia.
they allow us to gain insights about the a larger chamber with the accoutrements cornered field belongs to us, Diamond With the destruction of
full-sized entity. Similarly, maps are flat that symbolize our ongoing relationship except what is produced on Beth Haverim Shir the Temple, the Rabbis tell
Shalom, Mahwah,
scale models of some area or place we to God: the lampstand and the shewbread. the four corners themselves Reform us that we should apply
wish to understand. Further out, we find the altar with its four (Lev. 19:9, 23:22) which we the sacred map to our own
In this weeks double Torah portion of horned corners defining the space where bring to God. home. On Shabbat, when we
Vayakel-Pekudei, we receive additional we bring our offerings to God, those offer- And who does this sacred work of pro- sit around the four corners of our dining
instructions about building the Mishkan, ings being the product of the blessings we ducing this food? The very same people table, they would have us understand that
the desert tabernacle, which becomes the receive. Just as the Mishkan is a model of the who cover themselves with garments dec- we are actually sitting around the four-cor-
prototype for the ancient Temple in Jeru- cosmos in miniature, anthropologist Mary orated with fringes on their four corners nered altar with which we shared meals
salem. It is the place where Gods presence Douglas suggests that the Torahs authors (Deuteronomy 22:12). Our Mishkan-map with God (Megilah 29a). Shabbat dinner is
dwells and where we can more directly also applied their sacred map of Gods holy suggests that we are the sacred tools which not simply a meal, it is the possibility for
encounter God. The structure of the Mish- realm the sacred center hidden by a cur- God uses to produce Gods fruitful blessing. sacred encounter.
kan, and later the Temple, is not simply a tain, the outer chamber with the accoutre- But we are more than Gods tools. God Through our words and our acts, we can
building whipped up by the imagination ments, the altar with the four corners, etc. tells us not to cut the corners of our face celebrate the gifts that come from the work
of clever architects. The plans were given and overlaid that map on different beings and beard (Leviticus 19:27). We apply the of our hands partnering with God; just as
by God to the people through Moses (Ex and places. sacred map to our land, our clothing, and the Torah may use the metaphor divine wis-
39:32). Just as God created the earth, our We take the sacred map and we overlay now to our very face. Our map is suggest- dom flowing from Gods face (Deuteronomy
realm, we extended Gods realm to earth. it on our farmland and we see a familiar ing that our words are the fruit of our 34:10), blessing certainly flows from within
The Mishkan is a model of heaven in min- cycle. Just as God created the world and mouths, and they too, should be used to the corners of our faces as we sit around the
iature and thus a fitting place for Gods then we created a sacred place for God to bring blessing to the world. Shabbat table with our family and friends
presence to dwell on earth. But the Mish- dwell in the world, God gave us the Prom- For many of us, the Mishkan, and later and reinforce the values and beliefs that are
kan is not only a tangible model of heaven ised Land upon which we work to produce the ancient Temple, feels foreign and the foundation of our lives.

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The Frazzled Housewife Crossword
PLAY BALL! BY YONI GLATT
KOSHERCROSSWORDS@GMAIL.COM
DIFFICULTY LEVEL: CHALLENGING

Bound up in brackets
BNAJI GANCHROW still in your bracket? Is this

B
the only bracket you have?
eing a boymom Really? Please help. Last
(I have made it I checked, I am still a girl,
one word) has though, you wouldnt know
its advantages. by how I behave I have
You never have to worry got to keep up, after all. The
about buying matching tights next few weeks involves lots
and yelling at them to put of boys sitting on couches
them on. (Unless of course, Banji across this country watch-
they want to wear tights. No Ganchrow ing college basketball. Or
judgment.) You never have to as I like to call it, watching
worry about yelling at them grass grow.
for wearing too much blue eyeliner, even My first thought is always that the boys
though everyone is wearing it. (Unless playing the game look a lot older than my
they want to wear eyeliner. No judgment.) own son, who is in college. And I have seen
You never have to worry about going shop- these players up close. How? How have I
ping, which was the bane of my existence seen them up close? Well, as a boymom,
since my mother would rather spend time when you are asked to drive your sons to
in a department store than with her favor- Providence, Rhode Island, for a basketball
ite middle child. Fortunately, only one game, you say, Yes, of course! I would
out of three enjoys going shopping. I feel I love to drive you 3 1/2 hours each way to
really dodged a bullet with that one. After watch a game! That sounds like so much Across Down
1. Stern teachers cry 1. MGMs ___ in Toyland
all, a wise person once said, God gives fun!! Let me get my binoculars and my
7. Solomon, to Rehoboam 2. PayPal money
you what you can handle. Had He given extra strength bottle of Valium! It was fun 11. Org. that might send illegals back 3. Post-___ (Achshav!)
me three girls, I probably would have been because I love my boys. And I love walking, to Israel 4. Common Caribbean fruit
and I just kept walking around the arena. 14. Wood for the Ark 5. Compete, like Marty Glickman
So here we are, and it is March Madness. 15. The least anti-Semitic coun- 6. Has some matzah
try, according to the Anti- 7. Budget rival
The highlight of the NCAA National Col-
Defamation League 8. Props for Marty Glickman
legiate Athletic Association not to be
The next few confused with National Cookie Association
16. ___ aint gonna work on Maggies
farm... (Bob Dylan)
9. South Florida city, familiarly
10. Pre Tisha BAv dip
weeks involves of America. (Of which I totally would be 17. Great play by Bithiah? 11. Josephs lineup locale?

lots of boys a member.) There are seeds, and not the 19. Amt. of salt that might be sprinkled 12. Like a yenta
on challah Friday night 13. Has a bit of kiddush
kind you plant. There are upsets, there are
sitting on Fighting Irish, who dont actually fight
20. Jerusaln ___ (disputed area,
to Juan)
18. Oil option, but not for Chanukah
22. Aka Rav Shlomo Yitzchaki

couches across and I am not sure if they are really Irish,

but I am sure that they were eliminated
21. American island 10,453 miles
from Israel
24. Selfie, e.g.
26. Homecoming for Ike Davis?
this country and that messed up someones bracket 22. John ___ Davies (actor from two
Indiana Jones movies)
28. Like the status of most Jews in most
countries for most of the Middle-
watching college somewhere. There are Cyclones and not
the kind the weatherman tells you about.
23. David watched them, once Ages

basketball. Or as
25. No, to Dreyfus 30. Zaftig, with a bit of muscle
There are Boilermakers, which I think 26. Actress Charlotte 31. Actress Sheedy
might be a drink, but are really players
I like to call it, from Purdue. You get the point.
27. Where Iron Dome missiles might
be stored
32. Where BRZE is traded
33. YU or Stern locale

watching The next few weeks are all about the

29. Capital for Achashverosh
33. Internet phone bks.
34. Current playoffs org.
35. Aaron might make one for the team?
basketball. As opposed to the baseball, the
grass grow. football, the hockey puck, or the soccer
36. Corn syrup might not make it kosher
for Passover
37. Kol
40. (Jason) Schwartzmans mom
ball. And as a boymom, I just smile and go 38. Baal, e.g. 42. He bullied River in Stand By Me
committed to an insane asylum by now, for along with it. I find the best looking player 39. Wood sorrels, for short 45. (Kosher) Caribou kin
41. Statistic Moshe would lead the 47. Eilat swimmer
all of the grief that I gave my own mother. in each sport and decide that is the team I
league in? 50. Some Jews headed north to it
What comes around, goes around. will follow. It is just as good a rationale as 43. They might make you say Oy vey! in 1492
But with being a boymom comes a any, right? 44. Aunt to Judah 52. No Exit writer Jean-Paul
whole new vernacular. Words that you For husband #1s birthday, he surprised 46. Some ___ It Hot 55. Reads the Torah, in Braille
thought meant one thing, now mean me with a trip to Orlando. I want to go 48. Biblical payment? 57. Greek false deity
49. Star in Billys 46-Across 58. Prepare challah
something else. For example, and for- to Sea World to see my friend Shamu, he
51. Isaac had weak ones 59. Disraeli and Sandwich
give me if this is crude, you can never, wants to go to a spring training game. Here 53. Noodge 60. Chabibi, to a pirate
ever, as a boymom, yell to your son and is the dilemma: If the boys were with us, 54. Casspi on a bad night 61. ___ fairy (like Kudrow on Friends)
his friends, Put away those balls I for sure would be sooo excited to go to 56. Bubby might fry one 62. Part of a new year greeting
because for sure giggling will ensue. Yes, the game (yawn), but as a terrible wife, 60. Like the Jews crossing the Red Sea 63. He played Harrisons son on film
62. Knowledge and Life 66. Harel Skaats genre
boys giggle. do I really want to sit through a game? Of
64. Jewish girl of song? 67. Juda follower
And then we have the word brackets. course, its his birthday. And I am hoping 65. Console that might get a schlub off
When I think of a bracket, I think of the there will be delightful beverages that will the couch
thousands of dollars that husband #1 and mix well with my Valium from the Provi- 66. Samsons role on a baseball team?
I spent on braces. Three boys in braces all dence trip. 68. Rainbow curve
69. Shape of one who has had too many The solution to last weeks puzzle is
at the same time is akin to feeding a small on page 63.
sufganiyot, perhaps
third world country. Banji Ganchrow is not really going to mix 70. Aka Jacob
Now that the month is March, the word alcohol with Valium. She doesnt take 71. Shalom
bracket means something else entirely. Valium. But she might mix alcohol with 72. Gives a parnasa
Have you filled out your bracket? Who is peanut M&Ms. 73. Adjusts the Talmud

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 Arts & Culture
Central
Station
The first Jewish city
receives its first
science fiction novel
LARRY YUDELSON

W
hat is the scent of orange
groves uprooted and paved
over long ago?
This ghostly perfume is a
poetic conceit that defines the difference
between Central Station and the
20th century classics of science fic-
tion it alludes to, pays tribute to,
and in many ways improves upon.
Central Station is the transla-
tion of Hatachana Hamercazit, the
central bus station in Tel Aviv that,
in Lavie Tidhars imagination, has
grown into a towering spaceport over
the centuries. No doubt this image Lavie Tidhar, above, has written imaginative and crackling old-school science
reflects how Tidhar saw the skyscrap- fiction in Central Station.  PHOTOGRAPH BY KEVIN NIXON FUTURE PUBLISHING 2013
ers of Tel Aviv and the urban bustle
of its bus station when he was grow- for being not a product of past 20th cen- writes in Hebrew and has been an expa-
ing up on a rural kibbutz in northern tury imagination but rather of an expan- triate for many years.) Tidhars future Tel
Israel, reading translated American sion from our present 21st century reality. Aviv is home to Jews and neighboring Jaffa
science fiction. Central Station asserts that in the to Arabs, but 20th century boundaries
Tidhars future Tel Aviv is in some science fictional present, in the realm matter no more in the world of Central
ways like todays: There are migrants, of what once was called future shock, Station than American state boundar-
there are slums, there are Jews and people live the way people have always ies matter in our world. There is an Israel
Arabs and the Hebrew-speaking descen- lived: with the mixture of love, longing, and an adjacent Palestine, but the details
dants of foreign workers. And there and loss that is unique for every per- of their demarcations dont concern Tid-
are buildings where orange groves son (or robot) yet is ultimately univer- hars protagonists. What matters for them
once blossomed. sal. The present looks different from are places and people and their histories.
Los Angeles, too, is famed for replac- the past and the future promises even The people do not fit the idealized catego-
ing orchards with concrete. Early in more change, but the human feelings ries of proud Zionist or ardent Jew. Rather,
Central Station Tidhar alludes to the sto- underneath remain the same. Young lov- every identity is both normalized and a
ries of Larry Niven, one of Americas and science fiction. The Violent Century is ers, old flames reunited after decades, par- bit askew. Readers of Central Station
L.A.s leading science fiction writers and about superheroes. A Man Lies Dreaming ents with children they love for all their will meet multiethnic Hebrew-speaking
my favorite when I was 12. But Niven never is an alternate history/detective/Holocaust incomprehensible differences, the forgot- gentiles who worship at the shrine of St.
smelled the vanished groves of his home triple decker. Those novels grapple with ten veterans suffering from the last war or Cohen (who was an artificial intelligence
town. The future Earth and alien worlds of the Second World War and are set in Eng- the war before that and yes, the fondly researcher in the distant 21st century past,
Nivens stories are like his native Los Ange- land, yet it is Central Station that seems recalled memory of the orange groves of if I have my Tidhar mythos straight); an
les an eternal present of parking lots and more urgent. Perhaps because it asks the long ago. orphan boy of no fixed faith with a genome
department stores. His stories took place question: What does it mean to live in a Unlike much science fiction, Central of dubious copyright status; a Jew whose
on worlds with freakish geologies, bizarre science fictional future? Station is not propelled by plot. In part passion is the forgotten paperbacks of the
weather, and exotic biology but his char- In the year 2017, we are all living in a that may be an accident of its history; it 20th century; a decaying mechanized war
acters lacked a sense of place or history. science fictional world. The characters of began as a series of related short sto- veteran who still thinks in Battle Yiddish;
Tidhar lives in London and writes now Central Station, living centuries from now, ries. But the medium is the message. As an Arab altenzachen man (thats the Yid-
in English, but he can be said to be the take part in the Conversation, that end- in Clifford Simaks City cycle, the setting dish term for a itinerant peddler of used
first Israeli science fiction writer to make less chatter of human and machine feeds and characterization common to the sto- goods) ; and a robot cleric who performs
the science fiction big leagues. Central a modern human would feel deaf and ries are more important than the arcs of the most halachicly and anatomically cor-
Station made several of the fields best-of- blind without that is to say, an extrapo- drama that last for only a chapter or two. rect circumcision I ever hope to read.
the-year lists last year. With its robots and lation forward of the internet and social The setting has brought Tidhar criti- And there is the ghostly scent of the
spaceships and winks and nods to Niven media. But in the book it is delivered via cism from one of the online arbiters of orange groves. Because amidst the loves
and Frank Herbert and Isaac Asimov and direct brain implant. In Central Stations Zionist correctness, who presumably and the fears, Tidhar reminds us of the
Philip Dick, Central Station is old-school world, which borrows Nivens pleasure- would have liked to see more, well, Zion- intoxicating and invigorating power of
science fiction. Tidhars other recent craving wireheads and Herberts fierce ism from Israels most successful science longing and nostalgia, even nostalgia for a
works have played in genres bordering desert sandworms, this detail stands out fiction writer (albeit one who no longer vanished future.

JEWISH STANDARD MARCH 24, 2017 57

Calendar 2:30-4 p.m. 580 Broadway.
Friday (973) 694-4970 or
fcpassaiccounty.com.
MARCH 24
Chocolate seder in
Emerson: Congregation
Bnai Israel hosts a
chocolate seder for fifth-
to eighth-graders as part
of the Kadima Youth
Group collaborative,
3 p.m. FLIPPER Kadima
is a joint youth program
sponsored by Bnai Israel, Feature film: The Kaplen
the Fair Lawn Jewish JCC on the Palisades
Center/CBI, Temple Beth in Tenafly screens
Sholom in Fair Lawn, Hitchcocks masterpiece
Temple Israel & JCC of thriller Vertigo,
Ridgewood, and JCC- 7:30 p.m., for a series,
Cantor Netanel Hershtik Paramus/Congregation Top Films You May Have
Beth Tikvah. 53 Palisade Missed. Commentary by
Shabbat in Teaneck: Ave. FLIPPERKadima@ Jim Coble, coffee, and
Young Israel of Teaneck gmail.com or snacks. 411 E. Clinton Ave.
presents its annual (201) 265-2272. (201) 408-1493 or www.
Joseph Dresdner zl jccotp.org.
Memorial Shabbat
chazzanut weekend,
featuring Cantor Netanel APRIL Comedienne Marla Shultz entertains at Tuesday
Temple Beth Sholom of Pascack Valley in
1
Hershtik and the MARCH 28
Hamptons Synagogue Park Ridge on Saturday, April 1, at 7:45 p.m.
Choir. Carlebach-style
davening, 7 p.m., and Beer, wine, and desserts are included with
a traditional cantor/ admission. Shultz toured the country and opened for
choir service on Shabbat comedian Chelsea Handler and also entertained troops
morning at the 9 a.m.
minyan. 868 Perry Lane. overseas. 32 Park Ave. (201) 391-4620 or www.temple- Rabbi Shai Held
www.yiot.org. beth-sholom.org. Reservations, Lori, (201) 314-9204 or
Tehilim series in
LFRabin@gmail.com. Englewood: Kehilat
Kesher/Community Rabbi Baruch Simon
Synagogue of Tenafly
annual Jewish disability Humanity, for adults, & Englewood offers Pre-Pesach shiur in
Saturday awareness and inclusion
conference, at the Kaplen
1 p.m. Talk with Burch
after the performance.
a three-part lecture Teaneck: Rabbi Baruch
MARCH 25 on tehilim by Rabbi Simon, rosh yeshiva
JCC on the Palisades 1666 Windsor Road. Shai Held, 8:30 p.m. It at RIETS, will deliver
in Tenafly. Registration (201) 833-1322 begins with Awake, a pre-Pesach shiur,
begins at 8:30 a.m.; Why Sleepest Thou, Chodesh Nissan: The
conference, with vendor Hashem! On Protest and Month of Redemption,
Rabbi Alex Israel fair, is 9-4:30 p.m. 411 E. Disappointment with at Congregation Beth
Clinton Ave. events@j- God in Tehillim. (Psalm Aaron, at 8:15 p.m. 950
Shabbat in Englewood: add.org.
Rabbi Alex Israel of 44). Series continues Queen Anne Road.
the Pardes Institute April 30 and May 14. 509 (201) 836-6210.
Chinese food/game Engle St. (201) 227-1117 or
of Jewish Studies is show in Paramus:
Zalman Suldan
scholar-in-residence
at Kehilat Kesher/
The JCC of Paramus/
www.keshernj.com.
Wednesday
Shabbat/Passover ideas Congregation Beth
Community Synagogue Tikvah serves a Monday MARCH 29
in Teaneck: Zalman
of Tenafly & Englewood. Chinese buffet lunch,
Tonight, at 7 p.m., he
Suldan offers creative, Book discussion in MARCH 27
hands-on ideas about 12:45 p.m., followed by Emerson: Congregation
will discuss Creativity making seders more a professional family Bnai Israel, in partnership
in the Service of God. exciting and kid-friendly game show by Hollyrock with the Jewish
Shabbat morning, at 9:15 at Seder Surprises Entertainment, 1:30. Federation of Northern
a.m., he will talk about at Congregation Beth 304 East Midland New Jersey, hosts Let
The MishkanAgain? Aaron, 3:30 p.m. 950 Ave. Reservations, There Be Water in
The Meaning of Sefer Queen Anne Road. (201) 262-7691 or www. Israel and New Jersey,
Shemot. 509 Engle St. (201) 836-6210. jccparamus.org. a One Book One
(201) 227-1117 or www. Community event,
keshernj.com. Philippe Sands
Sunday 2 p.m. Led by congregant
Dr. Mike Passow,
Shabbat in Wyckoff: Origins of Genocide:
Temple Beth Rishon has
MARCH 26 adjunct associate
research scientist at International human
a special musical folk- Shani Abrams-Simkovitz rights lawyer Philippe
rock Shabbat service Columbia Universitys
Lamont-Doherty Earth Sands discusses his
with the music of Gush Etzion: Young
Observatory, talk will book, East West Street:
singer/composer Craig Israel of Fort Lee Women
be on Seth M. Siegels On the Origins of
Taubman, 7:30 p.m. The and the Jewish National
book, Let There Be Genocide and Crimes
cantors will be joined Milbre Burch Fund host a rosh
Water. Refreshments. Against Humanity,
by the congregations chodesh program, 50
53 Palisade Ave. at the Birch Mansion
adult choir, Kol Rishon, Jewish gender/identity/ Years Since the Return
(201) 265-2272 or www. at Ramapo College
and teen choir, Zemer humanity: Temple to Gush Etzion Then
bisrael.com. in Mahwah, 7 p.m.
Rishon. Dessert and Emeth of Teaneck s and Now with Shani
Sponsored by Ramapos
coffee. 585 Russell Viewpoints Committee Abrams-Simkovitz, Gush
Matzah factory in Gross Center for
Ave. (201) 891-4466 or brings Grammy Etzion Foundations
Passaic: The Friendship Holocaust and Genocide
bethrishon.org. Award-nominated director, at Young Israel
From My Hero Brother Circle of Passaic County Studies. 505 Ramapo
storyteller Milbre of Fort Lee, 7:30 p.m.
has a hands-on model Valley Road, Mahwah.
Burch, presenting her (973) 593-0095, ext.
Disability and inclusion: matzah factory for (201) 684-7409.
latest work, Changing 823 or jnf.org/
Local New Jersey Jewish Skins: Folktales about children with special wfiroshchodesh.
organizations partner Gender, Identity and needs and their
for Keys to Support, an families at Bais Yosef,

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 Calendar
180 Piermont Road.
Tricky tray/fashions in (201) 750-9997 or www.
Fair Lawn: The Pythian templeemanu-el.com.
Sisters holds a fashion
show with clothing from Shabbat in Wayne:
Chicos and a tricky-tray Women of Chai of
auction at the Fair Lawn Temple Beth Tikvah
Senior Center, 6:30 p.m. participate in a
Admission includes womens service, 10 a.m.
a sheet of tickets, a Light lunch follows.
Giyora Malka door prize ticket, and 950 Preakness Ave.
Passover cooking a key tag for a free (973) 595-6565.
in Tenafly: Giyora shake for the rest of
Malka, chef and owner the year. Refreshments. Movie night in Jersey
of Hummus Elite in Proceeds will benefit City: Rabbi Aaron
childrens charities. Katz shares classic and Sharon F. Danzger
Englewood, leads
a cooking demo, 11-05 Gardiner Road. new contemporary
Passover Fest!
Your Best Passover
Liz, (201) 791-5926 or
Andrea, (201) 791-2966.
films at Congregation
Bnai Jacob, 7 p.m. Be productive with less stress
Ever, at the Kaplen Refreshments. 176 West
Tenafly author Sharon F. Danzger introduces her new book, Super-Productive:
JCC on the Palisades, Friday Side Ave. (201) 435-5725
or www.bnaijacobjc.com. 120 Strategies To Do More and Stress Less, on Thursday, March 30, at the Tenafly
7 p.m. 411 E. Clinton Ave.
(201) 408-1457 or
MARCH 31 Public Library at 7 p.m. Her company, Control Chaos, helps clients improve their
jccotp.org.
Shabbat in Closter: Sunday time-management and problem-solving skills. 100 Riveredge Road. (201) 568-8680
Learn about psalms: Temple Beth El of APRIL 2 or tenafly.bccls.org.
Rabbi Gerald Friedman Northern Valley welcomes
presents Songs of Zion: flutist Wendy Stern Ethnic nationalism:
Glory of Jerusalem, for Shabbat services, Andrew Silow-Carroll,
Exile, Yearning, and 7:30 p.m. She is a member JTAs editor-in-chief,
Return, as Expressed
in The Psalms, at the
of the group Flute Force,
has performed and
offers historical
background on
Gear up for Tenafly May run
Englewood Public coached chamber music ethnic nationalism The Kaplen JCC on the Palisades
Library, 7 p.m. Ancient all over the world, and has and the conservative
and modern versions many Broadway credits. movement, highlights has opened registration for its
of verses; Hebrew 221 Schraalenburgh Road. (and lowlights) from the 36th annual Rubin Run, planned
song sheets with (201) 768-5112 or presidential campaign, for Mothers Day, Sunday, May 14.
transliterations and www.tbenv.org. and an assessment
The United States Track and Field-
translations. 15 Engle St. of key advisers in the
(201) 568-2215 or www. Trump White House, authorized run is expected to draw
englewoodlibrary.org. at Temple Emeth in more than 1,700 runners from the
Teanecks Byachad tristate area.
breakfast, 11 a.m.
Thursday 1666 Windsor Road.
Runners, families, supporters,
MARCH 30 Breakfast reservations, and sponsors will come together
(201) 833-1322 or www. for a celebration that focuses on
emeth.org. family and fitness, while rais-
ing funds for programs that help
improve the quality of life for indi-
Cantors Mark Biddelman
Singles viduals with special needs. Par-
and Ilan Mamber ticipants are encouraged to build
Sunday teams and raise funds.
Shabbat in Woodcliff MARCH 26
Yogi Berra Lake: Temple Emanuel With the support of our com-
of the Pascack Valleys munity, we continue to collect sig-
Baseball and Yogi Berra: Seniors meet in Nyack:
Rabbi Loren Monosov Singles 65+ of the nificant donations each year that
Dumont historian Dick and Cantor Alan
Burnon talks about the JCC Rockland meets allow us to fulfill a core JCC mission
Sokoloff welcome back
Wit and Wisdom of cantor emeritus Mark
for lunch at Amici to provide meaningful opportu-
Restaurant, noon. 303
Baseball Legend Yogi Biddelman and guest nities for people with special needs A mother and daughter run side by side
Berra at the Senior Route 59, Nyack, N.Y.
cantor Ilan Mamber for Individual checks. Gene, that enable them to flourish to at last years Rubin Run. COURTESY JCCOTP
Activity Center at the Shabbat Yachad, Hebrew
Kaplen JCC on the (845) 356-5525. their full potential, the JCCs chief
prayers set to easy-to-
Palisades in Tenafly, sing melodies, 8 p.m. executive officer, Jordan Shenker, said. medal for all children under 10 who fin-
Singles meet in
11:15 a.m. 411 East Clinton Free copy of CD at the Caldwell: New Jersey We pride ourselves on the vast array ish the race. In honor of Mothers Day,
Ave. (201) 569-7900, ext. shul. 87 Overlook Drive. Jewish Singles 45+ of social, vocational, and independent all participating moms receive a rose as
235 or www.jccotp.org. (201) 391-0801 or meets at Congregation living skills we offer people with special they cross the finish line.
www.tepv.org. Agudath Israel,
Presidents and Israel: needs that allow them to be productive, Individuals or teams can register
Rabbi Dr. David Fine 2:30 p.m. Group version
healthy and engaged members of our online at jccotp.org/rubinrun. Early bird
continues a series, From Saturday of Pictionary with prizes
and a dessert buffet. 20 community. The Rubin Run helps make registration runs through April 14 and
Roosevelt to Obama: APRIL 1
Presidential Interactions Academy Road. Sue, this possible year after year. online until May 10; after that, its in per-
(973) 226-3600, ext. 145,
with Israel, at the JCC
Shabbat in Closter: or singles@agudath.org. The run offers a half marathon, a 10K, son at the JCC.
of Fort Lee/Gesher
Temple Emanu-El of and a 5K run/walk. In preparation for The runs lead sponsors include the
Shalom, 12:45 p.m.
Closter welcomes the race, participants can train under Kaplen Foundation, Englewood Hospi-
Refreshments at 12:30.
scholar-in-residence Monday
Program continues April the guidance of experienced JCC fitness tal and Medical Center, the Rubin Fam-
6. 1449 Anderson Ave.
Ron Gold, who survived MARCH 27
a bicycle accident that staff. Options include independent train- ily, the Jewish Standard, and the North
(201) 947-1735.
left him paralyzed Support group in ing, running clubs for group training, Jersey Media Group.
Blood drive in Teaneck: and in need of daily Tenafly: The Kaplen one-on-one personal training, and a 5K For information, call Michal Kleiman
Maayanot Yeshiva High home care. He talks JCC on the Palisades
about LeanOnWe, training program for 6- to 13-year-olds. at (201) 408-1412, or email her at mklei-
School for Girls holds a begins a seven-session
blood drive with New the organization he bereavement group with Race day features outdoor activities man@jccotp.org.
Jersey Blood Services, founded, during services, therapist Judy Brauner, for kids, snacks and beverages, free bab- The Rubin Run is named for the late
a division of New York 9 a.m. The organization Widows and Widowers: ysitting, pre-race stretches and warm- Leonard Rubin, a past president and
Blood Center, 4:30- facilitates hiring trusted You Are Not Alone,
caregivers. An informal ups, CompuScore race-recording, tro- founder of the JCC, who established
9 p.m. 1650 Palisade Ave. 6:15 p.m., through May
(800) 933-2566 or www. discussion and dessert 22. 411 E. Clinton Ave. phies for the top three female and male this community-wide athletic event to
nybloodcenter.org. reception follow. Esther, (201) 408-1456. winners in each age category, and a encourage and promote healthy living.

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Local /Jewish World Obituaries

years ago, such as genetic screening, have monumental advances in diagnosis and Harold Golden
Science become routine parts of medical prac- treatment with science guiding the way, or Harold J. Golden, 82, of Fort Lee,
FROM PAGE 10
tice. Many reproductive technologies that conversely, at the edge of an abyss, where formerly of the Bronx, died March
to Jewish law. I won other awards and emerged in the past few decades help cou- scientific advances are ignored, rejected, or 15. He was the owner and operator of
recognition for journalism, including the ples conceive. Other discoveries I reported out of reach for most citizens. Let us hope Gotham Specialties, Inc. in Brooklyn.
Simon Rockower Award of the American on years ago, such as clinical use of embry- that society entrusts critical decisions to He is survived by his wife, Silvia, ne
Jewish Press Association, and awards onic stem cells and genetic engineering, leaders with vision, good judgment, and Robinson, children, Dr. Beth Golden
from the New Jersey Society of Profes- have not panned out yet, but scientists still selfless ethical and moral compasses. (Dr. Stephen Sinoway), and Allison
sional Journalists. hold out hope for them. Up-and-coming As for me, heres to another 20-plus Golden Amron (Michael); siblings, Joan
Last year, again inspired by the needs of advances in genetic technology, including years of writing on science and Judaism. Stracks and Robert Golden, and three
the broader community, I wrote a book to new Crispr/Cas 9 gene editing technol- It is impossible to imagine where science grandchildren.
inform and enlighten the public on how to ogy, eventually will lead to genetic treat- will take us going forward. Perhaps I will Donations can be sent to the ASPCA
stay healthy and avoid infectious disease. ments to cure diseases. be covering travel to other planets, to the or a local VFW chapter. Arrangements
The Hand Book: Surviving in a Germ- And medical science is crossing depths of the oceans, or deep into the were by Eden Memorial Chapels,
Filled World addresses the scientific the threshold toward more effective workings of the brain, and delving deeper Fort Lee.
issues, clinical research, historic and cul- cancer treatments and cures using into the mysteries of the genetic code. Or
tural roots of hand washing, and compel- immunotherapy. maybe Ill be writing about the use of self- Jean Greenfield
ling bioethics issues related to the topic. The bioethics and religious issues will driving flying cars on Shabbat. Jean Greenfield, ne Cohen, 95, died
The book provides insight and handy tips become only more complex as politicians March 14.
on how to reduce risk of disease in the and society set priorities and make critical Dr. Miryam Z. Wahrman of Teaneck, the A Hunter College graduate, she was
home, workplace, school, and, most criti- decisions about health insurance, access Jewish Standards science correspondent, treasurer of the Friends of the Teaneck
cally, in health care settings. to medical care, status of the embryo and is professor of biology at William Paterson Public Library, a volunteer Reading
Two decades 20 years! as science fetus, medical privacy issues, global climate University of New Jersey and the author Buddy for the Teaneck public schools,
correspondent have sped by. Some of the change, and the role of science in society. of The Hand Book: Surviving in a Germ- and an advocate for affordable senior
then-new developments I wrote about We may be on the cusp of greatness and Filled World. programming at Teanecks Richard
Rodda Community Center.
Predeceased by her husband, Daniel
Ressler, Ph.D., and former husband,
Rabbi Murray Greenfield, she is
In Israel Hayom, Mati Tuchfeld cred- British counterparts, Margaret Thatcher survived by children, Dena Ressler of
Netanyahu ited the prime ministers leadership under and Tony Blair. Teaneck, and Paul (Barbara); a sister,
FROM PAGE 40
challenging conditions. Rose Tevlin, two grandchildren; three
pre-army military academy in a West Its not just the broadcaster and its not 5. His wife and son told him to great- grandchildren, and two nieces.
Bank settlement, Eli, if the controversial just Kahlon, he wrote. Its also Naftali Finally, some blamed the woman Israelis Arrangements were by Louis
rabbi who heads it did not step down. Bennett, who just a couple of days ago said love to hate, Netanyahus wife, Sara. Sima Suburban Chapel, Fair Lawn.
The week before that, Transportation that Netanyahu has neglected religious Kadmon wrote in Yediot that Sara Netan-
Minister Yisrael Katz and Knesset mem- Zionism. Its also Liberman, who though yahu demanded her husband take action Leon Jaffe
ber Avi Dichter both said they would run he appears Netanyahus most trusted part- because of her dislike for certain journal- Leon Jaffe, 90, of New Milford died
for prime minister once Netanyahu was ner, nonetheless his comments about clos- ists hired by Kan. March 13.
out of the picture. ing the yeshiva in Eli sent the prime minis- Its clear to everyone close to the prime He was a member of the JCC of
Those are just a few examples. Many ter down a dead end. minister that something is going on when Paramus/Congregation Beth Tikvah.
interpreted Netanyahus threat to call elec- On the other hand, Nahun Barnea con- Netanyahu is susceptible to the influence He is survived by his wife,
tions as a bid to restore order. On Sunday, cluded in Yediot Acharanot that Netan- of his relatives, Kadmon wrote. Ladies Bernice, children, Steven Jaffe,
supporters and critics differed only on yahu was doomed to self-destruct in his and gentlemen, wake up. This is your Sharon Schwartz, and Bob Jaffe; a
how likely he was to succeed. fourth term in office, much like his former prime minister. JTA WIRE SERVICE sister, Evelyn Ettinger, and seven
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Palestinian terrorist gets life 1,400-year-old coins found Rebecca Kaplan

Rebecca Kaplan of Teaneck and Cliffside
in killing of American teen near pilgrimage site in Jerusalem Park, formerly of Israel, died February 25.
Palestinian terrorist Mohammed Abdel Basset al-Kharoub, who The Israel Antiquities Authority announced the discovery of Born in Egypt, she and her husband,
murdered American teen Ezra Schwartz, 18, in November 2015, 1,400-year-old coins in excavations near Jerusalem. Ray, helped establish a new border
received four life sentences from Israels Ofer military court. According to the IAA, the cache of nine bronze coins discovered settlement in the Jerusalem hills before
Schwartz, a Massachusetts native, was studying in Israel in a large complex that served Christian pilgrims en route to Jerusa- coming to the U.S. A homemaker, she was
for his gap year; he planned to start as a freshman in Rut- lem serves as evidence of the Persian invasion at the end of the a Hadassah life member and a member
gers the next year. He was on his way to deliver food to Byzantine period. The coins feature the images of three Byzantine of Temple Israel Community Center in
Israeli soldiers in the Etzion Bloc junction when al-Kharoub emperors: Justinian (483-565 A.D.), Maurice (539-602 C.E.) and Pho- Cliffside Park.
opened fire on a line of traffic with an Uzi submachine gun. cas (547-610 C.E.). She is survived by her children, Ruth
Schwartz; Yaakov Don, a 51-year-old Israeli teacher, and The excavation that led to the finding occurred in June 2016 as Darwish, and Charles Kaplan; siblings,
Shadi Arafa, a 24-year-old Palestinian who lived in Hebron, part of the expansion of Israels Highway 1, which connects Jerusa- Nina Romy, Rachel Romy, and Albert and
were killed in the attack. lem and Tel Aviv. A massive two-story structure and an elaborate Mark Barasano, and two grandchildren.
After running out of ammunition, the terrorist drove wine press were revealed in the excavation, and the coins were Arrangements were by Gutterman
toward the Gush Etzion junction and rammed his car into found among large stones that had collapsed alongside the building. Musicant Funeral Directors, Hackensack.
another vehicle. Israeli security forces subsequently appre- It seems that during a time of danger, the owner of the hoard
hended him. placed the coins in a cloth purse that he concealed inside a hidden Ellen Polevoy
In addition to receiving four life sentences, the court also niche in the wall, the excavation director, Annette Landes-Nagar, Ellen Gloria Polevoy of Boca Raton, Fla.,
ordered al-Kharoub to compensate each of the victims fami- said. He probably hoped to go back and collect it, but today we formerly of Teaneck, died March 3.
lies with payments of 750,000 shekels ($205,000). JNS.ORG know that he was unable to do so. JNS.ORG Predeceased by her husband of 44

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1 2

n 1 Hundreds of celebrants, young and

3 4 5 old, many in costume, attended the Pu-
rim carnival and magic show sponsored
by the JCC of Paramus/Congregation
Beth Tikvah and Congregation Beth Te-
fillah, also of Paramus. SANDRA ALPERN

n 2 Rabbi Meeka Simerly, pictured, led

a Purim celebration at Temple Beth
Tikvah in Wayne. HARVEY HENDLER

n 3 & 4 Temple Emanuel of the Pascack

Valley members filled more than 650
boxes of mishloach manot for congre-
gants to give each other. Another 187
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friends and family who live in Bergen and
Rockland counties.

Sam Rak, a gourmet chef and past

TEPV president, right, served his fried
kreplach to fellow congregants at the
shuls Purim festival. COURTESY TEPV

6 7 8 n 5 Students at the Bergen County High

School of Jewish Studies, including Cam-
ryn Bolkin, pictured, participated in a Pu-
rim celebration with a carnival, costume
contest, megillah reading, music, pizza,
and ice cream sundaes. COURTESY BCHSJS

n 6 Members of Valley Chabads Linking

Hearts middle school program visited
Jewish Home Assisted Living residents
in River Vale. They decorated Purim
masks, performed a Purim play, and
played cards. COURTESY VALLEY CHABAD

n 7 Participants at the Purim carnival

at Congregation Bnai Israel in Emerson
included a grandmother, Robin Pierce,
and her grandson, Jack; the two dressed
as Mr. & Mrs. Potato Head. COURTESY CBI

n 8 Children enjoyed a morning of

songs, games, and characters at
Temple Emanu-El of Closters Purim
9 10 character brunch. COURTESY EMANU-EL

n 9 Sinai students from the Rosen-

baum Yeshiva of North Jersey
packaged mishloach manot for
Chai Lifeline. COURTESY SINAI

n 10 Closters Temple Beth El offered

the Totally 80s Musical Megillah
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Q: What new offerings kosher for Passover and
does Royal Wine have for can be used before dur-

the Junk Man Passover?

A: Wow, you know
ing and after the holiday.
Q: How many bottles
what? So many! I know I does the average family
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Cardova Rosado is a brand new wine,
a crisp ros from Rioja in Spain. It has
number of bottles that an average family
buys for Passover varies a lot between
the different communities, I would say
We do not transport solid or hazardous waste
such fragrant aromas of tart strawber- that the average is about a case, so 12 bot-
ries with notes of stone fruit as well as tles. Some large families as well as those
mouth-watering acidity, truly outstand- that host a lot of guests buy a lot more
ing and a fantastic value. The Herzog than that, though.
Special Reserve Lake County is another Q: Describe the process. How long
highlight of mine. This Cabernet Sauvi- before Passover does a winery prepare

REAL ESTATE gnon hails from vineyards located north

of Napa Valley. Full-bodied with layers
the holiday batch? How do they judge
how much product will satisfy the

2017
of complexity, including flavors of black masses?
currants, anis, and mint with hints of A: All kosher for Passover wines are
toasted oak on the long and plush finish. made as such to start with, so you can
For those who prefer white wine for the buy them year-round, drink them when-
Passover Seder, the Yatir Viognier is also ever you want, and of course keep them
Thursday, March 30, 2017, 7:00-8:30 an excellent option, with a slightly oily for Passover.
Five Star Premier Residence texture and notes of stone fruits, pear as Q: You must have some favorites.
655 Pomander Walk, Teaneck, NJ 07666 well as nice minerality. What are they?
Q: What makes a wine kosher for Pass- A: Such a tough question! I am quite
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over? And may this wine be used after fond of old world wines. For instance,
the holiday is over? the Capanes Peraj Haabib is terrific,

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Wendy Wineburgh Dessanti (chair), Barbara Ostroth, Allegra House, Michael Adler, highly recommend it as well. Almost blind. Lchaim!
Liz Santos, Joseph Viganola, Michael Baer, Deborah Pico, Wayne Ratti all kosher wines with maybe two to

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