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Survey after survey tells us about the negative impressionsof the government that citizens have in the United States.They don’t like Congress. For the best part of the last twodecades, the majority doesn’t like the Presidency. Citizenshave negative views of Washington. In California, they don’tcare for Sacramento. And with indictments for fraud andabuse by local politicians in a variety of cities and governmen-tal agencies, most don’t seem to trust local government now.
Let me provide a personal example of why the publicmay be turning more and more against the government.
As I have written in the past, I am a veteran of theUnited States Navy, having served as an officer with the Ma-rine Corps and other military units for nine years. I was seek-ing to refinance my house with a VA loan, one of the benefitsof having been a veteran. I am very much appreciative of thebenefits that I have received as a veteran. That is not theproblem. The problem occurred when I tried to use thesebenefits.
I had a question as to what was required for the VAloan. My loan advisor at the bank advised me to call the VA.
I called the VA number listed in the phone directory.For several hours, I heard the following message in each ofmy 30 attempts to reach the VA: “Your call cannot be an-swered at this time. Please call back later.” I went on the In-ternet to see what information was available online regardingmy question. The website did not fully answer my question.
After wasting the better part of a day trying to reach the VAby phone and by the Net, and still lacking the answers Ineeded, I called our Congressman. I asked the aide for alter-native ways of reaching the VA. I was given a contact numberin the San Fernando Valley, a local number, as contrasted withthe 1-800 regional number I had been calling. Over a six-hourperiod, I called the number close to 100 times (thanks to theredial button). The number was busy for 6 straight hours.After six hours, I called the Congressman back to see if therewere any other ways to reach the VA. The aide gave me a spe-cial public relations person at the VA who is called by the Con-gressman when all other attempts fail. The Congressional aidealso told me that there is a feature on the VA website for get-ting answers by email.
I next called the special number given to me. I left an answer
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on the voice mail (after hours of busysignals or messages to call back later, itwas a pleasure to even leave a mes-sage). However, as I write this articlenow three full weeks after my message,I have yet to receive a call back.
With no one to talk to on the phone,I wrote an email to the VA, using theirspecial “ask a question” section. Sur-prise, surprise! The next morning Ireceived an answer. I was given a listof the steps needed to complete theloan. I then supplied the informationto our bank exactly as instructed by theemail. The loan company then for-warded the information to the VA.The VA is supposed to respond tosuch letters within five business days.11 business days later, after the rateguarantee on my loan had expired, Ireceived a response. My letter was in-adequate. It did not include a formthat is to be completed by the real es-tate agent involved in the sale of thehome. This was a refinance and therewas no agent or sale. I wrote back theVA specialist who had sent me theemail. He told me that the agent formis not required for a refinance. I con-tacted my loan officer who then con-tacted the regional VA office. Theyresponded that the agent form is re-quired in all cases like my loan.
There we stand. The national VAtold me one thing by email. The re-gional VA said another.
How does one ever get the VA serv-ices which they are promised as vet-eran’s benefits?
How can someone like (or even re-spect) a government that treats its cit-izens in this manner? I did get the earand assistance of my Congressman’sstaff, but for what purpose as the num-bers and website advice given did notpan out.
We’ve heard disturbing stories in re-cent months of federal officials sup-plying guns to Mexican drug lords.We’ve heard of police in Fullerton fir-
ing on and killing an unarmed man.We’ve heard of the entire group ofelected officials in the city of Bell tak-ing salary and benefit packages in ex-cess of up to million dollars or more.We’ve read about the staff of the LosAngeles Memorial Coliseum takingmillions in what amount to bribeswhile the Coliseum was posting a debteach year. There have been other sim-ilar front page stories of corruption inour government at all levels. Both De-mocrats and Republicans are guilty.And the guilty actions take place at alllevels of government, including local,state, and federal.
And if that is not enough, PresidentObama and the other candidates cometo town for fundraising only, never tomeet the common folk. And with thelimos and Secret Service vans drivingthrough town to get the candidates tofundraising dinners, during rush hour,streets are closed and traffic is backedup in every direction.
You have no direct access to manyof the agencies which supposedlyserve us. It is not only the VA whereyou get busy signals and lousy answers.It seems that the individual citizen isfar removed from the governmentwhich serves us.
We cannot reach our officials. Yet,in this election season, we get calledeach night directly by PresidentObama’s campaign, the campaigns ofeach Republican candidate, and a myr-iad of candidates for office and theircampaign committees or supporters.We are important to each of thesegroups when they want our campaigncontributions, but we often don’t hearfrom them except during campaignseason.
We can’t reach them, but they canreach us.
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our Jewish people, the Rabbis of the Sanhedrin in ancient Is-rael. Each of these Rabbis had a profession both before be-coming part of the Sanhedrin, and for many, even afterward.They were shoemakers, farmers, carpenters, and in the caseof one noted Rabbi, a Roman gladiator. With only a coupleexceptions, they were from the people and of the people,commoners who excelled in the Rabbinic and legislative arenabecause of their talents and skills, not their money or posi-tion. In one of the most famous episodes described in theTalmud, the position of the wealthiest Rabbi was rejectedwhen he continued to oppose the opposing position of themajority. Even though his position may have been technicallycorrect (the Gemara notes that G-d Himself weighed in a re-sponse in favor of Rabbi Eliezer’s position), his continuedopposition to the majority stance violated a key provision indeciding Torah law, namely “you must incline after the ma-jority.” As Rabbi Eliezer continued to oppose the majority’sposition, he was eventually removed from the body.
It is far different with our representatives. I have a million-aire Councilman, a millionaire Congressman, two millionaireSenators, etc. The government has become dysfunctional asthe common “everyday man and woman” concerns are farfrom the concerns of these elected officials. They hold din-ners where individuals pay $35,000 a plate in an economywhere the rest of us debate whether we can afford to takeout a pizza on Saturday evening.
I am told that there is a TV show where the boss goes un-dercover as an employee to work as a common worker in thecompany. The executive of a fast food chain takes a job as ashort-order cook in one of the restaurants in the chain, asjust one example. The executive soon realizes the sometimesunfair working conditions of his employees. He hears sug-
gestions from the workers as to how to improve the restau-rant. It is a telling experience.
On TV, there is an ad for Domino’s Pizza where a new itemon the menu nationally is the product of the creativity of onestore manager in a small town in Ohio. This manager created“parmesan bread sticks,” now one of the most popular itemson the Domino’s menu, I am told. His idea has positivelyimpacted the bottom line of the huge chain nationally.
If our elected officials had to actually contact the VA, orthe IRS, or the Planning Department, or the Board of Psy-chology, they would see the problems the common peopleface. They would observe that an agency where phones arebusy for six straight hours and into the next business day re-quires either more phones or more people answering thephones. If they were to observe that there are local or re-gional requirements actually in opposition to the national reg-ulations, they would seek clarification and changes. IfPresident Obama had to wait his turn in traffic, he would re-alize that maybe he should plan fundraisers at sites where hecould take a helicopter rather than blocking traffic for mil-lions with his limo and entourage.
Our government has become largely dysfunctional. Nowonder few trust the government anymore. I don’t have allthe answers, but someone has to start asking the questions.We just don’t see any longer “a government of the people,by the people, and for the people,” as described by Lincoln.
These are the issues that need to be addressed during thiselection season. The policies of government are important,but the very functionality of the system needs to be ad-dressed. •
Robert J. Rome, Ph.D., is a licensed psychologist in clinical practice in Encino, California. He can be reached at [email protected].
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As much as we are toldthat Purim is a Yom Tovof opposites - "ve-na-hapoch-hu," the PesachSeder has more than it'sown share of opposites.It can be confusing: Arewe commemorating ourfreedom and the Exodusfrom Egypt and slavery,or are we rememberingthe bitterness of ouryears as slaves under thecruel rule of thePharaohs of Egypt. Werecline, to demonstrate
we are free. Yet we dip our food in salt-water to remind our-selves of the tears of our slavery. We drink the "Arba Kosos- four cups" of wine, which represent the "four languagesof redemption," but we eat charoses to commemorate themortar bricks we were forced to make. Maror reminds usof the bitter times we spent in Egypt, yet we recline todemonstrate our liberty.
The explanation, however, is obvious. As our Sages put it,"Light is only fully recognized when emerging from dark-ness." One can only appreciate the importance of freedomafter he fully understands what slavery entails. To truly praiseHashem for taking us out of Egypt, we must first learnabout slavery, and even perform physical symbols to bringhome to us how bitter it actually was.
Matzah and maror can also be seen as "opposites," as thefollowing story illustrates.
One Seder night, the holy Rebbe R' Yissachar Dov of Belzwas walking through the alleyways of his town Belz. As hepassed by the house of a simple yet G-d-fearing Jew, hestopped by the window to listen in on his Seder. He over-heard the Jew saying the section of the Haggadah which es-tablishes the correct time to remember the Exodus:
"One might think that the obligation to discuss the Exo-dus commences with the first day of the month of Nissan...therefore the Torah adds (Shemos 13:8), 'It is because ofthis that Hashem did so for me when I went out of Egypt,"[the pronoun this implies something tangible, leading us toconclude that] I have commanded you [to discuss the Exo-dus] only when matzah and maror are lying before you [atthe Seder]."
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The simple Jew, it seems, was not verylearned. Instead of saying, "I have com-manded you only when matzah andmaror lie (munachim) before you," hesaid, "I have commanded you onlywhen matzah and maror aremechutanim (i.e. relatives through mar-riage) before you." It was all his disci-ples could do not to break out laughing.Yet to their surprise, R' Yissachar Dovtook his blunder quite seriously. Afterpondering the simple Jew's words for amoment, he remarked, "Indeed, matzahand maror are mechutanim!" Seeing hisdisciples' amazement, he related the fol-lowing story.
Reb Zelig was a rich and importantJew who's daughter's time had come tomarry. Her father searched far and widefor a young man worthy to take hisdaughter's hand in marriage, yet itseemed that every boy he met just didn'tsuit the bill.
One day, while travelling on business,he came across a young man sitting andlearning in beis ha-midrash. At first, R'Zelig was put off by the boy's shoddyclothes and impoverished appearance.The more they spoke, however, themore impressed he became. "Thisyoung man is a diamond in the rough,"he thought to himself. R' Zelig wastedno time, and immediately arranged a
shidduch, with a date for the weddingto be arranged later.
So excited was R' Zelig by his chassanthat he began to become paranoid lestsomeone else "discover" him and stealfrom him his catch. He sent an urgenttelegram to the young chassan. "Comeright away," it said, "the wedding musttake place immediately! Do not worryabout clothing or wedding expenses, Iwill take care of everything."
Alarmed, the chassan promptly gath-ered his meagre possessions, and trav-elled to the city of the kallah. When hearrived, he was whisked off to the tailorto have a new suit made for the chas-sunah. The tailor was instructed savethe chassan's old torn suit for the fatherof the kallah, who was footing the bill.Then, not even taking the time to pre-pare a lavish wedding banquet, as wouldnormally befit a man such as R' Zelig, ahasty chassunah took place.
In later years, when R' Zelig's son-in-law disagreed with him, or refused totake his advice, R' Zelig would go to hiscloset and remove the old, tatteredclothing his son-in-law had worn beforemarrying his daughter. "You forget," hewould say, "that I'm the one who madeyou what you are today. Look at yourregal clothing - this is what you used towear!"
Not to be outdone, R' Zelig's son-in-law had his own trick up his sleeve. Hehad put aside a stale piece of breadfrom the hastily prepared leftoverswhich had been served at his chassunahmeal, saving it for just such an occasion.Taking it out, he would say, "Ah, butyou too forget just how anxious youwere to have me as your son-in-law.Why, you didn't even take the time toprepare a normal meal - you just could-n't wait!"
"So, you see," said the Belzer Rebbe,"they were mechutanim worthy of oneanother."
"The same discussion," concluded theRebbe, "takes place between the Jewishnation and Hashem on the Seder night.Hashem, so to speak, takes out themaror, showing it to us. 'You see,' Hetells us, 'this is how bitter your lives werebefore I took you out of Mitzrayim.Without Me, you would still be there!'But, not to be had, we too have what tosay. We take out the unleavened matzosbefore Hashem, as if to say to him, 'Ah,but remember the rush You were in tohave us as your nation. Why, you could-n't even wait until our bread had timeto bake!' Indeed, matzah and maror arethe finest of mechutanim."
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I personally decided to homeschool my family for a com-bination of reasons. It's been a tremendous journey for mywhole family. One of my favorite benefits of homeschoolingis that my family decides what our schedule will be, not theschools. I love traveling when the opportunity arises. In-deed, as I write this, I'm in Tampa, Florida with my son, hav-ing just spent the afternoon at the Tampa History Center.And tomorrow we're flying to New York for some more vis-its with family and exploration of NY's culture and history.Some of the many benefits that my children have receivedfrom homeschooling are gaining more confidence, develop-ing better communications skills, developing better socialskills, knowing who they truly are deep down inside, improv-ing on weaker academic areas, improving our family dynam-ics, spending more time playing music and forming bands,working with mentors in areas of passion, and reading more
classics and writing more creatively.
People tell me they could never homeschool their own chil-dren because they don't have the patience or the skills. That'sprobably not accurate. I have the patience of a flea (as myfamily likes to remind me) and it works. And the only skillyou need to homeschool your children is the desire to helpthem identify what they need to succeed and how they canget it. Some people are afraid to homeschool because theythink their children won't be able to get back into the school
system if they changetheir minds. That'snot been my experi-ence. My daughter
homeschooled for 3 years and then decided to check out highschool in 10th grade. So this year she is attending ShalhevetHigh School, doing well academically and socially, and enjoy-ing the experience. Some people also worry that they won'tbe able to get their children into good colleges if they home-school. That's just not true either. In our small group, wehave former homeschoolers attending UCLA and ColumbiaUniversity.
Have you ever wondered whether homeschooling might beright for your family? Are you curious about this growingphenomenon in the Jewish community? If so, come to ahomeschool information night, learn a little more, meet someof us and bring your questions. For information contact meat [email protected]. For information about thehomeschool information night being held in the Valley onApril 24, contact Beth Braunstein at [email protected]. The meetings are a free service to our community.I hope to see some of you there. •
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On Friday-Shabbos night, Jewish people worldwide will jointogether in celebrating the holiday of Passover. A highlight ofthe celebration is a festive meal called a Seder. The holidaycommemorates the Exodus of Jews from slavery in the landof Egypt over 3300 years ago. On this evening families gathertogether and observe the holiday by reciting the story of Jewishenslavement and redemption, from a book called, The Hagad-dah. The meal is replete with many symbols. The wine repre-sents wealth and happiness. The bitter herbs, called marror,represent the bitterness of slavery and the unleavened bread,matzah, represents unleavened bread baked hurriedly by Jewsbefore their departure from Egypt. After the Exodus the Jew-ish nation wandered forty years in the desert culminating withthe arrival in the land of Canaan, currently called Israel.
In the Haggadah, “The Bible speaks of four sons, the wise,the wicked, the simple, and the one unable to ask a proper ques-tion.
The late Lubavitcher Rebbe, world Chassidic leader, RabbiMenachem Mendel Schneerson (1902-1994) instructed Jews to
have everyone at the Seder. He statedthat there is a fifth son and that is the lostone, a child estranged from his nobleroots, who needs to be addressed. Thatchild, too, must be encouraged, broughtto the Pesach Seder and made to feelconnected..
I have made the following observation.We live in the most technologically con-nected generation with mobile phones,wi-fi, lap tops, I-phones, and podcasts.Internet connections are reaching almostanywhere in the world. Yet remarkably,there are times we do not connect withour family members who live in our ownhomes or communities. So many live ina world of total disconnect.
What is needed, I believe, is a time toreconnect to our families, friends, and re-ligion. We need to connect to friendli-
ness and show unconditional love. We also need the time forspiritual connection.
Our great country has been debating passage of a health bill.The President feels strongly that everybody needs to be coveredby health insurance. On that note I think we need to pass a“connection bill,” making sure that everybody is connected.After all, friends and families that spend time together arehealthier when connected. They extend friendship and carefor one another. It’s like health benefits, insuring a healthierpeople.
So let’s all take a lesson from Passover, by making sure thatwe all have a place at the table. No one should be shunned orforgotten. Then we will have a transparent and healthy nation.
A happy Passover to all.•
Rabbi Eli Hecht is vice–president of the Rabbinical Al-liance of America and past–president of the RabbinicalCouncil of California. He is the director of Chabad ofSouth Bay in Lomita, CA which houses a synagogue, dayschool, nursery school and chaplaincy programs.
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